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By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) If their beers come out half as frosty as the reception they’ve been getting from the city, the soon-to-be OC Brewing Company is almost guaranteed success. The proposal to install a brewery and restaurant in the old Adkins lumber yard on 56th Street gained final approvals from the city council and planning commission this week - but only with a number of added conditions that would suggest brewing beer in Ocean City is about as toxic as farming pigs in Chernobyl. “We have questions about why aren’t businesses coming into Ocean City…and here’s a business that wants to come in and invest,” said Mayor Rick Meehan. “Let’s not look at how it can’t be done, but how it can be done.” Despite being located in a commercial zone, the brewery is considered a “manufacturing” use, which requires express approval from the Mayor and Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission, both of whom may set specific conditions for operation. “You do have residential property owners around you, even though they built in a commercial zone,” Commission Chair Pam Buckley said Tuesday. “But we still don’t want them to be living in an industrial yard.” In fact, the brewery was subject to four separate reviews by the city. It first had to obtain a parking waiver from the Board of Zoning Ap-

peals, given that the city’s required parking for manufacturing exceeds what the brewery actually needs, having only a half-dozen employees for the brewing process itself. The project then went through a conditional use hearing before the P&Z Commission last month, another conditional use hearing before the council on Monday, and a final site layout review from the commission on Tuesday. “I think they’ve done a really, really good job on working out all the issues we saw in the initial hearing and in the Mayor and Council review,” said Commissioner Lauren Taylor. With only 24 hours between the final two sessions, the brewery’s designers were forced to work fast in order to present the P&Z Commission with a plan that integrated the changes requested earlier by the commission, as well as the conditions set by the city council the night before. See LAST-MINUTE Page 4

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‘Ping Pong’ premiere going national Ocean City-based ‘Ping Pong Summer’ picks up distributor

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) After its Jan. 18 premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Ocean City-based “Ping Pong Summer” grabbed the attention of film distributors. Gravitas Ventures, part-

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nering with Millennium Entertainment, snatched the indie movie from the competition, with plans in the works to release it in at least 10 major markets across the country and for video on demand this summer. There will also be showings across Maryland, with a local premiere around the release date, Director Michael Tully said. Set in the summer of 1985, “Ping Pong Summer” follows

hip hop- and ping pong-obsessed teen Rad Miracle on vacation with his family. The family-friendly, coming-ofage story is set in the resort and residents and vacationers will see familiar spots from the Boardwalk and pier to Old Pro Golf and the Paul Revere Smorgasbord. “There are so many locations that you could actually go to after you watch the movie,” Tully said. “You can’t really talk about the movie

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OC begins search for new director Special Events Division to be broken off and moved to convention, tourism offices

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) One minor detail in the city’s “help wanted” ads could spell a big progression for how the city handles and plans special events. The Town of Ocean City began advertising late last week for a new Director of Recreation and Parks, anticipating the retirement of current department head Tom Shuster on April 1. But the new director will be hired under slightly different circumstances, as the city’s Special Events Division – previously organized under the Recreation and Parks umbrella – will be broken off and relocated to the convention and tourism offices. “We’re trying to develop a synergy between tourism, the convention center, the new Performing Arts Center, and special events, as we try to work toward becoming a more year-round destination,” said City Manager David Recor. The city’s special events staff works out of Northside Park with the rest of the Recreation and Parks Department. The convention center

houses its own staff as well as the city’s Tourism Department. “The logistics of the move are still being worked out, but the goal is to make the transition before the new director gets here,” said Special Events Superintendent Frank Miller, who was hired to head the division last spring after the retirement of the previous superintendent, John “Sully” Sullivan.

‘I’ll miss working in the same building as Tom and Susan [Petito, Assistant Director of Recreation and Parks], who were kind of my mentors for my first nine months here’ Special Events Superintendent Frank Miller “I’ll miss working in the same building as Tom and Susan [Petito, Assistant Director of Recreation and Parks], who were kind of my mentors for my first nine months here,” Miller said. “But I also have a great relationship with Donna [Abbott, Tourism Director] and Larry [Noccolino, Convention Center Director].” “I think it’ll be an opportunity to really look at how special events are placed within the town.”

The application deadline for the director’s position is Feb. 14, with Recor hoping to have a new hire in place by the time Shuster departs. “We’re advertising through national listings, but I expect most of the interest to be regional,” Recor said. “I have had one fellow from Florida, who was involved with the PGA, interested because of the golf course. We have a lot of amenities here that make our department attractive to people in the industry.” After Shuster announced his retirement, Recor had looked at further re-organizations of the department, including the possibility of moving parks maintenance operations under the Department of Public Works, or placing the Ocean City Beach Patrol under another public safety organ instead of having it as a division of Recreation and Parks. “We looked into all of those options and went back and forth on it, but ultimately decided it just wasn’t the right time to make those changes,” Recor said. The department’s primary operation is running the dozens of camps, sports leagues, and other activities that take place in the city’s parks and public facilities. “We wanted the department to be concentrated more on recreation programming,” Recor said.

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Last-minute design changes address officials’ concerns Continued from Page 1 Following the first commission hearing, the brewery’s attorney, Hugh Cropper, had retained the help of local planning designer Jeff Thaler and architect Rick Schoellkopf to better represent the brewery’s plans to city officials. “The site plan has matured a lot from the preliminary,” Cropper told the commission Tuesday. “Mr. Schoellkopf and Mr. Thaler worked feverishly today to incorporate the council’s changes.” The brewing company will not be doing any major exterior modifications to the space, which it’s owners are leasing, but will be doing interior renovations and constructing new walls to reconfigure the space for the new use. The rear portion of the building will be the brewery itself, while the front space will house a bar and restaurant as well as a retail area for t-shirts and memorabilia. The total square footage is around 17,300. The major concern passed on to the council from the initial commission hearing was the traffic flow, as the aisle between parking rows on the south side of the building may not provide sufficient room for delivery trucks. “As somebody who frequented that property when it was a lumber yard…

basically there’s one way in and one way out,” said Councilman Joe Mitrecic. However, Thaler was able to rearrange the site’s parking so that trucks would be able to turn around near the loading bay at the building’s rear, and provided detailed diagrams showing how this would be done. Vehicles could also make a turn using the aisle of parking at the building’s front, eliminating the need to back out onto Coastal Highway. Some of the parking spaces at the west end of the building would also be restricted to evening use, when they would be needed for customers, but cleared during the day to make room for deliveries and pick-ups. “They can supervise those spaces so they would have the benefit at the peak hours of the restaurant but restrict them for pickup and delivery,” said city Zoning Administrator R. Blaine Smith. Most notably, the council mandated that the brewery’s storage be moved inside the building. The initial plan had called for a 31-foot grain silo located on the southwest corner of the site, along with a storage trailer for waste malt and carbon dioxide pressurizer tanks. “You have plenty of room…and I See FENCE Page 5

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Fence, landscaping to serve as buffer between properties Continued from Page 4 think it would go a long way to address some of the concerns,â&#x20AC;? Meehan said. Councilwoman Margaret Pillas said she feared that rodents and/or seagulls would be attracted to the grain storage, potentially creating an eyesore and a health hazard for neighboring hotels and condos with their excrement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can see this becoming some sort of roost,â&#x20AC;? Pillas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to clean those buildings for those people? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d feel better if everything was inside.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can just imagine if it was outside, in a silo, there could be animals. People might be more concerned, if it was inside, about the purity of the barely or what have you,â&#x20AC;? agreed Council Secretary Mary Knight. Council President Lloyd Martin noted that the appearance of the silo had been a â&#x20AC;&#x153;major bone of contentionâ&#x20AC;? for surrounding property owners. The smell creating by brewing beer was also of concern. Although the commission had already set, as a condition, that the brewery control any noise, dust, and odor from the operation, the council mandated not only inside storage but the installation of air scrubbers to eliminate any smell outside the building itself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally like the smell of brewing beer, but a lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? Mitrecic said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spend a lot of money at 65th Street [the city sewage treatment plant] to scrub the air out of there.â&#x20AC;? The city will also likely be charging for the additional water testing incurred by the brewery. Although it will have its own holding tanks to treat the effluent from the brewing tanks, the waste will still have to be tested by the city wastewater depart-

ment before going into the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sewer system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the process of putting a permit together, an industrial type permit,â&#x20AC;? said city Wastewater Superintendent Charlie Felin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had to do this. A manhole will be installed so we can monitor on a regular basis whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming out of the brewery.â&#x20AC;? The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brewmaster, Mark Fesche, had previously testified that every 1,000-gallon batch of beer would produce about 7,000 gallons of wastewater. The brewery would like only do one per week, but could do up to four. Mitrecic also questioned how the city would monitor for proper disposal of the leftover grain solids, which the brewery plans to give away to farmers. The P&Z commission had specified that spent grain be removed from the site the same day as brewing occurred. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole lot of things in this town that need to be monitored after-hours,â&#x20AC;? replied Planning Director Matt Margotta. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largely complaint drivenâ&#x20AC;ŚI donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that you can pick out one enforcement [and charge for it].â&#x20AC;? The council also specified that the brewery erect a fence and landscaping to shield the Maresol Condominium to the west and the Best Western hotel to the south. Additionally, the brewery will not be permitted any outdoor seating, or be permitted to run a bottling operation, without coming back to the council for express approval. Still, Pillas and Councilman Brent Ashley voted against approval. Councilman Dennis Dare was absent. The P&Z commission approved the site plan with five members in favor. Commissioners Palmer Gillis and Peck Miller were absent.

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Underground cable to be upgraded in areas Neighborhoods in 32nd St. and 94th St. areas will see $3 million in improvements (Feb. 7, 2014) - Delmarva Power soon will begin to upgrade the underground electric cable serving the communities in the bayside area of 32nd Street and on the south side of 94th Street. The projects are expected to cost approximately $3 million and involve the following: Installation of new and improved cable; replacement of some pad

mount transformers (green boxes); relocation of switch gear from the north to the south side of 32nd Street to prevent water and salt from harming this equipment; planned power outages of several hours while improvement work takes place. The work will affect customers on the following streets: 32nd Street, Penguin Drive, Skipjack Lane, Anchorage Way, Windjammer Lane, 94th Street, Rusty Anchor Road, Mooring Road, Bradley Road and Dory Road. “The current underground lines in

these areas have experienced a lot of wear over the years, so it is time to replace the original cables,” said John Allen, Delmarva Power Region vice president. “Projects such as these are an integral part of our annual reliability enhancement program.” Work will take place during daytime hours and will be coordinated with the Ocean City Public Works Department. Customers will be notified of planned power outages. The 32nd Street project is targeted to be completed by April, while the first portion of the 94th Street project

is expected to be finished by the end of 2014. At the conclusion of each project Delmarva Power will coordinate property restoration for areas that were disturbed during the process. Work on the remainder of the 94th Street project is scheduled for sometime in 2015. Find additional information by visiting www.delmarva.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/delmarvapower and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/delmarvaconnect. A mobile app is available at www.delmarva.com/mobileapp.

‘Ping Pong Summer’ makes ‘really big deal’ Local screening dates not set, but film set here sure to be shown here as well Continued from Page 1 young enough and eager enough that they want to try creative stuff” for distribution. With screenings in the works for at least 10 major movie markets, “Ping Pong Summer” will also be available on iTunes, Amazon and through video on demand on its release date, Tully said. Millennium Entertain-

ment will release a DVD version of the film. There’s sure to be an Ocean City screening, either in Sun & Surf Cinemas that appears in the film or one of the private theaters in the area, Tully said. He also hopes to land screenings in some big-name theaters like Regal Cinemas in Maryland. He won’t know the exact screening dates or locations until April, he said. In the meantime, “Ping Pong Summer” has a “pretty healthy festival run” this spring, from South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to show-

ings in Sarasota, Fla., Nashville, Tenn., and San Francisco. As far was what the movie will do for Ocean City, “it’s tough to say,” Tully said. But city officials have high hopes for the film’s impact here. “It looks like it’s going to be a very good thing for Ocean City,” said Tourism and Marketing Director for Ocean City Donna Abbott. “This is a really big deal,” said Mayor Rick Meehan. Riding on the tails of a Rotterdam showing, which drew almost 1,000 people to the first screening, Tully

doesn’t think “Ping Pong Summer” can hurt the resort, at least. “Is it going to bring all the Dutch people who saw the movie over in Holland to Ocean City this summer? That I don’t know,” the director said, “but I would at least say, respectfully, that there’s no way that it won’t give some sort of boost to the economy and Ocean City itself.” Keep updated by following “Ping Pong Summer” on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pingpongsummer or the Twitter handle @pingpongsummer.

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Super Bowl a super downer for area pizza delivery shops By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) Hours before the Seahawks trounced the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII last Sunday, workers at Domino’s Pizza on 64th Street prepared for the game day delivery rush, but the boom never came. On a day that’s historically a high point for delivery companies, drivers only answered 43 calls, the pizzeria’s general manager Joshua Price said. “I made sure I staffed heavily and prepared heavily and had plenty of food, but it never really came to fruition, to be honest,” Price said. Delivery spots around town reported similar lags in business this year, blaming the lack of a Maryland team to draw attention to the game or customers’ belief that delivery services would be flooded for the poor showing. “It was actually slow compared to a typically Sunday,” said Dawn James, coowner of Just Deliveries, which brings fare from sushi and Chinese to Popeyes’ chicken to customers in Berlin, Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Bishopville. With a bolstered staff for the day, the Super Bowl only brought 10 calls to Just Deliveries — down even from the typical 15-20 orders it gets on weekend days this time of year, James said. “We thought it would be busier,” she said.

Across the bridge, though, Pizza Hut in Ocean Pines saw a healthy day of takeout and delivery business. “It was very busy,” Director of Operations for the pizzeria Andy Adkins said. “Super Bowl Sunday is double what a normal Sunday’s business would be, even during normal football season.” With extra staff to man the ovens and phones, Pizza Hut brought a slew of its new hand-tossed pizzas to customers throughout Berlin, Ocean Pines, West Ocean City and Bishopville, he said. Without the Ravens to draw customers to the bars, he thinks more people stayed in for the game, making business better than last year. “It was definitely busier than the normal Sunday,” manager at Fat Daddy’s on 82nd Street Scott Sudol said. “Wings were definitely No. 1,” with pizzas close behind in popularity. The “Super bowl’s a good day for us,” said Charlie Kight, of family-run Mama Della’s in Ocean Pines, though “last year was a lot better, because the Ravens were in the Super Bowl.” Price, who’s been with Domino’s for 16 years, said the winter deserves the brunt of the blame for the Super Bowl slump. “We’re definitely busy between the summer months, this being a resort town,” he said. “We were incredibly slow for a Super Bowl. Here in Ocean City, we usually are.”

