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Vol. 2 No. 5 August 2015

RUNNING- Pushing hard for his downtown redevelopment plan, City Council President Jacob Day said he wanted to see the city center filled before sprawl was allowed to continue. See page five for a story on Day’s press conference to announce his candidacy for mayor of Salisbury. Photo by Tony Russo

Community Profiles

The Star spotlights the communities of Salisbury, Fruitland and Delmar and its businesses in the community profiles. Pages 6-16 NEW CULTURE- PRMC looks to implement a new culture for the future. Page 3 MIDDLE SCHOOL- New middle school to open in Fruitland this school year. Page 8 75 YEARS- Salisbury Jaycees prepare to celebrate 75 years of service. Page 15.

INDEX Bulletin Board ........................... 17 Business Digest ....................... 26 Business Directory..............34-35 Church ....................................... 33 Delegate Report .......................... 4 Dining on Delmarva.................. 22 Education ................................. 30 Entertainment ........................... 24 Health....................................36-37 Personnel File ........................... 27 Real Estate ...........................28-29 Salisbury University ................. 32 Shorebirds Spotlight ................ 19 Sports ...................................18-21 Student Profile .......................... 30 The Great Outdoors ................. 21 Veronica Correa........................ 38

PUZZLE- Aunsley Salyers, Ashley Simon, Kendea Maro, Brenna Foggo and Alexandra Mars puzzle out the answer to a riddle at the Escape Room booth during 3rd Friday as Tyler Simon looks on. Photo by Tony Russo

Delmar School District gears up for school year with new leaders

By Tony Russo

With the swearing in of new board of education member Ray Vincent and the hiring of two new administrators, the Delmar School District is well on its way to being fully staffed

by September. For now, though, they have plenty of new blood and long time experience and already have been moving forward in planning the 2015-2016 school year.

Charity Phillips, the new superintendent of schools for the district, said she was honored and humbled to have been selected. The longtime Delmar administrator has served in many capacities, so she is well armed to lead by experience and example going forward.

Phillips was selected following a search that considered candidates from all over the region after Dr. David Ring, who served the district for a decade,

left for a job in Baltimore to be closer to family. Earlier this year, before Ring knew he was going to have to resign, both Shawn Larrimore and Ashley Giska, the chief curriculum officer and high school principal, respectively, resigned their positions. Phillips was called upon to serve as assistant superintendent.

Only a few weeks after filling the vacancies created by Larrimore and Giska’s departure, Ring resigned and Phillips was called upon to run the show in his absence and during the superintendent search.

Since the reorganization, she has settled upon two new key administrators and expects to add a third to complete the team.

The two she brought on most recently are Nick Reece, who will be the high school assistant principal, and James Hesen, who will be his middle school

counterpart.

Reece comes to Delmar via South Carolina and Sussex Academy. A North Carolina native, he made his bones as an administrator south of his home, in Charleston, before heading much farther north last year to take a job as a teacher and athletic coach in Delaware.

He and his wife, Christine, who is a counselor, chose to bring their children closer to her family in Milford.

As an administrator, Reece said he feels as if his strengths lie in team building and communicating. Even though he has plenty of experience as a middle school administrator, this will be his first high school administration job.

It isn’t his first experience with highschoolers, though, having been a coach for a decade or so.

“I will miss coaching this year, Continued on page five

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PRMC prepares to implement new culture for the future

By Tony Russo

Hospitals all over the country are working on plans to accommodate the demands of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which has put new pressures on them but also created opportunities.

Recently, members of the Peninsula Regional Health System (PRHS) executive staff presented a plan to the board of directors that it will use to guide the hospital through the next five years called Vision 2020.

The details of the plan, which will be made available to the public in the coming weeks, outline an approach to medicine that will be the order of the day in the future--keep all but the very sick out of the hospital.

Without laying blame or providing excuses, the hospital staff recognizes that keeping the emergency room for emergency room use is one of the biggest incentives of both the ACA legislation and current Maryland regulations.

Chris Hall, the health system’s vice president of strategy and business development, explained that

Maryland regulations put a cap on the amount of revenue a hospital can make.

The good side for patients, he said, was that the law keeps private hospitals from being too interested in Maryland. The downside for the hospital is that as costs and demand increase, it has to get really creative with its plan for community care.

“Now that the field has been chalked for us, how do we play in that arena?” Hall said.

The answer is with a combination of diversification--providing more outpatient services that don’t fall under the cap--and cost-cutting methods.

Improving hospital efficiencies are the best ways for them to cut costs.

To that end, the hospital’s five year plan includes implementing more and better electronic records software.

The other way to cut costs is to help people be less sick. Providing more, and more diverse, outpatient services is part of that equation. Preventative care is the new watchword.

This means not only more investment and encouragement in the hospital’s wellness care practices, but also bet-

ter and more aggressive treatment for things like diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

Hall outlined a past where hospital care was separate from doctor’s visits and both were separated from convalescent or rehabilitative care.

In the new model, the hospital is part of the care continuum, but not the dominant, primary feature. By affecting a culture change, PRHS plans to take the first steps to returning a hospital visit to a special, rather than a routine, part of the patient experience.

Hall also spoke about the implications of the ACA for doctors, especially when it came to reporting and tracking medical records. The IT aspect of the requirements are pressuring a lot of doctors, who increasingly are responding by abandoning traditional practice for becoming health system employees.

This isn’t particular to PRHS but a countrywide phenomenon. Dr. Peggy Naleppa, health system president and CEO, predicted a not too distant future where nearly all doctors will be employed by the health system.

For now, though, there are a host

of complications with which both the private doctors and the health system generally have to contend with: not all their computers talk to one another.

The electronic records program used by PRHS is, for example, different from the one used by Nanticoke Health Systems. Peninsula, Nanticoke, Atlantic General in Berlin and Beebe Medical all have different offices in the same regions, and as they begin to bump up against one another, the hospitals are seeking a solution to the problem of cross patients.

PMHS, for example, has a primary care facility in Laurel, but in an emergency it is likely one of those health system patients will end up in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. At present it is a minor inconvenience but as hospitals look to cut costs with electronic efficiencies everyone involved understands the need to solve the irritation before in becomes a real problem.

Representatives of PRHS said they are already well underway in formulating a plan with their Delaware colleagues and expect to make an announcement about some tentative steps later this year.

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Serious and excited Day lays out mayoral vision

By Tony Russo There weren’t going to be too many surprises once City Council President Jacob Day took the stage last month to announce his candidacy for mayor of Salisbury. For one, it had been something of an open secret that Day was considering making the run and that Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton, who has been his ally, wasn’t likely to make another bid. For another, there were banners, tee shirts and even bottled water emblazoned with “Day for Mayor” on a striking blue field that also helped dull the surprise.

What was something of a surprise, however, was the naked enthusiasm with which Day described his platform. The man hasn’t been in office much more than a couple of years but has been part of what, as he was happy to point out himself, has been a revolution of a sorts in the Salisbury City Council.

When Day came aboard, the council’s headlines were more about interpersonal shenanigans than town business. It was something of a public embarrassment, but Day sought out allies and built coalitions in such a way that contention wasn’t banned from the chamber debates, it was just focused.

The Salisbury Council doesn’t get along as a matter of policy or practice, but rather there has been civility injected into discussion. The council feels more productive.

Day said he expects he will be able to expand this kind of culture as mayor, but it is no secret that he has a particular agenda and vision for the town and, as he described in his address to the Headquarters Live crowds during his platform

address, being mayor is the best way to make certain that vision is achieved.

The current mayor and council have already taken certain steps toward creating a re-envisioned Salisbury. Over the next three years, the downtown infrastructure will be rebuilt to include reliable high speed Internet service which is expected to improve the town’s profile in attracting business.

Besides and beyond that, Day has championed a development project aimed at completely revamping the area around the downtown plaza. The proposal, which has as many detractors as it has boosters, would add space for business and more apartments to the downtown area.

In his platform remarks, Day reiterated his commitment to this project, which very well could have implications for development around the rest of the city.

He pointedly spoke against continuing to build out before filling the downtown.

The tension between trying to get the town to fill rather than grow is omnipresent. Decades of sprawl are difficult enough to combat, but the culture that would rather sprawl than build can be tenacious.

Completely gutting the downtown will be inconvenient and, especially in the short term, unpleasant. In his remarks, Day addressed this reality by challenging people to embrace a longview in which Salisbury takes its place as a proper city and an economic capital. He recognized that it was a massive undertaking and that there are people who say things in Salisbury aren’t great.

“They aren’t wrong,” he said. “It’s hard to build great things against them.”

But he cited the Downtown Trolley, inaugurated just about a year ago, which

Aaron Twilley and Ashley Roe both committed to helping spread the word for Jake Day during his upcoming campaign. Photo by Tony Russo

Patty Young takes a moment to speak with Jake Day, who announced his candidacy for mayor of Salisbury on July 8. Photo by Tony Russo

connected the college to the downtown and has been held up as a centerpiece for the new Salisbury.

Day said it was placed on the city master plan in 1965 and listed as a priority on the 1981 plan. Accomplishing it took the will to ignore people who don’t have much higher expectations for the

city, and he credited his colleagues and the others who worked to finally get it done.

Using the trolley as a template, Day believes the city can be reimagined and reformed.

“I think over the last 26 months we’ve made quite a difference,” he said.

Salisbury Star Delegate Report

By Carl Anderton Maryland 38B Delegate

I’m often asked what happens when the Legislative Session in Annapolis ends. In our case, we have opened a district office, given out nearly 50 scholarships, and met with many businesses, community organizations, and elected officials.

On Friday, June 19, I opened my office in Suite 209 of the City Center on the Plaza in Salisbury. This location was key because it places our district office in close proximity to the offices of Wicomico County Executive Bob Culver, the Wicomico County Council, Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton, Salisbury City Council, Congressman Andy Harris, and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski.

It also allows a person to visit local, state, and federal government offices during one trip to the downtown plaza.

In Maryland both state delegates and state senators administer scholarships for Maryland residents who will either be attending a school in-state or have a unique major that is not offered by a Maryland institution. Our office is proud to have given out nearly 50 scholarships to local students. It’s an honor to help graduating high school seniors make the next step in their education as well as graduate students

looking to further their expertise, and adult students who are returning to school to augment their education.

With the end of the Carl Anderton legislative session the days of being in Annapolis daily are over, but our office has remained busy reaching out to local businesses, community organizations, and elected officials. We’ve toured several facilities, met with stakeholders, and shared many conversations about bills that are destined to become law as well as bills that failed.

In the coming weeks we will continue to meet with people about how Maryland can improve. I feel very blessed to be in a position to help our area and I encourage everyone to reach out to our office if you have an issue, concern, would like to offer feedback or criticism. I’m here to serve you and thank you for the opportunity.

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though,” he said.

Baltimore native Hesen has been living in Salisbury with his wife, Jennifer, for six years, but his experience with Delmar goes back to his college days.

One of his first experiences as a graduate student renting a place in town was to visit Delmar Pizza after a football game.

Support for the football team in Delmar remains mind-boggling to those who weren’t born there; for Hesen it was an immediate attraction.

He has worked around Wicomico

PAGE 5 County as a teacher at Bennett and WiHi and more recently was dean of students at Salisbury Middle School.

Hesen is able to build rapport with his colleagues as well as the students, which he cites among his greatest strengths.

“When I was a teacher, I saw the strengths and weaknesses of [the different schools],” he said.

He hopes to improve on things he’s seen elsewhere that didn’t work as well as they might have and use what did work well to his advantage.

Wildcat meet and greet

The Delmar School District will sponsor a “Wildcat Meet and Greet” which they’ve billed as an opportunity for Delmar parents, students and community members to meet the new administrative team.

The event is slated for 5 - 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 in Delmar School District Auditorium and will be attended by the new principals and assistant principals of the middle and high school as well as by new superintendent of schools Charity Phillips.

The newest administrative faces at Delmar James Hesen and Nick Reece, who will be the middle and high school assistant principals respectively, bring enthusiasm and experience to their new positions.

Delmar task force continues to seek better bi-state compromise

By Tony Russo

It’s been a long several months for the members of the Delmar Schools Project Team task force. The group, which grew out of local reaction to what many considered an ill-conceived redistricting plan has moved forward in helping both towns better deal with overcrowding at Delmar Elementary School.

Nicole Scharf, who is on the committee, said the group has met in each month since April and has made some real headway. The 13 member task force has poured over the numbers provided by both school districts and also looked into different legislative and political approaches to the difficulty faced by both the parents of Delmar Elementary School students and those who choose Delmar because of its school district.

“It’s been going pretty well,” Scharf said. “We’ve spoken with Charity Phillips, the new superintendent in Delmar, and she’d been very supportive.”

So far, the task force has accomplished several small but key assignments that, if nothing else, are acts of good faith. The group has established a website--www.DelmarParents.com--to ensure complete transparency for the community. The minutes of each meeting are posted online as well as the names of the task force members and contact information for the group.

Another critical thing the group has

accomplished is establishing a mechanism for detecting and eliminating fraud among students who claim to be Delmar residents but are, in fact, residents of surrounding towns.

While both are critical steps, they represent the low hanging fruit. In the coming months, the task force will have to find ways to set up a stable long term plan for the district.

In future meetings they will have educational analysts come and speak about potential ways to address Delmar’s space and distribution problems.

The group also has reached out to Maryland State Senator Jim Mathias and State Delegate Carl Anderton to have them come and speak on the matter.

“Our agendas are packed, but we’re getting a lot accomplished,” she said.

Delmar’s strength as a school system and a municipality always has been that the students, many of whom become permanent residents of the small state line town, spend much of their academic lives together. That approach has helped build and maintain cohesion in the town and promoted civic pride in a ways that is peculiar to Delmar.

“We’re tearing apart the bi-state agreement, looking for additional funding for building a new building, everything we can think of,” Scharf said.

“Our main concern is to figure out how we can keep Delmar kids where they are and not have to move them around.”

Writers may qualify for prize

Delmarva authors who publish a book in 2015 will be eligible for the Eastern Shore Writers Education Fund prize for $1,000. Book writers of any genre - fiction, non-fiction and poetry - are welcome to submit their work. Participants must be full-time or seasonal residents of the Peninsula.

Two honorable mentions will also be awarded. The deadline for submission is Nov. 15 and awards will be made in December. Judging the finalists will be David Harper of Chesapeake College. Details are available at www.easternshorewriter.org or via e-mail at sweeneygf@aol.com.

To join the contest, follow instructions on the website. A copy of the publication and $25 may be sent to G. F. Sweeney, 4227 Claylands Rd., Trappe, MD 21673.

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Despite growth, Fruitland continues to offer safe, family friendly living

By City Manager John Psota

As Fruitland’s city manager, I am honored and excited to be part of a dedicated team whose mission is to provide Fruitland residents with the best in municipal services, and to take part in the city’s continued growth.

Fruitland is home to more than 5,000 residents on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Neighboring south Salisbury, Fruitland maintains its traditional small town charm. City Hall is situated on a historical site originally called Disharoon’s Cross Roads because of the roads leading to Princess Anne, the Pocomoke River and Salisbury that predates the formation of Wicomico County. Where two stage coach routes between Accomac, Va, and Philadelphia, Pa., came together at a fork, a village clustered, becoming known in the 1820s as Forktown.

