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Humane Soc. head forced out of post Mess with bequest leads pair of board members to push Davies’ ouster ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) Following threats of legal action over alleged financial misconduct, long-time Worcester County Humane Society head Kenille Davies will be resigning her post at the end of the month, with sources saying that the entire organization may be compromised by the departure of its

founder. At last Friday’s well-attended Humane Society benefit at Adolfo’s, Davies announced her resignation and, without going into too much de- Kenille Davies ... tail, the situation ... forced out. surrounding it. “This is what happens when you get people in … who can afford to pay to get you out,” Davies said. See OPPONENTS on Page 3A

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If there was a headline to be written for all that was said this week over the city’s Performing Arts Center, and the petition to stop its financing, it would probably be “confused persons still confused; confusion ensues.” In all likelihood, there is little that could be said in the space of a city council meeting, or any other venue for that matter, that would completely assuage the suspicions of either those who support the

referendum effort or those who do not. As is the case with many of the other financial issues the city tackles, the Performing Arts Center debate is itself a product of the natural growth of city government. As the resort grows, and the dollar figures increase, the stakes become higher – while the margin of return becomes lower. These “problems of success” can be a good or a bad thing, depending on your viewpoint. One of the key issues taken up by See FAITH on Page 4A

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Opponents allegedly leveraging endowment snafu against Davies Davies was joined by her son-inlaw, Hal Adkins, whom she had asked to speak on her behalf. Adkins is the public works director for the Town of Ocean City, but was not speaking in any official capacity that evening. “Kenille is not retiring. She is resigning under duress,” Adkins said. “Certain people chose to take what were petty issues … and put the screws, so to speak, to Kenille.” Although none of Ocean City Today’s sources would speak on the record, given the tenuous legal situation involved, the intrigue surrounding Davies’ ouster has been widely acknowledged. In essence, two members of the society’s board, who have had longstanding differences with Davies, leveraged a recent incident of alleged fiscal mismanagement against her. According to sources, the humane society had at one point been bequeathed a substantial sum of money, nearly $800,000, from the estate of a Snow Hill woman who had passed away. This money, per the deceased’s will, was to be set up as an endowment to the humane society. Under the arrangement, the money was to be invested and the subsequent capital gains used to fund the organization’s operations. The principal in-

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vestment, however, was to be un- the good intentions, the group had violated the estate by dipping into the touched. However, the attorney responsible endowment. “They shouldn’t have tapped into it, for the estate may not have made it clear that the bequest was under such but at least they used it for the ania restriction, and simply signed off on mals,” a source said. “Unfortunately, you had two people who were already the transfer with no oversight. At the very least, sources say, gunning for Kenille and escalated the Davies and her board did not fully situation to use it against her.” Subsequently, Davies and the other grasp the purpose of the funds, or the nine members of gravity of the the board were stipulations at“Certain people chose to take notified that they tached. what were petty issues … would face legal “You’re talking action from the about a group of and put the screws, so to other two. elderly volunteers speak, to Kenille.” After consultwho are great ing with an attorwith animals, but HAL ADKINS ney, Davies was terrible at adminKenille Davies’ son-in-law told that she and istrative issues,” a the other memsource said. bers could be liAccording to those close to the situation, two of the able for the $300,000. However, if board members have been critical of Davies stepped down, the matter Davies for some time, and took the op- would not be pursued, per an offer portunity to look into the organiza- from the two members’ attorney. “We did not have the money to get tion’s financials. After hiring a Baltimore-area attorney, they discov- a lawyer involved for me or the other ered that the society had spent roughly board members,” Davies said Friday. She declined to elaborate on the case $300,000 of the endowment. The society had been cleared on all any further until after Nov. 30, when recent audits, likely because the her separation from the organization money had been spent appropriately will be complete, for fear of further on necessary items, such as dog food legal complication. “Kenille has been put in a situation and veterinary bills. But regardless of

where she would have to legally defend herself with her own money, and she’s not in a position to do that,” Adkins said. Davies receives a salary of $15,000 per year for her work as the humane society director. By all accounts, she works more than a full-time schedule, but this arrangement is entirely informal, as is the case with much of the humane society’s organization. Technically speaking, Davies is the only legally recognized member of the group’s board, since it has never held a charter-recognized general meeting since Davies founded the group in 1977. This lack of formal accountability, sources say, is why her opposing board members were able to present a strong case against Davies. Further, it was discovered during the legal battle that the endowment funds might have been given to the humane society in error. The will read that the money was to be given to the “Worcester County Humane Society, founded 1954.” Such an organization does not exist, but was apparently overlooked by the attorney handling the distribution. Should legal authorities determine that the bequest went to the wrong party, the money would have to be returned to the estate, for re-distribution See LEADERSHIP on Page 4A

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Faith more effective than facts when predicting city’s future Tony Christ’s Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice – the group circulating the petition – is that, while the city’s bond issuance document states that the $8.3 million being borrowed for the center will be paid back using proceeds from the city’s food tax, another clause states that the city will levy an ad valorem tax if this funding is insufficient. Simply put, the city will pay its construction debt with property taxes if it doesn’t have enough food tax money. “It says that at least twice in the ordinance,” said opposition group supporter Ellie Diegelmann. “You can build the center all you want, just don’t make us pay for it when it comes up deficient.” However, Mayor Rick Meehan –

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an ardent supporter of the center project – pointed out that there is no other way to issue the bond at the same cost. If the town were to sell its debt as being entirely revenue-dependent, instead of simply supported by a specific user fee such as food tax, it would get a much less favorable interest rate. “It has to be backed with the full faith and credit of the town,” Meehan said. “If it were approved as a revenue bond, the interest rate would be much higher.” In other words, the only way to finance such a high-level capital improvement is to put up the city’s tax base as collateral. Not that it will actually come to this – the city’s food tax, which charges a half-percent on all bar See GROWTH on Page 5A

Leadership, finances, lease of facility create tenuous position to those other charities in the will that are still in existence. This will leave the humane society in a tenuous position. According to sources, most of the board will depart with Davies at the end of the month, leaving the organization in the control of just a pair of board members. Further, the organization will be stripped of the funds on which it relies. “I hope the public here can help in some way, because I feel sorry if the shelter is going to be run by people like that,” Davies said. In her remarks Friday, Davies said she had been appalled by the behavior of those who had ousted her. “When you get a seven-page letter that slanders you and then says at the end, ‘when you leave smoothly, please don’t harm the animals,’ that hurts more than anything,” she said. Further, the society also runs the Continued from Page 3A

risk of having its lease with the Town of Ocean City terminated. The Worcester County Humane Society animal shelter was built in 1989 by the city, on city-owned property adjacent to what, in 1991, would become Eagle’s Landing golf course. Since then, city officials have wanted the humane society to relocate to make more space for the municipal course. The society’s lease will be up for renewal soon, and the turmoil could give the city a reason to put a stop to the agreement. If that were to happen, the society would likely cease to exist. But that would leave the door open for the establishment of a new, independent humane society on another property. “They have won the battle, but I assure you, with the friendship that is here this evening on behalf of Kenille, they may well lose the war,” Adkins said.

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Growth happens on bigger risks, slimmer margins as city expands and restaurant food sales – has reliability generated $1.2 million per year. Further, the city has almost $7.4 million in unspent food tax revenue, which can only be used, per the city’s partnership agreement with the state, on capital improvements at the convention center. “Since the money has proven to be there, why would we pay a higher interest rate?” Meehan asked rhetorically. Unless someone has evidence that the restaurant industry will collapse in the next 10 years, there really is no reason to think that the city intends to gouge its taxpayers for the bill. The reason anyone would oppose such a borrowing scheme, then, is out of principle. In that case, there is no magic number that will decide the argument, despite the insistence of both sides that the other get the right facts. Those facts themselves are open to interpretation. The 2010 study done by Crossroads Consulting Services, as noted this week by Council Secretary Mary Knight, estimates $3.2 to $3.9 million of new spending in the resort as a result of the performing arts venue. Direct revenue to the convention center, however, is estimated at

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$200,000 to $240,000 – a small dent ally less. But taking the plunge can be in the $2.5 million operating deficit better than staying static. “There will always be people who the convention center already runs. This estimate further assumes, ac- don’t want change,” said resident cording to the study, that “the majority Nicole Hills. “There are people who look back on the of event-related when the costs are passed “When this first came before us, time whole north end through to the I was against it, but we put toof town was a dirt user and other fixed costs, such gether a group of stakeholders road and say those were the as staffing and who were interested and they good old days. utilities, are relaBut where would tively minimal.” came back very positively.” we be if most of The center, acMARGARET PILLAS Ocean City was cording to the Councilwoman still a dirt road?” study, should atIn the 1960s, tract between 61 the resort did inand 73 performances annually, with attendance be- deed take a great risk by improving tween 45,700 and 55,050. This swaths of uninhabited land, with no compares to the center’s nearly absolute guarantee that a developer 400,000 attendee-days logged for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. The bulk of these, 220,000, were the result of conventions and trade shows, of which 41 and 75 percent, respectively, used exhibit space that will be eliminated once the center is built. Although the center has added an equivalent square footage in ballroom space upstairs, this is naturally unavailable to shows with exhibits that can’t fit in an elevator. Again, as the scope of development grows, the guarantees become margin-

such as Jim Caine would come in and build taxable property. Assuming, then, that one is philosophically okay with the idea of risk and return, the city’s decision to go ahead with the project is predicated on confidence that the community will make good on the more favorable of the projections given in the Crossroads study. “When this first came before us, I was against it, but we put together a group of stakeholders who were interested and they came back very positively,” Councilwoman Margaret Pillas told Patti Miller of the city’s Cultural Arts Advisory Board, which recommended the project. “People like you and [Seacrets founder] Leighton Moore gave me the confidence to change my vote.”

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(Nov. 8, 2013) The mystery behind the boat that washed ashore on Assateague’s beach last week has been solved, laying to rest rumors surrounding what came to be known as the “ghost ship” after its Halloween appearance dazzled visitors. “Sorry, no ghosts around,” said Ted Morlock, Assateague Island National Seashore chief ranger in an e-mail Tuesday. The 40-foot houseboat appeared on Assateague’s beach Wednesday evening, lodged in the sand near the Over-Sand Vehicle (OSV) entrance, near the 17-kilometer marker, said Assateague’s Assistant Chief of Interpretation and Education Liz Davis. Visitors soon stumbled on the “ghost ship.” “It seemed like a really old house boat,” said photographer Matt Landon, who came to shoot the ship on Halloween. “It was pretty cool. It was definitely kind of spooky.” By the time Landon returned to the beach on Friday, however, high waves from a lunar tide had taken their toll on the boat. Though several stories surrounded the ship’s appearance, “what had happened was clear to us right from the start,” Morlock said. The boat’s owner, a South Carolina man, was towing the houseboat he had purchased in New Jersey to his home state when the project became dangerous, causing him to cut the ship loose, Morlock said. A park ranger discovered the boat on the beach around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30. “Because it posed no environmental or significant risk to

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A beached boat rests on Assateague’s shoreline Halloween night. Over the weekend, waves dismantled the houseboat and Assateague maintenance workers removed the remains, said Liz Davis, assistant chief of Interpretation and Education at the park.

anyone, we decided to leave it for the evening and deal with it in the morning when it would be safer,” Morlock said. By then, Assateague staff had used the boat’s hull identification number to get the boat’s information from the Coast Guard and contacted the owner. “He was going to come back in 10 days, but the boat was showing signs that it wasn’t going to last

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(Nov. 8, 2013) City transportation authorities have found no further cause for concern after investigating a new account of the fire that destroyed a city bus in August, 2012. “It appears the fire started on the left

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Questions over follow-through continue after ad contract debacle Tension about assumption of policy remains between councilman, city manager ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer

(Nov. 8, 2013) In a meeting where the bulk of the night’s comments – especially with regard to the petition against the performing arts center project – had all the precision of a sawn-off shotgun, at least one issue was extremely pointed. Councilman Brent Ashley is still skeptical of City Manager David Recor’s follow-through. “On Aug. 20 of 2012, the council voted unanimously to issue an RFP [request for proposals] for horseback rides on the beach,” Ashley said. He gathered, through later notes from city staff meetings, that the bid documents had been drawn up and submitted to Recor for further discussion with the council. This apparently never happened. “It was given to you…but it never came back to the full council,” Ashley alleged. Recor said he could not recall that specific request. But his suspicion was clearly that Ashley was less concerned with the policy itself and more concerned with making a point. “Why do you wait until Monday night to do this, instead of just picking up the phone and having a conversation with me about it?” Recor fired back. “I’m just saying ‘can you find out?’” Ashley maintained. “I just want to get it on record that it was voted on unan-

Resort bus system one of state’s most financially effective The city itself contributes around $1.85 million each year to cover the system’s remaining operating costs. Despite this expense, Ocean City’s bus service is a significantly better revenuegenerator than most other MTA systems. The operation is projected to bring in $2,443,618 in fare revenue this fiscal year, meaning that ridership pays for 46 percent of the operation. This ratio, known as the fare box recovery ratio, is generally seen as a gauge of how effective a public transportation system is. Ocean City is the state’s fourthlargest public transportation network, behind the City of Baltimore and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. However, those systems have fare box recovery ratios of 36, 20, and 10 percent, respectively.

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imously but I haven’t seen it.” The last time Ashley asked Recor to investigate a missing RFP, however, it resulted in considerable recrimination for Recor and the council. In September, Ashley had inquired as to when the city would be going back out to bid on its marketing contract, currently held by MGH Advertising - an issue of previous debate. In August of 2012, council voted 4to-3 to give MGH the required 120 days notice and re-bid the contract before the end of the year. However, that decision was reversed, and the contract extended, after the city’s Tourism Advisory Board submitted that the town’s stakeholders would not have enough time to give input and make a decision before the December expiration.

However, when Ashley brought the issue up again this year, Recor and other city officials seemed to be under the impression that the contract was good through 2014 and that MGH’s status was a non-issue. This was not the case, as far as the council was concerned, Ashley pointed out. It was soon discovered that an RFP had not been developed and that, with the passage of the August notice deadline, MGH’s contract was in fact good through 2014. The clear implication from Ashley was that the idea had been dropped after the November 2012 elections, when the council’s majority power had changed hands to a group more favorable to MGH. Even still, Ashley noted, the issue should have come back to the new council so that a new direction

could be publicly debated. In a terse exchange, Recor finally told Ashley that “I’m not going to offer you an excuse as to why it didn’t happen, I’m just going to say that it didn’t happen.” At the council’s request, City Solicitor Guy Ayres had looked into the legal language of the contract to determine if last year’s discussion provided sufficient notice of termination for the upcoming year, which he said this week it was not. “The motion that was on the floor by Mr. (Doug) Cymek, I believe, and that was voted on was not sufficient because the contract was entered into subsequent to that, and it had a provision that you had to provide notice, and that notice was never given,” Ayres said.

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Ocean City, Worcester still at odds over routing of tourism grant Town pressing for direct control instead of county holding separate fund ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) If the rule of thumb for retailers is that it’s never too early to start shopping for Christmas, then the rule of thumb for government is that it’s never too early to start fighting about next year’s budget. That would be the situation for the coming fiscal season as well, as a number of officials have indicated that Worcester County’s tourism grants to Ocean City will be the issue du jour. “For 99.9 percent of people, they’d be very happy [with the current arrangement],” said Worcester County Commissioners President Bud Church. “I’m not sure where the city’s discontent with the county comes from, but it’s unfounded.” To hear the city tell it, however, the county is placing undue restrictions on the city’s tourism dollars in an attempt to piggyback off the resort’s marketing. “It’s essentially de-valuing our expenditure of $270,000 in advertising,” said Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan.

According to Worcester’s tourism The controversy stems from a unique financing arrangement pio- office, the state’s contribution to the neered last fiscal year by the county. county jumped $73,000 to $169,000 Before the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the in grants simply because the city’s county gave the city $300,000 for tourism grant was listed on the tourism spending. After the economy county’s books. The city still gets its collapsed and property values – and money, but the county gets more. “The county’s reasoning was that by the county tax base – that number was doing so, we got additional funds from cut 10 percent to $270,000. For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, how- the State of Maryland for advertising,” said Worcester ever, the county Chief Administechnically gave “The county’s reasoning trative Officer the city nothing. Harold Higgins. Instead, the was that by doing so, we got county earadditional funds from the State “It was devised as a mutually benem a r k e d of Maryland for advertising. ficial scenario.” $270,000 of its However, the own tourism dolIt was devised as a mutually county also lars for use exclubeneficial scenario.” placed a further sively by Ocean stipulation on the City – but that HAROLD HIGGINS $270,000 earmoney stayed in Worcester Chief Administrative Officer mark, requiring the county’s acthat the county’s counts. The city own tourism Web tells the county what it wants to buy and the county site, beachandbeyond.com, be billed alongside the city’s ococean.com site. writes the check Explaining or otherwise denoting The positive aspect of that is it generates more money overall for tourism the difference between the two sites promotion. The State of Maryland and their respective sponsors, the city bases its own county-level tourism says, is almost impossible to do in funding on a marginally increasing short TV spots or radio ads. The matching formula. The more a county county’s stipulation essentially respends of its own money, the more the stricts those dollars to being used for print advertising, where it can clearly state contributes to that fund.

be shown whose Web site is whose. “We’re spending $5 million to promote ococean.com,” Meehan said. “We don’t want to be saddled with putting up two Web sites.” Due to the city’s gripe, the county will be giving the city an additional $300,000 in the current fiscal year that will go straight into the city’s tourism account, with no restriction. The $570,000 combined value of that extra contribution and the earmarked funds held by the county tourism bureau is more than the city has ever gotten in marketing dollars from the county, even during the early-2000s boom years. Meehan, however, said he is still frustrated by the county’s insistence that part of the money be routed through its own tourism bureau. “Honestly, I’d rather compensate them for the extra $70,000 they get from the state, and just take $200,000 instead that we can use however we want,” he said. But many in the county are apparently skeptical that the city’s insistence on not using that specific $270,000 on print advertising isn’t just a means to make waves and exert its fiscal independence from the surrounding jurisdiction. “I don’t know where his [Meehan’s] See MAYOR on Page 15A

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comparison, the rest of the county’s incorporated municipalities – Pocomoke City, Snow Hill, and Berlin – have a combined value of less than $800 million. In order to satisfy the city, the county offers a hefty volume of grants – roughly $4.3 million this year – to the city. But many City Hall officials, such as Meehan, submit that the county would be better off deferring to the city instead of appeasing it. “Look at it this way – they’re building a huge new Holiday Inn in West Ocean City,” Meehan said. “The county is getting thousands in permitting fees and thousands more in taxes every year from that. But the people are staying there because they’re coming to Ocean City.”

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16A NEWS

Ocean City Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Substation on 138th to be online by year end; tests underway ZACK HOOPES Staff Writer

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(Nov. 8, 2013) When Delmarva Power and Light’s new electrical equipment on 138th Street goes online in the next several weeks, residents should notice exactly what they had hoped for – nothing. “Like a lot of the other things we do to boost reliability, customers are just not going to notice,” said Delmarva’s Jim Smith. “And the SVC project is a little out of the ordinary from a regular reliability upgrade.” The installation of the SVC, meaning Static Var Compensator, will simply help keep things running as normal. In the electricity business, people typically take good service for granted, and only notice when something isn’t right. “I always say that customer satisfaction means that when people flip the light switch, the lights come on,” Smith said. For the past year, DP&L has been working to upgrade its substation on 138th Street. The project is now physically complete and undergoing baseline testing, with the expectation that it will be fully operation by the end of the year, Smith said. The purpose of the SVC is to even out the resort’s voltage issues. Since there are no major lines over the Chesapeake Bay or coming up south, from Virginia, all of Ocean City’s power is piped down from the north, through Delaware. The farther one goes down the transmission, the more amplified any hiccups in voltage become, an issue which is made worse by the highly seasonal power demand of the area being served. “We’ve seen dips in voltage that cause concern,” Smith said. “The flip side of that is that we have built up a fairly robust system to serve that demand, so in the winter months we sometimes get the opposite effect and have spikes.” To help fight these fluctuations, the SVC serves as a giant booster pump, stabilizing the current. For the most part, residential customers will see no effect, other than the general benefit of less wear and tear on the system and, hopefully, fewer and shorter outages. “That’s something the average customer wouldn’t think about, unless they saw a dimming lights issue,” Smith said. “There are commercial customers who have seen issues on a very hot day during the summer or a very cold day during the winter.” When the project first came to the city for approval, the major concern was the deteriorating appearance of the existing substation. DP&L has subsequently built a wall, based on the architecture of nearby homes, all the way around the property to make it blend in with the neighborhood. Landscaping on the property is complete with an irrigation system to make sure the plants stay around. Even if the substation now looks better, many local residents voiced concerns See DP&L on Page 18A

Ocean City Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

8600 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842

E-Mail: molly@mollyb.com Visit Us: www.BeringsonRealty.com Licensed in Maryland & Delaware OCEANFRONT #403 Surfs Edge

2BR/2BA, So much pride of ownership, many upgrades, Sold fully furnished. Mid-town location Absolutely gorgeous! Price $399,900 (485304)

REDUCED!

2301 Philadelphia Ave.

flooring, paint & much more. Hardwood, carpet & tile. Elevator to great views from balcony. New counters & cabinetry. Turn key! $119,000 (485457)

WATERFRONT TOWNHOME 13220 Stone Harbour Lane

3BR/2.5BA Private gated community of Stone Harbour. Open & flowing w/water views from living room, kitchen & bedrooms, lg. decks w/awning, outdoor pool. Boat slip #19 w/electric boat lift & water. Never rented. 2 car garage. $635,900 (484711)

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Heron Gull Ct.

