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(Feb. 24, 2012) As the oldsaying goes, hell hath no furylike a woman scorned. A Sel-byville, Del. woman did her partto prove just that when, this pastweekend, she whisked off toOcean City for a solo getaway— on her ex-fiancé’s dime.

Forty-two-year-old Wendy

Marie Armstrong was arrestedMonday after she used her ex-fi-ancé’s credit card to purchaseitems and to stay in an Ocean

City hotel where they had plan-ned to spend their honeymoon.

The credit card, however,was not one she swiped from herformer love’s wallet, but one sheacquired on her own, using hisdate of birth and Social Securitynumber. Police charged Arm-strong with fraud of more than$500 by identity theft, a theftscheme from $1,000 to

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FISH FACTS: The feds have changed theway they estimate annual recreational fishing catchtotals. That’s good news for those who enjoy testingtheir skills – and luck – in local waters PAGE 3

OPA BUDGET: It’s not often that a budgetgenerates high praise, but that’s what OPA GeneralManager Bob Thompson heard when he turned inhis proposed $13.35 million package PAGE 8

BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . 34CLASSIFIED . . . . . . . . 52ENTERTAINMENT . . . . 45LEGALS . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LIFESTYLE . . . . . . . . . 41OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . 16OUT&ABOUT . . . . . . . . 47SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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(Feb. 24, 2012) It can’t be saidthat Ocean City employee JamesMoxley lacks gumption. Selectedby his co-workers to ask the City

Council forthe right toform a pub-lic employeesunion, Mox-ley respect-fully heldforth Tues-day night be-fore a mayorand councilwhose coolpost-speech

silence indicated a distinct lack ofenthusiasm for the idea.

In requesting a city charterchange to allow workers to bar-gain collectively, Moxley said theemployees’ primary complaintwas the lack of equality within theranks of all on the municipal pay-roll. Without saying so, he was re-ferring to the police and fire-fighter unions, the creation ofwhich has led to what he saidwere “second-place employees.”

“It is only proper to extendthese rights to all,” he said.

Moxley also told the councilthat while the grievances of non-union employees had been out-lined to all members of thecouncil in one-on-one meetings,he would reiterate them in public.

Citing what he called a lack ofconsistency in the application ofthe rules and regulations in the

city’s employee handbook, Mox-ley said, “We can’t have differentrules for different departments.”

He went on to say that em-ployees feel they have no one toadvocate on their behalf and thatthe ouster last September of CityManager Dennis Dare, whomthey believed filled that role,“shocked employees to the core.”

The 4-3 vote and the bitter ex-changes between elected officialsthat preceded and followed the

FIRST HORSES STROLL OCEAN CITY SHORELINEThere were some new visitors on the beach inOcean City this week, when horses were permit-ted under a new ordinance that allows horse-back riding on the beach during winter months.On Wednesday, Ann Luke of Holly Ridge Farmsin Willards, purchased four single-day permits tobring horses Lady, Zena, Sparks and Lucky tothe beach. Permit applications are now availableat the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 301 Balti-more Ave., or online at www.oceancitymd.gov.Cost is $20 for a single-day permit and $50 fora seasonal permit. Horseback riding is allowedon the beach, from the inlet to 27th Street, be-tween 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., Nov. 1 to March 30.

RESORTWORKERS ASKFOR BARGAINING RIGHTSNonunion employeeshave no confidence incouncil,group rep says STEWART DOBSON■ Editor

See EMPLOYEE on Page 8

What’s behindtheunionpush?STEWART DOBSON■ Editor

(Feb. 24, 2012) When OceanCity’s public employees wentbefore the Ocean City mayorand City Council on Tuesday todeclare their desire to form aunion, the opinions had alreadybeen formed as to why employ-ees outside the public safetyrealm want collective bargain-ing.

On one side, the argument isthat the vast changes in pay andbenefits for new hires and thedeparture of Dennis Dare arethe cause, while on the other isthe belief that employees wanta union because other city per-sonnel have them.

They are both right, accord-ing to one employee, who askedto remain anonymous.

In a conversation last week,the employee said nonunionSee BEHIND on Page 8

“Wedon’tfeel

appreciated.”

JAMES MOXLEYrepresenting city em-ployees who wish to

form a public employeesunion. He added that, insome instances, theyeven feel ‘despised’ by

council members

Bitter bride vacations in OC at ex-love’s expense

See WOMAN on 9

NANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

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Feds revise recreational fishing data, as some earlier reports awry

(Feb. 24, 2012) After years of complain-ing that the fishing catch reports compiledby the National Marine Fisheries Servicecouldn’t possibly be accurate, Marylandanglers, it turns out, were right all along.

If that weren’t enough to give them adegree of satisfaction, it also happens thatthe fisheries service, a division of NOAA,not only agrees with them now, but alsosaw the error of its formulas years ago.

Revised catch statistics from 2004 t02011 released on Jan. 25 by the fisheriesservice through its new Marine Recre-ational Information Program (MRIP) showthat not only were some of these earlier re-ports off the mark, they were seriously awryfor certain species such as flounder. Otherspecies, however, not so much.

The result of extended discussion,mathematical analysis and probabilitystudies, the new approach to estimatingthe number of fish caught puts the totalflounder haul far below its previous, andhighly disputed, mark.

The estimate for 2011 done via the oldmethod, the Marine Recreational FishingStatistics Survey, fixed the number offlounder hooked and boated in Marylandat 731,214. Of that total, 29,038 were saidto be keepers.

The MRIP’s revised totals are 503,711flounder caught with 17,615 keepers, orroughly one for every 30 that were reeled in.

The changes represent a 31 percent

drop in the total catch estimate and a 39.3percent decline in the number of keepers.The estimates for sea bass catch were re-vised downward as well, 27.1 percent,while striped bass or rockfish showed onlya minor revision.

But altogether, the new data representsa major shift that the fishing regulatorybodies are still digesting as they sort outhow these calculations will affect assess-ments of fish stocks and, subsequently,what conservation efforts should be ap-plied. Even so, the MRIP isn’t done yet.

“Generally speaking, said GordonColvin, program manager for MRIP, thereports “tend to show lower estimates.But we’re not finished.”

Additional refinements will be insti-tuted between now and next year, as theprogram continues to adjust survey sitesand techniques as well as the data-gener-ating formulas through which angler sur-vey information flows.

“More numbers, more confidence,”Colvin said.

Colvin also said MRIP will recalculatedata done under the old program back to1998, the last year for which numbers areavailable.

It wasn’t that the surveys were wrong,according to Colvin, but that the formulasused to generate the results didn’t takeinto account that fishing circumstancesdiffer from one place to another.

Up until now, the catch assessmentmethod in use since 1970 concentrated onareas of heavy fishing activity. By not giv-

ing equal attention to less used or lessproductive locations, as well as less pro-ductive times to fish, the old system gen-erated data that was overly rosy.

NOAA addressed that by joining withstatisticians and scientists from the Na-tional Research Council to evaluate the me-chanics of the process. What they found,according to Colvin, was that it needed togive as much weight to the bad news as thegood to produce a clearer picture.

The final work on the evaluation over-

haul was completed last January, whilethe release of the improved statistics thisyear came as the regulatory bodies werefinalizing the rules for this year’s fishingseason. Consequently, Maryland anglersprobably won’t see the effects of theMRIP’s effort until 2013.

Even so, the state’s flounder flotilla couldsee more liberal regulations this year. TheAtlantic Marine Fisheries Commission,which sets the quotas and parameters state

STEWART DOBSON■ Editor

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Downtown parking meter charges to increase beginning April 1

(Feb. 24, 2012) The cost of feeding theCale “pay and display” parking metersdowntown will be going up from $1 to$1.5o — at times — beginning April 1.

By a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, withcouncil members Margaret Pillas and JoeHall opposed, the council approved thefinal version of an ordinance that will add$400,000 to the city treasury.

That estimate was provided later byMayor Rick Meehan in response to a com-ment questioning whether the rate in-crease was actually worth the trouble.

Hall, for whom the concentration ofmetered parking downtown has been aburr under his councilmanic saddle, de-clared his opposition based on desire toconsider other areas for parking meters aswell.

As it is, the new rates will be chargedfrom April 1 through May 24, on Fridays,Saturdays and Sundays, with parkingavailable the other days of the week at nocharge.

From May 25 through Labor Day, thenew rates will apply daily, but drop backto the Friday through Sunday schedulefrom Sept. 4 through Oct. 14.

Variations on the schedule will occur inthe spring and fall, when special eventssuch as Springfest and Sunfest bringcrowds to town. At those times, meteredparking will be in affect on Thursdays aswell.

When the meters are active, chargeswill apply in municipal lots around theclock, and from 7 a.m. to midnight forstreet parking.

In other council business:CAB FARE INCREASE DENIEDThe cost of cab fare in Ocean City won’t

be going up anytime soon, as the councilrejected a request to raise prices a coupleof cents for every 10th of a mile.

Community Cab owner Kevin Lyonssaid the higher rate, which has only abouthalf of the local taxi industry’s support,would have reflected charges in neighbor-ing communities and elsewhere, accord-ing to a price sheet he gave the council.

Lyons said the reason for the increasewas the spiraling cost of fuel, which sooncould exceed $4 a gallon.

Still, council members winced when hetold them, in response to a question fromCouncilwoman Mary Knight, that the farefrom the inlet parking lot to the Delawarestate line would be $30 under his currentrate schedule.

Although some council members werewilling to allow him and others to risk theincrease, they also advised against it.

“Let the market decide,” said Council-man Brent Ashley, before offering a mo-

tion to approve the change.Added Joe Hall, after hearing an ear-

lier presentation on the city’s push to getmore riders on the resort bus system,“There is a choice in town.”

After the motion failed, Knight led thecouncil in approving a $1 surcharge on theinitial charge of $3.20 if, or when, gasprices reach $4.

Cabs will be required to carry noticeson their vehicles alerting passengers tothat fact.

All was not lost for cabbies in OceanCity, as the council did agree to allowthem to place small advertising carrierson top their vehicles.

Any advertising sold for the carrierswill have to conform to the same stan-dards the city follows on its own vehicles.

BUS CAMPAIGNCab fares notwithstanding, city officials

are pushing for increased ridership ontheir buses and have approved a cam-paign by the city’s advertising agency,MGH, that encourages people to “Ridethe B.”

Andy Malis, head of the Baltimoreagency, unveiled a new set of logos andslogan-bearing banners that will be placedon buses, bus stop signs and shelters andpossibly even bar coasters.

Focusing on an encircled “B” as an em-blem, the new branding developed byMGH is the first change in the bus systemlogo since 1991.

The cost to ride the bus remains $3 for

all day and $1 for a one-way ticket.

PROPERTY ACQUISITIONIn its continuing effort to breathe new

life in old town Ocean City, the Ocean CityDevelopment Corporation is buying prop-erty on 105 Dorchester St.

Paid for with a share of inlet parking lotproceeds, the $410,000 property has twobuildings containing five apartments thatwill be used to house seasonal city staff.

The OCDC already manages the city-owned buildings at 110 and 108 Dorch-ester St.

They are used to house 23 beach patrolemployees, said OCDC Executive DirectorGlenn Irwin.

“Our long-term plan,” he wrote in ane-mail Wednesday, “is to work with theCity to attract a developer for these prop-erties … on this block.”

BOB MELVIN HONOREDNinety-two-year-old Bob Melvin, who

died last week, spent countless weeks andmonths lobbying Ocean City officials to es-tablish a transportation service to help thedisabled get to their medical appointments.

The council did that in 2009, workingwith the Tri-County Council to createOcean City MEDTRN.

Noting Melvin’s passing, Mayor RickMeehan suggested the city rename theservice in his honor. Not only was the voteunanimous, but Councilman Brent Ashleyalso pledged to personally donate $1,000to the service.

Estimated $400k will beadded to resort treasurywith new fees in placeSTEWART DOBSON■ Editor


Ocean City government bond sale total increases with savings

(Feb. 24, 2012) Homeowners aren’tthe only ones who are refinancing theirpurchases at the extraordinarily low inter-est rates these days — the town of OceanCity is doing the same thing, with $12.3million worth of bonds it sold in 2005.

That re-fi, approved Tuesday night bythe Ocean City Council, is part of a $37.6million bond sale the council authorizedto pay for a number of capital projects, in-cluding the $4.5 million overhaul of thepatched and bumpy St. Louis Avenue.

The original bond total the council agreedto last week was for just over $20 million, sowhen the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting

showed an ordinance calling for $34.7 mil-lion, some wondered what had changed.

Roughly a third of the difference wasthe resale of the 2005 bonds, but even thetotal that generated was lower than thefinal tally, as the council also agreed toadd $3.5 million for improvements to firedepartment headquarters on 15th Streetand Station 4 on 130th Street.

Confusing enough as it was, the bondbill was further readjusted by the removalof the $600,000 for the new Art Leaguebuilding on the advice of bond counsel be-cause it technically is a private lease be-tween the city and another entity.

That would require the city to monitorthe payments between the Art League andthe city, though just $1 year, for the lifetimeof the bonds, Finance AdministratorMartha Bennett told the council.

The council agreed it would be easierto pay for the building out of what is

known as the unrestricted fund balance,which is more or less surplus moneymaintained for such contingencies.

Even though the council voted 6-1,with Councilman Brent Ashley opposed,to approve the first reading of the bondordinance, city government isn’t obligatedto the full amount.

Bennett said the ordinance only au-thorizes the city to sell bonds up to $37.6million; it doesn’t mean it must or evenwill. The total could be revised downwardat the measure’s second reading in twoweeks or at any time up to the day of thesale on May 1, she said.

Two projects that have not been pinneddown precisely from a financial standpointare improvements to fire department head-quarters and Station 4.

Fire Chief Chris Larmore, who was notavailable at the initial discussion of thebond ordinance, will make a presentation

on those projects to the council before thefinal number is set.

A major portion of the proceeds fromthe sale will pay for work the council haspreviously approved. In addition to thefire department improvements and the St.Louis Avenue project, the bond revenuewill pay for the $6 million Boardwalk re-construction and the $1.2 million pur-chase of property to be used for parking.

The money for the latter comes out ofthe OCDC’s share of the inlet parking lotrevenue and the building will be used foremployee housing.

Although the council voted 6-1 to ap-prove the bonds, it split 5-2 on paying forthe new Art League building out of the un-restricted fund balance. Maintaining theircontinued opposition to local government’sinvolvement in that endeavor, councilmembers Margaret Pillas and Brent Ashleyvoted against the expense transfer.

Of $37.7 million, a thirdrepresents re-fi of ‘05 issueSTEWART DOBSON■ Editor

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officials use to establish their rules, hasapproved four flounder fishing optionsfor Maryland. Three of them offer moreopportunity to fish and two of themlower the minimum size.

The state Department of NaturalResources held a meeting on the op-tions on Feb. 16 in the Ocean Pines li-brary. Although the lengths of theseason and size minimums vary, allthe options maintain the three-fishcreel limit of last year.

1. Season, April 16 - Nov. 22; mini-mum size, 18 inches.

2. Season, March 1 - Dec. 31; mini-mum size, 18 inches.

3. Season, March 1 - Nov. 31; mini-mum size, 17.5 inches.

4. April 14 - Nov. 30; minimum size17 inches.

As for MRIP’s work in Maryland,it’s not over yet either, as Colvin saidthe program is working on a way tohave two sets of data for the state: onefor the Chesapeake Bay and one for thecoastal waters.

“That’s been an issue in Maryland,”Colvin said, because the difference be-tween the catch reports from the twodifferent bodies of water have alwaysbeen combined, further skewing thefinal tally in one direction or the other.

He said MRIP is working with theDNR to come up with ways to addressthat, with the product of that effortcoming as early as next year, he said.

Even though the MRIP’s figures aremore accurate than ever before, it doesacknowledge that the system is hardlyperfect. It includes in its statistics foreach species an accuracy factor calleda Proportional Standard Error or PSEthat indicates how reliable the infor-mation is.

For sea bass, the PSE is 28.7 for itscatch total, which means the estimateof 253,578 fish caught in 2011 could beup or down by that percentage. Theflounder PSE for flounder is 23.2.

Anglers with a notion for numbersand who are curious about otherspecies as well can go to the MRIP’sWeb site, www.countmyfish.noaa.gov,– which features a query table forrecreational fishing species along theAtlantic and Gulf Coasts.

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Fourth try at obtaining federal funds could be futile

(Feb. 24, 2012) Worcester CountyCommissioner Bud Church thinks anothertry at obtaining federal funds to improverail service in the county could be futile.

Church said Tuesday that he has seriousreservations that Worcester “comes any-where near the top” of the list to receivefunds because it has struck out three times.

But Commissioner Louise Gulyasthought it was worth another effort.

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained,”she said.

Despite his reservations, Church votedwith the other commissioners to forgeahead with an application to the Depart-ment of Transportation for the $12 mil-lion in funds and to contribute money formatching funds.

“We’d be seeking $150,000 as thecounty’s match,” Economic DevelopmentDirector Bill Badger told the commission-ers, who agreed to his request.

The Maryland Department of Trans-portation had indicated, Badger said, thatit would consider increasing its matchfrom $1 million to $1.5 million.

The Transportation Investment Gen-erating Economic Recovery (TIGER IV)grant funding would be used to rehabili-tate the Maryland and Delaware Rail-road’s 27-mile line from Frankford, Del.,to Snow Hill. Four miles of the track arein Delaware and 23 miles of track are inMaryland. It parallels Route 113 andpasses through Selbyville, Del. andBishop, Berlin and Newark in Maryland.

In September 2011, the commissionersauthorized county staff to apply forTIGER III funds and they were willing tomatch $100,000. Their effort was not re-warded, but Eric Callaway, president ofthe Maryland and Delaware Railroad,said federal authorities liked the county’sapplication, but wanted additional appli-cants instead of just the poultry industry.

The rehabilitation had been sought toaccommodate larger railcars to meet thedemand of chicken farmers and proces-sors. The freight line has not been up-graded since 1982. Residents near thetrain tracks would not be disturbed bymore train traffic because the upgradewould lead to fewer, but longer, trainsusing the freight line.

To increase the chances of the county

obtaining the grant, Badger and Callawaywill solicit possible stakeholders, otherthan those in the poultry industry, duringthe next couple of weeks.

In August 2010, the county authorizedstaff to apply for a $12.4 million TIGER IIgrant. Private industry was willing to con-tribute a $2 million match and thecounty’s match would have come from theEconomic Development Energy Fund. Atthat time, an anticipated 500 to 1,000 ap-plicants vied for approximately 100 avail-able grants.

When the winners of the grants wereannounced a couple of months later, nojurisdiction in the state of Maryland re-ceived any TIGER II funds. Newark, Del.,was one of the closest jurisdictions that re-ceived a grant. Most of the $600 millionTIGER II funds were for railroad work in-volving passenger lines, although somefunds were allocated for bridge replace-ments and port improvements.

The previous year, the county appliedfor, but was unsuccessful in its effort toobtain TIGER funds to improve the rail-road line. Those funds were awarded forpassenger rail services, not for freight lineservices.


(Feb. 24, 2012) The Worcester CountyCommissioners discussed the following is-sues during their Tuesday, Feb. 21, meeting.

Housing rehabThe commissioners approved the bid

package for the demolition of an existing sin-gle-family house and construction of a re-placement home in the Berlin area.

The project is proposed to be fundedthrough the state Special Loans Program.

Pocomoke restaurantThe commissioners will hold a public

hearing March 20, as required by the Com-munity Development Block Grant Program,the major source of funds for the restaurantunder construction at the Delmarva Discov-ery Center in Pocomoke.

The program awarded the county

$525,000 toward the cost of the project. Theremaining $150,000 is being provided by theU.S. Department of Agriculture through itsRural Business Enterprise Grant programunder a grant to the town of Pocomoke.

The grant to the county expires March 31and the restaurant construction is expectedto be completed by then.

The hearing will be held to inform thepublic on the progress made.

Injection well relocationThe commissioners voted 6-1 to approve

a study for the possible relocation of 44 shal-low water injection wells at the property ofthe VanVonnos in Mystic Harbour. The Van-Vonnos offered to fund a study as the firststep to determine whether the wells could berelocation and what the cost would be.

Bud Church, president of the WorcesterCounty Commissioners, cast the opposingvotes because he thinks the county shouldpay for the study.

“Why is it their responsibility?” Churchasked.

The couple bought the property “with full

knowledge” that the wells were there, JohnRoss, deputy director of the Department ofPublic Works, said.

The injection wells are used as part of thewastewater treatment process. The plant dis-charges the treated wastewater into the in-jection wells.

Transportation budgetThe commissioners reviewed a letter from

Dr. Jon Andes, superintendent of publicschools, stating that transportation expenseswould exceed the approved allocation be-cause of new and extended bus runs, an ad-ditional bus run for Worcester Technical HighSchool and fuel supplement costs.

The Board of Education would reduce ex-penses in other categories because of theadditional funds needed for transportation,Andes stated.

Solicitation for workThe commissioners approved a request

for engineering services to select a consult-

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Homes, county structures no longer limited to 45ft.

(Feb. 24, 2012) Houses and otherhabitable structures in the county areno longer limited to 45 feet in height.

The Worcester County Commission-ers voted 6-1 Tuesday to eliminate theheight restriction for habitable struc-tures.

During the commissioners’ Jan. 17meeting, Ed Tudor, director of the De-partment of Development Review andPermitting, said the staff considered theheight restriction of habitable struc-tures unnecessary because of the devel-opment of building and fire codes andthe capabilities of local fire companies.The commissioners agreed to introducea bill changing the county code.

The issue arose because of a requestin November for a proposed motel onRoute 50 in West Ocean City. RobertHand, president of R.D. Hand and As-sociates told the Planning Commissionduring a site plan review that the planwas for a 55-foot-tall motel. At thattime, Tudor said he believed the limita-tion might no longer be relevant.

After that meeting, Tudor discussedthe height issue with Fire Marshal Jeff

McMahon, county engineer and build-ing administrator Bill Bradshaw andcommercial plan reviewer Paul Miller.

“We all feel there’s no real need forthis any longer,” Tudor said.

The bill passed Tuesday abolishesthe height restriction in the countycode. That part of the code now states,“No structure designed, constructed orintended for human occupation shallexceed forty-five feet in height, meas-ured as the vertical distance from theaverage finished grade at the buildingline to the highest point of the coping ofa flat roof or the ridge of a gable, hop,mansard, gambrel or other pitchedroof. No exception or variance shall bepermitted from this provision except inindividual cases by resolution of theCounty Commissioners.”

Commissioner Virgil Shockley castthe sole vote in opposition to thechange. Smaller fire companies do nothave tower ladders, he said.

“There has to be a way we can verifythat a company with a ladder truck isnotified,” Shockley said.

Additional fire companies respondto a fire when the “commercial struc-ture” button is pushed, Shockley said.A similar way should be found to notifythem if a structure taller than 45 feet ison fire, he said.

Earlier this month, a builder told theBerlin Planning Commission that hehad a potential client who wanted tobuild a 40-foot-tall single-family house

on Pitts Street. Planning commission-ers told him that if houses were permit-ted to be that tall, it could change thelook of entire neighborhoods.

The builder, Bob Purcell of Beach-wood Homes, had only asked for a dis-cussion. Planning Director Chuck Wardtold him that he would have to make aformal petition to the Planning Com-mission, which would consider the in-formation before making arecommendation to the mayor andTown Council.


ing engineering firm to design the PinesPlaza water and sewer connection.

The work would not be awarded unlessthe commissioners proceed with construct-ing the project.

During their Feb. 7 meeting, the commis-sioners passed a resolution that provided forthe investigation of the provision of publicwater and sewer service to the Pines PlazaCommercial Area from the Ocean Pines Sani-tary Service Area.

County staff planned to hold an informa-tion meeting Feb. 22 with property owners inthe area to explain the project and to answerquestions.

The commissioners also approved a letterof intent to the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture as required for loan and grant fundingfor the project. The letter signifies the countyintends to move forward with the project.

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Commissioners voted toeliminate height restrictionfor habitable buildings

(Feb. 24, 2012) Director DaveStevens voted against the Ocean Pinesbudget of $13.35 million for fiscal year2013, but the other directors approvedof it, some heartily.

The budget represents “a damngood piece of work by the generalmanager,” Director Dan Stachurskisaid. He supported it happily, he said,because “it’s a good one.”

The budget projects total revenuesof $9.69 million with operating andtransfers of the same amount, a basicannual assessment of $873, capital ex-penditures of $3.88 million and loanprincipal payments of $51,249.

Board President Tom Terry said hewanted to commend General ManagerBob Thompson and his team publiclyfor their work on the budget.

“The continuance of the five-yearplan is critical,” Terry said.

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Behind push? Equality, uncertainty and advocacycity workers aren’t happy for a number ofreasons — none of them, really, havinganything to do with money.

Of particular concern, the employeesaid, is that they feel elected officials viewthem with less respect than they do mem-bers of the police and firefighters’ unions.They also suspect they are actually dis-liked by some elected officials, while theyhave no advocate in City Hall and don’tknow what is taking place in governmentthat might affect their employment.

The employee acknowledged thatsome city personnel are even suggestingto others nearing retirement age that theyhad better get out now, or risk losing theirpensions or other retirement benefits.

Even though the advent or absence ofcollective bargaining has no affect on pen-sions already earned and would offer nomore job security beyond that which al-ready exists, this is a fuse that has beensmoldering for years.

“There [are] a lot of us. It’s simmeredfor a long time,” the employee said, refer-ring to the unionization of the police andfirefighters in the last decade.