The railroad, arriving after the Civil War, shifted development and brought a change in name, in 1873, to Fruitland because of the quantity of fruit produced in the area. The town was incor-

Fruitland Profile

porated in 1947.

Fruitland, again selected by the Maryland Municipal League as a Banner City, is a separate, independent city, with its own water and wastewater treatment plant, both of which have received numerous awards and accolades for their efficient performance, and a public works department. The city has a technologically advanced police force that has resulted in a very low crime rate, particularly when compared with other jurisdictions.

The city is currently guided by a five member elected City Council: Council President Dodie Kerr, Treasurer Gloria Ortiz, Raymond Carey, Roland Palmer Sr., and Charles Nichols.

Within the past few years, this small town of about 3.5 square miles has been one of the fastest growing communities on the Eastern Shore. We are conveniently located near Salisbury University and The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). Fruitland’s

proximity to Salisbury has its advantages which include ready access to a variety of health services, educational institutions, shopping and entertainment.

Back at home, Fruitland residents enjoy all the aspects of gracious and friendly small-town living. The town has a vibrant business community, which in the past few years has experienced exceptional growth. To encourage further growth in the business and residential markets, the City Council approved a moratorium on impact fees for water and sewer; a potential $9,000 savings on new construction. Also, we now permit, by special exception, construction of residential units above commercial use along our main street.

Fruitland’s Chamber of Commerce is extremely active in highlighting the city’s business community. With its mission of “Bringing Unity to the Community,” the chamber, among other activities, sponsors the annual main street and City Hall Christmas Lighting, and the annual Easter parade. Additionally, it sponsors a college scholarship award.

Fruitland is home to three excellent schools - Fruitland Primary, Fruitland Intermediate and Bennett Middle School which is scheduled to open this fall. The city is proud to announce the recent annexation of the Crown Sports Center. Fruitland also boasts community oriented churches and several nonprofit organizations which enhance the livability of the town.

Fruitland has a 40-acre recreational park where baseball, softball, football, soccer and horseshoe facilities are available, as well as playgrounds, picnic pavilions and a walking trail with exercise stations. This park has quickly become one of the most sought after facilities on the Shore. Fruitland has had the privilege of hosting the USSSA World Series for the past five years.

Centrally located on the Delmarva Peninsula, Fruitland is about 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean on the east or the Chesapeake Bay on the west, and a little more than two hours from Baltimore, Md.; Norfolk, Va., or Washington, D.C. In between are several scenic rivers, all offering some of Wicomico County’s finest recreation. Sport fishing, sailing, swimming, waterskiing, canoeing or kayaking, windsurfing, and crabbing are only some of the nearby water activities available. If golf is your preference, some of the East Coast’s finest courses are also nearby and playable almost year-round because of the moderate climate.

Fruitland puts the emphasis on family. It’s a safe place to live, with a friendly community that’s second to none. Just one visit and you’ll see why Fruitland is a “Shore Pick.”

Visit us online at www.cityoffruitland.com, or call City Hall at 410-5482800 and see how some of the friendly folks there can help you. Better still, drive on down to Fruitland and visit us in person.

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• Main Street Flags & Lighted Christmas Decorations – changed seasonally to beautify Main Street.

• Salvation Army Bell Ringing – a fun time supporting a great cause that has become an annual tradition.

• Annual Christmas Lighting Ceremony at City Hall – held at City Hall the week after Thanksgiving, this event kicks off the holiday season with music, caroling and visits with Santa & Mrs. Claus delivered by the Fruitland Fire Department.

The Fruitland Chamber, consisting of 43 area businesses and the Board of Directors (led by President Jeff Merritt of Minuteman Press, Vice President Dave Pfingst of Etch Art Awards, Treasurer Paula Brown of First Shore Federal and Secretary Tina Callery of Mann & Gray Insurance) invite you to join and become an active member.

For more information, visit our website at www.fruitlandchamber.com.

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The Fruitland Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1992 with a mission of “Bringing Unity to the Community.”

Its focus is to help local businesses grow and prosper while making a positive impact in the community in which we live and serve.

General membership meetings are held at noon on the third Wednesday of each month (except July and August), providing an opportunity to learn from various guest speakers as well as network with members and visitors.

The chamber proudly sponsors the following annual events/programs: • Fruitland Chamber of Commerce College Scholarship Award – available to Fruitland residents who have been accepted as a full-time student at any University or Community College in Maryland. The deadline to apply is April 1.

• Citizen, Business, Police Officer & Fireman of the Year – Awarded each year at the chamber’s annual banquet in November to honor and recognize those individuals and businesses that go above and beyond for the Fruitland

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The Fruitland Chamber of Commerce is an active and growing chamber located in Fruitland, Maryland.

Our focus is to help our Business Community Grow and Prosper while making a positive impact in the community in which we live and serve.

“Bringing Unity to the Community”, is our mission, this guiding principle is part of our core. If your business would like to network, bring unity to our community and join the chamber, please contact us!

www.fruitlandchamber.com

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New Bennett Middle School scheduled to open this school year

By Al Higgins

Probably the biggest thing to happen in Fruitland in recent years is the construction of the new Bennett Middle School. Sitting on 36 acres off South Division Street, near Route 13 South, the school is designed to house nearly 1,000 kids in grades six through eight.

The school will also accommodate 130 teachers and staff.

The original Bennett Middle School was constructed in 1966 and consisted of 129,335 square feet. Due to its size constrictions, 12 portable classrooms were needed.

A 2005 feasibility study determined that the existing facility needed to be replaced due to physical limitations of the existing structure to accommodate new programs, inadequate HVAC, fire

The new Bennett Middle School in Fruitland is scheduled to open for the 2015-2016 school year.

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Shown is one of the hallways in the new Bennett Middle School.

First Shore Federal serves Fruitland First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association was founded in Salisbury in 1953. Over that period, it has grown to nine branches and over $300 million in total assets. The association’s ninth branch opened this year in Millsboro.

While the association has served the southern Wicomico area for 62 years, its Fruitland branch opened in the Fall of 2001.

Paula Brown, branch manager, is supported by a capable staff of Sharina Duffy, head teller, Robin Smith and Sam Girgenti tellers.

First Shore has achieved strong growth in capital and solid earnings while continuing to serve the financial needs of its members and the community. Despite a still-uneven local economy, the association’s credit quality has remained good.

In fact, First Shore ended 2014 with total capital of more than $40 million and a net worth ratio of 13.7 percent.

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Both measures are at record levels and significantly increased for the year, making First Shore one of the strongest financial institutions on the Eastern Shore.

The association has been recognized as a responsible community citizen for many years, holding a rating of “outstanding” for community reinvestment from its regulatory authority, the federal Office of the Controller of the Currency for the past 17 years.

The Fruitland branch is particularly active, supporting causes such as the Fruitland Community Center, March of Dimes, Junior Achievement and the Fruitland Chamber of Commerce.

“We are very proud of our Fruitland branch, and our service to the community,” said Marty Neat, president and CEO. “And we think our best years, and those of Fruitland lie ahead.”

an energy inefficient building enclosure coupled with compliance issues.

The new Bennett Middle School is designed to support and enhance the educational experience by addressing many of the instructional needs and physical requirements of a modern high performance school facility.

Some of the new features include geothermal HVAC, life safety measures, ADA accessibility, energy efficient lighting and controls, water conserving plumbing fixtures, site integrated storm water management and

technologically advanced instructional equipment. The project is designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification.

The school is comprised of 161,304 square feet which does not include the recreation fields that are currently being developed and readied for the school’s intramural sports program.

The State of Maryland contributed $30.5 million and Wicomico County’s share of the cost is $37.7 million for a new state of the art school that will meet the needs of area students well into the future.

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Apple Discount Drugs expands in Fruitland with new Diabetes clinic Services benefit Medicare, private insurance holders

COMCAST SPOTLIGHT HONORED - Comcast Spotlight received the Drug Free Wicomico Community Underage Drug Use Impact Award for 2014. The award was presented at the 15th Annual Wicomico County Underage Substance Use Reduction Awards Luncheon at Black Diamond Lodge on June 24. Comcast Spotlight was recognized for their leadership and commitment to reducing substance abuse and providing technical assistance to Prevention and Health Communications in Wicomico County. Accepting the award from George Whitehead, left, are Stephanie Willey, local sales manager; Sue Dalton, general sales manager; and Fred Baker, senior account executive. Stephanie and Fred are members of Drug Free Wicomico and the Prescription Drug Task Force.

Perdue Scholarship Awarded to Garrett Gordy of Salisbury Garrett Gordy, son of Gary and Christine Gordy of Salisbury, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms.

He received one of 15 scholarships given this year to children of Perdue employees and independent poultry producers. Winners were selected based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community involvement.

Gordy, whose father is an associate at Perdue’s Salisbury facility, will attend Salisbury University to pursue a degree in biology. He graduated from James M. Bennett Gordy High School, earning a weighted GPA of 4.35 Gordy earned a spot on the Honor Roll each of his four years. He was also named student of the month. He served as president of the Leo Club, vice president of the Spanish Honors Society and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Young Life.

He has also been active as a community volunteer.

“So far I’ve helped kids in the local activities like Lego league, Destination Imagination and Young Life. While I am here on the Lower Eastern Shore I plan to continue helping those kids,” he said.

But his long-term goal after studying to be a surgeon is to work and travel in developing countries. He said: “The United States is much better off than rest of the world and I want to be a part of change. Some Third World countries have many hardships and to be able to relieve some of that stress by providing health care would be amazing.”

Chefs for Habitat: A Culinary Celebration to take place Sept. 19

Chefs for Habitat: A Culinary Celebration is a fabulous party that raises money to build a home for a deserving low income family. Our chef’s committee has created a magical evening of fine food and festivities for Habitat’s sixth annual signature fundraising event. The event will feature tastings of the signature dishes of some of Delmarva’s most talented chefs, live and silent auctions featuring exclusive get-a-way trips, dinner parties, original works of art as well as an exciting Waiter’s Race.

The event will raise money to build a home at 425 Coles Circle for Habitat’s partner family, Melissa Bailey and her four children. Bailey has been volunteering on other Habitat Partner Family homes for the last two years and is very excited for construction to begin on her home. When the house is finished, Bailey will assume a 30 year, no interest mortgage from Habitat. The money Habitat raises in mortgages is invested in building more homes for new Habitat family partners.

For further information, visit www.chefsforhabitat.com or call 410-546-1551.

Apple Discount Drugs is pleased to announce the expansion of its clinical program offerings with the launch of Core Clinical Care.” Core Clinical Care is a clinic within Apple’s Fruitland location that provides specialized offerings in diabetes education and selfmanagement.

“We are very excited to roll out this new offering to the public,” said Jeff Sherr, president, Apple Discount Drugs.

“We know it will benefit both the Medicare population and the private insurance holders. Education is what it’s all about. If we can teach our community how to manage their diabetes sooner than later then we can prevent other health related conditions that are ignited by the disease. Our goal is to keep people healthy and living the quality of life they deserve.”

Apple’s Core Clinical Care unit will be capable of conducting and processing lab tests (as the first pharmacy in Maryland to hold a laboratory waiver) in addition to other diabetes services such as one-on-one and group counseling, diabetes products training and nutrition and life style education. The

Fruitland Profile benefit that makes Core Clinical Care stand out among other diabetes education programs is that not only will Medicare patients be covered - private insurance holders will be covered too.

Apple is also in the process of interviewing for a Nurse Practitioner position for the Core Clinical Care unit.

This individual, once hired will be responsible for reviewing patient charts and progress and intervening if necessary in the plan of care.

For more information on Core Clinical Care services call John Motsko at 410-749-8401, option five or e-mail him at john@appledrugs.com.

Apple Discount Drugs also provides unique offerings to customers through its Apple Med Sync, which enhances adherences to medications. Apple also offers vaccinations, durable medical equipment, oxygen and custom prepared medications for patients and pets.

It truly is a one stop shop for all your healthcare needs.

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Crazy Louie’s celebrates new location in Fruitland

By Carol Kinsley

You never know what you’re going to find at Crazy Louie’s Pawn Shops.

With three locations, the selection is always varied.

If you’re not just browsing but looking for something in particular that isn’t in stock in one store, staff will contact the other two locations in search of your particular treasure, whether it’s a computer, musical instrument, television, video game system, DJ equipment, tool, camera or collectible item.

“We have pretty much everything but groceries and toilet paper,” said Chet Cornman, manager.

To better serve customers at the southern end of Delmarva, a new location recently was opened in Fruitland at 107 N. Fruitland Blvd. There are two locations in Salisbury, at 2614 N. Salisbury Blvd. and 124 South Blvd. All the stores open at 10 a.m. seven days a week. The North Salisbury location remains open until 7 p.m.; the other two close at 6 p.m.

Crazy Louie’s is a good place to buy things, Cornman said. “You get a great deal on computers, for example.

We have them at one-third the price of new.”

The stores also have some new items ordered to meet demand. There’s a good market for silver coins and for

The ribbon cutting ceremony for Crazy Louie’s Pawn Shops newest location in Fruitland was attended by area business leaders, politicians and store managers Kris Lane and Chet Cornman.

silver bars which are ordered from mints, Cornman continued. “Silver is big right now. People think it’s a good time to buy.

“Gold continues to be a big item for us. We pay cash on the spot; you don’t have to wait for a check. Even broken jewelry can be turned into money — and then you can buy another piece from our display.”

Cornman explained how pawning works. “You borrow money for a month, with an item for collateral.

Sometimes pawning is a person’s only option to get a small loan to cover an immediate need. It’s a good alternative to a personal or bank loan; just come in

and pawn.”

Within a month, you return and repay the loan plus a service charge and pick up your item. Or, you can sell it outright.

Unlike popular television shows about pawn shops, Crazy Louie’s doesn’t call in experts to evaluate items. “We’re pretty much the experts,” Cornman said.

The shows, however, “have been great for us,” he said. “They’ve made the pawn industry seem like a friendly place.”

Pawn shops used to have a negative stigma. “That’s not even close to reality,” Cornman said. “We have licenses,

Fruitland Profile rules, laws to follow, and we do, to the letter.

For example, with gold, we have to get a lot of information. Everything we purchase or give a loan on, we have to report to an agency that tracks that.”

Stop in and see what’s available today, or send an email to CrazyLouies@ gmail.com.

For the northernmost location, call 410-543-1392; for southern Salisbury, call 410-742-7296; for Fruitland, call 443-358-5815.

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Courtesy ‘family’ continues to serve community Mr. Go Glass has served area for over 33 years

By Ray Nordstrom

Courtesy Chevrolet Cadillac in Salisbury employs about 50 folks and provides products and services for our customers. My father, Clyde Nordstrom Sr., told me on more than one occasion that if you made a living doing business in a community, you have an obligation to give something back to that community. He reasoned that small business people working together had the potential to make a community a more vibrant, less vulnerable, and a better place to live.

That’s true now more than ever.