Awesome waterfront lot in fantastic heron harbour. Build here and enjoy all the amenities: tennis, outdoor pools, indoor pool, docks, fitness center. $679,900 (478285)

OWNER FINANCED Vista Way Rd. Bishopville

.38 acre lot overlooking 18th fairway of beautiful golf course. Great view of bay and Ocean City skyline. Clubhouse, restaurant. Only minutes to beach resort. Outstanding community of new homes in Lighthouse Sound. $310,000 (474960)

Summer Winds 28th St

Lovely top floor unit. Upgraded bath. Sold fully furnished large outdoor pool, downtown location, excellent rental property. $169,900 (481628)

FULLY FURNISHED 102 Ocean Pkwy. Ocean Pines

Adorable 3BR/1.5BA home on beautiful high lot and a half with plenty of room to grow. This home is ready to move in. Upgrades include vinyl siding, insulation, power vent, painting, stove, refrigerator, W/D, counters, sliding doors, refinished cabinets, crown molding, ceiling fans & storm door. $169,400 (486827)

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NEWS 17A

NATIONAL RECOGNITION PRESIDENT’S CLUB MOLLY BERINGSON, BROKER CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE RICHARD BERINGSON, REALTOR®

203 Hidden Harbour 125th St

Edgewood MANY UPGRADES 16 Ocean Pines

Century 1 99th St

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Lovely 3BR/2BA rancher...move in condition... pergo flooring, 20x10 year-around sunroom not in tax record square footage but all permitted. Great 20x10 covered front porch & rear patio in easy care gravel-scape rear yard. Large tiled center island in kitchen. 12x8 detached storage shed. $217,500 (486896)

Do you love the ocean! Look at the views from this lovely 2BR/2BA, Spacious 2 level ocean front unit. Turn key, if you wish to rent, it is a “great” rental. Fitness center, indoor pool plus bay views as well as ocean, large deck. $287,900 (485816)

Investors Dream! $17,000 rental income ''commission free'', Ocean views, indoor pool, sun deck, beautiful furnished unit, largest floor plan, many upgrades, ceramic tile in kitchen & entry. Renovated bath, Almost private steps short walk to beach/ocean. $139,999 (471019)

south end w/ocean view. Direct beach access, private steps. Small 6 unit vinyl sided bldg..Large balcony. Great beach. Updated w/new kitchen, tiled backsplash, ceramic flooring, wainscot & fresh paint. 1 assigned parking spot + 5 extras for 6 units. $349,500 (487150)

Direct oceanfront3BR/2BA end unit. 2 balconies- 1 off M/BR & 1 off L/R. Great rental, nicely furnished. Many upgrades. Use clarion hotel facilities: bar lounge, restaurant, heated swimming pool, 2 exercises rooms, sauna room, & large jet pool. 24 hr security & maintenance. On-site mgt. $369,900 (467643)

Direct bayfront , 2915 sq ft, beautiful 4 bedroom 4 1/2 bath condo with outdoor pool, covered parking, and open bay view. Newer construction. End unit. Covered parking. Decorator furnished, short walk to beach/ocean. $689,900 (478265)

5BR/3BA Spacious Waterfront. Upstairs upgraded to 2nd living area. Beautiful Kitchen on 2 levels. Screened in back porch being upgraded. New Heat Pump, central air. Owner Financing possible. $495,000 (485573)

2BR/2BA ''REDUCED'' waterfront beauty, updated kitchen w/appliances, new water heater, ceramic and updated bathrooms, large deck, deeded boat slip, two outdoor pools, new roof. 2nd floor end unit with great views. $299,500 (485014)

DRASTICALLY REDUCED! Marylander 127th St.

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Terrapin Bay I 73rd St.

OCEANFRONT Braemar Towers - 131st St

Wight St. OCEANFRONT 12207 Lovely 3BR, 1st flr

13020 Hayes Ave, Selbyville

OWNER FINANCING Princess Royale 91st St

Lovely 2BR/2BA unit. Kitchen completely remodeled w/ granite countertops, new cabinets & appliances. M/BA also remodeled w/new shower, glass doors, & vanity. Great building REDUCED w/great association. Lots of amenities, upgraded exterior. Unit has new sliders, flooring, furniture. Views of the ocean, bay & OC. $279,900 (480537)

Direct oceanfront 2BR 2BA. Totally upgraded w/all new furnishings & ceramic throughout. Southern exposure w/ocean views. Great rental property. Amenities include indoor pool, parking garage, oceanfront dining & bar, room service, shops & much more. $549,000 (482456)

One of the most awesome waterfront lots on the east coast. Exclusive community. 161 ft wide waterfront. 30 ft. deep water pier. Southern exposure w/unobstructed views of Assateague, ocean and bay. Membership privileges at Marsh HarbourStep up on the 'look out platform' and experience what you will see from your brand new custom home. $949,000 (484861)

Spacious 3BR/2BA beautifully maintained, open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, sunroom, maintenance free floors thruout, fenced yard backs to wooded privacy. Large storage shed, paved driveway, most appliances upgraded. Low utilities. 2 yr old HVAC & WH, new stove, freshly painted. $199,400 (486545)

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Ocean View Lane - Lot 3

103 Marine Circle AFFORDABLE Lovely mobile home..

ment fees. $74,900 (486989)

sold turnkey. 1 bed, 1 bath next to outdoor pool. 1 block to ocean. Fully furnished. Sale includes 1000 shares of stock in co-op. $70 per month fee covers taxes, water, sewer, pool, trash pickup, grass cutting, park management and manage-

OWNER FINANCING 9004 Mediterranean Dr 94th St

3BR/2BA Reduced! ''Seller says bring offers'' short walk to the beach/ocean. Near shopping center,large beautiful hardwood floor, spacious kitchen, screened in porch & outside storage & shower. House just repainted inside & everything is great. Off street parking $269,000 (474562)

ADORABLE

723 Ocean Pkwy. Ocean Pines

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Atlantis – 103rd St

WATERFRONT 309 Ponte Vista, Ocean City

Must See! $165,000 (486606)

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Couldn't be nicer. $429,000

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1BR/1BA Waterfront Beauty, Upgraded! Bayfront Views, New HW Floors, Updated Kitchen, Tile Floor, New Sink, Toilet, Turn Key, outdoor pool, docks available. A

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Beautiful Southern Exposure With Super Views of Ocean. 3 BR, 2 BA unit. Building has elevator, pool, fire sprinklers, outside shower, storage, jacuzzi tub, glass shower enclosure. 2 car parking.

104 Sunrise East 75th

1BR/1BA Never rented 1st fl. Furnished midtown Oceanfront Condo. Fireplace, parking w/guest spots. New roof, paint, decks & sliders. Renovated bathroom. Electric hurricane shutters. $244,000 (483081)

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Ocean City Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

DP&L expects EMF, noise test levels to be within int’l guidelines that noise and the suspicion of electromagnetic (EMF) radiation coming from the facility would drive down their quality of life and property values. Throughout several city hearings, the difficult-to-quantify effects of EMF disturbance on one’s health became a topic of lengthy discussion. Concern over the phenomenon – in which electronic fields from devices interfere with the electrical activity of the human body, is itself somewhat a symptom of the digital. Concerns over EMF radiation from the station itself were said by DP&L experts to be unfounded, given that microwave ovens and cell phones, for instance, emit a much stronger EMF signal than the entire substation is expected to. Nevertheless, DP&L will be required to take baseline noise and EMF level readings within 60 days of the substation becoming operational, and will send out new readings to the city and area residents every six months. “We get questions about the issue occasionally,” Smith said. “Typically, as we stated in the hearing, the equipment we have is well within the accepted national and international standards on EMF levels, so it’s really not been an issue.” Continued from Page 16A

PHOTO COURTESY TOWN OF OCEAN CITY

Ocean City’s retiring construction manager, Bill Bratten, is pictured with his family as he is presented with a key to the city by Mayor Rick Meehan at a recent meeting of the Mayor and City Council.

Bratten retires after working with city since 1984 (Nov. 8, 2013) Bill Bratten has retired after nearly 30 years with the Town of Ocean City. Bratten, who joined the town in February 1984, has spent his career working in the Department of Public Works. While Bratten’s formal responsibilities included supervising over 30 employees, he also managed the fleet and

construction divisions of public works. Before becoming the construction manager for public works, Bratten was a crew leader, equipment operator and a storm drain foreman. “I never expected my career would take the path that it has over the last 30 years,” said Bratten. “I want to thank the Mayor and Council for tak-

ing the time to recognize me and thank my colleagues for working with me over the past three decades.” Bratten is also retired from the U.S. Army, where he served from 1968 until 1970. His plans after retirement include traveling with his wife and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

NEWS 19A

Shamrock Realty Group “It’s Your Lucky Day!” shamrockrealty.com 10776 Grays Corner Rd. #1 Berlin, Maryland 21811

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Freshly painted 3 bedroom- 2 bath contemporary home on cul-de-sac. Open Floor plan, living room, dining room and kitchen. First floor master. Two bedrooms on second floor. Rear deck, one car garage, plus shed. #481094

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Call Rosie Beauclair at 410-251-0321 O CEAN C ITY $145,000

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Charming first floor, fully furnished one bedroom condo is a PERFECT beach retreat, just a 1/2 block to the Beach. Nicely decorated with all the conforts of home. New A/C System and Rear Decks. Must see to appreciate. #478849

Bradley on the Bay. This 1 BR / 1 BA condo shows the pride of ownership. New wood flooring in living area and hall. New HVAC unit installed in March. 2nd floor, with views of the bay. Fully furnished incl. washer/dryer. MLS#483061

O CEAN P INES $169,900

Gracious living on the Eastern Shore awaits in this 2 BR / 2 BA townhouse. Located in Borderlinks, on a championship golf course. Relax in your first floor living room with a fantastic view of country club, course and lake. #485957

Call Jim Volk or Julie Sadler O CEAN C ITY $189,000

Call Jim Volk at 443-523-0014 O CEAN B LOCK $239,900

Charming beachy updates to this poolside condo with sunny screened porch overlooking the pool. Great community close to all the funbeach, dining, shopping and with plenty of parking that never runs out. #487007

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This beautifully furnished 4 bedroom / 3 bath townhome has water views from every room. Deeded boat lift, wood burning fireplace, attached over sized garage, awning over balcony and unforgettable bay and sunset views. This one has it all. #478970

Call Mary Burgess at 443-880-3740

B ERLIN - G LEN R IDDLE $550,000

Stunning home in Glen Riddle with 5 bedrooms and 4 full baths in 4000 sf of upgraded living space. Situated on a private lot. Gourmet kitchen, cherry hardwood flooring, granite, Italian glass/stone tile, Silestone. #484172

Like new roomy rancher with hardwood floors in the country on 2 acres! Enjoy all the quiet and space with this great country home but with quick and easy access to beaches or town. Wood burning stove for a cozy night. #482623

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This beautifully renovated waterfront home has been completely remodeled and shows like new! Home features 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths and a gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. #487065

Call Jim Volk at 443-523-0014 B ISHOPVILLE $269,000

Over the top custom design, waterfront home, built by T&G Builders. Gourmet kitchen with granite counter tops and custom cabinetry. Engineered hardwood floors throughout. Master bedroom on every level. #484093

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A little piece of heaven! Beautiful home on spectacular setting. Private 2 acre lot surrounded by Fleetwood Pond. Pond views in all directions. Custom built home with many features that make this home unique. 4 BR / 2½ BA. DE#607257

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Located only a short distance from the beach on 138th Street, this charming condo unit boasts 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. This is 1st floor unit that is elevated over the under-home parking area. #487051

Beyond expectations! This unique custom contemporary with four levels of warm rustic charm. Inside & outside shows pride of ownership. Oversized Pella windows & skylights bring in the sunshine.#478757

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This 3rd floor end unit overlooks the marina and Yacht Club and is the newest building in this complex. It offers wonderful views of Ocean City. Upgrades in this 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit include Corian countertops. #476626

Call Lisa Earll at 443-859-1852 O CEAN B LOCK $250,000

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No HOA or Condo fees on this lovely 1 bedroom 1½ bath fully furnished townhome. Conviently located midtown. Unit has been freshly painted. Spiral staircase up to a large bedroom with two double beds. #472030

Call Marilyn Bushnell at 410-422-0013 O CEAN P INES $250,000

Quality built rancher with many upgrades situated on over an acres lot. upgraded kitchen with granite countertops and custom tile floors and upgraded appliances. Spacious master suite with lots of closet space. #486872

Freshly painted, never rented three bedroom super condition condo at Balmoral. 1st floor unit with on site parking. Upgrades galore. Brazilian granite countertops in kitchen, stainless steel appliances,, new heating/cooling system. #485388

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Lowest priced townhouse in Borderlinks. Gracious living along the greens of Ocean Pines Country Club. 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms with two living areas, two decks, kitchen & dining area.. MLS#485410

Call Ron Wesche at 443-235-2777

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Jim Volk

Pam Wadler

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Ocean City Today

20A NEWS

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

State Highway Administration makes annual visit to county NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

ROUTE 50 BRIDGE

OCEAN CITY TODAY/NANCY POWELL

Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas is adamant about wanting a solution to the problems posed by the aging Route 50 bridge as soon as possible, but Mayor Rick Meehan wants the Route 90 bridge widened before a new Route 50 bridge is built.

(Nov. 8, 2013) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just fix the damn bridge,â&#x20AC;? Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas said Tuesday during the annual meeting with Maryland Department of Transportation and State Highway Administration officials. Gulyas has been telling them that at least since 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You quickly skirted around the issue,â&#x20AC;? Gulyas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have funding,â&#x20AC;? SHA administrator Melinda Peters told her. The 67-year-old draw span over Sinepuxent Bay has an estimated life span of 15 to 20 years left and has expe-

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Ocean City Today

NEWS 21A

County OKs Board of Ed plan NANCY POWELL Staff Writer

(Nov. 8, 2013) Because the Board of Education is not asking for any new programs or funding, Tuesday’s presentation by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jerry Wilson to the Worcester County Commissioners was brief, lasting only a few minutes. The commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Wilson’s request. Although the fiscal year 2015 Capital Improvement Plan includes no planning or funding requests, it addresses future projects and reports the successful completion of the bidding phase of the Snow Hill High School renovation and addition project, the completion of the lighting replacement project at Snow Hill Middle School and the completion of 37 fiscal year 2014

security initiative projects at the 14 schools. The Snow Hill High School project is scheduled to begin in January 2014. The plan also says a complete renovation or replacement of Showell Elementary School is a priority. Commissioner Judy Boggs said she would like the school replaced with a new building. An architectural/engineering firm will be selected this month to execute a feasibility study, which is expected to be completed in April 2014. The county will consider moving fourthgraders back to Showell, Wilson said. For Stephen Decatur Middle School, the Board of Education would like an addition to eliminate nine portable classrooms and to accommodate additional students expected because of the anticipated future growth in the area.

Numerous projects discussed during annual meeting Tues. of $429,000 each. In Ocean City, the SHA is continuing to make ADA improvements on Coastal Highway. Plans also call for improvements at the intersection of Route 50 and Seahawk Continued from Page 20A

Road. On the westbound side of Route 50, a left turn, for drivers turning to go to the school or elsewhere in that direction, will be added. “We think it’ll make a bid difference, particularly during school hours,” SHA District Engineer Donnie Drewer said.

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NPS will solicit bids on Assateague food, equipment vendors (Nov. 8, 2013) The National Park Service plans to release a prospectus to solicit proposals to provide equipment rentals, food and beverage, merchandise and other services within Assateague Island National Seashoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maryland District within 30 days. Once the prospectus has opened, bidders will have 90 days to respond. The NPS plans to release the Prospectus in early November, with an anticipated award in mid-spring 2014. A site visit will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, beginning at 10 a.m. The visit will allow all interested parties to visit concession facilities. Each interested entity may bring up to three attendees. Parties who have notified the park after the initial announcement are asked to reconfirm their attendance. The NPS might host an additional site visit associated with this business opportunity later in the fall. Parties interested in attending the site visit on Nov. 21 must RSVP to Concession Specialist, Debbie Morlock, at Debbie_Morlock@nps.gov by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The site visit will start at the Assateague Island National Seashore Ranger Station in the Maryland district, on the west side of Bayberry Drive, after the entrance station. The NPS will provide additional information for the site visit to those who respond by the deadline. Interested parties should include the names of those who will attend in your e-mail. If you would like to receive information about the business opportunity, but not attend the site visit, please contact Debbie Morlock to be placed on a contact list. More than two million people visit the island annually to enjoy its beaches, observe the famous wild horses, camp, and take part in a wide range of recreational activities. This is an opportunity to provide valuable services to the public while supporting the mission of the NPS. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation, prospectus, or Request for Proposal (RFP). Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future prospectus. When the prospectus is released, it will be synopsized and posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov) and on the NPS Commercial Services website at http://cs.inside.nps.gov/ Pages/CommercialServices.aspx. It is the responsibility of the potential offeror to monitor these sites for additional information.

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COUNTY BRIEFS NANCY POWELL Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) The Worcester County Commissioners discussed the following topics and took the following actions during their Tuesday, Nov. 5, meeting.

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The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday recognized the month of November as Native American Heritage Month. Attending the event were, from left, Chief Laughing Otter Hall of the Accohannock Tribe; Mary Hall, senior clan mother of the Accohannock Tribe; Beverly Littlehawk of the Cherokees, Clarence Lone Wolf Tyler, chairman of the Tribal Council of the Accohannock Tribe, Chief Michael Quiet Bear of the Assateague Tribe, Diane Singing Fire Wolf Woman Baldwin, senior clan mother of the People of Mother Earth, and John Looking Fox Baldwin, pipe carrier and council member of the People of Mother Earth and medicine man for the Accohannock Tribe.

The commissioners presented a proclamation recognizing the month of November as Native American Heritage Month because of contributions made by Native Americans who continue to make a positive impact throughout the community and nation. The Assateague Tribe, the Accohannock Tribe and People of Mother Earth-Wolf Clan are active in Worcester County. The commissioners also presented a proclamation recognizing November as National Adoption Month to honor the many fam-

ilies who have opened their hearts and homes to children of all ages through adoption.

Commendation The commissioners presented a commendation to Shari Parsons. She and her husband, Mark, are the 2013 Worcester County Adoptive Parents of the Year. They took Adyson into their home on Nov. 17, 2010, when she was just a baby. They adopted her on April 24, 2013. Mark and Shari Parsons partnered with the county Department of Social Services to provide a safe and loving home for Adyson, who had been in state custody. The Parsons have two sons, ages 17 and 13, and are caring for two babies in foster care.

Road inventory The commissioners deleted a portion of Showell School Road, approximately .66-mile in length, from the county inventory. It is the same section of road that was declared an approved private road on Sept. 18, 2012. The road will provide access to a residential development.

Housing rehab The commissioners awarded the rehabilitation work on a house in the Berlin area to Global Home Improvements for their bid of $23,900. The award had been delayed until the specific flooring materials could be clarified.

Haz mat grant The commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the county regarding a grant. The county Department of Emergency Services will use the $1,835.06 grant to develop and two-day exercise to increase local effectiveness in safely and efficiently handing hazardous materials events in the county. Targeted attendees will be members of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Hazards Team plus other interested members of the county fire and EMS departments. Salaries of the members of the Department of Emergency Services, who will plan and prepare the exercise, will cover the match for the grant.

Bids At the request of Public Works Director John Tustin, the commissioners accepted the low bid of $16,790 submitted by Selbyville Tractor and Equipment for two offset hydraulic rotary cutters for the Roads Division. The commissioners also approved bids for new 2014 vehicles, three full-size SUVs at a cost of $30,710 each for two of them and $31,493 for the third, a 3/4-ton pickup for $24,293, and a utility body truck for $46,394, from Hertrich Fleet Services. The Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and the Roads Division will use the new vehicles. They also accepted the low bid of $225,148 from Barr International for two dump trucks to be used by the Roads Division.

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OBITUARIES Candace H. Korenko BERLIN – Candace H. Korenko, 68, of Berlin went to be with The Lord on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury surrounded by her family. Born on May 19, 1945, she was a devoted wife and mother of three. She was an active volunteer in school and commuC. Korenko nity activities as well as a caregiver and an advocate for Cystic Fibrosis research and treatment. Most of all, Candy loved her family and was extremely devoted to her children and grandchildren. She is survived by the love of her life and husband of 48 years, John H. Korenko; two sons, George G. and John S. Korenko (Jennifer); and three grandchildren, Peter, Scott, and Joseph. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Lyn Novotny. A funeral service was held on Saturday Nov. 2, at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Rev. Dr. Olin Shockley officiated. An additional service was held on Monday, Nov. 4, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in, Wilmington, Del. Pastor Timothy Duchesne officiated. Interment followed in Edgewood Memorial Park, 325 Baltimore Pike, Glenn Mills, Pa. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200, Bethesda, Md. 20814. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Expressions of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Robert Keith McIntosh BERLIN – Robert Keith McIntosh, 57, died Tuesday Oct. 29 at his home in Berlin. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was the son of Margaret Elaine Allford McIntosh and the late Edwin James McIn-

tosh. Bob is survived by his wife Sabra McIntosh, a son Parker Andrew McIntosh of Berlin, two brothers; Tom McIntosh (Mickie) of Winston Salem, N.C., and Jim McIntosh (JoAnne) of Austin, Tex., three sisters; Beth Ann McIntoshKing (John Paul) of Guerneville, Ca., Amy McElrath (Lee) of Reston, Va., Lynne Spenia (John) of Bumpass, Va., and several nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by a son John Duncan McIntosh. Bob was a member of the Washington State Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, Assateague Coastal Trust, Genesis House in Seattle, and the Berlin (chairman) Historic Commission. He was also a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Bob’s vocation was the law. He practiced continually from 1981 to Oct. 28, 2013 in Seattle, Wash. and Berlin. Bob enjoyed hiking, boating, kayaking and reading. A memorial service was held on Friday, Nov. 1, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Berlin. Rev. Barry Neville officiated. The family asks that memorial donation be made in Robert’s memory to Assateague Coastal Trust, 9931 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin, Md. 21811, or to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 3 Church Street, Berlin, Md. 21811. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Expressions of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Frances Remesch Rumbley OCEAN PINES –Frances Remesch Rumbley “Fran” of Ocean Pines and formerly of Marriottsville, Md. passed away on Monday Oct. 21, after a long fulfilling beautiful life. Fran was born Nov. 21, 1924 in Pimlico to the late Mathias and Sadie Remesch. She spent her childhood on Maple Avenue helping her mother (Mom Rem) mind her younger brother and sister as well as all of the neighborhood kids. Fran was definitely a “Daddy’s

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OBITUARIES president of her senior class, and attended the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Referred to in her IND yearbook as â&#x20AC;&#x153;winsome, witty Winnie,â&#x20AC;? Coughlin had a lifelong love of learning. Honored to have received a partial scholarship from the College, she was crushed to learn that her family could not afford the remaining tuition. When a colleague of her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paid the remaining part of the tuition, this gave Coughlin a lesson she never forgot. When she later returned to the donor with an offer to repay him, he asked instead that she pay it forward to help others. In subsequent years, Winnie and her husband established several scholarships to do just that. She was thrilled over the years to receive letters from students who were the recipients of these scholarships. Coughlin interrupted her college education when she married Patrick J. Coughlin Jr. in October 1944. The couple immediately left Baltimore for California so Mr. Coughlin could serve in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. With her husband still deployed, Coughlin returned to Baltimore in 1945 to have the first of her six children. She was proud to boast that she could claim the distinction of being both among the youngest and oldest mothers, as she had six children over a 20-year period. Coughlin retained deep ties to the College of Notre Dameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she returned for classes after a 40-year hiatus rearing her children and she served as a Trustee Associate. On the occasion of her 85th birthday, Coughlin was awarded The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medal in recognition to her lifetime of service and commitment to the mission of College of Notre Dame. At the time, Notre Dameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President, Mary Pat Seurkamp, described Winnie as representing â&#x20AC;&#x153;the very best of what a Notre Dame education providesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;learning, leadership and service to others.â&#x20AC;? Coughlin enjoyed the travel she and her husband undertook over the years. She truly loved spending many summers at her home in Ocean City and in later years enjoying beach vacations with her children and grandchildren. To her, the beach embodied beauty and a great peacefulness. She was a former member of the Baltimore Country Club and Country Club of Maryland. She is survived by three children Sean Coughlin, of Berlin, Eileen Bress of New Bern, N.C. and Meaghan Williams of San Antonio, Tex. and six grandchildrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Colleen Herron of Chicago, Brendan Herron of San Francisco, Caitlin Herron of New York, N.Y., Katie Thompson of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ryan and Claire Williams of San Antonio, Tex. She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, Patrick J. Coughlin Jr. and by three children, Patrick J. Coughlin III, Barbara C. Herron and Colleen Coughlin. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to either the Colleen Marie Coughlin Scholarship at the Notre Dame of Maryland University or to the Winifred and Patrick Coughlin Scholarship at Loyola University in Maryland.