While acknowledging support for theireffort from the Fraternal Order of Police,the employee said the result has been thecreation of a class system, the top rung ofwhich is occupied by the unionized publicsafety personnel while the bottom is re-served for new hires.

“We’re just as important,” the em-ployee said. “At least we want the same

treatment.” In many respects, the em-ployee continued, “we are responsible forthe safety of the public, too.”

Although the energy behind the move-ment rose and fell over time, the ouster ofCity Manager Dennis Dare last fallbrought it back to life, along with thecouncil’s revamp last spring of pay andbenefit schedules for new hires.

The former action stunned many em-ployees because Dare’s departure repre-sented the loss of an advocate in a time ofuncertainty, the employee said.

That didn’t mean that Dare and workerrepresentatives saw eye to eye on every-

thing. In meetings last year between rep-resentatives and Dare, according to theemployee, it was suggested that the ramp-up of municipal spending at a time of eco-nomic turmoil in the last decade led tosome of the problems that now affecteveryone.

The employee said workers are wellaware that some aspects of local govern-ment have to be restructured to accountfor the current economic situation andthat they remain grateful to have the jobsthat they do.

Still, the employee said, “It’s more of anequality thing.”

action, along with subsequent 4-3 voteson major initiatives also concerned em-ployees, he said.

Referring not just to the council major-ity but the entire panel, Moxley said, theemployees have reached a point wherethey “have a lack of confidence in thecouncil.

“We don’t feel appreciated,” he said,adding that in some instances they evenfeel “despised” by some council members.

But on seeking a response from either

the mayor or the council, he got none.“Are we saying here that no one is in

favor of amending the charter?” he askedafter the lack of any kind of response.

He then asked if it would be possibleto take the issue to referendum in thisyear’s fall election and was advised byCity Solicitor Guy Ayres that state lawwould allow union-minded workers topetition it to referendum if they can col-lect the signatures of 20 percent of theregistered voters in the prescribedamount of time.



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OPA board passes$13.35M budgetfor fiscal year 2013NANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

See FIVE-YEAR on Page 11

(Feb. 21, 2012) The referendum to de-cide whether Ocean Pines property own-ers want a new Yacht Club is expected tobe held June 15.

The board of directors voted Tuesdaynight to direct General Manager BobThompson to “decouple” the Yacht Clubfrom the Country Club and to proceedwith a scope of work for new building.

“We are now ready to move forward,”director Pete Gomsak said.

During two town hall meetings in Jan-uary and other in early February, atten-dees gave “a lot of positive feedback,”Thompson said.

Those attendees, and the majority ofpeople calling him or contacting him byemail, had some changes they wanted.The top two were about the use and thedesign of the proposed new facility.

People said they wanted the Yacht Clubto be used for dining year-round. Thomp-son had proposed that it be closed duringthe winter months except for catering.Their second change would be to enclosethe ground floor. Thompson had pro-posed an open area, but he said Tuesdaythat part of it could be enclosed.

While developing a scope of work forthe design-build of a new Yacht Club,Thompson will get quotes for a complete

rehabilitation of the facility, ensuring thatit meets requirements of the AmericanDisabilities Act and other conditions iden-tified during an extensive evaluation ofthe building a few months ago.

Thompson’s chosen proposal wouldreplace the three-story, 13,565-square-foot Yacht Club with a two-story 10,673-square-foot building at an estimated costof $235 per square foot, or $2.5 million.His proposal includes using reserve fund-ing of $1.5 million and borrowing the re-maining $1 million at 5 percent interest tofund the project.

The Yacht Club’s second floor, whichwould be encompassed by large glasswalls, would include two bridal suites anda dining area for 200. The ground floorlevel that had been proposed to open-airdining would now be partially enclosedand additional dining could take place infront on a spacious deck.


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The five-year plan called for increasesof $30 per year in the annual assess-ments. The basic assessment for the up-coming fiscal year will be $873, a $30increase over the present assessment.Owners of waterfront lots will pay as-sessments of $1,338, also an increase of$30 over their present assessments.Those owners have higher assessmentsbecause they pay a bulkhead differentialof $465.

Stevens said the $30 increase “isnothing. It’s what comes later” that con-cerns him. In particular, Stevens doesnot like Thompson’s proposal of sellinglifetime golf memberships to pay forpart of the cost to rebuild the greens ofthe golf course.

Because of the poor condition of thegreens, the board of directors approvedrebuilding them nine holes at a time at atotal cost of $900,000. To help pay forthe work, the board approved Thomp-son’s plan Jan. 17 to offer lifetime golfmemberships. Prices for those member-ships depend on age.

Thompson now has a legal agreementvetted by attorneys so the sales of mem-berships may proceed.

Golfers age 70 and older would pay$12,500 for a lifetime membership,golfers age 60 to 69 would pay $17,500and golfers age 50 to 59 would pay$22,500. Golfers younger than age 50would pay $25,000 for a lifetime mem-

bership at the golf course. Only 33 life-time memberships would be sold andthose memberships would be limited byage category. The sale of all 33 member-ships would result in $595,000 for thegreens project.

Stevens also does not like Thomp-son’s proposal to take out a loan for thework to improve drainage on the golf

course, a project with a $2.4 million es-timate, he said. In the past, the boardhad a “pay as we go” attitude on projects,he said.

Director Bill Wentworth was ready tomove ahead with Thompson’s proposalsof borrowing to get projects done.

“We have a moral and ethical respon-sibility to maintain assets,” he said.


Thompson had also proposed a groundlevel bar and an indoor and outdoorkitchen with a grill. The pool area wouldhave its own separate bar.

The building would be built fartherback from the water than the present fa-cility so there would be more space fordining outside. The building would alsobe shifted slightly to give guests a directview of the Ocean City skyline. The sitechange would also place it closer to theMumford’s pool so guests there couldwalk over for lunch.

Basic designs were drawn up for the fa-cility and those designs would be given tofirms wanting to provide design-buildplans.

“We’re not asking them to start from

zero,” Thompson said. Firms using the design-build method

include the architectural and engineer-ing services with the construction. It al-lows contractors to apply their know-ledge and to make suggestions, Thomp-son said. Gomsak added that the princi-pal benefit of design-build is the “freeflow of ideas.”

The project would be put out to bidMarch 12 and those bids, using the de-sign-build method, would be due April30. The bids would be reviewed byThompson and the facility planninggroup, which would make a recommen-dation to the board of directors May 30.The property owners would then decidein a referendum whether the work on anew Yacht Club would proceed.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) One 7-Elevenowner in Ocean City was laudedlast week for efforts to preventsales of alcohol to minors, whileanother 7-Eleven owner was heav-ily fined and had his license to sellalcohol suspended.

A new policy at 7-Eleven on59th Street was put in place lastweek to prevent sales of alcohol tominors. A placard showing an “X”through a vertical driver’s licensereminds clerks never to sell alcoholto anyone presenting a vertical li-cense.

Such licenses are issued to peo-ple under the legal age of 21, al-though they are often used afterthe person turns 21, but beforethey obtain a new license.

Because clerks sometimes getconfused about the dates on a ver-tical license, 7-Eleven ownerTeresa Labruto decided to institutethe new policy. No matter what thebearer’s birth date is, clerks mustrefuse to sell alcohol to anyonepresenting a vertical license.

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but sales of alcohol to minors cancause business owners to be finedor to have their licenses to sell al-cohol suspended or revoked by theBoard of License Commissionersin Snow Hill.

During its Feb. 15 meeting, thethree-member board voted to puta letter of reprimand in the file forLabruto’s 7-Eleven because one ofher clerks sold alcohol to an under-age law enforcement cadet on Jan.9. The clerk, who had refused salesof alcohol twice during compliancechecks by the 7-Eleven corpora-tion, was fired.

The board did not levy a stifferpenalty because of Labruto’s effortsto curb sales of alcohol to minorsand because of her new policy.

Board member Leonard Browncongratulated Labruto on her re-

fusal to accept vertical licenses.“When you see that, all kinds of

warnings should go up,” Brownsaid.

Deputy Jennifer Hall, who par-ticipated in the compliance checkby the Worcester County Sheriff’sOffice, heartily approved of thenew policy and placard.

“It’s an excellent tool,” Hall said.“It’s the best thing I’ve seen yet.”

Another 7-Eleven owner hadquite a different experience beforethe board last week. Brian Edgar,owner of the 7-Eleven on 26thStreet, was fined $3,000 and his li-cense to sell alcoholic beverageswas suspended for 90 days be-cause a clerk sold alcohol to aminor during the same compli-ance check as at the other conven-ience store. If the fine was not paidby Feb. 21, the license suspensionwould be increased to 180 days.

The board levied the strictpenalty because the sale was thesecond sale to a minor since June2011.

“I think it’s outrageous,” Edgartold the board.

He left the hearing room, butcontinued to argue with DeputyHall outside. After Edgar left thebuilding, Hall returned to thehearing room to notify the boardthat Edgar had narrowly avoidedbeing arrested because of his be-havior.

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Signs on the window at 7-Eleven on 59th Street warn minors not to tryto purchase alcohol. The store will no longer accept vertical driver’s li-censes, at right.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) In preparation for thesecond annual spring rally of Ocean CityBikes to the Beach and the many motor-cycle enthusiasts who will be in the area,some business owners are preparing towelcome the visitors and to cash in on theevents. Spring Bikes to the Beach will beheld April 26-29.

Representatives of the two host loca-tions and another bar discussed theirplans Feb. 15 with members of the Boardof License Commissioners, who are re-sponsible for issuing licenses for the saleof beer, wine and liquor in the county.They also may approve requests to ex-pand the area where alcoholic beveragesmay be sold. The board granted those re-quests.

Hooper’s Crab House at the west endof the Route 50 bridge and the Oasis Bar& Grill in Whaleyville are the host loca-tions for the second annual Spring Bikesto the Beach. They started the event lastyear because of the successful DelmarvaBike Week held in the fall.

Ryan Intrieri, general manager atHooper’s, said the crab house would havevendors, a live band and food and beeroutside as it did before. Its expanded area,approximately two acres, will be open 9a.m.-9 p.m. April 26-29.

Oasis Bar & Grill in Whaleyville hadheld bike-related event for three years be-fore joining with Hooper’s last year in thenew venture. “We’re just continuing the

same,” owner Robert Riccio told theboard.

Although Hooper’s and the Oasis arethe two host sites, an additional 39 busi-nesses are sponsors of the event and sev-eral of those will feature specialattractions. A list of the sponsors may befound on the event’s official Web site atwww.oceancitybikestothebeach.com.

While not a part of Bikes to the Beach,Dogpatch at Trader Lee’s in West OceanCity is promoting OC Spring Bike WeekApril 25-30, a collaboration with “FastLane Biker” magazine. The board ap-proved changes to the property to accom-modate some neighbors’ concerns aboutnoise.

“The goal is to contain all of the activi-ties to a greater degree than in the past,”

Joe Moore, attorney for Bob Jester,Trader Lee’s owner, told the board inSnow Hill.

To do that, Jester will enclose the areafacing the shopping center and TheAlamo motel. Music and entertainmentwill take place in the enclosed area andvendors will be in an isolated area in therear.

Trader Lee’s could have some bikebuilders, but “the focus is on vendors andour entertainment,” bar manager RodVara said.

A promotion for the event online atwww.motorcyclemonster.com/events/trader-lees-spring-bike-2012-04-25-Ocean_City-MD.html says Trader Lee’swill have vendors under a big top tent,where there will be live streaming of en-

tertainment from the stage. It also pro-motes live music day and night, games,contests, special guest appearances, abikini contest, a hot cougar contest andlive photo shoots.

Doug Buxbaum, owner of Buxy’s SaltyDog Saloon on 27th Street in Ocean City,obtained permission to expand its li-censed premises Sept. 14-16 for Fall BikeWeek. The area would be fenced andwould have a tent. Although Buxy’s is asponsor for Bikes to the Beach in April,Buxbaum is not asking to expand the li-censed premises during that event.

Buxbaum also obtained approval to ex-pand the licensed premises for a footballtailgate party Sept. 9. There would be noentertainment, but there will be televi-sions and background music in the tent.

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Board of License Com-missioners discussed the following issues dur-ing its Feb. 16 meeting:

Tap House on the BayThe board approved the request of owner

Avi Sibony to have sales of beer, wine and liquorat Tap House on the Bay, the Pelican Perchdeck bar, the Steakhouse and the BaysideBeach Bar — new restaurants and bars planned

at the 45th Street Village. The board also ap-proved Sibony’s request for carryout beer andwine at the Bayside Market.

Two of the eating areas may have entertain-ment of up to three pieces each.

EmbersThe board approved the request of owner

Jay Taustin to alter and expand the premises ofThe Embers restaurant on 24th Street and toadd outside alcohol service areas.

The request included the addition to anopen-air second floor deck and an open-air barand dining area with outside speakers. Theboard stipulated that two of the outdoor dining

areas must serve not serve alcohol after 9 p.m.Several neighbors said they approved of the

expansion, though they had some concernsabout noise. No one spoke against the project.“Jay Taustin is bending over backwards to makesure we’re not being impacted,” resident GeraldMillman said.

Blue Bar and GrillThe board approved the request for the Blue

Bar and Grill, formerly the Surf’s Up Café, at5401 Coastal Highway, to have a seven-daybeer, wine and liquor license. The establishmentmay have up to three pieces of entertainmentfive nights weekly. There will be no dance floor.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) The adoption of the2013 Worcester County Board of Educa-tion operating budget brings good newsfor teachers.

The budget seeks a $1.9 million in-crease in spending that includes a 1.5 per-cent allocation for salary adjustments.Worcester County teachers’ pay has beenstymied since 2008.

Overall, the total spending packagegoes up 2.5 percent over the current

budget,$91.4 million to $93.3 million.The increase includes 5 percent for stu-dent transportation and 1.5 percent fortransportation contractor’s rates to helpaddress their rising costs.

“We have shrunk our system to meetthe demands of the ailing economy, butour responsibilities have not shrunk, “saidBoard Vice President Jonathan C. Cook.“This includes a small increase for teach-ers, who have not had a step increase infour years.”

The proposed raise will average $1,500per year. It is an effort to preserve theteacher staff currently employed and toact as an incentive to bring more teachingtalent to the area.

In 2008, the salary of a starting teacherin Worcester County ranked 11th in Mary-land’s 23 counties and Baltimore City. De-

pending on the degree a teacher holds, thepresent starting salary ranges from$41,377 to $51,294.

“While other counties are providingpay raises to school system employees,ours has not,” said Assistant Superintend-ent for Instruction Dr. John Gaddis. “Thismakes it more challenging to retain ourbest teachers. It is hard to keep askingteachers for more, when they have lessand less.”

Worcester’s property taxes pay 79.5percent or $74,173,500 of the budget. Anestimated $10.4 million decrease in thecounty’s tax assessment revenues is pro-jected for the upcoming fiscal year, ac-cording to the Maryland Department ofAssessments and Taxation. The remain-der of the revenue comes from the state.

However, there is an anticipated in-

crease in state aid of $370,000 based onthe higher number of Special Educationstudents and children from poverty-levelhouseholds. The proposal is scheduled fora March 6 presentation to the countycommissioners and a public hearing onthe budget is scheduled for May 1 at SnowHill High School.

Aside from what the board membersterm a “modest” increase to teachers, thebudget only seeks level funding. Thatmeans the same amount of money isbeing sought for fiscal year 2013 that cur-rently is in place. For example, textbookand technology money is at the 2006funding level, according to Gaddis.

“We estimate that it will cost approxi-mately $100,000 per grade level to imple-ment the new curriculum,” said Gaddis,noting it is not for lack of understandingthe importance of the textbooks but thattough times call for prioritizing.

“When tough times call for toughchoices, we are going to choose fundingfor teachers and small class sizes everytime. Teachers have the greatest impacton student learning, “said Gaddis.

CARMEN AMEDORI■ Contributing Writer

Schools can save by turning out lights, periodically

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Worcester CountyBoard of Education could be $57,000richer this time next year. Through anagreement with EnerNOC, a demand re-sponse energy usage program, the savingsto the school system will be based on howmuch energy the school system can re-duce during the summer months.

“This is a voluntary program,” said

Mark Roszko, business developmentmanager for EnerNOC. “There is no costto you. The program runs on whateversystem you already have in place.”

The board voted unanimously to enterinto the agreement, pending approvalfrom the board attorney. Running Junethrough September, the deal will allowPJM, a regional transitional organization,to avoid having to import energy fromother states during high-use periods. Thatcost savings is then passed on to the pro-

gram participants. PJM coordinates the movement of

wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13states and the District of Columbia.

During the high peaks of the summer,PJM will contact the board and request areduction in whatever school propertieswill be the least affected at that time. Mosthigh peaks occur Monday through Fridaybetween 2-5 p.m.

For instance, if the weather reports in-

CARMEN AMEDORI■ Contributing Writer

“While other counties are provid-

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employees, ours has not.”

DR. JOHN GADDISassistant superintendant for instruction

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School savings basedon reduced energyduring summertimedicate 93-degree temperatures for a weekor so, PJM will contact the board to re-quest the days and properties where thereductions can be made. The board maychoose which buildings will be the best re-source at that time.

Mostly, the HVAC will be affected,though it can include a dimming of lightsin the facility.

“The nice thing is we want control. Andwith this company we get it. One buildingcan offset another,” Ed Barber, assistantsuperintendent for administration, toldboard members. “They can’t shut us off.Only we can shut us off.”

There are no fees to the board to beparticipating members. Once the usagebaseline is established, any reduction inconsumption is money in the bank for theschool system. The savings is based on thekilowatt usage versus the reduction thatoccurs when buildings go off the grid.

“Not only is there value in the moneywe will get for the school system, but therewill also be value in seeing behavioralchanges once people see how much it isworth to make that change,” board mem-ber Donnie Shockley, said.

(Feb. 24, 2012) Anyone interested inlearning about what was one of the mostpivotal events in the history of OceanCity has until March 2 to buy tickets forthe dinner on March 7 marking the 50thanniversary of the March storm of 1962.

Sponsored by the Ocean City Mu-seum Society and held at the conventioncenter on 4oth Street, the dinner willbring together some of those who sur-vived that multi-million-dollar catastro-phe and provide an opportunity forpeople interested in the resort’s historyto hear their stories.

It also will feature a gallery of photostaken in the storm’s aftermath and avideo of residents recalling how it wasto remain in town as parts of Ocean Citywashed away.

The event will begin with a cocktailhour from 5:30-6:30 p.m., with musicby the Stephen Decatur High SchoolJazz Band.

Tickets cost $50 per person and maybe obtained by visiting www.ocmu-seum.org and clicking through to theGift Shop, or by sending a check, madepayable to the Ocean City Museum So-ciety at P.O. Box 603, Ocean City, Md.21843.

Actual tickets will not be issued, butpurchasers will receive an e-mail confir-mation. The purchase of two seats forthe dinner will entitle the purchaser toa complimentary copy of “The Tides ofMarch,” a book about the storm writtenby Bill and Beryl Dryden, who thenowned the local newspaper, the EasternShore Times.


Pines MarinaDeck closesEditor,

Marina Deck Restaurant inOcean Pines [closed its] doors asof Feb. 19. This will be a great lossnot only to the community organ-izations they have serviced andthe organizations they have sup-ported, but also to [its] loyal cus-tomers, which were far and fewbetween. Unfortunately, thiscommunity has not supported itin return. We are a fickle bunch.

I am truly upset that we arelosing yet another great place tomeet and eat. It boggles mybrain; what does a restaurantowner have to do to keep its cus-tomers?

Joan Gentile Ocean Pines

Noel Community thankspublic for donationEditor,

The Noel Community thankseveryone for the donations ofgloves, hats and socks during our10th annual gLOVEs drive overthe Valentine’s Day season. Localfood pantries, lower income daycare facilities and social servicegroups will distribute the itemscollected. Together, we were ableto warm the hearts and hands ofour friends in need.

We are especially grateful toSt. Andrew, St. John Neumannand Holy Savior Catholicchurches and to the WorcesterCounty Library in Ocean Pinesfor hosting the collections. We

appreciate everyone’s generosityagain this year.

The Noel Community

Reporter commendedfor thoroughnessEditor,

We want to commend LisaCapitelli on her excellent articleabout our retirement. Not onlydid she take time with us andtake extra pictures, but she accu-rately reported the facts and puttogether a most excellent article!

We found Lisa to be person-able, truly interested, she askedpertinent questions and if that

weren’t enough, she is a lovely,caring young woman.

We must confess that we werea little nervous about the meet-ing. Through the years, we haveheard from some of our peershow news reporters can some-times do more harm than goodwhen they do not really listen andreport just some of the facts ormisquote them.

Thank you for sending us sucha fine reporter and for puttingour retirement story in yourpaper. God Bless You!Revs. Ron and Nancy Soulsman

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People who don’t fish might shrug off how NOAA Fish-eries has changed the way it estimates the annual catch to-tals for each species, believing that the revised data has noaffect on them.

But that conclusion would be wrong, since in this andother coastal areas, fishing constitutes a large slice of thetourism pie. At any given moment on weekends fromspring to fall, boats valued at millions of dollars cruise in-shore waters and a high percentage of them are fishing.

Add to that all the surf anglers with their four-wheeldrive rigs, the fishing head boats and other charter vesselsthat fish for flounder, sea bass, stripers, tautog and seatrout (marlin and tuna fishing is managed separately), andthe financial impact locally is enormous.

As NOAA says in its explanation of its new MarineRecreational Information Program, it realizes the numbersit produces “have real impacts on the lives and livelihoodsof millions of Americans.”

That’s true, because fishing, especially destination fish-ing, is not inexpensive. Visiting anglers buy gas, food, lodg-ing and entertainment just like any other visitor. Evenbetter, the attraction that draws them here costs nothing,except to make sure that the waters are kept clean.

This is why NOAA’s improved estimates are so impor-tant. They give the regulatory agencies that decide what,when and where fish can be boated better numbers tomake that determination.

The estimates are hardly pinpoint precise, but they aremuch closer to reality, especially for sea bass and flounder,which are a large part of the local recreational fishing in-dustry. Giving fisheries managers a clearer idea of what an-glers are catching leads to fairer rules.

What anglers, scientists and businesses want and needis a sustainable fishery that will provide recreational andfinancial opportunities for everyone. To help do that, an-glers need to do a better job of reporting their catch to fish-eries personnel. It’s not just good for them, it’s good foreveryone with a stake in coastal tourism.

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By Stewart Dobson

The Westminster Dog Show, whichtook place a couple of weeks ago, is alwaysgood television viewing, if for no otherreason than some contestants remind meof people I see in the grocery store.

It’s mostly the hair, as these days thereare any number of people whose fashioninspiration seems to be drawn from theDr. Foster and Smith catalogue, “TheTrusted Name in Pet Supplies.”

I was in the store just last weekend andI will swear that one person had his or herhair done at PetCo. I say, ”his or her” notto avoid being politically incorrect, but be-cause it’s sometimes difficult to tell with-out checking the individual’sconfirmation, which is never a good idea.

But there he or she was lingering andlingering in front of the meat counter,where I wanted to be. I can say with au-thority that it doesn’t matter whethersomething is human or canine, when yousay, “Squirrel!” in the grocery, things havea way of clearing out.

All this is just a prelude to writingabout the one aspect of televised dogshows that I really like: the way the an-nouncer describes a particular breed asit’s being walked around the ring:

“The Chinese Crested,” he intones withnoticeable gravity, “is a mostly hairlessbreed, except for the feathery crest on itshead …” not unlike what you might seeduring Bike Week (I made that up).

His delivery is so smooth and elegantthat I’ll spend at least a day wanderingaround the house, to the annoyance of all,applying this same descriptive techniqueto my dog, Crazy Eddie.

For those who might not know, CrazyEddie is a smallish 2-year-old canine,whose genetic composition is reminiscentof that now-retired chicken finger ad,“Parts is parts.”

“The Ed-Hound,” I will begin, “hailsfrom ancient junkyards and was devel-oped through patient and selective breed-ing into one of the canine world’s premiersqueaky ball chasers.

“Recognized far and wide for his regur-gitative abilities, the Ed-Hound is alsoknown for making a variety of funnynoises when guests are present.

“The Ed-Hound makes an excellenttraveling companion, although car seatcovers are advised, and is equally at homein the city or in the gigantic hole he dug inthe garden.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Ed-Houndnumber 234.”

Needless to say, after I have repeatedthis for the third or fourth time, others inthe house will interrupt with the occa-sional “SHUT UP!” Except for Crazy Eddiehimself, who continues to watch curiously,although lately I’m beginning to see thewheels turning in his little dog brain, per-haps thinking, “Should I say, ‘Squirrel?’”

CASA VOLUNTEERSThree new CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers were sworn in this month and will begin advocating for the children they serve im-mediately. Lower Shore CASA, a program of Worcester Youth and Family, gives a voice to children who are placed in the court system due to abuseand neglect. For additional information, call 410-641-4598. Pictured, from left, are Cynthia Ilardi, volunteer supervisor; Brigitte Saulsbury, CASA di-rector; the Honorable Brian Shockley; CASA volunteers Allison Bescak and Jeri Clapsadle; Master Peggy Kent; and CASA volunteer Stuart Glassman.

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Recipient of this year’s UMES Hotel & Restaurant Program scholarship is Brett Oliver, above left.The presentation was made last Thursday during the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Associationdinner at Fresco’s. With Oliver are his parents, Danny and Linda. (Left) Rebecca Hill, this year’s re-cipient of the Wor-Wic Community Kate Bunting Scholarship, is introduced to the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association audience by association Executive Director Susan Jones. Thepresentation took place during the OCHMRA dinner last Thursday at Fresco’s in Ocean City.

