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By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) A 76-year-old man from New York was pronounced dead at Atlantic General Hospital after being struck by a large wave in kneedeep water on Sunday.

Knocked over on 21st Street at 5:05 p.m., the victim, who was not identified by Ocean City authorities, did not resurface and was located by Ocean City Beach Patrol personnel in the 16th Street area. Emergency responders administrated CPR and transported him to the hospital.

“Despite the best efforts by our first responders, this was a terrible tragedy for this family and our thoughts and prayers are with them during this very difficult time,” said Jessica Waters, communications manager for the town of Ocean City.

Strong winds led to turbulent waves over the weekend, requiring surf rescue technicians from the Ocean City Beach Patrol to restrict swimmers from going more than knee-deep in the water.

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By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 29, 2019) Thousands of Worcester County students have not much more than a weekend of summer vacation left, as Tuesday marks beginning of the school year for the county’s

educational institutions.

Approximately 6,800 students will be taking classes in Worcester County Public Schools this year, necessitating a system with nearly 1,200 employees, 58 percent of whom are teachers according to a 2019 annual report. School

officials said there are 673 educators, including 52 newly hired teachers.

Public school students are expected to finish the school year on June 16, with June 17-23 identified as make-up days in the event of inclement weather.

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By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Concerns expressed by Ocean City environmentalists last Thursday about a

balloon-themed movie promotion got quick traction with Flagship Premium Cinemas, with the company announcing that same day that plans for an alternative publicity campaign were underway for its chain of theaters.

Ocean City Surf Club environmental chairwoman Effie Willson said she first became aware of the

promotion for the soon-to-be-released horror flick, “It 2,” early Thursday morning from an area television newscast.

“They were promoting the movie and they were talking about the balloons [and how] people could find them and bring them in,” she said. “That’s how it started for me.”

Putting aside her morning java, Willson swiftly sought to sound the alarm bell on social media with her own Facebook post along with commenting on the Flagship Cinemas Ocean City page.

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September brings large surf and reduction in patrol staff Continued from Page 1 “August and September are traditionally our large surf months, producing larger waves, rip currents and shore breaks,” Kristin Joson, Ocean City Beach Patrol public education coordinator, said. “To complicate matters, this is also the time of year that Ocean City experiences an increase in the volume and size of waves due to tropical activity in the Atlantic.”

Just last weekend alone saw 40 rescues, according to Lt. Ward Kovacs. Of those rescues, 34 took place on Saturday and six on Sunday.

With the height of hurricane season approaching, the Beach Patrol is encouraging beachgoers to listen to its daily lectures and advisories on surf conditions.

In the meantime, the Beach Patrol is undergoing its post-season transitions, as many lifeguards return to school as college students or teachers.

“This is the time of the year when our surf rescue technician numbers start shrinking, but thanks to Gov. Hogan’s decision to have Maryland Public Schools start students after Labor Day, we have been able to retain our teachers for an additional one or two weeks longer,” Joson said.

“Unfortunately, due to action this past year by the legislature, this is probably the last season we will have our most experienced staff this late into August.”

At the beginning of the summer, the Beach Patrol had 91 stands across Ocean City’s 10 miles of beach, but now those numbers have dwindled to 28, according to Capt. Butch Arbin.

“The kids come back two weeks

before Labor Day and the teachers a week before that,” Arbin said. “Potentially, we're going to lose some of our educators three weeks before Labor Day next year. This year it's only one week, but that, combined with college start date, it just decimates [our numbers]. Normally in the summer between all of our staff, we might have 160 available to work on the beach.

As of Monday, we're going to have 36 people available to work on the beach compared to 160.”

These 36 people will be split between 28 stands with a much larger distance between stations. During the summer, the distance between stands is estimated to be about 190 yards.

After Labor Day, the distance increases to almost a half-mile apart.

To make up for the shortage of surf rescue technicians, area supervisors will travel throughout the beach on four-wheelers to back up the guards in the event of an emergency.

Arbin asked the public to make the guards’ jobs easier by always swimming in their line of sight.

“We still maintain 10 miles of beach, seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,” Arbin said. “But we really need the public's help by making sure they are going to swim in front of a guard.”

Arbin also asked that people not try to assist in rescues, because often, they end up needing to be rescued themselves and the guards will already be occupied with the first rescue.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol will remain on the beaches until after Sunfest, which ends this year on Sept.

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Council debates beer fest subsidy

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Despite general enthusiasm for a February beer event, trouble brewed among City Council members Tuesday, as they found themselves in a debate of funding principles.

Presented to the council was the Tourism Advisory Board’s (TAB) decision to support the Spartan obstacle course competition with $80,000 and the Shore Craft Beer’s FeBREWary: Love on Tap event with $12,300, on Aug. 19.

The council members were all on board for funding the new Spartan event, which is scheduled for Oct. 5, but Councilman John Gehrig found issue with funding the already-established craft beer festival.

Ann Hillyer, the event organizer, said the event had been a huge success over the years, and had outgrown its previous location, Seacrets Jamaica USA on 49th Street.

Now, the event will be held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway.

Hillyer said she believed that the event would draw a crowd of at least 1,600 people — almost double the size of last year’s crowd of 850.

In addition, Hillyer said she had invited craft-beer bloggers to promote Ocean City’s craft beer community.

“I’ve been trying to make this area a top craft beer destination since 2014,” she said. “The only people that can do that are beer bloggers,” she said.

Hillyer requested $12,300 from the Tourism Advisory Board, which would go toward the convention center rent, the fee for the in-house food provider, Centerplate, complimentary tickets for the bloggers and incidental costs such as decorations and advertising.

“When I was on TAB, we funded new events,” Gehrig said. “I just don’t want to open up a policy where every

event in town is coming back asking for funds.”

TAB Chairman Steve Pastusak explained that the board had viewed the event differently because of its switch from a private sector location, Seacrets, to the convention center, which has a relationship with the city.

He also told the council that the event was scheduled on a leap year, which meant less competition and a higher chance for beer bloggers to attend.

Because the event is expected to grow exponentially, the board felt the return on the investment would be much greater than the amount requested—especially during a month when Ocean City sees little revenue.

“I get it, that all makes sense, I completely support that,” Gehrig said. But while he backed the concept, he still had issues funding the event, specifically in regards to decorations, which he considered an optional expense.

“You don’t have to decorate Seacrets, that comes pre-done,” Hillyer said in response to Gehrig. “We have to make it cool, it can’t [look like] a convention center.”

Gehrig returned to his earlier argument that the issue was a matter of principle.

“We’ve had a precedent of how we fund events, and funding existing events has typically been a dealbreaker,” Gehrig said. “Setting the precedent that any existing event can spark a new area of growth … I think the messaging is tough there.”

Gehrig suggested cutting the amount to $9,600, which would cover the costs of the rental fee and ticket fee, but not the decorations or advertisements.

“I’m looking at a $12,000 investment in February, to bring 2,000 people here,” Councilman Dennis Dare said. “It’s an economic boom at a time

that the businesses that are open need it.”

He also mentioned Kite Fest as an example of an event that the council repeatedly helped until it was able to grow independently.

“Just remember, I stood there [podium] … and we had a debate over Bike Fest, and this is a complete 180,” Gehrig said to Dare. “Everything you said is accurate, but I’m just trying operate within the boundaries that we set … and what you yourself said to me when I stood there.”

Observed Councilman Tony DeLuca, “This is different. We are examining each event on its own.”

Councilman Mark Paddack added that the council should not micromanage TAB and its decisions. He also said that if there was a policy issue, that would be TAB’s problem, not the council’s.

“I think this is a Pandora’s box…I think this may have consequences,” Gehrig said.

Despite Gehrig’s concerns, the council voted 6 to 1 in favor to give $12,300 to the FeBREWary event, with Gehrig voting in opposition.

Another debate spilled over soon after, when City Clerk Diana Chavis presented the council with its 2020 meeting calendar, on which some MonSee COUNCIL Page 6

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Council meeting calendar sticks to schedule Continued from Page 5 day council meetings are moved to Tuesday because of a holiday or a special event.

“I think we meet … too much, so I make a motion to make any Monday night meeting that is cancelled, that we do not have a (makeup) meeting on Tuesday,” Gehrig said.

Chavis told Gehrig that it was easier to have the meeting on the schedule and to cancel it later, than it was to not have the meeting on the schedule and

then add one if the need arises.

Gehrig countered that the council had just cancelled a meeting for the White Marlin Open, so his request should not have posed an issue.

Chavis clarified that the Monday meeting had not been on the schedule at all because of previous requests from council members, and that it had not been cancelled.

“It’s just easier to alert the public that we’ve cancelled a meeting,” Chavis said.

While several council members agreed with Gehrig that the council met too frequently, they were conflicted about cancelling the meetings then and there.

Councilman Dare, however, was the most vocal about keeping the meetings on the calendar.

Dare said while the council members were complaining about meeting too often, the city staff was working 40hour weeks. He also said that cancelling the meetings in advance would be inefficient and work would be pushed off rather than addressed immediately.

Chavis reminded the council that Monday night meetings are when legislation and ordinances can be passed, and that they held more importance than other sessions.

“We don’t need more ordinances, we have a whole codebook,” Gehrig argued, contending that city government should be less involved.

Dare responded by pointing out that Monday meetings were also public meetings, and that by reducing them, the public would have less opportunity to address the council.

“What we’ve done has worked well,” he said. “I remember the days of us being here until … midnight. We are quite a bit more efficient at what we are doing.”

Gehrig made a motion to remove three meetings from the calendar, which failed to pass.

The council then voted to approve the schedule as presented by the city clerk 6 to 1, with Gehrig opposed.

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Continued from Page 1 Several changes were made at the system’s administrative level as of July 1. At the central office, Denise Shorts assumed the role of assistant superintendent and chief academic officer following Dr. John Quinn’s resignation, according to a statement from Worcester County Public Schools. Nicole Selby became the coordinator of student, family, and community connections.

At the school level, former Buckingham Elementary School Principal Dr. Karen Marx transitioned into a new role as principal of Snow Hill Elementary School. Former Snow Hill Middle School Principal Dr. Christina Welch will take her place as the leader of Buckingham Elementary School. Former Snow Hill Elementary School Principal Dr. Mary Anne Cooper started as principal of Snow Hill Middle School.

“These changes are another step in the right direction for Worcester County,” Superintendent Lou Taylor said in May. “We have such a talented group of educational leaders here. I am confident that each of these promotions and transfers will lead to greater educational opportunities for our students.”

For more information about Worcester County Public Schools, call 410-632-5000, or visit the school district’s website at worcesterk12.org.

Private school students also will be back in classes on Tuesday. Diane Brown, marketing and public relations associate for Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, said 475 students are enrolled this year. The school employs

54 teachers, and 11 educators are new hires.

Brown said a couple of changes were made to Worcester Preparatory School’s administration. Dr. Sara Timmons was appointed as the new head of the lower school and Mike Grosso was named acting head of school, while officials are searching for a permanent replacement.

There are 173 school days during Worcester Prep’s school year, according to Delaware and Maryland law for Independent Schools. The year will end on June 5 for the lower school, and the middle and upper schools will finish on June 9.

For more information about the educational institution, call 410-641-3575 or visit the website, worcesterprep.org.

Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, a private institution at 11242 Racetrack Road in Ocean Pines, has about 210 students in attendance, according to Amanda Evans, Most Blessed Sacrament’s director of admissions and advancement. There are 20 teachers at the school and three new teachers were hired for the upcoming school year.

Evans said no administrative changes were made ahead of the 201920 school year.

Students in prekindergarten-three through eighth grades are expected to finish on June 12 as part of a 180-day school year.

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By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) “Fostering relationships” was the message delivered repeatedly Tuesday morning at the Worcester County school system’s #WeAreWorcester Opening Kick-Off event.

“We’ve got to make a difference,” Superintendent Lou Taylor told the audience of school system employees at the annual pep rally at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean

City.

Nearly every seat was full in the Performing Arts Center, with most of the crowd wearing matching “We are Worcester” T-shirts.

William Gordy, president of the Worcester County Board of Education, wished employees luck ahead of their first day of school on Tuesday.

“Please know that we are all behind you in your efforts as you prepare for school,” Gordy said.

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sioners, Sheriff Matt Crisafulli and other elected officials were in attendance as well.

Worcester County Public Schools employees jumped to their feet with thunderous applause as Taylor ran from the auditorium’s second floor to the stage to TI’s “Bring ‘em out.”

Taylor addressed the crowd with a new message for the 2019-20 school year: the idea of unlimited possibilities.

“The real reason we’re here is for the See TEACHERS Page 10

Company’s quick response praised Continued from Page 1 my friends,” she said. “The Adopt Your Beach [Facebook page] and local groups, like Locals Only and OC Then and Now.” Others joined the fray in short order as a consensus built that the promotion was tone-deaf environmentally, since airborne balloons frequently end up in the water, where they can kill the marine creatures that mistake them for food.

Sea turtles, for instance, are known to be victims of free-floating balloons, as they can mistake them for one of their main courses, jellyfish.

Ocean City Councilman Tony DeLuca, practically in lockstep with Willson, also hopped on his social media soapbox to voice concern last Thursday.

DeLuca said within an hour Flagship Premium Cinemas dropped the concept after fielding a fast-arriving onslaught of negative reaction.

“They listened very loud,” Deluca quipped.

Sandi Smith, development and marketing coordinator for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, was also in

line with the array of area environmental leaders raising a red flag over red balloons.

“Effie [Willson] was right on top of it, so I can’t take any credit,” she said.

“High five and accolades to our local theater as well as the national theater chain … they had a chain reaction.”

Willson said after hearing the worries generated by the promotion, representatives at Flagship Cinemas in West Ocean City directed the matter up the chain of command.

“The person from the theater [in West Ocean City] that responded on Facebook noted it was not an Ocean City specific promotion, it was a national promotion,” she said.

Once the outreach reached executives at Flagship Premium Cinemas, the balloon-based promotion was instantly dropped at its 18 locations in seven states.

“Flagship came back and said our national company has reviewed this too and has decided we are not going to go with this nationally. We’re going to pull it and change the promotion,” she said.

Smith noted the seed concept was

likely not germinated by Flagship Premium Cinemas.

“You’ve got to understand it wasn’t the theater that came up with the promotion, it was some promotional marketing person that made a big mistake,” she said. “As soon as people pointed out that’s really a bad idea, like Tony [DeLuca] said, within an hour … they pulled it.”

Willson said among the groups joining last week’s impromptu earthfriendly movement were numerous Adopt Your Beach program members and Chambers of Commerce in Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Berlin.

“We all reached out with concerns and Flagship responded to everybody,” she said. “Thanks for sharing your concerns and making them aware.”

The lightning-fast response from Flagship Premium Cinemas was commendable, Willson said.

“All you hear about [are] negative things and people being polarized in today’s society,” she said. “I think it’s awesome that everybody came together to do something positive and have a national company respond to a grassroots effort.”

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Continued from Page 8 6,700 kids … that will enter our schools on Tuesday,” Taylor said. “Last year, as you remember, I talked about making it magical. We talked about making it magical all year. This year I’m going to talk about skies being the limit.”

Taylor reinforced this idea with an anecdote from his days as a principal of Stephen Decatur High School. He was a mentor to a child named Jason, who was often acting out in school. Despite Jason’s difficult home life and other obstacles, Taylor said, he was able to work with him over the years and develop a trusting relationship.

“But we’ve got Jasons everywhere in our schools,” Taylor said. “And we’ve got intelligent, smart gifted people sitting in this audience who can make that difference.”

Taylor emphasized the need to break down barriers when working with children.

“It’s important to build relationships,” Taylor said.

The event’s keynote speaker was Patrick Briggs, northeast states director of the nonprofit organization AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination).

“I am standing here before you today as an anomaly, because great teachers like you closed my opportunity and expectation gap,” Briggs said.

Briggs, who grew up in the inner city of Houston, slammed the idea of an “achievement gap” that is frequently talked about in the education world.

The National Education Association defines achievement gap as “the differences between the test scores of minority and/or low-income students and the test scores of their white and Asian peers.”

Briggs said he somehow beat the odds.

“I can give you 50 reasons why I should be dead or in prison,” Briggs said. “I’m a statistical anomaly.”

Briggs went on to talk about how the achievement gap is caused by opportunity and expectation gaps.

Briggs further demonstrated this

point by holding two $1 bills. One was flat, while another was crumpled.

However, he asserted their values were still identical.

“So you’re telling me they have the same value, same worth and can achieve the same purpose?” Briggs asked.

That same analogy could also apply to two different types of students, according to Briggs. An honor student could succeed, while another child who repeatedly was sent to an in-school suspension might fail after leaving school.

“Kids have a strange way of living up to your expectations,” Briggs said.

Briggs said he was grateful to the educators who work to foster bonds with children to put them in the best possible position to succeed.

“I am standing before you today so grateful for people like you because you understood equity work,” Briggs said.

Following Briggs’ presentation, Fred Hertrich IV, president of Hertrich Family of Automobile Dealerships, expressed his appreciation to the hundreds of Worcester County educators during the event.

“We invest in you because you invested in us,” Hertrich said. “We want to recognize your hard work and sacrifice, and we know a strong education system means a strong community.

What you do is really important.”

Hertrich then presented the keys to a 2019 Ford Escape to Teacher of the Year Gina Russell.

“You’re an inspiring educator,” Hertrich said. “You’re a marigold for your students, your family your fellow team members and your community.”

Worcester County employees received recognition from Taylor as they continue preparing for the first day of school, this Tuesday, Sept. 3.

“You are an absolutely fantastic group of professionals in this room,” Taylor said. “I thank you again for what you do.”

For more information about Worcester County Public Schools, visit worcesterk12.org.

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Taylor talks improvements, safety ahead of school year

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Safety, technology and student success are three priorities on Superintendent Lou Taylor’s list as about 6,800 students prepare to head back to school on Tuesday.

Worcester County Public Schools administrators, law enforcement officers and officials completed threat assessment training last month per state requirements imposed because the school shootings over the past two decades.

“We live in a country now where safety has to be looked at from every aspect, no matter what your profession is, and when it comes to kids, that’s paramount,” Taylor said. “… That has to be a priority to make sure that they are safe.”

There is one school deputy posted at each of the county’s 14 schools, and Taylor safety is part of the district’s strategic plan.

“We prepare all we want, but sometimes it’s difficult to stop what I call ‘crazy,’ but we pray and hope every day that that doesn’t happen here in Worcester County,” he said.

“I’ve often said that our students and our employees have a right to come in every single day and feel safe, and return at night to their families, and we do a lot of work,” Taylor said.

Teachers, obviously, are what makes the educational wheel go ‘round, and Taylor said he appreciates their efforts and dedication.

“Teachers are the number one group of people that make our kids successful,” Taylor said. “They are on the front lines each and every day.”

He would know. He’s been an employee of the local school system employee for 36 years, the last four as its superintendent. He’s also a 1978 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School.

“Teaching is no longer a 10-month profession,” he said. “It is a profession that requires you to obviously teach the kids for 10 months, but also hone their skills for the other part of the year, and our teachers overall do a fantastic job of that.”

Additionally, Taylor said he and his staff provide assistance to the teachers in any way they can.

“We just get behind them, try to clear

the deck for them, try to provide resources for them to make sure they have the skill[s] or the tools they need to give our kids the best chance to be successful,” Taylor Lou Taylor said.

Taylor, of Bishopville, said he got into teaching because he loved “working with kids.” He also coached football, basketball and baseball when he started as a teacher at Stephen Decatur High School.

When it comes to student success, Taylor emphasized the important role new technology plays in the classroom during this age of information. However, he acknowledged that technology is just one part of the equation.

“Technology is a tool to assist teachers in the learning process, and that’s very important for people to know,” Taylor said. “We talk a lot about technology …

We spend a lot of time, money and energy on it, but it’s a tool.”

In addition to continuing with the construction of Showell Elementary School, which is expected to open next year, Taylor said the final touches are being wrapped up at the existing buildings.

“We want to make sure that they [the students] come to an environment ... that’s conducive for learning. That’s where our facilities come into play,” Taylor said. “We’re very fortunate in Worcester County to have top quality facilities as well, and that means a lot.”

The county’s public school system was recently ranked third best in the state by Niche.com, an education and workplace assessment website.

Still, Taylor said he’s always trying to stay ahead of the curve.

“We’re also looking at the way we do things, [and it’s] a constant vision for me,” Taylor said. “Are we being effective? Are we being efficient as a school system?”

Taylor said it all comes down to putting the students in the best possible position for success.

“That’s our goal,” Taylor said. “We want to make them successful adults once they graduate from our three high schools.”

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Army Corps favors Weaver Shoal for OC beach

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) After a year of studying federal waters for a shoaling source that could replenish Ocean City beach, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has identified the Weaver Shoal as the city’s best bet for more sand.

Every four years or so, Ocean City needs a fresh supply of sand for its beach and dunes to protect the rest of the resort from storms. The wider beach and dune line are the first, and sometimes only, line of defense between the resort and the ocean.

The dunes are so important that damaging one is a criminal offense in Ocean City.

So when the Army Corps found Maryland’s inventory of accessible shoals depleted in 2017, it began searching for a new source farther off the beach in federal waters.

However, the Army Corps would need to update its borrow plan and its environmental impact statement from 2008, since it hadn’t dredged from federal waters for more than a decade, and because federal regulations have become stricter and more complex.

Following a year of research and community outreach, the Army Corps finished its Environmental Assessment draft, and published it on Aug. 19 on the Corps website.

To choose a shoaling location, the

Army Corps focused on two factors: distance, which is tied with cost, and perceived fishing value, Army Corps spokesman Chris Gardner said.

The latter criteria was especially important as fishermen held concerns last year as to whether or not dredging so close to Ocean City would negatively affect marine life.

According to the draft, the Army Corps evaluated four locations: Shoal A, Shoal B (otherwise known as the Bass Grounds) Isle of Wight and Weaver Shoal.

The Army Corps eliminated Isle of Wight and the Bass Grounds from consideration because of their high fishing value.

Yet, there was an issue with the two choices leftover. Shoal A is located further away than Weaver Shoal, making it much more expensive to dredge. Weaver Shoal , however, has less sand than Shoal A, making it less appealing as a longterm solution.

Ocean City beach encompasses an area that requires roughly 1.07 million cubic yards of sand to replenish it, and although Weaver Shoal has 93 million cubic yards of sand, the Corps is only allowed to dredge five percent of it.

This means it can dredge about 4.65 million cubic yards from the location, meaning it will last Ocean City for roughly four dredging projects.

By comparison, Isle of Wight and

Shoal A offer the Army Corps 6.8 million and 5.15 million cubic yards of sand, respectively.

Ultimately, the Army Corps chose Weaver Shoal based on its cost-effectiveness and its perceived value.

The draft reports that, for the most part, the project should have minimal consequences to marine environment, but would affect certain populations of sea animals.

“Invertebrates that would be most impacted are ones that are immobile PHOTO COURTESY CHRIS GARDNER or nearly so during at least one life stage and are thus unable to escape,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Chris Gardner said after a year of research the group has the draft said.

This would mean creatures such as chosen the Weaver Shoal as Ocean City’s future sand source. moon snails and sand dollars would be at high risk of perishing during the dredging. dredge screens prevented crushed reAdditionally, young shellfish such as mains from entering the dredge where it sea scallops, calico scallops, surf clams could be observed. and ocean quahogs, which hold comNonetheless, the NMFS does allow mercial value, would also be affected. incidental takes of one sea turtle per Nevertheless, these populations 500,000 cubic yards dredged annually. should return to pre-dredging levels The Army Corps projected that the within a few years, the draft said. dredging of Weaver Shoal would fall The draft also mentioned that rare, within this standard, and not jeopardize threatened and endangered species, the sea turtle population. namely sea turtles, could be harmed.

“In summary, while human activities Since the 1990s, there have been no and natural process impacting the Outer dredge-related injuries or deaths— Continental Shelf (OCS) have changed takes—of sea turtles documented. since the 2008 Environmental Impact However, in 2008, the National Ma- Study, the change in cumulative impacts rine Fisheries Service (NMFS) deter- to the OCS would be negligible,” the remined that this was probably because port said.

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Education funding formula causes concerns Kirwan’s tax increase could negatively affect residents, Worcester County schools

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) The funding formula for the Maryland General Assembly’s education bill, The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, could cost Worcester County taxpayers, though the full formula has not yet been determined.

At the Maryland Association of Counties conference, Gov. Larry Hogan declared he could not support the formula because of its $4 billion cost. He characterized the legislation as “well-meaning but half-baked, fiscally irresponsible,” because the state would be responsible for half the cost

and the counties would have to produce the other half.

That, he said, would require a 39 percent increase in personal income tax, 89 percent in sales tax and 535 percent in property tax, thus creating a $18 billion state deficit.

The Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, more commonly known as the Kirwan Commission, released an interim report in February 2019 that advised increased spending on public education.

The Blueprint for America’s Future, or Senate Bill 1030, called for free full-day preschool for 3- and 4year-olds living at 300 percent below poverty level, more funding for tutoring, improved teacher education and pay, regulated standards for college and career readiness, additional sup-

plemental reading instruction, trade and technical education and allocated money to schools on a sliding scale.

Hogan allowed the bill to pass without his signature and it went into effect in June. The funding formula workgroup is meeting this summer and fall to bring its recommendations to the next legislative session that convenes on Jan. 8, 2020. The Eastern Shore area has no representation in the funding formula work group.

“If implemented fully, it could have a devastating impact on the Worcester County budget and have a real impact on county taxpayers,” Worcester County Commissioner Chip Bertino said. “Worcester receives the least amount of state funding for education, yet Worcester county pays the highest amount per student of any jurisdiction.”

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According to Vince Tolbert, chief financial officer for the board of education, Worcester County public schools receives the least amount of state funding per student at $3,029 for FY19.

“Wicomico and Somerset get 7580 percent for education,” Bertino said. “Worcester gets less than 25 percent. None of that is taken into consideration. County taxpayers are constantly getting kicked in the gut for education.”

In June, the Worcester County Commissioners passed a motion to approve allocating additional funds for teacher salaries, which the education bill calls for. There is $165,478 in total allocated for the school district.

Tolbert said that with the Kirwan recommendations, Worcester’s share of the $255 million the state will distribute in FY20 will only be $688,000.

“Without additional state support, the cost obligation to implement the recommendations included in Kirwan will be placed on our local government,” Tolbert said. “Our board will be closely monitoring the activity of the funding workgroup as they work to develop potential revised funding formulas.”

Bertino recognized that the Kirwan Commission has a noble goal of improving Maryland education, but he doesn’t think its plans, regardless of the cost, can help education in Worcester County.

“We’re already giving students the very best,” Bertino said. “We have great teachers, principals and support staff. We’re very fortunate.

“We hold ourselves accountable for results,” Bertino said. “It seems like no one on the other side of the board is doing that.”

Tolbert praised Worcester schools for being named number one on the most recent release of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Maryland. Though the cost is high, he does see that the reform could be beneficial.

“We believe the recommendations, including all day pre-kindergarten, increases in spending for special education and increases in teacher salary outlined in the Kirwan legislation will be beneficial for both our students and staff,” Tolbert said.

“However, the cost to implement these recommendations will be substantial.”

