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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008

VOL. 12 NO. 51

Gas line installation is topic of public hearing

NEWS HEADLINES ROBBERY - A resident chases a burglary suspect and is attacked with a metal pipe. Page 4

By Lynn R. Parks

MURDER - State Police are investigating a shooting death near Bridgeville. Page 4 WWII VETS - His training prepared him for the physical aspects of war, but nothing could prepare him for the mental anguish to come. Page 8 NANTICOKE DERBY - More great donations will help make this year’s Nanticoke Health Services fundraiser one of the best ever. Page 9 EMERGENCY CENTER - The number for 911 in Sussex County is still the same. Only the address has changed. Page 10 LAND USE PLAN - Speakers complain about the lack of any mention in the county’s plan for affordable housing for low-income residents. Page 13 HOME INVASION - A mother and her son are forced to flee when four men carrying guns break into their home. Page 14 HIGH TECH - Delaware State Police are using technology to solve crimes. Page 15 R.A.R.E. METHOD - Woodbridge staff and teachers are working hard to improve their student’s educational experience. Page 16 MIRACLE NETWORK - Delaware’s 2008 representative for the Children’s Miracle Network is only two years old. Page 17 PAIR OF WINS - The Seaford varsity golf team picks up a pair of wins to open the season. Page 41 STARS OF THE WEEK - A Seaford baseball player and a Woodbridge softball player are this week’s Seaford Stars of the Week. Page 43

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Installation of a gas boiler in the Invista nylon plant in Seaford will mean that emissions will be cut by thousands of tons per year. This is what plant manager Gary Knight told people Monday night during a public hearing on plans by Eastern Shore Gas to lay a natural gas pipeline through town to the plant.

The gas boiler would replace the three coal-burning boilers in use at the plant now. Emissions of nitrogen oxide would be cut from more than 1,300 tons a year to 130 tons a year, Knight said. Emissions of sulfur dioxide would drop even more dramatically, he said, from almost 5,400 tons a year to 354 tons a year.

Both compounds are causes of acid rain. When inhaled, they can damage the pulmonary system.

In addition, Knight said, with a gas boiler, emissions of greenhouse gases from the plant would be cut. Greenhouse Continued to page four

Annexation request fails for second time

By Lynn R. Parks For the second time in less than two years, voters in the city of Seaford have turned down the annexation of property near Hearns Pond.

Citizens voted 167 to 140 against the annexation of 193 acres at the intersection of Bridgeville Highway and Hearns Pond Road, owned by Ray Mears and Sons. They voted 169 to 140 against the annexation of 46 acres just south of the Mears property, at the intersection of Bridgeville Highway and Garden Lane, owned by Morris Properties LLC. Both properties were among six parcels that were overwhelmingly rejected for annexation in a public vote in September 2006. The vote then was 324 to 96 against the annexation of the Mears property and 325 to 89 against the Morris annexation.

At that time, the property owners were requesting zoning to permit highdensity residential development as well as commercial development. This time, they asked for zoning for single-family houses and commercial development.

“Personally, this is a disappointment,” said Rex Mears, a partner in

Ray Mears and Sons. “I will be weighing our options for the future of that property.”

All the members of the Seaford City Council, as well as Mayor Ed Butler and city manager Dolores Slatcher, spoke in favor of the annexation. It was also supported by the Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce.

But the annexation was opposed by a citizens group, made up largely of residents of the Hearns Pond area.

Members of HAPPEN, the HearnsPond Association for its Protection, Preservation, Enhancement and Naturalization, distributed flyers cautioning that the annexation would mean higher taxes, more traffic and increased flooding. Members said that, instead of increasing its borders, the city should concentrate its efforts on improving its downtown area.

In a statement following the annexation vote, HAPPEN said that in light of the second annexation rejection, the city should “respond to the needs of the people” and direct its efforts toward addressing citizens’ concerns.

“HAPPEN pledges to do its part,” the statement said.

But Butler, who said that he was

“very disappointed” in the rejection of the annexation, said Monday that the city will continue to work for annexation of the two properties.

“I don’t think it’s over,” he said. “I think we as a city think that it is important to annex that land.”

And the vote will send a negative message to businesses interested in locating in Seaford, he cautioned.

“We have been talking with some businesses about coming to Seaford, and they won’t like what this vote says,” he said.

Mears agreed that the vote signals a troublesome trend in Seaford. “I think there is a bigger issue with the message that was sent with this vote,” he said. “I think most of the Seaford residents are not interested in expanding the city of Seaford borders. To me, this could be a problem for the city of Seaford for the future.”

Butler rejected the notion of directing new businesses to the downtown area, something that members of HAPPEN have suggested.

“Downtown is not where the growth is,” he said. “I think we have a good downtown. But the growth of any city is on the outside.”

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Goodwill Industries opens Bridgeville training center

By Lynn R. Parks Nearly three years after injuring his back in an accident in November 2004, truck driver Sherman Jackson was ready to go back to work. But he knew that with his injuries, getting behind the wheel of a truck again would be impossible.

Last summer, Jackson, 49, Lewes, turned for help to the vocational rehabilitation services through the Delaware Department of Labor. His counselor there referred him to the computerized office skills training program offered by Goodwill Industries of Delaware and Delaware County, which had just opened a new facility in Bridgeville.

Jackson, part of the Bridgeville facility’s first class, will graduate April 18. He hopes, with the combination of his truck driving experience and his new-found office skills, to land a job as a dispatcher.

“I didn’t know that Goodwill did anything like this,” said Jackson. “Now, I am really glad to be here. The teachers are nice and my classmates are good people.”

The Goodwill Training Center on U.S. 13 in Bridgeville, in the same building as the Goodwill store, held a grand opening Friday. The facility is the third training center in the state operated by Goodwill Industries of Delaware and Delaware County, and the first in Sussex County. All training is provided free of charge.

“Our mission is to improve people’s lives through work,” said Ted Van Name, Goodwill Industries of Delaware and

Delaware County president and CEO. “Our stores employ people and our centers train people.”

Specifically, said Tina Daniels, director of marketing, Goodwill trains people who have “barriers to employment.” That can mean, she added, that they have physical or development disabilities, or that they are older and need to learn new skills.

“There are a lot of different kinds of barriers to employment,” she said.

Goodwill Industries of Delaware and Delaware County trained 4,600 people in 2007, Daniels said. She expects the organization will train 6,000 people this year.

Arline Docherty, who now is Van Name’s executive assistant, had worked for the DuPont Co. in the 1960s and 1970s as a secretary. But when her husband, David, died in 2000, she found that she did not have the knowledge she needed for a 21st-century job.

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“I will be forever grateful to Goodwill,” she said. “It is a wonderful resource.”

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Invista says gas line installation will allow plant to reduce emissions Continued from page one

gases, primarily carbon dioxide, are implicated in climate change.

“This could lead to reductions of emissions that are incredible,” Knight said.

“This would be good for the plant, good for the state and good for the community.”

Knight said that emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide from the plant are currently well under the limits set by its state permit. But according to an $800 million suit recently filed by Invista against the DuPont Company, which sold 14 plants, including the Seaford plant, to Koch Industries in 2004, that permit does not include applicable sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions requirements because the DuPont Company failed to give the state complete information about modifications it made in 2002 to one of the plant’s coal-burning boilers.

The suit, filed March 26 in the U.S. District Court in New York City, claims that DuPont knew of hundreds of safety and environmental violations in its plants, including some in the Seaford plant, and failed to disclose them to Invista at the time of the sale.

At the Seaford plant, “DuPont was required to install [best available control techniques] to limit the post-construction emission of sulfur dioxide, in addition to the more stringent [lowest achievable emission rate standards] to limit the post-

construction emission of nitrogen oxide. In contravention of regulations, DuPont failed to obtain the pre-construction permits or install the requisite control technology,” the suit alleges.

“The relevant Title V operating permit did not include…requirements for the major modification because DuPont failed to comply with regulations, erroneously certified compliance with all applicable regulator requirements and contained an incomplete compliance plan.”

Under the terms of an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, Invista is required to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide at the Seaford plant. Knight said at Monday night’s hearing that the plant has until May 2009 to get those reductions in place.

“Timing is very important,” Knight said. “With our regulation requirements, we are on a strict timetable.”

Knight said that the plant currently has a small gas pipeline. But “it is not sufficient,” he added. “Without the new pipeline, we will be left with no option but to burn coal.” The plant currently uses about 500 rail cars of coal a year.

Invista spokesman Roger Ramsayer said that one coal-fired boiler currently in use at the plant would be retired once the gas boiler came online. The other two coal burners would be converted to burn fuel

Police probe murder of Bridgeville man State Police are investigating the shooting death of a 39-year-old Bridgeville man on Wednesday, April 9. At approximately 12:56 a.m., dispatchers received a 911 call from a residence located along the 7500 block of West Newton Road, west of Bridgeville. The caller said someone had been shot.

Investigators located the deceased victim inside the home. He had died of an apparent gunshot wound to the chest.

Several witnesses were contacted at the scene and identified Millard E. Price III, 49, of Greenwood as the suspect who had shot the victim with a shotgun. Police said Price stole a neighbor’s 1996 teal green

Mazda pick-up truck possibly bearing a Delaware registration plate of CL87032.

As of press time early Wednesday he was being sought by police. Price’s last known address is the 400 block of East Market Street, Greenwood.

Millard E. Price III The identity of the victim will be released once next of kin are notified.

Detectives urge anyone with information concerning the case or the whereabouts of Price to call Troop 5 at 3371090 or 911.

Resident chases burglar and is attacked On Friday, April 4, at approximately 1:10 p.m. Seaford Police officers responded to the area of Stein Highway and Farm Street in reference to an altercation.

Further investigation revealed that the defendant allegedly had just burglarized a residence on Rodney Street, taking jewelry, electronics and cash.

The victim, who lives at the residence, came home and confronted the thief inside. He chased him to the area of Stein Highway and Farm Street where a fight occurred and the victim was hit several times in the head with a metal pipe.

Two Probation and Parole officers driving by observed the altercation and assisted in taking the defendant into custody.

The defendant was arrested by Seaford Police and all property was recovered and returned to the owner. The defendant, a 17-year-old from Seaford, was taken to Court 4 and then committed to Stevenson House in lieu of $18,200 secured bond pending a preliminary hearing.

Charges included robbery 1st, burglary 2nd, possession of burglary tools (3 counts), possession of a deadly weapon

during commission of a felony, wearing a disguise during a felony, assault 2nd, theft (2 counts), disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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oil, and would be used only as backup boilers, he said.

Glen DiEleuterio, senior engineer with Eastern Shore Gas, said at the public hearing that construction of the 8,500-foot Invista pipeline will take about three months.

He expects construction to start in September.

The 6-inch pipeline will hook into the existing natural gas pipeline on the Nanticoke River, at Water Street. From there, it will go along Water Street to Market Street, up Market to Poplar, along Poplar to Cedar, under the railroad tracks to Harrington Street, along Harrington to No Name Street and on to the plant.

“We seriously looked at taking it right down the river,” DiEleuterio said. The Invista plant sits near the Nanticoke.

But that route would have several problems, he added. There are existing sewer lines along the river that would have to be worked around. The stability of the river bank is questionable. And digging along there would require an archaeological study by the state.

“If they found any Indian artifacts, they would have to call in the State Historic Preservation Office and there would have to be further testing,” DiEleuterio said.

“That could cause a severe scheduling problem.”

In addition, the river route would require the gas company to obtain easements from three private property owners. “We always want to use public rights of way first, rather than private easements,” said Eric Pearson, engineering manager with Eastern Shore Gas.

Pearson told several property owners who attended the hearing that there would be minimal disruption. Dr. Marie Wolfgang, whose office is at the corner of High Street and Cedar Avenue, was concerned that access to her office would be limited during the construction.

“We work with individual landowners to schedule our work,” Pearson said.

“We always try to work around your schedules, to make the project as easy as possible for the people who live there,” added Gale Voshell, owner of Voshell Bros. Welding, the company which would lay the pipe. “We try to minimize disruption to the community.”

Terrance Guy, Federalsburg, Md., who owns property on East King Street, asked what steps Eastern Shore Gas will take to make sure the pipeline is safe. Pearson said that the company follows the strictest federal standards. The pipe is all steel, he said, and pieces are welded together.

“There are no mechanical couplings and the welds are x-rayed to make sure there are no cracks,” he said.

A meter at the Invista end of the pipe will measure the gas coming out, to make sure than none is escaping along the pipeline, Pearson said. In the event of a leak, the pipeline will have several valves that can be shut off to trap the gas.

The Seaford City Council has to give final approval for the pipeline. City manager Dolores Slatcher could not say when the pipeline proposal will be on the council agenda. The city is waiting to get a draft agreement from Eastern Shore Gas, she said.

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Bulletins Seaford Mayor’s Right Choice Award deadline for nominations is approaching The City of Seaford announces that nominations for the Mayor’s Right Choice Award are now being accepted.

This award is given to a high school senior who lives in the Seaford School District and has made the right choices in life, exhibited a positive influence on the Seaford Community and maintained a drug-free lifestyle. This award will be presented May 27. The winner will receive an engraved plaque and $500.

Applications can be picked up at City Hall, 414 High St., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from www.seafordde.com, or from the guidance offices of Seaford High School, Sussex Technical High School and Seaford Christian Academy.

The deadline for submitting completed applications is May 2. They may be mailed to Box 1100, Seaford, DE 19973, or faxed to 629-9307 to the attention of Trisha Booth. Questions should also be directed to Ms. Booth at 629-9173.

Employee Activity Committee of Nanticoke Health Services to hold Basket Bingo The Employee Activity Committee of Nanticoke Health Services will hold a Longaberger Basket Bingo on Thursday, April 24, starting at 7 p.m. at the Seaford Moose, Route 13A in Seaford.

The evening will consist of 20 exciting games and will feature several baskets including the Small Oval Gathering, Spring set and several regular line baskets as prizes. Advance tickets are $20 per person, $25 at the door. Advance tickets include a chance to win the Large Hamper and the three-piece canister set as door prizes.

Nearly 30 chances to win. Refreshments will be available. For ticket information contact the EAC at 629-6611, ext. 2404 or Morrisr@nanticoke.org.

Seaford Historical Society to host sixteenth Victorian Tea at the Ross Mansion On Saturday, April 19 at 2 p.m. the Seaford Historical Society will host its sixteenth Victorian Tea at the Ross Mansion.

The Ross Mansion is a 13 room mansion, fully decorated with furniture and accessories of the Victorian period, many of them former possessions of the late Governor William Henry Harrison Ross and family.

Jeannie Conner, who taught home economics at Seaford High School for 34 years, researches and studies Victorian foods. With the help of volunteers from the Historical Society, the dishes are prepared and arranged on three tiered crystal and silver serving dishes. The tables are set with tablecloths and napkins, some of them handmade by the late Mary Boggs.

Each guest will have a keepsake program to take home. SHS volunteers dressed in Victorian costumes will serve the tables. Guests will be entertained by the Colors of Harmony, a ladies’ group which sings close harmony in barbershop style, moving from room to room. Reservations, which are $10 each, are required. There will be 10 tables, each seating four.

For reservations, call Ruthe Wainwright at 629-8765.

Fitness classes begin week of April 21 at St. John’s UMC Fellowship Hall Fitness classes will be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at St. John’s UMC Fellowship Hall in Seaford. Beginners to intermediate participants are welcome to try a free class to see if it meets your needs. For more information or to register call AFAA certified fitness professional Carol Lynch at 629-7539.

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Business Seaford Federal Credit Union opening new branch in April The Seaford Federal Credit Union in celebration of its impending new branch opening in Millsboro has awarded $500 to member Wayne F. Carter as part of the promotion to encourage new and present members to expand their use of credit union services.

Brach Manager Veronica Nhan gave the gift to Mr. Carter on March 4 and pointed out that a new promotion is underway through May 2 that will put new and old members in contention for another drawing for those who add or increase two services to their use of the credit union.

This drawing will be for a lap top computer of $500 as the winner chooses.

Project Manager Kathryn Greenwood reported that the Seaford Credit Union is opening its new Millsboro branch located on Rt. 113 at the Millsboro-Dagsboro line in April. It is the culmination of 38 years of operation at the Seaford site on Rt. 13 next to Burger King and is responding to the demands for credit union services in the southeastern part of Sussex County. It will offer all the same services now available that include home banking, audio response, wire transfers, savings accounts,

certificates, checking accounts, VISA cards, debit cards, commercial, construction, auto and other personal loans, financial counseling and personal services all with very low or no fees. Low fees are a trademark of The Seaford Credit Union according to John Watson, CEO, who points out that their VISA card has no punitive fees as others do. He believes that anyone who reads and compares the fine print on card offers would choose the credit union’s every time. He emphasized that members own the credit union and all income over expenses is returned to them.

Marketing manager Mary Adams highlighted that the Seaford Credit Union was started in 1970 by citizens interested in helping the average and below average wage earner obtain credit. It is a money cooperative where members save their money to be lent to others. Members own the credit union.

Spearheaded by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seaford Head Start and the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, whose employees were asking for the services of a credit union its success is self-evident. It is now a top rated credit union with about 6500

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The Sussex Conservation District is offering its Pre-sidedress Nitrogen Testing (PSNT) Program for manured soils to corn growers in Sussex County. Soil samples for testing must be taken when the corn is between 6 and 12 inches in heights, and before any additional Nitrogen is applied.

District Planners will take up to five samples. Any additional samples may be taken by the landowner, and will be processed at no additional charge. Samples must be immediately put in a cooler with a cold pack to ensure accurate results. Test results are normally available within 24 hours. When the time is right, just call 856-3990, ext. 3, and tell them you are interested in a PSNT test.

Del Tech hosts Energy Rodeo

Learn how to minimize the impact of rising energy costs on your business by attending a two-day seminar at Delaware Technical & Community College on May 2 and 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar provides planning and overview of energy reduction as well as dozens of tips that will help reduce energy use immediately. Discussion topics include: energy management programs, building an energy management program for your facility, energy conservation, compressed air systems, lighting systems, electrical systems and motors as well as energy audits and reviews.

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Fair Housing Month

The Delaware Association of Realtors President Donald P. Ash recently joined Governor Ruth Ann Minner, the State Human Relations Commission and Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware, Inc. in a ceremony designating April 2008 as Fair Housing Month. Members of the Delaware Association of Realtors subscribe to the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics whereby realtors shall not deny equal professional services to any person for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin. For Fair Housing Month activities in Sussex County, contact Ruth Briggs King at the Sussex County Association of Realtors at 855-2300.

Branch Manager Veronica Nhan presents Wayne Carter with an award of $500 as part of a promotion to encourage new and present members to expand their use of credit union services.

members and serves all people of any economic level who work or live in Sussex County. The original office was in St. Luke’s parish house until 1980 and was run by volunteers. The office was then moved to High Street under professional guidance in 1985 and then to the present Seaford office in the Seaford Professional Center on the dual highway in 1997. When

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MORNING STAR • APRIL 10 - 16, 2008

Soldier witnessed the worst consequences of war

By James Diehl The ugliness of war has remained vivid in the mind of Alexander J. Deusa for more than six decades. Memories he’d much rather forget he simply cannot.

But he wouldn’t change a thing. If he had it all to do over, he says he would once again board a ship and head overseas to fight for Uncle Sam in his war against Nazi Germany in World War II. “It was very rough where I was, but I was able to shake it off and go on,” he says. “I would definitely do it again because it needed to be done.”

Deusa, who has two sons, Ken and Alex, Jr., who live in the Laurel area, was drafted into the Army in September of 1943, originally hoping to become a paratrooper.

But during a surprise inspection, he didn’t make weight. It turned out he was too skinny for the job.

But he never had any qualms about joining the service, or about having to instead train as a soldier in the infantry.

“I was happy when I got drafted because I felt like I wanted to serve my country,” he says. “I was determined to be the best I could and I went all out during my training.”

His training prepared him for the physical aspects of war, but nothing could prepare him for the mental anguish that was to come.

His first taste of the horrors of war came on June 7, 1944, the day after the initial wave of Allied troops went ashore at Normandy, France.

Deusa and the rest of the men from the 2nd Infantry, 38th Regiment, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, ready to fight Adolph Hitler’s Germany.

But coming ashore was anything but easy.

“The water was really, really rough and we were having to push all these dead bodies aside just to get on the beach,” Deusa recalls. “As I was pushing them aside, I remember looking at them and thinking that that could have been me if we had been here yesterday.”

Hours earlier, before joining the invading forces in France, the men of the 38th Regiment received a pep talk from U.S. Gen. George S. Patton. At least Deusa thinks it was a pep talk, or was supposed to be.

“Patton was pretty rough and driven.

They said he was all blood and guts and that was true. He had the guts to send you [into battle] if you had the blood to shed for him,” Deusa says. “He gave us a pep talk and he said ‘you guys are here to fill the dead man’s shoes. Some of you will make it and some of you won’t.’ It wasn’t

really much of a pep talk.”

Deusa and his unit fought their way across France, eventually arriving in the northwest city of Brest, where the Germans maintained a large submarine base.

During the Battle for Brest, Deusa and two of his fellow soldiers were walking down a street when they were targeted by machine gun fire.

Still emotional for Deusa to this day, he recalls what happened next with sorrow – the day and its events left an indelible mark on him for the rest of his life.

“We were targeted and the shooter hit the man on either side of me,” Deusa remembers. “I guess God just didn’t want me to get hit that day. I think I definitely had an angel looking out for me.”

It wasn’t long after the attack that Deusa got the chance for revenge, and he took it. He again came under fire, but this time he shot back and the area from where the enemy shots were coming from fell silent.

He avenged the deaths of his friends and he felt good about himself. Then he opened the door to the room from where the shots were coming.

Tears still flow today when he remembers what he saw next.

“The first thing I saw was the long blonde hair and I realized right away that it was a woman who had been shooting the gun. I can still remember standing there crying because I realized I had killed a woman,” Deusa says. “My sergeant kept telling me that it wasn’t a woman, it was just the enemy. But that was very hard. I guess she had become involved with a couple of the German soldiers.”

But the reality of war is that it continues, regardless of personal feelings. So the men of the 38th moved on, taking more towns on their push toward the German border.

On their way, there was much fighting and several good friends were lost to enemy fire.

“I had a very good friend named George Dunbar and we were going across this field one day when a machine gun opened fire on us and he was hit,” Deusa remembers. “We were between these hedgerows and all he wanted was his backpack. It had a picture of his mom in it and that’s what he wanted. I put his helmet on a stick so the medics could find him later but I had to pick up the BAR [Browning Automatic Rifle] and go on.

“I found out later that he didn’t make it.

It was hard to leave him, but I had to do it.”

As winter set in, Deusa and his mates dug in to positions in the Ardennes Forest, where they stayed until the days before the infamous Battle of the Bulge.

But before the battle began, the men of the 38th had a special guest, a very important one as it turned out.

“There were 12 of us one night and my instructions were to bring back a German dead or alive, but preferably alive,” Deusa recalls. “We went to where they were eating and I decided that we would grab the last man in the chow line. We snatched him and dragged him back into the bushes.

“It turned out he was thrilled to death that we got him because he didn’t want to fight anymore.”

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Alexander J. Deusa served with the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division during World War II. He was involved in the Battle of the Bulge and the D-Day invasion, and is also a recipient of the Purple Heart.

about the German buildup prior to the Battle of the Bulge, information that proved very useful.

But, during the battle, the Germans counterattacked and surrounded the men of the 38th. Though the 1st Infantry later opened up a roadway to allow for their escape, it was on this snow-covered land-

scape in Germany that Deusa witnessed another horror of war, one that has stuck with him for over six decades. “[During the battle], there were 500 or so Americans that had become surrounded and the Germans told our leader that they would kill all of them if we didn’t surrenContinued to page nine

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MEG-GEM donates jewelry to ‘The Nanticoke Derby’ For many years MEG-GEM, LLC has supported Nanticoke Health Services Dinner/Auction and this year is no exception.

Meg Mulrine of Seaford is the owner of MEG-GEM, LLC. Meg has been in the jewelry business since 1979 and in 1995 opened MEG-GEM. Her shop is open by appointment, which allows enough time and attention to create a special piece of jewelry.

Meg believes that all customers should be treated with personalized service whether they are selecting something very classic or creating a custom piece for that once in a lifetime occasion.

This year, Meg-Gem has donated a sterling silver and 14kt "Cape Cod" necklace and earring set, and a 14kt gold horse head pendant, to document the "Derby" theme.

She is also donating a diamond filigree pendant and earring set. To make an appointment and visit MEG-GEM, call 6297424.

New this year, Derby attendees will have an opportunity to

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As part of the purchase, their name will be entered into a drawing to win a 14kt white gold diamond and filigree pendant and earring set, valued at $1,200.

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The event is Saturday, April 19 at Heritage Shores Clubhouse

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The dinner/auction will also feature a chinese and silent auction. Don Moore will call the live auction.

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Sponsorship packages are also available. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Charity Endowment Prescription Fund and a certified Stroke Center at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.

For more information, contact the corporate development office of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital at 629-6611, ext. 2404.

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‘They didn’t deserve to die like that’ Continued from page eight

der,” Deusa recalls. “Well, we didn’t surrender and at 5 o’clock, the Germans opened up and slaughtered these 500 guys in front of our eyes. We were so mad, but there was nothing we could do.

“It’s pretty rough to watch something like that. Those men were really ‘green’ but they didn’t deserve to die like that. After the Germans massacred them, the field just turned red.”

As the bitter winter dragged on, many members of the 38th lost fingers or toes to frostbite.

Then, after being on the front line for 92 straight days, Deusa suffered an injury that eventually led to him receiving the Purple Heart.

“We were in our trenches and it was raining and they started shelling us really hard,” he remembers.

Deusa was in his trench when an incoming shell knocked him backwards, causing mounds of dirt to come raining down on top of him.

“Everyone thought I was blown to pieces, but then they saw my feet and they pulled me out,” he says. “They saved my life because I would have suffocated.”

A short time later came the end of hostilities in the European Theater. Deusa and the men of the 38th Regiment were in Czechoslovakia when they re-

ceived the good news.

“We were marching on a road when, all of a sudden, we stopped and were just standing there when word came through the ranks that the Germans had surrendered,” Deusa remembers.

“Everyone started shooting in the air and we went into the city, where we were welcomed with open arms. A few days later, they had a block party for us.”

In addition to the Purple Heart, Deusa also received five battle stars, a good conduct medal and a presidential citation for his service during World War II. But he doesn’t feel he did anything all that special.

“I just didn’t feel like I was doing anymore than anyone else was,” he says. “We were all there for the same cause and working to liberate the same people.”

Deusa left the Army on Oct. 26, 1945 and later moved to Dover in 1981. He has seven children.

NOTE: Next week’s feature will profile an Army man, from Seaford, who served in the 105th anti-aircraft battalion during World War II. He also had the chance to meet U.S. generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton during his time overseas.

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New 911 emergency center opens in Georgetown The number for 911 in Sussex County is still the same. Only the address has changed. On Tuesday, April 2, Sussex County activated its new 911 Emergency Operations Center, a $13 million state-ofthe-art facility that will give dispatchers more room and modern equipment to handle the tens of thousands of fire, medical and police calls received annually. The 18,000-square-foot facility located on Rudder Lane at the Sussex County Airport replaces the cramped, bunker-style building dispatchers have used since the late 1970s.

The new facility can accommodate up to 16 dispatchers at one time, with room to expand to 22 in the future as the county and the number of calls grow.

County dispatchers work within the center to alert firefighters and medical services to emergency calls. Delaware State Police dispatchers also work from the same location, dispatching troopers and other police. All dispatchers moved from the old EOC, about 350 yards away, to the new building. The new complex features a number of improvements and amenities, such as state-of-the-art telephone technology to ensure 911 calls go through, dedicated space for large-scale emergency incidents, and construction to withstand extreme winds up to 120 mph. County officials broke ground on the new facility in early 2006.

“The opening today of our new Emergency Operations Center is a proud moment for Sussex County,” said County Administrator David B. Baker. “With this

new modern facility, our dispatchers have a suitable and safe environment to provide the critical, up-front link that is part of the public safety chain.”

Among the new EOC’s features: • Three times the amount of space compared to the old EOC; • An expanded call center for 911 dispatchers; • A separate storm center, complete with work stations and jumbo video monitors to display up-to-date weather radar, incident information and television news reports during hazardous incidents; • Conference and training rooms that can be converted to sleeping quarters for staff during large-scale emergency operations; and • State-of-the-art telephone technology that ensures the reliability of 911 calls, including: -The new Verizon-installed and managed ‘VIPER’ system, manufactured by Positron. The system is the first “next generation” 911 system to be introduced in any Verizon territory in the United States.

This feature, which will be phased in at a later date as public networks are upgraded, will provide Internet-based telephones in Sussex County with a more direct connection to the 911 center.

Currently to make and receive calls, Internet-based telephones, also known as IP phones, depend on a mix of cable, fiberoptic and conventional telephone lines that make up the nation’s telephone network.

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Joe Thomas, director, in front of the new Sussex County 911Emergency Operations Center at the county airport complex.

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The Georgetown Wal-Mart walk team presents a check to Helen Haughey of the Sussex County Heart Association for $1,000 for the 2008 Start! Heart Walk. Submitted photo

Local Heart Association plans fundraising walk The Sussex County division of the American Heart Association is striving to get folks to participate in a communitywide fundraising effort for cardiovascular research, a movement known as "Start!" which is a national program to get Americans walking year round.

By using their new physical activity and wellness tools, Start! will help adults pledge to do something to increase their life expectancy. In fact, one study shows that if you walk for just one hour, you can increase your life expectancy by two hours.

Sign up online to walk in the annual

Heart Walk on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Delaware Technical and Community College at www.americanheart.org/sussexwalk. Several teams have signed up and the Georgetown Walmart has already raised $1,000 for their team.

An official “launch� is planned for Wednesday, April 16 at 3 p.m. at Trap Pond in Laurel. The launch will include several speakers, a small walk, and signups for the Heart Walk in October. Please bring a pair of new or gently used sneakers, preferably in children’s sizes, for the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition.

For more information, call 856-7386

Delaware Hospice promotes Healthcare Decisions day Delaware Hospice will join other national, state and community organizations in a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making — an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16, 2008 as National Healthcare Decisions Day. As a participating organization, Delaware Hospice is providing information and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare providers, and execute written advance directives (healthcare power of attorney and living will) in accordance with Delaware state laws.

Delaware Hospice representatives will hold an open forum on end of life wishes at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover on Wednesday, April 16 at 12:30 p.m.

A representative will discuss National Healthcare Decisions Day on Dan Gaffney’s show on WGMD 92.7 FM radio on Thursday, April 10, and informational flyers will be distributed throughout the

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Public gets a chance to voice opinion on updated land-use plan

By Ronald MacArthur With the clock ticking, the public had its first chance Thursday, April 3, to comment on the revised comprehensive landuse plan. The plan must be approved and adopted by April 30.

With planning and zoning commission members in attendance at the Cheer Center in Georgetown, nearly 20 citizens stepped up to the microphone to offer their comments on the updated plan.

Comments covered a wide variety of issues including property rights, jobs and density. Many speakers complained about the lack of any mention in the plan of affordable housing for low-income residents.