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According to charging documents,Armstrong on Monday asked a woman atthe indoor swimming pool at the Stow-away Grand Hotel to watch her 6-year-olddaughter for an hour. She handed her keysto the woman and left.

Unbeknownst to her, the woman wasthe wife of the president of the hotel cor-poration. He used the room key to locatethe woman’s name and called the tele-phone number on the registration form.He reached the former fiancé, who said heand Armstrong were engaged to be mar-ried, and the two had planned to spend thehoneymoon at the Stowaway. The wed-ding, however, had been called off.

The former fiancé said he had not can-celled the room reservation and had noidea Armstrong had decided to stay therewithout him.

Police stated Armstrong used the man’scredit card to pay for the room and hadasked the front desk staff to call a taxi forher. The hotel owner learned the taxi driverhad taken Armstrong to a pharmacy and anightspot. Police then went to thenightspot, where they located an allegedlyintoxicated Armstrong.

The woman agreed to the request of po-lice to accompany them back to the hotelto be reunited with her daughter. Policesaid she screamed during the ride and afterthey arrived at the hotel, bothering smok-ers outside who left the area. Police saidshe then threw bags of take-out food intothe hotel lobby.

The former fiancé later arrived at thehotel, where he was shown the credit cardArmstrong had used; though it had hisname on it, he told police he had never ap-plied for the card, nor had he activated it.In Armstrong’s purse, police found receiptsfor purchases totaling $1,074.78 and creditcard application papers. They also found apiece of paper with the ex-fiancé’s date ofbirth and Social Security number, chargingdocuments stated.

The man told police that Armstrong hadtold him that she was going to ruin himand said, “I guess this was how she wasgoing to do it.”

Woman treated tosolo honeymoon atex-fiancé’s expenseContinued from Page 1

(Feb. 24, 2012) Worcester CountyCommissioner Judy Boggs announcedher town meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m.,on Feb. 25, at the Ocean Pines library.

The guest speaker will be Stephen C.Thompson, senior vice president of Chesa-peake Utilities, which is the companybringing natural gas to Worcester County.

As always, Boggs will provide updateson county issues and development in andaround Ocean Pines. Seating and parkingavailability is limited at the library, andresidents are encouraged to come earlyand carpool if possible.

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A raccoon stops to stare after walking around a yard on Sandyhook Road in Ocean Pines onSaturday afternoon. The critters are usually creatures of the night.

(Feb. 24, 2012) Maryland Departmentof Housing and Community DevelopmentSecretary Raymond A. Skinner an-nounced last week that more than $3.9million in Community Legacy programawards were presented to 35 municipali-ties and community groups around thestate for revitalization projects.

Community Legacy provides flexiblefunding to local governments and com-munity development organizations for re-vitalization projects through activities thatexpand neighborhood business and jobdevelopment, homeownership invest-ment, commercial revitalization and otheractivities that support Gov. Martin O’Mal-ley’s Smart Green & Growing initiative, amulti-agency, statewide initiative designedto help Maryland achieve a more sustain-able future.

“The Community Legacy Program sup-ports jobs across Maryland while improv-ing the quality of life for residents andvisitors though home rehabilitations, cul-tural and community center improve-ments and ‘green’ upgrades,” O’Malleysaid. “By making investments in these im-provements today, we can ensure that ourlocal treasures are preserved for manyyears to come.”

As one of its traditional, core goals,Community Legacy provides assistance toattract and retain small businesses in his-toric downtown communities throughoutMaryland. These efforts include support

for façade improvement programs indowntown Ocean City and Snow Hill andsupport for projects that increase tourism.

Among the list of 2012 award-winningprojects were five in Worcester County:

The Ocean City Development Corpora-tion received $50,000 for its Façade Im-provement Program, which providesfaçade enhancements to the exterior ofolder buildings between the inlet and 17thStreet; and $50,000 for its Green BuildingInitiatives Program, which provides finan-cial incentives to assist downtown busi-nesses with installing renewable andenergy efficient equipment.

The city of Pocomoke was awarded$50,000 to subsidize repair and renova-tion costs of downtown commercial build-ings to attract small businesses, and$7,500 to purchase and install a new the-ater projection system at MarVa Theater.And, the town of Snow Hill received$35,000 for a façade improvement pro-gram involving commercial buildings inthe business district.

“The Community Legacy Program isone of our most flexible tools for assistancefor downtown revitalization given thebroad range of activities it can support,”Skinner said. “The Maryland Departmentof Housing and Community Developmentis proud to support these worthy projectsand partner with these great organizationsto make Maryland’s communities the bestthey can be.”

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Ocean City Today LEGAL NOTICES 23

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Bethesda, MD 20814(301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTETRUSTEES’ SALE

OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANYIMPROVEMENTS THEREON

10300 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #1909OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from Floyd Mil-ton Elliott, II dated July 10, 2003 andrecorded in Liber 3790, Folio 38among the Land Records of WorcesterCo., MD, with an original principal bal-ance of $200,200.00 and an original in-terest rate of 5.25000% default havingoccurred under the terms thereof, theSub. Trustees will sell at public auctionat the Circuit Court for Worcester Co.,at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on

MARCH 14, 2012 AT 2:00 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND, together with any buildingsor improvements thereon situated inWorcester Co., MD and described asUnit No. 1909 in the Atlantis Condo-minium and more fully described inthe aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improve-ments thereon, will be sold in an “as is”condition and subject to conditions, re-strictions and agreements of record af-fecting the same, if any, and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000in cash, cashiers check or certifiedcheck is required at time of sale. Bal-ance of the purchase price, togetherwith interest on the unpaid purchasemoney at the current rate contained inthe Deed of Trust Note from the dateof sale to the date funds are receivedby the Sub. Trustees, payable in cashwithin ten days of final ratification ofthe sale by the Circuit Court. Therewill be no abatement of interest duefrom the purchaser in the event addi-tional funds are tendered before settle-ment or if settlement is delayed for anyreason. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCEFOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustmentof current year real property taxes willbe made as of the date of sale andthereafter assumed by the purchaser.All past due property taxes paid by thepurchaser. All other public and/or pri-vate charges or assessments, includingwater/sewer charges, ground rent,whether incurred prior to or after thesale, and all other costs incidental tosettlement to be paid by the purchaser.All transfer taxes and settlement ex-penses shall be paid by the Purchaser.Purchaser shall pay all applicable agri-cultural tax, if any. Purchaser is re-sponsible for obtaining physicalpossession of the property, and as-sumes risk of loss or damage to theproperty from the date of sale. If rati-fication or settlement is delayed forany reason there shall be no abate-ment of interest. The sale is subject topost-sale audit of the status of the loanwith the loan servicer including, butnot limited to, determination ofwhether the borrower entered into anyrepayment agreement, reinstated orpaid off the loan prior to the sale. Inany such event, this sale shall be nulland void, and the Purchaser’s sole rem-edy, in law or equity, shall be the re-

turn of the deposit without interest. Ifpurchaser fails to settle within 10 daysof ratification, the Sub. Trustees mayfile a motion to resell the property. Pur-chaser waives personal service of anypaper filed in connection with such amotion on himself and/or any principalor corporate designee, and expresslyagrees to accept service of any suchpaper by regular mail directed to theaddress provided by said bidder at thetime of the sale. If Purchaser defaultsunder these terms, deposit shall be for-feited. The Sub. Trustees may then re-sell the property at the risk and cost ofthe defaulting purchaser. The de-faulted purchaser shall not be entitledto any surplus proceeds resulting fromsaid resale even if such surplus resultsfrom improvements to the property bysaid defaulted purchaser. If Sub.Trustees are unable to convey eitherinsurable or marketable title, or if rat-ification of the sale is denied by theCircuit Court for any reason, the Pur-chaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity,is the return of the deposit without in-terest. Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing,Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson,

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Hofmeister, Breza & LeaversExecutive Plaza III

11350 McCormick Rd., Suite 1300Hunt Valley, MD 21031

410-832-8822


2-STORY TOWNHOUSE

232 MORGAN’S CT.POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Purchase/Construction Deedof Trust from Daphne D. McKenzie,dated May 23, 2007 and recorded inLiber 4959, folio 338 among the LandRecords of Worcester County, MD, de-fault having occurred under the termsthereof, and at the request of the par-ties secured thereby, the undersignedSubstitute Trustees will sell at publicauction at the Circuit Court forWorcester Co., at the Court HouseDoor, Snow Hill, on

MARCH 5, 2012 AT 12:00 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND AND THE IMPROVE-MENTS thereon situated in WorcesterCounty, Maryland, known as Tax ID#01-043099 and more fully describedin the aforesaid Purchase/Construc-tion Deed of Trust.

The property is believed to be im-proved by a +/- 1,472 sq. ft., 2-storytownhouse containing 5 rooms (3 bed-rooms), 2 baths, FWA electric heat andcentral air conditioning.

The property will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to allcovenants, conditions, liens, restric-tions, easements, agreements andrights-of-way as may affect same, ifany and with no warranty of any kind.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of$10,000 will be required at the time ofsale, such deposit to be in cash or cer-tified check, or other form acceptableto the Substitute Trustees in their solediscretion. The deposit must be in-creased to 10% of the purchase pricewithin 2 business days. Balance of the

purchase price is to be paid in cashwithin ten (10) days of the final ratifi-cation of sale by the Circuit Court forWorcester County. If payment of thebalance does not take place within ten(10) days of ratification, the deposit(s)will be forfeited and the property willbe resold at the risk and expense of thedefaulting purchaser. The defaultingpurchaser shall not be entitled to anysurplus proceeds or profits resultingfrom any resale of the property. Inter-est to be paid on unpaid purchasemoney at the rate pursuant to theDeed of Trust Note from date of sale todate funds are received in the office ofthe Substitute Trustees in the eventthe property is purchased by someoneother than the holder of the indebted-ness. In the event settlement is de-layed for any reason, there shall be noabatement of interest. All taxes,ground rent, water rent, condominiumfees and/or homeowner associationdues, all public charges, assessmentspayable on an annual basis, includingsanitary and/or metropolitan districtcharges, if applicable, owed against theproperty shall be adjusted to date ofsale and assumed thereafter by thepurchaser. Cost of all documentarystamps, transfer taxes and settlementexpenses for the property shall beborne by the purchaser. Purchasershall be responsible for obtaining phys-ical possession of the property. Pur-chaser assumes the risk of loss ordamage to the property from the dateof sale forward. If the SubstituteTrustees are unable to convey goodand marketable title, the purchaser’ssole remedy in law or equity shall belimited to the refund of the deposit.Upon refund of the deposit to pur-chaser, this sale shall be void and of noeffect, and the purchaser shall have nofurther claims against the SubstituteTrustees. The conveyance of the prop-erty by the Substitute Trustees to thepurchaser at settlement shall be byTrustees’ Deed without covenants orspecial warranties.

The Substitute Trustees reserve theright to: (1) accept or reject any and allbids and to sell the property in anymanner which the Substitute Trusteesdetermines, in their sole discretion,may provide the highest yield to thesecured party, (2) modify or waive therequirement for bidders’ deposits andterms of sale and/or settlement, and (3)to withdraw all or any part of the prop-erty from the sale prior to acceptanceof the final bid.

The property will be sold in an “ASIS” condition and without any re-course, representations or warranties,either express or implied, as to its na-ture, condition or description. No rep-resentations are made as to theproperty. Neither the SubstituteTrustees, nor any other party, makeany warranty or representation of anykind or nature regarding the physicalcondition of, the description of, or titleto the property. The property will besold subject to any violation noticesand subject to all conditions, restric-tions, easements, covenants, encum-brances, and agreements of record andall terms, conditions, notes, and mat-ters as set forth and described in theDeed of Trust. The purchaser is re-sponsible for, and the property is soldsubject to, any environmental matteror condition, whether latent or observ-able, if any, that may exist at or affector relate to the property and to anygovernmental requirements affectingthe same.

NOTE: The information containedherein was obtained from sourcesdeemed to be reliable, but is offered forinformational purposes only. Neitherthe auctioneer, the beneficiary of theDeed of Trust, the Substitute Trusteesnor their agents or attorneys make anyrepresentations or warranties with re-spect to the accuracy of information.

PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERSARE URGED TO PERFORM THEIROWN DUE DILIGENCE WITH RE-SPECT TO THE PROPERTY PRIORTO THE FORECLOSURE AUCTION.For additional information, please con-tact the Substitute Trustees.

C. Larry Hofmeister, Jr., Craig B.Leavers, Stephanie H. Hurley,

James J. Loftus,Substitute Trustees

ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC.908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARY-LAND 21204410-828-4838

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McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800

Laurel, Maryland 20707www.mwc-law.com


OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY

2502 WORCESTER HWY.POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from Jeffrey H.Young, dated June 11, 2010 andrecorded in Liber 5499, folio 230among the Land Records of WorcesterCo., MD, default having occurredunder the terms thereof and at the re-quest of the parties secured thereby,the undersigned Substitute Trusteeswill offer for sale at public auction atthe Circuit Court for Worcester Co., atthe Court House Door, Snow Hill, on

FEBRUARY 27, 2012 AT 1:40 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND AND THE IMPROVE-MENTS THEREON situated inWorcester Co., Maryland and morefully described in the aforesaid Deed ofTrust. The property is improved by adwelling.

The property will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions, easements, encumbrancesand agreements of record affecting thesubject property, if any, and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit in the formof cashier’s or certified check, or insuch other form as the SubstituteTrustees may determine, at their solediscretion, for $20,000 at the time ofsale. If the noteholder and/or serviceris the successful bidder, the deposit re-quirement is waived. Balance of thepurchase price is to be paid within fif-teen (15) days of the final ratificationof the sale by the Circuit Court forWorcester Co., Maryland. Interest isto be paid on the unpaid purchaseprice at the rate of 8% per annum fromdate of sale to the date the funds arereceived in the office of the SubstituteTrustees, if the property is purchasedby an entity other than the noteholderand/or servicer. If payment of the bal-ance does not occur within fifteen daysof ratification, the deposit will be for-feited and the property will be resold

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at the risk and cost of the defaultingpurchaser. There will be no abatementof interest due from the purchaser inthe event settlement is delayed for anyreason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent,and all other public charges and as-sessments payable on an annual basis,including sanitary and/or metropolitandistrict charges to be adjusted for thecurrent year to the date of sale, and as-sumed thereafter by the purchaser.Condominium fees and/or homeownersassociation dues, if any, shall be as-sumed by the purchaser from the dateof sale. The purchaser shall be respon-sible for the payment of the groundrent escrow, if required. The purchaseris responsible for any amount in excessof $250.00 for outstanding water bills,if any, incurred prior to the date of sale.Cost of all documentary stamps, trans-fer taxes, and all settlement chargesshall be borne by the purchaser. If theSubstitute Trustees are unable to con-vey good and marketable title, the pur-chaser’s sole remedy in law or equityshall be limited to the refund of the de-posit to the purchaser. Upon refund ofthe deposit, the sale shall be void andof no effect, and the purchaser shallhave no further claim against the Sub-stitute Trustees. Purchaser shall beresponsible for obtaining physical pos-session of the property. The purchaserat the foreclosure sale shall assumethe risk of loss for the property imme-diately after the sale. (Matter #2011-08839)

Deborah K. Curran, Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, Erin M. Brady,

Substitute TrusteesALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC.908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204410-828-4838

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PUBLIC HEARING set for proposed fare increase of

West Ocean City Park & Ride shuttle

Ocean City, MD – The Ocean CityMayor and Council will hold a publichearing at its Monday, March 5 meet-ing to seek public comment on a pro-posal to raise the fare for the shuttlethat operates between the West OceanCity Park & Ride and the South Tran-sit Station in downtown Ocean City.The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. incouncil chambers at City Hall, 301 Bal-timore Avenue.

A fare increase from the current $1ride-all-day to a $3 ride-all-day or $1per boarding, which is the current farestructure of the Coastal Highway busservice, is being considered due to de-creases in bus fare revenue and higheroperating costs of the municipal busservice. The West Ocean City Park &Ride shuttle service operates from Maythrough September.

The location of the public hearing isaccessible to persons with disabilities.Any individual who requires specialassistance to participate in the publichearing should contact Dianna Davisat 410-723-2174, at TTD 410-723-363610 days prior to the hearing in orderfor Ocean City Transportation to makenecessary arrangements. A sign lan-guage interpreter will be present and

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J. HARRISON PHILLIPS III115-72ND STREET

OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICEOF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Estate No. 14555TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

IN THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY DANIEL DAY

Notice is given that John EugeneDay, 7922 James Avenue, Ellicott City,MD 21043, was on January 31, 2012appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Timothy Daniel Day whodied on December 19, 2011, with a will.

Further information can be ob-tained by reviewing the estate file inthe office of the Register of Wills or bycontacting the personal representativeor the attorney.

All persons having any objection tothe appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills on orbefore the 31st day of July, 2012.

Any person having a claim againstthe decedent must present the claim tothe undersigned personal representa-tive or file it with the Register of Willswith a copy to the undersigned on orbefore the earlier of the followingdates:

(1) Six months from the date of thedecedent’s death, except if the dece-dent died before October 1, 1992, ninemonths from the date of the decedent’sdeath; or

(2) Two months after the personalrepresentative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of this pub-lished notice or other written notice,notifying the creditor that the claimwill be barred unless the creditor pres-ents the claims within two monthsfrom the mailing or other delivery ofthe notice. A claim not presented orfiled on or before that date, or any ex-tension provided by law, is unenforce-able thereafter. Claim forms may beobtained from the Register of Wills.

John Eugene DayPersonal Representative

True Test CopyCharlotte K. Cathell

Register of Wills Worcester County

Room 102 - Court HouseOne W. Market Street

Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074Name of newspaper designated bypersonal representative: Ocean City DigestDate of publication: February 09, 2012

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CHERI HARMAN DORSEYGORDON FEINBLATT, LLC

233 EAST REDWOOD STREETBALTIMORE, MD 21202




IN THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH M. ZIMMER JR.

Notice is given that Sheila K. Zim-mer, 8623 Saddle Creek Drive, Berlin,MD 21811, was on February 02, 2012appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Joseph M. Zimmer Jr. who

died on January 2, 2012, with a will.Further information can be ob-

tained by reviewing the estate file inthe office of the Register of Wills or bycontacting the personal representativeor the attorney.

All persons having any objection tothe appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills on orbefore the 2nd day of August, 2012.




Shelia K. ZimmerPersonal Representative





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NOTICEDisposal of Surplus Vehicles

and Equipmentto be Auctioned on GovDeals.com

“Disposition of County Personal Property no longer used by

the County”

The following described personalproperty, including vehicles, furnitureand equipment, have been determinedto be no longer required for County useby the County Commissioners ofWorcester County, Maryland anddeemed to be surplus property:

SURPLUS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

Surplus vehicles, listed by makeand model (with model year), as fol-lows: Chevrolet Cavalier (1990);Chevrolet Impala (2001); Dodge Cara-van (1993, 1994); Dodge Charger(2007); Dodge Van (1995); Ford E450Bus (2002); Ford F-350 Crew CabTruck (1992), Dump Truck (1986) andUtility Truck (1982); Ford Bronco(1994); Ford Crown Victoria (2004,2005, 2008); Ford Ranger (1993); FordTaurus (2000); and International 4700Box Truck (1997).

Surplus electronic equipment, in-cluding: Computers; Monitors; Lap-tops; Printers; Fax Machines;

Keyboards; Mouse; Floppy Disc DriveStorage Containers; Various PrinterCartridges; Telecommunication Termi-nal; TV/VCR Combo Units; Typewriter;HP AC Power Adapter; IBM ComputerNetwork Rack; Panasonic 50” Tube-Style Television; and UPS Trans-former.

Surplus furniture, including: 2-Drawer and 4-Drawer File Cabinets;Metal Desks; Mahogany Desk; WoodComputer Stations; Round Tables; Of-fice Chairs; Side Chairs; MedicalChair; and Picnic Table.

Miscellaneous surplus equipment,including: Winco 30KW Generator(1975); Power Washer; Freezer; UsedBricks (11 pallets, +3,000 bricks); andWooden Glulam Laminated Columns.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OFSALE AND CONVEYANCE: TheCounty Commissioners propose to so-licit competitive bids via an Internet-based auction system operated byGovDeals, Inc. for which the Commis-sioners will pay GovDeals, Inc. an ad-ministrative fee of seven and one-halfpercent (7.5%) of the winning bid, butnot less than five and 00/100 dollars($5.00), for each transaction. This ad-ministrative fee will be charged to thewinning bidder so that there is no netcost to the County. All of the above ref-erenced surplus property will be of-fered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS.” TheCounty Commissioners make no war-ranty, guaranty or representation ofany kind, expressed or implied, as tothe merchantability or fitness for anypurpose of the property offered for sale.The County Commissioners warrant tothe buyer that the property offered forsale will conform to its description.The County Commissioners reservethe right to reject any and all bids asthey see fit and to withdraw from saleany of the items listed. Payment in fullby successful bidders shall be made toWorcester County Commissioners.

OPPORTUNITY FOR OBJEC-TIONS: Anyone objecting to the pro-posed conveyance of the above surplusvehicles and equipment shall do so inwriting prior to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday,March 1, 2012, or in person at the reg-ularly scheduled meeting of theCounty Commissioners to be held at10:00 a.m. on March 6, 2012 in theCounty Commissioners MeetingRoom, Room 1101 - Government Cen-ter, One West Market Street, SnowHill, Maryland 21863.

WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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IN THE ESTATE OF HOWARD W. MORRIS

Notice is given that Jerry HowardMorris, 419 Lark Lane, Unit 103,Ocean City, MD 21842, was on Febru-ary 06, 2012 appointed Personal Rep-resentative of the estate of Howard W.Morris who died on December 19,2011, with a will.


All persons having any objection tothe appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-

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jections with the Register of Wills on orbefore the 6th day of August, 2012.Any person having a claim against

the decedent must present the claim tothe undersigned personal representa-tive or file it with the Register of Willswith a copy to the undersigned on orbefore the earlier of the followingdates:(1) Six months from the date of the

decedent’s death, except if the dece-dent died before October 1, 1992, ninemonths from the date of the decedent’sdeath; or(2) Two months after the personal

representative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of this pub-lished notice or other written notice,notifying the creditor that the claimwill be barred unless the creditor pres-ents the claims within two monthsfrom the mailing or other delivery ofthe notice. A claim not presented orfiled on or before that date, or any ex-tension provided by law, is unenforce-able thereafter. Claim forms may beobtained from the Register of Wills.

Jerry Howard MorrisPersonal Representative

True Test CopyCharlotte K. CathellRegister of Wills Worcester County



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J. HARRISON PHILLIPS III115-72ND STREET





IN THE ESTATE OF PAUL CHRISTOPHER DAYNotice is given that John Eugene

Day, 7922 James Avenue, Ellicott City,MD 21043, was on February 06, 2012appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Paul Christopher Daywho died on December 24, 2011, with-out a will.Further information can be ob-

tained by reviewing the estate file inthe office of the Register of Wills or bycontacting the personal representativeor the attorney.All persons having any objection to

the appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills on orbefore the 6th day of August, 2012.Any person having a claim against

the decedent must present the claim tothe undersigned personal representa-tive or file it with the Register of Willswith a copy to the undersigned on orbefore the earlier of the followingdates:(1) Six months from the date of the

decedent’s death, except if the dece-dent died before October 1, 1992, ninemonths from the date of the decedent’sdeath; or(2) Two months after the personal

representative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of this pub-lished notice or other written notice,notifying the creditor that the claimwill be barred unless the creditor pres-ents the claims within two monthsfrom the mailing or other delivery ofthe notice. A claim not presented or

filed on or before that date, or any ex-tension provided by law, is unenforce-able thereafter. Claim forms may beobtained from the Register of Wills.

John Eugene DayPersonal Representative

True Test CopyCharlotte K. CathellRegister of Wills Worcester County



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WORCESTER COUNTY SHORELINE COMMISSION

NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARINGS

Pursuant to the provisions of Sec-tions 3-101 and 3-102 of the Code ofPublic Local Laws of WorcesterCounty, Maryland, notice is herebygiven that a public hearing will be con-ducted by the Worcester County Shore-line Commission in the meeting roomat the Ocean Pines Branch of theWorcester County Library, 11107Cathell Road, Berlin, Maryland onThursday, March 1, 2012. The Boardmembers will convene at 1:00 p.m. todiscuss administrative matters andmay perform on-site viewing of all orsome of the following cases. Thereafter,the members will reconvene at 2:00p.m. at the library to hear the sched-uled cases.

