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By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The measure regarding short-term rental regulations in the county (Bill 19-3) returned to the Worcester County Commissioner’s on Tuesday, this time with revisions.

Ed Tudor, director of review and permitting, presented revisions that addressed additional parking spaces, bedroom occupancy and occupancy restrictions based on unrelated persons.

County Commissioner Chip Bertino moved to approve and move on to the public hearing and Commissioner Joshua Nordstrom seconded.

The public hearing on the amendments will be on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in Snow Hill.

The original proposal stated that short-term rentals need another parking space in addition to the two parking spaces currently required.

Concerns rose over existing shortterm rentals that might not have the physical space to create another spot.

The revision proposes that only See SHORT-TERM Page 20

Exact cause of baby whale’s death may never be known

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The sky seemed to be in mourning on Sunday as rain fell on dozens of people who watched a juvenile sperm whale that beached itself between North and South High Point Condominiums on 114th and 112th Street die after several hours.

The whale had been discovered sometime between 5:30-6:30 a.m.

Sunday, with Ocean City Police and

members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol immediately taking action to keep bystanders from getting too close to the animal.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore was contacted around 8:30 a.m., but were unable to arrive to the scene until roughly 11-11:30 a.m. The whale was pronounced dead when a veterinarian was brought onto the scene around 12:30 p.m.

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Wearing medical masks to protect themselves from possible bacterial infection, mammal rescue specialists approach the dying young sperm whale on the beach Sunday.

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Bitter debate leads to vote on almost $100,000 project Council members split on site design options, argue over expenses and parking

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The Robin Drive sidewalk-widening project concluded in a 5-2 vote in favor of the more expensive option, but not before stormy arguments punctuated the debate between council members Monday.

The approved plan, option 3/a, was presented to the council last week along with the lesser 2/a alternative by City Engineer Terry McGean.

Council members at that time agreed to consider both proposals Monday in a regular public session.

The difference between option 3/a and 2/a, aside from the expense, is that the former would widen sidewalks from Philadelphia Avenue to Sparrow Lane, with a net loss of two regular and two metered parking spaces. In addition, 12.5foot bike/vehicle lanes would be added.

The cost would be around $98,000.

Option 2/a would widen sidewalks from Philadelphia Avenue to Judlee Avenue, add 12.5-foot bike/vehicle lanes and cost around $48,000, with a net loss of zero parking spaces.

Councilman Mark Paddack said option 2/a did more than enough to address ADA compliancy issues, maintain maximum parking and satisfy the desire to widen sidewalks. He said the project simply was not worth $100,000, and moved to proceed with the more conservative option, with Gehrig seconding the motion.

Del. Wayne Hartman, who has property in that neighborhood, spoke in

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City Council votes 5 to 2 in favor of a $98,000 sidewalk-widening project on Robin Drive to Sparrow Lane.

favor of 2/a, and addressed parking as well. Targeting option 3/a proponent Mayor Rick Meehan, Hartman accused the mayor of being hypocritical based on a conversation he had with Meehan during Hartman’s time as a council member.

The Harrison Group had requested 20-minute parking spaces along 17th Street for a future Starbucks coffee shop, which Hartman wanted to approve.

“You reminded me that the street didn’t belong to the Harrison Group, it belonged to the public,” Hartman said to Meehan. “To hear you go back on that, and advocate that those spots would not impact the neighborhood … well those spots … aren’t … for the exclusivity of Old Pro Golf, those spots belong to the public.”

In response, Meehan said, “You’re right, the street is owned by the public … [but] to be able to widen that sidewalk and increase the pedestrian area See STRONG Page 6

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Dredge vessel returns for inlet maintenance

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The dredge vessel Currituck returned to the Ocean City Inlet on Saturday following a delay in maintenance work back in August.

“The timing works out that they will be able to use post-Dorian hydrographic surveys our crews conducted earlier this week,” said Chris Gardner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman.

This project involves routine maintenance, and is not part of the long-term solution effort that was signed earlier this year between the Army Corps, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and county commissioners.

Although the vessel arrived Saturday, work did not begin until Sunday, and continued until Tuesday.

The dredged material will be taken to the surf zone off Assateague, and placed offshore to help mitigate inlet erosion.

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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The following took place during the Coastal Resources Legislative Committee (Green Team) meeting, Sept. 11.

Mitigation fees Blazer also presented a Power Point that she will bring to the City Council to request a transfer of $30,000 from various deferred revenue accounts to the city’s stormwater program.

Sustainable Maryland City Environmental Engineer Gail Blazer said a Sustainable Maryland application was submitted in June. To be certified, the committee only needs 150 points, but it has applied for 380 points.

Awards will be given out during the Maryland Municipal League’s Fall Conference, which begins Oct. 13 and ends Oct. 15.

Butt huts and recycling Although Public Works Director Hal Adkins was not present, he sent an email to the members describing the cigarette butt container, located on the west side.

In his email, he said the containers located on the west side were a hit and were consistently full.

Adkins said he would need to replace those containers with larger ones to accommodate the high-volume usage.

In addition, he said delays in dumping the containers were caused by a manpower shortage. Following the end of the season, the maintenance department lost around 12 employees.

There was a problem with private ef-

forts to install the containers, Sandi Smith of Maryland Coastal Bays Program said.

Smith said she had distributed 50 of the containers to businesses, but the businesses have been slow to put them out.

She plans on following up with the businesses to pinpoint the issue.

The program sends the cigarette butts to TerraCycle and the company uses the

butts to make benches.

TerraCycle had benches ready for Ocean City, but Smith wanted the company to add a large message on the bench and brand it.

In total, the program has recycled 150 pounds of cigarette butts, and currently has another 55-gallon barrel ready to be sent.

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Strong debate paves way for Robin Dr. project Continued from Page 3 around that traffic signal and that crosswalk I think is in the public’s best interest. And, I think it exceeds the value of those six parking spaces, especially since the concerns of the residents were the parking spaces that were further back.”

Councilman Matt James piggy backed on Meehan’s “public interest” remarks, and said he changed his support from 2/a to 3/a, because the majority of residents were in favor of the latter option.

However, Paddack contended that the majority of the emails in favor of 3/a had come from one condominium, and was not representative of all of the residents and property owners.

“Eight-foot sidewalks are nice … I’m just not willing to spend $100,000 … to add a couple of feet to some sidewalks,” Gehrig said. “I say save the money.”

Councilman Dennis Dare countered Gehrig’s comments, saying, “When you try to put a price tag on safety … that doesn’t carry weight with me.”

Dare mentioned the photo of a woman pushing her baby carriage down the street to back up his argument that the current sidewalks are unsafe. He also reminded the council that option 3/a would encompass an area roughly three times the size of option 2/a.

Gehrig retorted by asking whether

the statistics on pedestrian and vehicle ect based on someone’s personal feelaccidents on that street existed, to ings, with no supporting evidence. which Paddack replied he could only re“We’re being sold fear for 100 grand, call two accidents back in the 1990s and we’re buying it,” Gehrig said. “… during his time as an Ocean City police You just like it, Councilman DeLuca, officer. you just like it better, let’s just say it that “It’s common to hear fear that some- way.” one’s going to die, [or] if we don’t do “He likes it, and he voted against the this, we’re all going to budget,” Paddack hell or the planets are said to DeLuca, ‘Eight-foot sidewalks going to fall out of pointing his finger at are nice … I’m just not alignment … but it’s the councilman. willing to spend $100,000… “Constant yield vernever happened,” Gehrig said. “I’m not sus constant tax, but to add a couple of feet to buying it.” you want to spend some sidewalks ... I say “I’m not going to [$100,000], come save the money.’ die on a sword for this on.”

John Gehrig, Ocean City … but I see that those “It’s their money residents, the resithat we budget,” Councilman dents that live in the James said. “If they majority of this secwant wider sidetion here, need parking, that’s what I walks, they can get wider sidewalks.” want them to get,” Paddack said.

Paddack quickly responded to Councilman Tony DeLuca argued James. that option 2/a did not do enough, and “Yeah and they wanted parking as insisted every email he had received well,” Paddack shot back. “We can meet had been in favor of 3/a. every single one of these objectives and He used a personal anecdote of his goals … with 2/a and not spend own neighborhood, which has eight- $100,000 that was an unfunded request, foot sidewalks, and said the residents it wasn’t even in our budget, and two of loved it. you voted against that budget, last year.

“It really makes a huge difference, and And don’t say anything to me about do I I think it’s safer,” he said. “I don’t have have a problem with you, I don’t.” statistics, but I feel it’s safer.”

“Calm down,” James interjected.

Gehrig retorted, however, that it was “You’re quick to spend this money financially irresponsible to fund a proj- that we can save for other projects in

this town,” Paddack continued. “$100,000 can finish other projects, instead of pandering to one group … It is not any safer, it’s bull crap.”

James disputed saying the project would be safer.

“Not you,” Paddack said to James but looking at DeLuca.

“Street paving is budgeted,” James said. “We listen to our residents, and we base our decisions off of that. I’m not pandering, it is what it is.”

Paddack’s motion failed 2 to 5, while Councilwoman Mary Knight’s motion to to accept 3/a, with a second by Dare, passed.

Paddack asked where the funding would be found, to which McGean responded that it would come out of the street-paving budget.

Also asked was a question about something no one apparently thought about during the planning stages — who would be responsible for the wider sidewalks once they are built.

That generally is the property owner’s responsibility in matters of liability and Hartman wanted to know if that would be the case in this instance or would the council absorb the increased liability costs.

Council President Lloyd Martin confessed that the liability issue had not crossed his mind, but Meehan said the council would consider the request.

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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Rep. Andy Harris, (R-1), caught some resort constituents off guard last week when he voted against the Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, which granted protection to Maryland’s coast from offshore oil and natural gas drilling.

“Representative Harris fully understands that the Governor of Maryland, the Town of Ocean City and every coastal town in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia are opposed to offshore oil development and have passed resolutions in opposition,” Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips said.

Harris, however, countered that “Tying America’s hands permanently without even being able to inventory our federal ocean energy reserves is not good foreign policy.”

He said he voted against the bill because it permanently blocked not only drilling, but also any nondrilling ocean exploration efforts in federal coastal areas throughout the country, not just the East Coast.

This “blanket” coverage of the bill was the focal point for many Republican lawmakers, who argued that it would prevent states from leasing

areas to oil and gas companies to generate revenue.

Environmental groups disagreed, arguing that offshore drilling threatened Andy Harris fishing, tourism and recreation industries along the coast.

“Our Atlantic coastal watershed in Maryland contributes over $1.2 billion to the state’s economy,” Phillips said. “Any type of oil exploration or production off our coast jeopardizes this economic driver to the state.”

The Ocean City Chamber of Commerce said an oil spill would risk 96,000 jobs, and $6 billion in GDP. In addition, they questioned how profitable oil and gas drilling would be in the Mid-Atlantic.

According to a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management study, it found that Mid-Atlantic federal waters contain 25.56 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas.

The United States currently uses 27.5 Tcf of natural gas per year, meaning Maryland’s coast would only provide less than one year’s worth of natural gas, Phillips said.

This is not the first time Harris has shifted his position on offshore drilling.

Harris expressed support for offshore drilling back in 2018, as long as it was done in an “environmentally safe manner.”

Consequently, when he said he would oppose the Trump administration’s offshore oil strategy last year, voters were perplexed with his sudden shift in stance, the Baltimore Sun reported.

“If the people of Worcester County don’t want any kind of drilling of oil and natural gas, I would support no offshore drilling of oil and natural gas,” Harris said during a telephone town hall in January 2018.

Harris then garnered praise in June this year, after he voted to pass amendments delaying the Trump Administration’s offshore oil drilling efforts.

That is why groups such as Oceana and the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce felt blindsided by Harris’ vote.

“I was shocked to see congressman Harris vote not to pass these bills,” President of the Chamber of Commerce Melanie Pursel said. “ Over the past few years, we have been in continuous contact with Congressman Harris and his staff, letting them know how critical this was for Ocean City and the Atlantic Coast.”

Nonetheless, the bill passed, and has moved to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, where it’ll be reviewed before moving to the Senate floor.

The Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to pass the bill, and President Donald Trump has also threatened to veto it.

Boardwalk cop presence working Committee cites increased interaction with police as reason for more families

By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Increased police presence and revamped public relations efforts by law enforcement were among the reasons cited for an increase in families visiting the resort’s Boardwalk this summer.

These insights were gleaned during a summer 2019 wrap-up meeting of the Ocean City Development Corporation Boardwalk Committee on Tuesday.

OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro said the department revised deployment strategies and enforcement priorities on the Boardwalk beginning in 2017.

“We believe we had a very strong summer in terms of safety,” he said.

Besides a lack of headline-grabbing incidents on the boards in 2019, Buzzuro said crime statistics were at record lows overall.

“To give you an idea, July 2018 was the lowest going back to 2004,” he said. “We dropped that by over 30 percent this year.”

Statistical data confirms the perception that law and order was maintained this summer, Buzzuro said.

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money in terms of the deliberate nature of how we operate on the Boardwalk,” he said.

Committee member Lauren Taylor asked if the police department has noticed a change in clientele on the Boardwalk.

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Continued from Page 8 Zoning Administrator Frank Hall to progress in addressing the homeless assure all businesses were apprised of issue on the Boardwalk. sign permit regulations by mid-May. Buzzuro said since forming the “We had a handful of first violaHomeless Outreach Team, in conjunc- tions, just a couple of second violation with the Worcester County Health tions and only one place that had a Department and nonprofit agency Di- third,” she said. “Nobody lost their akonia, a corner was turned in 2019. permit this year.”

“The homeless issue remains chalGordy also noted an improved lenging but because of the amount of level of communication between zoneffort and resources … we’re seeing ing staff and Boardwalk merchants. some degree of success,” he said.

“Our goal is not to hurt them but The goal is locating housing for to help with compliance,” she said. homeless individuals, Buzzuro said.

Taylor said the oversight of sign “That’s also providing them with regulations on the Boardwalk has imservices that they might not have been proved dramatically from previous aware that they could receive,” he said. years when, “handwritten cardboard Regardless of sosigns and rusted cial service work, racks,” filled the ‘I’ve seen an enormous Buzzuro said en- difference in the Boardwalk.. landscape. forcement of public “I’ve seen thirdIt’s gone up and down, but I’m world nuisance violations bazaars that remains the depart- really pleased with everything looked better,” she that’s happening now.’ ment’s focus. said.

“This is one of the The scene began Vicki Barrett, top priorities for us, to shift in 2012 Committee chair especially on the after the Boardwalk Boardwalk,” he said.

Development AssoBarrett said the team approach to ciation, which was established in the assisting homeless individuals late 1990s, merged with OCDC to throughout Ocean City has yielded form the present committee. humane gains.

“This has been a process for a “You started it with gathering peo- while, but it has … made a huge difple together that had the same inter- ference,” she said. “I think that’s also est for this group of people and giving one of the reasons the families are them alternatives in lifestyle and in kind of coming back. They feel safe their needs,” she said. and it looks good.”

Shifting focus to Boardwalk perMayor Rick Meehan said imformers, Taylor asked how police inter- proved enforcement of regulations actions with buskers went this summer. for outside sign and merchandise dis“It’s an imperfect situation but the plays on the Boardwalk has reduced majority of them are in line, so to the number of concerns fielded as speak,” he said. compared to the deluge of complaints Committee member Greg Shock- received in past years. ley expressed gratitude for an in“I did not get one complaint about creased fiscal investment in policing merchandise on the Boardwalk all the Boardwalk. summer,” he said.

“It’s made a difference over the Lee Gerachis, who operates Mallast three years,” he said. ibu’s Surf Shop on the Boardwalk Shockley also praised law enforce- near Seventh Street, asked Meehan if ment attempts to, “break the barrier” any physical improvements are and communicate effectively with the planned for the seaside promenade. public.

“I’ve noticed a lot of boards pop“For some people it’s the first time ping,” he said. they’ve ever dealt with the police,” he Meehan said sectional updates for said. the Boardwalk are forthcoming.

Colbert noted the department has “Every 7-8 years it needs to be remade a concerted effort to bolster pub- decked and we’re about into that lic relations over the last few years, cycle,” he said. which has proven beneficial for officers.

While the ocean is the resort’s top “They actually get a greater degree asset, Barrett said the Boardwalk repof satisfaction from their jobs be- resents the strongest public relations cause they start to deal with the pub- element. lic one on one,” he said.

“That’s where memories are Zoning analyst Kay Gordy said out- made,” she said. reach to Boardwalk merchants about During her two decades living in outdoor sign and merchandise display Ocean City, Barrett has watched the regulations was improved this year with Boardwalk environment ebb and flow information packets delivered in person. but feels the tide has turned for the “We told them exactly where to better recently. place [signs],” she said. “I don’t be“I’ve seen an enormous difference in lieve everyone heeded that, but we’ve the Boardwalk,” she said. “It’s gone up gotten this far.” and down, but I’m really pleased with Gordy worked in conjunction with everything that’s happening now.”

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Airbnb’s impact on local lodging uncertain

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) As Airbnb rises in popularity, it has affected the rental landscape in Worcester County, though exactly how much is unclear. From a financial standpoint, Maryland Airbnb reported that its hosts brought in $33.6 million in supplemental income.

In 2018, Maryland Airbnbs made a total of $57 million for the year, while Worcester County made $1.5 million.

This summer, Airbnbs in Worcester County were said to have welcomed 11,100 guests and made $2 million.

According to Ocean City Budget Manager Jennie Knapp, Ocean City brought in slightly more than $16 million in hotel room tax revenue for FY19, which ended in June, and $15.6 million for FY18. The room tax is currently 4.5 percent and will increase to five percent

for FY2020. Knapp said that there is no clear way to tell what the fiscal impact of Airbnb’s growth has been.

Founded in 2008, Airbnb offers short-term rentals, primarily in a resident’s home. Airbnb does not own any of the properties, but does receive a commission.

Donna Abott, director of tourism and marketing for Ocean City, said the Department of Tourism’s main concern is ensuring that Airbnb and other similar short-term rental platforms pay the hotel rental tax and secure rental licenses just as traditional hotels and condos do.

“We want to make sure there’s a level playing field for all involved,” Abbott said.

She added that Airbnb benefits from the resort’s advertising program, which the hotel room tax funds. City Council-

man Matt James, who works with the Carousel Group hotels, agreed that he wanted a level playing field with Airbnb regarding the hotel room tax and rental licenses.

“I don’t think that the followthrough with that always happens,” James said. “They are required to pay that because they’re renting just like a hotel or condominium, but I don’t think all of the people that put their property on Airbnb remit the tax like they should.”

On Aug. 20, the Worcester County Commissioners passed a bill to require all rental properties to obtain rental licenses. The application and program structure, which will take effect Jan. 1 2020, has yet to be determined.

County Commissioner Joseph Mitrecic said he supports a rental license program to ensure that Airbnb

and similar enterprises have rental licenses and are paying both the hotel room tax and the sales tax. Without enforcing either tax, Airbnb could be paying 11 percent less than hotels and condos and therefore charging consumers less, according to Mitrecic.

“If a group of people can rent a home in Ocean Pines on Airbnb or one of those another websites at a cheaper rate and have a whole group in a home rather than a condo in Ocean City or multiple hotel rooms, it’s certainly cheaper and in direct competition,” Mitrecic said.

Mitrecic added that Airbnbs aren’t necessarily negatively affecting Worcester County, but they should be held to the same standards as traditional rentals.

James said that even with Airbnb rising in popularity, this was a great summer for hotels in Ocean City.

“That’s what I’ve heard from many people around town,” James said. “It was definitely one of the better years in a long time.”

Susan Jones, executive director of the Ocean city Hotel-Motel Restaurant Association, confirmed that Ocean City has had a 10 percent increase in the number of hotel rooms in the past couple years. That is not including the rest of Worcester County or short-term rentals via Airbnb.

“There is a need to increase the demand,” Jones said. “A 10 percent increase in supply is a big number to fill.”

Grace Masten, broker and owner of Seagrace at North Beach Realtors and a member of the board of directors of the Coastal Association of Realtors, said she hasn’t noticed a financial change with Airbnb competition, but has noticed a change in the way consumers want to rent.

“Where it used to be week to week, it’s now three nights, four nights or five nights,” Masten said. “The new properties that we have coming into our rental division, they’re asking can we do one night, two night or three nights. We’re forced to move in that direction.”

Masten owns properties in Ocean City, West Ocean City and Ocean Pines.

She does not advertise through Airbnb, but she does advertise through Bookings.com, Tripadvisor.com and vrbo.com.

She says the downside to renting nightly is that clients who rent on a nightly basis are different from those who rent weekly. Masten believes residents may not like having unfamiliar neighbors moving in and out of rental properties that frequently.

“Eighty percent of our renters that rent through us are repeat guests,” Masten said. “We worked 40 years to get to that point. Units that are in a rental program for that long, it’s the same people. It’s really nice. They know what to expect.”

Masten said she enjoys knowing who her renters are, while with Airbnb, the See AIRBNB Page 13

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Hogan administration gives nearly $12M in safety funds

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The Hogan administration announced statewide distribution of nearly $12 million in federal highway safety funds last week.

“This funding is part of our commitment to ensure safety remains the hallmark of our transportation network,” Gov. Larry Hogan said. “The recipients of these grants are partners in the mission to eliminate traffic deaths in Maryland and keep dangerous drivers off the road.”

According to a state Department of Transportation press release, 513 people died and thousands suffered injuries because of vehicle crashes last year.

The funding will focus on safety measures such as increasing seatbelt use

and funding overtime enforcement of Maryland traffic laws.

The Ocean City Police Department is slated to receive $30,000 of the grant distribution.

“The Ocean City Police Department appreciates the dedication toward highway safety by the Hogan Administration,” spokeswoman Ashley Miller said.

Miller said officers in Ocean City do face issues with drivers not using their seatbelts, and often speak with traffic violators about the importance of wearing a seatbelt.

In terms of crash fatalities, the department saw two fatal car crashes in 2018, and two more since January 2019.

So far, the department has not received instructions on how to use the grant funding, Miller said.

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE BRIEFS

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The following took place during last week’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Lights on bikes The committee distributed and installed 516 bike lights in August, and a total of 836 this season — almost four times more than last season.

Since the inception of the lights on bikes program in 2018, the committee has handed out a total of 1,044 lights.

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agreed that preparation for next season should start earlier than later, and Allen mentioned buying the lights from China in bulk, as a way to cut costs.

However, DeLuca said that committee member Joe Marks told him that the lights from China were bad quality, and did not come with warranty plans such as the committee’s current provider.

In addition, some of the grant funding the committee received for the lights required the committee to buy American products.

Nonetheless, DeLuca did say the committee needed to look at all of its options, as the American lights could be Continued on Page 16

Airnb competes with area hotels Continued from Page 12 owner or landlord may never see the consumer. This presents additional problems, such as keypads on the rentals malfunctioning and not having someone to call for property issues.

However, Masten acknowledges that Airbnb benefits Worcester County and

Ocean City business.

“However business comes into Ocean City is positive,” Masten said. “If that’s what the consumer wants and they’re bringing consumers into Ocean City and surrounding areas, then it’s good for the city and surrounding areas.”

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CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The following took place during Monday night’s Ocean City Council meeting.

Beauty awards Each year the Ocean City Beautification Committee presents awards to property owners who go above and beyond to make their grounds more aesthetically pleasing.

Committee Chairwoman Donna Greenwood said properties were judged based on plants, flowers, tree, shrubbery, grasses, design and layout that compliment the property.

Greenwood and Mayor Rick Meehan then handed out 26 awards.

