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Memorial Day services held in Laurel By Frank B. Calio A standing room crowd of over 200 veterans and guests attended Memorial Day Services at the Laurel American Legion Post #19 Monday to pay homage to the veterans who gave service to their country and to the fallen veterans who sacrificed their lives to protect our freedom. Welcoming remarks by James Moore including asking the audience to provide remembrance to those who have fallen to preserve our liberties. A standing ovation was give to Laurel native Master Sergeant Gary Banks after his enlightening speech on his tour of duty during his 30 years with the Delaware National Guard, 20 of which were full time. He said being asked to speak before a hometown audience was the greatest honor ever afforded him. A 1970 graduate of Laurel High School, Banks returned recently from a 13-month tour in Kuwait with the 945th Delaware National Guard. His unit was responsible for repairing military vehicles with used materials and armor plating trucks with extra body armor to deter Iraqi gun fire and safeguard American troops. His unit was affectionately known as the “Junkyard Dogs”, but the efforts of

STATE PLAYOFFS - The Laurel and Sussex Tech baseball and softball teams competed in state tournament play last week. Coverage begins on page 41. TOP GROWERS - Local poultry growers were among those recognized for their work on behalf of the chicken industry. Page 6 ATOMIC HORRORS - Herman Wheatley witnessed first-hand what an atomic bomb can do to a human being. Page 8 NEW BUSINESS - Pat Theis uses her artistic talent to design flower arrangements in her new business. Page 12 NO NEW WELLS - Laurel has decided to “deny any current and future” requests for private wells. Page 16 PROM SAFETY - Delmar took measures to promote safety during the prom. Page 17 BUDGET NUMBERS - Sussex County leaders rolled out the proposed $142 million budget for Fiscal Year 2009. Page 40 STARS OF THE WEEK - A Laurel baseball player and a Laurel softball player are this week’s Laurel Stars of the Week. Page 43

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Ann Foskey and Carlton Pepper of American Legion Post 19 of Laurel place a wreath honoring America’s fallen heroes. Photo by Pat Murphy

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Laurel High School student is a top role model By Tony E. Windsor A Laurel High School student has been chosen as one of the top 12 youth role models from throughout the state of Delaware by Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware. Charles “C.J.” Snead, 16, is a member of the Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club at Laurel and he represented the club during a special ceremony last month in Wilmington. Named the Laurel club sites’ “Youth of the Year,” Snead was chosen as one of 12 finalists for the state title of Boys & Girls Club’s “Youth of the Year.”

According to Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, being named Youth of the Year is the highest honor a Boys & Girls Club member can receive. The title recognizes outstanding contributions to a member’s family, school, community, and Boys & Girls Club, as well as personal challenges and obstacles overcome. This program was founded as a national program for Boys & Girls Clubs of America in partnership with the Reader’s Digest Foundation. Susan Fraysse Russ, executive director, Reader’s Digest Foundation. Said the “Youth of the Year” program

was sponsored by Reader’s Digest Foundation starting in 1947. “For over 60 years, we have had the great honor of saluting amazing teens, for their dedication to their families, Club, community, and their academic and career goals,” Russ said. Snead says being a member of the Boys & Girls Club at Laurel is something that he enjoys, but also feels it is helping him prepare for his future. “I believe Boys & Girls Clubs is a positive place to be,” he said. “I enjoy being here because I can do the things Continued on page 5

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Helping kids go to college, that's the purpose of the 22nd Kiwanis Foundation Golf Tournament, which is to be played Friday, June 6, at the Seaford Golf and Country Club. The event starts with registration at 10 a.m., provides lunch at 11:30, a shot-gun start for golf at 12:30, an awards party for the winners (there really are no losers here), and includes time for warmup on the practice range as well as putting and chipping contests. Some lucky player may have a hole-in-one at the right spot and win a car, thanks to a Hertrich. The format is a scramble, so there will be just a team score, and handicaps are not used. Every player's drive must be used twice during the round. Here’s how it works: all hit, a best ball is chosen and all hit from that spot, etc., until the ball finds the bottom of the cup, and so on for 18 holes. The sum of those 18 holes is the team's score. Fund raising for scholarships is the grand purpose of this effort. To date, about $115,000 has been paid out in aid to students. Call 875-2569 for more information or to sign up.

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With one roll of the dice a lucky person could go home with $25,000 by attending the Johnny Janosik Charity Event to benefit the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club of Laurel. The dinner is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Laurel Fire Hall. In addition to the dinner entertainment which features comedian/impersonator Joe Conklin, there is a silent and live auction. Some of the items for auction include a Derek Jeter 100th Anniversary Yankee baseball; signed bats by Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken; Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt signed equipment from their racing cars; Dan Marino, John Unitas, and Raymond Berry authentic signed helmets, jerseys, and autographed photos; and much more. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club and Richard Small at 875-3333.

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A proposal that would allow people associated with law enforcement to keep their addresses off campaign finance reports has passed the Senate. Senate Bill 231 cleared the upper house on a 19-0 vote and is headed to the House of Representatives. Senate Majority Whip Patricia Blevins, DElsmere, said she introduced the bill at the request of Election Commissioner Elaine Manlove. The bill would allow election officials to keep the home addresses of police or correctional officers, probation and parole officers, judges or prosecutors who contribute more than $100 to a political campaign off campaign finance reports. Election officials would keep the addresses for their internal records in case they were needed to investigate possible violations of finance rules. “The address would show up as the county board of elections on the reports,” Blevins said. “But they would still have the information in the office, in case it was needed.” Blevins said the bill was sought to further deny access to addresses in cases where those officials were threatened by criminals. The bill also would afford the protection to other people who could prove to election officials they are being threatened in a similar manner.

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Laurel American Legion service pays homage to veterans Continued from page one

Banks and his unit saved numerous lives with the extra armor. Sergeant Banks said while stationed in Kuwait his unit sent over 14,000 armor plated vehicles into Iraq at a cost of $87 million dollars. The land that the junk yard was situated was leased to the United States Government, by Halliburton, the American company that services just about everything for the war in Iraq from food to fuel for $1 million dollars a month. In using a common sense approach to his job, Banks related a story why areas where there was no armor on the vehicles, those areas attracted enemy fire. Banks suggested to his superiors that perhaps because the plating was rusty, he suspected once bullets bounced off the rusty area, the enemy knew to open fire on the painted areas. Banks suggested the rusty plating be painted as well. He said the next morning barrels of tan

paint arrived to paint the recently installed rusty armor. Banks concluded his remarks saying, “I wasn’t in the fight; if you’re looking for war stories I have none, but our support group made an impact on the safety of our troops.” Banks has been deployed or trained in Canada, Guam, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Belgium, the Neatherlands, Germany, Italy and Kuwait. A candlelight ceremony was held to honor the fallen members of the military from Laurel; they include: From WW ll, Charles M. Brittingham, Blair Ellis, James William Bishop, Charles C. Bailey, Linwood Callaway, Merrill Jennings Conoway, Louis Deputy, Paul Foskey, Preston Thomas Foskey, Austin Vance Horner, Reuben LeCates, Dr. Otto Juhl, Jr., Howard Owens, Harry Russell, and Kenneth Tice. From Vietnam, Gary Stoeckel, David Hastings, Ricky Dennison, and William Stacy.

Gold Star parents Will and Eleanor Stacy and Norma Jean Hudson are ready to light a rememberance candle in honor of their fallen sons Capt. William Stacy and Lt. Alex Hudson. Photo by Pat Murphy

From Iraqi Freedom, Alex Hudson. Gold Families honored included; Will and Eleanor Stacy for their son, Captain William Stacey, Norma Jean Hudson, for her son Lt. Alex Hudson, and Mrs. Margaret Lloyd for her son Ricky Dennison. Before a wreath honoring those who

sacrificed their lives was laid outside the American Legion Home, and the gun salute, the Laurel Middle School Band under the direction of Jason Rogers played a medley of patriotic songs. Lunch was served by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Post following the services.

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C.J. Snead named ‘Youth of the Year’ by Laurel Boys & Girls Club Continued from page one

I like to do, such as playing basketball. I like being able to play basketball here at the club instead of out on the courts in town where the older boys are.” It is not just sports and other recreational opportunities that Snead finds at the Boys & Girls Club. His passion is working with younger kids and being a role model and mentor. “I really enjoy the experiences I have with the younger kids,” he said. “I like helping them with their homework, reading with them and helping them in the computer lab. I think it is important to help younger kids do positive things and be successful at school.” Snead said one of the hardest things that young people like himself have to deal with is the stress of “peer pressure.” He said dealing with negative peer pressure is part of what he hopes he can convey to the younger kids he works with at the Boys & Girls Club. “I believe each person has to follow what they have been taught at home. They should not let anyone else try to tell them how to think or act. Peer pressure is tough, but you have to do what you believe is right.” Snead has a simple philosophy when it comes to avoiding negative peer pressure. “I make a lot of friends, so if I have to lose a friend rather than cave into something negative they want me to do, I guess that is what will have to happen,” he said.

The 16-year-old Laurel High School sophomore has already began working toward advancing his academic career. He hopes to attend either Delaware State University or Bowie State College, majoring in Psychology, after graduating high school. Currently, at Laurel High School Snead is taking pre-Advanced Placement classes and next year will attend Advanced Placement and Honors classes that can give him credits toward college. A representative of the Laurel High School Student Government Association, Snead plans to run for the seat as the association’s Vice President. He is also a member of “RSVP” at the high school. The program allows students to survey the high school student body and identify issues facing the school. “We work together to find out what problems the students are facing and then look at these issues to find ways we feel they can be addressed. If the problems are something we feel we have ideas on how to change, we will take our recommendations to Mr. [Dean] Ivory. If he approves our ideas on how to make changes, we can move forward with our project.” According to Chris Otwell, Director of the Laurel Boys & Girls Club site, as part of his reward for being named a Boys & Girls Club “Youth of the Year,” Snead will be getting a chauffeured limousine ride to school this week.

Laurel Boys & Girls Club "Youth of the Year," Charles "C.J." Snead helps Boys & Girls Club members Blake Guargilla, 6 and Devon John, 7, while they work on the computer at the club. Snead has been honored as one of 12 recipients of "Youth of the Year" at Boys & Girls Club sites throughout Delaware. Photo by Tony Windsor

“He is a really special young person,” Otwell said. “I think it is really impressive to consider that C.J. has been named one of top 12 youth from more than 15,000 young people that attend Boys & Girls

Clubs throughout Delaware.” The son of Esther Robinson and Bryan Mills of Laurel, Snead works as a cashier and in the bakery at the Golden Corral restaurant in Seaford.

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Business DPI recognizes achievements at banquet Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the trade association for the Delmarva Peninsula’s chicken industry, held its 52nd annual Booster Banquet recently in Salisbury. The banquet recognized 16 outstanding poultry growers, three individuals, and one group for their work on behalf of the chicken industry. The J. Frank Gordy Sr. Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award, DPI’s highest honor, was presented to R. Ken Sterling of Wicomico County, a long-time DPI volunteer and past president. Sterling was cited for his many contributions to DPI as a member of the board of directors; 2001 president; a leader in the annual membership campaign; past chairman of the group’s allied industry committee; coordinator of supplies and materials during the 2004 avian influenza challenge; his on emergency response logistics; and for being a willing volunteer for many other DPI programs. Sterling is a senior sales representative for Elanco Animal Health and held similar positions with other companies during his more than 20 year poultry career following graduation from the University of Maryland College Park. Along with his professional contributions, Sterling was recognized for his community work with Asbury United Methodist Church, the Boy Scouts, Little League and the Rotary Club of Salisbury. DPI’s Medal of Achievement awards were presented to Maryland House of Delegates member Norman Conway of Salisbury and University of Delaware researchers Dr. Bill Saylor and Dr. Tom Sims. Delegate Norman Conway was honored for his decades of support to the chicken and agricultural industries. Born in Wicomico County, Conway married into a Delaware farm family. He has a pro-agriculture perspective. After service on the Salisbury City Council for 12 years, Conway was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986 and has served ever since. Serving as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, he is one of the most powerful members of the Maryland General Assembly. Conway's legislative achievements that have been beneficial to agriculture include sponsorship of the bill to allow the orange and red Maryland motor vehicle Ag Tags and additional funding for the state’s crop insurance premium program. As co-chair of the legislature’s Agricultural Stewardship Commission in 2005 and 2006, he helped with the creation of programs to benefit farmers, including farmland preservation, next generation farm financing, additional money for the state’s soil conservation districts, economic development for farms, and many other important programs. As the only General Assembly chairman from the Eastern Shore, Conway is able to ensure that the political leadership in Maryland is aware of poultry industry issues and concerns. Professor Bill Saylor was recognized for his nearly 30 years of technical service, research, and outreach to the chicken industry as a poultry nutritionist and educator at the University of Delaware. Most recently, he focused on improving dietary phosphorus use in chickens through the

Ronald and Audrey Tyndall of Seaford

Rick and Janet Cook of Laurel

use of the enzyme Phytase and genetically-altered lines of corn. His Phytase work has been recognized internationally and is one reason why this feed ingredient is used in Delmarva broiler chickens to help with environmental and water quality improvements. Dr. Saylor was an important member of DPI’s Nutrition and Feed Manufacturing Committee and Research Advisory Committee. Nationally, he has been very active in the Poultry Science Association, serving as secretary of the organization and as president in 2000-2001. Professor Tom Sims has a background in agronomy and soils. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in soil fertility and environmental soil science for 18 years at the University of Delaware. His primary area of research is the cycling, fate, and transport of phosphorus and nitrogen in soils and the development of profitable, environmentally sound agricultural nutrient management practices. Sims serves as associate dean for academic programs and research in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is director of the institute of soil and environmental quality and director of the Delaware Water Resources Center. Dr. Sims works closely with the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission where he provides technical advice on farming and nutrient issues. He has been a collaborator with Dr. Saylor on the Phytase research. Both researchers have a taken a “feed to farm” team approach in addressing nutrient issues in the poultry industry. Since the introduction of Phytase into the diets of Delmarva broiler chickens, phosphorus levels in the manure have been significantly reduced by about 30%. DPI also recognized the University of Delaware poultry diagnostic Lasher Lab Team for its work in support of Delmarva’s chicken industry. This group of professionals has contributed greatly to poultry disease diagnostics and applied research over many years. The lab has grown from a small unit to a full-fledged, world-class poultry diagnostic facility, offering important, technologically advanced, poultry diagnostic services. One of this group’s watershed moments was when the workloads peaked at an all-time high in 2004, the year Delmarva’s chicken

industry encountered and controlled low pathogen avian influenza. Additionally, DPI recognized 16 outstanding poultry producers. Selected by their companies from Delmarva’s 2,000 poultry growers, this year’s local recipients are: • Ronald and Audrey Tyndall of Seaford, poultry growers for Tyson Foods, Inc.

Frank Conaway, Jr. and Becky Davis of Greenwood

• Rick and Janet Cook of Laurel, poultry growers for Perdue Farms Inc. • Frank Conaway, Jr. and Becky Davis of Greenwood, poultry growers for Allen’s Hatchery, Inc. The local recipients were among 16 honorees selected, based upon outstanding performance, from Delmarva’s 2,000 poultry producers.

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MORNING STAR • MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2008

Wheatley witnesses horrors from atomic bombs ‘When he saw my X-rays, he pushed back his chair and the coffee in his hands was just shaking like crazy.’ By James Diehl In the days following the official end of World War II in the Pacific, Herman Wheatley witnessed first-hand what an atomic bomb can do to a human being – unfortunately, he saw it hundreds of times over. Just four weeks after the United States used the world’s first atomic weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, Wheatley was there – walking through the city and touring its three hospitals along with a two-star general he was assigned to. It was not a pleasant journey. “I’m pretty hard and I can take a lot of things, but I had to leave the [hospital] rooms several times,” says Wheatley, who lives in Sharptown near the banks of the Nanticoke River. “I had never seen humans like that before. But it was so quiet; you never heard any noise. If it had been me lying there with half my face gone or being [badly] burned, it wouldn’t have been so quiet.” The U.S. attack on the city of Hiroshima was the first time nuclear weapons were ever used in the history of warfare. As many as 140,000 people died in the attack, the majority of whom were civilians. The bombing was followed up three days later with a similar attack on the city of Nagasaki, where approximately 80,000 more were killed. Six days later, Imperial Japan, fearing additional attacks, announced its surrender. Wheatley, then just a teenager, was in the Philippines, serving with the U.S. Army’s 356th regimental combat team. “The Japanese were surrendering at that time but there were some who wouldn’t surrender,” he recalls. “They fought to the bitter end and they were taught to go underground and live like moles.” Wheatley’s job involved achieving one of two outcomes – either capture those moles or seal them underground by dropAUTHENTIC MEXICAN

ping hand grenades through the openings. The job did not go so well, at least for a while, as the Japanese adapted in order to survive. “The Japanese are not dumb people. We were dropping hand grenades in these holes, but it wouldn’t kill them and we couldn’t figure it out,” Wheatley says. The imperial soldiers had adopted a clever plan, drafted out of necessity as well as the need for survival. They took tubing, Wheatley says, and ran it down the middle of their underground fortresses. When the Americans dropped grenades, they would slide down and fall to a harmless area, ensuring the survival of the underground Japanese. Much of Wheatley’s work during this time concentrated on the island of Corregidor, in the middle of Manila Bay. It was an area of much contention during the war as the Japanese and the Allies all wanted possession of the island, in what was considered the “finest natural harbor in the Orient.” It was also the site of one of Japan’s greatest victories in World War II. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 essentially marked the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese. It would be nearly three years before U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur made good on his promise to return to the islands. From 1942 until 1945, Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of defensive armament, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, remained in the hands of the Japanese. Many of them did not want to leave, even after Emperor Hirohito surrendered to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945. “A lot of them went underground and didn’t want to come out,” Wheatley says. “But we went in and either got them out or sealed them in there…We got the job done.” A major problem for American forces in the Philippines was one of identity – or mistaken identity in many cases. For all of World War II, despite Japanese attempts to win the loyalty of the Filipino people, the American and Filipino militaries worked together toward a common goal – the defeat of Imperial Japan. Toward the end of the war, many Japanese soldiers became desperate and tried infiltrating American units. “They were hungry and they wanted to

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MORNING STAR • MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2008 couldn’t tell them apart.” Not long before departing for his new job in Tokyo, Wheatley saw a familiar face – he just didn’t realize it until he arrived back home to Sharptown in late 1946. “The second floor to this railroad depot in Manila was glass and you could look down on people below,” he remembers. “I kept seeing this American soldier coming to the glass and looking down at us. It turned out it was my cousin, Ray Stokes, but we didn’t know it until after the war when we were standing in the yard talking one day.” Wheatley and Stokes were two of 174 men from Sharptown who served in World War II, according to a sign Wheatley says stood downtown for many years. “It’s phenomenal how many people they took from this tiny, little community,” he says. Wheatley, himself, learned of his impending military service not long after his 18th birthday while on a logging run to North Carolina. An employee with Marvel Package Co., he made frequent 20-day trips to and from tobacco road bringing gum logs back to the company’s plants in Laurel and Sharptown. In the middle of one of those trips, a U.S. Marshall pulled alongside his boat and informed him he had four days to get home and report for a physical. He felt obliged to stay on board and help with the load, and he did so until they reached the mouth of the Nanticoke River, where he was dropped off at a local pier. “The weird thing about that is, since it was wartime, everything was so dark,” he recalls. “I had to go to about 15 houses before I found someone who would answer their door. I called my uncle to come and pick me up and I was on my way to Baltimore the next morning.”

After completing basic training in Florida, he traveled to the Philippines where he served in the 356th until the Japanese surrender. Then it was off to the Provost Marshall’s office in Manila, and then to general headquarters in Tokyo. The treatment he received upon his arrival in the land of the rising sun was largely unexpected. “The Japanese people were very polite and very likeable. If two of us were walking down the sidewalk, they’d step aside and let us pass,” he remembers. “It was not what we expected at all. These people were definitely not like the soldiers we were fighting. When we passed by, the men would even tip their hats to us.” There was no mistaking the American soldiers while in Japan, per MacArthur’s orders. “It was one of MacArthur’s rules that an Army patch had to be worn on whatever clothing we were wearing,” Wheatley recalls. After reporting to general headquarters in Tokyo, Wheatley was assigned to drive a two-star general around the country for two weeks. He was an elderly gentleman and he wanted to see the areas affected by the American nuclear attacks. After picking up a Japanese major at a prison along the way – a man who was to serve as the pair’s interpreter – the two headed to Hiroshima, and to Ground Zero. “I had seen destruction before, but you don’t see destruction like this,” Wheatley says. “All I could think when I saw it was that we had done one hell of a good job.” In addition to the thousands killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped, thousands more died weeks and months later due to the radiation fallout.

State Assembly marks 100th anniversary of the United States Army Reserve The Delaware General Assembly recently honored the United States Army Reserve on its 100th Anniversary. Both chambers approved a concurrent resolution noting the organization’s rich heritage and its invaluable role in serving and protecting the nation over the last century. The Army Reserve was established by Congress on April 23, 1908 as a medical unit. Its role was expanded four years later, creating the regular Army Reserve.

Members of the U. S. Army Reserve have fought in every large-scale organized conflict in which the country was been involved from World War I through the current action in Iraq. Army reservists have also supported numerous relief efforts throughout the U.S. following both natural and man-made disasters. The resolution was sponsored by State Sen. Charles Copeland (R-West Farms) and State Rep. Donna Stone (R-Dover South) on behalf of all state lawmakers.

It took more than three decades before Wheatley learned of it, but he had also been affected. “In 1978, I began to have trouble in my chest and I went to a radiologist in Salisbury,” Wheatley recalls. “When he saw my X-rays, he pushed back his chair and the coffee in his hands was just shaking like crazy. The first thing he asked me was where I was when the bombs were dropped.” It turned out Wheatley had a growth on his lungs caused by

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exposure to radiation – years later, he finally underwent an 11hour operation in Salisbury to remove the growth. After spending nearly two years in the Philippines and in Japan, Wheatley returned home to Sharptown on Dec. 4, 1946, and went to work as a bus driver. Two years later, he began a 30-year career in local law enforcement when he went to work for the Salisbury Police Department. He says his time in the military was all about helping his fel-

low man. “That’s why I went in the Army, and why I spent 30 years as a police officer,” he says. But he doesn’t feel like he did anything heroic during his time in the Pacific – “it was just a job to me,” he says. Next week’s profile will feature an Army man, from Seaford, who served in the 105th Anti-Aircraft Artillery during World War II. He was involved in three landings and seven campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.

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Keep area storm drains free from pollutants Everything that goes down a storm drain eventually ends up in streams, lakes and oceans. The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will continue to oversee the inspection of the state’s entire storm drainage system over the next several years, because healthy storm drains equal healthier waterways. DelDOT has hired professional consulting firms KCI Technologies Inc. and Century Engineering to inventory and inspect its storm drainage system statewide under the $3.5 million program. Pollution awareness markers that say, “Only rain down the storm drain,” will be placed on all drainage inlets. Field crews will carry a letter of permission issued by DelDOT and a fact sheet describing the project. This year, inspections will begin on storm drains throughout urbanized areas of Kent and Sussex counties. Meanwhile, DelDOT will check newly added storm drains upstate and in the state capital. All storm drains will be re-inspected every five to 10 years. Due to their larger populations, this process was first completed in New Castle County in 2006 and in the greater Dover area in 2007. The public is reminded that stormwater runoff pollution is one of the greatest threats to Delaware’s water quality. As rainwater washes over surfaces like roads, it picks up pollutants. The runoff enters storm drains and can pollute bodies of water. Polluted water can cause closed beaches, wildlife deaths and contaminated drinking water. Decreasing these negative environmental effects starts at home. The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) prohibits the discharge of automotive fluids, household hazardous wastes, excess fertilizers and pesticides, yard and pet wastes, trash, and cigarette butts into storm drains. These acts are punishable by a minimum $1,000 fine. If illegal pollutants are found during a neighborhood inspection, residents will receive an educational door hanger. The warning lists the type of pollutant found and the closest body of water that could be affected. The storm drainage inspection program is part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), which is

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MORNING STAR • MAY 22 - 28, 2008

Pat Theis puts her talents to work in her new business By Lynn R. Parks Do you have an antique vase that, if only you could get the flowers arranged just right, would be perfect for your dining room table? An old pair of rubber boots, perhaps, that with an imaginative touch would make an elegant and unique door hanging? Well, maybe Pat Theis can help. The Seaford woman, who worked at Tull’s, the Shoppes at Dairy Lane, Seaford, for seven years, arranging flowers and assembling wreaths, has opened her own business, Bloom Designs, through which she sells ready-made silk floral arrangements and does custom work. “This is very exciting,” said Theis, whose design studio is in her house east of Seaford. “I’m having a fun time.” Theis said that when Karen and Gary Tull, owners of the Shoppes at Dairy Lane, announced that their store would be closing in February, customers wondered if they would still be able to buy her arrangements. “They kept asking, ‘Where will you be? What will you do?’” she said. “I prayed about it, and then decided to open my own business.” She got her business license in January. “I am basically doing the same thing that I did at Tull’s,” she said. By appointment, customers can visit her home, where they can pick the flowers they want from her stock or from catalogs that she has. If they want, they can bring fabric swatches or paint chips with them, and Theis will help them pick out appropriate colors. They can also, like the customer who wanted a door hanging created from a pair of green rubber boots, bring their own containers. Theis will even, if the customer wants, provide refreshments while she puts together the arrangement. “I love to entertain,” she said. “If someone has the time to sit and I can feed them while they are here, I love it.” Theis also sells her arrangements on consignment through the Shop of the Four Sisters, Millville. Theis, 57, grew up in Selbyville and graduated from Selbyville High School in 1969. Her father, Norman Bunting, was part of the family that had Bunting Nursery in Selbyville. “He was in charge of the strawberry plants,” she said. “They shipped them all over the country.” Theis said that she remembers her mother, Eileen, collecting greenery from the yard to make Christmas decorations. Both her grandmothers had flower gardens and cut flowers to make bouquets, she added. Pat and her high school sweetheart,

Steve, were married shortly after she graduated from high school. From 1971 to 1974, she worked as receptionist and bookkeeper in the Georgetown law offices of Dean Betts and Bill Lee and in 1974, she and Steve opened Theis Photography in Dagsboro. In 1979, they moved their business to Seaford. Steve’s photography studio is on the lower level of their house. In April, when Pat held an open house to show off her creations, customers could also watch a slide show of Steve’s work. They have three adult children, Chris Theis, Bethel, Jennifer Rebsamen, Charlotte, N.C., and Ashley Theis, Charlotte, N.C., and five grandchildren. When her children were young, Theis was active in their school, Epworth Christian, Laurel. She has also volunteered at area nursing homes, visiting people who had no other visitors, and had a clown ministry, through which she visited area hospitals. She and Steve have volunteered with Youth for Christ, opening their home to teenagers with the group, and regularly host Bible studies. They also help out at the Seaford Mission. Theis said that she tries to make each of her flower arrangements unique. She enjoys using non-traditional containers, such as twig baskets and vases made from moss-covered sticks. “I love things that look like you’ve just been out in the garden and picked them,” she said. While she can make a formal bouquet, she prefers arrangements that have a country-style look to them. “I am partial to oval shapes,” she said, pointing out a large twig container that she made into a door hanging. “I like putting in beads. And I like working with objects, things like artichokes and kiwis, that I put right in the arrangements.” Theis acknowledges that she has an artistic talent. But she takes no credit for it. “I give God all the glory,” she said. “I believe that God has given everyone a talent of some sort. Whatever I can do, it all comes from him.” For your information Bloom Designs is open Monday through Saturday by appointment only. For information, call Pat Theis, 629-3114, or e-mail her at patheis@verizon.net. In addition, some of Theis’ ready-made silk flower arrangements are for sale in the studio of Theis Photography, Greenbriar Lane just off Middleford Road east of Seaford. To arrange to visit the studio, call 629-6000. Flower arrangements start at $35.