I’m from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. I got a lot of responsibility at a young age from the Marines Corps. And so it was that I was president of the local chamber at 25, on the board of a few non-profits at 26 and on the church vestry at 28. It wasn’t that I was such a good leader it’s that there weren’t many people to take leadership roles. Those of you who run family businesses know the above scenario well.

Standard wisdom says that only 5% of the population will ever step into leadership roles in their communities. My personal observation is that this is true. This comes from years of seeing the same folks at all kinds of community organization meetings where worthwhile projects for the future are put in motion. Something else I’ve observed is many of the people that show up at these meetings run family businesses. Who else has a

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History of Courtesy Chevrolet Caddillac- My father bought a small Chevrolet dealership in Exmore, Virginia in 1964.

He had never been in the automobile business before so the learning curve for him was pretty steep. One thing he believed in was to be able to service what was sold. I succeeded him in 1970 when I returned from my time in the Marines.

Dad had developed Parkinson’s and it was difficult for him to carry on.

In 1976 I sold the Exmore dealership and moved to Pocomoke City where I still own Midway. I purchased Oliphant Chevrolet in 1987 renaming it Courtesy Chevrolet and adding Cadillac in 1994.

Along the way I have adhered to my father’s belief that you need to service what you sell. As a result we added a state of the art spacious service addition in 2007. Today, Courtesy has the largest General Motors Service and Parts Departments between Wilmington and Norfolk. Our technicians are among the most highly trained in the nation and our Customer Satisfaction Index among the best in our GM region. We service approximately 1,200 vehicles a month with a capacity to do more.

Ours is a family business and the people who are my associates at Courtesy are part of my extended family. We love selling our outstanding automobiles and trucks and we love servicing everyone.

Mr. Go-Glass is a family-owned, full line glass company that has been serving the Delmarva Peninsula’s home, auto, and business glass needs for over 33 years. The company has six locations: Easton, Ocean Pines, and Salisbury; Dover and Lewes, Del.; and Accomac, Va. The company is insurance-approved and recommended, and features both windshield repair and replacement services on both a mobile and in shop basis. Mr. Go-Glass is home of the unique “Unbreakable Windshield Guarantee” – free for the asking on all eligible consumer-paid windshield installations.

Mr. Go-Glass is a charter member of the Auto Glass Safety Council (AGSC) and a member of the National Windshield Repair Association. All Mr. Go-Glass auto glass technicians are certified to the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS), and are required to undergo periodic adhesivespecific training.

Custom shower door and mirror installation, table top glass, glass shelves, patio table glass, patio doors, patio door glass, patio door roller replacement, glass and mirror etching, plexiglass and polycarbonate, replacement windows, and screen repair are among the residential and commercial products and services offered. The company offers free estimates on an in home, phone, and web inquiry/email basis.

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Mr. Go-Glass custom fabricates its own brand of insulated glass - Lindepane - at its Salisbury facility. It’s the only Delmarva Peninsula-based company to feature both a Billco roller press combined with a CR Laurence vertical glass washer - assuring the customer of both a quick turnaround and a quality product. Professional purchasing agents, government agencies, and others have specified Lindepane over the years.

The company also performs commercial storefront installation and glass replacement/service work, including new construction, pivot and hinge replacement, and door glass replacement.

Mr. Go-Glass performs extensive background checks on new hires and maintains a drug free workplace. Team member turnover is low compared to industry averages, with several team members employed for over 15, 20, and 25 years. Mr. Go-Glass supports various community organizations and has successfully competed in the Salisbury area “Small Business of the Year” awards over the years.

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City of Salisbury makes progress Sherwood of Salisbury offers its on current infrastructure projects customers free oil change for life

By Tony Russo

Over the last few years, the city of Salisbury has worked to coordinate projects that will change the way it looks and operates forever.

This year it began both implementing and funding those projects, completing some but inaugurating many more.

In this story we look at some of the projects and policies that made up this year’s Salisbury progress.

Paying for projects isn’t always easy, but this year the town added a $20 stormwater utility fee to help cover the expense of making the changes needed to help combat stormwater runoff and deal with state and federal requirements regarding the maintenance of the water diffusion system.

In April, the town completed the bioretention area, a stormwater management project between the Wicomico River and Parking Lot 12 near the Market Street Inn. The bioretention area includes under-drains and special soil to better filter water before it makes it into the Wicomico River.

For the past few decades, stormwater retention ponds have been the primary solution for storing rainwater and reducing pollutants and runoff, but increas-

ingly, these ponds are an inefficient use of land. Bioretention areas are at least as efficient, though in some cases they are more so, as stormwater management ponds are less invasive. Except for the plaque the town erected acknowledging the area, the Parking Lot 12 bioretention area is completely unremarkable, which is what makes it so special.

Going forward, the town expects to increasingly use these as solutions for both beautification and land use efficiency.

The town also will invest (with the help of state and federal grants and loans) $50 million in its wastewater treatment plant. The plant will feature an enhanced nutrient removal system (ENR) that will exceed state ENR guidelines by 2017.

The Main Street master plan is 95 percent complete and by late this fall the town expects to have the earliest construction underway. Set to be implemented in three pieces, the first part calls for the complete replacement of all infrastructure on Main Street from the Division Street to Route 13.

Construction will take place block by block to minimize the inconvenience and likely include the installation of fiber optic cables under an agreement with Maryland Broadband Coopera-

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Sherwood of Salisbury is going all out for its customers, offering a free “Oil Change for Life” program and a rewards program which accumulates points toward future expenses.

Matt Romanowski, general manager, explained how the “Oil Change for Life” program works. “Anyone who purchases a new or preowned vehicle from us gets free oil changes (for as long as you own the vehicle), free tire rotation and a lifetime engine guarantee.

If something happens to the engine, we cover it.”

The rewards system accrues points anytime you use the service department, even for free oil changes. “You can use the points toward future service or the purchase of a vehicle down the road,” he explained.

“These programs are about three years old, and when you talk to consumers, they absolutely love it. The service department loves it, too, because it brings the customers back. Having tive. Although the deal hasn’t yet been inked, the city council approved the funding last month. Construction is estimated to last about a year and be the first of a three-phase, three year long

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To help keep your vehicle on the road, Sherwood established a quick lube service center that gets your car in and out in 30 to 45 minutes.

“Because of these programs, our business is growing, so we are looking for good people to hire,” Romanowski added. “We need sales associates, preferably someone who has never sold before, whom we can train, and, with the growth of our service department, we need technicians.”

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Salisbury Jaycees prepare to celebrate 75 years of service

By Tony Russo

When the Jaycees organization was first chartered in Maryland 75 years ago, Salisbury was among the first places to charter a club. Since then the Salisbury Jaycees have remained one of the strongest civic organizations, especially when turnover rate is taken into consideration.

Jaycees are young professionals and although there is no Logan’s Run aspect to it, when you’re no longer a “young” professional, you move on to different civic organizations with no upper age limit.

Emily Nock, who is the Salisbury Jaycees Chairwoman of the Board attributes the group’s longevity to the level of engagement it provides those who join. The group has at least one civic engagement project every month as well as ample social opportunities.

For young professionals getting out with others is more of a challenge than it was when they were in college. Even though many of them haven’t been students in a decade, The Jaycees remain the best way to have an organized, productive and engaged social life.

The club’s size (with 56 active members, Salisbury has the largest club in the state) Nock attributes to the city itself, particularly the revitalization projects.

“There has been a resurgence of

pride and people want to get involved in that,” she said.

The Jaycees staff the beer garden during the 3rd Friday festivals and regularly participate in the other city wide events.

As they prepare for their 75th Anniversary, the group is reaching out to past members who might have an interest in catching up with their former colleagues. Additionally, they hope some people have old Jaycee memorabilia they are willing to lend or donate to the group.

Nock said the group hopes to have a trophy case installed at the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce building with the plaques and awards the group has been honored with over the last three quarters of a century.

“We’re really proud of the organization, that it has lasted so long,” she said.

As someone who has been a committed member of the group, and has benefitted significantly in her social life from it, Nock imagines former Jaycees who haven’t stayed involved with other community projects will be interested in reconnecting with the group.

“It’s really a great organization, she said. “I have friends who I never would have met if not for the Jaycees.”

Nock has served on the state board and has made connections nationwide as a result of her work for the group and attending Jaycees conferences.

Jaycee members Emily Nock, Lacey Coleman and Samantha Chesley at last year’s Main Street decoration event, one of the many Jaycees volunteer events to benefit the community. The civic group is celebrating 75 years of service this year. Photo by Tony Russo

Salisbury progress continued a floating dock that can be used as a kayak launch and the installation of a building for kayak storage.

As part of the continuing improvements along the riverwalk, the city will resurface the entire length of both sides and install new sidewalks where they are uneven or cracked.

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Town of Delmar finishes up small Bryan and Brittingham opened its doors projects, prepares for new major in Delmar more than 60 years ago

By Tony Russo

If 2013 was the year of major renovations and projects for the Town of Delmar, 2014 was a punch list, a mixture of finishing up small projects and preparing for new major ones. It was a good year for Delmar parks.

Following a year wherein playground equipment was replaced in Gordy Park, the town undertook reconstruction of the concession stand. The new concession stand will have more room and be more stable. The work, which was initiated last year, is expected to be finished in the spring.

In Mason Dixon Park, two projects were completed that enhanced the public’s enjoyment. Late in the summer, the men’s softball field got a major upgrade as the fence was replaced with a much higher one. This made it more difficult for players to hit home runs and increased the level of competition.

Although it took a little while to complete, by the end of fall the park had a new playground with upgraded equipment.

The playground in the park had been deemed dangerous and taken down in 2013.

More recently, the park was further enhanced with the addition of benches where parents and caregivers can sit comfortable and close to the play area. The new play area is raised and filled with softwood mulch to absorb the shock of trips and falls.

The town also received state awards to build sidewalks under the Safe Routes to School program. Although the precise sites have yet to be determined, sidewalk installation is an important part of the town’s plan for the coming year. Recently, concerns about where students cross the road have been brought to the town council. Additionally, many of the town sidewalks will have to be made ADA compliant.

As the financial recovery in the housing market continued, several pending and ongoing developments continued. Housing in Heron Ponds continued to be built at a significant pace, and Yorkshire Estates, the development along Stage Road, saw an amount of new building.

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ect after the collapse of the rear of a building on the corner of State Street and Pennsylvania Avenue sured the building up. Although new businesses moved in to several of the surrounding buildings and into some of the shops in the downtown area, no plans have been announced for that rehabilitated structure.

The Amphitheater at Heron Ponds had a busy year, hosting several concert and motor vehicle events and setting the stage for more to come in the future.

Beautification work around town continued as the street scape on Pennsylvania Avenue, which included plantings, signage and street lights was completed. Additionally tree planting in the State Street Park was among the completed beautification projects undertaken by the town.

A lot of the work completed had to do with water with a significant water main upgrade between 10th and Seventh Streets along Grove Street on the Delaware side. Similarly, water and sewer work was completed along Walnut Street as the paving project of that road was completed.

Among the most important of the water work was the town’s decision to initiate a study of the water treatment plant upgrade cost. The town has a number of lines and manholes that have to be replaced and is looking into two possible ways to accomplish the work. The first alternative is to use slip lines, which go around failing lines to keep them stable. The second is a full scale replacement. In addition to costing out the project, the town also has begun looking into possible state funding for the line replacement.

This month the town continues its road paving revamp project partnering with the state to use the repaving project along State Street to bolster its work on 8th and 9th Streets in Delaware and Maryland alike.

Recently the Maryland Department of Natural Resources lobbied the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to allow the town’s proposed well to be drilled. Delaware standards had changed since the initial approval but Maryland’s hadn’t.

Work on the well was to begin this month.

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Since Bryan and Brittingham opened its doors over 60 years ago, it has been associated with Purina and have understood that this partnership brings knowledge and value to their customers.

The business was started by Bill Bryan and Reese Brittingham and serviced many local chicken farms on the shore for Purina.

In 1961, Bob Messick Sr. went to work for his uncle, Reese Brittingham, and in 1971, he and his wife June, purchased the store and have expanded the store in many ways over the years.

Their children, Robin and Bobby, grew up in the feed business and as the years have passed, the family’s commitment has continued to grow.

The building was 2,300 square feet when purchased in 1971 and with several additions over the years, it consists of over 10,000 square feet of warehouse space and over 4,000 square feet of retail.

With each expansion, new product lines were added and existing ones were broadened.

As a Purina Expert Dealer, Bryan and Brittingham is required to carry over 80 percent of the many products Purina makes and to be knowledgeable on each of these.

In addition to carrying Purina, the

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The staff at Bryan and Brittingham strives to offer courteous, knowledgeable, fast and friendly service. In some ways it is a step back in time, with the wooden floors and garden seeds weighed up from old glass jars, but don’t be surprised to find just what you are looking for to fill your needs of today.

The store is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 846-9500 or visit their website at www.bryanandbrittingham. com and, while there, sign up to receive their monthly e-newsletter and checkout their monthly sale flyer or like them on Facebook.

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OC BikeFest is Sept. 17-19

OC BikeFest’s Customization in America (CIA) Invitational Bike Show comes to Ocean City Thursday, Sept.

17 - Saturday, Sept. 19, to showcase award-winning custom bikes from nationally-recognized East Coast builders.

Presenting sponsor is Rommel Harley-Davidson which will also have activities at their Seaford, Del., location and 2016 motorcycles for sale at the Ocean City Convention Center.

The show will highlight two competition classes including FreeStyle and Custom Retro. The winner at the OC BikeFest receives an automatic bid to the Championship of the Americas in Orlando. If they win there, they receive a bid and transportation funds to ship their bike to the prestigious 2016 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building held bi-annually in Germany.

The inlet will also have internationally recognized headliners such as Great White and KIX co-heading on Thursday. REO Speedwagon will perform on Friday and The Doobie Brothers on Saturday.

For more information and tickets and event passes, visit OCBikeFest.com and DelmarvaBikeWeek.com.

Farm Transition Workshop

A one-day workshop will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the University of Maryland Extension office in Salisbury for those agricultural producers interested in learning the components that go into a successful farm transition.

Keeping the Farm in the Family: Tips on Farm Transition Planning will involve a single day workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop will focus on business and personal goal setting, financial analysis, human resources, family communications, and estate planning. The workshop will feature Dale Johnson, farm management specialist, and Paul Goeringer, extension legal specialist, both with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Cost is $10/person and includes a lunch and refreshments. To register, contact Jarrod Miller at the Somerset County Extension Office, 410-6511350.

National Night Out Block Party

The Fruitland Police Department will hold its annual National Night Out against crime and drugs block party from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at

the Fruitland Little League complex.

This event is designed to promote law enforcement relations with the community. There will be food, fellowship, entertainment and activities for all attendees.

Paint Nite benefit

The Salisbury Jaycees will host Paint Nite to benefit the construction of a reading garden at East Salisbury Elementary School as part of the chapter’s Adopt-a-School program, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Evolution Craft Brewing Co., 201 E. Vine St. Participants will join artist Annette Plitman to paint a cherry tree with a blue moon background. Food and beverages will be available. No prior painting experience is necessary.

Tickets are $45 per person. The event is limited to 50 seats. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.paintnite.com/pages/events/view/ delaware/897084.

Participants are encouraged to wear purple for domestic violence awareness.

