VOL. 11 NO. 11
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006
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NEWS HEADLINES Beginning Oct. 20, children must take adults with them to games Effective Friday, Oct. 20, all students in kindergarten through the eighth grade will be required to be accompanied by an adult when entering athletic events at Laurel High School. According to the school district, the policy is being “enacted in an effort to create a positive environment where all students, families, and community members can support their team.” The policy will be in effect at all home football and basketball games and wrestling matches.
APPLE SCRAPPLE Bridgeville’s 15th Annual Festival is this Friday & Saturday. Page 28 DEPORTATION NOTICE - Less than two months after the death of his wife, Dr. John Dykstra is facing deportation. Page 2 NEW DOCTOR - A love of building leads to medical career. Page 14 FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN - Laurel hosted Woodbridge and Delmar visited Seaford in a pair of high school football showdowns last week. Coverage begins on page 45. STARS OF THE WEEK - A Delmar and a Sussex Tech field hockey player are this week’s Laurel Stars of the Week. Page 47 EIGHTH WIN - The Delmar varsity field hockey team moved to 8-1 with an overtime win over Seaford. Page 50
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Rick Culver, left, and Bobby Horsey, right, are on opposite sides of the debate over a proposed sports complex north of Laurel. Photos by Pat Murphy
Nearly 200 turn out to hear the details about Discovery By Tony E. Windsor Nearly 200 people attended a public hearing last week on a proposed 480acre sports/recreation and retail complex known as Discovery. The Planning and Zoning Committee listened as one by one about 20 Laurel area citizens expressed their sentiments about the projects. Three-quarters of those who spoke were against the proposal.
The goal of the public hearing, which was held at the fire hall, was to gain input from the public to help the Planning and Zoning Committee make a recommendation to the Laurel Town Council about allowing the Discovery project to be constructed under a town zone known as a Large Parcel Development. This zoning enables a developer to have certain variances in how the parcel can be built. The parcel must be over three acres and involve a
For your information: The Laurel Planning and Zoning Committee was expected to vote on the Discovery project during its next meeting Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m. project that incorporates a mix use and is to be developed in phases. The phases must be brought back before planning and zoning and ultimately the town council, to gain approval for each Continued on page 4
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Another project, this one in Delmar
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By Lynn R. Parks
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A public hearing for the Blackwater Creek golf course development proposed for 708 acres about three miles west of Delmar was held by Sussex County Council last Tuesday morning. Much to county councilman Vance Phillips’ disappointment, no one from
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the community around the proposed development showed up at the hearing. “Not one person showed up to oppose the development,” said Phillips, whose district includes the Blackwater Creek area. “I was shocked. I was looking forward to the public hearing, to hear what the people in the community thought. Because of the lack of opposition at the public hearing, I have
to think that the community’s concerns have been met.” But that does not mean that Phillips will support the development, which would bring nearly 1,200 homes to the area. “This is something that would be very significant for that area, and would mean significant impact to our Continued on page 10