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ganization and we can assign a dollar value to them,” Recor continued. “Our goal is to ask the council today for some parameters.”

The city’s major source of income – property taxes – will remain level if the city adopts “constant yield” tax rate of 46.2 cents per hundred dollars of property value, a marginal increase over last year’s 45.85 cents. This is to make up for a 1.4 percent decrease in property values over FY13, following the reassessment last year of the resort’s south-end commercial properties.

Although estimated at $7.13 million in value, the reassessed properties are only a

(March 1, 2013) When the price tag is $8.3 million, buyer’s remorse can be pretty rough.

An ominous email from the organizer of last month’s lucrative cheerleading competition seems to have made public a long-lingering concern that the upcoming performing arts theater project at the city’s convention center will actually make the facility less marketable.

The email, sent this week to local hoteliers from Epic Brands, the cheerleading promoter that organizes the semi-annual Reach the Beach Rec/School/Dance Competition, details that the massively successful event generated more than $600,000 in room stay revenue alone.

But the message also concludes, “Until a decision is made on the proposed changes to the Convention Center – we are at a standstill!”

“This competition has taken place in Ocean City 25 times and we desperately want this competition to remain in Ocean City! If the proposed changes to the convention center were to be made, we would lose a large portion of

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Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jerry Wilson tells students, from left, Yasemin Unal, Connor Neville, Meredith Smith, Torres Savage and Brittany Stevens, that Tuesday’s Students in Government Day was participatory democracy in action. Kelly Shanahan, the county’s assistant chief administrative officer, is also shown. The annual event gives high school seniors the opportunity to discuss various issues and make decisions regarding them. The issues are the same as those discussed by the Worcester County Commissioners. See full story on Page 16A.

CITYEXPECTSTOFACE$1.5MDEFICIT Parking, trash and stormwater fees could shore up city’s projected FY14 budget gap ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) With next year’s fiscal reserves looking to be un-replenished, the town of Ocean City may be taking measures to generate additional revenue through new and higher fees in order to close its projected budget gap for the 2014 fiscal year, which begins this July.

Among those possibilities are establishing a stormwater utility fund, higher rates on parking meters and charging for trash collection.

In a preliminary overview of revenues for the upcoming financial cycle, City Manager City Manager David Recor and Budget David Recor Manager Jennie Knapp informed the council this week that the city is looking at a fiscal hole in its FY14 operations of roughly $1.5 million.

“It does leave us with a projected budget gap, and as we move toward calendar dates

“There are … a number of challenges we face as an organization and we can assign a dollar value to them. Our goal is to ask the council today for some parameters.”

CITY MANAGER DAVID RECOR on how to generate the needed revenue for the upcoming year’s budget for workshops and reviews …

I wanted you to know up front that there is a projected gap,” Recor said.

“There are also a number of challenges we face as an or-

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OC Air Show fears loss of rooms and performers,but will go on reached in Washington – reduces or eliminate the schedules of the show’s top armed forces performers.

Headliners this year include the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the army’s 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” parachute jump team, and the F-22 Raptor demonstration unit – a rare showing of the U.S. military’s only fifth-generation aircraft that Lilley described as “the premiere single-aircraft show that you can get.”

“That is something that has come out … that the Navy has suggested that, if full sequestration takes place, the Blue Angels could be part of those cuts,” Lilley acknowledged. “But we are going on what the teams are telling us right now, which is that they are continuing planning for a full show.”

However, Lilley said his team has “already come up with detailed plans in a ‘what-if’ scenario.”

Even if the military performers are lost, Lilley said, the OC Air Show’s combination of a strong slate of civilian shows, beach location, and the elimination of competition shows elsewhere should still ensure its survival.

“We feel that beachfront air shows are in the best position to weather any reduction or loss of military support,” Lilley said. In the case of such shows, the aerial performances are less of the destination themselves and more of a draw

for attendees to spend time at the resort; “flying fireworks,” in Lilley’s terms. “[The air show] is a factor to wanting to spend a weekend at the beach,” he said, “whereas if you go to an air facility, you’re going there entirely for what is there from an aviation perspective … so those [performance] assets factor in a lot more when it comes to an airfield show.”

Other shows across the county have already shut their doors and if sequestration occurs, the military’s open house shows will cease.

“If you combine the contraction of the business with people’s desire to come and do a beach weekend and see an air show for free [it adds to Ocean City’s advantage],” Lilley said.

“I just wanted to make sure the public heard that, from a positive standpoint,” Meehan said. “That we’ll have the Blue Angels, but if something happens, we’ll still go through.”

Unlike many other privately run events, which are charged by the city for the in-kind services they incur, the city subsidizes the air show as a profit-sharing partner. Under the current arrangement, the city loans $50,000 annually to the air show, on an indefinite line of credit that Lilley does not have to repay before the next year’s event.

The show is instead obligated to give 35 percent of its profits to the city, a sum of $19,902 for the 2012 event.

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(March 1, 2013) Despite its continuing popularity, the OC Air Show may be facing two profound logistical threats to its success in the 2013 season, show organizer Bryan Lilley told the City Council this week.

Firstly, the event’s headline performers may be unable to attend due to federal spending cuts and, secondly, even if they do show up, they might not have anywhere to sleep.

Show organizers typically request local hoteliers to block out sections of rooms during the event to house performers and staff. But acquiring the desired room groups is proving to be difficult, Lilley said, given that the eventchoked weekend has caused many hotels to book their rooms at open market rate due to demand.

“It continues to be a challenge every year, and this year particularly so,” Lilley said.

He has lost a commitment from the Beach Plaza hotel, but gained one from the Clarion. He has secured only 49 rooms per night, versus last year’s 71.

“As you know, we need places to house our performers, and when we get to the point where we start to lose these rooms, it’s going to compromise the groups that we can get in here,” Lilley

said. “Anything the council can do to encourage the hotel community in assisting these teams [would be appreciated].”

Although he said he understood that Lilley had already done so, Mayor Rick Meehan suggested that he go back to the city’s Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association with the matter.

“I would hope that they would continue to work with you and these sponsors,” Meehan said.

However, according to HMRA Executive Director Susan Jones, local hotels are unlikely to engineer their bookings in Lilley’s favor, given that the glut of other events has made the market so rich. The OC Car and Truck Show is the same weekend as the air show, June 9-10, as are several major sports tournaments, including the city’s flagship lacrosse competition.

“We tried to encourage him [Lilley] to have his event on the first weekend in June,” Jones said, but the air show was unreceptive.

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But the room shortage may be less of a problem if the performers end up being unable to attend. Meehan asked Lilley whether he had a contingency plan in the case that federal sequestration – the automatic budget cuts that are slated to take place today, Friday, unless a deal is

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Epic Brands officials were unavailable to speak further, but Convention Center Director Larry Noccolino said he was slated to meet yesterday, after press time, with Epic Brands representatives to resolve the conflict.

But several event and lodging industry insiders, who did not wish to be identified, said they had suspected for months or even years that the theater project would have a negative effect, but were afraid to say as much publicly because they feared a backlash from the city, which they say seemed to desire to build the prestigious amenity regardless of functionality. “The only reason that it’s coming out is because we now have a big client who’s dropping off,� said Ruth Waters of the Harrison Group. “Now that people can see what’s actually going to be done [to the convention center layout], they’re backing out.�

The change of concern is the theater expansion that is schedule to begin in the fall and which constitutes the second phase of the planned convention center renovation. Consisting of a twolevel performing arts atrium with roughly 1,200 seats, the theater will be oriented north-south, with the stage it-

self on the southern border of what is now the convention center’s central hall ‘C.’ The theater’s balcony seating, vaulted ceiling and fly gallery – the space above the stage itself used for lifting props – will use what is now the rear portion of the second-story convention hall.

During the first phase of the renovation, completed just a few weeks ago, that hall was expanded by enclosing the second-story deck to create a grand ballroom space on the top floor, with panoramic views of the Assawoman Bay. Loading facilities on the bayfront side of the center’s lower floor were also renovated into an additional exhibit hall.

The intent of the two-part renovation was to “first build the replacement space that we were going to lose to the performing arts theater,â€? said City Councilman and former City Manager Dennis Dare, who was a large part of the process when the expansion was proposed roughly two years ago. “Next year [when the theater expansion begins] you’re going to have the space you had in the past – you just had a little bit extra this year,â€? Dare said. “The first floor exhibit area isn’t quite as big as what is being taken out [by the theater] ‌ but it’s more useful.â€?

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“We know we’re going to have growing pains.�

This week, Jones said she had been receiving a swell of phone calls from panicked hoteliers who stand to lose considerable off-season business if convention events do indeed dwindle. “Nobody is against a performing arts center per se, it’s just that maybe they [the city] should’ve been more judicious in looking where to put it,� Jones said. “I’m all for performance events, but I just don’t want to compromise something we already have that’s already lucrative,� Waters said. “Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg.�

However, Dare submitted that the town’s ultimate goal of bringing more cultural arts events to the resort would still be served by the theater, and that existing events would find a way to incorporate the facility. “You can always put something in there that’s related [to existing events],� he said. “It’ll be an asset that you’ll find a way to use.�

But many resort business owners were hesitant to experiment with a learning curve that could wreck their off-season viability. “None of us [in the industry] think it’s a good idea ‌ we live off that convention center in the winter time,â€? Waters said. “There’s nothing in the pipeline to replace this.â€?

experienced that utility. Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association Executive Director Susan Jones said that the recent Seaside Boat Show was hard-pressed to fit its vessels into the first-floor exhibit space, given that the room is dotted with large, load-bearing concrete pillars. “When the performing arts center was slated, they said, ‘We’ll take the square footage of space that we’re taking away, and we’ll put in a new room downstairs [to match],’� Jones said. “But that room can’t be used for exhibits, at least not in their best setting.�

A spreadsheet, compiled by convention center staff and obtained by this newspaper, lists 33 events that will be adversely affected by the upcoming project. For most of these, the issue seems to be that the second-story ballroom will become less usable once its rear section is blocked off to be used for the upper heights of the theater. The new space, consisting of the new bayview atrium and a small section of the previous exhibit hall, will apparently lack a room divider.

Noccolino estimated that about a dozen groups or events were in danger of being significantly compromised. “That doesn’t mean that they’re going to leave town, it means that we’ll have to work with them ‌ each client on an individual basis,â€? Noccolino said.

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Groups work to control feral cat population boom in resort Neutered and vaccinated cats returned to colonies throughout county, OC ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) Although not typically used in the context of felines, the term “herd” probably best describes what happen whenever Susan Coleman opens a can of food at any one of the 13 feral cat colonies she tends to in and around the resort.

At the first tone of snapping aluminum, roughly two dozen wild cats emerge from the woods behind an abandoned home in West Ocean City, swarming around Coleman in hopes of grabbing their morning meal. Nearby, plastic crates with bedding and insulation have been provided for shelter in the damp underbrush.

“If I don’t’ fix this group, it’s going to go from 25 to 250,” said Coleman, who heads the local Community Cats Coalition. “There are even some new ones that I just noticed today.”

Last week, Coleman, along with representatives from the Delmarva Cat Connection and Town Cats organizations, solicited the mayor and City Council for a cooperative alliance in implementing a “Trap-Neuter-Return” (TNR) program as a humane and effective way to reduce the burgeoning feral cat population in Ocean City and Worcester County.

“We receive 15 to 20 calls per week, not only from Ocean City but throughout the county,” Coleman said. “We would like to be officially endorsed by the town.”

The TNR strategy involves trapping feral cats and spaying or neutering them before releasing them to their original habitat or a colony of free-range cats.

Returning the animals prevents new, unneutered cats from moving in. Without any means of reproduction, the population will eventually diminish.

“If you just kill them or take them to shelters, the ones that you forgot move in and start all over again,” Coleman said. “Eventually over time, a number of years, the population will start to die out [if TNR is utilized].”

In the past year, Coleman and her partner organizations have collectively trapped, neutered, and released 369 animals within the city limits alone, she said. The organizations also work closely with the Ocean City Police Department’s Animal Control Division, taking unowned cats corralled by officers.

“I use them for everything,” said Officer Barb Wisniewski.

Kittens and cats who appear to have been previously in homes are directly adopted out or given to animal shelters, Coleman said. The rest are typically neutered, vaccinated, and returned to where they came from. Those who cannot be returned to their original location, or cannot be introduced to colonies, are housed in a separate shelter or often given to local farmers as barn cats.

“If I know that somebody is going to feed them, I fix them and put them back,” Coleman said.

The feral cat population in and around Ocean City is particularly difficult to control, Coleman said, given the seasonal nature of the town. The end of summer produces a glut of animals.

“All winter I do this … we get all our colonies stabilized and then someone throws one out and it starts all over again,” Coleman said.

Information about cat trapping will be disseminated through the resort’s media, and the OCPD will continue to work with Coleman and the other groups on the initiative.

“It is needed, and I think we’re very fortunate to have you,” said Mayor Rick Meehan.

Anyone interested in helping or donating to the TNR program is urged to contact Coleman at 443-909-8047 or susan@communitycatscoalition.com.

The group offers a discount rate of $45 to spay/neuter, de-worm, and vaccinate cats against rabies.

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Susan Coleman of the Community Cats Coalition feeds a colony of feral cats in West Ocean City earlier this week. The group is seeking support to trap and neuter feral animals.

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“The first thing that has to happen is that all the issues that came up have to be placed into the document, and then that has to go to the respective sides to make sure that the changes made are as what was [agreed to] in the negotiation process,” said FOP Treasurer and negotiations chairman Sgt. Art Grady this week.

“We’re still going through the process of reviewing the document, not only at the bargaining unit level, but at the legal level as well.”

If no hitches arise in reviewing the legal language used, Grady said the FOP’s membership is likely to vote on and ratify the contract within the next seven days.

What has almost certainly been the crux of the contract issues this year, however, is the desire expressed by the FOP to move back to a defined-benefit pension system. In early 2011, the then-majority of council closed the city’s public safety pension trust fund to new hires and implemented a 401(a), individual contribution retirement plan.

Since then, the OCPD has hired 22 officers under the new plan. But the FOP has maintained that the lack of a proper pension makes officers less committed to staying with the department long-term, presenting a poor re-

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While what exactly those contracts do and do not guarantee has yet to be revealed, there seems to be some trepidation in City Hall as to how the city will be paying for its police and fire/EMS services.

“Now that we have tentative agreements with both the IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) and the FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) – assuming those contracts are ratified – those costs will need to be factored in FY14,” City Manager David Recor told the City Council during a preliminary budget review this week.

Recor later said his staff has compiled fiscal impact estimates for the new labor agreements, but that the city would not be releasing details until after the agreements were finalized due to a confidentiality clause with both ne-

turn on training investment for the agency. The then-minority of the City Council, as well as Mayor Rick Meehan, agreed with the FOP and were staunchly opposed to the change.

The FOP instead suggested that, instead of trying to phase out defined benefits, the city should retain but scale back its pension structure into multiple tiers for newer and older hires. In the election this past November, the union backed Meehan and a slate of council candidates who were more receptive to such an idea than the majority that had eliminated the guaranteed pension system. The successful electoral campaign subsequently caused a major reversal in City Hall.

“They had given us their word that they were at least going to go back and revisit this with open eyes, and potentially get rid of the new [defined contribution] system,” Grady said recently.

Although he could not reveal the details of the proposed contract, Grady said this week that he was satisfied with how the negotiations went over.

“In any negotiation process, there’s a lot of give and take. You start at a certain level, and you work your way through,” he said. “If you walk away and think that you got a fair agreement – not everything you wanted, but you didn’t lose anything unfairly – then that’s a pretty good process.”

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tiny part of the city’s total property value, most of which is in residential holdings. The 2011 residential re-assessment saw the Town of Ocean City lose $1.6 billion – about 15 percent – of its total assessed value, and subsequently raise its FY13 tax rate from 39.5 cents in order to bring in the same amount of revenue it had before.

The true constant yield rate for FY13 was actually 46.85, but the council voted last year to lower the rate and take the roughly $850,000 difference from the city’ unrestricted operating reserve to cover the gap. This subsequently lowered the level for this year as well.

“If the rate had been kept at the constant yield [last year], the rate for FY14 would be 47.2,” Knapp said.

Recor’s revenue projections do not anticipate dipping money out of reserves, however.

“There’s an assumption that we will not use monies from the unrestricted balance,” Recor said. “The projection assumes no transfer.”

The tax decrease compensation, combined with a number of other capital projects such as the Ocean City Center for the Arts and the inlet parking lot control overhaul, meant that a total of $3.8 million is scheduled to be taken from reserves this year.

But because of $600,000 in estimated increases in other sources of income – license fees and fines, room tax, or grants from higher agencies – the total projected revenue reduction for FY14 is $3.2 million.

Many of these revenues, however, are already earmarked for certain purposes or funds, such as the street paving fund, which for FY14 is projected to receive $1.25 million according to its allocation formula, although it is routinely underfunded.

Many other costs have gone up as well, but are more than offset if one assumes that the city will not be making any unplanned capital outlay from its reserve fund this year, further reducing the gap to $1.5 million.

This tight margin, Recor said, is combined with personnel concerns.

Recor noted that city staff requested 21 new positions for hiring, mostly in the Ocean City Fire Department, although few are likely to be granted in Recor’s final budget proposal However, fixed personnel costs resulting from the impending contracts with the city’s police and fire/EMS unions cannot be re-negotiated, nor can the federal health care mandate, where Recor estimated that 47 previously uninsured employees may meet the threshold for affordable insurance under the “Obamacare” system.

In order to de-qualify some employ-

ees – those whose income may not be high enough relative to the city’s health plan costs to meet the affordability requirement – Recor said he and the city’s department heads were looking into “management initiatives” to change hours. “[Employees] may not get the hours they’re accustomed to, because we may have to use more part-time employees to spread the hours out,” Recor said.

“Obviously, that is going to have an effect on part-time employees who have grown accustomed to a certain wage, but we have to balance that with the cost to the city to provide the health benefit.”

Recor said he and Mayor Rick Meehan had looked at a number of solutions to generate more revenue, including a re-assessment of parking fees, particularly on downtown street spaces. The

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city could also establish a stormwater utility system, as was recently done in Berlin, charging developers by the liner foot of roadside space onto which their property drains.

Recor also suggested that the Solid Waste Division of the Public Works Department be transformed into a self-sufficient enterprise fund, which would fund its own operations with its own separate revenues. This would likely involve charging for trash pickup, which has always been free, and waste services.

“Again, not popular options or alternatives, but policy discussion that we do need to have,” Recor told council.

“When you look at the solid waste operation, I can tell you that many governments operate their solid waste as an enterprise fund.”

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“That leaves us $655,000 to fund the rest of the house,” Recor said. “As I look at the challenges, I’m looking at the whole house. It’s no coincidence that I picked those two areas [solid waste and public safety] of our operations, because what did we hear in our strategic planning sessions? ‘Safe and clean, safe and clean.’ We need to think about different ways to skin that cat.”

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Local real estate pros earn SRS designation Coastal Association of REALTORS recognizes 15 resort-area agents

AARP offers free help with ’12 taxes (March 1, 2013) AARP Tax-Aide is offering free tax preparation for 2012 tax season. Preparation is available to all. AARP Foundation operates the AARP Tax-Aide program under a cooperative agreement with the IRS and all information is strictly confidential.

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(March 1, 2013) Coastal Association of REALTORS® last week announced that 15 REALTORS® have earned the Sellers Representative Specialist professional designation. The SRS designation is the premiere seller agency designation recognizing real estate professionals who have completed special education in seller representation. Those real estate professionals are dedicated to their industry, their communities and the clients to whom they serve.

“CAR strives to provide higher education to local REALTORS® to achieve the ultimate goal of raising the bar of professionalism and credibility in the industry,” said Sheila Dodson, executive director of CAR. CAR brought in Adorna O. Carroll, a nationally recognized industry expert and co-founder of the SRS Council, to come to the association for training on seller representation. “The REALTOR® members who attended said this course was excellent in improving their knowledge and skills to benefit their clients,” said Dodson.