According to Tolbert, the school system will develop an adjustment plan once the implementation of the Kirwan Commission’s report has been finalized.

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By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) The Maryland State Health Department has confirmed the third instance of Eastern Equine Ecephalitis (EEE) in the Whaleyville area. The mosquito pool is the third to test positive for the diseasecarrying mosquitoes this year, with the other two cases in Whaleyville and southwest of Pocomoke City.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial spray across 6,000 acres of Worcester and Wicomico county last Thursday, including where the third case was found.

The department previously conducted the same chemical spray in the area on Thursday, Aug. 7 and the Whaleyville area via truck on Thursday, Aug. 1. According to Brian Prendergast, program manager for mosquito control, the department sprays Worcester County infrequently, unless there is a confirmed case of EEE. “It’s likely the first spray was very effective, but it was necessary to do a second spray,” Prendergast said.

He said EEE cases are more common south of the Chesapeake Bay, but that areas to the north and east are seeing an increase this year. EEE-carrying mosquitoes typically breeds in fresh water swamps and marshes. According to Prendergast, those areas are uncommon in Worcester County.

However, mosquitos only need a quarter of an inch of water to breed.

Cases are more likely at the end of the summer months, and that many factors could have led to the third case within weeks after the first two.

“I suspect the birds in the swamps are highly infected,” Prendergast said.

He believes that mosquitos came

out of the water after it was sprayed.

“We sprayed out of an abundance of caution,” Prendergast said.

According to the Worcester County Health Department, the virus in a human can cause fever, headache, irritability, restlessness, drowsiness, vomiting, diarrhea, blue or gray skin, convulsions and coma. The symptoms may last only a few days in a healthy person, or several weeks in people with weaker immune systems, especially those over 50 or under 15 years old.

Though Prendergast said the disease is rare, anyone experiencing symptoms should immediately contact his or her physician, as prolonged exposure can cause neurological damage. According to the Center for Disease and Control, an average of seven human cases are reported in the U.S. every year. There was only one reported case of EEE neuroinvasive disease in Maryland last year.

EEE may also affect horses, which can be protected with a vaccine.

Horse owners should contact their veterinarian for questions. There is no vaccine for humans.

Worcester and Wicomico County Health Departments offered the following mosquito-related disease safety tips: Remove standing water from homes, such as those in containers, drill drainage holes, rain gutters, plastic wading pools, pet dishes or birdbaths.

Wear clothing that covers arms, legs and feet when outdoors.

Use mosquito repellent on body and clothing.

Avoid outdoor activities in the evening when mosquitos are active.

Monitor window and door screens for holes.

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Broadband feasibility study continues in Wor.

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Worcester County government continues to await the completion of a broadband feasibility study, but expects to receive recommendations within the next few months, according to Worcester County’s IT Director Brian Jones.

Jones said Columbia Telecommunications (CTC), of Kensington, Maryland, the company Brian Jones responsible for conducting the survey, is working on building density maps, meeting with stakeholders and discerning where the service ends outside of each town.

“Really, we’re in a wait mode,” Jones said. “We’re just waiting for the company that’s doing the study to get back to us with some information.”

The county’s cost of obtaining that information was reduced via a grant opportunity from made available by Gov. Larry Hogan’s office, which allocated funds to match up to $60,000 for a broadband feasibility study for the county.

Jones said the study initially cost $60,000, but Worcester County paid only $30,000. He added that the study was previously approved, and the money was allocated on June 3.

“That’s a huge help to us,” Jones said.

“We don’t have to shelter the entire

amount. If you have to host the entire $60,000 ... it’s a big chunk out of the budget.”

The funding was announced last week as the administration provided an additional $10 million for efforts to bring broadband services to rural areas in Maryland, according to a statement from the governor’s office. The funding is part of a five-year $100 million initiative that would eventually help roughly 225,000 residents gain access to high speed Internet.

“The way it sits right now, he [Hogan] is committed to work on broadband ... within the rural areas and communities of the county,” Jones said.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development established the Office of Rural Broadband in 2017 via executive order to “expand broadband capabilities statewide in underserved, rural areas of Maryland,” according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Jones has been working to get the

broadband feasibility study off the ground since he first introduced a proposal to the county commissioners at a Nov. 13, 2018 meeting. The commissioners in January permitted Jones to solicit bids and approved the overall feasibility study during a Feb. 26 meeting.

Jones said the study was needed to establish whether instituting broadband service in Worcester County is actually feasible, and to find any problem areas See GOVERNOR Page 21

Route 113 expansion on schedule

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Drivers on Route 113 south of Snow Hill to the Delaware line can look forward to a safer highway by this winter. According to Brett Deane, assistant district engineer for the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), the highway should move from two to four lanes of traffic by the end of December at the latest, though it will not be the final riding surface.

Expansion of Route 113 has been in the works since 2003, when the stretch from Pocomoke to Snow Hill, and the south of Berlin to Delaware was dualized. This last phase, started

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Since taking office in January 2015, Gov. Larry Hogan has made completing the project one of his priorities, because of its deadly history.

According to Jason Smith, the Maryland SHA area consultant for District 1, dualizing the highway will change that. Until then, Smith advises drivers in the area under construction to be cautious of work zones, construction workers in the roadway and temporary traffic patterns.

“They know we’re out there working, but they think you snap your fingers and next thing you know you have multiple lanes of traffic in the op-

posite direction,” Smith said. “The reality is it doesn’t necessarily work that way. There’s a lot of temporary phasing and temporary controls and things that go into arriving at that goal.”

Maryland SHA Community Liaison Bob Rager, however, said inclement weather could delay the project.

“If we get days and days of rain, that’s really going to screw us up,” Rager said. Rager hopes the next milestone of the project will start next week: shifting traffic to a mile-long section of the new highway north of Route 113 Business (East Market Street) in Snow Hill. The final two inches of riding surface is scheduled to be applied by spring of 2020.

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Cricket Center hits decade mark with expansion sought

By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) The Cricket Center, which provides child advocacy services in Worcester County, marked 10 years at its Berlin location this week, with plans percolating for an expanded footprint.

Executive Director Wendy Myers said the Cricket Center marked the occasion with an open house celebration on Tuesday evening for elected officials, community members and colleagues.

Before moving into the Berlin address in August 2009, Myers said allegations of child abuse were investigated by various agencies without a unified front.

“In 2006-2007, we began looking at models for child advocacy centers,” she said. “We modeled ours after the national model, which is the Huntsville, Alabama National Children’s Advocacy Center.”

Prior to opening the Cricket Center, Myers said all agencies authorized to inSee CRICKET Page 22

Governor grant cut study costs Continued from Page 18 where holes in coverage are likely to exist.

Joanne Hovis, president of Columbia Telecommunications, said her team would generate “cost effective” recommendations, but the necessary infrastructure and final price tag would depend solely on the findings of the broadband feasibility study.

“I think it’s critical first to understand what’s really happening in the community, and where those broadband gaps are,” Hovis said earlier this year.

Jones agreed.

“We know who’s having [these] problems,” he said last week. “We know where the complaints are from the constituents of the county. That’s easy to determine.”

Jones also said it’s the number of gadgets per household that are unknown factors associated with the broadband issue.

“The one thing we don’t know, and we don’t even know with the people that even have adequate broadband, is how many devices are they servicing per household,” Jones said. “Do they have four devices? Do they have five devices?”

Jones said cost is another obstacle the county could face in order to provide quality wireless internet service to county residents.

“You’ve got to have the money to support it. You’ve got to have the money to sustain it. You’ve got to have the money to build it. You’ve got to have a plan to move forward with it, otherwise it’s going to fail,” Jones said. “We know what we would like to see, but just having the abilities to do it is completely different, and we just don’t have it yet, and there’s so many hoops you have to jump through to get there and maybe, eventually, we would get there.”

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Cricket Center celebrates decade Continued from Page 21 vestigate child abuse claims conducted inquiries separately, which often served to traumatize the child multiple times.

“That’s why there was a lot of recantation that would happen,” she said. “Kids would say, ‘forget it, this didn’t happen to me, I don’t want to tell this story again.’”

Myers said the intent of the Cricket Center at the time of its founding was to foster improved investigations and protect children by removing offenders from the street.

“It’s the most traumatic thing, hopefully, that ever happens to the child,” she said.

The Cricket Center provides a central location for all child advocacy partners, starting with Atlantic General Hospital, which provides medical intervention.

Also, the Life Crisis Center provides family advocates and mental health intervention, with members of Child Protective Services and Worcester County

Sheriff’s Office detectives also on hand.

“We provide in house trauma-based therapy here at the Cricket Center for our child victims,” she said. “It’s cost-effective for Worcester County, because we had all these different agencies conducting separate investigations.”

Myers said the Worcester County State’s Attorney Office also works in conjunction with the center’s efforts.

“Our State’s Attorney [Kris Heiser] is very involved in this process,” she said.

Despite the array of partners at the table, Myers said the family advocate provided by the Life Crisis Center is the lynchpin of the operation.

“The person that kind of holds everything together through this whole process is our family advocate ,” she said.

The family advocate comes into play after law enforcement and Child Protective Services have concluded investigations

and court proceedings are forthcoming.

“It could be a year before we go to court,” she said. “What happens is families start to feel disconnected [and] they move on from the trauma.”

The family advocate serves as a point of contact to update victims and their families about pending court actions.

Although removing child predators from society to reduce recidivism is critical, Myers said there is a flip side to the coin that’s just as vital.

“We’re also in the business of making sure children and families are healed,” she said.

Connecting families with resources is also a significant part of the mission, Myers said.

In 2012, the Cricket Center was accredited by the National Child Alliance.

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ally,” she said.

During its decade at the Berlin office, the Cricket Center has received more than 10,000 referrals for potential abuse, which launched 609 investigations tied to physical abuse and 870 for child sexual abuse, Myers said.

In total, the Cricket Center has provided roughly 8,200 hours of therapy for victims, with prosecutions resulting in a combined 1,297 years of incarceration.

“We also take in neglect referrals,” she said.

Mirroring national statistics, about 80-90 percent of reported cases in Worcester County involves abuse from a person known and trusted by the child, Myers said.

“We talk about the scary strangers, but the actual fact is that rarely happens,” she said. “It does happen, but generally speaking, children are groomed and there’s a long relationship.”

To help combat the behavior, Myers said law enforcement, educators, bus drivers and medical personnel are required by law to report potential abuse cases.

In Maryland, Child Advocacy Centers are required by law but not state funded, Myers said.

“It’s mandated in the state to have a multi-discipline team and to have access to a Child Advocacy Center for children, but it’s a non-funded mandate,” she said.

Numerous counties in Maryland operate without the required center because of that, Myers said.

“We’re so lucky in Worcester County to have such a generous community and our county commissioners are very supportive of our program,” she said.

Additionally, financial backing from Ocean City and Berlin, along with private donations, have proven crucial to maintaining operations, Myers said.

Looking ahead, Myers said a new space would be sought as the program’s current 2,300 square feet of space is becoming limiting.

Before that search begins, however, funding partners will have to be secured, Myers said.

“We hate to leave our home here at Atlantic General, but there’s just not enough space for us,” she said.

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By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Members of the public can take advantage of resources used in the fight against opioid abuse at the “AGH Goes Purple Kickoff” at Atlantic General Hospital this Friday.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lobby of the hospital on 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin.

Donna Nordstrom, director of community health for Atlantic General Hospital, said spreading awareness about the opioid crisis in Worcester County is critical.

“We need to talk about it. We need to get more information,” she said.

Nordstrom said vendors that offer services in recovery, addiction and peer support would be present at the kickoff.

Additionally, naloxone training and pharmaceutical storage tips would be

Police arrested Donte Andrew Williams, 24, of Reston, Virginia, and Latasha Fletcher, 31, of Church Hill, Tennessee, after they were accused of stealing a car last Monday.

After police detained the car’s two occupants on the 10 Block of 10th Street, and identified them as Williams and Fletcher, Williams reportedly said he did not know the owner of the car, and that he had “found” the keys.

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The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office would also explain the signs people should look for to tell if a loved one is using or abusing Donna Nordstrom opioids.

“It’s really important to get the community talking,” Nordstrom said. “We’ve been talking about the opioid crisis for what seems like a while now, but it’s still a huge issue in our community.”

The timing for the event is significant, according to Nordstrom, who said Aug. 31 marks International Opioid Awareness Day. It also helps to launch a series of events during September, also known as Recovery Month, through Worcester Goes Purple, a countywide initiative working to prevent substance abuse.

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Worcester Goes Purple consists of representatives from several organizations, including the Worcester County Board of Education, the Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction, the county health department and Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.

“It’s been so exciting to see the people in the community come together to start talking about the opioid problem, bringing awareness, people asking questions,” said Debbie Smullen, events coordinator for Worcester Goes Purple.

Smullen also underscored the importance of eliminating the stigma of addiction and substance abuse.

“We are definitely fighting to stop the stigma involved with addiction,” Smullen said. “So it’s been very exciting to see people gain more understanding of the problem, understanding of the issues that come with recovery and the options that are available.”

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By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Fifteen-year-old Caleb Vaxmonsky of West Ocean City has the opportunity of a lifetime awaiting him at the end of September; he will begin training to become an Olympic swimmer for the 2020 Games.

Next month, Vaxmonsky will spend three to four days a week in Colorado Springs training alongside 29 other boys and girls, who were nominated from Maryland. He will train for several hours each day he is in Colorado.

Vaxmonsky is expected to miss a minimum of three days of school every week from September to June, when the trials are completed. He will still be enrolled at Stephen Decatur and will See VAXMONSKY Page 28

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Frontier Town’s Western Theme Park has been entertaining guests since 1959 in Berlin.

Western-themed amusement park turns 60 years old

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) This is the last weekend the Western Theme Park, which is celebrating 60 years at Frontier Town RV Resort and Campground in Berlin, will be open for the season.

Built in 1959 by Bill Patten and Bill Pacey, the park was created during an era where people were obsessed with Western movies.

Frontier Town expanded within five years of service, with the campground opening in 1963, and has grown to nearly 600 campsites. “[The owners] saw the Wild Westerns that they used to play in Baltimore and the movie theaters and then these guys decided to come out here and make it real life,” Frontier Town General Manager Carrie Coster said.

The water park was constructed in the 1970s in more than 200 acre-wide complex.

Much of the original campground was destroyed by a Nor’easter storm in 1992. Reconstruction to the site was completed within a year.

In 1995, Trailer Life Magazine voted Frontier Town one of the top six family

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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Frontier Town’s Western Theme Park, located in Berlin on Friday, Aug. 23, from left, are Can-Can dancer Elizabeth Todorov, Entertainment Manager Shane Karson, General Manager Carrie Coster, Frontier Town Marshal Stephen Beard and Can-Can dancer Emilee Dorey.

campgrounds in the United States.

In the last couple years, Pony Island Arcade & Gifts and Pony Espresso and Creamery opened in Frontier Town and a new activity pool with a stagecoach slide in the center was added.

In addition, the Lazy River opened and two water flumes were added. The

pavilion was also expanded.

Fort Whaley Campground in Whaleyville, was acquired in the late 1990s.

The campground is 15 miles from Ocean City and offers nearly 200 campsites.

The Poolside Grill was added to Frontier Town in 2004 and the Poolside Bar See OLD Page 27

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11:45 A.M. – Native American Dancing at the Native American Village 12:25 P.M. – Legend of Amos Cash on Main Street 12:55 P.M. – Can-Can Show at Golden Nugget Saloon 1:45 P.M. – Gunfight at OK Corral on Main Street 2:25 P.M. – Bank Holdup and Trial of Lopez on Main Street 3:15 P.M. – Native American Dancing at Native American Village 4:05 P.M. – Can-Can Show at Golden Nugget Saloon 4:45 P.M. – Jailbreak and Gun Demo on Main Street 5:20 P.M. – Gunfight at OK Corral on Main Street 6:00 P.M. – Gates close * Every day until Labor Day WATER PARK: Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from May 25 to Sept.

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Continued from Page 26 The town is also dressed up for Halin 2011.

The High Ropes Adventure Park and loween. The coal-running steam train Zip Lines were installed in 2013. And, ef- gets a haunted makeover for the Halfective July 31, 2015, Frontier Town was loween Trail that is, apparently, very effective at scaring people. purchased by Sun Communities.

“When Halloween comes around, we Two events stand out the most at the Western Theme Park – the staged gun turn the train station into a big haunted shows and the Can-Can dances, according mansion,” Karson said. “A few kids come to Entertainment Manager Shane Karson. out crying.”

The park also hosts weddings, festi“The [gunfight at OK Corral] is one of the original shows they had, written by vals and some conferences.

“It’s just a great family atmosphere.

Guy Frederick,” Karson said. “We use the same script that we did [in the begin- It’s something that everybody has to visit ning]. This gunfight has been here the one day in their life,” Coster said.

The Western Theme Park will be entire time.”

Each day the park opens with the rais- closed for the season after Labor Day and ing of the flag and a cattle drive. There are will reopen next year around the second more than 40 different animals ranging week of June. The mini golf and the rope from longhorn oxen, cows, horses, goats course will be open until the end of Ocand chickens on the property. While some tober. The waterpark will also close after are on loan during the summer season, Labor Day weekend for renovations.

For more information about Frontier several remain within the park all year. visit Millions of people will come to Fron- Town, tier Town every year, with as many as campground.frontiertown.com or call 410-641-0880.

40,000 people in one day, Coster said.

“We get a lot of families, which is nice, and kids that come back year after year to work,” she said.

When the park first opened in 1960, there were around 70 cowhands, actors, Native American dancers, rodeo riders and Can-Can dancers.

Now, during the height of the season, which is around July 4, the park employs around 300.

“It’s a great tradition,” Coster said. “Many, many memories are made here.”

“We’ve got people that come back every year, just to see the actors,” Karson said.

The park also hosts several activities and events during the offseason, including Pooch Palooza in April, where dog lovers can bring MORGAN PILZ/OCEAN CITY TODAY their pets to the park for a day of fun. Outside of Pooch Employee Drew Baker, left, and youngest trick rider Clay KarPalooza, however, people are son, 11, hold toy guns at Frontier Town’s Western Theme Park not allowed to bring their in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 23.

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Vaxmonsky eyes spot on U.S. team for 2020 Olympics Continued from Page 26 have to finish his assignments on time just like any of his other classmates.

The athletes will have to go through several trials that will be supervised by an Olympic coach. If the athletes complete the trials, he or she have a chance at becoming an Olympian for one of nine swimming events.

The chances of being chosen for the Olympics are slim, according to Vaxmonsky’s coach, Scott McIntire.

“In the swimming world, we know the chances of him making the Olympics are incredibly difficult,” McIntire said. “It’s the best in the world.”

Vaxmonsky hopes to swim as well as his role models, who are not, surprisingly, Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky (both are from Maryland). Instead, his role models are much closer to home.

“My best friends, Josh and Kyle Doxtator (a Florida State student who shared a coach with Vaxmonsky), are some of my idols,” he said.

Vaxmonsky, a Stephen Decatur High School junior, discovered his love for swimming at the age of 3. The teenager is a member of the beach patrol in Bethany Beach, Delaware.

At age 11, he met McIntire, who lives in Gumboro, Delaware. McIntire, coincidentally, knew Vaxmonsky’s mother, Heather, when they were on the Ocean City Beach Patrol years ago.

“There was a time where I wasn’t doing any coaching except private and his mom asked if I would work privately with him,” McIntire said. “My son was 12 and [Vaxmonsky] was 11 and I started doing some private coaching with him at Ocean Pines.”

McIntire knew once Vaxmonsky was 13 years old that the lanky, 6-foot 4-inch swimmer had what it took to be-

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Caleb Vaxmonsky, 15, will go to Colorado in September to begin trials for the Olympics.

come an Olympian.

“I’m proud of him, because a lot of kids will say, ‘I’m good at this and this and I’m satisfied with that.’ He’s not,” McIntire said.

Vaxmonsky and McIntire have a training schedule including swimming two hours a night on the weekdays and three hours on the weekends, with additional swimming training during school hours, as Vaxmonsky is a member of Stephen Decatur’s swim team.

In order to be eligible to train as an Olympic swimmer, the candidate must be between 14-16 years old and be recommended by his or her coach, according to McIntire. The Maryland board of the United States Olympic Committee determines who is qualified.

“He has an incredible backstroke,” McIntire said. “His next best thing is distance freestyle. He’s very good at distance, which is a pure endurancebased program, and then he has to show versatility. He’s also made himself incredibly good at his breaststroke and butterfly … his weakest strokes.

“He ended up being very, very good at eight or nine events instead of just three or four,” he continued. “That was a testament to his desire to be good at all those things.”

Vaxmonsky plans to go to college for engineering, and his dream schools would be North Carolina State or Uni-

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It’s so awesome.”

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Last free summer activities of 2019 at park and beach

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Summer is coming to a close, but there are still a few free activities to enjoy during the Labor Day weekend, ranging from ice cream and music at Northside Park to fireworks on the beach.

Sundaes in the Park Enjoy the last Sundaes in the Park event for the season at Northside Park on 125th Street, Sunday, Sept. 1, from 7-9 p.m. while listening to the band Sapphire “The 80s Music.”

“Ocean City offers lots of unique opportunities for families and couples to come out and do a little bit more than the usual going to the beach or walking the Boardwalk or mini golf,” Special Events Coordinator Frank Miller said.

Participants can purchase and assemble their own creations with a variety of ice cream flavors and toppings for a small fee.

The show will wrap at 9 p.m. with a colorful display of fireworks, celebrating the end of the summer season. The

The last Sundaes in the Park event of the season will take place this Sunday at Northside Park on 125th Street.

ice cream event will take place inside the recreation center if weather is bad.

Beach fireworks Residents and guests can also enjoy fireworks on the beach downtown near Talbot Street, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. on Monday.

“Ocean City always tries to bring opportunity for entertainment, and we provide that in some ways for free because we know it’s not cheap to go on vacation,” Miller said. “Ocean City offers free events, what I refer to as ‘value added events,’ to help make your experience just a little bit better.

“If you miss the fireworks on Sun-

day and you want to come for one last hurrah … come to the fireworks event on Monday,” he continued.

The event will take place weather permitting.

For more information on the events, call the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department at 410-2500125.

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OUT & ABOUT

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Enjoying a night out at Cowboy Coast on 17th Street on Friday, Aug. 23, from left, are John Sardina, Nick and Brittany Ciaramella, Gary and Stefanie Haywood, of Boston, Massachusetts.

Listening to music at Cowboy Coast on 17th Street, Friday, Aug. 23, are Mark Baez and Katie Pagano of Brooklyn, New York.

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Ordering some drinks at Cowboy Coast on 17th Street, Friday, Aug. 23, from left, are Polina Shull, Chad Elliott and Automn George of Redding, Pennsylvania.

Waiting for a table at Harborside Bar and Grille in West Ocean City, Saturday, Aug. 24, from left, are Nicole Overhaltzer, of Pennsylvania, Cristina and Karen Pesce of Newark, Delaware, Zach and Hadley Overhaltzer, 16 months, of Pennsylvania, and Vic Pesce of Newark, Delaware.

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Ordering at the Shrimp Boat in West Ocean City on Saturday, Aug. 24, from left, are Melissa, Lanea, 5, Zakai, 10, Emmanuel, 13, Adaya, 7, and Cornell Hudson of Damascus, Maryland.

Drinking cocktails and beers at Harborside Bar and Grille in West Ocean City on Saturday, Aug. 24, in back, from left, are Josh Clark, Ang Kuhn, Mike and Kevin Webb, Mike Karwatka, and in front, Devin Street, Maura Webb and Amy Karwatka, of Bel Air, Maryland.

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Mentor joins two students on OCBP this year

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Rick Krause returned to the Ocean City Beach Patrol this summer after an 18-year hiatus.

Krause, 43, is a full-time resource officer for Bel Air High School in Maryland, but said he has always had a passion for the beach, which is why he was inspired to take the test and try out for the patrol this year.

“I’ve got my police career, I’ve got my army career, which were awesome things and I love it, but deep down my passion is Ocean City Beach Patrol,” Krause said.

Krause first joined the Ocean City Beach Patrol in 1993 and served for two years before he went into the army.

In 2000, he returned for a full year position. The following year, he stayed on as a part-time employee. In 2002, he went into the police academy and of his 15 years on the force, he has spent the last 10 at Bel Air High School.

Krause received special permission from his police chief, Chuck Moore, and saved up all his vacation hours in order to work the seven to eight weeks of summer this year.

Krause will continue to serve the beach patrol on the weekends until after Sunfest this year, which ends Sept. 22.

“This year’s been pretty good,” Krause said. “I had four rescues and three neck/back injuries and one concussion. I enjoy being around the kids. It brings a new perspective, being 43 as opposed to in my 20s.”

This year is extra special for Krause, because he was assigned to crew 15 with two of his former students from Bel Air High School.

Krause runs a program at the school called Explorers, which he said is like a scout program for the police.

Adam Keh and George Schreiner were Bel Air High School seniors last year and part of Krause’s police program. They were encouraged by him to join the beach patrol.

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his 30-minute lunch break. The same would happen with Keh a few days later. The three became very close during the summer.

“Being with them, I was just over the moon and they were excited,” Krause said. “They jokingly call me dad because I’m as old as their parents.”

Keh and Schreiner were just as happy to work their second summer with Krause in their crew.

“It was a little intimidating at first, because I thought, ‘Oh god, he’s going to yell at me for something,’ but it was super fun,” Schreiner said. “It was the best summer we had so far and there will be more to come. He basically made us who we are today.”

“There’s so many people that try out and it’s mostly young people, but See KEH Page 32

PHOTO COURTESY RICK KRAUSE

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By Dave Dalkiewicz Contributing Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) “Well, the sun’s not so hot in the sky today, I can see summertime slipping away,” from James Taylors’ “September Grass,” written by John I. Sheldon.

Coming to a beach town near you, the offseason.

Yes indeed folks, it’s a sort of bittersweet milestone for this area.

An opportunity to catch one’s breath and rejoice, but also one of sorrow and dismay that the living-is-easy summertime period of the year is winding down and coming to a close.

The truth is, it takes a while. The day’s heat and humidity eventually gives way to warmth and drier air.

The nights will become crisp and pleasant as opposed to drippy and sticky and strained air conditioning systems can be turned off in favor of opened windows.

The beach as well as the streets will become less populated, less crowded, thus more inviting and welcoming.

Some of the best news is the lifting of surfing restrictions. No more before 10 a.m. and after 5:30 p.m. rule.

The two surfing beach areas will no longer be needed. Instead, the entire length of Ocean City will, once again, be open to surfing.

A word of water safety and social consciousness here. With the ranks of the beach patrol greatly lessened it’s a good idea to watch out for swimmers in the water.

Not only to not run into them, but also to assist them if in distress. Many a surfer has helped a swimmer in trouble back to shore.

A surfboard, short, long, or in between, is a great floatation device and can be used as a rescue apparatus.

In the not so distant past, the postLabor Day period seemed stark and lifeless as if sidewalks and boardwalks were rolled up and everyone went off to some other place.

These days, a lot of people know of the secret of the fall season and utilize the months that are still so easy weather wise, coupled with warm ocean temperatures.

With so many car and motorcycle gatherings the weekends are filled with activity. Heads in the beds are welcomed in hotels and condos as are seats of eating and drinking establishments all around town.