One person even hinted at a building moratorium. “Maybe we really just need to take a deep breath and really think about a lot of these issues,” said Betsey Farlow of Lewes.

The county council will have another public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, also at the Cheer Center.

Consultant Paul Driscoll said the 10 members of planning and zoning and county council will take suggestions from the public as well as a list of seven other possible amendments under consideration before voting on adoption. The plan must be finalized and adopted by April 30.

Some residents asked that their properties be taken out of Level 4 areas and be placed in growth zones in the plan’s landuse map. Lawrence Lank, director of planning and zoning, said his office had received 20 requests relating to growth zones. All requests will be turned over to planning and zoning and county council

for consideration.

Doug Simpson of Bridgeville, one of the few western Sussex speakers, said the county’s current base zoning in AR-1 districts of two units to one acre should not be changed.

“This provides equity on the land we purchased,” he said. “We want the value preserved.”

In fact, he said, county officials should consider incentives in the plan to add more value to preserving the land.

One of the most polarizing issues in the county is the debate over the county’s base-density zoning in AR-1 districts.

Opponents want the plan to reflect a change in base zoning while proponents argue the zoning provides equity to property owners.

County Council has gone on record as not changing the base-density zoning.

Speaking in support of property rights and the current base zoning in AR-1 districts, Guy Phillips of Georgetown, president of the Sussex Farm Bureau, said putting one house on two or three-acre lots is a waste of valuable farmland.

Wayne Baker of Lewes went a little further in his comments.

“People who live in towns, which are overdeveloped, want to take all of my rights away,” he said.

Baker, who owns undeveloped land, said officials need to keep individual rights as a top priority in the plan.

Others disagreed. “You need to revisit the two units to one acre zoning and get to some real land-use planning,” said Betty Deacon of Rehoboth Beach.

She said under the current AR-1 zon-

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Mabel Granke, a community activist from Rehoboth Beach, told planning and zoning members that the plan as written was not theirs. “I’ve looked at the plan it’s not there yet,” she said. “You need to make it yours so you can have a crack at land use in Sussex County that makes sense.”

Granke said she remembers the meetings Sussex officials had with the consultants before the first word was written on the updated plan.

“We need more tools that work for us like an adequate public facilities ordinance,” she said. “I recall that you wanted the ability to be able to say ‘Not now.’”

The plan includes a proposed transfer of development rights (TDR) program.

Granke, as did others, said that confining the transfer of density as proposed to less than 10 miles would mean failure of the program. She said the “density for dollars” policy should be abolished if a TDR program is established.

“There would be no point in developers to even consider TDRs when they can buy density for dollars – there is no negotiation potential,” she said.

Granke said a working TDR program throughout the county could lead to real affordable housing.

Gina Miserendino, representing the Sussex Housing Group, said she applauded the county for its moderately priced housing unit program, but there is nothing in the plan addressing housing needs for lowincome residents.

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Sandy Spence of Lewes, an advocate for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, said the plan focuses on housing for people who are 80 percent above the medianincome level.

“The people with the greatest need are left behind,” she said.

Included in the plan is a prohibition on private sewer in areas where the county plans sewer service – sewer districts and primary service areas.

Gerard Esposito, president of Tidewater Utilities, said the word “prohibited” must be removed from the plan to create a level playing field.

“If it’s not changed, it will damage our ability to do business in Sussex County,” he said. “We want to co-exist and not necessary compete with Sussex County.”

He said the word should be changed to controlled, reduced or limited, as it was intended when he met with Sussex engineering staff to provide input on the section of the plan.

Sussex officials have indicated they may be pulling back on an outright ban of private services.

Included on a sheet of seven possible amendments to the plan is a deletion of the word “prohibited,” replacing it with “private waste water providers are limited.”

Other amendments being considered include deletion of the state resource maps; possible partial building permit rebates for Energy Star-certified projects in developing areas; possible increase of density bonus from four to six units per acre in town centers; and possible expedited review for green community projects in the environmentally-sensitive developing area.

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Police Journal Pedestrian killed on U.S. 13, Laurel

A pedestrian was struck and killed on U.S. 13 Monday night. Rosa H. White, 37, of Mansfield, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened at about 10:20 p.m.

Delaware State Police said that Elizabeth A. Taylor, 27, of Virginia Beach, Va., was driving a 1997 Saturn north in the right lane of U.S.13. The vehicle struck White, who entered the roadway from the shoulder, police said.

U.S. 13 northbound was closed for approximately one hour while investigators examined the scene.

Police said that Taylor was wearing a seat belt and was not injured in the crash.

Alcohol involvement is unknown.

The investigation is continuing. Police are asking that anyone who was in contact with White before the accident call Detective Nichole Oldham at the Collision Reconstruction Unit, 302-645-8221.

Four suspected in home invasion

Police said that a mother and her adult son were forced to flee when four men allegedly carrying guns broke into their Magnolia home. The son, who police said was shot twice, was taken to Kent General Hospital, Dover and then transferred to Christiana Hospital, where he was being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The incident occurred Wednesday, April 2.

At approximately 2:45 a.m., officers from Troop 3, Camden, were dispatched to the residence in the 100 block of Terry Drive, Magnolia, in an area called Meadowbrook Acres. The 62-year-old woman who lives there and her 32-year-old son told police that four men armed with three handguns and a shotgun kicked in the front door of their residence.

The suspects demanded money, police said, and allegedly threatened to shoot the victims.

During the robbery, the male victim attempted to fight the suspects off by wrestling with one or more of the suspects.

Police said that during the struggle in his bedroom, a shotgun was fired and the bullet went through the left arm of the victim.

The victim and his mother fled the trailer and ran to a residence next door, police said. When they left the house, the suspects allegedly fired two handgun rounds at them. One of the rounds struck the male victim in the upper thigh, police said. The female victim was not struck.

The suspects fled out the front door on Terry Drive toward Millchop Lane, police said.

The suspects were described as four unknown black males wearing hooded sweatshirts and disguises. Police said that nothing was taken during the robbery.

Police urge anyone with information about the case to call Troop 3 at 302-6974456 ext. 307 or Crime Stoppers at 800TIP-3333.

Thefts taking copper from irrigation, police say State Police criminal investigators are cautioning local farmers to beware of thieves targeting the copper wiring on irrigation systems.

Last year, there were more than 40 reports of wire theft from irrigation systems in Kent and Sussex counties. A majority of these cases go unsolved because bandits target the irrigation machinery during the time of year when the systems are shut down. The thefts are usually discovered well after the fact and reported when the irrigation systems are reactivated.

Mending these irrigation systems is costly, police said. Depending on the size

of the apparatus, repairs are typically in the neighborhood of $10,000 to $400,000.

Troopers urge farmers to conduct regular inspections of their irrigation systems and without delay, to report any suspicious activity. Furthermore, victims are strongly encouraged to report thefts as soon as possible.

Anyone in Sussex County with information pertaining to thefts of copper wire from irrigation systems should call Troop #4 at 302-856-5850 attention Detective Robert Truitt or Crime Stoppers at 800TIP-3333.

Two men cited for fishing violations

occupied by his field training officer stopped on the eastbound shoulder of Atlantic Avenue waiting for traffic to clear.

As the troopers waited to make a u-turn for traffic enforcement purposes, an eastbound 1998 Ford Escort operated by Deborah G. Harding, 49, of Frankford veered right and struck the left rear of the marked patrol car. The patrol car sustained approximately $4,000 in damage. Harding’s vehicle sustained approximately $2,000 in damage.

Both officers were wearing seat belts and were not injured. Harding was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. She was charged with driving under the influence, careless driving, driving while suspended and no proof of insurance.

Juvenile charged with making bombs

Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents cited two men for fishing violations at Broad Creek in Laurel on April 5.

Agents observed the men fishing in the creek’s tidal waters on Saturday morning and determined both were using whole live river herring as bait to fish for striped bass, which is not currently in season. One of the men had caught a 36-inch striped bass before agents approached them.

Deno Young, 49, of 1055 Wolfe St., Laurel, was cited on charges of illegal possession of striped bass during spawning season and no fishing license. The fish was confiscated for evidence. Young was scheduled to appear on April 9 at Justice of the Peace Court 3 in Georgetown.

His companion, Antonio Hopkins, 41, of 8817 Sussex Manor Lane, Seaford, was cited for no fishing license. He was given a verbal warning for not using a circle hook, which is required for bass fishing in closed areas – the Nanticoke River and north of the C&D Canal.

Woman cited after hitting cruiser

Two Delaware State Police troopers escaped injury after their patrol vehicle, stopped along a road in Millville, was struck by a car whose driver was cited for driving under the influence.

On Friday, April 4, at approximately 8:30 p.m., a fully marked 2007 Dodge Charger operated by a recruit trooper and

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The fire marshal’s office said that officers with the Laurel Police went to a home in the 200 block of West 7th Street in Laurel on Sunday, April 6, where they found three juveniles in possession of soda bottle bombs. The juveniles were turned over to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and a warrant was obtained for the Cambridge juvenile.

The juvenile was released to the custody of his parents pending a court appearance.

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Delaware State Police using technology to solve crimes ‘This case absolutely exemplifies how crucial it is for law enforcement to keep up with technological advances...’

By Jeffrey Whitmarsh Delaware State Police

On Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, troopers were called to the Days Inn, located at 5209 Concord Pike, in reference to a murder in Room 241.

Investigators found the deceased victim, later identified as, then 29-year-old, Jamace W. Green, of Chester. An autopsy would confirm Green died as a result of a gunshot wound.

Evidence technicians combed through the crime scene where they located two crucial pieces of evidence-a beer bottle and a shell casing. Investigators would not know for quite some time how valuable this evidence would be.

While conducting this investigation, detectives expanded their search for potential leads to crimes, i.e. shootings, which occurred outside of Delaware.

A May 2006 shooting in Chester would prove to be just the connection detectives were

looking for.

In this Chester shooting, evidence technicians there recovered a shell casing that was entered into the national database of the Integrated Ballistics Identification System or IBIS. Recently, the Delaware State Police initiated its own Forensic Firearms Unit that also uses the IBIS system.

Forensic firearms technicians processed the shell casing from the Days Inn homicide, and upon entering it into the national IBIS database, were able to confirm a positive match to the Chester shooting.

This meant that detectives now knew the shell casings from the shooting in Delaware and Pennsylvania came from the same gun.

Police officers in Chester provided DSP detectives with possible names of suspects responsible for their shooting. One of the names provided was Jamar Harper, 31, of Townsend Street in Chester.

Again, using advances in technology, authorities were able to match DNA recovered from the beer bottle at the Days Inn crime scene to that of Harper.

Investigators in Delaware no-

State offers innovative driving safety program for teenagers Teen drivers in Delaware will have the chance to get behind the wheel and learn how to avoid collisions on the road, thanks to an innovative driving course being brought to the state by Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and the Dover, Elsmere, Lewes, Milton, New Castle City, Smyrna and Wilmington police departments.

The Collision Avoidance Training program, developed by the non-profit National Traffic Safety Academy and offered in a number of other states, combines an evening of classroom instruction with a day’s worth of driving exercises where teen students will feel what it’s like when a car goes out of control – and learn what it takes to regain control.

The Department of Insurance is the statewide sponsor of the program. The seven local police agencies will provide instructors and locations for the training courses. Longtime Delaware defensive driving instructor Kerry Bittenbender is serving as a coordinator of the program.

NTSA was founded and the CAT course was created by Paul Burris of Tallahassee, Fla., whose son died in an auto collision in 1992, the day after his 17th birthday.

“One of the foundations of this training is that there are no ‘accidents’ – collisions on the road are avoidable but teen drivers often do not have the skills or experience to avoid them,” Burris said.

“This course teaches teens about the physical forces exerted on a vehicle while driving and how those forces affect the handling of the car and the driver.”

“This program is an awareness and skill set education for both the overly confident teen driver and the hesitant teen driver,” Wilmington Police Chief Michael Szczerba said.

The CAT program is sponsored by police and safety agencies in Nashville and Knoxville, Tenn., Charlotte, N.C., Orlando, Fla. and other cities. Delaware will be the first place the training is offered on a statewide basis.

The cost of the course is $169 per student. One of the first trainings will be held in Wilmington on April 11 and 12 with a limited number of students in each class while the Delaware police instructors are trained by NTSA staff to teach the course.

For more information, call the National Traffic Safety Academy at 800-656-6507 or visit www.trafficsafety.net.

tified surrounding agencies that Harper was a person of interest in the Days Inn homicide and that the Delaware State Police were seeking his whereabouts.

On March 31, probation and parole officers from Pennsylvania called investigators in Delaware and advised them that Harper was in custody and was being detained at George W. Hill Deten-

tion Center.

Troopers responded north and contacted Jamar Harper. He was successfully implicated in the killing of Jamace Green and warrants are currently on file in Delaware charging Harper with first degree murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He will face these charges upon extradition.

Colonel Thomas F. MacLeish says, “This case absolutely exemplifies how crucial it is for law enforcement to keep up with technological advances and underscores its importance in solving open and pending cases. The family of Mr. Green has held vigil since his murder, they never gave up hope - and neither did my detectives.”

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R.A.R.E. Method in Woodbridge Elementary School This method teaches students how to break down readings in order to answer questions such as those that are asked on the state tests.

By Catherine A. Shufelt Woodbridge Elementary School staff and teachers are working hard to improve all aspects of their student’s educational experience.

During the April 1 Woodbridge School Board meeting, elementary school Principal Corey Miklus and the School Improvement Plan Committee presented some of the work that is being done for students in their school.

Because “writing demands are extremely intense in Delaware,” teachers and staff must develop new and different strategies to help them, said Miklus.

Among the ways in which students are being helped to do well on the reading and writing portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) is the R.A.R.E. reading method.

This method teaches students how to break down readings in order to answer questions such as those that are asked on the state tests.

R.A.R.E. stands for Restate, Answer, Reasons, and Example.

Students are asked to Restate the question in their own words, Answer the question from information in the text, give Reasons why they chose that answer, and give Examples from the text that support and prove their answers.

Variations of this method are being done with students in several grade levels, and, for Kindergarten students, teachers utilize the R.A.R.E. method orally when they read stories to their students along with other activities.

Principal Miklus stated this method was used in a school dis-

trict where he worked previously and it was a “structure that has been practiced in the classroom, and is a really good structure to use.”

Another reading initiative in place is the 90 minutes of reading each day for every student along with a “writing block” every day.

Students needing even more reading help have an additional 30 minutes of reading each day.

Every student’s skills and weaknesses are assessed regularly in order for teachers and staff to know what each child needs help with.

The school was also able to hire a second Reading Coach to help teachers with these initiatives and assessments.

The school recently hosted a “Raider Reading Night” and invited students along with their parents to meet with teachers.

Parents were encouraged to work with students at home, and were shown strategies and given packets to take home containing things they can use to help their children with their reading skills.

“The key element for success is partnership” with parents and the local community, said teacher Brenda Widerman.

Widerman also thanked Discover Bank for donating calculators to all students at Woodbridge Elementary School and for their continued support of the entire school district.

Teachers in the Math Department developed a learning strategy similar to the R.A.R.E. reading method. They call it “Take 5.”

Take 5 helps students solve math problems in new and different ways allowing them to take advantage of their particular learning styles and strengths.

The 5 aspects of Take 5 are: Pictures, Numbers, Words, Answers, and Labels.

Students are encouraged to answer math problems in several ways: by drawing the problem out in pictures, solving the prob-

Relay for Life sign ups The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Sussex is just around the corner.

Register your team today by calling the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345.

Former and current cancer patients, their families, businesses, civic organizations, and the public are invited to take part in this exciting team event.

Relay For Life will take place at the Woodbridge Sports Complex, 14714 Woodbridge Road, Greenwood. A survivors’ dinner/reception will be held at 4:30 on Friday, May 9, followed by opening ceremonies at 6 p.m.

The event will run through the night and closing ceremonies are scheduled for 8 o’clock Saturday morning.

Relay For Life is a family-oriented event. Participants camp out at the Relay site, and when they are not taking their turn walking, take part in activities and enjoy local entertainment.

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lem numerically, by writing the answer out in words, or by using all aspects of the Take 5 system.

This enables students to use all of their skills along while proving and supporting their answers in more than one way.

Also important for a student’s development are crucial life skills. Helen Hammond reviewed the various “Critical Skills” students cover throughout the school year.

Because every Woodbridge Elementary School staff and teacher “believes that our job is to help students grow both mentally and physically” a wide variety of personal and life skills are taught to students, she said.

These include: injury prevention, mental health, nutrition, personal and consumer health, community and environmental health, family health and sexuality, and information about alcohol and

other drugs.

Students are helped with critical thinking skills that will enable them to address issues they will face as they grow. Critical skills that will be addressed next school year include healthy food choices, personal hygiene, appropriate social behavior, accident prevention, and safe living.

All of the new and ongoing initiatives created by Woodbridge Elementary School will help make Woodbridge students “lifelong learners,” said Woodbridge Elementary School teacher Teri Quigley, facilitator of the School Improvement Plan Committee.

She also stated that by being inclusive of the whole school environment teachers and staff are “interested in fostering the whole child.”

In discussion after the School Improvement Plan presentation, former teacher and current school

board member Walter Gilefski lamented, “…it saddens me that we have to literally teach to that test (DSTP),” but he also thanked teachers by saying, “Teachers are the most important tool we put in the classroom.”

He encouraged teachers and staff to remember the importance of “free play” for children as well as how important it is to be creative in setting their lesson plans.

Board member Paul Breeding commented how happy he is to see the elementary school “doing what we need to be doing at this level,” and that “we say it (learning) starts at home, but it also starts in elementary school.”

Woodbridge School Board members thanked the School Improvement Plan Committee members for a wonderful presentation as well as their hard work on behalf of students attending Woodbridge Elementary School.

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Delmar girl is state representative for Children’s Miracle Network

By Lynn R. Parks Delaware’s 2008 representative for the Children’s Miracle Network is only two years old. But she has already been through three open heart surgeries, and faces another two or three before she is grown.

Jessica Wilson, daughter of Janice and Paul Wilson, Delmar, was born April 5, 2006, with tetralogy of Fallot, a heart abnormality characterized by no walls between the chambers of the heart, a displaced aorta and a narrow pulmonary valve, the valve through which blood travels to the lungs.

Her illness was discovered when she was one day old, after a heart murmur that she had at birth grew louder.

Doctors wanted to wait on surgery until Jessica was six months old, Janice Wilson said. “They wanted her to get bigger and stronger,” she added. “But her heart was working so hard just to keep her alive, she didn’t grow.” Jessica weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth, and stayed pretty much the same weight through the first six months of her life.

Because Jessica did not have walls between the chambers of her heart, blood that had oxygen in it, “red blood,” mixed with “blue blood,” or blood that was depleted of oxygen. In addition, the narrow pulmonary valve meant that very little blood could not flow into the lungs.

“Jessica was really weak,” Janice said.

“She was pale and lethargic.” And then at 2 months, she started having blue spells, periods of time that she would turn blue from lack of oxygen.

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She had one such spell in June 2006 in the Salisbury office of her pediatrician, who immediately sent her to Peninsula Regional Medical Center. By coincidence, Richard Jonas, chief of cardiac surgery at the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., happened to be visiting the hospital that day. “Dr. Jonas was just in Salisbury for the day,” Janice said.

“That was a miracle in itself.”

Jonas sent Jessica to the Children’s National Medical Center, where she underwent more tests. Doctors decided to proceed with surgery to correct Jessica’s heart defects.

Jonas was able to repair the heart walls, by placing a prosthesis between the heart’s chambers that heart tissue will eventually grow around. He was also able to reposition the aorta. But he could not repair the

narrow pulmonary valve as it was too close to the aorta. A cut aorta could mean that Jessica would bleed to death in a matter of minutes.

The day after surgery, Jessica’s newly-repaired heart was pumping strongly, beating 200 times per minute. “It was working the way it never worked before,” said Janice.

But the narrow pulmonary valve was still restricting blood flow into the lungs.

“Her heart was really overtaxed,” Janice said. “But she was still not getting the oxygenated blood that she needed.”

With all that work, Jessica’s heart started to get hard, much as a muscle that is used repeatedly gets hard. To relieve pressure on the heart, caused by post-operative swelling, doctors opened up Jessica’s chest and left it that way for about a week, until the swelling was gone.

“The next two weeks were like a roller coaster, up and down, back and forth,” Janice said. Finally, about one and a half weeks after the second surgery, in midJuly, Jessica was stable enough that she could come home.

“Doctors were hoping that the pulmonary valve would open up on its own,” Janice said. Unfortunately, she said, it did not, and Jessica was still not thriving.

“She had a little bit more life, but she wasn’t your typical little kiddo,” Janice added. “She wasn’t able to keep any food down and she stayed the same size.”

Finally, when a catheterization showed that the pulmonary valve had not changed in size, doctors scheduled surgery to put in a donor valve. Jessica got the new valve on Sept. 19. She was 6 months old and weighed 7 pounds.

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On Oct. 9, after a stint on a ventilator until her lungs adjusted to the unfamiliar blood flow, Jessica came home. For more than a year, through December 2007, she received speech therapy and physical therapy from Easter Seals.

“She is showing good improvement,” Janice said. “She is getting stronger all the time” and now weighs 21 pounds.

Because the donor valve will not grow, Jessica will have to have two or three more surgeries, to put in new valves, Janice said. But those surgeries “should not be anything like the past has been,” she added.

As representatives of the Children’s Miracle Network, which raises funds for children’s hospitals throughout the United States, Jessica and her family visited Disney World in Orlando, Fla., in March and then spent a few days in Washington, D.C., where they met with President Bush.

They will appear at fundraisers throughout the year and Jessica and Paul Wilson will speak at events on behalf of the network.

Janice does not know who nominated Jessica to be Delaware’s representative for the Children’s Miracle Network.

She figures it must have been someone from the Children’s National Medical Center, a member of the Children’s Miracle Network. But however it happened, she is happy for the chance to give something back to the hospital that helped Jessica.

“The Children’s Miracle Network helps hospitals to care for kids who don’t have the financial means to pay for care,” she said. “I am honored to be asked to speak on behalf of them.”

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A new way to lose weight — no exertion or sacrifice required I and the two cats were tucked in bed, successfully ignoring the fact that it was past time to get up, when we heard the news. “Infants and toddlers who slept less than 12 hours a night were more than twice as likely to be overweight by age 3,” the radio reporter said.

Our ears may have perked. But the rest of us, curled into a 10-legged paisley, remained comfortably still.

The reporter went on to say that a recent study indicated that babies who get less sleep than they should tend, in later years, to be overweight. More sleep, less fat — “We have to listen to this,” I told the cats.

The study to which the reporter referred was conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and other organizations. Over a period of nearly two years, researchers compiled information about the sleep patterns of 915 Massachusetts children, at age 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. They then calculated how many of those children were overweight at 3 years.

According to their findings, “Daily sleep duration of less than 12 hours during infancy appears to be a risk factor for overweight and adiposity in preschool-aged children.” The study was published in the April edition of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, a monthly journal put out by the American Medical Association.

Problems with getting less sleep than you need don’t end there, studies say. The same medical journal reports on a number of difficulties that children who don’t sleep much could face in adolescence, including anxiety, depression, attention problems and aggressive behavior. “Short sleep compared with other sleep problems seemed to be a particularly robust risk indicator of later difficulties,” one study concluded.

The most recent studies corroborate findings from previous studies that found correlations between lack of sleep in children and later physical and psychological problems. In 2006, Reuters reported on a study published in the Archives of Dis-

LYNN PARKS I have already given up my daily candy bar and am still taking my regular walks, but the bathroom scale, which I get on only when I’m feeling optimistic, is persistently cruel. ease in Childhood that linked shortened sleeping times in infants to obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease later on in childhood.

Other studies have found links between lack of sleep and obesity, even in adults. A 2004 study at Bristol University in London found that adults who had slept only five hours had higher levels of a hormone released by the stomach to signal hunger than those who had gotten a full eight hours. The same group of short sleepers also experienced a drop in a hormone produced by fat tissue when energy levels are low.

So, why was I so interested in this? Well, I have to admit that in the last year or so, I have gained — OK, no need for specifics here. Let’s just say that my jeans are a little tighter than they used to be. I have already given up my daily candy bar and am still taking my regular walks, but the bathroom scale, which I get on only when I’m feeling optimistic, is persistently cruel. “More exercise, less food!” it yells at me whenever I put it into action.

But now, I have another tool in my weight-fighting arsenal. Not more exercise. More sleep. Bring on that daily candy bar. If I eat it right before I fall asleep, I can imagine that all of its calories would just float off into thin air, peacefully and quietly, like a yogi’s mantra.

So it’s back to bed for the cats and me. I’ll have to paint a sign to hang on the door when we sleep: “Don’t bother us,” it will read. “We’re dieting.”

Delaware Democrats select delegates

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A few hundred Democrats gathered recently to select Delaware’s delegation for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo., Aug. 25-28. Delaware will send 23 delegates and four alternates to the convention.

“It’s terrific to see all of these people out here at the caucuses, energized and ready to put a Democrat back in the White House,” said chairman John Daniello. “Delegate selection is a perfect example of how our party works from the ground up, how everyday Democrats at the district level help decide who is best to represent the party on every level.”

More than 600 Democrats applied to be delegates in Delaware. The party narrowed much of that list down through a series of representative district caucuses. At each caucus, delegate candidates talked about why they wanted to represent their district at the state caucus and national convention. Through that discussion, the group chose its delegates to move onto the state caucus.

Delegate candidates wishing to attend the national convention engaged in a similar set of caucuses Saturday. When the day was over, the party selected 15 delegates and four alternates who have been pledged to the presidential candidates based on the results of Delaware’s February presidential primary.

The group also selected one unpledged add-on delegate. These 16 delegates will join seven other

Sussex County Democratic chairman Tom Chapman talks with state Rep. John Viola (D-Forest Knoll) at the state delegate selection caucus.

unpledged delegates, previously selected by their status in the party.

Prior to selection, some of those unpledged delegates -- Party Chairman John Daniello, Governor Ruth Ann Minner, Senator Tom Carper and Sen. Joseph Biden -- addressed the crowd, rallying support for this year’s slate of Democratic candidates.

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People Workman, Marvil married in May Amy Rae Workman and Patrick Robert Marvil were united in marriage on May 12, 2007, at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Seaford. The Rev. Boyd Etter officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Cheryl Workman of Georgetown and Ray and Darlene Workman of Lincoln.

The groom is the son of Robert and Dawn Marvil of Laurel.

Given away in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory Casablanca strapless gown. The dress’s bodice was decorated with beaded lace and the dress featured a scalloped hemline and beaded lace throughout the train and bottom.

The bride carried a bouquet of white roses.

The maid of honor was Lindsay Shipley of Georgetown, best friend of the bride. The bridesmaids were Courtney Mixon of Lincoln, sister of the bride, Lindsay Trivits of Laurel, friend of the bride, Ashley Smith of Philadelphia, Pa.,

cousin of the groom, and Ashley Meckley of Delmar, Md., friend of the bride.

The best man was Matthew Marvil of Laurel, brother of the groom. The groomsmen were Tyler Lyons of Virginia Beach, Va., cousin of the groom, Derek Smith of Seaford, cousin of the groom, John Benson of Laurel, friend of the groom, and Josh Workman of Lincoln, brother of the bride.

The ring bearer was Ian Elder of Laurel, cousin of the bride.

The flower girls were Alex, Ember, and Taylor Dukes of Georgetown, nieces of the bride, and Alexis Hill of Seaford, cousin of the groom.

The guest book attendant was Diana Kampe of Virginia Beach, Va., cousin of the groom.

After the releasing of four doves, a reception followed at Jimmy’s Grill Banquet Hall in Bridgeville.

The couple resides in Seaford.

Hollis daughter born Charlotte Reese Hollis was born on March 14, 2008, 5:54 p.m., at East Cooper Regional Medical Center, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. She weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Charlotte is the daughter of Chad and Linda Hollis of Goose Creek, S.C., and was welcomed home by her sister, Audrey Hollis, 6.

Her maternal grandparents are Joyce Hill of Seaford and the late William Hill.

Her paternal grandparents are Larry and Donna Hollis of Seaford.

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Ryan was born on March 3, 2007. The adoption was final in December 2007.

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Springtime asparagus is compensation for springtime chill I’m chilly. My ears are clogged ORETTA NORR and my sinuses are begging to be swept off to Arizona. I don’t mind a little rain — it’s April after all — but the weather has been so damp and dreary recently Wipe out skillet with paper that the May flowers these show- towels, then add remaining taers promise are but dim visions blespoon oil and heat until hot peeking out from the corners of but not smoking. Sauté remainmy mind. ing scallops.

As always, I take refuge in Carefully add wine and food. It’s fortunate that nature re- vinegar to skillet (mixture may wards us for hanging in there spatter) and boil, scraping up while winter still has us in its brown bits, until liquid is reclutches by giving us asparagus. duced to about 2 tablespoons, About 80 percent of our conabout 1 minute. Add any scalsumption of these delicate green lop juices accumulated on plate spears occurs during March, and bring to a simmer.

April and May. Fresh asparagus Reduce heat to low and should be a bright apple green whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at with tight purple-tinged tips. If a time, until incorporated. Add you choose the thicker ones, asparagus and remaining 1/4 don’t lop off too much of the teaspoon salt and cook until tasty stalk. By using a vegetable heated through, about 1 minute. peeler to remove the tough outer Serve scallops topped with layer of skin, you can eat the enasparagus and sauce. tire spear.

Gourmet, April 2004 Asparagus are best cooked right away but if that’s not possiAsparagus with Hazelnut ble, they’ll keep in the refrigeraVinaigrette tor three or four days tightly Makes 6 servings wrapped in plastic. I like to take 1 large shallot, minced a tiny slice from the bottoms and 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar place the spears upright in a covor red-wine vinegar ered container of water.

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard I love asparagus prepared any 1/2 teaspoon sugar way — boiled, steamed, grilled, 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil roasted, sautéed and even raw.

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1 lb. medium asparagus 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 lb. large sea scallops, tough ligament removed from side of each if attached 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup dry white wine 2 teaspoons white-wine vinegar 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces Trim asparagus, then cut stems into 1/4-inch-thick diagonal slices, leaving tips whole.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12inch heavy nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté asparagus, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 5 to 6 minutes.

Transfer with a slotted spoon to a plate, reserving skillet.

Pat scallops dry and sprinkle with pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add 1 tablespoon oil to skillet and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté half of scallops, turning over once, until browned and just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes total. Transfer scallops with tongs to another plate as cooked.

2 pounds asparagus, trimmed and lower 2 inches of stalks peeled To make the vinaigrette: In a bowl whisk together shallot, vinegar, mustard, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Add oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk until emulsified. Whisk in hazelnuts.

Finely chop egg. In a deep 10- to 12-inch skillet bring 1 and 1/2 inches salted water to a boil and cook asparagus over high heat until crisp-tender, about 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer asparagus with tongs to a colander and drain.

Transfer asparagus to a serving dish. Spoon vinaigrette over asparagus and sprinkle with egg. Serve asparagus warm or at room temperature.

Gourmet, April 1995 Grilled Asparagus and Roasted Mushroom Salad with Toasted Pecans, Blue Cheese and Red Chile Mustard Vinaigrette Serves 4 1 pound asparagus, grilled 1 pound assorted mushrooms, coarsely chopped

3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme Salt and pepper 1/4 cup toasted pecans 8 ounces American blue cheese Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over high heat. Add mushrooms and cook until golden brown. Add thyme and season with salt and pepper.

