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MOVIE MONEY: County gov’tsays here’s its $100,000 if Ocean Cityputs up the same to help finance localfilming of ‘Ping Pong Summer’ PAGE 11

ABSENTEE VOTING: Not going to be in town ordon’t want to be in town on election day? No problem.

The City Council is adopting a ‘no excuse needed’absentee ballot policy PAGE 15

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(July 20, 2012) The option forthe city government’s generalemployees to bargain collectivelywill definitely be on the ballot

this November, as the Ocean CityCouncil on Monday voted unan-imously to accept a petition fromthe Ocean City Employees’Coalition and to make their re-quested charter change a refer-endum question.

The petition was submittedon June 28, at which time CityClerk Kelly Allmond said her of-fice would be working with thecity’s Board of Elections Super-visors to verify the names ap-pearing on the signed sheets.According to the Maryland lawsthat govern changes to munici-pal charters, 20 percent of a mu-nicipality’s registered voters

must sign in order for the peti-tion to be valid.

On Monday, Election Super-visor Vicky Barrett told the coun-cil that 783 signatures out of the2,362 collected were determinedto be invalid. Reasons for dis-qualification included incom-plete information, duplication,circulator error, and, in the mostnumber of cases, not being able

to be verified as a registeredOcean City voter.

However, the remaining 1,579legitimate signatures were morethan enough to meet the mark.The latest number from Worces-ter County election recordsshows 6,039 registered voters,meaning only 1,208 signatureswere needed.

(July 20, 2012) The Ocean Cityconvention center has received amajor windfall from the MarylandStadium Authority in an agreementthat will see the state continue itslease of a 50 percent interest in theconvention center until 2034. Theagreement also will allow the city toproceed with the second phase of thecenter’s expansion.

City Engineer Terry McGean onMonday gave the City Council amemorandum from the state re-garding its contribution to the city’sconvention center, which is subsi-

CITYWORKER UNION QUESTIONWILL GO TO VOTERSOcean City Employees’ Coalition petitiongarners 371 more signatures than neededZACK HOOPES■ Staff Writer

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OC conventioncenter awardedlong-term dealwith MarylandAgreement allows city toproceed with expansionZACK HOOPES■ Staff Writer

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ONE DEAD IN SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE CRASH PHOTO COURTESY DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL ROBERT KORB JR.

The pilot of a single-engine banner plane crashed late Thursday morning at the Beach Club Golf Course in Berlin near a pond off of Deer ParkRoad. After reportedly dropping a banner, the pilot turned the plane and crashed into a tree. The golf course had been closed for several years.Worcester County CBI is handling the investigation. Berlin Fire Company, Showell Fire Company, Worcester County Emergency Services, MarylandState Police, Maryland State Medical Examiner, Worcester County Public Works and Worcester County Fire Marshal were on the scene assisting.

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(July 20, 2012) The door sticks a bit.The carpet is mismatched and the stainsthat spot it probably date back to the Rea-gan years. Sets of donated sheets line theshelves, organized into old shopping bagswith “twin” or “queen” scrawled in markeracross the front.

There is a conference room, however –an old couch and some patio chairs at theback of an adjacent vacant restaurant. Itmight have the ambiance of a Balkanrefugee camp, but what transpires in thisspace is one of the more important con-tributions to keeping Ocean City runningduring the summer.

Such is the terrain at Irish Outreach,the nonprofit group that assists the re-sort’s seasonal workforce of foreign stu-dents, particularly Irish nationals, who forthe past two years have made up the bulkof the town’s imported labor.

Despite having actually been open forsome time, the center, located behindLayton’s on 16th Street, held its officialribbon cutting Tuesday to mark the occa-sion of a visit from officials from the Re-public of Ireland’s embassy inWashington, D.C. Irish officials were intown to discuss the condition of Irish stu-dents traveling and working in the area.

“We’re very fortunate in this case tohave the Irish Outreach. They’ve been oureyes and ears on the ground,” said em-bassy First Secretary Ralph Victory.

The embassy indirectly funds Ocean

City’s Irish Outreach, providing signifi-cant support for the public service pro-grams of the Irish Apostolate USA, basedout of Silver Spring, Md. The IAUSA sub-sequently sponsors Irish Outreach, whichis organized through Ocean City’s divisionof the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The center is open daily from noon to8 pm, and is staffed from a pool of about25 volunteers. Most are AOH members orother locals, largely retirees, of Irish-American descent.