Montego Bay Montego Bay representative Rebecca Yates shared concerns that her community has regarding the recent Bike Committee meeting.

First, the liaison asked whether a $60,000 state grant request was a city effort, or a state-mandated effort for the city’s bicycle pathway projects.

Yates also mentioned safety concerns, as five streets would be affected by the bike path project. However, she did not specify how the bike paths would create safety issues.

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Eagle’s Landing fees Council members voted unanimously to approve a rate increase for Eagle’s Landing golf packages from $105 to $115 per round.

The change would go into effect in 2020, for the following dates: April 2426, May 1-3, May 8-10, May 15-17, Sept. 18-20 and Oct. 2-4.

Councilman John Gehrig said despite the rate increases, a comparison of other peak season rates showed Eagle’s Landing is still the best value in the area.

Spartan Race The council voted in favor of entering an agreement with Spartan Race obstacle course, which will address responsibilities for Spartan and the city.

The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 5, and has a budget of $80,000 approved by the Tourism Advisory Board.

Councilman Gehrig abstained from the vote, because of potential conflict of interest.

Ordinance 2019-15 The council voted unanimously to adopt on first reading an amendment and restatement of the Ocean City, Maryland, Public Employees’ Pension Plan

and Trust and an amendment and restatement of the Employees of Ocean City, Maryland, Pension Plan and Trust.

The council had approved these amendments previously, and were simply formally adopting them, council President Lloyd Martin said.

Resolution 2019-11 The council voted unanimously to pass resolution 2019-11, which grants Spartan Race INC. the right to sell food, beverages and merchandise on certain areas for the obstacle course event slated for Oct. 5.

Clean Energy Act Del. Wayne Hartman shared concerns with council members about the state’s Clean Energy Jobs Act, and how it would affect Ocean City and Worcester County.

Hartman said the project would require windmills 10 miles off the coast of Ocean City, as well as acres of rural lands in Worcester County being used for solar panel fields.

He also said that the act would hike up monthly electricity costs within a range of $40-45 dollars.

Hartman said he would like to come back to council next April, to update council members about the legislation.

Council President Lloyd Martin agreed, and said he would schedule Hartman for next year.

Public seminar promotes work mental health (Sept. 20, 2019) The Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce and Worcester County Health Department will present a free, public seminar on how to maintain a work environment that promotes good mental health and reduced substance abuse, and how to spot potential problems, on Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Branch of the Worcester County Library.

In addition, Narcan training will be offered at the end of the seminar to those who wish to learn.

Today, the country faces a behavioral health crisis and often problems arise in the workplace. This seminar will help locate potential problems and how to defuse a situation before it arises.

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Berlin’s Town Administrator Laura Allen fired

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Berlin Town Administrator Laura Allen has been fired, town officials confirmed to the Bayside Gazette Monday.

No cause for the dismissal was given, with Councilman Thom Gulyas saying only, “I can’t believe we’ve been betrayed like this.”

Berlin Mayor Gee Williams and the Town Council unanimously agreed to dismiss Allen at 8 a.m. on Monday.

“This action was based on the best interests of the Town of Berlin, and its cit-

izens, and property owners,” Williams said.

Williams said the decision was “a long time coming” and based on “more than one issue.”

While Williams Laura Allen would not comment on the circumstances of Allen’s dismissal, he did confirm that the handling of the chemical spill at Heron Park was a factor.

“It was unfortunate that this came about, but we’re all committed to trying to do what’s in the best long-term inter-

est of the town,” Williams said.

Gulyas also stressed the importance of municipal officials being able to work together.

“We’ve got to protect the town,” Gulyas said.

Williams said that he and Berlin Managing Director Jeff Fleetwood would split the town administrator’s responsibilities until the position could be filled.

There is no timeline for the that hire, but town officials expect to start looking for candidates in the next few weeks, Williams said.

Allen served as town administrator for roughly six years, having taken the top management post on Sept. 3, 2013.

In addition to working on mitigating the chemical spill at Heron Park, Allen tackled several tasks over the past year, including the fiscal year 2020 budget cycle –which involved restructuring the property tax, water and sewer rates— and stormwater projects throughout town.

Of her departure, Allen said, “As town administrator, I served at the will of the mayor and council. It’s their right to make changes as they see fit.”

As a solution, DeLuca recommended adding a median fence in the area.

The councilman is in talks with James Meredith of the State Highway Administration (SHA), and will speak with Worcester County officials about the issue as well.

plastic crosswalks, stop bars, “sharrow” symbols and signs.

“Sharrow” is a moniker for sharedlane, and simply indicates bike travel lanes.

reimbursement of lighting costs, with a maximum contribution of $500 from OCDC to property owners.

OCDC has budgeted $5,000 to support the program, and the program currently has three participants.

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As previously reported, the committee submitted its Bicycle Friendly Communities application, and the League of American Bicyclists will announce awards in November.

The committee also urged community members to complete a biking survey: https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/app_BFC_FA19. The survey allows cyclists in Ocean City to share their thoughts on bicycling in the city.

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Furthermore, DeLuca said he planned to contact Aspire Worldwide next year to get a list of the top 20 employers of J-1 students, so the committee could increase its bike light outreach to the students.

Bike crashes Sgt. Allan Hawk of OCPD said there were four bicycle collisions in August.

June saw four as well, while July saw 11 crashes.

These numbers reflect more or less last season’s bicycle collisions, with four in June, 9 in July and five in August However, there were fewer bicycle collisions in total this year than in 2018— 22 and 26 respectively.

Councilman Tony DeLuca began the meeting by welcoming Tom Allen as a member of BPAC.

Shared-use path The State Highway Administration approved a proposal to add a shared-use path along North Division Street (west sidewalk of Philadelphia Avenue) to South 1st Division Street.

Parking on Route 50

Montego Bay

In a previous meeting, DeLuca mentioned concerns about parking adjacent to Hooper’s on Route 50.

He said that people were parking on both sides, and were crossing the busy road where there is no crosswalk.

The committee completed its application for $60,000 grant from the state transportation department, which will announce awards around the end of September or early October.

The grant would be used for thermo-

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Alley lighting program Glenn Irwin of OCDC told committee members about the program, which was a collaborative effort between OCDC and the police department.

The program’s goal is to provide better lighting for pedestrians and bicyclists in darker areas.

The program provides a 50 percent

Ocean City Strava profile Ocean City Officer Rick Wawrzeniak presented to the committee the biking app Strava, which allows users to create and share bike routes.

The committee believed the app could be used to promote bike routes within the city to visitors and J-1 students.

Impediments Committee member Paul Mauser completed a site visit to the 72nd and 73rd Street Town Alley.

Mauser said it would need some clearing and grading work, as well as stone placement to make a bicycle path.

He also said bollards would need to be installed to prevent cars from driving onto the path.

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The commissioners accepted a bid request for at least one hydraulic crawler excavator. Public Works Director John Tustin estimated that a seven-year lease would cost approximately $6,300 a month.

The Solid Waste Division would use the excavator. Funds for the equipment were approved in the FY20192020 as a re-occurring lease.

Commissioner Chip Bertino moved to approve the bid request and Commissioner Jim Bunting seconded.

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Commissioner Chip Bertino moved to approve the bid and Commissioner Joshua Nordstrom seconded.

Service truck The commissioners accepted a bid for a shop service truck with a hydraulic crane/hoist from I.G. Burton & Company Inc. The total bid cost is $115,329 with $135,000 in funding for FY20.

The Department of Public Works’ Road Division will use the service truck. Commissioner Chip Bertino moved to approve the bid and Commissioner Jim Bunting seconded.

Dump trucks The commissioners accepted a bid for the purchase of two dump trucks from Western Star Trucks of Delmarva LLC. Each truck costs $132,307 for a total price of $264,614.

Though there was a slightly lower bid from Baylor Inc., DBA International of Delmarva at a total price of $264,614, Public Works Director John Tustin said it did not meet the bid specifications. Western Star Trucks bid has room for three people in the dump truck, while Baylor Inc. would only make room for two people.

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By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The Worcester County Technical Review Committee took the following actions during their meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

OP golf clubhouse The Technical Review Committee passed the Ocean Pines Association’s proposed construction of a 9,479-square-foot clubhouse with a restaurant, outdoor seating, pro shop and a meeting room. This is considered a minor site plan area since the proposal does not exceed 10,000 square feet.

The proposal was allocated 49 equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) with service from the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area. The building permit has yet to be signed.

Since the clubhouse is a minor site plan, it will receive final review and approval from the Technical Review Committee. Once revisions have been made, the committee will grant signature approval of plans. The building

permit is currently going through approval review through various county departments.

7-Eleven proposal The Technical Review Committee passed a proposed construction of a 4,070-square foot 7-Eleven convenience store with a gas canopy and car wash on the south side of Route 50 at the intersection with Samuel Bowen Boulevard.

The EDUs have yet to be allocated, as Environmental Programs department will need to take the car wash into account. State Highway Administration said trees may need to be removed or pushed back if they prove to be a safety hazard for drivers. Roads Superintendent Frank Adkins suggested widening the entrance into Samuel Bowen Boulevard for safety.

The 7-Eleven is also a minor site plan and will therefore receive final review and approval from the Technical Review Committee. Bohler Engineers, the engineer for the proposal, could not provide specifics on any timeline.

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This year’s bike week sees record crowds

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Ticket sales and overall crowd numbers led to last weekend’s Bike Week activities being the largest one so far, event organizer Chase Micheal reported this week.

Thousands upon thousands of people already come to the annual 19th annual Delmarva Bike Week, the ninth annual Ocean City BikeFest and the 11th annual Bikes to the Beach bike week activities, but this year saw the most the event has ever seen at the convention center on 40th Street, the inlet parking lot and the Salisbury Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

Micheal could not offer a total number of people, but estimated the crowd was larger than the usual 175,000 people.

“I don’t have a direct way to measure how many people attend,” Micheal said.

“We get estimates from the police. We get estimates from [Ocean City HotelMotel-Restaurant Association]. We get estimates from trash … we get estimates from all those, and it’s kind of an aggregate. But … based on the traffic at the convention center and the stadium, which are free, it felt like the most we’ve ever had.”

Tickets sold out for most shows, and the passes ratio was 70 percent weekend passes to 30 percent single-day passes.

“Based on ticket sales alone, I would

say that was the biggest for our concerts by far as far as the event as a whole goes,” Micheal said.

National acts like Cheap Trick, ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots and Rival Sons performed throughout the weekend, and most of those shows were sold out well in advance.

The event draws as many as 150,000 to 175,000 attendees on average, and is one of the largest motorcycle festivals in the country, ranked third only to Daytona, Florida, and Sturgis, South Dakota, according to Micheal.

Last year, however, saw a precipitous drop in attendance because of concerns about the approach of Hurricane Florence.

“Last year we had a really bad forecast,” Micheal said. “Our event was a third of what it normally was or even smaller as far as attendance goes. Even worse, the hurricane never even came.

Having the forecast a good four weeks out really goes to show that as an outdoor event we rely on a good forecast.”

Micheal was also happy with the traffic not in Ocean City, but at the stadium in Salisbury.

“I was very happy with the traffic that we had at the stadium,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot going on there and we’re trying to draw folks away from Ocean City because this town is not made to hold 150,000 people in one spot.”

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“Since September of last year, we have been planning ways to make OC Bikefest more green,” said Josh Chamberlain, founder of Go Green OC. We will be implementing phases over the next five years which will have a positive impact on our environment and surrounding communities. We will make OC Bikefest the model event nationwide.”

Originally, the plan was to collect and recycle around 10,000 cans, but at the end of the event, over 26,000 cans had been collected and recycled.

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“It was well, very well received,” Micheal said. “[Chamberlain] who’s driving this go green initiative … he really didn’t know what to expect. And I said, ‘Well, you know, here’s how many cans we will have depending on the crowd. Let’s make 10,000 cans a good goal.’ After seeing this and what the potential is and how much more we can do, our goal next year will probably be 50,000 cans.”

None of this would be possible, Micheal said, without the support of the town of Ocean City.

“Literally everybody in the town, from the mayor or the council to the chamber, Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association and every business individual sponsor … everything that goes on is a cog in the machine that makes it run,” Micheal said. “We can’t do any of those things without a single one of them.”

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School board complies with safety policy Initiative comes from state mandate; staff took part in threat assessment training

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Student safety continues to be a priority for the Worcester County Board of Education after members unanimously voted to adopt a school threat assessment policy

Tuesday.

Steve Price, chief safety officer, said threat assessment training came partly because of a Maryland General Assembly mandate, SB 1265: Maryland Safe to Learn Act 2018.

Administrative staff and law enforcement attended two training sessions in July.

Price said the sessions dealt with several topics, including what to do in the event that a student exhibited

signs of erratic behavior or making some type of red flag statement. Also, in the event of an incident, another session covered information about intruders in schools and family reunification.

Among several topics involving threat assessments, students and staff are required to report any suspicious behavior, according to the policy.

Superintendent Lou Taylor recommended the school board move for-

ward with the initiative.

“I am grateful, every day as superintendent of schools, that I can walk into 14 schools and the central office, and there’s a deputy available,” Taylor said.

The school deputies are members of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.

Board member Elena McComas moved to implement the policy, which board member William Buchanan seconded.

Short-term rental regs going to public hearing Continued from Page 1 buildings constructed after 2020 must have an additional parking space if they are to be used in the vacation rental market.

“We got people out there today that are operating these short-term rentals that are not providing that parking space,” Tudor said to the commissioners. “We want to get them licensed. We want to get them in a position to be collecting those taxes that are due to the county.”

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Rayne noted that Ocean City’s regulations base occupancy on 40 square feet per person. She said the average bedroom size is 130 square feet, which under Ocean City regulations would allow for three people in the average room, while Worcester County would only allow for two people.

“Worcester County is a little more stringent, but it’s not entirely unreasonable given that you could still have more people in a bedroom if it were larger than the average size,” Rayne said.

Rayne added that the Coastal Association wanted to confirm if two adults were traveling with a child, which is defined as under 12 years old, occupancy limits would still allow the child to stay in the bedroom with them. Following the meeting, Joe Wilson, president of the Coastal Realtors Association, reviewed the amendments and said the changes are helpful to not just Realtors, but the general public as well.

“If you have a large bedroom, maybe 400 square feet, previous regulation would have only allowed two people,” Wilson said. “Now it could

have eight people.”

The final change Tudor reviewed was the absence of occupancy restrictions based on unrelated persons.

Now, only square footage determines occupancy limits.

Rayne said one concern that was not addressed was private events. As it stands, the proposal states that renters cannot hold an event, such as a birthday party, bachelorette party or baby shower, and invite people who are not renting the property at that time. Nevertheless, she and Wilson feel that the changes are going in the right direction.

“I think it’s great that the county staff and administration took our concerns into consideration,” Wilson said.

Though Tudor didn’t think the changes were material enough to be moved to a public hearing, the county’s chief administrative officer, Harold Higgins, that a public hearing had already been designated.

“Based on the square foot calculation, we believe that should be vetted back to the public — just the changes Ed recommended, and only those changes,” Higgins said.

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Students post top language, math test scores

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) It’s been another successful year for Worcester County Public Schools, as students outperformed their peers across Maryland in state assessments, according to Amy Gallagher, coordinator of accountability and assessment Gallagher addressed members of the county’s board of education Tuesday afternoon to share test data from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program for English language arts and mathematics. Students in grades three through eight and some high school students participate in the state test.

“We hit the mark,” Gallagher said.

The state’s board of education permit-

ted data to be released to the public in August, according to school officials.

Worcester County public school students in third and seventh grades Amy Gallagher were ranked first in the state for test scores in English language arts and math, according to findings. Students also surpassed the state in test scores in English language arts and math for grades three through eight.

School officials also said students surpassed the state in graduation requirements.

Nearly 81 percent of the county’s students met the English 10 graduation re-

quirements by scoring a level three, four and five as compared to the 69.2 percent of students in the state, according to findings.

Roughly 67 percent of the county’s students scored a three, four and five to meet the graduation requirements for the Algebra I while state data reports that 55.7 percent of students met the necessary criteria.

As for college and career readiness, it appears Worcester County students did well.

About 62.5 percent of students scored a four and five on the English 10 test to meet those college and career readiness requirements as compared to the state’s roughly 42.6 percent data, according to findings.

Approximately 50.1 percent of students scored a four and five to meet the Algebra I college and career readiness requirements as compared, according to school findings. The state reported 31.8 percent of students achieved this.

Additionally, school officials said trends show public school students have also improved on the college and career readiness requirement over the past three years.

For English 10, 55.9 percent met the requirements in 2017, 57.6 did so in 2018 and 62.5 percent scored higher in 2019, according to school officials. As for Algebra I, 32.6 percent met the appropriate criteria in 2017, 47.3 percent did so in 2018, and 50.1 percent of students scored proficiently in 2019.

School board OKs cap improvement agenda

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Worcester County Public Schools took another step to improve its facilities when the board of education unanimously approved the fiscal year 2021 capital improvement plan Tuesday.

The plan is a six-year guideline for the state Interagency Commission on School Construction to authorize funds and a timetable for projects.

Among the numerous plans for county school buildings, officials have requested $1.27 million to replace the roof at Pocomoke Middle School.

The roof at Pocomoke Middle School has not been replaced since 1970, according to inspection forms. It was inspected in August 2018, December 2018 and June 2019. Inspector Jeff Smith recommended the roof be replaced by fiscal year 2020.

A planning request for a 79,500-

square-foot addition at Stephen Decatur Middle School was also included, according to the fiscal year 2021 capital improvement plan.

As for future projects, school officials are looking to replace roofs at Pocomoke Elementary Snow Hill Middle and Cedar Chapel Special schools, according to the capital improvement plan. School officials are also exploring the idea of constructing a replacement facility for Buckingham Elementary School in Berlin.

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Board member Barry Brittingham moved to accept the capital improvement plan for the upcoming fiscal year, which Board of Education Vice President Eric Cropper seconded.

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Maryland man faces charge for allegedly hitting his wife

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) When Robert Michael Mcnew, 53, of Middle River, Maryland, woke up last Friday, he found himself laid out on a condominium staircase and surrounded by police officers.

Earlier, police had responded to an EMS call about a woman located in the parking lot of a 30th Street amusement park.

Upon arrival, the officer found a woman with a dark bruise above her right eye being treated by EMS. According to multiple witnesses, they had called police after witnessing the woman having a panic attack.

An officer spoke with the woman, who said she and her husband had been arguing earlier, and when she attempted

to leave their condominium he became physical.

The victim claimed her husband held her down and repeatedly punched her in the face.

She told police that Robert Mcnew she managed to escape by kicking and flailing, and walked to a 30th Street parking lot.

The victim told police where Mcnew was located, and officers found him t on the bayside condominium’s staircase, and woke him up.

Police arrested Mcnew, who became aggressive, hostile and uncooperative according to the police report.

Mcnew faces one count of second-degree assault.

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Police arrested Isaacs, who faces one charge of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

Domestic violence Amelia A. Hall, 24, of New Castle, Delaware, faces an assault charge after police accused her of hitting her mother on Sept. 13.

Police responded to a domestic dispute call at a 53rd Street vacation rental.

On site, police questioned Hall’s mother, who told them that Hall had punched her several times in the face, according to the police report.

She also claimed to have suffered a chest injury.

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Police interviewed the victim, who said he and another woman had gone to his car to retrieve his phone and smoke a cigarette.

According to a police report, the victim told police that Janney had followed the pair, and began arguing with him about speaking with another woman.

He told police that he stayed in his truck in an attempt to remove himself from the situation, but Janney reached into the vehicle, grabbed his face and punched him.

The victim said he then pushed Janney, who fell and suffered abrasions on her knee, the report said.

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Sunfest returns to OC for 45th year Live music from local and national acts, hundreds of vendors and more at event

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The 45th annual Ocean City Sunfest celebration began on Thursday and will continue until Sunday afternoon featuring live music, various arts and crafts and an assortment of food.

The festival, which marks the end of the summer season, is set in the inlet parking lot under large tents with more than 300 arts, crafts and food vendors as well as musical performances.

“It’s such a great family tradition event for the town, and being around four and a half decades … you know, it’s popular and people love it,” Ocean City Special Events Director Frank Miller said. “The music, the food, the crafts, the entertainment … It’s one last season hurrah for the town and for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, so we’re very excited.”

Last year’s Sunfest saw the largest crowds in the event’s history with more than 268,000 people attending, despite a rainy Sunday.

“Even with bad weather Sunfest is a great event to come to,” Miller said.

“And that’s why we put up the large tents, because we know being on the beach in September, you always have the threat of some type of weather. So even if it’s windy or if it’s raining a bit, you can come here and you can still enjoy the event.”

The event kicked off on Thursday with an opening ceremony at 10:15 a.m.

Following the ceremony, Rick K & The Allnighters launched the live entertainment for the weekend in the indoor Comcast Entertainment Pavilion.

In addition to music, food and purchasing merchandise from the 300-plus vendors, including 30 food vendors, demonstrations will be set up throughout the venue.

“The food vendors are terrific,” Miller said. “We always have a great selection of food. It’s a mixture of

Eastern Shore food and East Coast food. But you got to make sure that you eat really light the day before, so when you come to the festival, you can take on those calories of all that great festival food.”

The Eastern Shore International Mountain Bike Association will have a fat-tire bike demo, where guests can take a fat-tired bike out to the sand and ride on the beach.

For children, there will be hayrides on the beach, inflatables to jump and play in and sand art, for a small fee.

Sunfest hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The event will take place rain or shine.

Because parking is limited, visitors should consider taking the resort bus to the festival grounds. The West Ocean City Park and Ride on Route 50, just west of the bridge, provides free parking and a $3 ride-all-day shuttle service to and from South Division Street, a block from Sunfest.

The Special Event express shuttle service will pick visitors up from the See MUSIC Page 26

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The 41st annual Kite Festival began Thursday and runs until Sunday on the beach between Fourth and Sixth streets.

Hundreds of colorful kites of all shapes, sizes and styles will take over the Ocean City sky during the free four-day event.

“Kite flying is a really fun family activity,” said Jay Knerr, manager of the Kite Loft, which hosts the event.

“It’s something any family or age range can do. It’s fun to get out there as a family. It could be a simple diamond kite and just go out and enjoy the day.

“People love it,” he continued.

“There are so many people out there that enjoy high flying and they like doing it as a group. It brings a lot of people together from all over the regional area. That includes Pennsylvania, Ohio, Washington D.C., Delaware and all the surrounding states.”

This year’s main theme will be geared toward marine animals and other sea creatures, Knerr said. Every day has its own mini theme though, including Feline Friday, Sea Life Saturday and Super Kite Sunday.

“This year will be the return of Mel, the giant 200-foot whale,” Knerr said. “He will be making an appearance over the sky of Ocean City during our festival. He is spectacular to see.”

Some new events will be introduced this year, including a mini Rokkaku (pronounced row-caw-coo) battle and a giant bubble show, weather permitting.

“We have these two-foot kites and a Rokkaku is a six-sided kite that was used in ancient China and they used to battle with these kites,” Knerr said.

“Back in the day, they were huge.

They were 50 feet tall and the whole town would come out with their Rokkakus and they would battle these kites over the river and they would try to knock the other ones out of the sky.

“Towns would compete against one another and the town that was successful in winning the battle would have good luck and success for the upcoming year,” he continued.

“We do it on a much smaller scale.

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Music and vendors plus Park Place Jewelers Treasure Hunt Continued from Page 25 convention center on 40th Street, where they can park for free, and ride directly to Sunfest for $3 all day.

The Boardwalk tram will also be in service during Sunfest, with fares running $4 each way. For more information on bus fares, call Ocean City Transportation at 410-723-1606.

