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(Jan. 18, 2013) The Worcester CountyBureau of Investigation is warning peo-ple this week not to provide personalinformation over the telephone or com-puter to anyone they do not know.

An elderly woman in the Berlin areagave out her personal information andwas scammed out of $40,000.

Her misfortune began in October2012 when the woman, who wishes to

(Jan. 18, 2013) The depositof a dead cat on the doorstep ofOcean City Fire Chief Chris Lar-more’s home the night after heenacted a controversial promo-tional decision was one example,sources allege, of an ongoingpattern of harassment and in-timidation that stretches fromthe Ocean City Fire Department

up to the City Council level.Not only that, but the scan-

dal took a further turn for theworse this week with the newsthat a complaint has been filedwith the Equal Employment Op-portunity Commission (EEOC)against the Town of Ocean City.

The complaint relates to anincident in which, sources say,false accusations of sexual mis-conduct were used in an at-tempt to press Larmore to back

down and the council to with-hold its support of the chief’srecommended promotion of anOCFD lieutenant to captain.

Larmore’s proposal was topromote two people, a man anda woman, to captain, with thecity’s chapter of the InternationalAssociation of Fire Fighters (IAFF)and at least one member of theCity Council steadfastly op-posed to the latter candidate.

The EEOC, by law, cannotdiscuss the complaint, but mul-tiple independent sources haveconfirmed that the filing wasmade by the female candidate,

who is now a captain.These sources, contacted over

the past several weeks about thebehind-the-scenes turmoil, can-not speak openly because it in-volves a personnel matter andpossible investigations from bothinternal and outside agencies.Nevertheless, they have verifiedindependently a complex seriesof events that took place duringthe last two months.

According to these sources,shortly after the municipal elec-tion, Larmore appeared beforethe council in closed session toexplain that, while he had been

allocated the promotion of onenew captain, he was planning topromote two. This would solvetwo issues at once, Larmore issaid to have told the city officials.

Firstly, one of the depart-ment’s long-time captains wouldsoon be retiring, meaning that areplacement would have to bepromoted in short order. Sec-ondly, two candidates for thecaptain’s slot had scored far-and-above the rest in testing bythe city’s human resources de-partment. However, the high-est-scoring candidate — despite

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(Jan. 18, 2012) The City Council heldoff this week on committing to installingdecorative street lighting — althoughpartial funding from the state is available— on the current rebuild of St. Louis Av-enue, with further information and likelya final decision to be presented at thenext council work session.

What likely has to be weighed is thefuture commitment of the city to in-stalling similar lighting on the latterphases of the street renovation project.

“I think it would look rather awkwardif you only did one phase,” said city Pub-lic Works Director Hal Adkins.

The current phase covers the avenuefrom 17th Street down to 10th Street. Thesecond phase, according to Adkins, willstretch from 10th down to Fourth Street,and the third and final phase will consti-tute the section below Fourth.

Adkins had originally believed that itwould be possible to complete more thanone phase between seasons, but said atthis week’s meeting that the schedulewill likely be one phase per off-season.

As first proposed, the improvementplan for the thoroughfare included ex-

tensive decorative lights, sidewalk ex-pansions and even a traffic circle. Mostof this was axed last spring, however, dueto budgetary constraints. As a result, Ad-kins suggested that the city go ahead andinstall underground electrical conduit sothat future improvements in lightingcould be made.

“The end result [of the cuts] was to atleast put the underground electrical con-duit in place to avoid disturbing the roadat a later date,” Adkins said.

Over the summer, however, theOcean City Development Corporation —the city-backed nonprofit organizationthat sponsors downtown revitalizationprojects — applied for state funding of upto $150,000 for street improvements,with the intent of putting better lights onSt. Louis.

The fixtures to be used are an updatedversion of the traditional lamppost, witha single, straight column topped by anenclosed glass fixture. However, they arecrafted out of spun concrete, and featureLED lighting technology.

“I think you’ve seen, in other areas ofthe town … a remarkable amount of pri-vate development once those improve-ments from the city are in,” said OCDCPresident Bob Givarz. “I think the city isgoing to realize a lot in tax dollars.”

This week, OCDC Executive DirectorGlenn Irwin said the state had granted$50,000 of the request, and that OCDC

would further be able to transfer another$25,000 from its small business fund.

Given the 30 lights that will beneeded, Adkins estimated the cost forthe first phase to be $154,000, meaning“you’re looking at roughly a $79,000hole” for the current budget year.

Although Irwin said it was OCDC’s in-tent to continue to request the fundingfor the next two phases of the project,state grants cannot be guaranteed in ad-vance. In Adkins’ estimation, the total forlight fixtures on all three phases will be$390,000, meaning the city could becommitting to $315,000 out of its ownpocket if funding is not granted in sub-sequent years.

“I don’t see it being a phase one fund-ing issue,” Adkins said. “But, come phasetwo, Glenn might not be here [with statemoney].”

Council members weighed the worthof committing to three years of cost to aproject that had already been massivelyscaled back.

“My whole concern is that, if we havethe money for phase one, then we’recommitted to phase two and phasethree,” said Council Secretary MaryKnight.

Councilman Dennis Dare also voicedconcern that the compromises made tothe sidewalk improvements could jeop-ardize the lights themselves. Despite theoriginal plan to re-engineer the street

with 8-foot wide sidewalks, the currentcost-reduced plans call for simply replac-ing the existing 5-foot sidewalks whereneeded.

This means that, in some places, thestreet may continue to have low-heightsidewalks, where the vertical face of theconcrete adjacent to the road pavementis less than the desired eight-inch mini-mum.

“The reason you go with eight or nineinches is so it’s not mountable, so that acar tire isn’t going to go up and hit the[light] pole,” Dare said. “If you’re goingto put them in, the sidewalks need to beproper. I didn’t realize [the project] hadbeen value-engineered down to a bareminimum.”

Further, Dare noted, if sidewalks areto be brought to their ideal height at alater time, this would necessitate achange in the elevation of the light posts,creating more redundant work. He sug-gested that the lights instead be installedon the inside of the sidewalks, away fromthe curb, to reduce the height effect andalso to create more distance between thelights and potential errant vehicles.

Adkins agreed to come back withmore information on Dare’s points re-garding curb height and light placementas soon as possible so that a decisioncould be made.

“If I can pull it off, I’d like to be backbefore you next Tuesday,” Adkins said.

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No new J-1policies anticipated,but close oversight will continue

(Jan. 18, 2012) Despite resort em-ployers still being on edge after last year’ssudden change, it appears unlikely thatthe U.S. State Department will make anyfurther modifications to the J-1 studentvisa program before the 2013 summerseason. Still, the national demographicshift that the resort has seen since 2011will likely continue.

“We don’t really anticipate any newregulations prior to the season,” saidCarrie Linch, head of Ocean City’s Sea-sonal Workforce Committee. “Last yearwas a new year for regulations, and ittook some time for people to get used to.”

In May of 2012, the State Departmentissued an Interim Final Ruling (IFR) thatcodified a crackdown on visa programsfor summer work-travel students, ofwhom nearly 4,000 come to Ocean Cityeach season to work in resort businessesand sightsee around the U.S.

The intent of the programs — classi-fied under the “J-1” visa type — is to offerforeign students a financially neutral wayto experience American culture by work-ing in the states to pay off their travel ex-penses. But it had long been commonknowledge that many foreign studentswere being relied upon heavily as a laborforce, at the expense of the cultural ex-change condition of their visa.

Beginning in 2011, the State Depart-

ment had placed six Eastern Europeancountries in a pilot program with a muchmore in-depth visa process, in responseto concerns over the welfare of partici-pants from countries where the visa pro-gram was popular and used en-masse,often with limited oversight. The depart-ment also began much more compre-hensive monitoring of travel sponsoragencies to make sure they were offeringadequate cultural exposure and travelopportunities for students.

In August of 2011, however, an inci-dent occurred in which Eastern Euro-pean students rallied outside a Hershey’schocolate factory in Palmyra, Pa., toprotest unfair living and working condi-tions, which they were said to have beensubjected to at the isolated plant.

The interim ruling issued the follow-ing May, which codified the increasedlevel of oversight into official policy,caught many travel sponsors and state-side employers unprepared.

“The IFR came out in the middle ofMay last year, which totally caughteveryone off-guard,” Linch said. “[Resortbusinesses] didn’t want to hear it. Theywere already in their season, and once itgets going, it’s often difficult to commu-nicate with busy employers.”

Regardless, the State Department wasserious about requiring more active par-ticipation from sponsors once studentsarrived in the U.S. If students change or

add jobs other than the one they wereplaced in by their sponsor, it has to be re-ported.

“Students can be terminated if theydon’t have a second job approved bytheir sponsor,” Linch said. “Employers,in the past, are so used to hiring studentswho just walk through the door. But Ithink most of the employers in townadapted well. They had to.”

Even still, Linch said she knew of sev-eral students in the 2012 summer seasonwho were dropped from their programsfor non-compliance.

“Word has probably gotten aroundamongst the students that you can’t messaround,” Linch said.

The department is also requiringsponsors to monitor students’ living andtravel arrangements, in order to makesure that they’re experiencing Americaand not just providing labor.

“That cultural activities componentwill definitely be highlighted this sum-mer even more,” Linch said.

Fortunately, Ocean City provides “somany opportunities for students to com-plete those cultural obligations,” Linchsaid.

“Ocean City, as a community, is oftenquoted to the rest of the country by theState Department as a model,” she said.“The community itself does so much forparticipants.”


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(Jan. 18, 2013) Town of Ocean Cityofficials are showing support for theRavens after their AFC divisional win,by declaring this Friday, Jan. 18, as“Purple Friday.” Employees are en-couraged to show their “purple pride”as the Ravens prepare to continue theirrun in the playoffs.

“This is an exciting time for Ravensfans and for the city of Baltimore,” saidMayor Richard Meehan. “Ocean City is

excited to be a part of the momentumand show our support by celebratingPurple Friday.”

The Baltimore Ravens will play theNew England Patriots in Foxborough,MA, on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

“We wish the players and the coach-ing staff well in New England,” Mee-han said. “The Town of Ocean City willbe cheering the Ravens all the way tothe Super Bowl.”

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(Jan. 18, 2013) The City Councilmoved for a compromise decision thisweek on the expansion of the SomersetStreet bus stop, an issue that pre-sented a choice between an easily de-finable benefit to the resort and a moreesoteric one.

The stop, which features the usualglass shelter found at all municipal buswaypoints, was actually designated bythe city three years ago for use by pri-vate buses. Specifically, three major

off-island accommodations and at-tractions — the Francis Scott Key,Castaways’ Campground, and FrontierTown — have been instructed by thecity to use the stop as a drop-off andpick-up for their shuttle buses thatferry patrons to and from the resort.

Besides helping to reduce trafficcongestion, the stop also serves to pro-mote the pedestrian plaza on SomersetStreet east of Baltimore Avenue. Theplaza was built by the Ocean City De-velopment Corporation — the city-backed nonprofit organization thatsponsors downtown redevelopment —as a catalyst for off-Boardwalk retailgrowth.

The shortest way to get to theBoardwalk from the Somerset Streetbus stop is to walk through the plaza,thus creating valuable foot traffic.

“It has benefitted OCDC, it has ben-efitted Somerset Plaza, and we’ve got-ten no complaints from thesurrounding area,” city Public WorksDirector Hal Adkins said during Tues-day’s meeting.

“We would like the opportunity,”Adkins continued, “to expand the siteprior to this summer season in orderto avoid what you see in this picture.”

His example photograph of whatthe station often looks like in the sum-mer showed patrons crowded on thesidewalk and spilling into the street. Aproposed expansion would increasethe size of the concrete waiting area byusing two parking spaces from the mu-nicipal lot behind the stop. The glassshelter would then be moved to therear of the widened concrete pad.

The entire body was supportive of

the notion in theory.“They [the bus patrons are doing

things downtown that we want themto do,” said Councilman Joe Mitrecic.“In the long run, it helps the mer-chants downtown.”

However, Councilman Dennis Darepointed out that the $10,000 price tagfor the expansion would be com-pounded by the loss of $3,000 peryear in parking meter revenue fromthe two spaces that would be elimi-nated. He suggested instead that onlythe easternmost space and the accessaisle behind it be sacrificed, and thatthe shelter to stay in place. This wouldreduce the installation cost and the cutto the city’s meter revenue.

Council voted unanimously to haveAdkins move forward with Dare’s pro-posed compromise.

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General Assembly,Shore lawmakersprepare for activelegislative session

(Jan. 18, 2013) The General Assemblyis expected to consider approximately2,600 measures before it adjourns onApril 8, including measures on firearms

regulation, death penaltyrepeal, offshore windenergy, hydraulic frac-turing, sustainable growthand septic system man-agement.

State lawmakers alsosay they will continueefforts to eliminate theremaining budgetarystructural deficit whileattempting to find fund-ing for transportationimprovements and in-frastructure. In addi-tion, legislation is alsoexpected to be intro-duced related to cam-paign finance and ethicsreform, extension of earlyvoting periods and anexamination of Maryland’sreferendum process.

The Eastern ShoreDelegation of the Mary-land General Assemblymet on Jan. 11 to discussplanning, housing and

economic development issues that maycome before the legislature as the 433rdsession began. They received briefingsfrom Secretary Richard E. Hall of the De-partment of Planning, Secretary Ray-mond A. Skinner of the Department ofHousing Community Development andofficials from Cambridge, who discussedeconomic development.

State Sen. James Mathias (D-38) saidthe delegation would be working with of-ficials in Somerset County who want tochange the position of their treasurerfrom an elected to a staff position.County officials will need approval fromthe General Assembly for the legislativeauthority to do so, he said.

Mathias, a member of the Senate Fi-nance Committee, said the delegation isexpected to consider a measure forWicomico County that would provide re-lief from the personal property tax onbusiness equipment. Officials discussedthe possibility of proposing legislation todecouple the county’s personal propertytax from real property tax.

Mathias said he would be workingwith State Delegate Norman Conway (D-38B), chairman of the House Appropri-ations Committee, to try to find thefunding needed to complete the thirdphase of road expansion on Route 113.The estimated cost for the project was

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$50 million, according to Mathias, withan estimated funding ratio of 80 percentfrom federal funding to 20 percent fromstate funding.

Further discussion on wind and re-newable energy will be front and center,and Mathias said that he viewed it as “asmart idea,” providing that the costs as-sociated with it are contained. He said hespoke with Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) tomake him aware about how the potentialcosts could affect Eastern Shore farmingbusinesses.

Conway said Jan. 11 that he waspreparing pro-farm legislation thatwould allow agricultural business own-ers to modify their Maryland individualor corporate taxes by subtracting thecosts of certain types of farm equipment,such as major tractors, under specificconditions.

A second legislative proposal thatConway said he planned to introduceshortly would clarify the state’s vehiclelaws regarding child safety seats andseat belts for children, by repealing du-plicative statutory language. The billwould be offered in response to a con-stituent’s request for further clarificationon citation forms, which have areas thatneed to be separated by designation, hesaid.

Discussing the upcoming fiscal 2014budget, O’Malley said his administrationresolved more than $1.65 billion of the

state’s $1.82 billion structural budgetgap that has existed over the last threeyears. “The remaining structural gap isestimated to be $166 million, less than10 percent of the size of the original gapwe faced,” he said.

Conway said the budget deficit wasreduced by 46 percent in the first yearand 50 percent in the second year. Hesaid lawmakers planed to reduce it byanother $421 million this year.

“We have done a yeoman’s job”through cost reductions, personnel cuts,and program cuts, bond sales, transfersof costs. [We] have worked very hard,Conway said. However, he added, “Thefederal government’s actions have notbeen favorable for us,” and that Wash-ington’s deficit woes could still causenegative economic affects on Maryland,“if they do not clean up their act.”

According to Conway, Marylandcould be affected more than other statesby the federal government’s so called“fiscal cliff” because of the number offederal employees and installations inMaryland.

“We are observers at this point,” hesaid, adding that the delegates wereclosely monitoring the situation. “What-ever is done, there is going to have someimpact,” he said.

State Delegate Michael McDermott(R-38B) introduced legislation in theHouse on Jan. 16 that would prohibit theMaryland Occupational Safety andHealth Administration from levying civilpenalties against business owners thatmake good faith efforts to correct minoroccupational safety and health viola-tions. The first reading of the bill(HB0104) occurred Jan. 16 and is sched-

uled for a hearing in the House Eco-nomic Matters Committee on Jan. 31.

McDermott has also introduced a billto repeal the Sustainable Growth andAgricultural Preservation Act of 2012,also known as the “Septic Bill.” He saidthe legislation hurts farmers in the nameof preserving them and that it limits andusurps the authority of counties.

In a Jan. 15 statement he said thatmany local governments were waitingand hoping that relief from the require-ments under the legislation would beprovided during the 2013 session.

McDermott said his bill (HB0106)would repeal the measure and “shouldafford those voices a second chance toaddress the many challenges this legis-lation created.” He said that he has gath-ered support for the bill and is waitingon a hearing date.


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The Oscar Purnell House, at 107 E.Market St., was built during the first fewyears of the 20th century. The two-and-a-half story brick house is the largestColonial Revival dwelling in the town.

At one time, it housed the WorcesterCounty Commission on Aging, but thenremained vacant. It was considered foruse as the State’s Attorney’s Office, but anew State’s Attorney’s Office was builtadjacent to the Worcester GovernmentCenter.

The county tried to sell the Oscar Pur-nell House a few years ago, but it re-mained unsold. Because it required somany improvements and because thecounty was unable to find a buyer, planschanged from trying to sell it to renovat-ing it.

The Snow Hill Historic Society wasinvolved in the plans for the renovationof the property, which is located in thetown’s Historic District.

“We’re limited in what we can changeand do,” said Gerry Mason, the county’schief administrative officer.

In 2009, county staff stabilized the

front of the house and in 2010, BeckerMorgan, an architectural and engineer-ing firm based in Salisbury, designed theexterior facade and structural repairsand provided structural engineering rec-ommendations.

In 2011, the exterior was renovatedand “is absolutely beautiful,” County Com-missioner Louise Gulyas said Tuesday.

Beautiful or not, the house still needselectricity and a heating and cooling sys-tem.

“Without that, it’s useless,” Commis-sioner Judy Boggs said.

After the exterior work, the interiorwork was delayed because of the econ-omy, said Gerry Mason, the county’schief administrative officer.

“We’ve had money set aside for it forseveral years,” Mason said.

Renovations will include the installa-tion of electrical systems, HVAC systems,fire sprinklers, plumbing, restrooms, ac-cessibility features and new finishes.Work will also include the removal oflead paint and asbestos.

Only Commissioner Madison Buntingvoted against moving forward and get-ting bids for the work.

Gulyas is looking forward to its com-pletion.

“It will be a beautiful opportunity forTourism and Economic Development(office) over there,” she suggested.

(Jan. 18, 2013) Two weeks ago, theWorcester County Commissioners ap-proved out-of-state travel for a countyemployee, but this week they deniedsuch travel for another.

During the Jan. 2, meeting, thecommissioners, with CommissionerMadison Bunting opposed, approvedthe request of Economic DevelopmentDirector Bill Badger to attend the In-ternational Council for Shopping Cen-ters Global Retail Real Estate Conven-tion in Las Vegas, Nev., May 19-22.

The cost of the trip, including air-fare, lodging, meals, conference regis-tration and transportation and otherexpenses, is $2,455.

The county has a freeze on out-of-state travel, but each request will beconsidered on a case-by-case basis,said Bud Church, president of thecounty commissioners.

Economic development is a priorityfor the county, so the commissionersapproved Badger’s request.

During Tuesday’s meeting, Emer-gency Services Manager Teresa Owens

asked if Tom Kane, who has beenworking as an emergency planner inthat department for more than oneyear, could attend the 2013 NationalHurricane Conference at the HiltonNew Orleans Riverside in New Or-leans, La., on March 25-28.

“I feel it would be essential for himto get this training,” Owens said.

She did not give a cost for attendingthe conference, but information pro-vided to the commissioners lists a$350 early registration fee and a $168per night room fee.

Owens said she had sufficient fundsfrom the fiscal year 2012 State Home-land Security Grant Program to coverthe expenses. She also said she couldapply for funds from a government in-surance entity.

Under questioning by the commis-sioners, she said the Homeland Secu-rity funds could be used by the countyelsewhere.

Only Commissioners Judy Boggsand James Purnell voted in favor ofthe out-of-state travel for Kane, whoentered the county’s employ after serv-ing Ocean City for 32 years in the firedepartment.

Commissioners vote to restorehistoric Purnell House interiorNANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

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(Jan. 18, 2013) The Worcester CountyCommissioners discussed the following is-sues during their Jan. 15 meeting in SnowHill.

Housing rehab approvedfor three Pines homes

The commissioners awarded housing re-habilitation work on three residences inOcean Pines.

Kade Construction, which bid $9,200,will work on one house and Shoreman Con-struction, which bid $12,270, will work onanother house. All State Renovation & NewHomes, which bid $11,800, will work on thethird house.

The bids are different because theamount of work differs on each house.

Each project will be funded through thecounty housing rehabilitation grant.

Bids waived for materialsin Girdletree park project

The commissioners approved the re-quest of Paige Hurley, director of the De-partment of Recreation and Parks, to waivethe formal bidding process with regard tomaterials needed to install the parking areaat the new Girdletree park.

The county will use GrassProtecta, a per-meable grass reinforcement mesh recom-

mended by the Department of Natural Re-sources because it is environmentallyfriendly.

The product is installed directly onto ex-isting grass surfaces to reinforce, protectand stabilize them.

Two providers, one the sole regional dis-tributor and the other the manufacturer,sell the product and quotes were obtainedfrom both.

The commissioners authorized the pur-chase of the product from the manufacturerat a cost of $11,795.25.

County prepares for refuse collection bidding

The commissioners approved bid specifi-cations for general refuse collection at 21county facilities that would be in effect fortwo years starting March 1, 2013 and end-ing Feb. 28, 2015.

Some places — the Health Departmentoffices in Snow Hill and Berlin, the court-house and government center in Snow Hill,and the West Ocean City boat ramp — willhave refuse pickup twice weekly. Other facil-ities will have refuse collection less often,but most facilities will have it weekly.

The firing range in Newark and the li-brary in Snow Hill will have collection twicemonthly and the fire training center willhave it once monthly.

Bids for the work are due at the Office ofthe County Commissioners by 1 p.m. onFeb. 11.

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Rumors fuel union,council opposition to Larmore’s requestbeing a long-time member of the OceanCity Volunteer Fire Company — wasconsiderably more junior as a career fire-fighter than the runner-up, a long-timecareer employee.

In order to not sacrifice either candi-date, Larmore proposed to hire both, amove the department’s budget had theresources to sustain until the impendingretirement of the aforementioned cur-rent captain.

Under the city’s charter, city depart-ment heads are free to make their ownpersonnel decisions, with the approval ofthe city manager. However, Larmore de-sired to notify council of his promotiondecision because he would, in effect, bechanging the structure of his approvedbudget, although the numbers them-selves would come out the same.

The IAFF, however, filed a grievancewith the city, objecting to Larmore’s rec-ommended promotions. The union ar-gued that Larmore did not have thelatitude to change the managementstructure of the department, even tem-porarily, and that workplace policy dic-tated that the more tenured candidateshould be the only one promoted.

IAFF President Michael Maykrantzsaid this week that he could not com-ment on any grievance.

“To follow the rules of our internalprocess, I can’t say anything about that,”

Maykrantz said.This dispute became more involved as

at least one council member, accordingto sources, pressed Larmore to find a so-lution that would be more amenable tothe IAFF. Larmore’s secondary recom-mendation, in that case, was to make thejunior candidate an “acting captain” forthe time being, essentially naming her asthe successor to the captain who wasplanning to retire, without actually mak-ing the promotion.

“Chris saw what was happening, andhe compromised to get what he wanted,”a source said.

However, sources said the city’s re-sponse to the grievance resulted in CityManager David Recor notifying the IAFFthat it was out of its jurisdiction in tryingto be the final arbiter, as a bargainingunit, of who would and would not be em-ployed at the management level, a sectorit does not represent. Recor subse-quently allowed Larmore to make thedual promotion.

But the conflict, apparently, did notstop there. Larmore still faced oppositionon the council, with sources claimingthat one member essentially went so faras to dictate who should be hired.

Meanwhile, rumors were being circu-lated through City Hall and the town’semergency services that Larmore hadengaged in sexual relations with the fe-male candidate.

The row caused Recor to investigatethe allegations. On the completion ofthat investigation, sources said, he noti-fied high-level city officials that thecharges were unfounded. The apparentscheme to discredit and threaten Lar-more reached its peak when, only a dayafter the dual promotion went through,a dead cat was left on his doorstep.

The campaign against Larmore andthe promotion is said to have further re-vealed a pattern of harassment and in-timidation in the OCFD. The juniorcandidate alleged that she had long beenthe victim of harassment by fellow fire-fighters on the basis of her gender.

The insistence that her promotion be“downgraded” was, in her view, a contin-uation of the harassment and gender dis-crimination — an argument bolstered bythe purported use of sexual rumors as aweapon against her and Larmore. Ac-cording to sources, this is the substanceof the EEOC complaint filed against thecity.

The backlash against the move hasbecome so severe, sources claim, that thecaptain has been forced to work fromhome in fear of retaliation in the firehouse.

The scandal also highlights the con-tinuing tension between the volunteerfire company and the paid division thaterupted publicly in 2007. At that time,allegations arose that the city was plan-

ning to place an emergency services di-rector over both the OCVFC and an ex-panded paid fire corps, and whoseoperational directives would supersedethose of the volunteer company.

Larmore, then the OCVFC chief, saidthe plan was “an unacceptable publicsafety practice” and “an unsound anddual command structure where truth isalien and duplicity rules.” The OCVFCthen stated that it would relinquish fireservice on the island, and move its pri-mary operations to West Ocean City dueto its inability to “function under thisumbrella of distrust and deceit.”

A compromise was reached underwhich Larmore would become the headof a fully combined fire department for astarting salary of $1 per year (futurebudgets have made him a fully-compen-sated employee) in which both volunteerand paid firefighters and EMS personnelserve under the same administrativestructure.

The current situation is unfolding asthe city enters labor contract talks withthe IAFF and negotiates a new memo-randum of understanding with the OCVFC.Last month, a series of e-mails fromOCVFC President Cliff Christello re-vealed that the city wanted to revisit theMOU it had established with the volun-teer company in May 2008.

The MOU, as it stands, names Lar-more specifically as possessing an open

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line of communication and discussionwith the mayor and council, outside ofthe city’s normal chain of command, onthe behalf of the volunteers. But sinceLarmore himself has become a fully-paiddepartment head, the city has submittedthat he should no longer be party to theagreement.