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By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) The Ocean City Council this week cautiously passed the first reading of an ordinance that would allow so-called “dry nightclubs” to extend their hours by request. The potential change to the city’s regulation of such establishments, which are permitted to admit only patrons ages 15 to 20, was introduced last week at the behest of Epic Brands, whose cheerleading competitions host after-parties at the city’s only current dry club, H2O on Worcester Street. “The last couple of years, because this event has grown, the older cheerleaders aren’t getting out [of the competition] soon enough to come down and enjoy the after-party,” said H2O owner Rob Rosenblit. “I pointed out to them that we had a number of complaints from parents and participants that they were paying for tickets but didn’t have enough time to enjoy the event.” The city’s ordinance on dry clubs mandates a 12:45 a.m. closing time, with no provision for any exceptions. In a letter to city officials, Epic ex-

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‘This is for a specific group, that we value their business, and want to make it as easy as possible for them’ Council Secretary Mary Knight ings, then we will come back and make a decision [on specific dates and times for Epic].” But despite the overall ordinance change and the specific request by Epic being two separate issues in a legal sense, the fact that the ordinance change was directly spurred by Epic’s request problematically ties the two together. “This is for a specific group, that we value their business, and want to make it as easy as possible for them,” said Council Secretary Mary Knight. However, Knight said, “I take this

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By Nancy Powell Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) A 36-year-old Newark man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison, with all but one year suspended, for possession of child pornography with the intent to distribute it. Jason Gregory Root pleaded guilty to that crime and to possession of child pornography, for which he was sentenced to six months, in Circuit Court in Snow Hill. Members of the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant at his Newark on Sept. 9. The search warrant was obtained after several months of investigation that revealed that someone in that residence was sharing and downloading pictures and videos of child pornography. Inside the residence, police found numerous items containing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. An interview of the residents revealed that Root was responsible for sharing and downloading images. Root was charged with six counts of promoting and distributing child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography. In a plea bargain with the State’s Attorney’s Office, Root pleaded guilty to the two charges and the other charges were not prosecuted.

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By Nancy Powell Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) Worcester County State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby, announced Wednesday that he would go to Baltimore Friday, to meet with U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein and other top officials to discuss the issue of fentanyl -laced heroin, which has already caused 37 deaths across the state. “We need to be as informed as possible, meeting with officials from across the State as well as our federal partners will ensure that we address this issue before it becomes a problem for the Eastern Shore,” Oglesby stated in a press release. In recent weeks newspapers from across the country have been reporting on this deadly epidemic. Heroin overdoses have spiked dramatically because this new heroin is mixed with the powerful painkiller, fetanyl, which is estimated to be 80 times more powerful than morphine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “This is a real problem that’s very dangerous. No one should die from an overdose, and there are resources within the community designed to help those with addictions find a pathway to recovery.

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Most importantly, the code specifies that any business license granted under the dry nightclub definition can only admit patrons age 15 and over. Further, if patrons 21 and over are admitted, then no one ages 15-20 may be admitted simultaneously. This mutually exclusive age separation combats the city’s stated findings, per the code, that “dry nightclubs provide an arena for predatory-type sexual crimes.” The majority of these issues are naturally encountered in the summer, while Epic’s events will occur in the winter and early spring. That, plus the massive economic impact the cheerleading competitions have on the resort’s off-season, were leveraged as reasons for the ordinance change. Last year, Epic voiced concern that they would be losing valuable floor space to the city’s Performing Arts Center, which is currently being built inside the convention center, resulting in a panic that the cheerleading events would be leaving the resort. “There was a lot of question if we were losing the cheer events,” Meehan said. “But this [request] is the representative from the event telling us that more kids are coming than ever before.”

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Ocean City has no plans to return to recycling Resort to stay with costsaving program with waste being converted to energy

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Jan. 31, 2014) As recycling programs swelled across the country in 2010, Ocean City dropped traditional recycling in favor of a new, cost-saving Waste-to-Energy program. Under the program, around 90 percent of the town’s waste — including bottles, paper and other recyclables — was rerouted to an incinerator that burns trash to produce energy. It’s been saving Ocean City more than $500,000 a year and, as the city’s Public Works Director Hal Adkins sees it, is a viable resource for generating energy.

“Every single day, people are making trash,” Adkins said. “We are repurposing our waste stream — 90 percent of it.” Ocean City did not make its jump away from recycling in one fell swoop, however. In summer 2009, the city redirected the bulk of its trash from the Worcester County landfill to Covanta Waste-to-Energy incinerators in Pennsylvania. The cost of sanitation and waste removal for the city dropped $506,000 between fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Before the next summer, Ocean City dropped its recycling pickup and costs fell a further $888,500 for that fiscal year.

down to one major issue: “money,” Adkins said. The tipping fee at the Worcester County landfill is $70 per ton of household waste — well above the national average of $50 reported by cleanenergyprojects.com. Comparatively, the city pays $56.30 per ton of trash hauled to the incinerator, which private company Covanta 4Recovery handles, at least until the end of its three-year lease with the city in 2015, Adkins said. At around 33,000 tons of rubbish going from the city to the fire, the switch saves more than $450,000 a year. A remaining 3,500 tons of wastewater sludge and street sweepings — things that can’t be burned — still go to the county’s landfill, Adkins said. The city is also saving on employee

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wrote Alan Muller of Green Delaware in 2010. “For a wealthy town to shut down recycling and send its garbage to be burned… is obscene.” Lifelong visitor and environmental writer Barbara Runion, of Hyattsville, wrote letters to the town and state government urging them to restore recycling. “Ocean City’s near and dear to my heart,” Runion said in an interview, but “unless the town council incorporates or brings back recycling… they (visitors) may take one look at that and think, ‘Hey, there are better places to go.’” “Those conversations, they’ll go on for the rest of my career, I’m sure,” Adkins said. While state law requires counties to implement and manage local recycling programs, it does not require municipalities to follow recycling programs. When Ocean City dropped recycling in 2010, the change did not hamper Worcester County from meeting its goal of recycling 15 percent of its waste, as outlined in the Maryland Recycling Act, Adkins said. “It wasn’t a negative at that point in history. Will it be in the future? I don’t know,” he said.

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Start of school year dominates discussions Many oppose beginning classes before Labor Day as area debate continues

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) The perennial debate over the start of the Worcester County school calendar dominated Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting of the Economic Development Committee at the Carousel Hotel on 117th Street. Although the meetingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaker, Superintendent of Worcester Schools Jerry Wilson, talked about the schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; direction for the future, the audience was more concerned about what his talk did not address: the movement to return to the practice of starting school after Labor Day. Worcester Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public schools

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On October 16, 2013, the Ocean City Lions Charities held a golf tournament at the Ocean City Golf Club to support our wounded troops from the Iraq and Afghan-istan wars. Over $25,000 was raised for their benefit. This was the eighth year for the Lions Club tournament, and our community made it successful for a most worthwhile cause.

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School year extended by bad winter weather Last day was supposed to be June 12; students now must attend for five more

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) The snow that blew in last month brought a slew of snow days for children at Worcester County schools. As it stands, the public school calendar that was originally slated to end Thursday, June 12 is bumped to Tuesday, June 17, with any more school closings pushing that date even further, said Coordinator of Public Relations and Special Programs for the schools Barbara Witherow. The 180-day school year already had three snow days built in, but students have so far seen six days off school for

inclement weather, she said. To keep Mackenzie, 9, and Madison, With so much free time, parents in 10, busy, Lawrence had them do rethe area resorted to play dates, Wii search for do-it-yourself projects online tournaments and even cleaning the — everything from new recipes they house to keep their kids occupied. could cook to homemade bracelets and “We had done every craft that was nail art, she said. imaginable, “We used it as organizational watched every movie that we ‘We had done every craft that was time, too. We had,” said mother imaginable, watched every movie cleaned out closof two Deserie ets, went through that we had’ Lawrence. “It was clothes and stuff mother of two like that,” she hard, I’m not going Deserie Lawrence to lie.” said. Lawrence works For the girls, from home for her each evening anown social media company, GetNo- nouncing school closings was like ticed PR, and was eager to get back to Christmas morning, Lawrence said, work after two weeks of Christmas hol- and they learned to watch the phone at iday. That changed when the polar vor- 5:30 p.m. in anticipation as the flurries tex dumped inches of snow across the fell. But as the reality of what that means area last month.

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Consolidation of two 79th St. parcels ok’d New two-story facility will contain both restaurant and retail business units

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposal to combine two lots on Coastal Highway south of 79th Street into one redevelopment project. The proposed facility will occupy the former location of Senor Cigar’s, on the corner of Coastal Highway and 79th Street, as well as the lot of the KCoast Surf Shop location to its south. “It is a consolidation of two parcels,” said city Zoning Administrator R. Blaine Smith. “One of them housed a K-Coast to the south, and to the north is what used to be Senor

Cigar’s, which has been demolished. K-Coast will be torn down to make way as well.” The project is being done by KCoast owner Chris Shanahan, himself a member of the commission. Shanahan recused himself from the discussion and vote on the proposal. The new facility will be two stories, just shy of 5,000 square feet, and contain both retail and restaurant units. The building will be situated on the southwest of the combined lots, with parking on the north and east sides. The commission questioned, as a matter of principle, why the new project was being allowed to keep the deficiency of parking spaces from the previous buildings despite the change of use. Current city code requires a cer-

tain number of parking spaces, based on the use and size of a facility. However, older buildings are grandfathered in, and are allowed to re-build so long as they do not increase the total number of parking spaces they are lacking. In the current case, the old buildings housing K-Coast and Senor Cigar’s were short 11 spaces under current regulations, meaning the new project could be built 11 spaces short as well. “In many properties, they’ve rebuilt from the ground up as long as they don’t make the deficiency worse,” Smith said. “The code still allows the use to be changed.” The commission seemed inclined that any change of use from a previous structure should re-set the parking tally, so to speak.

“I don’t see this one being an issue, but other ones that come through could be,” said Commission Chair Pam Buckley. “We need to address this, because eventually it’s going to come back and bite us,” said Commissioner Lauren Taylor.

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By Nancy Powell Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) A 22-year-old Upper Marlboro man was sentenced Jan. 15 to three years in prison, with all but one year suspended, for a burglary he committed in Ocean City last summer. On June 13, police were called to a 10th Street unit because of the burglary. An officer was flagged down as he arrived. The young woman who flagged him down pointed down Philadelphia Avenue and said her friends were following the suspect. Police located the suspect, Daniel Lamar Williams, 22, and arrested him. One of the men who had been following Williams told police that he had seen Williams and another man in the kitchen of the rental unit where he was staying. He followed Williams when he left the unit. Williams told police he had not stolen any items and had not been in the unit. When police searched him, however, they found three watches, a knife and a green toiletry kit, all of which belonged to the 12 occupants of the rental unit. He was also accused to taking a credit card, cell phones, iPods, other items and cash totaling $2,485. He also allegedly urinated all over a bed in the unit. His shorts were unzipped when police confronted him. Williams was charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary, malicious destruction of property and 13 theft charges. In Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Nov. 13, Williams pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary. In exchange for his guilty plea, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office did not prosecute the other charges against him. After his release from jail, Daniels will be on supervised probation for two years. Vote For

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OBITUARIES SARAH J. HITCHENS VENABLE Berlin Sarah J. Hitchens Venable, 91, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2014 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Ocean City, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Ellen Lynch Hitchens. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ward VenSarah Venable able. Surviving are her sons, William “Bill” Venable and his wife, Sandra, of Bishopville, Pat Venable and his wife, Kay, of Parsonsburg, and Dale E. Venable and his wife, Denise, of Bishopville, and her sister-in-law, Sally Hitchens. She was preceded in death by a son, James B. Venable in 2003. She leaves two granddaughters, Maddie Farlow and Ellen Venable Passwater, two great-grandsons, Matthew and Thomas Passwater, and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Venable was a co-owner of Hoffman Drycleaners, now Venable’s Cleaners, in Berlin. She was a member of Atlantic United Methodist Church, Past Matron of the Worcester County Chapter of Eastern Star, Worthy Matron of Holly Chapter of Eastern Star, and a member of “She Shells” Order of the Boumi Temple. Mrs. Venable was preceded in death by her brothers, Horace and

James Hitchens, and sisters, Dorothy Stevens, Betty Rappaport, and Ellen “Pete” Haas. A funeral service was held Feb. 1, 2014 at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. The Rev. Robert Miller officiated. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery. A donation may be made in her memory to: Berlin Volunteer Fire Company 214 South Main St. Berlin, Md. 21811. Letters of condolence may sent via www.burbagefuneralhome.com. LAWRENCE PAUL DOWNS Ocean Pines Lawrence Paul Downs, 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Baltimore City, he was the son of the late Paul and Ethel Mae Stein Downs. He is survived by his wife, Sally Stowe Downs, and children, Nancy Morgan of Des Moines, Iowa, John A. Morgan Jr. and his wife, Alyssa McCarthy, of Arlington, Va. and Robert A. Downs of Baltimore. He leaves three grandchildren, Michael Paul Morgan, Robert F. Downs Jr., and Jennifer Downs. He is also survived by his sister, Kathleen Milligan, and her husband, Ronald Patrick, of Westminster, Md., and nieces, Kristin Hurley and Corrine Milligan. Mr. Downs, a U.S. Navy veteran, had worked with the federal government in the Medicare Division. He

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OBITUARIES Continued from Page 20 Langan and his wife, Kitty of Hollywood, Ca.; grandchildren; April Anderson, Amy Chapman, Matthew Anderson, Erik Anderson and Julia Langan and great-granddaughter, Sadie Anderson. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Berlin. Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home, P.A., 501 Snow Hill Rd., Salisbury, Md. 21804. Visit www.hollowayfh.com to express condolences to the family. DAWN MARIE REEDER Snow Hill Dawn Marie Reeder, 42, died on Sunday Feb. 2, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

She was the daughter of the late Jim Lewis and Paula Christine Bullock. She was preceded in death by two sons, Hunter J. and Aiden C. Reeder. She is survived by her husband, Grover Reeder, a son, Michael C. Reeder; three daughters, Megan N., Courtney E., and Kaitlin M. Reeder and a brother, Jim Lewis, and his wife, Jenny, step-father Floyd Morris, eight grandchildren, aunts Joyce and Susie as well as uncles, nieces, nephews and a host of friends. A funeral service was held on Wednesday Feb. 5, at the Burbage Funeral Home in Snow Hill. The Rev. Sherwood McGrath officiated. Expressions of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

OC drug drop-box a place to dispose of unwanted meds (Feb. 7, 2014) The Ocean City Public Safety Building lobby has housed a permanent 24-hour drug drop-box since May, 2012. In 2013, 243 pounds of unused and unwanted medications, including controlled pain medications, depressants and stimulants, were turned in to the drop box. These turned-in medications have a street value of nearly $25,000. Another permanent drug take back drop box is located at the Ocean Pines Police Department. Combined, the two drop boxes yielded a total of 657 pounds of medication containing 12,598 controlled pills having a street value of $70,592. “The drop box was donated to the Ocean City Police Department in May, 2012 by the Ocean City Elks Lodge and has served as a safe place for citizens to bring their unused and unwanted medications ensuring that

the medications never end up on the streets of Ocean City,” said OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro. “We strongly encourage citizens to take their unwanted medications to the drop box and not flush their medication or throw them away. Disposing of medication properly prevents the medication from entering our waterways and landfills.” The Maryland Executive Board members of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators have hailed this effort as a success in keeping unwanted and unused prescription drugs out of the hands of those who shouldn’t have them as well as out of Maryland coastal bays and waterways. For more information about this free and confidential program, contact the OCPD Public Affairs Office at 410-520-5395.