While at Sunfest, visit the Official Event Merchandise Tent located just inside the main entrance at the inlet parking lot. Official 2019 Sunfest Tshirts are available in youth and adult sizes through 4XL. Visit http://ococean.com/sunfest for the full schedule of Sunfest entertainment or call 800-626-2326. For more information about Sunfest, call the Ocean City Recreation & Parks Department at 410-250-0125, or tollfree, 1-800-626-2326.

The 10th annual Park Place Jewelers Treasure Hunt will also take place during the festivities, located in front of Park Place Jewelers on the Boardwalk at Third Street.

The Sunfest Treasure Hunt on the beach event will take place Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. For a $20 donation to the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea, the first 100 to sign up each day will

get the chance to dig in the sand for prizes ranging from gift certificates to local restaurants and retailers, to diamonds, gemstones and additional jewelry. The main prize is a pair of diamond earrings.

“There’s no shovels or tools, you dig with your hands,” Park Place Jewelers owner Jill Ferrante said. “What is buried in the sand is a black velvet pouch, which has a number inside of it and that number corresponds to prizes we have in the store. There’s no actual jewelry buried in the sand because every year there’s at least one or two pieces that people can’t find.”

Register for the treasure hunt at either of Park Place’s locations, on the Boardwalk at Third Street or in the Park Place Jewelers Plaza on Route 50 in West Ocean City at any time.

Participants must be at least 18 years old. Treasure hunters should meet in front of the Boardwalk store 30 minutes before the dig for a briefing on the rules.

Participants can wear gloves, but may not use shovels or buckets. The hunt takes place rain or shine.

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Prepare to get down and dirty in the sand for a chance to find black pouches matched to jewelry inside Park Place Jewelers on Third Street on Saturday and Sunday during the annual Park Place Treasure Hunt.

Children enjoy large bubbles as well as colorful kite displays during the 40th annual KiteFest activities at the Kite Loft between Fourth and Sixth Streets last year.

Candy Drop returns to festival Continued from Page 25 be the last man standing. You take out all the other guys in the air.”

In addition, there will be quad line demos throughout the festival. Quad kites are four-line kites flown in formation. Several times during the festival as many as 16 quad flyers will be side by side, flying to music in perfect formation.

Other activities include the popular Candy Drop, where candy is released from a kite from 100 feet in the air. This event will take place Saturday and Sunday at noon and today at 2:30 p.m.

Mike Van Meers, the kite festival beach coordinator, will be directing all activities on the beach, including

one of his favorites, which is Boardwalk Dancing.

Boardwalk Dancing is an event where people of all ages listen to music and dance, then are judged for prizes.

On Saturday at 1 p.m. the Kite Loft will hand out free kites to the first 60 children who stop by the shop. Only those between the ages of 5 and 12 are eligible for a free kite.

Professionals will help the children assemble and launch the kite right on the beach at Fifth Street.

The event is free to participate. Activities will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

For more information, call 410289-7855 or visit www.kiteloft.com.

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PHOTO COURTESY SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT

Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, will perform with his band Orleans Avenue on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Comcast Entertainment Pavilion in the inlet parking lot during the 45th annual Sunfest.

Trombone Shorty will take stage Saturday night

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Thousands of people are expected to gather in the Ocean City inlet parking lot this weekend to hear headlining acts “Who’s Bad: A Michael Jackson Experience,” Granger Smith, and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue as well as a wide variety of other musical entertainment during the 45th annual Sunfest celebrations.

Sunfest began Thursday with local, regional and national acts starting at 10:15 a.m. daily and continuing until Sunday afternoon.

“I can’t emphasize enough the level of entertainment value you’re gonna get at Sunfest this year,” Ocean City Special Events Director Frank Miller said. “It doesn’t matter which of the [shows] you pick or how many you go to … you are going to walk away saying, ‘That was a great show.’

“As soon as we open the gates we begin with live music, which alternates between the Comcast Entertainment Pavilion, which is a large tent that seats 750 people and the outdoor stage which is set up with picnic tables and benches,” he continued.

In addition, there are three ticketed headliner shows.

“Who’s Bad: A Michael Jackson Experience,” a Michael Jackson tribute band, was scheduled to perform last night.

Country singer, Granger Smith, also known by his alter ego “Earl Dibbles Jr.,” will have the audience singing along to his country songs beginning at 8 p.m. tonight. On Saturday, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will round out the tickets concert shows on the Sunfest stage at 8 p.m.

Granger Smith signed his first music contract at age 19 in Nashville, Tennessee, and has performed at the White House three times in his tenure. His 2013 album, “Dirt Road Driveway,” peaked at No. 15 on U.S. country charts and No. 11 on U.S.

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His 2015 EP “4x4” was co-produced by Smith and Frank Rogers. It debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 6 , and reached No. 51 on Billboard 200.

The lead single from his album, “Backroad Song,” sold over 32,000 downloads in its first week of release.

Tragedy has recently struck the singer when his 3-year-old son, River, drowned at the family home on June 6 this year. Despite this, Smith will still be performing in Ocean City.

“The fact that he’s coming … that he’s still playing is a wonderful thing,” Miller said. “I’m really hoping that we see a tribute to his son in some respect. This says so much about him as a performer. His dedication to his music … and to overcome such a terrible loss and to be dealing with that loss while still performing really says a lot about the man.”

Tickets for Smith are on sale at the Ocean City Convention Center Box Office on 40th Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., today. Tickets will also be available on site during Sunfest, at www.ticketmaster.com or call 800551-7328. Tickets cost $25-$35.

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Trombone Shorty concerts mix jazz with rock and blues Continued from Page 27 final ticketed concert of the event on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Comcast Entertainment Pavilion.

Described as a combination of rock, pop, jazz and funk, Andrews plays the sounds of his hometown, New Orleans, which is full of jazz and funk.

“He’s such an amazing performance,” Miller said. “He’s a little bit of a blues song and he’s got a little bit of pop.”

In 2010, Andrews released the Ben Ellman produced “Backatown” (Verve Forecast), which hit Billboard magazine’s Contemporary Jazz Chart at No. 1 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks.

In May 2014, Andrews recorded with Mark Ronson for his album “Uptown Special” which reached No. 5 on

the U.S. Billboard 200.

Tickets for Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are on sale at the Ocean City Convention Center Box Office on 40th Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., today. Tickets will also be available on site during Sunfest, at www.ticketmaster.com or call 800-551-7328.

Tickets cost $25-$35.

Visitors can check out a full schedule of free music every day during Sunfest. The music starts at 10:15 a.m. each morning and runs until about 7 p.m., except on Sunday, when the festival ends with a special performance by Mike Hines and The Look at 4:30 p.m.

Visit http://ococean.com/sunfest for the full schedule of Sunfest entertainment or call 800-626-2326 for more information.

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Country singer Granger Smith will perform tonight at 8 p.m. in the Comcast Entertainment Pavilion during the 45th annual SunFest.

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Food, beverages always highlight of Sunfest visit

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Fried festival food, alcoholic jellies, hand carved pieces, clothing and handcrafted jewelry are a few of the items visitors can expect to see showcased by vendors in the inlet parking lot during the 45th annual Sunfest festival this weekend.

“Sunfest always has a demand for vendors,” Ocean City Special Events Director Frank Miller said. “We typically have a lot of the same vendors but they’re coming up with new products, new versions of what they sell. I love to see what’s new and interesting.

“We always have goodies there, including stuff coming from Amish country,” he continued. “Of course, we can’t forget our beer and wine that we have on site, which are all sold by nonprofits, and that includes craft beer, which is something we started last year.”

In addition to wine and beer sold by local organizations, there will be plenty of gourmet food to choose from.

Dave Houseal, of Amish Baked Goods based in Salisbury, will be located in the gourmet tent, offering pastries, breads and other treats. He has been selling his goods at Sunfest for 10 years.

“We like the crowds of people, which is good for us because we have a large variety of baked goods and get to meet a lot of people,” Houseal said.

“It’s a nice venue that’s a really good time with a lot of bands and everybody’s in a good mood. It’s a great event to be a vendor at.”

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Allen Chisholm of Plymouth, Massachusetts, displays his various jams, jellies and hot sauces, which will be available for purchase at the 45th annual SunFest at the inlet parking lot this weekend.

Houseal and his wife, Krissie, sell a wide assortment of Amish made baked goodies, ranging from dozens of different flavored whoopie pies, cookies, lemon bars, pies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, brownie and gourmet breads. The products are delivered from Shady Maple, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which has a large Amish community.

The most popular product for Houseal is his whoopie pies, which come in chocolate, vanilla, pumpkin, red velvet, pistachio, mint, shoo fly pie, lime, coconut and other flavors.

This year, Houseal will sell peach whoopie pies and about 12 to 15 new products, including apple cider and pumpkin donuts, cappuccino crunch ice cream and new breakfast pastries, to name a few.

“We have all sorts of items you can’t find at your local grocery store or even at some markets,” Houseal said. “We try to keep most of the products unique. We also try to keep it customer friendly and let them pick and keep it reasonably priced.”

For more information about Amish Baked Goods contact Houseal at houseal@comcast.net.

Hundreds of arts and crafts, food, local, commercial, regional and corporate vendors will fill the Sunfest tents with an assortment of items from yard art and photography to pottery, bacon specialty foods, pit beef and LuLaRoe. “We have about 300 vendors,” Miller said. “We have the two giant arts and crafts tents at Sunfest and they each house between 91 and 92 vendors. Then, there is the two large arts and crafts tents. We also have the midway and then vendors outside the tents on the perimeters.”

Returning for their fifth year, Richard and Deb Larimore of Freeport, Illinois, will be selling jewelry from their business, Silverware Creations.

“We heard from other vendors that it was a pretty good show and it has been for us,” Richard Larimore said.

The Larimores use antique silverSee SUNFEST Page 29

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Sunfest vendors come from all over Eastern Seaboard Continued from Page 28 1970s to the 1880s to create rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings. The couple also creates watches and wind chimes, metal pens and charms, key chains and styluses.

This year will be the last for the Larimores, however, as they plan to retire by next year.

For more information, visit www.silverwarecreations.com.

Guests can watch several artists create wares in the demonstration tent and purchase them on the spot as well.

For several vendors, including Allen Chisholm from Plymouth, Massachusetts, this event is a new experience, Chisholm will be selling boozy jams and jellies from his booth, which is called Al’s Backwoods Berrie Com-

pany.

“A friend of mine has been doing both Springfest [in May] and Sunfest for three years now,” Chisholm said.

“I did Springfest this year. I thought it was run so well ... It’s a fabulous show. And for someone like me who’s new, it changes it up so it never gets stale.”

Chisholm adds alcohol to his fruits before cooking them, which burns off the alcohol, to give his jams and jellies a stronger, robust flavor, he said.

One of his most popular jellies is Raspberry Rum and Twisted Apple, which is made with Jack Daniels and Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey.

“I get all the wines from Plymouth Bay Winery and with them we won the Boston Dessert show two years in a row,” Chisholm said. “The winery was featured in ‘Good Morning

A baked good department? Absolutely. Sunfest carries all sorts of goodies and treats throughout it’s four-day run at the inlet parking lot.

America’ for the wine jellies.”

In addition to alcoholic jellies and jams, he also sells raw honey and various hot sauces.

“A lot of my jellies can be used in cooking,” Chisholm said. “I’ve got a pineapple ghost pepper bourbon sauce, that mixed with cream cheese and balsamic, is fabulous with fish, shrimp and scallops.”

Set up next to Eastern Shore Kettle corn and Kip Kennedy, Chisholm will be offering free samples and tastings during the festival.

For more information about Al’s Backwoods Berrie Co. visit www.alsbackwoodsberrie.com.

Visit http://ococean.com/sunfest or call 800-626-2326 for more information.

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Grabbing a couple beers at Trader Lee’s House of Rock in West Ocean City during BikeFest on Friday, Sept. 13, from left, are Sandy and Brian Snow of Lewes, Delaware and Corey and Brian Starnes from Hurley, Maryland.

Enjoying some drinks at Trader Lee’s House of Rock in West Ocean City during BikeFest on Friday, Sept. 13, from left, are Eric Stowe, Meghan Eshleman, Steve Petrone and Amanda Hollis of Kent Island, Maryland.

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Relaxing at the bar at Trader Lee’s House of Rock in West Ocean City during BikeFest on Friday, Sept. 13, are Mark Johnston and Kathy Buckingham of Millsboro, Delaware.

Joshua Gregor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, becomes a cooked Maryland Blue Crab during the second annual Beards on the Beach contest held at the Grand Hotel and Spa on 22nd Street, Saturday, Sept. 14.

Brad Stoddard of Towson, Maryland, sports an impressive long beard while he competes during the second annual Beards on the Beach contest held at the Grand Hotel and Spa on 22nd Street, Saturday, Sept. 14.

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Selling T-shirts during the second annual Beards on the Beach contest held at the Grand Hotel and Spa on 22nd Street, Saturday, Sept. 14, from left, are Tanner Doyle of West Ocean City, Mark Dembo and Brian Gousha, of Ocean Pines, and organizer Robb Dunne of Snow Hill.

Hal Metzler, left, of Mt. Rainer, Maryland, and Tommy Gladding of Pocomoke City sport bushy beards during the second annual Beards on the Beach contest held at the Grand Hotel and Spa on 22nd Street, Saturday, Sept. 14.

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There will be a large assortment of raw mineral and gemstones available during the Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show at the convention center on 40th Street this weekend.

Gem, mineral, jewelry show at conv. center this weekend

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) The 36th annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show will take place at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street, this weekend.

Thirty-four vendors are expected to display their wares. The show, sponsored by Treasures of the Earth, has showcased jewels and minerals for nearly four decades.

“It’s fun to come and look at,” CoOrganizer Jane Westbrook said. “You can always learn something new at the show because each of the vendors is an expert about his or her topic.

Kids love coming in and seeing things and learning about the different rocks and crystals.”

Last year, around 1,200 people attended the show.

The event offers a variety of jewelry ranging from stones, crystals, silver, gold and other minerals.

“There will be items there that are very affordable and inexpensive ... there’s something for every budget,” Westbrook said.

Many vendors also offer loose stones and gems, as well as Do-It-

Yourself beadwork and other supplies. Some vendors even offer wirewrapped jewelry, which uses thin wires instead of gold, silver or platinum, that can be bent or twisted in a way to enclose different stones and minerals to make bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings.

“Each person has their own wire wrapping style,” Westbrook said. “No two pieces are ever the same, even by the same individual.”

New to the event this year will be authentic fossils, Westbrook said. “[The vendor] has museum-quality fossils,” she said. “He’s one of the top fossil dealers in the East Coast.”

The show takes place today from noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets cost $5. Children 16 and under get in for free. Tickets are good for the entire weekend. Visit www.treasuresoftheearth.com for a $1 discount, which can be used for the whole group or individually.

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By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept 20, 2019) Believe in Tomorrow’s Children Foundation will hold its 18th annual Beach Bash on Monday, Sept. 23, 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 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.

“We have people that come down here from out of state [for the party],” 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, which hosts the event, and Harborside Bar and Grille have participated in the bash since its inception. As of earlier this week, 32 restaurants had signed up for the event.

“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

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A treasure chest raffle will also take place. One hundred keys will be sold for $20 each for a chance to unlock one of three different chests, all holding random prizes ranging from $500 to $1,000 in value.

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 See PLAY Page 33

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Play raffle for a chance to win $10,000, sample food Continued from Page 32 for each game. Tickets cost $100.

Two sets of the raffle will be available this year.

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.”

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

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 has four condos that feature kid-friendly 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 Pines Yacht Club: Saturday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

BEACH BARRELS 13207 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-0522 / www.beachbarrels.com Sept. 20: Bettenroo, 9 p.m.

Sept. 21: Muskrat Lightning, 9 p.m.

Sept. 25: Bingo w/DJ Rupe, 6 p.m.

BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com Sept. 20: Tranzfusion, 9 p.m.

Sept. 21: 33 RPM, 9 p.m.

Sept. 25: Ricky LaRicci & the Leftovers, 6 p.m.

Sept. 26: 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 Sept. 20: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 4-7 p.m.; Ricky & Lennon LaRicci, 8 p.m.

Sept. 21: Sandra Dean, 8 p.m.

Sept. 22: Bob Hughes, 6 p.m.

Sept. 23: Just Jay, 5-9 p.m.

Sept. 24: Charlie Z, 6 p.m.

Sept. 25: Reform School, 6 p.m.; Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Sept. 26: Chris Button, 7-11 p.m.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave., Ocean City 410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com Every Friday & Saturday: Phil Perdue, 5:30 p.m.

COCONUTS BEACH BAR AND GRILL In the Castle in the Sand Hotel

37th Street oceanfront, Ocean City 410-289-6846 / www.castleinthesand.com Sept. 20: Funk Shue, 4-8 p.m.

Sept. 21: Kevin Poole & Joe Mama, noon to 4 p.m.; The Rockaholics, 5-9 p.m.

Sept. 22: Wes Davis Duo, noon to 3 p.m.; Lauren Glick Band, 4-8 p.m.

Sept. 26: Kevin Poole & Joe Mama, 4-8 p.m.

DUFFY’S TAVERN 130th Street, Ocean City, Montego Bay Shopping Center 410-250-1449 / www.duffysoc.com Every Friday: Bob Hughes, 5-8 p.m.

Every Saturday: Karaoke w/DJ Chuck D, 8 p.m. to midnight HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com Sept. 20: DJ Billy T, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sept. 21: Chris Button, 2 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sept. 22: Opposite Directions, 2 p.m.

Sept. 23: Blake Haley, 4 p.m.; DJ Billy T, 8 p.m.

Sept. 24: Dust N’ Bones, 6 p.m.

Sept. 25: Dock Party w/DJ Billy T, 4 p.m.; Trivia w/DJ Bigler, 8 p.m.

Sept. 26: Opposite Directions, 6 p.m.

HOOTERS 12513 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1841 / www.hootersofoc.com Sept. 20: DJ Wax, 4-8 p.m.

Sept. 21: Going Coastal, 4-8 p.m.

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410-289-9125 / www.mrducksbar.com Sept. 20: Kevin Poole, 4 p.m.

Sept. 21: The Bonedaddys, 4 p.m.

Sept. 22: Bird Dog & the Road Kings, 3 p.m.

Sept. 26: Jimmy Charles, 4 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.

108 S. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-6953 / www.purplemoosesaloon.com Sept. 20-21: CK the VJ/DJ, 2 p.m.; Bad With Names, 10 p.m.

Sept. 22: CK the DJ/VJ, 2 p.m.; CK the VJ/DJ, 9 p.m.

Sept. 23: CK the VJ/DJ, 9 p.m.

Sept. 24-25: DJ Mazi, 9 p.m.

Sept. 26: CK the VJ/DJ, 9 p.m.

SEACRETS

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.

Sept. 20-21: On the Edge, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

49th Street and the bay, Ocean City 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com Sept. 20: The 19th Street Band, 5-9 p.m.; S.T.O.R.M., 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; DJ Tuff, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Garden State Radio, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

Sept. 21: Jim Long Band, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; S.T.O.R.M., 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; DJ Tuff, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.; Garden State Radio, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

Sept. 26: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.

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Sept. 21: Lauren Glick Band, 6-10 p.m.

309 N. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-7181 / www.ocshenanigans.com Sept. 20-21: Dublin 5, 9 p.m.

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PICKLES 706 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City 410-289-4891 / www.picklesoc.com Sept. 20: Beats by Jeremy, 9 p.m.

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Sept. 22: Karaoke w/Jeremy, 9 p.m.

Sept. 24: Beats by Adam Dutch, 9 p.m.

Sept. 26: Beats by Wax, 9 p.m.

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SKYE RAW BAR & GRILLE 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / www.skyebaroc.com Sept. 20: Aaron Howell, 4-8 p.m.

Sept. 21: Marcella Peters, 4-8 p.m.

WHISKER’S BAR & GRILL 11070 Cathell Road, Suite 17, Pines Plaza, Ocean Pines 410-208-3922 / www.whiskersbar.com Sept. 20: Karaoke w/Donnie Berkey

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Final day for Art League’s Sand Castle tour

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Today is the final day to take a self-guided tour of 10 private residences during the Art League of Ocean City’s 15th annual Sand Castle Home Tour.

The tour, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., takes participants to residences ranging from private family, vacation and retirement homes, at their own pace. The tour homes are located throughout Ocean City, West Ocean City and Ocean Pines.

Volunteers will be stationed in each home to guide visitors through the rooms and outdoor spaces, and to answer questions.

“Each year we go to a different neighborhood. There’s always a variety of homes,” said Rina Thaler, executive director of the Art League of Ocean City. “The tour gives them a glimpse of what it’s like to live in Ocean City and showcases the many decorators, designers, architects, furniture stores in the area and also the Ocean City lifestyle and the people who opened the doors to their home.”

Originally, the Art League of Ocean City created the home tour to build the new Center for the Arts on 94th Street, which was constructed eight years ago.

The tour continues to benefit the

Art League and allows the organization to remain free to the public.

“It’s great to go in a group with friends or with your spouse … you can get a lot of decorating ideas and see so many creative things that people do in their homes,” Thaler said.

“Some of the builders are on site sometimes, and will talk about their homes.”

The houses are selected by members of the Art League; the process can take an entire year to complete.

While the homes featured on the tour are not for sale, it can help people who are interested in relocating or retiring to the area get an idea of what it’s like to live here.

“Each homeowner whose house is on the tour gets – as a gift from the Art League – will have an artist do a portrait of either their home or their view from their home,” Thaler said.

“Some people want the view. If they live on the water, they’ll ask for it to be done of their view instead of their house.

The homeowners also receive a floral arrangement, which is displayed during the home tour.

The Ocean City Center for the Arts is the home of the Art League of Ocean City, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the visual arts to the community through education, exhibits, scholarships, pro-

grams and community art projects.

“It’s a really pleasant way to spend the day,” Thaler said. “The people who take the tour are so gracious and really appreciate that others are opening their homes to them, and the people who put their homes on the tour we appreciate so much because it does allow us to do all the programming and keep the art center open and free to the public.”

The event is limited to 1,000 people. The cost is $30, which includes a guidebook, driving directions and special offers. Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance, as a limited number are available.

Tickets can be purchased at www.artleagueofoceancity.org, by calling 410-524-9433 or by visiting the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

This residence on Chesapeake Drive in Ocean City is one of 10 featured on the Art League of Ocean City’s annual Sand Castle Home Tour Thursday and Friday.

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Eighth annual Out of the Darkness Walk this Saturday

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Hundreds of area residents and visitors are expected to exercise for a good cause this Saturday, during the eighth annual Out of the Darkness Walk on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

Registration will open at 9 a.m., and the walk will start at 10:30 a.m. at Caroline Street on the Boardwalk, downtown. The two-mile walk will take place rain or shine.

Event registration is free. Online registration will close at noon on Friday, Sept. 20, but participants can still sign up at the event.

Jackie Ward, co-chair of the Out of the Darkness Walk in Ocean City, said about 500 people from across the region are expected to participate.

“The walks are a great opportunity for people who have lost someone to suicide, or have a history of mental illness, to learn that they’re not alone, and to provide hope,” Ward said.

Christen Barbierri, local care team coordinator for the Worcester County Local Management Board, emphasized how these type of events help to start a dialogue about difficult topics.

“The Out of the Darkness Walk convenes a message of hope, community and resiliency,” Barbierri stated in a press release. “We are able to bring the conversation about the importance of behavioral health out of the darkness, and into the light.”