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Fundraising event for filmmaker at Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocklin, who has ties to OC, needs help funding second season of series CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer

(Nov. 8, 2013) Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza on 56th Street will host a fundraiser on Monday, Nov. 11, from 6-9:30 p.m. with free pizza, happy hour specials and a silent auction to help a filmmaker with Ocean City ties fund the second season of his series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go far,â&#x20AC;? said Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Owner John Hofman of his nephew, filmmaker and writer Matt Rocklin. Rocklin got his start at the age of 13, folding pizza boxes at his uncleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant during summers in Ocean City. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been a writer, he said, but a video project in 2003 piqued his interest in film. From there, Rocklin went on graduate from Columbia University with a film degree. He moved to Los Angles in 2007 to pursue a career in acting, filmmaking and writing, he said. His next career move came on Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day of 2011, when he created a movie for his mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the video, my dogs tell me theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sick and tired of me spending so much time talking to my mom,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Seahawks lose 2-0 in 3A South Region Section I final round LISA CAPITELLI ■ Managing Editor

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Seven Stephen Decatur cross country runners will compete in Saturday’s 3A state championship at McDaniel College. Pictured, from left, are Chloe FauntLeRoy, Katie Collins, Meya Chilengi, Alison Alvarado, Katie Hofman and Alex McKahan. Missing from photo is Alex Tushup.

SD runners headed to state XC meet Seven Lady Seahawks will compete Saturday in Md. championship race LISA CAPITELLI ■ Managing Editor (Nov. 8, 2013) The Stephen Decatur girls’ cross country team finished fifth overall out of nine schools participating in the 3A South Regional championship, Oct. 31, at Oak Ridge Park in Hughesville and have advanced to the state championships. “I expected the girls to do well. I knew we has a good chance to qualify as a team,” said Decatur Coach Jody Stigler. “I would have been disappointed if we didn’t qualify anyone.” The top 15 individual finishers in the boys’ and girls’ regional races automatically qualified for states. Sophomore Alison Alvarado

crossed the finish line ninth overall (22:17.91). “I thought I did pretty well, considering that at the last 800 meters I took a nasty fall, but all of it at the end paid off and I have never been happier of myself or of my team,” Alvarado said. Senior Katie Collins completed the race in 22:53.06, good for 13th place. “I was surprised with how well I did individually as well as how our team performed as a whole,” Collins said. Alvarado and Collins both advanced to the state championships for placing 15th or better. After the race, Stigler said the Seahawks had to wait to see if the entire team would qualify, which it did. The top five finishers from each school scored points for their respective squads. Contributing to Decatur’s fifth-place finish was Alvarado, Collins, seniors Chloe FauntLeRoy (24:10.19, 24th) and Alex Tushup (24:21.18, 26th) and junior Meya

Chilengi (24:34.95, 30th). “I feel as though we performed at our best,” FauntLeRoy said. “I tried very hard and it was definitely a team effort making it to states.” Added Chilengi, “Considering the rocky and hilly terrain, I did really well. The course looked very intimidating and I’m proud of my effort as well as the team’s.” Sophomore Katie Hofman (25:23.28, 38th) and senior Alex McKahan (25:41.31, 42nd) round out the Decatur squad headed to the state meet. “We did great. The course was really hard, but we did it,” Hofman said. “We went in with a positive attitude and intentions of doing our best. I was excited how well the team did,” McKahan said. This is the first time since 2006 an entire Decatur cross country team has qualified for the 3A state meet, Stigler See LADY on Page 31A

(Nov. 8, 2013) The second-seeded Stephen Decatur boys’ soccer team struggled to capitalize on its scoring opportunities during last Friday’s 3A South Regional tournament Section I finals against the No. 1 Northern Patriots of Calvert County in Owings, Md. Northern scored twice in the second half to win, 2-0. “We started off slow. We didn’t come out and press right away like we talked about,” said Decatur Coach Jamie Greenwood. “They had numerous chances to score in the first half and I think we had one shot on goal.” Greenwood told his players during the halftime break, with the score tied 0-0, that if they wanted to move on in the regional tournament, they needed to step up. “We controlled the game in the second half,” Greenwood said. “If we’d just been able to put one away, that would have changed the whole dynamic.” Northern scored with about nine minutes left in the game. The Patriots netted their second goal with three minutes remaining. “We had some good opportunities, we just couldn’t find the back of the net,” Greenwood said. “Their keeper made some decent saves that kept them in the game.” Decatur senior goalie Logan Thumma stopped 10 shots in the first half and six in the second. Senior Tyler Angelo played in goal the final six minutes of the competition and made two saves. The Seahawks (11-4) finished as the top team in the Bayside South Conference. Greenwood said he was pleased with the season overall. “I’m happy with how the kids came out and performed and worked hard. They adapted to new positions and they gave everything they had,” Greenwood said. The team will lose nine seniors, each of whom started at one point this season, to graduation. “That’s going to be tough to replace, but the young guys are working hard and we’ve got about five kids who make up the core nucleus coming back,” Greenwood said. “The JV boys, there’s a lot of talent there too.” Greenwood said he is already looking forward to next season.

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Lady Seahawks excited to compete in state cross country meet said. The Decatur boys’ team finished in seventh placed at regionals and failed to qualify for states. “I thought the boys had a chance. I would have liked to see a boy qualify,” Stigler said. “We didn’t come out fast. I don’t think they knew what to expect from the course.” Senior Kevin Herbert was the first Seahawk to cross the finish line. He place 20th overall (19:04.59) Also scoring points for Decatur was

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junior Jake Gaddis (19:17.83, 23rd), senior John Niedfeldt (19:32.78, 28th), freshman Cameron James (20:01.77, 41st) and senior Jacob EisenCoach Stigler man (20:29.02, 47th). The 2013 state competition will take place Saturday at McDaniel College in Westminster. All seven Lady Seahawks are excited and looking forward to competing. Alvarado said she and her team-

mates have worked extremely hard all season and it has paid off. “We would have never made it this far if it wasn’t for both of our coaches who have trained us for this competition,” she said. “I love my team and I’m glad we are doing this together.” Chilengi said it has been her goal all season to make it to states. “I always say to my teammates that ‘even if you don’t place/win, make sure you give every course your best effort,’” she said. “‘Don’t psych yourself out and make sure you leave each

meet with the satisfaction of knowing you gave it your absolute best.’” For four of the girls, this will be their final cross country race as Decatur athletes. “This is my fourth and last year of cross country and I couldn’t think of a better way of ending the season,” McKahan said. “I hope we all just try our hardest and be competitors. I hope to finish my last cross country race strong and I hope everyone runs confidently,” FauntLeRoy added.

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Worcester Prep golf squad enjoys successful season LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

(Nov. 8, 2013) The Worcester Prep golf team enjoyed a successful 2013 season. The Mallards won all their Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference matches during the regular season. Worcester took home its seventh consecutive ESIAC title under the direction of Coach Kevin Gates on Oct. 16. The Mallards won the three-school match at Lighthouse Sound, scoring a 178. Salisbury Christian finished in second place with a 211 and Salisbury School was third with a 247. See MALLARDS on Page 33A

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Decatur golfers struggle on challenging course Seahawks not pleased with overall performance during state championship LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

(Nov. 8, 2013) Five Stephen Decatur golfers competed in the 4A/3A state championship on the University of Maryland College Park course last week. The foursome of freshman Matt Kristick, senior captain Andrew Urban and juniors Danny Parker and Brooks Holloway represented Decatur as a team. Junior Delaney Iacona also participated in the match, but as an individual. It was the third time Urban and Iacona had advanced to the state tournament. Parker, Kristick and Holloway made their championship debuts. The 4A/3A semifinal round took place Oct. 28. With 148 golfers playing, Decatur Coach Jim Krall said it was the largest field of participants he could remember. With so many golfers, last Monday’s semifinals took six hours and 45 minutes to complete. Urban shot an 81, the lowest score among the Decatur Seahawks. “I definitely could have played better, but the conditions were very tough and posting a good round would have been very difficult with the slow play,” Urban said. “The lowest round was, 73, two over (par), which is one of the highest low rounds for Day 1 in a long time.” Kristick carded an 82. He was not pleased with his performance overall. “I felt that I could have played much better given the opportunity again. The competition was very high, but there was no reason why I couldn’t compete with them,” Kristick said. “The greens were rock hard and it was the slowest round of golf I have ever played.” Iacona tallied an 89. She said she didn’t play her best golf. “I felt really out of the ordinary. The girls were very good,” Iacona said. Holloway also said his performance wasn’t his best. He recorded a 90. “[It] is definitely one of the hardest

courses I have ever played on,” Holloway said. “The competition was different. It’s states, so everyone is there because they can play good golf.” Parker, who said it was hard to get a rhythm going when there was a wait on almost every tee box, shot a 92. “I didn’t perform to the best of my ability…If I had eliminated some of the bad scores then I might have been able to Coach Krall gain a little more confidence, which could’ve resulted in a lower (overall) score,” he said. The four boys, competing as a team, carded a 345. To advance to the final round on Oct. 30, the cutoff score was 334. The boys’ individual cutoff was 84, so Urban and Kristick qualified for Day 2 finals. The girls’ cutoff score was 87. Iacona came up two strokes short of advancing to the championship round. Kristick said he performed much better during Day 2 then he did in the semifinal round. He shot a 75. “I ended up having the third lowest score that day out of all the guys, which was a good way to end the year,” Kristick said. “In my season, I endured a lot of ups and downs. I got off to a good start, but midway through the season I hit a slump. I couldn’t do anything on the course. At the end of the regular season, I started to pick up my game and started to shoot some low scores.” Urban said he was disappointed with his Day 2 performance and that there was something wrong he couldn’t put his finger on. He scored an 89. “It was just an extremely bad day and that’s what makes golf such an emotionally exhausting sport,” he said. “I had much higher goals for myself in the season and I know I didn’t play to my potential, but I have another four years of college golf to make up for it. As a team, I thought we played as a solid five-man team that could beat any team if we played our best. We exceeded expectations and that couldn’t make me any happier.”

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Decatur won nine of the 10 regularseason matches and finished second in one. The Seahawks captured the Bayside Conference and District VIII championship trophies for the second consecutive year. “We had a sensational season and we will have banners in the gym to show our accomplishments,” Krall said. Urban, Kristick and Parker earned First Team All-Conference honors. Iacona and Holloway received Second Team accolades. Krall will have nearly all of the golfers who competed this season back in 2014, except for Urban and Chase Eslin, who will graduate. Urban, a member of the team for four years, finished as the top golfer in the conference with a 38.58 average. “My last year was so much fun and I’m going to miss it a lot. I was surrounded by great people day in and day out and there isn’t anybody else I can think of that I’d rather spend my time on the golf course with,” Urban said. “Playing golf for Decatur was an experience that I’ll never forget and it’s going to be tough to graduate from a program that’s been so great.” Krall said next year’s team should be led by Parker, Iacona, Holloway and Kristick, who tied for 14th place overall in the state. “Matt really peaked in the post-season and made a name for himself in the conference,” Krall said. Added Kristick,” This first year on the golf team was a fantastic experience. I had a lot of fun playing and helping the team out. I’ve never been able to be part of a team in golf until this year. I really look forward to playing for Decatur the next three years.”

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Decatur rallies for come-from-behind victory ‘We clawed and scratched and never gave up,’ Coach Knox says of his Seahawks

Contributing to Worcester’s conference victory was senior captain Billy Brittingham, who carded a 39, the lowest score of day. He earned medalist honors. Sophomores Jason Cook and John Meakin tallied 45 and 47, respectively, and junior Rylie Doyle carded a 47. The eight players with the lowest scores during the competition received All-Tournament accolades. Five of the eight spots went to Worcester players. Brittingham, Cook, Meakin, Doyle and freshman Jon Ruddo, who shot a 51, were named to the All-Tournament team. Those players also received All-Conference honors. Brittingham was named ESIAC Player of the Year. During matches against the public schools in the Bayside Conference, where Worcester faces its stiffest competition, the Prep team finished in third place behind Decatur and Washington. “Losing five seniors [to graduation last year], I knew it would be a pretty big challenge with those holes to fill, but I thought the kids did great,” Gates said. Gates will lose only one player from the 2013 squad to graduation, Brittingham, who has been a member of the team for four years. When asked if he will be missed, Gates said, “that’s an understatement.” “I’ve had the privilege of coaching some great kids…but there’s no one better,” he said. “He was a great leader this year. He was like an assistant coach out there. He said ‘the season couldn’t have ended better than it did’ so I was happy for him.” With seven varsity golfers expected to return in 2014, Gates said he is excited about next season with the talent coming back. “The future is bright,” he said. Continued from Page 32A

LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

(Nov. 8, 2013) Exciting and exhilarating. That’s how Stephen Decatur football Coach Bob Knox described last Friday’s game in Berlin. The Seahawks came from behind to win 25-24 over the Parkside Rams. “We clawed and scratched and never gave up,” Knox said. Parkside scored about a minute and a half into the game. Decatur quarterback Justin Meekins answered just over a minute later, carrying the ball 62 yards for a touchdown. Junior Austin Dundore’s extra-point kick was good. With 1:36 remaining in the first quarter, Decatur suffered a big loss. Senior P.J. Copes dislocated his left shoulder, which had previously been injured, while making a tackle. He was sidelined the rest of the game. Parkside scored in the second quarter to lead 14-7 at halftime. The visiting Rams pulled ahead 21-7 at the 9:55 mark in the third quarter. Shortly after, Decatur suffered another loss, when junior Jeremiah Purnell was injured. A few minutes later, he was carted away in an ambulance. Purnell suffered a concussion. Parkside tacked on three additional points with a 27-yard field goal with 3:50 left in the third quarter to increase its advantage 24-7. As the Seahawks gathered in a huddle on the sideline one of the players yelled, “Make a statement. Don’t bow down to them.” With 47 seconds to play in the third quarter, Meekins sprinted toward the end zone and flipped over a Parkside player to get across the line. While in midair, Meekins was hit and Decatur’s athletic trainer came out to tend to him. With the wind knocked out of him and in a bit of pain, Meekins was able to walk off the field on his own. Parkside blocked Dundore’s extrapoint attempt to hold a 24-13 lead at the end of the quarter. Two and a half minutes into the fourth quarter, Meekins threw a 16-yard pass to senior Demond Henry, who was wide open in the end zone. Decatur was unsuccessful on the two-point conversion. After turnovers by both teams, the Decatur defense stopped Parkside to take over with 3:15 on the clock. Meekins found junior Tyrie Adams for the touchdown and Decatur pulled ahead 25-24 with 3:03 left in the game. The two-point conversion attempt failed. As the Decatur defensive players stepped onto the field, the crowd chanted “defense” to encourage and cheer on the Seahawks, who managed to hold off

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Stephen Decatur junior quarterback Justin Meekins prepares to throw the ball during last Friday’s game against Parkside in Berlin. Decatur came from behind to win 25-24.

Parkside to secure the one-point victory. “A lot of teams would have quit down 24-7. I’m proud that we didn’t quit,” Knox said. “They’re not the best football players, but they make up for it with heart and effort. They scratch, they claw and they fight.” Senior Andrew Borradaile rushed 14 times for 61 yards. Meekins ran the ball six times, racking up 90 yards. He was 12-for-23 passing for 202 yards. “[Meekins] took it on his shoulders. He was the one that made the plays that had to be made at the times they needed to be made,” Knox said. “When we were down 24-7, he said, ‘We’re not going to lose this game.’” Henry had three receptions for 65 yards. Adams caught one pass for 49 yards. Senior Chase Sams led the Decatur

defense with 15 tackles. Borradaile chipped in with 11 and sophomore Dryden Brous made 10 tackles. Junior Sam Coates contributed with seven tackles, a quarterback sack and a fumble recovery. Decatur will battle its Worcester County rival, the Snow Hill Eagles, tonight, Nov. 8, in the final game of the regular season. To be successful, Knox said the Seahawks must be disciplined, not turn the ball over, play every play like its their last and be physical. Game time is 6 p.m. If the Seahawks (6-3) win the competition in Snow Hill, they will advance to the 3A South Regional tournament. In all other high school sports, teams automatically qualify to compete in the playoffs, but in football, squads must perform well enough during the regular season in order to advance.

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Seahawks fall in reg. first round LISA CAPITELLI Managing Editor

(Nov. 8, 2013) The Stephen Decatur volleyball teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season came to an end last Friday at the hands of the Northeast Eagles of Anne Arundel County. The fifth-seeded Eagles traveled to Berlin on Nov. 1 to battle the No. 4 Seahawks in first-round action of Section I of the 3A South Regional tournament. Northeast took the first game, 25-14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first game I Coach Zimmer think we were making silly mistakes [and] we made it a little too easy for the other team,â&#x20AC;? said Decatur Coach Sarah Zimmer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The second game I thought we played smarter and we made some great plays.â&#x20AC;? Points were traded in the second game. Tied 12-12, Decatur went on a 6-1 run to pull ahead 18-13. Northeast evened the score at 22-22, but a service error and hit out of bounds by the Eagles put the Seahawks one point away from winning the second game. Senior captain Taylor Black secured the 25-22 victory for the home team with a kill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the first and the second game were very similar. They seemed really excited, really pumped up,â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were talking, they were moving [and] passing was on. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a lot with passing, so that was great to see that it was actually working. Again, communication was great and the energy was there so we were able to edge them out.â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said the Seahawks had momentum going into the third game, but once her players began making errors â&#x20AC;&#x153;we kind of started to get a little defeated

and then we just lost the things we had in the first two games.â&#x20AC;? Decatur lost the third game, 25-18. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our communication broke down and our passing wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite there,â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said. After the third game, Zimmer tried to motivate the Seahawks and told them that Northeast was beatable and the Eagles were not a better team. She said they needed to play smart and get their passes on point. Trailing 14-8 in the fourth game, Decatur fought back to within one point (14-13), but the Berlin squad was unable to pull ahead. Northeast won the game, 25-17 to take the match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the match I told them to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;keep their heads up, there was nothing to be ashamed of, they played hard,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bittersweet especially for the seniors,â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said. Black led the Decatur offense with five kills and two blocks. Junior Hannah Adkins had four kills and two blocks. On defense, senior Sammi Quilter dug 13 Northeast hits. Decatur finished the season 8-8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought [the season] was kind of like a roller coaster. Once we kind of got going in the season we were able to work on the weak areas,â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some games they came out and they were on and then other games they just seemed a little bit off. By the end, I thought they picked it up and the last couple of games were really great so that was good to watch.â&#x20AC;? Six seniors, five of whom started, will graduate in May. Zimmer will lose experienced players, but there are several veterans who are slated to return next year. Zimmer said some players who competed at the junior varsity level will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;beneficialâ&#x20AC;? on the variety squad in 2014.

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BANK RECOGNIZES WEEK 8 AND 9 DECATUR MVP The Bank of Ocean City sponsors the Stephen Decatur High School football team and following each game, a most valuable player is chosen. As part of its annual $500 pledge, the bank makes a donation to the Stephen Decatur High School Athletic Boosters in that player’s name. Week 8 winner is sophomore Dryden Brous, far left, and Week 9 recipient is junior quarterback Justin Meekins. Pictured with Brous are Earl Conley of the Bank of Ocean City, left, and Decatur Coach Bob Knox.

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Fighting over ad money not doing any good It’s often been noted in newspaper circles that the greatest human need is neither love nor hate, but the desire of one person to change the writing of another. Although that might be an accepted truth in this business, it is not true anywhere else, especially in government, where the overriding desire of officials, outside of being reelected or reappointed, is to control the money. Hence, the long-running financial feud between Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan and others and the Worcester County Commissioners. Although the absence of a county tax differential for Ocean City property owners is the central issue, the latest grumble involves only a couple of hundred thousand dollars that is earmarked for the resort advertising, but only if it also recognizes the county’s tourism Web site. Generally speaking, the easiest way to do this would be in print advertising, which the city eschews these days in favor of television and other media. Even so, the city doesn’t really want to work with the county on much of anything, resulting in a great deal of griping whenever this advertising money is used. It is difficult to see how this tussle is helping anyone or how giving county tourism equal billing on roughly just under 5.5 percent of the resort’s total advertising package is going to siphon off visitors to the beach. A safe bet would be that anyone vacationing in northern Worcester County is going to come to the beach at least one time, and probably more. Also, considering that most of the lodging industry is in this end of the county is located in Ocean City, a vacationer who plans to spend all his or her daylight hours elsewhere, will more than likely sleep here. Accepting that the county and Ocean City just don’t get along, this comparatively small amount of advertising money is not worth fighting over, especially at a time when businesses will be happy to take everything they can get.