According to sources, there has beenconsiderable disagreement between thecity and the volunteers as to the best way,legally, to shore up Larmore’s role.

Contention with the union has alsocontinued to be an issue. In late Novem-ber 2012, the union filed a grievanceagainst the city that disputed Larmore’smandate that one person at each fire sta-tion be awake at all times.

The move was the result of an inci-dent in which, sources say, paramedicsat the 15th Street Headquarters buildingmissed a call after turning off their radiosto sleep. Although personnel are permit-ted to sleep, if possible, on 24-hour shiftsbetween 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., they muststill be able to respond to emergencies.

The IAFF contended that Larmore’sedict went too far in restricting staffs’right to bunk time. The issue is still beingworked through, with the possibility ofusing some kind of built-in alarm.

“It has not been resolved yet,” May-krantz said this week. “We’re still workingon some adjustments to our current alertsystem that will make it more fail-safe.”

As for the city’s labor contract negoti-ations with the IAFF, they are scheduledto begin on Jan. 24, with the current con-tract expiring at the end of this fiscal year.

But in the meantime, the union hasalready proposed that its current con-tract be extended for another year, untilJuly 2014. This would be dependent, ac-cording to the IAFF, on the city revisitingthe move made in 2011 to close the city’sdefined-benefit pension plans – includ-ing the separate plan for public safetyemployees – and switch to defined-con-tribution, 401(a) retirement packages.

An email from Maykrantz to city offi-cials, a copy of which was obtained byOcean City Today, posits “a one yearIAFF Collective Bargaining Agreementextension in lieu of negotiations.”

The major issue that the IAFF — aswell as City Hall and the Ocean City Po-lice Department’s chapter of the Frater-nal Order of Police — would like toresolve is the debate over the publicsafety pension system, Maykrantz said.

“If the pension plan change is the pri-mary reason the city would need to go tothe table, it sounds as though the supportexists on the pension committee to getthis done independent of negotiations,”he wrote.

Maykrantz said this week that he didnot wish to preemptively discuss the sta-tus of the proposal, but that he wouldknow more from City Hall next week.

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The new fee is part of the county’s De-partment of Recreation and Parks effortto help generate revenue. The AfterSchool Zone program is held at theWorcester County Recreation Center inSnow Hill where children learn newskills, sportsmanship, teamwork, coop-eration and more. They play cooperative

games, do arts and crafts projects, cele-brate holidays and have other fun activ-ities while learning.

During Tuesday’s meeting, CountyCommissioner Virgil Shockley ques-tioned how the new fee would work.

“How do you plan on implementingthat?” Shockley asked Paige Hurley, thedepartment’s director. “I think somewould say, ‘Here’s the kid, take it.’”

County Commissioner Louise Gulyassaid it would work and that she had paida late fee in Ocean City, which charges $5for every 10 minutes someone is latepicking up a child. After the child is not

picked up on time three times, that childis dismissed from the program.

Hurley requested the late fee becauseif children are picked up late, the countymust pay for the additional staff time.Late pick-ups also interfere with staffmembers’ personal plans.

In addition to that fee, the countycommissioners approved a late sign-upfee of $5 for all programs and a new in-structor fee at Hurley’s request.

The late sign-up fee is desirable be-cause late registrations make it difficultfor staff to make team rosters and gameschedules, Hurley said. Late registra-

tions also cause the first day of a programto be hectic because of the necessity tore-arrange programs.

The instructor fee will increase from$25 per hour to $50 per hour.

“We’re not getting enough instructorsat $25 an hour,” Hurley said.

To further increase revenue, the com-missioners, with Gulyas opposed, votedto institute non-program fees for theRecreation and Parks department.

Hurley said he specifically wantedfees for tournaments at the RecreationCenter because those are “things that will

(Jan. 18, 2013) The county’s Recy-cling Division will showcase its work attwo upcoming events in Ocean City —the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-RestaurantAssociation’s 38th annual Spring TradeExpo, March 3-4, at the convention cen-ter, and the annual Home and CondoShow scheduled for March 8-10.

Public Works Director John Tustintold the Worcester County Commission-ers on Tuesday that the booth would

focus on the importance of recycling inthe county. Recycling Manager Ron Tay-lor or Recycling Foreman Denny Looney,in addition to another division employee,will staff the booth during each show.

Several giveaways, such as Frisbeesand cups obtained from various sourcesand all made from recycled materials,will be offered to visitors at each show.

A continual slide show will highlightthe county’s various recycling centers, inaddition to the recycling building and theemployees working at their daily jobs.

Tustin said the Recycling Division

had participated in previous shows andit was worthwhile.

“It’s been a good experience for every-body,” Tustin said.

As soon as Tustin said there would beno charge for the county’s participationin the shows, the commissioners readilyagreed to his request.

Tustin also told the commissionersthat the Solid Waste Division would holdthe next e-Cycle and Household Haz-ardous Waste Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, April 20, at the Park and Ridefacility in West Ocean City.

“This is always a successful event,”Tustin said.

As usual, the collected electronics willbe taken to the county’s recycling facilitywhere they will be sorted and shipped tothe end users. Clean Ventures will han-dle the collection and disposal of house-hold hazardous waste.

The towns of Ocean City, Berlin,Pocomoke and Snow Hill will be invitedto participate.

The cost of the event, estimated at$20,000, depends on the amount ofitems collected to be recycled.

County promotes recycling at local shows,e-Cycling inWOCNANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer

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bring people to the county.” Those peo-ple would stay in hotels or motels and eatin restaurants and owners of those estab-lishments would benefit from the tour-naments.

Also, if spectator fees were charged,they would be divided equally betweenthe user and the county.

County residents would be charged$40 per hour for a half-court and $80per hour for a full court for tournaments.Non-county residents would pay $55 perhour for a half-court and $110 per hourfor a full court.

To rent the center for practices,Worcester County residents would becharged $30 per hour for a half-courtand $70 per hour for a full court. Non-county residents would be charged $45per hour for a half-court and $100 perhour for a full court.

Worcester County schools would becharged half-price for games and tour-naments and also for practices.

There was some discussion aboutwhether the schools should be chargedless, but after learning that the countypays the schools when using them, thecommissioners, except for Gulyas, de-cided the half-price fees, along with thehigher instructor fee and the non-pro-gram fees, would be instituted.

Hurley said the most important goalof the Department of Recreation andParks continues to be to provide qualityprograms at a minimum cost so all citi-zens have the opportunity to participate.

Tournaments willincrease businessfor hotels, eateriesContinued from Page 12A

(Jan. 18, 2013) Volunteers makeWorcester County a better place to live,work and visit. To honor those whosecontributions assure the continuation ofvital services, Worcester County resi-dents are invited to nominate individualsfor the 2013 Worcester County’s MostBeautiful People Volunteer Awards.Nominees should reside in and representthe volunteer spirit of Worcester County.

The deadline to submit nominationforms is Feb. 22, and a recognition cere-mony for all volunteers nominated willbe held at a later date.

Nomination forms are available at allfive Worcester County branch librariesor by contacting Volunteer ServicesManager Cyndy Howell at 410-632-5656or [email protected].

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Attempt to transport cigs to NY leads defendant back to Israel

(Jan. 18, 2013) Yossef Dahan came tothe United States more than 10 yearsago, but now, because of a woman andan arrest, he can hardly wait to return tohis native Israel.

That is also what the judge in his casewants.

“You better get out of this country in60 days,” said Judge Dale Cathell in Cir-cuit Court in Snow Hill on Monday,after Dahan pleaded guilty to transport-

ing untaxed cigarettes. In exchange forthe guilty plea, he was not prosecutedfor possessing unstamped cigarettes.

Dahan, 60, was living in Brooklyn,N.Y., when a woman somehow took“quite a bit of his money,” defense attor-ney Julie Guyer told the court. “He de-termined this might be an opportunityto make some money.”

The opportunity involved going toVirginia to buy hundreds of cartons ofcigarettes and deliver them to NewYork.

Dahan started the trip to Virginia ac-

companied by his nephew, Ofer Biton,who had arrived in the United States fora visit just two or three hours earlier. InVirginia, Dahan purchased the ciga-rettes and headed back to New York ina 2005 Honda minivan.

He had not driven far into Marylandwhen an officer with the Pocomoke Po-lice Department clocked him doing 73miles per hour in a 55-mile per hourzone on Route 13 at Bunting Road.

Looking into the minivan, the policeofficer saw cardboard boxes of coveredwith trash bags with some cigarette car-

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arettes and $1,935 in cash. None of thecigarettes had the Maryland tax stamprequired on cigarettes purchased in thisstate.

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(Jan. 18, 2013) A woman who claimssecurity at Seacrets did not prevent herfrom being raped during Memorial Day

weekend in 2008 isseeking $1 million infederal court this week.

Her lawsuit claimsSeacrets security shouldhave noticed the attackand should havestopped it.

The jury trial, whichstarted Monday, is tak-

ing place at the U.S. District Court inBaltimore.

According to published reports atthe time that her attacker, LorenzoGarcia-Moreno, pleaded guilty, the 25-year-old woman left Seacrets, and herfriends, on May 24, 2008, to answer acell phone call in a quieter place. Sheleft behind her purse, which containedher identification and hotel room key.

When she tried to return to herfriends, she was asked to leave becauseof her alleged intoxication.

She tried to call her friends, butcould not reach them on her cell phone,so she waited on a bench outsideSeacrets. At about 1 a.m., she decidedto walk to her hotel, which was aboutfive blocks away.

At some point, she realized she didnot have her hotel room key and shestarted walking back to Seacrets.When she reached the parking lot nextto the club, Garcia-Moreno, now 26,attacked her by hitting her. He left, butreturned and raped her after draggingher behind a building.

He stopped and ran away after wit-nesses saw what was happening. He fledeast toward the beach and into the oceanand was found a short time later lyingunconscious on the beach. Two menfound him and revived him, but he ran

again when they started to call for anambulance. Helicopters and police K-9sjoined the search, but Garcia-Morenoescaped.

In an unusual move, the City Coun-cil offered a $5,000 reward in August2008 for information leading to thearrest and conviction of the rapist.

The case remained unsolved until May2010 when the FBI matched Garcia-Moreno’s DNA, taken from him after hewas convicted of burglary in Ft. Laud-erdale, Fla., to the DNA collected from therape victim. Ocean City detectives traveledto a Florida state prison to interview Gar-cia-Moreno and obtained a warrant charg-ing him with the rape and other offenses.

Garcia-Moreno, now 26, pleaded guiltyin Circuit Court in Snow Hill to first-de-gree rape on March 13, 2012. He was sen-

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The woman’s lawsuit, filed in May2011, claims members of Seacrets secu-rity staff were negligent because they didnot permit her to return inside the club.

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Burglar in West Ocean City crime gets break in court, again

(Jan. 18, 2012) A Baltimore teen-agerwho got a legal break after burglarizing aWest Ocean City residence in July 2011got another break in court last Friday.

Although Shane Andrew Cohill, 19,did not do what he was supposed to dowhile on probation for the burglary,Judge Richard Bloxom said “there issome chance” Cohill would do as re-quired this time.

Cohill, a 19-year-old young womanand two 17-year-old boys came to the re-sort area and broke into a residence onVillage Lane, just off Old Bridge Road.They pried open the back door to get in.Police said they were using it as a tempo-rary place to stay.

A day or two later, the owner returned

to his home to find the four teenagers in-side and his television on. He did notknow the intruders.

One of the teens ran away, but wascaught by a sheriff’s deputy who was inthe area. The other three were still in theresidence when state troopers arrived.

The teens had hidden items belongingto the resident in their own travel bagsbecause they were planning to stealthem.

All four were charged with first-de-gree burglary and in Circuit Court inSnow Hill last Friday Bloxom said thatcharge carries a penalty of up to 20 yearsin prison.

In a plea agreement with the Worces-ter County State’s Attorney’s Office, Co-hill entered an Alford plea Dec. 6, 2011,to fourth-degree burglary and the othercharges were not prosecuted. In an Al-

ford plea, the defendant does not admitguilty, but acknowledges that the prose-cution has sufficient evidence for a con-viction.

Bloxom accepted the plea deal andsentenced Cohill to 18 months in jail withall but one month suspended. After hisrelease, Cohill would be on supervisedprobation for three years and was or-dered to perform 40 hours of commu-nity service.

“I fully expected he’d comply,”Bloxom said last Friday when Cohill wasin court to face a charge of violating hisprobation.

Cohill’s probation agent said he hadmissed two visits and had not performedthe community service. Cohill had spent40 hours cleaning exercise equipment ata gym, but work at a for-profit businessis not acceptable for community service.

“He works for some gym someplace,”Bloxom said. “That’s not communityservice.”

The probation agent wanted Bloxomto send Cohill back to jail to complete theoriginal 18-month sentence, but thejudge ordered Cohill back to jail for just90 days. After his release, he will con-tinue to be on probation.

Cohill said his girlfriend’s baby is duein February and they plan to marry inMay.


contraband, along with any vehicle usedin transporting them.

Dahan and Biton were arrested andcharged with transporting untaxed cig-arettes and possessing untaxed ciga-rettes.

The cigarettes in Dahan’s van had aretail value of $19,556.40, said AssistantState’s Attorney William McDermott incourt Monday. If the cigarettes had beenpurchased in Maryland, the state wouldhave had income of $6,064 in taxes.

Judge Cathell, who is retired fromthe Maryland Court of Appeals, butsometimes sits on the bench for otherjudges, noted that the state of Marylandis spending money because of taxes notpaid to New York state.

“Cigarettes start south and go northand we do New York’s work for them,”said Cathell, who found Dahan guilty oftransporting untaxed cigarettes.

Guyer said her client was going to bedeported and that he wants to return toIsrael and “not come back.”

Since his arrest, she said, Dahan hadlost his apartment and his girlfriend.She asked that Cathell consider theseized cash as the fine, but Cathellwould not do that.

A Hebrew interpreter translated forDahan, who is not fluent in English.

“I’m ready to buy a ticket and return,”he said as he wiped tears from his eyes.

Cathell fined Dahan $1,515, or $5 percarton. The $1,935, of which $1,700 be-longed to Dahan, will be forfeited to thePocomoke Police Department. TheComptroller’s Office will decide whetherto seize the van.

Cathell also sentenced Dahan to 30days in jail, with credit for seven daysspent in jail after his arrest, and thensuspended the sentence. If Dahan spentmore time in jail, Cathell said, Worces-ter County would have to pay for him tobe there.

Cathell also told Dahan to get out ofthe United States.

“I want him to return to our great allyin the Middle East,” Cathell said.

Biton’s trial is scheduled for March11.

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Cathell to Dahan,you have 60 days toleave United States

(Jan. 18, 2013) The 20-year-old resortresident who was charged Jan. 3 with sixburglaries that took place in Montego Baylast spring was arrested again Saturday.

This time, Alexander George Elliswas charged with various counts oftheft and being a rogue and vagabond,meaning that he was in another per-son’s vehicle with the intent to committheft of the vehicle or the property in it.

Ocean City police went to Beach-comber Lane at about 5:30 a.m. be-cause of a reported theft of a greenSaturn station wagon. They saw a vehi-cle matching that description parked,with its lights on and engine running.Ellis was sitting in the driver’s seat.

As police activated overhead emer-gency lights, Ellis got out of the carand ran. Police gave chase and Ellisjumped into the bay. Police thenpulled him from the water and ar-rested him.

A police officer asked the car’s

owner to identify items in it that be-longed to him. The owner said every-thing was his except for a powerinverter, a GPS, two pill containers fullof loose change, a purple watch, a bagof loose change, two packs of ciga-rettes and a black cup holder.

The car owner told police that hehad seen the car being driven east as itwas being stolen.

Police determined the prescriptionpill bottle belonged to a nearby resi-dent. They also determined the GPSwas owned by another nearby resi-dent, who said it had been in his car.That resident then checked on hisother vehicle and discovered that itsdoor was open and the glove compart-ment had been rummaged through.

After Ellis’ arrest, EMS took him toAtlantic General Hospital to betreated. From the hospital, accordingto the charging document, he calledhis residence and left a message sayinghow sorry he was and that he hadmessed up. He kept saying he was inbig trouble and that he was sorry.

In this case, Ellis is scheduled to ap-pear in District Court in Ocean City onFeb. 20. In the case involving the sixburglaries, he is scheduled to be in thesame court on Jan. 30 for a prelimi-nary hearing.


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At about 7 p.m. that evening, a womanwas struck by a Ford car on Route 13 south-bound in the area of Your Doc’s In inPocomoke. The investigation revealed thatadditional vehicles then struck the woman,who died of her injuries.

Anyone who was traveling in that areaand who might have seen something or be-lieves they might have run over somethingis asked to call Lt. Schreier at the WorcesterCounty Sheriff’s Office at 410-632-1112,ext. 2224.

Trouble at partyOcean City police went to a party at

142nd Street at about 11:30 p.m. on Jan.11 because of noise complaints and ar-rested the man who said he owned the resi-dence.

When police arrived, Nevin CorneliusScully, 20, was in the driveway. He saideveryone present was of legal age.

Approximately 20 to 30 people were inthe residence, but they started to leavewhen police knocked on the door.

Police saw a man holding a towel to hishead. He told them someone had hit himwith a bottle. The man had a 2-inch-long cutabove his right eye and a cut behind his ear.

Blood was running down his face.Scully reportedly yelled to the man to tell

police he fell down stairs. He also put up hisarm in an attempt to keep the man fromtalking to police and emergency medicalpersonnel.

When police tried to arrest Scully, he al-legedly tried to pull two officers down,cursed and pushed one officer.

Another police officer drew his Taser,pointed it at Scully and said he would use itif Scully did not allow police to handcuffhim. Scully then complied.

Police charged Scully with second-de-gree assault, resisting arrest and obstruct-ing and hindering. They also charged him

with a noise violation.

Alleged assaultA 37-year-old Fairfax, Va., man was

charged Jan. 8 with second-degree assaultafter allegedly striking a woman in a mid-town Ocean City hotel room.

Ocean City police were called to thehotel, where desk clerks said they had re-ceived calls from guests who said theyheard a couple fighting in a room.

When police went to the room, the doorwas open and they could see a woman whosaid they could enter. They saw that thewoman had fresh bruises on her upper

arms, neck, left leg and upper chest. Shealso had red marks on her forehead.

Police said furniture was in disarray,items were spilled or strewn about, plateswere shattered in the kitchenette area andfood was splattered against a wall. A pieceof television equipment was also broken.

The woman reportedly told police thatshe and Carter Kolb Marlow had been livingin the hotel since Dec. 27 and the fightstarted because she wanted him to takeher home to Fairfax. He refused and threat-ened to leave her in Ocean City.

According to the charging document, shesaid Marlowe had assaulted her numeroustimes during the past few days.

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(Jan. 18, 2012) The 26-year-oldBerlin woman who allegedly tried tohit a man with her vehicle left courtMonday without being prosecutedbecause the man did not want to tes-tify against her.

Christian Karla Dailey had faced apossible 25-year prison sentence iffound guilty of first-degree assault.

According to charging documents,she and a man were in a Berlin con-venience store July 8 when they

starting arguing about a debit card.She left him there and drove away.

The man started walking back totheir residence on Assateague Road.While he was walking east alongFlower Street, she found him and al-legedly tried to hit him with the vanshe was driving. He got away by run-ning through cornfields.

When the man reached home, hecalled 911.

That was not the first telephonecall for help. According to the charg-ing documents, Maryland State Po-lice received two calls about it.

“Callers were extremely upset that[the man] was going to be run over,”the charging document stated.

In Circuit Court in Snow Hill onMonday, Assistant State’s AttorneyDiane Ciulhe said the case would notbe prosecuted because the victim didnot want to participate.

“For now, this case is over,” saidJudge Dale Cathell, who is retiredfrom the Maryland Court of Appeals,but who occasionally presides overcases in various courtrooms. “It’snone of the court’s business why theydecline to prosecute.”


‘My Slurpee betwith Lloyd Martin’ Editor,

The Ocean City Council is liv-ing beyond its means and bor-rowing the difference. Last year,the city’s debt rose $15 million.Council members tell me thiswill continue because we are“rated AA.” However, it is only amatter of time before the creditagencies downgrade the city’scredit rating. On Jan. 10, I madea bet with Lloyd Martin, presi-dent of the council, that OceanCity’s “AA” credit rating wouldbe downgraded this year. Loserbuys the winner a Slurpee.

Let me tell you why Lloyd willbe buying me that Slurpee.

The current City Council hasa history of pandering to thebloated city employee unionswithout concern for the outsizedfuture obligations they haveplaced on the town. For exam-ple, the expense of Public Safetyemployees has grown 800 per-cent in a little more than twodecades, while summer visitorshave only grown 10 percent andthe number of year-around resi-dents has declined. This crimi-nal growth in expense is withoutmerit and has outstripped thetown’s ability to pay.

The council apparently doesn’tunderstand that it has a fiduci-

ary duty to all the 22,000 tax-payers in the town of Ocean City,not just the 2,000 voters. It iscritical that the council exercisegood government practices andnot take us down the road to-ward downgrade and bank-ruptcy as is occurring elsewhere.There have been 52 municipalbankruptcies since 1980 and 22have occurred in the last twoyears. Some recent ones includeStockton, Calif., Harrisburg, Pa.,Central Falls, R.I., JeffersonCounty, Ala., and San Bern-ardino, Calif.

The small town of San Bern-ardino is being sued by the $240billion statewide pension fund,CALPERS, to put pension fundsahead of municipal bonds inbankruptcy. If CALPERS suc-ceeds, every municipal bond inAmerica will be downgraded, in-cluding the town of Ocean City’s.

Ocean City’s mayor and CityCouncil are well on their way tocredit downgrade without helpfrom CALPERS. Businesses areclosing [Olive Tree] or leaving

[La Hacienda] due to the poorbusiness environment in OceanCity. Looking up and down thetown of Ocean City, you can seevacant rental spaces and viewsparse new businesses. Why?Excessive taxes. Assessmentshave increased more than 200percent since 2003 ($3.6B-$10.4B), while property valuesare only up about 30 percentover the last decade. This is astaggering tax increase!

Also crippling Ocean Citybusiness is the unending barrageof laws, rules, ordinances, fines,fees and occupancy taxes insti-tuted over the years. Despitesporting the ocean, the town ofOcean City continues to loosemany businesses to West OceanCity and Ocean Pines. If themayor and council want to saveOcean City from downgrade andbankruptcy, they will first stopmaking the business conditionsworse. Finally, there are disturb-ing omissions of known futureexpenses in the budget and pro-

The sad, sad state of affairs in City Hall and within cer-tain segments of Ocean City’s political and firefightingstructures was destined to come out sooner or later.

After seven years of infighting, political maneuvering,accusations and denials, it’s all unraveling now that thecity has been notified that a workplace harassment com-plaint has been filed with the federal Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission by a fire department employee.

The combustible elements that led to this have ex-isted for years, going back to the conflict between unionmembers and the volunteer company and the volun-teers’ belief, with plenty of justification, that they werebeing pushed out of town. Add to that promises madegoing into last fall’s election, along with lies, exaggera-tions and attempted character assassinations, and it’s avolatile mix.

Whether these things were intentional or the result of badjudgment is beside the point. None of this would have hap-pened were it not for the encouragement, or, at the very least,the tolerance, of some city officials.

As it now stands, city government, the union, the vol-unteers and the residents of Ocean City have a big problemthat will continue in the months and years ahead unlessCity Hall takes immediate and definitive remedial action.

It appears this will happen, as city officials sortthrough the details and prepare their response before anEEOC ruling makes them do what they should have doneanyway.

Undoubtedly, some will say that our story this weekisn’t accurate, that it misrepresents the facts of the case,or that it suffers from its own politically inspired distor-tions. That just isn’t so. Every detail of the story was ver-ified by multiple sources, none of whom can go on therecord because of ongoing investigations.

Regardless of what anyone says, the mayor andcouncil know what they have to do and it’s time to getit done.

Sorry time at CityHall needs action

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visions for expenses that will lead tomuch more debt than this council hasacknowledged. This calls for prudentactions by rightsizing government andobtaining an immediate independentaudit focused on protecting future sol-vency. Having employees fund theirretirement is a step in the right direc-tion.

It will not bring me any joy to beatLloyd in our Slurpee bet. But thiscouncil is spending money as if therating agencies won’t notice. Whatside of the bet would you take?

Tony ChristOcean City

Community comesthrough againEditor,

It never ceases to amaze me abouthow generous our community is. TheWorcester County Humane Societyand our four-legged friends are never

forgotten during the holiday season.Both the business community and theresidential community joined togetherto make this a Merry Christmas for ouranimals!

We would like to thank BJ’s formaking us the benefactor of its annualChristmas party. The generous dona-tions of the community filled our foodcloset.

Harborside Bar & Grill graciouslyhosted our firsth Raffle Drawing Party.Food was generously donated fromarea restaurants, including Adolfo’s,Crab Alley, Green Turtle West, Hoot-ers West, the Marlin Club, Liquid As-sets, Lombardi’s West, Southside Deli,Station 7, Superfresh, 45th Street Tap-house, Wawa, and Desserts byMelanie. Prizes were also donated byBliss Salon, Blue Ox, The OriginalGreene Turtle, Carrabba’s, Fager’s Is-land, Fox Theatres, Furious Fitness,Grotto Pizza, Harvest Moon Cafe, Hol-iday Inn, Kirby’s Pub, Kirby’s RedOnion, Panera Bread, Paws & Claws,

28th Street Pit & Pub, PowerhouseGym, Raggamuffin, Shore BreezeCleaning Service and Victorian Charm.

We would also like to thank ABCPrinters, Great Scott Broadcasting andKendall Furnishings for helping to getthe word out about this fun event.

The annual raffle drawing party washeld to select the winner of the Hu-mane Society Big Raffle. Prizes were$3,000, $1,500 and $500. Specialthanks to Wal-Mart and Seacrets, whoallowed us to sell the tickets at theirvenues. Watch for our 2013 Big Raffle.

A heartfelt “thank you” to all whosupport our no-kill shelter throughoutthe year, whether it is by donating foodor supplies, attending our benefits,purchasing raffle tickets or volunteer-ing your services. It is always appreci-ated.

Gina Castagna, Sandy Summersand Vonnie Baker,

on behalf of the Ocean City Humane Society employees, volunteers and

animals

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Although I have never actuallytimed myself, I am told that hoursmight pass before my subconscious, orthe sharp point of a tiny elbow ruth-lessly applied by a nearby concernedcitizen, informs me that breathingwould be a good thing.

Being the argumentative type, I re-jected the notion that I might sufferfrom the curse of sleep apnea. Maybe,just maybe, I contended, I’m a highly ef-ficient breather who doesn’t need allthat inhale-exhale-regularly stuff tofunction at my unusually high level. Or,for that matter, maybe I like oxygen dep-rivation. Besides, many people swallowtheir tongues just for the fun of it.