Prior to the walk, attendees can listen to music, pick up buttons and honor bead necklaces and gather information on the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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Participants of the 2018 Out of the Darkness Walk hold a banner as they walk in solidarity in the fight against suicide. The 2019 walk will take place Saturday on the Ocean City Boardwalk beginning at Caroline Street.

Water and snacks will also be provided. Event organizers said walkers can bring signs and photos of loved ones and or friends to wear or hold during the walk. The walk is also stroller and wheelchair accessible.

The walk will start at Caroline Street on the Boardwalk. Participants will then walk down to the inlet and back up to Fifth Street before ending where they started. Participants can tackle the walk at their own pace.

There will be a closing ceremony after the walk ends.

“We highlight people who have struggled personally and people who have lost someone,” Ward said.

Participants are also encouraged to share their stories on social media using the #WhyIWalk hashtag.

Additionally, a Celebration of Life event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Red Doors Community Center on 10959 Worcester Highway in Berlin. The event gives attendees the opportunity to honor loved

ones who have been lost to suicide. Contact Ward at 410-632-1100 ext. 1049, or via email at jackie.ward@maryland.gov for more information.

Those with questions about the event can also call Barbierri 410-632-3648 or email christen.barbierri@maryland.gov.

The event has raised $33,375 as of Tuesday morning, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s website. There is a $45,000 fundraising goal.

Ward said that 578 people registered for the walk last year. There was $39,381 raised last year.

Proceeds will benefit suicide awareness and prevention education.

To register or learn more about the Out of the Darkness Walk, visit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s website at afsp.org/oceancity.

Anyone having thoughts of suicide should call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-877-273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741 to receive free and confidential support.

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Second Coastal Cleanup to take place Sat.

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Residents and visitors have a second chance to help clean up the bay, beach and ocean during the annual Coastal Cleanup event in Ocean City, Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

“Once you participate in a trash cleanup, you will find that you will always be picking up trash, which could be a small piece that might just be that piece that saves a bird or a marine animal from harm,” Sandi Smith, development and marketing coordinator for Maryland Coastal Bays Program, said. “Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to participated in this year’s cleanup.”

The original Coastal Cleanup was scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 7, but was postponed because of tropical storm concerns. Despite this, several people attended the originallyscheduled cleanup, gathering several pounds of trash, most of which was cigarette butts.

The Coastal Cleanup is part of an International Coastal Cleanup sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, an organization working to protect the world’s oceans. It gathers the types and amounts of trash collected during these efforts to help identify sources of debris and to explore ways to reduce litter.

The event has been taking place in Ocean City since 1994, and volunteers have picked up thousands of pounds of trash since its inception.

“When you think of all the people that visit our town and, unfortunately, are not responsible – it’s not just visitors, it’s probably residents as well – they get out at nighttime on the beach and they’re just leaving their trash,” Smith said. “The next morning when you come down to the beach you just see trash everywhere.

“There are people out there that just don’t care, but there are also a lot of people out there that do care,” she added.

Last year, over 200 people participated in the Ocean City cleanup and removed 500 pounds of trash from the beach, bay and sidewalks. In addition to removing trash, volunteers contributed to the world’s largest database on marine debris by logging each item picked up.

After picking up the trash, data is sent to the Ocean Conservancy where it is tabulated.

According to Smith, the most commonly picked up piece of trash around the beach and bay areas are cigarette butts.

“A couple of years ago, during one of our cleanups when we started focusing on cigarette butts, when we noticed they were our number one

source of trash, we were providing small bags and a mother came up with her child,” Smith said. “She came up and she looked at us and she was just bewildered. She looked at us and she said, ‘Oh, my God, I smoke and I throw my cigarette butts out the window all the time. I never thought about it.’”

Aside from cigarette butts, pieces of plastic, bottles, caps, bags and sand toys are the most frequently found items in the ocean, on the beach and near the bay areas.

Maryland Coastal Bays collaborates with the Town of Ocean City, the Ocean City Surf Club, Chesapeake Utilities and Sandpiper Energy for the cleanup.

“We all want to take care of our

homes and want it to be the best it can be for our kids but on the other side of it, we need to solve a lot of problems we have with the environment and we need to teach our kids by example,” Effie Cox, environmental chair for the Ocean City Surf Club, said.

Participants should arrive a little before 10 a.m. to Ocean City Town Hall on Third Street where organizers will distribute trash bags, latex gloves and trash tally sheets. Participants will also receive a free T-shirt courtesy of Chesapeake Energy and Sandpiper Utilities while supplies last.

For more information about Coastal Cleanup or to register for Saturday’s event, call Smith at 410-2132297 ext. 106 or email at sandis@mdcasostalbays.org.

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Showing off Coastal Cleanup T-shirts during the Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 7, from left, are Effie Cox, Stephen Decatur High School students Leslie Zamora, 17, and Hannah Burke, 17, and Sally Burke.

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Berlin Fiddlers Convention returns, music all weekend (Sept. 20, 2019) Bluegrass, Cajun and Celtic music will fill the streets of downtown Berlin from Friday through Sunday during the 27th edition of the Berlin Fiddlers Convention.

With scores of musical participants and thousands of spectators, the competition has grown into what its founder, the late Berlin businessman and town booster Jim Barrett, envisioned decades ago after he and his family stopped at the famous West Virginia fiddlers convention on their return from a family trip.

Barrett, who also was one of the partners responsible for the making the Atlantic Hotel the centerpiece of the effort to revitalize the downtown, believed the Eastern Shore’s fondness for bluegrass music matched with Berlin’s Victorian setting would lead to a destination event.

He was correct, given the size of the audience and the high level of competition in the fiddling, guitar, banjo, mandolin and band categories the contest attracts.

Among the competitions this weekend will be the Maryland State Flatpicking Guitar Championship — contestants must play two traditional fiddle or bluegrass-style tunes using a single pick (no finger-picking allowed) — and the new Miscellaneous category, which will in-

troduce to the mix other instruments such as the resonator guitar.

Starting the weekend entertainment will be a free concert Friday from 7-10 p.m. on the north end of Main Street by Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, of western Maryland and Pennsylvania, and West Virginia-based Robert Mabe’s Irish Banjo.

The competitions will take place throughout Saturday, and Sunday’s highlight will be The Gospel Bluegrass Jam on the lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum on N. Main Street, with Stevenson’s Crossroads, Blue Crab Crossing and other musicians from noon to 3 p.m.

Larnet St. Amant, executive director of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, recommended that visitors park at Berlin Intermediate School on 309 Franklin Ave., where free shuttle service will run continuously on Saturday. She also advised concert and competition watchers to bring their lawn chairs.

Musicians who wish to compete for the thousands of dollars in prize money available will be able to register up through Saturday morning, with registration opening at 10 a.m. Registration or more information is available at www.berlinfiddlers.com. Also visit BerlinChamber.org or the “Berlin Fiddlers Convention” Facebook page at

(Top) Berlin-based band Four Potatoes wins first place in the Youth Band category last year during the 26th annual Berlin Fiddlers Convention in downtown Berlin. (Bottom) Only Lonesome, of Washington, D.C., performs as the headlining act for the 26th annual Berlin Fiddlers Convention last year in downtown Berlin.

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The competition will start at noon Saturday and run to 5 p.m.

Area restaurants will also be open for dinner, and food and beverage vendors will be located downtown during the event.

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COMMUNITY/SCHOOLS

CAMPS Worcester Preparatory School offered a variety of children’s camps during the summer months. Rising first graders, from left, Olivia Mason, Tejal Pillai and Madelyn Bobenko get creative with fun play Floam 3D structures during the Storybook Adventures Camp, led by counselors Angie Bunting and Brittany Flurer.

SUMMER SNOWBALLS The Kona Ice truck made a special visit to Ocean City Elementary on Aug. 26 to welcome back the faculty and staff with snowballs.

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CONFERENCE The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City sent two representatives, Mark Joseph, left, and wife, Laura Allen, to the Kiwanis International yearly conference in Orlando, Florida. They are thanked by club President Dick Clagett for their positive feedback to the members, on Sept. 4

The Worcester County Commissioners, on Sept. 3, join with Debbie Smullen, the Worcester Goes Purple event coordinator for the Board of Education, and team partners from the BOE, Atlantic General Hospital, Health Department, Worcester County Warriors Against Opioid Addiction, and Sen. Mary Beth Carozza’s office to proclaim September as Worcester Goes Purple as part of National Recovery Month and to echo the theme, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Together We are Stronger,” recognizing that mental and substance use disorders, including co-occurring disorders, can be overcome with community support, treatment and recovery services.

OPEN HOUSE EXCHANGE STUDENTS Foreign exchange students of The Salisbury School visited the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum on Sept. 9. These students are from the Ernst-Abbe-Gymnasium in Okerkochen, Germany. By touring the museum the students were able to gain an appreciation for the rich and vibrant history of Ocean City, and also learned about native sea life that inhabit the ocean and coastal bays.

Ocean City Elementary held its annual Back to School Open House on Aug. 29, to kick off the school year and welcome back students and their families. Second graders Saylor Gorgrant, Kyra Mann and Yaretzi Castro-Gutierrez were all smiles about meeting their teacher, Hillary Haines.

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‘River of Hope’ garden to have ribbon cutting Will promote awareness of area addiction epidemic (Sept. 20, 2019) Local Worcester County groups have come together to embrace efforts to educate on and promote awareness of, the addiction epidemic.

To celebrate September as National Recovery Month and the ribbon cutting for the “River of Hope” garden, the Atlantic Club and Worcester Addictions Cooperative Service Center (W.A.C.S) will hold an open house on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5-7 p.m.

Worcester Goes Purple, the county’s opioid crisis awareness campaign, the Worcester County Warriors Against Opioid Addiction, Worcester County Drug Court and Worcester County and Maryland State Arts Councils will all be present at the event.

Worcester Goes Purple received a grant from the Worcester County and Maryland State Art Councils to create a “River of Hope” from rocks painted with inspirational messages from community members at local events throughout the county.

The Atlantic Club provides individuals with the support necessary to live a healthy life in recovery and become an active member of the community.

Sober events and 12-Step programs are offered. The Club is open with a manager on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Veterans of the military, police, firefighters and other survivors of the Sept. 11 attack in 2001 gather for a photo at the Elks Lodge on Sinexpuxent Avenue on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

The manager is available to assist any individual seeking to begin their recovery journey.

W.A.C.S. offers individual and group counseling, Naloxone training, outpatient mental health services, screenings and assessments, referrals for inpatient rehabilitative treatment and other services provided by the Worcester County Health Department.

The Atlantic Club and W.A.C.S. are located at 11827 Ocean Gateway in West Ocean City. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

For more information, call 410213-1007.

The public is welcome. RSVP requested to Debbie Smullen at 410870-5161 or dasmullen@worcesterk12.org.

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By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) ’Tis the season for body slamming and talking trash. Get out your coveted jersey and prepare to high-five your favorite team. Yes, football season is finally here.

Celebratory gatherings are understood.

Your flat screen TV is the center of attention, but food and ambiance should not be ignored.

A few entertaining tips ensure a fabulous time.

The perfect host wants to be able to enjoy the game, so a self-service bar keeps the calls of interference to a minimum.

Don’t forget those who do not drink alcoholic beverages. It is the tiny details that set you apart and make your efforts memorable.

Consider a cranberry-apple cider punch. This recipe will put you in position for mouth-watering cheers.

Four cups of chilled apple cider, four cups of chilled cranberry juice, two cups of chilled ginger ale, and one can (12 oz.) of frozen orange juice concentrate is a refreshing drink not only for the adults, but also the little ones.

Assorted olives, pepperoncini peppers, marinated artichokes and roasted peppers are a delectable medley. Generally, these condiments are presented on relish trays for all to enjoy.

Do not let traditional menus tackle your sense of whimsical fun. A smart host takes every opportunity to stand out in the crowd.

An olive tree is a creative twist and will start a “wave” of “wow.”

Simply wrap a 6-inch green Styrofoam cone with plastic wrap. Using toothpicks, arrange approximately 3 to 3 ½ cups of assorted, pitted olives starting from the bottom of the cone and working upwards until the cone is completely

covered.

The toothpicks must be pointed upwards to hold the olives, then cut off any portion of the toothpick that is visible.

Place small sprigs of fresh rosemary and capers in between the olives to cover any exposed parts of the cone. How about that innovative call?

One of the secrets to successful entertaining is the element of surprise.

Nachos, wings, meatballs and sliders are always popular and a staple for football tailgating. But a cook should always have a unique dish that can be prepared on a moment’s notice.

Veggie fries with marinara ketchup is just the “play” that can get you in the end zone.

Crispy eggplant, yellow squash and zucchini served with a side of zesty marinara ketchup is not only yummy but will keep vegetarians satisfied.

The very first step when making veggie fries is to neutralize the bitterness of the eggplant.

Cut the eggplant in the shape of fries and add a generous amount of salt.

Allow the salted fries to sit for about 30 minutes.

The eggplant will start to sweat, and this is a good thing. When the eggplant is sweating, the bitterness is oozing out.

Then rinse the fries thoroughly and proceed according to instructions.

The dredging setup follows: the first step is to coat the fries in flour. This will act as a glue.

The next step is the egg wash mixture; 1 teaspoon of water for every egg.

The last part of the coating process is to dip the fries in a mixture of panko and cornmeal. The panko gives the fries a great texture and the cornmeal adds flavor.

When frying the fries, do not overcrowd the pan. Otherwise, the temperature of the oil will drop which will produce soggy fries.

Once the veggie fries are cooked, See MAKING Page 43

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Making homemade ketchup from scratch with peppers Continued from Page 42 place them on a cooling rack for optimum crunchiness.

Believe it or not, but placing fried foods on a plate lined with paper towels defeats the whole philosophy of crispiness.

The marinara ketchup takes very little time to prepare. I like to make a double batch, this way I can freeze the sauce for future fries.

Veggie fries with a dusting of parmesan cheese and a side of marinara ketchup is simple to make and sure to score a touchdown! Enjoy.

Marinara Ketchup 1 (28-oz.) can good quality crushed tomatoes 2 pinches baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon onion powder 1 to 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried thyme 2 teaspoons dried basil 1 teaspoon heavy cream 1. In a small bowl, combine the ingredients until fully incorporated. Set aside.

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freshly ground black pepper parmesan cheese as a garnish fresh basil as a garnish 1. Remove the ends of the eggplant and cut into strips resembling fries.

2. Place eggplant fries on a plate and coat them with 3 teaspoons of kosher salt. They will start to sweat after about 30 minutes. Rinse eggplant fries thoroughly and set aside.

3. Remove the ends of zucchinis and squashes, and again cut them into the shape of fries.

4. Prepare the dredging station by placing flour on a large plate. The next step is to whisk the water and eggs in a small bowl. Then, combine panko and corn meal on another large plate.

5. Press individual fries in the flour and shake off any excess. Then, dip the fries in the egg mixture, allowing excess egg mixture to drip off.

Gently press the fries in the panko/corn meal mixture, making sure the fries are completely covered in the breading.

6. Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until the temperature reaches 375 degrees.

7. Fry the fries until the edges turn a golden-brown color, about 3 minutes.

Turn the fries over and again cook the fries until the edges turn a golden-brown color. This should take about 2 minutes.

8. When the fries are cooked, place them on a cooling rack and apply a dusting of salt.

9. Allow fries to cool slightly and place on a platter. Apply a dusting of parmesan cheese and freshly ground pepper. Garnish with fresh basil and serve with marinara ketchup.

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Community Foundation gives $600K to 400 scholarships (Sept. 20, 2019) More than $600,000 in scholarships were granted to area students through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore in the 2019 fiscal year.

The Foundation, which holds more than 180 scholarships funds, disbursed the scholarships to over 400 students.

Erin Smith was just one of the recipients.

She is a Stephen Decatur High School graduate who is attending Christopher Newport University.

Smith received the four-year William B. Blank DACA Scholarship for those who intend on pursuing a

career in agriculture or turf management. It is a $1,500 annual award.

She is majoring in biology with minors in business administration and leadership studies.

“With the rising cost of education, scholarship funds are more important than ever,” said Community Foundation President Erica Joseph.

“Scholarship funds at CFES are a valuable resource for people who want to help local students.”

The available scholarships have individual criteria and focus on a variety of study areas, however, not every scholarship is for graduating seniors See ORGANIZATION Page 46

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ART Svetlana McCoy-Rusanova is the artisan-in-residence for September at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street. She displays her jewelry creation during opening night earlier this month.

WELCOME BACK Ocean City Elementary held its annual Back to School Open House on Aug. 29, to kick off the school year and welcome back students and their families. Kindergarten teacher Shelby Ennis is pictured with one of her students, Liam Fluckey.

DINNER Members of the Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club recently served dinner at the Believe in Tomorrow’s House by the Sea. The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club meets on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Captain’s Table Restaurant (Courtyard Marriott Hotel) 15th Street and N. Baltimore Ave., Ocean City. Guests welcome.

KIWANIS CLUB Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President Dick Clagett, left, accepts $400 from chair of the Kiwanis House Signs Community Service Program, Ralph Chinn. Signs cost $15 and repainting of them is $10. Order forms can be obtained at the Ocean Pines Administration Office.

BACK TO SCHOOL American Legion Post #166 of Ocean City, collected school supplies for students at Ocean City Elementary. The supplies included pencils, markers, glue sticks, folders, loose-leaf paper and backpacks. Pictured presenting the supplies to OCES fourth grade teacher, Lynn Wrench, are Junior Auxiliary President Kendahl Parsons and Educational Chair Jessie Parsons.

SCHOOL DONATIONS The Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club recently donated a trunk full of school supplies to students in Worcester County through Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services. Pictured, from left, are Cliff Berg, Stan Kahn, Margaret Mudron, President Dan Harris, Sonia Baker, Nancy Bradford, Dr. Larry Michnick, Frank Baker and Arlan Kinney. The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club meets on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Captain’s Table Restaurant (Courtyard Marriott Hotel) 15th Street and N. Baltimore Ave. in Ocean City. Guests welcome.

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Sunday final work day for OC Beach Patrol

By Kristin Joson Contributing Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) As you take a walk along the beach next week you won’t see the familiar white lifeguard stands.

The beach patrol will officially end the 2019 guarding season this Sunday, Sept. 22.

During our guarding season, surf rescue technicians are in stands and fulfilling all three parts of our mission – education, prevention and intervention – on a daily basis between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

After this Sunfest weekend, the lifeguard stands will be removed quickly from the beach and we will no longer position surf rescue technicians along Ocean City’s beach until May 2020.

At this time of year it is important for people to realize that the beach patrol is off duty and they should not participate in water-related activities until the beach patrol is back on duty next Memorial Day weekend.

We realize that in spite of our warnings a warm sunny day, even in October, will tempt some people to make the very poor decision to ven-

ture into the ocean. Please heed our warnings.

The same rip current hazards that exist during our season, when we are making hundreds of rescues (over 2,300 this season), are still present now and could possibly be more treacherous due to tropical storm activity that is typical for this time each year (second week in September is the peak of hurricane season).

The ocean is no less dangerous than it was in late August and September. We have experienced an increase in wave action, surf and water rescues in recent weeks.

This resulted in several rescues since Labor Day for the OCBP pulling people out of rip currents and making rescues under challenging circumstances with stands several blocks apart (half a mile).

Had some of these situations occurred when the beach patrol was not on duty there would have been multiple tragedies and families devastated.

Unfortunately, three years ago during this time of the year, just 90 minutes after the guards had removed everyone from the ocean and left for the day (7 p.m.) a man went out to swim when guards were not on duty.

This turned tragic and his family and everyone involved is still feeling the heartbreak from this easily avoidable tragedy, three years later.

Again, less than 48 hours later a J1 student worker from Ireland loss his life when he and some friends choose to swim at 6 a.m. after a night out.

Swimming only when and where surf rescue technicians were on duty would have prevented both of these avoidable deaths.

Starting Monday, the stands will be pulled off the beach and lifeguards will no longer report for duty. We will be working to close down from the 2019 season, prepare our equipment for winter storage and begin preparations for the 2020 season.

Even though we no longer have lifeguards on the beach, we will maintain an off-the-beach presence for a few more weeks, through Columbus Day Monday, with our mobil rescue units.

Unfortunately, unless someone calls 911 and lets us know someone is in danger we will not be aware of the need to respond although we may be only a few blocks away.

These mobil rescue units consist of one surf rescue technician (rider) acting as the primary rescue swimmer while the other surf rescue technician

(driver) maintains radio communication and backup during an emergency.

Both are qualified as surf rescue technicians and are quad (ATV) certified.

Although Ocean City Fire/EMS are ready and willing to respond to surf rescues, (the OCBP has trained a group of fire/EMS personnel as rescue swimmers), the beach patrol is the agency that is trained and equipped specifically for this mission.

Having these mobile units and surf rescue technicians already prepared for a possible response, effectively reduces the time from the original 911 call to victim contact and will hopefully result in a successful intervention.

But we want to remind you, that even with these public safety personnel available, the time you have to survive if drowning is gambling with your life. It just isn’t worth it.

The OCBP will be in response mode like the paramedics or police.

Typically, the nearest mobile rescue unit will respond to the “swimmer in trouble” call, forwarded by a 911 dispatcher.

Having the mobile units prepared See OCBP Page 50

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Organization offer Wor. and Wic. Co. students funding Continued from Page 43 or four-year college students, or straight-A students.

“Our scholarships are created by individuals, families, or businesses that are passionate about encouraging an area of study, memorializing a loved one, or simply extending a helping hand, so there is a little something for everyone,” Joseph said. “These scholarships open new doors that allow students to turn their dreams into a reality. There is no question that the Lower Eastern Shore is made a better place by community members who are investing in our future leaders.”

For a full list of scholarships, criteria, and applications, visit CFES.org/scholarships.

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ART LEAGUE PARTY The Art League of Ocean City held it's annual "pARTy of the Year" on Sept. 11 at The Aloft Hotel in Ocean City. The party honors the homeowners who opened their doors to the Sand Castle Home Tour as well as raises funds for the outreach programs of the Art League. Pictured are Cole Taustin and Brianna Mattern.

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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.

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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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OCBP will return on Memorial Day Weekend Continued from Page 45 makes the OCBP one step closer if someone needs assistance, but still takes valuable time, that the victim may not have.

When a rescue is needed, the rescue swimmer initiates the intervention while the driver who is also a trained rescue swimmer maintains radio contact with the Ocean City Communications Center and acts as backup to the initial rescuer and requests additional resources should the situation require any (EMS, police, Coast Guard, etc.).

Without the mobil rescue units, a call to 911 would be answered in Snow Hill and then be transferred to Ocean City Communications who would then dispatch the nearest available EMS unit and fire department personnel.

Although Ocean City emergency response time is the fastest in the nation, during a drowning situation, where minutes count, this process may take tragically too long.

The beach patrol’s response to this circumstance is to have mobile rescue units already staffed and standing by throughout town as they perform close-down tasks.

It is important however that people not depend on these mobile rescue units as if they are lifeguards protecting their love ones.

Without educating the public and actively preventing potential incidents the beach patrol is unable to fulfill its mission and work in a proactive manner, therefore we are in a reactionary mode and cannot provide the coverage that the public is accustomed to during our regular guarding season.

We have seen too many times when swimming without lifeguards and poor judgment turns into a tragedy with the loss of a life.

Our saying, “Keep your feet in the sand until the lifeguard’s in the stand!” is a friendly reminder of the very serious warning, to only swim when lifeguards are on duty.

The first priority of the Ocean City Beach Patrol continues to be public safety.

Therefore, the beach patrol strongly encourage all beach patrons to restrict any beach or water-related activities to times and locations when and where beach patrol personnel are on duty, never swim alone, always stay with the limits of your swimming ability and never rely on a flotation device in place of your swimming ability.

