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Approximately 800 walkers hit the Boardwalk last Saturday for Ocean City’s third annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K event. Additionally, about 180 runners took off from the starting line for the 5K race in the inlet parking lot shortly before the walk began. According to the event Web site, www.makingstrideswalk.org/oceancitymd, as of Tuesday, approximately $165,000 has been raised for the American Cancer Society. Donations are still being counted and money will be accepted through Dec. 31.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) Or when it comes to flood risk, it could be the X zone for Ocean City. In keeping with the common horror B-movie trope of “be careful what you wish for,” it appears that the city’s desire to have its federal flood risk reduced has actually swung the proverbial pendulum of liability too far into the other corner. Some resort leaders have said the expectation of a massive ease-up in flood requirements could put the city in extreme danger. “I’m more than grateful that they moved the ‘V’ zone out onto the beach, but to give people the option not to buy [insurance] just doesn’t make sense to me,” said Igor Conev of Mann Properties. Earlier this year, Conev and other

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Storm season thus far the least stormy since ‘94, NOAA says (Oct. 25, 2013) Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2012, sparing Ocean City the brunt of its damage. One year later, the city so far has escaped hurricane damage in 2013, thanks to some unpredictable weather patterns. “With less than six weeks left, the 2013 season has the fewest number of hurri-

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Swaths of oceanfront properties now out of federal hazard zone industry leaders had lobbied the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to re-classify the town’s oceanfront properties into a less intense flood risk zone, to account for the resort’s highly successful dune system. The expectation was that this would reduce those properties’ rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). But what was not anticipated was that FEMA would go so far as to completely eliminate the flood hazard zone for vast swaths of the resort, giving property owners the option to go uninsured. Under the current revision of flood maps, the agency appears to have done just that. While not having to pay premiums will have a face-value benefit to the taxpayers, the tax base as a whole could suffer a major blow if the city was left to look after derelict properties itself, without federal insurance assistance, following a catastrophic storm. “It looks to me like it’s great for the consumer, but scary for our city as a business,” said Reese Cropper, a broker with Insurance Management Group. Cropper had also pushed to get lower rates for his clients, but now fears many will drop out of the pro-

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gram all together. Since the inception of the NFIP in 1968, FEMA has been authorized to provide insurance policies with premiums based on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which indicate what areas have greater danger of high water and should thus pay larger premiums for their insurance. The FIRMs also allow FEMA to designate Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), in which flood insurance purchase is mandatory. In recent years, however, the NFIP has experienced considerable financial difficulties, with payouts – especially after Hurricane Katrina – far exceeding the premiums collected. Part of the program’s re-authorization last year was a comprehensive re-mapping of all risk areas, as well as across-theboard rate hikes. Prior to the current re-mapping, most of the resort’s oceanfront was in a “V” zone, an area subject to the highest insurance rates given the risk of both static flooding as well as impact from waves and debris. What the city was expecting in the re-mapping was that those areas, given the dune buffer, would be re-classified as “A” zones, which are assigned a high water mark or ‘base flood elevation’ but not subject to additional damage Page from1 impact.

However, much of the resort has now been labeled an “X” zone, meaning one that is outside of the 100-year floodplain and thus has no base flood elevation or insurance mandate. “The thing I don’t understand – and I agree completely that the dune is a wonderful mitigation and the ‘V’ zone should change – is how you can go from a ‘V’ zone right to an ‘X’ zone,” Cropper said. “Most of Ocean City in the past has been an ‘A’ zone, which makes sense. You have some flooding but it’s not intense and the rates are fair,” he said. “But to take it completely out [of the SFHA] as though we have no flooding at all, just doesn’t make sense when you’re on a barrier island.” Still, private lenders may themselves require flood insurance as a condition for financing. But those without real estate debt will be able to go it alone. “That’s like saying that if you don’t have a lender behind you, you should just stop buying fire insurance,” Cropper said. “I don’t think that’s a smart thing to do.” In many cases, it is feared, the city will be getting the boot from the NFIP under FEMA’s expectation that most of the resort’s properties will not get insurance if they aren’t required to. “If you’re an independent business,

and as part of your business model you don’t’ want to be insured, I can see that,” Conev said. “But when you’re dealing with condo boards, the implications are a little bigger.” Conev noted that the State of Maryland changed its own regulations regarding condo insurance four years ago, so that condos with 20 units or less would not have to purchase property insurance. As such, many of Conev’s client properties dropped their policies, even though he warned against doing so. “If you make it an option, they won’t do it,” he said. Further, the change leaves the city as somewhat of a crossroads as to what it will be doing with its own flood measures. These measures garner city property owners a discount on their insurance from FEMA, and would thus also become fiscally – but not necessarily practically – a moot point. Specifically, the city requires the first floor of all new buildings to be raised to base flood elevation, plus a certain level of extra space or “freeboard.” Currently, the town measures maximum building height from starting at the grade of the adjacent road. However, even before the new maps were revealed, the city was already planning to change this measurement See CITY on Page 4A

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Hurricane activity squashed by ‘sinking’ air patterns Air across the tropical Atlantic Ocean has been exceptionally dry this hurricane season. Combined with sinking air — called subsidence — that tends to quash storm activity that helps form hurricanes, this pattern has helped offset other weather that helps build hurricanes, such as warm sea surface temperatures and strong westbound African winds, Feltgen said. “In other words, there were plenty of positive factors for above average activity,” he said. “What was not anticipated was all the sinking motion and resulting dryness — factors that occasionally disrupt what would otherwise be an active season, but which are impossible to predict.” While the below-normal activity is welcomed, it is not usual, the meteorologist said. Looking at the hurricane return period

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— how often storms of a given intensity are communities FEMA selected to take part in expected — Ocean City is due a hurricane its national emergency preparedness class, every 15 years, and a major hurricane every a multi-day training in which city workers 44 years. So an inactive 2013 season is “for- used their emergency tools to respond to a simulated hurritunate, but not uncane, Waters said. usual when you “In other words, there were The city also look at the historiholds periodic precal record,” Feltgen plenty of positive factors for paredness seminars said. above average activity” and Community Even with most Emergency Reof 2013’s hurricane DENNIS FELTGEN ponse Team trainseason behind it, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ings. the resort continspokesman and Meteorologist ues to ready itself One tool that for the next major proved especially storm. useful during Su“We’re always looking for ways to pre- perstorm Sandy, however, was the city’s pare, and that’s our job,” said Communi- GovDelivery system, which e-mails or cations Manager for the Town of Ocean texts updates to its followers. City Jessica Waters. “Roads were closed, power was out — In 2013, the resort was one of just a few whatever the message was, they were able to get it to their e-mail,” Waters said. Keep in mind that hurricane season 2013 does not officially end until Nov. 30 and storms could still develop. “It’s too soon to know what the season’s final levels of (hurricane) activity will be,” Feltgen said. “However, the odds that the season will produce the expected numbers of hurricanes and especially major hurricanes are rapidly decreasing.” Sign up for Ocean City’s GovDelivery alerts at www.oceancitymd.gov by clicking the “City Wide Alerts” tab on the lefthand menu.

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City to move web ads forward despite objection from constituents Controversial proposal that riled HMRA will be discussed by full council ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) The city appears poised to continue forward with a proposal to add advertising to ococean.com – the resort’s municipally sponsored tourism website – despite the increasingly adversarial relationship it stands to create with local industry groups. Council Secretary and Tourism Commission Chair Mary Knight said in her report this week that the entire council should weigh in on the possibility, “even though the HMRA [the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association] and their board is not really in favor.” “We’ve discussed it now for about three meetings [of the Tourism Commission], and I think it’s important that, even though one of the boards is not in favor, that the council has a discussion,” Knight said. The idea to change the setup of ococean.com has been one of the more contentious topics in the commission, since it was suggested by

business owners some months ago ently still pursuing. “Our board was of the unanimous who said they would appreciate the ability to purchase advertising and opinion that the website should be a more prominent listings on the page. service to the businesses, and should Currently, a $200 membership to clearly and equally represent all busithe town’s Convention and Visitors’ nesses,” said HMRA Executive DirecBureau gets hospitality businesses a tor Susan Jones. “It shouldn’t be favoring one listing on ocobusiness over the cean.com’s cateother through g o r i z e d , advertising.” searchable index. Allowing the Those listings site’s space to be have since been “We’ve discussed it now for bought, the improved, but about three meetings [of the HMRA has mainthe idea to charge tained, will allow extra for different Tourism Commission], and I those with bigger tiers of expanded think it’s important that, even budgets to molistings was staunchly opthough one of the boards is not nopolize a publicly funded posed by the in favor, that the council has a venture that HMRA and the discussion” should represent Greater Ocean all its conCity Chamber of MARY KNIGHT stituents equally. Commerce over Council Secretary and Tourism Commission Chair City Tourism issues of fairness. Director Donna The philoAbbott said this sophical question week that there therein – whether the city “may be a misshould allow conception as to market competition to dictate the who can buy that advertising.” “Given the cost, I don’t think many function of a taxpayer-funded website – remains essentially the same with local merchants could buy those ads,” regards to the idea to sell advertising Abbott said. “I think the ads would be on the site, which the city is appar- bought by a larger entity that would

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Fire guts ground level store at Majestic, but hotel itself saved Historic building sustains smoke damage after blaze contained to first floor ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer

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Ocean City Fire Department personnel remove the plywood covering the windows of the Majestic Hotel, which was closed for the winter when a fire broke out last Friday.

(Oct. 25, 2013) An intense fire last Friday afternoon threatened one of downtown Ocean City’s landmark hotels, but was able to be contained to the ground floor where it originated. The Ocean City Fire Department, along with backup from the Berlin, Ocean Pines, and Bethany Beach departments, responded to the Majestic Hotel at Seventh Street and the Boardwalk around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct, 18. The Majestic had been boarded up for the winter months, but plumes of smoke were seen emanating from the first floor of the structure. The fire appeared to have started in the northeast corner of the building’s ground level, which sits below the elevation of the Boardwalk and contains a convenience store. Although the flames were quickly brought under control, the store was gutted. “It’s a 100 percent loss. There’s ab-

solutely nothing left in the store,” said Will Savage, who owns the shop along with his wife. Savage also manages the hotel itself on behalf of his parents, the building’s long-time owners. Fortunately, responders were able to contain the space in which it apparently started. But thick smoke spread throughout the rest of the building, causing further damage. A second store – a sunglass shop also owned by Savage – had all of its merchandise ruined. “Even though the store itself appeared to have minimal damage, that one is going to be a total loss, too,” he said. “Sunglasses manufacturers are very protective of their brands. They don’t allow discounting, and they’ll certainly not allow me to move a product that has smoke damage.” For several hours after the ground level fire had been cleared, personnel were still using tower trucks to un-board the hotel’s upper floors for ventilation. Savage is currently working on if, and how, the hotel will replace furnishings and mattresses inundated with smoke. “That’s going to be an ongoing issue with the insurance company,” he said. However, the Majestic’s structure appears to be intact due to the hotel’s historic construction.

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A firefighter pries damaged siding off the north side of the Majestic Hotel’s first floor to search for any burning remnants.

Savage plans to have both shops, lodging repaired by ‘14 season “These buildings were built back in the day to be washed out, before the seawall was there,” Savage said. None of the internal walls on the first floor are loadbearing, having been built with the expectation that they would give way during a storm surge. “The drop ceiling and the drywall were incinerated, but as long as the fire doesn’t get a good hold, which it didn’t thanks to the response from the fire department, the basic structure is pretty bullet-proof,” Savage said. Incidentally, Savage himself is an Assistant Chief with the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, although he was out of town at the time of the fire.

“I was really shocked, and really impressed, that the department was able to contain the fire to the unit of origin,” he said. Savage said he plans to have all three establishments – the hotel, as well as both stores – rebuilt and operating as normal by the summer of 2014. Only one person, a maintenance worker, was believed to be on site at the time, according to a release from the town. One fire cadet suffered minor injuries during the operation and was treated at the scene. The Ocean City Fire Marshal is investigating the incident and has not yet determined the cause of the fire.

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Commissioners will hear volunteers’ case on water line expense County wary of setting precedent for future non-profit development ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer (Oct. 25, 2013) Ocean City’s Volunteer Fire Company will likely have another shot at recouping its costs from the county for water line installation along Keyser Point Road, County Commissioners President Bud Church said this week. If the move is made, it will likely have ramifications throughout the county, and fear of setting a precedent continues to be the main reason why the fire company’s request could continue to be stonewalled. “I’m going to discuss it with the commissioners again, and see if they are inclined to have [the OCVFC] come in and meet directly, or possibly fund all or part of the request,” Church said. The move comes a week after the OCVFC penned an open letter, published in this newspaper and others, lamenting what it said was a lack of engagement from the county over an issue that the volunteer company views as one of fundamental fairness. The dispute arises from the OCVFC’s construction of Station 5, the fire outpost

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Hearing on porch enclosures postponed due to emergency NANCY POWELL Staff Writer (Oct. 25, 2013) The Worcester County Commissioners postponed their scheduled hearing last Tuesday about porch enclosures due to a family emergency. Commissioners President Bud Church called for a five-minute recess before the scheduled 11 a.m. hearing about allowing soft plastic porch enclosures in cooperative campgrounds. When the meeting recommenced, he said a family emergency had occurred and the hearing should be postponed. Commissioner James Purnell did not say what had occurred, but did say, “This emergency is very close to me.” He also said he would like to be at the public hearing. Church said it was “only fair to honor the request” of Commissioner Purnell

and postpone the hearing. Attorney Mark Cropper, who represents several part-time residents of Bali Hi, the cooperative campground off St. Martin’s Neck Road, was amenable to the postponement. Cropper’s clients are seeking approval of an amendment to the county code that would permit soft plastic porch enclosures. The code permits only insect screening. The county commissioners have been concerned, during past discussions, that those other materials could lead to people using their porches as additions to their campers, recreational vehicles or trailers and making their campground units a step closer to permanent residences, which the county does not permit in cooperative campgrounds. The public hearing will be advertised for Nov. 19.

Fire service should be exempt from policy, OC company says structure break, the same argument could be made by all of Worcester’s other fire companies for any development they may do, as well as by other non-profit groups who provide a public service. “If we do it for the Ocean City fire company, then we have to do it for the Pocomoke company, the Newark company…it was a precedent they didn’t want to set,” Church said. While he understood his colleagues’ argument against the move, Church said he personally was more amenable to the OCVFC’s desire, especially since his electoral district encompasses West Ocean City. “I have an awful lot of sympathy for the fire company, because of who they are and the service they provide, but I’m just one vote,” he said. “That’s the impression I got, that the

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rest of the commissioners weren’t going to support it because of the precedent,” Christello said. “But they shouldn’t feel that way. What we’re saying is that the extra stuff the county requires us to put in is not appropriate, and we feel it wouldn’t be appropriate for another fire department to have to pay for it either.” The argument is also somewhat of a shell game, Christello noted, since the county already provides grant money to the volunteer company for its service. If the company were to recoup the $60,000 it desires, that money would go toward the same. “It’s not like we’re putting it in a coffer and collecting interest on it,” Christello said. “That’s money that will be used for further improvements on Station 5, which improves fire service in West Ocean City.”

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Ramadan told NYPD undercover that he had ‘one of those problems’ ating with law enforcement in the case against them. In the original case, Ramadan and 14 other alleged members of a criminal ring flooding New York City and the Albany region with more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes illegally imported from Virginia. The indictment unsealed Oct. 17 in Brooklyn Supreme Court charges them with conspiracy in the second degree and criminal solicitation in the second degree. If convicted, they could be sentenced up to 25 years to life in prison for conspiring to kill witnesses. “These defendants sought to kill individuals they believed to be witnesses to their crimes,” New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman stated in

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a press release. “This behavior is intolerable and we are going to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. These two individuals cheated New York taxpayers out of millions of dollars in tax revenue and then tried to cover up their dangerous and lucrative smuggling operations, which hurt New York businesses, by Basel Ramadan committing the ultimate crime.” New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly stated that the indictment showed the scope of intent of Ramadan and Odeh was not limited to making money from illegal cigarettes, but also includes a murder plot. “Fortunately, it was an NYPD detec-

tive and not an accomplice of these inmates on the other end of the phone,” Kelly stated. According to the indictment, Ramadan and Odeh, a.k.a. Abu Mahmoud, conspired, from on or about and between May 24 and Oct. 11, to have a murder committed. Their alleged goal was to kill several people whom they believed to be witnesses against them in the prosecution of the cigarette smuggling case. On or about Aug. 24, Ramadan allegedly gave someone information about the targets of the murder conspiracy, including the name and home address of one of them. He also allegedly provided a description and place of business of another intended victim. On or about that same day, Odeh allegedly provided someone with descriptive information about the intended targets. The telephone conversation mentioned by Kelly allegedly took place on or about Sept. 17, when Ramadan, a.k.a. Abu Salah, told the undercover detective, posing as a prospective killer for hire, that he had “one of those problems,” according to the indictment. The detective replied that he could “take care of it.” Ramadan then allegedly said he appreciated it and also allegedly said the man he thought was a prospective killer

might “need some help.” The indictment includes no statements allegedly made by Ramadan referencing a killing or a murder. The 244-count indictment filed in May charges Ramadan, his brother, Samer Ramadan, 40, ostensibly the enterprise treasurer, and 14 others with enterprise corruption, money laundering and related tax crimes. They each face up to 25 years in prison. After the original indictment, speculation arose that some of the illegally obtained proceeds made their way to known terrorist groups, but no evidence has been released to support that allegation. Some people who knew Basel Ramadan, but who requested anonymity, told Ocean City Today they did not believe any such connection existed. Ramadan, 42, has been held at Rikers Island without bail and Odeh, 52, had been held in lieu of $500,000 bail since their arraignment on the initial indictment in May. They were arrested and charged for their alleged roles in the cigarette trafficking and money laundering ring that operated from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, up to New York City and points farther north. Ramadan and his brother were arrested during raids on their West Ocean City residences.

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‘Boardwalk Elvis’ struck by car Norman Webb, known as “Boardwalk Elvis,” was struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon while riding his bicycle on Route 589 near Taylor Bank. According to Maryland State Police, a driver struck Webb and his bicycle at about 2:55 p.m. Webb was taken to Atlantic General Hospital and released. Police described it as a “very minor collision.” Well-wishers offered to purchase a new bicycle for Webb, who walked the Boardwalk for many years while dressed as Elvis and carrying a boombox playing Elvis tunes.

Prescription Take-Back Initiative Oct. 26 Worcester County citizens are invited to participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Public Safety Building at 65th Street and Coastal Highway, and other locations in the county. The OCPD has participated in the bi-annual program four times. The department’s last participation in “Operation Medicine Drop” yielded 12 pounds of medicine at the Ocean City location. In cooperation with officials from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Worcester County Health Department, Berlin Police Department and Mary-

land State Police, 115 pounds of unused and expired medications was collected in Worcester County. In addition to drug take-back day, OCPD’s commitment to get unwanted, unused and expired prescription medication out of citizens’ cabinets and off the streets continues each day through the 24-hour drop box, donated by the Ocean City Elks Lodge. This drop box is located at the Public Safety Building. Prescriptions may also be taken from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to the Berlin Police Department, the Ocean Pines Fire Department’s South Station, Keyser Point Road Firehouse in West Ocean City, Snow Hill Health Department and Pocomoke Health Department. Citizens are urged to not flush their medication or throw them away. Disposing of medication properly prevents the medication from entering our waterways and

landfills. Saturday’s Drug Take-Back Initiative is sponsored by the Ocean City Police Department, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, the Berlin Police Department, Maryland State Police, the Worcester County Health Department and Assateague Coastal Trust. The National Prescription Drug TakeBack Initiative is a free and confidential program. For more information, contact the OCPD Public Affairs Office at 410-5205395.

Man throws items over balcony A 26-year-old New York City man was charged Oct. 20 with malicious destruction of property after throwing items from a balcony onto a car, causing damage. According to Ocean City police, Andrew Scott Mannion threw beer caps and a

seashell from the 23rd story balcony of a 107th Street condominium. The items struck a vehicle in the parking lot of another condominium. The vehicle sustained two large gashes on a door. Mannion told police he did not know the owner of the vehicle.

Alleged police impersonation Michael Eugene Sponseller, 43 of Girdletree, was served Oct. 17 with a summons charging him with impersonating a police officer in late September after allegedly informing someone by e-mail that he was Worcester County Sheriff Reggie Mason. Sponseller had placed an ad on Craig’s list in an attempt to sell dogs. He then engaged in an argument with a subject over the Internet about the legality of selling Continued on Page 16A

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POLICE BRIEFS Continued from Page 15A dogs on Craig’s list. Sponseller allegedly identified himself as the sheriff and threatened to arrest the subject for harassing him about the ad on Craig’s list. Detectives obtained the emails Sponseller sent that showed him identifying himself as Mason. The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office’s press release stated that Sheriff Mason does not utilize Craig’s list to sell animals or other items and has not engaged in e-mail exchanges with anyone over Craig’s list.

Mushrooms found in vehicle After stopping a vehicle Oct. 18 because the passenger was not wearing a seatbelt and because its registration sticker was not clearly visible, an Ocean City police officer gave the driver a warning and told him he was free to leave. The officer also asked the driver, Scott Michael Carroll, 26, of Phoenix, if any drugs or weapons were in the vehicle. Carroll said neither were in the vehicle and he gave permission to the officer to search. During the search, the officer found a bag of psilocybin mushrooms, according to the charging document. Carroll reportedly said he had paid $30 for the mushrooms a month earlier.

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Dangerous weapon found A 29-year-old Berlin man was charged Oct. 15 with having a concealed dangerous weapon and having brass knuckles, a municipal offense in Ocean City. An Ocean City police officer stopped Adam Edward Roe at 25th Street because his vehicle had no registration tags. Roe said the tags were stolen the night before. A computer check revealed Roe’s driver’s license was revoked and he had two warrants for his arrest. The check also revealed the vehicle’s registration was cancelled July 31. As Roe exited his vehicle, the officer saw a fixed blade knife in his belt. Roe said he had it for protection. A search of Roe after his arrest reportedly revealed brass knuckles in his sweatshirt pocket. Because Roe’s vehicle was parked in a private lot, the officer had it impounded, but searched it before it was towed. During that search, the officer found a Mason jar containing marijuana, a grinder, a smoking device and two bongs used to smoke marijuana. The officer also found a second set of brass knuckles.

Alleged puppy theft in Pines The Ocean Pines Police Department charged a 29-year-old Pittsville man with theft of less than $1,000, theft of less than $100 and unauthorized removal of a puppy after an incident that happened in that community Oct. 7. Police served Brian Eric Mumford with a summons Oct. 16.