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(Jan. 18, 2013) The Ocean City Council ad-dressed the following matters during its Jan.15 work session:

Citizen participationCouncil briefly debated this week how lib-

eral it should be with allowing citizen commen-tary during work sessions, which typically donot feature audience participation. Councilmembers Brent Ashley and Margaret Pillassuggested that citizens should be allowed tocomment on agenda items at Tuesday after-noon meetings as they were discussed, withthe same five-minute time limit that applies tothe open citizen commentary section whichhappens at the end of Monday night’s regularsessions.

“I don’t see anything wrong with a five-minute time limit, as long as it’s on topic, andreserve Monday night to talk about whateveryou want,” Pillas said.

However, the rest of council preferred com-ing up with a more structured solution.

“I’ve brought this up with David [Recor, theCity Manager] before, and he has a coupleideas,” said Council President Lloyd Martin.Among these would be to have citizen com-mentary at the beginning of the session. ButAshley was concerned that much of what peo-ple comment on comes from the discussion orpresentation itself, and not just from the infor-mation given ahead of time in the agenda.

Another possibility, suggested CouncilmanDennis Dare, would be to have a sign-up sheetthat’s available before the meeting, so that citi-zens could register to speak when a given itemcomes up.

“When you have an agenda published, youallow people to sign up ahead of time tospeak. That allows participation from peoplewho are vested in that particular topic,” Daresaid. Those who just wish to argue for argu-ment’s sake will have to wait until Mondaynight.

“It’s comments from the public – not ques-tions, not debate,” Recor said. “The idea is notto limit citizen participation, it is to ensure thesmooth movement of the process.”

The council will review its procedures whenit meets again, on Feb. 1 and 2, with strategicplanning consultant Lyle Sumek.

“I think the intention of the motion [fromPillas and Ashley] was a good one … only let usgo through this on the first and second,” saidMayor Rick Meehan.

Council voted 5-2 to develop a recommen-dation during the February strategic planningsession, with Ashley and Pillas in favor of moreimmediate action.

Inlet parking bidCity Engineer Terry McGean said he was

“pretty surprised and disappointed” that thecity only received one bid for the project to up-date the control system at the inlet parking lot,following McGean’s work with a consultantthis fall on how best to improve the lot’s tollsystem.

“I have talked to our consultant … and thesingle bidder he believes is responsible andhas a good quality product,” McGean said.“Because we’re on a real time push here, I’dlike to see if we could work it out with the sin-gle bidder.”

That bidder was CTR Systems Inc., at acost of $399,260.91.

The primary improvement, McGean said,will be to install automated payment machinesin each exit lane. Currently, only one lane hassuch a system installed. The new kiosks willstill allow for a booth attendant, but will be

able to be used by those patrons with creditcards, even if a human operator is not present.

The bid proposal also contains an op-tional installation of four charging stations forelectric cars, a potential nod towards futureenergy trends. The mayor and Council willhave to decide whether to exercise that op-tion when the specification comes up for finalapproval, following McGean’s inspection ofthe lone bidder.

Boardwalk repairsThe city received bids for repairs to be

made at the inlet end of the Boardwalk, aswell as the almost complete replacement ofthe small “bayside boardwalk” on Chicago Av-enue between 4th and 2nd Streets, as a resultof damage sustained during Hurricane Sandy.

Only one bid for construction was received,submitted by the same contractor, Rehak’sLLC, that is doing the previously scheduledBoardwalk renovation. The cost is$229,090.00.

“Fortunately, or unfortunately, the contract-ing business has picked up quite a bit, andwe’re probably not going to get as many peo-ple interested in these jobs as before,” saidCouncilman Joe Mitrecic, himself a contractor.

“In terms of funding these repairs, we dobelieve that we’re going to get reimbursed 75cents on the dollar from storm damage reliefmoney,” City Engineer Terry McGean said. “Weare significantly under budget on the Board-walk project and we could use those funds ifneeded.”

The Boardwalk renovation project, which isrebuilding the promenade between Somersetand 15th Street, is currently ahead by $1.65million, which McGean said is due to the con-tractor’s ability to re-sell the scrapped wood.

“My original specification allowed for aworst-case scenario, where we would have toget rid of the wood and pay tipping fees andthe landfill,” McGean said.

Mitigation funds transferCouncil approved the movement of money

from the city’s Stormwater and Critical AreasMitigation Funds to finance the environmentalprograms for which the funds’ money is ear-marked.

The city collects offset fees from buildersand developers whose projects will affect theisland’s water runoff capacity or its environ-mentally critical areas, namely wetlands.These funds are then used for programs thatcompensate for the environmental effects.

The council will draw $10,000 from theCritical Areas fund to be used for planting andlandscaping programs, a level of funding thatis expected to keep the initiatives going forthree to four more years. Sponsoring the in-stallation of water-absorbing vegetative barri-ers helps prevent an excessive runoff of streetwater into natural habitats, which often occurswhen swaths of impermeable surfaces, suchas pavement, are built.

“[The programs] are really well received bythe public, and they use the mitigation moneyfrom the offsets by certain developers whodon’t do enough elsewhere [to mitigatedrainage],” said city Environmental EngineerGail Blazer.

Blazer also requested that $2,500 fromthe similar Stormwater Mitigation Fund to fi-nance the hiring of an intern, who will help herconduct a comprehensive water quality as-sessment in the downtown area.

Resident agentsCouncil discussed amending the city’s

noise code to require that a landlord’s desig-nated agent must live in Maryland and within30 miles of Ocean City.

The noise code specifies than anyone whoprovides transient lodging in a residentialstructure – i.e., those who rent homes or con-dos on a weekly or seasonal basis – must pay

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a small fee to register with the city, whichtracks properties via a permit number and adoor sticker. If the landlord fails to take meas-ures against repeated complaints of distur-bance from the residence, the city can revokethe right to rent.

Last year, Noise Board Chairman Brett Wolftold council that many permit applicants werenot adhering to a rule requiring nonresidentlandlords to provide an agent who is a city resi-dent and can be notified of noise issues.

In attempting to crack down on the prob-lem, however, city License Inspector MichaelSherman said that many such agents werethemselves located outside of Ocean City. Ifthe rule were to be enforced more strictly, itwould be best to allow the use of responsibleagents who, while not city residents, wereavailable in a suitable distance.

There was some question as to the actualutility of such agents, given that they do nothold the legal power to evict a problem tenanton the landlord’s behalf.

“Notice to the agent constitutes notice tothe owner,” said City Solicitor Guy Ayres, “sothe next time the police are contacted, theycan prove that they already notified the prop-erty of the problem.”

Visitor’s guideThe city agreed to maintain its partnership

with the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Com-merce in producing and distributing the OceanCity Visitor’s Guide, an arrangement firstreached in 2010.

In the latest iteration of the partnership,however, the chamber was fully responsible forthe design and production of the guide, withthe city contributing $1 per guide that was re-quested by mail. This cost, last year, wasroughly $12,000, according to city Tourism Di-

rector Donna Abbott. Further, the city commitsto spend roughly $16,000 on buying ads inthe guide.

“Based on the distribution cost incurredlast year, the chamber is requesting additionalfunds to cover the increasing cost of postage,”Abbot said. “Instead of paying a dollar perpiece, which is what we’re paying now, wewould be paying 25 percent of the chamber’sannual distribution cost.”

Such a change would increase the contri-bution from $12,000 to about $20,000.

However, according to chamber ExecutiveDirector Melanie Pursel, direct mailing is anever-smaller part of the pie.

“There’s a lot more to distribution than justmailing,” she said. “There are about 250 bulklocations throughout the Mid-Atlantic that wesend cases of books to. When we put that alltogether as a distribution plan, we’d like thatthe town is going to help us out with 25 per-cent of that.”

Council was somewhat hesitant about thesteep increase. Councilman Doug Cymek sug-gested that a hard cap of $20,000 be addedto the 25 percent clause.

“Don’t take it as distrust, I just think thatthere should be a limit established,” Cymeksaid.

Councilman Brent Ashley noted that, manyyears ago, the chamber’s guidebooks wereusually independently profitable. It was his un-derstanding that the chamber was workingback towards self-sufficiency with the OC Visi-tor’s Guide.

“We’re not just saying that we’re going tomake more profit by getting more money fromthe city,” Pursel said. Given the competitive-ness of the market, “we’ve just reinvested, re-ally, what we’ve gotten from the city … to makeit a more attractive piece.”

Despite increasing costs, said Council-woman Margaret Pillas, “we still want somesay in that book, and to have a say we have tokeep the partnership going.

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Slavic students still on declineSome major concerns remain, how-

ever, namely in the often cramped hous-ing conditions to which visiting studentsare sometimes subjected

“It is a challenge every summer for every-one to be in safe, comfortable housing,”Linch said. “A lot of that now is going tobe a part of the sponsors’ responsibility.”

Living conditions were a particularconcern last year amongst Irish students.Ireland, under a bilateral agreement, is avisa waiver country, which means Irishstudents can come to the US without ajob pre-arranged. That makes it mucheasier for them to arrive with less lead-time and end up with unsecured or oth-erwise questionable housing.

Last year, Irish consular officials evenvisited the resort to discuss ways to fur-ther ensure the comfort and safety oftheir nationals.

“The dialogue that we had with them,and with the Ocean City Police Depart-ment and the community, was very pro-ductive,” Linch said. “Everyone in townis invested in this, and we are hoping thatthe situation will improve this comingsummer.”

Because of the crackdown on EasternEuropean sponsors, and the relative easeof travel for Irish students, the nationalbalance of the city’s seasonal workforcebegan to shift in 2011 and has, by all ac-counts, continued to do so.

While Slavic-speaking students dom-inated the city’s seasonal workforcethrough 2010, student demographics for2011 featured 603 Irish, 481 Romanians,452 Ukrainians, and 445 Russians.

Linch said the State Department pre-ferred that she not disseminate 2012’sexact numbers, but that they were simi-lar to 2011.

“We had a fraction of Russians com-pared to Ireland and Romania,” Linchsaid. “In years past, those numbers werethe complete opposite.”

Romania and Moldova, in particular,have continued to contribute more andmore students to Ocean City’s economy.Despite their smaller populations com-pared to surrounding Eastern Europeanstates, they are the only ones that speaka Romance language.

But overall numbers, Linch said, havedeclined slightly. Further, the State De-partment is making a push to wean re-sort employers off their dependency ona J-1 student workforce.

“The cultural aspect of this programhas taken precedence over the work,”Linch said. “[The State Department]doesn’t want to see employers rely soheavily on the program.”

Whereas hours clocked by foreignstudent workers has ballooned over thepast two decades or so, “it’s now going inthe opposite direction,” Linch said, “andemployers need to get used to that.”


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Atwood named topteacher at CCSS

Elizabeth Cotter Atwood hasbeen named Cedar Chapel SpecialSchool’s 2013 Teacher of the Year.

Atwood received her Bachelor ofScience degree in organizationalmanagement from Robert’s Wes-leyan College, and her Master ofEducation in special educationfrom Wilmington University.

Now in her sixth year at CedarChapel Special School, Atwood inte-grates the Common Core StateStandards in conjunction with afunctional life skills curriculum to adiverse population incorporatingthe principals of structured teach-ing. She seeks to empower all chil-dren to be lifelong learners,contributing members of societyand productive citizens.

As a cooperating teacher forUniversity Maryland Eastern Shorestudent interns, Accreditation ForGrowth Assistive Technology teammember, Alternate MarylandSchool Assessment regional Com-munity of Practice representative,Equal Measurements Coordinatorand president of the Bishopville Vol-unteer Fire Department Auxiliary,Atwood advocates and celebratesdiversity in partnerships with familyand community.

Fohner is OCESTeacher of the Year

Ocean City Elementary School isproud to announce Jennifer Fohner

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(Jan. 18, 2013) Painters,photographers and sculp-tors will be among the ap-proximately 90 exhibitorspresenting and selling theirwares this weekend at theOcean City convention cen-ter as part of the 28th an-nual Nautical & Wildlife ArtFestival and its sister event,the 26th annual North Ameri-can Craft Show.

Both are juried events,according to organizer Don-ald Hastings, owner of Don-ald’s Duck Shoppe & Galleryin the Gold Coast Mall on115th Street, meaning artists’work must meet specific cri-teria and a standard of qual-ity and originality to be accep-

ted. Artisans must person-ally create their own product.

Hastings said the events,billed as “two great showsunder one roof,” comple-ment each other well. Offer-ing an assortment of media,the shows appeal to a vari-

ety of people, he said. Visi-tors will have the opportu-nity to purchase art piecesand crafts that they won’tfind in a store, for all priceranges.

“Both shows have very

(Jan. 18, 2013) The 39thannual Maryland Watermen’sAssociation’s East Coast Com-mercial Fishermen’s & Aqua-culture Trade Expo, sched-uled for this weekend at theOcean City convention center,will feature a number of ex-hibits, seminars and programsthat highlight not only thecommercial seafood industry,but also aquaculture, the in-dustry of raising seafood inponds, tanks and net pens.

Created in 1974 by the Mary-land Watermen’s Associationas a showplace for the com-mercial seafood industry, theannual show has expandedover the years to include muchmore. Those interested instarting an aquaculture busi-ness can gather valuable infor-mation during the three-dayexpo. Attendees can also learnmore about commercial fish-ing, charter or recreationalboating and sports fishing.

According to coordinatorMelissa Boe, approximately85 exhibitors will offer an as-sortment of services and pro-ducts, including boats, en-gines, electronics, safety gear,clothing and fishing equip-ment. Recreational fishermenwill also have the opportunityto purchase equipment andgear used by professionals.

“The expo caters to recre-ational and commercial fish-ermen and aquaculturists,”Boe said. Between 3,000 and5,000 people attend the expoannually. “We have more boats

Weekendexpooffersexclusivelook at newest goods,servicesLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

See CHILDREN’S on Page 4B

FOOD FORTHOUGHT

By Deborah Lee WalkerPAGE 2B

OCWELCOMESCRAFT SHOW,ART FESTIVAL THISWEEKEND

Annapolis artist Aimo Hill paints a still-life during the 27th annual Nautical & Wildlife Art Festival and itssister fair, the 25th annual North American Craft Show last year at the Ocean City convention center.Billed as “two great shows under one roof,” the 2013 will take place this weekend, Jan. 19-20.

Juried work of regional photographers, painters, sculptorsand crafters focuses on nautical, wildlife subject matter

LISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

Waterfowl carved and painted by New Jersey artist William Cowenare displayed during the 2012 event.

See NAUTICAL on Page 7B

Elizabeth Atwood, Cedar ChapelSpecial School’s 2013 Teacher ofthe Year, right, and her student,Gabby Mulatu.

Continued on Page 11B

(Jan. 18, 2013) The hustle and bustleof daily life can get quite stressful, so a lit-tle reminiscing is always welcomed. Onthat note, let us rewind to a time whenhome consisted of a residence in Wash-ington, D.C., Ocean City and Los Angeles.Weekly cross-country flights and hops tothe beach on the weekend rack massiverewards. But this intense schedule is justthe beginning; details complete the story.

My flight leaves National Airport everyMonday at 7 a.m. The serenity of an air-port is quite different from the eveningrush. Aromas of roasted coffee permeatethe empty corridors, but in due time, thisshall pass.

I stroll through the tunnel of no-man’sland and enter the aircraft in search of myseat. I must confess, my eyelids are heavy.A little catnap is on the breakfast menu.Before I know it, time to be with myself iscoming to an end. The screeching ofwheels is a signal I must shift gears.

Time is of the essence — acting classesat Lee Strasberg Acting Institute start at 10a.m. Four hours of sense memory exercises

fill daily specials withhopes and dreams. Buttoday is different, I havean audition.

The rumbling of mystomach is a reminder Imust partake of a fewbites or my nervesmight get the best of me.

I open the box of refrigeration to limitedtastings. I decide to nibble on a tiny salad ofjuicy watermelon, kalamative olives, chunkyfeta cheese and sweet Thai basil.

As I primp for perfection, the probabil-ity of total satisfaction is rapidly dwin-dling. Humidity is in control and my hairis simply not a match for Mother Nature’sindulgence. I have to accept what I cannotchange — time to head for Universal Stu-dios.

The guard is polite and directs me tothe location of my “screen test.” If thesebuildings could talk, I wonder what wouldthey say. As I walk up to the trailer, I amsecond-guessing my decision to wearheels. What was I thinking? Oh well, atthis point it doesn’t matter because my en-tire body is ready to go into convulsions.

The receptionist asks me to sign in andhands me my script of one line, “What canI do for you?” The line after my moment offame is, “Will you call me a cab?” I sit in thecorner and rehearse for what I know isgoing to be an Oscar-winning performance.

When the moment of truth arrives, I

am escorted into a separate room. Thetrinity of fate is upon me. The casting di-rector asks me if I have any questions, thecameraman has the camera focused andready to roll, and my reading partner isready for action.

I eloquently deliver my line, “What canI do for you?” The next thing I hear is, “Willyou call me a cab?” At that moment, I amtotally flabbergasted. I know my name isnot engraved in the Hollywood Walk ofFame, but the fact is, I took off time fromschool, spent money on gas, and you donot even have the decency to allow me toaudition for this part? And to add insult toinjury, you expect me to hail you a cab.

I did not utter a word out of respect formy manager. I instantly walked out of thetrailer and did not know how in the worldI was going to find a taxi at Universal Stu-dio’s. At this point, my heels were not anissue. I walked in defiance while swallow-ing my pride.

In the faint background, I could hearthe casting director laughing hystericallyand calling my name. “Deborah, you werebrilliant, I have never seen anyone per-form a one-liner with so much thoughtand commitment.” All of a sudden, Ithought I was going into cardiac arrestand could not breathe. I realized I was sonervous that I forgot, “Will you call me acab,” was the actual line of the script. Isimply smiled and said thank you.

Speaking of performances, creamy

scrambled eggs presented in an eggshelland topped with olive tapenade will receiverave reviews. The presentation is stunningand the flavor is delightful. You will needan egg topper (which can be purchased on-line) to remove the top portion of theeggshell. The recipe is time-friendly due tothe very small portions of ingredients.

CREAMY EGGS TOPPED WITH OLIVE TAPENADEz TapenadeCombine 6 finely chopped cured olives,

1 rounded teaspoon seeded and finelychopped Roma tomato, 1/2 teaspoon freshlemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon finely choppedfresh parsley, 1/2 teaspoon finely choppedcapers, 1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme, freshground pepper and a dash of garlic powder.

z EggsSimmer 6 empty eggshells for 5 min-

utes to remove any impurities. Set aside.Blend a heavy splash of heavy cream and6 eggs in the blender. Emulsifying the rawegg mixture in a blender incorporatesmuch more air, which results in lighter,fluffier eggs. Scramble over medium heat.

z PresentationVery carefully, fill eggshells with scram-

bled eggs. Place filled eggs in egg holders.Using a piping bag, top eggs with a tinydollop of sour cream, then finish with olivetapenade. Have fun and let the show begin!

SECRET INGREDIENT: Time. “Years oflove have been forgot, in the hatred of aminute” … Edgar Allan Poe.

2B LIFESTYLE Ocean City Today JANUARY 18, 2013

Creamy eggs topped with olive tapenade recieves rave reviews

DEBORAH LEE WALKER■ Contributing Writer

Presentation of dish can bestunning, flavor delightful

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Kemps to celebratebirthdays this monthand advice welcome

(Jan. 18, 2013) Should “old” acquain-tances be forgotten and never come tomind? Not in my book. The Kemps are

birthdaying their wayover the physical cliffs ofthe late 80s this month.Any advice from thefolks who have “beenthere done that” wouldbe welcome.

We’re so lucky to havechosen Ocean City to live

out these so-called golden years. It hastruly been the land of pleasant living forus. Old and new friends abound aroundour town. Unbelievable that we met manyof these folks at the MAC Center, aka sen-ior center. As first recipients of social se-curity, and thanks to company retirementplans, we were the first generation of re-tirees to be able to leave the big city andretire in this year-round vacation city.Fortunately for us, in the days of yore, “se-nior “was not considered a dirty word.

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Kemp encourages residents, guests to circulate and congregate

Think social security is this large sum ofmoney given to us by the government?Think again, or ask a recipient.

New in town and wanna’ be found?Get out and circulate and congregate. TheKemps met many of their and old andnew friends by joining in the activitiesaround town and by volunteering withtheir peers at various events. I urge new-comers around town to volunteer, circu-late and congregate. Check out the area’snonprofit clubs.

Joining the Senior Bowling League is areal door and eye opener. You’re privy toall activities going down around town, in-cluding the local gossip. Not athleticallyinclined? Join your mate at the after-bowl-ing get-togethers. Growing old with activepeople is so much more fun than comingdown with reclinitus or boob-tube-itis.Ask folks who, through no fault of theirown, are confined to their living quarters,albeit a nursing home or their own home.

This month’s AARP meeting was sucha breath of fresh air for the members,thanks to guest speaker Tom Brown. Tomloved baseball and was on the Washing-ton Senators team in the early ’60s. Iron-ically, Tom was also a starting defensiveback on Vince Lombardi’s great GreenBay Packers team and the first MajorLeague Baseball player to play in two

Super Bowls. How lucky for Salisbury tohave such an excellent motivationalspeaker involved in their local RookieLeague nonprofit organization. This re-tiree is in the right place at the right time.

Coming up, Ocean City’s annual Valen-tine’s Day dinner and dance at the beauti-ful midtown Clarion for the area’s seniorsis “de place to be” on Thursday, Feb. 14.Reasonably priced, thanks to town sup-port, this event has always been a verypopular sell-out. What more could you askfor? Starting with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m.,

dinner at 6:30 p.m., choice of three en-trees (chicken beef or fish) and open barfrom 7-9 p.m. What an excellent chance tosocialize with your peers while dining,dancing or listening to the music of the liveFabulous 50s Band. You must choose yourentrée when you buy your ticket. CallAnne Brent at Northside Park, 410-250 –0125, for more information. Tickets cost$28 for residents and $38 for area seniors.

If you’re a senior, new in the area, thisoffer is too good to pass up.

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SENIOR SLANT

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PHOTO COURTESY IRISH KEMP

The Free and Carter families of Bethany Beach enjoyed the OC’s Festival of Lights. (Right) AARP’sguest speaker, Tom Brown.


ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’reeager to take on that new opportunityopening up as January gives way toFebruary. Now all you need to do is re-sist quitting too early. Do your best tostay with it.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Doff abit of that careful, conservative out-look and let your brave Bovine selftake a chance on meeting that newchallenge. You could be surprised athow well you do.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Youmight not want to return to the moreserious tasks facing you. But youknow it’s what you must do. Cheer up.Something more pleasant soon willoccupy your time.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) As youdutifully tidy up your end-of-the-monthtasks, your fun self emerges to urgeyou to do something special: A trip (ora cruise, maybe?) could be just whatyou need.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Yourachievements are admirable as youclose out the month with a roar. Nowyou can treat yourself to some well-earned time off for fun with family orfriends. (Or both!)VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)Be sure you know the facts before youassume someone is holding back onyour project. Try to open your mind be-fore you give someone a piece of it.LIBRA (September 23 to October22) You might feel comfortable inyour familiar surroundings, but itmight be time to venture into some-thing new. There’s a challenge outthere that’s just right for you.SCORPIO (October 23 to November21) Your love of things that are newgets a big boost as you encounter asituation that opens up new and excit-ing vistas. How far you go with it de-pends on you.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-cember 21) That recent workplaceshift might not seem to be paying offas you expected. But be patient.There are changes coming that couldmake a big difference.CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-ary 19) While few can match theGoat’s fiscal wizardry, you still need tobe wary in your dealings. There mightbe a problem you should know aboutsooner rather than later.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February18) Easy does it when it comes tolove and all the other good things inlife. Don’t try to force them to developon your schedule. Best to let it hap-pen naturally.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Asurprise decision by someone youtrust causes some stormy moments.But a frank discussion explains every-thing, and helps save a cherished re-lationship.BORN THIS WEEK: Sometimes youforget to take care of yourself, be-cause you’re so busy caring for oth-ers. But you wouldn’t have it anyother way.

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this year and quite a few new vendors.”Coast Guard safety and gear demon-

strations are scheduled from 11-11:30a.m. Saturday, on the dock behind the40th Street venue.

A number of seminars will be pre-sented on Saturday. Among the topicsare blue crabs, fishery research by water-men for watermen, shellfish, Maryland’sWatermen apprenticeship program, theoyster culture business and feasibilityplanning tools, among others.

Also on Saturday, the Maryland BlueCrab Industry Design Team will have apanel discussion from 3-3:30 p.m. Theteam will provide an overview of what ithas accomplished and answer questionsfrom guests. For more information aboutthe design team and its mission, visitwww.watermenway.com.

The Mid-Atlantic Waterman of theYear competitions, sponsored by MartinFish Company and Vane Brothers, willbegin around 2 p.m. on Saturday. All areinvited to participate in the competi-tions, which include net mending, ropesplicing and knot tying.

Four chefs will demonstrate and pre-pare seafood recipes on Saturday. Guestscan sample the dishes and ask questionsof the featured chefs.

A new addition to this year’s expo isthe Children’s Learning Center. Young-sters can harvest and hand tong for oys-

ters in the ORP Lil Nippers display andlearn how to repair nets and make crabpots. Watermen in the Classroom pre-sentations will be offered, as well.

“We’ve made it interactive for thekids,” Boe said. “We want to show andteach kids about the history of Marylandand where the watermen fit in.”

Expo hours are Friday, 11 a.m. to 6p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; andSunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admissionprice is $12 per day. A two-day pass cost$20, and a three-day pass is $25. Chil-

dren 12 and younger will be admitted free. A cocktail party and auction event will

take place tonight, Friday, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel on 101stStreet. The event is open to the public.Tickets, which can be purchased at theexpo or at the door this evening, cost $20.

Raffle tickets are also available for a2013 Ford 150 4x4 truck. Tickets cost$100 each and can be purchased at theexpo. The drawing is Sunday at 4 p.m.

For more information about the expo,call 410-216-6610.

Children’s Learning Center added to’13 eventContinued from Page 1B

Approximately 85 exhibitors will offer an assortment of products and services during the 39thannual Maryland Watermen’s Association’s East Coast Commercial Fishermen’s & AquacultureTrade Expo, this weekend at the Ocean City convention center. There will also be a number of ex-hibits, seminars and programs as well as a Children’s Learning Center and cooking demos.

19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL9636 Stephen Decatur HighwayWest Ocean City410-213-9204Jan. 18: Johnny Mojo, 6-10 p.m.Jan. 19: Geoff Kilian, 6-10 p.m.Jan. 24: Brenda Golden, 6 p.m.

BJ’S ON THE WATER75th Street and the bay

410-524-7575Jan. 18:Tranzfu-sion, 9 p.m.Jan. 19:Tranzfu-sion, 9 p.m.