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Nov. 14 meeting to clear up Obamacare confusion AARP’s Norris wants to provide answers concerning ACA PHIL JACOBS ■ Editor Chris Norris is on a mission. One can feel it in his strong handshake and his confident, positive tone of voice. President of AARP Chapter 1917, he is using that posture to give members and the general Phil Jacobs public an opportunity to understand beyond any doubt the complexities of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). That is why from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway in Ocean City, topics will be addressed, questions will be answered and hopefully the many nuances of ACA will be approached and discussed. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. After Chris gets the meeting started, key speakers will take to

the podium and help all of us understand. Chris has made it clear that this is not the place to come in with a political agenda, pro or con. It is a place of learning. He is putting urgency in this so that no one leaves with any doubts or questions. Joanne Grossi, Regional Director, Region III, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will go over the changes due to health reform. She will offer a high-level view of the ACA and talk deeply about common misconceptions. Carolyn Quattrocki, from the Governor’s Office on Health Reform, will give a picture of how this health reform measure will roll out in Maryland. She will explain who and where one must go to to enroll. Importantly, she’ll describe the Maryland Health Connection, what the website looks like, how to enroll, who qualifies and even what information one must have to enroll. Carol Humphrey, Maryland Senior Health Insurance Program Counselor, MAC, Inc., will talk about what changes will impact Medicare and what changes will not have any effect. She will answer general Medicare questions.

After that, Chris will facilitate a question and answer session. The ACA seemingly is on the minds of many these days. “We want to explain the ABCs of it,” Chris said. “Our members really have questions that they aren’t necessarily getting answered when they watch reports on TV. We want people to be able to come away from this meeting with information they can take back to their families.” Part of the urgency Chris carries with him on this issue of ACA is that, he tells us, he’s pretty much heard it all, whether the information is accurate or inaccurate. “Our members and others want to hear for themselves,” he said. “I decided to do this because I felt our membership would benefit from what is going on out there.” Chris is hoping to see members from Ocean City, Berlin, Ocean Pines, Selbyville and anyone else needing answers to their questions. An article in the April/May 2013 AARP Magazine addresses issues concerning area seniors. “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already making it easier for people to get, keep and af-

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tomed to doing 40 (or 45) back and forth to work, falling all the way back to 35 is like missing the last step on the staircase. The drop isn’t big, but it sure feels like it. Although the people who make the rules have said the reason for the speed limit switch is to give people time to get used to driving a little more slowly, I’m wondering if who they’re talking about are me and the other two people on the road in the morning. If so, I am relatively certain that the three of us will have this new speed limit well under control by next Memorial Day. I can’t speak for the people in the seven other cars I see on my way home each evening. This, of course, would not count the police cars on the side of the road monitoring our daily (or nightly) progress. Luckily, they remain on the side of the road because if all 14 of us

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Obamacare nuances topic of upcoming AARP get-together ford health care benefits. It helps protect consumers from discriminatory insurance practices, and it strengthens coverage for people who are on Medicare.” The article went on to cover many important points. It showed how insurance plans and Medicare are covering more preventive services. It explained how the law has been closing the infamous “doughnut hole,” or the Medicare Part D gap. Insurers cannot drop your coverage if you become sick or disabled. Parents can keep adult children on their health insurance until age 26. Plans cannot limit how much you pay for your lifetime medical costs, and plans can’t deny coverage for children under age 19 who have pre-existing conditions. Continued from Page 36A

Speaking for Chris, because he’d never say this: Chris has gone out of his way to put this impressive meeting together. I can underscore the urgency of the information that is available. The ACA for many has been a breath of fresh air. For others, though, the ACA has been daunting. Picking up the urgency of Chris Norris, let’s go into Thursday’s meetings with open minds. Bring note-taking materials and most importantly bring your questions, no matter how personal they might be to your situation. I can guarantee you, there are others who have similar issues. Expect to see you there.

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READERS’ FORUM

Was Common Core a state-led effort?

Editor, Proponents of Common Core claim that the standards are a state-led, voluntary effort and not a national standard endorsed by the federal government. However, while these standards may have started out as a state-led effort between the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the federal government poured significant funds into a quick establishment of the Common Core. The Race to the Top funds ($4.35 billion) and the No Child Left Behind waivers were contingent on a state’s adoption of Common Core, making a strong argument that states adopted the standards not because of the standards’ academic quality but because of the incentive of millions of dollars. The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) awarded an additional $350 million to two private organizations to develop national tests that are aligned with Common Core. In the spring of 2013 the USDOE established a technical review panel whose sole purpose is to evaluate the aligned tests. With billions of federal dollars poured into their adoption, the national tests and their review, Common Core can no longer be called a “voluntary, state-led” effort. Rather, they are a national standard with strong financial ties to the federal govern-

ment, driving accountability to the federal level and decreasing local control. F. Gebhart Berlin

Some valid points made

Editors, Regarding the ads by Tony Christ and the organization of the Citizens for Ocean City in the Nov. 1 issue of the Ocean City Today newspaper, I would like to respectfully respond to the newspaper, Mr. Christ and the Citizens for Ocean City. I believe Mr. Christ has made some valid statements regarding the actions taken by the Council and Mayor in committing the people’s money on projects without presenting them to the registered voting citizens of the city to determine whether or not they’ll accept and approve the expenditures. As Mr. Christ pointed out, we the people have a right, through referendum, to express our approval or disapproval of all large expenditures. To go against this right goes against the very basic core of our democracy. Although it would be right to allow the proper sequence of authorization to take place, the sad truth is, based on the last election, very few of the registered voters will actually vote. And those that do vote many times vote based on party affiliation or friendship and closeness to certain individuals without regard to their personal or stated positions on certain

matters pertaining to taxes or spending. During the last election we lost two council people who had the courage and principles to try to reduce the cost to the tax payers by having one of the main proponents of taxing and spending removed from office. Since that time the mayor and council have authorized the spending of our money without taxpayer authorization on a number of projects. The first major project before the election, but not authorized by the citizens vote, was the new library. Then came the Arts Center on 94th Street —a completely new building with no financial expected return. Then there was the fishing pier, a privately owned enterprise damaged by a storm. The mayor had the audacity to claim, because it was a tourist attraction, we the people should rebuild the pier. More recently we had the purchase and placement of parking meters throughout the area. And now we have the demolition of what appeared to be a perfectly sound fire house building with a design of a new one to be built in the same location. Finally, we now have the convention center. At what point will the voting public finally become aware of these expenditures done without their approval and start to demand their right to have voice in these matters? Now, of course, we have the organization of the Citizens for Ocean City (whoever they are) trying, through lies and

distortion, to scare the voting public (who are mostly on their side to begin with) into not signing the petition claiming it will cost taxpayers millions. The total result of all this shows how little regard our local government has for the debt our nation is facing at the present time. This is not a time for small cities, which have an enormous amount of tax funds, that are unrepresented due to the fact that many of the homes in the city are second homes that have no voice in how the city spends their money. Over the years concerned citizens have tried twice to have their taxation without representation corrected through referendums. And twice the city controllers and lawyers have found ways of not allowing these owners the right to vote on local spending issues. The reason for stopping their referendums should be obvious to the voting public. So, Mr. Christ, although you’re right in your effort to require a vote on these expenditures, the net result of would be, as it was with the recent election, a vote of agreement by the friends of the present controllers in our local government. This is how it will remain until the voting public finally wakes up to this misrepresentation. We can only hope that they will wake up before all the money is spent and we have nothing to fall back on through the difficult times that lie ahead. Paul St. Andre Ocean City

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By Phil Jacobs Editor r. Beatrix In Der Wiesche, a veterinarian from Milton, Del., loves to visit friends on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Up until she turned 50, it was typically no big deal to drive the 4.3 miles west bound and then turn around and come home. Then, she had what Oprah would call an “ah hah” moment. Or in the doctor’s case, a frightful one at the very least. She was on the bay bridge and feeling the onrush of an anxiety attack. “I am 50, so I don’t know if it had

something to do with hormonal changes,” she said. “Truth is, I never liked driving over the bridge, and my anxieties have escalated.” Her greatest fear is that she will black out at any moment, any time. On a subsequent trip, she called a service that had been recommended, but when the driver failed to show, she drove first to a bay bridge toll booth. The operator hailed a police officer, and that officer referred her to the Kent Island Shuttle Service & Bay Bridge Drive-Overs Company, co-owned by Bob Spindler and Debi Mathews. Dr. In Der Wiesche is hardly alone in her fear of being behind the wheel while

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the bridge “a long five minutes.” “There’s many people who are afraid of it,” the RN, who asked to be nameless, said. There are times she said, especially at night when she does drive over the bridge. But often she’ll have Debi on the phone calming her fears and getting her over. “They are totally professional,” she said. “They are there when they say they are going to be there. I’d recommend them a thousand times over.” It’s not difficult to find Internet chat from people about their trips over the bay bridge. One person wrote: “I’m glad I’m not alone. The Xanax does not help me. I get light headed, sweaty palms and feel my heart racing. The worst part, there’s no place for an

emergency pull off. You can see right through the side retaining railing. It gives me the sense of climbing a roller coaster for three miles.” Bob said with a laugh that this was supposed to be a “retirement job.” But the couple is on call almost always, bringing in friends to work as backup. He had his transportation business mainly to drive people to and from the airport or to pick up wedding parties. “There are days when you have no time to yourself, because this is 24/7. The couple lives just five miles from the bridge in Grasonville. Debi is used to driving. She has had a commercial driver’s license for more than 30 years and drives a school bus. She is also the former owner of Scarborough Fair, a furniture store in Mardela Springs. She sold the store in 2006.

That’s when she started driving the school bus. Debi has a calm, “everything is going to be all right,” voice. “I think many of our clients have a panic disorder,” she said. “I’m familiar with panic disorder, I can sympathize. But I think for our customers who are like friends and family to us, not worrying about driving the bridge is the one gift they give themselves. “Bob and I feel really good about what we do, because we’re helping people,” she said. “Freedom for some drivers comes with restrictions. “And we understand that.” *** Kent Island Shuttle Service & Bay Bridge Drive-Overs can be reached at 410-726-3990 or by emailing kentislandshuttle@gmail.com

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although your energy level is high, be careful not to commit to too many projects at this time. You’ll do better focusing on just a few tasks rather than spreading yourself too thin. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your heart might be leading you in one direction, but pay attention to your keen Bovine intellect. I’m cautioning you to think things through before making any commitments. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your “serious” Twin has been dominant in your life for quite a while. It’s time now to let that “wilder” half take you out for some good times — perhaps with someone very special. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Career aspects are high for Moon Children who make a good impression. Show people not only what you can already do, but also how you can be more valuable to them in the future. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Things start to brighten for the Lion’s immediate financial future. But be careful to resist the urge to splurge. You need to tuck something away to help you through another tight period. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Having to do too many tasks in too short a time could lower your mood to just above the grumbling level. But if you handle things one at a time, you’ll get through it all soon enough. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your usually carefully made holiday plans could be subject to change later this month. Use this week to prepare for that possibility by starting a Plan B just in case you need it. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Be careful about joining a colleague’s plan to solve a workplace problem. Investigate it thoroughly. Otherwise, you could find yourself in a predicament with other associates. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Slow down that high-paced whirl you’ve been on. Spending quiet time alone or with people you care for can be both physically and spiritually restorative. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Make suggestions, not demands. You’ll be more successful in getting people to follow your lead if you exercise quiet patience instead of strong persuasion to get your ideas across. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You still need more facts before you can make an informed career choice. One note of caution: Be careful about whom you ask for that information; otherwise, you could be misled. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Changing situations through the end of the week could lead to some challenging opportunities for those perspicacious Pisceans who know how to make them work to their advantage. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of being both daring and cautious, traits that could make you a research scientist or maybe even a rocket-ship designer.

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Titans do some remembering themselves Members of historic team say it was more about school loyalties than race celebration continued Sunday at JC’s Northside Pub before the teammates headed home. Part of the Titans’ meet-and-greet on Friday was to raise money for the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria. For $25, visitors could meet the team, take photos and get autographs. “Because of the movie, we’ve been able to give back a bit,” Luckett said. So far, the team has helped 11 T.C. Williams High School graduates pay for college, he said. The team’s story dates back to 1971, when three Alexandria, Va., high schools merged into one and rivals from George Washington, Hammond and T. C. Williams high schools found themselves playing for the same team. In addition, Boone, an assistant coach of the former black T.C. Williams High School, was named head coach of the Titans, passing over Yoast, the head coach of the former white Hammond High. The racial tensions depicted in the movie, however, were exaggerated, with the real difficulty relating more to school ties. “We all had loyalties to different

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Teammates and coaches, family and friends gather at the reunion of the 1971 T.C. Williams Titans football team at Seacrets on 49th Street last Friday. The 1971 team, immortalized in Disney’s movie Remember the Titans, spent three days together last weekend.

schools,” Coach Glenn Furman said. The movie highlights the struggles the team faced bringing rival players together and merging black and white students into one team. They became a “unifying force of the city,” Furman said. The Titans went on to become state champions that year, and played what Irie Radio’s Bill Bruce, who attended the reunion, called an “electric game.”

“It was such an incredible movement,” Bruce said. “It’s a mark in history— the tension and the turmoil and the history back then.” “What these coaches taught us was this: If you can come together over common ground, and put aside black-white, you can be successful,” Luckett said. “When you see us interact, you’ll see real love, and that’s a direct result of our coaches.”

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APPEARING LIVE 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL 9636 Stephen Decatur Highway West Ocean City 410-213-9204 Nov. 8: Chris Button, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 9: Landerest Heinez, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 14: Brenda Golden & Michael Smith, 7-10 p.m. BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 Nov. 8: Tranzfusion, 9 p.m. Nov. 9: Joe Smooth & 2 Much Stuff, 9 p.m. Nov. 13 Old School, 5-8 p.m. CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. 410-289-7192 www.captainstableoc.com Nov. 8-9: Phil Perdue FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 Nov. 8: DJ Hook, 9 p.m. Nov. 9: Kevin Poole, 5:30; DJ Groove, 9:30 p.m.; Scott’s New Band, 10 p.m. Nov. 10: Jazz Brunch w/Everett Spells, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 Nov. 8: The Philly George Project, 8 p.m. to midnight Nov. 9: Soulful Tones Band, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 Nov. 8: Ladies Night w/DJ

Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 9: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 10: DJ Billy T/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 14: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. HARPOON HANNA’S Route 54 and the bay Fenwick Island, Del. 800-227-0525 302-539-3095 Every Friday: Dave Hawkins, 6-10 p.m. Every Saturday: Dave Sherman, 6-10 p.m. Every Wednesday: Aaron Howell, 7 p.m. HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 Nov. 8: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ Zman, 9 p.m. Nov. 9: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ Rupe, 9 p.m. Nov. 14: Baltimore Bob, 4 p.m. HOOTERS Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 Nov. 8: Aaron Howell Nov. 9: Old School HOUSE OF WELSH 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 888-666-0728 302-541-0728 Every Friday and Saturday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m. JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside

410-524-7499 Nov. 8: Debbie Caldwell, 9:30 p.m. Nov. 9: Eddie, 9:30 p.m. OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 Every Friday and Saturday: DJ Dusty, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 8-9: Power Play SCHOONER’S RESTAURANT In the Princess Royale 91st Street and the ocean 410-524-7777 Every Friday and Saturday: Harry O, 7-11 p.m.

OLD SCHOOL SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 Nov. 8: Crushing Day, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Nov. 9: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; Thrill, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Nov. 14: DJ Cruz, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Hooters: Saturday, Nov. 9 BJ’s On The Water: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 5-8 p.m.

SMITTY MCGEE’S Route 54 West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 Nov. 8: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys Nov. 9: Lauren Glick Band Nov. 14: Randy Lee Ashcraft THE ABBEY BISTRO 126th Street, bayside 410-250-BEEF Nov. 8: Kevin Poole, 7 p.m. Nov. 9: Walt Farozic, 6 p.m.; Simple Truth, 8 p.m. Nov. 14: Johnny Mojo

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Bonnie Johnson, left, and Sheila Daine pause for a photo at BJ’s Halloween Happy Hour last Wednesday, Oct. 30.

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Bartenders Ali Robertson and Burke Dicken are in the Halloween Spirit at BJ’s on the Water’s Halloween Happy Hour last Wednesday.

Marlene and Charles Schultz pause for a photo during the Halloween Happy Hour Oct. 30, at BJ’s on the Water on 75th Street.

The staff at Robin Walter Salon & Day Spa, located in the Pennington Commons in Ocean Pines, dress as owner Laurie Heller for Halloween.

The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Art League of Ocean City co-sponsored “Artistry in Motion,” a black-tie optional gala Oct. 26, at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street. Proceeds from the event will benefit both the MSO and Ocean City Center for the Arts. Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas, left, and Rose Brous were two of approximately 100 attendees.

The Burgundy Inn staff dress as Gru and the Minions from the movie “Despicable Me” for Halloween. The Burgundy Inn is located at 1210 Philadelphia Avenue in Ocean City.

Jim and Jan Perdue also took part in the Oct. 26 “Artistry in Motion,” a black-tie optional gala at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

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OCEAN CITY TODAY/LISA CAPITELLI The Atlantic United Methodist Church’s 35th annual holiday bazaar and luncheon will take place Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fourth Street and Baltimore Ave. During the event there will be a silent auction, Christmas shop, White Elephant sale, boutique and baked goods. Lunch will include barbecue pork or chicken salad, chicken corn chowder soup and dessert. All proceeds from the event wil benefit AUMC missions. Diane Kleinfelter, above left, and Shirley German, managers of the church’s thrift shop, display some of the items available for purchase. Right, pictured with holiday pieces for sale are Linda Jones, left, and bazaar chairwoman Karen Kriege.

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Students at Worcester Technical High School examine the military concept vehicle brought by engineers from Hardwire, LLC in Pocomoke to the school last Tuesday. The engineers showcased the vehicle’s new technologies and discussed engineering careers with students.

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(Nov. 8, 2013) Students at Worcester Technical High School took a break from class to see a demonstration of Hardwire LLC’s new military vehicle prototype last Tuesday at the school. The Pocomoke armor and engineering company designed the vehicle with soldiers’ needs and mobility in mind. Similar Hardwire vehicles are undergoing testing by the U.S. Army for everything from survivability under fire to a stress test at negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit, Hardwire’s Vice President of Manufacturing Rob Cosgriff said. “What we hope is that it really inspires the students,” Cosgriff said. “That big pie-in-the-sky idea of making the world a better place, or in our case, safer — that’s what really draws kids.” Three engineers who worked on the Hardwire concept vehicle came to the demonstration at the school, where they discussed the real-world applications of what students are learning in the classroom. “I married together what they’re learning right now to paint it across our vehicle,” Cosgriff said. The vehicle has an “occupant-centric design,” meaning designers created it with the needs of the solider in mind, he said. It borrows from two military vehicles, the Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) and the MARP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle). Cosgriff said the new design offers solider protection “an order of magnitude ahead of where we’re at now” in a smaller, more mobile package. By testing vehicles like Hardwire’s, the military is able to see what works and find new technologies to incorporate into its designs, he said. Events like the vehicle demo allow Hardwire to reach many students at once, Cosgriff said. “We could spend half a day and really touch the entire group of engineering kids.” The company also exhibited its namesake hardwire — a product originally used for reinforcing buildings and infrastructure — and its bulletproof whiteboards, which piqued students’ interest. Hardwire participated in a STEM camp sponsored by Worcester schools over the summer, thanks to its collaboration with Worcester County Economic Development, Cosgriff said. “It’s really rewarding for us to be able to share technologies that we’re developing with future engineers in our community,” he said.

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It’s celebratory, it’s delicious and it’s a martini FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Pomegranate juice makes tasty cocktail come alive DEBORAH LEE WALKER Contributing Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” might need revision to the tune of “I cannot reiterate the health benefits of pomegranates.” The sweet fruit is rich in antioxidants. The antioxidant potential is thought to be up to three times higher than that of green tea and red wine. It also helps prevent blood clots, not to mention its cancer preventing effects. There is more scientific research being done on the healthy benefits of pomegranate than almost any other fruit due to its potential wellbeing benefits. While we are on the subject of apples and pomegranates, some scholars believe the pomegranate, not the apple, was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Specifics equate further knowledge, let

American Legion joins with students to support troops (Nov. 8, 2013) Sarge Garlitz, Adjutant of Synepuxent Post #166 American Legion in Ocean City announced that the Connection Volunteers of SDHS have joined forces with the Post in the Support Our Troops program. Laurie Chetelat, the advisor of the Connection Volunteers of Stephen Decatur High School reported they are collecting items for the Post’s program. The items collected will be sent to our military and also delivered to many local veterans in the Worcester County area. The project is being handled by the following clubs and their advisors at the local high school: •Nora Duke - the Leo Club •Mary Malone – Key Club •Commander Revey and MCPO Davie Reynold the NAVY JR ROTC Unit. Worcester County Youth Counseling Service will be sending Christmas Cards with holiday messages in this year’s shipment. At this time they have several truck loads of items that will be picked up at the high school on Veterans Day at 1 p.m. to be transported to Post 66 in Ocean City. The highlight of this pickup event will be Chapter #166 American Legion Riders who will escort the trucks to the American Legion. The Support our Troops Program will continue collecting items until Dec. 7. The boxes will be packed on Dec. 8 and mailed to the troops on Dec. 9. Drop off points are BoggsSee PACKAGES on Page 11B

us delve into the history a bit more. According to the Oxford Companion to Food, the pomegranate has a rich past in ancient Egypt. The Israelites in the desert regretted leaving the refreshing fruit behind, so Moses found it necessary to assure them that they would find it again in the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 8:8). The pomegranate also graced the menus of the ancient Greeks but it seems to have reached the Romans more circuitously via Carthage in north Africa. Spanish sailors took the pomegranate from the Mediterranean region to America. The luscious fruit turned out to be very sea worthy since its hard skin helped retain its “shelf life.” The fruit also spread eastwards, to India and China. Pomegranates are now popular around the Mediterranean and throughout the Middle East as far as India. The single underlying factor that has held back its universal popularity are the seeds, although edible, can be intrusive. But a clever chef knows this is no obstacle. The easiest way to seed a pomegranate is simply cut the fruit in quarters. Then submerge the fruit in a big bowl of cold water and gently loosen the seeds with your fingers. Skim the surface to remove any mem-

brane and then drain the remaining water and seeds through a wire mesh strainer. The crunchy seeds are a festive alternative to croutons, For example, Belgium endive salad with Roquefort and pomegranate seeds is fitting for the most discerned palette. A drizzle of Champagne vinaigrette is subtle and allows the individual flavors to stand out. Thanksgiving is around the corner and menu planning is suggested. Consider roasted squash, arugula, toasted pine nuts, and pomegranate seeds with apple cider vinaigrette. The savory aspect of the roasted squash and the sweet pomegranate seeds are a wonderful contrast not only in flavor but also texture. Pomegranate seeds mixed in with cranberries keeps with tradition and at the same time adds an updated twist on a classic dish. Again, contrast in texture comes to the forefront. Pomegranate juice when reduced to a thick, dark syrup is a wonderful alternative to balsamic vinegar. The easiest way to juice a pomegranate is simply wrap a bunch of seeds in cheesecloth, squeeze the cloth over a bowl, and repeat until you have enough juice. A large pomegranate yields 1/3 to ½ cup of juice. Sweet potato casserole with a touch of reduced pomegranate syrup will please the entire family. Pomegranate jelly makes a festive, holiday gift. If one is not familiar with can-

ning, now is the time to explore new possibilities. Leftovers and a small jar of pomegranate jelly is the perfect “doggie bag” for the famous feast. Time is key factor when deciding a special occasion. Pomegranate martini’s fit into the fall spectacular foliage and are simple to make. This allows the host to concentrate on other aspects of the occasion. Following is Oprah’s favorite pomegranate martini recipe according to Drinks Mixer. INGREDIENTS 1 oz. vodka ½ oz. Cointreau orange liqueur 3 oz. pomegranate juice 1. Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker ¼ filled with chopped ice. Shake well and strain into chilled martini glasses. Serve with a squeeze of lemon.