Since the beach patrol is off duty until May 2020 and we have explained the dangers of swimming unprotected, we do not expect to see you or anyone you care about in the ocean

until Memorial Day Weekend when the beach patrol will return to duty protecting you and your family.

If you do see a swimmer in distress do not attempt to go in after them, or you may become an additional victim.

Especially tragic are the number of parents that have died in Ocean City while attempting to rescue their children who they have allowed to swim without lifeguards on duty.

Even our most experienced personnel (20-plus years as an ocean lifeguard) who are now parents, don’t let their children swim in unguarded water, even though they personally have rescued hundreds from the Ocean City surf.

We have seen too many cases where someone has tried to rescue a distressed swimmer and has drowned in the attempt.

Instead, immediately call 911, know the location of the incident, follow the victim along the beach and remain on the scene until rescue personnel arrive and identify yourself to them.

If the person goes under the water before rescuers arrive, it is important to mark the last seen position of the victim with a landmark on the beach to aid the rescues with the search. If the person does manage to rescue themselves, please let the responding personnel know that they are safely on shore.

We at the beach patrol want to thank Ocean City Today for allowing us to have a weekly safety education feature.

The beach patrol’s mission has three focuses: education, prevention and intervention.

Without a doubt the most obvious and the one that attracts the most attention is intervention when one of our guards blows a whistle, jumps off the stand, runs down the beach, and then swims out to rescue a swimmer in distress.

Although this happens several thousand times each season it is not our major focus but rather it is prevention of accidents and injuries through our educational outreach efforts and programs that we make our number one priority.

That is why each week we use this space to try and educate all of the readers of Ocean City Today. I truly believe that through the exposure in this newspaper that many lives have been saved and will continue to be saved because someone has read the article or passed on the information that they learned to others.

So if you have enjoyed this column and have learned any new information about beach or water safety, not only pass it on to others but take the

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time to thank the editors of Ocean City Today.

Also, if you or someone you know would like begin the greatest adventure of a lifetime as a surf rescue technician with the beach patrol for the 2020 season, visit our website at www.ococean.com/ocbp.

We have our next Pre-Employment Physical Skills Evaluations for positions during the 2020 season, scheduled in March at Salisbury University, University of Maryland and

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York College before finishing our testing in the Ocean City area.

Have a safe fall and winter and we will see you Memorial Day Saturday 2020 when the beach patrol will return to duty protecting you and your family.

So please don’t let someone you love enter the ocean when the surf rescue technicians are not on duty.

It is not only dangerous to them, but may put others in danger if they attempt to help you in an emergency.

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Calendar Fri., Sept. 20 SUNFEST KITE FESTIVAL Ocean City beach between Third and Sixth streets. Enjoy four days filled with spectacular kite flying. See master kite flyers from around the world showcase their aerial displays of art, kite-making workshops and kite battles. 410-289-7855, https://kiteloft.com

of custom faceted gemstones, loose stones, beads and beading supplies, pearls, mineral specimens, rocks, fossils, crystals and art jewelry. There will be jewelers and wire wrappers who can design, remount and set stones and make repairs on site. Admission costs are $5 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger with an adult. jane@treasuresoftheearth.com, http://www.treasuresoftheearth.com

BERLIN BOOK OF THE MONTH RESERVATION DEADLINE FOR BLUES ON THE BAY Blues on the Bay will be held at Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill from 6-9 p.m. on Sept.

25. Join Coastal Hospice for an evening of jazz to benefit the Macky & Pam Stansell House. Reservations are $75 and include an open bar, for d’oeuvres and live music from Everett Spells. Reservations: https://coatalhospice.org/event/blues-onthe-bay by Sept. 20.

SAND CASTLE HOME TOUR Start out at the Arts Center on 94th Street where you will pick up your tour booklet, goody bag and blue booties. Tour the homes at your own pace Sept. 19-20 from 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Tickets cost $30 and are valid for both days. Tickets: 410-524-9433. http://www.artleagueofoceancity.org

FIBER FRIENDS Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Bring your lap work and join the group as they knit, crochet and embroider.

All are welcome. Victoria Christie-Healy, 703-507-0708, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

SUNFEST Ocean City Inlet Parking Lot, 809 S Atlantic Ave., 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM. Enjoy four, fun-filled days, Sept. 19-22, of arts and crafts, a variety of foods, hayrides, kids activities and musical entertainment. Free admission except for the headlining concerts.

Friday will feature Granger Smith at 8 p.m.

Ticket pricing starts at $25. For the weekend schedule and tickets, visit https://ococean.com/events/sunfest.

2019 CHARLIE MAC OPEN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT Great Hope Golf Course, 8380 Crisfield Highway, 12:00 PM. The event raises funds for United Needs & Abilities, Inc. Individual golfers can sign up online for just golf ($110) or the golf and seafood feast ($120). Nongolfers can buy a seafood feast only ticket for $35 which includes steamed crabs, fried chicken, corn on the cob, coleslaw, beverage and/or beer. The feast will be held from 5-8 p.m. The will also be a 50/50 raffle, silent auction and a full cash bar. https://www.una1.org/golf-tournament

GEM, MINERAL AND JEWELRY SHOW Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Featuring 14K and sterling silver, classic, estate, fashion and homemade jewelry, a wide selection

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 1:00 PM. Featuring “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” by Mona Hannah-Attisha.

Copies of the books are available in advance at the library. 410-641-0650, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

813 S Atlantic Ave. The museum will provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Tickets available at: www.smithsonianmag.com.

all day. Rain location is the Berlin Intermediate School Auditorium. http://www.BerlinFiddlers.com

BEACH YOGA

St. Paul United Methodist Church, 405 Flower St., 11:00 AM. Cost is $10 for 1/2 BBQ Chicken platters, which includes macaroni and cheese and baked beans, roll and drink. Cost for chicken and roll is $8. Proceeds benefit the church’s Homecoming Committee. 410-641-0270

BBQ CHICKEN Assateague Island National Seashore, 6633 Bayberry Drive, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM. Meet at the Shade Pavilion in North Beach parking lot. Low impact exercise to increase balance, flexibility and reduce stress. Yoga is suitable for all levels. Free but park entrance fees are in effect. Donations benefit Assateague Island National Seashore. Take a beach towel. outreachAIA@gmail.com, http://www.AssateagueIslandAlliance.org

SUNFEST

Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Discover the benefits of coloring such as relaxation, reduced stress and feeling restored. Coloring books and supplies provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Ocean City Inlet Parking Lot, 809 S Atlantic Ave., 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM. Enjoy four, funfilled days, Sept. 19-22, of arts and crafts, a variety of foods, hayrides, kids activities and musical entertainment. Free admission except for the headlining concerts. Saturday will feature Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at 8 p.m. Ticket pricing starts at $25.

For the weekend schedule and tickets, visit https://ococean.com/events/sunfest.

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Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:00 PM. Join the group for afternoon tea and light refreshments while viewing the best of British TV comedies. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:00 AM. Join the group for a brief history of Gerry Anderson and his Supermarionation technique used to produce Thunderbirds. Also included will be a screening of Mission to the Unknown, a Fan edit of the Thunderbirds Are Go! http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES

THE PICNIC FOR A LIVABLE PLANET Stephen Decatur Park, 130 Tripoli Street, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Young people and adults will meet all over the country to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. Featuring free live music, food and knowledgeable speakers from many local Earth Advocate groups. ldryan2@gmail.com

BERLIN FIDDLERS CONVENTION Berlin Main Street, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Irish and cajun musicians from all over the country are invited to compete for thousands in prize money. Also featuring regional food, drink and craft vendors. Friday night features a free, headline performance from the Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers and opening will be Robert Mabe’s Irish Banjo. Rain location is the Berlin Intermediate School Auditorium. http://www.BerlinFiddlers.com

Sat., Sept. 21 SUNFEST KITE FESTIVAL Ocean City beach between Third and Sixth streets. Enjoy four days filled with spectacular kite flying. See master kite flyers from around the world showcase their aerial displays of art, kite-making workshops and kite battles. 410-289-7855, https://kiteloft.com

15TH ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum,

GEM, MINERAL AND JEWELRY SHOW Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Featuring 14K and sterling silver, classic, estate, fashion and homemade jewelry, a wide selection of custom faceted gemstones, loose stones, beads and beading supplies, pearls, mineral specimens, rocks, fossils, crystals and art jewelry. There will be jewelers and wire wrappers who can design, remount and set stones and make repairs on site. Admission costs are $5 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger with an adult. jane@treasuresoftheearth.com, http://www.treasuresoftheearth.com

‘CHAIR OF HONOR’ DEDICATION Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines, 11144 Cathell Road, 2:00 PM. The Worcester County Veterans Memorial Foundation at Ocean Pines will dedicate a “Chair of Honor” as a permanent reminder of those who were held as POWs and 82,000 who are still missing and never returned from serving abroad. There is limited seating at the memorial.

PARK PLACE JEWELERS ANNUAL TREASURE HUNT ON THE BEACH Ocean City beach between Second and Third streets, 4:00 PM. Free entry with $20 donation to Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea. Must be 18 years of age and register in person. Registration begins Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. Prizes include jewelry, diamonds, gemstones and gift certificates.

410-289-6500, https://www.parkplacejewelers.com

FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET 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.

Sun., Sept. 22 SUNFEST KITE FESTIVAL Ocean City beach between Third and Sixth streets. Enjoy four days filled with spectacular kite flying. See master kite flyers from around the world showcase their aerial displays of art, kite-making workshops and kite battles. 410-289-7855, https://kiteloft.com

BERTINO TO HOST TOWN MEETING Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Chip Bertino will discuss issues and developments impacting the Ocean Pines district and the county. Guest speakers include Stacey Norton, Dr. Michael Browne and Mike McClung. Commissioner Jim Bunting will join the meeting as well.

BERLIN FIDDLERS CONVENTION Berlin Main Street, 10:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Irish and cajun musicians from all over the country are invited to compete for thousands in prize money. Also featuring regional food, drink and craft vendors. Competition begins at noon. Admission is free. Shuttle service available from Berlin Intermediate School

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 Sophia Tomaseli. Ivy Wells and Allison Early, 410-973-2051

SUNFEST Ocean City Inlet Parking Lot, 809 S Atlantic Ave., 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Enjoy four, funfilled days, Sept. 19-22, of arts and crafts, a variety of foods, hayrides, kids activities and musical entertainment. Free admission ex-

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creative expression. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

WRITING FOR WELLNESS SUNDAY SCHOOL KICKOFF Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., 9:00 AM. Wear your favorite team colors. https://www.stevensonchurch.org

GEM, MINERAL AND JEWELRY SHOW Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Featuring 14K and sterling silver, classic, estate, fashion and homemade jewelry, a wide selection of custom faceted gemstones, loose stones, beads and beading supplies, pearls, mineral specimens, rocks, fossils, crystals and art jewelry. There will be jewelers and wire wrappers who can design, remount and set stones and make repairs on site. Admission costs are $5 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger with an adult. jane@treasuresoftheearth.com, http://www.treasuresoftheearth.com

BERLIN FIDDLERS CONVENTION Taylor House Museum, 208 N. Main St., 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Irish and cajun musicians from all over the country are invited to compete for thousands in prize money. Also featuring regional food, drink and craft vendors. Sunday features a free Gospel Bluegrass Jam with Stevenson’s Crossroads and Blue Crab Crossing. Rain location is the Masonic Lodge on Main Street. http://www.BerlinFiddlers.com

PARK PLACE JEWELERS ANNUAL TREASURE HUNT ON THE BEACH Ocean City beach between Second and Third streets, 1:00 PM. Free entry with $20 donation to Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea. Must be 18 years of age and register in person. Registration begins Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. Prizes include jewelry, diamonds, gemstones and gift certificates.

410-289-6500, https://www.parkplacejewelers.com

Mon., Sept. 23 IPAD CHICKS Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Explore the world of iPads while learning from each other. Register: Norma Kessler, 410-641-7017. Men are welcome. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1:30 PM. Writing about stressful experiences like illness may boost health & psychological well-being. Group uses exercises to stimulate creative expression. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

MUSIC THEORY Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 4:00 PM. Improve your understanding of music, whether you sing or play an instrument. Learn what you need to know to build your confidence. Register: 410-2084014. http://www.worceseterlibrary.org

YOGA FOR ALL Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Three-part series where participants will be introduced to the benefits of yoga by learning many of the poses and breathing techniques. No prior yoga experience needed. Yoga mats and props will be available. Register: 410-6323495. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

DELMARVA WOMEN’S A CAPELLA CHORUS Mondays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 7:00 PM. Come and sing. Drop-ins welcome. Carol, 410641-6876

Tues., Sept. 24

Ocean City Marlin Club, 9659 Golf Course Road, 11:00 AM. The goal of the Report Card is to provide a transparent, timely and geographically detailed assessment of the 2018 Coastal Bay’s health. The event will also include Gold Star award presentations to recognize the contributions of partners.

Report cards will be available after this event at www.mdcoastalbays.org. Copies are available by contacting Sandi Smith, sandis@mdcoastalbays.org or 410-2132297, Ext. 106.

WRITING FOR WELLNESS Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1:30 PM. Group uses exercises to stimulate

Wed., Sept. 25 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

MAKING WIRED CRYSTAL JEWELRY Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 2:00 PM. Create your own jewelry using a crystal of your choice and wire. Participants will watch a wiring presentation and begin practicing. Materials included or bring your own crystal. Sign-up: 410-641-0650. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 2:00 PM. Featuring The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Copies off the book are available at the library in advance. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

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.

KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OP/OC

Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 2:00 PM. Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the dangers of Flint’s drinking water. She talks about her life and how the people of Flint are finding hope after the crisis. Also learn how this tragedy happened. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Wednesdays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m., meeting begins at 8 a.m. 410-6417330, http://www.kiwanisofopoc.org

YOGA WITH SHULI TOR Pocomoke Library, 301 Market St., 5:00 PM. A class for stretching and relaxation based on yoga and qigong. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

ART QUILT TRUNK SHOW Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 2:00 PM. Join Dale Ashera-Davis on a look back at her art quilt journey through quilts from 1992 to the present. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, 2:00 PM 3:00 PM. Providing physical and emotional support for survivors and caregivers to share personal experiences and challenges.

Coping strategies also discussed. Anne Waples, awaples@atlanticgeneral.org, 443614-5720

FIRESIDE CHAT Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 3:00 PM. Explore new authors and genres during this lively chat about favorite good reads. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

‘RIVER OF HOPE’ RIBBON CUTTING SNOW HILL BOOK OF THE MONTH

TED TALK: FLINT WATER CRISIS

Atlantic Club and Worcester Addictions Cooperative Service Center, 11827 Ocean Gateway, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Local Worcester County groups have come together to embrace efforts to educate on and promote awareness of the addiction epidemic. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. The public is welcome. RSVP: Debbie Smullen, 410-8705161 or dasmullen@worcesterk12.org. 410213-1007

POTLUCK & PICTURES — ‘THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL’ Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 6:00 PM. Bring a covered dish to share while watching a presentation from a local photographer. September features Gene Ruble’s photos from the Appalachian Trail.

Sign-up: 410-208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibary.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

BEACH SINGLES Thursdays - Harpoon Hanna’s, 39064 Harpoon Road, Fenwick Island, DE, 4:00 PM 6:00 PM. Beach Singles, 45 years and older, meet for happy hour. Info: 302-436-9577, 410-524-0649 or BeachSingles.org

GRIEF SUPPORT ATLANTIC COAST SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION MEETING Ocean City Lions Club, 12534 Airport Road, 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7 p.m. Guest are welcome to attend.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS REPORT CARD RELEASE

gardens can help. Cost for the workshop is $20, which includes a rain barrel worth $85. Suzanne Ketcham, 443-234-5587, sketcham@lowershorelandtrust.org.

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 a healthy lifestyle. jeanduck47@gmail.com

‘ASK A MASTER GARDENER’ PLANT CLINIC 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.

RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP Lower Shore Land Trust Office, 100 River St., Snow Hill, 6:30 p.m. Learn why reducing stormwater runoff from your property is important and how rain barrels and rain

OC/BERLIN ROTARY CLUB MEETING Wednesdays - Captain’s Table Restaurant in the Courtyard by Marriott, 2 15th St., 6:00 PM. 302-540-2127

Thurs., Sept. 26 HOW TO DECLUTTER Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Sharon Knowles of Space Redefined Services will offer tips and solutions to make decluttering your home less daunting.

Register: 410-208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

REPUBLICAN WOMEN OF WORCESTER COUNTY LUNCHEON MEETING Ocean Pines Yacht Club, 1 Mumford’s Landing Road, 11:00 AM. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be a representative from the Census Bureau. Cost of the luncheon is $20. Reservations: Ann Lutz, annlutz60@gmail.com, 410-208-9767

by Sept. 17.

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 their own pace.

Free and open to the public. Nicole Long, 443-614-6142

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 Classifieds now appear in Ocean City Today & the Bayside Gazette each week and online at oceancitytoday.com and baysideoc.com.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

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.

Join Donna & I at

HELP WANTED

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Bella Mia’s Hair Salon at the Woodlands We are looking for an independent contractor.

Rent a chair in our salon for a fee. The contractor will bring their own clients and set own hours.

Won’t you call and let us discuss!

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(IICRC certifications a plus)

- DECK COATING APPLICATORS - LEAD CARPENTERS/FRAMERS - INTERIOR REMODELING PROFESSIONALS Please apply in person: 12905 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City MD, online at https://oceantowerconstruction.com/careers/ or call 443-366-5556 during regular business hours

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Bartenders Servers Cook

2 8th & Oceanfront -“For orr Shore … Th The Best Place to Work”

FT/ T//YYR COMMUNIT Y HOA MANAGER This position super vises and implements the rules and regulations of the associations. Job duties include: General proper ty operations, knowledge of building main systems, implementing rules and regulations for proper ties, maintain/update databases for current contracts, schedule preventative maintenance, acquire competitive bids, super vise maintenance stafff,, per form 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 stafff,, proficient in contract review and negotiation, strong communication skills, computer literate, knowledge of website maintenance, knowledge of audio visual equipment.

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NOW HIRING: COOK & SERVERS. Alex’s Italian Restaurant, Rt. 50 West, West OC. Call Alex, 410726-2158.

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.

Maintenance Specialist (HVAC) Atlantic General Hospital/ Health System offers you the opportunity to work in an environment that is both stimulating and rewarding. Our management team and Board of Directors place a high priority on keeping our associates satisfied and committed to the organization and our community. We are seeking to satisfy the need for professional satisfaction and growth in a team-oriented individual in the following capacity: - Maintenance Specialist (Full Time): Working knowledge of the following systems: mechanical, electrical, plumbing with an emphasis in HVACR. Installs, maintains, and repairs all heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems along with their associated equipment which includes Building Automation Controls (DDC). Full Time, Monday – Friday, 7am – 3:30pm. Looking for a High school graduate or equivalent with excellent mechanical aptitude. Degree from a technical school preferred.

Universal EPA refrigerant recovery certification. HVAC Journeyman licensure strongly preferred.

Atlantic General Hospital, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, MD 21811, PH: 410.641.9612 FAX: 410.641.9715, e-mail: jobs@atlanticgeneral.org, www.atlanticgeneral.org/ careers

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is now accepting applications for the following positions:

Hostess, Cooks, A/V Staff, Boutique Sales, EMT, General Maintenance, Painter, Boat Mate For more details or to apply, please go online to www.seacrets.com/employment

Comfort Inn Gold Coast We are seeking to fill the following positions:

~ Housekeeping ~ ~ Maintenance ~ Please apply in person at The Comfort Inn Gold Coast at 112th Street, Ocean City, next to the Gold Coast Mall

AM Dining Room Manager We are currently recruiting an experienced AM Dining Room Manager to help our team oversee our busy restaurant. Must have strong management experience in a large restaurant, ability to train staff, excellent communication skills and ability to solve problems. Micros and computer experience strongly preferred. Excellent salary and benefits package. Send resume and salary requirements to: Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 410-524-3535 ~ Fax: 410-723-9109

Employment is contingent on drug screen & background check. ResortQuest is an EOE.

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Courtyard by Marriott 2 15th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 Now accepting applications for the following YR positions:

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HELP WANTED

RENTALS

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Now Hiring Maintenance & Housekeeping Help. Fulltime. Full benefits. $12/hour.

Call Club Ocean Villas II, 410-524-0880.

WR - 1BR Condo - Off 28th St. - Furnished, $700/mo. w/WiFi. $500 sec deposit.

1BR w/queen & full size beds.

House avail. upon request. No smoking/pets.

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Year Round, 2BR, 1BA. Energy efficient, on well and septic. Near casino. $850/ month plus utilities. Call Steve, 410-251-3412, leave message.

2 Office/Retail Spaces & 3 Warehouse Units available in West Ocean City.

Call 443-497-4200.

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

2BR/2BA on Canal, Off 94th St. Available 10/1-6/1. $900 per month, plus electric and cable. Resort Rentals, 410524-0295.

3 Rooms, 1/2 kitchen with 1-acre storage yard.

Near casino. $1600/month.

Call 410-251-3412 leave message

MODEL HOME FURNISHINGS SALE Artwork, accessories and furniture - selling below cost! 9801 Mooring View Lane, unit 58, Ocean City, MD 21842. Friday, 9/20 thru Sunday, 9/22, 9am-4pm

NOW HIRING PT Painter Good Hours Nice place to work!

Contact Gene Brewis Harbour Island Manager 410-251-1423

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Winter Rental Downtown OC. 2BR, 2BA. Furnished, W/D. Occupancy limited to 2.

Non-smoking/no pets. $675/ mo. plus utilities. 410-2026353 3BR, 1.5BA, Nicely Renovated House on Rt. 611, Berlin/West Ocean City.

W/D, decks, yard, driveway.

Available now. Unfurnished or furnished. 410-422-1530 3rd St. Ocean Front @ The Polynesian available October 5th through April 23rd, 1BR, 1 Bath, washer/dryer, Xfinity TV, Internet, private parking, elevator. $900/mo utilities included. Call: 410-289-8531.

WINTER RENTAL 1BR Beachy, Poolside Apartment - 47th Street.

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RENTALS RENTALS WINTER WEEKLY RENTALS Family Room $235/week 2BR Apartments $315/wk 3BR Suite $400/week 4BR House $500/week Burgundy Inn 1210 Philadelphia Ave. 410-289-8581

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October 1-April 1. $750/mo. + sec. 302-367-5266 YR Rental, Ocean Pines.

3BR, 2BA. Newly remodeled.

New appliances. Indoor/outdoor deck. Large yard. $1450/month plus utilities.

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ROOMMATES ROOMMATES 2 Story Townhouse to Share. Year-round, Fenwick Island. Fully furnished. Outside shower & screened-in deck porch. Available immediately. Call 410-365-6845.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE 2 Bedroom, 2.5 bath, 123rd Street, Bayside.

Email for details: OC.prop.to.sell@gmail. com 2 Bedroom, 2.5 bath, 128th Street, Ocean Block.

Email for more information: OC.prop.to.sell@ gmail.com $63,000 Cash Buys You A Beautiful 2BR, 2BA Mobile Home! 10 Minutes from Ocean City. Thoroughly renovated, near boat ramp.

Lot rent $425/month. Call Howard Martin Realty, 410-352-5555.