Jan. 23: Aaron Howell, 5-8 p.m.

COTTAGE CAFÉRoute 1, Bethany Beach, Del.302-539-8710Every Friday: DJ Bump, 5-8 p.m.Every Tuesday: Pub PartyTrivia w/DJ Bump, 6-9 p.m.

FAGER’S ISLAND60th Street and the bay410-524-5500Jan. 18: DJ Hook, 9 p.m.Jan. 19: DJ Groove, 9 p.m.;

Scott’s New Band, 10 p.m.Jan. 20: Jazz Brunchw/Everett Spells, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Jan. 21: Bryan Clark, 5 p.m.

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL12841 S. Harbor RoadWest Ocean City410-213-1846Jan. 18: Ladies Night w/

DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.Jan. 19:SimpleTruth, 2-6 p.m.;DJ Jeremy,9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Jan. 20: Opposite Directions,2-6 p.m.; DJ Billy T/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.Jan. 24: Opposite Directions,9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

HIGH STAKESRoute 54, Fenwick Island, Del.302-537-6971Jan. 18: DJ Z-ManJan. 19: DJ Rupe

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

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

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

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUBIn the Horizons RestaurantIn the ClarionFontainebleau Hotel101st Street and the ocean410-524-3535Jan. 18-19: On the Edge

SEACRETS49th Street and the bay410-524-4900Jan. 18: Face Parade, 9 p.m.to 1 a.m.Jan. 19: Garden State Radio, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Jon Maurer Band, 5-9 p.m.

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

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Al and Natalie Purvis, above, are well-dressed for the action Saturday at Seacrets. (Left) Gatheredfor the Ravens game on Saturday, Jan 12, at Seacrets, from left, are Donna DiFrancesca, AllisonParcells, and Hannah Stallard.

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Kirk and Margy Ham-mands, in centerabove, are flanked byfriends Duck andPatty Seidl during Saturday’s contest.(Right) Bill Rook andJulie Bridges enjoythe gridiron am-biance on Saturday.



Anticipating a good game at Seacrets, from left, are Brian Whiteford, Connie Vazquez and Deband Bill Mann.


Rooting for Baltimore on Seacrets’ big-screen TVs, from left, are John Groncki, Maureen Wie-necke, Kim Groncki, Debbie Porter, Jill Swistak and Glenn Baublitz.

creative people,” Hastings said. Featured in the art festival will be

the work of nautical and wildlifepainters, sculptors, photographers,carvers, model ship builders and mul-timedia artists. It truly is “the art of thewild, the excitement of the sea,” Hast-ings said.

The art festival will showcase thework of approximately 40 artists.

“Anyone who knows anything aboutthat artist will know their work becauseit is very unique to that person,” Hast-ings said. “If you see a piece, you knowthey created it.”

Artists whose work does not fit inwith the nautical or wildlife theme willdisplay their pieces in the craft show.Featured wares include photography,paintings, sculptures, leather goods,home decor, candles, furniture, jewelryand music.

The craft show will feature approxi-mately 50 “imaginative and creative”vendors, Hastings said.

Maryland artists and crafters arescheduled to attend, but most willtravel to Ocean City from 13 otherstates. While there are some newcom-ers this year, Hastings said at least 80percent have participated in the eventfor many years, especially in the art fes-tival. Most of those artists have devel-oped a following and customers come

back each January to see what newitems they have to offer. More than5,000 people attend the event annually,Hastings said.

Show hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Admission costs $5 for adults, $4with AARP card. For students ages 13-17, admission costs $4. Children 12 andyounger are admitted free with a paidadult admission.

Receive $1 off admission with theevent advertisement, which can befound in this issue of Ocean City Today.

A $300 shopping spree at Donald’sDuck Shoppe will be given away to onevisitor. Pianist Tim Hofman is sched-uled to perform and Frank Nanna willplay bluegrass music on his stringed in-struments this weekend. For more in-formation, call 410-524-9177.


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■ 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILLE, 9936Stephen Decatur Highway, West Ocean City410-213-9204 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reser-vations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar/ Casual and family-friendly, featuring greatAmerican cuisine for breakfast, lunch anddinner at affordable prices. Open seven daysa week, year-round. Happy hour daily, 3-7p.m. Entertainment Friday through Sunday. ■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the HiltonSuites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 /www.ocmdrestaurants. com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’smenu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cui-sine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet andtasty liquid desserts. ■ ADOLFO’S, 13th Street, on the Board-walk, Ocean City 410-289-4001 / www.oc-adolfos.com / $$ / V-MC-AE / Reservationsaccepted / Children’s menu / Full bar /Northern and southern Italian dishes, pre-pared fresh daily. Quiet, intimate atmos-phere for couples, room for large families orchoose to enjoy our outside seating withviews of the ocean.■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street,Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthe-water.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reser-vations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Open year-round. Entire dining menuserved 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days aweek. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. En-tertainment every Wednesday, Friday andSaturday. No cover. Available for parties andbanquets. Indoor and outdoor dining.■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESERESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94thStreet, Ocean City 410-524-3983 /www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Full bar / Japan-ese and Chinese restaurant and sushi barwith beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, takeout and delivery available. Open Monday-Fri-day, 11:30 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday,noon.■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15thStreet and the Boardwalk, Ocean City410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com/ $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations ac-cepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Fam-ily-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks andpoultry on the third floor of the Courtyard byMarriott. Open 7 days a week, servingbreakfast, lunch and dinner.■ DEVITO’S ITALIAN DELI AND SUB SHOP,143rd Street, Ocean City 410-250-1122 /$ / V-MC / No reservations required / Italiancold cuts pizza, sandwiches and subs forlunch and dinner.■ DUFFY’S TAVERN, 130th Street, Mon-tego Bay Shopping Center, Ocean City410-250-1449 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reser-vations required / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Unique Irish tavern serving the beststeaks, seafood and over-stuffed sand-wiches. A local’s favorite with authentic Irishspecialities, including shepard’s pie andcorned beef and cabbage. Outdoor seatingavailable. Open for lunch and dinner.■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR,60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410-524-5500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reserva tions accepted in thedining room only / Children’s menu / Fullbar / Upscale restaurant on the bay. Casualfine dining, fresh fish, prime rib andseafood. Lighter fare menu served on ourdecks or inside.

■ FRESCO’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City410-524-8202 / www.ocfrescos.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations ac-cepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Onthe bay, serving seafood, steaks and pastain an intimate atmosphere. Reservationshighly recommended.■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66thStreet, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$-$$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted/ Full bar / Contemporary restaurant offer-ing light fare and full entrees. Award- win-ning wine list, signature drinks andcocktails.■ GIUSEPPE O’LEARY, Sunset Avenue,West Ocean City 410-213-2868 /www.submarinaoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar /Featuring homemade Italian cuisine in acozy atmosphere. Open year-round. Happyhour food and drink specials Monday-Fri-day, 4-7 p.m.■ GREENE TURTLE NORTH, 116th Street,Ocean City 410-723-2120 / www.the-greeneturtle.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / Children’s menu /Full bar / The Turtle, est. 1976, is an OceanCity tradition with a friendly staff, great foodand something for everyone! Menu fa-vorites are homemade crab cakes, kids’menu, salads, burgers, wings and more!Featuring weekday lunch specials andhappy hour, 50 high-def flat screen TVs,game room, gift shop, carry out, party trays,nightly drink specials, Keno, MD lottery, DJswith dance floor. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.,year-round.■ HALL’S SEAFOOD & STEAK, 60thStreet, Ocean City 410-524-5008 /www.Halls-OC.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / Serving Ocean City’s finest break-fast buffet and all-you-can-eat sea-food buf-fet. Open 7 days a week, all summer. Newmenu serving old favorites and new treats.■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S.Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Children’s menu / Full bar / Open sevendays a week, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Casual wa-terfront dining serving seafood, steaks,sandwiches, salads, wraps and pasta.Home of the “Original Orange Crush.” En-tertainment Thursday through Sunday. ■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT &BAR, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Is-land, Del. www.harpoonhannasrestau-rant.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Noreservations required / Children’s menu /Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurantserving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood,steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eatAlaskan crab legs. Open year-round.■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF,17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel &Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 /www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Elegant diningroom, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Sea-food, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, porkchops, grilled pineapple, banana fritters,entree salads.■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54,Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$/ V-M-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Carry-out available / Full bar / Casual din-ing, daily happy hour and daily food spe-cials. Live entertainment.■ HOOTERS, three Ocean City locations:123rd Street, Ocean City 410-250-7081,Fifth Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean

City 410-289-2690 and Route 50, WestOcean City 410-213-1841 / www.hooterso-foc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS. Fresh newmenu items include ground chuck burgers,green salads, world famous chicken wingswith 11 flavorful sauces, healthy choicesandwiches and seafood. Fun children’smenu. Relaxed beach atmosphere. Full bar.Large flat screen TVs, attentive service bydelightful Hooters girls. Wingfest: Tuesdaysand Thursdays, 3-6 p.m., featuring 50-centwings and awesome drink specials. Like uson Facebook. This is why we say Hootersmakes you happy.■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAU-RANT, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45)/ V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted /Open tables / Children’s menu / Full bar /Proud to have Chef Shawn Reese creatingbeach-inspired dishes in both oceanfrontrestaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub.New all-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to11 p.m., features many favorites, as well asexciting new creations with a local flare.Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open year-round and AUCE prime rib, crab legs andseafood buffet available most weekends. ■ HOUSE OF WELSH, 1106 Coastal High-way, Fenwick Island, Del. 1-800-311-2707/ www.houseofwelsh.net / $, $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’smenu / Full bar / Specializing in steaks andseafood. Open daily. Happy hour all dayand night. Entertainment Wednesdays, Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays. Casual at-tire.■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street,Ocean City 410-524-7499 / www.john-nys56.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reserva-tions required / Children’s menu / Full bar/ Pizza, subs, wings, salads, beer, livemusic, high definition TVs, surf, movies,BlueRay.■ JR’S THE ORIGINAL PLACE FOR RIBS,61st and 131st streets, Ocean City 410-250-3100, 410-524-7427 /www.jrsribs.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / The place for ribs since 1981.Family-friendly dining. Angus steaks, jumbolump crab cakes, prime rib, seafood,chicken. Early bird.■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street,Ocean City 410-524-3396 /www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS/ Reservations accepted / Children’s menu/ Full bar / Local fare, global flair. Freshseafood year-round, fresh local produce.■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB, 1 Mum-fords Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7501 / www.oceanpines.org,www.theclubsofoceanpines.com / $$ / V-MC-AE / Reservations accepted / Chil-dren’s menu / Full bar / Ocean Pines YachtClub and Marina is open to the public forcasual waterfront dining. Fresh local menu,on-site catering and Sunday brunch.■ P.G.N. CRABHOUSE, 29th Street,Ocean City 410-289-8380 / $ / V-MC-DIS /No reservations required / Children’s menu/ Beer, wine / The Kaouris family has beenserving the finest crabs, seafood, steaksand chicken to Ocean City locals and visi-tors since 1969.■ PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE, 20th Street,Ocean City 410-289-6821 /www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’smenu / Full bar / The original Phillips, serv-ing the finest seafood since 1956. Com-plete with all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, ala carte menu and carryout counter. Daily

early bird specials and plenty of free park-ing.■ PHILLIPS SEAFOOD HOUSE, 141stStreet, Ocean City 410-250-1200 /www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’smenu / Full bar / Just minutes to theDelaware line. All-you-can-eat seafood buf-fet, a la carte menu and carryout counter.Daily early bird specials and plenty of freeparking.■ PONZETTI’S PIZZA, 144th Street,Ocean City www.ponzettispizza.com / $ /MC / No reservations required / Children’smenu / Full bar / Italian dinners, subs andhomemade pizza. Happy hour Mondaythrough Friday, 3-6 p.m. Sports bar, livemusic on weekends. Light fare served till 1a.m. Carry out available.■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN, Route50, West Ocean City 443-664-2105 / $ /V-MC / No reservations required / Chil-dren’s menu / Family restaurant. Eat-in,carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days,year-round. Every Tuesday, two-piecechicken for 99 cents. Every Wednesday,free kids meal with purchase of combo.■ REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT, 67thStreet, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront,Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocm-drestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS /Reservations accepted / Children’s menu /Full bar / Tableside flambé dining. Casuallyelegant, cuisine prepared tableside in theEuropean tradition. Private dining rooms.Eclectic chef’s specials accompanied by anaward-winning wine list.■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ /V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required /Children’s menu / Full bar / Island atmos-phere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerkchicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis,pizza and fresh seafood.■ SMITTY McGEE’S, 37234 LighthouseRoad, West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 / www.smittymcgees.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Nochildren’s menu / Full bar / Casual. Bigmenu, including hot wings and drinks.■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (acrossfrom Sea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del.302-539-8710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $,$$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required /Children’s menu / Full bar / Seafood, kids’menu, happy hour specials. Lunch and din-ner daily. Breakfast buffet on weekends.■ THE STERLING SEAFOOD GRILL & OYS-TER BAR, 67th Street, in the Holiday InnOceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 /www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’smenu / Full bar / Fabulous raw bar servingthe freshest raw oysters and clams,steamed shrimp, crab legs, mussels andoyster stew, made to order. “Fresh off thegrill” items include rockfish, tuna, mahimahi and salmon. Happy hour specialsdaily, 4-6 p.m.■WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OCSquare, Ocean City 410-524-2609 /www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS /No reservations required / Children’s menu/ Full bar / Old World saloon-type feel,Whisker’s is famous for its Certified Angus®burgers and delicious casual fare, as wellas its entertaining atmosphere and photolined walls of famous and infamous“whiskers.” Enjoy flat screen TVs to watchyour favorite sports. Open year-round,11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch anddinner daily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m.Nightly food specials.

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WHEN I GROW UP …Deneen Nicolle’s first-grade class at Ocean City Elementary School made models of possible careers they would like tohave when they grow up. They read and wrote about specific goals they have to achieve to be successful in that job field.Pictured, from left, are Kaleb Davis, Eric Braica, Faith Haddad and Kalena Ethridge.

ACHIEVEMENT ON FIELD, IN CLASSROOMThe National Soccer Coaches Association of America last week recog-nized Stephen Decatur High School girls varsity soccer team for its ex-ceptional academic performance this year with a Team AcademicAward. The team grade point average was 3.70 on a 4.0 scale. Pictured,from left, are Coach Misty Bunting, seniors Alex Pinto, Taylor Frederickand Tori Whigham, and Principal Tom Zimmer.

STONE SOUPStudents in Jennifer Spicer’s kindergarten class at Ocean City Elemen-tary School followed a recipe to make Stone Soup after reading the folktale in class. Pictured, from left, are Paige McAdams, Damira Hill, AarnavTiwari, Nicolas Rittersbacher and Julianna Wooden.

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Fohner, a pre-kindergartenteacher, nurtures her young studentsas she provides fun, learning experi-ences that help the students growsocially as well as cognitively.

She has a Bachelor of Science de-gree in early childhood and specialeducation and a master’s degree inreading and literacy. She hasbeen teaching for the past 14 years— the first seven in Anne ArundelCounty, where she taught pre-kinder-garten at a private school/child careand was the director for severalyears, and the last seven years atOcean City Elementary.

While at OCES, Fohner taughtearly intervention and was a resourceteacher for two years, and for the

past five years, she has been teach-ing pre-kindergarten. As a member ofthe Math Accreditation for Growth Im-plementation Committee, Fohner hasdesigned and implemented math les-sons for families to use at home withhousehold manipulatives. Over thepast several years, Fohner hastaught Summer Academy for pre-kindergarten students and is cur-rently teaching the After SchoolHomework Academy for fourth-gradestudents.

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Berlin Intermediate School hasnamed Amanda Senter its 2013Teacher of the Year.

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graders at Berlin Intermediate Schoolfor 12 years. She graduated summacum laude from Salisbury Universitywith a Bachelor of Science degree inelementary education and a mas-ter’s in post-secondary education.

She believes that building a com-munity of learners helps students be-come more comfortable taking risksand helps to build more autonomouslearners. Senter motivates her stu-dents with lessons that are hands-onand infused with the arts and be-lieves hosting Salisbury University’sco-teachers play an important role inher students’ success.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 18EAST COAST COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S &AQUACULTURE TRADE EXPO —Ocean Cityconvention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 11a.m. to 6 p.m. Seminars, fishermen gear, equip-ment and more. Info: www.marylandwater-men.com or 800-626-2326.

BERLIN BOOK OF THE MONTH —Berlin library,220 N. Main St., 1 p.m. Group will discuss “Tan-glewood Plantation,” by Jocelyn Miller. All arewelcome. Info: 410-641-0650.

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

CROP TO END CANCER — Scrapbooking eventand shopping expo. Clarion ResortFontainebleau Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway inOcean City. Silent and Chinese auctions, andvendors including Close to My Heart, CreativeMemories, 31 Bags and Miche. Cost is $40 tocrop for the day. Benefits American Cancer So-ciety. Reservations: 443-235-2926.

BAKED GOODS TABLE AND PLATTERS —Eden United Methodist Church, 7451 Main St.,Willards, 5-7 p.m. Baked goods table and plat-ters available. Homemade soups and chickensalad. Eat in or take out. Info: Joyce Lecates,410-749-9204.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19EAST COAST COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S &AQUACULTURE TRADE EXPO —Ocean Cityconvention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Seminars, fishermen gear, equip-ment and more. Info: www.marylandwater-men.com or 800-626-2326.

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BLESSING OF THE WATERSSt. George’s Greek Orthodox Church held its annual Blessing of the Wa-ters ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 12. Although typically held at the inletpier, this year’s event was relocated to the beach at 90th Street — ad-jacent to the church itself — due to the pier being damaged by HurricaneSandy. The ceremony was conducted by Metropolitan Evangelos, leaderof the Metropolis of New Jersey, which is the Orthodox parochial districtcentered in New Jersey but also covering Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,and the greater Philadelphia area. Following services in the church,priests and parishioners proceeded to the beach, where MetropolitanEvangelos lead prayers to bless the seas and tossed two blessedcrosses into the waters — one to be retrieved by young men, and theother by young women. The children who recovered the crosses will beparticularly blessed for the New Year.


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NAUTICAL & WILDLIFE ART FESTIVAL —OceanCity convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring noted painters, sculp-tors, model shipbuilders and multi-media artists.Door prize is $300 shopping spree at DonaldsDuck Shoppe. Admission costs $5 for adults, $4for AARP members and students ages 13-17and children 12 and younger admitted free witha paying adult. Admission includes entry to NorthAmerican Craft Show. Info: Donald A. Hastings,410-524-9177, [email protected] orwww.donaldsduckshoppe.com.

NORTH AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW —OceanCity convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Variety of quality, juried artsand crafters exhibiting their products for sale.Music and food available. Door prize is $300shopping spree at Donald’s Duck Shoppe. Ad-mission costs $5 for adults, $4 for AARP mem-bers and students ages 13-17 and children 12and younger admitted free with a paying adult.Admission includes entry to Nautical & WildlifeArt Festival. Info: Donald A. Hastings, 410-524-9177, [email protected] or www.don-aldsduckshoppe.com.

STAR CHARITIES’ ANNUAL BEEF & BEER —American Legion Post 166, 2308 PhiladelphiaAve., Ocean City, 1-5 p.m. Guest speaker isMajor Gen. James Adkins, Adjutant General,Maryland National Guard. All-you-can-eat buffetcatered by Em-ings; live entertainment by Earl’sDixie Land Band, W W Tunes and WoodlandsString Band; door prizes. Cost is $26. Reserva-tions required by calling Anna Foultz, 410-641-

7667; LouAnn Trummel, 410-208-9514; or Bar-bara Mazzei, 410-208-0430. Benefits woundedsoldiers in Maryland.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296,104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 8-11 a.m. A$5 donation for all-you-can-eat pancakes or 2-2-2, two eggs, two pancakes and two baconslices, includes coffee and juice. Bloody Maryscost $3. Info: 410-524-8196.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT FRIED CHICKEN DINNER New Hope United Methodist Church, Willards,noon. Menu includes mashed potatoes, greens,string beens, macaroni and cheese, beets, bis-cuits, dessert and coffee. Cost is $11 for adults.Carry-outs available. Info: 410-543-8244 or443-235-0251.

SUNDAY, JAN. 20EAST COAST COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S &AQUACULTURE TRADE EXPO —Ocean Cityconvention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Seminars, fishermen gear,equipment and more. Info: www.marylandwa-termen.com or 800-626-2326.

NAUTICAL & WILDLIFE ART FESTIVAL —OceanCity convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway,10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring noted painters, sculp-tors, model shipbuilders and multi-media artists.Door prize is $300 shopping spree at Donald’sDuck Shoppe. Admission costs $5 for adults, $4for AARP members and students ages 13-17and children 12 and younger admitted free witha paying adult. Admission includes entry to North

American Craft Show. Info: Donald A. Hastings,410-524-9177, [email protected] orwww.donaldsduckshoppe.com.

NORTH AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW —OceanCity convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway,10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Variety of quality, juried artsand crafters exhibiting their products for sale.Music and food available. Door prize is $300shopping spree at Donald’s Duck Shoppe. Ad-mission costs $5 for adults, $4 for AARP mem-bers and students ages 13-17 and children 12and younger admitted free with a paying adult.Admission includes entry to Nautical & WildlifeArt Festival. Info: Donald A. Hastings, 410-524-9177, [email protected] or www.don-aldsduckshoppe.com.

SPORTS CARD, COMIC BOOK, COLLECTIBLESHOW — Aetna Fire Hall, 400 Ogletown Road,Newark, Del., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 50tables of area’s finest dealers. Admission costs$2 for adults, children 12 and younger admit-ted free. Reservations: 302-983-2636,[email protected] orwww.a2zshows1.com.

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

‘SHARING SUNDAY’ —Ocean Pines South SideFire Station, 1-3 p.m. Collecting nonperishablefood, paper goods and grocery cards. Dona-tions are given to local food pantry. Info: Demo-

cratic Women’s Club of Worcester County, 410-641-6683.

MONDAY, JAN. 21GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION —Ocean Pines li-brary, small meeting room, 11107 CathellRoad, 2:30 p.m. Great Books focuses on worksthat shape our culture and provide a deeper ap-preciation for what it means to be human. Info:Don Winslow, 410-208-6613.

CPAP MASK FITTING — Atlantic General Hospi-tal Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, 9733Healthway Drive in Berlin. Free, monthly maskfitting clinic for patients who are having troubleadjusting to their CPAP equipment. Additionalclinic offered for those who are apprehensiveabout the idea of using CPAP. By appointmentonly: Robin Rohlfing, 410-641-9726.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING —Berlin group No. 169, Atlantic General Hospital,conference room 2, 9733 Healthway Drive inBerlin, 5-6:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and edu-cational group promoting weight loss andhealthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: EdnaBerkey, 410-629-1006.

OUTDOOR AFRO MARTIN LUTHER KING DAYAssateague Island National Seashore Environ-mental Education Center, 7206 NationalSeashore Lane, Berlin, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. NationalPark Service Ranger Nick Clemons, a naturalleader for Children and Nature Network, alongwith Coastal Stewards and other local experts,

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will lead a beach to bay hike highlighting the na-ture of Assateague and its important connectionto African American history. After the hike, partic-ipants will convene for lunch (soup, bread, bev-erages provided). In the afternoon, participantswill learn more about the importance of back-yard habitats and build birdhouses and birdfeeders out of recycled materials and take themhome. The outing is free of charge and park ad-mission fees are waived on MLK Day. Register:www.meetup.com/Outdoor-Afro-Delmarva.

DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUSMEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Sweet Ade-

line Chorus, under the direction of Carol Ludwig,meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at theOcean Pines Community Center, 239 OceanParkway, White Horse Park. Women interestedin learning and singing in a barbershop formatare welcome. Info: 410-208-4171.

DEM. WOMEN’S CLUB OF WORCESTERCOUNTY MEETING —Ocean Pines CommunityCenter, 235 Ocean Parkway. Coffee at 9:30a.m. followed by meeting at 10 a.m. All Demo-cratic and Independent women are welcome.Info: 410-641-6683.

HAND DANCING —House of Welsh, 1106 Coas -tal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge.

Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302-541-0728.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22PLAY TIME —Berlin library, 220 N. Main St.,10:30 a.m. Parents and children, infants to 5years old, explore educational toys together inan interactive, free play program. Info: 410-641-0650.

LAP TIME —Ocean Pines library, 11107 CathellRoad, 10:30 a.m. Children, infants to 2 yearsold, will be introduced to songs, games, fingerplays and movement activities. Parents andcaregivers will learn new ways to interact withtheir toddlers. Info: 410-208-4014.

BOREDOM BUSTERS — Pocomoke library, 301Market St., 4 p.m. Nature and science fun forchildren ages 6 to 12 years old. Info: 410-957-0878.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS SERIES -RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION —OceanPines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2 p.m. Dr.Clara Small of Salisbury University will discusseffects of racism and discrimination on today’ssociety. Info: 410-208-4014.

YOGA — James G. Barrett Medical Office Build-ing, rotunda, 10231 Old Ocean City Boulevard,Berlin, 5:30-6:45 p.m. All levels welcome. Costis $72 for eight sessions or $10 drop-in fee forfirst time. Info: Georgette Rhoads, 410-641-

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CLOSE TO THE BEACH!The 3-bedroom, 2-bath home is located inthe Montego Bay community in NorthOcean City. The location is within easy walk-ing distance to the beach. The home featuresa split BR/BA floor plan, cathedral ceilings,central air and a new washer, refrigeratorand dishwasher. Outside there is a large util-ity shed for storage and a 2-car parking pad.The community offers 2 pools, 2 tenniscourts, 2 shuffleboard courts and a bayfrontboardwalk with fishing & crabbing piers.The HOA fee is only $199 a year. The prop-erty is being offered at $180,000. 13321 COLONIAL ROAD

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MARYLAND SALTWATER SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION ATLANTIC CHAPTER MONTHLYMEETING — Lions Club, 12534 Airport Road,West Ocean City, 7:30 p.m. Info: Ron Smith,732-779-2441 or [email protected].

BOOK SIGNING —Mio Fratello Italian Steak-house, 38016 Fenwick Shoals Blvd., Selbyville,Del., 5-7 p.m. Local author, Carolyn OutlawKuhn, has written her first book, “Suffering in Si-lence.” Portion of proceeds going to S.O.A.R.,Selbyville. Del. Info: 410-487-1183.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23STORY TIME —Ocean City library, 10003Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Stories, rhymes,finger plays, music and crafts for children 2-5years old. Info: 410-524-1818.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS —Ocean Pines library,11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m. Creative sci-ence, art and music activities for children 3 to 5years old. Dress for a mess. Reserve your place:410-208-4014.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP — AtlanticGeneral Hospital, conference room 2, 9733Healthway Drive in Berlin, 7-8 p.m. The groupgathers the fourth Wednesday of each month.Pre-registration is not necessary. Info: PastoralCare Services, 410-641-9725 or [email protected].

