GOING GREEN - County making effort to recycle office paper. Page 10 READY FOR A BIG SEASON - Players on the Plymouth Tube Company team enjoy their ride through the Delmar Little League’s parade last Saturday. The league celebrated its 50th anniversary with the parade and opening day ceremony. See additional pictures, page 52. Photo by Mike McClure SEEKING ACCREDITATION - Area high school to be visited next week by team from Middle States Association. Page 13 By Mike McClure By Pat Murphy 6
By Mike McClure The Laurel School Board discussed the proposed 10-percent cut in the fis- cal year 2008 budget for school dis- tricts statewide during its meeting last Wednesday. If the cut goes through, the Laurel School District is looking at operational budget cuts of $185,204 and the lay off of 28 staff members. Acting superintendent Linda Schenck said the state’s budget for FY 2008-2010 was presented at the month- ly chief’s meeting and was “very grim.” At the meeting, superintendents were given the task of cutting 10 per- cent of their budget. The figure started at eight percent and went as high 12 percent before settling on 10 percent. The Delaware Economic Financial Advisory Committee (DEFAC) report indicated that a financial downturn in the state’s economy took place in March. As a result, the state is looking at a projected deficit of $146,290,062 SCHOOL REFERENDUM SET - Laurel School Board votes to hold a tax referendum. The date for the referendum will be set later. Page 3 GOING GREEN - County making effort to recycle office paper. Page 10 STUDENT ACTORS - High school drama club ends the year on a comic note. Page 12 SEEKING ACCREDITATION - Area high school to be visited next week by team from Middle States Association. Page 13 BENEFIT AUCTION - Nanticoke Health Services held its annual auction and dinner last week at Heritage Shores, Bridgeville. Some delectable treats were among the auction items. Page 36 VOL. 12 NO. 39 50 cents THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 NEWS HEADLINES INSIDE THE STAR A UT O A LLEY 30 B USINESS 6 B ULLETIN B OARD 17 C HURCH 24 C LASSIFIEDS 32- 35 E DUCA TION 14 E NTERT AINMENT 28 F INAL WORD 55 F RANK C ALIO 54 G OURMET 40 H EAL TH 36 L ETTERS 22 L YNN P ARKS 31 M IKE B ART ON 53 M OVIES 7 O BITUARIES 26 O N THE R ECORD 39 P A T M URPHY 21 P EOPLE 16 P OLICE J OURNAL 1 1 P UZZLES 39 S NAPSHOTS 52 S OCIALS 53 S PORTS 41 - 48 T IDES 7 T ODD C ROFFORD 25 T OMMY Y OUNG 45 T ONY W INDSOR 54 V ETERANS OF WWII 8 READY FOR A BIG SEASON - Players on the Plymouth Tube Company team enjoy their ride through the Delmar Little League’s parade last Saturday. The league celebrated its 50th anniversary with the parade and opening day ceremony. See additional pictures, page 52. Photo by Mike McClure State cuts could mean loss of 28 employees in Laurel schools Continued to page five By Pat Murphy James Michael Watts, or L.J., as he is called, is a senior at Laurel High School. He is also the newest Eagle Scout to come from a long distin- guished list of area young men who have been involved in scouting. Scouting was started in Laurel around 1911. The ceremony for Watts, who is a member of Troop 90, was held Sunday, April 20, in the prayer garden he built as his Eagle Scout project at Christ United Methodist Church, Laurel. More than 60 family members and friends attended the ceremony. Former Scout and master of cere- monies Bill Hitch told the audience, “Only one person in four, will become a Scout, but interesting to know is that among leaders in business, religion and politics, three of four are former Scouts.” Hitch added that two of every 100 Scouts reach the rank of Eagle Scout. They use the skills they learn “sometimes in their lives to save others and many credit it with saving their own life,” he added. The invocation was given by Star Scout Joey Yawn and Watts was intro- Scout built prayer garden to get Eagle badge Continued to page four Morning Star celebrates anniversary This week, Morning Star Publications cele- brates its 12th anniversary. Thank you to the advertisers and readers for making the Seaford and Laurel Star newspapers the largest paid cir- culation newspapers in western Sussex County.
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By Mike McClure
The Laurel School Board discussedthe proposed 10-percent cut in the fis-cal year 2008 budget for school dis-tricts statewide during its meeting lastWednesday. If the cut goes through,the Laurel School District is looking atoperational budget cuts of $185,204
and the lay off of 28 staff members.Acting superintendent Linda
Schenck said the state’s budget for FY2008-2010 was presented at the month-ly chief’s meeting and was “verygrim.” At the meeting, superintendentswere given the task of cutting 10 per-cent of their budget. The figure startedat eight percent and went as high 12
percent before settling on 10 percent.The Delaware Economic Financial
Advisory Committee (DEFAC) reportindicated that a financial downturn inthe state’s economy took place inMarch. As a result, the state is lookingat a projected deficit of $146,290,062
SCHOOL REFERENDUM SET - Laurel SchoolBoard votes to hold a tax referendum. The date forthe referendum will be set later. Page 3
GOING GREEN - County making effort to recycleoffice paper. Page 10
STUDENT ACTORS - High school drama clubends the year on a comic note. Page 12
SEEKING ACCREDITATION - Area high school tobe visited next week by team from Middle StatesAssociation. Page 13
BENEFIT AUCTION - Nanticoke Health Servicesheld its annual auction and dinner last week atHeritage Shores, Bridgeville. Some delectable treatswere among the auction items. Page 36
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INSIDE THE STARAUTO ALLEY 30BUSINESS 6BULLETIN BOARD 17CHURCH 24CLASSIFIEDS 32- 35EDUCATION 14ENTERTAINMENT 28FINAL WORD 55FRANK CALIO 54GOURMET 40HEALTH 36LETTERS 22LYNN PARKS 31 MIKE BARTON 53MOVIES 7
OBITUARIES 26ON THE RECORD 39PAT MURPHY 21PEOPLE 16POLICE JOURNAL 11PUZZLES 39SNAPSHOTS 52SOCIALS 53SPORTS 41 - 48TIDES 7TODD CROFFORD 25TOMMY YOUNG 45TONY WINDSOR 54VETERANS OF WWII 8
READY FOR A BIG SEASON - Players on the Plymouth Tube Company team enjoy their ride through the Delmar LittleLeague’s parade last Saturday. The league celebrated its 50th anniversary with the parade and opening day ceremony. Seeadditional pictures, page 52. Photo by Mike McClure
James Michael Watts, or L.J., as heis called, is a senior at Laurel HighSchool. He is also the newest EagleScout to come from a long distin-guished list of area young men whohave been involved in scouting.Scouting was started in Laurel around1911.
The ceremony for Watts, who is a
member of Troop 90, was held Sunday,April 20, in the prayer garden he builtas his Eagle Scout project at ChristUnited Methodist Church, Laurel.More than 60 family members andfriends attended the ceremony.
Former Scout and master of cere-monies Bill Hitch told the audience,“Only one person in four, will becomea Scout, but interesting to know is thatamong leaders in business, religion and
politics, three of four are formerScouts.” Hitch added that two of every100 Scouts reach the rank of EagleScout. They use the skills they learn“sometimes in their lives to save othersand many credit it with saving theirown life,” he added.
The invocation was given by StarScout Joey Yawn and Watts was intro-
Scout built prayer garden to get Eagle badge
Continued to page four
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The Laurel School Board unanimouslyapproved plans for a major capital im-provement referendum during its meetinglast Wednesday. The board also received areport from the Western Sussex Academyand recognized the district’s teachers ofthe year.
The board voted, 5-0, in favor of a ma-jor capital improvement referendum planthat was recommended by Studio JAEDand revised by the board at a special meet-ing. The referendum date has yet to be de-termined.
The referendum plans are to: • Construct a middle and high school
complex for grades six through 12 on theexisting high school site
• Demolish the existing high school • Construct a new multi-purpose stadi-
um on the existing high school property• Construct a new elementary complex
for grades pre-kindergarten through fiveon the existing North Laurel property
• Demolish existing Laurel Intermedi-ate/Middle School building and currenttechnology building (except the original1921 portion) while maintaining and keep-ing the library and cafeteria/kitchen areas
• Salvage usable materials before de-molishing existing stadium and track oncurrent middle/intermediate schools’ prop-erty
• Renovate the 1921 portion of existingintermediate/middle Schools for a commu-
nity center and district administrative of-fices.
The district also plans to: •Demolish the existing North Laurel
School • Offer Paul Laurence Dunbar school to
a non-profit organization for use. The or-ganization must have the financial abilityto properly maintain the facility. The dis-trict would keep the property as a potentialfuture building site.
• Declare the existing district adminis-trative office building as a surplus proper-ty.
Giving students a second chanceMaria Levitsky, a Western Sussex
Academy social worker, made a presenta-tion to the board during Wednesday’smeeting. The Laurel School District’s al-ternative school is located next to the Lau-rel Middle School and is home to 15 spe-cial education students from the Laurel,Woodbridge, Delmar and Seaford schooldistricts.
Levitsky said the school allows studentswho were kicked out of their homeschools to be given a chance to work theirway back to their old school. She addedthat there is a misconception that bad kidsattend the school.
WSA student A.J. Hammond told theboard that he was nervous when he firstwent to the school and that he didn’t likeschool.
“Now I’m not nervous and I like goingto school,” Hammond said.
Levitsky told the board that the schoolis for special education students as well asfor students who have behavior and atten-dance problems.
“It’s an incredible school,” said actingsuperintendent Linda Schenck, who wasthe principal at Laurel Middle Schoolwhen the school came to its current loca-tion in 1997.
“I give all the credit to the staff thatmakes it successful. We didn’t even talkabout graduation rate back then. I am soproud of what that has become becausethere are a lot of students that have goneback to their home schools.”
The board also recognized the fol-lowing district teacher of the year nomi-nees: Dawn Williams, Robert Todd, Bri-an Swain, Terry Phelps and Teyra Bar-row.
From left are the Laurel School District’s teacher of the year nominees: Brian Swain, Lau-rel Intermediate; Terry Phelps, Laurel Middle School; Dawn Williams, P.L. Dunbar; TeyraBarrow, Laurel High School; and Robert Todd, North Laurel. Photo by Mike McClure
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duced by Life Scout Jack Blackwell."This prayer garden has touched my
heart,” said special speaker and committeechairman, Jim Bradley. “This is a fineyoung man, he definitely is an EagleScout. He has shown his love of the Lordat church, in school, at campouts and inhis travels. He is one who has made theBoy Scouts of America proud.”
A book of letters of appreciation weregiven to Watts. Many of the letters wereread aloud, including one from PresidentGeorge Bush.
Watts credits Delmar scoutmasterDonald Dunn for getting him involved in
scouting more than six years ago. He alsocredited friends Fred Applegate and JackBlackwell for teaching him to not give up.
“A lot of hard work got me to thispoint,” said Watts. “You have to want anddesire something with your own self-moti-vation. People can only do so much foryou.”
Watts is an active member of ChristUnited Methodist Church in Laurel. Hisparents are Sherrie and Jim Watts ofLaurel.
Watts hopes to attend North CarolinaState University and study chemical engi-neering.
Watts ‘made Boy Scouts proud’Continued from page one
New Eagle Scout L.J. Watts stands with his parents, Jimmy and Sherrie Watts, in the prayergarden that he built at Christ United Methodist Church, Laurel. On right is Jim Bradley, com-mittee chairman. Photo by Pat Murphy
By Tony E. Windsor
The town of Laurel is taking an activerole in working with both the LaurelChamber of Commerce and the LaurelHistorical Society to place a focus on theredevelopment of its historic downtownbusiness area.
Town manager Bill Fasano presented areport to the Laurel Town CouncilMonday night regarding meetings heldbetween the twocivic groups and thetown to discuss astrategy for redevel-oping the historicdistrict.
Fasano said as aresult of the meet-ings, it has been rec-ommended that thecouncil consider theestablishment of aHistoric Preservation Committee. Thecommittee, according to Fasano, wouldwork closely with the town’s Planning andZoning and Economic Development com-mittees to develop strategies for preservingthe cultural resources of Laurel’s historicdowntown area.
Fasano said several names have beenforwarded to Mayor John Shwed to beconsidered for appointment to the Historic
Preservation Committee.Also, Fasano reported that minor work
has been planned for Laurel Town Hall.The work, which will start in the comingweeks, will be done in three phases, thefirst of which will focus around the area atthe entrance of the building, which isoccupied by the code enforcement office.
Fasano said a former garage bay andunused stairwell located behind the townhall will be renovated and converted into
office space for thecode enforcementdirector and also tohouse code enforce-ment files.
The existing codeenforcement officewill be renovated anda reception counterand waiting area willbe added to the exist-ing office.
Fasano said future phases of the reno-vation project will include work on thesecond floor of the Town Hall to provideadditional office space, as well as help tobetter control access to the second floorarea.
The town manager explained that therenovations are being done to “helpimprove the efficiency and safety of TownHall employees and the visiting public.”
Town considers HistoricPreservation Committee
The committee would workclosely with the town’s Planningand Zoning and EconomicDevelopment committees to devel-op strategies for preserving thecultural resources of Laurel’s his-toric downtown area.
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for FY ‘08. The deficit is projected toclimb to $312,100,000 for FY ‘09.
According to Schenck, district adminis-trators were told to cut 10 percent fromtheir budgets but were not told where tocut it from. She said her number one goalis to save as many jobs as she can.
“People are struggling right now to putgas in their tanks to come to their jobs.Now there are people who are going to betold they don’t have jobs if this programgoes through,” said Schenck.
If the proposed 10 percent cut goesthrough as proposed (DEFAC was sched-uled to meet on Monday), the LaurelSchool District will have to make 28 staffreductions as well as cut $185,204 in oper-ational costs in order to make the $1.674million cut. Schenck said the operationalbudget cuts equal about three teachers’salaries.
As of last week, Schenck was waitingto hear if the 10 percent cut is still needed.If it goes through as planned she will meetwith the employees who will need to belet go before meeting with each school’sstaff to let them know how the cuts willaffect them. By statelaw all teachers mustknow their employ-ment status byMay 15.
Schenck said thecuts will make animpact on how thedistrict’s schoolsoperate. She notedthe following effectsof the cuts: increasein class size inkindergarten throughgrade 12; a violationof legislative man-dates for kinder-garten through gradethree classroomenrollment, which islimited by law to 22;a violation of legisla-tive mandate for staffing school at 98 per-cent of what it generates; and a possibleloss of the school resource officer and vis-iting teacher.
Schenck suggested a number of cuts instate mandates, which require more teach-
ers but do not include state funding to payfor the impact of the mandates. Thoseunfunded mandates include Response toIntervention (RTI), a program for studentsin kindergarten through grade six who arenot meeting standards.
“Nobody’s taking away any mandates.They’re still alive and well,” Schenck said.
Schenck also suggested that the stateput off its 502 curriculum alignment,which costs the district from $50,000 to$70,000, for another year. She also calledfor the postponement of the 2012 gradua-tion credits program, which will also resultin the district needing more staff andspending more money.
“I think it becomes our challenge as aboard and as a district and as a communityto be in communication with Rep. (Biff)Lee and Sen. (Robert) Venables,” LaurelSchool Board president Jerry White said.
White asked Laurel residents to calltheir state representatives and let themknow how the cuts will affect the schoolsand students in the community. White alsosaid the state should look at raising taxesto help bring in tax revenue.
“When it starts hitting our kids I thinkit’s time to talk to our legislative mem-
bers,” White added.“We as a districthave to stand up forwhat we think isright for our kids andwhat is happeningnow is not right.”
During the publicparticipation portionof the meeting, oneresident asked if thecuts will affect sportsand other after-school programs.Schenck said she islooking at cuttingcosts in every areaand suggested thepossibility of playinghigh school footballgames on Saturday
afternoons instead of Friday nights to saveon energy costs as well as starting tocharge non-profit groups for facilityrentals. The district is also cutting back oncolor copying, air conditioning and heat-ing.
Acting superintendent wants stateto cut out some mandatory programs
Continued from page one
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have to stand up for what we think
is right for our kids and what is
happening now is not right.’
Jerry WhitePresident, Laurel School Board
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When the Japanese attacked MidwayIsland on their way home from Pearl Har-bor in 1941, Bill Martasin called on an un-likely ally to protect himself from incom-ing shells – the island’s famous “gooneybirds.”
Commonly called gooney birds becauseof their lack of grace, especially when try-ing to land, the Laysan Albatross is thebest known resident of Midway Island,which lies about 2,200 miles east ofTokyo.
Fortunately for Martasin and others onMidway, the birds have a unique nestingritual that provided the only available cov-er on an otherwise shelter-free island.
“Thousands of gooney birds lived onthe island and they laid their eggs by dig-ging deep holes in the sand to put them in.So, they provided ready-made foxholes forus,” Martasin recalls. “We just tossed outthe eggs and dove into the foxholes whenthe Japanese attacked.”
Four months before the bombing ofPearl Harbor, Midway became a Naval AirStation. Martasin, then a civilian contrac-tor, was helping construct several build-ings on the island.
From post exchanges to bowling alleysto officers’ quarters, they were hard atwork building them all – what they didn’thave was a shelter.
“That was one of the ironies of the situ-ation – we didn’t have any cover,” he re-members. “All we had on Midway was abattalion of Marines and a whole lot ofcontract civilians. If the Japanese hadwanted to, they could have taken overMidway Island right then. Whether theycould have held it is another thing.”
At the time of the Japanese bombing ofPearl Harbor, rumors ran rampant on Mid-way Island of the type, and scope, of theattack.
Initial word was that the United Statesmainland had been attacked, along withHawaii and the Philippine Islands.
The afternoon of the attack, Martasinwas a member of the “Filthy Six,” playingin a touch football game against the“Wharf Rats.” The game, for the islandchampionship, was interrupted when bayo-net toting Marines paraded across theplaying field.”
“They just walked across the field andsaid we’d better get back to the barracksbecause the Japanese had attacked us andwe were at war,” Martasin remembers.“Sure enough, that evening the Japaneseshelled us.”
A few short weeks later, on ChristmasDay, Martasin was evacuated to Hawaii.He arrived in Pearl Harbor on New Year’sEve 1941.
“The harbor was one hell of a mess –ships were upended and there were firesthat were still smoldering,” he recalls.“The situation was tense because, at thattime, they thought the Japanese mightcome back and take the islands just likewe thought they might take Midway.”
What transpired in the Hawaiian Islandsafter the Japanese attack was a period ofmartial law. The Army was in charge, notonly of the islands, but also of the work-force.
“We, in effect, told people where towork but we would give them a choice de-
pending on their skills,” Martasin says.“And if they wanted to leave their jobs,they had to get permission from the WarManpower Commission.”
But Martasin, who was deputy directorof the commission while in Hawaii, want-ed to serve in the military. So, he did whatfew did during World War II – he volun-teered for the draft.
Feeling “a little conspicuous” walkingaround Hawaii during a time of war, Mar-tasin traveled to New York City – hishometown – and registered for the draft.
After completing officer’s candidateschool, he headed for the European The-ater of Operations. But he had no ordinaryride across the North Atlantic – Martasintraveled to the war zone with 10,000 othersoldiers aboard the Queen Mary, thelargest ship afloat at the time.
“That was quite an experience. TheQueen Mary rode without a convoy be-cause she was supposed to be fast enoughto outrun any submarines,” Martasin says.“It was a beautiful ship, even though shehad been stripped down for wartime duty.”
Arriving in Scotland, Martasin took atrain to the English Channel, where heboarded a ship and crossed into France.
Landing in La Havre in Feb. of 1945,newly-arrived soldiers loaded up into boxcars and traveled by railroad throughFrance, cheered at every stop by the newlyliberated French.
“At every station, the French came outwith little goodies and we would stop for arest,” Martasin recalls. “They would alsothrow flowers at us and give us food.”
Assigned to the fourth armored divisionof the Third United States Army, common-ly referred to as [U.S. Gen. George S.]Patton’s Third Army, Martasin began hisdrive for the Rhine River from the Alliedreplacement depot in Metz, France.
They took prisoners, liberated concen-tration camps and captured supply depotsalong the way. The war was in its last daysand many German soldiers were more thanwilling to lay down their weapons.
“The war was basically over for them,”Martasin says. “Even though the Germanshad a lot of propaganda that said theAmericans would do terrible things tothem, they knew we treated our prisonersproperly. And we did.”
Well, most of the time.“The only time we roughed up a few
prisoners was when we captured a concen-tration camp and the refugees were stillthere,” Martasin says. “We got into thecamp and all the refugees were telling usto kill those ‘son of a guns.’ We couldn’tgo killing them, of course, but I did kick afew in the butt to show that we weren’tgoing to be too kind to them.”
Martasin and the men of Patton’s ThirdArmy liberated several concentrationcamps, places where they saw countlessexamples of what Martasin describes as“man’s inhumanity to man.”
They were dark, depressing places fullof evil. But they were also places thathelped the invading forces realize exactlywhat kind of enemy they were dealingwith.
“I remember sending a picture to mywife that we had taken at one of the con-centration camps where a [small room]was just stacked with bodies,” Martasin re-members. “I guess the Germans were sav-
Memories of the concentration camps still vivid
Seaford resident Bill Martasin was on Midway Island the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.He later fought in Europe, helping liberate several concentration and prisoner of war camps.
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Patton himself, who had a well-deserved reputation as being a bitof a hard-nosed Army man.
He had a rule, which Martasinand the rest of his unit followedto the letter.
“Patton’s orders were that,when we captured a concentra-tion camp, we were to take all ofthe officials from the nearesttown, including the mayor, andwalk them through the camp sothey could see what was going onthere,” Martasin says. “A lot ofthem said they had no idea whatwas going on, which was a lot ofbunk. Of course, no one admittedthey were a Nazi.”
As Martasin’s unit continuedacross western Europe, theycrossed the Minz River near theGerman town of Aschaffenberg.At the time, they were the onlyAmerican unit east of the MinzRiver.
One evening, a task forcefrom Martasin’s unit went on a60-mile march to liberate a pris-oner of war camp. Martasin him-self was not involved that night,but tells the story as told to himby his colleagues.
“The plan was to go into thecamp with their vehicles and pickup the 300 to 400 prisoners weheard were there and bring themback to American lines,” he says.“Well, they went there and thereweren’t 300 prisoners, there were1,200 and a lot of them were inthe hospital and couldn’t travel.
“In the meantime, the Germanarmy thought it was the entirefourth armored division comingthrough and they sent two panzerdivisions down in there and dis-
persed our entire task force. Itwas just a fiasco.”
Martasin found out later thereason for the raid. Patton’s son-in-law – who Martasin says todaylives near Easton, Md., – was aprisoner at the camp.
“And they didn’t even get himbecause he was too sick to trav-el,” he says.
Martasin stayed in the Armyafter the war’s conclusion, goingon to hold a number of importantmilitary positions, including timeserved with the Joint Chiefs ofStaff and with the office of theSecretary of Defense.
But it was after he retired andmoved to Easton that he hadwhat he describes as a “one in amillion” moment.
It all revolves around a time inCzechoslovakia when, near theend of the war, Martasin was incharge of setting up a prisoner ofwar cage for members of a cap-tured Russian division that hadbeen fighting with the Germans.
Called “white Russians” be-cause of their opposition to theRed Army, the 4,000 to 5,000soldiers were to be turned over totheir comrades the following day.
“My cage was simply a greatbig field with a tank on each cor-ner and I said to the guys that if[the prisoners] wanted to escapeand go west, to just let them gobecause they were headinghome,” Martasin says. “The com-manding general of this whiteRussian division had one arm,but I have no idea what his namewas.”
Forty years later in Easton, hefound out what happened to hisformer prisoner.
“A few years after I retired, an
engineer from Delmarva Powercame by and said he heard that Ihad been in the service and thathis dad had been in charge of awhite Russian division,” Martasinsays. “I asked him if his dad hadone arm and he asked me how Iknew that.
“It turns out his father was oneof the prisoners who escaped thatnight and went to the west.Somehow he came to Americaand this was his son working asan engineer for Delmarva Pow-er.”
Today, more than 60 years
since the end of World War II,Martasin lives at the MethodistManor House content in the factthat he helped the Allies win thewar against an evil unrivaled inworld history.
“People have tried to compareWorld War II with Iraq and youjust can’t; it’s totally different,”he says. “It was obvious what wewere fighting for in World WarII. We were fighting against aguy who wanted to take over theworld and make slaves of us all.What Saddam did was child’splay compared to what Hitler
did.”Martasin moved to the Manor
House in 1994 with his wife, Su-san.
He was awarded a bronze starfor valor for his service duringWorld War II, retiring as a fullcolonel in 1966.
NOTE: Next week’s profilewill feature a Laurel woman whoworked in a manufacturing plantin Elkton, Md., during the war.She helped make detonatingequipment for shipment to thewar zones.
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Four members of the Seaford and Laurel Star staff won awardsin the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association in the 2007 Edi-torial Contest.
Newspapers enter published articles and photos for the contest.The winners were announced in April.
The Stars competed in “Division F: Non-dailies under 10,000”circulation.
Winning entries, the staff members and some of the judges’comments follow:
• Local Column: Critical Thinking, second place - Lynn R. Parksfor her column entitled, “Turn the Tide of Climate Change.”
• Series: first place - James Diehl for his series, “RememberingWorld War II Veterans.”
“Mr. Diehl does an exceptional job at getting to the heart of longago war stories that live on in World War II’s reluctant heroes.”
• General News Photo: first place - Cassie Richardson for herphoto entitled, “Scene at Galestown Pond.”
“Good composition.”
• Sports Photo: second place -Gene Bleile for his photo entitled“Making the Grab.”
• Environment article: first place - Lynn R. Parks for her articleentitled “No Grains,” about a farmer who raises grass-fed cattle.
“A great job of explaining an environmental issue through a per-sonal story.”
Star staff memberswin editorial awards
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According to the Recycling Rules web-site, one billion trees worth of paper isthrown away each year in the UnitedStates.
Chip Guy, the Sussex County public in-formation officer, felt something could bedone, in a small way, to cut back thatnumber a little – at least as far as thecounty is concerned. Plus, he was gettingtired of seeing piles of paper being thrownout every day.
Guy said it’s ironic that there is morepaper than ever, even though this is theelectronic-digital age.
And the amount of paper generated bygovernment is even more excessive withmost of it ending up shredded in the trash.
When the Delaware Solid Waste Au-thority switched to a single-stream recy-cling system, Guy saw an opportunity to
“green” the county and formulate a countyoffices recycling program.
Removing the sorting of recyclableshas made a recycling program much easi-er. Guy said county employees now have ablue recycling container placed besidetheir trash container.
Maintenance staff picks up the twocontainers and takes the recycled materialto a new Delaware Recycles center set upat the County Administrative Offices WestComplex near Route 113 in Georgetown.The center is also open to the public.
At least 75 percent of the waste gener-ated by county employees can be recycled.“Most of what we were throwing awaycould be recycled,” he said.
Ray Webb, county facilities manage-ment director, said the idea of recycling isnot new in the county, but it became im-practical when the recycled materials hadto be separated.
Now that everything can be collectedtogether and placed in one bin, that obsta-cle has been removed.
The program is expected to save thecounty money in landfill costs. With lesswaste going to the landfill, Webb said, thecounty would save on tipping fees, fuelcosts and manpower.
He said the county spent approximately$1,900 in landfill tipping fees over andabove the contract fees for waste hauling.By recycling most office waste generatedby county operations, there will be fewertrips to the landfill, Webb said.
The program got off the ground in mid-March. “Sure, the savings are nice. It’s nota lot of money, but every little big helps,”said County Council President FinleyJones of Greenwood.
“But overall, this is not about savingmoney. It’s about helping the environment,and that’s priceless.”
County hopes to save money by going greenNew curbside, single-streamrecycling comes to your home
Curbside recycling has come tohomes throughout Delaware. TheDelaware Solid Waste Authority’s sin-gle-stream program offers twice-a-month pick-ups for $6 a month.
Those taking part in the program re-ceive a 65-gallon cart and they do notneed to sort recyclables. For more in-formation, call 800-404-7080. To date,about 29,000 residents have signed up,or about 10 percent of the householdsin Delaware.
Recycling centers are placedthroughout western Sussex in eachtown. Visit www.dswa.com for a com-plete list of collection sites and whatthey accept.
County launches new websiteSussex County government on
Tuesday, April 15, launched itsnewly designed web portal, an In-ternet site that features a crisper,more appealing design, improveduser functionality and a more or-derly grouping of information.
The new design is the first ma-jor overall of the county websitein about four years. “The Coun-ty’s website is often the first pointof contact for residents and visi-tors who utilize County servicesor who are looking for the latestinformation,” said County Ad-ministrator David B. Baker.
In the mid-1990s, the Countylaunched its first website, whichfeatured little more than basiccontact information, said EddieSparpaglione, director of the In-formation Systems office.
In the years that followed, theCounty has added a host of otheramenities, including agendas andminutes, searchable propertyrecords, online maps, live stream-ing broadcasts of County govern-ment meetings, as well as audioarchives of those same meetings.
Some of the improvements tothe site include:
• A Google-based search en-gine that allows users to scan theentire site and its contents, in-cluding PDF documents
• An index of frequently re-quested County services, as wellas links to services provided byDelaware and other agencies
• An enhanced property searchprogram that will allow users tolook for property information byname, tax parcel ID, billing ad-dress and property description
• Updated, user-friendly mapsto view or download
• An expanded news section onthe front page to highlight recenthappenings in government
• Improved font sizes, whichusers can customize on each pagefor easier visibility
• A translation feature that al-lows users of different languages,including Spanish, French, Ger-man, Italian, Chinese and Japan-ese, to read the site.