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Business

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Carousel Group adds Crystal Beach Hotel Addition gives company a Boardwalk presence with its 25th Street location

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) The Carousel Group hotel management company kicked off 2014 by adding the 25th Street Crystal Beach Hotel to its list of properties. It’s the fourth consecutive year the group’s expanded, said Managing Partner Michael James. The Carousel Group also manages the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel & Condominiums on 118th Street, the Coastal Palms Inn & Suites on 120th Street, the Atlantic Oceanfront Inn on 45th Street and Bonita Beach Hotel on 81st Street. It added the Crystal Beach Hotel Jan. 1 of this year, giving the company a Boardwalk presence. “It’s just a really nice mix of properties for Ocean City,” James said. Carousel is managing the 10-year-old Crystal Beach Hotel in conjunction with its owners, the Fidanza family. While the partners have been “changing some things around,” they’re waiting until 2015 to do any major overhauls in conjunction with a next-door addition, James said. The Fidanzas also own the neighboring Riviera Motel, a much older building. Though nothing is official yet, they plan to expand Crystal Beach by adding a new building where the Riviera now stands, making way for about 63 new units to add to the 79-unit Crystal Beach building, James said. “We’re still in the planning stage,” Crystal Beach Owner Frank Fidanza said. “We just know that we will be, at

Fritschle lists its leading agents

(Feb. 7, 2014) Ed Wehnert and Mark and Lora Fritschle of the Mark Fritschle Group – Condominium Realty this week announced their listing, sales and settlement leaders for December 2013. Top listing agents by unit: 1. Sheri Smith, 2. Joe Wilson, 3. Joy Snyder. Top Listing Agents by volume: 1. Katherine Wright, 2. Sheri Smith, 3. Grant Fritschle. Top selling agent by units: 1. Nick Bobenko. Top settled agents by units: 1. Joy Snyder, 2. Kevin Decker. Top settled agents by volume: 1. Katherine Wright, 2. Kevin Decker, 3. Joy Snyder. The company also reported that 2013 was a record-breaking year, finishing with a record-breaking December.

OCEAN CITY TODAY/CLARA VAUGHN

Owner of the Crystal Beach Hotel Frank Fidanza, left, stands with Managing Partner for the Carousel Group Michael James on the boards in front of the hotel. The Carousel Group is teaming with up the Fidanza family to manage and expand the 25th Street hotel.

some point, rebuilding.” His family began discussions with the Carousel Group in 2013, hoping to grow their mid-sized hotel business. “We are a family-run hotel and we decided we want to get with the times,” Fidanza said. “In order to do so, we need to go forward with someone with more knowledge in the marketing aspect.” The family chose the Carousel Group because of their group mentality, he said. James called the change a “win-win.” “For them, it brings in a professional team with professional marketing and extends their reach,” he said. “From our perspective, adding a hotel on the Boardwalk was a perfect fit.” The 25th Street location provides access to amusement, restaurants and even movies on the beach while keeping the hotel shielded from the brunt of the Boardwalk noise, James said. “Just the location itself is a great amenity,” he said. “It’s probably on the nicest part of the Ocean City Boardwalk” — something Crystal Beach takes advantage of with its oceanfront swimming pool and balcony views. The hotel will reopen soon for Presidents’ Day weekend with improved high-speed Internet, flat-panel TVs, new sofa beds, a fresh coat of paint and a revamped website. All of the changes are set to match the 2015 update, when Crystal Beach and the Riviera are slated to undergo renovations in concert. See the hotel’s new website at www.crystalbeachhotel.com. Visit www.carouselgrouphotels.com to learn more about the Carousel Group.

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After closing its doors for a month, BJ’s on the Water on 75th Street reopened last Friday with a fresh look, masterminded by co-owner and designer Maddy Carder. Her husband and co-owner Billy Carder just went through a bone marrow transplant, and “that’s really the whole reason for this renovation,” she said, “to give him a brand new start in the restaurant to go with his brand new life.”

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REAL ESTATE REPORT

Home purchasing is a process

PHOTO COURTESY GEORGE BALL

IN THE WAKE OF ICE U.S. Coast Guard on patrol through the Ocean City inlet Sunday with snow and ice flows nearby.

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) So you want to buy a home, but don’t know where to begin. Many prospective homebuyers call an agent to see a property before figuring out what they really want in a home and also before the other crucial first step — getting pre-qualified. Buyers should sit down and decide on where they want to live, how much they can afford each month in a payment and the style and size of a house they need. Also before viewing homes, buyers need to contact a knowledgeable, local lender and acquire a preapproval. The lender will be able to interview prospective buyers over the

phone, and after checking credit score can provide buyers with a purchase price maximum, or what they qualify for. After you have a pre-qualification in hand, the process of viewing homes can begin. It is rare that you will find the perfect home out of the gate, and viewing homes is more of a process of elimination. Once you find the home you think will fit your needs, the contract process will take place. With the help of your Realtor, you will decide on an offer price and various terms such as closing cost assistance, home inspection timeframes, settlement date, amount of earnest money deposit, etc. Buyers should feel free to ask their Realtor for a copy of a blank contract to review ahead of time, so that you can be prepared to ask questions when signing the document. Steps along the way during the 30-45 days it normally takes to settle on a home are: home inspection, quoting homeowners insurance and/or flood insurance, receiving loan commitment from the lender, and establishing utilities in your name for day of settlement. You will also do a final walk through of the property you are purchasing the day before or the day of settlement which allows you to re-inspect the property to ensure it is in acceptable condition and that all of the items that were to convey with the property are present. On settlement day, buyers are required to bring a copy of their driver’s license and certified funds to settlement. After you finish signing, which may leave you with a cramped hand, transfer of ownership has occurred and you receive your keys/garage door openers and it’s time to move in! — Lauren Bunting is a licensed REALTOR®with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin, MD.

Hileman names best producers

(Feb. 7, 2014) Hileman Real Estate Inc., with offices in Ocean Pines and Ocean City, this week announced its top producers for 2013. According to Broker/Owner, Debora Hileman, “The Power of 2 Team” with Bethany Drew and Terri Bradford had another record year with more than $15 million in sold volume. Drew and Bradford became business partners in 2007 and quickly became one of the top-producing teams in the Coastal Association of Realtors, even in what some might call a “down market.” The pair said, however, that high sales figures are not the only determining factor in defining their success and point to solid reviews from clients on Web sites such as, Trulia and Zillow. When asked what makes the Power of 2 so dynamic, Drew said, “It is our philosophy to serve the community and we feel that is exactly what we do each and every day.” . The Ocean Pines office is at 11065 Cathell Road Berlin, across from the Pines Plaza and the Ocean City location is at 8202 Coastal Highway.

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Sea Watch Condominium is seeking a dependable conscientious individual for our in-house “Unit Services” department. Applicant should have experience in HVAC and plumbing. This is a full-time position with benefits. Resume required. Call 410-5244003 or apply in person at 11500 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD.

HELP WANTED

Hiring Year Round Experienced Cook for Italian/American Restaurant. Apply in person Alex’s Italian Restaurant, Rt. 50, West Ocean City. Lawn Maintenance, Valid driver’s license, experienced. Call 443-365-5195, leave name and contact info, call will be returned. Gold’s Coast Gym-OC (formerly Gold’s Gym) is accepting applications for a Front Desk Fitness Sales Associate Must be energetic & outgoing with good computer skills & an athletic background. Send resumes to howardbaldwinjr@ gmail.com

Hiring Year Round Kitchen Manager & Line Cooks

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Benefits include 2 weeks paid vacation, 7-paid holidays, medical, dental, life & disability insurances & 401k plan. Please apply in person at 2800 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 410-289-1100

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Dental Asst / Sterile Tech Needed OC Dental office needs an organized & efficient team player with dental assistant experience & radiology certification. Pt-time, possibly FT, Yr-Rd w/benefits. Send resume to contact@ atlanticdental.com or fax to 410-213-2955.

Restaurant Manager Wanted. Great work environment medical benefits - salary commensurate w/experience. Please send resume to PO Box 838, Ocean City, MD 21843. Hiring F/T & P/T Professional Sales Reps Motivated individuals wanted for rapidly expanding business. Training available, paid travel, with a high income earning potential. Manager positions available for experienced individuals. Please call 443-291-7651. Office Administrator Office Administrator for a busy insurance office. The position is full time with benefits. Job will consist of clerical duties, data entry, customer service, answering the phone, and some accounting. Candidate should have good phone and organizational skills, good writing skills, be proficient on the computer (windows, outlook email, excel and Microsoft word) a hard worker and team oriented. Resumes can be emailed to info@ibenefitsolutions.com or mail to 11944 Ocean Gateway, St. 5, Ocean City, MD 21842.

Accepting Applications for the following positions:

Lifeguard: FT/PT hours available, must be available weekends. Indoor Pool, Red Cross Certifications preferredwill train the right person. Must enjoy working with children, team player, dependable: references required. Front Desk: FT/PT hours available, must work evenings & weekends. Roommaster exp. preferred. Fast paced environment, looking for team player, friendly, upbeat personality w/reliable transportation. Night Laundry: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: Evening shifts. This position requires moderate activity throughout shift and assists in housekeeping calls as needed. Applications available at the Front Office or email: Hbrunning@fskfamily.com No phone calls please!

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RENTALS RENTALS

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YR-Newark-3BR/2BA-newly renovated Home, large yard, storage shed. $1050/mo. + security. 2BR/1BA-newly renovated Apt. large yard, storage shed. $950/mo. + security. Call 443-397-8919.

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Stephen Decatur sophomore John Lambrinos hands the baton off to junior Ruben Ortega during the 800-meter relay race last Friday at the Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill.

Stephen Decatur sophomore Michelina Sanders competes in the shot put during the Jan. 31 Bayside Conference championship at the Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill.

SD track athletes perform well at Baysides Lady Seahawks finish third, boys’ team places fourth during conf. championship

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 7, 2014) The Stephen Decatur girls’ indoor track team finished third, while the boys’ placed fourth out of 13 schools competing in last Friday’s Bayside Conference championship meet at the Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill. “I was really nervous going into this meet, just about how we would do. We only had one practice basically in the last two weeks with all the snow and the weather,” said Decatur Coach Jody Stigler. “They stuck it in there pretty well and I was definitely really pleased with how we did on both sides.” Kent Island won the girls’ competition with 126 points. North Caroline finished in second place with 109 points. Decatur scored 96 points for third place. “The girls did basically about what I expected. Third was pretty good because the teams that got first and second had a couple more practice days,” Stigler said. Senior Layla Fowler performed well during the Jan. 31 Bayside meet, Stigler said. She won the 500-meter race (1:22.59), took third in the 300meter dash (44.45 seconds), fifth in

the 800-meter run (2:38.82) and was a member of the first-place 1,600meter relay team (4:25.33). Joining her in the relay race was junior Lauren Bodolus, sophomore Katie Hofman and freshman Christina Romano. Romano also won individual awards, placing second in the high jump (4 feet 8 inches) and fourth in the 300-meter dash (46.48 seconds). Romano, Bodolus, Hofman and senior Katie Collins were fourth in the 800-meter relay race (1:58.82). Sophomore Emily Cook (9.98 seconds) and junior Emily Kolarik (10.05 seconds) crossed the finish line third and fourth respectively in the 55-meter hurdles event. Sophomore Alison Alvarado earned fourth-place honors in the 3,200-meter race (13:35.70). Alvarado, Bodolus and fellow Seahawks, junior Jenna Leitgeb and freshman Brigitte Ardis, scored a fourth-place award in the 3,200meter relay event (11:19.50). “Our best event was the girls’ pole vault where we got second, third and fourth,” Stigler said. Collins (8 feet 6 inches) and senior Kacie Moore (8 feet), landed in the second and third spots, respectively. Freshman Jillian Mitrecic’s vault of 7 feet 6 inches put her in the fourth position. Kent Island won the boys’ competition with 121 points, North Caroline was second with 75 points and Queen

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Stephen Decatur junior Lauren Bodolus, right, cheers on senior Katie Collins, who passes the baton to sophomore Katie Hofman, during the 800-meter relay race.

Anne’s (74.50) rounded out the top three. Decatur scored 45 points for fourth place. “From the beginning of the year to the end of the year the boys have made huge improvements,” Stigler said. “In the beginning of the year we

were getting like 10th and 11th [place]; we might have even got a 13th. We scored like five points the first meet and we scored 45 points [during the Bayside meet].” Junior Jackson Mumford was runSee BOYS Page 30

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Stephen Decatur senior captain Andrew Borradaile, back, tightens his grip on North Caroline's Montana Walton during their 160-pound match last Friday in Berlin. Borradaile won 9-1.

Stephen Decatur senior Caleb Massey, left, dominates his 220-pound match against North Caroline's Tristan Merson last Friday in Berlin. Massey pinned his opponent in 57 seconds.

SD wrestlers take down NC, SH and Parkside By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 7, 2014) The Stephen Decatur wrestling team scored three Bayside Conference victories in less than 24 hours last week to improve its record to 12-0. The Seahawks earned wins over the North Caroline Bulldogs and Snow Hill Eagles last Friday night in Berlin, then the next morning, the Seahawks boarded the bus and headed to Salisbury where they took down the Parkside Rams. “We got out of [the gym Friday night] at 9 p.m. and we were back on the bus at 11 a.m. [Saturday]. Some kids wrestled three matches [in less that 24 hours], plus making weight twice,” said Decatur Coach Todd Martinek. Decatur battled North Caroline first on Jan. 31 and came out on top 56-9. The Seahawks won 12 of 14 matches.

Seniors Caleb Massey (220), Jared King (182) and Nate Rosenblatt (126), junior Joseph Rodriguez (132) and freshman Robert Kaminski (106) pinned their opponents. Junior captain TJ Scafone earned a major decision, 11-3, at 120 pounds. Andrew Borradaile, a senior captain, scored a major decision victory, 9-1, at 160 pounds. Sophomores Brett Kim (170) and Tyler VanSice (138) and senior Nick Bennett (152), recorded 4-2, 2-0 and 7-2, decisions, respectively. Senior Ethan Eibl weighed in at 216 pounds and his North Caroline opponent, Brion Blades, who is ranked No. 1 among the smaller 1A/2A schools and second overall in the state in the 285-pound class, tipped the scale at 277 pounds, Martinek said. Eibl is ranked 16th in the state in the 220-pound division. The two went head-to-head in the 285-pound heavyweight match. “That’s a lot of weight, 61 pounds,” Martinek said. “[Blades is] big and strong and he usually catches people. Ethan can wrestle. Ethan out-wrestled him.”

Stephen Decatur (STDE) 56 vs. North Caroline (NOCA) 9 220: Caleb Massey, STDE, pinned Tristan Merson, NOCA, 0:57 285: Ethan Eibl, STDE, dec. Brion Blades, NOCA, 8-6 106: Robert Kaminski, STDE, pinned Brian Suitt, NOCA, 1:51 113: Andrew McKahan, STDE, forfeit 120: TJ Scafone, STDE, maj. dec. Connor McCormick, NOCA, 11-3 126: Nate Rosenblatt, STDE, pinned Michael Jantz, NOCA, 0:56 132: Joseph Rodriquez, STDE, pinned Eric Moore, NOCA, 5:33 138: Tyler VanSice, STDE, dec.

Stephen Decatur (STDE) 69 vs. Snow Hill (SNHI) 9 106: Robert Kaminski, STDE, pinned Lloyd Webb, SNHI, 0:51

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Austin White, NOCA, 2-0 145: Rowan Silsey, NOCA, pinned Brandon McKenzie, STDE, 2:22 152: Nick Bennett, STDE, dec. Wade Bishop, NOCA, 7-2 160: Andrew Borradaile, STDE, maj. dec. Montana Walton, NOCA, 9-1 170: Brett Kim, STDE, dec. Alex Eaton, NOCA, 4-2 182: Jared King, STDE, pinned Jordan Williams, NOCA, 1:27 195: Zach Schall, NOCA, dec. Brandon Wooten, STDE, 2-0

North Caroline forfeited the 113pound match to Decatur freshman Andrew McKahan. Decatur outscored Snow Hill 69-9. The Seahawks won 12 of 14 matches. Kaminski (106), McKahan (113), Kim (170) and King (182) pinned their competition. Snow Hill forfeited matches to Scafone (120), Rodriguez (132), VanSice (138), Massey (220), Eibl (285) and junior Brandon Wooten (195). Borradaile (160) earned a majordecision victory, 11-1, and Bennett (152) scored a technical fall, 16-1. “I thought we wrestled well. It seemed like we were in shape and we did some good things,” Martinek said. “The matches we lost were matches that we probably should have lost. We won a couple matches that were tight. I was overall very happy.” The next day, Decatur, despite being “a little flat,” topped Parkside 58-18. McKahan (113), Scafone (120), VanSice (138), Bennett (152), King (182), Eibl (220), Massey (285) and junior Nevin McIntosh (160) pinned their opponents.