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City ElksLodge 2645, 138th Street across from FenwickInn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30p.m. A $1,000 jackpot available, food, snacksand non-alcoholic beverages. No one under 18years allowed in the hall during bingo. Info: 410-250-2645.

DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB —Meetsevery Wednesday at Skyline Bar & Grille at TheFenwick Inn, 138th Street and Coastal Highwayin Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate les-sons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing until9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the soundsof the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. Allare welcome. Discounted food and drink prices.Info: 302-337-3638.

WINTER/SPRING ADULT ED — Temple BatYam, 11036 Worcester Highway, Berlin, Jan.23, Feb. 13 and 27, March 13 and 27, April 10and 24, and May 8. Classes taught by RabbiSusan Warshaw. Mussar on Wednesdays,

10:30 a.m. to noon, and and Introduction to Tal-mud, Wednesdays, noon to 1:30 p.m. Take alunch. Info: Jaime, 410-641-4311.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING —Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway,Wednesdays, 4:45-6 p.m. TOPS is a supportand educational group promoting weight lossand healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: 302-436-3682.

THURSDAY, JAN. 24STORY TIME —Ocean Pines library, 11107Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m. Stories, rhymes, fingerplays, music and crafts for children 2-5 yearsold. Info: 410-208-4014.

SOUP SALE — Atlantic United MethodistChurch, 105 Fourth St., in Ocean City, 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. Fresh, homemade hot soups and bis-cuits and desserts. Carry-out available. Info:410-289-7430.

BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach Sin-gles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at HarpoonHanna’s, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island,Del., 4 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577 orKate, 410-524-0649.

BINGO — American Legion Post 166, 2308Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, every Thursday,year round. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., gamesstart at 7 p.m. Food available. Open to the pub-lic. Info: 410-289-3166.

REPUBLICAN WOMEN OF WORCESTERCOUNTY GENERAL MEETING, LUNCHEONAtlantic Hotel, 2 N. Main St., Berlin. Doors openat 10:30 a.m., meeting starts at 11 a.m., lunchis served at noon and the speaker will begin at12:30 p.m. Featuring Bill Badger, director, De-partment of Economic Development in Worces-ter County. Reservations: Bev Bigler, 410-208-6018 or [email protected] by Jan. 22.

WORCESTER COUNTY BRANCH NAACP - UNIT7029 MEETING, INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

—New Bethel United Methodist Church, 10203Germantown Road, Berlin. Meeting is at 6 p.m.,installation of officers and meet and greet re-ception at 7 p.m. Ceremony performed by theRev. Helen Lockwood. Everyone is invited.

ONGOING EVENTSHELP WITH HOME HEATING BILLS — SHOREUP! Inc. is accepting applications from personswho need help paying their home heating andelectric bills. Residents of Somerset, Wicomicoand Worcester counties who meet state incomeguidelines may qualify for assistance. To receivehelp, an individual must complete an Energy As-sistance application and provide supportingdocumentation. Info: 410-341-9634 or 410-749-1142.

AARP —Ocean City AARP 1917 meets at theKnights of Columbus Hall, 9:30 a.m. the sec-ond Thursday of each month (except July andAugust). Info: aarp1917.org.

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Slot Tech Trainee-Must haveelectronics or computer repairtraining and technical experi-ence. Email resume to:[email protected]

P/T Office help needed in

busy Real Estate office. R.E.

license helpful but not neces-

sary. Computer experience a

must. 410-713-2065.

Now hiring sales reps andpromo models for weekendwork. Paid travel, $100 a day +bonuses. J-1 welcome. Expe-rienced sales managers fortravel also needed for PT/FTsalaried position. Please call443-291-7651

Part/Time Lead Generator-$9/hr. + Incentives. Interestedapplicants should fax their re-sume to 410-641-1437 or callour office at 410-641-1434.

Front Desk & Asst. GeneralManager-great pay with ben-efits. Experience req. RoomsDivision Manager to overseehousekeeping. ExperiencedMaintenance: Night Auditorapply online The HotelMonte-Carlo.com

Arctic Heating & Air Condi-tioning is hiring a Full TimeMaintenance Technician -Benefits following 90 days ofemployment. Competitive pay,please fax resume to 410-641-1437 or call our office at 410-641-1434.

Nite Club Taxi is hiring F/T &P/T Drivers. Call Michael 443-373-1319.

If your New Year’s resolution was to make

more Monday, Avon and a$10 investment can help.

Work F/T or P/T, set your ownhours, and make up to 50%

commission. Call your AvonRepresentative Christine @

443-880-8397 or visitwww.start.avon.com Use ref-erence code: cbrown2272 to

sign up online or [email protected].

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Winter Rental: two bedroomapartment; great location inWest Ocean City. $875/mo.,January to June. Call 631-949-3342.

Applications being acceptedfor YR, 3BR/2BA, unfurnishedapt. $650/mo. + utils. Sec.Dep. Req’d. No/Pets Call 410-352-5488 Leave messageplease

WR 1BR/1BA-Ocean block,69th St.-W/D, DW, cable/water included. $500/mo. +electric No smoking/pets. CallJack 410-596-7873 No an-swer/leave message.

Y/R-3BR/2BR in OceanPines-$950/mo. + $950 Sec.Dep. 410-430-2501

Y/R, Bishopville, waterfrontmobile 3BR/2BA home. Nopets/smoking $850/mo. CallHoward Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

YR rooms, $125-$150 NorthOC. Util incl, W/D, cable, Fur-nished. Move in Today! Call410-250-0050

Off season/year roundrental-Room-in WOC, singlefamily home, A/C, cable, newlyremodeled. $100/week. 443-373-1319 or 240-281-5288

Sunset West-2BR/2BA Unitfor Rent-Living space all onone floor. $1000/mo. Call 410-726-8528

YR, 8th Street, Bayside2BR/1BA-W/D, great view. NoSmoking/Pets $1000/mo. +Sec. Dep + Util. Also, 2/sea-sonal boat slips for rent Aprilthru Oct. $2800 + $3500. 443-235-1843

Winter Rental - Ocean blockPristine Condo. 3BR/3BA. CallBill 443-373-7232.

Winter OC Rooms for Rent!Lg. rms. $100. Furnished andall utilities. Call 410-430-1746.

Year round rentals - 1 & 2Bedroom Apt. in OC starting at$600/month. Call 410-289-6282 or email

Spiro @ ocrooms.com

OC Yearly Rental. Fully fur-nished 1BR/1BA condo. 127thSt. bayside. The Raffles. $800/month + utilities. Referencesrequired 1-410-320-4017/1-410-827-3170

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Road, OC, MD

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Applications or resumes

will not be accepted thru

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Summer Rental312 Sunset Dr. Newly remod-eled. 2BR/1.5BA. New appli-ances. Large new kitchen.Large living room. May 10-Sept. 10. $12,000. Sec. dep.$2000. Call 410-428-7333.www.SunsetTerraceRentals.com

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single family Mobiles starting at $600single family Homes starting at $950

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Come Join OurWinning Team!

HOTEL RESERVATION SALESWe are looking for capable and aggressive hotel reserva-

tion sales members. Ability to adapt and understand multipleproperties a must. Hotel and sales experience a plus. Mustbe available to work all shifts, including weekends and holi-days in a busy environment.

Email resume to: [email protected] orcome in and complete an application at the front desk.

We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842

EOE


EXPERIENCED PAINTERWe are looking for skilled individuals with experience in

painting and drywall work. Prior hotel experience is preferred,but not mandatory.

Salary to commensurate with experience and skill level.Email resume to: [email protected] or

come in and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory pre-employment

drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842

EOE


Now accepting applications for seasonal positions!

Front Desk/Night AuditRoom Attendants

HousepersonsLine Cook

ServersBartenders

Looking for experienced personnel with customer serviceskills. Must be flexible with hours. Email resume or stop byand complete an application at the Front Desk. We requiresatisfactory pre-employment drug testing and backgroundcheck.

[email protected] Resort Hotel & Condominiums

11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842EOE

Immediate opening for a

Controller - Financial Manager

Franchise Management Ser -vices, one of the fastestgrowing franchise organiza-tions in the Delmarva region,has an immediate openingfor a controller/financial man -ager. Significant previousexperience required in man-aging finances for multiplecompanies, intimate knowl-edge of accounting, QuickBooks, and MS Office re-quired. 4 Year degree orCPA is a Plus.Benefits Include: 401K,Health Insurance, Vacation& Sick Time

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in Real Estate?Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Pre-Licensing classes forming NOW!Contact Pete Copenhaver at 410-524-6111

or [email protected] ORJennifer Cropper-Rines at 410-524-1203

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Cute, YR Efficiency, 32nd St.OC-with cable, HBO, W/D.Need good credit or steadyjob. No/Smoking $750/mo.443-504-4460

YR WOC, 4BR/4.5BA Penthouse, unfurnished, elevator, pool & tennis. 3BR/2BA Oceanfront

Condo, furnished, $1300/mo.Available now!

Income verification req’d. Call 443-521-3202.

Year Round Ocean CityCondo - Gullway Villas, $975/mo. - Price Reduced! 2BR/1BA,W/D. Pool, parking.

[email protected] or Jason 443-373-1419.

Year round, furn., 3/BRtownhouse 123rd St., $1200/mo. Washer/dryer central a/c,outdoor pool. Utilities and Se-curity Deposit extra. No/Pets.Resort Rentals, 410-524-0295.

Berlin - 4BR/2BA - RemodeledRancher, hardwood floors.Large yard, shed. $1300/mo.Call Bunting Realty 410-641-3313

WR or YR - 2BR/2BA Bright,spacious, newly remodeled,Furnished House in WOC. NrHarbor. Potential studio in loft.Vaulted ceilings, fireplace &deck. 240-620-3041

Keenwick Sound home onlake, built 2003, remodeled2012. Enviably large doubleMaster bedroom w/FP.$399,000. Call Howard Mar-tin Realty 410-352-5555

Home on 1 acre- 10 min. toOC. No city taxes. Goodshape, needs updating. With20% down P&I only $700/mo.Why rent? Call Howard Mar-tin Realty 410-352-5555

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Commercial Storefront - TealMarsh across from Food Lionin West OC, great exposure,1400 sf rent from $750/monthNNN. Call Spiro, 443-497-0514 or [email protected]

Prime Office Space for Rent- On the corner of Main St. &Broad St., Berlin. 1250 sq.ft.Second floor unit with exclu-sive deck. Central air condi-tioning & heat. Recentlyremodeled. Starting at $995/mo. for long term lease. CallRussell 443-497-2729.

Puzzle Place Daycare has immediate openings for ages19 mos. and older. Structuredcurriculum in my home. Crafts,story time, lesson time andoutside play. Accredited day-care license with 25 yearsexper ience. 410-641-1952

Seasoned Firewood for sale-$150/cord + delivery. ParkerPlant Depot 410-835-8197Please leave message.

Bishopville Movers Inc. Fast,reliable service. 410-352-5555.

Wanted Real Estate, Carsand Gold in exchange forTeak Furniture. www.wind-sorteak.com. Call 1-877-323-TEAK.

Videos/Pictures of car acci-dent on July 3, 2009 @10:27PM near intersection of Rt. 50& Golf Course Rd. Reward.L/M 443-880-4367

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New Queen-size mattresssets for sale-$199.00 Call 410-641-5307

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28A LEGAL NOTICES Ocean City Today JANUARY 18, 2013

SUBSTITUTEDTRUSTEES’ SALE

OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN ASNO. 607 OSPREY ROAD, UNIT 2OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASENUMBER 23-C-12-001144 Covahey,Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350McCormick Road, Executive PlazaIII, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031(443) 541-8600 Under and by virtueof the power of sale contained in aDeed of Trust from Cynthia J.Michaud recorded among the LandRecords of Worcester County in Liber4933, folio 239, and re-recorded inLiber 4986, folio 383, and Declarationof Substitution of Trustees recordedamong the aforementioned LandRecords substituting Thomas P. Dore,Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr.,Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, andChristine Drexel as SubstitutedTrustees, the Substituted Trusteeswill offer for sale at public auction, atthe Courthouse Door, Snow Hill,Maryland on Tuesday, February 5,2013 at 11:00 AM: All that lot ofground and the improvementsthereon situate in Worcester County,State of Maryland, as described in theDeed of Trust recorded among theLand Records of Worcester County, inLiber 4933, folio 239, and re-recordedin Liber 4986, folio 383, also being fur-ther described in a Deed recordedamong the Land Records of WorcesterCounty in Liber 4933, folio 236. Theimprovements thereon consist of adwelling. The property will be sold in“AS IS” condition, subject to any exist-ing building violations, restrictionsand agreements of record. Neither theSubstituted Trustees nor their respec-tive agents, successors or assignsmake any representations or war-ranties, either expressed or impliedwith respect to the property. The Sub-stituted Trustees shall convey insur-able title. TERMS OF THE SALE: Adeposit in a form acceptable to theSubstituted Trustee in the amount of$20,000.00 will be required of the pur-chaser, other than the Holder of theNote or its assigns, at the time andplace of sale. Unless the purchaser isthe Holder of the Note or its assigns,the balance of the purchase priceshall be paid immediately with avail-able funds within twenty (20) days ofthe final ratification of the sale by theCircuit Court for Worcester County.Time is of the essence. The purchaser,other than the Holder of the Note orits assigns, shall pay interest at therate of 10.12500% per annum on theunpaid portion of the purchase pricefrom the date of sale to date of settle-ment. Real property taxes and assess-ments shall be adjusted to the date ofsale and assumed thereafter by thepurchaser. Ground rent, water and/orsewer charges public or private, if any,shall be adjusted to the date of saleand assumed thereafter by the pur-chaser. Cost of all documentarystamps and transfer taxes shall bepaid by the purchaser. Purchasershall have the responsibility of ob-taining possession of the property. Inthe event settlement is delayed forany reason, there shall be no abate-ment of interest. If the purchaser de-faults, the entire deposit is forfeited.The Substituted Trustees shall resell

the property at the risk and expenseof the defaulting purchaser. The de-faulting purchaser shall be liable forthe payment of any deficiency in thepurchase price, all costs and expensesof both sales, attorney fees, all othercharges due, and incidental and con-sequential damages. In the event theSubstituted Trustees do not conveytitle for any reason, purchaser’s soleremedy is return of the deposit. TheSubstituted Trustees shall have theright to terminate this contract in theevent the Holder or its Servicer hasentered into any agreement with, oraccepted funds from, the mortgagor.Upon termination of the contract,Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be re-turn of the deposit. Thomas P. Dore,Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr.,Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, andChristine Drexel, SubstitutedTrustees Tidewater Auctions, LLC(410) 825-2900 www.tidewaterauc-tions.com A-4350564 01/17/2013,01/24/2013, 01/31/2013

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BWW Law Group, LLC4520 East West Highway, Suite 200

Bethesda, MD 20814(301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTETRUSTEES’ SALE

OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANYIMPROVEMENTS THEREON

5500 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #D-120

OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from Colin G.Gnibus and Francis J. Gnibus datedJanuary 17, 2004 and recorded inLiber 3995, Folio 513 among theLand Records of Worcester Co., MD,with an original principal balance of$252,000.00 and an original interestrate of 5.625% default having oc-curred under the terms thereof, theSub. Trustees will sell at public auc-tion at the Circuit Court for WorcesterCo., at the Court House Door, SnowHill, on

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 AT 2:00 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND, together with any build-ings or improvements thereon situ-ated in Worcester Co., MD anddescribed as Unit No. D120, in the“Tiffanie by the Sea Condominium”and more fully described in the afore-said Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improve-ments thereon, will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions and agreements of recordaffecting the same, if any, and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000in cash, cashiers check or certifiedcheck is required at time of sale. Bal-ance of the purchase price, togetherwith interest on the unpaid purchasemoney at the current rate containedin the Deed of Trust Note from thedate of sale to the date funds are re-ceived by the Sub. Trustees, payablein cash within ten days of final ratifi-

cation of the sale by the Circuit Court.There will be no abatement of interestdue from the purchaser in the eventadditional funds are tendered beforesettlement. TIME IS OF THEESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.Adjustment of current real propertytaxes will be made as of the date ofsale and thereafter assumed by thepurchaser. All past due property taxespaid by the purchaser. All other publicand/or private charges or assess-ments, including water/sewercharges, ground rent, whether in-curred prior to or after the sale to bepaid by the purchaser. All transfertaxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.Purchaser shall pay all applicableagricultural tax, if any. Purchaser isresponsible for obtaining physicalpossession of the property, and as-sumes risk of loss or damage to theproperty from the date of sale. Thesale is subject to post-sale audit of thestatus of the loan with the loan ser-vicer including, but not limited to, de-termination of whether the borrowerentered into any repayment agree-ment, reinstated or paid off the loanprior to the sale. In any such event,this sale shall be null and void, andthe Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law orequity, shall be the return of the de-posit without interest. If purchaserfails to settle within 10 days of ratifi-cation, the Sub. Trustees may file amotion to resell the property. If Pur-chaser defaults under these terms,deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub.Trustees may then resell the propertyat the risk and cost of the defaultingpurchaser. The defaulted purchasershall not be entitled to any surplusproceeds resulting from said resaleeven if such surplus results from im-provements to the property by saiddefaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trusteesare unable to convey either insurableor marketable title, or if ratification ofthe sale is denied by the Circuit Courtfor any reason, the Purchaser’s soleremedy, at law or equity, is the returnof the deposit without interest.Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing,Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson,

Jr., Substitute TrusteesOCD-1/17/3t__________________________________


Bethesda, MD 20814(301) 961-6555


OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANYIMPROVEMENTS THEREON

9400 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #201OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from MarceloJ. Grasso, Sr. a/k/a Marcello J. Grassoa/k/a Marcello John Grasso and RuthAnn Grasso a/k/a Ruth A. Grassodated July 29, 2008 and recorded inLiber 5139, Folio 109 among theLand Records of Worcester Co., MD,with an original principal balance of$212,000.00 and an original interestrate of 7.00% default having occurredunder the terms thereof, the Sub.

Trustees will sell at public auction atthe Circuit Court for Worcester Co., atthe Court House Door, Snow Hill, on

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 AT 2:10 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND, together with any build-ings or improvements thereon situ-ated in Worcester Co., MD anddescribed as Unit No. 201, in the“9400 Ocean Highway Condominium”and more fully described in the afore-said Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improve-ments thereon, will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions and agreements of recordaffecting the same, if any, and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000in cash, cashiers check or certifiedcheck is required at time of sale. Bal-ance of the purchase price, togetherwith interest on the unpaid purchasemoney at the current rate containedin the Deed of Trust Note from thedate of sale to the date funds are re-ceived by the Sub. Trustees, payablein cash within ten days of final ratifi-cation of the sale by the Circuit Court.There will be no abatement of interestdue from the purchaser in the eventadditional funds are tendered beforesettlement. TIME IS OF THEESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.Adjustment of current real propertytaxes will be made as of the date ofsale and thereafter assumed by thepurchaser. All past due property taxespaid by the purchaser. All other publicand/or private charges or assess-ments, including water/sewercharges, ground rent, whether in-curred prior to or after the sale to bepaid by the purchaser. All transfertaxes shall be paid by the Purchaser.Purchaser shall pay all applicableagricultural tax, if any. Purchaser isresponsible for obtaining physicalpossession of the property, and as-sumes risk of loss or damage to theproperty from the date of sale. Thesale is subject to post-sale audit of thestatus of the loan with the loan ser-vicer including, but not limited to, de-termination of whether the borrowerentered into any repayment agree-ment, reinstated or paid off the loanprior to the sale. In any such event,this sale shall be null and void, andthe Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law orequity, shall be the return of the de-posit without interest. If purchaserfails to settle within 10 days of ratifi-cation, the Sub. Trustees may file amotion to resell the property. If Pur-chaser defaults under these terms,deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub.Trustees may then resell the propertyat the risk and cost of the defaultingpurchaser. The defaulted purchasershall not be entitled to any surplusproceeds resulting from said resaleeven if such surplus results from im-provements to the property by saiddefaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trusteesare unable to convey either insurableor marketable title, or if ratification ofthe sale is denied by the Circuit Courtfor any reason, the Purchaser’s soleremedy, at law or equity, is the returnof the deposit without interest.Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing,Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson,

Legal Notices

JANUARY 18, 2013 Ocean City Today LEGAL NOTICES 29A

Jr., Substitute TrusteesOCD-1/17/3t__________________________________


OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN ASNO. 202 32ND STREET, UNIT #201OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 CASENUMBER 23-C-12-000260 Covahey,Boozer, Devan, and Dore, P.A. 11350McCormick Road, Executive PlazaIII, Suite 200 Hunt Valley, MD 21031(443) 541-8600 Under and by virtueof the power of sale contained in aDeed of Trust from Livio Cristianirecorded among the Land Records ofWorcester County in Liber 4399, folio634, and Declaration of Substitutionof Trustees recorded among the afore-mentioned Land Records substitutingThomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Ger-ard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace,and Erin Gloth as SubstitutedTrustees, the Substituted Trusteeswill offer for sale at public auction, atthe Courthouse Door, Snow Hill,Maryland on Tuesday, January 29,2013 at 11:00 AM: All that lot ofground and the improvementsthereon situate in Worcester County,State of Maryland, as described in theDeed of Trust recorded among theLand Records of Worcester County, inLiber 4399, folio 634, also being fur-ther described in a Deed recordedamong the Land Records of WorcesterCounty in Liber 3065, folio 104. Theimprovements thereon consist of adwelling. The property will be sold in“AS IS” condition, subject to any exist-ing building violations, restrictionsand agreements of record. Neither theSubstituted Trustees nor their respec-tive agents, successors or assignsmake any representations or war-ranties, either expressed or impliedwith respect to the property. The Sub-stituted Trustees shall convey insur-able title. TERMS OF THE SALE: Adeposit in a form acceptable to theSubstituted Trustee in the amount of$8,000.00 will be required of the pur-chaser, other than the Holder of theNote or its assigns, at the time andplace of sale. Unless the purchaser isthe Holder of the Note or its assigns,the balance of the purchase priceshall be paid immediately with avail-able funds within twenty (20) days ofthe final ratification of the sale by theCircuit Court for Worcester County.Time is of the essence. The purchaser,other than the Holder of the Note orits assigns, shall pay interest at therate of 6.00000% per annum on theunpaid portion of the purchase pricefrom the date of sale to date of settle-ment. Real property taxes and assess-ments shall be adjusted to the date ofsale and assumed thereafter by thepurchaser. Ground rent, water and/orsewer charges public or private, if any,shall be adjusted to the date of saleand assumed thereafter by the pur-chaser. Cost of all documentarystamps and transfer taxes shall bepaid by the purchaser. Purchasershall have the responsibility of ob-taining possession of the property. Inthe event settlement is delayed forany reason, there shall be no abate-ment of interest. If the purchaser de-faults, the entire deposit is forfeited.

The Substituted Trustees shall resellthe property at the risk and expenseof the defaulting purchaser. The de-faulting purchaser shall be liable forthe payment of any deficiency in thepurchase price, all costs and expensesof both sales, attorney fees, all othercharges due, and incidental and con-sequential damages. In the event theSubstituted Trustees do not conveytitle for any reason, purchaser’s soleremedy is return of the deposit. TheSubstituted Trustees shall have theright to terminate this contract in theevent the Holder or its Servicer hasentered into any agreement with, oraccepted funds from, the mortgagor.Upon termination of the contract,Purchaser’s sole remedy shall be re-turn of the deposit. Thomas P. Dore,Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr.,Shannon Menapace, and Erin Gloth,Substituted Trustees Tidewater Auc-tions, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.tide-waterauctions.com A-434856501/10/2013, 01/17/2013, 01/24/2013

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Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A.11350 McCormick Road,

Executive Plaza III, Suite 200Hunt Valley, MD 21031

(443) 541-8600


OF REAL PROPERTYKNOWN AS NO. LOT 268 WAR

DANCER LANEBERLIN, MD 21811

CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-001299

Under and by virtue of the powerof sale contained in a Deed of Trustfrom Bob Yi and Sue Yi recordedamong the Land Records of WorcesterCounty in Liber 4527, folio 697, andDeclaration of Substitution of Trus -tees recorded among the aforemen-tioned Land Records substitutingThomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan, Ger-ard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon Menapace,Erin Gloth, and Christine Drexel asSubstituted Trustees, the SubstitutedTrustees will offer for sale at publicauction, at the Courthouse Door,Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, Jan-uary 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM:

All that lot of ground and the im-provements thereon situate inWorcester County, State of Maryland,as described in the Deed of Trustrecorded among the Land Records ofWorcester County, in Liber 4527, folio697, also being further described in aDeed recorded among the LandRecords of Worcester County in Liber4527, folio 692. The improvementsthereon consist of a dwelling.

The property will be sold in “AS IS”condition, subject to any existingbuilding violations, restrictions andagreements of record. Neither theSubstituted Trustees nor their respec-tive agents, successors or assignsmake any representations or war-ranties, either expressed or impliedwith respect to the property. The Sub-stituted Trustees shall convey insur-able title.

TERMS OF THE SALE: A depositin a form acceptable to the Substi-tuted Trustee in the amount of

$48,000.00 will be required of the pur-chaser, other than the Holder of theNote or its assigns, at the time andplace of sale. Unless the purchaser isthe Holder of the Note or its assigns,the balance of the purchase priceshall be paid immediately with avail-able funds within twenty (20) days ofthe final ratification of the sale by theCircuit Court for Worcester County.Time is of the essence. The purchaser,other than the Holder of the Note orits assigns, shall pay interest at therate of 7.50000% per annum on theunpaid portion of the purchase pricefrom the date of sale to date of settle-ment. Real property taxes and as-sessments shall be adjusted to thedate of sale and assumed thereafterby the purchaser. Ground rent, waterand/or sewer charges public or pri-vate, if any, shall be adjusted to thedate of sale and assumed thereafterby the purchaser. Cost of all docu-mentary stamps and transfer taxesshall be paid by the purchaser. Pur-chaser shall have the responsibility ofobtaining possession of the property.

In the event settlement is delayedfor any reason , there shall be noabatement of interest. If the pur-chaser defaults, the entire deposit isforfeited. The Substituted Trusteesshall resell the property at the riskand expense of the defaulting pur-chaser. The defaulting purchasershall be liable for the payment of anydeficiency in the purchase price, allcosts and expenses of both sales, at-torney fees, all other charges due, andincidental and consequential dam-ages.