Police discover Clonazepam An Ocean City police officer stopped a vehicle Oct. 18 at 49th Street because its registration plate validation sticker had expired. A computer check revealed the registration had expired and that the driver’s license to drive was suspended in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Police charged the driver, Spencer Joseph Smolich, 35, of Centreville, with traffic violations. During a search after the arrest, police found one yellow pill that turned out to be Clonazepam and then charged him with possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

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Crossing America for Sturge-Weber Syndrome Al DeCesaris completes 3,000-mile bike journey for his 9-year-old niece CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) Nine-year-old Jenna Heck has a port-wine stain birthmark on one side of her face, a characteristic of the rare neurological and skin disorder Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Her family has been raising money for research and treatment of the disorder over the last eight years, and even though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shy, she said what her uncleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been doing for the past 45 days was â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty cool.â&#x20AC;? Al DeCesaris Jr. undertook a crosscountry bike trip to raise money for and awareness of SWS, ending at the Greene Turtle in Ocean City on Wednesday, Oct. 23 with a celebration among more than 50 family and friends. His trip, dubbed Crossing America for a Cure, raised around $25,000 for the Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, where Jenna is treated. That total is still growing, and being matched dollar-for-dollar by former Pittsburgh Steeler Alan Faneca, whose daughter Anabelle has SWS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to do something outside the box,â&#x20AC;? said DeCesaris, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helped Jennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family raise more than $1 million for SWS research over her lifetime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to create an event to spread awareness across the country.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the bike came in. A lawyer by trade, DeCesaris said most of his biking took place during childhood. But when a professional move from Washington, D.C., to California presented itself, it was the â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect timing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My bike became the vehicle to spread awareness,â&#x20AC;? he said. Throughout the 3,000-mile journey from Santa Monica, Calif., to Ocean City, he connected with people in many ways, from strangers who stopped to offer water to other parents of children with SWS. Through a Facebook group, he met Brittney and Phillip Hastings, of Millsboro, Del., whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22-month-old daughter Stella has SWS. The Hastings watched from the finish line in Ocean City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s humbling,â&#x20AC;? Brittney Hastings said. DeCesaris chose to end his ride in Ocean City because of the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ties to the area, where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent summers for more than 30 years. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;just amazing that he did all this for my daughter,â&#x20AC;? said DeCesarisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sister, Ida Heck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been overwhelming to her.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing to have the opportunity to touch the lives of so many people,â&#x20AC;? DeCesaris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the hardest thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever done in my life, but also

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Councilmember Margaret Pillas recognizes Al DeCesaris Wednesday at the Greene Turtle in Ocean City at the end of his 3,000-mile journey to bike across America.

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Casino at Ocean Downs expansion to include 10 table games NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) Visitors to the Casino at Ocean Downs may tempt Lady Luck at table games after the facility is enlarged. The casino plans to construct a 35,000-square-foot addition plus a back-of-house mezzanine adjacent to the casino and racetrack. The Worcester County Planning Commission approved the expansion during its Sept. 12 meeting, but Joe

Cavilla, the casino’s general manager, had few details that day. He said an unspecified number of table games and some of the existing slot machines would go in the new area. More room was needed in the existing casino, he said, for customers to enjoy new interactive games with sound chairs. In a press release, Cavilla discusses the need for expansion. “We are expanding because we were limited to the former footprint of the grandstand to accommodate our original proposed slot casino,” Cavilla

stated. “The new building will allow us to spread out the existing operation. We will be adding a racing sports restaurant to include simulcast wagering with a view of the racetrack, a very large storage area, and larger back of the house operations.” That new viewing area for racing will be included in the addition if funding is approved by the State Racing Commission. Although the casino is permitted to have 850 slot machines, there are no plans to increase the number for the

present 800 machines. “We are committed to providing an operation that appeals to and excites our customers, enhances the attraction of the Ocean City-Berlin, Maryland resort area and provides stable revenue for our state and local stakeholders,” Cavilla stated. “This small expansion will allow friendlier and service-oriented enhancements and is in the work-in-process state of development.” No date was given for the completion of the construction work.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) Ocean City Council gave the go-ahead this week on an initiative to solicit bids for a vendor to rent kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards at Northside Park beginning in the 2014 summer season. The town will be issuing a Request for Proposals to find a qualified vendor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and also the one who is willing to pay the highest fee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to enter into a concession agreement with the town, whereby the vendor would be able to operate a specified rental business on public property. The Parks and Recreation Commission had originally been approached by an established local rental business that was offering to establish a concession in the park outright, Councilman and Commission Chair Joe Mitrecic said. Although he found the idea to be a good one, the city cannot simply award a contract to the first person who asks, Mitrecic noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were actually contacted by a kayak and stand-up paddleboard business that wanted to just move in,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We said that was probably not the way to handle it, and it should go out to RFP and give everyone a chance to bid. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge, huge business.â&#x20AC;? Per the bid documents, the contract will be good for two years, lasting through the fall of 2015. The vendor will operate from May 1 through the first weekend in October of both 2014 and 2015. Hours of operation will be at the ven-

dorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discretion, with the stipulation that no vessels are launched prior to 7 a.m. and must be returned by dusk. The concession must also be closed by 3 p.m. on Sundays during the high season for the Sundaes in the Park concerts and fireworks. The vendor will be allotted storage racks and an office shed of no more than 120 square feet in the vicinity of the pier on the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s west side. Rented vessels can be launched at the small â&#x20AC;&#x153;dog beachâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so named because dogs frequently go in the water there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to the south of the pier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The public will still be able to use the beach,â&#x20AC;? Mitrecic noted. The vendor will be required to hold a $1 million insurance policy, and exempt the town from any liability incurred by the operation. Hopes were high that the popularity of stand-up paddleboarding, in particular, would draw more visitors to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest public space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of eco-tourism, which is really big right now, and this allows us to expand on that,â&#x20AC;? said Mayor Rick Meehan. Councilwoman Margaret Pillas asked if the city was at risk of stepping on anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toes by offering a town-sanctioned rental business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to weather very well with people who are already renting kayaks and paddleboards,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every company out there will have the same ability to bid as everyone else,â&#x20AC;? said Mitrecic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The town itself is not getting into the kayak business.â&#x20AC;?

Blue Flame third local business to get casino-funded VOLT loan NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) A company near Berlin that sells, installs and maintains gas fireplaces is the third recipient of a small business loan generated from proceeds from the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casinos. Blue Flame owner Joe Mowbray will use the $75,000 loan to construct a 1,200square-foot gas fireplace showroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Flame has been installing and repairing gas fireplaces since 2006,â&#x20AC;? said Worcester County Economic Development Director Bill Badger, who announced the award of the loan this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The business has been built from the ground up by Mr. Mowbray, and the showroom expansion exemplifies his desire to take customer service to the next level.â&#x20AC;?Â The check to Blue Flame represents the third Video Lottery Terminal (VOLT) Small Business Loan awarded by Worcester County Economic Development in partnership with the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation, one of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three designated fund manager.

Many Worcester County businesses could qualify for such a loan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reality in Worcester County is most of the businesses may qualify based on the Maryland definition of a small business,â&#x20AC;? Badger said. To qualify for VOLT Small Business Loan funds, companies must employ fewer than 500 employees, and their annual revenues must average $35 million or less during a three-year period. The loan funds are available to small, minority, and woman-owned businesses in the county. VOLT Small Business Loan funds are generated from 1.5 percent of all Maryland casino yearly proceeds, as required by state law. Fifty percent of these funds must be used within a 10-mile radius of Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating casinos, including the Casino at Ocean Downs. Blue Flame is located on Grays Corner Road, west of Route 589 and parallel to Route 50. The countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first VOLT loan was awarded to The Kite Loft in Ocean City for expansion. The second was awarded to a new West Ocean City business, Plak That owned by Wyatt Harrison, who prints photographs on wood.

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DNR seeks input on possible new ‘wildlands’ designations State has acquired new potential properties since last process 11 years ago NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) Some state-owned land in Worcester County could be designated as wildlands by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, which will be seeking public input on Tuesday. The department is also seeking public input on the proposed creation of nine other new wildlands and the expansion of 17 existing wildlands. Wildlands are state-owned natural areas preserved for their wilderness character or sensitive natural resources. When land is designated as wild lands, the local economy benefits because the properties attract birdwatchers, photographers, backpackers and other who enjoy nature and the great outdoors. Rare and endangered species such as hellbenders and purple-fringed orchids make their homes in many wild lands. Wildlands are also places for people to enjoy hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking and horseback riding. At the present time, 29 areas of stateowned land in 15 counties, totaling

43,779 acres, are designated as wild lands. The last designations were 11 years ago. Since then, the Department of Natural Resources has acquired new properties meeting the state Wildlands Preservation System criteria. Many of those new properties contain rare or threatened plans and animals. Each of the four Worcester properties proposed for the designation would expand areas also designated as wildlands. Two are part of an extensive bald cypress swamp associated with the Pocomoke River and two are part of an extensive bald cypress forest associated with the river. Together, they total 2,008 acres. In Somerset County, 3,210 acres of a salt marsh island, Janes Island, are proposed for a new wild land. The site is the habitat for the world’s largest population of Northeastern Beach tiger beetle. Information and maps showing the locations of the areas may be viewed online at dnr.maryland.gov/land/stewardship/wildland.asp. Detailed listings of the proposed areas grouped by county may be found at http://dnr.maryland.gov/land/stewardship/pdfs/wildland_candidate_areas.p df Nine public meetings will be held statewide on the proposed land designations and comments may be held on the See SOMERSET on Page 22A

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No Ocean City victims so far in Ponzi scheme City residents or property owners have contacted the Northhampton County District Attorney’s Office, he said. Freer, 47, of Palmer Township, Pa., owned two condominiums on 26th Street in Ocean City and appears to have lease agreements for three others, was charged with 90 counts each of theft by deception and failure to make required disposition of funds, plus 50 counts of forgery and related crimes. He is being held in the county prison in lieu of $10 million bail. During a bail review, the judge ordered that no Ocean City residence he owns be sold until the case is resolved. At least one of the residences he had owned in Ocean City was foreclosed and is now owned by a bank. According to Northampton District Attorney John Morganelli, people invested money with Freer, but instead of

Pa. detective says nearly all 82 known victims of Freer had lost entire life savings NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) No Ocean City residents have come forward to say they might have been victims of a Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated by a Pennsylvania man who owned property here. In early October, a Pennsylvania detective said nearly all of the 82 known victims of Richard Allen Freer had lost their entire life savings. Since then, several other people from the Lehigh Valley area have come forward to declare that they might have been victims, but no Ocean

investing their money, Freer would use it to pay previous investors in a typical Ponzi scheme or deposit it into his own bank account. The Ponzi scheme came to light after one victim ran into trouble with the IRS because of the money she gave Freer to invest, according to published reports. That victim contacted an accountant, who contacted an attorney, who contacted the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office. Most of the phony investments, which total approximately $10 million, were in 2009 and they continued until this past summer. The case remains under investigation. Anyone who suspects they are one of Freer’s victims may call the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office at 610-559-3020.

Registration open for Berlin’s annual Christmas parade (Oct. 25, 2013) Entry spots are still available to participate in Berlin’s 43rd Annual Christmas Parade which will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. The theme for this year’s parade is “A Magical Berlin Christmas.” The rain date is Thursday, Dec. 12. The parade is sponsored by Berlin Main Street. Entry fees are $25 for commercial units and $10 for all other entries. Categories for the 2013 parade include adult, student and school sponsored floats, performing youth units, adult and youth marching units, ROTC marching units, school bands, volunteer fire companies, commercial units, vehicle clubs, motorcycles, antique cars and equestrian entries. In each category, trophies will be awarded for first, second and third place. The town asks that individuals or organizations wishing to enter the parade please submit entry forms no later than Friday, Nov. 22, or contact Joann Unger at 410-641-3858 or Sharon Timmons at 410-629-1716. Entry forms may be found on the Town of Berlin Web site at www.berlinmd.gov.

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Petition against performing arts borrowing gets OK from city Christ’s advocacy group will try to halt bond for convention center project ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer (Oct. 25, 2013) Launching off the success of the petition earlier this year against further paid parking, the local advocacy group Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice has been cleared to run a petition against the city’s plans to borrow $8.5 million for the construction of a performing arts facility at the convention center. OCTSJ’s de-facto headman, Tony Christ – a local landlord and frequent critic of the city’s fiscal policies – received approval from City Solicitor Guy Ayres this week for the final language of the petition, which will oppose part of the ordinance authorizing the city to issue debt at the end of this year. The approval came after several failed attempts by Christ, in which Ayres found the language of his proposed petition “insufficient to inform the voters” if the issue was, in fact, taken to referendum. The City Solicitor must verify any petition before signatures are gathered in order for the

document to be legally binding. In order to halt the bond sale, and have the matter go before the voters, the petition will have to garner 1,226 signatures, or 40 percent of the number of voters who participated in the last municipal election. Late Wednesday, after several revocations, Christ was able to secure with Ayres language that would allow the petition to oppose only the $8.5 million in dedicated borrowing for the performing arts project. Christ had previously submitted a petition against the entire $12.7 million bond authorization, but subsequently submitted a revision. Thus, contrary to previous reports, OCTSJ’s petition will not impact the $4.2 million in remaining borrowing assigned to other projects. “We’re opposed in principle to the borrowing, but not to the rest of the projects,” Christ said. “The borrowing for the convention center, however, is the biggest chunk of the bond and the most onerous.” The center will consist of a 1,200seat, two-story theater capable of hosting full-scale dramatic presentations and concerts. Preliminary work was slated to begin this week. The project was secured as part of a renewal of the city’s partnership with the Maryland Stadium Authority in

operating the convention center. The state will be footing another $5.7 million for the construction. One of the key arguments against OCTSJ’s position is that the project has a dedicated source of funding. The state authorizes a half-percent food tax on the city’s behalf, which can be used only for capital improvements on the convention center. The town takes in about $1.2 million in food tax per year, the exact amount it needs to cover debt repayment on the project. However, Christ has pointed out,

food tax revenue was down eight percent for August. If the city does not have enough in food tax to pay the debt service, it will default to using its general fund revenues, which consist mainly of property taxes. However, the city’s annual food tax totals have been steady for several years. “I appreciate Tony’s concern, but to hear him tell it, the sky is falling in,” said Peck Miller, a local developer and member of the city’s Cultural Arts AdSee IMPACT on Page 26A

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Impact on existing groups, debt risk is over-played, proponents say visory Committee, which helped design the project. “Yes, food tax was down slightly this summer, but we have over $7.4 million in food tax balance that we can’t spend on anything but this project,” Miller noted. Given this dedicated reserve, it would be unlikely that the city would default on the project’s debt, unless the restaurant industry experienced a catastrophic collapse over a period of several years. Regardless of the funding arrangement, Christ said the group was opposed in principle to spending public money on improving an amenity that already operates at a loss. The convention center required a $1.3 million subsidy this past fiscal year. Continued from Page 25A

“It seems the rule is that if it loses money, it has to be publicly funded,” Christ said. “If this was a worthwhile project, why wouldn’t a private business done it already?” The convention center is one of many operations the city maintains that does not make money in and of itself, but which creates an economic stimulus. “We’ve seen a huge amount of development and economic growth because of things the city has done to draw people,” Miller said. “That’s the whole idea of a public-private partnership. There are things that can be done publicly that individual economies cannot.” The larger debate, and likely the one which will determine the success of Christ’s petition, is the issue of

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whether or not the performing arts center will actually accomplish what it desires. Earlier this year, the project came under fire after an internal spreadsheet from convention center staff was leaked, listing 33 events that would be adversely impacted by the renovation. Only nine of those events would be able to utilize the performing arts center. With fixed seating, the theater will replace more flexible open-layout hall space, potentially hindering some large gatherings and trade shows. Groups such as the Epic Cheerleaders and the Maryland State Firemen’s Convention had expressed concern over the project, and local hoteliers and promoters said that the theater was too small to provide the size of bookings they required. Since then, however, Convention Center Director Larry Noccolino has said that those issues have been resolved, and he is confident the performing arts center will be able to add new events without compromising existing ones. But Christ is still skeptical.

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“All of the goods of this project are entirely theoretical, but all the bads are finite,” he said. “That’s not the best way to do business.” If OCTSJ’s petition is successful, it will throw a serious wrench in the city’s fiscal planning. The town is projected to have spent roughly $1 million out-of-pocket by the end of the year on the project, which it expects to reimburse with borrowed money after the bond sale. Further, it has already entered into contracts with design and construction firms for the upcoming work, which is anticipated to take until the end of 2014. As such, City Hall officials have already come out with skepticism regarding the petition drive. “Please listen very carefully when you are approached to sign this petition,” Councilman Doug Cymek wrote in a Facebook posting this week. “In the coming days you will hear the facts from the mayor and others that will be straight forward and to the point. “Should Mr. Christ be successful with his petition it will undoubtedly be costly to the taxpayers of Ocean City,” Cymek wrote.

(Oct. 25, 2013) After one trooper was struck and critically injured and another trooper’s car was destroyed within four days, it is clear to Maryland State Police that drivers need to be reminded about the state’s ‘move over’ law, which is intended to increase safety for police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel when they are working along Maryland roads. State troopers across Maryland will be conducting coordinated traffic initiatives reminding motorists of the importance of the ‘move over” law. Special enforcement operations will be underway in every area of the state. Drivers are being warned now to be alert for these operations. Early on the morning of Oct. 6, Trooper Jacqueline Kline was struck by a passing vehicle while she was assisting another trooper on the shoulder of Route 100 in Anne Arundel County. The preliminary investigation indicates the driver failed to move over as he passed the two marked police cars with their emergency lights activated. Trooper Kline remains hospitalized in critical condition. While investigating a crash on I695 in Baltimore County on Oct. 12, Trooper First Class Justin Updegraff’s

marked patrol car was destroyed when a driver failed to move over or slow down. Fortunately, Tfc. Updegraff was outside his vehicle when it was struck. He did not sustain any injuries. The intent of the ‘move over’ law is to provide an extra barrier of safety for police officers, firefighters, and emergency rescue personnel working on Maryland roads. The law requires drivers approaching from the rear of a stopped emergency vehicle with it lights activated, to change into an available lane not next to the emergency vehicle. This movement should only be done if safe to do so. When there is no available lane for drivers to move over into, such as on a single lane road, drivers are required to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed as they pass the emergency scene. It is hoped this awareness initiative will remind drivers to be aware of police and emergency workers stopped on the roads and to move away from them or slow down as they pass by the traffic stop or incident scene. Violation of the ‘move over’ law is a primary offense with a fine of $110 and one point. If the violation contributes to a traffic crash, the fine is $150 and three points. If the violation contributes to a traffic crash resulting in death or serious injury, the fine is $750 and three points.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) Chesapeake Hearing Centers, Inc. presented Jacob Landis a sponsorship check recently in his quest to raise $1,000,000 and hit a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Run For Hearing.â&#x20AC;? Landis, 24, left his home in Annapolis last April for a 175-day bicycle ride which took him more than 10,000 miles to every Major League Baseball park in the country to raise awareness about the benefits of cochlear implants. Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ride ended in September at Marlins Park in Miami. Deaf by age 10, Jacob received a cochlear implant allowing him to be fully functional in the hearing world. Combining his love of cycling and baseball with a desire to help others, Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to raise $1 million for others who could benefit from a cochlear implant but cannot afford one. Hearing impairment is now the number one birth defect among children born in America. With more than 500,000 Americans living with severe to profound hearing loss, cochlear implants are the most successful medical intervention for those profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. A small, complex electronic device, the implant bypasses the damaged parts of the inner ear and delivers electrical impulses to the auditory nerve sending information to the brain. Cochlear implants, coupled with intensive post-op therapy, can help young children to acquire speech, language, and social skills. Adults who have lost all or most of their hearing later in life often can benefit from cochlear implants as they learn to associate the signal provided by an implant with sounds they remember. Having completed his ride and surviving being hit by a truck in South Florida, Jacob is still determined to hit his fund raising goal. He raised $150,000 during the Ride and is continuing to see the fund grow. Donations can be made through www.jacobsride.com. Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ride is a donor-directed fund created under The Annapolis Community Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Proceeds from Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ride will be distributed to foundations who help cochlear implant candidates including proceeds will benefit The Gift of Hearing Foundation in Narragansett, R.I.; The Listening Center in the Department of Otolaryngology â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore; the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.; and the J.W. Pickle Foundation in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, please visit www.helpyourhearing.com.

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OBITUARIES Dr. Robert Thomas Adkins, M.D. OCEAN CITY– Dr. Robert Thomas Adkins, M.D., 83, of Ocean City passed away on Wednesday Oct. 16, 2013, with his wife by his side, at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center from cardiac complications resulting from a recent fall. Born on Feb. 19, 1930 in Fruitland, he was the son of the late Levin Isaac Adkins and Louise Thomas Adkins. Having graduated from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (1952) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1956), he went on to Intern at Mercy Hospital before completing a two year obligation in the United States Army as a Post Surgeon in Indiantown Gap, Pa. Upon completion of his service obligation, he returned to Fruitland where he started a successful private medical practice serving the families of Fruitland and surrounding areas. In 1968 he expanded his medical services by joining what was then known as the Peninsula General Hospital and the “accident – ward”, later to be called the Emergency Room. He, along with some fellow physicians, started a corporation that still exists to this day known as Emergency Service Associates (ESA) serving the Peninsula Regional Medical Center, the Atlantic General Hospital, and the McCready Memorial Hospital for medical services for Trauma, Cardiac, Adult and Pediatric emergencies. In December 1994, after having helped guide the growth and decision making for emergency medical services on the lower Eastern Shore, from the days of the “accident-ward” in the 1960’s to what is now a state-of- the-art Trauma Center, he chose to retire from medical practice. In honor of his years of tireless service to the community, the Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) showed honor to his career by naming the Emergency Room facility “The Robert T. Adkins, M.D. Emergency/Trauma Center.” In addition to his medical career, both private and at PRMC, he was very active

in the development of the local emergency medical services (EMS) system for the Eastern Shore, and was instrumental in the education and training of the medical personnel “in the field”, our Paramedics. He served as Medical Director for Region IV for MIEMSS EMS for many years and was awarded “EMS Physician Of The Year in 1995”. He was a very active member of the Ocean City Paramedics Foundation, acting not only as a liaison between the Foundation and the Ocean City Paramedics (OCFD), but also providing guidance to the fiscal operation of the Foundation. He served as the President of the Foundation in 2000-2001 and had only recently retired from the Foundation in September of this year. Doc, as he was known by many friends, found enjoyment thru his role in numerous organizations. He was a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, a long term member of Centennial Masonic Lodge 221, AF & AM, the Salisbury Scottish Rite (2002 Mason Of The Year, a Past President, and “Director Of Works” for the past 12 years), the Eastern Shore Scottish Rite (a Past President), the Baltimore Scottish Rite, the Boumi Temple Of The Shrine, and the Ocean City Shrine Club (Past President). He was also an active member of the Atlantic United Methodist Church in Ocean City and he, along with his wife, established a Christian Education Endowment Fund for the youth of AUMC. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Nancy Jackson Adkins, four children, Catherine Adkins Suraci and husband F. Skip, ESQ., of Belle Haven, Va., Laura Kramer and husband Fred, of Fruitland, James Adkins and wife Catherine, of Berlin, and Hal Adkins and wife Alison, of Ocean City and 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by one son, Dr. Robert Thomas (Tom) Adkins, Jr, D.O. Prior to his death he had chosen to have his body donated to The Anatomy Board Of Maryland for medical education and research. A memorial service