“We were doing this out of our cars lastyear and there were only about 10 of us. It

was hectic. It’s nice to have a home base,”said Irish Outreach head Rick Fairburn.Ocean City has had some sort of Irish stu-dent support group for years, and theAOH has been sponsored by IAUSA since1999 to do so.

In recent years, however, the programhad atrophied as a declining number Irishstudents came to the resort. But with lastyear’s resurgence in the number of Irish,Fairbend and his wife, Pat, took the initia-tive to do more active outreach.

“There was very little output [fromOcean City groups] before,” said IAUSAadministrator Geri Garvey. “But with theeconomy the way it is they [the Irish stu-dents] are coming more and more. TheHibernians in Ocean City have reallystepped up to be here.”

Since the 1960s, the U.S. State Depart-ment has offered J-1 student visas to for-eign students who wish to spend theirsummer traveling in America. Once here,students are allowed to work for a periodof time to cover the costs of their trip.Ocean City is a popular destination, givenits summer vibrancy and bounty of tem-porary jobs.

In the 1980s and early 90s, Irish stu-dents were said to have made up the bulkof Ocean City’s foreign workforce. But atsome point – possibly with the strongdebut of the unified Euro currency in 1999– it became easier for Irish students towork and travel within Europe, and theirnumbers were supplanted by studentsfrom the non-European Union countries

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Irish Outreach opens doors; embassy officials visit Ocean CityZACK HOOPES■ Staff Writer

OCEAN CITY TODAY/ZACK HOOPES

Deirdre Bourke, a consular official from the Republic of Ireland’s embassy in Washington, D.C.,cuts the ribbon at the official opening of Ocean City’s Irish Outreach headquarters on Tuesday.

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dized by the state through the MSA. Thememorandum is based on the city’splans, developed last fall, to continue theexpansion of its convention space to in-clude a performance stage.

The council voted unanimously toadopt the agreement.

Obtaining the state’s approval and as-sistance was an arduous process,McGean said as he thanked Mayor RickMeehan, State Sen. Jim Mathias andDelegate Norm Conway for their lobby-ing and legislative efforts.

When McGean presented his initialdesign outline to the council last Novem-ber, the council decided that the con-struction would only take place if thestate committed itself to long-term sup-port.

“The council set forth three minimumconditions, which were quite challeng-

ing,” McGean said. “The fact that theywere met, and exceeded, really sayssomething about how much the statevalues the convention center.”

Last year, the council decided that thestate would need to pick up at least 25percent of the projected $14 million tabfor the expansion to take place. Addi-tionally, the state would need to re-com-mit to its half-stake operational lease ofthe center for at least another 20 years.Thirdly, the city asked that the stateamend its food tax legislation to allowthe city to borrow against its 0.5 percentfood tax revenue to pay for continuingcapital improvements to the conventioncenter.

On Monday, McGean announced thatthe state had agreed to contribute $5.7million – over 40 percent – towards theconstruction. The stadium authoritywould also commit to an additional 20-

year lease on top the current one, whichexpires in 2014 after current bond obli-gations are paid. Further, the food taxcapital fund has been changed, “whichallows us to continue to borrow againstthat fund as we pay it off,” McGean said.

The current, first phase of the conven-tion center expansion is under way, withthe construction of a bay-view grandballroom. The space was designed by ar-chitecture firm Becker Morgan and isbeing built by Whiting-Turner. Bothfirms will work again on the secondphase.

“We are on time and under budget[with phase one], and they’re a greatteam to work with,” said McGean.

The anticipated performance spacewill have a 40-by-60 foot stage and willseat more than 1,200 people. Roughly400 of those seats will be balcony-level.

“We’re basically taking the columnsout in Hall C, as well as the floor, whichwill essentially make it a two-story audi-torium around 50 feet in height,” saidConvention Center Director Larry Noc-colino.

While final plans for the room are yetto be drawn, McGean’s initial outline in-cluded a number of high-end features,some of which will be included, and oth-ers that McGean is hoping will fit intothe budget once the final tally is taken.