Medals will be awarded for first, second and third place male and female finishers in adult and youth categories.

For more information, contact Janell Hale at 410-749-8111, ext. 702 or jhale@lifecrisiscenter.org.

New exhibits at SU Galleries

A new resource for families is coming to the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From the creators of the Coastal Kids Consignment Sale, the new Delmarva Kids Expo brings together family-friendly businesses, nonprofits and other community resource tools in one location.

While parents, grandparents and parents-to-be explore the resources available, children can enjoy games, bouncing and interactive demos. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase.

Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children (ages two and under are free). Resource providers interested in exhibiting can visit www.delmarvakidsexpo.com for information and pricing or call 410-603-3925 to reserve their space.

Salisbury University Art Galleries celebrates the natural beauty of the United States during the exhibit “The Great American Landscape: Photographs by Ansel Adams, George Alexander Grant, Eliot Porter and the National Park Service.”

The exhibition is on display Aug. 12Oct. 10 at the SU Art Galleries Downtown Campus. A reception and book signing with guidebook authors Ren and Helen Davis is 5-7 p.m. Sept. 18 during the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District’s monthly 3rd Friday celebration.

Ren and Helen Davis are co-authors of the book Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service, scheduled for release this September.

Salisbury University graphic design alumni Sarah O’Malley, Cory Parks, Andy Smith and Luke Sohl showcase their works during the exhibit “It’s Fine” Aug. 12-Oct. 17 at the SU Art Galleries Downtown Campus.

An artist lecture is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. A reception is 5-7 p.m.

Sept. 18 during the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District’s monthly 3rd Friday celebration.

The exhibit represents an experiment in pushing boundaries, blurring the dividing line between graphic and fine art.

The artists hope to challenge the audience’s understanding of graphic design.

Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free and the public is invited.

Life Crisis Center 5K

Rotary Club stuffs book bags

Delmarva Kids Expo

Run to raise awareness for domestic violence at the Life Crisis Center 5K and 1 Mile Walk at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, on the trails of Pemberton Park in Salisbury.

5K participants registered by Sept.

15 will receive a t-shirt. Fees are $15 for pre-registration and $20 after Sept.

15. One mile entry fees are $10 for preregistration and $15 after Sept. 15. Children ages 5 and under are free. Register at www.active.com. Race day registration begins at 8 a.m.

The Rotary Club of Salisbury, the Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Wicomico County invite all Delmarva residents to join them in stuffing the book bags of underprivileged children this fall. On Saturday, Aug. 8, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., members of all three Rotary clubs will be outside the K-Mart at Route 50 and Tilghman Road in Salisbury collecting items for the clubs’ annual “Back to School Backpack Project.”

On Saturday, Aug. 22, backpacks

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will be given away to deserving children at the Christian Shelter, 334 Barclay Street in Salisbury. Any family with a child in need of a backpack for the new school year but without the funds to make that purchase is invited to attend.

The backpack giveaway is scheduled from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. or while supplies last, and the child must attend with a parent to receive a backpack.

Contact Rotary Club of Salisbury member Marie Calafiura at mbcalafiura@gmail.com or at 410-543-0182 for more information.

Free entrepreneurship training

Registration is available for the next class of Project Opportunity, a free 10-week intensive course that offers training, outreach services, technical assistance and financing opportunities to veterans who are considering starting a business or expanding their current small business as an alternative to traditional employment. Coursework covers everything from fine tuning a business plan to locating resources to launching a business.

Training is provided at no charge but space is limited. Register online at www.project-opportunity.com or via email at joe.giordano@project-opportunity.com. For more information, call Joe Giordano at 410-860-6664.

Salisbury Super Soapbox Spectacular The sixth annual Salisbury Super Soapbox Spectacular will take place form noon-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the city parking garage on Market Street.

Co-sponsored by the Salisbury Jaycees and St. Francis De Sales Boy Scout Troop 185, the entry fee is $10 per racer. The winner receives a trophy, a $25 gift card to a local store and 50 percent of the registration fees. Teams may be comprised of children, adults or a combination thereof.

Cars entered in the derby must have a braking system and the ability to be launched from a 4-foot ramp and make right turns. The wheel base of all cars must be at least 2.5 times the ground clearance to prevent overturning. Cars must be sturdy enough to compete in at least six competition heats. Drivers must wear helmets.

Admission for spectators is free, and the public is invited. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Proceeds benefit summer camp scholarships for members of Troop 185.

For entry packets and additional vehicle specifications, contact Race Commissioner Tom Taylor at 443-260-0790 or taylortok@yahoo.com.

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Sports

Delmar’s Jaden Shelton slides into second base with a double during his team’s 18-2 win over West Salisbury in the Maryland District 8 10-11 year-old championship. Photo by Mike McClure

West Salisbury’s Jackson Gray pitches to a Delmar batter during the Maryland District 8 10-11 year-old baseball championship. Photo by Mike McClure

Delmar 10-11 year-old baseball team wins Maryland District 8 championship

By Mike McClure

After falling to West Salisbury in the Maryland District 8 10-11 year-old baseball tournament opener, 14-3, Delmar reeled off three straight wins including a 12-9 victory over West Salisbury to force one final game between the two teams.

In the championship, Delmar scored three runs in the first inning before erupting for 14 runs in the fifth for an 18-2 win and the district championship.

Despite playing at home, Delmar opened the game at the plate and scored three runs. Trent Kemp was hit by a pitch and scored on a two-run home run

by Jaden Shelton. Dylan Rodriguez followed with a solo shot to help his team to a 3-0 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, Braiden Anderson hit a leadoff double and Colby Byer added an infield single to put runners on the corners. Delmar turned a 6-4-3 double play with the runner holding at third base. Chase Dixon later doubled in a run before being thrown out at third (3-1).

Delmar hurler Chance Wells issued a pair of walks to open the second inning but pitched out of the jam, getting a groundout and a strikeout before the runner at second was picked off to end

the threat. West Salisbury made some noise in the bottom of the third when Anthony Bell walked, Anderson singled, Byer reached on a fielder’s choice as Anderson was forced out at second, and Chase Dixon drew a walk to load the bases. Wells got a groundout to leave the ducks on the pond and keep Delmar up by three.

Kyle Smithhart doubled and scored on a double by Wells in the top of the fourth before Wells sent West Salisbury down in order in the bottom of the inning. Delmar put the game away in the fifth by batting around and scoring 14 runs.

Shelton hit a two-run single to score Cyle Littleton (hit by pitch) and Kemp (single); Rodriguez doubled in Shelton; Zach Causey singled in Rodriguez and Smithhart (walk); Littleton came back around in the lineup and singled in a run; and hits by Shelton and Rodriguez and three errors helped give Delmar a 14-1 lead.

Delmar added four more runs on a pair of wild pitches, an RBI single by Chase Timmons and an error.

West Salisbury put a run on the board in the bottom of the fifth as Jackson Gray singled in Anderson but Delmar held on to win, 18-2, to win the Maryland District 8 title.

Trent Kemp rounds third and comes home for one of Delmar’s 18 runs in a home win over West Salisbury in 10-11 year-old baseball play. Photo by Mike McClure

Faith Baptist School Second Annual Soccer Clinic Faith Baptist School’s Second Annual Soccer Clinic will take place Monday, Aug. 17 through Wednesday, Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. The clinic will be held at 30505 Dagsboro Rd. in Salisbury and costs $10 per day or $25 for all three days. The clinic is open to students in grades 7-12, all skill levels are invited to participate.

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Wilkerson shines in second pro season, first with the Shorebirds

By Mike McClure

Delmar’s Dylan Pasta struck out 10 batters in his team’s 14-1 win over West Salisbury in the Maryland District 8 championship game. Photo by Mike McClure

Delmar Major League all-star baseball team wins District 8

What a difference a year makes for Delmarva Shorebirds second baseman Stephen Wilkerson. Wilkerson, in his second pro season, is hitting .293 (78266) with 12 doubles, four triples, 51 runs, and 10 steals in 72 games with the Shorebirds (as of July 26). That comes after batting .190 in 60 games with Aberdeen of the New York Penn League last season.

Wilkerson chalks it up to “coming up with a plan and sticking to it through the ups and the downs.” That and spending a large part of the season hitting second behind leadoff hitter Jay Gonzalez, who is now with the Frederick Keys.

“Hitting behind him was great.

He was on base all the time and that opened things up for me to use different aspects of my game,” said Wilkerson.

The 23 year-old was born in Roswell, Ga. and grew up in the area, just north of Atlanta. Wilkerson was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the 2014 draft out of Clemson University.

“I think there’s advantages of both (being drafted out of high school and playing pro ball or playing college baseball and then being drafted),” Wilkerson said. “College is also a good

By Mike McClure

The Delmar Major League all-star baseball team defeated West Salisbury, 14-1, in the Maryland District 8 championship game last Friday in Delmar.

Delmar finished 4-0 in tournament play and will move on to the state tournament.

Delmar pitcher Dylan Pasta helped his own cause with a two-run home run to plate Luke Waters (walk) in the top of the first. In the top of the second, Waters and Khalik Beasley singled and scored on Pasta’s second home run of the night. Caden Parker also singled and scored a run for a 6-0 advantage.

Pasta sent West Salisbury down in order in the bottom of the second, striking out five batters. Waters hit an RBI double in the third inning to up Delmar’s lead to 7-0.

West Salisbury’s Paul Oscar hit a leadoff home run in the top of the third for his team’s first hit against Pasta.

Pasta pitched a 1-2-3 fourth inning, notching his seventh strikeout of the game.

Delmar plated seven more runs in the top of the fifth for a 14-1 lead.

Parker hit an RBI single and Roystuart added a two-run double in the inning.

Pasta tallied three more strikeouts in the bottom of the fifth to seal Delmar’s win. Pasta recorded 10 strikeouts in five innings.

West Salisbury’s Paul Oscar rounds the bases after homering for West Salisbury in a game played in Delmar.

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Delmarva Shorebirds second baseman Stephen Wilkerson throws to first for the out during a game earlier this season. Photo courtesy of the Delmarva Shorebirds

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route just to mature. It gave me a good base for baseball and outside of baseball.”

Wilkerson has played on both sides of second base, playing shortstop in high school and second base in college.

He also played some shortstop in the Cape Cod League and in the pros, but he enjoys playing second base. “I really like turning double plays from the second base position. I think that’s one of the more exciting parts of the game,” said Wilkerson.

Stephen was a communications major at Clemson and wants to do something in that field after baseball.

His grandfather, Richard Colvin, played professionally in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Another grandfather played football at the University of Southern California (USC).

Wilkerson played high school football, but when his baseball team won a state championship in his junior year scouts started to come to see the team’s players. “It kind of took off from there,” Wilkerson said.

Wilkerson has enjoyed living in the Salisbury area and playing for the Shorebirds this season. Playing in the Orioles organization also been a good experience for him. “I really couldn’t ask for more. Both of my managers have been really great to work with,” said Wilkerson.

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Salisbury University sports notes

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America revealed its Scholar All-America Teams for the Spring 2015 semester, which not only saw the Salisbury University men’s and women’s swimming teams earn the honor, but Salisbury’s women had one of the highest team GPAs in the nation.

The Scholar All-America Teams are honored for having a team grade-point average of at least 3.0 for the semester with a CSCAA-record 406 programs being recognized with the accolade.

The Salisbury women, with a 3.63 GPA for the spring semester, held the eighth-highest GPA in Division III this past spring, while only four Division I and II teams had a higher GPA, as well.

The Salisbury men qualified for the recognition with a 3.05 team GPA. Campbell named Most Outstanding Performer- Salisbury University men’s track and field junior Luke Campbell was named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Division III Outdoor National Championship men’s track Most Outstanding Performer.

At the NCAA Division III outdoor track & field national championships that took place from May 21-23, Campbell tallied his third-straight 110-meter hurdles and second-straight 400-meter hurdles national championships, while anchoring Salisbury’s fifth-place 4x400-meter and sixth-place 4x100meter relay teams. Both relay teams set school records at the meet, while Campbell set the stadium record for St. Lawrence University’s Merrick-Pinkard Track in the 400 hurdles (50.57 seconds) and the Salisbury all-conditions school record in the 110 hurdles (13.63 seconds) Each year, the USTFCCCA honors the Outstanding Performers of the Meet at both of the national Division III championships.

Winners are determined using a formula that takes into account team points scored plus meet records (five additional points), Division III seasonbests (three points) and facility records (one point).

Campbell earned 25.75 points for his efforts to earn the honor. This season was the Brunswick, Md. native’s second-straight year of sweeping the three hurdles national championships, as he won the indoor 60-meter hurdles championships during the winter season. Campbell’s tally now sits at seven total national championships and 11 All-American honors.

SU student-athletes also excel in classroom- After another successful athletic season, Salisbury University student-athletes continue to show that they excel, not only on the field, but also in the classroom. The Sea Gulls finished second in the Capital Athletic Conference with 199 students earning the honor.

To be eligible, a student-athlete participating in at least one of the league’s 21 championships sports must achieve a 3.2 grade-point average or better for the

2014-15 academic year.

Along with having the secondhighest total number of student-athletes on the list, Salisbury finished third in the CAC by having 50.1 percent of eligible students earn a spot on the AllAcademic team.

Women’s track and field team honored- The Salisbury University women’s track and field team was honored as a United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Division III All-Academic team for the 2015 season, while sophomore Meghan McGowan, senior Thomas Burke, and freshman Zach Schmelz were named All-Academic individuals.

The Sea Gull women’s team finished the year with a cumulative 3.20 gradepoint average, after a successful 2015 athletic season that saw the team finish second at the Capital Athletic Conference championships for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. To be honored as an All-Academic team, teams must finish the year with a GPA of 3.10 or higher, with a total of 170 women’s teams earning the distinction.

McGowan was the women’s team’s representative at the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division III national championship meets, earning All-American status in the high jump during the indoor season with a 5’ 5” leap for fifth. She tied for seventh in the country with a 5’ 6.5” jump heading into the indoor championships, before besting that with a 5’ 8” leap in the outdoor season to tie for fourth in the country heading into the outdoor championships. She holds the school record in the event for both seasons.

In order to qualify as an All-Academic individual, student-athletes must hold a GPA of 3.30 or higher, while competing in an indoor or outdoor NCAA championship or ranking in the top 35 in the country during the regular season of an individual event or the top 25 of a relay event. McGowan was oneof-420 women to earn the award.

For the Salisbury men, Burke finished the year tied for 27th in the country in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.18.

Schmelz was a part of two relay teams that competed at the outdoor national championships for the Salisbury men, earning All-American status in both races. During the regular season, Schmelz competed with the SU 4x100meter relay team that ranked 11th in the country with a 41.24-second time.

He also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that held 13th in the nation in 3:14.03.