Locals don’t really get their home back until maybe November or so.

And what of the surf? The potential is greater with hurricane season at or near its peak, but the vagaries of the ocean can never be totally relied upon.

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Continued from Page 31 the fact that he can do it at his age and still beat me at every event is just crazy,” Keh said. “He beat me in the swim and he’s faster than me. It’s insane. The person that I’ve mentored under is here on the beach doing exactly what I do. He’d literally do anything for me and George and I couldn’t ask for a better person to be mentored by.”

Keh is on a partial ROTC scholarship to Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, and will join the military police once he graduates.

Schreiner is a student at Towson University majoring in elementary education.

All three men have expressed their desire to return to the beach patrol.

Krause’s family is also in on the excitement, with his son and daughter

participating in the Junior Beach Patrol Academy over the summer. They plan to join the patrol as well.

“My son’s going to go on to the Marines at the end of the year and my daughter has talked to one of my crew mates, Sam [Bingaman], to inspire her to become a female lifeguard and that will be in three more years,” Krause said.

Krause said that he plans to work for beach patrol “until I can’t get out of bed anymore.”

“I plan to be here until I’m 68-70 years old and maybe even then I’ll keep going,” Krause said. “I made a choice to go away from it thinking I had no other options, but then [Keh and Schreiner] started talking about it and I said, ‘No, don’t ever let this go … it’s the best thing you could ever do.’”

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Thirty-six runners participate in the inaugural Ocean City Beach Patrol 5K, beginning on the 40th Street beach, Saturday, Aug. 24.

Inaugural Ocean City Beach Patrol 5K raises nearly $1K

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Thirty-six participants competed in the inaugural Ocean City Beach Patrol 5K event on the 40th Street beach last Saturday.

The event was open to the public and surf rescue technicians. In addition, more than 20 donors contributed.

Ocean City Beach Patrol Sgt. Matt Postell, coordinator of the 5K, wanted to replace the original triathlon event, which had been held for 13 years.

A majority of the people who signed up for the run were surf rescue technicians from the Ocean City Beach Patrol.

The 5K began on 40th Street and continued down to 16th Street. Participants then turned around and returned to 40th Street. Most of the run took place on hard, packed down sand and a shorter segment was on soft sand for more of a challenge.

“The runners really seemed to

enjoy the challenge of running on the soft sand,” Postell said. “They were also happy to donate to a really good cause.”

The 5K raised just under $1,000, with the help of event sponsors.

The money will be sent to the family of Benjamin Paepcke, 19, of Baltimore.

Paepcke broke his neck at the C5 and suffered spinal cord damage on July 4 after diving into shallow water on 38th Street in Ocean City.

These injuries could leave him paralyzed for the rest of his life … although doctors performed some electrical stimulation physical therapy on Paepcke’s thighs, wrists and fingers and noticed muscle reactions, according to a social media post update from Paepcke’s mother, Lillian.

Four surf rescue technicians were involved in Paepcke’s rescue and beach patrol members have stayed in touch with the family, Postell said.

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Sept. 1: CBD, 5 p.m.

Sept. 2: Nate Clendenen Duo, noon to 4 p.m.; Bob Wilkinson, Joe Smooth & Pete, 5-9 p.m.

Sept. 3: Sean Loomis Trio, 4-8 p.m.

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Aug. 31: Barrel House, 9 p.m.

Sept. 1: Tranzfusion, 9 p.m.

Sept. 4: Bingo w/DJ Rupe, 6 p.m.

17th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-289-6331 / www.cowboycoastoc.com Aug. 30: Lenny Martelli, acoustic, 6 p.m.; DJ Tops Cut Off Team, 9 p.m.

Aug. 31: Common Courtesy, acoustic, 6 p.m.; DJ Tops Cut Off Team, 9 p.m.

Sept. 1: Sam Grow, doors open at 5 p.m.

BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com Aug. 30: Rockaholics, 9 p.m.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Film at 11, 9 p.m.

Sept. 4: Old School, 6 p.m.

Sept. 5: Dust N’ Bones Duo, 8 p.m.

BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH 116th Street, Ocean City, behind Fountain Head Towers Condominium 443-664-2896 / www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com Aug. 30: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 4-7 p.m.; Ricky & Lennon LaRicci, 8 p.m.

Aug. 31: Double Talk, 4-7 p.m.; 33 RPM, 8 p.m.

Sept. 1: Vincent, 6 p.m.

Sept. 2: Just Jay, 6 p.m.

Sept. 3: Jimmy Charles, 6 p.m.

Sept. 4: Reform School, 6-9 p.m.; Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Sept. 5: Chris Button, 7-11 p.m.

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HOOTERS 12513 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1841 / www.hootersofoc.com Aug. 30: DJ BK, 4-8 p.m.

Sept. 2: DJ BK, 3-7 p.m.

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COCONUTS BEACH BAR AND GRILL In the Castle in the Sand Hotel 37th Street oceanfront, Ocean City 410-289-6846 / www.castleinthesand.com Aug. 30: Darin Engh, noon to 4 p.m.; Monkee Paw, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 31: Top Shelf Duo, noon to 4 p.m.; Luna Sea Band, 5-9 p.m.

Sept. 1: Angeline Leach Duo, noon to 4 p.m.; Lauren Glick Band, 5-9 p.m.

Ocean Club: Friday through Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com Aug. 30: DJ Billy T, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 31: Chris Button, 2 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sept. 1: Jada Lee Band, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 2: Blake Haley, 4 p.m.; DJ Billy T, 8 p.m.

Sept. 3: Dust N’ Bones, 6 p.m.

Sept. 4: Dock Party w/DJ Billy T, 4 p.m.; Trivia w/DJ Bigler, 8 p.m.

Sept. 5: Opposite Directions, 6 p.m.

15th St. & Baltimore Ave., Ocean City 410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com Every Thursday-Sunday: Phil Perdue, 5:30 p.m.

In the Carousel Hotel, 118th Street, Ocean City 410-524-1000 / www.carouselhotel.com Aug. 30: Kaleb Brown, 4-8 p.m.

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Sept. 1: Over Time, 4 p.m.

Sept. 2: Tranzfusion, 4 p.m.

Sept. 4: DJ Batman, 5 p.m.

OCEAN 13 13th Street on the Boardwalk, Ocean City www.Ocean13ocmd.com Every Sunday: DJ Jeremy, tiki bar, 8 p.m.

Every Thursday: Michael Smith, 6 p.m.

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB 101st Street, Ocean City In the Horizons Restaurant, in the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com Every Friday and Saturday: DJ Dusty, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 30-Sept. 1: First Class, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford’s Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7501 / www.oceanpines.org Aug. 30: Full Circle, 6-10 p.m.

Aug. 31: Over Time, 6-10 p.m.

Sept. 1: Great Train Robbery, 6-10 p.m.

PICKLES 706 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City 410-289-4891 / www.picklesoc.com Aug. 30: Beats by Jeremy, 9 p.m.

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Sept. 3: Beats by Adam Dutch, 9 p.m.

Sept. 5: Beats by Wax, 9 p.m.

PURPLE MOOSE SALOON 108 S. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-6953 / www.purplemoosesaloon.com Aug. 30-31: Alter Ego, 10 p.m.

Sept. 1-2: The Lava Game, 10 p.m.

Sept. 3-4: DJ Mazi, 9 p.m.

Sept. 5: CK the VJ/DJ, 9 p.m.

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Sept. 1: Bobby-O on De Bay, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; DJ Tuff, noon to 1 a.m.; Triple Rail Turn, 1-5 p.m.; Jah Works, 5-9 p.m.; Nowhere Slow, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; Labor Day Fireworks, starts at 9:30 p.m.; Lima Bean Riot, 10 p.m. to1:50 a.m.; DJ Davie, 10. p.m. to 1:50 a.m.; DJ BobbyO, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

Sept. 2: Bobby-O on De Bay, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; Amish Outlaws, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

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Sept. 4: Element K, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Sept. 5: The Freddie Long Band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

SHENANIGAN’S IRISH PUB AND GRILLE 309 N. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-7181 / www.ocshenanigans.com Aug. 30-31: Marty McKernan, 9 p.m.

SKYE RAW BAR & GRILLE 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / www.skyebaroc.com Aug. 30: The Stims, 4-8 p.m.

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Sept. 1: Bryan O’Boyle (formerly of Mr. Greengenes), 4-8 p.m.

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Aug. 31: Cruz-in De Bay, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Shake 3X, 15 p.m.; Jah Works, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.;

9935 Stephen Decatur Highway, West Ocean City 443-614-4119 Sept. 1: The Mercury Agenda, 4 p.m.

Sept. 4: Live Acoustic Taco Night, 5-8 p.m.

WHISKER’S BAR & GRILL 11070 Cathell Road, Suite 17, Pines Plaza, Ocean Pines 410-208-3922 / www.whiskersbar.com Aug. 30: Karaoke w/Donnie Berkey

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Postell hopes 5K race will grow

Ocean City Fire Marshal Ryan Whittington helps Juan, 11, and Roberto Valenzuela, 8, pick out backpacks at the “Tools for School Giveaway” at the Ocean City Fire Headquarters on 15th Street, Thursday, Aug. 22.

Continued from Page 33 “We’ve become really close with the family, so we wanted to help them,” Postell said.

Postell is already planning for next year’s event, though he plans to have the race earlier in the summer, still during low tide. His goal is 150 participants – both guards and members

of the public.

For more information for next year’s event, email Postell at mpostell@oceancitymd.gov.

For more updates on Paepcke or to donate to his family, visit his GoFundMe page: www.gofundme.com/d5tusuprayers-for-pap.

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OCFD provides families in need with school supplies

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Four-year-old Jesse Baraz smiled as he picked out a Pikachu backpack full of school supplies for the year during the Ocean City Fire Department’s “Tools for Schools Giveaway” at its headquarters on 15th Street, Aug. 22.

Firefighter Ashley Northam guided Baraz to a line of tables that held even more school supplies. With

a list of all Baraz’s classroom needs, she helped him pick out a few more necessities.

Fire Marshal Ryan Whittington said that the firefighters and paramedics are there for people during their worst time and that they want to give back to the community they serve.

“We still are members and a part of this community,” Whittington See STUDENT Page 36

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Carrying a crew champion flag during the inaugural Ocean City Beach Patrol 5K race, Saturday, Aug. 24, from left, are Connor Johnson, Tyler Wojo and Greg Gordon, members of beach patrol Crew 6.

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Continued from Page 35 said. “If there are things that we can do beside responding to your call for help, we’re going to do it.�

Ocean City Fire Chief Richard Bowers announced “Tools for Schools Giveaway� at the end of July. The Ocean City community donated nearly 100 backpacks to the drive and 25 families signed up to receive the school supplies.

The families and children who received the school supplies were referred from Worcester GOLD, a nonprofit that assists families in crisis and individuals who need help with basic needs.

According to Executive Director Sandy Sipes, Worcester GOLD is currently serving 431 children in Worcester County. The children and families the nonprofit serves are referred from social workers. “There are several school supply drives and this is essential for children to be successful as they start the academic year and blend in with the other students,� Sipes said.

Since the nonprofit only has two employees, Sipes said it couldn’t serve as many children as it does without the support of the community. “I can’t thank the individuals at the fire department enough,� Sipes said. “They have a dangerous job and they give so much to our community.

They’re still reaching out.�

She added that the fire department not only looks out for community safety, but also for the younger generation to make sure they have tools for success.

Whittington attributed the fire department’s community involvement to Bowers. “Chief Bowers, since he’s taken

over as our fire chief, he’s really highlighted our community involvement,�

Whittington said. “We’re going to be part of our community fabric and we’re going to be there for the community when they need us.�

Whittington said his favorite part of the event was watching the firefighters help children pick out their supplies and seeing the smile on their faces.

He said Baraz was elated to get his new Pikachu backpack and so was another child who picked out a Spiderman one. “You saw their excitement that they were going back to school,�

Whittington said.

The fire department donated the extra school supplies and backpacks to Buckingham Elementary School in Berlin, as well as a few other families the department knows of through community involvement. “It’s so important for kids to have tools to be successful with academics,� Sipes said.

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Firefighters Elizabeth Cramer, left, and Ashley Northam organize school supplies for the “Tools for School Giveaway� at the Ocean City Fire Headquarters on Thursday, Aug. 22.

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By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) The massive rush to Ocean City is about to come to an end as vacationers bid adieu until the following year.

On the other hand, locals give a sigh of relief as celebratory madness reduces to a state of normalcy.

Residing in a vacation town is bittersweet.

The craziness of the summer is mellowed by the serenity and solitude of winter.

Every town has its own charm and is privy to personal preference. My little blue house on the water may be modest, but I am very content to call it home.

There is nothing more surreal than the Eastern Shore during the season of fall.

Postcards depicting crowded beaches are replaced by artist’s rendition of the natural beauty.

I cannot believe how fast the summer has flown by. I guess it is another reminder that I will be adding another candle to my “cake of maturity.”

Labor Day is a reminder that I must start gearing up for the Howard CountyIron Bridge Hounds annual opening day that takes place at my parent’s estate in November.

The Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds is one of seven fox-hunting clubs in Maryland. The club has about 80 hunting members and 35 foxhounds.

Invited guests and spectators can easily peak at 250. I am in charge of all the food and preparation starts now.

Breakfast is served outside to the spectators and riders, lunch is provided in our formal dining room for invited guests, and lunch is also offered to the riders when they return.

A tub of fresh carrots ensures the horses will also have something to nibble on.

There is no doubt the ParmigianoReggiano grits topped with crispy bacon and a quail egg sunny side up is the most popular breakfast dish served.

Grits are easy to make, but great tasting grits is another subject. With that thought in mind, let us review some pointers that will produce mouth-watering grits each and every time.

When one goes to purchase grits, you are faced with several choices. Keep in mind that grits are a corn product that has been processed to a finer state.

Stone ground is the coarsest stage and takes the longest to cook.

Quick grits have actually been cooked and then dried. Obviously they cook faster but you lose some of the essence and texture that grits are so famous for.

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Walker dishes tips for mouth-watering grits Continued from Page 37 both worlds. They do not take as long to cook as stone ground, but at the same time have a better consistency than quick grits.

The ratio of liquid to grits is 4:1. Many recipes call for just water and this is a big mistake.

You need to flavor the grits and the liquid is your best option. Chicken stock gives the grits more complexity and sophistication. If one is a vegetarian, simply replace the chicken stock with vegetable stock.

Heavy cream adds a luscious, velvety texture and smooths out the overall dish.

You could add milk or half and half, but heavy cream takes the dish to a level of superiority.

As one who loves garlic and shallots, I cannot resist the temptation to add them to a pot of grits. It not only enhances the overall taste but gives the dish more depth of flavor.

Adding cheese is another way to elevate your grits. Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is the king of Parmesan cheese and needless to say, the price reflects its quality.

You can substitute regular Parmesan cheese for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, but the level of refinement will be com-

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Fall is around the corner and grits are a great option for breakfast or a main course.

They are easy to make and can be paired with a variety of proteins. The key is to flavor them according to what you are serving them with.

If you have never had the pleasure of indulging in this southern delicacy, I highly recommend them. Enjoy!

Parmigiano-Reggiano Grits with Crispy Bacon and a Quail Egg Serves 4 Ingredients 1 shallot, minced 1 large clove garlic, minced 4 teaspoons unsalted butter 4 teaspoons canola oil 1 cup Quaker Old Fashioned Grits 1 cup of cold water 2 cups chicken stock 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 1/3 cups freshly grated ParmigianoReggiano cheese kosher salt to taste 4 quail eggs 4 strips smoked bacon, finely chopped fresh herbs as a garnish 4 martini glasses 1. Sauté bacon in a small skillet.

When cooled, finely chop and set aside.

2. In a medium-sized pot, sauté shallots and garlic in butter and canola oil over a very low heat for approximately 30 minutes.

The goal is to get the aromatics to the point where they will dissolve into the grits. You may need to add a touch

more oil to the pan to continue the cooking process.

3. Add grits, water, chicken stock and cream, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Remove pot from the heat and stir in cheese. This is the point where you will need to taste for salt.

If needed, add according to personal preference. Cover pot until ready to serve.

5. Spray a small sauté pan with cooking spray. Using a sharp knife, very carefully cut the large end of the quail egg off.

Place the egg close to the pan, and allow the egg to slide into the pan. Cook it as you would any egg sunny side.

6. Pour hot water into the martini glass to worm the glass before serving.

Dry the glass to remove any water and water spots.

7. Presentation – Place grits in the martini glass. Artfully arrange the bacon, egg and garnish on top of the grits. Repeat this process for the remaining 3 servings. * Leftover grits have a tendency to get thick and gooey. Simply heat the grits and add a touch of cream to thin them out. * Quail eggs can be purchased at Amazon.

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Second ArtX event sees large crowd; over 9,000 attend

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) The second annual ArtX, held last Saturday and Sunday at Northside Park on 125th Street, saw double the attendance of the inaugural event, which was credited to mild temperatures and months of marketing.

ArtX, short for “Artistic Expression,” replaced the former Arts Alive, which was retired after 17 years. The new art festival was designed in part by the Ocean City Special Events Department and Rina Thaler, executive director of the Art League of Ocean City on 94th Street.

“I think the event will grow each year and I think it’s something very unique,” Thaler said. “There’s nothing in the lineup like this in Ocean City where people can experience art on all levels, both performing and visual arts while creating art at the same time and there was something there for every age. It really hit all the marks.

“I want to commend the special events team and the Art League staff who worked so hard since last year to put this all together,” she continued. “I also want to send a special shout out to Frank Miller and particularly the Art League Gallery Manager Katie Brown and Debbie Dean-Colley, our volunteer

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The two-day event featured music, films, food and art, as well as workshops and children’s activities to broaden the experience for guests of all ages. Other activities included a speed painting competition, chalk drawings, yoga, a tiedye T-shirts workshop and pottery demonstrations.

“My biggest question is, did we deliver to meet the expectations that we created, and my hope is that we did,” Ocean City Special Events Director Frank Miller said. “We had some great activities on site and it was really fun to watch not only the kids, but some of the

young adults and adults working on those activities and creating their own ideas and designs. That’s really what makes ArtX ... ArtX, that opportunity for artistic expression and just being part of it and interacting with the elements that are there.”

There were even awards presented to vendors. The Best in Show award went to Dagsboro resident Daman Pla for his painting “Semblance”. There were also Judge’s Choice for Mixed Media, Photography, Sculpture and Jewelry.

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VOLUNTEERS Members of the OC Recreation Boosters volunteer each week during the Sunset Park Party Nights music events in downtown Ocean City selling beverages and snacks.

Proceeds go to youth programs in Ocean City. Pictured, standing, from left, are Dan Wormann, Gary Crouse, Chuck Wilson and Diane Wormann, and seated are Norma Simmons and June Wilson.

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GIVING BACK First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City, on Philadelphia Avenue at 13th Street, has been serving breakfasts each Wednesday during July and August for almost the entire duration of the J-1 student program. In addition to having a full and varied breakfast, organizers provide each student with a “day bag� of snacks, water and extra fixings.

RECOGNITION Pat Arata, Historic Preservation committee chair for the General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, right, recently presented a DAR Historic Preservation Recognition award to Edward P. Phillips, Jr. for his long-standing dedication to historic preservation and volunteer work at the community level. General Levin Winder Chapter Vice Regent Janet Simpson is also pictured.

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“I thought it was great ... they really brought in the people this year,” Webberking said. “I think their advertising was stronger, [however] I felt like there wasn’t much of a social media presence when I looked for it to promote on my own page, but when I got there, there was way more people than last year. I discovered they were advertising on TV, radio and billboards, so they did a really good job.

“Otherwise, it was run beautifully.

You can tell they care about people,” she continued. “But if they had a stronger social media presence, they could rock that show.”

Also receiving awards were: George Zah, Baltimore (photography); Stacey Doney and Travis Schafer, Laurel, Delaware (mixed media); Carlos Zepeda, Edgewater, Maryland (mixed media); David Janni, Chance, Maryland (sculpture) and Dee Shannon Dobson, Ocean City (jewelry).

The event drew over 9,000 people to the park, according to Miller, more than double from the inaugural year.

“We definitely did more advertising, which I believe helps, and of course, we had beautiful weather for ArtX,” Miller said. “So those two things, in addition to hopefully the lineup and everything that we had things to do with music and vendors, drove the crowds. We’re happy with the results that we saw just this past weekend.”

Some artists who participated this year returned from the original Arts Alive event from two years ago, and have compared the former show to the new one.

“The Town of Ocean City puts on a beautifully run show and I think it’s very masterfully done, [but] I would like to see more artists,” Michelle Krempa of Salisbury said. “I thought they would have had a higher selection in their artists being that it was a fine art show, so I was a little disappointed in that, because last year there were better quality artists there.”

Over 600 people visited the park Saturday evening to watch the funky jazz group Ripe perform at the end of the first day. After ArtX on Sunday, guests enjoyed Sundaes in the Park while listening to Jaded Love (an American Rock tribute band).

“It really was a phenomenal concert,” Miller said. “We had some of our locals there. We also had millennials there, and we also had some die-hard Ripe fans too. It was just cool to see that everybody who came to the event really enjoyed the music.”

A film festival took place inside the recreation center, showcasing films based in Ocean City. The films will be available for viewing once again during the Ocean City Film Festival next year.

Participants could experience various artistic talents from 55 vendors spread throughout the park. Wares ranged from paintings, sculptures, woodwork, jewelry, photography and clothing.

While the temperature was pleasant during the weekend, many artists had to combat the strong winds, which affects some of their sales.

“We had a lot of trouble with the wind this year,” Kit Hanson of Ocean Pines said. “We made less money than we did last year and we attribute it to the wind. We sell stained glass wind chimes so we have glass and crystals in our booth and the wind was so strong that we had to close the curtains of our booth on Sunday and we feel that affected our sales. “[Despite that,] everything went very well,” she continued. “The staff did everything possible at Parks and Recreation to make the vendors feel comfortable and we really appreciate their efforts throughout the year. I also thought it was really nice the way the Art League reached out to different age groups to get them to participate in various activities. There was something for just about everybody there.”

For more information about next year’s event, visit oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/special-events/artx/ or ococean.com or call 410-250-0125.

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Sandra Webberking of Springfield, Pennsylvania, wins the Judge’s Choice award for sculptures during the second annual ArtX event at Northside Park on 125th Street last weekend.

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Every year I say the same thing but this summer especially August really seemed to fly by quickly.

Maybe it’s the awesome weather that Ocean City has enjoyed just about every day.

Everyone is trying to take in all that we can of what is left of the season and make it last as long as possible.

The majority of lifeguards are students or educators and their life away from the beach is calling them back.

OCBP has a large number of surf rescue technicians in college and many others on the patrol are educators at various levels in school systems throughout Maryland, the U.S. and even Canada.

It is a lifestyle that allows them to have the summers free to pursue their work with the beach patrol.

This is the time of the year when our surf rescue technician numbers start shrinking, but thanks to Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to have Maryland public schools start after Labor Day, we have been able to retain our teachers for an additional one or two weeks longer.

These teachers are some of our most experienced surf rescue technicians and mostly in supervisory roles on the beach.

Unfortunately, due to action this past year by the legislature this is probably the last season we will have our most experienced staff this late into August.

As the beach patrol strives to maintain the maximum number of guard stands on the beach, guests continue to choose Ocean City as a vacation destination.

August seems to be the popular month this year. This situation becomes the greatest challenge for the patrol as we try to provide the same level of protection for each visitor as when we are at 100 percent staffing.

To complicate matters, this is also the time of year that Ocean City experiences an increase in the volume and size of waves due to tropical activity in the Atlantic.

August and September are traditionally our large surf months, producing larger waves, rip currents and shorebreak.

As we move later into September, fewer guards are left to handle bigger rips and waves. This is when the training and skills they have been honing all summer will be put to use keeping all of our beach patrons safe during

these busy final weeks of the season.

Through the scheduling skills of Lt. Mike Stone, who has 35 years with the patrol and works as a local school counselor, we have been able to realize our goal of keeping the maximum number of guard stands on the beach for the maximum number of days.

As a result, we were able to keep all 91 stands on the beach through Sunday, Aug. 18, later than in most recent years.

As the season continues, surf rescue technicians will have a more challenging situation with the greater distance between stands and a larger area of responsibility.

When we remove stands from the beach, the remaining stands are spread out equally. Many of these personnel will choose to work without a day off until the end of the season so that we can provide additional coverage and the added safety to swimmers of more guards on duty.

A large number of surf rescue technicians, who have left for other obligations away from the beach, will return on a part-time basis.

They return to help out on both weekdays and weekends, even scheduling classes to allow availability during several days each week.

Imagine if one guard gets sick or injured and we don’t have someone to cover their stand, which is one less stand on the beach, which again makes the distance between stands even further apart.

OCBP is committed to provide surf rescue technicians along the entire 10 miles of beach for all visitors and residents, so rather than have unguarded areas, the number of available lifeguard towers is equally distributed along the beach front.

As this redistribution occurs, the location and distance between stands changes. Ssometimes on a daily basis and the distance may increase to as much as 800 yards (half a mile) between stands, compared to the average 190 yards at maximum mid-season coverage.

We will continue to provide coverage of all 10 miles of the Ocean City beach until Sunday, Sept. 22.

Thanks to the support of the Mayor and City Council we will continue to provide this level of coverage whereas nearby beaches have reduced their coverage throughout the season and will be closing down their entire operation earlier than in past seasons due to funding and personnel issues.

Although Ocean City’s coverage will be done with fewer personnel and less lifeguard towers, we will supplement this coverage by increasing the number of mobile rescue units patrolling the beach.

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Fewer lifeguard stands on beach this time of year Continued from Page 42 AED equipped with one surf rescue technician (rider) acting as the primary rescue swimmer while the other (driver) maintains radio communication and backup during an emergency.

Both are qualified as surf rescue technicians, medical first responders and are quad (ATV) certified. Surf rescue technicians will be on duty daily between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

To make sure we end our season and yours safely, vacationers and locals can help the guards and themselves by making the extra effort to swim close to a lifeguard.

We strongly encourage all beach patrons to restrict any beach or waterrelated activities to times when beach patrol personnel are on duty, never swim alone, always stay within the limits of their ability and never rely on a flotation device.

Captain’s Note: Thanks to the professionalism and commitment of our surf rescue technicians who are willing to return for several years, we have 31 percent of our 200 employees with five or more years’ experience with Ocean City.

What makes this statistic even more amazing is that 88 percent of our employees must relocate to Ocean City each season from their full-time residences and obtain seasonal housing.

If you or someone you know would like to rent seasonally to beach patrol employees, contact our office 410289-7556.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to offer boat safety class (Aug. 30, 2019) The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering the Maryland Basic Boating Safety Course, Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 3-5, at the Ocean Pines Library.

The Maryland Safe Boating Course is required for all boat operators born after July 1, 1972.

A Maryland boating certificate will be awarded after successful completion of the course, which is NASBLA approved and valid in all states and required for all ages when operating a boat in Virginia.

The class, held from 6-9 p.m. each night, includes information on piloting in local waters, tying nautical knots, foul weather tactics, legal issues and common marine maintenance.