REALTORS® who achieved this honor are Jeannie Betten of Re/Max Crossroads; Joan Catlin of ERA Bill

Coastal Association of REALTORS® has announced that 15 REALTORS® have earned the Sellers Representative Specialist professional designation.

Martin and Associates; Carol Sue Crimmins of Carefree Real Estate; Jennifer Cropper-Rines of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; Bernie Flax of Prudential PenFed Realty; Kaye Jones of ERA Bill Martin and Associates; Kathryn Kresge of Long and FosterBethany; Dave Liederman of Coldwell Banker-Bethany; Mia McCarthy of Condominium Realty; Stan Mengel of EXIT Shore Realty; Karla Morgan of ResortQuest Realty; Cindy Poremski of Prudential PenFed Realty; Leslie Smith of Condominium Realty; Pam Wadler of

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OCDC funding to change with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sustainable communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; initiative Community Legacy funds for downtown to be bundled with broader state program ZACK HOOPES â&#x2013; Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) Potentially significant changes are under way for the means by which the city garners grants for its downtown revitalization projects, as the town and the Ocean City Development Corporation are working to qualify Ocean Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown district for Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustainable Community Designationâ&#x20AC;? program.

The SCD system, first authorized via 2010 legislation crafted by Gov. Martin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley, seeks to re-organize the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s myriad of community development programs under one umbrella with a consolidated set of guidelines and goals.

One of the major initiatives to be re-designated under the SCD system is the Community Legacy program, which has been OCDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main source of grant funding for the past decade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kind of replace the existing community legacy plan, which weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been following for the last 10 or 11 years,â&#x20AC;? said OCDC Executive Director Glenn Irwin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It spells out items in our community development plan, and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going

to seek in state funding for that. The key will be outlining what we believe weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to pursue funding wise.â&#x20AC;?

Although the town of Ocean City will be the formal applicant for the designation program, most of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s re-development funds to the municipality have been administered by OCDC, the city-backed non-profit that sponsors redevelopment and urban renewal in the resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often-underinvested downtown area.

Under the Community Legacy system, OCDC has identified a state-sanctioned â&#x20AC;&#x153;priority funding area,â&#x20AC;? consisting of most of the island below 17th Street. In this area, the organization has administered a number of redevelopment and reinvestment programs, including small business startup grants, assistance for façade and exterior reno-

vations that meet OCDC aesthetic designs standards, and incentive funds for environmentally-friendly energy renovations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once [the SCD] replaces that plan, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll still apply for Community Legacy funds each year,â&#x20AC;? Irwin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I assume, at this point, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be looking at duplicating the geographic area we have right now as well.â&#x20AC;?

By pulling all of its community development funds under one program, the state â&#x20AC;&#x201C; according to the SCD application â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is seeking a â&#x20AC;&#x153;simplification of the targeting of state resources into a single focus are called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sustainable community areas.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

These areas are to utilize mass transit, land reinvestment, and eco-friendly renovations to maintain the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core communities and prevent the divest-

ment and outward growth that often plagues older urban cores. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What the state is trying to do is consolidateâ&#x20AC;Śso that the priority funding area is understood and goes all the way up the chain,â&#x20AC;? said Ocean City Director of Planning and Community Development Matt Margotta. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision for not increasing urban sprawl.â&#x20AC;?

But with the widening of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission, Ocean City may now find itself competing for state grant money with locations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as large urban areas, transit hubs, and de-commissioned military bases â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that it has never previously been in the running with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more competition, whether or not they put more money into it is a big question,â&#x20AC;? Irwin said.

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Wor. public school officers to be security detail, not instructors tirely, to the SRO school,” said Col. Doug Dods of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office this week.

“Their job is to provide physical security, not to do SRO duties. There are some schools that are still thinking along the SRO line, but that is not the case here.”

The county first began an SRO program in 1996, which was developed and intermittently expanded up through 2008. Since then, however, personnel and budget constraints have scaled back the program.

“Sheriff Martin [former sheriff Chuck Martin] had to pull them out because we were just getting slammed on the road,” Dods said.

Currently, the county’s only dedicated SRO is Sgt. Matt Crisafulli, who runs the D.A.R.E. program. According to Dods, the Berlin Police Department also has an officer assigned to Stephen Decatur Middle School, but all other police presence in schools is part of regular patrol duty.

The 13 proposed new officers, however, will be devoted entirely to providing realtime security.

“They’re going to be titled as ‘School Security Deputies,’” Dods said. “Their primary mission is to provide physical security in and around the schools.”

Crisafulli will continue in the SRO role and will not be part of the school security division, Dods added.

ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) With a request to fund a baker’s dozen of school safety officers slated to be heard by the Worcester County Commissioners next week, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office has said that the additional personnel, if obtained, would constitute a new paradigm for school security.

Last week, the Worcester County Board of Education voted unanimously to back a request by the sheriff’s office to have 13 new officers — one for each of the county’s school campuses — included in the upcoming budget for the 2014 fiscal year.

Worcester County’s schools have had officers in the past, often referred to as School Resource Officers. While these officers provided a layer of security, an SRO’s more common duty was “as another community liaison and problem solver … helping to educate students about conflict resolution and the law,” according to a briefing by Fred Grant, the county’s supervisor of student services, written following approval for the fiscal year 2008 budget of three officers to staff the county’s three high schools.

But the 13 officers proposed to be hired this year will not be involved in that role.

“They will not be going, at least en-

“They’ll be patrolling, going in and around the schools – depending on the size of the facility, they may get in the car and cruise around. A lot of the details we’re still trying to work out,” Dods said.

The sheriff’s personnel request is one element of a larger school safety improvement plan, developed by the county’s school system in conjunction with local law enforcement following the December shooting at Sandy Hook (Connecticut) Elementary School. Other changes, to be included in the capital budget for the school system itself, include door buzzers, ID scanners, and window tinting.

While only one part of the solution, security officers are likely the most expensive one. According to Dods, firstyear costs per new officer — including salary, equipment, and training — average $120,989. Second-year costs come to $63,436 per officer.

There is still a slim possibility that the county could get state help in funding the officers, as a bill currently in the Maryland House of Delegates’ Ways and Means Committee would require all of the state’s school districts to provide police details. Those counties that do not have the budget headroom to pride them would be subsidized through the state’s Education Trust Fund, which takes its income from lottery and casino taxes.

However, according to bill co-sponsor

Delegate Mike McDermott, allocations from the trust fund are already mostly set and unlikely to be available.

“It’s a great idea, but it’s an idea that probably should’ve been put forward when they were deciding about those appropriations in the beginning,” McDermott said. “There shouldn’t be any county waiting to do this [fund SROs], or waiting for the state to do this, because it’s likely not going to happen soon.”

Jr. Red Cross clubs takepart infirst aid, CPR/AED training (March 1, 2013) On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Lower Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross conducted a regional day of training for two of the area’s Jr. Red Cross Clubs. Approximately 80 students from Worcester Prep and Stephen Decatur High School took part in a full day of CPR/AED and first aid certification training.

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The day of instruction was sponsored by the Princess Royale Hotel on 91st Street in Ocean City. Hotel staff created a professional setting for student instruction in one of the spacious conference rooms. In another room, 30 adult mannequins, infant mannequins and several AEDs were supplied for the hands-on portion of training.

The Lower Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross is proud to certify 80 young adults who are capable of saving a life. The day of training was made possible by support from the Ocean City Parrothead Club, is a philanthropic group of Jimmy Buffett enthusiasts who â&#x20AC;&#x153;Party With a Purpose.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We especially love supporting educational opportunities for our kids in the community and if we can help hundreds of kids acquire these important life saving skills before they graduate from high school, the Parrothead Club has accomplished part of its mission,â&#x20AC;? said OCPHC President India Bandorick.

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The Maryland Economic Development Commission defines its mission as establishing economic development policy and providing oversight of the Department of Business and Economic Development’s efforts “to support the creation, attraction, and retention of businesses and jobs.”

Lora Bottinelli is the executive director of the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University. Hers is a reappointment. She was previously appointed to the council in 2010.

Bottinelli is treasurer for the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association and Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council and has been a guest lecturer in folklore and folklife at Salisbury University.

Nominations to go before state senate for approval; Trimper among chosen SHEILA R. CHERRY ■ Associate Editor/Bayside Gazette (March 1, 2013) Three Worcester County residents made Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) “green bag” nominees’ list to serve as members on advisory boards on Feb. 15. The nominations will now go before the state senate for approval.

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Trimper oversees the family’s amusement ventures on the Boardwalk.

The Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board consists of nine members appointed by the governor to advise, consult with and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The board also proposes regulations and standards for the prevention of conditions detrimental to the public in the use of amusement rides and attractions.

The reference to “green bag” refers to a green leather bag, embossed with the Maryland Great Seal, which is modeled on the green bags historically used by English barristers to convey official documents, according to a state explanation.

Repeal of ‘septic bill’ fails Senate and House proposals (SB 391/HB 106) that would have repealed the Sustainable Growth and Agriculture Preservation Act of 2012 failed to receive enough favorable votes in the environmental committees of the House and Senate. HB 106 was sponsored by Delegate Michael McDermott (R-38B) on Jan. 16.

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Mothers of murder victims testifies on behalf of McDermott’s bill NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) Tia Johnson could have been sentenced for up to 20 years in prison if Delegate Mike McDermott’s bill had been passed before Nov. 13, 2007, the day Christine Sheddy was murdered.

Johnson pleaded guilty Oct. 11, 2012 to being an accessory to murder and was given C. Sheddy the maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“Five years is all,” said Lynn Dodenhoff, Sheddy’s mother who testified on behalf of McDermott’s bill during a hearing held by the Judiciary Committee on Feb. 19. “Five years is not enough.”

McDermott’s bill would increase the maximum penalties for being an accessory to murder in the first and second degrees.

A person convicted of being an accessory to first-degree murder would be subject to imprisonment for up to 20 years, while someone convicted of being an accessory to second-degree murder would be subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.

“It makes so much sense to me,” McDermott said Wednesday. “It’s difficult to believe that five years is the maximum for carving up a body or moving it.

Someone could get more time for burglary than for being an accessory.”

Sheddy, a 26-year-old mother of three, had been staying in Pocomoke with Johnson and Clarence Jackson Jr., Johnson’s boyfriend, for about two weeks. Johnson’s cousin, Justin Hadel, 17, was also staying there.

Angered that she wasn’t paying rent, Johnson and Hadel killed Sheddy on Nov. 14, 2007. Johnson drove her car

with Sheddy’s body in the trunk, to Snow Hill, where the two men buried her in the backyard of a bed and breakfast. The body remained there for more than two years and Dodenhoff’s testimony last week “was exactly three years to the day we found Christine’s remains,” she said.

Hadel was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced on Sept. 9, 2011 to life in prison without parole. On Oct. 11, 2012, Jackson and Johnson entered Alford pleas, which means they did not admit guilt, but acknowledged that the prosecution has sufficient evidence for a conviction.

Jackson is serving a life sentence, with all but 30 years suspended, for first-degree murder and Johnson is serving her five-year maximum sentence for being an accessory after the fact.

cessory to the murder.

“He’s already up for parole and he just went to jail in August for burying my child,” Bennett said.

Worcester County State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matt Maciarello and Wicomico County Deputy State’s Attorney Ella Disharoon also testified on behalf of the bill.

The increased penalties would not apply to any offense committed before the Oct. 1, 2013 effective date.

“It doesn’t mean they would get 20 years, but they could,” McDermott said. “Or they could still get five years.”

Sen. Norman Stone Jr. cross-filed the bill in the Senate, where it is scheduled to have a hearing in the Judicial Proceedings committee March 12. Dodenhoff plans to testify again.

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“You have the power to make this right,” Dodenhoff said in Annapolis.

“You know there’s going to be more.

This will mean a lot to the victims coming up. Make this right for everyone.”

The Judiciary Committee also heard about the murder of Whitney Bennett, 23, in Wicomico County.

William A. Hill, now 25, murdered Bennett, his off-and-on girlfriend, in December 2010. Her body was found in April 2011 in Somerset County. Hill was found guilty of first-degree murder and was sentenced April 24, 2012 to life in prison without parole.

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“It was awesome,” said Connor Neville, a senior at Stephen Decatur High School who participated in the annual Students in Government Day in Snow Hill. “I very much enjoyed the fact that the county wants to expose students they think might want to be in government to sit where they are involved in it.”

The seven students, two each from Stephen Decatur High School, Snow Hill High School and Pocomoke High School plus one from Worcester Preparatory School, took the places of the Worcester County Commissioners and considered some of the issues the elected officials had tackled.

“It sort of opened new doors,” said Neville, who led the two-and-a-half hour meeting after being elected president. “It’s very interesting and brings responsibility to your opinions.”

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by the students were a phone registry so people could receive emergency information on their cell phones, a request by the FBI to use the county’s fire training site to test explosives, some increased fees for the Department of Recreation and Parks, a no smoking policy for county parks, grants for improvements to public boat ramps, a nuisance abatement of a house just outside Snow Hill, expenses for the design of a drainage project to alleviate a flooding problem near Ocean Pines, septic regulations, a proposed designation for a Pocomoke City enterprise zone and an

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out-of-state travel request for the county’s economic development director.

After Kelly Shanahan, county’s assistant chief administrative officer, informed the student commissioners that the county had a freeze on out-of-state travel, Economic Development Director Bill Badger said it would be beneficial for him to attend a convention of the International Council for Shopping Centers in Las Vegas, Nevada, in May at a cost of $2,455.

“The [county’s] primary growth sector

will be retail growth,” Badger said.

Neville thought the request was reasonable.

“You have to spend money to make money,” he said.

After some discussion, the students voted unanimously, just as the commissioners had voted Jan. 2, to approve Badger’s request.

The students voted unanimously on all of the issues except for the final one, the See WORCESTER on Page 17A

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LICENSEES HONORED Worcester County Health Department and Maryland Highway Safety Office officials honored alcohol licensees during the Alcohol Licensee Recognition Breakfast at The Restaurant at Lighthouse Sound on Feb. 7, for refusing to sell alcohol to underage law enforcement cadets. Licensees represented at the event include Coral Reef Restaurant, 7-Eleven on 120th Street, Macky’s, Wine Rack on 85th Street, Brewski Brothers, 7-Eleven on 139th Street, Seacrets, Snow Hill Duck In, Pour House in Ocean City, Finnegan’s, Taphouse, M.R. Ducks, Don’s Seafood and 7-Eleven on North Division Street.

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budget for fiscal year 2014, which the commissioners will be working on starting March 12.

Budget officer Kathy Whited told the students that the requested budget was $2.77 million higher than budgeted revenues and they would have to decide what steps to take, cut the budget, raise taxes or develop some combination of the two.

Whited also told the students that the county commissioners has increased the property tax rate from 70 cents to 77 cents per $100 of assessed value in order to balance the current fiscal year 2013 budget.

Typical of any governmental discussion, the students split on what reductions to make, while they did agree not to raise the tax rate. But when the final tally was taken, the students had cut so much that

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According to Commissioner Judy Boggs, it was the first time that students participating in Students in Government Day had not raised taxes.

As for what spending they eliminated, the students will be spared that report. It’s not as if they actually hold office and are accountable to the public … yet.

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Major expansion under way at 45th St.Taphouse NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer

(March 1, 2013) The Board of License Commissioners discussed the following requests during the Feb. 20 meeting in Snow Hill.

Beer and Wine Festival The board granted the request for a beer and wine festival license for Wine in the Park, an Annapolis Wine & Food Celebration, to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

June 14-15 and from 12:30 – 7 p.m. on June 16.

The wine and beer festival, which will include crafts, art and micro-brewed beer, will be held in Northside Park in Ocean City at the request of the Northside Business Alliance.

Peaky’s Rooftop The board granted the request of owner Justin Schaub for a seven-day beer, wine and liquor license for Peaky’s Rooftop.

The new business will be located in the 137th Street Fenwick Inn in the former site of Jordan’s Rooftop.

The restaurant section will have 166 seats and the bar will have 81 seats. The new Peaky’s will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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(March 1, 2013) Because customers sometimes waited in line for two hours to enter the Taphouse Bar and Grill at 45th Street, the eatery is being expanded.

The 7,000-square-foot expansion is being constructed west of the Bayside Beer and Wine Market, so customers will have a view of the bay. Every seat, inside and out, at Taphouse has such a view.

The Taphouse and the OC Steamers restaurant next to it are owned by Avi Sibony, owner of the chain of Sunsations shops as well as all the buildings in the 45th Street center. With the expansion, the two restaurants will have 1,092 seats.

OC Steamers specializes in seafood and the Taphouse menu was built around beer.

“We have a tendency to wrap our food around our beer and our beer around our food,” said Jeff Burton, the restaurant’s general manager.

The expanded area at Taphouse will include a stage, but there will be no dance area, Sibony told the Board of License Commissioners in Snow Hill on Feb. 19 when he sought approval for changes to his business. Tables and chairs will remain in place.

“The longer they sit, the more they eat and drink,” Sibony said.

He also said customers keep spending money if they’re given something, so he

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The board approved his request not only for the expansion and six games in an arcade area, but also for a stage with up to five pieces of entertainment seven days a week from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Bayside windows covering an area 5 feet tall and 40 feet wide will be open until 1 a.m., weather permitting. Noise is not expected to be a problem because outside speakers will be affixed above the windows and aimed down toward the deck.

“We can’t create a nuisance,” said Pete Cosby, Sibony’s attorney.

If noise from the speakers becomes an

issue, Sibony said he would take care of it.

“We’ll take them out,” he said.

Chairman William E. Esham Jr., chairman of the three-member Board of License Commissioners likes the improvements made at the former 45th Street Village that Sibony has made.

“Cleaning up this area is an asset to the area and our town,” Esham said.

Several of the shops at the 45th Street Village were torn down to the foundation so Taphouse and OC Steamers could be constructed. Taphouse opened March 16, 2012, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day festivities. OC Steamers, which includes a seafood market, opened later.

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County fined as result of substandard quality treatment plant Alleged violations at Mystic Harbour facility cost Worcester $25k NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) Worcester County is paying a $25,000 fine because of alleged violations at the Mystic Harbour wastewater treatment plant.

“We can’t make it meet current standards,” John Ross, deputy director of the Department of Public Works, said Tuesday.

The county is having a new wastewater treatment plant built at a cost of $12 million. The new plant had been on the Worcester County Commis-

sioners wish list since 2007, when nearby residents complained of odors coming from the poorly functioning plant. Commissioners said a new plant was their No. 1 priority.

The 2008 estimate for the new plant was $8.8 million. When bids came in, the revised estimate was $12.58 million. The project is funded by a United States Department of Agriculture low interest loan of $7.88 million at an interest rate of 2.62 percent payable over 40 years plus a $4.7 million grant.

The official groundbreaking of the new plant took place Sept. 20, 2011, but the actual project had gotten under way in March 2011.

Meanwhile, the old plant has been in use and “has treated effluent, just not treated it to the level they wanted

it,” Ross said of the Department of the Environment, which levied the fine.

Ross said the department wanted $75,000.

“We offered zero,” he said.

They settled on $25,000. The money goes to the Clean Water Fund.

The fine was one of several major enforcement actions announced Feb. 20 by the Maryland Department of the Environment on its Web site at www.mde.state.md.us.

The fine was a bit of a catch-22.

“They didn’t allow us to sample,” Ross said.

If the county sampled the treated effluent and it did not meet certain quality standards, the Department of the Environment would levy a fine.

The county wanted to sample, so it sampled and reported its findings

during a three-year period. The samples did not meet the quality the Department of the Environment wanted.

The consent order entered into by the department and the county commissioners states that the county may continue testing without reporting those tests as violations.

The consent order also requires that the date for completion of the project will be no later than Aug. 31, 2013.

Originally, the plant was expected to be completed by May. Delays due to inclement weather have made that completion date unrealistic. Ross said he expects the plant to be completed in July.

“We’re looking at ways now to accelerate construction,” he said.

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Silence is deafening down at City Hall The silent treatment.

That’s what mayor and City Council majority are giving the public as they make multi-million-dollar agreements that obligate taxpayers in perpetuity.

And that’s just one of things that’s wrong with their current approach to conducting the public’s business.