Toss asparagus with a few tablespoons of the vinaigrette (recipe below) and season with salt and pepper. Arrange 1/4 of the mushrooms in the center of each plate. Arrange asparagus around the mushrooms.

Sprinkle pecans and blue cheese around the edge of the plate. Drizzle with more dressing.

Red Chile Mustard Vinaigrette 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder Salt 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil Whisk together mustard, chili powder, salt to taste and vinegar.

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‘Art in the park’

The Nanticoke River Arts presents “Art in the Park” on April 12 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Kiwanis Park (Stein Highway across from Rite Aid). Food and entertainment will be provided free of charge. Nanticoke River Arts is an association of local artists that began in the spring of 2007 with a small group of art enthusiasts with a strong desire to share their love for the Arts.

Currently, the artisan members create in the following mediums; pen and ink, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, oils, photography, miniature lighthouses, glass art, and wood turnings. For more information contact Lisa G. Massey 629-2444 or Christina Darby 629-4321. Come out and support your local artists!

Friends of Seaford Library yard sale

The Friends of the Seaford district Library will hold their annual yard sale on Saturday, May 10, rain or sine. Your donations and support are needed to make this event a success. If you have items or plants to donate, they may be left at the library anytime starting May 3 during regular business hours. Books in good condition are always welcome. Clothing will not be accepted. The Friends would like to thank Janice Phillips for volunteering again to organize the yard sale. Call 629-2524 for more information.

Basket Bingo

The Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club is holding a “filled” Longaberger basket bingo on Friday, May 16. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bingo begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35- first 100 tickets sold receive a tote bag and a voucher for a Pizza King pizza, sweet tea and dessert to be used during the bingo event. Proceeds benefit programming at the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club.

For tickets, call Karen Schreiber at 6298740.

SHS 1958 class reunion

The Seaford High School Class of 1958 will be holding their 50th class reunion on May 30, 31 and June 1. If you have information on addresses for the following classmates, call Sally (Hann) Van Schaik at 6290619. Walter Sirman, Madeline Meding Hurley, Patricia Lloyd Robinson, Woody Jones, Beverly Hoagland Murray, Judy Friedel Timmons, Connie Crockett Hastings, George Bell, Joan Cordrey Eckert.

AARP benefit banquet

AARP Seaford area chapter #1084 will hold their annual banquet for members and friends on April 26, at the American Legion post 19 hall, on Laurel Road (Rt. 24 east).

Begins at 4:30 p.m., cash bar-social time; 5 p.m. dinner – roast beef, fried chicken, two veggies, salad, dessert, coffee and ice tea.

Dance contest with prizes. Live vocal musical entertainment by Side-By-Side Productions. Cost is $18 per person. Proceeds to benefit the veteran occupants now in the new Delaware Veterans home in Milford.

Reservations must be made before April 17. Call Barbara Johnson at 629-9323.

Pick up a coupon and enjoy a meal at Seaford Pizza King on Monday, April 14.

Eat in or take out between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m., and support the Friends of the Seaford District Library. A portion from each bill will be donated back to the library, but you must present a coupon to the cashier when paying your bill. Pick up coupons at the library to give to your neighbors and friends.

April 19, at the Heritage Shores Clubhouse.

This year’s theme is “The Nanticoke Derby.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Charity Endowment Prescription Fund and a certified Stroke Center at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. The cost to attend is $75 per person. Sponsorship packages are available. For further information and questions contact the Corporate Development office of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital at 629-6611, ext. 2404.

Mt. Olivet UM attic sale

Mt. Olivet United Methodist Women are having an attic sale in Fellowship Hall, 315 High St., Seaford, on April 19, from 7 to 11 a.m. A bake sale is included.

BPW offers scholarships

Applications are being accepted for two scholarships offered by the Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) of Seaford. Graduating seniors in the Delmar, Laurel, Seaford and Woodbridge school districts are eligible to apply for a $1,000 annual award. Applications must be received

by BPW by April 14. Application forms are available in the guidance offices of each school and Seaford library. Applications can also be obtained through the chairperson, Mary Ann O’Marrow, 22031 Heritage Farm Road, Bridgeville, DE 19933, 628-0655.

‘Victorine Du Pont’ program

“Victorine Du Pont”, a dramatic program, will be presented by historical impersonator Marie Gormley-Tarleton on Tuesday, April 29, 7 p.m., at the Seaford District Library, 402 N. Porter Street. Victorine Du Pont, the oldest child of the founder of the Du Pont Company, recalls her emigration from France and settlement in Delaware.

A native of Delaware, former teacher and Hagley Museum guide, Marie Gormley-Tarleton has had access to Victorine Du Pont’s personal letters and journals. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Seaford District Library, will be preceded by a short business meeting and is open to the public.

Car & motorcycle show

Classic car and motorcycle show, flower sale and pulled pork platters, Saturday, May 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at 9437 Ginger Lane, Rt.13 north of Seaford (next to Barton’s). $10 entry fee for classic cars and motorcycles. Food available will be: pulled pork sandwiches & chops, $4; pulled pork platters $6, includes baked beans, cole slaw & roll.

‘The Nanticoke Derby’

Nanticoke Health Services will be hosting the 22nd annual dinner and auction on

There will be a festival at Eastern Shore Veterinary Hospital on Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Festival will raise money for the Delaware Humane Association’s “Walk for the Animals” to support their “no kill” shelter. We also hope to adopt out some of our cats and dogs in need of a good home. Festivities will include: pet bathing; costume contest; and talent contest.

Please call ahead to sign up for the talent show and costume contest, 875-4941, $2 donation entry.

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Gospel concert fundraiser

The Seaford Christian Academy class of 2011 is presenting a gospel concert fundraiser on Saturday, April 19th, at 7 p.m. in the Seaford Christian Academy gymnasium, Seaford. The Down East Boys Gospel Quartet will be performing. The SCA Class of 2011 is raising funds for their senior class trip, and plan to give 10 percent of their profits to a non-profit ministry or community program. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $12.50 from members of the class of 2011, or by calling Seaford Christian Academy 629-7161, or for $15 at the door.

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Centenary Church dinner

Centenary United Methodist Church Women will be sponsoring an all-you caneat chicken and dumpling dinner on Saturday, April 12, from 4-7 p.m. Adults $8 and children ages 6-12 years are $4, no cost for children under six years of age. The church is located at the corners of Market and Poplar streets, Laurel.

Laurel Baptist Church luncheon

Laurel Baptist Church will be hosting a free community luncheon on Saturday, April 19, from noon to 2 p.m. Located at 33056 Bi-State Blvd., west side of 13A. For more information, call Shirley at 875-2314.

Free books are too good to miss. On April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Laurel Public Library, the Friends of the Laurel Public Library once again present the “BIG Book Give Away.” Add to your personal library, or try a new author without having to spend money.

Administrative Professionals Day

The Laurel Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an Administrative Professionals Day breakfast on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 a.m., at St. Philip’s Church on Central Avenue. The chamber invites you and your staff to join them for a morning of food and fun, with entertainment by Laurel’s own Alexis Hudson, and motivational speaker Susan Rae Baker, author and businesswomen. Cost is $12 and tickets may be purchased at the office of Payroll Plus, located at 1014 S. Central Ave. in Laurel.

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LHS class of ‘87

The LHS class of ‘87 is hoping to hold its 20th year reunion this coming June 2008. The planning committee is trying to locate class members.

If you have contact information and/or would like to help plan the reunion, contact Michele Procino-Wells at mpw@seafordlaw.com or 628-4140.

Family bike rally

Trap Pond Partners and Trap Pond State Park will hold its fifth annual “Get In Gear” family bike rally on May 3. Registration from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Register before April 12 - adults $12; under 16, $6. Register after April 12 - adults $16; under 16, $8. Bike trail is 5 miles of easy riding, plus an 8-mile road course.

Trails will be posted and volunteers will be present to help. There will be entertainment. Rain date is May 4. For more information call the park office at 875-5133.

Vera Bradley bingo

The Laurel Lioness Club is holding a Vera Bradley bingo on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the Laurel Fire Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and are available from any Lioness member, or call Linda at 8754675 or Brenda at 542-3233. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, or are available from His N Hers Hair Stylists, North Dual Highway, Laurel.

available to pick-up refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners, as long as the freon has been removed. M-T Trash will also have a truck to pick up paint, stain, etc.

These items must be kept in a separate area from the rest of the trash. Large tree limbs can be delivered to the town’s wastewater treatment plant. A scrap metal container will be placed at the Town Hall parking lot for the disposal of such items as aluminum siding, window frames, barbecue grills, tire rims, bicycles and stainless steel. Questions may be directed to Town Manager Bonie Walls at 337-7135.

Governor Minner Dinner

The Sussex County Women’s Democrat Club is honoring Governor Ruth Ann Minner on April 19, with a chicken and dumpling dinner at the Bridgeville Fire Hall. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. The cost is $20 per person. Prominent candidates will be attending. There will be door prizes and an auction. Call Betsy Davis 875-7091 for tickets now, because seating capacity is limited to 250.

Indoor yard sale

There will be an indoor yard sale on Saturday, April 19, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Union United Methodist Church - Fellowship Hall, Laws Street, Bridgeville. This will benefit the 2009 Women’s Retreat. For more information contact 337-7372 or the church office 337-7409.

Library hosts Norman Scherer

On April 12, from 10:30 to 11:30 am, in the Carpenter Community Room, Norman Scherer returns to discuss “Long Term Care Insurance: Is It For You?” Both of these free classes are sponsored by the Delaware Money School and the Laurel Public Library.

Friends of the Bridgeville Library

The friends of the Bridgeville Library will be hosting an art auction, “Art For Books & Bricks,” on Fri. April 18, at the Bridgeville Banquet Center, to raise funds for the construction of the new Bridgeville Library. The honoree is Jack Lewis, Bridgeville artist and former teacher.

Preview & silent auction are from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Live auction begins at 7:30 pm. Admission cost is $15. Space is limited. For more information, call Cheryl Gerring at 337-9733.

Community yard sale

The town of Bridgeville will host a community-wide yard sale on Saturday, May 3, from 7 a.m. until …? You will find great bargains at many homes throughout the town. Be sure to put Bridgeville on your list of yard sale stops on May 3.

Clean-up day

Join us at the Greenwood CHEER Center every Wednesday evening, for our weekly dinner club 5 p.m-7 p.m. The CHEER Greenwood Center is located at 12713 Sussex Highway, Greenwood, and the public is welcomed. Each week there will be a delicious dinner offered for the price of $5 per person for individuals over 60+ years. For more information call the center at 349-5237 or visit the CHEER website at www.cheerde.com

Origami workshop

On Tuesday, April 15, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., the Greenwood Public Library will be hosting a home-schoolers’ origami workshop for children (ages 8 and up) and teens.

Those who attend will learn the basics of origami. The program is free, but pre-registration is required by April 11.

Facts vs. Quacks

On Thursday, April 17, from 2-3 p.m. the Greenwood Public Library will be hosting “Facts Vs Quacks,” a program designed to help people in their search for medical information on the internet. Linda Leonard, Sussex Consumer Health Librarian, will explain how to determine quality health information on the internet and how to find reliable websites. The program is free and open to all. No pre-registration is required. For further information, call 349-5309.

AARP advanced safety program

The Greenwood CHEER Center, located at 12713 Sussex Hwy, in Greenwood, will host a 2-day, 8 hour total, AARP advanced safety program on Thursday, May 1, and Friday, May 2. This course will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day and the cost is $10 per participant. You must register in advance for this course.

Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a deduction on the liability portion of their automobile insurance. For more information or to register call Susan Welch at 349-5237.

Marvel Museum, South Bedford Street, Georgetown. A newly discovered Delaware Confederate’s name will be added to the monument. The band ‘Backwoods’ will perform bluegrass and period style music. The event is free. Events get underway at 1 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Delaware Grays Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 2068, based in Seaford. For details, visit www.DESCV.org.

Georgetown Library

Hometown pictures has returned to the Georgetown Public Library. Open to the public during the normal hours of the library in the conference room.

• The Georgetown Public Library will hold story time at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday morning with Miss Sherri. For more information please call the library at 302-8567958.

• The Georgetown Library will hold Wellness Wednesday on April 16 from 2-4 p.m.

• The Georgetown Public Library will be offering a knitting class starting April 21.

Pre-registration is required.

• The Georgetown Public Library will be sponsoring a program on “Consumer Loan Fraud” presented by the State Attorney General’s Office on April 22, at 6 p.m.

• The Georgetown Public Library is holding its bag sale. The entire books and VHS in the conference room that one bag can hold for a $1.

• The Georgetown Public Library is sponsoring “Popcorn and a Movie” on the first Friday of every month. It will be Friday, May 2. For more information about library programs call the library at 856-7958.

‘Steel Magnolias’

Sussex Central High School’s Take II Drama Club is proud to present “Steel Magnolias” produced and directed by Helen Ann Barlow. April 10, 11, and 12, at Sussex Central High School. Curtain will be at 7 p.m. with tickets being sold at the door $5 for children and $8 for adults. If you have any questions, contact us at 934-3166.

Special Olympics

The Delmar Lions Club is selling a Longaberger basket with the Delmar’s school colors of blue and orange around the rim for $49. There is also a wildcat lid for $30 that can be purchased. All proceeds go to sponsored projects like the visually and hearing impaired and special olympics. For information, call Mildred Riley 846-3846.

Spring yard sale

Delmar Community third annual Spring yard sale, at Delmar State Street Park, Saturday, April 19, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Only 40 15’x15’ spaces available, $20 donation in advance/ $25 donation morning of sale.

Rain date is May 3. For additional information call: Melane Boltz 846-3079, or Janice Hughes 410-896-9360, or Sharon Levadnuk 846-9574. Profits from the booth fees will be donated to the Delmar Little League.

Sandwich sale

A sandwich sale will be held Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. until… at the Delmar Church of God of Prophecy, Rt. 13 N. and Dorthy Road.

Featuring oyster sandwiches, crab cakes, chicken salad sandwiches, cheese steak subs, hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade soups. Call the church for more information 875-7824.

Scholarship fundraiser

On Monday, May 5, Georgetown AARP #5340 will be hosting a fund raiser at the Roadhouse Steak Joint, Rehoboth Beach, from 6 to 8 p.m. Come out and eat, and 10 percent of the day’s proceeds will go towards the scholarship fund. Also, there will be a 50/50 drawing. For more information, call 856-3404 or 945-1288.

Confederate Heritage Day

Delaware Confederate Heritage Day, Saturday, May 10, at Soldier’s Monument,

Covered dish dinner

A covered dish dinner will be held at Bethel Church Community House, Oak Grove, on Saturday, April 19, at 6 p.m.

Karaoke music by Jerry Butler will be provided. Call Lucy Slacum at 629-7117.

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All-you-can-eat Sunday breakfast buffet served by the Galestown Ruritan Club, on the fourth Sunday of each month October to June 7-10 a.m. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 children 6-12 years, at The Galestown, Md. Community Hall, 5833 School House Road.

ond Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., in the Sussex County Administration Office just south of the Wilmington Trust Bank on Rt. 113. Seaford Triad meets the second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Nanticoke Senior Center in Seaford. For additional information, contact president Al Hahn at 436-2157.

Beach Bridal Show

‘Knifty Knitters’ meet

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Delaware Today and Delaware Bride present the 2nd Annual Beach Bridal Show.

The event will be held at Baywood Greens Clubhouse from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 20. Featuring local wedding related vendors and service professionals who can help you to plan your dream wedding. Visit www.delawaretoday.com for tickets, $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

Fried chicken buffet

Fried chicken buffet will be held Saturday, April 19, at Bethany Church, Lowes Crossroads near Millsboro. Adults and carry-outs, $10; children, $5. Serving 2 to 6 p.m. A bake table will be available.

Motorcycle ‘Ride of the Free’

“Ride of the Free for the Home of the Brave” (homeless Veterans Shelter) on Sunday, May 4 (rain or shine). Registration begins at 10 a.m., last bike out at 11 a.m. at “The Home of the Brave” located off Rt. 1 North on Sharps Road just south of Milford.

Leisure ride through Greenwood, Bridgeville, Seaford, Millsboro, to “The Home of the Brave.” Join us for good food – a 50/50 raffle-pin. Cost is $15, registration fee with free t-shirt to the first 150 registered riders. Help us serve those who served us. (Donations of cash, food, clothing, etc. are appreciated.) For more information call 302-424-1681.

Kiwanis Club fundraiser

The Roadhouse Steak Joint in Rehoboth Beach is having a fundraiser day for the Kiwanis Club of Georgetown on Monday, April 28. The Roadhouse Steak Joint is located on Rt. 1 near the Midway Shopping Center. A portion of the proceeds earned that day will go to the Kiwanis Club of Georgetown’s programs.

‘Ride to the Tide’

Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics’ “Ride to the Tide” is an 80-mile police escorted motorcycle ride from Newark to Lewes to be held Sunday, April 20. Cost to participate is $20 for riders and $15 for passenger - if registered before April 16. Day-of-registration fee will be $25 for riders and $20 for passengers. For more information contact Special Olympics Delaware at 302-831-4653 or visit the website at www.sode.org.

Hebron Lodge #14 basket bingo

I.O.O.F. Hebron Lodge #14 basket bingo will be on Wednesday, April 16, Federalsburg, V.F.W. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Games begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Door prize: blanket basket. Raffle: serving baskets bundle. To order tickets call Rusty Covington at 629-8102. Must be 18 to play.

The “Knifty Knitters” chapter of the Knitters Guild Association will be meeting the first Wednesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the CHEER Community Center in Georgetown.

Call 302-732-6495 for further details.

July 4th meetings

Laurel July 4th meetings are set for the following days: April 21, May 19, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 and June 30. They begin at 5 p.m. and are held at the Laurel Chamber Office.

Widowed Persons Service meet

The S.A.L.T. (Seniors and Lawmen Together) Council has announced that their monthly meetings will be held on the sec-

Friday, Aug. 22 - Yankees vs. Orioles, a trip to Camden Yards is planned. Bus will leave at 4 p.m. Game time is 7 p.m. Cost is $52.

Seaford Republican Women’s Club

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The Seaford Republican Women’s Club will meet Thursday, April 24, 10:30 a.m., at the Seaford Country Club. Guest speaker will be Richard Carroll, Esq., president of the Delaware Young Republicans. He is a corporate lawyer. For further information contact Sharlana Edgell, 629-7123.

Orchid Hobbyists meet

Orchid Hobbyists of Delmarva will meet on the third Sunday of each month September through June, from 2-5 p.m. Come join our group with a common interest in all things orchid. There will be lectures, demonstrations, slide shows, cultural information and question and answer sessions.

Everyone is welcome. Annual membership is $15 per family. For more information, contact either: Luther Shultz 410-341-6058, or Mary Jo Marshall 410-822-3941.

The Seaford Chapter Widowed Persons Service will have its next meeting on Tuesday, April 15, at 12:15 p.m. at the Golden Corral. The planned guest speaker will be Erin Steele, marketing director for the Methodist Manor house.

Coast Guard Auxiliary

Equine Council meet

Cancer support group

Next meeting of the Delaware Equine Council will be Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Harrington Public Library, recap of dinner/dance/auction, usage of Mascot “Liberty,” and up and coming events. All those interested in horses are welcome.

For more info contact Stan 684-3966.

Class of 1956 luncheon

The Laurel High School Class of 1956 will hold their quarterly luncheon at the Laurel Dutch Inn, Friday, May 16, at 11:30 a.m. Plans will be discussed for their 52nd reunion dinner.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-04 meets the second Thursday of each month at Nanticoke Yacht Club in Blades. Call Wayne Hickman at 629-6337 for details.

The Wellness Community-Delaware is offering a support group for people affected by cancer and their loved ones at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. The group meets at the Cancer Care Center on the second Monday of the month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. To register for this program or for more information call Kaye or Lori at 6459150. All programs at The Wellness Community are free of charge for people affected by cancer and their loved ones.

Marine Corps meeting

The Marine Corps League meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Log Cabin in Seaford.

Trap Pond Partners plan bike rally

Trap Pond Partners meets the second Wednesday, April 9 of each month at 7 p.m. at the Bald Cypress Nature Center at Trap Pond State Park, Laurel.

We are currently planning our 5th annual “Get In Gear” family bike rally to be held May 3. Join us or visit us at www.trappondpartners.com for additional information.

MOAA meeting

The Southern Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) announces its April 15 meeting. The speaker for the meeting will be Robert L. Stickles who will speak on “Surviving and Thriving in 2008” The luncheon will be held at LaRosa Negra at 1201 Savannah Road in Lewes, at 11:45 a.m.

The cost of the buffet is $12 including tip. Membership is open to those who hold or have ever held a warrant or commission in any service to include Public Health Services and NOAA and their surviving spouses. The next meeting will be held May 20.

Laurel Chamber meeting

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recently awarded to Laurel and six other Delaware towns. For more information contact the chamber office at 875-9319.

The Laurel Chamber of Commerce will be holding a general membership meeting on Tuesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m., at the chamber office on Poplar Street.

The meeting will feature a presentation

by Diane Latrd, Main Street coordinator for the Delaware Economic Development Office. Diane will hold an information session about a $381,000 USDA grant which was

Sight and Sound trip

A bus trip to see “Daniel and the Lions’ Den” at the Millennium Theatre will be on Thursday, April 24. Cost is $92 per person for show and buffet at Hershey Farms Restaurant. Departure will be from St. George’s United Methodist Church parking lot at 6:30 a.m. For more information, call 846-2301 or 875-7645.

Laurel Senior Center trip

Laurel Senior Center is planning a trip to Branson, Mo., on May 17-25. Cost is $735 per person (double occupancy). It includes nine days, eight nights, 14 meals, and seven fabulous Branson shows. For more information call 875-2536.

Senior Center trips

Nanticoke Senior Center’s Nashville and Memphis trip will take place on Sunday, Sept. 14 to Saturday Sept. 20. Cost is $850 double occupancy. Some of the sights you will see are Graceland, Grand Olé Opry, and Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. For further information, call 629-4939. Trip includes motor coach transportation, tip for bus driver, snacks from center, dinner theatre. For questions and sign-ups call 6294939.

Seaford Recreation trips

On Saturday, May 17 a trip to the Inner Harbor is planned. Bus leaves at 8 a.m. and leaves Baltimore at 4 p.m. Cost is $20. On

Upcoming Day Trips June 24 – Naval Academy & Harbor Cruise. Lunch included at Phillips. Cost is $64.

July 23 – Rainbow Dinner Theatre, “Hold That Thought.” Cost is $67.

West Virginia train ride Ride the Rails to West Virginia on May 21-23, 3 days-2 nights, cost is $420 (Double). Enjoy a bus ride through the Allegheny Mountains and a stop at Backbone Mt. Windmill Farms before going on to Thomas, W. Va., for some shopping time.

Day 2, you ride The Cheat Mountain Salamander from Elkins, W.Va., to High Falls where you can exit the train for pictures and a view of the Appalachian Mountains. Ride the Durbin Rocket along the Greenbrier River, to a vintage depot for dinner. Day 3, a visit to Blackwater Falls State Park. Contact Rose Wheaton, 629-7180.

Longaberger bus trip

The Midnight Madness travel team will be heading to Ohio to visit the basket capital of the world - Longaberger on April 10-12.

Includes tour of Longaberger’s home office, homestead, factory store and Dresden, Ohio.

Longaberger will be hosting their annual “Spring Fling” during the trip, which includes numerous vendors and dash for baskets. Each guest will receive a Longaberger basket filled with goodies, door prizes and lodging. Pre-registration required.

For information call 245-8842 or email RGMorris93@comcast.net.

Bus trip to Wax Museum

There will be a bus trip on April 26 to the Great Black Wax Museum, Lexington Market, Patapsco Flea Market and the Cactus Willie Buffet. The cost is $20, children under 12 years are $10. Sponsored by Pastor Joseph Scurry. For more information, contact Pastor Scurry (bus driver) at 302-3449706 or Miss Paris Twyman, 410-754-9135.

Bus pick-up locations are: Easton, Md., Denny’s; Federalsburg, Md. S & S Market; Seaford, Big Lots; Cambridge, Wal-Mart.

No refund. Money due by April 19.

Adult Plus+ offers trips

Don’t let April showers keep you inside; enjoy a trip with the Adult Plus+ Program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, Georgetown.

Sample seafood and take a guided tour of the University of Delaware’s Marine Studies Lab in Lewes on April 15. Enjoy the chance to see, hear, meet, and be amazed by showman and organist Bob Ralston, a pioneer of the early days of television on April 18, at the Smyrna Opera House. Watch over 750 international performers, choral groups and Celtic dancers at the Virginia International Tattoo from VIP seats at the Norfolk Scope on April 20. Explore the underground railroad experience in the musical “Let My People Go!” at the Kennedy Center on April 20. Watch the Broadway musical comedy Guys and Dolls at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Pennsylvania on April 23. For more complete information about these and other Adult Plus+ trips, call Delaware Tech at 302-856-5618.

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LHS grad who coached in Seaford named to hall of fame I waited a little long, I guess, but Laurel congratulations should AT URPHY go to Laurel High School Class of 1963 graduate, Ron Dickerson, I am sure Ronnie never upon his selection to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. Ron joins gave a thought to the fact quite an impressive list of Laurel that he would someday athletes and coaches on the Hall list, among them Coach George become a legendary Schollenberger, for whom Ronnie Seaford coach alongside played. Ronnie Dickerson grew up on Marvil Drive in Laurel, about a Coach Bob Dowd. tenth of a mile from great Laurel players Morris and Dale Harris, alI’d better define this a little better. If you though both Morris and brother Dale are love spring as we do I am sure you enjoy a little more “mature,” (you might say the little beautiful things that spring proolder). duces. So it was a great joy when a song Ronnie was an All-State selection his bird of some type built her nest in a spring senior year, but my memory of him is of a floral arrangement on our door and days baseball player and his record as a Seaford later there were three eggs in the nest. You baseball coach bears this out. A record of might say we have a “bird’s eye” view 102 wins against 26 losses is not too shab- from our hallway. More later. by, I would say, and neither is the fact that he sent several youngsters into professionI mentioned in an earlier column about al baseball. This is highlighted by Delino several Laurel preachers leaving their poDeShields, who spent many years in the sitions in the next few months. One who I majors. was not aware of at that time, is pastor I asked Ron about this one time, and I John Van Tine of Centenary United believe he could not recall it, but Ron, my- Methodist Church. John has been there for self, Doug Horner, maybe Randy Wiley five years and is well-known throughout and several other Laurel kids rode our bithe Laurel community. He was a regular cycles to Seaford when we were 10 to 13 attendee and worker at all the Ruritan years old to play Bill Lloyd and some of Club functions and its chicken barbecues his Seaford friends in a baseball game. As won’t be the same without him. our bikes hummed down Alternate Route John’s wife, Virginia, is quite a singer 13 to Lloyds Gift Shop, I am sure Ronnie and they make a great team. For the comnever gave a thought to the fact that he munity I say, “Miss you, folks,” and you would someday become a legendary Seaford coach alongside Coach Bob Dowd.

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Yard sale folks, Delmar is holding its third annual community yard sale on April 11, at the park. Table spaces are available and there will be plenty of bargains for all, says Janice Hughes, including early morning scrapple sandwiches as well as lunch.

Call 302-846-3079 or 410-896-9360 to reserve a booth. The profits from the booth fees go to the Delmar Little League baseball program.

Saturday night at Perdue Stadium in Salisbury there were maybe 2,000 or 3,000 youngsters who were participating in the Sussex County school reading program.

Only a small group from North Laurel went on the field. The youngsters had to read four books for a pair of tickets to the game. I believe half the real estate agents in Seaford were there.

Also there was good ol’ ”Foxy” Whaley with his wife, Janice, and their grandson.

Foxy was so worried about this that he read four books so he could attend for free too!

McGuffy’s Reader, Red Ryder, the Bobbsey Twins, twice. You might say that Foxy is well read!

Now, you know I am kidding, but I do know Foxy was sweating bullets when they went to the refreshment stand and he had to bring out that wallet. Now, of course you know, I am being myself, with a little foolishness.

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If I mention Tom at Delmar Pizza, I am sure most of you know whom I am talking about. Tom and staff have been answering unneeded questions recently, such as, “Are you opening a place in Laurel in the former Pizza Palace location?” or “Are you opening one in Millsboro and other locations?” With his trademark dry humor, Tom gives an emphatic “no!” to all these rumors and that is what they are — just rumors that he is worn out saying no to.

Now, back to the pizza, Tom! My wife has been retired for a week now and we are expecting. Now, maybe

Another Laurel Night at Shorebirds Stadium planned “Laurel Night” will again be held at Shorebirds Stadium and Friday, July 25, will be the designated night. The Laurel Town Council agreed at its Monday-night meeting to support the evening, which will feature fireworks.

Mayor John Shwed is encouraging his administrative staff to work toward making the public aware of the special night at Shorebirds Stadium in an effort to have a large turnout of Laurel citizens. He said tickets will be available at Laurel Town Hall in the near future.

The Shorebirds will feature the Lexington Legends that night. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

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Get plenty of rest Friday evening as Saturday, May 17, is to be a grand day for Laurel. We hope to have much more on this soon.

The superintendent search is on in Laurel. I think that and the work being done on U.S. 13 and elsewhere are the hot subjects right now.

But at my house, we are all talking about that large, possibly 18-pound, cat that attacked our bird nest on our door wreath on Monday morning. Nature being what it is, I guess that was going to happen, but there was only one egg left in the nest Monday morning and the cat pulled the ribbon completely out of the wreath by jumping up there.

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Church Bulletins Bill & Karen Itzel in Concert

Singers/songwriters Bill & Karen Itzel will be in concert at the Atlanta Road Alliance Church in Seaford, on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Formerly a member of the Speers, Bill was featured on two radio singles: “Saved to the Uttermost” and “He’s Still in the Fire,” both of which soared to the No. 1 spot on the Singing News, Cash Box, and Gospel Voice charts, leading to two Dove and two Grammy award nominations. In 1990, Bill resigned from the Speers and began his own family ministry.

This event is free. A love offering will be taken, and Bill and Karen Itzel’s CD’s and other products will be available. The Atlanta Road Alliance Church is located at 22625 Atlanta Road, approximately 1-1/2 miles north of Stein Hwy (Rt. 20). For more information, please call the church at 629-5600 or visit www.atlantaroadcma.or.

Trinity UM Gospel concert

Trinity United Methodist in Laurel, near Trap Pond will be sponsoring a Gospel Concert Friday, May 2. Join us for a night of gospel music featuring the inspirational sounds of “All For Him,” Phil Davis, Jerry Jones and the O’Day Family.

Food will be available for purchase and a love offering will be taken. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the concert beginning at 6:30.

For more information, call 875-7715 or 875-4741.

St. John’s multicultural services

Siempre Verde, a multicultural, bilingual service is being led by Pastor Luis Almandoz on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at St. John’s United Methodist Church at Pine and Poplar

streets, Seaford. Praise music, powerful preaching and a small meal unite this fellowship of persons of both Hispanic and Anglo origins. Alberto Mendez leads worship on the keyboard.