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Steven McMillan, left, receives the Pasher Bishop Award from OC Lions Club Outgoing President Norm Cathell. Bishop was a founding member of the OC Lions Club in 1947. McMillan also serves as the Club secretary.

JD Quillin, representative of the Quillin Foundation, presents a check in the amount of $4,000 to Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Curator Sandy Hurley for the Ocean City Museum Society.

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VOLUNTEERS Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City held its annual Summer Pancake Fundraiser on July 13. Members of the Stephen Decatur Key Club volunteered. Pictured, from left, are Macy Dill, Gabrielle Izzett, Madison Birckett, Erin Trask, and Ireland Poorbaugh, cousin of Izzett who was visiting from Frostburg. They are joined by Roy Foreman, Kiwanis advisor to the SDHS Key Club.

WELCOME Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan made her annual visit to the Ocean City Center for the Arts on Aug. 16 to tour the current exhibits and offer encouraging words to the arts community. Her visit coincides with the annual Maryland Association of Counties convention in Ocean City every August.

She is pictured with sculptor Tinsel Hughes at the 94th Street center.

Stephen Decatur High School graduate Kendal Snyder was presented with a monetary award by Ocean Pines local Chapter AK of P.E.O. for her outstanding achievements in high school. She plans on attending the Studio School in Los Angeles, California, to major in commercial dance. P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization which promotes educational opportunities for women. Pictured, from left, are Darlene Murphy, Snyder, Mary Snyder and Connie Hall.

PRESENTATION Outgoing Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club President Margaret Mudron, left, presents Sonia and Frank Baker with an Outstanding New Rotarian Award for their efforts, contributions and dedication to the club in their first two years as members.

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Restaurants sought for 18th annual Beach Bash, Sept. 24

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Believe in Tomorrow’s Children Foundation is looking for additional restaurants to participate in the 18th annual Beach Bash, which will take place Monday, Sept. 24, at Seacrets on 49th Street.

The annual party, which includes food, beer, raffle prizes and the chance to win $10,000, raises funds for the Believe in Tomorrow facility on 66th Street, which is Wayne Littleton open year-round to provide a free getaway to the beach for critically ill children and their families whenever they may need to escape the stresses of their child’s illness.

“We have people that come down here from out of state,” said Wayne Littleton, Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation Beach Respite Housing Program coordinator. “I’ll get phone calls one or two, maybe even three where people say, ‘Did you set the date for the Seacrets’ event yet? We want to make sure we book a room.’”

More than 40 restaurants are expected to showcase their specialties or off-season menus during the event.

Seacrets, The Original Greene Turtle and Harborside Bar and Grille have participated in the bash since its inception.

Littleton is looking for more restaurant participation, with a goal to feature around 30-40. Currently, 26 restaurants are signed up to provide food.

“Once we get the restaurants [locked in], everything else kind of falls into place,” Littleton said. “I’ll try to find a couple new places that open up in town. If you’re a year-round business, there is no better form of advertising than the Seacrets event, because 90 percent of the crowd is local.”

Last year, more than 700 people attended the Beach Bash, which raised approximately $45,000 for Believe in Tomorrow, Littleton said.

The party includes many activities such as a silent auction and mystery boxes provided by Park Place Jewelers for $10 a chance. Local band Full Circle will perform during the event.

The Beach Bash also features a raffle with a $10,000 prize for two lucky winners, which will be determined during the lottery game. Only 225 tickets are available per raffle, and there will be five $500 winners for each game. Two sets of the raffle are guaranteed, though if enough tickets are sold ahead of time a third set will be made available.

“Our goal is always to sell a third set because if we sell a third set, we’re guaranteed $12,500,” Littleton said.

Winners will be told not to donate any of their prize back to the charity,

Littleton said.

“We encourage people not to donate because it helps with sales,” he said.

“The worst thing that happens is when somebody donates it back … because it puts pressure on others to do the same and not everybody is in a position to be able to do that.

“I’ve had people say to me before, well, you know, I don’t want a ticket because I feel like I’ll be [pressured] to give it back,” Littleton continued. “So we really do encourage people, especially with our 50-50s, that you’re not allowed to donate it. If you insist on donating it back, then you come see me after the event and not in front of everybody.”

Last year, a board member from Believe in Tomorrow won the $10,000 prize and immediately gave it back to the foundation, but Littleton does not expect nor encourage anyone to turn in their winnings.

Littleton is always looking for new ideas to draw in more guests, especially the younger generation.

This year, he is considering introducing Instagram hotspots, which imitate a photobooth but with themed cutout displays or props.

Other activities will take place as well, but according to Littleton, you have to be there to find out.

“We like to have a little fun,” he said.

“I throw a few surprises in. No one will know until the night of the event, not even my staff.”

Tickets come close to selling out every year and can be purchased in advance for $50 by calling Littleton at 410-723-2842. Or, buy tickets at the door on Sept. 23 for $55 for the food sampling, or $100 for the food sampling plus the raffle.

Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation provides hospital and respite housing services to critically ill children and their families. Since 1982, Believe in Tomorrow has provided over 900,000 individual overnight accommodations, from every state in the U.S. and more than 82 countries worldwide.

The Believe in Tomorrow facility on 66th Street in Ocean City is open yearround to provide a free getaway to the beach for critically ill children and their families whenever they may need to escape the stresses of their child’s illness.

Each of the four condos feature kidfriendly décor and paintings with at least two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a fully-stocked kitchen, living and dining room areas.

Families can also vacation at the Believe in Tomorrow House in Fenwick Island, Delaware, and House by the Bay on 28th Street in Ocean City. By the end of next year, a new facility is expected to be completed on 65th Street.

Learn more about Believe in Tomorrow at http://believeintomorrow.org or call Littleton at 443-978-0680.

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Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645 sponsor final room in house (Aug. 30, 2019) Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645 helped to mark a major milestone in fundraising for the Macky & Pam Stansell House with its pledge to become the name sponsor of the 12th and final bedroom suite.

Long a supporter of Coastal Hospice, the donation, according to Charity Committee Chairperson Peggie Ball, “just felt right.”

We’ve been sponsoring since (longtime Ocean City resident and employee) Kathy Mathias passed in 2012,” Ball said. “We began pledging funds to honor her memory and that got the ball rolling.”

This summer, a group from the Elks toured Stansell House in Ocean Pines and offered to sponsor the last bedroom suite while they were there.

“We really wanted to see this through,” said Elks Treasurer Jim Flaig. “It’s our tradition to remember our ‘absent’ members – those who have passed – on our Honor Wall and such, and so we asked that the room be identified in the same way.”

A sign now hangs on the wall next to the room, a reminder of the Elks’ commitment to Stansell House, its patients and its own members.

“Stansell House was created on the premise that no one should be left behind without care at the most vulnerable time in their lives,” Heather Duma, development director for Coastal Hospice, said. “This donation from the Elks – and all those that came before and are still to come See FIRST Page 47

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First residential hospice facility in region in Pines Continued from Page 46 from the Elks– will help assure that Stansell House will be there to help.”

Stansell House is the region’s first residential hospice facility, providing care to patients with life-limiting illnesses who are no longer safe at home or who need more care than a family can safely provide.

The facility, which can host up to 12 patients at a time, opened in May. To learn how to donate to Coastal Hospice and/or Stansell House, visit www.coastalhospice.org and www.stansellhouse.org.

Founded in 1980, Coastal Hospice is a nonprofit health care organization that cares for individuals facing life-limiting conditions but do not want to be defined by them, and instead want to remain as active and engaged as possible during the final chapter of their lives.

Coastal Hospice cares for patients in their own homes, as well as in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake and the new Stansell House.

The organization also provides “palliative” care which treats the symptoms and relieve the pain of a terminal illness or injury so that patients can enjoy the time remaining.

Learn more about Coastal Hospice at www.coastalhospice.org and follow on Facebook and Instagram.

Pines Children’s Theater to hold auditions, Sept. 6 (Aug. 30, 2019) The Ocean Pines Children’s Theater will hold auditions for its 2020 production of Broadway’s award-winning musical, “Legally Blonde,” at the Ocean Pines Library, 11107 Cathell Road, Friday, Sept. 6 from 4-8 p.m.

The highly-acclaimed community theater group will be looking for many young men and women (at least 13 years old) to cast in a large number of roles. Those auditioning should come prepared to perform a Broadway song.

The show is scheduled for performances the evenings of Jan. 17-18 at Ocean City’s Performing Arts Center, in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street.

Announcements regarding ticket sales will follow in the coming weeks.

For additional information, contact Sharon Sorrentino at sharon.sorrentino@yahoo.com.

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Shakespeare play performed around county

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Residents and visitors can take advantage of several free performances of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” over the next month in Worcester County, with the first showing this Saturday on Pitts Street in Berlin.

The Brown Box Theatre’s seventh annual performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Pitts streets. Pitts Street will be shut down during the production.

Audience members are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs to the show.

Artistic Director Kyler Taustin said Saturday night’s show is accessible for all, and would be a sight to see.

“I firmly believe that Shakespeare is meant to be seen, and heard,” Taustin said. “Coming to see Shakespeare the

way it’s meant to be seen is a completely different experience and indeed can be for everyone.”

“Measure for Measure” is “one of Shakespeare’s lesser known works,” according to Taustin, who said the play tells a story of Isabella, a woman fighting to save her brother after he is arrested for impregnating his fiancée. Isabella, a religious woman with plans to become a nun, attempts to appeal to the town’s leader, Angelo.

“It is a story of surrounding consent, and it is a story that really analyzes the

hypocrisy of power by those who are meant to uphold it,” Taustin said. “And, it’s a very interesting concept to think that a play that is over 400 years old can be so relevant to the headlines of today.

While the show is open to the public, Taustin said viewer discretion is advised due to some of the mature topics that are addressed in the play.

He also said he chose this play as a way to help facilitate conversations about difficult topics.

“No matter what side of the aisle you may fall on politically, no matter what

Actors from the Brown Box Theatre Company perform William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.”

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gender you might be, these are conversations that we believe need to be had, and we’re excited to hopefully be catalysts for those conversations with this productions,” he said.

Taustin said attendance rates at performances vary from 70 to 400 people, and depend on several factors, including the date and venue.

Ivy Wells, Berlin’s community and economic development director, said audiences have grown to crowds of up to 300 people in recent years.

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‘Measure for Measure’ first showing in Berlin Continued from Page 48 “It’s a great experience and it is just top-quality entertainment,” Wells said.

Wells also said she hopes theater buffs take advantage of this rare opportunity to go to the theater without leaving their own backyard.

“When do you ever get to go see Shakespeare on the Eastern Shore? With [Berlin’s] … historic buildings in the background, it just adds to the ambiance of the night,” Wells said.

Taustin agreed.

“It’s a great time,” Taustin said. “You go outside, and experience some outdoor theater under the stars, and it is un-

like really other experience you can get right now in that area.”

Taustin, co-founder of the Brown Box Theatre, also said projects like these are important because he’s able to give back to his community.

“I was born and raised in Berlin, which is really why the company was founded – this idea of bringing theater and culture back to my hometown,” Taustin said.

In addition to the show in Berlin this weekend, the Brown Box Theatre will perform “Measure for Measure” at 7:30-9:30 p.m. several times over the course of the next month in Worcester County:

• Sept. 5 at Cypress Park on 7 Bridge St. in Pocomoke City • Sept. 6 at Sturgis Park on River Street in Snow Hill • Sept. 8 at Sunset Park on 700 S. Philadelphia Ave. in Ocean City • Sept. 19 at Northside Park on 200 125th St. in Ocean City “What we bring to each performance is identical, but what the community or what the venue brings to the performance is different,” Taustin said.

The Worcester County Arts Council also provided a $2,500 grant through the Community Arts Development Program, which provides money to local agencies

Pines chamber to present first Corn Hole Tournament (Aug. 30, 2019) The Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce presents the inaugural Corn Hole Tournament at the Berlin Lions Club on Saturday, Sept. 7, from noon to 5 p.m.

Teams of two will compete in a double elimination event. Register online at OceanPinesChamber.org before Thursday, Sept. 5. The cost is $30 per team.

Food and beverages will be for sale.

Spectators are encouraged to attend.

The Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce is a 501 (c) (6) nonprofit corporation comprised of area businesses organized to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the area so that its citizens and all areas of its business community shall prosper.

bringing cultural experiences to Worcester County. Executive Director Anna Mullis added that the Maryland State Arts Council supported the grant funding.

Mullis praised Brown Box Theatre for bringing these types of productions to Worcester County.

“We are proud to support such a quality and professional theater as an accessible source of performing arts that is available to all audiences, regardless of income level or location,” Mullis said.

Taustin also expressed his excitement about how Berlin’s art scene has grown to include art, music and live performances.

“We have really been excited to be a part of the theatrical component of bringing about that vibrancy,” he said.

For more information about the Brown Box Theatre, visit the company’s website at brownboxtheatre.org.

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DOWNTOWN

South end to 28th Street ■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-2897192, www.captainstableoc.com $$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott.

■ COINS 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410524 3100, www.coinspub.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Casual dining atmosphere for families. Crab cakes, hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood. Everything homemade. Happy hour 3-6 p.m. and early bird 4-6 p.m.

Daily specials.

■ THE CORAL REEF CAFE / HEMINGWAY'S RESTAURANT 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612, www.ocsuites.com/dining $-$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Four-story atrium cafe and an elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine, fresh seafood, fresh cuts of meat, farm-to-table produce, artisanal desserts, hearty sandwiches and much more.

■ COWBOY COAST COUNTRY SALOON AND STEAKHOUSE 17th Street, Ocean City 410-289-6331, www.cowboycoastoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Hand cut steaks, beer can chicken and fresh seafood.

We even pickle our own pickles for the best fried pickles you’ve ever had. Kids ride for free on OC’s only mechanical bull. Nightly drink specials, live music and national concert acts.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER South Division Street and Boardwalk 410-289-3501; 3rd Street and Boardwalk 410-289-2599 $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Breakfast served daily at West OC, 3rd, 41st, and 70th street locations. Dayton’s Boardwalk famous fried chicken and seafood, cooked to order at S. Division Street. Check out our new bar and happy hour specials at our new West OC location. Order online at www.TheDoughRoller.com.

■ FISHTALES BAR & GRILL 21st Street and the Bay, Ocean City 410-289-0990, www.ocfishtales.com $-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar FishTales located in a premier outdoor beach location on the bay with the best sunsets. Come for the best local fare. We offer lunch and dinner with great happy hour food and drink specials. Kids play area too. So sit back and enjoy.

■ FROG BAR Inlet Village, Ocean City 410-289-3764 $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open daily, 8 a.m. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Two-hour parking available at the Inlet Village parking lot (under the bar) free for bar patrons. Great place to sit and have a beer and relax. Enjoy appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers and chowders while enjoying the view of the inlet and Assateague Island.

■ HARBOR WATCH 806 S. Atlantic Ave., Inlet, Ocean City 410-289-5121, www.harborwatchrestaurant.com $$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Bringing Ocean City the freshest seafood, an award-winning Raw Bar along with certified Angus Beef. Great view of the Ocean City Inlet and Assateague Island. Call for Banquet information. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

■ HOOTERS 5th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-2892690, www.hootersofoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Traditional or boneless wings, burgers, quesadillas, tacos and healthy salads. Seafood selections with Alaskan snow crab legs and Maryland steam pots. Pet friendly oceanfront patio.

■ PHILLIPS SEAFOOD, CRAB HOUSE 21st Street, Ocean City 410-289-7747, PhillipsSeafood.com $$-$$$ | Full bar Traditional dining, buffet and carry out. Early Bird Menu when seated between 3-4 p.m. All-you-can-eat buffet.

Voted OC’s Best Buffet. Featuring more than 100 items including snow crab legs, carving station, made-to-order pasta, handmade crab cakes and so much more.

■ SANIBELS, OCEANSIDE 32 106 32nd Street, Ocean City 410-213-7273, www.sanibelsoceanside32.com $-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Fresh local seafood, hand-cut steaks, daily selection of fresh oysters, lite-fare, handhelds and entrees. Happy hour daily, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring fresh oysters for a “Buck A Shuck” food and drink specials. Private party and event packages are available.

■ VICTORIAN ROOM RESTAURANT Dunes Manor Hotel, OCEANFRONT at 28th and Baltimore Ave, Ocean City 410-289-1100, www.dunesmanor.com $$ - $$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Open year round. Oceanfront dining atmosphere with local, farm to table/sea to table cuisine. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

(Friday and Saturday, till 10 p.m.). Also Zippy Lewis Lounge with happy hour from 4-7 p.m., featuring Craft Beer selections and appetizer menu; Milton’s Out Door Cafe; and the Barefoot Beach Bar in season.

MIDTOWN

29th to 90th streets ■ 32 PALM 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-2892525, www.oceancityhilton.com/dining $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, extensive wine list and gourmet desserts.

■ BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575, www.bjsonthewater.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week, year-round. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets.

Indoor and outdoor dining.

■ COCONUTS BEACH BAR AND GRILL Castle in the Sand Hotel, 37th St & the Beach, Ocean City 800-552-7263, www.castleinthesand.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Beachfront open-air dining in a tropical setting. Serving grilled sandwiches, specialty salads, appetizers, wraps, tacos and frozen drinks, beer and wine. Live entertainment. Happy Hour daily, 5-6 p.m., 2-for-1 drink specials.

Waitress service on the beach Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Coconuts is open daily 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., weather permitting.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER 41st Street and Coastal Highway 410-524-9254; 70th Street and Coastal Highway 410-524-7981 See description under downtown location.

■ DRY 85 OC 12 48th Street, Ocean City 443-664-8989, www.DRY85.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Steps from the beach. Gourmet “stick to your ribs” home cooking. A made-from-scratch kitchen with every sauce and every dressing hand crafted. It’s that attention to detail that takes the concept of burgers, fries, pork chops and wings and turns them completely on their head. Late night bar. Seasonal outdoor seating.

■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE 31st Street, Ocean City 410-289-2581, higginscrabhouse.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Known for all-you-can-eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs.

■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB 56th Street, Ocean City 410-723-5600, www.johnnyspizzapub.com $ | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Featuring homemade pizzas, 18 gourmet pizzas, a variety of calzones, subs, burgers, sandwiches and jumbo wings with 20 different sauces. Carry out, delivery or dine in.

■ LONGBOARD CAFÉ 67th Street Town Center, Ocean City 443-664-5639, www.longboardcafe.net $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving lunch and dinner. Lite fare to dinner entrees offering a variety of burgers, paninis, sandwiches and salads. The "veggies" menu features wrinkled green beans. Signature house libiations and signature entrees made with ingredients from local farms and fisheries. A family restaurant.

■ MARLIN MOON 3301 Atlantic Ave., in the DoubleTree Ocean City 410-280-1201, www.marlinmoonocmd.com $$ | Full bar Featuring Executive Chef Gary Beach. Fresh cuisine featuring locally sourced seafood, steaks and vegetables.

Small plate appetizers, fresh salads. Local craft beers and cocktails. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

■ RED RED WINE BAR OC 12 48th Street, Ocean City 443-664-6801, www.RedRedWineBar.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Steps from the beach. Coastal cuisine with a focus on local seafood and hand tossed pizzas plus artisanal cheeseboards. 35+ wines By the Glass, 120+ By the Bottle. Flights. Luxurious colors and custom built couches. Late night bar. Seasonal outdoor seating.

■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900, www.seacrets.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

■ SKYE RAW BAR & GRILLE 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762, www.skyebaroc.com $-$$ | Reservations | Full bar Lunch, dinner, raw bar or lite fare, at the top of 66th Street and Coastal Highway. Happy hour, 3-6 p.m. with food and drink specials.

■ THREE ANCHORS 7805 Coastal Highway Unit B, Ocean City 410-5248930, info@threeanchorsoc.com $-$$ | Full bar Serving up unique coastal cuisines and spirits. Enjoy local beer selections at both the upstairs and downstairs bars or grab a table on the second floor deck for

the clam strips casino and a swordfish burger, both local favorites. Open for brunch and lunch weekends and daily for dinner. Happy hour 4-6 p.m., Monday-Friday at the bar. Smoothie and ice cream shack open daily at 10 a.m.

UPTOWN

91st to 146th streets ■ ABBEY BURGER BISTRO OC 126th Street, behind the Holiday Inn, Ocean City 410289-2525, 410-250-2333, www.abbeyburger.com/ocean-city $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Large parties welcome. Craft beer. Award winning burgers. Voted Best in Maryland, Wild Game.

■ ALBERTINO’S BRICK OVEN EATERY 13117 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-2000, www.albertinosoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Lunch and dinner daily. Open Monday through Thursday, 4 p.m. and Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. Homemade pizza and pasta, seafood, steaks. Daily specials and happy hour.

■ BEACH BARRELS 13207 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-0522, www.beachbarrels.com $ | Full bar Happy hour Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. Live entertainment Wednesday through Saturday. Featuring primo hoagie menu where premium ingredients are fresh, nothing is pre-cut. Open 7 days, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.

■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR 94th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3983, www.bluefishocmd.com $-$$ | Reservations | Full bar Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available.

■ BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH 116th Street & Coastal Hwy., (Behind Fountain Head Towers Condominium), Ocean City 443-664-2896, www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com $$-$$$ | Reservations recommended for large parties | Kids’ menu | Full bar Eastern Shore fare with a New Orleans Flare. Seafood, steaks and pasta dishes. Specializing in Jambalaya, Creole, & Gumbo. Home of the Ragin’ Cajun Bloody Mary. Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. Weekly entertainment.

■ THE CRAB BAG 130th Street, bayside, Ocean City 410-250-3337, www.thecrabbag.com $-$$ | Full bar Dine in and carryout. Open 7 Days a week, 11 am til late night. Hot steamed crabs, world famous fried chicken, ribs, burgers, barbecue, pasta, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and more. Lunch and weekly carryout and dinner specials. Happy hour at the beach with drink and food specials.

■ DUFFYS 130th St., in Montego Bay Shopping Ctr. & Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250 1449, www.duffysoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Casual dining, indoor or outdoor seating. Irish fare and American cuisine. Appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, steaks and seafood. Second season and daily dinner specials. Dine in, carry out. Happy Hour, daily, noon to 6 pm.

■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE 128th Street, Ocean City 410-289-2581, higginscrabhouse.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Known for all-you-can-eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs.

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535, www.clarionoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving beach-inspired dishes in our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breakers Pub. All-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet, open year-round and AUCE prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet available Friday and Saturday, 5-9 p.m.

■ MY THAI OC 13727 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-9918, mythaioc.webs.com $-$$ | Beer, wine Authentic Thai food, full vegan menu and vegetarian options including curry, rice and noodle dishes. Homemade appetizers, soups and sauces. Seafood, meat, vegetable and tofu. Desserts, beer and wine. Dine in or takeout. Lunch specials daily, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

■ NORI 11403 Coastal Highway (Gold Coast Mall), Ocean City443-880-6258 $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open 7 days serving lunch and dinner. Our creative menu features hand-cut steaks, grilled fish, crab cakes, sushi and sashimi. Dine-in or carry-out.

■ REEF 118 118th Street, in the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City 410-524-1000, www.carouselhotel.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open seven days a week. Oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Serving breakfast from 7-11 a.m., featuring a breakfast buffet or special order from the regular menu. Dinner served from 4-9 p.m., seafood, ribs,

steaks, pasta and prime rib. Join us for family theme night dinners.

■ TEA BOSS CAFE 11805 Coastal Highway, Unit B (Food Lion Plaza) 410-213-4693 $ | Kids’ menu Bubble Tea, Sushi Takeaway, Ice Cream Rolls, Bingsu.

Family and large group friendly. Newly opened cafe serving variety of Asian specialty desserts and sushi. Open 7 days a week, 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

■ WHISKERS PUB 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609, www.whiskerspub.com $ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Certified Angus®burgers and casual fare. Call for hours.

DELAWARE ■ FOX’S PIZZA DEN 31225 American Parkway, Selbyville, Del. 302-436FOXS, www.foxspizzade.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Sit-down bar and restaurant. Full menu includes pizza, pastas, salads, sandwiches and more. Specializing pizza and chef specials. Open daily for lunch and dinner at 11 a.m. Take out and delivery.

WEST OCEAN CITY ■ ALEX’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-7717, www.ocitalianfood.com $-$$ | Reservations Accepted | Full bar Serving homemade Italian cuisine, steaks, seafood, chicken, pork and pasta. Elegant dining room. Early bird specials every day from 4-6 p.m.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER West Ocean City, 12849 Ocean Gateway 410-2137655 See description under downtown location.

■ HARBORSIDE BAR AND GRILL 128741 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-2131846, weocharborside.com $-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Home of the Original Fresh Squeezed Orange Crush!

Open every day, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Appetizers, fresh seafood, steak and pasta. Live entertainment everyday.

■ HOOTERS Route 50 & Keyser Point Road, West Ocean City 410213-1841, www.hootersofoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu and game room | Full bar New smoked wings with half the calories. Traditional wings, burgers, quesadillas, tacos and healthy salads.

Seafood selections with raw bar and crab legs. Sports packages and live entertainment. Large parties welcome.

■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN Route 50, West Ocean City 443-664-2105 $ | Kids’ menu Family restaurant. Eat-in, carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days, year-round. Every Monday and Tuesday, two-piece chicken for 99 cents. Every Wednesday, free kids meal with purchase of combo.

OCEAN PINES ■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-6417222, www.OPyachtclub.com $$-$$$ | Full bar Amid a bay front setting, the Ocean Pines Yacht Club offers dining selections for lunch and dinner. Fresh seafood and signature drinks. Open everyday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

■ TERN GRILLE 100 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, oceanpinesgolf.org/dining $$ | Full bar The Tern Grille serves freshly-prepared breakfast and lunch items. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, weather permitting.

BERLIN ■ OCEAN DOWNS CASINO, POSEIDON’S PUB 10218 Racetrack Road, Berlin 410-641-0600, www.oceandowns.com $-$$$ | Full bar House soups, small plates, sandwiches, burgers and entrees including steaks, chicken, veggie and Eastern Shore favorites. Dining room hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to midnight; Sunday, noon to 11 p.m. Pub open late.

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(Aug. 30, 2019) Windmill Creek Vineyard and Winery presents the first Wags & Wine event benefiting the Worcester and Wicomico County humane societies, on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 4-7 p.m.

Attendees should bring their furry friend, while they shop local vendors for pet products and services, and sip

Ian Waggoner of Berlin, was named to the Dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2018 semester at Johns Hopkins University.

To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale in a program of at least 14 credits with at least 12 graded credits.

Waggoner is the son of Christine Waggoner and Brian Waggoner and attended Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin.

Waggoner is a History of Art major at the school of Arts and Sciences.

on some Windmill Creek wine.

There will be live music, a “Smooch Your Pooch” photo booth, wine and food available for purchase as well as snowballs from The Snowball Stand.

Guests are encouraged to bring their friendly, leashed dogs, but pets are not required.

Many dogs and cats from Worcester and Wicomico County humane societies will be available for adoption.

The first 100 people to adopt a pet or make a qualifying donation to the shelters will receive a matching event T-shirt and doggie bandanna.

Windmill Creek Vineyard and Winery is located at 11206 Worcester Hwy. in Berlin.

