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TOWN IN THE BLACK - Area town councillearns that revenues have vastly exceeded expecta-tions. Page 13

POPULAR RESTAURANT CHANGESHANDS - Jimmy’s Grille in Bridgeville has beenbought for $2.5 million. The new owner says themenu — and the prices — will remain. Page 11

BUSINESS CELEBRATES OPENING -Revolving Door helps people plan and carry offcelebrations. Page 14

RIVERFEST COMING - Seaford is planningits annual celebration of the Nanticoke for mid-July. Page 20

LIBRARY GETS GRANT - Federal moneywill help the new Laurel facility to buy furniture.Page 16. And speaking of the library, a member ofits commission is stepping down. Page 50.

BLUE-GOLD GAME - Local athletes play in51st Annual Blue-Gold all-star football game.Page 41

COLLINS EARNS SILVER - Delmar’sDarren Collins earned a silver medal in a Floridawrestling tournament recently. Page 43

LOCAL CAMPERS - Several Laurel footballplayers recently took part in the Art Monk footballcamp in Virginia. Page 44

SPORTSWRITER’S VIEW - Mike McCluretakes a look at the events of the week in A Viewfrom the Cheap Seats. Page 43

NEWS HEADLINES

Joanne Yeary, 8, and her sister Kathleen, 5, play in the water dumped by Sunday’s storm. For many, the flood was nota playing matter.

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Flood waters ravage area

Contractor wants to build around signBy Mike McClure

During Monday’s Delmar JointCouncil meeting, the council heardfrom Delmar Commons developerRobert Wittig about a billboard thetown wants removed. The council wasalso updated on plans for the 30thannual Day in the Park, which was

postponed due to rain earlier thismonth.

Delmar Commons developer RobertWittig said he is having a difficult timegetting the owner of a billboard, whichis located on the future shopping cen-ter’s property, to remove it. Wittig hasan existing agreement with the townwhich states that the developer has to

get rid of the sign before moving for-ward with the necessary permits to getthe shopping center open.

On Monday, Wittig said an existinglease with the owner of the sign does-n’t expire until March 2008. He askedthe Delmar Council to waive the

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By Ronald MacArthur

The rains came Sunday and leftbehind them a path of destruction inthe Seaford area. More than 13 inchesof rain fell turning small streams inraging rivers causing numerous roadwashouts, a dam failure, home andbusiness destruction and evacuations.Gov. Ruth Ann Minner declared a stateof emergency in the Seaford area lateMonday afternoon.

When it was all said and done,almost a dozen roads and at least threebridges were washed out and nearly 40roads were affected or damaged as theSeaford-Blades area became almost

isolated from the rest of Delmarva. According to Darrel Cole, director

of public relations for the DelawareDepartment of Transportation, most ofthe roads near the Nanticoke Riverwere adversely affected due to the rain.

The three bridges washed outincludes spans at Concord, Craig’sMill and one on Woodland Road. As ofpress time on Tuesday, state officialswere not able to provide a damage esti-mate or give a time line as to whenrepairs will take place.

But state highway officials said thatthe work to repair the damage will bedone. “The conditions we are seeingare similar and consistent with what

we would see in the aftermath of a hur-ricane or nor’ easter,” said DelDOTsecretary Carolann Wicks. “This isserious damage and our staff hasworked tirelessly, all day Sunday andagain today, to go out and assess allthe damage to the roadways andbridges so that we know exactly whatwe’re facing.

“We’re going to find the money toget the work done, and get life back tonormal for the residents of westernSussex County,” she added.

City staff called into action earlyCharles Anderson, director of opera

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13 inches of rain turns streams into raging rivers

Don’t forget the July 4th celebration! See page 12 for story

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EVACUATION - Volunteers from the Lau-rel and Dagsboro volunteer fire departmentshelp evacuate residents from the Holly Viewpark off Brickyard Road. Volunteers workedall day Sunday helping residents evacuatefrom three mobile home parks along theroad. Photo by Ronald MacArthur

ROAD IS OUT - A small creek under Rt.20 west of Seaford cut a deep path of de-struction across the roadway forcing its clo-sure. The road is one of nearly a dozen re-ceiving major damage in the Seaford area.Photo by Ronald MacArthur

FLOODED PARKING LOT - Several ve-hicles were flooded as flood waters quicklyadvanced during the early-morning hours atthe Wal-Mart parking lot along U.S. 13 inSeaford. Rescue workers were called in toevacuate employees. Photo by RonaldMacArthur

By Ronald MacArthur

Plans are under way for a major $1.5 billion“repowering” of the coal-fired Indian RiverGenerating Station by NRG Energy to reducethe state’s air pollution (the plant is the state’snumber one source), create hundreds of jobsand provide 630 megawatts of new power. Thecompany announced in a press conference lastWednesday that it is moving forward withplans to build an integrated coal gasificationcombined cycle, or “clean coal” plant at itsMillsboro site. According to the company’snortheast region president, Curtis Morgan,clean coal technology removes up to 90 per-cent of sulfur dioxide emissions, up to 80 per-cent of oxides of nitrogen emissions and up to75 percent of mercury emissions. He said thatthe new plant will also have the technology tocapture emissions of carbon dioxide.

The plant will cost between $1.4 and $1.6billion to build and is expected to be in opera-tion by 2011-2012. The company also plans toinstall $330 million worth of major emissions-control equipment on its existing coal-firedunits.

The company estimates that the project willcontribute 400 to 1,000 jobs during the con-struction period and add 85 to 100 permanentjobs at the facility, which currently employs170 people. Gasified coal technology convertscoal to a synthetic gas, removes the pollutantsbefore combustion, and then combusts thecleaned synthetic gas in a process similar tonatural gas combustion, generating electricity.

NEW GOLD COIN - Thanks to the effortsof Delaware Congressman Mike Castle , theUnited States will have its first-ever pure goldcoin. The sales of the American Buffalo $50gold piece started on June 20. The U.S. Mintwill sell two versions of the coin - one for in-vestors and one for collectors. The price for in-vestors will be based on the market price forgold and the cost of the proof for collectors isset at $875. Only 300,000 proof coins will beproduced. The design comes from the Buffalonickel issued by the Treasury Department from1913-1938.

GOOD GOVERNMENT LAW - Delaware’smunicipalities now have extensive guidelinesto help them govern their election system - asystem that has not been reformed in decades.Among the hundreds of rules it codifies, HouseBill 410 closes loopholes, streamlines the elec-tion process and requires each municipality toappoint a board of elections to deal with dis-putes. There are now standards of conduct, forrecounts and certification of the election con-tests. The legislation was a direct result ofproblems created during the most recent elec-tion in Smyrna.

BIG HOLE IN ONE - It doesn’t happenvery often. Lynn Richardson of Wyoming(Del.) sank a hole-in-one at Jonathan’s LandingGolf Course in Magnolia while participating inthe eighth annual Polytech Foundation GolfTournament on June 15 winning a 2006 AcuraTSX from Price Honda and Price Acura Dover.She used a nine-iron on the 110-yard hole toscore the ace.

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Indian Riverplant will see‘repowering’

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tions for the city of Seaford, was actingcity manager in the absence of DoloresSlatcher who was on vacation.

Anderson said that he received a call at5:45 a.m. on Sunday from Berley Mears,the public works supervisor that floodingwas taking place. “I spoke with Mayor EdButler and we were touring the area by 6a.m. The low-lying areas were experienc-ing extensive flooding and even areaswhere we have never seen water, wereflooding,” he said. “Within a half hour werealized we had a major problem on ourhands.”

Anderson then began the process to setup the city’s emergency operations centerby calling in additional manpower andrerouting non-emergency 911 calls to cityhall. Electrical crews and public workscrews began working early in the morning.Public works crews cleaned out catchbasins, removed stranded vehicles and bar-ricaded impassible roads.

Anderson said that around 8:30 a.m., acall was made to the Sussex County Emer-gency Operations Center for assistanceand the county brought its mobile unit toSeaford.

Anderson said that there were severalhomes that received extensive damage onWashington, Elm and Spruce streets. (Inaddition, at least two houses in Woodlandreceived extensive water damage.) “Iknow there are a few foundations thathave collapsed. The building official isspending the next few days assessing thesituation,” Anderson said.

Anderson said that staff at the city’swastewater treatment plant started theirlong day on Sunday before 6 a.m. “Theystruggled with it all day but were able tokeep the flow up without any violations,”he said. They did have to rent an addition-

al pump. “As you can imagine, the system was

inidated with the run off,” he added. “We were fortunate. There were no

water main breaks and we able to keeppotable water to the residents and therewere no breeches in the sewer system,”Anderson added. “The fire company actedflawlessly, as did the city employees andthe state and county gave us whatever helpwe needed.”

Mike Mulvaney, the city’s buildingofficial, said that three homes in the cityhave structural damage caused by thewater - two houses on Washington Streetand one house on Spruce Street. He saidthat each one had part of a wall of thebasement collapse. “It was a combinationof the water, pressure and the age of thehouse,” he said. “But remarkably, thehouses are holding up pretty well every-thing considered.”

The owners were forced to move outuntil repairs can be made.

Mulvaney said that nearly everyone inthe city who had a basement had somewater problems. “Even people who neverhave water, had some this time,” he said.

Fire departments answer the callsAccording to Ron Marvel., public rela-

tions director for the Seaford VolunteerFire Department, the department got itsfirst call around 7:30 a.m. for peopletrapped in a car in a ditch filled with wateron Woodpecker Road. It was the beginningof a very long day. “We never stopped. Idon’t know how many calls we had,” hesaid.

The first action by the department wasto evacuate residents from the Wilmar Vil-lage area behind Our Lady of LourdesCatholic Church.

In addition, volunteers from Bladesstarted the massive job of coordinating theevacuation of three mobile home parks onBrickyard Road - Mobile Gardens, HollyView and Hastings Estates. More than 200people were evacuated from the mobilehome parks.

Pumpers from other departments werebrought in to pump water off the streetsand yards in the neighborhood. “Some ofthe older people chose to stay, so we hadto get water out of there,” Marvel said.Volunteers pumped water out of the neigh-borhood all day.

(Residents started returning to theirhomes to assess the damage late on Mon-

day and Tuesday.)Calls were made immediately to depart-

ments in the area for assistance. “At onetime or another every department in Sus-sex County was lending assistance here,”he added.

Marvel said that the department’s prior-ity was life safety from the beginning ofthe storm. “We were prepared to evacuatepeople from houses and get to people whowere on life support,” he said. “We can’tpump out everyone’s basement - there arethousands of them.”

Marvel said that around 1 p.m., thedepartment received a call from Nanti-coke Health Services that a decision hadbeen made to evacuate the Life Care atLofland Park on William’s Pond. “Thespillway and dam were about to give wayand we concurred that an evacuation wasin order. We helped them move 110patients to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital,”Marvel said.

According to Rene Morris, a hospital

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Roads, dams take a big hitas storm rages in the areaBy Lynn R. Parks

Nearly 40 roads in the greater Seafordarea were damaged in Sunday's flood. Atnoon on Monday, 31 roads were stillclosed. By 3:30 p.m., when Gov. Ruth AnnMinner spoke at a press conference atSeaford City Hall, that number had beenreduced to 15.

Minner was unable to give any estimateof the amount of money it will take to fixthe remaining roads, many of which werewashed away in flood waters. On Tuesday,teams of officials with the DelawareDepartment of Transportation were expect-ed to tour western Sussex, inspectingroads and finalizing repair plans.

Minner was also unable to say wherethat money will come from. In the fiscalyear ending June 30, the Delaware Depart-ment of Transportation is facing a $300million shortfall.

Carolann Wicks, state secretary oftransportation, said that the work to repairthe roads will be costly. "We're going tofind the money to get the work done andget life back to normal for the residents ofwestern Sussex County," she added.

On Tuesday morning, Jason Gleockler,spokesman for DelDOT, said that three ofthe 15 closed roads sustained significantdamage, enough so that their repair proj-ects will have to go out to bid. A large boxculvert on alternate U.S. 13 just south ofBlades and two box culverts on Delaware20 were washed out.

"We can't fabricate box culverts,"Gleockler said. "Those projects will haveto go to bid."

Gleockler said that he expected six ofthe 15 roads to be open by the end of theday Tuesday. "We had 200 DelDOT peo-ple on the ground Monday, working on theroads, and 110 pieces of equipment," hesaid.

Those six roads are:* Sussex 536, west of Seaford near

Barnes Woods just off Figgs Road. * Sussex 79, south of Woodland at

Woodpecker Road. * Sussex 320, east of Georgetown and

south of U.S. 9* Delaware 20, east of Seaford near

Concord, just off Deep Creek.* Sussex 534, east of Seaford near

Williams Pond and Beaver Dam Heights.* Sussex 480, south of Blades.Gleockler could give no expected open-

ing time for the six remaining closedroads. They are:

* Sussex 78A, west of Laurel nearBroad Creek and Wright Creek.

* Sussex 78, west of Laurel near theintersection with 78A.

* Sussex 467A east of Laurel at Wil-ley's Pond.

* Sussex 538, near the Maryland-Delaware line west of Woodland. Theflooding occurred at Wright Creek near theNanticoke Wildlife Area.

* Sussex 487, north of Bethel at GumBranch.

* Sussex 540 at Sussex 538, west ofWoodland at Wright Creek.

A current list of road closings is avail-able at www.deldot.gov.

Not the kind of storm to prepare forWater levels in Seaford-area ponds will

be kept at lower-than-normal levels for thetime being, said John Hughes, secretary ofthe Department of Natural Resources and

Environmental Control. "That will ensurethat we have capacity in the lakes to holdmore water" to accommodate rain that wasexpected to fall throughout the week, hesaid at the Monday-afternoon press confer-ence.

Hughes said that only one dam in west-ern Sussex, the Craig's Mill Pond dam,failed during Sunday's storm. The dam atHearn's Mill Pond, put in in 2001 after itwas washed out by flood waters, held, hesaid. Even so, this flood was so big that itoverwhelmed the new spillway and thesecondary emergency spillway, he said.The water crossed the Hearn's Mill park-ing lot and alternate U.S. 13, damaging theroadway and the culvert.

At Williams Pond, the dam and thespillway were still holding, Hughes said.That dam is near LifeCare at Lofland Parknursing home and Nanticoke MemorialHospital. After being evacuated Sunday,residents were brought back into the nurs-ing home beginning 2 p.m. Monday.

Hughes said that the state will bringnational inspectors in to verify the safetyof "every dam in lower Delaware."

Hughes said that the state recentlyinstalled new drain pipes in two of theareas that flooded, behind the U.S. 13Wal-Mart and along Delaware 20, nearChapel Branch. Those new pipes did notprevent flooding from occurring.

"With this kind of storm, we will haveflooding in a variety of places," he said."This was not the kind of storm we couldprepare for."

Getting an official federal declarationJamie Turner, director of the Delaware

Emergency Management Agency(DEMA), said that a federal declaration ofa disaster area can take from three days tothree months after the governor declaresan emergency. A declaration by the federalgovernment allows people affected by theflood to receive federal money to assistwith cleanup.

Turner said that the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) was noti-fied of the Seaford-area flood at 9:30 Sun-day morning. "We told them that we had aproblem, but we did not anticipate a feder-al response," he said.

FEMA was kept informed of theprogress of the flood throughout the week-end, Turner said.

Turner said that FEMA will send peo-ple to the Seaford area, to help the stateprepare the paperwork required for therequest for assistance.

Sen. Tom Carper, who serves on theHomeland Security and GovernmentalAffairs Committee overseeing the Depart-ment of Homeland Security, of whichFEMA is a part, said that he was going tocall David Paulison, the new FEMA direc-tor, "to let him know what we want to doand to ask him to respond as quickly aspossible."

Delaware's request will be combinedwith requests from Maryland's Carolineand Dorchester counties, where floodingalso occurred. Carper said that damages inDelaware were not significant enough toqualify for federal emergency assistance.However, when combined with damagesin Maryland, they should qualify the areafor assistance.

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The now defunct Crystal Car Wash,once a booming business until it closedseveral years ago, is undergoing amakeover, thanks to new ownership.

Porter Street Properties, LLC has com-missioned a total renovation to the proper-ty, which will transform the former carwash into office units. The project hasbeen ongoing since November 2005.

The property, located on Porter Streetin Seaford, has been vacant for about fiveyears, creating an eyesore in the mostlyresidential neighborhood that is fringedwith several business establishments. Thenew office units will vastly change thestructure, and create a visual improvementto the area.

Spokesperson and part owner, Ray Ad-kins, local realtor and barber, whose shop,Hair Studio, directly faces the property,comments, “It’s been a challenge, to saythe least, to transform a car wash into anoffice complex.”

Once completed, the pillared buildingwill contain four separate 670-square-footoffice units, which will then be availablefor lease on a yearly basis. The intentionand goal is to serve the small businessper-son who needs affordable office space.

Adkins remarks, “It will give the smallbusinessperson a chance to bring his or

her office from inside the home into thebusiness world at a reasonable cost. As asmall businessman myself, I know there isa need for it. The area is calling for it—there’s nothing out there for the little guy.These offices will cater to the person whodoesn’t need a lot of space, or the relatedexpense of a larger establishment.”

The new building will be known asPorter Street Plaza, and is expected to beopen and the units ready for occupancy byJuly 1, 2006. Each office will have a pri-vate entrance, self-contained facilities, andplenty of parking. There will be 22 park-ing spaces provided. The property, onthree quarters of an acre, could be expand-ed in the future, if the need arises.

Adkins reflects, “We feel we are help-ing the community and people in the areaby taking what has been an eyesore andturning it into a more desirable and pre-sentable facility, giving back pride ofownership to those who have homes near-by—a beautification project.”

With a laugh, Adkins adds, “I got tiredof looking at the eyesore myself. I wantedto look out the window of my shop andsee something more pleasant standingthere.”

Porter Street Plaza is located at 600 N.Porter Street, Seaford, DE 19973. Formore information, contact Ray Adkins.Call: 302-542-3122.

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Halpern Business Person of YearDr. Joel Halpern was the Central

Delaware Chamber of Commerce 2006Small Business Person of the Year.

The announcement was made by JimFlood, Sr., chairman of the chamber’sSmall Business Committee, to a crowd of125 business men and women at WildQuail Country Club on May 11.

Chamber members selected Halpern asone who best exemplifies growth of busi-ness, innovation, and community contribu-tions. He was one of five business leaders

nominated for the award.Joel joined his father, Dr. Harold

Halpern, at Halpern Eye Associates in1974. The practice has continued to growwith eight locations serving Delaware.The practice has 130 employees and 16optometrists.

Dr. Halpern is involved in many Opti-cal Research Groups throughout the Unit-ed States and has published several arti-cles.

Dr. Halpern has been a member of theDover Lions Club, the Robbins Hose

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Company, and is a member of the Boardof Directors of the Central DelawareChamber of Commerce.

A proclamation from Gov. Ruth AnnMinner in observance of Delaware SmallBusiness Week recognized the five nomi-nees, Lyndon Byler, Dr. Joel Halpern,“Sonny” Khrum, Dee Hake DeMolen andDoreen Lucas, and Eric Schaeffer as out-standing Small Business Persons.

Alex Pires, Jr. honored Alex Pires, Jr., of Dewey Beach was

honored by the Sussex County Fire Ser-vice at the association meeting May 23,hosted by the Frankford Fire Company.The association thanked him for his con-tributions and support to Sussex CountyEmergency Services.

For six years, the BayCenter, of DeweyBeach, under Pires’ leadership has hosteda recognition event honoring Fire, E.M.S.and Police Agencies across Sussex Coun-ty. This year’s event had approximately250 people in attendance.

Pires received a Resolution from theCounty Firemen’s Association, as well aspresentations from the Sussex Ladies Aux-iliary. Sen. George Bunting made a pres-entation on behalf of the Legislature andCounty Council President Lynn Rogersmade a presentation on behalf of theCounty Council.

Pires made remarks stating how hegrew up in a small town in New England.

With several family members being a partof the town’s Fire Dept. he gained a greatrespect for the contributions its membersmade to the town and how the fire depart-ment was the focal point of the town.

Chambers want ‘Comp’ reformWorkers compensation reform and re-

ducing energy consumption in the face ofrising costs were the top topics at theDelaware State Chamber of Commerce’sEnd-of-Session Legislative Brunch & An-nual Retail and Small Business Confer-ence. Close to 200 people attended theevent, which was presented by the Dela-ware State Chamber of Commerce, theDelaware Retail Council and the SmallBusiness Alliance at the Sheraton Dover.

State Chamber president and CEOJames A. Wolfe outlined the State Cham-ber’s position on workers compensationreform during the Brunch. “Every otherstate in the nation has significantly revisedits workers comp system – except forDelaware,” he said. “It’s been more than70 years since we’ve made significantchanges to our system. It’s time. We havesome of the highest workers comp rates inthe nation.”

Terry R. Spence, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, said, “We need to havea workers compensation bill passed” thathelps business and benefits the workingmen and women of Delaware.

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spokesperson, DelDOT officials declaredthe spillway structure stable on Mondayafternoon and patients were moved backinto the facility on Monday afternoon.

Marvel said that the department is nowevaluating routes with the number of roadclosures. “We are considering placing anengine out in the Woodland area becausewe are not sure how long the roads will beout in that area,” he said.

Many businesses are impactedSeveral businesses in the Seaford area

received extensive damage particularlyalong the U.S. 13 corridor and at the inter-section of Rt. 20 and Craig’s Pond Roadjust outside of Seaford at Chapel Branch.Businesses included Don-Lee Margin andService Glass at Chapel Branch, Callaway,Farnell and Moore on Stein Highway andThe Hobby Stop, Advanced Auto Parts,Block Buster, i.g. Burton, Frederick Ford,Peninsula Chiropractic, Bi-Rite

It was impossible to get into the Wal-Mart and Food Lion parking lots on Sun-day and into most of the day Monday.

Steve Theis, who has his photographybusiness on Williams Pond Park at BeaverDam, woke up early Sunday morning andnever anticipated what would occur thenext few hours. He ended up with threefeet of water in his basement studio withabout $20,000 in loss to furniture and oth-er items.

“I’m moving the studio and not puttingup with this anymore,” he said. He wasalso hit with flood water two years agowhen the dam busted at Hearn’s Pond, butit was minor compared to the damage thistime around.

Theis said that the problem is that theflood gates at the dam at the spillway atWilliams Pond were not removed quicklyenough. “I will take part of the blame forthat. With the forecast, we probably shouldhave removed some early Saturday after-noon,” he said.

The pond is owned by the WilliamsPond Association and members areresponsible for the gates. “But in an emer-gency like this, the state is glad to do it,”Theis said.

He said that in an extreme conditionwith a large water flow, removing theboards is a laborious and dangerous situa-tion.

State workers worked from 7 a.m. to 1p.m. to remove the boards that serve asgates at the dam to release some of thewater in the pond. The gates at Hearn’sPond are hydraulic and don’t have to man-ually be removed.

“They have solved the problem atHearn’s Pond but created another problemhere. I’ve spoke with some politiciansabout it but it’s fallen on deaf ears. Weneed to have our dam replaced. It’s oldand antiquated,” he said.

“By 10 a.m. I had five inches of waterin the basement and by 2 p.m. I had threefeet,” he said. “The water was coming in

like a river.”

Damage in Wilmar VillageOne of the hardest hit areas in Seaford

was Wilmar Village behind Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church. Three homeshave collapsed basements and severalmore have water damage.

Gas crews have been working almostaround the clock since Sunday to restoregas service to the area. According toBerley Mears, the city’s supervisor of pub-lic works, the gas company cut off servicebecause of several line breaks on Sundayand is replacing all gas lines in the neigh-borhood.

Woodland has water againPatty MacArthur, who owns a home in

Woodland on Woodland Road, receivedextensive water damage, but not from thecreek behind her home that feeds into theNanticoke River. “It was like a wall ofwater coming down the road,” she said.“Before I knew it, there was foot of waterin the house.”

Bill Royal, who lives along the banksof the Nanticoke River, had a surprise visitfrom his son, Jack Royal. His son, wholives in eastern Sussex, became concernedabout his father on Sunday, purchased akayak (just in case he needed it) and tookoff for Seaford.

He had trouble getting to Woodland, sohe approached from the Bethel side of theriver, parked his vehicle at the ferry slipand kayaked across the river to check onhis father.

Water on fields impacts farmersCory Whaley, an agriculture agent with

the cooperative extension service inGeorgetown, said that farmers were hop-ing for rain, but what they received wasnot helpful. “We have gone from oneextreme to another here,” he said. “It lookslike the farmers on the west side ofSeaford took the Maryland line took thebiggest hit, but there is water everywhere.”

Whaley said that farmers cannot getinto their fields because of standing waterand wet conditions and that has interruptedwheat harvesting and delayed soybeanplanting. In addition, he said that existingsoybean and corn crops that are underwater are in peril. “It depends on how longthey are under water. At the very least, wewill see reduced yields in low-lyingareas,” he said.

He said that the major concern is thefresh market vegetables that are pickedaround the first week of July - cucumbersand sweet corn. “If it gets too far alongand farmers can’t get into the fields topick, they will not be marketable and weare looking at a lot of lost money. It’s pret-ty close to that now,” he said. “We arewatching and hoping that things dry outfast. But it doesn’t look like the weatherwill be cooperating.”

Some farmers in the area were bringingin pumps trying to remove excess waterfrom their fields.

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Jimmy's Grille restaurant andcatering business, Bridgeville,have been sold for $2.5 million.First order of business, said AlexPires, principal owner and man-aging partner of Highway One,Dewey Beach, which took overthe restaurant June 16, is to cleanthe place up.

"I think that people who usedto go there became offended bytwo things," said Pires, 58. "First,the restaurant was not clean. Ourfirst job is to clean the place up,clean the bathrooms and kitchen.Second, they were offended byJimmy himself and his troubleswith the law. Those two thingswere strikes against it, and thosetwo things are gone."

Jimmy's was owned by JamesTennefoss, who in recent yearshas run afoul of local, state andfederal laws. Under his agree-ment with Highway One, he isbanned from operating a restau-

rant or catering business in Kentand Sussex counties.

Pires, whose company alsoowns several businesses inDewey Beach including theRusty Rudder restaurant, the Bot-tle and Cork bar, Venus on theHalf Shell restaurant, J.D. Shuck-ers restaurant and the DeweyBeach Liquor Store, said that twothings, in addition to the name,will remain the same in Jimmy'sGrille: the quality of the food andthe prices.

"What's valuable about Jim-my's is the recipes," he said. "Thefood there is excellent and Jimmyalways bought the highest-qualityingredients, more so than anyoneI know. That's why the food is sogood."

And why, he added, Jimmy'sdoes such a high volume of cater-ing: Last year, the restaurant had800 catering jobs, an amountPires called "crazy."

"In contrast, at the Rusty Rud-der we did about 90 catered

events last year, and 45 wed-dings," he added.

Pires said that Jimmy's 90 em-ployees will remain with thecompany. In addition, he hopes tohave the next-door 300-seat ban-quet hall, which Tennefoss con-structed but never used, open byAug. 1. The hall will be availableto rent for parties, weddings andother events; Pires will also use itfor the several fund-raising din-ners he anticipates having.

"We do a lot of free charityevents," he said. "Every year, wefeed all the police, and we feedall the nurses. We did fund-rais-ing after Katrina, after 9/11.That's my big thing. Jimmy reallyslapped the hand of the commu-nity, and that created problemsfor him."

Pires also plans to get in-volved in the town. He is apply-ing for annexation into town lim-its, "so we can get better water

and sewer," and hopes that serv-ice clubs like Kiwanis and Lionswill start meeting in his restau-rant. He also wants to host festi-vals in the facility, festivals thatwill become part of Bridgeville'straditions. The Rusty Rudder ishome to the Delaware Music Fes-tival, the Dewey Beach Popfest,the High Tide Jamfest, the ElvisFestival and the Dewey BeachAmericana Music Fest.

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The Sussex County Councilhas given its blessing to a pro-posed $140 million budget for the2007 fiscal year.

The council, at its June 20meeting, approved the proposedFiscal Year 2007 budget, whichwill keep property tax rates un-changed, while using additionalrevenue from sources such as therealty transfer tax to increasefunding for enhanced public safe-ty, improved libraries and new fa-cilities. The budget is approxi-mately $3 million more, or 2.1percent, over the current year’s$137 million budget.

Council voted 5-0 to approvethe new plan, which was unveiledlast month and the subject of apublic hearing on June 20. Coun-cil also held public hearings for,and approved, proposed assess-ment rolls and annual servicecharges for county sewer users.

The new budget, as well as thenew assessment rolls and sewerrates, takes effect July 1.