In the event the SubstitutedTrustees do not convey title for anyreason, purchaser`s sole remedy is re-turn of the deposit. The SubstitutedTrustees shall have the right to ter-minate this contract in the event theHolder or its Servicer has enteredinto any agreement with, or acceptedfunds from, the mortgagor. Upon ter-mination of the contract, Purchaser`ssole remedy shall be return of the de-posit.

Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan,Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon

Menapace, Erin Gloth, and ChristineDrexel, Substituted Trustees

Tidewater Auctions, LLC(410) 825-2900www.tidewaterauctions.com

OCD-1/10/3t__________________________________

Covahey, Boozer, Devan, & Dore, P.A.11350 McCormick Road, Executive

Plaza III, Suite 200Hunt Valley, MD 21031

(443) 541-8600


OF REAL PROPERTYKNOWN AS NO. 429 NORTH

14TH STREET , UNIT 10OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

CASE NUMBER 23-C-12-001639

Under and by virtue of the powerof sale contained in a Deed of Trustfrom Nancy Yentzer and Rodney L.Yentzer recorded among the LandRecords of Worcester County in Liber4386, folio 473, and Declaration of

Substitution of Trustees recordedamong the aforementioned LandRecords substituting Thomas P. Dore,Mark S. Devan, Gerard F. Miles, Jr.,Shannon Menapace, Erin Gloth, andChristine Drexel as SubstitutedTrustees, the Substituted Trusteeswill offer for sale at public auction, atthe Courthouse Door, Snow Hill,Maryland on Tuesday, January 29,2013 at 11:00 AM:

All that lot of ground and the im-provements thereon situate inWorcester County, State of Maryland,as described in the Deed of Trustrecorded among the Land Records ofWorcester County, in Liber 4386, folio473, also being further described in aDeed recorded among the LandRecords of Worcester County in Liber3890, folio 362. The improvementsthereon consist of a dwelling.

The property will be sold in “AS IS”condition, subject to any existingbuilding violations, restrictions andagreements of record. Neither theSubstituted Trustees nor their respec-tive agents, successors or assignsmake any representations or war-ranties, either expressed or impliedwith respect to the property. The Sub-stituted Trustees shall convey insur-able title.

TERMS OF THE SALE: A depositin a form acceptable to the Substi-tuted Trustee in the amount of$49,000.00 will be required of the pur-chaser, other than the Holder of theNote or its assigns, at the time andplace of sale. Unless the purchaser isthe Holder of the Note or its assigns,the balance of the purchase priceshall be paid immediately with avail-able funds within twenty (20) days ofthe final ratification of the sale by theCircuit Court for Worcester County.Time is of the essence. The purchaser,other than the Holder of the Note orits assigns, shall pay interest at therate of 5.62500% per annum on theunpaid portion of the purchase pricefrom the date of sale to date of settle-ment. Real property taxes and as-sessments shall be adjusted to thedate of sale and assumed thereafterby the purchaser. Ground rent, waterand/or sewer charges public or pri-vate, if any, shall be adjusted to thedate of sale and assumed thereafterby the purchaser. Cost of all docu-mentary stamps and transfer taxesshall be paid by the purchaser. Pur-chaser shall have the responsibility ofobtaining possession of the property.

In the event settlement is delayedfor any reason , there shall be noabatement of interest. If the pur-chaser defaults, the entire deposit isforfeited. The Substituted Trusteesshall resell the property at the riskand expense of the defaulting pur-chaser. The defaulting purchasershall be liable for the payment of anydeficiency in the purchase price, allcosts and expenses of both sales, at-torney fees, all other charges due, andincidental and consequential dam-ages.

In the event the SubstitutedTrustees do not convey title for anyreason, purchaser`s sole remedy is re-turn of the deposit. The SubstitutedTrustees shall have the right to ter-minate this contract in the event theHolder or its Servicer has entered

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into any agreement with, or acceptedfunds from, the mortgagor. Upon ter-mination of the contract, Purchaser`ssole remedy shall be return of the de-posit.

Thomas P. Dore, Mark S. Devan,Gerard F. Miles, Jr., Shannon

Menapace, Erin Gloth, and ChristineDrexel, Substituted Trustees

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Morris/Hardwick/Schneider9409 Philadelphia RoadBaltimore, MD 21237

410-284-9600


OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY

7 SURFERS WAYBERLIN, MD 21811

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from SharonL. Shirk, dated December 20, 2006and recorded in Liber 4846, folio 694among the Land Records of WorcesterCo., MD, default having occurredunder the terms thereof, the Sub.Trustees will sell at public auction atthe Circuit Court for Worcester Co., atthe Court House Door, Snow Hill, on

JANUARY 29, 2013 AT 3:00 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND AND THE IMPROVE-MENTS THEREON situated inWorcester Co., MD and more fully de-scribed in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.The property is improved by adwelling.

The property will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions and agreements of recordaffecting the same, if any and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $16,000by cash or certified check. Balance ofthe purchase price to be paid in cashwithin 10 days of final ratification ofthe sale by the Circuit Court forWorcester Co. TIME IS OF THEESSENCE. If the purchaser fails tosettle within the aforesaid ten (10)days of ratification, the purchaser re-linquishes their deposit and the Sub-Trustees may file an appropriatemotion with the court to resell theproperty. Purchaser waives personalservice of any paper filed with theCourt in connection with such motionand any Show Cause Order issued bythe Court and expressly agrees to ac-cept service of any such paper orOrder by certified mail and regularmail sent to the address provided bythe purchaser and as recorded on thedocuments executed by the purchaserat the time of the sale. Service shallbe deemed effective upon the pur-chaser 3 days after postmarked by theUnited States Post Office. It is ex-pressly agreed by the purchaser thatactual receipt of the certified mail isnot required for service to be effective.If the purchaser fails to go to settle-ment the deposit shall be forfeited tothe Sub-Trustees and all expenses of

this sale (including attorney fees andfull commission on the gross salesprice of the sale) shall be chargedagainst and paid from the forfeiteddeposit. In the event of resale the de-faulting purchaser shall not be enti-tled to any surplus proceeds or profitsresulting from any resale of the prop-erty regardless of any improvementsmade to the real property. Interest isto be paid on the unpaid purchasemoney at the rate of 6.5% per annumfrom the date of sale to the date thefunds are received in the office of theSub-Trustees. Taxes, ground rent,water rent, condominium fees and/orhomeowner association dues, all pub-lic charges/assessments payable onan annual basis, including sanitaryand/or metropolitan district charges,if applicable, to be adjusted for thecurrent year to date of sale and as-sumed thereafter by the purchaser.Purchaser shall be responsible for thecosts of all transfer taxes, documen-tary stamps and all other costs inci-dent to settlement. Purchaser shall beresponsible for physical possession ofthe property. Purchaser assumes therisk of loss from the date of sale for-ward. The sale is subject to post saleaudit by the Noteholder to determinewhether the borrower entered intoany repayment/forbearance agree-ment, reinstated or paid off prior tothe sale. In any such event the Pur-chaser agrees that upon notificationby the Sub-Trustees of such event thesale is null and void and of no legal ef-fect and the deposit returned withoutinterest. If the Sub-Trustees are un-able to convey either insurable orgood and marketable title, or the saleis not ratified for any reason by theCircuit Court including errors madeby the Sub-Trustees, the purchaser’ssole remedy at law or in equity shallbe limited to a refund of the depositwithout any interest.

This property will be sold subjectto a 120 day right of redemption bythe Internal Revenue Service.

Mark H. Wittstadt, Gerard Wm.Wittstadt, Jr., Deborah A. Holloway

Hill, Sub. TrusteesALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC.908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204410-828-4838

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SUITE 208TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204


OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY449 DUELING WAYBERLIN, MD 21811

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from David A.Patrick, Jr. and Terri Lynn Patrick,dated March 20, 2006 and recorded inLiber 4670, Folio 268 among the LandRecords of Worcester County, Mary-land, with an original principal bal-ance of $283,950.00, and an originalinterest rate of 5.875%, default hav-ing occurred under the terms thereof,the Substitute Trustees will sell at

public auction at the Courthouse doorfor the Circuit Court for WorcesterCounty, on

January 30, 2013 AT 2:00PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF

GROUND and the improvementsthereon situated in Worcester County,MD and more fully described in theaforesaid Deed of Trust. The propertyis improved by a dwelling.

The property will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions and agreements of recordaffecting same, if any and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of$29,000.00 by certified funds only (nocash will be accepted) is required atthe time of auction. Balance of thepurchase price to be paid in cashwithin ten days of final ratification ofsale by the Circuit Court for Worces-ter County. The purchaser, other thanthe Holder of the Note, its assigns, ordesignees, shall pay interest on theunpaid purchase money at the noterate from the date of foreclosure auc-tion to the date funds are received inthe office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed forany reason , there shall be no abate-ment of interest. Real estate taxesand all other public charges, or as-sessments, including water/sewercharges, ground rent, condo/HOA as-sessments or private utility charges,not otherwise divested by ratificationof the sale, to be adjusted as of thedate of foreclosure auction, unless thepurchaser is the foreclosing lender orits designee. Cost of all documentarystamps, transfer taxes and settlementexpenses, and all other costs incidentto settlement, shall be borne by thepurchaser. Purchaser shall be re-sponsible for obtaining physical pos-session of the property. Purchaserassumes the risk of loss or damage tothe property from the date of sale for-ward.

If the purchaser shall fail to com-ply with the terms of the sale or failsto go to settlement within ten (10)days of ratification of the sale, theSubstitute Trustees may, in additionto any other available legal remedies,declare the entire deposit forfeitedand resell the property at the risk andcost of the defaulting purchaser. Pur-chaser waives personal service of anypaper filed in connection with such amotion on himself and/or any princi-pal or corporate designee, and ex-pressly agrees to accept service of anysuch paper by regular mail directed tothe address provided by said bidder atthe time of foreclosure auction. Insuch event, the defaulting purchasershall be liable for the payment of anydeficiency in the purchase price, allcosts and expenses of resale, reason-able attorney’s fees, and all othercharges due and incidental and con-sequential damages, and any defi-ciency in the underlying secureddebt. The purchaser shall not be en-titled to any surplus proceeds or prof-its resulting from any resale of theproperty. If the Substitute Trusteescannot convey insurable title, the pur-chaser’s sole remedy at law or in eq-uity shall be the return of the deposit.The sale is subject to post-sale confir-mation and audit of the status of theloan with the loan servicer including,

but not limited to, determination ofwhether the borrower entered intoany repayment agreement, reinstatedor paid off the loan prior to the sale.In any such event, this sale shall benull and void, and the Purchaser’ssole remedy, in law or equity, shall bethe return of his deposit without in-terest.

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon,

Richard J. Rogers, Randall J. Rolls,and David W. Simpson, Jr.,

Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC(410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com

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VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS

7645 DOWNS ROADNEWARK, MARYLAND 21841

SALE TO BE HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE DOOR OF THE

CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY

ONE W. MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013AT 1:00 P.M.

Under and by virtue of the powerof sale contained in that certain Deedof Trust and Security Agreementdated January 4, 2005 and recordedin the Land Records of WorcesterCounty, Maryland at Liber 4339, Folio208 (the “Deed of Trust”), the under-signed Substitute Trustees, at the re-quest of the beneficiary of the Deed ofTrust (the “Noteholder”), will offer forsale at public auction at the court-house door of the Circuit Court forWorcester County, One W. MarketStreet, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, at1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23,2013, the real property and improve-ments thereon known as 7645 DownsRoad, Newark, Maryland 21841 (TaxI.D. No. 04-001362) (the “Property”),which is more particularly describedas follows:

Item OneAll that tract or parcel of cleared

land, situate in the Fourth ElectionDistrict of Worcester County, State ofMaryland, on the westerly side of butnot binding upon U.S. Highway No.113, leading from Newark to Berlin,and on the westerly side of but notbinding upon a macadam road lead-ing from the westerly side of U.S.Highway No. 113 to Ironshire Station,and also being easterly of but notbinding upon the Maryland,Delaware and Virginia Railroad, con-taining 40 acres of land, more or less;SUBJECT, NEVERTHELESS, to aneasement or right of way, in commonwith others, at all times and for allpurposes, with or without vehicles,over and across the premises herebydescribed, along a strip 20 feet inwidth, beginning at the westerly endof the right of way coming from saidU.S. Highway No. 113-lronshire Sta-

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tion Macadam Road to the easterlyend of the property hereby describedand from said point running alongand across the long established laneleading to the residence buildings onthe property hereby described at apoint near a pear tree; thencenortherly parallel to and 30 feet dis-tant easterly from a chicken house fora distance of 450 feet, more or less;thence around the northerly end ofsaid chicken house and at a distanceof 30 feet therefrom for a distance of500 feet, more or less, to the edge ofwood lands now or formerly owned byRoy C. Timmons and wife.

Item TwoAll that tract or parcel of land lying

and being situate in the Fourth Elec-tion District of Worcester County inthe State of Maryland, on the north-westerly side of the State highwayleading from Snow Hill to Berlin,more particularly described with ref-erence to a certain plat entitled,“Boundary Survey For Robert K.Ewell, Fourth Tax District, WorcesterCounty, Maryland” dated December 9,1997, made by L.E. Bunting Surveys,Inc. (the, “Plat”) which is recorded inthe plat records for Worcester County,Maryland, as follows: BEGINNINGfor the same at a point where thenortheasterly corner of the lands ofRoy C. Timmons intersects with thewesterly right of way line of U.S.Route 113 and southeasterly corner ofthe lands herein described, said pointof beginning being located where aniron pipe is to be set 24.89 feet in anorthwesterly direction from a con-crete monument found within theright of way of U.S. Route 113, all asshown on the Plat; thence, from saidpoint of beginning running by andwith the aforesaid lands of Roy C.Timmons N 52° 30’ 51” W, a distanceof 1361.12 feet to an axle and stonefound on the southwesterly corner ofthe property hereindescribed; thence,running N 31° 25’ 29” E 304.27 feet toa concrete monument found wherethe southerly line of the lands ofRobert J. and Connie L. Bassett andthe westerly line of the lands hereinconveyed intersect and terminus ofthe center line of a certain 25’ wideright-of-way as shown on the Plat;thence, running by and with the landsof Robert J. and Connie L. Bassett N31° 18’ 14” E 1056 feet to an iron pipefound where the northerly line of thelands of Robert J. and Connie L. Bas-sett intersects the westerly line of thelands herein conveyed; thence, run-ning N 36° 33’ 20” E 848.97 feet to aconcrete monument found at thenorthwest corner of the lands hereinconveyed; thence, running S 83° 35’36” E by and with the southerly right-of-way line of a private road as shownon the Plat 897.53 feet to a pointwhere an iron pipe is to be set on thewesterly right-of-way line of DownsRoad; thence, running by and withthe westerly right of way line ofDowns Road the following coursesand distances: S 06° 46’ 55” W 467.18feet, S 06° 06’ 48” W 1147.65 feet, S04° 49’ 56” W 148.05 feet, S 27° 27’ 18”W 145.04 feet, to a point where aniron pipe is to be set where the west-erly right of way line of Downs Roadintersects with the northerly right ofway line of U.S. Route 113, as shown

on the Plat; thence running by andwith the northerly right of way line ofU.S. Route 113 on a curve with a ra-dius of 2912.79 feet bearing N 49° 28’04” E for an arc length of 174.82 feetand a chord length of 174.79 feet to apoint where an iron pipe is to be setas shown on the Plat; thence continu-ing by and with the northerly right ofway line of U.S. Route 113 S 47° 44’54” W a distance of 858.18 feet to thepoint of beginning, said land contain-ing 78.52 acres of land more or less.

SAVING AND EXCEPTING fromthe above-referenced parcels 3.1945acres of land, more or less, conveyedto the State of Maryland, to the use ofthe State Highway Administration ofthe Maryland Department of Trans-portation, by Deed dated May 4, 2009and recorded in Liber 5298, Folio 82.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTYThe Property is believed to com-

prise approximately 105.12 acres,more or less. There are also believedto be a single family dwelling andfarm buildings located at the rear ofthe Property. The current use of theProperty is believed to be a sand,gravel and clay excavation site.

NOTESAll information contained herein

as to the nature and description of theProperty has been obtained fromsources deemed reliable and believedto be accurate. The SubstituteTrustees, the Noteholder and their re-spective agents make no representa-tions or warranties with respect tosuch information, and each bidder isresponsible for independently deter-mining the validity and accuracy ofany information provided herein orany other information or materialsupon which each bidder relies in sub-mitting a bid.

TERMS OF SALEA deposit in the form of a cashier’s

or a certified check in the amount ofFifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)will be required from the purchaser atthe time and place of sale. The de-posit will not earn interest in thehands of the Substitute Trustees. TheNoteholder, if a bidder, shall not be re-quired to post a deposit. Immediatelyafter the sale, the successful biddershall execute and deliver a contract ofsale with the Substitute Trustees,copies of which shall be available forinspection immediately before thesale. The balance of the purchaseprice shall be paid by a cashier’s orcertified check, or such other form asthe Substitute Trustees may deter-mine acceptable, in their sole discre-tion, at settlement, which must occurwithin twenty (20) days following rat-ification of the sale by the CircuitCourt for Worcester County, Mary-land, unless such period is extendedby the Substitute Trustees, timebeing of the essence. If payment ofthe balance of the purchase price doesnot take place within such period oftime aforesaid, in addition to anyother legal or equitable remediesavailable to them, the SubstituteTrustees may declare the entire de-posit forfeited and resell the Propertyat the risk and cost of the defaultingpurchaser. In such event, the default-ing purchaser shall be liable for thepayment of any deficiency in the pur-chase price, all costs and expenses of

both sales, attorneys’ fees and allother charges incurred by the Substi-tute Trustees. Purchaser waives per-sonal service of any paper filed inconnection with a motion to resell theProperty on himself and/or any prin-cipal or corporate designee, and ex-pressly agrees to accept service of anysuch paper by regular mail directed tothe address provided by the bidder atthe time of the sale. If the Property ispurchased by someone other than theNoteholder, interest shall be paid onthe unpaid purchase price at the rateof five percent (5%) per annum fromdate of sale to the date of settlement,or such date that funds are receivedby the Substitute Trustees. Therewill be no abatement of interest duefrom the purchaser if settlement isdelayed for any reason. Taxes, waterbills, and all other municipal liensand charges and all other publiccharges and assessments payable onan annual basis, if any, shall be ad-justed to date of sale and assumedthereafter by the purchaser. The pur-chaser shall pay all settlement costs,including title examination charges,title insurance premiums, county andstate recordation and transfer taxesand recording costs. The purchasershall pay all costs incidental to theconveyance of the Property. The pur-chaser shall be responsible for obtain-ing physical possession of theProperty. Additional terms may beannounced at the time of sale. If theNoteholder is the purchaser of theProperty at the sale, the amount bidat the sale by the Noteholder shall bea credit against the indebtedness se-cured by the Deed of Trust.

The Substitute Trustees reserve:(1) the right to accept or reject any orall bids, (2) the right to modify orwaive the requirements for bidders’deposits and terms of sale and/or set-tlement; (3) the right to withdraw theProperty from the sale prior to accept-ance of the final bid(s); and (4) theright to cancel or postpone the sale.

The Property is sold in “AS IS,WHERE IS” condition, subject to allencumbrances, rights, reservations,covenants, conditions, easements, re-strictions and statutory liens, if any,having priority over the Deed ofTrust, as they may lawfully affect theProperty. The Property is also soldsubject to the right of redemption ofthe United States of America, if suchright exists, and all applicable condo-minium association organizationaldocuments or other regimes, all exist-ing housing, building and zoning codeviolations, all environmental prob-lems and violations which may existon or with respect to the Property, andall matters that an accurate survey orphysical inspection of the Propertymight disclose. Neither the Substi-tute Trustees nor any other partymake any warranty or representa-tion, either express or implied, of anykind or nature regarding the Prop-erty, including, without limitation, thedescription, use, physical condition,subdivision, zoning, environmentalcondition, compliance with applicablelaws, ordinances, or regulations, or fit-ness for a particular purpose. Thepurchaser shall assume the risk ofloss or damage immediately after theauction of the Property.

If the Substitute Trustees are un-able to convey all or any portion of theProperty, by reason of any defect inthe title or otherwise, the sole remedyof the purchaser at law or in equityshall be limited to the refund of thedeposit. Upon refund of the deposit tothe purchaser, the sale shall be voidand of no effect, and the purchasershall have no further claims againstthe Substitute Trustees. The con-veyance of all or any portion of theProperty by the Substitute Trusteesto the purchaser at settlement shallbe by deed without covenant or war-ranty of any kind whatsoever.

Jeffrey S. GreenbergNikolaus F. Schandlbauer

Substitute TrusteesALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC.908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD21204410-828-4838

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OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY

502 BONNEVILLE AVENUEPOCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851

Under a power of sale contained ina certain Deed of Trust from TheresaL. Stoudmire and Vincent Stoudmire,Personal Representative, datedMarch 21, 2008 and recorded in Liber5082, Folio 198 among the LandRecords of Worcester County, Mary-land, with an original principal bal-ance of $106,051.93, and an originalinterest rate of 1.700%, default hav-ing occurred under the terms thereof,the Substitute Trustees will sell atpublic auction at the Courthouse doorfor the Circuit Court for WorcesterCounty, on

January 23, 2013 AT 2:00 PM

ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OFGROUND and the improvementsthereon situated in Worcester County,MD and more fully described in theaforesaid Deed of Trust. The propertyis improved by a dwelling.

The property will be sold in an “asis” condition and subject to conditions,restrictions and agreements of recordaffecting same, if any and with nowarranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of$11,000.00 by certified funds only (nocash will be accepted) is required atthe time of auction. Balance of thepurchase price to be paid in cashwithin ten days of final ratification ofsale by the Circuit Court for Worces-ter County. The purchaser, other thanthe Holder of the Note, its assigns, ordesignees, shall pay interest on theunpaid purchase money at the noterate from the date of foreclosure auc-tion to the date funds are received inthe office of the Substitute Trustees.

In the event settlement is delayed

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for any reason , there shall be noabatement of interest. Real estatetaxes and all other public charges, orassessments, including water/sewercharges, ground rent, condo/HOA as-sessments or private utility charges,not otherwise divested by ratificationof the sale, to be adjusted as of thedate of foreclosure auction, unless thepurchaser is the foreclosing lender orits designee. Cost of all documentarystamps, transfer taxes and settlementexpenses, and all other costs incidentto settlement, shall be borne by thepurchaser. Purchaser shall be re-sponsible for obtaining physical pos-session of the property. Purchaserassumes the risk of loss or damage tothe property from the date of sale for-ward.

If the purchaser shall fail to com-ply with the terms of the sale or failsto go to settlement within ten (10)days of ratification of the sale, theSubstitute Trustees may, in additionto any other available legal remedies,declare the entire deposit forfeitedand resell the property at the risk andcost of the defaulting purchaser. Pur-chaser waives personal service of anypaper filed in connection with such amotion on himself and/or any princi-pal or corporate designee, and ex-pressly agrees to accept service of anysuch paper by regular mail directed tothe address provided by said bidder atthe time of foreclosure auction. Insuch event, the defaulting purchasershall be liable for the payment of anydeficiency in the purchase price, allcosts and expenses of resale, reason-able attorney’s fees, and all othercharges due and incidental and con-sequential damages, and any defi-ciency in the underlying secureddebt. The purchaser shall not be en-titled to any surplus proceeds or prof-its resulting from any resale of theproperty. If the Substitute Trusteescannot convey insurable title, the pur-chaser’s sole remedy at law or in eq-uity shall be the return of the deposit.The sale is subject to post-sale confir-mation and audit of the status of theloan with the loan servicer including,but not limited to, determination ofwhether the borrower entered intoany repayment agreement, reinstatedor paid off the loan prior to the sale.In any such event, this sale shall benull and void, and the Purchaser’ssole remedy, in law or equity, shall bethe return of his deposit without in-terest.

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon,

Richard J. Rogers, and David W. Simpson, Jr.,

Substitute Trustees

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REGAN J. R. SMITH ESQWILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY

& HARRISON LLP10441 RACETRACK ROAD

SUITE 2BERLIN, MD 21811

NOTICEOF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRSEstate No. 14965

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE ESTATE OF

RAYMOND CLINTON MCALLISTER JR.

Notice is given that Randall G.McAllister, 10102 Orchard Road,Berlin, MD 21811; Steven Ray McAl-lister, 21862 Shockley Road, Milford,DE 19963, was on December 21, 2012appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Raymond Clinton McAl-lister Jr. who died on November 17,2012, with a will.

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

All persons having any objection tothe appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills onor before the 21st day of June, 2013.

Any person having a claim againstthe decedent must present the claimto the undersigned personal represen-tative or file it with the Register ofWills with a copy to the undersignedon or before the earlier of the follow-ing dates:

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

(2) Two months after the personalrepresentative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of thispublished notice or other written no-tice, notifying the creditor that theclaim will be barred unless the credi-tor presents the claims within twomonths from the mailing or other de-livery of the notice. A claim not pre-sented or filed on or before that date,or any extension provided by law, isunenforceable thereafter. Claim formsmay be obtained from the Register ofWills.

Randall G. McAllisterSteven Ray McAllister

Personal RepresentativeTrue Test Copy

Charlotte K. CathellRegister of Wills

Worcester CountyRoom 102 - Court House

One W. Market StreetSnow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated bypersonal representative: Ocean City DigestDate of publication: January 03, 2013

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WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY& HARRISON PA

RAYMOND C. SHOCKLEY3509 COASTAL HIGHWAY

P.O. BOX 739OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICETO CREDITORS OF

APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

ESTATE NO. 14968Notice is given that the Circuit

court of Fairfax County, VA appointedJason P. Long, 9427 Lake View Drive,Berlin, MD 21811 as the Executor ofthe Estate of Joyce K. Long who died

on April 20, 2012 domiciled in Vir-ginia, USA.

At the time of death, the decedentowned real or leasehold property inthe following Maryland counties:Worcester County.

All persons having claims againstthe decedent must file their claimswith the Register of Wills for Worces-ter County with a copy to the foreignpersonal representative on or beforethe earlier of the following dates:

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

(2) Two months after the foreignpersonal representative mails or de-livers to the creditor a copy of thispublished notice or other written no-tice, notifying the creditor that theclaim will be barred unless the credi-tor presents the claim within twomonths from the mailing or other de-livery of the notice. Claims filed afterthat date or after a date extended bylaw will be barred.

Jason P. LongForeign Personal Representative


Room 102 - Court HouseOne W. Market Street

Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074Name of newspaper designated bypersonal representative: Ocean City DigestDate of first publication: January 03, 2012

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McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800

Laurel, Maryland 20707301-490-3361

Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substi-tute Trustees

Plaintiffsvs.