Wayne Dukes, Kaila Cluscas.

Every week, Mary Ann Young joins us.

Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, contact Bruce and Nancy Willey at 875-5539.

‘Sounds of Joy’ in concert

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Sunday, April 13 at 6 p.m. at Delmar Wesleyan Church, East and 8th St. They will also be performing on April 20 at 6 p.m at Blackwater Fellowship in Roxana and April 27 at Galestown Methodist Church. Hymn sing at 2 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery, a step program which claims Jesus Christ as its Higher Power, is meeting at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Pine and Poplar Streets, on Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m.

This program is open to persons who wish to turn over their hurts, habits, and hang-ups to God such that they may be healed. For more information, call Rev. Constance Hastings, 629-9466, or Robert Spadaccini, 841-1720.

Gospel Café April guests

Centenary United Methodist Church, corner of Poplar & Market streets, Laurel, holds its Gospel Café every Saturday night at 6 p.m. featuring Bruce and Nancy Willey music ministry with live Christian music, fellowship and refreshments. April 2008 guest singers are: April 12 – Virginia Mitchell, Bill Primrose, Laura Mitchell and Kaila Cluscas.

April 19 – Frank Silva, Rob Harman, Cassandra Abbott.

April 26 – Gospel group (ALL 4 HIM),

Wednesday, April 25 5p.m.- midnight and Thursday, April 26, 7a.m.- 6p.m. Cost is $40/person. Lots of vendors, make-ntakes, certified massage therapist, door prizes, contests, candlelit dinner. Held at Central Worship Center (formerly Epworth Fellowship Church) in Laurel. Call 8754254 for more information. Proceeds to benefit CWC youth group.

The Watkins Family

Bluegrass Gospel singing group, The Watkins Family of Eastanollee, Ga., will be in concert on Friday, April 11, at the Sam Yoder Concert Center at 89 Hunting Quarter Road in Houston. Concessions will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. and music will begin at 7 p.m. For more information call 410-673-7805.

Episcopal Diocesan Convention

The 223rd Episcopal Diocesan Convention will be held on April 11 and 12 at St. Phillip’s in Laurel. Attending from St. Luke’s will be Jeanne Kirby-Coladonato, Rector at St. Luke’s and Amy Larson, Gene Grantz, and Sarah Quick.

St. John A.M.E. dinner

St. John A.M.E. Zion Church (Ross Point) in Laurel will be selling Fish and Chicken Dinners on Friday, April 11, starting at noon until... Fish platters are $10, fried or baked chicken platters are $8. For

more information call the church at 8754042. Pastor is the Rev. Shirley M. Caldwell.

Union Baptist Choir concert

On Sunday, April 13, the Union Baptist Mass Choir from Easton, Md., will be in concert at St. John A.M.E. Zion Church (Ross Point), Laurel, at 3:30 p.m. For more information call 875-4042 or 8410203. The Rev. Shirley M. Caldwell

‘No Talent” Talent Show

Come enjoy an evening of fun, fellowship and laughter at Laurel Baptist Church as we will be hosting another “No Talent” Talent Show, on April 27, at 7 p.m. The church is located on the west side of 13A, approximately 2 miles south of Laurel.

Any questions, call Shirley at 875-2314.

Crossroad Christian Band

Everyone is invited this Sunday evening, April 13 at 7 p.m. to hear the Crossroad Christian Band at Greenwood UMC. This band plays and sings contemporary Christian music sure to appeal to all ages. Greenwood UMC is located at the corner of Church and W. Market Streets.

Trinity UMC features Jerry Jones

Trinity United Methodist Church in Laurel, near Trap Pond State Park, will be sponsoring a Gospel Concert, Friday, May 2, featuring Jerry Jones, “All For Him,” and Phil Davis and the O’Day Family.

Food will be available for purchase and a love offering will be taken.

Doors open at 6 p.m., with concert at 6:30 p.m. For details call 875-7715 or 875-4741.

DIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship TRINITY UNITED METHODIST Trap Pond, CHURCH NearLaurel, Del. 875-7715 Sun. School 9:00 a.m.

Worship 10:00 a.m.

Pastor Julie A. Lewis

“A caring church, a giving church, a sharing church; showing love, warmth and friendship to all.”

St. John’s United Methodist Church Pine & Poplar Sts., Seaford 302-629-9466 E-mail: st_johns@verizon.net NURSERY & HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

SUNDAY WORSHIP 8:30 & 11:15 am Traditional 9:45 Sunday School 10:00 am Hearts Afire (Contemporary) Come as you are… and be transformed in the love of Christ!

Centenary United Methodist Church “Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for Over 200 Years” “NEW SONG!” - Contemporary Celebration, 8:45 a.m.

Sunday School, Classes for ALL ages, 9:45 a.m.

Every Traditional Family Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Sunday

Rev. John W. Van Tine, Pastor, 875-3983 200 W. Market St., Laurel, Del.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1010 S. Central Ave., Laurel Ph: 875-7748 Worship Services: Sunday 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study: Sun. 9:00 a.m.; Wed. 7:00 p.m.

In The Interest Of New Testament Christianity

CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 510 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE Pastor Barbara Wilson Church: 875-4233 Cell: 302-253-0083 Sunday Services: 8:30am Praise 9:30am Sunday School,11am Worship

DIAL DAILY DEVOTIONS: 875-4309

Christ Evangelistic Church Great Worship - Talented Singers Loving People - Powerful Preaching

Youth Group Wednesday 7:00 pm

Worship 10:45 a.m. • Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

Wed. Night 7:00 p.m. • Sun. Night 7:00 p.m.

Located on Camp Road between the Dual & Alt. 13 For info call: 629-3674 or 875-2915 Sr. Pastor Roland Tice

Christian Church of Seaford Dual 13N., Seaford, DE • 629-6298 Minister: John Herbst SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 Wed. Night Service & (Nursery & Jr. Church) Youth Groups 7:00 p.m.

A Firm Foundation • A Sure Hope • An Unending Love

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church & Old Christ Church

“A Place to Belong”

600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-3644 Rev. Rita B. Nelson, Rector www.dioceseofdelaware.net/churches/stphlps.html Holy Eucharist with Healing and Church School ~ Sunday @ 9:30 am

SUNDAY WEDNESDAY Underground Family Worship (7-12 grade) 6:15 p.m.

10:45 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Prayer Team ‘The Table’ God’s Big Back Yard (last Wed. of mo) 7:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m.

94 Walnut St. Laurel, DE 19956

875-7873

Centrally located at 14511 Sycamore Rd., Laurel, DE 19956 Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

FasTrak Children’s Ministry - 10:30 a.m.; E318 Youth - 6 p.m.

Wednesday Midweek Services - 7 p.m.

For info, call 875.7995 or visit www.centralworshipcenter.org

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Road 68, South of Laurel Laurel, Del.

Sun. School 10 a.m. • Worship 9 & 11 a.m.

Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Hymn Sing: Last Sunday Each Month - 7 p.m. www.StPaulsUMCLaurelDE.org

Pastor - Donald Murray - 856-6107

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Meditate for a good night’s sleep By the Rev. Todd K. Crofford Laurel Wesleyan Church

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Having trouble sleeping lately? He is not a God that I have talked to many people who abandons us, even are. Tonight try meditation.

Now I don’t mean chanting a when we feel we are in mantra or humming a soothing note. I want you to focus on a the darkness of not scripture. understanding His There are a few in particular that will help so much.

The key, try to commit them to yourself surrounded by the God of peace. memory, or have them near the bed and There are many more, but these few read them a few times just before you should get you started. turn off the light. Try these ones out this Remember that peace of mind starts week. with our own choice on what you will “Bear with each other and forgive meditate on. whatever grievances you may have Personally, a few moments meditating against one another. Forgive as the Lord on his Word and that’s all it takes to send forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13-14) Did me off to the sleep my body and mind someone wrong you today or did you need. wrong someone else? Time to forgive them- and yourself- then let it go and enjoy the sleep.

“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8) There are always things that make us feel insecure, a rough market, a dangerous neighborhood, and uncertain tomorrow.

Trust God for his protection in your life and off to sleep you go.

“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.” (Psalm 138:8) God has a plan for your life and nothing that happened today undid that.

He is not a God that abandons us, even when we feel we are in the darkness of not understanding His plan.

JERRY JONES AT CONCORD UMC “The peace of God, which transcends APRIL 13 - Jerry Jones will be performing at all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippi- Concord United Methodist Church on Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m., Jones’ accomplishans 4:7) Your day was anything but peaceful. ments include: 2004/05/06 “Songwriter” and The children were at each other’s “Male Vocalist of the Year” and 2005 “Interthroats, the presidential candidates were net Radio New Male Artist of the Year” and insulting one another, your boss was hav- “International Songwriter of the Year.” Coning a bad day, and even the dinner table cord UMC is located approximately two was tense. miles east of Seaford on Church Road, just It’s time to unwind by envisioning off of Del. 20 (Concord Road).

New Release ‘A Box of Memories’ on Sale Tony Windsor

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Tony Windsor’s brand new CD compilation, “A Box of Memories” is on sale now.

This 17-song CD features performances of songs including, “Only Make Believe,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” and the gospel classic, “In the Garden.”

Get your copy at the Seaford Star office for only $5.00.

Call: 302-236-9886

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 543 N. BRADFORD ST., SEAFORD, DEL. • 629-7161

Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, Pastor WEDNESDAY SUNDAY Sunday School......9:45 a.m. Prayer & Praise 7:00 p.m.

Worship...............11:00 a.m. Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m.

Eve. Worship........7:00 p.m. Youth Group 6:00-8 p.m.

Messiah’s Vineyard Church Located at Tyndall’s Furniture Plaza on Discountland Rd & Rt. 13, Laurel 302-875-4646 PO BOX 60, LAUREL, DE 19956

PRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161 Quality Traditional Education Since 1973 Fully Accredited By Middle States in ACSI

Dr. Carl G Vincent, Senior Minister Pastor Barry B. Dukes, Music Minister Sunday 9:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm Children’s Church • Nursery

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

A Cooperative S.B.C. Church 805 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE

302-629-8434 • www.graceseaford.org Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:45 am & 6:30 pm Children’s Church 10:45 am SPANISH Worship 10:45 am Wednesday Activities 7 pm Pastor: Homer McKeithan Youth Minister: James Hollis Music: Jim Burket “The Cross Is Grounded In Grace”

27225 Kaye Road Laurel, DE 19956 Ph: (302) 875-7814

www.thelighthouselaurel.org Timothy P. Jones, Pastor Sunday Family Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Family Ministries - 7:00 p.m.

“Shining His Light”

532 Stein Hwy., Seaford, DE 19973 Redemptorist Fathers • 629-3591 MASSES: SUNDAY: Sat. Eve. - Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Spanish 7:30 p.m.

Sunday - 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m.

DAILY: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.

Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.; First Sat. 9 a.m.

HOLY DAYS: Eve. 7:30 p.m.; 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

NOVENA DEVOTIONS: Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

CONFESSION: Sat. 4:30 p.m.

“The Pickle Church” CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH PICKLE MINISTRIES OUTREACH & CORNERSTONE NOTE MUSIC MINISTRY Corner of Bethel Rd. & Alt. 13 • 302-875-8150 Worship Svce 10 a.m. - Rev. Rick Elzey Church School & Jr. Church 10 a.m. - Pastor Doris Whaley Wings of Prayer Tues. 7 p.m.

Exploring God’s Word, Wed. 7 p.m.

VICTORY TABERNACLE CHURCH OF GOD

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11 AM and 6 PM ~ Sunday School 9:45 AM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT Ministry for the whole family 7 PM

Pastor Stacey Johnson 28261 Seaford Rd., Laurel, 2 miles N. of Laurel on Alt. 13

302-877-0443

The Atlanta Road Alliance Church

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

315 N. Shipley St., Seaford, DE 19973 • 302-629-9755 Pastor: Rev. Andrew C. Watkins www.christlutheranseaford.com

Praise Worship 8:30 AM • Sunday School 9:30 AM • Traditional Worship 11 AM

SUNDAY WEDNESDAY 8:30 Worship 6:45 Pioneer Clubs (age 3 9:45 Sunday School thru grade 6) & Divorce Care® 11:00 Worship/Kids Church 7:00 Prayer Service & Youth 7:00 Evening Service Group (grades 7-12)

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COKESBURY CHURCH

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

22625 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE (302) 629-5600 • www.atlantaroadcma.org Rev. Edward J. Laremore, Sr. Pastor David A. Krilov, Associate Pastor

All Welcome Where Love Abides -- John 3:16

The Church by the Side of the Road 15092 Cokesbury Rd, Georgetown, DE (302) 629-5222 • www.cokesburywc.org Pastor Harold Carmean & Congregation Sunday School 9 am Contemporary Church Service 10 am

Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Serving Christ in the Heart of Seaford since 1830 315 High St. • Seaford, DE

Sunday Services: Informal Worship in Chapel 8:30 a.m.

Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary 9:45 Sunday School Pastor: Rev. Thomas Gross • 302-629-4458 PROFESSIONAL NURSERY CARE PROVIDED

Laurel Wesleyan Church Rt. 13A, Just North of Laurel Sunday School - 9:30 Worship - 9:00 & 10:45 Sunday Evening Worship Wed. Youth Ministries 6:30 p.m.

Thurs. WKID, The Zone Children’s Ministries 6:30 Church 875-5380 • Sr. Pastor Todd Crofford Assistant Pastor Ken Deusa Asst. Pastor/Youth: Sue Boyce Children’s Pastor: Marilyn Searcey

629-7979 Holy Eucharist: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School & Adult Forum: 10:30 a.m.

Thurs. Eve. Service: 6 p.m.

Front & King St., Seaford, DE

The Rev’d. Jeanne W. Kirby-Coladonato, Rector

Seaford Church of Christ Acapella

(Rm. 16:16)

N. Dual 13, P.O. Box 783, Seaford, DE 19973 302-629-6206 Evangelist - Anthony Melakian - 629-3633 Elder - Don Birch - 629-8949 Elder - Ron Russell - 629-6033 Sunday School 10a.m.

Sun. Worship 11 a.m., Sun. Evening 6 p.m Wed. Evenings 7 p.m.

Live For God, Love Each Other, Light The World

A Gathering Of Faith Come together under Christ’s roof and share together in his love.

Attend Church this Sunday

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Obituaries K. Wayne Watkins, 71

Kenneth Wayne Watkins of Nite Dove Farm, Federalsburg, Md., passed away on Monday, March 31, 2008 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

Wayne, one of 18 children, born to the late Harley and Susie Townsend Watkins in Preston, Md., on Aug. 16, 1936.

He graduated from Hurlock High School Class of 1954. After graduating he entered the United States Army in 1956 and was honorably discharged in 1958. He owned and operated Best Termite & Pest Control for 34 years in Clinton, Md. He was a life member of V.F.W. Post 5246 in Federalsburg, and also a life member of the American Legion #243 in Hurlock, Md. Those who knew him know that he always had a good time and very much enjoyed life. Mr. Watkins is survived by his beloved wife, the former Darlene “Dee” King, who he married on Nov. 26,1995.

Also surviving him are three children, Renee Patrella and her husband Mike of North Ridge, Calif., Kenneth Watkins of Florida, Rachelle Freeman and her husband Keith of Ridgely, Md.; two stepchildren, Adam Harris and his wife Tammi of Mooresville, N.C. and Kelly Hutchinson and her husband David of Clinton, Md.; three sisters, Rinky Kinnamon of Seaford, Nora Evans of Hurlock, Md., and Betsy Sterling of Snow Hill, Md.; and two brothers, Harley Watkins of Laurel and Stengle Watkins of Cannon. He will also be remembered as “granddaddy” to 14 grandchildren, Rachelle and Danielle Patrella; Ashley and Ryan Watkins; Casey, Max, Avery and Alex Freeman; Mikayla, Alexis, and David Hutchinson; and Morgan, Malina, and Mia Bella Harris.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by several siblings. A funeral service was conducted on Thursday, April 3, at Williamson Funeral Home, Federalsburg where the Rev. Denzil Cheek officiated. The family received friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening. Interment was in McKendree Cemetery, Hurlock, Md. Pallbearers were Keith Freeman, David Hutchinson, Chip Davis, Adam Harris, Jerry Nichols, and Eric Cunningham. The family asks that donations be made in his memory to the National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave., Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494.

Hazel C. Spicer, 80

Hazel C. Spicer of Millsboro died on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at home. Mrs. Spicer was a homemaker. Her husband, William L. Spicer died in 1984. A daughter, Ruth Ann Kowolski, also preceded her in death in 2006. Hazel is survived by three sons, Charlie Spicer and his wife, Martha of Harrington, Donald Spicer of Seaford and Edward Spicer of Millsboro; one daughter, Violet Rust and her husband, Rodney of Seaford; a sister, Edith Baker of Seaford; 14 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren also survive her. Funeral services were on April 4, at the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford, where friends called prior to services. Burial was in Cokesbury Cemetery, Georgetown. The family suggests donations may be made to Delaware Hospice Inc. 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.

Lee Preston Foreman, 87

Lee Preston “Pres” “Uncle Pres” Foreman of Greenwood, passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, March 30, 2008, at The Seaford Retirement Center in

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Seaford. After serving a very distinguished period in the United States Army during World War II, where he was awarded the Purple Heart, Preston was honorably discharged and went on to work for his father John H. Foreman of Greenwood.

He drove a truck on Lee Preston Foreman a sub-contract his father had with the Greenwood REA, hauling electric poles to the Delmarva Peninsula, bringing modern technology to rural areas.

After this transition period, Preston went on to work for HP Cannon, often also driving a truck when the regulars were on vacation. He remained as a steady long-term employee until the operation phased out to Dunn, N.C. Never being one to stay idle, Preston obtained employment at James H. Thompson in Greenwood, where he remained until retirement. Pres, or Uncle Pres, as he was called by friends and family, was an avid gardener (especially pole lima beans), along with his father John. After his father’s death, Preston continued to grow many vegetables in the two-acre family plot, which were frozen, canned, and cooked by his sister Clarice, and then enjoyed by all family members. He could spend many hours watching Western movies, professional basketball, baseball, horse racing, and he enjoyed collecting comic books. He also had an extensive collection of Rock & Roll 45 albums from “his day.” From the time of his discharge from the service, Pres was also known for having a sporty car, which he maintained with pride, but would gladly share with his family and friends if they ever needed transportation. He would even happily offer to give them a ride if required.

Preston was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Bridgeville, serving many years on the Trustee Board.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Foreman and Eliza Dickerson Foreman; three sisters: Beatrice (Wolford) Carter, Clarice (Alan) Waters, and Dora (BT) Bell; one son, Ronald “Scrap” Taylor; he was also predeceased by his longtime devoted, loving, companion, Elizabeth “Liz” Grace. Left to cherish fond memories of Uncle Pres are: one daughter: Christine Smith of Felton; six sons: Preston (Christine) Grace of Bridgeville, Charles Grace of Wilmington, Jerome Johnson of Bridgeville,

Melvin Johnson of Greenwood, Emory Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Alfred (Faye) Johnson of Seaford; two stepsisters, Christine Spady and Lestine Spady of Dover; one stepbrother, Craig Davis of Bridgeville; 11 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren; nieces and nephews (who were raised as close as brothers and sisters): Ginger Bickham, Pauline Carter, Candice and Faith Spady, Alan B. Waters, James (Lynn) Carter, Bryant (Zoe) Bell, Howard Bell, Kevin Bell, Christopher Spady, and Craig Davis Jr., as well as a host of other nieces nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends. He was also survived by a dear lady whom he considered as his adopted daughter, Rosa Lee "Billy" Tucker of Greenwood, the daughter of one of his former friends, the late Mrs. Fannie Hopkins.

Funeral service was Saturday, April 5, at Trinity United Methodist Church, where the Rev. Baron Hopkins Sr. delivered the eulogy. Interment was in the Trinity Church Cemetery, and the family had a repast at Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church in Bridgeville.

Gladys C. Marine, 90

Gladys Marie Collins Marine of Federalsburg, Md., passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Hospice House in Denton, Md. Born in Seaford on April 20, 1917, she was the daughter of Ray and Mary Ward Collins, who predeceased her. Mrs. Marine was a loyal employee of Delmarva Power Company in its Federalsburg office and retired after 27 years of service. She was a member of the V.F.W. Post 5246 Ladies Auxiliary, Federalsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, James N. Marine, who passed away Sept. 29, 2007, and a brother, Floyd Collins.

She is survived by a sister, Mildred Windsor of Seaford, a niece, Mary Linda and her husband Ted Thomas of Federalsburg, as well as another niece and several nephews. A private memorial service was held and burial was at the Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery, Hurlock, Md. Donations may be made to Caroline Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 362, Denton, MD 21629. Funeral arrangements were handled by Williamson Funeral Home, 311 South Main St., Federalsburg.

Union United Methodist Church 2 North Laws St., Bridgeville, DE 19933 Across from Bank 337-7409 Handicap Friendly WORSHIP TIMES:

9 am Contemporary Service 10 am Sunday School 11 am Traditional Worship Youth Group (Sun. 6 p.m.)

Joan E. Wynes, 62

Joan E. Wynes of Bridgeville passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Seaford Center in Seaford. She was born Jan. 4, 1946 in Traphill, N.C., daughter of the late Claude and Rachel (Billings) Absher, who predeceased her. Mrs. Wynes devoted her life to her family, raising four children. She loved all animals, especially cats and dogs.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Travis Absher in December 1997. She is survived by her husband David Lester Wynes; three sons, Steven Lester Wynes and Kenneth Wayne Wynes, both of Seaford and Keith Arther Wynes of Greenwood; a daughter, Tracy Lynn Hoyle of Seaford; three grandchildren, Robert Scott Hoyle, Claude Arther Hoyle and William Earl Hoyle; a sister, Margie Callaway of Bridgeville; and a brother, David Absher of Bridgeville. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 8, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, Bridgeville, where friends called prior to services. Interment was at St. Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood. The Rev. Dale Brown officiated.

Joseph N. G. Dechene, 86

Joseph N. G. “Gerry” Dechene of Laurel passed away on April 4, 2008, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Gerry was born June 27, 1921, in Lewiston, Maine, a son of Willie Dechene and Mari Anna Landry Dechene. Gerry proudly served in the Army Air Force during World War II as a commissioned officer, piloting with Air Transport 1333 AAFBU flying supplies from India and China over the “Hump.” He earned the Air Force Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Distinguished Flying Cross. After serving his country he graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maine cum laude in 1949, where he was elected a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Following graduation he was employed by the E. I. DuPont Company in Seaford, where he acquired two patents and retired after 33 years of service.Gerry was past secretary of the Laurel Public Library Commission, and a founding member and past secretary of Nanticoke Sportsman

BETHEL WORSHIP CENTER 9431 Ginger Lane, Seaford (2.4 mi. north of Wal-Mart on US 13) 628-4240 Recorded Info 628-4241 Church Office

Pastor Joseph Lecates - 875-2059 Adult Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am & 6:30 pm Children’s Church 10:30 am Nursery 10:30 am & 6:30 pm Youth Meeting Sun. 7 pm Promise Keepers Tues. 7 pm Wed. Night Bible Study 7 pm “We’re not building a church, we’re building God’s Kingdom!”

Welcome…

In Loving Memory Of

Harry F. Fort Sept. 4, 1927 - April 8, 2005 Always in our hearts your memory will stay.

The best father, PopPop and friend.

You were our hero and supporter beside us until the end.

Oh, how we miss you and continue to hold you dear, and one day with the Lord’s blessing we will once again have you near.

Your loving daughter & son-in-law, Beverly & Bill Eason

SEAFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 9 am Morning Worship 10 am

701 Bridgeville Road 629-9077

“Welcome Home!”

Wesley United Methodist Church 22025 Atlanta Road, Seaford, DE Pastor Ed Kuhling Contemporary Worship 9 am Sunday School & Bible Education 10 am Traditional Worship 11 am Wednesday Worship 6:45 pm 302-629-3029 * Info Line 302-628-0112

743 E. Clarence St., Seaford, Del. Carlton L. Cannon, Sr. Paster

629-9443, Cell: 448-0852 • cogclarence@verizon.net Sunday: Midweek Activities: Church School........9:45 am Call for Details Morning Worship......11 am Children’s Church & Youth Explosion ........6 pm Nursery Provided Evening Worship.........7 pm *Counseling by appt. only Tuesday: Thursday: Bible Study & Family Corporate Prayer.........7 pm ‘Come and Grow with Us!’ Training Hour...........7 pm

Laurel Baptist Church, SBC Where everybody is somebody & Jesus Christ is Lord 33056 Bi-State Boulevard, Laurel, DE 19956 LBC Sunday School ~ 10:00 Morning Worship ~ 11:00 Wednesday Bible Study ~ 7:00 P.M. Nursery Provided Pastor: Rev. Steven Booth Music Director: Linda Lewis

302-875-7998

MORNING STAR • APRIL 10 - 16, 2008 Club, member of the Air Force Association, Wilmington Warriors Association, Humps Pilot’s Association, Laurel Historical Society, National Rifle Association, Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, and the Laurel American Legion Post # 19, and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Seaford.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Annette Rita Morin Dechene, and two sons, Norman G. Dechene and Raymond W. Dechene. He is survived by his sons: Bertrand L. Dechene and his wife Theresa of Joseph N.G. Dechene Millersville, Md., Phillip A. Dechene and his wife Latrelle, of Knightdale, N.C., and Robert E. Dechene and his wife Denise of Laurel, and a daughter Vivian D. Wheatley of Seaford. His brothers, Fernand J. Dechene of East Angus, Quebec and Albert L. Dechene of Lisbon, Maine; a sister, Therese C. Morin of Lewistown, Maine; along with seven grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and long-time friend and companion Molly Collins of Laurel. A Mass of Christian burial was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on Stein Hwy. in Seaford, on Monday, April 7. Friends called Sunday evening at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel. Father John McKenna officiated. Interment will be in Delaware Veterans Cemetery in Bear, on Friday, April 11, at 2 p.m.

Doris Evelyn Grunsten Wingate, 88

Doris Evelyn Grunsten Wingate of Newark, and formerly of Delmar, and Slidell, La. passed away Friday, April 4, at home surrounded by family and friends.

She was born on July 14, 1919 in Berlin, Md, a daughter of Charles and Anna Grun-

sten. She attended schools in Berlin before the family moved to Port Orange, Fla. She graduated from Daytona Beach High School in 1936. Mrs.Wingate returned to Maryland and worked as a beautician in Ocean City, where she met and married Isaac “Arnie” Wingate in 1940.

They made their home in Delmar for 40 years, where she was a homemaker and worked as a cashier in the Delmar High School cafeteria for 20 years. After retirement, Doris and Arnie made their home in Slidell, La. Doris returned to Delaware in 1996. Mrs. Wingate was a loving and devoted mother, who cherished her family and her friends. She touched many lives with her quick wit, kindness and unselfishness.

She was “mom” to the many friends she met through her daughter’s coaching and athletic experiences. She will be greatly missed by everyone. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Isaac “Arnie” Wingate and her brother, Chester M. Grunsten. She is survived by her children, Sharyn A. Wingate of Newark, and Richard C. Wingate and his wife Susan of Scarsdale, N.Y.; her brother, Dr. Russell C. Grunsten of Fairhope, Ala.; her sister, Frances G. Simmons of Newark; her longtime friend and caregiver, Ruth LaJoie of Newark; two grandchildren, Paul Isaac Wingate and Anna Vivian Wingate; a sisterin-law, Betty Wingate of Alexandria, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

The family extends their thanks and gratitude to Kelly Baxter and all the nurses, aides and staff of Compassionate Care Hospice for their excellent care and guidance during the past six months. A funeral service is being held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Short Funeral Home, 13 East Grove St., Delmar. Family and friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday. The Rev. Marsha Carpenter will officiate. Burial will be in St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Delmar.

The family suggests contributions in Doris’ name to Compassionate Care Hospice, 5610 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19808; or the American Diabetes Association, 100 West 10th St., Wilmington.

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Loretta Mae White, 77

Loretta Mae White of Millsboro passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2008, at home.

Mrs. White was born on May 27, 1930 in Dagsboro, a daughter of Reuben and Viola Coffin Toomey, who predeceased her.

She was a homemaker. Mrs. White attended the Millsboro Wesleyan Church many years ago. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved flowers, gardening, and worked as a floral designer for many years.

She enjoyed collecting dishes and was very well known for baking a special chocolate cake that was often copied, but no one except her got it right. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four brothers, Reuben, Everett, Grant, and her twin brother Ralph "Pete" Toomey; and one sister, Agnes Truitt. Mrs. White is survived by her husband of 57 years, Richard C. White; one son, Chris White and his wife Loriann of Millsboro; two daughters, Cindy Hoban and her husband Bill of Dagsboro and Cora Parsons and her husband Preston of Dagsboro; one sister, Grace Hilton and her husband Charles of Towson, Md.; five grandchildren, Billy Hoban Jr, and his wife Sarah, Paul Parsons and his wife Meredith, Andy White Parsons, Maggie White, and Kit White, three great grandchildren, Lily May Hoban, Gracie Love Hoban, and Tyler West Parsons, and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Services are at 1 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at the Watson Funeral Home, 211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, where friends may call at noon. Pastor Danny Tice will officiate. Interment will be in the Woodlawn Memorial Park, north of Millsboro. The family asks that contributions be made to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.

Julia Lank Price, 91

Julia Lank Price, one of Seaford’s oldest residents, died Saturday, April 5, 2008, in Coastal Hospice at the Lake, Salisbury, Md. She had been transferred from Peninsula Regional Medical Center the previous night. Julia had suffered a major stroke in her Seaford home on Saturday morning, March 28, 2008. Until that morning, Julia possessed a magnificent Julia Lank Price memory, enjoyed regular activities and was living independently. On Easter Sunday, she had hosted the annual Easter family gathering at home.

Along with the Thanksgiving Family gath-

PAGE 29 ering, these family events were something she really enjoyed. Julia was the daughter of the late Albert J. and Lizzie Hayman Lank, and grew up with three older brothers, Herb, Bill and Harry in her parents house on Pennsylvania Avenue in Seaford. Her cousin Mildred came to stay there also after her father died, and she became an integral part of the family. Julia graduated from Seaford High School in 1934, in a class of 43 members. Following graduation, she worked as a clerk typist at Lukens Steel in Philadelphia, enrolled at Drake Business School, and held several other office positions before returning home to Seaford. In 1938, Julia married Joseph Price and began keeping house. Her daughter, Joan arrived in July 1940. In 1943, during World War II, Julia worked in Seaford at the Selective Service Board. Son, Joseph, Jr., or "Buddy," was born in January 1944, son, Harry arrived in February of 1945, while Joseph was away in the Army.

On February 1, 1966, she started work as clerk at Justice of the Peace Court No. 4 in Seaford. Retiring there 20 years later, on her 70th birthday, Aug. 30, 1986. Mrs. Price was the last surviving child of Albert J. and Lizzie Hayman Lank. Along with her wonderful neighbors, her friends in Seaford and elsewhere, her brothers’ and cousins’ families, Julia is survived by the families of her three children; daughter, Joan and husband Bob Simpson of Salisbury; son, Joseph Jr. and wife Mary Helen Price of Newark, and son Harry and wife Brenda Price of Beltsville, Md. Their families include nine grandchildren,14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was the oldest member of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church in Seaford.