113: Andrew McKahan, STDE, pinned Zach Brittingham, SNHI, 2:26 120: TJ Scafone, STDE, forf. 126: Camden Fischer, SNHI, dec. Nate Rosenblatt, STDE, 2-0 132: Joseph Rodriquez, STDE, forf. 138: Tyler VanSice, STDE, forf. 145: Vershi Jenkins, SNHI, pinned Brandon McKenzie, STDE, 5:32 152: Nick Bennett, STDE, tech. fall Warren Lee, SNHI, 0:00 16-1 160: Andrew Borradaile, STDE, maj. dec. Elijah Haynie, SNHI, 11-1 170: Brett Kim, STDE, pinned Miguel Peryra, SNHI, 3:21 182: Jared King, STDE, pinned Ian See Page 31

“Tyler VanSice is having a real good week. He got a couple wins [Friday] night and got another win [Saturday],” Martinek said. “He’s a good wrestler. He had a tough spell earlier in the year and he’s wrestled some studs. Now he’s winning the matches I think he should win. I’m excited to see what he does in the post-season.” Kaminski (106) scored a major-decision victory, 12-0, and Parkside forfeited the 170-pound match to Borradaile. Decatur’s final competition of the regular season is scheduled for today, Friday, against the James M. Bennett Clippers in Berlin, at 5 p.m. Decatur’s seven senior wrestlers will be honored.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Continued from Page 30 Smith, SNHI, 0:53 195: Brandon Wooten, STDE, forf. 220: Caleb Massey, STDE, forf. 285: Ethan Eibl, STDE, forf. Stephen Decatur (STDE) 58 vs. Parkside (PARK) 18 106: Robert Kaminski, STDE, maj. dec. Seamus Donohue, PARK, 12-0 113: Andrew McKahan, STDE, pinned Moses Yonas, PARK, 1:53 120: TJ Scafone, STDE, pinned Brenden Ives, PARK, 1:12 126: Julius Snead, PARK, pinned Joseph Rodriquez, STDE, 1:24 132: Jason Fox, PARK, dec. Nate

Ocean City Today Rosenblatt, STDE, 6-3 138: Tyler VanSice, STDE, pinned Jacob Mullin, PARK, 3:04 145: Justin Streets, PARK, pinned Max Pyles, STDE, 1:48 152: Nick Bennett, STDE, pinned Nathaniel Grudzien, PARK, 0:44 160: Nevin McIntosh, STDE, pinned Allen Nelson, PARK, 4:28 170: Andrew Borradaile, STDE, forf. 182: Jared King, STDE, pinned Brady Shrieves, PARK, 1:59 195: Dalton Swanger, PARK, dec. Brandon Wooten, STDE, 7-3 220: Ethan Eibl, STDE, pinned Bret Dudley, PARK, 1:09 285: Caleb Massey, STDE, pinned Roland Crockett, PARK, 1:59

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Stephen Decatur sophomore Brett Kim, top, controls North Caroline's Alex Eaton during their 170pound match last Friday in Berlin. Kim won 4-2.

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Lady Seahawks can’t hold lead, fall to Warriors

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 7, 2014) Because of weather and school closings forcing game postponements, Saturday, Feb. 1, was the first time the Stephen Decatur girls’ basketball team competed in a match since Jan. 16. The Pocomoke Warriors did get in a game last week–they played the WiHi Indians Jan. 28 and won 68-50– before Saturday’s competition against Decatur. The visiting Warriors trailed most of the game Saturday in Berlin, but they started their comeback late in the third quarter and went on to win, 54-49. “This was not our best game,” said Decatur Coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott. “Our game rhythm was off and [not playing since Jan. 16] was a factor.” The Lady Seahawks led 13-7 at the end of the first quarter. Sophomore Dayona Godwin scored all 13 of Decatur’s first-quarter points. Godwin tallied four of the Seahawks’ six second-quarter points. Junior Allison Beck logged the team’s other two points in the quarter as Decatur went into the halftime break on top 19-14. The Berlin squad built a 30-19 lead in the third quarter, but in the final

three and a half minutes, Pocomoke went on a 10-0 run to trail by just one point, 30-29, with one quarter remaining. The Seahawks maintained a slight advantage early in the fourth quarter. With 5:30 left in the competition, Pocomoke tied the game 35-35. The Warriors scored nine unanswered points to increase their advantage to 44-35 with about three and a half minutes to play. The Seahawks made a run in the final two minutes, but the home team came up a bit short. “Three girls fouled out [in the fourth quarter] and that took a toll on us as well,” Fenzel-Mergott said. Godwin was Decatur’s top producer with 31 points, six rebounds and four steals. Senior captain Erin Florek had eight points and four rebounds. Jillian Petito, a junior, logged five points, six assists and seven steals. “I’m proud of the girls. They never gave up,” Fenzel-Mergott said. “The last two minutes they fought the hardest and put us within five.” Decatur is scheduled to host the Wi-Hi Indians Monday, Feb. 10, and the Snow Hill Eagles on Tuesday. Both games are set to begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Stephen Decatur sophomore Dayona Godwin scores two of her 31 points during last Saturday's game against Pocomoke in Berlin. Godwin also had six rebounds and four steals.

Decatur wins second match-up with Pocomoke

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 7, 2014) After falling to the Pocomoke Warriors, 54-46, on Dec. 20, the Stephen Decatur boys’ basketball team’s mission was to come away with a victory when the squads went head-to-head Saturday, Feb. 1, on the Seahawks’ home turf. Decatur accomplished its goal, winning the match 75-51. “Anytime you have home-court advantage, you have your fans cheering for you, it excites the kids. It gets them pumped up,” Decatur Coach Byron “BJ” Johnson said. “Pocomoke’s tough. They’re going to battle. They got us the first time down there. One of our things was we wanted to get revenge, and we did that.” Fans filled the bleachers as Decatur led 19-11 after one quarter of play. Pocomoke chipped away at Decatur’s advantage in the second quarter. The Seahawks went into the halftime break ahead 33-27. Senior captain Tyler Hunter committed his fourth foul seconds into the third quarter so Johnson sat him on the bench because he was one away from fouling out. The Seahawks outscored the Warriors 17-8 in the third quarter to extend its lead, 50-35. Hunter came back into the game with 5:38 remaining and, despite fouling out with about two minutes on the clock, he helped the Decatur

squad preserve its advantage. The Seahawks netted 25 points in the final quarter, while the Warriors tallied 16. “Pocomoke’s well coached. They beat us to every loose ball in the first half. We addressed that at halftime and our kids responded,” Johnson said. “We were able to get some easy baskets in the second half and our press affected them a little bit. That was the difference in the game, us playing harder, securing the loose 50/50 balls and our pressure.” Junior Randy Coach Johnson DuPont led Decatur with 24 points and eight rebounds. Colen Gaynor, a junior, chipped in with 22 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Sophomore point guard Torrey Brittingham added 12 points and eight assists. Hunter tallied five points and three rebounds. “Tyler got in foul trouble and he didn’t play a lot of minutes, but Chase Sams came in and picked right up and played great for us. He rebounded the ball really well,” Johnson said. Sams pulled down 11 rebounds during the game. He scored four points. “The name of this game, in my opinion, is if you play defense and rebound the basketball you’re going to be successful, and we did that,” John-

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Stephen Decatur senior Randy DuPont takes the ball to the hoop during last Saturday's game against the Pocomoke Warriors in Berlin. DuPont led Decatur with 24 points and eight rebounds.

son said. “I’m just happy to coach these kids. They’re really playing hard and I just hope we can contain.” Decatur’s next game is scheduled

for Tuesday, Feb. 11, on the road against Worcester County rival, the Snow Hill Eagles. Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.

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This prom has a real purpose A local reunion brings teammates together long after movie and a title

By Donald Putnam Intern he first Fiber Fest in Ocean City will take place at the Carousel hotel on 120th Street this weekend. The event will showcase many different projects that revolve around the usage of natural fibers such as wool, fabrics, wood and reed in modern and traditional forms of art. Vendors from all over the area will be in attendance to not only sell their products, but also to explain the process of how they were made. "I had heard so many people talking about how they wish they could knit or crochet, so I began to think that an event that would bring quality natural fibers and classes to Ocean City might be something that could work," said Fiber Fest organizer Susan Childs. Childs partnered with Woven Dreams Studio located in Snow Hill to begin planning the event, by assisting with vendors, and setting up the classes that will be available. More than 10 vendors will be displaying their work and have items available for purchase. Some of the products available include handmade African baskets, hand-spun wool and supplies that enables participants to continue the

Examples of dyed yarn that will be available from Unplanned Peacock Studio operated by Natasha Snyder. The Virginia based vendor designs all of the patterns and colors that will be available at this weekend’s Fiber Fest.

art beyond the festival walls. Some of the many artists who are traveling from all over the east coast include Llayne Michelle who operates Chaska Alpaca. The business, centered in Manchester, Md., is one of the only stores of its kind that receives all of its products directly from the Andean mountains, where the Alpacas are born and

raised in their natural habitats. The wool harvested from these Alpacas is then dyed with all natural ingredients and spun by hand. Michelle has had the pleasure of watching the process and claims that there is nothing else like it. "I make several trips a year to Peru and purchase products directly See FIBER FEST Page 36

By Clara Vaughn Staff Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) Prom Night, a fundraiser for the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, is looking to be a sell-out event tomorrow, Feb. 8, at Hooters in West Ocean City. For $20 a pop, partygoers are renting out the building from 7 p.m. to close, enjoying a buffet with a carving station, silent auction and prom court they select while raising money for a good cause. There were just 30 tickets left on Monday, said Coordinator for the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation Beach Respite Housing Program Wayne Littleton. “We were trying to think outside the box a little bit,” Littleton said of the inaugural event. “Hopefully we’re going to do well with it.” Prom Night will raise money for a new heating and cooling system at the 66th Street house, where Believe in Tomorrow provides critically ill chil‘Everybody I dren and their asked wanted to families a trip to do it. They were the beach and away from the really excited everyday stresses about helping of a child’s illness. the Children’s It has been 15 years House.’ since the system saw an upgrade, Littleton said. He’s already sold more than 150 tickets, but funds will continue to pour in at the event, where attendees can cast ballots for prom king and queen for $1 each. The prom court will be announced later that night. “Everybody I asked wanted to do it. They were really excited about helping the Children’s House,” Littleton said of his king and queen nominees. Silent auction items will include an autographed Ravens jersey and helmet, University of Maryland basketball tickets, Orioles baseball tickets, Army-Navy game tickets, David Letterman tickets, weekend getaways, gift baskets and a tower of chocolate by Wockenfuss Candies, he said. Attendees that bring their own high school prom picture for a photo board will get a free cocktail. “It is a pretty amazing thing what Matt and Jason Ortt (who own Hooters See PROM Page 34

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“I have seen firsthand the difference made in many lives through the Believe in Tomorrow Foundation. Winning king is not nearly (as) important to me as knowing that every vote I receive will go to the greatest cause in Ocean City.”

“Believe in Tomorrow is an unbelievable organization that gives kids the vacations they deserve while dealing with disease or sickness. Honestly, it’s not about winning Prom Queen. It’s all about how much we can raise in this single event.”

“Believe in Tomorrow helps create lifetime memories for many families every year. I am honored to be running for Queen at the Night in the Spotlight event. After all, I am married to the King of Bling, so it is only fitting I be named Queen.

“The Children’s House by the Sea is not just a great foundation, but it is a great local foundation and the community always comes together to put a smile on the family and the children’s faces, which then puts a huge smile on my face. My goal isn’t to win. My goal is to get as many people there as possible with the platform I have in radio.”

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(Feb. 7, 2014) The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore is encouraging organizations to submit funding requests for programs or projects that may qualify for grants from the Women’s Fund. The fund provides grants to address the unmet needs of women and/or girls on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore. Through this grant program, the Foundation will identify requests that identify a specific need in this targeted demographic and include a direct and measurable benefit to this highly targeted population in Wicomico, Worcester, and/or Somerset County. Grants will be in the $500-$5,000 range. Applicants must be a 501c (3) nonprofit organization, a governmental entity or faith-based program providing non-sectarian programs. The application deadline is April 1 at 4 p.m. For additional information and a copy of the grant application, visit www.womensfundeasternshore.org or call Erica Joseph, vice president, Community Investment, at 410-742-9911. For more information on other grant opportunities through the Community Foundation, visit www.cfes.org.

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“I had a nephew that was terminally ill and was only given six months to live… and during the time that he was ill I saw the stress that it put on my sister and her family. It was actually through a program similar to this one that they were given the means to take a week vacation. It may have only been a week, but it was the best week of their lives. It really isn’t about being crowned Queen for this event. It really is all about what this fundraiser is doing for the kids that this program supports.”

“Believe in Tomorrow gives more than (a) vacation to these families. They provide them with hope and support and faith, and help them realize there is more to their lives than the illness. As far as winning Queen, yes, it would be great, but I’m more interested in raising a substantial amount for the children.”

“[Believe in Tomorrow] is an excellent organization with a selfless mission, helping children and their families. As a representative of Bull on the Beach and our customers, it would be an honor to be named prom king.”

“Once you read just one letter that a family leaves there (the Children’s House by the Sea) about how the getaway impacted their lives, you are hooked. It is so touching how much it means to them and their families. (I) just want to raise monies that are needed for the facilities.”

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Some unsettling facts about a past situation could come to light. And while you’d love to deal with it immediately, it’s best to get more information to support your case. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A

straightforward approach to a baffling situation is best. Don’t allow yourself to be drawn into an already messy mass of tangles and lies. Deal with it and move on.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Don’t be discouraged or deterred by a colleague’s negative opinion about your ideas. It could actually prove to be helpful when you get around to finalizing your plan.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Ignore that sudden attack of “modesty,” and step up to claim the credit you’ve so rightly earned. Remember: A lot of people are proud of you and want to share in your achievement.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A financial “deal” that seems to be just right for you Leos and Leonas could be grounded more in gossamer than substance. Get an expert’s advice to help you check it out. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

Don’t ignore that suddenly cool or even rude attitude from someone close to you. Asking for an explanation could reveal a misunderstanding you were completely unaware of.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)

Unless you have sound knowledge, and not just an opinion, it’s best not to step into a family dispute involving a legal matter, regardless of whom you support. Leave that to the lawyers.

Dune plants available from city Secondary dune plantings help stabilize sand as well as provide better habitat (Feb. 7, 2014) For the eighth year, the Town of Ocean City will be offering Beach District Plants to the public for planting in the secondary dune area. The plants being offered are hardy plants that tolerate the harsh environment of the oceanfront areas. In addition, these plants provide habitat enhancement, food and shelter, water quality treatment and ero-

sion control to the secondary dune area, which tends to be overlooked and is in need of attention. “We began this program to help the health of the beach and address an area behind the dune which was in need of attention,” said Town of Ocean City Environmental Engineer Gail Blazer. “The plants are very beneficial to the stability of the dune system and help with erosion and scour. Our residents and property owners love the program and it benefits the environment and the beach, so it is a win for everyone.” Oceanfront and oceanside resi-

Continued from Page 33 from these villages who have made this type of art their entire lives. The beauty of the finished product is almost unbelievable," said Michelle, who will be selling these products for a surprisingly low price. Most of the additions to her sales collections cost less than $20. "Because I have the advantage of buying the scarves and such directly from the villages, I can buy them and sell them for very small prices," Michelle said. Natasha Snyder is another partici-

pant. She owns Unplanned Peacock Studio in Ferrum, Va. Snyder will be selling wool and yarn that has all been hand-dyed and designed by Snyder herself. In addition, she also will be selling original had crafted jewelry as well. Snyder’s products range in price from $6-$50 During the festival, there will also be Ocean City's first "Wool Crawl, a scavenger hunt that enables visitors to see all of the local shops dedicated to this art form. Visitors participating in the crawl

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dents will have the opportunity to order plants that will need to be picked up at a predetermined date and time. Suitable plants to add to a secondary dune area include beach grass, bayberry, rugosa rose, beach plum, high tide bush, red cedar and panic grass. Applications are now being accepted, however, the deadline for all applications is Saturday, Feb. 15. For more information or to receive and application, contact Blazer at 410-289-8825 or e-mail gblazer@oceancitymd.gov.