Officials noted that the adoptedbudget keeps in place the county’sproperty tax rate of 44.5 cents per$100 of assessed value, makingthis the 16th consecutive budgetin which the rate has remained thesame.

However, some rates, particu-larly for sewer users, will change,in large part because of substan-tial increases in fuel and electrici-ty prices during the last year.Users in most of the county’s 15sewer districts will see rate in-creases, ranging anywhere from 1percent to 9 percent, to help coverthe costs of increased power andfuel prices. Sussex County’s four

sewage treatment plants are thelargest consumers of electricity inthe county’s budget.

County administrator Robert L.Stickels said taking into accountseveral factors, particularly risingfuel and energy prices, made thisbudget an especially difficult oneto put together. “This is my 19thbudget, and by far, this was themost complex in all my years atthe county,” Stickels said.

The new budget includes fund-ing for, among other things:

• A 20 percent increase in pub-lic safety, to $21 million, for para-medics, the continuation of a con-tract with Delaware State Policefor additional troopers and locallaw enforcement grants;

• A new county administrativeoffice annex, to be built in down-town Georgetown;

• Continued open space andagriculture land preservation;

• Planning to begin on im-provements at two county-run li-braries;

• Salary increases of 3.5 per-cent, plus $500 in energy assis-tance, to full-time employees.

Council president Lynn B.Rogers praised the county’s budg-et team for its diligence in craft-ing a budget that is sensible, yetresponsive to the needs of a grow-ing county. The team includes fi-nance director David B. Baker,accounting director Susan M.Webb and Stickels, who will retireNov. 1.

“As always, the budget com-mittee has given us, and the peo-ple, another responsible budgetfor the next year,” Rogers said.“We’re grateful for that.”

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Last year at this time, Steve Rubinowas in the hospital. The traditionalIndependence Day decorations that hisfamily put up at their Laurel home weresubdued: a flag here, a banner there.

This year, they are going all out. "Weare celebrating two years in one," saidSteve's wife, Lil.

On Friday, Steve, 47, and Lil, 44, withthe help of their four children, werepulling red, white and blue decorations,including a 3-foot plastic Uncle Sam andtwo 4-foot Uncle Sam planters, from theattic. And Lil was planning a pre-July 4shopping spree.

"I always go through the stores and findnew things," she said.

Steve said he has always enjoyed July 4and the fireworks that come with it. "ThenI married a fireworks baby" — Lil's birth-day is July 4 — "and it become moreimportant to celebrate."

"The kids have always wanted to deco-rate for Mom's birthday," added Lil. Thefamily's decorations started out 11 yearsago, when they moved into the CentralAvenue home, as simple cutouts of stars.As the children got older — Tony is 15,Josh is 14, Shaughn is 13 and Breanna is11 — the homemade cutouts made way formore sophisticated decorations.

Both Lil and Steve love the fact that

Laurel celebrates July 4 with an annualparade and downtown festival. Theircleaning business, Squeaky Clean, isalways closed for the day and they canwatch the parade from their front porch.The family also enjoys the breakfast atCentenary United Methodist Church, thecraft and food vendors spread throughoutdowntown and, of course, the closing fire-works.

"I think Laurel's celebration is great,"said Steve, a Laurel native. "They go allout. It is the best one in the county."

The annual celebration will be Tuesday,July 4, starting at 7:30 p.m. with theCentenary breakfast that the Rubinos soenjoy.

This year's Red, White and Blue Paradewill start at 9 a.m. instead of at the tradi-tional 10:30 a.m. and will march alongCentral Avenue, south to north. The themefor this year's parade is "honoringAmerica's heroes."

New this year will be several entertain-ers in the field north of Broad Creek,where the carnival will be set up. A Punchand Judy puppet show will be presentedfour times throughout the day. In addition,clown duo Side by Side as well asLollipop the Clown will be entertainingthe crowds in the carnival grounds.

Much of the entertainment will takeplace in Laurel's downtown park.Entertainers will include Jerry Jones, theJones Boys and Pink Grass, an all-womanbluegrass band. The Humanaires willround out the entertainment, singing from7 p.m. until about 30 minutes before the

start of the fireworks.Also on the stage will be the popular

watermelon seed spitting contest, wherearea politicians spit seeds for distance. Thecontest will get under way at 2:45 p.m.

Another popular festival tradition, thetalent show, will also be at the stage, start-ing at 3 p.m.

A car show will be held in the area ofLaureltowne from 9 a.m. to noon. Amotorcycle show will be set up in theparking lot across from Wilmington Trust,beginning at 10 a.m.

The carnival will operate Saturdaythrough Tuesday. Sunday is armband day,meaning that children will be able to rideall the rides for one price. Proceeds fromthe carnival will benefit the chamber.

As they did last year, members of theNanticoke nation will perform throughoutthe festival area.

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requirements of the agreement with thetown, allowing him to move forward withthe project.

“We’re hoping to work things out,” saidWittig, who pointed out that he won’t beable to utilize two pad sites until the bill-board is removed. “We’re going to stillvehemently and aggressively try to workout a deal to get the billboard out.”

The Planning and Zoning Commissionrecommended waiving the requirement toremove the billboard prior to March 2008,but Delmar Council members had someconcerns.

“This issue effects me a lot. The cham-ber weighed in heavy on the sign ordi-nance,” said councilwoman DianeBuckley. “How could you purchase a pieceof property and not know what is con-veyed on the property when you buy it?”

“I can tell you the last thing I want infront of that shopping center is that bill-board,” Wittig responded.

Wittig said the 10-year lease for thebillboard was signed by the previousowner of the land in 1988. It automaticallyrenewed in 1998 because the landownerdidn’t give notice to have it renewed.Wittig, who said he has already given thesign owner notice that he is not renewingthe lease in 2008, said the only options hehas is waiting until it runs out in March2008 or come to an agreement with thesign owner to buy him out.

“You knew the sign needed to be goneinitially. Every time you get a little fartheryou say you can’t get rid of this sign,” saidDelmar (Del.) mayor John Outten.

Councilman Lonnie Figgs suggestedthat the council, which was missing twomembers, wait a month to allow the devel-oper to work things out with the signowner. Wittig said he will soon need to getcertificates of occupancy (COs) and wouldrather not wait a month to do so.

The council, with only three memberspresent, could not get a motion and a sec-ond to allow the developer to keep thesign up until the lease runs out (or soonerif he could come to an agreement with thesign owner).

Buckley said she couldn’t approve themotion because she has received phonecalls from citizens who want the sign onthe billboard (advertising the Canton Inn,a men’s club in Seaford) taken down.

“If you remove Canton Inn I’m sure thecitizens I represent will be a whole lothappier,” Buckley said.

The council decided to table the issueuntil next month’s meeting. Wittig said hewould at least try to get the sign owner toget rid of the Canton Inn sign at the end ofthe establishment’s contract with the signowner.

Town council notesTown manager Sara Bynum-King

reported that a Delmar Diner annexationproposal will go before the Planning andZoning Commission in the near future.The diner, located near the intersection ofroutes 13 and 54 in Maryland, is currentlyconnected to the town’s sewer systemthrough Wicomico urban services.

Bynum-King said proposed changes tothe town’s ordinance on abandoned vehi-cles would be on the agenda for July’smeeting. The Delaware Solid WasteAuthority will also speak to the councilduring the Joint Council meeting on July31 about starting a recycling program intown.

Buckley announced that the DelmarvaDay in the Park, which was rained out inJune, is tentatively scheduled for August26. The Delmar Chamber of Commercesponsored event is celebrating its 30thanniversary this year.

Several citizens of Holly Lakeaddressed the council concerning com-plaints about activity at the Saturn dealer-ship. The residents said they were guaran-teed by the highway administration andthe town (in 1995) that there would be noactivity on the west side of Holly Lane,near the entrance of Holly Lake.

Bynum-King said the town sent a letterto the dealership after receiving com-plaints from area residents earlier thisyear.

Residents at Monday’s meeting said thedealership is parking cars near the devel-opment’s entrance, causing traffic prob-lems when customers look at the cars.They also complained about loud musiccoming from a van on the premises.

The car dealership’s managers told thetown it will have a concept plan on how itwill do things differently. According toDelmar (Md.) mayor Doug Niblett, thetown will send the company another letterand will try to set up a meeting.

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By Tony E. Windsor

The town of Laurel will hold a majorcommunity celebration Tuesday in honorof July 4th. But there are also a few otherthings the town has to celebrate.

During the Monday, June 19, meetingof Laurel Town Council, town financeofficer Mary Intracaso gave her monthlyreport. In the report she informed thecouncil that at this point, the town has col-lected 99 percent of its scheduled propertytaxes.

Budgeted at $645,000, the propertytaxes collected as of May 1 are $638,823.

In the 2006 FY budget, the town hadforecasted $20,000 in delinquent propertytaxes. However, to date, only $5,743 hasbeen logged as delinquent.

Intracaso also pointed out that in itsforecast for the budget, the town hadscheduled transfer taxes to amount to$100,000 in 2006. The transfer tax is col-lected by the town based on property sales.As of May 1, the transfer tax figure wasactually $186,550, up by 187 percent overthe forecast. Intracaso said that by the endof the budget year, which ends June 30,the town may very well have even highertransfer tax figures.

She also pointed out that the budgetwas forecasted to raise $329,926 in wateruser fees and $709,308 in sewer user fees.As of May 1, the town has collected over80 percent of these fees. Intracaso said thatshe feels confident that by the end of thebudget these forecasts will be reached or

possibly exceeded. In the area of septic hauling fees rev-

enue, Intracaso said that 67 percent of theforecasted $210,000 has been reached.Here, she told the council, is another rev-enue area that she feels will be at budgetby June 30.

Overall, last year’s budget is up by anestimated 149 percent over the forecastedrevenues.

Senior housing project under wayIn his monthly report, Laurel code offi-

cer Paul Frick said that permits have beenissued to break ground on expanding sen-ior housing at Laurel Commons on CentralAvenue across from the Laurel HighSchool. Frick said this is phase two of theexpansion of the housing complex andinvolves the construction of 20 more hous-ing units. He said this is a positive thingdue to the interest in the community forthe senior housing.

“Currently, there are 76 people on thewaiting list at Laurel Commons, so thisexpansion is certainly welcome,” he said.

Frick also announced that a public hear-ing was held by the Laurel Planning andZoning Committee recently to discussplans for a large parcel development alongDiscountland Road (Sussex 468).Formerly known as Village Brook, theproperty is being developed with plans for361 new residential units. The planningand zoning committee approved plans forthe development and the issue will be

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Laurel Mayor John Shwed said thedevelopment will be built to the town’sspecifications and internal roadways willeventually be turned over to the town formaintenance.

Frick also said that the town has issuedover $2 million in building permits. Ofthis, $1.5 million involves new construc-tion of residential properties. The permitstranslate to revenue for the town in theamount of $15,500.

The code department is also warningresidents about adhering to the town’sweed and grass ordinances. If grass is notcut to meet the town’s code, the town willnotify property owners and if there is non-compliance, the town will cut the grassand bill the property owner.

“The smallest lot in Laurel will cost$156 in fees to have the town cut thegrass. I can’t for the life of me understandwhy anyone would want to pay $156 tohave their grass cut,” Frick said.

Also in council business, Police ChiefMichael “Jamie” Wilson said that he hasbeen notified by the Delaware SPCA(Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals) that as of July 1, the GeorgetownSPCA office will no longer respond tocomplaints of stray dogs roaming thestreets.

Wilson said the Kent County office ofthe SPCA will now handle animal com-plaints for the entire state. He said theKent County SPCA has received $2.7 mil-

lion from the state of Delaware to handledog control throughout the state.

Wilson said the Georgetown office ofthe SPCA will remain in operation, butfocus more on cases of animal cruelty.

Councilman William Trujillo asked ifthis means that complaints will have atleast a 45-minute response time due toofficers having to respond from Dover.Wilson told Trujillo that 45 minutes hasalways been an average response time forthe SPCA.

“We have been told by the DelawareSPCA that we will see no change in theservice we receive when calling aboutstray animals,” Wilson said.

Town revenues exceed forecast by 149 percent

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The town had scheduled

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is collected by the town based on

property sales. As of May 1, the

transfer tax figure was actually

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the forecast. By the end of the

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By Deborah Mitchell

When you think of soothingmusic, elegant table settings, thesoft glow of a candlelit room, andthe doting of professionally cladwait staff, what comes to mind?

How about evening gowns,gentlemen in their finery, a delec-table meal and classical entertain-ment? All this and more was en-joyed on June 24, at the Cather-ine Camper Building on Rt. 9 inLaurel in celebration of the de-but of a new business venture,Revolving Doors.

Revolving Doors is a Christ-ian business coalition consistingof four separately owned andcompatible businesses, KingdomKaterers, Highest Praise Produc-tions, Anointed Vision Photogra-phy and Divine Video Produc-tions. The group offers eventplanning for all occasions.

Formed in February, Revolv-ing Doors put on Saturdayevening’s luxury event to intro-duce the businesses to the com-munity. Entertainment included aclassical dance performance byKiana Hinton as well as an inter-pretive dance performed by Tim-othy Palmer and Jordan Brown.The highlight of the night was amusical performance by record-ing violinist Eric L Taylor.

Taylor, accomplished in bothviolin and cello, is self-taughtwith no formal instruction andhas been a featured performer atShowTime at the Apollo Theaterin New York City. According tohis biography as read by mistressof ceremonies Joyce Sessoms,“Eric L. Taylor is an exceptionalartist reaching new plateaus in vi-olin and gospel music. He ap-peals to all audiences young andseasonal.”

Taylor entertained the groupwith gospel and classical violinpieces, commanding severalstanding ovations.

Charles Webb Sr., president ofRevolving Doors, introduced thenew business venture and itsowners. He told the audience, “Iam so excited.”

He said the group came to-gether as a result of a vision hehad many years ago. Prior tojoining Kingdom Katerers, he re-ceived a “calling” to empowerpeople and help others but at thetime was not sure what directionto go in. The members of thecoalition are all members ofUnited Deliverance Bible Centerin Laurel who work on churchprojects together. Through dis-cussion, they realized that bycombining their efforts under oneumbrella, the group could offerone-stop shopping for majorevent planning.

“God gave me a vision and Ithank God he prepared theirhearts so when the time came,they were ready,” said Webb.

The goal of the organization isto provide personalized full-range

event planning. Said NashelleMorris, whose husband JasonMorris operates Anointed VisionPhotography, “We take away thestress of putting together anevent.”

According to Morris, all infor-mation is combined in one packetand sent out to prospective cus-tomers for viewing. A meeting isthen scheduled with all parties atone time to analyze needs, dis-cuss options and finalize plans.

“If services from all four of usare used, a bundle discount is ap-plied,” said Morris.

By teaming up with otherbusinesses for referrals, otherservices are also available suchas venue selection and decorat-ing.

“We are also able to pull otherservices together, through net-working,” Morris said. “We areblessed and we want to be ablessing to others as well.”

Sessoms, of Laurel, said thatshe contacted the Delaware SmallBusiness Office to inquire aboutminority businesses. “I was toldthere are 84 minority businessregistered in the state ofDelaware and none have formeda corporation,” she said.

“We have our business licenseand we hope to form a corpora-tion in the state of Delawaresoon,” Webb added.

“This is history in the mak-ing,” said Sessoms.

The owners of the organiza-tion have full-time careers sepa-rate from their venture. GaryFlowers, 38, of Georgetown, hasbeen a part time disc jockey andsound system specialist for al-most 20 years and has owned andoperated Highest Praise Produc-tions for 10. “I like to set an at-mosphere,” he said. “I knowwhat music to choose for the oc-casion.”

Kunta Stanley, 29, of Cam-bridge, a videographer and em-ployee of WBOC TV for 10years, started Divine Video Pro-ductions five months ago. Ac-cording to Stanley, he and oneother coalition member joinedservices for Salisbury Day in thePark. “I am surrounded by goodpeople that want to help others.No one in Revolving Doors isabout self, we are here to helpwho we can. It takes a team,” hesaid.

Nashelle Morris, 29, and Ja-son Morris, 30, of Delmar, Md.,operate Anointed Visions Photog-raphy from their home. Jasonspecializes in photography for alloccasions including weddings.

Charles Webb Sr., 40, formedKingdom Katerers with Lisa Hin-ton in February. “We can cater toevery event in your life,” saidWebb.

Hinton, 43, of Seaford, hasbeen in the catering business fornearly three years. The nameKingdom Katerers, she said, re-flects the type of business they

wish to operate. “There is a lot ofcompetition out there. We do notwant to be your typical caterer;we want to offer something ele-gant and unusual. We want to bea blessing to all we are involvedwith,” Hinton said.

According to Sessoms, amember of United DeliveranceBible Center, the group is notonly about business. The group isfamily oriented and spouses aswell as children are involved inthe business process. “This is agroup of young people workingtogether, having fun, forming re-lationships, becoming a family,and learning from one another,”she said. “We need to continue toencourage and empower ouryoung people.”

Sponsors for the grand open-ing event were Revolving Doors,Bill and Christy Brown of Bar-gain Bill’s, Carlton W Stanleyand Joyce Sessoms. RevolvingDoors can be accessed on the in-ternet at www.revolvingdoors.orgwhere a link to each business isprovided, or by calling 628-3916.


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Four businesses join forces to provide event planning

Top, from left: Tawanda Stanley,Kunta Stanley, Karen Flowers,Gary Flowers, Veronica Webb,Charles Webb, Carl Hinton, LisaHinton, Nikki Morris and JasonMorris. Right, from left: GaryFlowers of Highest Praise Pro-ductions, Charles Webb Sr. ofKingdom Katerers and KuntaStanley of Divine Video Produc-tions. Photos by DeborahMitchell


WATER DAMAGE - The interiors of three businesses on Rt. 20 at Chapel Branch weredestroyed by a wall of water. This is what one office looked like at Service Glass. Photo byRonald MacArthur

MAJOR DAMAGE - A truck is upended in mud behind Don Lee Margin off Rt. 20 justoutside Seaford. Heavy damage was done by the small Chapel Branch creek that becamea six-foot high wall of water. Photo by Ronald MacArthur


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U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Congress-man Mike Castle and USDA Rural Devel-opment state director Marlene Elliott visit-ed the Laurel Library Friday to announcemore than $30,000 in federal grant fundsthat will help pay for furniture to supportthe recently completed expansion project.“Libraries are a great resource for ourcommunities, providing a place to congre-gate, share, and learn,” said Carper. “I amencouraged that the Laurel Library is con-tinuing in that tradition but that it is alsoworking to meet the demands of a grow-ing 21st century with free internet accessand access to electronic resources. I ampleased that the USDA has provided fund-ing for such a worthwhile cause.”

The library held an open house May 20to showcase its new facility and on Fridaythe federal officials got a personal tour tosee the library in action. “Libraries arecrucial to any community, for adults andchildren looking to learn and expand theirworlds,” said Castle. “With this new furni-ture for the beautifully renovated facilitieshere at Laurel, I hope that more local resi-dents will be enticed to come and utilizeall that the Laurel library has to offer suchas the new meeting rooms and computers.I am extremely pleased to be involved inthis funding announcement today for theimprovement of an important community

asset.”The library tripled in size and now has

approximately 22,000 square feet of spacewith a genealogy section, meeting roomsand computers. “Community libraries arethe heart of small town excellence,” saidElliott. “They offer an environment thatnurtures learning for all who walk throughtheir doors. What we do at USDA RuralDevelopment is to help improve the quali-ty of life and increase economic opportu-nity in rural America, what better way toreturn the people’s money than tostrengthen a community library.”

The Laurel library is one of more than15 community libraries in the state. “Thelibrary is quite a change,” said Ed Ralph,president of the Laurel Public Libraryboard of commissioners. “It is three and ahalf times the space we originally had, andthanks to the community we have not hadto obtain a loan; we are $25,000 awayfrom reaching our fund raising goal. Weare especially appreciative of this grantfrom USDA Rural Development for furni-ture and other items for which the statecould not cost share in.”

The library hours are Monday throughThursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2p.m.

Left, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Mike Castle second from right, join Ed Ralph, pres-ident of Laurel Library Commission, and Marlene Elliott of USDA Rural Developmentas they award a $30,300 grant to Laurel Public Library for furniture for the building.Photo by Pat Murphy.

Grant will buy library furniture


Flooding at Chapel Branch on Rt. 20 west of Seaford caused major damage to three businesses located at the intersection. In the pho-to, a wrecker from Carey’s removes a stalled-out car from the water - a scene repeated countless times on Sunday. Photo by RonaldMacArthur

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARDBENEFIT EVENTS

LYNYRD SKYNYRD BENEFIT CONCERTTickets are on sale for the July 4th LynyrdSkynyrd benefit concert at Perdue Stadium, Sal-isbury. Proceeds will benefit the Western SussexBoys & Girls Club. Fireworks will follow. Doorsopen at 5:30 p.m. For information, phone 410-219-3112.

CONCERT FOR BUILDING FUNDGospel concert to benefit the Nanticoke SeniorCenter building fund, Sunday, July 16, 2 to 4p.m. Blades Fire Hall. Free-will offering and re-freshments. Phone 629-9794 or 629-4236.

BASKET TO BENEFIT LITTLE LEAGUENanticoke Little League has a LongabergerKnick Knack Basket for sale. The cost is $55and contains baseball tacks as well as ablue/yellow stripe around the top of the basket.All proceeds benefit Nanticoke Little League. Formore information, contact Heather Byrd at 629-5400 or 875-2947.

COURSES

DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSELaurel Senior Center AARP defensive drivingcourse for beginners, July 12, 13. Cost $10. Call875-2536 to sign up.

OSTEO ARTHRITIS TALK“Don’t Let Osteo Arthritis of the Knee Become aPain.” Dr. Choy will be at the Laurel Senior Cen-ter at 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 12, to talk aboutsigns, symptoms, causes and up to date treat-ment information. Open to the public and free ofcharge. Light refreshments will be served.

FOOD

CHICKEN BREAST DINNERThe Seaford Elks Lodge honey mustard chickenbreast dinner, Saturday, July 1, 6 p.m. Au gratinpotatoes, peas, dessert, rolls and coffee. Price$7 for adults and children 10 or over. Carry outsavailable. The Seaford Elks Lodge is located onElks Road north of Seaford. Call 629-2458 orJanice Cecil at 875-3810.

BREAKFAST IN BLADESThe Auxiliary of the Blades Volunteer Fire Com-pany will be serving an all-you-can-eat breakfaston July 2, at the fire house on the corner of 5thand Cannon streets, Blades. They will servefrom 8 a.m. till 11 a.m. Cost is $7 for adults, and$3 for children, 10 years and under. The menuconsists of all breakfast foods. The breakfasttakes place the first Sunday of each month atthe Blades Volunteer Fire Company Hall. Ques-tions, call 629-4896.

REUNIONS

WOODBRIDGE CLASS OF 1976A planning meeting for the Woodbridge HighSchool Class of ’76 30-year reunion, Monday,July 3, at 7 p.m., at the home of Leslie (Smith)Greenlee. Call Dottie (Breeding) Bauguess at629-9792, or Carol (Lockerman) Johnson at349-5195 for information. All class members arewelcome and encouraged to attend.

WOODBRIDGE CLASS OF 1986Woodbridge High School Class of 1986 20-yearclass reunion at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12, atthe Suicide Bridge Restaurant in Hurlock, Md.,on the air-conditioned “Choptank River Queen,”

a reproduction of an authentic 80-foot turn-of-the-century river boat. There will be a sit-downdinner with a menu of shrimp cocktail, crabcakes, and prime rib or stuffed chicken breast.Cocktails by cash bar. Cost will be $60 per per-son or $120 per couple. Dress is casual. Mailchecks no later than July 15 to: WoodbridgeHigh School Class of 1986, c/o Rhonda Van-Vorst, 1150 Hickman Road, Greenwood, DE,19950. Call Russ Carlisle (302-228-9145); orRhonda VanVorst (Green) (302-245-6546).

MEETINGS

MARINE CORPS LEAGUEThe Marine Corps League meets the first Thurs-day of each month, at 7:30 p.m. at the Log Cab-in in Seaford. This month will be July 6.

SUSSEX LADIES AUXILIARYSussex County Volunteer Firemen’s Ladies Aux-iliaries Association meeting Wednesday, July 19,at the Ellendale firehouse. Dinner will be servedat 7 p.m. with the business meeting to follow.Call Crystal J. Chaffinch at 629-6904 for moreinformation.

NEW TOPS GROUP FORMSTOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a non-profitweight loss support group, meets Tuesdays from12:30 to 2 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church, AtlantaRoad, Seaford. For more information, contactJean Davis at 410-883-3407.

SPECIAL EVENTS

NANTICOKE AUXILIARY BOOK FAIRNanticoke Health Services Auxiliary book fair,Thursday, June 29, Friday, June 30, 7 a.m. to 4p.m., Nanticoke Memorial Hospital lobby. Selec-tion of books, computer software, music toysand gifts.

ART SHOW IN LEWES40th annual art show, St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch Women, Lewes, Saturday, July 1, 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Lunch, raffles and music. More than100 artists and artisans will be taking part.Phone 645-8423 for more information.

LAUREL’S JULY 4TH CELEBRATION12th annual Old Fashioned Independence DayCelebration, Tuesday, July 4, Laurel. Events allday concluding including the Red, White andBlue Parade, talent show, vendors, entertain-ment, food, watermelon seed spitting contest,

rides and ending with fireworks. Contact theLaurel Chamber of Commerce at 875-9319.

FIREWORKS IN BRIDGEVILLE JULY 1Fireworks at Heritage Shores, Bridgeville, Satur-day, July 1, 9 p.m. Visitors are urged to view thefireworks from outside the development.

LAUREL CONCERT IN THE PARKLaurel concert, Sunday, July 2, CC Rider, bringlawn chairs, Market Street Park, 7 to 9 p.m.

LUNCH CRUISESuicide Bridge luncheon cruise, Tuesday, July11, sponsored by the Laurel Senior Center. Call875-2536 for more information.

NANTICOKE RIVERFEST12th annual Nanticoke Riverfest in downtownSeaford, Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15.Entertainment, food, carnival, children’s activi-ties, float-in, mayor’s challenge, car and motor-cycle shows, vendors and more. Headliner con-cert on Friday night is the Funsters. Contact thecity of Seaford at 629-9173.

CONCERT AT ROSS MANSIONChesapeake Brass Band concert, free, Gov.Ross Mansion lawn, Saturday, July 8, 5:30 p.m.,sponsored by city of Seaford and Seaford His-torical Society. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Incase of rain, the concert will be at the WesternSussex Boys & Girls Club. There will also betours of the mansion provided by the historicalsociety until 4:30 p.m. (tours are free to mem-bers).

FREE PERFORMANCE AT BEAR TRAPSixth annual free Summer Theatre Festival Fes-tival, July 13, 14, 15, 7:30 p.m., Ocean View, Vil-lage at Bear Trap Dunes (free admission). Ein-stein’s Breakfast featuring film, theatre and radiostar Maryellen Owens. Presented by Carl MFreeman Foundation.

CHAMBER’S SPEED NETWORKINGSpeed networking, Hampton Inn, U.S. 13,Seaford, Thursday, July 27, 5 to 7 p.m. RSVP tothe Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce at629-9690 by July 21.

TRIPS

TRIP TO PHILLIES GAMESChrist U.M. Church in Laurel will sponsor a tripto the Phillies-Braves game on Saturday, July22, at 1 p.m. The cost is $45 including the busand ticket. For more information, phone 875-4233.

SENIOR CENTER TRIPNanticoke Senior Center trip to Three Little Bak-ers for “The Sound of Music,” Wednesday, Aug.2, at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $60 for members and$65 for non-members. Call 629-4939.

YARD SALES

MT. PISGAH YARD SALEMt. Pisgah AME Church (Laurel) Women’s DayCommittee yard sale, Saturday, July 1, 6 a.m.,U.S. 13 south of McDonald’s, Bridgeville (lookfor the signs). Refreshments. Contact Twila An-derson for more information, 337-9585.

Submit Bulletin Board items byFriday at noon.E-mail: [email protected]: 628 West Stein Highway,Seaford, DE 19973Items appear in both the Seafordand Laurel Stars.Mail to: Star NewspapersPO Box 1000Seaford, DE 19973BEST BETS: ■ Put on your best red, white andblue outfit and take part in Laurel’sJuly 4th celebration. The paradestarts at 9 a.m. in downtown to kickoff a day of events that ends withfireworks that night.■ Lynyrd Skynyrd benefit concert,July 4, Perdue Stadium, Salisbury,for the Western Sussex Boys &Girls Club. Phone 629-8740 formore information.

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Is it only me, or does it seem like wejust celebrated Memorial Day? It’s hard tobelieve that the big Fourth of July holidaywill be here in a few days.