Services are being held Thursday, April 10, at 2 p.m., in Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, High Street, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service. The Rev. Thomas Gross will officiate. Interment will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford. The family requests that contributions in Julia L. Price’s memory be sent to Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, 315 High St., Seaford, DE 19973. Arrangements are being handled

by Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford.

William Leon Brunner, 80

William Leon Brunner of Seaford died on April 2, 2008, at home. Mr. Brunner was an electronic mechanic. He was a Coast Guard Veteran of World War II. He served on the gun crew on a gunboat in the invasion of the Philippines in 1945. He loved building and flying model airplanes and recording church music in his home. His wife Ruth Hurley Brunner died in 2001.

Several stepchildren survive him. Memorial services are being held Thursday, April 10, at 3 p.m. at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 N. Shipley St., Seaford.

Sounds of Joy appearing in concert SUNDAY, APRIL 13 TH 6 PM Delmar Wesleyan Church, E. East St. & 8th St., Delmar, MD SUNDAY, APRIL 20 TH 6 PM Blackwater Fellowship, Roxanna, DE SUNDAY, APRIL 27 TH 2 PM Hymnsing Galestown Methodist Church, Galestown, MD

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Entertainment Briefs Seaford Community Concert to feature Verdi, Saxophobia The Seaford Community Concert Association announces its fifth and last concert of the 2007-08 series, Saxophobia with Rob Verdi, on Thursday, April 17.

This concert will begin at 8 p.m. at the Seaford High School auditorium.

Created by and starring Rob Verdi of the Side Street Strutters, Saxophobia brings to the stage Verdi’s rare collection of some of the most unusual, authentic saxophones ever manufactured. He performs the famous tunes that showcased their unique sounds accompanied by a world-class rhythm trio. Verdi is currently employed with the Entertainment Division of the Walt Disney Company.

His professional jazz group, the Side Street Strutters, has presented concerts and student outreach programs throughout the U.S. and Europe since 1983. Verdi studied classical and jazz saxophone and has received several honors and awards for his musical talent. Who could forget the fiery sounds of Charlie Parker on “Scrapple

Annual strawberry festival to feature strawberry concoctions, bake sale

By Virginia “Mike” Barton

Rob Verdi of the Side Street Strutters, shown with his collection of saxophones.

from the Apple,” or the warm, lush sounds of Stan Getz and his sensuous version of “The Girl From Ipanema?” Mix in a bit of Boots Randolph honking out “Yakety Sax” or good measure and you start to get the Saxophobia picture.

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It’s Not Just A Sale, It’s A Relationship

On Saturday, May 17, the town of Laurel will have a very special look.

Everything strawberry combined with 10 historical spots in and surrounding Laurel will offer visitors and townspeople something special.

Strawberries have played an important role in the history of Laurel.

Marvil Package Company was once one of the largest strawberry shippers on the East Coast.

At the same time Old Christ Church, the Studley House, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and Henry’s general store were of equal importance in the area.

On Saturday, May 17, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church offers the second annual strawberry festival to residents and visitors.

Every conceivable strawberry concoction and creation, along with scrapple sandwiches at breakfast, a luncheon in the Parish House, craft booths, a bake table, nearly new table, baked goods,

perennials and annual plants, and fellowship will offer something for everyone.

The Laurel Historical Society will offer an extensive tour of the area at a nominal fee of $10.

The Hen House and Marlene Givens will once again provide strawberries at St. Philip’s which may be purchased by the quart or gallon, or enjoyed on the premises.

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Barbara Wise, festival chairman, encourages a visit to St. Philip’s at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, Laurel.

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POSITION OPENING SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Laurel School District, Laurel, Delaware The Laurel School District is seeking a superintendent of schools for its Pre-K – 12 school district.

The district has five schools and 2100 students.

Delaware administrator certification is required.

The application deadline is April 24, 2008.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE You are hereby notified the below matter will be before: The Planning and Zoning Commission for their review and recommendation on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:00 P.M., in City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware; and, The Mayor and Council for their determination on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 7:05 p.m., in City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware.

The City of Seaford, property owner of 300 Virginia Avenue, also known as the Seaford Police Department, is seeking a final plan approval for the renovations and expansion of the 911 Center and an addition to the building for office space.

If this project is of concern to you and you wish to present your position or evidence, please attend this meeting. You may have counsel attend on your behalf.

Issued this 10th day of April 2008 pursuant to the Rules heretofore adopted by the City of Seaford.

THE CITY OF SEAFORD Dolores J. Slatcher, City Manager 4/10/1tc

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Seaford Hundred Case No. 10126 In accordance with Chapter 115, of the Code of Sussex County, a hearing will be held on a request for a variance as provided by: Chapter 115, Article IV, Subsection 115-20, Item B(1) (b) of said ordinance of RONALD A. BREEDING who is seeking a variance from the setback require-

ment for a manure shed, to be located south of Route 20, 1,850 feet east of Road 552.

The hearing will be held in the County Council Chambers, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on Monday evening, MAY 5, 2008, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard.

All interested parties should attend and present their views. If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to public hearing.

For additional information, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 302-855-7878.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Broad Creek Hundred Case No. 10136 In accordance with Chapter 115, of the Code of Sussex County, a hearing will be held on a request for a variance as provided by: Chapter 115, Article IV, Subsection 115-25, Item C of said ordinance of WILLIAM C. AND EMILY J. SPICER who are seeking a variance from the side yard and rear yard setback requirements, to be located south of Road 78, south of Marvil Drive, being Lots 10 and 11, Block C within Woodland Heights development.

The hearing will be held in the County Council Chambers, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on Monday evening, MAY 5, 2008, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard.

All interested parties should attend and present their views. If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to public hearing.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Nanticoke Hundred C/U #1741 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the County Planning and Zoning Commission of Sussex County will hold a public hearing on Thursday evening, MAY 8, 2008, in the County Council Chambers, County Admin-

istrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on the application of DAVID G. HORSEY & SONS, INC. to consider the Conditional Use of land in an AR-1 Agricultural Residential for a borrow pit excavation to be located on a certain parcel of land lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, containing 199.50 acres, more or less, lying north of Route 20 (Hardscrabble Road) and east of Road 446 (Asbury Road).

Planning and Zoning public hearings will begin at 6:00 P.M. Text and maps of this proposal may be examined by interested parties in the Planning and Zoning Office, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday.

If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to the public hearing.

For additional information, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 302-855-7878.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following ordinance has been proposed at the regular meeting of the Sussex County Council on March 13, 2008: AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE OF LAND IN AN AR-1 AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR BORROW PIT EXCAVATION TO BE LOCATED ON A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN NANTICOKE HUNDRED, SUSSEX COUNTY, CONTAINING 199.50 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, (land lying north of Route 20, (Hardscrabble Road) and east of Road 446 (Asbury Road); application filed on behalf of DAVID G. HORSEY & SONS, INC.; C/U #1741).

Copies of the above ordinance are available in the Office of the Clerk of the Sussex County Council, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware.

Public Hearings thereon will be held in the Chamber of the Sussex County Council, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, JUNE 3, 2008, at 1:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard.

At that time and place, all persons interested shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. If unable to See LEGALS—page 36

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NOTICE Estate of Carmella M. Porter, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Carmella M. Porter who departed this life on the 11th day of January, A.D. 2008 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Bruce F. Porter on the 24th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 11th day of September, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executor: Bruce F. Porter 146 Allen Ave. Laurel, DE 19956 Attorney: Stephen P. Ellis, Esq. P.O. Box 574 Georgetown, DE 19947 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 4/3/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Paul D. Johnson, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Paul D. Johnson who departed this life on the 11th day of February A.D. 2008 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Paul D. Johnson on the 18th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 11th day of October, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executor: Paul D. Johnson 6220 Woodwinds Court, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Attorney: David W. Baker, Esq. P.O. Box 551 Georgetown, DE 19947 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

MORNING STAR NOTICE Estate of Walter Harold Smith II, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Walter Harold Smith II who departed this life on the 16th day of February A.D. 2008 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto David R. Smith on the 12th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 16th day of October, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executor: David R. Smith 6855 Hearns Pond Rd. Seaford, DE 19973 Attorney: Stephen P. Ellis, Esq. P.O. Box 551 Georgetown, DE 19947 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Kathy Lynn Lord, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Kathy Lynn Lord who departed this life on the 2nd day of March A.D. 2008 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Norma L. Knowles on the 17th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 2nd day of November, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Norma L. Knowles 34616 Rider Road Delmar, DE 19940 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Richard J. Turner, Sr., Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of Richard J. Turner, Sr. who departed this life on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2007 late of Lewes, DE were duly granted unto Richard J. Turner, Jr. on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to

make payments to the said Administrator without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administrator on or before the 20th day of August, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Administrator: Richard J. Turner, Jr. P.O. Box 217 Millsboro, DE 19966 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Thomas J. Graham, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Thomas J. Graham who departed this life on the 2nd day of December, A.D. 2007 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Gloria W. Graham on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 2nd day of August, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Gloria W. Graham 34456 Bi State Blvd.

Laurel, DE 19956 Attorney: James A. Yori, Esq. Fuqua & Yori P.O. Box 250 Georgetown, DE 19947 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Edna V. Dize, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Edna V. Dize who departed this life on the 1st day of February, A.D. 2008 late of Delmar, DE were duly granted unto April Lynn Thompson on the 10th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 1st day of October, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: April Lynn Thompson 5045 Whit Deer Road Delmar, DE 19940

• APRIL 10 - 16, 2008 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Hattie M. Moore, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Hattie M. Moore who departed this life on the 22nd day of February, A.D. 2008 late of Delmar, DE were duly granted unto Shirley F. Bowden, Barbara J. O'Neal on the 5th day of March, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Co-Executrices without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Co-Executrices on or before the 22nd day of October, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Co-Executrices: Shirley F. Bowden 34617 St. George Rd. Delmar, DE 19940 Barbara J.O'Neal 10311 Medallion St. San Antonio, TX 78245-3108 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 3/27/3tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL THAT certain lot, piece or parcel of land with all improvements thereon erected, situate in Nanticoke Hundred, New Castle County and State of Delaware, known as 24531 Pine Bark Lane and being more particularly bounded and described, as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING for the same at a CAN standard marker set on the Southeasterly right of way line of Pine Bark Lane 50 feet wide private road said point being at a common corner between lots 8 and 9 as shown on a Record Plat entitled "THE PINE AT SEAFORD" and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Plan Book Volume 90 Page 19, running thence and binding on the division lines between said lots.

South 41 degrees 21' 21" East 228.34 feet to a CAN standard marker set thence binding on the Southeasterly line of said Lot 9. 2) South 58 degrees 24'27" West 224.77 feet to CAN standard marker set a common corner between lots 9 and 10 thence binding on the dividing line between said lots.3) North 7 degrees 21'34" West 209.60 feet to a CAN standard marker set to intersect the aforesaid Southeasterly tight of way line of Pine Bark Lane thence binding on said right of way line the 3 following courses and distances.

Northeasterly by a curve of the left having a radius of 50 feet an arc length of 71.72 feet and subtended by a chord bearing and distance North 41 degrees 32' 51" East 65.73 feet to a point of reserve curve, Northeasterly by a curve to the right having a radius of 25 .feet and arc length of 21.03 feet and sub tended by a chord bearing and distance North 24 degrees 32'57" East 20.41 feet to a point of tangent and North 48 degrees 38'39" East 20.46 feet to the point and place of beginning.

AND BEING the same lands and premises conveyed unto Patricia E. Morgan, by deed of DML, LLC, dated April 28, 2006 and of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for SUSSEX County and State of Delaware in deed Book 3309 Page 120.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-12.00500.00 Property Address: 24531 Pine Bark Lane, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 de-

posit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of PATRICIA E. MORGAN and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware being known and designated as Lot 29 on a plot of North Townsend of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Plot Book 57 at Page 174 and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a pipe in the westerly right of way line of Sussex County Road No. 493, which pipe is 980.29 feet, more or less, from County Road 494; thence from said point of beginning along a line between these lands and Lot 28 North 80 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds West, 290.50 feet to a pipe; thence along a line between these lands and Lot 30 North 09 degree 24 minutes 16 seconds East, 150.00 feet to a pipe; thence along another line between these lands and Lot 30 South 80 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds East, 290.50 feet to a pipe in the westerly right of way line of County Road 493; thence by and along the westerly right of way line of County Road 493, South 09 degrees 24 minutes 16 seconds West, 150.00 feet to the point and place of beginning.

AND BEING the same lands and premises as conveyed unto DENISE E. PARSONS by deed of Denise E. Parsons and Brian IE: Parsons dated August 19, 2004 and recorded See LEGALS—page 37

MORNING STAR LEGALS - from Page 36 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Record 3450, Page 19.

Tax Parcel: 4-32-6.0076.00 Property Address: 32172 Mount Pleasant Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

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Seized and taken in execution the property of DENISE E. PARSONS and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: The following described real property situate in the City of Laurel, County of Sussex, and State of Delaware to wit: All that certain tract, piece and parcel of land in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, situate. lying and being on the east side of Route 13 A, near Mt. Zion Church, and being more particularly described as follows to wit: Beginning at an axle situate on the easterly right-of-way line of Route 13A, said axle being a comer for the lands herein and lands now or formerly of Charles Hastings; thence along and with the line of the lands herein and lands now or formerly of Charles Hastings North 72 degrees 55 minutes east for a distance of 372 feet to a pipe; thence turning and running south 18 degrees 35 minutes east for a distance of 65 feet to an iron, said iron being a comer for the lands herein and lands now or formerly of Thomas H. Hastings; thence turning and running along and with the line of the lands herein and lands now or formerly

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of Thomas H. Hastings south 72 degrees 55 minutes west for a distance of372 feet to a pipe situate on the easterly right-of-way line of Route 13A; thence turning and running along and with the line of the lands herein and the easterly right-of-way ling of Route 13A north 18 degrees 35 minutes west for a distance of 65 feet to an axle, being the point and place of beginning, and said to contain24, 170 square feet of land more or less, together with any improvement thereon. The description herein was derived from a survey prepared by Harold L. Cook registered land surveyor in 1950, a copy of said survey was filed for record in the office of the recorder of deeds, in and for Sussex County, in deed book 397, page 272.

By fee simple Deed from Emmett Mark Debord as set forth in deed Book 03310, Page 298 and recorded on 5/17/2006, Sussex County Records.

The Source Deed as stated above is the last record of vesting filed for this property. There have been no vesting changes since the date of the above reference source.

Tax Parcel: 1-32-12.0088.00 Property Address: 28429 Seaford Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply

• APRIL 10 - 16, 2008 with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of ALAN & BARBARA DOWNES and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece and parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, situate in Northwest Fork Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, said Lot No.1 known as 5308 Flint Hill Road, Bridgeville, Delaware 19933, and being now more particularly described, according to a survey by Walter R. Todd, dated November 21,2002, as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a point located South nine degrees, eighteen minutes, thirty-four seconds East 5.02 feet from a concrete post, said post being 5.02 feet in the right of way of Sussex County Road Number 31; said point being a corner for land now or formerly of Everett S. Warrington and Catherine W. W. Warrington; thence running 09 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds East 154.00 feet on the Warrington line to an iron pipe (set); a corner for lands of said Warrington and lands now or formerly of Elizabeth Layton; thence running South 84 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West, 220.03 feet along the Layton line to another iron pipe (set); thence leaving the lands of Elizabeth Layton and running North 07 degrees 3 minutes 34 seconds West, 148.05 feet along residual land to another iron pipe set on the right of way of the aforementioned County Road 31; thence running along County Road 31 on a curve radius 1,532.02 feet, Arc length 46.52 feet to a point on the right of way; thence North 82 degrees 56 minutes 26 seconds East 167.35 feet along Road 31 to the place of beginning, containing 32,670 square feet, designated as Lot 1 on a plat by Miller-Lewis, Inc., dated June 26,2002.

PAGE 37 BEING the same land and premises that David J. Coons and Santina Coons

by Deed dated January 5, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3257, Page 265, did grant and convey unto Jennifer Koon, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 1-31-9.0029.01 Property Address: 5308 Dublin Hill Road, Bridgeville Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of JENNIFER KOON and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate,

lying and being in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point located on the easterly right-of-way line of County Road #489, at a corner for these lands and lands now or formerly of William Brock; then and with the right-of-¬way line of County Road #489, South 18° 20' West, 100 feet to a point; then south 71 ° 40' East, 200 feet to a point; then North 18° 20' East, 100 feet to a point; then North 71 ° 40' West, 200 feet, home to the point and place of beginning, containing therein 20,000 square feet of land, more or less.

BEING the same land and premises that Mobile Gardens Trailer Park, Inc.

by Deed dated May 20, 1977 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 1050, Page 111, did grant and convey unto John L. Parker and Linda C. Parker, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 1-32-7.00105.06 Property Address: East Side Road 489 a/k/a 27281 Dillards Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks paySee LEGALS—page 38

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MORNING STAR

LEGALS - from Page 37 able to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of JOHN L. & LINDA C. PARKER and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Seaford Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, being known and designated as Lot No. One (1) in Block B of Silo Acres, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a pipe located on the northwesterly right of way line of Lofland Drive, said pipe being 25 feet from the centerline of the said Lofland Drive and being a corner for this lot and Lot 16; thence along Lot No. 16, thence along Lot No. 16, North 65 degrees 30 minutes West 121.00 feet to a concrete monument, being a common corner for this lot, Lots 16, 15 and 2, North 24 degrees 30 minutes East 150 feet to a concrete monument located on the southwesterly right of way line of Road No. 553, said monument being 30 feet from the centerline of the said Road No. 553; thence along the southwesterly right of way line of the said Road No. 553, South 65 degrees 30 minutes East 96.00 feet to a pipe; thence with the

curve of Road No. 553 and the aforesaid Lofland Drive, the radius of which is 25.00 feet, an arc distance of 39.27 feet (the chord thereof being 35.35 feet) to an iron pipe located on the northwesterly right of way line of the aforesaid Lofland Drive; thence along the northwesterly right of way line of the said Lofland Drive, South 24 degrees 30 minutes West 125.00 feet back to the place of beginning.

BEING the same land and premises that Terri Johnson by Deed dated November 19, 2005 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3286, Page 248, did grant and convey unto Dennis A. Johnson, Jr. and Terri Johnson, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 5-31-5.0032.00 Property Address: 3150 Neals School Road, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the

responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of TERRI & DENNIS A. JOHNSON, JR. and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being known and designated as Lot No. Twenty-Six (26), of "Shiloh Farms", a plot of which was prepared

by Miller Lewis, Inc. and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Georgetown, Delaware, in Plot Book 46, Page 298, as reference thereto will more fully appear and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe found lying on the northerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 74 (60 feet right-of-way); said iron pipe being 1269 feet, more or less to centerline of

DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT VACANCY POSITION: SECONDARY BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHER LOCATION: DELMAR MIDDLE AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADES: 9 - 12 CERTIFICATION: LICENSED/CERTIFIED BY THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN SECONDARY BUSINESS EDUCATION SALARY: AS PER STATE AND LOCAL SALARY GUIDELINES FOR FY ’09 BASED UPON TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND DEGREE OF EDUCATION

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: A) CO-LEADER OF STUDENT BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS B) SATISFACTORY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK C) PARTICIPATION IN DIRECT DEPOSIT OF PAY D) MANTOUX SKIN TEST/PPD DOCUMENTATION E) CHILD PROTECTION REGISTRY DATE OF EMPLOYMENT: MONDAY , AUGUST 18, 2008 CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT APPLICATION: WEDNESDAY , APRIL 23, 2008 DAVID C. RING, JR., ED. D., SUPERINTENDENT APPLY TO: DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, 200 N. EIGHTH STREET, DELMAR, DE 19940 EOE

• APRIL 10 - 16, 2008 County Road #446 and being a common boundary line for this lot and Lot 25; thence by and with aforesaid Lot 25 North 05 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds West 290.50 feet to an iron pipe found; thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this lot and lands now or formerly of & B Investments North 84 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds East 150.00 feet to an iron pipe found; thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this lot and Lot 27 South 05 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East 290.50 feet to an iron pipe found; thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this lot and the northerly rightof-way line of County Road No. 74 South 84 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 150.00 feet home to the place of beginning said to contain 1.0003 acres, more or less, with improvements thereon as shown on a survey prepared by Ramesh C. Batts Associates, P .A. dated August 27, 1997, a copy of which is attached hereto.

The improvements thereon being commonly known as 26 Shiloh Farms, Laurel, Delaware 19956.

BEING the same land and premises that William B. Reynolds and Annamarie Reynolds by Deed dated May 25, 2004 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3015, Page 156, did grant and convey unto James Brittingham and Tabatha Brittingham, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 2-32-14.0062.00 Property Address: 14053 Shiloh Church Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 per-

cent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of JAMES & TABATHA BRITTINGHAM and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being situate in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being known and designated as Lot 46 Meadow Stream Farms as shown on a plot prepared by Frank G. Lynch, Jr. and Associates, Inc., and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, at Georgetown, Delaware in Plot Book 54, Page 204, as referenced thereto being had will more fully and at large appear.

BEING the same land and premises that Daniel S. Moore, Jr. and Mary K. Moore by Deed dated August 28, 1998 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2323, Page 307, did grant and convey unto Craig A. Seymore and Trina Y. Seymore, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 5-32-19.00108.00 Property Address: 38097 Providence Church Road, Delmar Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be

demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of CRAIG A. & TRINA Y. SEYMORE and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of An Alias writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon erected, situate in the Northwest Fork Hundred. Sussex County, State of Delaware, lying on the southerly side of County Road 17, (Federalsburg Road) a short distance West of County Road 561; being all of Parcel “C” of Theodore B. Simpler Subdivision, as recorded in Plot Book 59, Page 223 and being more particularly bounded and described in accordance with a recent survey by Robert L. Larimore, RLS, dated February 24, 2006, as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe found in the South line of County Road 17, at a corner for this parcel and for Parcel "B", said point See LEGALS—page 39

MORNING STAR LEGALS - from Page 38 being located, 319.38 feet West of the intersection of the South line of County Road 17 (Federalsburg Road) with the West line of County Road 561: thence from said beginning point along the line of Parcel "B" on the following two (2) course and distances: (1) South 23 degrees 54 minutes 05 seconds East, 196.73 feet to an iron pipe found; thence (2) South 03 degrees 05 minutes 03 seconds East 111.37 feet to an iron pipe found at a corner for Parcel "B" in line of lands of now or formerly of Oelagra Corp.; thence along the line of lands now or formerly of Oelagra Corp., South 67 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds West 81.68 feet to a point at a corner for Parcel "D"; thence along the line of lands of Parcel "D", North 24 degrees 10 minutes 21 seconds West 296.38 feet to a point at a corner for Parcel "D" in the south line of County Road 17; thence along the South line of County Road 17, North 65 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 122.63 feet to the place of Beginning.

Containing within said metes and bounds 34,397 feet of land more or less.

Being the same lands and premises which Mildred Hickman and Veronica West did grant and convey unto Iola Elija Redden by deed dated March 17, 2006 and recorded on March 28, 2006 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 03287 Page 063.

Tax Parcel: 1-31-10.0054.00 Property Address: 7394 Federalsburg Road, Bridgeville Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to

confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of IOLA ELIJA REDDEN and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of an Alias writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that certain lot, piece, or parcel of land situated in a subdivision known as HUNTERS RUN, Northwest Fork Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being all of lot #8 as shown on a plan recorded In Plot Book #48, Page #221, being more recently shown on a plan of ELLIOTT SURVEYING dated 3/16/98, said lot lying on the Westerly side of the County Road #570 (50 foot wide), and being bounded as follows; on the North by lot #9, on the East by Road #570, on the South by lot #7, and on the West by lands now or late of Russel C. Moore; being more particularly described as follows.

BEGINNING at a point on the Wester1y side of

875-2055 Kathryn’sFlowers

Bethel Rd., Laurel

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Large Selection Of Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Bedding Plants, Perennials, Vegetable Plants, Shrubs & Trees

Road #570, a corner for this lot and lot #9, said point being a found iron pipe located the following two (2) courses and distances from the point of commencement, which said point is the intersection of the centerline of Delaware Route #16 with the Westerly side of Road #570, said course are a measure in part along the Westerly side of Road #570: (1) 1,097 feet, measured in a Southerly direction, to a point, a found concrete monument, said point being the Northeaster1y corner for lot #12 of the above noted subdivision, thence, (2) South 28 deg.

15 min. 18 sec. West 697.04 feet to a point, the point of beginning; thence proceeding from the said point of beginning the following four (4) courses and distances: (1) South 28 deg. 15 min. 18 sec. West 174.26 feet measured along the Westerly side of Road #570, to a point, a found iron pipe, a corner lot for #7, thence with the same, (2) North 61 deg. 44 min. 42 sec. West 924.41 feet, passing over found iron pipes at 450.00 feet and 859.41 feet, to a point within the banks of the MarshyhopeCreek ditch in line of lands of the said Moore, thence along a line within the said "banks", with line of lands of the said Moore, (3) North 16 deg. 35 min. 15 sec. East 177.94 feet to a point, a corner for lot #9, thence with the same, (4) South 61 deg. 44 min. 42 sec. East 960.40 feet, passing over a found pipe at 65.00 feet and 510.40 feet, to a point, the point of beginning.

Containing within said metes and bounds 3,770 acres of land, more or less.

Being the same lands and premises which Gene R. Alverson and Sylvia M. Alverson (Deceased May 9, 2002) did grant and convey unto Rudy Salandanan and Louise Salandanan by deed dated May 30, 2003 and recorded on June 2, 2003 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 02843 Page 008.

Tax Parcel: 5-30-2.0048.00 Property Address: 11638 Double Fork Road, Greenwood Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be

• APRIL 10 - 16, 2008 credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of RUDY J. & LOUISE SALANDANAN and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, more particularly described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a stake at the intersection of Delaware Route No. 524 and Jewel Street; thence running North 18 degrees, 32 minutes West along the eastern right of way of Delaware Route 524; thence along the northern right of way of Delaware Route No. 524 South 70 degrees 11 minutes West 125 feet, home to the place of beginning, Being Lot No. 50 of the development known as "Lakewood"; with all improvements, said Plot being of record in Plot Book 8, Page 128.

Being the same lands and premises which Orvin Beasley and Cynthia D.

PAGE 39 Beasley did grant and convey unto Phillip D Grice and Elaine M. Grice by deed dated November 19, 1996 and recorded on January 17, 1997 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2176 Page 021.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-13.00126.00 Property Address: Rt. 6 Box 437 B, n/k/a 24694 German Road, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of PHILLIP D. & ELAINE M. GRICE and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

SHERIFF SALE By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain tract,

piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, and being more particularly described as Lot 10, being 1.0331 acres of land as shown on a plot entitled Star Partners, LP, dated December 16, 2003, prepared by Miller-Lewis, Inc., of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Plot Book 84 at page 62 be the contents what they may.

Being the same lands and premises which Star Partners, LP did grant and convey unto Michael Shuck and Tina Shuck by deed dated February 26, 2004 and recorded on April 1, 2004 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2960 Page 277.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-6.0028.11 Property Address: 20681 State Forrest Road, Georgetown Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier's Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before May 5, 2008. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on May 9, 2008 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited.

Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of MICHAEL & TINA SHUCK and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 4/3/2tc

IMPORTANT ESTATE AUCTION VALUABLE REAL ESTATE - The Estate of Al Steele Estate Vehicles, Live Delaware License Tag #2292, Lionel Train Collection, Antiques, Furniture, Glassware, Collectibles, Framed Art, Lawn and Garden, Tools &Personal Property

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008 10:00 AM Location: 22155 Atlanta Road, Seaford, Delaware. Traveling on Route 20 (Stein Highway) in Seaford, Delaware, turn north onto Atlanta Road at the Rite Aid traffic light. Continue 2.6 miles to house on the right. OR Traveling on Market Street (Federalsburg Road) in Bridgeville, Delaware, turn south onto Wesley Church Road. Proceed 4.3 miles to stop sign (dead end) and turn left onto Atlanta Road. Proceed 1/10 mile to second house on the left. Signs will be posted.

Furniture: Young & Hinkle maple four piece bedroom suite, walnut four piece bedroom suite, blonde dining table w/4 chairs, corner curio cabinet, cherry lamp table w/drawer, oak hall table w/two drawers, walnut tilt top table, walnut executive desk, display cabinet, maple chest of drawers, pine dome top trunk, quilt rack, Lazboy rocker & rocker recliner, livingroom sofas & chairs, walnut arm chairs, rattan arm chair, oak drop leaf coffee table & two end tables, book shelves, tv stands, cabinet sewing machine, foot stools, gilt frame wall mirror, pair of crystal lamps, an assortment of table and floor lamps, 2 & 4 drawer filing cabinets, maple desk, computer desk, 9’ x 12’ Wilton woven wool rug, desk chairs, metal storage cabinet & shelving, 8’ folding table, card tables, Tappan microwave on stand, Panasonic & Zenith color tvs, vcr, Fisher stereo w/6 cd & cassette player, RCA stereo in cabinet, Hoover upright vacuum, oscillating floor fans and other quality furnishings not listed.

Glassware & Collectibles: Cut glass, Hummel figurine, milk glass compote, covered candy containers, Ironstone hand painted plates, green depression powder jar & hair receiver, hand painted porcelain teapots, moustache cup, Mikasa vase, footed bowl, etched glass pitcher, hen on nest hand painted by L. Fleming, fairy lamp, rooster & hen figurines, yellow ware bowls, milk glass pitcher, lamp w/hand painted rose. Capodimonte: Pitcher, vase, basket of flowers & candle holders. Italian porcelain figurines, Nippon hand painted horse team w/covered wagon, collectible porcelain figurines, music boxes, lighthouses, brass candle holders, wall sconces, regulator clocks, mantle clocks, ring boxes, advertising thermometer “Gosman’s Ginger Ale”, collection of hand painted porcelain Victorian villages, H.C. Allen early cash register, 7-Up clock, table linens, German wheel barometer, sword w/sheath, machete. Early toys: “McGregor” mechanical figure, “Charley Weaver Bartender” mechanical figure, animated porcelain clowns and others. A large collection of die cast replica trucks: Over 30 Hess trucks, “Preston The 151 Line” tractor trailer, Ertl, Fuller and many others.

Framed Art: “A Summer Sunday Afternoon at The Seaford Train Station-circa 1915” print # 100/100 by J.H. Rice, “Delmar Station” print by Don Sparrow, oil painting of horse & water wagon by Paul Detlefren, Andrew Wyeth print of a country farm scene, Fruit still oil painting on board by Charles Fouraker, Lionel train print # 264/750 by Angela Thomas, Lionel train print by R.M. Sherman, Train scene print by Peter Rhoads, New Haven Railroad print, “The American National Game of Baseball” print, framed Delaware Railroads post card collection to include stations in Newark, Greenback, Claymont, Smyrna, Cheswold, Dover, Woodside, Harrington, Seaford & Delmar and other framed art not listed.