For more information, contact Tina Walas, Worcester County Humane Society PR coordinator, at walastina@gmail.com.

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SOAP CARVING Paula Smith and Thaeden Seymour, 10, of Salisbury, carve up soap during the second annual ArtX event at Northside Park on 125th Street, Saturday, Aug. 24.

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Bob Tanner, owner of Beach Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, displays one of his mobile carpet cleaning vans.

Mobile cleaner celebrates 30 years Bob Tanner takes pride in providing quality service to customers in Maryland, Del.

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Bob Tanner of Bishopville started his mobile carpet and upholstery company, Beach Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, 30 years ago.

Tanner first got into the business after he graduated from high school, working for his friend’s carpet cleaning company.

His friend wanted him to take over the business, but after some thought, Tanner decided to start his own.

Tanner purchased his first cleaning van when he was 20 years old. He now has two vans in his service with all the equipment needed to steam, wash and clean carpet and upholstery.

Clients use his services as needed, but Tanner does regular work for local churches, including St. Peter

Lutheran in Ocean City, and apartment complexes.

Tanner estimates he has anywhere between 200-300 clients a year with service needs ranging from once a week to two or three times a year.

Beach Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning offers services for all types

‘I believe people should use his services because he is a perfectionist…’

Penny Carley of rugs, carpets, chairs, couches and other fabric furniture. The process can take as short as an hour or as long as half the day, depending on the size of the job, he said.

“People should use Beach Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning because of my dedication to quality and because I have state-of-the-art equipment,” Tanner said. “I went from portable [machines] to a truck mount[ed set].”

Tanner covers everywhere from Northern Worcester County to the lower end of Sussex County, Delaware, with work ranging from Berlin to Newark, Delaware.

He used to work alongside his brother-in-law, but has been doing the job solo for several years now.

His mother, Penny Carley, who is the company secretary and manages his schedule, said many of the people who use his services are in the real estate industry.

“He is an on-the-go carpet cleaner,” Carley said. “I believe people should use his services because he is a perfectionist and will not leave a job unless there’s 100 percent satisfaction.”

Beach Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning is available for services Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, Tanner said in the event of an emergency, such as a busted pipe, he can provide service on weekends.

For more information, call Tanner at 410-250-5555.

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Buyers actively looking for a home in today’s market are likely to get a response if they say “Hey Alexa.”

That’s because many sellers have smart-home technology in place when their home is actively listed for sale, but sellers should be aware of our state’s laws when it comes to recording devices.

Under Maryland’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, it is unlawful to tape record any private conversation without the permission of all the parties.

Even the state of Maryland Exclusive Right to Sell Residential Brokerage Agreement references or discloses to sellers now that if they have any home security systems that record audio, that the seller should be advised that Maryland law prohibits audio recording of private conversations without the consent of all parties.

Delaware is also one of the 11 states in the country that require consent from all parties to be able to record a private conversation.

In addition to smart speakers such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s HomePod and Google’s Home, the trend to have WiFi enabled cameras has really grown due to their affordability and ease to install.

The Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act does not regulate or prohibit video recordings without sound.

However, according to a summary of state laws compiled by the National Association of Realtors, video monitoring is generally prohibited in places where someone has “a reasonable expectation of privacy.” And, it is a good practice to disclose if you are a seller of a home that has video recording devices on the premises.

A Demand Institute survey showed that homeowners with high incomes and home values—as well as those under the age of 45—were found to be the most likely to place an importance on having smart-home features.

— Lauren Bunting is an Associate Broker with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

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On behalf of the Berlin Police Department, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the Twenty Sixth Annual Golf Tournament. All of the proceeds from this event go to the crime prevention fund, which supports activities that include sponsored holiday events, little league baseball teams and youth football, the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, the Greater Berlin Minority Scholarships Fund, Worcester County Youth and Family Counseling Services, and a host of other organizations in an effort to encourage community partnerships.

We would like to recognize all the organizations and businesses that were corporate sponsors, tee sponsors and those that donated door prizes. A special thanks goes out to Eagles Landing Golf Course for being a gracious host.

CORPORATE SPONSORS ABBA Bail Bonds American Legion Post #123 American Legion Post #166 Apple Discount Drugs Berlin FOP Lodge 136

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Promotion Shamrock Realty Group, Inc. has promoted Lauren N. Smith to the position of accounting manager.

The announcement was made by Pam Wadler, vice president and associate broker for the company.

Smith will be responsible for all of the day-today financial operations Lauren Smith of the brokerage. She is also the coordinator of the rental department’s operations, handling property management concerns with landlords and tenants.

Smith joined Shamrock in 2017 as an administrative assistant. She has previous experience working at a large regional bank in the area, and working for a local construction and home improvement company.

She has studied business at Harford Community College and Wor-Wic Community College.

Originally from Bel Air in Harford County, Smith has been in Worcester County for 10 years. She lives in Ocean Pines with her husband and three young children.

Shamrock Realty Group, Inc., a fullservice independent real estate brokerage, was established in 2006 by local entrepreneur Gary James and Wadler.

The firm has offices on Route 589 Racetrack Road in Ocean Pines and on Coastal Highway at 65th Street in Ocean City.

Graduates Reid Tingle, president and CEO of Bank of Ocean City, along with the Board of Directors, announce that Melissa von Bank, branch manager of Fenwick Island, Delaware, and Amy Catlin, internal auditor, have recently graduated from Maryland Banking School.

Bank of Ocean City is proud of their success, along with their commitMelissa von Bank ment to the program.

The Maryland Banking School graduation ceremonies took place on Aug. 9, at University of Maryland

College Park Marriott Conference Center.

The three-year curriculum featured courses focused on technology, leadership and management, economics and bank financial manageAmy Catlin ment, credit, sales and marketing, in addition to overall bank operations.

Bank of Ocean City is a locally-owned, independent community bank. Established in 1916 and headquartered in West Ocean City, the bank has six offices; three in Ocean City, one in Ocean Pines, one in Berlin and one in Fenwick Island, Delaware.

Graduate Taylor Bank announces that Cory Walsh, assistant vice president, loan and business development officer, recently graduated with honors from Maryland Banking School, a three-year banking school provided by the Maryland Bankers Association.

Organized in 1975, the Maryland Banking School provides a planned environment for the study of banking Cory Walsh tailored to meet the needs of Maryland banks.

It emphasizes developing leadership, managerial and technical skills, and creating a resource network.

During the last year, students work in teams to run their own virtual bank through a computer-based bank simulation called BankExec.

Walsh joined Taylor Bank in June of 2012 and is responsible for loan generation, business development and client relationship management in the Sussex County and northern Worcester County markets. He is a graduate of Salisbury University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, the bank subsidiary of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc., founded in 1890, offers a wide range of loan, deposit and ancillary banking services through both physical and digital delivery channels.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE The Family of Anita Louizes, who passed away May 31, 2019 would like to invite her friends to a celebration of her life on September 6, 2019 at the O.C. Elks Lodge from 1-3pm.

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Gillis Gilkerson, construction management, general contracting and development firm, announced the start of construction for the new Precious Paws Animal Hospital at 11843 Ocean Gateway in West Ocean City.

Construction for Precious Paws Animal Hospital begins (Aug. 30, 2019) Gillis Gilkerson, construction management, general contracting and development firm, announced the start of construction for the new Precious Paws Animal Hospital at 11843 Ocean Gateway in West Ocean City.

“What a great opportunity to help a local business expand and double their space to meet customer needs,” said Dwight Miller, president, Gillis Gilkerson. “Our team is dedicated to making the process as easy as possible so the client can focus on their patients and make a seamless transition into their new space upon completion.”

The 4,800-square-foot, one-story building will have stone and vinyl siding.

The new space will have four exam rooms, a comfort room, two surgery suites, a lobby and two waiting rooms, one for cats and one for dogs.

Project manager Don Murray and superintendent Tim Swift expect to have the new veterinary hospital completed by the end of 2019.

“We outgrew our space and with our current location being over 50 years old, it was time to expand,” said Brenda Maniatty, Precious Paws

Amal Hospital owner. “Gillis Gilkerson has been great to work with. They are handling everything so we can continue to serve our customers.

“We knew they had veterinary experience because of the work they did for Pets ER and therefore have the foresight to think the project through to meet the needs of our staff and the animals we care for,” she continued.

From new commercial construction to renovation, the company’s construction managers offer broad and deep experience in diverse industries, including medical, industrial, manufacturing, hotels, multi-family housing, houses of worship, restaurants, retail and schools.

Its full-service real estate development expertise offers custom solutions for land purchase, building program development, turnkey project management, obtaining permits and approvals, property management, property marketing, purchase, lease and lease/purchase options.

The team works in conjunction with architects, government planners, engineers, surveyors, inspectors, contractors and leasing agents to manage the development process from concept to completion.

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VOLUNTEER AWARDS The Worcester County Commissioners and Volunteer Services Manager Kelly Brinkley recognized eight individuals and nonprofit organizations during the annual Volunteer Spirit of Worcester County Awards dinner ceremony at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin on Aug. 21.

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Worcester Co. recognizes volunteers, nonprofit orgs.

(Aug. 30, 2019) The Worcester County Commissioners and Volunteer Services Manager Kelly Brinkley recognized eight individuals and nonprofit organizations during the annual Volunteer Spirit of Worcester County Awards dinner ceremony at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin on Aug. 21.

Volunteers were nominated by their peers in one of eight categories: individual, member of a board, Worcester County employee, group or team, faithbased, nonprofit volunteer program, veteran, and lifetime achievement.

“It is an honor to help connect volunteers with nonprofit organizations serving Worcester County and then being able to recognize many of those same individuals years later for putting their time, talents and resources to work with those same agencies to improve our local communities,” said Brinkley, who heads Worcester County Volunteer Connection.

Barbara Johnson of the Worcester County Arts Council and Mary Ellen Arena of Star Charities received Individual Spirit awards.

Johnson was recognized for serving as a gallery docent, helping with children’s programs and assisting with the artists’ opening receptions.

Arena was recognized for her work with the Sons and Daughters of Italy to raise funds for local charities and scholarships to three area high school students and for organizing social dinners and trips that cement friendships between the lodge and the community.

Ellie Scott of the Worcester County Arts Council received the Member of a Board Spirit Award for coordinating gallery improvement projects and organizing more than 10 gallery exhibits to help the arts council make closer connections with the community.

Laura Puckett of the Atlantic Club received the Worcester County Employee Spirit Award for touching the lives of more than 1,000 individuals in recovery and for heading up special events, including chairing the Walk for Recovery.

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Ocean Pines 50th Anniversary group, received the Group/Team Spirit Award for working tirelessly to promote the 50th anniversary celebration by locating and extracting the original time capsule, and planning, advertising and executing special events.

Vicky Nock, Charlotte Powell, Harriette Creter, and Donna Dougan, representing the Spirit Kitchen of the Stephenson United Methodist Church, received the Faith-Based Spirit Award for their policy, “Don’t Say No to Anyone,” to feed and provide other resources to those who are food insecure in Worcester County.

Effie Cox, Anne Cook, Rusty Ruszin and Tommy Vach, representing the Ocean City Surf Club, received the Nonprofit Volunteer Program Award for organizing projects and programs for the students to teach respect for others, the ocean and the local environment.

They also provide annual scholarships to local high school seniors.

Don McMullen of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines received the Veteran Spirit Award for chairing the education division.

He has been instrumental in assuring that students from every fifth grade class in the county visits the memorial and learns the history behind and proper respect for the American flag and the various military branches.

Coleen Mister of the Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum received the Lifetime Achievement Spirit Award for her life of community service.

She has been making Project Linus blankets to comfort children in trauma for 17 years. She is also a 50-year member and current historian of Salem United Methodist Church, and a DDCM education program mainstay.

Volunteers make Worcester County a better place to live, work and visit. To honor those whose contributions assure the continuation of vital services, Worcester County residents were recently invited to nominate individuals and community organizations for the 2019 Volunteer Spirit of Worcester See SPIRIT Page 59

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“Whether you have three hours a month or 30 hours a week to give, WCVC can help plug you into area organizations that can benefit from your specific talents and interests,” Brinkley said. “Wherever you look, there’s a need and a group or organization working to fill it.

“For example, the Commission on Aging needs drivers to deliver meals on wheels, and many area elementary schools need drivers to pick up fresh vegetables and fruits from participating farms to send home with children who receive bags from school food pantries,” she added.

For more information about volunteering in Worcester County or to learn more about the work done by this year’s Volunteer Spirit of Worcester County Award winners, contact Brinkley at 410632-0090.

First out-of-state office for Northrop Realty in Delaware (Aug. 30, 2019) Northrop Realty, A Long & Foster Company, opened an office Aug. 15 in Delaware, the first Northrop Realty office located outside Maryland.

The 2,500-square-foot office, located at 37077 Coastal Highway in Fenwick Island, currently supports five real estate agents and provides a base for agents handling transactions in Delaware.

“Many of our clients in Central Maryland are buying and selling second homes in Delaware and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, so we’re opening an office in the region to provide the best possible service for them,” said Creig Northrop, president and CEO of Northrop Realty.

“We’ve opened new offices across Maryland, and we’re excited now to serve our clients in Delaware.”

The Delaware office is Northrop Realty’s third new office to open this year, following its Frederick, Maryland, office, which opened in June, and its Ellicott City, Maryland, office, which opened in March.

In addition, Northrop Realty has offices in Annapolis, Clarksville, Columbia, Silver Spring, Sykesville and Timonium, Maryland.

Formerly the Creig Northrop Team of Long & Foster Real Estate, Northrop Realty became a full-service brokerage within the Long & Foster Real Estate family of companies last year. The transition from real estate team to brokerage allows Northrop Realty to grow its service areas.

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Calendar Submit calendar items to: editor@oceancitytoday.net.

Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, the week of publication. Local submissions have priority. Area event listings are subject to space availability.

Fri., Aug. 30 FIBER FRIENDS Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, etc. are welcomed. Bring your lap work and join this informal get-together. Victoria Christie-Healy, moonlightknitting@gmail.com, 703-507-0708, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

will be available for adoption. The first 100 people to adopt or make a qualifying donation will receive a matching event T-shirt and doggie bandanna.

SHAKESPEARE ON MAIN STREET Corner of Main and Pitts streets, 7:30 PM. Free Outdoor Shakespeare returns with the political drama, “Measure for Measure.” Performance by Brown Box Theatre. Bring a chair and enjoy.

FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET AGH GOES PURPLE KICKOFF Atlantic General Hospital, Main Lobby, 9733 Healthway Drive, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Community education and resource event promoting opioid awareness, recovery and peer support information, naloxone training, integrative therapies and other resources for addiction treatment. Rocks will be available during the event to be painted and placed in the River of Care and River of Hope in honor of those who have died from an overdose or are struggling with addiction. Donna Nordstrom, dnordstrom@atlanticgeneral.org, 410629-6820

Sat., Aug. 31 CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Ocean City Presbyterian Church, 1301 Philadelphia Ave., 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Featuring live music, chef demos, children’s activities and other special events. Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods. Open to the public.

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Sun., Sept. 1 BERLIN FARMERS MARKET Pitts Street and Main Street, 9:00 AM 1:00 PM. Featuring more than 20 vendors including fresh fruits and veggies, baked goods, seafood, poultry, farm fresh eggs, organic goods, wood working, beauty products and more. Also enjoy free crafts for kids, a variety of tutorials, a petting zoo and music provided

by Chris Sacks. Ivy Wells and Allison Early, 410-973-2051

SUNDAES IN THE PARK AND FIREWORKS SELBYVILLE ELKS MARKET DAY & YARD SALE Selbyville Elks Lodge 2173, 13324 Worcester Highway, 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Breakfast and lunch sandwiches and bakery items available. Vendors welcome. Indoor and outdoor tables rentals are $10. Contact: Lynne, 302-853-5335.

CRAFTY SATURDAY MAKE & TAKE ‘SCHOOL DAYS’ Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Create themed crafts using materials provided by the library. For all ages. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

JD Quillin, an Ocean City Lions Club member for 58 years, left, receives recognition from Outgoing President Norm Cathell for handling medical equipment needs for the community and for the organization’s monthly programs.

Northside Park, 200 125th St., Ocean City, MD, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Featuring live music by “Sapphire” (‘80s music) and free entertainment and activities for children too. Also, create your own sundae for a nominal fee. Additional ice cream novelty and beverage options are available for purchase. Bring your picnic basket and beach chairs. The night will end with a fireworks display at 9pm. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be moved inside the complex.

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Windmill Creek Vineyard and Winery, 11206 Worcester Highway, 4:00 PM 7:00 PM. Featuring local vendors with pet products and services, live music, a Smooch Your Pooch photo booth, wine, food and snowballs from The Snowball Stand. Friendly, leashed dogs are welcome. Dogs and cats from Worcester and Wicomico County Humane Societies

Talbot Street beach, 10:30 PM. 410-2892800

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Apple Discount Drugs, 314 Franklin Ave., #600, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Sponsored by Atlantic General Hospital and takes place the first Monday of every month. Free blood pressure screening and health information.

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Mondays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 7:00 PM. All levels of singers and drop-ins welcome. Carol, 410-641-6876

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White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Sponsored by Worcester County Democratic Club, picnic features catering by Em-ings of Bishopville, music and a speaker. Chicken, baby back ribs, salads and beverages are included. Cost is $25. Tickets: 301-6673099.

Burbage Regional Cancer Care Center Conference Room, 9707 Healthway Drive, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM. A cooperative effort for local Worship Centers and Atlantic General Hospital & Health System to increase health awareness, education and healthy living incentives. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month. Gail Mansell, gmansell@atlanticgeneral.org, 410-641-9725

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM. TOPS is a weekly support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. Berlin group No. 169. Rose Campion, 410-6410157

MEDIA AND CHILDREN PART 1 CPAP MASK FITTING Atlantic General Hospital Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, 9733 Healthway Drive. Free mask fitting clinic for patients who are having trouble adjusting to their CPAP equipment. By appoint-

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 6:00 PM. A three-part series for parents that delves into the who, what, where, when, why and how of children and media. Part 1 covers screen time recommendations by age and what the library

Tues., Sept. 3

HOW DO YOU BREW? STARBUCKS PRESENTATION Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 2:00 PM. A coffee seminar about how to brew the perfect cup of coffee at home. Starbucks manager, Gabriela Mitaj, will talk fundamentals and make it fun with a coffee tasting. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 PM. The group meets twice

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CALENDAR Continued from Page 61 a month to discuss both classic and modern reading selections recommended by the Great Books Foundation. 410-208-4014, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

MARYLAND BASIC BOATING SAFETY COURSE Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. The course, held Sept. 3-5, is required for all boat operators born after July 1, 1972. A certificate is awarded after successful completion of the course. Cost is $15. Register: Barry Cohen, 410-935-4807 or CGAUXOC@gmail.com.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING Tuesdays - Worcester County Health Center, 9730 Healthway Drive, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and health lifestyle. jeanduck47@gmail.com

‘ASK A MASTER GARDENER’ PLANT CLINIC

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Tuesdays through September - Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1-4 p.m. Bring your photos or bagged plant samples by and let expert Master Gardeners find solutions to your questions.

Free service.

For the past two summers Bad Monkey restaurant has donated proceeds from a special T-shirt sale to Believe In Tomorrow. Wayne Littleton, coordinator for the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Respite Housing Program, was recently presented $1,020. Believe in Tomorrow facility on 66th Street is open year-round to provide a free getaway to the beach for critically ill children and their families whenever they may need to escape the stresses of their child’s illness. Families can also vacation at the Believe in Tomorrow House in Fenwick Island and House by the Bay on 28th Street.

Wed., Sept. 4 WITTY KNITTERS Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Knitters, Crochet enthusiasts, needle artists of all skill levels are invited to join this group for a casual morning of sharing. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

HYPERTENSION CLINICS Sponsored by Atlantic General Hospital and takes place at Rite Aid, 10119 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin and at Rite Aid, 11011 Manklin Creek Road, Ocean Pines, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Free blood pressure screening and health information.

Michelle, 410-641-9268

FREE SQUARE DANCE LESSONS Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Adults, singles and couples welcome.

Square dance lessons are October through May, 2020 on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at a nominal fee.

OC/BERLIN ROTARY CLUB MEETING Wednesdays - Captain’s Table Restaurant in the Courtyard by Marriott, 2 15th St., 6:00 PM. 302-540-2127

KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OP/OC Wednesdays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m., meeting begins at 8 a.m. 410641-7330, http://www.kiwanisofopoc.org

DELMARVA HAND DANCE CLUB Wednesdays - Ocean City Elks Lodge, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave., 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM. Dance to the sounds of the ’50s and ’60s music. A $5 donation to benefit

Veterans and local charities. dance@delmarvahanddancing.com, 410-208-1151, http://delmarvahanddancing.com

Thurs., Sept. 5 DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT The Corn Hole Tournament will be held at the Berlin Lions Club on Sept. 7 from noon to 5 p.m. Register online at OceanPinesChamber.org before Sept. 5. Cost is $30 per team. Cash prizes. Food and beverages will be available for sale on the day of the event.

their own pace. Free and open to the public. Nicole Long, 443-614-6142

524-1818.

FREE VESSEL SAFETY CHECKS

ONGOING EVENTS BUS TRIP TO HARRINGTON CASINO The bus will leave from the Ocean Pines Yacht Club parking lot at 10 a.m. on Oct. 17 and return at approximately 5 p.m.

Cost is $20 and includes $15 slot play and $7 food voucher good towards the lunch buffet. Open to all. Reservations: Tom or Barbara Southwell, 410-6415456.

For a free vessel check, by a certified United States Power Squadron vessel examiner, contact Tony Curro at tcurro@mchsi.com.

THE DISCOVERY CLUB Delmarva Discovery Museum, 2 Market St., Pocomoke City, Wednesdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. Children, ages 3-5 years, will enjoy books, art, singing and movement coordinating with the week’s theme.

Caregivers are invited to join in. www.DelmarvaDiscoveryCenter.org

BOWLING LEAGUE MERRY MAKERS — ‘T-SHIRT TOTES’ Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 AM. This adult craft group meets the first Thursday of each month. This month, bring your own T-shirt(s) to convert into a useful tote. Register: 410208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

The Young at Heart Bowling League Ocean Pines - Ocean City will bowl on Fridays for 24 weeks, commencing the third Friday of September, (9/20/2019).

Season ends March 20, 2020. Senior citizens only. Tom Southwell, 410-6415456

FREE WELLNESS WORKSHOPS CLASSIC MOVIE THURSDAY: ‘THE PHILADELPHIA STORY’ (1940) Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 2:00 PM. Snacks will be provided. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

BEACH SINGLES Thursdays - Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Beach Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour.

Info: 302-436-9577, 410-524-0649 or BeachSingles.org

Free workshops dealing with hypertension, chronic pain self-management, chronic disease self-management, diabetes, fall prevention and cancer. If you would like to register for one of these workshops or you would like more information about bringing any of the workshops to your business or group, contact Jill at MAC, 410-742-0505, Ext. 159. A new workshop, titled “Building Better Caregivers” has been added. It’s a free, 6-week workshop for caregivers of those with conditions that affect memory.

GRIEF SUPPORT

FREE FISHING ROD LOANER PROGRAM

Thursdays - Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 11:00 AM. Coastal Hospice provides grief support and education. Participants work together to help each other navigate through grief at

Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway. Adults can check out a rod and tackle to use in bay and river waters. An adult library card is required. For more information and regulations, call 410-

FREE ADMISSION TO MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, 813 S. Atlantic Ave., May 18 through Sept. 2. The program is available to those currently serving in the United States Military. Must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID dent ID) or a DD Form 1173-1 ID. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Must be able to supervise and oversee events.

Must also be an outgoing energetic team player ready to sell our beautiful property that boast 250 guest rooms and 85 Suites along with the 40,000 square feet of meeting space! Applicant must be detail oriented and computer literate – Delphi experience a plus. Excellent benefits, working conditions and salary (commensurate with experience). Qualified applicants only, forward resume with salary requirements to: Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel Human Resources 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 Fax: 410-723-9109 ~ lwatson@clarionoc.com EOE M/F/D/V

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HELP WANTED Help Wanted - Year-round COOK & SERVERS. Alex’s Italian Restaurant, Rt. 50 West, West OC. Call Alex, 410-726-2158.

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HELP WANTED

This position supervises and implements the rules and regulations of the associations. Job duties include: General property operations, knowledge of building main systems, implementing rules and regulations for properties, maintain/update databases for current contracts, schedule preventative maintenance, acquire competitive bids, supervise maintenance staff, perform inspections, work closely with HOA board members, assist with property meeting preparations and attend all meetings, assist with social activities, maintain website, develop an annual budget.

Required Qualifications: Available for on-call/emergency work during nights and weekends; 3+ years community condominium management, 2+ years managing maintenance staff, proficient in contract review and negotiation, strong communication skills, computer literate, knowledge of website maintenance, knowledge of audio visual equipment.

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HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED - Main Street Storage and U-Haul.

Must be a RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE AND RESPONSIBLE person!

Part-time, Tues., Thurs. and some Saturdays (days only).

Apply in person, 9842 Main Street, Suite 3, Berlin.

PT/FT CLEANING PERSON $15/Hr. Home in Ocean Pines (The Parke) Must be honest, reliable, meticulous, drug free, intelligent and have own transportation. Fax resume to 410-208-3633 or email atlanticptrehab@aol.com.

Adult w/Some Carpentry or Other Residential Improvement Experience.

Must have hand tools and transportation.

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Winter Rental, 52nd St., Oceanside. 1BR, 2BA. Furnished. Includes cable. $700 monthly + utilities.

No pets/smoking.

Avail. October 1-April 1.

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$63,000 Cash Buys You A Beautiful 2BR, 2BA Mobile Home! Thoroughly renovated, near boat ramp. Lot rent $425/month. Call Howard Martin Realty, 410-3525555.

2 Office/Retail Spaces & 3 Warehouse Units available in West Ocean City.

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Cleaner Experienced w/Check-In & Check-Outs.

Reliable with own transportation. Will supply cleaning supplies. Excellent pay. Call Donna 301-7125224 for interview.

Year Round: 3BR, 2.5BA. 2358 sq. ft., 2-Story House in upscale neighborhood in OC, MD. Fenced-in yard. 410251-8167

2 Bedroom, 2.5 bath, 128th Street, Ocean Block.

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House and Rental Clean Out, small and local moving, and removal of junk and furniture.

Also, will clean out garages/ sheds. 302-222-7297, 302422-9390

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3BR, 4BA House w/Private Pool. 2-car detached garage.

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DONATIONS DONATIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Law Office. Part-time/fulltime. Computer, Word Perfect, Dictaphone, telephone and bookkeeping required.

Familiar with E-filing a plus.

Will train. Please respond by sending resume to PO Box 56, Ocean City, MD 21843.

Comfort Inn Gold Coast Assistant Executive Housekeeper We are seeking to fill the position of Assistant Executive Housekeeper.

This is a full time, year round position with competitive pay and benefits. Hotel Housekeeping supervisory experience required.

Please apply in person at 112th street, Ocean City, next to the Gold Coast Mall.

West OC Dental Office.

Join our successful practice as a Dental Assistant PT/FT, M-F, no evenings or weekends. Great Benefit Pkg. Fax resume to 410-213-2955 or email: contact@atlanticdental.com Now Hiring Maintenance & Housekeeping Help. Fulltime. Full benefits. $12/hour.

