THURSDAY, JUlY 29, 2010
vol. 15 No. 14
News MAN UP - Man Up helps African American teens reach full potential. Page 4 FUNDRAISER - Family gives back to foundation that provides help for daughter. Page 5 HEROES - Bill Hearn’s service in Laurel continues almost half of a century later. Page 8 POLICE - A suspect in the attempted abduction of an 11-year-old girl is arrested in Seaford. Page 34 SCAMS - Be aware of these five tax scams from the IRS ‘Dirty Dozen’ list. Page 34 ENTERTAINMENT - 50th Annual Wheat Threshing show August 6-8. Pge 38 TONY - We were too busy playing to notice the hot, humid weather. Page 42 BUSINESS - Penco seeks delay on sewer hookup until the year 2013. Page 44 FASHION - Seaford Historical Society Fashion Show features Victorian era gowns. Page 45
Sports JUNIOR SOFTBALL - The Nanticoke Junior League softball team represented Seaford and District III in the state tournament. Coverage begins on page 24. DISTRICT CHAMPS - The Woodbridge Senior League baseball team took home the District III title and will compete in the state tournament in Seaford. Page 24 WORLD SERIES - The Woodbridge Senior League softball team on Monday fell to Laurel, 2-0, forcing a final game on Tuesday with the winner advancing to the World Series in Roxana. Results from both games on page 28.
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Hannah Murphy getting her hair shortened for Locks of Love by Tracy Worster from Edge of Creation.
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Locks of Love meets unique need for ones fighting with cancer At West Seaford Elementary School on Sussex Avenue, there is a very special event that occurs each year. It has become an annual event for teachers, staff, students, parents and community citizens. The cutting of the hair for “Locks of Love” has stolen the hearts of every person in the gym each year. Local salons send volunteers that donate their time to cut the 10 inches of hair necessary for the program. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children with medical hair loss. Locks of Love meets
a unique need that goes beyond superficial beauty. The gifts of hair offer higher self-esteem for children and allows the children to regain a sense of normalcy in their everyday lives. Hence, this is why the Locks of Love project began at West Seaford. Children should be able to give a gift that is not monetary and understand the importance of their gift without it being money. Money is good, and Locks of Love will also accept contributions! However, a generous 10 inch pony tail is equally important. Local stylists participating this year included Continued to page 44
Mullen donates a car to shelter to help area homeless veterans By Lynn R. Parks
The first car that Dr. Thomas Mullen purchased after setting up his oral surgery practice in Seaford was a cream-colored Mercedes sedan. “This was the car that took our family on vacation,” said Mullen. “This was the car that we took to the grocery store, wherever we needed to go.” Mullen started his practice in 1979; the Mercedes was a 280 SE, 1980 model. It had a six-cylinder gasoline
engine and brown leather interior. In 1988, the car survived a devastating house fire in which Mullen’s wife, Jill, and children, Erin and Thomas C., were killed. After that, Mullen gave the car to his sister, who lives in Connecticut. Several years later, when she decided that she wanted a different car that she could better handle in the snow, she gave it back. And now, Mullen has donated the car to the Home of the Brave, a Milford-area shelter for homeless veterans.
Brenda Sullivan, executive director of the shelter, plans to give it to one of the residents there. “I am just so tickled that it is on the road, helping somebody,” said Mullen. “It served me and my family so well and what better role is there for it to play than helping a vet, someone who fought to protect our freedoms and our way of life?” “This will turn the vet’s life around,” said Sullivan. The veteran, Continued to page 44