MAJOR SOFTBALL CHAMPS- Shown (l to r) is the Delmar Major League all-star softball team, which won the Maryland District 8 championship bottom row- Ashlyn Cove, Megan Smith, Kaitlyn Larger, Madison Moore, Ashley Brumbley and Payton Bradford; middle row- Autumn Boothe, Ashlyn Shoemaker, Catherine Smith, Halyn Shoemaker, Emily Hedges, Olivia Twilley; back row- coaches Robert Twilley, Brad Bradford and Mark Brumbley. Photo by Jacob Boothe

MINOR SOFTBALL CHAMPS- Shown (l to r) are the Delmar Maryland District 8 9-10 softball champions: front row- Kaydence Simmons, Kayla Tippett, Ashley Brumbly, Kate Robinson, Peyton Bradford; middle row- Makenzie Johnson, Kameryn Trader, Madison Moore, Autumn Boothe, Emilee Boothe, Olivia Twilley Tristan Harpool; back row- coaches B.J. Hughes, Brad Bradford, manager Robbie Twilley, and coach Steve Robinson. Photo by Jacob Boothe

GOING FOR A RIDE- The Delmar Major League all-star baseball players load into a fire truck to celebrate the team’s Maryland District 8 championship. Photo by Mike McClure

SALISBURY STAR • AUGUST 2015

Quillin, Shafer help Team Maryland win Brine National Championship

Team Maryland capped off three days of competition by defeating Team Virginia in overtime to win the Boys’ 2018 Division National Championship at the Brine National Lacrosse Classic held at the River City Sportsplex in Richmond, Va. on June 29.

Nathan Quillin (midfield, Sussex Tech High School) and Nathan Shafer (attack, Saints Peter and Paul) were selected as 2015 Brine National High School All-Americans to represent Team Maryland and help bring the national championship to Maryland.

Shafer scored the game-winner in overtime as Maryland toppled Virginia, 8-7.

The win capped a brilliant day for Maryland, which had to win three times in half a day to claim the title. Maryland opened playSussex Tech’s Nathan Quillin, off action by defeating New Jersey, 7-6, and right, and Nathan Shafer were then downed Carolina, 5-3, to advance to the named 2015 Brine National title game.

High School All-Americans afQuillin finished the tournament with four ter helping Team Maryland win goals and 12 assists. its division. Submitted photo “From the first practice on the first day we all kind of bonded,” said Maryland’s Trey Smith (Calvert Hall, midfield). “We had a lot of tough games and to win was a great feeling after all the close games.”

Michael Ippolito (Attack, Gerstell Academy) agreed. “Throughout the tournament it was a common theme that we would be tied, or down, at half, and eventually we would fight our way back into the game. It was really obvious that we were a second-half team.”

Ippoliti said the team’s balance also helped. “Our team was really deep,” he said. “With that being said, we had a lot of talent all over the field and if someone got tired, another teammate was ready to go.”

For eight years now, Brine brings the top high school lacrosse players in the nation to one venue, where regional teams compete for national recognition. As a result, over 10,00 Brine National Alumni played in the NCAA this 2015 season with over 300 playing in the Division I, II and III playoffs.

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Why go back into the woods?

By Al Higgins

As I write this the weatherman is calling for temperatures in the mid to high 90s, with a heat index of well over 100. With sweat running down my back it’s hard to believe that our archery season opens in less than six weeks! Personally, I hate being in the woods when it’s this hot. The over-abundance of rain we’ve experienced this summer has spawned swarms of hungry mosquitoes, angry flies still lurk along field edges waiting for a taste of flesh and we can’t forget ticks and chiggers.

Also, there are those tiny black spiders, that seem to always leave a string of silk across travel lanes, that give me the willies. The spiders themselves aren’t that bad, it’s the almost invisible web that seems to always hit me either in the mouth or the eyes as I walk through the woods. I’ve taken to carrying a small, multi-branched stick with me that I wave in front of me as if I were conducting an orchestra.

However, I miss enough webs to end my walk with both web and spiders clinging to my hat and skin. What really freaks me out are the big, orange spiders that like to hang in their head high webs waiting patiently for me to pass. As you may have guessed, I hate spiders and the thought of having one of the big orange ones on me is almost more than I can stand.

As uncomfortable as the summer woods may be, it is still necessary to suck it up and spend some time working towards this year’s hunting season. Specifically, it is important to have your mineral licks in place and trail cameras hanging. Mineral licks not only provide bucks with nutrients that aid in antler development

The Great Outdoors and overall health of the animal, they also focus deer on a specific spot, which is where trail cameras come in. The licks and cameras are best placed in areas that deer frequent.

Pinch points work well, as do runs coming to and from feeding and bedding areas. What amazes me is the way in which a deer can detect there is a mineral lick in the area. I’m convinced that even if a mineral lick is dropped haphazardly nearly anywhere in the woods deer will eventually find it. The power of their nose cannot be overstated.

Since hunting season is still a bit away it is not necessary to check cameras on a frequent basis. Once every two or three weeks is sufficient and should enable a hunter to gain some insight as to the pattern of a specific buck. As the hunting season nears it is important to keep human scent to an absolute minimum, and this includes spraying cameras with a scent destroying compound whenever they are checked.

As mentioned earlier, scent control is extremely important, even when checking cameras. Wear high rubber boots, spray down with a scent killer product, wear gloves and leave as little of your scent as possible. Deer have amazing olfactory senses and despite what we see on television and read in our favorite hunting magazines, you are not going to fool a deer’s nose so the least amount of scent you leave behind the better.

Registration Open for Wicomico Recreation’s Junior Girls Fall Ball

Registration is now open for Wicomico Recreation’s Junior Girls Fall Softball.

The program is open for team entry only and offers three different leagues for girls ages 11-18.

Teams will be divided into the following leagues: Minor: Ages 12 & Under Major I: Ages 14 & Under Major II: Ages 18 & Under The season will begin the week of Sept. 7. Games will be played on weeknights at the Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex and Billy Gene Jackson Park. The registration fee is $450 per team.

Registration is available now through Aug. 24 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center Box Office (500 Glen Avenue, Salisbury; M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) or online at www.WicomicoRecandParks.org. For more information on Junior Girls Softball, please contact Allen Swiger, Program Director at 410-548-4900 x108 or aswiger@ wicomicocounty.org.

Registration Open for Wicomico County’s Adult Coed Fall Soccer LeagueRegistration is now open for Wicomico Recreation’s Coed Fall Soccer League.

The league is open to men and women ages 16 and up. The season runs from Aug. 26 - Nov. 4 and games are played on Wednesday evenings at the Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex. Participants must provide their own equipment including shin guards, cleats, etc. Game balls will be provided by Wicomico County.

The registration fee is $300 per team plus referee fees. Registration is available at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center Box Office or online at www.WicomicoRecandParks.org now through Friday, Aug. 14.

For additional information, please contact the Program Director at 410-548-4900 ext. 105 or akitzrow@wicomicocounty.org.

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Light hearts and heavy crabs at One Fish Two Fish

Carol Czepiel and her son Xavier were in town visiting UMES, where Xavier had just committed to playing baseball next year, and they wanted to celebrate with Maryland crabs.

Being from New Jersey, they didn’t know their way around so, as many people tend to do, she asked the Internet where to get the best crabs in the area.

The Internet told her One Fish Two Fish Crabs and Seafood in Salisbury.

When they told the owner, John Connell, he was grateful but not terribly surprised. It’s something he has heard a lot over his last four summers running the carry-out at the corner of Eastern Shore Drive and West College Avenue.

“We will have people who will drive through Salisbury,” he said. “They look at the different online reviews and we have some of the best reviews in Salisbury, not even just for seafood.”

Connell said the positive reviews are driven by the culture he and his father and partner, Bill, have developed working first for others and then for themselves: Quality, consistency and service.

After helping to run Bahama’s Crab Shack in Fenwick, Del. (which the pair eventually purchased and now also own), they knew that Salisbury would be a difficult market to crack. There were a few more established seafood purveyors, but Connell said he was confident that One Fish Two Fish could compete if everyone involved kept these three defining principles in mind.

They lit upon the name both as a nod to Bill’s background as an educator and as a statement about the kind of place they wanted to be—family oriented.

This meant making certain that the

place was a pleasant place to be with children, very clean and never “fishy.”

They also made an effort to keep it family pocket-book friendly as well.

Quality was easy enough to establish and maintain. Connell has relationship with waterman that gets him access to some of the freshest seafood and some of the largest crabs available in the region.

But taking that a step further to make sure the quality remains consistent took a little more work.

“We weigh each individual crab; each one of those crabs has to be half-apound,” he said. “It’s kind of a painstaking process, but it’s worth it to us.

Individual weighing is worth the investment of time and energy, because people don’t expect to be given only the best crabs every time. Anyone who has had a bushel knows that getting the occasional “light” crab is almost a given.

When you get to the end of a bushel (or a half-bushel or even a dozen) and haven’t had one light crab, it is something you tend to remember and to tell people about.

Success beyond compensation has always been Connell’s goal. He wants to be known as a person who delivers every time. So he makes an effort to look at everything before it goes out the door and to serve customers well and personally.

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Entertainment

LET THE GAMES BEGIN - Kacey Martin of the Salisbury 3rd Friday committee got the festivities started by hurling water balloons into the designated water balloon bombardment area during the 3rd Friday Water World event in July. Photo

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Wicomico County Fair Aug. 14-16

The Wicomico Farm & Home Show and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce present the Wicomico County Fair on Aug. 14-16, at Winterplace Park.

Previously known as the Wicomico Farm & Home Show, there will be something for everyone with live entertainment, food, free kids activities and more. Admission and parking are free.

Earlier this year the Wicomico Farm and Home Show and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce decided to join forces to create the Wicomico County Fair.

The Farm & Home Show was looking to attract a broader audience and add new elements to their 78-year-old event. SACC was exploring how to continue the tradition of the Delmarva Chicken Festival after the event had been retired.

Combining elements from both events was the answer that would assist in promoting agriculture in Wicomico County and more specifically, the poultry industry. By developing the partnership, the groups are able to continue long-standing traditions that have a combined 143-year history.

The fair will include elements from

FAMILY NIGHT OUT- John and Mandy Herbert with their daughters Josie, Aliza and Eden at 3rd Friday. Increasingly, the summer evening 3rd Friday events are a draw for young families taking advantage of the fair weather and free entertainment. Photo by Tony Russo

both events including livestock exhibits, the giant fry pan, educational poultry exhibits, antique tractor pulls, farmers market, carnival, competitions, live entertainment, car, motorcycle and jeep shows, petting zoo and more.

WY&CC Box Office reopens

The Wicomico Youth & Civic Center (WY&CC) Box Office in Salisbury has resumed full operations after being temporarily displaced in February by a pipe that burst causing water damage.

Customers may now access the Box Office at its regular location inside the WY&CC through the Normandy Arena/ Box Office Entrance. The Box Office has resumed its regular hours of operation, which are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Film Society selects student’s design

Steve Drum’s digital art submission, “Movies in the Sky,” was selected as the art theme for the 18th anniversary of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. Movies in the Sky will be the theme of the poster, program, ads, tshirts, and other collateral materials.

Drum is a student at Salisbury University majoring in graphic design. He also works at the SU Graphic Design Tech where he assists with designing and printing posters.

Bids for the original “Movies in the Sky” will be accepted during the Film Festival (Nov. 7–15) through a silent auction process.

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Business Digest Benjamins Wear it Again: quality at affordable price

By Mike McClure When Nancy Benjamin started her business, Benjamins Wear It Again, she wanted to pay homage to her husband’s family, which owned a group of speciality stores in Salisbury. The businesses, which started in 1915 and remained in the family for over 75 years, were known for their high quality, service and style.

“It’s just a nice connection. People want to know when they come in if you’re part of that family,” said Benjamin.

With Benjamins Wear It Again, Benjamin wanted to follow the family’s footprint by having a family owned business with quality, service and style.

The store, which opened in a smaller location in 1992 before moving to its current location (College Avenue Shops720 East College Avenue) in 1999, bears the logo from the Benjamins logo on its sign as a tribute to the family’s former stores.

Like the former stores, Benjamins Wear It Again has a loyal customer base which comes from all over the Delmarva Peninsula. The store’s location provides great visibility and ample parking.

Benjamins Wear It Again is an upscale resale boutique with a mix of new and slightly used merchandise. The store resells overstock merchandise from small boutiques and retail stores from across the peninsula.

Benjamins Wear It Again sells the items at half the retail price and also offers various sales.

In addition to the brand new merchandise from boutiques and jewelry stores, the store accepts first quality, gently loved items on consignment.

Benjamins Wear It Again does not

Nancy Benjamin is shown with some of the merchandise at her store, Benjamins Wear It Again, where she offers new and slightly used boutique items. Photo by Mike McClure

charge a fee to do business with them. If an item acquired through consignment does not sell, Benjamin donates it to local charities such as HALO, Life Crisis Center, Joseph House, or Holly Center.

The store offers items such as women’s clothing, jewelry, gifts, toys and children’s items, and unique items for holiday celebrations.

“We try through our displays to help

make the shopping experience so that they’ll want to come back,” said Benjamin.

“We’re a big supporter of shop small, save big (local shopping),” Benjamin added. “It allows people to give gifts the value of which is far greater than the price that they pay. We always say ‘you don’t have to spend a fortune to look like you did’.”

Choptank Transport once again named one of the top places to work in survey Choptank Transport, is a national, third-partly logistics provider headquartered in Preston, has been selected as one of The Washington Post Top Workplaces for the second year running.

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“Within the next two months, we will be breaking ground at our Maryland facility on a new 10,000 square foot addition where we will be recruiting over 100 new sales people. The Top Workplaces award will help differentiate us from other employers and will help attract prospective talent,” said Geoff Turner, president/CEO.

A number of the store’s part-time employees are college students from Salisbury University and WorWic Community College. “I’ve always been fortunate that I’ve been able to rely on the colleges to provide me with personable young women,” said Benjamin.

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Personnel Becker Morgan Group expands

Becker Morgan Group is pleased to announce new hires throughout several divisions in the Salisbury office.

New additions to the architectural staff include John Foley III, a graduate from Virginia Polytechnic and State University with a master of architecture; Brice Reid, a graduate from Marywood University with a bachelor of architecture; Kevin Utz, a graduate from Marywood University with a bachelor of architecture; and Brooke McGrath and Connor Hall from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Joining the engineering staff is Smith Purdum II, a graduate from the University of Delaware with a bachelor of civil engineering. Rejoining the survey staff is Brent Wilson with over 20 years of professional experience. Additionally, interior design staff includes Natalie Yeasted from Appalachian State University.

Becker Morgan Group’s Delaware and North Carolina offices have also welcomed additional staff, accounting for 10 percent growth firm wide.

“We’re pleased to be experiencing increased activity in all disciplines, in all offices. It’s nice to replace jobs lost in the recent recession and we anticipate continued growth for the foreseeable future,” said W. Ronald Morgan, AIA, president.

Newton named new VP

Bryan Newton, vice president for enrollment management and student experience at Aiken (S.C.) Technical College, was recently selected to fill the newly-created position of vice president for enrollNewton ment management and student services at Wor-Wic Community College.

Newton received his bachelor’s degree in history from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and his juris doctorate from The Ohio State University in Columbus. He has completed his doctoral coursework and is a doctoral candidate in the higher education leadership program at Colorado State University. Newton has 13 years of community college work experience, 10 of which were in the areas of enrollment management and student services.

At Wor-Wic, Newton will oversee admissions, career services, child care, counseling, financial aid, student activities, student retention and the registrar’s office.