Call Club Ocean Villas II, 410-524-0880.

RENTALS RENTALS Year Round Condo. 1BR, 1BA. Unfurnished. Quiet building. New kitchen and bath. Top floor. $900/month plus utilities. No pets. 410804-3444, 410-524-6680

is now accepting applications for the following positions:

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Yearly & Seasonal Rentals We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

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NOW HIRING • Housekeeping • Food & Beverage • Front Desk Great benefits including medical, dental, vision and employee travel. *Eligible for a $200 sign on bonus* Apply to our job postings under Hyatt Place Ocean City MD on indeed.com or text 76977 to 844-311-6432

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RAMBLER MOTEL 9942 Elm Street, WOC (Behind Starbucks) Sleeps 4, $250 per week Manager onsite 410-213-1764

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Do you have an old bicycle not being used? It could mean a world of difference to a hard-working international student. We are looking to get as many bikes as possible. Your donation will be taxdeductible. Contact Gary at 443-975-3065.

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VICTORIA L. O’NEILL, ESQ. AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, P.A. 6200 Coastal Hwy, Suite 200 Ocean City, Maryland 21842

TRUSTEE’S SALE

OF TIME SHARE INTERVALS IN THE BORDERLINKS I CONDOMINIUM OCEAN PINES, MARYLAND By virtue of a certain Claim of Lien recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, and pursuant to the Order of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, Case No. C-23CV-19-000191, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the entrance of the Borderlinks I Condominium, located at, 438 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, Maryland, the following described property located in Ocean Pines, Worcester County, Maryland, on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. the following timeshare intervals: Condominium Units Ad4 Ad4 Ay25 Bb28 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 Bn40 By51 By51 By51 By51

Time Intervals 36 33 30 22 5 8 13 14 20 27 39 48 18 52 13 44 48

Each time interval being one week per year in the corresponding unit, each unit being part of the Borderlinks I Condominium, including an undivided interest in the common elements thereof, as established pursuant to a Declaration of Condominium and Timeshare recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland in Liber 1332, folio 280, et. seq.

The property 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 warranties and guarantees.

A secured party may bid and shall be excused from deposit requirements.

The Trustee reserves the right to withdraw any interval from the sale and/or to reject any and all bids.

Terms of Sale: A deposit in the full amount of the sales price per time interval will be required at the time of sale, such deposit to be in cash or check. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, 2019 maintenance fees and all other settlement costs shall be borne by the purchaser. The date of settlement shall be within fifteen (15) days after final ratification by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, time being of the essence; otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the

property will be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, or in any manner designated by the Trustee; or, without forfeiting deposit, the Seller may exercise any of its legal or equitable rights against the defaulting purchaser.

For more information, call: Victoria L. O’Neill, Esq., Trustee, at 410723-1400 OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________ Stern & Eisenberg Mid-Atlantic, P.C. 9920 Franklin Square Dr., Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21236 410-635-5127

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 14 DRAWBRIDGE RD. OCEAN PINES, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Joan Lee Trent a/k/a Joan L. Trent, dated March 31, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4684, folio 453 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 AT 2:05 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, will be required at the time of sale. If form of payment is not cashier’s or certified check, it must be cleared with the Substitute Trustee at least 24 hours prior to the sale. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within 10 days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser fails to settle within the aforesaid ten (10) days of ratification, the purchaser relinquishes their deposit and the Sub. Trustees may file an appropriate motion with the court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed with the Court in connection with such motion and any Show Cause Order issued by the Court and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper or Order by certified mail and regular mail sent to the address provided by the purchaser and as recorded on the documents executed by the purchaser at the time of the sale. Service shall be deemed ef-

fective upon the purchaser 3 days after postmarked by the United States Post Office. It is expressly agreed by the purchaser that actual receipt of the certified mail is not required for service to be effective. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement the deposit shall be forfeited to the Sub. Trustees and all expenses of this sale (including attorney fees and full commission on the gross sales price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid from the forfeited deposit. In the event of resale the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property regardless of any improvements made to the real property. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate of 5.00% per annum from the date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for the costs of all transfer taxes, (including agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), documentary stamps and all other costs incident to settlement. Purchaser shall be responsible for physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss from the date of sale forward. The sale is subject to post sale audit by the Noteholder to determine whether the borrower entered into any repayment/forbearance agreement, reinstated or paid off prior to the sale. In any such event the Purchaser agrees that upon notification by the Sub. Trustees of such event the sale is null and void and of no legal effect and the deposit returned without interest. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or good and marketable title, or the sale is not ratified for any reason by the Circuit Court including errors made by the Sub. Trustees, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without any interest.

Steven K. Eisenberg, Paul J. Moran, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-8/22/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555

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OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 107 123RD ST., UNIT #33 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained

AUGUST 30, 2019 in a certain Deed of Trust dated April 5, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4695, Folio 275 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, with an original principal balance of $326,000.00, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 AT 3:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and described as Unit No. E-33, in the Bermuda Bay Townhouse 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 $30,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser.

Any deferred water and sewer charges that purports to cover or defray cost during construction of public water or wastewater facilities constructed by the developer and subject to an annual fee or assessment are to be paid by the purchaser to the lienholder and are a contractual obligation between the lienholder and each owner of this property, and is not a fee or assessment imposed by the county. Any right of prepayment or discount for early prepayment of water and sewer charges may be ascertained by contacting the lienholder. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining

AUGUST 30, 2019 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 ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. 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. Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, 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 return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 337845-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555

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OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 11609 SEAWARD RD., APT. #70B OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated January 13, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4859, Folio 230 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, with an original principal balance of $150,000.00, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door,

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Ocean City Today / Public Notices One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 AT 3:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, 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 $13,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser.

Any deferred water and sewer charges that purports to cover or defray cost during construction of public water or wastewater facilities constructed by the developer and subject to an annual fee or assessment are to be paid by the purchaser to the lienholder and are a contractual obligation between the lienholder and each owner of this property, and is not a fee or assessment imposed by the county. Any right of prepayment or discount for early prepayment of water and sewer charges may be ascertained by contacting the lienholder. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale.

The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole

remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. 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. Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, 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 return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 333257-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-8/15/3t _________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 12415 TORQUAY ROAD WEST OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Samer Ramadan, dated February 23, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4878, Folio 094 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $210,000.00, and an original interest rate of 8.500%, 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 September 3, 2019 AT 3:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A deposit of $85,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten

PAGE 67 days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of the legal formation of such entity. 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. All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser.

Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 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 remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees for the Substitute Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. 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 without interest. The sale is subject to postsale 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

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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, Michael McKeefery, Christianna Kersey, and David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com CGD File #: 454559 OCD-8/15/3t _________________________________ JOSEPH B. MATHIS ESQ. OFFIT KURMAN 8171 MAPLE LAWN BOULEVARD SUITE 200 MAPLE LAWN, MD 20759

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17945 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF EDWIN M. LEWIS AKA: EDWIN MICHAEL LEWIS Notice is given that Joseph A. Lewis, 7232 Stover Court, Alexandria, VA 22306, was on August 06, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Edwin M. Lewis who died on April 13, 2019, 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 February, 2020.

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.

Joseph A. Lewis Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication:

August 15, 2019 OCD-8/15/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY (RPC) FLOATING ZONE EVERGREEN VILLAGE RPC NORTHWESTERLY SIDE OF BEAUCHAMP ROAD NORTH OF MD ROUTE 589 THIRD TAX DISTRICT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Pursuant to Sections 1-114 and 1315 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, application has been filed with the Worcester County Commissioners by Evergreen Village, LLC to establish a Residential Planned Community (RPC) on property located on the northwesterly side of Beauchamp Road, north of MD Route 589 (Racetrack Road).

Located in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland, the property is designated on Tax Map 15 as Parcels 127 and 259. The Worcester County Planning Commission reviewed the Evergreen Village Residential Planned Community application at its meeting of July 3, 2019 and granted a favorable recommendation to the County Commissioners.

Pursuant to Sections 1-114 and 1315 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, the County Commissioners will hold a PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 AT 10:50 AM IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING ROOM WORCESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER – ROOM 1101 ONE WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 At said public hearing the County Commissioners will consider the Residential Planned Community and the recommendation of the Planning Commission, any proposed restrictions, conditions or limitations as may be deemed by them to be appropriate to preserve, improve, or protect the general character and design of the lands and improvements being developed, and the advisability of reserving the power and authority to approve or disapprove the design of building, construction, landscaping or other improvements, alterations and changes made or to be made on the subject land or lands to assure conformity with the intent and purpose of applicable State laws and regulations and the County Zoning Ordinance.

A map of the proposed area, the staff file on the Residential Planned Community application and the Planning Commission’s file, which will be entered into record at the public hearing, are on file and avail-

able for inspection at the Department of Development, Review and Permitting, Government Center Room 1201, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 between the hours of 8:00A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday (except holidays). Interested parties may also call (410) 632-1200.

Diana Purnell, President OCD-8/15/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED RELOCATION OF KITTS BRANCH TAX DITCH WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND In accordance with the provisions of Section 26-508 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Worcester County Commissioners (Commissioners) have received the report of the Board of Viewers and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed relocation of the Kitts Branch Tax Ditch to be held on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. in the County Commissioners' Meeting Room Room 1101 Government Center, One West Market Street Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 The proposed relocation of an approximate 490 foot section of the Kitts Branch Tax Ditch is being requested as a part of a proposed development of a property located on the northwestern corner of Ocean Gateway and North Main Street in Berlin, Maryland, more specifically identified on Worcester County Tax Map 25, as Parcel 460, Lot 1. The request was made by attorney Mark Cropper, on behalf of the owner of the property, Last Stop Boardwalk LLC. The Board of Viewers appointed by the Commissioners recently completed their review and submitted their report dated June 28, 2019. Copies of the report are available for inspection at the Department of Environmental Programs, Worcester County Government Center, Suite 1306 (3rd floor), One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, 21863 during regular business hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm . Questions may be directed to David Bradford, Deputy Director of Environmental Programs, by calling (410) 632-1220, extension 1143 or email at dbradford@co.worcester.md.us.

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-8/1/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PASSAGE OF BILL 19-4 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Take Notice that Bill 19-4 (Taxation and Revenue - Rental Licenses) was passed by the County Commissioners on August 20, 2019.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: § TR 2-201. (Repeals this section

AUGUST 30, 2019 of the Taxation and Revenue Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland regarding Tourist permits and renumbers Section TR 2-202 (Gaming permits) as Section TR 2-201.) § TR 2-106. (Adds this new section to Subtitle I (Licenses) of the Licenses and Permits Title of the Taxation and Revenue Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland to establish provisions for Rental Licenses; provides that the words and terms contained in this new section shall have the meanings and interpretations as ascribed by the definitions contained in Section § ZS 1-103 of the Zoning and Subdivision Control Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland; provides that a license must be obtained by the property owner in order to rent any house, townhouse, apartment, condominium unit, cottage, cabin, manufactured home, rooming house, recreational vehicle, recreational park model, hotel or motel room, or any other building or structure or portion thereof as sleeping accommodations or any lot or parcel of land for the purposes of placing a manufactured or mobile home, recreational vehicle or tent, regardless of the length of the rental term; provides that the fee for a rental license will be established by resolution of the County Commissioners; establishes the information required to be submitted on the application for a rental license, including: a floor plan; the number, size and maximum occupancy of rooms in a hotel or motel; number, size and maximum occupancy of sites in a manufactured or mobile home park or campground; a copy of the lease agreement and rules for renters; names and contact information of owners, property managers and resident agents; and other information as determined necessary by the department to ensure compliance with this Title; establishes license terms (valid for one year), provisions for annual renewal, requirements for display of the rental license; and requirements to include the license number in all advertising; establishes the uses allowed in accordance with the license, and restrictions on licenses which are not transferable, and provides that a rental license may not be issued unless the property is in compliance with all State and local laws and regulations; establishes administration and enforcement provisions by the department as determined by the County Commissioners; grants enforcement staff the right to enter the property for inspection upon permission by the tenant or with a valid search warrant; provides for notification to the property owner regarding violations of this section; empowers the department to take action to correct violations if not corrected within a reasonable period of time; provides that violations constitute a civil infraction; provides that penalties may include suspension or revocation of the rental license, fines, and filing of an injunction for corrections, and abatement of violations which pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of the occupants; provides that a revoked li-

AUGUST 30, 2019 cense may not be re-issued for a period of three-years; and provides that after providing the owner of the licensed property an opportunity to be heard, the County Commissioners may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew any rental license issued due to: a material falsification of the rental license application; any activity conducted on the property which is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the public; conviction of a felony; a repeated failure to conform to rental license conditions, rules or regulations, or recurrent offensive conduct of persons on the property causing a public nuisance or disturbance as determined by the County Commissioners.)

This bill becomes effective fortyfive (45) days from the date of its passage.

This is only a fair summary of the bill. A full copy of the bill is posted on the Legislative Bulletin Board in the main hall of the Worcester County Government Center outside Room 1103, is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center and is available on the County Website at www.co.worcester.md.us .

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PASSAGE OF BILL 19-5 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Take Notice that Bill 19-5 (Taxation and Revenue - Hotel Rental Tax) was passed by the County Commissioners on August 20, 2019.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: § TR 1-601. (Repeals and reenacts Subtitle VI “Hotel Rental Tax” of Title 1 “Taxation” of the Taxation and Revenue Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland to update the language with regard to rental units and with reference to State Law, and to make certain stylistic changes with regard to the language; the proposed revisions extend the hotel rental tax to any hotel or motel, at any house, townhouse, apartment, condominium unit, cottage, cabin, manufactured home, rooming house, recreational vehicle, recreational park model or other tourist home, or any other building or structure or portion thereof used as a place of lodging; revises the definition of “Hotel, motel, apartment , cottage or similar place” to also include any public or private house, townhouse, apartment, condominium unit, cottage, cabin, rooming house, manufactured home, recreational vehicle, or recreational park model where all or a portion thereof provides sleeping accommodations in return for compensation of any kind; revises the definition of “Room or building rental” to extend to any monetary or non-monetary compensation received for the rental of the above referenced sleeping accommodations; revises the definition of “Transient” to apply to a person who obtains any of the above referenced sleeping accommodations for any period less

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This bill becomes effective fortyfive (45) days from the date of its passage.

This is only a fair summary of the bill. A full copy of the bill is posted on the Legislative Bulletin Board in the main hall of the Worcester County Government Center outside Room 1103, is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center and is available on the County Website at www.co.worcester.md.us .

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PASSAGE OF BILL 19-6 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Take Notice that Bill 19-6 (Taxation and Revenue - Mobile and Manufactured Home Park Licenses) was passed by the County Commissioners on August 20, 2019.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: Subtitle V - Mobile and Manufactured Home Park Licenses. (Repeals Subtitle V “Mobile and Manufactured Home Park Licenses” of Title 1 “Taxation” of the Taxation and Revenue Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland to eliminate this subtitle which requires a license to establish, maintain or operate any mobile or manufactured home park in the County, which also serves to eliminate the excise tax for these uses, given that mobile or manufactured home parks will be regulated under the terms of Section TR 2-106 (Rental Licenses) as established by Bill 19-4 and Section TR 1-601 (Hotel Rental Tax) as revised by Bill 19-5.)

This bill becomes effective fortyfive (45) days from the date of its passage.

This is only a fair summary of the bill. A full copy of the bill is posted on the Legislative Bulletin Board in the main hall of the Worcester County Government Center outside Room 1103, is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center and is available on the County Website at www.co.worcester.md.us .

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Custodial Services for Worcester County Office Buildings Worcester County, Maryland The County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland are currently accepting sealed bids for annual custodial cleaning services for twenty-one (21) county-owned or leased office buildings throughout Worcester County. 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, may be obtained online at www.co.worcester.md.us or by calling the Commissioners' Office at 410-632-1194 to request a package by mail. Interested bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid meeting on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Worcester County Government Center - 3rd Floor Training Room A, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, at which time the Department of Public Works - Maintenance Division staff will explain the scope of the bid specifications and answer questions about the bidding process that may assist in the preparation of bids. Following the pre-bid meeting, bidders will be required to visit each block of County buildings that they are interested in bidding on to meet with the building's facility manager.

During the site visit, the facility manager will provide a walk through so each bidder can evaluate the building's requirements, current condition, building finishes, hours of operation and property limitations.

A property listing with address and point of contact is provided in the bid specification package. Each bidder shall contact the building facility manager to arrange their independent walk through. Additional Requests For Information (RFI's) will be accepted by Worcester County's Department of Public Works Maintenance Division until 4:00 PM EST on Wednesday September 18, 2019.

All inquiries shall be directed to Kenneth Whited, Maintenance Superintendent, at (kenwhited@co.worcester.md.us).

RFI's will be responded to promptly and all responses will become part of the bid. Only written responses shall be considered binding. All RFI questions and responses by the County will be issued to all Bidders who attended the Pre Bid Meeting.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Monday, September 23, 2019 in the Office of the County Commissioners, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street - Room 1103, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "2019 Custodial Services Bid for Worcester County Buildings" 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 Com-

missioners 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.

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NOTICE

OF PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING SOUTHERLY TERMINUS OF NORTH PINEY POINT ROAD SOUTH OF ST. MARTINS NECK ROAD FIFTH TAX DISTRICT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Pursuant to Section 1-113 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, Rezoning Case No. 418 has been filed by Hugh Cropper, IV, attorney, on behalf of Moore Boat, LLC, property owner, for an amendment to the Official Zoning Maps to change approximately 9.4 acres of land located at the southerly terminus of North Piney Point Road, to the south of St. Martins Neck Road, in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland, from E-1 Estate District to I-1 Light Industrial District. The Planning Commission has given a favorable recommendation to the rezoning application.

Pursuant to Sections 1-113 and 1114 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, the County Commissioners will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. in the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING ROOM ROOM 1101, WORCESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ONE WEST MARKET STREET, SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863-1072 At said public hearing, the Commissioners will consider the rezoning application, the staff file on Rezoning Case No. 418 and the recommendation of the Planning Commission, any proposed restrictions on the rezoning, other appropriate restrictions, conditions or limitations as may be deemed by them to be appropriate to preserve, improve or protect the general character and design of the lands and improvements being zoned or rezoned or of the surrounding or adjacent lands and improvements, and the advisability of reserving the power and authority to approve or disapprove the design of buildings, construction, landscaping or other improvements, alterations and changes made or to be made on the subject land or lands to assure conformity with the intent and pur-

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pose of applicable State laws and regulations and the County Zoning Ordinance.

Maps of the petitioned area, the staff file on Rezoning Case No. 418 and the Planning Commission's recommendation which will be entered into the record of the public hearing are on file and are available for inspection at the Department of Development Review and Permitting, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Room 1201, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm (except holidays).

Diana Purnell, President OCD-8/29/2t _________________________________ ERIC T. FIFER JENSEN, HASSANI & FOCAS, P.A. 22 WEST PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, STE. 606 TOWSON, MD 21204

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17955 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF LEONORA C. ORDAKOWSKI Notice is given that Todd D. Ordakowski, 26 Breezeway Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, was on August 12, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Leonora C. Ordakowski who died on July 29, 2019, 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 12th day of February, 2020.

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.

Todd D. Ordakowski Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: August 15, 2019 OCD-8/15/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 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.

6:30 p.m.

Case No. 19-30, on the application of Richard Lynch, on the lands of Lavara Paal & Bob Moore, Trustees, requesting a special exception to expand an existing surface mine in the A-1 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1116(c)(3), ZS 1-201(c)(16), and ZS 1330, located on Cedartown Road, approximately 0.4 miles east of Taylor Road, Tax Map 57, Parcel 36, in the Fourth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:35 p.m.

Re-Advertisement of Case No. 1925, on the application of Mark Spencer Cropper, on the lands of Chet Rohrbach and Janet Yilmaz, requesting a variance to the Atlantic Coastal Bay Critical Area setback associated with the proposed construction of a single family dwelling in the R-2 Suburban Residential District pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(m)(1), ZS 1206(b)(2), ZS 1-305 and Natural Resources Sections NR 3-104(c)(4) and NR 3-111, located on the northerly side of Croppers Creek Lane, approximately 477 feet from Waterview Drive, Tax Map 26, Parcel 392, Lot 16B, in the Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:40 p.m.

Case No. 19-33, on the application of Mark Spencer Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Andrew and Susan Baxter, requesting an after-the-fact variance to the Ordinance prescribed front yard setback from 50 feet to 40.7 feet (an encroachment of 9.3 feet), an after-the-fact variance to the Ordinance prescribed rear yard setback from 30 feet to 29.8 feet (an encroachment of 0.2 feet), and a variance to the Ordinance prescribed left and right side yard setbacks from 6 feet to 5.8 feet (an encroachment of 0.2 feet), all of which are associated with a single-family dwelling in the R-3 Multi-Family Residential District pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-207(b)(2) and ZS 1-305, located on the northerly side of Old Bridge Road, approximately 350 feet east of Marthas Landing Road, Tax Map 27, Parcel 493, Lot 5, in the Tenth Tax

District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:45 p.m.

Case No. 19-24, on the application of Hugh Cropper, IV, Esquire, on the lands of Stephen Cook, requesting a variance to the Atlantic Coastal Bay Critical Area setback associated with the proposed construction of a single family dwelling in the R-3 Multi-Family Residential District pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(m)(1), ZS 1-207(b)(2) and ZS 1305 and Natural Resources Sections NR 3-104(c)(4) and NR 3-111 located on the northerly side of Old Bridge Road, approximately 2,104 feet west of Golf Course Road, Tax Map 27, Parcel 234, Lot 16, in the Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:50 p.m.

Case No. 19-34, on the application of Hugh Cropper, IV, on the lands of Brooklyn’s Estate, LLC, requesting a special exception to allow weddings and special events (transient use) in the A-2 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1105(c)(5), ZS 1-116(c)(3), and ZS 1-337, located on the southerly side of Flower Street, approximately 1,244 feet east of Honeysuckle Road, Tax Map 25, Parcel 256, in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:55 p.m.

Case No. 19-35, on the application of Hugh Cropper, IV, on the lands of Brooklyn’s Estate, LLC, requesting a special exception to allow weddings and special events (transient use) in the A-2 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1105(c)(5), ZS 1-116(c)(3), and ZS 1-337, located on the southerly side of Flower Street, approximately 1,124 feet east of Honeysuckle Road, Tax Map 25, Parcel 255, in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS OCD-8/29/2t _________________________________ BARBARA ANN SPICER 9515 DEERECO ROAD, SUITE 902 LUTHERVILLE, MD 21093

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17962 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF AUGUST VANSCAY SEIBEL AKA: AUGUST V. SEIBEL, VAN SEIBEL Notice is given that Thomas Mark Seibel, 26225 Crosswinds Landing, Selbyville, DE 19975, was on August 16, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of August Vanscay Seibel who died on August 6, 2019, 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 16th day of February, 2020.

AUGUST 30, 2019 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.

Thomas Mark Seibel Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: August 22, 2019 OCD-8/22/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

ROLAND A. RUIZ, II 715 142nd Street Unit 430 Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-18-000177

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 20th day of August, 2019, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 715 142nd Street, Unit 430, 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 23rd day of September, 2019, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 16th day of Setember, 2019.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $92,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy

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PUBLIC NOTICE The motor vehicles described below have been abandoned. The owners and lien holders are hereby informed of their right to reclaim the vehicles upon payment of all charges and costs resulting from the towing, preservation, and storage of the vehicles.

The failure of the owners or lien holders to reclaim the vehicles within three weeks of notification shall be deemed a waiver by the owners or lien holders of all rights, title and interest and thereby consent to the sale of the vehicles at public auction beginning August 29, 2019, or to have it otherwise disposed of in a manner provided by law.

Line No Year 643.19 2013 647.19 N/A 671.19 2011 674.19 2000 686.19 2006 785.19 1988 803.19 2008

Make DODGE SUZUKI TAIZHOU VOLKS JEEP CHEVY JEEP

Model AVENGER GW250 SCOOTER JETTA GRD CHEROK CAMARO GRD CHEROK

Color GRAY BLACK RED SILVER WHITE MAROON SILVER

Style 4H M/C MC 4S 4W N/A TK

VIN 1C3CDZAB5DN535893 LC6GJ66F601100668 LYDTGBPE8B1500053 3VWSA29M4YM191564 1J4HR58NX6C194138 1G1FP21S1JL125485 1J8GR48K78C238108

Mileage N/A N/A 2327 195704 N/A 64611 N/A

All vehicles will be sold at auction on-line at www.govdeals.com. For details call 410-723-6643.

AUTH: Ross Buzzuro Chief of Police OCD-8/29/3t ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________

Worcester County MD OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________

BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17960 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF SUSAN MARIE DIBARTOLO Notice is given that Anthony DiBartolo, 108 Alessandra Court PAT 178, Frederick, MD 21702; and Linda Schrader, 25816 Ricky Drive, Hollywood, MD 20636, was on August 15, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Susan Marie DiBartolo who died on July 31, 2019, 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 15th day of February, 2020.

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 de-

Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

CRYSTAL M. BANKS ELDER J. BANKS 6244 Basket Switch Road Newark, MD 21841 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000115

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 20th day of August, 2019, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 6244 Basket Switch Road, Newark, MD 21841, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 23rd day of September, 2019, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 16th day of Setember, 2019.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $103,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court

NOTICE

livery 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.

Anthony DiBartolo Linda Schrader Personal Representatives True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: August 29, 2019 OCD-8/29/3t _________________________________ IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR (OR) BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF: BETTY M. GALEONE ESTATE NO. 17969

NOTICE

OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by Thomas J. Kokolis, Esquire, 110 N. Washington Street, #500, Rockville, Maryland 20850 for judicial probate and for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at Worcester County Court House, Court Room 4, One W. Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 on 10/01/2019 at 10:00 a.m.

This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time.

Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in

the office of the Register of Wills.

Terri Westcott Register of Wills One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Phone: (410) 632-1529 Newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Publication Date: 08/29/2019 OCD-8/29/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOARD OF PORT WARDENS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 106, “Waterways,” Article II –“Shoreline Development” of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Port Wardens Ordinance of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland.

Thursday, September 12, 2019 At 2:00 p.m.