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LOTS & ACREAGE LOTS & ACREAGE Building Lot For Sale. Captains Cove, near Chincoteague, VA. Marina, golf course & restaurant, indoor/outdoor pools. 30 min. from OC. $2500/obo. 410271-0336

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AUCTIONS The contents of mini storage units will be sold at public auction. Units to be auctioned; B5, B10, B12, B36, B38, B55, B56, B85, O40, O69, O81, O126, O134, O137, O29, O115, O164, S25, S35, S40, S102, S123, S170, S173, S185, S223, S315, S324, S409, S501, S509, S636, S716. Units are being sold due to non-payment of rent.

Common items in units are, household items, furniture, tools, fishing equipment, paintings, antique and vintage items.

Date: Saturday, September 28th Time: NEW TIME 10:00AM #1 Starts at Berlin Mini Storage: Route 346 #2 Continues at OC Mini Storage: Route 50 #3 Finishes at OC Mini Storage: Route 611 Terms: CASH ONLY Auctioneer: Tom Janasek

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DONATIONS DONATIONS 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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Atlantic General Hospital and Health System held an open house and ribbon cutting for AGHRx RediScripts on Sept. 10 to celebrate the pharmacy’s fifth anniversary. To mark this milestone in caring for the community, the pharmacy donated all cash register sales made during the day to the indigent patient fund. RediScripts contributed more than $2,100 to support medication therapy for patients who otherwise would not have been able to afford their prescriptions. Deborah Smullen, events coordinator for the Worcester Goes Purple campaign, joined the ribbon cutting with a purple ribbon to signify the collaborative efforts between Worcester Goes Purple and AGHRx RediScripts to end the opioid crisis. AGHRx RediScripts Pharmacy is located in the main lobby at Atlantic General Hospital and is open Monday through Saturday. For more information, visit www.atlanticgeneral.org/pharmacy.

Casino, small businesses connect

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Small and minority-owned businesses have an opportunity to connect with Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin.

The Maryland Governor’s Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs has announced the second year of small business outreach events with three Maryland casinos, one of which is Ocean Downs.

The event will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. Registration is free.

At the event, owners of small businessness and certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) firms can learn how to do business with Ocean Downs. They can meet buyers and learn what Ocean Downs is buying now and in the future.

“They’re going to let people meet one-on-one with the buyers that connect with the small business buyers,” Alison Tavik, director of communications and outreach for the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs, said.

Some of these contracted services are food and beverage, administrative

purchasing, gaming supplies or information technology. Tavik said personal contact and face-to-face meetings between local businesses is vital.

“We all like to do business with people we know and trust and like,”

‘We all like to do business with people we know and trust and like..This is the first step to starting to build those kind of relationships.’

Alison Tavik, director of communications and outreach for the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs Tavik said. “This is the first step to starting to build those kind of relationships. It’s very hard for small businesses on their own.”

Tavik hopes the event will break down barriers for small minorityowned businesses. She explained that the event began when Ocean Downs

asked two years ago how it could connect with more minority-owned businesses.

Together, they brainstormed the event and looped in two other casinos, the Rocky Gap Casino and Resort in Cumberland and the Hollywood Casino in Perryville.

These connections are important because each casino must do a certain percentage of business with minorityowned businesses, according to Tavik.

Registration will close at noon on Thursday, Sept. 24. There is no restriction for the number of attendees.

“Depending on your small business, there may be opportunities that you don’t even know exist,” Tavik said. “This is a great opportunity to figure that out.”

Tavik said that the event is a good deal for small businesses because they can make an informed decision for only an hour of their time.

For more information about the event, visit gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/ Events.aspx or call Ocean Downs at 410-641-0600.

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Real estate agents in Maryland are required to complete 15 hours of continuing education every two years.

In addition to continuing education requirements, many Realtors seek additional designations that help them become more knowledgeable within certain areas of expertise.

At Home With Diversity (AHWD) is an National Association of Realtors (NAR) certification program designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry.

Since 1998, the At Home With Diversity program has prepared over 20,000 Realtors to work effectively with and within today’s increasingly diverse pool of homebuyers.

The At Home with Diversity course is a six- to seven-hour class that can be taken online or in person and addresses the topics of diversity, fair housing and business planning development.

After successfully completing the course, Realtors are eligible to apply for the official AHWD certification, which conveys to clients they are working with a dynamic real estate professional with expertise that transcends cultural barriers.

The At Home With Diversity Course teaches Realtors how to: • Assess and understand attributes of diversity in local markets and their impact on the real estate industry • Understand basic competencies to earn the confidence of potential buyers and sellers, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, handicaps, familial status, or national origin • Build a business plan that minimizes risk and successfully services all types of clients NAR advertises almost 30 different designations on its website that Realtors can obtain including Resort & Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS), Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA), and Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI).

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

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ocean City offices recently had several agents ranking in August in the Greater Baltimore Region.

They are: Jenny Cropper-Rines, 17th; Shawn Kotwica, 31st; Jamie Caine, 35th; Katie Landon, 38th; Michael Nolen, 82nd; Whitney Jarvis, 90th; Dave Barnett, 91st; Eric Cropper, 93rd, and Michele Pompa, 94th.

Top teams were: Katy Durham/Rick Meehan, fourth; Cain Team of OC, seventh; The Noyes Team, 10th; and McNamara & Associate, 16th.

AWARD Ryan Haley, owner of Atlantic Shores Realty, presents Realtor Barton Sink with an award he earned for the highest number of properties sold for the second quarter of 2019. Atlantic Shores Realty is located on 75th Street in Ocean City.

Charity group set year-end meeting (Sept. 20, 2019) The final meeting of 2019 is approaching quickly for the 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore. To date, the group has raised $29,300 for local charities in just 2.5 years.

The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore consists of a group of local women interested in making an immediate, direct and positive impact within Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties by contributing 100 percent of their donation to local charities.

Currently, there are more than 400 active chapters throughout the

world.

The group meets three times a year for one hour and learns about local nonprofit agencies, nominated by members. Voted on by the group, one agency is selected to receive individual checks of $100 from the members.

The checks are written directly to the local agency, so there are no administrative fees. Members contribute a tax-deductible donation of $100, three times a year.

The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore membership is open to all women interested in donating to local

charities. All agencies nominated must be 501(c)(3) and community organizations benefitting Worcester, Wicomico or Somerset counties.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Fins Raw Bar in Berlin, 119 N. Main Street.

The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore committee members are Janelle Mulholland and Michelle McGowan.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/100WomenWhoCareOntheShore/, or email info.100womenwhocareontheshore@gmail.com.

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Stars Charities collecting items for soldiers overseas (Sept. 20, 2019) The annual “Holiday Gifts for Soldiers” collection by local nonprofit Star Charities will run this year throughout the month of October.

Star Charities volunteers will place black collection buckets in Ocean Pines at the Community Center, Sports Core Pool and Manklin Meadows Racquets Sports Complex.

Additional collection containers will be available at the libraries in Ocean Pines and Ocean City, as well as at the Gold Coast Mall on 115th Street in Ocean City, Worcester County Arts Council in Berlin, and First Shore Federal Savings & Loan on Racetrack Road.

All items collected will go to U.S. Armed Forces soldiers serving outside the United States.

Suggested donation items include: • Chewing gum, hard candy and nuts • Powdered iced tea, Gatorade and lemonade • Sunglasses, cards, games, puzzle books, paperback books and current magazines • Men’s/women’s toiletries including deodorant, body/foot powder,

toothbrushes and toothpaste, mouthwash and floss • Feminine products • Tylenol, Advil and Tums (antacids) • Bar soap, washcloths, hand towels, wet towels, body/lip sunscreen and cotton socks No glass or perishable items will be accepted.

Star Charities founder Anna Foultz said international calling cards are especially sought after.

“This provides a soldier a call home to family,” she said. “Should you be so generous as to donate a phone card, please do not place in buckets…”

To donate a phone card, call Foultz at 410-641-7667, or email Sue Walter at cbreeze601@verizon.net.

The Salisbury National Guard will pick up collection buckets in November and prepare them for shipping to overseas U.S. military bases.

“Please keep the men and women who protect us in your thoughts as we enter the holiday season,” Foultz said.

“Any donation, however small, will be so greatly appreciated. Let’s fill these buckets.”

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ATTENTION WORCESTER COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY!!!

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Saturday, September 28, 2019 10 AM-2 PM Collections to be held at

SHOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RACETRACK RD., BERLIN

Household Hazardous Waste Collection WHAT WILL BE ACCEPTED: Computers & Laptops (No Other Electronics) Gasoline • Gas/Oil Mixtures • Fuels • Acids Cleaners • Solvents • Automotive Fluids • Bleach Ammonia • Pool Chemicals • Pesticides Dark Room Supplies • CFL Light Bulbs • Batteries Insecticides • Herbicides • Oil-Based Paints Thinners • Turpentine • Wood Preservatives Wood Strippers • Etc. All of these materials will go to a HAZ MAT disposal site.

Dispose of solidified water based paint in trash. (to solidify – add dirt, sand, kitty litter, mulch, etc.)

Elks National Foundation to award college scholarships (Sept. 20, 2019) The Elks National Foundation awards over $2.44 million in college scholarships each year to 500 seniors nationwide.

Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 also awards scholarships to applicants in this program.

Any high school senior who is a U.S. citizen is eligible and need not be related to an Elk. Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need.

Applicants must take the ACT or SAT on or before Oct. 5, even if a college or university does not require it.

Applications are available online at enf.elks.org/mvs.

Counselors at participating schools will be provided info for assistance. Applications must be submitted online on or before Nov. 5. Additional info may be obtained by visiting scholarship@elks.org.

Elks also offer Legacy Awards for children and grandchildren of dues paying Elks.

College-bound high school seniors compete against other applicants from the state of their sponsoring Elks Lodge.

These scholarships are worth $4,000 each.

The Maryland, Delaware and D.C. area has been allocated six awards. Applicants will be judged on knowledge,

charity, community service and integrity.

Applicants must have taken the SAT and ACT and received scores by Dec. 31.

Applications are available online. Applications must be submitted online on or before Jan. 31,2020 at enf.elks.org/leg.

Elks also have an Emergency Educational Grant for children of deceased or totally disabled Elks in the form of renewable, one year grants of up to $5,000.

A student may apply up to four Emergency Educational Grants during their undergraduate career.

The applicant must attend an accredited U.S. college or university as a full-time student (12 semester hours), be unmarried and under the age of 24 during the academic year for which assistance if desired and demonstrate financial need.

Applications are available online through Oct. 31 at enf.elks.org/eeg. Applications are to be sent directly to Elks National Foundation.

Contact the ENF Scholarship Office at 773-755-4732 or send an email to scholarship@elks.org for additional information.

For further assistance, contact scholarship co-chairmen Pat Flynn at 410463-1131 or David Poore at 717-606-5534.

THESE ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT SHOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RACETRACK RD., BERLIN SEPTEMBER 28, 2019, 10 AM - 2 PM

WHAT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED: Explosives • Ammunition • Medical Waste Radioactive Materials • Picric Acid • Asbestos Televisions • TV Remotes • Keyboards Mouse • Printers • Modems • Scanners • Cables Misc. Computer Parts • VCR’s • CD Player’s Calculators • Cell Phones • Radios • Stereos CB Radios • Fax Machines • Misc. items

ELECTRONICS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

For more information on this event, Please call Mike McClung, Recycling Manager 410-632-3177 Ext. 2405 or email at mmcclung@co.worcester.md.us No Materials will be accepted from Business, Industrial or Commercial Sources.

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Worcester recognizes Sept. as suicide awareness month

By Rachel Ravina Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) With September recognized as National Suicide Prevention Awareness month, the Worcester County Commissioners last week issued proclamations to that effect and heard from suicide prevention advocates.

“I don’t think there’s an individual in here who hasn’t suffered the agony of knowing somebody that’s committed suicide, and the devastation that it wreaks on those who are left behind,” Worcester County Commissioner Chip Bertino said as he issued proclamations to local and state representatives of the life-saving effort.

Susan D. Schwarten, a member on the Governor’s Commission on Suicide Prevention, said she has a personal connection to the work she’s doing. “I’m a four time suicide survivor,” Schwarten said. “I wanted to contribute to the commission in a very unique way.”

Schwarten also accepted a commendation from the Town of Berlin proclaiming September as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. She added that she is the sole Eastern Shore representative on the statewide commission, which aims to “reduce the number of suicides” in Maryland.

“We’re looking for ways to address

this very serious public health problem in the state of Maryland.”

Suicide was ranked as the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. and the seventh among men, according to data from the Worcester County Health Department and the Center for Disease Control.

Suicide was ranked as the third leading cause of death for people ages 15-24 years old, the fifth cause of death for adults 25-44 years old and the eighth cause of death for people ages 45-64 years old.

According to data from 2007-2016 gathered from Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties, suicide deaths were almost seven times more prevalent among men as they were women.

Ron Pilling, secretary-treasurer of the Jesse Klump Suicide Prevention and Awareness Program, said the organization provides a variety of services, including teaching “people to recognize risk factors [and] warning signs” associated with someone who may be struggling.

However, Pilling said while the organization does offer training, workshops and presentations, he stressed that it’s not a crisis center and they do not answer 911 calls. He said it’s important to be able to “keep someone safe until others can intervene.”

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Berlin Mayor Gee Williams presents a proclamation declaring September as National Suicide Prevention Month to Susan D. Schwarten, a commissioner on the Governor’s Commission on Suicide Prevention during a Town Council meeting last Monday evening.

Jackie Ward, health planner for the Worcester County Health Department, said some warning signs of those who may be considering suicide include behavioral changes, irritability, isolation, as well as changes in eating habits and sleeping habits.

Ward also said that two in five people suffering from mental illness do not seek treatment. She added that health department officials are working to eliminate the stigma many people attach to mental health issues.

“It is tough for anyone to talk about it, so that’s why we want to encourage people to have that conversation,” said department spokesman Travis Brown.

Ward also recommended calling 211 if someone is in need of more immediate services in Maryland. People can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text

741741 for 24/7 free and confidential support.

Ward added that local upcoming events can help shed light on the problem. One such event is the Out of the Darkness Walk this Saturday morning on the Ocean City Boardwalk at Caroline Street.

For more information and to register, visit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website at gasp.com/oceancity. There is also a Celebration of Life event this Friday evening at the Red Doors Community Center on Worcester Highway in Berlin.

“Those are ways we bring attention to suicide and suicide prevention, Ward said. “Try to make it a more normal topic for us to talk about and reduce the stigma and the fear associated with it by talking about it.”

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 3 BAYVIEW CT. OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated November 30, 2007 and recorded in Liber 5032, Folio 418 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, with an original principal balance of $305,500.00, 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 OCTOBER 8, 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 $33,000 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

Ocean City Today / Public Notices 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. 326906-1) 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-9/19/3t _________________________________ WILLIAM E. ESHAM III ESQ AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, PA 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY, STE 200 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17977 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF RICHARD E. SCAMMON Notice is given that Michael G. Scammon, 49 Fairway Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, was on August 28, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard E. Scammon who died on August 8, 2019, with a will.

Further information can be ob-

tained 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 28th 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.

Michael G. Scammon 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: September 05, 2019 OCD-9/5/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17971 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF NICHOLAS JOHN COLICIGNO AKA: NICHOLAS J. COLICIGNO Notice is given that Carla J. Gallagher, 218 Larchmont Lane, West Grove, PA 19390, was on August 23, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nicholas John Colicigno who died on August 3, 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 23rd 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:

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 (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.

Carla J. Gallagher 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: September 5, 2019 OCD-9/5/3t _________________________________

NOTICE Lease of West Ocean City Harbor Joint Venture Area in Worcester County, Maryland In accordance with the provisions of Section 10-312 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland propose to lease the following described County property to Thrive Engineering, LLC for the use and occupancy of the designated dock space at the West Ocean City Harbor for the vessel known as Alyosha through a Joint Venture with the County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland.

WEST OCEAN CITY HARBOR COUNTY JOINT VENTURE AREA - includes the space which is approximately 64 feet in length and running along the bulkhead from the Worcester County Boat Ramp to the Worcester County Governor's Dock on the north side of the Harbor as established by Resolution No. 19-28 on September 3, 2019 and which is reserved for use by the County or County joint ventures as may be from time to time determined by the County Commissioners.

PROPOSED LEASE OF WEST OCEAN CITY HARBOR COUNTY JOINT VENTURE AREA - The County Commissioners propose to lease the County Joint Venture Area of the West Ocean City Harbor to Thrive Engineering, LLC for the use and occupancy of the area for docking of the vessel known as Alyosha.

TERMS OF LEASE - The County Commissioners propose to lease the above referenced space for a period of five years beginning on October 1, 2019 and ending on September 30, 2024 for an annual fee of $8,500.00 (eight thousand five hundred and 00/100 dollars), plus one-half of the

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 revenues derived from advertising and corporate sponsorships displayed on the various sails and flags on the Alyosha which operates sailing cruises in the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of Ocean City, Maryland from the Ocean City Inlet north to approximately 120th Street during summer months from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.

OPPORTUNITY FOR OBJECTIONS - Anyone objecting to the proposed lease of the above County property shall do so in writing submitted to the address below prior to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, or in person at the regularly scheduled meeting of the County Commissioners at 10:10 a.m. on October 1, 2019 in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, Room 1101 - Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863.

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NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 at 6:00 pm Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-95(1)(a) requesting an after-the-fact variance to keep the impervious stamped concrete pavers in the 15’ Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area setback in accordance with Section 30554(d)(3), with any mitigation being at a rate of 3:1. The site of the appeal is described as Lot D-5, Parcel 4362, Sandpiper On The Bay Condominium Plat, further described as located on the west side of Sandpiper Lane and east side of Isle of Wight Bay, and locally known as 304-33rd Street Unit 5, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: STEVE KOPP – (BZA 2536 #19-09500002) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall.

Alfred Harrison, Chairman Heather Stansbury, Attorney

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NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDMENT TO COUNTY ROADS INVENTORY WORCESTER COUNTY Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 1-204 of the Public Works Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland that the County Commissioners of Worcester County will hold a Public Hearing on October 15, 2019 at 10:20 a.m. in the County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Room 1101 Government Center One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment on the proposed inclusion into the Inventory of County Roads of the following public road which is located on the west side of Langmaid Road, in the Fourth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland as shown on Worcester County Tax Map 49 as Parcel 27 and known as Arcadia Subdivision: 1. Arcadia Circle being approximately 0.39 mile in length.

Copies of the plat for the above referenced road are filed with the Department of Public Works - Roads Division, 6113 Timmons Road, Snow Hill, Maryland and are available during regular business hours (Monday through Thursday, 6:00 AM 4:30 PM, except holidays) for inspection. The public is invited to attend the hearing and make comment.

WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-9/12/3t _________________________________ REGAN J. R. SMITH ESQ WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY & HARRISON LLP 3509 COASTAL HIGHWAY OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17994 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF MARGARET REGAN VIGNALE Notice is given that Joseph Vignale Jr., 13226 Bank Street, Bishopville, MD 21813, was on September 09, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Regan Vignale who died on August 12, 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 9th day of March, 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 Vignale Jr. 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: September 19, 2019 OCD-9/12/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 17990 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JOHN J. SAUER SR. Notice is given that Regina M. Cusson, 9 Pierson Green, Cromwell, CT 06416, was on September 05, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John J. Sauer Sr. who died on August 23, 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 5th day of March, 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.

Regina M. Cusson 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: September 12, 2019 OCD-9/12/3t _________________________________

TOWN OF OCEAN CITY

ORDINANCE 2019-15 RE: Town Pension Plan Documents Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of September 16, 2019. Second reading is scheduled for October 7, 2019. A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue,

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Ocean City, MD 21842, or online at oceancitymd.gov in the September 16 agenda packet. This ordinance adopts an amendment and restatement of the Public Safety Employees’ Pension Plan and General Employees’ Pension Plan, incorporating changes adopted via Ordinance 2018-04, 2018-06 and 2019-07.

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NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15308 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DAVID JAMES KUCINSKI Notice is given that Joseph Michael Kucinski, 2587 Captains Corridor, Greenbackville, VA 23356, was on September 11, 2019 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of David James Kucinski who died on September 4, 2013, with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their

objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 11th day of March, 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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 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 Michael Kucinski 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: September 19, 2019 OCD-9/19/3t _________________________________

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Federal help means good news, bad new The announcement last week that Worcester County has been designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area by the federal government is one of those good news-bad news things. Make that bad news-good news-good news.

The bad news is that the county apparently has gone over the threshold the federal government established to differentiate between areas with bad drug trafficking problems and those with extremely bad problems. In other words, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas are the worst of the bad.

Being placed in that category is hardly the kind of thing anyone would rejoice, except — and here’s one part of the good-news equation — it gives Worcester County access to federal help to combat the distribution of opioids and other highly dangerous drugs.

The other good news is that Worcester County’s drug problem, while terrible enough to warrant federal support, is not nearly as severe as it was a few years ago.

Sgt. Nate Passwaters of the sheriff’s office reported this week that this county’s drug trafficking situation seemed to peak around 2011-12. That suggests that demand for these substances is either in decline or has leveled off, which, in either case, means the fight to eradicate the scourge might be somewhat easier now than it would have been back then.

Add that circumstance to the federally supported law enforcement effort, and the result could be much better than anyone would have believed possible as recently as a couple of weeks ago.

Although no one knows what kind of federal assistance will be made available, Passwaters believes local agencies will be happy with anything that enhances their ability to address the siutation.

That would include the ability of local law enforcement to work with agencies in Delaware, where the flow of drugs into Worcester originates, and to conduct joint operations or investigations with them.

It’s a shame the path to this good news had to be lined with bad crime statistics. Yet, it could be we have turned the corner, and will gain more momentum in this battle with whatever additional tools the federal government supplies

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To better source signage Note to reporters: Please stop using certain terms that government officials and other flagbearers of way cool words have deemed preferable to their more easily understood counterparts.

I am not talking about things like grow and the split infinitive to better, as in, “Attend this seminar and learn how to better grow your business,” which sounds more exciting, I guess, than “… learn By how to expand your business.”

Neither am I referring to Stewart best practices, as in, “Attend Dobson this seminar and learn best practices on how to better grow your business.”

One would assume that no one teaches pretty good practices or moderately okay practices.

Then there is the misuse of the word technology, as in, “Attend this seminar and learn best practices on how to use technology to better grow your business.”

Listen and learn: technology is not a synonym for computer. At one time, fire was technology, the wheel was and continues to be technology, and even the famous Popeil Pocket Fisherman? Yep, that would be fishing technology.

No, I am talking about two words: signage and source. If you insist, we can, for the sake of consistency with the modern lexicon, continue to use them, in which case, next week’s police beat should read, “Police arrested a driver after he went through stop signage.”

While we’re at it, it strikes me as interesting that police always observe incidents rather than see them, according to their incident reports. I

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don’t know, maybe this makes a difference in court.

Judge: “Now, officer, did you see the defendant run the stop signage, or did you observe him running the stop signage?”

Officer: “I observed the incident, your honor.”

Judge: “Well, that makes a BIG difference.

Bailiff, take this man to the Bastille and fit him with an iron mask.”

I don’t know why signage bothers me so much, except that it sounds like one of the consequences of a sinus infection: “Anyone have a tissue? This signage is killing me.”

Besides, even though signage is a real word, one does not receive a signage permit. Nevertheless, its frequent use is just signage of the times, which brings me to the verb source.

Please, just set this word on fire or, failing that, take it to the Bastille and lock it up.

It’s too often used as a substitute for the perfectly acceptable obtain, buy, locate or find, as in, “That boy couldn’t source his own … (rearend, posterior) with both hands.”

“After making a traffic stop, police sourced the driver’s identity from his license, and cited him for driving through stop signage.”

In your defense, dear reporters, some of our more annoying terms have been thrust upon us by people who are paid by the word to write regulations, laws and advisories.