MAJOR CONSTRUCTION

MAJOR 1McGinty Marine on behalf of Joseph

& Mary Logisz – Request No. 2012-15– Request to remove existing paralleldock and install a 6’x 25’ perpendicularpier with a 6’x 23’ “L” shaped platformwith a boatlift and 2 PWC lifts with as-sociated pilings not to exceed 25 feetchannelward. This project is locatedon 11 North Pintail Drive, also knownas Tax Map 16, Parcel 50, Section 14A,Lot 6, Ocean Pines Community, ThirdTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. MAJOR 2Bayshore Marine on behalf of

Richard Gross – Request No. 2012-16– Request to install a side mountboatlift with associated pilings not toexceed 12 feet channelward. This proj-ect is located at 1 Beach Ct., alsoknown as Tax Map 16, Parcel 41, Sec-tion 4, Lot 203, Ocean Pines Commu-nity, Third Tax District of WorcesterCounty, Maryland. MAJOR 3John Collins – Request No. 2012-17

– Request to relocate an existing moor-ing piling and install 3 additional pil-ings with davit lifts not to exceed 25feet channelward. Request also in-cludes installation of PWC lift on ex-isting piling. This project is located at12702 West End Court, also known asTax Map 27, Parcel 392, Lot 3, TenthTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. MAJOR 4Hidden Oak Farm LLC on behalf of

David Doxzon – Request No. 2012-18 –Request to install a 6’x 33’ paralleldock and 2 mooring pilings not to ex-ceed 15 feet channelward. Requestalso includes abandonment of existingboat ramp, installation of 138’ replace-ment vinyl bulkhead and placement of

240’ of stone revetment. This project islocated at 12120 Conch Shell Lane,also known as Tax Map 26, Parcel 319,Tenth Tax District of WorcesterCounty, Maryland. MAJOR 5J. Stacey Hart & Assoc., Inc. on be-

half of Scott Kemeys – Request No.2012-19 – Request to install a boatliftwith associated pilings not to exceed15 feet channelward. This project is lo-cated at 12311 Meadow Drive, alsoknown as Tax Map 33, Parcel 346, Lot17, Snug Harbor Subdivision, TenthTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. MAJOR 6J. Stacey Hart & Assoc., Inc. on be-

half of Horton Lain & Brian Smith –Request No. 2012-20 – Request to re-move existing floating platform and in-stall a 4’x 20’ shared perpendicularpier with 2 boatlifts and associated pil-ings not to exceed 20 feet channelward.This project is located at 32 & 34Seabreeze Rd., also known as Tax Map16, Parcel 38, Section 1, Lots 307 &308, Ocean Pines Community, ThirdTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. MAJOR 7Permit Ink LLC on behalf of Joseph

Schweiger – Request No. 2012-21 – Re-quest to install a 4’x 35’ parallel dockand install a boatlift and 2 PWC liftswith associated pilings not to exceed22 feet channelward. Request also in-cludes installation of 50’ of replace-ment bulkheading. This project islocated at 12307 Snug Harbor Rd., alsoknown as Tax Map 33, Parcel 346, Lot55, Snug Harbor Subdivision, TenthTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. MAJOR 8Permit Ink LLC on behalf of Herb

Roe – Request No. 2012-22 – Requestto install a 6’x 30’ perpendicular pierwith 2 mooring pilings and a boatliftwith associated pilings not to exceed30 feet channelward. Request also in-cludes installation of 2 PWC lifts alongbulkhead. This project is located at179 Teal Circle, also known as TaxMap 16, Parcel 41, Section 4, Lot 277,Ocean Pines Community, Third TaxDistrict of Worcester County, Mary-land. MAJOR 9Hi Tide Marine on behalf of

Martha’s Landing LLC – Request No.2012-23 – Request to conduct mainte-nance dredge activity to remove ap-proximately 8,200 cubic yards ofmaterial by hydraulic method and dis-pose of spoil at an approved disposalsite on property or other approved site.This project is located at Sunset Ave.,also known as Tax Map 27, Parcel 487,Sunset Marina, Tenth Tax District ofWorcester County, Maryland. MAJOR 10Hi Tide Marine on behalf of Homers

Hideaway Marina LLC – Request No.2012-24 – Request to conduct mainte-nance dredge activity to remove ap-proximately 4,914 cubic yards ofmaterial by hydraulic method and dis-pose of spoil at Skimmer Island orother approved site. This project is lo-cated at Inlet Isle Lane., also known asTax Map 27, Parcel 227, Ocean CityFishing Center, Tenth Tax District ofWorcester County, Maryland.MAJOR 11Hi-Tide Marine Construction on be-

half of Moore Boat LLC. – Rehearingof Request No. 2010-08 – Request todredge a 30’x 1300’ channel leading toan existing basin to an average depthof -4.5’ at MLW. Approximately 3,500cu. yds. of dredge spoil to be disposedof onsite. This project is located at

12303 North Piney Point Rd., alsoknown as Tax Map 10, Parcel 304,Fifth Tax District of Worcester County,Maryland.

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NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARINGWORCESTER COUNTY

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

AGENDA

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Pursuant to the provisions of theWorcester County Zoning Ordinance,notice is hereby given that a publichearing will be held before the Boardof Zoning Appeals for WorcesterCounty, in the Board Room (Room1102) on the first floor of the WorcesterCounty Government Center, One WestMarket Street, Snow Hill, Maryland.

6:30 p.m.Case No. 12-09, on the application

of Judith Whalan, requesting an after-the-fact variance to reduce the Ordi-nance prescribed front yard setbackfrom 25 feet to 15.6 feet (an encroach-ment of 9.4 feet), associated with anexisting accessory structure incidentalto a single family dwelling in a R-2Suburban Residential District, pur-suant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-206(b)(2), ZS 1-206(d)(1)and ZS 1-305, located at 12437 Wind-sor Road, on the northeast corner ofthe intersection of Tudor Road andWindsor Road, Tax Map 21, Parcel 6,Section C, Block 24, Lot 12, of the CapeIsle of Wight Subdivision, in the TenthTax District of Worcester County,Maryland. POSTPONED


of Mark Spencer Cropper, Esquire, onthe lands of Blair Snyder and AllisonSnyder, requesting a special exceptionto reconstruct / replace a nonconform-ing structure, associated with the pro-posed reconstruction of three non -con forming dwellings in a R-1 RuralResidential District, pursuant to Zon-ing Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(5), ZS 1-122(d)(1), ZS 1-205(b)(2) and ZS 1-305,located on Beauchamp Road, at thenortheast corner of St. Martins Park-way and Beauchamp Road, Tax Map16, Parcel 5, in the Third Tax Districtof Worcester County, Maryland.

6:40 p.m.Re-advertisement of Case No. 11-39,

on the application of Wallbangers In-corporated, requesting an after-the-fact variance to reduce the Ordinanceprescribed rear yard setback from 5.5feet to 0 feet (an encroachment of 5.5feet), associated with an expansion ofuse area associated with an existingrestaurant in a CM Commercial Ma-rine District, pursuant to Zoning CodeSections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-214(c)(2)and ZS 1-305, located at 12821 SouthHarbor Road, approximately 600 feeteast of the intersection of Golf CourseRoad and South Harbor Road, TaxMap 27, Parcel 377, Lot 46 & Tax Map27, Parcel 378, Lot 48, in the Tenth TaxDistrict of Worcester County, Mary-land.


of Hugh Cropper IV, Esquire, on thelands of Kurtis Miller and MargaretMiller, requesting a variance to reducethe Ordinance prescribed front yardsetback, measured from the centerlineof a road, from 50 feet to 42.1 (an en-croachment of 7.9 feet) and requestinga variance to reduce the Ordinanceprescribed rear yard setback from 30

26 LEGAL NOTICES Ocean City Today FEBRUARY 24, 2012

feet to 22.5 feet (an encroachment of7.5 feet), associated with a proposedsingle family dwelling in a R-2 Subur-ban Residential District, pursuant toZoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4),ZS 1-206(b)(2) and ZS 1-305, located at12401 Meadow Drive, approximately1,900 feet east of the intersection ofFirst Street and Meadow Drive, TaxMap 33, Parcel 346, Lot 35, of the SnugHarbor Subdivision, in the Tenth TaxDistrict of Worcester County, Mary-land.


of Hugh Cropper IV, Esquire, on thelands of Steven Black and KarenBlack, requesting a variance to reducethe Ordinance prescribed front yardsetback, measured on an arterial high-way, from 100 feet to 42 feet (an en-croachment of 58 feet) and requestinga special exception for a single non-monument freestanding sign on eachroad frontage, associated with a pro-posed commercial use in a C-2 GeneralCommercial District, pursuant to Zon-ing Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-210(b)(2)A3, ZS 1-305,ZS 1-324(c)(4)B4 and ZS 1-326, locatedon the northwest corner of OceanGateway (US Route 50) and Friend-ship Road (MD Route 452), Tax Map25, Parcel 165 & Parcel 438, Part A &B of the Reassembled Lands of Lester& Violet Black Plat, in the Third TaxDistrict of Worcester County, Mary-land.

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NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARINGS

BOARD OF PORT WARDENS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chap-ter 106, “Waterways,” Article II –“Shoreline Development” of the Codeof the Town of Ocean City, Maryland,hereinafter referred to as the Code,same being the Port Wardens Ordi-nance of Ocean City, Maryland, noticeis hereby given that public hearingswill be conducted in the CouncilChambers of City Hall located at 301Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD

Thursday, March 8th, 2012At 2:00 PM

A request has been submitted to re-move existing finger pier, install a 4’ x18’ perpendicular pier and install aboatlift with associated pilings, not toexceed 19’ channelward from theMHW line. The site of the proposedconstruction is described as being lo-cated at 2205 Philadelphia Ave. Slip 44Parcel # 4236 -44-0-0111-378524 in theTown of Ocean City, MDApplicant: Hickory EnvironmentalConsulting, LLCOwner: Aaron Jezierski PW12-022

A request has been submitted toadd 8’ to the existing pier with a 2’ x 5’parallel “L” at the end, relocate the ex-isting boatlift with associated pilesadded and install two (2) PWC liftswith associated piles, not to exceed 50’channelward from the MHW line. Thesite of the proposed construction is de-

scribed as being located at 610Bayshore Ct Unit 5 Parcel # 5313 -E-0-0112-211840 in the Town of OceanCity, MDApplicant: Hickory EnvironmentalConsulting, LLCOwner: Jeffery Arnold PW12-023

A request has been submitted to re-place approximately 115’ of vinyl bulk-head, remove and replace existing dockand boatlift. The site of the proposedconstruction is described as being lo-cated at 722 141ST St Parcel # 9435A-11-9-5-0 -0118-184681 in the Town ofOcean City, MDApplicant: Hi-Tide Marine Construc-tion, INC.Owner: William J. and Julie Fitzpatrick PW12-024

A request has been submitted to re-place approximately 40’ of existingbulkhead with new vinyl. To extend ex-isting pier to 45’ total not to exceedneighboring property and remove andreplace one boatlift. The site of the pro-posed construction is described asbeing located at 613 Harbour DriveParcel # 8020A-1550B-8B-0 -0117-315123 in the Town of Ocean City, MDApplicant: Hi-Tide MarineOwner: Donald Bowers PW12-025

Board of Port WardensBlake McGrath, Chairman Valerie Gaskill, Attorney

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KATHRYN V. WESTBROOKP.O. BOX 1109





IN THE ESTATE OF PEGGY FRANCES PIXLEY

Notice is given that Marc Pixley, 20410th Street, Pocomoke City, MD 21851,was on February 16, 2012 appointedPersonal Representative of the estateof Peggy Frances Pixley who died onFebruary 6, 2012, with a will.


All persons having any objection tothe appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills on orbefore the 18th day of August, 2012.




Marc PixleyPersonal Representative





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The TOWN OF OCEAN CITY,MARYLAND is soliciting bids forEagle’s Landing Golf Course IrrigationPump Station Replacement. Your pro-posal must be received by the CityManager's Office, 301 Baltimore Av-enue, Ocean City, Maryland 21842 onor before 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March5, 2012. Bid specifications are avail-able upon written request to Joe Perry,Golf Course Superintendent, Eagle’sLanding Golf Course, 8828 Eagle’sNest Road, Berlin, MD 21811, or bycalling 410-520-5408.

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NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARING

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALSTOWN OF

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Chap-ter 110 of the Code of Ocean City,Maryland, hereinafter referred to asthe Code, same being the Zoning Ordi-nance for Ocean City, Maryland, noticeis hereby given that public hearingswill be conducted by the Board of Zon-ing Appeals for Ocean City, Marylandin the Council Chambers of City Halllocated on Baltimore Avenue andThird Street, in the Town of OceanCity, Maryland on:

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012at 6:00 p.m.

Pursuant to the provisions of Sec-tion 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, anappeal has been filed pursuant to theprovisions of Section 110-94(2)(b) re-questing a special parking exception towaive four (4) parking spaces to ex-pand restaurant use. The site of theappeal is described as located on thenorth side of 1st Street and the westside of Bayview Lane, with a portion ofthe required parking situated on prop-erty located on the north side of 1stStreet, the east side of Bayview Lane,and the west side of St. Louis Avenueand known locally as De Lazy Lizard,302-1st Street, in the Town of OceanCity, Maryland. APPLICANT: T & W REDEVELOP-MENT LLC – (BZA 2335 12-09400001)

Further information concerning thepublic hearings may be examined inthe office of the Department of Plan-ning and Community Development inCity Hall.

Alfred Harrison, ChairmanHeather Stansbury, Attorney

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Town of Berlin

HISTORIC DISTRICTCOMMISSIONMarch 7, 2012 – 5:30 PM

Berlin Town Hall – Council Chambers

1. Call to Order2. Agenda Adoption3. Approval of Minutes4. Applications

Case #01-4-12-1John Barrett, 115 N. Main StreetRevised exterior modifications

Case #03-07-12-3John Barrett, 113 N. Main StreetExterior Modifications

5. Discussion: Walkable BikeableBerlinKate Patton, Grow Berlin Green

6. Discussion: Stormwater ManagementJoanne Throwe, Megan Hughes:University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center

7. Review of draft Rules of Procedure8. Recommendation for defining Historic District boundary at Buck-ingham School

9. Comments from the Public10. Comments from Staff11. Comments from the

Commissioners12. Comments from the Chairman13. Adjournment

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David H. Cole, Esq.Coon and Cole LLC

401 Washington Ave., Suite 501Towson, MD 21204

CURTIS C. COON, SUCC. TRUSTEEDAVID H. COLE, SUCC. TRUSTEE

Trusteesv.

WEST END CONDOMINIUM, LLCDefendant.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR

WORCESTER COUNTYCase No. 23-C-11001726

NOTICENOTICE is hereby issued by the

Circuit Court for Worcester Countythis 14th day of February, 2012, thatthe sale of the property consisting ofapproximately 3.44+/- acres of land onGolf Course Road, Worcester County,Maryland, and bearing Tax Accountnumber 10-425859 and as further de-scribed in these proceedings, made andreported in the Report of Sale filed onbehalf of Curtis C. Coon and David H.Cole, Substitute Trustees, be RATI-FIED AND CONFIRMED, unlesscause to the contrary thereof be shownon or before the 19th day of March,2012, provided a copy of this Notice beinserted in some newspaper publishedin said county once in each of threesuccessive weeks, before the 12th dayof March, 2012.

The Report of Sale states the saleprice of the property to be $500,000.00.

Stephen V. HalesClerk - Circuit Court for

Worcester CountyTrue CopyTest: Stephen V. HalesClerk of the Circuit CourtWorcester County, Md.

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Legal Notices


NOTICE is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of February 21, 2012.A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD21842. A fair summary is as follows:

ORDINANCETOWN OF OCEAN CITYOPERATING BUDGETFISCAL YEAR 2012

BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of Ocean City, Maryland, that the following fund revenue and departmental expenditures, together with certain restrictions and authorizations are adopted:

General FundA. Anticipated Revenue: Property Taxes Other Taxes Licenses and Permits Revenue From Other Agencies Charges For Current Services Fines and Forfeitures Other Revenue Prior Year Reserves Total Revenue

Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

Enterprise Funds:A. Anticipated Revenue: Service Charges Capacity/Impact Fees State and Federal Grants Food and Beverage Tax Prior Year Reserves Transfer-In From General Fund Total Revenue

B. Anticipated Expenditures: Personal Services Non-Personal Services Capital Outlay Debt Service Transfer To Reserves Total Expenditures

A. Anticipated Revenue: Charges to Other Funds State and Federal Grants Investment Earnings/Other Employee Contributions Sale of Capital Assets Prior Year Reserves General Fund Contribution

Total Revenue

B. Anticipated Expenditures: Personal Services Non-Personal Services Capital Outlay Benefit Payments Reserve for Retirement Benefit Capital Projects Total Expenditures

1ST READINGAMENDMENT #1

FY - 2012

$ 42,491,71514,259,8133,856,3034,648,7427,896,879748,377

1,309,3271,590,908

$ 76,802,064

$ 76,802,064

Water$7,011,778

27,72000

218,3840

$7,257,882

$1,930,3243,158,597782,981

1,385,9800

$7,257,882

InformationTechnology

$1,849,0430000

21,4460

$1,870,489

$ 895,357975,132

0000

$1,870,489

General FundB. Anticipated Expenditures: General Government Public Safety General Public Works/Beach Maintenance Sanitation and Waste Removal Highways and Streets Economic Development - Tourism Culture and Recreation Debt Service Total Expenditures To Transportation Fund To Airport Fund To Convention Center To Capital Projects Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

1ST READINGAMENDMENT #1

FY - 2012

$ 3,313,10333,609,2685,141,0145,968,5055,336,7577,090,7347,940,7094,576,232

$ 72,976,3221,477,171292,964

1,516,177539,430

$ 76,802,064

Transportation$4,018,519

01,796,672

019,596

1,477,171$7,311,958

$3,664,5673,197,218450,173

00

$7,311,958

ServiceCenter$5,320,569

0000

60,9980

$5,381,567

$1,716,5793,664,988

0000

$5,381,567

ConventionCenter$1,808,500

01,551,6451,085,0001,760,1901,516,177$7,721,512

$ 2,904,6521,730,595682,000

2,304,265100,000

$7,721,512

VehicleTrust$2,311,8932,444,751

00

110,443493,251

0$5,360,338

$ 0802,165

4,558,173000

$5,360,338

Wastewater$11,540,621

48,40000

873,8910

$12,462,912

$4,091,0823,455,8991,796,1843,119,747

0$12,462,912

RiskManagement

$2,102,9990

77,66900

7,8820

$2,188,550

$ 223,8571,964,693

0000

$2,188,550

Airport$ 1,050,022

0438,750

092,469292,964

$1,874,205

$ 329,486948,690450,000146,029

0$1,874,205

Pension &OPEB Trust$8,727,294

03,880,0001,990,000

000

$14,597,294

$ 0575,000

04,300,0009,722,294

0$14,597,294

GolfCourse$2,042,921

000

4,4110

$2,047,332

$1,018,9551,028,377

000

$2,047,332

CapitalProjects$ 0

00000

839,430$839,430

$ 00000

839,430$839,430

Special Authorization - Budget ManagerThe Budget Manager shall be authorized to reallocate departmental appropriations among the various objects of expenditures as she deems necessary. Such changes shall be approved by the Finance Administrator & City Manager.

Restrictions - City Manager:A. The utilization of any contingency appropriation shall be accomplished only with prior authorization from the Mayor and Council.B. Utilization of appropriations established in the Capital Improvement Fund may be accomplished only with the express approval of the Mayor and Council. Tax Rate: An Ad Valorem Tax Rate of $0.395 per $100 of assessed valuation of real property and a rate of $1.29 per $100 of assessed valuation of corporate and personal property tax is required to fund this budget.INTRODUCED at a meeting of the City Council of Ocean City, Maryland held on February 21, 2011.SECOND READING of this ordinance shall be held at a meeting of the Mayor and City Council on March 5, 2012. OCD-2/23/1t


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(Feb. 24, 2012) Two people werearrested within the past few days inconnection with the murder of Chris-tine Sheddy in Pocomoke in Novem-ber 2007.

Tia Lynn Johnson, 31, of Eden, wasarrested last Friday. Clarence Butch“Junior” Jackson, 34, of the same ad-dress, was arrested Wednesday. Bothwere charged with being an accessoryafter the statute and fourth-degreeburglary.

Johnson had been held on$500,000 bond after her arrest. InDistrict Court in Salisbury on Tuesdaymorning, Johnson told Judge DanielMumford that she wanted her baillowered. Executive Assistant State’sAttorney William McDermott of theWorcester County State’s Attorney’sOffice asked to double it to $1 million.

“Given the circumstances and thenature of the crime and the defen-dant’s prior conviction and the factthat she fled the state of Maryland forthe state of Tennessee after the crime,the state believes the bond should beincreased,” McDermott said he toldthe judge.

Mumford did not increase the bail.He said Johnson should have no bailat all.

Jackson was denied bail ThursdayMorining.

Johnson’s cousin, Justin Hadel wasfound guilty June 15, 2011, in thedeath of Sheddy, whose body layundiscovered for more than two yearsin the backyard of a Snow Hill bedand breakfast. Hadel is serving aprison sentence of life without parole.

Sheddy, 26, lived in Delaware, buthad been staying on Byrd Road in

Pocomoke with her friends, Johnsonand Jackson. Hadel, 17, was also stay-ing there. After about two weeks,Sheddy went missing. The other peo-ple in the house said she had left with-out taking her children.

Johnson told a different tale duringthe June trial. She testified that Hadeltold her he was swinging a shovel andhit Sheddy with it. Hadel’s formercellmate indicated that Hadel toldhim that Jackson hit Sheddy in thehead a couple of times because he wasdrunk and mad that Sheddy was stay-ing at the house, but not paying rent.According to the cellmate, Jacksontold Hadel to “finish her off” and hedid by hitting her in the head with apiece of wood.

After the murder, Johnson andJackson stayed at the River HouseInn, where Johnson had workeddoing landscaping and other chores.They had started dating after she gota job there and he was her boss. Theystayed there without the consent orknowledge of its owners who had noconnection whatsoever with thecrime.

During Hadel’s trial in CircuitCourt in Snow Hill, Arch McFadden,his public defender, presented no de-fense but said during the sentencingthat Hadel did not act alone. At leastone other person was involved, Mc-Fadden said.

In July, Johnson pleaded guilty toa scheme of theft from $1,000 to$10,000 in connection with a theft atWal-Mart. She was sentenced to 18months in jail with all but two monthsand 29 days suspended. Johnson wasdue to be released from the EasternCorrectional Institute on Wednesday.He had been serving a three-year sen-tence for theft.

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Ocean City PoliceDepartment continues to ask the publicfor assistance in identifying a person of in-terest in the case of an umbrella that wentmissing during a downtown fundraiserfor Ava DelRicco.

Bar management at the Pour House onWicomico Street reported the theft of ared and maroon Molson beer beach um-brella, valued at $125, following the Jan.28 DelRicco Benefit Fund charity event.

The event was one of several held tohelp the DelRicco family. Baby Ava, 19months old, was critically injured Dec. 16,when a motorist, allegedly under the influ-ence of PCP, struck the car of Ava’s mother,Anne Marie DelRicco, while it was stoppedat a red traffic signal on 142nd Street.

Surveillance video at the bar showed agoateed white man wearing a dark T-shirtand white baseball cap carrying the um-brella out of the business. On Feb. 7, a citi-zen found the umbrella in its originalpackaging near the bar and gave it to police.

That citizen is not considered a suspect. Approximately 200 people attended

the charity event. Police hope one of thosepeople or someone who recognizes theman in the video will come forward withinformation about his identity.

Jessica Waters, public affairs specialistwith the Ocean City Police Department,said Wednesday that she did not find it un-usual that no one had identified him yet.

“Possibly, he was from out of town,”Waters said. “We just have a couple ofquestions to ask him. We hope if someonerecognizes him, they’ll come forward.”

Anyone with information about theman seen with the umbrella in the videois asked to contact Officer John Spicer at410-520-5295.

Johnson gets jail time, Jackson arrested in Sheddy murder caseNANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

Police look for person of interestNANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

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Hotel fireOcean City firefighters, with assistance

from the Bethany Beach Fire Company, re-sponded at 10:11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, to a re-ported building fire at the ClarionFontainebleau Resort Hotel on 101st Street.

The fire was contained to the ceiling androof of unit 201 on the east side of the build-ing. Crews used ladder trucks to reach the roofand the fire was reported under control by11:20 a.m.

One person was taken to Atlantic GeneralHospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office is in-vestigating the cause of the fire.

Untaxed cigarettesMaryland State Police on Feb. 15 arrested

two people near Berlin in connection with thetransportation of untaxed cigarettes.

According to police, Demba Maiga, 41, ofGreensboro, N.C., and Mussa Cisse, 25, ofBronx, N.Y., were traveling on Route 113 nearHarrison Road when a trooper stopped the ve-hicle for an equipment violation. During thestop, Tfc. Smith saw numerous cartons of ciga-rettes in the rear seat. There had been an at-tempt to conceal the cartons with clothing.

Maiga, the driver, admitted transporting un-taxed cigarettes from Virginia to New York, apress release stated.

During a search, troopers found 460 car-tons of untaxed cigarettes, $4,597 in cash, asales receipt for cigarettes and a ledger listingcigarettes.

Maryland State Police stated that the totaltax loss to the state was $9,200 and the totalretail loss to the state was $27,508, accordingto figures provided by the state Comptroller’sOffice.

Both Maiga and Cisse were charged withpossession of unstamped cigarettes andtransporting cigarettes for which tax had notbeen paid.

Drug arrestA 58-year-old New York man was charged

Feb. 17 with drug offenses after state troop-ers found 75.29 grams of marijuana in his ve-

hicle, according to a Maryland State Policepress release.

A state trooper stopped William JamesMiller on Route 113 near Nock Landing Roadat about 3 p.m. because of speeding and fol-lowing other vehicles at an unsafe distance.The trooper detected the odor of burnt andraw marijuana coming from the vehicle.

Miller said he had just smoked half a“blunt” and tried to throw it out of the window,the press release stated. Following Miller’sstatement, the search was conducted.

Miller was charged with possession of mari-juana and possession of marijuana with the in-tent to distribute it.

Three-vehicle collisionOne motorist was taken to the hospital Feb.

16, following a collision on Route 50 at Route610 at about 6:30 p.m.

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Violita Gaspen Kauffman of Salisbury, thedriver of the unoccupied vehicle, had left it inthe travel portion of Route 50 to make contactwith Robert Palmer of Berlin, whose vehicleshe had just struck.

Kauffman was charged with negligent driv-ing.