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Education Sussex Tech plans graduation Graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2008 at Sussex Technical High School will take place Thursday, May 29, at the football stadium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be State Representative Joe Booth (R-37th District). Joe Booth, who is a native Sussex Countian, was born in the 37th Representative District. His career in public service includes tenure on the Georgetown Town Council and the Indian River School Board. He also served as Georgetown’s mayor for three terms. First elected in 2002 to the Delaware State House of Representatives, Joe Booth is currently serving his third two-year term. Family and friends are invited to the commencement ceremonies. No tickets are necessary and access to the stadium begins at 4:30 p.m. All cell phones must be turned off upon entering the stadium until the ceremony is over. Seating is available on both sides of the field.

Disability accessibility is available to the bleachers. Pictures and videotaping may be done along the fence in front of the bleachers. Spectators may not enter onto the field until after the conclusion of the ceremonies. In case of rain, ceremonies will be rescheduled for Friday, May 30. Decision about the weather will be made by 3 p.m. and notice will be placed on the school’s web page at www.sussexvt.k12.de.us. Other senior ceremonies include the Senior Athletes Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. The Senior Academic Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 27, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. Graduation practice for all seniors will be held on Wednesday, May 28, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Seniors must attend. The senior picnic will be held after rehearsal. No guests are allowed at either the rehearsal or picnic. For other information for graduates, check the school’s website.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED - Matthew Morris of Harrington, a second-year student in the Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, is this year’s recipient of the new Alice Etherington Scholarship. Mrs. Etherington was a teacher in the Lake Forest school system. Her husband, who passed away before her, was a graduate of Delaware Tech’s electronics program. Upon her death, Mrs. Etherington directed that interest from a trust she left be used to fund a scholarship for Delaware Tech students. This scholarship will be given each year to a full-time student pursuing a degree in electronics, at the Dover or Georgetown campuses. From left, Matthew Morris stands with Tim Harr, department chair for Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology.

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From left are Diana Erney, Student Services counselor; Dina Salinas, scholarship recipient and featured speaker; Dr. Ileana Smith, vice president and campus director; and Sandra Eggleston, scholarship recipient and featured speaker at Delaware Tech’s Scholarship Donor & Recipient Luncheon.

Donors and recipients meet Scholarship donors and the students who benefited from their generosity were able to meet at the annual Scholarship Donor & Recipient Luncheon held on March 12 at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus. Individuals, organizations, and corporations who have sponsored scholarships were represented at the luncheon along with members of the scholarship committees. This year, 115 scholarships were awarded with a total value of $151,000.

Featured speakers were Dina Salinas, a second-year human services technology student who received the Douglas MacDonald Memorial Scholarship, and Sandra Eggleston, a second-year nursing student who received an Owens Campus Student Scholarship. Salinas will graduate this May and plans to continue her education at Wilmington University. Eggleston is currently working towards her associate degree in nursing; her goal is to be a nurse practitioner.

Bonnie Walston Director Wicomico Board Of Education (410) 677-4507 Donʼt wait until the child is ready to attend Delmar Elementary School! Call now! Screening of Younger Delaware Pre-schoolers will be done by Delmar, Delaware School District. If you suspect a disability and wish to have your child screened, please call: Jeanne Stone Delmar School District (302) 846-9544, ext. 143 The Delmar School District does not discriminate in employment, educational programs, services or activities based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Inquiries should be directed to the District Superintendent, 200 N. Eighth Street, Delmar, DE 19940-1399. Phone 302-846-9544.

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Education Briefs Tidewater awards students Tidewater Utilities, Inc., a provider of water, wastewater and related services in Delaware, observed National Drinking Water Week, May 4-11. On May 8, Tidewater hosted its annual Drinking Water Week event at West Seaford Elementary School in Seaford. The event was to recognize the first place winner of the Company's annual student poster contest, which went out to 37 local schools and 25 libraries in Delaware. Six winning entries were selected to receive a $50 U.S. Savings Bond. In addition, the first place winner received a pizza party for their class. As a first place winner, West Seaford’s second grade student Brianna Callahan was presented with a pizza party and presentation from Company officials, who spoke on the water industry, groundwater aquifers, water quality testing and water conservation tips. On May 7, Tidewater visited the Campus Community School in Dover to recognize five second place contestant winners Jane Allen, Caroline Pangle, Sean Saxton, Delaney Sullivan and Elizabeth Ward.

DCHS earns 7 year acccreditation Two influential commissions have officially accredited Delmarva Christian High School after extensive reviews. The Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association and the

Association of Christian Schools International individually granted the school accreditation following a lengthy process that involved self-study, interviews and school visits by a team of educators. “Accreditation by these groups quickly answers questions from prospective parents as to the quality of the programs that will support their child's education,” says Principal Scott Kemerling. “It demonstrates the school is accountable to organizations that hold a high standard.” The commission studies a school’s philosophy, mission, beliefs, objectives, governance, leadership, curriculum and student activities. During the visit, the Middle States Association team toured the school’s facilities, and studied the board’s plan for continuous school improvement. In its report, the team wrote that Delmarva Christian High School has “in a relatively short period of time, positioned itself as a leader in preparing young men and women to serve God in the Sussex County community and beyond.” The school opened in 2004. According to its report, the visiting committee came away with a deep sense of respect and admiration for the way in which DCHS has committed itself to fulfilling their mission through the hiring of spiritually and professionally qualified faculty and staff, the acceptance of spiritually-minded students, and the implementation of a biblical worldview integrated

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Laurel remains resistant to private irrigation wells By Tony E. Windsor A request by a new Laurel manufacturing plant to install a private irrigation well system has resulted in a recommendation by town administration to “deny any current and future” requests for private wells. This response led one former town councilman to criticize the town government as seeking to “sell more water” and “look for ways to get into people’s pocketbooks.” During a town council meeting earlier in May, Beth Webb, a representative of Emeca SPE-USA, LLC, located at 200 10th Street, appeared before Laurel Mayor and Council to request that the manufacturing plant be allowed to install two private wells to be used to help with irrigating the shrubs and trees on the plant’s property. At that time, Town Manager Bill Fasano responded to the request by saying that the Public Works Department is working on a wellhead protection ordinance which would help the town regulate wells being installed in the town. “This would fall under the ordinance because any wells in town would become our responsibility,” he said. “We are working on a strategy and we will need to get information about the potential draw from these wells/ I recommend that we table this request until the May 19 meeting when I can present some possible alternatives and share the pros and cons about this issue.” Public Works Supervisor, Woody Vickers, said the issue of watershed protection has become a high priority throughout the state. He said an ordinance is needed by the town to assure that all wellheads are monitored and meet necessary requirements. “Wells are a source of public water supply,” he said. “Even if water from wells is being used for irrigation it still goes into our aquifers. We need to regulate the wells and put in place a checklist when dealing with new developments. In any case I feel the future of wells is going to be limited.” During the most recent meeting of Laurel Mayor and Council on May 19, Fasano told the council that the town’s professional staff had met with the Delaware Office of Drinking Water, the Delaware Rural Water Association and the town’s engineers, George, Miles & Buhr to discuss the issue of private wells. Fasano said the group developed three possible options complete with “strengths and weaknesses” for each option. He also added that he felt the group had identified the most “environmentally responsible and the least costly option” for the residents of Laurel. He then summed up his administrative recommendation for the Mayor and Council to consider as it decides the fate of private wells in Laurel. “Based on the complete analysis, it is recommended that the Town deny any current or future requests for the installation of private water wells within the municipal boundaries,” Fasano said. “Second, it is strongly recommended that the Town develop clear, equitable and defendable ordinances on this issue prior to granting any further allowances or special permission to any property owner for

private irrigation systems. In giving his recommendation, Fasano said the most feasible option for any property owner desiring private irrigation is to pay the town to install a second water tap; a line that would only include water and not sewer connection. The property owner would then pay the standard water fees, void of any sewer fees. The property owner would also pay standard connection fees and one-half the current water impact fees. If the property owner has not had a water meter installed at the time of the request, he or she will also pay for the cost of installing a water meter. Attending the public meeting in which Fasano made his recommendations was Frank Calio, former head of the Delaware Department of Elections and also a former laurel Councilman. Calio minced no words as he accused the town of not supporting growth and failing to support the request of the Emeca SPE-USA, LLC. “Have you ever wondered why it is difficult to attract businesses and residents to Laurel,” Calio asked? “You just had a much needed business locate on 10th Street, who spent more than a million dollars for building and equipment; added thousands of dollars to the town’s and school district’s tax base and brought in 25 much needed high-paying jobs. The first thing he asks for is a well to supplement his business process and you turn him down.” Calio criticized the town for what he feels is not enough professional input into the options developed by the town. He said the Delaware Rural Association primarily deals with surface water supplies above the C&D Canal. He said it would have been more feasible to have consulted with Delaware’s ground water department and local well drillers and anyone else who puts in irrigation systems. Calio said he consulted with state hydrologist Blair Venables, of Laurel, whose expertise is ground water. He said information supplied by Venables indicates that Laurel’s water supply is “thick with water” and would take a long time and years with tremendous drought to see any significant drop in the water table. Citing the Columbia aquifer, which originates in New Hampshire and benefits from the spring melting of the snow there, as Laurel’s root aquifer, Calio said Venables research shows that the Columbia “sits better than any water source in Delaware.” He said that while serving on Laurel Council in the 1970s, hydrologists from R.D. Grier in Salisbury, the organization which did all of the town’s water installations, gave the same information as Venables. “That was almost 40 years ago and how many dry seasons have we had since then and we still have a thick water supply,” he said. Calio said he believes that no matter how many private wells were to be installed in Laurel, there would be no impact to the town’s water supply. “A fortyfoot well is not going to impact the town’s water supply, no matter how many you have in town,” he said. Calio said it should be the right of the property owner to install a private well if

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MORNING STAR • MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2008 they are willing to pay for the cost of the installation and not a decision to be made by the government. He said concerns expressed by the town regarding potential contamination to Laurel’s public water supply by private wells are unfounded. He said there are properties bordering the town currently that have private water wells and sewer systems and none have contaminated the town’s water supply. Fasano outlined in his report concerns that private wells being installed without the town’s supervision result in the town having little control over the “use, misuse and overuse” of the wells. He said in the event of a drought in which a mandated water restriction is put in place, the town

would have no way of controlling the water use by private well owners. He also indicated that only three towns in Delaware, Frankford, Georgetown and Millsboro, have permitted private wells. In Millsboro the wells are only permitted for irrigation of common ground in developments with over 75 units. The property owner is charged a bulk rate of $1.40 per one thousand gallons of water drawn from the well. Six towns in Delaware currently allow property owners to install a second water connection controlled by the municipality; they are Bridgeville, Dover, Millsboro, Rehoboth Beach and Wilmington. Calio said he also feels that the rush by the town to implement strict ordinances re-

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garding private water wells may be overstated. “I don’t know how many people who think are going to drive wells; most of the property in town are rentals and they don’t care if their lawns are brown. I doubt if you would get 10 permits for water wells. Why penalize those few who want to water their lawns,” he asked? Calio said before the Mayor and Council vote on the private water well issue, the town should bring in a representative of the Delaware Division of Ground Water Protection as well as people who drill wells for a living to give input. “There are people in Laurel who want to keep their homes attractive, and all you look for is how to get into their pocketbooks,” Calio said. “You want growth, but

growth comes with incentives to attract people and businesses. They drive through our town and look at the homes and the yards, they can say they love the homes and the yards, or they can say, ‘look at all those brown yards and dead plants,’” he said. “Look in the mirror in the morning and ask yourself why people don’t want to come to Laurel; you may find the answer staring you in the face,” Calio said. It is possible the town will make a decision regarding how to proceed with the Emeca SPE-USA, LLC, request for a private irrigation system as well as the future rules governing private water wells in Laurel, during its next public meeting on Monday, June 2.

Delmar High School promotes safety, holds after-prom party By Donna Dukes-Huston Delmar High School took several measures recently to promote safety as part of preparations for the prom held on May 3. On April 25, seniors were invited to attend a mock vehicle accident in the parking lot at Wicomico High School sponsored by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department and the City of Salisbury Police Department. When the students arrived, the mock crash had already occurred and student actors were trapped in two vehicles. Actual paramedics and ambulance crews began taking steps to retrieve these “victims” from the vehicles just as they would at an actual accident scene. Students watched them use the “jaws of life” to cut open the top of one vehicle. Rescue workers discovered one simulated fatality and transported the body from the scene of the accident. The driver of one car was given a sobriety test by police officers, which he failed. As a result, he was arrested and taken away by the police. Students then went into the auditorium to listen to a variety of speakers all of whom have been affected by drinking and driving, including Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis. Other speakers included Cindy Walters and her daughter, Linda, from Pennsylvania. Cindy’s son, Ben, was drinking and driving during senior week after graduating from high school. He was responsible for the death of one of his classmates and is currently serving time in jail. Put your confidence in experience and integrity.

Other speakers included Tony Moscetto of the Calvert County Police Department and retired Maryland State Police Lieutenant Larry Taylor who now works at Holloway Funeral Home. Shawn Larrimore, assistant principal at Delmar High School, accompanied the seniors to this event. He was very proud of the way Delmar students conducted themselves throughout the day. “Our kids were very respectful to the speakers and took what they were saying very seriously,” Larrimore said. “They represented our school very well.” He felt that this was a truly valuable experience for the students and is considering hosting a similar event next year in Delmar. Larrimore was also involved with spearheading an after-prom party held at the high school. This was the first time that the school has hosted such an event. Students were invited to come to the school between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. to enjoy a variety of games and food. The gymnasium was filled with activities such as sumo wrestling, rock climbing, jousting, a speed pitch game and a chaos maze. In the cafeteria, four projection screens were set up so that students could participate in Wii tournaments, including Guitar Hero and Rock Star. At the end of the night, several prizes were given away to students including iPods and a digital camera. The big prizes included a laptop computer, a flat screen television and a Wii. Students had to stay until the end of the party to receive these prizes.

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Sussex Habitat plans Home Builders blitz During the week of June 2, in partnership with local professional homebuilders, subcontractors, and material suppliers, two homes will be built in Concord Village on German Road in Seaford. Sussex County Habitat is among 110 Habitat affiliates in 34 states nationwide building approximately 263 homes in one week for families in need of simple, decent, and affordable homes in safe neighborhoods. “Home Builders Blitz 2008” is a partnership with Habitat for Humanity International and the building industry to minimize the cost of building homes across the nation. Sussex County Habitat is responsible for securing land and managing site development by providing lots with foundations, drives and utilities in place. The affiliate also furnishes the builders with house plans and obtains all required permits for the homes. Local staff provides support for fundraising, publicity and marketing. The partnership between builders and the local affiliate will make a significant change in the community and in people’s lives by making affordable housing available to families in need. Concord Village is Sussex County Habitat for Humanity’s first sub-division presently housing seven families with four houses in different phases of construction. When completed, the community will be home to 19 families. The first three homes in Concord Village were built in Sept. 2006 in a similar Blitz Build. The successful build involved nearly 350 volunteers and 100 individual companies supplying labor and materials. “Given the slow-down in the building industry we are thrilled to have over 30 companies pull together to build two homes as part of the 2008 Home Builders Blitz,” remarked Kevin Gilmore, executive director of Sussex County Habitat. “We expect to take these two homes from foundation to finished drywall in three-and one-half days,” commented Jeff Niethammer, Habitat’s construction manager. “We are particularly grateful to planning committee members Doug Brown of

Carl M. Freeman Companies, Mike Ciabattoni of Ryan Homes, Myron Edwards of Blue Heron Builders, LLC and Brian McManus of Daystar Sills, Inc. for helping to coordinate this event.” While many local and national builders and their sub-contractors have been very generous with their resources for this build, Habitat is still looking to partner with a drywall business for the construction of these two homes. One of the homes being built that week on Lot 13 will become home for Bridgeville resident Carleen Cannon and her three children, ages five to 10. A family has yet to be selected for the second home on Lot 4. Families are selected according to need and their ability to make interest-free mortgage payments. In order to buy a Habitat home, adult family members must work 250 hours of ‘sweat equity’ on their home and on the homes of the other Habitat families. Clive Rainey, Habitat for Humanity International’s community relations director who first became a Habitat volunteer in April 1977 when the organization was formed in Americus, Ga., will visit the Blitz Build site on the afternoon of Thursday, June 5. The public is invited to hear Mr. Rainey speak at the closing celebration of the Blitz Build at noon on Thursday, June 5. Mr. Rainey celebrated 30 years with Habitat for Humanity on April 1. Rainey first served as chairman of the family selection committee for a housebuilding project in Koinonia, Ga., and launched a Habitat project in Kinshasa, Zaire. Rainey worked three years in Uganda and in Sept. 1983, Rainey returned to Americus and became Habitat’s first Africa area director. Under his direction, Habitat’s work in Africa spread to multiple sites in 12 countries throughout the continent. As Habitat’s director of community relations, Rainey travels the world sharing the Habitat story of eliminating or significantly reducing substandard housing and persuading affiliates to form more partnerships to build more decent, simple and af-

Clive Rainey, Habitat for Humanity International's community relations director, will speak at the closing celebration of the Blitz Build in Concord Village in Seaford at noon on Thursday, June 5.

fordable homes. Volunteers who wish to help with hospitality roles such as providing or serving lunches or beverages during the week-long build are needed. To volunteer, log on to www.sussexcountyhabitat.org or call Alison Gaffney at 855-1153. Thank you to the following businesses: Alcoa Construction BFRich Windows and Doors Blue Heron Builders, LLC Carl M. Freeman Companies Castle Care, Inc. Ceco Electric Certain Teed Chesapeake Building Systems Chesapeake Plumbing Dave Lawson Construction Day Star Sills, Inc. Delmarva Insulation Dow East Coast Structural Movers Ferguson

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Facebook to protect children online Attorney General Beau Biden announces that the social networking website Facebook has agreed to implement changes that better protect children. Facebook will make several design and functionality changes to protect its users from predators and from inappropriate content, and will educate children, parents, and educators about ways to use its site safely. Facebook will take several actions, including: • Provide automatic warning messages when a child is in danger of providing personal information to an unknown adult • Restrict the ability of users to change their listed age • Act aggressively to remove inappro-

priate content and groups from the site • Require third party vendors to follow Facebook’s safety and privacy guidelines • Participate in a task force that is working to develop online age and identity verification tools Additionally, Facebook staff will now review a user’s request to change their listed age to determine whether it is appropriate. It will also remove individuals and groups for committing pedophilia, cyberbullying, and other violations of its terms of service. Facebook will also prominently display safety tips and require users under 18 to affirm that they have read them when they create Facebook profiles.

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Police Journal Police investigate home invasion

The Delaware State Police are investigating an early morning home invasion that occurred in the 9000 block of Fawn Road. Troopers responded at 4 a.m. on May 22 after 911 was called reporting three subjects forced entry into the home, assaulted a person and removed property. The investigation revealed a 29-yearold male and 21-year-old female were inside the residence when the three suspects, armed with handguns, forced open a rear door to the home. Once inside, the suspects restrained the two victims and then struck the male victim in the head with one of the weapons causing lacerations. The suspects then ransacked the home and removed an undisclosed amount of money and a cellular telephone. They fled the residence through the rear door. The only description provided to police was that all three were black males wearing all black clothing with black ski masks over their heads. The male victim refused medical treatment at the scene and no other injuries were reported. Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to call detective John Messick of the Delaware State Police at 856-5850 ext. 213 or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333.

Auto theft at fire hall

The Delaware State Police are investigating a motor vehicle theft that occurred at the Lewes Fire Company located at 32198 Janice Rd. The crime was reported early Thursday, May 22, after a 46-yearold Lewes volunteer firefighter reported to the station to respond for a reported structure fire in the area of Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seafood on Coastal Highway. When the firefighter arrived at 10:30 the night before, he left a blue 1999 Ford Explorer in the parking lot with the keys inside. After returning to the fire station, he discovered the Ford Explorer was missing at approximately 12:30 in the morning. As troopers were canvassing the area for the stolen vehicle, a trooper on patrol at approximately 1:30 a.m. observed a blue Ford Explorer as they were travelling westbound on Del. 9 near Sussex East Mobile Home Park. The Explorer was inside the park when the trooper observed it driving northbound. The trooper entered the park and the operator exited the vehicle and fled in a wooded area on foot.

The vehicle was confirmed to be the stolen 1999 Ford Explorer. A search of the area by officers and a K-9 did not locate the suspect. The vehicle was recovered and turned back over to the owner. Anyone with information regarding the suspect in this case is urged to call investigators at Troop 7 at 644-5020 or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333

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The Delaware State Fire Marshalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office investigated a dwelling fire that occurred on Sunday, May 25, at 9:59 a.m. in the 11000 block of Jordan Avenue in Bridgeville. The Bridgeville Fire Department responded and was assisted by the Greenwood Fire Department. Upon arrival they encountered heavy fire. Damages to the home have been estimated at approximately $85,000. The occupants were alerted to the fire by the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smoke detectors and all were able to escape without injury. The victims are been assisted by the Red Cross. State Fire Marshalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Investigators have determined that the fire originated in the living room and was caused by an electrical malfunction.

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On Saturday, May 24, at approximately 11:47 a.m., state troopers were called to 74 Sycamore Road, in the High Point Mobile Home Park, in Frederica, in reference to a sexual assault investigation. While officers were en-route, the Kent County Emergency Dispatch Center received additional calls advising the trailer at the aforementioned address was ablaze and a male subject was still inside. Troopers and emergency personnel arrived on the scene and fire fighters were able to remove Derek Hawkins, 36, of this address, from inside the home. He was transported from the scene to Kent General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Detectives from the State Police were later able to contact the alleged 16-yearold female victim from the sexual assault. She alleged Hawkins assaulted her within the past several weeks. This young lady told her mother about the assault. Her mother called the police and then contacted Hawkins and told him that the police were on their way. Shortly thereafter the mobile home caught fire. The Delaware State Police and Delaware State Fire Marshal's office are working together on this investigation.

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Seaford Historical Society picnic DDOA gives grant for the arts

The Nanticoke River Arts Council has received a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) for members to attend the National Convention of Americans for the Arts to be held in Philadelphia in June. This local organization of area artists and friends is grateful for this opportunity to expand its knowledge to bring the arts to the community. The organization began in April 2007 and has participated in numerous local events with Art in the Park (Kiwanis Park) being the most recent and Heritage Days held at Ross Mansion. Currently artist mediums include pastels, oils, acrylics, watercolors, glass, wood, jewelry making, miniature lighthouses, and photography. For more information about the Nanticoke River Arts organization, contact Christina Darby at 6294321 or Lisa Massey at 629-2444.

Breakfast cafe

VFW 4961 breakfast cafe, open Monday-Friday, 7-10 a.m., Seaford VFW, Middleford Road, to benefit Veterans Relief Fund.

Babies and toddlers stay & play

The ‘Parents as Teachers’ (PAT) stay & play - parents and children (birth to age four) are invited to play together, listen to a story, learn new songs and finger plays, and network with other families. No registration required. Sessions are Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Seaford Dept. of Parks & Recreation (SDPR), 320 Virginia Ave., Seaford. Parent educator, Cris Henderson. Call Anna Scovell at 856-5239 for more information.

Seaford District Library events

• “Lights, Camera, Action!” the Seaford Library will be having “Movie Night” on June 11, starting at 5:30 p.m. We provide the movie and the refreshments; all you need to do is take a seat and enjoy the show. For more information, contact Amber Motta at 629-2524. • The Teen Summer Reading Program will be held from June 12 to July 31. Teens who have completed sixth through 12th grades may sign up starting on June 12 at 12:30 p.m. • Registration for the Children’s Summer Reading Program, “Catch the Reading Bug” at your Library, starts June 16, at 10 a.m. • Starting June 17, Lap Sit will be on Tuesdays for ages 0 to 3 at 10:30 a.m. during the Summer Reading Program. • 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.-1 p.m. Meet with Linda Leonard, Consumer Health Librarian

The Seaford Historical Society will have its annual picnic for all members in the VFW pavilion on June 22 at 6 p.m. Please bring a salad, vegetable or dessert and enjoy entertainment provided by Tony Windsor. The meat selection and beverage will be provided. The cost will again be $5 per person collected at the entrance. Please call Kathy Martin before June 16th for reservations at 629-6969.

