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News BOATING - If you have a boat to sell or want to buy one, visit the Blades marina May 7-9. Page 9 FORENSIC FILES - An estimated 90 million people will soon know the story of a vicious attack in Laurel. Page 10 BuSINESS - Learn how to thrive in a down economy. Page 15 FOuRSOME - A “Coalition of Country Clubs” is offering an incredible package of benefits. Page 20 5-2-1 ALMOST NONE - How do you start children on a healthy eating regimen? Some of the answers may surprise you. Page 41 SuRVIVORS - Many forms of cancer can be prevented and most cured if detected early. Meet some survivors. Page 42 FRANKLY - What is Frank Calio saying that could encourage members of the GOP? Page 51 MEMORIAL RIDE - One of the fallen officers being remembered Saturday was on the Seaford force. Page 52 THE CANDIDATES - Find out the positions of the school board candidates in Woodbridge and Seaford. Pages 56 and 57
Sports SIGNING - A pair of Woodbridge seniors signed letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic pursuits. Page 44 STARS - A Seaford boys’ tennis player and a Seaford track and field athlete are this week’s Seaford Stars of the Week. Page 45
Index
Ask the Doc 40 Business 6 Bulletin Board 21-24 Church 26 Classifieds 32-40 Education 12-13 Final Word 59 Frank Calio 51 Gas Lines 50 Gourmet 31 Health 54-55 Letters 58
Lynn Parks Movies Obituaries Opinion Pat Murphy People Police Puzzles Sports Tides Tony Windsor
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN - Nanticoke Little League players throw their caps into the air at the league’s opening day ceremonies last Saturday in Seaford. In the inset Miss Delaware American Princess Alyssa Mercie sings the National Anthem on Saturday at Nanticoke Little League’s opening day ceremonies. See this week’s Sports. Photos by Lynn Schofer
Pre-Relay for Life events Benefit run being held in memory of Dr. Susan Betts By Lynn R. Parks
Events planned for this weekend to benefit the upcoming American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life include a 5K run in memory of the late Susan Betts. Betts, who died from ovarian cancer Dec. 26, 2008, at the age of 53, was an optometrist with a practice in Seaford. She was an active member of the Delaware Optometric Society and of the State Board of Optometry and Licensing and regularly volunteered to check the eyesight of pre-school children. In 1990, she was awarded the Seaford Soroptimist Club’s Athena Award for her professional leadership in support of women and for her community service. “There are a lot of people who had a lot of respect for Dr. Betts,” said
Harry Brake, a teacher at Seaford High School who is coordinating the PreRelay for Life and the 5K run. “We expect a lot of participants.” The run will take place Sunday, starting at 8 a.m. at the newly-christened Vince Morris Trail at Chapel Branch. Cost is $20 and all mothers who participate will be given flowers in honor of Mother’s Day. The run is part of the Pre-Relay for Life, which is being sponsored by the Seaford High School Relay for Life team, with assistance from the school’s driver’s education program and the SHS YELL organization. The Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, is planned for May 15 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital’s Mears Health Campus in Seaford.
The Pre-Relay gets underway Saturday morning at 7, with a yard sale at Seaford High School. The school will also host a basketball tournament in the gym Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A volleyball tournament will be held Saturday across the street at the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club. Signups for both tournaments are due Friday. The high school will also be the scene of a hot rod show and a motorcycle show. Registration for the shows starts Saturday at 10 a.m. Representatives and area organizations will be at the Pre-Relay handing out information. There will also be children’s games, a flea market, face painting and a dunking booth. Food will be available. On a stage set up beside the school, Continued to page five
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Property approved for apartments By Lynn R. Parks
A plan to transform a former commercial property in Seaford into apartments got a seal of approval from the city last Tuesday night. Following a public hearing on the plan, the city council gave the final OK to J.D. Butler Custom Homes to remodel two buildings at the foot of the Stein Highway bridge at Bradford Street into six residential units. The property was once home to Miller’s Upholstery. The developer plans to make the twostory house on the property into a duplex,
with one apartment upstairs and another downstairs. The one-story block building that is on the property will become a fourunit building. Apartments in that building will be between 600 square feet and 700 square feet. J.D. Butler, who attended the public hearing, said that he intends to repaint the block building. He also intends to put a fence behind the buildings and along the Stein Highway side of the property. Butler said that he intends to start work on the project as soon as he has all necessary permits.
New company to join Ross Park By Lynn R. Parks
SWORN IN FOR NEW TERMS - Seaford City Council members Grace Peterson and Bill Bennett were sworn in for new terms during a recent council meeting. Above, Peterson takes the oath from Judge William Mulvaney while her husband, Ben, holds a Bible. Below, Mulvaney administers the oath to Bennett, whose wife, Donna, is holding the Bible. Neither Peterson, first elected to the council in 1993, or Bennett, named to the council in January to fill a vacancy, faced a challenger for their new terms. Photos by Lynn R. Parks
April 23 that he has another buyer for the property. The city of Seaford will not buy back The Whayland Company is interested a parcel of land in the Ross Business Park in building a 9,300-square foot building that it sold, even though it has the first op- there for CAD, a cosmetic distributor. tion to do so. CAD employs 12 people, Hemmen said The city council voted last Tuesday in the letter, and will expand when it has night to release property owner Robert the larger facility. “Design work is curHemmen from the “option to repurchase” rently underway and application for conagreement he signed when he bought the struction permits is expected in the next 60 two-acre property on Venture Drive. That days,” he added. agreement gave the city the first right to Assistant city manager Charles Anbuy back the property. derson told the city council that the city’s By releasing him from the agreement, main interest in the Ross Business Park is the city is allowing Hemmen to sell the providing jobs to the area. property to someone else. Selling price of Allowing Hemmen to sell the property the property is $80,000. to someone else will accomplish that, he CSA-8194-A02B A2 city 5X6.25 11/14/08 Hemmen told the in a letter dated 12:14 said.PM Page 1
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Woodbridge middle schoolers take part in the TRIO program By Cathy Shufelt
Phillis Wheatley Middle School students recently took part in the TRIO program’s Educational Talent Search. This year’s career theme is “Communications,” and members of the local community who work in the communications field met with small groups of 6th and 7th grade students to speak with them about their jobs. Representatives from local newspapers and radio stations, among others, told students about their work, what education is needed for such jobs, starting salaries, as well as highlights and drawbacks of their jobs. Educational Talent Search is a fully federally funded TRIO program through the United States Department of Education. The program provides academic, career and college counseling for over 650 students in grades 6-12 in the Indian River, Seaford, Laurel and Woodbridge School districts. Delaware Technical and Community College administers the grant. Federal TRIO programs are educational opportunity outreach programs created to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes six outreach programs targeted to assist and serve low-income, first-generation college students and students with disabilities from middle school through college. Delaware TRIO programs include Student Support Services, Educational Talent Search,
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Upward Bound, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholars Program. For more information about Delaware TRIO, contact Ms. Barbara Johnson, TRIO program developer at Delaware Technical and Community College at 302-856-5400, ext. 9310. For more information about the Department of Education or the Ronald E. McNair program, visit http://www.ed.gov/ programs/triomcnair/index.html.
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Blades Volunteer Fire Company is offering a 75th Anniversary collector basket featuring a special laser engraved lid. The American Traditions Basket Company in Canal Fulton, Ohio makes the hard maple handmade baskets. Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Blades Volunteer Fire Department by buying a commemorative basket. The “Buckeye” Basket features a special laser engraved wood lid, commemorative brass tag, bicentennial weave, and plastic protector. The basket measures 6.50” x 3.75” and sells for $45 each. The American Traditions Basket Company has been a family owned business for 15 years, specializing in making hand woven American hard maple baskets, customizing each basket order for fundraisers and corporations around the country. For more information or to pre-order baskets contact James Bratten at 629-4896. Cash or checks are accepted for payment.
Scout viSit - Tiger Cub Scouts from Pack 182 of Seaford visited the Seaford Star on Thursday, April 30, to learn about communication. This is to help them complete the 4G requirement. From left are: Alexander Mohr, Johnathan Kent, Tyler Simowitz, Myles Andrews, Aaron Cave and Austen Cave (Wolf Scout) and Tiger Club Den Leader Charles Mohr. Photo by Cassie Richardson
Pre-Relay for Life fundraiser Continued from page one
bands that recently competed in the SHS Battle of the Bands will play throughout the day, starting at 9 a.m. On Saturday evening, Willie Blake Davis and 3 Steps Away, a local Christian rock band, will play in the Seaford Middle School. Tickets for that concert are $15 and will be available at the door.
For your information The Pre-Relay for Life, to raise money for the Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society, will be Saturday and Sunday. Most events will take place at Seaford High School. Sunday will feature a 5K run at Chapel Branch near Seaford. For details, call Harry Brake, 629-4587 ext. 405 or 536-1795.
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Business Allen’s names president and CEO
Charles C. Allen, III, chairman of Allen Family Foods, Inc., announces that Robert (Bob) Turley joined the 90-year-old Seaford-based company on May 5 as president and Chief Executive Officer. “Bob is an experienced and well Bob Turley known veteran to the poultry industry and we look forward to having him lead our company,” said Allen. Growing up on a family farm in Southeast Missouri, Turley has known poultry his entire life. He graduated from Southeast Missouri University earning a dual degree in Biological Science and Management. He went on to further his education at the University of California and Harvard University in the graduate program. Turley began his career as president and general manager of Carolina Turkeys before joining Perdue Farms as their president and Chief Operating Officer and as a member of their Board of Directors. He remained at Perdue until his retirement in March of 2008. Turley resides in Salisbury with his wife, Shirley. They enjoy spending time with their four grown children and six grandchildren. His priorities include family, work and friends.
CORRECTION
A story that appeared in the April 30 editions of the Seaford Star and Laurel Star incorrectly identified the company that recently sponsored a training session with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on new federal regulations for chicken growers. The Seaford-based company is Allen’s Hatchery. The story also did not make it clear that none of the pictures of possible runoff problems that were shown by an EPA representative during the training session were of farms that are owned by Allen’s or by farmers who grow for Allen’s. The pictures were representative shots of problems that the EPA had found on farms. We regret the errors.
INVISTA names site manager
Steve Kimpton, an INVISTA executive currently serving as operations leader at Seaford, will become site manager of INVISTA’s Seaford facility, effective May 15. “Kimpton’s operations and business experience and demonstrated management capabilities have positioned him well to assume leadership of the Seaford site with its new focused mission of producing nylon staple fiber for technical applications such as military apparel, conveyer belts used in paper manufacturing, and other specialty products,” said Ben Melnyczuk, vice president of operations, INVISTA Performance Surfaces & Materials and INVISTA Polymer & Resins. Gary Knight, the current site manager, has accepted the role of director of operations optimization for INVISTA Performance Surfaces & Materials and operations lead for the Performance Materials business. “I am confident that Gary will continue to add significant value for INVISTA in his new role,” said Melnyczuk. Kimpton earned a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 1981. Prior to his recent role as operations leader at Seaford, Kimpton has held various technical, engineering, and operations roles of increasing responsibility at the company’s locations in Seaford, Waynesboro, Va., Chattanooga, Tenn., Wilmington, and Ponca City, Okla. Kimpton and his wife, Kathryn, have four children. He serves on the board of Kent-Sussex Industries, a charitable organization that creates job opportunities for physically and mentally challenged.
Geddes named manager
Richard Geddes has been named store manager at the Tractor Supply Company store in Seaford that is under construction. Tractor Supply Company is the largest retail farm and ranch supply store chain in the United States, and has been operating in Delaware since 2002. Geddes joined Tractor Supply Company as a manager trainee in Westminster, Md., in 2008. Before joining Tractor Supply Company, he worked as a zone manager at Lowes for three years, and served as a state policeman for more than 20 years. The new Seaford Tractor Supply Company store located at 20952 Sussex Highway will open for business in late May.
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May Days The grass keeps growing, as an ant war wages on at Manor House I don’t know much about ants. Our family had an ant farm once, ynn arks something an ever-optimistic Santa Claus thought that my husband, “Among the most our children and I would be able to manage. But within weeks of arrivdramatic battles ing in their new home, the ants were witnessed…are those all dead, victims of an overly-moist conducted by the and therefore prone to mold piece of sweet potato biscuit that I had common pavement given them to eat. Contrary to its ant,” the book says. intent, the ant farm, short-lived as its residents were, added nothing to my knowledge about members sible explanation of the activity. of the family Formicidae. So when I spied The index directed me to page 398, an ant phenomenon recently, I could do where I found the chapter, “Direct Obnothing but stand and watch it, in complete servation of Competition.” The authors ignorance of what was going on. Let me describe it: Forming a nearly-perfect diago- quote Auguste Forel, who I now know is a famous ant researcher as well as a psynal stripe across one lane of our two-lane chiatrist (odd combination, that), as saying oyster-shelled driveway were what must that “the greatest enemies of ants are other have been thousands of ants. On either ants, just as the greatest enemies of men end of the two-foot stripe was an ant hill are other men.” According to Holldobler and ants were scurrying, in very circuitous and Wilson, ants fight over food and over routes, from one hill to the other. Rather, territory. “Among the most dramatic battles some of the ants were scurrying. Others were arguing, it seemed, butting heads with witnessed…are those conducted by the common pavement ant,” the book says. fellow ants and even grabbing onto them. “These wars occur in abundance on sideAnd still others were lying motionless on walks and lawns in town and cities of the the driveway, victims seemingly of battle. eastern United States throughout the warm Or so my husband and I thought at first. season. Masses of hundreds or thousands But then we noticed that ants that had been of the small, dark brown workers lock in perfectly still, that even had been run over combat for hours at a time, tumbling, biting by other ants, would suddenly hop up and and pulling each other.” join in the scurrying. To an uneducated It doesn’t say in that chapter what haphuman observer, there was no rhyme or pens to the war’s victims. But in another reason to any of it. How long this went on, section, on page 288, I found out that “in I’ve no idea. I had garden chores to do and the spring, colonies of red wood ants regucouldn’t spend all day watching ants. larly war on one another and eat their dead But when I checked again several hours enemies.” So it seems likely that what we later, the stripe of ants had vanished. Not had here was some kind of war, probably one creature, dead or alive, not even a byover territory as I can’t imagine what food stander who could give me some insight, there was on our driveway. As for the remained. So we still don’t know what the ants that seemed to be dead and that then commotion was. But there’s no excuse for hopped up and joined in the fray, I have my continued ignorance. For sitting on the no explanation. But Holldobler and Wilbookshelf in our dining room is a large son indicate that, at least in some species, book, 732 pages to be exact, and measurevolution and ecological change may tame ing 10 inches by 12 inches, called simply violent behavior. “the Ants.” The book, published in 1990 Perhaps the ants we saw “playing dead” by the Harvard University Press and written were ahead of their cousins evolutionarily by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilspeaking. Perhaps they had come up with son, is dedicated to “the next generation of some way to avoid battle and carry on the myrmecologists.” Since I have the book, important business of life for another day. I thought that I could do some research to A stand against war, right in our drivetry to figure out what was going on in our way. Now that’s something I’ll give up driveway. So I looked up ant wars, somelawn cutting to watch any day. thing my husband had suggested as a pos-
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Bladessought Economic Development Corp. boatand show and sale Law to protect homeowners insurance The Blades Economic DevelInsurance Commissioner Matt opment Corporation (BEDCO) is Denn and members the year Senate trying something newofthis for entire Western CommitSussex andthe House Insurance County andlaw beyond. tees willcommunity, pursue a new in the On of May 7, 8, and court 9, there will wake a Delaware ruling be boat show, sell, boat thata would allowboat insurance combuy andtoa refuse boat auction, allhomeat the panies to renew Marina in Blades.for policyholdowner insurance is that youagainst can bring ersThe whoidea make claims your in onorThursday, their boat policies, even ask put questions about doing so. Recently, a Delaware Superior Court judge Dinner honors Dale Dukes ruled in favor of two insurance Johnny Janosik Charity industry groups in a lawsuitEvents is sponsoring a tribute dinner seeking to overturn a 2005 Dehonoring former Sussex County partment of Insurance Council President Daleregulation Dukes on banning practice of non-reSaturday,the May 9, at the Johnny newing insurance Janosik homeowners World of Furniture 2nd policies as a result of making floor conference center. claims. The event has limited seating also prohibited andThe willregulation start at 5 p.m. with an insurers fromtotreating opportunity browse simple through the Johnnyfrom Janosik World of Furquestions policyholders as niture store. claims. The insurers had argued The tribute dinner is partDeof in court that the Insurance the Johnny Charity Event partment didJanosik not have the aufundraiser for Boys Girls by thority to take such & actions Clubs of Delaware Laurel Exregulation. Commissioner Denn tension. Tickets are $75 per person. For more information, visit mwww.johnnyjanosikcharitygolf. com.
it on display, show it to many stated that he wouldonappeal the prospective buyers Thursday, Superior Court’s decision the Friday and Saturday and ifto you don’t sell itSupreme by then,Court. you can aucDelaware tionWhile it off the on Saturday 3 p.m. appeal is at pending, If you have aDenn boat and that legislayou Commissioner would like towill donate tive leaders seektotoBEDCO, enact 501©(3), they would be legislation to provide theglad sameto accept, your taxes would way protection afforded by thegodisdown. regulation. puted At thewill same time this boat “We fight onof every available front to protect homeowners fromisabusive by the seating limited.practices Call Susan insurance industry,” CommisKent at 302-745-1935 or email sioner Denn said. susanrkent@yahoo.com. State Sen. David Sokola, a Job search member of theseminars Senate Insurance Three freewill workshops are Committee, be the chief available to help people search sponsor of the legislation to be for and findon new introduced Jan.jobs. 8. These workshops are to be unfair held atfor Trin“It is completely ity Transport, 1201 Bridgeville insurance companies to punish Highway, Seaford. on Wedneshomeowners for making routine day, May 13, from 2 to 5 p.m.; claims against their homeowners Wednesday, May 20, from 2 to insurance,” Sokola said. 5 p.m.; and Sen. Wednesday, May 27, “I am that the from 2 todisappointed 5 p.m.; court has prevented theworkshop InsurTopics for the first ance Department from will be “Overcome the prohibitTrauma ing thisLoss” practice, I hope the of Job and and “Maximizing Resources for Your Job Search.” The second workshop will cover “Resume Writing” and “Understanding the Interview Process.” The final workshop will consist of one-on-one consultations and mock interviews. Registration is limited to 20 Program (CHEERP), which Call manparticipants per workshop. ages the Sharing Fund.The “Chesa856-5818 to register. workpeake is proud be able shops Utilities are sponsored by to DelMarto efforts Innovation to help Vaincrease SHRM,our Delaware customers thisthe year.” at Work and Sussex County For 2008, Chesapeake UtiliRetired and Senior Volunteer ties will nearly double its contriProgram. bution to the Sharing Fund. In addition to increasing grant Scrapple, Muskrat & More levels, additional grants are being “Food Lore: Our Regional offered whoMuskrat are recently Cuisineto– those Scrapple, & unemployed or struggling with More”, a program presented by mortgage-related issues. author and storyteller Ed OkonoSharing grants wicz, will be heldare on available Thursday, for all7,eligible of May 7 p.m.,customers at the Seaford Chesapeake Utilities on District Library, 302 living N. Porter Delmarva. Street. Okonowicz is the author the grants of Applications more than 20for books on mid-are available through Catholic ChariAtlantic folklore and oral history. ties in Delaware (302-674-1782) He teaches folklore at the Univerand in Maryland (410sity Shore-Up of Delaware. 749-1142). Door prizes and refreshments will follow the presentation.
General Assembly will work with Commissioner Denn to pass this legislation promptly so homeowners can once again be protected.” State Rep. Valerie Longhurst, a member of the House Economic Development, Banking and Insurance Committee and the chief House sponsor of the new
event, the Nanticoke Yacht Club legislation, pointed out that the will be hosting a nautical theme regulation in the question yard sale on Marinawas lot.imThey will also have desplemented onlysandwiches, after the House erts, bake goods and drinks of Representatives failed to for adsale. the issue in 2005. dress This is a fine if “The last timeopportunity the House of you are interested in given selling,a buyRepresentatives was bill ing, or justthis looking at theitboats to address problem, did thatact,” are out not shethere. said. The boat will be open “Now thatevent the legislature may
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, May be onlyMay body8,that protect 7; the Friday, and can Saturday, homeowners frombuy these May 9. You may andunfair sell boats anytime thee andwill any practices, I hope thedays House person in having their take thisinterested issue more seriously.” craft off, which is goTheauctioned case is C.A. No. 05C-10ing to happen about 3Insurance p.m. on 309 SCD, American Saturday. and Property and Association If youInsurers have anyAssociation questions, you Casualty of may call vs. the Delaware BEDCO/Dock MasAmerica Departter office at 628-8600. ment of Insurance.
Chesapeake Utilities have Horsey Family Golf Classic doubled assistance program The Horsey Family Youth Foundation will host the 5th In 2008, at aCelebrity time when state Annual HFYF Golf and federal grants have leveled Classic at Heritage Shore Golf off or even decreased, Chesa& Country Club on May 20-21. peake Utilities announces that the The event this year will have a grant levels of the Sharing Fund meet and greet with the celebrihave increased for those who ties followed and a live have qualifiedby fordinner assistance. auction on May 20 at 6 The Chesapeake Utilities p.m. created golf action will take place with the Sharing Fund with donationsa shotgun start on May 21.employEach provided by customers, team will be paired with a sports ees, the community and Chesacelebrity for a fun filled round of peake Utilities Corporation to engolf. Some of the celebrities this sure that the elderly, ill and those year will include: Rich Gannon, facing financial hardship are not Brooks Robinson, forgotten during theTippy cold Marwinter tinez, Ray Perkins, months when energyTom billsMatte, are at and many their peak. more. Dinner tickets and“Now golf teams is not are the still timeavailable! to be For more information cutting back on grants contact for those Dale Webb at 302-841-5120. in need,” stated Shane Breakie, president of the Chesapeake Job support workshops Emergency Energy Recipient Last fall after the announcement that Invista was going to be laying off a few hundred people, area clergy and lay persons metSussex to determine to sup-at Countyhow Council, portJanuary those who are experiencing its 8 meeting, elected unemployment and difficulty its officers for 2008, selectingin finding work.Councilman Finley as president The Job Response Team B. Jones Jr. Loss of Greenwood, and hasvice developed workshops based as president Councilman on the book by Richard Nelson Lynn J. “What RogersColor of Milton. Bolles, is Your Councilman Dale Dukes Parachute?” for thoseR. who are of Laurel held council presiunemployed orthe underemployed. dency for the while Topics andpast datesyear, include: Jones served asSkills, vice president. • Interview May 13 president pre•As Entering theJones Worldwill of 50+, Mayover 20 all council meetings in side • How Choosesubstituting a New Ca2008, withtoRogers reer, May if Jones is 27 unable to attend. • How to Start Your Own It is customary for the counBusiness, Junemeeting 3 cil, at the first of each free. newThese year,workshops to elect its are officers Preregistration is preferred as
Sussex Council has Coffee newwith leadership Dave Wilson
Representative Dave and State appoint legal staff. The Wilson (R-Bridgeville) will five-member council unani- visit the Greenwood Activity mously approvedCHEER Jones and Center, 41 Schulze Road, GreenRogers for their posts. wood, on Wednesday, May 13, also unanimously at 9Council a.m. Residents of the 35th approved James D. with Griffin tostate District can speak their another one-year appointment representative and enjoy coffee asand County will pastry.Attorney. For moreGriffin information, serve as theWelch electedatbody’s chief call Susan 302-349counsel. 5237. Vincent G. Robertson and Golf Tournament Richard E. Berl Jr. also were seTheforannual Nanticoke Rotary lected one-year re-appointGolf Tournament is May attor15, with ments as assistant county a 9 a.m. start,tobest ball neys, withshotgun Robertson serve format. the Planning & Zoning ComThe cost is $75 golfer. mission and Berl toper serve the Golfers may call Towers Signs Board of Adjustment. at 629-7450.
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Laurel attack will be featured on ‘Forensic Files’ The ‘Forensic Files’
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Last August, cameras from the truTV cable television show “Forensic Files” came to western Sussex County to film an episode. The subject of the shoot was the September 1995 violent attack of Brenda Kaye Robinson in her Laurel mobile home. According to producers of Forensic Files, the episode is scheduled to air on Friday, May 22, at 10 p.m. Titled, “Smiley Face,” the episode is being heralded by Forensic Files’ editors as “one of the Top 10 in Forensic Files history.” In promoting the episode on its website, producers of “Forensic Files” describe the upcoming episode: “In ‘Smiley Face’ a nighttime intruder viciously assaults and stabs a woman in her Delaware home, but she miraculously lives to tell her story. The suspicious behavior of a local man has everyone, including the victim, convinced the case has been solved… until forensic evidence turns the investigation on its head. It takes years and a similar crime
in a different state to gather the evidence needed to put a serial rapist behind bars.” The recount of the Robinson attack is one of two new episodes being introduced by the Forensic Files show in May, which along with November, is typically one of television’s two “sweep months.” When the camera crews came to Delaware last year, they interviewed Robinson, who is a Seaford insurance agent, extensively for the show. They were even able to gain permission from the owners of the Laurel Village mobile home where she lived when the attack occurred in 1995 to film re-enactments of the crime. The real life horror In the real life incident, Robinson suffered a horrific attack which left her close to death. In the years following the attack she was forced to live under a cloud of uncertainty. Early in the case, police arrested a Prince George’s County, Md. man for the brutal crime. However, he was eventually released from prison after DNA evidence showed no connection to the crime. In September 2005, 10 years after the crime occurred, Mark R. Eskridge, then 46, of Laurel, who was serving a life sentence in Cambridge, Md., for a rape in 2002, was found to be guilty of Robinson’s 1995 attack. “Forensic Files” is a documentary-style television show that shows how science can be used to help solve crimes.
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According to Chip Selby, a producer for the show, each episode profiles a single case, from the discovery of a crime, through the police investigation, forensic analysis of the evidence, arrest and trial. He said the stories are told through a series of on-camera interviews with people involved in the case. “We also show the forensic experts demonstrating their scientific work they provided to help solve the case,” he said. It was while filming another episode of “Forensic Files” in the Harrington area last year that producers learned about the Robinson case. The show was investigating the 1991 murder of Dorothy Donavan that went unsolved until DNA evidence led to an arrest in April 2008. The camera crews from the show were having lunch with Delaware State Police detectives while filming the Donavon episode and were told about the Robinson case and the role DNA played in solving it. Producers felt the case was a perfect fit
for the type of show that Forensic Files investigates and after talking with Robinson, pitched the show to the network and moved forward with scheduling interviews. During the time of the filming Robinson said she was surprised when she was contacted by Forensic Files, because she was not aware of any activity surrounding her case since the 2005 arrest of Mark Eskridge. “I appreciate any opportunity to use my case as a way to help make people aware,” she said. “I faced an attack that came out of nowhere and from someone that I did not know. I think it is important that people realize how important it is to be aware of your surroundings and take precautions to try and stay safe. I spent 13 years totally uncertain of anything until police made the arrest in 2005.” The nightmare begins Robinson’s nightmare began in the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2005 when she was awoken by a knock on the door of her Laurel Village Mobile Home park residence. She went to the door and standing on her tip-toes to look through a window on the door, she saw a man standing on her doorstep who said he would like to use her telephone. After offering to make a call for the man, rather than let him in the house, the man walked away. Robinson notified po-
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MORNING STAR • MAy 7 - 13, 2009 lice about the suspicious man, but when police arrived there was no sign of him. She went back to bed but a short time later was awoken again, this time by the sound of a slamming door. When she walked out of her bedroom into the kitchen area of her home she saw the man crouched on the floor with a knife. For the next four hours Robinson was brutally tortured as her then 13-year-old son lay sleeping in the next room. Stabbed repeatedly and beaten, Robinson finally collapsed to the floor and after saying the “Lord’s Prayer,” made’ a last ditch attempt to save her life by acting as though she were dead. Thinking he had killed his victim, the man fled the home and Robinson’s son went and got help from neighbors. “I thought after this happened that I would never feel safe again,” she said. “But, in time, I was able to take the initiative to do things, such as self defense and firearms classes, to equip myself with a stronger sense of confidence. I feel I am much better now.” Robinson is now working on a book about her ordeal and the efforts she has made to attempt recovery. She hopes to find a publisher for the book in the near future. The interviews For the Robinson case Forensic Files’ production crews filmed in Seaford, Georgetown and Laurel, Delaware and Salisbury and Cambridge, Md. Filming started at the office of Morning Star Publications, publisher of the Seaford and Laurel Star newspapers. The newspapers were heavily involved in covering the Robinson case throughout the years following the attack. Delaware State Police involved in the investigation, including Doug Hudson and Rob Hudson, were filmed in interviews at Court
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Education Area Hispanic students honored by Latin American Community Center
Sussex Tech students Benedict and Melina Pineyro of Bridgeville were honored at the Hispanic Student Recognition Program.