Matthew J. Schiftic and RobinSchiftic

DefendantsIN THE CIRCUIT COURT

FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

Civil No. 23C12000878

NOTICEORDERED, this 26th day of De-

cember, 2012 by the Circuit Court ofWORCESTER COUNTY, Maryland,that the sale of the property at 10330Harrison Road, Berlin, Maryland21811 mentioned in these proceed-ings, made and reported by LauraH.G. O’Sullivan, et. al, SubstituteTrustees, be ratified and confirmed,unless cause to the contrary thereofbe shown on or before the 28th day ofJanuary, 2013 next, provided a copy ofthis notice be inserted in some news-paper published in said County oncein each of three successive weeks be-fore the 21st day of January, 2013,next.

The report states the amount ofsale to be $184,683.64.

Stephen V. HalesCLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

STEPHEN V. HALESClerk of the Circuit Court

For Worcester CountyP.O. Box 40

Snow Hill, MD 21863-0040OCD-1/3/3t__________________________________

Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLCAttorneys at Law

600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208Towson, MD 21204

410-296-2550Pile #: 437370

Edward S. CohnStephen N. GoldbergRichard E. SolomonRichard J. RogersDavid W. Simpson, Jr.600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 208Towson, MD 21204Substitute Trustees

Plaintiffsv.

Robert DavisJeannie Keefer311 Robin DriveOcean City, MD 21842

DefendantsIN THE CIRCUIT COURT

FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

Case No. 23-C-12-001231

NOTICENotice is hereby given this 26th

day of December, 2012, by the CircuitCourt for Worcester County, that thesale of the property mentioned inthese proceedings, made and re-ported, will be ratified and confirmed,unless cause to the contrary thereofbe shown on or before the 28th day ofJanuary, 2013, provided a copy of thisnotice be published in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation in WorcesterCounty, once in each of three succes-sive weeks before the 21st day of Jan-uary, 2013.

The Report of Sale states theamount of the foreclosure sale price tobe $235,807.39. The property soldherein is known as 311 Robin Drive,Ocean City, MD 21842.

Stephen V. HalesClerk of the Circuit Court

Worcester County, MarylandSTEPHEN V. HALES

Clerk of the Circuit Court For Worcester County

P.O. Box 40Snow Hill, MD 21863-0040

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NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARING

The Town of Berlin will hold a pub-lic hearing on the proposed Ordinance2013-01, amending Chapter 26 of theTown Code by adding Article Vthereto for the purpose of establishinga Stormwater Utility Departmentunder the direction and supervision ofthe Water Resources Department andfurther establishing a StormwaterManagement Utility Fee System at7:00 p.m. on January 28, 2013, in theMayor and Council Chambers, 10William Street. The public is invitedto attend and comment. A copy of theproposed Ordinance is available forinspection in Town Hall, between thehours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

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Bathesda, MD 20814(301) 961-6555

Carrie M. Ward, et al.4520 East West Highway, Suite 200Bethesda, MD 20814

Substitute TrusteesPlaintiffs

vs.DOUGLAS D. GALLOWAYSANDRA J. MCALISTER-GALLOWAY2307 Point’s Reach, Unit #2307Berlin ARTA Ocean Pines, MD21811

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY,

MARYLANDCase No. 23-C-12-000271

NOTICENotice is hereby given this 4th day

of January, 2013, by the Circuit Courtfor Worcester County, Maryland, thatthe sale of the property mentioned inthese proceedings and described as2307 Point’s Reach, Unit #2307,Berlin ARTA Ocean Pines, MD 21811,made and reported by Howard N.Biernam, Substitute Trustee, will beRATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, un-less cause to the contrary thereof beshown on or before the 4th day of Feb-ruary, 2013, provided a copy of thisNOTICE be inserted in some weeklynewspaper printed in said County,once in each of three successive weeksbefore the 28th day of January, 2013.The report states the purchases

price at the Foreclosure sale to be$359,000.00.

Stephen V. HalesClerk, Circuit Court for

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

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Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415

Calverton, Maryland 20705240-473-5000

Jeffrey NadelScott Nadel4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415Calverton, MD 20705

Substitute TrusteesPlaintiff

Dianne M. SinclairWarren L. Sinclair108 A Franklin AvenueBerlin, MD 21811

Defendant(s)IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

FOR WORCESTER COUNTY,MARYLAND

Civil No. 23C12001326

NOTICENotice is hereby given this 27th

day of December, 2012, by the CircuitCourt for Worcester County, that thesale of the property mentioned inthese proceedings, made and re-ported, will be ratified and confirmed,unless cause to the contrary thereofbe shown on or before the 28th day ofJanuary, 2013, provided a copy of thisnotice be inserted in a weekly news-

paper printed in said County, once ineach of three successive weeks beforethe 21st day of January, 2013.The Report of Sale states the

amount of the foreclosure sale price tobe $218,913.00. The property soldherein as known as 108 A FranklinAvenue, Berlin, MD 21811.

Stephen V. HalesClerk of the Circuit Court

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

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IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR(OR)BEFORE THE REGISTER OFWILLS FOR

WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

IN THE ESTATE OF:CATHERINE T. RINAMANESTATE NO. 14982

NOTICEOF JUDICIAL PROBATE

To all Persons Interested in theabove estate:You are hereby notified that a pe-

tition has been filed by Alfred J.Szczerbicki, Esq., 28 Allegheny Av-enue, Suite 500, Towson, MD 21204.A hearing will be held at WorcesterCounty Court House, Court Room 4,One West Market Street, Snow Hill,MD 21863 on 01/29/2013 at 10:00AM.This hearing may be transferred or

postponed to a subsequent time. Fur-ther information may be obtained byreviewing the estate file in the officeof the Register of Wills.



Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074Phone: (410) 632-1529

Newspaper designated by personalrepresentative: Ocean City DigestPublication Date: 01/10/2013

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MYESHA R. CRADDOCK ESQ.THE CRADDOCK LAW

OFFICE, LLC8100 SANDPIPER CIRCLE #108B

BALTIMORE, MD 21236


NOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Estate No. 14915TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

IN THE ESTATE OF MARLENE NOEL

Notice is given that Mardini LadicJr., 204 Heathersage Drive, Marietta,PA 17547, was on January 04, 2013appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Marlene Noel who diedon September 22, 2012, with a will.Further information can be ob-

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

the appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills onor before the 4th day of July, 2013.

Any person having a claim againstthe decedent must present the claimto the undersigned personal represen-tative or file it with the Register ofWills with a copy to the undersignedon or before the earlier of the follow-ing dates:(1) Six months from the date of the

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

representative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of thispublished notice or other written no-tice, notifying the creditor that theclaim will be barred unless the credi-tor presents the claims within twomonths from the mailing or other de-livery of the notice. A claim not pre-sented or filed on or before that date,or any extension provided by law, isunenforceable thereafter. Claim formsmay be obtained from the Register ofWills.

Mardini Ladic Jr.Personal Representative

True Test CopyCharlotte K. Cathell

Register of Wills Worcester County


Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074Name of newspaper designated bypersonal representative: Ocean City DigestDate of publication: January 10, 2013

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ESTATE NO. 14989TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

IN THE ESTATE OF OLIVE RUTH BISHOP

Notice is given that Sherri Hill-man, 839 Beverly Lane, PocomokeCity, MD 21851, was on January 07,2013 appointed personal representa-tive of the small estate of Olive RuthBishop who died on December 29,2012, without a will.Further information can be ob-


the appointment shall file their objec-tions with the Register of Wills within30 days after the date of publicationof this Notice. All persons having anobjection to the probate of the willshall file their objections with theRegister of Wills within six monthsafter the date of publication of thisNotice.All persons having claims against

the decedent must serve their claimson the undersigned personal repre-sentative or file them with the Regis-ter of Wills with a copy to theundersigned on or before the earlierof the following dates:(1) Six months from the date of the

decedent’s death, except if the dece-dent died before October 1, 1992, ninemonths from the date of the dece-

dent’s death; or(2) Thirty days after the personal

representative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of thispublished notice or other written no-tice, notifying the creditor that theclaim will be barred unless the credi-tor presents the claim within thirtydays from the mailing or other deliv-ery of the notice. Any claim not servedor filed within that time, or any exten-sion provided by law, is unenforceablethereafter.

Sherri HillmanPersonal Representative

True Test CopyRegister of Wills for Worcester County

Charlotte K. CathellRoom 102 - Court HouseOne W. Market Street


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IN THE ESTATE OF WILSON DERUSSY

AKA: WILSON CARY NICHOLASDERUSSY

Notice is given that Linda DerussySchneider, 5 Brookside Road, Berlin,MD 21811, was on January 10, 2013appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Wilson Derussy who diedon October 10, 2012, with a will.Further information can be ob-


the appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills onor before the 10th day of July, 2013.Any person having a claim against

the decedent must present the claimto the undersigned personal represen-tative or file it with the Register ofWills with a copy to the undersignedon or before the earlier of the follow-ing dates:(1) Six months from the date of the



Linda Derussy SchneiderPersonal Representative

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Worcester CountyRoom 102 - Court HouseOne W. Market Street


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NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARING

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALSTOWN OF OCEAN CITY,

MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions ofChapter 110 of the Code of OceanCity, Maryland, hereinafter referredto as the Code, same being the ZoningOrdinance for Ocean City, Maryland,notice is hereby given that publichearings will be conducted by theBoard of Zoning Appeals for OceanCity, Maryland in the Council Cham-bers of City Hall located on BaltimoreAvenue and Third Street, in the Townof Ocean City, Maryland on:THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013

at 6:00 p.m.POSTPONED FROM 12/13/12Pursuant to the provisions of Sec-

tion 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, anappeal has been filed pursuant to theprovisions of Section 110-94(3)(c) re-questing a special front yard excep-tion to maintain existing setback;pursuant to Section 110-94(2)(c) re-questing a special exception to load-ing requirements for an onsiteloading zone which provides 10’-6’height clearance instead of 14’ as re-quired by Code; and pursuant to Sec-tion 110-94(2)(b) requesting a specialexception to parking requirements toallow 25 compact parking spaces (8’ x18”). The sites of the appeal are de-scribed as Lots 10 and 11, Block 5;and Lot 11, Block 18 of the Sinepux-ent Beach Company Plat, 1891; thelots in Block 5 can be further de-scribed as located on the west side ofAtlantic Avenue (Boardwalk), be-tween 4th and 5th Streets and locallyknown as 407 Atlantic Avenue; andthe parking lot in Block 18 is furtherdescribed as located on the west sideof Baltimore Avenue, between 4thand 5th Streets and locally known as411 Baltimore Avenue, in the Town ofOcean City, Maryland.APPLICANT: ROCCO DIFILIPPO(BZA 2357 12-09400020)

at 6:10 p.m.Pursuant to the provisions of Sec-

tion 110-93(2) and (3), Powers, of theCode, an appeal has been filed pur-suant to the provisions of Section 110-94(2)(b) requesting a special parkingexception to waive three (3) parkingspaces and to allow for three (3) com-pact parking spaces; and pursuant toSection 110-95(1)(a) requesting avariance to the side yard setback to

allow placement of an elevator, me-chanical room, and storage room, pro-viding a minimum 3 foot setbackinstead of 10 feet as required by Code;and pursuant to Section 30-553(8)h(ii)requesting a variance to allow thelandscape areas provided between thevehicular use area and public right-of-way on the westerly property lineto be 2.5 feet in width instead of 5’ asrequired by Code. The site of the ap-peal is described as Lot 8, Block 11N,Redevelopment Plat of Block 11N,further described as located on thenortheast corner of 10th Street andBaltimore Avenue, and locally knownas 8-10th Street, in the Town of OceanCity, Maryland.APPLICANT: ARDESHIR SASSAN– (BZA 2358 12-09500005)

at 6:20 p.m.Pursuant to the provisions of Sec-

tion 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, anappeal has been filed pursuant to theprovisions of Section 110-94(3)(a) re-questing a special yard exception tothe rear yard, allowing a setback of3.57 feet instead of 5 feet as requiredby Code; and pursuant to Section 110-422(1)(i) allowing the new dwelling tomaintain 6.10 feet between struc-tures instead of 10 feet as required byCode. The site of the appeal is de-scribed as Lot 25B, Section A of theWarren’s Park Plat, further describedas located on the north side of BayOverlook Lane, and locally known as42 Bay Overlook Lane, in the Town ofOcean City, Maryland.APPLICANT: WARREN’S PARKINC/RESORT HOMES – (BZA 235912-04900021)Further information concerning

the public hearings may be examinedin the office of the Department ofPlanning and Community Develop-ment in City Hall.

Alfred Harrison, ChairmanHeather Stansbury, Attorney

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Bethesda, MD 20814(301) 961-6555

Carrie M. Ward, et al.4520 East West Highway, Suite 200Bethesda, MD 20814

Substitute TrusteesPlaintiffs

vs.LINDA M. ROPKA300 Robin Drive, Unit #123Ocean City, MD 21842

Defendant(s)IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

FOR WORCESTER COUNTY,MARYLAND

Case No. 23-C-12-001122

NOTICENotice is hereby given this 8th day

of January, 2013, by the Circuit Courtfor Worcester County, Maryland, thatthe sale of the property mentioned inthese proceedings and described as300 Robin Drive, Unit #213, OceanCity, MD 21842, made and reportedby Howard N. Bierman, SubstituteTrustee, will be RATIFIED ANDCONFIRMED, unless cause to thecontrary thereof be shown on or be-fore the 11th day of February, 2013,provided a copy of this NOTICE be in-

serted in some weekly newspaperprinted in said County, once in each ofthree successive weeks before the 4thday of February, 2013.The report states the purchase

price at the Foreclosure sale to be$88,000.00.

Stephen V. HalesClerk, Circuit Court for

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

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IN THE ESTATE OF MARY DONNELLY DURKINNotice is given that Thomas P.

Durkin, 1120 Walker Ave., Baltimore,MD 21239, was on January 07, 2013appointed Personal Representative ofthe estate of Mary Donnelly Durkinwho died on October 21, 2012, with awill.Further information can be ob-


the appointment (or to the probate ofthe decedent’s will) shall file their ob-jections with the Register of Wills onor before the 7th day of July, 2013.Any person having a claim against

the decedent must present the claimto the undersigned personal represen-tative or file it with the Register ofWills with a copy to the undersignedon or before the earlier of the follow-ing dates:(1) Six months from the date of the



Thomas P. DurkinPersonal Representative

True Test CopyCharlotte K. Cathell

Register of Wills Worcester County


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

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CAROLYN W. NAZELRODLAW OFFICES OF PETER G. ANGELOS

210 W. PENNSYLVANIA AVE.COURT TOWERS SUITE 300TOWSON, MD 21204-5324

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ESTATE NO. 13493TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

IN THE ESTATE OF AUGUST DANIEL EIKENBERGNotice is given that Anna Eiken-

berg, 134 Captains Quarters Rd., Unit11, Ocean City, MD 21842, was onJune 23, 2009 appointed personalrepresentative of the small estate ofAugust Daniel Eikenberg who died onJune 5, 2006, without a will.Further information can be ob-


the appointment shall file their objec-tions with the Register of Wills within30 days after the date of publicationof this Notice. All persons having anobjection to the probate of the willshall file their objections with theRegister of Wills within six monthsafter the date of publication of thisNotice.All persons having claims against

the decedent must serve their claimson the undersigned personal repre-sentative or file them with the Regis-ter of Wills with a copy to theundersigned on or before the earlierof the following dates:(1) Six months from the date of the

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

representative mails or otherwise de-livers to the creditor a copy of thispublished notice or other written no-tice, notifying the creditor that theclaim will be barred unless the credi-tor presents the claim within thirtydays from the mailing or other deliv-ery of the notice. Any claim not servedor filed within that time, or any exten-sion provided by law, is unenforceablethereafter.

Anna EikenbergPersonal Representative

True Test CopyRegister of Wills for Worcester County

Charlotte K. CathellRoom 102 - Court HouseOne W. Market Street


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Frank RembachOCEAN PINES — Frank Rembach of

Ocean Pines passed away Friday, Dec. 28,2012. Born in South Africa on Feb. 17,

1937, he is survived byhis soulmate of 43 years,Jeannette Rembach (néeBaker) — to whom he wasmarried 37 years.

Mr. Rembach was atalented artist and writerwho wrote for the Smoth-ers Brothers, All In TheFamily and other sitcoms.

A writer and stage manager for Broadwayplays, his works appeared onstage inSouth Africa, London and New York. A won-derful humanitarian, he established thefirst multi-racial theater group in SouthAfrica.

In addition to his wife and many cher-ished friends, he is survived by sisters,Rosalind Baise and Evie Sachs of SouthAfrica; brother, Don Rembach and his wife,Ursula, of Australia; brother-in-law, PaulBaker and his wife, Connie, of Easton Md.;14 nieces and nephews; 11 great-niecesand nephews; and two great-great niecesand nephews.

A memorial service celebrating his lifewill be held at the Ocean Pines CommunityCenter from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26.In lieu of flowers, donations can be madeto Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House bythe Sea, P.O. Box 3627, Ocean City, Md.21843.

Alan R. KorthBERLIN — Alan Raymond Korth, 83, died

peacefully at his home on Tuesday, Jan. 8,2013. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he was theson of the late H. Oscar Korth and GertrudeAnna Peek Korth. He is survived by hisdaughter, Karen; stepdaughters, Diane andMichelle; a brother, Fred Korth ofCollingswood, N.J.; and sisters, GertrudeJohnson of Detroit, Mich., and Elsie Juliannaof Pine Hill, N.J. He was preceded in death byhis brothersm, William, Clifford, Richard andHarold Korth.

He also leaves several nieces, nephewsand good friend, David Dypsky.

Mr. Korth had served in the United StatesArmy during the Korean War and later workedfor Camden County Health Services Center inNew Jersey until he retired. He attended theFirst Presbyterian Church of Ocean City,where he had been choir member, directorand soloist. He was past commander of VFWPost 3620 in Gloucester County, N.J.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m.on Saturday, Jan. 19, at the First PresbyterianChurch of Ocean City on 13th Street in OceanCity. Friends may call one hour prior to theservice. The Rev. Alex Ayers will officiate. In-terment will be in the Eastern Shore VeteransCemetery in Hurlock Md.

A donation in his memory may be madeto Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury,Md. 21804. Arrangements are being handledby Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Frank R. GrohBERLIN — Frank Raymond Groh, 81, died

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Atlantic General

Hospital in Berlin. Born inYonkers, N.Y., he was theson of the late Frank Gro-howski and Mary O’BaraGrohowski. He is survivedby his wife, Irene Groh,and daughter, Lisa G.Marks and her husband,David, of McLean, Va. He

leaves behind two grandchildren, Daniel andSerena Marks.

Mr. Groh had served in the United StatesMarine Corps. He participated in operationsagainst enemy forces in South and CentralKorea from 1951-1952. He had been em-ployed in the banking field for nearly 50years, retiring as vice president of the Bankof New York-Mellon. He served as presidentof the Credit Grantors Association of Westch-ester, and was recognized for his untiring de-votion to the credit industry in 1996.

He was also a member of Boggs-Disha-roon American Legion Post 123, and St.John Neumann Catholic Church. He lovedfishing, golf and traveling, and he was anavid reader.

A memorial service will be announced ata later date. In lieu of flowers, a donation inhis memory may be made to Diakonia (pro-vides emergency shelter and food services),

12747 Old Bridge Road, Ocean City, Md.21842.

Arrangements are being handled byBurbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Linda Curry RaineyOCEAN CITY — Linda Curry Rainey (née

Magersupp), 58, of Ocean City, passed awayThursday, Jan. 10, 2013. She was the loving

wife of Bob Rainey; cher-ished daughter-in-law ofGerry Rainey; former wifeof Russell A. Curry Sr.;beloved mother of Ryne A.Curry and Lacey Curry;stepmother of Lisa CurryBarrows and Russell A.Curry Jr.; devoted sister ofRobert, Donald and Kenny

Magersupp; admired aunt of Casey andGage Magersupp, and Danielle Dodaro;grandmother of Tye and Ryne T. Curry; andstep-grandmother of Meagan and FrankieRotondo, and Allison and Cayden Curry.

Funeral services were held Wednesday,Jan. 16, at Hubbard Funeral Home, Inc., inBaltimore. Interment followed at LoudonPark Cemetery, 3620 Wilkens Ave., in Balti-more.


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Mark Bryan BellGIRDLETREE — Mark Bryan Bell, 44, of

Girdletree, passed away Friday, Jan. 11,2013, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center

in Salisbury. Born in Salis-bury, he was the son of Lil-lie Mae Goslee and thelate Paul Bryan Bell. He issurvived by his wife, LisaBell; a son, GeorgeSteininger Jr. of Girdletree;two daughters, Ashley Bellof Bivalve and Emily Bellof Girdletree; two grand-

children, Ashton and Landon Steininger; twosisters, Debbie Dykes of Fruitland and GailTawes of Delmar, Md.; and several niecesand nephews.

Mr. Bell had been employed at McMillianOutdoor Power Equipment in Salisbury.

A funeral service was held Monday, Jan.14, at First Baptist Church in Girdletree. TheRevs. Keith Horner and Fred Zeller offici-ated. Interment was in First Baptist Churchcemetery in Girdletree.

Donations may be made to First BaptistChurch, 5912 Taylor Landing Road, Girdle-tree, Md. 21829, or to the American CancerSociety, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City,Okla. 73123-1718. Arrangements were han-dled by Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Samuel S. Bromley Sr.BERLIN — Samuel Stewart Bromley Sr.,

78, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at PeninsulaRegional Medical Center in Salisbury. Bornin Salisbury, he was the son of the lateGeorge Rexford Bromley and Mabel BrimerBromley.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, KayParsons Bromley; a son, S. Stewart Bromley Jr.and his wife, Sharon, of Savannah, Ga.; and adaughter, Beverly Bromley Meadows and herhusband, John, of Ocean Pines. Also survivingare four grandchildren, Sara and Sam Brom-ley, and Emily and Laura Meadows; a brother,George “Buzz” Bromley and his wife, Shirley,of Florida; sisters, Janet Shockley and her hus-band, Harold ,of Salisbury and Nancy Haydenof Pennsylvania. He also leaves behind his de-voted neighbors, Allen Mumford and John Hol-loway and their families.

He was preceded in death by his grand-daughter, Megan Meadows, and his sister,Mary Frances Bromley.

Mr. Bromley had been the owner and op-erator of the Berlin Ag Supply fertilizer busi-ness. He attended the Community Church atOcean Pines. He was a proud member ofthe Berlin Volunteer Fire Company for 38years, member of the Berlin Lions Club andfootball coach for the Berlin Little League.He was a golfing and gardening enthusiast,and loved tending to his lawn.

A funeral service was held Tuesday, Jan.15, at the Community Church at OceanPines. The Rev. Bill Sterling officiated. Inter-ment followed in Evergreen Cemetery. A do-nation in his memory may be made to theBerlin Volunteer Fire Company, 214 N. MainSt., Berlin, Md. 21811. Arrangements werehandled by Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Matilda R. DesmondOCEAN PINES — Matilda Rose Desmond,

92, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at CoastalHospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in

Washington, D.C., she wasthe daughter of the lateAntonio Forti and MariaFusco Forti. She was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Cornelius, in 1994.

She is survived by herchildren, Daniel J.Desmond and his wife,Brenda, of Gerrardstown,

W.Va., Patricia Akowskey and her husband,James, of Ocean Pines, Timothy A. Desmondand his wife, Helen, of Davidsonville, Md.,and James J. Desmond of Hyattsville, Md.She was adored grandmother to 24 grand-children, 12 great-grandchildren, sevengreat-great-grandchildren and numerousnieces and nephews.

She leaves behind a sister, Marie Whittof Waldorf, Md.

Mrs. Desmond was a homemaker. Sheloved her large family, and kept them closeto her heart.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Tues-day, Jan. 15, at St. John Neumann CatholicChurch near Ocean Pines. Interment fol-lowed on Wednesday at Ft. Lincoln Ceme-tery in Brentwood, Md. A donation in hermemory may be made to Coastal Hospice,P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21804.Arrangements were handled by Burbage Fu-neral Home in Berlin.

Elizabeth A. ShusterOCEAN CITY — Elizabeth Anne Shuster,

78, died peacefully at her home on Friday,

Jan. 11, 2013. Born in Patterson, N.J., shewas the daughter of the late Edwin GordonHermanni and Elizabeth Moncrief Her-manni. She is survived by her husband,James D. Shuster, and a daughter, MariLouise Shuster of Selbyville, Del.

After graduating from Bucknell Univer-sity, Mrs. Shuster had worked as a school li-brarian at Newark Academy in Livingston,N.J. Later, she and her husband retired tothe Eastern Shore. She became a memberof the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Mu-seum Society. Mrs. Shuster enjoyed thebeach, reading and counted crossstitch.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers,a donation in her memory may be made tothe American Cancer Society, 1138 ParsonsRoad, Salisbury, Md. 21801, or the OceanCity Life-Saving Station Museum, 813 At-lantic Ave., Ocean City, Md. 21842.

Arrangements were handled by BurbageFuneral Home in Berlin.

Ruth N. HudsonHEBRON — Ruth Naomi Hudson, 86, died

Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at her home. Bornin Gloucester, Va., she was the daughter of

the late Lorenzo Wilkersonand Etta WoodwardWilkinson. She is survivedby her husband, Jack H.Hudson, and a son,Joseph William Hahnerand his wife, Tammy, ofSnow Hill. She was pre-ceded in death by her firsthusband, George William

Hahner in 1988, and a daughter, EttaLouise Bodencak in 1981.

She also leaves behind four grandchil-dren, Veronica Faye Hickman, Melanie RuthBodencak, Amanda Kathleen Abbott andNicholas Joseph Hahner; five great-grand-children; two great-great-grandchildren; andnumerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Hudson had worked as an assemblyline packer with Maryland Cup Corporationin Owings Mills, Md. She had been a mem-ber of the Moose Lodge in Baltimore Countyand the Elks Lodge in Selbyville, Del.

A funeral service will be held on Friday,Jan. 18, at the Burbage Funeral Home inBerlin. Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m.,prior to the service. The Rev. Dr. Olin Shock-ley will officiate. Interment will follow in Bish-opville Cemetery in Bishopville.

A donation in her memory may be madeto Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salis-bury, Md. 21804, or to the Alzheimer’s As-

sociation, 1850 York Road, Suite D, Timo-nium, Md. 21093.