The web address remainswww.sussexcountyde.gov.
Drug investigation leads to arrestOn April 18, at approximately 6:05
a.m., members of the Seaford Police De-partment executed a search warrant in the400 building of Greenside Manor Apart-ments. The raid followed a month-long in-vestigation by the department’s CriminalInvestigations Division into the allegedsale of illegal narcotics from the apartment.
Police said that marijuana, powder co-caine and ecstasy tablets, along with nu-merous drug paraphernalia items, wereseized in the raid.
Otis F. Smith, 31, Seaford, is beingcharged with possession with intent to de-liver cocaine, possession with intent to de-liver ecstasy, possession of cocaine within1,000 feet of a school, possession of ecsta-sy within 1,000 feet of a school, posses-sion of marijuana within 1,000 feet of aschool, possession of marijuana, posses-sion of cocaine, possession of ecstasy,maintaining a dwelling for keeping a con-trolled substance, and five counts of pos-session of drug paraphernalia.
Two die in crash east of LaurelThe Delaware State Police Collision
Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatalcrash that occurred Saturday, April 19, at8:26 p,m. on U.S. 9 approximately 4 mileseast of Laurel.
Police said that a 1998 Saturn stationwagon, operated by Mario Lucas, 22, ofGeorgetown, was traveling east on U.S. 9when it crossed the center line and strucka westbound 2001 Honda Accord, operatedby Mei-Yiao Lo, 69, of Salisbury, Md. Thetwo cars collided head on. The Saturn thentraveled off the south edge of the roadwayand overturned. The Accord traveled offthe north edge of the roadway into agrassy area and came to rest.
Lucas was pronounced dead at thescene. Lo and his wife, Lin Lo, 60, whowas a passenger, were airlifted to Peninsu-la Regional Medical Center, where Mr. Lolater died. His wife was being treated fornon-life threatening injuries.
All parties were wearing a seatbelt andalcohol use is unknown at this time.
Man accused of evading tollsPolice say that a Maryland man ran
through Delaware tolls 633 times withoutpaying. Frank Maier, 56, Abingdon, Md.,
who amassed $4,748 in unpaid tolls, is thetop toll violator in the history of theDelaware Department of Transportation,police said.
He faces charges of $30,000 in fees andpenalties.
Police said that fromJan. 2, 2005, throughOct.30, 2007, Maier usedthe I-95 toll plaza, which isjust north of theDelaware/Maryland line.He allegedly traveledthrough the E-ZPass-onlylanes to avoid having tostop and pay the fees.
On April 14, Maier voluntarily turnedhimself in to authorities. He was arraignedand released on a $2,000 unsecured bail.
Couple charged with traffickingOn Tuesday, April 15, the Delaware
State Police Sussex Drug Unit, SussexGovernor’s Task Force and the SeafordPolice Department completed a four-month joint investigation which led to thearrest of two Seaford residents on severaldrug related charges.
State troopers and Seaford police offi-cers executed a search warrant at a resi-dence on King Street in Seaford. Duringthe search, Jeremy Williams, 25, ofSeaford, and Cherita Roach, 29, also ofSeaford, were taken into custody.
Police said that during the search, theyseized two pounds of marijuana, some ofwhich was packaged in one ounce baggiesfor distribution, 11.2 grams of crack co-caine, digital scales, drug paraphernaliaand $677 cash.
Both Williams and Roach were arrestedfor trafficking cocaine (felony), possessionwith intent to deliver cocaine (felony),possession with intent to deliver marijuana(felony), second degree conspiracy(felony), four counts of possession of drugparaphernalia (misdemeanor), and main-taining a dwelling for keeping a controlledsubstance (felony).
Williams was arraigned and committedto Sussex Correctional Institution in lieuof $57,100 cash bond.
Roach was arraigned and committed tothe Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correc-tional Institution in lieu of $7,100 cashbond. Both suspects were also chargedwith violation of probation.
Two face drug charges after raidA Bridgeville man and a Camden man
are facing drug charges after police raideda home in the 100 block of Church Streetin Bridgeville. Charles Cephas Jr., 56,Bridgeville, and Michael Smack, 31, Cam-den, are both facing charges.
The home, located alongthe 100 block of ChurchStreet in Bridgeville, wasthe target of a two-monthinvestigation into alleged il-legal drug activity there.Delaware State Police andBridgeville Police searchedit on Monday, April 21, andfound 13 grams of allegedcrack cocaine and 12 gramsof alleged marijuana.
Smack was charged withtrafficking cocaine, posses-sion with intent to delivercocaine, possession with in-tent to deliver marijuana,maintaining a dwelling forkeeping a controlled sub-stance and possession ofdrug paraphernalia. He was committed tothe Sussex Correctional Institution in lieuof $25,000 cash bond.
Cephas was charged with maintaining adwelling for keeping a controlled sub-stance, possession of cocaine and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia. He was re-leased on $10,000 unsecured bond.
Man convicted of dumping wasteEverrett E. Thomas, of Hurlock, Md.,
has been convicted of illegally transportingsolid waste without a permit and illegallydumping clam waste in the Marshy HopeWildlife Area in Sussex County. He wasconvicted April 16 by a jury in SussexCounty Superior Court and faces incarcera-tion, fines and restitution when he is sen-tenced by Judge E. Scott Bradley in June.
In July 2007, a Sussex County residentdiscovered a large pile of decomposingclam waste at the edge of a ditch in theMarshy Hope Wildlife Area. The next day,the same resident observed a dump truckleaving the scene after it had dumped aload of clam waste nearby. Delaware De-partment of Natural Resources and Envi-ronmental Control Environmental Protec-tion Officers determined that the wasteoriginated from Seawatch International, aseafood processing operation in Milford.Thomas had been contracted to use clamwaste from the plant as hog feed. Duringthe investigation, Thomas was observeddumping clam waste into a Maryland fieldsix miles from the wildlife area.
Thomas was convicted of three countsof transporting solid waste without a per-mit, two counts of disposing of solid wastewithout a permit, and two counts of oper-ating a motor vehicle in a wildlife area.DNREC coordinated the removal of theclam waste from the Marshy HopeWildlife Area.
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The Delmar High School Drama Club’sspring production was “Death by Dessert,”a murder mystery/comedy set in New YorkCity’s Little Italy.
The play centers around two feudingfamilies, the Donnaduccis and the Ducce-donnis.
They own two competing Italian restau-rants located side by side. They share acommon wall and a landlord; that is, untilthe landlord is found dead center stagewhen the play opens.
The landlord, Marie, narrates the storyof her own murder. The story is toldthrough flashbacks so Marie participates inthe action as well as narrating her demise.Everyone is a suspect — from the old-world Italian grandmother and the mafiadon grandfather to the passionate chefsand bumbling wait staff.
The audience is presented with all thesesuspects and must try to guess the identityof the culprit at intermission. Later in theplay, they learn that the busboy from Don-
naducce’s and the busgirl from Ducce-donni’s have fallen in love and want thefamilies’ feud to end so that they can betogether. They take matters into their ownhands and kill the narrator, which ends thefeud and brings the families together toform one restaurant — Duccedonnadonna-ducce’s.
Drama advisor Lorrie Sonnier said thatthe kids really enjoyed this performance.“They wanted to end the year on a funnynote since they had tackled their first seri-ous production earlier this year,” Sonniersaid.
This play was much shorter than othersthe students have performed so it was notas challenging for the actors to remembertheir lines, Sonnier said. The greater chal-lenge for the actors was trying to “get intocharacter.”
“Each character had a very distinct,very overdone personality,” Sonnieradded.
One such character was Papa Don,played by Sean Scovell, who made his act-ing debut with this performance. Accord-
ing to Sonnier, he stole the show.“This was his first performance yet he
really set the bar for the other actors,”Sonnier said. “His excitement and enthusi-asm were contagious.”
Scovell is not in Sonnier’s drama class,which meets daily, so he had to rely on af-ter school practices to hone his role. Thiswas even more difficult for him as he wasalternating between drama and lacrossepractice after school.
Don Mathis played a leading role in themore serious production last fall and alsostarred in “Death by Dessert.” He founddramatic acting to be more challenging
than comedic acting.“With the last play, it was harder to
study and learn the lines for the part,” hesaid. “With this one it was easier to playaround with the part and do some improvi-sation.”
The actors do not just prepare for theirparts, but also take an active role in allpreparation for the performance.
They shopped at Goodwill and other lo-cations to find inexpensive costumes andmade authentic Italian desserts to have on-stage.
Cannolis were provided by Delmar Piz-za.
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Laurel officials took preliminary actionMonday night to declare a parcel of landon the west side of the town to be surplusproperty. In doing so, the town moves to-ward selling the property, which has beenappraised at $75,000.
During the Monday, April 21, meetingof Laurel Town Council, code enforce-ment officer Paul Frick told members ofthe council that he was surprised to findthe property, which has apparently goneunnoticed over the years.
“This is a significantly sized property,”Frick said. “It is an unimproved lot andactually has entrance to the propertyblocked off by telephone poles. I have re-searched and have found no records ofany plans for the parcel.”
Frick said the property is located on thecorner of Thompson and Central streetsand measures about 122 feet wide and 91feet deep. He said the property is largeenough to meet town codes for subdivi-
sion. If subdivided, the two propertiescould bring the town about $37,500 each.
Before taking any council action thatcould lead to the selling of the property,Councilman Don Phillips wanted to besure that the parcel could not be used forthe benefit of the town, including use bythe Public Works Department for possiblewater well sites.
Woody Vickers, public works supervi-sor, said his department researched allpossible needs in the area of the propertyand determined that the parcel was notneeded by the town.
The council voted unanimously to ap-prove a resolution declaring the propertysurplus municipal land. Frick explainedthat according to town ordinances, anyproperty owner whose land “physicallytouches” the property will be contactedand given first rights for purchase of theproperty before it is marketed to the gen-eral public.
Sale of unimproved lot couldmean $75,000 in town coffers
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Delmar High School’s Drama Club recently presented its spring production, ‘Death byDessert,’ a murder/mystery comedy.
By Donna Dukes-Huston
On April 7, City Theater Company ofWilmington presented “Maddie and Paul,”an interactive play that addresses the issueof teen dating violence and abuse, toninth- and tenth-grade students at DelmarHigh School.
The play opens on the first day ofschool after summer break. Maddie istelling her friends about Paul, the boy shestarted dating over the summer. Initiallyher friends are very happy for her. But asthe play unfolds, the audience begins tosee a controlling side of Paul that Mad-die’s friends have not been privy to. He issending her excessive text messages dur-ing class and demanding immediate re-sponse and then tries to control all ofMaddie’s time outside of school.
After each scene the actors remain on-stage, and representatives from City The-ater brought microphones out so that theaudience could address the actors. Theywere able to offer commentary and askquestions about the behaviors they had justwitnessed. At first the students in the audi-ence were confused about whether thepeople onstage were really Maddie andPaul or if they were actors.
“We purposely allow the students to be-
lieve that the actors are really the peoplethey are portraying,” said George Tietze,outreach coordinator for City TheaterCompany. “This added dimension helpsthe audience become more interested andinvolved in the action while also creating amore visceral reaction.”
Handing over a microphone to highschool students during any assembly is un-orthodox, but City Theater Company feelsthat doing so is the best way to present themessage and themes of this play.
“We want the students to express thepositive and correct attitudes during theirinteraction with the actors, resulting in ourmessage getting home to the students in amuch more powerful way than if an adultstood up there and simply recited what wewanted them to hear,” Tietze said. “With-out fail, at least one student stands andsays the messages we want them to hear.”
Associate principal Shawn Larrimorewas pleased with the performance as wellas the behavior of the students. “As an ad-ministrator, you always worry about whatthe kids might say in a situation like that,”he said. “But true to Delmar spirit, the stu-dents were very respectful and their ques-tions were genuine and earnest.”
Following the play, People’s Place sentcounselors into classrooms for follow-up
discussion. Leverta Bradford and HeatherTurner discussed negative patterns of be-havior which can lead to many types ofabuse. Their overall message was that inany relationship, decision-making should bea shared process.
“This allows girls to keep their powerand guys to keep respect,” said Bradford.
People’s Place is the state ofDelaware’s preferred provider for domes-tic violence counseling, according to Brad-ford. The agency was interested in bring-
ing this production to Sussex Countyschools for some time, but no state fund-ing was available. It approached Soropti-mist International of Seaford, whose mem-bers agreed to fund performances for Del-mar, Seaford, Woodbridge and SussexTech high schools. City Theater has al-ready performed in Seaford this year. “Weare very proud of what we have achievedso far and hope that this project will be-come a fixture in the health curriculum atevery high school in the state,” Tietze said.
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Representatives of the Middle StatesAssociation will be visiting Laurel HighSchool next week, as part of the highschool’s reaccreditation process. They willbe talking with students, teachers and oth-er staff members and members of theschool accreditation planning team, madeup of people from the School Improve-ment, Student Intervention and Communi-ty Relations committees.
The school is currently accredited byMiddle States. Representatives of the as-sociation last visited the school in the1999-2000 school year.
In a written explanation of the upcom-ing process, principal Dean Ivory said thataccreditation is “affirmation that theschool provides a quality of education thatthe community has a right to expect andthe education world endorses.”
“Accreditation is a means of showingconfidence in a school’s performance,” headded.
Dean said that the process will examinethe entire school and its practices, includ-ing its philosophy and goals, its programsand services, the building itself and theschool’s financial stability.
Representatives will ask students ifthey are aware of the accreditationprocess. They will also ask the studentswhat they like about the school and whatthey would like to change.
Teachers will be asked whether theschool climate fosters learning, about therole of staff members and about areas ofconcern.
Members of the planning team will beasked how the team planned for the ac-creditation process.
“Accreditation provides a means forpublic accountability,” Ivory wrote. “Theprocess validates to the public the integri-ty of a school’s programs…and assures aschool community that the school’s pur-poses are appropriate and are being ac-complished through a viable educationalprogram.”
By Daniel Richardson
The Delmar School Board had its regu-lar meeting on April 15. Board membersheard a construction update from Jim Wil-ley of George, Miles and Buhr, the archi-tectural firm handling the middle and highschool expansion project.
Willey said that the new science class-rooms are expected to be ready for occu-pation on Sept. 5. He added that the firemarshal has said that the emergencystrobe-light system was not up to standard.
The issue with the current system, ac-cording to Willey, is that it does not havean annunciator, a device which uses avoice to instruct people in an emergency.
Ring said that the school has had annu-al safety inspections for the past eightyears, conducted by the fire marshal andthe provider of the emergency system,Siemens, and there had never been a men-tion of a problem with the system untilnow. However, according to Ring, the fire
marshal is now requiring that the schoolpurchase the annunciator for the auditori-um and the cafeteria because, with thenew addition, the capacity of the facilitieshas increased. Annunciators are requiredin Delaware when the capacity of theroom exceeds 350 and the new additionexpands the capacity of the facilities to750. Once the annunciator is installed andthe building passes the fire marshal in-spection, the cafeteria will be ready foroccupation.
The new school parking lot is expectedto be completed this summer.
It was noted by board member AndyFleetwood that the Delaware legislaturewas considering a bill that would requireall elected school board members to un-dergo a background check. School em-ployees are already required to have abackground check.
Ring mentioned that the school has a98 percent attendance rate, one of thehighest in the state of Delaware.
EducationTeachers look for strategies to help boost student test scoresBy Donna Dukes-Huston
Teachers from the Delmar, Laurel andSeaford school districts have teamed up toshare ideas and strategies for improvingstudents’ test scores and overall success inlanguage arts classes. This team is calledSCORES, the Sussex County Organizationto Raise English/Language Arts Scores.
SCORES was developed by ShawnLarrimore, Delmar High School associateprincipal, and Doug Brown, Seaford HighSchool’s associate principal, earlier thisyear. Brown and Larrimore have beenfriends for years and completed their grad-uate coursework together at WilmingtonUniversity. Both took the reins as adminis-trators this year and decided that theywanted to continue to collaborate in orderto benefit Sussex County students.
The first session of SCORES, hosted bySeaford High School in November, wascomprised of a smaller steering committeewhich looked at how each school per-formed on all indicators of the DelawareState Testing Program (DSTP).
“At the first session, we narrowed ourfocus to seven common indicators (areasfor improvement), four for writing andthree for reading,” Larrimore said. “Thissession laid the groundwork for sessiontwo.”
The second session, hosted by DelmarHigh School on April 9, was intended togive middle and high school English andlanguage arts teachers strategies for im-proving these areas of weakness in theirstudents’ performance. This was a largergroup comprising middle and high schoolELA teachers as well as special education
teachers. Presenters included StephanieMiller from Wicomico County and AnnLewis and Aleta Thompson, reading andwriting specialists from Laurel and CapeHenlopen.
They presented a variety of high-inter-est strategies that teachers could use toprepare students for state testing whichwould help address the areas of concernidentified in the first session.
Although the ultimate goal is to im-prove test scores, the presenters urgedteachers to focus first on “authentic learn-ing,” which would encompass a more in-clusive approach to instruction rather thanisolated test preparation.
The teachers involved felt thatSCORES was a refreshing in-service op-portunity that offered useful strategies forthe classroom.
“Our in-service days are usually pre-scriptive, so I really enjoyed being able tocollaborate with my colleagues on a com-mon product,” said Penny Austin-Richard-son, ninth- and tenth-grade English teacherat Seaford High School.
Her colleague agreed. “I look forwardto incorporating some of the ideas I re-ceived into next year’s curriculum,” saidErin Williams, tenth-grade English teacher.
"I really liked the fact that we left thein-service with practical strategies that wecould implement immediately in our class-rooms, not just for test preparation but inall aspects of our curriculum," added Lor-rie Sonnier, ninth-grade English teacher atDelmar High School.
Both Larrimore and Brown werepleased by the reception of the teachersand plan to expand SCORES next year.
They are also setting up an e-mail groupof all SCORES participants so that theycan share ideas and strategies across thedistricts.
“The SCORES workshop was a greatopportunity to do something unique in our
area,” said Brown. “So often Delmar, Lau-rel and Seaford are seen as rivals.SCORES shows the community that we asathletic rivals can work together for ourcommunity when it comes to educatingour youth and future.”
Aleta Thompson and Stephanie Miller (standing) discuss reading and writing strategieswith Shawn Larrimore, Jenny Meister and Nancy Clayton of Delmar High School.
Students from across the United Statesparticipated in the Zaner-Bloser NationalHandwriting Contest. From the hundredsof entries that were submitted, EpworthChristian School first grader Sophia Dyk-stra was named the state’s grade-levelchampion.
ECS has used the Zaner Bloser curricu-lum for more than 15 years and has hadseveral state winners. Sophia has attended
ECS since preschool. She is the daughterof Dr. John Dykstra of Seaford.
Sophia’s teacher, Debbie Bryant, feelsthat handwriting is a reflection and repre-sentation of the student. According to theschool, research by Dr. George H. Early,associate professor, Department of SpecialEducation at Indiana State University, hasshown a correlation between good cursivewriting and reading.
Epworth student wins hand-writing contest
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SUSSEX TECH STUDENTS HONORED FOR HELPING OTHERS. Two Sussex Tech-nical High School upperclassmen were recently honored for helping other students. SeniorKory Belle of Laurel and junior Terell Hutchins of Seaford received leadership certificatesfor being presenters on the topic ‘Tips for Student Success’ at the Leap Into Literacy Nighton March 3, a workshop for parents and students on academic success in high school. Li-brarian Trish Birch and reading specialist John Orlando, coordinators of Leap Into Litera-cy, presented the certificates. From left: Hutchins, librarian Trish Birch, reading specialistJohn Orlando and Belle.
Epworth students compete inSuper Activity Day in Salisbury
On April 4, Epworth Christian Schooltraveled to Salisbury Christian School toparticipate in the ACSI Super ActivityDay 2008.The day included competitionsand challenges in science, math, speechand creative writing.
Seventh-grader Amanda Vannicola tooka blue ribbon and silver medal for her en-try in the science fair. Other science fairwinners were Alexander Gordon, with ared ribbon and silver medal, and CassieKerins, who received honorable mention.
Fourth graders swept the math competi-tion for reasoning with Laurie Wroten infirst, Angela Baker second and JoeyPhillips third. Classmate Alexis Holstonplaced fifth in computation. Other ECSstudents placing in the math competitionwere third grader Gabrielle Hastings andMoriah Reid, both scoring fourth place inreasoning and computation, respectively.Cassie Gordon and Matthew Dykstra rep-resented the fifth grade with third-placewinnings in computation and reasoning.Seventh-grader Jennifer Baker placed firstin reasoning and eighth-grader Mack Kingplaced fifth in reasoning.
Blue ribbon winners for the speechcompetition were Holly Baker, first grade;Taylor Wroten, first grade; Olivia Kane,second grade; Andrea Timmons, thirdgrade; Angela Baker, fourth grade; LaurieWroten, fourth grade; Kyle Steel, fourth
grade; Angela Agapito, fifth grade; and Is-abel Wharton, eighth grade.
Other ribbon winners were secondgraders Olivia Berger, Liam Catron, Alex-is LaFreniere and Caleb McFarlin; thirdgraders Moriah Reid, Jennie Parsons,Jared Willey and Michal LaFreniere;fourth graders Coleman James, MadisonDickerson and Joey Philips; fifth gradersJulie Parsons, Keith Lankford and CassieGordon; sixth graders Kyle Sturgeon,Carissa Jones and Andrew Hartman; sev-enth grader Alexander Gordon; and eighthgrader Dylan Holston.
Creative Writing awards with superiorratings were given to Isabel Wharton,eighth grade; Jennifer Baker, seventhgrade; Kelsey McMunn, seventh grade;and Alexander Gordon, seventh grade.These students will proceed to the nationalcompetition.
Students receiving an excellence ratingwere fifth graders Renee Adams, CarolineKerins, Logan Downes and Ike Wharton;seventh graders Cassie Kerins, MadelynGilbert, Travis Anderson and Andy Jones;and eighth graders Dennis Davenport andIsabel Wharton.
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Adult students receive awardsFour students from Sussex Tech Adult
Education were recently honored duringthe 18th annual Delaware Adult StudentConference. Students honored includedLonnie Badger of Milford, Mary Gibbs ofGeorgetown, Douglas Torres ofBridgeville and Melgar Gonzalez ofGeorgetown.
The event was co-sponsored by the Or-ganization of Adult Alumni and Studentsin Service, in cooperation with theDelaware Association for Adult and Com-munity Education and the DelawareCoalition for Literacy.
Brea McMillen, a 2005 graduate ofSeaford Senior High School, has beentapped for membership in Mortar Board, anational honor society for college seniors.
McMillen is majoring in English andholds a minor in linguisticsat the University ofDelaware. She plans tograduate in 2009. In addi-tion to her membership inMortar Board, she is alsopresident of the NationalResidence Hall Honorary(NRHH), a member of theCentral Complex Commu-nity Council and Residence Hall Govern-ment, and is involved in the Resident Stu-dent Association and Student Government.
She has been named to the department
of English dean’s list and has participatedin research projects at the University ofDelaware. She is currently investigatinggraduate colleges to continue with herpreparation for a career in higher educa-tion.
McMillen is the daughter of Dr. Geneand Barbara McMillen of Seaford.
Mortar Board provides opportunitiesfor continued leadership development,promotes service to colleges and universi-ties and encourages lifelong contributionsto the global community. Some notableMortar Board members include formerPresident Jimmy Carter, Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice, Lance Armstrong andformer Supreme Court Justice Sandra DayO’Connor.
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Children ages 8 to 14 are invited tolearn more about natural resources and theoutdoor activities the state has to offerwhen the Delaware Division of Fish andWildlife hosts its annual Camp Awarenessfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May17, at the Redden State Forest Headquar-ters Tract near Georgetown.
Planned activity stations will includeboating safety; wetlands, waterfowl,wildlife and habitat; target archery; air ri-fles; building a bird nesting box; and theHooked on Fishing Not Drugs program.Each activity will begin hourly, runningthroughout the day, with rotation begin-
ning at 9 a.m. All activities will concludeat 4 p.m.
Parents and/or guardians must remainwith participants throughout the day andare encouraged to participate in the activi-ties.
The camp is free of charge, but prereg-istration is required by Wednesday, May 7.Vendors will be on site for lunch. The first100 children to preregister will receive acamp T-shirt.
For more information, contact CarolWeyant at 302-739-9913, or Sr. Cpl. DougMesseck at 302-855-1921, Fish andWildlife Enforcement.
State to offer nature day camp for children
By Lynn R. Parks
The names still roll off her tongue asthough she worked with the people towhom they refer just yesterday.
Dr. Moyer. Dr. Lynch, who always hada joke. Dr. Fox. Dr. Elliott. Dr. Beckert.Dr. Ellis. Dr. Rawlins. All doctors whowere delivering babies at NanticokeMemorial Hospital, Seaford, in the 1950swhen Louise Riddle Hanson was the headof the maternity ward there.
And family practitioner Dr. CatherineGray, whose office was in Bridgeville.
“We loved Dr. Gray most of all,” saysHanson, who will be 90 in June and whohas lived in the Methodist Manor Housesince September 2006. “She never left herpatients. The others would come and go butshe stayed with them until they delivered.”
The hospital was young then. Whitewomen and African-American womengave birth in different rooms. Cots oftenhad to be set up in the hallways to makeroom for more patients than the smallnumber of rooms could accommodate.
Nurses wore white uniforms andstarched caps.
“I’ve seen so many changes,” Hansonsays. “Now, everybody dresses the same.You can’t tell the nurses apart from all theother employees.”
Despite that, “some of the changes werewonderful,” says Hanson, who retired fromNanticoke in 1983. She includes in thosechanges the many services that NanticokeHealth Services now offers, including phys-ical therapy and cancer treatment.
Hanson grew up near Pittsburgh andgraduated from nurse’s training at Phillips-burg State Hospital, Phillipsburg, Pa., in1939. She went to Philadelphia for special-ized training in obstetrics, then returned toPhillipsburg as head of the maternity ward
there. She was 21. In 1941, she was married to Bill Riddle
and soon after that had their first child,Kathy. Bill’s Army career took the youngfamily to Kansas City, Kansas, and Dallas,where Hanson worked in the maternity de-partment at Mercy Hospital. “I could takeKathy to work with me,” she says. “Theoff-duty nurses would take care of her.”
After Bill’s discharge, the familymoved back to Pennsylvania. There, helearned about the then new DuPont nylonplant in Seaford, and the family movedhere in 1947. Their second child, Geral-dine, was born that same year.
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital wasopened in 1952 and Hanson went to workthere in September 1953 as a generalnurse. Soon after, Phyllis Baker, who washead of the maternity department, retiredand Hanson was named to take her place.
In 1958, at the age of 40, she com-plained to Dr. Rudolf Beckert, Bridgeville,that she did not feel well. He took onelook at her and said, “I know what’swrong with you. You’re pregnant.” And in-deed, she was.
After the delivery of her third child,Jack, she stayed home for nearly threeyears, then went to work in the office offamily practitioner Dr. John Rawlins. Acouple months later, she returned to Nanti-coke, again as head of the maternity de-partment.
In 1971, she was named director ofnursing. After Bill died in 1974, she heldother administrative jobs, then returned tothe maternity department as a nurse, herlast job before retiring at age 65.
During her time in the maternity depart-ment, Hanson delivered a number of ba-bies, she says, when doctors weren’t thereat the right time. In addition, “I don’tknow how many times I flew on the police
helicopter, taking a baby to Wilmington,”she adds.
After retirement, Hanson volunteeredwith the now defunct hospital auxiliary andin the maternity department, knitting dish-towels and tea towels for the new mothers.She still volunteers for the Blood Bank andregularly attends meetings of the Soropti-mist Club, Seaford, of which she has beena member since 1971. She also plays
bridge at the Nanticoke Senior Center.Her second husband, Ralph Hanson,
died in 2003.Despite everything she has done since
retirement, Hanson still enjoys talkingabout her time at Nanticoke MemorialHospital. “I enjoyed all the years I spent atNanticoke,” she says. “I am very proudthat I was able to work for so long at thehospital.”
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Louise Hanson, in her room at the Methodist Manor House. She went to work at NanticokeMemorial Hospital, Seaford in 1953. Photo by Lynn R. Parks
NEW LICENSE PLATES HONOR MILITARY SERVICE. Senate Bill 201 will create newmotor vehicle specialty tags for specific groups including the veterans of Operation IraqiFreedom. The new law also authorizes Gold Star license plates for the families of militaryservice members killed in action in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the cur-rent Iraq and Afghanistan missions. Above, Judy Campbell, who was a driving force behindthe enactment of the new law, holds the first Gold Star license plate, presented to her bystate Sen. Charlie Copeland (R-West Farms) at the bill signing ceremony on April 10.Campbell’s brother was killed in 1967 while serving as an Army medic in Vietnam.
Community Bulletin Board
Friends of Seaford Library yard sale The Friends of the Seaford district Li-
brary will hold a yard sale on Saturday,May 10, rain or shine. Your donations andsupport are needed to make this event asuccess. If you have items or plants to do-nate, they may be left at the library anytimestarting May 3 during regular businesshours. Clothing can not be accepted. TheFriends would like to thank Janice Phillipsfor volunteering again to organize the yardsale. Call 629-2524 for more information.
Gethsemane spaghetti dinner An all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will
be served on May 3, 4-7 p.m., at Gethse-mane United Methodist Church fellowshiphall, Reliance Road, Seaford. Cost is $7 foradults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12. A baketable will be available.