Three Sussex Technical High School students were honored by the Latin American Community Center at their 24th Annual Hispanic Student Recognition Program on Saturday, April 25 at Dover Downs. Students Melina Pineyro and Benedict Pineyro, both of Bridgeville, and Robert Julio Gallo, of Milton, received medals at the event. Over 150 Hispanic students from the state of Delaware were nominated in five categories. A senior, Melina was the Sussex County winner in the “Live United Community Service” category. Junior Benedict
Pineyro was the Sussex County winner in the “Math, Science, and Technology” category. Both were nominated by teacher Lisa Swan and each received medals and a cash award of $150. Melina and Benedict won based on their personal interviews, academic record, and their nominator’s written recommendation. Junior Robert Julio Gallo was nominated by teacher Tammy Morley and was recognized as a contender in the Academics category. He also received a medal.
Laurel Intermediate School students named to honor roll
Laurel Intermediate School has announced the third quarter honor roll. 5th grade Mrs. Brennen: All A’s - Kellye Rowe, Ashlan Venables, Joanne Yeary; A/B Elijah Deshields, Joey Johnson, Antishea Jones, Donald Joseph, Jordyn Tonelli, Rosa Toomey, Bethany Watson, Madison Whaley, William Willey Mrs. Callaway: All A’s - Kailyn Bickerton, Nicholas Jones, Nieja West; A/B - Evan Ahtes, Dhamir Bailey, Kacie Bruce, Suneydi Jimenez, Shayna JimenezDomingo, Josiah Johnson, Darrin Mills, Paul Toomey, Sabrina Vandeyar, Abigail Venters, Chance Watts Mrs. Dolan: All A’s - Allysa Alpert; A/B - Jennah Baker, Danielle Bishop, Shei’Mhere Dashiell, Blaine Erdie, Hunter Henry, Micheal Henry, Austin Kuntz, Christopher Lacey, Arden Miller, Susan Ryan, Emma Stawisuck, Harley Tuck, Christopher Wathen, Jeffery Whitten Mr. Moyer: All A’s - Breannah Bell, Mary Kate Bennett, Josh Yawn; A/B - Nicole Albino-Lopez, Anthony Ash, Zach Carey, Cole Cook, Taylor French, Jenna Hovatter, Nicole Hovatter, Trent Hearn, Ashlee McCoy, Kendrick McDaniel, Elias
Orellana-Santos, Christian Riggin, Billy Voges Mrs. Pugh: All A’s - Cole Collins, Cade Pusey, Quentin Wilkerson; A/B - Morgan Callaway, Juanita Carreno, Ashton Christophel, Melania Clark, Dylan Eskridge, Justin Hill, Kaitlin Passwaters, James Wood Mrs. Pusey: All A’s - Sarah Allen, Connor Bailey, Michaela Brodie-Willey, Brooke Jones, Daniel Yu; A/B - Randy Carey, Kalah Kellam, Charelle Lewis, Mariah Riggin, Matthew Stokes, Austin Taylor, Donovan Wilhelm, Timaun Williams Mrs. Thielmann: All A’s - Cassie Dyson, Nate Heineike; A/B - Morgan Brunner-Cooke, Joey Carney, Marc-Kency Cherestal, Harley Cornell, Douniah El Mir Ayoubi, Sarah James, Angel Jones, Noah Rose, Zaidel Sanchez, Kyra Swift, Tara White Mrs. Thompson: Gemima Murat 6th grade Mrs. Bice: All A’s - Ash-Lyn Rossi, Courtney Trazo, Brittany Woods, Skyler Wroten; A/B - Hannah Cox, Kasey Ellsworth, Chontel Handy, Corey Hudson, Timmy Kelley, Thomas Najdek, Eron Swan, Tyler Whitby
SCS shares quarterly honor roll The following area students have been named to the third quarter honor roll at Salisbury Christian School. Summa Cum Laude - Grade 7 - Nathaniel Laremore, Seaford; Grade 8 - Allison Lowe, Laurel; Grade 10 - Arielle Champagne, Laurel; Micah Laremore, Seaford; Trevor McMunn, Millsboro; Kristen McTernan, Delmar; Grade 11 Stephanie James, Delmar; Grade 12 - Ike Lewis, Laurel Magna Cum Laude - Grade 6 - Jesse Bennett, Frankfort; Aaron Black, Laurel; Katelin Whaley, Laurel; Grade 7 Katyanna Kerr, Laurel; Grade 8 - Nathan Katzaman, Delmar; Tyler Smith, Seaford; Grade 9 - Dillin Bennett, Frankfort; Me-
gan James, Delmar; Grade 10 - Shelby Dukes, Laurel; Grade 11 - Lynley Connor, Dagsboro; Cody Jones, Millsboro; Ben Katzaman, Delmar; Jenna Kirk, Laurel; Grade 12 - Amanda Avens, Laurel; Cotter Johnston, Seaford; Zack Pinette, Seaford Cum Laude - Grade 6 - Kaylin Johnson, Delmar; Kenzie Lewis, Seaford; Grade 7 - Kenzie Johnson, Delmar; Hannah Millman, Bridgeville; Katie Minton, Laurel; Grade 8 - Kelsey Whaley, Laurel; Grade 10 - Jared Alexander, Delmar; Colleen O’Malley, Fenwick Island; Blake Phillips, Laurel; Jeri West, Bridgeville; Grade 11 - Jamie Curtis, Laurel; Bethany Johnson, Millsboro
Mrs. Bowden: All A’s - Selime Arslan; A/B - Erin Brittingham, Zachary Collins, Morgan Hastings, Melissa Joseph, Morgan Joseph, Corey Tant, Kevin Vandeyar, Hunter Veazey, Sara Jo Whaley Mrs. Goff: All A’s - Jared D’Antonio, Rachel Davis, Conor Matthews, Briana Milliner; A/B - Caitlin Abrams, Regan Green, Johnny MCGinnis, Jeremy Metz, Cody Niblett, Ana Ros, Courtney Snyder Mrs. Hastings: All A’s - Trevor Bradley, Lindsey Marino, Alison Pusey, Savannah West; A/B - RJ Horsey, Charvonne Lamontagne, Alan Lubiniecki, Shelby Murphy, AJ Osorio, Jacob Spencer, Rebecca Spicer, Brian Story, Lindsey Sullivan, Mya Swift, Lathan Verry, Harley Wilson Mrs. Palmer: All A’s - Amanda Clifford; A/B - Londyn Hadley, Jasmine Matthews, Meagan Miller, Megan Whaley Mrs. Parker: All A’s - Alyssa Belote, Kelsey Stevenson; A/B - Brandon Johnson, Kelsey Mulford, Colton Platzke, Tristin West, Aadeel Zafar Mrs. Spicer: All A’s - Kendal Butterworth; A/B - Richard Bailey, Tayler Chaffinch, Ashton Hastings, Samantha Hawley, Michael Lecates, Brianna Messick
Laurel High School releases honor roll Laurel High School announces that the following students have been named to the honor roll for the third quarter. 9th grade – Alexandra Butterworth – All A’s, Collin Butterworth – All A’s, Harry Barr, Caleb Benton, Breada Boyce, Cory Cutsail, Katara Deputy, Stephanie Dukes, Erin Eudy, Amanda Fisher – All A’s, Carrie Gambrill, Glen Huffman, Reilly Laux, George Lecates, Trene’ Maddox, Ashley Marvel, Shawn Miller – All A’s, Arnell Puckham, Kaitlynn Ritchie, Kaleb Scott, Crystal Staples, Richard Steen – All A’s, Roseanne Thornton – All A’s, Elizabeth Waite, Tierra West, Theodore Whaley 10th grade - Brooke Brittingham, Lindsay Dolby,Courtney Jackson, Seth Maisch,John Parrish, Johanna Ray – All A’s, Tyler Reed, Tyler Sparrow, Tiffany St. Jernquist, Brandon Thompson – All A’s, Zachary Toadvine 11th grade - Adam Bennett, Ryan Boyce, Jenna Cahall, Sherloune Charleron, Amber Cooper, Christopher Cutsail, Samantha Dize, Brooke Evans, Zachary Exume, Adam Horner – All A’s, Jean Joinvil, Jessica Moore, Alexis Oliphant – All A’s, Kelsey Oliphant – All A’s, Taylor Oliphant – All A’s, Christopher Purnell – All A’s, Alex Rushing, Sierra Spicer – All A’s, Tori Spicer, Uzma Uddin, Fritzneider Ulysse, Colby Watts, Dylan Windsor, Ashley Zarrello 12th grade – Derek Babinski, Ashlee Brittingham, Kyle Brown, Sara Burke, Jennifer Byler, Anaika Casimir – All A’s, Youdeline Charleron, Ashley Cheeseman, Britney Clark, Amanda D’Armi, Michelle Dickerson, Brandon Hearne, Brooks Hearne – All A’s, Caitlin Herscher – All A’s, Heather Horsey, Jasmine Johnson, Kirsti Knight, Josh Kosiorowski, Quinten Langley, Kenzie Matthews, Twila McCrea, Shiann Miller, Alexis Musser, Gaven Parker, Brandon Phulesar, James Ruhl, Anna Sanders – All A’s, Marcedes Shelton, Leroyal Stancell, Shane Walls, Tylor Webb, Tysha White, Caleb Wilson, Nicole Windsor
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Summer Food Service Program
The Woodbridge School District will be participating in the 2009 Summer Food Service Program from June 17 to July 21. The Summer Food Program is a federal program of the Food and Nutrition Services, Unite States Department of Agriculture. This program provides all children 18 years of age and under with the same free meal in accordance with a menu approved by the state agency regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Landis to graduate from Hesston
Hesston College, Hesston, Kan., granted associate degrees to 157 graduates during commencement exercises Sunday, May 3. One local area student, Kendall Dwight Landis of Greenwood, received a degree in Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences – Business.
ACSI Super Day
On March 27, Olivia Kane participated at the ACSI Super Day held at Salisbury Christian School in Salisbury, Md.
She received a blue ribbon and a medal for placing first in the computation portion of the Math Olympics competition. Olivia is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Kane, Jr. of Seaford, and Olivia Kane attends Salisbury Christian School. Olivia competed against seven other schools during the competition. Salisbury Christian School is a member of the Association of Christian School International.
AAUW offers scholarship
The Western Sussex Branch of the American Association of University Women will offer a scholarship to a woman who is a resident of the Seaford, Laurel, Woodbridge or Delmar (Del.) school district and who completed, at any time, a two-year associate degree at the Owens Campus, Georgetown, and plans
to pursue a four-year bachelor’s degree. Applications for the 2009 – 2010 year scholarship are available from the Financial Aid Office, Delaware Technical and Community College, Owens Campus, 855-1693. The deadline is May 15.
Worcester Prep shares honor roll
Worcester Preparatory School announces that the following area students were named to the Headmaster’s List for the third term. Grade 6 - Amanda Gabriel, Laurel;
Jenny Rosales, Laurel; Mark Wilson, Seaford; Grade 7 - Ariella Anthony, Seaford; Alexa Conaway, Seaford; Lorenzo deJesus, Seaford; Grade 8 - Brad Mullen, Seaford; James Willey, Bridgeville; Grade 9 - Cole Phillips, Seaford; Grade 10 - Matthew Carey, Seaford; Ali Schwartz, Seaford; Grade 11 - Lauren Price, Seaford; Megan Rosales, Laurel Honorable mention Grade 6 - Raphael deJesus, Seaford; Grade 7 - James Hemmen, Seaford; Grade 9 - Alyssa Alicea, Seaford; Grade 10 - Erin Cook, Seaford
NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
SUSSEX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 ALL TERMS BEGIN JULY 1, 2009 POLLS OPEN: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM For Board Member Jason Robert Coco Vote for One (1) Charles S. Smith
DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT - THREE YEAR TERM Gregory A.C athell For Board Member Jeffrey T. Fleetwood, Sr. Vote for One (1) Wayne F. Moore Phillip W. Thompson
Polling Location: Delmar High School, 200 N. Eighth Street, Delmar
LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM LoisH artstein For Board Member Laurence Edward Jestice, Jr. Vote for One (1) Polling Location: Laurel High School, 1133 South Central Ave., Laurel
SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY - Fourteen students at Sussex Technical High School were inducted into the Spanish Honor Society on Monday, April 27. From left in the front row, seated - Abigail Adkins, Millsboro; Doily Cifuentes, Georgetown; Emily Genshaw, Seaford; Miriah Hearn, Lewes; and Maribel Juarez, Georgetown; middle row, seated Kinjal Patel, Seaford; Emily Southmayd, Ocean View; Jasmine Trotman, Milford; Courtlyn Whaley, Laurel; Daisy Wharton, Laurel; and Audrey White, Milton. Spanish Honor Society members standing are, from left - President Chase Dudine, Selbyville; Vice President Tommy King, Frankford; Treasurer Caitlyn Overington, Georgetown; Secretary Melina Pineyro, Bridgeville; and members Cristina Sanchez, Laurel; and Sally Woods, Georgetown. Absent from the ceremony were inductees Benedict Pineyro, Bridgeville; Courtenay Rickards, Ocean View; and Caitlin Stone, Bridgeville.
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“I urge the residents of Laurel to participate in shaping our children’s and community’s future by voting in the Laurel School Board election on May 12. “After all, it is Our School District, Our Community, Our Future.”
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WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM For Board Member Alice Jeanne Matsinger Vote for One (1) Willie Lee Savage, II
Polling Locations : Woodbridge High School, 308 Laws Street, Bridgeville; Woodbridge Elem. School, Sussex Highway, Greenwood Voters must be a Bona Fide Resident of the School District, a Citizen of the United States of America and 18 years of age or older. Proof of identity will ber equired.
May 8, 2009 - 12 Noon - Deadline to mail out absentee ballots. Affidavits available for voting absentee by mail at: www.electionssc.delaware.govO r call 856-5367 and forms will be mailed. Affidavit must be submitted before the absentee ballot can be mailed to voter.
May 11, 2009 - 12 Noon - Deadline to vote an absentee ballot in person in the Office of the Department of Elections. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS FOR SUSSEX COUNTY 119 N. RACE STREET, GEORGETOWN, DE 19947 302-856-5367
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Dr. Warren Cohen, medical director of radiology at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, speaks at the Appreciation Luncheon at the Seaford Golf & Country Club.
Professionals attend luncheon By Carol Kinsley
Administrative professionals from throughout the Seaford area enjoyed an Appreciation Luncheon at the Seaford Golf & Country Club on April 22. The luncheon was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Susan Betts, who chaired the Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce Member Services Committee for more than 20 years. Betts died in December 2008 following a long battle with cancer. Dr. Warren Cohen, medical director of radiology at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, was the guest speaker. Cohen, who came to Nanticoke from Philadelphia, said he had found at the Mears Center a dedication and expertise he had not expected. He also found the latest equipment available for diagnosing disease unique to women, especially cancer. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. There are 2.6 million women living with breast cancer, Cohen said. Forty-three thousand women die of it each year. “We still don’t know how to prevent or cure it. Early and accurate diagnosis remains a challenge,” he continued. The following unusual changes may be an indicator of breast cancer: a lump in the under arm, swelling of part of the breast, skin irritation or dimply, nipple pain or nipple turning inward, nipple discharge (other than in lactating mothers), redness or scaliness of breast or skin. Screening is the most important way to find cancer early. Most women over the age of 40 should have an annual mammogram, earlier if there is a palpable lump. Having too many mammograms starting too early adds up to a risk from radiation. Monthly breast self-examination should begin at age 20. If found early, there is a 98 percent five-year survival rate.
Mears offers full field mammograms in addition to newer diagnostic tests such as 64-slice Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT or CT scan). A PET (Positron Emission Tomography) can show whether a lump is benign or malignant and is a useful addition to mammography. “PET accurately stages axillary and lymph node involvement,” Cohen said. “Seventy percent of all women with suspicious mammograms could be spared biopsy because of PET scans. PET details metastases, resulting in more accurate treatment and evaluates a patient’s response to therapy. It also shows recurrent disease.” “PET is expensive, and not all doctors are familiar with it yet,” Cohen said. “In the old days, PET was nuclear medicine. We have a new kind with CT which allows us to see anatomical and metabolic activity.” As soon as the manpower is available, Mears will offer MRI of the breast. The machine and software are in place. An MRI takes multiple cross-sectional pictures. It is not for breast cancer screening. Digital mammography also is coming by the end of the year. Although the technology hasn’t proven itself yet, Cohen said, “it’s the latest and greatest. It’s eight times as expensive as film mammography. As a radiologist,” he said, “we’re getting [digital mammography] because everyone else has. Hopefully it will prove better, but it’s not there yet.” While some of the technology at Mears is brand-new, the staff of six has a combined 62 years of experience. “They are extra compassionate, caring and devoted to what they do,” Cohen told his audience. There were “goodie bags” for all 66 attendees and so many door prizes donated by 57 business members of the Chamber of Commerce, that no one went back to the office empty-handed.
CAR WASH - To fulfill a community service requirement by their 9th grade honors L.A. teacher, Penny Austin-Richardson at Seaford High School, Randy Givens, right, Christopher Michel and Michael Wingate, aided by friends Ryan Shaban and Colton Philips, held a car wash on April 25 at Home Team Realty on Stein Highway to raise money to buy supplies for Nanticoke Hospital’s Emergency Department pediatric initiative. In addition to coloring books and crayon packs for entertaining children at the hospital, the $335 they raised will purchase a temporal artery thermometer which will make it easier to take children’s temperatures. Photo by Susan Michel
Nemours will begin new offices By Lynn R. Parks
The Nemours Foundation has the final go-ahead to start construction of a 12,000-square foot medical office building on Fallon Avenue, near the Seaford Post Office. The Seaford City Council approved final site plans last Tuesday
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Work for new library continues
WOODBRIDGE WINS HONORS - Bonnie Workman, representative of the Woodbridge School District, and Bonnie Walls, of the Town of Bridgeville, recently received the Sussex Coalition Cup for the most participants (students and staff) at the “Community Walks” which were held to promote awareness of eating healthy and being active. This is the third consecutive year that Woodbridge has won the honors.
Woodbridge wins state award By Cathy Shufelt
Participants in the Walk, Run, Push, Pull, Pedal Fundraiser for the new library were few, but their efforts were enormously appreciated, as more than $2,000 was added to the building fund. Ready to navigate the course on foot or wheels are, from left, Lexie Penuel, 8; Allison Beard, 8; Ryan Beard, almost 5; and Macy Sapna, 4. Photos by Carol Kinsley
Within view of the Walk, Run, Push, Pull, Pedal Fundraiser at the Jay’s Nest, the new library is already under construction next to the Ross Mansion.
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Phillis Wheatley Middle School and the Woodbridge School District have been awarded the 2009 Governor’s Conservation Award for the school’s Conservation Club. Three years ago, 28 students began to learn about the importance of wildlife and land conservation by taking part in a variety of activities and projects. To date, the club has over 100 members who have completed a Koi pond, community and memory gardens, courtyard project and a garden to attract songbirds. The various gardens serve as safe spaces for birds, rabbits, insects and other animals. Included in the gardens are trails, sidewalks, fountains, bird feeders, native plants and vegetables that are all maintained by students in the Conservation Club. Vegetables and herbs are taken home and enjoyed by students, teachers, and members of the local community. The club also adopted wetlands located on school grounds through the Delaware Adopt-A-Wetland program. The school received an award from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources for their wetlands project. Through the Conservation Club’s activities students learn about soil and land conservation, proper landscaping, wetlands protection, gardening, healthy eating and animal care not to mention volunteerism and community involvement. This prestigious award was presented to repre-
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sentatives from the Woodbridge School District by Governor Markell at an awards ceremony held in the Delaware Agricultural Museum in Dover on April 22. The Sussex Tech Adult Education program in conjunction with the Woodbridge School District held a recognition ceremony on April 8 to recognize the hard work and accomplishments of community members enrolled in the program. The program is designed to help support adult members of the Woodbridge School District, mainly parents and caretakers of students in the district, with GED and English language classes, among others. Budget issues are still ongoing in all school districts throughout the state. Dr. Carson reported that tax collections are behind where they typically are at this point in the school year. “It’s a reflection of the economy,” he stated. He told Woodbridge Board of Education members that last year the tax collections reached 103%, but this year they would be “lucky to get 100%.” Budget reports are due to the Department of Education from all districts in the state in May. There are various education bills being proposed in the state legislature that will impact all districts, and schools are participating in that process, voicing their support or disagreement with various proposals. To learn more about what the legislature is proposing, visit http://legis. delaware.gov/.
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Coalition of Country Clubs extending benefits By Carol Kinsley
Membership in Seaford Golf and Country Club became an even better bargain on May 1 with the formation of a “Coalition of Country Clubs” that encompasses Seaford, Sussex Pines Country Club in Georgetown, Green Hill Yacht & Country Club in Salisbury and Caroline Country Club in Denton. Membership in one club now entitles the member to all the privileges of any of the four clubs, from playing golf or tennis, to cooling off in the pool or enjoying a nice dinner. The coalition gives a “whole new dimension” to membership in a club on the Eastern Shore, said Charles Butler, president of Seaford Golf and Country Club. “I’ve been a club member for more than 40 years, and now I can play three additional courses without ad-
ditional cost. We’re able to offer more bang for the buck.” Charlie Skipper of Caroline Country Club explained the idea came about four or five years ago. By cooperating and perhaps sharing in ownership of expensive equipment or bulk purchases, each club might experience savings, he said. “With the economy on the down slope, it has been difficult to get young members,” he noted. Bob Wilson, president of Green Hill, said the biggest selling point was being able to offer a place to play golf, especially when a tournament is scheduled. “I’ve talked to some of our members,” he said, “and they look forward to playing clubs they haven’t played before.” Bud Townsend of Sussex Pines said all of the clubs are close enough to make a golf outing a nice day trip, and members
Signers of papers outlining the new policy of the Coalition of Country Clubs are Bob Wilson, left, Green Hill Yacht & Country Club; Charles Butler, Seaford Golf and Country Club; Bud Townsend, Sussex Pines Country Club and Charles Skipper, Caroline Country Club. Looking on are Tom Love, membership director, Sussex Pines; Pattie Kretchmer, general manager Seaford; and Benny Peta, general manager, Sussex Pines. As of May 1, members of any of these clubs have full privileges at all four clubs. Photo by Carol Kinsley
will enjoy the camaraderie at other clubs. “Our members love it. The motion was unanimously and quickly approved by the board. The members would like to see inter-club and competitive play. With the present economy, Townsend added, “This is my 52-week vacation. If I went on
SEARS HELPING KIDS. Seaford Sear’s Store General Manager, Dave Elzey, (right) presents a check to Tony Windsor of Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware. The contribution is in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Western Sussex County’s “Send a Kid to Camp” project. Sears held its annual “Family and Friends Night” customer appreciation event on Sunday, May 2 in the Seaford Village Shopping Center. Tony Windsor performed music in front of the store during the event as part of the Boys & Girls Club’s “Parking Lot Tour to Send a Kid to Camp,” campaign. The special fundraiser is being sponsored by Morning Star Publications in conjunction with the Boys & Girls Club at Western Sussex, in an effort to help raise money to send youth to the Boys & Girls Club’s “Summer Fun Clubs” in Seaford and Laurel. For information about having Tony Windsor perform at your business as part of the “Parking Lot Tour,” contact Maria Motley at 628-3789. Photo courtesy of Sears of Seaford.
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a cruise, I’d spend as much on a few days as I spend for a full year at my club.” Townsend did not expect to find it more difficult to schedule a tee time. “I find when folks travel, they go later. The home club ‘dew busters’ go early.” Betty Wilbanks, a member
at Seaford since the late ‘60s, said, “While we always have fun playing at our home club, we are equally excited about playing at other clubs, now on a more frequent basis, and meeting other members there.” Wilbanks said she enjoys using all the facilities at the country club.
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Community Bulletin Board Delaware Teen Challenge
Do a good deed today for Delaware Teen Challenge (formerly Seaford Mission). Donate your old or unused vehicle. Get a tax write off and help someone with life controlling problems. Call Delaware Teen Challenge at 6292559.
SHS Alumni banquet
The SHS Alumni Association will host their annual banquet on Saturday, May 16, at the Seaford Fire Hall. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment for the evening will take everyone on a “Trip to Las Vegas.” Tickets are $21 each. For more information, call Mary Lee Deluca at 629-8429.
Soup and bake sale
Eastern Star Sussex Chapter #7 will hold a soup and bake sale on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Eastern Star Building on Pine Street Ext. in Seaford. The sale features peas and dumplings ($6 per quart) and baked goods.
FOP holds Basket Bingo
The Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #9, will hold a Longaberger Basket Bingo at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, at the Seaford Moose Lodge. The evening includes 20 games and several baskets. Tickets are $25 at the door. Refreshments will be available. For ticket information, contact the FOP at 629-8087.
Texas Hold’Em Tournament
Duck’s Unlimited No Limit Texas Hold’Em Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 9 at the Seaford VFW. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the tournament starts at 7 p.m. Cost is $100 with two optional addons at $25 each; 2,000 chips to start with two optional add-ons of 1,000 chips each. Cocktails and snack food will be available. Special Duck’s Unlimited items will be available for auction. All proceeds over cost will go toward the preservation of habitat for North American waterfowl. Must be 21 to play. To pre-register, call 628-1888 or 410279-1515.
Seaford Library
• “Food Lore: Our Regional Cuisine – Scrapple, Muskrat & More,” a program presented by author and storyteller Ed Okonowicz, will be held on Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m., at the Seaford District
Library. • There will be a Seaford Library board meeting on Monday, May 11 and Tuesday, May 12 at 6 p.m. • Are you a railroad enthusiast or have a green thumb and enjoy spending time in your garden? Sign up for our “Railroad Gardening” program on Friday, May 22 at 1 p.m. and learn how to combine these two passions from a Master Gardener. • The Friends of the Seaford Library Indoor Yard, Book, Plant, and Bake Sale will take place Saturday, May 16 from 7 a.m. to noon at the Seaford District Library. If you have items, books, or plants to donate, they may be left anytime starting Wednesday, May 13. No clothing will be accepted. Proceeds will help fund educational programs at the library. • Baby Bookworms, an infant story time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., no registration required • Toddler Tales Story time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., no registration required • 3-5 Story Time, Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Registration now required, and opens two weeks before the story time date. Call the library for details. • The Seaford District Library has joined IHOP in an effort to raise money for the Library. Eat a meal at the Seaford, Dover, Rehoboth or Salisbury, Md. IHOP locations and return an itemized receipt along with a comment card to the Seaford District Library. We must have the comment cards with itemized receipts in order to receive the reimbursement. The Seaford Library will receive 10% of the total receipt. • The “Science and Religion” book discussion will meet on Monday, May 18 at 6 p.m. • The Seaford District Library will be closed Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. • “Lights, Camera, Action.” The Seaford District Library will host a “Movie Night” on Thursday, May 28, at 5:30 p.m.
AAUW geranium sale successful
The Western Sussex AUW branch would like to say thank you to our Western Sussex community. Our geranium sale was a wonderful success thanks to you. We will be able to award scholarships to several females in our area. We could not have accomplished this without your generosity. We hope that you are enjoying your geraniums, and we hope to see you again next April.
Seaford Lioness Club Bingo
The Seaford Lioness Club will be holding a Vera Bradley Bingo on Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the Blades Fire Hall. Tickets are $25 at the door. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and refreshments will be available for purchase. There will also be a 50/50 drawing and
door prizes. The Seaford Lioness Club provides glasses for needy individuals, a scholarship each year for a deserving senior and adopts a family at Christmas. They also sponsor the Little Miss/Miss Seaford pageant that provides a scholarship and/or cash prizes for the winners. All of the proceeds from this bingo will be used to help support these worthwhile causes.
