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PRESIDENT: Lloyd Martin

RECOGNIZED: Friends and family

was unanimously voted in last week as president of the Ocean City Council; Mary Knight named secretary PAGE 3

gathered last weekend to honor Dr. Lenny Berger, who was presented the Hal Glick Community Service Award PAGE 24

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LIFESTYLE . . . . . . . . . 49 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . 20 OUT&ABOUT . . . . . . . 60 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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City election sees largest voter tally since ’04 contest Participation declining since 1980s political heyday in OC

VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE

ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer

More than 100 spectators gathered at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines on Sunday — at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — to pay tribute to veterans, past and present. The hourlong ceremony, led by Sarge Garlitz, retired past commander of American Legion Synepuxent Post 166, featured special guest retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Sharon Egerson, who discussed her experience during Desert Shield. (Above) U.S. Army retired Col. Robert Brenner of Berlin, in chair at center, salutes during the rifle volley conducted by the American Legion Color Guard Synepuxent Post #166, of Ocean City. Brenner served during WWII, the Korean conflict and in Panama and South America. (At right) Two small flags, nearly lost among the many pavers at the Ocean Pines memorial, honor a veteran.

For additional photos from this ceremony and the Ocean City Veterans Day event, see pages 30-31.

The study, according to Cimino, encompassed what the SHA “has identified as a high pedestrian accident location” between Convention Center Drive and the Route 90 bridge at 62nd Street. This area, Cimino said, has a number of major nightlife attractions that draw crowds across the eight-lane thoroughfare.

(Nov. 16, 2012) The final tally of voter participation for this year’s municipal election has, as expected, shown that Ocean City voters turned out in numbers not seen during the previous eight years of apparent public apathy.

According to the city’s Board of Elections, 3,064 ballots were cast in last week’s contest, with 2,730 people voting at the polls, while 334 absentee ballots were also submitted.

Given the city’s total voter registration of 6,343, this is a 48.31 percent turnout, and more than double the consistently low turnout of the previous three elections. In 2010, 2008, and 2006, respectively, the city saw 1,462, 1,521, and 1,484 voters for a turnout rate that was always below 25 percent.

The reason for this year’s heightened interest has been twofold, involving the particularly contentious nature of the election, as well as the change of the election date to mirror the national contest, a move the change’s sponsors hoped would draw more voters to the city’s booths.

In the matter of the former, 2012 saw a massive victory for four candidates who were often endorsed and promoted as a group against their opponents, resulting in each of the four receiving roughly double the number of votes received by those in fifth place and below.

Dennis Dare was most favored with 1,952 votes, followed by Mary Knight with 1,853; Joe Mitrecic with 1,778; Doug Cymek with 1,680; Jim Hall with 929; Bob Baker with 842; Joe Hall with 806; Sean Rox with 533; John Adkins with 314; and Philip Sayan with 304.

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SHA proposes major changes to Coastal Hwy. Lower speed limit will likely be in place before summer season gets under way ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) The State Highway Administration will be looking for possible solutions to the pedestrian traffic problem along Coastal High-

way in the coming months and years and some of those proposed fixes could involve major changes to the city’s main thoroughfare.

“We figured this would be a good time for us to sit and talk about the pedestrian safety

issues,” said SHA District Engineer Donnie Drewer, who appeared before the mayor and council on Tuesday along with Assistant Engineer Ken Cimino, the architect behind the SHA’s safety strategies in the area.

“Ken has led a group from the SHA in order to do a pedestrian traffic safety study,” Drewer continued.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

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Martin assumes presidency, Knight secretariat following election ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) For the second time in as many elections, Ocean City ended a bizarre, two-day period of municipal interregnum last Thursday night following the ouster of a sitting council president.

Councilmember Lloyd Martin, who had previously been serving as the council secretary, was unanimously voted in as council president during the Nov. 8 organizational meeting. Councilwoman Mary Knight was voted in as secretary.

“It’s something that I’d love to do,” Martin said. “It’s a position where you can direct the council, guide the council — keep the peace, so to speak.”

“I don’t want to change anything about Ocean City [as council president],” Martin added. “No. 1, we have a great place here in OC.” Jim Hall, who had served as council president since 2010, was defeated last Tuesday in his re-election bid. Incumbents Mary Knight and Doug Cymek won their re-election, and the seats left vacant by Jim Hall and fellow incumbent Joe Hall, who lost his bid as well, were filled by Dennis Dare and Joe Mitrecic.

Interestingly enough, this past week was not the first time the city has been left without a legislative leader for a 48-hour period, following the Tuesday night defeat of a sitting council president, but before the Thursday night agreement on a new one.

In 2010, then-Council President Mitre-

OCEAN CITY TODAY/ZACK HOOPES

Councilman Lloyd Martin, left, was voted by his peers as council president during Thursday night’s post-election organizational meeting, taking the seat of honor next to Mayor Rick Meehan. At right, former city manager and new councilman Dennis Dare is sworn in during the council induction ceremony.

cic was narrowly beaten in his re-election bid by newcomer Brent Ashley, creating another president-less council until Jim Hall was voted in as president by a fourmember group of himself, Ashley, Joe Hall and Councilwoman Margaret Pillas.

At that time, however, it was already clear that the council’s then-minority saw Martin as the appropriate presidential successor. At the 2010 meeting, Knight and Cymek motioned for Martin to assume the presidency, but they were outvoted 4-3.

Cymek and Knight made the same motion this past week, and it passed unani-

mously. Further, in a rare 8-0 vote, Knight was made secretary; while normally a nonvoting member of the town legislature, the mayor does have the power to vote for council secretary.

Before the vote for council president was taken, however, Pillas and Ashley moved to nominate Dare for the position, an ostensible olive branch to the man whom they had fired as city manager a year earlier.

“I thought with Dennis being the top vote-getter, and having the experience — which, I think, was the No. 1 reason people voted for him — made sense to me,” Pillas

said. “You would pick the person who basically has no learning curve, who already knows how this runs from the other side of the dais.”

Dare declined the offer, however, making Martin the sole choice.

With the ouster of Jim Hall, who had served for nearly 26 years, Martin will now be the council’s longest-serving member, having been first elected in 2002 and serving as secretary since 2006.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

DP&L brings projects before public; disputed 138th substation to come back Dec. 4 Line upgrade between 41st and 85th streets to include steel replace wooden poles ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) Delmarva Power and Light, Ocean City’s sole electricity provider, is making a year-end push to get two of its major upgrade projects through the gauntlet of public scrutiny so work can begin in the early 2013 off-season.

Despite several thousand mailings and notices being sent, only about 10 people attended the company’s public hearing last Thursday at the convention center to discuss the $5 million pole replacement project the company will be starting in February, according to DP&L regional representative Matt Likovich.

“We didn’t find anybody opposed to it, but people just want to know why we’re doing it,” Likovich said. “Mainly, they wanted to know if there would be any service interruptions.”

The project will see the replacement of all wooden utility poles, between the Maridel power substation at 41st Street and the Ocean Bay substation on 85th Street, with galvanized steel poles that will be lower-maintenance and more resistant to wind and impact stress.

Wooden poles, Likovich said, require periodic inspection for cracking, as well as

the application of fungicidal powder to prevent rot.

In addition to reducing overhead, the steel poles will be rated for winds up to 120 miles per hour.

But more important is what the layman will not be able to see: the new steel poles will be supporting much higher-load wires that will be able to handle the stress incurred on the city’s lines if other portions of the grid are damaged.

“Even though the voltage is staying the same, in effect it’s a higher grade,” Likovich said. “The wire that we’re using on that will be of a stronger material, with larger wire, and this means the line will be able to handle more load.”

A study by PJM Interconnection, according to DP&L, found that the 41st-to85th streets stretch of 96 kilovolt line is particularly susceptible to overloading if complimentary lines, such as the Worcester-Bishop 138kv transmission line that parallels the resort to the west, or the New Church generators that boost power from Eastern Shore of Virginia, were to be interrupted.

PJM is a corporate-sponsored organization that coordinates and oversees the construction of electrical grids between different power companies in 13 states in the Eastern U.S. “If there were a hiccup in the system on that Worcester-Bishop line or of the generators on the Eastern Shore of Virginia … the Maridel to Ocean Bay line would not be able to handle the extra load,”

Likovich said. “You want the integrity of the system to be uniform all the way around.”

This creation of system redundancies is part of DP&L’s overall strategy of minimizing outages by layering the power grid, particularly in Ocean City, where demand rises and falls drastically and unpredictably with the visiting population.

DP&L’s other major effort to assuage that situation, however, has met with some hang-ups.

The proposed expansion of the 138th Street power substation to include a Static Var Compensator (SVC) was rejected by the City Council because of residents concerns over the appearance of the substation and the impact of electromagnetic fields on the surrounding area.

The SVC was described as a “booster pump” to mitigate voltage fluctuations that could damage equipment and infrastructure.

A revised proposal for the 138th Street project will be going back before the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 4.

The two projects, both the pole replacement and the substation expansion, are linked together in terms of what they can do to improve the resort’s power grid.

As is often the case, Likovich said residents have already asked why the lines between 41st and 85th Streets are not being put underground.

One reason is that the receiving terminals necessary for underground cables are

too large to fit in the main substation at 138th Street.

“The 138th Street substation just doesn’t have room for these terminal structures,” Likovich said. “You’d have to have them outside the substation … and one of the things that the residents were concerned about was the aesthetics, the appearance of the new station.”

Additionally, most new underground lines are distribution lines that feed individual neighborhoods or customers.

New residential developments in Maryland, Likovich said, are required to be built with buried cables.

But the lines on Coastal Highway also include high-voltage transmission lines that run between substations, making complete “undergrounding” much more difficult.

“If there were a cable fault on the underground transmission lines, then you’re talking about a service interruption to thousands of customers,” Likovich said.

“It’s more difficult to repair an underground cable fault than it is with overhead lines. They’re susceptible to problems with flooding and soil composition.”

Such a project would be doable, but expensive beyond a reasonable point, Likovich said.

“Ultimately, the customer is going to pay for those extra costs ... somewhere down the line, it’s a cost of doing business [that would be passed on], and going underground would be exceedingly expensive, Likovich said.”

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Despite the sluggish economy, AAA expects holiday travel to increase this year.

The holiday travel period is marked from Wednesday to Sunday, Nov. 21-24.

One of the most important safety tips is to always buckle up. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, regular seat belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.

Research has shown that when lap and shoulder belts are used properly, the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants is reduced by 45 percent and the risk of moderate to serious injury is reduced by 50 percent.

“Seat belts continue to save more lives than any other single piece of automotive safety equipment,” Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino said. “But in

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Drivers should also remember that bridges and overpasses are usually the first to freeze in cold conditions. z Slow down during bad weather. Each year, approximately 6,500 fatalities and 450,000 injuries from crashes occur during bad weather. z Use child safety seats properly. z Obey speed limits. z Slow down in construction zones and pay attention to warning signs and road crew flaggers.

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ning process,” Martin said of new City Manager David Recor’s strategic planning initiative. “I hear it a lot from the public, ‘What is this [process] going to do for us?’

[The answer] is that we need to be thinking now about what we need, what we want, what we can afford.”

Recor’s signature project, which will see comprehensive, multi-year development designs and goals set for the city, seeks input from all of the city’s stakeholders.

But it remains to be seen exactly how the council’s long-term dynamic will work out, now that the controversial former majority has been reduced to just Pillas and Ashley, with the other five council members all being endorsees of Mayor Rick Meehan.

Pillas said, however, that any remaining grudges will matter little, as long as the new council is fiscally responsible.

“If this new majority plans to go along that way, I’m going to be part of that vote, and I will vote with them,” Pillas said. “If this new majority plans to increase salaries and build more bureaucracy, I’m going to be voting against it, as I have since I’ve been elected.”

Martin said he has already personally spoken with the new council regarding any lingering differences in methodology.

“I talked to the council members oneon-one,” he said. “We all want the same thing, the same success for this town, we

just have different ways of getting there.”

In the short term, however, the city may have to allay some of its more grandiose long-term plans to deal with union contracts that will lock the town into several years of expenses at a time when property tax revenues are still declining. The town’s chapters of the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Firefighters will both be re-negotiating their contracts over the next three months.

The FOP has gone for three years without any of the raises or cost-of-living that it had been given in previous contracts, negotiated before the economic downturn.

“The issue of how we’re going to find money and spend it has to be dealt with immediately due to these union contracts,” warned Pillas.

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OC Fire Department awaiting big improvements in coming year June, July prove busiest for service calls while August declines; changes planned ZACK HOOPES â&#x2013; Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) Success is often a loosely defined term, depending on how high oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expectations are. But in the case of the Ocean City Fire Department, those expectations are fairly clear-cut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When everyone goes home safe and we stay within our budget,â&#x20AC;? is how OCFD Chief Chris Larmore described it Tuesday OC Fire Chief in the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genChris Larmore eral report to City Council.

Despite some resource shortages, Larmore described this past summer as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;successful seasonâ&#x20AC;? for the OCFD in terms of its ability to handle the volume of calls without compromising the safety of the public or its own employees.

Larmore reported that June and July of this year were exceptionally busy, while August seems to have become a definitively â&#x20AC;&#x153;slowâ&#x20AC;? month, at least as far as emergency services are concerned. Overall summer call volume was down 1.5 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;June and July were up substantially,â&#x20AC;?

Larmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it would appear that the calls were down so much in August that it

offset the increase in June and July, and then some.â&#x20AC;?

He also noted that the beginning of the summer seems to present the most traffic difficulties as well, with random backups occurring more often. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another challenge early in June was that we had more unexpected traffic delays coming into town, and quite honestly we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure out why,â&#x20AC;? Larmore said.

But this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience â&#x20AC;&#x153;will allow us to go and increase staff early in the summer, especially with some of these special events,â&#x20AC;? Larmore said.

The OCFD continues to be strapped for personnel. With the municipal hiring freeze still in effect, Larmore has previously stated that he is approaching the point of diminishing returns with its workforce â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it will soon be cheaper to hire new rescue personnel than it will be to continue to pay overtime for current employees to cover vacant shifts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stepped up, even without some of the full-time personnel that we know has been a challenge for us,â&#x20AC;? Larmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased to report that we had 100 percent of our personnel working â&#x20AC;Ś we completed the season without injuries.â&#x20AC;?

Larmore also reminded council of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming capital improvements. The OCFDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much-anticipated fireboat project is close to being finished, with the final product expected to be much more than had even been anticipated.

A boat-building outfit run by Seacrets owner Leighton Moore has been working

on the construction of the boat for some time, largely on a pro-bono basis, adding a number of features and improvements, free of charge, that go much further than the original specifications the city paid for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point, the boat is very near completion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready for sea trials, although it did run a bit behind, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing that was unanticipated,â&#x20AC;? Larmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The manufacturer added a significant number of improvements at no cost to the city or the fire department.â&#x20AC;?

Larmore also added that the docking and lift equipment for the boatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s berth on the bay at 13th Street has been gratis as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boat manufacturer stepped up and donated that 100 percent,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Larmore also got approval from council to make a sole-source purchase of a new ambulance, built by Horton Emergency Vehicles and sold through FESCO Emergency Sales as part of a municipal purchasing cooperative set up by the Houston-Galveston

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The departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aging ambulance fleet, whose replacement has been put off over several tight budgets, has been previously reported to have major maintenance and breakdown issues. Larmore reported in July that the department was leasing some replacement vehicles on a short-term basis.

Previous allocations put the cost at $248,000, but the current purchase price is $250,515. Larmore said the department is working with city Budget Manager Jennie Knapp to re-allocate funds from elsewhere to make up the difference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are on a government contract with Houston in order to ensure that that is a fair and equitable price,â&#x20AC;? Larmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The budget manager has indicated that she will be able to accommodate that request.â&#x20AC;?

The new paramedic unit will go a long way towards standardizing the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motor pool, in an attempt to minimize maintenance difficulty. The ambulance will feature the same Hortonbuilt patient compartment as all the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other units, and the International cab and chassis will be identical to all but one of the existing vehicles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is currently the same manufacturer as eight of our nine units in terms of the chassis, and nine of nine with the box,â&#x20AC;?

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At 110 Talbot St., landlord Wayne Hartman is nearing completion on another renovation that will provide nine low-cost, year-round rentals — a market Hartman said has been burgeoned by the Hispanic workforce on the island.

Rebuild of existing property has appeal during slowrecovery ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16,2012) Of the many things that took a hit with the 2008 economic downturn and have, subsequently, bounced back, few have returned exactly as they were before. The American auto industry, for instance, will likely never be the same despite its gradual recovery.

This has held true in Ocean City, as well, although the bread and butter industry here is not V8 engines, but the rental housing stock that anchor’s the city’s downtown business.

According to Ocean City Development Corporation Executive Director Glenn Irwin, the past two years have seen an “unprecedented” number of building renovations in the downtown area. While the usual frequency of complete makeovers has been only one or two a year, Irwin has counted 15 that have been done or are currently being completed since 2010.

“Major investment is going into these,” Irwin said. “The owners, in many cases, have put in a half-million dollars, a million, sometimes more.”

OCDC, a nonprofit company organized at the city’s behest to facilitate downtown development and revitalization, has been involved with more of these renovations than it has not. The organization’s signature program is its façade improvement funding, whereby it offers subsidies to private property owners to renovate their buildings’ exteriors.

But boosting the downtown aesthetic and curb appeal is just the tip of the iceberg, Irwin said. In many cases, façade improvement funds spur property owners to go far beyond what they would’ve been willing to do otherwise, both externally and internally. In a large number of cases, Irwin said, façade grants subsidize the complete, gut renovation of an entire building.

“Sometimes we’ve been working with See OCDC on Page 26

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Shockley wins OCHMRA honor for civic service Paul Hazard Award given 18 times in the hospitality association’s 41-yr history NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) Businessman Greg Shockley’s ability to create a spirit of cooperation earned him the highest honor presented by the Ocean City Hotel-MotelRestaurant Association.

“I had no idea it was coming,” Shockley said Wednesday about receiving the Paul Hazard Award during the association’s dinner meeting Nov. 7 at the Princess Royale. “It was a complete surprise.”

The 2-foot-tall wooden trophy, with Shockley’s name joining the names of the 17 past recipients, will reside in his office “until they decide to give it to someone else,” he said.

The award is not given out every year, but only when there is a deserving recipient.

Shockley, owner of Shenanigan’s Irish Pub on the Boardwalk, was a founding member of the Boardwalk Development Association, implementing $5 million in Boardwalk improvements, and president of the Ocean City Development Corporation and the Ocean City Hotel-MotelRestaurant Association. During that presidency, he helped conceive performance-based funding for tourism advertis-

ing through a dedicated visitor-generated room tax.

He has served on the board of the Restaurant Association of Maryland and he is chairman of the Tourism Advisory Board.

He also provided meeting space, food and his time to help make the inaugural Susan B. Komen race a success.

Shockley is also serving his second three-year term as chairman on the Maryland Tourism Board.

Only two other Ocean City businessmen, Lenny Berger of the Clarion Resort Fountainebleau Hotel, and Michael James, managing partner of the Carousel, have chaired that board.

“We’ve been able to work for Ocean City at the state level,” Shockley said.

He could not pick one achievement of which he is most proud.

“I have been fortunate enough to be in-

volved in the city and in tourism and each thing built upon the next,” he said. “It’s the body of work I’m proud of.”

The Paul Hazard Award was last presented in 2005 to Amy Rothermel.

The award is named after Paul Hazard, one of the original Ocean City HotelMotel-Restaurant Association members when the association was reorganized in 1971.

Owner of the Stardust Motel, which is no longer in existence, Hazard was elected president in 1973, but passed away before he could serve.

The board of directors voted to pay tribute to Hazard by establishing the award in his name to honor an association member for his service to that organization, but who was also an outstanding citizen in the community.

There have been only 18 recipients during the association’s existence.

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OCEAN CITY BRIEFS ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer The Ocean City mayor and council discussed the following issues at the Tuesday, November 13 work session:

Tank likely to go unsold Public Works Director Hal Adkins got permission from council to issue a bid request for the removal of the 66th Street water tower, which is scheduled to be taken down shortly. Although the original plan was to sell the water tank on the municipal auction site GovDeals.com, Adkins said “it appears no one is going to pay you for that tank.”

The online auction was scheduled to end Thursday. If no one makes an offer on the tank, the city will have to pay to have it removed. Adkins plans to ask the companies who previously bid on the demolition work to submit an estimate for the tank removal.

“It is my intent, if that occurs, to move forward with a sealed bid at staff level,” Adkins said.

“Thursday will likely come and go … I’m going to take my same RFP and ask them to have it back to me by Nov.19 at 3 p.m.”

Caroline St. bids awarded Council moved to approve City Engineer Terry McGean’s final recommendation for contract awards relating to the Caroline Street Comfort Station. Demolition of the Boardwalk’s existing restroom structure will be done by Strawbridge Construction at a price of $12,550, and construction of the new facility will be done by Black Diamond Builders at a cost of $938,750, bring-

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ing the total construction cost in well below the city’s bond allotment of $1 million for the project.

Earlier this year, City Hall saw much discussion of what exactly the new facility should entail.

The final design, by McGean and architect David Quillen, features a central stage area that will allow beach-facing shows and concerts. The performance area will be flanked by two separate wings with expanded men’s and women’s bathrooms, and will feature low-cost, low-energy ventilation systems for heating and cooling.

Councilwoman Margaret Pillas asked if the projected budget savings could be allocated elsewhere.

“This is the beginning of the project, not the end,” McGean cautioned. “If there is money at the end after change orders and everything … that money has already been bonded and sold, so it can be used for other projects if they fall short … within the legal bounds of the bond issuance.”

“With all the upgrades … we are finding that our underground utilities are getting more and more hits,” Adkins said. “We’re unable to get reimbursement from the utility contractors because they’re hitting them based on our own maps … it’s almost getting ridiculous at this point.”