Blades Fire Hall breakfast There will be an all-you-can-eat break-
fast at the Blades Fire Hall, located at thecorner of Cannon and Fifth streets inBlades, May 4, from 8 till 11 a.m. Cost isadults $7, children $3. Sponsored by theAuxiliary and Firemen of the Fire Compa-ny. For more information call JewellChaffinch at 629-6904.
SHS prom night The Seaford High School Class of 2009
will be hosting the Senior Prom, “La Villede L’amour” on Saturday, May 3. GrandMarch tickets are on sale now for $3 or atthe door for $4. Grand March will startpromptly at 5 p.m. in the Madden auditori-um.
Youth Flower Fair The annual Gethsemane United
Methodist Youth Group Flower Fair will beheld in the Fellowship Hall of the churchon Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to noon,rain or shine. We will have hanging baskets,potted flowers, bedding flowers, plants andother items. We will also have breakfastsandwiches and hot dogs along with a bakesale. This event is a fundraiser of the youthgroup to help support their activities andevents. Gethsemane U.M.C. is located fourmiles west of Seaford on Stein Highway.(Rt. 20), near Reliance, Md.
Boy Scouts hold BBQBoy Scout Troop 182 is having their
42nd annual chicken barbecue on Saturday,May 3, from 11:30 a.m. till it’s gone. Wewill be set up on Norman Eskridge High-way next to Dover Electric in Seaford.
Vera Bradley & Longaberger bingo The Ritual Team of Seaford Moose
Lodge #1728 will host a bingo featuringVera Bradley bags and Longaberger basketson Monday, May 12, at 7 p.m. Each gamewill alternate between bags and baskets.Door prizes featuring the Vera Bradley car-ry-on piece of luggage and the Longabergerdogwood wrought iron wall shelf combowill be given at the end of the night.
The doors wil open at 6 p.m. at the
Seaford Moose Lodge located at 22759Bridgeville Highway, Seaford. Tickets are$20 in advance, $25 at the door. Food andrefreshments will be available. Call Davidor Travis Sirman at 875-3792, or SeafordMoose Lodge at 629-8408 to reserve yourtickets, or for information. Get your ticketsearly because seating will be limited. Mustbe 18 years old to play. This will be a com-munity service project.
Cub Scouts Pack 381 fund raiserCub Scouts from Pack 381 are holding a
camp fund raiser on Saturday, April 26,from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in front of thePawn Shop on Stein Highway. The scoutsare raising money so they can go to CampHenson this summer for several days of funand learning. Local businesses have gener-ously donated food to help these scoutsraise money. Camping is a part of scoutingto help the scouts learn more about nature,first aid, archery, swimming and more. Stopby this Saturday and pick up a deliciousBBQ platter to help these scouts go tocamp. Your donations are greatly appreciat-ed!
Seaford Heritage Days Re-live the rich history of Seaford and
western Sussex County from the days of thearea’s first natives, to the arrival of JohnSmith and the English explorers, dividedloyalties during the Civil War, to presentday during “Seaford Heritage Days,”Memorial Day weekend, May 23, 24 and25. Crafters, food vendors, artisans and liv-ing historians are invited to meet the publicand sell their wares during this three-dayevent at the Governor Ross Plantation inSeaford. For information, contact PaulaGunson at the Greater Seaford Chamber ofCommerce 629-9690 or 800-416-GSCC.
Babies and toddlers stay & playThe ‘Parents as Teachers’ (PAT) stay &
play - parents and children (birth to agefour) are invited to play together, listen to astory, learn new songs and finger plays, andnetwork with other families. No registrationrequired. Sessions are Wednesdays, 10:30a.m. to noon, Seaford Dept. of Parks &Recreation (SDPR), 320 Virginia Ave.,Seaford. Parent educator, Cris Henderson.Call Anna Scovell at 856-5239 for more in-formation.
Fitness classesFitness classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m., Tuesdaysand Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at St. John’sUMC Fellowship Hall in Seaford. Begin-ners to intermediate participants are wel-come to try a free class to see if it meetsyour needs. For more information or to reg-ister call AFAA certified fitness profession-al Carol Lynch at 629-7539.
Car & Tractor ShowThe fifth annual vintage Car & Tractor
Show featuring the First State AntiqueTractor Club and the Historical Vintage CarClub of Delaware, Inc., will be held on Sat-urday, April 26, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Held on the grounds of Concord UnitedMethodist Church, 25322 Church Road,Seaford (corner of Rt. 20 and 20A ConcordRoad). There is no fee for exhibitors or ad-mission charge. There will be scrapplesandwiches, hot dogs, oyster sandwiches,cake, pie, beverages and much more for all.For more information call Ken Whaley at629-7706, or CUMC at 628-8114.
Delaware National yard sale A yard sale sponsored by Delaware Na-
tional Bank will be held on Saturday, April26, from 8 a.m. to noon to raise funds tosupport DNB’s Relay for Life team.
The yard sale will be in the DelawareNational Bank parking lot located in theSeaford Professional Center, next to BurgerKing on Rt. 13. Any donations can bedropped off at the bank Monday thru Fridayfrom 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Read Aloud Delaware training Read Aloud Delaware volunteer training
session will be held Wednesday, April 30, at1 p.m. in the Seaford Public Library, 402North Porter St., Seaford. Call 856-2527 tosign up for training, or for further informa-tion. Volunteer readers are needed at vari-ous reading sites in Sussex County.
Seaford Art GalaSeaford High School will be hosting an
Art Gala 2008 on May 15. The SeafordHigh School band and chorus will holdtheir annual spring concert and there will be
a show of student artwork judged by Nanti-coke River Arts Council. Doors will openat 6 p.m. to view students’ artwork whichwill be on display in the lobby of SeafordHigh School until 7 p.m. The band and cho-rus concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mad-den auditorium.
Basket bingo The Western Sussex Boys and Girls
Club is holding a “filled” Longaberger bas-ket bingo on Friday, May 16. Doors openat 6 p.m. and bingo begins at 7 p.m. Ticketsare $35- first 100 tickets sold receive a totebag and a voucher for a Pizza King pizza,sweet tea and dessert to be used during thebingo event. Proceeds benefit program-ming at the Western Sussex Boys and GirlsClub. For tickets, call Karen Schreiber at629-8740.
SHS 1958 class reunion The Seaford High School Class of 1958
will be holding their 50th class reunion onMay 30, 31 and June 1. If you have infor-mation on addresses for the following class-mates, call Sally (Hann) Van Schaik at 629-0619. Walter Sirman, Madeline MedingHurley, Patricia Lloyd Robinson, WoodyJones, Beverly Hoagland Murray, JudyFriedel Timmons, Connie Crockett Hast-ings, George Bell, Joan Cordrey Eckert.
‘Victorine Du Pont’ program“Victorine Du Pont”, a dramatic pro-
gram, will be presented by historical imper-
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sonator Marie Gormley-Tarleton on Tues-day, April 29, 7 p.m., at the Seaford DistrictLibrary, 402 N. Porter Street.
Car & motorcycle show Classic car and motorcycle show, flower
sale and pulled pork platters, Saturday, May3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at 9437 Ginger Lane,Rt.13 north of Seaford (next to Barton’s).$10 entry fee for classic cars and motorcy-cles.
Scrapbookers cropThursday, April 26, 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. Cost
is $40/person. Lots of vendors, make-n-takes, certified massage therapist, doorprizes, contests, candlelit dinner. Held atCentral Worship Center (formerly Ep-worth Fellowship Church) in Laurel. Call875-4254 for more information. Proceedsto benefit CWC youth group.
Preschoolers story timeParents, caregivers and children ages
two to five are invited to enjoy stories,songs, poetry, art, science, math, music andfun at the Laurel Public Library’s preschoolstory time. Story time is held every Tuesdaymorning at 10:30 a.m. For more informa-tion, call the Laurel Public Library at 875-3184.
Casino nite Laurel American Legion post #19, on Rt.
24, will hold a casino nite on Friday, April25, from 7 p.m.-1 a.m.; Blackjack 7-11p.m., Poker 7 p.m.-1a.m. Admission is $5and includes beer, soda, food, snacks, doorprizes and fun. Must be over 21.
LHS class of ‘87 The LHS class of ‘87 is hoping to hold
its 20th year reunion this coming June2008. The planning committee is trying tolocate class members.
If you have contact information and/orwould like to help plan the reunion, contactMichele Procino-Wells at [email protected] or 628-4140.
Oyster fry An oyster fry will be held Saturday, May
3, at 11 a.m. at Charity Lodge 27, PoplarSt., Laurel. Oyster, hamburger, hot dogsandwiches, baked goods, and homemadeice cream.
Miss Laurel Pageant On Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m., the 2008
Miss Laurel Pageant will be held at the highschool. We are up to 11 little girls but onlytwo big girls have applied. Applications areavailable at the High School, Ralph Todd’soffice, the library and through BarbaraCross 875-3753.
Mt. Pleasant UMC Spring festival Circle May 10 on your calendar for the
Mt. Pleasant United Methodist ChurchSpring Festival. It will be serving from 11a.m. until 3 p.m.
The menu includes oyster fritters, chick-en salad and hot dog sandwiches, home-made soups, ice cream and various bakeitems. The church is located on Mt. Pleas-ant Road approximately 3 miles west ofLaurel off of Rt. 24. Carry-outs are avail-able during the same hours.
Laurel Strawberry Festival Second annual Strawberry Festival will
be held May 17, at St. Philip’s EpiscopalChurch, Laurel. Breakfast, lunch, craft ta-bles, Everything strawberry, beginning at7:30 a.m. Scrapple sandwiches will beserved. Includes Historical Society specialtours $10. Strawberries sold by basket orgallon. Bake table. Something for everyone.
Family bike rallyTrap Pond Partners and Trap Pond State
Park will hold its fifth annual “Get In Gear”family bike rally on May 3. Registrationfrom 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Adults $16; under16, $8. Bike trail is 5 miles of easy riding,plus an 8-mile road course. Trails will beposted and volunteers will be present tohelp. Rain date is May 4. For more infor-mation call the park office at 875-5133.
Community yard sale The town of Bridgeville will host a com-
munity-wide yard sale on Saturday, May 3,at 7 a.m. You will find great bargains atmany homes throughout the town.
Clean-up day Bridgeville will hold a neighborhood
clean-up day on Saturday, May 10. Allitems must be curbside by 6 a.m., as M-TTrash will only go down each street once.
Allowable items for pick-up include:furniture, household trash, stoves, and limbsbundled in 4-ft. lengths. Items that willNOT be picked up include tires, batteries,oil, construction materials, dirt, rocks,bricks, etc. M-T Trash will have a truckavailable to pick-up refrigerators, freezersand air conditioners, as long as the freonhas been removed. M-T Trash will alsohave a truck to pick up paint, stain, etc.These items must be kept in a separate areafrom the rest of the trash. Large tree limbscan be delivered to the town’s wastewatertreatment plant. A scrap metal containerwill be placed at the Town Hall parking lotfor the disposal of such items as aluminumsiding, window frames, barbecue grills, tirerims, bicycles and stainless steel. Questionsmay be directed to Town Manager BonieWalls at 337-7135.
National Day of Prayer The annual National Day of Prayer will
be held Thursday, May 1. Prayer serviceswill be held at the Bridgeville HistoricalSociety Park, Delaware Avenue andWilliams Street. Services will commence at7 p.m. Join your neighbors to pray for ourcommunity, state and nation. God BlessAmerica. (In the event of inclement weatherservices will be held at Union UnitedMethodist Church, Laws and Marketstreets.)
CHEER dinner club Join us at the Greenwood CHEER Cen-
ter every Wednesday evening, for ourweekly dinner club 5 p.m-7 p.m. The
CHEER Greenwood Center is located at12713 Sussex Highway, Greenwood, andthe public is welcomed. Each week therewill be a delicious dinner offered for theprice of $5 per person for individuals over60+ years. For more information call thecenter at 349-5237 or visit the CHEERwebsite at www.cheerde.com
Greenwood Spring festival The Greenwood Mennonite School will
be holding its 22nd annual GreenwoodSpring Festival on Saturday, June 7, on theschool grounds in Greenwood. This “rain orshine” event has become well respected inthe community for its family fun and enter-tainment. Old-fashioned, all-you-can-eatbreakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Outdoor boothsre-open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. featuringhundreds of items, including fresh-madefoods, chicken barbeque, pork barbeque,seafood, including crab cakes, baked goods,milkshakes, handcrafted items, books,plants, crafts; plus a petting zoo, children’sgames, a quilting demonstration, a whiteelephant booth, and more.
Activities include the popular Springfestival auction, beginning at noon, variousentertainments on the main stage, volleyballand softball tournaments, and helicopterrides.
All proceeds from the GreenwoodSpring festival benefit the 80-year-oldGreenwood Mennonite School, the longestcontinuously operating Mennonite elemen-tary school in the U.S.A. G.M.S. offersquality Christian education for grades K-12,with the current enrollment at around 220students.
The school is located on MennoniteSchool Road, between Rts. 16 and 36, eastof Greenwood. For more information, con-tact Kevin Troyer at 422-0745.
Beef, Pork & Beer fundraiser Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. will host
a Beef, Pork & Beer fundraiser to benefitone of our own with medical expenses,Chief Tommy Jones. Saturday, June 14,from 2 p.m.-midnight. Tickets are $25 perperson at the door, or $20 in advance.
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company islocated at 112611 Sussex Highway, P.O.Box 1, Greenwood, DE 19950. Featuring:DJ Bullet; dunkin’ booth; silent auction, 2-6p.m. (checks or cash only); live music: The5:01 Band, 8 p.m.-midnight; cash bar;50/50 raffle. For tickets contact: DavidSapp 302-349-4529 or [email protected]
AARP advanced safety program The Greenwood CHEER Center, located
at 12713 Sussex Hwy, in Greenwood, willhost a 2-day, 8 hour total, AARP advancedsafety program on Thursday, May 1, andFriday, May 2. This course will be heldfrom 12:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. each dayand the cost is $10 per participant.
Upon completion of the course, partici-pants will receive a deduction on the liabili-ty portion of their automobile insurance.For more information or to register call Su-san Welch at 349-5237.
Georgetown Public Library events• Due to unforeseen circumstances the
Georgetown Public Library will be can-
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Presented by the GreaterSeaford Chamber of Com-merce and The Seaford Histori-cal Society, Seaford HeritageWeekend is May 23-25, 2008.
Held at the historicGovernor Ross Mansiongrounds in Seaford, this three-day event features dynamicglimpses into Civil War eralife, complete with reenactedbattles, living camp exhibits,period craft demonstrationsand music, children’s games,and lots of food and fun.
Morning Star Publications, Inc. is preparing a magazine that will be insertedin the May 15, 2008, edition of the Seaford and Laurel Star newspapers. Themagazine has a glossy cover and full process color throughout.
Those advertising in the Seaford Heritage Weekend magazine may pick upthe same ad in the Annual Nanticoke Riverfest magazine to be published in Julyfor a 20% discount.
Call or email Morning Star Publications to reserve space in this magazine.
• Story Time is held at 10:30 a.m. everyTuesday morning with Miss Sherri.
• The Friends of the Georgetown PublicLibrary will hold its monthly book discus-sion on Wednesday, May 14. This monthdiscussion will be on “The Innocent” byHarlan Coben.
• The entire books and VHS in theconference room all one bag can hold for$1.
• The Friends of the Georgetown PublicLibrary will hold its annual meeting onTuesday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at St Paul’sEpiscopal Church at Academy and PineStreet. For more information about libraryprograms call call 856-7958.
Spring craft show The Georgetown Historical Society is
seeking crafters for their May 17 and 18Spring craft show to be held at the MarvelCarriage Museum located at 510 South Bed-ford St. in Georgetown.
The doors will be open from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. each day. (Tables and chairs will beavailable.) Questions call 856-2760 or 856-6642.
Scholarship fundraiser On Monday, May 5, Georgetown AARP
#5340 will be hosting a fund raiser at theRoadhouse Steak Joint, Rehoboth Beach,from 6 to 8 p.m.
Come out and eat, and ten percent of theday’s proceeds will go towards the scholar-ship fund.
There will be a 50/50 drawing. For moreinformation, call 856-3404 or 945-1288.
Confederate Heritage Day Delaware Confederate Heritage Day,
Saturday, May 10, at Soldier’s Monument,Marvel Museum, South Bedford Street,Georgetown.
A newly discovered Delaware Confeder-ate’s name will be added to the monument.Events get underway at 1 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the DelawareGrays Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp2068, based in Seaford. For details, visitwww.DESCV.org.
Special OlympicsThe Delmar Lions Club is selling a
Longaberger basket with the Delmar’sschool colors of blue and orange around therim for $49. There is also a wildcat lid for$30 that can be purchased. All proceeds goto sponsored projects like the visually andhearing impaired and special olympics. Forinformation, call Mildred Riley 846-3846.
Delmar Library program Delmar’s Girl Scouts are helping our li-
brary celebrate National Library Week.They have incorporated their knowledge ofauthors and the books they have written indisplays that help them earn a badge.
They are also having a special story-timeon Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. Snacksand stories compliments of our local GirlScout Troops #246 and 81. Everyone wholikes to listen to good stories being read isinvited. There is no fee, all that is required isthat you bring your listening ears.
While you are here, walk around the li-
brary and look at their displays. If you needfurther information, contact Pam at 302-846-9894.
Fish fry The Bi-State Ruritans will be sponsoring
a fish fry on Saturday, April 26, from 4 to6:30 p.m. at the Melson Church CommunityHall, Melson Road & Melson Church Road,east of Delmar. The cost is $8 per person forfish or chicken, hush puppies, coleslaw,rolls, iced tea and coffee. A chinese auctionis also planned (bidders do not need to bepresent to win).
Sandwich sale A sandwich sale will be held Saturday,
April 26, 9 a.m. until… at the DelmarChurch of God of Prophecy, Rt. 13 N. andDorthy Road. Featuring oyster sandwiches,crab cakes, chicken salad sandwiches,cheese steak subs, hamburgers, hot dogs,homemade soups. Call the church for moreinformation 875-7824.
Ruritan Club breakfast All-you-can-eat Sunday breakfast buffet
served by the Galestown Ruritan Club, onthe fourth Sunday of each month October toJune 7-10 a.m.
Cost is $6 for adults, $4 children 6-12years, at The Galestown, Md. CommunityHall, 5833 School House Road.
This month it will be held April 27.
Motorcycle ‘Ride of the Free’“Ride of the Free for the Home of the
Brave” (homeless Veterans Shelter) on Sun-day, May 4 (rain or shine).
Registration begins at 10 a.m., last bikeout at 11 a.m. at “The Home of the Brave”located off Rt. 1 North on Sharps Road justsouth of Milford. Leisure ride throughGreenwood, Bridgeville, Seaford, Mills-boro, to “The Home of the Brave.”
Join us for good food – a 50/50 raffle-pin. Cost is $15, registration fee with free t-shirt to the first 150 registered riders. Helpus serve those who served us. (Donations ofcash, food, clothing, etc. are appreciated.)For more information call 302-424-1681.
Longaberger & Vera Bradley bingo Holly’s Community Center sponsors
Gregory’s Blasters fundraiser, Longabergerbasket and Vera Bradley bingo July 12 atthe Salisbury Moose Lodge. Enjoy goodfood, specials, raffles, silent auction, 50/50and much more. Baskets and bags are filled.Tickets $20 in advance; $25 at the door.Doors open at 5 p.m. Bingo starts at 6 p.m.For tickets call: Lois Burton at 410-749-3947.
Ask to reserve your table for six or more.The fundraiser is in memory of Greg Taylor,who was murdered in 1990 at the age of 18.
‘Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza’On Friday, April 25, young pianists and
music students, ages 7-17, will have an op-portunity to meet the King of Instruments,the pipe organ! This event, entitled “Pedals,Pipes & Pizza,” is being sponsored by theSouthern Delaware Chapter of the AmericanGuild of Organists. It will begin at 5:30 p.m.at the First Presbyterian Church in Milford.Those interested should call 302-236-6647or email [email protected].
Kiwanis Club fundraiser The Roadhouse Steak Joint in Rehoboth
Beach is having a fundraiser day for the Ki-wanis Club of Georgetown on Monday,April 28. The Roadhouse Steak Joint is lo-cated on Rt. 1 near the Midway ShoppingCenter. A portion of the proceeds earned thatday will go to the Kiwanis Club of George-town’s programs.
Earth Day Celebration An Earth Day celebration, sponsored by
The Alternative Energy Showroom andGood For You Natural Market will be heldon April 26 from noon to 4 p.m., at 28841Rte. 9, Lewes, four miles west of FivePoints. Renewable energy demonstrationsincluding solar panels and wind systems thatwill help you save electricity (and money).Solar educational activities for children ofall ages. For more information, call 841-0162 or contact [email protected].
Airplane pull May 4On Sunday, May 4, the Delaware Air
National Guard will host the Delaware Na-tional Guard Plane Pull to benefit SpecialOlympics Delaware. Teams of 20 pit theirstrength against a 100,000 lb. C-130 aircraftto see who can pull the plane the fastest.More than 40 teams are expected to com-pete in 2008.
Cost is $500 for the college and adult di-visions, $250 for high schools. Awards willbe given for “fastest pull” and “lightestteam” in each division. Team members re-ceive an event T-shirt with their team nameon the back and a 5x7 team photo in front ofthe enemy (the plane).For more informationcontact Lisa Smith at 302-831-3482 oremail [email protected].
Ruritan’s ham and turkey shoot The Ellendale Ruritan Club ham and
turkey shoot, Saturday, April 26, (rain dateMay 3) at 11:30 a.m., at Ellendale VFW, onV.F.W. Road. Directions: 1/2 mile south ofU.S. 113 and 16 intersection). Refreshmentswill be available for sale. (If rain dates arecancelled, we will go to next shoot.) Forpossible cancellations call 302-422-2948 orcell 302-249-7025.
Casino night Casino night to benefit nonprofit
Delaware Hospice will be held on Friday,May 30, at Rehoboth Convention Centerfrom 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Local celebrity dealers will provide anentertaining evening of black jack, texashold’em, roulette, and poker.
Guests will enjoy refreshments providedby Lighthouse Cove & Catering, Wine Tast-ing by Kemp’s Liquors, beer from BanksWine and Spirits, soft drinks donated byPepsi, water by PepUp Inc., and great prizesfrom a raffle and silent auction.
Tickets are $40 and can be purchased bycalling Peggy Dolby, 800-838-9800, oremailing [email protected].
For more information go towww.delawarehospice.org.
Bethel town-wide yard sale Bethel Historical Society will sponsor a
town-wide yard sale, May 17, from 7 a.m.until…? Set-up in your own yard, or centrallocation at corner of Main and First streets.$10 fee will be collected. Scrapple sand-wiches and homemade baked goodies willbe available at the Community House.
This will benefit the Count On Me Club.Any questions call 875-3971.
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Flower Fair The second annual Flower Fair
will be held April 26 and 27 atGalestown Community House,Galestown, Md. Saturday hoursare from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundayfrom 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is abenefit to remodel the CommunityHouse. Flowers, baked goods, hotdogs, and sodas will be available.
Italian night The Reliance Grange #58 will
hold a covered dish supper atGethsemane United MethodistChurch on April 28 at 6:30 p.m.The theme for the dinner will be“Italian Night.” State PolicemanGreg Nolt will be the guest speak-er. The public is invited. Bring afriend and a dish to share. Formore information, call 377-3615.
SHS Alumni meets The next executive board meet-
ing of the Seaford High SchoolAlumni Association will be onMay 1 at 7 p.m., in the SeafordMuseum. If any additional infor-mation is needed, call Donna Hast-ings Angell at 629-8077.
Georgetown Lions meet The Georgetown Lions Club
dinner-meeting will be held at 6:30p.m., Tuesday, May 13, at EasterSeals, 22317 DuPont Blvd., con-ference room. District-22 Co-Chairof Special Olympics Lion Winnieand Barbara Spence will be theguest speakers accompanied by aSpecial Olympic athlete. VisitingLions and potential members arewelcomed, but should call HelenWilson at 856-2972, or the Rev.Charles Covington at 855-1160.
S.A.L.T. Council meetsThe S.A.L.T. (Seniors and
Lawmen Together) Council hasannounced that their monthlymeetings will be held on the sec-ond Wednesday of each month at9:30 a.m. This month it will be onMay 14, in the Sussex County Ad-ministration Office just south ofthe Wilmington Trust Bank onRoute 113.
The Council invites any indi-viduals, organizations, agenciesand police departments concernedwith the welfare of senior citizensto attend. The Council is an Advi-sory Committee for the followingTriad:
Seaford Triad meets the secondThursday of each month at 10 a.m.at the Nanticoke Senior Center inSeaford. For additional informa-tion, contact president Al Hahn at436-2157.
Orchid Hobbyists meet Orchid Hobbyists of Delmarva
will meet on the third Sunday ofeach month September throughJune, from 2-5 p.m. Everyone iswelcome from beginners to experi-
enced growers. Annual member-ship is $15 per family. For moreinformation, contact either: LutherShultz 410-341-6058, or Mary JoMarshall 410-822-3941.
of the Knitters Guild Associationwill be meeting the first Wednes-day of each month from 11 a.m. to1 p.m., at the CHEER CommunityCenter in Georgetown. Call 302-732-6495 for further details.
AARP board meeting AARP Seaford Area Chapter
1084 board meeting will be heldThursday, May 1, at 1:30 p.m., atthe Methodist Manor House gameroom. Board and committee mem-bers are urged to attend and planfor the upcoming yard salefundraiser.
No meetings in June, July orAugust. The next chapter meetingwill be in September. Call HelenSkjoldager at 875-5086 for moreinformation.
Delaware Grays meet Delaware Grays, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans Camp 2068 ofSeaford regular monthly meetingis Monday, May 5 at 7 p.m. inconference room, Seaford PublicLibrary. Open to all descendantsof Confederate soldiers and thoseinterested in preserving history.Details, WWW.DESCV.org.
Knitting Guild meets All Knitters: The “Sea Purls”
Chapter of The Knitting Guild As-sociation meets on the firstWednesday of each month from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Cheer Centerin Georgetown on the corner of Rt.9 and Sand Hill Road. For moredetails call Joyce Smirk, Secretary,302-732-6495. Lunch available.Next meeting May 7.
Widowed Persons Service The Seaford Chapter of the
Widowed Persons Service willhave its next meeting on Tuesday,May 20, at 12:15 p.m. at the Gold-en Corral. The planned guestspeaker will be Charley Caparellaof WBOC. All widowed personsof all ages are invited to attend.Come join us — we all enjoy thetrips, lunches/dinners, etc. that wedo.
July 4th meetingsLaurel July 4th meetings are set
for the following days: May 19,June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23and June 30. They begin at 5 p.m.and are held at the Laurel Cham-ber Office.
Class of 1956 luncheon The Laurel High School Class
of 1956 will hold their quarterlyluncheon at the Laurel Dutch Inn,Friday, May 16, at 11:30 a.m.Plans will be discussed for their52nd reunion dinner.
Marine Corps meetingThe Marine Corps League
meets the first Thursday of eachmonth at 7:30 p.m. at the LogCabin in Seaford.
Trap Pond Partners meetTrap Pond Partners meets the
second Wednesday of each monthat 7 p.m. at the Bald Cypress Na-ture Center at Trap Pond StatePark, Laurel. We are currentlyplanning our 5th annual “Get InGear” family bike rally to be heldMay 3. Visit us at www.trappond-partners.com for additional infor-mation.
12-04 meets the second Thursdayof each month at Nanticoke YachtClub in Blades.
Call Wayne Hickman at 629-6337 for details.
Cancer support groupThe Wellness Community-
Delaware is offering a supportgroup for people affected by can-cer and their loved ones at theNanticoke Memorial Hospital inSeaford. The group meets at theCancer Care Center on the secondMonday of the month from 4:30 to6 p.m.
To register for this program orfor more information call Kaye orLori at 645-9150. All programs atThe Wellness Community are freeof charge for people affected bycancer and their loved ones.
AARP chapter 1084 trips• Ride the Rails, West Virginia,
trip on May 21-23. Cost is $420per person, double; $515 single.Visit Backbone Mt. WindmillFarms on your way to Thomas,W.Va.
Included are two breakfasts,two dinners and a box lunchaboard The Cheat Mt. Salamander.
Your dinner will be at a vintagedepot after a train ride on the
Durbin Rocket. Last, a visit toBlackwater Falls State Park.
• Trip to U.S. Naval Academy –Annapolis, Md., on June 24. Costis $64 per person.
Leave Peebles parking lot 7a.m. View exhibits and do a guid-ed tour of the Academy. Havelunch (included) at “Phillips’restaurant before doing someshopping. Board the Harbor Queenfor a narrated sightseeing cruise ofAnnapolis Harbor and the banks ofthe Academy. Seats are stil avail-able.
• New Hampshire White Moun-tains trip on Oct. 13-16. The costis $650 per person (double occu-pancy). Visit Franconia NotchState Park, Flume Gorge, worldfamous Chutter’s store, Littleton’sPollyanna, Sugar Hill Sampler &Museum, Harman’s Cheese &Country Store.
You will enjoy dinner aboardthe Café Lafayette Dinnner Trainand also ride on the Lake Win-nipesaukee Scenic Railroad.
Then cruise across Lake Win-nipesaukee on the 230” cruiseship. Next, a visit to HampshirePewter. Free time to shop alongMain Street of Wolfeboro, a sum-mer resort.
Contact Rose Wheaton formore information about AARPChapter 1084 trips at 629-7180.