CFES announces staff changes

The Community Foundation of the

Eastern Shore (CFES) welcomes a new marketing director and announces the promotion of two staff members.

Gee Williams has been named the new marketing director. A lifetime resident of Berlin, Gee received a B.S. in journalism from the University of MarylandWilliams College Park in 1971.

He was a local newspaper editor and publisher for 28 years and most recently served as the public information officer for the Maryland State Highway Administration.

Sharon Dickson, who joined CFES in 2012 as finance officer, has been named finance director. Sharon is a CPA with more than 20 years of accounting and management expeDickson rience. She holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Heather Mahler, who was named assistant program officer in 2011, has been named program director. She received her bachelor of arts degree in international studies in 2012 from Salisbury Mahler University.

GMB welcomes new team members

George, Miles and Buhr, LLC (GMB) welcomes four new employees to its Salisbury and Sparks offices.

Sean Kennedy joins GMB as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist. Sean recently graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in geosciences with a concentration in GIS and environmental/land use planning.

Previously, Sean was a GIS intern with the Public Works Department for the City of Salisbury.

Jon Soistman has transitioned from an intern position into a full-time engineer with the Site/Sustainable Design Group in Salisbury. Jon is a recent graduate of Virginia Tech where he studied civil engineering.

GMB’s Sparks office has welcomed Ryan Clancy as a graduate engineer.

Ryan is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland-College Park, where he studied civil and environmental engineering.

Andrew Wright, E.I. has also joined

the Sparks office as a graduate engineer. Andrew attended the University of Delaware, and earned dual degrees in environmental and civil engineering.

Sweigert joins PKS

Steven E. Sweigert has joined PKS Investment Advisors LLC as an investment advisor.

Sweigert is a graduate of Sweigert Bloomsburg University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a minor in business. Previously, he worked as a financial advisor for SunTrust Investments.

Sweigert specializes in portfolio management, retirement planning, financial planning, and holds a FINRA series 7 and 66 securities license.

Metzner promoted at DBF

Davis, Bowen and Friedel, Inc. announces the promotion of Tim M. Metzner, RLA, to associate. Registered in Delaware and Maryland, Metzner has provided civil engineering Metzner design services on the Eastern Shore for the past 13 years.

Metzner joined DBF in 2002 after graduating from West Virginia University with a bachelor of science in landscape architecture. For a number of years, he was a key component of the growth of the firm’s Milford office.

He has recently relocated to the firm’s Salisbury location where he oversees and manages the site engineering team.

Business Briefs Hardwire Armor Systems expands

Henry Hanna, CCIM, SIOR, senior sdvisor with Sperry Van Ness – Miller Commercial Real Estate, announces the expansion of Hardwire Armor Systems in Pocomoke City.

Hardwire, a manufacturer of protective systems, has signed a five year lease with an option to purchase the flex industrial building located at 1731 Broad St. The 42,000 square foot building is the third building occupied by Hardwire in Pocomoke City.

“Pocomoke is an ideal town to grow my business in,” stated George Tunis, CEO and chairman of Hardwire. “It’s a hub zone and is probably one of the greatest business environments I’ve ever been in.”

Women in Business luncheon

MCE’s Strong Women in Business Monthly Networking Luncheon will be held from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at the MCE Women’s Business Center located on the second floor above the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce in Salisbury.

Bring a lunch or order one for $9 by Aug. 3.

This month’s luncheon will feature a round table discussion.

Attendees are encouraged to share improvements to their business and give advice to their peers.

Pre-registration is required. To pre-register or for more information regarding this course or other general inquiries, contact Lisa Twilley, outreach coordinator, at 410-546-1900 or ltwilley@marylandcapital.org. you may also sign up online at www.marylandcapital. org.

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Real Estate Five reasons to hire a real estate professional

By Gee Dunsten

Sales Associate, Long & Foster Real Estate

Whether you are buying or selling a home, it can be quite an adventurous journey. You need an experienced real estate professional to lead you to your ultimate goal. In this world of instant gratification and Internet searches, many sellers think they can For Sale by Owner or FSBO. The five reasons you need a real estate professional in your corner haven’t changed, but have rather strengthened due to the projects of higher mortgage interest rates and home prices as the market continues to recover.

1. What do you do with all this paperwork? Each state has different regulations regarding the contracts required for a successful sale, and these regulations are constantly changing. A true real estate professional is an expert in their market and can guide you through the stacks of paperwork necessary to make your dream a reality.

2. Okay, so you found your dream house, now what? According to the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, there are over 230 possible actions that need to take place during every successful real estate transaction. Don’t you want someone who has been there before, who knows what these actions are to make sure that you acquire your dream?

3. Are you a good negotiator? So, maybe you’re not convinced that you need an agent to sell your home. However, after looking at the list of parties that you need to be prepared to negotiate with, you’ll realize the value in selecting a real estate professional. From the buyer (who wants the best deal possible) to the home inspection companies, to the appraiser, there are at least 11 different people that you’ll have to be knowledgeable with and answer to,

during the process.

4. What is the home you’re buying/ selling really worth? It is important for your home to be priced correctly from the start to attract the right buyers and shorten the time that it’s on the market.

You need someone who is not emotionally connected to your home to give you the truth as to your home’s value. According to the National Association of Realtors, “the typical FSBO home sold for $208,700 compared to $235,000 among agent-assisted home sales.” Get the most out of your transaction by hiring a professional.

5. Do you know what’s really going on in the market? There is so much information out there on the news and the Internet about home sales, prices, mortgage rates; how do you know what’s going on specifically in your area? Who do you turn to in order to competitively price your home correctly at the beginning of the selling process? How do you know what to offer on your dream home without paying too much, or offending the seller with a low-ball offer?

Dave Ramsey, the financial guru, advises: “When getting help with money, whether it’s insurance, real estate or investments, you should always look for someone with the heart of a teacher, not the heart of a salesman.”

Hiring an agent who has their finger on the pulse of the market will make your buying/selling experience an educated one. You need someone who is going to tell you the truth, not just what they think you want to hear.

The bottom line is this, you wouldn’t replace the engine in your car without a trusted mechanic so why would you make one of the most important financial decisions of your life without hiring a real estate professional?

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NEW DUNKIN’ DONUTS - Brent Miller, CCIM, CPM, senior advisor and managing director of Sperry Van Ness – Miller Commercial Real Estate, announces that Dunkin’ Donuts has broken ground on their new location on Rt. 50 and Tilghman Road in Salisbury. Miller facilitated the sale of the 1.27 acre lot, located on the east side of town adjacent to McDonald’s at the Shoppes of Salisbury. This will be the fifth Dunkin’ Donuts location in the Salisbury area.

Karen Hamilton obtains Maryland real estate license

Kathy Farnell, Broker of Callaway, Farnell and Moore, Inc., Real Estate is pleased to announce that Karen Hamilton has obtained her Maryland Associate Broker’s license. Karen joined the firm (CFM) in 2003 after obtaining her Delaware salesman’s license. In 2008 she obtained her Delaware broker’s license and later managed the firm’s branch office prior to its consolidation with the Stein Hwy. office in Seaford.

She serves on the CFM Board of Directors and hold the SRES designation (Seniors Real Estate Specialist). Karen is a member of the Sussex County, Delaware, and National Associations of REALTORS, and has also been a member of the Delaware Real Estate Commission Education Committee.

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Median Sale Price Last June, the median sale price for Wicomico County Homes was $139,950. This June, the median sale price was $142,500, an increase of 2% or $2,550 compared to last year.

The current median sold price is 2% higher than in May. Median sale price is the middle sale price in a given month. The same number of properties are above & below the median.

Units Sold

Active Inventory

There was an increase in total units sold in June, with 114 sold this month in Wicomico County. This month’s total units sold was higher than at this time last year.

Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is lower by 63 units or 10%. The total number of active inventory this June was 570 compared to 633 in June 2014. This month’s total of 570 is lower than the previous month’s total supply of available inventory of 591, a decrease of 4%.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio In June, the average sale price in Wicomico County was 96.7% of the average list price, which is similar compared to a year ago.

Months of Supply In June, there was 5.0 months of supply available in Wicomico County, compared to 9.9 in June 2014.

That is a decrease of 49% versus a year ago.

Months of supply is calculated by dividing current inventory by current sales. It indicates how many months would be needed to sell all of the inventory available at the current rate of demand.

Days On Market This month, the average number of days on market was 98, higher than the average last year, which was 87, an increase of 13%.

*Detached, Attached, and Condo varies by local area Multiple Listing Service (MLS) definition. For more information regarding your specific market, contact one of Long & Foster’s knowledgeable and experienced sales associates.

Information included in this report is based on data supplied by CAR and its member Association(s) of REALTORS, who are not responsible for its accuracy. Does not reflect all activity in the marketplace. Information contained in this report is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, should be independently verified, and does not constitute an opinion of CAR or Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

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Education Mattie Maull sets herself up nicely for college and beyond

By Mike McClure Like a lot of high school students, recent Worcester Prep graduate Mattie Maull had to balance a busy schedule that included athletics, academics, and other extracurricular activities. The Salisbury native played volleyball in the fall and tennis in the spring and also took part in dance, was a singer in chorus and ensemble, and served as editor of the school paper.

“I like having a busy schedule. It helps with my time management,” Maull said.

Mattie first attended Worcester Prepatory School in sixth grade. When the school started a volleyball program, during her freshman year, she decided to give it a try.

“I never thought about playing volleyball until they started having a team,” said Maull.

“I never thought that (playing the sport in college) would happen. We slowly got better and better as a team and I got better.”

The team had a new coach last season who helped the players aspire to play at the next level.

It wasn’t until her senior year, when she started talking to college coaches, that Mattie and her family thought about the possibility of her playing volleyball at the college level.

“They realized that I was serious about playing in college. They’re very supportive. They say ‘whatever will make you happy we’re ready for’,” Maull said of her parents.

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Last fall she had a chance to spend time with the school’s volleyball team, tour the campus, and attend classes.

“I like how it’s small,” said Maull.

“It’s a big family because you can get to know your faculty and professors.”

Another selling point for the history buff is the school’s proximity to the Civil War battlefield. The school is also close enough to home that she can visit her parents and little brother.

Maddie is hoping to attend medical school and become a pediatrician. She is following in the family business as her grandfather, uncle, and dad are doctors. She had the opportunity to shadow doctors at Peninsula Regional Medical Center and wants to get into pediatrics or endrochonology, something she has learned about through dealing with a thyroid problem.

“I learned at a very young age how to deal with how my body works and different medications,” Maull added.

Maull is a proud graduate of Worcester Prep. “I love it. I think it really prepares you for college. I feel ready to go,” said Maull. “You can tell that they (the school’s teachers) want you to do well. They’re there for you.”

“It’s bittersweet,” Maull said of moving on to college. “It’s going to be sad to leave all my friends and family but I’m ready to go and try something different. I’m excited.”

Above: Mattie Maull, who will will study Health Sciences and play volleyball at Gettysburg College starting in the fall, goes for the kill during a Worcester Prep girls’ volleyball game last fall. Below: Maull makes a dig during a varsity girls’ volleyball game last fall. Maull, a 2015 grad, was also involved in chorus and ensemble, dance, and the school newspaper during a busy senior year. Submitted photos

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Education briefs

Adams receives research grant

Today, Silicon Valley is well known as the base of some of the world’s largest technology companies. But it wasn’t always that way.

During the industry’s fledgling years, beginning more than a century ago, the U.S. Navy sustained many of the radio and electronics firms that preceded the coming of the computer industry. In turn, those companies became some of the military’s most essential suppliers.

Dr. Stephen Adams of the Management and Marketing Department in Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business has been awarded the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command’s Vice Adm. Edwin B. Hooper Research Grant to continue his ongoing study of the history of Sili-

con Valley.

Adams plans to compile his research in a book tentatively titled Before the Garage: The Beginnings of Silicon Valley, 1909-1960.

The grant is for $2,500.

Open houses at Wicomico schools

Schools will mail welcome letters to all students in mid-August. Wicomico County Schools will hold open houses the week of Aug. 24-28 in preparation for the opening of the 2015-2016 school year on Monday, Aug. 31, for most students.

Students in grades 1-6 and grade 9 will attend school on Aug. 31. All grades will attend at Pittsville Elementary and Middle, and only grade 6 will attend at Mardela Middle and High. All students in grades 1-12 will be in school Tuesday, Sept. 1.

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and prekindergarten students will report as scheduled by the assigned school.

Choudhry awarded fellowship

UMES alumnus Noman A. Choudhry of Delmar, is the recipient of a prestigious post-graduate honor worth $5,000 that he plans to apply toward medical school tuition.

Choudhry was Choudry among 57 college students nationwide named by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi to receive a 2015 Fellowship award – and the first from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Choudhry received his bachelor of science in biology in May and will enroll in the University of Maryland

School of Medicine this fall.

Book signing with Joshua Foer

Can memory be improved? Joshua Foer thought so.

The Washington, D.C., native chronicled his quest for memory improvement in the international bestseller Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, this year’s New Student Reader book at Salisbury University.

A public discussion and book signing with Foer is 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in Perdue Hall’s Bennett Family Auditorium. Those planning to attend are encouraged to read the book in advance. Admission is free and the public is invited.

TSS welcomes new board members The Salisbury School (TSS) an announces the appointment of two new members - Sandy Simms and

SALISBURY STAR • AUGUST 2015 Arlette Bright - to its Board of Trustees.

Both Simms and Bright are parents of TSS students.

Simms has been an instrumental part of the school’s Parents and Friends volunteer organization for five years, the last two serving as president of the group.

She works in the family businesses, Anthony’s Carryout in Ocean City and Berlin Auto Wash, and holds a degree in graphic design and photography from Salisbury University. She and husband Jason and their two children live in Salisbury.

Bright is an attorney in private practice handling corporate and business transactions, real estate transactions, and estate planning and estate and trust administration. The Law Office of Arlette Bright, P.C. also handles residential and commercial real estate closings.

She graduated cum laude from American University with a degree in international relations, and received her law degree from Simms Widener Law in Wilmington, where she graduated cum laude. Arlette and her husband, Bruce, and their three children live in Ocean City.

Board member Scott Robertson, an attorney with Robertson & RobBright ertson, P.A., has retired from the board after two terms of service. Scott, wife Laura and their children live in Salisbury.

Blewitt named to Dean’s List

Victoria Blewitt, Delmar, has been named to the spring 2015 Dean’s List at Loyola University Maryland. Blewitt is a member of the class of 2017.

Moore scholarships awarded

The Salisbury University Foundation, Inc.’s 2015 Marshall W. Moore Scholars are all non-traditional students with demonstrated academic excellence and a desire to achieve.

Each has received $1,000 to support his/her studies in the upcoming academic year.

The annual scholarship honors the Foundation’s longest-serving original member, Marshall Moore ’48.