I learned that when I wrote that local government received state funding for a fountain.

No, I was told, it’s a water feature. They get funded, fountains do not.

I think that, like sourced, signage, to better and grow, it’s a best practices thing. We used to communicate just fine, then we better grew our vocabularies ... by sourcing it with technology.

Letters BikeFest should get special event treatment Editor, Once again Ocean City residents had to endure the roar of groups of motorcyclist as they traveled up and down Coastal Highway this weekend.

Thousands of bikers attended the OC BikeFest that was advertised as the largest motorcycle rally on the East Coast.

The OC BikeFest event required that Ocean City police to call on a number of outside law enforcement agencies for assistance. Numerous individuals were arrested for speeding and other reckless driving.

This event and similar motor vehicle events are getting to the point that the Ocean City Council needs to reassess whether the benefits of these events exceed their costs and results in staining the family image that Ocean City advertises.

The council’s initial step should be to find out why OC BikeFest was not designated a Special Event.

The Special Event law, passed as an emergency law in April 2018, allows the State Highway Administration, at the request of Ocean City officials and the

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meeting of certain other motor vehicle requirements, to designate Coastal Highway as a special event zone, and reduce speed limits in that zone to 30 mph.

Violators can face a $1,000 fine.

The special event law has been so helpful to the Ocean City police department that discussions have taken place to extend the time period the special event law can be in effect.

There is no question that OC BikeFest met the requirements of the special event law. The City Council owes Ocean City residents an explanation as why they did not request the SHA to designate OC BikeFest a special event.

Joseph H. Potter Ocean City

Fall chicken litter use helps water quality Editor, This fall, farmers on the Eastern Shore will spread chicken litter on the soil to supply nutrients, micronutrients and organic matter – the very things crops need to grow.

It makes sense to many of us why pungent, plant-powering litter is applied to fields in the spring, when crops like

corn take root. But what reason would a farmer have to apply litter in the fall?

Good reason, in fact. Farmers use chicken litter as an organic, slow-release plant food to nourish small grains like barley, wheat and rye, which can be made into everything from cow silage to craft beer.

These crops, planted in the fall and harvested the following year, are hardier in cold weather than summer annuals like corn and soybeans.

In addition, their roots hold soil in place, reducing overwinter erosion and improving water quality in every watershed.

When chicken litter hits a farm field in autumn, its nutrients are being locked into the soil for a purpose, not just to wait around for spring planting.

You might also see chicken litter from family-owned chicken farms being trucked to other farm fields this fall.

Doing so puts litter in the hands of farmers whose fields can most benefit from its nutrients, and it moves litter out of sensitive watersheds.

Delmarva’s chicken companies help fund the Maryland litter transport program, and today, about 10 percent of the region’s chicken litter is transported before it’s applied.

Page 66 The litter transport program is just one tool Maryland farmers reach for to improve water quality, both in the Chesapeake Bay and in other watersheds.

Their commitment to the environment has cut agriculture’s nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the bay by 25 percent, even as nutrient levels in stormwater runoff from urban areas have increased.

Maryland has more work to do to improve our region’s water quality, but we’re confident farmers will continue to be part of the solution.

Holly Porter Executive Director Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. Georgetown, Del.

OC should consider full-time solicitor Editor, The passing of Guy Ayres the city solicitor of Ocean City and in government for 37 years underscores the end of an era. It reminds us that life is in constant change.

That although we often perceive that our days are the same, they are not, Continued on Page 71

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White Horse Park residents denied zoning change plea

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 19, 2019) The possibility that White Horse Park residents would be able to live at the seasonal campground subdivision full-time ended Tuesday, when the Worcester County Commissioners rejected a proposed zoning code amendment that would have treated the property as a hybrid residential zone.

On behalf of Susan Napachowski and Sally Connolley, attorney Hugh Cropper submitted an amendment to allow full-time residents as of June 2018 to continue living at the park until the property owner ceases to live there full time, dies or sells the unit.

Commissioner Josh Nordstrom of the Pocomoke district offered to sign the bill, but Commissioner Jim Bunting, who represents the area where the park is located, moved to reject it and earned a quick second from Snow Hill district Commissioner Ted Elder.

White Horse Park, which is situated next to Ocean Pines, has 465 units, with all of them subject to the county zoning code’s seasonal occupation restriction on campgrounds.

Nevertheless, 60 of these units are owned by full-time residents, Napachowski said.

The attempt to allow these residents to remain there legally, however, ran into trouble almost immediately, when the Worcester County Planning Commission on Sept. 5 decided that the proposed zoning code change would create an unworkable situation.

In ruling unfavorably on the measure, planning commission members agreed that regulating full-time residents would be an enormous task and that the park infrastructure is not equipped to handle full-time residents.

“I want to point out that the staff also has extreme concerns over this text amendment application ,” Ed Tudor, director of review and permitting, told the county commissioners.

“We feel that it is fraught with problems and makes a bad situation worse.”

Bunting affirmed that much of the county staff, in addition to the Planning Commission, believed the bill should not be passed.

“The current board of directors of White Horse Park is against this text amendment,” Bunting said. “And approximately 400 property owners in there are against this text amendment.”

Bunting added that such an amendment could affect Assateague Pointe, a similar park near Berlin, even though the amendment specifically states only White Horse Park. If the motion had been passed, it would have moved on to a public hearing.

Residents expressed disappointment following the rejection, especially since the majority of full-time residents are either elderly, disabled or a veteran.

“I’m very disappointed in our government,” Napachowski said after the meeting. “I was prepared to put my life on the line for these commissioners and board of directors when I served in the military. Who would think they would treat U.S. citizens like this?”

Stan Gibson, a full-time resident since 1984, who is wheelchair-bound, dependent on a ventilator and has paralyzed vocal cords, expressed his disappointment in writing after the meeting.

In his statement, Gibson said he is now at risk of being institutionalized, which is a much higher cost than continuing to live at White Horse Park.

Moving his life-support equipment would also be a high financial cost.

“It’s no longer about EDUs, water usage, thickness of our roads or traffic congestion we might cause,” Gibson wrote. “It’s now a human issue that hangs in the balance.”

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“Everybody is trying to do something about homeless veterans and they’re producing them,” Raymond said.

Nordstrom said even though he offered to sign the bill, there are problems with the amendment.

“There’s a solution to every problem,” Nordstrom said. “Just because we haven’t found it yet, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep looking. The worst thing I can think of is to force people out of their homes, especially elderly, disabled and veterans.”

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Patty Regan, full-time resident of the White Horse Park campground subdivision, expressed frustration that she and other full-time residents did not get a chance to speak to the Worcester County Commissioners face-to-face on Tuesday.

Necropsy might not reveal cause Continued from Page 1 In the aftermath of the animal’s death, it was hauled away by a forklift to undergo a necropsy, or an animal version of an autopsy. The necropsy is being conducted by the National Aquarium and members of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

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Despite the rejection, Nordstrom said he encourages the residents and Cropper to keep pressing and that he will support them.

Napachowski said that she will be meeting with Cropper to discuss options moving forward, one of which is an appeal process.

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“We are working hard to understand what made this whale sick, if it’s a risk to other animals or people, and what, if anything, can be done to protect other animals.

“Unfortunately, in situations like this it is often very difficult to determine cause of death and results may be inconclusive,” she continued.

“Also, it’s important to note that it may take weeks or months before we have full results from this necropsy.”

Several people became impatient with waiting around for help to arrive, and ignored the police lines in an attempt to help the beached creature around 10 a.m., with members of the police and Beach Patrol trying to keep those concerned citizens away.

Many persisted and remained in the water, trying to dig away the sand to give the whale a chance to try and free itself. Others poured water on the creature.

Ann Richardson, a local photographer who was on the scene, immediately warned bystanders with good intentions on Facebook about the dangers of approaching wild marine animals.

“I am a seal steward with Maryland Coastal Bays and the main [two] things that the National Aquarium trains us to know is 1.) stress from human contact can actually kill a beached marine animal and 2.) they carry a ton of bacteria that is dangerous to humans,” Richardson said. “E. Coli, Salmonella, who knows what kind of illness this animal may have had.

“What if they had been digging out all that sand and the tide pulled the body onto them,” she continued. “If it was sick, it’s a mammal … humans can catch bacterial infections and parasites. It was a noble effort, but illadvised.”

Richardson also cautioned those who might have touched the whale to get themselves checked for any symptoms that might have emerged in the days after the event.

“I understand the urge to save a life, but if you jump in, you endanger yourself and possibly the animal as well,” she continued. “If you were out there, shower several times, scrub, and do not wait if you develop any odd symptoms in the coming days.

Your heart was in the right place. I pray you stay healthy.”

In addition to being a potential health hazard, approaching beached marine animals without training is a federal crime.

Stranded marine animals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, which prohibits with certain exceptions, the “taking” of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S. Civilians untrained for marine life rescues are required to maintain a 150-foot distance from the animal.

Reardon cautions anyone who comes across a stranded or beached animal to call the professionals.

“Whenever you see an animal like this in distress, the best thing you can do is give it space and immediately contact a trained wildlife first responder,” Reardon said. “Our teams are on call 24/7 to respond to these events.”

Anyone who sees a stranded or beached marine animal should contact the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration at 866-755-6622, National Aquarium stranding hotline at 410-576-3880 or Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police at 1-800-628-9944.

Ocean City residents and visitors can also contact the Ocean City Police Department Animal Control at 443365-2942 or the Ocean City Police Department at 410-723-6610.

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Wor. gets federal funding to fight drug crisis

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Worcester County is now designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the federal government, which qualifies it for additional resources and funding to fight illegal drugs.

That’s both good and bad, according to Sgt. Nate Passwaters, who is in charge of the criminal enforcement team with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. While acknowledging the the drug situation in Worcester County is bad, he said the upside of the HIDTA label is it’s an opportunity to fight the opioid and heroin crisis with federal assistance.

“We’re a microcosm of what’s going on, nationwide,” Passwaters said. “Anytime we can get resources that directly benefit Worcester County residents, we’re going to take advantage of it.”

Congress established HIDTA as a grant program with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to assist areas in drug crises on federal, state, local and tribal levels. To qualify, an applicant must have a significant amount of illegal drug activity, enforcement

agencies demonstrating determina- formation with other counties. tion to solve the issue, significant “There’s a multitude of things that harm from illegal drug activity and we can now utilize, purchase, or have the need for additional funds to fight access to resources to help us with illegal drugs and addiction. the scourge,” Passwaters said.

According to the United States According to Passwaters, the opiDrug Enforcement oid and heroin criAdministration, the sis spiked in goal of HIDTA is to Worcester around ‘We’re a microcosm of reduce illegal drug 2011-2012. what’s going on, nationwide. trafficking and pro“We’ve been duction by sharing Anytime we can get resources working in partnerinformation among with our that directly benefit Worcester ships law enforcement health department agencies, providing County residents, we’re going and other entities intelligence to aid in the county govto take advantage of it.’ enforcement strateernment,” PasswaSgt. Nate Passwaters gies and supporting ters said. “We’ve strategies that efmade some headfectively use availway, but our job is able resources. Twenty-eight percent definitely not over yet.” of counties in the U.S. are designated Worcester County State’s Attorney as a HIDTA. Kris Heiser emphasized the benefit The sheriff’s office applied for this of relying on federal funds for fightdesignation. Although the exact ing illegal drugs rather than county amount of federal funding the county taxpayer money. will receive is presently unknown, “That makes so much more sense Passwaters said it could provide for because a lot of the drug problems in training, equipment and software so- Worcester County is traced back to lutions for the sheriff’s office. One Delaware,” Heiser said. “We’re chalpiece of software in particular is a lenged geographically to combat illedatabase that shares drug activity in- gal drugs because we border two

different states and so coordinating law enforcement can be challenging when you’re going across state lines.”

According to Heiser, there will be more opportunity for joint investigations with neighboring states and counties to stop the introduction of drugs across state lines. According to the National HIDTA Assistance Center, New Castle County in Delaware and Anne Arundel, Cecil and Wicomico Counties are nearby HIDTAs. Heiser said these investigations are especially important when considering the relationship between crime numbers and illegal drugs.

“I’ve never tried a burglary case where drugs weren’t at the root of it,” Heiser said.

She added that while the county is focused on prevention and deterrence, HIDTA will help complete the enforcement part of the approach.

Heiser also said that the possible negative perception of the HIDTA designation doesn’t scare her away from tackling illegal drug activity.

“No matter what it sounds like, we’re doing the work required to make Worcester County a better place to live,” Heiser said.

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Continued from Page 66 every day is different, ever changing to the unending parade of time.

The so called “good-old-boys” that have governed the town are subject to the same parade of time that we all are.

Guy Ayres will be indelibly enshrined in the memories of many in government, or observers of government on the Eastern Shore, if not throughout the state of Maryland.

Relegating him to memory and marking the end of an era doesn’t diminish his service, yet with every end there is the seed of a beginning.

Although often in disagreement with Guy, I respected his intensity and knowledge, always for the Town of Ocean City which through him was reflected in public service by all in leadership during his generation.

I for one will certainly not forget him.

To his family I am sorry for your loss. To the community he will be remembered for a style of governance that will prove irreplaceable.

After a period of remembrance and mourning the Town will soon set out to find a new city solicitor and I would like to give some thoughts on what I hope will be considered in their search to fill Guy Ayres’ shoes.

A city solicitor can best serve if they are paid an annual salary and dedicated to the position. Moving forward, I would hope the new city solicitor would be hired on the same basis as the city manager and not paid on a service-rendered basis.

In Annapolis, the city solicitor is on the payroll and makes about $150,000 salary a year. He is not allowed to perform services outside of his job nor is he paid piecemeal for work performed and the reason is simple.

To continue paying any city solicitor piecemeal may put their income stream in conflict with their duty to the Town of Ocean City.

In a private enterprise, we expect to be paid more for working more. The more widgets one sells, the more they make, however. a city solicitor is able to better serve with a steady income stream.

It might not be in the town’s interests to pass more ordinances or participate in more litigation.

A city solicitor should not be penalized by being paid less for determining not to recommend an ordinance or not to embark in litigation, nor should he or she be rewarded more by the number of ordinances written in a year particularly if they are not needed.

Although we spent considerably more than $150,000 a year to Guy’s law firm, they give us a discount and provide extensive services.

It never was about the expense for me, but always about aligning human interest in a manner that might best serve the town and in the future, I would hope that the new city solicitor would be a salaried employee of the Town of Ocean City.

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Pappases Glick Award honorees (Sept. 20, 2019) The nominating committee of the Hal Glick Distinguished Service Award announced this week that Steve and Dawne Pappas have been named the 2019 honorees.

The Pappases will be recognized and presented the award at this year’s Glick Award Gala scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Crystal Ballroom in the Clarion Resort in Ocean City.

The award recognizes their philanthropic service to the community, and raises funds for several area nonprofits.

The Pappases of the Original Greene Turtle have been active in many civic organizations and charities, including the American Cancer Society, Atlantic General Hospital & the Jack Burbage Cancer Center, Worcester County Humane Society, Believe In Tomorrow, Salisbury University, Worcester Preparatory School, Worcester Public

Schools, Indian River School District, Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Savior Catholic Church, Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City Fire Department, Ocean City Downtown Association, Ocean City Development Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Worcester Gold, Diakonia, Worcester Development Center, Lions Club, Ravens Roost 44, Hogs and Heroes and the list goes on.

Steve and Dawne Pappas joins a distinguished group of previous Glick Community Service award honorees including, Kimmerly Messick, Jack Burbage, Buddy Trala, Billy and Madlyn Carder, Dr. Lenny Berger, Leighton Moore, and Hal Glick.

The award and event were started in 2010 by Temple Bat Yam and a group of local business leaders.

Originally developed to honor Hal Glick for his vision and quiet philanthropy, it has been expanded to recognize others for their contributions to the Eastern Shore communities.

In 2015, Glick succumbed to cancer, and this award is both a legacy to him and a way to honor others for their community service.

Since its inception, this event has raised more than $750,000, which has been distributed to area organizations, including Atlantic General Hospital, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, the Worcester County Humane Society, Diakonia, Worcester County Youth and Family Counseling, Salisbury University, The Jesse Klump Foundation, the Art League of Ocean City, the American Cancer Society, and Temple Bat Yam. On the 2019 nominating committee See AWARD Page 72

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Coastal bays to release report card for 2018 (Sept. 20, 2019) The Maryland Coastal Bays Program will unveil the 2018 Bay Report Card, a snapshot assessment on the health of the coastal bays behind Ocean City and Assateague Island, on Monday, Sept. 23 at 11 a.m., at the Ocean City Marlin Club, located 9659 Golf Course Road, in West Ocean City.

The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend.

The goal of the Report Card is to provide a transparent, timely, and ge-

ographically detailed assessment of the 2018 Coastal Bay’s health.

Coastal bays health is defined as the progress of four water quality indicators and two biotic indicators toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The six indicators are combined into one coastal bays health index, presented as a report card score.

The Report Card is a scientific collaborative effort among the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, University of Maryland Center for Environmental

Stretch of Route 50 blocked after two people hurt in crash

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) Two drivers suffered injuries following a crash along Route 50, east of MD Route 610, Wednesday night around 8 p.m.

State police said Chad Alan Coleman, 37, of Selbyville, Delaware, crashed his 2005 Ford F-150 into the rear of a 2013 Chrysler 200.

The collision impact forced Coleman’s F-150 off the roadway and into a tree line, while the Chrysler hit a guardrail on the right shoulder.

State police shut down the road for roughly two hours, and reopened westbound traffic at approximately 10:21 p.m.

The driver of the Chrysler, Cordonte Antonio Ayres, 26, of Salisbury, was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center, while Coleman was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma by aviation, police said.

State police said the extent of their injuries were unknown, and are still investigating the crash, with charges pending.

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Funding for the publication is provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This year’s report card release program will include Gold Star award presentations to recognize the contributions of partners and their efforts to protect the coastal bays.

Hundreds of volunteers work with MCBP, including residents and visitors, to support environmental initiatives to protect, promote and preserve the coastal bays.

They volunteer to count horseshoe crabs, terrapin turtles, and birds; collect water samples, work on restoration projects, clean neighborhoods, wetlands, and dunes of trash, and assist in

many other activities.

Part of the National Estuary Program, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program is a nonprofit partnership among the towns of Ocean City and Berlin, the National Park Service, Worcester County, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, Environment, & Planning.

One of only 28 such programs nationwide, the goal of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program is to protect and enhance the 175-square mile watershed, which includes Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Berlin, and Assateague Island National Seashore.

Report cards will be available after this event online at www.mdcoastalbays.org.

To obtain copies for school projects and citizen groups, contact Sandi Smith at sandis@mdcoastalbays.org or by calling 410-213-2297 ext. 106.

Award to be presented in Dec. Continued from Page 71 were Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan, Ocean City Councilwoman Mary Knight, Buck Mann, Tammy Patrick of Atlantic General Hospital, Rebecca Moore, Kari Berger, the former honorees, and event co-chairs Jeff Thaler

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Police accuse man of carrying hidden knives

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) A routine traffic stop quickly escalated last Saturday, after Nedelin R. Mihaylov, 34, of Ashton, Maryland, pulled out not one, but two knives during police questioning and arrest.

According to the police report, a witness waved down police and described a motorcyclist who appeared to be driving while drunk.

Police stopped the motorcycle and its driver, Mihaylov, near 59th Street. An

officer reported a moderate odor of alcohol, and asked the suspect if he had been drinking.

The suspect reportedly said he had one beer earlier that night.

According to court Nedelin Mihaylov documents, the officer asked Mihaylov to step off his bike and complete sobriety tests, but the suspect refused to do so, but did comply an eye movement test.

Police asked the suspect again to

complete a sobriety test, but the suspect refused to do so, the report said.

The officer then asked Mihaylov to step off the bike and onto the sidewalk, and he complied.

However, as the officer and the suspect approached the sidewalk, Mihaylov reached into his pocket and pulled out a spring-assisted knife, the report said.

Another officer managed to grab the knife from the suspect’s right hand, and two more officers on scene attempted to arrest him.

Police said Mihaylov proceeded to

grab another knife located in his waistband, which was hidden by his vest.

An officer told the suspect to drop the knife, and Mihaylov complied with the command.

Police arrested Mihaylov, who faces charges of possession of a concealed weapon, possession of a spring-assisted knife, driving a motorcycle with no helmet, driving a one-person bike with passengers, failure to maintain legible registration plate, failure to properly secure registration plate to vehicle and two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.

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The victim told the officer that Weaver had not hit her before, according to the report.

Police arrested Weaver, who faces charges of disorderly conduct and seconddegree assault.

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Police found the van near 71st Street, and initiated a traffic stop. The report said that the van had front-end damage.

Police identified Spaulding as the driver, who told police he had difficulty exiting a parking lot and struck the vehicle.

An officer arrested Spaulding, and found a 25-milligram Adderall XR pill for which he did not have a prescription.

Spaulding faces the following charges: possession of a controlled dangerous substance, negligent driving, reckless driving, failure of driver to stop after crash, failure of driver to give insurance information and failure of driver to report accident.

POLICE/COURTS Continued from Page 24 witness, who confirmed the victim’s story.

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An officer was on patrol near 45th Street, and noticed Weaver arguing with his wife, the police report said.

The officer reported Weaver attempted to push his wife, who swatted his arms away. Police said Weaver then grabbed his wife by the throat and shoved her into a flowerbed.

An officer interviewed Weaver, and reported that he became upset after his wife mentioned another man.

Hit and run Daniel Jerome Spaulding, 29, of Hyattsville, Maryland, faces a slew of charges after police accused him of hitting a patrol vehicle and fleeing the scene on Sept. 13.

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Folger was flown to Baltimore Shock Trauma for treatment.

Police charged driver, Nathaniel Cuff, 18, of Delmar, Delaware, with failing to stop for a pedestrian, failure to exercise due caution to avoid collision and failure to control vehicle speed.

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WORLD WAR II

French army falls back, fails to assist Poland Poles expect aid from allies but were left unaware of the French twist by general

By Peter Ayers Wimbrow III Contributing Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) This week, 80 years ago, the French Army Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Maurice Gamelin renounced, “... any intention of continuing the offensive,” that it had begun to, ostensibly, support its Polish ally, which was fighting for its very existence against the Soviet and German juggernauts.

This “Offensive” was the product of the “Kasprzycki-Gamelin Convention,” which was executed on May 19, 1939, in Paris. This was a treaty which

obligated France and Poland to provide military assistance to each other in case of war with the German Reich. It was named after the signatories, Polish Minister of War Gen. Maurice Affairs, Gen. Tadeusz Gamelin Kasprzycki and Gen. Gamelin. At the signing ceremony, Gen. Gamelin promised a, “bold relief offensive,” within three weeks of any attack on Poland by Germany.

True to his word, the French Army, on Sept. 7, launched an offensive against Germany, six days after the German Wehrmacht assaulted Poland, and four days after France declared war on Germany. However,

the offensive was anything but “bold.”

And it certainly brought no “relief” to the beleaguered Poles.

At their meeting on Sept. 5, 1939, Gen. Gamelin had told Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside, chief of the British Imperial general staff that, “It’s a little test, you see. A little test.” It wasn’t even that!

The timetable specified in the convention was that the French would begin preparations for a major offensive three days after mobilization. A pre-emptive mobilization had begun Aug. 26, with full mobilization declared Sept. 1. France was mobilizing 102 divisions.

The French plan called for an assault against Germany by 40 divisions, including one armored and

three mechanized. Instead, 11 French divisions, under the command of Gen. André-Gaston Prételat advanced along a 20-mile front against weak German opposition.