Seaford Kiwanis Golf Tournament
The Seaford Kiwanis Club will host its 23rd Annual Foundation Golf Tournament on Friday, June 5, at the Seaford Golf & Country Club. Proceeds benefit the club’s Foundation endowment, which provides scholarships for senior students each year. Any business wishing to sponsor a special event or donate a door prize is encouraged to participate. The $75 entry fee includes a buffet lunch, golf cart, hospitality cart and an awards party. The tourney is limited to the first 96 entrants. For more information, call Ralph Palmer at 629-7054.
An evening with Dr. Knorr
Parents and community members are invited to meet and interact with Seaford
School District Superintendent, Dr. Russ Knorr, on Tuesday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will take place at the Ashok Champaneria Board Room located in the Seaford School District Administrative Offices, 390 N. Market St. Ext.
Yacht Club yard sale
The Yacht Club in Blades will hold a yard sale May 9, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tables are $10 each. Call 875-7143 and leave a message.
Wee Learner Enrollment begins
Wee Learner Christian Prepschool is now accepting enrollments for the school year September 2009 to June 2010. Classes are 8:15 to 11:45 a.m. for children ages 3-4; and 12:30 to 4 p.m. for children ages 4-5. You may call the school for an appointment or for more details at 6296261.
BEDCO Boat Show & Auction
BEDCO, operator of the Blades Marina, announces a Boat Show & Auction for May 7, 8 and 9. Those boats being auctioned will be sold on May 9. Applications may be obtained at the marina office or by calling 628-8600.
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Yard sale and breakfast Attention Active Duty Veterans
The American Legion Post 19 of Laurel is actively recruiting new members for the post. Membership eligibility dates: WWI, April 6, 1917-Nov. 11, 1918; WWII, Dec. 2, 1941-Dec. 31, 1948; Korean War, June 25, 1950-Jan. 31, 1955; Vietnam War, Feb. 28, 1961May 7, 1975; Lebanon/Grenada, Aug. 24, 1982-July 31, 1984; Panama, Dec. 29, 1989-Jan. 31, 1990; Gulf War, Aug. 2, 1990-Cessation of hostilities as determined by the U.S. Government. Any member serving today is eligible if they are on active duty. Proof of service (DD-214) is required. Call Bettylou Evans, membership chairperson at 875-0167 for more information or fax 875-1943 or send a note of interest with your name, address and phone number to P.O. Box 329, Laurel, DE 19956.
Laurel F.D. Auxiliary fundraiser
The Laurel Fire Dept. Auxiliary is currently participating in a fund-raiser sponsored by an Avon representative called, “Bentley the Bear.” This fundraiser will continue until May 31. The cost is $19.99 and the intention of this fund-raiser is to ask individuals or organizations to consider purchasing a minimum of one of these bears which can be donated to either a local fire department, police department, hospital or nursing-care facility. Contact any member of the Laurel Fire Department Auxiliary or send your check or money order payable to the Laurel Fire Department Auxiliary in the amount of $19.99 to 207 W. Tenth St., Laurel, DE 19956. Include where you would like “Bentley” donated. The Laurel Fire Department Auxiliary is currently seeking new members. Anyone interested in joining, contact any current member of the auxiliary or contact the Laurel Fire Department at 875-3081.
Chicken salad luncheon
Chicken salad platter luncheon, with assorted homemade muffins, cornbread, beverages. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, on Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be assorted strawberry desserts, also strawberries by the quart or gallon. Third annual Strawberry Festival. Carry-outs available. 875-9658.
American Legion Auxiliary
Laurel American Legion Auxiliary is offering two- $1,000 scholarships. Applications can be picked up at the office of Laurel High School.
LHS Class of 1956 scholarship
The Laurel High School Class of 1956 will award their fourth consecutive $6,000 scholarship at the annual Laurel Alumni Association Banquet. The class offered their first scholarship at their 50th reunion in 2006, in memory of their deceased classmates, advisors and
Laurel Wesleyan Church will hold a huge yard sale and breakfast on Saturday, May 16, from 7 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will help send area youth to camp this summer. For more information, call 8755380 or visit www.laurelwesleyan.org.
May is the Laurel High School, Alumni Weekend and St. Philip’s Church, Strawberry Festival. This year the library is planning to offer programs throughout the month, highlighting the history and beauty of the town. For additional information, contact the Chamber of Commerce office at 8759319, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
AARP Driving Course
The Laurel Middle School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is hosting its First Annual ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease walk on Saturday, May 30. It is an hour walk and can be done at any time between 9 and 11 a.m. The walk will be held at the Laurel Middle School’s hockey field. There is no registration fee; the formation of teams is encouraged. There is a minimum donation of $50 per team. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It is a terminal illness that affects as many as 30,000 people annually. For more information contact Amy Handy or Kim Ralph at the Laurel Middle School, 875-6110.
Beginning computer classes
Visit the Greenwood Public Library every Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m. and learn the basics of a mouse and keyboard in a relaxed atmosphere. Registration is required, so call 3495309 or come by the library to sign up.
Greenwood events
The Laurel Senior Center will have the AARP Driving Course at their center on May 18 and 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $12 for AARP members, and $14 for non-members. To register for the course call 875-2536.
Annual ALS walk
game table of your choosing. Beverages and refreshments will be available. For table set-up or more information call Susan Welch at 349-5237.
On Saturday, May 9, Safety Awareness Day & Park Dedication will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new playground on 11 Governors Ave. in Greenwood. Saturday, May 16 is bulk trash pick-up day.
Dinner Club
Join us at the Greenwood CHEER Activity Center on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. through May for the Greenwood Dinner Club. This will be an evening of fellowship and a delicious dinner entrée, dessert and beverage. Cost for members is $5 and non-members are $6. For menus or more information, call Susan Welch at 349-5237.
Card & game night
Greenwood CHEER Activity Center will hold a card & game night on Thursday evenings beginning May 7 from 6:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. Come join us for Rook, Dominos, UNO or bring your friends to set-up a
Greenwood Library
On Tuesday, May 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Greenwood Library’s Bound by Books discussion group will discuss the book, Pretense, by bestselling author Lori Wick. The discussion will be held in the library meeting room and is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. For a copy of the book, drop by the Greenwood Public Library or call Robin Miller at 302-349-5309. Do you have pieces, parts, scraps and leftovers from past crafting projects? Would you like to try your hand at a new craft? Start gathering your unused leftovers that are in good condition and bring them with you to the Greenwood Library on Thursday, May 14, from 6:30 to 7:30
‘Fish’n for Sight’
The Laurel Lions are getting ready for the 2nd annual “Fish’n For Sight” Tournament, June 6. Getting sponsors to pledge their support is necessary to enter the tournament. One completed pledge sheet will enter two people to fish, one of the two must be an adult. Information and pledge sheets are available at Laurel Petroleum or A & K Enterprises by the bridge, or any Laurel Lion. The tournament on June 6 is a free fishing day in Delaware, which means no license is needed, in addition to the free fishing license a free lunch will be for all fishermen with completed pledge sheets. There also will be prizes, fishing rods, tackle boxes, and trophies. All prizes based on the biggest fish. The tournament will take place at Johnny Janosik Park, June 6, 8 a.m. Rain or Shine.
Strawberry Festival/Garden Tour
Third annual Strawberry Festival will be held on May 16, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Laurel. Breakfast, luncheon, craft tables, everything strawberry beginning at 8 a.m. Laurel Garden Club Tour of ten gardens $8.
‘Laurel Pride in Bloom Month’
Since 2007, Mayor John Schwed has declared the month of May, “Laurel Pride in Bloom” month. The Public Works Department makes extra efforts to clean up the town and add new landscaping to the parks. Traditionally, the third weekend in
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Tony will be performing Country music, Motown and the classic rock sounds of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s in area store parking lots. Visit your favorite store and stop by to make a donation to help send a local child to the WSB&G Club’s “Summer Fun Club.” For more information about the “Send a Kid to Camp” project, including how to have your store featured in the tour, call Maria Motley at 302-628-3789.
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MORNING STAR • MAY 7 - 13, 2009 p.m. for a free Craft Supply Swap. For more information, call the library at 3495309. The Greenwood Public Library is located at 100 Mill St., just east of the railroad tracks in Greenwood.
Friends fundraiser
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 reciept to the comment card and drop it off at The Bridgeville Library, Bridgeville Town Hall, or The Providence Sales Cottage at Heritage Shores. For more information, call Pat McDonald at 337-7192
Tuesday-Thursday, May 12-14, 7 p.m., Spring Revival, sponsored by the Bridgeville Charge. Guest preacher is Elder Tyrone Thomas, pastor, Charity Community Church of God, Baltimore, Md. On Tuesday, May 12, guest choirs are Shabak and Divine Destiny; Wednesday, May 13, guest choir is Wesley Foundation Gospel Choir of Salisbury University; and Thursday, May 14 the guest is gospel soloist Eunice Wright. All are invited to attend. Saturday, June 6, 8 to 10 a.m., All U Can Eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebee’s. Breakfast sponsored by Atmosphere of Praise Choir with proceeds benefiting Atmosphere of Praise Ministries and Mission Trip to Africa for Stacy Waters-Hall. Menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice, tea or coffee. Cost is $5 per person. For tickets, contact Stacy at 302-2287884, Pat at 302-245-8969 or Ginger at 302-542-5752.
Clean-up day
Bridgeville will hold a neighborhood clean-up day on Saturday, May 9. All items must be curbside by 6 a.m., as M-T trash will only go down each street once. Allowable items for pick-up include: furniture, household trash, stoves and limbs bundled in 4-ft. lengths. Items that will not be picked up include tires, batteries, oil, construction materials, dirt, rocks, bricks, etc. M.T. Trash will have a truck available to pick-up refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners, as long as the freon has been removed.
Mt. Calvary UMC events
Mt. Calvary UMC in Bridgeville will host the following events: Friday, May 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Car Wash, $5 per car. Proceeds benefit the Youth Organization of Mt. Calvary. Fish dinners/sandwiches will be available on Friday and Saturday. Curried goat platters will also be available on Saturday. For more information, call Hollis at 302-381-8182 or Butch at 302-245-8971.
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Twilight Cheerleading Camp
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council is sponsoring a Twilight Cheerleading Camp from Monday, June 8 to Thursday, June 11 at Delmar Middle/ High School from 6 to 8 p.m., for girls in kindergarten through fifth grade. The Delmar High School Varsity Cheerleading Squad will be the instructors for the clinic. The cost is $25 per girl and financial assistance is available. You do not have to be a Girl Scout to register. For details call Pat Lewis at 410742-5107 or 800-374-9811, ext. 26.
Sandwich sale
On Saturday, May 9, the Delmar Church of God of Prophecy, Rt. 13 North and Dorthy Road (3 miles north of MD/ DE state line), will hold a sandwich sale: featuring oyster sandwiches, crab cakes, chicken salad sandwiches, cheese steak subs, hamburgers and hot dogs. Also baked goods will be available; a yard sale and a car wash.
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2009 DSTA Golf Classic
The Bayside Resort Golf Club in Selbyville, a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, will host the 2009 DSTA Golf Classic on Thursday, May 21, to benefit Special Olympics Delaware. Cost is $700 per foursome and includes lunch, golf shirt, hat, golf towel and 19th hole reception. The event is run by the Delaware State Troopers Association and presented by Jack Lingo Realtors. For more information, contact Special Olympics Delaware at 302-831-3484.
Chicken dinner
On Friday, May 8, Chelsea Betts will host a chicken dinner at Grace United Methodist Church Hall in Georgetown from 5 to 8 p.m. to benefit the Miss Sussex County Scholarship Program and the Alzheimer’s Association. Tickets are $8 for children under the age of 12 and $15 for adults. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 302-228-2148 or 302-2496732. Take-outs will also be available. Chelsea Betts, Miss Sussex County 2009, will provide entertainment at 6 and 7 p.m. There will also be a drawing for a Vera Bradley bag.
Mother-daughter banquet
Calvary Baptist Church in Georgetown will hold a Mother-daughter banquet on Friday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. The evening includes dinner, a gospel concert, testimonies, skits and door prizes. Cost is $10 per person, children 8-12 are $5, and children under 8 eat free. For more information, call Calvary Baptist Church at 302-856-3773.
Ryan Long Memorial Race
Harrington Raceway will host a race in memory of Army Spc. Ryan Long on Thursday, May 21 at 5:15 p.m. Ryan, a 1999 Seaford High graduate, was killed in action on April 3, 2003 in the war in Iraq. There will be live harness racing and dining available in the clubhouse. Harrington Raceway invites everyone to come out and participate in this night of racing. For clubhouse reservations, call 302398-5920. For more information, call 875-7768 and ask for Keith White.
Heritage Day in Harrington
The city of Harrington extends an invitation to all those who would like to participate in its 31st Annual Heritage Day celebration on Saturday, August 28. That includes exhibitors, crafts demonstrators and vendors offering food and other merchandise who would like to reserve space for the day. Planners are also looking for anyone who would like to join the parade - individual marchers, groups, floats, organizations, vehicles, bands and others. For information or entries, call Bill Falasco, Harrington Parks & Recreation, 3987975.
Chicken/dumpling fundraiser
A chicken/dumpling fundraiser dinner will be held May 23, from 4-6 p.m. at the Bethel Church Community House - west of Seaford, at north end of Oak Grove Road. Eat-in or carry-out. Price of $8 includes dessert. For tickets call Eleanor Russell 410754-8681 or Lucy Slacum at 629-7117.
Delaware Grays ceremony
The “Delaware Grays,” Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 2068 in Seaford, will hold a “Delaware Confederate Heritage” ceremony at the Soldier’s Monument on the grounds of the Marvel Museum, Georgetown, on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. During the ceremony, newly discovered Delaware Confederate’s names will be revealed. There will be prayers, speeches, a rifle salute, and a cannon salute courtesy of the Richmond Howitzers Artillery unit. Guests will enjoy refreshments courtesy of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Caleb Ross Chapter #2635. The
Chinese Auction
Georgetown AARP 5340 will host a Chinese Auction at the Sussex Pines Country Club, Georgetown, on Monday, June 1, at 11 a.m. There will be many wonderful items to choose from. Call Pat at 856-6178 or 542-6171 for more information.
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Ruritan Club
All-you-can-eat Sunday breakfast buffet served by the Galestown Ruritan Club, on the fourth Sunday of each month October to June, from 7-10 a.m. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 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.
Laurel Senior Center trips
Smith Island - Luncheon and Cruise, May 26, Cost $41. Myrtle Beach – Shows, Sun and Fun, June 1-5, Cost $639 Double. Call Laurel Senior Center at 875-2536 for further information.
Seaford AARP trips offered
Seaford AARP Chapter 1084 is offering the following trips, all open to the public. All trips leave from Peebles parking lot in Seaford. July 1 - Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Lancaster, Pa. to see a show called “Singin’in the Rain.” Bus leaves at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $79. September 2 - Rainbow Dinner Theater in Paradise, Pa. to see “Uncle Chick’s Last Wish,” a comedy that will keep you laughing the entire show. His last wish includes ashes scattered on his favorite beach, which happens to be a nude beach. Bus leaves 7:30a.m. Cost: $70. September 12-18 Mackinac Island, Michigan. Your first stay will be in Frankenmuth with a guided tour around town to show points of interest. There will be a visit to Christmas Wonderland after the tour.There will be a surprise activity the following morning before you are off to explore these Barvarian shops on your own. Then the ferry across to Mackinac Island where you will have a carriage tour around the island, including a stop off at Arch Rock before being dropped off at the Grand Hotel for a buffet lunch. Time to tour the island on foot, bicycle, or horse & carriage before
MORNING STAR • MAY 7 - 13, 2009 turning in for the night. Next stop is Saulte St. Marie to have a boat ride thru the Soo Locks before exploring the town and ending the day at the Kewadin Casinio. Cost: $790pp double. October 16 - Strasburg, Pa. Enjoy lunch on board the train and then enjoy time back at the railroad museum before departing for home. Bus leaves 8:30 a.m. Cost: $69. November 16-20 - Ashville, North Carolina to visit the Biltmore Estates at Christmas. A candlelight dinner at Deerpark, on the grounds and then a candlelight tour of the Biltmore. Visit the farms, winery and the grounds. A Christmas show at the Carolina Dinner Theater and also at the Wohlfahrt Dinner Theater.Visit Chimney Rock Park, Moose Cafe’at the Farmers Market, the Smith McDowell House and a bus tour of Ashville, N.C. Bus leaves 7 a.m. Cost:$589pp double. For more information on any of these trips, contact Rose Wheaton at 629-7180.
Rails & Trails
Escorted motor-coach trip to Waterville Valley, New Hampshire sponsored by the Seaford WPS, Sept. 21-24. Four days and three nights – cost $639 per person, includes lodging, three breakfasts, three dinners, entertainment, cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee, Castle in the clouds, Rock Estates, Mt. Washington Cog Railway, dinner on Lake Winnipesaukee Railroad, Wolfeboro Village, all gratuities, taxes and baggage handling. For additional information contact Frances Horner at 629-4416.
Bethel UMC trip
Sailors Bethel United Methodist Church is sponsoring a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to attend Gaitherfest with Bill and Gloria Gaither. Prices: single, $750; double, $575 per person (2 in a room); triple, $525 per person (3 in a room); quad, $525 per person (4 in a room). Deposit of $150 per couple with booking, $75 for single. Tour includes: Thursday, Oct. 1, arrive in Myrtle Beach, S.C. at the Beach Cove Resort. Dinner at Chestnut Hill Restaurant. Friday, Oct. 2, Breakfast buffet at the hotel, Myrtle Beach Low Country Tour, shopping at Broadway at the Beach. Return to hotel to freshen up and at 6 p.m. go to Gaitherfest show at the Convention Center. Sunday, Oct. 4, breakfast buffet at the hotel and return
for home. All included in prices above. Deposit of $150 per couple with booking; $75 for single.
Embroiders’ Guild
The Sussex Chapter of Embroiders’ Guild meets on the second Monday of the month – Sept. through June at 10 a.m. at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. We welcome all levels of stitchers from beginner to advanced. For more information call 410-208-9386.
Georgetown AARP
Join Georgetown AARP Chapter 5340 at their monthly luncheon meetings held on the first Monday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Sussex Pines Country Club. For details contact: Dee Richards at 302-8415066 or Bettie Comer at 302265-5606.
District Democrats
The 39th Distrct Democrats will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at Pizza King in Seaford. New members are always welcome.
SHS Alumni
The Seaford High School Alumni Association will have their Executive Board meeting on Thursday, May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Downtown Seaford Museum. For more information, call Donna Angell at 629-8077.
Acorn Club annual dinner
The G.F.W.C.- Acorn Club of Seaford is having their annual dinner at the Eastern Star building on May 19, at 5:30 p.m., social and dinner at 6 p.m. The hostesses are Phyllis Nelson and Joyce Whaley and their committee.
Widowed Persons Service The Seaford Chapter of the Widowed Persons Service will have its next meeting on Tuesday, May 19, at 12:15 p.m. at the Georgia House in Laurel (300 Laureltowne St.). The planned guest speaker will be John Shwed, Mayor of Laurel. 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 951 Norman Eskridge Hwy., Seaford (Home Team Bldg.)
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SUDOKU Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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Scott Sheridan, Phillies trainer, has been busy After rambling on-and-on for the last two columns, I find myself at urPhy with little to say this week. Oh yes, losing a few of my notes again was The Teacher of the certainly a factor, but just maybe Year award began I have a few things to share with in Laurel in 1971 ... you. Scott Sheridan, the Phillies Over the years sevtrainer has found himself busy in eral Laurel graduates the early part of the season. As have received it. you know Scott is a Laurel graduate who recently was awarded his 2008 World Championship Ring as on. It’s not that interesting.” a member of the 2008 Philadelphia “Well, it’s Foxy (Whaley) doing the Phillies. The ring has 108 diamonds on it dishes at Centenary Church after helping and is a showpiece for the wearer of any to make the Easter Eggs,” said Bob, “the World Series ring. wrinkles aren’t the picture itself but Foxy.” One of Scott’s memories, very early in Hmm. his career, was to get a young 20-year-old Cole Hamels back on the mound. Hamels I was thinking the other day about auhas had a couple of great years but had thors from the area, especially Laurel. I’m shoulder problems in the spring, then he going to mention a few, maybe you can was hit by a batted ball in the same shoulhelp me with this. der; and then Hamels turned his ankle My first recollection was of Robert fielding a grounder. Phillips, son of Chemistry teacher, T. AlScott in an earlier interview said his len Phillips. Phillips graduated from Lautime spent with Cole has made them close rel in the early 1950s and wrote this book, friends. Along with other injuries on the supposedly a novel called, “The Land of team, Scott is a busy man. Congratulations The Lost Content,” but the book seemed Scott, Laurel is proud of you. to describe life in Laurel and many of its
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early 1950 graduate who has written several books about several governors and political figures including Gov. Elbert Carvel. Now another one who has just produced his second religious book is Pastor Bobby Goff who has written “Nuggets of Truth,” 15 Practical Nuggets for all ages. His first book was “Meagan, If I Were Young Again.” You may order either book by contacting Bobby at Goffra@bellsouth. net or 1509 Grandview Drive Nashville, Tenn. The books are only $5 each plus postage. Let me know of others, folks. Courtney Hastings, recently crowned the New Miss Laurel, is no stranger to the stage. She was a contestant in the annual 4th of July talent contest several times and several years ago she was Little Miss Laurel. Her grandfather, the late Fred Matthews was instrumental in bringing the Miss Laurel Pageant through the Exchange Club to Laurel around 1952 or so. Fred was a member of the Salisbury club so he helped start the Laurel Exchange Club. They have been an active part of Laurel ever since. The “Laurel Teacher of the Year” was announced at the end of the year Recognition Reception. Of course if you read the front of the Laurel paper you recognized that it is Andrea Sullenberger a 1995 Laurel graduate. Congratulations Andrea! The school with the tough eco-
nomic times chose to have the reception at the high school cafeteria and it turned out to be an excellent idea. First off lets thank our cafeteria workers at the high school on a wonderful job with the food. They take a back seat to no one. Adding to the school flavor were the table plants done by Karen Parrott’s Floriculture class and Andy O’Neal’s Agriculture Structures class made the tables and made them Bulldog Red. A great job by many in Laurel School and a good day for Laurel education. The Teacher of the Year award began in Laurel in 1971 and Eleanor Williamson a well remembered English teacher won it the first two years. Over the years several Laurel graduates have received it. Andrea Sullenberger said from her earliest days, “I wanted to stay here.” It’s good to hear this from our young people. Congratulations again Andrea. The Merry month of May has barely started and there is so much going on. Coming up is the Laurel Strawberry Festival, the Laurel Alumni Banquet, O’Neal’s Antiques Anniversary Celebration, graduation and on May 16 Blades Fire Department will be celebrating 75 years of service to the community. This, like all our volunteers, is a dedicated group and they proved it to me first hand several weeks ago in their immediate response to my mom’s needs. We will be hearing more on this heroic group soon! Have a good week everyone.
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Church Bulletins National Day of Prayer planned
The National Day of Prayer for the Greenwood area will be held at Greenwood UMC on West Market Street in Greenwood on Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m. The Rev. Kevin Gillespie, pastor of Greenwood UMC, is the keynote speaker. A free will offering will be taken for the National Day of Prayer Task Force. The public is encouraged to bring cash donations or gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target and Food Lion for the new Baby Pantry that has been organized at Greenwood UMC. For more information, contact area coordinator Michaele Russell at 302-3494220.
National Day of Prayer at CCC
National Day of Prayer services will be held at Crossroad Community Church on Thursday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
Prayer Breakfast
Tickets are now on sale for the 32nd annual Sussex County Prayer Breakfast, to be held Friday, May 15, with Debra Puglisi Sharp as this year’s guest speaker. The victim of a violent crime now turned motivational speaker, the Delaware resident will talk about summoning the courage to survive a traumatic event. Joining Ms. Puglisi Sharp as this year’s musical entertainment will be the award-winning Gold Heart bluegrass band. Tickets are $12 per person, and are available on a first-comefirst-served basis. For tickets or more information, call 855-7743.
Community Prayer Breakfast
17th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Delmar Kiwanis Club will be held at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 9, at 9 a.m. Cost is $4 per person. Everyone is invited. For tickets or information, call: Jack Lynch at 410-8969067, George Jett at 410-860-4831, or Pete Overbaugh, 410-896-375.
Leader training
On May 16, Union United Methodist Church, 2 N. Laws St., Bridgeville, will be hosting Life Group Leader Training conducted by Crown Financial Ministries. Once trained, Life Group Leaders are able to lead Bible studies based on “Your Money Counts” curriculum developed by Crown. Potential participants will have to register at www.crown.org, and pay for leader materials. The cost is $88. The training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and lunch will be provided. Register by April 30, at www.crown.org. For more information contact Tom Carey at 229-8133.
Spring Revival
Mt. Calvary UMC in Bridgeville presents their Spring Revival on May 12-14, 7 p.m. nightly. Guest preacher is Elder Tyrone Thomas, pastor, Charity Community Church of God, Baltimore, Md. All are invited. Host pastor is the Rev. Baron N. Hopkins Sr.
Joint Trustee Day
Mt. Calvary UMC in Bridgeville presents Joint Trustee Day on Sunday, May 17 at 3:30 p.m. Guest preacher is the Rev. Randolph Fitchett from Coppins AME and Ross AME Churches on the Preston Circuit Charge, Ridgely, Md. A fellowship meal will be served before the service at 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Mary Jones at 302-337-7335 or George L. Batson at 410-754-6987. Host pastor is the Rev. Baron N. Hopkins Sr.
Annual May Fair
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, on Stein Highway, will hold its annual May Fair, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a bake table, attic treasures, toys, clothing, jewelry, household linens, books, garden/flowers, furniture, and money raffle to be drawn at 12:30 p.m. From our kitchen, scrapple, sausage, chicken salad sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and homemade soup.
Union UMC
There will be a National Day of Prayer Service at Union United Methodist Church, 2 Laws St., Bridgeville, on May 7, at noon. The public is welcome. For more information contact Keith McCoy at 337-9725.
Booker Street Church of God
100 Men & Women in an African Attire Service, featuring the Dynamic Duo of Evangelist Frank Gibbs and Evangelist Felisa Hazzard, will be at the Booker Street Church of God, Georgetown, on Sunday, May 24 at 5 p.m. A free will offering will be taken. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Sister Long at 855-0959; or Sister Allen at 684-4542. Bishop Marvin Morris, is pastor.
Macedonia AME Church
On Saturday, May 23 at 6 p.m., there will be a Lay Worship Service Revival Night with Pastor Shirley Caldwell from St. John AME Zion United Methodist of Laurel. A free will offering will be taken. On Sunday, May 24 at 4 p.m., there will be a Lay Worship Service Annual Lay Day with the Rev. Frances Benson from John Wesley Deliverance Center, Dover. For more information, contact Ronell Brown at 302-625-5098.
Annual Gospel Explosion
All Walks of Life hosts its annual Gospel Explosion on Saturday, May 30 at 6 p.m. at the Citadel of Hope on Concord Road in Seaford. If your group or choir would like to sing, contact Elder Drummond at 302519-9761 or call the church at 875-7772.
DIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship Sunday Family Worship 10:00 a.m. 94 Walnut Street, Laurel, DE (across from GameZone) 302-875-7873 www.laurelnazarene.org
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
1010S.C entral Ave., Laurel Ph: 875-7748 Minister: Ian J. Drucker Worship Services: Sunday 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m. BibleS tudy: 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 Rev. Donna Hinkle, Pastor Church: 875-4233 Sunday Services: 8:30 am Praise 9:30 am Sunday School,10:45 am Worship
Centenary United Methodist Church
“Where Caring is Sharing” “NEW SONG!” - Contemporary Celebration, 8:45 a.m. Sunday School, Classes for ALL ages, 9:45 a.m. Traditional Family Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Rev. K. Wayne Grier, Pastor, 875-3983 200 W. Market St., Laurel, Del.
DIAL DAILY DEVOTIONS: 875-4309
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE 19956
(302) 875-3644
The Rev. Dr. Howard G. Backus, Rector www.dioceseofdelaware.net/churches/stphlps.html Holy Eucharist with Healing Sunday ~ 8:30 & 10:30 am Church School ~ 9:30 am
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
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
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 Road68, South of Laurel Laurel,D el.
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.