Although water and sewer “laterals” – those lines running to individual lots from the “main” in the street – are theoretically perpendicular to the road, Adkins found many during the recent Delmarva Power work in southern Caine Woods that are skewed diagonally from where they are supposed to be.

“We have no way to be sure that the alignments put in place by developers such as Jim Caine are actually correct,” Adkins said.

The GPRD will allow the city to create accurate underground diagrams of the lines, massively reducing the risk of them being struck during future work.

Utility radar approved

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City Public Works Director Hal Adkins found approval for a $24,440 expenditure on a Ground Penetrating Radar Device from Ditch Witch, to be bought with money from the city’s Wastewater Department enterprise fund.

Adkins said the city is responsible for marking the locations of its underground utility lines when requested to do so by other contractors who are completing underground utility work. Until now, the city has done so by simply referring to historical maps. However, Delmarva Power’s project to convert electric cables from overhead to underground in several North Ocean City subdivisions has required the town to extensively and precisely map its utilities. That’s something that Adkins said can’t be done with exact accuracy using historical references.

Council moved the re-allocate $7,000 to the city’s ongoing effort to map the property lines and right-of-way delineations in the downtown area.

On the recommendation of city Public Works Director Adkins, council moved money left over from the 2005-2006 storm drain improvement account to fund “property mosaic” research on Baltimore Avenue below South Division Street.

The mapping project, Adkins said, seeks to identify the city’s original right-of-way on the avenue, the southern portion of which was platted in the 19th century and subsequently encroached upon through over a century of property development. When downtown land is redeveloped in the future, Adkins said, the city can reclaim some of its road and sidewalk space that has been lost.

Adkins said that mapping north of North Divi-

sion Street has already been done and paid for, and the area between North and South Division Streets was rebuilt in 1991 to correspond to the actual right of way. The area south of South Division, however, has not yet been done and is of particular interest given that the original plat which determines the city’s historical road rights is designed largely around a portion of the town that has been underwater since the 1933 storm that created the inlet.

The remaining surplus of $13,946 from the storm drain retrofitting will be transferred to the city’s underground utilities capital fund, to help pay for the “minor issues” that Adkins said will always crop up as the city uncovers old utility lines as part of its street repaving projects this winter.

Parking dates to be set Council voted to move a proposed ordinance on the city’s parking enforcement dates to it’s Monday night regular session for first reading and likely passage. The ordinance, suggested by Public Works Director Hal Adkins, addresses a seeming conflict between the city’s 2010 and 2012 ordinances on the activation dates of the parking Cale machines.

The 2010 ordinance seeks to eliminate the problem of weekends falling on different dates each year by defining the enforcement of paid parking as being “from the first Saturday in April or Good Friday, whichever occurs first, through the third Sunday of October.”

The 2012 ordinance, however, seeks to encourage the use of downtown in the shoulder season by creating free parking on weekdays only from April 1 to May 24, and from Sept. 4 through Oct.14.

A revised, master ordinance has been drafted that maintains the weekday allowances while Continued on Page 13

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OCEAN CITY BRIEFS Continued from Page 12 eliminating specific dates. Paid parking will be in effect on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only from the first Saturday in April or Good Friday until the Sunday before Memorial Day, as well as Thursdays before Springfest and the spring Car Cruz-in.

Paid parking will be in effect seven days per week from the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day, with free parking Monday through Thursday coming back into effect from Labor Day through the third Sunday of October, except on Thursdays before Bike Week, Sunfest, and the fall Car Cruz-in.

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Airport car contract renew Public Works Director Hal Adkins and Ocean City Airport Manager Jaime Giandomenico recommended, and council approved, a three-year contract renewal for Express Rent-a-Car to continue to operate the rental car counter at the city’s municipal airport.

Putting the contract back out to bid would be somewhat pointless, Adkins said, since Express seems to be the only rental company interested in maintaining a comparatively small-scale operation at the city airport, which only services private and charter planes and does not have scheduled commercial flights.

“The expectation of having an Enterprise, Hertz, or Avis show up there and man the facility 24/7, 365 … there’s just not enough out there for them to survive,” Adkins said. “We’ve had them knock on the door before, but when they see what we have to offer, they walk away.”

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“In addition, we had personnel assigned to complete paperwork during the storm, not after the storm,” Larmore said. The OCFD was squared away and back to a normal footing only a week after the hurricane muster, he said.

The department also recently completed a Dale Carnegie leadership training course. Twenty-eight officers participated, which was “well worth the expense” from the department’s training allocation, Larmore said.

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“In assessing their equipment, they are short on what I call a ‘portable light plan,’ where they need to light some of the side streets where the kids meet up and they feel it could be unsafe,” Adkins said.

Council unanimously approved Adkins’ recommendation to let Berlin borrow some of Ocean City’s lighting equipment from Dec.5 through 7.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Bicycle lane,wider sidewalks among proposed changes to highway Continued from Page 1

From January of 2008 to August of 2012, the corridor saw 41 pedestrian accidents, including one fatality. Of the total number of incidents, 22 involved alcohol, 27 were at night and 11 involved bicycles.

From January of this year through August, there were 12 crashes, nine of which involved alcohol.

The length of road studied is about 1.3 miles, Cimino said. He and the his team have developed a number of possible means of safety enhancement for that stretch of road, but did not want to proceed with more intensive feasibility studies unless the city was also on board.

Several of the solutions that Cimino wished to explore would involve major changes to the landscape of Coastal Highway, chief among them, the idea of a median barrier that would physically prevent pedestrians from crossing outside of the crosswalks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to move forward with some conceptual plans for a physical barrier in the median, and develop several concepts to bring to the council for further discussion,â&#x20AC;? Cimino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to go ahead with the design and concept.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to construct a barrier.â&#x20AC;?

The barrier could consist of traditional iron fencing, a baked aluminum paneling, â&#x20AC;&#x153;very thorny and difficult to traverseâ&#x20AC;? shrubbery, or a combination thereof, Cimino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that would just be in the study

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The stretch of Coastal Highway south of the Route 90 Bridge to the convention center was the subject of the State Highway Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent study on areas of high pedestrian risk.

area,â&#x20AC;? Drewer added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re realistically looking at 41st to 59th [for the barrier] â&#x20AC;Ś we would like to see if we could get some funding for conceptual studies, to get some ideas so we can come back to you at a later date.â&#x20AC;?

Former City Manager and new Councilman Dennis Dare said he has â&#x20AC;&#x153;noticed over the years that the pedestrian issue hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been as significant between 9th and 15th.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think your last design for the median has been effective from a pedestrian safety

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standpoint,â&#x20AC;? Dare said, regarding the vegetative barriers that are placed periodically along Philadelphia Avenue.

However, Mayor Rick Meehan cautioned that â&#x20AC;&#x153;that area is completely different from the area from the convention center to 62nd.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really an urgent reason to cross [downtown],â&#x20AC;? Meehan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the commercial on one side and the residential on the other [as is seen in the study area].â&#x20AC;?

The issue, Meehan said, is that the midtown area of the resort is laid out with lodging on the ocean side and bars and restaurants on the bay side, creating an evening tide of vacationers crossing the highway from east to west.

Another of Ciminoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structural changes would involve the reconfiguration of the street itself, which he referred to as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;road diet.â&#x20AC;? This would eliminate one car lane from the highway on each side, and use the additional space to install a dedicated bicycle lane and widen the sidewalks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to investigate the use of this between 41st and 59th as well,â&#x20AC;? Cimino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good opportunity to incorporate the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;road dietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with the streetscape project and give a lot more pedestrian accessibility.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would be able to model this on a computer before we put it in place,â&#x20AC;?

Drewer added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can model these and find out what effect it has on the traffic.â&#x20AC;?

Dare asked the SHA to explore the option of eliminating the bus lane and having â&#x20AC;&#x153;three lanes of traffic with the bus using the slow lane.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not unlike south of 17th Street where the bus becomes a car as far as traffic goes,â&#x20AC;? Dare said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be an interesting diet, Council President Lloyd Martin said.

The council voted unanimously for the SHA to proceed with more conceptual work on the barrier and â&#x20AC;&#x153;road dietâ&#x20AC;? options.

Cimino also had some less-involved fixes as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the concerns that came up immediately after the fatal collision in May was existing lighting,â&#x20AC;? he said. While most field measurement were consistently up to standard, the northbound lanes between 41st and 42nd Streets, and the southbound lanes between 45th and 46th were found to be lighting deficient.

Cimino also suggested that signal timing, both for cars and pedestrians, could be tweaked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the SHA were to reduce the amount of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;green timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on Coastal Highway â&#x20AC;Ś weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re currently running some models right now to see what the delays would look like,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The total amount of â&#x20AC;&#x153;green timeâ&#x20AC;? on Coastal Highway, the maximum amount of time cars can travel without red light interruption, varies between 100 and 180 seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our signal system can be timed for any day of the week, any time of the day, and it can be adjusted for when we have our heaviest flow,â&#x20AC;? Cimino said. If green time was reduced, he said, pedestrians would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;more apt to push the buttons, because the wait time would be shorter.â&#x20AC;?

Pedestrian signals assume a person walks at 3.5 feet per second. Cimino suggested lengthening this for the summer months, given that children and vacationers toting beach gear are often slower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though the children do not cross on their own, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always part of the timing. Every adult goes across at the pace of their child,â&#x20AC;? Councilwoman Margaret Pillas said.

Cimino said that the first step would be to install a signal at 54th Street, which is in the middle of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest stretch of road without a crossing. The SHA will be working with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Works department to get the signal in place by March, he said.

The council approved of the signal change.

Cimino also said that the SHA will â&#x20AC;&#x153;continue to try to find money to eliminate the median cut-throughsâ&#x20AC;? on the entire length of Coastal Highway, and is â&#x20AC;&#x153;looking at the installation of sidewalk and curb markingsâ&#x20AC;? that feature yellow-painted curbs with â&#x20AC;&#x153;do not crossâ&#x20AC;? stenciled on them.

The SHA is also conducting a safety audit on Baltimore Avenue. Drewer asked if the council would be interested in an additional conceptual study to incorporate pedestrian bump-outs on the avenue from 9th to 15th Streets, similar to the portion of Philadelphia Avenue that parallels it.

The council gave its unanimous approval to that investigation as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks for being so proactive on this,â&#x20AC;?

Martin said.

In concert with investigating the myriad of traffic pattern changes, the council also voted unanimously to request that the SHA lower the speed limit on Coastal Highway to 35 mph between 33rd and 62nd Streets, making the entire road below Route 90 uniform in speed limit.

The change had been asked by Ocean City Police Department Chief Bernadette DiPino in September. She said national data shows that 85 percent of pedestrians struck by a vehicle going 40 mph will die, versus a 5 percent fatality rate for those struck at 20 mph. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do a traffic engineering study to reduce the speed limit, we feel it would be a logical breaking point to make the speed consistent below Route 90,â&#x20AC;? Cimino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also cognizant that lower speeds means the severity index of accidents will drop â&#x20AC;Ś and also may give your drivers more reaction time.â&#x20AC;?

Meehan asked that the change go into effect as the traffic intensity on the island is ramping up, so that going slower will be

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Route 90 bridge expansion needed, Dare reminds SHA less of a shock to local drivers.

“It would give people time to get used to it while there is traffic, instead of making the change when there is little traffic,” Meehan said. “It would be harder to transition when there is little traffic. This way, you’d already be used to it as the traffic dissipates when the winter comes.”

Drewer said that he would pass the request on the state’s Office of Traffic Safety for approval.

Dare also renewed the topic of widening the Route 90 bridge, a major improvement the city has been interested in for decades, but the state has never funded.

“I know the SHA’s needs far exceed its budget, but we can’t begin to address ingress and egress without Route 90 in the planning cycle,” Dare said. “A few years ago, we went through the Route 50 process, and since then we’ve seen more traffic lights go up on 50, and I expect there will be more lights and more big box stores choking the access to Ocean City [from the south end].”

Dare said that during Hurricane Sandy, the Route 50 bridge was closed and access form Delaware was equally impossible.

“I was starting to feel awful lonely up in Caine Woods listening to the reports,” Dare said. “It comes down to safety.”

Although Drewer was not optimistic about the funding, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” he advised.

DECATUR STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO ‘GLOBAL GEAR DRIVE’ On Tuesday, Stephen Decatur High School’s Connections Club presented 390.21 pounds of donated sporting equipment, clothing and shoes to Al “Hondo” Handy, second from far left, local representative of the Global Gear Drive. Global Gear Drive collects and distributes used sports gear to those in need. Past donations have gone to third-world countries and even to areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Pictured with club members is Club sponsor Laurie Chetelat. To make a donation to the Global Gear Drive, contact Handy at the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department, AHandy@oceancitymd.gov.

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But the effect of a tight race on voter turnout is not exclusive to this past election. Relative participation also appears to be highly linked to the size of the field and to the presence of a contested race for the mayor’s spot.

The low-turnout elections of 2006,

2008, and 2010 featured only seven or eight council candidates, as well as Mayor Rick Meehan running unopposed. This year, the council field was widened to 10 and Meehan faced challenger Nick Campagnoli, although the contest was somewhat lopsided with Meehan receiving 2,238 votes to Campagnoli’s 629.

The 2004 election, however, saw even better turnout percentage than 2012, with 3,034 of 6,124 registered voters coming out for a participation rate of 49.54 percent. That election featured 14 council candidates, as well as a tight mayoral race that saw incumbent Jim Mathias win with 1,633 votes to challenger Vince Gisriel’s 1,331.

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Going further back to the 1980s and early ’90s, the “bad old days” of Ocean City politics, the effect is even more pronounced, with voter turnouts consistently well over 50 percent. The 1996 city election holds the record for the largest field, with 15 council contenders and two mayoral candidates, resulting in a turnout of 51.51 percent.

The city’s record for turnout, by a wide margin, goes to the 1985 special election held after the death of Mayor Harry Kelley.

The April poll saw 2,519 of the city’s 3,464 registered voters show up for a turnout rate of 72.72 percent. The 1986 general election immediately following that, which solidified the place of new Mayor Roland E. “Fish” Powell, saw a 58.13 percent turnout.

Powell also holds the record for the greatest margin of popular endorsement.

His 1992 re-election bid garnered him 2,015 votes. Given that the city had 4,786 voters at the time, 42.1 percent of the population actively supported his candidacy.

This year did create a record for popular support of a council candidate, however, with Dare’s margin of confidence coming in at 30.77 percent. This beats out the previous apparent record holder, former Councilwoman Nancy Howard, whose 1,684 votes in the 1996 contest, when the city had 5,702 voters, created a margin of support of 29.53 percent.

Knight came within a few votes of besting that as well this year, with 29.21 percent of the voting public supporting her.

The change of the municipal election date to coincide with the national ballot was also likely a factor. It appears that interest in the city contest was nearly equal to interest in the national contest. Total turnout for the Worcester County Board of Elections’ seventh district, whose only polling place is the convention center, was 3208, meaning that only 144 more people voted in the national election than did in the municipal election.

But city voters also appear to be just as swayed by the presence of higher-level contests on the state and national level as they do by mayoral contests on the local level. In 2006, for instance, a total of 2,505 ballots were cast in district seven for the Maryland gubernatorial race. But this jumped dramatically for the top race in 2008, when 3,500 ballots were cast in the national contest between Obama and McCain. In 2010, the numbers similarly slumped back down to 2,500 for O’Malley’s re-election bid.

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support when pole replacement or other construction is occurring Likovich said. And by the same token, local agencies rely on Delmarva Power to provide technical support during emergencies, such as during Hurricane Sandy two weeks ago, when Delmarva Power preemptively cut electricity to parts of Ocean Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flooded downtown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a two-way street,â&#x20AC;? Likovich said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to keep the lines of communication open. [The alarm donation] is a gesture that we use to maintain an open dialogue with the public and emergency management agencies.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Office of the State Fire Marshal encourages residents to enlist multilevels of protection against possible injury and death from fire and smoke,â&#x20AC;?

Maryland State Fire Marshal William E. Barnard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By working with Delmarva Power, we are able to increase our resources and extend our reach into the community to those people who need the most help.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not getting one of these smoke alarms, the fact that we do this once a year is a good reminder to get one or to change your batteries,â&#x20AC;?

Likovich said.

Additional organizations supporting this effort include the Maryland State Firemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, Fire and Burn Safety Coalition of Maryland, Maryland State Fire Prevention Commission and Maryland Fire Chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association.

Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Improvement Warehouse and Harris Communications of Minnesota provided these alarms to Delmarva Power at a reduced cost to help support this safety effort.

Since 2000, Delmarva Power has donated 17,000 regular smoke alarms, 1,042 special needs smoke alarms and 1,650 carbon monoxide alarms to fire safety officials in Delaware and Maryland.

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Home repair program designed for Berlin residents affected by August storm NATHAN BRUNET ■ Bayside Gazette Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) In a continuing effort to assist residents who experienced property damage during the August storm that flooded the town and caused several power outages, Berlin officials have invited anyone interested in a home repair loan program to visit Town Hall on Friday, Nov. 16.

According to Tony Carson, town administrator of Berlin, representatives of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will arrive

some time between 11:30 a.m. and noon to inform residents on possibilities of assistance for home repair.

What is being offered is the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program, which provides low-interest loans to assist with renovations done to both exterior and interior deficiencies.

“It’s a half-dozen-page application.

We’ll have staff members to meet with residents and help them through the process,” Carson said.

“It’s been more than two months since the storm and we’re trying to gauge how many people need help,” he said.

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These loans are secured by a property lien and there are some limits based on income. Carson further explained that the loans do not have to be repaid until the house is sold.

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The inaugural “Just Walk Berlin” event, sponsored by the Worcester County Health Department and the town of Berlin, will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, at Stephen Decatur Park.

‘JustWalk Berlin’ will take place Satur. at Stephen Decatur Park NATHAN BRUNET ■ Bayside Gazette Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) To help residents become more active while also informing them of a free, countywide exercise program, the Worcester County Health Department has teamed with Berlin officials to organize the inaugural “Just Walk Berlin” event, taking place Saturday, Nov. 17, at Stephen Decatur Park, located off Route 113.

“We are trying to highlight where peo-

ple can go to be active in the area,” said Mimi Dean, chronic disease prevention and tobacco control program coordinator of the Worcester County Health Department.

Registration for the free event, a 1-mile casual walk throughout the park’s walking trail, begins at 9 a.m., with the actual walk starting at 9:30 a.m.

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Malinowski selected to manage daily operations at Pines course New director will continue to assist aspiring golf pros via OP apprentice program NATHAN BRUNET ■ Bayside Gazette Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) The search for a new director of the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club is over, as resident John C. Malinowski III officially began overseeing the day-to-day operations on Tuesday.

“I’m very excited to be here and meet our members. My professional and primary focus is to service our membership,” Malinowski said on his first day on the job.

An Ocean Pines resident for about nine years, Malinowski was introduced to golf in his early years, but didn’t take any professional considerations into the sport until after college.

He was a member of the golf team of Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina, and while playing at the colligate level, he also worked at the Medal of

Honor Golf Course at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va. Upon graduation, Malinkowski landed a professional position at Catawba Country Club in North Carolina.

After a little more than a year at Catawba County Club, he was elected to membership in the Middle Atlantic section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA of America).

Malinkowski then moved from his first professional position in golf to be the head professional at Montclair Golf Club in Virginia.

Becoming a PGA head pro requires more than 800 hours of education. Aspiring professionals are required to perform a series of written exams, simulation testing, attend seminars and pass the PGA playing ability test.

He then moved to be the director of instruction at Capital City Golf School in Washington, D.C., before becoming the head professional at River Run Golf Club in Ocean Pines in 2003.

Malinkowski stayed head professional there until taking the same position at Montgomery Country Club

before returning to the Pines.

This all has led him to serving as the Middle Atlantic section’s 44th president, a title he still holds, as well as the being recipient of this year’s Professional of the Year award.

“That award was quite an honor. It is definitely, so far, the highlight of my professional career,” Malinkowski said.

The new director has been heavily involved with the PGA since he joined.

Malinkowski acted as the chairperson of the Middle Atlantic section’s education and membership program.

Through this, he was able to redevelop

the apprentice orientation program that helped aspiring pros get on the right track early in their career.

While at Ocean Pines, Malinkowski said he will continue to focus on education and he hopes to spend time with apprentices who want to advance.

Malinkowski has just begun working for the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club, but he envisions a positive future for the longstanding course.

“I look forward to working with the Ocean Pines Association to make sure our golf course is the best it could be,” he said.

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“Quit Smoking Kits” in recognition of The Great American Smokeout.

“If someone wants to come and smoke while walking, they’re more than welcome to. We would just want the opportunity to hand them our kit,” Dean said.

The first 50 participants will also receive a free “Just Walk” step counter.

Though the walk is meant to be a statement of keeping active in itself, county representatives are striving to get more people involved with the program.

Once a person signs up, he or she selfreports to the county and certain achievements will earn residents prizes such as sweatshirts, T-shirts and water bottles.

Accomplishments are recorded by the mile, but results can also be calculated by minutes, as county representatives understand that some residents who are not

able to walk or run long distances.

Every 15 minutes of exercise is counted as an equivalent of traveling one mile.

Reporting these feats can be done by sending a fax to 410-632-0080, calling 410-632-0056 or by mailing in the results to the department. Send letters with attention to Mimi Dean to 6040 Public Landing Road, Snow Hill, Md. 21863.

While registration for the Just Walk program will be available at the event, people of all ages can join the program at any time.

This event is new to Berlin, but Just Walk was started 16 years ago by the Worcester County Health Department and has grown to have more than 2,000 participants.

Pre-registration for the event is encouraged by calling 410-632-0056.

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What’s next in City Hall: Bold steps or caution?

There’s undoubtedly more going on than meets the eye at City Hall these days, what with a new council majority and a new city manager about to get down to major business.

The biggest challenges are undoubtedly the subject of some quiet conversations, as council members contemplate upcoming union contracts, how the volunteer fire company might figure in all this, and a pedestrian safety issue that could entail possible reconfigurations of certain sections of Coastal Highway.