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will be held at Atlantic United Methodist Church, on Fourth Street in Ocean City, on Saturday Nov. 2, 2013 at 11 a.m. with a visitation to meet the family commencing one hour prior to the Service. Reverend George Patterson will officiate. In lieu of flowers to the family, Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Ocean City Paramedics Foundation, P.O. Box 3099, Ocean City, Md. 21843 and/or the Atlantic United Methodist Church, 105-4th Street, Ocean City, Md. 21842. Edward George Merrill OCEAN CITY– Edward George Merrill, age 77, died on Thursday Oct. 17, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., he was the son of the late Edward V. Merrill and Theresa McCans. He is survived by his wife Teresa B. Merrill. Also surviving are two sons, Edward G. Merrill and Joseph M. Merrill and his wife Sharon, four daughters, Teresa M. Merrill, Anne Marie Love, Elizabeth M. Merrill and Rita M. Martinenza and her husband Eric, as well as 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren with one on the way. Edward was preceded in death by two sons James A. Merrill and Vincent D. Merrill. Mr. Merrill had worked at Chilton’s Printing for many years. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Ocean City. Father Richard Smith officiated. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Germantown, Pa. at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Expressions of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Robert James Werner BERLIN–Robert James Werner, age 83, died at home on Saturday Oct. 19, 2013. Born in Boston Mass. he was the son of the late Harold Werner and Margaret Ryan Werner. He is survived by his wife Joanne M. Werner. He was preceded in death by a son Robert J. Werner Jr., and a brother Harold E. Werner. Also surviving are two sons, Richard C. Werner and William R. Werner and his wife Debbie, three daughters, Mary V. Kelly and her husband Timothy, Elizabeth A. Martin and her husband Robert and Janet M. Powers and her husband Todd, one sister, Mary V. Gay, 10 grandchildren, Daniel Miles, Kristina Hetrick and her husband Michael, Kaitlyn Humphries and her husband Lucas, Nicole Posinski and her husband Richard, Chelsea Martin, Sarah Kelly, Brandon Werner and his wife Mari, Madelyn Powers, Christopher Kelly and Colton Powers and two great grandchildren, Kylee and Samuel. Bob joined the U.S. Navy in 1947, soon after he graduated from East Boston High School. He served as an Aerographer’s Mate until 1953. He began his career in Meteorology in 1955 at the lowest government service level and progressed to the highest grade level obtainable in Meteorological Operations before he retired in

1985. He and his wife, Joanne, married in 1954 and had six children, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was a loving husband and father, who was devoted to his family. His other great love was sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. He enjoyed building model sailboats. A memorial service was held on Thursday Oct. 24, 2013 at noon at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802-1733. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home. Expressions of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Todd Alfred Kappel BERLIN–Todd Alfred Kappel, 49, departed his mortal life on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in his home, surrounded by friends and family. Todd was born and raised in North Merrick, N.Y. and later lived in Ocean Pines and shared a home with his wife in Ellendale, Del. Todd was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred Fritz Kappel and Gladys Walker Kappel. He was a man dedicated to the wellbeing of others and his community. He began volunteer service as a teenager, as a junior firefighter cadet with the North Merrick Volunteer Fire Company, of North Merrick, N.Y. He continued to serve in the fire service and as an EMT with North Merrick and later with the Ocean Pines Fire Company in Ocean Pines, having served there as assistant chief in 2000. He was also an integral part of the Gee… You Will Project, a women’s mentoring program founded by his wife. Todd worked with the Marriot Corporation in his years in New York, and then as a contractor in government service. He moved to Maryland to care for his parents and formed Todd’s Enterprises, owning Resort Plaza Laundromat in Ocean City for several years. He later went to work for the State of Delaware, Court of Common Pleas, as a court officer until his retirement in May, 2012. He is survived by his beloved wife of 12 years Rosemary Joseph-Kappel; siblings, Brett Kappel and wife Cindy, and their children Ethan and Nina, of Reston, Va.; and Linda Goodwin and husband Robert, and their children Jenna and Douglas of St. James, N.Y. Additionally, he is loved greatly by his family of aunts, cousins, in-laws and many nieces, nephews, godchildren, and family-by-heart he earned through his genuine affection for others. A visitation will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market St., Georgetown, Del. and also Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Ellendale United Methodist Church, Main St., Ellendale with funeral services to begin at 2:30 p.m. at the church. Interment will be in Ellendale Cemetery, Ellendale. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, Wreaths Across America or a charity close to your heart in his memory.

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Post-season action begins for Decatur girls’ soccer team LISA CAPITELLI ■ Managing Editor

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Five Stephen Decatur golfers will compete in the 3A/4A state championship on the University of Maryland College Park course next week. They are, from left, Danny Parker, Brooks Holloway, Matt Kristick, Delaney Iacona and Andrew Urban.

Five Decatur golfers to tee off at state tourney Third time competing for Urban, Iacona; debut for Parker, Kristick, Holloway LISA CAPITELLI ■ Managing Editor

(Oct. 25, 2013) Five Stephen Decatur golfers will compete in the 4A/3A state championship on the University of Maryland College Park course next week. Last week’s District VIII championship at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Cambridge was a qualifier for the state competition. Decatur finished in first place with a 314. Contributing to the win was freshman Matt Kristick (73), senior captain Andrew Urban (78) and juniors Danny Parker (81) and Brooks Holloway (82). The foursome will represent Decatur as a team during the 3A/4A state tournament, which begins with the semifinal round on Monday. Junior Delaney Iacona shot a 90 during the district match. If a female golfer shoots a 94 or lower during districts she advances to the state tournament. Iacona’s score qualified her for states as an individual.

This will be the third time both Urban and Iacona have participated in the state championship. Urban said he is excited to compete in the state tournament and he hopes to perform better than last year. “To compete at the state level you have to practice harder than your peers, that means on and off the course, every single day. You must persevere and never give up even after a bad day,” Urban said. “As part of the team, I hope to play my best and play my hardest to help get this team a victory to end my senior year. If we all play to our potential we have a definite chance of taking the state title.” Iacona said she is also excited to make her third state appearance. Participating in the match gives the Seahawks time to grow closer as a team, she said. “You have to relax and stay confident to play at states. It’s a big tournament and anything can happen. You just have to stay positive,” Iacona said. “I hope that this year I can shoot in the 70’s. I know that I am capable of it. I just have to believe. I also hope that the boys can post a good number as a team.” Kristick, Holloway and Parker will make their state tournament debuts and all three players said they are looking forward to the experience.

Kristick has made a name for himself this season, performing at a high level as a freshman. He said he has high expectations for himself and the team at states. “If our team plays to the potential we have, then we will have a good chance in competing for the state title,” Kristick said. “For myself, I’m using this year to gain some experience that I can use in the years to come. I still expect that I will be able to compete with the upperclassmen there, but still understand that I’m only a freshman.” Holloway said it takes consistency, perseverance and discipline to compete at the state level. “Golf is played as a team, but each of us contributes individually. My goal is to play well and finish strong for my team,” he said. “I hope to gain experience playing at the state level and improve my game in preparation for my senior golf season.” Parker wants to shoot in the 70s the first day of competition and assist his team in advancing to the second round. He hopes to play up to his capabilities and help the team shoot a low overall score, he said. “It takes a lot of hard work, talent, dedication, desire and passion to comSee STATE on Page 31A

(Oct. 25, 2013) The Stephen Decatur girls' soccer team wrapped up regularseason competition with three games last week. The Seahawks fell to the Parkside Rams 3-1 last Monday and 2-1 to the Easton Warriors on Wednesday. Last Thursday, Decatur shut out the Wi-Hi Indians 2-0 in Salisbury. Junior Jillian Petito scored both goals. "The end of the week last week the girls were tired and kind of beat up, but (after the weekend) they looked well rested [Monday]," Coach Misty Bunting said. "The girls look good. They're focused." The Seahawks finished the season 74. They received the No. 4 seed in Section I of the 3A South regional tournament. "We have to take it game by game now. Your record doesn't mean much," Bunting said. "We have new wind in our sails and we're ready to go." During practices this week, Bunting said the Seahawks planned to correct the mistakes they've been making. She said the team's transition game has been weak out of the back and the girls need to settle the ball and not get caught flatfooted. Making better decisions was another aspect of the game the squad planned to work on this week. Decatur was originally set to play the No. 5 Northeast (AA) Eagles Friday, Oct. 25., in Berlin, but because the football team has a home game, the match was pushed back to Thursday. The winner will battle the top-seeded Huntingtown Hurricanes (10-0-1) on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

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Monday and the 2A/1A schools will take the course Tuesday for the semifinal rounds. The top 40 percent of teams and top 40 percent of individuals from each group will advance to the final round on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Having the state tournament on the University of Maryland course benefits Western Shore teams, Decatur Coach Jim Krall said. Decatur is at a disadvantage, he said, because his golfers are used to playing flat courses. “The Decatur team is extremely talented and can hang with the best of

them, if they use good course management and club selection. One or two practice rounds can not compare to players who grew up playing hilly courses,” he said. “The Decatur golfers must practice hitting shots with the ball well above and below their feet, as well as downhill and uphill lies. If they can master the changes in elevation, they can slam dunk the competition. Nonetheless, Coach [Don] Furbay and I are extremely proud of everyone and look forward to an exciting state tournament experience.”

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Worcester advances to ESIAC title game LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

(Oct. 25, 2013) The Worcester Prep boys’ soccer team closed out the regular season playing at a high level. Last Friday in Berlin, the Mallards battled to a 1-1 tie with the Holly Grove Eagles. Sophomore Brian Trupo put Worcester on the board about five minutes before the halftime break. See MALLARDS on Page 32A

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Prep squad ends regular season with unblemished record

Prep volleyball team falls to Crusaders in PACC semifinals OCEAN CITY TODAY/LISA CAPITELLI

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(Oct. 25, 2013) The Worcester Prep field hockey team shut out its final two opponents of the regular season, the Holly Grove Eagles and Gunston Day Herons, 5-0 to remain undefeated. Last Friday against Holly Grove in Berlin, senior captain Meg Lingo scored two goals and Alison Greer had one to give the Lady Mallards a 3-0 lead at halftime. Lingo and Greer, a senior, each netted a shot in the second half. Senior goalie Maddie Pilchard stopped two Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shots. Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six seniors were honored after the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an excellent game and senior program,â&#x20AC;? said Prep Coach Jenny Frostrom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are all talented athletes and will be greatly missed.â&#x20AC;? On Monday, senior captain Sarah Arrington tallied two goals, and Lingo and senior Hannah Esham scored one each to put Worcester on top 4-0 over Gunston at the end of the first half. Lingo logged the Mallardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fifth goal in the second half. Pilchard recorded two saves and freshman Stormy McGuiness made three. Junior right back Carolyn Dorey also came up with a big save. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They played very well. We have a set groove now,â&#x20AC;? Frostrom said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone knows their role on the field. Plays are set, corners are better than ever and we are ready for playoffs.â&#x20AC;? Worcester earned the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference tournament. On Wednesday, the Mallards hosted the Herons for the ESIAC semifinals. It See LADY on Page 33A

Worcester Prep senior Noah Conboy controls the ball during the Oct. 18 game against Holly Grove.

Mallards to play Jags for trophy The Eagles evened the score with about 13 minutes on the clock. Tied 1-1, the game went into overtime. After two 10-minute extra periods, the match ended in a tie. Prep senior goalie Isiah Nsah had 10 saves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very physical, hard fought game with both sides playing outstanding defense,â&#x20AC;? Prep Coach Terry Underkoffler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the kind of game to expect as you get closer to the playoffs.â&#x20AC;? Worcester finished the regular season with a 9-1 victory over the Gunston Day Herons on Monday in Centreville. Senior captain Ryan Nally and freshman Aria ZiaShakeri each scored twice. Nsah, senior captains J.B. Loomis and Chris Klug, junior Sam Deeley and senior Lane Spangler had one goal. Sophomore goalie Charlie Pritchard had three saves. Worcester and Salisbury Christian had Continued from Page 31A

the same Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference records so a coin flip determined the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The Prep team lost the toss. Worcester played No. 3 Holly Grove Wednesday in Berlin. Eight minutes into the ESIAC semifinals, freshman Owen Nally scored. Loomis boosted the lead to two five minutes before halftime. The Eagles scored twice to tie the game. Trupo gave Worcester the go-ahead goal with about eight minutes left. The Mallards won 3-2. Nsah stopped seven Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was one of the best defensive games weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played,â&#x20AC;? Underkoffler said. The Mallards (11-3-2) advanced to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ESIAC championship. They will play the Salisbury Christian Jaguars in Salisbury. The squads met twice this season. The Mallards won the first game 2-1. Salisbury took the second 4-0.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) The Worcester Prep and Chesapeake Christian volleyball teams went head-to-head last Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Peninsula Athletic Christian Conference tournament. The Crusaders won the first game on their home court in Easton, 25-15, but the Worcester Prep Mallards fought back and earned a 25-15 victory in the second contest. Prep struggled to play as a cohesive unit and poor passing and serving led to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demise. Chesapeake Christian took the third and fourth games, 25-23 and 25-19, respectively, to win the competition. Junior Mattie Maull was the top producer for Worcester at the net. She tallied three kills and blocked two hits. Freshman Karlie Southcomb had three kills and a block. Prep senior Claire Stickler, who received All-Conference honors, logged two aces and three digs. The Mallards lost 11 matches before winning the final two of the regular season â&#x20AC;&#x153;when things really started to make sense and click,â&#x20AC;? said first-year Assistant Coach Cheryl Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls played and had fun. The wins happened due to their commitment to play as a team by giving their best joint effort.â&#x20AC;? First-year Head Coach Karen Hammer said her playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; level of performance improved from the start of the season, which kicked off in mid-August, to the end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had hoped for a better season, but we had injuries and illnesses and other schedule conflicts that pushed us back during practices and games,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My words of wisdom or encouragement were to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;erase I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t from your vocabulary.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I would hope some of them can and will remember those words one day. I hope they will take this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season and be a stronger and more passionate team next year.â&#x20AC;? Added Brown, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team is just in the beginning stages, starting with the basics especially communication. Some individuals can celebrate personal accomplishments for their stats and knowledge gained about the sport.â&#x20AC;? The first year coaching the squad was a learning experience, Hammer and Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great opportunity to share our love/passion for the sport,â&#x20AC;? Brown added. Three senior captainsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Stickler, Bethany Wolpin and McKenna Shanahanâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;will graduate in May. This was only the third year the volleyball program has been offered at the school. The seniors have competed since the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inception. Underclassmen made up the majority of Hammerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roster this year, which bodes well for the future as they will return in 2014 with a season of experience under their belts.

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Lady Mallards eye second consecutive conf. championship

Lady Mallards shut out SS Dragons in ESIAC semifinals

was also the “Pink Game” for breast cancer awareness. The Prep team won 5-0 and advanced to Friday’s championship. Greer netted two shots in the first half and junior Jordie Loomis had one goal. Greer and Lingo scored one apiece in the second half. Pilchard and McGuiness were not challenged as the Worcester defense kept Gunston away from the goal. “They played really well. Everyone on JV and varsity got playing time,” Frostrom said. Worcester (13-0) and the second seeded Sts. Peter & Paul Sabres will go head-to-head today, Friday, at 3:30 p.m. in Berlin for the ESIAC championship crown. The teams met twice this season with the Mallards winning 3-1 and 6-1. The Sabres’ only losses were to the Berlin squad this year. “They’re going to come fighting hard. They’re going to give us a good game,” Frostrom said. “My girls need to be focused and have a good game.” Worcester captured the program’s first ESIAC title last year, winning 3-2 over Sts. Peter & Paul.

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Worcester Prep sophomore Isabel Carulli shields the ball from a Holly Grove player during last Friday’s game in Berlin. Worcester won 5-0.

Copes’ three TDs lead Decatur team past Wi-Hi, 29-8 LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

BANK RECOGNIZES WEEK 7 DECATUR MVP The Bank of Ocean City sponsors the Stephen Decatur football team. An MVP is chosen each game. As part of its annual $500 pledge, the bank makes a donation to the SDHS Athletic Boosters in that player’s name. Week 7 winner is Demond Henry. Pictured, from left, are Coach Bob Knox, Henry and Bank of OC’s Earl Conley.

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a senior, rushed six times for 40 yards. Meekins was 3-for-7 passing for 47 yards. He totaled 25 yards on four rushes. Leading the Decatur defense was sophomore Dryden Brous with 11 tackles and one sack. Borradaile chipped in on the defensive end with nine tackles and senior Chase Sams had eight tackles, one sack and a fumble recovery. Sophomore Gus Esham made six tackles and sacked the Wi-Hi quarterback twice. The James M. Bennett Clippers (2-5) will come to Berlin tonight, Friday. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. For Decatur to be successful, Knox said his players must stop the Clippers’ top players, be disciplined, not turn the ball over, play every play like its their last and be physical.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) Senior P.J. Copes led the Stephen Decatur football team with three touchdowns last Thursday against the Wi-Hi Indians in Salisbury. The visiting Seahawks won the game 29-8 and improved their record to 4-3. “We played well on the offensive side of the ball. We played hard, we were aggressive, we were disciplined and we didn’t turn the ball over,” said Decatur Coach Bob Knox. “On defense, we played well enough to win. The effort was good, we just missed too many tackles. On a couple of third downs we stepped up and held them.” Decatur junior quarterback Justin Meekins and Copes pushed the Seahawks to a 13-0 first-quarter lead. Copes scored his second touchdown of the night just before halftime. The Seahawks went into the break ahead 200. They added a safety in the third quarter to gain a 22-0 advantage. Wi-Hi (2-5) came back with eight in the fourth quarter to cut Decatur’s lead to 14. Copes ran the ball 35 yards in the final minutes to secure the victory. Copes rushed 18 times, racking up 138 yards. Senior Demond Henry ran the ball 11 times for 122 yards. Andrew Borradaile,

(Oct. 25, 2013) The Worcester Prep girls’ soccer team ended the regular season on a high note, with a 5-0 victory over the Salisbury Christian Jaguars last Friday. “We played very well and connected the dots all over the field,” said Prep Coach Carol Hartnett after the win in Salisbury. Senior captain Lilly DiNardo had a hat trick in the first half and junior Molly Soule also scored to give the Mallards a 4-0 lead. Freshman Olivia Bescak tallied the team’s fifth goal in the second half. Sophomore goalie Grace Tunis played 60 minutes and made eight saves. Mikalah Potvin, a junior, took over in goal for the last 20 minutes had one save. The Mallards finished the regular season 7-2. They had the same record as Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference rivals, the Sts. Peter & Paul Sabres, so the squad to get the top seed for the tournament was determined by a coin toss. Worcester won the flip and received the No. 1 seed. Worcester hosted the No. 4 Salisbury School Dragons Wednesday for semifinal action and won 7-0. It was also Senior Day. Six Mallards were honored. DiNardo had another first-half hat trick. She added a fourth goal in the second half. Sophomores Julia D’Antonio and Laura Issel and freshman Maggie Coutu chipped in with a goal apiece. Tunis had six saves and Potvin three. “They played well,” Hartnett said. “The kids were pretty motivated.” Worcester will battle Sts. Peter & Paul for the ESIAC championship title today, Friday, at 3:30 p.m. in Berlin. The teams met twice during the regular season. The Mallards won the first game 1-0 and the Sabres took the second 2-1. Friday’s competition is the grudge match. “We’ve come far along since the beginning of the season. They’ve learned so much and they’re applying it,” Hartnett said. “I feel like all our ducks are in a row going into Friday’s game.”

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Serving huge part of Decatur Seahawks’ victory over Warriors Squad now preparing for regional competition; play kicks off next week LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor (Oct. 25, 2013) The Stephen Decatur Seahawks were smiling and laughing and it was obvious they were having a good time on the court Monday as they faced the Pocomoke Warriors volleyball team in Berlin. “I think that makes a world of difference. When they’re having Coach Zimmer fun and they’re being a little goofy, I feel like they play more comfortable and a lot better,” said Decatur Coach Sarah Zimmer after the victory. The home team won the first game 25-9. The Seahawks outscored the Warriors 25-13 in the second game. Serving was key in the third game as Decatur tallied 14 aces in the 25-5 win.

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Stephen Decatur senior captain Katie VanBruggen plays the ball over the net during Monday’s game against Pocomoke in Berlin.

Senior Kiley Cooke served five of those aces. She also logged seven kills in the three-game match. Also contributing to the win was senior captain Katie VanBruggen (eight aces, six kills), who finished the third game with a jump serve ace, and juniors Haley Trice (seven aces, six assists) and Kayla Heinz (seven assists). Senior Ashley DePaul had five digs. “I thought we started off a little slow and flat-footed, but then we definitely picked it up, and making a few little adjustments of the front row getting off the net when they needed to, I thought they did much better by the end,” Zimmer said. “We were moving and talking a lot better.” The draw for position in the regional tournament brackets is Monday. Decatur (8-7) will compete in Section I of the 3A South division. Playoff action is scheduled to begin Thursday, Oct. 31. “I still feel like there are little things that we need to improve on that we’ve been working on all season long that maybe haven’t quite clicked yet,” Zimmer said. “But if they can play like they did [Monday], comfortable [and] having fun, then we’ll be fine.”

Decatur boys’ soccer team falls to Easton in Bayside title game Greenwood: I try to take every loss as a positive. I hope this is a wake-up call LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor (Oct. 25, 2013) The Stephen Decatur boys’ soccer team hoped to use the large Washington College field to its advantage, but the game plan didn’t work out for the Seahawks in their 3-0 loss to the Easton Warriors in the Bayside Conference championship Monday. Coach “Going into the game, I thought we’d Greenwood play better because it’s a big field and we’d have more space to work. We worked on spreading the field during practice,” said Decatur Coach Jamie Greenwood. “But there was too much space and it didn’t play to our advantage. We tried to play spread out, what we play on our field. We tried to play a big game on a big field, but we should have played a

small game on a big field.” Greenwood said the Warriors had the Seahawks back on their heels in the first half. Decatur had trouble generating any offense, he said. Easton, meanwhile, raced to a 2-0 halftime lead. Greenwood said he made some strategic moves and shifted players around in the second half. The Seahawks had some opportunities, but the Warriors packed in the defensive end and held Decatur scoreless. “We’ve got to find our heart,” Greenwood said. “I try to take every loss as a positive. I hope this is a wakeup call.” The next day before practice, Greenwood hung a motivational sign on the goal net as the Seahawks now prepare for the playoffs. Decatur (10-3), who has been hampered by injuries, received the No. 2 seed in Section I of the 3A South regional tournament and a first-round bye. The squad will play the No. 3 Northeast (AA) Eagles Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m. in Berlin. “I’m optimistic. We need a good week of training, hard work and focus,” Greenwood said earlier this week. “I hope to have a good showing on Tuesday.”

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Forget FEMA, it’s wrong, city’s right What a conundrum. Resort officials and others have argued for years that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, should recognize the reduced risk of major flood damage here because of tougher building code standards and the resort’s dune protection system. Now that FEMA has acknowledged that risk reduction because of the dune line, city officials are apparently reluctant to relax these strict building requirements because they believe that same level of danger still exists. The problem with construction codes of all types, which are designed to protect not only property owners and the occupants of structures, but also government itself, is they make building anything much more expensive. Thus the conflicting circumstances posed by FEMA’s acknowledgment of reduced risk and the rigid construction standards that Ocean City government imposed to address the previous assessment of risk would suggest that one of these entities is out of sync with reality. If you guessed local government, you would be wrong. It’s FEMA. Even before Sandy destroyed coastal New Jersey and parts of New York, FEMA was $18 billion in debt. In the aftermath of Sandy, it not only redrew flood maps, but also raised premiums in so-called high-risk areas to impossibly high levels. Here, FEMA went in the other direction, determining that there is little flood risk for ocean block structures behind the dune line. Common sense dictates that this is not so and, while some aspects of the building code might go too far, the overall protections the code provides make sense no matter what FEMA says. Besides, the relatively inexpensive flood insurance rates local property owners qualify for under FEMA’s new designations, along with the city’s own flood protection measures, give property owners a good combination of high safety at a comparatively low cost.

