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Vol. 1 No. 10 January 2015
Delmar Public Library Director Susan Upole laughs during the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year banquet honoring Upole. Story on page 13. Photo by Mike McClure
Sports and Fitness Local table tennis club helps area Parkinson’s patients. 5 27th Annual Lower Shore Economic Forecast. 3 YES Gym helps area kids. 7
INDEX Bulletin Board............................ 16 Business Digest........................ 12 Business Directory.................... 34 Education .................................. 27 Health......................................... 24 Personnel File............................ 10 Quality of Life............................ 26 Recycling................................... 23 Salisbury University.................. 28 Sports......................................... 18 Student Spotlight...................... 31 The Great Outdoors.................. 20 Tom Gonzales, CFP................... 33 Business Profile........................ 33
GOVERNOR’S CHALLENGE- Participants in one of the Governor’s Challenge’s three-point shootouts warm up prior to one of the contests. A pair of slam dunk contests were also held. The tournament brought an estimated $775,999 into the local economy this year. See page 9 for a story on its economic impact. Tournament coverage begins on page 18. Photo by Mike McClure
Salisbury native Shelby Traum makes her dream of dancing professionally come true By Patricia Villani
Shelby Traum was born and raised in Salisbury and began her training at Salisbury Dance Academy, formerly Salisbury Studio of Dance. “My parents tell me I started to dance around the living room when I was 2 ½ years old. I fell in love with dancing and never looked back,” Shelby says. She also competed in gymnastics on the state level but always felt that dance was her true passion. She trained with Betty Webster, founder of the Eastern Shore Ballet Theater, and Elena Manakhova-Amy, the current owner of Salisbury Dance Academy, which has spawned 14 professional dancers in the past 15 years. Shelby also had the opportunity to train at the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C. as well as Maryland Youth Ballet. “Shelby was an outstanding student,” says Manakhova-Amy. Manakhova-Amy completed her PhD in ballet from Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg,
Salisbury native Shelby Traum dances with partner Andrei Kisselev. Photo by Ginger Springer
Russia. She performed professionally for several ballet companies throughout Russia and the United States for 15 years and has been teaching dance for more than 26 years.
“She came to me to learn when she was nine-years-old. She would always pay close attention and follow my lead, Continued to page four