None of these things is without its political hazards, and this week’s voting story and its accompanying charts show that people will go to the polls when something important to them is on the line.

Just as the turnout shot up in this last election following two wild years of councilmanic-depressive activity, voter participation also increased dramatically in 2004, when the mayor’s race had Jim Mathias facing Ocean City’s own great dissenter, Vince Gisriel.

So why the stunning fall in the local turnout between 2006 and 2010? Obviously, those years were mostly devoid of big political choices and controversy. Another factor, however, had to be money.

In 2006, Ocean City was awash in the stuff. When life is flush, people don’t care much about what government does.

But neither are they focused on local government when the economy heads south dramatically, as it did between 2007 and 2009. Absent some compelling political reason, most people had bigger concerns, such as scrambling to salvage whatever remained of their personal wealth. That uncaring attitude evidently carried over into 2010, as two core groups of voters fought it out among themselves.

What yanked registered voters out of their slumber was the 2011 firing of City Manager Dennis Dare, a City Hall fixture who enjoyed name recognition throughout the community. Had that not happened, there’s no telling how the past election would have turned out.

That brings us to the present and a public that’s somewhat more wary about the future than it was several years ago. As a result, the months ahead will be interesting to watch, as the council decides whether to take bold steps on these major issues or pick the spots where it needs to tread more lightly.

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Dr. Leonard Berger receives award Editor, On Saturday, Nov. 10, the greater Ocean City area gathered to honor Dr. Leonard Berger as he was presented with the third annual Hal Glick Distinguished Service Award. Almost 400 people came out to honor Dr. Berger at his hotel, the Clarion Fontainebleau Resort, for his many years of quiet philanthropic service to the community.

Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Atlantic General Hospital and Temple Bat Yam were the beneficiaries of the event. Almost $70,000 will be distributed to the charitable organizations involved.

We would like to thank the nominating committee of Hal and Chris Glick, Mayor Rick Meehan, Councilwoman Mary Knight, Reese Cropper III and Leighton and Rebecca Moore for their efforts. The event would not be possible without our dedicated organizing committee of Donna Pellinger of AGH, Denise Billings of PRMC, Rebecca Moore, Hal and Chris Glick, Sidney Eagle, Larry Pack, Rina Thaler and Steve Cohen. We are extremely grateful to Kari Berger for her valuable input and assistance.

Thank you to Dr. Berger and the excellent staff at the Clarion, particularly Kay Windsor, for hosting a beautiful event. To our talented emcee Richard Sher, thank you for making the entire evening so enjoyable.

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Our appreciation to the Diamond, Platinum and Gold Sponsors: Leonard and Kari Berger, Choice Hotels, Sysco, Reliable Churchill LLC, US Foods, PRMC, Leighton and Rebecca Moore and The Crab Bag. In addition, there were many other sponsors, patrons and donors who helped make this evening a success.

Speakers in tribute to Dr. Berger included Leighton Moore, Dr. Barry Tull, Dr. Mort Rapoport, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, U.S. Sen. Andy Harris, Kari Berger and Jackie Berger, as well as other family members. Presentations from elected officials included Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan, Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas, Delegate Mike McDermott, Sen. Jim Mathias and Tara Oursler, chief of staff for Dutch Rupersberger.

The actual Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Berger by Hal Glick. The invocation for the evening was given by Rabbi Susan Warshaw of Temple Bat Yam. Thank you to all the attendees who came out to recognize and support Dr. Berger. He is truly deserving of this award. We are

looking forward to next year’s event, and the search for future recipients.

Jeff Thaler and Warren Rosenfeld, co-chairmen Hal Glick Distinguished Service Award Committee

OC AARP Fall Fest a success Editor, On behalf of the board and members of Ocean City AARP Chapter 1917, I wish to thank Andrea Albrecht, Bob McCluskey and Sandy Kvech who worked very hard to make the 2012 OC AARP Fall Fest a success. More than 75 members and guests attended the event last month at the OC Elks Lodge and danced with the stars from the Delmarva Hand Dancers.

Area businesses generously contributed door prizes and auction items and we want to thank them: Blue Fish, Grotto Pizza, Crabcake Factory, Ocean Greenery, High Stakes, Crab Bag, Nick’s Ribs, BJ’s, Blue Ox, Green Turtle, Billy’s Subs, Ponzetti’s, Old Pro Golf, Fisher’s Popcorn, Dumser’s Dairyland, Candy Kitchen and Dunkin Donuts. All Continued on Page 21

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proceeds from our event benefit our scholarship fund.

The OC AARP Chapter meets the second Thursday of each month, 9:30 a.m., at the OC Elks Lodge. Anyone with a national AARP membership is more than welcome to join us.

Christopher R. Norris, president OC AARP 1917

Noel Community seeks donations

By Stewart Dobson Among the many things I don’t understand, which would include why the street sweeper only seems to do in front of my house when my car is in the way, is the glamorization in popular culture of the undead.

I get the zombie thing, having awakened in that state on many occasions and subsequently brought back to (marginal) life via the consumption of valuable electrolytes.

But I’m not talking about zombies, which apparently have been put on earth, or in our minds at least, to give us at least one group of individuals we can blow up whenever we want without getting all whiny about it.

Admittedly, killing zombies doesn’t make much sense, since they’re already dead, unless one happens to believe in degrees of dead, as in dead, more dead and really dead, etc.

In this instance, I’m referring specifically to different undead creatures that have, in recent years, developed emotions of all things. Somewhere between Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula wanting to drink our blood and our current sorry state of vampire-related television and movie entertainment, someone concluded there was a place in this world for sensitive vampires.

As far as I’m concerned, this is like saying Cujo got all cuddly, despite a touch of rabies, with a little loving care.

Originally, vampires had no souls, which would mean they could give two scatterings of owl poo-poo how YOU feel, or anyone else for that matter.

They saw, they ate, they bit you and you bit the dust. That was pretty much it.

But lately, we have been inundated with a bunch of whiny, touchy-feely, lovey-dovey, I-wanna-hold-your-hand vampires, whose big deal is fighting werewolves, while leaving the rest of us pretty much alone.

And that’s another thing. It used to be that werewolves only manifested themselves during a full moon and held regular jobs the rest of the time. Other than missing a bowling night now and then because of certain lunar situations, they went about their business.

Now, however, they seem able to get their emergency wolf on whenever they feel like it.

“You say it’s $3.49 for a gallon of regular? Watch this, monkey boy!”

I can live with that, but I just can’t warm up to the idea of a warm-hearted vampire.

“Good evening. I am Count Dracula.

I want to replenish your electrolytes.”

It just doesn’t work.

Editor, The Noel Community is preparing for its 15th annual dinner on Christmas Day. The volunteers serve a free turkey and ham dinner with all the trimmings from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s bythe-Sea on Third Street and Baltimore Avenue in Ocean City. This event has become an important part of the Christ-

mas celebration for many including the homeless, unemployed, underemployed, shut-in, and those who are alone.

Noel provides gifts and toys to many who attend. All items are free and all are welcome.

Last year, the Noel Community volunteers served more than 1,300 meals, including sit-down dinners and carryouts. Meals were delivered to those who could not leave their homes and to the police, fire departments and others who serve our community on Christmas Day. Again this year, there is a need for monetary donations. Checks made payable to the Noel Community may be mailed to P.O. Box 1207, Ocean City, Md. 21843. Your financial support to purchase items for the dinner is appreciated.

Donations of non-perishable food

and toiletries from individuals or organizations will be collected Dec. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea. If your business or organization is willing to sponsor a collection drive of non-perishable food or toiletries during the holiday season, please call and the Noel Community will make arrangements to pick up the items.

The Noel Community, with the generosity from Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin, Fenwick, Bishopville, Selbyville, and the surrounding neighborhoods, is able to make the Christmas celebration special for many in our community.

The Noel Community appreciates the support and hopes you will consider their request again this year. If you have any questions, please call 410-2893453.

Faithfully Yours, The Noel Community

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Fingerprint match on vending machine solves 2-year-old case NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) It took more than two years, but a fingerprint lifted from a soda vending machine in Ocean City led to the arrest of a suspect last week.

Ocean City Police Department Public Affairs Officer Mike Levy said there could be several reasons for the delay.

“They may have identified a print and they were in the confirmation process,” Levy said. “It can be a tricky business if you don’t have a viable, clean print.”

Police were called to the Holiday Inn on 17th Street four times, including twice in one day, during the summer of 2010 because multiple soda vending machines and snack vending machines on several floors had been forced open.

In each case, someone used a drill to gain access to the cash inside the machines.

On July 15, 2010, the Ocean City Police Department Forensic Services Unit processed the Coca-Cola vending machines for latent prints, which they submitted to the Maryland State Police Forensic Science Division. In August 2012, police received information that fingerprints lifted from the machines that were broken into two years earlier were entered into the Maryland Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

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gerprints recovered from the coin box inside one of the soda machines was a match to Todd Edward Vennemann, 42, of Easton.

During an interview with a detective in August, Vennemann denied breaking into vending machines. To explain how his fingerprints could have been on the inside of one of the vending machines that had been broken into, Vennemann said he saw a soda machine unlocked, so he reached in and stole some soda.

Vennemann was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary, three counts of theft of less than $1,000, three counts of malicious destruction of property and engaging in a scheme of theft of less than $1,000.

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(Top left,) Dr. Lenny Berger, third from left, received the third annual Hal Glick Community Service Award Saturday during a gala at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau on 101st St in Ocean City. With Berger, from left, are, Baltimore TV personality and event emcee Richard Sher; the award’s first recipient and namesake, Hal Glick; and the award’s second recipient, Seacrets founder Leighton Moore. Far left, Dr. Berger thanks his friends and colleagues following the presentation of the 2012 Glick Award. Above, Well-wishers greet Berger at the conclusion of the event.

Left, Former local realtor Hal Glick, for whom the award is named, commends Berger during his remarks at the presentation.

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an applicant and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the contractor on board to do the exterior, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just move ahead and use the same one for the interior, separate from our program,â&#x20AC;? Irwin said.

To receive funds, façade improvement applicants must conform to OCDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design guidelines for streetscapes. But internally, owners are free to do as they wish.

More and more often, Irwin said, investors â&#x20AC;&#x153;come downtown and see older buildings that have potential.â&#x20AC;?

Many of those involved in the local real estate and construction industries have noted that, as the economy begins to slowly recover, the tentative market seems to encourage investors to renovate and improve what they have, rather than taking the risk of building new. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have seen significantly more renovation and improvement permits versus new construction,â&#x20AC;? said City Engineer Terry McGean. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were seeing a lot more new construction in the mid- to late 2000s, and now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a lot more renovations.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in the downtown area, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a combination of economic reasons and the incentives from OCDC to improve your property,â&#x20AC;? McGean continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People now say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;investing in my existing building can make a difference.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The glut of vacation condominiums to the north, however, has created somewhat of a niche market downtown for more affordable housing.

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Wayne Hartmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completed renovation at 5 St. Louis Ave., involved the conversion of what was a purely seasonal residence into year-round housing with energy-efficient winter insulation.

Local landlord, and OCDC board member, Wayne Hartman recently finished work on 5 St. Louis Avenue, and will soon be finishing 110 Talbot Street.

Both buildings will be used as rental properties for year-round tenants, with six units on St. Louis Avenue and nine on Talbot Street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is provide energy-efficient, year-round housing,â&#x20AC;?

Hartman said. Both projects used OCDC funds for façade work, as well as for

weatherization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say the original structures may have been from the 1930s or 1940s,â&#x20AC;?

Hartman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were basically seasonal, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have insulation, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a primary heat source.â&#x20AC;?

The market for inexpensive, yearround housing downtown is significant, according to Hartman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge demand for decent, affordable housing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t advertise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; people find me. I think

a lot of landlords, not just myself, are looking for a year-round clientele.â&#x20AC;?

In that market, however, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the rent warrants the cost of new construction today â&#x20AC;Ś especially for this,â&#x20AC;?

Hartman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is workforce housing, primarily for a Hispanic population,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones that are providing the housekeeping, the kitchen help for a lot of the business that stay open in Ocean City. As work slowed down, a lot of the Hispanic people left town, but now I see a resurgence of people coming back â&#x20AC;Ś this is the strongest year Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had since the downturn.â&#x20AC;?

Local contractor Kevin Maynard has also done two major overhauls of buildings in the past two years, at 1011 Baltimore Avenue and 102 11th Street. Both buildings were from circa 1945. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were old, plaster walls, no insulation,â&#x20AC;? Maynard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I redesigned part of 1011 â&#x20AC;Ś so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole different look inside.â&#x20AC;?

Differing from Hartmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projects, Maynardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in both instances was for part-time residents who do not rent out their second homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have always been a believer that sometimes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just cheaper to build your own house than it is to renovate,â&#x20AC;? Maynard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in this situation, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matter of maintaining the integrity of the downtown area, maintaining that old Ocean City look.â&#x20AC;?

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desk, McGean concurred that “there was a point in the area of the mid2000s where the land was worth more than the building was.”

But since the downturn, and even into the slow recovery, that is no longer the case.

“I think it’s a good thing, in most instances, that the building is still worth something, that it’s still worth preserving some of that character.”

Both Hartman and Maynard said that they would have been doing their renovations anyway, but that OCDC façade funding spurred not only more curb appeal, but an all-around more quality project, done sooner.

“What I try to do with the façade money is use it to make the building a better project, use materials and details that I wouldn’t have been able to afford before,” Hartman said. “I would’ve done the work regardless, but the project would not have been near as nice.”

“The money we got goes toward upgrading, updating,” Maynard concurred.

“Both of [my clients] would’ve gone ahead and done it whether the money was there or not … but the money was an incentive to do it sooner rather than later.”

BUILDERS CLUB ESTABLISHED AT SDMS Stephen Decatur Middle School will have a new club next year. The Kiwanis Builders Club officially had its first officers for this charter club installed by the parent Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President Barbara Peletier on Nov. 13. Kiwanis has clubs at all levels of schools and prior to this year, there was a void between the intermediate school and high school level. Now, some local students will have the opportunity to participate in Kiwanis Clubs all the way from first grade to high school graduation. The club has already raised $2,415, in conjunction with the National Junior Honor Society, for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Ocean City on Oct. 20. Builders Club President Stella Cunningham was the top student fundraiser with $285. Pictured, from left, are Kiwanis Club advisor to the SDMS Builders Club Jackie Todd, Builders Club Treasurer Annabell Midley, Kiwanis advisor Roy Foreman, who helped get the club started, Cunningham, Peletier, Builders Club Secretary Jessica Wharton, Builders Club faculty advisor Mindy Bankert and Builders Club Vice President Eric Rimel.

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Berlin meetings to look at results of storm water feasibility study (Nov. 16, 2012) The Berlin Mayor and Council announce two public outreach meetings to learn the results of the yearlong University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center storm water feasibility study. The meetings are scheduled based upon Berlin election districts: â&#x2013; Nov. 19: Districts 1 and 2, Town Hall, 10 William St., 7 p.m. â&#x2013; Nov. 27: Districts 3 and 4, Multipurpose Building, Flower Street, 7 p.m.

The purpose of these meetings is to: â&#x2013; Hear from Joanne Throwe, director of Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland, to discuss the storm water feasibility study results. â&#x2013; Learn about the recommendation of creating a storm water utility department. â&#x2013; Gather information on the funding recommendations from the study.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Financing Feasibility Study for Stormwater Management in Berlin, Marylandâ&#x20AC;? is online at www.berlinmd.gov.

Printed copies are available at Town Hall.

This is an important decision that will influence the safety of property and maintenance of Berlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storm water for the next several generations. Citizens are urged to attend so they may learn firsthand about the recommendations of the study and help the mayor and council make an informed decision about how they pool the resources of our community to find a permanent, affordable solution to our existing storm water issues.

The public outreach meetings will be sponsored by the University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center and the town of Berlin, with funding from the Town Creek Foundation.

Berlin gets state approval for bball courts NANCY POWELL â&#x2013; Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) New basketball courts at Henry Park in Berlin could be completed by mid-December.

The Board of Public Works allocated $37,805.34 for the town and approved the expenditure for the Flower Street park project during its Wednesday meeting.

The old court materials have been removed and paving has begun, Mary Bohlen, Berlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy town administrator, said Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect to have the surfacing done today,â&#x20AC;? she said.

According to the board, replacing the courts will restore them to safe playing conditions, and the added amenities will increase the usage of the park. The proposed outdoor recreational lighting system is designed to be energy efficient and minimize light pollution.

The funds will come from Program Open Space, a division of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The

town is also seeking funds from Community Parks and Playgrounds, also part of that department, for additional improvements.

The townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks Commission had considered seeking funds for a walking path at the park, particularly because the walking path at Stephen Decatur Park on the opposite side of Route 113 is popular.

Residents, however, preferred improvements at the courts, which are frequently used, and did not express interest in a walking path.

The Parks Commission last summer formed a subcommittee, whose members surveyed park users and others to determine what was most important to them.

New basketballs courts ranked No. 1 and several people mentioned cracks in the existing courts that they considered to be a safety hazard.

The Maryland Board of Public Works is comprised of Gov. Martin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot.

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As growing season ends, group gathers one last time at garden (Nov. 16, 2012) With fall officially here, the Berlin Branch Library Garden is winding down its third growing season.

On Monday, Nov. 12, volunteers planted garlic and prepared the garden for the winter season.

Facilitated by Worcester County and managed by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, the 160-square-foot garden produces heirloom tomatoes, sweet peppers, carrots, beets, greens, herbs, garlic, onions, raspberries, potatoes, bush and pole beans, eggplant, cucumbers and cabbage. Towering lemon queen sunflowers graced the garden in July.

The bounty from this project continues to be shared with the community in several ways. More than 500 pounds of fresh, organic produce has been harvested for Diakonia, an emergency shelter in West Ocean City, and for Stevenson United Methodist Church’s weekly Spirit Kitchen, which provides a hot meal free of charge to anyone in need. The produce is used in meals and also given away through food pantry programs.

“The Berlin library garden added much nutritional value and flavors to the Diakonia meals,” said Claudia Nagle, executive director of the shelter. “We use the produce as soon as it reaches our table at Diakonia. One of our fun summer recipes was fresh Gazpacho. We made barrels of it, and the guests loved it on hot days. We also enjoyed many fresh stir fries and greens.”

Another important purpose of the garden is to demonstrate sustainable gardening techniques to the public, with the goal of encouraging the public to try their hand at gardening, and to improve their understanding of the ecological and human health benefits of sustainable gardening and agriculture.

“Throughout the growing season, library users ask what is growing, what happens to the produce, etc,” said Library Director Mark Thomas. “It has become an ongoing ‘garden conversation’ in the library and a chance to raise awareness about Diakonia and the many advantages and joys of gardening. This has definitely been a positive development for the library as well as the community. Kudos to Katherine and the master gardeners for making it all happen.”

Several events throughout the growing season included children and families assisting with the garden. In addition, nine core volunteers, representing 240 hours, assisted in the garden with a variety of tasks, from watering to harvesting, providing everyone with an opportunity to share information and develop new gardening skills.

The garden is also used to provide outreach to groups starting gardening projects throughout the lower shore, including new projects in Pocomoke City, West Ocean City and at Salisbury University. A variety of specific techniques are demonstrated in the garden. Companion plants, such as borage and marigolds, were planted to naturally deter pests. One bed demonstrates the use of a weed barrier to retain moisture and suppress weed growth. A composting system using a dual box and worms is demonstrated on-

site. Container gardening, an option for small spaces, is also included in the garden. This falls cover crop will rejuvenate the soil, and the garlic to be planted will be harvested next year.

Funding from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, and materials donated by local businesses and private individuals, helped make the 2012 garden possible.

The 2013 garden will be improved with another raised bed, and a new asparagus bed is in the works. More information will provided as it becomes available about future educational outreaches. For information or to volunteer, contact Katherine Munson at 410-6321200, Ext. 1302, or kmunson@co. worcester.md.us.

Berlin Branch Library garden volunteers, from left, Sharon Peterson, Patty Kernan, Sandy Jacoby and Pat Pilling, tend the fall garden.

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The American Legion Color Guard Synepuxent Post #166, of Ocean City conducts a rifle volley during the ceremony at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial in Ocean Pines on Sunday.

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Presenting the Desert Shield/Storm Memorial Wreath is U.S. Army retired Col. Doug Dods and U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Dale Trotter.

American Legion Post 166 Chaplain Nate Pearson holds his hand to his heart during the National Anthem.

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The hourlong ceremony in Ocean Pines is led by Sarge Garlitz, retired past commander of American Legion Synepuxent Post 166.

Lining up for the “posting of the colors” ceremony during the Veterans Day tribute Sunday in Ocean Pines are veterans representing VFW Post #8296 in Ocean City, American Legion Post #67 in Snow Hill, American Legion Post #166 in Ocean City, American Legion Post #123 in Berlin and the First State Marine Corps League.

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More than 100 spectators gathered Sunday at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines on Sunday — at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — to pay tribute to veterans, past and present.

A Veterans Day tribute ceremony also took place in Ocean City, at the American Legion Synepuxent Post 166 building on 24th Street.

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More than 100 spectators gathered at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines on Sunday for the Veterans Day ceremony.

Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Sharon Egerson was the guest speaker during the Ocean Pines ceremony.

A wreath-laying ceremony takes place outside the American Legion Synepuxent Post 166 building on 24th Street following a service inside during the Nov. 11 Veterans Day event. The event was a joint venture between the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8296.

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JoAnne Masone performs the National Anthem during the ceremony in Ocean Pines.

American Legion Worcester County Cmdr. Martin Price places a candle at an empty place setting during the “Soldiers Table,” or “Missing Man,” ceremony — a tribute to soldiers unable to be with their loved ones and families.

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Guests gather at the American Legion Post 166 building on 24th Street for the Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony.