I like summer to take its time. I wanteach day to saunter along to September,maybe stopping to take a nap now andthen.

Inevitably, though, the days turn intoweeks more quickly than a lot of us wouldlike, so we need to make the most of eachone. Every day of this glorious seasonshould be celebrated like the wonderfulgift of nature that it is.

More than likely on this Fourth, you’llbe attending a celebration with friends orfamily. Take a tip from me — don’t askwhat you can bring if you’re not sure whatthe answer will be. When I asked thisquestion recently, the response I got was,“Why don’t you make potato salad?”

Oops. I can’t make a good potato salad.At least mine never tastes as good as, well,just about anybody else’s.

I decided that maybe I was trying toohard to be different, so when I found arecipe called “Old-Fashioned Potato Sal-ad” I jumped right on it. I’ve come to theconclusion that simpler is better. In thisrecipe, the alternative “boiled” dressing,that isn’t boiled at all, is very similar to

the one my husband’s grandmother used tomake but the basic mayonnaise sauce iseasier and quite tasty. This formula proba-bly comes as no surprise to most good po-tato salad makers but for me it was anepiphany.

Old-Fashioned Potato Salad Serves 6

2 pounds equal-size boiling potatoes 3 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped white onion 3 large hard-boiled eggs, chopped 1 cup mayonnaise or boiled dressing

(recipe below)

Cover potatoes with salted cold waterby 2 inches in a 3-quart saucepan and sim-

mer uncovered until just tender, 15 to 25minutes, depending on size of potatoes.Drain in a colander and cool slightly.

While potatoes are simmering, whisktogether vinegar and salt in large bowl un-til salt is dissolved.

When potatoes are just cool enough tohandle, peel and cut into 1-inch pieces,adding to vinegar mixture as cut, and tossgently with a rubber spatula to combine.Let cool to room temperature, then add re-maining ingredients and salt and pepper totaste and stir gently to combine. Serve atroom temperature or chilled.

Gourmet, June 2002

Boiled Dressing Makes 1 and 1/2 cups

3 large eggs yolks 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1 and 1/4 cups whole milk 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 3 tablespoons unsalted butter Large bowl of ice and cold water

Whisk eggs with flour, sugar, salt andmustard in a 1-quart saucepan, then gradu-

ally whisk in milk and vinegar. Cook overmoderately low heat, stirring constantlywith a wooden spoon, until very thick andmixture registers 160 degrees on an in-stant-read thermometer. (Do not let boil.)Pour through sieve into a metal bowl, thenstir in butter until melted.

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■ 12th annual Nanticoke Riverfest, July 14and 15, downtown Seaford. Events start at5 p.m. on Friday night and continue all daySaturday. Website: www.nanticokeriver-fest.com or call 629-9173.

If you want to get wet and or get outonto the water during the 12th annualNanticoke Riverfest July 14 and 15 inSeaford, you are in luck. There are severalevents planned to showcase the NanticokeRiver - the namesake of the event.

In fact, the event that started it all isstill the main attraction of the Riverfest,the Nanticoke Float-In. This year’s float-in will start at 10:30 a.m. (one hour afterthe start of high tide at Sharptown, Md.)on Saturday, July 15, at the launch site atBenz Urology on U.S. 13 (across fromSeaford Ice).

Friends getting together to float on theriver 12 years ago is the idea behind to-day’s Riverfest. According to RonMacArthur, one of the founders of theevent, several friends got together duringthe spring to plan a float trip down theNanticoke.

MacArthur coordinated the float-in forthe first 10 years.

“As the group grew from a few peopleto a crowd, we realized that this had be-come an event,” he said. “The NanticokeRiverfest was born.”

The Greater Seaford Chamber of Com-merce got on board as sponsor the firstyear with about 50 floaters taking part.“After the first year, we knew that theevent was a hit and WAS going to grow. Itreally took off when we were able to closeoff part of High Street for vendors andevents,” MacArthur said. “Over the pastfive years, the event has grown to thepoint that we added Friday night, quadru-pled the size of the committee and tripledthe budget. And the crowd has tripled aswell,” he added.

The last two years, more than 600 peo-ple have taken part in the float-in. “Andit’s hard to get an accurate number. Al-though people are supposed to check inand sign a waiver, we have hundreds whojust jump in along the route,” MacArthuradded. “Others come in up and down theriver. Last year, the first floaters were get-ting out of the water at the same time thelast floaters were just getting in. It’s be-come an exciting one-of-a-kind happen-ing.”

There are a few safety rules for thefloat-in. No motorized boats are permittedand everyone must have some sort offloating device (canoes and kayaks arepermitted). The committee urges everyoneto wear a lifejacket; they are required forall floaters 16 and under. Children must beaccompanied by a responsible adult.

There will be a limited number of tubes($10) and children’s ($5) and adult life-jackets ($10) available at registration on

Saturday. Registration ($1 per floateR)starts at 9:30 a.m. at the launch site.

Floaters will be taken out of the waterat the city’s canoe and kayak launch onWater Street.

Members of the Seaford and Bladesvolunteer fire departments will be on pa-trol during the float-in.

CANOE, KAYAK RACES - At thetime the float-in is over at noon, the canoeand kayak races will begin. According tothe chairman of the races, Mike McGroer-ty, this year’s races will have a differenttwist. “This year, there is no official se-ries, so many of the serious racers fromout-of-state will probably not be here,” hesaid. “In the past, they have scared offmany of our local people. So, we areinviting them back. They have a good rea-son to come back to the event now.”

Registration for the canoe and kayakraces starts at 10:30 a.m. in the area ofWater Street just one block east of Gate-way Park. The cost of $10 includes an of-ficial “Tugging on the Nanticoke” T-shirt.There is competition in several categories.For more information, contact McGroertyat 628-1200.

FISHING TOURNAMENT - Anotherone of the most popular Riverfest eventstakes place on the river on Saturday. Theyouth fishing tournament starts at noon onthe Nanticoke Riverwalk. The tournamentis open to youth ages 3 and above. Prizeswill be awarded in three age groups. Par-ticipants should furnish their own rods (al-though a limited amount will be available)and bait will be provided. Volunteers willalso be available to help youngsters whohave not fished before. All participantsshould be accompanied by an adult.

The trophies are on display at SeafordCity Hall, 414 High Street, in downtownSeaford.

BOAT RIDES - People will have achance to take a leisurely boat ride on theNanticoke River on Saturday afternoon.Pontoon boat rides will be available from4 to 5 p.m., leaving from the NanticokeRiverwalk. Tickets for the rides ($2 eachor $5 per family) can be purchased fromthe Riverfest information booth on HighStreet during the day.

DUCK DASH - The annual Duck Dashtakes place in the river on Saturday at4:30 p.m. with two chances to win. Duckcoupons are being sold at Seaford CityHall and at Harley-Davidson of Seafordon U.S. 13. Prizes are $100, first place,$50, second place, and $25, third place. Ifa duck wins both heats, the winner will re-ceive a john boat donated by Sturgis Ma-rine of Seaford.

MAYOR’S CHALLENGE - The River-fest Mayor’s Challenge is still a work inprogress. The challenge switches from acanoe race in 2005 to a rubber duck driv-ing contest in 2006. Mayors from local

Co-chairs of the 2006 Nanticoke Riverfest, Trisha Booth and Amy Walls, are ready toget wet with their official Riverfest tubes along the Nanticoke Riverwalk in downtownSeaford. Photo by Ronald MacArthur

Getting wet is partof fun of Riverfest

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“Hello Dolly!” comes to the SchwartzCenter for one performance only, Friday,July 21, at 7 p.m. Hello Dolly! will bepresented by Clear Space Productions, anon-profit organization known for theirability to combine professional and localtalent to create a whirlwind of excitementfor both the audience and cast members.

The title role of Dolly Levi will beplayed by Broadway veteran MeganThomas. Thomas has appeared in HelloDolly! with Carol Channing, Beauty andthe Beast as Mrs. Potts; Evita as Eva Per-on; Ragtime as Emma Goldman; The Un-sinkable Molly Brown as Molly Brown;Annie Get Your Gun as Dolly Tate; MusicMan as Marion; Sweeney Todd as theBeggar Woman; Grease as Marty;Menopause - the Musical; Die Meis-tersinger von Nurnberg at the Metropoli-tan Opera and the International companyof Cats.

Rounding out the cast will be DickPack playing opposite Thomas as HoraceVandergelder. In addition, Ken Skrzesz, amember of Actor’s Equity Associationwith many professional roles to his credit,will step from behind the scenes to playthe song and dance role of Cornelius

Hackl. His side-kick, Barnaby Tucker isplayed by David Button, who will leavethe beach to pursue acting in the Big Ap-ple in September.

Other principal cast members includeMelissa Tice Martin as Irene Malloy, TaraMarie Windley from Dover as Minnie Fay,Ashley Adams as Ermengarde and SchylerConaway as Ambrose Kemper. The en-semble includes Erika Conaway, SydneyDodd, Sherrie Donecker, Insley Fowler,David Hebrank Vinny Quintero and Des-tiny Kerstetter who are joined by six pro-fessional dancers, including Magnolia na-tive Matthew Zimmerman. Doug Yetter ismusical director and willconduct the orchestra for theperformances.

“Hello Dolly!,” will beperformed at the SchwartzCenter for the Arts in Doverfor one performance only onJuly 21, at 7 p.m. Ticketsare selling fast. Tickets maybe purchased at the box of-fice Monday through Fri-day, from 10 a.m. to 4:30p.m., or over the phone at302-678-5152.


towns will take out their best “duck” clubs in an effort to see who canhit a rubber duck the longest distance. The challenge will take place onSaturday at 3 p.m. in the area around the Nanticoke Riverwalk.

For more information, contact co-chairs Amy Walls or Trisha Boothat 629-9173 or check the website at www.nanticokeriverfest.com.

THE CHALLENGE IS ON - The challenge is on. A new event hasbeen added to the full schedule of the Nanticoke Riverfest. In additionto the Hoober’s Children’s Pedal Tractor Pull Contest at 2 p.m., an adulttractor pull contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. on High Street in frontof Gateway Park.

And a challenge has been issued. Ron Breeding, director of parksand recreation and facilities for the city of Seaford, will take on AlanQuillen, Hoober’s manager, during the competition.

Fireworks show in Bridgeville has been canceledThe Heritage Shores fireworks show scheduled for July 1 has been cancelled.

Gospel music concert will benefit Nanticoke CenterThere will be a gospel music concert to benefit the Nanticoke Senior Center build-

ing fund on Sunday, July 16, at the Blades Fire Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission isfree; a free-willing offering will be taken. Groups scheduled to perform includeLights of Home, Precious Moments Band and Sounds of Joy. Refreshments will beavailable for sale during the break. For more information, contact Frances Fisher at629-9794 or Doris Whaley at 629-4236.

Lynyrd Skynyrd concert upcoming this July 4thTickets are now on sale for the July 4th Lynyrd Skynyrd benefit concert scheduled

for Perdue Stadium in Salisbury. Proceeds will benefit the Western Sussex Boys &Girls Club. Tickets are available at the stadium box office, on-line at www.theshore-birds.com or by calling 410-219-3112. Tickets are $35.50 for general admission,$42.50 for VIP reserved seats and $47.50 for general admission field access. Thereare also special packages available for catering and groups. A fireworks show willfollow the concert.

Seaford hosting Chesapeake Brass Band on July 8The city of Seaford will host the Chesapeake Brass Band in a concert at the Gov.

Ross Mansion in Seaford, on Saturday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m. Formed in 1996, theChesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band is comprised of amateur and professional mu-sicians from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The band performsa varied repertoire of contemporary and traditional brass band music throughout theMid-Atlantic region. The public is invited to view this free performance on the lawnof the Gov. Ross Mansion. Chairs will not be provided and visitors are encouraged tobring blankets or lawn chairs for casual seating. The event is sponsored by the cityof Seaford and the Seaford Historical Society. In the event of rain, the concert will bemoved to the Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club. Call Amy Walls at 629-9173.

Hollywood actress to star in free Summer Theatre Festival■ Sixth annual free Summer Theatre Festi-val, Village at Bear Trap Dunes, OceanView, July 13, 14, 15, 7:30 p.m. Sponsoredby The Carl M. Freeman Foundation. Web-site: www.FreemanFoundation.org.

Film and theatre actress MaryellenOwens will be flying in from Los Angelesto star in the new musical “Einstein’s

Breakfast,” at the 6th annual free SummerTheatre Festival in Ocean View sponsoredby The Carl M. Freeman Foundation.

Ms. recently appeared in a cameo rolewith Liam Neeson and Timothy Hutton inthe film, “Kinsey,” where she played anassistant professor. She also co-wrote andstarred in the short-film “Beaux & D’aria”which won the Audience Choice Award at

L.A.’s 48 Hour Film Festival, along withcommendations for outstanding writingand performances.

Owens is also a musician whose origi-nal song “Oh God in Heaven” accompa-nies the credits of “Beaux & D’aria.” Heroriginal characters and comedy have beenseen on stages and heard on radio stationswhere she has hosted drive time radioshows in Dallas and St. Louis. Owens’stheatre credits include playing Eliza in“My Fair Lady,” Anna in “The King andI,” and Alais in “The Lion In Winter.”

Harold Schmidt, the author of “Ein-

stein’s Breakfast” is delighted to have anactor of this caliber among the cast. “I’mvery excited that Maryellen has acceptedthe role. I’m impressed with both the qual-ity and diversity of her talent, and lookforward to working with her on this proj-ect.”

Free Theatre will be held at the Villageat Bear Trap Dunes in Ocean View. Fami-lies should bring blankets, lawn chairs andpicnics for the July 13, 14, or 15 shows at7:30 p.m. More information is availableon the foundation’s web site, www.Free-manFoundation.org.

The 2006 Seaford District Library’sSummer Reading Program will host theRehoboth Summer Children’s Theatre,performing a show about a medieval tale,entitled “Knightly Knews.”

This is an original story from the penof playwright Steve Seyfried. An unhappyyoung lady-in-waiting dreams of becom-ing a reporter for the Medieval Times. Aknight-in-training would rather be afarmer. A mysterious Orange Dragon isstorming about the countryside. Whenthese three find themselves thrown togeth-er, they all find a way for their dreams to

come true. For more than 20 years, The Rehoboth

Summer Children’s Theatre has broughttwo-actor story theater plays to RehobothBeach and Sussex County. The foundersare Elise and Steve Seyfried.

In addition, the Rehoboth SummerChildren’s Theatre will continue its tradi-tion of doing an outreach tour to libraries,schools and other venues throughoutDelaware. The show will start at 2 p.m. onThursday, July 13. For more informationcontact Cindi Smith at 629-2524. Thisprogram is free and open to the public.


Nanticoke Riverfest is July 14 and 15

Rehoboth Children’s Theatre presents show at Seaford Library

‘Dolly’ on stage for one night onlyat Schwartz Center in Dover July 21


New program at Delaware Tech helps to improve office skills

Basic office skills are an important as-set for many workers, and a new course atDelaware Technical & Community Col-lege, Owens Campus, Georgetown, canprovide the necessary training.

The entry level office skills certificateprogram will give students a workingknowledge of office practices and proce-dures, bookkeeping systems, keyboardingtechniques, and computer operations. Spe-cific software applications introduced in-clude Windows XP, Internet Explorer andMicrosoft Office Suite 2003. InstructorDonna Paisley holds an MBA degree andis a certified internal auditor as well as anaccomplished business manager withmany years of training experience.

Participants will learn how to producecover letters and employment resumes andalso practice their job application and in-terview skills. The course is ideal for stu-dents just entering the workforce or frontdesk personnel looking for a job upgrade.Classes meet for 12 sessions, July 11-Aug.17, 6-9 p.m.

For more information on these and oth-er professional development courses, or toregister, contact corporate and communityprograms by calling 854-6966.

KSI recognizes donorsKent Sussex Industries, Inc. (KSI) host-

ed its third recognition event for the KSIMake A Difference Society on May 11, atSunnybrae Mansion in Milford. Donorswere presented with women’s and men’spins displaying the program’s logo.

More than 40 people attended therecognition event which was hosted tohonor individuals who have committed agift to the KSI Endowment Fund or theKSI Planned Giving Program. The purposeof the endowment fund is to ensure thatthe services being provided today by KSIto individuals with disabilities will contin-ue to be provided by KSI in the future.

KSI started its Planned Giving programin 1999. To date, KSI has had more than

50 cash gifts committed to their endow-ment fund, and 24 planned gifts committedto the Planned giving program. Fivenamed funds have also been established.These are The Velma Steward Fund, TheFounding Members Fund, The Clifford T.Crouch Fund, The Judy Spiegel MemorialFund, and The Swierczewski Fund.

KSI’s mission is to provide supportsand services which help individuals whoneed specialized assistance to obtain andmaintain an optimal level of employment.For more information about the KSI MakeA Difference Society contact Dawne Ko-vach at 422-4014, ext. 3019.

Bobby Nibblett full-time agentFrank Parks, broker of Home Team Re-

alty in Seaford, has announced that BobbyNibblett Jr. is now a full-time agent.Niblett received his license in 2003 andhas been working with Home Team Realtysince he began his career in real estatesales. While he was beginning his careerin real estate, he continued working for thecity of Seaford in the housing code depart-ment. He also has experience with com-mercial construction which he did for 10years.

“As a true Seaford native, Bobby willbe an asset to the Home Team. His experi-ence in construction will be valuable to hisclients as well,” said Parks.

Joyners complete courseRodney and Trina

Joyner of HomeTeam Realty inSeaford just returnedfrom Atlantic City,N.J., where theycompleted a special-ized course in cus-tomer service refer-ral-based businessconducted by theCouncil of Residen-tial Specialists of theNational Associationof Realtors®.

This course is one in a series of profes-

sional education sequences required toqualify for the coveted Certified Residen-tial Specialist (CRS) designation.

During the two-day course, studentswere subject to hands-on development ofplans and programs designed to ensure theprofessionalism of the residential sales as-sociates. “There are many new unique andcompelling strategies for enhancing thecustomers experience,” said the Joyners,“and we’ve begun to apply the strategiescovered during this course in our workregime at Home Team Realty.”

The Council of Residential SpecialistsCourses are presented throughout the U.S.in affiliation with the National Associationof Realtors, as part of its on-going pro-gram of promoting the professionalism ofthe residential sales associate.

Parker nominated Realtor of YearPhyllis Parker, re-

altor of Callaway,Farnell and Moore,Inc. in Seaford, wasnominated for theSussex County Asso-ciation of Realtorsfor Realtor of theYear. The nominationwas made by a com-mittee of her fellowrealtors.

Parker obtainedher real estate licensein Delaware in 1981 and obtained herMaryland license later. She is a member of

the Maryland Coastal Association of Real-tors and the Sussex County Association ofRealtors and the Delaware State and Na-tional Associations of Realtors. She is alsoa member of the board of directors forCallaway, Farnell and Moore, Inc., andholds the title of secretary.

Parker carries the designations of Bro-ker, Graduate of the Realtors Institute(GRI), and Certified Residential Specialist(CRS). She is active in the SoroptimistClub of Seaford and on the board for Nan-ticoke Senior Center. She has two daugh-ters and sons-in-law, Brett and JenniferJones of Bethel, and Colleen and KeithDenston of Berlin, Md. and grandchildren,Nicholas and Sarah Jones of Bethel.

New ProductEdward M. Thomas, president and CEO

of The Bank of Delmarva recently an-nounced that the bank is offering a newbusiness Internet banking product calledCash Management. Karin D’Armi-Hunthas been selected to manage and coordi-nate this product. D’Armi-Hunt hasworked in the banking industry for 25years. She is an assistant vice presidentwith the bank and has served in a varietyof capacities since joining the company in1997. D’Armi-Hunt, a native of Seaford,and a graduate of the University ofDelaware, is currently serving as a boardmember for the Laurel Chamber of Com-merce. She and her husband John, whohave three children, own a business inLaurel and reside in Seaford.

Business

Parker

Members recognized for their contributions to the KSI Make A Difference Society in-clude: (front to back, left to right) - Delema Duffy, Jeanette Carey, Frederick A. Duffy,Jan Crouch, Lillian Burris, Robert Kennedy, KSI comptroller, Craig Crouch, KSI CEO,Dawne Kovach, KSI director of development and Steve Kimpton, chairman of theboard of KSI. Not pictured are Rep. George Carey, Kathryn Marsh, Lee Thompson,Women of the Moose 1229 and Bruce Holmquist. There was also one anonymousgift to the endowment.

Joyners

The Sussex County Council has namedDavid B. Baker as the next person to takethe helm of county government. Councilvoted 5-0 in public session to appointBaker, 54, of Milton, as Sussex Countyadministrator.

Baker, who is the county’s finance di-rector, will succeed retiring county ad-ministrator Robert L. Stickels as the chiefexecutive officer of the county govern-ment. Stickels, who announced his retire-ment in March, will officially step downNov. 1, 2006.

Baker will begin his tenure as countyadministrator on that date, and is slated toserve through early 2009. However, theadministrator-to-be will work underStickels during the next few months oftransition to train for the leadership post.

“I am honored to have been selectedby the county council to be the next coun-ty administrator,” Baker said. “I look for-ward to working with Bob Stickels overthe next few months to better prepare mefor this job. My goal is to continue theprogress that the county has made underMr. Stickels and council’s direction in im-proving services and providing additionalinfrastructure as our county grows.”

Baker’s appointment as the next coun-ty administrator represents the first lead-ership change in Sussex County’s govern-ment in 18 years. Stickels, first appointedas deputy county administrator in January1988, ascended to his current post in Juneof that same year.

Baker will be the county’s fifth admin-istrator since Sussex shifted from a LevyCourt form of government to the currentcouncil form in 1972.

Council members said they selectedBaker for his leadership qualities, experi-ence in local government and staff man-agement, among other aspects of his pro-fessional experience.

Councilman George B. Cole nominat-ed Baker for the post, saying his familiar-ity with council and the issues before it inthe past and present were a plus.

“Mr. Baker will keep the ship afloat,”said county council president Lynn J.Rogers. “We look forward to working to-gether to reach the next level.”

County council conducted a local andnationwide search for the next administra-

tor, advertis-ing in localnewspapers,as well as inthe NationalAssociationof Counties’weekly pub-lication. Thesearch yield-ed 18 appli-cants for theposition,which willpay$110,544 ayear. Thefield wasnarrowed to a group of four candidates,all of whom interviewed in late May be-fore the full council. Council since thenhas met in executive sessions to discusseach candidate’s qualifications. Council,however, made its decision publicly inopen session on June 20, as is required bylaw.

Throughout the process, the councilwas guided by county attorney James D.Griffin and county personnel directorDennis V. Cordrey.

Under Delaware law, the county coun-cil is responsible for appointing an ad-ministrator to manage the day-to-day op-erations of the county government. Theadministrator oversees all 17 departmentsheads, attends all county council meet-ings, and represents the county on variousboards and associations. The administra-tor also is responsible for leading thepreparation of the county’s annual budget.

The Sussex County Council on Tues-day, moments before it named Baker thenew administrator, adopted its Fiscal Year2007 spending plan. The new budget,which begins July 1, tops $140 million,and is the largest ever for the growingcounty. It was the last budget prepared bycounty administrator Stickels, and as oth-ers have in years past, it calls for propertytax rates to remain unchanged.

Baker has been employed with SussexCounty government since 1978. He beganhis career with the county as director ofaccounts and grants, and became thecounty’s finance director - the chief finan-

cial officer for the county - in 1992. Thefinance director is often viewed as thesecond-in-command of county govern-ment, and reports directly to the countyadministrator and the county council.

Baker has a master’s of business ad-ministration degree from WilmingtonCollege, and received two bachelor’s de-grees, one in accounting and the other insociology, from the University ofDelaware. As finance director, he hasbeen responsible for maintaining SussexCounty’s finances, overseeing several de-partments and divisions, including fi-nance, accounting, assessment, treasuryand utility billing.

Among his professional affiliations arememberships in the Government FinanceOfficers Association, as well as a seat onthe National Association of Counties’Taxation and Finance Steering Commit-tee. County officials have credited himover the years for keeping

Sussex County in sound financialshape, from recommending full fundingof the county’s pension fund to imple-menting improvements in the county’s fi-nancial reporting. That latter action hasresulted in Sussex County the past threeyears winning national awards for itscomprehensive financial reports.

Stickels said that Baker is an excellent,and logical, choice to succeed him.“David is bringing with him 28 years ofexcellent public financial experience, andI see the transition going very smoothly,”Stickels said. “The county will be in verycapable hands.”


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Department of Natural Resources andEnvironmental Control Secretary John A.Hughes has issued a notice of conciliationorder to Lowe’s Lakeview Campgroundowner Ralph J. Givens of Laurel, detailingthe changes and improvements required tobring the Laurel campground’s wastewaterdisposal system into compliance with sep-tic regulations.

Following an inspection of the camp-ground which found a number of waste-water disposal methods being used with-out permits on record, Givens had previ-ously received a notice of violation ofDelaware’s laws and regulations govern-ing the design, installation and operationof on-site wastewater treatment and dis-posal (septic) systems.

Trailers and portable campers at thecampground were connected to homemadeholding tanks for sewage and discharging“grey water” from sinks and showersthrough hoses directly onto the ground. Abathhouse was using an unpermitted on-site wastewater treatment and disposalsystem with a separate grey water system.

On May 11, a cease and desist order

was issued, directing Givens to cease allillegal septic system discharges and ensurethat all wastewater generated at the camp-ground on Chipman Pond Road is collect-ed by a Class F liquid waste hauler anddisposed of at a permitted wastewatertreatment facility.

The conciliation order details whatGivens is required to do to resolve the vi-olations, including immediate closure ofthe bathhouse, closure of the general storeuntil an approved on-site wastewater treat-ment system is installed and removal ofthe remaining seasonal campers from thecampground no later than Oct. 31, 2006.In the meantime, all wastewater must bedischarged into a holding tank which is tobe pumped weekly by a licensed wastehauler. Following the departure of thecampers, Givens will be required to bringthe campground into compliance withDelaware wastewater regulations.

Failure to comply with the provisionsof the order may result in a penalty of$1,000 a day. Givens has 20 days to re-quest a public hearing on the matter.

Robert Stickels set to retire from the top Sussex County post on Nov. 1

Laurel campground owner givenDNREC order to resolve violations

David Baker has been thecounty’s director of financesince 1992 and has beenemployed by the countysince 1978.

Trinity United Methodist concert Jerry Jones, of Seaford will be in con-

cert at Trinity United Methodist Church(near Trap Pond) on Sunday, July 2 at 10a.m. Jones was named this year’s MaleVocalist of the Year for the eastern UnitedStates by the Country Gospel Music Asso-ciation.

He has written 14 gospel songs and isworking on his fourth recording. Everyoneis invited.

Wesley UMC Vacation Bible School SonTreasure Island Vacation Bible

School begins Monday, July 31, at WesleyUnited Methodist Church on Atlanta Road,from 6:15 until 8:30 p.m. The closing pro-gram will be on Sunday, Aug. 6.

SonTreasure Island creates an island at-mosphere where children will sing, watchskits, create crafts and play games. For in-formation, call 628-1615 or 628-0720.

Old Christ Church summer servicesOld Christ Church near Laurel (built in

1771) will have summer services for thefirst time since 1918. During July and Au-gust Holy Communion and morningprayer will be held at Old Christ Church.

The services will begin at 9:30 a.m.each Sunday, Holy Eucharist will be onJuly 2, 16, 30 and Aug. 13 and 27. Morn-ing prayer will be on July 9 and 23 andAug. 6 and 20. Light refreshments ofcookies and lemonade will be served fol-lowing the service. All services are casual.

Old Christ Church was built in 1771and served as an active facility until themid 19th century. Old Christ Church issaid to be one of only a dozen churches

along the Atlantic Coast to survive unal-tered from America’s pre-revolutionary pe-riod.

The church is known for its pristine in-terior and the fact that it has never beenplumbed, heated, electrified or painted.

The churchyard looks to be barely over200 years old. This is due to markers thatcould not survive the elements since theywere made from wood.

Prominent among the surviving mark-ers are those of Nathaniel Mitchell, gover-nor of Delaware (1805-1811), one of onlythree Episcopal priests in Delaware at thetime.

Old Christ Church has been maintainedand administered since 1922 by the non-profit Old Christ Church League. It is to-day owned by its successor, St. Philip’sEpiscopal Church, Laurel.

Episcopal conventionEpiscopal church leaders and delegates

from around the country met in Columbus,Ohio, June 11-22 for the church’s generalconvention.

Nevada Bishop Katharine JeffertsSchori was chosen as the new PresidingBishop, making her the first woman tohead the 2.3 million-member denomina-tion.