MAJOR A request has been submitted to install four (4) boat lifts on existing piles maximum channelward 20’ of the MHWL. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 1111 EDGEWATER AVE Parcel # 3692 -4 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. PW19-070 APPLICAN/OWNER: DANIEL W. BURT A request has been submitted to install (1) boat lift with associated piling and to build a 2x10’ pier extension to existing pier. Maximum channelward distance of 27’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 205 125TH ST UNIT C313 Parcel # 6060A-in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. PW 19-071 APPLICANT: MCGINTY MARINE CONSTRUCTION OWNER: PARKSIDE PARTNERS, LLC. A request has been submitted to install (1) boatlift with associated piling. Maximum channelward distance of 25’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 606 DORY RD UNIT 302 Parcel # 9031 -302 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. PW19-72 APPLICANT: MCGINTY MARINE CONSTRUCTION OWNER: JEFFREY KEPPLER A request has been submitted to install a new 5x40’ parallel platform, a new 5x44’ perpendicular pier, and (4) associated mooring piles. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 163 PINE TREE RD Parcel # 8020A- in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

PW19-073 APPLICANT: MCGINTY MARINE CONSTRUCTION OWNER: DARRIN MICK A request has been submitted to remove existing batter pile system, to install 40’ of replacement vinyl bulkhead 18” channelward of existing bulkhead with engineered batter pile system, install a 5x30’ perpendi-

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cular pier w/ (4) associated mooring piles. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 305 S OCEAN DR Parcel # 8020A- in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. PW19-074 APPLICANT: OCEAN SERVICES OF DE., C/O ERIN ROGERS OWNER: WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN OCD-8/29/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019, AT 6:00 P.M. TOWN OF OCEAN CITY RE: PUBLIC PROPERTY CONVEYANCE TO OCVFC A Public Hearing is scheduled on Monday, October 7, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., at the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council, in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue,

Ocean City, Maryland, 21842. The purpose of this public hearing is to consider the proposed addition to lands of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company by the conveyance of real property consisting of 1.7 acres lying at the southwest corner of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company lands, Parcel 1, Tax Map 27.

The conveyance was originally presented to the Mayor and Council at the April 30, 2019, Work Session.

Further details of the conveyance can be found online at oceancitymd.gov in the April 30 agenda packet. This hearing will allow public input for Mayor and Council consideration as to whether or not it is in the public’s interest to convey the property to the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department. Additional information can also be obtained from the City Clerk by calling 410-289-8842.

OCD-8/29/1t _________________________________ SMALL ESTATE

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17951

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF KRISTIN JOY BILES Notice is given that Harry Francis Biles, 108 Quillen Drive, Berlin, MD 21811, was on August 08, 2019 appointed personal representative of the small estate of Kristin Joy Biles who died on July 19, 2019, 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 shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having an objection to the probate of the will shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within six months after the date of publication of this Notice.

All persons having claims against the decedent must serve their claims on the undersigned personal representative or file them 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) Thirty days 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 claim within thirty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not served or filed within that time, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Harry Francis Biles Personal Representative True Test Copy Register of Wills for Worcester County Terri Westcott One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: August 29, 2019 OCD-8/29/1t _________________________________

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Labor Day weekend boat safety stressed Labor Day weekend, the last hurrah of the summer vacation season, is bound to draw a sizable boating crowd to local waters, as good weather beckons and it’s back to school and work in the week that follows.

The possibility of a flotilla of recreational craft on the bays on Saturday and Sunday, however, also increases the need for operators to exercise caution with regard to everyone and everything around them. That would include their own personal conduct as well.

Among the top reasons for boating accidents, according to the Coast Guard’s 2018 year-end report, are operator inattention, operator inexperience and excessive speed. But the leading reason for the 633 boating fatalities and the estimated $46 million in property damage last year, the Coast Guard found, was alcohol consumption.

Even the most able captain is a menace if he or she is drunk or impaired. Knowing what to do isn’t much good if the hand on the helm is unsteady and slow to react.

But not only does being a good captain require that individual to be sober and alert, it also means having to enforce rules that don’t necessarily correspond to the free-for-all attitude some passengers will bring on board with them.

Wearing life jackets is one such rule. According to the Coast Guard’s annual statistics, drowning was the cause of death in 77 percent of last year’s fatal boating accidents, and of that total 84 percent of the victims were not wearing a life jacket.

It’s also important that someone help the operator keep an eye on the water, all the water, as in what’s approaching from the stern and from either side. Maintaining that lookout is even more critical in boats with numerous passengers who invariably will obstruct the operator’s view.

Boating is meant to be fun, but the rules of the road and safety still apply. The one thing everyone wants from this last outing of the vacation season is a safe return to port, followed by the return of everyone to these waters next year. What no one wants is for this weekend’s trip to be someone’s last outing ever.

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We’re just so, so sensitive PUBLIC EYE

By Stewart Dobson

If I were to borrow from a song that captures one of the more annoying aspects of our current societal mindset, it would have to be from the mid-1970s tune, “Feelings” … as sung by Elmer Fudd.

Feelwings, nothing more than feelwings, Twying to forget my feelwings …

Teardwops wolling down on my face, Twying to forget my feelwings …

I mean it. In a nation that presents itself as the world’s leading source of stout-hearted and ironjawed individuals who just might endorse the idea of having “The Expendables,” declared The National Movie, it’s a little strange that we have evolved into — widdle pee-wees whose feelwings are so easiwee hurt.

If anyone is offended so far, let me be clear that I am not insensitive to other people’s situations.

You fall on hard times or were born in hard times? I’ll try to help. Someone does you dirty or tries to push you around for any reason at all? I don’t care who you are, I’m on your side.

Someone steal your bike? Let’s find that soand-so and … I know people. But if someone calls you a name? Get over it.

I’ve been called many names over the years, but then again I don’t think she meant ALL of them, except maybe the time I woke her to extoll the virtues of a cheese wheel a neighbor gave me at 2 a.m. or thereabouts after our extended “wine tasting.”

I’m pretty sure she meant that one, or those ones, to be precise.

As for others, I don’t worry about them too much, although I will confess I was confused in my younger years by one little acquaintance who, I believed, kept calling me a small island in the Pacific. That was until I realized he had a speech problem and wasn’t calling me an “atoll” at all.

Which brings me to the situation that made me reflect on our total abandonment of the “sticks and stones” principle and set me off on this tirade.

A New York Times columnist was so offended when a college professor called him a “bedbug” on Twitter (the destroyer of civilization as we know it) that he let the professor’s boss know about it by copying him on a rebuttal email to the perpetrator in which he said, “Oh yeah? Well, you’re a doo-doo head” or something along those lines.

I mean, here’s someone who buys ink by the barrel, as they say, and he goes crying to the guy’s boss? For being called a bedbug? It’s hard to say what might have happened if the professor had called him, say, Jiminy Cricket or “You … you … dogbane leaf beetle!”

I don’t get it. I really don’t.

I once had a reader call — true story — and tell me, “I know you and I know your family, and none of you are any damn good.”

That’s bad. Still, I replied, “That’s correct ma’am, and now we’re coming for you. Ha, ha, just kidding ... maybe.”

The fact is I really am sensitive to the feelings of others and do try not to be inconsiderate or rude to anyone.

That said, I should apologize now to the bedbug community if anything I mentioned above is construed as being offensive. That was not my intention. And I wealwy mean it.

Letters Condominium owners left out of Room Tax benefits Editor, I live close to Washington D.C. and after reading the article about the Room Tax going up again, I feel like the DC residents who have “Taxation without Representation” on their license plates.

For the past 20 years, the Hotel and Restaurant Association has joined forces with Ocean City leaders to collect taxes and spend millions of dollars basically trying to expand the Ocean City season.

For most condo owners, the season is from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The special events that occur outside this date range are weekend events which brings customers to hotels and restaurants but not much for condo owners.

During the season when most of the rentals are weekly, condos offer an advantage over hotel rooms with lower per person costs coupled with a kitchen that can cut food costs in half.

However, if someone is coming here for a special event, they have little interest in bring supplies for cook-

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ing their own meals and thus look for a hotel room rather than a condo.

The bottom line here is that additional taxes are being collected on condo rentals for the direct benefit of hotels and restaurants and not condo owners.

If Ocean City were to cease all advertising, I doubt it would have any significant impact on condo rentals.

Advertising is necessary so that people outside the Ocean City area know when these special events are occurring and make a reservation to attend.

However, the cost of this advertising should be borne by those who are reaping the benefit and not by condo owners.

Jim Thomas Silver Spring, Maryland

Advertising budget grossly overfunded, unnecessary Editor, In 2007, the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City passed an ordinance that established a funding formula wherein an amount equal to 2 percent of the annual gross room revenue collected by hotels, motels, etc., goes to the town’s advertis-

ing budget.

From 2008 to 2018, the town’s advertising budget swelled from $2.2 million to $6.9 million. Just recently, a budget amendment increased the $6.9 million to $7.6 million.

The flawed ordinance will continue to overfund advertising, and the M&CC have no intention of correcting the situation.

As gross room revenues continue to increase, advertising dollars could quickly rise to $8 or $9 million. How much advertising does the town need?

More importantly, why are we in the advertising business anyway? Advertising is not a function of government. The business community should be funding advertising.

If the $7.6 million in room tax paid by tourists went into the general fund to support public safety, public works, and our beach as opposed to advertising, every property owner in Ocean City could see an 18 percent decrease in their annual property taxes.

Every business in town would enjoy that same reduction, and thus have funds to spend on advertising as they deemed fit.

Businesses could pool their adver-

Page 74 tising dollars with other businesses to increase their marketing exposure.

The Chamber of Commerce could be involved in the coordination of advertising and marketing for the town and regional business community.

To complicate matters, the M&CC are also exploring the youth sports market.

Part of the justification for their recent request to raise the room tax to 5 percent is to explore a sports complex just outside Ocean City.

The M&CC have authorized a study to further determine the feasibility.

However, the results of that study may be months away, and it remains to be seen whether the consultants come back with a favorable recommendation.

To date, there has been no polling of the citizens to determine if they will support such a facility.

A 2017 study conducted for Worcester County revealed that such a sports complex would require an annual subsidy of 25 percent, not to mention the cost to build it.

The county study also reflects that some individuals involved in putting together sports tournaments indiContinued on Page 76

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Continued from Page 74 cated concerns about the possibility of oversaturation of these facilities in the region.

The County Commissioners rejected the concept at that time, in part because their staff found the economic impact to be overly optimistic.

How many projects are the property taxpayers of Ocean City expected to subsidize? We already subsidize the convention center, Eagle’s Landing Golf Course, the airport, advertising and a whole host of “free” events.

When is enough, enough?

Vincent dePaul Gisriel Jr. Ocean City

Resources, info about opioid abuse Continued from Page 24 Against Opiate Addiction will hold a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31 at First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City on 1301 Philadelphia Ave. • Worcester Goes Purple will join with the Atlantic Club and the Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction for the 2019 Walk for Recovery from 2-5 p.m. on Sept. 7 on the Ocean City Boardwalk. For more information, visit the organization’s website at atlanticclubocmd.org/walkrun-for-recovery/.

• Worcester Goes Purple will have a table during the Small Town Throw

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• Worcester Goes Purple will participate in Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s Party in the Pines on Sept. 18.

• There will be additional information on Sept. 21 on the Ocean City Fishing Pier during Sunfest.

• Worcester Goes Purple will participate in an open house at the Atlantic Club on Sept. 26. Smullen said health department personnel plan to “work with people in recovery, located upstairs from Atlantic Club.”

Additionally, Smullen said the Ocean

City Council and Worcester County Commissioners are scheduled to present proclamations during their meetings to mark the occasion.

The future of Worcester Goes Purple remains unclear, as the Worcester County Board of Education awaits a decision on grant funding. Nevertheless, Smullen said she’d still like to continue working with other community partners.

“I think that it’s important for every person to make a difference, and if I can make a difference by helping with this program, then that’s really important to me,” she said.

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By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Two Ocean City men who distributed more than $1.25 million worth of untaxed cigarettes were sentenced to prison on Monday in New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

Basel Ramadan, 47, and Samir Ramadan, 45, were previously convicted of similar cigarette smuggling scheme, but were indicted again on similar charges. Basel was sentenced to two to four years in prison, and Samir was sentenced to 1.5 to 3 years behind bars.

The Ramadan brothers entered guilty pleas on Aug. 8 to conspiracy in the fourth degree, which is a “class E” felony. Additionally, they forfeited $367,088 of illegal proceeds, or an act involved with money laundering, as a condition of the plea.

Basel, Samir and 39-year-old Fahd Muthana, of Brooklyn, were charged with a host of offenses in a 21-count indictment, that included second-degree criminal tax fraud, second-degree money laundering and fourth-degree conspiracy.

A grand jury issued the indictment on Oct. 10, 2018, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Officials asserted the trio trafficked more than 1,500 cartons untaxed cigarettes per week from Virginia to Kings County, New York.

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Police arrested Fuller for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and possessing a spring-assisted knife.

One witness claimed that Wingate used a Plexiglas fire-extinguisher case to hit the door in attempt to break it open.

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West-O Bottle Shop & Bar target of hit-and-run theft

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) Luis Arce Alcantara, 18, of Delaware, created a personal drive-thru at the West-O Bottle Shop & Bar after smashing his silver Toyota Matrix through the front doors last Saturday, Aug. 24. “… At approximately 1 a.m., a person chose to drive their car through the front doors of our business in order to obtain some cold beer,” the business said in a Facebook post. “The criminal then fled the property in their car, which was promptly discovered by police in a ditch …”

Maryland State Police arrested Alcantara later that night after finding him behind Your Doc’s In located on 12385, Ocean Gateway, Berlin Barrack Sgt. Everett West II said.

Aside from the front doors, neither the property nor any of its content was

damaged, storeowner Sara Hambury said.

“Not even the flower pots,” she said, which rest on the exterior of the shop right next to the doors.

The shop, which is open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., remains open for normal business hours, and has hired United Restoration Inc. to create temporary doors.

The storeowners did stress, however, that customers should get their libations during the designated store hours.

“Our tagline at the Bottle Shop is ‘Come on in my thirsty friends,’” the post said. “To clarify, we would prefer for the public to limit this to hours that the store is open. We will gladly help carry items to your car, no need to drive it in.”

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Federal, state and local agencies raided the Ramadan’s Oyster Harbor residences during October 2018 during “Operation Sidestep,” which authorities said concluded a months-long investigation.

Law enforcement officers recovered three vehicles, three handguns, one shotgun, and $312,000 in cash, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Untaxed cigarettes worth $341,000 were also seized from a Brooklyn, New York storage facility.

“These traffickers are charged with sidestepping the law, which put legitimate, law-abiding businesses at a disadvantage,” Then- New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in a statement last year. “We’ll continue to work with our partners in law enforcement to hold accountable those who try to game the system and cheat New Yorkers.”

This isn’t the first time the Ramadan brothers were in a tussle with the law.

They were arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling investigation in May 2013.

New York investigators and Homeland Security personnel raided Basel’s home and police reportedly removed trash bags of about $1.4 million in cash.

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Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Leo and Mary Massey Gniazdowski.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Lee Poist, in 2015.

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By Peter Ayers Wimbrow III Contributing Writer (Aug. 30, 2019) This week, 80 years ago, the German Reich and the Slovak Republic, without a Declaration of War, assaulted their Polish neighbor, and began the European portion of World War II, although no one knew at the time that it was the beginning of such a catastrophe.

Within days, the aggressor nations were at war with Great Britain and France, and within weeks Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and India had joined the United Kingdom and France.

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The invaders numbered 1.5 million, supported by 9,000 guns, 2,750 tanks and 2,315 aircraft.

The one million Polish soldiers defending their country were apportioned among seven armies: Karpaty, commanded by Kazimierz Fabrycy; Kraków, commanded by Antoni Szylling; Łódź, commanded by Juliusz Rómmel; Modlin, commanded by Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski; Po-

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Most of the reasons for the war originated with the Treaty of Versailles, which the Allies imposed on a prostrate Germany at the conclusion of The Great War. Except for the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, created by the Emperor Napoleon, Poland had not graced the European map for 125 years. The Treaty of Versailles recreated it, partly from German territory. In doing so, the victorious Allies decided that the resurrected country needed access to the Baltic

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“The Polish Corridor” gave Poland a strip of former German territory that was 20 miles wide on the Baltic coast, west of the German port of Danzig (now the Polish city of Gdańsk), which the Allies designated a “Free” City.

The effect was that there was no land connection between East Prussia and the rest of Germany, and Danzig was no longer part of Germany, although it wasn’t part of Poland either.

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The Poles were misled when they obtained guarantees from Great Britain and France. This was one of the reasons that the Poles rejected German demands. They figured that if the Germans did attack that they would only have to hold out for a few days until the French and British attacked Germany from the west.

Everyone acknowledged that France had the best army in the world! What no one realized, except Hitler, was that the French did not have the stomach for another war with Germany.

Since the Poles thought that Great Britain and France would quickly come to their aid and relieve the pressure, they violated one of Prussian Emperor Frederick the Great’s maxims, e.g., that, “He who defends everything, defends nothing.”

Recognizing this, the French had advised that the Poles pull back to terrain that more naturally lent itself to defense. The Poles failed to take that advice, and superior German armor, in coordination with its dominating air power, allowed the Wehrmacht to quickly slice through the Polish forces. The British dubbed this new kind of rapid warfare “Blitzkrieg!”

Gen. List’s Fourteenth Army captured the ancient Polish capital of Kraków on Sept. 6. Because the city was captured so quickly, it did not suffer the devastation of Warsaw.

By Sept. 8, XVI Armeekorps, of Gen. von Reichenau’s Tenth Army, commanded by Erich Höpner, attacking from the south, had reached the outskirts of Warsaw, having covered 140 miles in a week. Meanwhile, XIX Armeekorps, of Gen. von Kluge’s Tenth Army, commanded by Heinz Guderian, attacking from the north, had arrived at the northern outskirts of the Polish capital, effectively surrounding it. From the beginning, the Luftwaffe had been bombing the city daily.

The 500-year-old city of Białystok was captured by Gen. von Küchler’s Third Army on Sept. 12. By then, the invaders had occupied all of Poland west of the Vistula River, except for the capital.

Since the invasion, the Polish Government and military leadership had removed, first to Lublin, then to Kremenez, and finally to Zaleshiki, on the Romanian border. Gen. Walerian Czuma had taken command of the Warsaw defenses on Sept. 3 — the same day that Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany.

Any hope which the Poles had was ended, when on Sept. 17, the 800,000-man Red Army, under the

command of Semyon Timoshenko, began occupying the eastern part of Poland which had been allotted to the U.S.S.R. by the Secret Protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement.

Ten days later, Gen. Kutrzeba surrendered his country’s capital. Polish soldiers began marching into German captivity on Sept. 30. German soldiers entered the city the following day. On Oct. 5, Hitler attended a victory parade in the Polish capital.

The conquest of Poland had been a great victory for Germany, Slovakia and the U.S.S.R. It had cost them: Germany, 16,343 killed, 3,500 missing, 30,300 wounded; Slovakia, 37 killed, 11 missing, 114 wounded; U.S.S.R., 1,475 killed and 2,383 wounded.

The Poles, in addition to losing their country, again, suffered 66,000 dead, 133,700 wounded, and almost 700,000 captured. An additional 150,000-200,000 Polish civilians died during the invasion. In the next six years, they would be followed by many more.

Next week: Saar offensive Mr. Wimbrow writes from Ocean City, Maryland, where he practices law representing those persons accused of criminal and traffic offenses, and those persons who have suffered a personal injury through no fault of their own. He can be contacted at: wimbrowlaw@gmail.com.

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OBITUARIES Continued from Page 79 nephews.

She was preceded in death by her brother, William Gniazdowski and her sister, Arnette Vanick.

Mrs. Poist, a graduate of Eastern High School in Baltimore, had worked as an office worker for Semmes, Bowen, & Semmes for many years.

After retiring to Ocean Pines, she enjoyed reading and gardening.

Mrs. Poist was laid to rest with a small family ceremony on Aug. 26, 2019 at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Easton, Maryland.

Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

RALPH M. HITCHCOCK, JR. Ocean Pines Ralph M. Hitchcock, Jr., age 95, died on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at his home.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Ralph M. Hitchcock, Sr. and Lillian Hudgins Hitchcock.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Anna H. HitchR. Hitchcock, Jr. cock, in 2017.

Surviving, are his children, Neil Hitchcock of Ocean City, and Anna Kost and her husband, Bill, of Ashton, Maryland.

Mr. Hitchcock had served in the United States Army during WWII. After the war, he began a career in finance as a bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) where he served for 27 years.

He also began his 48-year affiliation with AUSA (Association of the United States Army) in 1964, serving as Fairfax-Lee Chapter treasurer (19802008) and 2nd Region treasurer (1992-2012).

He was awarded the Melvin Jones National Award by Lions International and was active in the Mount Vernon Lee Chamber of Commerce.

He was a member of the Community Church at Ocean Pines. A memorial service was held on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 at the Community Church at Ocean Pines. Rev. Dale Brown officiated. Inurnment followed in the Community Church Columbarium.

A donation in his memory may be made to: Coastal Hospice, Macky and Pam Stancell Facility, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Maryland 21804.

Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

RICHARD EVERETT SCAMMON Ocean Pines Richard Everett Scammon, age 89, of Ocean Pines, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

Richard was born in Bronx, New York and was the son of the late Roscos and Margaret (Valenti) Scammon.

He retired from the Department of Defense as an Army map printing press operator. Mr. Scammon also served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

He is survived by a R. Scammon son, Michael G. Scammon of Ocean Pines; a daughter, Margaret (Peggy) M. Anderson and husband, Raymond, of Centerville, Virginia; and a granddaughter, Rachel Anderson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Deloris C. Scammon, in 1989.

Services will be private at a later date.

Donations in his memory may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent by visiting www.bishophastingsfh.com.

JOHN JOSEPH SAUER SR. Ocean City John Joseph Sauer Sr., age 95, passed away on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 at Catered Living in Ocean Pines, Maryland.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Louis Sauer and Bernadette McGonigal Sauer.

He is survived by his children, Regina M. Cusson and her husband, John, John J. Sauer Jr. and his wife, Debbie, Mary Rose Hueg and her husband, Donnie, Joan M. Campbell and

Jeffrey M. Sauer and his wife, Sharon.

He was grandfather to Jonathan, Benjamin, Christopher, Kate, Eric, Billy, Christina, Nathan and Ryan and six greatJohn Sauer Sr. grandchildren.

Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

Preceding him in death was his wife, Joan Couzens Sauer, and his brother, Louis Sauer.

Mr. Sauer was a decorated World War II veteran who participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and was wounded at Omaha Beach.

Gen. Eisenhower personally awarded to him the Purple Heart. He helped liberate the prison camp at Nuremberg, Germany.

In addition to the Purple Heart, he received the Bronze Star for Heroism, the French Legion of Honor Medal and other medals and awards.

Following his military service, he was a firefighter in Baltimore City for over 30 years.

He retired and moved to Ocean City where he was an usher and active member of Holy Savior Parish.

He was a member of American Legion Post 166 for 30 years. He served as the American Legion Color Guard captain for 18 years, was designated as Color Guard captain emeritus and was inducted into

the Color Guard Hall of Fame.

He was elected commander of the Purple Heart Society in both Maryland and in Delaware. He served as a member of the Disabled American Veterans organization and was an officer of the VFW Post 8296.

Other volunteer activities included serving as president of the Ocean City AARP organization, as an active member of the Knights of Columbus, 4th degree and the Hibernian Society.

He raised funds for building Atlantic General Hospital, where he served as a volunteer for many years, and for the Ocean City flag monument in Northside Park.

He organized feeding the needy by enlisting the aid of local grocery stores and many volunteers.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 at Holy Savior Catholic Church in Ocean City.

Father William Mathesius officiated.

Interment will be at a later date, private for the family.

A donation in his memory may be made to: St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Restoration fund. or the John J. and Joan Couzens Sauer Endowed Nursing Fellowship Fund at the UConn Foundation, 2390 Alumni Dr., Unit 3206, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3206.

Letters of condolence may be sent via www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

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Decatur golf team kicks off season with victory, Tues.

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) The Stephen Decatur golf team kicked off the 2019 season with a victory in Tuesday’s 11-school match at Rum Pointe Golf Course in Berlin.

“It was a very good start to the season. We were able to win the match while not playing our best golf,” said Decatur Coach Dan Stearman. “I’m very proud of the group, esDan Stearman pecially our newcomers Matt Brown and Katelyn Davis. As always, we were led by our big three Brady [Leonard], Blake Marshall and Jacob Bauer.”

Decatur won with a team score of 187, followed by Parkside (196), James M. Bennett (198) and Snow Hill (250).

Leonard, a senior captain, led the team, shooting a 37, Bauer, a sophomore, tallied a 48, followed by Marshall, a senior captain (49) and Brown, a senior, (53).

In his second year as head coach, Stearman has seven players on his roster. Three – Leonard, Marshall and Bauer – were on the team last year, which finished in first place nine times and in second three times during the regular season.

Decatur won the District VIII tournament last year. The Seahawks came up one stroke short to Kent Island during the Bayside Conference championship.

Leonard qualified for the state championship with teammates, Emily Malinowski, Hayden Snelsire and Joe Beck, who have now graduated.

They did not advance to the second round of play.

Leonard earned All-Bayside Conference First Team honors for his performance during the 2018 season.

Leonard, a four-year varsity player, will use his experience to lead the team and help his teammates when they need assistance.

“We just need to keep practicing everything we’ve been struggling with, which is consistency, and if we get there then we’re going to be successful,” he said. “I think everybody’s in good shape and looking pretty good and excited.”

He hopes to earn All-Conference honors again and to have a match aver-

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“I was a little skeptical when we started because we lost really good players [to graduation], but they outperformed the last couple of weeks and they’ve gotten better every time we’ve gone out,” said Decatur golf Coach Dan Stearman. Pictured, in back, from left, are Stearman, senior captains Blake Marshall and Brady Leonard, senior Matt Brown and sophomore Jacob Bauer, and in front, sophomore Abby Wesche and juniors Katelyn Davis and Ally Russell.

age of even par, which is 36 for most courses.

Marshall received Bayside Second Team accolades for his performance last season.

“I just watched [the older players] and how they led and I took notes from them. I’m going to use that to my advantage … everything I learned the last three years will help,” Marshall, a threeyear varsity team member, said. “It’s my last year so it’s going to go by fast and I’m just going to take advantage of it.”

He hopes to score a spot on the Bayside First Team this season.

“That’s one personal goal that means a lot to me,” he said.

“I think the strengths are that I have the three players that played last year on varsity,” Stearman said. “Brady Leonard was the No. 1 in the Bayside South in terms of scoring, and was awesome. Blake Marshall finished Second Team Bayside and did really, really well.

Jacob Bauer last year as a freshman was big for us in a couple matches and that really propelled us toward the Bayside South.”

Stearman will look to his three varsity veterans to lead the team, which includes newcomers Brown, Davis and

Ally Russell, both juniors, and sophomore Abby Wesche.

“Matt Brown is a three-year JV player and I’m looking for great things from him. He worked really hard this summer to get his game in order and it shows …Katelyn Davis is new to the program. She’s played golf before and came out this year and will be the No. 1 female on team,” Stearman said. “Ally Russell is a two-year JV player. She worked extremely hard on her game and outperformed everything I thought she was going to do this year, and Abby Wesche is a competitive young lady.

She really showed up and I think she will be really strong for us as well.”

Stearman is looking for his female golfers doing good things this year.

“They’re really competitive. They all have an individual strength that will help the team in terms of their desire to win, how they handle themselves on the course and their ability to not be intimidated by the guys,” he said. “I think that they are really going to help us go a long way in the Bayside.”

Stearman said the group as a whole is inexperienced, but competitive. He has been pleased with the progress since preseason began in mid-August.

“I was a little skeptical when we

started because we lost really good players [to graduation], but they outperformed the last couple of weeks and they’ve gotten better every time we’ve gone out,” he said.

Stearman said the goals are to be the top Bayside South team and do well in the district match to advance to the state tournament as a team.

The Seahawks would also like to win the Bayside championship this year.