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THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Worcester Prep sixth-grade students, under the direction of teachers Geneva Sampson and Susan Godwin, presented “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” to parents and students in the Lower and Middle Schools. The cast included, in front row from left, Robert Jett, Owen Tunis, Nicholas Lange, Dakin Moore, Jaye Eniola and Remy Trader; in second row, Jay Gosnear, Liam Hammond, Cooper Richins, Grace Schwartz, Julia Godwin, Kendall Whaley, Hailee Arrington, Virginia Bateman, Delaney Abercrombie, Alannah Curtis and Dylan Meoli; in third row, Dominic Anthony, Matt Durkin, Hannah Merritt, Baera Bischoff, Dawson Delaney, Hailey Merritt, Chloe Ruddo, Max Moore, Maria Deckmann and Lidia Hobbs; and in back row, Cole Berry, Graham Hammond, Jacob Meakin, Parker Brandt, Thomas Fager and Ethan Scheiber.

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Stephen Decatur High School wins math competition (Nov. 16, 2012) The number crunchers were out in full force in Salisbury last week. No, they were not a team of special auditors.

They were 63 students from 21 schools in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia who participated in the 29th annual Eastern Shore High School Mathematics Competition at Salisbury University.

The students demonstrated their math expertise on both an individual and team basis.

Since this is an election year, there was a special question in the team portion of the competition that dealt with voting systems.

Stephen Decatur in Berlin finished in first place in the team competition, while James M. Bennett and Wicomico, both in Salisbury, finished in second and third place, respectively.

Hee Chor Jeong of Wicomico was the first-place winner in the individual student competition, Casey Knerr of Worcester Prep in Berlin was runnerup and Zhengze Yang of James M. Bennett was the third-place finisher.

Other participating schools were Delmar, Seaford and Woodbridge in Delaware; Colonel Richardson, Crisfield, Mardela, North Caroline, Parkside, Pocomoke, Saints Peter & Paul, Salisbury Christian, Snow Hill, Gunston School, Salisbury School, Washington, and Worcester Tech in Maryland; and Broadwater Academy in Virginia.

Delmarva Power, The Klein G. and Mary Lee Leister Foundation and Salisbury University’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science cosponsored the event. “We’re extremely grateful for our cosponsors’ financial support that enables us to hold this worthwhile educational event for area high school students,” said competition director Jennifer Bergner.

“This annual competition allows students to show their proficiency in math.”

“It is certainly nice to see students receive recognition for academic achievement in events like the High School Mathematics Competition,” said Matt Likovich, Delmarva Power spokesman. “The students are to be commended for their interest in striving to improve their mathematics skills.”

Barnes & Noble gift cards were awarded to the top three students, as well as to the students on the three best teams.

All students were given certificates of participation and commemorative T-shirts.

NINE PREP STUDENTS EARN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM MEDICAL INSTITUTE Worcester Prep students who received scholarships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in front row from left, are Claire Brown of Bethany Beach, Del., Lydia Pritchard of Snow Hill and Sophia Tomaselli of Ocean Pines; and in back row, Libby Truitt of Bishopville, Sarah Freund of Ocean City, Jenn Karsli of Ocean City, Lorenzo deJesus of Seaford, Del., Katherine Pavlos of Salisbury and Alissa Talbert of Eden. With the students is their advanced placement biology teacher, Tom Westcott. The students studied animal behavior and physiology, forensics, and biomedical research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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OBITUARIES Rev. John E. Gorman The Rev. John E. Gorman, S.D.S. (Society of the Divine Savior), 76, of Berlin, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at home. Born Aug. 11, 1936, in the Bronx, N.Y., he was the son of Monica Mary and Detective John E. Gorman.

He attended Saint Angela Merici Elementary School and Mother of the Savior High School in Rev. J. Gorman Blackwood, N.J. Father Gorman began his undergraduate studies in clinical psychotherapy at Fordham University, with an additional year at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. On Sept. 8, 1966, he made first vows with the Society of the Divine Savior. Three years later, on Dec. 6, 1969, Father Gorman was ordained as priest by Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York City. The Archbishop had close familial ties to the Gormans and Gannons. The ordination took place in Our Lady Chapel of St.

Patrick’s in New York City as a treasured kindness of the Cardinal. Following ordination, Father Gorman was appointed director of Catholic Charities in Camden, N.J. Five years later, he was named as director of Adoptive Services in the same Diocese.

Four years later, Father accepted an assignment as chaplain for St. Joseph Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. There, he served for nine years.

During the next 10 years, Gorman set up a private practice in the Washington, D.C./Montgomery County area. Along with Dr. Michael Peterson, M.D., he helped with the establishment of St. Luke’s Institute, first in Holliston, then Suitland. It continues to serve the needs of the chemically addicted and others with psychiatric illnesses in Takoma Park, Md. After eight years of staff work, Father Gorman accepted the position of Director of Pastoral Services at St. Mary’s Church in New Carrollton, Md. After 13 years in this capacity, he was elected personnel director and first consulter within his society. Upon the conclusion of six years in this assignment, he took up pastoral work at St. An-

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He is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Kiernan of Tuckerton, N.J., and Berenice Gannon of The Villages, Fla., two nephews and eight nieces.

One of his last, and telling, pastoral deeds was to officiate at the baptism of his great-grand niece, Katherine Mae Kiernan, in October. In so many ways, he has striven to make the Savior known and loved. May he know the joys of eternal life in the presence of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

A viewing was held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at St. Luke’s Church in Ocean City, followed by a concelebrated Mass of Christian burial. Interment was in the Cemetery of the Divine Savior at St. Nazianz’s Church in Milwaukee, Wis. In lieu of flowers, Father John requests donations to be made to St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 14401 Sinepuxent Ave., Ocean City, Md. 21842 to help reduce the church mortgage.

Robert John “Bob” Martin OCEAN CITY — Robert John “Bob” Martin, 68, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Born to Albert and Rita Martin in New York City, N.Y., he had lived in the Bronx, Haskell, N.J., and then Vernon Township, N.J., for 30 years before moving to Ocean City three years ago.

Mr. Martin served with the United States Army in Vietnam and then worked as an elevator maintenance man for 44 years, owning and operating Automatic Dumbwaiter and Gem Elevator before retiring in 2007. He enjoyed being on his boat, fishing and country line dancing and was an avid animal lover, especially to his dog, “Marty.” He was the most kindhearted, loving man anyone has ever known. He was always there for his family and even taught his children, nieces and nephews the fine art of driving. He will always be remembered for teaching us all the true unconditional meaning of love. He will truly be missed by everyone.

Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Raymond Martin (1984). He was the beloved husband for 42 years of Jean Martin (née Nolan) of Ocean City; devoted father of Ann Mansfield and her husband, Tim, of Shawnee, Kan., and Daniel Martin of Ocean City; loving grandfather of Lauren, Danielle and Joshua Mansfield; and dear brother-in-law of Mary Gawel and her husband, Mike, Bridie and her husband, Robert, and Angela Nolan. He

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The family received friends on Monday, Nov. 12, at Ferguson-Vernon Funeral Home in Vernon, N.J. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at St. Jude the Apostle RC Church in Hamburg, N.J. Cremation was private.

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Col. Alan E. Walker OCEAN PINES — Retired United States Air Force Col. Alan E. Walker, 74, of Ocean Pines, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Mr. Walker was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He had a quick wit and he found humor in most circumstances. His patriotism was beyond measure. Although he received many honors, the greatest honor to him was being able to serve his country. He served several tours in Vietnam.

While he was still able, he loved to sail the bay. He was very intelligent and loved working the most challenging crossword puzzles. His had a very magnetic personality, and he loved people.

He graduated in 1956 from Perry High School in Pittsburgh; in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in history from Virginia Military Institute; in 1969 from Fighter Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, where he trained to be a fighter weapons instructor; in 1971 from Industrial College of Armed Forces; in 1972 with a master’s in foundations of education, psychology, from Troy State University in Montgomery, Ala.; and in 1977 from Naval War College in Newport, R.I. He received many honors, including the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Meritorious Service Award.

Alan and Ruth “Cookie” Walker were married in 1990. They shared their families lovingly. Between them they have five children: Dawn Harris (née Walker) of Virginia Beach, Va., Craig Walker of Florida, Donald R. Griffin of South Carolina and Tracey Vernon and Vicki Sharp of Huntingtown, Md.; 10 grandchildren: Nicole Getridge, Joshua Walker, Kristin McCarthy, Donald R. Griffin II, Lindsey Vernon, Deanna Griffin, C.J. Vernon, Leah Sharp, Nicholas Sharp and Brady Sharp; and two great-grandchildren: Jenna Kuykendall and Emanuel Jones.

A funeral service at the chapel, and a burial with full honors, will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date for family and friends. For more information, visit www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

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Driver sentenced to five years in prison for Ocean City death NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) The driver who struck and killed a Towson University student in Ocean City on Memorial Day was sentenced last Friday to five years in prison.

Diogo Miller Facchini, 30, of Lorton, Va., was driving on Coastal Highway at 54th Street at about 1:20 a.m. when he struck Matthew Jude Cheswick, 22, of Cooksville.

Cheswick was crossing the highway and had almost reached the sidewalk when he was struck by Facchini’s Isuzu Rodeo in the bus lane. Facchini did not stop, but continued driving north and then turned east on 55th Street. Witnesses had followed him.

Facchini pleaded guilty Sept. 7 to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and failure to immediately stop a vehicle at the scene of an accident involving injury. Other charges against him were not prosecuted

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in exchange for the guilty pleas.

After Facchini’s pleaded in Circuit Court in Snow Hill, Judge Richard Bloxom ordered a presentence investigation. Last Friday, Bloxom sentenced Facchini to five years in prison for the first charge and he gave him a suspended fiveyear sentence on the second charge. He also fined Facchini $5,000.

Facchini will be on five years of supervised probation after his release from prison.

Jail for man who sold wife’s pain medication NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) A 32-year-old Salisbury man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for selling his wife’s prescription medication.

Because most of the sentence was suspended, Arthur Joseph Valletta of Salisbury will spend fewer than four months in jail.

“They weren’t working anymore,” Valletta told Judge Thomas C. Groton III in Circuit Court in Snow Hill. “She didn’t take them and they just laid around. I saw an opportunity.”

Valletta’s wife served in the military in Iraq, but is medically retired. His 27year-old wife, he said, has a tumor and the Vicodin she had been prescribed is no longer helping her.

“She wants to work, but can’t anymore,” Valletta said. “She’s disabled.”

Valletta said he did not want to sell drugs, but a man who called him said he

knew someone who wanted such pills.

He said he only met the man twice.

“It wasn’t like I knew him,” Valletta told the judge.

Groton said Valletta had apparently established a relationship with the buyer because the man had Valletta’s cell phone number and called it to make a purchase.

The man who wanted the pills was actually an undercover officer and Valletta sold him some of the pills June 1, at an Ocean City location.

In addition to the jail sentence of two years with one year, eight months and one day suspended, Groton fined Valletta $500.

After his release from jail, Valletta will be on supervised probation for two years and must have drug and alcohol counseling as directed by his probation agent.

Courtroom deputies allowed Valletta to hug his wife before he was taken to jail.

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Defendant with multiple maladies spared conviction

Wallet theft

Probation supervised by supreme being, public defender says in court

Officers with the Berlin Police Department responded to a reported shoplifting Nov. 8, at Victorian Charm on Main Street. An investigation revealed that Amy L. Velli, 18, of Ocean City had taken a Vera Bradley wallet from the store.

She was charged with theft of less than $100.

NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) A 52-year-old man in a wheelchair was spared a felony conviction Tuesday because the judge thought his illnesses rendered him unlikely to commit another crime.

Judge Th0mas C. Groton recognized that James Patrick Leech of Fort Myers, Fla. would lose his means of supJames Leech port, his Social Security disability checks, and would be a burden to the county correctional staff.

“This is a no-win situation for everybody because of his medical condition,” Groton said. “The stress of having Mr. Leech in the Worcester County Jail would be more of a penalty to the jail than Mr. Leech.”

Leech had entered an Alford plea in Circuit Court in Snow Hill to the charge of distribution of Fentanyl, a narcotic patch. The Alford plea means the defendant does not plead guilty, but realizes the prosecution has sufficient evidence for a conviction.

Assault A 27-year-old Ocean City man was charged Nov. 8, with seconddegree assault.

Ocean City police stated Vanderhoeven assaulted a man, leaving scratches on his arm. The alleged assault took place in a 33rd Street apartment.

Punch injury A 53-year-old Ocean City man was charged Nov. 10, with seconddegree assault after allegedly punching another man in the face.

According to the charging document, the victim’s face was bruised and his nose was bleeding. Blood was on the victim’s shirt and pants, and blood spatters were on the floor.

The alleged assault took place in a 135th Street apartment.

He was at a downtown Ocean City bar June 21, 2008 when an acquaintance told him he knew someone looking for narcotics. That person was an undercover narcotics officer who handed the acquaintance $30 for two Fentanyl patches. The acquaintance handed the money to Leech, who told the detective how to use them.

“Leech told him to cut it in half and suck on it,” Assistant State’s Attorney Ajene Turnbull said.

Burton Anderson, Leech’s public defender, said Leech was not a drug dealer.

“He was a medical patient who would, for a small amount of cash, share some of his prescription medicine with people,” Anderson said.

Leech, whose left arm trembled constantly, told Groton he suffers from septic osteomylitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MRSA in his heart and kidneys, neuropathy and diabetes.

He has had his left knee replaced and he has been in and out of a nursing home for the past three years. He left the nursing home to come to Maryland to appear in court in Snow Hill.

“I took a Greyhound bus up here,” Leech said.

He made it as far as Fredericksburg, Va., on the bus.

“I got too sick to continue,” he said.

“My brother drove me the rest of the way here.”

Although he made it to Maryland, his medications did not. Greyhound has the

medicines, he said, because they were in his luggage, which is still with the bus company.

Leech also said he had been riding in his wheelchair in Florida when he was arrested Sept. 20 as a fugitive from justice. He had failed to appear in Snow Hill for an earlier court date. He paid his bond with $15,000 in cash.

“It’s taken my whole life savings away,” Leech said.

“He’s paid a considerable sum to be here,” Anderson told the judge.

Anderson then asked the judge if he would consider giving Leech probation before judgment although he has convictions for writing a bad check, malicious destruction of property and battery.

“He’s nickel and dimed himself to a moderate [record],” Anderson said.

Groton then struck his guilty verdict, which he had pronounced earlier, and gave Leech probation before judgment.

“In his present condition, I don’t think he’s able to violate the law any further,” Groton said.

Groton was uncertain whether the probation could be transferred to the state of Florida. He said he would make an attempt for supervised probation in Florida because if Leech commits another crime, he would violate probation.

“Because if he has a miraculous recovery,” Groton said, “he can be back in court.”

Anderson told Groton that Leech was “being supervised by God.”

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Former pizza shop manager charged with theft from business NANCY POWELL â&#x2013; Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) The former manager of Primo Hoagies was charged last week with stealing nearly $25,000 from the business.

Surveillance videos show Philip Brian Abrams, 26, of Fenwick Island putting cash in his pocket on several occasions. They also show him snorting a line of white powder off a desk in the Philip Abrams eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

The owner contacted police in early September because he believed Abrams, manager of the 132nd Street business, had been stealing money from the shop for the past several months. He also thought Abrams was using drugs at work because of the videos he saw.

Abrams was the manager of Primo Hoagies since it opened in 2010. As manager, he was responsible to making cash deposits at the bank.

When the owner was going over the financial records in July, he realized the amount of cash coming in from sales did not match the amount of cash Abrams deposited at the bank. In late July or early August, he relieved Abrams of his responsibility for handling the money and gave that task to the assistant manager.

Abrams remained manager of the business, but failed to show up for work Aug. 31 and never returned.

A detective with the Ocean City Police Department met with the owner on Sept.

8 and viewed financial records, including copies of bank deposits and daily receipts. The records showed discrepancies. Several of the discrepancies revealed differences of hundreds of dollars for a single day.

During another interview, the detective learned that Abrams had been seen

(Nov. 16, 2012) A Berlin woman who had planned to take the bus to Salisbury earlier this month changed her mind and accepted the offer of a man who said his friend would drive her there for $10.

She walked with the man to find his friend, but instead of finding her a ride, the man robbed her at gunpoint.

According to the Berlin Police Department, the woman had been at the bus stop at the intersection of Decatur Street and Bay Street because she planned to go to the Motor Vehicle Administration. She told her plans to a young man who said his friend could drive her, but they would need to walk to the friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house to get him.

The two walked down Bay Street to the area of Bay Street Apartments.

When they reached the back area of the apartment complex, the man pulled out a pistol and told her to give him all of her money. He reached into her pants pocket and removed a $100 bill. He also took a cell phone that she had just bought for $39.99.

The woman was trying to yell for help when the man told her to shut up or he would shoot her. He then ran toward Flower Street.

Police were notified and found the victim crying and in pain because she had fallen in a ditch while running toward Flower Street. She was taken to Atlantic General Hospital for treatment.

Police interviewed three people who had been nearby. All three knew the robber to some degree. One witness said he saw the victim with a man he knew See VICTIM on Page 38

through August. According to the charging document, Abrams even took money on Aug. 30, his last day of work. The owner and the assistant manager discovered that the bank bag was missing $440 that day.

On Oct. 9, police interviewed Abrams, who reportedly said he was addicted to opiates. After being clean for more than four years, he had begun using drugs again during this past summer.

At first Abrams denied committing the thefts, but later said he could be responsible for taking approximately $200 during a period of three years. After more discussion about the missing money, Abrams reportedly said he would not be willing to pay back more than $1,000.

Abrams was arrested Nov. 8 and charged with theft from $10,000 to $100,000 and theft scheme of $10,000 to $100,000.

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taking cash from the tip jar. The tips were supposed to be shared by all employees according to hours worked, but Abrams allegedly took the money home and would distribute smaller amounts of money to the employees later.

According to the charging document, the detective also viewed videos that showed Abrams snorting a suspected drug on the desk in the office. Some of those videos were recorded even after Abrams had been relieved of his duties to make bank deposits.

The charging document also states that videos showed Abrams counting or sorting cash, then concealing it in his hand before leaving the office or putting it in his pockets. Some videos also showed Abrams removing cash from the tip money envelope.

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Dog will remain with his former partner, Pfc. Kevin Flower and his family

only as Lavar when they were on Bay Street. He told police he thought it was strange to see them together and he thought Lavar was “up to no good.”

That witness and another witness told police where the robber lived and a third witness told police where he worked.

Chief Arnold Downing and two police officers went to the robber’s apartment, but got no response at the door. They then went to his place of employment, where they were told he had not shown up for work for several days.

Using the alleged robber’s date of birth, police obtained a Motor Vehicle Administration photo of Lavar Domenique Harmon, 20, who has also used an Ocean Pines address. It was shown to the victim in a photo lineup and she selected Harmon as her assailant.

Police arrested Harmon on Nov. 8 and charged him with armed robbery, robbery, theft of less than $1,000, first-degree assault and second-degree assault.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 4 in District Court in Snow Hill.

(Nov. 16, 2012) Veteran police K-9 “Tacko” retired last Friday after nearly eight years of service with the Ocean City Police Department.

Tacko, born Aug. 28, 2001, in Czech Republic, came to the United States via Tarheel Canine in North Carolina. In 2005, Tacko was partnered with Pfc. Kevin Flower and both attended 10 weeks of basic police K-9 training. They worked together for eight summers.

Tacko was certified eight times by the North American Police Working Dog Association and the National Law Enforcement Canine Organization.

During his police career with the Ocean City Police Department, Tacko had more than 1,500 deployments, which included building and vehicle searches, plus searches for suspects and open field searches for evidence resulting in the detection and recovery of illegal contraband and the arrests of hundreds of suspects. He also assisted other Maryland law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Customs Service with drug interdiction and detection.

“Tacko retires with distinction and honor,” Chief Bernadette DiPino said.

“The OCPD relies heavily on our K-9 partners to do what no other police re-

source can do. They are invaluable assets in fighting crime. Tacko will be missed by officers and citizens alike.”

Tacko will remain with Pfc. Flower and his family.

“I really believe he put a smile on everyone’s face that he encountered,” Flower said. “Tacko attended numerous shift roll-calls and greeted every officer he could. He worked so hard for so many officers. He was the best partner an officer could ever hope to have.

“Tacko will have a well-deserved life of leisure. He will settle into a quiet suburban life far away from his busy police K-9 duties,” he said. “It has been a privilege to have been blessed with such a great K-9 partner and friend.”

Pfc. Flower is now in the process of selecting a new K-9 partner.

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LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) Work up an appetite before filling your belly with turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes, during CrossFit Ocean City’s third annual Thanksgiving Day Dash, which benefits the Marine Corps Reserve “Toys for Tots” Program.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, and the race is set to kick off at 9 a.m.

The CrossFit Ocean Citysponsored activity consists of a 2.4-mile run/walk around the pond in Ocean Pines, starting at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial. The family event is for all fitness levels.

The course includes three laps with optional obstacle stations, where sit-ups, push-ups, squats and lunges, among other activities, will be performed.

Certified CrossFit trainers will be on the course to provide instruction, support and encouragement.

There is no entry fee; however, each participant must donate a new, unwrapped toy.

“Our goal is two-fold: provide all people with an opportunity to get some physical activity on Thanksgiving morning and collect toys for the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program,” said CrossFit Ocean City co-owner Kelley Rakow. “The event has grown exponentially since its inception. We look forward to serving more members of our community.”

In 2010, approximately 100 people participated in the inaugural event and donated 177 toys. Last year, more than 150 people took part in the Thanksgiving Day Dash. Approximately 183 toys were collected.

For more information, call Rakow at 443-235-3207 or email kelley@crossfitocmd. com.

Ocean City CrossFit is located on Grays Corner Road in Berlin. CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning fitness program that incorporates constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity.

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STEPHENDECATURATHLETESRECOGNIZED Many Seahawks honored with All-Conference awards for their performances this fall LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) A number of Stephen Decatur High School athletes have been recognized for their performance during the fall sports season.