Golf tournament

The Nanticoke Rotary Seaford golf tournament is scheduled for a Shotgun Start at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 30, at the Seaford Golf & Country Club. This year’s tournament proceeds will be used to perform much-needed repairs and maintenance on the two Rotary Houses located on Market Street in Seaford. The units in the houses provide transitional housing for four families for up to 90 days while they work to re-establish themselves back into a life of self-sufficiency. For more information contact Donald Hollenbeck 628-9900, or by email at donaldh@craigtechnologies.com

Vera Bradley & Longaberger bingo The Seaford Lioness Club will be holding a Vera Bradley & Longaberger basket bingo on Thursday, June 12, at the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club, 310 Virginia Ave., Seaford. Games, raffles, door prizes and food available. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. Purchase a ticket at Cut-N-Up Family Salon, or by calling a Lioness at 628-9290 or 629-8171.

Fitness classes

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.

Preschoolers story time

Parents, caregivers and children ages two to five are invited to enjoy stories, songs, poetry, art, science, math, music and fun at the Laurel Public Library’s preschool story time. Story time is held every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call the library at 875-3184.

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Yard sale

Rock Church of Laurel located at 3032 Seaford Road, will hold a yard sale on May 31, starting at 7 a.m. Table rentals are $15. Call Crystal at 349-5452 after 5 p.m

Fish Fry

A-Y-C-E fish fry will be held on Saturday, June 14, 4-7 p.m., at Centenary UM Church, corner of Poplar & Market Sts., Laurel. Adults $10; Children $5; children under 5 yrs. free. Carry-outs available. Fish sandwiches also available for $3.

an/impersonator of 1,000 voices of famous celebrities at a dinner to benefit the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club of Laurel, Saturday, May 31, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Laurel Fire Hall. The annual golfing tournament will be held Sept. 18 at the Heritage Shores Golf Club in Bridgeville. For ticket information for the dinner and golf tournament phone 302-875-3333 or visit their website www.johnnyjanosikcharitygolf.com.

Charity chicken BBQ

Charity chicken barbecue, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 7, at Dickerson’s Produce Stand, U.S. 13 northbound, just south of Laurel. Dinner platters $6.50 -- includes half chicken, baked beans, pickle and roll. Benefits Christ United Methodist Church of Laurel. For more information, call 8754233.

Yard and bake sale

A yard and bake sale will be held on Saturday, May 31, starting at 7 a.m., at Victory Tabernacle Church of God, Laurel, Rt. 13A, 28161 Seaford Road. Information call 877-0443 or 629-6751. Pulled pork platters, hot dogs and drinks will be available. Rain date will be June 7.

Forgotten Laurel cemeteries

Forgotten ancestors of Laurel area residents will be revealed in a program on 19th century family cemeteries in Little Creek and Broad Creek Hundreds as part of a June fundraising dinner hosted by the Laurel Historical Society. The dinner and program are open to the public and will be held at Laurel High School cafeteria on June 12. My Turn to Cook will cater the 6:30 dinner, and the slide program will follow a brief business meeting. Doug Breen and Chuck Swift, who initiated the cemetery identification and transcription project in January, will narrate a power point slide presentation of some of the 80 identified farm cemeteries. Most of the cemeteries are ones located in the middle of a farm field, however some are in town and church yards. Laurel Hill Cemetery is one of the largest transcribed. Many old-time Laurel names have been found on these stone markers and in some cases, the transcribers have been able to identify family connections between the different cemeteries. Guests will be encouraged to add any family information to the project in the interactive meeting. The cost of the event is $20 per person and reservations must be made before June 5, by calling 875-2820 or 875-7665.

LHS class of ‘87

The LHS class of ‘87 is hoping to hold its 20th year reunion this June. The planning committee is trying to locate class members. If you have contact information or would like to help plan the reunion, contact Michele Procino-Wells at mpw@seafordlaw.com or 628-4140.

Dinner Gala

The Johnny Janosik Charitable Events 2nd annual Dinner Gala will feature Joe Conklin a well known Philadelphia comedi-

IHOP family night

The friends of the Bridgeville Library have another delicious fundraiser to promote. All you have to do is enjoy a meal at the Seaford, Dover, Rehoboth, or Salisbury IHOP locations, any day, any meal. Take and fill out the comment card; staple your receipt to the comment card and drop it off at the Bridgeville Library, Bridgeville Town Hall, or the Providence Sales Cottage in Heritage Shores. For more information, call Pat McDonald at 337-7192.

Historical Society’s Museum

The Bridgeville Historical Society Museum will be open to the public on the first Sunday of each month from June to October from 1 p.m – 4 p.m. The museum is located at 102 William Street, Bridgeville.

CHEER Center Father’s Day

Join us at the Greenwood CHEER Center for our Father’s Day Celebration on Monday, June 16, at 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The center is located at 12713 Sussex Highway, in Greenwood. Entertainment will be provided by Donnie Hopkins, along with 50/50 raffle, door prizes and plain ole fun. Come early and join us for lunch. Cost per person over 60 years of age is $2.50. For more information call the center at 349-5237.

Strawberry Moon Dinner

Join us at the Greenwood CHEER Center for our Strawberry Moon Dinner on Wednesday, June 18, at 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. The center is located at 12713 Sussex Highway, in Greenwood. Entertainment will be provided by Cathy Gorman, along with a patriotic basket raffle. Cost for the dinner will be $6 per person over 60 years of age. For more information call the center at 349-5237.

Weekly dinner club ending

This is a reminder that the Greenwood Weekly Club has ended for the summer. The CHEER Greenwood Center, located at 12713 Sussex Highway, Greenwood, wants to say thank you to everyone for their continued support throughout the last five

MORNING STAR • MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2008 months of the dinner club. We hope that everyone has a great summer. For more information call the center at 349-5237 or visit the CHEER website at www.cheerde.com.

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Greenwood Spring Festival

The Greenwood Mennonite School will be holding its 22nd annual Greenwood Spring Festival on Saturday, June 7, on the school grounds in Greenwood. All-you-caneat breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Hundreds of items, including fresh-made foods, chicken barbeque, pork barbeque, seafood, including crab cakes, baked goods, milkshakes, handcrafted items, books, plants, crafts; plus a petting zoo, children’s games, a quilting demonstration, a white elephant booth, and more. Activities include spring festival auction, volleyball and softball tournaments, and helicopter rides. All proceeds from the festival benefit the Greenwood Mennonite School. For more information, contact Kevin Troyer at 422-0745.

Beef, Pork & Beer fundraiser

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. will host a Beef, Pork & Beer fundraiser to benefit one of our own with medical expenses, Chief Tommy Jones. Saturday, June 14, from 2 p.m.-midnight. Tickets are $25 per person at the door, or $20 in advance. Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company is located at 112611 Sussex Highway, P.O. Box 1, Greenwood, DE 19950. Featuring: DJ Bullet; dunkin’ booth; silent auction, 2-6 p.m. (checks or cash only); live music: The 5:01 Band, 8 p.m.midnight; cash bar; 50/50 raffle. For tickets contact: David Sapp 349-4529 or email dnisapp@comcast.net

Kids’ Fest

Community organizations and commercial vendors are invited to participate in the 11th annual Kids’ Fest to be held on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington. The event is coordinated by the Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club. Kids’ Fest will feature a Healthy Kids Expo, free entertainment including magic, juggling and clowns; a variety of horse and pony events and hands-on activities, an Inflatable Fair and carnival games. Admission is free for children and $3 for adults; parking is free. For more information, call 302-398-5194 or 302-242-0375 or download forms at the www.kidsfestde.org. The search is on for a “Teen Idol” to be crowned at Kids’ Fest. The first place winner will be honored as “Teen Idol” and will receive a $150 Visa gift card along with a prize package. Second and third place winners will be rewarded with $100 and $50 Visa gift cards, respectively, as well as prize packages. This is a vocal competition and is open to young people between the ages of 13 and 19. Each one will be limited to four minutes and may be accompanied by instrumental background music only. Entries must be received by May 23; call Rachel Silkworth at 302-398-5194 or email kidsfestteenidol@gmail-.com

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Golden Touch, Sister Shaw and the Dippy Eggs, Randy Lee Ashcraft, Bird Dog and the Road Kings and the night closes out with a performance from the great Tanya Tucker. Finishing out our festival on Sunday are the spiritual sounds of some local gospel performers Candy Rabbit and Chesapeake Wind, The Heavenly Sons of Joy, and Brooke Meredith, at which time we will switch gears slightly and move into a more traditional Motown sound with the talents of Laura Todd, Shelly Abbott, The Echoes, and finishing the night out with “The Drifters.” It is a weekend of music for every musical taste. Also featured during the festival will be many vendors selling Eastern Shore food and wares, and a Carnival for the kids.

Longaberger & Vera Bradley bingo

Holly’s Community Center sponsors Gregory’s Blasters fundraiser, Longaberger basket and Vera Bradley bingo July 12 at the Salisbury Moose Lodge. Enjoy good food, specials, raffles, silent auction, 50/50 and much more. Baskets and bags are filled. Tickets $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Doors open at 5 p.m. Bingo starts at 6 p.m. For tickets call: Lois Burton at 410-749-3947. Ask to reserve your table for six or more. The fundraiser is in memory of Greg Taylor.

Become a ‘Little Sister’

The Miss Delaware Organization announces the 2008 Miss Delaware “Little Sister” Program. This program is open to girls between the ages of 5 and 12. Join us for the opportunity to perform live with Miss Delaware

2007, Brittany Dempsey during the 2008 Miss Delaware Scholarship Pageant Preliminary, Friday, June 13, at the Rollins Theater, Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, Dover. Your donation of $130 will include: a Miss Delaware Little Sister tiara; a Miss Delaware Little Sister T-shirt; the opportunity to perform on stage at the 2008 Miss Delaware Pageant with Miss Delaware 2007. For more information contact Aimee Voshell String at aimeestring@yahoo.com or call 629-2184. For additional information, visit www.missde.org.

Shore Line Garden Railroad Club

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Casino night

Casino night to benefit nonprofit Delaware Hospice will be held on Friday, May 30, at Rehoboth Convention Center from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Local celebrity dealers will provide an entertaining evening of black jack, texas hold’em, roulette, and poker. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling Peggy Dolby, 800-838-9800, or emailing pdolby@delawarehospice.org. For more information go to www.delawarehospice.org.

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The Delmar Lions Club is selling a Longaberger basket with the Delmar 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. For information, call Mildred Riley 8463846.

Girl Scout Cheerleading Camp

The Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council will be sponsoring a Twilight Cheerleading Camp from Monday, June 9 to Thursday, June 12. The camp will be held at Delmar Middle/High School in Delmar, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Cheerleading Camp is for all girls in grades kindergarten to fifth. The Delmar Wildcats Cheerleading Squad will be the instructors for the clinic. Activities will include stretching, tumbling, arm movements, chants, dance, and building skills. The cost is $25 per girl. Wear comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. Financial assistance is available. You do not have to be a Girl Scout to register for the camp. For more details or to sign up, call Pat Lewis at 410-742-5107 or 1-800-374-9811 ext. 26. A leading advocate for and expert on girls, the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council builds girls of courage, confidence and character by providing personal leadership development and programs that teach

The Lewes High School class of 1958 will hold its 50th year reunion on Oct. 18, 2008 at the Virden center, Pilottown Road, Lewes. A letter of information on the reunion will be mailed in early spring but addresses are needed for the following classmates: Peggy Haire Kreer, Charles Robertson, James Carter, Larry Dennis and Bill Price. If you were a member of the Lewes High School class of 1958, but did not graduate and are interested in attending the reunion, or if you have information for any of the above, call the reunion committee at 6452387.

Choptank River Festival

Sailwinds Park is pleased to announce the creation of the Choptank River Festival. This three-day festival will be held this year from Friday, July 4, through Sunday, July 6. Friday hours begin at 3 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, start at 1 p.m. The festival features three days of several different genres of music guaranteed to appeal to everyone in the family. Each day features both national performers as well as some local community celebrities as well, so make sure to come out and support all these wonderful performers. Friday will be geared to a rock sound featuring the talents of Matthew King, Hyphen, ZO2, and “Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.” Saturday will have an overall country vibe featuring the talents of Off the Hook,

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Charity bowling

The Mortgage Market of Delaware is hosting a charity bowling event June 21, at 3 p.m. at the Doverama bowling lanes adjacent to Rodney Village. Proceeds will benefit Homes For Our Troops, a national organization that builds or adapts homes to accommodate severely handicapped Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. Donations and sponsorships are needed. If you wish to contribute, or if you want to register to play, call 422-4303, or email chad@themortgagemarketofdelaware.com. Registration is $100 per team of 4. Food, drinks, prizes, t-shirts, fun for all!

‘A Bit of Broadway’

The Sussex County Republican Women’s Club presents “A Bit of Broadway” to be held on Friday, June 13, at the Baywood Country Club, Long Neck. The event will begin at 7 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and prizes. Curtain time is 8 p.m. The cost is $45 per person. For more information, visit the Sussex County Republican Women’s Club website at www.SCRWC.net or call 945-1816. Reserve a ticket no later than June 1.

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Ruritan Club breakfast buffet

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 for children 6-12 years, at The Galestown (Md) Community Hall, 5833 School House Road. Buffet features blueberry pancakes, eggs, scrapple, sausage, creamed chipped beef, biscuits, potato casserole, hominy, fruit cup, and sticky buns. This month it will be held June 22.

Knitting Guild meets

All Knitters: The “Sea Purls” Chapter of The Knitting Guild Association meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Cheer Center in Georgetown on the corner of Rt. 9 and Sand Hill Road. For more details call Joyce Smirk, Secretary, 302-732-6495. Lunch available.

July 4th meetings

Laurel July 4th meetings are set for the following days: 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.

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.

SHS Alumni Assoc. board meeting

Equine Council meeting

The SHS Alumni Assoc will hold its executive board meeting on Thursday, June 5, beginning at 7 p.m. in the downtown Seaford Museum. If you have any questions please call Donna Hastings Angell at 629-8077

Next Delaware Equine Council meeting will be at State Fair Grounds’ Exhibitor’s Hall, Harrington on Monday, June 16th, 7 p.m., followed by Guest Speaker will be Bet-R-Blades, all about care and proper use of clippers...for more info contact Stan 302684-3966.

SCWDC meeting June 19

Cancer support group

The Sussex County Women’s Democrat Club dinner meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. on June 19, at the Sussex Pines Country Club, in Georgetown. Featured speaker will be Dr. Everett Toomey, Jr., educator. Dinner will cost $13 per person. For details and reservations, call Thelma Monroe, president, at 934-9716.

Trap Pond Partners meets

Trap Pond Partners (a volunteer nonprofit organization) meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Bald Cypress Nature Center at Trap Pond State Park, Laurel. We are always looking for new members and ideas to improve our state park. To learn more, visit www.trappondpartners.com.

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. For more information call Kaye or Lori at 645-9150. All programs at The Wellness Community are free of charge for people affected by cancer and their loved ones.

Coast Guard Auxiliary

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.

Orchid Hobbyists meet

Orchid Hobbyists of Delmarva will meet on the third Sunday of each month September through June, from 2-5 p.m. This month’s meeting will be June 15, at All Saints Episcopal Church, 10th and Grove Street, Delmar, Del. 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 from beginners to experienced growers. Annual membership is $15 per family. For more information, contact either: Luther Shultz 410-341-6058, or Mary Jo Marshall 410-822-3941.

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 information call 629-4939. Trip includes motor coach transportation, tip for bus driver, snacks from center and dinner theatre. Nanticoke Senior Center’s Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre Trip presents “Foot Loose” on Thursday, June 26, matinee in Lancaster, Pa. Cost is $70 members, $75 non-members.

Bus trip to Jamaica, Queens

A bus trip to Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., on Saturday, Aug. 16, from Big Lots, Seaford. Bus will leave at 5 a.m. Departure from New York, 5 p.m. Price $50, flat rate. For information contact Sister Paris Twyman, at 410-754-9135.

Fall trip to Hamptons

Methodist Manor House in Seaford will host a fall trip to the Hamptons in New York on Oct. 1. This three day, two night tour planned by White Star Tours is a “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” tour. Cost of $399 per person/double occupancy includes lodging, most meals, tours, motor-coach transportation and much more. For more information call Dixie Carlisle at 628-5631. Sign up deadline is June 1.

AARP Chapter #915 trips

• New York Day Trip - May 24, cost $42 per person. Call 410-754-8588 • Colorado, June 20-30, cost is $879 per person. Call 410-822-2314. • Branson, Mo - Sept. 13-20, cost is $875 per person. Call 410-822-2314. • New England/Vermont, NH, Boston and Salem, Oct. 13-19, cost is $1085 double, and $1335 single. Call 410-673-7856. • Myrtle Beach - Nov. 10-13, cost $430 per person. Call 410-754-8588.

Adult Plus+ June trips & activities

Seniors can take advantage of a variety of trips and activities offered by the Adult Plus + program in June at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, Georgetown. On June 3, attend the Phillies vs. Cincinnati Reds game. On June 12, enjoy a lively tour of his-

toric Philadelphia homes in the “Fairmont Park House Tour.” On June 18, a biblical story is brought to life in “Abraham and Sarah – A Love Story” at Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster, Pa. On June 25, view the musical “Gypsy” in Ardentown. “Adult Plus+ Woodcarvers Club” meetings are from June 23 to Nov. 24. Take a basic drawing skills course from June 4 to July 9. Attend the Statewide Senior Art Awards Luncheon on June 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Socialize and make new friends by attending the Adult Plus+ Couples Club on June 12 or the Adult Plus+ Mixed Singles Club on June 18 as well as the Adult Plus+ Summer Picnic on June 19. On June 26, share your views of current events from 1 to 3 p.m. then treat yourself at the ice cream social at 3 p.m. For more information about Delaware Tech’s Adult Plus+ program at 856-5618.

Seaford AARP Chapter #1084 trips

• Tuesday, June 24 - Annapolis Naval Academy, lunch and cruise. A guided tour of the academy and lunch (included) at Phillip’s Restaurant. Time for shopping before boarding the Harbor Queen for a cruise of the harbor. Cost $64. • Wednesday, July 23 - Rainbow Dinner Theater in Paradise, Pa. to see a comedy, “Hold That Thought.” Total cost: $67. • Wednesday, Sept. 24 - Spirit of Norfolk lunch cruise and then tour Nauticus, National Maritime Center, The Battleship Wisconsin and The Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Cost is $78. • Monday-Thursday, Oct. 13-16 - New Hampshire White Mountains. Stay in Laconia, N.H. Visit Franconia Notch State Park, Chutter’s Store, Sugar Hill Sampler, Harman’s Cheese & Country Store. Visit Wolfebore for some shopping and tour Hampshire Pewter. Lunch on board the Lake Winnipesaukee scenic railroad. Cruise across the lake on a 230-foot ship to Mt. Washington. Cost: $650 per person double occupancy. Contact Rose Wheaton at 629-7180. Submit Bulletin Board items by noon, Thursday. Send to Morning Star Publications - PO Box 1000, Seaford, DE 19973, email to editor@mspublications. com or drop off at 628 West Stein Hwy., Seaford.

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Marvin Taylor was one of the area’s Little League pioneers A late tribute to a very fine man is what I would call this. AT URPHY Marvin Taylor of Laurel passed away, Feb. 29, at his home after a Pioneer, yes, for you that long battle with cancer. I had not seen Marvin in quite a while as are involved in Little the disease was pulling him League today, you would down, but I knew him. I am sure he battled to the end. Pioneer, yes have done well to have for you that are involved with Little League today, you would Marvin in your group. have done well to have Marvin in your group. Manager, coach, umOf course, many years later it was pire, president, board member, Marvin Marvin who again served on our board, did it all. on our banquet committee and I believe If you dig out some of the earliest in the last few years he did some umpirLittle League baseball programs you ing for the Little League. During these will find Marvin’s name on most of later years he held offices in the district, them in the late 1960s and 1970s.

New laws made for scrap metal The Delaware State Police are announcing the newly enacted requirements that pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and scrap metal processors must conform to as a result of legislation passed in 2007. Previous to the legislation, there was no specific state law regarding the processes that these proprietors followed regarding property coming into their businesses. As a result of this, it has presented many challenges for law enforcement and victims of crimes to recover stolen property that may have been brought to these businesses by criminals. Because of the efforts of the general assembly, law enforcement will have increased oversight as to who may be bringing stolen property to these businesses. Specific requirements will include: • Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall create a record and provide information on a form to be supplied. • Every scrap metal processor shall create a record and provide information on a form to be supplied by the Delaware State Police with respect to the following articles purchased or otherwise acquired: copper (including copper wire); silver; gold; or brass. • Pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and scrap metal processors shall com-

plete and provide information on forms provided by the Delaware State Police immediately after any articles or goods have been purchased or acquired. • Pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and scrap metal processors shall record the name of the person making the record entry and shall make that information available to police. • The information provided on the forms under this section shall be stored and maintained by the pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or scrap metal processor for a period of one year and shall be provided to police immediately upon request. In addition to these requirements, dealers will now have an additional holding period after receiving property. Specifically the legislation states every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer must keep for a period of 18 days, including weekends and holidays, subject to inspection by any police officer of Delaware, all goods, wares and merchandise purchased or received from any person before selling, shipping or otherwise disposing of the same. Other measures include insuring all dealers are properly licensed by the state. For more information, contact a property detective at Sussex County Troop #4, 856-5850.

you see long after his children, Kevin and Julie, had gone through the program, he was still with it; a good lesson for us all. Now Marvin could have been a poster ad for “being proud of your children” as Julie and her hockey and softball achievements were well documented by a proud father as was Kevin’s days as a pitcher in Little League, through baseball on the high school team and later. Marvin was an employee of C.C. Oliphant and the good employee that he was of course, he got his company to help with the program and actually was responsible for several of his co-workers becoming a part of the program. Marvin was also in other Laurel civic organizations including the Lions Club, but I will forever remember him for his involvement with the Little League baseball program. Marvin was a modern day pioneer and his contribution to the youth is not forgotten. This little tribute may be a little late, but it does not take anything away from the truth of the message. People like Marvin are always needed… and missed! There is a song, an oldie at that, “Blame It on the Bossinova,” whatever that is, but better yet, blame it on the dedication of the Middle School Marimba Band in Laurel.

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In a few weeks you will see a story about the daughter of a Laurel native, Doug Horner. She is a Marine Captain and an AH-1 Super Cobra pilot. Katie Horner was featured (14 pages) in the Washington Post magazine for February 2008. If she is anything like Dr. Doug Horner, I am sure she is an asset to her group. Anyway she has one proud grandmom, Marion Horner. Be looking for it. Don’t forget now, Delmar VFW’s Memorial & Troop Appreciation Service is on Friday, May 30, at 11 a.m. at the Pos on West State Street. Service will be moved inside if it rains. Oh yes, Delmar’s Day in the Park is June 7. Where does the time go?

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With great encouragement from band instructor Jason Rogers and chorus director Penny Denny, they are taking their Steel Drum band to much notice throughout the community. Star employee Rick Cullen came into the office the other day with very complimentary remarks about the steel drum band after seeing them at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Salisbury. Keep up the good work steel drum band!

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Church Bulletins 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.

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.

Blessing of the bikes The 1st annual Gethsemane Blessing of the Bikes will be held at the Gethsemane Church, in Reliance, four miles west of Seaford, on Sunday, June 1. This is a gathering to start the riding season with blessings for a safe year, and to promote a sense of community and fellowship among riders.

The blessing service will start at 10:30 a.m. A block party with live music and free food will begin afterwards at noon and last until 4:30 p.m. The Rev. Drew Christian will officiate. There will be a flag football game between the youth and adults, and many other fun activities for kids of all ages. For more information, call the office at 629-2862, or the event coordinators, Dominic Lee at 841-8636, or Ben Burrows at 410-330-7899.

Ladies’ bible study There is a ladies’ bible study, held every Tuesday starting at 10 a.m., at Laurel Baptist Church, Bi-State Boulevard in Laurel. This bible study is a non-denominational study, only God’s Word is studied, making us to be more like Christ. Should you have any questions regarding the study, feel free to call Gertrude R. Smith at 875-5300.

Old Christ Church schedule June 1 - 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist June 8, 15, 22, 29 - 9:30 a.m., morning prayer July 6 - 9:30 a.m., combined service patriotic service with Holy Eucharist followed by a community picnic July 13, 20, 27 - 9:30 a.m., morning prayer Aug. 3 - 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31 - 9:30 a.m., morning prayer Sept. 7 - 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist

Sept. 14, 21, 28 - 9:30 a.m., morning prayer Oct. 7 - 10 a.m., combined service blessing of the animals, morning prayer

Victory Tabernacle yard sale A yard and bake sale will be held on Saturday, May 31, starting at 7 a.m., at Victory Tabernacle Church of God, Laurel, Rt. 13A, 28161 Seaford Road. Information call 877-0443 or 6296751. Pulled pork platters, hot dogs, and drinks will be available. Rain date will be June 7.

‘Worship before the Throne’ An evening filled with music, dance, praise and worship will be held at the Bible Center Complex on Rt. 9 beginning at 6 p.m., on June 7. Join us and enjoy creative dance, anointed singing, and flag and mime ministry. There will be no admission charge, but we are asking for a free will offering. For more information, contact: Lisa Hinton at 302-262-0797; Lillie Richards, 6289125;or Val Cottman, 629-4977.