She succeeds retiring Presiding BishopFrank Griswold. Herb Quick attended theconvention as delegate from St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church in Seaford.

Bethel UMC hymn sing July 9Hymn sing featuring Joyful Noise and

the Bethel Church Praise Team on Sunday,July 9, at 6 p.m. at Bethel United

Methodist Church, west of Seaford onNorth Oak Grove Road. A dessert recep-tion will follow. Phone 629-7117 (LucySlacum) for details.

Bethel Vacation Bible School Bethel Worship Center invites children

ages 4 through 12 to SonTreasure IslandVacation Bible School from July 10-14,from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

The closing program and carnival willbe on Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m.-1p.m. Bethel Worship Center is located inSeaford on U.S.13 and Ginger Lane acrossfrom Chambers Motors. Call the churchoffice at 628-4240.

Gospel Cafe scheduleCentenary United Methodist Church at

the corner of Poplar and Market streets,

Laurel, is presenting the Gospel Cafeevery Saturday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The Gospel Cafe features the Bruce andNancy Willey Music Ministry. Come forthe music, the fellowship and the refresh-ments. Special guests will appear on thefollowing dates:

July 1 - Ginny Van Tine and DawnHopkins.

July 8 - Bill and Vera Primrose and J.R.Mayle.

July 15 - “Good News” Tour.July 22 - Rob Carroll.July 29 - Traci Worster and “Abundant

Joy.”Every week Mary Ann Young signs

Gospel favorites. Everyone is invited. Contact the church

at 875-3983 between 8 a.m. and noon orcall Bruce Willey at 875-5539.


DIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of WorshipDIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of WorshipDIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

Phone: 875-7748 Donny Weimar, MinisterWorship Services: Sunday 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m.Bible Study: Sun. 9:00 a.m.; Wed. 7:00 p.m.In The Interest Of New Testament Christianity

CHURCH OFCHRIST

1010 S. Central Ave., Laurel

HARVESTCHRISTIAN CHURCH

“Heart Felt Praise”Relevant Bible Teaching

Children’s MinistryMidweek Bible StudyTom Birowski, Pastor

Seaford, Del. • 628-7771

Christian Churchof Seaford

Dual 13N., Seaford, DE • 629-6298Minister: John Herbst

SCHEDULE OF SERVICESSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:30(Nursery & Jr. Church)

Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wed. Night Service &

Youth Groups 7:00 p.m.A Firm Foundation • A Sure Hope • An Unending Love

Centenary UnitedMethodist Church

“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for Over 200 Years”

“NEW SONG!” - Contemporary Celebration, 8:45 a.m.Sunday School, Classes for ALL ages, 9:45 a.m.

Traditional Family Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Rev. John W. Van Tine, Pastor, 875-3983200 W. Market St., Laurel, Del.

TRINITY UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

“A caring church, a giving church, a sharing church;showing love, warmth and friendship to all.”

875-7715Sun. School 9:00 a.m.

Worship 10:00 a.m.Pastor Tina Whaley

Near Trap Pond,Laurel, Del.

EverySunday

CHRIST UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

510 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DERev. Fred Duncan

Church: 875-4233 Parsonage: 875-3398

Sunday Services: 8:30am Praise

9:30am Sunday School,11am Worship

DIAL DAILY DEVOTIONS: 875-4309

Worship 11 a.m. • Sun. School 10:00 a.m.Wed. Night 7:00 p.m. • Sun. Night 7:00 p.m.

Located on Bethel Road between the Dual & Alt. 13For info call: 629-3674 or 875-2915

Sr. Pastor Roland Tice

Great Worship - Talented SingersLoving People - Powerful Preaching

Youth Group Sunday Night 7 pm

Christ Evangelistic Church

Pastor - Donald Murray - 856-6107

St. Paul’s United MethodistChurch

Road 68,South of Laurel

Laurel, Del.Sun. School 10 a.m. • Worship 9 & 11 a.m.

Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m.Hymn Sing: Last Sunday Each Month - 7 p.m.

www.StPaulsUMCLaurelDE.org

St. John’sUnited Methodist Church

Pine & Poplar Sts., Seaford 302-629-9466Web site: http://home.dmv.com/-stjohns/ E-mail: [email protected]

NURSERY & HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

SUNDAY WORSHIP8:30 & 11:15 am Traditional

9:45 Sunday School9:50 am Contemporary

Come as you are…and be transformed in the love of Christ!

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

600 S. Central Ave., P.O. Box 293Laurel, DE 19956 ~ (302) 875-3644

Rev. Rita B. Nelson, Rector

Mid Week Eucharist & HealingService - Wed. @ Noon

Holy Eucharist & Church SchoolSunday @ 9:30 am

Central Worship Center4 Mi. East of Laurel, Del. (on Sycamore Road)

875-7995 - Pastor Bob MillerSUNDAY

Adult Classes..................9 a.m.Worship/Kid’s Ministry......................9:00 & 10:30 a.m.Youth.........................6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYBible Study................7:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided

EPWORTHCHRISTIAN SCHOOL

PRE-SCHOOL-GR. 8Featuring A Beka,

Traditional ProgramFor More Information Call

302-875-4488

““““AAAA PPPPllllaaaacccceeee ttttoooo BBBBeeeelllloooonnnngggg””””

SSSSUUUUNNNNDDDDAAAAYYYYFamily Worship

10:45 a.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

God’s Big Back Yard9:30 a.m.

WWWWEEEEDDDDNNNNEEEESSSSDDDDAAAAYYYYPrayer Team 7:00 p.m.‘The Table’ (last Wed. of mo) 7:00 p.m.

TTTTHHHHUUUURRRRSSSSDDDDAAAAYYYYUnderground 6:30 p.m.

94 Walnut St.Laurel, DE

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CHURCH BULLETINS

Great Patriotic Quotes “The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitu-

tion, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to de-fend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fairinheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased themfor us with toil and danger and expense of treasure andblood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. Itwill bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present gen-eration, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us byviolence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices offalse and designing men.” ...Samuel Adams

You see the true spirit of a peo-ple when the chips are down. Andthe chips have been down this pastweek, haven’t they? I think theyfloated downstream somewhere.

In the middle of it all, I haveseen the community come togetherin such wonderful ways. The list islong, but I begin with the threemen who pushed my wife, mother-in-law, and children out of the swollen riv-er that was flowing across Bethel-ConcordRoad at U.S. 13.

How about the volunteers that helpedmove cars and trucks out of the decima-tion at Frederick Ford? Or the volunteerswho were out at dangerous intersectionsredirecting traffic all day long while therain pounded and their own homes were atrisk?

Volunteers helped at local shelter pointsand good Samaritans were found at criseseverywhere. And who can find a way tooverstate the value of our emergency andrescue volunteers, our utility technicians,and so many others who just sucked it upand did their job?

In the end, its not the beautiful beachesor glorious sunsets that make this a greatplace to live... it’s the way neighbors cometogether to weather the storm that showsthe true value of our area. It is beautifulpeople, not beautiful terrain, that lead to amore beautiful life.

As I write, we anticipate more rain and

already numerous bridges are out, roadsare washed out, and most of us feel a littleworn out. But we won’t be knocked out!

I think of the scripture text that says,“We are hard pressed on every side, butnot crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struckdown, but not destroyed.” (II Corinthians4:8-9)

In fact, the day will come when all isrebuilt and this deluge will be little morethan a memory and a source for great “Iremember when...” stories for our grand-kids. But the friendships, partnerships, andkinships that are forged during events suchas these prove to last long after the disas-ter is a fleeting remembrance.

So don’t despair, for even as we strug-gle along together, the good will ultimate-ly outweigh the bad and in due course wewill together sit back and be thankful evenfor the deluge of 2006.


Seaford Church of Christ(Rm. 16:16)Acapella

N. Dual 13, P.O. Box 783, Seaford, DE 19973302-629-6206

Evangelist - Anthony Melakian - 629-3633Elder - Don Birch - 629-8949

Elder - Ron Russell - 629-6033Sunday School 10a.m.

Sun. Worship 11 a.m., Sun. Evening 6 p.mWed. Evenings 7 p.m.

Live For God, Love Each Other, Light The World

Sailor’s Bethel UnitedMethodist Church

Bethel, DERev. Ron Wuest, PastorSunday School - 10 am

Praise Service 10:45 - 11 amWorship - 11:15 am Nursery Provided

office 875-3628 parsonage 875-2996

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH532 Stein Hwy., Seaford, DE 19973Redemptorist Fathers • 629-3591

MASSES: SUNDAY:Sat. Eve. - Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Spanish 7:30 p.m.

Sunday - 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m.DAILY: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.; First Sat. 9 a.m.

HOLY DAYS: Eve. 7:30 p.m.; 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.NOVENA DEVOTIONS: Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.CONFESSION: Sat. 4:30-5 p.m.; Sun. 8-8:25 a.m.

LAUREL-MT. PLEASANT CHARGEPassing on God’s Love and Grace inLaurel, Delmar & Surrounding Area

United Methodist Churches Worship Sun. Sch.

King’s Gordy Rd. ..........8:50....10:00St. George’s St. George Rd.....10:10..... 9:00Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant Rd...11:30....10:15

Pastor Barbara Auer

Holy Eucharist: 9:00 a.m.Sunday School &

Adult Forum: 10:30 a.m.Front & King St., Seaford, DE 629-7979

St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church

The Rev’d. Jeanne W. Kirby, Rector

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH543 N. BRADFORD ST., SEAFORD, DEL. • 629-7161

Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, PastorSUNDAY

Sunday School .....9:45 a.m.Worship...............11:00 a.m.Eve. Worship........7:00 p.m.

MON. Youth Meeting6:30 - 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAYPrayer & Praise 7:00 p.m.

Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m.

SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMYPRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161

Quality Traditional Education Since 1973Fully Accredited By Middle States in ACSI

YOU ARE INVITED!Come into This Church and Gather in

Christ’s Name to Worship Him! Psalm 95:6Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Pastor, Stacey Johnson

“A Growing Church For All Ages” 2 miles N. of Laurel, DE on Alt. 13

302-877-0443410-957-4696

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Sunday Services:Informal Worship in Chapel 8:30 a.m.

Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary9:45 Sunday School

Pastor: Rev. Thomas Gross • 302-629-4458PROFESSIONAL NURSERY CARE PROVIDED

Mount OlivetUnited Methodist Church

Serving Christ in the Heartof Seaford since 1830315 High St. • Seaford, DE

Sunday School - all ages 9 a.m.Worship 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Rainbow Day Care / Pre-SchoolRt. 13 South, Seaford, DE 302-628-1020

It's Time To Come! Revelation 22:17The ArkSeaford Wesleyan Church

Laurel Wesleyan Church

Church 875-5380 • Sr. Pastor Todd CroffordAssistant Pastor Ken Deusa

Asst. Pastor/Youth: Sue BoyceChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn Searcey

Rt. 13A, Just North of LaurelSunday School - 9:30 & 10:45

Worship - 9:00 & 10:45Sunday Evening Worship

and Children’s Ministries 6 p.m.Wednesday Youth Ministries 6:30 p.m.

Messiah’s VineyardChurch

Located at Tyndall’s Furniture Plaza on Discountland Rd & Rt. 13, Laurel

302-875-4646PO BOX 60, LAUREL, DE 19956

Dr. Carl G Vincent, Senior MinisterPastor Barry B. Dukes, Music MinisterSunday 9:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm

Children’s Church • Nursery

17 W. Market St., Greenwood, DE 302349-9420Pastors Joseph & Yvonne Dixon

WORSHIP SERVICE: SUN. 11 AMBIBLE STUDY: WED. 7:30 PM

Proclaiming Faith 4 pm Sunday on WKDI 840 AM Radio

Food OutreachEmergency Food

www.river-oflife.org

River of Life Christian Center

The Atlanta RoadAlliance Church

22625 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE(302) 629-7693 • www.atlantaroadcma.org

Rev. Ron Mayers • Rev. Andrew Kerr

SUNDAY8:30 Worship

9:45 Sunday School11:00 Worship/Kids Church

7:00 Evening Service

WEDNESDAY6:45 Pioneer Clubs (age 3to grade 6) & Divorce Care

7:00 Prayer Service &Youth Group (grades 7-12)

Sunday Morning: Worship 10:00 AMWednesday: Prayer & Praise 7:00 PMLocated in Hickman Commercial Park

www.LivingWaterLaurel.org 302-875-7814

Laurel, Del.

“Come andExperienceJESUS!”

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCHA Cooperative S.B.C. Church

805 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE302-629-8434 • www.graceseaford.org

Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:45 am & 6 pmChildren’s Church 10:45 amSPANISH Worship 10:45 amWednesday Activities 7 pm

Pastor: Homer McKeithan Youth: Ben ColegroveMusic: Jim Burket

“The Cross Is Grounded In Grace”

CONCORDUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Connecting People with Christ since 1804

25322 Church Road, ConcordSeaford, DE 19973

Sunday Worship - 9 amSunday School (all ages) - 10:30 am

For More Information call 302-628-8114Rev. Diane E. Melson, Pastor

By the Rev. Todd K. CroffordLaurel Wesleyan Church

We can weatherstorms together

As I write, we anticipatemore rain and already nu-merous bridges are out,roads are washed out, andmost of us feel a littleworn out.

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

The Rev. Crofford is Senior Pastor at Laurel WesleyanChurch. His views do not necessarily represent the views ofthe congregation or Wesleyan Church International. Youmay email [email protected]

WASHED OUT - This photo of Craig’s Pond Road looking east shows the extent of thedamage. Photo by Ronald MacArthur

John Jacob Reeb, Jr., 67John Jacob Reeb, Jr. of Georgetown,

formerly of Chesapeake City, Md., diedTuesday, June 20, 2006, at Harbor Health-care & Rehab Center in Lewes.

Mr. Reeb was born in Baltimore, Md.,a son of John Jacob Reeb, Sr. and Viola(Shaffer) Reeb, and had served in the U.S.Army.

Predeceased by his parents, he is sur-vived by his wife, Karen Jean (Chambers)Reeb; four daughters, Mary Hamer, KimReeb, Cynthia Wyatt and Candice Rayne;a son, William Boulden; a sister, AnnaGoreck, and 11 grandchildren.

A memorial service took place atParsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium,Dodd-Carey Chapel, Georgetown, onThursday, June 22, with Pastor Larry Bak-er officiating. Interment was private.

Memorial contributions are suggestedto the American Cancer Society, PO Box163, Salisbury, MD 21803.

On-line condolences may be sent to:[email protected].

Ruth Cherry Van Tine, 94Ruth Cherry Van Tine of Seaford died

Sunday, June 18, 2006 at the MethodistManor House, Seaford.

Born in Singapore she was a daughterof Marion Thorpe and the Rev. William T.Cherry.

Mrs. Van Tine was a teacher in theSeaford School System for 25 years, retir-ing in 1977. Prior to that, she worked as asocial worker in Pennsylvania for 10years. She was a graduate of the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania with a master of so-cial work degree. She also had a readingconsultant degree from the University ofDelaware.

She was a member of St. John’s UnitedMethodist Church where she taught Sun-day School. She held various offices in theUnited Methodist Women, was a memberof the American Association of UniversityWomen, and membership chairman of theSeaford Chapter of the American Associa-tion of Retired Persons, (AARP).

In addition to her parents, she was alsopreceded in death by her husband, Karl-don Kynett Van Tine, Sr, in December2005.

She is survived by two sons, Karldon

K. Van Tine, Jr. and wife Bonnie ofSeaford, and the Rev. John W. Van Tineand wife Ginny of Laurel; four grandchil-dren and two great-grandchildren.

Her service was on June 26, in St.John’s United Methodist Church, Seaford.The Rev. Boyd B. Etter officiated. Burialwas in Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood,Pa.

Contributions may be made to St.John’s United Methodist Church Memori-al Fund, PO Box 299, Seaford, DE 19973;or to the Benevolent Fund, MethodistManor House, 1001 Middleford Road,.Seaford, DE 19973.

Arrangements were by Watson-YatesFuneral Home, Seaford.

Barbara Boyce, 72Barbara Groton Boyce of Laurel died

on Sunday, June 18, 2006, from a heart at-tack at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital,Seaford.

Mrs. Boyce was born in Seaford, adaughter of Charles and GraceEllingsworth Baker.

She is survived by her husbnd EddieBoyce, Sr. of Laurel; her three sons, DavidHare and his wife Lauren of Laurel, GaryHare and his wife Amy of Oregon andEric Dale Hare and his girlfriend Laury ofKansas; a step-son, Buddy Boyce of Lau-rel; her daughter, Teresa Steerman and herhusband Terry of Harrington; and a step-daughter, Kathy Mae Harrison and herhusband Dennis of Milton; a sister, Char-lotte McLaughlin of Laurel; six grandchil-dren, Derrick Hare of Laurel, Chad Harri-son of Milton, Stephanie Hare and AlishaTolboe of Oregon, Dillan and MeganSteerman of Harrington; two great-grand-children, Tyler Hare of Greenwood andRiley Olivia Hare-Moore of Laurel.

Her funeral service was on June 23, atthe Hannigan, Short, Disharoon FuneralHome, Laurel. The Rev. Romie Payne of-ficiated. Interment was in Odd FellowsCemetery, Laurel.

Visit www.delmarvaobits.com to sendcondolences to the family.

Anna Eva Slavinskas Meding, 88Anna Eva Slavinskas Meding of

Georgetown died Thursday, June 22, 2006at Harbor Healthcare and Rehabilitation


Welcome…SEAFORDPRESBYTERIANCHURCHSunday School9 amMorning Worship10 am

701 BridgevilleRoad

629-9077

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCHLocated halfway between Seaford & Bridgeville, turn off

Rt. 13 East at Cannon Rd. light, 4th place on left.

1611 KJV, Independent, Fundamental, Soul Winning

SUNDAY WEDNESDAY10:00 Sunday School 7:00 Prayer Service

11:00 Worship Service6:00 Evening Worship Nursery Provided

Rev. William Goslee - Ph. 349-0190

Union United Methodist Church2 North Laws St., Bridgeville, DE 19933Across from Bank 337-7409 Handicap Friendly

WORSHIP TIMES:

9 am Contemporary Service10 am Sunday School

11 am Traditional WorshipYouth Group (Sun. 6 p.m.)

“We may not be Dairy Queen but we haveGreat “Sundays”.

A GatheringOf FaithCome together underChrist’s roof andshare togetherin his love.

Attend Churchthis Sunday

“Welcome Home!”Wesley United Methodist Church

22025 Atlanta Road, Seaford, DEPastor Ed Kuhling

Contemporary Worship 9 amSunday School & Bible Education 10 am

Traditional Worship 11 amWednesday Worship 6:45 pm

302-629-3029 * Info Line 302-628-0112

BETHEL WORSHIP CENTER 9431 Ginger Lane, Seaford (2.4 mi. north of Wal-Mart on US 13)

628-4240 Recorded Info 628-4241 Church OfficePastor Joseph Lecates - 875-2059

Adult Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am & 6:30 pmChildren’s Church 10:30 am Nursery 10:30 am & 6:30 pmYouth Meeting Sun. 7 pm Promise Keepers Tues. 7 pm

Wed. Night Bible Study 7 pm“We’re not building a church, we’re building God’s Kingdom!”

Christ Lutheran ChurchCorner of Shipley & Spruce Sts.

A Family Friendly Church Home for You

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 amPhone: 629-9755

www.ChristLC.net

Bible School for the Mentally ChallengedSaturday at 10 am

Senior Pastor

Harold Daniels

7046 Seashore Hwy.Bridgeville, DE 19933

302-337-3044Fax 302-337-8769Church of God

Worship Services:Seeker Service 8:30 am • Sunday School 9:30Morning Worship 10:45 am • Wed. Night 7 pm

Center, Lewes. Born in Scranton, Pa., the daughter of

Eva Ravanauskas and Louis Slavinskas,she was a homemaker. Mrs. Meding was amember of Our Lady of Lourdes R.C.Church, Seaford.

She is survived by two sons, WalterMeding of Lewes and Arthur J. Meding ofSeaford; seven grandchildren and 12great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was alsopreceded in death by her husband, ArthurErnest Meding in 1984.

Mass was celebrated Tuesday, June 27,in Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church,Seaford, with the Rev. John McKenna ascelebrant. Burial followed in Our Lady ofLourdes Cemetery, Seaford. Friendscalled at Watson-Yates Funeral Home,Seaford, prior to the service.

Norma I. Hamer, 79Norma I. Hamer of Seaford died on

Thursday, June 22, 2006, at LifeCare atLofland Park in Seaford.

She was the daughter of Conrad andElva Hamer. She graduated from the Uni-versity of Minnesota in public health nurs-ing, she was former director of nursing atthe Methodist Manor House in Seaford,and she had also taught science at Wood-bridge High School.

Ms. Hamer was a veteran of the U.S.Air Force serving as a captain in the nurs-ing corps in Japan and Hong Kong. Shewas a member of Cokesbury United

Methodist Church, loved music and read-ing.

Predeceased by her parents, she is sur-vived by several cousins.

Her funeral service was on June 25, atCokesbury United Methodist Church, Fed-eralsburg, Md. Burial was in the churchcemetery.

The family suggests donations may bemade to Cokesbury United MethodistChurch, c/o Jeanette Wheatley, 7054Whitely Rd, Federalsburg, MD 21632.Arrangements by the Cranston FuneralHome, Seaford, DE.

James ‘Jim’ Gullett, 57James “Jim” Simeon Gullett of Laurel

died on Friday, June 23, 2006, at BerlinNursing Home in Berlin, Md.

Mr. Gullett was a mechanic and a poul-try farmer. He was a veteran of the U.S.Army, a member of the Laurel AmericanLegion, the Seaford VFW. He loved theoutdoors and was active in NanticokeDucks Unlimited.

He was the son of Barbara Gullett andthe late William H. “Sim” Gullett.

His sister, Nan Krause, also precededhim in death.

He is survived by his wife, PhyllisLynch; a son, James K. Gullett and hiswife Lisa of Seaford; a brother, GeorgeGullett of Baton Rouge, La.; a sister,Rosie Ryan of New Orleans, La. Alsosurviving are two grandsons, Kody andCole Gullett.

His funeral service was on June 27, at

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the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford. Bur-ial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel.

The family suggests donations may bemade to Nanticoke Ducks Unlimited, c/oClarke Tobin, 105 High St., Seaford, DE;or the Stroke Research Center of JohnsHopkins Hospital, c/o Robert J. Wityk,MD, 600 North Wolfe St., Phipps 126B,Baltimore, MD 21287-6953.

Philip Clay Moore Sr., 88Philip Clay Moore, Sr. a retired sales-

man of Seaford died on Sunday, June 25,2006 at Genesis Health Care, Seaford Cen-ter.

Mr. Moore was born in Seaford, DE in1918 and graduated from Seaford HighSchool in 1936. After high school he at-tended Goldey Beacom Business Collegein Wilmington.

Mr. Moore entered the Armed Servicesin 1941 and served in France and Ger-many. After nearly five years, his serviceended with the end of World War II.While in service he was awarded the ArmyGood Conduct Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon. He re-turned to Seaford and began work as awholesale food salesman for W. O. CoveyFoods where he worked for 36 years untilhis retirement in 1982.

Mr. Moore was an active and life-longmember of St. Luke’s Episcopal Churchwhere he served for a period on St. Luke’svestry. He was also active in the Masonsand was a member of Hiram Lodge 21 andthe Tall Cedars. After retirement he be-came a volunteer for many years at Nanti-coke Memorial Hospital. He was an avidoutdoorsman and enjoyed hunting andfishing. For many years he and a group offriends made an annual trip to hunt inCanada. He enjoyed woodworking andcreated small tables and other items, whichhe gave to family and friends.

His wife of 58 years, Eleanor MilliganMoore died in 1998.

He is survived by two sons, Dail Bur-ton Moore and Philip C. Moore Jr., both ofWashington, D.C.; one sister, Mary EstherMills of Greenwood; and two brothers, C.Parker Moore and Burton S. Moore, bothof Seaford.

His funeral service was on June 28, at

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seaford.Friends called at the Cranston FuneralHome, Seaford. Burial was in Odd Fel-lows Cemetery, Seaford.

The family suggests donations may bemade to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 202North St., Seaford, DE 19973; or theSeaford Volunteer Fire Department, P OBox 87, Seaford, DE 19973.

Virginia White Plummer, 91Virginia White Plummer of Salisbury,

Md.,and formerly of Delmar, died Friday,June 23, 2006, as a long-time resident ofSalisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Cen-ter.

She was born in Delmar, a daughter ofHenry and Etta Selby White.

Mrs. Plummer worked for many yearsas a trimmer for the former Banks &Pusey Garment Company in Delmar. Shewas a member of Cross Point Church ofthe Nazarene in Salisbury.

In addition to her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her beloved husband,James Plummer, who passed in 1991, abrother, Henry White, a sister, Libby Un-drich, a niece, Nancy Allen and a nephew,Robert Bruce.

She is survived by three nieces, LolaPusey, Marietta Wells and Theresa WhitePlaskon; two nephews, Henry “Butch”White and Scott Bruce; two great nieces,Jennifer Wells and Jaimie White; and fivegreat nephews, Tommy Pusey, BrianPusey, Jason Wells, James White andCharles White. She is also survived by herspecial friends, Abby, Mike, Doris and allof her friends from the Salisbury NursingHome.

Her funeral service was on Wednesday,June 28, at Short Funeral Home, Delmar.The Rev. Ronald G. Parker officiated. In-terment followed the service at St.Stephen’s Cemetery in Delmar.

Online condolences may be sent to thefamily by visiting www.delmarvaobits.com

Hazel M. Parker, 81Hazel M. Parker of Hurlock, MD

passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 atNanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

She was born September 26, 1924 in

North Carolina, the daughter of the lateJames Garner and Mary Jackson Garner.She was preceded in death by her husband,Tony Parker.

She graduated from North CarolinaHigh School. She was a factory worker.She was a member of St. Luke Church ofGod in Christ in Federalsburg for over 30years. She enjoyed buying clothes, cook-ing and singing in her kitchen, reading herbible and raising her children.

She is survived by her six children, An-gelia Garner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Dorothy M. Stackhouse and her husband,Pastor Arthur Stackhouse of Seaford, ClaraTurner and her husband Robert of Feder-alsburg, Rose M. Rose, of Salisbury, Md.,Glinda Shockley of Eden, Md., and TonyParker, Jr. and his wife, Jacqueline of Sal-isbury, 17 grandchildren, 22 great-grand-

children, a sister, Lucy Pope of Weldon,NC, several nieces and nephews, and closefriends, Lillian Collins of Federalsburg,Edna Pryce of Hurlock, the Stanley Familyof Hurlock, her church family and friends.She was preceded in death by a son, Rus-sell Lee Garner, five sisters, ChristineAustin, Catherine Stokes, Wychi Smith,Emma Garner, and Helen Garner.

Funeral services will be held on Mon-day, July 3, at Hurlock United MethodistChurch at 1 p.m. with Pastor Arthur Stack-house officiating assisted by Rev. ArthurGeorge.

Interment will follow at Federal HillCemetery in Federalsburg. Friends maycall at the church on Sunday from 6 to 8p.m. The arrangements are being handledby Framptom Funeral Home in Federals-burg.


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InspirationGod, having in the past spoken to the

fathers through the prophets at manytimes and in various ways, has at the endof these days spoken to us by his Son,whom he appointed heir of all things,through whom also he made the worlds.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, thevery image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his pow-er, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on theright hand of the Majesty on high; having become so much better than the an-gels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.

For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Todayhave I become your father?” and again, “I will be to him a Father, and he willbe to me a Son?”

Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all theangels of God worship him.”

Of the angels he says, “Who makes his angels winds, and his servants aflame of fire.”

But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. Thescepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, yourGod, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

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ROAD IS GONE - Curiosity seekerscheck out the severe damage to Wood-land Road near the culvert just beforethe entrance to Barne’s Woods NaturePreserve. The road was closed to trafficand DelDOT crews were on the sceneMonday making repairs. Photo byRonald MacArthur

TROUBLES ON STREET - Volunteer fire crews work to pump off water on WashingtonStreet in Wilmar Village in Seaford. The neighborhood was hit hard during the flood andtwo homes had their basements collapse. Photo by Ronald MacArthur

WADING IN WATER - Residents walk in waist-high water near the entrance to MobileGardens as they evacuate from the mobile home park on Sunday afternoon. Photo byRonald MacArthurPARKS ARE FLOODED - Three mobile home parks along Brickyard Road east of U.S.