CROSS COUNTRY: Runners who placed top 15 in the boys’ and girls’ races during the Oct. 24 Bayside championship meet at Cambridge High School were named All-Conference athletes.

Decatur seniors Nick Molitor placed 14th overall (17:16.2) and Dan Winters finished 15th (17:34.98).

“Dan was consistently our hardest worker at practice this year. He never took a day off,” said Decatur Coach Jody Stigler.

“He was struggling to hit his goal times at the beginning of the year, but all of his work paid off when he really started to drop his times toward the end of the season.

“Nick was consistently one of our top runners all year,” he continued. “He is very competitive and one of the most talented runners on the cross country team.”

FIELD HOCKEY: Junior Erin Florek was named to the All-Conference Second Team.

“As a center midfielder, Erin helped to control the ball going up the field. Her ability to know when to dribble and when to distribute the ball were an irreplaceable asset to the team,” said Seahawk Coach Michelle Fluty.

Senior Amber Robinson earned Honorable Mention accolades.

“Amber was an asset on both the midfield and the defense [lines] this year. Her heart and aggression was unmatched,” Fluty said. “As a captain, she also held a leadership role, helping to motivate the team and lead by example.”

BOYS’ SOCCER: Junior Nick White and senior Kaelan Patterson were named to the All-Conference First Team.

“Nick had a knack for scoring goals. After moving him from his defensive position to forward after the fourth game of the season he scored 14 goals, which

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was almost 25 percent of the team’s output. [He has a] great sense of where the goal is,” said Coach Jamie Greenwood.

White netted 14 of the squad’s 61 goals. Opponents scored just 18 goals against the Seahawks this season.

Greenwood said Patterson was a solid defender. He worked hard during practice and played with “every ounce of effort he had in his body, every game.”

“He was the leader of a defense that let in just 12 goals in 12 regular season games. He played through an ankle injury most of the season, but you would never have known it,” Greenwood said.

Senior Sunny Aroh earned a Second Team award.

“Sunny ran the midfield and contributed six goals. He really came into his own in the second half of the season,” Greenwood said.

Logan Simpson, also a senior, is a Second Team member, as well.

“Logan started the season playing midfield, but when I needed a solid defender, he was willing to do what ever was needed to help the team. He was a major part of the strong defensive effort that we put forth this year,” Greenwood said.

Decatur players presented with Honorable Mention accomplishments were seniors Andrew Ternahan (midfield), Karim Olguin (forward) and Bobby Thompson (defense) and juniors Jared King (defense), Zak Hoshino (midfield) and goalie Logan Thumma.

Greenwood said he was See NUMBER on Page 42

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pleasantly surprised to be named Coach of the Year. He is honored that fellow coaches felt he was deserving two consecutive years.

But, he said, the players and coaching staff are the ones who deserve the credit.

“The players go out and execute what we worked on in practice. I was thrilled to have the season that we had. To have 10-plus wins two seasons in a row was great,” Greenwood said. “I credit a lot of my and the team’s success this season to the coaches that I have on staff with me.

Josh Horsman does a great job with the JV program. Also, Mike Cericola, a 2007 SDHS graduate, former All-State player and Towson University player, was a huge addition to the program. He brought a lot of insight along with new drills and tactics that we implemented and were successful with.”

GIRLS’ SOCCER: Juniors Liz Rougcher and Rebecca Lederman scored spots on the First Team list.

Rougcher was a scoring contributor (with a goal or assist) in more than half of Decatur’s games, Coach Misty Bunting said. A versatile player, she started the season as a forward, then finished the second half at defensive midfield.

Rougcher recorded four goals and five assists this season.

“She is a consistent, hard-working player who never gives up, setting the ex-

ample on the field in both practices and games,” Bunting said. “She is a smart player who knows the game very well and is exceptional when delivering the ball to the strikers.”

Lederman is a solid and fast soccer player, Bunting said, who has proven to be the team’s “rock” in the backfield.

“Yet, when we needed a fresh face and some extra speed up top, she could deliver there as well,” Bunting said. “She had five goals and two assists on the season as a defender — pretty impressive.

She is a very composed player who could not only clear the ball out of the back, but deliver it up top with great accuracy.”

Senior Tori Whigham, Brittney Calandra and freshman Lexi McDonough took home Second Team honors.

Bunting said Whigham was “simply the rock of our team this season.” The seniors was a leader on and off the field, vocally and by example, Bunting said.

She started the season at the center midfield position and about half way through, she moved to striker. She had 14 goals and seven assists.

“Tori was a key factor in our win against Parkside, scoring and assisting, and she scored all three goals in our playoff win over Annapolis,” Bunting said. “She is an unselfish player and was definitely our leader and playmaker this season.”

Calandra, a transfer from Snow Hill, was a welcomed addition to the team, Bunting said. She had 25 goals and three assists this season, was a scoring factor in

11 of the Seahawks’ 14 games, and tallied the first goal in six matches.

“She was a hustler up top with a beautiful touch on the ball,” Bunting said. “We knew that Brittney would be marked up tight, but with her tenacity and aggressiveness she was often able to lose her mark and net the goal right when we needed it.”

Bunting said that although McDonough is a freshman, she has the grace, skills and composure of a veteran. She is aggressive and skilled and could keep up with any player that came her way, Bunting said.

“She also had a beautiful corner kick and it was off those kicks that Lexi had one goal and five assists this season. Another solid player in our backfield who always stayed focused and trained the way she played, 100 percent,” the coach said.

Honorable Mention recognition went to sophomores Jillian Petito (midfield) and Allison Beck (defense) and seniors Alex Pinto (midfield) and Ashley Calandra (midfield/defense).

GOLF: Joe Iacona, the team’s lone senior led the group all season. For the second consecutive year, Iacona had the best average on the Eastern Shore (38.55).

“Joe has been an awesome leader and role model for the rest of the team to follow,” Coach Jim Krall said. “He has been steady with his play all season and deserving of being the No. 1 player in the

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Bayside South. He will be greatly missed next year.”

Based in averages, junior Andrew Urban (38.83), sophomore Delaney Iacona (41) and junior Matt Ruggiere (41.58) made the First Team roster.

Krall said Urban stepped up his game this year, earning the second spot on the First Team All-Conference, just a fraction of a stroke behind J. Iacona.

“He’s got the best swing on the team right now and should be a force to be reckoned with next year. I look for Andrew to be at the top of the South next year, his senior year,” Krall said.

Krall describes Delaney Iacona as athletic, smart and friendly, with a great personality.

“She has accomplished more her sophomore year than any of the other top females I’ve been blessed to coach,” he said. “If she stays committed and dedicated to the sport she could be extremely successful at the collegiate level.”

Ruggiere, Krall said, provided comic relief this season, serving as the team comedian.

“However, when it’s time to compete, he’s all business and focused. He is a very talented golfer who should definitely give Andrew and Delaney a challenge for next year’s top spot,” Krall said.

Sophomore Brooks Holloway, Krall said, “is our baseball player turned golfer in the fall.”

“His hand-eye coordination is awesome and responsible for his success,” he said. “His ball striking skills propelled him into the top 10 in the South Conference. Coach [Don] Furbay and I are counting on him to be one of our top players next year.”

FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL: The recipients of Bayside Conference awards for football will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Ravens and Steelers fans battle it out in 5K race, combine events LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) The rivalry between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football teams has been an epic battle for many years. On Saturday, Ravens and Steelers fans can compete in a variety of activities to see which teams’ supporters reign supreme.

The inaugural Ravens vs. Steelers 5K/Beach Football Combine Challenge is presented by OC Tri-Running Sports and the town of Ocean City.

“Ravens vs. Steelers 5K involves two

of my favorite things: football and Ocean City. I think it is a great idea and certainly a fun and unique way to celebrate such an intense rivalry,” said Jessica Waters, Ocean City communications manager. “It definitely is an example for the sake of good sportsmanship and fun.”

A 5K race will kick off the day’s festivities. Those interested in racing can sign up today, Friday, from 5-8 p.m. at Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon, headquarters for many Steelers fans in the area, and Pit & Pub, a gathering place for Ravens supporters, both located on 28th Street.

Registration costs $33. Participants must choose a team to represent, either Ravens or Steelers.

Final registration for the event will be Saturday morning from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at the race starting area, on the Boardwalk at 27th Street. The cost is $40 for those who register the day of the event.

The race will start at 9 a.m. DJ BK will emcee the event. The Stephen Decatur High School marching band will perform the National Anthem.

Participants will run the entire length of the Boardwalk, (one-block detour near Fourth Street) and race back to the

Ocean City recreation department pilots program LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department was selected by the National Alliance for Youth Sports, America’s leading advocate for positive and safe sports for youth, to pilot the Let’s Talk Sports program. If it is successful, the program, which focuses on helping parents and their children understand and encourage the development of life skills through sports, will be launched nationwide — and later, internationally.

“We’re excited to be a part of it,” said Recreation Supervisor Al “Hondo” Handy. “We’re the only one in the country selected to pilot this program. Ocean City will be the example for the rest of the country.”

Parents and guardians of boys and girls currently participating in the recreation department’s indoor soccer and basketball leagues have been invited to take part in the Let’s Talk Sports program.

Together, the children and adults can visit the program’s Web site, letstalksports.nays.org, until Nov. 18, to sign up for the free activity. The site will provide

a number of questions pertaining to life lessons learned through sports. Some lessons include sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork, discipline, determination, perseverance, competition, self confidence, pride and social skills.

“It’s a way to talk with kids about life lessons through sports,” Handy said.

If a youngster answers the questions correctly, they will qualify to be a “certified youth sports kid.”

According to the site, “Sports are the ‘outdoor classroom’ to help your child develop leadership skills for a lifetime.”

Once the questions are answered, participants will fill out a survey about the Let’s Talk Sports program.

When that is complete, they will receive a receipt to bring to the recreation department on 125th Street, where the young athletes will be given Dr. Michael Gray’s book, “Increase Your Child’s Sports Power.” They will also receive a T-shirt, certificate stating the young athlete is “certified in youth sports,” and a gift certificate for a free meal at Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon on 28th Street.

The program has been well received so far, Handy said this week. Depending on the results and survey responses, National Alliance for Youth Sports will launch Let’s Talk Sports nationwide at the end of the month, implementing any tweaks or changes necessary.

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The Boys’ Basketball League is for youngsters in grades three through 12.

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One rival winner’s trophy will be presented. Every team (Ravens or Steelers) member runner will receive an official race time. Times will be accumulated and the top 50, 75 or 100 runners (depending on the number of participants) of each team will be tallied.

The team with the fastest time will win a trophy, which they will carry to their respective tailgate headquarters.

In addition to the race, there will be combine football stations on the beach between 25th and 27th Streets. The cost is $5 for those who want to compete in the beach combine events, which will open at 9:30 a.m., and not the 5K race.

Combine activities include football bomb throw, quarterback accuracy test, 40-yard sand dash and strength and agility drill such as flipping a large truck tire and speed cone intervals. These games and activities are for football fans of all ages, male or female.

“It’s all about having fun,” said Chris Klebe, co-owner of OC Tri-Running Sports. “It’s smash-mouth, but it’s a fun rivalry. We hope everyone wears their team colors.”

Buxy’s and Pit & Pub will host tailgating parties following the sporting events. Entertainment and activities will take place at both venues.

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GREENE TURTLE LACROSSE The Greene Turtle Lacrosse team took first place in the 2013 bracket of the Mid Atlantic Showcase, held Nov. 10-11, in Owings Mills. Sponsored by Mid Atlantic Lax and administered by Synapse Sports, the Mid Atlantic Showcase is the top recruiting tournament of the fall and serves as the end-of-year club championships. The local squad defeated South Jersey in the championship round, 4-3, after going undefeated in pool play. All of the girls on the Greene Turtle team are seniors and will graduate in 2013. They attend Stephen Decatur, Worcester Prep, James M. Bennett, Easton, Queen Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Parkside high schools.

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New adoption center The Petco store in West Ocean City has opened a pet adoption center, which will be managed by Town Cats of Ocean City. Town Cats has had a close relationship with Petco Charities and has received grants and product supply from the organization.

“We are very excited about this new outlet for our rescued cats and kittens and think it will serve the Ocean City community well,” said Christ Aument of Town Cats.

According to Aument, cats available for adoption have received their required shots, been tested for FIVFeLV and been de-wormed and treated for fleas. Cats older than 4 months have been spayed/neutered and received a rabies shot, she said.

The cats can be seen in the store every day during operating hours.

The Town Cats organization is requesting a $50 adoption fee to help defray their expenses. For more information, contact Aument at 610-7163704 or visit the Town Cats Web site, www.towncats.net.

Town Cats is a 501(c)3 organization whose primary mission is spay/neutering of feral cats.

LAUREN BUNTING ■ Contributing Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) Have you ever searched homes online, come across a house with a great price, but once you scroll through the pictures you see that it needs a lot of work, so you pass over it and move onto the next one? For those interested in fixer-uppers, there’s a loan out there just for this purpose called the 203(k) rehab loan.

The 203(k) program is the Federal Housing Administration’s primary program for the rehabilitation and repair of single-family properties.

It’s an important tool for community and neighborhood revitalization and for expanding homeownership opportunities (there is also a 203(k) program available for Virginia loans).

Traditional mortgage lending requires the condition and value of the property provide adequate loan security, or in other words, that the house be in good shape. When rehabilitation is involved, lenders typically require any needed improvements to be finished before a long-term mortgage would be granted. With a 203(k) loan, a portion of the loan proceeds are used to pay the seller, or, if a refinance, to pay off the existing mortgage. The remaining funds are placed in an escrow account and released as rehabilitation is completed. The cost of the rehabilitation must be at least $5,000.

Since this program also applies to the refinancing of a house, it’s an important loan that will allow owners to finance the rehabilitation of their existing home, such as in cases of severe flood damage where an owner may not have had flood insurance coverage or if repair costs go beyond what federal flood insurance might cover.

The 203(k) program may be used to finance such items as painting, room additions, decks and other items even if the home does not need any other improvements. All health, safety and energy conservation items must be addressed prior to completing general home improvements.

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

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Razzio’s Italian Deli & Market staff celebrates the grand opening of the business, located on Route 611 and Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City, on Nov. 2.

RAZZIO’S NOW OPEN IN WOC Italian Deli & Market features subs, freshly prepared meals LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) Chef Michael Belardo is no stranger to the restaurant business. In the past 30 years, he’s worked nearly every job in the industry, from dishwasher to cook.

He started cooking at the age of 15 when his mother, Patricia Adolfo, opened Adolfo’s restaurant at the inlet in Ocean City in 1987. Now, she will offer assistance to her son in the kitchen at Razzio’s Italian Deli and Market, located on Route 611 and Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City.

“I love doing this. This is a passion. It’s a love,” said Belardo, who traveled to Rome for several weeks this year to fine-tune his skills.

That passion and love shines though in the food offered at Razzio’s, which opened Nov. 2. Freshly made pasta dishes, Italian subs, pizza and paninis are just some of the items available.

A variety of “unique creations” are offered daily, including baked ziti, lasagna,

Ribbon cutting The Berlin Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, to welcome A Little Bit Sheepish. The new yarn shop is located at 2 S. Main St., in Berlin.

The grand opening will be the following day, Nov. 17.

The shop will feature well-known brands of quality yarns, along with local and regional yarns and small independent yarns. The shop will also offer a wide selection of needles, crochet hooks, notions and patterns.

Workshops will begin in January 2013, and include instruction for beginners as well as experienced knitters and crocheters. A comfortable seating area is available for casual crocheting and knitting and all are welcome.

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Eggplant is just one of the freshly made dishes available at Razzio’s Italian Deli & Market, located on Route 611 and Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City.

ravioli, manicotti, spaghetti and meatballs, eggplant prepared several ways, seafood scampi and chicken marsala, among others. Many of the entrees are made with a family recipe marinara sauce, which may also be purchased in jars.

“It’s the staple of the whole business. It’s where everything stems from,” Belardo said.

“Red sauce is key to all Italian food.”

An array of Italian specialty subs are on the menu. The most popular is the “True”

Italian, which includes salami, prosciutto, prosciuttini, mortadella, capicola, provolone, lettuce, onions, grated cheese and Razzio’s homemade Italian dressing and special spices.

Soups, salads, sandwiches and sliced deli meats and cheeses are also offered.

Several homemade desserts will be available daily. Canolis and tiramisu are staples at Razzio’s. Other sweet options include cookies, cheesecake, rum cake, cupcakes and cream See MARKET on Page 47

ResortQuest Real Estate recently announced the October top producers for its southeast Sussex County, Del. locations.

Bill Hand of the Marketplace at Sea Colony office received top honors for both listing volume for the month of October. Other top listing volume awards for individual agents by office are Hand of the Marketplace at Sea Colony office; Brendan Crotty of the Bethany Beach office; Karla Morgan of the West Fenwick office; Gail Phelan of the Edgewater/Sea Colony office; and Marc Grimes of the Bear Trap Dunes office.

Top sales volume awards for individual agents by office are: Hand of the Marketplace at Sea Colony office; Phelan of the Edgewater/Sea Colony office; Grimes of the Bear Trap Dunes offices; Cindy Spieczny of the West Fenwick office; and Dayna Feher of the Bethany Beach office.

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Pre-made and packaged meals and desserts are stocked in the refrigerator so customers can “grab and go.” Food can be heated upon request.

Razzio’s market features hard-to-find items imported from Italy. An assortment of pastas, sauces, olive and white truffle oils, almond paste, balsamic reduction, and fresh-baked bread, among other items, are available.

“We have a lot of goods you can’t find anywhere else,” said Belardo’s sister, Victoria Simmons, co-owner of the business, which was named after her son, Razzio.

Added Belardo, “We have more product coming in. This is just the beginning.”

Themed gift baskets and party trays are available. Catering is also offered.

Simmons said that although Razzio’s has only been open about two weeks, the response from customers has been positive. Several patrons have even picked up food multiple times.

Razzio’s only offers carry-out at this time, but Simmons said they hope to add seating for customers by the spring. Belardo said they would also like to expand and open other locations and possibly host cooking classes.

Razzio’s Italian Deli & Market is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

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GIVETHANKS,GIVEBACK Churches in Ocean City, Berlin provide free holiday meals to those in need or working Thanksgiving Day LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

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cean City Baptist Church and Berlin First Baptist Church provide free turkey dinners with all the trimmings annually on Thanksgiving Day, and they will continue the tradition this year as volunteers are already preparing for the 2012 holiday event.

The objective of the dinners is to bring members of the community together for companionship and fellowship; specifically, those who might otherwise spend Thanksgiving alone or hungry.

Guests may dine at the churches, take their food with them or have it delivered to their homes on Nov. 22.

Ocean City Baptist Church has offered an annual Thanksgiving dinner for 33 years. It was started as a community outreach project, and attendance has steadily increased throughout the years. Many of the same families come back year after year, while there are also some new guests who come for dinner, said Robin Derrickson, director of Ocean City Baptist Church’s crisis ministry.

Last year, volunteers served approximately 700 meals, a few short of the number prepared in 2010. Organizers are expecting to provide about the same number of dinners this year, Derrickson said.

The church, located next to 7-Eleven at 102 N. Division St., in downtown Ocean City, will host the event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

“It’s a huge family. Everyone is talking to each other and helping each other,”

(Nov. 16, 2012) Enjoy dinner, music and four hours of open bar tonight, Nov. 16, during the 17th annual Winterfest Gala.

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Radio Airwaves seeks local actors Radio Airwaves invites previous performers and anyone interested in participating in script-read performances of old-time radio shows and selected plays to its open casting for 2013 performances. The casting will be at the Community Church at Ocean Pines on Tuesday, Nov 27, at 7:30 p.m.

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The groups is looking for interesting voices and talented readers who like to entertain an audience. For more information, call 410-6415227.

Stephen Decatur High School juniors Gary Qian and Danny Beck earned engineering honors in recent competitions.

Beck earned the Rocket Science Award, presented by the Virginia Space Flight Academy, while Qian earned the Gary Qian Innovation Award presented by the Wallops Flight Facility during the Technical Excellence & Creativity Foundation’s third annual Engineering ChalDanny Beck lenge.

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Winterfest Gala on tap tonight at midtown venues member, Nancy Dofflemyer, said this will be the final year for the event, and all are invited to come out and enjoy one last party.

The black tie-optional gala will begin at 8 p.m. at the Coconut Malorie on 59th Street in Ocean City, where guests can

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listen to the sounds of the UMES Jazz Symphony Orchestra and Apple & Britt, and sample food provided by the Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association. Tarot card readers will also be on hand. Attendees can have their photos taken at the Coconut Malorie and re-

ceived a complimentary personal keepsake to take home with them.

The party will move to Fager’s Island on 60th Street at 10 p.m. Transportation will be available from Coconut Malorie, courtesy of Century Taxi.

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Stokely’s Thirty-One “Sassy Sunflowers” team is sponsoring a holiday food drive. The group looks to fill as many “Snow-much Fun” medium utility totes with non-perishable items.

The bags will be donated to the SUMC Spirit Kitchen, located on Main Street in Berlin. The Spirit Kitchen provides a free lunch every Wednesday, as well as bags filled with food to those in need.

The “Sassy Sunflowers” team is accepting food items and donations to purchase food. For information, or to make a donation, contact Allison (Nicki) Stokely at 410-430-9156 or visit www.mythirtyone.com/47153.

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Meet nice folks in various organizations in the resort IRISH KEMP ■ Contributing Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) Would you believe Santa slipped into town before the turkey this year? Casing the local CVS, he ducked behind an enormous Christmas display when he spotted me. That’s OK, there’s plenty more where he came from, but it’s nice to know the real one made an early visit.

Oh yeah, kids, it’s that time of the year when there’s nuthin’ to fear if you be good.

Santa mentioned snow and the discombobulated weatherman dropped the ball and let it fall last week.