Of particular interest are options fortelescoping front seating, which wouldallow for extra free space in front of thestage, as well as a movable stage thatcould be brought forward to create more

seating space to the sides and rear.“One of the intriguing things that the

architect pointed out during his presen-tation was, with telescoping seating anda movable stage, that you could do bothtraditional theater and theater in theround,” said McGean, in reference to theperformance style in which audiencemembers surround the actors on allsides.

“We don’t want to confuse this withhigh school gym expandable seating, likebleachers,” said Noccolino. “These arestate-of-the-art theater seats.”

Definitely included in the project,however, are provisions for the newstage to have a “fly gallery,” an overhead,balcony-level space above and behindthe stage where props and sets arehoisted and lowered. In order to have afully functional fly gallery, McGean said,the stage would need to have as muchroom above the top of its arched openingas it does in the height of the opening it-self.

“The old stage did not have a fly, andwe could not do one because the roof wastoo low,” McGean said. “There’s a sub-stantial steel structure that has to goabove the stage.”

Noccolino said he is looking forwardto the stage providing a diverse venue forthe city through the off-season. “It’s ab-solutely a year-round venue,” he said.“We’ll be putting things in there likecompetitions, concerts, assembly ses-sions, even corporate meetings. We wantthe space to be as flexible as possible.”


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(July 20, 2012) The following topics were dis-cussed at the July 10, 2012 meeting of theOcean City Mayor and City Council:

Tourism Advisory Boardpresents council with MOU The city-sponsored Tourism Advisory Board,

formed just last year, presented a revised Mem-orandum of Understanding to the council. TABis given the discretion to allocate $300,000 an-nually as seed money for new promotionalevents on the island, although concern has lin-gered among council members about accounta-bility.“We need something absolutely that shows

proof that this invoice exists and it’s not a sumtotal without detail,” said Councilwoman Mar-garet Pillas. Her comments led to some discus-sion about vendors’ flat personal fees versusexpenses they bill to the city, with Mayor RickMeehan concluding “in the future, we need tobe very clear about this, there’s a fee and that’syour [the contractor’s] fee and the rest is on acost-for-cost basis.”Board Executive Directors Melanie Pursel of

the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce andSusan Jones of the Ocean City Hotel, Motel, andRestaurant Association also announced that

the board’s members had elected their firstslate of officers, with Shenanigan’s owner GregShockley to serve as chair and John Gehrig,owner of local web development firm D3Corp,to serve as co-chair.

Bikini parade may see national coverageCity Tourism Director Donna Abbott said she

and City Manager David Recor are working withthe city’s advertising agency, MGH, to developsome national media coverage of the recentlyapproved Bikini Parade event in North OceanCity.Recor noted that a past world-record bikini

congregation in Panama City Beach, Fla., gar-nered considerable media attraction and im-pressive revenue estimates.“With what was reported in Panama City,

let’s touch base with those national media mar-kets,” Recor said.

New advertising initiatives show resultsFreshly appointed city Tourism Director

Donna Abbott detailed several marketing suc-cesses, particularly online where the 0.37 per-cent click-through rate for the city’s ads hasbeen far above the industry standard of 0.09percent. Use of the city’s ococean.com mobile appli-


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The council had relatively few optionsfor action. Once accepting the petition,City Solicitor Guy Ayres said the councilcould either choose to enact the request ofthe petition or have it posed as a ballotquestion.

Councilman Joe Hall asked Ayres howsuch a question would be worded for vot-ers.

“The question will be whether the gen-eral employees of the town will have col-lective bargaining, just as with the policeand the EMTs and firefighters. The onlydifference is that the OCPD has bindingarbitration; the fire department does not,and the general employees are not seekingit,” Ayres said.

Hall also clarified with Ayres that thevoters’ response would be binding to thecouncil.

In May, the Ocean City Employees’Coalition established a storefront in theFood Lion shopping center on 118th Streetfor an organization calling itself the OceanCity Employee Coalition. While the groupitself consists of city workers, organizerssaid that the Maryland Classified Employ-ees Association, which has helped organ-ize collective bargaining for publicemployees around the state, would besponsoring and coordinating the uniondrive along with its larger affiliate, theAmerican Federation of Teachers - itselfan affiliate of the American Federation ofLabor and Congress of Industrial Organi-zations (AFL-CIO).

The petition was submitted along witha letter from Parks and Recreation depart-ment employee Greg DeMarco, who refersto the charter amendment for “fair and

equal representation rights for the generalemployees of the Town of Ocean City.”