SECRET INGREDIENT: Destiny Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. – Unknown

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

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

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

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

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ALOC art classes perfect for friend’s or couple’s night out Brushes and Bubbly, Pasta and Pottery events both offered year-round (Nov. 8, 2013) Grow your creativity and imagine the possibilities with classes at the OC Center for the Arts on 94th Street. The Art League of Ocean City hosts fun, laid back classes every month that offer the perfect setting for a friends’ night out or a couple’s night out. Brushes and Bubbly, and Pasta and Pottery are both offered yearround and require no art experience or skill. These classes are also great for individuals who are looking for a creative outlet or just want to try something new. In its second season, Brushes and Bubbly is a monthly class that has become very popular at the OC Center for the Arts. Bring your friends and/or partner, a snack, an adult beverage and enjoy a fun, stress-free evening of painting. The Art League will supply brushes, paints, canvases, music, cups, and an artist to guide you. The artist guide each month will be Kathi Stevens. The next Brushes and Bubbly classes are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11 from 7-9 p.m. All

will go home with a personalized, completed work of art. Participants must be at least 21 years of age. The cost is $36 for Art League members and $40 for non-members. Pasta and Pottery is the perfect setting for those who have always wanted to try a pottery class. Enjoy a pasta dinner provided by Fresco’s restaurant and then make your own pasta bowl or creation of your choice out of clay in the pottery studio with instructor, Erik Hertz. You will be able to complete your creation in one session. The next sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20 and Dec.18 from 5:30-8 p.m. Participants must be 21 years of age and no prior pottery experience is needed. The cost is $50 for Art League members and $55 for non-members. The fee includes pasta dinner, clay, firing and all supplies. Check out these and the many other classes offered by the Art League of Ocean City. Register online www.artleagueofoceancity.org, call the Art League at 410-524-9433 or stop in at the OC Center for the Arts at 502 94th Street, bayside. Interested in a private pottery or painting class for your group of friends? Call the Art League for prices and dates available for groups of 8-20 participants.

Packages sent to military personnel Disharoon Post #123 in Berlin, The Bank of Ocean City on 59th Street in Ocean City, and the West Ocean City Branch, Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce, Ocean Pines Administration Office and Synepuxent Post #166 American Legion on 24th Street in Ocean City. The packages will be shipped to local military personnel and the units they are serving with. Please forward names and addresses of our local military as noted

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below. Those military serving at other locations around the globe will be included in the program. Many have special needs for the mission they are on and need the local support. Monetary donations are also requested to assist with the cost of postage and to purchase items of need. Send donations to Post #166 Support our Troops PO Box 63 Ocean City, Md. 21843. Any questions or for more information, contact Sarge Garlitz, Adjutant of Post #166 at 443-735-1942 or e-mail firstsgt166@msn.com.

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Inaugural Wicomico Street Winter Festival slated for Saturday Event will include music, shopping, pool tourney in downtown Ocean City CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) The Wicomico Street Winter Festival will bring live music, games, homemade crafts and an early appearance by Santa Claus to Ocean Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streets tomorrow, Nov. 9. Admission is free to the outdoor festival, which will be on the Wicomico Street block between Baltimore Avenue and the Boardwalk from 4-8 p.m. Any proceeds will go to Donate to Decorate, the Ocean City Downtown Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program to bring holiday spirit to the downtown area.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locals and families can come down, ture a craft station for kids to write and play games, and see everybody and get to- color letters to Santa before his meet-andgether,â&#x20AC;? said Kevin Gibbs, who organized greet appearance at 5:30 p.m. the inaugural event. Adults can get a head start on ChristThe idea for the Wicomico Street Win- mas shopping at tables featuring hometer Festival â&#x20AC;&#x153;just evolved,â&#x20AC;? he said, and he made crafts, like paintings and handmade hopes it will bring corn hole boards. residents together Or, they can regisâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Locals and families can come while raising ter inside the Cork money to decorate Bar by 3 p.m. to down, play games, and see downtown Ocean play in a billiards everybody and get together.â&#x20AC;? City for Christmas. tournament for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really wanted chance to win a KEVIN GIBBS to do something on $300 pool stick. Event Organizer that block for the Registration for bars, and also just the tournament to have another costs $10. event so we can really start decorating the Inside at the Pour House, Cork Bar downtown,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It brings some peo- and the Bearded Clam, festivalgoers can ple downtown. It brightens it up.â&#x20AC;? enjoy food and drinks. The Wicomico Street festival will feaThe Journey tribute band Eclipse and

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Committee offers special rate for ‘Reflections of Life’ feature (Nov. 8, 2013) In celebration of the holiday season, the Ocean City Beautification Committee is presenting a special offer to the public for the committee’s Reflections of Life project. The project provides a distinctive means of recording important events and interests in the lives of individuals, their loved ones and businesses by placing a gift of a bronze, silver or gold leaf or stepping stone on the impressive “Reflections of Life” bronze tree sculpture mounted inside the lobby entrance of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. The Beautification Committee special, which runs from Veteran’s Day, November 11, until Dec. 28, features leaves at 50 percent off the normal price. For the remainder of the holiday season, you can order

gold leaves for $250, instead of $500; silver leaves, regularly $350, are now $175 and bronze leaves, $250, are $125. Tax-deductible donation forms are available at two locations in the convention center, at the project site near the main entrance and in the visitor center, along with Northside Park, 125th Street bayside. Forms can also be found on the town’s website at www.oceancitymd.gov. Checks should be made payable to the Town of Ocean City. The Ocean City Beautification Committee has organized the project to raise funds for the purchase, installation and landscaping of a custom water feature to be installed at the convention center. For more information, call Toni Wagner at 410-250-0892 or Donna Greenwood at 410.289.7060.

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Town of Berlin presents two big downtown events in November Second Friday Art Stroll Nov. 8; Tree Lighting and Arts Night set for Nov. 29 SHEILA R. CHERRY Associate Editor/Bayside Gazette BERLIN—In November the Town of Berlin will host two major art and shopping events, its Second Friday Art Stroll on Nov. 8, and its annual Tree Lighting and Arts Night on Nov. 29. Meanwhile, both the town and the Chamber of Commerce are searching for candidates to coordinate their respective programs and activities. The Town of Berlin is seeking a fulltime coordinator to assist in coordinating town-sponsored Main Street events on a contractual basis. Basically, the coordinator would manage the administrative logistics and interact with the businesses, organizations and governmental entities necessary to successfully execute a Berlin Main Street event. Consider it an official town party planner, so enthusiasm for event management and customer service is a must. The planner would build relationships with internal and external customers. Along with strong people skills the candidate will also need some social media skills; a high school diploma or GED, but prefer-

ably a college degree. Interested individuals meeting those qualifications are invited to contact Human Resources Director Jeff Fleetwood at 410-641-4002, or by e-mail at jfleetwood@berlinmd. gov for more information. Officials list the salary range as $21,840-$28,000 depending on qualifications. Applications may be submitted to: Town of Berlin, Attn: Human Resources, 10 William Street, Berlin, Md., 21811. Meanwhile, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce is on the search for a part-time executive director, who would oversee the operations of the Chamber’s South Main Street headquarters and implement the direction, policies, procedures, and objectives of its board of directors. The management position would require business networking and interpersonal skills in order to successfully interact with town officials, merchants and local organizations to positively promote the business community overall and chamber events specifically. Duties of the position include working the occasional evenings and weekends when the chamber sponsors events and having a working knowledge of Excel and Quickbooks. Interested qualified individuals are encouraged to send their resume and salary requirements to ebrady@ mchsi.com. Baked Dessert Café & Gallery: Floral designer Ami Reist, also known as Little

Miss Lovely, will have garlands and floral arrangements to add a decorative touch of autumn to the culinary offerings. The gallery will also host a debut exhibit for local artist and photographer Justin Pyle. Bruder Hill: Bonnie Preziosi will be on hand to show and discuss her breathtakingly vibrant paintings. Bungalow Love: Artist Erick Sahler will exhibit his original limited-edition serigraphs. All of the artwork is hand printed. Church Mouse Thrift Shop: The Church will be designating profits from November’s second Friday to The Cricket Center, a child advocacy center in Worcester County. The organization’s operations depend on community donations and grants for its funding. The Globe: The work of artist and author Robert and his wife, artist Diane Heron, will continue to hang in the gallery until Friday, Nov. 22. Please note, there will be a private event in the Balcony Art Gallery & Lounge on Saturday, Nov. 23. Jeff Auxer Designs: The working studio will be open to feature noted local artist Jeffrey Auxer’s hand blown glass creations. JJ Fish Studio & Fine Crafts Gallery: The shop will host a “meet and greet” with woodturner Tom Frey. He will exhibit extraordinary wooden items from ornaments to vases, intricately honed from uniquely textured woods, and discuss the

fascinating techniques he uses to create such perfectly beautiful art from “less than perfect wood.” The Nest: Maggie Lewis, a mosaic artist from Kent Island will be on hand to discuss the artistic methods she uses to create her mirrors, bird houses and picture frames. Saltwater Media: Local author Barbara Marie Lockhart, will sign and discuss her multiple novels and short stories for both children and adults, including her latest novel, “Elizabeth’s Field,” the story of Elizabeth, a woman of Indian and African-American decent who is born free but encounters struggles on the Eastern Shore during the years of the Civil War. Victorian Charm: Music by the Country Grass will define the tempo of the evening, while Salisbury native and glass artist Jim Blankenship shows his lampworked creations, including, pendants, earrings, and assorted other jewelry, and drink stirrers and wine stoppers. Worcester County Arts Council: The kick-off reception for the WCAC’s annual Holly-Days exhibit begins. The showcase will be featured for the months of November and December, beginning on Friday, Nov. 8, from 5-8 p.m. during the Second Friday Art Stroll. Maryland Wine Bar at Berlin, Ltd.: The venue will be showcasing the jewelry of Bev Harrington’s Copperbuoy Jewelry. From 5-7 p.m., suspense writer Robert

St. Luke Catholic Parish WIN AN Holiday Bazaar Saturday, November 9, 9AM—3PM • Bake Sale • Books • Jewelry • Raffles • Crafts • Chinese Auction • White Elephant • Freshly Baked Cookies • New and “Almost New” Art Gallery • Raffling off handcrafted American Girl Amoire w/clothing Enjoy a delicious lunch and choose from delicious homemade crab cakes, Kielbasa, hot dogs, BBQ and crab soup. Choose your dessert from our bake sale or freshly baked cookies.

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The extraordinary woodwork of Tom Frey will be showcased at JJ Fish Studio & Fine Crafts Gallery during Berlin’s Second Friday Art Stroll on Nov. 8. Frey’s collection includes vases, bowls and ornaments hand turned from exotic and burled woods like his “Moon Vase” and Ikebanas, which were all carved from Cherry Burl.

Artists, authors featured in Berlin Lewis Heron will do a book signing of his 2012 book “Artful Deception”, a murder thriller which takes readers on a journey through Scotland, Greece, Seattle and finally Ocean City, all places Heron has spent time. He is now working on his fourth book, a romance based on a recent trip to Venice. The Poole Brothers will be playing and featured artists will be Kirk McBride and Lynn Lockhart. Zenna Wellness Studio: Artist, photographer, writer Alex Otterstein and Nick Tribuno will raffle off a Jimi Hendrix poster during the evening events and the International Mountain Bikers Association will also raffle off a free mountain bike.

Independent vendors: Don’t forget to stop by the Berlin Chamber of commerce building where Kaitlin Sowa, of Sowa Street and painter Kelly Brown will have their art pieces on exhibit. Sowa creates unique and curious butterfly taxidermy displays and terrarium jewelry. Her pieces feature one-of-a-kind modern Victorian keepsakes fashioned from natural moss and actual butterfly species. Brown, a graphic designer by trade, will be presenting her Kelly B. Design Works collection of illustrations of animals, people and children, along with paintings of famous scenes, such as the inner harbor of Baltimore.

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Veterans Day ceremonies set for Nov. 11 in Ocean City, OP Foundation looking for Wreaths Across America participants in community CLARA VAUGHN Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) Ceremonies honoring Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military veterans are slated for this Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, in Ocean City and Ocean Pines. All Veterans Day events are free and open to the public. The American Legion Color Guard Post 166 honor veterans with a rifle volley and Fred Muela plays Taps during the Nov. 11 ceremony at the American Legion Synepuxent Post 166 on 24th Street last year. The event was a joint venture between the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8296.

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CAINE WOODS The Caine Woods Community Association in Ocean City held its fifth annual charity crab feast at Higgins Crab House North in Ocean City on Sept. 21. More than 250 attended. The crab feast was the final event of the year for the CWCA’s selected charity, the Open Kettle Soup Kitchen at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Ocean City. Presenting a donation of $4,100 at Higgins North to the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Open Kettle Soup Kitchen are CWCA Special Events Committee chairman Joe Kostelac; Carmen Straccione of Higgins Crab House; CWCA board member Mary Ann LeMay; John Mead of Higgins Crab House; CWCA officers Monica Martin and Lloyd Martin; Joyce Tillbery of St. Peter’s and CWCA board member Irene Hansen.

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AARP AARP Maryland presented its annual Volunteer Service Award for Chapter Leadership and Community Service to Ocean City resident Chris Norris during the organization’s annual Andrus Volunteer Recognition luncheon, named for the founder of AARP, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus. Norris received the award for improving the lives of Marylanders with AARP. Norris, center, is presented with the AARP Andrus Award by, from left, AARP Vice President of Volunteerism, Megan Hookey; AARP Maryland State Director, Hank Greenberg; Mideast Regional Volunteer Director Stella Hyde and AARP Maryland President Clarence “Tiger” Davis.

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RED RIBBON WEEK PUMPKIN SCIENCE First grade students at Ocean City Elementary conducted a math and science investigation using pumpkins. Sarah Parypa, Kendra Tucker, Holden Bunting and Peter Snyder collect data to determine if the size of a pumpkin influences the amount of seeds.

Ocean City Elementary School held Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 28-Nov. 1. One activity the student body participated in was the “OCES Jump Wave.” During the event, all students did one minute of continuous jumping jacks simultaneously followed by a heart-rate check. Students have been learning how to monitor their heart-rate during exercise while in Physical Education classes.

Mobile health unit out in community (Nov. 8, 2013) As part of the Affordable Care Act, Maryland Health Connection, the state’s new health insurance marketplace, opened Oct. 1. Maryland Health Connection’s mission is to help Marylanders to shop for, compare and enroll in quality health coverage. The Lower Shore Health Insurance Assistance Program, run by the Worcester County Health Department, will provide Maryland Health Connection’s Lower Shore consumer assistance. Peninsula Regional Medical Center recently signed an agreement to aid the Lower Shore Health Insurance Assistance Program by offering the use of its Wagner Wellness Van. The mobile health unit is used by Peninsula Regional for health screenings and is equipped to offer maximum privacy for those wishing to enroll in insurance coverage. Beginning in November, the Wagner Wellness Van will be out in the community with staff from the Worcester County Health Department sharing information about the health exchange and helping to enroll people in health coverage. The Wagner Wellness Van stops for Maryland Health Connection in November will be held on: Nov. 9 – North Salisbury Walmart, 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 16 – Berlin Walmart, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 23 – Pocomoke Walmart, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 30 – Fruitland Walmart, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more questions regarding Maryland’s new health insurance marketplace, call Maryland Health Connect at 1-855642-8572. For information about other Wagner Wellness Van appearances, call Peninsula Regional Medical Center Community Relations at 410-543-7139.

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Area holiday bazaars great way to do early Christmas shopping SENIOR SLANT

Jewelry, home decor, toys and clothing among items available at church events IRISH KEMP ■ Contributing Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) Halloween horrors abound around our town. My readers will never believe that I’m out and about, afore dawn, these days. Last week, dressed in my mismatched pj’s, sporting a Groucho Marx hairdo, looking exactly like the old hag that pops up in my mirror, I unwittingly, stepped out into the broad daylight, to pick up my Post. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a TV company truck parked across the street. Trust me folks that driver took off as though he had spotted a bat out of hell. Not to worry big guy, I didn’t mean to frighten you. Actually, you lucked out, my broom’s in the shop. Being in the wrong place at the right time, is not good. Woe is me! For the first time in 20 years I made, not one but two colossal errors in last week’s column. I want to reassure my readers I’m not losing it. The AARP meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m.at the Knight’s Hall located, bayside, behind Coastal Highway’s, St. Lukes Catholic church. Trust me, the folks, in the picture in last week’s column were not my friends, the everso-avidRedskin fans Jim and Pat Halsey. God forbid they’d ever sport a Phillies shirt. My only excuse for that boo boo can be blamed on the Halloween tactics of my PC’s trick or treat scheme. It lays awake nights drumming up ways to hassle me. Mea Culpa guys, at four score and seven years weird stuff happens to me, on a daily basis. Have you seen my pocketbook lately? What goes around eventually comes around. What a surprise to find out our current editor, Phil Jacobs and the Kemps could have crossed paths 39 years ago. The Kemps lived just a few feet off campus. We rarely missed a Lefty Driesell team, game or a Saturday afternoon Terrapins game. Many of the team members lived across the street from us in University Hills Apartments. Welcome Phil to our fun loving , big/little city by the sea. Shopping, bopping, stopping or just out cropping or popping up around town I found Gary and Ann Henson, Jim and Kathy Ebel, Barbara Giles, John and Fran Kelley, Maureen Pinnix, Mike and Sue Burns, Wayne and Joanna Fenzel , Gary and Martha Kinsey, Nick and Jane Bartolomeo, Vince and Nadine Ryan, Ray and Carlee Archer freshly retired locals John and Rita Strumke and two of the most “ volunteering-est” gals

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around our town Mary Jane Maxwell and Louisa McCabe. Coming up a biggie. An ideal event to do a little early Christmas shopping or buy a unique birthday gift for a friend at St. Lukes, Holiday Bazaar on Sat. Nov. 9, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at St. Andrews Center, 144001 Sinepuxent Ave. Come early and enjoy lunch. There’ll be a boat-

load of delicious food, prizes, Chinese auction, white elephant goodies and jewelry, plus some almost new art gallery selections. If you’re lucky you’ll cross paths with a friend that will hand you a gift. Hey, it happened to me last year. My memory is shot, so how do I know? Cuz a little “Birdie” told me so. There’s a chance that you’ll cross paths

with birthday kids, the likes of Kitty Maitha, Henry Baranoski, Jackie Nutwell Fink, Mary Pat O’Leary, Joe O’Hara, Joan Thompson, Joe Mitrecic, Reba Felty, my son Mike Kemp or even Ocean Pines’s Bill Clark. Reach out and touch someone...with a gift all the better. C U IN OC TODAY

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OUT&ABOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2013

FRIDAY, NOV. 8 BINGO FOR FAMILY FUN NIGHT — Held 6-8 p.m. Family bingo, no cash prizes awarded. Info: Ocean Pines Recreation, 410-641-7052. CROP OUT CANCER — Clarion Hotel on 101st Street, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Scrapbooking event cost is $40 and includes cropping space, use of all tools, access to vendors and special door prizes. Chinese auction, 50/50 and silent auction. Reservations: Susan Childs, 443-2352926.. Pink Ribbon Classic 2013 event. HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR — 37484 Leisure Drive in The Refuge at Dirickson Creek, Selbyville, Del., 6-9 p.m. One of a kind artisan made gifts, decorations, jewelry, prints, bounty from the garden, embroidered and NFL items. Benefits Relay for Life, Team Refuge. Info: Joann, 215828-5521. CHRISTMAS BAZAAR — St. Matthew’s ByThe-Sea UMC, 1000 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del., 4-7 p.m. Featuring baked goods, silent auction, jewelery, White Elephant sale, Attic treasures and more. Serving chili and hot dogs. Benefits Mission Projects. Info: Donna, 410-250-5778. BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410524-7994.