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POLICE JOURNALTrooper injured in motorcycle crash

A trooper assigned to the mo-torcycle unit at Troop 7 was in-jured June 21 after he was in-volved in a crash while respond-ing to domestic complaint inprogress. The crash occurred atapproximately 8:42 a.m. on Rt.24 east of Beaver Dam Road nearRehoboth Beach.

According to Cpl. Jeffry C.Oldham, public information offi-cer, a 2006 Harley-DavidsonElectra Glide Police Motorcycleoperated by Master Cpl. Brian D.Maher, 39, was traveling west onRt. 24 in the right lane. The mo-torcycle’s lights and sirens wereactivated. A 1999 Ford Taurusoperated by Cherie Bell, 44, ofLewes, was traveling west on Rt.24, in the left lane, in front of themotorcycle.

Oldham said that as the motor-cycle began passing the Tauruson the right side, Bell also begansteering to the right to get out ofits way. Maher applied his brakesand steered to the right in an at-tempt to avoid the Taurus. Themotorcycle then traveled off theroadway and struck a concretecurb. The motorcycle continuedwest, traveled over the curb intoa grassy area, and clipped a guywire for a utility pole. The mo-torcycle then flipped over, andCpl. Maher was ejected and land-ed on an asphalt access roadnorth of Rt. 24, according to Old-ham.

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helmet, was flown to ChristianaHospital where he was treated fora fractured clavicle, cuts andabrasions. He was later releasedfrom the hospital.

Bell was not injured in thecrash, which remains under in-vestigation.

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According to Cpl. Jeffry C.Oldham, public information offi-cer, a 1995 Oldsmobile 88, oper-ated by James F. Moore III, 49,of Greenwood, was travelingsouth on Todds Chapel Road ap-proaching a curve to the right. Asthe Oldsmobile entered the curveapparently Moore lost control ofit. The Oldsmobile then traveledoff the west edge of the roadway,came back onto the roadway,crossed both lanes and then exit-ed the east edge of the roadway,according to Oldham. TheOldsmobile then traveled into aditch and rolled over onto itsright side where it came to rest.

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Attempt to pet horse proves to be a shocking experience

For a brief moment in time myworld was turned upside down; Imean literally upside down. I washanging over a section of livestockfencing like a slab of cured pork.

That in and of itself would havebeen bad enough, but to make mat-ters worse this was a section oflive, electric fence.

I spent a lot of time as a youngboy hanging out on my grandfa-ther’s farm in Marion Station.There were chickens in the chickenhouse, hogs in the hog pen, chickens,ducks and geese in the back of the chickenhouse and horses and cows penned inaround the outer fields. To keep the cowswarned about attempts to push down thefence in search of greener pastures, mygrandfather kept the fencing charged withan electric current.

For anyone who has not had the pleas-ure of being exposed to the charge of anelectric fence, it is something akin to hav-ing someone strike you in the back with apiece of two by four lumber. It is not adeadly shock, just one that is more like aseries of punches.

However, to a 5-year-old boy, thecharge is more like being beaten by sever-al men.

I suppose it all started with my love fora pony that my grandfather owned named“Papoose.” This was a really pretty blackand white pony that appeared to be theperfect size for a boy my age. I recall onetime I attempted to mount Papoose with-out my father’s knowledge. I got on top ofa corn drum and jumped on Papoose’sback as he trotted by. I am not sure whatwas worse, Papoose’s reaction to havingme lunge onto his back like a 50-poundbag of powdered concrete, or my own re-action to striking Papoose’s back like a50-pound bag of powdered concrete.

At any rate, Papoose took off runninglike Grant through Richmond with meclutching his back more tightly than uglyon an ape. After he galloped around theperimeter of the fence a couple of times,he had successfully shaken me loose and Iflew off his back and landed head firstinto a pile of manure that looked large

enough to have been left by the Trojanhorse.

This episode happened a little later thanthe incident involving the electric fence,so I wonder why I dare make any addi-tional unsolicited advances toward Pa-poose. It was during the weekly Sundaydinner at my grandparents’ farm and all ofthe adults were inside the house gatheredfor the meal. In those days we youngunsstayed outside and played until thegrownups had eaten dinner.

I went over to the fence and had aspira-tions of petting Papoose. As I leaned overthe fence it felt like someone punched mein the back and the next thing I knew Iwas lying across the fence paralyzed. Mycousin ran in the house and notified thegrownups that I was stuck on the electricfence. I think that accurately described it,I was stuck on the fence and helpless tomove, like a fly in a spider’s web. Hang-ing over the fence I remember looking be-tween my dangling feet and watching asgrownups poured out the front door of thehouse like drug dealers at a SWAT raid.

Within a few moments the electric hadbeen cut to the fence and my dad pulledme off the fence and checked me over. Iwas fine — shaken, but fine.

I look back on that incident and realizethat what stands out most in my mind wasnot so much the horrendous notion of be-ing stuck to a fence or being pummeledwith electric shock, but the sight of allthose grownups coming to my rescue.Good Lord, was I that starved for attentionand affection that I would find beingshocked on a farm fence to be rewarding?Oh well, chalk it up to youth!

As I leaned over the fenceit felt like someone

punched me in the backand the next thing I knew I

was lying across thefence paralyzed.

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Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has announceda new Delaware Department of Agricul-ture (DDA) marketing campaign, “GrownFresh with Care in Delaware,” designed topromote and increase the consumption ofDelaware agricultural products. It is apublic awareness initiative that will in-crease demand for Delaware grown agri-cultural products in all sectors. With thecampaign comes a new logo that willidentify Delaware agricultural productsand set them apart from the competition.

During the announcement, Minner said,“As Delaware’s governor, I am proud topresent our new agricultural products mar-keting program and logo to you. Whenev-er I see this new logo, I am going to thinkabout the taste of delicious, red ripe straw-berries, crisp green asparagus, sweet corn,succulent peaches, and a vibrant medleyof so many more products that are Grown

Fresh with Care in Delaware; productsthat were picked just hours ago from near-by ground. When you see this logo, youknow that the products did not travel fordays from far away places. The productsare picked fresh and ripe at their peak.”

Secretary Michael Scuse said, “Abranded logo program is something that Ihave wanted for years. Delaware agricul-tural products are second to none in quali-ty and the public wants to know how tofind them and where to buy them. I joinGov. Minner in urging the public to lookfor the logo ”

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LEGALS

NOTICEThe Commissioners of

Bridgeville will hold a PublicHearing and present an Or-dinance to amend Section128-1 of the Code of theTown of Bridgeville, Dela-ware, entitled “Fees” to Re-duce the Property Tax Rate,for a second and final read-ing at their monthly meetingscheduled for July 10, 2006at 7:00 P.M. in the TownHall, 101 N. Main Street,Bridgeville, Delaware.

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LEGAL NOTICEDelmar Liquors, Inc.,

trading as Wine Beer &Liquor, has on June 23,

2006, applied with the Alco-holic Beverage ControlCommissioner for a pack-age store liquor license forthe sale of alcoholic bever-ages for a premises locatedat 38627 Benro Drive,Suites 6 & 7, Delmar Com-mons, Delmar, Delaware(19940), not for consump-tion on the premises wheresold. Persons who areagainst this applicationshould provide written no-tice of their objections tothe Commissioner. For theCommissioner to be re-quired to hold a hearing toconsider additional inputfrom persons against thisapplication, the Commis-sioner must receive one ormore documents containinga total of at least 10 signa-tures of residents or proper-ty owners located within 1mile of the premises or inany incorporated areas lo-

cated within 1 mile of thepremises. The protest(s)must be filed with the Alco-holic Beverage ControlCommissioner at the 3rdFloor, Carvel State OfficeBuilding, 820 North FrenchStreet, Wilmington, DE19801. The protest(s) mustbe received by the Com-missioner’s office on or be-fore July 24, 2006. Failureto file such a protest mayresult in the Commissionerconsidering the applicationwithout further notice, inputor hearing. If you have anyquestions regarding thismatter please contact theCommissioner’s Office.

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RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTSOF THE CITY OF SEAFORD AND TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ANDRESIDENTS OF THE TERRITORIES CONTIGUOUS TO THE PRESENTCORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD, THAT THE CITY OF

SEAFORD ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND FIXING THE TIME ANDPLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON.

Whereas, pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City ofSeaford, a Committee appointed by the Mayor recommend in its report that certain ter-ritories contiguous to the present corporatelimits of the City of Seaford be annexed to theCity of Seaford.

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that theCity Council of the City of Seaford, proposes tothe property owners and residents of the Cityof Seaford and to the property owners and res-idents of certain territories located contiguousto the present limits of the City of Seaford thatcertain territories located contiguous to thepresent corporate limits of the City of Seafordbe annexed to the City of Seaford, said territo-ries being proposed for annexation being moreparticularly described in:

Exhibit “A” - Lands of Nanette Corey,Exhibit “B” - Lands of Ray S. Mears & Sons,Inc. and Exhibit “C” - Lands of St. Rocklandand Co., attached hereto and incorporatedherein.

And Be It Further Resolved,that a public hearing shall beheld on the merits of annexingthe territories herein beforedescribed in this Resolution atwhich time any property owneror resident of the City of Seafordand any property owner or resi-dent of the territories hereinbefore described shall have anopportunity to be heard and saidpublic hearing shall be held onJuly 11, 2006 at 7:05 o’clockP.M. in the Council Chambers ofthe City Council at the City Hall,414 High Street, Seaford,Sussex County, Delaware.

And Be It Further Resolved, that the City Manager of the City of Seaford, be andis hereby authorized and directed to cause a Notice which shall consist of a true copyof this Resolution to be printed in a newspaper published in the City of Seaford, in itsJune 29, 2006 edition, said publication being at least one week prior to the time speci-fied in this Resolution for the said public hearing.

I, Dolores J. Slatcher, City Manager of the City of Seaford, do hereby certify that theforegoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution passed by the City Council of theCity of Seaford at its meeting on June 13, 2006, at which a quorum was present andvoting throughout and that the same is still in full force and effect.

Dolores J. SlatcherCity Manager, City of Seaford, Delaware

Dated: June 14, 2006

Exhibit A - Corey, Nanette: Tax Map and Parcel 3-31 4.00 38Exhibit B - Ray S. Mears & Sons, Inc.: Tax Map and Parcel 3-31 3.00 142, 142.01Exhibit C - St. Rockland & Co.: Tax Map and Parcel 3-31 3.00 145

RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTSOF THE CITY OF SEAFORD AND TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ANDRESIDENTS OF THE TERRITORIES CONTIGUOUS TO THE PRESENTCORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD, THAT THE CITY OF

SEAFORD ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND FIXING THE TIME ANDPLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON.

Whereas, pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City ofSeaford, a Committee appointed by the Mayor recommend in its report that certain ter-ritories contiguous to the present corporate limits of the City of Seaford be annexed tothe City of Seaford.

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the City Council of the City of Seaford, pro-poses to the property owners and residents of the City of Seaford and to the propertyowners and residents of certain territories located contiguous to the present limits of theCity of Seaford that certain territories located contiguous to the present corporate lim-its of the City of Seaford be annexed to the City of Seaford, said territories being pro-posed for annexation being more particularly described in:

Exhibit “D” - Lands of Morris Properties, Exhibit “E” - Lands of Tuong Quan, andExhibit “F” - Lands of Steven & Cynthia Yingling, attached hereto and incorporatedherein.

And Be It Further Resolved, that a public hearing shall be held on the merits ofannexing the territories herein before described in this Resolution at which time anyproperty owner or resident of the City of Seaford and any property owner or resident ofthe territories herein before described shall have an opportunity to be heard and saidpublic hearing shall be held on July 11, 2006 at 7:05 o’clock P.M. in the CouncilChambers of the City Council at the City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Sussex County,Delaware.

And Be It Further Resolved, that the City Manager of the City of Seaford, be andis hereby authorized and directed to cause a Notice which shall consist of a true copyof this Resolution to be printed in a newspaper published in the City of Seaford, in itsJune 29, 2006 edition, said publication being at least one week prior to the time speci-fied in this Resolution for the said public hearing.

I, Dolores J. Slatcher, City Manager of the City of Seaford, do hereby certify that theforegoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution passed by the City Council of theCity of Seaford at its meeting on June 13, 2006, at which a quorum was present andvoting throughout and that the same is still in full force and effect.

Dolores J. SlatcherCity Manager, City of Seaford, Delaware

Dated: June 14, 2006

Exhibit D - Morris Properties: Tax Map and Parcel 3.31 3.00 145Exhibit E - Quan, Tuong: Tax Map and Parcel 3-31 3.00 143, 143.04, 143.05, 143.06, 143.07Exhibit F - Yingling, Steven & Cynthia: Tax Map and Parcel 3-31 3.00 138

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PUBLIC HEARINGThe Mayor and Council

of Laurel, Delaware, will beholding a public hearing onMonday, July 17, 2006, at7:00 p.m. or as soon aspossible thereafter, to re-view the application for aproposed Large Parcel De-velopment Overlay District(LPD), located on DiscountLand Road, now or former-ly known as Village Brooke,tax map #2-32/12.00/39,Laurel, Delaware. The sitecontains 78.76 acres andproposed for 361 lots con-sisting of a mix use of sev-enty-seven single familyhomes, eighty-four singlefamily/semi detachedhomes, and 200 single fam-ily/town homes. The hear-ing will take place in Mayorand Council Chambers ofLaurel Town Hall, 201 Me-chanic Street, Laurel,Delaware. Copies of theproposed LPD are availableat town hall for review,Monday through Friday,9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. All in-terested parties should ap-pear at the hearing to pres-ent their concerns, com-ments, etc.

The Town of LaurelMayor and Council

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PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE

You are hereby notifiedthe below matters will bebefore:

The Planning and Zon-ing Commission for their re-view and recommenda-tionon Thursday, July 6,2006, at 7:00 p.m., in theCity Hall, 414 High Street,Seaford, Delaware; and,

The Mayor and Councilon Tuesday, July 25, 2006at 7:05 p.m. in the City Hall,414 High Street, Seaford,Delaware for their final de-termination:

Orient Chemical Corpo-ration of America, 111 ParkAvenue, is requesting afinal site plan review for a12,000 square foot re-search and developmentbuilding to be constructedon the west side of Park Av-enue across from the exist-ing facility.

Should you wish to pres-ent your position or evi-dence, please attend. Youmay have counsel attendon your behalf.

Issued this 29th day ofJune 2006 pursuant to theRules heretofore adoptedby the City of Seaford.

THE CITY OF SEAFORDDolores J. Slatcher

City Manager6/29/1tc

NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING

Subd. #2005-58Notice is hereby given

that the County Planningand Zoning Commission ofSussex County will hold apublic hearing on Thursdayevening, JULY 27, 2006, inthe County Council Cham-bers, Sussex County Ad-ministrative Building,Georgetown, Delaware, onthe application of WIND-MILL ESTATES, L.L.C. toconsider the Subdivision ofland in an AR-1 AgriculturalResidential District in LittleCreek Hundred, SussexCounty, by dividing 160.91acres into 214 lots, (ClusterDevelopment), locatedsouth of Road 64, 2,160.50feet west of Road 451A.

Planning and Zoningpublic hearings will begin at6:00 P.M.

Text and maps of this ap-plication may be examinedby interested parties in theCounty Planning and Zon-ing Office, Sussex CountyAdministrative Building,Georgetown, Delaware.

If unable to attend thepublic hearing, written com-ments will be accepted butmust be received prior tothe public hearing.

For additional informa-tion contact the Planningand Zoning Department at302-855-7878.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe following ordinance

was approved by SussexCounty Council on March28, 2006:

ORDINANCE NO. 1841AN ORDINANCE TO

AMEND THE COMPRE-HENSIVE ZONING MAPOF SUSSEX COUNTYFROM AN AR-1 AGRICUL-TURAL RESIDENTIALDISTRICT TO A C-1 GEN-ERAL COMMERCIAL DIS-TRICT FOR A CERTAINPARCEL OF LAND LYINGAND BEING IN SEAFORDHUNDRED, SUSSEXCOUNTY, CONTAINING4.99 ACRES, MORE ORLESS (land lying at thenortheast corner of the in-tersection of Hebron StreetExtended (a.k.a. HitchensRoad) and Nanticoke Av-enue (a.k.a. Cargill Road)1,100 feet south of railroad,500 feet north of the Nanti-coke River and west of thecity limits of Seaford; appli-cation filed on behalf ofPENINSULA OIL CO., INC.;C/Z #1590).

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was approved by SussexCounty Council on April 11,2006:

ORDINANCE NO. 1845AN ORDINANCE TO

AMEND THE COMPRE-HENSIVE ZONING MAPOF SUSSEX COUNTYFROM AN AR-1 AGRICUL-TURAL RESIDENTIALDISTRICT TO A C-1 GEN-ERAL COMMERCIAL DIS-TRICT FOR A CERTAINPARCEL OF LAND LYINGAND BEING IN LITTLECREEK HUNDRED, SUS-SEX COUNTY, CONTAIN-ING 5.9458 ACRES, MORE

OR LESS (land lying eastof U.S. Route 13, 1/4 milesouth of Road 462 (GordyRoad) east of Laurel; appli-cation filed on behalf ofDONALD J. WARRING-TON; C/Z #1593).

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was approved by SussexCounty Council on April 25,2006:

ORDINANCE NO. 1847WITH CONDITIONS

AN ORDINANCE TOGRANT A CONDITIONALUSE OF LAND IN AN AR-1AGRICULTURAL RESI-DENTIAL DISTRICT FOR ASMALL BUSINESS SELL-ING ANTIQUES ANDGIFTS TO BE LOCATEDON A CERTAIN PARCELOF LAND LYING ANDBEING IN NANTICOKEHUNDRED, SUSSEXCOUNTY, CONTAINING1.49 ACRES, MORE ORLESS, (land lying south ofRoute 18, 300 feet east ofRoad 521; application filedon behalf of CAROLYN A.DESILVA; C/U #1646).

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NOTICEEstate of Ann E. Staples,

Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of Testamen-tary upon the estate of AnnE. Staples who departedthis life on the 25th day ofMay, A.D. 2006 late ofSeaford, DE were dulygranted unto Thomas D.Jones on the 15th day ofJune, A.D. 2006, and allpersons indebted to thesaid deceased are requiredto make payments to the

said Executor withoutdelay, and all persons hav-ing demands against thedeceased are required toexhibit and present thesame duly probated to thesaid Executor on or beforethe 25th day of January,A.D. 2007 or abide by thelaw in this behalf.

Executor: Thomas D. Jones

240 N. Shores CourtSeaford, DE 19973

Howard ClendanielRegister of Wills

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NOTICEEstate of Doris F. Stew-

art, Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of Testamen-tary upon the estate ofDoris F. Stewart who de-parted this life on the 26thday of May, A.D. 2006 lateof Seaford, DE were dulygranted unto George F.Stewart, Sally Stewart onthe 8th day of June, A.D.2006, and all persons in-debted to the said de-ceased are required tomake payments to the saidCo-Executors withoutdelay, and all persons hav-ing demands against thedeceased are required toexhibit and present thesame duly probated to thesaid Co-Executors on orbefore the 26th day of Jan-uary, A.D. 2007 or abide bythe law in this behalf.

Co-Executors: George F. Stewart

710 Cypress St.Seaford, DE 19973

Sally Stewart900 N. Atlanta Circle

Seaford, DE 19973Howard ClendanielRegister of Wills

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LEGALS - from Page 35

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWAREIN A ND FOR SUSSEX COUNTY

1 THE CIRCLE, GEORGETOWN, DE 19947

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY : C.A. 06J-05-001 Plaintiff :

: Docket JD 2006Av. : Page 213

TERRY MACHINE & FABRICATION, INC. : Confession of JudgmentWILLIAM N. TERRY and CAROL A. TERRY, : (Publication)

Defendents. :

NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT TO: Terry Machine & Fabrication, Inc.

William N. Terry and Carol A. Terry7526 Gum Beach Road, Seaford, DE 19973

1. Plantiff, Wilmington Trust Company intends to obtain a court judgment against youin the Superior Court of the State of Delaware bassed on the note and guaranties for theprincipal amount of $10,753.18, accrued interest of $664.84, late charges of $201.39,attorney’s fes of $2,283.60 and costs of $501.08, together with per diem interest fromAprl 4, 2006, in the amount of $2.09089.

2. Plaintiff alleges you have waived your rights to notice and hearig prior to the entryof judgment against you.

3. The entry of such a court judgment will result in a lien against all your real estateand the means, in default payment, whereby the sheriff can levy aginst your personalproperty and real estate and ultimately sell atpublic auction your personal property andreal estate for credit against the debt.

4. In default of payment in appropriate cases, the sheriff may seize some portion ofyour wages for credit against the debt.

5. You may appear in Superior Court, SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE, THE CIR-CLE, GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 AT 11:00 a.m. at whichtime you may object to the entry of judgment and a hearing will be scheduled by theCourt. At that hearing, plaintiff will be required to prove that you have effectively waivedyour rights to notice and a hearing prior to entry of judgment.

6. You are not required to appear, but if you fail to do so, judgment will be entered bydefault.

7. If you have any questions about these matters, you should consult a lawyer imme-diately.

Very truly yours,/s/ Joyuce CollinsProthonotary


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Education

Delmarva Christian HighSchool has successfully complet-ed the school’s second year ofoperation with more than 125students and a graduation of 17.

With the end of school andthe spring trimester, the follow-ing freshmen who are enrolled atthe school full time and haveearned a grade point average of93.0 in or above in all classes,have been placed on the honorroll: Kolby Dukes, Peter Gorgui,Lindsey Headley, Keri Hudson,Chloe Johnson, Luke Mathews,

Jeffrey Mohr, Kaitlin Nathan,Kattie Parsons, Ma son Smalland Meghan Whittington.

Honor roll sophomores are:Kiri Allen, Rachel Craig, BryanDaudt, Michael Di Giacoma,Hannah Dukes, Kent Embleton,Laura Hale, Tara Holland,Rachel Lins, Chrissy McCabe,JoAnna Miller, Natalie Painterand Fallon Rice.

Juniors on the honor roll are:Kelly Cahill, Alisa Fowler,Lewis Gebhart, Sarah Gooss,Brittany Hazzard, Cliff Hol-

brook, Jisun Kim, Toné King,Jennifer Niziolek, Thomas Perry,Eric Rolkowski, Jessica Spicer,Amber Sweigart and RachelWootten.

Seniors and recent graduateson the honor roll are: MarkGooss, Jennifer Hawkes,Meghan Hudson, Tammy Lay-ton, Jaclyn Perry, KatelynPhillips, Joshua Revell, JeremyRoss, Hannadi Scott, BenWanaselja, Jimmy Weller, Brit-tany Whittington and AbbottWootten.

Students at Delmarva Christian on honor roll

The following area studentswere among those who receivedhonors at Worcester PreparatorySchool, Berlin, Md.:

Pre-algebra - outstanding:Haylea Reiner, Seaford.

Algebra I - outstanding: MattCarey, Seaford; Ashley French,Seaford.

AP Calculus I - outstanding:Brian Carey, Seaford.

AP Chemistry - highest aca-demic average: Brian Carey,Seaford.

Physics - outstanding: ScottToy, Seaford.

Spanish III - highest academicaverage: Brian Carey, Seaford.

American history - outstand-ing: Matthew Carey, Seaford.

World geography - outstand-ing: Lauren Price, Seaford.

U.S. history - highest academ-ic average: Matthew Hubbard,Seaford.

AP U.S. history - highest aca-demic average: Brian Carey,Seaford.

Literature 7 - highest academ-ic average: Matthew Carey,Seaford.

English 7 - outstanding:Matthew Carey, Seaford.

English 8 - outstanding: Lau-ren Price, Seaford.

Girls PE 8 - outstanding: Lau-

ren Price, Seaford; CassandraReiner, Seaford.

Boys PE 7 - highest academicaverage: Matthew Carey,Seaford.

Music 7 - outstanding:Matthew Carey, Seaford.

Music 8 - outstanding: LaurenPrice, Seaford.

Perfect attendance - MatthewCarey, Seaford;

Geography bee: MatthewCarey, Seaford.

Speech competition: MatthewCarey, Seaford.

Newspaper The Beak Speaksaward - Brian Carey, Seaford.

Worcester Prep students are recognized

Seaford’s martial artists knowmore than just kicks and punch-es. On June 16 students fromKeumgang Martial Arts inSeaford attended “AcademicNight” at the martial arts school.The students attend schools fromas far south as Salisbury to as farnorth as Smyrna.

The following students wererecognized:

Justin Elliott - Seaford MiddleSchool , honor roll for first, thirdand fourth marking periods.

Amber Shetzler - SmyrnaMiddle School , honor roll forentire year; A average in lan-guage arts for entire year; socialstudies achievement; FearlessExplorer Award.

Jay Crimmins - Most BlessedSacrament, principal’s list.

Hayden Smith - SalisburyChristian School, academicachievement; outstandingachievement for Christ in Disci-pleship & Hospitality.

Gene Wildonger - FrederickDouglass School , perfect atten-dance, first and second markingperiods; honor roll, first and sec-

ond marking periods; DelawareState Distinguished Performancein Social Studies; Award of Ex-cellence in writing; Rehoboth ArtLeague Creativity Award; Princi-pal’s Award; Accelerated ReaderAward.

Aaron Shetzler - JBM Inter-mediate School , honor roll forentire year; Respect Award; Out-standing Reader Award; Out-standing Mathematics Award;Humanitarian Award; GeorgeWashington Award; Albert Ein-stein Award; William Shake-speare Award.

James Forder - Blades Ele-mentary, SPARK MathOlympiad, second place; DSTPdistinguished performance sci-ence; Accelerated Reader award;Outstanding Behavior Award;Outstanding Attendance Award.

Margherita Iapino - NellieStokes Elementary School, aca-demic achievement for entireyear; honor society; outstandingcitizenship for entire year; prin-cipal’s list for entire year; perfectattendance, first marking period;DARE poster contest, first place;

Outstanding Peer Leadership andMentor Award; Lt. Governors“Gold Fitness Award;” state hon-ors and savings bond for scoringall 4s on DSTP.

Kieran Conaway - The Salis-bury School, promoted a wholegrade (from third grade to fifthgrade) this year through the IowaAcceleration Scale; scored over97 percent in state standard test-ing; invited to compete in theJohns Hopkins University TalentSearch; accepted into the JohnsHopkins Center For TalentedYouth Program (JHCTY) in mathand language; competed in thenational piano playing auditions,and was declared a district win-ner by the National Piano Guild.

Dylan Nepert - WesleyanChristian School, Denton, BigTime Story Writer Award; Punc-tuation Champion Award; lan-guage award; Best ChristianSportsmanship; fastest speed ballpitch; Goodness Award; academ-ic merit roll for a 98 percent av-erage

Martial arts students succeedon mats as well as in classrooms

Back, from left: Justin Elliott, Amber Shetzler, Jay Crimmins andHayden Smith. Front: Gene Wildonger, Aaron Shetzler, JamesForder and Margherita Iapino. Not pictured: Kieran Conaway andDylan Nepert.

Greenwood woman is honored at Salisbury State

Heather Twombly, daughter ofPhillip and Nancy Breeding ofGreenwood, received the Ameri-can Society for Clinical Patholo-gy (ASCP) National StudentHonor Award at the 2006 SpringHonors Convocation at SalisburyUniversity.

The ASCP National StudentHonor Award was established torecognize excellent students inlaboratory professions.

Recipients must be a memberof ASCP, be enrolled in an ac-credited program, have earned at

least a 3.3 GPA and have provencommunity service and leader-ship activities.

Twombly is a senior majoringin clinical lab science.

Music major on dean’slist at Lebanon Valley

Deborah L. Messick of Laurel,a junior music major, was namedto the spring dean’s list atLebanon Valley College, An-nville, Pa.

Dean’s list students mustmaintain a grade-point average of3.4 or above on a 4-point scale.

Education briefs

Art teacher Don Golacinski has beennamed the 2006-07 Teacher of the Year atSussex Technical High School. “Mr. G,”as he is called, is the instructor of the de-sign art, graphic productions, and produc-tion art classes.

Golacinski came to Sussex Tech in thespring of 2000. He has degrees from theCorcoran School of Art and SalisburyState University. In February, he was hon-ored as Teacher of the Month by theschool in recognition of his professional-ism and teamwork.

Golacinski has also been recognized forhis efforts before and after school to ac-complish his goals for his students bothacademically and athletically. As advisorfor the yearbook staff, he oversees its pro-duction in his graphic production classesand spends many after school hours shoot-ing photographs for it. He is also headlacrosse coach for the Ravens and an as-sistant football coach.

A Milford resident, Golacinski is noweligible for state competition for the titleof Delaware Teacher of the Year.