Cocaine chargesA Worcester County deputy arrested Lorenzo

Sears of New Church, Va., on Feb. 17, after agrand jury indicted him on charges of manufac-turing and distributing a controlled dangeroussubstance and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Sears was held at the Worcester CountyJail on $200,000 bond.

Warrant arrestA Worcester County deputy arrested Ryan

James Searcy of Salisbury on Feb. 16, on a Cir-cuit Court warrant for violation of probation onthe original charges of second-degree assaultand theft under $100.

He was held at the Worcester County Jailon $25,000 bond.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) The Ocean City Po-lice Department last week welcomedtwo new K-9 dogs. The animals werepurchased from Castle’s K-9, one ofthe largest and most reputable policecanine training agencies in the UnitedStates.

Pfc. Daniel Jacobs will be pairedwith Jaxx, a 14-month-old DutchSheppard, and Pfc. Michael Kelly willwork with Chibo, a 12-month-oldSheppard mix. The officers and theirpartners round out the department’sK-9 unit, which also includes Pfc.Kevin Flower and Pfc. James Runkles,and their respective partners, Tackoand Breki.

The two new K-9 teams were sched-uled to begin a four-week training pro-gram yesterday, Feb. 23, at Castle’sK-9’s training facility in central Penn-sylvania.

During the patrol academy, K-9 pa-trol teams acquire the skills, tacticalfoundation, specialized training anddiscipline needed to begin performingtasks such as tracking and trailing,

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William Arthur TribbittWILLARDS — William Arthur “Otsy” Tribbitt,

75, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at Peninsula Re-gional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born inSmyrna, Del., he was the son of the late JamesThomas Tribbitt Sr. and Dolores Truax Tribbitt. Hewas preceded in death by his wife, Shirley AnneDennis Tribbitt in 2004.

Mr. Tribbitt is survived by his daughter, RuthAnn Tribbitt Larsen of Knoxville, Tenn.; a step-daughter, Vera Baker of Willards; two grandchil-dren, Kristin Burt and Angie Reichenberg; fourgreat grandchildren; a brother, James Thomas Trib-bitt Jr. of Dover, Del.; and two sisters, Violet Phelpsof Dover and Jean Failing of Wyoming, Del. He waspreceded in death by his brothers, Robert and Eu-gene Tribbitt, and a sister, Dorothy Cooper. He isalso survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Tribbitt had been an electrical worker, andhe had worked for Sunbeam Bakery. He was aUnited States Navy veteran, member of the IBEWElectrical Workers Union and the Bakery, Confec-tionary and Tobacco Workers International UnionLocal 68 AFL-CIO.

A funeral service was held Friday, Feb. 17, atBurbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Interment fol-lowed in New Hope Cemetery in Willards. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to the AmericanLung Association, 209 E. Market St., Salisbury, Md.21801 or to the American Cancer Society, 1138Parsons Road, Salisbury, Md. 21801.

Roberta (Bertie) Frey BollingNEWARK — Roberta (Bertie) Frey Bolling, 68,

passed away Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at At-lantic General Hospital in Berlin. She is survivedby her husband, Harlis Terry Bolling; a daughter,Laura Ann Bolling; a son, Robert Terry Bolling;and a grandson, Cayden Morgan Bolling.

Mrs. Bolling was a devoted wife, mother andfriend with an amazing amount of compassiontoward life. We will miss her dearly.

A memorial service was held Thursday, Feb.23, at Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to the NewarkVolunteer Fire Department, 8338 Newark Road,Newark, Md. 21841.

Helen M. ManningBERLIN — Helen Magdalene Manning, an avid

traveler and seeker of new and exciting places, de-parted on a final and most wonderful journey onThursday, Feb. 16, 2012. She left us to join hermother and dad, Helen and Wilson (Buddy) Meyers,her much loved mother-in-law, Ressie Manning anda host of angels known as aunts and uncles.

Mrs. Manning leaves behind her faithful trav-eling companion of 54 years, her husband,Robert (Bobby Ray) Manning, her always loving

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partner and best friend.She is also leaving behind her dearly beloved

children: her daughter, Robin Ann Rickett, a con-stant angel of mercy in her final days; her son-inlaw, Raymond Eugene Rickett; her son, StephenPatrick Manning and daughter-in law, AdaliaDuites Manning; and her treasured grandchil-dren, Joseph and Michael Manning, Alexis MarieRickett and Trevor Rickett. She will meet her re-cently departed grandchild, Raymond EugeneRickett III, on the way to her final destination.

In preparation for this journey, Mrs. Manninghad been tended to by a special group of sisters,Bertha Paul and Constance Balasone; and a ret-inue of nieces and nephews: Michael Paul and hiswife, Lisa, Angela Paul and her husband, RichardMiller, Mary Ann and her husband, Ron Diamond,Christine and her husband, Cameron Chehreh,Kathleen and her husband, Mike Shaffer, TonyPaul Jr., Melissa Saffran and Neil Saffran.

Also attending to Helen were her most won-derful grand nieces and nephews, Jaime, MarlynCameron, Collin, Brandon, Garrett, Tyler, Amanda,Jessica, Matthew, Chelsea, Noah and Camryn(Toulah). She is being seen off on this voyage byher very special friends Barbara Litz, husband,Elmer, and Brenda Davidson.

Mrs. Manning started her life’s trip in SouthwestBaltimore on Gilmore Street on Feb. 12, 1940. Sheattended St. Martins Catholic grade school andgraduated from Mother Seton High School in 1958.A young former Marine named Bob swept her upand they were married in June 1959. What a beau-tiful relationship was formed with the addition ofStephen and Robin in 1962 and 1966.

Together, this family of four traveled fromMaryland to the Carolinas, Ohio, Michigan, Cali-

fornia, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Toronto, Montreal,Niagara Falls and all points in between. Trips toHawaii, Paris France, Cannes, Monte CarloVenice, Rome, and Ramstein Germany to visitStephen remain the highlight of her life.

Mrs. Manning was a rock and roller in the fifties,a hippie in the sixties, a mom and homemaker inthe seventies and eighties, and a lovable compan-ion and grandmother in the nineties and beyond.

Travel, movies, antiquing and home decorat-ing were her passions as was witnessed by all tovisit Mrs. Manning’s home. Her husband says,“Helen never met a yard sale or antique shop shedidn’t like, and I think we saw them all.”

In lieu of flowers, the family requests thatcommensurate donations be made to the Univer-sity of Maryland Medical Center, Shock TraumaCenter: UMMS Foundation 110 S. Paca St., 9thfloor, Baltimore, Md. 21201 or: Coastal Hospice,P.O.1733 Salisbury, Md. 21804

Funeral arrangements are private and a me-morial service and wake is planned.

Arrangements were handled by Burbage Fu-neral Home in Berlin.

Eugene W. BaileySELBYVILLE, Del. — Eugene W. Bailey, 87, of

Selbyville died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Penin-sula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Bornin Micajah, W.Va., he was the son of the lateOscar and Verlie (Milam) Bailey.

He had been a construction engineer for Mc-Dermott, Inc. for many years. He served in theU.S. Navy during WWII and was also a Mason andShriner.

He is survived by his wife, Celia Bailey of Sel-byville and four half-sisters, Genelee Arnold, Bon-nie McKenney, Peggy Adams and Lillian Cameron.

He was preceded in death by two brothersand two sisters.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Thursday,Feb. 23, at St. Luke Catholic Church on 100thStreet in Ocean City. Father Richard Smith offici-ated. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made toShriners Hospital for Children, 3551 N. Broad St.,Philadelphia, Pa. 19140. Arrangements were han-dled by Hastings Funeral Home in Selbyville, Del.

Jeanne Marie KulskiOCEAN CITY — Jeanne Marie Kulski, 55, of

Ocean City, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, atCoastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in

Baltimore, she was thedaughter of Betty Jane HarrisOwings of Baltimore and thelate Albin Edward Owings Jr.

Mrs. Kulski was a financialanalyst for City Bank in Balti-more for 15 years. She alsowas an office manager forKentucky Fried Chicken in Sal-isbury and worked in the of-

fice for Perdue and for the town of Ocean City asan office assistant until she became disabled in2008. She was a devoted and loving daughter,wife, mother and sister.

She is survived by her husband, Darryll DavidKulski; a daughter, Samantha Jane Adkins of Sal-isbury; three sisters, Jane E. Nier and her hus-band, Jack of Towson, Beth L. Conway and herhusband, Jimmy of Baltimore and Julie L. Raynorand her husband, Roger of Baltimore; and twobrothers, Edward E. Owings and his wife, Eileen ofOcean City and Leonard V. Owings of Baltimore.

A funeral service was held Thursday, Feb. 23,at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. The Rev.Mark Massey officiated. In lieu of flowers, contri-butions may be made in her memory to CoastalHospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802.

Arrangements were handled by Holloway Fu-

neral Home in Salisbury.

Edna Duvall MusgroveSELBYVILLE, Del. — Edna Duvall Musgrove,

93, of Selbyville, Del., and formerly of Bur-tonsville, Md., died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at At-lantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born inBurtonsville on Aug. 5, 1918, she was the daugh-ter of the late Charles and Lucy Grooms Duvall.

Mrs. Musgrove was retired from the Mont-gomery County School System, for which sheworked for more than 18 years. She was a mem-ber of the Saddle Club in her younger years. Shewas active in Liberty Grove United MethodistChurch in Burtonsville before moving to Selbyville,and she was active in the “Belles and Beaus”club and the United Methodist Women. She be-came active in Sound United Methodist Church,and was an integral part of the production of itsfried chicken dinners.

She was a caregiver and was always takingcare of someone.

Mrs. Musgrove was preceded in death by herhusband of 57 years, Albert K. Musgrove, in 1994,and a daughter, Cathryn Mae Marciniec. She issurvived by her daughter, Carolyn M. Brinker; hersister, Lucille Creel; and her brother, Charles DuvallJr. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Chris-tine Drummond, James Brinker Jr., Deborah Mar-shall, Jay Heskett and Timothy Brinker; and fourgreat-grandchildren, Brianna Drummond, MazieBrinker, Madison Brinker, and Jacob Kelly.

A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. onSaturday, Feb. 25, at Sound United MethodistChurch in Selbyville, with the Rev. Cliff Toomey of-ficiating. Burial will be scheduled later at UnionCemetery in Spencerville, Md. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to Sound UnitedMethodist Church, c/o: Peggy Brasure, 35131Lighthouse Road, Selbyville, Del. 19975.


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(Feb. 24, 2012) The deer hunter whoshot a horse at Assateague Island Na-tional Seashore last year was ordered topay $3,000 in fines and $2,000 restitu-tion after being convicted Feb. 10.

Federal Magistrate Judge Victor Lawsalso banned the shooter, Justin Eason ofEaston, and his father, John Eason II ofPreston, from hunting on all federal landfor a period of five years. Both must alsocomplete a hunter education and safetycourse as a condition of their probation.Justin Eason was placed on 18 months su-pervised probation; his father was placedon 12 months of supervised probation andhe must pay a $1,000 fine for providing afalse report to park rangers.

“I’m of the opinion that a fine alone isnot enough to protect the public and ournatural resources,” Laws stated in a pressrelease.

The 28-year-old bay mare, identifiedby the park as N2BH, was found dead bya hunter on Jan. 15 during a two-day deerhunt. The hunter reported it to parkrangers the following day. This was thefirst incident in which any of the horsesresiding in the park were shot, said CarlZimmerman, management assistant forthe national park.

The younger Eason shot the horse dur-ing a two-day deer hunt. The men wereparticipating in the national park’s annualhunting program that includes severalgun seasons during the fall and early win-

ter. The hunts provide not only a recre-ational opportunity, but they are used tomanage the resident deer populations.

The incident could have been avoidedif Eason had followed one of the cardinalrules of firearm safety — always be 100percent certain of your target beforepulling the trigger, Chief Ranger Ted Mor-lock stated in a press release.

“He put everyone out there at risk anddestroyed an iconic symbol of Assateaguethrough his irresponsible behavior,” Mor-lock stated.

N2BH gave birth to six foals and livedto be a great-grandmother. She had beentreated with contraceptives as part of aneffort to maintain the size of the wild horsepopulation at a sustainable level. There arearound 140 horses in the herd that lives onthe Maryland side of the island.

If the Easons had reported the viola-tion immediately instead of lying about itnumerous times, the penalties would havebeen much less severe, the chief rangerstated. The two men were charged withthe crimes last fall.

Trish Kicklighter, superintendent atthe national park, stated she was pleasedthe case was resolved.

“It’s gratifying to see the court systemtake the protection of Assateague’s re-sources and hunter safety so seriously,”Kicklighter said in the press release. “We’rehopeful the case will serve as an exampleand encourage others to be more careful.”

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Jan. top producers Shamrock Realty Group named

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onciliation and Financing Actof 2012 (BRFA, HB 87/SB152), calls for Maryland to beone of only a few states to scaleback the most important taxbenefit that homeowners re-ceive. This would be the firsttime that Maryland has con-sidered reducing the deduc-tion, a tax code protection thathas been around for nearly100 years.

Under the proposal, if aMaryland taxpayer’s federaladjusted gross income exceeds$100,000, single taxpayers’itemized deductions would de-crease by 10 percent when cal-culating Maryland taxableincome. Taxpayers with ad-justed gross income over$200,000 would see their de-ductions decrease by 20 per-cent. Maryland already hasone of the most aggressive realestate tax structures in thecountry, ranking 11th amongall states in terms of total realestate tax burden (informationsupplied by the Maryland As-sociation of Realtors). Themortgage interest deductionand the deductibility of stateand local property taxes areimportant economical piecesfor many homeowners inMaryland as they account foralmost 70 percent of total de-ductions claimed by Marylandtaxpayers.

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Rachael Almony celebrated the grand opening of her store, Treasures By The Sea, on Feb. 19. An as-sortment of new and gently used merchandise, such as clothing, jewelry, furniture, kitchenware, homedecor, antiques, artwork, stained glass, as well as handmade birdhouses, clocks and palm oil candlesis available at the store, located in the Decatur Business Center off Route 611 in West Ocean City.

(Feb. 24, 2012) WhenTreasures By The Sea, “ATrendy Home Decor Store,”located in the Decatur Busi-ness Center off Route 611 inWest Ocean City, celebratedits grand opening Feb. 19,owner Rachael Almony waspleasantly surprised with thenumber of people who vis-ited her shop.

“I had a lot of compliments,a lot of positive comments.People love the store,” shesaid. “West Ocean City doesn’thave a store like this. I de-scribe it as an upscale, urbanchic indoor flea market.”

Almony moved into thespace that was home for a lit-tle more than a year to thethrift store, Fairytale Resale,in early February. With theassistance of friends, familyand Mike Martz, who did thecustom woodwork andpainted the store a light graycolor, Almony was able toopen in just a few weeks. Her17-year-old son, Adriano, willhelp her run the business.

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in helping me. It’s just a bless-ing,” she said. “Everythingjust fell into place nicely.”

Almony rents out boothspace to vendors for $125 permonth. Eighteen 8-foot by 5-foot spaces are available. As ofMonday, only three spotswere still available, which iswhy she is considering takingover the vacant unit nextdoor. Vendors come in,arrange items in their boothand set prices. Almony willhandle the rest. A small per-centage of profit goes to Al-mony from merchandise sold.

“We have some neat ven-dors coming in for March,”Almony said. “I plan to havethis place packed. We haveall price ranges, somethingfor everyone.”

A variety of new and gentlyused merchandise, includingclothing, jewelry, furniture,kitchenware, home decor, an-tiques, artwork, stained glass,as well as handmade bird-houses, clocks and palm oilcandles and homemadechocolates and popcorn, iscurrently for sale in the store.Almony will deliver largeitems, such as furniture and

home decor pieces, for a smallfee.

Almony will also takepieces on consignment ifsomeone does not want torent a booth, although rentingis preferred. Donations will beaccepted, as well. If she is un-able to sell donated items inher store, Almony said shewill give them to areachurches she is affiliated with.

Almony is looking for rea-sonably priced “shabby chic”items and organic productsto sell in her store. She wouldalso like to include producevendors.

If a customer cannot findsomething specific they havein mind at Treasures By TheSea, Almony said, she willhelp them locate it. She canalso assist customers withdecorating their homesusing the pieces in her store.

Treasures By The Sea isopen 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues-day through Sunday. To renta space or to set up an ap-pointment for Almony tolook over items to be sold inthe store, call 443-205-7714or search “Treasures By TheSea” on Facebook.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) Two primary carephysician practices at Atlantic GeneralHospital have received Level 1+ recogni-tion from the National Committee forQuality Assurance for their patient-cen-tered medical home programs.

The clinical and medical staffs at theTownsend Medical Center in Ocean Cityand Berlin Primary Care adopted the pa-tient-centered medical home model, ateam-based approach to caring for thewhole person, in August 2011. Their par-ticipation is part of a three-year pilot pro-gram organized by the Maryland HealthCare Commission. Such pilot programsare in place all across the country, with thevision of eventually having the entire pri-

mary care community adopt this modelfor their patients.

The practices are the first on the East-ern Shore to receive patient-centeredmedical home recognition from NCQA,Maryland’s designated review body forpatient-centered medical home.

“The patient-centered medical homemodel allows us to care for patients in aholistic manner — a manner that is moreproactive and preventive, rather than re-active,” said Stephen Waters, MD, a fam-ily physician at the Townsend MedicalCenter and medical director at AGH.

The patient-centered medical home isa concept, not a specific place. It’s any-where a team of healthcare professionals,

guided by the primary care provider, pro-vides comprehensive, coordinated carefor the patient over his or her lifetime.This model actively embraces input andparticipation from the patient and the pa-tient’s family. The PCMH team providesfor all of a patient’s health-care needs, orwork with other healthcare professionalsto meet those needs.

The model has been developed to ad-dress inefficiencies in the nation’s currentfragmented healthcare system. In its cur-rent state, U.S. healthcare allows for thepossibility of multiple disconnects amongthe various providers who might care fora single patient, which can result in du-plicative testing and less than optimal

management of chronic conditions. ThePCMH focuses on a preventive, holisticapproach and brings the disparate effortstogether in a coordinated manner thatmakes better sense for each patient.

Patient-centered medical home programs at AGH recognized

also considering trimming the value of theMID and other itemized deductions forwealthier households. But, as in the pre-vious three years, the proposal is expectedto attract little support in Congress. TheNational Association of Realtors Presi-dent Moe Veissi said in a statement lastweek that the association would stronglyoppose this or any proposal that wouldlimit MID and other itemized deductions.

“The mortgage interest deduction isvital to the stability of the American hous-ing market and economy,” Veissi said.“We urge the president and Congress todo no harm” to today’s fragile economicrecovery. “The nation’s homeowners al-ready pay 80 to 90 percent of U.S. federalincome taxes. Raising taxes on them, nowor in the future, could critically erodehome values at all price levels.”

— Lauren Bunting is a licensed Realtor

with Bunting Realty, Inc.located in Berlin.


Benefits change toaffect homeowners

REAL ESTATE REPORT

office; and Karla Morgan of the Bayside office. Hadder and Meiklejohn of the Marketplace at

Sea Colony office received top honors for salesvolume for the month of January. Top sales vol-ume awards for individual agents by office are:Hadder and Meiklejohn of the Marketplace atSea Colony office; Kaneles for the Edgewater/SeaColony office; Brendan Crotty for the BethanyBeach office; Grimes for the Bear Trap Dunes of-fice; and Linda Quasney for the Bayside office.

L & N Inc. welcomes HibbsThe Resorts Division of Legum & Norman,

Inc. an Associa company, announced thatDawn Hibbs joined the team as an adminis-

trative assistant. Hibbs joins L&N with morethan 17 years of experience in the customerservice and accounting arenas. She assiststhe division by handling the administrativeduties on site at Brandywine Condominiumsin Dover, Del.

Legum & Norman, Inc., is a real estatecompany providing condominium and com-munity management, financial management,facility services and consulting. Services areprovided for a variety of properties includinghigh-rise condominiums, mid-rise and gardencondominiums, homeowner associations,mixed-use developments and masterplanned unity developments.

Employers wantedThe Greater Ocean City Chamber of Com-

merce will hold its 27th annual Job Fair onMarch 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the RolandE. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street.

Employers in need of staffing, either sea-sonal or year-round, may find applicants forthose positions.

Last year, more than 5,000 people at-tended the fair, which attracts college stu-dents from area colleges as well as those farinto Pennsylvania.

A 10-foot by 10-foot booth includes pipingand draping, table with tablecloth, two chairsand signage.

All area employees are welcome. A dis-counted rate available for members of theGreater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce.To reserve a space, contact Lisa Dennis,events director, at 410-213-0144, Ext. 104 ore-mail [email protected].

BUSINESS BRIEFS


SPORTSOcean City Today


Boat Show winnersThe Ocean City/Berlin Optimist

Club announced the Boat Show doorprize and scholarship lotto winners.North Bay Marina donated a pontoonboat with motor for the 25th year asthe Boat Show prize, which Jim Gal-lagher of Pennsylvania won.

Jeff Bauer of Berlin won the$75,000 grand prize in the scholar-ship lotto. Kathy Cioccio of Bish-opville won $15,000 and RaymondSchaal of Wilmington, Del. tookhome $10,000. Proceeds from thelotto will be awarded as scholarshipsto college bound Stephen DecaturHigh School seniors. To date the Opti-mists have awarded more than $1.4million in scholarships to more than270 students in the past 23 years.

Youth softballThe Worcester County Depart-

ment of Recreation & Parks 2012Youth Softball League is open to girlsin grades 2-8.

Teams will be formed inPocomoke, Snow Hill and Berlin. Prac-tice will begin in March, and games inApril. Pigtail (grades 2 - 5) games willbe played on Tuesday nights, andPonytail (grades 6 - 8) games will beplayed on Wednesday nights at New-town Park in Pocomoke, John WalterSmith Park in Snow Hill, Showell Parkin Berlin and in Ocean Pines.

Registration is currently underway.Registration and payment must be re-ceived prior to Monday, March 8.

The cost is $20 per child/$15 peradditional sibling, and financial aid isavailable to those who show a need.For more information or a registra-tion form, contact Ken Tustin at 410-632-2144, extension 112 or [email protected].

Sea Colony rankedTennis magazine ranks Bethany

Beach, Delaware’s Sea Colony “ThePremier Family Beach & Tennis Re-sort Community” among its 2012Top 50 American Resorts, as well asNo. 3 in the Mid-Atlantic region. With34 tennis courts, including four in-door and 14 Har-Tru clay, and a teamof talented teaching professionals,Sea Colony Tennis offers a widerange of camps, clinics and privateinstruction to tennis players of allages and skill levels. Tennis DirectorThomas Johnston and his staff haveenhanced the resort’s already ac-claimed tennis program by addingmental toughness training, CardioTennis and video analysis. Under thedirection of Head Pro Alex Justiniani,the resort facility has developed a va-riety of junior programs.

Supported by the Sea Colonyhomeowners, the resort’s tennis pro-gram has produced state and juniornational champions and top colle-giate tennis players.

In addition, Sea Colony, which is pro-fessionally managed by ResortQuestDelaware, features a wide variety ofamenities including a half mile of privatebeach, 12 pools (two indoor), fitness cen-ters, year-round security and in-seasonchildren’s programs.

SPORTS BRIEFS

(Feb. 24, 2012) Early lastweek, Rick Cawthern, co-coach of the Stephen De-catur swim teams, said thaton paper, the boys’ squadlooked as if it could repeat asregional champions.

Then last Saturday, theSeahawks proved they wereNo. 1, easily dominating their3A/2A/1A East Regionalcompetition at the AnneArundel Swim Center in An-napolis. Decatur scored 329points — 62 points more thantheir closest competitor, theKent Island Buccaneers. De-

catur earned first-place hon-ors in nine of the 11 events.

“Just about everyonedropped time, which is im-portant. Everyone did whatthey were supposed to, andwe came out with a prettydominating lead,” Cawthernsaid. “This is only our fourthyear competing at regionalsand to win back-to-backchampionships is outstand-ing.”

Decatur swimmers whowon their individual eventswere Jake Middleton (200-meter freestyle, 1:55.94; 500mfreestyle, 5:15.33), JakeBlazer (50m freestyle, 23.14seconds; 100m freestyle, 51.77

seconds), Shayne Custodio(100m butterfly, 55.35 sec-onds; 200m IM, 2:05.12)and Jeff Middleton (100mbackstroke, 1:02.20).

The Middletons, Blazerand Custodio teamed up forthe 200-meter medley relayand they won the race in1:48.86.

Custodio, Blazer, JakeMiddleton and Zak Hoshinotook first place in the 200-meter freestyle relay event(1:35.04).

The top three finishers ineach regional event advancedto the 3A/2A/1A state cham-pionship, which is scheduled

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Ste-phen Decatur wrestlingteam fought for its 11th con-secutive Bayside Conferencechampionship last weekendin Cambridge, but came up

14 points short, as the cov-eted title was this yearawarded to the undefeatedParkside Rams.

“Everyone wrestled verywell. We won every match wecould have won,” said De-catur Coach Todd Martinek.“We were in second place on

Friday and we couldn’t catchParkside on Saturday. Thekids were somewhat disap-pointed they didn’t win thechampionship, but they werepleased that they wrestledwell.

“Parkside was the team to

(Feb. 24, 2012) The OceanCity Recreation and Parks’ St.Patrick’s Indoor Soccer Tour-nament Series has grown somuch since its inception nearlya quarter of a decade ago that,in 2009, the three-weekendevent was extended to four toaccommodate the overwhelm-ing number of athletes.

This year’s 24th annualevent, which kicks off tonightat Northside Park on 125thStreet, will likely attract asmany, if not more, athletes aspast competitions, as manyteams return to compete yearafter year — they just move upan age division, said Recre-ation Supervisor Kim Kinsey,who organizes the tournamentwith Ron Strickler.