After privately promising raises and a return to the old pension fund for some public safety workers, the mayor and council did so while knowing they don’t have the money to pay for it.

The fact is the only way to cover these increased expenses is to hit resort taxpayers and visitors with new and higher fees, if not taxes. One would think that at least a heads-up to the public would have been in order.

But no, not even a hint.

This mum’s-the-word style also has been applied to the workplace harassment action filed earlier this year, when members of the firefighters union and some councilmembers inappropriately tried to block the promotion of a female fire department lieutenant.

Even though the behavior of some union members and elected officials was outrageous, will the public ever know how that situation was addressed or even whether it was addressed? No. Most council members and others involved in that situation signed a confidentiality agreement, meaning they can’t talk about it. They didn’t do that to spare the public the details, to protect the victim from additional harm or to make Ocean City a better place for residents or visitors. They did it to protect the image of local government. In other words, if no one talks about it, it never happened.

The rhetoric of the last election was all about restoring responsible government. The thing is it’s impossible for anyone to know how responsible elected officials are being when they won’t say what they’re doing.

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Poem commemorates Baltimore Ravens Who would know “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe? Said the Raven Nevermore would be the mascot for the football team in Baltimore.

The Baltimore Ravens went to Super Bowl XLVII, With the purpose of winning oozing from every pore.

Even after an electrical blackout, the San Francisco 49ers were encroaching.

The Ravens’ lead could have been lost.

With Coach Jim Harbaugh at the helm and their massive defense, the 49ers were kept at bay.

The Ravens were not going to fall to defeat, no way.

The Ravens’ efforts and tenacity were supreme and never less.

We love you, Ravens. God Bless.

Ellen C. O’Donoghue Ocean City

Donations of items appreciated Editor, The Noel Community thanks everyone for the donations of gloves, hats, socks and blankets during our 11th annual gLOVEs drive during the Valentine’s Day season. Local food pantries, lower income day care facilities and social service groups will

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distribute the items collected.

Together, we were able to warm the hearts and hands of our friends in need.

We are especially grateful to St. Luke’s and Holy Savior Catholic churches and to the Worcester County Library in Ocean Pines for hosting the collections. We appreciate everyone’s generosity again this year.

Noel Community

Displeased by meeting occurance Editor, Feb. 19, 2013 was a sad day for liberty and private property rights in Worcester County.

The county commissioners held a hearing for Bill 12-6, sponsored by Commissioners [Virgil] Shockley and [Madison] Bunting, that would have allowed changing the definition of a minor subdivision of agricultural land from five lots to seven lots. This should have been done months ago.

Maryland Senate Bill 236 (the “septic” bill) clearly allowed

the counties to increase the number of lots in minor subdivisions, as long as the change occurred prior to Dec. 31, 2012.

Sixteen counties took advantage of this by passing the increase before the year end. Why didn’t Worcester? Because the commissioners did not read the bill, and our county’s director of planning did not inform them of the provision, as did the planning directors in other counties.

Have we been well-served by our county employees? I believe not.

Many private citizens attended the hearing on the 19th.

Some spent hours in research to bring new information regarding indisputable causes of pollution to the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastal bays. Some took time from work. Farmers took time away from their farms. All for naught, because just prior to the start of testimony, without notice and much to the surprise of the citizens as well as several of the commisContinued on Page 21

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READERS’ FORUM they heard one word of testimony.

There were 15 speakers in favor of the bill, and only four opposed. Those in favor laid out, to the best of their ability, given the arbitrary and unreasonable time constraints imposed by Church, a compelling case supporting property rights. Those opposed, mainly environmentalists, made their overly emotional, standardized boilerplate arguments supported by not credible evidence — in other words, they did not even have to try to con-

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By Stewart Dobson Now and then, you get the idea that your fine-tuning might be a little off and that among the millions and millions of normal people out there, you are the one who is not fitting in.

And then, just as you are about to conclude that your normal people membership sticker is about to expire, something comes your way that convinces you that it’s the rest of the world that is going nuts, while you, give or take a little quirk here and there, remain the same.

Dateline Amsterdam: Mayor Eberhard Van der Laan has decreed that, in a crackdown on crime, that the minimum age for all prostitutes will be raised from 18 to 21.

No mention was made whether this will warrant a price increase, or whether the city will require practitioners of the world’s oldest profession to buy hooker medallions from city hall.

Dateline Mexicali: Police in Mexico report that they have discovered a makeshift plastic cannon powered by compressed air that has been used to fire 30-pound packages of marijuana over the border fence into California.

No word yet from business groups on both sides of the border who reportedly are thinking of turning the situation into a major event like Punkin’ Chunkin’, except they would call it “Pot Shot.”

Dateline Rome: It is actually true that bookmakers are giving odds and taking bets on who will be the next pope. I don’t know what these people are thinking.

Who’d bet on something like that without a point spread?

Dateline Vancouver, B.C.: A coach of youth league hockey for kids between the ages of 10-13 has been sentenced to prison after an incident that occurred during the post-game handshake.

Coach Martin Tremblay was apparently walking through the handshake line, when he stuck out his leg and tripped two kids on the opposing team. Reportedly, he was upset that one of the little stickmen gave him the finger after scoring a goal.

Nevertheless, tripping the kid went too far, although fans of the movie “Slap Shot” thought it was cool.

Dateline Europe: Government officials throughout the union are upset to learn that food-processing companies have been selling horsemeat as beef. Although they do eat horsemeat in some European nations, where the saying is, “When the going gets tough, so does the meat,” they also want to protect their fine dining image.

This has prompted one French minister to call for labeling meat for exactly what it is, just as they do with wine.

The proposed label: “A horse is a horse, of course, of course.”

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NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) A 20-year-old Ocean City man has been charged in connection with the theft of a boat propeller and rudder in West Ocean City.

The victim told a deputy with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 19 that someone had stolen those items from his boat dry-docked at Sunset Avenue the previous weekend.

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Ate the evidence A 50-year-old Ocean City man allegedly ate the evidence against him Feb. 23.

An Ocean City police officer stopped Joseph Michael Klemkowski at 138th Street for speeding. Klemkowski allegedly told the officer that he had taken several Oxycodone pills.

Klemkowski failed to complete field sobriety tests satisfactorily and a K-9 alerted to drugs in the car.

The police officer found pills in a paper envelope in Klemkowski’s pants pocket and Klemkowski reportedly told the officer that they were his medications. The officer returned the envelope and pills to the pocket.

Later, the officer was unable to locate the envelope and pills. A review of video from the camera in the patrol car revealed that Klemkowski swallowed the pills and the envelope.

Klemkowski also allegedly tried to spit on the officer in an attempt to make him sick, according to the charging document.

Klemkowski was charged with reckless

The next day, the victim contacted the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation to say he had viewed surveillance video from Feb. 16 that showed a pickup truck with a white cap backing up to the location where the items were stolen.

After viewing that video, the victim drove around in the area where the theft took place and saw a truck matching the one he had seen in the video.

Detectives checked the registration provided by the victim and found that the truck was registered to Kyle Joseph Owens of north Ocean City. They then checked the records of a local pawnshop.

Those records showed that on Feb. 16, Owens sold 345 pounds of brass to a

local scrap yard. Detectives went to the scrap yard where a clerk told them that the brass Owens sold was a five-blade propeller, which was later identified as belonging to the victim. The yard manager at the scrap yard told detectives that Owens had scrapped a rudder at the same time he scrapped the propeller.

Detectives interviewed Owens on Feb. 22. During that interview, Owens admitted taking the propeller and rudder, according to the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation. He was served with a criminal summons charging him with theft of items valued at $10,000 to less than $100,000.

Owens is scheduled to appear in District Court in Snow Hill on April 5.

endangerment, obstructing and hindering, possession of suboxone and numerous traffic violations .

During a search after the arrest, the officer found a switchblade knife in Pitts’ coat pocket and charged him with having a concealed deadly weapon.

Alleged assault After seeing a man pulling a woman who was lying on her back in the street at the intersection of Chesapeake Drive and Artic Avenue on Feb. 22, an Ocean City police officer stopped to determine what was happening.

The woman told police the man, John Spencer Tillman, 25, of Ocean City had pushed her. She had marks on her face and both of her knees were bleeding.

Tillman was charged with second-degree assault.

Deadly weapon at bar An Ocean City police officer went to a downtown bar on Feb. 20 in response to a report of an underage man drinking alcohol.

An officer saw D’Andre Rashawn Pitts, 20, of Berlin drinking a beer and arrested him on a warrant for unpaid fines related to a conviction in June 2012 for possession of marijuana.

Cocaine charges After a joint investigation by members of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team, the Snow Hill Police Department and the Pocomoke City Police Department into possible cocaine distribution, Snow Hill police attempted to stop Laron J. Collick, 32, of Pocomoke on a traffic violation, but he got out of his vehicle and ran.

He was apprehended in a wooded area near the intersection of Snow Hill Road and Route 113 in Snow Hill.

Investigators found a small quantity of marijuana and approximately 112 grams of powder cocaine and crack cocaine packaged in 27 clear bags in the area where Collick had fled.

Collick was charged with possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of crack cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana.

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Nottingham indicted in death of acquaintance at downtown bar Video surveillance tapes show altercation leading to Post’s death NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer

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(March 1, 2013) The 47-year-old West Ocean City man who allegedly punched an acquaintance outside a downtown bar, which led to the man’s death, was indicted Monday.

A Worcester County grand jury indicted George Daron Nottingham on charges of manslaughter and second-degree assault in the Jan. 26 death of Michael Eric Post,

39, of Ocean City.

Police and EMS had gone to Somerset Street after a report of an unconscious man on the street outside the Harbor Inn. The man, Post, was taken to Atlantic General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Post’s body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore, where it was determined he died of head injuries and the manner of death was a homicide.

After viewing video surveillance tapes that showed an altercation between Post and Nottingham, police arrested Nottingham and changed him with manslaughter and second-degree assault.

He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in District Court in Ocean City on Feb. 27, but Worcester County State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby often seeks an indictment for very serious charges.

Nottingham’s attorney, Michael Farlow, has requested a jury trial on behalf of his client on Feb. 27.

That trial is scheduled for June 6 in Circuit Court in Snow Hill.

Nottingham, who worked aboard a clam boat based out of Norfolk, Va., but docked at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $500 fine on the manslaughter charge and up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 on the assault charge.

Man charged with propeller and rudder theft at WOC harbor Owens allegedly stole, sold 345-pound brass propeller at scrap yard NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (March 1, 2013) A 20-year-old Ocean City man has been charged in connection with the theft of a boat propeller and rudder in West Ocean City.

The victim told a deputy with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 19 that someone had stolen those items from his boat at Sunset Avenue the previous weekend.

The brass propeller, he said, was nearly 48 inches in diameter and valued at $8,000 to $10,000. He described the steel rudder as nearly 3

feet wide and 4 feet tall. Its replacement cost is $2,000 to $3,000.

The next day, the victim contacted the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation to say he had viewed surveillance video from Feb. 16 that showed a pickup truck with a white cap backing up to the location where the items were stolen.

After viewing that video, the victim drove around in the area where the theft took place and saw a truck matching the one he had seen in the video.

Detectives checked the registration provided by the victim and found that the truck was registered to Kyle Joseph Owens of north Ocean City.

They then checked the records of a local pawnshop.

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BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS Continued from Page 18A The board also approved Schaub’s request for entertainment of up to five pieces and karaoke.

Schaub said his family bought the Peaky’s restaurant in Princess Anne six years ago.

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The Marina Deck restaurant will not have a second floor with entertainment because of potential problems associated with noise.

First Street Bistro The board granted the request for a seven-day beer and wine license for First Street Bistro.

The 40-seat eatery will offer breakfast and lunch, mostly for patrons of the Sleep Inn Hotel at 11 N. Baltimore Ave. in Ocean City.

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The board granted the request of owner Scott Heise to have video games and redemption machines, such as claw machines, on the second floor of his West Ocean City business.

Heise said he wanted a family entertainment center and was hoping to have children’s birthday parties there. He asked for 25 games.

“The whole upstairs would be predominantly games,” he told the board.

The board voted to permit Heise to have 12 games, pending approval by the Fire Marshal’s Office.

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The Board of License Commissioners told Dennis Kalchthaler last week that the expansion and accompanying noise and traffic would disturb neighbors.

“I’m worried about patrons on the second floor disturbing the neighborhood,” said board member Charles Nichols, who presided in the place of Chairman William Esham Jr., who recused himself because he owns two units in the neighboring White Marlin condominium.

Kalchthaler wanted to add a second floor with an enclosed area plus an outside deck. The proposed second floor would have 217 seats and an open-air bar.

He also wanted to have live entertainment of up to seven pieces inside and

outside, a DJ, the privilege to sell beer and wine in sealed containers for carryout, a seafood carry-out, two gazebos and a children’s area. He said he wanted to compete with the Lazy Lizard and Fish Tales, bars that have open areas and children’s play areas.

“I’m improving the building considerably,” Kalchthaler told the board during its Feb. 20 meeting.

Soundproofing would be on the walls and bands would plug into the restaurant’s sound system. They would not be permitted to use their own amplifiers.

“We’re always been good neighbors,” Kalchthaler said.

Jim Miller, president of the board of directors of the White Marlin condominium, was concerned about foot traffic and noise. A seven-piece band, he said, would turn the Marina Deck into a nightclub. He said the noise would be horrendous.

“We can’t handle that kind of noise,” Miller told the board last Wednesday.

“It’s not what we want.”

Kalchthaler said he could handle any problems.

“If we have any issues, we’re going to fix it on the spot,” he said.

Miller did not believe that Kalchthaler could control the noise to the satisfaction of the nearby condominium owners.

“We’re 110 feet from your building,” Miller said. “It’ll hurt our property values, our rentals.”

Greg Jones, owner of two units in the White Marlin Condominium, was also opposed, primarily because of noise.

“It’s hard to sleep there now just with general downtown noise,” Jones said.

Kalchthaler said if the noise became too loud, he would turn it down or turn it off.

“If it doesn’t work out, then I’ll cut the entertainment out,” he said.

Miller was not mollified and neither were Nichols and board member Marc Scher, who voted to deny Kalchthaler’s request.

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28A LEGAL NOTICES

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MARCH 1, 2013

Legal Notices SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 607 OSPREY ROAD, UNIT 2 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-001144 Covahey, Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Cynthia J. Michaud recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4933, folio 239, and re-recorded in Liber 4986, folio 383, 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, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 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 4933, folio 239, and re-recorded in Liber 4986, folio 383, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4933, folio 236. 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. 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 $20,000.00 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 10.12500% 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 de-

faults, 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 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, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ 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 16 64TH ST., UNIT #402 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Daniel J. Monahan and Maria F. Monahan dated March 3, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4660, Folio 1 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $402,600.00 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 20, 2013 AT 2:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit 402, Oceanscape Condominium 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 $42,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time 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 ratifi-

cation 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 real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid 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 transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. 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, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ 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 368 SCHOONER LA. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Laura K. Peterson dated June 14, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4732, Folio 558 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $233,157.00 and an original interest rate of 7.12500% 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 20, 2013 AT 2:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit 606, as shown on a plat entitled "Condominium Plat Phase T-6, 368, 370, 372, 374, 376 & 378 Schooner Lane Units 601-606, Decatur Farm Townhouse Condominium, Townhouse Parcel, Decatur Farms" 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 $24,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time 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 real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid 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 transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. 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.

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Legal Notices Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ 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 307 SCHOONER LA., UNIT #104 BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Michael J. Kelley and Sarah Kelley dated February 24, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4657, Folio 403 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $203,391.00 and an original interest rate of 6.37500% 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 20, 2013 AT 2:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 104, in the "Decatur Farm Townhouse Condominium, Phase-T-1" 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 $20,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time 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 real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid 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 transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. 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, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ 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 9703 VILLAGE LA., UNIT #5 A/R/T/A UNIT #9702-E-2 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Charles A. Ledbetter and Sandra K. Ledbetter dated September 27, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5156, Folio 385 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $211,500.00 and an original interest rate of 5.875% 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 20, 2013 AT 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit Number 9702-E in the "Ocean Village at Old Bridge Condominium Phase Two" 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 $21,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified

check is required at time 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 real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid 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 transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. 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, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10 68TH ST., UNIT #3 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Susan E. Davis, dated June 14, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5123, folio 234 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 11, 2013 AT 2:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and described as Unit Number Three (3) in the “Sunset South Condominium Horizontal Property Regime” 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 $16,000 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 #2012-22116) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Deborah K.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 12807 TOWNSEND ROAD OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-11-000696 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Clifford Cropper Bradford and Tracey S. Bradford recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4706, folio 306, 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, Erin Gloth, and Renee Dyson as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 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 4706, folio 306, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 1164, folio 588. 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. 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 $16,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the

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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 6.62500% 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 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, Erin Gloth, and Renee Dyson, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 202 32ND STREET, UNIT #201 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-000260 Covahey, Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Livio Cristiani recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4399, folio 634, 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, March 5, 2013 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 4399, folio 634, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 3065, folio 104. 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. 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 $8,000.00 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 6.00000% 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 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 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 A-4359151 02/14/2013, 02/21/2013, 02/28/2013 OCD-2/14/3t __________________________________

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 4711 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #245 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Mark Kiefer a/k/a Mark A. Kiefer, dated October 5, 2007 and recorded in Liber 5005, folio 440 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 11, 2013 AT 2:11 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and described as Unit No. 245 in the “Wight Bay Condominium” 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

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 2258 GROTON RD. POCOMOKE A/R/T/A POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Mary M. Tull dated August 5, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4525, Folio 111 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $85,500.00 and an original interest rate of 1.67% 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 6, 2013 AT 2:00 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 $5,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time 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 real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid 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 transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. 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, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-2/14/3t __________________________________ 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 9402 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #705 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Michael Allen Parker, dated February 20, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4883, folio 137 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, Snow Hill, on MARCH 1, 2013 AT 1:50 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF

GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit Number 705, in “Flying Cloud Condominium”, Tax ID #10-219205 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 $50,000 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 re-

sale. Trustees’ file number 34856.

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-2/14/3t __________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 2 DORCHESTER STREET, UNIT 304 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Paul W. Rutter, Jr. and Renette L. Rutter, dated July 3, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4962, Folio 379 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $910,000.00, and an original interest rate of 3.000%, 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 March 6, 2013 AT 2:10 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 being sold is a condominium unit and all common elements appurtenant thereto.

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 $9,400.00 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 pos-

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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-2/14/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013 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 Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland.

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Case No. 13-10, on the application of Ahmed Zaheer, on the lands of Harry Williams, requesting a special exception to establish a cemetery, including family burial grounds, chapels and

mausoleums in an A-1 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1201(c)(20) and ZS 1-305, located on the easterly side of Lambertson Road, approximately 1,200 feet north of the intersection of Bromley Road and Lambertson Road, Tax Map 85, Parcel 101, in the First Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

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Case No. 13-11, on the application of Darlene Matthes, on behalf of Rogers Sign Company Incorporated, on the lands of Maryland CVS Pharmacy, LLC, requesting a special exception to locate a single non-monument sign for an individual establishment not exceeding seventy-five (75) square feet in area associated with a commercial building in a C-2 General Commercial District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1-210(b)(2), ZS 1-305 and ZS 1324(c)(4)B4, located at 12510 Ocean Gateway (US Route 50) at the southwest corner of Ocean Gateway and Keyser Point Road, Tax Map 26, Parcel 170, in the Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

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Case No. 13-13, on the application of Paradise Energy Solutions, on the lands of Snow Hill Grain Incorporated, requesting a special exception from the Forest Conservation Regulations to allow off-site forest retention from an existing mitigation bank associated with the installation of solar panels in a M-1 Light Industrial District, located within the incorporated Town of Snow Hill, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3) and ZS 1-116(k) and Natural Resource Articles NR 1-412(b) and NR 1416(a)(1), located at 313 Timmons Street, approximately 3,000 feet south of the intersection of Market Street and Timmons Street, Tax Map 200, Parcel 911, in the Second Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15031 Notice is given that the Orphans’ Court of New Castle County, DE appointed Steffan Bradford, 1284 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901 as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Bradley P. Bradford who died on October 19, 2012 domiciled in Delaware, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Micahel F. Brelia whose address is 124 Mill Street, Greensboro, MD 21639.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the dece-

dent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or 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 claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

Steffan Bradford Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills 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 first publication: February 14, 2013 OCD-2/14/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Berlin will hold a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance 2013-02, amending Chapter 24, Solid Waste, Article II, Sec. 24-31 (A)(8) at 7:00 p.m. on March 11, 2013, in the Mayor and Council Chambers, 10 William Street. The public is invited to attend and comment. A copy of the proposed Ordinance is available for inspection in Town Hall, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15032 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ANN SHOWELL MARINER Notice is given that A. Gillis Allen II, P.O. Box 990, Salisbury, MD 21803; and William C. Mariner, P.O. Box 611, Ocean City, MD 21842, were on February 06, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ann Showell Mariner who died on January 27, 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 6th day of August, 2013.