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

My desk was waiting for me in Ocean City PHIL JACOBS ■ Editor Thirty-nine years ago, I remember putting on the only tie I owned. Purple paisley with a gold background. I combined it with what was probably the only unwrinkled shirt hanging in my University of Maryland, College Park dorm closet. I headed over to the Journalism Building, a junior journalism major. It was a summer internship meeting day. I had signed up to speak to only one editor. If journalism wasn’t going to work for me that summer, I’d be back working behind a bar owned by my roommate. I really wanted to write. I wanted to cover sports. Mostly, I wanted to spend the summer in Ocean City. The ocean was then and still is a place of healing when it means working. The young man sitting behind the internship introduced himself with a great handshake and huge smile as Gee Williams. We spoke for about an hour. All I know is that there was a letter waiting for me when I returned home the following weekend to my

parents’ house. It had the Eastern Shore Times logo on the envelope. It was either a rejection note or the beginning of a career. I remember my mother urging me to open the letter right away. But I was so afraid that the answer would be a “no.” Instead, after holding it up to the kitchen light to see if I could get answers through a sealed envelope, I tore it open. Few actual times in one’s life do we have a “life changer.” This one was one of those times. That May, I came to Ocean City. Our office was located on 33rd at Ocean Highway. Challenge No. 1 happened on day No. 1. I was the Sports Editor of “The Diamondback,” the University of Maryland’s student daily. I covered Coach Jerry Claiborne and the football team; Coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell and the basketball team and Coach Buddy Beardmore’s NCAA champion lacrosse team. My intern supervisor was a young guy named Stewart Dobson. Both he and Gee together gave me a map of the Atlantic Ocean with various fishing spots and wrecks on it.

This came with the phone numbers of tackle shops downtown. Fishing, they told me, was going to be my primary beat. I had never gone fishing in my life. It was a world though that had me go out on several fishing boats during the summer, covering a relatively new tournament called “The White Marlin Open.” After leaving Ocean City to cover sports and then become a news reporter and then an editor, with an eight-year stint in Detroit, and the rest pretty much in Baltimore, I always kept my friendship alive with Stewart Dobson. I’d vacation at the beach and would at times visit or call him for a piece of advice or to get his take on a situation. Over the years, Stewart would always say, “your desk is waiting for you.” In mid-summer, I made the call to Stewart yet again. The conversation ended with “your desk is waiting for you.” This time I listened. I’m sitting behind that desk now. It was worth the wait to be here.

over 35 years. My husband and I have experienced a wonderful quality of life raising our three daughters here in town. We have had the good fortune of running several successful businesses in Ocean City. Our first business was a sailboat rental on the bay in 1979. We grew our businesses to the point that in some years we were employing 50-100 seasonal workers at a time. As we designed and built our businesses, we gained a multitude of experience working with the Town of Ocean City through the building and permit process. Our latest project is the Town Center Midtown Boardwalk on 67th St. Through all of those years in development, we have realized how lucky we are to live in a town where the people we elect and the town staff sincerely cares about Ocean City. For that, we are grateful. We have watched the landscape of Ocean City evolve over the years and we have been part of that evolution. As we built our businesses, others were doing the same and slowly what used to be sandy lots along the bay have become condos or restaurants, homes or shops. Older, dilapidated buildings have

been replaced by new construction. In addition to our new boardwalk, we have a public library and a beautiful community art gallery. Life just continues to get better and better. The point of my letter is that Ocean City is wonderful and unique. If you own a business in Ocean City, you know that a booming summer season will pay your bills and if you’re lucky enough, you can put a little aside for business improvements and enough to get you through the winter. In the offseason, when the crowds subside, many businesses depend heavily on the Convention Center business. Conventions have filled hotel rooms and restaurants and have a great impact on the tax revenue that Ocean City collects. The idea of the Convention Center attracting more business, especially in the off-season, has been talked about for years. Over the last 10 years a groundswell of interest to expand the versatility of the Convention Center has developed. The idea of a new stream of revenue, in addition to hosting traditional conventions, led to an extensive study

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Editor, I would like to warn the residents of Ocean City about a selfish and destructive anti-Ocean City petition that you will be asked to sign. Do not sign it. The petition was created by a gentleman who does not live in Ocean City. He’s a resident of Virginia. I’m sorry for this individual who I’m sure has good intentions but certainly doesn’t realize that his petition to stop construction of Phase II of the Convention Center will cost taxpayers millions. The Phase II renovation was carefully designed to be financed with state funds and through an existing Convention Center Maintenance fund (.5 percent food and beverage tax) so that the project would not cost local taxpayers a dime. If Tony Christ gets enough signatures on his petition, to stop construction, he will jeopardize the state funding that is in place and taxpayers will go from paying no tax for this project, to paying millions more after a delay. If you don’t want higher taxes, do not sign the petition. I have lived in Ocean City for

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READERS’ FORUM anything...and the businesses, community and visitors would reap the benefit of music performances and shows, especially during the off-season. This is a win-win for everyone. The city has received the financial commitment from the Stadium Authority and has broken ground. To the detriment of the businesses and residents who will benefit from Phase II of the Convention Center, Tony Christ will be knocking on your door asking you to sign a petition to stop the construction of the Performing Arts facility in the Convention Center. I’m not sure what motivates a person to start a petition against a project that has the full support of the Governor, the entire City Council and the vast majority of residents and businesses (who frankly need the additional help in the off season). I can’t think of why a few disgruntled, unhappy people (some who don’t even live in Ocean City) would

which supported the idea of renovating part of the Convention Center so that a new arts and entertainment market could be developed. The study showed such a great potential for an increase in additional tax revenue that the Governor and Stadium Authority agreed to finance 41 percent with the balance of construction costs paid with an existing food and beverage tax, so the renovation would not cost local residents a dime. (By law, the food and beverage tax can only be used for Convention Center maintenance and development.) With all of the financing in place, the Ocean City Council voted unanimously to approve Phase II (construction of a Multi-purpose Performing Arts facility) after Phase I was completed (an additional ballroom on the waterfront of the Convention Center). The council was especially pleased that the renovation would not cost resident tax payers Continued from Page 36A

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My long-time friend Phil Jacobs is working with me after 30-some years, which is a good and bad thing. So far, we have done absolutely nothing. Deadlines have come and gone, stories have moldered in the “To be edited” folder, computers have crashed, software has been visited by the devil, and coworkers have set upon each other, while we blissfully reminisce, oblivious to it all. “Hey,” the voice shouts through the open door of our shared office, “Chevette (not her real name) bit me!” “Super. Speaking of biting commentary, Phil, do you remember the time … before I forget, we should check the policy manual’s no-biting clause … Crazy Bob wrote about that after-hours club?” “Yeah, hahahahahaha. Did I ever tell you about the time …” “Oh boys, hate to interrupt, but Semolina (not her real name) has poured gasoline on her computer and has a funny look on her face …” “Funny looks? Ha! Crazy Bob inhaled a moth one night. Now that was a funny look!” “Gentlemen? Deadline has passed … a couple of days ago, actually.” In reality, it’s nothing like that. We have been working ever since he arrived two weeks ago, although I do admit pausing occasionally to recall certain circumstances in the course of our journalistic development. The thing is, Phil contends that I was his supervisor back in his intern days, although I don’t remember doing much supervision other than to say, “No running with scissors.” Nevertheless, he is prone to saying nice things about me, none of which are true and are, no doubt, the result of his having worked in the city so long that he mistakes moderate grumpiness for joy. The other day, for example, I had just read an email from one of the many, many people who “know the true facts” and was just about to staple my own forehead out of frustration, when he popped and said, “What are you so happy about?” “Phil,” I said, “You see me about to staple my head and you think I’m happy?” “Sure. If you were unhappy, you’d be stapling someone else’s head, like when Crazy Bob …” “Oh, yeah. Hahahahahaha. Boy, those were the days, weren’t they? Like when Lazy Lester the Fester Tester had to …” No, really, I’m making all that up too. We really are getting our work done and more. It’s been good, the staff is happy, positive things are happening and all is right in the workplace. Besides, everyone seems to enjoy our food fights.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PINES PLAZA WATER AND SEWER EXTENSION CREATION OF SERVICE AREA, CONSTRUCTION, AND PROVISION OF SERVICE FROM OCEAN PINES SERVICE AREA WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND In accordance with the provisions of Sections PW 5-305, PW 5-306 and PW 5-307 of the Public Works Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland, the Worcester County Commissioners will hold a combined public hearing to create the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area in which public water and sewer services will be provided by contract from the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area through sanitary facilities to be constructed by Worcester County. The public hearing on these matters will be held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. in the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING ROOM ROOM 1101 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ONE WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area Creation - In accordance with the provisions of Section PW 5-305, as directed by the County Commissioners by Resolution No. 12-1 adopted on February 7, 2012, staff investigated the proposed establishment of the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area and found that: the proposed facilities are desirable for the comfort, convenience, health, safety and welfare of the people to be served; construction and operation of the facilities is feasible; the proposal is in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the County; the proposal will not be unduly detrimental to the environment; and the design and operation of the facility will be in accordance with all required permits and applicable standards. Provision of Services from Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area - In accordance with the provisions of Section PW 5-306, the County Commissioners propose that sanitary services to serve the newly created Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area will be provided by contract from the Ocean Pines Service Area by way of extension of the water and sewer infrastructure as envisioned in the Comprehensive Water and Sewerage Plan for Worcester County as amended by Resolution No. 05-9 adopted on April 5, 2011 which added the Greater Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area, a part of which includes the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area, and Resolution No. 11-27 adopted on November 1, 2011 which added the Ocean Pines Commercial Sub-Area (also know as the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area) to the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area for water planning purposes. Ratepayers within the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area will pay the equity contribution as established by the County Commissioners to the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area upon connection to the facilities and will thereafter pay user charges as established annually for the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area. Construction of Sanitary Facilities to Serve the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area - In accordance with the provisions of Section PW 5-307, the County Commissioners propose to construct the water and sewer facilities extending from the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area to the Pines Plaza Commercial Sanitary Service Area. Based upon recent bids for this proposed construction project, the County Commissioners have established a budget of $1,950,000.00 (one million nine hundred fifty thousand and 00/100 dollars) for this project, including construction ($510,000.00) and equity contribution ($1,440,000.00) costs. Construction funding is proposed to be borrowed from the General Fund and repaid by the individual commercial businesses served by the water and sewer facilities with an up-front cost of $5,100 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) to reimburse the construction costs to serve a total of 100 EDUs, and financing of the equity contribution cost to the Ocean Pines Sanitary Service Area over 15-years with annual interest at 3.25% resulting in a quarterly charge of $305.00 per EDU. The case file for this proposed project may be reviewed at the Department of Environmental Programs, Room 1201 (2nd Floor) - Worcester County Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday (except holidays). Interested parties may also call 410-632-1220. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend the hearing and express their views on this matter. Both written and oral testimony will be accepted. THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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(Oct. 24, 2013) It’s deer mating season or the “rut.” That means drivers need to keep a watchful eye for deer at dusk and dawn when they are most amorous. Frisky, white-tailed deer will go to any length to mate, and that includes running into the path of moving vehicles, AAA Mid-Atlantic warns. Deer-vehicle crashes can be costly and deadly, the auto club advises. In addition to white-tailed deer, motorists need to watch for other animals, such as bears, roaming into the roadway without warning. Approximately 1.6 million deermotor vehicle crashes occur each year on roads nationwide, resulting in approximately 200 fatalities, tens of thousands of injuries and over $3.6 billion in vehicle damage, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In Maryland, there were 1,587 animal-involved crashes on average yearly during the five-year period from 2007 to 2011, according to the latest data available from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office. On average, 1,355 crashes resulted in property damage. Animal-involved crashes resulted in 269 injured persons and one fatality on average. In Maryland, AAA Insurance reported a 2.8 percent increase in the number of animal collision claims filed by insured motorists between 2010 and the end of 2012. During that time the average cost of a claim was approximately $1,980. In Maryland, the auto club reports that the most animal collision claims filed were from the counties of Carroll, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery, and Harford. “Motorists need to be extra vigilant no matter what road they travel, but especially on rural, wooded roads and during commuting times which coincide with high times of deer activity. If a deer-vehicle collision is unavoidable, don’t swerve out of your lane or lose control of your vehicle.” said Ragina C. Averella, Manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Also protect yourself by always wearing a seat belt and staying alert and

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(Oct. 25, 2013) From costume contests with prizes to live music and food and drink specials, the city is gearing up for Halloween with celebrations starting tomorrow and going through Nov. 1 Here are just a few events Ocean City and the surrounding area have to offer: Friday, Oct. 25: • Seacrets, 49th Street, Ocean City: Halloween Luau to benefit the Life Crisis Center starts at 6 p.m. All-you-can-eat buffet, drinks, live entertainment, auction and best costume contest. Tickets cost $75 and can be purchased at the door. Saturday, Oct. 26: • Seacrets, 49th Street, Ocean City:

Party starts at 5 p.m. and lasts until close. Spooktacular Halloween costume contest winner takes home a trip for two to Jamaica. Live entertainment by Full Circle starts at 5 p.m.; by Element K at 9 p.m.; and by Gypsy Wisdom at 10 p.m. • Fager’s Island, 60th Street, Ocean City: Party starts at 10 p.m. and lasts until close. Best costume contest with $500 prize. Animal House will provide live entertainment from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. • Harpoon Hanna’s, Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del.: Zombie Jamboree Halloween Party to benefit Relay for Life from 5-9 p.m. $10 cover donation includes 50/50 raffle. Costume contest with prizes, silent auction and happy hour food and drink prices. A deejay will provide live entertainment.

• Ocean Club Nightclub at the Clarion Resort Fontainbleau Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City: Party starts at 8:30 p.m. Cash prizes for best costumes, must register by 10 p.m. to be eligible. On the Edge will provide musical entertainment. • Hooters, Route 50, West Ocean City: Hooters will host a ticket-only event from 7-10 p.m. to benefit the Hogs and Heroes Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $30 and include a buffet and all-you-can-drink specials. Costumes are encouraged. At 10 p.m., doors open to the public for a Halloween party. There will be happy hour specials and a costume contest. Loud Love will provide musical entertainment See HALLOWEEN on Page 3B

(Oct. 25, 2013) Children and families can celebrate Halloween with free activities in the Ocean City area starting today Friday, Oct. 25, and lasting into November. From trick-or-treating to costume contests, pony rides, hayrides, games and more, these are some of the events taking place: Ocean City: • The Ocean City Branch of the Worcester County Public Library will host a children’s Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 10:30 a.m. There will be crafts, refreshments and a costume parade at the free event sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean City Library. Call 410-524-1818 for more information. • The TownCenter Midtown Boardwalk on 67th Street will host its first annual Boo-oardwalk Halloween Parade and Trick-or-Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 6-8 p.m. Arrive by 6 p.m. to participate in the parade of costumes, followed by costume awards for the most creative and funniest costumes; trick-ortreating along the midtown boardwalk; and a taffy making demonstration at See HALLOWEEN on Page 2B

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Halloween activities on tap for children, four-legged friends Dolle’s Candyland at 7 p.m. Playgroups, scout troops, children’s organizations and families are encouraged to stop by Dolle’s Candyland, SweetFrog, Olde English Fish, Chips & Chicken or Summer House Trading Co. to register a group. Call 443880-7795 for more information. • Ocean City Recreation & Parks Department will host its annual Halloween SpookOut party Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1-3 p.m. at Northside Park on 125th Street. There will be costume contests, hayrides, carnival-style games, arts and crafts and snacks. There will be no charge for admission, although families are asked to bring one bag of individually wrapped candy per child. Call 410-250-0125 for more information. West Ocean City: • Paws & Claws’ annual Halloween “Pawrade” and Party takes place on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m. The parade starts at noon for pet owners and their four-legged friends, who are all encouraged to come in costume. There will be prizes for the best costumes and vendors will sell food and art at the event. Paws and Claws is in the Ocean Gateway Shopping Center behind Sherwin-Williams on Route 50. Call 410-213–7490 for more information. • The 19th Hole Bar & Grille on Route 611 will host its kids Halloween party Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 5-7 p.m. There will be food specials, cupcakes and candy and games with prizes. The winner of the best costume contest takes home a trophy. Call 410-213-9204 for more information. • The White Marlin Mall on Route 50 will host trick-or-treaters on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 4-6 p.m. Kids must be under 12 years old and in costume to get a treat. For additional information, go to www.whitemarlinmall.com/events.asp. • The Tanger Outlets on Route 50 will host trick-or-treaters on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4-6 p.m. Kids 12 and under are invited to trick-or-treat from store to store. Ocean Pines: • The Ocean Pines Fall Halloween Celebration takes place at White Horse Park Saturday, Oct. 26, from 1-4 p.m. There will be costume contests, carnival games, face painting, pony rides, candy and refreshments. Admission and games are free, although some attractions have a small fee attached. Ocean Pines Recreation and Continued from Page 1B

Parks is accepting donations of individually wrapped Halloween candy for the event. Call 410-641-7052 for more information. Berlin: • Frontier Town’s Haunted Trail through the Wicked Woods of the Western theme park is open to the public from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. The cost to walk through “FrontFear Town” is $5 per person. The park is located off Route 611. Call 410-641-3325 for more information. • The Berlin Branch of the Worcester County Public Library will host trick-ortreaters all day Thursday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children are encouraged to wear costumes. There will be cookies, candy and other snacks. Call 410-6410650 for more information. • The Town of Berlin’s trick or treat hours will be from 5-7 p.m. on Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31. The Berlin Police Department will have a candy checking station at Town Hall at 10 Williams Street during those hours. • The SonRise Church on Route 575 will host its annual Harvest Fair Sunday, Nov. 2, from 1-4 p.m. There will be hayrides, games, food and candy, music and prizes. Children may come dressed in costume, though scary attire is discouraged. The rain date for the fair is Saturday, Nov. 9. Fenwick Island: • Bayside Chapel brings back its Trunk or Treat event today, Friday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. Many decorated cars will be parked in the church parking lot, and kids will visit each for a treat. There will also be a costume parade, crafts including a make-your-own edible gummy worm station, face painting, a monster mash dance, drawings for prizes and hot chocolate and snacks. The event is free. Bayside Chapel is located two miles west of Harris Teeters, on Route 54. Call 302-436-7585 for more information. Salisbury: • The Salisbury Zoo will host an event for children age 10 and under on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 1-4 p.m. Kids will be able to trick or treat throughout the zoo, participate in Halloween games and compete in a costume contest. Food and some games will come at an additional charge. Tickets cost $5 for children and $2 for adults. Call 410-546-3440 for more information. See OC on Page 3B

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Halloween celebrations for adults scheduled over several days from 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. • House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del.: Halloween party with live entertainment from 4-10 p.m. Best costume contest with $50 gift certificate prize. Specials include $2 off entrées from 4-6 p.m. and up to 60 percent off menu prices. Wednesday, Oct. 30: • BJ’s on the Water, 75th Street, Ocean City: Halloween Happy Hour starts at 5 p.m. and goes all night. No costume required, but encouraged. Thin Ice will provide live entertainment. • Casino at Ocean Downs, Racetrack Road, Berlin: The Pumpkin Prize Patch runs every half hour from 12-8 p.m. at the casino. Winners will pick a pumpkin from the patch worth $100 or $200 slot dollars. Patrons must use their Players Continued from Page 1B

Rewards Card for a chance to pick a pumpkin. Thursday, Oct. 31: • Seacrets, 49th Street, Ocean City: Halloween locals party starts at 10 p.m. and lasts until close. Costume contest with cash and other prizes. Steal the Sky will provide live entertainment at 10 p.m. Specials include $2 domestic draft beers, $2.50 Natural Light and $3 for domestic and imported canned beers. • Smitty McGee’s Raw Bar and Restaurant, Route 54, Selbyville, Del.: Party starts at 8 p.m. Costume contest with over $750 in cash and prize giveaways. Randy Lee Ashcraft and the Saltwater Cowboys will provide musical entertainment until 12 a.m. • High Stakes Bar & Grill, Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del.: Party starts at 7:30 p.m. and ends around 11 p.m. There will

• Captain’s Table, 15th Street, Ocean City: Diners who wear a mask or costume get 10 percent off during breakfast and dinner. • Casino at Ocean Downs, Racetrack Road, Berlin: The Pumpkin Prize Patch runs every half hour from 12-8 p.m. at the casino. Winners will pick a pumpkin from the patch worth $100 or $200 slot dollars. Patrons must use their Players Rewards Card for a chance to pick a pumpkin. Friday, Nov. 1: • Whisker’s Bar & Grill, Cathell Road, Ocean Pines: Party starts at 8:30 p.m. Whisker’s will be decorated as a haunted house. Best costume contest with giveaways and cash prizes, must register by 11:30 p.m. to be eligible. There will be food and drink specials and karaoke provided by Donnie Berkey.

be a costume contest with gift certificates and other prizes; food and drink specials’ and bandeoke (Karaoke with a live band) by Go with the Flo. • 19th Hole Bar & Grille, Route 611, West Ocean City: Party starts at 7 p.m. Scott Glorioso will provide musical entertainment from 7-10 p.m. Best costume contest. Food and drink specials include $1 Jell-O shots, $3 candy corn shots and $4 blood orange crushes. • Abbey Burger Bistro, 127th Street, Ocean City: Halloween party with live entertainment from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Food and drink specials. • Brick House Pub at the Holiday Inn, 67th Street, Ocean City: ‘Dinner and a Show’ starts at 6:30 p.m. and includes a three-course meal and a spooky magic show by Dickens Parlour Theater. Cost is $59.

Pocomoke: • The Delmarva Discovery Center turns into the House of Pocoween today, Friday, Oct. 25, from 6-8 p.m. There will be a mermaid dive program at 6 p.m, Terrifying Tales story time at 7 p.m. and a Creepy Critters show at 7:10 p.m. At 7:45 p.m., kids participate in a costume contest with prizes. There will also be candy, games and crafts. Children in costumes are admitted free. Regular admission costs $10 for adults and $5 for children. Call 410-957-9933 for more information.

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‘OC Locals’ invited to tour Life-Saving Station Museum (Oct. 25, 2013) The Ocean City Museum Society is inviting all “locals” to visit the Life-Saving Station Museum during its “Fourth Annual Local’s Week Celebration.” If you live in or vacation here and have a love of Ocean City, you are invited to tour the museum for free Oct. 24-31 for the special “locals” celebration. Share your favorite memories or stories of Ocean City with us for our archives. Discover the local heritage and history that makes this area so unique. Complete a scavenger hunt and win a complimentary one-year museum membership. Memberships to the Museum Society are also available at many affordable levels. Become part of the fabric that makes this a great place to live and work or vacation. There will be free admission into the museum for “locals,” and fun activities. During Local’s Week, the museum, located at the southern end of the Boardwalk at the inlet, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 410-289-4991 or visit www.ocmuseum.org.