“We lost last year by a stroke. That eats away at those two returning guys that were in that competition,” he said.

“They want to get back and win it.”

If they can continue to perform at the level that they’ve started at, Stearman thinks “we’re going to be just fine.”

“I think everybody wants to win as many matches as possible. The team goal is to play well every match and never give up,” Leonard said.

“Everyone came prepared. We played in the summer and I think the scores are way better then they’ve ever been,” Marshall said. “As the year goes on and everybody plays more we’ll get better and better. I’m just excited for our last year.”

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Decatur football team puts in new offense and defense

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) The Stephen Decatur football team will have a new turf field to play on when the Seahawks open their season next Friday.

The players are chomping at the bit to get on the field and get a feel of the state-ofthe-art surface.

The $1.3 million project includes the installation of the turf Bob Knox field and resurfacing the running track. The new athletic complex will be renamed the “Robert G. Knox Field and Louis H. Taylor Stadium,” after varsity football Head Coach Bob Knox and Worcester County Schools Superintendent Lou Taylor.

When Knox was surprised with the news of the complex’s new name during a Worcester County Board of Education meeting he said it was “overwhelming.”

“It’s the highest honor in my career as a football coach,” he said. “I still have to pinch myself.”

Both the players and coaching staff are excited to play on their new field.

“It’s the highest quality turf on the market today,” Knox said. “It’s faster so you’ve got to become acclimated to it.”

Knox even has a portion of the new field at his home. He was give a small doormat-size piece, which he placed down as a welcome mat at his front door.

A dedication ceremony is slated for Friday Sept. 20 during halftime of the Decatur football game.

The field is not the only thing new this season for the football team. Several coaches have joined the staff.

“They’re young guys and they’re go-

getters. They’re doing a good job,” Knox said. “They’re committed and they have some new ideas – offense and defense strategies. I like them and the kids are getting used to them. They’re starting to feel confident with them.”

DJ Braun, Dean Wooten and Mark Smith have returned to coach the Decatur squad and are joined be Jake Coleman, Frank Whirley and Dan Dobronz from Cambridge South Dorchester High School, and Brad Dalton from Sussex Central in Delaware.

“I think this year is going to be great for us because we have a new coaching staff, new everything, new players; it’s a young group,” said senior running back/outside linebacker Devin Waters.

Knox, who has been at the helm of the Decatur football program since 1983, describes this year’s team as “a work in progress.”

“We’re installing a new offense and defense and it’s taking the kids a while to get used to the terminology,” he said.

The offense and defense have been overhauled because of the more athletic personnel.

“The coaches have some new ideas that fit our kids’ talent and personalities well,” Knox said.

Twenty of the 37 players on Knox’s roster are varsity veterans. Last year the team finished with a 3-7 record.

“I think we’re more athletic than we have been in the past,” he said. “We have strong senior leadership.”

Waters, Zach Hickman (offensive, defensive line), DJ Taylor (linebacker) and DeCameron McAfee (offensive tight end, defensive end/linebacker) are four seniors who have stepped up as leaders, Knox said.

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“I think we’re more athletic than we have been in the past,” Decatur football Coach Bob Knox said.

“We have strong senior leadership.”

last season.

Waters racked up 1,073 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in eight games last year to lead the team.

He averaged 8.2 yards per carry. He was also fourth in tackles (71).

“I feel like I’ll be able to lead the team to a better season than we had the last two years,” Waters, a three-year varsity player, said. “We need to focus and work hard and just make sure everything goes as planned as we go through the season.”

Waters is excited for his senior year.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a while now. Being on the team for three years and looking at past seniors going through I know how excited they were for their last year,” he said.

Taylor and McAfee received Bayside South Honorable Mention accolades for their performance last season.

Hickman, a three-year varsity team member, will play on both sides of the ball – offense and defense.

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“It gives us an opportunity to do well at the state level. I think we have a really good shot at it,” he said.

Stearman is looking forward to the season. He learned a number of things during his first season as head coach last year.

“I kind of got things going because I had great players from the previous coach and I kind of rode that and I’m not embarrassed to say that,” he said.

“But this year, these kids are mine and most of them have been with me since they were freshmen because I coached JV when they were freshmen. I’m exciting to see them at this level and see what we can do.”

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Seahawks can’t wait to play on new turf field Continued from Page 86 I finally came out of that shell and I feel like I can lead this team,” he said. “I’m one of the only senior linemen we got. I’m supposed to know ever position so I can help the guys if they have questions.”

Hickman said he has come a long way since his freshman year.

“I’ve worked my butt off this offseason and I’ve changed a whole lot,” he said.

Sophomore Ashten Snelsire returns at the quarterback position. His per-

formance last season earned him Bayside South Honorable Mention honors.

Seniors Nate Custer (offensive line), Branden Manuel (slotback, defensive back) and Hawk Almony (kicker) are also back to compete.

Some of the new players who Knox will look to contribute are juniors Max Green (defensive back), Johnny Hofman (outside linebacker) and Koby Higgins (split end), and sophomores Austin Airey (slotback, outside linebacker),

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Luke Scott (offensive line), Henry Brous (inside linebacker), Zi’mere Handy (slotback) and Shaki Bowen (running back).

“We’re trying to revert back to old Stephen Decatur football as far as football culture – be disciplined and play physical,” Knox, who was inducted into the Maryland Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame last April, said.

The goal, Knox said is for the players to improve every week.

If they can take care of what needs to

be taken care of, correct their mistakes and be prepared for their opponents, Knox said “wins and losses will take care of themselves.”

The game format has changed this season. Instead of playing 10 regularseason games, Decatur will only have nine. In addition, the top eight teams in each region will advance to the playoffs.

In past years it had been the top four.

Decatur will host the Arcadia Firebirds for its opener, Friday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m.

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Isett new head coach of Decatur girls’ soccer team

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) Steve Isett was the assistant coach of the Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity soccer team last season and this year, he is running the program.

Since he was part of the team in 2018 the transition from assistant to head coach has been fairly smooth.

“The girls got a taste of what my expectations were last year,” Isett said. “It’s been a little bit of a learning curve for the girls in terms of my expectations.”

The players have been receptive to the new leadership.

“He knows what he’s talking about.

He’s very hardcore, so that’s good, and he keeps us all straight,” said senior cocaptain Alyssa Romano.

“He has a lot of experience and he’s really pushing the girls,” junior co-captain Macy Dill said. “He wants us to be successful.”

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Isett, who was an assistant coach for the Snow Hill boys’ soccer team for four years before coming to Decatur, want the girls to play possession-style soccer, for them to work the ball around and look for

an open player.

“We’ve got an intelligent group of girls and I expect them to make good, intelligent plays on the field,” he said.

Twelve of the 20 girls on his roster played last year when the team went 49. The Seahawks’ season ended in the second round of the playoffs.

There are six freshmen on the team who will compete for starting positions, he said.

“We’re young in many ways as far as what I expect on the field and the number of freshmen new to the team,” Isett

Eight of 11 SD soccer players who started last year return

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) The Stephen Decatur boys’ soccer team graduated 10, which included several role players, but on the plus side, eight of the 11 who were starters last year are returning for the 2019 season.

“I think our strength is in our experience, because having eight of the 11 back is really helpful,” said Coach Jamie Greenwood. “They know the system, they know my expectations. They all play at a high level now and that will benefit us.

“We also have strong leadership,” he added. “They can help the younger guys now more than ever.”

Greenwood, now in his 13th season as head coach, said the 20 players on his

roster are very coachable. The coaching staff has implemented some new things – including a different formation – and the Seahawks are responding well.

Greenwood plans to go with a lineup of four defenders, three midfielders and three players up top this season, as opposed to playing with two forwards, and four in both the midfield and on defense.

“They’ve worked hard to embrace it,” he said. “They know the coaching staff has their best interest in mind. They’re buying into the system.”

Greenwood said the boys have performed on the field, moving and passing well.

“We have some depth, which helps us,” he said.

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“We’ve got an intelligent group of girls and I expect them to make good, intelligent plays on the field,” Decatur girls’ soccer team Coach Steve Isett said. Pictured are co-captains, Macy Dill, a junior, left, and senior Alyssa Romano.

said. “The freshmen are all travel players, so they have experience.”

Isett is pleased with what he has seen so far.

“I’ve seen the beginnings of some very good things,” he said.

Isett said the team defense is solid with Romano in the back as the sweeper.

“We’ll have a much more organized defense and hopefully not give up as many goals,” he said. “As they learn the possession style and attacking style, hopefully that well lead to more goals.”

Romano was a forward, but Isett wanted to utilize her talents in the defensive end this year. She led the team in scoring during the 2018 regular season, with seven goals.

She also earned Bayside South AllConference First Team honors for her performance last season.

“Alyssa was willing to play wherever to get more wins. It displays a level of unselfishness,” he said. “Having her in the back will help solidify our defense.”

Romano has been a member of the team since she was a freshman. Playing defense for lacrosse helped with the transition in soccer from forward to the back, she said.

“I’m excited because I’m always doing something now. Before, it felt like I was just standing up there,” she said.

Dill, a center midfielder and member of the team for three seasons, also scored seven goals last season. She received

Bayside South Second Team honors for her performance.

She hopes to lead the team in transiting from offense to defense on the field.

“I believe as a junior captain I’ll be able to lead this year as well as next year,” she said. “I believe this team is a lot better than last year.”

Senior co-captain Isy Kristick returns in the goal for Decatur. She earned an honorable mention award for her performance last year.

Isett will look to newcomers, freshmen Hannah Dang (midfield), Amelia Kemp (forward/midfield) and Eva Luzier (defense) to make an impact.

The team is shooting for an over-.500 record this year.

“I think that’s realistic for the program,” Isett said. “We also want to set the tone for what it means to be a girls’ soccer player at Stephen Decatur. We want to set certain standards and expectations.”

Isett is thankful for the “great group of girls I have.”

Decatur’s first game is Monday, Sept.

9 against the North Caroline Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. in Ridgley.

The Seahawks are anxious to play on Decatur’s new turf field inside the stadium.

“Every other school pretty much has turf fields, so it’s really nice to be able to have that consistency through the game,” Dill said.

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Strong leadership, experience Continued from Page 88 He will rely on senior John Karacoulakis to produce on offense again this year. Karacoulakis led the team in goals with 11 last season. He also had seven assists.

Greenwood moved Karacoulakis, a two-year starting defender, out of the back and up to the forward line after the second game of the season last year to generate more offense.

He earned a spot on the Bayside South First Team for his performance.

Karacoulakis hopes to lead the offensive charge again this season.

“I’m just going to make it a wrestling match up top,” he said, confident he will come out on the winning end over other teams’ defenses. “[The key is] scoring goals and not letting them score.”

“I think we got kids out here who want to play and everybody’s working hard. I think we’re going to do pretty good,” he said.

Karacoulakis, a four-year varsity team member, said he will use his experience to help the new players.

Returning in the midfield is sophomore James Barrett, who was presented Bayside South Honorable Mention accolades for his performance last season.

He will help run the midfield in the center.

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Senior Drew Haueisen received First Team Defense honors last year, and junior defender Evan Kinsey earned honorable mention distinction.

“I’ll definitely count J. Greenwood on those four. That’s our anchor right down the middle,” Greenwood said. “They’re the backbone of the team and they have the most experience.”

Senior Hunter Wolf was also presented honorable mention accolades on the defensive end.

“To lead this team I think I just need to keep everyone’s mindset on winning and on playing soccer and working hard and not letting outside things affect our team,” Wolf, a two-year varsity player, said. “We have a lot of skill, we have a lot of room for development and as the season progresses I think we’ll get a lot better.”

Greenwood will look to newcomers, Eric Berry, a junior midfielder, and sophomore forward, Miguel Cervantes, to contribute.

After finishing with an 8-4-1 record last year and bowing out of the playoffs in the second round, Greenwood said the players are eyeing championship ti-

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“I think our strength is in our experience, because having eight of the 11 [starters] back is really helpful,” said Decatur boys’ soccer team Coach Jamie Greenwood. Pictured are sophomores Miguel Cervantes, left, and Justin Hicks during practice last week.

tles this season.

Winning the Bayside Conference championship is an attainable goal, he said.

“We have the potential. I feel we’re that good to win the conference,” Greenwood said. “They really want to win a state championship.”

Greenwood said the Seahawks have the capability and the tools to be successful.

“We just have to show up and play all 12 games,” he said. “[Then], make a run in the playoffs and contend for a state

championship.”

Greenwood and his players are “super excited” to play on the school’s new turf field inside the stadium. The field, Greenwood said, is about 15 yards wider and 15 yards longer then the pervious one. Nine of the 12 games the Seahawks play this year will be on turf fields (six at home and three on the road).

“It should play in our favor,” he said.

“It’s fast and it’s big.”

Decatur’s first game is Monday, Sept.

9 against the North Caroline Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. in Berlin.

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Decatur field hockey players determined to be successful

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) The girls on Stephen Decatur’s field hockey team have drive and determination to be successful this season.

“The girls have a lot of heart. They want to win so bad,” said Decatur Coach Amy Matthews. “They love the sport of field hockey. They’re always playing. They want to show everybody what they can do.”

Eleven of the 16 players on Matthews’ roster competed last year when the team went 1-12. The Lady Seahawks lost in the first round of playoffs.

“They are very determined. I think we do have a lot of skills,” the sixth-year coach said. “They’re coachable and they want to learn. The girls work well as a team and they’re starting to jell.”

Matthews said the team has depth with “a lot of girls who we can put anywhere on the field.”

Things are slowly coming together, she added, with a few spots left to fill. She is still determining who will best fit into each position.

She will rely heavily on two of the returners to lead the team – seniors Ava Bullock (center midfield) and Haley Triplett (center forward).

Both have been on the team since

their freshmen year.

They earned Bayside Conference Second Team honors for their performance last year.

“I’m just really excited because there’s a lot of us who have been Amy Matthews playing together for four years,” Bullock said. “I see so much potential. With six seniors, there’s a lot of leadership. We have a good core group of leaders.”

Bullock said most of the players participated in summer workouts, which has paid off.

“I feel like with the summer practices we’re doing a lot better,” Triplett added.

“I think me and Ava are trying to get the girls on track just by helping them [and] encouraging them.”

Sophomore forward Skylar Griffin is also back. She received Bayside Honorable Mention accolades last year.

Matthews said she sees potential in the new players. They are athletic and are picking up the field hockey skills quickly.

“The girls are really pushing themselves,” Matthews said.

“All of the girl are giving it their all. I don’t see any slacking,” Triplett added.

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“The girls have a lot of heart. They want to win so bad,” said Decatur field hockey Coach Amy Matthews. Pictured are junior Aly Braciszewski, left, and sophomore Skylar Griffin during practice last week.

Matthews said one of the goals this year is for the girls to play smart on the field, “to think about where the pass needs to go and who is open.”

“They can do it in practice, we just need to implement it in a game,” she said.

Players and coaches are looking forward to playing on the school’s new turf field inside the stadium.

Field hockey games have always been played on their practice field.

“This is huge. We’re so excited to play on the turf,” Matthews said. “We’ve

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Bullock is confident the team will do better than last season.

“Hopefully we can win a few more games than we normal do. I definitely think we have the potential to do that,” she said.

“We want to score some more goals even if we don’t win and to have fun most of all,” Triplett added.

Decatur’s first game is against the James M. Bennett Clippers on Friday, Sept. 6 in Salisbury.

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Majority of Decatur cross country athletes veterans

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) Thirty-three athletes will represent the Stephen Decatur cross country program in 2019, many of whom participated last year.

Twenty boys and 13 girls are competing this season, and more than half are cross country veterans.

Coach Jody Stigler will rely on his experienced runners to lead the teams, including junior Mary Mergott and senior Sam Rakowski, who both earned All-Conference honors for their top-15 finishes in the Bayside championship last year.

Both consistently also scored points for Decatur in 2018.

Stigler has also seen senior leadership from Austin Cheynet and Mikayla Denault.

Although Avery Braciszewski and Sam Woodley are only sophomores, they were big contributors last year and Stigler will rely on them as well to help lead their respective squads.

“I feel way more qualified then I did last year,” Braciszewski said. “I’ve definitely made a lot of growth and I think I can help the newcomers to grow in their

performance. I see a lot of potential in some of them that can definitely be meet as long as they have the heart.”

Her goal is to finish in the top 10 in most of the meets this season.

Jody Stigler “And as a team, I hope that we can win a lot and score a lot of points for our school,” she said.

Woodley is also looking forward to his leadership role this year.

“After having experience on some of the courses, I think I’ll be able to run them better, and just be a role model,” Woodley said. “I think we have some potential. I think the team wants to win as many races as we can. I’m looking forward to the season, because I think we can do well.”

Stigler, now in his eighth season as coach, said the boys’ team has a bit more depth than the girls’ squad. Both teams are also relatively young, he said.

“We have more boys [running] closer together. Eight to 10 could end up being in the top seven,” he said. “Right now, we have about five girls I can count on. We

Depth will allow volleyball coach to utilize girls’ talent

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Aug. 30, 2019) With so much talent on the Stephen Decatur volleyball team, Coach Sara Patrick said the girls are pushing each other to get better and stronger.

“We have depth. There’s some good, healthy competition,” Patrick said. “The girls have to fight for their positions. It’s a good environment.

They’ve been working a lot harder.”

Patrick, now in her fifth year as coach, has 13 players on her roster.

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“The boys have more depth, but the girls collectively are stronger right now…,” said Decatur cross country team Coach Jody Stigler. Twenty boys and 13 girls are representing Decatur and more than half are returning from last year.

have some pretty good runners, but not a whole lot of depth.

“The boys have more depth, but the girls collectively are stronger right now, but there’s not a whole lot of flexibility,” he added.

The boys’ team didn’t graduate many athletes from last season, but the girls’ squad did lose some key contributors.

Only a few weeks into the season, Stigler said it’s still early to gauge the new runners. Once they get the first meet under their belt he will have a better idea of everyone’s ability.

“It’s a large learning curve for the

newcomers,” he said. “I think they’ll come along. I’ll be looking for some of them to step up and be able to contribute.”

Stigler said the goal is for the athletes to get better every day. Both teams have the potential to be atop the Bayside South this year, he added.

Decatur’s cross country program will be in the 3A South region this year, which bodes well for the group, moving out of the strong east region.

The first cross country meet is Wednesday, Sept. 11 on Decatur’s course at 4 p.m.

Six competed last year, when the team went 6-10. The season ended in the second round of playoffs.

Patrick said she will rely on her four senior captains – Jaclyn Gallagher, Mae Purnell, Summer Vorsteg and Lauren Kennard – for leadership.

“Our strengths are going to be our seniors, our leadership from them, and just the number of players we have will allow us to utilize our talent better,” she said. “We’ll be able to See GOAL Page 92

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Purnell, an outside hitter, received Bayside South Honorable Mention accolades for her performance during the 2018 season. She has been a member of the team for four years.

“I’ve played every single position for hitting, so I’ve played middle, right side and outside, so I feel collectively with knowing each position on the court and knowSara Patrick ing how it is to be in everyone else’s shoes will help me lead the team,” Purnell said. “I would say compared to past years we have a very strong group this year for preseason.”

Patrick said Purnell is a strong hitter and a consistent passer.

“She’ll play all around – back and front row. She’s our go-to this season,” Patrick said.

Gallagher will take the court as a setter.

“She’s a strong setter. She moves the ball well, but we can also use her as a hitter,” Patrick said.

“As a setter, I’m hoping I can make a lot of plays leading to a lot of points, hopefully translating to wins,” Gallagher, a three-year player, said.

“We’re trying to really build a good foundation and for us who have been on the team multiple years to be good leaders and bring up the intensity this year.”

Junior Brooklyn Pugner will also set. She will play all around the court and set when she’s in the back row.

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“Our strengths are going to be our seniors, our leadership from them, and just the number of players we have will allow us to utilize our talent better,” Decatur volleyball team Coach Sara Patrick said. Junior Brooklyn Pugner, left, is pictured hitting and senior co-captain Jaclyn Gallagher is setting.

Patrick said Pugner is a strong player and always positive on the court.

The team is starting on a high note. Patrick said she has seen some good things during their scrimmages and the girls are coming together.

“It’s probably one of the strongest teams we’ve had at the beginning of the year,” Gallagher added. “We’ve already seen a lot of improvement and a lot of strength in the new players and the returning players have really improved.”

Patrick said several newcomers have stepped up to fill open spots on the court, including sophomore Elizabeth Meyer.

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Coach Patrick said the players sat down the second day of practice and set multiple team and individual goals for the season.

“The main goal is to play as one unit instead of six individuals on the court,” Purnell said.

Patrick said communication is also key, which is something the players have struggled with in the past.

“We need to communicate better on the court, call the ball and pick each other up,” she said.

She also wants the girls to play smart and be proactive and more in control of the ball, rather than reacting to what the other team is doing.

Transitioning from the net is also something the Seahawks are working on.

Patrick said she is pleased with the team’s serve percentage. The girls are

starting the season making 88 percent of their serves.

“Hopefully we can continue with that,” she said.

Patrick is excited to have the HUDL program, which provides video review and performance analysis tools for sports teams. The Stephen Decatur Athletic Boosters helped fund the equipment.

A camera has been mounted in the gym, which will record all of the team’s games.Patrick will then receive match analysis and stats through the program.

Portable iPad and tripod sets are available for all teams, she said.

Patrick plans to take one to away games.

Decatur’s first game is Friday, Sept. 6 against the Parkside Rams at 5:30 p.m. in Berlin.

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County’s special ed. staffing plan approved larger gains when they’re with non-disabled peers.”

The public school system offers services to students from birth to 21 years of age, according to school officials.

An infant-to-toddler program allows children to take advantage of services at home or daycare. There are also early intervention services for prekindergarten-three, prekindergarten-four and inclusive kindergarten students.

Students in first through 12th grades can benefit from “specially designed instruction,” as well as other services relating to speech, physical and occupational therapies. Special education services are offered inside the classroom, outside of the classroom and within other facilities including Cedar Chapel Special School.

After students turn 18 years old, they can participate in several post-secondary education programs, including courses at Wor-Wic Community College and internship opportunities at Atlantic General Hospital through Project Search, according to school officials.

Record also said she’s looking forward to accomplishing goals related to students with reading, math and behavioral challenges.

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When working on a staffing plan, Record said case managers and providers need to monitor the caseloads, analyze current services offered, talk with school principals, and take advantage of public input through surveys before making any recommendations.

Superintendent Lou Taylor recommended board members approve the staffing plan. Board member Sarah Thompson agreed and moved to approve the plan, which Board member Todd Ferrante seconded. The vote was unanimous.

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Approximately 775 students receive special education services, according to officials. Of the 12 different reasons for assistance offered throughout Worcester County Public Schools, 29.03 of students have other health impairments, 25.29 percent of children have a specific learning disability and 16.52 percent of students have a speech or language impairment, according to school data.

Eighty-two percent of students receive their special education services in a general education classroom, where they typically spend about 80 percent of their school day, according to data from Worcester County Public Schools.

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Record said that Snow Hill Middle School gained one additional special education teacher, but “we’re operating with same number of staff as we ended last year.”

While addressing board of education members, Record said the staffing program allows for one special education teacher per grade in area elementary schools, one special education teacher “per team” in the middle schools and one special education teacher per “core content area” throughout the three high schools.

Worcester County Public Schools has 87 special education teachers, with seven newly hired staff members for the upcoming school year, according to school officials.

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By Morgan Pilz the app this summer,” Phillips said.

Staff Writer “It’s kind of unfortunate that really (Aug. 30, 2019) Assateague Coastal what helped promote Swim Guide this Trust has been keeping an eye on the summer was the incident of the of the bacteria levels in the bays and ocean young boy getting Vibrio … [but] that this year, especially after a Vibrio in- really woke people up on what’s inside fection scare earlier in June, with the the water.” help of Swim Guide, an internationThe numbers of bacteria in the ally used website. water have been rather high this sumSwim Guide delivers free real-time mer based off of runoff that goes into water quality information for over the bays and ocean when it rains.

7,000 beaches, lakes, rivers, and The waters must test below the swimming holes in Canada, the U.S., 100-milliliter sample to be considered Mexico, the Bahamas, Ireland, safe to swim in. For instance, unsafe France, New Zealand, and Australia. to swim water has levels above 104 The app was founded by Lake Ontario units per milliliter. water staff in Toronto, Canada, over The most bacteria dense waters 10 years ago. that Assateague Coastal Trust collects “Everywhere you go, you can find from tends to be creeks in Ocean out if the water is safe or not, if the Pines and Berlin. state or the county is monitoring The number of bacteria has also inwater quality on a creased in the past river or lake,” Coastlikely because ‘Keep a first aid kit available year keeper Kathy of runoff, Phillips so cuts can be treated Phillips said. “That said. immediately with an alcohol information is pubFor example, in licly available. When wipe or antibacterial ointment.’ 2019, Turville people start using Creek, in Berlin, swim guide, they’re Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips which tends to have thinking more about the highest numbers what is in the water, asking, ‘Is it safe of all the waters tested, saw a level of for my kids to go in swimming?’”

736.2 bacteria units per milliliter on ACT’s Assateague Coastkeeper cur- Aug. 21. In 2018, that number was rently posts weekly Swim Guide re- 584.8 around the same date. ports for 29 sites along the Maryland In waters where people tend to and Virginia Eastern Shore ocean swim, such as the water near the Isle beaches and water recreation areas in of Wight Nature Park and Horn IsAyers Creek, Isle of Wight Bay, As- land, numbers have been fairly safe sawoman Bay, St. Martin River, Her- this year. This is excluding the beginring Creek and Turville Creek. ning of August, when the water near “This data is based on using the Horn Park saw 500 per milliliter, IDEXX Quantitray 2000 analysis sys- which is uncommon for that area tem for Enterococci,” Phillips said. given how close it is to the ocean, “We test for Enterococci instead of which naturally flushes out bacteria E.coli because our bay water is brack- every few hours with the tide. ish, not fresh water. The results are an This should not discourage people MPN (Most Probable Number) of en- from swimming in the bays or ocean, terococci CFUs (colony forming units) Phillips said, as long as they prepare in a 100ml sample. accordingly.

“Weekly variables include amount “Keep a first aid kit available so of rainfall and how often, tides, water cuts can be treated immediately with temperature, air temperature, turbid- an alcohol wipe or antibacterial ointity in the water and what litter or pol- ment,” Phillips said. “Use waterproof lutants are being carried by rainwater bandages and wear water shoes with through stormwater systems in to the rubber soles to avoid cutting your Bays and creeks,” she continued. feet.”

The organization has been using The process of collecting the samSwim Guide for the past eight years. ples is time and labor consuming, As of earlier this week, 19 of the 29 lo- Phillips said, and is not funded by the cations have been determined to be county or state. Assateague Coastal safe for swimming. This year, the pro- Trust receives some donations and gram was run by Communications support from the local community but Manager Billy Weiland and intern also appreciates any donations.

Casey King, a graduating senior from For more information about AsSalisbury University. sateague Coastal Trust, visit actforThe site has seen a lot more views bays.org or Assateague Coastal Trust this year, especially after a young boy on Facebook. For more information was diagnosed with Vibrio, a bac- about the Swim Guide, visit terium found in brackish water, which www.theswimguide.org.

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