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.

A. Gillis Allen II William C. Mariner 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 14, 2013 OCD-2/14/3t __________________________________ WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY & HARRISON LLP REGAN J.R. SMITH ESQ. 10441 RACETRACK ROAD, SUITE 2 BERLIN, MD 21811

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15055 Notice is given that the Superior court of Los Angeles County, CA appointed Deborah Derrickson, 1025 Palo Verde Avenue #1, Long Beach, CA 90815 as the personal representative of the Estate of Nathaniel Derrickson who died on January 24, 2012 domiciled in California USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Regan J.R. Smith whose address is 10441 Racetrack Road, Unit 2, Berlin, MD 21811.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or 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 claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

Deborah Derrickson Personal Representative

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Legal Notices Charlotte K. Cathell Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR (OR) BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF: SCOTT TYRONE KENT ESTATE NO. 15054

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by Heather A. Kiser, 887 Littleton Road, Willards, MD 21874 for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at Worcester County Court House, Court Room 4, 1 W. Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863 on 03/26/2013 at 10:15 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: 02/28/2013 OCD-2/28/2t __________________________________ DAVID WINGATE ELDER LAW OFFICE OF DAVID WINGATE, LLC 198 THOMAS JOHNSON DRIVE SUIT FEDERICK, MD 21702

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15025 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES FRANKLIN ROBINSON Notice is given that Robin Jo Robinson McKenzie, 10936 Crystal Falls Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21742, was on February 04, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Franklin Robinson who died on January 6, 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 4th day of August, 2013.

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:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FY2014 ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND COMPLEMENTARY PARATRANSIT APPLICATION APPLICANT:

Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland

Area Served:

Town of Ocean City

Description of Service: Fixed Route Transit Services for Coastal Highway and the Park and Ride, and Paratransit Service The Town of Ocean City, Maryland will be applying for Operating and Capital Funding from the Maryland Transit Administration and the Federal Transit Administration. A Public Hearing will be held on Monday, March 04, 2013, at 6:00 p.m., in the City Hall Council Chambers, 301 Baltimore Avenue, on the first floor. A copy of the application may be examined at the Department of Transportation Administrative Office, 204 – 65th Street, Building E, Ocean City, Maryland, beginning February 01, 2013, weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

This hearing will cover the topics of general operating costs and capital requests for transportation services. The Town will be applying for funding for the following capital items: Priority 1-6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13-35

Item Purchase six 40’ heavy-duty Transit Busses @ $454,000 ea.

Bus station terminal rehab/renovation at the north end Transit Center Preventative Maintenance and repairs to include parts and labor for busses Bus station terminal rehab/renovation at the Park & Ride Transit Center Purchase a preventative maintenance and repair contract for the money counting equipment Purchase a preventative maintenance and repair contract for the Bus Barn overhead doors Purchase passenger shelters, parts, and accessories for the fixed route Purchase twenty-three 40’ heavy-duty Transit Busses @ $454,000 ea.

Total

Total

Federal

State

Town

$2,724,000

$2,179,200

$272,400

$272,400

$30,000

$24,000

$3,000

$3,000

$600,000

$480,000

$60,000

$60,000

$30,000

$24,000

$3,000

$3,000

$15,000

$12,000

$1,500

$1,500

$20,000

$16,000

$2,000

$2,000

$30,000

$24,000

$3,000

$3,000

$10,442,000 $8,353,600 $1,044,200 $1,044,200 $13,891,000 $11,112,800 $1,389,100 $1,389,100

The location of this hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Any individual who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the Public Hearing should contact Mrs. Dianna Davis at 410-723-2174 at least 21 calendar days prior to the date of the hearing.

OCD-1/31/5t ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (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.

Robin Jo Robinson McKenzie 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 14, 2013 OCD-2/14/3t __________________________________ WORCESTER COUNTY SHORELINE COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3-101 and 3-102 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Worcester County Shoreline Commission in the meeting room at the Ocean Pines Branch of the Worcester County Library, 11107 Cathell Road, Berlin, Maryland on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The Board members will convene at 1:30 p.m. to discuss administrative matters and may perform on-site viewing of all or some of the following cases. There-

after, the members will reconvene at 2:00 p.m. at the library to hear the scheduled cases.

MAJOR CONSTRUCTION MAJOR 1 Hi-Tide Marine Construction on behalf of Dana Blair and Jinger Edwina Paxton - Request No. 2013-07 – Request to install one boatlift with associated pilings onto an existing parallel dock not to exceed 19’ channelward. This project is located at 6 Windward Court, also known as Tax Map 16, Parcel 41, Section 4, Lot 325, Ocean Pines Community, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

MAJOR 2 Ian and Monica Pokrywka - Request No. 2009-17 (rehearing) - Request to install a 5’x 130’ perpendicular pier with a 6’x 33’ “T” shaped platform with a boatlift and associated pilings not to exceed 135 feet channelward. Request also includes two PWC lifts with associated

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Legal Notices pilings and 107’ of stone revetment associated with a living shoreline project. The project is located on an unimproved lot on River View Drive, also known as Tax Map 16, Parcel 86, Lot 13, St. Martin’s by the Bay, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ORDINANCE 2013-2 HEREBY GIVEN: THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY INTRODUCED ORDINANCE #2013-2 IN THE REGULAR SESSION HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013: CHAPTER 39, ENTITLED FRANCHISES, shall be amended by repealing and reenacting with amendment SUBSECTION 39507(2), AS FOLLOWS: “Prohibitive acts: (2) For the franchise operator or any of his employees to vend during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 am of the following day or to vend from Coastal Highway or from any area south of 28th Street.”

Kelly L. Alllmond, CMC City Clerk, Town of Ocean City OCD-2/28/1t __________________________________

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15039 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF RONALD J. OLIVER Notice is given that Teresa L. Villarreal, 2306 Woodland Court, Pocomoke City, MD 21851, was on February 11, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ronald J. Oliver who died on February 10, 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 11th day of August, 2013.

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.

Teresa L. Villarreal 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 21, 2013 OCD-2/21/3t __________________________________ JOHN C. SEIPP ESQ 105 CAMDEN STREET SALISBURY, MD 21801-4916

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15401 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES EARL DYKES Notice is given that Jeanette D. Bennett, 515 S. Camden Avenue, Fruitland, MD 21826, was on February 12, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Earl Dykes who died on December 30, 2012, without 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 12th day of August, 2013.

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.

Jeanette D. Bennett 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 21, 2013 OCD-2/21/3t __________________________________ ALBERT J.A. YOUNG ESQ BROWN, BROWN & YOUNG 200 SOUTH MAIN STREET BEL AIR, MD 21014

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15047 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF VINCENT JOSEPH BUSCEMI Notice is given that Susan Jean Buscemi, 4 Decatur Court, Berlin, MD 21811, was on February 19, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vincent Joseph Buscemi who died on December 31, 2012, without 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 19th day of August, 2013.

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.

Susan Jean Buscemi 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 28, 2013 OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________

JAMES E. CLUBB JR, ESQ 108 N 8TH ST. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15042 NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Circuit court of City of Alexandria county, VA appointed Janet O. Kim, 3741 Keller Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22302 as the Executor of the Estate of Joseph E. Oglesby who died on August 10.2012 domiciled in Virginia, America.

The Maryland resident agent for service of process is James E. Clubb Jr. whose address is 108 8th Stret, Ocean City, MD 21842.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative 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 foreign personal representative mails or 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 claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

Janet O. Kim Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills 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 first publication: February 21, 2013 OCD-2/21/3t __________________________________ JAMES E. CLUBB JR, ESQ 108 N 8TH ST. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 COUNCIL OF UNIT OWNERS OF OCEAN HIGH CONDOMINIUM, INC. c/o Defender Resorts, Inc. P.O. Box 3849 Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 Plaintiffs v.

ALEXANDER, DAVID T. INGRID O. et al.

Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, STATE OF MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-1537

NOTICE Ordered, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland this

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Legal Notices 22nd day of February, 2013, that the foreclosure sale of the properties mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by James E. Clubb, Jr., Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or beofre the 25th day of March, 2013 provided a copy of this order be inserted in a newspaper in general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of March, 2013.

The Report of Sale filed in the above case states the amount of the sales to be as indicated below for the referenced time-share intervals: Timeshare Price Wk 36, #A-2 $100.00 Wk 38, #D-5 $1,100.00 Wk 46, #E-8 $100.00 Wk 19, #C-18 $100.00 Wk 25, #C-18 $500.00 Wk 23, #C-19 $100.00 Wk 29, #C-20 $1,900.00 Wk 19, #C-21 $100.00 Wk 21, #C-22 $100.00 Wk 36, #G-24 $200.00 Wk 20, #G-25 $100.00 Wk 24, #G-25 $300.00 Wk 20, #G-26 $100.00 Wk 29, #G-28 $3,000.00 Wk 37, #G-30 $100.00 Wk 38, #G-30 $100.00 Wk 22, #G-32 $100.00 Wk 20, #G-33 $100.00 Wk 22, #G-34 $100.00 Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Marland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________ Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC Attorneys at Law 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 410-296-2550 File#439459 Edward S. Cohn Stephen N. Goldberg Richard E. Solomon Richard J. Rogers Randall J. Rolls David W. Simpson, Jr. 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.

David A. Patrick, Jr. Terri Lynn Patrick 449 Dueling Way Berlin, MD 21811 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-001430

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 13th day of February, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of March, 2013, provided a copy of this

notice be published in a newspaper in general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of March, 2013.

The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $343,477.21. The property sold herein is known as 449 Dueling Way, Berlin, MD 21811.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Marland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-2/21/3t __________________________________

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, MD Thursday, March 14th, 2013 At 2:00 PM A request has been submitted to remove a storm-damaged pier and rebuild a 6’ x 60’ perpendicular pier with two (2) boatlifts and two (2) jet-ski lifts with all associated poles. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 804 Edgewater Ave. Parcel # 3802 -F -47-0 –0110-034752 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Frank Hoover Owner: Frank Hoover PW13-014 A request has been submitted to dredge existing boat basin to a uniform depth of –6.0 MLW, replacement of 235’ damaged bulkhead (vinyl sheeting) and deck, repair by replacement in-kind six (6) finger piers and approximately 50 mooring piles in same footprint. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 205 Somerset ST Parcel # 2501 -B107-7 -1 -110 - in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associated, Inc. Owner: White Marlin Condo Assoc. c/o James Miller PW13-015 A request has been submitted to remove 5’x 14.5’ parallel pier (portion on permit tee’s property); install 6’ x 20’ perpendicular pier and one (1) boatlift with associated pilings for a maximum of 20’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 744 94th ST Unit A Parcel # 9671 -204A -0 -0115-752175 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: John R. Miller PW13-016 A request has been submitted to

construct 4’ x 18’ perpendicular pier, install two (2) new mooring piles and install one (1) boatlift with associated pilings. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 11612 Seaward Rd Parcel # 3889A82B-0 -0116-130794 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: Frank Nascimbeni PW13-017 A request has been submitted to repair existing 6’ x 50’ pier in-kind (damaged during Hurricane Sandy) and repair by replacement four (4) existing mooring piles, construct new 6’ x 30’ parallel pier platform, install new boatlift & two (2) PWC lifts with associated pilings. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 253 S Ocean Drive Parcel # 8020A-1595B-5A-0 -0117-201543 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: Mark N. Ensor PW13-018 A request has been submitted to repair with vinyl sheeting 40’ l.f. of deteriorated bulkhead, new bulkhead will be batter pile cross-section. Repair in kind existing 4’x40’ parallel pier. Install one (1) boatlift with associated pilings, four mooring piles & 1.5’ x 18’ access catwalk for a maximum of 25’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 200 52nd ST, Parcel # 6816 200-0 -0113-072476 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: Gordon J. Mohr Sr. Residuary Trust PW13-019 A request has been submitted for mechanically maintenance dredge of two (2) areas, each approximately 25’ x 100’ to a uniform depth of –3.MLW. The 95+ c.y. of material will be placed at an approved upland site at 5409 Coastal HWY. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 5311 Coastal Hwy, Parcel # 6754-0 -0113-073057 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, INC. Owner: OC LOLA, LLC (Mackys’ Bayside, c/o William Stansell) PW13-020 A request has been submitted to remove existing 3’ x 12’ parallel pier & replace with 6’ x 12’ parallel pier/platform, reconstruct existing 2.5’ x 50’ pier that was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 506 32nd ST Unit 9 Parcel # 4454 -9 -0 -0112-062969 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. Owner: Robert & Virginia Lis PW13-021 A request has been submitted to remove existing 6’ x 37’ pier & replace with 6’ x 40’ pier relocate existing boatlift to end of pier and install new boatlift with associated pilings a maximum of 46’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 609 Penguin Drive Parcel # 4481 -56-0 -0112-065127 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: J. Stacey Hart & Associ-

ates, Inc. Owner: John Elmes PW13-022 A request has been submitted to install 6 poles & boatlift to include 31”x24’ aluminum catwalk within confines of slip. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 310 13TH ST SLIP S7 Parcel # 3493 -S5-0 -0111-399467 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts & Marine Construction, Inc. Owner: Daryl D. Reinke PW13-023 A request has been submitted to install 10’ x 20’ floating double jetport w/Tide Managers O-not to exceed confines of existing slip. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 39 D Hidden Harbour II CM Slip Parcel # 5183A-D39-00116-403022 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts & Marine Construction, Inc. Owner: Paul & Darlene Dorang PW13-024 A request has been submitted to install a 13’ x 13’ boatlift with two new mooring piles & relocate two existing piles landward, all not to exceed 50’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 1532 Teal Drive Parcel # 3429 -25-0 -0111- in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Hi-Tide Marine Owner: Trond & Linda Emberland PW13-025 A request has been submitted to install a 10’ pier extension on existing 30’ perpendicular pier for a maximum of 40’ channelward of MHW line. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 721 Rusty Anchor RD Unit 15 Parcel # 9160 -15 B -0 -0115-097819 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Ocean Services of DE, Inc. Owner: Warren & Sylvia Colson PW13-026 A request has been submitted to install a 10’ pier extension on existing 30’ perpendicular shared pier for a maximum of 40’channelward of MHW line.

The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 721 Rusty Anchor RD, Slip 22,23 Parcel # 9160 -23-0 -0115-379490 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Ocean Services of DE, Inc. Owner: Timothy J. Doyle and Debra Stouffer PW13-027 A request has been submitted to install one piling and one boatlift as existing for 22’ max. channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 128 Captains Quarters RD, Unit 202 Parcel # 3702A-202-0 -0116-130786 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Superior Boatlifts, Inc. Owner: Joseph Travagline PW13-028 A request has been submitted to install one piling and boatlift as existing for 22’ max channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 128 Captains Quarters RD, Unit 101 Parcel # 3702A-1010 -0116-133602 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Superior Boatlifts Inc. Owner: Leonard & Joann Horan PW13-029 A request has been submitted to in-

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Legal Notices stall 4 pilings and boatlift for a maximum 47’channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 514 32nd ST, Parcel # 4481-13-2-0 -0112-212936 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Superior Boatlifts, Inc. Owner: Charles S. Kuhn Living Trust PW13-030 A request has been submitted to install piling and boatlift as existing for a 22’max channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 128 Captains Quarters Rd, Unit 103, Parcel # 3702A-103 -0 -0116-131723 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Superior Boatlifts, Inc. Owner: Robert & Ann Unitas PW13-031 A request has been submitted to drive five (5) pilings, construct finger pier, and one boatlift for a total channelward of 18’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 400 32ND ST Parcel # 436994N-0 -0112-047951 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Michael W. O’Neill Owner: Bay Shore Development Corporation PW13-038 Board of Port Wardens Blake McGrath, Chairman Valerie Gaskill, Attorney OCD-2/28/2t __________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Public Landing Marina - Phase II Construction Project Worcester County, Maryland The County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland are currently accepting sealed bids for the construction of the Public Landing Marina - Phase II Project which in-

cludes reconstruction of approximately 660 linear feet of bulkhead and dredging the harbor area along the bulkhead for the Department of Public Works. Bid specification packages and bid forms are available from the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 - Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, obtained online at www.co.worcester.md.us, or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-6321194 to request a package by mail.

Interested bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 10:00 am, at Public Landing located at 4549 Public Landing Wharf Road, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863. Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Monday, March 11, 2013 in the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 - Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "Bid for Public Landing Marina - Phase II Construction" in the lower left-hand corner. After opening, bids will be forwarded to the Public Works Department for tabulation, review and recommendation to the County Commissioners for their consideration at a future meeting. In awarding the bid, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever bid they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work, time of delivery or completion, responsibility of bidders being considered, previous experience of bidders with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries shall be directed to

John Tustin, Director of Public Works, or Ken Whited, Maintenance Superintendent, at (410) 632-3766.

OCD-2/28/1t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.

Marcelo J. Grasso, Sr. Arta Marcello J. Grasso and Marcello John Grasso 9400 Coastal Highway, Unit # 201 Ocean City MD 21842 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-000714

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 19th day of February, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 9400 Coastal Highway, Unit #201, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 25th day of March, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a newspaper in general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of March, 2013.

The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $176,129.00. The property sold herein is known as 9400 Coastal Highway, Unit #201, Ocean City, MD 21842.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Marland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md OCD-2/28/3t __________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Purchase of OFF-ROAD Dump Truck Worcester County, Maryland

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The Worcester County Commissioners are currently accepting bids for the purchase of one (1) new current production model OFF-ROAD Dump Truck for the Solid Waste Division of Public Works. Bid specification packages and bid forms are available from the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 - Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, obtained online at www.co.worcester.md.us, or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-6321194 to request a package by mail.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00

PM, Monday, March 11, 2013 in the Office of the County Commissioners at the above address, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "Bid for OFF-ROAD Dump Truck" in the lower left-hand corner. After opening, bids will be forwarded to the Solid Waste Division of Public Works for tabulation, review and recommendation to the County Commissioners for their consideration at a future meeting. In awarding the bid, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever bid they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work, time of delivery or completion, responsibility of bidders being considered, previous experience of bidders with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries shall be directed to Mike Mitchell, Landfill Manager, at 410632-3177.

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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, MARCH 14, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-95(1)(c) and Section 110-831.27(g) requesting a variance from the Lower Downtown area design standards for signs in order to allow an electronic sign. The site of the appeal is described as Block 1N of the Sinepuxent Beach Company Plat, 1891; further described as located on the east side of Baltimore Avenue south side of 1st Street, and west of Atlantic Avenue (Boardwalk) and locally known as The Rideau Motor Inn, 7 Atlantic Avenue, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: LORENDA L BIRCH – (BZA 2364 #13-09500004) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall.

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OBITUARIES Ernest ‘EJ’ Emerson Jr. BALTIMORE — Ernest “EJ” Emerson Jr., 32, passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Originally from Baltimore, Mr. Emerson was the beloved son of Kathleen Koerner Emerson and Ernest Emerson of Ocean City. He is survived by his parents; his brother, Eric (Jennifer) Emerson; and EJ Emerson Jr. sister, Stacy (Robert) Caslow. He is also survived by two dear nieces, Helena and Zoe Caslow; his grandmother, Marie Brown; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

He was a man with a big heart and a free spirit who brought light into the lives of anyone he knew. He was an amazingly talented drummer. He will be missed dearly by all.