SATURDAY, NOV. 9 WICOMICO STREET WINTER FESTIVAL — Wicomico Street, between Boardwalk and Baltimore Avenue, 4-8 p.m. Games, prizes, raffles and activities for children and adults. Live music by Back Alley, a Journey tribute band. Santa arrives at 5:30 p.m. Free admission. Pour House, Cork Bar and Bearded Clam will offer food and drink specials and billiards tournament. Proceeds benefit Donate to Decorate, a program to bring the holiday spirit back to Downtown Ocean City. Info: 410-289-1413, ocdowntownassociation@verizon.net or www.downtownassociation.net. ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR — St. Andrew Catholic Center, 14401 Sinepuxent Ave., Ocean City, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featuring a bake sale, books, jewelry, raffles, crafts, Chinese auction, white elephant, freshly baked cookies and New and “Almost New” Art Gallery. Raffling off handcrafted American Girl Armoire with clothing. Luncheon including homemade jumbo lump crabcakes, kielbasa, hot dogs, BBQ, crab soup and dessert. Info: 410-250-0300. HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR — 37484 Leisure Drive in The Refuge at Dirickson Creek, Selbyville, Del., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. One of a kind artisan made gifts, decorations, jewelry, prints, bounty from the garden, embroidered and NFL items. Benefits Relay for Life, Team Refuge. Info: Joann, 215-828-5521.

www.oceancitytoday.net WINGS AND WHEELS DISPLAY AND COMPETITION — Ocean City Airport, 12724 Airport Road, Berlin, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Motor vehicles and aircraft on display, food vendors, beer truck sales, aircraft rides and 50/50 raffle. Admission costs $5 for adults and free to children 11 and younger. Event to raise funds for the maintenance and care of the Huey Memorial Display. Sponsors/organizations info: Steve Habeger, 443-880-2413; Tom Oneto, 410-6416888. Vehicles info: Bud Morley, 443-2353056. Aircraft info: Jack Levering, 352-250-5302. Vendors info: Coleman Bunting, 410-726-7207; or J. D. Quillin, 410-726-5828. Parking and Airport operations: 410-213-2471. 35TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR & LUNCHEON — Atlantic United Methodist Church, 105 Fourth St., in Ocean City, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring Boutique, Christmas Place, Bake Shop, silent auction, white elephant and lunch. Menu includes barbecue pork or chicken salad and chicken corn chowder. Proceeds benefit AUMC Missions. ANNUAL BAZAAR LUNCHEON & CARRY-OUT — Buckingham Presbyterian Church, 20 S. Main St., Berlin, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A variety of soups and chicken salad sandwiches. Craft, bake, book tables along with Fabulous Finds in Taylor Hall. Info: 410-641-0234. MEET THE ARTIST — Jayne’s Reliable, 33034 Main St., Dagsboro, Del., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featuring Arlene Bailor, who incorporates an American Flag in every work of art. Info: 302927-0049. CHRISTMAS BAZAAR — St. Matthew’s ByThe-Sea UMC, 1000 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Featuring baked goods, silent auction, jewelry, White Elephant sale, Attic treasures and more. Serving lunch, homemade soups and hot dogs. Benefits Mission Projects. Info: Donna, 410250-5778. OCEAN PINES ANGLERS CLUB — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 9:30 a.m. Updates on Coastal Bay issues and members will demonstrate the proper method to tie a Tautog terminal tackle rig. All welcome. Info: Jack Barnes, 410-641-7662. PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296, 104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 8-11 a.m. A $5 donation for all-you-can-eat pancakes or 2-2-2, two eggs, two pancakes and two bacon slices, includes coffee and juice. Bloody Marys cost $3. Info: 410-524-8196. FARMERS MARKET — White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines, 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 26. Produce, farm fresh eggs, organic goods, herbs, fresh cut flowers, soaps, jelly, homemade baked goods, honey and more. CORNHOLAPALOOZA — Hooters, West Ocean City. Festivities begin at 2 p.m., tournament begins at 3 p.m. Cornhole Tournament to help

send two of the Ocean City Flag Football Teams to the National Championships in Kissimmee, Fla. Teams can compete for cash prizes. Happy hour bar menu, door prizes, and a 50/50 drawing. Register and donate for the raffle: CORNHOLAPALOOZA@gmail.com or 610-864-5665.

SUNDAY, NOV. 10 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST BUFFET FUNDRAISER — Berlin Fire Hall, 214 N. Main St., 7:30-11:30 am. Menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits, cereals, coffee, milk and juice. Cost is $9 for adults, $7 for carryouts, $5 for children ages 5-12 and children 4 and younger eat free. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS — Atlantic General Hospital, conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Twelve-step program to help with compulsive eating problems, whether it is weight gain, bulimia, anorexia. Parents of children with compulsive eating problems welcome as well. Meeting contribution is $1. Info: Bett, 410202-9078. GREAT HALLOWEEN ALTERNATIVE! HEROES UNMASKED — Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Games, prizes and candy. Info: 443-235-6761.

MONDAY, NOV. 11 TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING — Berlin group No. 169, Atlantic General Hospital, conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin, 5-6:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: Edna Berkey, 410-251-2083. LIBRARY HOST SPEAKER FROM WALLOPS — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road. Refreshments at 9:30 a.m., speaker at 10 a.m. Ron Walsh, the project manager from the Range and Mission Management Office at the Goddard Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va., will discuss the use of the Global Hawk drones for weather surveillance and hurricane exploration. All are welcome. Info: 410-2084014. DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Chorus, Sweet Adeline’s, under the direction of Carol Ludwig, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Women interested in learning the craft of a cappella singing welcome. Info: 410-208-4171. HAND DANCING — House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge. Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302541-0728.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 12 STEPPING ON FALL PREVENTION WORKSHOP — St. Paul’s by the Sea, 302 N. Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, 1-3 p.m. Stepping On is a well-researched falls prevention program. This free workshop meets for seven weeks (Oct. 15-Nov. 26). PARKINSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP — Atlantic Health Center, 9714 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 2:30-4 p.m. Helping individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their families. No reservations, no fees. Info: Dornese Whittington, 443-880-6479; www.DelmarvaParkinsonsAlliance.org; or 410-749-8511. YOGA — James G. Barrett Medical Office Building, rotunda, 10231 Old Ocean City Boulevard, Berlin, 5:30-6:45 p.m. All levels welcome. Cost is $72 for eight sessions or $10 drop-in fee for first time. Info: Georgette Rhoads, 410-6419734 or grhoads@atlanticgeneral.org. WATERCOLOR ABSTRACT PAINTING — Worcester County Arts Council, 6 Jefferson St., Berlin, Nov. 12 and 13, 4-5 p.m. Inspired by artist Mark Rothko, children, ages 9-14, will learn techniques of mixing and applying watercolors on paper to create their own painting. Cost is $20, supplies included. Advanced registration required: 410-641-0809.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 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. Best payouts and Jackpots. Food and non-alcoholic drinks available. Info: 410-250-2645. DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets every Wednesday at Peaky’s Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, located in the Fenwick Inn, 13801 Coastal Highway, Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing 6:30-9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, chacha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and drink prices. Info: 302337-3638. TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING — Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302-436-3682.

THURSDAY, NOV. 14 CHRONIC PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP — Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Beneficial to those with chronic pain lasting more than 3-6 months, varies in intensity, affects one or more areas and creates stress in their Continued on Page 22C

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OUT&ABOUT Continued from Page 21B lives. This free workshop meets every Thursday, Oct. 31-Dec. 12. Register: Laura Small, 410-629-6820. CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP — Atlantic General Hospital, conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin, 7-8 p.m. Support and information for those affected by Celiac Disease. Info: Betty Bellarin, 410-603-0210. PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City, 9:30 a.m. Featuring experts in health care reform, including speakers from Health and Human Services and the Governor’s Office on Health Reform. Registration required: 877-926-8300. Sponsored by OC AARP 1917 and Ocean Pines AARP. 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. MATINEE BINGO — Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, 11242 Race Track Road, Berlin. Doors open at 11 a.m. for food and fellowship with games beginning at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Package includes all regular games. There will be 50/50’s, Instant Bingo, Chinese auction and a Split the Pot Jackpot. Lunch available for purchase from Backyard Louie’s BBQ. Ad-

vance reservations required. Contact: Lisa Delisi, 443-497-4322 or lisasltlones@yahoo.com. Proceeds benefit MBS. BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at Harpoon Hanna’s, Route 54 and the Bay, Fenwick Island, Del., 4 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-4369577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or Dianne, 302541-4642. FREE FLY CASTING LESSONS — Meet at the Veterans Memorial parking lot, 4 p.m., rain or shine. Fishing will take place at the South Gate pond. All ages are welcome. Take fly casting tackle if you have it. Joe Reynolds will cover everything from the basic total beginner category to those with more advanced skills and experience. If interested, contact joe@outdoors.net.

ONGOING EVENTS CPR/AED, BLS AND FIRST AID COURSES — The American Heart Association is offering these life saving skills. Great for families, communities with pools, teachers, construction workers, lifeguards, coaches, physical trainers, camp counselors. Also Basic Life Support training for medical professionals, pharmacists, dentists, doctors, CNA’s, LPN’s, RN’s or nursing students. Weekly classes offered. Sign up: 302-462-5594. HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDES ON THE BOARDWALK — Weather and ridership permitting,

horse and carriage rides will board passengers near Thrasher’s at the Inlet lot and travel around the pier and down the Boardwalk to Fourth Street and back on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., through April 30. Cost is $10 per person, kids 3 and younger ride free. Info: Randy Davis, 443-7831409. WINTERFEST OF LIGHTS — Northside Park, 200 125th St. in Ocean City, Nov. 21 through Jan. 1. Hours are Sunday through Thursday, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5:3010:30 p.m. Heated Winterfest Village pavilion will offer hot chocolate, Yukon Cornelius’ gift shop and photos with Santa. Tour hundreds of themed, animated, lighted displays on the Winterfest Express. Cost $5 for adults, children 11 and younger ride free. Info: 800-OCOCEAN or 410-250-0125. PINE’EER CRAFT AND GIFT SHOP OPEN — Pine’eer Craft and Gift Shop, White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines. Shop will be open Nov. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop features handcrafted home decor, jewelry and fashion accessories created by members of the Pine’eer Craft Club. SOUP AND DESSERT FUNDRAISER — Ocean City Airport, 12724 Airport Road, Berlin, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Nov. 24. Enjoy a cup of soup and dessert and then view the Huey Veteran’s Memorial. Suggested donations is $5, in support of Ocean City Aviation’s Huey’s restoration and future maintenance costs. Info: Coleman Bunting,

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410-726-7207; Tom Oneto, 410-641-6888; or Ops Desk, 410-213-2471. ORDERS TAKEN FOR HOLIDAY FRUIT — Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines-Ocean City is taking orders until Nov. 30 for Holiday Fruit. Oranges or grapefruit are $18 per 20 pound box and combination box is $20. Pecan halves are $12 per one-pound cello bag. Order: Roy Foreman, 410-641-6082. Benefits local club’s Scholarship Foundation. Delivery planned for Dec. 14. KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OP-OC — Meets every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in the Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m. October through April. Info: 410-641-7330. GRIEFSHARE — Grief recovery support group. Fall cycle begins Oct. 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sign up: Carole, 301-509-2002 or griefshare.org. Sponsored by SonRise Church, 10959 Worcester Highway, Berlin. POTTERY ART CLASSES FOR FALL — Ocean City Center for the Arts, 502 94th Street, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Kids, ages 7-13 meet from 4-5 p.m. Teens and adults, ages 14 and older, meet from 6-8 p.m. Make a variety of fun and functional projects with instructor Erik Hertz using coil, pinch, slab and wheel techniques. Cost per session for kids is $20 for Art League of Ocean City members and $25 for non-members. Includes clay, glaze and firing. Cost per session for teens and adults is $35 for members and $40 for non-members. Register: www.artleagueofoceancity.org or 410524-9433.

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With its holiday packing period underway and a Veteran’s Day target of completion, Operation We Care is pulling together its mailing list. Operation We Care is looking to form a complete list of Delmarva area patriots serving in harms way. If you know of someone who is deployed, Operation We Care would like to make contact with you. If you have information, contact Jeff Merritt at 410-713-8940 or by e-mail at operationwecare.org@gmail.com. Operation We Care is a 501(c)3 non profit organization based in Salisbury. For more information, visit www.operationwecare.org.

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Planet Maze will be a designated drop-off point for Diakonia, a nonprofit organization based in West Ocean City, who helps families in Worcester County and on the Lower Shore by providing shelter, food, clothing and the resources to rebuild their lives. Diakonia is in need of paper products such as paper plates, cups and napkins, and adult and children’s socks for the winter. Items can be dropped off at Planet Maze Oct. 26 through Dec. 15 on Saturdays and Continued on Page 24B

Crop Out Cancer will take place Friday, Nov. 8 at the Clarion Hotel on 101st Street. The scrapbooking event will run from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. A $40 donation to the American Cancer Society will get participants cropping space, use of all tools, access to vendors and special door prizes. There will also be a Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle and silent auction. Call event chairwoman, Susan Childs at 443-235-2926 for reserva-

Suspense write Robert Lewis Heron will host a signing of his book “Artful Deception,” Nov. 8 from 5-7 p.m. at the Maryland Wine Bar, located on Main Street in Berlin. Heron published Artful Deception in 2012, a murder thriller which takes readers on a journey through Scotland, Greece, Seattle and finally Ocean City, all places he has spent time. He is now working on his fourth book, a romance-based on a recent trip to Venice.

Planet Maze drop-off spot

SDHS VIP OF THE GAME Stephen Decatur High School senior Andrew Bradshaw was recognized as a VIP of the Game on Nov. 1 at Seahawk Stadium between quarters of the varsity football game. Bradshaw was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the school and community and for exemplifying the principles of “The Decatur Way,” which include pride, achievement, respect and responsibility. Bradshaw is pictured with teacher Amy Fenzel-Mergott and Principal Tom Zimmer.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Continued from Page 23B Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you would like to contribute these items from your school, office or business and cannot make these times, call 410-524-4386 to make arrangements. Planet Maze is located on 33rd Street in Ocean City.

Centerpiece making Discover a new and creative way to repurpose the everyday Christmas tree balls you already have. Bring your Christmas baubles and creativity and come learn how to DIY. Combining decorative flowers and foliage

Poetry Out Loud. This is a school-wide poetry recitation competition created by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation and The State Arts Agencies of the United States. This is a free event. For more information, contact Dawn Russell, coordinator at 410 641-2171.

with items you already have to create a beautiful one-of-a-kind centerpiece. Class fee of $25 includes 10 stems of assorted festive flowers/foliage and a bow. If desired, additional stems will be sold for $1 each. Minimum of five participants and a maximum of 40. The class on Saturday, Nov. 16, will take place from 1-3 p.m. The class on Tuesday, Nov. 19 is scheduled from 6-7 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Community Center.

Poetry Out Loud

On Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 1-2:30 p.m., Stephen Decatur High School will host

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Smokeout Day

Thursday, Nov. 21 is National Great American Smokeout Day. For individuals thinking about quitting smoking, this may be the best day to do it. The Great American Smokeout may offer just the support you need by

knowing that other smokers are also giving up cigarettes for the day. To aid county residents in their attempt to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;smoke freeâ&#x20AC;? on Nov. 21, the Worcester County Health Department will be distributing Quit Smoking Kits to several locations including the Berlin Health Center, Center 4 Clean Start, Pocomoke Health Center, Snow Hill Health Center, WACS Center and the Worcester County Dental Clinic. For more information about quitting smoking or to register for a smoking cessation class, call the Worcester County Health Department at 410-632-0056 or visit www.worcesterhealth.org.

The Best of Downtown Ocean City Now Celebrating Our 10th Season of Serving the Best Breakfast in Town to Our Hungry Patrons!

NOW OFFERING HOTEL DELIVERIES - ask for details

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Business

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Coastal Assoc. of Realtors install officers

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Fowler joins Atlantic General Hospital

Susan Megargee group’s newly elected president (Nov. 8, 2013) The annual meeting and installation for the Coastal Association of REALTORS® recently took place in Ocean City with more than 100 members in attendance. New officers and directors were officially instated into office for the association. Officers installed included the following: • President, Susan Megargee, RE/MAX Crossroads • President-Elect, Vicki Harmon, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage • Vice President - Linda Moran, Prudential PenFed Realty • Secretary - Joel Maher, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage • Treasurer – Don Bailey, Long and Foster Real Estate • Immediate Past President – Pam Wadler, Shamrock Realty Group “My motto is together we are better. As we grow our organization again I want to see us embrace an inclusive atmosphere,” said newly elected president Susan Megargee. “The more we connect with each other on a professional and personal level, the better our business, our communities and our families will prosper.” Megargee was also honored as the leader of the 2014 Realtor Build by the Wicomico County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. New Directors were also installed: • one-year directors – Wes Cox, Sperry Van Ness Miller Commercial Real Estate and Courtney Wright, Century 21 New Horizon • Two-year directors – Joni Martin Williamson, ERA Bill Martine and Associates and Lauren Bunting, Bunting Realty Inc. • Three-year directors – Brigit Taylor, ResortQuest Delaware and Darron Whitehead, Whitehead Real Estate Executives Outgoing directors include Chris Jett, Vantage Resort Realty, Neda Cox, Long and Foster Real Estate and Terrance McGowan, Prudential Carruthers REALTORS®. The annual meeting and installaSee COASTAL on Page 2C

OCEAN CITY TODAY/CLARA VAUGHN

Owner of Hileman Real Estate Debbie Hileman stands with new Rental Agent Pat Terrill at their 82nd Street office. Terrill and several others moved from Prudential PenFed Realty to Hileman Real Estate last week, when Hileman bought almost 200 of PenFed’s weekly rentals and nearly doubled its listings.

Hileman almost doubles size of company with new venture Business has about 500 rental properties with PenFed’s listings addition CLARA VAUGHN ■ Staff Writer (Nov. 8, 2013) A week ago today, Hileman Real Estate owner Debbie Hileman signed a deal that nearly doubled her company’s size. The business now boasts almost 500 rental properties, with a slew of new weekly rentals in the mix after making the trade with Prudential PenFed Realty. “I’d been looking to expand the rental offers,” Hileman said. “It was like the perfect scenario.” The deal came about through former PenFed rental agent Pat Terrill, who noticed that Hileman’s business had few weekly rentals, Hileman said. She set out to try to recruit Terrill to help with that. “Instead of recruiting her, I ended up buying one whole rental division,” Hileman said. In addition to bringing on approximately 186 new properties for rent, the deal with PenFed brought several new employees to Hileman’s office, including three full-time sales representatives. “It’s just good to be here because we

have local support,” Terrill said from Hileman’s 82nd Street office. “We can think outside the box and offer a more personal service. I think that’s our strong suit.” Hileman said that, even with the expansion, the group will continue to focus on customer service, with rental agents personally inspecting units after they’ve been rented, for example. “We’re large enough now to draw good rentals, but we’re small enough now that we can offer good service,” she said. “That’s the important part.” The growth necessitates some changes, she said, but “we’re not reinventing the wheel.” The office will streamline its operations by having agents specialize in a particular division, rather than cover all of them, for example. Hileman Real Estate now has 10 employees and 18 licensed realtors under subcontract. All have experience in the real estate business, Hileman said. “We’ll have a busy rental office here,” she said. Hileman formed Hileman Real Estate in 1997, after more than a decade of working for now-defunct English Realty. Last week’s expansion was the largest in her company’s history, she said. Visit www.hilemanrealestate.com to learn more.

Atlantic General Hospital announced recently that Andrew Fowler has joined the organization to serve as vice president of information services and chief information officer. Fowler will oversee the day-to-day information services support functions for Atlantic General Hospital and Health System as well as spearhead Andrew Fowler initiatives such as the PERKS Patient Portal and expansion of telemedicine services. Fowler has more than 25 years of experience leading healthcare IT initiatives. Prior to Atlantic General, he was the chief information officer for Doctors Hospital, a 520bed acute care facility in Edinburg, Texas. He also served as the CIO of Methodist –Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., and Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, N.Y. He has led facilities through key challenges including Y2K planning and delivery, implementation of enterprise resource planning products, and most recently in the development and delivery of advanced clinical systems in direct support of current healthcare reform initiatives, including electronic medical records and patient portals. Fowler earned his master’s in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado, in Greeley, Col., and a bachelor’s of science in industrial management from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. He is a lifetime member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and a member of the Hospital Information Management Systems Society.

New Women’s Business Center Project director Maryland Capital Enterprises has announced that Jennifer Currie has been named Director of the Women’s Business Center Project and will be located in the Salisbury, Md. MCE office. Jennifer was formerly the Executive Assistant for MCE in the Salisbury, office. Currie, who is a native of the Eastern Shore, has Jennifer Currie spent most of her career as a loan officer and a branch manager in the banking and lending industry. She also spent a few years as director of fund development for a local nonprofit. Currie said “I am so excited about our new venture with the SBA. It is going to proContinued on Page 2C

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Umbrella policy offers protection over and above homeowner’s REAL ESTATE REPORT

Coverage starts at $1M, higher limits available LAUREN BUNTING Contributing Writer

CAR OFFICERS Coastal Association of REALTORS® officers, seated, from left are, Joel Maher, Linda Moran, Pam Wadler and Don Bailey, and standing, Wesley Cox, Joni Williamson, Brigit Taylor, Lauren Bunting, Susan Megargee, Vicki Harmon, Courtney Wright and Darron Whitehead.

(Nov. 8, 2013) Owning real estate is a great way to build wealth, but along with the prosperity comes liability. Many attorneys suggest you set up a limited liability company to hold your properties. The purpose of a limited liability company is to protect your assets from potential liabilities arising from any given property that you own. However, lenders may make it hard for you to move a mortgaged property to an LLC. And in many cases, lenders will not allow the purchase to occur in the LLC name and will require the property to be in the individual owner’s name. In many cases in today’s lending world, owning property in an LLC is an easier task for cash buyers. Also, there is a lot of paperwork that comes along with having an LLC, including filing the tax returns, filing the annual forms with the state in which the LLC is organized, paying the an-

nual fee to the state, and keeping a separate bank account. A transfer could also trigger a tax consequence in some states, so it is important to check first with your ac-

countant. If you want to protect your personal liability, but find it difficult to either purchase or transfer ownership to an LLC, or don’t feel the cost justifies the benefits if you own just one or two properties, another good business practice to shield your assets is to purchase an umbrella insurance policy. Basically, an umbrella policy offers protection over and above your homeowner’s policies. Think of an umbrella policy as added protection. Usually umbrella policy coverage limits start at $1 million and higher policy limits are available for qualified applicants. Also review your insurance policies for each property to make sure they are comprehensive. — Lauren Bunting is a licensed REALTOR® with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Continued from Page 1C vide so many more opportunities for women to pursue their dreams of owning a successful business. This will also provide additional assistance and services to those women owned businesses already in existence to expand. Our target areas are the eight counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Baltimore City, and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties.” The mission of the MCE Women’s Business Center is to help empower women to grow their businesses, create jobs, and generate wealth. The MCE WBC center activities are designed to affect substantial economic impact in the communities we serve, with successful business start-ups, job creation and retention as well as increased company revenues.

Gas prices in Md. drop, reach lowest levels Prices at the pump nationwide and in Maryland have reached the lowest levels seen so far this year, thanks to lower crude oil prices, sufficient supplies, and the lack of a major hurricane this season, which has helped refineries run relatively smoothly and maintain ample production. Nov. 1’s national average for regular gasoline is $3.28 per gallon, which is four cents lower than one week ago, 11 cents

less than one month ago and 23 cents less than the same day last year. Maryland’s average price is also at $3.28 per gallon, which is three cents lower than last week, seven cents lower than a week ago, and 27 cents lower than last year’s price for this date.