Delmar Wesleyan Church www.StPaulsUMCLaurelDE.org
Pastor - Donald Murray - 856-6107
800 East Street Delmar, MD 21875 “The Church That Cares” 410-896-3600 Pastor James C. Hitch
Sunday: Sunday School 10 M Worship 11 AM & 6 PM
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 543 N. BRADFORD ST., SEAFORD, DEL. • 629-7161
Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, Pastor
WEDNESDAY SUNDAY Sunday School......9:45 a.m. Prayer & Praise 7:00 p.m. Worship...............11:00 a.m. Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m. Eve. Worship........7:00 p.m. Youth Group 6:00-8 p.m.
SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161 Quality Traditional Education Since 1973 Fully Accredited By Middle States in ACSI
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH A Cooperative S.B.C. Church 805 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE
302-629-8434 • www.graceseaford.org Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:45 am & 6:30 pm Children’s Church 10:45 am SPANISH Worship 10:45 am Wednesday Activities 7 pm Pastor: Homer McKeithan Youth Minister: James Hollis Music: Jim Burket “The Cross Is Grounded In Grace”
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Messiah’s Vineyard Church Located at Tyndall’s Furniture Plaza on Discountland Rd & Rt. 13, Laurel
302- 875-4646
PO BOX 60, LAUREL, DE 19956
Sun. 9:30 am Wed. 7:00 pm
Children’s Church • Nursery
Senior Minister: Dr. Carl G Vincent Senior Pastor: Pastor Barry B. Dukes wwwmessiahsvineyard.org
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH 532 Stein Hwy., Seaford, DE 19973 Redemptorist Fathers • 629-3591
MASSES: SUNDAY: Sat. Eve. - Vigil 4:30 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.
CHURCH OF GOD
SUNDAY WORSHIP
11 AM and 6 PM ~ Sunday School 9:45 AM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Ministry for the wholef amily 7 PM
Pastor Stacey Johnson
28261 Seaford Rd., Laurel, 2 miles N. of Laurel on Alt. 13
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GILL TO PERFORM - Vince Gill, the 19-time Grammy Award-winning musician, singer and songwriter, will be the keynote speaker and perform several songs at the Friends of Youth For Christ Fundraising Banquet at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, at Martin’s West in Baltimore, Md. Adults only and tickets are limited. For ticket prices and reservations, call 410-529-4434 or 1-877-896-3802. For more information regarding Metro Maryland Youth For Christ, visit www.mmyfc.org.
The Wacaster Family in Delmar
The Wacaster Family of Florida will be ministering in music on Sunday, May 10, at the Delmar Church of God of Prophecy at the 11 a.m. service. Everyone is welcome. Pastor is Michael Phillips.
Church luncheon/festival
The third annual Strawberry Festival, sponsored by St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Laurel, will be held Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chicken salad platter luncheon with assorted homemade muffins, cornbread. Assorted strawberry desserts, or strawberries by the quart or gallon. Carry-outs available. Luncheon co-chairs, Dot Dolby and Virginia “Mike” Barton.
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Free community luncheon
Laurel Baptist Church will be hosting a free community luncheon (chicken & dumplings) on Saturday, May 16, from noon to 2 p.m. The church is located at 33056 S. BiState Boulevard (west side of 13A, approximately 2 miles south of town.) Any questions, call Shirley at 8752314.
St. Luke’s holds Bible study
Janet Hubbard of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will be coordinating a Bible study of the book of Esther. The group will meet in St. Luke’s Parish House. Additional information can be obtained by calling Janet at 628-0417.
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Mount Olivet
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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.
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Laurel Wesleyan Church Rt. 13A, Just North of Laurel
Sunday School - 9:30 Worship - 9:00 & 10:45 Sunday Evening Worship Wed. 6:30 p.m. - Youth Ministries & WKID, The Zone, Children’s Ministries
Church 875-5380 • Sr. Pastor Ken Deusa Asst. Pastor: Rev. Rick Green; Youth: Kyle Horton Children’s Pastor: Marilyn Searcey
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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. NurseryP rovided Pastor: Rev. Steven Booth Music Director: Linda Lewis
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Obituaries Herbert E. Stouffer, of Seaford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at home. He was born in Wilmington and attended Pierre S. duPont High School before enlisting in the Navy. He served during WW II from 1942 to 1945 aboard the USS Yorktown in the Pacific campaign. He earned a Bachelor’s Herbert Stouffer Degree in electrical engineering from Drexel Institute of Technology. Herb worked for Edgemoor Iron Works and the Atlas Powder Company and then joined Delmarva Power (now Pepco Holding). He held several positions before becoming the supervisor of the Commercial Light and Power Division. He had moved to Delmarva Power’s Southern Division in Salisbury, MD, before retiring in 1978. After several years at home, he continued his engineering career with the Engineering Wing at Dover Air Force Base, retiring again five years later. Not one to remain idle, Herb then joined Hopkins Construction as a special project engineer in Bridgeville. He was a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Delaware, past commander of Indian River Power Squadron and Master Mason in Washington Lodge #1. Herb was an active member of the board for Blades Economic Development Corp. and the Nanticoke River Yacht Club. He continued his community service as the engineer in charge of the development of the Blades Harbor Marina. Herb enjoyed traveling with family when he was not residing at his beloved Sherbert Isle with his wife, Ida, doing gardening, boating and entertaining friends. His wife, Ida F. Stouffer, died in 2004. He is survived by his daughter, Sherry Chaillou and her husband Melvin of Pasadena, MD; grandchildren, Kevin, Michael, Melanie Chaillou and Rhett
Mother’s Day
A wife, a mother, a grandma too, this is the legacy we have from you. You taught us love, you gave us strength, you gave us love. A stronger person would be hard to find and you were always kind. You gave us all in one way or another, not just as a wife, or as a mother. For all of us you gave your best. Now the time has come for us to remember.You have earned your sleep, your love in our hearts we will eternally keep.
In loving memory of Elizabeth Ruff George ~ husband George & David ~ sons, and family
Travers; great-grandchildren, Kyle, Brian, Haley Chaillou, Braden Blucher, Laken Mancuso, Faith and Nathienal Travers; son, Herbert W. Stouffer and his wife Patty of Dallas, TX; and grandchildren, Cody and McKenzie Stouffer. Graveside services were at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Concord Pike in Wilmington. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the USS Yorktown CV-10 Association, PO Box 1021, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465 or ussyorktown. com. The USS Yorktown resides at Patriots Plaza, Charleston, SC, and is a memorial to all of America’s dedicated veterans.
Jean Price Harton, 86
Jean Price Harton of Wilmington died on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at home in the presence of her immediate family. Mrs. Harton, formerly of Nashville, Tennessee and Seaford, was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church. In Nashville she was a member of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, and in Seaford she was a member of St. Luke’s Jean Harton Episcopal Church. In Wilmington she attended Immanuel Episcopal, 17th and Riverview, before moving to Old St. James’ in Millcreek Hundred. Mrs. Harton is survived by her husband, Joseph P. Harton; a daughter, Joanna L. Harton of West Haven, Connecticut;
a son, John P. Harton, daughter-in-law Nancy Brown Harton, and two grandchildren, Katherine C. Harton and Andrew D. Harton, all of Wilmington. She is also survived by nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends. All were a great joy in her life. A brief memorial service will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seaford, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, followed by burial of the ashes in St. Luke’s churchyard, and a reception in the parish hall. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to St. Luke’s Memorial Fund, 202 N. North Street, Seaford, DE 19973 or to Old St. James’ Memorial Fund, 2106 St. James’ Church Road, Wilmington, DE 19808 or to Delaware Hospice, 3515 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE 19810. Arrangements were by the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford.
Harold Alexander Sheets, Sr., 86
Harold Alexander Sheets, Sr., formerly of Federalsburg, MD, most currently a resident of Homestead Manor in Denton, MD, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009 at the Memorial Hospital at Easton, MD. He was born June 18, 1922 in Robbins, MD, the son of Ray W. Sheets and Mary Elizabeth Robbins Sheets. His wife, Elsie R. Morris Sheets, preceded him in death on Dec. 29, 2006. Mr. Sheets was a Harold Sheets graduate of Cambridge
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
High School Class of 1939 serving as senior class president. He enjoyed presiding for the many class reunions over the years. He had worked as plant manager in the canning industry for many years, working for the former canneries John N. Wright Cannery in Federalsburg and Hynson, Williamsburg Cannery, Fox Foods in Hillsboro, and many other local canneries. He also had been employed by Tri-Gas Hardware for many years, and worked as a courier for A & R Sales, also of Federalsburg. He was a member of the Union United Methodist Church in Federalsburg, a former member of Cordova Vol. Fire Co. and the Federalsburg Vol. Fire Co. He enjoyed making and giving away pickles, painting by numbers, and took pride in his beautiful hanging floral baskets. He greatly enjoyed celebrating his birthday on Father’s Day each year. A great love of his life was entertaining the whole family on holidays, especially cooking chicken on the grill with his special recipe. He is survived by five children, Shirley Mattox of Easton, Donna Towers and her husband Wayne of Cambridge, Glenn Lee Secrist and his wife Judy of Cordova,
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God looked around His garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon His earth and saw your loving face. He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest. His Garden must be beautiful , because He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain. And knew that you would never get well on earth again.
He saw your path was difficult, He closed your tired eyes, He whispered to you “Peace be Thine” and gave you wings to fly. When we saw you sleeping so calm and free of pain, We would not wish you back to earth to suffer once again. You’ve left us precious memories, your love will be our guide, You live on through your children and grandchildren, you’re always by our side.
It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone. For part of us went with you on the day God called you home.
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MORNING STAR • MAY 7 - 13, 2009 MD, Harold A. Sheets, Jr. and his wife Karen of Bridgeville, and Gary L. Sheets and his wife Kelly of Preston, MD; 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; four siblings, Doris Rue, Dulcie Thamert and Raymond Sheets, all of Cambridge, and Suzanne Jefferson of Easton, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Wednesday, May 6, at Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg with the Rev. James Michael and the Rev. David Heistand officiating. Interment was in Greenmount Cemetery in Hillsboro. Memorial contributions may be made to Union United Methodist Church, 301 North Main St., Federalsburg, MD 21632 or to Concord United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Debbie Love, 25986 Beauchamp Branch Rd., Denton, MD 21629. To share memories with the family please visit www.framptom.com.
Pauline Elizabeth Davis, 94
Pauline Elizabeth Davis of Salisbury died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of Frank and Flora Truitt Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester M. Davis, Sr., in 2004 and a sister, Frances Daugherty. Mrs. Davis was a member of Ayers United Methodist Church in Pittsville. She is survived by three children, Chester M. Davis, Jr., and his wife, Susan, of Laurel, Peggy L. Griffith of Delmar, and Jerry L. Davis and his wife,
Margaret, of Delmar; eight grandchildren, Jeffrey L. Phillips of Salisbury, Jennifer L. Frieman and her husband, Frank, of Salisbury, Jay L. Phillips of Salisbury, Mark Davis of Salisbury, Stacie Davis of Laurel, Justin Davis of Delmar, Tricia Matthews of Salisbury, and Courtney Davis of Philadelphia; four great-grandchildren, David M. Frieman of Salisbury, Josh and Maggie Matthews of Salisbury, and Shannon Phillips of Delmar; a greatgreat-granddaughter, Alexis Matthews; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held Friday, May 8, at 11 a.m. at Bounds Funeral Home on East Main Street in Salisbury where friends may call one hour prior to the service. Pastor Ralph Fraser will officiate. Interment will follow in Pittsville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Ayers United Methodist Church, 7515 Gumboro Road, Pittsville, MD 21850. Visit boundsfuneralhome.com to send letter of condolence.
John Clifford Jenkins, 51
John Clifford Jenkins of Seaford died Sunday, May 3, 2009 at his residence. Born in Tarpon Springs, FL, the son of Shirley Kelfo Jenkins of Seaford and the late Clifford Sunday Jenkins, he was a machinist for Solo Cup Company of Federalsburg, MD. He was a member of Ducks Unlimited. In addition to his mother he is also survived by two brothers, Mark A. Jenkins of Seaford and Eric L. Jenkins of Salisbury, MD; and a sister, Linda J. Mullen of Flagler Beach, FL.
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Services are Thursday, May 7, at 2 p.m. in Christ Lutheran Church, 315 Shipley Street, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the services. The Rev. Andrew Watkins will officiate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Christ Lutheran Church, 315 Shipley Street, Seaford, DE 19973. Arrangements were by Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford.
Ann B. Slater, 94
Ann B. Slater of Seaford died on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Slater was a nurse and retired from Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. After retirement she became a volunteer at the hospital and received an award for the number of volunteer hours she worked. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. Her husband, George R. Slater, died in 1968. She is survived by a son, G. Barry Slater and his wife Gloria of Seaford; two daughters, Patty Purse and her husband Eric of Seaford and Mindy Jones and her husband T. Theodore of Lewes; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Services were Wednesday, May 6, at the Wesley United Methodist Church. Arrangements were by the Cranston Funeral Home. Burial was in Barratt’s Chapel Cemetery, Milford. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to Wesley United Methodist, the Ann Slater Memorial Fund, 2205 Atlanta Rd, Seaford, DE 19973.
Paul Emerson Kanarr, 87
Paul Emerson Kanarr of Prince Frederick, Md., died Monday, April 27, 2009, at Envoy Nursing Home in Denton, Md.
PAGE 29 Mr. Kanarr was born on the family farm, Cherry Tree, in Montgomery Township, Pa., on Aug. 7, 1921. He was the son of Nancy Jane and William Ruffner Kanarr. His wife, Mary Christine McDonald Kanarr, died in 1998. Mr. Kanarr served in the Army Air Force from Nov. 9, 1942 until Feb. 14, 1946. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Prince Frederick and the American Legion Caroline Post 29 in Denton. Mr. Kanarr is survived by three daughters: Paula Gunson of Seaford, Mary Phillips of Denton, and Susan Harris and her husband Donald of Denton; five sons: Ronald Paul Kanarr of Fargo, N.D., John Wesley Kanarr and his wife Marie of Hurlock, Md., David Michael Kanarr and his wife Stephanie Fridie of Salisbury, Md., E. Scott Kanarr of Prince Frederick, and Kenneth Emerson Kanarr of Owings Mills, Md.; 13 grandchildren: John Gunson, Kimberly Kanarr, Brian Kanarr, Adam Kanarr, Amy Naugle and her husband Kevin, Christopher Kanarr, Bryan Miller, Jade Phillips and his wife Amy, Dustin Harris, Daniel Harris, Eric Kanarr, Nicholas Kanarr and Amanda Kanarr; and 15 great grandchildren: Molly, Brady, Drew, Darnell, Chase, Madison, Ronnie, Connor, Kate, Abby, Ashley, Chazz, Jersey, Kylie and Luke Phillips. He was preceded in death by a son, Donald Patrick Kanarr in 1983; and eight brothers and sisters: William, Aaron, Lelia, Ellsworth, Charles, Frances, Morna and Ralph. The funeral service was held on Saturday, May 2, at Moore Funeral Home, P.A. in Denton. Interment was held in the Denton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the charity of your choice.
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Entertainment Servicemen will be honored at Choral Society Concert, May 16 “Someone once said that the dominant feeling on the battlefield is loneliness. The other emotions are fear and exhaustion. Simply put, you are always afraid and you are always tired.” So begins an e-mail message that Col. Matthew Bogdanos, USMC sent out to family and friends. This excerpt is one of 11 readings of poems and letters that will be interspersed throughout the Southern Delaware Choral Society’s spring concert featuring the works of Haydn.
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Epworth United Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth Beach.While planning the concert, the SDCS envisioned weaving a patriotic theme through the program. The date for the performance was chosen because it is Armed Forces Day. The day was created in 1949, and was a result of the consolidation of the military services in the Department of Defense. The purpose of Armed Forces day is to honor Americans serving
in the five services - the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. In order to reach out to current and retired members of the armed forces and encourage them to attend the concert, the SDCS is offering a limited number of complimentary tickets. Those tickets are available by calling Jack Emery at 302827-2547. Under the direction of John Ranney, the concert will feature Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War,” including the “Te Deum” and the “Lord Nelson Mass.”
McCall to perform at May concert Soprano Meghan McCall will be among four guest soloists joining the Southern Delaware Choral society for their spring concert featuring the works of Haydn. The concert will be a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his death and will be held on Saturday, May 16, at Epworth United Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth Beach, at 7:30 p.m. Downstate Delaware and the Maryland Eastern Shore audiences will be familiar with Meghan McCall’s clear, bell-like soprano voice from her concerts in 2008 and 2007 with the Southern Dela-
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In between the parts of the two masses, letters will be read to the audience from soldiers who have served, or are currently serving, in Iraq or Afghanistan. The concert will end with a song written and conducted by local composer, Roo Brown, entitled “You Will Be With Us.” Tickets are $20 for adults $8 for students. Tickets are available online at www. sdchoralsociety.org, at Puzzles in Lewes and Browseabout Books in Rehoboth or by calling 302-645-2013.
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The perfect chocolate cake recipe to share with family Several years ago, I read an amusing article in which food oretta norr magazine editors contributed personal memories of one dish that their mothers prepared which was still able to send an uncomfortable chill up their spines. From Shrimp with Stewed Tomatoes and Baked Acorn Squash to Leftover Lamb Casserole, “my mother made me eat it” was the common phrase Not only do I not know what we’ll be shared by these adults still traumatized by eating on any given day, I often don’t childhood memories of meals past. know what it will be at six o’clock in the Considering their experience, I figure I evening. was pretty lucky. Others may label this a lack of orMy mother took little interest in cookganization but I prefer to think of it as ing, so when she found something that creativity. everyone liked or at least tolerated, she My mother was weakest in the dessert made it - over and over. department. Jell-O, chocolate pudding She was considerate enough to avoid and the occasional canned fruit cocktail as much as possible having the same appeared on weekdays. thing twice in a row, but each day of the Sundays saw grape jelly-filled biscotti week was assigned a particular food. and company dinners, the lovely orange As a result, it didn’t take Miss Marple chiffon cake with the burned bottom. to figure out what we were going to have I believe this is where she made her from Sunday to Saturday. biggest mistake. For a child, this was actually strangely My theory is that if you don’t like to comforting. cook, you should find one smashing desAs an adult, I realize that this experisert because a great dessert can reduce a ence was also defining and I credit my mother for any enthusiasm for experimen- bad meal to a faint memory. In honor of my mom, I’m offering tation that I may possess.
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The Town of Bridgeville is hiring a part-time secretary at the Police Department. Candidates must have good people skills and competency in a wide range of secretarial duties. Salary is $9/hour with work hours from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Monday-Friday. Thorough background check required; Equal Opportunity Employer. Resumes accepted through May 20, 2009 at Town Hall, 101 N. Main St., Bridgeville, DE 19933, Attention: Town Manager Bonnie Walls.
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THE DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT isaccepting completed Distict applications for the following positions for 2009-’10 school year: • NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher of Middle School Science • NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher of Middle School Social Studies Applicants must be licensed/certified by Delaware DOE in subject matter. Salaries as per State and Local guidelines for FY ‘10 based upon experience and degree of education. Closing date for District paper application with complete documentation: May 15, 2009. Contact Beth Phillips @302/846-9544 x111 for an application. E OE
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INT’L. 2 BOTTOM PLOW on Rubber, spare parts, great shape, $425. 8469788. 5/7 ATLAS BAND SAW on coaster stand, extra blades, $325. 846-9788. 5/7 WOOD BASKETS & Crates, various sizes (bushels, 5/8’s, hampers, etc.) 8757460 after 6 pm. 4/30 UTILITY TABLE, 36”x72”, wood grain formica top, folding metal legs w/cross bars, top cond., $30. 8755086. 4/30 CAR SEAT, $15, good cond. 875-7421. 4/30
ROTO-TILLER, Craftsman, 6.5 hp, 17”, rear tines, $500. 875-0688. 5/7
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YARD MACHINE Riding Mower, 14 hp, 38” cut, new battery, $375. 875-9610.
FRESH BROWN EGGS, farm corn-fed, $1.75/doz. 875-2893. 5/7
IGLOO COOLER, 30 qt., hot or cold (plug-in), 1 mo. old, new $96, asking $40. 875-9610. 4/30 2 18-SPD. BIKES, $50 EA. Manual Treadmill, $50. Exerise Bike, $30. 629-4768, no Sunday calls. 4/23 SMALL ELEC. HEATER, 1500 watt, $25. 629-4768, no Sunday calls. 4/23 TORO LAWN MOWER, self-propelled, 2 yrs. old, fr. Home Depot, $125. 410896-3433. 4/23 OLD WOOD BARN SIDING, lg. qty., $700 8469788. 4/23 100’s of VHS MOVIES, only 50¢ ea. 628-1880. 4/23 TROY-BILT ROTO TILLER, 5 hp Pony, elec. start, bumper, extra set of tines, $775. 745-7659. 4/16 CONCRETE REINFORCING WIRE, apx. 420 sq. ft., 6x6” mesh, $40. 846-9788. 4/16 SWISHER PUSH Trim-NMow, 6.5 hp B&S eng., like new, $225. 410-754-9564. 4/16 FISHER PRICE STEP & PLAY PIANO. Swivel seat slides from side to side. Ages 4 mo. - 1 yr. Exc. cond. (new $90) Firm $40. 629-4225. 4/16
Help Wanted -- Seaford School District Fall Sports 2009-2010 school year
CrossC ountry—HS Football—MS( 2) Cheerleader AdvF all—HS CrossC ounty Asst—HS Football HD Coach—HS Cheerleader AsstF all—HS FieldH ockey Asst—MS Football JV—HS (2) Cheerleader AdvF all—MS FieldH ockey Asst—HS Football V Asst—HS( 2) (considered year round Field Hockey HD Coach— Soccer Boys JV—HS position) HS SoccerB oys Asst—HS Cheerleader Asst Fall—MS FieldH ockey—MS Soccer Boys HD Coach—HS (considered year round Field Hockey JV—HS Soccer HD Coach—MS boys position) Football Freshman—HS (2) Soccer Asst—MSb oys Interested and qualified candidates should complete an extra duty application available online at www.seaford.k12.de.us or in our school offices. Completed application must be submitted no later than May 21st. Please include contact information, education, experience and teacher certification on your resume. All final candidates for employment must have a satisfactory criminal background check before being placed on contract/payroll as per State of Delaware regulations. Candidates must call the Delaware State Police at (800) 464-4357 to make an appointment. The cost of the criminal background check is $69.00 (expense borne by the prospective employee). Final candidates must also receive a satisfactory child protection registry check. The State of Delaware does not discriminate against qualified persons with disabilities in its programs or services. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Human Resource and Public Information Office, at (302) 629-4587, as soon as possible to request an auxiliary aid or service. The Seaford School District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, marital or handicapped status in accordance with state and federal laws. This policy shall apply to recruitment, employment, and subsequent placement, training, promotion, compensation, tenure and probation, and other terms and conditions of employment over which the district has jurisdiction. Inquiries should be directed to: Director of Personnel, 390 North Market Street Ext., Seaford, DE 19973. Phone: (302) 629-4587. Current staff members of the Seaford School District will be given first consideration. An open and continuous search will be conducted until the positions are filled.
MORNING STAR AMER. PLASTIC TOY, ride in-car red. Pretend steering wheel operations, ages 1 1/2 - 3 yrs., Exc. cond., firm, $35. 629-4225. 4/16 22 SHOT Cartridge, Savage Bolt Action Rife, $125. 745-5659. 4/16 TRIPLE HARD BAGGER for Craftsman Mower, 9 bushels for 42/48 deck, cost $375, Asking $125. 629-8081. 4/9 WEDDING GOWN, white, floor length, satin w/seethru lace, long sleee, scalloped neck line & bodice & pearls. Chest 38”, hips 34”, exc. cond., $40 firm. 6294225. 4/2 KENMORE DEHUMIDIFIER, 35 pint, used 1 week, $125. 628-1815. 4/2 EMPIRE GAS LOG HEATER w/logs & lava rocks. Vent free, no odor, natural or propane, $300. 6282166. 4/2 19” COLOR TV w/built-in DVD player, $50. 877-0644 eve. after 7. 4/2 PANASONIC DIGITAL CAMCORDER, many features w/cape, long life batteries, charger & case, $100. 875-1877. 4/2
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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE ON JUNE 2, 2009 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: Bin(s): #11 Afrika Spencer; #12 Terry Workman; #20 Randi Blades; #26 Eldora Reed; #37 Seven El Abullah; #39 Skeeter Milburn; #41 Rashawna Lagrande; #58 Deborah White; #59 Jean DeMatteo; #68 and #151 William Kairis; #74 Diana Sears; #77 Audrey Winder; #89 Joan Davis; #93 Ernst Basquait; #105 Jessica Badman; #110 Veronica Oney; #126 Daniel Hager; #136 Rachael Parker; #159 Phyllis Olsteen; #190 Darlene Johnson; #192 Bonnie Boyce; #194 Yniece Chandler; #202 Williamanna Hill; #208 Susan Williams; #209 Tracy Kefauver; #217 Michael Banning; #219 Esther Pinder; #223 Beverly Ellis; #225 Jessica Hunt. BIDDERS: Call office on day of sale to confirm, (302) 875-5931. 5/7/2tc
• MAY - 7 - 13, 2009 PUBLIC NOTICE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD, An ordinance to amend the City of Seaford Municipal Code Chapter 14. Water “Article 3. Water User Charge System,” Sec. 14-36 “Water Capacity Charge” is amended to add a new User Class - “NonResidential Building with Sprinkler less than 100,000 square feet.” The assessed charge will be $1.50 per square foot. The amendment was adopted at the Regular Council Meeting of April 28, 2009. A copy of the complete Article may be obtained at the City of Seaford City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware or by calling the City Office at (302) 629-9173 and requesting a copy. Dolores J. Slatcher City Manager OR-05-09 5/7/1tc
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD, An ordinance to amend the City of Seaford Municipal Code Chapter 6. Electric “Article 2. Electric Rules and Regulations” is amended by adding Subsection 23 “Aggregation of Retail Customer Demand Response” and Subsection 24 “Ancillary Services Provided by Demand Responses Resources.” The amendments were adopted at the Regular Council Meeting of April 28, 2009. A copy of the complete Article may be obtained at the City of Seaford City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware or by calling the City Office at (302) 629-9173 and requesting a copy. Dolores J. Slatcher City Manager OR-04-09 5/7/1tc
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD, An ordinance to amend the City of Seaford Municipal Code Chapter 16. Exemptions from Taxation “Article 2. Reinvestment Incentive” is amended by expanding Sec. 16-12 “Qualifying Projects,” Sec. 16-13 “Amount of Incentive” and Sec. 16-14 “Requirements.” The amendment was adopted at the Regular
PAGE 33 Council Meeting of April 28, 2009. A copy of the complete Article may be obtained at the City of Seaford City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware or by calling the City Office at (302) 629-9173 and requesting a copy. Dolores J. Slatcher City Manager OR-06-09 5/7/1tc
All interested parties should attend and present their views. If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to public hearing. For additional information, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 302-855-7878. 5/7/1tc
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Broad Creek Hundred Case No. 10410 In accordance with Chapter 115, of the Code of Sussex County, a hearing will be held on a request for a variance as provided by: Chapter 115, Article IV, Subsection 115-21, Item A(5) of said ordinance of HARRISON F. ELLIOTT who is seeking a variance from the minimum acreage requirement to place an on farm manufacured home, to be located north of Road 475 and west of Road 476. The hearing will be held in the County Council Chambers, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on Monday evening, JUNE 1, 2009, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard. All interested parties should attend and present their views. If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to public hearing. For additional information, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 302-855-7878. 5/7/1tc
The following ordinance was approved by Sussex County Council on March 17, 2009: ORDINANCE NO. 2034 WITH CONDITIONS AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE OF LAND IN AN AR-1 AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR A ONE-OPERATOR TRUCKING COMPANY TO BE LOCATED ON A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN BROAD CREEK HUNDRED, SUSSEX COUNTY, CONTAINING .076 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, (land lying west of Road 449, 545 feet south of Route 24; application filed on behalf of MICHAEL J. SHUHART; C/U #1768). 5/7/1tc
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Broad Creek Hundred Case No. 10412 In accordance with Chapter 115, of the Code of Sussex County, a hearing will be held on a request for a variance as provided by: Chapter 115, Article IV, Subsection 115-25, Item A(1) of said ordinance of ANNA R. WARD who is seeking a variance from the minimum square footage requirement for a parcel, to be located intersection of Route 20A and Road 486A. The hearing will be held in the County Council Chambers, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on Monday evening, JUNE 1, 2009, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard.