In April, DeMarco appeared before thecouncil to condemn the voting majority forwhat he called a “vicious assault” on mu-nicipal workers, citing changes in retire-ment benefits, as well as the dismissal ofCity Manager Dennis Dare, as reasons foremployee dissatisfaction and a desire forunionization.

Employees’ Coalition spokespersonBarbara Dahan said recently that em-ployee concern, however, had been grow-ing since long before the political upheavalof this past fall.

“We, the Ocean City Employee Coali-tion, which consists of the majority, wantto thank everyone who signed the petitionand for the support from the people of theTown of Ocean City,” Dahan said in a re-cent statement.

“The charter change would provide fairand equal representation rights for alltown employees. We feel that the questionof our representation should be decideddemocratically by the voters of Ocean Cityand because of the support we have re-ceived in the signature gathering process,the voters will now have the opportunityto decide. Having representation rightswould grant us the ability to work togetherto make Ocean City a better place to liveand work. We care greatly about the Townof Ocean City and providing the best pos-sible services to the citizens.”

Hall and fellow Councilman Brent Ash-ley have said previously that they opposeunionization, while other council mem-bers have demurred on that subject, say-ing they will simply defer to the voters onthe issue.

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(July 20, 2012) The Ocean City Develop-ment Corporation has received the CityCouncil’s support in applying for $300,000of funding through the Maryland Depart-ment of Housing and Community Develop-ment’s annual Community Legacy Program.

The money would help to finance thecontinuation of OCDC’s signature revital-ization initiative, as well as two new proj-ects the nonprofit corporation hopes willimprove downtown Ocean City’s pedes-trian atmosphere.

According to OCDC Executive DirectorGlen Irwin, $100,000 of the potentialgrant would go towards OCDC’s façaderenovation program. The OCDC operatesat the request of the city’s government, butits major role is to subsidize for-profit busi-nesses and private residences to improvethe downtown landscape.

Under the façade program, exterior ren-ovations to buildings below 17th Street canreceive funding of up to one-third of theproject’s total cost, with a maximum of$5,000, as long as the design meets OCDC’saesthetic and energy-efficiency standards.

Similar to the façade assistance pro-gram, OCDC would also look towards put-ting $50,000 of the requested statefunding towards a Business AssistanceProgram. The program would be run “ad-ministratively identical to the façade pro-gram,” according to Irwin, but would caterto interior renovations.

“It would primarily support interior per-manent fixtures, electrical, plumbing, walltreatments, things like that,” Irwin said.

The program would be complimentaryto the Main Street Maryland designationthat Ocean City recently received from theMDHCD. The special designation, Irwinsaid, provides additional funding opportu-nities for downtown revitalization, provid-ing certain initiative guidelines are met.

One of these is the development and di-versification of new business, for whichOCDC has recently formed a separateBusiness Recruitment and RetentionCommittee. The Business Assistance Pro-gram, once funded, would be the main ex-ecutive means of the new committee.

“A large part of it is to help reduce theinitial cost for a new business or expandingbusiness,” Irwin said. “The idea is to havea more active street that creates a more ac-tive pedestrian environment. Some of itwill be to attract year-round businesses, orat least close to year-round.”

The remaining $150,000 of the re-quested funds would go towards the instal-lation of street lighting on St. Louis Avenuebetween 10th and 17th Streets, somethingthat was recently axed from the city’splanned renovation of the street because ofbudgetary constraints.

The initial improvement plan includedextensive decorative lights, sidewalk ex-pansions and even a traffic circle. Most ofthis was pulled from the proposal, al-though city Public Works Director Hal Ad-kins has made plans to install some

base-work and electrical conduit to allowthe city to make improvements piecemealas the economy recovers.

“What we want to do is put one of thosefrills back in that was cut out because of thefinances,” Irwin said. “The lights are pedes-trian lights, as opposed to a ‘cobra’ light thatis more of a vehicular light. For the money,it’s a good value for what it achieves [in termsof a downtown pedestrian environment].”

Irwin was confident that, while not allof the $300,000 would necessarily begranted, OCDC would receive a goodchunk of funding from the state. The pro-gram has expanded recently, making ap-plications more competitive, but OCDC“has a good track record of spending thegrant money in a timely fashion.”

“We’ve been fairly aggressive in what werequest. The worst thing you can do is toreceive a grant and then not spend it, thestate doesn’t like that,” Irwin added.