Senior Center tripsNanticoke Senior Center’s
Nashville and Memphis trip willtake place on Sunday, Sept. 14 toSaturday Sept. 20. Cost is $850double occupancy.
Some of the sights you will seeare Graceland, Grand Olé Opry,and Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Mu-seum. For further information call629-4939.
Trip includes motor coachtransportation, tip for bus driver,snacks from center and dinner the-atre.
Nanticoke Senior Center’sDutch Apple Dinner Theatre Trippresents “Foot Loose” on Thurs-day, June 26, matinee in Lancaster,Pa. Cost is $70 members, $75 non-members.
Laurel Senior Center tripLaurel Senior Center is plan-
ning a trip to Branson, Mo., onMay 17-25. Cost is $735 per per-son, double occupancy. It includesnine days, eight nights, 14 meals,and seven fabulous Bransonshows. For more information call875-2536.
Seaford Recreation tripsOn Saturday, May 17 a trip to
the Inner Harbor is planned. Busleaves at 8 a.m. and leaves Balti-more at 4 p.m. Cost is $20.
On Friday, Aug. 22 - Yankeesvs. Orioles, a trip to Camden Yardsis planned.
Bus will leave at 4 p.m. Gametime is 7 p.m. Cost is $52.
AARP Chapter #915 tripsColorado, June 20-30, cost is
$879 per person. Call 410-822-2314.
Branson, Mo - Sept. 13-20, costis $875 per person. Call 410-822-2314.
New England/Vermont, NH,Boston and Salem, Oct. 13-19,cost is $1085 double, and $1335single. Call 410-673-7856.
Myrtle Beach - Nov. 10-13,cost $430 per person. Call 410-754-8588.
Bus trips for 2008-
Hamptons, N.Y., May 16-18,cost is $480 double and $675 forsingles. Call 410-673-7856.
New York Day Trip - May 24,cost $42 per person. Call 410-754-8588
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TThheerree’’ss aa lloott ooff hhiissttoorryy aatt oolldd ssiillooss aanndd ssooyybbeeaann ppllaannttThe old soybean storage silos on
10th Street in Laurel and buildingsare to be part of a controlled burn-ing on April 29, weather permit-ting. The fire department will nothave far to go as the structures areright across the street. Removingthese are part of Emecal Speusa’splans as the plant wants to utilizethe railroad for shipping and possi-bly there will be a side-spur there.
Anyway, I will tell you mymemory of the once bustling placeand add something of probablymore interest.
I do know that some of those soybeanswere used in the kids’ “pea shooters” backin the 1950s and many came off the plat-form and ground around the plant. You re-member them, don’t you? Those perhaps10-inch plastic straw-like items that got usin trouble in school and at the movies.
Now, I am just telling what others toldme, as I can’t recall being in any problemsfrom them. Because the soybeans weresometimes too large for those “shooters,”they often lodged in the tube, but were alot of fun, so they say.
I can still see those old farm trucksbacked up to the platform, but for me itwas a way to make a living or at that agesupport my passion for baseball cards andbooks. Behind the buildings were black-berry vines everywhere, as they seemed tolike that sandy soil. I picked many a quartof berries from there and sold them for thetidy sum of 35 to 40 cents.
Well, more important is this story, and Iremember it as an 8-year-old boy livingright up the street from the plant on Rail-road Avenue. I was scared as I saw allthose red lights flashing.
Joe Plummer has always been one ofLaurel’s most talented and hard workers.Everything from carpentry, painting andplumbing, Joe did, and wife Pansy hasbeen the same, working at Acme for many,many years. Joe was a DuPont shift work-er, so it was not unusual for him to moon-light with other jobs. And so it was on thishot July afternoon in 1951 as he wasworking at the soybean plant. It was near 4p.m. and Joe had just finished a Coke andwas heading into the silo one more timefor the afternoon, walking up to the beansto see that they were being dried or mov-ing all right. Suddenly, without warning,the block retaining wall collapsed and tonsof soybeans came down on Joe.
A co-worker immediately called forhelp and the fire department with EllisKettle was there in moments.
Pansy and the children were not al-lowed near the terrifying scene, as rescueworkers hurriedly tried to pull Joe fromunder the soybeans. As Joe lay covered inthe dusty heavy beans and concrete, amessage came to him and perhaps he sang
a song, “What God has done for others hecan do for you.”
As they partially uncovered Joe he heldthe chisel so they could break the blocksthat were holding him down from themanhole above. Before this all happened,though, Joe blinked his eyes repeatedly asif to say, “I cannot believe I am still alive.”
Finally, after what seemed like hours,they freed Joe and loaded him into theLaurel ambulance, to take him to the hos-pital. With no apparent broken bones andthe Plummer spirit, Joe told them, “No,just take me home,” and they did.
Joe was laid up for exactly one weekand, miracle of miracles, there was no ap-parent dust that settled in his lungs. Joe isstill with us and we have been able to en-joy his spirit, his candor, his love of ani-mals and life, and most of all his familyover these many years.
“Chairman of the bench” of the BethelStore Coffee Club, Joe has been a valuable
part of the Laurel scene. Who can everforget his oxen in the parades and so muchmore that make him with his red handker-chief, straw hat and jeans, part of Laurelas we know it? It’s a good part and I haveto think that little prayer helped, as peoplesuch as Joe make small communities thegreat things they are!
I have so many notes on my desk, Idon’t know where to start. If I don’t dosome more planning on our baseball trip,we may have to walk to the airport.
I see where on May 10, Mt. PleasantU.M. Church will hold its spring festivalfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. I always look for-ward to it as I often see my old partner onthe job at DuPont, Jack Cook. Mt. Pleasantis three miles west on Sharptown Road.
Oh, yes, the fifth annual Vintage Carand Tractor Show is being held this Satur-day the 26th on the grounds of ConcordUMC. There is something for everyone,including food. Folks look to be socializ-ing through July at these events if theywant to, and I know you do.
There is Laurel’s great Strawberry Fes-tival and tours, Saturday, May 17, withfree strawberry ice cream at the HenHouse.
Miss Laurel’s Pageant is May 3, and Iknow I am confused by now! Applicationsmay be picked up at the high school or thelibrary. As usual, the Miss Laurel contest-
ants entries are slow coming in. Maybethere should be a fee for late filers and theearly signups get the crown. I don’t know,but it’s been a problem for the ExchangeClub for a number of years.
Sunday afternoon at the prayer gardenat Christ United Methodist Church, ap-proximately 60 people gathered for theceremony honoring Laurel’s newest EagleScout, L.J. Watts. L.J. came up with theprayer garden as a quiet place for peopleto reflect on their lives and to better seethe value of life.
He is the son of Jim and Sherrie Wattsof Laurel. Congratulations to a fine youngman!
Now I want to leave you with a littlewisdom of the week and no, I have notbeen to Delmar and certainly not talked toa Yankee fan.
Here goes from William ShakespeareHearn: “I’m getting older, maybe I’mslowing down,” and while you are ponder-ing on Mr. Bill’s profound statement, en-joy this sign from a store in Easton. “Freewhole ham to anyone over 80 years oldaccompanied by parents.”
Have a great week, everyone!
Suddenly, without warn-
ing, the block retaining
wall collapsed and tons of
soybeans came down on
Joe.
PAT MURPHY
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My love of Sussex Countyand Delaware runs as deep as myroots. As a sixth generation Sus-sex Countian whose family hasfarmed here for hundreds ofyears, I have come to understandwhat makes agriculture so suc-cessful.
First and foremost, theDelaware farmer makes agricul-ture successful in the DiamondState.
Many farm communitiesacross America boast this point,but a unique breed of Americansdeveloped on the DelmarvaPeninsula since colonial days ofold.
Lower Delaware enjoyed arare geographical isolation fromthe rest of the country by way ofthe Delaware and ChesapeakeBays.
For centuries, travel to thelower counties of Delaware was adifficult undertaking which re-quired significant effort acrossless than hospitable terrain andprimitive paths and roads.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridgeand the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel did not afford convenienttravel to the Peninsula until they
were built in the 1950s and1960s. As a result, for more than300 years, the Delmarva Peninsu-la grew from within, allowing aculture to develop which createdstrong family ties and prosperouswork ethics.
This culture still exists today,yet it is evolving quickly – forbetter or for worse - with eachpassing generation.
The second element which hasmade Delaware agriculture se-cure is the great respect leadersof our state have had for individ-ual property rights and the pro-tection of equity that rural prop-erty owners depend on.
Farmers who spend hundredsof thousands of dollars on a sin-gle piece of equipment todaymust use the equity in their landas collateral to sometimes obtainmulti-million dollar loans.
Although development of theirland is a last resort, the develop-ment equity in the farmland is avital component of any farmer'sbalance sheet.
The greatest threat toDelaware agriculture is govern-ment regulations which strip de-velopment rights without justcompensation.
And finally, Delaware farmersare successful because they have
used the equity in their land towisely make investments neces-sary to sustain a competitive edgein an industry whose profit mar-gins are at the bottom of most in-
dustries known to the Americaneconomy. One has to look no fur-ther than Delaware's pioneeringspirit in the development of to-day's modern poultry industry.
From Mrs. Wilmer Steele'sshed expansion to accommodateher first flock of 500 chickens inOcean View circa 1923, to the in-vestment of $350,000 for onemodern poultry house, theDelaware farmer has spent mon-ey which has caused more thanone banker to swallow hard.
Delaware farmers embracedexpensive irrigation systems tomake the coastal sands of Del-marva a bountiful breadbasket.
Today, new irrigation methodsare emerging which hold promisefor tremendous advances in waterconservation, as well as openingup great potential to previouslyunirrigated fields of Delmarva.
But to make this great leapforward, farmers must have theconfidence that government willnot impose equity robbing regu-lations which erode balancesheets and damage the bottomline.
External influences in theform of higher taxes and greaterregulations are not the answer tothe preservation of our rural land-scapes in Sussex County.
Instead, it will be, just as it
has been for centuries now, aspirit of progress and a sense ofdetermination from within thatwill create profits for agriculture.
That same pioneering spiritthat made Sussex County what itis today is what will keep our tra-ditional way of life alive.
Vance PhillipsSussex County Councilman
Fill the Sussex Countydevelopment positions
I have been blessed to be ableto call Sussex County my life-time home.
Unfortunately, for manyyoung Sussex Countians, futurejob prospects are causing them tohave to move away for secure,high paying jobs.
As a businessman, I appreciatethe benefits of a vibrant econo-my.
Although Sussex County gov-ernment has done a good job inthe past of building the industrialpark and airport, a glaring holehas existed in the Economic De-velopment office for the pastyear.
In March of 2007, both the di-rector of Economic Developmentand the Economic Development
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government, but to leave theseimportant positions unfilled whileour economy is experiencing adownturn is unwise.
Let’s keep prosperity alive inSussex County and provide time-ly assistance to businesses seek-ing to relocate here.
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Say it ain’t so, JoeIn a bizarre twist to the Demo-
crat Presidential race, Senator JoeBiden announced on Tuesday thathe intends to campaign aroundthe country against Senator JohnMcCain throughout the 2008election.
During his speech at George-town University, Biden viciouslyattacked Sen. John McCain fortaking a strong stance on stabiliz-ing Iraq and winning what Bidenflippantly called the “so called‘war on terror.’"
So called? Is he so partisanthat he can’t even acknowledgethere is a war on terror?
At a time when pundits andDemocrat leaders are criticizingHillary Clinton for “hanging ontoo long,” Biden talks as if he isstill in the running for President.Is it possible that Senator JoeBiden did not watch his ownwithdrawal speech three monthsago?
Perhaps, however, Joe Bidenis suffering from a withdrawal ofa different kind. After three runsfor President in 1984, 1988 and2008 as well as a near run in2004, Biden is all too familiarwith the symptoms of delusionsassociated with Presidential RaceWithdrawal Syndrome. Always abridesmaid, never a bride.
The perennial candidate al-ways has his eye on just aboutany job but representingDelaware in the U.S. Senate. Isthere anyone who can’t imagine ayoung Biden forming a presiden-tial exploratory committee as he
is sworn into the Senate wayback in 1972? Even today, it iseasy to picture a disappointedBiden grudgingly muttering “Icould have been a contender” onthe campaign jet back to Wilm-ington.
One has to wonder what’s sobad with serving the state ofDelaware in the U.S. Senate for34 years?
Why is that not enough for JoeBiden?
The Senate Judiciary Commit-tee and the Foreign Affairs Com-mittee certainly make bully pul-pits for a Senator with big ambi-tions but has it all gone to hishead?
Afterall, why spend timechampioning the needs of yourstate when you can get a soundbite on CNN by haranguing re-spected judicial nominees andmilitary leaders with glib one-lin-ers?
Alas, having thrown in thetowel on his own presidentialambitions (for now), pundits andpoliticians alike speculate thatBiden is actively campaigning forsecretary of state or maybe evenvice-president in a potential De-mocrat White House.
He certainly doesn’t discour-age the speculation, and his manyobjections to Obama and Clintonduring his campaign seem to bedistant memories as Bidenhedges his bets by cozying up toboth candidates.
In the meantime, the Senatorhappily plays the role of surro-gate agitator for the yet to be de-termined Democrat nominee andchief derider of war-hero Sen.John McCain.
All of this begs the question,has Joe Biden (or his ego) out-grown our wonderful little stateof Delaware?
It certainly looks like SenatorJoe Biden spends a lot more timeand energy on his high-profileextracurricular activities on thenational stage than serving thepeople of the state of Delaware.
Sure, focusing on local trans-portation or agricultural issues is-n’t “sexy,” but it’s all part of thejob of Delaware Senator.
Serving in the U.S. Senate isabout service, and Biden has not
served the people of Delawarewell in a long time. He has takenthe people of Delaware for grant-ed and continually treated the jobof representing our state as a con-solation prize instead of the greathonor that it is.
The Senate was never intend-ed to be a lifelong “fallback ca-reer” and certainly not a perpetu-al platform for Joe Biden’s end-less political ambitions.
It is understandable that 34long years in the Senate might bestarting to chafe and I certainlydon’t want Mr. Biden to resentour fair state for holding himback.
For his happiness as well asours maybe it’s time to make aclean break while we can still befriends. Let someone who reallywants and appreciates the job ofSenator of Delaware handle
things from here on out. No hardfeelings.
We’ve just outgrown each oth-er, Sen Biden. Go pursue yourbliss whether it’s in the WhiteHouse or the State Department orfishing on a quiet lake.
You deserve to be happy andso do we.
Christine O’DonnellWilmington
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Church BulletinsBill & Karen Itzel in Concert
Singers/songwriters Bill & Karen Itzelwill be in concert at the Atlanta Road Al-liance Church in Seaford, on Sunday, April27, at 7 p.m. Formerly a member of theSpeers, Bill was featured on two radio sin-gles: “Saved to the Uttermost” and “He’sStill in the Fire,” both of which soared tothe No. 1 spot on the Singing News, CashBox, and Gospel Voice charts, leading totwo Dove and two Grammy award nomi-nations. In 1990, Bill resigned from theSpeers and began his own family ministry.This event is free. A love offering will betaken, and Bill and Karen Itzel’s CD’s andother products will be available. The At-lanta Road Alliance Church is located at22625 Atlanta Road, approximately 1-1/2miles north of Stein Hwy (Rt. 20). Formore information, please call the church at629-5600 or visit www.atlantaroadcma.or.
Trinity UM Gospel concert Trinity United Methodist in Laurel,
near Trap Pond will be sponsoring aGospel Concert Friday, May 2. Join us fora night of gospel music featuring the in-spirational sounds of “All For Him,” PhilDavis, Jerry Jones and the O’Day Family.Food will be available for purchase and alove offering will be taken. Doors open at6 p.m. with the concert beginning at 6:30.For more information, call 875-7715 or875-4741.
St. John’s multicultural services Siempre Verde, a multicultural, bilin-
gual service is being led by Pastor LuisAlmandoz on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.in the Fellowship Hall at St. John’s United
Methodist Church at Pine and Poplarstreets, Seaford. Praise music, powerfulpreaching and a small meal unite this fel-lowship of persons of both Hispanic andAnglo origins. Alberto Mendez leads wor-ship on the keyboard.
Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery, a step program
which claims Jesus Christ as its HigherPower, is meeting at St. John’s UnitedMethodist Church, Pine and PoplarStreets, on Tuesday evenings from 7-9p.m. This program is open to persons whowish to turn over their hurts, habits, andhang-ups to God such that they may behealed. For more information, call Rev.Constance Hastings, 629-9466, or RobertSpadaccini, 841-1720.
‘No Talent” talent show Come enjoy an evening of fun, fellow-
ship and laughter at Laurel Baptist Churchas we will be hosting another “No Talent”Talent Show, on April 27, at 7 p.m.
The church is located on the west sideof 13A, approximately 2 miles south ofLaurel. Any questions, call Shirley at 875-2314.
Ladies’ bible studyThere is a ladies’ bible study, held
every Tuesday starting at 10 a.m., at Lau-rel Baptist Church, Bi-State Boulevard inLaurel.This bible study is a non-denomina-tional study, only God’s Word is studied,making us to be more like Christ.
Should you have any questions regard-ing the study, feel free to call Gertrude R.Smith at 875-5300.
Galestown UMC Spring hymn Galestown United Methodist Church
annual Spring hymn sing at the church at 2p.m., (no morning service). Special music:The Sounds of Joy and Amanda Jones. Abuffet style hot dinner will be served fol-lowing the service at the Galestown Com-munity Center.
Pastoral Sunday All Walks of Life Outreach Ministries,
30599 N. Sussex Hwy. (Ste.6) Laurel,where Apostle Randy J. and Pastor LorrieA. Jones are the Pastors, will be in Servicewith Pastor Tambara Stewart of Restora-tion Worship Center, Inc. of Georgetown,on April 27, at 4 p.m. Service sponsoredby the pastoral committee. For more infor-mation contact 875-7772.
Gospel Concert A Gospel Concert given by The O’Day
Family from Georgetown will be held atChrist Lutheran Church, 315 N. ShipleySt., Seaford, on April 27, at 6:30 p.m. Alove offering will be taken.
Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Tickets are now available for the 48th
annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast. Governor Ruth Ann Minner will host
the 48th annual Governor’s Prayer Break-fast on Thursday, May 1 at the ModernMaturity Center, 1121 Forrest Ave., inDover. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m., forthe buffet-style breakfast, and the programwill begin at 7:30 a.m. Tickets are avail-able upon request by mailing a checkpayable to “Governor’s Prayer Breakfast”for $15 per person or $150 for a table, to
Governor’s Prayer Breakfast, P.O. Box988, Dover, DE 19903 by April 25, 2008.Seating is limited, so reserve seats early.For more information, contact the Secre-tary of State’s Office at 302-739-4111.
ternational Gospel Group, “Paid-n-full,”on Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m., St. Luke’sParish Hall, North Street, Seaford. Thiswill be a Farewell Service for Min.Thomas Palmer, sponsored by Heaven-Bound Ministries. For more information,call Pastor Pat Jones, 628-1908.
Loyalty Day & Day of Prayer On May 1, at 7 p.m. at Greenwood
Memorial VFW Post 7478 on GovernorsAvenue in Greenwood, the Ladies Auxil-iary will sponsor a duel program of cele-bration for Loyalty Day and the NationalDay of Prayer.
The program will begin at 7 p.m. with ahalf-hour patriotic concert (and old timefavorite songs) by the Sweet Adelinesknown as the First State Harmonettes. Pas-tor Joyce Mizzelle of Grace-n-MercyChurch in Greenwood, will be the guestspeaker for the second half of theevening’s program celebrating the Nation-al Day of Prayer. All area churches are in-vited to send two representatives fromtheir worship service who will presentprayers for our country.
The public is invited to attend the Loy-alty Day/National Day of Prayer Celebra-tion. For more details contact Pres.Michaele S. Russell at 302-349-4220
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Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m. Youth Group 6:00-8 p.m.
SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161
Quality Traditional Education Since 1973 Fully Accredited By Middle States in ACSINapoleon once said that “im-
possible” was a word only foundin the dictionary of fools.
Chic Thompson said that “Itcan’t be done” is a saying with nofuture. Richard Bullock said, “Im-possible is just a big word thrownaround by small men.”
But it was Jesus who said, “Im-possible is a reality for humanity.Possible is a specialty of God.” Truth betold, there are times when we face thingsthat really are impossible by our ownstrength. In such times we recognize ourown limitations and are reminded that wemust put our trust in One greater than our-selves.
My son Clay recently celebrated hisseventh birthday and I bought him one ofthose little radio controlled airplanes. Inorder to charge the plane so that it can flyaround for 10-15 minutes you plug it intothe controller/charger. I chuckled when Irealized that the power source of thecharger was six double-A batteries.Sounds like a sweetheart deal struck byDuracell or Energizer. Sometimes we facesituations in life where we call on all thepower we have. Our most creative intel-lect, our strongest efforts, and our entirefinancial resources are sometimes not suf-ficient to solve our problem. Like thecharger, eventually our own batteries runout. Let’s face it, we need someone biggerthan ourselves in this life.
Jesus told us there is nothing too bigfor God. He said that with God all thingswere possible. The word translated “pos-sible” in that passage in Mark 10 is theGreek word for power. Built into thisword are three concepts.
First, there is no limit to God’s great-
ness. His charger never runs short, hismight is never depleted. God never rests,never yawns, and is never just tiredenough that he misses something heshould have caught on your behalf. Ourfaith is in a God who never is short of allHe needs to do all He must do.
Second, there is no limit to his creativi-ty. When we think we have analyzedevery angle, God has even begun to exhib-it the abundant ways to make things right.The devil has been trying to hem God infor years, but God always, always outwitshim. The same God who creatively madethe world around us is infinitely capableof finding a way in your life. When wethink there is no way, we lose hope. Youcan hope again in the midst of your im-possibility because God can make a waywhere there seems to be none.
Finally, there is no limit to his love. Tobelieve that God is all-powerful and all-creative, but not all-loving makes it verydifficult to trust. Why would I entrust mylife to someone who may or may not careabout what is best for me? God hasdemonstrated his great love for me and forthat I can put my trust in him.
Ultimately, when I face the impossibleI can have faith because of God’s power,hope because of God's creativity, and trustbecause of God's love. With God, allthings really are possible!
TThhee GGoodd ooff PPoossssiibblleeBy the Rev. Todd K. CroffordLaurel Wesleyan Church
The devil has been
trying to hem God
in for years, but
God always, always
outwits him.
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Gospel Café April guestsCentenary United Methodist Church, corner of Poplar & Mar-
ket streets, Laurel, holds its Gospel Café every Saturday night at6 p.m. featuring Bruce and Nancy Willey music ministry withlive Christian music, fellowship and refreshments. April 2008guest singers are:
April 26 – Gospel group (ALL 4 HIM), Wayne Dukes, Kaila Cluscas.Every week, Mary Ann Young joins us. Everyone is invited to attend. For more in-
formation, contact Bruce and Nancy Willey at 875-5539.
Benjamin F. Kyker, 86Benjamin F. Kyker of Seaford, formerly
of Annapolis, Md., died on April 11, 2008,at home. Mr. Kyker was born in Berea,Ky., the son of B. Frank Kyker and Nell P.Kyker. He attended high school in Greens-boro, N.C. and college at Wilson TeachersCollege in Washington, D.C. He receivedhis Masters Degree at Catholic Universityin Washington, D.C. He retired from theU. S. Marine Corps Reserve as a Colonel,and later retired from the U.S. Govern-ment. He and his wife moved to theMethodist Manor House in Seaford in1993. His wife of 56 years, Elizabeth LawKyker, and a son, Jonathan, survive him.
Memorial services were held on Satur-day, April 19, at the Atlanta Road AllianceChurch, Seaford. The family suggests do-nations may be made to Delaware HospiceInc., 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963;or the Atlanta Road Alliance Church Mis-sion Fund, P O Box 756, Seaford, DE19973. Arrangements were handled by theCranston Funeral Home, Seaford.
Shawn A. Starkey, 32 Shawn A. Starkey of Seaford passed
away in Seaford on April 12, 2008.He is a son of Ronnie Starkey, Jr. of
Seaford and Fay Orendorf of Laurel.Shawn worked for M & M Refrigera-
tion in Federalsburg as an accomplishedWelder. He graduated from the first gradu-ating class at Sussex Tech High School,where he played football. His class wasalso involved in welding the Raven in frontof the School. Mr. Starkey will be remem-bered by his family and friends for hisgreat sense of humor, love of 4-wheelers,fishing, and racing.
He also worked on racecars at the U.S.13 International Speedway in Delmar. Hewas an avid sports fan, a PhiladelphiaPhillies fan, enjoyed watching NASCARraces and football games. He was a verylikable man and a member of SeafordChurch of Christ.
His paternal grandfather Ronnie Starkeyand maternal grandfather Frank Orendorfpreceded him in death. In addition to hisparents, he is survived by his fiancé DonnaHennessey of Seaford; a son, ShawnStarkey, Jr. of Seaford; stepsons: Kenneth,III and Justin Hennessey of Seaford; hisdaughters, Cheyenne Starkey and step-daughter Jessica Hennessey, both ofSeaford; a brother Dusty Harris of Laurel;maternal grandparents, Anita and CharlesCampbell of Bethel; his nieces andnephews, Dylan Harris, Jade Harris andConner Marvel.
A funeral service was held at the Hanni-gan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Lau-rel, on Thursday, April 17, where a viewingwas held prior to the service. Mr. Ron Rus-sell officiated. Interment was held privatelyby the family. Contributions may be madein his memory to the Shawn A. StarkeyMemorial Fund, 27446 Iris Lane, Seaford,DE 19973.
Helen M. Arnold, 87Helen M. Arnold (nee Buell), age 87, of
New Windsor, Md. died on Thursday, April17, 2008, at Lorien Nursing Home inTaneytown, Md. She was born June 4,1920 in Baltimore, Md., a daughter ofWilliam L. Buell and Rose ChenowithBuell, who predeceased her.
She was the wife of Charles G.R.Arnold who died on April 6, 2007. She was
a homemaker. She enjoyed more than 30years of retirement with her husband andfamily and many friends in Maryland andgoing as “snow birds” to Florida.
She was an avid gardener “greenthumb.”
Mrs. Arnold was the mother of RoseLee Wachter and husband George of Fred-erick County, Md., Charles G. Arnold, Jr.and wife Jeanne of Ellicott City, Md. andDonna M. Reed and husband John of Lau-rel, Del.
She is also survived by 12 grandchil-dren and 15 great- grandchildren. Friendscalled at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home& Crematory, PA, on April 20. A funeralservice was held at Burrier-Queen FuneralHome & Crematory, on Monday, April 21,with her son-in-law, Deacon GeorgeWachter officiating. Interment was inCrestlawn Memorial Park, Marriottsville,Md. Arrangements were made by: Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA.Condolences may be emailed to www.bur-rier-queen.com.
Helen Louise Croom, 77Helen Louise Croom of Philadelphia,
Pa., passed away on Wednesday, April 16,2008, at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes.She was born on May 19, 1930 in Kinston,N.C., a daughter of Fredderick Scratch andRoberta Metz Croom, who preceded her indeath. Ms Croom worked at the ACMEPoultry Plant for many years.
She was a member of the Bethel HolyTemple in Philadelphia. She loved cooking,fishing, and spending quality time with herfamily and friends.
She is survived by a niece that sheraised as her own, Renay Moore; a specialfriend and caregiver, Dorothy Durham ofPhiladelphia, one brother, James Moore ofKinston, N.C., two sisters, Hazel Dennisand her husband Richard of Baltimore,Md., and Betty Dennis and her husbandHoward of Selbyville; a host of nieces,nephews, great nieces and great nephews,and many friends.
Services for her are at 1 p.m. on Thurs-day, April 24, at the Watson Funeral Home,211 S. Washington Street, Millsboro, wherefriends may call at noon. Pastor BaronessMartin, Pastor Pierre Dennis, and ElderHoward Dennis Jr. will officiate the serv-ice. Interment will be in Zoar Golden AcresCemetery, Bishopville, Md. Letters of con-dolence may be emailed via watsonfh.com,or delmarvaobits.com
Barbara Alexis Constantine, 60 Barbara Alexis Constantine of Seaford
passed away at her home on April 16,2008. She was a daughter of Ralph andBernice Perez, who preceded her in death.
She was a Social Worker for New Eng-land Fellowship Healthcare where sheworked to heal many patients with herskillful artist talents.
Barbara was an accomplished painter.She attended the School of Visual Arts inNew York City.
She is survived by her husband Alvah“Al” Constantine. A sister, Cookie, adaughter, Maya Constantine of Millsboro, abrother-in-law, Paul Constantine and hiswife Judy; a sister-in-law, Jenny Mechling.Two nieces also survive her.
Services will be held privately at theconvenience of her family. Arrangementswere handled by the Hannigan, Short,Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West St.,Laurel.
Sophia P. Eckert, 80 Sophia P. Kowalczyk Eckert of Hebron,
formerly of Baltimore, died Thursday,April 17, 2008 at her home in Hebron. Shewas born March 17, 1928 in Baltimore, adaughter of John and Catherine HulakKowalczyk, who predeceased her.
Mrs. Eckert worked for a number ofyears as a seamstress at a garment compa-ny in Baltimore before deciding to stayhome to raise her family.
Once she moved to Hebron, she joinedSt. Francis de Sales Catholic Church inSalisbury. She loved to do embroidery andmade many things to share with her familyand friends. She also enjoyed gardeningand flowers and was an excellent cook. Herlove and devotion to her family is her lega-cy.
In addition to her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her husband, HenryArthur Eckert; a son, Henry John Eckert,Sr.; a brother, and three sisters.