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Estate of Jane C. Wills, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration WWA upon the estate of Jane C. Wills who departed this life on the 6th day of April, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Franklin Knight Wills on the 23rd day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Administrator WWA without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administrator WWA on or before the 6th day of December, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Administrator WWA: Franklin Knight Wills 109 William Ross Ln. Seaford, DE 19973 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Harold R. Valerius, Jr., Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Harold R. Valerius, Jr. who departed this life on the 10th day of March, A.D. See LEGALS—page 34
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2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Mary Valerius on the 24th day of April, A.D. 2009, 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 10th day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executrix: Mary Valerius 7050 Atlanta Circle Seaford, DE 19973 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Elaine M. Townsend, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Elaine M. Townsend who departed this life on the 12th day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Clarence M. Townsend, Carol T. Clifton on the 27th day of April, A.D. 2009, 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 12th day of November, A.D. 2009 or
abide by the law in this behalf. Co-Executors: Clarence M. Townsend 11478 Chipman’s Pond Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 Carol T. Clifton 24467 Sylvan Acres Rd. Milton, DE 19968 Attorney: James A. Yori, Esq. Fuqua and Yori, P.A. 28 The Circle Georgetown, DE 19947 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Wayne C. McCarty, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of Wayne C. McCarty who departed this life on the 7th day of April, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Elizabeth V. McCarty on the 23rd day of April, A.D. 2009, 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 7th day of December, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Administratrix: Elizabeth V. McCarty 3142 Bowman Rd. Seaford, DE 19973 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
Delmar School District Special Election June 2, 2009 THIS SPECIAL REFERENDUM DOES NOT INCREASE THE SCHOOL TAX RATE The Delmar School District of Sussex County, in the State of Delaware, pursuant to the Delmar Board of Education approval given April 21, 2009, in accordance with the provisions of Title 14, Chapter 19 of the Delaware Code as amended in order to hold a special election for the following reason: To transfer $450,000.00 from the Debt Service Account for Fiscal Year 2009 Current Operating Expenses. For the specific purposes of energy costs, maintenance contract costs, materials, supplies, contractual services, and other programs directly related to the educational programs. AT ISSUE TAX RATE TRANSFER VOTE FOR ONE [1]
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Estate of Blossom R. Marvel, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Blossom R. Marvel who departed this life on the 7th day of April, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Willard F. Marvel on the 24th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 7th day of December, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executor: Willard F. Marvel 28658 Seaford Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of George Daniel Isenhwer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of George Daniel Isenhower who departed this life on the 9th day of February, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto John H. Isenhower on the 27th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Administrator without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administrator on or before the 9th day of October, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Administrator: John H. Isenhower 22507 Bridgeville Highway P.O. Box 1101 Seaford, DE 19973 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Leon R. Ellis, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Leon R. Ellis who departed this life on the 16th day of April, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Randolph Lee Ellis on the 27th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the
• MAY - 7 - 13, 2009 same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 16th day of December, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executor: Randolph Lee Ellis 1010 Baldwin Rd. Richmond, VA 23229 Attorney: Stephen P. Ellis, Esq. Ellis & Szabo, LLP PO Box 574 Georgetown, DE 19947 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Charles Joseph Detwiler, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Charles Joseph Detwiler who departed this life on the 15th day of February, A.D. 2009 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Donna K. Adams on the 27th day of April, A.D. 2009, 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 15th day of October, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executrix: Donna K. Adams 14558 Pepper Box Rd. Delmar, DE 19940 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
NOTICE
Estate of Helen C. Bennett, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Helen C. Bennett who departed this life on the 18th day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Richard T. Bennett on the 23rd day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 18th day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executor: Richard T. Bennett 32204 Ellis Grove Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 Attorney: George B. Smith, Esq. Smith, O’Donnell, Feinberg & Berl, LLP P.O. Box 588 Georgetown, DE 19947
Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Dorothy T. Bell, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of Dorothy T. Bell who departed this life on the 30th day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Edwin Bell, Nancy Cunningham, John Bell on the 28th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Co-Administrator without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Co-Administrator on or before the 30th day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Co-Administrator: Edwin Bell 34 Anna Dr. Bear DE 19701 Nancy Cunningham 84 Henlopen Gdns., Lewes, DE 19958 John Bell 315 E. Stein Hwy. Seaford, DE 19973 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 5/7/3tc
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Estate of Ann S. Mazurak, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Ann S. Mazurak who departed this life on the 31st day of January, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Robert W. Mazurak on the 20th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 30th day of September, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executor: Robert W. Mazuak 23 Grove Rd. Bedford, NY 10506-1531 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 4/30/3tc
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Estate of Melissa VanderHoeven, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of
Melissa VanderHoeven who departed this life on the 30th day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Karen A. Meekins, Donna M. Robles on the 15th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Administratrices without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administratrices on or before the 30th day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Administratrices: Karen A. Meekins 4156 Dublin Hill Rd. Bridgeville, DE 19933 Donna M. Robles 4156 Dublin Hill Rd. Bridgeville DE 19933 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 4/30/3tc
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Estate of Howard J. Mason, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Howard J. Mason who departed this life on the 2nd day of April, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Susan Jane Mason on the 16th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 2nd day of December, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executrix: Susan Jane Mason 406 N. Shipley St. Seaford, DE 19973 Attorney: David W. Baker, Esq. P.O. Box 551 Georgetown, DE 19947 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 4/30/3tc
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Estate of Lloyd A. Jewell, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Lloyd A. Jewell who departed this life on the 21st day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Deborah L. Whaley on the 13th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons See LEGALS—page 36
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PAGE 36 LEGALS - from Page 34 having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 21st day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executrix: Deborah L. Whaley 31113 S. Shellbridge Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 4/23/3tc
NOTICE
Estate of Thomas H. Messick, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Thomas H. Messick who departed this life on the 29th day of March, A.D. 2009 late of Bridgeville, DE were duly granted unto Alan Thomas Messick on the 15th day of April, A.D. 2009, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 29th day of November, A.D. 2009 or abide by the law in this behalf. Executor: Alan Thomas Messick P.O. Box 49 Bridgeville, DE 19933 Attorney: David W. Baker, Esq. David W. Baker. Esq. P.A. P.O. Box 551 Georgetown, DE 19947 Gregory Fuller Sr. Register of Wills 4/23/3tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Northwest Fork Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, more particularly described in accordance with a survey prepared by MillerLewis, Inc., dated October 19, 2004, as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the westerly right of way line of First Street at a corner for this land and lands now or formerly of Geneva
MORNING STAR D. Jackson, said beginning point being 1,150 feet more or less from County Road 589A; thence, by and with the westerly right of way line of First Street South 21 degrees 32 minutes 56 seconds West 110.88 feet to an iron pipe, a corner for this land; thence, by and with Red Pine Drive North 66 degrees 19 minutes 06 seconds West 276.78 feet to an iron pipe, a corner for this land; thence, along a line between this land and lands now or formerly of Willis Franklin Savage North 21 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds East 150.81 feet to an iron rod, a corner for this land and lands now or formerly of Martha Alexander Distance; thence, along a line between this land and lands now or formerly of Martha Alexander Distance South 70 degrees 28 minutes 37 seconds East 140.97 feet to an iron pipe, a corner for this land; thence, along a line between this land and lands now or formerly of Geneva D. Jackson South 21 degrees 30 minutes 20 seconds West 60.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence, along another line between this land and lands now or formerly of Geneva D. Jackson South 70 degrees 28 minutes 37 seconds East 136.00 feet to the place of beginning, be the contents thereof what they may. AND BEING the same lands and premises which Delmar Homes, Inc., by deed dated September 9, 2005 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 3201, Page 265 did grant and convey unto JANINE A. WILLIAMS AND BRUCE A. WILLIAMS, husband and wife, in fee. Tax Parcel: 5-30-10.0025.00 Property Address: 9169 Red Pine Drive, Greenwood Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Pur-
chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of BRUCE A. & JANINE A. WILLIAMS and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land with the improvements thereon erected, situated in the Town of Greenwood, Sussex County, State of Delaware, lying at the southeast comer of the intersection of Delaware Route 16 (Market Street) and Second Street, being bounded on the north by Delaware Route 16, on the east by lands now or formerly of Robert Terwilliger, on the south by lands now or formerly of Edward Jory, and on the west by Second Street, and being more particularly described in accordance with a survey by Richard Vetter Land Surveying dated March 7, 2006, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a set nail at the intersection of the south line of Delaware Route 16 with the east line of Second Street at a corner for this lot; thence running from said point of beginning with the south line of Delaware Route 16, South 67 degrees East, 97.00 feet to a found concrete monument at a corner for this lot and lands now or formerly of said Terwilliger; thence turning and running with said Terwilliger lands, South 23 degrees West, passing over a found concrete monument at 114.75 feet, a total distance of 174.75 feet to a
• MAY - 7 - 13, 2009 found iron pipe at a corner for this lot and in the line of lands now or formerly of said Jory; thence turning and running with said Jory lands, North 67 degrees West, 97.00 feet to a set nail in the east line of Second Street at a corner for this lot; thence turning and running with the east line of Second Street, North 23 degrees East, 174.75 feet to the point and place of beginning. Be the contents thereof what they may. AND BEING the same lands and premises which Richard Y. Johnson & Son, Inc., by deed dated April 6, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Record 3294, Page 51 did grant and convey unto WALTER JONES and MARSHA JONES, his wife, in fee. Tax Parcel: 5-30-9.1664.01 Property Address: 306 West Market Street, Greenwood Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of WALTER & MARSHA JONES and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: Parcel: 17.01 ALL that certain piece, parcel, lot, or tract of land tying on the southerly side Laurel Road, a.k.a. Delaware Route 24, designated map/tax parcel 2-32 23.00 17.01, situated in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, the State of Delaware, and being more particularly located and ascertained in the following metes and bounds description by the P.E.L.S.A. Company, Inc., Land Consultants and Surveyors, as shown on a plan prepared by said P.E.L.S.A. Company, Inc., dated May 11,2006, referenced and filed as M0060530. Parcel: 17.02 ALL that certain piece, parcel, lot, or tract of land lying on the southerly side Laurel Road, a.k.a. Delaware Route 24, designated map/tax parcel 2-32 23.00 17.02, situated in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, the State of Delaware, and being more particularly located and ascertained in the following metes and bounds description by the P.E.L.S.A. Company, Inc., Land Consultants and Surveyors, as shown on a plan prepared by said P.E.L.S.A. Company, Inc., dated May 11,2006, referenced and filed as M0060530. BEING the same lands and premises which Walter L. Vickers Jr. and Monica M. Vickers did by deed dated June 19, 2006 did grant and convey unto Milton A. Phillips and Peggy J. Phillips did by deed dated June 19, 2006 and recorded in the office aforesaid in Deed Book 3345 Page296 did grant and convey unto Milton A. Phillips and Peggy J. Phillips. Tax Parcel: 2-32-23.0017.01 & 17.02 Property Address: 18132 Laurel Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale
(The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of MILTON A. & PEGGY J. PHILLIPS and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: 2-31-21.00-29.00 ALL that certain tract, piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, and being Lot Four (4) of a Plot of lands entitled “Record Plan of Asbury Meadows”, said plot being dated November 2, 2002. Revised August 3, 2003, and prepared by Miller Lewis, Inc. Surveyors and being of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Plot Book 82 at Page 185, consisting of 21,862 square feet of land more or less. BEING a part of the same land conveyed unto Sussex Ventures, Inc. by deed of Robert A. Hudson, II and Michelle R. Hudson, his wife, of record in the See LEGALS—page 37
MORNING STAR LEGALS - from Page 36 Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 2642 at Page 183. SUBJECT to Restrictions, a copy of which is attached hereto and shall run with the land. SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, reservations, conditions, easements and agreements of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware. 2-31-21.00-30.00 ALL that certain tract, piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, and being lot FIVE (5) of a Plot of lands entitled “Record Plan of Asbury Meadows”, said plot being dated November 2, 2002. Revised August 3, 2003, and prepared by Miller Lewis, Inc. Surveyors and being of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Plot Book 82 at Page 185, consisting of 34,144 square feet of land more or less. BEING a part of the same lands conveyed unto Sussex Ventures, Inc. by deed of Robert A. Hudson, II and Michelle R. Hudson, his wife of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 2642 at Page 183. SUBJECT to restrictions, a copy of which are attached hereto and shall run with this land. SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, reservations, conditions, easements and agreements of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware. 2-35-16.00-257.00, 260.00 & 262.00 ALL those certain lots, pieces and parcels of land situate, lying and being in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being known and designated as Lots #8, 11, 12 and 13, Pintail Pointe, more fully shown on the subdivision plot of Pintail Pointe, prepared by ECl, Registered Surveyors, recorded August 23, 2005, in Plot Book 95, Page 341, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Georgetown, Delaware, together with any and all improvements located thereon. BEING a part of the same lands conveyed to Regent Group Property Development, LLC by deed of Otis J. Clifton and Betty M. Clifton, dated August 6, 2004, and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Sussex County in Deed Book 3017, Page 164. SUBJECT to a) the Dec-
laration of Covenants of Pintail Pointe, recorded on May 4, 2006, with the aforesaid Recorder of Deeds, in Deed Book 3305, page 281, and all subsequent amendments thereto; b) the notes, reservations and easements shown on the subdivision plot of Pintail Pointe recorded with the aforesaid Recorder of Deeds, in Plot Book 95, Page 341, and all amendments thereto; and c) all easements and rightof¬-ways of record. 1-34-15.00-59.01 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, piece and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, being known and designated as Lot Number 16, Block “C”, on a certain plot of lands of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Plot Book 8, page 356, known and designated as “Sherwood Acres”, said plot having been prepared by J.J. McCann, registered surveyor, on May 19, 1971, reference being thereto has will more fully and at large appear. The above lot of land is conveyed subject to all of the restrictions, covenants and reservations which shall run with the land. Said restrictions more fully set out in the Deed of Sherwood Acres Property Owners Association, of record in Deed Book 674, page 306; and amended October 11, 1984 of record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 1296 page 255; and further amended by Certification of Restrictive Covenants recorded April 29, 2003, in the Office aforesaid in Deed Book 2829, Page 316. SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, reservations, conditions, easements and agreements of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware. BEING the same lands and premises which were conveyed unto Sharon M. Benton aka Michelle Benton by deed of Stanislaus J. Kufera and Helen J. Kufera, dated June 16, 2006, and recorded June 19, 2006, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 3323, Page 291. Tax Parcel: 2-31-21.0029.00 & 30.00, 2-35-16.00257.00, 260.00 & 262.00, 1-34-15.00-59.01 Property Address: Not Available Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D.
are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of CUSTOM HOMES BY STEVE BENTON, INC. and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, and known as Lot No. 10 on the Subdivision of Lands of Star Partners, prepared by Charles D. Murphy, Jr., Registered Surveyors, dated March 7, 1994, and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Plot Book 51, Page 350, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a rebar located on the Westerly right of way line of State Route 36; thence turning and running along said right
• MAY - 7 - 13, 2009 of way, South 42 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds West 159.84 feet to a rebar found, said rebar being a corner for this lot and Lands now or formerly of N.C. Hill; thence turning and running along the line of Lands of Hill, North 75 degrees 40 minutes 46 seconds West 215.38 feet to a pipe found, said pipe being a corner for this lot and located along the line of Lands of Carlisle Bros.; thence turning and running along the line of Lands of Carlisle Bros. the following two courses and distances: 1) North 52 degrees 55 minutes 21 seconds East 269.25 feet to a rebar found, then turning 2) South 47 degrees 43 minutes 09 seconds East 150.26 feet to a rebar found, said rebar being a corner for this lot and located along the right of way line of State Route 36 and being the point and place of beginning. Said to contain 35,736 square feet, more or less, with all the improvements located thereon, as surveyed by Temple-Sellers, Inc., Registered Surveyors, dated October 3, 2003. BEING the same land and premises that Stacy D. Bosco by deed dated October 18, 2003 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2921, Page 173, did grant and convey unto David J. Bosco and Stacy D. Bosco, in fee. Tax Parcel: 4-30-5.0017.09 Property Address: 12870 Shawnee Road, Greenwood Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the
PAGE 37 deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of STACY DIANE & DAVID JOSEPH BOSCO, SR. and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate on the northeast intersection of Lincoln Avenue and North Second Street, in the Town of De1mar, Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, adjoining lands now or formerly of Raymond B. Wilkinson, Jr., and lands now or formerly of Frank. D. Bonsall, Jr., and being more particularly described in a survey prepared by Hall & Parker, Registered Land Surveyor, dated July 18, 1990, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point located on the outer edge of a sidewalk at the northeast intersection of Lincoln A venue and North Second Street; thence running along and with the line of lands herein and the easterly side of North Second Street North 12 degrees 13 minutes 23 seconds East for a distance of 60.42 feet to a point; said point lying on the inner edge of a 4.5 foot sidewalk and also marking a corner for the lands herein and lands now or formerly of Raymond B. Wilkinson, Jr.; thence turning and running along and with the line of lands herein and said Wilkinson lands South 84 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 131.56 feet to a iron pipe found, said iron pipe lying in the line of lands now or formerly of Frank D. Bonsall, Jr.; thence turning and running along and with the line of lands herein and said Bonsall lands South 05 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of
60.00 feet to a point, said point lying on the northerly side of Lincoln Avenue; thence turning and running along and with the line of lands herein and the northerly side of Lincoln Avenue North 84 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 13 8.63 feet to a point, marking the point and place of beginning, said to contain 8,106 square feet, more or less, together with all improvements thereon. BEING the same land and premises that Lynn Michelle Wright, John Craig Moore and Shannon Renee Moore by deed dated April 20, 2005 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware in Deed Book 3132 Page 135 did grant and convey unto Kristine Littleton, in fee. Tax Parcel: 5-32-20.1465.00 Property Address: 400 N. 2nd Street, Delmar Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of KRISTINE LITTLETON and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc See LEGALS—page 38
PAGE 38 LEGALS - from Page 37
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that certain tract, piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware and on the South side of, but not adjacent to, Route 20, the road leading from Seaford to Concord, and being a portion of what was formerly known as the Tubbs Farm and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete marker post, which is a marker for these lands and lands now or formerly of Flossie B. Lane; thence in a Northerly direction 100 feet to a concrete post; thence in an Easterly direction 100 feet to a concrete post; thence in a Southerly direction 100 feet to a concrete post; thence in a Westerly direction 100 feet to the point and place of Beginning, containing 10,000 square feet of land, more or less. BEING the same lands conveyed to Lorenzo J.E. Williams and Gloria E. Williams, husband and wife, by Deed of Flossie B. Lane dated June 2, 1967 of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 622, Page 80, et. seq. BEING the same lands conveyed to Robert G. Brown and Violet D. Brown, husband and wife, by Deed of Lorenzo J.E. Williams and Gloria E. Abbot, dated February 9, 1993 of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 1897, Page 151. Tax Parcel: 1-32-2.00116.00 Property Address: 25401 Honeysuckle Drive, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale
MORNING STAR subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of ROBERT G. & VIOLET D. BROWN and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that certain piece, parcel and tract of land, lying and being situate in Northwest Fork Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, known as Lot No.5 of “Wheatley Farms”, subdivision, being described more particularly as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe (found) on the Westerly right-of-way line of Sussex County Road #562 (50’R/W); said pipe being situate Northerly a distance of 1,901 feet, more or less, from Sussex County Road #31; thence with Lot No.6, North 70 degrees 55 minutes 43 seconds West a distance of 221.48 feet to an iron pipe (found); thence with the line lands of Wheatley Farms, Inc., now or formerly, North 18 degrees 34 minutes 16 seconds East a distance of 150.01 feet to an iron pipe (found); thence with Lot No.4 South 70 degrees 55 minutes 43 seconds East a distance of 222.79 feet to an iron pipe (found); thence with Sussex County Road #562 South 19 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West
a distance of 150.00 feet home to a point and place of beginning, said to contain 33,320 square feet of land, be the same more or less. BEING the same lands conveyed to James Olson by Deed from Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 3351, Page 331. BEING the same lands conveyed to Glen V. Breeding, Jr., by Deed from James Olson, dated January 19, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 3411, Page 27. Tax Parcel: 1-31-5.0057.00 Property Address: 16364 Progress School Road, Bridgeville Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of GLENN V. BREEDING, JR. and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
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By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate lying and being on the North side of Eight Street, in the Town of Laurel, Little Creek Hundred, Sussex county, Delaware being more particularly described as follows to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe (found) lying on the Northerly right of way line of West Eighth Street (21.75 feet f/f), said iron pipe being 762 feet more or less to centerline of West Street and being a common boundary line for this land and for land snow or formerly of Eric L. Savage; thence by and with Savage lands North 14 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 209.85 feet to a concrete monument (found); thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this land and for lands now or formerly of Gary W. Flood South 77 degrees 51 minutes 08 seconds East 41.40 feet to an iron pipe (set); thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this land and for lands now or formerly of Catherine L. Wilkerson South 14 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds West 209.02 feet to an iron rod (found); thence turning and running by and with the Northerly right-of-way line of West Eighth Street North 79 degrees 13 minutes 24 seconds 38.73 feet home to the place of beginning said to contain 8,379 square feet of land more or less with improvements thereon as shown on a survey prepared by Miller-Lewis, Inc., dated October 5, 2005. BEING the same land conveyed unto Thomas H. Riggin and Dorothy O. Riggin, his wife, by deed of Maggie C. Callaway and William A. Callaway dated June 16, 1947, of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 370, Page 469. The said Thomas H. Riggin departed this life on or about May 28, 1994, and by operation of law his one-half interest in the property conveyed unto his wife, Dorothy O. Riggin. The said Dorothy O. Riggin departed this life on or about March 16, 2005, and by her Will of record in the Office of the Register of Wills in and for Sussex
County, Delaware, in Will Book 447, Page 261, did devise and bequeath her property to her children: Thomas K. Riggin, Marilyn E. Johnson, Penny M. Tyndall and Doris Jean Tubbs. BEING the same land conveyed unto Thomas W. Watson and Sharon A. Watson, his wife, by deed of The Estate of Dorothy O. Riggin, by Thomas K. Riggin, Executor, Thomas K. Riggin, Penny M. Tyndall, and Doris Jean Tubbs and Marilyn E. Johnson dated October 14, 2005, of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 3223, Page 64. Tax Parcel: 4-32-8.10200.00 Property Address: 213 8th Street, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of THOMAS W. & SHARON A. WATSON and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
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By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being designated and distinguished as Lot No. 35, Phase II as shown on the plat of MEADOW STREAM FARMS, prepared by Loewenstein, Soule’ and Associates, Inc. and filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds at Georgetown, Delaware in Plat Book No. 39, Page 335 and Plat Book 54, Page 204, as reference thereto being had will more fully and at large appear. It being the same land described in a Deed from James M. Taylor, Jr. to Robert L. Hall and Lindy J. Hall, his wife, dated February 13, 1998 and recorded in Book 2266, page 183 of the Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware. Being the same lands and premises which Robert L. Hall and Lindy J. Hall did grant and convey unto M. Renee Jones by deed dated October 19, 2000 and recorded on October 27, 2000 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2533 Page 202. Tax Parcel: 5-32-19.0098.00 Property Address: 51235 Line Road, Delmar Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to See LEGALS—page 39
MORNING STAR LEGALS - from Page 38 be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of MILLIE JONES and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain piece, parcel and tract of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, being known and designated as Lot No. 19 and 1/2 of 1/2 of Lot No. 185, of the subdivision known as “Rivers End”, as shown on a plot prepared by Miller-Lewis, Inc., Registered Surveyors, and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, at Georgetown, Delaware, in Plot Book 40, Page 220, and being more particularly described according to a survey prepared by Thomas A. Temple, Jr., Registered Surveyor dated October 23, 1999, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a concrete monument situate on the easterly right of way of Rivers End Drive. said concrete monument being a corner for these lands, the southerly one-half of Lot 18 and being the beginning of a curve bearing to the left, said curve having a delta angle of 04°32’57”, a radius of 627.64’ and an arc distance of 49.83’ to a point; thence, continuing with the aforesaid easterly right of way of Rivers End Drive, N19° 15’14”E, 44.35’ to a point being the beginning of a curve bearing to the left, said curve having a delta angle of 02° 12’48”, a radius of 2851.36’ and an arc distance of 110.15’
to a concrete monument, said concrete monument being a corner for these lands and Lot 20; thence, by and with Lot 20, S71°16’54”E, 196.32’ to a concrete monument, said Concrete monument being a corner for these lands, Lot 20 and a point on line of the “Open Area”; thence, by and with the aforesaid “Open Area”. the following two courses and distances, S15°03’44’W, 147.00’ to a pipe; thence, S27”15’34”W, 80.00’ to an iron rebar, said iron rebar being a point on line of the “Open Area”, a corner for these lands and the southerly half of Lot 18; thence, by and with the southerly half of Lot 18, N64°59’ll’W, 196.75’ to the point and place of beginning, being and containing 43,089 square feet of land, more or less. Being the same lands and premises which B. Scott Bellomy, did grant and convey unto B. Scott Bellomy and Milinda L. Bellomy, by deed dated December 21, 2000 and recorded on December 28, 2000 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2553 at Page 9. Tax Parcel: 2-31-12.00184.00 Property Address: 32 Rivers End Drive, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the
time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of B. SCOTT BELLOMY & MILINDA L. BELLOMY and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain piece, parcel, tract or lot of land, lying and being situate in the Town of Laurel, Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, and being more particularly described to a recent survey performed by Gene R. Littleton & Associates, me., PLS dated May 1997 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a PK nail set at the back of the curb on the South side of East Fourth Street at the intersection of Fourth and King Street, said nail being 22.5 feet West of the center line of King Street, thence running along King Street South 27 degrees 03 minutes 45 seconds West 154.86 feet to an iron stub found, a corner for this lot and lands of George W. Collins; thence turning and running by and with the Collins land the following two courses: 1.) North 67 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds West 49.91 feet to an iron stub found in the curb at Fourth Street; thence turning and running along Fourth Street South 65 degrees 45 minutes 43 seconds East 49.93 feet home to the place of beginning and containing 7,746.7213 square feet, more or less. Being the same lands and premises which Kathryn S. Moore and Paul M. Beach, II did grant and convey unto Michelle R. Casselbury by deed dated December 22, 2005 and recorded on January 6, 2006 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3256, Page 180. Tax Parcel: 3-32-1.07322.00 Property Address: 542 East 4th Street, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driv-
• MAY - 7 - 13, 2009 er’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of MICHELLE R. CASSELBURY and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being more particularly described as follows, to wit: COMMENCING at a pipe met in the north side of Delaware Road No. 24, said beginning point being easterly 217.5 feet from the intersection of Boyce Avenue with the aforesaid Delaware Road No. 24, thence with the north side of said Delaware Road No. 24 South 71 degrees East a distance of 100 feet to a pipe; thence North 19 degrees East a distance of 135 feet to a pipe; thence North 71 degrees West a distance of
PAGE 39 100 feet to an iron stake; thence South 19 degrees West a distance of 135 feet to the place of beginning, together with the improvements thereon, containing 13,500 square feet of land be the same more or less, and being known and designated as Lots 10 and 11 and shown upon the plot of lots of Sussex County Development Co. as the same appears of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, at Georgetown, Delaware, in Deed Book 310, Page 588. Being the same lands and premises which William R. Marshall and Julia Marshall, did grant and convey unto Elmer A. Fuentes, by deed dated December 28, 2004 and recorded on January 5, 2005 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3084 at Page 6. Tax Parcel: 3-32-2.0040.00 Property Address: 11333 Laurel Road, Laurel Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of ELMER A. FUENTES and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
SHERIFF SALE
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At 9:30 A.M. & Thereafter At the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, West Complex, 22215 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit: ALL that certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Seaford Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, being known and designated as Lot No. 52 of Green Acres, facing on Garden Lane, which street leads off the West side of U.S. 13, about 1 1/2 miles North of the City of Seaford as shown on a plot known as GREEN ACRES, prepared by John B. Carson, Registered Surveyor, dated April 1947, and now of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 310, Page 540, and being more particularly described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a found iron pin lying on the Northerly right of way line of Garden Lane, said iron pin being a common boundary line for this lot and Lot 53: thence by and with aforesaid Lot 53, North 22 degrees 19 minutes 47 seconds East 150.00 feet to an iron pin found; thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this lot and lands now or formerly of Ray S. Mears and Sons, Inc., South 67 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds East 49.93 feet to a pipe found; thence turning and running by and with a common boundary line for this lot and Lot 51, South 22 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West 150.05 feet to a pipe found; thence turning and running by and with the Northerly right of way of Garden Lane, North 67 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 50.00 feet home to the place of beginning. Said to contain 7.496 square feet of land, more or less with improvements thereon, as shown on a survey prepared by TempleSellers. Inc., dated February 4, 2000. BEING the same lands and premises which Dexter M. Cannon, by Deed dated November 13, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County and State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3382, Page 342, did grant and convey unto James D. McCreary and Katie A. McCreary, his See LEGALS—page 40
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There’s something I need to get off my chest By Tony Windsor
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ony indsor At the risk of becoming too political, I feel compelled to Our greatness is only expense my two-cents about a recent controversy. paralleled by our This is in regards to the prostrength, and our willposed release of photos demonstrating instances where our CIA ingness to allow our was said to use “water boarding” and other enhanced interrogation citizens to feel safe. techniques, or as Eric Holder calls it, “torture techniques.” I have two things to say about and crash it into the Library Tower in Los this. First of all, I feel releasing the memos and photos serve no useful pur- Angeles, the tallest building on the west pose, except as a divisive political tool and coast. Even Obama’s own CIA Director, Leon as a source of amusement to our enemies Panetta, agrees that enhanced interrogation whose interrogation techniques are carried techniques have saved lives and said he out with an automatic rifle, a machete and would even consider using them in a “ticka butcher knife. ing bomb” scenario. I for one would take a tire iron to Why would the President’s adminissomeone’s head if I felt they could tell me tration within the first 100 days choose something that would save the lives of my enhanced interrogation techniques to be an family and friends. issue of such great importance if it were I do not believe that the use of ennot politically motivated? hanced interrogation techniques is necesOur country is facing extraordinary sary in every case, or even most cases, but economic uncertainty and an inability to in some cases it has worked. There are instances, according to people garner active support from our global community neighbors to help us fight the very including former CIA chief George Tenet, terrorist who are threatening their own where “water boarding” led to increased people. knowledge of the inner workings of Al Is it because as Obama has said, these Qaeda and the Taliban. It also was said to techniques “have made us less safe?” prevent the “Second Wave” attack of the That is totally ridiculous because our 9/11 from occurring. terrorist enemies were beheading, mutilatThis was information gained through ing and carrying out devastating attacks enhanced interrogation techniques that like 9/11 long before they were aware of halted terrorist plans to hijack a jetliner
DASEF prepares for rocket launch The Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation’s (DASEF) twelfth high altitude rocket launch will be on Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cape Henlopen Park in Lewes. Rockets designed and constructed by K-12 Delaware students will be launched all day. This outdoor/tent event will feature
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wife. Tax Parcel: 3-31-3.00226.00 Property Address: 8559 Garden Lane, Seaford Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register. TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Ca-
our water boarding techniques. Before some liberal minded people may be quick to dismiss me as just another “tea party redneck,” I will say that I am not a proponent of using torture as a standard interrogation technique. However, I will say that as bad as it may be, water boarding is far from what I would consider torture. It was carried out with medical staff on hand and in a manner that was keeping with avoiding any long term damage to the individual being interviewed. Members of our own military are subjected to water boarding as a training tool. I find it amazing that we have politicians, media members and celebrities decrying water boarding, belly slapping, cold rooms and long term standing as “torture.” Let’s not confuse the acts of enhanced interrogation techniques with the outlandish and unacceptable actions of the sadistic guards at Abu Garab. I think many people taking the high moral ground should ask themselves what types of interrogation techniques they would support if there were even the slightest chance it could possibly help to keep someone from harming their child or other family members. There are people alive today who might not have been without the use of these techniques. There is no doubt that the political hatred of George Bush and Dick Cheney are the motivators of this witch hunt.