Coming up, the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxilliary is planning a Christmas luncheon on Monday, Dec. 3, at Magnolia’s in Bethany Beach. Don’t wait or procastinate when it comes to buying tickets for upcoming events, especially this one. Most holiday events are sell-outs. For tickets ($17), call Bertha at 410-208-3060 or buy them at the next meeting, at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, at the Knights hall behind St. Luke on 100th Street.

Join your mate and drop by some weekday to chat with VP and host, Rick Fairbend. Try your luck at the gambling apparatus. Even when you lose you win, thanks to the club’s non-profit status.

The Knights of Columbus was the very first organization the Kemps joined when we migrated to this little seaside city. I covered the groundbreaking ceremony at its

new home. Two of the first volunteers I crossed paths with were the recently departed Pat Durkin and Mary Veccairelli.

I’m sure Mary’s and Pat’s volunteer work paid off big time. No doubt in my mind, they have joined our friends in high places.

How else to explain our escape from the wrath of the storm of the century?

New in town and wanna’ be found?

Keep in mind, to have a friend, you have to be a friend. Over the years, the Kemps have met many a life-long friend at the various organizations that they joined. On any given day you could meet nice folks such as the Baunchalks, McCarthys, Sweets, Footes, Guarinos, Russells, Staleys, Strickers, Mulhollands, Burlins, Grays, Kellys, Goughs, Bowdens, Smiths and Joneses in great numbers … and Dolores, of course.

Volunteering was a given in the days of yore.

Many happy returns to birthday kids, Patricia Fairbend, Henry Baronoski, Stan Randall, Kitty Maitha, Tom Krach, Jenny Sweeney, Kathleen Hensler, Gerry Mc-

Donald, Reba Felty, Joan Thompson and Jo Alexander.

On Saturday, Nov. 15, Keenwick Sound, noted for its charity gift giving, is holding a $6 and under sale at its Route 54 clubhouse. Drop by to check it out. I heard through the grapevine they have a large variety of goodies in Christmas gift condition.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play.

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Early settlers, such as the Kemps, spent hours watching the bayside animals’ antics from their oceanside deck. Only the brave would walk or ride bikes on the wild side of ocean highway. Trust me folks, in the ’70s, the North Ocean City bayside streets were home to the iron beak wild birds, a la Hitchcock. They roosted, ruled and defended their territorial rights. Tourists were their favorite targets. Thanks to bands of solid citizens of the greatest generation, these birds no longer exist. It’s our “don’t ask, don’t tell” secret.

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Still time to enter float, group in Christmas parade (Nov. 16, 2012) The 30th annual Ocean City Christmas Parade will march along Coastal Highway on Saturday, Dec. 1, beginning at 11 a.m. The holiday parade, which will start at 100th Street and march northbound in the southbound lanes of Coastal Highway to the Gold Coast Mall at 115th Street, will feature more than 80 units, including high school bands, horses, antique cars and holiday floats.

Professional judges will be on hand to review bands and other marching units in nine categories and trophies will be awarded inside the mall following the parade for first, second and third places in each category. To participate in the parade, sponsored by the Gold Coast Mall Merchants Association, citizens should call Elaine Jarvis at 410-524-9000. There is no charge to participate.

For those simply wishing to watch, plenty of seating will be located in the parking lot of the Gold Coast Mall. Spectators will not be permitted to watch the parade from the median area of Coastal Highway. The parade is expected to last approximately two hours. Motorists traveling in the area are reminded that traffic pattern changes will occur starting at approximately 9 a.m.

Santa to greetWOC mall visitors Nov.23-24,in Dec. (Nov. 16, 2012) “The Spirit of Christmas is alive and well at White Marlin Mall for the 2012 holiday season,” said Matt Mittenthal, vice president and assistant director of asset management at Greenberg Gibbons Commercial, the mall’s leasing and property management firm.

“Santa Claus will make his annual visit

to greet all the children and their parents who visit … during the holiday season,” he said.

Santa Claus will visit the mall on Friday, Nov. 23, starting at 2 p.m., and on Saturday Nov. 24, starting 1 p.m. Santa will also greet White Marlin shoppers beginning at 2 p.m. on each Saturday in De-

cember until Christmas.

White Marlin Mall is located at 12641 Ocean Gateway, one-half mile west of Ocean City on Route 50 at Route 611 next to the Tanger Outlets.

A preview of what’s in store for the holiday season can be seen at the mall’s new Web site, www.whitemarlinmall.com.

Register for Penguin Swim, start collecting donations (Nov. 16, 2012) There’s one more thing to add to that holiday to-do list, and it doesn’t involve a turkey dinner or giftwrapping. It’s signing up for Atlantic General Hospital’s 19th annual Penguin Swim.

Individual and team participants can register now to start gathering donations in preparation for the annual New Year’s Day event, which has become a local tradition on the Shore.

Participants in the Penguin Swim will gather in the Princess Royale Hotel’s atrium, located at 91st Street, on Tuesday, Jan. 1. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m., and the plunge into the chilly ocean will take place at 1 p.m.

Proceeds from the event, gathered through corporate sponsorships and participant fundraising, support the strategic plans undertaken by Atlantic General

Hospital to uphold their mission to improve individual and community health.

Atlantic General Hospital is a 501(c) 3 organization.

For more information or to register, individuals and teams can visit penguinswim.atlanticgeneral.org, find them on Facebook at facebook.com/penguinswim or call the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation office at 410-641-9671.

Holiday program helps local seniors struggling with poverty, loneliness (Nov. 16, 2012) With so many older adults living alone and in poverty, some area seniors will undoubtedly be struggling to make ends meet this holiday season. That’s why the area Home Instead Senior Care office has partnered with retailers and community organizations to make sure isolated seniors receive gifts and companionship through the “Be a Santa to a Senior” program.

“Seniors faced with medical bills and the high cost of living can find they have little left at the end of the year,” said Claude Lewis, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving seniors in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. “That’s not the only issue, though. Personal needs may become magnified for so many living alone with no one to share their problems.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 9 percent of U.S. seniors 65 and older are living in poverty and 27 percent are widowed.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your work on a recent job assignment is impressive and is sure to be noticed.

Meanwhile, expect to receive news about an upcoming holiday event you won’t want to miss.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Saving the world one person at a time is what you were born to do. So accept it when people ask you for help, especially during the holiday season.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Now that you’ve resolved all doubts about an important decision, you can surprise a lot of people by defending your stand with your strong and well-reasoned arguments.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The holiday mood stirs your need to nurture everyone from the family cat to greatgrandma. But don’t overdo it, especially with teens, who like to feel grown up.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Enjoy basking in the warm love of family and close friends. But don’t fall into a prolonged catnap yet. There’s still much to do before you can put up your paws and relax.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Avoid pushing others to work as hard as you do on a common project. Instead, encourage them to do their best, and they might well reward you with a pleasant surprise.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Like the sensible Libra you are, you no doubt started your holiday shopping already. But be careful to keep within your budget. Shop around for the best buys.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Love and friendship remain strong in your aspect over the next several days. This is a good time to develop new relationships and strengthen old ones.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A beloved family member has news that will brighten your holidays. Also expect to hear from friends who had long since moved out of your life.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Family and friends are in for a surprise when you accept the need to make a change without being talked into it. (Bet it surprised you, too — didn’t it?)

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Restoring an old friendship might not be as easy as you hoped. You might want to explore the reasons for your former buddy’s reluctance to cooperate.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your party-going activities pick up as the holiday season takes off. Enjoy your plunge into the social swim as you make new friends and renew old friendships.

BORN THIS WEEK: You are caring and considerate — two wonderful attributes that endear you to people of all ages.

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Ocean Pines announces ‘Great Gingerbread House’ contest (Nov. 16, 2012) While some families gather around the television to watch football as they await the roasting turkey on Thanksgiving, the Ocean Pines Recreation & Parks Department has an idea for those not into gridiron action.

Entries for The Great Gingerbread Contest must be postmarked by Nov. 23, so Thanksgiving is the perfect time to gather with friends or family to build a masterpiece, which will be displayed at the Ocean Pines Community Center and Administrative Building.

Community members will vote on their favorite decorations and winners will be announced at the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Nov. 30, at White Horse Park.

The contest will have four entry categories: Youth Division (individual/team

addition to an overall Judges Choice Award.

Entry forms, fees, rules and regulations are available online at www.oceanpines.org. All entries will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 23.

The judging will be done by Ocean Pines residents, as well as members of the Ocean Pines board starting Monday, Nov. 26. The winners will be announced Nov. 30. For more information regarding this contest, sponsorship opportunities or volunteering, call Bethany Beck at the Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department at 410-641-7052, Ext. 3016.

Due to space, only 35 entries will be accepted into the competition. Entries will remain on display through Sunday, Dec. 9.

Entries for The Great Gingerbread Contest must be postmarked by Nov. 23.

16 and under), Adult Division (individual/team 17 and older), Family Division (groups with participants of any age) and Commercial/Professional Division (any business, chef, caterer, etc.). First-place prizes will be awarded in each division in

Lewis: ‘Santa’ program does make a difference Continued from Page 51

munity, the local Home Instead Senior Care office will collect and distribute gifts to seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone.

The “Be a Santa to a Senior” program kicked off Nov. 1, and continues through Dec. 6. Christmas trees — on display in Berlin at Apple Drugs (314 Franklin Ave.), Coastal Drug Center (10231 Old Ocean City Blvd.) and the Chamber of Commerce( 14 S. Main St.), and in Salisbury at

Apple Drugs (404A N. Fruitland Blvd. and 1500A Pemberton Dr.) — will feature ornaments with the first names of the seniors and their respective gift requests.

Holiday shoppers are asked to pick up an ornament from the “Be a Santa to a Senior” Christmas trees, buy items on the list and return them wrapped to the store, along with the ornament attached. The Home Instead Senior Care office will then enlist the volunteer help of its staff, senior-care business associates, non-profit

workers and others to collect and distribute the gifts. “‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ is another way to say ‘thank you’ to the many seniors who have made such important contributions to our community throughout the years,” Lewis said. “Helping a needy older adult can bring fulfillment to the giver as well as the receiver; it does make a difference.”

For more information about the program, visit www.beasantatoasenior.com or call 410-641-0901.

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Assisting voters at the Ocean City convention center last Tuesday, from left standing, are Dorothy Morse, Eveline Emerson, Darlene Botts and Helen Geslois, and seated, Sheryl Olverson and Jim Geslois.

MELISSA ALESI High Stakes: Wednesday, Nov. 21

APPEARING LIVE 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL 9636 Stephen Decatur Highway West Ocean City 410-213-9204 Nov. 16: Chris Button, 6-10 p.m.

Nov. 17: Scott Glorioso, 6-10 p.m.

Nov. 18: Louis Wright, 9 a.m. to noon BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 Nov. 16: Mood Swingers, 9 p.m.

Nov. 17: Over Time, 9 p.m.

Nov. 21: 2 Guys & A Mama, 5-8 p.m.

COTTAGE CAFÉ Route 1, Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 Every Friday: DJ Bump, 5-8 p.m.

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

Nov. 17: The Stims, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Nov. 21: DJ Z-man, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 Nov. 16: DJ Hook, 9 p.m.; Dark Gold Jazz, 10 p.m.; The Quake, 10 p.m.

Nov. 17: Kevin Poole, 5 p.m.; DJ Larry Love, 9 p.m.; The Loop, 10 p.m.

Nov. 18: Jazz Brunch

w/Everett Spells, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 21: DJ Rob Cee, 10 p.m.

Nov. 22: Locals Reunion Party w/DJ Wood, 9 p.m.

GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 Nov. 16: Philly George Project, 7-11 p.m.

Nov. 17: DJ Rob Cee, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 Nov. 16: Red Solo Cup Night w/DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Nov. 17: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Nov. 18: Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Billy T/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Nov. 22: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 Nov. 16: DJ Z-man Nov. 17: DJ Rupe Nov. 21: Melissa Alesi HOUSE OF WELSH 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 888-666-0728 302-541-0728 Every Friday: DJ Norm, 3-6 p.m.; Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

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

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

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

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

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside 410-524-7499 Nov. 16-17: Open Juke Box OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 Nov. 16-17: Power Play, 9:30 p.m.

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Around Sound Music students have come together to form a band at the West Ocean City school.

Members, from left, are Lily Watsky (SDHS ninth-grader), Emma Russell (SDMS, eight-grader), Chloe Walker (SDMS, seventh-grader), Joe Beck (BIS, six-grader) and Alex Oatman (SDMS, eight-grader).

SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 Nov. 16: The Next, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Nov. 17: Johnny Drama, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Jon Maurer Band, 5-9 p.m.; High Five, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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

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

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

OCEAN CITY TODAY/LISA CAPITELLI

Diane Kleinfelter, left, and Shirley German, managers of the Atlantic United Methodist Church’s thrift shop, hold some of the toys that were sold during the church’s 34th annual holiday bazaar and luncheon last Saturday. All proceeds from the annual event benefit AUMC missions.

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Eric Shires and Chrissie Frei enjoy a drink Tuesday night at Pickles Pub on Eighth Street.

At Pickles, Lisa Garton and Mike Harbach take some time to enjoy the ambiance. (Left) Kim Johnson, left, Steve Crocker, and Diane Walsh are in good company at Pickles on Tuesday night.

OCEAN CITY TODAY/ZACK HOOPES OCEAN CITY TODAY/ZACK HOOPES

Taking a breather during the billiards showdown at Pickles on Tuesday are Eric Hewitt, left, and Chuck Blake.

Tuesday night is OC8Ball League night, with several pool sharks such as Matt Booth, above, in attendance. (Left) Herrie Dupry lines up a shot in his match against Booth Tuesday night.

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Trials and tribulations yield delicious homemade bean soup FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Dried legumes are rich in antioxidants, high in fiber DEBORAH LEE WALKER ■ Contributing Writer (Nov. 16, 2012) The philosophy of structure is a key theme for an accomplished chef. Cooking has purpose and each step is carefully calculated. Keeping originality in the forefront invites creativity to manifest its way onto one’s plate. That being said, the art of delicious soup depends on the time it takes for the flavors to develop.

Hearty bean soup is the “blue plate” special of the day.

Before we can explore the process of bean soup, a brief discussion of the earthly legumes is necessary. Beans are high in fiber, protein and rich in antioxidants. In fact, the latest dietary guidelines recommend we triple our intake from one to three cups per week. In addition, they contain no saturated fat or cholesterol. Also good news: vitamin loss in dried beans during prolonged storage is not an issue. In essence, beans fit into the category of perfect foods, no matter how there are packaged.

Whether to soak beans overnight will be an eternal debate. I have found soaking them overnight renders better results.

Make sure you sift through the beans to remove any unwanted particles and rinse them thoroughly.

The next subject to consider is creating a delicious stock. This is probably the most important procedure when preparing homemade soups. Stock, being the basis of all soups, is essential to the success of these culinary dishes. Knowing the most complete and economical method to reach this goal is imperative. Knorr bouillon cubes are a must in any kitchen. The ratio of stock for bean soup is two-thirds chicken to one-third vegetable stock.

Soups require freshness whenever possible. The cutting of vegetables is another consideration that most novice chefs tend to ignore. Let me give you an example.

Something as simple as the cutting of carrots can elevate the showcase of the soup.

Cutting the carrots at a 45-degree angle is much more attractive, which alludes to a more delicious soup. The increased circumference of the vegetable also gives the soup a better presentation.

The next topic is my personal secret for soups and sauces. Years of trial and tribulation have finally given me the results I have anticipated. Aromatics such as onions, celery, carrots and green peppers should be added twice. The first group will incorporate into the stock for a richer broth. The second cluster should be added toward the end. The second addition will highlight texture, which is imperative for taste and again, presentation. For lack of better words, a bowl of

3 large celery stocks, cut at a 45-degree angle (include the leaves) 1 large green pepper, seeded and cored 1 can (1 pound 12 ounces) whole peeled tomatoes including the juice (seeded and stems of tomatoes removed) 1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped 2 teaspoons dried thyme 2 teaspoons dried Herbs de province 2 teaspoons dried basil few dashes hot sauce kosher salt and lots of fresh ground pepper to taste

mushy vegetables is not memorable. Simplicity does not equate mundane.

One must constantly monitor the soup during the course of cooking. Boiling is never an option, constantly tasting and readjusting is a must, and skimming the surface for impurities is preferred.

Life is a mirage of surprises, some good and some bad. How we cope with adversity is part of the daily challenges. As I was writing my article, my power went out. Delmarva Power did come to my rescue.

“Sandy” has taken its toll on underground cables. As it turned out, I had made a pot of bean soup. Lance, an employee of Delmarva Power, had the task of restoring my power late at night. His dedication to his job went beyond the call of duty. A simple mason jar of homemade bean soup could not express my gratitude for his extra efforts. He replied it was part of his job, but I went to sleep knowing two souls met in chance and the exchange is what life is all about.

1. Soak beans overnight, allow at least 4 inches of water to top the beans. The beans will eventually soak up the water. Rinse thoroughly and set aside.

2. Sauté sausage over medium heat until almost done. Remove and set aside.

Using the same pan, sauté garlic in canola oil for five minutes. Add half of the onions, carrots, celery, and green pepper to the garlic and sauté for another seven minutes.

3. Add the remaining ingredients except for the other half of the onions, carrots, celery, and green pepper. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

4. Remove ham bone and cut off the remaining meat. Add meat and the other half of the vegetables to the soup, stir thoroughly and adjust seasoning. Cook covered for another 45 minutes or until beans are tender.

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“I fell in love with the places I visited, the food, the people and the history,” Roberts said.

Kelly Hughes She thought about writing a book. Her first Roberts idea was to pen a children’s book, featuring two mice and their adventures through Italy. But as she started writing almost four years ago, the characters began to develop and become more complex and independent.

This was certainly not Roberts’ first attempt at writing. The Berlin freelance magazine writer and blogger has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Salisbury University. The mother of two young children — a 3-year-old and 15month-old — is currently working on a book about gardening and cooking, and she has several other projects in the works.

“The Road to Chianti,” Roberts’ first completed volume, is set in Italy in 1977, and follows two young orphans as they struggle to find a place to call home.

On the eve of the Epiphany (Christian holiday that commemorates two events recorded in the Bible: the three wise men’s visit to baby Jesus and Jesus’ baptism), the parents of 9-year-old Alessandra and 12year-old Salvatore DeSantis are killed in an accident. With no one to care for them, the siblings end up in a run-down orphanage far from their home in Chianti.

There they meet Agostina, who works Alessandra and Salvatore to the point of exhaustion. The pair decides to run away during the night. The book follows their adventures through cobblestone streets, dark forests and gorgeous piazzas across the Italian countryside as they are hunted

by Agostina’s goons. Alessandra and Salvatore vow to find their way back to Chianti.

The action-packed 215-page book published by Balboa Press, a division of Hay House Inc., “explores the power of love to triumph over adversity and the importance of having a place to call your own.”

Berlin resident Kelly Hughes Roberts recently debuted her first book, Road To Chianti. The adventure story, set in Italy in 1977, follows two young orphans as they struggle to find a place to call home.

“It is young-adult fiction, but can actually cross over into adult fiction. Kind of like Harry Potter and Twilight, just adventure instead of fantasy,” Roberts said. “It has a lot of culture, cuisine and traditions of Italy and historic events that happen over there.”

The book, debuted by Balboa Press on Oct. 18, is geared toward 9- to 14-yearolds, but many adults have picked it up and enjoyed reading it themselves, Roberts said.

For more information, to read an excerpt, or to purchase the book, visit www.kellyhughesroberts.com or www.facebook.com/author.kellyhughesroberts.

Currently, “The Road to Chianti” is available on Amazon.com, Balboa Press Web site, at Barnes and Noble, Hallmark stores in Salisbury and Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, Del. An e-book version is also available.

Roberts is scheduled for book signings at Browseabout Books on Friday, Nov. 23, from 3-5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Monday, Nov. 26, she is set to sign books at the Shark on the Harbor in West Ocean City from 5-8 p.m.

A book signing and wine tasting event is on tap for Saturday, Dec. 1, from 1-3 p.m. at The Globe in Berlin. For an updated list of appearances, visit Roberts’ Web site.

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Youth for Christ weekend event looks at ‘heroes’ in our lives LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Nov. 16, 2012) The Ocean City convention center will be filled with close to 3,000 middle school students, youth leaders and parents this weekend as they have come to the resort to participate in an array of activities offered during the annual Youth For Christ ALIVE Conference.

This year’s conference theme is “Heroes.”

“A lot of superhero movies have come out over the last few months so we decided to work with it … Even if you’re small, you can still be heroic with your life,” Metro Maryland Youth for Christ Executive Director Bob Arnold said.

“Everybody, especially young people, look for someone who is a hero. They look to emulate them. For us, we look at Jesus as being a hero.”

From Friday through Sunday, students, leaders and parents from Maryland and its neighboring states will take part in seminars, workshops, concerts, exhibits and prayer. ALIVE 2012 will also address the issues middle school students face every day, such as spirituality, sexuality, relationships, loneliness, peer pressure, anger and self-esteem.

“Many of the problems that were formerly high school problems are now prominent in every middle school across the country,” Arnold stated in a press release. “This conference, possibly the largest middle school conference in the country, will provide tools for these students to deal with the issues that they face daily.”

The conference will feature performances by national recording artists CoastalRise. Known for its soul-driven sound, the group combines classic rock, reggae and blues to help inspire youth and lift their spirits.

National recording artists The Museum, a modern Christian pop band that explores faith, justice and worship, will also perform. Their debut album, “Let Love Win,” includes two hit songs: “My Help Comes From the Lord” and “Allelujah.”

Conference special guests include Abby Sunderland and Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase.

Sunderland was 15 years old when she announced she planned to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted.

In 2009, at the age of 16 and four months into her adventure, she was stranded 2,000 miles from any rescue center. After

Special guest Ted DiBiase

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finally being rescued, she made it her goal to tell her story.

“She encourages kids to do something big with their lives and to face obstacles in front of them,” Arnold said.