A private cremation was held.

Friends may call at the family-owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex, at Route 702 (beltway exit 36), on Saturday, March 2, from 5-7 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at Church of God, 403 Dorsey Ave., in Essex.

Condolences for the family may be sent online at www.Bruzdzinski.com.

Ruth B. Benfield OCEAN CITY — Ruth B. Benfield, 89, of Ocean City, passed away Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Berlin Nursing Home in Berlin. Born in Todd, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Solomon Coy and Mary Bena Ross Blackburn, and wife of the late Charles Van Benfield.

She retired from Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ruth Benfield after 30 years of service as a secretary.

Mrs. Benfield moved to Maryland from North Carolina in 1931, when her father was called to be the first pastor at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air. She was a 1941 graduate of Bel Air High School, an avid gardener and volunteered for Meals

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Mrs. Benfield is survived by her daughters, Patricia Ann Benfield of Silver Spring and Debra Benfield Quilter and husband, David T., of Ocean City; sister, Mary Lou Maddox of Clarksville; and grandchildren, Samantha Shea Quilter and Ross Terrington Quilter, both of Ocean City. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Dr. Glenn Blackburn and sisters, Faye Schmitz and Ruby Bentley.

Services were held Thursday, Feb. 28, at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Bel Air, Md. The Rev. Kenneth E. Tipton officiated. Interment was at Bel Air Memorial Gardens in Bel Air. Those who desire may make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.

George F. Hamel SELBYVILLE, Del. — George F. Hamel, a retired Army Colonel and public affairs specialist who later was an administrator with the Fairfax County, Va. Public Schools, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at age 93.

Col. Hamel, who lived in Arlington and McLean, Va., for more than 35 years, retired George Hamel to Ocean City in 2001, and then moved to Selbyville in 2012. Born in Worcester, Mass., he was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He was commissioned and entered the Army in 1941. His first assignment was with the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va. During World War II, he served in Europe with the 10th Armored Division.

After the war, he served in various posts in this country and in Germany.

He served as an instructor at Norwich

University in Northfield, Vt., and at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. At the time of his retirement in 1969, he was director for community relations in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs.

His military decorations included the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster. He was a graduate of the Cavalry School, the Armor School, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

Following his retirement from the Army, Col. Hamel joined the Fairfax County Public Schools as director of community relations, a position he held until he again retired in 1984. He was an adjunct professor at George Mason University, Southeastern University, and the University of Maryland.

Col. Hamel loved both his Army career and his service with Fairfax County Public Schools, but the true treasures of his life were his wife and family.

Survivors include his beloved wife of more than 60 years, Arline, of Selbyville; four daughters, Cynthia McManus of Arlington, Mass., Janet Hamel of Orono, Maine, Dr. Sally Dowling of Ocean City and Molly Wilson of Camp Hill, Pa.; and three sons, George Jr. of San Francisco, Calif., James of Williamsburg, Va., and William of Bryn Mawr, Pa. He is also survived by his brother Richard, 22 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

There will be a visitation at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, at Holy Savior Catholic Church in Ocean City, with a Mass of Christian burial celebrated at 11 a.m. Father Stanislao Esposito will officiate. Interment will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Holy Savior Catholic Church, 1705 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, Md. 21842; to the George Hamel Undergraduate Scholarship Fund at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW Foundation, U.S. Bank Lockbox, Box

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Robert J. Showalter SELBYVILLE, Del. — Robert J. Showalter, 84, of Selbyville died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Mt. Joy, Pa., he was the son of the late Alvin and Anna (Liebfried) Showalter.

He was a building contractor for many years and was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Mr. Showalter is survived by his wife, June L. Showalter of Selbyville; a son, David Showalter of Selbyville; two daughters, Marcia Beats and her husband, Paul, of Ocean City and Barbara Evans and her husband, Roy, of Selbyville; a brother, Donald Showalter; a sister, Joan Horn; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Service and burial will be private.

Helen T. Corker OCEAN PINES — Helen T. Corker, 73, of Ocean Pines passed away Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. She was the beloved wife of John Corker; devoted mother of Donna Padua and her husband, Julian, Thomas Corker and Christine Checchia and her husband, Ed; proud and cherished grandmother of Alexandra, Blair, Jordan and Nicholas; dear sister of Dorothy, Mary, Margaret, Anna, Catherine, Edward, James and the late John and William.

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Sacilotto to host April workshop (March 1, 2013) The Assateague Island Alliance will present a wildlife photography workshop with accomplished Maryland wildlife photographer Irene Sacilotto next month, April 19-21, at Assateague Island National Seashore. This three-day workshop will include photographic instruction, practical fieldwork tips, photographic fieldwork and critique for a limit of 10 registered participants.

In the past 25 years, Sacilotto has lead more than 200 wildlife photography-related programs in more than 80 locations in the United States and abroad. She is a regular presenter at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Johns Hopkins University and the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, where many of her images are on display. Her photographs are also found in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: An Ecological Treasure.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irene provides the right balance of instruction and field experience, tempered with a keen sense of humor.

Her research and preparation prior to her programs make them outstanding,â&#x20AC;? said Gary Carlton, who participated in a Virginia Beach workshop led by Sacilotto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I particularly enjoy the individual attention Irene is able to provide to her students because of the small class sizes.â&#x20AC;?

Workshop space is limited to 10 individuals. Fieldwork will be on Assateague Island. Registration costs $300 per person and is available along with a full workshop schedule at www.assateagueislandalliance.org.

Participants should have a basic knowledge of a D-SLR digital camera and familiarization with basic terms such as F-stop, ISO and exposure, as well as the ability to download image files to e-mail or copy them to a DVD or CD for the critique sessions.

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PNC Foundation to name upstairs classroom Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center for the Arts building scheduled to open March 1, at 94th St. (March 1, 2013) The Art League of Ocean City has been awarded a $25,0000 grant from the PNC Foundation to name the upstairs community/ classroom in the new Ocean City Center for the Arts building.

The new art center is scheduled to have a ribbon cutting and grand opening reception at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1. An opening art reception, from 5-7 p.m. and featuring acclaimed artist Patrick Henry as well as artwork by local artists, will follow the ribbon cutting.

A result of a public private partnership between the nonprofit Art League of Ocean City, the town of Ocean City, the state of Maryland, Worcester County and many private citizens and businesses, the new art center will serve the entire spectrum of the community from young children to senior citizens.

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Henry D. Mears BERLIN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Henry D. Mears, 63, of Berlin died peacefully at home on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Born in Lewes, Del., he was the son of Norma J. Truitt of Whaleyville and the late Preston R. Mears.

He had been a truck driver for many years and was a member of Whaleyville United Methodist Church in Whaleyville. He had a love for fishing and his grandchildren.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Nancy J. Mears of Berlin; a son, Michael S. Mears and his wife; Michele; of Georgetown, Del.; a daughter, Sandy D. Sutty and her husband, Eric, of Hockessin, Del.; a brother, Bryan J. Truitt and his wife, Samantha, of Whaleyville; a sister, Lisa Phillips and her husband, Eddie, of Whaleyville and four grandchildren, Morgan and Miranda Mears, Matthew and Nathan Sutty.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking forward to working with the PNC Foundation to provide much needed childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art programming in the new art center,â&#x20AC;? said Rina Thaler, executive director of the Center for the Arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be holding a variety of classes and art experiences for children of all ages including classes in painting, pottery as well as our art adventure summer campâ&#x20AC;?.

The grant from the PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. will allow the Ocean City Center for the Arts to offer classes as well as space for community groups to meet in a beautiful setting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ocean City Center for the Arts will

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1, at Hastings Funeral Home in Selbyville, Del., with Pastor John Oltman officiating.

Friends may call an hour before the service. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery in Willards.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Whaleyville United Methodist Church, c/o Elaine Rogers, 12332 Blueberry Road, Whaleyville, Md. 21872.

Algie B. Bradley SALISBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Algie Baker Bradley, 88, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at her home. Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the late George Wilbur Baker Sr. and Mary Davis Baker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Severn Bradley Jr. in 2002.

She is survived by her sons, William S. Bradley III and his wife, Lynn, of Salisbury, Wayne Wilbur Bradley and his beloved companion, Kharon Webster, of Salisbury, and a daughter, Bev-

be a source of pride for the community and a cultural amenity for the region,â&#x20AC;? said Jennifer Joseph, PNC market executive on the Eastern Shore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our investment represents a commitment to the rich, cultural energy that has distinguished Ocean City and furthers our investment in school readiness through the arts.â&#x20AC;?

The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture.

The Ocean City Center for the Arts is located at 502 94th St. The new art center will offer multiple galleries, classroom space, a pottery studio, artisan shop, art library and working artist studio spaces.

To learn more about the new art center, which is the headquarters of the nonprofit Art League of Ocean City, visit www.artleagueofoceancity.org or call 410-524-9433.

erly Taylor and her husband, Stanley, of Woolford, Md. There are numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Also surviving is a brother, George W. Baker Jr. of Fruitland, and numerous nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind her beloved dog, Erin.

Mrs. Bradley was a graduate of Buckingham High School in Berlin and had worked for many years at the Colonial Store in Salisbury. She was a member of the United States Trotting Association and the Zion United Methodist Church in Salisbury.

A graveside service was held Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Sunset Memorial Park in Berlin. The Rev. Richard Walton officiated. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21804 or to the Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 208, Parsonsburg, Md. 21849.

Arrangements were handled by Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

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Mallards ‘play their hearts out’ in game

Boys take 8th, Lady Seahawks finish 11th

LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) The Worcester Prep girls’ basketball team’s season came to an end last week, when the Lady Mallards were eliminated from the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference tournament by the Salisbury School Dragons.

Despite falling to the Dragons 40-23 in Salisbury last Wednesday, Prep Coach Page Rogers was pleased with the girls’ performances during the conference semifinal matchup.

“When you play against Salisbury School, all you can hope for is that you can play your best. We gave them a game and we hadn’t before,” Rogers said. “They only had 23 points at halftime and that’s huge for us. We decided to play ‘box-and-one’ [defense] against them and we had Lilly DiNardo guarding their best player, Demyra Selby, which was really effective. I don’t think they were ready for that.”

When the two teams went head-to-head during the regular season, the Dragons came out on top 62-23 and 59-17.

During the squads’ third match-up on Feb. 20, Salisbury led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter. The Mallards pulled ahead in the second quarter, but a few calls by the referees didn’t go their way and the home team went on a 6-0 run in the final minutes.

The Dragons had a 23-12 advantage at halftime.

“That kind of took the wind out of our sails a bit,” Rogers said.

Salisbury outscored Worcester 11-4 in the third quarter to increase its lead to 34-16.

The Mallards tallied seven points in the final quarter, while the Dragons netted six.

“The girls played their hearts out. We couldn’t have ended our season playing any better,” Rogers said.

Prep sophomore Sophie See LADY on Page 44A

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Members of the Worcester Prep boys’ basketball team celebrate after their 58-51 victory over Delmarva Christian last Friday in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship game.

ESIAC CHAMPS Worcester Prep boys’ team wins first title since 2007 LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) The Worcester Prep boys’ basketball team last Friday captured its first Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship title since 2007, but the Delmarva Christian Royals didn’t make it easy.

Junior Ryan Nally kicked off the game with a threepointer, and by the end of the first quarter, Worcester had a 16-12 lead.

Delmarva chipped away at the home team’s advantage and midway into the second

quarter, had tied the score at 22. The Royals then went on a 7-0 run to pull ahead 29-22 with 1:16 to play before the halftime break.

Senior Zander Farr and Nally scored in the final seconds of the half. Heading into the locker room, the Mallards trailed 29-26.

Points were traded in the third quarter. At the 4:28 mark, Farr was fouled and sank his free throws to give Worcester a 33-32 lead. Seconds later, Delmarva Christian scored, but junior Matt Reilly answered with a lay-up.

The Royals tied the game

at 35 with 2:43 remaining in the quarter, but the Mallards outscored their opponent 8-3 in the final minutes to regain the lead, 43-38.

Farr gave the Mallards a nine-point advantage (49-42) with about five minutes on the clock, but the Royals would not quit. With 2:15 remaining, they had fought back to within two points, 51-49. Worcester held off Delmarva Christian’s charge and won the game 5851.

“We out-rebounded them.

That’s where we won. We got so many second-chance See COACH on Page 41A

Seahawk fall to Eagles in first round LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) After a three-hour trip to Centennial High School in Ellicott City on Tuesday, the Stephen Decatur boys’ basketball team just couldn’t get into a rhythm. The Seahawks fell to the Centennial Eagles 53-37 in first-

round action of the 3A East Regional tournament.

“It was hard after a long bus ride and we got down 10 right away. We fell behind 12-2 and we just could never get over the hump,” said Decatur Coach Mark Engle. “You get down and you’re in a dogfight, and we were in a dogfight the whole night.”

The seventh-seeded Eagles went on an 8-0 run to start the first quarter and led 18-6 after eight minutes. The No. 10 Seahawks outscored their opponent 11-5 in the second quarter to trail 23-17 at the halftime break.

Centennial had pulled ahead 40-28 by the end of See ENGLE on Page 42A

(March 1, 2013) The Stephen Decatur girls’ swim team finished 11th out of the 27 teams competing in the 3A/2A/1A state championship, held on Feb. 23, at the University of Maryland’s Eppley Recreation Center.

“They swam really well,” said Decatur Coach Jenny Miller.

“Everybody stayed around their qualifying times, which were personal bests for some. About half of the girls bettered their times and got new personal records.”

Swimmers and relay teams who finished first through third were awarded medals. Fourththrough eighth-place finishers received ribbons. The top 16 in each event scored points for their school.

Lady Seahawks who placed 16th or better in their individual events were freshman Hailey Williams (200-yard freestyle, 2:13.62, 12th; 500 freestyle, 5:58.58, 12th), sophomores Madison Tinus (50 freestyle, 26.36 seconds, seventh; 100 freestyle, 58.69 seconds, seventh) and Carly Deickman (100 breaststroke, 1:18.22, 14th).

Tinus, Deickman, sophomore Maria Zweifel and senior captain Julia Wellen finished 11th in the 200-yard freestyle relay race (1:53.48). And Williams, Zweifel, sophomore Molly Wooten and freshman Marley Rakow placed 14th in the 400-yard freestyle relay event (4:16.41).

Out of the 32 boys’ teams that competed, Decatur finished in eighth place.

“The boys did a great job.

Everybody dropped time,” said Seahawk Coach Damien Sanzotti. “It was a fantastic end of the season.”

Placing 16th or better in their events were junior Jake Middleton (200 freestyle, 1:51.01, third; 500 freestyle, 5:05.62, fifth) and senior captains Shayne Custodio (200 IM, 2:03.57, fourth; See DECATUR on Page 44A

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Decatur’s Duker wins 3A state high jump indoor track title LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

PHOTO COURTESY JODY STIGLER

Stephen Decatur sophomore Lucas Duker displays a medal he received for winning the high jump event during the 3A indoor track state championship meet, held Feb. 19, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover.

(March 1, 2013) Stephen Decatur sophomore Lucas Duker seemingly followed in the footsteps of his mentor, Greg Petersen, when he won the 3A indoor track high jump state title last week.

“Greg won last year and he helped me. He taught me,” Duker said of Petersen, who graduated from Decatur last May. “It’s nice to have a state champion teach me to be a state champion.”

While it is difficult to win a state title, Coach Jody Stigler said, it is surprising for a school to take home back-to-back state titles in an event, especially one from the Eastern Shore because the competition across the bridge is so fierce.

“It’s rare just to have a state champion. Greg won it last year and now Lucas won this year, which is kind of a cool thing,” Stigler said. “It’s also rare for a sophomore to do well in an event like that, where you have to be really strong.

“I knew [Lucas] would be at the top if he jumped well,” he said.

Duker’s best jump of the sea-

son was 6 feet going into the state championship meet, held Feb. 19, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover.

Duker missed on his first attempt at 6 feet last week, but flew over the bar on his second. Devin Swinton of Woodlawn High School also cleared 6 feet, but it took him three tries, so Duker was declared the winner.

“I knew I could win once I saw what the top guys were jumping,” Duker said. “I think I did good. I wish I got 6 [feet] 2 [inches], though, but I’m still pretty excited to win. It felt pretty good.”

Duker received a medal for his achievement. He will also get his name and accomplishment put on a banner, which will be displayed in Stephen Decatur’s gym.

Duker is the only Bayside Conference athlete to win a state crown this year. He is also the 2013 Bayside Conference and 3A East Region high jump champion.

Three other Seahawks also competed at states.

Junior Katie Collins finished in third place in the pole vault event.

Before the meet, her best vault was 8 feet. During the state competition, she vaulted 8 feet 6 inches.

Junior Kacie Moore tied for eighth place with Hereford’s Kaity Lynch and Marissa Wells. All three vaulted 7 feet.

Senior Patrick Phillips threw the shot put 46 feet 4.25 inches, good for seventh place. He holds the Bayside title in the event.

The top eight in each state event were presented with an award.

“I was pretty pleased with the performance. We took four to states and they all placed,” Stigler said.

Stigler thought the season went well, overall. He has trained athletes at Decatur before, but this was his first season as head coach of the indoor track teams.

The boys’ squad captured its second consecutive Bayside title, while the girls’ team finished in second place.

“That’s a big accomplishment and having a state champion is a great accomplishment,” he said.

“I wish we would have qualified more for states, but in our region it’s tough to do. The 3A East is the toughest region in the state.”

A number of the athletes are set to compete in outdoor track.

Practices begin today, March 1.

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points,” said Prep Coach Keith Geiger.

“We rebounded and played defense really well.”

Farr led the Mallards with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Nally chipped in with 14 points and Reilly scored 15. Geiger said senior Scott Gee played his best game of the season; he scored eight points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Following the game, captains Harrison Brennan and Conor Nally accepted team trophies — one for winning the tournament and a second for ranking No.

1 in the conference at the end of regularseason competition.

“I’m kind of shocked right now, I guess,” Brennan said. “It feels great. In the beginning of the year, I said we were thirsty and this entire week [before the game] we were really excited.”

He summed up his four-year high school basketball career as “outstanding.”

“I’m proud to say I played basketball at Worcester,” Brennan said.

Brennan and Ryan Nally were awarded All-ESIAC First Team honors. Farr and Reilly received Second

Team accolades.

In his first season at the helm, Geiger was named ESIAC Co-Coach of the Year with Salisbury School’s coach.

The Mallards finished the season 173.

“I definitely thought we could win the championship after we played everybody in the conference once. I thought we were the best team in league, but it’s hard to be the best team because everybody’s gunning for you,” Geiger said. “They played up to their potential. Aside from an undefeated season, I don’t know what you

could ask for. We had four guys in the top eight of whole conference, we won the tournament championship, we won the ESIAC championship and we only lost three games all year.”

Five seniors — Brennan, Farr, Gee, C. Nally and Josh Moyer — will graduate in May, but Geiger is confident that returning players, especially R. Nally and Reilly, will step up next year.

“Ryan and Matt, those two are good to build on. Those guys alone I feel pretty confident against most teams,” Geiger said.

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Seahawks squeak out 48-46 win over Wildecats; fall to Lions LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

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Stephen Decatur senior captain Abbey Schorr shoots over a Wilde Lake player during the 3A East Regional tournament quarterfinals Monday in Berlin. Schorr had 11 points, 14 rebounds and four steals in Decatur’s 48-46 win.

(March 1, 2013) The Stephen Decatur girls’ basketball team narrowly pulled out a victory over the Wilde Lake Wildecats on Monday in the quarterfinal round of the 3A East Regional tournament.

“The whole game we weren’t smooth.

We weren’t able to fast break and do the things we normally do because of their defense,” said Decatur Coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott after the Lady Seahawks’ 4846 win in Berlin. “I think their pressure on our guards really made us stagnant on offense.”

The second-seeded Seahawks were awarded a first-round bye, while the No. 7 Wildecats topped the 10th-seeded James M. Bennett Clippers 49-29 last Friday to advance to the quarterfinals.