“It’s very popular. [Partici-pants] just love it,” she said.

The tournament will feature173 club/travel and recre-ational teams from the mid-At-lantic region.

Eleven boys’ and 17 girls’U18 teams will get the seriescompetition under way thisweekend. Games will begin at6 p.m. tonight and run untilmidnight at Northside Park.On Saturday, matches willstart at 7 a.m. and finisharound midnight. Competitionwill get started at 8 a.m. onSunday and conclude at about6 p.m.

Next weekend, March 2-4,16 U10 and 34 U14 boys’ andgirls’ teams will compete.

During the third weekend ofmatches, March 9-11, 29 U12and 19 U16 girls’ and boys’teams will battle it out.

The final weekend of com-petition, March 16-18, 38mens’ and 12 womens’ teamswill compete in the adult open(18 and older) divisions.

Tournament matches willbe six-on-six (including agoalie). Each half will be 17minutes long. Teams are guar-anteed two pool play gamesbefore they are seeded in a sin-gle elimination playoff tourna-ment. Champions and run-ners-up in each division willreceive a team trophy and T-shirts for all players.

For additional information,call 410-250-0125 or visitwww.oceancitymd.gov.

St.Pat’s indoorsoccer serieskicks off today




Stephen Decatur’s Jake Blazer won the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events and was a member ofthe first-place 200-meter medley and 200-meter freestyle relay teams during the 3A/2A/1A East Regionalmeet last Saturday at the Anne Arundel Swim Center in Annapolis.

SEAHAWK BOYS NAMED REGIONAL CHAMPIONSGirls finish second in 3A/2A/1A East Regional competition

Seahawks lose Bayside title to RamsLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

See FOURTEEN on Page 37

See EIGHT on Page 37


Stephen Decatur swimmers prepare for post-season competition during practice last week at theSports Core Pool in Ocean Pines. Fourteen Seahawks will compete in Saturday’s 3A/2A/1A statechampionship at Eppley Recreation Center on the University of Maryland—College Park campus.

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Ocean City Today SPORTS 37


Stephen Decatur wrestlers, from left, Nate Rosenblatt, Alford Hardy, Dakota Roderick, Alex Schif-fer, Andrew Borradaile, Kaelan Patterson, Jeff Evans and Ryan Kail will compete in the 4A/3AEast Regional tournament, today and Saturday, at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia.

Fourteen Decatur swimmers slated to compete in state contestfor Saturday, Feb. 25, at Eppley Recre-ation Center on the University of Mary-land-College Park campus. Individualcompetitors or relay teams who, in theirregional meet, were among the top 12statewide times also qualified for states.

Hoshino placed fourth in the 50-meterfreestyle race at regionals. His time of24.96 seconds earned him a spot at states.

The Decatur 400-meter relay team ofJeff Middleton, Hoshino, Zack Keiser andColin Bankert took fourth at regionals, butthe athletes’ time of 3:59.34 advancedthem to the championship meet. Alto-gether, seven boys will make the tripacross the bridge on Saturday.

“There’s going to be some really goodcompetition, so our guys have to swimtheir very best. If they do, they’ll come outon top,” Cawthern said. “They need toleave it all in the water. As long as they dotheir best and get a good time, I’ll behappy for them.”

Seven Lady Seahawks will also com-pete at states. The girls’ team finished insecond place (291 points) behind Cam-bridge (310) during the regional meet.

Karlie Straight won the 100-meterbackstroke (1:07.05) and 500-meterfreestyle (5:42.01) events. Brianna Carrollplaced second in the 200-meter freestyle

(2:11.70) and Carly Deickman took thirdin the 100-meter breaststroke (1:19.25).

Straight, Carroll, Julia Wellen andMaria Zweifel earned third place in the400-meter freestyle relay (4:12.66).Madison Tinus joined Deickman, Straightand Carroll for the 200-meter medleyrelay, which the girls finished third in(2:06.40).

Tinus placed seventh in the 50-meterfreestyle during regionals, but her time of27.66 seconds earned her a spot at states.Zweifel will also compete at the state level.Her time of 1:20.85 in the regional 100-meter breaststroke event was goodenough for sixth place and a shot at thechampionship.

Wellen, Zweifel, Tinus and CeCe Pylesfinished fourth in the 200-meter freestylerelay at regionals, but their time of 1:56.70advanced the group to states.

“We did really well. Pretty much every-one dropped times from in-season swimsand I hope they swim even faster atstates,” said Coach Jenny Miller. “Thecompetition will be tough, but I think wehave a good shot to finish top eight in afew events. Even if they just get personalbests, it’s enough to make you feel you ac-complished something.”

The top eight swimmers in each eventwill receive awards.


Lady Mallards fall to Sabres in first round of ESIAC tournament

(Feb. 24, 2012) Missed scoring oppor-tunities and turnovers were key factors inthe Worcester Prep girls’ basketball team’s35-25 loss to the Sts. Peter & Paul Sabresduring first-round action of the EasternShore Independent Athletic Conferencetournament on Monday in Easton.

“For the most part, we played fairlywell. Our defense was phenomenal,” saidPrep Coach Page Watts Rogers. “We hadsome trouble against their defense and wegot a little frazzled and had someturnovers, but once we figured out how toplay against it we were fine. We missedsome easy lay-ups that could have givenus the go-ahead.”

The Sabres scored seven points in thefirst quarter and held the Lady Mallardsto two. Both teams netted four points inthe second quarter and Sts. Peter & Paulwent into the halftime break with an 11-6

lead. The home team tacked on 11 pointsin the third quarter, while the Prep squadadded nine. The Sabres outscored theMallards 13-10 in the final quarter.

Molly Marshall was Worcester’s lead-ing scorer with seven points. Rogers alsopraised Marshall’s and Meredith Smith’ssolid defense against two of the Sabres’top players.

“It was bittersweet losing the game, butwe don’t lose anyone [to graduation] fornext year,” Rogers said. The Mallards fin-ished the season with a 6-12 record.Rogers had no seniors on her roster this

year. It was made up of three juniors, foursophomores and three freshmen.

“For as young as we were this season, Itruly believe we’re the best defensive teamin the league. Every team that has beatenus, we made them work hard for everypoint they scored,” she said. “If only wecould be as good offensively, we’d be un-stoppable.”

The Mallards received the ESIACsportsmanship award.

Freshman Sophie Brennan wasawarded All-Conference honorable men-tion accolades.

Prep squad young and allgirls to return next seasonLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

beat this year and they earned it,” hesaid.

Parkside had three Bayside champi-ons, three finished in both second andthird place and one wrestler took fifth.

Three Decatur grapplers — AlfordHardy (126), Dakota Roderick (132)and Ryan Kail (285) — won their divi-sions. Nate Rosenblatt (106) and An-drew Borradaile (145) were runners-upin their weight classes. Alex Schiffer(138) and Kaelan Patterson (152)placed third. Jeff Evans finished fourthat 170 pounds and Ethan Mariner tookfifth at 113 pounds.

Martinek said one of the biggestthrills of tournament was Kail’s victory.He was seeded fifth going into the com-petition.

“In my 19 years in the Bayside Con-ference, I can’t remember a fifth seedcoming back to win,” Martinek said. “He

also avenged two earlier season losses.”Because of their top four finishes at

the conference championship, Decaturwill send eight wrestlers to the 4A/3AEast Regional tournament, which willtake place today and Saturday at WildeLake High School in Columbia.

“We have some injuries from theweekend — we’ve be dealing with in-jures all season, so we’re just trying toget healthy,” Martinek said earlier thisweek. “I think they all have a chance togo to states if we have a great weekend.”

Hardy is seeded second in his divi-sion, Rosenblatt and Roderick, third,and Kail, fourth. Both Schiffer and Pat-terson are ranked fifth, Evans, seventhand Borradaile is seeded 11th.

The top four finishers in each re-gional weight class will advance to the4A/3A state championship, scheduledfor March 2-3, at the University ofMaryland College Park.

Eight Seahawk grapplers advance to 4A/3A East Reg. tourneyContinued from Page 36

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Worcester Prep’s Ryan Nally takes the ball to the basket during last Friday’s game against Salis-bury School in Berlin. Nally scored seven points and had three steals in the 44-29 victory.

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Worcester Prepboys’ basketball team wrapped up reg-ular-season competition last Friday ona high note, earning a 44-29 victoryover the Salisbury School Dragons, ateam that edged out the Mallards 37-33during their first match-up Dec. 2.

“We are a much better team rightnow than we were when we playedthem in December, and that is whatyou want,” said Prep Coach MikeGrosso. “It doesn’t matter now whatyou did in December. We played wellon Friday and we want to carry thatinto the playoffs.”

At the end of the first quarter lastFriday, Worcester led 14-5 and at half-time, the home team was still on top,25-10. Salisbury outscored the Prepsquad 10-9 in the third quarter, but theMallards still had a commanding 34-20 lead.

Nine of the 10 players on Grosso’sroster scored. Leading the charge wasHarrison Brennan (nine points andthree steals) and Zander Farr (ninepoints, three steals and five rebounds).Ryan Nally chipped in with seven

points and three steals. The Mallards hosted the Salisbury

Christian Jaguars on Monday for first-round Eastern Shore Independent Ath-letic Conference competition and cameout on top 47-43.

“It was a great game. It’s very hardto play when the school is closed (Pres-idents Day). The kids are off all day andwe usually lose focus on our goals ondays like this,” Grosso said. “Webrought the boys in early and had amini practice before the game. Theycame out hot, scoring 16, but had a letdown in the second. We made adjust-ments at halftime and they finishedstrong.”

The Mallards led 16-9 at the end ofthe first quarter, but were outscored15-4 in the second quarter to go intohalftime trailing the Jaguars 24-20.The Prep team netted 13 points in thethird quarter, while Salisbury talliedeight to pull ahead 33-32. Worcesteradded 14 points in the final quarter andlimited the visiting team to 11.

Nally led the Mallards with 19points. Matteo Petrera contributedwith 13.

“Playoff games are always close andthis one was very exciting,” Grossosaid. “It’s another step toward thechampionship.”

The victory advanced Worcester toWednesday’s ESIAC semifinal gameagainst the Holly Grove Eagles inWestover. The Mallards lost 56-51.

Worcester Prep boys’ top Jaguars in ESIAC first-round actionMallards fall in conferencesemifinals to Holly GroveEagles, 56-51, on Wed.LISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

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MY PROBLEM IS YOUR OPPORTUNITYLet me explain. Every year, big manufacturers of air conditioning systems have to guess how many to build to meet the demand. Of course, they are never actually right. They always have some inventory they must hold over until next summer season. I went to one of these companies and contracted for the purchase of several central heating and cooling systems and heat pumps and central air conditioners - in the most popular sizes used in this area. And, because of the quantity and time of year, I was able to buy them at drastically reduced, below whole-sale, out-of-season prices. These are NOT seconds or “blems”. They are factory PREMIUM units and have a FULL FACTORY WARRANTY.

HERE’S THE SITUATIONThe extremely warm fall and winter created an over abundance of manufacturers inventory, along with our sta� of skilled workers that simply won’t have enough work if we don’t create it for them.

HERE’S HOWJust call us anytime at 410-641-1434.I will come out and measure your home to determine the availability of the proper size. I will show you the real world price of the heating and cooling system that �ts your home so you know EXACTLY how much you’re saving. My quote will include all labor and installation materials. Nothing is left out.

NO OBLIGATIONEven after I completely explain theinstallation, there is absolutely NOOBLIGATION. If you decide you don’twant to take advantage of the spectacularsavings, that’s OK. I will give you a free NOOBLIGATION home and duct leakagetest valued at $289 because you werekind enough to read this letter. I want youto think of ARCTIC HEATING AND AIRCONDITIONING even if you don’t buy athing.

YOU CAN BUY WITH NO CASHYou don’t even have to pay me right away.I have set up a terri�c �nancing programo�ering LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS foryour convenience. I even decided not to mark up the interest rate like most compa-nies do. Consider this: if you decide to make monthly payments instead of paying cash, the entire amount of your payments could be more than o�set by the savings on your utility bills. It’s like having your cake and eating it too.

WHY THIS OFFER CAN’T LASTYou must act fast because of limited supply. When all the FREE furnace units are given away in a particular size, that’s it. There are no more at this price.

Give us a call now at

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THANK YOU FOR READING THIS RATHER LONG LETTER - I HOPE YOU WILL PROFIT GREATLY BECAUSE OF IT.

Warmly,

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P.S. Six months from now, this will probably be the most appreciated opportunity ever extended to homeowners in our area. Every one of the new owners will have an almost unfair advantage over the utility companies.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) The Stephen Decaturboys’ basketball team will head toPasadena, Md. tonight to take on theNortheast Eagles of Anne ArundelCounty, during 3A East Regional tourna-ment first-round competition.

The four teams with the best regular-season win percentage were seeded 1-4 inthe bracket and the remaining squadswere placed by random draw. Northeast(2-20) received the No. 5 seed, while De-catur (9-13) drew No. 12.

“I feel pretty good about it. Northeastis probably a team a lot like us. I thinkthey will be a good match for us,” said De-catur Coach Mark Engle.

Engle, however, is concerned abouthow the three-hour bus ride will affect hisathletes’ performances.

“We typically don’t play well when wehave a long ride. After a long ride, it’s hardto play like we would at home,” he said.“We’re going to go up a little early and re-ally stretch out and have a good warm-up.”

The winner of tonight’s match will playthe fourth-seeded Atholton Raiders. Theteam received a first-round bye. Atholton,who Engle said is always tough and struc-tured, will host the semifinal game Tuesdaynight on their home court in Columbia.

“I think we’re as ready as we can be,”Engle said. “’Anything can happen in theplayoffs,’ I keep telling my team. We don’twant to take anything for granted. We needto come out and get after it right away.”

(Feb. 24, 2012) The 11-11 Stephen De-catur Lady Seahawks’ girls basketballteam had luck on their side Sunday, as thesquad randomly drew the No. 5 seed inthe 3A East Regional tournament. Thegirls will face off tonight against the 12th-seeded Mount Hebron Viking (13-7) inBerlin as first-round action gets underway. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.

“It’s going to be a good game. I expectthem to press us the entire game,” said De-catur Coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott. “To win,we have to handle their pressure well.”

The top four teams with the best regu-lar-season win percentage were seeded 1-4 in the 3A East Regional tournamentbracket. The remaining squads wereplaced by random draw.

“We’re ecstatic to be playing at home.It’s nice to have home-court advantage andto not have to travel,” Fenzel-Mergott said.

The winner of tonight’s match will ad-vance to Monday’s quarterfinals, wherethey will battle the fourth-seeded An-napolis Panthers.

“I think we look good. The girls are allgetting along and we’re playing as a team,”Fenzel-Mergott said. “The harmony ishigh and the girls are pretty pumped upand they’re focused. We hope to win ourfirst playoff game in a long time.”

Seahawks to faceNortheast Eagles LISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

Lady Seahawk tohost Vikings todayLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

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Davenport completesbasic training

Air Force Airman Christian L.Davenport graduated from basicmilitary training at Lackland AirForce Base in San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an inten-sive, eight-week program that in-cluded training in militarydiscipline and studies, Air Forcecore values, physical fitness, andbasic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basictraining earn four credits toward anassociate in applied science de-gree through the Community Col-lege of the Air Force.

Davenport, a 2011 graduate ofStephen Decatur High School, isthe son of Cathleen Davenport ofOcean Pines.

Local Weston Pricechapter to meet

The Worcester County chapterof the Weston A. Price Foundation,a nonprofit, tax-exempt nutritioneducation program, will hold itsnext monthly meeting at 3 p.m. onMarch 10, at Greenbranch Farm,5075 Nutters Cross Road in Salis-bury.

The foundation is dedicated torestoring nutrient-dense foods tothe human diet through education,research and activism. It supportsa number of movements that con-tribute to this objective, includingaccurate nutrition instruction, or-ganic and biodynamic farming,pasture-feeding of livestock, com-munity-supported farms, honestand informative labeling, preparedparenting and nurturing therapies.Specific goals include establish-ment of universal access to clean,certified raw milk and a ban on theuse of soy formula for infants.

Dr. Price’s research demon-strated that humans achieve per-fect physical form and perfecthealth generation after generationonly when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vitalfat-soluble activators found exclu-sively in animal fats.

Greenbranch is a small, familyowned farm currently specializingin a wide variety of vegetables andberries. For more information, visitwww.greenbranchfarm.com,www.westonaprice.org or www.ou-rupperroomstudio.com.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

(Feb. 24, 2012) Reachthe Beach is among thenation’s largest cheer-leading competitions, andthis weekend, it will bringroughly 6,000 athletesto Ocean City to performon the resort’s conven-tion center stage.

The Reach the BeachNationals competitionwill begin at 5 p.m. to-night and continuethrough Sunday eveningat the 40th Street venue.About 300 school andrecreational cheer teams,and approximately 100dance squads primarilyfrom Maryland, Dela-ware, Pennsylvania, NewYork, Virginia, New Jer-sey and Washington, D.C.,are scheduled to takepart. The athletes willcompete for $20,000 incash prizes, as well asmedals, trophies andnational championshipjackets. One coach willalso win a new Kia Soul(by random draw) dur-ing this year’s event.

Reach the Beach willbe packed with high-en-

ergy cheering, dancing,tumbling, twirling andtossing as boys and girls,ages 5 through high-school seniors, performin front of thousands ofspectators.

“It’s going to be anaction-packed week-end,” said Jennifer Lod-der, marketing coordi-nator for Epic Brands,the parent company ofReach the Beach Nation-als. Reach the Beach waspreviously presented byAmerican Cheer &Dance Academy. As ofJune 1, American Cheer& Dance Academy andSpirit Unlimited, foundedin 1991 and 1999 re-spectively, merged tocreate Epic Brands. Inaddition, Reach theBeach National branchedoff to become is ownbrand of national com-petitions, according towww.theepicbrands.com. “It’s one of the bestproductions that we puton as far as lighting andstaging in an utmostcompetitive atmosphere.It’s one of the largestrecreation and schoolnationals.”

Solo and partner stuntsare scheduled to beginat 5 p.m. tonight (Fri-day). The recreation andschool cheerleading com-petitions will kick off at7 a.m. and continue until11 p.m. on Saturday. In-dividual cheerleaders willalso perform that day.

Individual and teamdance routines will befeatured on Sunday, be-ginning at 10 a.m.

Admission on Fridaycosts $7 for adults and$4 for children ages 6-10 and seniors (65 andolder). On Saturday andSunday, admission costs$20 for adults and $14for children and seniors.Children 5 and youngerwill be admitted free.Multi-day passes arealso available.

Participating teamshope to qualify for theU.S. Finals champi-onships, which will takeplace in Indianapolis,Baton Rouge, La., Or-lando, Kansas City,Anaheim, Calif., Provi-dence, R.I., and VirginiaBeach. For information,call 877-322-2310 or visitwww.theepicbrands.com.

(Feb. 24, 2012) On Saturday, from11 a.m. to 3 p.m., downtown Berlinbusinesses Atlantic Retreat and Opti-mal Health Chiropractic will present aHolistic Health Fair in the BerlinChamber of Commerce building, lo-cated at 14 S. Main St.

Chair massages, reflexology andreiki, a healing technique based on theprinciple that the therapist can chan-nel energy into the patient by means oftouch, to activate the natural healingprocesses and restore physical andemotional well-being, will be offeredduring the free health fair. Also onhand will be chiropractors, acupunc-turists for humans and pets, organicgrocers providing samples and expertsin the fitness field, among others.

“The bottom line for this fair is, toshare all the healthy living alternativesfor our community. We are truly luckyto have such a wonderful array of prac-tioners and health-related businessesin our area” said Terri Street, owner ofAtlantic Retreat. “[The fair] is all abouthealth and fitness. It’s a really good, in-formative type of fair. It’s for peoplelooking for alternative ways to takecare of themselves.”

Now in its second year, the eventwas offered last year, but on a muchsmaller scale, at the Worcester Youthand Family Counseling Services officein Berlin. Street said the event sur-passed expectations as 10 vendors par-ticipated and more than 100 peopleattended.

As of Monday, 18 businesses hadsigned up to be a part of the 2012event.

“We want to educate people andspread the word about what’s out therealternatively and what we all can do tohave a healthy mind, body and soul,”Street said.

For more information, call AtlanticRetreat at 410-430-6581 or OptimalHealth Chiropractic at 410-629-1845.

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Reflexology, reiki,massage offeredduring Berlin fair LISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

BRING IT ONThe CSA pom squad of Clarksburg, Md., performs during the 2011 Reach the Beach Na-tionals at the Ocean City convention center. This year’s competition kicks off at 5 p.m.tonight with solo and partner stunts.

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ELKS DONATE TO SHESOcean City Elks Lodge 2645 donated 30 children’s winter coats to Snow Hill Elementary School.These coats were purchased with funds the club obtained during its “Coats for Kids” golf tournamentin December. One hundred twelve players and additional donations raised $5,464 for coats to bedistributed to Worcester County GOLD and Snow Hill, Showell, Buckingham and Lord Baltimore el-ementary schools. (Above) Elks member Jeff Stutzel with SHES guidance counselor LaVerne Crayand Principal Dee Shorts.

RAVENS ROOST 44 INSTALLS 2012 OFFICERSRavens Roost 44 of Ocean City installed its 2012 officers during a February meeting. Pictured fromleft are Janet Rosensteel, recording secretary; Marc Grimes, treasurer; Bill Cordwell, sergeant atarms; Eric Leister, two-year board member; Tom Maly, vice president; Ray Meyers, one-year boardmember; and Gary Miller, president. Missing from photo is Mary Kendall, corresponding secretary.

AMERICAN LEGION DONATES TO WYFCSAmerican Legion Synepuxent Post 166 recently donated $500 to Worcester Youth and Family Coun-seling Services of Berlin. Pictured are Tracy Hirsch, communications coordinator at Worcester Youthand Family, and John Granite.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) As a prelude to spring,the Worcester County chapter of WomenSupporting Women will present a fashionshow, featuring seasonal casual and for-mal wear, in addition to swimsuits spe-cially designed for breast cancersurvivors, on Friday, March 30, at theBerlin Fire Hall, 214 N. Main St.

The “Birds and Blooms” fashion showwill the latest trends provided by Bruder

Hill of Berlin, CraZy LadyZ! in WestOcean City and the Women’s HealthBoutique at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore,and modeled by breast cancer survivorsand family members of survivors.

Guests will also be treated to lunchprovided by the Berlin Fire CompanyAuxiliary. The menu includes friedchicken, ham, mashed potatoes, veg-etable, salad, rolls, desserts and bever-

ages. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., withlunch at 12:30 p.m. and the fashion showat about 1:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $25 and are available bycalling Women Supporting Women at410-641-2849 or by visiting the Berlin of-fice, 10026 Old Ocean City Blvd., Suite 4.

Vendor tables are available for $50each. Small businesses and crafters arewelcome to participate and sell their wares.

Women Supporting Women is a non-profit organization that provides freelocal services and local support forwomen who have been diagnosed withbreast cancer and their families, and pro-motes education and awareness. WSW’sprograms provide mentoring and sup-port groups, a lending library and educa-tional materials, wigs, scarves and headcoverings, prostheses and bras, speciallydesigned pillows and other items to aid inthe recovery process.

WSW is entirely funded through com-munity support, donations and grantsand all funding is returned directly to thelocal community through its programsand services.

For more information, contact RotaKnott, Worcester County coordinator, [email protected].

(Feb. 24, 2012) The Worcester CountyArts Council is offering Creating Comicsart workshop instructed by local inde-pendent comic book artist and PLBComics co-founder, Josh Shockley. Thisworkshop is recommended to studentsages 14 and older who enjoy drawing.

The workshops will meet on Mondays,5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Worcester CountyArts Council, located at 6 Jefferson St., in

Berlin. The six-session series will beginMarch 5.

Students will work with the instructorto articulate their own vision and particu-lar challenges. Students will have the op-portunity to get individual instruction,work together as pairs with their class-mates and learn about one of the mostcomplex and interesting art forms. Theworkshop will cover plotting, writing, pen-

ciling and inking. The cost of the workshop is $90. Mem-

bers of the WCAC will receive a 10 percentdiscount for the tuition. A material list willbe supplied upon registration.

To register, contact the Arts Council at410-641-0809 or [email protected]. To find out moreabout WCAC programs and classes, visitwww.worcestercountyartscouncil.org.

Spring fashion show, luncheon to benefit Women Supporting Women

Arts Council offering ‘Creating Comics’ workshops

(Feb. 24, 2012) Almost 10 percent ofchildren have some form of asthma, anarrowing of the airway passages that cancause wheezing and difficulty breathing.

This condition, if not treated, can makeit difficult to play sports.

Some parents fear for the well-being oftheir children with asthma and, therefore,

won’t let them participate in sports. Thereare ways to effectively manage the condi-tion, allowing a child to participate insports. Aside from building self-confi-dence, physical activity actually improveslung function for those with asthma.

On Feb. 28, from 6-7 p.m., LouisBrecht, a respiratory therapist at Atlantic

General Hospital, will discuss “Children,Asthma and Athletics” at the NorthsidePark and Recreation Complex on 125thStreet. The health talk is sponsored byAGH and the Ocean City Recreation andParks Department.

For more information about the event,call 410-250-0125.