She is survived by three children, Car-roll Eckert, and his wife, Diane of Ti-tusville, Fla., Diane Totaro, and her hus-band, Wayne of Baltimore, Md., and JoannGriffin, and her husband, John of Hebron;12 grandchildren and four great-grandchil-dren. She is also survived by several niecesand nephews.
A visitation for family and friends washeld on Monday, April 21, at Short FuneralHome, Delmar, with a Rosary service thatfollowed. A Mass of Christian Burial wascelebrated Tuesday, April 22, at Holy Re-deemer Catholic Church, Delmar. Inter-ment followed the services at SpringhillMemory Gardens in Hebron.
Memorial contributions may be made inher memory to: Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box1733, Salisbury, MD 21802.
David K. Beeson, 69David K. Beeson of Delmar died on
Saturday, April 19, 2008, at home.Mr. Beeson was a veteran of the U.S.
Army. He formerly built fire trucks for aliving. His wife, Mildred, preceded him indeath. He is survived by two step-sons,James Turner and his wife Betty, withwhom David lived, and Johnny Littrelt andhis wife Joyce of New Castle; three step-
daughters, Yvonne Kachzovitz and her hus-band Ken of New Castle and ChristinaButler and her husband, Nathan of Mid-west City, Okla., and Mary Markley of Ok-lahoma City, Okla.; 14 grandchildren and11 great-grandchildren also survive him.Funeral Services and burial will be private.Arrangements were handled by theCranston Funeral Home, Seaford.
Elizabeth H. Donaway, 73Elizabeth H. “Betty Ann” Donaway of
Millsboro passed away after a long illnesson April 17, 2008, in Delmar Nursing &Rehabilitation Center, Delmar, Del.
Mrs. Donaway was born on Feb. 26,1935 in Harbeson, a daughter of Joseph T.and Margaret B. Veasey Hunter, who pre-deceased her.
Mrs. Donaway was a banking proof op-erator working for Farmer’s Bank, Bank ofDelaware, and then PNC Bank for a totalof 32 years. For many years, she was amember of the Hickory Hill UnitedMethodist Church, Millsboro.
She was preceded in death by her hus-band of 54 years, George B. Donaway inJanuary 2007; her sister, Lettye Gaye Pet-tyjohn in 1975, and a sister, JosephineMuir in 1985.
She is survived by her son, Bart H.Donaway of Millsboro; grandson Jamie B.Donaway and his wife Ann, and two great-grandchildren, Mya and Dax Donaway.Services for her were held Wednesday,April 23, at the Watson Funeral Home,Millsboro, where friends called prior to theservice.
Pastor Betty Jo Magee officiated theservice. Interment was in Millsboro Ceme-tery, Millsboro.
The family asks for contributions to theHickory Hill U.M. Church, c/o RoyRogers, Treasurer, 28209 Walt CarmeanLane, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Letters of condolence may be emailedvia watsonfh.com or delmarvaobits.com
William L. Blades, 78 William “Bill” L. Blades of Seaford
passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, atCoastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury,Md. He was born June 24, 1929 in Atlanta,Del., a son of Willis and Nellie Sammons
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Blades, who prede-ceased him.
Bill worked forthe Easton PoliceDepartment beforespending most ofhis life as an agri-culture inspectorfor various compa-nies, includingCargill in Seaford,The Maryland De-partment of Agri-culture, FarmersGrain and Seed and Nagel Farm Service.
He enjoyed rabbit hunting, harness rac-ing, playing cards, watching crops growand picking produce to give away to oth-ers. He also loved to tease his family andfriends.
In addition to his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by his son, William “Billy”L. Blades, Jr., who passed in 2006, agranddaughter, Kilby Blades, who passedin 2004, and a sister, Mary Mae Dillard ofSeaford, who passed in February 2008.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years,Thelma Zinn Blades, whom he married in1952; a son, Scot Blades and his wifeSandy of Williamsburg, Va.; a daughter-in-law, Dawn Blades of Laurel; a sister,Jeanne Marvel and her husband Donald ofGreenwood; two step-granddaughters, andfour step-great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by many cousins,one who was like a brother to him, BobbyCordrey; two aunts, an uncle, threenephews, and four great-nephews.
Following cremation, services will beprivate at Bill’s request.
Memorial contributions may be made inhis memory, to Coastal Hospice At TheLake, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, MD21802; or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are in the care of ShortFuneral Home in Delmar.
Online condolences may be sent to thefamily by visiting www.shortfh.com.
Robert Kenneth Sherman, 70 Robert Kenneth Sherman of Delmar
died Friday, April 18, 2008, at NanticokeMemorial Hospital in Seaford.
He was born in Reading, Pa, a son ofEarl Wilson Sherman and Agnes KiemSherman, who preceded him in death.
After graduating from business school,he served in the U.S. Navy.
Bob worked in supervising positionsmost of his life for various maintenanceand manufacturing companies.
He was a member of the Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salisbury.
He enjoyed fishing and boating. He is remembered as a man who was al-
ways considerate of the needs of others andwas always willing to help those in need.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth C.Sherman; three daughters, Susan Kohl andher husband, Leroy, Debra Lee Santos andLisa M. Sherman; two sons, William EarlSherman and Stephen Sherman; two step-daughters, Elizabeth Beatty and her fiancé,George Bennett, Crystal Linton and herhusband, Terry; a step-son, Charles B.Houseberg and his wife Mary; a brother,George Sherman and his wife, Peggy; andseveral grandchildren, great grandchildren,and step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a halfbrother, Kenneth “Butch” Smith.
Following cremation, a memorial serv-ice was held on Wednesday, April 23, atThe Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-DaySaints in Salisbury, Md.
Memorial contributions may be made inhis memory to: American Heart Associa-tion of Delaware, 600 DuPont Highway,
Suite 104, Georgetown, DE 19947; or toAmerican Cancer Society, P.O. Box 163,Salisbury, MD 21803. Online condolencesmay be sent to the family by visitingwww.shortfh.com.
Clarence V. McCabe, II, 46Clarence V. “Vince” McCabe, II, of
Dagsboro, passed away on April 17, 2008,in Frankford.Vince was born on Jan. 26,1962, in Salisbury, Md., a son of ClarenceVincent and Sue Ella Long McCabe, whopredeceased him.
He was a self-employed owner/operatortruck driver for many years. He loved surf-fishing and driving his truck; He was a lov-ing father and his kids always brought hima smile.
Vince also was a loving brother and agood-hearted person even though peoplethat knew him, knew that he was stuck in“his ways.”
He is survived by two sons, ClarenceVincent McCabe, III and Eben James Mc-Cabe, both of Statesville, N.C., one broth-er, William McCabe and his companionMichelle of Laurel, one sister, Malinda RayMoore and her husband Joseph A. Jr. ofMillsboro; three nephews, Joseph A.Moore IV, William M.L. McCabe, and Dy-lan McCabe, and one great-nephew, JosephA. Moore V.
Services for him are at 8 p.m., Thurs-day, April 24, at the Watson Funeral Home,211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, wherefriends may call two hours before the serv-ice. Pastor Parris Sexton will officiate theservice. Interment will be private.
The family asks for contributions to thetrust fund for his sons, Clarence and Ebenpayable to PNC Bank, Attn: Amber Alte-mose, 104 Main Street, Millsboro, DE19966.
Letters of condolence may be emailedvia watsonfh.com or delmarvaobits.com
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In Loving Memory Vickie Hearn
4-25-45 • 5-22-01
You can not go beyond our thoughts Or leave your love behind,
Because we keep you in our hearts And forever on our minds.
Missed so much by Walt Hearn & Family
In Loving Memory of Mary G. Marino
July 2, 1917 - April 30, 2002
Mom you held us in your arms for a little while and now we hold you in our hearts forever.
You were our supporter and held our family together.
Now our family has fallen apart without you and dad.
Maybe one day with God’s blessings you and dad will put us back together.
Love and Miss You Mom Your Loving Daughter
and Son-in-law Patricia and Henry Quillen
and Son John Marino Jr.
William L. Blades
Pendel Brass to perform in SeafordThe Pendel Brass, Singers and Timbrelists of The Salvation Army will present a
celebration of music on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4, in Seaford. The weekend begins Saturday at 3 p.m. in the parking lot of Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church on High Street in Seaford for open air sharing of music and the gospel. The celebration continues that evening at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s United Methodist
Church on Pine and Poplar Streets with a free will offering concert. Proceeds from the offering will benefit youth and camp programs of The Salvation
Army of Sussex County. The climax piece of the concert “To the Chief Musician”will be a collaborative musical effort with the St. John’s United Methodist ChurchChoir. Continuing with the celebration on Sunday morning, The Salvation Army Pen-del Brass, Singers and Timbrelists will participate in united worship at all three of St.John’s services at 8:30, 10 and 11:15 a.m.
‘Reunion Quartet’ at St. Paul’s St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Laurel will have in concert the “Reunion
Quartet,” from Princess Anne, Md. The concert will be held on April 27, and will be-gin at 7 p.m. Don Murray and friends will begin at 6:30 p.m. St. Paul’s is locatedjust east of US 13, on Old Stage Road. For more information, call 875-7900, or visitus on the web at www.stpaulsumclaurelde.org
Communion of Choirs is plannedJohn W. Thompson, noted composer, music publisher and media producer, will
join four other professional judges during the Mountaire Communion of Choirs com-petition at Trinity United Methodist Church, Salisbury, Md., April 24, 25 and 26. OnSaturday, Thompson will lead contestants in a group choir worship singing of ElShaddi. For the past 13 years, Mountaire has presented financial awards to more than600 participants in various categories during the Mountaire Gospel Talent Search.This year the contest will focus on choirs only with the top three winnings - $8,000,$6,500 and $5,000 to be awarded to the participating church.
The competition will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25and 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. The winners will be anounced on Saturday.
There is no charge to witness the competition. For more information, contactRoger Marino at 302-934-3123 or e-mail [email protected].
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Del Tech hosts woodcarving show Artists from the Delmarva region will
display their crafts on May 9 and 10 at the2nd annual Woodcarvers & Wildlife ArtExhibit at Delaware Technical & Commu-nity College, Owens Campus, George-town. This event is co-sponsored by theAdult Plus+ Woodcarvers Club.
The work featured will vary in shapeand size. At last year’s event there werewoodcarvings in the shapes of birds,ducks, Santa Claus, jewelry boxes, boats,and much more. In addition to woodcarv-ing, pictures and paintings of wildlife alsowill be featured. The show will be held inthe Carter Partnership Center from 3 to 7p.m. on Friday, May 9 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.on Saturday, May 10. Admission is free onboth days. Even though admission is free,
woodworking enthusiasts may want tobring money to purchase woodworkingtools that will be sold at the event. Ex-hibitors also will be selling their craftsduring the show.
Art submitted will be judged and rib-bons awarded. For more information or toregister, call Delaware Tech’s Adult Plus+program at 856-5618.
Lighthouse tours offeredIf you’ve ever gazed at the black and
white lighthouse off Lewes Beach or thedeep red lighthouse off the tip of CapeHenlopen and wondered what they’re likeinside, there’s only one way to find out.
You can tour the historic 1926 Harborof Refuge Lighthouse and the 1885Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthousewith the Delaware River & Bay Light-
house Foundation.This season, the Foundation will offer
eight Saturday tours to the lighthouses --on May 31, June 14 and June 28, July 12and July 26, Aug. 9 and Aug. 23, and Sept.6. Each tour goes by boat to both light-houses and includes a history of the struc-tures and stories of the keepers’ lives.
You get to climb to the top of the light-houses and stand on the exterior walkwaysfor an unmatched view of Delaware Bayand the Lewes area. Price of the three-hourtour is $75 for those who are not membersof the Foundation or $65 for members.Reservations are a must because participa-tion is limited by Coast Guard controls onthe number of people on the boat. Call644-7046 for reservations and information.
Strawberry Festival to be held Members of the St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church, Laurel, Strawberry Festival com-mittee are in the countdown stage. Satur-day, May 17, beginning at 7:30 a.m., the
second annual event will begin with scrap-ple sandwiches and other breakfast treatsoffered festival goers, under the directionof Jeff Dolby and his committee.
The first baskets or gallons of strawber-ries will be offered for sale at 8 a.m. andcontinue throughout the day. NancySchlicker and Joanne Czernik will onceagain have their show-stopper gullets forsale at the bake table.
The special treat will sell for $5 perbakers dozen, with advance orders beingtaken by calling Nancy at 875-1727. TheLaurel Historical Society, under the direc-tion of Norma Jean Fowler, will offer spe-cial tours of Cook House, Studley’s Store,the former railroad station in Laurel, Hen-ry’s store, Old St. Mark’s EpiscopalChurch, Academy Antiques, Laurel’s oldpost office, with tickets available at $10.Tickets may be purchased from membersor at St. Philip’s.
Strawberries will again be supplied byMarlene Givens’ Hen House where a spe-cial “kids day” will get underway at noon.
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An exhibition of oil paintings createdby a former student of Henry Progar and adisplay of photographs done for a collegerequirement will be available for publicviewing as part of the Laurel HistoricalSociety’s “Sites and Scenes from DaysGone Bye” spring history tour.
Held in conjunction with St. Philip’sStrawberry Festival on Saturday, May 17,the art works will be displayed in historicproperties maintained by the society.
Along with the two different art shows,other historic sites will be open that dayincluding the former Henry General Storeon Route 24 west, the Old Post Office, theLaurel Train Station, St. Mark’s EpiscopalChurch and Academy Street Antiques. TheStrawberry Festival at the church will runfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. while the historytour will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At the society headquarters, “The CookHouse,” Eunita Farrelly will display manyof her oil paintings of Laurel buildingsand scenes including the Laurel Flour Millon Records Pond and the cypress trees atTrussum’s Pond. Mrs. Farrelly was a for-mer student of Mr. Henry Progar, remem-bered by many as the popular art teacherin town during the ‘50’s and 60’s. Long
admired by local residents, Farrelly'spaintings will be viewed publicly for thefirst time on this tour, evoking memoriesfrom earlier Laurel days. The same qualityof reminiscing will be found in the art-work of Summer Spicer, who will showher photographs at the society’s restora-tion property known as “The StudleyHouse.” Summer graduated from LaurelHigh School in 2003 and SwarthmoreCollege in 2007.
The photographs, shot at various loca-tions in Laurel and around Delmarva as arequirement for her senior art thesis, werefirst shown in a student show at Swarth-more. Opened for the first time for Laurelviewing, the unfinished interior of the so-ciety’s “Studley House” will provide astark but effective backdrop for Summer’sphotographic art, while also preservingmemories of another time.
Tickets for the Strawberry Festival His-tory Tour will be available at St. Philip’sChurch on the day of the festival startingat 9 a.m. The history tour will include theart shows and five other stops, for a dona-tion of $10. Sites will open at 10 a.m. Formore information, e-mail [email protected] or call 875-2820.
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April has come and almost gone, butdirt track racing in Delaware is just gettingstarted. The new season has begun atDelaware International Speedway, a halfmile clay oval located at the Delaware Mo-torsports Complex, in Delmar. The com-plex also includes a quarter mile dragwayand a fast go-kart track. The season openerfor the speedway was April 12 with a goodshow of stock cars. The mighty URCSprints visited last week. William J. CathellMemorial Night, which is this weekend,features a grand night of racing action inmemory of founder William J. Cathell, byhis son Charlie Cathell and the family asthey continue to operate the track for the45th year this season. Next weekend willbe the first show of the “Blast From ThePast” Little Lincoln Vintage Stock CarClub. Each weekend there is somethingspecial happening on the grounds. My raceof choice is the fast half mile speedway - itfixes my “need for speed.” This year hasstarted with a bang of action and changesin drivers. Here's the DIRT...
Promoter Charlie Cathell just recentlyannounced that Delmarva NAPA AutoParts Stores will sign on as division spon-sor for the Big Block Modifieds this year.
In the NAPA Big Block Modified class,last year's 2007 Redbud Rookie of the Yearin the AC Delco Modified, Chad ClarkH20, will compete with the big boys ofracing by switching to the big block.
Steve Downs II will race in the Woods#39W full-time. 2007 DIS Rookie of theYear Joe Dekutoski has a new number thisyear - 50D. Tim Millman had back surgerynear the end of 2007 and just got clearanceto race for 2008. Millman started openingnight off with a victory driving number 56Jake Marine’s hot rod. One team had threecars running on opening night - Craig OttT10, Scott Hulmes 410 and GeorgeRichardson 10. Donny Radd 9R poweredbehind Jeff Brown’s Chesapeake PavingNAPA Modified, with Brown behind thenumber 9. The top five on opening nightwent to Tim Millman 56, Ricky Johnson69, Matt Jester 62, Steve Downs II 39Wand Jamie Mills 55 in Keith Coulbournes’modified. On opening night, 22 race carsstarted the field. The Super Late Models
had Richard Jarvis Jr. returning in SteveNutall’s number 11. Jarvis ran a few racesfor Nutall at the end of last year and thetwo have teamed up again this year. On thefirst night of racing, Jarvis claimed the winfollowed by Ray Davis Jr. 84, Austin Hub-bard 11A, Rob Massey 6 and David Hill75. Hubbard, 2007 Virginia Motor Speed-way Champion, held second until the latterfive laps when Davis grabbed second.
Other Late Model DIRT this year hasKevin Scott Jr. 12K moving from the CrateLate Model to the Super Late along withDerrike Hill 57. Staci Warrington 20 andJon Callaway both come from the CrateLate Model with Callaway in the GarySimpson 12 Super Late. Scott finishedeighth and Warrington placed tenth onopening night; not bad for racing with thebig dogs. The AC Delco Modified startedthe season with 26 race cars for the featureon opening night. The feature winner wentto Joe Tracy 37J. Tracy finished second inlast year's points standings. The top fivefinishes on opening night were Tracy, TimTrimble 21, Brad Trice 57, Herman Powell92 and Mike White 85M. Powell finishedthe best he has ever raced in this class.Trice, last year's DIS track champion, willbe behind the number 57 Mitchell’s AutoSalvage modified. The Mitchell's havebeen a fixture in local racing for years andsupport many drivers. Quite a few of thesame drivers returned this season - CaseyLynch 31, Scott Calhoun 6, Herbie Hempel53H, Garrie Bostwick 82, plus many more.New this year - Danny Clark, age 14, willhandle the number 25 some this year thatTommy Evans commands. The Street Mod-ified/Crate Late Model had a good show ofcars with 18 taking the field. The winner ofthe night was Herb Tunis 5M, with JackMullins Jr. 1 in second. Those two driversstarted right back where they left off lastyear, with some good, tight racing action.Third was Barry Beauchamp 11B, his bestfinish, while Mike Wilson 12 and Eric Vent86 rounded out the top five of the night. Afew new names this year are Chris Justice80, out of Virginia, Punky Chism 77 andJosh Millman 6. Returning drivers includeJohn Imler 63, Kelly Putz 59, Nick Davis92, Joe Warren 11 and Tyler Reed 44, plus
a lot more to name as the year goes on. On opening night, the Modified Lite
class had a couple new drivers this year -TJ Williams 77 and Shawn Weber 19 madethe switch from go-karts. The 10 lap fea-ture winner went to the 2007 DIS TrackChamp, Steve White 76. Brandon Dennis10, Curt Miles Jr. 21JR, Tim White 93, andSparky White 16 rounded out the top five.What a fantastic race between Dennis andMiles Jr! Miles worked his way up fromfifth to second, with the two battling backand forth the last laps, except on the verylast lap. As they came off turn four, bothwere wheel to wheel to the flag stand andDennis, just inches away, took second fromMiles under the checkered flag. Most ofthe regular drivers returned opening night -Cody Belote 6, Rick Wheatley 14, AaronBada 10H, Chad and Alan Passwaters, justto name a few. Don’t forget that whenNASCAR is in Dover this spring, kick offyour weekend with the World of OutlawsLate Model Series (WoOLMS) on Thurs-day, May 29. The touring series hits over50 races in the season. Greats include RickEckert, Steve Francis, Josh Richards, ChubFrank and Billy Moyer. This group of rac-ers can go to any track and put on an ulti-mate night of racing. Another importantdate to keep in mind for the speedway isWednesday, July 9, for the annual CampBarnes Benefit night of racing. Watch forwhen tickets go on sale or call the track of-fice at 875-1911. The dragway continues torace each Sunday until June 13 when they
will switch to Friday nights after schoolends. This Sunday will be the first Bad 8out of the six scheduled Bad 8’s this sea-son. Gates open at 10 a.m. with time runsat 11 a.m. and eliminations at 2:30 p.m.For more information, check the track'swebsite at www.delawareracing.com or thetrack hotline at 846-3968. The US 13 KartClub Track had the first Delaware Dirt Di-visional Series (DDDS-WKA state) onApril 5. Winners were Payton Heck 19,Dillon Adams 25, J. B. Loomis 17 (2),Brandon White 09, Robbie Emory 9, ChadHayes 18 (2), Bryan Bradford 94, KirkHarrington 98, Bryan Brobst 11, CharlieVallandingham 15, Allen Larson 39, Shan-non Morris 7 and Michael Ellerbush 4.Second club race winners at the kart trackon April 11 went to Jace Darling 30, JBLoomis 17, Dallas Godman 97, BrandonBeale 10, Chris Perozzi 5, Mike Allaband7, Allen Larson 39, Robbie Emory 9, JacobPearson 24 and Richie Hornsby 1. Thiscoming Friday, the track is off and will re-turn to Delmar on Friday, May 9. Gatesopen at 5 p.m. The second DDDS stateraces are Saturday May 3 at the DelmarvaMotorsports Park and gates open at noon.For all of your Delaware track race news,visit www.redbud69racing.com. Check thelargest racing message board on Delmarvaat http://redbud69racing.proboards2.compowered by A1Graphic and Lettering ofGeorgetown and Hab-Nab Trucking ofSeaford.
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Stock cars on the backstretch running in the track at the season opener on April 11.Photo by Bonnie Nibblett
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C inematic S eminar:
Take advantage of an evening in which a few solutions to the lack of affordable housing in Sussex County will be presented. The evening’s events will provide:
A film screening of Homes & Hands: Community Land Trusts in Action, which illustrates what some communities in America are doing about affordable housing.
A locally produced video titled Building Community: Partnering for Affordable Housing highlighting Sussex County housing problems and solutions.
A Q & A session with a panel of housing professionals to address YOUR concerns, followed by the opportunity for one-on-one conversations.
A reception with refreshments will follow the film and discussion.
For more information contact the Rehoboth Beach Film Society at 302-645-9095 ext.2 or email [email protected]
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writing will feature three unsettlingtales of canines. One tale will endwith death, another in mystery andthe third, despite all initial indica-tions to the contrary, in joy.
Let me get the first, the tale thatends in death, out of the way. Adog was struck and killed in frontof our house yesterday. Sitting atthe kitchen table, I heard the im-pact. From what I could tell when Ilooked out the window, the dogdied immediately. It was lying by the sideof the road, perfectly still.
Its roaming partner, a large, black andwhite, shaggy dog, was pawing it, asthough to say, “Come on, get up. Quitfooling around.” When there was no re-sponse, the shaggy dog moved on, hope-fully having learned a lesson about stayingaway from roads.
I don’t know what kind of vehicle hitthe dog. None was stopped, no onechecked on the dog’s condition or tried tofind its owners.
The second tale ends in mystery be-cause while the beginning circumstances
are similar to those of the first story — adog was hit, no one stopped to check on it— this dog managed to get itself off theroad and into our yard. It lay next to a rowof bushes for a while, then walked offthrough the field, slowly at first and thenat a trot. When I checked the spot where ithad lain, there was no blood. So while Ihave to concede that I can’t be sure howthis dog’s tale ends, I can allow myself tobe optimistic that he got home, perhaps,like the shaggy dog, having learned a les-son.
The third tale, as third tales in sagas of-ten are, is complicated. It started when my
daughter and her new husband, living1,500 miles away from their homes, decid-ed to adopt a dog. Because they live in acity apartment, they wanted a dog thatwould be quiet, that would sleep all daywhile they are at work and school, and thatwouldn’t require much exercise. I suggest-ed something stuffed, but they decided totake into their home a greyhound, a formerracing dog that was no longer wanted onthe tracks.
Smooth Glass, Moo for short, had runin just four races, losing each one. Hewould be quiet, his adoption agency prom-ised. He would be content to sleep whilemy daughter and her husband were away,and he would rarely, if ever, bark.
So Moo came to live at their house. The first sign of trouble was Moo’s re-
luctance to go into his kennel when mydaughter left for work. The representativesof the adoption agency had suggested us-ing a kennel, as someplace he could feelsecure when his people were away. Butwithin a few days, he was balking at goingin, even when lured with treats.
Then my daughter got two telephonecalls at work, one from a neighbor com-plaining that Moo had been barking allday, the other from her landlord. “You willhave all weekend to convince him that youwill always come back home,” I tried toreassure her.
On the adoption agency’s advice, theygave up on putting Moo in the kennel. Hewas given run of the bedroom, and toldthat he could sleep on the bed. He even
got a new toy, something into which mydaughter could put peanut butter andwhich was supposed to hold his attentionfor hours.
Still, he cried. Still the neighborscalled. And when my daughter and herhusband came home from grocery shop-ping and found Moo standing in the mid-dle of a puddle of urine, shaking, theyknew that they could no longer keep him.
They called the adoption agency. Hisformer foster mother, who had kept himfor just a matter of days and who had an-other greyhound at home, came to pickhim up. He was delighted to see her, mydaughter said, and seemed anxious to getin her car.
There were a few tears, but all in all,my daughter and her husband were re-lieved to know that finally, after twoweeks of trying, they had been able tomake Moo happy. He will be adopted outagain, the adoption agency said, but onlyto a family that has other dogs to keep himcompany when his people leave.
And so end my trio of tales — or is ittails? There aren’t any grand lessons, Isuppose. Except, perhaps, that roamingwithout watching where you are going isbound to end in trouble. And even though,as Toto learned, there’s no place likehome, when being there makes you cryand shake, it’s time to move on.
The third tale started whenmy daughter and her newhusband, living 1,500miles away from theirhomes, decided to adopt adog.
LYNN PARKS
The Sussex Conservation District willhold a public workshop Tuesday, April 29,6 p.m., at the University of Delaware’sCarvel Research and Education Center,16684 County Seat Highway, George-town.
The topic of discussion is the draft re-port on level of service and funding forsurface water management in SussexCounty.
In May 2005, Gov. Minner’s SurfaceWater Management Task Force recom-mended that financial and program needsfor surface water management related todrainage, stormwater and flood manage-ment be explored at the local level.
The Sussex Conservation District, Sus-sex County government and the Depart-ment of Natural Resources and Environ-mental Control (DNREC), with assistancefrom project consultant URS Corporation,
developed an assessment for programneeds and funding in Sussex County.
After nine months of communicatingwith agencies and stakeholder organiza-tions, and careful analysis of current pro-gram levels, the draft report details levelsof service and funding for surface watermanagement in Sussex County.
“Come and help us frame the final rec-ommendations and assist the programagencies and elected officials in determin-ing the future needs of Sussex County forsurface water management,” said SussexConservation District coordinator DebraAbsher. “Surface water management is-sues affect all citizens in the county so itis important to hear from the public aswell.”
For more information about the work-shop, contact Absher at 856-3990, Ext. 3.
Conservation district to holdworkshop on plan to fundsurface water management
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Order of sale: We will offer the 5 lots located on Watson Road @ 1:30 p.m. These lots will be sold individually and then offered together and sold for which ever way results in the higher amount. We will then travel to Poplar St. and offer that lot at 3:30 p.m.
Watson Roa d, Laurel, DE Auction Date: Saturday, May 10th 2008 • 1:30 p.m.
Inspection: Wed. April 30th (4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.) Sunday, May 4th (2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)
Tues., May 6th (4:00-5:00 p.m.) Bidders are encouraged to inspect the property anytime during daylight hours.
Location : Traveling west on Rt. 24 (Sharptown Rd.) towards Sharptown, MD from Laurel, DE turn right onto Mt. Pleasant Road and travel 1.3 miles. Turn left onto
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PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE
You are hereby notifiedthe below matter will be be-fore:
The Planning and Zon-ing Commission for their re-view and recommendationon Thursday, May 1, 2008,at 7:00 P.M., in the CityHall, 414 High Street,Seaford, Delaware; and;
The Mayor and Councilfor their determination onTuesday, May 27, 2008, at7:05 p.m., in City Hall, 414High Street, Seaford,Delaware:
S&L Contractors, proper-ty owners of Tax Map andParcel 531 13.00 379, lo-cated on Atlanta Road, isseeking a sketch plan ap-proval for Governor’s GrantPhase III, the constructionof 5-three story buildingswith 18 condominiums ineach building; 1-two storybuilding with 12 condomini-ums and one - 2 story du-plex, for a total fo 104 units.The property is zoned R-3High Density Residential.
If this project is of con-cern to you and you wish topresent your position or ev-idence, please attend thismeeting. You may havecounsel to attend on yourbehalf.
Issued this 24th day ofApril 2008 pursuant to theRules heretofore adoptedby the City of Seaford.
THE CITY OF SEAFORDDolores J. Slatcher
City Manager4/24/1tc
NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING
COUNTY BOARD OFADJUSTMENT
HEARINGNorthwest Fork Hundred
Case No. 10144In accordance with
Chapter 115, of the Code ofSussex County, a hearingwill be held on request for aspecial use exception asprovided by: Chapter 115,Article IV, Subsection 115-23, Item A of said ordinanceof CEDARS ACADEMYLLC who are seeking aspecial use exception toplace a manufacturedhome as a classroom, to belocated south of Road 545(Rifle Range Road), 3,500feet west of Road 594.