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shier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before June 1, 2009. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on June 5, 2009 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the
deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Purchaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County. Seized and taken in execution the property of JAMES D. & KATIE A. McCREARY and will be sold by Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff 5/7/2tc
For this current President and our United States Congress to spend even one more hour wasting time, energy and money pursuing this absolutely warrantless indictment is a travesty. I am sure we could run back through history and find instances when our country was not necessarily carrying out standards that ordinarily may be considered moral during a time of war. One such instance that comes to mind is the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Executive Order. I believe George Bush’s enhanced interrogation techniques pales in comparison. The bottom line is, the United States is a great country. It is a young country in comparison to many of our global neighbors. But, make no mistake about it, our greatness is only parelleled by our strength, and our willingness to allow our citizens to feel safe from the attacks of those who seek to do us harm. Sometimes, I would just as soon not know what methods are being used to assure our country’s safety. However, one thing I believe, if the Bush administration is guilty of using water boarding as an interrogation technique, I myself feel they used great restraint and should be applauded by those people in opposition who seem to consider themselves our moral compass.
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Healthy eating habits emphasized at conference By Carol Kinsley
Filling in at the “Families, Individiuals & Communities Conference” May 1 at Del Tech for Dr. Karyl Rattay, a pediatrician who helped develop the latest health pyramid, Milton Delgado was no disappointment. His familiarity with theater — he’s a member of a theater company in Philadelphia and of Newark’s Chapel Street Players as well as co-host of cable TV’s “The Antique Guys” — may have had some influence on his animated talk on eating healthy in which he not only informed but got the audience up on its feet for some fun exercise. Diversity describes Delgado’s background: Navy veteran, former engineering instructor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; owner of Main Street Antiques in Newark; director of the Ms. Latina Delaware USA Pageant, CEO of Today’s Latino Magazine. He’s also on the board of directors for Westside Family healthcare, a Boys and Girls Club and a bilingual charter school. He’s chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs’ Health Committee and is a program and policy analyst for Nemours Health Prevention Services, one of the sponsors of the conference. Delgado does training statewide on the 5-2-1 Almost None lifestyle. “In order to have health, you have to have communication,” Delgado said as he launched into an admitted “infomercial” on why it’s so important to engage in healthy eating and activities. The communication must be targeted to the audience you want to reach, he added. Flashing a series of charts on a screen behind him, Delgado showed why there’s now a sense of urgency about obesity. The chart for 1985 indicated obesity in the United States was getting worse. A new color category was added to indicate 15 to 19 percent of residents of some states had a B.M.I. (body mass index) of 30 or more, or were 30 pounds overweight. In 1997, with more mothers working, more food additives and more fast food restaurants, another new color indicated a category of 20 percent in a few states. By 2001, in Mississippi, one in four adults was classified as obese. Data collection began in all 50 states. In 2005, yet another category of 30 percent was added. “We never had an epidemic like this,” Delgado said. “And it’s very preventable. I believe people do not have the skills to eat right.” The state of Delaware, where 27.4 percent of citizens are obese, ranks 35th among the states, on a scale where the
higher the number, the worse the situation. Maryland ranks 25th, with 25.4 percent obesity. “BMI is not the be all and end all,” Delgado said. “It’s a guide to assess where you’re at in the continuum of success.” To figure your own BMI, follow the simple instructions at www.kidshealth.org. “When you get involved in healthy eating and activities, you will reach a healthy weight,” he assured the audience. “How? By engaging in physical activity, one of the most powerful ways to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease. Do whatever it takes to get involved in physical training,” he encouraged, adding that does not require the purchase of expensive exercise equipment. He had the audience stand while he read a story, with the instructions that when the characters jumped, ran or swam, they should do the same actions. How simple would it be to add five-minute break such as that in the middle of a long afternoon at school. Getting in a plug about the dangers of smoking, Delgato said in Canada they don’t fool around with cryptic messages. Cigarette packages state clearly: “Smoking kills.” Simple messages and simple instructions get results, he noted, as he went on to explain “5-2-1 Almost None.” The “5” stands for five or more servings of fruits or vegetables each day. One serving is a single fruit about the size of a tennis ball, or a half cup of cut fruit or juice, or a quarter cup of dried fruits like raisins. “We need to show children that fruits and vegetables are fun to eat and delicious. Suggestions from the audience included smoothies made from fruit, perhaps with yogurt, or frozen whole vegetables in the summer. Delgado encourages telling younger children to eat their colors, noting the benefits of foods that are red, blue and orange. Try “ants on a log,” he said, explaining that was a stalk of celery with peanut butter, dotted with raisins. The challenges are expense, time and the prevalence of fast food, he acknowledged, suggesting that parents interested in changing their lifestyle can take the time to shop for better nutrition and still feed a family of four for under $10. The “2” is for two hours or less of screen time, whether TV, computer or video games. “We have to learn to how to limit ourselves,” Delgado said. “If you’re not invested in yourself, when you retire, it’s game over. You’ll be better able to enjoy retirement because you are healthy!” An hour of physical activity is what the “1” stands for, getting involved and
Milton Delgado, speaker at the Families, Individuals and Communities Conference in Georgetown on May 1, used his theatrical experience to get his message on the importance of healthy eating and activity across to the audience. Photo by Carol Kinsley
Mary Jo Carpenter of Preston, Md., gets a free bone density and BMI test administered by Doris Hensler, R.N., community health nurse at Beebe Medical Center. Photo by Carol Kinsley
getting your heart moving, Delgado explained. “It doesn’t have to cost a dime. Move more, feel better, have more energy. Find something you enjoy.” “Almost none” refers to sugary drinks. There are 10 teaspoons of sugar in a regular cola, Delgado said. A single can of regular soda a day will add 15 pounds to your weight. A 4-ounce juice box is all the juice you should give a child. “Remember when juice was served in a tiny glass?” he asked. Six ounces is what an adult needs. Water is the best beverage, he continued. Try cutting up fruit into a pitcher of
water and keeping it in the refrigerator. Or use cucumbers. If you keep cut-up fruit or vegetables in the refrigerator, your family will eat it. “Buy into the healthy lifestyle,” Delgado urged, referring the audience to www. growuphealthy.org for more information. Then he had them stand and clap once, twice, ten times, ensuring a standing ovation. The conference continued with workshops, activities and health screenings, wrapping up with a panel discussion entitled “Healthy Communities Start with You.”
Secondhand smoke exposure causes more frequent and severe asthma attacks in children. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Look-In Glass Shoppe sale
Get everything you need for Mother’s Day and your flower and vegetable garden at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 8. The Look-In Glass Shoppe at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital hosts an “East Coast Perennials” plant sale. Savings on vegetable, house, native, and tropical plants, flowers, garden gifts, hanging baskets, trees, and herbs. The sale will be held rain or shine in the picnic area behind the hospital. All proceeds from The Look-In Glass Shoppe benefit Nanticoke Health Services.
Heritage Weekend seeks artisans
Seaford Heritage Weekend, a threeday event which takes place on May 22, 23 and 24 at the Governor Ross Plantation, seeks craft and food vendors and exhibitors along with period style artisans to demonstrate and sell their items. The event is sponsored by the Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce and the Seaford Historical Society. Friday night pageants kick-off the event, followed by a full day of entertainment, living history skirmishes and activities, demonstrators, crafters and exhibitors on Saturday. Sunday includes a church service, gospel music by local artists, and a baseball game between Diamond State Base Ball Club and 2nd Delaware Infantry on Sunday. An estimated 7,000 visitors are expected to attend this year’s festivities. For more information, contact Paula Gunson at the Seaford Chamber office at 629-9690.
Nanticoke Cancer Care honoring survivors Join our community on National Cancer Survivors Day, Sunday, June 7, to give voice to the millions of people who have been touched by cancer. National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of life that is held throughout the United States, Canada and other participating countries. Nanticoke Cancer Care Center is hosting a Celebration Of Life on Sunday, June 7, at the Seaford Moose Lodge from 1 to 3:30 p.m., to commemorate National Cancer Survivors Day, and the community is invited. “Come learn how surviving cancer is an attitude about life and living each day to the fullest,” says Terri Clifton, National Cancer Survivors Day coordinator for Nanticoke Cancer Care Center. “We will also recognize the contributions of their families, friends, and healthcare providers and discuss the issues of cancer survivorship.” This year’s local National Cancer Survivors Day, Celebration Of Life, will include cancer survivor speaker, Mr. Owen Elder, and nationally known author and motivational speaker, Dr. Paul McGhee. The celebration will also feature local musical entertainment by Ms. Lori Jones. Door prizes will be drawn throughout the event, refreshments will be served, and all survivors will receive a gift. Anyone living with a history of cancer, from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life, is a cancer survivor, according to the National Cancer Survivor
Terri Clifton, MS, NCC National Cancer Survivors Day coordinator for Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, talks with event participants from last year’s annual event, Barbara and Ronald Cross from Laurel.
Day Foundation. Approximately 12 million Americans are now living with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer. In the United States, almost half of all men and one third of all women are expected to be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives.
Learning about this disease is crucial, because many forms of cancer can be prevented and most cured if detected early. For more information about Nanticoke’s National Cancer Survivors Day events, contact Terri Clifton at 302-6296611, ext. 2577.
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FIRST PITCH- Roland Sammons throws the first pitch to catcher and Board President Mike Smith to officially open the 2009 Nanticoke Little League season during last weekend’s ceremony. Photo by Lynn Schofer
HIGH JUMP- Seaford’s Lee Mayer looks to clear the bar during the high jump during a home meet last Tuesday. Mayer placed first in the high jump and the 300 meter hurdles. No results were submitted from this meet. Photo by Mike McClure
Ben, Sharon and Madison Parker accepted an award on behalf of their son and brother Derrik Gibson, who was drafted by Boston Red Sox last year. Derrik played in Nanticoke Little League beginning with Tee Ball. Photo by Lynn Schofer
Nanticoke, Woodbridge Little League coaches asked to send results
Nanticoke and Woodbridge Little League coaches, parents, officials are asked to send their results to the Seaford/Laurel Star each week. Please include the score and first and last names of players on each team that you want to highlight. Send results and photos to sports@mspublications.com or 302-629-9243 (f). Make sure your “star” is recognized in Western Sussex’s local paper, the Seaford Star.
SEAFORD TENNIS- Seaford first singles player Kelly Kimpton stretches to reach the ball during last Tuesday’s home match against Caesar Rodney. Photo by Mike McClure
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Shown (l to r) during the Woodbridge football letter signing press conference are: front- R.C. Jefferson, Coach John Parker, and Jorge Young; school counselor Karen Heyd, Principal Robert Adams, Athletic Director Derek Lofland, and George and Beverly Young. Photo by Mike McClure
Woodbridge seniors Young, Jefferson sign letters of intent to play football By Mike McClure
Woodbridge seniors R.C. Jefferson and Jorge Young have come a long ways since they first met as kids. The pair held a press conference on Monday to sign letters on intent to play football after high school. Young, a fullback and linebacker for the Raiders last season, will follow in his parents’ footsteps and attend Morgan State University. Jefferson will attend and play football at North Carolina Tech
Prepatory Christian Academy in hopes of going on to play elsewhere. “It (Morgan State) seemed like a good atmosphere,” Young said of the school. He liked the campus and the school’s business and got along well with the players and coaches when he and his parents visited the school. The Bears play in the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). “It’s going to be fun to come back Continued on page 49
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RAIDERS AND WILDCATS- Delmar’s Corie Elliott looks to control the ball as a Woodbridge defender moves in. Elliott had one of her team’s three goals in a 3-0 win over the Raiders last Thursday in Bridgeville. Photo by Mike McClure
Adkins to sign letter of intent to attend Delaware State Sussex Tech baseball player Zach Adkins of Laurel will sign a letter of intent to attend Delaware State University during a press conference at the school on Thursday. Adkins will receive a full baseball scholarship.
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Pictured are Teachers of the Year for the Woodbridge School District who are still impacting students’ lives every day. Back row (L-R): Fred Brock (2003), Kyle Dougherty (1999), Delores Tunstall (1997), Beth Morrison (2005), Jodi Tieman-Jones (1993), Anthony Burton (1996). Front Row (L-R): Jill Krause (2008), Jill Lewandowski (2007), Karen Breeding (2009) and Karen Heyd (1986).
The Woodbridge School District Board of Education would like to thank its educators and acknowledge their crucial role in making sure every student receives a quality education. “Few other professionals touch as many people as teachers do,” notes P. Michael Breeding, President of the Woodbridge Board of Education. “National Teacher Day is a good time to learn about the contributions educators make to our community.” Please take a moment and thank our teachers for making Woodbridge a “great” public school!
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Seaford Stars of the Week
Male Co-Athlete of the WeekSpencer Noel- Seaford High Seaford second singles player Spencer Noel continued his solid play with a hard fought, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win last Monday against Caesar Rodney. Noel also won his matches against Milford and Polytech.
Male Co-Athlete of the WeekLee Mayer- Seaford High
Seaford’s Lee Mayer placed first in the high jump and 300 meter hurdles during last week’s home meet against Caesar Rodney and Woodbridge. Mayer also won the high jump in his team’s meet at Milford on Thursday. Honorable mention- David Walls- Woodbridge; C.J. Pleasants- Woodbridge; Micah Idler- Woodbridge; Ethan Lee- Seaford; Tyler Hughes- Seaford; Zach Reynolds- Seaford; Jared Banning- Seaford; Joe Mitchell- Seaford; Scott Donovan- Seaford; Tim Fields- Seaford; Keyshawn Purnell- Seaford; Adam Troyer- Delmarva Christian; Casey Zitvogel- Delmarva Christian; Tim Gaskin- Sussex Tech; Clayton Bunting- Sussex Tech; Herb Quick- Sussex Tech; Jamie Price- Sussex Tech; Emir Laroya- Sussex Tech; Mark Engle- Delmarva Christian; David Fluharty- Sussex Tech; Shayne Ivory- Delmarva Christian; Hannah Rust- Greenwood Mennonite; Amber Swartzentruber- Greenwood Mennonite; Kim Graves- Seaford; Shannon Wright- Seaford; Rebecca Skipper- Seaford; Taija Maddox- Woodbridge; Paige Venables- Seaford; Leslie DeRoche- Woodbridge; Kate Mullett- Woodbridge; Danielle Griffin- Woodbridge; Grace Reardon- Woodbridge; Sarah Betts- Delmarva Christian; Maxine Fluharty- Sussex Tech; Brooke Tull- Sussex Tech; Paige Morris- Sussex Tech; Kayla McCarthy- Delmarva Christian
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Seaford senior Yvens St. Phard competes in the 400 meter run during last week’s home meet. No results were submitted for the boys’ or girls’ meet. Photo by Mike McClure
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Woodbridge’s Taija Maddox runs the final leg of the 4X100 meter relay during last week’s meet at Seaford between Caesar Rodney, Seaford, and Woodbridge. Maddox placed first in the 100 meter run. Photo by Mike McClure
Woodbridge senior R.C. Jefferson follows through on a throw during the boys’ discus competition last Tuesday in Seaford. Photo by Mike McClure
Seaford Star varsity sports schedules for May 7- 13
Thursday, May 7- Baseball- Seaford at Sussex Tech, 4:15 p.m., Salisbury Christian at Greenwood Mennonite, 4 p.m.; softball- Seaford at Sussex Tech, 4:15 p.m., Salisbury Christian at Greenwood Mennonite, 4 p.m., Seaford Christian at Most Blessed Sacrament, 4 p.m.; golf- Seaford at Indian River, 3:30 p.m., Laurel at Woodbridge, 3:30 p.m., Sussex Tech home vs. Caesar Rodney, 3:30 p.m.; soccer- Woodbridge home vs. Milford, 4 p.m., Sussex Tech home vs. Polytech, 7 p.m.; girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech home vs. Mount Pleasant, 4 p.m. Friday, May 8- golf- Seaford home vs. Delmarva Christian and Polytech, 3:30 p.m.; boys’ and girls’ tennis conference championships at Sea Colony, 1 p.m.; track and field conference championship; baseball- Woodbridge home vs. Cape Henlopen, 4:15 p.m.; softball- Woodbridge home vs. Cape Henlopen, 4:15 p.m.; girls’ soccerSussex Tech home vs. Sanford, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9- baseball- Seaford home vs. St. Mark’s, 1 p.m., Woodbridge at St. Thomas More, 11 a.m.; softball- Seaford home vs. St. Mark’s, 1 p.m., Woodbridge at St. Thomas More, 11 a.m.; track and field conference meet; boys’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech home vs. St. Elizabeth, 11 a.m.; girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at St. Thomas More, 10 a.m. Monday, May 11- baseball- Seaford home vs. St. Elizabeth’s, noon, Sussex Tech at Woodbridge, 4:15 p.m.; softball- Seaford home vs. St. Elizabeth, noon, Sussex Tech at Woodbridge, 4:15 p.m.; soccer- Delmarva Christian at Seaford, 4 p.m., Sussex Central at Woodbridge, 4 p.m.; golf- Woodbridge and Indian River at St. George’s, 3:30 p.m.; girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at Delmarva Christian, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 12- baseball- Seaford home vs. Milford, 4:15 p.m., Laurel at Woodbridge, 4:15 p.m., Sussex Tech at Caesar Rodney, 4:15 p.m.; softball- Seaford home vs. Milford, 4:15 p.m., Laurel at Woodbridge, 4:15 p.m., Sussex Tech at Caesar Rodney, 4:15 p.m.; golf- Seaford home vs. Lake Forest, 3:30 p.m., Woodbridge at Cape Henlopen,3:30 p.m., Sussex Tech home vs. Milford, 3:30 p.m.; soccer- Seaford at Woodbridge, 5:30 p.m., Sussex Tech home vs. Dover, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 5/13- boys’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech home vs. Polytech, 7 p.m.; golfSussex Tech home vs. Milford, 3:30 p.m.; girls’ lacrosse- Sussex Tech at Dover, 6:30 p.m.; soccer- Sussex Tech at Cape Henlopen, 7 p.m.
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Sussex Tech’s Seth Hastings muscles a first inning single to center field in Friday’s high school baseball game against Laurel. The game was postponed in the third inning due to rain. Photo by Lynn Schofer
Laurel, Sussex Tech baseball game halted by rain By Lynn Schofer
The Laurel High School baseball team took on Sussex Tech last Friday afternoon in Laurel. Unfortunately, Mother Nature took over in the third inning sending everyone scrambling for cover. Sussex Tech hit early in the first inning, sending all nine players to the plate and scoring five times. The Ravens’ Zach Adkins pitched a one, two, three first inning, not giving the Bulldogs’ defense much time to catch their breath. In the top of the second, an error put James Smith on first and a balk moved him to second. Laurel pitcher Jamie Ruhl stuck out a pair, and after another walk, he recorded the third out. Laurel came alive in the bottom of the second and had a big opportunity to put some numbers on the board. Brandon Hearne opened with a leadoff double. Jake Dubinski followed with a single that moved Brandon Hearne to third, and Ruhl singled in Hearne for Laurel’s first run. After giving up a walk, Adkins struck out the next two batters. After an unassisted ground out the score stood at 5-1. In the top of the third Sussex Tech answered with four more runs mostly due to walks. Kyle Timmons started the inning with a single, Adkins and Seth Hastings both drew walk, and Smith picked up the RBI on a ground out. After another walk and three more runs, Laurel brought in Branden Fischer who was able to close out the inning without further damage. It was around this time that the sky became dark, followed by drops of rain, followed by a downpour. Sussex Tech will return to the Laurel this Friday to finish the game.
Seaford second singles player Whitley Maddox, left, looks to make a return during last Tuesday’s home match. Above, Woodbridge’s Tiarrah Hinton clears a hurdle during the 300 meter hurdles competition last week in Seaford. Photos by Mike McClure
Woodbridge varsity girls’ soccer team ties Lake Forest, 1-1 The Woodbridge varsity girls’ soccer team’s game against Lake Forest ended in a 1-1 tie last Thursday. Leslie DeRoche netted the Raiders’ goal.
Woodbridge softball edges St. Michaels, falls to Indian River
The Woodbridge varsity softball team rallied in the final inning to defeat St. Michaels, 15-14, in a non-conference contest last Wednesday. The Raiders fell to Indian River, 12-2, on Thursday. On Wednesday, St. Michaels jumped out to a 7-2 lead before Woodbridge scored three in the third and four in the fourth. The Raiders, who allowed two runs in the third inning and three in the fourth, put four more runs on the board in both the fourth and sixth innings to take a 13-12 lead. St. Michaels came back with two runs in the top of the seventh, but Woodbridge answered with two in the bottom of the inning for the win. Kate Mullett singled in the winning run after Grace Reardon knocked in the tying run. Mullett also doubled, Reardon hit a triple and a home run, and Danielle Griffin added a triple and two doubles and also earned the win on the mound. Griffin doubled in the Raiders’ 12-2 loss to the Indians on Thursday.
Seaford softball team falls to St. Elizabeth’s, Delmar The Seaford varsity softball team fell to St. Elizabeth’s, 19-4, last Wednesday despite Rebecca Skipper’s home run. The Blue Jays also fell to Delmar, 10-0, on Thursday.
Greenwood Mennonite softball defeats Wesleyan Christian Hannah Rust and Holly Chisenhall combined to toss a one-hitter in the Greenwood Mennonite softball team’s 11-0 win over Wesleyan Christian last Friday. Rust also tripled and Amber Swartzentruber had three hits including a triple for the Flames.
Seaford boys’ tennis team blanks Milford, Polytech
FIRST DOUBLES- Seaford’s first doubles team of Emily Hubbard, left, and Emily Nielson is shown during last Tuesday’s match against Caesar Rodney. Photo by Mike McClure
Woodbridge baseball team loses to St. Michaels, Indian River
The Woodbridge varsity baseball team lost to St. Michaels and Indian River in games last week. The Raiders fell to St. Michaels, 15-5, last Wednesday as Eric Willey and C.J. Pleasants each had an RBI single. Woodbridge also lost to Indian River, 19-1, on Thursday.
The Seaford varsity boys’ tennis team continued to roll with a pair of 5-0 wins over Milford and Polytech last week. On Wednesday, the Blue Jays topped the Bucs with wins by Tim Halter (6-0, 6-0), Spencer Noel (6-1, 6-2), Ethan Lee (6-0, 6-0), Philip DeMott and Arlie Wooters (6-4, 6-2), and Daniel DeMott and Steve Neithardt (6-0, 6-0). Seaford also defeated Polytech, 5-0, on Friday with wins from Halter (6-1, 6-1), Noel (6-0, 6-1), Lee (6-1, 6-0), DeMott and Wooters (6-1, 6-2), and DeMott and Neithardt (6-2, 6-0).
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‘Punk’ Callaway remembered as respected official, sports enthusiast By Mike McClure
OPENING DAY- Miss Delaware American Princess Alyssa Mercie of the Giants’ softball team was presented with a bouquet of roses by her teammates and coaches after she sang the National Anthem at the opening ceremonies for Nanticoke Little League last weekend. Photo by Lynn Schofer
Nanticoke Little League player Precious West is presented with an award for being the top candy seller with sales of $757. Photo by Lynn Schofer
Ridge Adams receives the award for highest frozen foods sales during the Nanticoke Little League’s opening ceremonies last Saturday. Photo by Lynn Schofer Seaford’s Spencer Coulbourn gets back to first base, beating the tag in the seventh inning in last week’s game against Polytech. Photo by Lynn Schofer
Edward H. “Punk”Callaway will be posthumously honored later this month when he is inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. The Laurel native officated football for 40 years and basketball for 32 years and well respected and well known throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. “He could handle a game. He was in charge. A lot of schools wanted him to officiate their games,” said former coach Ben Sirman. “He got lots of people into officiating,” Seaford Mayor Ed Butler said. “He was an asset to officiating in the state of Delaware.” Callaway will be honored during the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony in Wilmington on May 20 as one of the inductees in the class of 2009. Callaway, who officiated from Smyrna to Cape Charles, Va., never missed an assignment his first 40 years as an official for the Del-Mar-Va Coaches and Officials Association. He served as the association’s president for two years and was also its assignor. Punk also officiated the traditional Lewes-Rehoboth Thanksgiving Day games from 1943 to 1954 at the request of Hall of Fame coach Frank Coveleski. In addition to officiating high school games, Callaway also worked college football games during his career including games at Wesley College, Salisbury State, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Travel distance proved to be a problem for downstate officials at the time. He also officiated high school basketball games for the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO) board #129 and served as board president and as assignor for that organization as well. Callaway officiated boys’ state tournament basketball for six consecutive years and served on the boys’ state basketball tournament committee for its first six years (1969-1972). He also officiated college games as well as many tournaments in the Dover Air Force base men’s service league. One of the things Callaway is best remembered for is his encouragement of young officials. According to Butler, who started officiating games with Callaway and Cliff Lee in 1963, Callaway and the other officials helped new officials learn the ropes. “They were just good to the young officials,” said Butler. “He (Callaway) always got the big games.” “He was very active in the sports arena. Anybody that knew him knew that he was very dedicated to sports programs,” Dale Boyce said of Callaway. “He was always well respected as an official.” Boyce started reffing football in 1951, and like many others, had Callaway take him under his wing when he became an official. According to Sirman, Callaway worked as a bread delivery man and was able to get his route done in time to officiate afternoon games.