AGH,OC Rec and Parks team up for free health talk


ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’recorrect to want to help someone whoseems to need assistance. But becareful that he or she isn’t pulling thewool over those gorgeous Sheep’seyes. You need more facts.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) YourBovine optimism will soon dispel thegloom cast by those naysayers andpessimists who still hover close by.Also, that good news you recently re-ceived is part of a fuller message tocome.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Feelingjealous over a colleague’s successdrains the energy you need to meetyour own challenges. Wish him or herwell, and focus on what you need todo. Results start to show in mid-March.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’relikely to feel somewhat Crabby thesedays, so watch what you say, or youcould find yourself making lots ofapologies. Your mood starts tobrighten by the weekend.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your pridemight still be hurting from those un-flattering remarks someone madeabout you. But cheer up, you’re aboutto prove once again why you’re theTop Cat in whatever you do.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)A misunderstanding with a co-workercould become a real problem unlessit’s resolved soon. Allow a third partyto come in and assess the situationwithout pressure or prejudice.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)Call a family meeting to discuss thecare of a loved one at this difficulttime. Be careful not to let yourself bepushed into shouldering the full bur-den on your own.SCORPIO (October 23 to November21) An upcoming decision could openthe way to an exciting venture. How-ever, there are some risks you shouldknow about. Ask more questions be-fore making a commitment.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-cember 21) Personal matters needyour attention during the earlier partof the week. You can start to shift yourfocus to your workaday world by mid-week. Friday brings news.CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-ary 19) You’ve been going at a hecticpace for quite a while. It’s time nowfor some much-needed rest and recre-ation to recharge those hardworkingbatteries.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February18) This is a good time to upgradeyour current skills or consider gettinginto an entirely different training pro-gram so that you can be prepared fornew career opportunities.PISCES (February 19 to March 20)Keep a low profile in order to avoidbeing lured away from the job at hand.Focus on what has to be done, and doit. There’ll be time later to enjoy funwith family and friends.BORN THIS WEEK: You can be adreamer and a realist. You dream ofwhat you would like to do, and thenyou face the reality of how to do it.

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(Feb. 24, 2012) The pear originated inthe general region of the Caucasus, as didits cousin, the “apple.” Both fruits werespread by the Aryan tribes from that areaas they migrated into Europe and NorthIndia. The apple and the pear also belongto the rose family, Rosaceae.

The original wild pear has been devel-oped into are nearly 1,000 varieties, aftera certain amount of interbreeding withother native wild pears of Europe and Asia.

According to The Oxford Companionto Food, in ancient times the pear wasgenerally considered a better fruit thanthe apple. “Thus, in China, only one vari-ety of apple was known until the end ofthe Sung dynasty (AD 1279), but therewere many varieties of pear.”

In classical Greece and Rome, a similarpreference was evident. Around 300 BC,the Greek writer Theophrastus discussedthe growing of pears, including advancedtechniques such as grafting and cross-pol-lination. Two centuries later, in Rome,Pliny the Elder described 41 varieties,whereas his parallel list of apples wasmuch shorter.

During the Middle Ages, the pear wasespecially popular in France and Italy. In

the 17th century, pear-growing in France wasat its height and manynew varieties were de-veloped.

Pears are harvestedwhen they are maturebut not yet ripe. Placemature pears in a fruit

bowl at room temperature near otherripening fruit like bananas, which natu-rally give off ethylene. This speeds up theexpected development.

When a pear is fully ripened, it has ahoney flavor that tantalizes our senses.However, the period of perfect ripeness isshort and in a matter of hours, it can spoil.The best way to check for ripeness is togently apply a little pressure to the neck.If it yields to the pressure, it is ripe. Pearscan be refrigerated to slow down theripening phase.

Like many fruits, the flesh of a cut pearwill eventually brown. This natural oxida-tion process won’t affect the taste or qual-ity. To keep pears looking appetizing, dipthem in a solution of 50 percent water and50 percent lemon juice.

If you find yourself with too manyover-ripened pears, simply blend and addto smoothies, soups, sauces and purees.The flavor of cooked pears is often im-proved by the addition of red wine, al-monds or vanilla.

In the dish Poires belle Helene, whosename celebrates Offenbach’s operetta aboutHelen of Troy, cooked pears are combinedwith chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream.

Pears are an excellent source of fiberand a good source of Vitamin C. They aresodium free, fat free and cholesterol free— not bad for just 100 calories.

Before you know it, the beach will bepacked with sun worshipers. If one’s fig-ure needs a little reducing, now is the timeto start trimming. Asian pears mixed witharugula, watercress and goat cheese andtossed in lemon vinaigrette balances theharmony of bitter, sweet and tangy. A fewroasted peanuts add contrast.

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice1 teaspoon honey1/2 teaspoon chopped thymepinch of garlic powder2 1/2 ounces baby arugula2 1/2 ounces watercress3 Asian pears, peeled, cored and thinly

sliced1/4 cup roasted peanuts, halved3 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbledkosher salt and fresh ground pepper1. In a small bowl, whisk olive oil,

lemon juice, honey, thyme, garlic powder,salt and pepper.

2. In a large bowl, toss arugula, water-cress, pear slices and peanuts. Add thedressing and mix thoroughly. Top withcrumbled cheese and another light dust-ing of fresh ground pepper. Serve imme-diately.

Secret Ingredient:Courage. “Courageis resistance to fear, mastery of fear — notabsence of fear” … Mark Twain.

Plan now for approaching bathing suit season

DEBORAH LEE WALKER■ Contributing Writer

Pears: 100 calories and freeof sodium, fat, cholesterol

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19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL9636 Stephen Decatur

HighwayWestOcean City410-213-9204Feb. 24:BlakeHaley, 6-10 p.m.Feb. 25:

Walt Farozic, 6-10 p.m.Feb. 26: Louis Wright, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Feb. 29: Louis Wright, 6-10 p.m.

BJ’S ON THE WATER75th Street and the bay410-524-7575Feb. 24: Tommy Edward andMelissa Rose, 9 p.m.Feb. 25: Overtime, 9 p.m.Feb. 29: Happy Hour partyw/Aaron Howell Band, 5 p.m.

COTTAGE CAFÉRoute 1, Bethany Beach, Del.302-539-8710Every Tuesday: Pub PartyTrivia w/DJ Bump, 6-9 p.m.Feb. 24: DJ Bump, 5-8:30 p.m.Feb. 29: Dine and DonateNight w/Mariner's BethelUnited Methodist Churchyouth group

FAGER’S ISLAND60th Street and the bay410-524-5500Feb. 24: DJ Hook, 9 p.m.Feb. 25: DJ Robb Cee, 6 p.m.;DJ Groove, 9 p.m.; Hot Tub

Limo, 10 p.m.Feb. 26:JazzBrunchw/EverettSpells, 11 a.m. to3 p.m.

GALAXY 6666th Street, bayside410-723-6762Feb. 24: Philly George Project, 8-11 p.m.

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL12841 S. Harbor RoadWest Ocean City410-213-1846Feb. 24: DJ Billy, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.Feb. 25: Simple Truth andFriends, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy,10 p.m. to 2 a.m.Feb. 26: Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.March 1: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

HIGH STAKESRoute 54, Fenwick Island, Del.302-537-6971Every Friday: Bobby Burns, 4 p.m.; DJ Z-Man, 9 p.m.Every Saturday: Bobby Burns,4 p.m.; DJ Rupe, 9 p.m.

HOUSE OF WELSH1106 Coastal Highway,Fenwick Island, Del.888-666-0728302-541-0728Every Monday: DJ Norm, 6-9 p.m.Every Wednesday: Bob Hughes, 6-9 p.m.Every Friday: DJ Norm, 3-6p.m.; Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.Every Saturday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

JOHNNY’S PIZZA56th Street, bayside410-524-7499Every Wednesday: Team Triviaw/Kristen, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 24:Tom LarsonBand, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.Feb. 25:Old School,8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUBIn the Horizons RestaurantIn the ClarionFontainebleau Hotel101st Street and the ocean410-524-3535Feb. 24-25: Power Play

OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUBMumford’s Landing Road410-641-7501Feb. 24: Mike Armstrong, 6 p.m.

SEACRETS49th Street and the bay410-524-4900Feb. 24: DJ Tuff, 9 p.m.; Lucky You, 10 p.m. Feb. 25: DJ Bobby-0; Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Tuff, 9 p.m.; Gypsy Wisdom, 10 p.m.

SMITTY MCGEE’SRoute 54West Fenwick Island, Del.302-436-4716Every Tuesday: Let’s Do Trivia, 7 p.m.Every Thursday: Randy LeeAshcraft, 8 p.m.Every Friday: Randy LeeAshcraft and the SaltwaterCowboys, 8 p.m.

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APPEARING LIVEPIRATE ROB’S BIRTHDAY BASHRams Head Live, Balt. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012

Last weekend, DNL (DelmarvaNightlife) Entertainment, a Balti-more-based entertainment com-pany founded and managed by“Pirate Rob” Bryan and WinnJohnston, former members of Pi-rate Radio, a now disbanded OceanCity-based alternative rock band,presented Pirate Rob’s BirthdayBash at Rams Head Live in Balti-more. The all-ages show featuredmusical performances by Mary-land’s finest original artists, includ-ing local acts Cheyne and BryanRusso, as well as bands and soloartists from Pittsburgh, Philadel-phia, Atlanta and even California.

Photos courtesy Good Clean Fun Life

(Clockwise from left) RayWroten, left, of Bond andBentley and Joey Harkumof Pasadena. Fresh Com-petition. DJ Todd DeHart ofOcean 98.1, who co-em-ceed the event with DK BK,also of Irie Radio.

(Above) Ocean City native Cheyne. (Left)Berlin’s Bryan Russo.

“Pirate Rob” Bryan introducesresort native Cheyne duringthe fourth annual Birthday

Bash.

Blake Haley

DJ Rob Cee

Tom Larson

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Paws & Claws was also one of the West Ocean City businessesto take part in Death By Chocolate on Feb. 19. Gayle Hanle, left,and Erica Leretsis greet patrons as they come into the store.

Bliss Salon & Spa owner Beth Miller, left, enjoys participatingin Death By Chocolate on Feb. 19, with employees Elisa Urban,center, and Lisa Mays.

(Top) Presenting a basket filled with sweets at Wockenfuss dur-ing Death By Chocolate on Sunday are, from left, Chris Butler,JoAnn Poremski, Kelly Colbert and Joe Dimaio. (Bottom) KimBrady, left, holds a red velvet Smith Island cake, while ManagerRebecca Carbaugh, displays a chocolate strawberry layeredtreat. The Original Smith Island Cake Co., in the West OceanCity Factory Outlets, was one of 21 businesses participating inthe fifth annual Death By Chocolate event on Feb. 19.

Around Sound Music owners, Gina Servant, left, and LoriThompson, are pleased to be a first-time stop on the Death ByChocolate list of merchants to visit.

Marlin Market and 19th Hole Bar & Grille co-owner RobertaHennessy, left, is overjoyed by the number of Death By Choco-late players visiting her businesses on Sunday. Pictured withHennessy is her twin sister, Cindy Chalphin, right, and TabbyBerkeridge.

Hooters of Ocean City staff, from left, Brittany Raeuber, AndreaMatsatsos, Amber Bakner and Katie Elliott take care of cus-tomers attending the grand re-opening of the 123rd Streetrestaurant last Thursday.

Welcoming guests to Hooters on 123rd Street for the seasonopening party on Feb. 16, from left, are Chance Ebel, generalmanager of the Boardwalk eatery on Fifth Street; Matt Ortt, di-rector of operations for Hooters of Ocean City; Jennifer Lauman,manager of the 123rd Street restaurant; and Jason Ortt, gen-eral manager.

Keeping things running smoothly in the kitchen at Hooters on123rd Street during the season re-opening party last Thursdayare, from left, James Poole, Jason Meredith and George Billett.

PHOTOS BY LISA CAPITELLI

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FRIDAY, FEB. 24MURDER MYSTERY DINNER — Fresco’s, 8203Coastal Highway, Ocean City. Cocktails at 6p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Cost is $75. Cocktail hourwith appetizers and live entertainment, dinner(salad, filet and crabcake dinner, dessert) andMurder Mystery Show performed by “Murder forHire” acting troupe. Benefits Habitat for Human-ity. Reservations: 410-422-9899 or [email protected].

BABY AVA BENEFIT AUCTION — Brew River,502 W. Main St., Salisbury, 7 p.m. to midnight.Donation of $10 at the door. Benefits DelriccoBenefit Fund. Info: Vickie Rohrer, 410-334-3076.

‘MARDI GRAS UNDER THE PALMS’ —Worces-ter Preparatory School’s 2012 gala. Seacrets,117 49th St., Ocean City. Hors d’oeuvres andcocktails at 6:30 p.m., buffet-style dinner at7:45 p.m. and live auction at 8:30 p.m. Silentauction items also available. Dance to themusic of Love Seed Mama Jump. Tickets:Susan Beauchamp, 410-641-3575.

LONGABERGER BASKET/VERA BRADLEYBINGO — Bishopville Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 10709 Bishopville Road. Doors open at 6p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. Cost is $20 in ad-vance. Raffles, 50/50, door prizes and refresh-ments. Tickets: Tammy, 410-352-3755 or410-726-6043. Proceeds benefit The AmericanCancer Society.

BINGO —Knights of Columbus, 9901 CoastalHighway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City.Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410-524-7994.

SATURDAY, FEB. 25BEEF & BEER FUNDRAISER — Frankford Volun-teer Fire Banquet Hall, 7 Main St., Frankford, Del.,6-11 p.m. Silent auction, 50/50s, liquor cart raf-fle, dancing with DJ Donnie Berkey. Tickets cost$20 and includes meal, beer, soda, water anddessert. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Shockers12U Red and 14U White Baseball teams. Tickets:Kim Hudson, 410-713-2376, Shari Collins, 302-228-9641 or Robbie Murray, 302-236-9333; alsoavailable at the door. Must be 21 to attend.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296,104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 9 a.m. tonoon. All-you-can-eat pancakes for $5 or twopancakes, two eggs and two bacon slices for$5. Coffee included. Bloody Marys and mi-mosas cost $3. Info: 410-524-8196.

FRIED CHICKEN, CRAB CAKE DINNER —Berlin Fire Company Auxiliary , 214 N. Main St.,Berlin, 4-7 p.m. Eat-in or carryout available.Cost is $15 for adults, $5 for children 4-12. Chil-dren 3 and younger eat free.

TEXAS HOLD-EM POKER TOURNAMENT —Ocean Pines Community Center, AssateagueRoom, 239 Ocean Parkway. Estimated jackpotof $5,000. Cash prize tournament open to allage 21 and older. For $90, players get $3,000in poker chips, and there are two $25 addi-tional re-buys available, each one of which willgive the players an additional $1,000 in chips.For pre-registrants, a pizza and fried chicken

buffet dinner is included in the price. For thoseregistering at the door, buffet costs $6. Regis-tration and admission, 6-6:55 p.m. Tournamentbegins at 7 p.m. Pre-register: 410-641-4311 ortemplebatyamoc.org/poker.html.

FREE TAX PREPARATION — CommunityChurch at Ocean Pines, 11227 Racetrack Roadand Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway,9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by AARP. No ap-pointments.

COMMISSIONER BOGGS’ TOWN MEETING —Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10a.m. Guest speaker will be Stephen C. Thomp-son, senior vice president of Chesapeake Utili-ties, the company that is bringing natural gas toWorcester County. Boggs will provide updateson county issues and development in andaround Ocean Pines. Info: 410-641-6158.

SUNDAY, FEB. 26TAKE A KID BIKE RIDING DAY — Lower ShoreYMCA, 1900 Worcester Highway, Pocomoke City,noon to 3 p.m. Designed for fitness and fun,trails specifically made to get beginners out ofthe gym and into the woods on natural surfacetrails. Take a helmet, bike, snacks and water.Eastern Shore IMBA group will provide directionon trail riding as well as tools and mechanics tohelp with any bike issues. A $5 donation re-quested to support local YMCA. Info: www.es-imba.org; Facebook, Eastern Shore IMBA; orTres Denk, 410-430-4992, [email protected].

SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONCERT — FriendshipUnited Methodist Church, 10537 FriendshipRoad, Berlin, 7 p.m. Featuring the King’s Am-bassadors. Info: 410-641-2578.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST BUFFET —Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway(rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City, 9 a.m.to noon. With coffee and juice. Cost is $8 foradults, children 11 years and younger eat athalf price. Info: 410-524-7994.

BISHOP FUNDRAISER — Station 7, 10912County Seat Highway, Laurel, Del., 2-6 p.m.Silent auction, 50/50 raffle, music by Out of theBlue, DJ, face painting and clown. Benefiting fu-neral costs for 9-year-old Nevaeh Bishop. Info:Amber, [email protected] or 410-422-9162.

MONDAY, FEB. 27INTRODUCTION TO E-MAIL — Pocomoke library,301 Market St., noon. Learn how to create e-mailaccounts, send and receive messages and howto download and send attachments. Registrationnecessary by calling 410-957-0878. Call Lisa Out-ten Stant for more information on adult programsat the Worcester County Library, 410-632-3970.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING —Berlin group No. 169, Atlantic General Hospital,conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive inBerlin, 5-6:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and edu-cational group promoting weight loss andhealthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: EdnaBerkey, 410-629-1006.

DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS — TheDelmarva Sweet Adeline Chorus, under the di-

rection of Carol Ludwig, meets Mondays, 7-9p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center,239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Womeninterested in learning about or singing in barber-shop format are welcome. Info: 410-208-4171.

HAND DANCING —House of Welsh, 1106 Coast -al Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7p.m.; open dancing, 7-10 p.m. No cover charge.Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302-541-0728.

TUESDAY, FEB. 28‘MR. DON’ LEADS THE MUSIC FUN — Berlin li-brary, 220 N. Main St., 10:30 a.m. For ages 2-5.Info: 410-641-0650.

YOGA — James G. Barrett Medical Office Build-ing rotunda, 5:30-6:45 p.m. All levels welcome.Cost is $72 for eight sessions or $10 drop-infee for first time. Info: Georgette Rhoads, 410-641-9734 or [email protected].

‘AFTER ANN FRANK’ PERFORMANCE ANDDINNER — Blue Dog Cafe, 300 N. WashingtonSt., Snow Hill. Dinner and theater. Dinner at6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Writer-performerCarol Lempert plays 20 characters in the play.Script questions whether retellings of AnneFrank’s story are part of a “commercialization ofthe Holocaust” and whether the artificialities ofthe stage can come anywhere near portrayingthe real-life tragedy. Portion of proceeds benefitWorcester County Children’s Theater. Reserva-tions: 410-251-7193.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29STORY TIME — Ocean City library, 10003Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Stories, rhymes,finger plays, music and crafts for children ages3-5. Info: 410-524-1818.

AUNT PHILLY’S TOOTHBRUSH RUG MAKING —Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1 p.m.Learn how to make a rug from strips of materialusing a special flat needle, which is provided.Take strips of fabric 2 inches wide and 45 incheslong. Register: 410-208-4014. Call Lisa OuttenStant for more information on adult programs atthe Worcester County Library, 410-632-3970.

‘AFTER ANN FRANK’ PERFORMANCE ANDDINNER — Blue Dog Cafe, 300 N. WashingtonSt., Snow Hill. Dinner and theater. Dinner at6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Writer-performerCarol Lempert plays 20 characters in the play.Script questions whether retellings of AnneFrank’s story are part of a “commercialization ofthe Holocaust” and whether the artificialities ofthe stage can come anywhere near portrayingthe real-life tragedy. Portion of proceeds benefitWorcester County Children’s Theater. Reserva-tions: 410-251-7193.

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City ElksLodge 2645, 138th Street across from FenwickInn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30p.m. A $1,000 jackpot available, food, snacksand non-alcoholic beverages. No one under 18years allowed in the hall during bingo. Info: 410-250-2645.

DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB —Meetsevery Wednesday at Skyline Bar & Grille at The

Fenwick Inn, 138th Street and Coastal Highwayin Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate les-sons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing until9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the soundsof the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. Allare welcome. Discounted food and drink prices.Info: www.delmarvahanddancing.com, [email protected] or 302-934-7951.

SIMPLE SUPPER — Knights of Columbus, 9901Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) inOcean City, the last Wednesday of each month,5-7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults, $2 for children 11and younger. Reservations: 410-524-7994.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach Sin-gles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at ClarionHotel, 10100 Coastal Highway in Ocean City, 4-7 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or www.beachsingles.org.

FREE DIABETES CLINIC — Atlantic GeneralHospital will be offering a free diabetes clinic toresidents of or employed in Worcester and Som-erset counties, 18 years of age and older, withlimited resources who need help with medica-tions, test strips and glucose meters. The clinicsinclude blood testing, blood pressure screening,diabetes risk assessment, educational informa-tion including nutrition guidelines, glucometerand test strips for those who qualify and med-ication vouchers (some restrictions apply). Clin-ics held at Atlantic Health Center, every otherThursday, 8:30-11:30 a.m. By appointmentonly, 410-641-9703.

ONGOING EVENTS‘REACH THE BEACH’ NATIONALS —Ocean Cityconvention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Feb.24-26. Recreation and school cheerleadingteams compete. Spectator fees are $20 foradults, $14 for children ages 6-10 and seniors 65and older and free to those 4 and younger. Regis-ter for competition. Info: [email protected],www.acdaspirit.com or 877-322-2310.

ST. PATRICK’S INDOOR SOCCER TOURNEY —Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City.More than 150 teams compete over four week-ends: Feb. 24-26 (U18), March 2-4 (U10 &U14), March 9-11 (U12 & U16), March 16-18(Adult). Info: Kim Kinsey, 410-250-0125 orwww.oceancitymd.gov.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR TRIP TO PHILADEL-PHIA FLOWER SHOW — Show theme is “HawaiiIsland of Aloha.” Bus will leave the Ocean PinesRecreation & Parks Department, 239 OceanParkway at 7 a.m. on March 8, and return ap-proximately 7 p.m. Cost is $75, which includesadmission and transportation. Registration:410-641-7052.

HORSEBACK RIDING ON THE BEACH — OceanCity now offers horseback riding on the beachfrom 27th Street extending south to the Inletjetty between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., Nov. 1 throughMarch 30. Cost is $20 for a single-day permitand $50 for a seasonal permit. Permit applica-tions: City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 301 Balti-more Ave., Ocean City or online atwww.oceancitymd.gov.


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(Feb. 24, 2012) OK kids, fasten yourseatbelts and get ready for the greening ofDelmarva. During last week’s DelmarvaIrish-American Club meeting, the infa-mous — oops, I mean o’famous orator —Dennis Roarty made a valiant attempt tozero in on the number of years the Irishhave been parading down Coastal High-way. The members did the math withDennis, but were clueless about what con-stitutes a parade. After a 10-second think-tank session, Dennis agreed.

“Yous guys wuz right. Who was on first.”Some member argued that “What” was.

Hey, not to worry, being right and theright to argue are an Irish person’s god-given rights. All agreed that the pizza wasdelicious and that the choice of hardwork-ing volunteers, Harry and Kathy James asGrand Marshal and Marshmalloette wasright on. We left it at that.

This year, the Delmarva Irish-Ameri-can Club will hold its annual fundraisingparade and festivities on St. Patrick’s ac-tual feast day, Saturday, March 17. If youcross paths with the producer, director

and organizer of this“great day for theIrish” event, BuckMann, give him a bighug form all of us.Thank Buck and hisdedicated group ofvolunteers for mak-ing this “for the good

of the community” event so successful. No frozen butts or bodies for this event.

It’s Manndatory that the parade starts atthe stroke of noon. The Irish andwannabees will march south CoastalHighway from 61st Street to 45th Street,where folks will gather to party heartyuntil the wee hours of the afternoon.

Bring the family and friends to enjoythe camaraderie of the folks who live hereyear-round. Great food and entertain-ment, plus music and fun times await youand yours. Trust me, it will be such a bo-daciously, humongously memorable goodtime, it will become a family tradition.While you’re here, check out the off-sea-son bargains for families, such as the oneoffered by Route 50’s Francis Scott KeyHotel-Motel.

Lest folks think I’m jumping the gunon February, if you cross paths with JulieStricker, Jane Moore, Jane Bartolomeo orBob Hughes’ hon, Diane, be sure to wish’em a happy birthday. Pisces people arevery loving but sensitive. Diane is a self-

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DIAC feverishly planningfor annual festival, parade

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St.Patty’s Day around thecorner,it’s time for greening of Delmarva

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Members Barbara and Lorraine, in front, and Jack Taylor, Grace and Kathy have fun during a Del-marva Irish-American Club meeting.

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Students from Most Blessed Sacrement Catholic School volunteer during a dinner at the St. An-drew Parish Center in Ocean City. See STILL on Page 49


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inflicted ironing board fancier. Sheirons Bob’s unseeables, such as socksand long johns. No starch, of course.No doubt in my mind, she irons theirwash and wear sheets.

When I have trouble falling to sleep,I count sheets. I have nightmaresabout the ones I left behind in full bas-kets of starched, dampened clothes. Bythe time I dragged out the old woodenironing board, the kids had outgrownthe clothes. They hated Tuesdays causeI’d sing when I ironed. Thank God Ididn’t desert my wooden ironingboard, I had it converted into a surf-board. I dragged it up to the ocean theother day, but I couldn’t get it over the

dunes. The lifeguard suggested I prac-tice my “hang tens” in a pool.

Rock and rolling, bowling or justsouling, cajoling ’round town, I foundTony Salvia, Pat Valenti, Bill and CeilClark, Gary and Ann Distler, Charlieand Barbara Werle, Charlie and Mau-reen O’Brien, Barbara Schmidt, Jimand Martha Stone, and Bill Taylor andDolores, of course.