Fifth annual ‘Balling for God’ The Outreach Team of New Zion United Methodist Church is hosting its 5th annual “Balling for God” Basketball Tournament and HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This event is Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Webb Avenue in Laurel. The Sussex County AIDS Counsel will

be on hand giving out pamphlets and information about this rapidly growing disease and to provide free testing. The age brackets for the tournament are 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, and 16-18. There is also a foul shooting contest. Vendors are invited. For more information contact Sherita Belle at 302-8770987 or Amy Handy at 875-4263.

Health Fair at Our Lady of Lourdes Free community health fair at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 532 Stein Highway, Seaford, on Sunday, June 1, noon to 3 p.m. Free testing: asthma camp info, blood pressure, bone density screening, lung function. Breast cancer support, colonoscopy video, CPR info session, eye screening, fitness, nutrition, wellness, and much, much more. Alternative medicine: aromatherapy, chiropractic, homeopathy, massage, quantum biofeedback. All tests are free and available to all. Join us in the parish hall for information, free testing, refreshments, and instruction.

Sussex County Prayer Breakfast Sussex County will host the 31st annual Prayer Breakfast on Monday, June 16, with Pastor Rick Betts as the featured speaker. This year’s Prayer Breakfast will be held at the CHEER Center on Sand Hill Road in Georgetown. Breakfast will be served at 7 a.m., with the message to begin at 7:45 a.m. The event is hosted by the Sussex County

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

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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. 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Prayer Team ‘The Table’ God’s Big Back Yard (last Wed. of mo) 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.

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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

Thank You to the churches that sponsor these pages. Your contribution makes it possible for the “Good News” to be published each week.

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Council. Ticket sales and community sponsorships from individuals, organizations and businesses fund this annual event. Pastor Betts’ message will focus on the importance of family, friends and faith in his life while growing up in Sussex County. Tickets are still available for the Prayer Breakfast. Tickets are $12 per person, and are available on a firstcome-first-served basis. For more information, call 8557743.

Centenary Gospel Café weekly Centenary United Methodist Church, corner of Poplar and Market streets, Laurel, will hold its Gospel Café every Saturday night at 6 p.m. featuring Bruce and Nancy Willey Music Ministry. Saturday, May 31 – Debbie O’Neal, Milton Foskey, Amanda Scott, Ray & Travor Marine. Every week, Mary Ann Young joins us. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, contact Bruce & Nancy Willey, 875-5539 or 8757339.

Faith Steppers finale The Faith Steppers finale clogging performance at Laurel Wesleyan Church is Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. Come see Gabrielle and Tori Crofford for their last clogging performance before taking their next step of faith at their new church. Praise steppers and praise stompers will also perform along with special music from Ben Sorrells. Refreshments will be available to support the Children’s ministry at Laurel Wesleyan Church. For more information, call 875-5380. A new twist to an old fashioned picnic. Come and enjoy food, fun, games, music and fellowship at Seaford Wesleyan Church (the Ark), on June 1. Service at 10:30 a.m., picnic at 1:30 p.m., with lots of games for children and adults too. For more information call 629-1020.

The Cash Family in concert

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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.

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 Church School -All Ages - 9:15 a.m. Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. Rev. Rick Elzey • Pastor Doris Whaley Wings of Prayer - Tues. 7:00 p.m. Come Join Our Family

VICTORY TABERNACLE CHURCH OF GOD

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

Laurel Baptist Church will be hosting The Cash Family on Sunday evening, June 8, at 7 p.m. The church is located at 33056 Bi-State Boulevard on the West side of 13A, approximately two miles south of town. For further information, call Shirley at 875-2314.

Asbury UMC special music Asbury United Methodist Church, Rt. 9 near Hardscrabble, will host Special Music on June 8, at 7 p.m., featuring the Lights of Home, MaryAnn and Tex.

St. John’s UMC VBS St. John’s United Methodist Church, Pine and Poplar streets , Seaford, is sponsoring a Vacation Bible School program on June 23-27, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. “Cosmic City™” is a fun and interactive learning experience for children ages 2 to 12. Kids will explore the awesome wonder of God as they visit Tour Stops throughout Cosmic City. For more information or to register for Cosmic City™ Vacation Bible School call 629-9466.

The Ark VBS Power Lab The VBS Power Lab will blast off discovering Jesus “miraculous power” at The Ark, Seaford Wesleyan Church, 26630 Sussex Highway, Seaford. New friends, amazing crafts, wacky snacks and much more. The mind-blowing Bible adventures will begin June 24, 25, 26 27 and 29. The power lab fun begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:45 p.m. The finale will take place on Sunday morning during the 10:30 a.m. service. This is open to children ages 3 to 12. Contact 628-1020 for more information. Email preregistration to seafordwesleyanchurch@yahoo.com.

New Release ‘A Box of Memories’ on Sale

A Box of Memories

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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

WEDNESDAY NIGHT Ministry for the whole family 7 PM

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

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The Atlanta Road Alliance Church

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

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

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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)

30320 Seaford Road, Laurel, Del. Ph: 875-7275 • Pastor Bill Konkel Sunday School: 9 a.m. Worship: 10:30 a.m. & 1st & 3rd Sunday Evening: 5 p.m. Thurs Evening Prayer: 7 p.m.

COKESBURY CHURCH

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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 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

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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

Obituaries are run without charge thanks to the support of area churches

Virginia Elizabeth Tull, 91

Kathryn Culver Russell, 90

Virginia Elizabeth Tull, of Seaford, died on Friday, May 23, 2008 at Life Care at Lofland Park. Mrs. Tull was a farmer in Seaford for many years with her late husband, Floyd A. Tull who died in 1986. She was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church. Besides her husband she was also preceded in death by two sons, Floyd Tull in 2005, George “Henry” Tull in 2006, a daughter, Ruth Beers in 2003 and 2 grandchildren, Randy Tull and Linda Love. Virginia is survived by two sons, Haines Tull and his wife Verleada, Steve Tull and his wife Terry all of Seaford, two daughters, Jeanne Conner and her husband Jack of Seaford and Thelma Hill of Bridgeville. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, Christopher Conner, Jennifer Conner Nelms, Heather Tull, Steve Tull, Julia Tull, Kim McCan, Denard Hill, Floyd Hill, Eunice Pearce, Pam Savage, Denise Chamberlain, Wanda Tingle, Linda Taylor and Christopher Parker and 17 greatgrandchildren. A sister Ethel Dagitz and Earl Fowler of Baltimore, MD also survive her. Funeral services were on Tuesday, May 27 at Woodland United Methodist Church, Seaford. Friends called at the Cranston Funeral Home on Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. The family suggests donations may be made to the Woodland United Methodist Church, Floyd A. Tull Memorial Fund. 5123 Woodland Church Rd, Seaford, DE 19973.

Kathryn Culver Russell of Laurel died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. She was born in Laurel on Dec. 20, 1917. Mrs. Russell was a 1936 graduate of Laurel High School and was a homemaker all of her life. Mrs. Russell was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Laurel, Laurel Alumni Association and Order of the Eastern Star #18 of Laurel. She was a daughter of Frank Culver and Mollie Penuel Culver. Mrs. Russell was also predeceased by her husband Thaddeus “Buck” Russell in 1985; a sister Ruth Culver in 1932, two brothers, Dallas "Dick" Culver in 1987 and Robert M. Culver in 2006, all formerly of Laurel. She will be sadly missed by two sisterin-laws, Minnie Culver of Laurel and Ruth Culver of Greenwood, and devoted neighbors and best friends, Dick and Juanita Stone of Laurel. She is survived by a son, Richard "Dick" Russell and his wife Sandy of Laurel; a stepdaughter, Diane Neal of Seaford; grandchildren, Kathy Johnson and her husband, Wayne of Laurel, Thad Russell and his special friend Kelly Haday of Laurel, Gail Longo and her husband Mark of Bridgeville, Michael Neal of Delvan, Wisc., Vickie Neal of Seaford, Barry Neal and his wife Joan of Seaford, Russ Neal and his wife Marianne of Seaford and Kelly Taylor and her husband Dwayne of Midlothian, Va. She also leaves behind 12 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home,

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Laurel, on Friday, May 23, where friends and family called prior to the service. Interment followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel. The Rev. John Van Tine officiated. Contributions may be made in her memory to Centenary United Methodist Church, 200 West Market St., Laurel, DE 19956; or Laurel Fire Department, Inc., 205 W. Tenth Street Laurel, DE 19956.

Alvin Staten Culver, 81 Alvin Staten Culver, 81, of Frederick, Md., and formerly of Delmar, Md., passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Frederick, Md. He was born on Oct. 31, 1926 in Delmar, Md., a son of Granville Thomas Culver and Mae R. Bailey Culver, who predeceased him. Alvin was a 1943 graduate of Delmar, Md. High Alvin Staten Culver School and a graduate of Beacom College in Wilmington. He maintained an office at his home until 1973. He was then employed as an accountant by the Kennerly-Booth Company (Division of Sara Lee Corp.) retiring in 1988. He was an active Methodist church leader following the merger of the two Methodist churches, he was elected as the first lay leader of St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church. He also served as manager of St. Stephen’s Cemetery for 43 years, retiring in 1995. Upon making Florida his permanent residence, he maintained his membership in St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church in Delmar, but found great joy as an associate member of First Baptist Church of Sebring.

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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!”

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He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Armored Division in Ft. Knox, Ky. He is a life member of American Legion Glen Rayne Post No. 15 in Delmar, Del. and a life member of the DAV, a hospital volunteer at PRMC in Salisbury, Md. and Florida Hospital in Sebring, Fla. He found great joy in bringing large groups of people together and organized a 1990 and 1993 Delmar Md. Class Reunion of all classes 1901 to 1951 when the Maryland and Delaware High School consolidated. He also delighted to bring all snowbirds together for Delmar Days in Florida, each year. As a loving husband, father and grandfather he will be missed by his closeknit family and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Byard Jackson Culver. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Mora Irene Frerie Culver, having married on Nov. 18, 1961; a daughter, Diane Michelle Culver Borucki and her husband David R. Borucki of Columbia, Md.; two grandsons, Bryan David Borucki and Benjamin Staten Borucki of Columbia; a niece, Martha Ann Culver Pusey; a nephew, Walter A. Culver; and several cousins. A funeral service was held on Saturday, May 24, at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, Delmar. A visitation for family and friends was held prior to the service. The Rev. George Godfrey officiated. Interment was in St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar. In memory of Mr. Culver, memorial contributions may be sent to St. Stephen's Cemetery Trust Fund, 101 E. State St., Delmar, DE 19940. Arrangements were in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com

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

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Laurel Church of Christ welcomes Ian Drucker as their new minister The Laurel Church of Christ welcomes a new minister and his wife to work with them, Ian and Marti Drucker. The Druckers are both natives of Silver Spring, Md. They come to Laurel from Fredrick, Md. They have two adult daughters. Ian received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Capitol College and his master’s in electrical engineering from George Washington University. He worked as an engineer for 21-years and has the certification of Licensed Professional Engineer. After working as an engineer he decided his mission in life is to work as a preacher and teacher. In July he will receive his master’s degree in ministry from Harding University. Ian worked with the Frederick Church of Christ in both teaching and mission work.

Both the Druckers have done mission work in the Caribbean. Both Ian and Marti have worked extensively in prison ministries. They worked for six years with the Frederick County Detention Center where he taught, preached, mentored and counseled the men. Marti taught and mentored the women. They also worked with the Maryland Correction Facilities in Hagerstown, Md. In addition, Ian worked five years with the Frederick Rescue Mission for homeless men with a variety of problems. He taught classes and mentored and counseled the men in that facility. He is still on the staff of volunteers there. Another work close to Ian is Big Brothers. He has come full circle from having a Big Brother as a youngster to being a Big Brother as an adult.

What must I do to be saved? Acknowledge your sin and place your trust in Christ. All who place their trust in Christ in this way are adopted as God’s children. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. — Romans 3:23 The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 6:23 God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. — Romans 5:8 If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — Romans 10:9

The Druckers both have very favorable impressions of Laurel. They have found the people to be warm and friendly, and they like the slower pace of life here. The Church of Christ invites the people of Laurel to come meet Ian and Marti Drucker.

Ian & Marti Drucker

Your friends will be amazed at the pictures from your latest trip. At Nanticoke Memorial Hospital we’re pleased to provide a full range of diagnostic cardiac care, including the latest generation of 64-slice CT scanners. This noninvasive procedure produces remarkably clear, 3-D images of the heart that show blockages in arteries or weaknesses in the valves. It’s one more tool our cardiac specialists can use in the treatment and prevention of heart attacks. From medication recommendations to cardiac catheterization, everything you need for cardiac care is right here at Nanticoke!

For more information on the 64-slice CT scanner at Nanticoke, or to schedule an appointment, call 302-629-6611, ext. 8671.

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Entertainment Possum Point Players to present ‘The Little Foxes’ The cast of Possum Point Players’ upcoming production of “The Little Foxes” are ready to show their dysfunctional side. This theatre classic by Lillian Hellman demonstrates both a dysfunctional family and the love that can coexist. “Basically the Hubbards don’t like anybody,” according to Don Megee of Georgetown. Megee, who plays Horace, husband of Regina Hubbard, adds, “Compared to them, Horace is like a saint.” The consensus is that there are five

characters who have positive relationships with each other: two married Hubbards, Horace and Birdie, Horace’s daughter Alexandra, and Horace’s two servants, Addie and Cal, played by Beverly Smith of Seaford and Claudius Bowden of Georgetown, respectively. The others, the Hubbards, are fighting with each other, sneaking around, and motivated by greed. The play, set at the turn of the 20th century, is a metaphor for all time. There are always people trying to take advantage of others,

and Hellman’s award-winning writing depicts clear characters. Some have clear character flaws, some are less flawed, but underpowered. They are as simple and complex as people are today, only the time is different. This is a particularly good show for fans of literature, or literature and drama students. This is something new that the theatre is trying in 2008. All those coming to the opening night show are invited to stay after.

Performances of The Little Foxes are June 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 8:00 p.m. and on June 8 & 15 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are now available for $16 ($15 for Seniors or students) by calling the Possum Ticketline at 302-856-4560. Directions to Possum Hall are also available at the ticketline number. Possum Point Players is sponsored in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts.

Delaware Hospice holds Casino Night Fund Raiser Delaware Hospice's Casino Night fund raiser is the place to be on Friday, May 30, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Texas Hold-Em, Blackjack, Craps, Poker and more will be dealt by local celebrities, including: Barbara Brittingham, American Home Mortgage; Representative Joe Booth; Becky Carney, Beach Life; Sam Cooper, Mayor of Rehoboth; Drexel Davidson, Bad Hair Day; Steve Elkins, Camp Rehoboth, Dan Gaffney, WGMD; Bill Hoy, Tunnel Cancer Center; Cheryl Jankowski, Griswold Special Care; Alan Lehman, Atlantic Cellular; Leo Medisch,

The Back Porch Café; George Parrish, Sussex Clerk of the Peace; Representative Pete Schwartzkopf, Woody Stocks, Dewey Beach Lions Club; Dale Thaxton, AmeriTechnologies; Claire Walsh, Dewey Beach Commissioner, and Dr. Margery White, V.P. and C.O.O. Delaware Hospice. Fabulous prizes have been donated by Bad Hair Day, Coastal Frame Shop, Country Wicker, Creative Concepts, Dover Downs, Good Earth Market, Hometown Arts & Crafts, Hudson's General Store, Johnson's Country Store, Millers Creek, Millville Pet Shop, Sea Crest Boutique, Selbyville Pet & Garden, Saxon & Wake-

field Furniture, Mike Worhelein Family Portrait and more. Event sponsors who have generously contributed to the success of Casino Night each year include Kemp's Liquors, Banks Wine and Spirits, PepsiCo, and PepUp, Inc. Casino Night’s proceeds will benefit Delaware Hospice in its efforts to provide choice, expert care, and comfort to local families in need. Tickets are $40 and will be available at the door or can be purchased by calling Peggy Dolby, 800-838-9800, or pdolby@delawarehospice.org. For more information, go to www.delawarehospice.org.

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Photography exhibit planned

Wilmington University in conjunction with the Professional Photographers Association of Southern Delaware (PPASD) presents the first annual Photographic Exhibit. Opening receptions will be held Friday, June 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rehoboth Beach branch of Wilmington University located at 41 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach. All photographs will be for sale with 10% of the proceeds going to a Professional Photographers of America supported charity. For more information about this event, contact Jason Shatzer at 302-228-9468.

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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: Clayborne J. Mast, Greenwood to Morgan Jill Embleton, Greenwood Tywand LaTravis DeShawn West, Seaford to Kayotta R. Jenkins, Seaford Thomas Robinson Bush, Laurel to Joanne Marie Eskridge, Laurel Tyrone David Cannon, Bridgeville to Shela Murat Alcindor, Seaford David Lee Tolbert, Jr., Mardela Springs, Md. to Chasity M. Tucker, Laurel Daniel Clayton White, Laurel to Jane Elizabeth Tucker, Laurel James Edward Willey, III, Laurel to Rachel Marie McColpin, Laurel Jamie A. Hopkins, Milford to Cindi Barnes Turner, Milford Steven Eric Poore, Seaford to Sharon Lea Short, Seaford Clark W. Benson, Delmar to Debra S. Phillips, Laurel Thomas Raymond Marcelin, Seaford to Marie Solange Jean-Charles, Dover Christopher William Jenkins, Laurel to April D. Torlish, Laurel Joseph C. Effinger, Bridgeville to Priscilla Lane Robinson, Harrington David M. Milliken, Seaford to Monica Marie Wielgosz, Seaford Corell H. Thomas, Laurel to Linda Faye Easton, Laurel

Deeds 11/28/07, GPM Accommodations, LLC to RI CS4, LLC, 2 parcels, Northwest Fork Hundred, $1,800,000 12/06/07, Osiel and Anne L Villalobos to Howard J. Greene and Annette M. Carver, Lot No. 3, Block D, Martin Farms, Town of Seaford, subdivision, Seaford Hundred, $223,000 12/10/07, Main Sail Investments L.L.C. to Johnson Domond, Lot No. 105, The Townes at Laurel Court, Town of Laurel, subdivision, Little Creek Hundred, $140,000 11/30/07, Vernon Esham Homes, Inc. to Houseal Construction, LLC, Lot Nos. 1418, Westerlee, Town of Delmar, subdivision, Little Creek Hundred, $55,000 12/12/07, James B. and Amber J. Weaver to Robert W. Willey, Lot No. 50, Saddlebrook, subdivision, Seaford Hundred, $196,000 12/07/07, C. Bruce Davidson, Executor of Kathleen V. Davidson and Noel Boraski to Robin A. Castle, parcel, Town of Seaford, Seaford Hundred, $115,000 12/13/07, Princeton Development Company, LLC to Michael Vaughn, Lot Nos. 11, 21, and 27, Manchester Manor, subdivision, Broad Creek Hundred, $120,500 11/09/07, Ronald W. Allen to Joshua M. and Ashley M. James, Lot No. 11, North Towns End, subdivision, Little Creek Hundred, $220,000 12/10/07, Stephen and Linda K. Montuori to Thomas and Amy J. Francisconi, Parcel 2, North 25 feet of Lot No. 4, and all of Lot No. 5, Section H, Lakeshore Development, subdivision, Seaford Hundred, $185,500

12/06/07, Brookfield Heritage Shores, LLC to Robert E. and JoAnne McCann, Lot No. 451, Phase II, Heritage Shores, Town of Bridgeville, subdivision, Northwest Fork Hundred, $298,095 12/17/07, Alan B. and Sherre L. Price to Bruce M. and Carla E. Rickards, Lot No. 5, Lands of Kenneth C. Whaley, subdivision, Broad Creek Hundred, $55,500 James O. and Carol H. O’Day to Donald Boyd and Connie M. Mitchell, Lot No. 2, lands for James O. and Carol H. O’Day, subdivision, Seaford Hundred, $139,000 12/14/07, Maureen D. and Edna E. Fitzsimmons to Brad L. Taylor, and Byron and Vickie Taylor, 25 feet of Lot No. 41, and all of Lot No. 42, and the North 10 feet of Lot No. 43, Seaford Manor, Town of Seaford, subdivision, Seaford Hundred, $175,000 12/18/07, Griffin Development, LLC to Lawrence D. and Andrea H. Ingham, Lot No. 58, Phase III, Little Meadows, Town of Blades, subdivision, Broad Creek Hundred, $80,000 12/14/07, Holly Ridge, LLC to Aristocrat Homes, Inc., Lot No. 5, Holly Ridge, subdivision, Little Creek Hundred, $87,000 12/17/07, Phuoc Van Tran to Feliciana Benitez Cruz, parcel, Seaford Hundred, $65,000

Laurel Chamber of Commerce 14 th ANNUAL

Independence Day Celebration We’d like to invite all past “Miss Laurel’s” to participate in the Parade. Please call the town hall at 875-2277 for application.

THURSDAY, JULY 3RD & FRIDAY, JULY 4TH Kick Off Thursday, July 3

Night Time Parade - 7 pm

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Applications can be picked up at Laurel Town Hall, 875-2277 Line-up begins 6 pm Awards Ceremony for parade 8:30 at band stage

Live Band “Route 1” Following parade in Janosik Park

Food & Non-Food Vendors Will Be Set Up Both Days Call 875-0370 For Application

Friday, July 4

By ticket only - Call Payroll Plus, 875-0370 Held in Janosik Park (In case of rain held at Laurel Nazarene Church)

Building Permits 04/204/28/08, Donald E. Tingle, Jr., NW/Rd. No. 74, Lot No. 1, Broad Creek Hundred, Det. Garage, $23,400 DLM LLC, Pines at Seaford, Lot No. 4, Nanticoke Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $149,995 Robino-Belle Ayre LLC, E/Rt. No. 30, N/Fleetwood Drive, Seaford Hundred, Townhomes – 6 Units, $510,000 Robino-Belle Ayre LLC, E/Rt. No. 30, N/Fleetwood Drive, Seaford Hundred, Townhomes – 6 Units, $510,000 William E. Vanvliet, Hurley and Allen Addition, Lot No. 9, Seaford Hundred, Dwelling, $114,040 Kyle J. McCabe, Deer Meadows, Lot No. 22, Northwest Fork Hundred, Attached Garage/Living Room, $37,380 05/01/08, David L. and Patricia Johnson, SE/Rd. No. 66, 1850’, SW/Rd. No. 64, Little Creek Hundred, Sunroom/Mudroom, $30,144 Robert L. and Shirley W. Colona, Phillips Street, Lot No. 12, w/Improvement, Seaford Hundred, Sunroom, $14,400 Bonnie S. Low, W/Rt. No. 579, NE/Raymond Drive, Nanticoke Hundred, Attached Garage/Storage Room, $18,312 R T Absher, Jr. General Contracting, SW/Rt. No. 16, Northwest Fork Hundred, Pole Barn, $19,200 05/02/08, Matthew D. Tull, Intersection of County Route Nos. 541 and 518, Seaford Hundred, Finish BP, $10,000 Mark F. and Shannon Banks, S/Rd. No. 557, Lot No. 9, Seaford Hundred, Inground Pool/Fence, $27,000 Donald L. Ward, Trustee, S/Rd. No. 567, Lot No. 2, Northwest Fork Hundred, Dwelling w/Additions, $113,516

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CONTESTS: To Enter The Following Contests, Call Town Hall for Applications * SMALL STAGE * Hot Dog Eating Contest *B est Homemade Pie *Best Homemade Cake *Pie Eating Contest CAR SHOW July 4 Game Zone Parking Lot

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8 am Prayer Breakfast at Laurel Nazarene Church 2 - 4 pm “The Funsters” at Laurel Fire Dept. 5 - 8 pm “The Honeycombs” at Laurel Fire Dept. - Bring your own chairs.