Edward “Punk” Callaway
Callaway is the first downstate official to be selected for induction in the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. This is one of many achievements for Callaway as an official. He officiated the first half of the first Blue-Gold all-star football game as a referee. Callaway went on to officiate six Blue-Gold games, four as a referee and two on the chain gang. Punk also officiated (as referee) the first Delaware state football tournament in 1971 as well as the first games ever played by Milton, Greenwood, Pocomoke, Crisfield, and North Dorchester high schools. Following the end of his final game on Nov. 18, 1983, Callaway was presented with the game ball by Delmar High School. The Del-Mar-Va Coaches and Officials Association also permanently retired his number 47 officials jersey upon his retirement, making him the only official to be so honored. “A good official can’t let things like that (jeering crowds, irrate coaches, and frustrated players) get to him. My philosophy has always been, call the shots like you see them and don’t be afraid to admit you’ve made a mistake. That happens sometimes, after all, we’re only human too,” Callaway told an upstate newspaper. In addition to his years as an official, Callaway earned 14 varsity letters at Laurel High, the most in school history. He was coached in baseball, basketball, and football by Hall of Fame coach George Schollenberger. In addition to playing basketball at Laurel for five years, during which the Bulldogs were 59-8, Callaway also played with the Laurel Owls in the Eastern Shore Basketball League. He also played fast and slow pitch softball as a pitcher until he was 65 years old. “Punk was one of those guys, sports was his life,” said Sirman, who played softball with him. Sirman also said Callaway knew everybody and could have been a politician. “Punk was a real personality. He knew what was going on around town. He knew everybody and everybody knew Punk,” Sirman added.
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Star Monday/Tuesday varsity sports scoreboard
PLAY BALL- Griffin Dunn of the Minor League Rockies delivers a pitch during a Nanticoke Little League opening day game. Below, Seth Smart of the T-Ball Pirates is ready for action.
Girls’ soccer- Delmar 6, Lake Forest 0- Corie Elliott netted three goals, Lauren Bozman had a goal and two assists, Brittani Scott added a goal and an assist, and Taylor Elliott scored the Wildcats’ opening goal. Ashley Matos recorded four saves for Delmar, which held a 25-5 advantage in shots and had four corner kicks. Woodbridge 4, Delmarva Christian 1 (Monday)- Kelsey Johnson netted a goal in each half and Leslie DeRoche scored a pair of second half goals to lead the Raiders. Mary Phillips had Leslie DeRoche the Royals’ goal. Woodbridge held a 42-9 advantage in shots. Delmarva Christian’s Kayla McCarthy made 38 saves and Megan Sirkis had eight saves in goal for the Raiders. Smyrna 4, Sussex Tech 0- Kortney Lee made 17 saves for the Ravens. Girls’ tennis- Seaford 3, Sussex Central 2- Seaford was leading in three of the five matches before the rain came and won the match. The Blue Jays, who are now 8-2 in the conference and 8-3 overall, also lost to Indian River, 3-2, on Friday. Kelly Kimpton (6-1, 6-2) and Whitley Maddox (6-4, 6-0) earned wins for the Blue Jays. Boys’ tennis- Seaford 5, Sussex Central 0- The Blue Jays improved to 9-2 with Tuesday’s win as Tim Halter (6-0, 6-0), Spencer Noel (6-0, 6-0), Ethan Lee (6-0, 6-0), Philip DeMott and Arlie Wooters (6-0, 6-1), and Daniel DeMott and Steve Neithardt (6-0, 6-0) earned wins. Boys’ track- Milford 94, Sussex Tech 52; Sussex Tech 80, Cape Henlopen 60 (Monday- The Ravens’ 3,200 meter relay team of Andrew Betts, Wyatt Spellman, Jamie Price, and Andrew Townsend placed first with a time of 8:29.5. Price also won the 1,600 (4:55) and the 3,200 (10:48.8), Townsend finished first in the 800 (2:04.1), Emir Laroya placed first in the long jump (20’ 1”), and Tyler Bellewon the high jump (5’ 8”). Dover 90, Laurel 46- Chris Jones placed second in the 100 (11.9), first in the 200 (24.6), and was on the winning 4X100 relay team (47.3) with Zac Exume, Jermaine Harris, and Rosevelt Joinville. Exume also came in first in the 400 (55.0) and second in the 200 (26.2), Ryne Wood finished first in the 3,200 (11:51), Lee Butler placed first in the 800 (2:12), Harris was second in the long jump (19’ 8”), and Justin Rife came in second in the discus (113’) and first in the shotput (37’ 4”). Girls’ track- Milford 72.5, Sussex Tech 62.5; Cape Henlopen 102, Sussex Tech 38 (Monday)- Paige Morris placed first overall in the shotput (35’ 7”) and the discus (99’ 7”) for the Ravens. Smyrna 89, Seaford 56; Laurel 64, Seaford 56- Laurel’s Sierra Butler placed first overall in the 100 hurdles (18.6) and 300 hurdles (55.8), Sherloun Chrleon came in first in the 800 (2:43), and the 1,600 meter relay team of Butler, Cherleon, Jahara Ross, Twila McCrea won with a time of 4:42. Ashley Zarrello also placed first in the shotput (28’ 1/2”) and the discus (72’ 7”) and Kittie Stancell won the long jump (13’ 8 1/2”). Paige Venables placed first in the 1,600 (6:21) and the high jump (4’ 2”) for Seaford. Softball- Caesar Rodney 6, Woodbridge 0- Danielle Griffin struck out seven in the loss. Greenwood Mennonite 14, Holly Grove 7- Hannah Rust struck out 14 and collected three hits at the plate and Shania Byler went 4-4 with a triple. Golf- Cape Henlopen 182, Delmar 222; Smyrna 180, Delmar 222- Seth Benson shot a 49 and Corey Phillips had a 53 for the Wildcats. Polytech 178, Woodbridge 234- Colby Christopher paced Woodbridge with a 53. Girls’ lacrosse- St. Thomas More 18, Delmarva Christian 7- Sarah Betts and Meghan Whittington each netted three goals and Jessica Stratton had one goal for the Royals.
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MORNING STAR • MAY 7 - 13 , 2009 PAGE 49 and had a fumble caused and a fumble Raven Roundup- Boys’ lacrosse team nets a pair of wins recovery. Young, who was named third team By Mike McClure all-state and first team all-conference as The Sussex Tech boys’ lacrosse team a linebacker and second team all-conferearned a pair of wins last week, defeating ence as a fullback in 2008, had 218 carSussex Central, 16-3, and Gunston Day, ries for 1,535 yards (7.1) and nine touch18-4. downs. He also ran for 540 yards and was Sussex Tech’s David Fluharty had first team all-conference as a defensive seven goals and two assists in his team’s end in 2007 after playing on the offensive win over Sussex Central on Wednesday. and defensive lines his first two seasons. Jacob Bernier added four goals and two asYoung, who started out at center and sists, Quin Stewart netted two goals; Drew guard on offense and defensive tackle on Stewart had one goal and one assist; Ben defense, was selected to the Blue-Gold Bateman contributed one goal and five asall-star team and was the team’s Redzone sists; and Orlando Theiss had one goal and Player of the Year and MVP for the 2008 two assists. Spellman one assist. season. Fluharty tallied seven goals, Drew “I never thought we’d be here (playing Stewart had four goals, and Theiss added ball in college). We were just two goofy two goals in the Ravens’ win over Gunston kids,” Jefferson said. “He’s just like a on Saturday. Bateman added two goals brother to me,” added Young. and two assists, Bernier had two goals and Both players were thankful for the supthree assists, Quin Stewart tallied one goal port they have received from the school’s and two assists, and Joe Casullo chipped teachers and coaches. in with one assist. Three different Raven “It’s been fun. I’m just enjoying my goalies combined for nine saves in the win. time here. The teachers look out for Girls’ soccer wins one of two- The you. It’s like a family atmosphere,” said Sussex Tech varsity girls’ soccer team lost Young, who added that the coaches to St. Thomas More, 4-0, and defeated helped teach him about character and Sussex Tech’s Jacob Bernier looks to Sussex Central, 2-1, in games last week. growing up to become a man. “It’s more take a shot on goal during a recent boys’ Kortney Lee made seven saves in the loss than athletics. I’m a better person now lacrosse game. Photo by Mike McClure on Tuesday. than I was four years ago.” On Thursday, Abby Atkins scored on a “A lot of people back you up when feed from Leeanne Rowe to knot the score at 1-1 in the first half. Tori Seuss scored the you’re here. Here we practice hard. We game-winner in the second half. The Ravens held an advantage in shots (30-7) and corget out here and work hard and we play ners (7-2) and Lee made four saves. hard and do our best,” Jefferson said. “It’s Raven golf team moves to 8-1- The Sussex Tech varsity golf team advanced to 8-1 going to be hard leaving everybody. I’m on the year with a pair of wins last week. The Ravens topped Polytech, 171-196, last ready to get my future started but I’m not Wednesday as Clayton Bunting and Herb Quick each shot a 41. Richard Atkins added a ready to leave the past.” 44 in the win. Bunting was the medalist with a score of 37 in Sussex Tech’s 167-178 win over Cape Henlopen on Friday. Quick added a 43 and Dustin Miller and Trey Smith each shot a 44 for the Ravens. The Seaford varsity baseball team picked up a 3-2 win over Delmar last Thursday. Boys’ track team tops Delmarva Christian, falls to Lake- The Sussex Tech boys’ The Blue Jays moved to 6-7 with the win as they scored three runs in the fourth inning. track and field team was edged by Lake Forest, 74.5-67.5, and deThe Wildcats took the lead with two in the third. feated Delmarva Christian, 133-3 last Tuesday. Zach Reynolds allowed two runs on seven hits and right fielder Danny Rayne reThe 3,200 meter relay team placed first with a time of 8:51, Jacorded six putouts for Seaford. Reynolds also went 2-3 with a triple and an RBI; Scott mie Price finished first in the 1,600 meter run (5:04) and the 3,200 Donovan was 2-4 with a run, Rayne batted 1-2 with a run, Joe Mitchell was 2-4, and meter run (11:36), and Emir Laroya won the triple jump (44’ 4”). Jared Banning went 1-3 with a run and an RBI. Jordan Stanley also doubled for SeaGirls’ track and field team wins three- The Sussex Tech ford. varsity girls’ track and field team topped Lake Forest, 73-68; PolyDelmar’s Chad Porter went 2-4 with a run; David Webster batted 1-3 with an RBI; tech, 81-54; and Delmarva Christian in last Tuesday’s meet. Kevin Trader was 1-3 with a run; and Jeff Fleetwood, Doug Causey, and Geoffrey The Ravens’ Whitney Handy placed first in the 400 meter run Wells each collected a hit. Webster allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out (1:05); Emily Ritter came in first in the 1,600 meter run (5:54) and eight in the loss. the triple jump (32’ 7”); Daisy Wharton won the 800 meter run (2:33); and Paige Morris finished first in the shotput (35’ 8”), disWhitney Handy cus (106’ 6”), and the long jump (16’ 5”).
Letter signing continued play Delaware State (Oct. 27),” said Young, who is expected to play tailback for Morgan State. The Young family are no strangers to the Baltimore based university, Jorge’s parents George and Beverly met while attending the school. Beverly’s father and sister also went to Morgan State. “I’m thrilled about that (Jorge playing football in college),” George Young said. Like the Youngs, Jefferson and his father, Robert Jefferson, Sr., visited North Carolina Tech Prepatory Christian Academy in Charlotte and liked what they saw. “They’re nice people. They treated me real well. It’s a Christian based school,” R.C. Jefferson said. “It feels real good. I wasn’t expecting it to happen like that (to have a chance to play football in college).” The school is designed to help studentathletes with their SATs and grades. Jefferson is hoping to move on to another school and is interested in getting into engineering or cooking. He worked hard on his agility, strength, and grades in his final year at Woodbridge and is looking forward to playing football after high school. “It’s a positive thing for the community and for the school,” said Woodbridge head football coach John Parker. “The future’s theirs. I know they will take advantage of these opportunities.” Jefferson started at defensive tackle and also saw time at offensive tackle for the Raiders. He recorded 42 total tackles
Seaford varsity baseball team edges Delmar, 3-2
Seaford varsity golf team picks up 177-202 win over Delmar The Seaford varsity golf team defeated Delmar, 177-202, last Thursday. The Blue Jays’ Tyler Hughes was the medalist with a score of 40. Matt Lank shot a 44, Greg Brooke added a 45, and Adam Caldwell added a 48 for Seaford. Seth Benson and Corey Phillips each shot a 48 to pace Delmar.
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FIRST PITCH- Peggy Sweet of Heritage Shores in Bridgeville throws one of the first pitches at a recent Delmarva Shorebirds’ game. Ryan O’Shea is shown behind the plate for the Shorebirds. Photo by E.W. Faircloth
STAR TEAM OF THE WEEK- Shown (not in order) is the Woodbridge varsity golf team: John Tomeski, Alex Martinez, Quamear Goodman, Eddie Thomas, Colby Christopher, Kara Dunnigan, Angie Fitzke, Katie Tomeski, and head coach Steve Yiengst. Send your varsity, JV, middle school, or youth sports team photo to sports@mspublications.com to be a Star Team of the Week.
Sussex Country Sports Foundation to hold tourneys in Laurel
Delmarva Christian baseball tops St. Thomas More, falls to Dover
The Sussex County Sports Foundation will be holding travel baseball tournaments in Laurel for ages 9U to 18U throughout the 2009 season. The organization’s six tournaments will be held on the following dates: Quest for the Best- May 30-31; SCSF June Baseball- June 6-7; Summer SizzlerJune 27-28; August Heat III- August 1-2
DelTech-Owens golf team places third at Eagle Ridge The Delaware Technical and Community College golf team placed third at a match at Eagle Ridge in Lakewood, N.J., last Monday. Travis Parker led the Roadrunners with a 78 and Donny Ernakovich added an 87.
Delmarva Christian varsity sports teams are in action
Delmarva Christian boys’ lacrosse team wins one of two- The Delmarva Christian varsity boys’ lacrosse team edged Caravel, 9-8, and fell to Polytech, 11-6, in last week’s action. Mark Engle and Jeff Mohr each netted three goals and Tom Catalfamo added two goals in the Royals’ win on Wednesday. James Mohr recorded 12 saves for Delmarva Christian. Engle had four goals and Jeff Mohr and Catalfamo chipped in with one goal a piece in Saturday’s loss. James Mohr made 19 saves in goal for the Royals. Delmarva Christian golf team falls to Archmere, 181-197- The Delmarva Christian varsity golf team lost to Archmere, 181-197, in last Thursday’s match. The Royals’ Shayne Ivory was the medalist with a score of 43. Lady Royals fall to Worcester Prep in varsity girls’ lacrosse- The Delmarva Christian girls’ lacrosse team lost to Worcester Prep, 14-4, last Wednesday. Jessica Stratton netted two goals and Sarah Betts and Rebecca Bryan each had one goal for the Royals. Sarah Bryan also recorded 15 saves in the loss. Delmarva Christian girls’ soccer loses to Red Lion, 2-0- The Delmarva Christian varsity girls’ soccer team lost to Red Lion, 2-0, last Thursday. Goalie Kayla McCarthy had 36 saves for the Royals.
ESBF Baseball Hall of Fame is seeking nominations
Members of the Eastern Shore Baseball Foundation Board of Directors are seeking nominations for the ESBF Hall of Fame, housed at their museum at the Delmarva Shorebirds’ stadium on Route 50 in Salisbury. In keeping with the vision of the foundation, these individuals should be of the quality that will cast a positive light on the deep and rich tradition of baseball on the Delmarva Peninsula, according to ESBF President Kenny Green. “When you look at the caliber of people we have inducted in the past, you get a clear understanding of how important they were to baseball and, in particular, baseball on the Eastern Shore,” he said. The foundation’s bylaws read, “Nominees must have been active as a player, manager, umpire, coach, fan, or sports personality in such a was as to bring honor to baseball on the Eastern Shore (from the C & D Canal to Kiptopeke, Va.) At least five years must have passed since a player’s retirement from the game.” “This person must have been born on the Eastern Shore or domiciled on the Eastern Shore during the days he/she was active as a player, manager, umpire coach, fan, or sports personality.” “Our Hall of Fame program is a way of recognizing the achievements of individuals while promoting the legacy of baseball in our area,” Green said. “When these people are inducted during our Fall banquet, it is a very special time.” For more information about the ESBF Hall of Fame, or to nominate someone, contact Green at (410) 742-6096 or Treasurer Jeff Fields at (410) 341-7387.
The Delmarva Christian varsity baseball team defeated St. Thomas More, 8-7, last Wednesday behind Casey Zitvogel’s four-hitter. Zitvogel struck out six and collected a pair of hits had the plate, Mike LaPointe also had two hits, and Justin Hawkes singled and stole a pair of bases in the win. LaPointe went 3-4 with a home run and Hunter Elliott collected a pair of hits and stole a base in last Thursday’s 15-5 loss to Dover.
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Gas Lines Prices hold another week
The average U.S. retail price for regular grade gasoline held at $2.05 last week, marking the fifth consecutive week and only the fifth time since November 17 gasoline has been above $2.00 per gallon. Last week’s price was nearly exactly half the record price of $4.114 set on July 7, 2008. Crude oil prices ended the week slightly above $50 to close at $53.20 last Friday. Corporate earnings reports, a strengthening dollar, growing oil and gasoline inventories and Chrysler heading to bankruptcy all factored into setting the long term price of oil. However, ultimately it was the growing concern over the spread of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, and its potential for driving down summer travel that helped keep oil prices down. Last week the U.S. Energy Infor-
mation Administration (EIA) reported crude supplies rose 4.1 million barrels, about double the expectation, and gasoline stocks fell 4.7 million barrels, much more than analysts had expected. The EIA also reported that gasoline demand for 2009 is only 4,000 barrels per day below the same period one year ago. In addition, the EIA strengthened its forecast for 2009 gasoline demand, estimating it would register about 50,000 b/d or 0.6% higher compared to 2008. Also, Exxon Mobil’s net income fell 58% in the first-quarter as demand for energy slumped and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimated cumulative travel for 2009 has fallen 8.6 billion vehicle miles, or 1.9% compared to the same 2008 period. Local pricing Gas Lines was not published last week. A week ago one station in Seaford was selling regular gasoline for $1.879 a gallon on Tuesday, down 5 cents from the previous week. This Tuesday, the price at the same station was $1.949 a gallon, up seven cents.
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GOP’s not doomed despite the change
Most of the news media is making a lot of noise over U.S. Senarank alio tor Arlen Specter of PA switching parties becoming a Democrat and When we’re out of predicting doom for the Republican Party. work, suddenly those Looking at some of these young high profile reporters I can only liberal spending proguess they haven’t been around long to see many political cycles grams look good. and the ups and downs of the two major parties. No, the Republican Party is not me. Short, simple, but true over the years. dead; they will once again rule and the The reasoning it appears is in good same death prediction will be said of the times we tend to get into debt, money Democrat Party. tightens, inflation eats into our paychecks, During most of my adult life I have so we think the government is spending studied the rise and fall of political parties too much, we are paying too much in taxand their leaders, as well as the cycle the es so throw out the liberal party in power. economy seems to follow. When we’re out of work, can’t find Life is like a pendulum: it swings to the a job, the threat of losing everything we right and then to the left. The same is true have, suddenly those liberal spending with how the public votes. There are more programs look good; let’s give it a shot. conservatives than liberals, according to a Hence out go the conservatives and back book I am reading by John Dean, former in goes the liberal party. legal counsel to President Richard Nixon Between working with my dad and about the right wing of the Republican owning my own business, I had over 50 Party, so one could wonder how Barack years of retail experience and the ups and Obama won by more than 3 million votes. downs in business usually followed the The answer to me is simple. same pattern as the voters. All of us whether we are liberal or not I’ve seen times when people predicted have a conservative streak in us. Conserthe demise of the Democrat Party, but vatives have weaknesses in their spendthey regrouped and went back to the ing habits just like the liberals. If there thinking of the voters, dumped the ole line is something we want badly enough, we thinking and brought in young people with open our wallets whether it be a nicer programs suited to the times. home, car, boat or other temptations. The Republicans are in the same boat. Although only 21% of the population The thinking of the last eight years, cuttoday claims to be Republicans, don’t be ting taxes for the rich, the religious right, fooled by that number: once a Republican abortion, two wars and no growth in the always a Republican. Now is not a good economy became no issues when the time to be labeled a Republican because of economy went south and the Republican the embarrassment of the past 8 years, and Party was not there for the people. the mess in which the Bush administration I believe a new Republican Party will has left this country. emerge as a more moderate party moving People are really hurting and when toward the center as the Democrats did times get tough, people tend to turn to the moving from the far left toward the center Democrats. That’s why I think when the which proved to be attractive to the voters economy is back on its feet in 8 years, the last fall. pendulum will swing back to Republican Jack Markell abandoned the traditional control. Yes, I believe unless there is a Democrat platform in his successful bid major castrophy, Obama serves 8 years. for governor and appealed to many ReWhen I was a young rebel in the Dempublicans with his businesslike approach. ocrat Party, the Democrats were in control The minority party usually picks up and the economy was strong, yet the Reseats in Congress during the off year elecpublicans had just swept the country and tion. If Republicans can get their act toSussex County row offices. gether before the next election, you’ll see Stunned, I asked a wise and seasoned the beginning of a comeback. party worker, “Boob” Johnson, “What However, my experience has been not happened?” With no research to back his to trust the Republican presidents to look comments, just good ole common politiout for my interests, that of the working cal sense, he said the following which I class. On the local level that differs. have found to be true for more than four So my advice to my children will be to decades. get your act together within the next eight Just think back to the good times of the years, reduce your debt, start a rainy day Clinton 8 years, and the past 8 years while fund while the pendulum is swinging to I quote “Boob.” the right. “When people have money in their Because when the pendulum swings to pockets, they will dump the Democrats the left, your pockets will become lighter. and vote Republican; when their pockets The next recession/depression will be are empty, they’ll vote Democrat,” he told worse than this one.
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Police Journal Delaware State Police have arrested a 46-year-old Millville woman for 108 fraudulent related charges after she was involved in a check-kiting scheme that resulted in over $14,000 taken from a local bank. The investigation began after authorities with Wilmington Trust Bank in Millville contacted state police after discovering irregularities in personal and business checking accounts opened in July and August 2008 by Wanda M. Wendell of Millville. Detectives learned that Ms. Wendell had opened these accounts and deposited several checks into them from another account she held at Chevy Chase Bank. However, the Chevy Chase account had insufficient funds to cover the balance of the depos-
ited checks. Additionally, detectives learned that Ms. Wendell had deposited several of the insufficient fund checks from the Chevy Chase account into the automated teller machine at Wilmington Trust, thus giving her next day availability to withdraw money from the Wilmington Trust account. Ms. Wendell would then withdraw the money before the bank realized the check was returned for insufficient funding. On other occasions, she would write a check out for cash from the Chevy Chase account to the Wilmington Trust account and receive the monies instantly, again before the bank gained knowledge of the insufficient funds. Ms. Wendell was responsible for completing over 80 fraudulent transactions between
Around 150 law enforcement officers are killed in the line of duty every year. Family members and coworkers left to cope with the tragic losses have found help in the resources of Concerns for Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a group organized in 1984 which now includes more than 15,000 families. To benefit the Delaware chapter of this organization and the Delaware Police Memorial Fund, a C.O.P.S. Memorial Ride will be held on May 9. There will be two motorcycle convoys, one leaving the Harley Davidson lot on Route 13 in Seaford at 10 a.m. Riders will converge at Little Creek Fire Hall and go as one group to the Green in Dover near Legislative Mall about noon. No advanced registration is necessary. Registration - which begins at 9 a.m. - is $25 per rider, and the first 175 to register will receive a free t-shirt.
There are 33 officers from Delaware that died in the line of duty. There are officers from Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware River and Bay Authority, Ocean View, Dover - and one from Seaford. Patrolman James Henry Hill of Seaford Police Department, on a hot day in 1970, had to fight a suspect to take him into custody. During the fight, Hill was struck in the chest. The next morning Patrolman Hill was directing traffic at DuPont when he suffered a heart attack and died. It is thought that delayed trauma from the fight resulted in his death. Sponsors are still being sought to underwrite preparations and insurance for the event. Questions about sponsorships may be directed to Eleanor Allione at 302-388-2657 or Joe Wagner at 302-994-9183.
Check-kiting charge
Memorial ride will assist families of fallen officers
Parking Lot Tour raises money for ‘Send a Kid to Camp’
Morning Star Publications, publishers of the Laurel Star and Seaford Star newspapers is joining the Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club to help send area kids to summer camp. The “Send a Kid to Camp” project features a series of “parking lot” performances by local singer, Tony Windsor. Upcoming locations for the “Parking Lot Tour to Send a Kid to Camp” include: • Grotto’s Pizza on U.S. 13 in Seaford: Thursday May 14, and Friday, May 22, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Windsor will be featured in different area business parking lots to help raise awareness of the Boys & Girls Club program, including its “Summer Fun Club.” He will perform popular country music, Motown and classic rock of the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, while promoting the “Send a Kid to Camp” project. Contributions can be made at the performance booth. Any business interested in hosting the performances in their store parking lot can contact Maria Motley at the Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club by calling 628-3789.
July and October 2008 netting a loss of $14,013.14 to Wilmington Trust Bank. Detectives also learned that Ms. Wendell deposited approximately $4,700 of legitimate funds into these accounts during the same period in an effort to conceal the fraud. By doing this, she was attempting to deceive the banks by creating the impression the insufficient funding in her accounts were oversights and not deliberate actions. During the investigation, detectives discovered Ms. Wendell’s actions were intentional and she was arrested for 18 felony counts of theft by false pretense, four felony counts of issuing a bad check, 90 misdemeanor counts of theft by false pretense and 21 misdemeanor counts of issuing a bad check. She was re-
leased on $62,500 unsecured bail.
Ambulance in crash
Delaware State Police are investigating a crash that involved a Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company Ambulance. Troopers were called to the two vehicle crash at 6:23 p.m. on Coastal Highway (SR1) at John J Williams Highway (SR24) on May 3. Investigators learned that a 2004 Ford Ambulance, operated by Teri Overstreet, 22, of Harbeson, was traveling northbound on Coastal Hwy. The ambulance approached the intersection of SR 24 and was preparing to turn left to go westbound. The ambulance slowed down due to a red left-turn traffic signal and waited for southbound traffic to stop. The ambulance, which had its
emergency equipment activated, observed traffic stopped and began crossing the southbound lanes. A 2006 Chevy Impala, operated by Tonya Moore, 41, of Milton, was traveling southbound on Coastal Hwy in the right lane. She failed to yield to the ambulance and proceeded into the intersection. As a result the ambulance and Chevy collided. Both operators and a passenger from the ambulance, Steven Humphreys, 32, of Georgetown, sustained minor injuries and were taken to Beebe Hospital. Moore was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. All parties were wearing seatbelts and alcohol was not a factor. The ambulance was enroute to a medical assistance call and did not have any patients on board.
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People Aurillo-Lowe to be married on June 20 Joseph and Leslie Aurillo of Seaford, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Aurillo to Christopher Lowe, son of Mike and Sharon Lowe, of Laurel; Shelly Lowe and Tony Windsor of Seaford; and Bonnie and Del Daigle, of Laurel. The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Epworth Christian School in Laurel and is majoring in Elementary Education at Wilmington University. Jessica is employed by Howard. T. Ennis School in Georgetown and Heritage Shores in Bridgeville. Christopher, a 2005 graduate of Epworth Christian School, is majoring in Business Marketing and Management at Delaware Technical & Community College and is employed by Utz Corp. in Laurel. The couple will wed on June 20 at Heritage Shores in Bridgeville. Formal invitations will be issued.