In 1999, former professional wrestler DiBiase, founded “Heart of David Ministries” and he has since traveled around the world to share his hope in Christ, and to encourage youth to stay in school, avoid drugs and alcohol and set reachable goals to become the best they can be.

“One of the things he will talk about is bullying, which is a big thing in our world right now,” Arnold said.

Youth worker Jake Bland, associate vice president for Innovation at Youth for Christ/USA; and Jeniffer Dake, a national youth speaker and director, will lead discussions with students.

There will also be seminars for youth leaders and adults featuring Leonard Sweet, currently the E. Stanley Jones Pro-

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Comedian and author Bob Smiley is scheduled to attend, along with Brian Smith and Dave Hopping, a nationallytouring musical comedy duo.

“There’s a whole lot of different things going on,” Arnold said. “It’s going to be a great weekend.”

The Avenue Exhibit Hall will include an art room, bookstore, café, Wii games, karaoke and an extreme hair makeover station. A dodge ball competition is on tap for Saturday evening. Arnold said approximately 1,000 teens compete in the event.

Interactive prayer and worship will

take place in the Encounter Room: The Way of the Cross.

Students may participate in a variety of sports on the beach at Dorchester Street in downtown Ocean City on Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m. The sporting events are sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Registration for the conference will begin at 4:30 p.m. today, Friday, at the 40th Street venue for those who have not yet registered. Walk-in registration for the conference costs $85. Participants also have the option to sign up for individual events (Friday, $20; Saturday morning, $20; Saturday all day and evening concert, $45; Saturday night concert only, $25; Sunday, $20).

For additional information about the Youth For Christ ALIVE Conference, call 877-896-3802, 410-529-4434 or visit www.mmyfc.org.

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Derrickson said of the Thanksgiving Day experience.

Typically, 65-70 people volunteer their services throughout the day. Volunteers are still needed for the 2012 holiday celebration.

“We see many of the same people who come not only to eat, but to help and serve,” Derrickson said. “We also see some new faces each year, too.”

The church will collect food and monetary donations through Sunday. For more information or to inquire about what items are still needed, call Ocean

City Baptist Church at 410-289-4054.

Those who are unable to leave their homes in West Ocean City or Ocean City may have dinner delivered. Call in advance to provide the address where volunteers should take the food. Volunteers will also take food to city workers, fire personnel, EMTs and police officers who are on duty that day.

This will be the 26th year Berlin First Baptist Church, located at 613 William St., will offer the free holiday dinner.

“Our church family looks forward to reaching out in ministry to the community with our 26th annual Thanksgiving

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serving and delivering food that day. Volunteers are still needed for this year’s event. Those interested in helping should call the church at 410-641-4306.

Parsons describes the atmosphere at the church that day as “amazingly calm and everyone is filled with joy, sharing a wonderful experience of sharing the love of Christ through a simple meal.”

Whether dining at First Baptist or ordering food to go, people are asked to call the church to reserve their meal. All are invited.

“We are set up to serve meals at the church, or folks can pick up carry outs.

We will make a very limited number of deliveries for shut-ins [in the Berlin area],” Parsons said.

Items are not being sought for the dinner, but donations are always welcome for the church’s food pantry.

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The Quake, a dance party band from Philadelphia, will perform on the main stage, while DJ Hook plays tunes on the deck. The upstairs of Fager’s Island will be transformed into a jazz lounge, where Dark Gold Jazz will entertain guests. Light fare, an array of desserts, cordials and a coffee bar will also be located on the top floor of the 60th Street venue.

Tickets cost $100 and include the party at both the Coconut Malorie and Fager’s Island, entertainment, open bar from 8 p.m. to midnight (cash bar midnight to 1 a.m.) and a variety of food and desserts.

Tickets will be available at Coconut Malorie tonight.

The cost is $50 to attent just the festivities at Fager’s Island.

Proceeds from the Winterfest Gala will benefit The CRICKET Center, the Worcester County Children’s Advocacy Center.

“We are delighted to have been chosen as beneficiary of the Winterfest Gala this year. We deeply appreciate the hard work which the gala committee has put into this event and look forward to a fabulous evening,” said CRICKET Center Program Manager Wendy Myers.

The CRICKET (Children’s Resource Intervention Center — Kids Empowerment Team) Center’s mission is to provide a comprehensive, culturally competent, multidisciplinary team approach to the investigation, prosecution and treatment of child physical and sexual abuse in a child-friendly environment. This collaborative team response will enhance the investigative process, facilitate the prosecution of those who commit these crimes in Worcester County, minimize the trauma of abuse for the child victim and the nonoffending family members, prevent further victimization, and promote emotional healing for the child victim and family.

The Child Advocacy Center, located behind Atlantic Health Center on Healthway Drive in Berlin, includes child protection workers, medical and mental health professionals, local law enforcement, Atlantic General Hospital, Life Crisis, Inc. and the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office.

“We are the only child advocacy center in Worcester County and are dedicated to providing services free of charge to victims and non-offending family members,”

dinner. Our emphasis this year is to have folks come to the church and share a meal together or pick up carryout meals,” said Office Manager Sharon Parsons, who also coordinates the event.

Volunteers served 500 meals last year, approximately 50 more than the church provided in 2010. Many guests participate annually, but there are also new diners each year, Parsons said.

“We are still taking calls, but we are planning for 500-plus,” Parsons said.

“We do have many of the same folks year after year, and they say they look forward to it each year. We have new folks each year and new volunteers wanting to be part of this ministry.”

The Thanksgiving feast is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Between 30 and 40 people usually assist in cooking, setting up, boxing meals,

Myers said. “We provide investigation and prosecution of these crimes due to the generosity of our partnering agencies. We also provide medical and mental health services and family advocacy at The CRICKET Center. Funds will be used for direct services including group therapy to child sexual abuse victims.”

For more information about The CRICKET Center, visit www.thecricketcenter.com.

Because there are so many community and charity events in this area annually, Winterfest Gala organizers decided not to host the party in 2010.

“We thought we would get a better response and keep the enthusiasm for the event up if we had it every other year,” Dofflemyer said prior to the 2011 festivities.

Approximately 300 people attended the gala in 2009, the last time the event was held before organizers brought it back in 2011. The poor economy had a noticeable effect on the 2009 event at the Princess Royale Hotel on 91st Street as ticket sales were down from previous years and the party was generally scaled back.

The gala, which took place every November for 15 years until 2010, was first held at the Coconut Malorie before moving to Seacrets on 49th Street. The fall celebration was at Seacrets for several years, but then in 2008 and 2009, it took place at the Princess Royale.

In 2011, the gala relocated to the Coconut Malorie and Fager’s Island and benefited Coastal Hospice at the Ocean Residence Project. Approximately 225 attended last year’s party, helping to raise about $2,000 for Coastal Hospice.

“It was great. Everyone said they loved it,” Dofflemyer said of the 2011 event.

“They liked the two different venues.”

For more information about the Winterfest Gala, call 410-251-6555 or visit www.winterfestgala.com.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 16 BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410-524-7994.

WINTERFEST OF LIGHTS GALA — Coconut Malorie, 200 59th St., Ocean City, 8 p.m. Featuring sounds of the UMES Jazz Symphony and Apple & Britt, cuisine prepared by Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association, Tarot card readers.

Everyone will receive personal keepsake photograph to take home. At 10 p.m. party moves to Fager’s Island to dance with the Quake on the main stage. Upstairs will be transformed into a jazz lounge featuring Dark Gold Jazz. Open bar until midnight and light fare. Tickets cost $100 and include open bar (8 p.m. to midnight), food and entertainment (8 p.m. to 1 a.m.) and cash bar (midnight to close). Tickets also available for $50 for Fager’s Island. Tickets available at CRICKET Center, 9714 Healthway Drive, Berlin, and Gold’s Gym, 115th Street, Ocean City. Benefits CRICKET Center. Info: Nancy Dofflemyer, 410-251-6555 or www.winterfestgala.com.

www.oceancitytoday.net starts at 27th Street, heads south to First Street for the turn around and finishes at 27th Street. Event includes various football-related challenges. Registration at 27th Street from 711 a.m. Fee for 5k/Beach Combine through Nov. 16 is $33 (late fee is $40). Participating in Beach Combine activities costs $10 for adults and $5 for children 11 and younger. Games and activities for all football fans. Info: www.octrirunning.com or 443-497-4324.

SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONCERT — Friendship United Methodist Church, 10537 Friendship Road, Berlin, 7 p.m. Featuring the quartet “Driven.” Love offering taken during the concerts.

Info: 410-641-2578.

SATURDAY, NOV. 17

TURKEY SHOOT — Synepuxent Rod & Gun Club, 7909 Purnell Crossing Road, Berlin, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.

Take own 12-gauge shotgun, ammo will be provided. Rounds start at $2 per person. Win gift certificates from area restaurants, hotel accommodations, sporting goods, turkeys, chickens, etc. Raffle tickets sold to win a Ruger 10/22 rifle. Breakfast, lunch and bake sale available. Rain date is Dec. 1. Info: John Savage, 410-430-9369 or scoutmaster@octroop225.org. Benefits Ocean City/Berlin Boy Scout Troop 225.

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FACTORY DIRECT EVERYTHING $6 SALE Keenwick Sound Clubhouse, Route 54 at River

Run, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stocking stuffers. K&J jewelry, accessories and more. Save up to 80 percent. More than 1,000 items. All are welcome.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT FRIED CHICKEN DINNER New Hope United Methodist Church, Willards, noon. Menu includes mashed potatoes, greens, string beans, macaroni and cheese, beets, biscuits, dessert and coffee. Cost is $11 for adults. Carry-outs available. Info: 410-5438244 or 443-235-0251.

FINE ARTS AND CRAFT SHOW — Yes Gym, 123 W. Main St., Fruitland, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Proceeds benefit Yes Gym. Jewelers, potters, glass blowers, woodworkers and photographers.

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 pieces of bacon, includes coffee and juice. Bloody Marys cost $3. Info: 410-524-8196.

WINE AND JEWELRY EVENT — “Vintage Meets Vintage,” Costa Ventosa Winery, 9031 Whaleysville Road, Whaleyville, noon to 5 p.m. Featuring 1,000s of one-of-a-kind pieces to choose from starting at $3. Free refreshments. Proceeds benefit local charities. Info: 410-3529867.

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SUNDAY, NOV. 18 SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONCERT — Friendship United Methodist Church, 10537 Friendship Road, Berlin, 10 a.m. Featuring the quartet “Driven.” Love offering taken during the concerts. Info: 410-641-2578.

PIE SALE — Bishopville Fire Department Auxiliary, noon to 4 p.m. Apple, pumpkin and chicken pot pies. All crust and filling homemade. Costs $10 to $11. Pre orders appreciated at 443-235-2926 or 410-352-3101.

Craft vendors also on hand.

SHARING SUNDAY — Democratic Women’s Club of Worcester County collects nonperishable food and paper goods at the Ocean Pines South Side Fire Station, 1-3 p.m., on the third Sunday of each month. Donations offered to local food pantry. In addition to food collection, group requesting donations of unwrapped new toys for the “Santa’s Sack” program. “Santa’s Sack” provides gifts for women inmates in the Worcester County jail to give to their children at Christmas. Info: 410-208-0825.

THANKSGIVING SERVICE — Ocean City Baptist Church, 102 N. Division St., 7 p.m. Service will include praise and worship songs, hymns, community choir, thanksgiving testimonies

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OUT&ABOUT and a brief message. Take packaged food goods and funds for the offering. Desserts and fellowship after the service. Info: 410289-6573.

MONDAY, NOV. 19 DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Sweet Adeline Chorus, under the direction of Carol Ludwig, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Women interested in learning and singing in a barbershop format are welcome. Info: 410-208-4171.

HAND DANCING — House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge. Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302541-0728.

DEM. WOMEN’S CLUB OF WORCESTER COUNTY MEETING — Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 10 a.m. Coffee at 9:30 a.m. John Hench will discuss “A Civics Lesson.” Donations of unwrapped new toys will be collected for “Santa’s Sack.” All women are welcome. Info: 410-641-6683.

TUESDAY, NOV. 20 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING — Ocean Pines library, large room, 11107 Cathell Road, 5-6:30 p.m.

Open to the public. Info: 410-208-2569.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP — Worcester County Health Department, 9730 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 6 p.m.

Open to anyone who has lost a friend or loved one to suicide. Free of charge. Info: 410-6290164 or www.jessespaddle.org.

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 138th Street across from Fenwick Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30 p.m. A $1,000 jackpot available, food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. No one under 18 years allowed in the hall during bingo. Info: 410250-2645.

DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets every Wednesday at Skyline Bar & Grille at The Fenwick Inn, 138th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing until 9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and drink prices.

Info: 302-337-3638.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Wednesdays, 4:45-6 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302436-3682.

THURSDAY, NOV. 22 FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER — Ocean City Baptist Church, 102 N. Division St., Ocean City,

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Menu includes turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, string beans, cranberry sauce, pies, coffee, tea, cider, rolls and butter. Call church for information or to let them know you are attending: 410-2894054, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dinner will also be served to shut-ins.

FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER — Berlin First Baptist Church, 613 William St., will serve free holiday dinner, including turkey with trimmings, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whether dining at church or ordering food to go, people asked to call church to reserve a meal. Volunteers still needed. Info: 410-641-4306.

BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at Lighthouse Sound, 12723 St. Martins Neck Road, Bishopville, 4 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or Dianne, 302-541-4642.

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

ONGOING EVENTS 20TH ANNUAL WINTERFEST OF LIGHTS Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City, through Jan. 1, 2013, Sundays through Thursdays, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-10:30 p.m. Take a ride through an animated wonderland on the Winterfest Express. Visit the Winterfest Village, located inside a festive, heated pavilion. Buy a cup of hot chocolate at OC Recreation Boosters cafe,

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browse the Yukon Cornelius Gift Shop. Live entertainment scheduled on some nights. Santa available for photos every night until Dec. 23.

Advance tickets to ride the Winterfest Express may be purchased at the Ocean City Community Center and the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission costs $5 for adults and free for children 11 and younger. Info: 800-626-2326.

Also drive along the Avenue of Trees on Baltimore Avenue from 15th to 32nd streets. Info: http://oceancitymd.gov/recreation_and_parks/ specialevents.html or 410-250-0125.

SANTA CLAUS TO GREET SHOPPERS — White Marlin Mall, 12641 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City, at 2 p.m. each Saturday in December until Christmas. A preview of what’s in store for the holiday season can be seen at the mall’s new Web site at www.whitemarlinmall.com.

SIGN UP FOR 19TH ANNUAL AGH PENGUIN SWIM — Individual and team participants can register now to start gathering donations in preparation for the annual New Year’s Day event.

Register: penguinswim.atlanticgeneral.org; facebook.com/penguinswim; or Atlantic General Hospital Foundations office, 410-641-9671.

PARADE ENTRY SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE — To participate in Berlin’s 42nd annual Christmas Parade, held Dec. 6, at 7 p .m., submit entry forms no later than Nov. 21, or contact Joann Unger, 410-631-3858. Trophies awarded.

NOVEMBER ARTIST OF THE MONTH — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, through Nov. 30. Featuring the student watercolor paintings of the “Beginners & Beyond” classes. For library hours, call 410-208-4014.

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MONTEGO BAY COMMUNITY NORTH OCEAN CITY WATERFRONT This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is located in North Ocean City and being sold with a 40’ x 90’ deeded lot with no ground lease or ground rent attached. Features include a split bedroom and bath floorplan, a large eat-in kitchen, cathedral ceilings and central air. Outside there is a large cement patio and 2-car cement parking pad. Community amenities include pools, tennis, shuffleboard, miniature golf and a bayfront boardwalk with fishing & crabbing piers. Offered at $149,900. HOA Fees $199/Year MLS# 476770

Call Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes

800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020 108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

507 YAWL DRIVE

Montego Bay Realty montegomike@verizon.net www.montegobayrealty.com

This 3 BR/2 BA waterfront home is located in the Montego Bay community in North Ocean City. Located within 2 blocks of the beach this home features a split bedroom/bath floorplan, a sundeck overlooking the water, a laundry room, cathedral ceilings, central air, gas heat and a 2-car off-street parking pad.

The community offers 2 pools, 2 tennis courts, 2 shuffleboard courts, a miniature golf course and a bayfront boardwalk with fishing & crabbing piers. The HOA fee is only $199 a year. Sold fully furnished.

Offered at $279,000. MLS# 473527

Call Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes

800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020 108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

108 PEACH TREE ROAD

Montego Bay Realty montegomike@verizon.net www.montegobayrealty.com

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

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PT/Clerical Position-for HVAC company in Ocean Pines. Must be dependable, have computer/experience & good customer service skills.

Email resume to mkennedy@acch4hvac.com.

No phone calls please!

Part/Time Cleaning person for restaurant-start date early Nov. 410-641-7501 apply in person Thurs-Sun at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines, MD or email info@oceanpines.org

Winter Rentals-2BR $600/mo.

Utils. included w/limit. Security req’d. Call Neil 847-274-7806

Year Round Ocean City Condo - Gullway Villas, $1050/mo. Price Reduced! 2BR/1BA, W/D. Pool, parking. jlaw32@gmail.com or Jason 443-373-1419.

Berlin - 4BR/2BA - Remodeled Rancher, hardwood floors.

Large yard, shed. $1300/mo.

Call Bunting Realty 410-6413313

Part Time-Bartender, Apply in Person. Osteria Fraschetti, Rt. 50 West, West Ocean City

2BR/2BA Bayfront condo 47th St., W/D, DW. Parking, pool. Great views of bay. No Smoking/Pets. $900/mo. + utils. + Sec. Dep. 443-693-2216

Winter Rental - Two Pristine Condos. 3BR/3BA and 2BR/ 2BA. Call Bill 443-373-7232.

Carmella’s Kids Learning Center and Twisters Gymnastics are currently expanding and hiring energetic people for the following positions: Preschool Teachers, Infant Toddler Teachers, Administrative Assistants, Learning Center Assistant Directory, Learning Center Director, Gymnastics Instructors (all ages/levels), Gym Director. Call 410-629-1630

Temporary position available for a Head Chef - at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club, Md. 5 yrs. experience minimum as executive or sous chef. Possible long term agreement. Please e-mail resume to info@oceanpines.org to be considered or visit 1 Mumfords Landing Road, Ocean Pines, MD ThursdaySunday.

Arctic Heating & Air Conditioning is hiring a Full Time Maintenance Technician Benefits following 90 days of employment. Competitive pay, please fax resume to 410-6411437 or call our office at 410641-1434.

Nite Club Taxi is hiring F/T & P/T Drivers. Call Michael 443373-1319.

Experienced Cosmetologist/ Esthetician Email resume to info@Blissoc.com or stop by Bliss Salon in West Ocean City.

Part/Time Lead Generator$9/hr. + Incentives. Interested applicants should fax their resume to 410-641-1437 or call our office at 410-641-1434.

Dunkin Donuts Now Hiring

kitchen Help Location: 9919 Golf Course Road, OC, MD

Now hiring sales reps and promo models for weekend work. Paid travel, $100 a day + bonuses. J-1 welcome. Experienced sales managers for travel also needed for PT/FT salaried position. Please call 443-2917651 Now hiring Stay at Home Moms, Senior Citizens or anyone who wants to work F/T or P/T, setting your own hours in your area & surrounding areas.

For just a $10 investment you can make up to 50%.

Call your Avon Representative Christine @ 443-880-8397 Visit www.startavon.com.Use reference code: cbrown2272 to sign up online or email snowhillavon@comcast.net

Applications or resumes will not be accepted thru Email or fax.

Dunkin Donuts Now Hiring Excellent Opportunity for the Right Person.

Now Hiring Full-Time, Year Round

Sales & Marketing Manager

Painter PT Hostess

Benefits include paid vacation, 7 paid holidays, medical, dental, life & disability insurances & 401K plan.

Please apply in person at 2800 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, Md. 410-289-1100

(Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun.) Applicants may apply online at www.princessroyale.com and click on the job link or in person Mon.-Fri., 9am to 4pm

Ocean Pines, Y/R or Seasonal- 3BR/2BA, gas fireplace, sunroom, deck, shed, pets/ok. avail. Dec. 1st, $1400/mo.

Owner/RE agent 443-250-6155 Y/R Rental Beautiful Bayfront Townhome-adjacent to Ocean Pines Yacht Club. Water views out front and back decks.

3BR/3BA, den, gated community, elevator, fireplace, garage.

Partially furnished or unfurnished. Pets considered. 443523-2838 Year round-Oceanside - Available immediately. Efficiency, full kitchen & bath. W/D, private storage & parking. $750/mo. + sec. dep. 301-674-3468 OC Yearly Rental. Fully furnished 1BR/1BA condo. 127th St. bayside. The Raffles. $800/ month + utilities. References required 1-410-320-4017/1-410827-3170 Winter Rental or Year Round2BR/2BA 142nd Street Winter Rental-3BR/2BA-28th Street-$700. Call 443-880-0510

Please apply online at: www.delmarvadd.com

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

YR 2 to 3 BR Home w/garage-Willards-unfurnished $850/mo. Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555

CLASSiFieDS! 410-723-6397

DE & MD COMMERCIAL SALES REPS • Sell highly unique cleaning service • Strong, competitive spirit • Previous business-to-business sales experience a plus • Must be a self-starter • Enjoy working in a growing, fast-paced organization

Email resume: info@GaleForceInc.com

Assistant Manager Starting @ $9/hr.

In our Ocean Pines and West Ocean City locations.

Please apply online at: www.delmarvadd.com

Condo Resident Management Team Vacancy The condo association of a highly regarded, mid-rise, Ocean City building is seeking an experienced, full-time Resident Management Team to replace a husband/wife team that will be retiring in the spring of 2013. Applicants must have computer skills, maintenance experience, outgoing personalities, and the ability to interact with owners, tenants, contractors and government officials.