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HGTV seeks Delaware homes to showcase One of HGTV’s newest series, “My Big Amazing Renovation,” is coming to Delaware to film amazing renovations. Each half-hour episode features some of the most incredible renovations throughout the country and the inspiring homeowners who roll up their sleeves and transform their current home into

their dream home. We are currently looking for homeowners who: • Are just starting a major renovation (not yet framed) • Are doubling the size of their house • Are transforming the original space including the kitchen • Have several unique design

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Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 9:30 AM Onsite at 16533 Adams Rd in Laurel, DE Restored 1942 GMC Pickup, Hurst 18ft Dual Axle Car Hauler, John Deere 4300 Hydro static Tractor, Bolens Hydro Diesel Tractor, Commercial Tire Equipment, Power Tools, Onan 7500 Generator, Hand Tools and more!! Directions: At the Intersection of Rt. 13 and Rt. 24 in Laurel DE. Turn East onto Rt. 24 and follow for 4.9 miles to Adams Rd. Turn left onto Adams Rd. and follow for 0.6 miles to property on the left. Signs Posted. Equipment: Onan 7500watt single phase propane/gas generator, FMC model 8600 High Performance tire changer with tilting tower, wheel balancer, large portable beam hoist, Mountain 8 ton engine hoist, Linde 230amp welder, Lg. Baldor Electric Industries 5hp 115gal air compressor, Cyclone C25finishing mower, Heavy duty pneumatic tray lift, Sears 4000 watt 3 point alternator, Troy Bilt 5.5hp 4 in 1 chipper/shredder/vacuum, diamond plate utility cart,5ft scrape blade, 5ft spike drag, 3pt boom, 4x8 utility cart, 4000lb floor jack, B+S 5hp pressure washer, Larin 48” farm jack, McCulloch weed whacker, Poulan 225 pro chain saw, sand blaster, 3/4 hp Gould’s plus jet pump & tank, several transmissions, creosote telephone poles, truck chassis and more! Tools/Power Tools: Remline 9 drawer lift top stacking lockable tool box, IMS 16speed drill press, Craftsman 10” radial arm saw, Dewalt 12” planer, Dewalt 12” compound miter saw, Freud jointer machine, Rockwell planer, Craftsman 12” table saw, Craftsman planer, B+D router, B+D 12v cordless drill, 1 3/4hp router w/ brake, craftsman 4 in one laser trac level, Cal-Hawk Heavy duty air riveter, dual piston straight line air sander, Milwaukee jig saw, several polishers, King 1” air impact drive, Rockwell 1/2” air impact drive, KTS 1/2” air impact drive, 3/4” square air impact drive, Craftsman 1/2” air impact wrench, air palm & orbital sanders, King 8pc 1” drive deep impact socket set, 15pc 1/2” drive deep impact socket set, Metric 10pc deep impact socket set, 12pc 1/2” deep socket set, 9pc 3/4” drive set, Penens Tool Corp 1” drive set, S+K 1/2” deep drive set, (2) Snap-On torque meters, Duracraft 3/4 hp bench band saw, Herbrand compression tester kit, Craftsman monkey & crescent wrenches, Rockwell 3/4hp grinder, Chicago 4” angle grinder, Pit Bull 4 1/2” angle grinder, 6pc offset metric wrench set, Kobalt 5pc Star drive, Mitutoyo micrometers & calipers, several tap & die sets, high speed air body saw, Niehoff ignition tune up cabinet, Snap-On tool box, 20+ pipe wrenches off all sizes, large bench vise, small anvil, Porter Cable belt sander, Dewalt jig saw, Skil 8 1/4” super duty circular saw, router table, pry bars, tool belts, vintage hand tools, work benches, car ramps, ice tongs, several crescent wrenches, offset ratchet set, drill indexes, shop rollers, wheel pullers, bearing pullers, bottle jacks tri-stand jacks, come a longs, 25+ “C” clamps, aluminum ramps, aluminum shears, hole saw bits, King 50pc 1/4” mounted stone set, many ratchet straps, several creepers, parts bins, wedges, grease guns, draw bars, extension cords, dog kennel, primitive kitchen utensils, military items, vintage baseball uniforms and more. Tractors/Trailers/Motorcycle lift: John Deere 4300 Hydro Static tractor w/420 front end loader & turf tires, Bolens hydro diesel model H1502 tractor w/ Johnson 4ft front end loader & tire weights, Hurst 18’ x 108” black diamond plate dual axle 7000 lb beaver tail car hauler (like new), Tandem Axle open stock trailer, Rampage power motorcycle pickup lift ramp(lifts motorcycle into pickup bed w/ one push of a button). 1942 GMC Pickup: Completely restored 1942 GMC flare side pickup w/ extra wheels and tires, spare motor. Terms Personal Property: Cash Or Approved Check Day of sale. Visa/MC/Amex/Discover. 13% Buyer Premium. 3% Discount for cash or check. Vehicle titles held 10 days if paying by check. Everything Sold “As Is” with no warranties of any kind. Some seating provided. Food by Flannery’s of Salisbury .

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Real Estate Terms: $15,000.00 down payment in the form of Cash, Certified Check, or Cashier’s Check made payable to Jos. C. O’Neal, Inc. Balance to be paid within 45 days when a good and marketable deed will be given. The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition. A 3% Buyer’s Premium will be charged on the final selling price. Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, but it is their intent to sell said property. Broker Participation invited. Brokers must have clients registered 24 hours prior to auction. Contact our office for complete details. View complete terms at www.onealsauction.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE Trussum Pond Self Storage, LLC, located at 11323 Trussum Pond Road, Laurel, DE, will be holding a Public Auction on June 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM. The following units will be sold because of nonpayment of rent pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act. Ken Buckley - Unit A14, table, toys, stroller, desk, bed, bike, AC unit, etc. Kenyon Horsey - Unit B1, clothes and misc. Sara Phillips - Unit A41, luggage, furniture, kitchen, items, AC unit, computers, dresser, bed, etc. Joyce Silon - Unit A11, table and chairs, AC unit, clothes, furniture,, heater, fan, radio, etc. TPSS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SALE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. CASH ONLY. 5/29/2tc

PUBLIC HEARING The Commissioners of Bridgeville will hold a Public Hearing and present an Ordinance amending the Code of the Town of Bridgeville as it relates to Land Use and Development, for a second and final reading at their monthly meeting scheduled for June 9, 2008, which begins at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Hall, 101 N. Main Street, Bridgeville, Delaware. COMMISSIONERS OF BRIDGEVILLE JOSEPH T. CONAWAY, COMMISSION PRESIDENT 5/29/1tc

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NOTICE Estate of Delores E. McDowell, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Appointment of Successor Administration WWA upon the estate of Delores E. McDowell who departed this life on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2006 late of Bridgeville, DE were duly granted unto Michele ProcinoWells, Esq. on the 14th day of May, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Successor Administratrix WWA without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Successor Administratrix WWA on or before the 15th day of June, A.D. 2007 or abide by the law in this behalf. Successor Administratrix WWA: Michele Procino-Wells, Esq. 225 High Street Seaford, DE 19973 Attorney:

NOTICE Estate of Carroll V. Smith, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Carroll V. Smith who departed this life on the 1st day of May, A.D. 2008 late of Delmar, DE were duly granted unto Thelma Jean Smith Lisa Carol Smith on the 20th day of May, 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 1st day of January, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Co-Executrices: Thelma Jean Smith 11221 Line Road Delmar, DE 19940 Lisa Carol Smith 11221 Line Road Delmar, DE 19940 See LEGALS—page 39

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LEGAL NOTICE ON JUNE 23, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., Laurel Storage Center, Road 468, Laurel, DE will conduct a sale pursuant to Title 25, DEL. C. ANN. 4904-4905. The contents of the following bins will be sold: Bins: #37 Brittany Williams; $109 Lavonne Bland; #135 Melissa Parish; #153 Larry Faist; #174 Mary Gar-

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PUBLIC NOTICE The following Ordinance was approved by Sussex County Council on May 6, 2008: ORDINANCE NO. 1968 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 80, RELATING TO LOT MAINTENANCE AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 115, ZONING, ARTICLE XXV, SECTION 115191 RELATING TO THE PARKING, STORING AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES AND BOATS AND PROHIBITED ACCUMULATIONS ON NON-AGRICULTURAL LANDS, WASTE MATERIALS OUTSIDE COMMERCIAL PREMISES, ENFORCEMENT METHODS AND THE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES RESULTING THEREFROM, as amended. 5/29/1tc

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Directions: From Delmar take Rt. 54 East approx 4.5 miles, turn left on Brittingham Rd, then Right on Russell Rd. Property on Left. From Laurel, take Rt. 13 South, turn left on RT 30 (Whitesville Rd), go 3.5 miles, turn Right on Russell Rd. Property on Right. ITEM NO 1 - Tax Map 52.05, this parcel contains 1.03 ac and is improved by a home that has 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths and is improved by a metal building 32x 56 x 12, insulated, heated, commercial lighting. A Retractable Batting Cage is negotiable. Minimum selling price $191,000. ITEM NO 2 - Tax Map 52.06 is described as 1.44 Acres on Russell Rd, approved to build 5 Bedroom home w/sand mound system. Minimum sale price $61,000. ITEM NO 3 - Tax Map 52.07 is described as 2.44 Acres on Soil work approved but expired. Minimum Sale Price $84,000. ITEM NO 4 - Tax Map 52.08 is described as 2.19 Acres, approved septic, 5 Bedroom Home w/sand mound system, 14”. Minimum Sale Price $66,000. ITEM NO 5 - Tax Map 52.09 is described as 1 Acre Parcel w/approved septic for 5 Bedroom Home, 14” mound system. Minimum Sale Price $56,000. ITEM NO 6 - Tax Map 52.10 is described as 4.97 Acres w/approved septic for 5 Bedroom Home, 14” mound system. Minimum Sale Price $91,000. ITEM NO 8 - Tax Map 52.02 is described as remaining 26 Acre Farm on Russell Rd w/ approx 13 Acres open, nice woodland with trails and pond. Adjoins Parcels 1, 2, 3 & 4. Minimum Sale Price is $298,000. ITEM NO 9 - Tax Map 59.01 on Russell Rd. This parcel contains approx .9 Acres. No work has been done for perculation. Minimum Sale Price $45,000. ***2% Buyer’s Premium on each Item*** TERMS (REAL ESTATE) - $7,500 down on day of sale for each parcel. These properties are being sold “AS IS.” For complete terms see the web site or call the office. Buyer and Seller split the 3% Delaware Transfer Tax.

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MORNING STAR LEGALS - from Page 38 Pursuant to Chancery Court Rule 190 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 5/29/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Perry Bell, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of Perry Bell who departed this life on the 5th day of November, A.D. 2007 late of Bridgeville, DE were duly granted unto Michele Procino Wells, Esq. on the 14th day of May, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Administratrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the

deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administratrix on or before the 5th day of July, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf. Administratrix: Michele Procino-Wells, Esq. 225 High Street Seaford, DE 19973 Attorney: Michele Procino-Wells, Esq. 225 High street Seaford, DE 19973 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 5/29/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Bruce Barnes Truitt, Sr., Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Bruce Barnes Truitt, Sr. who departed this life on

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the 25th day of March, A.D. 2008 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Elnora L. Truitt on the 12th day of May, 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 25th day of November, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executrix: Elnora L. Truitt 120 Virginia Ave. Seaford, DE 19973 Attorney: Susan Huesman Mitchell, Esq. Tunnel & Raysor P.A. 3- East Pine Street Georgetown, DE 19947

PUBLIC ESTATE AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE & HOME, PORTABLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, ANTIQUES, COINS, GLASSWARE, & PERSONAL PROPERTY Estate of Martin & Evelyn Lynch & also selling from the Estate of Walt Chamblee Location: 10549 Georgtown Road Laurel, DE 19956. From Rt. 13 South in Laurel turn right across from Bargain Bill’s. Property is located on right just past the Laurel Farmer’s Auction Market and almost directly across from North Laurel Elementary School. (Sign Posted)

Saturday, June 7, 2008 Personal Property @ 10:00 a.m. • Real Estate @ 12:00 Noon Inspection of Real Estate: Tuesday, May 27th from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2 - 3 p.m. , Tues.. June 3, 4 - 5 p.m. or by appointment. Real Estate: This property is identified on the Sussex County Tax Map as parcel 2-32-12.15-5.00 and is rectangular in shape. The property has 75 feet of frontage along Georgetown Road, the east side of the property has a depth of 284 feet, the west side has a depth 258 feet and the property is 75 feet across the back portion. The property is improved with a 2 story bungalow type home. The home has 2 bedrooms, full bathroom, kitchen, living room, den, enclosed front porch and back mud/utility room all located on the first floor. The second floor consists of 2 bedrooms and large closet. This parcel is also improved with a detached one car garage w/work area, and small storage/workshop w/concrete floor. The home has recently been updated in the last few years with new vinyl Polar windows and asphalt shingle roof. This home has been very well maintained over the years and is not in need of any major updates. The property has a shared paved driveway and is just outside the town limits of Laurel. Real Estate Terms: $7,500.00 down payment on the day of auction in the form of cash or certified check payable to Andrew O’Neal Auctions. Settlement to occur within 45 days. Buyer and Seller to equally share all State & County transfer costs. Buyer to pay the cost of preparing and recording the deed and any other costs that may occur. Failure to comply with the terms of sale will result in the down payment being forfeited and the property resold at the expense of the buyer. Property is being sold, “AS IS”. 3 % Buyer’s Premium. Sellers have the right to accept or reject any or all bids but it is in their intent to sell said property in order to settle the estate. Personal Property: Sussex Co. early overpainted 1 door wall cupboard, 4 pc. Heywood Wakefield maple bedroom suite, 4 pc. Art Deco bedroom suite, 3 pc. bedroom suite w/twin beds, Sheraton style drop-leaf table, Hoveround motorized scooter, mahogany game table, mahogany coffee table, mahogany stands, chest of dwrs., sofa, Q.A. style arm chair, swivel rocker, recliner, bamboo shelf, gold wall mirror, floor safe, wicker bassinet, baby crib, highchairs, hall tree, child’s rocker, plank btm. rockers, quilt rack, sewing machine, old Singer sewing machine, flat-top trunk, several portable color TV’s w/remotes, Amana refrigerator/freezer combo. (like new), Maytag electric stove, Maytag washer, Mears Seaford, DE milk bottle, Roy Rogers lunchbox, cranberry glass hat, cat-on-nest, 1938 Laurel High School graduation photo, several old postcards, linens, advertising items, hat pins, costume jewelry, Sussex Trust Bank glasses, pattern glass pcs., Pyrex mixing bowls, set of Oneida flatware, set of floral decorated fine china w/floral decoration, Corning Ware, etched stemware, green depression vinegar cruet, glasses, pots, pans, and many other items. 8’x12’ portable storage shed, 6’x8’ portable storage shed, Toro Wheel Horse 13 h.p. riding mower w/ 38”deck, homemade single axle utility trailer, Power Kraft 295 welder, yard cart, salt-treated yard swing, wooden windmill, metal windmill, Snapper push mower, Purple Martin house, sm. hog pot, walking plows, washtubs, Penzoil Oil City, PA Hydraulic Oil can, car ramps, gas cans, sawhorses, hammers, screwdrivers, yard & garden tools, water cans, bushel baskets, step ladders, picnic table, A/C, metal yard chairs, numerous hand tools, screws, bolts, and many items too numerous to mention. Coins: A collection of coins to include: $100 Red Certificate, $5, $2, & $1 Silver Certificates, Walking Liberty Halves, Franklin Halves, Ike Dollars, Mercury Dimes, Peace Dollars, and several other coins. Personal Property Terms: Cash or Approved Check day of sale. All items are sold, “AS-IS”. 10% Buyer’s Premium. Removal day of sale. Portable buildings will need to be removed within 2 weeks after auction. Note: This home was built new by Mr. & Mrs. Lynch in 1950 and is in immaculate condition. It has been very well maintained over the years and would make an excellent home for a young couple or someone who is looking to down-size. We will be selling items from the Lynch Estate and the Estate of Walt Chamblee who was the son-in-law of Mr. & Mrs. Lynch. An auction you do not want to miss! Food Served.

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David L. Wilson Register of Wills 5/22/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Ellen M. Brown, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Ellen M. Brown who departed this life on the 11th day of April, A.D. 2008 late of Milton, DE were duly granted unto Barbara B. Dennis, Dawn E. Crouch on the 5th day of May, 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 11th day of December, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

PAGE 39 Co-Executrices: Barbara B. Dennis 18063 White Oak Drive Milton, DE 19968 Dawn E. Crouch 18063 White Oak Drive Milton, DE 19968 Attorney: Barbara O'Leary Barbara-Cherrix O'Leary, Esq. P.O. Box 305 Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 Pursuant to Chancery Court Rule 190 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 5/15/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Julia L. (Elizabeth) Price, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Julia L. (Elizabeth) Price who departed this life on the 5th day of April, A.D. 2008 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Joan E. Simp-

son, Joseph M. Price, Harry L. Price on the 30th day of April, A.D. 2008, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Co-Executors without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Co-Executors on or before the 5th day of December, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf. Co-Executors: Joan E. Simpson 504 S. Kaywood Dr. Salisbury, MD 21804 Joseph M. Price 112 Iroquois Ct. The Woods, Newark, DE 19702 Harry L. Price 10430 44th Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 5/15/3tc

IMPORTANT ESTATE AUCTION VALUABLE REAL ESTATE TWO WATERFRONT PARCELS FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008 AT 1:00 PM

Location: 26866 Walker Road, Seaford, Delaware. Traveling on Route 13 in Seaford, Delaware, turn west onto Route 20 (Stein Highway). Proceed 2.7 miles and turn left at Service Glass onto Figg Road. Follow 1 mile and turn first left onto Craig’s Mill Road (towards Walker Marine). Go 4/10 mile and turn slight left onto Woodland Road. Turn first right onto Walker Road and continue 1/4 mile to the house and property on the right. Signs will be posted. REAL ESTATE - 1:00 p.m.: Sussex County Tax ID # 5-31 15.00 102.00 This valuable waterfront property with mature landscaping is approximately 230’ x 175’ x 130’ x 220’+/- and is located on the stream of Lewis Creek, a tributary to the Nanticoke River. It is improved with a 1500 sq/ft +/- brick ranch home which consists of three bedrooms, one recently updated full bath, kitchen, dining area, living room, laundry room, 10’ x 20’ rear screened porch, 25’ x 30’ attached two car garage and attic storage. It has an updated asphalt shingle roof, 200 amp electric service, oil fired boiler for hot water baseboard heat & hot water, central air conditioning and a private well and septic system. Amenities include GE Profile side by side refrigerator/freezer, GE wall oven, Kenmore flat top electric range, GE clothes washer and Kenmore clothes dryer. There is a 12’ x 20’ detached storage building with an overhead door. Sussex County Tax Map # 5-31 15.00 101.00 This adjoining lot measuring approximately 75’ x 135’ +/- with no improvements offers a natural sanctuary for wildlife. Real Estate Terms: Purchaser shall pay $20,000.00 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.

The Estate of Kathy Lynn Lord, Norma Knowles, Executrix Auctioneer’s Note: Make plans to attend this Auction of valuable real estate. Located in a quiet rural setting with access to the Nanticoke River, these parcels are nearby many major destinations and only minutes from major Routes 13 and 404. Visit our web site for a detailed listing, several color photos and a complete real estate deed description.

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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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Sussex County unveils new $142 million budget for next fiscal year Sussex County leaders rolled out the proposed $142 million budget for Fiscal Year 2009, a spending plan that will fund essential County services and meet public needs in spite of a changing economy and leaner revenues. County Administrator David B. Baker presented to County Council the proposed budget for the new fiscal year that begins July 1. Baker was joined by Finance Director Susan M. Webb, Budget and Cost Manager Kathy L. Roth and Accounting Division Director Gina M. Jennings in proposing the 2008-2009 plan, titled “Balanced Progress.” Baker said the proposed budget keeps in place the county’s property tax rate of 44.5 cents per $100 of assessed value, and does not call for any sewer service rate increases other than for one-time connection fees for new customers. Baker said the continuing downturn in the local housing market, along with rising energy prices, will affect the County’s revenue and subsequent spending in the next 12 months. But, Baker said, budget writers believe they have a fiscally conservative plan. “We have a budget that meets ours and the public’s needs,” Baker said. “But this is a lean budget. We are maintaining services, but in order to do that, it means using appropriated reserves and meticulously going through and eliminating what could be eliminated. At the same time, we have looked for ways to better manage costs in the future, from healthcare to capital projects.” The proposed total budget is down from the current year’s by approximately $113,000, or .08 percent. County general fund revenues and expenditures have declined $3.1 million, 5.4 percent. County Council will hold a public hearing on the proposal during its 10 a.m. meeting Tuesday, June 17. Council must adopt a budget before the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Budget writers this year had to once again pay special attention to declining revenue from the real estate transfer tax – the 3 percent levy attached to most property sales, and split between the state and the county or town. In the current year’s budget, the estimated revenue from realty transfer was $22.4 million. For Fiscal 2009, the county projects to collect $17.9 million in realty transfer tax, 20 percent decrease. Baker noted that of major concern this budget year is possible State legislation to reduce the local share of the realty transfer tax. If a change is made in the distribution formula, thereby reducing the County’s share, cuts would occur to various programs included in the proposed budget. Among some of the highlights of the proposed Fiscal 2009

budget are: • $39 million for capital sewer improvements, expansions of existing sewer districts and the addition of future districts. • $23 million dedicated for public safety, representing no change from the Fiscal 2008 budget. The funding will pay for the paramedic program, grants to volunteer fire companies and town police forces, as well as cover the addition of four state

state troopers. • $16.4 million for non-sewer capital improvements, including funding for a runway expansion at the Sussex County Airport and Industrial Park, a new communications equipment building to accompany the new Emergency Operations Center, and expansions at the South Coastal and Milton libraries; • $750,000 to continue open space acquisition, in partnership

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with the non-profit Sussex County Land Trust and the Delaware Department of Agriculture. The proposed budget also calls for a 2 percent performance increase for County employees, and a 1 percent increase for County pensioners. Baker said in addition to the annual budget, the County staff has prepared a five-year capital improvement plan totaling $277 million. That plan includes proj-

ects that are not necessarily part of the proposed budget, but are anticipated in future years. Mrs. Webb said Sussex County, like other local governments and the state, was faced with tough budget decisions this year. A copy of the proposed Fiscal Year 2009 budget, as well as the accompanying budget letter, can be viewed or downloaded from the county’s website, at www.sussexcountyde.gov.

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Shown (l to r) is the 2008 Laurel High baseball team: front- Branden Fischer, Josh Kosiorowski, Lance Kelley, Billy Yossick, Zach Bonniwell, Esmond Ennis; backhead coach Jerry Mears, Jay Leibforth, Brandon Hearne, David Bartee, Jamie Ruhl, Jake Dubinski, Matt Parker, Chris Cutsail, Kyle Brown, and coach Glenn Phillips. Not pictured is Brandon Horsey. Photo by Pat Murphy

Surprising Bulldogs fall to number one Salesianum, 5-1, in state tourney By Pat Murphy It was a classic David and Goliath battle on Saturday, May 24 as top seeded Salesianum hosted 16th seeded Laurel in the first round of the state tournament. The Sals came away with a hard fought 5-1 win in a battle of left handers. The intensity of the Bulldogs may have come as a surprise to the Sals but it shouldn’t have as the Bulldogs beat them, 6-2, in a 2000 contest. Winning pitcher Michael Reardon pitched six innings allowing only four hits (two by Kyle Brown) and one run. Gabriel DeAscanis pitched a scoreless seventh to ensure the win. Freshman left hander Branden Fischer took the loss for Laurel allowing five runs while going the route. Fischer kept the game close into the fourth inning when the Sals scored two runs and pulled away from a 2-1 nailbiter of a game. Major League Baseball is looking for ways to shorten the length of games. Maybe they should have watched this game as the two lefties were done in one hour and 27 minutes. The game began with Reardon striking out the side for three of his seven strikeouts. Timothy Rosser led off for the Sals and was hit by a pitch. Tom Visk popped up to second but John Rolewicz singled sending Rosser to third. Bill Defeo then spanked a 1-1 delivery to right to score Rosser with a sac fly. After a stolen base and a walk, Zack Lopes singled in the second run. The Bulldogs again went down in order in the second and the Sals also failed to score. The Bulldogs scored their only run of the day in the third and, had it not been for a sensational catch by left fielder Clay Enrio, they would have had more. Jamie Ruhl started things with a single followed by Kyle Brown, who placed a hit just inside the right field line. Josh Kosiorowski then sacrificed the runners to second and third and Kelley drove in a run with his grounder to first. Chris Cutsail then hit a ball right on the left field chalkline but Enrio made a diving outstretched grab to

Laurel pitcher Stephanie Wheatley comes home with a pitch during her team’s 3-1 loss to Caesar Rodney in the first round of the state tournament. Wheatley allowed three runs on six hits and struck out eight in six innings. Center fielder Alexis Oliphant is shown in background. Photo by Mike McClure

Laurel softball season ends with 3-1 loss to Caesar Rodney in states By Mike McClure

Laurel lefty Branden Fischer delivers a pitch during his team’s win over Indian River last Monday. Fischer allowed five runs in seven innings in his team’s 5-1 loss to Salesianum in state tournament play on Saturday. Photo by Mike McClure

end the inning and the rally. In the fourth the Sals scored two runs highlighted by Defeo’s two-run triple. Before that Rosser reached as he was hit by a pitch for the second time and Visk singled. In the Bulldog fifth inning, Laurel got singles by David Bartee and Brown before Reardon settled down and got the next two hitters out. The Sals added an insurance run in the sixth as Rosser reached base for the fourth time on a high, wind blown triple before scoring on a squeeze bunt. Continued on page 45

Timely hitting proved to be the difference in last Wednesday’s state softball tournament game between Laurel and Caesar Rodney. The homestanding Riders, ranked fifth, topped 13th seeded Laurel, 3-1, thanks in part to two clutch home runs. Laurel got on the board first in the top of the first inning when Brooke Evans walked, moved to second on sac bunt by Kelsey Oliphant, stole third, and came home on Jenna Cahall’s triple. CR’s Megan Bilbrough led off the Riders’ half of the first with a game-tying home run. Laurel starter Stephanie Wheatley recorded a pair of strikeouts and right fielder Kelsey Willey made a nice running grab to end the inning. In the bottom of the second, Stephanie Hearin hit a leadoff triple and scored on a sac bunt by Emily Carr and an error to make it 2-1. Carr reached first on the play and moved to third on a sac bunt and a steal before Wheatley recorded two more strikeouts to end the threat. In the top of the fourth, Kelsey Oliphant singled over the first base bag to start the inning and Cahall showed bunt and slapped the ball to the shortstop for an infield single as she beat Carr, the second baseman, to first base. CR pitcher Jillian Olmstead responded with three

Laurel shortstop Brooke Evans prepares to go to first after drawing a walk during last week’s state tournament game. Evans had two walks and a run in the Bulldogs’ 3-1 loss to CR. Photo by Mike McClure

strikeouts to leave the runners on base. Hearin hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the inning to extend the Riders’ lead to 3-1. Caesar Rodney had runners on second and third with two away Continued on page 44

Laurel Star is looking for a sports writer/photographer The Laurel Star is looking for a freelance sports writer and photographer to help cover youth sports in the summer and possibly high school and youth sports in the fall. Previous writing experience is necessary. The ability to take action photos is preferred. Please submit your resume and three writing samples to the Star (attention: Mike McClure): P.O. Box 1000, Seaford, DE 19973; 302-629-9243 (f); or sports@mspublications.com. Resumes and writing samples must be received by Monday, June 16.

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Lady Ravens top Concord, fall to Archmere in states

Shown (l to r) is the Salisbury Christian softball team which won the PACC tournament recently: front row: Beth Johnson, Whitney Smith, Kelly Magee, Jessie Baker, Emily Mills; middle row: Todd Baker (coach), Samantha Seifert, Emily Eskridge, Lyndsey Phelps, Jessica Gundry, Virginia Walther, Andrea Hudson, M.E. Workman, Lauren Reddish, Bob Maddux (coach); back row: Rick Reddish and Ruth Ann Seifert (coaches).