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Beach maze and great pumpkin race highlighted O.C.toberfest celebration for all ages continues in downtown area this wknd. CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) O.C.toberfest topped last year’s numbers in its first weekend and continues this Saturday and Sunday with a giant beach maze and the Great Pumpkin Race, both free events. The maze for all ages will be open tomorrow and Sunday, Oct. 26-27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the beach at North Division Street. The races begin tomorrow, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m. as homemade pumpkin racecars vie for prizes in head-to-head heats at North Division Street. O.C.toberfest first came to the city last year with the goal of bringing more family friendly Halloween activities to Ocean City, event co-producer Bob Rothermel said. Hurricane Sandy made the second weekend a wash in 2012, but this year’s events have drawn a much larger crowd so far, he said. “It was great,” Rothermel said of O.C.toberfest’s first 2013 weekend. “Even in the rain, we had several

thousand people go through (the maze) each day.” The family friendly beach maze is the size of a football field and features different themes, from pirates to zombie mermaids and creepy clowns, with a few live characters in the mix. Close to 6,000 people walked through it last weekend, topping about 4,500 trips total in 2012,

“Everyone’s very appreciative. It gives families something to do. We’re hoping for a great weekend.” BOB ROTHERMEL O.C.toberfest co-producer

Rothermel said. “That was a wonderful turnout for the first weekend being open,” said event organizer Meredith Herbert of Special Event Productions Inc. “People from all ages — newborns to grandmas — went through the maze and we received a lot of positive reactions.” Last weekend’s other O.C.toberfest

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event, the Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade, also drew a larger crowd than last year, as more than 70 dogs accompanied by groups of up to four people each paraded down the Boardwalk in costume on Saturday. Close to 2,000 people watched as two- and four-legged participants dressed as Dr. Who, Popeye and Olive Oil, pirates and much more made their way across the boards, Herbert said. Local Liz Ortiz, of Berlin, and her Rottweiler Murdock won an award for their Little Red Riding Hood/Big Bad Wolf costumes. With clear skies predicted this weekend, the Great Pumpkin Race should also draw a crowd on Saturday as participants send their racecars, made of a single pumpkin with wheels, side-by-side down a ramp. There will be prizes for race winners as well as for creativity and decorations in this free event. Registration begins at 1 p.m. The rain date is 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in the same location. “Everyone’s very appreciative. It gives families something to do,” Rothermel said. “We’re hoping for a great weekend.” To learn more about O.C.toberfest and see a video of last year’s beach maze, visit www.specialeventpro.com/ octoberfest.php.

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APPEARING LIVE 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL 9636 Stephen Decatur Highway West Ocean City 410-213-9204 Oct. 25: Dave Sherman, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 26: Louis Wright, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 31: Halloween Party w/Scott Glorioso, 7-10 p.m. BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 Oct. 25: Mood Swingers, 9 p.m. Oct. 26: Funk-O-Licious, 9 p.m. Oct. 30: Thin Ice, 5-8 p.m. CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. 410-289-7192 www.captainstableoc.com Oct. 25: Everett Spells Oct. 2627: Phil Perdue Oct. 28: Everett Everett Spells Spells FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 Oct. 25: DJ Hook, 9:30 p.m.; Jumper, 10 p.m. Oct. 26: Kevin Poole, 5:30; DJ Groove, 9:30 p.m.; Animal House, 10 p.m. Oct. 27: Jazz Brunch w/Everett Spells,

10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 Oct. 25: The Philly George Project, 8 p.m. to midnight Skye Bar Oct. 25: Test Kitchen,4-8 p.m. HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 Oct. 25: Ladies Night w/DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 26: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 DJ Bigler p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 27: DJ Billy T/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 31: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. HARPOON HANNA’S Route 54 and the bay Fenwick Island, Del. 800-227-0525 302-539-3095 Every Friday: Dave Hawkins, 6-10 p.m. Every Saturday: Dave Sherman, 6-10 p.m. Every Wednesday: Aaron Howell, 7 p.m. HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del.

302-537-6971 Oct. 25: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ ZMan, 9 p.m. Oct. 26: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; Broad St., Baltimore Bob 9 p.m. Oct. 31: Baltimore Bob, 4 p.m.

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 Every Friday and Saturday: DJ Dusty, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 2526: On the Edge

HOOTERS Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 Oct. 25: Old School Oct. 26: Halloween Party w/Loud Love, 10 p.m.

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HOUSE OF WELSH 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 888-666-0728 302-541-0728 Every Friday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m. Every Saturday: Tom Low, 4-6 p.m. Every Sunday: Tom Low, Tony Vega 5-8 p.m. JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside 410-524-7499 Oct. 25-26: Rob Fahey & The Pieces, 9:30 p.m.

OLD SCHOOL Hooters: Friday, Oct. 25 Smitty McGee’s: Saturday, Oct. 26

SCHOONER’S RESTAURANT In the Princess Royale 91st Street and the ocean 410-524-7777 Every Friday and Saturday: Harry O, 7-11 p.m. SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 Oct. 25: Blue Label, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Oct. 26: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; Element K, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Gypsy Wisdom, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Oct. 31: Steal The Sky, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Cruz, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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Participating in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run last Saturday in Ocean City, are from left, Kaitlyn Krannebitter, survivor Janet McDaniel, Eva McElwee and Daria Krannebitter.

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Siblings Philip, Colin and Bridgette Green take part in last Saturday's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run in Ocean City.

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Cancer survivors, from left, Jean "Bean" Keagle, who made cupcakes for survivors, Maureen Jock and Susan Braniecki, gather for a photo last Saturday during the Making Strides event.

Beverly Furst, chairwoman of the Ocean City Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K run/walk, joins DJ Rupe, who emceed last Saturday's event.

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Cancer survivors gather for a photo before the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run last Saturday in Ocean City.

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The group representing charters in the "Wizard of Oz” are the winners of best decorated car/participant during the third annual Vintage Ocean City License Plate Rally on the Boardwalk last Saturday, sponsored by the Ocean City Downtown Association and the Town of Ocean City.

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Doug Rupple and his daughter Lexi, participate in the third annual Vintage Ocean City License Plate Rally on the Boardwalk last Saturday.

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It was a family affair for this group who donned penguin attire for the second annual “Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade,” a part of the O.C.toberfest free activities in Ocean City last weekend. Pictured, from left, Kevin, Danielle and Christina Sandersen, who holds Cindy Lou, and Kenny Rohrbach.

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Amanda Mills dresses up her dog, B-More, for the second annual “Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade,” a part of the O.C.toberfest free activities in Ocean City last weekend.

Paul and Bonnie Montgomery put their dog, Geronimo, in a hot dog costume for the second annual “Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade,” a part of the O.C.toberfest free activities near Talbot Street in Ocean City last weekend.

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Firefighters honored during 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in OC Saturday’s event raises funds for family members, coworkers and survivors CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) Ocean City will host its inaugural 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb to honor the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Pyramid Condominium in Ocean City. Participants will climb the Pyramid’s stairs more than five times for a total of 110 stories — the number of floors in the Twin Towers — while each carries a picture of a fallen firefighter. “You are completing the event for

him,” said James L. Jester, President of the Delmarva Emerald Society, co-sponsor of the event. The stair climb is open to anyone in the community — firefighters, police and civilians — and will raise money for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), which leads efforts to honor fallen firefighters and assist their families and coworkers. “The tragedy of Sept.11 was the single largest loss of firefighters in our nation’s history,” said Chief Ron Siarnicki, executive director of the NFFF. “The 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb is an opportunity for anyone in the community to demonstrate respect and admiration for these courageous men.” The climbers in Ocean City join a nationwide effort to remember 9/11’s fallen heroes, which began in Colorado in 2005

when five firefighters convened at a highrise building in downtown Denver to climb 110 flights of stairs in memory of their brothers who died in the 9/11 attacks. The following year, 12 firefighters participated, and the event grew until it was capped at 343 participants in 2008. As of last week, the Ocean City event had 31 participants confirmed. “I’m hoping that number will double,” Jester said. To find the right location to bring the stair climb to Ocean City, the Delmarva Emerald Society e-mailed Susan Jones of the Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association and asked her to send the request to her members. “Within a day or two at the most of that email going out, the manager… of the Pyramid was one of the very first

ones to call us,” Jester said. “They were on board from the very beginning.” The stair climb is open to anyone, and members of the community are invited to participate not only as climbers, but also as volunteers or donors. The event is not a race, but an opportunity to honor the fallen firefighters. Registration for the Ocean City 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb costs $25, with all funds benefiting the FDNY Counseling Unit, which has partnered with the NFFF to offer peer counseling and resources to the survivors of fallen firefighters. Visit www.911stairclimb.com/events.html to register, or come early to the event to sign up. All participants will receive a photo ID of one of the fallen firefighters of Sept. 11. Check-in begins at 8:30 am.

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(Oct. 25, 2013) The Fall Feast of St. Martin, a time to celebrate nature’s bounty at the end of the agrarian year, will be held on the grounds of historic St. Martin’s Church on Friday, Nov. 1. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and features local foods from land and sea, wines and spirits and live music. Jazz musician Dave Hollister from Annapolis will entertain. The church will be open so visitors can see the progress being made in the continuing preservation and restoration both on the interior and exterior of the building. The Worcester County Garden Club will decorate the church in the style of the period. Construction on the brick building was begun in 1756 and finished in 1763. The brick exterior still appears today much as it did when construction was completed. Records from 1703 indicate there was an earlier frame building, a chapel of ease, at this location. St. Martin’s Church is listed on The National Register of Historic Places. During October tickets are being sold for a sterling silver and black diamond pendant called “The Key to St. Martin’s”, an exact replica of the key to St. Martin’s Church. The winning raffle ticket will be drawn on Nov. 1 at the festival. The pendant was designed by Sherrie Beckstead, president of the Board of Directors of the Historic St. Martin’s Church Foundation, and cast by master goldsmith, Steven Clarke. Only 150 raffle tickets will be sold. The cost is $50. All proceeds from the raffle and event will go to the Historic St. Martin’s Church Foundation to be used for the ongoing restoration of the historic property and for the new public facilities to be constructed at the site. Tickets to “The Fall Feast of St. Martin” cost $125 per person. Call 410-251-2849. The property is located at 11413 Worcester Highway, at the intersection of Route 113 and Racetrack Road.

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Art League, MSO present ‘Artistry in Motion’ gala in OC SHEILA R. CHERRY Associate Editor/Bayside Gazette

(Oct. 25, 2013) The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Art League of Ocean City will co-sponsor “Artistry in Motion,” a black-tie optional gala to raise funds for the upcoming season, on Oct. 26. The event will be held at the Ocean City Center for the Arts from 6-9 p.m. and proceeds will benefit both the MSO and Ocean City Center for the Arts. Attendance is limited and tickets are $125 per person. Hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be catered by Liquid Assets of Ocean City. Guests will be entertained with chamber music performances by Daphne Benichou, on viola, accompanied by harpist Maria Harrison. The evening’s activities will include art demonstrations and a silent auction of art and objects d’art, including hand blown glassworks, jewelry, accessories and gift certificates. Parking will be available at 94th street, with complimentary shuttle service provided for patrons to the Center for the Arts. David Stevens, a former director of the Ocean Pines Association, is the MSO’s area vice president and is coordinator of

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Guest Musician Arnaud Sussmann joins the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Julien Benichou during a dress rehearsal before an Oct. 13 performance near Ocean Pines. The orchestra will perform Saturday at the OC Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

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DINING GUIDE ■ CREDIT CARDS: V-Visa, MC-Master Card, AEAmerican Express, DIS-Discover ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ________________________________ ■ 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILLE, 9936 Stephen Decatur Highway, West Ocean City 410-213-9204 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual and family-friendly, featuring great American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner at affordable prices. Open seven days a week, year-round. Happy hour daily, 3-7 p.m. Entertainment Friday through Sunday. ■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet and tasty liquid desserts. ■ ALEX’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-7717 / www.ocitalianfood.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Serving homemade Italian cuisine, steaks, seafood, chicken, pork and pasta. Elegant dining room with fireplace. Early bird specials every day from 5-6 p.m. ■ BILLY’S SUB SHOP, 78th Street, Ocean City, 410-524-2020; 118th Street, Ocean City, 410524-2020; 140th Street, Ocean City, 410-2501778; Route 54, Fenwick Shoals, Fenwick Island, Del., 302-436-5661 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Dine in, carry out, free Delivery. Open 7 days 11 a.m. – 3 a.m. Ocean City’s most famous sub and pizza shop since 1959. An OC tradition where a sandwich is a meal, serving fresh dough pizza, subs, burgers, cones, shakes and sundaes with beach delivery available. ■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open year-round. Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets. Indoor and outdoor dining. ■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3983 / www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available. Open Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon. ■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott. Open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. ■ CRABCAKE FACTORY, 120th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-4900; 25th Street, Ocean City 410713-4180 / www.crabcakefactoryusa.com / $-$$ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open daily at 8 a.m. Menu selections are Eastern Shore favorites: creamed chipped beef, omlettes and daily breakfast special crab dishes. World famous Crabcakes served all day starting at 8 a.m. Other menu selections include Chicken Chesapeake, prime rib, steamed shrimp, Philly cheesesteaks, burgers and homemade soups. www.crabcakefactoryusa.com ships Crabcakes year-round. ■ DE LAZY LIZARD BREW PUB, 1st Street & Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City 410-289-BREW / www.delazylizard.net / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Open Daily 11 a.m. Happy Hour 2–5 pm. Appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, entrees and desserts. Featuring 50 revolving craft brews with two signature beers DeLazy Lizard Golden and Copper Ale brewed on premises By Rod Hillman & Rich Lawrence. ■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410-524-5500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted in the dining room only / Children’s menu / Full bar / Upscale restaurant on the bay. Casual fine dining, fresh fish, prime rib

and seafood. Lighter fare menu served on our decks or inside. ■ FENWICK CRAB HOUSE, 100 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-539-2500 / www.crabcakeexpress.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Carry-out available. Casual dining. Open for lunch and dinner. Big crabs are our specialty. Perfect crabcakes are our passion. Seven different fish served 15 different ways! Great local seafood, good times and good service is our mission. ■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$-$$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Contemporary restaurant offering light fare and full entrees. Award- winning wine list, signature drinks and cocktails. ■ GIUSEPPE O’LEARY, Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City 410-213-2868 / www.submarinaoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Featuring homemade Italian cuisine in a cozy atmosphere. Open year-round. Happy hour food and drink specials Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. ■ GREENE TURTLE NORTH, 116th Street, Ocean City 410-723-2120 / www.thegreeneturtle.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The Turtle, est. 1976, is an Ocean City tradition with a friendly staff, great food and something for everyone! Menu favorites are homemade crab cakes, kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more! Featuring weekday lunch specials and happy hour, 50 highdef flat screen TVs, game room, gift shop, carry out, party trays, nightly drink specials, Keno, MD lottery, DJs with dance floor. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., year-round. ■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Casual waterfront dining serving seafood, steaks, sandwiches, salads, wraps and pasta. Home of the “Original Orange Crush.” Entertainment Thursday through Sunday. ■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del. www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open year-round. ■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Sea-food, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, pork chops, grilled pineapple, banana fritters, entree salads. ■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE, 31st Street, Ocean City, 410-289-2581; 128th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-2403 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open 7 days a week. We have proudly served Ocean City, Maryland for over 40 years. Known for All You Can Eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs. ■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$ / V-M-AEDIS / No reservations required / Carry-out available / Full bar / Casual dining, daily happy hour and daily food specials. Live entertainment. ■ HOBBIT, 81st Street, Ocean City 410-5248100 / www.thehobbitrestaurant.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Open daily from 5-10 p.m. Full service bar with happy hour 5-7 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. Ocean City's most complete dining experience. Breathtaking bay views. ■ HOOTERS, Fifth Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-2690 and Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-1841 / www.hootersofoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS. Things are always getting better at Hooters! Fresh menu offering a number of ground chuck burgers, green salads, world famous chicken wings with 11 flavorful sauces and a fun children’s menu. Relax in the beach atmosphere or enjoy the outdoor seating. Happy hour every day, 3-7 p.m. Full bar

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available. Authentic Hooters merchandise in kids and adult sizes. Enjoy all the sports packages on large, flat screen TVs and great service by the delightful Hooters girls. Live entertainment. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Find out why we say, “Hooters makes you happy!” ■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45) / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Open tables / Children’s menu / Full bar / Proud to have Chef Shawn Reese creating beach-inspired dishes in both oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub. New all-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., features many favorites, as well as exciting new creations with a local flare. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open year-round and AUCE prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet available most weekends. ■ HOUSE OF WELSH, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 1-800-311-2707 / www.houseofwelsh.net / $, $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Specializing in steaks and seafood. Open daily. Happy hour all day and night. Entertainment Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Casual attire. ■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street, Ocean City 410-723-5600 / www.johnnyspizzapub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Ocean City’s official pizzeria and pub featuring homemade pizzas, serving 18 different gourmet pizzas including local favorites - Johnny’s Special, Neptune’s Seafood Feast Pizza, and MD Blue Crab. Huge variety of calzones, subs, burgers and sandwiches to choose from. Ocean City’s place for jumbo wings with 20 different sauces. Coldest draft beer in town served in a chilled mug. Voted best sound system for live music. Carry out or delivery til 4 a.m. ■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3396 / www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Local fare, global flair. Fresh seafood year-round, fresh local produce. ■ MERMAID COVE PUB, 33195 Lighthouse Road, Williamsville, West Fenwick, Del. 302-4360122 / $ / V-MC / No reservations required / Full bar / Get ship-wrecked at the Mermaid Cove with pub, drink and food specials daily. Lump crab cakes, rock and mahi tacos, fried oyster sandwiches and platters are among the items to choose from. Breakfast served weekends. Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. Take-out available. ■ MIO FRATELLO ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 38018 Fenwick Shoals Blvd., West Fenwick, Del. 302436-6400 / miofratello.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere, specializing in steaks, seafood and pasta. Take out and delivery. Open for lunch and dinner. ■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB, 1 Mumfords Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7501 / oceanpines.org / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Waterfront dining, tiki bar. Seafood, American and local cuisine. Happy hour, daily food specials, Sunday brunch, weekend entertainment and free boat tie up when available. ■ PEAKY’S ROOFTOP RESTAURANT & BAR, 138th Street, Ocean City 410-250-ROOF / www.peakys.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open 7 days, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Happy hour 4 pm-7pm everyday with great food and drink specials. More than 40 specialty martinis. Sunday All You Can Eat Brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Shore Farewith something for everyone: fresh fish, lobster, certified angus steaks, prime rib and poultry. ■ P.G.N. CRABHOUSE, 29th Street, Ocean City 410-289-8380 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Beer, wine / The Kaouris family has been serving the finest crabs, seafood, steaks and chicken to Ocean City locals and visitors since 1969. ■ PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE, 20th Street, Ocean City 410-289-6821 / www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The original Phillips, serving the finest seafood since 1956. Complete with all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, a la carte

menu and carryout counter. Daily early bird specials and plenty of free parking. ■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN, Route 50, West Ocean City 443-664-2105 / $ / V-MC / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Family restaurant. Eat-in, carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days, year-round. Every Tuesday, two-piece chicken for 99 cents. Every Wednesday, free kids meal with purchase of combo. ■ REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-5245252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MCAE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Tableside flambé dining. Casually elegant, cuisine prepared tableside in the European tradition. Private dining rooms. Eclectic chef’s specials accompanied by an award-winning wine list. ■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City 410-5244900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood. ■ SEASONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 118th Street, in the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City 410-524-1000 / www.carouselhotel.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open seven days a week. Oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Serving breakfast from 7-11 a.m., featuring a breakfast buffet or special order from the regular menu. Dinner served from 4-9 p.m., featuring a wide variety of entrees, seafood, ribs, steaks, pasta and prime rib. Join us for family theme night dinners. ■ SIMMER TIME, Rt. 54, Fenwick Island, next to Mio Fratello 302-436-2266 / $-$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Fondue and more in an intimate atmosphere; small and large parties. ■ SMITTY McGEE’S, 37234 Lighthouse Road, West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 / www.smittymcgees.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / No children’s menu / Full bar / Casual. Big menu, including hot wings and drinks. ■ THE ABBEY BURGER BISTRO, 12601 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-BEEF / www.abbeyburgerbistro.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Casual dining serving 14 House Specialty Burgers and Sandwiches, or build your own burger and choose from wide variety meats, vegetarian, cheeses and toppings. Menu includes salads, appetizers, sides and desserts. ■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (across from Sea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $, $$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Seafood, kids’ menu, happy hour specials. Lunch and dinner daily. Breakfast buffet on weekends. ■ THE STERLING SEAFOOD GRILL & OYSTER BAR, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Fabulous raw bar serving the freshest raw oysters and clams, steamed shrimp, crab legs, mussels and oyster stew, made to order. “Fresh off the grill” items include rockfish, tuna, mahi mahi and salmon. Happy hour specials daily, 4-6 p.m. ■ UBER BAGELS & DELI, 126th Street, Ocean City 443-664-6128 / www.uberbagels.com / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Indoor and outdoor seating or carry out. Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., everyday. Ocean City’s best bagel and deli featuring made-from-scratch, New York-style bagels. Full breakfast menu of bagels and spreads as well as egg sandwiches and lunch menu offers a huge selection of cold sandwiches featuring Boar’s head meats and cheeses. ■ WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609 / www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Old World saloon-type feel, Whisker’s is famous for its Certified Angus® burgers and delicious casual fare, as well as its entertaining atmosphere and photo lined walls of famous and infamous “whiskers.” Enjoy flat screen TVs to watch your favorite sports. Open year-round, 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch and dinner daily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m. Nightly food specials.

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ALOC celebrates 50th anniversary League were “delighted” to integrate their activities with those of the MSO for an evening that will comingle the musical, visual and literary arts. In addition to the musical performances, attendees will be able to view artwork by some of the area’s most talented artists, according to a written statement, including a photography competition in the Thaler Gallery, a special exhibit in the galleria of paintings by Pete Cosby and Randy Hofman, with written reflections on their artwork by the Ocean City Writers Group. On Dec. 8, the MSO will also sponsor a holiday performance “Amazing Voices,” at the Community Church. Season subscriptions are $145 and individual tickets for the performance are $35. Other venues for the MSO’s performances during the 2013-2014 season will include the Avalon Theatre and Easton Church of God, in Easton; Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium in Lewes; and Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church in Ocean View. For more information or to order subscription or individual concert tickets, call 1-888-846-8600 or visit the www.midatlanticsymphony.org to download the season brochure and ticket order form. To get more information on the Art League of Ocean City, call 410-524-9433 or click onto the Art League of Ocean City Web site at www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

the fundraiser, which he said has a second purpose of broadening exposure of the symphony beyond its current core of music lovers in the area surrounding the Community Church in Ocean Pines. “Basically it is oriented towards enhancing Ocean City as a local cultural center,” he said. “By combining our event with the Art League, we hope to accomplish that and to a certain extent, we already have,” he said. The fundraiser comes on the heels of the symphony’s 17th season premiere performance before a sold out audience in Ocean Pines on Oct. 13, which was also coordinated by Stevens. French violinist Arnaud Sussmann was the featured guest musician in the symphony’s performance of music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Music Director Julien Benichou and Concertmaster Nicholas Currie then led the symphony in a performance of Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, 944. Rina Thaler, executive director of the Art League of Ocean City, also said in an Oct. 22 interview, “Nothing like this has ever been done in Ocean City before” and described the event as an effort to help the town expand its artistic base. The Art League will also be celebrating its 50th anniversary that evening at its newly opened 94th Street location. Thaler said representatives of the Art Continued from Page 9B

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Presidential couplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life stories presented at OC Jamboree Morning, afternoon and evening shows featured Oct. 29 through Nov. 2

(Oct. 25, 2013) In what will be the most unique historical-theatrical event ever in American history, 68 historical figures will leap from the history books onto the stage at the OC Jamboree Theater in Ocean City for five days. Tuesday, Oct. 29, through Saturday, Nov. 2, the event will take place with one purpose in mind â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to help raise funds for the nationally recognized Wounded Warrior Project. Adding to the uniqueness of this occasion, is the fact that all 68 characters will be portrayed by only two performers and the researching, writing, and costuming have been done

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William and Sue Wills pictured as the Washingtons, Lincolns, Roosevelts and Trumans, are just four of the 33 Presidential couples they will portray at the OC Jamboree Theater Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 to raise funds for The Wounded Warrior Project.