Lawn and Garden, Tools & Personal Property: Craftsman 6 speed 42” riding mower, Cub Cadet lawn sweeper, push mowers, cordless weedeater, Stihl chain saw, aerator, spinner spreader, wheelbarrows, purple martin house, hose reel, garden tools & more. Servi Star rolling tool chest, large assortment of hand and power tools, Craftsman 10” 4 speed drill press, table saw, portable air compressor, Craftsman 1⁄2 hp bench grinder, Craftsman wet/dry vacs, bench vise, hand carts, fluorescent shop lights, fuel cans. Glassware, books, pictures, kitchen utensils & cookware, Corningware, flatware, small kitchen appliances, lamps, blankets, linens, decorations and much more not listed.

11:00 a.m. (Approx.) - Lionel Train Collection: A large collection of Lionel Trains to include: Set # 787W (763-E engine; 226WX tender; 2956 hopper; 2954 box car; 2955 tank; 2957 caboose), Set # 755W-Hiawatha (250E engine; 250TW tender; 782 coach; 783 coach; 784 observation), Set # 182W (225E engine; 2265W tender; 2602 baggage; 2600 Pullman; 2601 observation), 1937-1938-700E engine w/700TW tender, 1950-773 engine w/2426W tender, # 232 (8976) switcher engine w/2232B tender, 1938-1939 226E engine w/ 2226W tender, 1955 # 2340 Model GG1 five stripe Tuscan restored by Al Steele in 1992, and many more engines and cars not listed. Also, a large selection of Lionel accessories, books, riveting set & tools, parts and collectibles.

1:15 p.m. (Approx.) - Estate Vehicles - One Owner, Garage Kept: 2002 Ford Ranger XLT extended cab four door pickup with automatic, a/c, cd, power windows, locks & mirrors - 28,900 original miles. 1997 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series loaded with full power and leather seating - approx. 25,000 original miles.

Live Delaware License Tag: 2292. Inactive Delaware License Tag: 8885 w/metal inserts.

Personal Property Terms: Payment in full on the day of sale with cash, approved check, debit card or major credit card. 5% clerking fee on all sales which will be discounted entirely for customers paying with cash, approved check or debit card. Announcements made the day of sale take precedence over any and all other statements and advertisements. No Buyer’s Penalty.

REAL ESTATE - 1:00 p.m: Sussex County Tax ID # 5-31 6.00 28.00 This attractive property with mature landscaping is approximately 200’ x 200’ and contains .91 +/- acres of land. The lot is improved with a well kept 1580 +/- square foot ranch home containing three bedrooms each with a large closet with built in shelving, 1.5 baths, kitchen with birch cabinetry, dining area with built in hutch, livingroom, den with an outside entrance, laundry room, full attic, full basement and screened front porch. The home features oak hardwood floors throughout, and is equipped with central air conditioning, heat pump, multi zoned electric base board heating, 40 gallon electric hot water heater, a 200 amp electric service, two private wells and a standard septic system. Amenities include Amana refrigerator over freezer, Frigidaire electric range and Maytag over size capacity washer and dryer. The blacktop driveway leads from Atlanta Road to an attached two car garage with work area, and there is a 12’ x 16’ detached storage building in the spacious back yard. Located in a quiet rural setting, this home is nearby many major destinations and only minutes from major Routes 13 and 404.

Real Estate Terms: Purchaser shall pay $25,000.00 down payment day of sale with cash or certified check made payable to Wilson’s Auction Sales, the balance to be paid within 60 days. Purchaser to pay all cost of examination, preparing and transferring the deed.

Purchaser shall pay 3/4% and the seller shall pay 3/4% of the Delaware 1 1⁄2% State Realty Transfer Tax. Property also subject to a 1 1⁄2% Sussex County Realty Transfer Tax with 3/4% to be paid by the seller and 3/4% to be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall pay any and all other property transfer tax and fees. If the above terms are not complied with, the down payment shall be forfeited. Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, but it is their intent to sell the property. Announcements made the day of sale take precedence over any and all other statements and advertisements. This property is being sold “As Is and Where Is” with no expressed or implied warranty. No Buyer’s Penalty.

Call our office today for more information or to schedule your private showing.

We Don’t Talk Service... We Give It. Dave Wilson, Auctioneer & Sales Manager K. Wade Wilson, Auctioneer & Customer Service Representative (302) 422-3454 Fax (302) 422-0462 www.wilsonsauction.com

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On the Record Marriage Licenses

Sussex County Clerk of the Peace George Parish joyfully announces the following couples have obtained marriage licenses: Joshua Paul Bowden, Laurel to Roberta Elizabeth Schneider, Salisbury, Md. Reginald Douglas Johnson, Laurel to Ambriah M. Palmer, Laurel Ralph L. Scott, Jr., Seaford to Mary L. Bloodsworth, Georgetown Kendell Dwayne Fosque, Millsboro to Sheronda N. Jones, Seaford Harold John Holmberg, Jr., Greenwood to Connie Sue Swartzentruber, Greenwood John Leonhardt Herauf, III, Seaford to Laura Lee Smith, Seaford Richard N. Burbage, Seaford to Larceria Regina Willis, Millsboro

Deeds

10/12/07, Michael L. and Cherry L. Gonder to Thad F. Russell, Lot No. 14, Records Estates, subdivision, Little Creek Hundred, $150,000 10/30/07, Timothy A. Dekowski to Joseph Federer and Joseph S. Federer, parcel, Broad Creek Hundred, $50,000 10/29/07, Jardevtan Corporation to Robert K. Lewis, Lot Nos. 31-32, Robert R. Layton, Town of Bridgeville, subdivision, Northwest Fork Hundred, $160,000 10/26/07, Timothy Ramey Construction, Inc. to Karen Wright, Trustee, Lot No. 9, Phase II, Patty Cannon Estates II, subdivision, Broad Creek Hundred, $204,900 10/23/07, Wayne E. and Sandra G. King to Jesse J. and Christine E. Brock, Lot No. 5, Lands of Wayne E. and Sandra G. King, subdivision, Broad Creek Hundred, $82,500 10/26/07, Messick-Johnson, LLC to Karen H. Wright, Lot No. 1, Lands of Kenneth J. and Janice M. Arney, subdivision, Northwest Fork Hundred, $200,000 10/15/07, U.S. Home Corporation to Saul K. Reinitz, Lot No. 202, Phase II, Heritage Shores, Town of Bridgeville, subdivision, Northwest Fork Hundred, $290,900 10/30/07, Maria N. Miller, f/k/a Maria N. Goulet to JoAnne F. Rhodes and Carolyn Pruitt, parcel, Nanticoke Hundred, $200,000

Building Permits

Michael and Lorianne Mahetta, Holly Shores, Lot No. 78, Broad Creek Hundred, Inground Pool/Fence, $21,650 Christopher Whaley, E/Rd. No. 458, 621’, S/Rd. No. 72, Lot No. 5, Little Creek Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $167,445 Ralph III and Gail Gibson, W/Rd. No. 509, 1050’, SW/Rt. No. 504, Little Creek Hundred, Manure Shed, $31,200 Lance and Margaret Fleetwood, W/Rd. No. 489, 1812’, N/Rd. No. 780, Lot No. 1, Broad Creek Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $175,098 Brian and Stephanie Hearn, S/Rd. No. 451, 250’, W/Rd. No. 4630, Little Creek Hundred, Dwelling, $101,225 Elmer Perry and Jason Perry, W/Rd. No. 42, Lot No. 4, Nanticoke Hundred, Finish BP, $20,000 Brookfield Heritage Shores LLC, Heritage Shores, Lot No. 141, Northwest Fork Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $120,000 Laura Duncan and Eric D. Nutto, Fleetwood Estates, Lot No. 4, Nanticoke Hundred, Pole Building/Fence, $15,242 James and Svetlana Cockran, W/Rd. No. 542, W/End Road No. 542A, Seaford Hundred, Addition, $13,056 Jacqueline and Charles Bensel, Washington heights, Lot Nos. 3-4, Broad Creek Hundred, Addition, $30,720 Marian L. smack, SE/Gum Alley, Northwest Fork Hundred, Repair Roof/Interior, $11,460 Kenneth Jr. and Kristy Conaway, S/Rd. No. 476, Lot No. 1, Broad Creek Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $88,904

MORNING STAR • APRIL 10 - 16, 2008

The Lady Jays’ Lindsay James heads the ball toward the Sussex Central goal near the end of the first period last Saturday. Seaford lost 2-1 in overtime. Photo by Gene Bleile

Lady Jays soccer team loses to Golden Knights in overtime, 2-1

By Gene Bleile The Lady Jays’ soccer team lost a heartbreaker last Saturday at home to the Sussex Central Lady Golden Knights in overtime, 2-1.

The Jays and Knights battled it out defensively in the first half, but Sussex Central scored on a goal by Rachel Horsey with under three minutes left before the break.

Seaford answered back midway in the second period with a penalty kick by sophomore Kelsey Hoch which tied the

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SAFE AT THE PLATE- The Jays’ Joey Mitchell slides in ahead of the tag on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Robbie Payne in the nine run second inning against the Red Dragons on Saturday. See stories on pages 43 and 46. Photo by Gene Bleile

game and later sent it to overtime. In the first 10 minute overtime period, the Knights’ Rachel Horsey scored again to eventually give Sussex the win.

“We played good enough to win,” Seaford head coach Scott Bleile, Jr. said after the game. “We need to come back strong in our next game against Cape.”

The Lady Jays had five shots in the game and five corner kicks, while goalie Samantha Savage recorded seven saves.

The Knights had eight shots and 11 corner kicks, while their goalie Amanda Eskridge recorded eight saves.

Seaford’s Cory Ewing, shown teeing off during last Tuesday’s match against Laurel, shot a 43 to help lead the Blue Jays to a win over Milford on Thursday.

Photo by David Elliott

Seaford’s Matt Lank, shown following through on a swing last Tuesday, shot a 44 against Laurel and Milford last week.

The Jays moved to 2-0 with wins in both matches. Photo by David Elliott

Seaford golfers remain undefeated after 184-189 victory over Milford

By Gene Bleile

HERE COMES THE PITCH- Woodbridge hurler Derek Nennstiehl comes home with a pitch during his team’s home loss to Lake Forest last Tuesday. Photo by Mike McClure

CLEARING THE HURDLE- Woodbridge’s Heather Solomon clears a hurdle during the 100 meter hurdles last Tuesday.

Solomon placed first in the event during the Raiders’ first home track and field meet at their new facility. Photo by Mike McClure

D.J. Williams and the Blue Jay golf team are off to a fast start early in the 2008 season with back-to-back wins over Laurel in the opener and against Milford, 184-189, last Thursday.

“This was a total team effort,” Williams said after the win. “We had the same team total score against Laurel, but we had a different order of players finish this match. This was a big win for us on the road against the Bucs. We also need to knock off Indian River in the division to be a contender.”

On a cold, windy, rainy day at

Shawnee Country Club, No. 1 golfer Cory Ewing shot a 43 to lead the Jays to victory.

“Cory was only three over going into the ninth hole, but he triple bogeyed but still finished on top for us,” Williams said.

Junior Matt Lank took second place for Seaford with a 44, sophomore Greg Brooke grabbed third place with for the Jays with 47 strokes. Tyler Hughes recorded a 50, while Ryan Budke finished with a 55 and Adam Caldwell rounded out the day with a 56.

The Jays are now 2-0 over all and 2-0 in conference matches.

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BLUE JAYS AND RAVENS- The Lady Jays’ Erin Wooten, left, and Christina Stevenson (No. 3) try and stop the Ravens’ Regina Fiacco at mid-field late in the second half. Fiacco scored three goals in the Ravens 6-0 win last Tuesday. Photo by Gene Bleile

SPECIAL OLYMPICS- Sussex Tech senior Kory Belle of Laurel helps a Special Olympics athlete in the basketball skills competition. Sussex Tech hosted the Sussex County Special Olympics Basketball Skills Competition April 3.

BULLDOGS AND BLUE JAYS- Laurel’s Brandon Hearne singles in teammate Lance Kelley during the Bulldogs’ home loss to Seaford last Tuesday. See story on page 46. Photo by Doug Worster

Local little leagues prepare for opening day ceremonies

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Little League season officially begins this month for most of the Western Sussex leagues. The following are the opening day dates for the local little leagues: Delmar Little League- Saturday, April 19, parade at 9 a.m., ceremonies to follow Laurel Little League- Saturday, April 26, parade at 9 a.m., ceremonies to follow Woodbridge Little League- Saturday, April 26 in Greenwood, parade at 9:30 a.m., ceremonies to follow Nanticoke Little League- Saturday, May 3, 8 a.m.

All local coaches and little league officials are asked to send scores to the Star at 629-9243 (f) or sports@mspublicataions.com. Get your players’ names in the local paper, send your scores and results to the Seaford/Laurel Star every week.

Three local wrestlers advance to Eastern Nationals Laurel’s Matthew Tull and Seaford’s Andrew Hawkins and Demarco Dorsey placed in the top four in the Eastern Regional wrestling tournament last weekend at the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury. As a result all three will advance to the Eastern Nationals, which will take place May 3-4 at the civic center.

Tull placed second in the Midget 80 division, Josh Hudson placed sixth in the Bantam 40 class, and Maguire Free (Bantam 60) also wrestled well for Laurel. Hawkins finished third in the Bantam 93 division and Dorsey came in third in the Junior 108 weight class for Seaford.

Laurel High wrestlers Zach Toadvine and Aaron Givens also took part in the regionals. Givens finished in the top six.

Sussex Tech golf team earns win over Woodbridge The Sussex Tech golf team earned a 165-239 win over Woodbridge last Friday.

Herb Quick was the medalist with a 37, Michael Cunningham added a 38, and Trey Smith and Tim Gaskin each shot a 45 for the Ravens. John Tomeski led the first year Raider team with a 55, Spencer Williams had a 57, and Colby Christopher added a 59.

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Seaford Stars of the Week

Male Athlete of the WeekDerrik Gibson- Seaford

Female Athlete of the WeekDanielle Griffin- Woodbridge

Woodbridge’s Danielle Griffin helped her own cause with a double in the Raiders’ win over Lake Forest last Tuesday. Griffin also earned the win on the mound with 10 strikeouts and four innings of no-hit ball on Thursday. Griffin also had two hits and two RBIs in the win over Wilmington Christian.

Honorable mention- Leah Bowman- Woodbridge; Grace Reardon- Woodbridge; Emily Williamson- Woodbridge; Kelly Kimpton- Seaford; Whitley MaddoxSeaford; Emily Nielson- Seaford; Amanda Swift- Seaford; Courtney TorbertSeaford; Jenna Adkins- Seaford; Ambre’ Burbage- Seaford; Alyssa Casey- Seaford; Elizabeth Perciful- Seaford; Kelsey Hoch- Seaford; Samantha Savage- Seaford; Regina Fiacco- Sussex Tech; Brooke Tull- Sussex Tech; Melony Thompson- Sussex Tech; Zach Reynolds- Seaford; Tyler Ruark- Seaford; Robbie Payne- Seaford; Ryan Budke- Seaford; Cory Ewing- Seaford; Matt Lank- Seaford; Eliezer DorelusSeaford; Gernie Purnell- Seaford; Zach Hearn- Seaford; Andrew Halter- Seaford; Trevor Lee- Seaford; Tim Halter- Seaford; Spencer Noel- Seaford; Chad SturgeonSussex Tech; Seth Hastings- Sussex Tech; Andrew Sellers- Sussex Tech; Clayton Bunting- Sussex Tech; Darius Sivels- Sussex Tech Seaford senior Derrik Gibson stuck out 14 in a two-hitter against Laurel last Tuesday. Gibson, who added a home run and a two-run single against the Bulldogs, also had three hits including a triple and three RBIs against Glasgow on Saturday.

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Blue Jays’ baseball team slays Glasgow Red Dragons, 15-0

By Gene Bleile The Blue Jays’ offense has come to life in the last two games, scoring a total of 29 runs (14 against Laurel) and 15 more this past Saturday against the Glasgow Red Dragons in a 10 run rule victory that was called after five innings (15-0).

The Jays pounded out 15 runs on a total of 10 hits and did all their scoring in the first two innings, behind the combined two hit pitching of Tyler Ruark (winner) and Zach Reynolds (two innings in relief).

The Jays scored six runs in the first on hits by Derrik Gibson (two-run single)

and Zach Reynolds double (one RBI), four walks, and a single by Robbie Payne.

In the second inning, the Jays broke the game wide open with nine more runs on four hits and three Glasgow errors. The Jays sent eight men to the plate before the Red Dragons got an out.

For the Jays, Gibson was 3-4 with three RBI; Zach Reynolds was 2-5 with two RBI; Robbie Payne was 2-3 with two RBI; Ross Miller was 1-3 with two RBI; and Joey Mitchell, Jared Banning, Tyler Joseph and Tyler Ruark each had one RBI. The Jays are now 2-2 overall and 1-0 in conference.

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Seaford’s Kelly Kimpton returns a volley against Indian River’s Ramsey Ruther last Thursday. Kimpton won first singles 7-6, 6-4 and the Lady Jays won the match 5-0.

Photo by Gene Bleile

Seaford High girls’ tennis team sweeps Indian River

By Gene Bleile It took two days to finish because of rain and slippery conditions, but the Lady Jays knocked off the Indians last Friday, 5-0, to even their conference record at 1-1.

Head coach Bob Hastings was pleased with his team’s effort and new line-up changes that led to a big win.

“I made some changes in our line-up against the Indians and I saw nice overall team improvement in the match,” he said.

“I liked the cohesiveness that I saw in this

second match of the season.”

In No. 1 singles, Kelly Kimpton won 7-6, 6-4 over Ramsey Ruther, while at No. 2 singles Whitley Maddox, who moved up from first doubles, knocked off Jocelyn Hazzard, 7-6, 6-1. In the No. 3 singles, Brenna James defeated Kayla Blake, 6-1, 6-1.

In first doubles, Jeanmarie Ferber and Emily Nielson defeated Brittany Baker and Katie Farber, 6-1, 6-1, while Kim Graves and Sara Manzana, in second doubles, knocked off Casey Hull and Taylor Rosenblatt, 6-1, 6-3.

Woodbridge softball team improves to 2-0 with win The Woodbridge varsity softball team moved to 2-0 overall with a 17-0 win over Wilmington Christian last Thursday. The Raiders followed up a conference win over Lake Forest on Tuesday with the non-conference victory on Thursday.

Danielle Griffin had two hits and drove in a pair of runs while striking out 10 in four innings of no hit ball; Grace Reardon collected a pair of hits including a double and scored two runs; Emily Williamson added two hits and an RBI; and Lindsay Cook tripled for Woodbridge. Sam Melson also struck out the side in one inning of no hit ball. Woodbridge was also scheduled to host Milford on Friday, but no results were submitted.

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Seaford’s Kelsey Riggleman, left, winds and delivers a pitch during last Tuesday’s game in Laurel. Courtney Torbert is shown preparing to run to third during Tuesday’s game. The duo combined to hurl a two-hitter on Saturday. Photos by David Elliott and Mike McClure

Seaford swept the 300 meter hurdles last Thursday in the rain. Shown (right to left) Seaford’s Elizer Dorelus and Daniel Dorviller finish first and second and Nazeret Garcia, far left, edges the Ravens’ Spencer Ross at the finish line for third place. The Jays won the meet 77-69. Photo by Gene Bleile

Seaford boys’ track nips Ravens, Lady Jays hold off Red Dragons to Lady Jays fall in home opener 110 meter hurdles- 1. Elizer Dorelus, win non-conference softball game, 6-4 By Gene Bleile Seaford, 16.2, 2. Daniel Dorviller,

By Gene Bleile The Lady Jays took a major step to get back on track this past Saturday with a big win over the Lady Red Dragons, 6-4, on a two hitter by the combined pitching of Courtney Torbert and Kelsey Riggleman. After dropping a 1-0 conference game to Laurel earlier in the week, Torbert got her first varsity start against Glasgow and went five and two thirds innings, walking three and giving up two hits.

Seaford scored a lone run in the bottom of the first on a Torbert single and Jenna Adkins’ RBI double. In the fifth inning the Jays put five more on the board on four consecutive singles by Stephanie Cordillo, Brittany Walters, Amanda Swift and an RBI single by Torbert.

After a sacrifice fly by Adkins for the second run, Haley Quillen doubled in a run for a 3-0 lead. Shannon Wright laid down a bunt for the fourth run and after Jordan Hamon hit into a fielder’s choice, the Jays led 6-0.

The Red Dragons put a two runs on the board in the sixth and seventh innings to rally back, but Seaford held on for the win on the relief pitching of Riggleman.

Torbert recorded two strikeouts, three walks and two hits for her first varsity win. Riggleman, who pitched one and a third innings, gave up no hits, two walks and recorded two strikeouts. Amanda Swift led the Lady Jays at the plate going 3-4 with a run scored while pitcher Torbert went 2-3 in the win. Seaford is now 2-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play.

The Seaford boys’ track and field team picked up its first win of the season with a 77-69 win over the Sussex Tech Ravens last Thursday on a cold, rainy day. Head coach Art Doakes was excited after his team’s first outing.

“Seaford had a very strong team performance today,” he said. “We had a lot of depth and that meant we took a lot of second and third place finishes to help us to the win. We had a pretty consistent day overall and I am pleased with our first win.”

The Jays took first place in nine events out of 18 and finished either second or third combined in eight other events to finish the day and open their season 1-0 in conference and 1-0 overall.

Meet results: 4x800 relay- 1. Sussex Tech Betts, Sparrow, Singh, Townsend;

Seaford, 17.3, 3. Nazerat Garcia, 18.3; 100 meter run- 1. Darius Sivels, Sussex Tech, 11.8, 2. Vincent Glover, Seaford, 11.8, 3. My’keal Purnell, Seaford, 12.0; 4x200 relay- 1. Sussex Tech, 1.41.3; 1600 meter run- 1. Brad Kitchen, Sussex Tech, 3. Andrew Hoffman, Seaford; 4x100 relay- 1. Seaford (My’Keal Purnell, Jeff Atkins, Rayshawn Church, Vincent Glover); 400-1. Gernie Purnell, Seaford, 52.9; 300 meter hurdles-1. Elizer Dorelus, Seaford, 44.5, 2. Daniel Dorviller, Seaford, 45.0, 3. Nazerat Garcia, Seaford, 46.0; 800 meter run-1. Barrett Smith, Seaford, 2:09; 200 meter run-1. Darius Sivels, Sussex Tech, 24.1, 2. Jeff Atkins, Seaford, 24.2, 3. Yvens St. Phard, Seaford, 25.2; 3200 meter run- 1. Brad Continued on page 45

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BETWEEN THE LINES

By Gene Bleile, Seaford Sports reb60315@yahoo.com

Former Blue Jay Mike Wright named All-American in UD club wrestling I am pleased to announce that standout Blue Jay wrestler Mike Wright, son of Helayne and Chris Wright of Blades, has been named as an “All-American” at the University of Delaware in club wrestling during his freshmen year in Newark. Mike finished seventh in the nation at a recent National Tournament held in Lakeland, Fla. (March 13-15), but not without a trip to the hospital, more on that later.

You may not be aware that the University of Delaware does not have a varsity wrestling program anymore, only club wrestling. During the 1970’s, Delaware dropped their program during the implementation of Title IX by the Federal Government. This was a new law that basically stated in a “nutshell” that female athletes will not be excluded from any sport due to the basis of their sex and that they must be given an equal opportunity to participate in an additional program designed to meet their needs and abilities. No additional programs were implemented for female athletes, so the sport was dropped.

Mike qualified for the national tournament in a regional conference meet at Northeastern Community College and finished third in his 165 weight class. Only the top eight wrestlers from the conference went to the Nationals.

In Lakeland, at the Nationals, Mike wrestled in six matches, but not without a scare and a trip by ambulance to the local hospital. In his first match, he recorded a tech fall (18-2) over Casey Grisham from Lee University, but in his second match against Ross Cravens, from Kennesaw, Ga., he was illegally slammed to the mat and was temporarily knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital. His opponent was disqualified, but his remaining matches were in question.

The next day, with a clean bill of health, he lost his first match 12-8, to the eventual tournament winner and No. 1 wrestler in the nation, Jordan Richardson from Grand Valley State University in Michigan. He later closed out his last three matches, during the three-day tournament, with decisions over Jeff Skinner,

Mike Wright was named “All-American” at U of D in Club Wrestling. Photo by Gene Bleile

Grand Valley State University (19-18); Chad Cook, University of Southern Indiana (8-5) and Devon Jackson, Central Florida (10-8). He finished the tournament 4-2 and placed seventh in the nation.

A humble winner and man of few words, Mike had this to say in a recent phone interview, “It was pretty cool to win, the last match for me was the most exciting. I finished seventh in the nation and received a NCAA All-American medal and a watch.”

Dave Rogers, Mike’s varsity wrestling coach at Seaford High, was pleased with the good news. “He had a phenomenal work ethic and super attitude during his career for me. He was a very dedicated athlete and I am happy for his success,” he emphasized.

Keep up the good work Mike, like your family and friends I am proud of you also.

Blue Jay Notebook: Mike carries a 3.3 GPA at the U of D He is majoring in Elementary Education and wants to someday coach wrestling.

His older brother, Chris, wrestled for Seaford High and his younger brother Brian is currently on the Blue Jay squad coached by Dave Rogers.

The U of D Club Wrestling team has no official coach; the wrestlers work out on their own schedule and receive expense money from the Delaware Wrestling Alliance and the University of Delaware.

D O U B L E TEAMSeaford’s Christina Stevenson, left, and Molly Cain double team the Knights’ Katie Hughes near mid-field during first period play. Seaford lost 2-1, while Kelsey Hoch scored the Lady Jays’ only goal on a penalty kick late in the second period.

Photo by Gene Bleile

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Kitchen, Sussex Tech; 4x400 relay- 1.

Seaford (Jeff Atkins, Rob Urell, Lee Mayer, Gernie Purnell), 3.31; long jump-1.

Darius Sivels, Sussex Tech, 19’ 5”, 2.

Obenson Oscar, Seaford, 18’ 8 1/2”; triple jump- 1. Keshawn Purnell, Seaford, 41’ 4”, 2. Obenson Oscar, Seaford, 36’ 9”; high jump-1. Darius Sivels, Sussex Tech, 5’ 8”, 2. Yvens St. Phard, Seaford, 5’ 8’’, 3.

Lee Mayer, Seaford, 5’ 6”, shot put-1.

Brad Snyder, 38’ 8”, 2. George Blanchard, Seaford, 37’ 4”, 3. Dashawn McIvor, Seaford, 35’ 2”; discus-1. Elizer Dorelus, Seaford, 112’ 7”, 2. Clay Lester, Seaford, 111’ 7”, pole vault- 1. Zach Hearn, Seaford, 9’, 3. Andrew Hoffman, Seaford, 8’ 6” Lady Jays’ track team loses home opener to Ravens, 97-34The Lady Jays opened their 2008 track season with a 97-34 loss to the Sussex Tech Ravens last Thursday in the rain and wind and without a full squad. First place finishes for Seaford went to Ambre’ Burbage in the long jump with a leap of 14’ 10”, Alyssa Casey won the triple jump and high jump, and Elizabeth Perciful won the 3,200 meter run with a personal best time of 16:08.

Inisha Smack had second place finishes in the pole vault and 100 meter dash, teammate Kaneesha Gardner took second place in the shot put, and Calencia Jean placed second in the 800 meter run. Dee

The Lady Jays’ Elizabeth Ewing runs the 400 meters last week against the Lady Ravens in the first meet of the season.

Seaford lost the meet 97-34. Photo by Gene Bleile

Farlow finished third in the high jump and Megan Jones finished third in the 1600 meter run. Seaford is now 0-1 overall and 0-1 in conference.

Seaford’s Yvens St. Phard clears the bar in the high jump at 5’ 8” to take second place against the Ravens last week in the home opener at Jays’ stadium. Photo by Gene Bleile

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Derrik Gibson, Blue Jays top Bulldogs in conference opener

By Matt Parker The Henlopen Conference opener in Laurel for the host Bulldogs and the crosstown rival Seaford Blue Jays began with rain and wind and ended with Seaford prevailing 14-1 in six innings behind Derrik Gibson’s dominant two-hit, 14 strikeout performance on the mound and relentless hitting by the Seaford offense.

Things began promising for the Bulldogs with starting pitcher Brandon Fischer retiring the side in order. Laurel then took the lead in the bottom of the first, playing classic fundamental baseball.

Lance Kelly led off with a walk, moved to second on Chris Cutsail’s sacrifice bunt and scored when Brandon Hearne smacked a single to give Laurel a 1-0 lead.

This was to be it for Laurel however as the next two batters struck out as Gibson took control of the strike zone and the game.

In the top of the second Seaford sent 11 to the plate. A sacrifice fly by Ross Miller tied the game and a double by Jared Banning gave Seaford a 2-1 lead. A two run RBI single by Gibson combined with two unearned runs left Seaford with a commanding 6-1 lead.

In the bottom of the inning Gibson struck out the side for his fifth strikeout in a row.

“The first inning was a little rough but I found the ump’s zone and went to town after that. My off speed was not effective so I pounded the strike zone with fast balls trying to make them hit it,” Gibson said.

After a scoreless third Seaford added

two more runs in the fourth. Tyler Ruark led the inning off with a single and scored on Gibson’s first home run of the season, a deep shot to center field to make the score 8-1.

In the bottom of the fourth, Matt Parker smacked a one out single to right, however he was left on base as the next two batters struck out.

Laurel head coach Jerry Mears said, “Obviously I was very disappointed with the intensity level of the team from the second inning on. We have to be more aggressive offensively, especially when you are facing a great pitcher in Derrik Gibson.”

A scoreless fifth led to a sixth in which Seaford again sent 11 to the plate. After Ruark walked, Laurel’s pitching got the next two batters to ground out. Seaford then proceeded to score six runs led by Kyle Waugh’s two-run single and assisted by three walks, a hit batter and a balk.

In the end Seaford’s lineup pounded out 12 hits and every spot in the order scored. “The bats came alive today with runners in scoring position. We’ve been struggling but today our guys came through and got the job done,” said Seaford head coach Ken Cummings.

Mears commented on his optimism for his squad by saying, “I really believe this group of players can compete with any team, they just have to go out and get it done between the lines. They are a hard working team, so I look for much better things in the near future.”

Gibson ended the game by striking out the side. “Gibson was solid on the hill.

After the first inning he found his spot and Laurel couldn’t touch him,” Cummings said.

Raven Roundup: Sussex Tech soccer moves to 3-0 overall

By Mike McClure The Sussex Tech varsity girls’ soccer team advanced to 3-0 with a pair of conference wins last week. Regina Fiacco netted three goals, Leanne Rowe had one goal, and Ally Mohun and Cassy Galon each added an assist for the Ravens in a 4-1 win over Milford last Thursday.

Sussex Tech held a 14-3 advantage in shots and an 8-3 advantage in corners in the win. Fiacco netted three goals and dished out three assists in Sussex Tech’s 7-0 win over Woodbridge on Saturday.

Golf team records second win vs. IR- The Raven golf team moved to 2-0 with a 162-195 win over Indian River last Thursday. Sussex Tech’s Clayton Bunting was the medalist with a 35, Kyle Messick and Andrew Sellers each had a 42, Richard Atkins added a 43, and Herb Quick shot a 45.

Lady Ravens improve to 3-1 with win over Lake- The Sussex Tech softball team improved to 1-1 in the Henlopen Conference and 3-1 overall with a 16-0 win over Lake Forest last Thursday.