If you grew up in Laurel in the1950s or 1960s, you probablyknew two Gary Wards, P. GaryWard and Jay Ward’s youngerbrother, Gary. Jay moved away andP. Gary Ward moved away, butGary Ward stayed. He was in salesfor WBOC and later became assis-tant student activities coordinatorat Sussex Tech.

As the years went by, Gary’spattern of knowing everyone andeveryone knowing him widened. Awell-known football official for manyyears and a big part of Centenary Churchand the American Legion, he supplied theconversation and humor that made theDutch Inn famous for a long time.

Gary was dry humor at its best. GeorgeBurns himself might have stolen Gary’slines.

Not that everyone always agreed withGary’s views. After all, you can’t alwaysagree with a Redskin fan. As you probablyknow, Gary passed away in March after avery brief illness at age 58, far too youngfor a much loved member of our commu-nity. Gary was honored with a very largefuneral service from his family, friendsand students at Del Tech.

Thursday, June 22, I stopped in at Sus-sex Tech and in the office I spotted anaward. It read, “State Advisor of the Year,Skills USA, Gary Ward, In recognition ofexemplary service and leadership to stu-dents of Delaware.” The posthumous

award was given to Gary’s family. It is myunderstanding that Gary had already beenselected before he passed away, although Iam not sure if he knew about it.

The other week I saw Jay Hastings atRJ Riverside restaurant. He called me out-side so we could talk privately and, in away I had never seen from Jay, he saidhow much he missed Gary, what a greatfriend we all had lost and that he thoughtabout Gary often. Gary made an impres-sion on the students at Del Tech, too, andthey have made a mural of him on the wallof the school.

Out of all this, I see that we all canmake a positive difference for others inlife and most of us do — and like Gary, donot even know it. Yes — Gary is missed.

For the last few years, I have had trou-ble dealing with Little League softball-baseball being over by the 15th or 20th ofJune. Years ago it was a summer recre-

ation program, but apparently now it isnot. A few of us probably also remembercoach Schollenberger’s summer youth pro-gram for boys. Yup, 9 a.m. while the grasswas still wet, there we were hitting andthrowing those old rubberized baseballsthat coach Schollenberger must have usedfor 20 years or more and we’d better notbe late. Of course it was mostly for boyswho lived in town, as out of town boyswere mostly working on the farm.

Mike Bradley of Mike’s Clearance Cen-ter in Delmar is riding an emotional highafter returning from Kalamazoo, Mich.,where his 1979 Lincoln Mark V won BestIn Show honors. Mike is undoubtedly oneof the most avid car collectors around. Is-n’t it ironic that Mike and Ben Peterson,another avid classic car buff, live oneblock apart in Seaford? But, here is moreof Mike’s sensational story.

Mike met a 90-year-old founding mem-ber of the car club and through this meet-ing something amazing happened. Fornow, let’s just say that the check his wifeMarie always gives to him to use in casehe needs it got used this year, for the firsttime in around 15 trips to the show.

There are usually more than 1,000 peo-ple at the event and Mike believes with allhis heart that it was fate that led this manto stop and talk to him. Talk to Mike aboutthis and Mike’s eyes are big as softballs,but I’m keeping the rest of this for a greathuman interest story real soon.

Cookies by Design in Delmar has beenbought by Tricia Collins from longtimeowner Sandy Davis. Tricia took the reinsfull time on Monday, June 26. Best wishesto her in her new venture. Tricia workedfor Sandy for quite a while so she knowssomething about the business. Meanwhile,Sandy is going to take a well-deservedrest.

Effective June 30, Ed Ralph will nolonger be on the board of commissionersof the Laurel Public Library. Ed cited hisage plus wanting to do some traveling, asreasons he is stepping down. As presidentof the commissioners he saw the libraryexpansion project all the way through andas many of you know it was a full-time,unpaid job, unless you count the deep sat-isfaction Ed received from seeing thebeautiful library. Ed, this deserves muchmore about you and I hope to do it nextweek. Congratulations.

Well, the June flood of 2006 has put adamper on about everything. I have heardold-timers saying, “I’ve never seen any-thing like it in my time,” and more. Del-mar got some rain but escaped what Lau-rel and especially Seaford got.

This story will be covered in detail instories throughout the paper, but for now,I’ll just say that it’s a good time to showour compassion for each other. There arethose who need it.

Gary made an impression

on the students at Del

Tech, too, and they have

made a mural of him on

the wall of the school.

PAT MURPHY

Gary Ward remembered fondly by many who knew him

CAREY IS WINNER — Marion Chambers, Ocean City, (third from left), a representa-tive of the Colonial Dames, congratulates winners of the Congressional Essay Contest.The winners, all students at Worcester Prep, are (left to right): Ross Roessler, Bishopville;Brian Carey, Seaford; and Dominique Kunciw, Ocean Pines. The students were awardedan all-expense paid week at the Washington Workshops where they will learn first handabout the United States government. The local chapter of the Dames surprised each stu-dent with an additional check.

HISTORY AWARD — Eric Kimpton,

right, accepts a check from Patricia Tucker

of the Seaford Republican Women’s Club.

Kimpton is a member of the 2006 Seaford

High School graduating class and was se-

lected for this award for having excelled in

history courses throughout his high school

career. He is the son of Steve and Katie

Kimpton, Seaford, and will be attending the

University of Virginia in the fall.

Art teacher is tops at Sussex Tech

Don Golacinski

AG AWARD — John

Shank of Seaford recently

received an agriculture

award from Midland Grange

27. The award was an-

nounced at the Sussex

Central High School senior

awards program on May 16.

The recent graduate intends

to complete his studies in

mechanics. Left is Shank

and right is Tonya James,

guidance counselor.


Something is wrong with picture in Iraq

Let me see if I understand this war inIraq. They are allowed to hack up the bod-ies of our soldiers to a point where visualidentification is impossible, desecratethem, booby trap their bodies and line theroad leading to the victims with home-made bombs which took troops 12 hoursto clear the area of roadside bombs.

Then the group linked to al qaeda an-nounces to the Islamic nation “that we ex-ecuted God’s will and slaughtered the twocrusader animals we had in captivity.”

Then when our troops kill civilians sus-pected to be terrorists, the media wants topunish our troops and people call ourtroops “animals.”

And when I say we should drop a bombon them like Harry Truman did, I too amcalled an animal.

Our troops are supposed to fight a warand not know they could be murdered bytheir enemy walking down the street. Whois looking out for our troops?

These people are animals; they knownothing but tying a bomb around them andgoing to the Holy Land. We’re not goingto change them if we stay there another 50years.

As long as private American contractorsare making millions in Iraq we will stay;damn the cost of the lives of our civilianswho work there and the American troopswho are risking their lives.

There’s something wrong with this pic-ture.

Frank B. CalioLaurel

Thanks volunteer fire departments

We would like to express our sincereappreciation and gratitude for the assis-tance of the Blades, Seaford and LaurelVolunteer fire departments during the fireat our home on the evening of June 2.Their quick response, knowledge and pro-fessionalism prevented the complete de-struction of our home, thereby savingcountless irreplacable items.

I was a member of both the Seaford,

and Federalsburg, Md., fire departmentsfor many years. During that time, I re-sponded to many incidents similar to theone at my home. While almost every per-son that I had assisted expressed their grat-itude, I never could have imagined howtruly grateful they were until that Fridaynight.

We would also like to thank our family,friends and neighbors who cared enoughto offer help, or just check on our well-be-ing. While we didn’t take advantage of allof your offers, the offer alone meant morethan we will ever be able to express.

It was very comforting to pull up at ourhouse after a long, anxious trip back fromOcean City to see the large response offirefighters and equipment, and the famil-iar faces of family, friends and caringneighbors there waiting to offer to help.

We urge everyone to generously sup-port their local fire departments wheneverpossible. There is no way to put a value onthe volunteer service they provide or thetime spent away from their homes so thatthey will be ready if needed at your home.

Kevin and Crystal ThawleySeaford

Thanks for nothingSenator Adams

With only a few more days left in thisyear’s legislative session it now does ap-pear Thurman Adams will let HB 170 diein his executive committee rather thanbring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Thusone of Sussex’s County’s own legislatorwill be the main reason his fellow countyresidents will not receive fairer representa-

tion on the county council, nor relief fromthe incessant and irresponsible land devel-opment that has plagued our county foryears now. For those who bemoan the lackof political clout “below the canal” may Isuggest this issue is a prime example as towhy that is.

When some of our own state legislatorsfrom Sussex are unwilling to stand up andband together to fight for legislation thatwould benefit the majority of their con-stituents, rest assured that fact is duly not-ed by the other legislators throughout thestate.

So, when a Sussex senator (Adams) isblocking passage of popular legislation(HB 170) is joined by three other Sussexcoastal legislators (Sen. George Bunting;Rep. John Atkins; Rep. Gerald Hocker) insponsoring alternative legislation (SB 304)which would supercede HB 170 and effec-tively kill it while doing nothing for theirconstituents in the next six years, legisla-tors around the state get their messageload and clear, “We don’t want HB 170 tobecome law.”

Thus giving credence to the argument,why should other legislators take Sussexcounty citizens’ demand seriously whenour own legislators do not?

It seems as if a concentrated effort thatbegan over two years ago to bring morerepresentative county government, and inthe process gain a measure of control overhow our land resources in the county are

to be utilized has come full cycle with nosignificant change occurring. That doesnot bode well for the future quality of lifein Sussex County and is indeed sad to con-template. However, what has been gainedfrom this effort is an understanding of howsuch an abominable situation came to beand how it is still being perpetuated to thisvery day.

Since the current council has repeatedlyrefused any and all efforts to voluntarilyincrease the number of members it be-comes evident that the only way to changeanything is through our state legislature.

That means voting out those incumbentlegislators who won’t stand with us on ourlegitimate needs and to find and vote forchallengers who will, regardless of partyaffiliation.

Being as 2006 is an election year thatmeans all of our Sussex representativesand two of our Sussex senators are up forre-election. As the gods of politics wouldhave it those two senators just happen tobe Thurman Adams and George Bunting.

What a wonderful opportunity if we arebut willing to take advantage of it tochange our county’s future. Vance Phillipsis also up for re-election in 2006 so thosethat don’t care for his brand of politics aswell as his votes on land-use issues can lethim know how you feel this November.

Allen IdeMillsboro

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A CENTURY OLD - On June 17, Elizabeth German of Delmar celebrated her 100thbirthday. Greg and Barbara Ruark, who own Barb’s in Delmar, where Mrs. German resides,held a barbecue in her honor. Pictured are German, right, and friend Irene Smith.


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Laurel’s Robert Reed (22) follows lead blocker Rodney Simmons during a varsityfootball game last Fall. The pair represented Laurel in the 51st Annual Blue-Goldfootball game last Saturday night. Photo by Mike McClure

Reed, Simmons representLaurel in Blue-Gold gameBy Mike McClure

Laurel graduates Rodney Simmons andRobert Reed represented the Bulldogfootball team in the 51st Annual Blue-Gold all-star football game last Saturdayat the University of Delaware in Newark.Simmons saw time as the Gold team’sright tackle on the offensive line whileReed played running back and linebacker.

“It was a great privilege. It was anhonor to be able to play,” Simmons said.“It (the weather) was a little nasty.”

Although the Gold team fell to theBlue team in the wet weather, both play-ers took a positive experience from theannual event.

“It was great to meet new people, awe-some football players,” said Reed. “It(playing with former opponents) wasgreat. I had a great time.”

“It was tough at the beginning of theweek to check yourego,” Simmonsadded. “It was niceplaying with all theplayers you playedagainst during theseason and didn’tlike and end up lik-ing them at the endof the week.”

The Gold teamtook a 7-3 lead after Blue opened thescoring with a first quarter field goal, butthe Blue team scored the final threetouchdowns of the game for the win.

“It was tough. It was the hardest hit-ting game I’ve ever played in,” said Sim-mons. “Just knowing that you were play-ing against the best in the state was nice.It was a great experience.”

“I think Blue-Gold will help me be-cause I played against the best athletes inDelaware. It doesn’t get any better thanthat,” Reed added.

Reed joined theGold team in lateMay and was unableto participate in thehand-in-hand pro-gram, which matchesparticipants withyoung people withcognitive disabilities.Simmons, who wasmatched with buddyMatthew Corning of Seaford, called theexperience enlightening. Rodney went outfor ice cream and lunch with his buddy,unfortunately the pair did not get achance to meet prior to the game becausethe weather delayed the game and can-celed the pre-game ceremonies.

Both Laurel players will attend WestVirginia Tech with a major in athleticcoaching education (see related story onpage 45. The Division II school is locatedin Montgomery, West Virginia.

Both players had solid senior seasons,helping the Bulldogs to the state playoffslast Fall. “I loved it (playing at Laurel), Iwish I could do it all over again,” saidSimmons.

Rodney Simmons

Robert Reed

Blue tops Gold, 27-13, in soggy Blue-Gold football gameThe Blue team scored the final three touchdowns of the 51st Annual Blue-Gold all-

star football game to pick up a 27-13 win in soggy conditions last Saturday night at theUniversity of Delaware football stadium in Delaware. Wood-bridge’s Blake Field got the start at center and Delmar’s JoeHolland started at halfback while Laurel’s Robert Reed andRodney Simmons and Sussex Tech’s Jacques Bowe were re-serves for the Gold team.

William Penn’s Stephen Alexander connected for a 23-yardfield goal to five Blue a 3-0 lead with 4:26 left in the firstquarter. Dover quarterback Bo Thompson scored on an 11-yard run and James Shrewsbury booted the extra point to giveGold a 7-3 lead with 14:10 left in the half. The touchdownwas set up by a 44-yard pass from Holland to Dover’s JeremyHicks on a halfback option play.

Alexander kicked a 28-yard field goal to move the Blue team within one at 7-6.Middletown quarterback ran it in form two yards out following a Hermanski Jackson(Caesar Rodney) fumble recovery to give Gold a 13-6 advantage.

Blue quarterback Chris Lechette of Brandywine became the third quarterback toreach the end zone as his one-yard run made the score 13-12 late in the third quarter. Inthe fourth quarter, Howard’s Kianti Miller had a 36-yard touchdown run, Hodgson’sDerrell Smith added the two-point conversion before scoring a touchdown from threeyards out, and Alexander booted the extra point for the 27-13 Blue win.

Rain delayed the start of the game and caused the cancellation of the pre-game ac-tivities which include the reunion of players, ambassadors, cheerleaders, and bandmembers with the their buddies, people with cognitive disabilities.

Delmar graduate Joe Holland, shownscoring a touchdown during a game lastFall, threw a 44-yard pass during theBlue-Gold all-star football game lastSaturday. Holland was the lone playerrepresenting the Wildcats. Photo byMike McClure

Holland shows off throwingarm in 51st Blue-Gold gameBy Mike McClure

Delmar graduate Joe Holland got thestart in the backfield for the Gold team inthe 51st Annual Blue-Gold all-star foot-ball game, but it was his arm that tookcenter stage on one big play that led to aGold score.

While three quarterbacks scored touch-downs on the ground, Holland took to theair with a 44-yard pass to Dover’s JeremyHicks. Holland earned the honor by win-ning a week long competition betweenthe running backs to see who could throwthe farthest.

“We worked all through the week onthat,” said Holland. According to Holland,Hicks fractured his arm and had to wear acast. The quarterbacks were afraid tothrow to him, but Holland went his waywith the pass.

“When I got a chance to throw it tohim (Hicks) he came up big, cast andeverything,” Holland added.

Holland enjoyed the opportunity toplay with his former opponents which al-lowed him to make some new friends.

“It was a great experience. I got toplay with some of the best players in thestate,” said Holland. “It was fun. Wetalked about how we played each otherand who beat who. We set it all aside, wecame together like a family.”

Holland participated in the hand-in-hand program but his buddy, BradleyMoore of Delmar, was not at the game.Prior to the game they played Frisbee andhad a catch (Bradley likes football). Hol-land said he knew Moore prior to being

matched with him for Blue-Gold.Holland will attend Wesley College in

the Fall where he will play football. Joe,who is considering a physical therapy de-gree, is one of 13 players from the Goldteam who will be Wolverines.

l a u r e l s t a r . c o mSee “A view from the cheap seats” for more on the Blue-Gold game.

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Kim Owens- Sussex Tech (Laurel) Danielle Haldeman- Seaford

Mindi Wheatley- Delmar High Amanda Horsey- Laurel High

Brittany Joseph- Sussex Tech (Laurel) Erin Tingle- Delmar High

Six Western Sussex softball players to play in Carpenter Cup ClassicThe following local players are on the Delaware South roster for the Carpenter Cup

Classic softball tourney: Amanda Horsey, Laurel; Brittany Joseph, Sussex Tech;Danielle Haldeman, Seaford; Erin Tingle, Delmar; Kim Owens, Sussex Tech; MindiWheatley, Delmar. The tournament was to begin on Tuesday, June 27.



A funny thing happened to me on theway to the Blue-Gold football game lastSaturday afternoon (OK it wasn’t veryfunny at the time). My car broke down inthe Dover area and I was unable to makeit to Newark.

Apparently I wasn’t the only one un-able to make it, a lot of people stayedaway due to the pouring rain which de-layed the start of the game and causedthe cancellation of the pre-game activi-ties. I wouldn’t have been able to getmany pictures due to the weather and itwouldn’t have been a fun time but thatwouldn’t have come as much consolationto me as I was sitting in my car on theside of the road for over an hour waitingfor it to magically fix itself.

The experience did remind me of mypast professional life as a radio announc-er. There were a number of times whenwe had no idea whether we were goingto be able to get on the air in time for thestart of the game due to “technical diffi-culties”.

One time I did a Delmar footballgame on AM 960 with an announcernamed “Captain Jim”. Actually, I believeit was the first game we did together.Normally the games were set up by afriend of mine named “Flyin Brian” (weradio people love our nicknames, minewas “Iron Mike”), but this time it was upto me to set everything up and of coursewe got there late.

We showed up at the Delmar footballfield, this was before they built the newstadium, and were pointed to whatlooked like a deer stand as our place toset up. We did not bring a table andchairs and had to sit on the stand’s floor.They were just about to kickoff as Iworked furiously to untangle the cords.

Somehow we got on the air just as theball was launched in the air for the open-ing kickoff.

Prior to that game I went on a roadtrip with “Spider Hawkins” to cover aSalisbury University football game. Thegame was in Newport News, Virginiaand because it was out of our station’sarea, we had no way of knowing whetherthe game was on the air.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), thegame was broadcast. During the broad-cast I pointed out that the Salisbury’sbackup quarterback (who had just en-tered the game) was from Ontario. With-out missing a beat Spider uttered the nowinfamous words “good day mate” whichwould have been great if Ontario were inAustralia. I was unable to speak the restof the Sea Gulls’ possession because Iwas laughing so hard.

Quick hits- US Soccer Team “Ghana”Go Home- OK, I couldn’t resist makingmy own headline for the US soccerteam’s loss to Ghana. I’m not a soccerexpert, but how does the United Stateslose to Ghana in any sport? I guess Ihave no room to talk since I went to SanDiego for the World Baseball Classic inMarch and saw Japan, Cuba, South Ko-rea, and the Dominican Republic play inthe semifinals and finals (the US teamwhich featured more all-stars than theYankees was nowhere to be found).

The Skill and Drill football camp willtake place the week of July 24 at theLaurel High football fields. See nextweek’s Star for more information.

Little League all-star tournament playbegins this week. Come out to the ball-park and support your local teams. Seeyou at the ballpark, assuming I can getthere in my car.

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Maryland District 8 All-Star schedules for Delmar (subject to change)9-10 baseball- 7/6- Princess Anne at Delmar 6 p.m.; 7/8- Crisfield at Delmar 5

p.m.; 7/10- Pocomoke at Delmar 6 p.m.; 7/12- Delmar at Berlin 6 p.m.; 7/16- semifi-nals; 7/17- finals

Major softball- 7/5- Delmar at Princess Anne 6 p.m.; 7/7- Delmar-Princess Annewinner at Crisfield 6 p.m.; 7/9- loser’s bracket 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/11- championship 6p.m. at TBA; 7/13- second championship (if necessary) 6 p.m. at TBA

Major baseball- 7/5- West Salisbury at Delmar 6 p.m.; 7/9- Princess Anne at Del-mar 5 p.m.; 7/11- Delmar at East Wicomico (Winterplace Park) 6 p.m.; 7/13- Delmarat Pocomoke 6 p.m.; 7/15- semifinals; 7/16 championship

Junior baseball- 7/5- Fruitland at Delmar 6 p.m.; 7/7- winner’s and loser’s bracketgames 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/9- games at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. at TBA; 7/11 6 p.m. at TBA;7/13- semifinals 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/15- championship 5 p.m. at TBA; 7/17- champi-onship game two (if necessary) 6 p.m.

Senior baseball- 7/6- Delmar at East Wicomico 6 p.m.; 7/10- Delmar/EastWicomico winner vs. Fruitland 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/12- 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/14- 6 p.m. atTBA; 7/16- semifinals 5 p.m. at TBA; 7/18- championship 6 p.m. at TBA; 7/19- cham-pionship game two (if necessary) 6 p.m. at TBA

SILVER MEDAL- Delmar’s Darren Collins, right, earned a Silver Award as a mem-ber of Delaware Gold in the AAU Disney Duals last week in Orlando Florida. Collinswent 9-1 as the team’s 275 pound wrestler. Photo by Mike McClure

All Sports Camp is back for another fun summer in Salisbury

Does your child love to run, jump, kick, throw, and play? Whether your child is asports enthusiast or new to the playing field, this summer All Sports Camp, offered bythe US Sports Institute and the Wicomico County Department of Recreation, is theplace to be.

This one-week camp will be held July 31-August 4 at Winterplace Park in Salis-bury, and will teach participants more than 15 different sports including bocce, flagfootball, baseball, lacrosse, rugby, tennis, soccer, cricket, badminton, polo and more.

The camp is open to children ages 3-14. Camp times and fees will vary by age. Allplayers will receive a free t-shirt and certificate. The All Sports camp is sponsored bythe Wicomico Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism. For more information orto register visit www.wicomicorecandparks.org, stop by the Wicomico Civic CenterBox Office, or call 410.548.4900 ext. 105.

Strictly Soccer Academy Returns to Salisbury July 24-28 One of the Shore’s longest running soccer camps will return to Salisbury next

month for the 15th consecutive summer. The Strictly Soccer Academy, for boys andgirls ages 3-12, will be held July 24-28 at Winterplace Park. During the camp, the re-gion’s top youth coaches will use their passion for the game to demonstrate and teachproper soccer techniques to participants.

Participants will be divided into camps based upon age. 3 and 4 year olds will par-ticipate in the Mini Munchkins program, designed to teach youngsters the basics ofsoccer in a special session from 9:30-10:20 a.m. each day of camp. Registration forthis program is $85 and includes a camp t-shirt.

Children ages 5-7 will participate in the Soccer Munchkin program, which is theperfect fit for first timers and soccer siblings. The camp is designed to teach partici-pants the fundamentals of soccer in a fun, cooperative environment. The Camp will beheld daily from 9-11 AM. Registration is $115 and includes a camp t-shirt and soccerball.

Children ages 7-12 will participate in the Cup Stars program, designed to teach par-ticipants proper soccer skills that will enable them to play at a competitive level. Daycamp activities include World Cup Tournaments, Shooting Contests, Daily SoccerMatches, and passing, dribbling, shooting, heading and volley instruction. The regis-tration fee of $135 includes a camp t-shirt and soccer ball.

Register now at the Wicomico Civic Center Box Office or online at www.Wicomi-coRecAndParks.org. For more information call 410.548.4900 ext. 105 or e-mail [email protected].

Laurel Pop Warner League plans to celebrate 25th anniversary

Laurel Pop Warner, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will hold ahomecoming on Oct. 14. The league’s three football teams will play the WicomicoPanthers during the day and a dance will be held that night.

The league is hoping to have players from each year present at the event. Formerplayers, cheerleaders, and coaches with team pictures, rosters or records are asked tocall league president Steve Gordy at 443-880-8266.


Baseball- Minor League- Sussex Irrigation 10, Fuller Veazey 0- For Sussex Irriga-tion, Austin Tanner struck out seven batters and had a single at the plate. Jacob Adkins,Jacob Carney, and Steve Perdue each hit a single; Tyler Hill had two hits; and Ivan Hunthad a triple.

For Fuller Veazey, Caine Collins struck out eight and Colby Cambron and WilliamDavis each singled.

Major League- Braves 5, Orioles 2- For the Braves, Trey Tyndall had an intentionalwalk and one run scored; Shawn O’Neal and Andrew Davis each walked and scored arun; Adam White had a walk and a hit; and Dylan Shockley had a single, a solo homerun, and two runs scored. Tyndall pitched four innings, giving up one run on one hit,three walks, and had 10 strikeouts. Andrew Davis threw the last two innings giving upone run on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts.

For the Orioles, Justin Metz had a walk and one run scored; Lucas Acosta had a hit, awalk and one run scored; Cody Tanner, Beau Warrington and Kendall Wooten allreached once by walk; and Josh Wilkens had a single. Tanner pitched five innings giv-ing up all five runs on two hits with fourwalks and nine strikeouts. Colby Dayepitched the last inning giving up no runs onone hit, with one strikeout and no walks.

Yankees 8, Orioles 5- For the Orioles,Justin Metz had two walks and one runscored; Lucas Acosta had a single and atriple, and one run scored; Cody Tanner dou-bled and had a walk and two runs scored,and Colby Daye had two walks and a runscored. Kendall Wooten and Phillip Tonellieach with a walk and Cory Cutsail had twobase on balls. Metz pitched the first two in-nings in his first start of the year, giving upone run on four hits with one walk and onestrikeout. Daye pitched the last three innings,giving up seven runs on two hits, a hit batter,four walks, and five strikeouts.

For the Yankees, Jordan Bailey and JohnSkinner each had a hit and two runs scored;Kegan Yossick had a hit and a run scored;and Bryan Mills was hit by a pitch, had awalk, and doubled in a couple of runs. DillonLewis had two walks; Zach Truitt had a walkand a run scored; and Caine Collins singledand scored a run. Timmy Wooten had a hit, awalk and one run scored. Yossick pitchedthree innings giving up two runs on one hitand six walks and had eight strikeouts. Bai-ley finished the last three innings, giving upfive runs on two hits, four walks, and eightstrikeouts.

Laurel Little League results

The Yankees’ Jordan Bailey gets readyto fire home a pitch during a LaurelMajor League baseball game earlierthis season. Photo by Mike McClure

Shown (l to r) are Laurel High students Cody Bristow, Alex Hawes, Josh Ko-siorowski, and Lance Kelley who recently attended the Art Monk football camp.There were 115 campers in the 115 campers in the 15 to 18 year old age level. Thesefour young men were recognized as being in the top 30 of this age group for theirskills on the football field. This list will be sent to 2,500 colleges around the nation.Kelley received the award for outstanding quarterback and Bristow received the ArtMonk Award for character and leadership.

Laurel football players attend 23rd Art Monk football camp

At the end of June, several Laurel youth and a few parents attended the 23rd ArtMonk football camp. These young men spent five days at Shenandoah University in Vir-ginia getting a head start on the upcoming season. Approximately seven hours a daywere spent on the practice field learning new techniques from college and high schoolcoaches.

An awards ceremony was held for each age level after the last practice session. ArtMonk presented athletes who excelled in their positions with a medal or a plaque.

Laurel youth receiving awards were: 8-10 year olds- Cole Gullett (defensive line), Ja-cob Carney (running back); 11-12 year olds- Bryce Bristow (quarterback), Beau War-rington (linebacker); 15-18 year olds- Lance Kelley (quarterback, top 30 attendingcamp), Cody Bristow (the very prestigious Art Monk Award, top 30 attending camp),Josh Kosiorowski (ranked in the top 30 attending camp), and Alex Hawes (ranked in thetop 30 attending camp).

Also attending the camp were Devin Burke, Anthony Ash, Daniel Ash, CameronPorter, Brandon Scott, Dylan Bunner, Cody Baker, and Daylin McCausland.

Shown (l to r) are Lance Kelley, Bryce Bristow, former Washington Redskin ArtMonk, and Cody Bristow at the Art Monk football camp which took place recently inVirginia.