Salisbury Christian School softball wins PACC title The Salisbury Christian School Lady Jaguars finished their softball season tied for second in the PACC conference. They won the PACC playoff championship with a 1-0 win over the Greenwood Mennonite Flames. Sam Seifert (sophomore) pitched a one hit shutout with 10 strikeouts. Andrea Hudson and Whitney Smith (both juniors) each had one hit and Emily Eskridge (senior) had two hits including a home run.

The Sussex Tech varsity softball team defeated Concord, 16-0, in the first round of the state tournament before falling to Archmere, 2-0, in the quarterfinals. The Ravens scored 16 runs on 12 hits and took advantage of seven Concord errors in Wednesday’s win. Sussex Tech starter Brooke Tull struck out 17 and hurled a no hitter. Tull also had three hits, Jenna Allen had three hits including a pair of home runs and a double. Logan Pavlik added two hits including a home run, and Kelsey Doherty went 2-for-4. Tull had another solid outing in Saturday’s quarterfinals against Archmere, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out 13, but Sussex Tech could not collect a hit in the 2-0 loss.

Bunting, Sellers place in top 15 in conference tournament Sussex Tech’s Clayton Bunting tied for third (80) and Andrew Sellers was 13th (85) in the Henlopen Conference tournament last Thursday. The Ravens placed third (340) behind Caesar Rodney (329) and Cape Henlopen (332).

Sussex Tech pitcher Brooke Tull comes home with a pitch during her team’s 2-0 loss to Archmere in the state quarterfinals last Saturday. Tull allowed two runs on four hits and struck out 13 in the loss. Photo by David Elliott

Seaford Department of Recreation to hold football clinic The Seaford Department of Recreation will hold a football clinic July 31- August 2 from 5-8 p.m. The clinic is open to children ages 7-13 at a cost of $20. This is a noncontact clinic that will focus on the fundamentals and basic skills of football. It will be instructed by Darnell Savage and other recreation football coaches.

Late breaking sports news can be found on page 46.

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Local athletes cap track season with meet of champions The following local athletes placed in the top seven in the high school track and field meet of champions last Wednesday in Dover: Boys- 100 meter- 5. Darius Sivels, Sussex Tech, 11.42; 800- 2. Andrew Townsend, Sussex Tech, 1:55.24; 1,600- 1. David Ricksecker, Sussex Tech, 4:23.52; long jump- 4. Sivels, Sussex Tech, 20’ 7”, 6. Keyshawn Purnell, Seaford, 42’ 6”, 7. David Albert, Laurel, 19’ 11”; triple jump- 6. Purnell, Seaford, 42’ 6”, 7. Albert, Laurel, 42’ 5”; high jump- 7. Lee Mayer, Seaford, 5’ 8”, 8. Sivels, Sussex Tech, 5’ 8”; pole vault- 5. Zach Hearn, Seaford, 11’ 6” Girls- long jump- 7. Ambre’ Burbage, Seaford, 32’ 8 1/2”; shotput- 5. Kaneesha Gardner, Seaford, 34’ 8 1/2”

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Laurel Stars of the Week Laurel Star minor league journal By Shawn Phillips

Male Athlete of the WeekKyle Brown- Laurel High Laurel junior Kyle Brown collected two of the Bulldogs’ four hits in a state tournament loss to Salesianum last Saturday. Brown, a first team all-conference selection, was limited to DH duty due to an injured arm.

Female Athlete of the Week- Jenna Cahall- Laurel Laurel’s Jenna Cahall went 3-for-3 at the plate in her team’s loss to Caesar Rodney in the first round of the state tournament last Wednesday. Cahall had a triple and an RBI for the Bulldogs.

Honorable mention- Katie McMahon- Delmar; Kelsey Oliphant- Laurel; Brooke Evans- Laurel; Jenna Allen- Sussex Tech; Brooke Tull- Sussex Tech; Logan PavlikSussex Tech; Zach Bonniwell- Laurel; Branden Fischer- Laurel; Lance Kelley- Laurel; David Albert- Laurel; Andrew Townsend- Sussex Tech; Darius Sivels- Sussex Tech; Clayton Bunting- Sussex Tech; Andrew Sellers- Sussex Tech; James Smith, Sussex Tech; David Ricksecker- Sussex Tech

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Hello again from Jupiter, Fla. Well first of all I want to say congratulations to the Laurel High School softball and baseball teams for making the state tournament. I hope everyone enjoyed there Memorial Day weekend. This week I ended up getting surgery on my elbow (on Thursday). The procedure went well, they ended up taking a loose bone piece out that was in my elbow and they said that’s what was giving me my problems. So on Friday I went to the field and sat down with my trainer and he explained to me that they are shooting for the middle of August to the end of August for me to be able to throw in a game. I also started my rehab on Friday by doing some exercises with the trainers and stretching my elbow and trying to get my extension and flexion back. On Saturday it was the same routine. It’s going to stay that way until I get my extension and flexion back but starting

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next week I do start lifting again on my legs just to keep them in shape. Sunday was our off day and it was a good day to be a sports fan because you had the Indy 500, then some baseball, then the Coca Cola 600, and finally NBA basketball. So I pretty much didn’t leave my hotel room all day.

Laurel Little League scores for the week of May 19 Softball- Minor League- Allen Body Works 6, Taninis 4- Sabrina Savage and Sarah James each went 2-for-2 with two runs; Zariyah Street and Lexi Allen went 2for-2; and Brooke Jones batted 2-for-2 with a run. Harley Tuck, Taylor French, and Moriah Reid went 1-for-2. Reid also scored a run. Jones and James pitched and allowed only one hit after the second inning with Hames pitching a two inning no-hitter for Allen. Baseball- Major League- Red Sox 9, Orioles 8- For the Red Sox, Tim Kelley had two walks and two runs scored; Ronnie Milligan had three walks and two runs scored; R.J. Horsey was hit by a pitch and added two walks and two runs scored; and Tim Wooten walked and had two hits and three runs scored. Cade Pusey walked, Justin Hill had a hit, and Kevin Garris walked. Horsey gave up four runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout; Pusey pitched one and two thirds innings, giving up no runs on one hit, walking two, and striking out three; Hill pitched two and a third innings, giving up no runs on no hits, with no walks and four strikeouts; and Kelley pitched one and two thirds innings giving up four runs on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts. For the Orioles, Shane Baker had two walks and one run scored; Alan Lubiniecki had a single and one run scored; Tyrone Jenkins added two hits and two runs scored, Jeremy Metz collected two hits, a walk and two runs scored; and Brandon Johnson walked and scored a run. Conner Evans had a walk and a hit; Travis Neeley was hit by a pitch; and Daniel Smith scored a run. Jenkins pitched three innings, giving up five runs on two hits, walking seven with seven strikeouts. Lubiniecki pitched two plus innings giving up three runs on one hit with three walks and four strikeouts. Smith pitched to one batter, giving up an unearned run with no walks, no hits, and no stikeouts. Red Sox 14, Orioles 4- For the Red Sox, Trent Hearn had a hit, two walks, and four runs; Patrick Littleton collected two hits and scored two runs; Tim Kelley doubled, tripled and scored two runs; and Tim Wooten added two hits, a walk and one run scored. R.J. Horsey had a hit and one run scored; Cade Pusey doubled; Justin Hill singled, doubled, and scored a run; and Irvan Casano chipped in with two singles and three runs scored. Ronnie Milligan pitched one and one third innings, giving up three runs on two hits, walking three and striking out three. Hearn pitched one and two thirds innings, giving up one run on one hit while walking three and striking out three. Pusey pitched three innings giving up no runs on no hits while walking one and striking out four. For the Orioles, Shane Baker had two walks, a hit by a pitch and one run; Alex Davis walked and scored two runs, Tyrone Jenkins doubled, walked, and scored a run; Conner Evans singled and doubled; and Stephen Perdue, Travis Neeley, and Jeremy Metz each walked. Daniel Smith pitched four innings, giving up eight runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Evans pitched one and two thirds innings, giving up six runs on four hits. Davis pitched one of an inning, giving up no runs on two hits with no walks and one strikeout. Laurel and Delmar coaches: Send your results to the Star at 302-629-9243 (f) or sports@mspublications.com today. Give your players the recognition they deserve by putting their names in the Laurel and Delmar newspaper, the Star.

Send us your sports scores - it’s easy! SOFTBALL STATE TOURNEY- Laurel’s Mariah Dickerson makes contact with a pitch during last week’s state tournament game in Camden. Dickerson reached first on an error in the final inning of the 3-1 loss. Photo by Mike McClure

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.

Western Sussex’s only source for local sports- the Star.

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Henlopen Conference spring sports all-conference teams

Laurel’s Kelsey Willey tries for the diving grab in right field as center fielder Alexis Oliphant looks to back her up. Willey made a nice running grab in the first inning of Wednesday’s state tournament game against CR. Photo by Mike McClure

Laurel softball continued following an error, an infield single, and a sac bunt before Cahall fielded a ground ball at third and threw to first for the final out. Cahall singled to right for her third hit of the game in the top of the sixth inning, but she was left on base. In the seventh, Mariah Dickerson reached first on what was ruled an error before being stranded to give CR the 3-1 win. “We just couldn’t come up with any clutch hitting,” said Laurel head coach

Margo Morris. “They (CR) were down one and responded well. That’s what we’ve got to do. We have to be able to respond.” Cahall went 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI, Evans had two walks and a run, and Kelsey Oliphant went 1-for-2. Wheatley allowed three runs on six hits and struck out eight in six innings of work. “The positive thing about this is that we only lose one senior. Maybe the five games we lost by one run we’ll win by more than one run (next year),” Morris said.

Baseball- Henlopen North- first teamCody Shields, Sussex Tech, first base; Steve Sharff, Sussex Tech, third base second team- Eric Sharff, Sussex Tech, pitcher; Zach Adkins, Sussex Tech, pitcher honorable mention- Seth Hastings, Sussex Tech; coach of the year- Tom Pegelow, Sussex Tech Henlopen South- first team- Zach Bonniwell, Laurel, catcher; Lance Kelley, Laurel, second base; Derrik Gibson, Seaford, shortstop; Robbie Payne, Seaford, outfielder; Kyle Brown, Laurel, DH; Matt Campbell, Delmar, utility second team- Dylan Shupe, Delmar, pitcher; David Bartee, Laurel, pitcher; Joey Mitchell, Seaford, second base; Jose Dina, Delmar, outfield; Matt Parker, Laurel, outfield; Tyler Joseph, Seaford, outfield; Dustin Richards, Woodbridge, utility Honorable mention- David Webster, Delmar; Brandon Hearne, Laurel; Micah Idler, Woodbridge Golf- first team- Clayton Bunting, Sussex Tech; Kyle Messick, Sussex Tech second team- Richard Atkins, Sussex Tech; Herb Quick, Sussex Tech honorable mention- Wes Breda, Delmar; Chris Moore, Laurel; Matt Lank, Seaford; Dustin Miller, Sussex Tech Boys’ lacrosse- first team- Taylor Ballard, Delmar, midfield second team- Quinn Stewart, Sussex Tech, attack; Ben Bateman, Sussex Tech, midfield; Tyler Justice, Sussex Tech, defense honorable mention- Justin Thomas, Delmar; David Fluharty, Sussex Tech coach of the year- Mark Quillin, Delmar Girls’ soccer- first team- Katie McMahon, Delmar; Corie Elliott, Delmar; Regina Fiacco, Sussex Tech; Bethany Callaway, Sussex Tech; Kelsey Hoch, Seaford Second team- Maribeth Beach, Delmar; Brittani Scott, Delmar; Lindsay James,

Seaford; Kylee Rickards, Sussex Tech; Kelli Warner, Woodbridge; Kelsey Murrell, Delmar; Leslie DeRoche, Woodbridge; Tori Seuss, Sussex Tech; Katie Elliott, Delmar Honorable mention- Haley Keenan, Delmar; Dianne Paul, Laurel; Amanda Merritt, Seaford; Cassy Galon, Sussex Tech; Melissa Baker, Woodbridge Co-coach of the year- Greg Cathell, Delmar Softball- first team- Brooke Tull, Sussex Tech, pitcher; Grace Reardon, Woodbridge, outfield; Alexis Oliphant, Laurel, outfield; Leah Bowman, Woodbridge, utility; Rhonda Warrington, Sussex Tech, atlarge; Kelsey Oliphant, Laurel, at-large Second team- Danielle Griffin, Woodbridge, pitcher; Kelsey Doherty, Sussex Tech, second base; Jenna Allen, Sussex Tech, third base; Jenna Cahall, Laurel, third base; Amanda Swift, Seaford, outfield; Alison Bloodsworth, Delmar, outfield; Kelsey Riggleman, Seaford, at-large; Stephanie Wheatley, Laurel, at-large; Gabby Andrade, Delmar, at-large; Melony Thompson, Sussex Tech, at-large Honorable mention- Mallory Elliott, Delmar; Jenna Adkins, Seaford; Lauren Smith, Sussex Tech; Jenna Schrock, Woodbridge Boys’ tennis- first team- Tim Halter, Seaford, second singles Second team- Tony Fascelli and Trevor Lee, Seaford, first doubles; Ethan Lee and Drew Venables, Seaford, second doubles Girls’ tennis- second team- Kelly Kimpton, Seaford, first singles Boys’ track- first team- Aaron Betts, Steve Spera, Andrew Townsend, David Ricksecker, Sussex Tech 4X800; Ricksecker, 1600 and 3200; Townsend, 800; Keyshawn Purnell, Seaford, long jump; Lee Mayer, Seaford, high jump Second team- Gernie Purnell, Seaford, 400

See next week’s Star for first team all-conference photos. Sussex Tech baseball team falls in state tournament The Sussex Tech varsity baseball team fell to A.I. duPont in the first round of the state tournament last Saturday. James Smith collected the Ravens’ only two hits while Zach Adkins picked up the loss.

laurelstar.com CALL LEE JOHNSON Laurel’s Jenna Cahall beats the throw to first as Caesar Rodney second baseman Emily Carr stretches for the throw. Cahall had three hits in the state tournament game. Photo by Mike McClure

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Delmar Sports Scene By Tommy Young

The Laurel baseball team congratulates Brandon Hearne following a home run in last Monday’s comeback win over Indian River. The Bulldogs’ season came to an end with a 5-1 loss to Salesianum in the first round of the state tournament last Saturday. Photo by Mike McClure

Laurel baseball continued In the Bulldogs’ seventh, Brandon Hearne led off with a walk against DeAscanis. One out later Jake Dubkinski hit a high chopper to first and Caruso reached high to grab it and quickly chased down and tagged Hearne to end the game. Bulldog notes: The Bulldogs took the first round loss hard but coach Jerry Mears was particularly complimentary of his team. “I am proud of them and how they played,” said Mears. “We played hard all year.” Kyle Brown was limited to designated hitter as he was not able to throw a baseball due to an arm injury. He managed two of Laurel’s four hits. Mears also said of his 2008 team in an emotional finish to his interview, “This is one of the most fun years I have had. They are a great bunch of boys.” The Bulldogs lose Zach Bonniwell, Lance Kelley, Brandon Horsey, Jay Liebforth, David Bartee, and Matt Parker to graduation.

I still did not get all the information I needed to do the column on the 2008 graduating seniors who played on Delmar High School teams and are planning to go to colleges and hopefully continue their athletic careers. So I did what I thought was the next best thing which was pull the column I wrote in the BiState Weekly 50 years ago about the names of the players that were on the first Little League rosters just before they played their first game in 1958. Next week that promised column will appear for sure. Operation Little League got underway this week (Wednesday, August 13, 1958) with a double header, but will not hold opening day ceremonies until Friday before the single game will start at 6 p.m. The teams will then play single games every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings at 6 p.m. Here are the opening day rosters: VFW Budd-p, Malone-c, Powell-1st, Naugle-2nd, Burnete-3rd, Maloney-ss, Daugherty-of, Hammond-of, Culver-of, Wood, lf, Shedaker-lf, Good-of, Davis-p; DFD Ellis-p, Richardson-c, Rodger-1st, Phillips-2nd, Wood-3rd, Wootten-ss, Joseph-of, Porter-of, Lecates-of, Webster-lf, Sehmans-1st and p, Sullivan, of, Elzey-of; Moose Cugler-p, Williams-c, Cullen-1st, Green-2nd, Mullen-3rd, Campbell-ss, Baker-of, Prouse-of, Daughtery-of, Dryden-p, Webster-p,

Bowden-of; Lions G. Cugler-p, B. Cugler-c, Dishroon-1st, Lecompte-2nd, Neil-3rd, Baker-ss, Hovatter-of, Elliottof, Wilson-of, Hammond-lf, Nichols-c, Stickles-p. ASSISTS AND ERRORS- We just found out that the Delmar High baseball team that was on “the bubble” with several other teams did not make the state playoffs, but still had a good season considering that they went 12-8 in the tough Henlopen Conference where a hit or one less error here or there could have made the difference in a win or a loss and easily put them in the playoffs. That is why every game is important when the season ends like this. But there is always next year, and the Wildcats have some pretty good players coming back, so “Wait til next year.” On a brighter note, and although it has nothing to do with sports, I would like to congratulate Mike Barton on the outstanding column she wrote last week on Frank Sinatra and his music. The only word that came to my lips was “amen” because there never was and never will be another man to handle a “pop” song as good or effortless than he did. Late in his career he had lost a little range on some of the songs he had sung with such ease earlier, but he made up for that by handling them in a different manner and was still the best around.

Laurel senior Lance Kelley makes a pitch during his team’s win over Indian River in the regular season finale. Kelley drove in a run in Saturday’s 5-1 loss in the first round of the state tournament. Photo by Mike McClure

Laurel senior catcher Zach Bonniwell looks to the dugout for the sign during last Saturday’s state tournament game against Salesianum. Photo by Pat Murphy

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Seaford's Joey Mitchell pitched the Blue Jays into the final four in the Delaware State High School Baseball Tournament with seven strong innings this past Tuesday, defeating the A.I. DuPont Tigers 4-3. Mitchell scattered six hits, walked one batter and struck out three in the Jays’ win. Seaford plays the Sallies Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Frawley Stadium. Photo by Gene Bleile

Seaford Blue Jays advance to state baseball tournament semifinals By Gene Bleile Behind the strong pitching of sophomore Joey Mitchell (seven innings) and timely hitting of first baseman Ross Miller (single and two RBIs in the top of the fourth inning) the Blue Jays baseball team came from behind twice in the game to defeat tournament favorite A.I. DuPont in the state quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Tyler Joseph scored from third base on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to give the Jays a 4-3 lead. Mitchell got a strike out and two ground outs to end the game. Game highlights included: Derrik Gibson’s double off the fence and intentional walk, Ross Miller went 1-4 with two RBIs and Tyler Joseph hit 1-1 with a double and two runs scored.

State 1,600 meter meet of champions winner Dave Ricksecker will be heading west next year to attend Biola University in Los Angeles. The Sussex Tech senior is also the Henlopen Conference cross country champion. Biola University is a private Christian university located in Southern California. The Eagles are a member of the NAIA. Pictured with Ricksecker as he signs his letter of intent are (l to r): seated father Robert Ricksecker, Dave, and mother Ruth Ricksecker; standing– coach Lou Nicoletti, Sussex Tech principal Curt Bunting, and former coach Marty Cross. Missing from photo is coach Ted Dabbs. See next week’s Star for more on Ricksecker.

King of the Track crowns new queen after father/daughter final By Charlie Brown The King of the Track competition matches all of the Summit ET Point Series winners for the day in eliminations with the winner being crowned “King of the Track.” Sunday’s event at the U.S. 13 Dragway had a wonderful twist as Crystal Hudson of Millsboro came up against her father, Rick Passwaters of Bridgeville in the final and Hudson won — becoming the “Queen of the Track.” Other winners on the day included: Billy Groton of Seaford (Super Pro); Rick Passwaters (Pro); Brent English of Bloxom, Va. (Pro Bike); Crystal Hudson (Street Eliminator); Bryant Cain of Camden (Import); Jason Donze of Camden (Bike Trophy); Paul Riddle, Jr. of Millsboro (Jr. Dragster 1) and Trevor Post of Delmar (Jr. Dragster 2). The drivers were also running for double points. Hudson defeated English and Passwaters defeated Groton to advance to the “King of the Track” final. Hudson (daughter) had the better reaction and edged her father for the win with a 12.841/101.26 on a 12.79 dial. Passwaters had a 10.794/124.30 on a 10.73 dial. Rick can not take all the credit for teaching Crystal her skills. Crystal’s mother Mary is a former NHRA Division 1 Pro Champion. The Super Pro final matched Billy Groton against David Tucker. The two had identical .013 reaction times but Groton was dead on his dial with a 9.396/140.95 on a 9.39 dial to Tucker’s strong 7.883/159.32 on a 7.87 dial. Semi-finalists were Daryl Beauchamp and David Lowe. Rick Passwaters faced Jesse Truitt in the Pro final. Truitt had a red light foul and Passwaters ran a 10.752/124.70 on a 10.71 for the win. Semi-finalist was Sonny Williams. Brent English rode up against Keith Duffy of Parksley, Va., in the Pro Bike final. The two were close at the start but Duffy broke out with a 9.911/137.25 on a 10.00 dial. English got the win with a 9.28/143.33 on a 9.23 dial. Semi-finalist was Jay Windsor. Crystal Hudson used her quicker reaction time to defeat Brent Cannon in the Street Eliminator final. Hudson ran a 12.843/103.50 on a 12.75 dial. Cannon ran an 11.588/102.35 on an 11.50 dial. In Import it was Bryant Cain against Todd James. Cain had the better reaction and took the win with a 16.126/84.40 on a 15.86 dial while James broke out with an 11.751/114.98 on an 11.97 dial. Jason Donze benefited from a red light foul by Rob Morgan to win in Bike Trophy. In Jr. Dragster 1 it was Paul Riddle, Jr. paired against Shelby Bireley. The two were even at the start but Riddle edged out the win with an 8.978/71.29 on an 8.96 dial. Bireley was right there with an 8.945/72.15 on an 8.92 dial. In Jr. Dragster 2 it was Trevor Post taking on Lauren Stevens. Post had the better reaction and got the win with an 8.964/69.53 on an 8.95 dial. Stevens ran a 7.912/82.27 on a 7.90 dial. This Sunday the Bad 8 racers return along with the Summit ET Points Series divisions. Gates open at 10 a.m. with time trials at 11 a.m. and eliminations at 2:30 p.m.

Send us your sports scores - it’s easy! Sussex Tech grad Rebekah Ricksecker of Laurel, right, a junior at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., is shown coming off the last curve on her way to defending the Big South Conference title in the 1,..500 meter run.

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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High games and series Erik Mulford 313 Buzzy Watson 812 Jean Kriner 282 Joyce Tull 789

High games and series Mark Redd 293, 817 Linda Easton 262, 730 Justin Marine 282 Michael Cherrix 781 Morgan Slavin 273’ Brittany Hastings 788

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Taylor Richey and Bill Graver placed first in the Adult/Youth division at the BPAA Family tournament in Dover recently.

BPAA Family Tournament state finals held in Dover First State, Milford, Millsboro, Pleasant Hill and Seaford Bowling Lanes held house qualifiers. Each house was allowed to send the top two in each of the four divisions to the state finals. Youth winners on the state level each receive a $200 scholarship. The winners of the Parent/Youth and Parent/Teen Divisions will compete for over $70,000 in scholarships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 31- August 2. Taylor Richey of Bridgeville bowled with Bill Graver to take first place in the Adult/Youth division with a 1452 total. Branden Cessna of Felton bowled with Stephen Hoffrage to take first place in the Adult/Teen division with a total of 1384. Robert Bay of Seaford bowled with his dad Joe (1476) to edge out Jonathan and Joe Clark (1448) of Camden for first place in the Parent/Youth division. Justin Newton and his dad Dave bowled 1485 to take the Parent/Teen division. Doverama Lanes (a BPAA house) donated the linage for the State Finals.

Robert Bay and his dad, Joe, of Seaford placed first in the Parent/Youth Division at the BPAA Family tournament.

Covering all the local sports, the Seaford/Laurel Star.

Delaware International Speedway results for the week of May 19 RESULTS: 25-Lap NAPA Big Block Feature: 1. JAMIE MILLS; 2. Ricky Johnson; 3. HJ Bunting; 4. Norman Short; 5. Matt Jester; 6. Steve Downs II; 7. Howard ONeal; 8. Jeff Brown; 9.Glenn Reed; 10. Jordan Watson; 11. Dave Simmons; 12. Tim Millman; 13. Judd Mills; 14. Chad Clark; 15. Dale Hawkins; 16. George Richardson; 17. Donny Radd; 18. Robert Dutton; DNS: Scott Van Gorder; Craig Ott’ Joseph Watson. 15-Lap AC Delco Feature: 1. JOHN CURTIS; 2. Tim Trimble; 3. Michael White; 4. Brad Trice; 5. Joseph Tracy; 6. Jerry Carter; 7. Herman Powell; 8. Rodney Cordrey; 9. Adam Jarrell; 10. Brandon Perdue; 11. Scott Calhoun; 12. Scott Baker; 13. John Wynn; 14. Casey Lynch; 15. Westley Smith; 16. Randy Hill Jr; 17. Grant Ireland; 18. Herbie Hempel; 19. Jeff Marker; 20. Dan Reidy; 21. Bobby Watkins; 22. Chris Hitchens; 23. Danny Smack; 24. Justin Griffith; 25. Jason Bishop. 10-Lap Modified Lite Feature: 1. BRANDON DENNIS; 2. Curt Miles, Jr.; 3. Kirk Miles; 4. Kyle Fuller; 5. Alan Passwaters; 6. Cody Belote; 7. Aaron Bada; 8. Chad Passwaters; 9. Shawn Weber; 10. T.J. Williams; 11. Rick Wheatley. 20-Lap Super Late Model Feature: 1. RICHARD JARVIS, JR. 2. Ricky Elliott; 3. Jon Callaway; 4. David Pettyjohn; 5. Ray Davis Jr; 6. Staci Warrington; 7. Bob Geiger; 8. Kerry King; 9. Derrik Hill; 10. Rick Whaley; 11. Kevin Scott; 12. Donald Lingo Jr; 13. David Hill; 14. Mike Wharton; 15. Ed Drury. 15-Lap Crate Model Feature: 1. JOE WARREN; 2. Tyler Reed; 3. Barry Beauchamp; 4. Sparky White; 5. Justin Breeding; 6. Herb Tunis; 7. Kelly Putz; 8. Mike Wilson; 9. John Imler; 10. Josh Millman; 11. Mike Parsons; 12. Travis Justice; 13. Bunky White; 14. Gary Manos; 15. Jeff Swartz; 16. Nick Davis; 17. Skip Syester; 18. Mike Williams; 19. Darin Henderson; 20. Chris Jestice; 21. Jack Mullins; 22. Ryan Chism; 23. Eric Vent.