This is a seven day a week position during the summer season. References required, as well as an excellent credit history and resident management experience or equivalent. Veteran’s preference is a positive in the applicant evaluation process. Salary and benefits to be negotiated. Financial and police checks may be performed. Resumes will be accepted until December 31, 2012; interviews will be scheduled beginning in December, and the anticipated start date for the new team is about March 1st, 2013. Please send application including desired salary to: ccacondo@verizon.net.

YR-2 Bedroom, 1 Bath House, large yard, close to WalMart. $900/month.

Call Dale 443-736-5589 or e-mail dale@ocrooms.com 3BR/2BA Mobile on Water Bishopville, unfurnished. No smoking. No pets. $950/mo.

Howard Martin Realty 410352-5555.

YR WOC, 4BR/4.5BA Penthouse, unfurnished, $2000/mo.

3BR/2BA Oceanfront Condo, furnished, (Rent negotiable) Available now! Income verification req’d. Call 443-521-3202.

YR Rooms, $125-$150 North OC. Util. incl., W/D, cable, furnished. Move in today! 410250-0050 WR or YR - 2BR/2BA Bright, spacious, newly remodeled, Furnished House in WOC. Nr Harbor. Potential studio in loft.

Vaulted ceilings, fireplace & deck. 240-620-3041

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Available Now-April 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 $1200.

Call 410-428-7333 or 410-251-4259 www.SunsetTerraceRentals.com

Great Inventory of Year Round Rentals Please call 410-5240900 or visit our Web site @ www.oceancityresort properties.com

Rentals Yearly • Weekly • Seasonal Maryland

800-922-9800 Delaware

800-442-5626 Owned & Operated by NRT LLC

$150 W eek W InTeR H ouSInG Rambler Motel Sleeps 4 9942 Elm Street, WOC, directly behind Starbucks.

Wi-Fi, AC, laundry, pool.

Call 443-614-4007

cbvacations com Year Round Rentals Furnished, available early Dec. 2 bedroom townhouse, 12th St, $825 per month, 3 bed townhouse 123rd st, $1400/mo. 2 bedroom, oceanview 139th St. $1100/mo.

Utilities and Security Deposit extra. No/Pets.

Resort Rentals, 410-524-0295

Yearly & Seasonal Rentals We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

Single Family Homes Starting at $875 Apartments Starting at $650 Winter Rentals Starting at $800 Open 7 Days A Week for property viewing in:

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WINTER RENTAL - OCEAN CITY 2BR/1BA - Sleeps 6, Bayshore Drive. $600/month plus utilities. Non smoking, no pets. Holtz Property Mgmt.

443-359-9863.

Year Round Rental-43rd St. 2 large bedrooms, 1 bath Apartment. Coin-op washer and dryer on site. Family friendly building. $900 per month. Call Dale at 443-736-5589 or e-mail to dale@ocrooms.com.

Winter Rental - 1st St. and Philadelphia Ave. Large 2 bedroom, 1 bath Apartment. $600/ month, $600 S/D, utilities not included. Call Dale 443-7365589 or e-mail to dale@ocrooms.com.

Winter Rental-Midtown OC Furnished, large 2BR/1BA W/D, DW, quiet. $575 + utils. + sec. deposit. 443-497-4746 or 410251-8399.

YR WOC Townhome-2BR/1.5 BA screened porch, pool, excellent location. Walk to restaurants & park/ride. $1200/mo.

Avail immed. Call 443-497-6115 Winter Rental-135th St., 2BR/1BA, full kitchen, LR, W/D, parking. $500/mo. + Sec Dep. Call 443-235-6770 Year Round 2BR Units-$850$1200, 3BR, WR Unit available.

Call Condo Realty 410-7230988.

Winter OC Rooms for Rent!

Lg. rms. $100. Furnished and all utilities. Call 410-430-1746.

WINTER RENTAL Open now. Month to month.

Blue Turtle Apts. on 57th St., Oceanside. 2BR/1BA, fully furn., kitch., lvg rm. Elect. & Cable incl. $575-$600 depending on one or two persons. 2 person max. No pets.

No smoking inside. Quiet required. $300 sec. dep.

410-422-4780

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410-723-6397

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 2307 POINT’S REACH, UNIT #2307 BERLIN A/R/T/A OCEAN PINES, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Douglas D. Galloway and Sandra J. McAlisterGalloway dated September 30, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4550, Folio 115 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $368,000.00 and an original interest rate of 5.875% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on DECEMBER 3, 2012 AT 2:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 2307, Phase Three, in the “Point’s Reach 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 $34,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser. Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file

a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest.

Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10330 HARRISON RD. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Matthew J. Schiftic and Robin Schiftic, dated December 28, 2007 and recorded in Liber 5042, folio 712 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on DECEMBER 3, 2012 AT 2:30 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 $18,000 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 #2012-24041) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, Diana C. Theologou, Laura L. Latta, Jonathan Elefant, Laura T. Curry, Benjamin Smith, Chasity Brown, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 11000 COASTAL HIGHWAY, UNIT 1511 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12001206 Covahey, Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from James A. Hopkins and Maureen D. Hopkins recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4944, folio 703, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4944, folio 703, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 3451, folio 80. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in “AS IS” condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall convey insurable title. TERMS

OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $50,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 7.62500% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit.

Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 8252900 www.tidewaterauctions.com A4323343 11/08/2012, 11/15/2012, 11/22/2012 OCD-11/8/3t ___________________________________ Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, Maryland 20705 240-473-5000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 108 A Franklin Avenue Berlin, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Dianne M. Sinclair and Warren L. Sinclair, dated October 20, 2006, and recorded in Liber 4817, Folio 478 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction at Circuit Court for Worcester County, Courthouse Door for Worcester County, Snow Hill, MD on November 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM

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Legal Notices ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND KNOWN AS Lot 1. Berlin, Subdivision of lands of Vinod Alka Patel and James Tingle & Jeffrey S. and Malia Z. Ricks situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 03-031810.

The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, agreements, easements, covenants and rights of way of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $28,000.00 will be required at the time of sale in the form of cash, certified check, or other form as the Substitute Trustees determine acceptable. No deposit shall be required of the noteholder where the noteholder bids in the property at auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, time being of the essence for purchaser. In the event that settlement does not occur within the said ten days, the purchaser shall be in default. Upon such default the Trustees may file a Motion and Order to Resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, and purchaser(s) hereby consent to entry of such resale order without further notice, in which case the deposit shall be forfeited and all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then readvertise and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; or, without reselling the property, the Trustees may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser. Interest to be paid on the purchase money less the stated deposit called for herein, at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustee. There shall be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason, including but not limited to exceptions to sale, bankruptcy filings by interested parties, Court administration of the foreclosure or unknown title defects. All taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, are to be adjusted to the date of auction and thereafter are to be assumed by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, agricultural transfer tax, if any and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of damage to the property from the date of auction forward. If the Substitute Trustee does not convey title for any reason, including but not limited to the Secured Party executing a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or

allowing the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee’s prior knowledge, or if the sale is not ratified for any reason including errors made by the Substitute Trustees, the foreclosure sale shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy in law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest.

Further terms and particulars may be announced at time of sale, and purchaser may be required to execute a Memorandum of Sale at the time of auction. (Matter #17701) Jeffrey Nadel and Scott Nadel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers 606 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 206, Towson, Maryland 21204 410-825-2900 OCD-11/8/3t ___________________________________

TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 225 26TH STREET, UNIT 21 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-001124 Covahey, Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Joseph Delawder and Susan Delawder recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4746, folio 181, and Deed of Appointment of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel as Trustees, the Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4746, folio 181, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4746, folio 176. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in “AS IS” condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. Neither the Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Trustees shall convey insurable title.

TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $24,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 8.25000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser.

Ground rent, water and/or sewer

charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser.

Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor.

Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit. Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel, Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com A-4323344 11/08/2012, 11/15/2012, 11/22/2012 </P></div> </body></html> OCD-11/8/3t ___________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 1702 CEDAR ST. F/K/A 1702 WOODBROOK DR. POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Cynthia M. Kirkwood, dated April 30, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5114, folio 569 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AT 2:15 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 $44,000 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 fif-

teen (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 #2011-17595) This property will be sold subject to a 120 day right of redemption by the Internal Revenue Service.

Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Deborah K. Curran, Erin M. Brady, Diana C. Theologou, Laura L. Latta, Jonathan Elefant, Anne L. Peightel, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 6 127TH ST., UNIT #406 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Gisella P. Gonzales, dated September 16, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4559, folio 61 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AT 2:16 PM

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Legal Notices ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and described as Unit No. 406, in the “Marylander Hotel Condominium” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $15,000 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 #2012-22333) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady, Diana C. Theologou, Laura L. Latta, Jonathan Elefant, Laura T. Curry, Benjamin Smith, Chasity Brown, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 12903 HORN ISLAND DRIVE OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-001259 Covahey, Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350

McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Cathy E. Hale recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4438, folio 263, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4438, folio 263, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4089, folio 40. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling. The property will be sold in "AS IS" condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record. Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall convey insurable title. TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $35,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 6.75000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited. The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages. In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser's sole rem-

edy shall be return of the deposit.

Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com A-4320136 11/01/2012, 11/08/2012, 11/15/2012 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A. 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NO. 9503 HARBOUR LIGHT DRIVE BERLIN, MD 21811 CASE NUMBER 23-C-11-001730 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from John T. Timmons and Stephanie K. Timmons recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 4661, folio 501, and Declaration of Substitution of Trustees recorded among the aforementioned Land Records substituting Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth as Substituted Trustees, the Substituted Trustees will offer for sale at public auction, at the Courthouse Door, Snow Hill, Maryland on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 AT 11:00 AM: All that lot of ground and the improvements thereon situate in Worcester County, State of Maryland, as described in the Deed of Trust recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber 4661, folio 501, also being further described in a Deed recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County in Liber 3329, folio 282. The improvements thereon consist of a dwelling..

The property will be sold in "AS IS" condition, subject to any existing building violations, restrictions and agreements of record.

Neither the Substituted Trustees nor their respective agents, successors or assigns make any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied with respect to the property. The Substituted Trustees shall convey insurable title..

TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit in a form acceptable to the Substituted Trustee in the amount of $50,000.00 will be required of the purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, at the time and place of sale. Unless the purchaser is the Holder of the Note or its assigns, the balance of the purchase price shall be paid immediately with available funds within twenty (20) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Time is of the essence. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note or its assigns, shall pay interest at the rate of 6.75000% per annum on the unpaid portion of the purchase price from the date of sale to date of settlement. Real property taxes and assessments shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Ground rent, water and/or sewer charges public or private, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of

sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be paid by the purchaser. Purchaser shall have the responsibility of obtaining possession of the property.

In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. If the purchaser defaults, the entire deposit is forfeited.

The Substituted Trustees shall resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of both sales, attorney fees, all other charges due, and incidental and consequential damages.

In the event the Substituted Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser`s sole remedy is return of the deposit. The Substituted Trustees shall have the right to terminate this contract in the event the Holder or its Servicer has entered into any agreement with, or accepted funds from, the mortgagor. Upon termination of the contract, Purchaser`s sole remedy shall be return of the deposit.

Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauctions.com OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________ Ronald B. Katz, PA Eric A. Hartlaub 11403 Cronridge Dr. Suite 230 Owings Mills, Md. 21117 410-581-1131 RONALD B. KATZ and ERIC A. HARTLAUB, Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.

GREGORY A. GRIM, et al.

Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-12-000727

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby issued, this 24th day of October, 2012, by the Circuit Court of Maryland for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 12917 Horn Island Drive, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, made and reported by Ronald B. Katz and Eric A. Hartlaub, Substitute Trustees, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 26th day of November, 2012 provided that a copy of this Notice be published at least once a week in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in said County before the 19th day of November, 2012.

The Report states the amount of the sale to be $49,000.00, subject to a prior mortgage in the amount of $168,038.85.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________

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Legal Notices Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600

Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________

Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Robert Blank IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-12-000223

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 14906 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA DOOLEY Notice is given that William F. Dooley, 12105 Franklin Street, Beltsville, MD 20705, was on October 25, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Virginia Dooley who died on October 7, 2012, 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 25th day of April, 2013.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

William F. Dooley 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: November 01, 2012 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 23rd day of October, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 5104 Coastal Highway, #102, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substituted Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 26th day of November, 2012, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successive weeks on or before the 19th day of November, 2012.

The Report states the amount of sale to be $122,500.00.

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-11/1/3t ___________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 File Number: 29296 Diane S. Rosenberg Mark D. Meyer John A. Ansell, III Stephanie Montgomery 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff(s) v.

Joseph H. Rosen Arlene M. Rosen 73 Windjammer Road Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C11001098

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 23rd day of October, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of 73 Windjammer Road, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 26th day of November, 2012, 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 19th day of November, 2012. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $120,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD True Copy

NOTICE

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 14904 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROBERT C. ADAMS Notice is given that Francine S. Adams, P.O. Box 527 507 #5 Sunlight Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, was on October 23, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert C. Adams who died on April 22, 2009, 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 April, 2013.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Francine S. Adams 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: November 01, 2012 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 14907 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF NORMAN UDOFF Notice is given that Regina Snyder, 4028 Richardson Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, was on October 25, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Norman Udoff who died on October 13, 2012, 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 25th day of April, 2013.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim

will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Regina Snyder 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: November 01, 2012 OCD-11/1/3t ___________________________________ Ayers, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A. 6200 Coastal Hwy., Suite 200 Ocean City, MD 21842 GUY R. AYRES III Plaintiff v.

ROUTE 50 WEST BUSINESS PARK, LLC and U.S. 50 WEST, LLC Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO: 23-C-12-01059

NOTICE ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, this 1st day of November, 2012, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and known as Lot 25A, formerly Lots 25, 26, 27 and 28 plat of Charles Lewis Farm, 10049 Waterview Drive, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by Guy R. Ayres III, Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 3rd day of December, 2012, provided a copy of this Order is published in the Ocean City Digest, a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, Maryland, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, before the 26th day of November, 2012.

The Report states the amount of sale to be $95,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales, Clerk True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-11/8/3t ___________________________________ RAYMOND C. SHOCKLEY WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY & HARRISON PA 3509 COASTAL HIGHWAY P.O. BOX 739 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 14912 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF BARRY T. MALKIN Notice is given that Steven L. Malkin, 10140 Nightingale Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20882, was on November 05, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barry

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Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 5th day of May, 2013.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Steven L. Malkin 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: November 08, 2012 OCD-11/8/3t ___________________________________

NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF BILL 12-5 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Take Notice that Bill 12-5 entitled AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW ON ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, AND TO ISSUE AND SELL ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND ITS BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES THEREFOR, AT ONE TIME OR FROM TIME TO TIME WITHIN FOUR YEARS FROM THE DATE THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $6,200,000, TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE (1) THE PREPAYMENT OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE COUNTY’S OUTSTANDING SPECIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS RESULTING FROM THE TRANSFER OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY JAIL TO THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND ON JULY 1, 2008, TOGETHER WITH ANY PREPAYMENT PREMIUMS AND/OR ACCRUED INTEREST, AND (2) THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY OF SPECIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR

SUCH PLAN WHICH ARE PAYABLE

BY THE COUNTY AFTER THE DATE THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE; AND INCLUDING PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED COSTS AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS was passed by the County Commissioners on November 7, 2012.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: APPENDIX "HH" BOND AUTHORIZATION TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE (1) THE PREPAYMENT OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE COUNTY’S OUTSTANDING SPECIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS RESULTING FROM THE TRANSFER OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY JAIL TO THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND ON JULY 1, 2008, TOGETHER WITH ANY PREPAYMENT PREMIUMS AND/OR ACCRUED INTEREST, AND (2) THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY OF SPECIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUCH PLAN WHICH ARE PAYABLE BY THE COUNTY AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS LOCAL LAW. (a) Recites legal authorization for borrowing; recites Resolution No. 0810 of the Commissioners withdrawing the Correctional Officers of the Worcester County Jail from the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Contributory Pension Plan and transferring said officers to the Correctional Officers Retirement System of the State of Maryland (CORS) on July 1, 2008 and referencing the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of $4,667,231 which resulted from the transfer and was to be paid with interest by level annual payments of $412,245 for a 25-year period, commencing December 31, 2008; and recites the determination of the Commissioners to borrow not more than $6,200,000 through general obligation bonds to finance or refinance (1) the prepayment of all or a portion of the County’s outstanding special accrued liability contributions resulting from the transfer of the Correctional Officers of the Worcester County Jail to the Correctional Officers Retirement System of the State of Maryland on July 1, 2008, together with any prepayment premiums and/or accrued interest, and (2) the reimbursement to the County of special accrued liability contributions for such plan which are payable by the County after the effective date of this Local Law. (b) Declares that the County is obligated to pay to the CORS the remaining 21 CORS special accrued liability contributions in the aggregate amount of $8,657,145; declares that the County’s financial advisor, Davenport & Company LLC, has advised that the County may be able to realize significant savings by issuing its general obligation bonds for the purposes of financing or refinancing the CORS Prepayment and Reimbursement; declares that the funds to be borrowed can be provided at the lowest annual interest rate and cost of issuance by the issuance of general obligation bonds by the County; and declares that financing or refinancing the CORS Prepayment and Reimbursement is a proper public purpose which may be financed by the issuance of bonds.

(c) Authorizes the County to borrow $6,200,000 by issuance of bonds. (d) Provides that the proceeds of the bonds shall be for the purpose of financing or refinancing the CORS Prepayment and Reimbursement, and related costs. (e) Provides that the County shall levy annual property taxes sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds due each year. (f) Authorizes the issuance of Bond Anticipation Notes. (g) Provides that before the issuance of any bonds, the Commissioners shall adopt a Resolution which describes the amount, purpose and form of the bonds and other matters relating to the issuance of the bonds. (h) Provides that the bonds shall constitute a pledge of the full faith and credit of the County. (i) Provides that the bonds may be sold either at private sale or at public sale as determined by the County Commissioners. (j) Provides that the bonds shall be exempt from certain provisions of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland. (k) Provides that the County may enter into agreements to enhance the marketability of the bonds. (l) Provides that the signature of the officer that appears on the bonds shall be valid even if that officer ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds. (m) Provides that upon delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, payment shall be made to the Finance Officer of the County. (n) Authorizes the issuance of interim certificates or temporary bonds. (o) Provides that the authorities set forth in this law are supplemental to existing authorities. (p) Provides for severability provisions.

This bill becomes effective forty-five (45) days from the date of its passage.

This is only a fair summary of the bill. A full copy of the bill is posted on the Legislative Bulletin Board in the main hall of the Worcester County Government Center outside Room 1103, is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center and is available on the County Website at http://www.co.worcester.md.us/commissioners/legsltn.aspx .

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Portable Restroom Service Bid Worcester County, Maryland The Worcester County Commissioners are currently accepting separate or combined bids for the rental and service of portable restrooms for a period of two years for: Part A - Boat landings, Solid Waste transfer stations and the County firing range for the Maintenance Division of Public Works; and Part B - Passive and active recreational parks for the Recreation and Parks Department.

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 online at www.co.worcester.md.us . Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Mon-

day, November 26, 2012 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 "Portable Restroom Service Bid" 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, 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 Part A Maintenance Division portable restrooms - shall be directed to Ken Whited, Maintenance Superintendent, at 410-632-3766. All inquiries regarding Part B - Recreation and Parks portable restrooms - shall be directed to Bill Rodriguez, Parks Superintendent, at 410-632-3173.

OCD-11/15/1t ___________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

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

DAVID MAIZEL (DECEASED) 12436 W. Torquay Road Ocean City, MD 21842-9142 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-001106

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 8th day of November, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 12436 W. Torquay Road, Ocean City, MD 21842-9142, made and reported by Howard N. Bierman, Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 10th day of December, 2012, 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 3rd day of December, 2012.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $175,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Courts for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

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

DANIEL J. HUBBARD MARIAN D. HUBBARD 14 139th Street, Unit # 3W arta Unit #3 Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-000356

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 8th day of November, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 14 139th Street, Unit # 3W arta Unit #3, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by Howard N. Bierman, Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 10th day of December, 2012, 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 3rd day of December, 2012.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $327,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Courts for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________ James E. Clubb, Jr., Esq. 108 N. 8th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842 CORAL SEAS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION c/o Mann Properties 220 16th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Plaintiff vs.

JEFFREY NENGEL LAURA NENGEL 1404 Eagle Ridge Run Bel Air, MD 21014-1871 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO. 23-C-12-0951

NOTICE ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County this 8th day of November, 2012, that the foreclosure sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 7601 Coastal Highway, #305, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by James E. Clubb, Jr., Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 10th day of December, 2012 provided a copy of this order be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks, before the 3rd day of December, 2012.

The Report states the amount of the sale to be $100.00.

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Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Maryland OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________ James E. Clubb, Jr., Esq. 108 N. 8th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842 KEY WEST VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, INC. c/o Paul Enterprises, Inc. 3 Moonshell Drive Berlin, MD 21811 Plaintiff vs.

PHYLLIS BENNETT 104 Dundee Place Fredericksburg, VA 22405-2085 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO. 23-C-12-0978

NOTICE ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County this 8th day of November, 2012, that the foreclosure sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 300 Robin Drive, #305, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by James E. Clubb, Jr., Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 10th day of December, 2012 provided a copy of this order be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks, before the 3rd day of December, 2012.

The Report states the amount of the sale to be $100.00.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk True Copy Test: Stephen V. hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Maryland OCD-11/15/3t ___________________________________ IN THE ORPHANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; COURT FOR (OR) BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF: NICHOLAS RYAN CREIGHTON ESTATE NO. 14917

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by Lou Mazzulli, Jr., of Health Care Support Services, Inc., 1020 Stiles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at One W. Market Street, Court Room 4, Court House, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 on 12/04/2012 at 10:30 a.m.

This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills.

Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Phone: (410) 632-1529 Newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Publication Date: 11/15/2012 OCD-11/15/2t ___________________________________

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