Hunter Lee Wingate
Wingate family welcomes son
Richard and Sara Wingate proudly welcomed home their new son, Hunter Lee who was born on April 9, 2009. He weighed in at 7 lbs. and 7 oz., and was 19-1/2 “ long.
Andrew Read and Shamika Pagan
Read, Pagan to be married
Andrew Read and Shamika Pagan are pleased to announce their engagement. Andrew, son of Brenda Rambo of Seaford, and Bruce Read of Reading, Pa., is a 2002 graduate of Seaford High School. Shamika, daughter of Carmen Rodriguez and Miguel Pagan of Lancaster, Pa., is a 1999 graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School. They are both Sales Managers and are planning an October 2009 wedding. They will reside in Salisbury.
Christopher Lowe and Jessica Aurillo
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Health Legislation would allow families to buy health coverage for kids Lieutenant Governor Matthew Denn, State Senator Patricia Blevins, and State Representative Terry Schooley recently introduced legislation that would allow parents with uninsured children to buy health insurance for those children for just over $100/month. The legislation would allow parents to purchase comprehensive health coverage from the state’s CHIP program, which is currently only available to families earning less than 200% of the federal poverty level. The proposed new program, which would not have a fiscal impact on the state, is modeled in part on Pennsylvania’s widely praised “We Cover All Kids” program. The goal of the new program is to take another step toward making affordable health insurance coverage available to every child in Delaware. The coverage for children covered under the “Delaware Covers All Kids” plan would include everything from routine checkups to eye exams to doctor and hospital services. This coverage is currently offered to the children of families below 200% of the federal poverty line, at a premium of
between $10 and $25 per month. The new legislation would make it available to the uninsured children of all families, regardless of income. Representative Schooley noted that recent statistics indicate that the number of Delaware children without health insurance has continued to increase. The bill permits the Department of Health and Social Services to adjust the premiums, co-pays, and deductibles for the new program on an ongoing basis so that the program is self-sufficient and does not create a new financial obligation to the state. Based on the most recent statistics for the state CHIP program, a premium of $110/month would be sufficient to sustain the new program, assuming that the newly enrolled children have the same health characteristics as the currently enrolled children. “Nemours Health and Prevention Services is pleased that the Legislature is taking this step to decrease the number of uninsured children in Delaware,” said Gwen Angalet, managing director at Nemours Health and Prevention Services, “It is a critical step to help assure that all children have access to health care.”
By Dr. Anthony Policastro Parents teach their children every day. They do that by their actions. Children are much more about doing what their parents do and not necessarily doing what their parents tell them. My parents taught me many lessons. However, most of the important ones I learned from watching. My father was a very industrious worker. I learned the importance of a good work ethic from him. He would give you the shirt off his back. I learned the importance of looking out for others from him. That had a lot to do with me selecting medicine as a career. My mother was very frugal. I learned about money management from watching her. My parents sent me to Catholic school for 12 years. I remain active in the Catholic Church because of that. However, the thing I learned the most about growing up in an Italian family is the importance of family. Nothing was more important to my parents than family. We all traveled together. We ate all our meals together. We spent a lot of time visiting relatives. This was something they taught my sisters and me by their actions. As we all become parents, it is important for us to realize that there are many lessons that our children learn by watching us. Some of those are good and some of those are bad.
For example, children who watch their parents drink too much are more likely to do so as well. Children who watch their parents drink in moderation are more likely to drink responsibly. More than 85% of cigarette smokers have parents who are smokers. Language used by parents is repeated by children when they are outside of the home. Churchgoing habits tend to be things that children will follow. If the parents are active in the church, the children are likely to be as well. If the parents do not go to church, it is unlikely that the child will do so. Honesty is another habit that children observe. Parents who have no respect for laws will find their children mimicking their behavior. Parental interest in sports, the arts or entertainment will find that imitated by their children as they get older. It really does not matter what the habit is, children will copy what they see. Parents need to pay attention to what they are telling their children to do. If what they tell them is the same as the way they themselves act, then that is consistent. However, if they tell their children to do one thing and they do the opposite, then there will be problems. Before they tell their children anything, they need to examine their own behavior. They may need to change their actions before they start saying things that are not consistent with the way they act.
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MS WALK RAISES $8,000 - The first Walk MS: Twilight at Heritage Shores 2009 held on Friday, April 24 was a success. More than 50 walkers raised an estimated $8,000. Top fundraiser was Kelly Griffith (seated), team captain of Kelly’s Crusaders. She is pictured with Karen Shore, event marketing coordinator of the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The event raised money for national MS research and for the programs and services that benefit more than 1,500 Delawareans with MS. For more information, call 302-655-5610 or visit www.MSdelaware.org.
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Report sick, dead birds to DNR to help monitor West Nile virus The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Mosquito Control Section is asking the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus by reporting sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus, a mosquito-borne disease of considerable concern to human health and unvaccinated horses. Mosquito Control requests that the public report only sick or dead crows, blue jays, cardinals, robins and hawks or owls, plus clusters of five or more sick or dead wild birds of any species. Specimens should appear to have been dead for less than 24 hours and not killed by other obvious causes. Specimens collected by Mosquito Control will be submitted to the Delaware
Public Health Laboratory for virus testing. From early June through mid-October, Mosquito Control will also operate its statewide network of about 22 “sentinel chicken” stations, which keep watch not only for West Nile virus, but also for eastern equine encephalitis, another mosquito-borne disease affecting horses and humans. In 2003 in Delaware there were 17 reported human cases and two human fatalities from West Nile virus, which is primarily transmitted by the common house mosquito, along with 63 stricken horses. In 2004 and 2006, no cases of West Nile virus were reported in humans or horses; in 2005 two human cases were reported, with no horse cases.
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Women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer can receive free professional help to cosmetically disguise the appearance-related side effects of their treatments. LOOK GOOD...FEEL BETTER, a program developed by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the National Cosmetology Association, trains volunteer cosmetologists to help women with cancer, conceal loss of hair, skin problems, and other side effects that can result from cancer therapy. The next program will be hosted by the Cancer Care Center at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital on Monday, May 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Cancer Care Center’s 2nd floor conference room. The program is free to all patients in active cancer treatment. Registration is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Nanticoke Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Care Center at 6296611, ext. 2588.
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The Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society needs volunteers to help with their spring fundraising event Twilight at Baywood Greens on Friday, May 29 in Long Neck. Volunteers are needed on the day of the event from 4 to 8 p.m. and may choose from a range of activities, including regis-
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The Wellness Community-Delaware offers a General Cancer Support Group for people affected by cancer and their loved ones. The free monthly support group meets in the Second Floor Conference Room of the Cancer Care Center at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford on the third Monday of each month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The Wellness Community-Delaware is dedicated to helping people affected by cancer enhance their health and well-being through participation in a professional program of emotional support and hope. All facilitators of these groups are trained mental health professionals. For more information and to register, call 645-9150.
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School board candidates meet and discuss the issues By Cathy Shufelt Residents of the Woodbridge School District will choose a new member for the district’s Board of Education on Tuesday, May 12. Running for the seat vacated by long time board member Edith Vincent, are Alice J. Matsinger and Willie Savage II. Matsinger comes to Delaware from the Philadelphia area where she taught mathematics in both public and private schools for 25 years. She now teaches mathematics parttime at Delaware Alice J. Matsinger Technical and Community College in Georgetown. When asked why she wanted to serve on the school board, Matsinger stated, “It’s something I have always wanted to do. I never knew of a school board before that had educators as members. Having business and financial businesspersons, along with educators, benefits students. Many school boards I have seen do not include educators, and, as a result, never understood the needs of students and teachers from their perspective. I saw the raw end of that situation from a teacher’s point of view. Woodbridge is different. They have a lot going on, and a lot of changes taking place that will help students succeed.” If elected, Matsinger would like to see the board work on creating a stronger volunteer and tutoring base as well as generate more parental involvement. She especially would like to work with singleparent households in order to help them support and help their children more fully. Savage is a Delaware native and graduate of Woodbridge High School’s Class of 1999. After high school, he went on to get a degree from the University of Delaware in American History. He currently Willie Savage II works for Envirotech, a consulting firm in Milton, but is also studying to obtain a license in health insurance so he can become a licensed insurance agent and open his own business with his wife, Tylisha, who is already an insurance agent. Savage wishes to join the school board out of a desire to serve others in his local community, and “help a district I am proud of reach and exceed its goals.” As a graduate of Woodbridge High School, he feels he is already connected to and understands the community, and has also been working on the Strategic Planning Committee. “Woodbridge is home. There are a number of students in the Woodbridge School District who need a positive role model,” he stated. “Some students go home and have everything they need, but some kids don’t have that. I want to show them that if they put their minds to it, sur-
round themselves with good people, they can accomplish anything.” Savage says he sees the district as a success and the success of the various programs, such as the 5-2-1-Almost None healthy eating program, within the district are “unparalleled.” “There has been steady improvement, and I believe we are already doing a whole lot right. I can bring a different perspective to the board by representing the district more accurately as an African American man.” The Woodbridge School District is almost 44% non-white, and is the second poorest district in the State of Delaware. “All students in the district are important. Kids are too important for us to be nonchalant about their education,” said Savage. If elected, Savage would like to work on generating more parental and community involvement. “We need to show how much we care about children in our community.” On April 28, the Woodbridge Parent/ Teacher Organization sponsored a “Meet the Candidates” night at Woodbridge Elementary School. Savage and Matsinger were asked a series of prepared questions as well as questions from the audience. 1. “What changes do you feel the board should focus on to help the district, and how would you realistically make those changes?” Matsinger: “Coming from the education side of it, I definitely feel that change is ongoing with the technology and the ability to change education to the times. Students have changed drastically even in the last 20 years, even the last five years. It is time that we have to recognize that in order to reach those students we have to change in order to do that. Students do not all learn at the same level, and we need help not only from the board, but we need help from the community as well. With the help of everyone, we can reach the students, and reaching the students is bottom line. To make the changes we need to listen. I have seen too much of the board not listening, and this has been my greatest concern when educators are not on the board. Not listening to parents and teachers who have told them (the board) over and over again that something had to be done, or that something was not right. When they are not hearing that then the teachers have two things going against them, 1)low morale is taking place among teachers which is passed on to students which does not help them succeed. 2) Progress can’t be made when higher ups aren’t listening. To be an active board they must carry forward ideas to answer the questions and problems brought forth by parents and teachers.” Savage: “Looking at the past 10 years of DSTP scores, I noticed that there is constant improvement in the lower grades, but when we get to the higher grades the improvement is less significant, less noticeable. I think that’s because of a lack of parental involvement at that age. Once children get older, parents have a tendency to let go a little bit. I would like to see more and improved parental involvement. There are always new ways to address the
issue, and make sure parents are comfortable with staff and teachers, so they will participate in the process. In order to create change, first I would listen. The board has to listen to all parties involved and consider all options. There is more to making change than simply moving forward. We have to make sure, for example, that if there are studies that need to be done in order to really understand the problem, then we have to make sure that happens.” 2. “If elected, what would be your number one priority?” Savage: “The number one priority of the school board is the well being of the school district. I know that sounds kind of vague, but there isn’t one particular issue that concerns me. They all concern me. My fear is that if I was to sit here and say that then people would think that once I accomplish that goal I would leave the board. That’s not what I am about. I am in it for the long haul. I want to see the schools I am so proud of succeed, and that gives me the initiative to want to join the board.” Matsinger: “I think the bottom line is the students. So, there is again no one area that’s going to make it successful for those students, but the bottom line is them. That goes all the way from the staff to the curriculum, to building safety, to everything. If the district wasn’t taken as a whole picture, I would have to say something is wrong. Everything in the district needs help.” 3. “How would you suggest we attract and keep quality teachers in our district?” Matsinger: “Seeing what I have seen since moving here that’s a difficult question. Just to give you an idea, for myself, I have gone from making $65,000 a year to making $35,000 a year. Is recruitment tough? Yes. The flip side to that is you don’t have the hard-core discipline issues like I dealt with in Philadelphia. That’s an advantage to having the more easy living here than being in city life. How to recruit good teachers is to offer salaries and benefits that are comparable to other areas of the country, and that’s tough if the money is just not there. A growing township and district is hopefully where we can continue to grow our tax base in order to increase our offers and attract the best of the best.” Savage: “It’s true that we would see young teachers who would be here for a year or two and then be gone. There has been much improvement in that regard. I think the starting salary for a teacher is about $38,000 which is on par with most of the area that surrounds us. The area has changed a lot and is becoming more full of life. The district can offer services such as childcare for teachers, and has worked on affordable housing as well. I think the school should highlight its successes and its vision. There is something to be said about being a part of a school that’s on the move and on the rise. If we can recruit teachers and get them to stay based on that alone we would be doing well. 4. “With so much emphasis placed on
accountability, how do you propose our district handle the needs of such a diverse population?” Savage: “In order to meet the needs of a diverse population, we need to have a diverse set of skills. We have to understand that diversity is such a buzz word, a dangerous word sometimes, and we have administrators and teachers and bus drivers who need to understand that we are all different. That we all have different needs while at the same time we have the same needs for quality education. We want our students to succeed. We need to look at issues from more than one perspective, consider all the given facts, and never rush into any decision.” Matsinger: “Accountability to diverse populations can definitely happen with the proper training. It has to be an ongoing in-service available to staff and teachers. I have learned from my years of experience that if that training is not there then teachers don’t know which way to go in order to reach different levels or populations of students. This district has 44% non-white students which is definitely diverse. We definitely have to be able to reach all different levels and all different backgrounds. Working at Del-Tech I see the failures of many local high schools, and it does not begin at the high school. It begins in the lower grades. So, it can be done, but the training for staff has to be in place to let them know there are ways to reach all the students. There are ways to create and keep the curriculum that will reach them. There are ways to allow instructors to be creative with the curriculum and get across to different learning abilities. We all learn differently. Being creative in ways that can reach all students takes training.” 5. “With the looming budget crisis, how do you suggest the district address possible budget cuts?” Matsinger: “I know that budget cuts always seem to happen to arts and sports programs. That is unfortunate because that is where a lot of young people do succeed, and they have, amazingly enough, a lot of people don’t see those goals that these young people have except when they are lucky enough to meet them. These are the programs that get cut first. How do you go about forgetting that? That is hard unless we can take it (funding) from a growing community, and I don’t see why not. Woodbridge is very much in an upward growth swing, and as long as it continues that way then I really do not want to see a lot of budget cutting. The bottom line, again, is our students.” Savage: “Every cut hurts. I guess the phrase ‘shared sacrifice’ comes to mind. Mrs. Matsinger is correct in that the arts and sports are the first things to be cut, and I am a student of an arts program, and that has had a lot to do with any success I have achieved in high school and in life to this point. It’s important to cut where we can if the school board recognizes that there are areas where we can spend less or spend more wisely then those areas should be cut, but never to the detriment of the students or staff.”
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Candidates for Seaford School Board gather for forum By Lynn R. Parks
Community was the main theme of last week’s forum featuring the three people who are vying for seats on the Seaford School Board. Candidates talked about how to involve members of the community in the school district and said that doing so would lead to improved schools. “We all agree that the community needs to be more involved,” said candidate Doug Collins. “A happy and involved community is a stepping stone to a good school district.” Candidate Richard Williams suggested that members of the community are simply waiting for an invitation to get involved in the school. “All we have to do is ask, and we will get the businesses and parents involved,” he said. And Kathryn Kimpton said that a more involved community could be the answer to an ever-tightening budget. “We should be looking into the community and asking if anybody can help out,” she said. The forum, attended by about 40 people, was held last Wednesday at Central Elementary School. Sponsor was the Seaford chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Ron MacArthur, a former resident of Seaford and past editor of the Seaford Star, was moderator. Candidates were asked six questions that were prepared by AAUW members. They also answered six questions from members of the audience. Following are some of the questions and the candidates’ answers. Q. What is the most important responsibility of a school board member? Collins – To be accessible to the parents and teachers. I think that school board members should have an open heart so that people feel that they can talk to them. They should also be involved in the community and attend school events to show that they support the school system. Kimpton – To bring together the community with the administration, teachers and parents. The school board also serves as a check and balance for the superintendent, makes financial decisions and is the voice of the community. It should work to ensure that the schools are the best that they can be. Williams – To get all the facts. School board members are bombarded with decisions and they need to have all the facts. Q. What are the strengths of the Seaford School District? Collins – So far, Frederick Douglass
Elementary School is my only experience, and I love everything about that school. It is cheerful and we have encountered exceptional teachers. Kimpton – Caring teachers and staff members. They make sure that our children are happy and that they are receiving the education that they need. At the middle school, the honors track prepares kids for the high school and the AP classes they will take there. We have kids coming to school with so many issues that many of us can’t even comprehend, and the schools are trying their best to get a handle on discipline. Our buildings, while old, are safe, sound and kept clean. There are a lot of good things going on in the district. Williams – The quality of education we provide, and that’s due to the teachers. We have to keep that in place. Q. What in the Seaford School District needs improvement, and how would you do that? Collins – The community needs to be involved. We need to create ways to encourage parents to come out to school activities. Kimpton – We need to reconnect to the community. There is a big disconnect and it is time to bring back open communication between the schools and the community. We need to say to the community, “Give us your ideas,” and we need to consider everything that we hear. We just can’t afford to waste any ideas or any people who are willing to help us out. Williams – The Seaford pride that used to be here years ago. I can remember football games, basketball games, where everybody came together. If we get that back, a lot of things will fall in place. Q. How would you ensure that the district has the financial resources to meet the needs of the students and staff? Collins – I am rather naïve to the money process. But I would do everything in my ability to research means to funding. Kimpton – There are strings attached to so much of the state money that the district gets. We need to find places here and there where we can save. And we need to look to the community for anybody who can help out. No one likes to hear about higher taxes. But that is something that might have to be. Williams – We all have to make the dollars go as far as we can, and there are all kinds of ways to do that. We need to be creative. There is stimulus money coming down the pike and we should be able to tap into that. Q. How can the schools get more paren-
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the purpose. I would be willing to learn more about it. Kimpton – I’m glad it’s a choice and it serves some children very well. But I’m not sure that the children who are there now are the ones who really need it. There are a lot of expenses associated with the school, and we have to decide if it is serving us in the best possible way. Williams – Is it profitable to keep going? I don’t know. [As for its effectiveness], we all know that kids need breaks and teachers need breaks. Q. How can we bring students at private schools back to the Seaford School District? Collins – We need to continue to have a good staff. And we need good athletic programs. Kimpton – We’ve got to ask parents why they are leaving the district, and what they want us to improve. Williams – We need to identify why children are leaving. We need to touch base on a personal level with parents who are taking their kids out and get the idea back that Seaford schools are the schools to go to. Q. What are your ideas to ensure that teachers stay in the Seaford School District? Collins – I would think that their pay would be a way to keep them here. We should be paying them competitively. And we should make sure that they have a good, happy work environment. Kimpton – Teachers deserve a voice that’s heard, and I think that they feel that they don’t have a voice. We need to make sure that we are providing what they need and make sure that their voice is getting through to the administration, where it needs to be heard. Williams – Pay is important. But if they aren’t happy, they aren’t going to stay here just for the money. Our teachers deserve to be happy — to have enjoyable classrooms and all the supplies that they need. Q. How do you feel about consolidating the school districts throughout the county to save funds? Collins – What would happen to the Seaford-Laurel rivalry if we did that? Schools make a community and if we consolidated, we would lose our sense of community. Kimpton – It is something we are going to have to consider. Williams – What makes America great is that we all have individuality. Seaford has its own individuality and we need to keep that.
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Opinion Letters to the editor Sad to see the pool close
It will be sad to drive down Virginia Avenue this summer and not hear the sounds of joy emanating from the Seaford Community Pool. For almost 60 years, Seaford has been blessed as one of the few, if not the only, communities with a public pool in downstate Delaware. Recent action by Seaford City Council has brought that long tradition to an end. The reasons for the action are understandable, and in these times of economic downturn public officials in cities small and large are forced to make tough, unpopular decisions. But, there are always options. One option would have been to give the pool another year – one last shot. But during the year the city would have had to market the pool like it has never done in the past. Free pool parties, family events, splash parties, membership giveaways, free days, bus trips from summer camp programs and a host of other opportunities are out there to promote the pool as a fun place to be. The community pool, like most public pools, would never produce a profit, but it could produce more income for the city and perhaps even pay for capital projects needed to keep it operational. If, with a 100 percent effort by the parks and recreation staff and other city staff helping out, attendance still did not increase, there would have been significant justification to warrant a discussion for closing the pool. Still, notice the word discussion was used. As a former council member who was active on the parks and recreation committee for many years, I understand the importance of providing inexpensive recreational opportunities to children and families during the summer. Young people need a place to go – the pool has fulfilled that need in the past. It’s easy to play Monday morning quarterback and second-guess decisions made by our leaders. I know the decision to close the pool was a hard one. Over the years, the pool has not been high on the priority list, and interest in the hard work needed to revitalize it does seem to be on a priority list either. Ron MacArthur
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A Special Thank You
Wow, can you believe that the weather cooperated on Saturday. On Saturday morning the excitement of the players and coaches was in the air. This is what little league is all about. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made Opening Day 2009 for Nanticoke Little League such a success. The Seaford Community has given tremendously to our league. Special thanks to all of those who helped with our ceremonies. Many people gave countless hours to make the final preparations for all of our players and teams. The pinnacle of the ceremonies was the recognition of the volunteers that put in countless hours for our youth. I want to thank those individuals for coming to our ceremonies on Saturday. We also recognized the family of Derrik Gibson for his being drafted by the Boston Red Sox. In addition, our entire league staff deserves recognition for the work they have done with our players to help them understand what Little League is all about. This includes all volunteers past and present. For those of you who were in attendance at the ceremony, I appreciate your continued involvement and support of our youth. This is an occasion that our youth will keep in their fondest memories. It is with great pride that I serve our community in my capacity as League president. I look forward to a great 2009 little league season. Michael K. Smith
President, Nanticoke Little League
The rumors aren’t true
As the owner of Cut’Em Up Tree Care of Delaware, Inc., I am disturbed by rumors concerning my business. Despite rumors to the contrary, Cut’Em Up Tree Care is still doing business in Seaford and throughout Sussex County. Since 1995 my staff and I have worked
hard to serve your tree care needs by offering free estimates and evaluations along with a conscientious and well-trained crew who provide quality tree care. From trimming and pruning to large tree removals and stump grinding, we are available to help you with your tree care concerns. Well maintained trees are an asset, and, not only look good, but help improve the value of your property. Dead and dying trees are viewed as a liability by many insurance companies because they can cause damage to your home and property. As a certified arborist and Maryland licensed tree expert, I can assist you with evaluating your property for possible problems, and suggest solutions that will enable you to maintain the beauty of your property and health of your trees. My staff and I appreciate you doing business with us, and we look forward to serving your tree care needs now and into the future. Owner and President Cut’Em Up Tree Care of Delaware, Inc.
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Response to ‘don’t have a clue’
Is Frank only one with a clue?
Frank Calio in his opinion piece from April 30-May 6 says that, “people voted overwhelmingly for change.” They voted overwhelming for change because they believed what Obama said during his campaign. How many campaign promises can you break? Obama said he believed in one man and one woman marriage and the day after he became president the White House website said that they would work to overturn DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act. He said that he wanted to make abortion rare, yet he repealed the Mexico City policy and he also came out in favor of the United Nation’s policy on increasing abortions, sending money overseas for abortion on demand (this during our worst economic crisis). He also said that his administration would be the most transparent in history and would eliminate pork from all the budget process. Neither one of these has happened and as a matter of fact, he has nominated more criminals, those who did not pay their taxes, than any former president. Where have the tax breaks for middle class gone that he promised? This, too, has disappeared in the new budget as well as the increase in infrastructure spending. As a matter of fact the GDP has declined 6.1% due to his policies. Where has the working across the aisle gone that he promised? He shut out the
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Republicans from any say in the budget at all and I suppose that is bi-partisanship Obama style? By the way he also snuck into the budget bill two items that will start us on the way to socialized medicine and if he continues at the same pace, we will become a socialist nation. He has appointed czars to top level policy positions (outside of the balance of power) who only report to him. What was the name of the country that had a czar and what kind of government did it operate? Calio missed the point of the Tea Parties. They were in protest of spending without representation. Obama rammed a unilateral plan that will saddle our children and grandchildren with debt and higher taxes. We don’t “send rafts to Cuba or pack our bags for Russia” because we have a system of government that allows protest which is what the Tea Parties were about.
Frank Calio (obviously D-DE) in his “Tea Party” editorial claims many of those participating in the tea parties “don’t have a clue.” The original tea party he correctly states was a protest over taxation without representation; he then states that the one held this past April 15 was not over this issue, since Americans did have representation. To this, I say not quite. Mr Calio, the debt run up by today’s Congress and President is so great that it will be passed on to those who had no vote last November, the kids. It is for this unrepresented group that I protest. We, the adults, today’s voters, have no right to ask the next generation to bail us out; they will have their own struggles, perhaps greater than our own. If we the voters wanted this massive spending, then we pay for it, not them. So, Mr. Calio, don’t self-righteously count yourself the only one with a clue. Jayne Walters
Seaford
Editor’s note
The response to Frank Calio’s TEA Party column produced too many responses to print all of them this week. More thoughts from the people Frank referred to as “clueless” will be printed next week.
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Looks forward to Pat Murphy’s column I look forward to Pat Murphy’s column each week. He fills in a lot of gaps about Laurel that I missed after I headed off to college and seminary after graduating in 1950. But allow me to fill a gap of his. A couple of weeks ago he talked about the old Acme market that used to be and listed a few Laurel stalwarts who worked there. He missed two of the pioneers: Philip Miller and me. Sadly, Phil can’t be a witness to my memory. I joined Phil at the old American Stores about 1948. I had spent a few months working for Jim Lowe at his grocery store up across the street from Spicer’s. Phil told me about his job in the meat department at the American Stores, and Linwood Sirman, the meat manager hired me. Philip and I sold meat over the counter in the back of the store. Our least favorite task was cleaning out the meat cases after closing on Saturday night. That chore taught me, among other things, that if you breathe deeply in an enclosed space and ammonia is present, you’re going to go down. It was great fun and the pay was good. We used to put these big red crayons (that were used to mark the prices on packages) behind our ears, and one day Phil’s
Final Word slipped from behind his ear and landed in the beef he was grinding up. As I remember it, we concluded that it added a bit of color, and, as I further remember it, nobody was poisoned from eating a bit of crayon. We were there when we moved into the new, self-serve, Acme Market. We had really moved “uptown.” It took some getting used to. A lady came in fussing that she had bought some rotten chicken. Linwood Sirman asked if she had kept it refrigerated. She said, “No,” that she had followed the directions pasted on the package, “Keep under refrigeration” and had put it under the refrigerator. I worked there until I went off to college, where, because I was forced to join the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union to work at Acme, I landed the highest paying part-time job at my college: $1.35 an hour. Tommy Starnes
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Who has a clue?
It was a pleasure to read an unbiased commentary opinion for a change. The article written by Bryant Richardson in the Laurel Star on April 30, 2009 was in reference to “Tea Parties.” Great article, Mr.Richardson. I believe you do have a CLUE. Dennis DeFelice Laurel
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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
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As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) had confirmed 33 cases of H1N1 influenza (also known as swine flu) up from 20 at the same time Monday. None of the newly confirmed cases were in Sussex County. Also on Monday all 20 confirmed cases involved Universisty of Delaware students. “I want to reinforce our concern about assuring that all of those experiencing illness at this time make a full recovery, and that we prevent additional cases of H1N1 influenza to the fullest extent possible,” said Dr. Karyl Rattay, DPH director. “Hospital, education, and public health officials continue to work together during this situation. It is important to note that the cases that we are announcing as confirmed reflect lab results catching up with the activity of last week. It is also important to note that all the cases we know of have involved mild flu symptoms. A temporary DPH clinic that was set up on the University of Delaware’s campus Wednesday was closed Friday afternoon when the university’s health service could handle the volume of students. To prevent spread of illness, including influenza, community members are advised to take the following precautions: Wash your hands often with soap and water or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your upper arm when coughing or sneezing. Any child or adult who is feeling sick should seek care from a physician, and should not travel or go to work or school. The DPH toll-free Swine Flu Call Center phone line operates Monday - Friday 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at 1-866-408-1899 for questions from Delaware residents.
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