Coastal Association of Realtors install officers, directors tion event was sponsored by Home Morgan, MNET Mortgage, Ned Delaney, First Home Mortgage, Rod Flowers, PrimeLending, David Malach, 1st Mariner Bank and Peter Scott and Jamie Wetzelberger, SunTrust Mortgage. Special guests included Russ Boyce, president of MAR; Bonnie Casper, secretary of MAR; Mary Antoun, CEO of MAR; James “Bud” Church, Worcester County Commissioner; Bob McVey, president, Sussex County Association of REALTORS® and Joan Ostenso, association executive Prince George’s County Association of REALTORS®. Continued from Page 1C

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DAY/TIME

ADDRESS

BR/BA

BUSINESS 3C

STYLE

PRICE

Saturdays 11-4pm

Harbour Island Sales Office, 14th St. & Bayside

2 & 3BR/2 & 3.5BA

Condo, Town, Slips

From $300,000

Sundays 11-4pm

Heron Harbour Sales Office, 120th St., Bayside

1BR/2/BR3BR/4/BR+

Condo, Towns & SF

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Saturdays 11-4pm Sundays 11-4pm Sunday 11-3pm

Saturday 11:30 – 1

Saturday 1:30 – 3pm

Heron Harbour Sales Office, 120th St., Bayside Harbour Island Sales Office, 14th St & Bayside

Golden Sands, 109th St. & Oceanfront, Units 513 & 118

ERA Holiday/Nanette Pavier

$247,900/$449,000

ERA Holiday RE/Sherry Dare

ERA Holiday/Nanette Pavier CBRB/Ed Galyon

Single Family

$172,900

Hileman/Terri Bradford

395 Dueling Way, Decatur Farms, Berllin

4BR/2.5BA

Single Family

$249,888

Hileman/Debbie Hileman

231 Windjammer Ct., Ocean Pines

Saturday 11-3

1008 Ocean Pkwy., Ocean Pines

Saturday 11-2pm

Condos

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From $300,000

3BR/3BA

379 Dueling Way, Decatur Farms, Berlin

Saturday 1-3 pm

1BR/1BA, 3BR/3BA

Condo, Towns & SF

Condo, Town, Slips

4 Bayview Ct., Ocean Pines

Saturday 1-3pm

Saturday 1-3 pm

1BR/2/BR/3BR/4/BR+

2 & 3BR/2 & 3.5BA

AGENCY/AGENT

ERA Holiday RE/Nanette Pavier

218 Barbary Coast Dr., Decatur Farms, Berlin 35 Harbormist Crl., Ocean Pines

3BR/2BA 3BR/3BA

3BR/3BA

3BR/2.5BA

Single Family Single Family

Single Family

$354,900

$279,500 $262,900

$208,918

$249,900

Hileman/Terri Bradford

Prudential PenFed/Terrance McGowan Bunting Realty/Lauren Bunting

CBRB/Mary Bradford

CBRB/Jenny Cropper-Rines

REAL ESTATE MARKETPLACE BEAT IT!

JUST TRY to beat this location. You can park your boat at your back door. This 4-bedroom, 2-full bath furnished home is just the one for you. Relax and enjoy the huge sun deck right on the water. This home requires little care, so you can do all the things you love. Located in that perfect family community with 2-pools, 2-tennis courts, 2-shuffleboard courts and a miniature golf course. It’s a dream come true. OFFERED AT ONLY $59,850 on the WATER. Call now for more details about this property. THE ORIGINAL MONTEGO SPECIALIST SINCE 1971.

602 OYSTER LANE

SELLER WANTS OUT!

Corner location in one of the BEST neighborhoods in North Ocean City. This home features 3-bedrooms, 2-full baths with large eat in kitchen and breakfast bar as well as a nice size living room. The enclosed porch is just right for all of your family activities. The community has 2-pools, 2-tennis courts, 2-shuffleboard courts and miniature golf course. Sold partially furnished for $205,850. The ORIGINAL Montego Bay 99 ASSATEAGUE COURT Specialists Since 1971.

For More Information Call 800-252-2223 • 410-250-2700

WATERFRONT LOCATION!

OCEAN CITY BEACH COTTAGE

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This 3-bedroom, 1-bath cottage is located in the Caine Woods neighborhood in Ocean City, MD. The home is located on a corner lot and is within easy walking distance to the beach. Features include a porch, gas heat, central air and a 2-car parking pad. The lot is zoned for single-family housing up to 3-stories. The community offers 3 City parks which include tennis, racquetball, picnic pavilions and tot-lots. There are no HOA fees! The property is listed at $170,000 and is being sold in as-is condition.

This 3BR/2BA waterfront home is located in North Ocean City in the Montego Bay community. The location is just 2 blocks from the beach. The home features an open floorplan, cathedral ceilings, central air, a large breakfast bar, a jetted tub and a master bath. Outside there is a large porch & sundeck that overlooks the water, 2 utility sheds for storage and a boat dock. The community offers pools, tennis, min. golf and a bayfront boardwalk for fishing & crabbing. HOA $199/Yr. Listed at $339,900.

109 PINE TREE ROAD

Call Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes

Montego Bay Realty

Call Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes

montegomike@verizon.net www.montegobayrealty.com

108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020 108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020

13812 FIESTA ROAD

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

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

HELP WANTED

Now Hiring

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

Chief Maintenance Engineer Full Time, Year Round Position Prior Experience Required Healthcare, 401K, Vacation, EOE Apply in person or send resume to 741ops_oceancity@ snbhotels.com Quality Inn & Suites Beachfront 3301 Atlantic Avenue Ocean City, MD 21842 410-289-1234

The Holidays Are Just Around The Corner…

Become an Avon Representative or to Order Products Call Christine 443-880-8397 or email: snowhillavon@ comcast.net

HELP WANTED

Full Time Small Engine Mechanic - In Ocean City area. Call 410-289-8051.

RESERVATIONISTS WANTED

Local golf travel company seeks organized motivated people to fill seasonal PT/FT positions. Strong computer skills required & hotel front desk experience a plus. Email resume to sandrak@pamsgolfoc.com

Now Hiring

Production Crew

Overnight Position. Health, sick, vacation & 401K. $7.50-$9.00 per hour Please apply online at: http://www.delmarvadd. com/DunkinDonuts/ ApplyOnline.aspx?id= ProductionCrew Applications and resumes will not be accepted thru email or fax.

HELP WANTED

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

New Salon Opening In Ocean Pines

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

The Farmers Bank of Willards is looking for 2 part-time Teller Positions. One in the North Ocean City branch and the other in the WOC location. Professional and service orientated individuals. Please call Sallie Johnson 410-250-1512 “Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer”

---Work At The BEACH... Work With The BEST!!

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

Employment Opportunities:

Year Round, Full/Part Time: Room Attendant

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

DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO? Excellent Opportunity for the Right Person.

Now Hiring Full-Time, Year Round

Banquet Houseman

Benefits include 2 weeks 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

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

HELP WANTED

Cooks / Delivery Drivers Apply in person, Billy’s Sub Shop, 14A0th Street, Ocean City. Now hiring FT, YR Hotel Maintenance Engineer - w/ prior hotel experience. Competitive salary w/paid vacation & medical/dental benefits. Send resume to don@montecarlo-2000.com. West OC Dental Office seeks Dental Assistant. Individual should have knowledge of dental terminology and be Radiology certified. Benefits included. Fax resume to 410-213-2955 or email to contact@atlanticdental.com Year Round / Part-Time, Bussers & Restaurant Servers Please apply in person, Dunes Manor 2800 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 410-289-1100

RENTALS RENTALS

YR-94th St. area-2BR/2BA, unfurn., Direct Bayfront, spectacular view, boatslip, pool, cable TV included. No Pets. $1100/mo. + utils. 410-4307153 WOC, Y/R 2BR/1.5BA Townhome - Great location, unfurn., W/D, DW, pool. No smoking/pets. $1200/mo. 856-299-0473

Oceanfront 3BR/2BA, furnished/condo in small building. Short term rental is perfect if your new house isn’t ready yet. $1250 per month for 2-5 month rental. 302-2366215

RENTALS

YR, West OC, 2BR/1BA, furnished (or not) 2nd floor apt. w/balcony. Rent includes cable, wifi, close to Outlets, Bus & Mall. (10144 Golf Course Rd.) $850/mo. + sec. Email events@oceanpromotions.info or call 410-2138090. Apt. for Rent-Downtown Berlin, 2BR+, W/D, 1st floor with back deck. $950/mo., ref. required. Call Linda 410-6412111.

YR-OC- Unfurn. 2BR/2BA Condo. $975/mo + Utils & Sec. Dep. W/D, CAC, Pets considered. Avail. now! 410641-4438

Winter rental until June 1st, 2 bdrm, 1 ba. West OC, Golf Course Rd. $625/mo., plus security. 410-213-8090 Winter Rental - 2BR/1BA Condo near Rt. 90 bridge. $800/mo. + Utils. & Security Deposit. No Smoking/Pets. Call 443-373-8987.

YR, Ocean Pines, 3BR/2BA Home-Clean, like new, 1450 sq. ft. Screened porch, lge patio, 2 sheds, $1300/mo. +Utils. No Smoking/Pets. 410236-1231

Winter Rentals - 2 Pristine Condos: 2BR/2BA, Direct Bayfront & 3BR/3BA, Oceanside. Call 443-373-7232. Winter Rental - 2BR/1BA, W/D, AC & Heat, 26th Street, $550/mo. + sec. dep. Call 443235-6770.

OC Yearly Rental - Fully Furnished 1BR/1BA Condo. 127th St., bayside. The Raffles. $800/month + utilities. References required 1-410320-4017 / 1-410-827-3170 YR - OC Cute efficiency on 32nd St. $750/mo. includes W/D, cable/HBO. No smokers or pets. Need steady job and good credit. 443-504-4460

YR Ocean Pines - 3BR/2BA Well maintained carpet, screened porch & deck, lge. storage shed, lease, security deposit & credit check req’d. Pets negotiable. $1100/ mo. + utils. 410-212-5514 OP Room w/Private Bath, W/D, kitchen. Cable & Internet incl. No pets/smoking. Background check & sec. deposit req’d. $400 + 1/2 water & electric. 443-513-6435

Winter Rental - OC, Maryland. 2BR/2BA Bayfront 39th St. $600/mo. + util. & sec. dep. Top floor available now. No smoking/pets. 703-9698485 WOC 1BR/1BA furnished Apt. - $750 plus utilities. Large outside deck, great location. Available Now-May 15. Also, 1BR/1BA, $625 plus utilities. Available Jan. 16-May 15. Sm. pet okay. Call 631-949-3342.

Winter Rental

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

YR, North O.C. 2BR/2BA Like New Furnished Mobile $800/ mo. + util. $800 sec dep. references needed. Call 410-2506041.

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RENTALS

YR, 4BR/1.5BA Apt. - Convenient, mid-town location, ocean block, unfurn., balcony. $1200/mo. + utils. + sec. dep. 443-880-2486

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

Rambler Motel 9942 Elm St., right behind Starbucks

Manager On Site or Call 443-614-4007

Yearly & Seasonal Rentals We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

LOTS & ACREAGE

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

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL

Commercial Property directly on Rt. 113 in Selbyville. 2 Buildings + Mini Storage. $685,000 Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

Ocean Pines Office - Lease Purchase or Rent. Approx. 900 sq. ft. Ideal location for business exposure. Call for details. 410-603-7373

Ocean Pines Office Space For Sale - Ideal location with good traffic flow. PPF Realty. Call John 410-208-3500

Upscale Mid-town Office Space in O.C. for Lease.

Flexible floor plan. From 650 to 5,150 sq. ft. Call Brian 443-880-2225

COMMERCIAL

Units Available Rt. 50 in West Ocean City 1800 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space 1728 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space 1574 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space 2211 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space Call 443-497-4200

SERVICES SERVICES

Seasoned Firewood for sale$150/cord + delivery. 3 CORD DISCOUNT. Parker Plant Depot 410-726-2887 Please leave message. Bishopville Movers Inc. Fast, reliable service. 410-352-5555.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE 1-STORY HOME LOCATED AT 313 W. MARTIN ST. SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Purchase Money Deed of Trust from James C. Washington, dated January 30, 2006, recorded in Liber 4632, folio 458 and a Purchase Money Deed of Trust dated July 14, 2006, recorded in Liber 4752, folio 544 both among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD (Case No. 23C-13-0922) default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 25, 2013 AT 12:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, if any, situated in Worcester County, MD, known as Tax ID No. 02-020270 and described as follows:

All that property lying and being in Worcester County, Maryland, and being more fully described as Lot numbered Three (3) in a subdivision known as “SUBDIVISION THE LANDS OF HARRY C. WILLIAMS & AUDREY WILLIAMS, CREATING LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5” as per thereof recorded in Plat Book S.V.H. No. 159 at Plat No. 11, among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland; AND BEING ALL AND THE SAME property which was conveyed unto the Grantor herein by deed from Kathy J. Gordon, dated January 31, 2006 and recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland in Liber S.V.H. No.4632, folio 453, et seq. The property is believed to be improved by a 1-story home containing 6 rooms (3 bedrooms) and one bath. FWA electric heat and central air conditioning. The property and improvements, if any, will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, existing building, zoning, and/or environmental violations, agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty either expressed or implied as to the description of the condition of the property or improvements. The property will be sold subject to any violation notices and subject to all conditions, restrictions, covenants, encumbrances, right of ways, agreements and other matters of record affecting the same, if any.

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Terms of Sale: A deposit of $7,500 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order, at the time of sale will be required of all purchasers other than the holder of the Deed of Trust or an affiliate. The deposit(s) must be increased to 10% of the purchase price within 2 business days at the office of the auctioneer. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid in immediately available funds, within ten (10) business days after the final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. If payment of the balance does not take place within ten (10) business days after ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. In the event the property is purchased by someone other than the note holder or an affiliate, interest shall be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the note from date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event the settlement is delayed for any reason and the property is purchased by someone other than the note holder or an affiliate, there shall be no abatement of interest caused by the delay. Any and all fees in connection with the property incurred prior to or after the sale including, but not limited to, taxes, water, sewer, ground rent, condominium fees, and/or homeowners association dues, and any and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and all documentary stamps, recordation taxes and transfer taxes shall be borne by the purchaser. The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and without any recourse, representations or warranties, either express or implied, as to its nature, condition or description. Neither the Substitute Trustees, the secured

party, the note holder nor any other party makes any warranty or representation of any kind or nature regarding the physical condition of, the description of, or title to the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey the property as described above, by reason of any defect in the title or otherwise, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. Upon refund of the deposit to purchaser, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claims against the property, Substitute Trustees or the secured party. The conveyance of the property by the Substitute Trustees to the purchaser at settlement shall be by Trustees’ Deed without covenant or warranty. The purchaser is responsible for, and the property is sold subject to, any environmental matter or condition, whether latent or observable, if any, that may exist at or affect or relate to the property and to any governmental requirements affecting the same. The contract of sale between the Substitute Trustees, as sellers, and the purchaser (the “Contract of Sale”) shall include, by reference, all the terms and conditions contained herein, specifically including, but not limited to, the following provisions: “Purchaser agrees and represents that the purchaser is purchasing the property subject to all matters known and unknown, in “AS IS, WHERE IS” condition. In executing and delivering the Contract of Sale, purchaser has not relied upon nor been induced by any statements or representations of any person, including the Substitute Trustees, the secured party, the note holder or an affiliate or their respective servicers, heirs, personal and legal representatives, agents, employees, successors and assigns (collectively, “Released Parties”), in respect

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to the condition of the property, including the environmental condition of the property, unless such representations or statements are specifically set forth in the Contract of Sale. Purchaser has not relied on anything in the foreclosure advertisement, but rather has relied solely on such investigations, examinations or inspections of the property as purchaser has made. Purchaser waives and releases the Released Parties from any and all claims the purchaser or its successors and assigns may have now or in the future may have relating to the condition of the property. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that this provision was a negotiated part of the Contract of Sale and serves as an essential component of consideration for the same. The parties specifically acknowledge and agree that this clause bars all claims by purchaser against Released Parties, arising from the condition of or releases from the property pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensations and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and all other actions pursuant to federal, state or local laws, ordinances or regulations for any environmental condition of or releases from the property. Further, purchaser agrees to indemnify Substitute Trustees for any liability they may have to any third party for an environmental condition of the property. Notwithstanding the parties’ intent that this clause bars all such claims, should a court of competent jurisdiction deem otherwise, purchaser agrees that the presence of this clause should serve as the overwhelming, primary factor in any equitable apportionment of response costs under applicable federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.” As a part of any sale, the Substitute Trustees, as agents for PNC Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to Mercantile Peninsula Bank (“PNC”), are required, by law, to confirm that each prospective purchaser or refinancing source and each equity holder of each such entity is not or shall not be: (i) a person with whom PNC is restricted from doing business under any Anti-Terrorism Law (as hereinafter defined) or AntiMoney Laundering statutes, (ii) engaged in any business involved in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of such a person or in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law or any AntiMoney Laundering statutes, or (iii) otherwise in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Money Laundering Statutes. For the purposes herein, “Anti-Terrorism Law” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, effective September 24, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, the laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as jointly enforced by the United States Justice Department and the

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Securities and Exchange Commission, and the laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (as any of the foregoing orders or laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced). Any third party conducting any such sale shall be required to cooperate fully with the Substitute Trustees and PNC in connection with such confirmation. Purchaser shall be required to cooperate fully with, and provide any information requested by, the Substitute Trustees and PNC in connection with such confirmation. Note: The information contained herein was obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, but is offered for information purposes only. The Auctioneer, the Substitute Trustees, the note holder and the secured party do not make any representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of the information contained herein. Prospective purchasers are urged to make their own inspection. Sidney S. Friedman, Jeffrey M. Lippman, William H. Thrush, Jr., Rebecca Teale Balint Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-11/7/3t __________________________________ Weinstock, Friedman & Friedman, P.A. 4 Reservoir Circle Baltimore, MD 21208 410-559-9000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE 2-STORY HOME LOCATED AT 300 BELT ST. SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Purchase Money Deed of Trust from James C. Washington, dated July 14, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4752, folio 544 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD (Case No. 23-C-13-0923) default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 25, 2013 AT 12:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, if any, situated in Worcester County, MD, known as Tax ID No. 02-022958 and described as follows: All that lot of ground situate at the corner of Purnell Street and Belt Street in the Town of Snow Hill, in the Second Tax District of Worcester County, State of Maryland, more particularly described on plat entitled, “BOUNDARTY SURVEY WITH LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENTS, HOUSE NO. 300, LANDS OF

RONALD H. HAMBLIN and JOSEPHINE B. HAMBLIN,” dated July 23, 1997, made by Madison J. Bunting, Jr., Surveyor, Inc. and recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland in Liber R.H.O. No. 2416, folio 25, et seq.; AND BEING ALL AND THE SAME property which was conveyed unto James C. Washington by deed from Katherine C. Washington, Foreign Personal Representative of the Estate of Susan B. Main of even date herewith and intended to be recorded among the aforesaid Land Records immediately prior hereto. The property is believed to be improved by a 2-story home containing 5 rooms (3 bedrooms) and one bath. The property and improvements, if any, will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, existing building, zoning, and/or environmental violations, agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty either expressed or implied as to the description of the condition of the property or improvements. The property will be sold subject to any violation notices and subject to all conditions, restrictions, covenants, encumbrances, right of ways, agreements and other matters of record affecting the same, if any. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $5,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order, at the time of sale will be required of all purchasers other than the holder of the Deed of Trust or an affiliate. The deposit(s) must be increased to 10% of the purchase price within 2 business days at the office of the auctioneer. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid in immediately available funds, within ten (10) business days after the final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. If payment of the balance does not take place within ten (10) business days after ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. In the event the property is purchased by someone other than the note holder or an affiliate, interest shall be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the note from date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event the settlement is delayed for any reason and the property is purchased by someone other than the note holder or an affiliate, there shall be no abatement of interest caused by the delay. Any and all fees in connection with the property incurred prior to or after the sale including, but not limited to, taxes, water, sewer, ground rent, condominium fees, and/or homeowners association dues, and any and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and all documentary stamps, recordation taxes and transfer taxes shall be borne by the purchaser. The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and without any re-

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course, representations or warranties, either express or implied, as to its nature, condition or description. Neither the Substitute Trustees, the secured party, the note holder nor any other party makes any warranty or representation of any kind or nature regarding the physical condition of, the description of, or title to the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey the property as described above, by reason of any defect in the title or otherwise, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. Upon refund of the deposit to purchaser, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claims against the property, Substitute Trustees or the secured party. The conveyance of the property by the Substitute Trustees to the purchaser at settlement shall be by Trustees’ Deed without covenant or warranty. The purchaser is responsible for, and the property is sold subject to, any environmental matter or condition, whether latent or observable, if any, that may exist at or affect or relate to the property and to any governmental requirements affecting the same. The contract of sale between the Substitute Trustees, as sellers, and the purchaser (the “Contract of Sale”) shall include, by reference, all the terms and conditions contained herein, specifically including, but not limited to, the following provisions: “Purchaser agrees and represents that the purchaser is purchasing the property subject to all matters known and unknown, in “AS IS, WHERE IS” condition. In executing and delivering the Contract of Sale, purchaser has not relied upon nor been induced by any statements or representations of any person, including the Substitute Trustees, the secured party, the note holder or an affiliate or their respective servicers, heirs, personal and legal representatives, agents, employees, successors and assigns (collectively, “Released Parties”), in respect to the condition of the property, including the environmental condition of the property, unless such representations or statements are specifically set forth in the Contract of Sale. Purchaser has not relied on anything in the foreclosure advertisement, but rather has relied solely on such investigations, examinations or inspections of the property as purchaser has made. Purchaser waives and releases the Released Parties from any and all claims the purchaser or its successors and assigns may have now or in the future may have relating to the condition of the property. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that this provision was a negotiated part of the Contract of Sale and serves as an essential component of consideration for the same. The parties specifically acknowledge and agree that this clause bars all claims by purchaser against Released Parties, arising from the condition of or releases from the property pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-

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pensations and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and all other actions pursuant to federal, state or local laws, ordinances or regulations for any environmental condition of or releases from the property. Further, purchaser agrees to indemnify Substitute Trustees for any liability they may have to any third party for an environmental condition of the property. Notwithstanding the parties’ intent that this clause bars all such claims, should a court of competent jurisdiction deem otherwise, purchaser agrees that the presence of this clause should serve as the overwhelming, primary factor in any equitable apportionment of response costs under applicable federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.” As a part of any sale, the Substitute Trustees, as agents for PNC Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to Mercantile Peninsula Bank (“PNC”), are required, by law, to confirm that each prospective purchaser or refinancing source and each equity holder of each such entity is not or shall not be: (i) a person with whom PNC is restricted from doing business under any Anti-Terrorism Law (as hereinafter defined) or AntiMoney Laundering statutes, (ii) engaged in any business involved in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of such a person or in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law or any AntiMoney Laundering statutes, or (iii) otherwise in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Money Laundering Statutes. For the purposes herein, “Anti-Terrorism Law” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, effective September 24, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, the laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as jointly enforced by the United States Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (as any of the foregoing orders or laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced). Any third party conducting any such sale shall be required to cooperate fully with the Substitute Trustees and PNC in connection with such confirmation. Purchaser shall be required to cooperate fully with, and provide any information requested by, the Substitute Trustees and PNC in connection with such confirmation. Note: The information contained herein was obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, but is offered for information purposes only. The Auctioneer, the Substitute Trustees, the note holder and the secured party do not make any representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of the information contained herein. Prospective purchasers are