This year’s recipients are: • Kathryn Baylis, 54, of Pocomoke City, who enrolled in college for the first time after the recent recession and is working toward a B.A. in conflict analysis and dispute resolution; • Aaron Dufrene, 23, of Stockton, a communication arts major and music minor, who transferred to SU from Wor-Wic Community College; • Janae Fontaine, 37, of Salisbury, a

full time accounting associate who, after overcoming serious health challenges, is pursuing a B.S. in management; • Simona Griffith, 25, a political science and English for Speakers of Other Languages major who came to work in Ocean City as Lithuanian student and now owns a small retail business there; • Jennifer Krieck, 26, of Earleville, a veterinary technician with an interest in treatment research who commutes two hours, one way, to study biology; • Jayson Marcarelli, 28, of Salisbury, a former sushi chef who has returned to college to study biology; • Mark Richardson, 36, of Salisbury, a philosophy major who has two decades of food service experience and plans to study abroad in Thailand in the fall; and • Danielle Strauss, 24, of Germantown, a transfer student who is working to become a teacher.

SU juniors and seniors with a minimum 3.0 GPA are eligible for the scholarship, with preference given to those with financial need.

NASA internship for SU students

The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority has created a paid summer internship program for students in Salisbury University’s Geography and Geosciences Department at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility.

SU senior Adam PhippsDickerson is the first to earn the 12week internship, Phipps-Dickerson which includes a stipend to aid with transportation and other logistical expenses.

The program was created through a gift to the SU Foundation, Inc., which will provide for a second internship next summer.

Phipps-Dickerson will work on a team with NASA employees and contractors to analyze the issue of Distant Focusing Overpressure (DFO), which occurs when atmospheric effects cause pressure waves from large explosions to concentrate at distant locations. Overpressure may break windows, and is one of the risk considerations during a launch.

Phipps-Dickerson graduates from SU with a B.S. in geographic information science in spring 2016. A Lower Shore native, he is the son of Ray and Mary Phipps-Dickerson of Snow Hill and a 2012 graduate of Snow Hill High School.

dren from birth to age five. It provides screenings for children, and offers information, intervention strategies, referrals and assistance in navigating community resources for parents.

Originally, SU’s early intervention program reached only those involved with licensed daycare providers. Thanks to an initial grant from the foundation last year, visiting intervention services were started to help families and children who are not enrolled with licensed daycares.

Help and Outreach Point of Entry, Inc. in Salisbury also received $40,000 for its Health Outreach Ministry, providing clients who are homeless or at-risk of being homeless with health assessments, education, referrals and more.

Mid-Shore mental health organizations Channel Marker, Inc., and For All Seasons, Inc., also received funding.

The LSVIP is an outreach effort of SU’s Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies, its Social Work Department and its Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center.

SU students conduct research

Two Salisbury University students are spending the summer conducting research after being selected for national programs.

Senior physics major May Palace is at the University of California, Davis, for a physics-focused Research Experiences for Undergraduates site, fully funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Omar Aboul-Enein, a sophomore computer science and mathematics major, is at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg on a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, valued at $5,500.

PAGE 31 Palace is working directly with a UC-Davis professor in a laboratory studying vortices in superfluid helium. “We’re trying to learn more about Kelvin waves, which are disturbances along a vortex,” she added.

Aboul-Enein is assisting the NIST with its performance testing of mobile manipulator robots so companies may cost-effectively and accurately assess such robots before implementing them.

He is researching alternative, low-cost solutions for the tests and providing information about other possible test methods.

Palace, a 2012 graduate of Kent Island High School and the daughter of Cecily and Dave Palace of Kent Island, plans to pursue a Ph.D. in physics.

Aboul-Enein, a 2014 graduate of Quince Orchard High School and the son of Cheryl and Youssef Aboul-Enein of Gaithersburg, plans to earn a master’s in computer science.

Galleries accepted in to program

Salisbury University Art Galleries is planning for the future following its acceptance into the American Alliance of Museums’ Museum Assessment Program.

Tara Gladden, galleries manager, and Elizabeth Kauffman, galleries director, with assessment team members Ursula Ehrhardt, SU art professor emeritus, and John Mosher, SU art lecturer, created a 75-page self-study workbook to begin the year-long application process.

As a member, SU galleries will now be able to take advantage of recommendations from the assessment program regarding sustainable operations, growth and improvement. SU Art Galleries joins more than 4,500 other small and mid-sized museums throughout the U.S. that have benefited from the initiative since 1980.

SU receives grant for LSVIP

Salisbury University has been awarded $40,000 from the Quality Health Foundation of Easton, to continue expanding its Lower Shore Visiting Intervention Program.

The LSVIP addresses behavioral, mental health and social/emotional developmental concerns exhibited by chil-

WOR-WIC DONATION - Monty Sayler, left, senior vice president of the Bank of America in Salisbury, presents Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, with a check for $2,200 to assist with the implementation of the college’s new physical therapist assistant program, which is accepting students for classes beginning this fall.

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Moonwalking with Einstein Is SU’s New Student Reader

By Dr. Lawanda Dockins-Mills Associate Dean of Students, Salisbury University

GARDENS RECOGNIZED - Best Colleges Online.org recently named SU one of its “50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S.” The 145-acre Salisbury campus achieved national arboretum status in 1988, serving as an outdoor laboratory for students and maintaining more than 2,000 species of woody and herbaceous plants for public view. SU is one of only two Maryland institutions on the Top 50 list, along with the University of Maryland, College Park.

Additional campuses represented include Harvard, Cornell and Purdue universities.

Perdue Scholarship awarded to Katelyn Mader of Salisbury

Katelyn Mader, daughter of Thomas and Melissa Mader of Salisbury was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms.

She received one of 15 scholarships given this year to children of Perdue employees and independent poultry producers. Winners were selected based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community involvement.

Mader, whose mother is a senior systems analyst at the company’s corporate office, will attend Salisbury University to pursue a degree in architecture. She graduated from James A. Bennett High School with a weighted GPA of 4.04.

Her extracurricular activities included two years each in the Architecture Construction and Engineering Program, the Wicomico County Robotics Team, the Varsity Math Team, the Art Club and the Unified Tennis Team. She was a member of the Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society for three years and remained on the Honor Roll for four years.

Community service includes the Lego League Competition and Hope and Life Outreach Bargain Center. She was also a tutor for English-language learners.

Mader is especially interested in “green buildings” that use renewable materials and have a smaller impact on the environment.

“I also have an interest in designing efficient and affordable homes. I enjoy thinking of ways to fit as much as possible into small spaces and feel that living in an economical home doesn’t have to mean sacrificing comfort and conveniences,” she said. “With these concepts I want to be able to work with organizations like Habitat for Humanity to better develop communities.”

New immunizations required

Updated Maryland immunization regulations mean additional vaccinations are required for students entering kindergarten and seventh grade for the 2015-2016 school year. Students will be unable to attend school if they do not show proof of vaccination within the first 20 days of school.

Students entering kindergarten in 2015-2016 will be required to have had two doses of Varicella vaccine, those entering seventh grade will be required to have had one dose of a booster Tdap vaccine and Meningococcal vaccine.

Parents/guardians should contact the child’s primary care provider to ask questions and to receive the new immunizations.

The new immunizations are available at no cost through the Wicomico County Health Department, Fritz Center, Salisbury, during a walk-in health clinic on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. No cost for the new immunizations.

Clinics will also be held from 8 a.m.noon on Sept. 9-10, 14-17, 21-23, and from 5-7:30 on Sept. 16 only.

For more information call the Health Department at 410-543-6943.

Can memory be improved? Joshua Foer thought so.

The 30-something Washington, D.C., native chronicled his yearlong quest for memory improvement in the international bestseller Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.

The nonfiction selection is this year’s New Student Reader book at Salisbury University.

Celebrating its 11th year this fall, the New Student Reader program is designed to introduce new students to the academic community by sharing a common reading experience with classmates, faculty, staff and upperclassmen who serve as orientation team peer leaders.

Members of the greater community also are invited to join in the experience.

Foer’s book debuted at no. 3 on The New York Times bestseller list. In it, he tackles the subject of memory the way professional athletes approach sports: He trained for a year using cutting-edge research, cultural history and mentalist tricks before entering the “big leagues,” becoming a finalist in the U.S.A. Memory Championships. Along the way, he helps transform the way many people think about human memory.

The New York Times called the images Foer uses as memory tools “riotous.” The Guardian of England hailed Walking with Einstein as “a delightful book.”

Microsoft founder Bill Gates called it “absolutely phenomenal.”

A public discussion and book signing with Foer is 7 p.m. Thursday, August 27, in Perdue Hall’s Bennett Family Auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited. Those planning to attend are encouraged to read the book in advance.

The next day, the author meets with new students at SU and keynotes the University’s annual Fall Convocation, traditionally the first on-campus academic experience for incoming freshmen. Admission to Convocation is by invitation only.

Moonwalking with Einstein has been published in 33 languages. In a TED Talk on “Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do,” Foer said: “Once upon a time this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today. ... People invested in their memories, in laboriously furnishing their minds. Over the last few millenniums we’ve invented a series of technologies ... that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories; for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.”

He argues that such technologies have changed us culturally and cognitively: “Having little need to remember anymore, it sometimes seems that we’ve forgotten how.”

Foer’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, Esquire and Slate, among others. He is the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, an online guide to the world’s wonders and curiosities.

Through the New Student Reader program, SU has been pleased not only to broaden the world of thousands of students, but to invite the community to take part in this academic experience, as well.

Other recent New Student Reader selections have included The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot; The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed

by Judy Shepard; and Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton.

We look forward to continuing to share the joy of reading and learning as the program continues in its second decade.

www.salisbury.edu

Church The Harvesters Quartet

Join us at Delmar First Baptist Church at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 for an evening of southern gospel music with The Harvesters Quartet from North Carolina. Known for their close harmony and friendliness, this group will present a program of uplifting and inspirational music. Admission is free but a love offering will be taken.

Refreshments will be served after the singing, so bring your friends and come join us for a night of great music and fellowship. For more information, call Russell Smart at 846-2253 or Sarah Webster at 875-5249.

St. Stephens UM Church

Donations are needed for Operation We Care which sends supplies to troops overseas. Through August, bring packaged toilet paper. In September/ October, bring pop-top cans of ravioli and spaghettios. For more information, see Brenda Morris or visit www.operationwecare.org.

Confirmation classes - Contact the church office at 846-9501.

Family Movie Night - State Street Park. Snowie will be there near 8 p.m.

Popcorn and drinks while supplies last.

Join us on Sundays - 9 a.m. contempo-

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rary praise service; 10 a.m. Kidz and adult Sunday school classes; 11 a.m. traditional service and Kidz Church.

The church is located at 101 E. State St., Delmar.

The Anchormen in concert

The Anchormen will be in concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, at Calvary Baptist Tabernacle, 337 Tilghman Rd., Salisbury. Admission is free, but a love offering will be taken. For more information, call 410-749-1394 or 302846-3985.

Annual Autumn Gardener’s Fair

The Fourth Annual Autumn Gardener’s Fair will be held at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Quantico, on Friday, Sept. 25, 1-4 p.m., rain or shine.

Tickets for this church fundraiser are $10.

All things relating to the garden will be celebrated. There will be two guest speakers with an intermission, a buffet tea, vendors and a Chinese auction. Lorene Athey will talk about how to create a garden to attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds; Ginny Rosenkranz will talk about how to create a rain garden.

Attic Artists will paint from the garden. Ace Parker, master woodcrafts-

GETTING TO KNOW YOU- Tricia Schuylar and Emma Czwalina play lacrosse toss as part of the introductory games at the first St. Stephen’s Vacation Bible School class of the summer in Delmar. Photo by Allison Russo.

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CHRISTIAN SHELTER DONATION - The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore’s Engberg Donor Advised Fund contributed $5,000 to the Christian Shelter for their emergency fund. Based in Salisbury, the Christian Shelter is a temporary emergency home providing safe shelter, nutritious meals and practical and spiritual direction to people in need. Pictured from left: Erica Joseph, president, Community Foundation; Patty and Mark Engberg, fund representatives; Sister Mary Williams and Sister Angie Strand, Christian Shelter.

man will have one of a kind bowls, Christmas trees, vases etc. Elise Jett from Holly Hill, Homemade Goods, will have baked sweets and breads. Dot Truitt, clay artist, will have bells, finials, tiles, chimes, etc. There will also be gourds and pumpkins for sale and a Chinese auction of unique garden creations.

The Church Mouse, an opportunity shop, and the 1845 St. Philip’s Episcopal Church will be open.

Parking is at the back of the church.

For more information, contact Elaine

Wallingford, event coordinator, at ewallingford2004@yahoo.com or 410742-1837.

Back to School Service

Mt. Hermon United Methodist Church in Delmar will hold a Back to School Service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16. School supplies will be given to all youth present. End of Summer Cookout will follow the service. Everyone is welcome. For more information or directions, call Pastor Jeff Dulis at 259-9435 or 990-5498.

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Community briefs: Photo contest announced Wicomico Tourism is excited to announce the launch of the 2015 photo contest. Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit images that illustrate the lifestyle, beauty and assets of Wicomico County. Concepts and topics to consider are listed below, additional ideas are welcomed and encouraged.

• Nature & the Outdoors: Scenic shots of Wicomico County’s parks, waterways and wildlife from any time

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of the year. Action shots of people of all ages playing, biking, hiking, fishing, boating, bird watching, etc.

• Culture: Cultural attractions such as the Ward Museum, Salisbury Zoo, Delmarva Shorebirds, Arts District, etc.

• Shopping: Local shops & boutiques, Salisbury Mall, farmer’s markets, etc.

• Food & Drink: Shots of “Eastern Shore” cuisine, Wicomico County restaurants, etc.

• Wineries & Breweries: Photos showcasing Wicomico County’s wineries and breweries and their offerings.

• Festivals & Events: Annual / reoccurring events such as 3rd Friday, Pork in the Park, Red, White & Boom,

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Wicomico County Fair, Delmarva Bike Week, Seagull Century, Good Beer Festival, Autumn Wine Festival, Decorating Delmarva, etc.

• History: Historical sites, buildings, landmarks, attractions, such as Pemberton Historical Park, Poplar Hill Mansion, Whitehaven Ferry, etc.

First Place: $500 and their winning photograph displayed on the Wicomico Tourism website, in a Wicomico Tourism e-newsletter and in Wicomico Tourism’s 2016 Visitors Guide.

Second Place: $250 and their winning photograph displayed on the Wicomico Tourism website and in Wicomico Tourism’s 2016 Visitors Guide.

Third Place: $100 and their winning

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Entries will be accepted now through Sept. 15. For a full description of the contest rules and to enter online, visit www.WicomicoTourism.org.

Docent training The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University welcomes current volunteers and docents, as well as the general public to participate in its summer Volunteer and Docent Training workshop. The workshop takes place

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SALISBURY STAR • AUGUST 2015 in the Victor Oristano Meeting Room at the Ward Museum on Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Lunch will not be provided, however a lunch break will be taken at 12:30.This is a full day workshop emphasizes the importance of volunteer and docent skills.

The workshop, led by museum Curator and Folklorist Dr. Kristin Sullivan and Grant Melville, focuses on getting you acquainted with general museum conduct and knowledge about the museum history. Docents and volunteers contribute to the museum by giving tours, and educating the public on the history of waterfowl and the Ward brothers.

The Ward Museum also has volunteers that assist with special events and carv-

ing demonstrations.