The hearing will be heldin the County CouncilChambers, County Admin-istrative Office Building,Georgetown, Delaware, onMonday evening, MAY 19,2008, at 7:00 P.M. or assoon thereafter as may beheard.
All interested partiesshould attend and presenttheir views. If unable to at-tend the public hearing,written comments will beaccepted but must be re-
ceived prior to public hear-ing.
For additional informa-tion, contact the Planningand Zoning Department at302-855-7878.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING
COUNTY BOARD OFADJUSTMENT
HEARINGNorthwest Fork Hundred
Case No. 10152In accordance with
Chapter 115, of the Code ofSussex County, a hearingwill be held on request for aspecial use exception asprovided by: Chapter 115,Article IV, Subsection 115-23, Item A of said ordinanceof CHARLES AND JUDYMOORE who are seeking aspecial use exception toplace a manufacturedhome on a medical hard-ship basis, to be locatednortheast of Road 34,northeast of Road 583.
The hearing will be heldin the County CouncilChambers, County Admin-istrative Office Building,Georgetown, Delaware, onMonday evening, MAY 19,2008, at 7:00 P.M. or assoon thereafter as may beheard.
All interested partiesshould attend and presenttheir views. If unable to at-tend the public hearing,written comments will beaccepted but must be re-ceived prior to public hear-ing.
For additional informa-tion, contact the Planningand Zoning Department at302-855-7878.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING
NANTICOKE HUNDREDSubd. #2006-68
Notice is hereby giventhat the County Planningand Zoning Commission ofSussex County will hold apublic hearing on Thursdayevening, MAY 22, 2008, inthe County Council Cham-bers, Sussex County Ad-ministrative Building,Georgetown, Delaware, on
the application of DOVEESTATES, LLC to considerthe Subdivision of land inan AR-1 Agricultural Resi-dential District and a GRGeneral Residential Districtin Nanticoke Hundred, Sus-sex County, by dividing73.20 acres into 111 lots, lo-cated south of Road 526Aand west of Road 525.
Planning and Zoningpublic hearings will begin at6:00 P.M.
Text and maps of this ap-plication may be examinedby interested parties in theCounty Planning and Zon-ing Office, Sussex CountyAdministrative Building,Georgetown, Delaware.
If unable to attend thepublic hearing, written com-ments will be accepted butmust be received prior tothe public hearing.
For additional informa-tion contact the Planningand Zoning Department at302-855-7878.
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NOTICEEstate of Frances P.
Hastings, Deceased.Notice is hereby given
that Letters of Testamen-tary upon the estate ofFrances P. Hastings whodeparted this life on the21st day of February, A.D.2008 late of Laurel, DEwere duly granted untoBarry G. Hastings on the9th day of April, A.D. 2008,and all persons indebted tothe said deceased are re-quired to make payments tothe said Executor withoutdelay, and all persons hav-ing demands against thedeceased are required toexhibit and present thesame duly probated to thesaid Executor on or beforethe 21st day of OctoberA.D. 2008 or abide by thelaw in this behalf.
Executor: Barry G. Hastings
3125 Rum RowNaples, FL 34102
Attorney:James A. Yori, Esq.Fuqua & Yori, P.A.P.O. Box 250Georgetown, DE 19947
David L. WilsonRegister of Wills
4/24/3tc
NOTICEEstate of Rosa Marie
Jerolaman, Deceased.Notice is hereby given
that Letters of Administra-tion upon the estate ofRosa Marie Jerolaman whodeparted this life on the28th day of March, A.D.2008 late of Seaford, DEwere duly granted untoSheila Wilson on the 14thday of April, A.D. 2008, andall persons indebted to thesaid deceased are requiredto make payments to thesaid Administratrix withoutdelay, and all persons hav-ing demands against thedeceased are required toexhibit and present thesame duly probated to thesaid Administratrix on or be-fore the 28th day of Novem-ber A.D. 2008 or abide bythe law in this behalf.
Administratrix: Sheila WilsonP.O. Box 361
Federalsburg, MD 21632David L. WilsonRegister of Wills
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Because the annual themed auction anddinner held by Nanticoke Memorial Hos-pital keeps growing each year, the hospitalhad to move this year's event to the biggervenue.
The new Heritage Shores Golf clubhosted this years event, titled "The Nanti-coke Derby." Named after the famousKentucky Derby, the event brought atouch of the famous horse race toBridgeville.
Guests enjoyed a classic mint julepwhile they browsed the auction items andtalked with other guests. Volunteersdressed in Jockey uniforms displayed do-nated items to the crowd during the mainauction.
The presenting sponsor for this year'sevent was Delaware National Bank andthe proceeds of the auction will benefit theCharity Endowment Prescription Fund as
well as a certified Stroke Center for theHospital.
WBOC anchor Jimmy Hoppa again do-nated his talents as the emcee for theevening. Auctioneer Don Moore, (top left)who is a familiar part of the event, alsodonated his talents this year and enter-tained guests with his comedic and attimes outrageous performance.
Moore had the audience rolling in thefloors with his opening, which was animpersonation of a horse race announc-er. During the monologue, Moore fre-quently referenced the horse “DockyMackler” which always seemed to bebringing up the rear.
Numerous local businesses andcitizens donated auction items.
One particularly popular andadorable item, an Akita puppy(shown at top right held by JohnHearn) donated by Ed Wagner ofSeaford Pet Emporium, went for$750. A single Smith IslandCake, held at left bySeaford High School Jr.Paige Crouse, took in$230.
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Rodney and Trina Joyner, realtors for Home Team Realty, watch the live auction.
Mike and Doreen Albert of Laurel stop for a picture while browsing the silent auction items.
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Visitors enjoyed free information onheart disease and stroke, free blood pres-sure screenings, and received a free giftjust for stopping by.
There was also a sneaker drive for theSCCHP and the 2008 Heart Hero, Jill Os-termann was there to greet folks. Theyalso had a surprise guest - The Tin Manfrom the Wizard of Oz.
Start! is a national program to getAmericans walking all year around,whether it’s at home, at work or some-where in between.
Now that the weather is warmer, goingoutside to walk is one of the least expen-sive and easier ways to increase yourphysical activity.
The American Heart Association is also
hoping you’ll “START” your commitmentby signing up to walk in the annual HeartWalk on Saturday, Oct. 4 at DelawareTechnical and Community College.
The annual Heart Walk - sponsorednationally by Subway, Healthy Choice andAstraZeneca, and sponsored locally byBeebe Medical Center - is Sussex Coun-ty’s largest fundraiser of the year.
“We depend on these funds to be ableto help our communities in Sussex Countywith education, outreach, and research tobuild healthier lives free from cardiovas-cular disease and stroke,” said HelenHaughey, director of the Sussex Countydivision of the American Heart Associa-tion.
“However, we need local businessesand individuals to join us in our commit-ment.”
To sign up as a walker or to make a do-nation, visit the Sussex County AMA’swebsite at americanheart.org/sussexwalk.For more information, call 302-856-7386.
The Tin Man gets his blood pressure checked by retired nurse Pat Shannon of Seaford at thelaunch of the American Heart Association’s Sussex County heart walk. Submitted photo
Studies link alcohol use to cancers Drinking alcohol can cause cancer. Re-
search shows that men who have two alco-holic drinks a day and women who haveone alcoholic drink a day have an increasedchance of developing certain cancers.
The more alcohol a person consumes,the higher his or her risk of developingsome kinds of cancer. The way alcoholcauses cancer is not completely understood.
It could be that alcohol itself causes can-cer by increasing hormone levels or it maybe carcinogenic because of the way it isbroken down in the body, which can makecells more vulnerable to other cancer-caus-ing compounds (carcinogens), like tobacco.
Many research studies have established therelationship between alcohol use and can-cer.
Risks due to alcohol vary depending onthe kind of cancer. The strongest associa-tions between alcohol use and cancer arewith mouth, esophageal, laryngeal, pharyn-geal, breast and liver cancers.
People who drink heavily and smokecigarettes or use other kinds of tobacco areat even higher risk for most of these can-cers.
Although the combination of tobacco
People measure success in differentways. Some consider fame the mark ofsuccess. Some consider wealth the markof success. Some consider career progres-sion the mark of success.
When I was in the Air Force, I oftenhad junior officers come to me to ask forcareer advice. They wanted to knowwhich assignment would be best for theircareers. I would start out by asking them aquestion. I would askthem who the Air ForceSurgeon General was.
Most of them did notknow. For those whodid, I would ask whohis predecessor was. Bythat time none of themknew.
I would point outthat they were askingwhat was best for their own career.
However, they did not even know thename of the person who had reached thetop of the Air Force Medical Corps.
I would then point out that things wedo are soon forgotten. Unless someonebecomes the President of the UnitedStates, no one remembers him or her.
For that reason, the most important po-sition to take is the one that makes youhappy. You need to have fun in your job.Going to work every day and being miser-able does not make you successful. Mak-
ing a lot of money and being miserabledoes not make you successful. Being fa-mous but being miserable does not makeyou successful.
I used to work for a General. He oftensaid: "One day you will retire from theAir Force. At that time, your family willstill be with you unless you mess it upfirst."
I often think about people who areworkaholics. They thinkthey are doing the rightthing for their family.
However, they spendso much time at workthat they miss out onwhat having a family isall about.
I had a system forgetting the work done. Iwould take as much as I
could at the end of the day. I would havedinner with the family. I would help thekids with their homework. When theywere in bed, I would get around to gettingthings done.
Each individual needs to find out whatworks best for him/her. I have always en-couraged families eating dinner togetherwithout the TV on. That allows for pro-ductive conversation. Making use of thattime will make us successful in our per-sonal lives. That is the most importantkind of success.
How do you measure success?
I have always encouragedfamilies eating dinner to-gether without the TV on.That allows for productiveconversation.
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Medicine collection a successThe Delaware Nurses Association’s en-
vironmental task force Nurses HealingOur Planet collected over 10 gallons ofpharmaceuticals and countless inhalers,liquid medications, ointments and petmedicine at its one-day medicine take-back event held at the Newark SeniorCenter.
All pharmaceuticals were disposed ofin an environmentally safe manner. In ad-dition, all medicine boxes, containers andplastic bags collected at this event wererecycled.
“The event was a huge success,” saysMichelle Lauer, RN, chair of the NHOPtask force. “The amount of drugs collecteddocuments the need for this type event inthe community on an ongoing basis. De-spite the short advertising lead time andonly four hours to collect, we receivedover 43,000 pills.”
She also adds, “People want to theright thing and dispose of their unusedpills in an environmentally safe manner.I’m glad we could help to facilitate this.Not only does it keep them from beingflushed down the toilet and ending up inour water supplies, but getting these med-ications out of households is important toprevent accidental poisonings and abuse.We look forward to holding additionalevents.”
“It is unfortunate that we had to turnpeople away after the event ended,” saidSarah Carmody, executive director of theDelaware Nurses Association.
For those who were unable to attendthe event, please follow these federalguidelines for disposal - place medicationsin a bag or container with coffeegrounds/kitty litter, seal and place in thetrash, or store them in a secure, lockedcontainer until the next event. Do notflush!
Additional Medicine Take Back Eventswill be scheduled in the coming months inall three counties.
Report sick or dead wild birds The Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control's MosquitoControl Section is again asking the pub-lic’s help in monitoring West Nile virus byreporting sick or dead wild birds that mayhave contracted the virus, a mosquito-borne disease of considerable concern tohuman health and unvaccinated horses.
Mosquito Control requests that the pub-
lic report only sick or dead crows, bluejays, cardinals, robins and hawks or owls,plus clusters of five or more sick or deadwild birds of any species. Specimensshould appear to have been dead for lessthan 24 hours and not killed by other ob-vious causes.
There is no cause for alarm or fear thatuncollected specimens will transmit WestNile virus to humans or pets that mightconsume a sick bird or its carcass. Deadbirds can be left to decompose in place, orthey can be buried or bagged and disposedof in the garbage. When handling anydead bird, you should avoid direct skincontact by wearing gloves or using ashovel to dispose of the carcass.
Sick or dead birds can be reported tothe Mosquito Control Section between 8a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,by calling 302-422-1512 in Sussex County(Milford office).
Calls made after business hours or dur-ing weekends or holidays can be recorded.Callers should give their name, phonenumber, address and a brief message aboutthe finding.
However, the public should be awarethat some calls left more than 24 hours be-fore Mosquito Control can review them(usually between Friday evening and Sun-day morning) usually result in the bird be-coming too deteriorated for virus testing.
ty Golf Tournament will be held on Mon-day, June 9 at Kings Creek Country Clubin Rehoboth Beach.
Enjoy prizes, a continental breakfastand barbeque luncheon celebration.Golfers may register to play for $125 perperson, including green fees and cart. Theevent begins at 7:30 a.m. with registrationfollowed by a shot gun start at 9 a.m.
There will be guaranteed prizes award-ed for the longest drive, closest to pin andlow score. The tournament closes with thefirst 100 paid registrants.
The golf tournament helps raise publicawareness about cancer. To be a sponsoror donate items for the raffle, contact Mar-cia Esposito at 302-645-9150 or [email protected]. For more infor-mation, visit www.wellnessdelaware.org.
Alzheimer's offers coursesThe Alzheimer’s Association Delaware
Valley Chapter is offering professionaltraining programs at the Georgetown of-
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fice. These programs include CEU creditfor social workers, nurses and nursinghome administrators. Certificates of com-pletion are also available.
Courses include "About Dementia" onTuesday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to noon(three credits); "Making Connections" onTuesday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to noon(two credits); and "Understanding Wan-dering" on Friday, May 23 from 10 a.m. tonoon (two credits).
The cost of each session includingCEU credit is $49 or a certificate of com-pletion is $29 per registrant. Pre-registra-tion is required by e-mailing Jamie Mageeat [email protected] or by calling302-854-9788.
Stroke support group Nanticoke Memorial Hospital will offer
free monthly Stroke Support Group meet-ings designed for individuals who havesurvived a stroke and their families andcaregivers. Meetings are held the thirdThursday of each month at NanticokeCancer Care Center, from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
The meetings will consist of guest
speakers and breakaway sessions, inwhich caregivers and survivors will meetin two groups to discuss concerns, providesupport and networking.
Refreshments will be provided. SheilaBrant and Joan Burditt, occupational ther-apists at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital,will facilitate the support group meetings.
Pre-registration not required. For moreinformation, call 629-6611, ext. 5121.
Depression support groupThe Mental health Association in
Delaware will be sponsoring a DepressionSupport Group in Laurel on the secondand fourth Thursdays of each month. Themeetings begin at 7 p.m. The MHA en-courages anyone dealing with a depressivedisorder to attend. Register in advance bycalling 1-800-287-6423.
Peer support groups sponsored by Men-tal Health Association of Delaware are notintended to replace professional mentalhealth treatment.
MHA does not publish support grouplocations; locations are provided with reg-istration.
and alcohol use significantly increases therisk of developing esophageal cancer, alco-hol use alone also increases the risk of de-veloping the disease.
Alcohol is also a primary cause of livercancer. Deaths from liver cancer are higheramong heavy alcohol users than among in-dividuals who do not drink.
By altering the liver's ability to metabo-lize some carcinogenic substances intoharmless compounds or to disable certainexisting carcinogens, alcohol's effects mayinfluence not only liver cancer but othercancers as well.
Many studies have found an associationbetween alcohol use and the risk of breastcancer. The risk increases with the amountof alcohol consumed and is highest amongheavy alcohol users.
Several studies suggest that alcohol maycause some colorectal cancers, but the evi-dence is not yet conclusive.
Limiting the amount of alcohol a person
drinks may help prevent a number of can-cers.
If alcohol is consumed, men shouldhave no more than two drinks per day, andwomen should have no more than one.
In addition, the combined use of alcoholand tobacco greatly increases the risk oforal, laryngeal, pharyngeal and esophagealcancers.
To learn more about nutrition and cancerand the American Cancer Society's pro-grams, call 800-ACS-2345 or visitwww.cancer.org. Sussex County Leader-ship Council is part of the American Can-cer Society.
The American Cancer Society is the na-tionwide community-based voluntaryhealth organization dedicated to eliminatingcancer as a major health problem by pre-venting cancer, saving lives and diminish-ing suffering from cancer through research,education, advocacy and service.
For information about cancer, call 24hours day, seven days a week 1-800-ACS-2345 or log onto cancer.org.
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Breast and liver cancer amongthose linked to alcohol use
Marriage LicensesSussex County Clerk of the
Peace George Parish joyfully an-nounces the following coupleshave obtained marriage licenses:
Michael J. Hilliard, Vairico,Fla. to Angela R. Desire, Green-wood
Henry F. Lankford, Green-wood to Norma Jean Lewis,Greenwood
Daniel John Kunde, Delmarto Laura J. Hastings, Delmar
Justin Ryan Schrock, Laurelto Malorrie Ann Chatfield, Lau-rel
Deeds11/13/07, Russell M. Dadds
to Heather Nicole King, Lot No.21, Section C, Lakeshores De-velopment, subdivision, SeafordHundred, $175,000
11/09/07, Jose A. and TrishaL. Vazquez to James W.Bringhurst, Lot No. 3, Lands ofJose A. and Trisha L. Vazquez,subdivision, Nanticoke Hun-dred, $75,000
11/13/07, Richard C. and Pa-tricia A. Anderson to JohnRobert and Mary Lynn Huberty,parcel, Seaford Hundred,$193,500
11/02/07, The Doris K. WestTrust to John E. Beers, Parcel B,Lands of Doris West, Trustee,subdivision, Little Creek Hun-dred, $187,000
11/09/07, Elzbieta Antos toDC Medical Building, LLC, LotNo. 4, Block J, The Island De-velopment, subdivision, SeafordHundred, $415,000
11/15/07, Robert W. Durham,Trustee of Jean S. Durham Tes-tamentary Trust to CountryGrove, LLC, Lot No. 10, Landsof Jean S. Durham, Trust, subdi-vision, Little Creek Hundred,$35,000
10/19/07, Brookfield Her-itage Shores, LLC to Debra Deyand Kenneth W. Hutchins, Sr.,Lot No. 91, Phase I, HeritageShores, Town of Bridgeville,subdivision, Northwest ForkHundred, $349,990
10/30/07, Brookfield Her-itage Shores, LLC to Susan Hut-son, Lot No. 486, Phase II, Her-itage Shores, Town ofBridgeville, subdivision, North-west Fork Hundred, $286,175
11/12/07, Warren A. andEdith M. Weinmann to Delmar-va Community Services, Inc.,parcel, Seaford Hundred,$225,000
Building Permits04/02/08, Annette B. and Bri-
an F. Hall, W/Rd. No. 552, Lotw/Improvements, Seaford Hun-dred, Det. Garage, $13,312
Charles R. Fryling, S/Rt. No.20, 1482’, W/Rt. No. 552,Seaford Hundred, Above-GroundPool, $10,000
John C. and Laura Lo,N/Providence Mobile HomePark, Little Creek Hundred,Crane Runway, $18,000
William A. and Donna B.O’Day, SW/Rd. No. 78, SeafordHundred, Pole Barn-Farm Use,$51,840
Steven H. and MichelleHearn, N/Rd. No. 488, BroadCreek Hundred, Living Room,$20,880
D and N Properties LLC, Sad-dlebrook, Lot No. 14, SeafordHundred, Dwelling w/Additions,$92,038
Charles M. Shiery, S/Rt. No.40, 1800’, W/Rt. No. 593, Nanti-coke Hundred, Pole Barn,$15,600
David B. and Connie H.Yeary, Rd. Nos. 468 and 479,Lot No. 4, Broad Creek Hun-dred, Pole Building, $15,600
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On a mixed vote, the Houseof Representatives has given itsblessing to the proposed Bluewa-ter Wind off-shore wind farmproject.
Sponsored by State Rep. BobValihura (R-Talleyville), HouseConcurrent Resolution 38 is anattempt to advance a process thathas been stalled for four months.
That process began two yearsago with the enactment of theElectric Utility Retail CustomerSupply Act (EURCSA). Part ofthe law was intended to reduceprice volatility in the electricitymarket for Delmarva Power’sresidential and small businessratepayers by calling for the utili-ty to enter into a long-term con-tract to purchase power from agenerating facility located withinthe state. The legislation was areaction to a steep rate hike re-sulting from the deregulation ofDelaware’s electricity market.
The law empowered fouragencies - the Public ServiceCommission; the Office of theController General; the Office ofManagement and Budget; andthe Department of Natural Re-sources and Environmental Con-trol - to rule on which proposalshould be selected to supply Del-marva Power with electricity.
At a meeting in December,Controller General Russell Lar-son, who represents the GeneralAssembly in the process, notedthat state lawmakers were split
on the issue. He moved to tablethe proposal so legislators couldrevisit it.
Rep. Valihura said he spon-sored HCR 38 to break the im-passe and get the process movingagain. The chief provision of themeasure calls for the ControllerGeneral to “vote to approve thepower purchase agreement be-tween Bluewater Wind and Del-marva Power.”
Debate on the measure wasoften heated, with those opposedto the bill citing increased coststo consumers as a major concern.State Rep. Gerald Hocker (R-Ocean View) predicted that forc-ing Delmarva Power into a con-tract with Bluewater Wind wouldlead the utility’s customers toflee to competitors offering lessexpensive power.
Supporters noted the Bluewa-ter proposal is the result of aprocess the General Assemblyapproved. They also cited the en-vironmental and employmentbenefits of the Bluewater propos-al as well as its compliance withthe Electric Utility Retail Cus-tomer Supply Act that requiresthat the power supplier be locat-ed within Delaware.
The vote to pass HCR 38broke across geographic and par-ty lines (25 yes, 11 no, 3 not vot-ing and 2 absent) with 15 De-mocrats and 10 Republicans onthe prevailing side.
Before being approved, HCR
38 was amended to recommendthat state facilities be added tothe same purchase power agree-ment as Delmarva Power’s resi-dential and small business cus-tomers. It’s these ratepayers thatwould be buying the power pro-duced by the wind farm. Thesponsor of the amendment, StateRep. Joe Booth, said he wantedthe state to make the same com-mitment it was mandating onothers.
Despite successfully amend-ing the bill, Rep. Booth votedagainst the measure. “Look, I’min favor of wind power, but Ihave some significant concernsregarding the Bluewater projectand its impact on Delmarva cus-tomers,” he said. “Plans for anew regional transmission linethat’ll run through Sussex Coun-ty, and competing bids for lessexpensive land-based wind pow-er, make the Bluewater proposala lot less attractive. The fact thatneighboring states are negotiat-ing with Bluewater in a morecompetitive environment alsogives me reason to think thatwe’re not on the right track.”
The measure now moves tothe Senate, where it faces an un-certain future. “It is now incum-bent upon the Senate to step-upand make their voice known,”Rep. Valihura said. “If they takeno action, the reality is thatwould be the same as a ‘no’vote.”
Off-shore wind project in Senate
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As we cele-brate Earth Week,it’s encouragingto note thatAmericans arebecoming moreand more con-scious of the uni-versal importanceof saving energyand what itmeans to be“green.” Oneeasy way to con-tribute to our environmentalhealth is to buy local produce —it’s not only fresher but also theshorter shipping distance saveslots of energy.
Because I love fish, I’m veryinterested in where the fish I buycomes from and how it’s beenharvested, so I checked with theMonterey Bay Aquarium’sSeafood Guide. Go to www.mon-tereyaquarium.org and click ontheir Seafood Watch. You’ll findthose fish that are best choices,some good alternatives and thosethat you should avoid. (You caneven download a pocket guide).
The seafood to avoid are ei-ther over fished or fished orfarmed in ways that are harmfulto other marine life or the envi-ronment; the best choices areabundant and are fished orfarmed in environmentallyfriendly ways.
I was distressed to find someof my favorites on the “avoid”list – going green fish-wise isn’tgoing to be as easy as buying lo-cal produce, that’s for sure!(Goodbye to imported shrimpand Atlantic cod and halibut, forexample).
Here are some “best choice”recipes that will make goinggreen a bit easier.
Makes 2 servings. 2 catfish fillets 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk Vegetable oil 1/2 cup cornmeal Lemon wedges, for serving
Pat the fillets dry with papertowels. In a shallow bowl, usinga fork, combine the egg and milk.
Heat 1/4-inch of vegetable oilin a large skillet. Dip the filletsin the beaten egg-milk mixture,then into the cornmeal to coatthe entire surface. Sauté the fil-lets in the hot oil — about 3 min-utes on each side, or until gold-en. Serve with lemon wedges.
(US Farmed) Tilapia Fish withLemon Sauce
Source: EatingWell Magazine Makes 4 servings
For the lemon sauce: 1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon chopped shallots or onions
1 tablespoon chopped capers 1/4 cup sliced pitted black olives 1/2 teaspoon chopped lemon zest 3/4 cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons chopped Italian
parsley For the fish: 4 boneless, skinless Tilapia fil-
In a bowl, combine the lemonjuice, shallots, salt and pepper totaste, capers, olives and lemonzest. Slowly whisk in the oil untilthe sauce is emulsified. Stir in theparsley. Set aside.
Season the fish with salt andpepper, to taste. Pour the tea-spoon of oil into a nonstick skil-let, and heat over medium-highheat. When hot, add the filletsand cook for about 2 minutes oneach side, depending on thicknessof fish.
Put the fillets on a servingplate, garnish with the asparagusand tomatoes, some lemon sauce,and a sprinkle of parsley.
(US Farmed) Shrimp Enchi-ladas
Source: Quick from Scratch -Fish
Serves 4. Feel free to experimentwith the filling for these festive
Mexican-style packets. Usecheddar cheese instead of Jack.
Replace the black beans with pin-to beans. Vary the spiciness sim-ply by choosing the ready-madesalsa that’s right for your palate.
4 tablespoons cooking oil 1 pound medium shrimp, shelled 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon fresh-ground black
pepper 8 6-inch flour tortillas 1 and 2/3 cups drained and
rinsed black beans (one 15-ounce can)
1/4 pound Monterey Jack cheese, grated (about 1 cup)
2 cups chunky tomato salsa (one 16-ounce jar)
1/2 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons chopped fresh
chives or scallion tops
Heat the oven to 250 degrees
F. Cover a baking sheet with pa-per towels.
In a large heavy frying pan,heat 1 tablespoon of the oil overmoderately high heat. Sprinklethe shrimp with the salt andpepper.
Put the shrimp in the pan andcook, stirring, until just done,about 4 minutes. Remove theshrimp from the pan.
Lay the tortillas on a work
surface. Cover half of each withthe beans. Top with the cheeseand then the shrimp. Fold the tor-tillas in half.
In the frying pan, heat the re-maining 3 tablespoons oil overmoderately high heat. Add fourenchiladas and brown, about 30seconds per side.
Put on the baking sheet andkeep warm in the oven. Repeatwith the remaining enchiladas.
Drain the oil from the fryingpan and then return four of theenchiladas to the pan. Put therest in a second frying pan.
Over moderate heat, add halfthe salsa to each pan and cookuntil the tortillas are slightlysoftened, turning once, about 2minutes.
Serve the enchiladas toppedwith dollops of sour cream andthe chives.
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By Pat Murphy
The Laurel Bulldogs hit five homeruns in a pair of wins last week. Theycoasted to a 15-7 road win over Smyrnaon Tuesday, April 15 and a 7-3 win overthe visiting Lake Forest Spartans onThursday, April 17. The Bulldogs hit onehome run against Smyrna and at homeagainst Lake Forest they blasted fourmore in a well played contest for bothteams.
Lost in Thursday’s four home runpower surge was a complete game, threehit effort by senior David Bartee. Barteeretired eight of the last nine Spartan bat-ters.
Tuesday’s win at Smyrna featured 15hits by the Bulldogs including a home runby Laurel catcher Zach Bonniwell. Bonni-well was 3-for-3 with four runs batted infor the day. Lance Kelley and BrandonHearne each doubled and junior KyleBrown had two triples to add to thestrong effort. Jay Liebforth added anothertriple and Chris Cutsail was 2-for-3 as theBulldog bats prevailed.
The game was never in doubt as theBulldogs took a commanding 7-1 leadagainst the Eagles in the fourth inningand added six more in the sixth and twoin the seventh. Hearne got the win for theBulldogs.
Laurel coach Jerry Mears said of hispower laden team, “This is the most pow-
er since the 98-99 team. They are startingto realize that with smooth swings thingswill happen.”
In the Lake Forest game, Bartee foundhimself down, 1-0, in quick order as CorySmith dropped a double into shallow rightfield in “no man’s land”, followed by afielder’s choice that advanced Smith tothird. When Jacob Hocker stole second,Smith strolled home for the first run of
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Bulldogs power past Smyrna,Lake Forest as three go deep
Laurel senior David Bartee delivers a pitch during the Bulldogs’ 7-3 home win overLake Forest last Thursday. Bartee allowed three hits in the complete game win. Pho-to by Mike McClure
Laurel’s Kyle Brown lays down a buntsingle during last Thursday’s win.Brown also had a pair of triples in theBulldogs’ win over Smyrna last Tues-day. Photo by Mike McClure
Delaware State Representative Biff Leeprepares to deliver a first pitch duringDelmar’s opening day ceremonies lastSaturday. ”This is small town America. Ifyou can’t get excited about this youcan’t get excited about anything,” Leetold the crowd prior to reading a tributefrom the House of Representatives.Photo by Mike McClure
Robbie Budd, who represented hisgrandmother, Dorothy, is all smiles afterthrowing out a first pitch during the Del-mar Little League opening day ceremo-ny. Photo by Mike McClure
Laurel High softball team blanks Lake Forest, falls to St. ElizabethBy Mike McClure
The Laurel varsity softball teammoved to 3-3 in Henlopen Conferenceplay and 4-5 overall with a 6-0 win overLake Forest and a 3-2 loss to St. Eliza-beth.