Delaware District III Little League Major, Junior League all-star schedules

The following are the Delaware District III Little League all-star schedules forWestern Sussex teams (subject to change):

Major League softball- 7/5- Lewes vs.Millsboro 6 p.m. at Nanticoke, Nanticoke vs.Lower Sussex 8 p.m. at Nanticoke, Wood-bridge vs. Milton 6 p.m. at Rehoboth, Laurelvs. Rehoboth 8 p.m. at Rehoboth; 7/6- Lewes-Millsboro winner vs. Nanticoke-Lower Sussexwinner 6 p.m. at Nanticoke, Woodbridge-Mil-ton winner vs. Laurel-Rehoboth winner 8 p.m.at Nanticoke, loser’s bracket games 6 and 8p.m. at Rehoboth; 7/7- loser’s bracket games 6and 8 p.m. at Rehoboth; 7/8- winner’s bracket game 6 p.m. at Nanticoke, loser’s brack-et game 6 p.m. at Rehoboth; 7/10- loser’s bracket game 6 p.m.; 7/11- championship 6p.m. at Nanticoke; 7/12- second championship (if necessary) 6 p.m. at Nanticoke

Major League baseball- 7/12- Nanticoke vs. Millsboro 6 p.m. at Georgetown;7/13- Woodbridge vs. Nanticoke-Millsboro winner 8 p.m. at Laurel, Laurel vs. Milton6 p.m. at Laurel; 7/14- loser’s bracket game 6 p.m. at Laurel; 7/15- winner’s bracketgames 6 p.m. at Georgetown, loser’s bracket games 6 and 8 p.m. at Laurel; 7/17- los-er’s bracket games 6 and 8 p.m. at Laurel; 7/18- winner’s bracket game 6 p.m. atGeorgetown, loser’s bracket game 6 p.m. at Laurel; 7/19- loser’s bracket finals 6 p.m.at Laurel; 7/20- championship game 6 p.m. at Georgetown; 7/21- championship gametwo (if necessary) 6 p.m. at Georgetown

Junior League baseball- Winner’s bracket in Millsboro- 7/17- Nanticoke-LowerSussex 6 p.m., Woodbridge-Laurel 8 p.m.; 7/18- Millsboro vs. Lower Sussex-Nanti-coke winner 6 p.m., Cape vs. Woodbridge-Laurel winner 8 p.m.; 7/20- winner’s brack-et finals 6 p.m.; 7/22-23- championship game; loser’s bracket at Nanticoke

Junior League softball- Winner’s bracket in Rehoboth- 7/15- Laurel-Millsboro 8p.m.; 7/16- Woodbridge vs. Cape-Lower Sussex Winner 6 p.m., Nanticoke vs. Laurel-Millsboro winner 8 p.m.; 7/18- winner’s bracket finals; 7/20-21- championship games;loser’s bracket at Milton.

More all-star schedules in next week’s Star.

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Kyle Jones- West Virginia Tech

Six members of ‘05 Bulldogsto continue football careersBy Mike McClure

Laurel head football coach EdManlove told his senior players to dotheir job in the classroom and he’d workto get them noticed by college coaches.As a result, four members of the Bull-dogs’ 2005 team will play football in col-lege next fall while two others are in prepschool.

“It’s kind of neat for a program thissmall, in just four years we have eightkids playing football (after high school). Ithink this little community has great ath-letes and I think it’s only going to get bet-ter,” said Manlove, who sent a number oftapes and made a lot of phone calls to col-lege coaches. “It will be neat to trackthese guys.”

Tykie Hill and Anthony West- Bigguys Tykie Hilland Anthony Westare currently atHarmony Prep inCincinnati, Ohioworking on thieracademics. Bothhave full scholar-ship offers fromDel aware State

University and may re-ceive offers from otherschools.

Manlove said bothdoing well academical-ly and athletically. Ifthey do their part inthe classroom Manlovebelieves they will beenrolled at a college

by next spring.West Virginia Tech bound- Laurel

alumni Kyle Jones, Robert Reed, andRodney Simmons will attend West Vir-ginia Tech this Fall. The NAIA school islocated in Montgomery, West Virginia,one half hour south of Charleston, the

state’s capital city.All three received scholarship money

to attend the school. The football teamopens the season against Division I-AAschool McNeese State.

“It’s kind of a neat thing having threekids all getting scholarships to go to thesame school,” Manlove said. “Theirprogram’s got a ways to go. They thinkthese kids are what they need to turn itaround.”

Manlove said his players first got no-ticed by a relative of the school’s recruiterat a game early last season. The relativesuggested the recruiter, who is from An-napolis, take a look at some of the team’sseniors.

“It’s kind of exciting as a coach. Itmakes it easy to keep track of thoseguys,” said Manlove.

Ryan Hubble- Ryan Hubble will joina number of local players on the WesleyCollege football team including formerBulldog Eston Ennis.

Manlove expects Hubble, who hasdone well in the classroom as well as onthe football field, to continue to succeedin college.

“He’s (Wesley coach Mike Drass) realexcited to have Ryan come and be a partof the program.”“I think he’ll thrive atWesley. He’s real excited.”

While the school is unable to awardathletic scholarships, Ryan did receive ac-ademic scholarship money to attend Wes-ley.

Manlove also expects Ennis, whoplayed well in the Wolverines’ playoffgames last year, and Anton Ridley, who isat Villanova, to have big years this sea-son.

The success of all of these playersmeans more opportunities for future Bull-dog seniors (and players at other WesternSussex schools). Manlove stresses the im-portance of getting good grades in orderto take advantage of the opportunities.

On Campus With ....Cristina Garmendia

The following interview was done viae-mail with 2004 Seaford graduate Cristi-na Garmendia:

Q- You recently completed your soph-omore year at Washington University inSt. Louis, what has college life been likeso far?

CG- College life, at least for an archi-tecture student who also has other inter-ests, is extremely challenging. One of myfavorite things about my experience so faris how interesting the people are here.The people I know best, my fellow archi-tecture students (40 in my studios), repre-sent so many different parts of the coun-try (Alaska to Florida) and the world(Russia, China, etc). And none of us are“just” architecture students, which is thenorm at most architecture schools. Forinstance, I am on the varsity track team,sing in a mariachi band, give tours of theArchitecture school, and mentor studentswithin the architecture school and myscholarship group, the Annika RodriguezScholars. My Rodriguez “family” has alsohad a big impact on my experience here,they are my support group away fromhome. It is truly a privilege to be here.

Q- Why did you choose Washington?CG- I chose Washington University

primarily for the feeling that I could makea difference in this area. I love the city ofSt. Louis, its place in history, but alsoknew that up until recently, it was a cityin decline. I also really appreciated howthe school attracted people from allaround the country. I knew it would be abig change from life in Delaware, but is-n’t a big part of the college experiencelearning about dealing with change?

Q- What’s it like going to a school sofar away from Seaford?

CG- It’s difficult because I feel asthough I’ve lost touch much faster withmy old friends just because I’m so faraway (15 hour drive). Yet I am also veryproud to be representing Seaford in anarea where most people have never evenbeen to Delaware.

Q- What are your plans after college?CG- I’m an architecture major and I

am also planning a second major in ar-chaeology. I really want to put those twomajors to use by staying in the St. Louisarea, preserving its architectural historicheritage, while helping to return St. Louisto its former glory and place as a world-class city.

This summer I have been working asan archaeologist right over the river inIllinois, where there are hundreds of Indi-an burial and ceremonial mounds. I workprimarily at the Cahokia Indian Mounds,a World Heritage site, where I help trainexcavation volunteers and run the pro-cessing lab where all the materials goonce they are excavated. I have also donesome emergency excavation work inplaces where economic concerns aretrumping cultural and historical ones. Ifeel my work in archaeology will help meas an architect and city planner by giving

Seaford graduate Cristina Garmendia isshown during a Washington Universitymeet last spring.

me a greater sensitivity for the past. Amovement for this quality is just begin-ning to re-emerge in the city of St. Louis,and more effort is being put into preserv-ing its material history.

Q- Tell me about your college sportscareer so far.

CG- Considering I injured myself ear-ly on in my college career, there unfortu-nately hasn’t been as much opportunityfor me to do as well as I know I am capa-ble of. In one of my first meets as a fresh-man I was triple-jumping indoors in Illi-nois and matched my personal best that Iset at the DII Track Meet as a senior inDelaware. I thought I had done poorlyand I only learned I had matched my per-sonal best when I heard my name as win-ning the event. The highlight of this yearhas been finally feeling like a viable con-tender in the triple jump after a long runof disappointments due to my previousinjuries.

My school’s track team is reallystrong, so I do mostly compete in my bestevents, the 400m hurdles and the triplejump, but a major core of our program iseveryone being able to run strong 400s,so I have also competed in that.

Q- How did being a student-athlete atSeaford High prepare you for college?

CG- Being a student athlete atSeaford High helped establish in me whata team is all about, and having faith thathard work does pay off. It wasn’t until mysenior year at Seaford did I truly bloomas an athlete, so I am not downheartedabout my first two injury-prone yearshere at Wash. U. I know if I continue towork hard while enjoying my experience,I cannot lose.

Q- Who were your role models?CG- My role models growing up were

my parents, my brothers, and Coach Per-ciful. My parents established in me that Iwas capable of doing whatever I wanted,while my brothers gave me a healthysense of competition. I grew up wantingto do everything they did, but better.

Washington University in St. Louis

Location: St. Louis, MissouriEnrollment: 7,547 undergraduate,

6,033 graduate and professional studentsFounded: 1853Mascot: Bear

Eventually I learned that I couldn’t beatthem at everything and found my ownvoice and talents. Coach Perciful is stillmy ideal for a coach, who was constantlysupportive while never labeling me intoone event throughout seven years ofcoaching. He’s taught me a love of run-ning that has irrevocably influenced mylife.

Q- How often does your family get achance to see you compete in college?

CG- My family never gets to see mecompete. My brother who lives in Bostondrove to see me compete at UAA Champi-

onships in NYC last winter, and my mommade the drive to see compete at Wash. U.and perform with my mariachi band thisspring.

My team only travels to the Midwestregion, and UAA host cities, with NYCbeing the closest to the East Coast. This issort of weird for my parents because theyare used to being able to document all theminutae of my running career.

Send On Campus With and WhereAre They Now candidates’ informationto the Star at 302-629-9243 (f) or [email protected].

Ryan Hubble- Wesley College

Anthony West

Tykie Hill

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Seaford Bowling LanesTuesday NascarHigh games and seriesJesse Rust 302, 805Sherri Smart 317Nicole Jennings 779

Summer SeniorExpressHigh games and seriesHarold Sheets 285Patrick Curran 786Anna Mowrey 273Dot Cannon 755

Weds. Adult/YouthHigh games and seriesJosh Graver 336, 841Mimi Blackwelder 260, 745

Nathan Katzaman 268Doug Beauchamp 760Tiffany Messick 273, 769

Thursday SummerMixed High games and seriesE. Buddy Tharp 306, 807Joeanne White 276Kelly Dunning 744

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Tuesday NascarJust Us 21-3Just Do It 14-10Smart Construction13-11What Ever 13-11Nascar Fanatics 12-12Jesse N Friends 11-13Strikers 7-17We’re Still Looking 0-24

Summer SeniorExpressSilver Lining 16-8

Guys R Us 16-8Strong Possibility 14-10Imports 9-15Seaford Lanes 9-15We 3 8-16

Weds. Adult/YouthBibb Brigade 18-6High Dreamers 18-6Seven Ten Split 17-7Bold N Beautiful 12-12B & B 11-13Chilly’s 10-14Team Tiffany 10-14The Mustangs 10-14Morgan Mania 7-17

Thursday SummerMixedWhatever 16-4Look Out 14-6Fantastic Four 13-7Gopher Four 13-7Heavy Hitters 12-8Unknowns 11.5-8.5Nuttin But Family 11.5-8.5Azz Kickerz 10-10Fear the Handicap 9-11

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Star Sports CalendarJuly- 7/15- Riverfest Run- The third annual Riverfest 5K Cross Country race will

take place during the annual Nanticoke Riverfest on Satur-day, July 15, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Chapel Branch Na-ture Trail on Woodland Road. The cost is $12 and registra-tion is on race-day only from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. The first 100who register will receive a custom-designed NanticokeRiverfest T-shirt. Medals will be awarded to the top threefinishers in the men’s and women’s division and trophieswill be awarded to the men’s and women’s champions. Formore information, contact Vince Morris, the race director, at628-0688 (after 6 p.m.). Race forms are available at theSeaford Star office and city hall.

7/18-20- Football camp- The Western Sussex Boys & GirlsClub will sponsor a football conditioning skills camp for youthages 6 to 18 on July 18, 19 and 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at theclub at 310 Virginia Ave. The cost is $50 which includes a T-shirt.Pre-registration is required and can be made by contacting KarenSchreiber at 629-8740.

7/28-31- Referee camp- A referee camp for new and experienced basketball officialsis scheduled for July 28 through 31 at Wesley College in Dover. The camp is sponsoredby the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO) Board #129.

The camp fee is $25. Room accommodations and meals are available at an additionalcost. Meals are $10 all day, while rooms will cost $20 per night.

Interested individuals can obtain an application by contacting IAABO Board #129via email at [email protected] or write to P.O. Box 101, Milford DE 19963, orcall 302-644-7757.

7/31-8/3- Field hockey camp- The Delaware Stingersfield hockey club wants to help you build for the future. Overthe past four years the DSFHC has grown to over 120 mem-bers from all over Sussex County, playing indoor and out-door field hockey.

The camp will focus on individual skills and team play.Players will learn the basics of field hockey: driving, drib-bling, passing, shooting, etc. The Stingers are committed tomaking you a better, stronger player and to helping you de-velop your self confidence in the game.

Camp will take place in the Woodbridge area. Campers must have a stick, shinguards, and a mouth guard. Camp will be coached and staffed by members of theDSFHC, many of who are all-state and all-conference players with lots of field hockeyexperience. Camp will run from 9 a.m. until noon daily.

The cost is $75 and space is limited. Week one is July 31 through August 3 (grades3-8), 9 a.m. to noon. You can download a camp application and find out more about theStingers by visiting the club’s website at www.lloydlee.com/DelawareStingersField-Hockey.htm.

Soccer Sessions Soccer Camp to take place July 17-21 in Seaford

The 15th Annual Soccer Sessions Camp will be held at Seaford High July 17-21.This exciting and fun experience is for players ages 6-14 and runs from 9 a.m. until 1p.m. The camp directors, Tim Lee (Seaford High varsity coach) and Gerry DiBartolo(Salisbury University men’s coach) will be assisted by current college players. Formore information visit www.soccersessionscamps.com or call 302-629-5465.

Delaware Riptide 14U softball wins a pair in state championships

The Delaware Riptide 14U softball team won two out of three games in theDelaware State Softball Championships on Saturday before the tournament was sus-pended due to inclement weather. The Riptide qualified for the semifinal bracket at theconclusion of play on Saturday.

The Riptide lost to the Delaware Cobras in Saturday’s first game, but in the secondgame the Riptide came back to win a very big game against the Delaware Diamonds,5-1. Melissa Trout pitched a masterful game, outdueling Brooke Tull for the win. Troutallowed just four hits and kept the Diamonds off balance with a variety of pitches. Theentire defense played an outstanding game.

Yasmin Davis hit two home runs and Brittney Brittingham hit a triple to pace theRiptide attack. In the third game, the Riptide routed the North Carroll Fury 11-1. Brit-tany Thompson drove in five runs and was the winning pitcher.

Star to feature Where are they Now?, On Campus With stories

The Seaford/Laurel Star will be running “Where are they Now?” and “On CampusWith” stories throughout the year. If you know of a local graduate who is no longer inschool and has gone on to do great things in life, submit their name for our “Where arethey Now?” series.

If you have a local “star” who has gone on to play sports in college, let us knowabout him or her for our “On Campus With” series.

Please contact the Star with their name, some background information, and a way tocontact them. Send information to the Star at [email protected] or 302-629-9243 (f) or call sports editor Mike McClure at 302-629-9788.

WWE’s ECW Live Events Tour comes to Salisbury on August 14

World Wrestling Entertainment’s ECW Live Events Summer Tour hits Salisbury onMonday, August 14.

The lineup will include the ECW title match of RVD vs. Kurt Angle and the fallscount anywhere match of Tommy Dreamer vs. Big Show. Other matches include Sabuvs. Test, Balls Mahoney vs. Mike Knoxx, FBI vs. Steven Richards and Justin Credible,and Sandman vs. CW Anderson.

Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are on sale now at the Civic Center Box Office and on-line at www.wicomicociviccenter.org. To charge by phone call 410-548-4911.

All tickets cost $25 plus fees. For more information visit www.ecw.com.

Hannah Merritt, SGCC swimmer, reaches for the wall after completing her event inthe loss to Miles River Yacht Club on Thursday. Photo by David Elliott

Send us your sports scores - it’s easy!Coaches and parents are invited to send any team scores that they

would like to see featured in the Star. Items can be e-mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 302-629-9243.

Covering all the local sports teams, the Seaford/Laurel Star.

Laurel Pop Warner to hold Chicken BBQ on Saturday, July 1

Laurel Pop Warner will hold a benefit Chicken BBQ on Saturday, July 1 in front ofTyndall’s Pipe and Patio at the Old Discountland. Dinners will be $6 each and will in-clude half chicken, chips, roll, and pickles.

Area youth sports coaches asked to send schedules, results to the Star

With wet weather causing the postponement of little league regular season and all-star games, coaches need to notify the Star of any schedule changes so we can coveryour games. Call sports editor Mike McClure at 302-629-9788 or send revised sched-ules to 302-629-9243 (f) or [email protected].


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The school day will start 15 minutesearlier for Delmar Junior-Senior HighSchool students beginning this fall afterthe Board of Education voted to changethe start time from 8:15 a.m. to 8 a.m. Thebuilding will be open for teachers at 7:40a.m. and for students at 7:45 a.m.

The move was made to accommodatebusing schedules.

The new policy also requires studentsto enter the school immediately upon ar-rival, eliminating loitering in the parkingarea and in front of the school.

The board, which met June 20, unani-mously approved Cathy J. Townsend asthe new high school principal. Townsendreplaces Giffin Bowen, who resigned ear-lier this year.

Other staff changes include BeckyNeubert’s promotion to vice principal ofthe middle school and Diane Coy’s ac-ceptance of the high school vice principalposition upon the resignation of ReneMorrison.

The new administration leaders lookforward to providing direction and leader-ship to ensure student safety and produc-tivity.

Superintendent Dr. David Ring was au-thorized by the board to spearhead an in-vestigation into the introduction of schooluniforms. Ring expects to begin by pollingthe community to ascertain whether uni-forms are something that the residents willsupport.

Board members cited the presence oftoo many inappropriate outfits and the dif-ficulties enforcing the present dress codeas reasons to explore the potential of uni-forms. In the interim, a committee has be-gun revising dress code policies.

Other disciplinary issues discussed in-cluded a revision of the discipline matrix,which is an educator’s guide to appropri-ate penalties for specific infractions. Al-though the intent is to regulate infractionsin the name of fairness, it was agreed thatthere should be an amount of leeway giv-en administrators for mitigating circum-stances.

Fifth-grade teachers from Delmar Ele-mentary met with sixth-grade teachersfrom Delmar Middle School for a transi-tion workshop. Of particular concern wasthe fact that the state of Maryland historycurriculum requires that the students learnMaryland history but contains noDelaware history. This puts the studentswho choose to go to Delmar Middle at adistinct disadvantage because theDelaware state tests that are administeredduring the first sixth-grade semester con-tain a number of Delaware history ques-tions.

The teachers from both schools areworking together to discover other gaps inthe Maryland-Delaware curriculum expec-tations in order to make the transition tomiddle school less stressful on Delmarstudents.

Zachary Bettes of Delmar, Md., hasbeen awarded a scholarship to attend Avia-tion Challenge in Huntsville, Ala. Betteswas one of 47 students selected for a fulltuition scholarship.

Scholarship competition is keen, re-quiring students to submit applicationswith detailed descriptions of a science ex-periment, an essay, a mission patch de-sign, and three letters of recommendation.Only 13 percent of those applying thisyear received full scholarships.

“This process attracts bright, motivatedstudents from across the world,” said Lar-ry R. Capps, chief executive officer of theU.S. Space & Rocket Center, the museumthat is home to the Space Camp programs.

“To win a full scholarship, a student mustsubmit a truly outstanding application. Icongratulate Zachary on earning a place inthe 2006 scholarship class.”

Space Camp was founded in 1982 andhas more than 450,000 alumni throughoutthe world. The camp, which is based onNASA’s astronaut training program, focus-es on teamwork and leadership. Real-world applications of math, science, andtechnology are presented as students learnto fly the shuttle, participate in spacewalks, and build robots.

For more information on the programand the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, visitwww.spacecamp.com.

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Day at Delmar High tostart 15 minutes earlier

Delmar Volunteer Fire Department Inc.officers for 2006 are:

Administrative officers — James“Chuck” Bare, president; Glenn “Woody”Payne, vice president; Jack Morris Jr.,recording secretary; Kevin Moore, corre-sponding secretary; Marty Skarson, treas-urer; Jacob Morris, assistant treasurer;Bob Jones, custodian.

Fire line officers — Jeff Kowalski,Chief; Joe Morris Jr., Deputy Chief; Dar-rin Scott, 1st Asst. Chief; Shawn Johnson,2nd Asst. Chief; Brooks Morris, Captain;

Andrew Rementer, Lieutenant.Drivers — Howard “Manson” Jones,

Chief; Keith Naugle, 1st assistant; JackMorris Jr., 2nd assistant; Randy Ellis, 3rdassistant; Harry “Bunk” Naugle, 4th assis-tant; Steve Twilley Sr., 5th assistant.

Engineers — Grover “Gomer” Adkins,Chief; Kenny Moore Jr., 1st assistant; Bri-an Evans, 2nd assistant; Joe Hull, 3rd as-sistant; Jacob Boothe, 4th assistant; SteveTwilley Jr., 5th assistant; Robert Hull, 6thassistant; Rob Thompson, 7th assistant.

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School board bans loitering in parkinglot before school, is looking at uniforms

By Mike McClure

Laurel School Board members EdwardJestice and Jerry White each discussedpending legislation during last Tuesday’smeeting. Board president Calvin Musserwas also presented with the certificate ofelection after running unopposed.

According to Jestice, a bill has beenproposed in state legislature that wouldlimit the ability of a board member toserve if people in the district feel he or sheshouldn’t serve. Jestice said the bill, whichalso mandates education on finances forboard members, stemmed from financialdifficulties in the Christina School Dis-trict.

Jestice pointed out that the schoolboard association recently enacted a vol-untary training program on finances.White said the Delaware School BoardAssociation (DSBA) attorney deemed thelegislation unconstitutional.

“It’s pretty much a politically motivat-ed bill,” said White, who believes DSBAwill file legal action if the bills gets out ofthe education committee.

White attended the DSBA board meet-ing on Wednesday, June 14. He discussedanother bill proposed by a New CastleCounty representative that deals with thefunding of construction for charterschools. White said the bill would seekfunds to bill charter schools. DSBA has noposition on this legislation because some

of the districts have charter schools.Musser, who will serve a five-year

term, received his certificate of electionduring the superintendent’s report. Jesticealso received a DSBA certificate of board-smanship and White was presented with acertificate of merit. Board member HarveyHyland, who was not present at Tuesday’smeeting, also earned a certificate of merit.

The board held the first reading for itsfiscal year 2007 local operating budget(July 1, 2006- June 30, 2007). The budgetincludes revenues and expenditures total-ing $5,334,688 after a total of $4,887,188in revenues and expenditures in the 2006budget. The biggest expenses in the pro-posed budget come from salaries($3,550,000) and district operations($882,000), which includes a projected en-ergy cost of $545,000 (up from $410,000in FY 06).

During the personnel portion of themeeting the board approved the followingvarsity head coaches for the 2006-07 year:Jerry Mears, athletic director and baseball;Ed Manlove, football; Clarence Giles,boys’ basketball; Craig Blount, wrestling;Mike Allen, golf; Margo Morris, fieldhockey and softball.

The board will hold a reorganizationmeeting on Wednesday, July 5 at the dis-trict office. The regular meeting will takeplace on Tuesday, July 18 at 7 p.m., alsoat the district office.

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Laurel School Board President Calvin Musser, left, receives his certificate of elec-tion from Superintendent Keith Duda. Musser, who ran unopposed in a recent elec-tion, will serve a five-year term. Photo by Mike McClure

RSD is a three-letter term that is cur-rently being used. It stands for reflex sym-pathetic dystrophy. It usually refers to painin an extremity.

One of the problems with it now is thatit is being overused.

RSD is caused by local trauma to anextremity. The trauma is most commonly afracture. It may be due to sprain. It couldbe due to a laceration. It could be due to acontusion (bruise).

Other causes are less likely. Some peo-ple claim that an IV has caused it. Somepeople claim that being held up has causedit. These causes are unlikely.

The underlying problem is not exactlyclear. However, it appears to be related tonerves. The nerves involved belong to thesympathetic nervous system. Those are thenerves that control things like heartbeat.Those are the nerves that control breath-ing. Those are the nerves that controlsweating.

One of the other things that they controlis the widening and narrowing of bloodvessels. When someone gets an injury, thesympathetic nervous system puts the localarteries into spasm. That is a reflex reac-

tion. The reflex reaction involves the sym-pathetic nervous system. The pain that itcauses is called a dystrophy. Hence theterm for it is reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

As the arteries go into spasm, lessblood flows through them. The decreasedblood flow causes pain.

The pain in turn causes further spasmof the artery. The increased spasm causesincreased pain. The cycle continues untilthe pain goes away.

People with RSD can have pain in theirextremity for months. RSD is thus associ-ated with chronic pain.

However, not all chronic pain in an ex-tremity is caused by RSD. That is why theterm is overused. Anybody who developschronic pain tends to think it is RSD. Thatis not always true.

There are some simple things to try tomake the pain better. That may mean painrelievers. That may mean immobilization.It may mean physical therapy. Sometimesthese things work. Sometimes they do not.

One of the more complicated treatmentsis to inject the nerve with an anesthetic.This allows the artery to relax. The hope isthat when it does the blood flow will in-crease. Once that happens the pain shouldalso decrease. When the anesthetic wearsoff, the hope is that the pain will be gone.

In many cases, there are psychological

factors involved. These serve to make thepain feel worse than expected from theamount of the injury.

Unfortunately, there is no good test todecide whether someone has RSD or not.

The tendency is to give that diagnosiswhen nothing else is obvious. That doesn’tmean the diagnosis is correct. It just meansthat we cannot find a better thing to call itat that time.


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A study released by the AAAFoundation for Traffic Safetyshows death and injury crashrates for 16-year-old drivers are20 percent lower in a state withnighttime and passenger restric-tions compared to a jurisdictionthat lacked such restrictions. Thestudy also shows that twice asmany crash-free teens reportednever having violated their state’spassenger restriction provisioncompared to teens that hadcrashed.

The differentiating factors be-tween crash-free and crash-in-volved teen drivers were overallcompliance with provisionsfound in state graduated driver li-censing laws, adherence to trafficlaws and regulations, andparental involvement.

“Teens who obey traffic laws,follow GDL rules, and have ac-tively-involved parents are muchless likely to crash,” said Cather-ine L. Rossi, manager of publicand government affairs for AAAMid-Atlantic. “Think how manylives we could save with thecombination of the right laws andparental involvement.”

In Delaware, 112 people losttheir lives because of crashes in-volving 16- and 17-year-old driv-ers in 2005.

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AAA is urging the DelawareSenate to pass a bill recentlypassed by the Delaware Housethat raises the learner’s permit el-igibility age, places stronger pas-senger restrictions on teens, andrequires certified driving time, in-cluding nighttime driving. Youngdrivers would have to obtainmore documented on-the-roadexperience before they are eligi-ble for a full-unrestricted driver’slicense.

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By Pat Murphy

Ed Ralph, president of the Laurel Li-brary Board of Commissioners, is retiringfrom his position effective June 30. Ralph,a former University of Delaware Exten-sion agent and, for 11 years, DelawareSub Station director, has been on the li-brary board since 1987.

Ralph’s greatest accomplishment wouldhave to be the expansion of the new $4million Laurel Public Library, which helooked over daily and spent literally thou-sands of hours on, speaking before groupsand looking into funding for the libraryfor two years until its completion. That in-cluded moving the library from one loca-tion to another and back.

Ralph gives all the credit to his board,Friends of the Library and staff there. Inclosing comments to his board, Ralphsaid, “I thank each of you for everythingyou have done for our wonderful new li-brary and our patrons. With our greatly

expanded space and dedicated staff andboard,I know the best is yet to come forthe Laurel Library community.”

Ralph cited his age, plus library termsbeing for five years, as reasons for his de-parture.

“The past two years have really takentheir toll on me and Peggy, and I hope toget caught up on many things we haveneglected plus do more traveling,” he said.

Ralph, in his usual humor, finished bysaying, “I’ll still be around as a volunteer.Simple tasks only, nothing complicated.”

The Superior Court Judge appointscommissioners for five-year terms.