Five days of shows benefit Wounded Warriors Project verse group of women-some outspoken, but most stood in the back ground: some well- educated, but some with no education at all: some who wanted to be First Lady,, but most who had the position thrust upon them. As couples, they shared the same triumphs and heartaches that couples of today are challenged by. This is the journey through history you will take if you join us for this one of a kind event. There will be an all event ticket available for $150, daily tickets for $40 and finally individual session tickets of $20 for most sessions with the exception of $15 for the Wilson and Eisenhower sessions and $25 for Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, and the Saturday night finale. A special non- profit organization, Presidents Project, Inc., has been created and all profits will flow to the Wounded Warrior Project. Except for travel expenses and lodging, the Wills will receive no compensation for their almost 25 hours on stage over the five days. To purchase tickets, visit www.presidentsproject.org or call 443-3663429. Tickets will be available at the door, but purchased tickets are recommended. Continued from Page 12B

(Oct. 25, 2013) The Autumn Home Show and Condo Expo will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street. The event is designed for homeowners who are remodeling, landscaping or decorating their homes and features exhibits with merchandise, product demonstrations and displays. Professionals will also be on hand to give advice. Around 150 vendors will showcase bathroom and kitchen remodeling; landscaping; roofing; security systems; skylights and sunrooms; windows; tile and marble; waterproofing; heating and air systems; decks and patios; doors; floors; cookware and more, said Starr Bradford, administrative assistant of Ocean Promotions. Around 5,000 people attended the show last year, she said. “They like to see the new products and services that will be offered and the best part of it is, they’re all in one place at one time, so it’s really convenient,” Bradford said. “In just a few hour’s time, See BARGAINS on Page 14B

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Ocean City’s annual fall Restaurant Week wraps up Sunday Approximately 20 resort eateries feature special dishes during promotion CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) Ocean City restaurants will offer their final weekend of off-menu dishes at discounted prices through Sunday in honor of Restaurant Week. Around 20 restaurants are offering menus designed specifically for the

special at fixed prices of $10, $20, $30 or $40, from casual to fine dining. “It is a great way to support dining locally,” Executive Director of the Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association Susan Jones said. While the specials help bring diners into all participating restaurants during the resort’s shoulder season, the eateries that see the biggest boost in business are those with the most creative Restaurant Week menus, she said. Executive Chef at Horizon’s Oceanfront Restaurant at the Clarion Resort Hotel Shawn Reese incorporates sea-

sonal ingredients into his menu, which includes dishes like creamy butternut crab soup and fall chop salad. Gallaxy 66 Bar & Grille is introducing its new menu for the season during the special, Executive Chef Jason Myers said. Diners can choose from appetizers like curry chicken tempura and baked oysters du jour with a different topping each day and main dishes including pan seared duck breast, blackened salmon and herb roasted tilapia. Restaurant Week “certainly helps create business in the fall because peo-

ple like to know what they’re getting when they go out,” Jones said. “It just reminds people to go out and eat.” Alcohol, tax and gratuity are not included in Restaurant Week’s fixed menu prices. Participating restaurants will still have their regular, full-price menus available for those who don’t want to order from the special menu. For a list of participating restaurants and their menus and prices, visit www.oceancityrestaurantweek.com. Go to the Facebook page www.facebook.com/OCMDRestaurantWeek for updates on Restaurant Week.

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St. Jude Kids Motorcycle Ride to begin at White Marlin Mall Event proceeds benefit Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis

(Oct. 25, 2013) The annual St. Jude Kids Motorcycle Ride takes place on Sunday, Oct. 27, with the registration and starting point at White Marlin Mall in West Ocean City. White Marlin Mall is located at 12641 Ocean Gateway, a half-mile west of Ocean City on Route 50 at Route 611 next to the Ocean City Tanger Outlets. The charity event, presented by Custom Mechanical and GEICO in conjunction with Wockenfuss Candies, starts at White Marlin Mall with registration beginning at 10 a.m. The ride goes “kickstands up” at 11:30 a.m. Registration for the Ride is $25 per bike, and $5 per additional rider. Preregistration can also be done online at www.catcountryradio.com. The first 200 riders will receive an event T-shirt. All riders have a chance to win the grand door prize of a stay at the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel on

101st Street in Ocean City. After departing White Marlin Mall, riders will enjoy a scenic ride from Ocean City to Rehoboth Beach. Along the way, a pit-stop and water break will take place at Hocker’s Supercenter in Clarksville, Del. The festivities finish up at Delaware Distilling Company on Route 1 in Rehoboth Beach, where lunch will be served; and raffles, 50/50 drawings, and other events will take place. All proceeds from this fourth annual event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. St. Jude’s is the world’s leading facility that deals with childhood cancer. The hospital’s policy is to turn no child away, regardless of the family’s ability to pay. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital spends more than $1.4 million dollars per day to operate the facility. Some of the world’s best and brightest doctors and researchers in the field of childhood cancer work with and for St. Jude. For more information, visit www.catcountryradio.com or call Dixie Kelly at 410-219-3500.

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Everybody wins during the Oct. 8 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians card party at St. Andrew's Center. Participants are all smiles during the Oct. 8 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians card party at St. Andrew's Center.

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Buck Mann, left, and friends gather during the Irish-American Club meeting at St. Andrews Center.

Al "Hondo" Handy, left, Play It Safe participants and guests enjoy dinner at Hall's Restaurant on 60th Street last Monday for the fundraiser dinner to support the program.

Play it Safe's organizers, clockwise, Donna Greenwood, Bev Townsend, Lois Twilley and Karen Johnson get together for a photo at Hall's Restaurant on 60th Street last Monday for the fundraiser dinner to support the program.

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CHESS EXPERT

SDHS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE More than 80 Stephen Decatur High School students were recognized during the 11th annual Presidential Service Award ceremony on Oct. 9. SDHS Presidential Service recipients logged more than a combined 16,000 hours of community service. The Presidential Service Awards program was started in 2002 by President George W. Bush and has three distinctions: bronze (100-174 hours of service); silver (175-249 hours) and gold (250-plus hours). SDHS Presidential Service gold honorees included: top row, Allison Shumate, Allison Willey, Benjamin Short, Dalton Warren, Emily Case, Emily Kate Kolarik, Emily Scheiber and James Phillips, and bottom, John Lambrinos, Katelyn Norman, Nathan Thompson, Noah Sackadorf, Paige Hastings, Robert Mitchell, Travis Hearn and Wyatt Bishop. Bishop logged the most service hours with more than 400.

Joe Summers, left, program director of the Maryland/D.C. Chess Association, congratulates Worcester Prep Grade 4 student Pranay Sanwal on his work in the Maryland Chess tournament in Owings Mills. Sanwal won three out of five rounds in Elementary Novice Division and was the sixth-place finisher in the state championships. Last spring Sanwal, the son of Drs. Vibha and Pankaj Sanwal of Lewes, won the Maryland Chess Tournament in Salisbury.

HEALTH CARE OPTIONS Lynne McAllorum spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City on Oct. 16 about the timely topic of health care. Lynne’s Baby Boomer Insurance of Maryland is an “independent agency helping an independent generation. Medicare Supplements, Health, Life and Long Term Care Insurance.” Her presentation was packed with information and followed by a Q&A session with more questions than couldn’t be packed into her allotted meetPHOTO COURTESY D.J. LANDIS, SR. ing time.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST It was a dreary and rainy day, but many braved the weather to support the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City Kiwanis Annual Fall Pancake Breakfast fundraiser benefitting the children of the community on Oct. 12. Pictured are some of the Kiwanis members who made the fundraiser happen: seated from left, Co-Chairs Mary Logisz and Carolyn Dryzga and Pat Winkelmayer, and standing, Lee Brooke, Ron Graybill, Joe Logisz, John Kosin, George Wayson, Tim Gingrich, Roy Foreman, Charlie Warner, Barbara Southwell, Tom Southwell, Mike Morton and Wilma Chinn. Kneeling with a tray of pancakes is Ed Aurand, one of the “Kiwanian Kitchen Krew.”

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMMENDED STUDENTS Dr. Barry W. Tull, Headmaster of Worcester Preparatory School recently announced that Lucas Baier, Sara Freund, Claire Stickler and Jamie Welch have been named Commended Students in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, was presented to these scholastically talented seniors. Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Pictured, from left, Baier, Stickler, Tull, Freund and Welch.

KIWANIS NEW MEMBER New members are vital to the continuation of any organization and the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City just grew by one when Ocean Pines resident Maxine Brisbane, wife of Kiwanian Don Brisbane, was inducted into the club at the weekly meeting on Oct. 16 in the Ocean Pines Community Center. Pictured, from left, President Dick Clagett, Don Brisbane, who sponsored his wife, Maxine, and Membership Chair Mike Morton.

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IMAGES OF THE FUTURE Cathy Auxer’s Kindergarten class at Worcester Prep enjoyed making images of themselves and posting them on the class bulletin board. The images are wearing clothing for the careers they expect to pursue. The students are, from left, George Sapna, Olivia Conaway, Lynden Prosser, Addison McMillan, Lilly Phillips, Anisha Batra, Michael Hebert, Minha Moinuddin, Lena Parker, and Stephen Carullo.

WORCESTER PREP WEARS PINK Worcester Preparatory School’s Student Government Association sponsored a “Wear Your Pink” casual day for a $1 donation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds will be donated to the local chapter of Women Supporting Women. Pictured, from left back row, Thomas Buas, SGA treasurer; Lucas Baier, SGA president; Jennifer Corron, faculty member/breast cancer survivor; and Kyle Zarif, SGA secretary, and front, Diane Tull, staff member/breast cancer survivor; and Sarah Arrington, SGA vice president.

CHARACTER BOOK REPORTS Second graders in Mrs. Fogle’s class at Ocean City Elementary created character book reports. Students picked a character from a picture book and describe its character traits. After describing what that character was like, students were asked to be creative and create that character. Pictured are Parker Intrieri, Ella Katna, Dane VanDornick, and Sophia Law.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS and space is limited. Call Laura Small at 410-629-6820. Continued from Page 16B

Visit national parks

The Worcester County Library Foundation invites members on a journey through some of America’s most spectacular national treasures by visiting the USA’s Northern National Parks. Enjoy the fresh sparkling air and rugged beauty of Jackson, Wyoming, the “Crown Jewel” of the Northern Rockies; Yellowstone National Park, its attraction “Old

Faithful”; the grandeur of the Grand Teton National Park. The exclusive eight day journey departs Aug. 29, and includes round-trip air flights, motor coach transfers, all baggage handling at hotels, moderate first-class accommodations, sightseeing, and some meals. Accent On Travel, locally owned cruise and tour designers and Collette Vacations, nationally recognized leaders in escorted vacations, will be offering more information on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Worcester County Library in Ocean Pines. RSVP not required by appreciated by calling 302-703-6154

Ocean City Clean Sweep

On Saturday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon the Ocean City Development Corporation and its Clean-Up Committee is sponsoring its first ever “Ocean City Clean Sweep” to pick up litter and debris scattered around downtown Ocean City between the inlet and 17th Street. This activity will occur from the Boardwalk to the bay and is intended to compliment the Town’s end of year clean up efforts. Volunteers will be walking the streets

of downtown Ocean City picking up trash, litter, and cigarette butts left over from this summer. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Businesses and property owners are being asked to clean up their properties as well. The OCDC is looking for volunteers to help clean up. The first 50 registered volunteers will receive free shirts. Lunch will be provided to volunteers. The base for the clean-up will be at the OCDC office at 108 Dorchester Street in downtown Ocean City. Contact the OCDC at 410-289-7739 or e-mail at OCDC at kds@ocdc.org.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 25 HISTORIC TOURS OF ALL HALLOWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH CEMETERY — All Hallows Episcopal Church, 109 W. Market St., Snow Hill, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Guided walking tour and discussion highlighting the styles and materials used in headstones. Why were they chosen? What did these styles represent and how did they change over time? Who are some of the notable and interesting people interred there? What do their headstones tell about them, and how did people view death and dying centuries ago? Comfortable walking shoes advised. Autumn refreshments provided. Info: 707-951-0341. BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410524-7994. HAUNTED FOREST — Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, 35943 Zion Church Road, Frankford, Del., dusk to 10 p.m. Cost is $10. Info: Facebook.com/TheHauntedForestAtRoxana or Roxana90.com. HALLOWEEN LUAU — Seacrets, 49th Street and the bay, Ocean City, 6 p.m. Endless buffet, drinks, live entertainment and auction items. Vote for your favorite costume. Tickets cost $75 ($50 tax deductible). Proceeds benefit the Life Crisis Center. Tickets: LifeCrisisCenter.org and 410-749-0632. NAACP TOWN HALL MEETING — Princess Royale Hotel, 9100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 1:30-3 p.m. Learn about the implementation of the Affordable Care Act from leading experts and advocates in Maryland. Uninsured Maryland residents will be able to view insurance options and/or enroll on site. Free and open to the public. Contact: Gerald Stansbury, 410-533-7302, stansger@gmail.com. FAMILY FALL FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER — Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, 11242 Race Track Road, Berlin, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Food, games, kid’s crafts, kid’s Chinese auction, bounce houses and slides. Benefit the HSA of MBSCS. Info: Colleen Rutzler, 443-614-0903 or rutzler.macsmom@gmail.com; or Nichole Behornar, 302-530-6730 or n.behornar@verizon.net. ‘FALL BACK & WINE DOWN’ EVENT — Costa Ventosa Winery, 9031 Whaleysville Road, Whaleyville, 6-8 p.m. Live acoustic music, heavy hors devours, Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle. Tickets include food and first glass of wine. Tickets cost $15 and are sold in advance only by calling 410-600-5270. Benefits the Berlin Lioness Club.

SATURDAY, OCT. 26 AUTUMN HOME & CONDO EXPO AND ART AND CRAFT FAIR — Ocean City convention

www.oceancitytoday.net center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. With a combination of new products and advice from the pros, the Home & Condo Expo inspires homeowners with ideas on enhancing their homes. The Art and Craft Fair will offer a wide assortment of creative and unique gifts and accessories made by artists and crafts people. Admission is $5 for adults and free to children 13 and younger and military. Info: www.oceanpromotions.info or 410213-8090. OCTOBERFEST ON THE BEACH — Ocean City beach at N. Division Street, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring a free Beach Maze. Great Pumpkin Race, featuring tricked out pumpkin race cars, 2 p.m. (rain date is Nov. 27). Info: www.specialeventpro.com/octoberfest.php or 443-9711184. CEO COIN & CURRENCY SHOW — Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Professional coin and currency dealers will be buying and selling U.S. and World Coins and Currency, plus free appraisals and free admission. Info: Carl Ostiguy, 443-623-7025; ceocoins@comcast.net; or www.coinshows.com. SWING FOR YOUTH GOLF OPEN — Eagles Landing, 12367 Eagles Nest Road, shotgun start at 10 a.m. Four-person Florida scramble. All-inclusive price of $125 per player, $500 per team. Includes greens fees and cart, two mulligans per person, putting contest, “Tame the Beast” and raffle tickets. Proceeds benefit the youth programs of Ocean City’s Recreation and Parks. Info: 410-2137277. SEASIDE 10-MILE AND 5K RUN — Ocean City Inlet lot, 9 a.m., rain or shine. Registration fees for participants. Info: Chris Klebe, 443-4974324 or www.octrirunning.com. HAUNTED FOREST — Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, 35943 Zion Church Road, Frankford, Del., dusk to 10 p.m. Cost is $10. Info: Facebook.com/TheHauntedForestAtRoxana or Roxana90.com. FALL/HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION — White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines, 1-4 p.m. Costume contests, carnival games, face painting, pony rides, refreshments and candy goodies. Admission and games are free, however, some attractions require a small fee. Info: 410-641-7052. Volunteers needed. Candy donations accepted at the Recreation Department.

soaps, jelly, homemade baked goods, honey and more. CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE — Ocean City Presbyterian Church, 1301 Philadelphia Ave., 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ‘A LITTLE BIT OF GERMANY IN SEAFORD’ — Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 528 E. Stein Highway, Seaford, Del., 6 p.m. (after 5 p.m. Mass). Traditional German food and music. German beer and wine available. Tickets cost $20 and are available from any of the Knights of Columbus or call Tony Lowe, 302-629-9374; Chuck Swartout, 302-956-0496; Ed Boardman, 302-629-4855; or Bob Gay, 302-9560039 by Oct. 23. No tickets sold at the door. 10TH ANNUAL PUMPKIN CARVING — Roots Landscaping and Garden Center, 36226 DuPont Boulevard, Selbyville, Del., Event is free. Pumpkins available or BYOP. Info: 302732-0866. INDOOR YARD SALE — Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department, 10709 Bishopville Road. Breakfast sandwiches available. Table rental costs $15 each or two for $25. Rentals: 410352-3101. ZOMBIE JAMBOREE — Harpoon Hanna's, Route 54 and the Bay, Fenwick Island, Del., 59 p.m. Costume and door prizes, 50/50, silent auction, DJ, happy hour drink prices and special discounted appetizer menu, with a $10 donation at the door. Benefits Relay for Life, Team Refuge. Info: Joann, 215-828-5521. CHURCH LUNCHEON — Bowen United Methodist Church, 8426 Newark Road, Newark, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oyster sandwiches, chicken salad, sweet potato biscuits, various soups and chili, a bake table and beverages for sale. Info: 410-632-1134.

SUNDAY, OCT. 27 AUTUMN HOME & CONDO EXPO AND ART AND CRAFT FAIR — Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. With a combination of new products and advice from the pros, the Home & Condo Expo inspires homeowners with ideas on enhancing their homes. The Art and Craft Fair will offer a wide assortment of creative and unique gifts and accessories made by artists and crafts people. Admission is $5 for adults and free to children 13 and younger and military. Info: www.oceanpromotions.info or 410213-8090.

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

OCTOBERFEST ON THE BEACH — Ocean City beach at N. Division Street, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring a free Beach Maze. Info: www.specialeventpro.com/octoberfest.php or 443-9711184.

FARMERS MARKET — White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines, 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 26. Produce, farm fresh eggs, organic goods, herbs, fresh cut flowers,

CEO COIN & CURRENCY SHOW — Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Professional coin and currency dealers will be buying and selling U.S. and

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World Coins and Currency, plus free appraisals and free admission. Info: Carl Ostiguy, 443-623-7025; ceocoins@comcast.net; or www.coinshows.com. HALLOWEEN SPOOK-OUT PARTY — Northside Park, 200 125th St. in Ocean City, 1-3 p.m. Carnival games, arts and crafts, hayrides, snacks and more. Costume contests scheduled throughout the day. Admission is one single-wrapped bag of candy per child. Info: OC Recreation and Parks, 410250-0125 or www.oceancitymd.gov. ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST BUFFET — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City, 8:30noon. With coffee and juice. Cost is $8 for adults, children 11 years and younger eat at half price. Info: 410-524-7994. BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER — Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin, 8 a.m. to noon. Two pancakes, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 sausage links and two eggs. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children 7 and younger. Children’s breakfast includes one pancake, one bacon and one sausage. Eat in or carryout. Benefits the youth. Info: Kathy, 443-235-6761. FALL ADOPTION DAY — Worcester County Humane Society, 12330 Eagles Nest Road, West Ocean City, noon to 4 p.m. Family fun activities, face painting, clown magic and balloons, bake sale, snacks. Meet furry friends ready for adoption. Info: 410-213-0146. ‘MEET THE CANDIDATE’ OLD FASHION FAMILY PICNIC — Francis Scott Key, West Ocean City, 1-4 p.m. Meet Mary Beth Carozza, an Ocean City local who is running for Maryland State Delegate District 38C (representing parts of Worcester and Wicomico counties). Food, music, games and swimming. Public is invited. A donation of $38 for families of two or more and $20 for individuals is suggested for those interested in supporting Carozza’s campaign. RSVP: friendsofmb.carozza@yahoo.com or 443978-0742.

MONDAY, OCT. 28 DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Chorus, Sweet Adeline’s, under the direction of Carol Ludwig, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Women interested in learning the craft of a cappella singing welcome. Info: 410-208-4171. HAND DANCING — House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge. Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302541-0728. MUSEUM OPEN — Historic St. Martin’s Church Museum, 11413 Worcester Highway, Continued on Page 22B

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OUT & ABOUT Continued from Page 21B near the intersection of routes 589 and 113, will be open every Monday, from 1-4 p.m. Info: www.historicstmartinschurch.org.

TUESDAY, OCT. 29 NORTHERN NATIONAL PARKS TRIP SEMINAR — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 6 p.m. Discussion and light refreshments. The eight-day journey departs Aug. 29, 2014 and includes round-trip air flights from the Mid Atlantic, motor coach transfers from the Ocean Pines area, all baggage handling at hotels, moderate first-class accommodations with private bath, all sightseeing on the itinerary, breakfast and some dinners. Light refreshments. RSVP appreciated: 443798-2464. LUNCHEON BINGO — American Legion Post #166, 2308 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by 18 games of bingo. Raffles and door prizes. Tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Info: The Post, 410-289-3166; Chris Hawkins, 410-2895223; or Bonnie Hansen, 410-286-6764.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 SIMPLE SUPPER — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City, last Wednesday of each month, 5-7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $2

Ocean City Today for children 11 and younger. Reservations: 410-524-7994. DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets every Wednesday at Peaky’s Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, located in the Fenwick Inn, 13801 Coastal Highway, Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing 6:30-9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and drink prices. Info: 302-337-3638. TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302-436-3682.

THURSDAY, OCT. 31 HAUNTED FOREST — Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, 35943 Zion Church Road, Frankford, Del., dusk to 10 p.m. Cost is $10. Info: Facebook.com/TheHauntedForestAtRoxana or Roxana90.com.

day, year round. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start at 7 p.m. Food available. Open to the public. Info: 410-289-3166. FREE FLY CASTING LESSONS — Meet at the Veterans Memorial parking lot, 4 p.m., rain or shine. Fishing will take place at the South Gate pond. All ages are welcome. Take fly casting tackle if you have it. Joe Reynolds will cover everything from the basic total beginner category to those with more advanced skills and experience. If interested, contact joe@outdoors.net.

ONGOING EVENTS OCEAN CITY RESTAURANT WEEK — Participating restaurants will offer special, fixedpriced menu items, through Oct. 27. No tickets or coupons required. Just visit a participating restaurant. Info: www.oceancityrestaurantweek.com; inquire@ocvisitor.com; or HotelMotel-Restaurant Association, 800-626-2326, Ext. 2.