Decatur had a strong first quarter, outscoring Wilde Lake 11-4. The Wildecats cut the Seahawks’ lead to 15-14 about two minutes before halftime. Senior captain Abbey Schorr made back-to-back layups and freshman Dayona Godwin sank a three as cheers erupted from the crowd and the home team increased its advantage to 22-14 with 39 seconds remaining.

Wilde Lake scored twice, but Godwin’s shot fell at the buzzer to put Decatur on top 24-18 at the break.

“We talked about what our plan was — we were going to try to take it to them and

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try to get them into foul trouble — and that worked. On offense, I thought we made some big shots, especially toward the end of the first half. I was happy with it,” Fenzel-Mergott said.

on for the victory.

“Their pressure on our guards was more intense than what we’ve seen all year,” Fenzel-Mergott said. “I think that we had a hard time getting into our offensive rhythm and I also think when they started coming back, we started freaking out a little bit.

“We’re going to see man-to-man defense from here on out so we’ve got to be ready for it,” she said.

Godwin finished the game with 14 points. Senior captain Monique Wise chipped in with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Schorr had 11 points, 14 rebounds and four steals.

On Wednesday, Decatur hosted the No. 3 Howard Lions. The Lions won the regional semifinal game 67-33.

Decatur had built a 42-33 lead after three quarters. But the visiting Wildecats chipped away at the Seahawks’ advantage in the fourth quarter, scoring six unanswered points to pull within three (42-39).

Wild Lake evened the score 44-44 with 2:55 on the clock. Godwin netted two foul shots seconds later to put Decatur ahead 46-44.

Sophomore Jillian Petito hit her free throws with about 34 seconds left to give the Seahawks’ a four-point cushion.

Wilde Lake scored a final basket with 13 seconds to play, but the home team held

Engle pleased with season overall tain Jesse Engle had 10 points and eight assists.

The Seahawks finished the season 1211. Three players — Engle, captain Dimir Andrews and Collin Macomber — will graduate in May. “We battled some injuries, but all things considered, we had a nice year,” Coach Engle said. “The kids were just great to work with. I look forward to the future and the younger kids coming up.”

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the third quarter and tacked on 13 points in the fourth, while Decatur netted nine.

“They really controlled the tempo. We had trouble scoring and we struggle with turnovers, and we didn’t rebound super well,” Engle said. “But, the kids worked hard and they never gave up.”

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Four Stephen Decatur wrestlers to compete in state tourney LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

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Stephen Decatur wrestlers, from left, Andrew Borradaile, Adam Bargar, Ryan Kail and Nate Rosenblatt will compete in the 4A/3A state tournament, today and Saturday, at University of Maryland College Park.

what an athlete he is and I can’t wait to see him wrestle for his home state,” he said. “It also means a lot to our program sending another athlete to a Division I program.”

Junior Nate Rosenblatt took second in the regional 113-pound division. He lost 7-5 to River Hill’s Taariq Mohammed in the finals.

“I did [well] until the finals,” said Rosenblatt, who admitted to losing his temper at one point and faltering. His goal is to place top six at states.

“I’m really excited. I’ve been looking forward to [states] all year,” he said.

Junior captain Andrew Borradaile (160) finished second in his division. After edging out Old Mill’s Lalito Trevino 3-2 in the semifinals, Borradaile met Hammond’s Bryan Overton in the finals.

“I pulled out a good victory in the semifinals, then I got caught in a cradle about a minute into the finals and coach came on the mat and tapped the ref so I got disqualified,” Borradaile said. “I didn’t really get a shot in the finals, but it’s alright. I wrestled pretty well in the tournament.”

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(March 1, 2013) Four Stephen Decatur wrestlers placed fourth or better during the 4A/3A East Regional tournament, allowing them to advance to this weekend’s state championship at University of Maryland College Park.

The East Regional tournament was held Feb. 22-23, at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md. “Everybody wrestled really well. It seems like they are peaking at the right time,” said Decatur Coach Todd Martinek. “I would like to see all four place in the top six [at states] and I think they all have the potential to do it.”

Senior captain Ryan Kail captured the title in the regional heavyweight division, 285 pounds.

“I think I did pretty well. I probably could have done better in my semifinal match, but I still won,” Kail said. “I’m pretty excited. Now that I committed to my college, I just want to wrestle my best and try to win it.”

Kail has officially committed to wrestle for the University of Maryland.

Martinek said he is proud of Kail, adding that the senior’s hard work over the years has paid off.

“Ryan and his family have made a lot of sacrifices to wrestle and be dedicated during the season and off-season. It shows

have it on correctly causing a huge amount of pressure on the outside of his knee. I begged the refs to call ‘potentially dangerous,’ but they wouldn’t so I basically threw in the towel and ended the match.

“Andrew was upset for a little bit, but I did it out of concern for his health, and I would do it again. It really looked like his knee was going to get blown out,” Martinek said.

Borradaile said he hopes to wrestle well during his state debut and place among the top eight.

“I don’t want to lose any matches I shouldn’t. I don’t want to have any regrets coming out of states, so I just have to give it all I’ve got,” he said. “I have to pull out those close victories and stay off my back and not get into trouble early.”

Junior Adam Bargar (195) lost his first match of the tournament, 10-9 to Aberdeen’s C.J Allen, but he fought back to finished third in his division.

“My first match, I performed pretty [badly] and then the next day I realized I needed to step up my game,” he said. “My second match, I knew I had to beat [Annapolis’ Brenden Schniedwind] if I wanted to place in regions and move to states. I just went out there and gave it all I had and won (major decision 13-1).

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MBS FALLS BY TWO TO LIGHTHOUSE The Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School girls’ basketball team finished its season with an exciting game against Lighthouse Christian School. Lighthouse Christian won by two, 12-10.

100 backstroke, 55.19 seconds, fourth) and Jeff Middleton (100 backstroke, 1:01.97, 14th tie).

Sophomore Chris Poole, junior Cory Campbell, Jake Middleton and Custodio tied for second place with Damascus High School in the 200-yard freestyle relay race (1:35.54) The Middletons, Custodio and Poole took 13th in the 200-yard medley relay event (1:51.57).

Both coaches were pleased with the Seahawks’ overall performances during the past three months. The girls’ team finished with an 8-3 record. They won over Maryland schools and their only losses were to Delaware squads. The Seahawks also captured the 3A/2A/1A East Regional title.

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nitely happy with how the girls did this season,” Miller said. “We had a strong freshmen and sophomore class this year.

We’re only losing three seniors (to graduation) so there’s not a whole lot of spaces to fill for next year.”

The boys’ squad finished 7-4 and placed second in the regional meet.

“The season had its ups and downs and there were a few bumps in the road, but it was a great first year of coaching for me and I learned a lot. It was a very good season and I’m really happy with it,” Sanzotti said. “We are graduating five boys.

We will have a strong team [next year], but … some boys are going to have to step up in some areas.”

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Brennan scored six points. Senior captain Meredith Smith had five points, nine rebounds and three steals.

The Mallards’ finished the year 12-6.

Brennan and senior captain Molly Marshall received All-ESIAC Second Team accolades.

“We started out the season stronger than I think we ever imagined. It proved to the girls they’re good basketball players,” Rogers said. “Then there was exam week followed by winter break so that was two weeks without basketball, while the other teams had practices and games. We were in a slump for a little while, but we ended the season playing really well.”

The team will only graduate two players — Marshall and Smith.

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I was going to win and stuck him 1:23 into the match,” he said. “For the consolation finals, I just kept shooting and shooting and I majored [Bel Air’s Cyler Crawford] 14-6.

Bargar said he is “pretty excited” for the state tournament and hopes to place top eight.

Senior captain Alex Schiffer (145) finished fifth in his regional weight class divisions and will go to states as an alternate.

Sophomore TJ Scafone (106) and senior captain Kaelan Patterson (152) also competed at regionals, but did not place.

Decatur placed fourth overall in the tournament out of 24 teams.

Preliminary rounds of the state tournament are set to begin at 2:30 p.m. today, Friday. Consolation and championship matches will take place Saturday in Cole Field House at the University of Maryland College Park.

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LAUREN BUNTING ■ Contributing Writer (March 1, 2013) The Housing Affordability Index in Maryland set a record in 2012 with an index of 91.7 percent at the end of the fourth quarter 2012. This is the second highest HAI in the seven years the Maryland Association of Realtors has calculated this index. The highest HAI was in the first quarter of 2012.

The index means that Maryland’s first-time homebuyers had 91.7 percent of the income they needed to purchase the typical starter home in that period. The HAI is based upon the percentage of income the typical first time homebuyer must have to buy a typical starter home with a 5 percent down payment, based on a 25 percent qualifying debt to income ratio and assuming a 30 year amortization at the effective mortgage rate plus a PMI premium. So, fluctuations in affordability are based on changes in interest rates, varying financing terms and home prices.

“This is the second quarter in a row of improved affordability for first-time homebuyers and we are pleased for those who are seeking to become homeowners,” said MAR President Carlton Boujai. “We are hopeful that with the ongoing market stabilization and increased affordability, homeownership opportunities for Maryland families will continue to increase.”

Housing affordability has been enhanced by historically low interest rates and a drop in starter home prices (from $215,794 to $206,787). The typically monthly mortgage payment, which includes principle and interest, was $937.

— Lauren Bunting is a member of the Coastal Association of Realtors and a licensed REALTOR® with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

More than 4,000 people attended the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association’s 38th annual spring trade expo, and approximately 275 exhibiting companies filled about 400 booths at the convention center last year. This year’s event, set for Sunday and Monday, March 3-4, will be the largest yet, with approximately 300 exhibiting companies filling about 415 booths.

OCHMRATRADEEXPO Cooking demos, and latest in products, services on tap for 39th edition of annual two-day ‘industry’ event LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) The Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association’s Spring Trade Expo has flourished since its inception 39 years ago, when products and services were featured in 26 booths. This year’s event, set for Sunday and Monday, March 3-4, will be the largest yet, with approximately 300 exhibiting companies filling about 415 booths at the Ocean City convention center.

According to Susan Jones, HMRA executive director, quite a few first-time exhibitors will attend the 39th annual event. Exhibitors will offer the latest and greatest goods and services for the industry. The show also provides one-stop shopping for customers.

“The purpose of the show is to bring buyers and sellers in the hospitality industry together,” she said. “It’s a chance for them to network and in-

teract with each other.”

Vendors will also have the opportunity to meet new clients. Many exhibitors will offer special deals available only to attendees.

Several chefs from the Maryland and Washington, D.C. areas will present cooking demonstrations in the Culinary Corner, in the 40th Street venue’s ballroom on the second floor. The first chef to take the stage will be Mike Isabella. His cooking demonstration is scheduled for noon on Sunday. He will sign copies of his book, “Crazy Good Italian,” which will be available for $35.

Isabella is a Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur, owner of Italian-inspired small plates restaurant, Graffiato, and partner of Bandolero, a modern Mexican concept in Georgetown, Del. He was named Food & Wine magazine’s “People’s Best New Chef Mid-Atlantic” for 2012, he appeared on season six of Bravo’s Top Chef and he was the runner-

up on Top Chef All-Stars.

“I’m thrilled to have him here. Beyond thrilled, actually,” Jones said.

The cooking demonstration schedule is available on the expo Web site, www. oceancitytradeexpo.com.

While Isabella will prepare an Italian dish from his cookbook — goat cheese gnudi with basil, Prosciutto and tomato, other chefs will make seafood entrees using a variety of fish, including snakehead, blue catfish, yellow perch and striped bass, as well as oysters and crabs.

Maryland DNR Seafood Marketing Director Steve Vilnit will discuss the species being prepared as the chefs share their preparation techniques.

Attendees can also sample local craft beer, wine and spirits during the expo.

A number of educational seminars will be available for attendees. They are free to attend and will take place upstairs in room 210. Topics See TRADE on Page 46A

Laura Deeley Bren, president of Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley, presented the following awards during the company’s annual meeting on Jan. 15, in Ocean City.

■ Sandi Daniels was recognized for Top Property and Casualty CSA Retention for 2012. She had a 105.02 percent retention.

Daniels has been employed with A/SCD for 17 years in the commercial lines division. She is a Certified Insurance Service Representative, which is recognized nationwide as an important credential in the insurance industry, focusing on minimizing E and O claims and understanding and analysis of risks and exposures.

■ Gary Waldych received an award for Top Property and Casualty Retention for 2012. He had a 101.03 percent retention.

Waldych has been with the agency since 1986, specializing in condominiums, commercial and transportation insurance with a strong attitude for service. He and his wife, Joni, live in Berlin.

■ Angie Andrews earned an award for Top Personal Lines Customer Service Agent Retention for 2012. She had a 103.77 percent retention.

Andrews has been employed with A/SCD for 12 years in the personal lines division. She and her son live in Willards.

Delmarva Sedation part of free clinic Dr. Edward T. Dougherty Jr. and his team at Delmarva Sedation Dentistry will participate in the Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy free Dental Clinic, to be held March 1516. This free dental clinic is the first of its kind on the Eastern Shore and will be held at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury.

Registration for patients starts Thursday, March 14, and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

There is a great need in this area for dental care and services that are provided are those that can be completed on the same day and include preventive dentistry and cleaning, restorative fillings and extractions.

All dental services will be provided by Maryland licensed dentists and hygienists who are all donating their services for this event.

Dougherty and his team have participated in many such missions and recently returned from such a mission in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia.

For information about the clinic, visit www.eastershoremissionofmercy.org.

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Voting for statewide Restaurant Association awards ends March 8 Six Ocean City businesses among top contenders for annual RAM recognitions LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) The dining public has one week to vote for Ocean City restaurants that are finalists for Restaurant Association of Maryland awards. Voting began Feb. 18, and ends March 8.

Visit www.marylandrestaurants.com to cast a vote.

“We’d love to see Ocean City shine in the spotlight of statewide awards, so I encourage everyone to log on and vote,” Susan Jones, executive director of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, said Monday. “The nominees are all great choices and are certainly deserving of the winner title.”

The dining public had until Feb. 5, to nominate a favorite restaurant, bar, tavern, chef, wine, beverage, craft brew program and food truck for the annual awards. On Feb. 12, the association revealed that six Ocean City businesses were finalists in several categories.

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include ways to generate sales by collecting consumer data, Affordable Healthcare Act and how to save money on electric bills and generate income from the production of on-site energy in the form of renewable energy credits.

The full seminar schedule is available on the expo Web site.

Approximately 4,000 people attended the 2012 expo. Jones said more than 4,600 pre-registered for the 2013 show, which is only open to those in the indus-

try. Guests must be in the lodging or dining industry, the liquor or convenience store business, cafeteria, nursing home, hospital or school.

“It’s the most pre-registered attendees we’ve had,” she said.

Expo hours are Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Onsite registration costs $10 with proof of being in the industry. Attendees must be at least 21 years of age. For more information, call 410-289-6733 or visit www.oceancitytradeexpo.com.

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the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on 15th Street, between the Boardwalk and Baltimore Avenue, is one of five finalists in the “Favorite Restaurant” category.

“It’s nice to know our efforts to produce high quality food has been recognized and that people appreciate what we do,” said owner Lauren Taylor. “It’s a huge honor because it’s statewide. Just that we were nominated is tremendous.”

Captain’s Table opened in the Santa Maria Hotel on 15th Street in 1956. The family-run hotel and restaurant closed in 2004 and the building was demolished in 2005. Construction of Courtyard by Marriott began in 2007 and after being closed for nearly five years, Captain’s Table opened in the hotel in July 2009.

Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill, on 54th Street, and Dead Freddies Island Grill, on 64th Street, are finalists in the “Favorite Bar or Tavern” category.

“It’s always nice to be honored by customers and your peers,” said Macky Stansell, who owns Macky’s with his wife, Pam. “Just to be chosen is an honor and speaks volumes for what our staff has done.”

Macky’s will celebrate its 20th season in business when it reopens in late April.

Managing partner Jay Bosley was pleasantly surprised that Dead Freddies made the finalist list. The bayside restaurant opened in May 2010.

“It’s a big honor for us to be recognized

because we’re new to Ocean City. We appreciate being accepted by the community,” he said.

Travis Wright, chef and owner of Shark on the Harbor with his wife, Jody, is in the running for the Maryland “Chef of the Year” title. The Wrights opened The Shark on 46th Street in Ocean City in May 2000.

In February 2008, the eatery was relocated to Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City and named Shark of the Harbor.

Shawn Harman, owner of Fish Tales, and Wayne Odachowski, managing partner of de Lazy Lizard, are finalists in the “Restaurateur of the Year” category.

In 2011, Fish Tales, a family-owned and operated restaurant on the bay at 22nd Street, took home the top award in the “Favorite Bar/Tavern” category. The bayside establishment will celebrate 18 years in business this summer.

Harman calls his nomination “incredibly humbling.” “The restaurant is my life.

I end up getting the credit, but it’s not because of me the restaurant is successful, it’s the staff and my wife (Donna),” he said.

De Lazy Lizard, located on the bay at First Street, was the winner in the “Maryland’s Favorite New Restaurant” (open two years or less) category, last year. The restaurant opened June 28, 2010.

RAM members, not the dining public, will choose the recipient of the “Restaurateur of the Year” award. Winners will be announced April 15.

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Amer. Legion course focuses on gun safety (March 1, 2013) Four youngsters participated in the local American Legion Post 166’s first Junior Shooting Sports Program.

Taking place throughout the country, the American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Program is a gun safety, education and marksmanship activity. The Basic Marksmanship course provides comprehensive instruction for amateur shooters with little or no experience.

Using a .177 caliber air rifle, participants are taught gun safety and marksmanship fundamentals during short lectures or discussions, followed by hands-on activities.

American Legion Post 166 and its junior shooting club are affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program, whose mission is to promote firearm safety and marksmanship training with an emphasis on youth.

Lee McClaflin, second vice commander of Post 166, presented the program to the local organization and it was approved by the members.

“It’s the first one we’ve done and we’re just getting it off the ground. We’re expecting it to grow as it goes along,” he said.

Safety is most important, he said, as students are taught how to hold and handle the air rifle, how to load and charge it, range commands and proper shooting technique. After about 45 minutes of class work, the students then have shooting practice for approximately an hour. Targets are set up inside the American Legion hall, 10 meters (33 feet) away.

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Sisters, who live in the Dominican Republic, hold pillowcase dresses they received in April that were made in Ocean City. The Stephen Decatur Connections Club is collecting pillowcases and other supplies needed to make dresses for children in the Dominican Republic and East Timor in Southeast Asia. The collection drive will continue through March 20.

CONTINENTALCONNECTIONS SDHS Connections Club joins local effort to supply children in Dominican Republic, Southeast Asia with dresses LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (March 1, 2013) Stephen Decatur High School’s Connections Club is collecting pillowcases and other supplies needed to make dresses for children in the Dominican Republic and East Timor in Southeast Asia.

In August 2011, volunteer leader Barbara Entwistle worked with her Girl Scout troop to sew dresses out of pillowcases for children in Africa. With help from a few others, the group was able to make approximately 70 dresses in about one month. In September of that year, Entwistle sent the dresses to Rachel Alexander O’Neill, founder of Little Dresses for Africa, a nonprofit Christian organization that distributes the dresses throughout many

A young girl who live in the Dominican Republic wears a dress in April made in Ocean City.

parts of Africa.

Entwistle then began holding sewing parties at her Libertytown home, at local libraries and meetings of Girl Scouts and church groups. They put together a

kit that included the dress pattern and everything needed to create the outfit, and sent it to a group of five women on Smith Island.

They went on to make 113 dresses in just two months.

And now, students at Stephen Decatur High School are getting involved.

“I was a little hesitant until I saw the final product myself and the pictures. It is amazing,” said Laurie Chetelat, Connections Club advisor. “When I introduced it to our group, they became very excited to be involved in a new project that we had never done before. I showed them some of the pictures Barbara had sent me of the children in poverty and it shocked my students to see the conditions these children had to live in.”