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urged to make their own inspection. Sidney S. Friedman, Jeffrey M. Lippman, William H. Thrush, Jr., Rebecca Teale Balint Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-11/7/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 722 ANCHOR CHAIN RD., UNIT #14 A/R/T/A UNIT #14B OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 13, 1995 and recorded in Liber 2180, Folio 359 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $61,750.00 and an original interest rate of 8.125% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 19, 2013 AT 4:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 14 in the “Harbor Lights 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 $6,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or

after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, Maryland 20705 240-473-5000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 101 Ennis Ln Berlin, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Beatrice E. Spence, dated March 10, 2006, and recorded in Liber 4666, Folio 339 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 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND KNOWN AS Lot 3, Maplewood, situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 03035549. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, agreements, easements,

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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 $13,500.00 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

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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 #61583) Jeffrey Nadel and Scott Nadel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers 606 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 206, Towson, Maryland 21204 410-825-2900 OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Buonassissi, Henning & Lash, P.C. 1861 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20190 (703) 796-1341

TRUSTEE’S SALE 9102 Caribbean Drive Ocean City, MD 21842 In execution of the Deed of Trust dated March 31, 2008 recorded in Liber SVH 5083, folio 259, among the Worcester County land records, the undersigned Substitute Trustees, any of whom may act, will offer for sale at public auction on November 18, 2013, at 3:20 PM, at the front of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, the following property: ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. TAX ID: 10-105307 The property and improvements will be sold in “as is” physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same. TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $27,500.00 by cashier’s/certified check required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon at 6.250% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Trustees must be paid by cashier’s check within 10 days after final ratification of sale. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall be purchaser’s responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser de-

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faults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustees do not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered into or the loan was reinstated or paid off; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. (50373) Richard A. Lash, Barry K. Bedford, David A. Rosen, Leonard W. Harrington, Jr., Robert E. Kelly, Substitute Trustees Auctioneers: Alex Cooper Auctioneers 908 York Road Towson, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, Maryland 20705 240-473-5000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 10115 Friendship Road Berlin, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from John W Wood, SR., dated August 27, 2005, and recorded in Liber 4530, Folio 064 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 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND KNOWN AS Lot 7 and 8, “J.E. Evans & S.F. Woodcock”, situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 03009866. 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 $22,000.00 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 #61382) Jeffrey Nadel and Scott Nadel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 106 Payne Avenue Pocomoke City, MD 21851-1324 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Armand Golden and Bruce Kevin Raab, dated December 22, 2006, and recorded in Liber 4994, Folio 700 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 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND KNOWN AS metes and bounds, situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 01031732. 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 $15,000.00 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

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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 #61171) Jeffrey Nadel and Scott Nadel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers 606 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 206, Towson, Maryland 21204 410-825-2900 OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 27 ROBIN HOOD TRAIL OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated September 29, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4792, Folio 369 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an

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original principal balance of $209,700.00 and an original interest rate of 7.90000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 19, 2013 AT 4:05 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $28,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said

resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Buonassissi, Henning & Lash, P.C. 1861 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20190 (703) 796-1341

TRUSTEE’S SALE 11110 Dale Road Whaleyville, MD 21872 In execution of the Deed of Trust dated March 26, 2008 recorded in Liber SVH 5088, folio 035, among the Worcester County land records, the undersigned Substitute Trustees, any of whom may act, will offer for sale at public auction on November 18, 2013, at 3:22 PM, at the front of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, the following property: ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. TAX ID: 03-165299 The property and improvements will be sold in “as is” physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same. TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $42,000.00 by cashier’s/certified check required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon at 6.125% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Trustees must be paid by cashier’s check within 10 days after final ratification of sale. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall be purchaser’s responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustees do not convey title for any

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reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered into or the loan was reinstated or paid off; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. (50531) Richard A. Lash, Barry K. Bedford, David A. Rosen, Leonard W. Harrington, Jr. and Robert E. Kelly, Substitute Trustees Auctioneers: Alex Cooper Auctioneers 908 York Road Towson, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 109 FRANKLIN AVE. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Shirley A. McCormick, dated July 31, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4977, folio 95 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 8, 2013 AT 1:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #03-032299 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes,

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including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale. If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 20921. Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Kenneth Savitz, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 207 INTREPID LA., UNIT #1102 BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4977, Folio 248 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original

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principal balance of $220,000.00 and an original interest rate of 6.87500% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AT 4:05 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit 1102, as shown on a plat entitled “Condominium Plat Phase T-11, 203, 205, 207 & 209 Intrepid Lane Units 1101-1104, Decatur Farm Townhouse Condominium, Townhouse Parcel, Decatur Farms” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any 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. The property will be sold subject to a prior mortgage, the amount to be announced at the time of sale, if made available to Substitute Trustees. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If pur-

chaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 6427 HERITAGE LA. A/R/T/A 6427 HERITAGE RD. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated October 7, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4555, Folio 427 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $889,000.00 and an original interest rate of 2.00000% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AT 4:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $83,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order (NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED) will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement.

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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________

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INVITATION FOR BIDS WEST OCEAN CITY PARK-N-RIDE BOARDWALK DECK REPLACEMENT The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland will be accepting Sealed Bids for DECK REPLACEMENT at the West Ocean City Park N Ride, located at 12848 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, Mary-

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land 21842. Work will include, but is not limited to, the removal, disposal, provision and installation of specified wood deck boards. Bids must be received by the Office of the City Manager, located at 301 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, Maryland, by no later than 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Bids will be opened at the City Council Work Session at 1:00 PM that same day. Bidders are welcome to attend but need not be present. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:00 AM in the Ocean City Public Works Administration Conference Room, located at 204 65th Street, Building E, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. Prospective Bidders are encouraged to visit the project site prior to submission of final bids. Bid documents and specifications are available from: Public Works Administration Department of Transportation 204 65th Street, Building E Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Contact person is: Brian Connor, Assistant Superintendent Ocean City Transportation Email: bconnor@oceancitymd.gov Office: 410-723-2174 Project funding provided by the Federal Transit Administration, Maryland Transit Administration and Town of Ocean City. Registered Disadvantage Businesses Enterprise’s (DBE’s) are encouraged to apply. OCD-10/10/5t __________________________________ HAROLD B. GORDY, JR., ESQ. AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, P.A. 11047 RACETRACK ROAD BERLIN, MD 21811

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15338 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JEROLD LEE SHAROFF Notice is given that David M. Sharoff, 113 High Sheriff Trail, Berlin, MD 21811, was on October 15, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jerold Lee Sharoff who died on September 20, 2013, without a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 15th day of April, 2014. Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the dece-

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dent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills. David M. Sharoff Personal Representative True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 24, 2013 OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Pursuant to the provisions of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals for Worcester County, in the Board Room (Room 1102) on the first floor of the Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland. 6:30 p.m. Case No. 13-50, on the application of Joseph Pino, requesting a variance to reduce the Ordinance prescribed right side yard setback from 10 feet to 7.8 feet (an encroachment of 2.2 feet) associated with a proposed second floor addition to an existing non-conforming garage in a R-1 Rural Residential Zoning District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-122, ZS 1-205(d)(1), and ZS 1305, located at 11333 Marina Drive, approximately 930 feet northeast of the intersection of Marina Drive and Riverview Drive, Tax Map 16, Parcel 91, Block C, Lot 2, of the Saint Martin’s By the Bay subdivision, in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:35 p.m. Case No. 13-49, on the application of Mark S. Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Bali Hi Park, Inc., requesting a variance to reduce the Ordinance prescribed front yard setback from 250 feet to 100 feet (an encroachment of 150 feet) and a variance to reduce the Ordinance prescribed side yard setback from 100 feet to 41.5 feet (an encroachment of 58.5 feet) associated with a proposed expansion to a nonconforming accessory building within Bali Hi Cooperative Campground, in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial and A-2 Agricultural Districts, pur-

suant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1116(c)(4), ZS 1-202(c)(19) and ZS 1318(e)(2)C, located at 12342 St. Martins Neck Road, approximately 900 feet east of Salt Grass Point Road, Tax Map 10, Parcel 32, in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. 6:40 p.m. Case No. 13-48, on the application of Gudjon and Shelly Olafsson, requesting a special exception to make payment into the Forest Conservation Fund in lieu of re-planting, an afterthe-fact variance to reduce the Ordinance prescribed rear yard setback from 50 feet to 42 feet (an encroachment of 8 feet) and an after-the-fact variance to reduce the Ordinance prescribed side yard setback from 5 feet to 3.8 feet (an encroachment of 1.2 feet) associated with an above-ground patio in a R-3 Multifamily Residential District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-116(k) and ZS 1-207(b)(2) and Natural Resources Article Sections NR 1-413(b) and NR 1-416(a)(1), located at 52 Boatswain Drive, at the intersection of Boatswain Drive and Skyline Court, Tax Map 16, Parcel 15, Section 19, Lot 52 of the Ocean Pines Subdivision in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS OCD-10/31/2t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOARD OF PORT WARDENS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 106, “Waterways,” Article II – “Shoreline Development” of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Port Wardens Ordinance of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD Thursday, November 14th, 2013 At 2:00 PM A request has been submitted to install a 6’ x 45’ perpendicular pier with one boatlift and 2 PWC lifts with all associated poles for a maximum channelward extension of 50’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 413 Bering RD, Parcel # 9995 -9-E -0 -0115105374 in the Town of Ocean City, MD Applicant: Hidden Oak Farm, LLC Owner: Michael & Rebecca Snyder PW13-111 A request has been submitted to construct a 15’ x 3’ perpendicular pier w/4 associated mooring piles for a total of 15’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 730 Mooring RD, Parcel # 9483 -152 -0 -0115-099641 in the Town of Ocean City, MD

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Applicant: Hi-Tide Marine Owner: Michael O. Kelbaugh PW13-112 Board of Port Wardens Blake McGrath, Chairman Valerie Gaskill, Attorney OCD-10/31/2t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Barry N. Duffy, Jr. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-11-001731

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 16th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 10213 Germantown Road, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 18th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 11th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $107,799.98. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Lora A. Taylor IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-13-000321

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

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the 11th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $65,000. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/24/3t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Charlie E. Breeden Hilda S. Breeden IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-13-000934

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 21st day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 33 Boston Drive, Ocean City, MD 21811, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Erin Gloth and Christine Drexel, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 18th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $302,513.35. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013

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at 6:00 p.m. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(2)(b) requesting a special parking exception to allow a shared parking facility agreement between Buccaneer’s Caye Restaurant and the Sea Rocket Adventures and associated watersports for a total of 35 of the provided 51 onsite parking spaces. The site of the appeal is described as Tax Map 110, Parcel 2520, Block 21 of the OT Ocean City Plat, 1875; further described as located on the west side of S. Philadelphia Avenue and south side of South Division Street, on the bayside, and locally known as 700 South Philadelphia Avenue, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: GRAHAM BOSTIC – (BZA 2390 #13-09400021) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall. Alfred Harrison, Chairman Heather Stansbury, Attorney OCD-10/31/2t __________________________________ James F. Truitt, Esq. 20 E. Timonium Rd. Suite 101 Timonium, MD 21093 (410) 560-9009 Brook-Lyn Corp., LLC. c/o James F. Truitt, Jr. 20 East Timonium Road, Suite 101 Timonium, Maryland 21093 Plaintiff V. John 0. Maroulis Cindy Maroulis Town of Ocean City- City Manager Town of Ocean City- City Solicitor 2803 GULL WAY, UNIT B, OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 and Any and all person having or claiming to have any interest in the fee simple in the properties and premises situate, lying and being in the County of Worcester described on the Tax Rolls Worcester County Collector of State and County Taxes for said County known as: 2803 Gull Way, Unit B, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, Tenth (10) Election District, described as folio All that tract of land with improvements, if any, thereon, situate in the Tenth Election District of Worcester County, Ocean City, Maryland, which is more particularly designated and distinguished as IMPS Unit B, P1 , Sand Key Condo, Eagle Dr. & Gull Way IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY INEQUITY Case Number: 23-C-13-1332

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property 2803 Gull Way, Unit B, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 in the County of Worcester, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester

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NOTICE OF LIVE AUCTION Beach Equipment Parcel Franchises A public auction will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on 301 Baltimore Avenue in Ocean City, Maryland for the following south end beach parcel franchises: *S. Division Street *4th Street 15th Street 23rd Street *Worcester Street *5th Street 16th Street 24th Street *Somerset Street *6th Street 17th Street 25th Street *Talbot Street 8th Street 18th Street 26th Street *Caroline Street 10th Street 20th Street 27th Street *N. Division Street 11th Street 21st Street *2nd Street 14th Street 22nd Street *The Mayor and Council reserve the right to approve special events that occupy, whole or in part, certain south end beach parcels. The City will notify all affected parcel operators well in advance of the event. ON AUCTION DAY, the successful bidder shall: (1) Provide satisfactory proof of identity and legal age (i.e. Driver’s License or Government-issued Photo ID) (2) Pay a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) deposit for each successful bid. Please bring cash, cashier’s checks or certified checks payable to the Mayor and City Council. PERSONAL CHECKS NOT ACCEPTED. (3) Sign a statement authorizing the Mayor and Council to make inquiry of personal background, financial and credit worthiness. On the dates specified below, the successful bidder shall: (1) Submit a personal Credit Report on or before Monday, December 9, 2013 (2) Pay 20% of the annual fee for each parcel, less the $500.00 deposit, on Monday, December 9, 2013. (3) Obtain, at the operator’s own expense, comprehensive general liability insurance coverage and products liability insurance coverage in at least the amount of $1,000,000.00 combined single limit, which insurance coverage shall name the Mayor and City Council as an additional insured, and a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage shall be furnished to the Mayor and City Council by the operator and be approved by Ocean City’s City Clerk before contract endorsement. (4) Sign a three year contract (2014- 2016) for each parcel. To request a bid packet, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 410 289 8824 or email kallmond@oceancitymd.gov. OCD-10/31/2t ______________________________________________________________________ and the State of Maryland to the Plaintiff in this proceeding: All that tract of land with improvements, if any, thereon, situate in the Tenth Election District of Worcester County, Ocean City, Maryland, which is more particularly designated and distinguished as IMPS Unit B, P1, Sand Key Condo, Eagle Dr. & Gull Way The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 17th day of October, 2013 by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Ordered, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having general circulation in Worcester County once a week for three (3) successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the 21st day of December , 2013, and redeem the property 2803 Gull Way, Unit B, Ocean City, Maryland 21 842 and answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the Plaintiff's title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Thomas C. Groton III JUDGE

True Copy Test: Stephen V . Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Mark S. Devan, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Geraldine M. Shaneybrook IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-13-000299

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firmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 18th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $145,414.50. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________

BERLIN ELECTION CHARTER AMENDMENTS The following Charter Amendment Resolutions were approved by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Berlin on Monday, October 28, 2013. These Resolutions will go in effect as of December 17, 2014. Resolution 2013-09: Amending the Charter, Article VI, Section 9, Title “Election of Mayor and Councilmembers”. Sec. C6-9 B. Amending the day of the regularly scheduled Municipal Election from the second to the first Tuesday in October, beginning with the Election of 2014 and adjusting the language to address the order of elections for the particular offices as affected by the change. Sec. C6-9 C. Adding language to allow the cancellation of the election in the event only one person files for a given office. Resolution 2013-10: Amending the Charter, Article III, Titled “The Council”. Sec. C3-1.-Number; selection; term. Amending the expiration of Councilmember terms from “the second Monday” to the “the next Monday on which a regularly scheduled meeting is held” following an election. Resolution 2013-11: Amending the Charter, Article III, Titled “The Council”. Sec. C3-4.-Meetings: Amending the schedule of regularly held Council meetings following an election. Resolution 2013-12: Amending the Charter, Article IV, Titled “Mayor”. Sec. C4-1-Selection and term.: Amending the taking of office of the Mayor from “the second Monday” to “the next Monday on which a regularly scheduled meeting is held” following an election. Resolution 2013-13: Amending the Charter, Article VI, Section 8, Title “Nominations for Elective Office” Sec. C6-8.1: Amending the deadline for filing to be a candidate for election. Sec. C6-8.2: Creating language regarding write-in candidates for nomination to appear on the ballot of a municipal election. Sec. C6-8.3: Amending language regarding a candidate’s withdrawal of candidacy and the accounting for the effect on the ballot and votes cast for

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such an individual. These Resolutions can be reviewed in their entirety at Berlin Town Hall, 10 William Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. OCD-11/7/4t __________________________________ Covahey, Boozer, Devan & Dore, P.A., Attorneys 11350 McCormick Road Executive Plaza III, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (443) 541-8600 Thomas P. Dore, et al as Substituted Trustees VS. Janet H. Sauer George P. Sauer, Jr. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE NO. 23-C-12-000767

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 21st day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County that the sale of the property being described in the above-mentioned proceeding, known as 4222 Jones Road, Pocomoke City, MD 21851, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013, provided that a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper in Worcester County once in each of three successsive weeks on or before the 18th day of November, 2013. The Report states the amount of sale to be $102,000.00. 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-10/31/3t __________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. Adam W. Osborn and Lindsey A. Osborn Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23C13000585

NOTICE ORDERED, this 21st day of October, 2013 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 17 Whaler Lane, Berlin, Maryland 21811 mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in some newspaper published in said County

once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of November, 2013, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $345,275.87. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, MD 20705 240-473-5000 File Number: 61947 Jeffrey Nadel Scott Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, MD 20705 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff v. Harriett R. Fisher 269 South Washington Street Snow Hill, MD 21863 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23-C-13-000102

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 21st day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of November, 2013. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $78,610.00. The property sold herein in known as 269 South Washington Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863. Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15347 Notice is given that the District court of La Plata County, CO appointed Peter A. Presby, 1551 Millrace Lane, West Chester, PA 19380 as the Personal Representative of the Estate of John P. Presby who died on January 14, 2013 domiciled in Colorado, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Michael W. Schuster whose address is 301 W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863. At the time of death, the decedent

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owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County. All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred. Peter A. Presby Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: October 31, 2013 OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al. 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. MARCELO J. GRASSO, SR. 507 Robin Drive, Unit #301 ARTA 507 Eagle Drive Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-13-000830

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 25th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Mary land, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 507 Robin Drive, Unit #301, ARTA 507 Eagle Drive, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of November, 2013. The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $143,000.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland

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True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al. 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. ANDREW G. PAPPAS CONNIE L. PAPPAS AKA CONNIE LEE PAPPAS 5401 Coastal Highway, Unit #207-B Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C13000863

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 25th day of October, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Mary land, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 5401 Coastal Highway, Unit #207-B, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 25th day of November, 2013, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of November, 2013. The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $195,500.00. Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Mary land True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/31/3t __________________________________ MARY G. LOKER ESQ 3421 SWEET AIR ROAD, SUITE 2 P.O. BOX 304 PHOENIX, MD 21131

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15354 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROSSER L. BASS AKA: ROSSER LEE BASS JR Notice is given that Gregory P. Bass, 504 45th St., Baltimore, MD 21224, was on October 30, 2013 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rosser L. Bass who died on October 5, 2013, with a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of

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the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 30th day of April, 2014. Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills. Gregory P. Bass 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 07, 2013 OCD-11/7/3t __________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for a transfer of location of a Class “D” BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Michael Kelly Lawson, 37 Duck Cove, Berlin, Maryland 21811. For: Duck Cove,Inc. For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Pirates Den 3400 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Formerly located at: 3201 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center Snow Hill, Maryland, on: November 20, 2013 @ 1:25 P.M. The Board welcomes written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-11/7/2t __________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for the Transfer of a Class “D” BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Haskin Deeley Chester, 10141 Waterview Drive,

Ocean City, Maryland 21842; Mark Nicholas Bogosh, 60 George Road, Pasadena, Maryland 21122 For: Cowboy Coast Hospitality Group, LLC For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Cowboy Coast Cantina 1701 Philadelphia Avenue Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Formerly: Rodento Enterprises Inc. T/A Paddock Night Club There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: November 20, 2013 @ 1:35 P.M. The Board welcomes written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-11/7/2t __________________________________

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Application has been made by the Undersigned for a transfer of location of a Class “B” BEER-WINE-LIQUOR License, 7 Day, By Irene Denise McCormack, 300 Bay Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863; Christopher Michael McCormack, 300 Bay Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863; Tammy Lynn Velenossky, 12947 Center Drive, Ocean City, Maryland 21842. For: All In of Snow Hill Inc. For the premises known as and located at: T/A: Harvest Moon Tavern 104 West Green Street Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Formerly located at: 208 W. Green Street, Snow Hill There will be a public hearing on the application in the Board Room, Room 1102 in the Government Center, Snow Hill, Maryland, on: November 20. 2013 @ 1:50 P.M. The Board welcomes written or oral comment at said public hearing from any interested party. OCD-11/7/2t __________________________________ JAMES E. CLUBB JR, ESQ 108 N. 8TH ST. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15360 Notice is given that the Register Of Wills court of Sussex County, DE appointed H. Bryon Davis III, 10139 Queens Circle, Ocean City, MD 21842 as the Executor of the Estate of Madlyn W. Davis who died on July 18, 2013 domiciled in Delaware, USA. At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester. All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the dece-

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dent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred. H. Bryon Davis III Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: November 07, 2013 OCD-11/7/3t __________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 301-490-3361 Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs. George Francis Vitak, Jr. and Anna Maria Vitak Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Civil No. 23-C-11-001646

NOTICE ORDERED, this 1st day of November, 2013 by the Circuit Court of WORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland, that the sale of the property at 16 Footbridge Trail, Berlin, Maryland 21811 mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, Substitute Trustees, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 2nd day of December, 2013 next, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in some newspaper published in said County once in each of three successive weeks before the 25th day of November, 2013, next. The report states the amount of sale to be $149,405.76. Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-11/7/3t __________________________________

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Tennis & Fitness Center

Recreational Trails

The Cove Bar & Grille

The Freeman Stage

Bayside Marketplace

Signature Playground

Pier, Launch & Bayside Beach

Year-round Activities

livebayside.com Models Open Daily

Directions: From Route 1 in Fenwick, go west on Route 54, 4 miles. Make left into Bayside on Americana Parkway. Follow signs. Separate membership and fees may be required to access community amenities.

Townhomes, Villas and Single Family Homes from the mid $300s