Brooke Tull collected five hits including three doubles and had three RBIs for the Ravens. Tull also recorded 11 strikeouts in five shutout innings; Logan Pavlik had three hits including a double and a triple and scored three runs; Melony Thompson added three hits including a double and a home run; Jenna Allen had two hits and three RBIs; Lauren Smith doubles; and Jesse Wallace doubled and pitched one shutout inning.

Sussex Tech baseball team suffers first loss of season- The Sussex Tech varsity baseball team fell to 1-1 in the conference and 3-1 overall with a 7-4 loss to Lake Forest last Thursday.

Lake Forest scored two runs in the first inning and three in the third for a 5-0 lead.

Sussex Tech answered with two in the fourth before the Spartans came back with a pair of runs in the fifth. The Ravens plated two more runs in the sixth inning, but fell by the score of 7-4. Sussex Tech's Eric Sharff, who picked up the loss on the mound, had two hits including a double.

Rickards nets lone goal in boys’ lacrosse loss- Sussex Tech senior Zachary Rickards netted the Ravens’ lone goal in a 16-1 loss to Cape Henlopen last Wednesday.

No scores reported- The softball and boys’ lacrosse teams were scheduled for Saturday contests but no results were reported. Coaches are asked to send results to the Star at sports@mspublications.com or 629-9243 (f).

Sussex Tech hosts Special Olympics basketball event Sussex Technical High School was host to the Sussex County Special Olympics Basketball Skills Competition on Thursday, April 3. Ten elementary schools in Sussex County brought 175 athletes who had been training for months and were ready to showcase their basketball skills. Dozens of Sussex Tech students volunteered to be scorekeepers and helpers for the competition. Medals were awarded in dribbling, free throw and wall bounce.

Special Olympics Delaware is an organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities. Through year-round sports training, athletic competition and related programs conducted for nearly 3,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities, the organization creates a model community that celebrates people’s diverse gifts. Special Olympics Delaware builds sports skills, confidence, strength, motivation and self-esteem – not just for adults, but for everyone involved.

Assisting in the free throw competition of the Special Olympics Basketball Skills are (l to r): Sussex Tech junior Darian Dennis (Dagsboro), sophomore C.J. Talley (Millsboro), and junior Chad Sturgeon (Seaford).

Sussex Tech students lined up and waiting for the Special Olympics Basketball Skills competition to begin are (l to r): senior Ashlee Heil (Millsboro), junior Lauren Burkholder (Laurel), senior Kylee Rickards (Ocean View), senior Labrea Harvey (Seaford), senior Ally Mohun (Millsboro), senior Ellen Rowe (Selbyville), senior Lindsay Danz (Rehoboth), and exchange student Marcelo Rodriguez from Brazil.

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Seaford Bowling Lanes Weds. AM Mixed High games and series Dave Morris 266 Rip Penuel 707 Patty Hoffman 257, 733

Eastern Shore Men

Tuesday AM Mixed High games and series Mike Baker 246, 703 Edna Turner 272 Kay Lankford 624

Seaford City High games and series Jeffrey Shockley 310 Ronnie Bradley 778

High games and series David King 291 Thomas Wheatley 291 David Spicer 767

Christian Fellowship High games and series Bill Ziolkowski 234, 678

Club 50 High games and series Roger Hall 271 Les Elliott 768 Darlen Beauchamp 264 Alma Musser 723

Senior Express High games and series Joe Walker 304, 871 June Long 280 Gail Corum 811

Tuesday Early Mixed High games and series Jesse Evaristo, Jr. 279, 691

Mardel High games and series Stacie Armes 292, 740

Nite Owl High games and series Jim Nelson 285 William Gehring 736

Friday Trios High games and series William Norman 268 Jennings Kellam 664 Shirley Greene 244, 652

Sunday Nite Mixed High games and series Allen Welch 292 Gary Smith 771 Shana Sellers 279 Bonnie Safrit 746

Sussex County Sports Foundation to hold baseball skills showcase Shown (l to r) are participants in the Heritage Shores Ladies’ 18 Hole Golf Association’s season opener which was held April 2: kneeling- Kathleen Alvarez, Cynthia McDevitt, Tina Hill; standing- Ursula Gardner, Geri DeToro, Kathy Harrigan, Margaret Brunatti, Dotti VanHelmond, Muriel Waite, Barbara Jarkovsky, and Kay Mooney.

Missing from the photo: Cinda Allison, Vicky Gray, Anne Kellagher, Joanie Phipps, and Marilyn Williams.

Sussex County Sports Foundation and Sussex Tech High School are presenting the Delmarva Showcase, which is a baseball skills showcase for players to display their skills to college coaches. The event will take place on June 14 (rain date is June 15) at Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown. Registrations are now being accepted.

The morning session will take place 9 a.m. to noon (first 50 registered players) and the afternoon session will be from 1 to 4 p.m. (first 50 registered players). The cost is $150 per participant per session. Each participant can attend both sessions for $300.

The registration deadline is June 1 (unless sessions are full prior to that date). Players registered prior to May 1 will receive a discount of $15 per session. Players must be high school freshmen or older and must be from the Eastern Shore. Players can choose two positions to showcase their skills. Interested participants can contact the Sussex County Sports Foundation at 644-7777 or info.box@scsportsfoundation.com.

Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club holding signups The Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club will hold signups for the following spring and summer programs: Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading- Signups will take place for Seaford’s only competitive traveling cheer and football league. The league is open to children ages 5-15 at a cost of $65 per person. Players must meet weight requirements.

Games will be played against Laurel, Woodbridge, Harrington, Cape, etc. Pop Warner is the nation’s largest and oldest youth organization in the country. The league is proud to be a recipient of the NFL Youth Football Fund for two years.

Sussex County Sports Foundation to host tournaments

Reel casting kids competition to take place on May 24 The Lower Sussex Bassmasters fishing club will hold a Reel Casting Kids Event at the Horseshoe/Shorebird Festival in the Milton Municipal Park in Milton on May 24 from 9: a.m. to 1 p.m.

The age groups are 8-11 and 12-15. Kids will try their casting skills on Flipping, pitching, and casting at targets from 10, 20, and 30 feet.

There are no entry fees, all you have to do is sign up if you are a girl or boy between the ages of eight and 15.

For more information, contact Billy Mull at 344-7634 or John Bernath at 945-3632.

Coaches and parents are invited to send any team scores that they would like to see featured in the Star. Items can be e-mailed to sports@mspublications.com or faxed to 302-629-9243.

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A 3 vs. 3 benefit soccer tournament will take place in April with proceeds going to the Laurel girls’ soccer program. There will be four games which will last 25 minutes each. Games will be played in the following boys’ and girls’ divisions: U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18. There will also be games in the Men’s Open and Women’s Open adult divisions. Teams can have up to six players on their roster. The cost is $100 per team with checks to be made payable to Laurel Middle School. The deadline to register for the tournamentis April 19. Games will be played on a 40 X 30 yard field. Call Amy Ash at 875-8620 for more information.

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Shown (l to r) is the winning foursome in the Heritage Shores Ladies’ 18 Hole Golf Associations first match of the season: Margaret Brunatti, Tina Hill, Kay Mooney and Ursula Gardner.

The Sussex County Sports Foundation will be hosting the Backyard Brawl Baseball tournament on April 12-13 and the Spring Breakout Softball tournament on April 1920 in Laurel. All teams are welcome. These tournaments are sanctioned by USSSA. For more information please contact us at www.sussexcountysportsfoundation.com. All games will be played in Laurel.

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Seaford/Laurel Star varsity sports schedules for April 10-16

Delmar’s Mark Timmons is congratulated by head coach David Hearn as he rounds third following a grand slam against Sussex Tech on Tuesday. Timmons’ home run broke a 4-4 tie and helped the Wildcats to an 8-5 win. Photo by Mike McClure

Laurel/Seaford Star Tuesday high school scoreboard Baseball- Seaford 3, Lake Forest 0- Robbie Payne delivered two hits and two RBIs and Derrik Gibson earned the win, striking out eight while allowing two hits.

Delmar 8, Sussex Tech 5- Delmar’s Mark Timmons broke a 4-4 tie with a grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning. Timmons also singled in a run, Chad Porter hit a two-run home run, and Drew Merrill hit a solo shot. Matt Campbell struck out 10 and earned the win while Steve Sharff doubled, but picked up the loss on the mound.

Sussex Central 13, Woodbridge 3- Dustin Richards doubled in the Raider loss.

Delmar 11, Nandua 0 (Monday)- Mark Timmons pitched a five inning shutout while striking out 11 for the Wildcats. Timmons and Joe Pete each hit a home run and Matt Campbell had a pair of homers including a grand slam.

Golf- Sussex Central 184, Laurel 200- Laurel’s Chris Moore shot a 43 and was the co-medalist in the match.

Caesar Rodney 163, Delmar 222- Christian Carey had a 47 and Weston Breda added a 56 for Delmar.

Sussex Tech 163, Lake Forest 181 (Monday)- Andrew Sellers was the medalist with a 39 in the Ravens’ win. Kyle Messick shot a 40, Clayton Bunting had a 41, Michael Cunningham added a 43, and Herb Quick chipped in with a 44.

Girls’ soccer- Cape Henlopen 3, Seaford 0- Samantha Savage had seven saves for Seaford.

Sussex Tech 9, Laurel 0- Anna Yelverton netted four goals, Regina Fiacco tallied three goals, and Kylee Rickards and Cassy Galon had one goal each for the Ravens.

Delmar 3, Polytech 2- Maribeth Beach scored the winning goal on a feed from Brittani Scott to break a 2-2 tie in the second half. Scott and Corie Elliott each netted a goal in the Wildcat win.

Softball- Sussex Tech 16, Delmar 0- Brooke Tull tossed a three-hitter, Melony Thompson hit a pair of doubles, and Jenna Allen collected three hits and drove in four for the Ravens.

Sussex Central 7, Woodbridge 0- The Raiders were held to one hit in the loss.

Thursday, April 10- Baseball- Delmar home vs. Indian River, 4:15, Woodbridge at Sussex Tech, 4:15, Seaford home vs. Sussex Central, 4:15; Boys’ lacrosse- Delmarva Christian home vs. Red Lion Christian, 4; Girls’ soccer Laurel at Caesar Rodney, 7, Delmar at Smyrna, 5:30, Woodbridge at Polytech, 6, Seaford at Dover, 6, Sussex Tech home vs. Lake Forest, 7; Golf- Laurel at Sussex Tech, 3:30, Delmar at Woodbridge, 3:30, Seaford home vs. Smyrna, 3:30, Delmarva Christian at Delaware Military, 3:30; Softball- Delmar home vs. Indian River, 4:15, Woodbridge at Sussex Tech, 4:15, Seaford home vs. Sussex Central, 4:15, Delmarva Christian at Polytech, 4:15; Track and field- Woodbridge home vs. Milford, 3:30 Friday, April 11- Baseball- Laurel at Polytech, 4:15; Boys’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at Salisbury, 4; Boys’ tennis- Seaford at Polytech, 4; Girls’ lacrosse- Delmarva Christian at Red Lion Christian, 4; Girls’ tennis- Seaford home vs. Polytech, 4; Golf- Seaford home vs. St. Thomas More, 3:30; Softball- Laurel at Polytech, 4:15 Saturday, April 12- Baseball- Woodbridge home vs. Delmarva Christian, 11, Seaford at St. Elizabeth, noon; Boys’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at Newark, 6, Delmarva Christian home vs. Delaware Military, 11; Boys’ tennis- Seaford home vs. Sanford, 12; Girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at St. Thomas More, noon; Girls’ soccer- Woodbridge home vs. Delmarva Christian, 11; Softball- Woodbridge home vs. Delmarva Christian, 11, Seaford at St. Elizabeth, noon, Sussex Tech home vs. Caravel, noon Monday, April 14- Baseball- Delmarva Christian at Glasgow, 3:30; Boys’ lacrosseDelmar home vs. Salisbury School, 5:30, Delmarva Christian home vs. Gunston, 4; Girls’ lacrosse- Delmarva Christian home vs. Gunston, 4; Girls’ soccer- Laurel at Red Lion Christian, 3:45, Delmarva Christian at St. Thomas More, 4; Girls’ tennis- Seaford home vs. Dover, 4; Golf- Delmar home vs. Red Lion Christian, 3:30, Delmar at Dover, 3:30 Tuesday, April 15- Baseball- Laurel at Smyrna, 4:15, Delmar at Dover, 4:15, Seaford at Woodbridge, 4:15, Sussex Tech home vs. Indian River, 4:15; Boys’ tennisSeaford at Dover, 4; Girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech home vs. Red Lion Christian, 4; Girls’ soccer- home vs. Cape Henlopen, 4, Delmar home vs. Sussex Central, 4, Woodbridge home vs. Smyrna, 6, Seaford home vs. Polytech, 7, Sussex Tech at Indian River, 7; Golf- Delmar home vs. Dover, 3:30, Seaford home vs. Sussex Central, 3:30, Sussex Tech home vs. Indian River, 3:30; Softball- Laurel at Smyrna, 4:15, Delmar at Dover, 4:15, Seaford at Woodbridge, 4:15, Sussex Tech home vs. Indian River, 4:15; Track and field- Laurel at Cape Henlopen, 3:30, Woodbridge home vs. Smyrna, Sussex Tech, Delmarva Christian, 3:30, Seaford home vs. Lake Forest and Sussex Central, 3:30 Wednesday, April 16- Baseball- Delmarva Christian at St. Thomas More, 4; Boys’ lacrosse-Delmar home vs. Sussex Central, 4, Sussex Tech at Caesar Rodney, 7; Boys’ tennis- Seaford home vs. St. Thomas More, 5; Girls’ lacrosse- Delmarva Christian at Worcester, 4; Girls’ tennis- Seaford at St. Thomas More, 4; Golf- Laurel at Polytech, 3:30, Delmarva Christian at Cape Henlopen, 3:30; Softball- Delmarva Christian at St. Thomas More, 4

Western Sussex players participate in Blue-Gold games Local players took part in the Blue-Gold boys’ and girls’ basketball games which took place last Sunday at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center.

In the girls’ game, Seaford’s Samantha Savage had six points and Sussex Tech’s Leigh Powell added five points in the Gold team’s 94-53 loss to the Blue team.

In the boys’ game, the Gold team topped the Blue team, 114-107, in overtime.

Woodbridge’s K’yan Andrews had a game-high 19 points and Sussex Tech’s Kory Belle, Seaford’s Josh Owens, and Woodbridge’s Vashad Whidbeee each netted six points for Gold.

Laurel Little League to hold larger opening ceremony Due to road construction in town Laurel Little League will not have a parade this year. The league will instead have a larger opening ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 26 starting at 9 a.m.

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Coaches and parents are invited to send any team scores that they would like to see featured in the Star. Items can be e-mailed to sports@mspublications.com or faxed to 302-629-9243.

Sussex Tech’s Brooke Tull comes home with a pitch during Tuesday’s game in Delmar. Tull allowed three hits in her team’s win. Photo by Mike McClure

Delmar’s Brittani Scott had a goal and an assist in the Wildcats’ 3-2 win over Polytech on Tuesday. Photo by Mike McClure

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Delaware State Police to host Colonel’s Camp Barnes Chili Run On Sunday, April 13, the Delaware State Police will host the first Colonel’s Camp Barnes Chili Run. This event is a police escorted motorcycle ride that will begin at two locations in Delaware and, after a scenic tour of the state, conclude at Camp Barnes.

Camp Barnes is a non-profit summer camp that benefits kids ages 10 – 13 and has been in operation for 60 years.

The free camp runs from July to August.

Throughout its operation, Camp Barnes, located on Miller’s Creek, a tributary of Little Assawoman Bay, has served the needs of thousands of children throughout Delaware.

This ride is to help provide the money needed to restore lodging and facilities.

This endeavor also seeks to remind

the public about the wonderful activities Camp Barnes has to offer our youth.

Motorcycle enthusiasts may register the day of the event at one of two locations - the Smyrna rest area on Rte. 13 north of Smyrna, and Harley-Davidson of Seaford on Rte. 13 north of Seaford.

Registration is from 9 to 10 a.m. at each of the locations and the cost is $25 per rider.

The first 200 riders will receive a

free t-shirt. Chili and refreshments will be provided at the end of the ride.

This event is open to the public. Donations are appreciated and checks may be made payable to Camp Barnes.

Donations may be mailed to Colonel’s Camp Barnes Chili Bike Run, 37190 Camp Barnes Road, Frankford, DE 19945.

For more information, call Brenda Lee Unruh at 302-739-3711.

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Education Seaford High wins AARP award In celebration of AARP’s 50th anniversary and to recognize the outstanding educational achievements in public high schools throughout the nation, AARP has announced the winners of The Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Awards.

AARP donated more than $1 million nationally to support educational programs which have demonstrated a commitment to connect generations and foster greater civic engagement among students and their communities.

In Delaware, the 2008 award is presented to Seaford High School for its Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which has enhanced student achievement and contributed to an improved environment for the students, school and community.

During the 2006-2007 school year, there were 55 instances of minority students taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes with one student scoring a three and two fours on three AP classes during her sophomore year.

At Seaford Middle School, there were four sections of Algebra I with 34 minority students enrolled and one section of Algebra II with five minority students en-

rolled. The minority students in this program outscored their classmates in every content area at all tested grade levels on the Delaware Student Testing Program.

The school’s AP Incentive Program has resulted in an expansion of the number of high school AP classes from four to a dozen and dramatically increased the number of minority students as well as students overall who take AP classes.

AARP was founded 50 years ago by Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired teacher and principal from California. “Dr. Andrus was a champion for all generations who believed, as we do today, that the generations are connected by a strong commitment to values, community and service,” said AARP Delaware state director Lucretia Young.

Public high schools in all U.S. states and territories were eligible to compete for $10,000 awards honoring innovative programs. In total, AARP received nearly 1,000 applications from public schools throughout the nation.

Entries were judged by a blue ribbon panel of nationally known educators and civic leaders. For more information, visit www.AARP.org.

Administrative Professionals Day at Owens Campus

Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday, April 23 at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus.

From 9 to 11:45 a.m., participants can attend two of the following innovative workshops designed to update and provide new skills: Personal Profile/Behavioral Styles (DiSC); Microsoft Office 2007; Telephone Techniques; or Posters, Fliers, and Newsletters. Stay for lunch to enjoy a fashion show with designs by Twila Farrell’s Boutique in Lewes.

This event will be held in the Carter Partnership Center, pre-registration on or before April 21 is required. The fee is $65 and includes two workshops, lunch and the fashion show. Participants also have the option to attend just the lunch and fashion show for $25. For more information or to register, call 854-6966.

Voice of Democracy winners at Sussex Tech recently received their awards. From left are second place, senior Hannah Krieg of Seaford; VFW Sussex Memorial Post 7422, Millsboro, Commander Atwood Timmons; first place, senior Kristen Conner of Seaford; and Sussex Tech history teacher Jamie Carlson.

VFW awards local seniors Two Seaford senior students at Sussex Technical High School were winners in the annual Voice of Democracy essay contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Sussex Memorial Post 7422, Millsboro. First place winner was Kristen Conner and Hannah Krieg won second place.

The essay contest is sponsored to promote the ideals of democracy and citizenship in Delaware and throughout the coun-

try. This year’s theme was “My Role in Honoring America’s Veterans.” In her essay, Kristen wrote about how honored she is to have a father who is a veteran, and how she admires the way he shows his respect to today’s young veterans.

In making the awards presentations for the 23rd year, VFW Commander Atwood Timmons commented, “Sussex Tech always makes me proud.”

Free GED testing offered through Delaware Tech

A free GED testing program is being offered by Delaware Technical & Community College in Georgetown from April 16 through May 23.

To qualify for the free testing, applicants must be Delaware residents and at least 18-years-old. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required.

For information or to register, call Del Tech at 302-856-5400, ext. 5907. This program is sponsored by the Delaware Dept. of Education/Adult Education Division and Delaware Tech.

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Families, Individuals and Communities Conference Dr. T.J. Mumford has vowed to model one of the Project’s gowns during the lunch break of the FIC Conference if 50 gowns are collected.

On Friday, April 18, the Families, Individuals and Communities Conference (FICC) will be held at Delaware Technical and Community College, Owens Campus, Georgetown.

The conference, entitled “Getting the Big Picture: Focusing on the Family,” promises to offer valuable information. This year, it will also offer a chance to clean

out your closet.

Human Services Department Chairman Dr. T.J. Mumford is working with Delaware Tech students to collect formal gowns, which will in turn be donated to the “Gee…You Will Project,” a formalwear lending library which lends gowns to girls and women who might not otherwise be able to attend a formal affair.

“Gee…You Will Project” board members Regina HeadleyMarvel, vice-chair of the board; Carol Reid Hall; Joanna Mutter; Bonnie O’Day; and Rosemary Joseph-Kappel are all members of the FICC planning committee.

Last year’s conference netted about 20 gowns and a tuxedo for the cause.

To encourage students and community members to donate gowns they are no longer using,

Dr. Mumford has vowed to model one of the Project’s gowns during the lunch break of the FIC Conference if 50 gowns are collected.

If you have a gown hanging in your closet that you would like to donate, donations can be taken to Delaware Tech and left for Dr. Mumford or you can give it to one of his students to drop off.

Donations will also be accepted the day of the conference.

If you would like to see Dr. Mumford modeling the gown, all you need to do is register for the conference and be around during lunch.

This year’s conference offers workshops on topics such as “Domestic Violence and the family,” “Family Mediation,” “Substance Abuse Jeopardy,” and other workshops discussing family

BIE presents program at Phillis Wheatley School The Delaware Business, Industry, Education Alliance has planned a “WHAT IN THE WORLD?” program for seventh graders at Phillis Wheatley Middle School on Thursday, April 17 from 9 to 11 a.m.

The program seeks to influence elementary school students into considering careers that require science, math or a technology background.

Presenters include a representative from Delaware Electric Cooperative, a mortgage broker from Carteret Mortgage, a representative from the Delaware State Fire School, a librarian from the Sussex County Department of Libraries, a representative from County Bank, a nurse from Genesis Healthcare and the 911 Center among others.

This interactive program uses a "mystery object" as a conversation starter. Students gather at each table for a 10-minute interval before rotating to another station. The volunteers use this time to explain their own career while stressing the importance of math, science or technology.

To volunteer, contact Robin Agar, BIE Alliance, at 302-284-8141.

Caitlin McGee helps less fortunate in Mexico Caitlin McGee, a resident of Seaford, spent her spring break in Tijuana, Mexico, as part of Arcadia University's Community Service’s Office Alternative Spring Break. A total of 34 students, staff, and alumni assisted Esperanza International, a non-profit, non-sectarian, charitable corporation, dedicated to empowering the poor in Tijuana.

McGee, a 2006 Seaford High School graduate, is a second year student at Arcadia and has studied abroad in London and New Zealand.

During Alternative Spring Break students and staff get a chance to help in needy areas and learn about the culture of other regions as well as network with other university students.

Arcadia University is a top-ranked private university in metropolitan Philadelphia, Pa. and a leader in studying abroad.

Howard T. Ennis Alumni Reunion looking for grads The first Howard T. Ennis Alumni Reunion is being planned for Saturday, May 17. This event will be held in the Ennis cafeteria from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Refreshments, entertainment, and lots of reminiscing are planned.

The Howard T. Ennis Alumni Committee is searching for any Ennis graduate and former staff members. They are longing to make this a reunion of students and staff who learned from each other. If you are a graduate, former or current staff member, or know anyone who fits this description, call Fay at 856-3255, or Sandy at 629-7038 no later than April 15. Names and addresses are needed so the committee may send invitations and finalize plans for the reunion. A booklet with an updated photo and a list of involvements is planned. This can only be done if the response is quick.

The Howard T. Ennis (H.T.E.) Alumni Committee is grateful for the public’s help with this endeavor.

issues and how to deal with them.

In addition to the workshops being offered, Nancy Proud Freebery, author of “Blossom! It’s Not What Life Throws At You...It’s How You Catch It,” will be the keynote speaker.

Freebery, a Newark resident and mother of a special needs son, is a corporate and strategic growth consultant.

Her keynote will motivate participants to grow, be more tolerant and to live healthier, whole, balanced lives.

The first annual Ray Lloyd Memorial Award was awarded in 2007.

There are several deserving candidates nominated for the award this year and the winner will be announced as part of the opening ceremonies.

A limited number of scholar-

ships are also available for this year’s conference.

Scholarships are provided thanks to the generosity of Sussex County Council as they continue to support the conference.

The FICC Committee invites businesses and organizations to come, display information about their services in the Conference common area.

Ample time is given for participants to tour informational displays, which conclude after lunch.

For more information on scholarships, registration or the conference, contact FICC planning committee Chairperson Lori Westcott at Delaware Tech, 8565400. For more information on gown donations, Dr. Mumford can be contacted via the switchboard at the same number.

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Creekwatchers attend water monitoring training More than 35 environmental enthusiasts committed to stewardship of the Nanticoke watershed attended the Creekwatchers citizen monitoring kick-off event on March 28 in Vienna, Md. The event, organized by the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, was held to train citizens in water quality monitoring activities of the Nanticoke River and its tributaries in Delaware and Maryland.

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance’s Creekwatchers Citizen Monitoring Program began in July 2007 as a multi-year project to monitor the health of the Nanticoke River and its tributaries.

During the first year, more than 30 volunteers monitored 25 sites testing several important water quality variables.

Funding for the project is made possible by grants from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Water Resources and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.

Several community organizations including Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth, Galestown Mill Pond Association and Nanticoke Watershed Preservation Group, have joined this year’s monitoring effort. The Creekwatchers program has ex-

panded to 40 sites, including many new locations in headwater areas or previously underrepresented regions within the watershed.

Volunteers’ efforts will supply nine months of water quality data for 2008, helping the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance and state agencies gauge the changing health of the Nanticoke River.

“With this citizen monitoring program, we are able to do more than what other water monitoring programs are typically able to do by sampling more locations on a more frequent basis,” said Jennifer Volk, environmental scientist with DNREC’s Watershed Assessment Section.

“With the training provided, volunteers are transformed into a team of citizen scientists who are able to measure onsite water clarity, dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH and temperature - using field instruments. They also collect water samples for laboratory analysis of nutrients, chlorophyll and bacteria.”

Creekwatcher data will be submitted to state agencies, the EPA and other groups working to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, its rivers and tributaries.

The results of the program will be in-

Dr. Robin Tyler, aquatic ecologist with DNREC’s Division of Water Resources, demonstrates field testing equipment to Nanticoke Creekwatchers. Photo by Jennifer Volk

cluded in the annual “State of the Nanticoke Watershed” report. The report, which includes the 2007 water quality data, is expected to be released in May 2008, available to the public and posted on the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance’s website, www.nanticokeriver.org.

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance is a consortium of almost 40 organizations that include government agencies, environmental groups, land trusts, academia, restoration groups, industry, small business, realtors, forest and fishing industries, and citizen groups.

To learn more about the alliance and programs underway to conserve the natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River watershed, visit www.nanticokeriver.org or contact Megan Ward at 410-873-3045.

DNREC’s Division of Water Resources Watershed Section develops water quality monitoring strategies, conducts watershed evaluations, performs soil evaluations, provides technical support to the department, and integrates wetland and watershed management. For more information, contact Jennifer Volk at 302-739-9939 or visit www.dnrec.delaware.gov.

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Letters to the Editor ...the United States would not likely be overtaken by any outside force, but it would be overthrown from within.

Removing religion is nation’s downfall I remember entering first grade in the Federalsburg (MD) Elementary School in 1944. At that time, the United States was at war with Germany and Japan. We experienced blackouts when the firehouse siren blew a certain number of times, signaling all families within hearing distance to turn off their lights.

Our entire family would cuddle up on the couch and peek out the windows, listening for airplanes to fly over, waiting for the siren to sound one more time, so we could have lights again. This happened each time an airplane flew within distance of the watch towers at night, where my mom and dad took their turns watching.

I had many dreams of Germans and Japanese coming to our home, chasing us with guns and knives drawn, waking up in a heavy sweat. In spite of the fear of our country being invaded, my mother and father comforted my one brother, four sisters and me by assuring us of their love, care and protection, which was sufficient.

In 1946, when I was eight-years-old, my father owned Service Trucking Co., with a fleet of 30 or 40 tractor trailers.

One day, when he arrived home for supper, he had a letter from the government of the United States. We had won the war by then and the government was asking if any trucking companies would be willing to donate a truck to send to Germany, to help them in rebuilding their new government.

I remember dad asking each one in the family, what we thought. To my knowledge, I think we all agreed it would be a nice thing to do. This made a lasting impression on me, showing that our dad not only loved his country, but also had compassion for our enemies.

Within a few years, dad brought home another letter that I will never forget.

Again, he read it to the family. It was written by a Communist organization. As dad read the letter, we absorbed every word.

The letter stated that even though our nation had won this war and may win more, the United States would not likely be overtaken by any outside force, but it would be overthrown from within. I was not old enough to understand exactly what this meant then, but I surely do now.

In the 1950s Madalyn Murray O’Hair was responsible for taking prayer out of public schools. How well I remember this!

From my first day in school in 1944 until this lawsuit took place, I saluted the flag, read Bible verses and said prayers every morning. It was mandatory for schools to begin the day with these daily devotions.

By hearing God’s words from the Holy Bible on a daily basis, every child in school absorbed the good news of the Ten Commandments. The Bible served as a cleansing of the mind.

This is why schools did not experience major crime, swearing, and the teaching of

Stars’ Letters Policy All letters should include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification purposes. Names will be published. No unsigned letters will be published. No letters which the management deems to be libelous will be published. The Star reserves the right to edit or reject any letters.

Send your letters to Morning Star Publications, PO Box 1000, Seaford, DE 19973, or email editor@mspublications.com immoral sex acts, as many students did not get any moral instructions from home.

To my recollection, this was the beginning of our government’s downfall through the courts. It has been a downhill slide ever since.

This is what our forefathers warned us about. They assured us that as long as our country was obedient to the principles given to us as the foundation for our government, God would bless us. Now you cannot even find this information in our school history books. They have been rewritten to not mention the truth about what our founders had to say.

This has been a disgrace to our society.

Religion has been pegged as a weakness instead of a strength. Most churches have accepted the gag rules, which the American Civil Liberties Union has continuously fought for. Look what they have done to take away student rights, freedom of speech and faith in the workplace. They are fighting hard for same-sex marriage and the acceptance of liberal international laws to further demoralize our system.

In October 2006, my oldest son, Jeff, and I were discussing how our nation was changing. I was depressed, discouraged and had given up hope of reclaiming the principles given to us by our forefathers.

As we talked, my son looked me in the eyes and said, “Dad, if you care, why don’t you do something about this situation?” I lowered my head and looked at my feet as I stated, “It’s too late son. We are being overtaken by an evil force within that is consuming our country day by day.

Besides, now I am old; it’s young folks like you that need to take the lead.”

Jeff would not take no for an answer and gave me the encouragement I needed to take the first step. That night I prayed telling God, “If He would open the door, I would follow. I felt directed to search the Internet for the ACLU. I inadvertently keyed in UCLA. Wow! What an education I received from one of nation’s largest universities. Their studies and extracurricular classes floored me. I could not believe what I read.