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will obtain a passport at the start of the day and visit each of the shops mentioned in their passport. Once participants have been to each shop, they will be entered into the daily door prize drawing. All door prizes that will be awarded have been donated by the vendors. Tickets for a one-day pass cost $3, or $5 for the weekend. They can be purchased at the door. The festival will run Friday, Feb. 7, and Saturday Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event will continue into Sunday Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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131st Street 410-250-3100 Feb. 7: Bob Hughes Feb. 8: Howard on the Piano

BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 Feb. 7: Full Circle, 9 p.m. Feb. 8: Ginger, 9 p.m. Feb. 12: Old School, 5-8 p.m. CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. 410-289-7192 www.captainstableoc.com Feb. 7-8: Phil Perdue FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 Feb. 7: DJ Hook, 9 p.m. Feb. 8: DJ Groove, 9 p.m. Everett Spells Feb. 9: Jazz Brunch w/Everett Spells, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 Jan. 7: Philly George HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 Feb. 7: Ladies Night w/DJ Billy T Feb. 8: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. Feb. 9: Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m. Feb. 13: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. HARPOON HANNA’S

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JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside 410-524-7499 Feb. 7: One Night Stand OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 Every Friday and Saturday: DJ Dusty, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 7-8: Savannah SCHOONER’S RESTAURANT

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SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 Feb. 7: High Five, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 8: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; Big Bang Baby, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 13: Opposite Directions, 5-8 p.m. SMITTY MCGEE’S Route 54 West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 Feb. 7: Rick Artz, 8 p.m. Feb. 13: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 8 p.m.

Route 54 and the bay Fenwick Island, Del. 800-227-0525 302-539-3095 Every Friday: Dave Hawkins, 6-10 p.m. Every Saturday: Dave Sherman, Dave Sherman 6-10 p.m. Every Wednesday: Aaron Howell, 7 p.m. HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 Feb. 7: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; Broad St, 9 p.m. Feb. 8: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ Rupe, 9 p.m. HOOTERS Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 Feb. 7: Monkee Paw

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The Starving Artist Dinner benefit at the Art League of Ocean City brought out the crowd last Friday, as supporters of the league and its beneficiary, Diakonia, turned out for food and conversation. Kris Phebus, Donna Becker, John Sisson

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Resort Art League continues Decatur scholarship program (Jan. 31, 2014) The mission of the Art League of Ocean City is to promote the visual arts in the Ocean City area through education, exhibits, scholarships programs and community events. Since 1991 the ALOC has been awarding one scholarship annually to a Stephen Decatur High School student wishing to pursue a degree in the arts. This year, the program has been expanded to offer multiple scholarships in the amount of $1,000 per student to Worcester County residents in any of the public or private schools and those who are home schooled. The scholarships are available to graduating seniors who are residents of Worcester County as well as past ALOC

scholarship students continuing their education and are in good standing with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The scholarship recipients must be pursuing a higher education in the visual arts from an accredited institution. Applicants must complete an application which can be found on the ALOC Web site www.artleagueofoceancity.org and submit it to their school’s guidance counselor or to the Art League at the OC Center for the Arts on 94th Street bayside by April 8. For any questions, contact the Art League of OC at 410-524-9433. Office hours for the OC Center for the Arts are Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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DINING GUIDE ■ CREDIT CARDS: V-Visa, MC-Master Card, AE-American Express, DIS-Discover ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ________________________________ ■ 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILLE, 9936 Stephen Decatur Highway, West Ocean City 410-2139204 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual and family-friendly, featuring great American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner at affordable prices. Open seven days a week, year-round. Happy hour daily, 3-7 p.m. Entertainment Friday through Sunday. ■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.oceancityhilton.com/dining / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet and tasty liquid desserts. ■ ALEX’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-7717 / www.ocitalianfood.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Serving homemade Italian cuisine, steaks, seafood, chicken, pork and pasta. Elegant dining room with fireplace. Early bird specials every day from 5-6 p.m. ■ BILLY’S SUB SHOP, 140th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-1778; Route 54, Fenwick Shoals, Fenwick Island, Del., 302-436-5661 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Dine in, carry out, free Delivery. Open 7 days 11 a.m. – 3 a.m. Ocean City’s most famous sub and pizza shop since 1959. An OC tradition where a sandwich is a meal, serving fresh dough pizza, subs, burgers, cones, shakes and sundaes with beach delivery available. ■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open year-round. Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets. Indoor and outdoor dining. ■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3983 / www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available. Open Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon. ■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com / $$$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott. Open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. ■ CRABCAKE FACTORY, 120th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-4900 / www.crabcakefactoryusa.com / $-$$ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to midnight; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Menu selections are Eastern Shore favorites: creamed chipped beef, omlettes and daily breakfast special crab dishes. World famous Crabcakes served all day starting at 8 a.m. Other menu selections include Chicken Chesapeake, prime rib,

steamed shrimp, Philly cheesesteaks, burgers and homemade soups. www.crabcakefactoryusa.com ships Crabcakes year-round. ■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410-5245500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted in the dining room only / Children’s menu / Full bar / Upscale restaurant on the bay. Casual fine dining, fresh fish, prime rib and seafood. Lighter fare menu served on our decks or inside. ■ FENWICK CRAB HOUSE, 100 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-539-2500 / www.crabcakeexpress.com / $-$$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Carry-out available. Casual dining. Open for lunch and dinner. Big crabs are our specialty. Perfect crabcakes are our passion. Seven different fish served 15 different ways! Great local seafood, good times and good service is our mission. ■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$-$$$ / V-MAE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Contemporary restaurant offering light fare and full entrees. Award- winning wine list, signature drinks and cocktails. ■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-2131846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Casual waterfront dining serving seafood, steaks, sandwiches, salads, wraps and pasta. Home of the “Original Orange Crush.” Entertainment Thursday through Sunday. ■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del. www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com / $$ / VMC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-caneat Alaskan crab legs. Open year-round. ■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdhotels.com/hemingways / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Sea-food, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, pork chops, grilled pineapple, banana fritters, entree salads. ■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE, 31st Street, Ocean City, 410-289-2581; 128th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-2403 / $-$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open 7 days a week. We have proudly served Ocean City, Maryland for over 40 years. Known for All You Can Eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs. ■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Carry-out available / Full bar / Casual dining, daily happy hour and daily food specials. Live entertainment. ■ HOOTERS, Fifth Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-2690 and Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-1841 / www.hootersofoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS. Things are always getting better at Hooters! Fresh menu offering a number of ground chuck burgers, green salads, world famous chicken wings with 11 flavorful sauces and a fun children’s menu. Relax in the beach atmosphere or enjoy the outdoor seating. Happy hour every day, 3-7 p.m. Full bar available. Authentic Hooters merchandise in kids and adult sizes. Enjoy all the sports packages on large,

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Duck ragu over pasta good fare on cold wintry evening

By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Feb. 7, 2014) Mother Nature is playing havoc on my senses. Two snow storms in one month are getting rather old. My pink caddi is no match for the deep powder. Grocery shopping must be put on hold for a few days. Slim pickings in the refrigerator force me to abort any future plans. Out of desperation, I check out my freezer to seek other possibilities. Thanks to science, I have duck legs and thighs that have been wonderfully preserved. What one perceives as a misfortune can actually be a blessing. Confessions come in many flavors; duck has not graced my stove in some time. Mise en place must come to the forefront. Mise en place, pronounced MEEZ ahn plahs, means to have all your ingredients prepared and ready to go before you start cooking. Duck ragu over pappardelle instantly comes to my mind. As I am gathering the different components of the dish, I am intrigued by how unique this particular bird is. Did you know that a hen (female duck) when constructing her nest, will line it with soft down feathers she plucks from her own breast. What is just as impressive is a hen will lead her ducklings up to a half mile or more over land after hatching in order to find a suitable water source for drinking and swimming. A duck’s intricate feather structure and waxy coating is so sophisticated, that when ducks dive under water, their inner layer of feathers will stay completely dry. That being said, let’s get back to the blue plate special of the day. A ragu sauce is an Italian culinary staple that refers to meat sauce in which the meat and vegetables are slowly cooked for incredible tenderness. The fortified sauce is usually served over pasta. Pappardelle is a wide noodle

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Pappardelle works well with heavier sauce used in ragu Continued from Page 41 ½ cup dry white wine 1 cup chicken stock 1 teaspoon bacon drippings 1 (28-oz.) can stewed tomatoes 2 tablespoons tomato paste kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste 1 pound pappardelle pasta freshly grated parmigiano reggiano 1. Heat the oil in a 5 to 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season both sides of the duck legs and thighs with salt and pepper and arrange them in the pot, skin side down. Sear until skin is browned and crisp, about seven minutes. Using tongs, turn the meat over and brown the other side. Transfer the duck to a platter and pour off all but two tablespoons of the rendered fat. Freeze the rest of the fat for future use. 2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots, and bacon drippings. Saute and stir the vegetables frequently until they have become soft. 3. Add the wine, stock, herbs, tomato paste and tomatoes (including their juices) and stir until thoroughly combined. Return the duck to the pot with any remaining meat juices. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer and cook for two hours.

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Brown Box Theatre project to perform Scott Caan work ‘Two Wrongs’ play written by ‘Hawaii Five-0 star opens theater season (Jan. 31, 2014) Brown Box Theatre Project has announced the inaugural show of its 2014 season, the contemporary comedy “Two Wrongs,” by playwright and “Hawaii Five-0” star, Scott Caan. “Two Wrongs” presents the story of Shelly and Terry, whose love lives become entangled due to the unethical meddling of their therapist, Julian. This play’s sharp dialogue turns an amused eye on the couples’ suspicions, confessions, self-deceptions and self-deprecations, portraying the social hazards of living an examined life. “Two Wrongs” made its world premiere at the Lounge Theatre in Los Angeles in 2010, to the enthusiasm of critics. The Los Angeles Times praised Caan’s writing as “clever… earmarked by bursts of ameliorating humor that are both welcoming and disarming.” The play’s inclusion in Brown Box’s season demonstrates the company’s commitment to presenting fresh works from young playwrights. “This play is different than anything you have seen from us before,” said Brown Box’s executive director, Kyler Taustin. “It is a fast-paced, witty love story, perfect for Valentine’s Day weekend.” Brown Box’s production will run from Feb. 14-17 at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street. Shows are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Tickets cost $25 and are now on sale. Visit Brown Box’s Web site, brownboxtheatre.org, for more information. Founded in 2009, Brown Box Theatre Project is a nonprofit theatre collaborative dedicated to bringing live theatre to schools and communities.

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presents at national biology education research conferences annually, such as the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, to learn what the data say about undergraduate education. She has also been collecting data in her own classes for three years and has just submitted an NSF grant to continue work on visual, model-based reasoning with Drs. Stephen Thomas and Julie Libarkin from Michigan State University. “Kim is an innovative and enthusiastic teacher, and has played an important role in the redesign of our introductory biology course,” said Dr. Stephen Gehnrich, department chair. “She has created online materials and lab exercises, and her extensive background in biology, art and textbook development has enabled her to develop some very interesting teaching strategies.” He added that Quillin and other faculty teaching the redesigned course have been collecting data to see how it can help students to learn better than more traditional lecture and lab formats. Based on these data, content and delivery will be modified to maximize learning outcomes. “SU has been a great home base for me,” said Quillin, now in her fifth year at SU. “This is a very supportive and forward-thinking academic environment.”

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Church members will teach English to Ukrainian students Continued from Page 44 ing them different idioms we use in English, like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;piece of cake.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The Ocean City Baptist group of five, plus three from Virginia and two from Wisconsin, will travel on Feb. 22 and return home March 8. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stay on campus, with housing financed by nearly two years of fundraising by the Ocean City church. The travelers themselves will pay for plane tickets and food through fundraisers and out of pocket, Davis said. An earlier Chik-fil-A fundraiser reaped nearly $500. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would love to raise $4,500. That would be the ultimate goal,â&#x20AC;? Davis said. With the unrest in Kiev, though the mission trip might see delays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the students from the university are taking parts in the ongoing

protests so there may not be enough interest in an English Club,â&#x20AC;? group member Jason Long said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and, of course, our safety is a concern.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are waiting to see how the situation unfolds over the next few weeks and our friends (and) contacts from the university will let us know how to proceed,â&#x20AC;? he said.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in the middle of the action,â&#x20AC;? Davis said, so as long as there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a state of emergency, the group should take off on its schedule date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They want to learn English and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited that we came over,â&#x20AC;? he said of the English Club students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very rewarding.â&#x20AC;? To reserve a seat at the Italian luncheon at Ocean City Baptist Church, 102 N. Division St., by 5 p.m. today, Friday, call 410-289-6573 or 703-340-6189.

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OC Art League announces its artists, exhibits for Feb. (Feb. 7, 2014) Join the Art League of Ocean City Friday, Feb. 7 from 5-7 p.m. for the opening reception of new exhibits at the OC Center for the Arts on 94th Street, bayside. Landscapes by area artists Laura Hickman and Michele Green will be featured in the Galleria, while the Thaler Gallery will host a judged show of local artists entitled, “Interiors.” Hickman, who is best known for her pastels, was born in Milford, Del. and grew up in Bethany Beach, Del. She was influenced by her life at the beach, which is evident in her later artwork from the town and area. Working on paper that she paints black, she has created over a thousand pastel drawings based on her environment. She works from photographs that she’s collected over the years from her hometown and her travels in Italy. Her work has always been about the places she loves. Green is a plein air painter who focuses on some of the more remote areas of the Delmarva landscape. For two years she painted the historical Route 9, from Wilmington to Dover, resulting in one of the largest bodies of artwork ever to record Delaware. She explores the landscape by foot, boat, or canoe and as a result she has an intimate and personal relationship with the landscape.

Art League members and local artists will display their artwork in the all media “Interiors” show where pieces will be related to the indoors. The judge for the show will be Ed Brown, Fine Art Professor at Salisbury University. The artist in residence for February will be Jim Rehak, a plein air painter who captures the seasonal changes of the Delmarva Peninsula and vicinity in his landscape paintings. His interest in art started with comic book illustration at an early age and it was while studying for his BFA at the Maryland Institute of Art that his interest in oil painting emerged. Art has always been a vocation for Rehak, as a portrait and caricature artist in Ocean City during college, art director at a sign company, teacher, and freelance court illustrator. He will be in his studio, drawing caricatures Feb. 14 and 15 before the Brown Box Theater performances of “Two Wrongs.” Artist Teri Edgeworth will be in the Members Spotlight Gallery. Born and raised in Lancaster County, she began showing her art publicly 10 years ago in venues in and around Lancaster and recently Ocean City. Her vision for her work is that each See EDGEWORTH Page 49

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HIT THE BOOKS Ocean City Elementary School third grade students, Devin Phillips, Brant Skipper, Kadie Littleton and Julianna Johnston, are ready to "Hit the Books" as part of the Delmarva Shorebird's annual reading program. Students that complete their reading goals will receive two free tickets to a baseball game at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium during the 2014 season. These students will also be honored as part of a pre-game parade around the field.