As for the number of years the St.Patrick’s Day paraders should be cele-brating … not counting the year the pa-raders wore the 30th anniversary shirtfrom the year before … or the year itrained, but counting the one and onlyDennis and Buck marched. I’m clue-less. Or you can wait until the nextmeeting … Buck knows!

C U in OC!

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DEMOCRATIC WOMEN DISCUSS ELECTION 2012Kay Hickman, president of the Worcester County Board of Elections, spoke to the DemocraticWomen’s Club during a meeting on Feb. 13. Hickman reviewed the training and planning that goesinto organizing the elections for 2012. She discussed the complexities of the electronic system nowin place to ensure that every citizen in Worcester County has an equal opportunity to exercise theirconstitutional right to vote. Pictured, from left, are President Dell Purrell, Hickman, and Vice Presi-dent Judy Butler. The Democratic Women’s Club meets the third Monday of the month at the OceanPines Community Center. Guests and new members are welcome to attend.

ROTARY CLUB SHOWS APPRECIATIONOcean City/Berlin Rotary Club President Arlan Kinney, center, presents a donation to Ocean CityLions Club representatives Dr. Christopher Takacs, left, and Lee Keefer in appreciation of their helpand assistance during the Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club annual Christmas tree sale. The OceanCity/Berlin Rotary Club meetings are held Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. in the Captain’s Table Restau-rant in the Courtyard by Marriott on 15th Street.

TEENS PREPARE FOR MISSION TRIPYouth at Community Church at Ocean Pines are preparing for their annual mission trip to the Ap-palachia area. This is the 10th year the students and their adult advisors will be traveling into Ap-palachia to make home repairs. Their goal is to make homes warmer, safer, and drier and to sharethe love of Christ with the families they meet. To raise money for the trip, the group is selling Hammerand Tool Box certificates. Hammer certificates cost $10 and Tool Box certificates cost $25. Eachteam member must earn $250 toward the cost of the trip. Anyone interested in supporting theyouth may contact Louise Lassiter, adult advisor, at 410-430-0284. (Above) Seated, from left, areDevynn Detzer, Connor Neville and Dylan Kerkovich; and standing, Tyler VanSice, Lucas Duker, ErinSmith and Omar Hernandez.


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■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites,Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.ocmdrestau-rants. com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations ac-cepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / WesternCaribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gour-met and tasty liquid desserts. ■ ADOLFO’S, 806 S. Baltimore Ave., Ocean City410-289-4001 / www.oc-adolfos.com / $$ / V-MC-AE / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / Northern and southern Italian dishes,prepared fresh daily. Quiet, intimate atmospherefor couples, room for large families or choose toenjoy our outside seating with views of the inlet.■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street, OceanCity 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com /$-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Children’s menu / Full bar / Open year-round. En-tire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.,seven days a week. Daily specials, daily duckfeeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Fridayand Saturday. No cover. Available for parties andbanquets. Indoor and outdoor dining.■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAU-RANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94th Street, Ocean City410-524-3983 / www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar /Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi barwith beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take outand delivery available. Open Monday-Friday,11:30 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon.■ BOMBORA RESTAURANT BAR & LOUNGE,Beach Plaza Hotel, 13th Street & the Board-walk, Ocean City 410-289-9121 / www.bombo-raoc.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservationsaccepted / Full bar / Experience panoramicoceanfront views, vivid flavors and inspiring pre-sentations with contemporary world cuisine in-fused with Asian and Latin flavors — all under thedirection of Executive Chef Arturo Paz.■ BROTHER’S BISTRO, 12th Street and theBoardwalk, in the Howard Johnson Hotel,Ocean City 443-664-6763 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS/ No reservations required / Children’s menu /Full bar / Enjoy the spectacular views of the At-lantic Ocean from our dining room inside andout. Handmade brick oven pizza, pasta, subsand salads. Live music. Open year-round.■ BURGER’S SURFS UP, 54th Street, OceanCity 410-723-2007 / www.surfsupcafe.com / $/ V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Great atmosphere for lo-cals and tourists. Child friendly. New, refreshingtwist on a surf bar. Great food, great drinks, ex-cellent happy hour.■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15th Streetand the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-7192 /www.captainstableoc.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / Family-owned, serving fine seafood,steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Court-yard by Marriott. Open 7 days a week, servingbreakfast, lunch and dinner.■ CINNABON, Ninth Street and Boardwalk,Ocean City 410-289-1268 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS /No reservations required / Homemade icecream, real fruit smoothies, fresh bakedCinnabons and coffee.■ DEVITO’S ITALIAN DELI AND SUB SHOP,143rd Street, Ocean City 410-250-1122 / $ / V-MC / No reservations required / Italian cold cutspizza, sandwiches and subs for lunch and dinner.■ DOUGH ROLLER, 4 Ocean City locations /DoughRollerRestaurants.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Children’s menu / OC’s favorite familyrestaurant for more than 30 years. Servingbreakfast, lunch and dinner. Award-winning freshdough pizza is our specialty. Highway locations:41st and 70th streets. Boardwalk stores: SouthDivision and Third streets.■ DUFFY’S TAVERN, 130th Street, MontegoBay Shopping Center, Ocean City 410-250-1449 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations re-quired / Children’s menu / Full bar / Unique Irishtavern serving the best steaks, seafood and over-stuffed sandwiches. A local’s favorite with au-thentic Irish specialities, including shepard’s pieand corned beef and cabbage. Outdoor seatingavailable. Open for lunch and dinner.

■ EXPRESS CAFE, 4 Somerset St., Ocean City410-289-1202 / www.ocexpresscafe.com / $ /V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Espresso bar, homemade sandwiches, crepesand fresh salads.■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60thStreet on the bay, Ocean City 410-524-5500 /www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reserva tions accepted in the dining room only /Children’s menu / Full bar / Upscale restauranton the bay. Casual fine dining, fresh fish, primerib and seafood. Lighter fare menu served on ourdecks or inside.■ FAT DADDY’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City 410-524-8228 / 216 S. Baltimore Ave., Ocean City410-289-4040 / www.fatdaddysOCMD.com / $-$$ / V-MC / No reservations required / Beeravailable / Family owned since 1995. Famoussubs, pizza, deli sandwiches, wings and gardensalads. Delivery, dine in or carry out.■ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES, 64th Street,Ocean City 410-723-4411 / White Marlin Mall,West Ocean City 410-213-1477 / www.fiveguys.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations re-quired / Award-winning eatery known for itsfresh, juicy burgers and tasty hot dogs with achoice of more than a dozen free toppings. Add agenerous pile of fresh-cut french fries and youknow why Five Guys is an area favorite!■ FRESCO’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City 410-524-8202 / www.ocfrescos.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’smenu / Full bar / On the bay, serving seafood,steaks and pasta in an intimate atmosphere.Reservations highly recommended.■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66th Street,Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$-$$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Contem-porary restaurant offering light fare and fullentrees. Award- winning wine list, signaturedrinks and cocktails.■ GIUSEPPE O’LEARY, Sunset Avenue, WestOcean City 410-213-2868 /www.submarinaoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /No reservations required / Beer, wine / Featuringhomemade Italian and Irish cuisine in a cozy at-mosphere. Open Tuesday-Sunday. Happy hour,Tuesday-Friday, 4-7 p.m.■ GREENE TURTLE NORTH, 116th Street,Ocean City 410-723-2120 / www.thegreenetur-tle.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations re-quired / Children’s menu / Full bar / The Turtle,est. 1976, is an Ocean City tradition with afriendly staff, great food and something for every-one! Menu favorites are homemade crab cakes,kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more!Featuring weekday lunch specials and happyhour, 50 high-def flat screen TVs, game room,gift shop, carry out, party trays, nightly drink spe-cials, Keno, MD lottery, DJs with dance floor.Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., year-round.■ HALL’S SEAFOOD & STEAK, 60th Street,Ocean City 410-524-5008 / www.Halls-OC.com/ $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted /Children’s menu / Full bar / Serving Ocean City’sfinest breakfast buffet and all-you-can-eat sea-food buffet. Open 7 days a week, all summer.New menu serving old favorites and new treats.■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Har-bor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 /www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Casual waterfront dining, seafood, steaks,sandwiches and “Original Orange Crush.” Enter-tainment nightly.■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR,Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del.www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfrontrestaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish,seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eatAlaskan crab legs. Open year-round.■ HAWAIIAN CRAB BAR & GRILL, 37314Lighthouse Road, Selbyville, Del. 302-436-9800 / facebook.com/ HawaiianCrab / $-$$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Children’smenu / Full bar / Waterfront dining, AUCE crabs,steaks, seafood and burgers. Food and drinkspecials.■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17thStreet, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites,Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdrestau-

rants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservationsaccepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Elegantdining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Sea-food, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, pork chops,grilled pineapple, banana fritters, entree salads.■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54, Fen-wick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Carry-outavailable / Full bar / Casual dining, daily happyhour and daily food specials. Live entertainment.■ HOOTERS OF OCEAN CITY, 123rd Street,Ocean City 410-250-7081 / www.hootersofoc.com/ $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / World-famous Hootersgirls invite you to 123rd Street bayside. Openseven days a week. There is nothing better thanwatching the big game on our new LCD flatscreen TVs, while enjoying our world-famouswings and washing them down with a cocktail orcold draft beer. Our more-than-a-mouthful burgerspeaks for itself. Soups, salads, sandwiches anda variety of seafood choices.■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT,101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535 /www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45) / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Open tables /Children’s menu / Full bar / Proud to have ChefShawn Reese creating beach-inspired dishes inboth oceanfront restaurants, Horizons andBreaker’s Pub. New all-day menu, available11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., features many favorites,as well as exciting new creations with a localflare. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open year-round and AUCE prime rib, crab legs andseafood buffet available most weekends. ■ HOUSE OF WELSH, 1106 Coastal Highway,Fenwick Island, Del. 1-800-311-2707 /www.houseofwelsh.net / $, $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Specializing in steaks and seafood. Opendaily. Happy hour all day and night. Entertain-ment Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sun-days. Casual attire.■ HUBBA’S, 123rd Street Shopping Center,Ocean City 410-250-3230 /www.hubbasinoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Fam-ily owned and operated. Featuring homemadesoups and salads, pit beef, ham, turkey, paninis,barbecued ribs platters and more. Overstuffedsandwiches and subs. Dine in or carry out. Openseven days. Daily lunch and dinner specials. Re-laxed atmosphere and reasonable prices.■ JIMMY’S KITCHEN, Ocean Bay Plaza, Fen-wick Island, Del. 302-537-2423 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu/ Start your day with a little sunshine! Greatdiner-style food at reasonable prices. Fast,friendly service. Serving breakfast and lunch,6:30 a.m.-till.■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street, OceanCity 410-524-7499 / www.johnnys56.com / $ /V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Pizza, subs, wings, sal-ads, beer, live music, high definition TVs, surf,movies, BlueRay.■ JR’S THE ORIGINAL PLACE FOR RIBS, 61stand 131st streets, Ocean City 410-250-3100,410-524-7427 / www.jrsribs.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / The place for ribs since 1981. Family-friendly dining. Angus steaks, jumbo lump crabcakes, prime rib, seafood, chicken. Early bird.■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street, OceanCity 410-524-3396 / www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$/ V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Local fare, global flair.Fresh seafood year-round, fresh local produce.■ LAYTON’S, 16th Street, Ocean City 410-289-6635 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations re-quired / Children’s menu / Breakfast served allday, featuring pancakes, french toast and break-fast sandwiches. Daily lunch specials. Carryoutavailable. Established in 1959.■M.R. DUCKS, 311 Talbot St., Ocean Citywww.mrducks.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Burgers, fresh fish sandwiches along withother bar food favorites. Come by boat, car orbike. Always a cool drink waiting for you. Live en-tertainment on weekends.■ OC WASABI, 33rd Street, Ocean City 410-524-7337 / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations ac-cepted / No children’s menu / Beer, wine /Sushi in a traditional Japanese atmosphere. Spe-cializing in teriyaki and tempura.■ P.G.N. CRABHOUSE, 29th Street, Ocean City410-289-8380 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservationsrequired / Children’s menu / Beer, wine / TheKaouris family has been serving the finest crabs,

seafood, steaks and chicken to Ocean City localsand visitors since 1969.■ PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE, 20th Street, OceanCity 410-289-6821 / www.phillipsseafood.com /$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Children’s menu / Full bar / The original Phillips,serving the finest seafood since 1956. Completewith all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, a la cartemenu and carryout counter. Daily early bird spe-cials and plenty of free parking.■ PHILLIPS SEAFOOD HOUSE, 141st Street,Ocean City 410-250-1200 /www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /No reservations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Just minutes to the Delaware line. All-you-can-eat seafood buffet, a la carte menu and car-ryout counter. Daily early bird specials and plentyof free parking.■ PONZETTI’S PIZZA, 144th Street, Ocean Citywww.ponzettispizza.com / $ / MC / No reserva-tions required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Ital-ian dinners, subs and homemade pizza. Happyhour Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. Sports bar,live music on weekends. Light fare served till 1a.m. Carry out available.■ REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT, 67th Street, inthe Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ /V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Tableside flambé dining.Casually elegant, cuisine prepared tableside inthe European tradition. Private dining rooms.Eclectic chef’s specials accompanied by anaward-winning wine list.■ SCHOONERS, 91st Street, in the PrincessRoyale, Ocean City 410-524-7777 /www.princessroyale.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Oceanfront dining. Early bird, happy hourspecials daily. Specials in the lounge. Children’smenu available. Open year-round.■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu/ Full bar / Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Ja-maican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches,paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.■ SHENANIGAN’S IRISH PUB, Fourth Streetand the Boardwalk, in the Shoreham Hotel,Ocean City 410-289-7181 / www.ocshenani-gans.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reserva-tions required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Sitback and enjoy our two-fisted sandwiches andour frozen drink favorites, all from our oceanfrontdeck or our fine dining room. Always kid friendlywith our special children’s menu. Live entertain-ment with no cover charge. So sing along … you’llfind an open Irish invitation. Late-night menuavailable.■ SMITTY McGEE’S, 37234 Lighthouse Road,West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 /www.smittymcgees.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / No children’s menu / Fullbar / Casual. Big menu, including hot wings anddrinks.■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (across fromSea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $, $$ / V-MC-AE/ No reservations required / Children’s menu /Full bar / Seafood, kids’ menu, happy hour spe-cials. Lunch and dinner daily. Breakfast buffet onweekends.■ THE STERLING SEAFOOD GRILL & OYSTERBAR, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Ocean-front, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocm-drestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Fabulous raw bar serving the freshest rawoysters and clams, steamed shrimp, crab legs,mussels and oyster stew, made to order. “Freshoff the grill” items include rockfish, tuna, mahimahi and salmon. Happy hour specials daily, 4-6p.m.■WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OC Square,Ocean City 410-524-2609 /www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Old World saloon-type feel, Whisker’s is fa-mous for its Certified Angus® burgers and deli-cious casual fare, as well as its entertainingatmosphere and photo lined walls of famous andinfamous “whiskers.” Enjoy flat screen TVs towatch your favorite sports. Open year-round,11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch and dinnerdaily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m. Nightly foodspecials.

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Hair Stylist If you love whatyou do, come have fun andwork for us! We are a full serv-ice family salon and a PaulMitchell Signature Salon? Appli-cants must possess a valid MDcosmetology license. Pleasecall Lisa at 973-309-2490.

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Excavator Operator - Neededin OC area, SHA work, goodscale pay, valid driver’s lic.needed, exp. req’d. Call 1-800-760-7325 or email resume [email protected].

Position Available for Carpen-ter’s Helper, experience neces-sary. MUST have a validdriver’s license. Apply in per-son. 410-352-5681, Ext. 100.

SALES - IMMEDIATE OPEN-INGS for energetic/outgoingpeople to join sales staff. Travelin teams to trade shows. $100/day plus commissions. Call443-664-6038.

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Johnny’s PizzaDelivery Drivers, Waitressesand Busboys Needed. Re-sumes and References a Plus.Call 410-430-1746

Restaurant Manager for highvolume Ocean City restaurant.Proficiency in computer mar-keting applications, Digital din-ing POS system a plus.Experience in all phases ofrestaurant operation. Salary,benefits, bonus for upbeat, pos-itive, people-oriented individual.Send resume to: PO Box 838,Ocean City, Md. 21843

Sous Chef/Line Cook for highvolume restaurant. Salary,health benefits and profit shar-ing for an upbeat, positive, peo-ple oriented individual. Sendresume to P.O. Box 838, OceanCity, MD 21843.

PT Salesperson: NOC. JewelryStore. Must be flexible for dif-ferent hours, incl. weekends.References required. Applyweekends at Ideas Unlimited,2nd Floor, Clarion Hotel, 10100Coastal Hwy., OC.

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WOC 3rd Fl. Efficiency Apt.Nicely furn. Utils. incl. W/D.Views of the bay & OC shore-line. $650/mo. Call 410-213-7085.

2BR/2BA Bayfront Condowith canal on side. AvailableMemorial Day to Labor Day -Seasonal, Monthly or Weekly.Responsible tenants only. Callfor rates. 410-535-6256.

Y/R West OC “ONLY 2 LEFT”newly renovated spacious 2BR/1BA Apts. for rent $850/mo.410-213-1900 or 410-726-7965.

YR, OC Home. 94th St. 5/6BR,2.5BA. $1800/mo. + utils. De-posit req’d. No pets. 1 blockfrom public boat ramp. 410-251-1793 or 410-251-0380.

YR 1BR/1BA Apt. Berlin area.Partially furnished. All utilitiesincl., W/D. No smoking/pets.$875/mo. Call 410-430-5819.

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YR, 1BR/1BA Apt. Berlin area.Partially furnished. All utilitiesincl. W/D. No smoking or pets.$875/mo. Call 410-430-5819.

OC Summer Seasonal RentalWaterfront Single Family BeachHouse w/boat/dockage. 3BR/2BA. Newly renovated/remod-eled. $16,000 + utilities + secu-rity deposit. Full payment req’dbefore move-in. May 15th thruSept. 16th. No smoking or pets.Call 410-726-8611.

YR Ocean PinesFurn., 3/4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, W/D,DW, 1 car garage. Availableimmed. $1200/mo. + utilities +sec. dep. No smoking or pets.Call 240-381-9112.

Ocean Pines Room for Rent$400 a month. 1/2 mile fromCasino. No smoking or pets.410-812-3202.

OCeAn CitY, YR, 139thStReet, BAYSide. 1BR/2BAUnfurnished Condo. No Pets.No Smoking. $750/month +utilities and sec. deposit. CallLarry 410-250-2700.

2BR/1BA Apartment $725 amonth + utilities. Must havereferences. 443-664-2992 or410-289-5335.

Rental Starting at $900 amonth in Berlin. Call BuntingRealty, Inc. 410-641-3313.

Rooms For Rent! Sm. rms.$85 / Lg. rms. $100 / JumboEff. $150. Furnished and all util-ities and cable TV included. Call410-430-1746.

WOC…Silver Point Lane…YearRound (or seasonal) 4 bdrm-2bath Home w/yard, sunroom,gas fireplace, large kitchen,$1350/mo. Call 410-213-8090.

Country Cabin: 2BR/1BA. Gasheat, W/D. No pets. Berlin/OParea. $750/month, year round.410-430-0587.

high School Seniors! BeachWeek units available. HotelRooms, Apartments and Houses,great variety from 2 to 12 per-sons. Low deposit and easypayment plans. Call 1-877-627-6667 (1-877-ocrooms) for de-tails or visit our Web site atwww.ocrooms.com.

high School Seniors Rooms &Apts. Weekly rate starting at$349. 10% Discount with men-tioning of this ad. Call 443-664-2379.

Furnished Winter Condo,large 2 story, 3BR/2BA, baysideOC. W/D, DW, off street park-ing. No pets. $700/mo. + util.Sec. dep. Call Sandy, 201-410-1094 or 201-288-0500 x230.

Selbyville. 3BR/2.5 BA. Offstreet parking. W/D, Dish-washer, C/A. Lawn care in-cluded. $900/month. Call 302-236-4344.

Summer Seasonal Rentalsfrom $5500. Winter and yearround rentals available from$700 monthly. Resort Rentals,4600 Coastal Hwy. 410-524-0295.

Year Round Rentals in OceanCity, Ocean Pines and Salis-bury. Please call 410-524-0900or visit our Web site at:www.oceancityresortproper-ties.com.

ROOMMAteS

Rooms For Rent! Sm. rms.$85 / Lg. rms. $100 / JumboEff. $150. Furnished and all util-ities and cable TV included. Call410-430-1746.

Roommate Wanted to sharenewly remodeled Condo inNorth Ocean City. 3BR/2BA,W/D, central air/heat. $350/mo.+ 1/3 utilities. 305-305-1111.

FSBO townhouse in familyoriented Caine Woods: 2BR/2BA, balcony, deck, FP, 2-cargarage, pool. $265,000. Shownby appt. 410-250-5566.

FSBO - 7BR/4BA, 3900’ Home.91st St., 4 blks from CoastalHwy. 1 blk. from public boatramp. Sold as is. $279,900. Call410-251-1793 or 410-251-0380.

new Listing - Waterfront Lot.Minutes to Fenwick/OCbeaches. $120,000. howardMartin Realty 410-352-5555.

home with Garage on one-half acre. Move-in condition.

Showell School district.$168,000. howard Martin

Realty, 410-352-5555.

COMMeRCiAL

Rent: OFFICES 9X12 & 14X14$250 ea. w/all utilities/Internet& office furniture as needed.West Ocean City. 443-497-0057.

Stores for Rent - Boardwalkstores for rent. 11th Streetavailable now for season! 1 setup for restaurant. For details443-783-5177.

Store For Rent - 12th St.Steps from the boardwalk.500 sq. ft. 443-783-0469

Self-Storage Units on Route50. Various sizes starting at$85 a month. 800 sq.ft. startingat $325 a month. Call Bill 301-537-5391.

Warehouse Space in Bishopville

1500 sq.ft., 18’ high ceilings,bath & 200 amp service.

3,500 sq.ft. 3 units each of 1867 sq.ft. Warehouse/Office space available.

443-497-4200

Beauty Salon/Barber Shop/Spa Location in Teal MarshPlaza, Rt. 611, across fromFood Lion. 1400sf. Will build tosuit. Rent varies depending onbuild out requirements. Startingat $900/month.

Call Dale at 443-736-5589 [email protected].

FOR Rent: West OC Office/Warehouse, 1000 sq. ft., $450per month. 443-235-4851

teal MarshRt. 611, across from Food Lion.Office/Retail/Other. Now only$900/month. 1400sf.

Ocean PinesMini Plaza, next to Parts Plus.Great location, many uses.Rent reduced to $900/month.

Call Dale, 443-736-5589 or e-mail [email protected]

two Units Available Rt. 50 in West Ocean City.

1,800 sq.ft. Office/Retail Space1,728 sq.ft. Office/Retail Space

443-497-4200

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Bishopville Movers inc. Fast,reliable service. 410-352-5555.

new to Area. Mature semi-retired female from HowardCo. area w/reasonable pricesfor residential cleaning. Greatrefs. Please call Miss Vera’sCleaning @ 410-935-4891 formore information.

FOR SALE

nordic track Pro Ski exerciser. Excellent Condition.$200/obo. Large Dog Kennel

by Precision. Never used.$100. 410-213-0102,

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Full Color Led Sign 6’3”x3’3”.Brand new in box. High quality.$23,000. Call 443-497-3936.

POWeR WASheR Industrialw/Hana motor. 3000psi. 150’ ofhose, spray gun. 24’ ladder &disc. Sprayer. $1000/obo. 410-603-5038.

Season Firewood, 1/2 cord$75, cord $145, 3 loads at $475(this is close to 4 cords) Deliv-ered. Call at anytime, 7 days aweek. 302-841-5850 and askfor Roy.

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AUCTIONS

The Contents of Mini StorageUnits: L-2; O-24; O-29; O-44;O-52; O-59; O-151; O-152;O-171; O-175; B-11; B-33; B-60; B-73; B-85; B-86; S-43;S-67; B-108, will be sold atpublic auction due to non-payment of rent. Items to besold: furniture, tools, fishingitems, glassware, toys, cloth-ing, variety of everything.DATE: Feb. 25, 2012TIME: 9am#1 Starting @ Berlin Mini

Storage#2 Route 611#3 Route 50TERMS: Cash OnlyAUCTIONEER: Tom

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Midtown YR 3BR/1.5BA

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deposit, references required

and credit check. NO PETS.

Vic 410-422-5164

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144 NAUTICAL LANECall Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes 800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

Montego Bay [email protected]

www.montegobayrealty.com

MONTEGO BAY COMMUNITYThis 2BR/1BA home is located in the Montego Bay neighborhood in North OceanCity. Situated on a 40’ x 90’ lot this propertyfeatures a large screened in porch, centralair, gas heat, a full size washer & dryer and a 2-car parking pad. Upgrades include ceramic tile counter-tops, newer appliancesand laminate flooring. Montego Bay offerspools, tennis, shuffleboard and miniaturegolf all for just $214 a year. The property issold in-fee with a deeded lot with no groundrent or ground lease attached. Offered at $150,000 furnished.

Call Michael “Montego Mike” Grimes 800-745-5988 • 410-250-3020108 S. Ocean Drive • Ocean City, MD

Montego Bay [email protected]

STEPS TO THE BEACHThis 2 BR/2 BA 1st floor oceanblock condo isone building off the beach and is within easywalking distance to the busline and restau-rants. The unit offers southern exposure andfeatures an open floorplan, a private deck,updated kitchen and bathrooms, a breakfastbar, a master bath with a jetted tub, centralair and a washer & dryer. There is also as-signed off-street parking. Sold furnished. Offered at $248,900.

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