About 20 villages, and three square miles of enemy territory, which had been evacuated by the German Army, were occupied. As units of the Third, Fourth and Fifth French Armies, cautiously advanced into German territory, the German Army withdrew toward the “Siegfried Line,” which was eight miles from the border.

When asked, on Sept. 10, by the Polish military attaché what the French were doing to help the Poles, Gen. Gamelin replied: “More than half of our active divisions on the northeast front are engaged in combat. Beyond our frontier the Germans are opposing us with a vigorous resistance . . . Prisoners indicate the Germans are re-enforcing their battlefront with large new formations.

“Air action from the beginning has been underway in liaison with ground operations. We know we are holding down before us a considerable part of the German Air Force.

“I have thus gone beyond my promise to take the offensive with the bulk of my forces by the fifteenth day after mobilization. It has been impossible for me to do more.”

Of course, this was totally untrue.

Of the 85 French Divisions in the area, no more than 11 were involved in these actions. There had been no action by the French Air Force.

French and British pilots had been forbidden to bomb German territory for fear, “... of the heaviest consequences.”

There had been absolutely no diversion of any German armor or air units from the attack on Poland. Gen. Gamelin had told Gen. Ironside that it was only to be a “sortie.” Col. Charles de Gaulle described the Saar “Offensive” as “... HQ demonstrations.” Captain (later Gen.) André Beaufre said that, “... it was nothing.

Gen. Gamelin, true to character, decided to make no more than a gesture.

That was our aid to Poland!”

On Sept. 12, the Anglo-French Supreme War Council met for the first time, at Abbeville, France. Gen. Gamelin informed the British that because of, “... military events in Poland there is no more need of establishing a base for an eventual attack against the Siegfried Line,” and that he was halting all offensive actions immediately.

Gen. Gamelin recalled that, “... my report brought a sense of relief to everyone.” By that time the French Army had advanced approximately five miles into Germany on a 10-mile long front.

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OBITUARIES THOMAS EARLE BROWN Ocean City Thomas Earle Brown, 79, passed away Sept. 12, 2019, at his home in Ocean City, Maryland.

Born in Methuen Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Ira and Marguerite Brown.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Frances; sons, Thomas and Kevin; and granddaughter, Ryan; brother, Paul and wife, Elaine, of Massachusetts; and niece, Diane.

Mr. Brown was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Boy Scouts of America and was a proud descendent of the Mayflower.

He was an avid reader with a passion for stamp and coin collecting.

Mr. Brown served as Army intelligence and was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal; Sharpshooter, Marksman and received the Good Conduct medal.

A memorial mass will be held on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Saint Luke’s Catholic Church in Ocean City Maryland. Rev. John Lunness will officiate. Interment will be at a later date, private for the family.

A donation in his memory may be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.

Letters of condolence may be sent via www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

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WORLD WAR II Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin, Maryland.

ELIZABETH GARTON CLENDANIEL Ocean City Elizabeth Garton Clendaniel, age 99, of Ocean Cityn died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 at home.

She was born in Le Roy, New York, and was the daughter of the late Norman and Mary (Barron) Carmel.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ocean City and had formerly owned and operated the Normandy Hotel in Ocean City.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Lisa Garton and fiancé, Mike Harbach, Lynne Garton and companion, Damon Auger, and Jay Garton and wife, Jennifer; and two great grandchildren, Jake and Jayden Garton.

She was preceded in death by her son, William “Bill” Garton in 2003, and a brother, Norman Carmel.

Services and burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to: Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Maryland 21802.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.bishophastingsfh.com.

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Continued from Page 76 Facing the French were less than 20 German divisions, commanded by Gen. Wilhelm von Leeb, while the French could count on 90 divisions, with another dozen being mobilized.

German air and armor were concentrated against Poland.

Quite correctly, the Poles expected that the French offensive, if properly executed, as promised, would force the Germans to, at the very least, scale back their assault on Poland.

However, the Poles were not notified of the Sept. 12 decision to halt the offensive.

Instead, they were informed the next day that the major French offensive, scheduled for Sept. 17, would not begin until Sept. 20. By then the Wehrmacht had surrounded the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Soviet Union had declared that Poland no longer existed and had sent the Red Army into eastern Poland to maintain order and protect the Ukrainians and Belorussians living there.

The performance of the French Army did not surprise the Germans.

On Aug. 14, Gen. Franz Halder, chief of the German Army general staff, had prepared a memorandum in which he opined that a French offensive was, “...not very likely.” He reasserted that belief at the end of September, when he told his officers, “I no longer believe in a French at-

tack. They have missed their opportunity.”

On Sept. 21, Gen. Gamelin ordered the French Army to withdraw to the Maginot Line in the event of a German counterattack. As German units were released from the Polish front and transferred to the Western Front, German artillery began shelling the Maginot Line and the Luftwaffe was more apparent in the skies.

On Sept. 30, Gen. Gamelin, having decided that, “... the hour had come to retreat,” ordered all remaining units of the French Army to retreat to its homeland and the protection of the Maginot Line. He told his deputy, Gen. Alphonse-Joseph Georges, that he, “... considered it urgent ...,” that the retreat begin at once, and then to move only at night so that no one would know. The withdrawal was completed by Oct. 4. Second Army Group Commander, Gen. Prételat, praised his troops for the “... happy manner ...” in which they had conducted their retreat!

The German First Army, under Colonel-Gen. Erwin von Witzleben, launched a counteroffensive on Oct. 16 that chased the French across the border. By Oct. 17 the last French soldiers had left German territory. Gen. von Witzleben’s First Army continued its advance and occupied a sliver of French territory. German casualties were 198 killed.

French losses in the Saar Offensive were 28 killed in action — mostly from mines. After the war, the German generals were unanimous in their amazement that the French Army had not launched a major assault, which they felt would have been very successful, given their lack of resources for that theater at that time.

Gen. Siegfried Westphal, author of “The German Army in The West,” opined that the French could have reached the Rhine River in two weeks with a bit of effort.

French Col. Adolphe Goutard, author of “The Battle of France, 1940,” said that, “After the prologue of the ‘Phoney Offensive,’ we were ripe for the ‘Phoney War.’” Within a year, von Witzleben would receive the coveted field marshal’s baton, and within four, he would be hanged from a meat hook with piano wire, as a traitor, for his part in the conspiracy to kill Hitler.

Gen. Gamelin was relieved of his command on May 18, 1940. The “Vichy” government charged, arrested and tried him for treason. After his acquittal, he was deported to Germany. He did survive the war.

Next week: The Fall of Warsaw 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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Decatur golfers eye Bayside South and district titles

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) The Stephen Decatur golf team won Tuesday’s match at River Run Golf Club in Berlin to boost its record to 7-0. “[I’m] very proud of this group and how they have responded,” said Decatur Coach Dan Stearman. “The team played well. I was pleased with their effort and keeping an eye on the prize – winning the Bayside South [Conference] and then districts.”

Eleven teams participated.

Decatur scored a 177 in the victory. Senior captain Brady Leonard

again led the Seahawks. His score of 39 earned him medalist honors.

Also contributing to the win was senior Matt Brown (41), junDan Stearman ior Katelyn Davis (46) and senior captain Blake Marshall (51).

James M. Bennett came in second place with a 188. Parkside finished in third with a 191.

Decatur’s next match is Tuesday, at 3:30 p.m. at the Elks Golf Club in Salisbury.

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Senior captain Brady Leonard again led the Stephen Decatur golf team. He earned medalist honors on Monday.

Decatur athletic complex dedication ceremony, Friday

Stephen Decatur High School’s newly renovated athletic complex will be dedicated during a ceremony Friday night, at halftime of the football team’s game. The complex has been named the “Robert G. Knox Field and Louis H. Taylor Stadium” in honor of longtime football coach and teacher, Bob Knox, left, and Superintendent of Schools, Lou Taylor.

Worcester Prep volleyball team pulls out win over SC

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) After losing the first two games, the Worcester Prep volleyball team rallied back and won the last three of its match against the Salisbury Christian Jaguars on Monday in Salisbury.

“Salisbury Christian kept on giving it to us and we couldn’t dig it up,” said Prep Coach Cheryl Brown. “They knew how to find the spots and put it down. They utilized their middle more.”

Salisbury topped Worcester 25-19

in the first game and 25-17 in the second.

Brown gave her players a pep talk before the third game and it worked.

“We got more scrappier. We figured out what they were doing,” she said. “We got our timing down with net plays and started blocking.”

Worcester pulled out 25-22 victories in the third and fourth games.

“We had a ton more kills and assists in the fourth game,” Brown said.

Before the fifth game, Brown told the girls “it’s a race to 15 [points].

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) Stephen Decatur High School’s newly renovated athletic complex will be dedicated during a ceremony Friday night, at halftime of the football team’s game against the Easton Warriors.

The complex has been named the “Robert G. Knox Field and Louis H. Taylor Stadium” in honor of longtime football coach and teacher, Bob Knox, and Superintendent of Schools, Lou Taylor.

The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

“It’s the highest honor in my career as a football coach,” Knox said.

“I still have to pinch myself.”

Knox walked the length of the field during his team’s pre-game warmup before the season opener on Sept. 6

and said the experience “sent tingles up my spine.”

Decatur won the game, 35-14.

“They were excited to get the first win on that field. I know the kids loved playing on it,” he said after the game. “They made history. They were the first team to play on that turf field that won.”

The $1.3 million project included the installation of the turf field and resurfacing the running track. Construction began on May 20 and wrapped Sept. 2.

Stephen Decatur Principal Tom Sites will emcee the dedication of the athletic field and stadium, and Knox and Taylor will also speak.

Members of the Board of Education, the Worcester County Commissioners and other dignitaries will also be in attendance.

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Decatur shuts out Snow Hill, 7-0

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) The Stephen Decatur boys’ soccer team shut out the Snow Hill Eagles, 7-0, on Tuesday.

“It’s one of the best games of soccer we’ve played. I was very happy,” said Decatur Coach Jamie Greenwood. “We passed the ball really well, we moved to space and played the ball into space as well. Everyone was positive with each other. We just played very simple soccer.”

Senior captain John Karacoulakis got things rolling for Decatur about five minutes into the game. Senior

Drew Haueisen netted the Seahawks’ second goal 16 minutes before halftime in Snow Hill.

The Berlin squad tacked on five more J. Greenwood goals in the second half. Goals were scored by sophomores James Barrett and Miguel Cervantes and juniors Evan Kinsey, Caleb Magee and Micah Bourne.

Sophomore Aeddan Jones played in goal in the first half for Decatur.

He recorded two saves. Sophomore

Zach Powers stopped two Snow Hill shots in the second half.

“It was pretty soccer tonight,” Greenwood said after the game. “It was much better than we have been playing. We passed, we communicated and we just played simple soccer. That’s going to be our key to success.”

Decatur will travel to Centreville to battle the Queen Anne’s Lions today, Friday, at 5:30 p.m.

“We’ve got to go up there and play.

We just need to continue what we did [against Snow Hill],” Greenwood said.

Lady Seahawks top Indians, 12-0

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) The Stephen Decatur girls’ soccer team scored seven goals in the first half and added five more in the second during Monday’s game against the Wicomico Indians in Salisbury.

“Our focus was playing out of the back,” said Decatur Coach Steve Isett.

“We were working on position play and building out of the back.”

Isett said senior captain Alyssa Romano has done well leading the de-

fense.

Romano was a forward last year, but Isett wanted to utilize her talents in the defensive end this year.

“She’s doing well,” Steve Isett he said. “They’re doing a nice job of buying into the possession play, working the ball from the back, up to the midfield and up to the forwards. It’s nice to see it paying off.”

After losing their first two games,

Isett said “it was nice to score some goals.”

“I did want to get the forwards some goals to gain confidence,” he said.

Junior captain Macy Dill led the Lady Seahawks with four goals.

Freshmen Hannah Dang and Amelia Kemp and junior Morgan Davis scored two goals each.

Romano and sophomore Saige Figgs netted one goal apiece.

Decatur will host the Snow Hill Eagles on Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Berlin.

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The Mallards held the led the entire game and won 15-10.

“It came down to our blocks – we had three in the last game – and consistency with serves,” Brown said. “I was proud of the fact that they came back with such vengeance. They dug deep and built stamina.”

Junior CC Lizas had 14 kills, six aces, five assists and three digs.

Junior Maddy Warren chipped in with six digs, five kills, three aces, three blocks and an assist. Junior Sophia Ludt had 12 assists, and senior captain Jenna Elrick recorded nine digs. Senior captain Samantha Repass had four blocks.

Worcester will host the Delmarva Christian Royals on Monday at 5 p.m. in Berlin.

SD volleyball team wins over Wi-Hi

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Sept. 20, 2019) The Stephen Decatur volleyball team won in three games over the Wicomico Indians on Monday in Salisbury.

“They played well enough to win,” said Decatur Coach Sara Patrick. “There were a few players that played well. [Senior captain] Jaclyn [Gallagher] did a great job setting and serving. [Junior]

Alexis [Graybill] did a good job covering.

[Sophomore] Logan [Patrick] covered well and found the holes on the court hitting, and [junior] Allie [Marx] Sara Patrick hit well from the right side.”

Decatur won the first game, 25-15.

The Lady Seahawks took the second

game, 25-18. They pulled out a 25-23 victory in the third.

Gallagher had seven assists, three kills, four aces and four digs. Junior Brooklyn Pugner chipped in with two aces, five kills and two assists.

Graybill added six aces and one kill and Patrick had two kills and five digs.

Decatur will host the Pocomoke Warriors on Monday at 4 p.m. in Berlin.

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SD FIELD HOCKEY Stephen Decatur senior captain Ava Bullock, right, works to take the ball away from a Kent Island player during Monday’s game in Berlin.

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Senior Alexa Upperman controls the ball for Stephen Decatur during Monday’s game against Kent Island in Berlin. Kent Island won, 13-0.

ESA Summer Surf Series contest, Sept. 28

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Sept. 20, 2019) There are only two more rounds of the 51st annual Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) Summer Surf Series for amateur surfing to compete in this season, with the fifth one taking place next Saturday.

Competitors of all ages will participate in divisions including bodyboard, shortboard, longboard and stand up paddleboard. There is also an open division for shortboard and bodyboard, where divisions of all ages are eligible to compete during the event on Sept. 28.

Participants must arrive to the designated ready area 15 minutes before their competition begins. Next Saturday’s event will take place at 35th Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. Competitors should arrive at 7:30 a.m.

The deadline to sign up for this event

is Thursday, Sept. 26.

The first round of the 2019 Summer Surf Series was held on May 11 on 35th Street in Ocean City. More than 50 competitors, ages 8-58 years old, participated in the event. The second event, which was set to take place June 15, was canceled due to a lack of waves.

The third round took place on July 13, and consisted of a championship swim called the “Summer Surf Series Maryland Surfing Competition.”

Laura Deeley Bren, co-director of the Delmarva District, estimated that around 80 competitors for the fourth tournament, the largest event of the season so far.

“Membership has steadily grown over the 2019 season,” Bren said. “Currently, several of our members are in the Outer Banks competing.”

Winners of the 24 divisions will also be competing for points to earn prizes

at the awards banquet held in the fall.

The sixth and final event of the series will be held at Assateague State Park on Oct. 12. The deadline to sign up is Oct. 10.

“It’s just a great day on the beach with lots of families and lots of different businesses sponsored throughout the year,” Bren said. “It’s a fun spectator event.”

Winners of each division are eligible to receive trophies, plaques, and sponsor-donated prizes.

Depending on Saturday’s weather, the competition could be moved to Sunday. Competitors should check the “Delmarva ESA” Facebook page for updates.

Surf Series participants must be ESA members. A family membership costs $150, or $75 for an individual. A $25 fee covers the first event during each contest, and $10 for every other division

after. A supporting membership costs $35 and is for non-competitors. To become a lifetime member the cost is $1,000, which includes five divisions.

Founded in 1967 by East Coast Surfers, ESA was created to promote, preserve and protect the sport of surfing on the East Coast. ESA is dedicated to the sport of amateur surfing, as well as the operation of a program of amateur competition for surfers of all ages and abilities.

ESA is the largest amateur surfing association in the world. The association’s activities are organized into 25 districts, which extend along nearly 2,000 miles of coastline.

For a full schedule, age-specific events, sponsors, and general information, contact an ESA representative at delmarva@surfesa.org, visit the organization’s website at surfesa.org or check out its Facebook page, “Delmarva ESA.”

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Golf tournament to fund education program Proceeds will aid in efforts to teach sacrifices veterans made for freedom to youth

By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Sept. 19, 2019) Golfers and supporters of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial are invited to play in the memorial foundation’s 13th annual golf tournament next Wednesday.

The beneficiary of the tournament’s proceeds will be the foundation’s program to educate fifth graders about the sacrifices made to protect democratic freedoms and to help maintain the memorial.

Foundation board member Don McMullen now oversees the annual field trips for area fifth graders after inheriting the role last year following the retirement of Capt. Ed Little, who had piloted the venture since its inception in 2006.

“It’s all about the freedoms we have today as Americans,” he said.

“We do it out of respect to our military who have served throughout the

world.”

McMullen estimated more than 600 students from public schools, Most Blessed Sacrament, Worcester Prep and home schooling visited Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines last year.

The field trips, which are held in May and October, include a threepart program covering the history of Old Glory, wartime recollections from veterans or surviving relatives and a tutorial on properly handling, folding, waving and saluting the American flag.

The latter includes Stars and Stripes-based demonstrations by Stephen Decatur, Pocomoke and Snow Hill high schools Junior ROTC students and a hands-on opportunity to practice flag folding skills.

Students are also provided a nearly three-dozen page booklet produced by the foundation.

“Teachers actually use the booklet as a lesson plan,” he said.

McMullen said the Veterans Memorial Foundation is in the midst of updating the booklet to include the latest additions to the site and pic-

tures of recent student participants.

McMullen said in addition to financing the booklet printing, the foundation also covers field trip transportation costs for students, with the golf tournament serving as the principal fundraiser for both undertakings.

The cost to play Wednesday is $100, which includes cart rental, golf balls, grab-and-go lunch items, door prizes, dinner buffet and the possibility of taking home prizes and awards.

The tournament on Ocean Pines Golf Course will begin with a noon shotgun start, and will feature contests for hole in one, straightest drive, putting skills and closest to the pin.

Tournament sponsorships, which are tax deductible, begin at $100 for tee sponsors, with $150 including an

ad, while contest sponsors pay $250 and bronze level sponsorships cost $500, with silver level at $1,000 and gold level at $2,000.

Additionally, McMullen said local businesses are being solicited for gift certificates and silent auction items.

To download a registration/sponsorship brochure, visit https://opvets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WCVMF-GolfBrochure-2019.pdf.

For more information, contact McMullen at 443-388-2941 or dmcmullen1@aol.com, or Worcester County Veterans Memorial President Marie Gilmore at 410-726-2881 or OPMarie@aol.com.

For more information on the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines, visit www.OPVets.org.

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SWIM TEAM Ocean Pines Swim Team members gather for a photo. The group won the top division at Delmarva Swim Association championships and finished second in the overall team scoring this summer.

Tennis tourney will benefit hospice (Sept. 20, 2019) The Ocean Pines Platform Tennis Association will host its second annual Fun-Raising Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Tournament proceeds will benefit the Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care “We Honor Veterans” program.

Platform tennis clubs in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are invited to compete and the first 64 applicants will reserve a spot. The cost is $40, and the entry deadline is Sept. 21.

The tournament will again be held at the Manklin Meadows Racquet Sports Complex on 11443 Manklin Creek Road, in Ocean Pines.

Players should check in no later than 7:45 a.m. and a welcome ceremony is scheduled to start at 8 a.m.

Play generally begins at 8:30 a.m. and, last year, the final match was over by about 4 p.m.

The inaugural tournament raised $8,500 for the Catch a Lift foundation, which helps post-9/11 combatwounded veterans recover and rehabilitate, both physically and mentally, through physical fitness, motivation and support.

The foundation was started by David and Toni Coffland, both Ocean Pines residents, in honor of their son, U.S. Army Spc. Christopher J. Coffland, who was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Event co-chair Susan Walter said the tournament this year would benefit the “We Honor Veterans” program. Michael Petito will chair the event.

“Michael and I have met with Coastal Hospice President Alane Capen at the Ocean Pines facility and it is truly a beautiful environment, with a room to be provided for any veteran who needs end-of-life care,”

Walter said. “Our mission is to raise funds to provide for any veterans, either in this facility, or if their need is for in-home hospice care. We have asked Ms. Capen to earmark our donation to any local veterans in need.”

To download a tournament entry form, visit www.oceanpines.org/wpcontent/uploads/2019/06/2019TOURNEY-entry-form-and-donatio n-request.pdf.

Registration checks should be made out to “Ocean Pines Platform Tennis Association” and mailed to Susan Walter, 36 Capetown Road, Ocean Pines, Maryland 21811.

Donation checks may be made out to “Coastal Hospice – We Honor Veterans program” and mailed to Walter.

For questions about the event, contact Walter at cbreeze601@verizon.net or Petito at map11946@yahoo.com.

Realtors assn. seeks sponsors for tournament (Sept. 20, 2019) The Coastal Association of Realtors (Coastal) is seeking sponsors for its second annual golf tournament to benefit the Coastal Realtors Foundation on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Ocean City Golf Club Seaside Course.

Registration opens at 10 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 11 a.m. The tournament is a four-person scramble with all levels of players welcome.

The cost to participate is $400 per team. Players without a team are welcome to register for $100 and will be assigned.

Teams who wish to sponsor a tee sign will receive a discount.

Prizes will be awarded for best and worst scores. Included in the cost of registration are green fees, golf cart rental, a swag bag, drink tickets, snacks, and a full after-golf meal.

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Diakonia, Humane Society to benefit from proceeds of ‘Bavarian Hops Scramble’ (Sept. 20, 2019) The Ocean Pines Golf Members Council raised money for Diakonia and the Worcester County Humane Society during the 14th annual Bavarian Hops Scramble, held Sept. 13 at the Ocean Pines Golf Club.

After tournament founder Ernie Stiles passed away last year, organizers decided the event would continue in his honor.

“Ernie’s idea was simply to go out for nine holes, have some good fun, and support some good causes,” Golf Council member Bob Long said.

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“As a result, all the prize money went to the designated charities,” Long said. “In total, $3,600 was raised [this year] and will go to the two designated charities.”

The Bavarian Hops Scramble over the years has raised more than $29,000 for local charities.

Following the tournament, players and friends enjoyed dinner at the Ocean Pines Community Center with catering provided by Carrabba’s Italian Grill.

For more information on Ocean Pines Golf, visit www.oceanpinesgolf.org.

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(Sept. 20, 2019) Worcester County Recreation & Parks will host the seventh annual Tee Off for Youth Golf Tournament and Fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 4, at the Ocean City Golf Club.

Check-in and lunch begin at 11:30 a.m. A shotgun start will follow at 1 p.m.

The cost to participate is $75 per golfer, and all proceeds generated by this event will benefit underprivileged youth who participate in Worcester County Recreation & Parks programs, leagues, after school activities and summer camps.

Over one-third of the children participating in Worcester County Recreation & Parks’ programs are considered underprivileged, and tournament proceeds provide scholarships to assure all children can participate in recreation programs year-round.

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OUTDOORS EXPO More than 100 vendors display hunting and fishing merchandise during the inaugural Sportsman Expo at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street.

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TEAMWORK Amanda Lewis of Emergency Management of Ocean City and Jim Campbell, president of Maryland AARP, display one of the clear bags used for the emergency kits being packaged for senior citizens at Dunes Manor Hotel on 28th Street on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

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