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

FOURTH ANNUAL LOCAL’S WEEK CELEBRATION — Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, 813 S. Atlantic Ave., Oct. 24-31. Free admission for “locals” and fun activities. Share favorite memories or stories of Ocean City for their archives. Complete a scavenger hunt and win a complimentary one-year museum membership. Museum open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: 410-289-4991 or www.ocmuseum.org.

BINGO — American Legion Post 166, 2308 Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, every Thurs-

‘PRESIDENTS AND THEIR FIRST LADIES’ PERFORMANCES — OC Jamboree Theater,

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12600 Marjan Lane, West Ocean City, Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. Experience the stories of 33 U.S. Presidential couples and more than 250 years of Amerian history. The five-day event consist of a morning, afternoon and evening session each day, during which time two or three Presidential couples’ life stories will be presented. Cost is $20 for individual session; $40 for each day; or $150 for all performances. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Tickets: 443-366-3429 or www.presidentsproject.com. SOUP AND DESSERT FUNDRAISER — Ocean City Airport, 12724 Airport Road, Berlin, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Nov. 24. Enjoy a cup of soup and dessert and then view the Huey Veteran’s Memorial. Suggested donations is $5, in support of Ocean City Aviation’s Huey’s restoration and future maintenance costs. Info: Coleman Bunting, 410-726-7207; Tom Oneto, 410-641-6888; or Ops Desk, 410-213-2471. ORDERS TAKEN FOR HOLIDAY FRUIT — Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines-Ocean City is taking orders until Nov. 30 for Holiday Fruit. Oranges or grapefruit are $18 per 20 pound box and combination box is $20. Pecan halves are $12 per one-pound cello bag. Order: Roy Foreman, 410-641-6082. Benefits local club’s Scholarship Foundation. Delivery planned for Dec. 14. KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OP-OC — Meets every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m. October through April. Info: 410-641-7330.

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National Association of Realtors testifies before Senate Comm. LAUREN BUNTING ■ Contributing Writer

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Ami Reist, Little Miss Lovely, sells her garlands, floral arrangements and other holiday arrangements at the Ocean Pines Farmers Market in White Horse Park.

Floral designer creating loveliness Ami Reist, Little Miss Lovely, says greatest joy seeing brides’ reactions NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer

(Oct. 25, 2013) An interest in crafts and flowers led to a full-time business this year for Ocean Pines resident Ami Reist. She created a how-to craft blog in 2010 and in January, she started concentrating on floristry. In May, her labor of love became her full-time occupation, and she is now known as Little Miss Lovely. “It transitioned into a business,” Reist said Saturday at the Ocean Pines Farmers Market where she was selling her floral arrangements in Mason jars, swags, holiday centerpieces and wreaths. “I love being outside, I love working with beautiful flowers and I love knowing people appreciate flowers and their beauty,” she said. “It’s rewarding.” She describes her design philosophy as earthy, romantic and unconventional. She also says it is marked by bright colors, extreme craftiness and unlikely pairings. Reist, 27, came by her interest and tal-

ent quite naturally because her grandmother was a hobby florist and her mother was president of a flower club in Delaware City, Pa., for many years. “I think they passed it on to me,” she said. She added to her know-how by taking classes at Wor-Wic Community College, which she completed in January, and by serving an apprenticeship in central Pennsylvania. Originally from Hershey, Pa., she moved to Ocean Pines full time in 2009, because she likes the beach and because her parents have a vacation home in the community. She worked with Internet and marketing companies until launching her own creative floral and event design business. Her services also include window displays and photo shoot styling. Working out of her home, she finds customers, and customers find her, at the Ocean Pines Farmers Market, which will be open in White Horse Park year around, by using Facebook and other social media, and by recommendations of friends and customers. She likes to use Mason jars for her floral arrangements, which she sells for just $10 each at the Farmers Market. “They are very kitschy right now,” she

said of the Mason jars. “It’s a trend now and they’re inexpensive.” She also likes the recycling aspect of using Mason jars and deducts $1 from the price of a customer’s next order if he or she returns the Mason jar. Reist has made multiple floral pieces, including corsages and headwear for proms and homecomings and was chosen to decorate the waterfront home of Jim and Jan Perdue for the cocktail party held recently to kick off the fundraising home tour of the Art League of Ocean City. She also decorated the home of Bill and Susan Mariner for that tour and will be providing floral beauty at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin for Holiday Gala for Homes, a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser Nov. 16. On Nov. 8, she will be the featured artist at Baked Dessert Café and Gallery in Berlin for the town’s Second Friday Art Stroll. She will be teaching “do-it-yourself” projects throughout the evening in addition to selling her floral arrangements and wreaths. She focuses, however, on weddings. Her greatest joy, she said, is making the floral arrangements and other pieces that the bride has described to her for weeks and “then delivering them and seeing her face when she holds her bouquet for the See LATEST on Page 2C

(Oct. 25, 2013) We may be breathing a sigh of relief that Congress came to an agreement before defaulting on the nation’s federal debt, but we all also know the reprieve is somewhat short-lived. Last week’s agreement re-opened the federal government and allowed the US to stay under the debt limit until Feb. 7, 2014. However, prior to this agreement, the National Association of Realtors appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to stress that defaulting could be disastrous for the U.S. economy and catastrophic for the housing recovery. As explained in a press release issued last week, NAR President Gary Thomas called on Congress to raise the debt limit in a timely manner to avoid the consequences of a severe and drawn-out recession that would rapidly erase recent gains in the still young housing recovery. “A default would be devastating for homeowners whose largest asset would lose value and equity, for home buyers who would see dramatic increases in interest rates and tighter credit standards, and for entire communities that are still grappling from the impact of the financial meltdown,” said Thomas, broker-owner of Evergreen Realty, in Villa Park, Ca. “As the leading advocate for housing issues, NAR is committed to protecting the value of homeownership from the avoidable and substantial harm that would be inflicted by Congress’s inaction to avert a default.” Thomas said that even a 1 percent increase in mortgage rates could lead to 450,000 fewer home sales and price many middle-class Americans out of the housing market. For a borrower earning $60,000 and taking out a $200,000 mortgage, a 1 percentage point increase in interest rates would raise their monthly mortgage payment by 10 percent, a difference that could be costly to buyers and potentially disqualify them from many lending programs. During his testimony, Thomas pointed to the significant financial market disruptions resulting from the debt ceiling impasse in 2011, which reduced consumer and business confidence and led to slower See CONGRESS on Page 2C

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

All ends well for 66th Street Skye Bar, owners and neighbors Rooftop restaurant and nightspot regains some entertainment privileges NANCY POWELL Staff Writer (Oct. 25, 2013) The owners of the Skye Bar in Ocean City regained some entertainment privileges last week. They had impressed the board in charge of their liquor license because they went to great lengths and spent a considerable sum of money to soundproof their 66th Street rooftop restaurant and nightspot. Roger Cebula and Tammi Patrick-Cebula were trying to overcome objections of neighboring residents and property who had said they were greatly disturbed

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by loud music and screams coming from the Skye Bar, which is the rooftop of the Galaxy 66 restaurant and bar. During the May 15 meeting of the Board of License Commissioners, several neighbors said they were disturbed not just by the sound of loud music, but by patrons “hooping and hollering” as nearby resident John Robins, an attorney representing several other residents and property owners, said. The board fined the Cebulas $1,000 for each of five documented noise violations and ordered them to cease entertainment by 8:30 p.m. During the board’s Sept. 18 meeting, Robins said he and others feared noise from the 66th Street business would be bothersome even though the owners had installed soundproofing glass panels during the past few weeks. The panels do not enclose the entire area and the owners intended to continue to serve dinner in the non-enclosed area. Furthermore, a panel must be open when the server enters or leaves that area to serve the diners and neighbors anticipated that noise would be heard. On behalf of owners Tammy Patrick-Cebula and Roger Cebula, attorney Mark Cropper told the board during that September discussion that they wanted “to slightly modify” the restrictions placed on their liquor license after the complaints about noise because they had modified the business by installed the soundproofing panels.

The board continued the discussion until they could visit the Skye Bar for themselves, which they did Sept. 23, accompanied by the Cebulas, Cropper, Robins, board attorney Thomas Coates and others. During the visit, the volume of the music inside the Skye Bar was turned up to its maximum level. While standing outside the soundproofing panels, board members and the others could hear no music. Cropper appreciated the board’s factfinding mission. In his 24 years of representing clients before the board, he could not “recall the board taking such measures in fairness to an applicant.” Before the enlarged Skye Bar opened last year, the board granted permission to the Cebulas to have outside entertainment, including a deejay, but what they planned and what the board was expecting were not the same. William E. Esham Jr., chairman of the Board of License Commissioners, said he did not realize the Skye Bar was going to be a nightclub. During the Oct. 15 meeting, Esham said he and the board’s other two members, do not “have the luxury of having our feelings dictate our actions.” They are charged by law, he said, to protect the neighborhood, but the Cebulas had taken steps to remedy the situation. Even Robins, the 65th Street resident and attorney who represented about 35 people opposed to the Skye Bar’s

request for additional entertainment privileges, was appeased. Robins told the board that he and others believe the soundproofing glass panels would contain the noise to the interior of the Skye Bar if no DJ or live band is there. The board will no longer permit either of those. The board, however, is permitting the Cebulas to have background dinner music in the Skye Bar until 11 p.m. They may also operate televisions in the Skye Bar through the amplifier system until 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights so they may show broadcasts of See CEBULAS on Page 3C

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Congress urged to raise debt limit to help housing mkt. job growth. He urged Congress to raise the debt limit to help sustain the housing market rebound, which will keep the economy on its healthy path to recovery. — Lauren Bunting is a licensed REALTOR®with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

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first time. It usually makes the bride cry.” Looking ahead, Reist plans to participate in “Say ‘I Do’ in Berlin,” a bridal show on Friday, May 16, 2014. Reist also sells monthly flower subscriptions. Subscribers receive one seasonal multi-varietal fresh flower arrangement delivered once a month. The cost for three months is $50, the cost for Continued from Page 1C

six months is $90 and the cost for a full year is $160. Her latest project involved giving her floral arrangements away. As part of the Lonely Bouquet initiative, Reist “abandoned” a couple of arrangements, including a note for the finder to take them home. People abandoning or finding the flowers post online at www.lonelybouquet.com. One finder donated the flowers

to a library. She might abandon more arrangements, but now she is taking orders for holiday arrangements, garlands, wreaths and swags. To order or for more information about Little Miss Lovely, call Reist at 443-397-7670 or visit www.youresolovely.com. The Website gives the dates Little Miss Lovely will be at the Ocean Pines Farmers Market.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

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Alcohol license board seeking info on proposed improvements NANCY POWELL Staff Writer (Oct. 25, 2013) Owners of the Kaddy Mart in Snow Hill were told last week to provide plans of their proposed improvements to the Board of License Commissioners before their application for a beer and wine license can be considered. Tenants Nazish Ali and Muhammad Waseem of Federalsburg intend to renovate the store’s interior, improve its exterior and parking area, and install outside lighting and a sidewalk. The board, during its Oct. 16 hearing, asked for those plans to be presented during its Nov. 20 meeting. In addition, Raymond Ayers, the resident agent for the alcoholic beverage license, failed to obtain all of the required signatures on the application. He was

apparently unaware that the law required him to obtain all of the signatures in person, so he must fulfill that obligation because the application for a beer and wine license may be considered. Attorney Brian Pete Cosby said it was not an easy application because the site has had problems with loitering. In these hard economic times, however, the applicants need a license to sell beer and wine to be successful at the business, he said. Alcohol, Cosby said, is a necessary component to the store’s success and the south end of Market Street, where the Kaddy Mart is located, needs it, he said. “Give this place a chance,” Cosby said. “Get the blight out of the neighborhood.” Some neighborhood residents said many in the area lack transportation and

football games, including the Super Bowl. Lastly, they may use party headphones in the enclosed area until closing time. The glass panels to the outside area must be closed at 8:30 p.m., although

Accepting a check from Steve Ladd, COO of Ocean Petroleum, center, are Kathy Phillips, executive director of Assateague Coastal Trust and Coastkeeper and Steve Farr, development director of Assateague Coastal Trust, left. “This generous donation from Ocean Petroleum and BP’s Fueling Communities Fund will help to fund ACT’s 2014 Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program, a project conducted by the Assateague COASTKEEPER, that monitors the safe swimming levels of bacteria in the water at our favorite swimming beaches and swimming holes,” Phillips said. “Weekly results during the summer months are posted on The Swim Guide, a Web site and smartphone app that lets people see that their local swimming beaches are safe for swimming.”

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

HELP WANTED

Delivery Drivers Wanted Reliable, have own vehicle, cell pn/gps, valid Driver’s License w/basic math skills, live local. 1-877-958-2828

AUTO PARTS/SERVICE

In business for over 30 years & still growing. Large Auto Parts Stores & Tire/Service Centers with locations in the Bethany Bch & Rehoboth Bch, DE / Ocean City, MD areas are now hiring for: Parts Counter Person MD State Inspector Technicians We offer co. matched 401K & more. Call 302-539-1718, Ext. 3014

HELP WANTED

Now hiring FT, YR Hotel Maintenance Engineer - w/ prior hotel experience. Competitive salary w/paid vacation & medical/dental benefits. Send resume to don@montecarlo-2000.com. Now Hiring YR, F/T Housekeepers - Apply in person. Club Ocean Villas II, 105 120th Street, Ocean City, Md.

CAREGIVERS

Hiring experienced caregivers for Berlin/Ocean City areas, day/overnight shifts. Must pass background/drug test. Call Home Instead 410-641-0902

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The Princess Royale Hotel & Conference Center Located at 91st St. Oceanfront, Ocean City, MD

Overnight Position. Health, sick, vacation & 401K. $7.50-$9.00 per hour

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Top wages, excellent benefits package and free employee meal available to successful candidates.

Employment Opportunities:

Year Round, Full/Part Time: Room Attendant, Server

Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel Attn: Human Resources Dept. 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 Phone: 410-524-3535 Fax: 410-723-9109 EOE M/F/D/V

Come Join Our Winning Team!

SEASONAL PART-TIME

Breakfast Servers Dinner Servers Banquet Servers Banquet Houseman Bistro Cashier

Email resume to duran.showell@carouselhotel.com or come in and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE

HELP WANTED

West OC Dental Office seeks Dental Assistant. Individual should have knowledge of dental terminology and be Radiology certified. Benefits included. Fax resume to 410-213-2955 or email to contact@atlanticdental.com Full Time Small Engine Mechanic - In Ocean City area. Call 410-289-8051.

Event Coordinator

The Town of Berlin is seeking a FULL-TIME Contractual Main Street Coordinator to assist in coordinating all events that are planned for the Town of Berlin. The position will require a person to be a take charge professional to manage the administration and logistics of many organizations as it relates to approved events. coordination of the Visitors Center activities and the Berlin Main Street Program. Must be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, and meet deadlines with little supervision and be willing to work evenings and weekends as needed. The Coordinator should have a love for event management, provide outstanding customer service, be enthusiastic professional and be able to build relationships with internal and external customers. Must have experience with using Social Media. Must possess strong people skills. Applicants are required to possess a high school diploma or GED. College degree preferred. Applications may be submitted to: Town of Berlin, Attn: Human Resources, 10 William Street, Berlin, MD 21811 or by submitting via Berlinmd.gov. Salary range is $21,840-$28,000 depending on qualifications.

HELP WANTED

Year Round / Part-Time, Restaurant Server Please apply in person, Dunes Manor 2800 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, MD 410-289-1100

Events Coordinator / Retail Sales Delaware Seashore State Park, Dewey Beach. Full description and how to apply can be found at destateparks.com/ employment

New Salon Opening In Ocean Pines

Hiring for all positions including Salon Manager, Massage Therapist & Hair Stylists. Call Marc 302-682-1777

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Assistant Managers and Crew Members In our Ocean City and West OC locations. Please apply online at delmarvadd.com

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Become an Avon Representative

HELP WANTED

Hiring F/T & P/T Professional Sales Reps Motivated individuals wanted for rapidly expanding business. Training available, paid travel, with a high income earning potential. Manager postilions available for experienced individuals. Please call 443-291-7651.

RENTALS RENTALS

YR, 4BR/1.5BA Apt. - Convenient, mid-town location, ocean block, unfurn., balcony. $1200/mo. + utils. + sec. dep. 443-880-2486 Winter Rentals - 2 Pristine Condos: 2BR/2BA, Direct Bayfront & 3BR/3BA, Oceanside. Call 443-373-7232.

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ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! $575 to $600 monthly Blue Turtle Apts. on 57th St. oceanside. Fully furn., 2BR/ 1BA. Call for terms. 410-422-4780

RENTALS

Y/R Waterfront, NOC, 3BR/2.5BA. Dock with lift, big deck, W/D, furnished/unfurnished. Available Nov. 1st. No pets. $1,200/month + security. 1-727-215-7800 OC Yearly Rental - Fully Furnished 1BR/1BA Condo. 127th St., bayside. The Raffles. $800/month + utilities. References required 1-410320-4017 / 1-410-827-3170 YR Ocean Pines-3BR/2BANew carpet, screened porch & deck, lge. storage shed, lease, security deposit & credit check req’d. Pets negotiable. $1100/ mo. + utils. 410-212-5514 OP Room w/Private Bath, W/D, kitchen. Cable & Internet incl. No pets/smoking. Background check & sec. deposit req’d. $400 + 1/2 water & electric. 443-513-6435

Yearly & Seasonal Rentals

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Single Family Homes Starting at $895 Apartments Starting at $650 Condos Starting at $900

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Pre-Licensing classes forming NOW! Contact Bjorkland at at 410-524-6111 410-524-1203 Contact Kelley Pete Copenhaver @ cbmove.com oror kelley.bjorkland pcopenhaver@cbmove.com OROR Maryellen Rosenblit atat410-524-6111 Jennifer Cropper-Rines 410-524-1203 or maryellen.rosenblit@cbmove.com or jlcropper@cbmove.com or www.careerscb.com or visit visit www.careerscb.com Owned and Operated by NRT LLC

Winter Rental

Available Now-Apr. 1. 312 Sunset Dr. 2BR/1.5BA, newly remodeled, big kitchen/ living area. $250/week includes utilities or $800/mo. you pay utilities. Security deposit $1500. Call 410-428-7333. www.SunsetTerraceRentals.com

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WINTER RENTAL $200 $150/week Sleeps 4, Pool, Internet

Rambler Motel 9942 Elm St., right behind Starbucks

Manager On Site or Call 443-614-4007

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RENTALS

WR-1BR Condo-Off 28th St.Furnished, $650/mo. + utils. + sec. deposit. Includes cable. Available immed. No smoking/pets. 410-768-1791

YR - OC Cute efficiency on 32nd St. $750/mo. includes W/D, cable/HBO. No smokers or pets. Need steady job and good credit. 443-504-4460

Winter Rental - Efficiency $165/wk. + sec. deposit. All utils. included. No pets. Call 410-289-5831.

ROOMMATES ROOMMATES

WOC Room For Rent In Shared Home. Use of everything. $625/mo. + utils. No smoking/pets. 301-674-1466

YR Rental-3BR/2BA in NOC. Community pool & tennis court. Contact 443-865-3109.

Room To Rent In Shared House. Use of everything. $500/mo., includes utilities. Call 443-373-1685.

3BR/2BA Rustic home in Bishopville. $850/mo. + utils. Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

W/OPTION RENT RENT W/OPTION BUY TO TO BUY

Winter Rental - 2BR/1BA, W/D, AC & Heat, 26th Street, $550/mo. + sec. dep. Call 443235-6770.

Nurse Looking To Rent preferably w/option to buy single family home. Prefer WOC on water. Must allow dog. 703-622-5181

YR Rental-2BR/2BA, NOC $950/mo. + utils. WR-1BR & 3BR Condos on 28th Street. Call for pricing. 443-880-0510

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Winter Rental-OC-Clean, 2 floors/Condo. “Raffles” (next to Northside Park). Large bedroom w/2 beds. Close to stores & bus line. 10/1-5/1 267-254-0111 215-943-5638

Just Reduced beautiful, cleared 1/2 acre lot in Bishopville. $75,000. Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

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WOC 1BR/1BA furnished Apt. - $750 plus utilities. Large outside deck, great location. Available Now-May 15. Also, 1BR/1BA, $625 plus utilities. Available Jan. 16-May 15. Sm. pet okay. Call 631-949-3342.

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Financial advisor Michael Sise passes all requirements as a financial advisor. Sise began his career at Merrill Lynch in April of 2013. After graduating from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. in 2012 with a B.S. in accounting, Sise returned to the Ocean City area where he is highly active in the community. His volunteer efforts include involvement at his local church, as well as with the Stephen Decatur High School Athletic Boosters. Sise also serves on the Berlin Little League Board of Directors.

Money raised for Assoc. Legum & Norman Resorts Division, an Associa company, recently hosted a golf event and vendor fair benefiting Associa Cares. “Associa Cares has done so much for our communities over the past couple of years in providing help to local families that have suffered a tragedy from natural or man-made disasters,” said Tom Tipton, Legum & Norman, Inc. Resorts Division Senior Vice President. “We could not have been happier with the turnout at the event, and we expect to grow this event in years to come.” Held at the Glen Riddle Golf Club in Berlin, Sept. 12, the event raised $26,000 for Associa Cares. Top sponsors included Whiteford, Taylor, Preston – Attornies at Law, Sposato Landscaping, Sobieski Mechanical and Fire Protection and Best Aquatic. These sponsorships along with many more donations welcomed more than 88 golfers to the event. Resorts has hosted this event for the last three years, raising more than $70,000 to donate to Associa Cares.

Long & Foster This year marks 45 years of success in the real estate industry for Long & Foster Real Estate. When Wes Foster started the company in 1968, he aimed to provide superior customer service while creating career opportunities for real estate professionals. Long & Foster has grown from a single 600square-foot office with a few employees to more than 180 branch offices and over 11,500 agents and employees across seven states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Long & Foster Real Estate is now part of The Long and Foster Companies, which include Prosperity Mortgage Company, Long & Foster Insurance and Long & Foster Settlement Services, as well as our corporate real estate services and property management teams. Their sales have grown from $3 million in 1968 to a combined company total of more than $48 billion in 2012.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 109 FRANKLIN AVE. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Shirley A. McCormick, dated July 31, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4977, folio 95 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 8, 2013 AT 1:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #03-032299 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the

purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 20921. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 207 INTREPID LA., UNIT #1102 BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4977, Folio 248 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $220,000.00 and an original interest rate of 6.87500% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AT 4:05 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit 1102, as shown on a plat entitled “Condominium Plat Phase T-11, 203, 205, 207 & 209 Intrepid Lane Units 1101-1104, Decatur Farm Townhouse Condominium, Townhouse Parcel, Decatur Farms” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improve-

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ments 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. The property will be sold subject to a prior mortgage, the amount to be announced at the time of sale, if made available to Substitute Trustees. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 6427 HERITAGE LA. A/R/T/A 6427 HERITAGE RD. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated October 7, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4555, Folio 427 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $889,000.00 and an original interest rate of 2.00000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AT 4:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $83,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale.