Local graduates compete during 2008 college spring sports season The following local graduates competed during the college spring sports season: Softball- Shirelle Tingle, Seaford, Wesley- 29G, 15 for 61, .246, 2 2B, 1 3B; Megan Street, Epworth Christian, Wesley- .316, 25 for 79, 2 HR, 14 RBIs, 2-10, 6.43 ERA, 16 G, 69.2 innings, 41 strikeouts; Brittney Ruark, Delmar, Delaware State- 26 G, 12 for 49, .245, 15-12, 4.40 ERA, 33 G, 27 GS, 14 CG, 2 Sho, 155.1 IP, 122 K; Hope Cornell, Sussex Tech, Shippensburg, .341, 54 G, 59 for 169, 13 2B,4 HR, 35 RBIs, 25 R; Brittany Joseph, Sussex Tech, Florida State- .217, 28 G, 10 for 46, 4 R; Dani Shields, Sussex Tech, Shippensburg- 12-8, 2.00 ERA, 25 G, 14 CG, 3 SHO, 136.1 IP, 107 K; Kristen Burns, Sussex Tech, Arcadia- .250, 37 G, 26 for 104, 20 R, 2 HR, 18 RBIS; Lyndsey Ellsworth, Sussex Tech, Wesley- .313, 31 G, 30 for 96, 8 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBIs, 15 runs, 8 SB; Bethany Pavlik, Sussex Tech, Delaware Valley36 games, .385, 42 for 109, 8 2B, 8 HR, 33 RBIs; Amanda Horsey, Laurel, Salisbury University- .400, 15 G, 8 for 20, 4 R, 3 2B; Caitlin Dolby, Laurel, Lynchburg- 1-0, 1 GS, 2 G, 1 CG, 1 Sho, 6 IP, 0 R, 3 K Baseball- John Passwaters, Woodbridge, Wesley- 1 for 4, 1 R, .250, 2-4, 5.66 ERA, 8 GS, 35 IP, 18 K; Mike Dodson, Laurel, Wesley- 6 for 12, .500, 7 G Sports edittor’s note: Names of local athletes whose colleges do not list their statistics on their websites are not included in this list.

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D ELMARVA AUTO A LLEY Get ready for a weekend of racing in Delmar and Dover By Bonnie Nibblett If you’re in Delaware, you better strap in for a full weekend of racing. Not only is it NASCAR weekend in Dover, but there’s plenty of racing just a little further south, in Delmar. It's NASCAR weekend in Dover and the dirt track racing coincides with NASCAR's big weekend of events. The half mile in Delmar will host the outlaw show Thursday night. Saturday night features the mighty URC Sprints (United Racing Club) along with the NAPA Big Block Modified, Super Late Models, AC Delco Modified and the other crate class of Late Models. The Modified Lite division will visit for the second time this season on Saturday night. Kick off the weekend tonight with super late model action during the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, which features some of the world's best dirt track drivers, at Delaware International Speedway. The race track is located one mile north of the Maryland/Delaware state line, in Delmar, 50 miles south of Dover and 30 minutes from the beaches. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held Friday, May 30. Catch the Little Lincoln Vintage Stock Car Club before the Outlaw show on Thursday. These guys put on a fabulous performance each time they hit the track. The original cars of the 50’s are stocked and ready to purr on the track. These drivers run wheel to wheel just like they did back in the day. Check the club's website for their schedule and news at www.littlelincolns.com. Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series public relations director, has confirmed that NASCAR driver Dave Blaney will pilot a ride in 2007 WoOLMS Rookie of the Year Tim Fuller’s backup Gypsum Express car for the mid-week 50lap event.

Saturday night Late Model action with Rick Whaley #4 and Ricky "The Rocket" Elliott #45. Elliott won the heat. Look for both cars at the WoOLMS show. Photo by Bonnie Nibblett Before Blaney moved into the NASCAR stock car series, he earned the title of Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion. He currently drives for Bill Davis Racing Caterpillar No. 22 on the Sprint Cup Series. According to Kovac, Blaney’s appearance in Delmar will serve as a tune-up for his contribution in the Old Spice Prelude to the Dream on Wednesday, June 4 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. In Ohio, Blaney will drive a Rocket car from Fuller’s stable in the Prelude, which pits more than 24 world-renowned drivers in a unique, down-home dirt Late Model race. With the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series action taking place nearby at the Monster Mile, there’s a possibility that one or more NASCAR drivers might join Blaney in climbing behind the wheel of a dirt Late Model for DIS’s WoO LMS program. Tickets are available until the night the cars hit the clay. General admission prices are: adult $26, child (7-13) - $5, children 6 and un-

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Be smart with your use of credit cards By Will Backstrom PNC Territory Manager, Community Development Banking

There are many good reasons to have a credit card. They are safer than carrying cash, and useful for purchases over the phone or Internet, or when you don’t have cash on hand. And they are handy in emergencies. But remember, credit cards are still credit, and smart use of them will have a positive affect on your credit report. Poor use, however, can result in bad credit which can take years to repair. Credit Card Basics Credit cards are unsecured loans offered by a bank based on your ability to pay as determined by your credit history and other factors. The interest rate on unpaid balances will tend to be higher than on loans secured by assets such as a car or house. The benefit, however, is that you can re-use the credit over and over again each time you pay the balance down, provided you have taken good care of the credit. A healthy credit score or payment history will determine the amount of the line of credit (limit) and the interest rate charge to the balance. If you don’t have a credit history, a credit card can help to establish one. But start out slow. Apply for a low-limit credit card. Make every payment on time, and do not apply for too many cards. Once you’ve had the card for six months or more, and are comfortable with the payment requirements, add a new credit card with a higher balance limit or request a higher line on your existing credit card. But continue to pay at least the minimum on a timely basis.

Common Features Some common features of credit cards are worth reviewing. For one, credit cards will have a limit on how much you can borrow. In addition, they: • Charge interest after a certain period of time • Require minimum monthly payments • Charge late fees on top of the monthly payment if you do not pay your bill on time • May offer added services, such as rebates, extended warranties, cash-back incentives, or even air miles Before you accept a credit card, make sure you ask the following questions: • What is the annual fee, if any? • What is the annual interest rate? • How are the finance charges calculated? Sometimes, the finance charges are based on the entire amount due, not just the unpaid amounts • How many days before the credit card company starts charging interest? • Are there any transaction fees? Some lenders charge a fee for cash advances, late payments or exceeding your credit limit. • If you’re being offered a special introductory rate, what will the rate be when the special offer is over? Achieving a healthy credit score Understanding a credit card and its features is only part of the story. Here are some tips for managing a credit card to help maintain or achieve a healthy credit score: • Pay more than the minimum amounts on credit card

Firefighter insurance protection Insurance companies would be banned from raising the auto insurance rates of policyholders or dropping their policies because they are volunteer firefighters and ambulance company members under proposed legislation. Senate Bill 239 is sponsored by state Sens. Patricia Blevins and Bruce Ennis and state Reps. Biff Lee and Bill Carson, was authored by Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and is being supported by the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association. It comes after a case was brought to the Department of Insurance where a Sussex County volunteer firefighter was told by his insurance company that his auto policy was

being cancelled because he used his personal vehicle to respond to emergency calls. “Members of fire and ambulance companies are sacrificing their time and safety for the rest of us when they head for the station to go out on a call,” Commissioner Denn said. “The least we can do for these emergency response volunteers is keep insurance companies from raising their rates or canceling their policies.” “What this legislation does is prevent insurance companies from intimidating fire service personnel from performing a very valuable service,” said Ron Marvel, president of the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association.

balances. This way, you will pay them off sooner. • Keep credit card debt within your own personal limits. If having credit cards encourages you to spend too much, cut up the cards with the most temptation. Don’t accept or apply for any new ones until or unless you can financially manage them. If you buy beyond your means, you’ll

rack up expensive interest charges that can take years to pay off. • Save cash advances for emergencies. Fees and interest rates are usually higher. So, even though banks and stores are mailing you credit card offers all the time, be selective. Just because a bank gives you a credit card with a large limit

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Apoption support group - Nicholas and Veronika Hitch, both adopted from Kazakhstan, enjoy a brother-sister moment during the May 16 fundraiser for Laurel Wesleyan Church’s adoption support group. Submitted photos

The Lambrose family, who attend Laurel Nazarene Church, has been welcomed into Laurel Wesleyan Church’s adoption support group. They helped the group raise more than $2,500 on Friday, May 16, during a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Back row, from left are Kateri and David Lambrose with 19-month-old Alayna, who the couple recently adopted from China. Front row are Troy Lambrose, 9 and Kyrsten Lambrose, 7.

Energy efficiency grants awarded The Delaware Energy Office would like to thank the thousands of Delawareans who participated in the Delaware Energy An$wers Appliance Grant Program which ends May 30. Since its inception in Oct. 2006, the program received more than 8,000 applications from energy-conscious Delaware consumers seeking to improve the energy efficiency of their homes through the use of ENERGY STAR refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, window air conditioners, high SEER central air conditioning units and efficient hot water heaters. Since 2006, the Delaware Energy An$wers Appliance Grant Program has awarded more than $813,000 in energy efficiency grants with another $400,000 estimated to be awarded after the program ends. Originally developed with a budget of $400,000, the program will more than triple its initial projections. Calculations show that a total lifetime savings of more than 33 million kilowatt hours of electricity will be realized by Delaware citizens. By purchasing energy-efficient appliances, Delawareans will save an average of eight cents per kilowatt hour – an almost 60% savings in electricity costs over the life of the appliance. The Energy Office will stop accepting applications at the close of business – 4:30 p.m. on May 30. All applications received on and before this date will be processed and awarded as quickly as pos-

sible. Information on the program can be found at delaware-energy.com. The Energy An$wers Appliance Grant Program is part of Delaware’s Energy An$wers Program, which provides businesses and residents with financial incentives to use energy-saving products or implement measures that will conserve energy. The initiative is a direct result of legislation passed by the 143rd General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Minner in 2006. It provided $8 million in grants through three program areas – Energy An$wers for Business, Energy An$wers for Home Appliances and Energy An$wers for Home Performance. Delawareans interested in future energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunities can look forward to the new Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU), which is expected to begin operation in early 2009. The SEU will provide additional funding opportunities for Delaware consumers to save on energy costs covering all energy fuel areas – electricity, natural gas, heating oil, propane, renewable energy technologies, and transportation. Information on the progress of the SEU will be posted on the Delaware Energy Office website or on the SEU website, seu-de.org. For more information on the Delaware Energy An$wers Appliance Grant Program, contact Charley Roberson or Charlie Smisson at the Delaware Energy Office at 302-735-3480.

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Realtors stay aware of new laws to assist homeowners By Ruth Briggs King If you want to know how a bill becomes a law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least any bill that could impact the local real estate market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can be certain realtors are on alert. In fact, realtors take pride in being your legislative watchdogs in Sussex County. I recently returned from a weeklong trip with other realtors to Washington, D.C., where we had the opportunity to discuss matters of real estate-affected law with members of our legislative team on Capitol Hill. The trip also marked the end of a long, three-year journey for many of us as we saw the longawaited passage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; out of committee, at least â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) reform bill we have stringently supported. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lobbied in support of that bill since 2005 and are encouraged by the Senate Banking Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 19-2 vote on May 20 to approve it. This should provide prospective homebuyers in Delaware with more financial flexibility when they are out shopping for a new home. If approved by the full Senate, the legislation would authorize the FHA to help at-risk borrowers trade exotic mortgages with escalating monthly payments for more affordable loans backed by the federal government. Back at home, there are many potential pieces of legislation we have our eyes on, including the right of eminent domain and the proposed transfer tax increase be-

ing proposed by Delaware Technical & Community College. On the latter, while we at the Sussex County Association of REALTORS fully support Delaware Tech and believe in their mission of affording every Delawarean the right to a quality education, we cannot support potential homebuyers bearing any added costs associated with that goal. Times are tough right now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; gas prices continue to skyrocket, grocery bills are increasingly higher and, yes, education costs are increasing. But we would like to see Delaware Tech find another solution to funding their current and future needs. We will continue to promote home ownership in our state and see that home prices stay within reach for our local populace. Not increasing the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transfer tax â&#x20AC;&#x201C; already one of the highest in the nation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is part of that goal. We realize many people are concerned with rising land rents in some of our coastal communities, but we also canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, in good faith, support any type of rent control legislation. That being said, we want to continue to see landlords and tenants work together responsibly and for the greater good of all concerned. The bottom line is this â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we have always worked, and will continue to work, to protect property and homeowner rights in our wonderful state. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a homeowner in Delaware, we want to know what you think about any pending or potential legislation, or even laws

already passed that you have strong convictions either for or against. We continue to reach out for your opinions on the job we do and we thank everyone who participated in the survey our office conducted last year in coordination with a professional polling group. We garnered a lot of information through this endeavor. We discovered weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a lot of things right and the things we need to work on â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rest assured they will be tackled diligently. Some of the things we learned through the survey are: â&#x20AC;˘ 59 percent of those polled find Sussex County REALTORS to be totally credible for representing the rights of homeowners. â&#x20AC;˘ 49 percent of those polled find Sussex County REALTORS to be totally credible for holding the line on real estate taxes on

homes. â&#x20AC;˘ 46 percent find Sussex County REALTORS totally credible for improving our local economy and jobs. â&#x20AC;˘ 46 percent of those polled find Sussex County REALTORS to be totally credible on the rising cost of housing and representing the rights of renters. â&#x20AC;˘ 49 percent of those polled say they have seen, read or heard articles or advertisements that have been in the local newspapers and sponsored by Sussex County REALTORS. The key word on many of these points is â&#x20AC;&#x153;totally.â&#x20AC;? In other words, that percentage of Sussex County residents polled find us absolutely and 100 percent credible on those issues. We love to see that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we strive for. And we will work to make those numbers even higher in the future.

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Fawning season begins The end of May marks the beginning of fawning season in Delaware, with most born during the last week of May through the first week of June. Some fawns will be born as late as August. Each year around this time, the Division of Fish and Wildlife receives numerous calls regarding â&#x20AC;&#x153;abandoned fawns.â&#x20AC;? In an attempt to â&#x20AC;&#x153;do the right thingâ&#x20AC;? individuals may attempt to â&#x20AC;&#x153;saveâ&#x20AC;? these animals and bring them to a wildlife rehabilitator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a number of things people who remove fawns from the field may not realize. Fawns actually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become active enough to start traveling with their mothers until they are about two months old, and the survival instinct of a fawn is to stay very still and â&#x20AC;&#x153;hideâ&#x20AC;? from predators,â&#x20AC;? said DNREC Wildlife Biologist Joe Rogerson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Also, even if a fawn appears to be alone, the mother is likely bedded close by. Newborn fawns need to feed every few hours so the doe never strays far.â&#x20AC;?

Furthermore, research has shown that many fawns cared for by people have a greatly decreased chance of survival once they are released back into the wild, compared to their counterparts raised by their mothers. Fawns raised in the wild are able to learn survival instincts from their mothers that people simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach them. Not only is removing a fawn from its hiding place not in its best interest, it is also illegal for an individual in Delaware to possess a live whitetailed deer. If found guilty, such an offense is punishable by a fine not less than $250, nor more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution and court costs; the person may also be fined and imprisoned for up to 30 days. In addition, any deer held illegally in captivity will be removed by the Division. For more information about fawns or white-tailed deer in general, contact Ken Reynolds, Rob Hossler or Joe Rogerson, Wildlife Section, at 302-735-3600.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If real estate is your profession, then politics is your business,â&#x20AC;? is a mantra we hold near and dear to our hearts here at SCAOR. We are your watchdog â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we are here for you and we want to protect your rights. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our business to stay up-todate on laws in the areas we serve. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why you see many of us elected to town councils, school boards and legislature. We are informed and passionate about property rights and homeownership in Sussex County. And we will continue to keep the well-being of local homeowners first and foremost on our priority list. If you need us, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here. We work for you and we listen to you. For more information on the Sussex County Association of REALTORS and to visit our public Multiple Listings Service (MLS), visit www.scaor.com.

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Letters to the Editor Furniture transport to continue

Earlier this year, a number of constituents approached me to discuss pending changes to the Prison Industries Furniture Refinishing Program. Under the program, citizens can get their prized, worn furnishings refurbished by skilled prison labor at a reasonable cost. The work is performed at the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), located near Smyrna. However, Sussex County residents can drop off furniture at the Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI), south of Georgetown. The furniture is transported to DCC and returned to SCI when it is completed. While I have some concerns about the value of the program, it’s understandably popular and provides inmates with a constructive, structured activity. Seeking to reduce costs, the Department of Correction had proposed eliminating the transfer of furniture between Georgetown and Smyrna. In this challenging fiscal environment, I can appreciate the reasons behind this suggestion. However, I believe it was short-sighted. Abolishing the transfer of Sussex County furniture would have led local residents to take the items to DCC individually, resulting in dozens of excursions by car in lieu of a single trip by truck. While cheaper for the Department of Correction, the proposal would have been wasteful and unsound when viewed from a broader societal perspective. It would have unfairly burdened Sussex Countians wishing to use the program with costs not paid by other state residents. After I and other Sussex County legislators expressed our concerns, the Department of Correction decided not to change the program and to continue to transfer the furniture of Sussex County residents to DCC. I applaud the Department of Correction’s wise decision as well as their continuing efforts to make the agency more efficient. State Rep. Joe Booth

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What are the alternatives?

In reading the May 15, 2008 article concerning the Seaford School District budget cuts, in particular, the possible and seemingly likely loss of the German language program at the high school, I kept waiting to read how the district went about evaluating the impact of this loss on the students involved. I also kept waiting to read about alternative solutions being pursued by the district in the event the program is cut (i.e., independent study for credit, online German course for credit). I just knew that professionals whose mission statement and philosophy profess the provision of "high quality instruction...that focuses on... academic needs of our students" and the recognition of "the individuality of each student and (the striving) to develop the maximum and unique potential of each" would have done this level of investigation. Such professionals would not simply abandon those they serve, the students, as this would be an absolute contradiction to

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 morningstarpub @ddmg.net their stated objectives. Left unanswered by the article were the following questions. In deciding to offer up the German program to be cut, did the district consider the following: 1) How many German students want to pursue the study of foreign languages in college and so how the loss of German effects their future educational and career plans? 2) How many German students are on the foreign language career pathway and so how the loss of German effects their ability to graduate from high school? 3) How the loss of German may impact students' competitiveness when applying to colleges and universities? I know the University of Delaware states that two years of the same language is the minimum qualification and four years the recommended. It also states, with respect to the minimum qualifications, that most applicants exceed the minimum. 4) How those students and their families feel about the district? Does the district not know that in dropping the German program it is breaking a promise made to students who entered Seaford High School as freshmen last school year? These students were told they would be the last class to be offered a full four years of German. More importantly, the article did not address what alternative solutions the district was pursuing. What other forms of German instruction, beyond the classroom, are viable? One board member mentioned that perhaps the students could meet with the German teacher after school but without earning credit. I am not a professional educator or one that sits on a board of education, but why not arrange for these students an independent study for credit (see page six of the 2007/2008 Course Catalog) or perhaps an online course for credit. In the event the traditional classroom setting for learning German is cut, the dis-

Veterans deserve opportunity for educational advancement By U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. When we talk about the costs of the Iraq war, we usually highlight the $12 billion we are spending there every month, the billions more we need to replace equipment wearing out faster than planned, or the vital health care services needed for our returning veterans. Often times, however, we overlook the most important cost: the physical, emotional, and financial sacrifice that every member of the military makes when they leave the United States to fight on foreign soil. Fifty-four years ago, with the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly called the G.I. Bill), this nation acknowledged these sacrifices. We rewarded our troops by giving 8 million World War II veterans a college education. This helped build a strong middle class and led to a period of great prosperity for our country. The last major overhaul of the G.I. Bill took place in 1984, to ensure that educational benefits remained available to all those who serve - whether in peacetime or war. Anyone who has written a tuition check recently knows the price of going to college has increased dramatically in the last 24 years. Today, there are more than 400,000 veterans struggling to pay for their education under the current law. On average, the men and women who put their lives on the line for us receive little more than half the total cost to attend a public university over four years. If they attend a private university, we are only providing about a fifth of what they need. As a nation, our sacred obligation is to care for our troops, as much when they're at home as when abroad. Nearly seven years of non-stop war, with many soldiers on their second, third, or fourth deployment, must be acknowledged with a real educational benefit. After all they have done for our country, the

trict has a responsibility to look for and offer a for credit substitute. Also, since the board member mentioned it, did the district ask the German teacher if she was willing to participate in an after school class or be a mentor in an independent study setting? I ask the district to inform the public about the impact the loss of the German program will have on students enrolled in the program and with the knowledge of the impact, what alternatives the district is considering to allow these students to continue on in their study of German for another two years.

least we can do is take away the stress of paying for college when they return from duty. We passed a new and improved education bill, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act. This legislation recognizes the sacrifices of veterans who have served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and properly acknowledges their service by having the federal government pay for the actual costs of attending college today - tuition, fees, books and a housing allowance. Just as important, the bill finally recognizes the role of the members of the National Guard and Reserve - true citizen soldiers whose units have been stretched to the breaking point because of our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, after 36 months of active duty, National Guard and Reserve members will be eligible for full educational benefits. To date, 1,979 Delaware Guard and Reserve members have gone to Iraq or Afghanistan. As we debated this bill, you may have heard opponents of this initiative claim that it costs too much or that too many soldiers will leave the military to take advantage of these new benefits. To them I ask a rhetorical question: are you saying that the men and women risking life and limb fighting a war that costs $12 billion a month, do not deserve unburdened access to a higher education they deferred to serve their country? Not every soldier chooses a full-time career in the military, and we need to ensure that they have the education and skill set necessary to have a successful civilian career. Strengthening and updating our current G.I. Bill can even broaden the recruiting base and have a negligible effect on overall retention. Our soldiers put their lives on the line for our families; an affordable education is not too much to ask in return. It is time to recognize the bravery and sacrifices of this generation of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is in fulfillment of the district's specific promise to these students made during freshman orientation, and in fulfillment of the theme in Seaford High School's mission statement and philosophy, and the words found on its 2007/2008 Course Catalog cover of "Teaching-Learning-Caring...TLC at SHS." Let the district's professionals show their care and commitment to these displaced German students by coming up with viable alternatives. Jayne Walters

Seaford

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After reading a few of Frank Calio's recent columns in which he continues to bash our president, our vice president, our military and in general our country, I couldn't keep my keyboard quite any longer. Frank, do you and your heroes like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and other left wing liberals now in charge of our country's government ever have anything good to say about our great country? You and them our constantly bashing our country and just about all it stands for. You liberals believe our country is the problem instead of the solution for millions around the world. If it weren't for our country's sacrifices, German would now be the official language of Europe and Japanese would be the official language of Asia. We have provided the opportunity for millions of people all over the world to enjoy many of the freedoms we now enjoy as well as provided hundreds of billions of dollars so many of these people can enjoy a better life. We have literally fed the world for years and continue to be looked for as the prime provider of aid in disasters that strike all over the world. But, to listen to you libs, we are the enemy. Our country is now facing some tough times, particularly with a severe economic downturn. But, your argument that all that is bad is Bush's fault doesn't wash any more, Frank. I'm sure you haven't forgotten that the libs are now in control of our government and have been for about the last 18 months. In the general election of November 2006, American voters, in their infinite wisdom, decided to have the liberal Democratic party be the majority party in both the US Congress and Senate. Frank, George Bush has been a lame duck president since and recently, Harry Reid, the majority leader of the Senate, even admitted that Mr. Bush no longer has any influence in Washington. In gaining control of our government, your party leaders promised "CHANGE." So, after 18 months of their running our government, let's review what has

changed and what kind of job they have done since they, and not Bush, now have the budget and legislative power. Frank, your party said they would "change the political tone" in our country. Not done. In fact, the tone has worsened. How can the tone be improved, Frank, when your party leaders constantly refer to our president as dumb, a terrorist, a greater terror threat to the world than AlQqeda and other terrorist groups and are constantly holding hearings wasting millions of our tax dollars trying to find anything they can use to impeach him and impune his administration. Your party promised to change the direction of our federal budget deficit. Should I remind you, Frank, that before they took over control of our government, the budget deficit was about $150 to $200 billion. Have you looked at recent projections that now show deficits will be approaching $400 to $500 billion this and next year based on the budgets your party has passed. Some change, huh. We have been collecting record high revenues but your party keeps spending, not only what we collect but even more, promising to solve every problem they perceive exists. What about pork barrel spending, Frank? Your party promised to change this method of wasteful spending. But, the fact is that in the two budgets your party has been responsible for, pork barrel spending in dollars and the total number of projects authorized broke all previous records. Nice change here. Your party promised a change in the direction of the Iraq war and that our troops would be brought home quickly without any regard for the consequences of these promises. Not much change here, either. Answer me something Frank, if your party is so sure that our military presence in Iraq is such a bad thing, why do they keep voting to fund their presence there? Just stop the money! What a bunch of hypocrites. Your party was supposed to change the direction of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, all of which are headed for bank-

ruptcy in the next generation. In the past 18 months your party has been in control, they haven't even discussed this situation, never mind offering solutions or legislation to solve the problem. What great leadership. But, it's Bush's fault, right Frank? And then there is the economy that your party promised to change for the better in their 2006 campaigns to gain control of our government. After our country recovered from the recession President Bush inherited in his first two years, our economy grew at an annualized rate of 4-5% from mid 2002 until late 2006 at which time your party took control of our government's policies. Let's see what's changed since your party has been in control. The record 52 months of job growth was broken in 2007. Our economic growth has plummeted, the housing market has plunged to unseen low levels of growth, oil prices have skyrocketed and the value of our dollar has plummeted to all time lows vs. all ma-

jor world currencies. Frank, why would investors want to continue to invest in our economy when all they hear from the democratic leaders is nothing but corporaton bashing. Your party wants to take away the profits of companies, reregulate just about every major industry we have and increase the corporate and capital gains tax, even though we have highest rate in these categories of any of our major world wide competitors. To your party, corporate America is the enemy, even though corporate America employs about 140 million Americans, many with pensions, IRAs, medical, dental and many other desired benefits. With the changes your party has accomplished and the change they continue to propose, is it any wonder why companies are moving their facilities overseas in record numbers? Your party has sent out clear signals that our country is not a place where you should do business. Your party passed legisla-

tion to renegotiate our trade agreements with several countries, even though evidence clearly shows that these agreements have significantly increased jobs in our country. But, then again, Frank, it's Bush's fault, right? Frank, your party has clearly proven it cannot govern in a way to make our country better. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will undoubtedly be judged to be the worst congressional leaders in our country's history. I believe the approval rating of this Congress that is controlled by liberal Democrats is now about 11%. Wow, impressive, isn't it? Frank, our country is the greatest country the world has ever known and the one true last hope for democracy and true prosperity. Maybe one day you and your party will realize this and not continue to move our country toward the socialistic society they envision for us. Guy Longo

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Health There are no quick fixes in health care One of the side effects of ADHD medications is appetite suppression. We follow the children’s weight carefully. I like to take children off medication for the summer so they can have some catch up weight gain. Recently, I told a mother that we would be stopping the medication for the summer because of her child’s weight loss. She asked if she could continue it during the summer because he was overweight. I advised that this was the wrong way to lose weight. We are a society looking for quick results. We have fast food restaurants. Those restaurants have drive through win-

dows. There are drive through ATM’s. We for them to get to that point. There was have EZ-Pass to get through tollbooths no magic cure for what they had done quickly. People naturally think that health over the years. care should be the same way. There I solved the dilemma by becoming a should be a quick fix pediatrician instead for everything. of an internist. Proper Patients with diabetes may When I was a diet is the best way medical student, I to handle weight loss. ignore their condition for spent time doing Diet pills do not fix internal medicine. We years. It will ultimately affect the underlying eating had patients with lung problem. all parts of their body. cancer that wanted to Obesity surgery be cured. We had parequires a strict diet tients with emphysema after the surgery to be that wanted to be cured. We had patients successful. There are no quick fixes. Exwith cirrhosis of the liver that wanted to ercise is important to maintain your heart be cured. in good shape. There are no 10-minute It took years of smoking and drinking exercises that can give you the benefit

your heart needs. When the heart fails, it is too late for exercise. Patients with diabetes may ignore their condition for years. It will ultimately affect all parts of their body. They may have a stroke. They may have a heart attack. They may have kidney failure. They may have blindness. They may lose a foot or leg to gangrene. Once these symptoms start showing up, the damage is done. There are no quick fixes to reverse the damage. All we can do is slow it down. There is not a drive through solution to good health. There are no magic pills that provide quick cures. It is an every day proposition. A long-term approach is necessary. The best time to start is today.