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(March 1, 2013) The artwork of middle and high school students from public and private schools in Worcester County will be on display March 9-10, during the annual Shirley Hall Youth Memorial Art Show at the new Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

The show will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

“The Art League has been hosting this annual show for the past 20 years,” said Rina Thaler, executive director of Art League of Ocean City. “Our organization believes it is important to support and encourage the artistic efforts of our area students.”

The event promotes creativity and allows the youth of Worcester County to present their artwork in a gallery space. The young artists are also eligible for cash prizes.

The art show is named in memory of former Art League of Ocean City board member Shirley Hall, who was instrumental in bringing this exhibit to the ALOC. Originally, the exhibit was presented by the Ocean City Women’s Club and hosted at the art league. Hall was a member of both organizations, and she always coordinated the art show. When the Women’s Club dissolved, the ALOC decided to continue the yearly contest. It was renamed the Shirley Hall Show when she passed away.

Hall’s daughters, Betsy HallHarrison and Barbara Shade, will judge the show. In addition, on March 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be free, hands-on art activities for children. Pre-registration is not required for the activities.

The new Ocean City Center for the Arts, located on 94th Street, is operated by the Art League of Ocean City. For more information, call 410-524-9433 or visit www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

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‘Bodaciously humungous’ number of events going on in Ocean City lately SENIOR SLANT

From dinners and dances to ‘Polbalskis,’ locals are busy IRISH KEMP ■ Contributing Writer

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Mary and Jim Mooney catch up with friends Kathy and Pete Weaver at High Stakes on Route 54.

(March 1, 2013) Stop the train, I hafta’ get off. All bets are off about February being a funky, frigid, socially void month.

It was a winner. Would you believe that somehow, for the first time in 80-plus years, Ash Wednesday slipped through the cranial cracks of my skull? My brain was on overload. I caught myself wondering why people on TV were sporting big black bruises on their foreheads.

Thank the Lord I didn’t ask my kids.

Lucky for me, I just happened to overhear two young TV celebrities that night talking about what they were giving up for Lent. Sounds fishy, folks, but it’s true.

Last week was packed with a bodaciously humongous number of events.

Folks of all ages in all stages joined in the fun during Tuesday’s first-ever parish

Mardi Gras. Everybody raved about the wonderful time they had at the townsponsored Valentine’s Day dinner dance, held in the Clarion’s beautiful ballroom. Thanks to Doc Berger and the “hostess with mostest,” Kay Windsor, for making this annual event for area seniors so special.

Music by Ed Holson, Charlie, almost live Bobby Burns and Denny for keeping folks on the dance floor, hopping and bopping.

On Sunday, the Polish-American Club held its annual Polbalski. What can I say? Everybody wolfed down the delicious food and headed for the dance floor to conga, zomba, jitterbug and polka and, of course, to work off tons of Polish pastries.

If you’re Polish and you know it, join the club. I’d settle for a post humorous (sic) membership.

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A St. Patrick’s Day theme only contributes to the fun. Players should dress in their finest leprechaun gear for an opportunity to win an award for the most festive outfit. Guests also will enjoy trivia and games.

Prizes will be awarded to the bowler with the highest score and individual with the highest amount fundraised.

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So, what is a peep show?

Businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to create their own display using marshmallow peeps.

Displays may represent a business or a product â&#x20AC;&#x201D; anything at all; however, each display may be no larger than 24 inches by 24 inches, and each must include marshmallow peeps.

Paint, glue, melt or staple peeps into cardboard boxes or other displays; just be sure the display contains mostly peeps.

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Attending the happy hour is free, but guests must RSVP by March 22, by calling 302-436-0808.

For more information, contact Kathy Jacobs at 302-436-0808 or jacobsk@brandycare.com.

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Out and about upholding the 30 days of celebrating tradition are birthday kids Jane Bartolomeo, Mike Carrozza, Georgia Wienicki, Carroll Wagner, Joan Haffer, Ed Colbert, Ruth Biller, Ron Rice, Vera Burlin, Steve Drocella, Julia Stricker and Theresa Smith.

Only one complaint about the music â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or lack of â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events. This old broad has been asked repeatedly if there is a ban on chicken dancing, on Delmarva. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorry guys, only during Lent.â&#x20AC;? So says the big guy, a day younger than I, George, cause he cannot tell a lie.

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I love the Delmarva Irish-American Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brief meetings Thanks to micless Dennis Roarty, everybody gets the message.

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Handbell ringers to perform in OC next weekend Concert on March 9 free to attend, open to public; additional ringers welcome LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

More than 600 handbell ringers will come together at the Ocean City convention center, March 8-9, during the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Area III annual spring festival.

cert, which is not open to the public, will feature guest conductor Carol Feather Martin from Arlington, Va. A concert at 4:30 p.m. that evening in the second floor ballroom of the 40th Street venue will include nearly 600 ringers playing en masse. All are welcome to attend the free performance, which will feature guest conductor Michael Helman from Cape Coral, Fla. The group will present five pieces.

“There will be four pieces that the entire 575 ringers will play en masse. One additional piece will be played by an auditioned group of four choirs, the Bronze Festival Choir,” Henning said.

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(March 1, 2013) More than 600 handbell ringers will gather at the Ocean City convention center next week, March 89, for the annual Handbell Musicians of America, Area III spring festival.

Event coordinator Debbie Henning said that, as of last Friday, 622 ringers had registered for the festival — 575 for the Massed Choir and 47 in the Genesis (beginner) ringing group.

Most ringers participate with their regular handbell choirs, though the festival is open to individual ringers, as well.

Registration is still open. The cost is $110 per ringer. The festivals are designed for full or partial handbell choirs and/or individual ringers from middleschool age and older.

Ringers will arrive Friday, March 8, and begin rehearing en masse that night.

Saturday morning and early afternoon will include massed ringing or educational classes.

The Genesis concert, featuring beginner-level ringers, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 9. The con-

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Someone is impressed by how you managed to get your case to the right people, despite attempts to keep you on the outside looking in. Expect to hear more about this.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Good for you — your gift for seeing both sides of a dispute helps cool down a potentially explosive workplace situation.

Some family-related tensions also begin to ease.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your determination to prove yourself is put to the test by midweek. Counting all the positive factors you have going for you will help you get over your self-doubt.

Good luck.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Several co-workers are still determined to resist coming over to your side. But don’t let that stop you from presenting your proposal to the people who count. Stay the course.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You might prefer to be taken on faith and not have to prove yourself. But the truth is, you need to offer more facts if you hope to persuade people to accept what you say.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A family situation takes an unwelcome turn. While others might be looking around for answers, you’ll soon sort it all out logically, and the matter will be resolved.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Someone might try to create doubt about your reliability for his or her own agenda. But your reputation and your colleagues’ long-standing faith in you save the day.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unexpected change of plans forces you to come up with an alternative by the end of the week.

Look for colleagues to offer valuable suggestions.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Nothing upsets the Goat as much as broken promises. But before you vent your anger, consider that this could ultimately prove to be a blessing in disguise.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An old workplace problem you thought you had solved for good resurfaces. But this time, co-workers will take a more active role in helping you deal with it.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Be careful not to be misled by a negative reaction to one of your more important projects. If you believe in it, then it has worth and is, therefore, worth staying with.

BORN THIS WEEK: Everyone appreciates your gift for finding beauty, even where it seems least likely to exist.

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She described the experience of hearing the ringers perform en masse as “awesome.” “[It’s] like nothing that you have heard before,” Henning said.

Handbell Musicians of America is a nonprofit organization established in 1954 to promote the art of English handbell ringing. The guild is divided into 12 geographical areas. Area III is comprised Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, and it also includes the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.

For information, visit www.areaiii.org, call Henning at 410-848-5482 or e-mail debbiehen@gmail.com.

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APPEARING LIVE 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL 9636 Stephen Decatur Highway West Ocean City 410-213-9204 March 1: Blake Haley, 6-10 p.m.

March 2: Scott Glorioso, 6-10 p.m.

GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 March 1: Philly George, 8 p.m. to midnight March 2: DJ Rob Cee, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

ADOLFO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 13th Street and the Boardwalk in the Beach Plaza Hotel 410-289-4001 March 1-2: Rhonda Apple and Dale Britt

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 March 1: Ladies Night w/DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

March 2: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

March 3: Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Billy T/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

March 7: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Randy Ashcraft BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 March 1: Chest Pains, 9 p.m.

March 2: No Byscuyts, 9 p.m.

March 6: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 5-8 p.m.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. 410-289-7192 www.captainstableoc.com Every Saturday: Phil Perdue on Piano COTTAGE CAFÉ Route 1, Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 Every Friday: DJ Bump, 5-8 p.m.

Every Tuesday: Pub Party Trivia w/DJ Bump, 6-9 p.m.

Dave Sherman HARPOON HANNA’S Route 54 and the bay Fenwick Island, Del. 800-227-0525 302-539-3095 March 1: Dave Hawkins, 7-11 p.m.

March 2: Dave Sherman, 7-11 p.m.

March 5: Team Trivia, 7 p.m.

March 7: Texas Holdem’ Poker Tournament, 7 p.m.

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DJ Rob Cee FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 March 1: DJ Rob Cee, 9 p.m.

March 2: Opposite Directions, 5 p.m.; DJ Groove, 9 p.m.; Jumper, 10 p.m.

March 3: Jazz Brunch w/Everett Spells, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 4: Bryan Clark, 5 p.m.

DJ Rupe HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 March 1: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; The Stims, 9 p.m.

March 2: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ Rupe, 9 p.m.

March 3: Bingo, 2 p.m.

HOOTERS Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 March 1: 2 Much Stuff, 7-11 p.m.

Tony Vega HOUSE OF WELSH 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 888-666-0728 302-541-0728 Every Friday: DJ Norm, 3-6 p.m.; Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Saturday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Sunday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Monday: DJ Norm, 6-9 p.m.

Every Wednesday: DJ Norm, 6-9 p.m.

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside 410-524-7499 March 1: Open Mic Night March 2: Randy Lee Ashcraft

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PHILLY GEORGE Galaxy 66: March 1, 8 p.m. to Midnight

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 March 1-2: , 9 p.m.

SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 March 1: The Vigilantes, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

March 2: Captain Jack, 5-9 p.m.; Ultrafuze, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

NEW CENSATION Ocean Club Nightclub: March 1-2, 9 p.m.

SMITTY MCGEE’S Route 54 West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 Every Tuesday: Let’s Do Trivia, 7 p.m.

Every Thursday: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 8 p.m.

Every Friday: Randy Lee Ashcraft and the Saltwater Cowboys, 8 p.m.

March 2: Lauren Glick

CHEST PAINS BJ’s on the Water: March 1, 9 p.m.

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Dead Freddies Island Grill employees are all smiles on Sunday as the 64th Street establishment is a finalist in the Restaurant Association of Maryland’s “Favorite Bar or Tavern” category. Voting ends March 8. To cast a vote, visit www.marylandrestaurants.com.

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Four-year-old Jonas Cole, and his brother, Luka, 1, bang on a drum at Zenna Wellness Studio, during Berlin’s February Second Friday Art Stroll. This month’s Art Stroll is scheduled for March 8. (Left) Welcoming guests to the West Ocean City Greene Turtle on Sunday to celebrate the Route 611’s 14th anniversary, from left, are Sara Sheaffer, Manager Chad Rogers, Kelly Rogers and Courtney Hevner.

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(Clockwise, from top) Shark on the Harbor owner/chef Travis Wright prepares a dish at his West Ocean City restaurant. Wright is a finalists in the Restaurant Association of Maryland’s “Chef of the Year” category. Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill managers and staff gather at the 54th Street restaurant on Sunday.

Macky’s is a finalists in the “Favorite Bar or Tavern” category. Captain’s Table Restaurant, located on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on 15th Street, between the Boardwalk and Baltimore Avenue, is one of five finalists in the “Favorite Restaurant” category. Joining owners Lauren Conner Taylor and her brother, Edmund Conner, right, on Sunday are, from left, Danielle Withee, Linda Lanier, Travis McKenna and Brad Taylor. Voting for the RAM awards ends March 8. To cast a vote, visit www.marylandrestaurants.com.

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■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.ocmdrestaurants. com / $$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet and tasty liquid desserts.

■ ADOLFO’S, 13th Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-4001 / www.ocadolfos.com / $$ / V-MC-AE / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Northern and southern Italian dishes, prepared fresh daily. Quiet, intimate atmosphere for couples, room for large families or choose to enjoy our outside seating with views of the ocean.

■ 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 410-289-7192 / 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.

■ DUFFY’S TAVERN, 130th Street, Montego Bay Shopping Center, Ocean City 410-250-1449 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Unique Irish tavern serving the best steaks, seafood and over-stuffed sandwiches. A local’s favorite with authentic Irish specialities, including shepard’s pie and corned beef and cabbage. Outdoor seating available. Open for lunch and dinner.

■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410524-5500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / 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

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■ FRESCO’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City 410-524-8202 / www.ocfrescos.com / $$$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / On the bay, serving seafood, steaks and pasta in an intimate atmosphere. Reservations highly recommended.

■ 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.

■ GIUSEPPE O’LEARY, Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City 410-213-2868 / www.submarinaoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Featuring homemade Italian cuisine in a cozy atmosphere. Open year-round. Happy hour food and drink specials Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m.

■ GREENE TURTLE NORTH, 116th Street, Ocean City 410-723-2120 / www.thegreeneturtle.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The Turtle, est. 1976, is an Ocean City tradition with a friendly staff, great food and something for everyone! Menu favorites are homemade crab cakes, kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more! Featuring weekday lunch specials and happy hour, 50 high-def flat screen TVs, game room, gift shop, carry out, party trays, nightly drink specials, Keno, MD lottery, DJs with dance floor. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., year-round.

■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-2131846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / VMC-AE-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 / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and allyou-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open yearround.

■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MCAE-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.

■ 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, three Ocean City locations: 123rd Street, Ocean City 410-250-7081, 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

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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, flat screen TVs and great service by the delightful Hooters girls. Live entertainment. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Find out why we say, “Hooters makes you happy!”

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-5243535 / www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45) / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Open tables / Children’s menu / Full bar / Proud to have Chef Shawn Reese creating beach-inspired dishes in both oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub. New all-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., features many favorites, as well as exciting new creations with a local flare.

Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open yearround and AUCE prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet available most weekends.

■ HOUSE OF WELSH, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 1-800-311-2707 / www.houseofwelsh.net / $, $$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Specializing in steaks and seafood. Open daily. Happy hour all day and night. Entertainment Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Casual attire.

■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7499 / www.johnnys56.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Pizza, subs, wings, salads, beer, live music, high definition TVs, surf, movies, BlueRay. ■ JR’S THE ORIGINAL PLACE FOR RIBS, 61st and 131st streets, Ocean City 410250-3100, 410-524-7427 / www.jrsribs.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / The place for ribs since 1981.

Family-friendly dining. Angus steaks, jumbo lump crab cakes, prime rib, seafood, chicken. Early bird.

■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3396 / www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Local fare, global flair. Fresh seafood year-round, fresh local produce.

■ OCEAN SIDE SUB SHOP, 205 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island 302-539-5388, 410-250-2695 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Serving pizza, subs, cheese steaks and munchies to locals and visitors for more than 30 years.

Open for lunch and dinner. Take-out available.

■ OSTERIA FRASCHETTI, 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.

■ PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE, 20th Street, Ocean City 410-289-6821 / www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AEDIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The original Phillips, serving the finest seafood since 1956. Complete with all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, a

la carte menu and carryout counter. Daily early bird specials and plenty of free parking.

■ PONZETTI’S PIZZA, 144th Street, Ocean City www.ponzettispizza.com / $ / MC / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Italian dinners, subs and homemade pizza. Happy hour Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. Sports bar, live music on weekends. Light fare served till 1 a.m. Carry out available.

■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN, Route 50, West Ocean City 443-664-2105 / $ / V-MC / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Family restaurant. Eat-in, carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days, year-round. Every Tuesday, two-piece chicken for 99 cents. Every Wednesday, free kids meal with purchase of combo.

■ REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Tableside flambé dining. Casually elegant, cuisine prepared tableside in the European tradition. Private dining rooms.

Eclectic chef’s specials accompanied by an award-winning wine list.

■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

■ SMITTY McGEE’S, 37234 Lighthouse Road, West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-4364716 / www.smittymcgees.com / $$ / VMC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / No children’s menu / Full bar / Casual. Big menu, including hot wings and drinks.

■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (across from Sea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $, $$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Seafood, kids’ menu, happy hour specials. Lunch and dinner daily. Breakfast buffet on weekends.

■ THE STERLING SEAFOOD GRILL & OYSTER BAR, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Fabulous raw bar serving the freshest raw oysters and clams, steamed shrimp, crab legs, mussels and oyster stew, made to order. “Fresh off the grill” items include rockfish, tuna, mahi mahi and salmon. Happy hour specials daily, 4-6 p.m.

■ WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609 / www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Old World saloon-type feel, Whisker’s is famous for its Certified Angus® burgers and delicious casual fare, as well as its entertaining atmosphere and photo lined walls of famous and infamous “whiskers.”

Enjoy flat screen TVs to watch your favorite sports. Open year-round, 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch and dinner daily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m. Nightly food specials.

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MARCH 1, 2013

LIFESTYLE 9B

Vitello tonnato over crisp watercress; just add toasty fireplace FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Unusual combo is classic Italian dish served cold DEBORAH LEE WALKER ■ Contributing Writer (March 1, 2013) The ability to make choices is a testament to the power of individualism. However, along with freedom, one must accept responsibility. But what happens if one does not use the best judgment in a specific situation?

How long do we have to pay for our past transgressions?

Society is prone to pointing fingers and does not always have the heart to look inward. This is not an injustice but it does signify a degree of bigotry; the private world of illusion can be a wistful distortion of reality.

The howling of the wind captures the attention of my frail mind and I am swept to the northern region of Piedmont. Imagination is alive as long as one skips down the path of make-believe. A glass (or two or three) of local Barolo will certainly help soothe the soul. For a brief moment, the trials and tribulations of the hustle and bustle vanish into thin air.

The aromas of vitello tonnato consume my very essence and I am lost in a fantasy of flavors. This luscious temptation

is tugging at my very being and I am succumbing to the thought of devouring the succulent veal topped with tuna sauce.

Don’t belittle the unusual combination of this Italian classic. The cold dish is usually served during the summer months, but the deceptively delectable meal can be enjoyed year-round.

During the 19th century, when vitello tonnato first began appearing in cookbooks, Piedmont was allied with coastal Liguria. The tuna trade, olive oil, lemons and capers — key ingredients for the Italian version of surf and turf — flourished in this particular region. At that time, tuna was treated as a condiment and was likely added to enhance the creaminess of various gastronomical feats.

The subject of “tuna” deserves a few minutes of discussion. Canned tuna is imperative for a rich, full-bodied tuna sauce, but regular or albacore will not suffice. Yellow fin tuna packed in olive oil is expensive but gives the sauce its richness and complexity. Most grocery stores carry this type of canned tuna.

Some chef’s prefer egg yolks to help emulsify the tuna sauce while others fancy the fat of the veal for velvety texture. Many recipes call for mayonnaise, but there are some Italian purists who

are offended by the thought of storebought mayonnaise. A homemade mayo sauce comprised of olive oil, egg yolks, Dijon and lemon juice is an alternative.

Cooking the veal is another subject of variation. Some sear the meat to seal in the juices and then simmer it in stock and wine. Poaching is another popular method, while others prefer roasting at a very low temperature. No matter what cooking style is preferred, tenderness is the ultimate goal.

Vitello tonnato served over a bed of crisp watercress, accompanied with hot, crusty buttered bread and a glass of red wine while one is nestled in front of a fireplace is simply divine. Salute!

cook for 30 minutes. Turn meat and cook for another 30 minutes or until the internal temperature registers 145 to 150 degrees. Transfer the veal to a platter and allow to cool. Strain the cooking broth and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Tonnato Sauce 1 can (7 ounces) yellow fin tuna packed in olive oil 4 anchovies, drained and patted dry 1 tablespoon capers, drained 4 cornichons, chopped 1 tablespoon Italian parsley, chopped 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1 cup mayonnaise 1 cup heavy cream 1. Combine all ingredients in a food processor, except for the mayonnaise and heavy cream, until a smooth texture is obtained.