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The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 115 ELIZABETH ST. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated December 17, 2007 and recorded in Liber 5044, Folio 458 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $176,242.00 and an original interest rate of 4.75000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AT 4:15 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the

unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 11464 MAID AT ARMS LA. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Vera M.

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Hutchins, dated May 2, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4931, folio 645 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 4, 2013 AT 3:40 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $55,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2012-32730)

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 1 DECATUR ST. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Brian S. Smyth, dated April 16, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4914, folio 701 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 1, 2013 AT 1:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #03-123618 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser

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shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 39464. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10300 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #306 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Bernard Siler, dated March 9, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4946, folio 227 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 1, 2013 AT 1:01 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and

described as Unit No. 306, in the Atlantic Condominium, Tax ID #10118816 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $40,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 25648. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 7 EVERGREEN CT. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Patrick J. Smith and Elizabeth A. Smith, dated April 16, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5100, folio 172 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 4, 2013 AT 3:41 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $23,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the

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current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2012-23304) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, Diana C. Theologou, Laura L. Latta, Jonathan Elefant, Laura T. Curry, Chasity Brown, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 12821 WHISPER TRACE DR. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Maria A. Fato and A. Celeste Dodson, dated September 29, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4547, folio 270 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on OCTOBER 25, 2013 AT 3:35 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #10-325137 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no Call: 410-723-6397 Fax: 410-723-6511 legals@oceancitytoday.net

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warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $33,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 28696. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 20 MOONSHELL DR. OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated October 25, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4814, Folio 639 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $699,000.00 and an original interest rate of 8.500% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 4:05 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $88,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale.

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The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 702 MOORING RD., UNIT #4 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated October 6, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4807, Folio 37 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $304,000.00 and an original interest rate of 7.25000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 4:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 702D in the “Windsong Townhouse Condominium” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $37,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and

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place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 612 ST. LOUIS AVE., UNIT #1 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

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Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated May 23, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4941, Folio 143 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $417,000.00 and an original interest rate of 6.625% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 4:15 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No 1, in South Island Villas Condominium and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $51,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If

Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 2009 ATLANTIC AVE., UNIT #3 A/R/T/A 2011 ATLANTIC AVE., UNIT #3 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated March 13, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5084, Folio 340 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $462,000.00 and an original interest rate of 6.625% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 4:25 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit Number 3, in the “Regency Condominium”, Tax ID #10043735 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 $52,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement.

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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 108 SEAFARER LA. OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated September 30, 2004 and recorded in Liber 4259, Folio 77 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $106,000.00 and an original interest rate of 5.75000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auc-

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tion at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on OCTOBER 29, 2013 AT 4:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $11,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if rat-

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ification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 200 BARBARY COAST DRIVE BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Kristi E. Hawkins, dated December 22, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4847, Folio 657 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $310,500.00, and an original interest rate of 6.375%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on October 29, 2013 AT 4:05 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $41,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, condo/HOA assessments or private utility charges, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser

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

Carrie M. Ward, et al. 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. LUTHER GUY STOKELY 26 Admiral Avenue Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000685

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 1st day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Mary land, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 26 Admiral Avenue, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by the Substitute

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Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 28th day of October, 2013. The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $128,000.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Mary land True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC Attorneys At Law 600 Baltimore Avenue Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 410-296-2550 File # 441572 Edward S. Cohn Stephen N. Goldberg Richard E. Solomon Richard J. Rogers Randall J. Rolls David W. Simpson, Jr. 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v. Philip Engstrom, a/k/a Phillip Engstrom 778 94th Street, Unit #304 and Boat Slip # 7 Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000757

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Worcester County MD OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC Attorneys At Law 600 Baltimore Avenue Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 410-296-2550 File # 440069 Edward S. Cohn Stephen N. Goldberg Richard E. Solomon Richard J. Rogers Randall J. Rolls David W. Simpson, Jr. 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 2 1204 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v. Nicolas Hernandez 209 Carsons Court Pocomoke City, MD 21851 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-001505

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 1st day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 28th day of October, 2013. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $162,557.20. The property sold herein is known as 209 Carsons Court, Pocomoke City, MD 21851. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Wood mont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 File Number: 37281 Diane S. Rosenberg Mark D. Meyer John A. Ansell, Ill Kenneth Savitz Stephanie Montgomery 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff(s) v. Calvin T. Lilliston Ill Mary Ann Lilliston 700 Homewood Drive Pocomoke, MD 21851 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C 13000588

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Notice is hereby given this 3rd day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of 700 Homewood Drive, Pocomoke, MD 21851, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 28th day of October, 2013. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $143,100.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of th Circuit Court Worcester County, MD True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC Attorneys At Law 600 Baltimore Avenue Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 410-296-2550 File # 440205 Edward S. Cohn Stephen N. Goldberg Richard E. Solomon Richard J. Rogers Randall J. Rolls David W. Simpson, Jr. 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v. Merle C. Lewis Terence A. Lewis 9727 Village Lane Unit 9714 B a/k/a 9727 Village Lane #2 Ocean City. MD 21842 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000752

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 3rd day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 28th day of October, 2013. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $275,744.12. The property sold herein is known as 9727 Village Lane Unit 9714 B a/k/a 9727 Village Lane #2, Ocean City, MD 21842. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________

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INVITATION FOR BIDS WEST OCEAN CITY PARK-N-RIDE BOARDWALK DECK REPLACEMENT The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland will be accepting Sealed Bids for DECK REPLACEMENT at the West Ocean City Park N Ride, located at 12848 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. Work will include, but is not limited to, the removal, disposal, provision and installation of specified wood deck boards. Bids must be received by the Office of the City Manager, located at 301 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, Maryland, by no later than 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Bids will be opened at the City Council Work Session at 1:00 PM that same day. Bidders are welcome to attend but need not be present. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:00 AM in the Ocean City Public Works Administration Conference Room, located at 204 65th Street, Building E, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. Prospective Bidders are encouraged to visit the project site prior to submission of final bids. Bid documents and specifications are available from: Public Works Administration Department of Transportation 204 65th Street, Building E Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Contact person is: Brian Connor, Assistant Superintendent Ocean City Transportation Email: bconnor@oceancitymd.gov Office: 410-723-2174 Project funding provided by the Federal Transit Administration, Maryland Transit Administration and Town of Ocean City. Registered Disadvantage Businesses Enterprise’s (DBE’s) are encouraged to apply. OCD-10/10/5t __________________________________ CHARLES T. CAPUTE ESQ CHARLES T. CAPUTE, LLC 1006 S. WASHINGTON STREET EASTON, MD 21601-4303

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15313 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF BILLIE WHALEY BRITTINGHAM Notice is given that Jane B. Bradford, 5745 Taylor Road, Snow Hill, MD 21863 and W. Whaley Britting-

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ham, P.O. Box 78, Berlin, MD 21811, were on September 23, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Billie Whaley Brittingham who died on April 18, 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 23rd day of March, 2014. Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills. Jane B. Bradford W. Whaley Brittingham Personal Representatives True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 10, 2013 OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Daniel G. Dougherty, Esquire 881 Third Street, Suite B-3 Whitehall, PA 18052

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15322 NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Clerk of Judicial Records court of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania appointed Ronald William Stangl, 163 Valley Road, Whitehaven, PA 18661 as the Administrator of the Estate of Karen Elaine Stangl aka Karen E. Stangl who died on April 6, 2013 domiciled in Pennsylvania, United States. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is William E. Esham, Esquire whose address is 11047 Racetrack Road, Berlin, MD 21811. At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties:

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Worcester County. All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred. Foreign Personal Representative: Ronald William Stangl, Administrator Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: October 10, 2013 OCD-10/10/3t __________________________________ Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC Attorneys At Law 600 Baltimore Avenue Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 410-296-2550 File # 439768 Edward S. Cohn Stephen N. Goldberg Richard E. Solomon Richard J. Rogers Randall J. Rolls David W. Simpson, Jr. 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208 Towson, MD 21204 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v. Cynthia S. Purcell 574 Ocean Parkway Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000701

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 9th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of November, 2013. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $290,531.02. The property sold herein is known as 574 Ocean Parkway, Berlin, MD 21811.

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Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BUONASSISSI, HENNING & LASH, P.C. 1861 WIEHLE AVENUE, SUITE 300 RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190 (703) 796-1341

RICHARD A. LASH Substitute Trustee, et al. Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT WILLIAM COOK, et al. Defendants. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000833

NOTICE Notice is hereby issued this 10th day of October, 2013, that the sale of the property in this case, 223 South Washington Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863 reported by Richard A. Lash, Substitute Trustee, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 11th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in The Ocean City Digest, a newspaper published in Worcester County, Maryland, once in each of three (3) successive weeks on or before the 4th day of November, 2013. The report states the amount of sale to be $139,578.00. Stephen V. Hales, Clerk True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________ BUONASSISSI, HENNING & LASH, P.C. 1861 WIEHLE AVENUE, SUITE 300 RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190 (703) 796-1341 RICHARD A. LASH Substitute Trustee, et al. Plaintiffs, v. WILLIAM E. STEWART, JR., et al. Defendants. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000871

NOTICE Notice is hereby issued this 8th day of October, 2013, that the sale of the property in this case, 14 Gloucester Road, Berlin, MD 21811 reported by Richard A. Lash, Substitute Trustee, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 11th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in The Ocean City Digest, a newspaper published in Worcester County, Maryland, once in each of three (3) successive weeks on or before the 4th day of November,

2013. The report states the amount of sale to be $197,200.00. Stephen V. Hales, Clerk True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/17/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Berlin will hold a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance 2013-07, amending Chapter 12, Elections at 7:00 p.m. on October 28, 2013, in the Mayor and Council Chambers, 10 William Street. The public is invited to attend and comment. A copy of the proposed Ordinance is available for inspection in Town Hall, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. OCD-10/17/2t __________________________________

NOTICE TO HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS INVITATION TO BID Housing Rehabilitation Worcester County, Maryland The Worcester County Commissioners are currently accepting separate or combined bids for rehabilitation work to be performed on two (2) single family homes located in the Berlin and Pocomoke City areas of Worcester County. Bid specification packages and bid forms are available to licensed Maryland Home Improvement Contractors and may be picked up from the Office of the County Commissioners, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street - Room 1103, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, obtained online at www.co.worcester.md.us or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-632-1194 to request a package by mail. These projects are proposed to be funded by the Community Development Block Grant Program and the State Special Loans Program and are thus subject to all applicable Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights guidelines. Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in the Office of the County Commissioners at the above address at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "Housing Rehabilitation Bid - November 12, 2013" in the lower left-hand corner. Bids will be reviewed by staff and awarded by the County Commissioners at a future meeting. In awarding the bids, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever bids they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best bids, quality of goods and work, time of delivery or completion, responsibility of bidders being considered, previous experience of bidders with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries regarding the bid

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specifications shall be directed to the Housing Program Inspector, John Nosworthy, at 443-736-7085. All other inquiries shall be directed to Jo Ellen Bynum, Housing Program Administrator, at 410-632-3112. OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Purchase of Vacuum Station Receiver Tank Worcester County, Maryland The Worcester County Commissioners are currently accepting bids for the purchase of a Vacuum Station Receiver Tank for the Water and Wastewater Division of the Department of Public Works. Bid specification packages and bid forms are available from the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, or may be obtained online at www.co.worcester. md.us, or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-632-1194 to request a package by mail. Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in the Office of the County Commissioners at the above address, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "Bid for Vacuum Station Receiver Tank" in the lower left-hand corner. After opening, bids will be forwarded to the Public Works Department for tabulation, review and recommendation to the County Commissioners for their consideration at a future meeting. In awarding the bid, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever bid they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work, time of delivery or completion, responsibility of bidders being considered, previous experience of bidders with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries shall be directed to Bill Smith or John Ross of the Department of Public Works, at 410-6415251. OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________ WORCESTER COUNTY SHORELINE COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3-101 and 3-102 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Worcester County Shoreline Commission in the meeting room at the Ocean Pines Branch of the Worcester County Library, 11107 Cathell Road, Berlin, Maryland on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The Board members will convene at 1:00 p.m. to discuss administrative matters and may perform on-site viewing of all or some of the following cases. Thereafter, the members will recon-

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BUS RIDER NOTICE Notice is hereby given by Ocean City Transportation (OCT) that Coastal Highway fixed-route “Winter Bus” bus service will not be available from 11:40 p.m. to 6:15 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, effective Sunday, October 27, 2013 through Thursday, April 3, 2014. Accordingly, OCT’s Coastal Highway winter bus schedule will be as follows: Sunday thru Thursday:

11:40 p.m. to 6:15 a.m. 6:20 a.m. to 11:35 p.m.

No Bus Service Bus service every 40 minutes.

Friday & Saturday:

6:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Bus service every 30 minutes.

Should you have any questions, or require additional information, please call Ocean City Transportation at 410723-1606. A copy of the winter bus schedule is available upon request from any OCT Operator. A printable copy is also available at www.oceancitymd.gov public works transportation. Ocean City Transportation (OCT) is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of its transit services on the basis of race, color or national origin, as protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination based on your race, color, or national origin, you may file a complaint up to 180 days from the date of the alleged incident. To file a complaint or for additional information on OCT’s nondiscrimination policies and procedures, contact George Thornes, Superintendent of Transportation, 204 65th Street, Building E, Ocean City, MD 21842. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OCEAN CITY TRANSPORTE

BUS RIDER AVISO Se hace saber por Ocean City Transportation (OCT) que la autopista de ruta fija “Bus de invierno” servicio de autobús costero no estará disponible 11:40 - 6:15 a.m., de domingo a jueves, a partir del Domingo, 27 de octubre 2013 a través Jueves, 03 de abril 2014. En consecuencia, Coastal Highway horario de los autobuses de invierno de octubre será el siguiente: Domingo a Jueves:

11:40 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. 6:20 a.m. - 11:35 p.m.

No hay servicio de autobús Servicio de autobús cada 40 minutos.

Viernes y sábado:

6:00 a.m.- 6:00 a.m.

Servicio de autobuses cada 30 minutos.

Si tiene alguna pregunta o necesita información adicional, por favor llame a Ocean City Transporte al 410-7231606. Una copia del horario de los autobuses de invierno está disponible a petición de cualquier Operador de octubre Encontrará una copia también está disponible en www.oceancitymd.gov transporte público obras. Ocean City Transportation (OCT) se ha comprometido a garantizar que ninguna persona sea excluida de participar en, o negado los beneficios de sus servicios de transporte sobre la base de raza, color u origen nacional, tal como está protegida por el Título VI del Acta de Derechos Civiles de 1964 . Si usted cree que ha sido objeto de discriminación basada en su raza, color o nacionalidad, puede presentar una queja hasta 180 días a partir de la fecha del supuesto incidente. Para presentar una queja o para obtener información adicional sobre las políticas de no discriminación octubre y procedimientos, contacte a George Thornes, Superintendente de Transportes, 204 65th Street, Edificio E, Ocean City, MD 21842. OCD-9/26/5t ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ vene at 2:00 p.m. at the library to hear the scheduled cases. MAJOR CONSTRUCTION MAJOR 1 Spencer Rowe Inc. on behalf of Martin Fish Company LLC - Request No. 2013-61 – Request to conduct maintenance dredging activity of approximately 7,652 square feet extending a maximum channelward distance of 58 feet. This request also includes the in-kind replacement of a 20’ x 250’ parallel concrete dock and the installation of 250’ of new/replacement steel bulkheading. The project is located at 12929 Harbor Road, also known as Tax Map 27, Parcel 387, Lots 63-67, Ocean City Harbor, Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 2 Bayshore Marine Construction on behalf of Haskin Deeley - Request No. 2013-62 – Request to install one boatlift with associated pilings not to exceed 13.6 feet channelward. The project is located at 12311 Cropper Creek Road, also known as Tax Map 26, Parcel 392, Lot 15B, Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 3

Permit Ink LLC for Ocean City Boatlifts and Marine on behalf of Anthony and Kimberlee Nardella - Request No. 2013-63 –Request to install one boatlift and a double jet ski lift with associated pilings not to exceed 12 feet channelward. This project is located at 84 Clubhouse Drive, also known as Tax Map 16, Parcel 41, Section 4, Lot 610, Ocean Pines Community, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 4 Hidden Oak Farm, LLC. on behalf of Thomas and Helen Berry - Request No. 2013-64 –Request to install a 6’ x 100’ perpendicular pier not to exceed 100 feet channelward. This project is located at 12259 Dixie Drive, also known as Tax Map 10, Parcel 158, Lot 19, Holiday Harbor, Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 5 Hidden Oak Farm, LLC. on behalf of Dante LLcuna Profit Sharing Plan and Trust – Request No. 2013-65– Request to demolish existing pier and install a 6’ x 117’ perpendicular pier with a 8’ x 25’ “L” shaped platform not to exceed 125 feet channelward. This request also includes the installation of one boatlift and two PWC lifts with associated pilings. This project is located at 3442 Figgs Landing Road,

also known as Tax Map 73, Parcel 50, Second Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 6 Coastal Compliance Solutions, LLC. for Hi-Tide Marine Construction, Inc. on behalf of Roger and Gail Taylor – Request No. 2013-66 – Request to install a 3’ x 36’ perpendicular pier with a 4’ x 20’ “L” shaped platform not to exceed 46 feet channelward. This request also includes the installation of one boatlift and two jet ski floats with associated pilings. This project is located at 8702 Grey Fox Lane, also known as Tax Map 33, Parcel 245, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 7 Coastal Compliance Solutions, LLC. on behalf of Holland Point Farm LLC – Request No. 2013-67 – Request to install a 3’ x 13’ perpendicular pier with a 4’ x 15’ “L” shaped platform not to exceed 17 feet channelward. This project is located at 10527 Calvin Lane, also known as Tax Map 15, Parcel 189, Nichols Family Limited Partnership Etal., Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 8 J. Stacey Hart & Associates, Inc. on behalf of James and Christine Guinan – Request No. 2013-68 – Re-

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quest to remove existing 6’x 33’ parallel dock and boatlift and replace with a 6’ x 24’ parallel dock to a 6’ x 26’ perpendicular pier not to exceed 32 feet channelward. This request also includes the installation of one boatlift and two PWC lifts with two additional mooring piles. This project is located at 118 Watertown Road, also known as Tax Map 16, Parcel 47, Section 11, Lot 300, Ocean Pines Community, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 9 J. Stacey Hart and Associates, Inc. on behalf of Sammy and Sandra Clatworthy – Request No. 2013-69 – Request to install one boatlift and two PWC lifts with associated pilings not to exceed 36 feet channelward. This project is located at 408 Charlotte Court, also known as Tax Map 21, Parcel 68, Section 15B, Lot 8A, Ocean Pines Community, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 10 J. Stacey Hart and Associates, Inc. on behalf of Gilbert Zander – Request No. 2013-70 – Request to construct a 4’ x 48’ parallel dock to a 6’ x 16’ perpendicular pier not to exceed 21 feet channelward. The request also includes the installation of one boatlift with associated pilings. This project is located at 37 Pintail Drive, also known as Tax Map 16, Parcel 50, Section 14A, Lot 53, Ocean Pines Community, Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. OCD-10/24/2t __________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Purchase of Wheel Loader Worcester County, Maryland The Worcester County Commissioners are currently accepting bids for the purchase of one (1) Current Model Year Wheel Loader for the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Public Works. Bid specification packages and bid forms are available from the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, or may be obtained online at www.co.worcester. md.us or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-632-1194 to request a package by mail. Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in the Office of the County Commissioners at the above address, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked "Bid for Wheel Loader" in the lower left-hand corner. After opening, bids will be forwarded to the Department of Public Works for tabulation, review and recommendation to the County Commissioners for their consideration at a future meeting. In awarding the bid, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever bid they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work,

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time of delivery or completion, responsibility of bidders being considered, previous experience of bidders with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries shall be directed to Mike Mitchell, Solid Waste Manager, at 410-632-3177. OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Barry N. Duffy, Jr. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-11-001731

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 16th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 10213 Germantown Road, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 18th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 11th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $107,799.98. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ HAROLD B. GORDY, JR., ESQ. AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, P.A. 11047 RACETRACK ROAD BERLIN, MD 21811

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15338 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JEROLD LEE SHAROFF Notice is given that David M. Sharoff, 113 High Sheriff Trail, Berlin, MD 21811, was on October 15, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jerold Lee Sharoff who died on September 20, 2013, without a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on

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or before the 15th day of April, 2014. Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills. David M. Sharoff Personal Representative True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 24, 2013 OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Lora A. Taylor IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-13-000321

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 16th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 102 Branch Street, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 18th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 11th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $65,000. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD

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BID NOTICE/ ADVERTISEMENT Public Works Streets Division Sign Machine The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland are accepting sealed bids for furnishing, site delivery, set-up, and training of a sign machine and associated hardware and software as detailed on the attached Specifications & Pricing Document. All material will be delivered F.O.B., Destination-Prepaid & Allowed, to Service Center Administration, 204 65th Street, BLDG C, Ocean City, MD 21842. Bid packets may be obtained from the Town of Ocean, City Service Center Administration, 204 65th Street, BLDG A, Ocean City, MD 21842, by calling 410-723-6643, during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, or by e-mail at nrice@oceancitymd.gov . The Town of Ocean City is not responsible for the content of any Bid packet submission received through any third party bid service. It is the sole responsibility of the Vendor to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the Bid packet submission. Sealed Bid packet submissions are due in the City Manager’s Office, City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 no later than 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 12th, 2013. Mailed bids must be received by this time as postmarks will not be considered. The bids will be acknowledged by the Mayor and City Council at their regular Work Session on Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 at 1:00 P.M., at City Hall, Council Chambers first floor, Ocean City, Maryland. Bid packet submission will be publicly opened and names of Vendors read aloud. Mayor and City Council will use their discretion for inclusion of late Bid packet submissions. Catrice Parsons, CPSM Procurement Manager Ocean City, Maryland OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________

BID NOTICE/ ADVERTISEMENT Convention Center Sign Repair The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland are accepting sealed bids for repair to their Convention Center road sign which adjoins

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Coastal Highway, as detailed in the Bid Package Specifications Document. Bid packets may be obtained from the Town of Ocean, City Service Center Administration, 204 65th Street, BLDG A, Ocean City, MD 21842, by calling 410-723-6643, during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, or by e-mail at nrice@oceancitymd.gov . The Town of Ocean City is not responsible for the content of any Bid packet submission received through any third party bid service. It is the sole responsibility of the Vendor to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the Bid packet submission. Sealed Bid packet submissions are due in the Purchasing Office, Attn: Purchasing, Service Center Administration, 204 65th Street, Bldg. A, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 no later than 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 6th 2013. Mailed bids must be received by this time as postmarks will not be considered. The bid is tentatively scheduled for award by the Mayor and City Council at their Regular Session on Monday, November 18th, 2013 at 6:00 P.M., at City Hall, Council Chambers first floor, Ocean City, Maryland. Catrice Parsons, CPSM Procurement Manager Ocean City, Maryland OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________

NOTICE The TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND is soliciting bids for the Northside Park Canoe and/or Kayak Rental Concession. Please indicate your interest in receiving a copy of the bid specifications by making a request in writing to the following address or by calling 410-250-0125: Thomas J. Shuster, 200 125th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 To be considered, the proposal must be received by the City Manager, 301 North Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842 by 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. OCD-10/24/1t __________________________________

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