Anyone interested in becoming involved with the museum as a docent or volunteer is encouraged to participate.

For more information or to RSVP, contact the volunteer office, at 410742-4988 ext. 109 or wardvolunteers@ salisbury.edu.

Art show

Salisbury University Art Galleries presents “The Luminous Surface,” curated by David Linton, Aug. 24-Oct. 31 at the University Gallery of Fulton Hall and Electronic Gallery, Teacher Education and Technology Center (TETC) Room 128.

A reception with the curator is 5-7

p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in the University Gallery.

In connection with the exhibit, artist Ursula Scherrer, with musicians Brian Chase and Kato Hideki present “afloat,” on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 5-8 p.m. in TETC Room 317. “afloat” is a durational performance installation which invites the audience to sit, lie down, come and go in an environment of floating sounds and images.

A panel discussion with curator David Linton and exhibiting artists is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in Fulton Hall Room 111.

“The Luminous Surface” includes 34 self-illuminating works by 40 contemporary artists working with light, sound

PAGE 35 and video in physical space. Linton has assembled a broad survey of works from 40 contemporary artists - addressing the subject, object and temporal process of “the luminous.”

University Gallery hours are 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, noon- 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Electronic Gallery hours are 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. TuesdayWednesday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. ThursdaySaturday. Sponsored by SU Art Galleries, admission is free and the public is invited.

For more information call 410-5482547 or visit the SU Art Galleries website at www.salisbury.edu/universitygalleries.

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Health

Health briefs: IBD Heath and Wellness Fair

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCFA) and the Johns Hopkins Hospital will hold a free Community IBD Health and Wellness Fair at the Hallowell Conference Center at Peninsula Regional Medical Center from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 1.

This health fair is open to the public and will provide opportunities for the community to receive free information about IBD, the CCFA and the tools and education and support resources provided to patients, as well as local health and wellness businesses and services.

Included will be an interactive talk with a GI specialist from Johns Hopkins Hospital, discussing IBD and treatment options.

The IBD Health and Wellness Fair is held in partnership with the Take Steps Walk for Crohn’s & Colitis on Sept. 26, at Northside Park in Ocean City. Take Steps walks are family friendly festivals held across the country that feature activities for everyone including games, music, and food.

PRMC awarded certification

Peninsula Regional Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Certification and Gold Seal of Approval for both Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery and Spine Surgery.

The seal is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.

PRMC recently underwent a rigorous on-site review where Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance with national disease-specific care standards as well as with specific requirements for hip and knee replacement surgery and spine surgery.

Since the mid 1970’s when the specialized operations were first completed on the Delmarva Peninsula at PRMC, surgeons have performed over 10,000 total joint replacements. More than 700 people are expected to receive a total hip, knee or shoulder replacement at PRMC in 2015.

PRMC earns Gold Seal of Approval

Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) has earned The Joint Commission’s Certification and Gold Seal of Approval for AMI (Treatment of Heart Attack).

The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.

PRMC recently underwent a rigorous on-site review where Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance

MARCH OF DIMES HONORS PRMC - At the Maryland Patient Safety Center Conference on June 11, the March of Dimes partnered with the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Patient Safety Center to honor qualifying hospitals, including Peninsula Regional Medical Center, with a banner to display indicating the hospital’s commitment to improving the quality of care for moms and babies. The banner program is a component of the March of Dimes “Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait” campaign, which urges women to wait for labor to begin on its own if their pregnancy is healthy, rather than scheduling delivery before 39 completed weeks of pregnancy. PRMC’S March for Babies team was also recognized for raising $11,477 at the Salisbury March of Dimes walk on April 26.

with national disease-specific care standards as well as with specific requirements for the treatment of heart attack.

Clinical practice guidelines and performance measures also were assessed.

In 2014, over 200 people were treated for AMI at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, the regional Trauma Center and Cardiac Interventional Center for the Eastern Shore of Maryland as designated by the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS).

Allied health program open house

Wor-Wic Community College will host an open house for its allied health programs on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m., in Room 109 of the Allied Health Building on the college campus in Salisbury.

Information will be provided on nursing, radiologic technology, emergency medical services, occupational therapy assistant and physical therapist assistant credit programs, as well as non-credit courses such as certified nursing assistant, nurse refresher, EKG technician, phlebotomy, medicine aide, medical coding and billing, dental assisting and personal trainer.

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Peninsula Regional Medical Center receives Patriot Award

Timothy S. Ward of Salisbury finds serving and helping others to be a source of pride and pleasure. “I love it,” said Ward. “I thoroughly enjoy taking care of people and making their experience, whatever they’re facing, better.”

For 13 years that satisfaction came as a professional chef but it wasn’t his life’s passion. Ward discovered that as a registered nurse, joining Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) in 2014 following graduation from the nursing program at Salisbury University.

However, his ultimate act of service had already come a decade earlier in 2003 when he enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve, motivated by the events of September 11, 2001. “As soon as I finished my undergrad work, I knew I had to do something more for my friends, family and my country,” he added.

Ward, 45, a Boatswain’s Mate Senior Chief Petty Officer and Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, is attached to a specialized Navy unit that protects the ports, harbors, rivers and shipping lanes of U.S. and U.S. allied waters.

His reserve unit can be mobilized anywhere in the world within 72 hours.

As a training officer and senior enlisted leader, the 109 men and women on his team expect him to be there, and that requires Ward to have the flexibility to leave his primary job at a moment’s

notice.

He has that at PRMC. In fact, Ward has been so impressed with the above and beyond support of his healthcare family that he nominated PRMC for the Department of Defense Patriot Award, which was presented to Peninsula Regional and its President/CEO, Dr. Peggy Naleppa, in June.

The Patriot Award was created by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, to publicly recognize individuals who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to their employees who, like the citizen warriors before them, have answered their nation’s call to serve.

“PRMC has been very receptive to my military duty with absolutely no issues whatsoever. They’ve allowed me to get done whatever I’ve needed to get done,” added Ward, who hopes other Delmarva businesses will follow Peninsula Regional’s lead and be equally exemplary in their support for armed services reservists. “Reserve duty makes us better leaders and motivators of a diverse population of people, and in the Reserves we’re learning and honing those skills that can directly apply to our professional careers,” he added.

“Best, employers are getting all of that for free when a reservist is given the time and the support required to serve

Dr. Peggy Naleppa, MS, MBA, FACHE, president/CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, and Tim Ward, RN and US Navy Reservist, display the Patriot Award presented recently to PRMC.

their nation, and then bring home to their primary career that entire leadership package. It’s a win-win for everyone.”

To learn more about opportunities

to support reservists in the workplace, contact the Maryland chapter of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at 800-336-4590 or online at www.ESGR.mil.

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The freedom is in the discipline

By Veronica Correa

LIFE COACHING

Freedom and discipline seem to be at opposite ends Mastery through of the spectrum. People who see themselves as free spirits discipline brings the tend to feel that discipline is restrictive. In reality, this freedom to live out perception couldn’t be further from the truth. Discipline, life’s purpose. if used correctly, can bring mastery, inner peace and harmony, abundance and success. to practice with discipline to get better Discipline creates mastery. Most at what we love and that journey brings likely, an accomplished piano player tremendous satisfaction to our heart and has great discipline and has practiced soul. Mastery through discipline brings for many years. The greatest athletes the freedom to live our life’s purpose. have spent many hours practicing their Discipline creates inner peace and sport and natural skills to get better and harmony.

The most important part in rise to the top. While it is true that there creating inner peace and harmony is are some people who are born with a special gift, most people do not fall into to nurture positive and creative thinkthat category. The majority of us have ing. As humans, we thrive on positive

thinking. I have a friend from Mexico who tells me, “…but you need to be realistic.” And I respond, “which reality, yours or mine?” I like my reality better because it has proven to help me create the life I want.

Another disciplined practice that can bring inner peace and harmony is meditation. At first, you may see or feel nothing but with discipline and commitment you will achieve that inner peace and harmony that we all seek in life.

If we pay close attention to nature we notice that discipline creates peaceful harmony and abundance. For example, the sun comes out every single day, even when it is cloudy. There is not one day that the sun says “I am tired of doing this every day, I will not shine today.” The same happens with the moon and the stars. Spring and the beginning of summer bring an intense feeling of abundance as I notice the rain, the flowers and the greens getting greener.

Gratitude fills my heart.

Discipline creates abundance and success. At the end of every year I have the discipline of taking myself through the following process. I begin by asking myself the following questions: Am I happy and fulfilled? What am I doing next year to grow and expand? What new things do I want to learn? What experiences do I want to create and bring into my life? What do I really, really want? How can I make a difference in the life of others and the world I live in?

After reflecting and listening to my

inner guidance, I take the time to write down the answers in my journal and from there I create goals and a plan on how to achieve them. Do I achieve every goal? Of course not, however, the path that I created brings new experiences, excitement and growth into my life. I plan to do this into old age to keep myself enthusiastic and engaged with life.

I am very grateful that I learned about this concept many years ago while reading Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The idea that discipline brings freedom intrigued me, I studied the concept and started to apply it to my life. It is not always easy but it’s something I return to again and again. Over time, I have noticed that I have been able to achieve more mastery, create more inner peace and harmony, enjoy more abundance and success and, most importantly, there is a feeling of joy in my heart.

About the author Veronica Correa, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker, certified hypnotherapist and life coach. To learn more about her work, visit www. thepersonalwellnesscenter.com or call 410-742-6016.

EVENT LOCATION:

Dove Pointe DATE & TIME:

Saturday, September 19 5:30-10 PM GRANT RECEPTION - The Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund of the Lower Eastern Shore celebrated its fourth year of grant awards at a special reception hosted at the home of Jan and Jim Perdue in early June. The Women’s Fund awarded grants totaling $25,000 to 13 organizations in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties in 2015. The Women’s Fund is a permanent endowment fund created to address the unmet needs of women and/or girls on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore.

Pictured, from left, top row: Lisa Wilgus, Shirley Grace Pregnancy Center; Karen Bell, Women’s Fund committee member; Rota Knott, Somerset County Local Management Board; Dawn Samis, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, Inc.; Lauren Williams, Worcester Youth and Family Services. Middle row: Erica Joseph, Community Foundation, Peggy Bradford, MAC, Inc.; Denise Eberspeaker, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, Inc.; Dr. Samantha Scott, Child and Family Foundation; and Lynne Peverley, Women’s Fund committee member. Front row: Jennifer Currie, Maryland Capital Enterprises; Stacey Weisner, Delmarva Discovery Center; Alishia Louis-Potter, Empower Women Ministeries; Rina Thaler, Art League of Ocean City, and Stephanie Willey, Women’s Fund committee member.

WSW Support Group Women Supporting Women (WSW) offers monthly Support Group meetings the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Salisbury office located at 1320 Belmont Ave., Ste. 402. Facilitator is Kyle Beebe. For more information, contact the office at 410-548-7880.

2015 CULINARY CELEBRATION

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Join Habitat for the

2015 Chefs for Habitat Culinary Celebration This year’s event features new chefs, new celebrity waiters, and new auction prizes.

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Office: 410-546-1551 Fax: 410-546-1310 Restore: 410-749-6325 908 W. Isabella St., Salisbury, MD 21801 www.wicomicohabitat.org

Each life forever changed…starts with one person like you

SALISBURY STAR • AUGUST 2015

Final Word Entrepreneur Corner

By Bobby Audley Launch/Sby

“Downtown is going to fill up fast and so investing in this space now is a long term goal,” said Emily Venables of Promoting Your World when we sat down to chat in her new Downtown Salisbury store front. “It is really nice on our lunch break to go to Maya Bella’s for a slice of pizza. Being here amongst other local business owners is just wonderful. Unlike a shopping center where you might be surrounded by big box franchises, here we build great relationships. It’s a really great environment!”

Promoting Your World is a locally owned business that offers promotional products. It opened in April and had its ribbon cutting at 3rd Friday on June 19.

Promoting Your World is a family affair for the Venables.

“When I was in college at SU I would help my dad with promoting his restaurant.” Venables’ Dad owns the Deli at Pecan Square on Nanticoke Road. “My husband also worked for my Dad and we both decided promoting was something we wanted to pursue full time. Now our daughter has her own desk in our office too!”

The Venables daughter will be starting pre-k half day in the fall and will spend the second half of her day “working” at the family business.

Entrepreneurship wasn’t always

the goal for the Venables. After graduating from Parkside High School Tommy moved out to California to pursue a dream in the movie business and after graduating from Bennett High School Emily started studying Geology at SU. However, the two are very happy with their current lives in Salisbury and are serving a list of great local clients from La Tolteca to EVO and more.

Venables has graphic design experience, which many online services cannot offer, which is how she is able to stay competitive in a world where online promotional products are so popular. By doing everything from design to production and printing in-house and diversifying into related lines Venables stays competitive. As an entrepreneur, she also have the flexibility to adjust on the fly.

In other Salisbury entrepreneur news...

What’s Happening at Launch/SBY this summer?!: The Launch/SBY Entrepreneur Center in Downtown Salisbury is applying to bring a hugely popular national entrepreneur initiative to Salisbury called 1 Million Cups.

1 Million Cups is a free, weekly national program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Foundation, 1MC is based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and network over a million cups of coffee.

You can find more info and watch some videos of events here:www.1millioncups.com/

How can you get involved?

We need a list of 25 interested entrepreneurs / startups - We currently have a list of 12!

If you fit this description and are interested please let us know and we will add you to Bobby Audley the list for the application.

We need a coffee sponsor - Each week entrepreneurs in attendance are treated to free coffee paid for by a local organization or business. If you are interested in supporting this initiative in this way please let us know. We already have one local business signed on for the first two months!

We need an organizing team - The application recommends assembling a team of no more than 5 entrepreneurs who are interested in organizing this event each week. Bobby Audley from Launch/SBY is already on board and will carry most of the load. If you are interested in supporting our efforts in bringing 1MC to Salisbury please let us know.

As you can see, for us to bring this wonderful program to our area we need your support. If you are interested please email us at: entrepreneur@wicomico.org.

Last Laugh

An old geezer, who had been a retired farmer for a long time, became very bored and decided to open a medical clinic. He put a sign up outside that said: Dr. Geezer’s clinic. “Get your treatment for $500. If not cured get back $1,000.”

Doctor “Young,” who was positive that this old geezer didn’t know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000.

So he went to Dr. Geezer’s clinic.

This is what transpired.

Dr. Young: --- “Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?”

Dr. Geezer: --- “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put three drops in Dr. Young’s mouth.”

Dr. Young: --- Aaagh !! -- “This is Gasoline!”

Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your taste back. That will be $500.”

Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.

Dr Young: “I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything.”

Dr. Geezer: “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put three drops in the patient’s mouth.”

Doctor Young: “Oh no you don’t, that is Gasoline!”

Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your memory back. That will be $500.”

Dr. Young (after now having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.

Dr. Young: “My eyesight has become weak. I can hardly see!

Dr. Geezer: “Well, I don’t have any medicine for that, so here’s your $1,000 back.”

Dr. Young: “But this is only $500.”

Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500.”

Moral of story -- Just because you’re “Young” doesn’t mean that you can outsmart an old “Geezer !”

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