2. Add mayonnaise, heavy cream, and thoroughly blend.

VITELLO TONNATO Veal 1 (2 to 2 1/2 pounds) veal roast 1 cup chicken stock 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup yellow onions, chopped 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup carrots, chopped 1/2 cup celery, chopped 1 teaspoon crushed rosemary 1 teaspoon dried thyme 3 bay leaves kosher salt, fresh ground pepper to taste 1. Combine all ingredients in a large Dutch oven. Add water as needed to cover the meat and bring to a boil.

2. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and

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10B LIFESTYLE

MARCH 1, 2013

The American Legion Post 166, on 24th Street in Ocean City, launched its first Junior Shooting Sports Program in January.

Participating in the inaugural eight-week course, from top, are Jeremy Novak, 11, J.C. Wood, 9, Logan Cymek, 9, and Alexis Abrams, 13.

Shooting program open to boys and girls, ages 9-18 for youth of all ages.

“I like that it’s very kid friendly and [the instructors] make it so we can understand it easier,” she said. “It’s something that catches a lot of kids’ attention.

Some kids don’t really think about it and then once they start trying it, they get the hang of it and it gets easier as you go.”

The eight-week course wrapped up Wednesday. A new beginners program is scheduled to start March 20.

Those interested in registering their children for the program or who want more information, should contact McClaflin at 410-430-2842 or e-mail him at lee@mcclaflin.com. Boys and girls ages 9-18 may participate. There is no cost to take part in the course.

The Junior Shooting Sports Program is a three-part activity that combines the Basic Marksmanship Course, Qualification Awards and Air Rifle Competition.

Students who graduate from the basic programs and want to continue to improve their skills, can enroll in air rifle qualification courses, provided by the National Rifle Association and the Civil-

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have attended classes on Wednesday nights at the American Legion on 24th Street in Ocean City.

Before the program started, all four had some experience, either shooting BB guns or .22s. During a class break on Feb. 6, the participants talked about how much they enjoy the course.

“I’m learning a whole lot about shooting and it catches my attention all the time,” said 11-year-old Jeremy Novak of Bishopville. “I’m having a lot of fun doing it.”

Added 9-year-old Logan Cymek of Ocean City, “I love the safety program and the shooting.”

“I really like this shooting program.

The new way of shooting that I have discovered just today, side shooting, being on the side and then shooting,” said J.C. Wood, 9, of Berlin. “At first I thought I was good at shooting on the table and now I found out that side shooting is my best way of doing it.”

Thirteen-year-old Alexis Abrams of Ocean Pines is the lone female in the class. She said the program is beneficial

ian Marksmanship Program.

These courses aid shooters in achieving established performance standards, which will assist them in competitions.

According to the Civilian Marksmanship Program Web site, www.odcmp. com, Three-Position Air Rifle Shooting is the most popular and fastest growing form of shooting sports competition for youth of high school age or younger.

The annual Three-Position Junior Air Rifle National Championship is a tournament that begins with postal matches.

During postal matches, competitors fire on their home ranges using targets, which have been marked for identification. The fired targets are then sent to NRA for scoring and ranking. State and regional champions are determined and advance to a qualification round (also a postal match).

The top performers will receive an all expense-paid trips to compete in the national championship, held each August at the USA Shooting range facilities at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

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Connections is a student volunteer organization at Decatur created by two students, Caroline Andes and Joe Chen, about 10 years ago to “’connect’ student volunteers to meet the needs of our community,” Chetelat said.

“We had a large number of students who wanted to volunteer, but did not know where to go or who to talk to. At the same time, community groups were actively looking for volunteers,” she said. “Our goal was, and continues to be, a mechanism to pull the needs of both the community and of our students together.”

The Connections Club is collecting the following items: new or used pillowcases, half-inch wide elastic (available at WalMart), extra wide double fold bias tape (available at WalMart) and thread. The group is also asking for donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste, soap, combs, shampoo and quart-size Ziploc bags.

Items can be dropped off at Stephen Decatur High School’s main office, located on Route 50 in Berlin, through March 20.

Entwistle and others continue to meet and sew dresses. The ladies will meet from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at St. Peters Lutheran Church on 103rd Street. New dressmakers are always welcome. Participants are asked to take a portable sewing machine, if possible, new or used pillowcases, half-inch wide elastic and extra wide double fold bias tape.

Members of the 30-person group also sew at home. Some seamstresses are members of Salem United Methodist Church in Pocomoke, Christ United Methodist Church in Salisbury and Tylerton United Methodist Church on Smith Island.

Dresses have also been made by Delmarvalous Quilters, Happy Time Quilters, Girls Scouts, 4H Club members and detainees at the Wicomico County Youth Detention Center.

Dressmakers meet for lunch every other month and they display completed outfits.

“Pretty soon we’ll hit our 1,000th dress mark. Very exciting,” Entwistle said.

In May, Melanie Perdue Metzger, a registered nurse who lives in Berlin, will travel to the Dominican Republic and take dresses and supplies with her. Entwistle said she hopes to send 300 dresses with Metzger.

Each month, Entwistle also mails 24 dresses to East Timor.

In January, 101 dresses were taken to Haiti.

For additional information, call the high school at 410-641-2171 or e-mail Chetelat at Connections_sdhs@hotmail.com.

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OUT&ABOUT MARCH 1, 2013

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 OCEAN CITY CENTER FOR ARTS GRAND OPENING — Ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m., 502 94th St. Following the ceremony, Art League of Ocean City will host its first reception of 2013 in the new building. Featuring guest artist Patrick Henry. The Galleria will feature works by member artists in all media. Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum will present a historical display in honor of the Art League’s 50th anniversary. Info: www.artleagueofoceancity.org or 410-524-9433.

FIRST FRIDAY JAZZ — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 7-9 p.m. An evening of films and videos of iconic jazz greats from 1950s to present, drawn from the personal library of presenter Jim Young. Info: 410-2084014.

SPAGHETTI DINNER — Stevenson UMC, 123 North Main St. in Berlin, 7 p.m. Spaghetti dinner with sausage, salad, bread and drink.

Eat in or carry-out. Cost is $7.95 for adults; $4.95 for children ages 5-12; and free for children 5 and younger. Info: 443-235-6761.

www.oceancitytoday.net Highway, Berlin. Breakfast and lunch. Great soups and baked goods. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 410-629-0926.

to new heights as we learn about the wonder of flying machines. For children 6 and over.

Info: 410-524-1818.

BASKET BINGO — Showell Elementary School, Route 589. Doors open 5 p.m., Games start at 6 p.m. Advances tickets cost $20, $25 at the door. Sponsored by Soroptimists of Berlin/Ocean City. Info: 410-5883.

ST. PATRICK’S INDOOR SOCCER TOURNEY Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City.

Estimated attendance of more than 150 teams over four weekends, Feb. 22-24 (U18), March 1-3 (U10 and U14), March 8-10, (U12 and U16), March 15-17 (adult). Registration: www.oceancitymd.gov. Info: 410-250-0125.

INDOOR MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE FUNDRAISER — Ocean City Volunteer Fire Station 5, 10124 Keyser Point Road, West Ocean City. Donate gently used items to Ladies Auxillary OCVFC or rent a table for $10.

50/50 raffle, baked goods, refreshments, auxiliary cookbooks. Info: 443-359-2014.

BIS ARTFEST — Berlin Intermediate School, 309 Franklin Ave., Berlin, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Featuring 17 art stations for making mobiles, jewelry, mosaics and sculptures. Wear artfriendly clothing. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $5 per child. Info: 410-632-5320.

LAP TIME — Berlin library, 220 N. Main St. Children will be introduced to songs, games, finger plays and movement activities. Parents and caregivers will learn fun ways to interact with children. 10:30 a.m. Info: 410-641-0650.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CHICKEN BUFFET Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Willards, 35639 Mount Hermon Road, Pittsville, 11 a.m. Menu includes chicken, vegetables, beverages and desserts. Cost is $11 for adults, $5 children, and free to kids ages 6 and younger. Bake table and carryouts. Info: 443-614-9898.

ST. PATRICK’S INDOOR SOCCER TOURNEY Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City.

Estimated attendance of more than 150 teams over four weekends, Feb. 22-24 (U18), March 1-3 (U10 and U14), March 8-10, (U12 and U16), March 15-17 (adult). Registration: www.oceancitymd.gov. Info: 410-250-0125.

PAUL MERLEIN DRAWS BIG FACES — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road. “The Magic Marker Wizard” combines art, comedy, and audience participation as he draws famous faces from the world of Dr. Seuss. For all ages.

Kick off “Read Across Maryland Month” with us! Info: 410-208-4014.

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: 410524-7994.

UP, UP AND AWAY — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway. Come soar with 4-H

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 OCEAN CITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPEN HOUSE — 502 94th St., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Guests may view a pottery demonstration and participate in hands-on art project as they tour the new building. Sign up for spring classes and visit artist studios. Info: www.artleagueofoceancity.org. or 410-524-9433.

WRITE IT! CREATIVE WRITING FORUM Berlin library, 220 N. Main St., 10 a.m. Novice and established writers gather to share their fiction, nonfiction and creative writing projects.

Program includes critiques and appreciation as well as market leads and writing exercises.

Participants will be invited to share their works, learn how to be published and share their experiences with fellow writers. 410-641-0650 INDOOR FLEA MARKET — Bethany United Methodist Church, 8648 Stephen Decatur

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.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 RELAY FOR LIFE — Old Pro Golf, 68th Street, Ocean City. Cost is $10 per person, includes drink and snack. Silent Auction, 50/50 raffles, bake sale, many vendors, “31” Jewelry, local artists, party geared for all. Info: 443-880-7180.

ST. PATRICK’S INDOOR SOCCER TOURNEY Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City.

Estimated attendance of more than 150 teams over four weekends, Feb. 22-24 (U18), March 1-3 (U10 and U14), March 8-10, (U12 and U16), March 15-17 (adult). Registration: www.oceancitymd.gov. Info: 410-250-0125.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 CONSISTENCY FOR CREATIVITY — Ocean City Center for the Arts, 502 94th St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art instructor Kirk McBride will demonstrate oil painting and help students develop a process that will work for you. Cost is $200 for members, $240 for non-mem-

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bers. To register: 410-524-9433 or online: www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

T.O.P.S. OF BERLIN — Atlantic General Hospital, 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin, Conference Room 1. 5-6:30 p.m. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle.

They meet weekly. Info: 410-251-2083.

AGH DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP — St Paul's United Methodist Church, 405 Flower St., Berlin. 6-7 p.m. Speaker will be Dr. Lucy Van Voorhees of Peninsula Cardiology. Topic will be “Heart Disease and Diabetes.” Support group meets first Monday of every month. All are welcome. Sponsored by Atlantic General Hospital. Info: 410-629-6877 or 410-6419703.

WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY SEMINAR — Atlantic Bariatric Center, Berlin Main Place Complex, Berlin. 5-6 p.m. Receive information about lap band and gastric sleeve weight loss procedures. To register: 410-641-3960.

AGH HYPERTENSION CLINIC — Apple Drug, 314 Franklin Ave., Berlin, 10 a.m. to noon.

Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: 410-641-9268.

AGH HYPERTENSION CLINIC — Walgreen’s, 11307 Manklin Creek Road, Ocean Pines, 1-3 p.m. Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: 410-641-9268.

CPAP MASK FITTING — Atlantic General Hospital, 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin. Atlantic General Hospital’s Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center hosts a monthly mask fitting clinic for patients who are having trouble adjusting to their CPAP equipment. Free service, but requires patient to call ahead for appointment.

Contact: 410-641-9726.

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OUT&ABOUT Continued from Page 11B AARP MEETING — AARP Chapter 4507, Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Social time starts 9:30 a.m., meeting starts at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Wendy Meyers from the Cricket Advocacy of Worcester County. Take canned goods for Diakonia.

Info: 443-831-1791.

DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Sweet Adeline Chorus, 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 and singing in a barbershop format are 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.

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GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 p.m. Great Books focuses on works that shape our culture and provide a deeper appreciation for what it means to be human. Info: Don Winslow, 410-208-6613.

LANDMARK CASES OF THE SUPREME COURT — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 1 p.m. In this six-week course, participants will develop a better understanding of the operation of the Federal Judiciary and the impact of the Supreme Court’s most important judicial decisions on American history.

Register: 410-524-1818.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 CONSISTENCY FOR CREATIVITY — Ocean City Center for the Arts, 502 94th St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art instructor Kirk McBride will demonstrate oil painting and help students develop a process that will work for

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you. Cost is $200 for members, $240 for non-members. To register: 410-524-9433 or online: www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

YOGA — James G. Barret Medical Office Building, Rotunda, Berlin. 5:30-6:46 p.m.

All levels welcome. Cost: $72 for 8 sessions or $10 drop-in fee for first time. Info: 410641-9734 or grhoads@atlanticgeneral.org.

STORY TIME — Berlin library, 220 N. Main St. Stories, rhymes, finger plays, music and crafts. For 2- to 5-year-old children. Info: 410-641-0650.

PLAY TIME — Pocomoke library, 301 Market St., 10:30 a.m. Parents and children explore educational toys together in an interactive, free play program. Great place to make new friends and learn new skills.

410-957-0878.

REFLEXOLOGY 101 — Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 2 p.m. Reflexology is a sci-

ence that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet and hands which correspond to all glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumb and fingers to apply acupuncture on these points to break up energy blockages and bring comfort and relaxation to the human spirit. Class taught by Karen Relay, certified and licensed in Maryland and Delaware.

Info: 410-632-3495.

SALSA DANCE FEVER — Pocomoke library, 301 Market St., 6:30 p.m. Dance instructor Mary McCormick teaches us the art of Salsa dancing. Come alone or bring a partner. This course takes place every other Tuesday. 410957-0878.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 CONSISTENCY FOR CREATIVITY — Ocean City Center for the Arts, 502 94th St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art instructor Kirk McBride will demon-

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OUT&ABOUT strate oil painting and help students develop a process that will work for you. Cost is $200 for members, $240 for non-members. To register: 410-524-9433 or online: www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

E-READER TECH ZOO — Berlin library, 220 N. Main St., 2 pm. Kindle Connections - Learn how to download ebooks from your library to your Kindle, 3 p.m. Nook Know-How - Learn how to download ebooks from your public library to your Nook, 4 p.m. iPad Info - Lean how to download ebooks from your public library to your iPad. Info: 410-641-0650 CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS SERIES: COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS STUDIES Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1 p.m. Dr. James Hatley leads the discussion of religious diversity, and traditions of Indigenous, Jewish, Christina, Buddhist, Shinto and Taoist religions. This program is sponsored in part by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Info: 410-208-4014 OCEAN PINES BOOK OF THE MONTH Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1 p.m. Kelley Rouse will lead the discussion of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Info: 410-208-4014 FOREIGN POLICY KEY ISSUES: DISCUSSION GROUP — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m. to noon. Reading and discussion of major foreign policy issues which meets bimonthly until May. Moderated by Jim Young.

Study guide provided. Register: 410-208-4014.

STORY TIME — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway. Stories, rhymes, finger plays, music and crafts. For 2- to 5-year-old children.

Info: 410-524-1818.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS, INTERNET — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 8 a.m. Four-part class provides a foundation to be able to use computers and Internet. First two weeks will include introduction to Microsoft Word and accessing Internet. Second two weeks includes further work on Microsoft Word.

E-mail accounts, online purchasing and banking covered. Advance registration required.

Classes fill up quickly, register: 410-208-4014.

GRACE PARKER ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST — First Presbyterian Church, 13th Street

in Ocean City. Eggs any style, pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, bacon, Milton sausage, country ham, homemade biscuits, hash brown potatoes, grits, coffee, tea. Cost is $8; $6 carry-out. Milk, sodas, orange juice available.

Info: 410-289-9340.

AGH HYPERTENSION CLINIC — Rite Aid, 11011 Manklin Creek Road, Berlin, 1-3 p.m.

Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: 410-641-9268.

AGH DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road. 7-8 p.m.

Speaker will be Dr. Todd Bescak of Chesapeake Eye Center. Topic will be “Eye Care” Support group meets first Wednesday of every month. All are welcome. Sponsored by Atlantic General Hospital. Info: 443-814-5450, 410641-9703 or elurz52@mchsi.com.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP — Selbyville Library, 11 S. Main St, Selbyville, Del., 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “Living Well” is a six-week workshop that teaches participants hot to live a quality life with chronic disease. Including diabetes, depression, asthma, brontitis, pain, heart disease or any conditions that hinder you from living the life you desire. Held Thursdays, March 6-April 10. Register: 410-629-6820 PLAY TIME — Pocomoke library, 301 Market St. Parents and infants to 5-year-old children explore educational toys together in an interactive. free play program. Great place to make new friends and learn new skills. Info: 410-957-0878.

STORY TIME — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway. Stories, rhymes, finger plays, music and crafts. For 2- to 5-year-old children.

Info: 410-524-1818.

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TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Wednesdays, 4:45-6 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302-436-3682.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 STORY TIME — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road. Stories, rhymes, finger plays, music and crafts. For 2- to 5-year-old children.

Info: 410-208-4014.

BARISTA AND BOOKS — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m. Stories, crafts, cocoa and pastries for infants to 5-yearolds. Freshly brewed coffee for parents provided by Starbucks. Info: 410-208-4014.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS — Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 10:30 a.m. Creative science, art and music activities for 3- to 5year-old children. Dress for a mess. For reservations: 410-632-3495.

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, 302-4369577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or Dianne, 302541-4642.

BINGO — American Legion Post 166, 2308 Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, every Thurs-

day, 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.

ONGOING EVENTS SOUP FUNDRAISER — Ocean City Airport, 12724 Airport Road, Berlin, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., now through March 31. Soup and cake. Donation of $5 benefits the Ocean City Aviation Association’s Huey Memorial Fund. Info: Airport Operations, 410-213-2471; Coleman Bunting, 410-726-7207; or Tom Oneto, 410-6416888.

COMPUTER AND E-READER INSTRUCTION Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway.

Staff offers individual computer or E-Reader instruction by appointment: 410-524-1818.

HORSEBACK RIDING ON THE BEACH Ocean City now offers horseback riding on the beach from 27th Street extending south to the Inlet jetty between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., Nov. 1 through March 30. Cost is $20 for a single-day permit and $50 for a seasonal permit. Permit applications: City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 301 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City or online at www.oceancitymd.gov.

HORSE AND CARRIAGE RIDES IN OC Horse and carriage rides offered 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, through April 14. (depending on weather and ridership). Begin at inlet lot near Thrasher’s. Cost is $10 per person for adults, free to children 3 and younger. Info: 410-289-1413 or 443-783-1409.

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 138th Street across from Fenwick Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30 p.m. A $1,000 jackpot available, food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. No one under 18 years allowed in the hall during bingo. Info: 410-250-2645.

DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets every Wednesday at Skyline Bar & Grille at The Fenwick Inn, 138th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing until 9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and

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Star of Statler Brothers show slated to perform in West OC

Country-western star Rex Allen Jr.

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(March 1, 2013) Country-western star Rex Allen Jr. has announced he will appear in West Ocean City for one show only next month as part of his ongoing national tour.

Allen was the star of “Yesteryear” and “The Statler Brothers Show” on The Nashville Network (TNN) for more than eight years. During his ongoing recording career, he has had more than 50 hits, including “It’s Over,” “Lonely Street” and “Two Less Lonely People.”

Critics call him truly a “living legacy” of country and western music.

During a recent interview, Allen said, “Just when you think you’ve done everything, you get invited to take countrywestern music to China. It will always be

a feather in my cowboy hat to be the first performer ever allowed to sing on the Great Wall of China.”

In 2011, the state of Arizona declared Allen’s song, “I Love You, Arizona,” the official song of the Arizona centennial.

Allen will perform at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at The OC Jamboree in West Ocean City. Advanced reservations are strongly encouraged for this performance.

Tickets are on sale now and may be obtained by calling The OC Jamboree box office at 410-213-7581 or by going online at www.ocjam.com. All seating is reserved, theater style and strictly limited on a first-come basis. Tickets cost $35.

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