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announces that Delaware is on the right track in its efforts to reduce infant mortality. In its annual report to the Governor, "The Birth of Change - Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies," the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC) reported that programs and policies being implemented will enable Delaware to see, over time, a decrease in the number of children born premature or too small to survive the first year of life and to eliminate the disparity in poor birth outcomes between African Americans and Whites. Infant mortality elimination programs are targeted to geographic areas of the state with the highest rates of infant mortality and where the disparity between African Americans and Whites is the most significant. These include: • Preconception care -- the path to healthy infants is through healthy women; Reproductive health services; • Assessment and interventions for psycho-social needs; Nutrition counseling;

• Screening for and referral to smoking cessation programs; • Referral to alcohol and drug treatment programs; and • Chronic disease counseling. According to state statistics for the period 2001-2005 (the latest for which statistics are available), the overall infant death rate in Delaware stands at 9.2 [1] deaths per 1,000 live births. At 17.1 deaths per 1,000 live births, the rate for African Americans is over two times as high as the rate for Whites, which stands at 6.8. The Hispanic rate is 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2004, Governor Minner declared that infant mortality rates in Delaware were unacceptable and signed an Executive Order establishing the Infant Mortality Task Force (IMTF), which she charged with developing recommendations to reduce the rate of infant deaths in the state. The 2005 IMTF report presented the Governor with a set of twenty recommendations which would achieve the sort of systemic change needed to not only

enrolled in preconception programs. The majority of these women are uninsured or underinsured, are part of an ethnic minority group, live in geographic areas with the highest number of infant deaths, have had previous problems delivering healthy newborns, or suffer from chronic diseases. To view the report, visit http:// www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/ dhmicfy2007annualreport.pdf.

As pools open their doors around the state this Memorial Day, SAFE KIDS wants to remind you that drowning deaths among children ages 14 and under increase 89 percent in the summer over the average annual monthly rate, with 64 percent of all children’s drowning deaths occurring in the summer months. To help keep kids safe this pool season, The Delaware SAFE KIDS Coalition recommends these precautions: • If you have a pool or spa, it should be surrounded on all four sides by a fence at least five feet high with gates that close and latch automatically. Studies estimate that this type of isolation fencing could prevent 50 to 90 percent of child drownings in residential pools. • A pool or spa should be equipped with an anti-entrapment drain cover and a safety vacuum release system to prevent children from being caught in the suction of the drain. • Don’t leave toys in or near the pool,

where they could attract unsupervised kids. • Enroll your kids in swimming lessons around age four, but don’t assume swimming lessons make your child “drownproof.” • Remember: inflatable swimming toys such as “water wings” and noodles are not flotation devices and do not prevent drowning. • Learn infant and child CPR. In less than two hours, you can learn effective interventions that can give a fighting chance to a child whose breathing and heartbeat have stopped. Contact your local hospital or Red Cross affiliate for information about local CPR classes. • Keep rescue equipment, a phone and emergency numbers by the pool. • These guidelines apply to inflatable and portable pools, not just in-ground pools. A child can drown in just an inch of water. Kiddie pools should be emptied and stored out of reach when not in use.

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reduce infant deaths but also sustain that decrease over time. The Governor also established the DHMIC, a group of health specialists, legislators, community health advocates and other stakeholders, led by neonatologist Dr. David Paul, and Dr. Jaki Gorum, retired dean of the College of Health and Public Policy at Delaware State. To date, over 5,000 women have been

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Health Briefs Stroke support group

Nanticoke Memorial Hospital will offer free monthly Stroke Support Group meetings designed for individuals who have survived a stroke and their families and caregivers. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at Nanticoke Cancer Care Center, from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. The meetings will consist of guest speakers and breakaway sessions, in which caregivers and survivors will meet in two groups to discuss concerns, provide support and networking. Refreshments will be provided. Sheila Brant and Joan Burditt, occupational therapists at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, will facilitate the support group meetings. Pre-registration not required. For more information, call 629-6611, ext. 5121.

Oncology symposium planned

The Sixth Annual Seaside Oncology Symposium will take place Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel in Rehoboth Beach. The Tunnell Cancer Center and the Medical Society of Delaware sponsor this annual, half-day symposium to update participants on the diagnosis and management of cancer. It is designed for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The conference, which begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends with lunch at 1 p.m., is planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint-sponsorship of the Medical Society of Delaware and Beebe Medical Center.

The Seaside Oncology Symposium is supported by unrestricted educational grants from various pharmaceutical companies and programs. Details regarding this year’s topics and speakers will be available soon. Hotel reservations may be made directly with the Boardwalk Plaza at 800-332-3224.

Nursing assistant program begins

Become a member of the rapidly expanding health care field by taking the evening nurses’ assistant course, offered through Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus. Instruction will be given at Lifecare at Lofland Park in Seaford from June 9 to Aug. 27. Classes will meet on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 5 to 10 p.m. This 150-hour course teaches students to safely perform basic nursing skills under the supervision of a licensed nurse. Graduates will be prepared to take the Nurse Aid Competency Exam for certification. All nurses’ assistants must take this exam to be certified to work in Delaware. For complete information, contact Delaware Tech’s Corporate and Community Programs at 302-854-6966.

State earns high score

Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) received the high score of 96 percent average on its annual Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) preparedness assessment released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Federal Strategic National Stockpile is a supply of essential medications and health equipment available to states during a disaster.

The SNS contains more than 100 specialized containers of bulk oral antibiotics, bandages, intravenous medications, and antidotes that states would repackage into individual doses. DPH also received a 97% average on its Dover Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) jurisdiction preparedness assessment, which evaluates the states capabilities in distributing and dispensing SNS assets within the City of Dover and surrounding localities. DPH partnerships with the State’s pharmacists, Delaware State Police, Delaware National Guard, City of Wilmington, City of Dover, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and Delaware Emergency Management Agency are crucial in managing the transportation, security, storage, and dispensing of this national asset. The

CDC team met with DPH program managers and partners in determining Delaware’s scores.

Depression support group

The Mental health Association in Delaware will be sponsoring a Depression Support Group in Laurel on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The meetings begin at 7 p.m. The MHA encourages anyone dealing with a depressive disorder to attend. Register in advance by calling 1-800-287-6423. Peer support groups sponsored by Mental Health Association of Delaware are not intended to replace professional mental health treatment. MHA does not publish support group locations; locations are provided with registration.

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Snapshots

The Lone Ranger pays a visit to the Strawberry Festival on May 17. With him are some of his fans at St. Philip’s Church. Photo by Pat Murphy.

Betty and Joe Hitchens attend most of the banquets. Joe is a member of the class of 1941. Photo by Pat Murphy

The monthly Laurel Chamber of Commerce Mixer was held at the Lighthouse Church on Kaye Road in Laurel, on May 20. Some of those attending were Lori Short, board member, John Millman, Jean Pierre Petuya, pastor Tim Jones, chamber president, Treg Burris, Carol Scarfi, second vice president, Al Turchan, past president and board member; and Karin D. Armi Hunt, board member. Photo by Pat Murphy.

Laurel’s Alumni Banquet

Carolyn O’Neal McGinnes and Karen Lynch Tull graduated in 1983, this is their 25th year celebration. Photo by Pat Murphy.

Lee Littleton and Alberta Drew Favinger recently celebrated their 70-year graduation, class of 1938, Laurel High School. Photo by Pat Murphy.

Dean Campbell and Pam Gordy Whaley graduated in 1978. Photo by Pat Murphy.

MORNING STAR • MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2008

Spring is a time for gardening decisions One thing that is certain in this life is that one can nearly always tell who is a gardener and who isn’t at this time of the year. Gardeners, whether of flower gardens or large vegetable plots, are those folks whose step is a bit slower at the end of a beautiful spring day. Or, when getting out of their automobile are the ones who move a bit slower as they gently get their body joints in the proper position for removal from the automobile interior. For some strange reason our body parts seem to definitely take longer to get back into normal position after a day spent weeding, hoeing, and planting. Surely it can’t be because we have added another year to our age. Due to reasons beyond my control, this is the spring that our flowerbeds and the weeds got the jump on me. This situation results in the miscellaneous weeds accumulating at a rapid pace. But, after two weeks spent primarily in a bent-over position, the weeds are gone, even if only temporarily. The beds have been planted in the assorted annuals and for a few days our body can rock away as the spring breezes blow across the porch and we relax, rocking back and forth and totally relaxed. Spring is a great time of decision making for any gardener. Each year as winter draws to a close, most of us vow and declare that we won’t plant as many flowers as the previous year. Yet somehow, when we go to the nursery to buy our plants and seedlings, we seem to end up with perhaps even more of the little sets than we planned to buy. For some strange reason, our resolve disappears as we look over the new varieties of colorful plants and we have visions of great beauty as we think of how each setting will enhance our property. Hanging baskets seem to grow in popularity each year and this year is one where this type of plant seems to be in greater abundance. At the recent strawberry festival at St. Philip’s in Laurel, their baskets were in great demand. No wonder. No weeding, hoeing, digging, squatting is involved. Just find a sturdy tree branch, hook the plant hanger securely over the branch, water frequently and you have instant beauty. How simple can that be? Laurel’s Garden Club is a group that has grown by leaps and bounds. These are women who know the soil, the ph involved, texture, what grows in soil with lots of lime and what doesn’t, shade requirements. They are very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about their plantings. Jan Harrington is one of the members of this group and must be the best grower of iris in this area. The result is her iris beds are definitely showstoppers. Garden Club members are already preparing for their next garden tour which will be held in May of 2009! Some of the plants we have at our

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Doing the Towns Together LAUREL AND DELMAR SOCIALS SARAH MARIE TRIVITS • 875-3672

Moments With Mike VIRGINIA ‘MIKE’ BARTON home have been around for years and years. It is at this time of year that we are reminded of relatives and friends that have given us cuttings, bulbs, rootings and plants years ago. We have some iris and hosta that my parents gave us more than 50 years ago. They require next to zero maintenance and yield beauty each summer. Some of our hydrangea came from cuttings from a favorite aunt years ago and do not disappoint us with their blooms each summer. Another aunt gave us a lovely purple/ bluish plant she called Bluebells of Scotland. It yields beauty each year in late spring. No maintenance, just an occasional shot of water. Our violet bed yields hundreds of gentle little blossoms each spring. These plants that cover a small side hill at our home are the result of about a dozen plants that Chuck and our sons and daughter brought home from a “dig” at an abandoned house when the offspring were in elementary school. The violets and the annuals are a great lesson in life. The are dormant all winter, through the snow, winds, sleet and rains. And, suddenly, on a cool spring day, the gentle stems push up out of the cold earth, gain strength from the sun and soon each stem is covered with dark green leaves and then the loveliness of nature appears in the form of the various shads of lavender – seemingly overnight. And, once again, our faith is restored. A gardener friend summed up spring and the beauty of nature best. Her statement: In spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt!

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Laurel missed some opportunities for growth My community of Laurel, where I was raised and will hopefully RANK ALIO spend the rest of my days, is unique and full of history. In the late 1800s, Laurel was the The first test for Laurel largest town south of Wilmington was when DuPont was with 2,500 residents and bustled with activity. looking for a site and The main street - east, west, north and south - had building after their first choice was building filled with flourishing in bustling Laurel. businesses. Until the late 1950s, Laurel was and kept wages very low. Unfortunately, the place to shop, be, and be seen. during the depression, a job was hard to The railroad brought the town to the forefront as farmers were able to ship their come by so residents had to settle for these wages. goods another way than just by boat to As it is today, the rich got richer and Baltimore. Rail markets opened in they acquired a lot of prime land but never Philadelphia and New York. The rail indeveloped it. This land was ripe for indusdustry flourished and supplemented the farming industry with goods being shipped trial growth. The first test for Laurel was when to the cities. DuPont was looking for a site for a nylon There was so much wealth in Laurel as plant and their first choice was by the evidenced today by the large homes along broad creek waters in bustling Laurel. West Street and old farm houses throughWith DuPont's wage scale and benefits, out the town. Unfortunately, that same things that were unheard of in Laurel, the wealth eventually turned to greed, which ‘money people’ in Laurel felt threatened. brought the eventual demise of bustling If DuPont came to Laurel, they would eiLaurel. ther have to raise their meager wages or Although employment was plentiful, lose their workforce. So land was suddenly employees were paid little in wages. A ‘not for sale’ or ‘overpriced’ in Laurel. dollar a day was pretty good pay, but LauDuPont went to Seaford and the rest is hisrel was the only game in town so you eitory. ther worked here for peanuts or nothing at This scenario has repeated itself many all. times with one industry after another being The Marvil Package Co. was the area’s rebuffed. The land owned by the wealthy largest employer and also the cheapest was handed down generation after generawhen it came to wages. Other companies tion and no one had to sell. Many people followed the lead of the basket company

moved away from Laurel and could care less about what happened to the town. Industries that stayed in town were able to keep wages down because there was no other employment. The lucky ones were those who took the chance to work for DuPont. People who started during the early years at DuPont and bought their stock in the company's heyday, retired from the plant and lived very comfortable lives. Today, I live in a quiet community dead expresses it best. Where lines once formed around Market Street on Saturday nights to see movies at the Waller Theater lies a senior center which accommodates an elderly community. Our youth in need of jobs have migrated elsewhere. Laurel is rich in historic heritage. The town has had five governors and more buildings listed on the National Historic Register than any other town in Delaware — 800 to be exact. Unfortunately, no one tours Laurel unless there is a special event because the shopping district has been demolished leaving no place for tourists to shop. During the recent Strawberry Festival, only 100 tickets were sold for house tours. The Historic Society was pleased, but at one time we did better when we held annual house tours and had shops in town. But Laurel has some things not many small towns enjoy or can brag about. One is the largest alumni association not only in Sussex County but probably in Delaware with almost 1,500 members. Last week, they awarded 21 scholarships to graduating seniors totaling almost

$28,000, which brings their 18-year total to more than $360,000. Two other great contributors with headquarters in Laurel are the Horsey Family Youth Foundation and the Janosik Family Charitable Foundation, a donor-advised fund. The Horsey Foundation was formed by David G. Horsey and family to keep children off drugs and the streets through sports and educational programs. Every year, the Horsey's give to sports teams in Sussex and Kent County. The Janosik Foundation was founded by Johnny Janosik and family to promote educational, health, environmental and civic causes. The Janosik's give grants spread out over a number of years. Both organizations began about four years ago and have donated thousands of dollars in scholarships and given generously to many organizations. Horsey and Janosik are success stories. These families are giving back to the community that stuck by them in good times and bad. They are a God-send to this area where more than 50 percent of students in Seaford and Laurel schools qualify for subsidized meals and the income level for families is far below the county and state average. The Horsey Foundation held an elaborate, successful fundraiser last week. This Friday the Janosik Foundation will host a gala in Laurel to benefit the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club of Laurel. If you need a ticket to this function, contact Richard Small at 875-3333.

Watching television required physical agility and patience I can tell I have reached the point in my life when I am officialONY INDSOR ly an “old timer.” I find myself recollecting life in the “old days” and Dad would twist the commenting on how easy “these kids today” have it. antenna and wait as he But, that is not far from the truth, if not, completely true. I was would get affirmation watching television the other night that he was going in the and doing my traditional channel surfing with the remote control. I right direction. have the standard lineup of television stations 1 – 1000, plus HBO’s quite the model at the time, because it was and Showtime’s extra dozen or so listings. equipped with a top cabinet that swiveled I am now 50 years old and am not exaggerating when I say that I do not believe on its base. It was the centerpiece of the it possible for me to watch all the channels living room and when we were in that room all eyes were fixated on the screen. on my television cable line-up before JeAs I watched a DVD movie on my telesus calls me home. It is almost sinful convision at home, I suddenly realized just sidering I have to pay for these selections. But, I do not have much time to watch tel- how dedicated we were to the pleasure of watching TV in my childhood home. evision, so when I do get that opportunity, There were no remote controls; actually I want to be sure I can find something I there was no need for them. We could only want to see. get one channel, and Mom turned the telePerhaps a lot of my “hoarding” of television channels today comes from a young vision on in the morning and it never went off until everybody was going to bed. It life that was filled with only one option, was a regular marathon of soap operas at “Channel 16.” Growing up in Crisfield, my house the entire day. Come to think of Maryland in the early 1960s, I cannot it, that is probably one thing that remains imagine that I even knew there was somefaithful in today’s society. thing called “cable television,” much less However, every once in a Blue Moon, dream that it would ever make its way to usually in the summer, on a perfectly clear Hootersville. night, we could grab a distant signal from We had an oval-shaped screen, black one or two of the Baltimore or Washingand white television that must have been

ton, D.C. television stations. My brother and I would get so excited when we would think there was a slight chance we would get to see “Chiller,” “Outer Limits” or “Twilight Zone” in the late night hours. But, this did not come without physical expense. Many were the nights that we would have Dad climbing on the roof twisting the roof-top antenna until we could get the best available picture on the TV. It was like a communications bucket brigade as Dad would be on the roof with one of us kids at the nearest window shouting; the remaining family members stationed all the way back to the television. Dad would twist the antenna and wait as he would get affirmation from the line crew that he was going in the right direction. This would go on until either we

got the best available picture or Dad got fed up with our unwillingness to settle for either, ripples, ghosts or snow, or a combination of all three. I can’t fathom in today’s society having a child, or adult for that matter, willing to go through so much rigor just to watch a television show. Hmmm, I forgot, there are those who would go through even more rigorous obstacles to keep from missing and episode of “Survivor” or a Sunday afternoon football game. At any rate, we did not have to pay a monthly bill for television service. However, it required that someone in the family have the physical agility of Tarzan and the patience of Job. All this, just to avoid missing an episode of Gunsmoke or Lassie. There is no doubt life was far more simple in the old days!

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Since when is military experience a detriment? I have made no attempt to hide the fact that John McCain is not the man I had hoped for to represent conservatives this November. Political differences aside, it is obvious that this is a man of integrity that is willing to sacrifice not only his golden years, but his entire life for his country. John McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served 23 years in the United States Navy in service to his county. From 1967 to 1973, Senator McCain was held as a prisoner of war under one of the most inhumane regimes in world history. His service and devotion to his country is beyond dedicated, it is heroic. On Friday, May 16, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa asserted that because John McCain is the son and grandson of U.S. Navy Admirals, he possesses a world-view shaped by the military, “and he has a hard time thinking beyond that.” He continued to say that, “Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous.” Harkin added, “It’s one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that's just how you're steeped, how you've learned, how you've grown up." But wait, the best part of this wellthought-out (sarcasm implied) anti-military argument is yet to come! Senator Harkin ended his comments with this pearl of wisdom: "But now McCain is running for a higher office. He's running for commander in chief, and our Constitution says that should be a civilian," Harkin said. "And in some ways, I think it would be nice if that commander in chief had some military background, but I don't know if they need a whole lot." What is he saying exactly? Aside from the fact that this argument is totally void of any logic or sound reasoning, it is downright discriminatory. This from the party of fairness and equality! Since President Washington took the oath of office in 1789, every President of the United States has sworn an oath to preserve, protect and defend the United States of America. Why would a life dedicated to doing just that lead anyone to believe that John McCain would be unfit for the Presidency? I have a theory. Neither Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama have served in the armed forces. In any other circumstance this would not be a big deal. But, Clinton and Obama are not facing a national guardsman with two years of service between high school and college, they are running against a war hero who was tortured as a POW and comes from a family with a distinguished service record. The Democratic party is incapable of diminishing McCain's service to his country, so they have to set their sights on the military itself. This should not be surprising. The modern liberal movement has no qualms about criticizing our men and women who volunteer to serve their country John Kerry called them uneducated. Sen. Patrick Leahy had no problem calling our guards in Guantanamo Bay war criminals. Also not surprising is the fact that the mainstream media is just releasing this

Final Word story nearly one week after these remarks were made. From where I sit, this is so transparent. The Democratic party is grasping at straws. When the worst thing one can say about a man aspiring to occupy the oval office is that he is too experienced militarily, I am certain that the opposition is desperate. Consider the men that have occupied the office that have served in uniform to defend their country: Washington, Eisenhower, Grant, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, B. Harrison, Taylor, Hayes, Garfield, Pierce, Arthur, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Polk, T. Roosevelt, Buchanan, L. Johnson, Nixon, McKinley, Truman, Ford, Fillmore, Tyler, Lincoln, Kennedy, Carter, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, G.W. Bush. Only 11 U.S. presidents did not serve in uniform. It is obvious that in our nation's history, it has not been a liability, but an asset to have served in the military when running for the nation's highest office. I hope the American people see Senator Harkin's remarks for what they are: a desperate attempt to discredit virtues he cannot ascribe to his own candidates. Laura Rogers Star Staff

Let us not forget the sacrifice

On Monday, I will commemorate Memorial Day by visiting Arlington National Cemetery, where I will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. The tomb is the final resting place of three brave American soldiers who lost their lives in combat. The names of these veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War are known only to God. But their valor is known to us all. Throughout American history, this valor has preserved our way of life and our sacred freedoms. It was this valor that won our independence. It was this valor that removed the stain of slavery from our Nation. And it was this valor that defeated the great totalitarian threats of the last century. Today, the men and women of our military are facing a new totalitarian threat to our freedom. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and other fronts around the world, they continue the proud legacy of those who came before them. They bear their responsibilities with quiet dignity and honor. And some have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country. No words are adequate to console those who have lost a loved one serving our Nation. We can only offer our prayers and join in their grief. We grieve for the mother who hears the sound of her child's 21gun salute. We grieve for the husband or wife who receives a folded flag. We grieve for a young son or daughter who only knows dad from a photograph. One holiday is not enough to commemorate all of the sacrifices that have been made by America's men and women in

uniform. No group has ever done more to defend liberty than the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. Their bravery has done more than simply win battles. It has done more than win wars. It has secured a way of life for our entire country. These heroes and their families should be in our thoughts and prayers on a daily basis, and they should receive our loving thanks at every possible opportunity.

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President George W. Bush

Excerpts from last Saturday’s radio address

German Program at Seaford High

I thought the big agenda in education was "no child left behind." with the removal of the German program at Seaford High School there are children left behind. E. Howard,

Finally, directing our thoughts

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. Phil 4:8 NIV

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