The Bulldogs’ Brittney Brittinghamsingled for the first hit of the game in lastThursday’s home contest against LakeForest. Laurel pitcher Stephanie Wheatleyrecorded five strikeouts in the first twoinnings.
In the top of the third inning the Spar-tans put runners on first and second fol-lowing a one out walk, sac bunt, and anerror. Laurel second baseman BrookeEvans made a nice play between first andsecond for the second out as the runnersadvanced to scoring position. Laurelrecorded the final out of the inning whencatcher Kelsey Oliphant caught the runneroff third base and tagged her out follow-ing a rundown.
In the bottom of the fourth, Jenna Ca-hall drew a leadoff walk, Brittinghamreached first on error, and Mariah Dicker-son walked to load the bases. Senior Kel-sy Gordy reached on a fielder’s choicewith Cahall scoring on the play. TaylorOliphant delivered a pinch hit RBI single(2-0) and Wheatley was hit by a pitch toload the bases. Kelsey Oliphant added atwo-run single for a 4-0 Bulldog lead.
Mana Richards delivered leadoff dou-ble in the fifth inning for Lake’s first hitof the game before Wheatley and theBulldogs got out of the inning unscathed.
Laurel scored two more runs in thebottom of the inning as Alexis Oliphantreached first on an infield single, Britting-
ham made it to first on a fielder’s choicewith Oliphant reaching second on an er-ror, and Gordy delivered a two-run dou-ble.
Wheatley allowed a pair of hits beforegetting a strikeout and a fly out to end thegame. Gordy doubled, drove in threeruns, and scored a run; Kelsey Oliphanthad a hit and two RBIs; Taylor Oliphantcontributed a hit, a run, and an RBI; and
Laurel senior Kelsy Gordy is all smilesafter hitting a two-run double during lastThursday’s 6-0 win over Lake Forest.Gordy drove in three runs during thehome win. Photo by Mike McClure
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Sussex Tech’s Regina Fiacco, left, and Delmar’s Maribeth Beach battle for the ballas Sussex Tech’s Cassy Galon, right, looks on during last Thursday’s game. Beachhad a goal and an assist and Fiacco tallied a pair of goals in the game, which waswon by the Wildcats. Photo by Mike McClure
Delmar girls’ soccer team doublesup Sussex Tech, 4-2, in local battleBy Mike McClure
Despite controlling possession of theball throughout the game, the Delmar var-sity girls’ soccer team trailed last Thurs-day’s game at Sussex Tech, 1-0, beforeCorie Elliott netted a goal to make it 1-1going into half-time. The sophomore tal-lied a total of three goals in the 4-2 win asthe Wildcats found the net three times inthe second half after many near misses in
the first half.“It’s always tough to play these games
on the road. They kept their composureand dominated play,” said Delmar headcoach Greg Cathell. “I really felt like wecontrolled the tempo of the game. “
Delmar fired shots at or near the goalthroughout the opening half. MaribethBeach’s shot went wide, Kelsey Murrell’s
PLAY AT THE PLATE- Woodbridge catcher Emily Williamson looks to tag Seaford’sAmanda Swift before she crosses the plate during last Tuesday’s game in Bridgeville. Pho-to by David Elliott
See page 47 for results from this Tuesday’s games.Continued on page 46
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Laurel Stars of the Week
Female Co-Athlete of theWeek- Stephanie Wheatley
Laurel’s Stephanie Wheatley struck outnine and allowed no runs on three hitsand a walk in last Thursday’s win overLake Forest. Wheatley also doubled andstruck out eight in Saturday’s narrow lossto St. Elizabeth.
Delmar senior Matt Campbell tosseda no-hitter, striking out 13 in the Wild-cats’ win over Dover last Tuesday.Campbell also collected two hits includ-ing a rally starting triple. Matt had threehits including a double in Thursday’swin over Cape.
Male Co-Athlete of theWeek- David Bartee- Laurel
Laurel senior hurler David Barteegave up three runs on three hits in a com-plete game win over Lake Forest lastThursday. Bartee retired eight of the lastnine Spartan hitters. He also collected twohits and two RBI’s in Monday’s win overHolly Grove.
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Laurel Star minor league journal
Laurel’s Shawn Phillips
By Shawn Phillips
Last Monday we had a 12:30 gameand it was getaway day. Getaway daymeans that you play a day game so thatthe team that’s in town can get an earlystart to get back home or for the hometeam to get a start to go where they haveto go.
The bad thing about getaway day isthat there usually aren’t many fans tocome to the games because everyone isworking. We got about 2,200 fans and weended up winning the game 3-2. We wonthe series with Asheville 3 -1, and then onTuesday we started a series with theGreenville Drive the Boston Red Sox af-filiate. Their stadium is pretty neat, it waslike a mini Fenway Park. They had thegreen monster in left with the manualscoreboard and everything. It was kind ofcool to see but I received some bad newson Tuesday as well. I have been dealingwith some elbow pain for the past coupleweeks.
I didn’t think anything about it be-cause I thought it was just soreness fromthrowing but it never went away. It got tothe point where I really couldn’t pitch tomy quality so I had to end up telling thetrainer and he pretty much told me that itcould be tendentious or a bone spur. Theyhad to put me on the disabled list for sev-en to 10 days with no throwing. I have toget an X-ray to see if there is a problemon April 21, so in my next journal I willlet you know more.
We ended up losing the first game ofthe series 7-0 and on Wednesday we hada day game starting at 11 a.m. I’m not
sure when the last time I played a gamethat early, I believe it was in high school.We ended up winning that game 8-2 andon Thursday we lost 8-0. On Friday wewon a back and forth game 9-8, so weended up split the series 2 games apieceand this was probably the best team wefaced all year. So far this season wehaven’t lost a series.
Well since I can’t throw now for sevendays I pretty much just go to the stadiumand get treatment on my elbow by gettingelectric stem which is when they putpatches on the spot that hurts and sendsshocks waves to try and calm downeverything that is aggravating the elbow. Ido that for 20 minutes and then I do run-ning that varies everyday.
On Saturday we opened a four game
series with the Kannapolis Intimidators,the affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.Last year these two teams got into twobench clearing brawls so our managerwarned us not to start anything. He alsosaid he can’t stand them and if we scored20 runs then that would be great. He did-n’t want us talking with them or anything.It was a pretty good speech, I thought Iwas playing football with that speech. Weended up winning the first game 1-0 andthere were no bean balls or bench clear-
ing brawls and on Sunday we won 4-2and our manager was pretty much happywith us.
On Monday we have our first off dayand everyone is pretty excited just to re-lax because its our first off day since theone that we got in spring training. Thisnext week is going to be exciting becauseAshley comes in town this weekend andwe're going to celebrate her birthday. Iwill leave you with this, to all the Yankeefans how about them Orioles.
Laurel golf team falls to Cape Henlopen, 172-200The Laurel varsity golf team fell to Cape Henlopen, 172-200, in a match last Thurs-
day. Chris Moore led the Bulldogs with a 47, Quinton Langley had a 48, and GavenParker added a 53.
NO-HITTER-
Delmar sen-ior hurler MattC a m p b e l l ,shown deliver-ing a pitch dur-ing a game ear-lier this season,pitched a no-hit-ter, striking out13 in the Wild-cats’ win overDover lastTuesday.
Photo byMike McClure
MORNING STAR • APRIL 24 - 30, 2008PAGE 44
Laurel’s Kelsey Oliphant drives in a pair of runs with a single during last Thursday’shome win over Lake Forest. Photo by Mike McClure
Alexis Oliphant and Brittingham each hada hit and a run. Mariah Dickerson and Ca-hall added a walk and a run. Wheatley al-lowed no runs on three hits and one walk
Laurel softball continued and struck out nine in seven innings.On Saturday, Wheatley doubled and
Evans tripled in a 3-2 loss to St. Eliza-beth. Wheatley allowed three runs on fivehits and struck out eight in the loss.
the game. Bartee then bore down and re-tired the next three hitters.
Bartee retired the Spartans in order inthe second inning. In the Bulldog secondMatt Parker hit the first of four Bulldoghome runs of the day to knot the score at1-1. In the Spartan third, the pesky Spar-tans (6-3) scored two more runs as JonScott singled and Hocker walked betweentwo fly ball outs. Andrew Crawford hit avicious ground ball that bounded offshortstop Brandon Hearne and into centerfield allowing two runs to score. Afterthis Bartee was practically untouchable ashe forced the Spartans to hit seven groundballs including a nice 5-4-3 double playwhich was started by third sacker Bran-don Horsey.
In the Bulldog fourth inning Laurel be-gan its hitting display as Cutsail led offwith a single followed by a boominghome run by Hearne to tie the score. Afteran out Parker hit his second home run togive the Bulldogs a 4-3 lead, which theynever relinquished.
In the Bulldog fifth this power displaycontinued as Hearne hit a 1-0 pitch for hissecond home run of the day and thefourth for the Bulldogs.
Im the sixth, the Bulldogs scored twomore as Jake Dubinski walked andBrown’s bunt was mishandled. A passedball and Josh Kosiorowski’s deep sacri-fice fly sealed the 7-3 win.
Winning pitcher David Bartee, possi-bly the quietest Laurel player in years,was his usual self. “I am just happy to getthe win. I am out here doing my best, Iam not going to take this anywhere pro-
Delmar lacrosse team earns second conference winThe Delmar varsity boys’ lacrosse team advanced to 2-1 in the Henlopen Conference
and 3-2 overall with a 14-9 win over Sussex Central last Wednesday. Taylor Ballard hadfive goals and an assist, Nick Bond contributed three goals and two assists, and JustinThomas added three goals for the Wildcats. Kerry King also had two goals, TyroneGreene netted a goal, Seth Figgs and Kevin Forse each dished out an assist, and SeanScovell recorded eight saves in the Delmar win.
Delmar’s Nick Bond, left, had threegoals and two assists and Kevin Forse,shown above, added an assist in theWildcats’ win over Sussex Central lastWednesday in boys’ lacrosse. Photo byMike McClure
Delmar baseball team tops Cape Henlopen, MardelaThe Delmar varsity baseball team moved to 3-2 in the Henlopen Conference and 7-
3 overall with wins over Cape Henlopen and Mardela last week. On Thursday, Dylan Shupe struck out 11 in the win and also had two hits including
a double. Chad Porter added two hits including a double, Matt Campbell had three hitsincluding a double, Jeff Fleetwood picked up a pair of hits, and Mark Timmons dou-bled as the Wildcats collected 13 hits in the 7-1 win over the Vikings.
The Wildcats beat Mardela, 12-2, in five innings on Friday. Delmar scored eightruns in the first, one in the third, and three in the fourth for the victory. Shupe hadthree hits including a home run and drove in four runs, Joe Pete collected three hits,and Timmons and David Webster combined to allow five hits.
Laurel third baseman Brandon Horseywaits for action during last Thursday’shome win over Lake Forest. Horseystarted a 5-4-3 double play in the game.Photo by Mike McClure
fessionally. Competition is life,” Barteesaid.
Mears was high in praise for Bartee.“He pitched a gutty game. You don’t haveto worry about Bartee giving you a greateffort.”
The Spartans are now 6-4 and theBulldogs are 7-3.
Delmar varsity softball team defeats Cape, falls to MardelaBy Mike McClure
The Delmar varsity softball team de-feated Cape Henlopen, 8-4, last Thursdaybefore falling to Mardela, 6-5 in nine in-nings, in a non-conference game on Fri-day.
On Thursday, Danielle McWilliamspicked up the win, Shannon Wilson went3-for-3, and Alison Bloodsworth and Mal-lory Elliott each doubled.
On Friday, Delmar tied the score at 1-1in the bottom of the third inning when
Lauren Massey singled, Bloodsworth hit atwo-out single to put runners on the cor-ners, Bloodsworth stole second, andMassey came home on a wild pitch.
Mardela scored three runs in the top ofthe fourth before Delmar put four runs onthe bottom of the inning for a 5-4 lead.Wilson singled, Caroline Phillips hit asingle with two away, Carlee Buddwalked to load the bases, and Massey and
Continued on page 45
Delmar right fielder Lauren Masseymakes a grab during the Wildcats’ homecontest against Mardela last Friday.Photo by Mike McClure
Delmar’s Lindsay Lloyd looks to laydown a bunt during last Friday’s non-conference game against Mardela. Pho-to by Mike McClure
MORNING STAR • APRIL 24 - 30, 2008 PAGE 45
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The Delmar spring varsity teamswere 8-2 last week as the baseball teamwon all three of their games over twoDivision I teams, Dover and Cape Hen-lopen, and a non-conference game withMardela. The softball team was 2-1 de-feating two Division I teams, Dover andCape Henlopen, but dropping a 6-5 deci-sion to Mardela.
The girls’ soccer team continued theirwinning outstanding play as theyknocked off two Division I teams, Sus-sex Central and Sussex Tech. Thelacrosse team had the other loss for theWildcats as they were defeated by a vet-eran Salisbury School team on Monday,but bounced back on Wednesday to beatup on a Division I team, Sussex Cen-tral,14-9.
Here are a few highlights of thesecontests. In the baseball game, MattCampbell started the week off with abang as he pitched a no-hitter againstDover in the 6-0 win. He also started thebig fifth inning, four run rally by leadingoff the inning with a three-base hit. Thenon Thursday, it was Dylan Shupe’s turnto shine as he struck out 11 and hit ahome run in the Wildcat’s 7-1 victoryover Cape Henlopen.
Then on Friday in the non-conferencegame with Mardela, Mark Timmons andDavid Webster combined to pitch a fivehitter while the Delmar offense jumpedon Mardela pitching for eight runs in thefirst inning.
Meanwhile, the girls’ soccer teamcontinues their winning ways by defeat-ing Sussex Central 3-0 and Sussex Tech4-2 as Corie Elliot scored six goals inthe two games and Maribeth Beach andBrittani Scott chipped in with a goalapiece.
And the young softball team seems tobe improving as the season goes along.Last week they defeated two Division Iteams, Dover and Cape Henlopen, asGabby Andrade and Shannon Wilson arethe leaders on offense, and the eighthgrade pitchers, Carlee Budd and B.McWilliams are improving with every
start pitching well enough to keep theirteam in the game.
Although lacrosse is in its first yearof play, they are doing very well asshown by their big win over SussexCentral last week. Taylor Ballard mayhave found his sport as he is tearing upthe opposing team’s defense scoring fourand five goals a game; in fact, I am surehe is among the top scorers in the state.Justin Thomas, who also had somelacrosse experience before coming toDelmar, is also leading the other ex-foot-ball players on the team who are makingit tough on all opposition no matterwhom they play. And, how about thoseJVs beating Sussex Central 6-3. It makesthe future of this sport look good for theWildcats.
ASSISTS AND ERRORS- I am notgoing to say much about the Golden An-niversary celebration of Delmar LittleLeague because our sports editor MikeMcClure was there covering the eventand taking pictures. However, I wouldlike to compliment Mr. Paul Scovell onthe job he did pulling this whole eventtogether from the parade, which every-one I talked to said it was the best inyears, to the pre-game festivities wherehe served as the master of ceremonies.
I know he had help from several dif-ferent people, like Jay Green who con-tacted all the players from the 1960 all-star team to have them there along withother players and coaches from thoseearly years. It turned out to be great asthe “Old Group” enjoyed the event asmuch as the 400 plus kids and theircoaches. This figure is a guesstimate onthe number of kids which I tried to fig-ure out from the information I receivedfrom the new president of the leagueRonnie Knight on the number of teamsthat will be playing, I appreciate the in-formation that Ronnie sent me, but thenames of the teams and their coacheswill have to wait for another week be-cause I am running a little long, but Iwill get all of that information to you inthe near future.
Delmar Sports SceneBy Tommy Young
Tommy Young, left, and Ernie Pote prepare to throw out ceremonial first pitches dur-ing the Delmar Little League’s opening day ceremonies last weekend. Young andPote were some of the league’s first coaches. League coaches, players, organizers,and sponsors from the early years were honored in conjunction with the 50th an-niversary of the founding of the league. Photo by Mike McClure
Shown are members of the Delmar Little League’s 1960 all-star team, the league’sfirst all-star team. The team was recognized during the league’s 50th anniversaryand opening day celebration last Saturday. Photo by Mike McClure
The 50th Anniversary celebration ofDelmar Little League was a huge successby any measure. The weather was perfect;the food, especially the chicken, was ex-cellent; the fans were supportive and theplayers from Tee-Ball on up played well.I would like to thank everyone who wasinvolved in the planning, coordination,support and the hard work that went intomaking this a truly memorable event.
I would like to especially thank Dele-gate Norman Conway and RepresentativeClifford “Biff” Lee, for their attendanceand the proclamations that they provided
and read from others including State Sen-ator Robert L. Venables, and GovernorO’Malley, Representative Mike Castle forrecognizing the event in the House ofRepresentatives and the CongressionalRecord, Mayor Doug Niblett, Councilmember Mary Lee Pase and Vice MayorMichael Houlihan and Delmar TownManager Sara Bynum-King.
Thanks also to the Delmar Fire Depart-ment Fire Police, Public Works and PoliceDepartment for directing traffic and keep-ing the parade route clear and safe. To the
Delmar Fire Department, Lions Club, Ki-wanis and VFW, thank you for beingthere year after year to support LittleLeague.
While there were many individualswho were involved, a few deserve specialrecognition. Shawn Johnson, Chairmanof the Board; Ronnie Knight, President;Candy Shupe, Concessions Manager, andJ. R. Wells, Vice President all worked
long hours to ensure that opening day wassuccessful. While I’m sure I’ve forgottensomeone, your work has not gone unno-ticed and your dedication to the league isappreciated and valued.
Thank you also to the Laurel Star, theonly media outlet to actually cover ourcelebration.
Paul ScovellDelmar Little League
Letter to the Star Sports Editor
Elliott each hit a two-run single.The Warriors knotted the score at 5-5
with a run in the fifth inning. Mardela gota leadoff single in the top of the eighth
before Massey made a catch in right fieldand doubled the runner up at first.Mardela scored a run in the top of theninth on a bloop single and a Delmar er-ror for the 6-5 win.
Delmar softball continued
Delmar’s AlisonB l o o d s w o r t hmakes contactwith a pitch for asingle duringlast week’s extrainnings loss toMardela.
Photo by MikeMcClure
MORNING STAR • APRIL 24 - 30, 2008PAGE 46
Raven Roundup: Sussex Tech soccer blanks Lake ForestBy Mike McClure
The Sussex Tech varsity girls’ lacrosse team topped Delmarva Christian, 18-14, lastweek behind nine goals by Maxine Fluharty. The Ravens’ Natalie Justice added fourgoals, Lindsay Danz had three goals, Sara Adams netted two goals, and Audrey Whitehad one. Caitlin Stone recorded 10 saves in goal for Tech.
Sellers is medalist in win over Seaford- Andrew Sellers was the medalist in theRavens’ 145-181 win over Seaford last Thursday with a score of 34. Clayton Buntingadded a 36 and Kyle Messick had a 37 in the Sussex Tech win.
Boys’ lacrosse team wins one of two- The Sussex Tech boys’ lacrosse team fell toCaesar Rodney, 18-8, last Wednesday before topping Delmarva Christian, 5-3, on Fri-day.
On Wednesday, David Fluharty had four goals and an assist, Quinn Stewart talliedthree goals and dished out an assist, and Ben Bateman added a goal for Sussex Tech.Jacob Bernier contributed a pair of assists, Orlando Theiss and Alex MacLean each hadan assist, Josh Smith recorded six saves, and teammate Justin Williams added fivesaves.
On Friday, Stewart led the way with two goals and an assist, Fluharty and Bernierhad one goal and one assist apiece, and Bateman scored a goal. Williams had five savesand Nick Robinson stopped two shots in the Sussex Tech win.
Tech baseball team earns non-conference win- The Raven baseball team toppedEaston, 7-4, last Saturday as Zach Adkins collected a pair of hits and drove in threeruns, George Godwin had three hits, Sam Grahovac contributed two hits including ahome run, and Chad Sturgeon double. No score was reported from Friday’s gameagainst Smyrna.
Lady Ravens edged by Smyrna, 1-0- The Sussex Tech softball team fell to Smyr-na, 1-0, last Friday despite Brooke Tull’s 12 strikeouts and four-hitter.
Girls’ soccer team nets a tie after pair of losses- The girls’ soccer team followedup losses to Indian River and Delmar with a 1-1 tie against Concord last Friday. LaurenBurkholder scored off a feed from Regina Fiacco to tie the score in the second half.Lisa Sekcinski recorded six saves in the game.
Sussex Tech’s Ellen Rowe placed first in the 400 meter race last Tuesday inBridgeville. The Ravens’ Andrew Townsend is shown coming in first in the 400 me-ter run last Tuesday at Woodbridge High. No results were submitted from this meet.Photos by Mike McClure
Seaford Bowling LanesWeds. AM MixedHigh games and seriesRandy Heath 266, 722Doris Barron 276Jeannette Allen 693
Eastern ShoreMenHigh games and seriesNicholas Wheatley 306, 824
Tuesday EarlyMixedHigh games and seriesMichael Thompson280Chris Patchett 738Nancy Blocker 267Nicole Jennings 728
Tuesday AMMixedHigh games and series
Mike Baker 247, 659Marion Terry 236Erma Baker 619
Seaford CityHigh games and seriesAndrew Parlier 307Garrett Sammons 855
Christian Fellow-shipHigh games and seriesBill Ziolkowski 257Mark Melson 257, 712Jennifer Mullins 227, 644
Club 50
High games and seriesRoger Hall 288, 778Jane Wilson 312Yvonne Herr 742
Senior ExpressHigh games and seriesCarl Young 313Albert Kellam 827Gerri Wiberg 292Dot Cannon 292, 810
Sunday NiteMixedHigh games and seriesMaurice Duncan 318, 864Christine Adkins 281, 769
Laurel Pop Warner participants named All-American scholarsPop Warner recently named its 2007-2008 All-American scholars. In order to be
nominated for this award, participants had to have a grade point average of 96 percentor higher. Also taken into consideration are: academic honors, extracurricular activitiesand community Service. This year over 7,800 applications were received, a recordnumber.
Laurel Pop Warner had 24 nominees. All 24 have been recognized at the nationallevel by the Pop Warner organization for their accomplishments. They are as follows:
First team scholars- Samantha Hawley, spirit, fifth grade; Kristina Metz, spirit,eighth grade and above
Local little leagues prepare for opening day ceremoniesLittle League season officially began last week with Delmar celebrating its 50th an-
niversary. The following is the opening day dates for the rest of the local little leagues:Laurel Little League- Saturday, April 26, parade at 9 a.m., ceremonies to followWoodbridge Little League- Saturday, April 26 in Greenwood, parade at 9:30 a.m.,
ceremonies to followNanticoke Little League- Saturday, May 3, 8 a.m.All local coaches and league officials are asked to send scores to the Star at 629-
9243 (f) or [email protected]. Get your players’ names in the local paper,send your scores and results to the Seaford/Laurel Star every week.
Sussex Tech’sKeri Reib-some isshown withthe ball asDelmar’s SamJ o h n s o nlooks to take itaway duringlast Thurs-day’s game.Delmar nettedthree secondhalf goals forthe 4-2 win inlast week’sgame, whichwas played inGeorgetown.
Photo by MikeMcClure
shot sailed over the goal, Corie Elliott’sshot was wide left, and Raven goalie LisaSekscinski made a save on a shot by Brit-tani Scott. Sussex Tech took a 1-0 leadwith a goal by Regina Fiacco off a feedfrom Bethany Callaway 13 minutes intothe game.
After several more shots on goal, El-liott scored the tying goal at the 27minute mark with Beach picking up theassist. Delmar held a 12-3 advantage inshots in the first half while Sekcinskimade 10 saves.
In the second half, Delmar goalieKatie Elliott made a save on a shot by Fi-acco. Beach scored the Wildcats’ secondgoal of the game on a header of Scott’spass to make it 2-1. Elliott made anothersave following a kick by Fiacco beforeher sister, Corie, tallied the third Delmargoal with Scott picking up her second as-sist.
Katie Elliott made another nice saveon a kick by Fiacco and Delmar scored itsfourth and final goal 18 seconds laterwhen Corie Elliott netted her third goal
for the hat trick. Scott dished out her thirdassist of the game for the 4-1 Wildcat ad-vantage with around two minutes left inthe game.
Fiacco scored her second goal of thecontest in the final seconds, but Delmarhung on for the 4-2 win.
“They (Sussex Tech) barely beat uslast year. We came out here ready to playand we definitely got what we deserved,”Corie Elliott said following her team’svictory.
Although she is just a sophomore El-liott has been a force for the Wildcats, tal-lying 11 goals in the first seven games ofthe season.
“It shows no matter your age and yoursize you can help out as long as you playto your potential,” said Elliott, who alsocredited her teammates. “My heart wasracing (after the first goal), I was so excit-ed.”
Delmar held a 28-10 advantage inshots while Sekcinski had 21 saves. KatieElliott recorded six saves in the win. Del-mar moved to 5-1 in the conference and6-1 overall with the win. Sussex Tech fellto 5-2 with the loss.
Delmar-Tech soccer continued
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Laurel/Seaford Star Tuesday high school scoreboardGirls’ soccer- Delmar 6, Dickinson 0 (Monday)- Corie Elliott netted three goals;
Brittani Scott had one goal and dished out three assists; Sam Johnson and MaribethBeach each tallied a goal; Katie McMahon added two assists; and Taylor Elliott hadone assist for the Wildcats. Katie Elliott recorded two saves and Ashley Matos hadthree saves.
Laurel 6, Pencader Charter 3- Laurel netted its first win of the season and thirdvictory in its history as Kate Watson scored two goals and Kirsti Knight, Johanna Ray,Kelly Thibeau, and Dainne Paul each tallied a goal. Darlyssa Roberson had 11 saves.
Indian River 7, Seaford 0- Erin Wooten made 25 saves in goal for the Jays.Delmar 11, Woodbridge 0- Brittani Scott paced Delmar with three goals, Katie
McMahon and Katie Elliott each had one goal and three assists, and Corie Elliottadded two goals. Maribeth Beach, Megan Wilkinson, and Sam Johnson also scoredonce.
Boys’ lacrosse- St. Mark’s 15, Sussex Tech 4 (Monday)- Quinn Stewart nettedtwo goals and had an assist and David Fluharty added a pair of goals for the Ravens.
Delmar 16, Campus Community 3- Justin Thomas scored six goals, Taylor Bal-lard contributed five goals, Nick Bond added two goals and three assists, and KevinForse had one goal and two assists for Delmar. David Smith and Jared Rittenhouseeach chipped in with one goal each .
Girls’ lacrosse- Cape Henlopen 19, Sussex Tech 9 (Monday)- Maxine Fluhartyscored eight goals and Lindsay Danz added one for Tech.
Dover 15, Sussex Tech 9- Maxine Fluharty tallied six of her team’s goals in theloss.
Baseball- Laurel 3, Delmar 2- Lance Kelley and Josh Kosiorowski each homeredin the fifth inning to pace the Bulldogs. Brandon Hearne earned the win on the moundwhile Laurel catcher Zach Bonniwell and Kelley each had two hits. Dylan Shupe, whotook the loss on the mound, had three doubles and Chad Porter added two hits includ-ing a home run for the Wildcats.
Cape Henlopen 5, Seaford 4- Derrik Gibson had two hits and two RBIs, TylerJoseph added two hits and an RBI, and losing pitcher Zach Shofer collected a pair ofhits for the Jays.
Softball- Laurel 14, Delmar 3- Brooke Evans tallied three hits and an RBI; Brit-tney Brittingham slugged a home run and a double and drove in six; and StephanieWheatley struck out eight and allowed three runs on four hits for the win. AlisonBloodsworth homered, Shannon Wilson tripled, and Melanie Twilley had two hits forDelmar.
Polytech 8, Woodbridge 5- Emily Williamson and Charlotte Goodman each dou-bled and Grace Reardon tripled for the Raiders.
Cape Henlopen 8, Seaford 0- Kelsey Riggleman, Jordan Hamon, Haley Quillen,and Stephanie Cordillo had one hit each for the Blue Jays.
Boys’ track- Seaford 74.5, Cape Henlopen 71.5, Seaford 116, Polytech 29- Per-sonal best second place finished by Deandre Dickerson in the shotput (37’ 11 1/2”) andJeremy Jones in the discus (94’ 1”) led to the Blue Jay win.
Lake Forest 88, Laurel 51- David Albert placed first in the long jump (19’ 11”)and triple jump (38’ 8”) and Caleb Wilson won the 300 meter hurdles (45.06) for Lau-rel.
Girls’ track- Lake Forest 111, Laurel 32- Ashley Zarello placed first in the shot-put (23’ 11”) for the Bulldogs.
Polytech 79, Seaford 63; Cape Henlopen 96, Seaford 35- Ambre’ Burbage fin-ished first in the triple jump (31’ 10”), long jump (14’ 5”) and 400 meter run (1:04.1)for Seaford.
Girls’ tennis- Seaford 5, Smyrna 0- Kelly Kimpton (6-0, 6-0), Whitley Maddox(6-2, 6-4), Brenna James (6-0, 6-2), Emily Nielson and Jeanmarie Ferber (6-2, 6-3),and Kim Graves and Sara Manzana (6-1, 4-6, 6-0) earned wins for the Jays.