Kathleen B. ZinkhanHEBRON — Kathleen B. Zinkhan, 84,

died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at PeninsulaRegional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born

in Baltimore, she was thedaughter of the late Nor-man Frank and MaryHavlin Frank. She is sur-vived by her sons, Lewis H.“Skeets” Zinkhan Jr. andhis wife, Linda, of Berlin,and Michael Zinkhan andhis wife, Karen, ofPhoenix, Md.; two grand-

children, Aaron Zinkhan and ShelbyZinkhan; a brother, Dickie Frank and hiswife, Marianne, of Baltimore; a sister, MaryFrith and her husband, Jim of Stewartstown,Pa.; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Zinkhan had been the first civilianfemale dispatcher in the Baltimore CountyPolice Department. She had worked as atelephone operator with C&P TelephoneCompany in Cockeysville, Md., and at Air-craft Armaments, Inc. She moved to theEastern Shore of Maryland in 1991 andworked with the Ocean City TransportationDepartment and Z-Hair Studios.

A memorial service will be held at 11a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the BurbageFuneral Home in Berlin. Friends may callone hour prior to the service. The Rev. LennyCorbin will officiate. Interment will be privatefor the family. A donation may be made toWorcester County Humane Society, P.O. Box48, Berlin, Md. 21811.

Ruth Duer CherrixSNOW HILL — Ruth Duer Cherrix, 90, of

Snow Hill, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, atPeninsula Regional Center in Salisbury.

Born in Snow Hill, she wasthe daughter of the lateArthur and Alice WorkmanDuer. She was precededin death by her husband,Harris S. Cherrix in 1985.She is survived by herdaughter, Linda C.Stevens of Snow Hill; agrandson, Michael C.

Stevens of Snow Hill; a sister, MarybelleBlakeslee of Baltimore; and three nieces,Connie Kosarek of Plano, Texas, SandraStang of Georgia and Susan Phillips ofMiami.

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Mrs. Cherrix was a devoted wife, motherand grandmother. She was a lifetime mem-ber of Bates United Methodist Church,Worcester Chapter Order of Eastern Starand the Worcester Country Farm Bureau.

A funeral service was held Thursday, Jan.15, at the Bates United Methodist Church inSnow Hill. The Rev. Tina Whaley officiated.Donations may be made to Bates UnitedMethodist Church, 116 N. Washington St.,Snow Hill, Md. 21863.

Arrangements were handled by BurbageFuneral Home in Berlin.

Thomas G. Tochterman IIIBERLIN — Thomas G. Tochterman III, 71,

died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 at his home.Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the lateThomas George Tochterman and AntoinetteKolojeski Tochterman. He is survived by hiswife, Karen Dorothea Cook Tochterman; andchildren, Lisa Marie Smith and her husband,Paulie, of Berlin, Laurie Michelle Tochter-man of Ocean City, and Thomas Joseph Mc-Grath of Berlin. There is one grandson, CruzCaiden Smith of Berlin.

Also surviving is a sister, Mary Cameronand her husband, Arthur of Great Falls, Va.;a nephew, Artie Cameron Jr.; and niece,Christianne Cameron.

Mr. Tochterman was a 1960 graduate ofMcDonough School, and a graduate of theUniversity of Maryland. He had worked formany years in sales with Owings CorningFiberglass, P.E. Poole Heating and Air Con-ditioning and with Home Depot with its

MET team.A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on

Thursday, Jan. 17, at Burbage Funeral Homein Berlin. Friends may call one hour prior tothe service. Cremation will follow. Intermentwill be private. A donation in his memorymay be made to the American Cancer Soci-ety, 1138 Parsons Road, Salisbury, Md.21801.

Barbara Elaine WebbOCEAN CITY — Barbara Elaine Webb, 77,

of Ocean City died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013,at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Bornin Georgia, she was the daughter of the lateClaude B. Guest and Wilda Myrtle AllenGuest. She was preceded in death by herhusband, William Conrad Webb in 1996.She is survived by her daughter, Susan Bealland her husband, Andrew, of West Friend-ship, Md.; a son, Steven Webb and his wife,Dawn, of Millington, Md.; and three grand-children.

Mrs. Webb was an avid bridge player andmember of the Ocean City BeautificationCommittee. She was also involved in manycommunity activities.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. onSaturday, Jan. 19, at the Burbage FuneralHome in Berlin. Friends may call one hourprior to the service. Interment will be 1 p.m.on Monday, Jan. 21, in Hillcrest MemorialCemetery in Annapolis. In lieu of flowers,contributions may be made to theAlzheimer’s Association, 108 N. Bedford St.,Georgetown, Del. 19947. Arrangements arebeing handled by Burbage Funeral Home inBerlin.

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(Jan. 18, 2013) Whenthings are not working for theMallards on the court, theyquickly rectify any issues,which is why the WorcesterPrep boys’ basketball team hasbeen so successful this season.

Last Friday, the GunstonDay Herons came to Berlin forcompetition. The Mallardsoutscored their opponent 19-6in the first quarter and led 32-18 at the halftime break.

“I thought we had a fewproblems with our defense inthe first half. At halftime, I em-phasized the importance of thefundamentals and basicallytold the team that I thought wecould do better,” Prep CoachKeith Geiger said. “They, againresponded so well. We only al-lowed four points in the thirdquarter and it sealed the gamefor us.”

While Worcester held Gun-ston to four points in the thirdquarter, the home team netted21. The Mallards won thegame 58-37.

“The guys are very respon-sive, [they] listen well and playhard. I really couldn’t be hap-pier with the effort so far,”Geiger said.

Senior Zander Farr ledWorcester with 17 points andsix rebounds. Harrison Bren-nan, a senior captain, chippedin with 13 points and six assistsand junior Matt Reilly had 10points and nine rebounds.

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hosted the ChincoteaguePonies.

The Prep team went on an8-0 run to kick off the openingquarter and led 18-2 after eightminutes. By halftime, the Mal-lards had pulled ahead 39-11.

Worcester tacked on 23points in the third quarter togain a 62-20 advantage andwent on to earn a 68-25 victory.

“Everyone on the teamchipped in [and] played well...Itwas a good opportunity to let

everyone play and get someconfidence going into thesenext few games,” Geiger said.

Junior Ryan Nally tallied 16points and Farr contributed 14points and seven rebounds.Jack Marshall, a junior, scored11 points.

The Salisbury School Drag-ons will travel to Berlin today,Friday, for a 5:30 p.m. gameagainst the Mallards.

“[It’s] always a big game anda good rivalry,” Geiger said.

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In order to maintain a low playerto coach ratio, the club will limit thenumber of players per team. Teamswill be formed on a first come-firstserve basis. Games and practiceswill be held at the Worcester CountyNorthern Complex on Saturdays andSundays. The club will play teamsfrom the Delmarva Youth LacrosseAssociation and the Eastern ShoreYouth Lacrosse Association.

The Coastal Lacrosse Club,founded in 2008, is a non-profitlacrosse organization serving theyouth of Delmarva. In addition toWorcester County, players comefrom lower Sussex County andWicomico County. The Club offers or-ganized, instructional teams for bothboys and girls. Children ages 5-14can participate.

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(Jan. 18, 2013) To honorlongtime Stephen Decatur in-door/outdoor track and crosscountry coach, Pat Russo, whoretired last spring after 41years, an invitational hosted bythe Bayside Conference washeld in his name last Wednes-day at the Worcester CountyRecreation Center in SnowHill. Twenty teams participatedin the Jan. 9 competition.

“[The meet] was to honorhim for all that he has done forthe track culture on the East-ern Shore,” said DecaturCoach Jody Stigler. Russo canstill often be found at the Sea-hawks’ practices and at meetsproviding assistance.

He presented awards to thetop teams and individual ath-letes.

The first- and second-placeboys’ and girls’ teams receivedtrophies. The top three ath-letes in each event took homemedals. Individuals whoplaced fourth through sixthwere presented with ribbons.

The Decatur boys’ squadfinished in second place with73.5 points. Caesar Rodney ofDelaware won the meet with109 points.

“I’m happy with the boys’performance. Caesar Rodneywas the only team to beat usand they’re one of the bestteams in Delaware,” Stiglersaid. The next Bayside team(Parkside) scored 32 points.That’s a big difference and Ithink it helps build our confi-dence going into Baysides.”

The Seahawks racked up24 points in the 300-meterrace. Senior Kyle Kelly crossedthe finish line first (37.27 sec-onds). James Mapp, also asenior, was right behind him,finishing the race in 38.11 sec-onds, and sophomore JakhaiWoodard followed in thirdplace (38.51 seconds).

Kelly, sophomore JacksonMumford and seniors SunnyAroh and Daniel Wintersteamed up for the 1,600mrelay event. They won the race

(Jan. 18, 2013) The Wor -cester Prep girls’ basketballteam proved too much for theGunston Day Herons andChincoteague Ponies to han-dle as the Lady Mallardsoutscored their opponents bya total of 81-19.

The Herons and Mallardswent head-to-head last Friday

in Berlin. The home team helda 8-3 lead at the end of the firstquarter. Worcester netted fourpoints in the second, whileGunston tallied seven. At half-time, the Mallards were ahead12-10.

“The first half we came outflat. Offensively we weren’tmoving and our shots weren’tfalling,” said Prep Coach PageRogers. “They had one girl ontheir team (Olivia Keene) who

was out-rebounding us, out-hustling us and driving harderthan anyone on the court.”

Rogers said the talk shehad with her players in thelocker room during the half-time break was “pretty in-tense.”

“I don’t think we’ve reallyhad one like that this season,but it flipped the tone of thegame,” Rogers said.

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Worcester Prep junior Ryan Nally makes a lay-up during Monday’s gameagainst Chincoteague in Berlin. Nally scored 16 points in Worcester’s68-25 victory.

MALLARDS RESPOND WELLCoach Geiger: I really couldn’t be happier with the effort

Competitionhonors formercoach Russo

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See MALLARDS on Page 40ASee CONFERENCE on Page 41A

(Jan. 18, 2013) The Stephen Decaturand the Sts. Peter & Paul Sabres swimteams met at the Seahawks’ home poolat the Pocomoke YMCA for competitionlast Thursday. Decatur’s boys’ and girls’squads were victorious.

The Lady Seahawks outscored theSabres 116-54.

Decatur swimmers who won theirindividual events were senior JuliaWellen (100-yard butterfly, 1:16.31),sophomores Maria Zweifel (200 IM,2:40.75), Madison Tinus (50 freestyle,26.35; 100 freestyle, 1:00.04), MollyWooten (500 freestyle, 6:14.88) andCarly Deickman (100 breaststroke,1:17.99) and freshman Hailey Williams(200 freestyle, 2:17.43).

Freshman Marley Rakow joinedZweifel, Wellen and Deickman for the200-yard medley relay event, which thegirls won in 2:13.36.

Deickman, Williams, Zweifel andTinus out-swam their competition inthe 200 freestyle relay race (1:58.27).

Williams, Wellen, Zweifel and Tinustook top honors in the 400 freestylerelay event (4:27.58).

“A few of the girls are still getting oversickness, but we definitely had a strongperformance,” said Decatur CoachJenny Miller. “The girls did a great job

stepping up and racing...Everyone hasbeen working hard at practice so that wecan drop those times down and many ofthe girls who are doing the work at prac-tice are getting best times and improvingevery meet, which is what I’m alwayslooking for.”

The Decatur boys’ team won 91-78. Junior Jake Middleton scored a vic-

tory in the 200 freestyle, completing therace in 1:54.31, which is less than a sec-ond off of the school record.

Senior Shayne Custodio (100 butter-fly, 58.25 seconds; 100 backstroke,59.76 seconds) and sophomore ChrisPoole (500 freestyle, 6:31.84) alsoplaced first in their individual events.

Poole, Custodio, senior Zack Keiserand junior Tate Socha teamed up for the400 freestyle relay. The boys finished in4:02.51, good for first place.

“The boys had an excellent meet withsome close races. Jake Middleton wonby hundredths of a second,” said CoachDamien Sanzotti. “Overall, the boysstepped up when they needed to andmany of them had best times.”

On Tuesday, the Sussex Tech Ravensswim teams took on Decatur.

The Lady Ravens edged out the Sea-hawks 87-83.

“It was a really close meet. A lot of thetime it was tied or we were two to fourpoints off one another,” Miller said.

The Mallards scored 13 points in thethird quarter and held the Heron to two.They tacked on 16 in the final quarter andlimited Gunston to two points to win thegame 41-14.

“They came out on fire in the thirdquarter, ready to play and ready to go 100percent. Everybody started scoring, ourdefense came back into play and wepulled out a win,” Rogers said.

Senior captain Molly Marshall logged10 points and 11 rebounds. MeredithSmith, also a senior captain, chipped inwith eight points and 11 rebounds. Soph-omore Sophie Brennan had nine pointsand six steals.

The Mallards came out strong Mon-day against the Chincoteague Ponies andshut out their competition 12-0 in the firstquarter. By halftime, Worcester had builta 22-1 lead, and at the end of the third

quarter the home team was on top 27-3. Sophomore Cecily Sass scored the first

basket of the fourth quarter, followed bya Frankie Willing three-pointer. The jun-ior netted three consecutive shots to in-crease the Mallards’ advantage to 38-3.Freshman Grace Tunis scored the lastbasket for Worcester, who won the game40-5.

“We started off in our man-to-man(defense), but I didn’t want the game toget away too quick so we practiced ourzone in case that’s how we have to playagainst Salisbury School (on Jan. 18),”Rogers said. “We really worked on every-body moving on offense and on our fastbreak, and that went really well.”

Willing led her team with 13 points.Tunis scored eight and Sass had sixpoints, 10 rebounds and five assists.

The Mallards will host the SalisburySchool Dragons today, Friday, at 4 p.m.

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Worcester Prep junior Frankie Willing fires a shot from just inside the three-point line during Mon-day’s game against Chincoteague in Berlin. Willing scored nine of her 13 points in the fourthquarter. Worcester won 40-5.

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“They have a really strong team.”Decatur swimmers who won their

events were Tinus (200IM, 2:30.86), De-ickman (100 breaststroke, 1:20.30) andsophomore Kailey Mihavetz (500freestyle, 6:50. 32).

Williams, Tinus, Deickman and soph-omore Katie Bear took first in the 200freestyle relay race (1:56.49).

“Even though we lost, we got [pointsfor] second, third and fourth place and wekept up with them that way,” Miller said.“It was the first meet where we really hadcompetition.”

Sussex Tech’s boys’ team won 105-65. Decatur swimmers who logged indi-

vidual victories were Middleton (200freestyle, 2:00.61; 100 freestyle, 53.25seconds), Custodio (200IM, 2:06.09; 500freestyle, 5:40.79).

“A lot of the boys did have best times,[Sussex Tech] was just a really good teamand they had a lot more depth,” Sanzottisaid. “It was good experience for the boys.They pushed themselves harder becausethey knew they were going against a goodteam.”

Decatur will take on Cape HenlopenTuesday at 5 p.m. at the Pocomoke YMCA.

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put 46 feet 6.5 inches to earn top honorsin the event.

The Lady Seahawks finished in eighthplace overall with 30 points.

“The girls did OK. The meet was dom-inated by Delaware schools,” Stigler said.“We finished third among the Baysideschools, but there’s definitely room forimprovement.”

Decatur junior Katie Collins was victo-rious in the pole vault (7 feet 10 inches)and senior Ameerah Lewis won the shotput event (32 feet 4 inches).

“Our main focus from here on is theBayside championship,” Stigler said. Theconference championship is scheduledfor Jan. 23, in Snow Hill.

The Decatur boys’ team is favored totake home the title for the second consec-utive year.

“We can score points in a lot of eventsand we can win a lot of events, too,” Stiglersaid.

The competition is tough on the girls’side. Stigler said the Lady Seahawksshould finish in the top three or four. Theyhave earned the title the past four years.

“It depends on who has a good day thatday. It’s a toss-up between a few schools,”Stigler said.

Kent Island looks the strongest amongthe four schools battling for the top spot,he said, followed by North Caroline, Park-side and Decatur.

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Lady Seahawks fall to top-seeded Rams, but edge out Clippers

(Jan. 18, 2013) The Stephen Decaturgirls’ basketball team struggled againstits Bayside South rival, Parkside, lastFriday in Salisbury. The Rams, on theother hand, made it clear why they’rethe top team in the conference.

“We really didn’t get into a rhythm.Our offense wasn’t flowing,” said De-catur Coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott afterthe 73-60 loss. “Their shooting was in-credible. It’s hard to beat a team whenthey’re shooting so well.”

Points were traded in the first quar-ter, with the Rams coming out on top14-12. Fenzel-Mergott said Parkside

“made a run we couldn’t handle” in thesecond quarter. The home team scored26 points in the second, while Decaturnetted 14. The Rams led 40-26 at thehalftime break.

The Lady Seahawks cut the lead toeight points, outscoring their opponent21-15 in the third quarter, but the Ramstacked on 18 points to their total in thefourth and limited Decatur to 13.

Senior captain Abbey Schorr was theSeahawks’ top producer with 26 pointsand 15 rebounds. Freshman DayonaGodwin contributed with 13 points andsix steals.

Decatur traveled to Salisbury againTuesday to battle the James M. BennettClippers.

The home team held a 13-12 lead atthe end of the first quarter.

“We came out a little shaky. Weweren’t as intense and we had a lot ofturnovers,” Fenzel-Mergott said.

The Seahawks outscored the Clip-pers 16-13 in the second quarter andhad a 28-26 advantage at the break.

The visiting squad pulled away inthe third quarter and after eight min-utes of play, Decatur led 45-38.

The Seahawks netted 20 points inthe final quarter and held the Clippersto 10 to win the game, 65-48.

“We’d get down, then we’d bring upthe intensity. We saw moments likethat throughout the game, then in thefourth quarter we picked it up,” Fenzel-

Mergott said. “We started making ourshots, we were more intense and wewere making smarter decisions on of-fense and defense. And our fouls shotskept us in the game; we were 21-for-28from the line.”

Schorr recorded 20 points and 10 re-bounds. Senior captain Monique Wisechipped in with 12 points and 10 re-bounds, and Godwin contributed 14points, nine rebounds and eight assists.Sophomore Marina Jones had 12.

Having several players who canscore double figures “makes us a moreformidable opponent,” Fenzel-Mergottsaid.

Decatur is scheduled to battle theWi-Hi Indians on Tuesday in Salisbury.


Seahawk grapplers top Indians and Eagles during Jan. 9 meet

(Jan. 18, 2013) The Stephen De-catur wrestling team boosted its recordto 8-0 after earning wins over the Wi-Hi Indians and Snow Hill Eagles, dur-ing the Jan. 9 tri-meet in Berlin.

The Seahawks were competingwithout five wrestlers — three starterswere out with the flu — so Coach ToddMartinek said he was just happy to get

two wins. Decatur edged out Wi-Hi 39-32. Senior Ryan Kail (285-pound

weight class), junior Nate Rosenblatt(113) and sophomores TJ Scafone(106) and Joseph Rodriguez (120)pinned their opponents. Junior An-drew Borradaile (170) scored a techni-cal-fall (18-2) win and Junior BradMiller (138) earned an 11-3 major-de-cision victory.

Kaelan Patterson (152), a senior,

outscored his competition 8-2 and jun-ior Adam Bargar(195) won his match9-3.

The Seahawks topped the Eagles39-30.

Scafone (106) won by pinfall. Soph-omore Nevin McIntosh (160), Bor-radaile (170) and Rosenblatt (113)outscored their opponents 11-7, 8-5and 2-1, respectively.

Snow Hill forfeited matches to Pat-terson (152), Bargar (195), juniorEthan Eibl (220) and Kail (285).

Two days later, the Seahawks trav-eled to Salisbury to compete in the18th annual Bob Rowe Memorial Clas-sic at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Cen-ter.

During the two-day tournament,held Jan. 11-12, Decatur scored 159points to finish fourth out of 15 teams.Bethesda was third with 161 points,Sussex Tech placed second (212) andSussex Central took top honors (225).

“We, including the JV (third place

overall), did as well as we could have.We are down two starters so I washappy with what we did,” Martineksaid.

Ten Seahawks placed eighth or bet-ter in their respective weight classes.

Rosenblatt (113) and Kail (285) wontheir divisions.

“Nate and Ryan are wrestling thebest they have ever wrestled, so hope-fully they will peak in early March andplace in the state tournament, alongwith a couple of other guys, maybe,”Martinek said.

Patterson (152) and Borradaile(160) finished in second place and Sca-fone (106) and Eibl (220) took homethird-place honors. Junior Jared King(170) placed fourth, while Bargar (195)earned a fifth-place award. Rodriguez(120) and sophomore Josh Emm (126)finished in eighth place.

The Seahawks are scheduled to bat-tle the Kent County Trojans at 5 p.m.today (Friday) in Berlin.


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(Jan. 18, 2013) Stephen Decaturboys’ basketball Coach Mark Englewas impressed with the Seahawks’performance against the ParksideRams last Friday in Berlin. Decaturwon the match, 62-58.

“We had a two- to four-point leadthe whole game. It was a good, solidwell-played game, by far our bestgame to date,” Engle said. “Our assist-to-turnover ratio was 18-12, which ishuge because we’ve been on the flipside of that for a long time, and it’s notgoing to win you a lot of games. It wasa good win for us.”

The Seahawks led 15-9 at the end ofthe first quarter. Both teams tallied 14points in the second and Decatur wentinto the break on top 29-23. Eachteam tacked on 16 points in the third.Parkside outscored Decatur 19-17 inthe fourth, but it wasn’t enough to take

over the lead. “We worked on defense and con-

trolling the tempo of the game, and Ithink we did a good job. We held themto 58 points and they’re a good team,”Engle said.

Senior captain Jesse Engle scored19 points and had eight assists. TylerHunter, a junior, logged 18 points and15 rebounds.

On Tuesday, the James M. BennettClippers traveled to Berlin. The visi-tors won the game, 68-61.

Engle said three factors led to theSeahawks downfall: foul trouble, de-fensive breakdowns and offensive put-backs on the opponent’s part. “Acouple things like that in a close gamecan cost you,” he said.

Jesse Engle netted a three-pointerto put Decatur on the board just 25seconds into the game. A minute later,Bennett answered with a three and an-other fell about 40 seconds later.

The Clippers pulled ahead 9-3, but

the Seahawks fought back. SeniorCameron Gaynor and Engle sank foulshots to cut the lead to three.

Gaynor scored a lay-up and wasfouled in the process. He hit his freethrow to even the match 9-9. Bennettled 13-9 at the end of the first quarter.

In the final seconds of the secondquarter, the Clippers led 28-23.Engle’s shot from the three-point linefell, cutting Bennett’s advantage to28-26 with eight seconds left in thehalf. At the buzzer, the visiting teamnetted a three and went into the break

ahead 31-26. Decatur outscored Bennett 14-13 in

the third quarter, but the Clipperscame out on top 24-21 in the fourth tosecure the victory.

Engle had 22 points and five assists,and Gaynor scored 17.

“Overall, I thought we played well.We’re moving in the right direction;we just need to do it a little faster,”Coach Engle said.

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Ribbon cutting The Ocean Pines Chamber of

Commerce and the Ocean CityChamber of Commerce will host ajoint ribbon-cutting ceremony at thenew Station 7 restaurant, at 12702Old Bridge Road in West Ocean City,on Friday Jan. 18 at 5 p.m.

SDHS job fairStephen Decatur High School

staff and students invite area ven-dors to participate in its 2013 JobFair, Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 8:15a.m. to 1 p.m.

In addition to Stephen Decaturstudents, Snow Hill and Pocomokestudents will also be in attendance.For more information, or to sign upas a vendor, call Kim Hudson at 410-641-4410.

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a very simple concept — thatprospective buyers have theability to repay their mortgage.

These new regulations areset to take effect in January2014.

“When consumers sit downat the closing table, theyshouldn’t be set up to fail withmortgages they can’t afford,”said CFPB Director RichardCordray. “Our Ability-to-Repay rule protects borrowersfrom the kinds of risky lendingpractices that resulted in somany families losing theirhomes … this rule ensures re-sponsible borrowers get re-sponsible loans.”

The CFPB is charged withimplementing this rule as partof the 2010 Dodd-Frank WallStreet Reform and ConsumerProtection Act. The rule pro-tects borrowers from riskylending practices such as “nodoc” and “interest only” loanfeatures that contributed tomany homeowners ending upnot being able to afford theirmonthly mortgage payments.Many homeowners ended upin delinquency and foreclosureonce the real estate markettook a downturn in 2008.

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Ocean Greenery owner Linda Merryman will celebrate 40 years in business with an open house this Saturdayat the 48th Street shop.

(Jan. 18, 2013) Like the oldadage goes, “Time flies whenyou’re having fun.”

And Linda Merryman can’tbelieve that it has been 40years since she opened OceanGreenery.

She will celebrate the an-niversary on Saturday, with anopen house from noon to 5p.m. for “refreshments andreminiscing” at the shop on48th Street.

All are welcome to stop by,Merryman said. Many of herformer employees have beeninvited to the celebration.

Merryman and her friend,Arlene Advocat, opened OceanGreenery on 31st Street, next toMinit Market, on Jan. 27, 1973.Event though the town was notvery populated at the time, ap-proximately 150 people at-tended the grand opening.

“I always wanted to try myown business,” Merrymansaid. “Arlene said, ‘What do

you want to do? I’ll be yourpartner.’ She had another storeso she knew the ins and outs ofgetting a business started.”

Merryman’s answer to Ad-vocat’s questions was, “I likeplants.”

“Back then, that’s what wesold,” she said. “Plants were abig deal with all the high-risesbeing built. They wanted plantsand I was the only place aroundto get them.”

About six months afteropening, Advocat was expectinga child and left the business. Sheis currently living in Australia,but will return to the resort forthe summer, Merryman said ofAdvocat, adding “we’re still thebest of friends.”

The “plant boom” died offabout a year after Ocean Green-ery opened so Merryman de-cided to go into the flowerbusiness. She took classes to be-come familiar with differentflowers and design elements.

“It’s a lot of hard work.Only about 20 percent is play-ing with flowers,” she said.

On April 21, 2003, Merry-man moved the business from31st Street to its current loca-tion.

Merryman said the past 40years have been “amazing.”

“I’ve had so many great peo-ple working for me and a greatcustomer base,” she said. “I’vemet a lot of great people andwe’ve had an awful lot of fun.”

Merryman said a number ofcustomers have been purchas-ing flowers from her since sheopened. Over the years, she hasprovided flowers for hundredsof weddings. She has seen cou-ples get married and years laterdone floral arrangements fortheir children’s weddings.

She attributes 40 years ofbusiness to tenacity and“sticking with things evenwhen you think it’s not a goodidea,” as well as the great peo-ple who have worked for herand terrific loyal customers,Merryman said.

“Enjoying and having funwith what you’re doing” is alsoa key to longevity, she said.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!Ocean Greenery celebrates 40 years in business

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Waris named medical dir.Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care recently

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Dr. Waris has been with Coastal Hospicesince 2007, serving as the attending physicianfor Coastal Hospice at the Lake inpatient facility,for home care patients, and for inpatient pallia-tive consults at Peninsula Regional Medical Cen-ter. He is board certification in internal medicine,geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine by theAmerican Board of Medicine.

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