QUILT PRESENTATION Emma Fralley, member of Quilters by the Sea in Ocean Pines, presents a quilt she made to her grandson, Matthew. The 16-year-old has been in 33 shows in the last few years and wants to be an actor. Fralley took 18 handbills and pictures and applied them to material to produce the quilt.

NEW OFFICERS Atlantic General Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary elected a new slate of officers during its annual membership meeting in December. Pictured, from left, are Marlene Cochran, president elect of the Maryland Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; Jane Wolnik, AGH Auxiliary president; Michael Gough, vice president; Ann Hamilton, treasurer; Barbara Loffler, recording secretary; Mary Ellen Arena, corresponding secretary; Sue Harting, past president; and Sharon Fosler, president of MAHA.

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SDHS CELEBRATES ARTS Hundreds attended Stephen Decatur High School's fifth annual Arts R Magic Festival Jan. 15, sponsored by the After School Academy and the English and art departments. The festival showcased photography, painting, drawing and crafts, as well as dance, musical and theatrical performances. Sophomore Tyler VanSice entertains his audience with juggling, balancing and magic tricks.

DEBATE Faith Murray's fourth grade class at Ocean City Elementary has been working on its writing skills. They read an article, "Should Kids Be on Reality TV?" and then had a class debate. Each student chose whether it was a great opportunity or whether it was too much pressure. Then they had to support their statements by using information from the text.

SDMS KIWANIS BUILDERS CLUB

RESOLUTIONS Cindy Leitgeb's second grade students at Ocean City Elementary School discussed and wrote about their 2014 personal goals and resolutions. Pictured, from left, are Jake Mahan, Sofia Finocchiaro and Kacy Lackner.

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The Stephen Decatur Middle School has a Kiwanis Builders Club for their students, which was chartered in 2012. The students did two projects in Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;a bake sale to benefit people in the Philippines, and a holiday collection of food, supplies and clothing for Diakonia. On Jan. 6, eight members of the parent Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City attended the induction of the new officers and members at the middle school.

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Edgeworth wants her work to raise awareness of bays Continued from Page 46 viewer can recall a wonderful moment in time, with a sense of relaxation. And her most recent works are to raise awareness of our bays and oceans and how we can all do our part to take care of them. For more information about the Brown Box Theatre’s showing of “Two Wrongs” visit www.brownboxtheatre.org. For more information on the OC Center for the Arts exhibits, classes, and events call 410524-9433 or visit www.artleagueofoceancity.org Office hours for the Center for the Arts are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The galleries are open daily, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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DONATION Atlantic General Hospital’s Auxiliary donated $40,000 to the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation’s annual Appeal during its annual membership meeting. This donation follows a contribution of $40,000 to last year’s annual appeal and $50,000 toward a $150,000 pledge to the Healthy Café campaign. In addition to the donations, which are the proceeds of fundraisers and merchandise sales at the hospital gift shop and thrift shop, the Auxiliary gives more than 35,000 hours of their time and expertise volunteering in Atlantic General Hospital and Health System each year. Pictured, from left, are Sue Harting, outgoing Auxiliary president; Michael Franklin, Atlantic General Hospital CEO; Ann Hamilton, Auxiliary treasurer; and Jane Wolnik, incoming Auxiliary president.

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Calendar Submit calendar items to: editor@oceancitytoday.net. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, the week of publication. Local submissions have priority. Area event listings are subject to space availability.

FRI. Feb. 7 OCEAN CITY FIBER FEST — Carousel Resort

Hotel and Condominiums, 118th Street and oceanfront in Ocean City, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vendors gather to educate and promote the natural fiber industry. Featuring wool, fabric, wood, reed, etc. There will be shopping, classes and make-n-takes taught by artists. Also door prizes daily. Admission costs $5 per day or $8 for the weekend. Info: Susan Childs, 443-2352926 or www.ocfiberfest.com.

BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410-524-7994. OPENING RECEPTION FOR FEBRUARY EXHIBITS — Ocean City Center for the Arts,

502 94th Street, 5-7 p.m. In the Thaler Gallery: Interiors. All media, 2D artwork

by local artists and members of the Art League of Ocean City. Featured artists in the Galleria are Laura Hickman and Michele Green. Artist in Residence: Paintings by Jim Rehak. Spotlight Gallery: Paintings by Teri Edgeworth. Free and open to the public. Info: 410-524-9433 or www.artleagueofoceancity.org. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily.

SAT. Feb. 8

OCEAN CITY FIBER FEST — Carousel Resort Hotel and Condominiums, 118th Street and oceanfront in Ocean City, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vendors gather to educate and promote the natural fiber industry. Featuring wool, fabric, wood, reed, etc. There will be shopping, classes and make-n-takes taught by artists. Also door prizes daily. Admission costs $5 per day or $8 for the weekend. Info: Susan Childs, 443-235-2926 or www.ocfiberfest.com.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296, 104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 8-11 a.m. A $5 donation for all-you-can-eat pancakes or 2-2-2, two eggs, two pancakes and two bacon slices, includes coffee and juice. Bloody Marys cost $3. Info: 410-524-8196. FARMERS MARKET — White Horse Park, 239

Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines, 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 26. Produce, farm fresh eggs, organic goods, herbs, fresh cut flowers, soaps, jelly, homemade baked goods, honey and more.

MARDI GRAS FUNDRAISER — 28th Street Pit and Pub, 2706 N Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, 6-11 p.m. New Orleans Mardi Gras themed event with cajun buffet, desserts, champagne and hurricane fountains, draft beer, silent auction, bake sale table, palm/tarot reader, drag queen comedy act and blues band Skyla Burrell. Cost is $30 per person or $50 per couple. Benefits the Ravens Roost #58 Community Outreach programs. Purchase tickets at the 28th Street Pit and Pub or by calling 443-4972040, 443-944-4763 or 410-289-2020.

ANNUAL WINTER PANCAKE BREAKFAST —

Community Church at Ocean Pines, 11227 Racetrack Road, 8-11 a.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5-11 and free to children 4 and younger. Tickets sold at the door or by calling 410-208-6719. Carry-

out available. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and benefits the Youth of the Community.

‘INSIDE A BALD EAGLE’S NEST’ BOOK SIGNING AND PRESENTATION — Assateague Island Visitor Center, 11800 Marsh View Lane, Berlin, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Presented in concert with Eastern National, Teena Ruark Gorrow and Craig A. Koppie, co-authors of “Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest - A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season,” will be on hand to sign their books. A presentation will take place at 11 a.m.

SUN. Feb. 9

OCEAN CITY FIBER FEST — Carousel Resort Hotel and Condominiums, 118th Street and oceanfront in Ocean City, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors gather to educate and promote the natural fiber industry. Featuring wool, fabric, wood, reed, etc. There will be shopping, classes and make-n-takes taught by artists. Also door prizes daily. Admission costs $5. Info: Susan Childs, 443-235-2926 or www.ocfiberfest.com. ITALIAN LUNCHEON FUNDRAISER — Ocean City Baptist Church, 102 N. Division St., Ocean City, noon to 2 p.m. Cost is $10 for

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adults, $5 for kids 12 and younger. Maximum of $30 per family. All proceeds support the missions team headed to Ukraine. Reservations: 410-289-6573 or 703-3406189.

71ST ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL SERVICE —

St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 8700 Memory Lane, Hebron, 2 p.m. The Home of the Four Chaplain’s Memorial and Monument. Info Russell Franklin, 410-873-2838.

54TH ANNUAL EASTERN SHORE STAMP SHOW — Wicomico Civic Center, 500 Glen

Ave., Salisbury, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stamps, coins, post cards and memorabilia. Free admission and free stamps for kids. Info: Bert, 410-422-1492.

MON. Feb. 10 DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Chorus, Sweet

Adeline’s, under the direction of Carol Ludwig, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Women interested in learning the craft of a cappella singing welcome. Info: 410-208-4171.

HAND DANCING — House of Welsh, 1106

Coastal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge. Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302-541-0728.

PENINSULA REGIONAL DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP MEETING — Avery W. Hall

Educational Center on the Peninsula Regional campus, 100 East Carroll St., Salisbury, 7-8 p.m. Offering assistance in coping with the concerns that diabetes brings. Presentations include information on how to better manage and live with diabetes. There are no fees to attend. Info: 410-543-7061.

OCEAN PINES CAMERA CLUB MEETING —

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be professional photographer Chris Parypa. New members welcome.

WED. Feb. 12

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 138th Street and Sinepuxent Avenue, rear of the Fenwick Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30 p.m. Food is available. Open to the public. No one allowed in the hall under 18 years of age during bingo. Info: 410-2502645. DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets

every Wednesday at Peaky’s Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, located in the Fenwick Inn, 13801 Coastal Highway, Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:306:30 p.m., followed by dancing 6:30-9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and drink prices. Info: 302-337-3638.

BINGO AND LUNCHEON — St. Andrew

Catholic Center, 1404 Sinepuxent Ave., Ocean City, The luncheon of Baked Ziti and salad will be served at 11:30 a.m. followed

by 18 games of bingo. Tickets cost $25 for 17 games (“Split the Pot” not included). Tickets: Pat Luckett, 302-436-0351.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING —

Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302-436-3682.

THURS. Feb. 13

BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach

Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at Harpoon Hanna’s, Route 54 and the Bay, Fenwick Island, Del., 4 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or Dianne, 302-541-4642.

BINGO — American Legion Post 166, 2308 Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, every Thursday, year round. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start at 7 p.m. Food available. Open to the public. Info: 410-289-3166.

OC AARP 1917 GENERAL MEETING — MAC

Senior Center, 104 41st St., Ocean City, 9:30 a.m. The guest speaker will discuss “Financial Abuse of the Elderly.” Numerous travel opportunities for 2014 will be presented. All persons age 50 and older are welcome. Info: aarp1917.org or 410-352-5748.

OCEAN PINES GARDEN CLUB MEETING —

Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 10 a.m. Linda Doherty will give a presentation on organic gardening. New members welcome.

ONGOING EVENTS BUS TRIP TO HARRINGTON CASINO SLOTS —

Sponsored by the Ocean Pines Boat Club. Busses will pick up on April 7 at the Ocean Pines Mumford Pool parking lot at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. departure and return at 5 p.m. Upon arrival participants will receive a $10 voucher for the machines. A complimentary buffet lunch and bus gratuity is included. Cost is $15 payable to Ocean Pines Boat Club. Send checks by March 5 to Gerry Clarke, 10 Links Lane, Ocean Pines, Md 21811. All are welcome. Info: 410-208-9401.

PARKINSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP —

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30-4 p.m. Speakers, discussions, exercise, etc. No reservations, no fees. Patients and caregivers are encouraged to stop by. Info: 410-208-3132.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, Maryland 20705 240-473-5000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 11039 Sinepuxent Rd Berlin, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Algia Mariner II, dated March 27, 2006, and recorded in Liber 4673, Folio 102 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction at Circuit Court for Worcester County, Courthouse Door for Worcester County, Snow Hill, MD on February 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND KNOWN AS metes and bounds, situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 03018717. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, agreements, easements, covenants and rights of way of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $69,000.00 will be required at the time of sale in the form of cash, certified check, or other form as the Substitute Trustees determine acceptable. No deposit shall be required of the noteholder where the noteholder bids in the property at auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, time being of the essence for purchaser. In the event that settlement does not occur within the said ten days, the purchaser shall be in default. Upon such default the Trustees may file a Motion and Order to Resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, and purchaser(s) hereby consent to entry of such resale order without further notice, in which case the deposit shall be forfeited and all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then readvertise and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; or, without reselling the property, the Trustees may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser. Interest to be paid on the purchase money less the stated deposit called for herein, at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of auction to the date funds are received in the office of the

Substitute Trustee. There shall be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason, including but not limited to exceptions to sale, bankruptcy filings by interested parties, Court administration of the foreclosure or unknown title defects. All taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/ assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, are to be adjusted to the date of auction and thereafter are to be assumed by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, agricultural transfer tax, if any and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of damage to the property from the date of auction forward. If the Substitute Trustee does not convey title for any reason, including but not limited to the Secured Party executing a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allowing the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee’s prior knowledge, or if the sale is not ratified for any reason including errors made by the Substitute Trustees, the foreclosure sale shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy in law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Further terms and particulars may be announced at time of sale, and purchaser may be required to execute a Memorandum of Sale at the time of auction. (Matter #17618) Jeffrey Nadel and Scott Nadel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers 606 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 206, Towson, Maryland 21204 410-825-2900 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 122 OCEAN PARKWAY BERLIN, MD 21811 CASE NUMBER 23-C-13-001613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Jennifer Leigh Bates recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4810, folio 324, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Mark S. Devan, Erin Gloth, Christine Drexel, Brian McNair, Melissa L. Cassell, Angela Nasuta, Thomas P. Dore as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction,

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PUBLIC NOTICES at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4810, folio 324, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4425, folio 591. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in “AS IS” condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. The purchaser assumes all risks of loss for the property as of the date of sale. Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall convey insurable title. TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $22,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Any amount tendered at sale in excess of the required deposit will be refunded and not applied to the purchase price. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 6.50000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract

in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit. Mark S. Devan, Erin Gloth, Christine Drexel, Brian McNair, Melissa L. Cassell, Angela Nasuta, Thomas P. Dore, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10900 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #1907 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Susan Elaine Geiselman a/k/a Susan Geiselman and Michael K. Ward, dated March 31, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5106, folio 5 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 21, 2014 AT 1:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 1907 “Golden Sands Club Condominium”, Tax ID #10-120918 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $51,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale

and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 41848. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10336 HARRISON RD. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Dana D. Collick and Natoshia C. Collick, dated May 29, 2003 and recorded in Liber 3741, folio 224 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the

Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 2:40 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $9,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2012-25965) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 13111 SELBY RD. BISHOPVILLE, MD 21813 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Todd William Hancock and Lynn Marie Hancock, dated March 25, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4741, folio 124 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 2:41 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $19,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all docu-

mentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2013-37200) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 11956 MAJESTIC LA., UNIT #102 BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Amelito Velasco a/k/a Amelito Tagle Velasco, dated April 13, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4722, folio 305 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 2:42 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and described as Unit No. 102 in Phase No. 3 of “The Townhomes Condominium at GlenRiddle” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $47,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the

rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2012-24299) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 5740 EVERGREEN TERR. SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated November 10, 2009 and recorded in Liber 5394, Folio 477 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $137,464.00 and an original interest rate of 5.00000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 25, 2014 AT 4:03 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situ-

ated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $14,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees

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TRUSTEE’S SALE UNIMPROVED LOT 301 PIEDMONT CT. OCEAN PINES, MD 21811 Pursuant to a Statement of Lien recorded in Liber 6267 at folio 45 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland and by virtue of an Order Appointing Trustee entered in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Case No. 23-C-13001725, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 26, 2014 AT 12:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the deed recorded in Liber 4735 at folio 203 among the Land Records for Worcester County, Maryland, and identified for taxation purposes as Tax ID No. 03-137252. The property is unimproved. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances, lis pendens and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. The entire property will be sold, with at least one-half of the property being subject to a prior deed of trust recorded in Liber 4735 at folio 206. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check or in such other form as the Trustee may determine, at his sole discretion, for $5,000 at the time of sale. If the lien holder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, MD. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 20% from the date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Trustee, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the lien holder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or

homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Trustee is unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Trustee. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the auction sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #13348-0334) Brent M. Ahalt, Trustee ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10730 Cathell Rd. Berlin, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Joseph W. Constantino a/k/a Joseph W. Constantino, Jr., dated December 5, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4835, folio 510 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on February 14, 2014 AT 1:15 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #03-127141 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $36,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settle-

ment is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 37507. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 11833 Steam Mill Hill Rd. Whaleyville, MD 21872

Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated March 30, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4684, Folio 136 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $166,500.00 and an original interest rate of 6.50000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on February 18, 2014 AT 4:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell

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PUBLIC NOTICES the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 4433 PIPER LANE SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Keith R. Downes and Tina M. Downes, dated May 26, 2004 and recorded in Liber 4139, Folio 211 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $190,000.00, and an original interest rate of 6.375%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on February 25, 2014 AT 4:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, including water/sewer

charges, ground rent, condo/HOA assessments or private utility charges, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available legal remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney’s fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit. The sale is subject to post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest. Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Randall J. Rolls, and David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 11927 West Yardarm Dr. i/r/t/a 11947 West Yardarm Dr. West Ocean City A/R/T/A Berlin, MD 21811

Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated December 18, 1999 and recorded in Liber 2792, Folio 86 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $48,000.00 and an original interest rate of 8.125% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on February 18, 2014 AT 4:03 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $5,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults

under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ JOSEPH E. MOORE CHRISTOPHER T. WOODLEY ASSIGNEES WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY & HARRISON, L.L.P. 3509 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 (410) 289-3553

ASSIGNEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS

24 BURLEY STREET, BERLIN, MD 21811 Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage from David L. Sturgill and Sage K. Sturgill, dated May 9, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, in Liber S.V.H. 5105, folio 550, et seq., the Assignees having been appointed by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, for purposes of foreclosure, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Assignees will sell the following described property at public auction, to be held at: INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY 1 WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 AT 10 A.M. ALL that lot or parcel of land situated in the Town of Berlin in the Third Election District of Worcester County, in the State of Maryland, on the Southerly side of Burley Street and Burley Street Extended, beginning for the same at a point on the Southerly side of said Burley Street, South 54 degrees East 942 feet 11 inches from the Southeasterly corner of said Burley Street and Main

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PUBLIC NOTICES Street and at the Easterly corner of the lot designated as Lot No. 15 on the plat filed among the proceedings in Case No. 2916 on the Chancery Docket of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland; thence running by and with the Southerly side of said Burley Street South 54 degrees East 70 feet to the lot now or formerly owned by J. Edward Jarman; thence by and with said Jarman lot South 36 degrees West 328 feet 6 inches to the line of the property now or formerly owned by one Hammond, thence by and with the lines of said Hammond property North 54 degrees West 70 feet to the Easterly line of said Lot 15 North 36 degrees East 328 feet 6 inches to the place of beginning, the lot hereby conveyed comprising a part of the lot designated as Lot No. 16 on the aforesaid plat and comprising a part of the property known as “Decatur Farms;” being all and the same property conveyed to David L. Sturgill and Sage K. Sturgill by Deed dated April 19, 2004, and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, in Liber S.V.H. 4093, folio 301, et seq. The property contains approximately 22,960 square feet of land, and is improved by a home containing approximately 1,586 square feet. Reference is made to the site for a more complete description. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) will be required of the purchaser in the form of cash, certified or cashier’s check at the time and place of sale, or other form of security, at the sole discretion of the Assignees, the balance to be secured to the satisfaction of the Assignees and represented by a Promissory Note, conditioned upon the conveyance of good and marketable title. The balance in cash will be due at settlement which shall be within thirty (30) days after final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of Worcester County unless said period is extended by the Assignees, their successors or assigns for good cause shown, time being of the essence. Interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum shall be paid on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions, and agreements of record affecting same, if any. Taxes, water charges, sanitary commission charges, assessments and liens or encumbrances for sewer, water, drainage, or other public improvements completed or commenced on or prior to the date of sale or subsequent thereto, if any, are to be adjusted and apportioned as of the date of sale and are to be assumed and paid thereafter by purchaser, whether assessments have been levied or not as of date of settlement. If applicable, the property is sold subject to the imposition of the Agricultural Transfer Tax set forth in the Maryland Code and which shall be Purchaser’s sole responsibility. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, document preparation and title insurance shall be borne by the purchaser. If Purchaser fails to pay the balance of the purchase price following ratification of the sale, the deposit shall be for-

feited and the property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. If the Assignees are unable to convey good and marketable title to the property, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Assignees. The improvements are being sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no warranties expressed or implied, with Purchaser responsible for any and all housing or zoning code violations. Risk of loss passes at the date of sale. The Assignees reserve the right to reject any and all bids in their sole discretion. For information, please contact the undersigned at (410) 289-3553. Joseph E. Moore Christopher T. Woodley Assignees 3509 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 10516 NORWICH ROAD OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-000270 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Joseph S. Schneider recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4695, folio 88, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4695, folio 88, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4475, folio 38. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in “AS IS” condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. The purchaser assumes all risks of loss for the property as of the date of sale. Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall con-

vey insurable title. TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $50,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 6.50000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit. Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 74 CAPETOWN ROAD BERLIN, MD 21811

CASE NUMBER 23-C-13-001503 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Kathleen C. Obrien-Shields and Erik Shields recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4772, folio 367, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Erin Gloth, Christine Drexel, Brian McNair, Melissa L. Cassell, and Angela Nasuta as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4772, folio 367, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 2953, folio 545. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in “AS IS” condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. The purchaser assumes all risks of loss for the property as of the date of sale. Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall convey insurable title. TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $15,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Any amount tendered at sale in excess of the required deposit will be refunded and not applied to the purchase price. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 7.00000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk

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PUBLIC NOTICES and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit. Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Erin Gloth, Christine Drexel, Brian McNair, Melissa L. Cassell, and Angela Nasuta, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 21 WHITE CRANE DR. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Timothy M. Kane, dated November 15, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4853, folio 308 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 10, 2014 AT 3:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $21,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the

final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2012-21574) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. Bonnie J. Wootten Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23C13001374

NOTICE ORDERED, this 24th day of January, 2014 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 74 Cresthaven Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811 mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 24th day of February, 2014 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in

some newspaper published in said County once in each of three successive weeks before the 17th day of February, 2014, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $373,866.05. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. Terron R. Pinder Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23C13001408

NOTICE ORDERED, this 17th day of January, 2014 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 243 South Washington Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 17th day of February, 2014 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in some newspaper published in said County once in each of three successive weeks before the 10th day of February, 2014, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $292,664.85. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. Andrea K. Baier and Paul A. Baier Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23C13001253

NOTICE ORDERED, this 21st day of January, 2014 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 10522 Shady Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811 mentioned in these proceed-

ings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 24th day of February, 2014 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in some newspaper published in said County once in each of three successive weeks before the 17th day of February, 2014, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $250,000.00. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ RICHARD A. LASH BUONASSISSI, HENNING & LASH, P.C. A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1861 WIEHLE AVENUE, SUITE 300 RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190 RICHARD A. LASH Substitute Trustee, et al, Plaintiffs, v. GEORGE L. GEVAUDAN, II, Defendant. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-001062

NOTICE Notice is hereby issued this 17th day of January, 2014, that the sale of the property in this case, 179 Ocean Parkway, Berlin, MD 21811 reported by Richard A. Lash, Substitute Trustee, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 17th day of February, 2014, provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in The Ocean City Digest, a newspaper published in Worcester County, Maryland, once in each of three (3) successive weeks on or before the 10th day of February, 2014. The report states the amount of sale to be $136,800.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/23/3t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Pursuant to the provisions of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals for Worcester County, in the Board Room (Room 1102) on the first floor of the

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NOTICE The Mayor and City Council, operating community transit services in Ocean City, Maryland, is offering the opportunity for a public hearing to provide citizens a forum to present views on the following proposals: FY 2015 Annual Transportation Plan (ATP). The ATP contains requests for operating funds from the following programs: Section 5311 of the Federal Transit Act which provides funds for general public transit service in rural areas; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) program which provides funds for federally-required paratransit services for persons with disabilities. In addition, capital funds will be requested for the following items: ITEM Replace seven (7) 35' heavy duty transit buses with seven (7) 40' heavy duty transit buses @ $454,000 each. Replace twenty two (22) 40' heavy duty transit buses @ $454,000 each. Replace two (2) ADA Vans Preventative Maintenance and repairs to include parts and labor for rolling stock Complete rehab and renovation of the Park & Ride Transit Center (building), both interior and exterior Purchase three currency counters for the Money Room Remove the blacktop in the two transit lanes at the South End and replace with concrete Purchase an operating platform, cameras and maintenance thereof for the interior of our rolling stock Preventative Maintenance and repair contract to include parts and labor for the money counting equipment Purchase training materials to meet FTA/MTA guidelines Preventative Maintenance and repair contract to include parts and labor for the Bus Barn overhead doors Land acquisition for transit purposes Purchase three complete single access door units for the north and east side of the bus barn Replace 25 benches at three Transit Centers at $1,200 each TOTAL COST CAPITAL REQUEST:

TOTAL $ 3,178,000 $ 9,988,000 $ 124,000 $ 600,000 $ $ $

50,000 6,000 121,860

500,000

$ $

15,000 6,500

$ 20,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 3,000 $ 30,000 $ 16,642,360

A Public Hearing will be held upon request. Requests for a Public Hearing must be in writing and will be received until 4 p.m. on Friday, February 7, 2014. Requests for a Public Hearing and/or other written comments should be sent to the following address and clearly marked “Public Hearing Comments”: Ocean City Transportation 204 65th Street, Building E Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Written comments can also be emailed to: gthornes@oceancitymd.gov . In the event it is requested, a Public Hearing will be held on: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 6:00 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers 301 Baltimore Avenue Ocean City, Maryland 21842 If special assistance is required at the meeting, contact Ocean City Transportation, Administrative Assistant at 410-723-2174 before 4 p.m. on February 7, 2013. OCD-1/23/4t ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland. 6:30 p.m. Case No. 14-8, on the application of Mabel Ann Pierce Johnson, on the lands of Frances Pierce, requesting a variance to the Ordinance prescribed front yard setback on a collector highway from 50 feet to 29.4 feet (an encroachment of 20.6 feet) associated with a proposed single-family dwelling in the A-2 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-202(b)(4), ZS 1-305 and ZS 1-326, located on

the westerly side of Stephen Decatur Highway (MD Route 611), approximately 130 feet north of Clark Road, Tax Map 33, Parcel 153, in the Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:35 p.m. Case No. 14-10, on the application of Patricia Shaw, on the lands of Sandra Shaw, requesting a special exception to locate a manufactured home for a transient use (medical hardship) in the A-1 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1-201, ZS 1-305, and ZS 1-337, located at 2992

Worcester Highway (US Route 113), approximately 1,000 feet southwest of Blades Road, Tax Map 78, Parcel 1, Lot 4, in the Eighth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:40 p.m. Case No. 14-7, on the application of Mark S. Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Nichols Neff Partners, LLC, requesting a special exception to reconstruct a non-conforming agricultural building in the E-1 Estate District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1122(d)(1), ZS 1-203(b)(1), and ZS 1305, located on the westerly side of

Showell School Road extended, Tax Map 15, Parcel 275, Agricultural Parcel 1, in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:45 p.m. Case No. 14-6, on the application of Mark S. Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Steven Hershey, requesting a special exception to reconstruct and move a non-conforming rental cottage building in the R-1 Rural Residential District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1-122(d)(1), and ZS 1-305, located at 11831 Gumpoint Road, at the easterly terminus of Gumpoint Road, Tax Map 21, Parcel 75, in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:50 p.m. Case No. 14-9, on the application of Mark S. Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Mohammad Ijaz & Nazia Akhtar, requesting a special exception to locate a cemetery, including family burial grounds, chapels and mausoleums, and a special exception to locate a church, temple or mosque in the A-1 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1116(c)(3), ZS 1-201(c)(19), ZS 1-201(c)(20), ZS 1-305 and ZS 1-326, located at 6128 Snow Hill Road (MD Route 12), approximately 3,000 feet south of Cherrix Road, Tax Map 71, Parcel 135, in the Second Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS OCD-1/30/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOARD OF PORT WARDENS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 106, ”Waterways,” Article II – “Shoreline Development” of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Port Wardens Ordinance of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland. Thursday, February 13, 2014 At 2:00 PM A request has been submitted to install a boatlift with poles within the confines of the existing boatslip; and to install a 16” x 16’ aluminum catwalk within boatlift at a maximum of 30’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 14th Street Slip 123 Parcel # 3486 -123 -0 -0111-378990 in the Town of Ocean City, MD. Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts and Marine Construction, Inc. Owner: Jerold V. Tebo PW14-009 A request has been submitted to install a 6’ x 27’ pier with one (1) boat lift and two (2) PWC lifts with associated poles a maximum channelward distance of 34’. The site of

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PUBLIC NOTICES the proposed construction is described as being located at 106 Seabreeze Drive Parcel # 8020A1358B-1-0 -0117-189594 in the Town of Ocean City, MD. Applicant: Hidden Oak Farm, LLC Owner: John Coble – Coble Living Trust PW14-010 (TABLED FROM 1/9/14) A request has been submitted to repair with vinyl replacement 240 lf. Of deteriorated timber bulkhead a maximum of 18” channelward of existing bulkhead/MHW. Replace three (3) 3 x 7 finger piers with 3 x 20 angled finger piers a maximum of 20’ channel-ward of existing bulkhead/MHW. Install one (1) 4-unit 10 x 20 PWC float at existing 3 x 16 platform. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 601 Osprey Road Parcel # 5258-2-112 in the Town of Ocean City, MD. Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: Osprey Bay Condominiums c/o Michael Odachowski PW14-001 Board of Port Wardens Blake McGrath, Chairman Valerie Gaskill, Attorney OCD-1/30/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(2)(b) requesting a special parking exception to waive eight (8) parking spaces to enclose 792 square feet of existing open, unenclosed, crab shack for weather protection. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 88A, Block 88, Fenwick Plat, further described as located on the west side of Coastal Highway and north side of 131st Street, and locally known as JR’s, The Place for Ribs Restaurant, 13101 Coastal Highway, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: FINISHED TOUCH, INC – (BZA 2394 #14-09400001) at 6:10 p.m. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2) and Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(3)(a) requesting a

special yard exception to the front, rear, and west side yard setbacks to place a new single-family dwelling in a manner similar to adjacent properties; and to Section 110-95(1)(a) requesting a variance to allow a distance of 4’ between structures in lieu of 10’ required by Code in the MH, Mobile Home, Zoning District. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 8 of the Sundowner Mobile Home Park Plat, further described as located on the north side of 133rd Street and south side of Marine Circle (formerly Aster Lane), and locally known as 116-133rd Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: DONNA LENZNER – (BZA 2395 #14-09500001) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall. Alfred Harrison, Chairman Heather Stansbury, Attorney OCD-1/30/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15452 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CHARLES GAREY Notice is given that John D. Garey, P.O. Box 1331, Plaistow, NH 03865, was on January 27, 2014 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles Garey who died on November 22, 2013, with a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 27th day of July, 2014. Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills. JOHN D. GAREY Personal Representative True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Worcester County Room 102 - Court House

One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: February 06, 2014 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. Sandra L. Weaver and Deborah S. Weaver Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23C13001211

NOTICE ORDERED, this 21st day of January, 2014 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 12626 Sunset Avenue, Unit 19, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 24th day of February, 2014 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in some newspaper published in said County once in each of three successive weeks before the 17th day of February, 2014, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $97,000.00. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR (OR) BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF: MARGIE C. HOMBURG ESTATE NO. 15451

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by Rikki Drykerman, Esq., 110 North Washington Street, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850 for judicial probate for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at Worcester County Court House, Court Room 4, One W. Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863 on 02/25/2014 at 10:00 a.m. This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills.

Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Phone: (410) 632-1529 Newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Publication Date: 01/30/2014 OCD-1/30/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Request to expand the licensed premises two stories for an existing Class "B" BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Nolen Graves, 11615 1/2 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. For: NJG Food Services, Inc. For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Crab Bag 130th Street & Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 1:00 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for a Class “D” BEERWINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Kevin Christopher Myers, 12502 Deer Point Circle, Berlin, Maryland 21811. For: OC Bar LLC For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Yellow Suhmarine 5801 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 1:15 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for a Class "B” BEERWINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Lawrence Aloysius Lee, 33 Sundial Circle, Berlin, Maryland 21811; and Donna Marie Shores, 1400 Chicago Avenue, Belair, Maryland 21015. For: Ocean City Brewing Company LLC For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Ocean City Brewing Company 5509 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 There will be a public hearing on

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PUBLIC NOTICES the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 1:30 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for Class “B” BEERWINE-LIOUQR License, 7 Day, By Justine Waters- Zegna, 102 Washington Street, Berlin, Maryland 21811 and Thomas Jason Sholtis, 103 Washington Street, Berlin, Maryland 21811. For: Tenth Planet. Inc. For the premises know as and located at: T/A: Blacksmith 104 Pitts Street Berlin, Maryland 21811 There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 1:40 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for an Upgrade in Class from a Class "A" to "D” and an Upgrade in Type from Beer-Wine to Beer-Wine-Liquor. Class "D" BEERWINE-LIOUQR License, 7 Day, By Jon Chris Christ, 812 32nd Street, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 For: Joncor. Inc. T/A Anthony's Beer Wine and Liquor 3300 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 1:50 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for the Transfer of a Class “D” BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Gary Allen Shiffman, 6212 Bromley Ct., W. Bloomfield, MI 48322 and Debra Heyman Pivec, 107 123rd Street, Unit 32, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. For: Sun TRS LL Castaways, LLC For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Castaways RV Resort and Campground

12652 Eagles Nest Road Berlin, Maryland 21811 Formerly: Castaways General Store. Inc. There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 2:20 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

weeks before the 24th day of February, 2014. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $150,000.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for the transfer of a Class "B" BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Jason Gulshen, 445 Duelingway, Berlin, Maryland 21811; Robert Ciprietti, 56167 Cypress Lake Circle, Bethany Beach, Delaware 19930; and Joseph L. Curzi III, 35612 Marabella Lane, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971. For: Touch of Italy Ocean City, LLC For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Touch of Italy 6600 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Formerly: Harrison Group, Inc. There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: February 19. 2014 @ 2:05 P.M. The Board welcomes Written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 Diane S. Rosenberg Mark D. Meyer John A. Ansell, III Kenneth Savitz Stephanie Montgomery 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff(s) v. Patrick A. Carey Lori D. Carey 120 Pinehurst Road Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C13000947

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 31st day of January, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of 120 Pinehurst Road, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 3rd day of March, 2014, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive

BID NOTICE The TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND is soliciting bids for grass mowing services for the period of April 14 through June 30, 2014. Please indicate your interest in receiving a copy of the bid specifications by making a request in writing to Thomas J. Shuster, Town of Ocean City, Maryland, 200 125th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 or by calling 410-250-0125. To be considered, the proposal must be received by Thomas J. Shuster, 200 125th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 by 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 13, 2014. OCD-2/6/1t _________________________________

BID NOTICE The TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND is soliciting bids for grass mowing services for the period of July 1 through October 31, 2014. Please indicate your interest in receiving a copy of the bid specifications by making a request in writing to Thomas J. Shuster, Town of Ocean City, Maryland, 200 125th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842, or by calling 410-250-0125. To be considered, the proposal must be received by Thomas J. Shuster, 200 125th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 by 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 13, 2014. OCD-2/6/1t _________________________________

TOWN OF OCEAN CITY

NOTICE OF ORDINANCES BEING CONSIDERED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City that the following ordinances were introduced for first reading at the Council meeting of February 3, 2014 .. A complete text of this ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean

City, Maryland 21842. ORDINANCE 2014-1 authorizing and empowering the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City to issue and sell, upon its full faith and credit, its general obligation bond in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000), pursuant to the authority of Section 19207 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (2013 Volume) and Section C-719 of the Charter of Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, as amended, to be designated as “General Obligation Refunding Bond, Series 2014A”, said bond to be issued and sold for the public purposes of (i) refunding all or a portion of the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City Municipal Purpose Refunding Bonds of 2004 maturing on or after March 1, 2015 and (ii) paying the costs of issuance of said bond, which expenses include costs of document production and reproduction, and financial advisory and counsel fees and expenses; providing for the sale of said bond by private negotiated sale without advertisement or publication of notice of sale; prescribing the form and tenor of said bond; determining other matters relating to the issuance and sale of said bond; providing for the disbursement of the proceeds of said bond; providing that the proceeds of said bond, or any moneys which may be deemed to be proceeds, will not be used in a manner which would cause said bond to be arbitrage bond; covenanting to levy and collect all taxes necessary to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bond; and generally relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of said bond Ordinance 2014-2 amending Chapter 14, “Dry Night Clubs”, Sec. 14-273. Hours of operation (admissions and sales). (a) No person shall operate a minor dry nightclub during any hours other than 4:00 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. of the following day, with all patrons off the premises by 1:00 a.m., provided however, that upon specific request, the Mayor and City Council may extend the hours of operation if it is determined that the public safety will not be jeopardized. Ordinance 2014-3 authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City to acquire, for no monetary consideration, certain sewage transmission facilities from Sunset Island Community Association, Inc. by deed and easement, and to lease back to Sunset Island Community Association, a part of the deeded property for Ninety-nine years, subject to certain reasons for termination. Ordinance 2014-4 declaring a 15 foot by 40 foot lot distinguished on the Plat of Caine Woods, Section Two-A which was legended to be a pumping station site to service the sanitary sewer needs of lot owners in Caine Woods, as property to be surplus, and no longer needed for public use, being of no monetary value to the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City; and to authorize the conveyance of same to the adjacent property owners as a boundary line adjustment for no consideration. OCD-2/6/1t _________________________________

Commentary

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OUR OPINION

Pyramidal zoning was fly in beer

The reason businesses often locate in West Ocean City instead of in the resort is not all a matter of avoiding municipal taxes. Another advantage of looking to the west is that businesses don’t have to endure local government’s potholed path to approval. The Ocean City Brewing Company, which this week finally received the Planning Commission’s endorsement, is a good example of what can happen. Politics and personal interests both played a role in this tortuous process, but the real problem is the legacy created by Ocean City’s pyramidal zoning. That’s the other major difference between Ocean City and West Ocean City. The latter offers locations that are not jammed into residential areas. Pyramidal zoning allows development of higher uses, specifically residential projects, in areas with lower zoning classifications, such as commercial. The frequent result of that is conflict between the two uses. During the real estate boom years, residential projects went just about anywhere open ground existed, thus reducing to just a few places where a business of any size could go without firing up the neighbors. This is why the zoning code has a “conditional use” section that permits officials to make subjective calls when a business wants to move to a less-than-perfect location. These discussions can become too subjective, with officials making approval contingent upon all sorts of conditions that may not be relevant, but are expedient in cover-your-butt politics. Unfortunately, there is no zoning mechanism that will solve the problem that Ocean City created for itself, except to do as Mayor Rick Meehan advised the City Council on Monday: figure out how to make something work, rather than concentrate on why it won’t.

Feb. 7, 2014

THE PUBLIC EYE By Stewart Dobson

Heroin deaths too high a cost EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

By Phil Jacobs

Last weekend Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Oscar award-winning actor, was found dead in his Greenwich Village home. Early word is that he died from an apparent heroin overdose. Hoffman had been, according to reports, “clean” for some 25 years. In July 2013, Cory Monteith, an actor on the TV show “Glee” died as a result of a toxic mixture of heroin and alcohol. In Maryland and Pennsylvania last week, an epidemic of almost 60 heroin related deaths since last September was reported. This time the heroin was laced with the sedative fentanyl. The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency has said that heroin, like a tidal wave, has hit the Northeast United States. It is inexpensive and it is accessible to those who use it. In the year 2012, over 669,000 American over the age of 12 had used heroin at some point during that year according to the federal Substance and Mental Health Services Administration. Substance abuse hasn’t left our community alone. It seems that it’s becoming almost commonplace to read even in these pages about an arrest of a person with the possession and intent to distribute drugs, including heroin. Used to be that what came with heroin was a stereotype of some sort of inner-city abandoned apartment where addicts would shoot up or inject the poison in the arm of someone else. With Colorado legalizing marijuana, and Maryland among many states taking a serious look at making marijuana for medicinal purposes available, it seems as if there’s been a change. Marijuana was once considered the “gateway” drug to more serious addiction issues. If you knew of a friend or family member using marijuana, the reaction was far more urgent and concerned than it is today. Now teens and young adults have concocted a

word that you and I may have known nothing about. It’s called “pharming.” It’s a situation where prescription drugs are sometimes stolen by teens or adult children from their very own parents’ medicine cabinets. Typically these drugs contain addicting opioids found in painkillers. Medications prescribed for attention deficit disorder are also sold sometimes by the very student who holds the prescription. But these prescription drugs come with a hefty price tag. What has become less expensive is heroin. That is why heroin seems to be everywhere. It is less expensive, yet it can kill you or a loved one. One doesn’t have to be a famous, wealthy actor to afford and risk their life over heroin. I have covered enough NA meetings to know that while the 12-step programs are important and impactful, sometimes the insidious nature of the drug will become more important to a user than a “higher power.” A person’s body demands more and more of the heroin. If a body is demanding it, it means that the person has to medicate himself to feel at least well. Philip Seymour Hoffman was an incredible actor, both in film and on stage. He was reportedly “clean” for 25 years. But now he is dead forever. We here on the Eastern Shore need to be vigilant on one hand, and sensitive on the other. For some people, hope is the only elixir they can lean on if a loved one is in recovery or is abusing. If this is happening in your family or your circle of friends, I urge you to take the death of Hoffman to heart. Here was a successful actor. Yet the heroin found him. Find help through the Worcester County Health Department, or by telling a parent, a friend, a coach, teacher or member of the clergy. Tell someone, and work to get out of the deadly cycle. Heroin might be less expensive, but those who knew the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman would say that it was too high a cost.

With all the discussion about newspapers being left behind in the age of digital media because of the opportunities it offers readers and viewers to become involved in the story, I have embarked on a new plan: interactive newspaper stories. It’s simple, really. Omit a critical word in your column, thus requiring everyone to guess what it was you were trying to say, if anything. This way, the reader becomes a participant, and not a casual scanner of the printed word. Two weeks ago, I wrote a piece about overwrought, hyperbolically inclined weather reporters and said, “But wait, the has cracked open and I see fire.” Many people assumed that I mistakenly left something out, as in, “But wait, the [blank] has cracked open and I see fire.” They then proceeded to guess what that word might be. That, my friends, is interactive reading. Incidentally, all correspondents who suggested that the missing word was “plumber,” you are wrong. Besides, “the plumber has cracked open and I see fire” doesn’t make much sense. Also off the mark were all those who guessed the sentence really meant to say, “The ‘cameraman’s head’ has cracked open and I see fire,” although I could see that happening, as the camera person does all the real work, while the talking head gets the glory. No, the missing word was “earth,” as in “the earth has cracked open …” which seldom happens in this area, and even if it did Public Works would put cones around it so we would not inadvertently drive straight to hell, at least those of us who have Maryland driver’s licenses. All the above, of course, is just nonsense. I did inadvertently cut “earth” from the column and I apologize. It’s a rarity and I promise never to leave out [anything] again.

Letters Empty Bowl Project a bountiful success

Editor, On behalf of the Art League of Ocean City and Diakonia, we would like to thank the hundreds of people who helped make the “Empty Bowl” project a huge success. This project was a partnership between the two nonprofits and was sponsored by a grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. The program was unique as it engaged a diverse group of people in a creative effort for a good cause. Over 300 ceramic bowls were made, which were given out at a soup dinner to remind people of all the empty bowls in the world. The “Starving Artist Dinner” was the culmination of this effort, and over 200 people attended the dinner. Thanks go out to the hard working committee members who collaborated to oversee the bowl making and present the dinner: Debbi Anderson, Lisi Ruczynski, Karen Tomasello, Margaret Kimmel, Nancy Barnas, Kathy Bohs and Sandy Glassman. Our gratitude to all the restaurants

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and businesses who donated the delicious soups, breads, desserts and beverages to the dinner. These civicminded businesses are what make this area great and we appreciate their donations. They are: Fresco’s, Hooked, Pickles Pub, Atlantic Hotel, Liquid Assets, The Globe, Lighthouse Sound, Bull on the Beach, Seacrets, Fenwick Wine Cellars, Bayside Wine & Spirits, Bayville Package Store, Coffee Beanery, Desserts by Rita, Dunkin Donuts and Panera bread. Thanks also to Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Superfresh and Coastal Tents for their donations. Our appreciation goes out to the many volunteers from both organizations that came out to help set up, serve, prepare desserts and clean up at the “Starving Artist Dinner,” as well as ceramic director Erik Hertz, pottery assistant Monika Lilley and the staff of the Ocean City Center for the Arts. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this project will go to support the missions of Diakonia and the Art League. The mission of the Art League of Ocean City is to promote the visual arts in the Ocean City area through exhibits, education, scholar-

Real Estate Is Back!

Buildings and Property For Sale, Not the Three Operating Businesses. Property is behind Berlin McDonald's and next to the former Harley Davidson. 2 buildings convey 55 x 75 and 40 x 100! Also an attached 15 x 40 shed and a 16 x 32 lien to.

$995,000

ship, programs and community art events. Diakonia is dedicated to building a foundation for those in crisis or who are homeless while maintaining their dignity and respect, providing hope and assistance and helping them change the direction of their lives, one step at a time. Again, we appreciate the participation and the support of all who made this unique fundraiser possible. Rina Thaler, executive director, Art League of Ocean City Claudia Nagle, executive director, Diakonia

Everything told about Common Core untrue

Editor, Politics sure does make strange bedfellows. I believe any policy that is opposed by both the New York State Teachers Union and the TEA Party (not necessarily for the same reasons) needs to be looked at very carefully. Of course, I am referring to the Common Core State Standards. And, of course education is not supposed to be political. Just about everything you have been told about Common Core by the federal, state and local education establishment is, at best, incorrect, and, at worst, downright false. Starting with the way the standards were developed (and the real motivation of those behind it), parents and teachers have been misled, and those who question the standards and the implementation, the effect on our chil-

Page 62 dren and grandchildren, the harm that is being and will be done to the teaching profession and the enormous budget busting costs, are basically being told to sit down and shut up – we know better than you. Teachers who are opposed to, and frankly frightened by, Common Core fear to speak out. It is also ironic that the Douglas County, Col., Board of Education has passed a resolution opposing the Common Core national standards due to the quality of its standards and on principle. Ironic, because our own Worcester County Superintendent of Education hails from Colorado. It is not my purpose here to reiterate all of the dangers and problems with Common Core. There have been many letters to the editor about this subject, and there are many news articles in national papers and online (most recently “The Coming Common Core Meltdown” Jan. 23, Washington Post). There are numerous websites devoted to the dangers of Common Core. Inquiring minds who want to know can read all about it. Del. Michael Smigiel has introduced legislation in the House of Delegates to repeal Common Core. The hearing on this bill is scheduled for Feb. 5. Parents, grandparents and educators who believe they know better than unelected bureaucrats what is best for their children and students should contact their legislators and encourage them to vote to repeal the funding for this mess. Carol Frazier Ocean Pines

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