Boys’ tennis- Seaford 3, Smyrna 2- Andrew Halter (2-6, 6-3, 6-4), Trevor Lee andTony Fascelli (6-1, 6-1), and Drew Venables and Ethan Lee (6-0, 6-0) won for Seaford.
Golf- Sussex Tech 154, Smyrna 184- Sussex Tech’s Clayton Bunting was themedalist with a 36, Kyle Messick added a 38, and Andrew Sellers had a 39.
Sussex Central 183, Woodbridge 282- John Tomeski shot a 64 for the Raiders.Caesar Rodney 162, Laurel 209- Gaven Parker led Laurel with a 47 and Quinten
Langley added a 52.Cape Henlopen 180, Seaford 191- Matt Lank had a 42, Tyler Hughes shot a 47,
and Cory Ewing added a 47 for Seaford.
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HERE’S THE PITCH- Laurel’s Brandon Hearne comes home with the pitch as Delmar’sJoe Pete takes a lead off second during Tuesday’s game in Delmar. Hearne earned the winin the 3-2 Bulldog victory as Laurel collected two fifth inning home runs. Photo by Mike Mc-Clure
M A K I N GCONTACT-
D e l m a r ’ sDylan Shupemakes contactwith a pitch dur-ing Tuesday’shome contestwith Laurel.Shupe hadthree doublesbut got the losson the mound inthe 3-2 Laurelwin.
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MMiissssiioonn ooff HHooppee wweellccoommeess nneeww aaddmmiinniissttrraattoorrBy Carol Kinsley
Chaplain Michael Headley hasbeen called to the Mission ofHope in Seaford to serve as thenew administrator.
Former administrator PaulAlexander is in a new position asdirector of philanthropy.
As the Mission of Hope blos-soms into the next level of opera-tion, other changes are necessaryto support the growth. Included inthese changes was the election ofEd Banning as new president ofthe board of directors.
The name, Mission of Hope,has also evolved within the lastyear for grant writing and devel-opment purposes.
The mission, which was creat-ed in 1996 on the site of a barwhere a local minister’s son hadbeen shot, was formerly called theSeaford Mission. Now, however,the mission’s area of service ex-tends well beyond the town ofSeaford.
Headley, who came to the Mis-sion two months ago, sees a vastarray of different needs — “a longwaiting list of hurting men” —and a huge spiritual void thatmust be addressed. Headley not-ed, “We have many great capabili-ties with the community leaderson the board of directors and anopportunity to provide for thoseneeds.”
He has a great vision of whatthe mission’s campus is intendedto be, which includes completionof the transitional housing build-ing across the street from the dor-mitory and office; an educationalbuilding for Christian education,job training and life skills train-ing; and a thrift shop to be openednearby.
“With this combination ofneeds and caregivers, one canonly believe God is going to do‘exceedingly and abundantly morethan we could ask or think’ here atthe Mission of Hope Outreach,”he said.
The mission offers hope to all,not just those hooked on drugs oralcohol, Headley said. “The sys-tems of this world — economic,health and political — haveserved to crush many people tothe point of hopelessness. Severalmen here have just been given ahome and are being reestablishedin the community.”
He continues, “My back-ground, education and expertise infinancial matters has prepared mefor this position. God has matchedme and this situation perfectly.”
“In my opinion, Seaford’s drugproblem is the equal of a big cityproblem in a small, rural town,but by working together we cantake back ‘Crack Alley’ to makethis a prosperous and successfulcampus where people’s lives arerestored and God’s blessings goforth.”
Headley himself has facedmany of the challenges of thepeople he wants to help. Born inLincoln, Neb., he began at age 12
stealing marijuana from a neigh-bor and smoking pot with afriend. Soon he began to drinkand use harder drugs. In highschool, he sold drugs to other stu-dents. When he learned the policewere on his trail, he joined theNavy. Stationed in Japan, he be-came involved in the Japanese“underworld.”
His activities were discoveredby the Navy and he was sentencedto 10 years of confinement at hardlabor. He ended up at the NorfolkPenitentiary in Virginia. He ac-cepted an invitation from ChuckColson’s Prison Fellowship Min-istry to attend church admittedlybecause the church was air condi-tioned and the prison was veryhot. In that chapel God spoke tohis heart and he accepted Christas his Savior.
“I had been set free,” Headleysaid. “I was not sure what hadtranspired, but I knew God wasreal. He pardoned me.”
Headley became involved witha Prison Fellowship program thatpairs inmates with caring familiesand two years later he was re-leased after serving four years ofhis sentence. He commented,“God’s grace is so rich and sodeep and so undeserved, isn’t it?”
Headley began sharing his tes-timony with teens and worked inyouth camps. Heading west, heenrolled in Bethany Universitynear Santa Cruz, Calif., whichwas founded by the Assemblies ofGod.
He graduated in 1994 with adesire to understand God’s graceat a deeper level. He went on tothe Church of God School of The-ology in Cleveland, Tenn., wherehe earned a Master of Divinity de-gree and graduated in 1997.
He prays he will never slip intohis old ways. He said, “I am con-fident that He Who began a goodwork in me will be faithful tocomplete it. He continues to for-give and heal and He continues towork in me in spite of me!”
Headley resides with his fami-ly in the area. In addition to hiswork at the Mission, he is youthpastor at Lincoln United Metho-dist Church. His wife, Lori, is atremendous partner and assistantin their ministries, he said.
Since his arrival at the Missionof Hope, Headley said he hasbeen asked how the Mission canaccomplish its goals, given all thecomplicated problems associatedwith drug addiction and alco-holism and the Mission’s lack offinances. His answer is that Jesusleads. “There are no other creditsto give out, no other reasons forour successes. We have a LeaderWho paid the ultimate price.There are hundreds of individuals,churches, businesses and organi-zations that just ‘feel prompted’ tohelp us out each month.
With those offerings the billsget paid, many homeless are fed,drug addicts and alcoholics are setfree, and when the day is done,things just seem to work out in an
amazing way.”Services provided at the Mis-
sion of Hope include an adultmale recovery program, residence,meals, devotions, education in-cluding a “Life Change Curricu-lum” and GED studies, Christianmentoring, job placement, moneymanagement, weekend worshipservices and after-care mentoring.Prayer and worship are essentialto developing the spiritual manwho is full of hope, joy, peace andlove, Headley said. “God says heinhabits the praises of His peo-ple.”
The Mission also assists withinthe court system and helps re-es-tablish its graduates in the com-munity, including helping find aroom to rent or an apartment oftheir own. “We are very thankfulto all the businesses, churches andothers who daily donate food andmoney. With the increasing costsfor utilities and gas, our bills are
pressing us to new ends, and weneed additional “new contribu-tors” to cover the increases.
The whole vision and campusdevelopment is centered on thedesire to crush poverty so peopleare able to walk on their own,Headley continued.
“This job is not a heavy bur-den. I love ministering to people,helping the poor and homeless.When you’re doing somethingyou love and you get paid for it,you enjoy going to work. It’sbeautimus!”
Headley said he would bemore than happy to come to achurch or organization to sharethe Mission’s vision.
And if anyone knows of some-one without hope, he welcomes acall. “Those in need rarely makethe call themselves,” he ex-plained. Chaplain Headley can bereached at the Mission at 629-2559.
MORNING STAR • APRIL 24 - 30, 2008
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Chaplain Michael Headley
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Snapshots
The team sponsored by Gardner Signs rides along the parade route, wearing Hawaiianleis and straw hats. The Delmar Fire Company team rides through the parade on a fire truck.
The Bank of Delmarva team is shown with a sign commemorating the Delmar LittleLeague’s 50th anniversary.
Delmar Little League held its opening day ceremonies and parade on Saturday. Mem-bers of the First Shore Federal team, above, were part of the parade. The league cele-brated its 50th anniversary with a special ceremony at the Mason-Dixon complex. Photosby Mike McClure
Members of Troop 90 perform part of
the Eagle Scout ceremony, at which James
Michael “L.J.” Watts was made an Eagle
Scout. The ceremony was held in the
prayer garden that Watts built at Christ
United Methodist Church, Laurel, for his
Eagle Scout project. From left: Matt Porter,
Jim Bradley, committee chairman, Jack
Blackwell, Jeff Dulis, scout master, and Bill
Hitch, master of ceremonies. Photo by Pat
Murphy.
Becoming anEagle Scout
Little League opening day
Most of us enjoy those times when wecan sit and wax poetic about the “good olddays.”
Invariably, when two or more are gath-ered together, the subject will involvememories of times shared with friends andfamily, ordinary things that were a part ofour everyday lives, or how we did whatand why.
All of this came to mind on a recentday as I removed fluffy towels from theclothes dryer. This household task has be-come an ordinary part of our daily life.Yet it wasn’t too long ago that hangingclothes outside on the line was as ordinaryand necessary as cooking a meal, washingthe dishes or making the beds each day.
As it has been for years and years,Monday is change the beds day. Freshsheets are put on each bed and the soiledlinens are popped into the automaticwasher. When washed and rinsed, theclean sheets are transferred to the auto-matic dryer. After going through the heat-ing cycle for a specific number of min-utes, the clothes are removed from thedyer, folded and placed on the shelves ofthe linen closet until the beds are changedagain. The entire process goes like clock-work and happens every Monday.
For many years, installation of theclothes poles and heavy line that held thewet clothes was the first thing that hap-pened when a new home was built orwhen a home was remodeled. The house-wife was always concerned about justwhere the clothesline would be installed inthe backyard.
Now, in these days of automatic every-thing, installation of a clothesline is some-thing that hardly crosses our minds.
Any number of Sussex Countians willdrive to Pennsylvania’s Amish countryand view the seemingly mile-long clotheslines with drying clothes flapping in thebreeze. Those viewing this scene willcomment on the beauty of the sight theybehold, as well as discuss the work in-volved by the female members of thehousehold.
Invariably those discussing the longwash lines will comment on the sight,ending their comment with, “I rememberwhen we had a wash line.”
Most of us do. We remember cloth dia-pers, when we scrubbed the kitchen floor
at least twice a week, when a frozen mealwas a TV dinner that was heated in theoven, when microwaves were unknown,when we sterilized bottles every morningof our lives, when we ironed starchedshirts and frilly dresses for our daughters,when we used cloth tablecloths and chinaplates, and “take out” was not a part ofour vocabulary.
Just take a quick glance to the back-yards of homes you pass as you drivearound any Sussex County town nowa-days. Chances are that a clothesline willbe difficult to find. Chances are that theitem considered such a necessity has beenreplaced by the barbecue grill. Chancesalso are that the small tabletop grill isgone, replaced by a huge grill that is gas-powered, has a baking section along witha fancy grill and the operator needs ahow-to-operate lesson before even consid-ering cooking anything.
Chances are that the trash can in thebackyard is hidden behind a fancy fenceor special landscaping. A fancy patio,complete with special comfortable chairs,raised flower beds, ornamental shade treesand potted plants have replaced theclothesline area.
Swing sets for the kids are not too pop-ular in these modern times. Our youngchildren are too busy playing TV games,using their personal computers, text mes-saging their friends, or going to the mallto spend hours with friends.
During a recent conversation withfriend husband, Chuck, we reminiscedabout the days when our six clotheslineswere seemingly full every day of theweek. He commented on the deliciousnessof the freshly washed and air-dried sheetsand how wonderful they always smelled.
My return comment was, as a house-wife of this modern generation, “Don’teven think about it.”
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Marilyn and Mitch Lagowski have re-turned from a Gene’s Limo bus trip toBranson, Mo. They were accompanied byfriends Mary Ann and Pete Smulski forsix days of marvelous music, beautifulscenery and delightful dining experiences.Marilyn says she’s ready to return.
It seems that April is rife with birth-days, all enjoyed with groups of familymembers and friends. Emma Gray ofBethel celebrated on Sunday at Pizza Kingin Seaford. I understand that she is 102years old and made all the arrangementsfor the party herself.
Also on Sunday, Irene Elliott was host-ed to a full day and dining in her oldhome town of Frankford. Her day wasApril 21. And on April 25, Richard Rollercelebrated his birthday.
Here are a bevy of good wishes to Ver-na Disharoon for her day on April 27 fromall the gals in her Tuesday bridge club.
And — my sources tell me that AnnaMae Collins was hosted to an observanceat the Delmar diner on Sunday, April 20.Her actual birthday is April 24. So, happybirthday to all of you who are having amemorably good week and celebrating!
Area Red Hat groups will observe the10th birthday of the national organizationwith 400 representatives at the CHEERCenter in Georgetown on April 25. I’m surethat several of our groups from Laurel willattend, but I did get word that the LunchBunch from here will make merry at this10th celebration. One of its members, JanetLee, persuaded Mayor John Shwed to pro-claim April 25 as Red Hat Day.
There are still openings for reservationsfor the Laurel alumni banquet on May 17.If you do not have your printed form tosend in, just get in touch with CharleneDubinski at 875-3819. It’s a good eveningfor fellowship with old friends you mayonly see once a year and as usual a greatmeal prepared by the ladies of the LaurelFire Department’s auxiliary.
My one social event for the past weekwas the wonderful Saxophobia concert inSeaford. Rob Verdi and his trio of artists
from California brought along about adozen saxophones of all shapes, sizes andsounds. It was a terrific evening, justloaded with talent and pleasing music. I’mso sorry that this is the last concert for theseason, as they’ve all been great this year— as usual. The Seaford Community Con-cert Association is 60 years old this yearand over time has had some wonderfulartists and magnificent music.
If you are a member of the Laurel His-torical Society (and you do know who youare), the group needs greeters on May 17,to meet visitors at the historical buildingsthat will be open to the public that day. Ifyou can help, call me at 875-3673.
On Saturday, May 10, the annual springfestival will be held at the Mt. PleasantUnited Methodist Church. Serving will be-gin at 11 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m.The menu includes oyster fritters, chickensalad, hot dog sandwiches, home madesoups, ice cream and a variety of homebaked items. A quilt will be sold during asilent auction. The church is on Mt. Pleas-ant Road, approximately three miles westof Laurel off Route 24. Carryouts areavailable. Hope you can come out and en-joy some of the home cooking and all thegoodies that go along with it.
We wish a speedy recovery to LorenFuller following recent hip surgery.
We continue with prayers for our ser-vicemen and service women all over theworld and for our friends who are ill: PaulViehman, Herman Cubbage, Jean Foskey,Martha Windsor, Steve Trivits, Alvin Lutz.Harriett MacVeigh, Donald Layton Sr.,Irma Ellis, Hattie Puckham, Pete Henryand Robert D. Whaley.
Happy April birthday greetings to:Geraldine Evans, April 26; Walter King,April 27; Shirley Cornelius, Everett Lay-ton, David Ralph, Jean Longstreet, LouiseWarrington and Dorothy Spicer, April 28and Kathy Ziegelheafer, April 30.
“The family is the first essential cell ofhuman society.”
See you in the Stars.
By Frank B. Calio
Last Tuesday, I had the privilegeto attend a surprise tribute toBridgeville State Senator ThurmanAdams Jr. who was honored for his35 years in the Delaware Senate.
The non-partisan crowd of over500 included Delaware’s U.S. Con-gressman Mike Castle, RepublicanDelaware House Speaker TerrySpence and a good representationof Republican House members, in-cluding locals Biff Lee, Ben Ewing, Dan-ny Short, as well as Republican membersof the State Senate.
The attendees looked like a sampling ofWho’s Who in Delaware government.
The governor, lieutenant governor,judges, cabinet members, lobbyists andpast elected officials all came to pay trib-ute to the “godfather” of Delaware poli-tics, a person who probably has more pow-er than any of the eight governors he hasserved under.
This was noted by Castle, who said thatwhen he was governor he would tell Thur-man, who has served as chairman of theExecutive Committee since 1977, whichlawyers he wanted appointed as judgesand Thurman would inform him that was-n’t going to happen.
Many on the outside looking in wouldthink that was one person having too muchpower.
However, Senator Adams spends a lotof time researching backgrounds on nomi-nees, and if you haven’t toed the line, werenot approachable, fair, and understandingof people’s problems, you could forgetyour name being presented before the fullSenate for a vote.
Because of his position as Senate Presi-
dent Pro Tempore, he does wield power,but he does not abuse that power — alarge difference.
Speaker after speaker praised the Sena-tor for his honesty and his steadiness thatmake him both trustworthy and unbending.He was praised for not being a doubledealer, one who does not cave under pres-sure, and one who knows how to work hisway through the legislative tangle to getbills passed.
Rep. Castle said, “He is as straightfor-ward as any person I’ve ever dealt with.”
Castle and Adams were both sworn inas senators on January 1973 along withDavid H. Elliott of Laurel. Castle went onto become governor, but had to deal with aDemocrat Senate and Adams as the leaderof the Senate.
When the Senator retires [this may beAdams’ last term], the people of Delawarewill lose the last of the old-time politi-cians, those who represent the people’s in-terest first, not their own.
And, with his retirement, we will prob-ably see the last Pro Tempore from south-ern Delaware with the power of the Senategoing to New Castle County.
If you think the bottom half of the statedoesn’t get much from the state in the
form of roads and services, wait untilAdams leaves the Senate. He has madesure that this area is not shorted when itcomes to sharing tax dollars.
When I was Commissioner of Elec-tions, because of an act of Congress, stateswere mandated to change election proce-dures.
We had numerous numbers of legisla-tion that needed to be passed in a fewmonths before the federal mandate wentinto effect.
When I went to him and explained ourproblem, he gave me his word and full co-operation that my legislation would bepassed. I left his office never doubting hisword.
Some of the legislation would be a bigchange for Delaware lawmakers and con-troversial, but he never flinched from hispromise to help. In all, 10 bills werepassed in a matter of a few months, whichhas to be some type of a record in Dover.
I was not the only one to expect thistype of loyalty from Senator Adams. He isa low-key man who keeps his word. Don’tever fib to him because if you do, don’texpect his support. He does not forget!That’s my kind of man. I can’t standsomeone telling me what I want to hearand then doing the opposite.
He has quietly had input in shapingDelaware’s court system to where ourcourts are the ideal of the country, espe-cially Chancery Court, which hears andrules on cases of Fortune 500 companies.
His strong leadership has helped thestate out of difficult financial challengesand he has supported education from thelocal level to his alma mater, the Universi-ty of Delaware.
He is not afraid to take on criticism or afight. You had better have your ducks in a
row if you want to take on the good Sena-tor because you can bet he’s done his re-search.
Many people bemoan not having callsreturned or being able to see their repre-sentative. I can almost guarantee you thatany weekday morning, you can go to hisfeed mill office in Bridgeville at 7 a.m.,ask any question you want, and you’ll re-ceive an honest assessment of your prob-lem.
And if he says he will help you, counton it.
Of all of his achievements, sponsorshipand passage of the state’s “Enhanced 911”bill is probably his proudest achievement.The bill allowed for a small surcharge onhome bills for financing the purchase andinstallation of high tech equipment thatcould pinpoint the caller’s location on acomputer screen.
Imagine the number of lives saved byhis legislation.
Because of a glitch in the organ trans-plant procedure for donations, Thurmanand his late wife, Hilda, lost a son whowas waiting for an organ to be delivered.
As a result, both jumped in and becameleaders in the effort, not only in Delawarebut nationally, to make it possible for morelives to be saved by making it easier forthose in need of organ transplants to re-ceive an organ on time.
The legislation became law in Washing-ton, D.C., and Delaware. Profits from lastweek’s tribute [$20,000] went to the foun-dation, which was started by him and hislate wife to assist those in need.
He is truly a great person and, true tohis form, his remarks were short andsweet. As only Thurman would say, hethanked everyone there for helping himwith his achievements.
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Surprise tribute honors State Senator AdamsAdams has made surethat this area is notshorted when it comesto sharing tax dollars.
FRANK CALIO
I suppose the soaring gas pricesare to be blamed on the price of abarrel of oil.
I traveled to Virginia over theweekend and as I passed throughthree states I saw pump prices thatseemed to change as I was pump-ing gas.
There is very little to smileabout when I see the tragicallyhigh prices, especially when I ammaking a long trip.
However, thinking about theprice of oil did cause me to recollect a to-tally non-related memory of my youth thatled to a chuckle.
In the summer of 1975, I had just grad-uated Crisfield High School. Since I hadspent my school years so wisely and pre-pared so well for my future as an adult, Ifound myself standing in line at the boatdocks in competition for a job as a scrubman on an oil barge.
Now, I would venture to say that thereare few jobs more demeaning and rigorousthan this job. If you are not familiar, letme give you an idea of what the duties en-tailed.
An oil barge is huge. It is like a subma-rine that stays above the water. Inside isjust what you would expect to be inside an
oil barge, oil. The barges would dock afterhaving unloaded the oil and wait on athorough cleaning before heading back forreloading.
As a scrub man, my job, along withabout a dozen other highly qualified, welleducated professionals, was to climb downinside the belly of the vessel and clean it.
There are several components of thisjob that make it so apprehensible. First ofall, the deck of the barge is a flat surface,void of anything but steel. On this flat sur-face are strategically placed doors that liftto reveal a hole and a steel ladder.
As you peer down into the open hole,you see absolutely nothing, just a hole thatis as black and bleak as outer space, voidof the planets and stars.
The smell of raw fuel hits you immedi-ately, but there is no turning back. I no-ticed that leading down into the hole was arope. I was handed a metal dustpan and or-dered down the ladder. As I made my waydown into the deep dark abyss, I couldhear the scraping of metal on metal.
Inside the hole, I now stood flat on thebottom surface of the barge. The only lightcame from the hole above me. All acrossthe bottom floor of the barge were otherguys, most of which I remembered asclassmates in younger years, before theydropped out of school or went to prison.
I was the only scrub man inside thebarge with a high school diploma. I quick-ly realized that this provided me no upperhand in the deal as someone prodded meand told me to “get to work.”
Let me give you an idea of what “get towork” entailed. My job required that Ikneel down with the dust pan and scrapethe oil off the floor of the barge. I wouldthen dump the oil into a bucket that wasattached to a rope.
Once full, I would yank on the rope andthe bucket would be lifted up through thehole by someone on deck.
We worked in two-man crews andcould only stay inside the barge for 10minutes at a time. The fuel odor was over-
whelming and eventually caused light-headedness and who knows what else. So,we would rotate with the bucket liftersevery 10 minutes.
I was assigned duties with a friend,Ron S., who had both dropped out of highschool two years earlier and also had justgotten out of jail two days before takingthis job.
He was quick to point out that I hadspent two extra years in school only towind up with the same job he had.
There was no question that I was shar-ing the belly of an oil barge with somepretty tough characters.
I quickly learned this at the momentRon put down his dustpan, leaned back onthe ladder and lit a cigarette.
Ordinarily this would have created noalarm. However, surrounded by severalhundred gallons of flammable fuel incitedan immediate reaction. I went up the lad-der like a squirrel on crack.
At the top of the barge I handed the su-pervisor my dustpan and hard hat and of-fered no notice prior to escaping the oilbarge.
As for those who may look down onsuch job ethics, I do not consider myself aquitter. I think of myself more as a sur-vivor.
...surrounded by several
hundred gallons of
flammable fuel incited
an immediate reaction.
TONY WINDSOR
There is no career launching pad like the belly of an oil barge
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Writer appalled by city’s determination to press onI was appalled by the reaction of
Seaford City Hall to the second citizen de-feat of a repeat annexation vote.
Mayor Butler is quoted in the April10th Seaford Star as saying that the citywould continue to work for annexation ofthe two properties.
Exactly where did the citizen's clearmessage to the city to stop and desist getlost? When it has been pointed out thatthere are more central areas of the city thatneed renewal or development, this was ig-nored.
Barbara Taylor rightly pointed out thatthe west side of the city is in need of a fullline grocery store. Yet, Fresh Pride, whichused to have a store in the Nylon CapitolShopping Center, had to close up — andrather suddenly — when it received a billfor $20,000 for a single month to providepower to the store.
We can build a spec building with theState, but we can't build an energy effi-cient building or retrofit the current build-ing so that we on the west side can have agrocery store, rather than running thegauntlet on U.S. 13 or driving over to Fed-eralsburg.
Perhaps someone at City Hall will notethat the price of gasoline is going out ofsight and having a grocery store nearbywould be of huge benefit to the west sidecitizenry.
And then, of course, there IS the NylonCapitol Shopping Center, once the com-mercial hub of Seaford, but now an almostdeserted relic. Will it be demolished likethe once thriving Salisbury Mall?
Personally, I thought that what hap-pened to the Salisbury Mall was a shame.Sound buildings were simply abandonedand eventually torn down. Now, like as isbeing pushed by our local government,most all of the action in Salisbury is goingnorth. Well, not quite all, thankfully.
The Giant Shopping Center still offersone of the best grocery stores in that town.And Wal-Mart has opened a store to thesouth in Fruitland. Peninsula RegionalMedical Center in the heart of Salisburycontinues to build.
If you want to build houses, there isstill much land on either side of AtlantaRoad. There are actually some new devel-opments going in there, a hopeful sign.
There are many beautiful homes outWoodland Road. And, Martin Farms, inthe heart of the west side, still is beautifulwith well-maintained homes.
What is needed, as far as I can see, is arenewal of a shopping area on the westside of the city, whose residents are nowpoorly served.
If our City Fathers won't get the mes-sage, perhaps it is time they retire and weelect people who will listen to their citi-zens.
Richard T. EgerSeaford
Second Amendment RightsI grew up in a house full of weapons,
especially firearms. I am daughter to anavid hunter and wife to a Marine that hasqualified "expert" six years running on therifle range. I realize that my experiencewith firearms is not exactly the norm asfar exposure to weapons goes, but I feelthe need to defend the Second Amendment
every chance I get.I'm sure all of you have seen those
ridiculous bumper stickers that claim,"Guns kill people!" When I see statementslike that, I want to scream. A gun cannotkill a person. A gun is not capable ofthought; it does not have a will of its own.It cannot decide to kill. Ill-intentioned peo-ple with guns kill people. That's how thebumper sticker should read!
There are several weapons laws on thebooks that are well written and serve toprotect the public from crazies that want tokill the innocent. However, it seems to methat many of the firearms laws passed inrecent years have done nothing to protectlaw-abiding citizens.
With few exceptions, all these lawshave accomplished is to make gun owner-ship an inconvenient maze of hoops lawabiding citizens must jump through.
For example, if I were a criminal and Iwas planning to purchase a firearm tocommit armed robbery, I would not pur-chase a gun from a licensed firearm dealer.These dealers must enforce gun laws on
the books, waiting period, backgroundchecks, etc. I would purchase my gunfrom someone who sells privately and isnot bound by the same rules.
When they fire off a shot at a storeclerk that refuses to give money, they don'twant the police to trace the bullet to a gunrecently purchased at the local gun store.If they dump the weapon after the crime,they don't want the police to look at theserial number and find them in less thanan hour. They are not stupid.
My point it this. Gun laws are well in-tentioned. I believe that many of theselaws serve a purpose. However, making itharder for law-abiding citizens to own orcarry a weapon makes little sense to me.
Trigger locks and disassembledweapons serve no purpose during a homeinvasion. My father taught me gun safetyat an early age. When I was curious aboutweapons, he would take me outside andshow me how they worked.
I had no reason to experiment on myown. I was allowed to operate firearms un-der supervision whenever I wanted. I knewthe consequences of irresponsibility withfirearms because my father diligentlytaught me about them instead of makingme afraid of them.
I am suggesting that the key to prevent-ing gun violence is two-fold.
First, education at an early age is cru-cial. Children are curious about what theysee. Most dramatic television shows willshow at least one firearm in each episode.
If a child is well educated about thepurpose for a weapon and the damage itcan do if misused, they will respectfirearms and practice gun safety.
There are several places children can betaught gun safety. One need only look inthe yellow pages to find them. There arealso several hunting organizations thatteach children gun safety and take themhunting. There is no shortage of resourcesfor firearm education.
Second, enforcement of laws that pun-ish gun crimes must be enforced. So muchtime and money is wasted on the State andFederal level writing these gun laws thatdo not get enforced while enacting newlaws that serve no purpose in punishingcriminals but, instead, limit the rights ofresponsible gun owners.
Laura RogersStar Staff
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Horsey Youth Golf Classic plannedThe Annual Horsey Family Youth
Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic willtake place on May 21-22 at HeritageShores Golf and Country Club inBridgeville. All proceeds benefit theHorsey Family Youth Foundation.
Headliners of this year's event includeUniversity of Delaware Head FootballCoach K.C. Keeler; Hall of Famer BrooksRobinson of the Baltimore Orioles; andAnita Marks from MASN sports broad-casting.
Each team will be paired up with acelebrity to enjoy a round of golf at Her-itage Shores.
Festivities begin on Wednesday, May21 at 6 p.m. with a meet and greet of thecelebrities in the Heritage Shores BallRoom. After the cocktail hour, dinner willbe served. A live auction of sports memo-rabilia items will be auctioned off to thehighest bidder.
On Thursday, May 22 everyone willhit the links to enjoy a day of golf. Thereare still teams available, so sign up andplay with your childhood heroes. Therewill be plenty of refreshments while play-ing. There will also be prizes along with aputting contest to test your skills andlongest drive contest to see your power.
The HFYF Celebrity Golf Classic ben-efits the Horsey Family Youth Founda-tion, which serves the youth of Delawarein education and athletic programs. Someof the other celebrities that will be return-ing for another year include Tom Matte,Lenny Moore, Joe Washington, BruceLaird and many more.
To attend the dinner or play golf, con-tact Mike Payne at 302-542-7813.
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