Then I realized we have over 300 public universities that have rules that could shut out the Truth from an entire generation of Americans.....including my children and grandchildren. It wasn’t accidental

that I keyed in UCLA. Then I realized the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was one of the culprits that designed this plan to destroy America from within, an answer to a puzzle from the 1950s.

Many of our nation’s most influential educators are accomplishing their agenda by enforcing strict speech codes and other censorships on their campuses, effectively blocking the door to any idea, teaching, ministry, or conversation that might contradict their totalitarian philosophies. A year ago I found the ADF (Alliance Defense Fund). Then I was absolutely sure that God was leading me.

If anyone is interested in helping bring America back to its original principles, make note, we are sponsoring a fundraiser, a chicken and dumpling dinner at Sam Yoder’s Community Building near his farm in Greenwood.

For reservations, call our office at 800846-3400 (long distance) and 302-2620659 (local). The date is Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. Ask for instructions when you call.

Our speaker will be Mike Johnson, from ADF, who lives in Louisiana, and a singing teen duo will entertain us, Lauren Henry and Kent Embleton from Delmarva Christian High School.

We are expecting a sell-out crowd, so be sure to call right away. Tickets are $20 each or you can get a table of eight for $160. When calling, ask for Ed. We will also have a free luncheon in Bridgeville that includes a speaker from the Heritage Foundation at Heritage Shores on May 15. Book your reservations early.

If you care about your children and grandchildren, you will get involved. At least call and get more information. Even if you cannot attend, maybe you can help support and pray for this challenge.

J. Edward (Ed) Banning Founder, Trinity Transport, Inc. and Banning Foundation

Make an advance directive now

Approximately 50 of the most prominent national healthcare, religious and legal associations and organizations as well as countless local and state organizations will participate in the inaugural National Healthcare Decisions Day.

At every level, the goal of this nationwide initiative is to ensure that all adults with decision-making capacity in America have both the information and the opportunity to communicate and document their future healthcare decisions.

While making healthcare decisions is often difficult in the best of circumstances, making decisions for others is even more complicated. Each of us has the ability to guide our healthcare providers and our loved ones about what we want.

Advance directives give you the ability to document the types of healthcare you do and do not want and to name an “agent” to speak for you if you cannot speak for yourself. As Terri Schiavo’s situation vividly revealed, having an advance directive can be valuable for all adults, regardless of current age or health status.

With the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, Congress affirmed the right of every citizen to set forth his or her future healthcare wishes in writing with an “advance directive.”

Yet, various estimates suggest that fewer than 25% of all Americans have an advance directive. For an action that can be done without a lawyer, for free, and relatively easily, this figure is astonishingly low.

In recognition of this, National Healthcare Decisions Day strives to provide much-needed information to the public, reduce the number of tragedies that occur when a person’s wishes are unknown, and improve the ability of healthcare facilities and providers to offer informed and thoughtful guidance about advance healthcare planning to their patients.

Visit www.delawarehospice.org for more information and advance directives forms to assist you with thoughtful reflection on healthcare choices.

With healthcare, “your decisions matter,” however, others need to know your wishes to honor them. There are no wrong answers when thinking about healthcare choices and completing an advance directive. Use April 16 to decide, discuss and document your wishes, whatever they may be.

Learn more about National Healthcare Decisions Day at www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org.

Susan D. Lloyd, MSN, RN

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Attend ‘The Nanticoke Derby’ April 19 Nanticoke Health Services will be hosting the 22nd annual Dinner and Auction on April 19 at the Heritage Shores Clubhouse. This year’s theme is “The Nanticoke Derby,” so get those “Derby Hats” out of the closet and get ready for “The Greatest Race” in thoroughbred history.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Charity Endowment Prescription Fund and a certified Stroke Center at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.

Delaware National Bank will be atop the starting gate as the

Presenting sponsor. Don Moore will once lead the spirited live auction. Community Partner is Nemours Health & Prevention Services. The cost to attend is $75 per person. Sponsorship packages are available. For further information and questions contact the Corporate Development office of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital at 629-6611, extension 2404.

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Health Briefs Bayhealth educates public

One in three females and one in six males will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

During April, National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Bayhealth will join in the fight to raise awareness and offer help to victims of this crime. Events include presentations at local schools and universities, displays at the Modern Maturity Center and Bayhealth – Kent General Hospital, and a proclamation signing by Governor Ruth Ann Minner for sexual assault.

For more information or if you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact Dawn Culp at 302-7447121 or 800-656-HOPE to be connected to the nearest rape crisis center.

Beebe sponsors annual conference

The sixteenth annual Conference by the Bay, a daylong educational seminar for nurses sponsored by Beebe Medical Center School of Nursing, will take place Friday, April 25, at the Rusty Rudder's BayCenter on Dickinson Street in Dewey Beach.

Beebe will award six contact hours via certificate at the completion of the program.

The day begins with registration at 7:15 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. The fee for the conference is $90 general registration, $50 employee or retiree, and $40 for a fulltime basic nursing student. This includes the conference, continental breakfast, re-

freshments, conference materials and buffet lunch.

Space is limited and payment must be received by April 16. To obtain a registration form or for any questions, contact the Beebe School of Nursing at 645-3251, ext.

5469. An additional $10 late registration fee is required for registrants after the deadline, if space is available. The school is located behind and adjacent to the main campus of the Beebe Medical Center at 424 Savannah Road in Lewes.

Foundation raises funds for CAC

WMDT-47 and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore have joined efforts to match the first $20,000 in donations to be received for the Child Advocacy Challenge, an interagency effort that responds to and reduces child neglect and abuse in Wicomico County.

WMDT-47 successfully applied for a $10,000 grant from “Oprah’s Big Give,” a Sunday prime time television show created

by Oprah Winfrey. The Community Foundation has provided another $10,000 grant that enables our two organizations to match the first $20,000 in donations from the public by April 20 to the Wicomico Child Advocacy Fund.

“We have until April 20 to reach our goal and report back to Oprah,” said Kathleen McLain, general manager of WMDT47.

Checks may be sent to support this effort and should be made payable to the Community Foundation of the Eastern

Shore. On the memo line, note Child Advocacy Challenge (CAC). Contributions should be mailed to The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, 1324 Belmont Ave., Ste. 401, Salisbury, MD 21804.

Mammograms at Greenwood library The Women’s Mobile Health Screening Van is coming to Greenwood Public Library on Wednesday, April 23. Free or low-cost mammograms will be given to women who have scheduled an appointment.

Women interested in receiving a mammogram must call 888-672-9647 before April 23 to schedule an appointment. No one will receive services without an appointment.

A doctor’s prescription is also required.

Don’t delay in calling if you are interested in receiving this service at no or low cost.

Mammograms can save lives by finding breast cancer as early as possible.

The van is administered by the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Inc. and offers high quality services delivered by professional medical staff.

The Greenwood Public Library is located east of the railroad tracks, on the corner of Market Street (DE Rt. 16) and Mill Street. You may call 888-672-9647 or 302349-5309 for information.

Caregivers Diabetes Program

Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford will provide a Caregivers Diabetes Educa-

tion Program on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) 302-888-1117 to register or fax 302-741-8602.

Alzheimer's offers courses

The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter is offering professional training programs at the Georgetown office.

These programs include CEU credit for social workers, nurses and nursing home administrators. Certificates of completion are also available.

Courses include "About Dementia" on Tuesday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to noon (three credits); "Making Connections" on Tuesday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to noon (two credits); and "Understanding Wandering" on Friday, May 23 from 10 a.m. to noon (two credits).

The cost of each session including CEU credit is $49 or a certificate of completion is $29 per registrant. Pre-registration is required by e-mailing Jamie Magee at Jamie.magee@alz.org or by calling 302854-9788.

Delaware first in sampling

The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, in cooperation with USDAWildlife Services, has taken the lead in the nationwide surveillance of migratory wild birds for avian influenza (AI).

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Autism linked to problems with joint attention may not play with other children their age.

However, there are many different reasons for problems like this as well. It too is not specific for autism.

Children with autism also have a tendency to have repeated movements. They may play with the same toys repeatedly.

They may line up their toys a certain way.

They may do things like open and close doors repeatedly. Again, this is not specific to children with autism. Many children go through some of these phases.

However, there is one symptom that seems to occur much more often in chil-

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Autism is currently diagnosed in about 1 child out of every 150. There are many symptoms associated with it. Some are more common than others.

Most people know that speech is delayed in children with autism. However, speech is delayed for many other reasons.

Therefore, many things come to mind in children with speech delays.

Children with autism also have some problems with social interactions. They

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low pathogenic forms that naturally occur in wild birds and pose no serious risk to domestic poultry.

Since the nationwide early detection strategy was introduced in 2006, Delaware has been a priority state for AI surveillance because of its importance as a wintering area for hundreds of thousands of migratory waterfowl; as a primary migration corridor for shorebirds; and as the heart of the Delmarva poultry production area.

Because of these reasons, Delaware has obtained the maximum level of federal funding for surveillance. This federal funding was then supplemented by state

appropriations the last two years, permitting Delaware to collect more than double the samples of most other states.

Since Delaware’s testing program began in 2006, only 23 samples, or 0.4 percent, tested positive for a strain of influenza which could be perceived as a threat to the poultry industry and required further testing at the national lab in Iowa. None of these were the Asian bird flu strain.

Highly pathogenic H5N1, commonly called the Asian bird flu, has been detected in wild birds and poultry in 61 countries and is the strain responsible for the culling of poultry flocks in Asia and Europe, as well as 373 human cases, with 236 resulting in death.

dren with autism than in other children.

Children with autism in particular have problems with the developmental process known as joint attention.

Joint attention is like most developmental processes. It develops in children over time. Joint attention refers to the idea of a child and the caregiver paying attention to the same thing jointly.

The earliest example of this is at about 8 - 10 months of age. At that point a child will follow a mother's gaze when she looks at an object. If she looks left, the infant will do so as well. If she looks right the same thing happens.

At about 10 - 12 months of age, the infant will do two things when someone points to an object. The first thing is that the child will look at the object. The second is that the child will look back to the person pointing at the object. It is almost as if to say that he/she saw the object.

At about 12 - 14 months of age, chil-

dren will point to things they want. They will make sure the caregiver is looking.

That way the object can be obtained by the caregiver. It can then be given to the child.

At 14 -16 months of age, a child will begin to point to objects that he/she wants someone else to look at. it may be an animal in a field while riding in a car. It might be a toy in the store. This is the child saying do you see what I see.

At 16 - 18 months, the child will physically get an object and bring it to the parent. There is a desire to share the interest in the object. This is the maturing of joint attention.

As we become more sophisticated in the diagnosis of autism, the goal is to diagnose it as early as possible. That allows us to get appropriate therapy for the child.

Looking at joint attention and its development can provide us with some early clues to make the diagnosis before the child turns two years of age.

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SOROPTIMIST SUPPORTS SMART GIRLS PROGRAM - Soroptimist International of Seaford (SI) recently hosted the Smart Girls at SI's monthly program meeting at Pizza King. Soroptimist provided dinner and talked with the girls about the program, which is a National Boys and Girls Club science-based approach to youth development. The program teaches life skills, prevention, health and community service. There are two weekly classes of girls between the ages of eight and 16 and the Western Sussex Club has over 22 girls in the program. At the meeting, Peggy Geisler (far right), one of the program sponsors for SI of Seaford, presented a check for $6,000 for the Smart Girls program to Alyson Rowe (far left), education director, and Shira Richards, Smart Girls leader. For more information about Smart Girls, call the Boys and Girls Club at 629-8740. For more information about Soroptimist of Seaford, visit www.siofseaford.com. Submitted photo

SPRING ACTIVITIES - Pre-K students Brandon Bennet and Dalton proudly display their drawings of an Easter Egg during the Easter celebration at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Preschool. Submitted photos

BOY SCOUTS PARTICIPATE IN KLONDIKE - Boy Scouts from Troop 381 recently participated in the annual Klondike at Henson Scout Reservation. For the second year in a row, Troop 381 won the event. The Scouts had many different activities to perform such as knot tying, lashing skills and fire building. Pictured from left are Andrew Rutter, Charles Michel, Andrew Solomon, Kieran Clucas, Christopher Michel, Andrew Mackler and Rocco Mattricino in a sled pulling activity. The Klondike is an annual event where scout troops from the Delmarva area come to compete and have fun. Boy Scout Troop 381 is chartered with the Woodland Methodist Church in Seaford. Submitted photo

Pre-K students Noel Willey and Lilianna Stump are all smiles after the pre-kindergarten Easter egg hunt.

BULLY FREE - The Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 7, Seaford, installed new officers on April 3. Pictured here are new officers Worthy Matron Ethelene F. Krauss, PGM, Worthy Patron D. Wayne Simpler, PGP, Assoc. Matron Marlene Simpler, PM, Assoc. Patron Chris Emory (Acting), Secretary Ester Berner, PGM, Treasurer Jean Dukes, Conductress Arlene Traister, PM, Assoc. Conductress Jean Adkins, Chaplin Billy Jean Snook, PM, Marshal Deena Yale, Organist Claire Andress, PM (Acting), Adah Tracey Emory, Ruth Velma Shenton, Ester Bobbi Pinson, Martha Jane Webb, PM, Electa Bobbie Jo Ammons, Warden Chantel Janislewski, and Sentinel Judy Booze, PM (Acting). Submitted photo

Two-year-old students Milo Parks and Delaney Parker are excited to see what they will find in their Easter egg bags.

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SEAFORD DISTRICT LIBRARY EVENTS Here’s what’s happening at the Seaford District Library for the week of April 1017:

PUMH Foundation Board members from Sussex County include from left, Jim Clements, George "Buck" Smith, Scott Bagshaw, Celia Bates and Howard Layton.

PUMH board welcomes members The PUMH Foundation, Inc. recently welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors.

Three members are from Sussex County and include Celia C. Bates, a Manor House resident who had worked as a civilian in the United States Air Force and later at Raychem Corporation; James B. Clements, also a Manor House resident, a chemical engineer by training and realtor by profession; and Howard R. Layton, representing southern Delaware, a CPA and certified estate planner.

Gloria H. Gamble, resident of Country House in Wilmington, graduate of Wellesley College and long-time community volunteer, was also appointed.

All will serve three-year terms. Mary Ann Tuschak, a Wilmington financial planner, and Edward J. Steiner, a Milford resident and owner of Clover Yarns, were elected to serve as chair and vice-chair, respectively.

Other Sussex County residents now serving on the board include Scott Bagshaw and George B. "Buck" Smith.

These board members join a larger

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Nominated and selected because of the depth of experience and community commitment that they demonstrate, these board members represent a variety of businesses and a geographic reach that includes all four PUMH retirement communities.

The PUMH Foundation has been instrumental in raising funds for a variety of expansion projects including construction of a state of the art residential Alzheimer’s care unit; renovation of the Health Centers and associated public spaces at two communities; development of an indoor pool and fitness facility; and construction of an assisted living residence at one community and renovation of two others.

The Foundation is also engaged in benevolence initiatives for PUMH residents in need and manages scholarship programs that support the continuing education of clinical staff.

Events • The Friends of the Library are sponsoring a “PK Night” fundraiser at Pizza King on Monday, April 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.

A portion of your bill will be donated to the Seaford Library.

Come and show your support for the Seaford District Library and our Friends.

• The Medtronics group will meet Wednesday, April 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Seaford District Library.

• It’s that time of year when the weather is starting to get warm, our thumbs start to turn green, and we get spring fever.

With today’s growing concerns on being more eco-friendly, we will learn how to apply those concerns to our own backyard.

The Seaford District Library will host an organic gardening program on Thursday, April 17, at 4 p.m.

This program will be presented by Sharon Carson of Sharon’s Natural Gardens in Delmar.

Contact Amber Motta at 629-2524 for more information.

• “Mother Goose on the Loose!” Lapsit program for Pre-Walkers is on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and for walkers on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

This 30-minute early literacy program uses rhymes and songs to help children get ready to read. Contact Cindi Smith at 629-2524 for more information.

• Storytime for ages 3-5 is on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers and their families enjoy storytelling, songs, easy crafts and more. Contact Cindi Smith at 629-2524 for more information.

Upcoming events • There will be a Library board meeting on Monday, April 22, at 5 p.m.

• The Christian Writers Group, “Vines and Vessels,” will meet on Saturday, April 26 in the Seaford District Library’s meeting room from 9 a.m. to noon.

• The Celiac Support Group will meet in the Seaford District Library’s meeting

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• “Victorine Du Pont,” a dramatic program, will be presented by historical impersonator Marie Gormley-Tarleton on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. at the Seaford District Library, 402 North Porter St. Victorine Du Pont, the oldest child of the founder of the Du Pont Company, recalls her emigration from France and settlement in Delaware.

A native of Delaware, former teacher and Hagley Museum guide, Marie Gormley-Tarleton has had access to Victorine DuPont’s personal letters and journals.

The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Seaford District Library, will be preceded by a short business meeting and is open to the public.

• The Friends of the Library’s annual yard/book sale will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 7 a.m to noon at the Seaford District library, rain or shine.

Many items will be for sale including plants, books and baked goods.

If you have items or plants that you would like to donate, they may be left during library hours starting May 3. Please no clothing.

The proceeds will help fund the educational programs provided by the library.

• Do you have health concerns? Confusing lab reports? Questions you should ask your doctor?

Visit the Seaford District Library the second Wednesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and meet with Linda Leonard, consumer health librarian for Sussex County.

All reference services are free and confidential.

Programs are free and open to the public.

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MORNING STAR • APRIL 10 - 16, 2008

Expect gas prices to stay high with Bush in office

By Frank B. Calio

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RANK ALIO Did any of you have a chance to watch the five CEOs of the major U.S. oil companies poor mouthing their huge profits as if they were all ...when Bush took office ready to file for bankruptcy as they appeared before Congress? from the Clinton To add insult to injury in defending their profits, they told Conadministration, gas was gress that the record prices were not their fault. In case you forgot, the hearings were held on April $1.46 a gallon.

Fool’s Day. I thought the CEOs would come to tears defending their need for of their worries is cutting prices. the continuance of their $18 billion tax And I must say this — when Bush took break they received from Congress. office from the Clinton administration, gas The House voted last year and again in was $1.46 a gallon.

February to divert that money to support When a Congressman asked the oil wind, solar and other renewable energy magnates if they ever considered dropping sources because the oil companies are the price of gas, there was immediate sispending peanuts on research. The Senate lence, so much you could hear a pin drop. hasn’t passed the bill, but President Bush When they recovered, all they could think said he would veto the bill. of were their expenses. Tell that to a workYou shouldn’t be surprised by the veto ing man who has no way to recoup the inthreat. Bush and Cheney are in bed with creasing price of gas. big oil and big business.

I find it insulting when the price of a Oil companies raked in profits of $123 barrel of oil rises $1 and before I can get billion last year and motorists are paying home from Dover, prices jump five to an average of $3.29 a gallon at the pump. eight cents a gallon and that’s before the Diesel fuel is up 42 percent over last year gas tankers deliver. Yet when oil drops a and has risen from $3.38 to $3.91 a gallon buck a gallon, it takes several days before nationally in the last month, according to it drops maybe 2 cents.

AAA reports.

Two weeks ago, oil dropped $10 a barNot only are the companies ripping off rel in less than a week. Gas prices retheir customers, the CEOs are doing the mained the same for days and finally same to their stockholders. dropped 3 cents. Last Friday, a barrel of In 2005, pay packages for oil company oil went up $2. By Sunday the three cents CEOs were nearly three times the size of was restored. similarly sized businesses. That year, But small gas stations are also hurting CEOs of the largest 15 oil companies aver- because they say people are using less gas, aged $32.7 million in compensation comand where they make their money is peopared with $11.6 million for all U.S. firms. ple coming in the store and buying prodLast year, the same oil executives reucts — food, coffee, etc. They claim their ceived $512.9 million in pay compensaprofit margin on gas is low. In fact, one tion. Yeah, they need a tax break. dealer says he makes more profit on a cup And here’s information that says it all of coffee than a gallon of gas. about my favorite president. In 2005, six Then who’s making money? If our oil companies — Exxon Mobile, Chevron companies are paying more, shouldn’t Texaco, Conoco Phillips, Shell and Valero their profit margin remain the same or — had profits of $112 billion. less?

Since Bush took office these companies Remember last summer when oil comhave accumulated profits of $321 billion. panies defended the rise in prices because Last year, their profits were $121 billion. people were traveling more — supply and They are making so much money the least

demand theory? Well now people are traveling less, so why is the price of gas escalating?

When I was in business and my Blue Cross/Blue Shield would rise 20 percent a year, I couldn’t pass that cost on to my customers. Apparently the oil companies not only pass on their cost, as does Delmarva Power, but also add a couple bucks for themselves.

I know a lot of the lust for profits is stock dividend driven. Investors in the market want plush returns on their investments.

A commentator on the Money Channel said those who own stock should not be too upset if they own oil stock because their dividends are up along with the stock value.

I don’t know where he’s coming from, but he’s not talking about a small investor.

He must be talking about the oil company CEOs who get stock options in addition to their bonuses.

The people hit the hardest by the runaway gas prices are the working class. Pity the truck driver who is paying $900 for a fill up, which lasts a day and a half. No way can they make a truck payment, maintain their truck, pay their insurance and have any money left over to live on.

Some truck companies have folded or cut back; major airlines are carrying fewer passengers to save on fuel; and a young airline that flew into the New Castle County airport filed for Chapter 11 because of fuel costs to fly their small fleet.

Harbor House Seafood sends trailer loads of seafood to California — imagine their costs since $4 is the price of fuel there.

Vincent Farms of Laurel will send produce from their farms as far as California again this summer. Just imagine their transportation costs and what Californians will pay for a watermelon and a dozen ears of corn.

Most people in this area travel anywhere from 25 minutes to an hour to work, according to figures from the Delaware Economic Development Office. Whatever you paid for gas a year ago, you are paying much more today.

You could live with that if your paycheck kept pace, but jobs are fewer (80,000 jobs lost last month), hours are be-

ing cut back, employees are being asked to pick up more of their healthcare costs and if you receive a modest raise this year, consider yourself very lucky.

Hey, Mr. Bush, do you think we are in a recession yet?

Unfortunately, if you do receive an increase in your paycheck, you’re still falling behind the curve of the higher cost of living. State employees have been told no raises this year. County employees have been told the inflation rate is over 4 percent, but no raise is in sight. If they do get one, I doubt the increase will match the cost of living increase. So state and county employees have to pay more for food, gas and utilities on a shrinking paycheck.

I’ve said many times this administration in Washington is too business friendly. If you haven’t caught that yet, let me sell you one of my bridges.

This week, a report came out indicating the Federal Aviation Commission is too friendly with the airline industry. Inspections of airplanes for two major airlines were grounded after it was noted their inspections were a year overdue.

Look at the cost of groceries. I was speaking with someone who owns a pizza business and he said a 50-pound bag of flour is up $40 over last year. I hear my bride complain about the cost of her 5pound bag of flour and other groceries.

Look for prices to continue to rise and don’t expect any help from the president for his bunch has until next January to grab all they can before the next president takes office.

And I don’t want to hear the president can’t do anything. John Kennedy did when the steel and aluminum companies wanted to raise their prices.

Kennedy called them into his office and they left dragging their tails — there was no price increase.

And don’t hold your breath for Congress to do anything about the price of gas.

This is the third year of hearings with CEOs from major oil companies.

It’s election time, and the senators and congressmen need money to run their campaigns, and there are no larger donors than the oil companies.

They wouldn’t want to cut off their nose to spite their face would they?

Thank you from the parents of Kyle Joseph Dixon We find comfort in knowing that there was someone special with our son.

Joe and Annette Dixon, parents of Kyle Joseph Dixon, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident on Jan. 4, 2008, would like to thank everyone for the support and prayers that have sustained us during this very difficult time.

The outpouring of love we have received from the community is overwhelming. We wish to thank everyone for their words of sympathy, cards, flowers, food, donations, and the many visits we have received at our home.

The Delmar Community has been wonderful. Everyone came together to help and support our family. Many thanks to the Delmar Junior Senior High School,

and the staff for their tireless efforts in helping us plan the celebration of Kyle’s life, held in the school’s auditorium.

Thank you to the hundreds of friends, family, and fellow students who attended making this a tremendous tribute to Kyle.

We would like to thank the many friends, local restaurants for donating food, the Delaware International Speedway for providing their pace car, the Delmar Fire Department for the use of their facilities, and the many volunteers who helped with the reception following the funeral.

Also, we thank all the surrounding area Fire Departments and Police Departments for their support and contributions.

A special thank you to the Parsonsburg, Pittsville, and Salisbury Fire Departments who were called to the scene of the accident on January 4.

We know everyone worked as hard as they could, with great urgency, care, and

compassion, to rescue all four boys, and the other driver involved. We find comfort in knowing that there was someone special with our son.

Thank you to everyone for the monetary donations made in Kyle’s name to the Delmar High School Soccer Team, Lacrosse Teams, and to the Kyle Dixon Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Because of you, Kyle will live on through the help these funds will provide.

Again, we thank everyone involved for your love, support and continued prayers for us.

Finally, a message to the friends of Kyle J. Dixon Whether it was hanging out with friends or family, picking on a teacher, getting ready for a soccer game or a night of racing at the track, Kyle lived life to the fullest.

Kyle was so full of life. He would

wake up early almost every morning — every day was new and he was ready for what life had in store.

You see, even though Kyle, “the perfect one,” our wild child, the one who hugged hard for no apparent reason at all, was only on this earth for a short period of time, he loved life.

He did more in his 16 years on this earth than most people have an opportunity to do in a lifetime and he would want you to do the same.

Life is short, but the world is yours.

Set you goals for life. Be a leader, not a follower. Go out and accomplish whatever it is that you set your mind to.

Always remember that even though Kyle no longer walks an earthly journey, he will always be with you on your journey each and every step of the way.

Joe and Annette Dixon Delmar

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Calio’s criticism of military pay and benefits Final Word Frankly, I am sick and tired of liberals criticizing the military. Most of them have little or no military experience themselves.

Like the Clintons, they treat the military as a necessary evil not worthy of any respect or regard.

My husband is a retired Marine, very proud of his service.

My son spent four years in the Corps. I was a military wife for 25 years.

As a family, we moved 13 times in 25 years. Frequent moves interfered with our children’s schooling and hampered my career. Relocation allowances were very meager compared with civilian employees.

I estimated that each moved required $3,000 - $4,000 out-of-pocket.

My husband was separated from us while serving 14 months in Vietnam and 12 months on an unaccompanied tour, in Japan. And, there were many other shorter separations.

My husband worked many long hours without extra pay. When he was barely making any money as a second lieutenant, he had to purchase over $1,000 worth of uniforms and was reimbursed for less than a 1/3 of the cost.

Many of the personal freedoms that most Americans take for granted are forfeited by military members and their families.

In some areas, military families are not given a choice of living off-base or onbase. On some military bases overseas, spouses were not allowed to work on base or discouraged from working on base.

Military families are usually not given a choice of where or how often they are moved. Sometimes, they are moved to hardship bases.

When we lived in 29 Palms, California, in the high desert, we had no air-conditioning and only a small space heater. The climate there had great temperature extremes. On the island of Okinawa, we lived off-base in housing that was very substandard compared to American housing, while we waited for base housing.

Married active duty members were frequently separated by assignment to different duty stations.

Military members were subjected to “up and out” careers. If they were not promoted, they had to leave the service. This could happen at any point in their careers.

During peace time, the service members remained at their present rank for many years without being promoted.

Today, wounded veterans, who are compensated for their disabilities, have the disability compensation subtracted from their retirement. This is grossly unfair to men and women who have lost a limb or had serious injuries doing their duty.

VA hospitals have gotten a lot better.

But, when I was doing volunteer work, in one VA hospital, I was ashamed of the care and rundown facilities our veterans had to endure.

When my husband joined the Marine Corps, he was promised free medical care for him and his family. Over the years, he was required to pay for this benefit. Now, there is a proposal to increase the deductible 3-4 times and add on an enrollment fee. Military retirees must enroll in Medicare first before they receive any benefits through their service. These are earned benefits and not entitlements.

Military members make many sacrifices, endure hardships and learn to adapt to new circumstances without compromising their duty to their country.

Their families support them along the way. The least our country could do is to respect their service and keep its promises.

Barbara Seth Seaford

What happens when oil is gone?

The sources that I read make very good cases for multiple disasters growing out of our profligate squandering of petroleum – largely gasoline used in cars, SUVs and small trucks.

One source was the report, “Plugged In, The End of the Oil Age,” issued by WWF, World Wide Fund for Nature, a major, non-political activist group concerned with the environment. Their clout may be sensed by 5 million supporters with offices in 90 countries on all continents.

Their conclusion: “With eight hundred million vehicles on the road today, potentially doubling by 2030, the longer we ignore the fundamental dependency of the transport sector on liquid hydrocarbon fuels, the more we will be forced to confront additional challenges: pressure on governments to open up protected areas for oil exploration, widespread support for destructive unconventional ‘solutions’ like oil sands and coal-to-liquids, increasing geopolitical conflicts and human rights abuses, and rapidly growing CO2 emissions from tailpipes.

“Grid-connected vehicles – enabling all or part of every journey to be powered by electricity taken from the grid – are a ready-to-use solution to such challenges based on existing infrastructure and current technology. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can dramatically reduce the oil dependency of automotive transport in an efficient and sustainable manner. The inherent efficiency of the electric powertrain means that the electron pathway can be more efficient than the liquid pathway for any given resource. There can be no justification for the wasteful and carbonintensive ‘alternative fuels’ from coal, natural gas or oil sands.

“An environmentally and economically sustainable transport sector will not be achieved through electrification alone.

Additional measures to reduce overall demand through smarter urban planning, modal shift to mass transit, from road to rail, increased use of telecommunications technologies, and car sharing will make necessary and significant contributions.

Nevertheless, road-based transport will likely continue to play a vital role in the delivery of essential mobility services which underpin economic and social de-

velopment. Automotive electrification can ease the necessary transition towards a transport paradigm which is both highly efficient and compatible with a sustainable renewable energy future.”

Note that they offer only BEVs and PHEVs to solve transportation’s dependency on liquid hydrocarbon fuels, not hybrids, not ethanol, not hydrogen, not coal, not oil sands.

You can read the much more detailed and intensely interesting six-page Summary on the internet at: http://assets.panda. org/downloads/plugged in summary.pdf.

Dick Livingston Seaford

Debt and price of gasoline climb This past week the National Debt increased $4.5 billion. Our new debt figure is $9,443,835,491,255. The $4.5 billion could have paid for about 14 gallons of gasoline for every family in the United States.

The “National Debt Clock” provides the data for this analysis. See the data for yourself at www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ The AAA reports that the Delaware gas price average reached a new 2008 high of $3.21 over the weekend. This is 45 cents a gallon higher than a year ago.

Getting fed up? You’re not alone.

Judson Bennett from Lewes forwarded an email about a book by Lee Iacocca of Chrysler Corporation fame.

“Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening?

“Where is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder.

“We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car.

“But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, ‘Stay the course.’

“Stay the course? You’ve got to be kidding. This is America, not the ‘Titanic.’

I’ll give you a sound bite: ‘Throw all the bums out!’ ” The quotes are from a book, “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?” by Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney. Look online for a copy.

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