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On July 4th, from 10 a.m. un-til 1 p.m., members of theFriends of the Laurel Library willsponsor a used book sale in thecommunity room of the recentlyopened new library.

Books covering topics fromarcheology to zoology, cookingto quilting, from woodworking topainting, history to children’sgames and Dr. Seuss, will be of-fered at reasonable prices, ac-cording to newly installedFriends president, GerdaNaviero.

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Yet another weekend with no racing. Rain,rain, go away, come back on weekdays, notweekends. I wish it was that easy to requestracing weather.

The Delaware Motorsports Complex facedbad weather last weekend with the rain on Fri-day and Saturday. The U.S. 13 Dragway, andthe U.S. 13 Kart Club Track fell to the mercyof Mother Nature with rain all day.

Saturday started off shaky for the half-mileclay oval events of stock car racing. However,just a few light showers fell between 2 - 4p.m., with just enough to have to cancel. Then,of course, no more rain fell until midnight orso. Before last Saturday, only two nights wererained out, but June has had two rain outs.

Big Block Modified action has been heat-ing up. Tim Millman, 410, has claimed threewins so far, and “Jamie” Mills has three also.Mills leads in points with 1020, Millman 888points, H. J. Bunting has 875, Ricky Johnson828, and in 5th is “Stormin” Norman Short, Jr.819 points.

Mills has a good lead, but anything canhappen. Second through fifth place are prettytight, too. Other winners this year have beenRobert Dutton in 888, and Johnson in 69“Slow But Sexy.” Millman has won the lasttwo events.

Late Model action has had some mightyfine action going on, with lead changes, andfast speeds. Richard Jarvis, Jr. and Ricky Wha-ley have made a few trips south to run and arenot racing for points this year at Delmar.

They don’t always get to run every week-end at DIS, so it is a treat when the guys arehome. Kenny Pettyjohn has won four features,but in spite of that his points lead is not that farfrom the other drivers.

Kenny has a total of 945 points and therookie Gary Simpson runs second with 875points, only 70 points apart, 810 points goes toDonald Lingo, Jr. and David Hill with 760 to-tal points.

Rookie Gary Simpson came from runningin a Big Block Modified since 1998, andswitching to Late Model. Before big blocks,Simpson ran go-karts, claiming a champi-onship, then drove Modified Lites before BBdays.

Simpson has displayed a very impressivedrive in the number 12K Late Model to ownseven top 5s out of eight features. Not bad fora rookie. Quite a few BB drivers haveswitched to late models, such as Tim Mc-Creadie, Billy Decker, and GR Smith, to namea few.

The AC Delco TSS Modified crate field hasbeen just as strong as ever with a full field

each race night and a total of 35 different driv-ers qualifying to run at DIS so far this year.

Jack Mullins, Jr. has been strong again thisyear with three wins under his belt and leadingin points with 830. Brad Trice runs secondwith 745, followed by Richie Walls, Sr. with659 points, Mark Byram with 655, and 630points goes to Bobby Watkins. Pretty close inpoints, and what a great show these guys per-form each week!

Watkins was the 2005 AC Delco TSS Mod-ified Track Champion. Just two weeks ago,Watkins showed up to the track with a TSSLate Model crate car and no Modified. So willWatkins be branching out in the future with aBB late model?

Added this year to the Street Modified classis the TSS Late Model crate class. Both carsrun in the same feature, and have been adjust-ed to make the cars as equal as they can be.

Deadeye even has the ageless Hal Brown-ing, 46, leading in points with 800 digits;Brown changed to the crate motor this year.Tied with Browning is rookie Joe Warren, 11,in a crate motor as well.

Warren came from Modified Lites this year.Third has another rookie, 16-year-old RossRobinson, 7, with 685 points. Kelly Putz, 59,has 630 points and Mike Wilson, 12, roundsout the top five with a grand total of 615points.

This class has been growing each week justas the TSS Mod cars did their first year. Otherrookies are Kevin Scott, Jr., 12, Travis Justice,23, Shane Sockriter, 32, and Daniel Fielder, 7.Daniel has been consistent. Justice is new, andScott has finished in the top five to 10 the lastfew weeks.

The Modified Lite field has shrunk a bitwith so many of the guys transforming to thecrate classes. But the racing has been just ashot, with action from Tim White, Steve White,Brandon Dennis, Herb Tunis, Erik McKinney,and Aaron Bada all battling for the win.

Tim has three wins and teammate Steve hasthree wins. Dennis has one win and Herb Tu-nis claimed the last Mod Lite win on June 17.

Points leaders are Tim White, 850, SteveWhite, 780, Tunis, 745, Dennis, 705, and fifthhas 680 points going to McKinney. RookiesRichie Wilson, Billy Mellon, and Jody Cahallare holding their own each week.

Coming upJuly will be a busy month for the com-

plex. on Saturday, July 1, there will be agreat event going on for 4th of July week-end. The speedway will have the regularline up of all five classes racing. In addi-tion the mighty wing warriors of URCRacing Sprints will be present along witha nice fireworks show.

On July 8, the regular five classesalong with the Little Lincoln Vintage carsrace.

For the latest action at the track checkthe track hot line at 846-3968. Check fortimes and prices on the track web or atwww.redbud69racing.com

Gates usually open at 5 p.m., but onURC night the gates open at 4:30 p.m.

The U.S. 13 Dragway had to cancellast Friday night. The track switched fromSundays to Fridays action until the fall.One race has been set, with a lot of drag-sters coming out.

This Friday, June 30, the dragway willhave fireworks show with Bad 8 & Sum-mit ET Racing.

On July 7, there will be Outlaw & RealStreet along with Summit ET Racing.

On July 14 there will be “DoublePoints.” Gates open at 3:30 p.m., time tri-als start at 4:30 p.m.

The U.S. 13 Kart Club Track should berunning this Friday, June 30, and SaturdayJuly 8, for the Delaware Dirt DivisionalsSeries. Friday night gates open at 5, rac-ing at 7. State event on Saturday willopen at 7 a.m. The kart track is looking tohire a track preparer. Contact RichardPearson at 349-5169 or [email protected] or visitwww.dekarting.net.

Camp Barnes BenefitOn Wednesday, July 12, there will be a

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BOOK DONATION - Ed Ralph, president of Laurel Library Board, holds “The MemoryBook” which was among several books that were donated to the library by CongressmanMike Castle, right. Photo by Pat Murphy.

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE - Rain covers a yard on Discountland Road near Lau-rel. Photo by Pat Murphy

SERIOUS DISCUSSION - Jasmine Johnson and Tramine Johnson of Laurel meet Sen.Tom Carper and Congressman Mike Castle on one of their three library trips for the week.Photo by Pat Murphy.

A BLUE VIOLIN? Violinist Eric Taylor entertains everyone at the Revolving Doors’ ban-quet Saturday evening. The banquet took place at the Catherine Camper Educational Cen-ter in Laurel. See story, page 14. Photo by Deborah Mitchell

READ ABOUT HISTORY - “19th Century Laurel” by Harold Hancock is now on sale bythe Laurel Historical Society. The 250 numbered books can be purchased by calling DickStone, president of the society at 875-5385, Linda Justice at 875-4217, or Edna Marvil at875-9427, or copies can be purchased at the library. Pictured are Stone and Norma JeanFowler, library employee and member of Laurel Historical Society board. Photo by Pat Mur-phy.

BOARDMANSHIP - Laurel School Board member Edward Jestice, right, is presentedwith a certificate of boardmanship from the Delaware State School Board by Laurel boardpresident Calvin Musser during last week’s board meeting. Photo by Mike McClure

What do you think of the word “what-ever” which is being interjected now intoso many conversations? I kinda like it —I can express, with one word, a statement,question, or even be sarcastic. The diction-ary meaning is “indefiniteness,” but call itwhat you may, it can be expressive. Ohwell, whatever!

I have a note from one of my faithfulsources, Arveline Moore, who writes: TheLaurel Senior Center friends have returnedfrom a week’s trip to Hyannis, Martha’sVineyard and Nantucket. While thereeveryone enjoyed a Harbor Tour of vari-ous homes such as the Kennedys’. Theweather was great all week and our busdriver, “Doc” did a great job as well as be-ing our tour guide up there. We renewedacquaintances with old friends and madenew ones. Thanks to our special people atthe Senior Center we look forward to an-other trip next year.

On June 15, Dick and Helen Mae Ben-nett celebrated a 50th wedding anniver-sary. There was a surprise party at theirhome hosted by their children, Dickie,Wayne, Nancy West and Shelly Givens.Note that this golden wedding couple arethe grandparents of 10 grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren. We wish manymore happy years for them to enjoy thisgreat family.

Darrell and Charlene Meade and Mrs.Gertrude Meade entertained family mem-bers at their homes in Bethel last week.Visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wallaceand family from West Virginia, Mr. andMrs. Danny Wallace from Tennessee andMr. Michael Wallace from Arizona. Allenjoyed their time here and especiallytrips to the beach areas.

The annual meeting of the Friends ofthe Laurel Library was held on June 20 at7 p.m. This evening the group was intro-duced to the new library director, HarriettJarosh, by Mary Brittingham and introduc-tion of the slate of officers for 2006/2007,taking their offices now are: GerdaNaveira, president; Bill Trujillo, vice pres-ident; Terry Trujillo, secretary, andMaryanne Gallopa, Treasurer. It was alsodecided that the Friends group will hold a

used book and video sale on July 4, from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the community roomof the library. Entrance can be gained bythe main door. There will be a good selec-tion to choose from - all donated by pa-trons and friends.

Belated greetings and best wishes toEleanor Stacy for a recent 89th birthdaycelebration and to the Stacy couple, Willand Eleanor, who also recently celebrated67 wedded years.

Special happy birthday wishes toSkyler Wroten who will be 9 years old onJune 30. This wish is sent from UncleGeorge, Mom, Dad and family.

To those of you who celebrate a birth-day on July 4, I hope you have a bang-upone! For those of you who aren’t a yearolder that day have a safe and bang-upone anyway !

We express our deepest sympathy tothe family and friends of Barbara GrotonBoyce, Ruth Cherry VanTine and James“Jim” Simeon Gullett.

We continue with prayers for thosewho are ill: Richard Cordrey, Joan Ven-ables, Terry Layton, Ralph Baker, KellyGriffith, Hattie Puckham, Enoch Schwartzand Wilbert Adams.

Happy birthday greetings to wind upthe June celebrants: Ruth Belle, ClaraCarey and Ethel Fooks, all on June 30.

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July Fourth is a special time for fami-lies and towns of all sizes from majormetropolitan areas to little villages thatmake up the heart and soul of our nation.People everywhere, from all walks of life,from all races and beliefs and from all re-ligions, will gather to mark the observanceof freedom in this nation of ours.

This July Fourth of the year 2006 willbe a bit more somber in many communi-ties, especially those where members ofour armed forces have given their lives sothat the rest of us may celebrate freedom.

This year, probably more than July 4thin many of the past years, many of us willgive serious thought to just what freedomis all about. Not only here in our UnitedStates but in areas throughout the entireworld.

Freedom means many different thingsto many different people. Each of us hasour own thoughts as to just what the wordfreedom means.

In Laurel, freedom means that we havea dedicated group of fellow citizens whohave spent long and hard hours program-ming and planning the annual parade andall of the festivities that will make up theday-long celebration in downtown. Thisspecial group of committee members hasbeen working toward yet another success-ful parade, one of the largest and best inSussex County.

And, while we are speaking of the pa-rade, remember that it is scheduled to be-gin at 9 a.m. this year.

Parades are something that almosteveryone loves. But, yes, there are a fewsouls who don’t like a parade. Can youimagine that?

The rest of us will get in town earlyTuesday morning, armed with our sun-screen, a bottle of water, and a comfort-able folding chair, and search for our just-right spot to view the parade.

Chuck and I will join parade lovers ofall sizes, shapes and description as we sitand watch the general population and theparade members go out Central Avenue.

My dad was a parade lover and tookwe four kids to every parade presented allduring the years we were growing up. Mymother was not the parade lover that mydad was, but she made a valiant effort toattend most of the parades.

Early on holidays, we would join otherfamilies and walk to the downtown area of

the city, and then stake out our little spacefor parade viewing.

On July 4th, after the parade, motherwould head for home, but dad and we fourkids would go out to the cemetery to payour respects to family members who hadpassed away through the years.

Then we would head for home, wheremother would have prepared a picnicmeal.

We all walked the entire trip, since mydad never owned an automobile. Takingthe trolley was out of the question due tothe locations and the influx of parade-go-ers. Walking was something that everyonedid in those days. Besides, dad loved towalk and so the four of us tagged along.

Every high school had a marching bandunit in the annual parade, veterans fromall branches of the service marched proud-ly, even a few Civil War veterans. BoyScouts, Girl Scouts, lodges, and countlessother civic groups proudly walked in theparades.

The Laurel parade always brings backfond memories of those days when I was ayoung kid. And, the Laurel parade is al-ways an excellent parade.

This year, just in case you have neverattended a Laurel parade, why not joinyour neighbors and go to the Laurel pa-rade. It is not only an opportunity to showsupport for our servicemen and women,but it is a great time to have a mini-re-union with friends your don’t see too of-ten.

Plus, there is a wide assortment ofgreat food available so that parade goerscan pig-out on every food imaginable.

Most especially, the parade is a timefor each of us to support not only thosemen and women now serving our nation,but to show our quiet support and respectto those who have given their life so thatthe rest of us can enjoy freedom.

Have a safe and happy — and free —Fourth of July.

Festival will celebrate thefreedom we enjoy in U.S.

Moments with Mike

Virginia ‘Mike’ Barton

LaurelSarah Marie Trivits

875-3672

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Opinion

The weather forecast called forrain all weekend. When it didn’train on Saturday, we were all sigh-ing and thinking, perhaps, theweekend would not be a totalwashout. Hold the phone and getout the buckets.

We paid in spades for the littlebreak in the weather on Saturdaywith a deluge on Sunday. As manyas 13 inches of rain fell startingaround 2 a.m. By the time itstopped around noon on Sunday(and the sun came out ) the areawas literally under water.

Nearly everyone in the Seafordarea was impacted in one way oranother by the influx of water. Iended up with about eight inches ofwater in my basement, which waspretty commonplace for people inthe area.

Some people living in the areabehind the Catholic Church cannotlive in their homes because of ma-jor structural damage.

Getting around the area on Sun-day was an adventure with moreroads closed than open. I was com-ing to Seaford from the beach areaand ran into road blocks in Middle-ford (a large tree across the road atthe Middleford bridge) and Con-cord (water across the spillway). Iwas trapped between Middlefordand Concord.

The best way to get around earlyin the day was by canoe or kayak.

I ended up driving along backroads (and hitting large areas withdeep water) up to Coverdale Cross-roads to Rt. 404 and then to U.S. 13and then south to Seaford. Rt. 404was flooded in sections as well. Infact, 404 was closed between U.S.13 and 113 just west of DelawareTech College.

I was thinking that people tryingto get back to the Bay Bridgewould be having a terrible time dur-ing the rush time later in the after-noon.

Once I finally got to Seaford (the45-minute drive took about 1 1/2hours), I was flabbergasted at whatI saw. Every low spot was coveredwith water — sometimes as manyas two to three feet deep.

U.S. 13 was like aparking lot fromSeaford to Laurel inthe northbound lane.Travelers must havebeen wondering whatin the world was goingon. As I headed to thearea behind Burton’s(another flooded busi-ness) it became appar-ent that there was noway that I could getanywhere in the traffic, so I parkedon the southbound side and hiked.

Hundreds of people were beingevacuated by our great volunteerfirefighters (who had been at itsince early in the day) from threemobile home parks on BrickyardRoad. Most of the rescued werefinding places to stay with friendsand relatives and others were stay-ing at motels. About 30 were put upfor several nights at a Red Crossshelter at Woodbridge High School.

Thank God for those who an-swer the call to volunteer. Hundredswere in the area on Sunday fromevery fire department in SussexCounty.

The worst damage by far wasdone at Chapel Branch where threebusinesses were literally washedway. Bob Booth and employees andfamily members were cleaning upand assessing the damage at ServiceGlass Co. on Sunday afternoon. Itwas very sad to see the damagedone by a wall of water that hadreached as high as six feet.

Most are wondering if rebuildingand reopening in the location isworth it.

For the second time in the lastfive years, the damage done at Don-Lee Margin (on the other side of theroad) was extensive. It looked as ifsomeone had exploded a bomb inthe building and the area surround-ing the business. Large trucks werewashed away into the woods.

The large elevated dirt berm sup-porting the train track behind thebusiness was washed away leavingjust an exposed, twisted track.

Other businesses hit hard werealong the U.S. 13 corridor including

i. g. Burton and Frederick Ford,The Hobby Stop, Block Buster, Ad-vanced Auto Parts and Bi-Rite.Most of the water seemed to settleon the east side of the highway, butthe damage was widespread.

Photographer Steve Theis, wholives and owns a business on theeast end of Williams Pond atBeaver Dam, said he had three feetof water in the bottom floor of hishouse and business.

Trying to get around to assessthe damage and take photographswas almost Mission Impossible IV.Getting to Woodland required a 12-mile detour via Oak Grove, sinceRt. 20 was closed.

There are no estimates of thecost of this freak rainstorm, but it’sgoing to be a large amount just torepair the roads and bridges.

It’s going to take money that ourDelaware Department of Trans-portation does not have. But guesswhat? Some politicians somewherehad better come up with someemergency money, because thedozen or so roads in need of re-placement or repair can’t wait.

The really great news is thatthere were no injuries reported asthe result of the storm.

- - - - - - - - - -On Monday night, the Weather

Channel was doing a live remotefrom the parking lot of Wal-Martwith interviews and stories aboutthe flood in the Seaford area. Thereporter said that she was standingin the water to do the live shot, butsomeone told her they saw a snake.She moved to dry land.

And the bad news is that there ismore rain in the forecast for mostof the week.

The heavens pour on SeafordVIEWPOINT

When a politician starts thanking groups of peo-ple, we tend to take their words with a grain ofsalt. But during a press conference on Monday atSeaford City Hall when Gov. Ruth Ann Minnerstarted thanking volun-teers who worked tire-lessly on Sunday tohelp others in the after-math of the terrible rainstorm, it was sincere.

And it was also athank you that neededto be said a thousandtimes over.

Although this eventwas minor in compari-son to some of the ma-jor storms experienced in the Florida and Gulf re-gion last summer, something occurred here thatothers should take note of.

The local government, the local police and localvolunteer firefighters took control of the situationand then when they realized the impact was ex-treme, they called for help from the county andstate.

The mobilization was quick. Before 7 a.m., thecity of Seaford’s emergency operations plan wasin place with crews already at work. Volunteer fire-fighters in Seaford and Blades were also alreadyat work and before long were beginning the te-dious process of evacuating people from homesthat were partially under water.

Police and dispatchers were handling the multi-tude of calls that always occur during an emer-gency of this magnitude.

When the call went out, the Sussex CountyEmergency Operations Center brought its mobileunit to Seaford and set up a command center.And volunteer firefighters from every departmentin Sussex County sent crews.

At Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, when it be-came apparent that the dam and spillway atWilliams Pond was in danger of dissolving, all pa-tients at Life Care at Lofland Park, on the banksof Williams Pond, would have to be moved. Onceagain, the job was done quickly and efficiently.

Looking on as outsiders, it appeared that theentire operation worked like clockwork. That justdoesn’t happen; it comes with clear communica-tion and years of training.

We echo the governor’s words and commendthe volunteers and city, county and state workerswho worked around the clock on Sunday.

Their dedication helped to lessen the terribleimpact of a storm that could have been muchworse.


Thank God for those whoanswer the call to volun-teer. Hundreds were inthe area on Sunday fromevery fire department inSussex County.

RONALD MACARTHUROur dedicated volunteers workedtogether to lessen impact of storm

The local govern-ment, the local policeand local volunteerfirefighters took controlof the situation andthen when they real-ized the impact wasextreme, they calledfor help from the coun-ty and state.

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Thursday

An afternoon t-showerpossible

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Friday

Partial sunshine

85/63

Saturday

An afternoon t-showerpossible

86/63

Sunday

T-storms possible inthe p.m.

83/63

Monday

Rather cloudy

84/65

Tuesday

Clouds, t-storms possi-ble; humid

82/65

Wednesday

Cloudy and humid witht-storms

83/63

Seven-Day forecast for Western Sussex County

Almanac

Apogee and Perigee

Sun and Moon

Statistics through Tuesday June 27 at Georgetown, Delaware

Temperatures Precipitation

The moon, and its relative distance to the Earth, affects tides on a monthly basis. When the moon isfarthest from the Earth (apogee), tides of decreased range or currents of decreased speed occur.When the moon is closest to the Earth (perigee), the occurrence of increased range or currents ofspeed is more prevalent.

Date Time Date Time

High for the week . . . . . . . . . . . . 91°Low for the week . . . . . . . . . . . . 66°Normal high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84°Normal low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62°Average temperature . . . . . . . . 77.5°

Total for the week . . . . . . . . . . 8.75”Total for the month . . . . . . . . . 12.74”Normal for the month . . . . . . . . 2.92”Total for the year . . . . . . . . . . 22.06”

Apogee July 1 4:14 p.m.Perigee July 13 1:36 p.m.Apogee July 29 9:03 a.m.Perigee August 10 2:29 p.m.

Apogee August 25 9:24 p.m.Perigee September 7 11:08 p.m.Apogee September 22 1:22 a.m.Perigee October 6 10:08 a.m.

Tides

Thurs. 5:13 a 12:09 p 5:37 p —-Fri. 5:52 a 12:10 a 6:19 p 12:47 pSat. 6:31 a 12:56 a 7:02 p 1:24 pSun. 7:11 a 1:44 a 7:47 p 2:02 pMon. 7:55 a 2:36 a 8:35 p 2:43 pTues. 8:42 a 3:31 a 9:24 p 3:27 pWed. 9:35 a 4:27 a 10:16 p 4:14 p

Day High Low High Low

Nanticoke River

Thurs. 10:04 a 4:09 a 10:28 p 3:57 pFri. 10:48 a 4:50 a 11:09 p 4:45 pSat. 11:34 a 5:30 a 11:52 p 5:35 pSun. 12:22 p 6:11 a —- 6:27 pMon. 12:37 a 6:51 a 1:12 p 7:21 pTues. 1:26 a 7:34 a 2:06 p 8:16 pWed. 2:19 a 8:19 a 2:59 p 9:13 p

Day High Low High Low

Rehoboth Beach

Thursday . . . .5:41 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Friday . . . . . . .5:41 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Saturday . . . . .5:41 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Sunday . . . . . .5:42 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Monday . . . . .5:42 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Tuesday . . . . .5:43 a.m. . .8:31 p.m.Wednesday . . .5:44 a.m. . .8:30 p.m.

Sun Rise SetThursday . . . .9:21 a.m. .11:26 p.m.Friday . . . . . .10:22 a.m. .11:48 p.m.Saturday . . . .11:21 a.m. . . . . . .noneSunday . . . . .12:19 p.m. .12:08 a.m.Monday . . . . .1:17 p.m. .12:28 a.m.Tuesday . . . . .2:17 p.m. .12:49 a.m.Wednesday . . .3:20 p.m. . .1:12 a.m.

Moon Rise Set

First Full Last NewJuly 3 July 10 July 17 July 25

Roaring Point, MD

Thurs. 8:32 a 2:18 a 8:56 p 3:02 pFri. 9:11 a 3:03 a 9:38 p 3:40 pSat. 9:50 a 3:49 a 10:21 p 4:17 pSun. 10:30 a 4:37 a 11:06 p 4:55 pMon. 11:14 a 5:29 a 11:54 p 5:36 pTues. 12:01 p 6:24 a —- 6:20 pWed. 12:43 a 7:20 a 12:54 p 7:07 p

Day High Low High LowSharptown, MD

Thurs. 7:54 a 1:40 a 8:18 p 2:24 pFri. 8:33 a 2:25 a 9:00 p 3:02 pSat. 9:12 a 3:11 a 9:43 p 3:39 pSun. 9:52 a 3:59 a 10:28 p 4:17 pMon. 10:36 a 4:51 a 11:16 p 4:58 pTues. 11:23 a 5:46 a —- 5:42 pWed. 12:05 a 6:42 a 12:16 p 6:29 p

Day High Low High LowVienna, MD

89/64SEAFORD

89/64Blades

88/64Laurel

89/65Concord

88/66Millsboro

88/63Delmar

81/67Lewes

83/67Fenwick Island

81/67Bethany Beach

81/66Rehoboth Beach

86/66Milford

86/66Harrington

86/66Smyrna

89/66Georgetown

86/66Dover

89/64Bridgeville

88/66Greenwood

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500 W. Stein Highway • FAX (302)629-4513 • 22128 Sussex Highway • Seaford, DE 19973 • Fax (302)628-8504 (302)629-4514 • (302)628-8500 • (800)966-4514 • www.cfmnet.com

Lovely, large home conveniently located close to Rt. 13, near Bridgeville, DE. 5 BR, 3 BA Cape Cod features spacious FR, office, 2 downstairs BR’s, sun porch, double att. garage plus det. garage w/ workshop. In-ground pool, home warranty & much more! (532473)

Check out this 2 yr. old home on almost 1 acre in town of Seaford. 3 BR, 2 BA, front country porch, rear deck, & breakfast nook. All appl’s. convey. Very open floor plan to accommodate today’s living style (535475)

Replace this singlewide with a newer model or your dream home on this 1 acre country lot located between Bridgeville & Georgetown. Features well and septic and a 2 car garage. (535116)

in this 4 BR, 2 BA bungalow in a location convenient to everything. A/C new in ’02, Furnace new in ’03, Water Pump new in ’04. One year Homeowners Warranty given to new buyer. Mature trees, landscaping, storage shed and a 36’ X 18’ barn complete this pkg. Call today! (535400)

4 BR, 2 BA Colonial w/first floor master BR, corner lot in Seaford, DE, home warranty & recent updates incl. interior paint, new tilt-in windows & more! (535371)

w/split floor plan is nestled nicely between the trees. Includes all appliances, garage door opener w/ remote, 4” well w/ submersible pump, Anderson tilt-out windows, high efficiency heating system and more. (536215)

on this 3 BR, 2 BA ranch. Built in ’04, this home features a split-floor plan and cathedral ceilings. (535994)

3 BR, 2.5 BA split-level home with extras near Laurel, offers a FR, scr. Porch, double garage, fireplace & beautiful view of Records Pond! (534501)

located on RT. 13A north of Laurel features 3 BR, 1 BA, detached hobby room, and 2 car garage. Includes many updates-2004 roof, 2001 AC, 2006 kitchen floor and counter top plus more!. (536683)

2 BR home has had only 2 owners since it was built in 1949! It sits on 3 city lots w/mature trees including a “Wye Oak” w/identifying marker. Large outbuilding & other inclusions. (533725)

Well-maintained Cape Cod on nicely landscaped lot in Seaford. Built in 2001, it offers 4 BR’s, 2 BA’s, LR, DR, KIT & deck. Includes home warranty & more! (533619)

Convenient to both Seaford & Georgetown, this 3 BR, 2 BA double-wide home near Fleetwood Pond offers a fireplace, appliances, walk-in closets, stg. Shed & more! (527412)

offers 3 BR, 1 BA, LR, DR, KIT, FR & updates include new A/C in 2003. Appliances and other extras for (523598)

Beautiful 3 BR, 2 1/2 bath home in a quiet subdivision features dual zone heat and air, oak cabinets, and stained woodwork. As an added bonus, there is a 300’ unfinished bonus room over the garage. MLS# 536434

Ranch offers 3 BR, 2.5 BA situated on 1.37 acres just outside of city limits. Plenty of room for those who want to have their motor home and/or boat parked at their home.

(537187)

in town offers a new roof, new vinyl siding, fresh interior paint, new carpet & other features! (534069)

4 BR, 2 BA Victorian in Laurel’s Historic District offers beautiful custom features, garage w/ heated office & half-bath, mechanical system upgrades, & many extras! (532699)

and is priced to sell. If your dreaming of a 3 BR, 2 BA home in the country with a large lovely landscaped front yard, two car attached garage, and a large eat-in kitchen, then call today to make your appointment. (537399)

on this 60’ X 120’ lot. City water and sewer has been capped off at the street. No impact or tap fees required. Call today! (537407)

features 3 BR, 2 BA, FR w/ gas wall fireplace, fenced back yard, 2 car garage, and eye catching stone work on front of dwelling and walkway. There is new carpeting in all bedrooms and hallway, Pergo flooring and new appl. in the kit, recessed lighting in LR, and recently painted though out. C/A and 24 ft. round above-ground pool for these hot summer days.

(537337)

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June 29, 2006