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(July 20, 2012) The WorcesterCounty Commissioners discussed thefollowing topics during Tuesday’s meet-ing.

Commendationspresented to couple

The commissioners presented com-mendations to Lt. Lee Holloway and hiswife, Dena Hollaway, in recognition oftheir retirement.

Lt. Holloway served 36 years as adeputy in the Sheriff’s Office and DenaHolloway served 31 years in the Sher-iff’s Office. In addition to being an of-fice assistant, Dena Holloway was thedriving force behind the Santa House.

Holloway oversaw contributions anddonations to the Santa House, as wellas its giveaways to needy children andfamilies at Christmas. She said shewould continue her involvement withSanta House in her retirement.

Tax credits for two organizations

The commissioners authorized 100percent tax credits for the Berlin Com-munity Improvement Association,which owns the Multi-Purpose Buildingon Flower Street, and to the GreaterOcean City Chamber of Commerce,which has its office and visitors centeron Route 50 outside of Ocean City.

The commissioners also approved

the request of the Girl Scouts of theChesapeake Bay, which is applying forstate tax credits for 2013. Those creditswill be offered as an incentive for busi-nesses that support its upcoming lead-ership project.

For the Scouts’ purposes, the creditsmust be granted via a resolution, whichthe commissioners quickly approved.

The credits will be issued under theauspices of the state Department ofHousing and Community Develop-ment’s Community Investment TaxCredit Program.

Grant applicationsapproved for shelters

The commissioners approved grantapplications from Diakonia, the crisisshelter in West Ocean City, and Samar-itan Shelter in Pocomoke.

Both are applying for $25,000 towardpreventing homelessness and Diakonia isseeking an additional $25,000 for home-less prevention/rapid rehousing becauseit already has that system in place.

The grants are from the state De-partment of Housing and CommunityDevelopment, which provides funds tohelp improve the quality of existingemergency and transitional shelters forthe homeless.

Boat slip leases to beup for bids next month

The commissioners approved theboat slip leases for slips at the WestOcean City commercial harbor. Thecurrent leases expire Sept. 22.

Bids will be opened Aug. 13 and ap-

proved Aug. 21.All bidders must be commercial fish-

ermen and they must certify that theywill use the dock space at least 270 dayseach year. They must be the sole ownerof a commercial fishing vessel or own atleast 50 percent of the stock or partner-ship that owns the vessel. No more thantwo boats may use dock space at anyone time.

Boat ramps prioritizedfor improvements

The commissioners reviewed and as-signed priorities for improvements tocounty boat ramps as part of their Wa-terway Improvement Project grant ap-plications.

First on their list is Cedar Hall, aboat ramp in the southern end of thecounty where existing finger piers andramps would be replaced at a cost of$99,000.

Next on the list is the Gum Pointboat ramp on Gum Point Road in Tay-lorville where existing finger piers andramp would be replaced, also with a$99,000 grant. Third on the list isMason Landing, where the existingparking lot would be resurfaced.

Beauchamp Road coststo be split 50/50

The commissioners voted to proceedon the Beauchamp Road project as ajoint venture with the Ocean Pines As-sociation.

The project’s goal is to ease theflooding problems on properties in thePinehurst Road area of Ocean Pines.

The Beauchamp Road work groupmet July 10 to discuss the project andthe design for the installation of a par-allel 24-inch drainage pipe fromBeauchamp Road to a pond on the ad-jacent River Run property.

The group decided the county shouldreview storm water calculations, engi-neering plans and specifications for acost of $3,960. The group recom-mended the cost be split with the OceanPines Association and the county com-missioners approved that recommen-dation.

Public Works Director John Tustinexpected Bob Thompson, general man-ager of the Ocean Pines Association, todiscuss the issue with the community’sboard of directors on the same day asthe commissioners’ meeting, butThompson did not because he did notneed the board’s approval to make thedecision. Thompson said in an e-mailWednesday that the OPA would splitthe costs with the county.

Sludge usage agreement approved by county

The commissioners renewed the ex-isting agreement with the MarylandDepartment of the Environment aboutout-of-county sludge received for landapplication in Worcester. The MDE willreimburse the county for inspectionsand monitoring using a formula basedon tons applied.

At the present time, the Billie LawsTree Farm near the Wicomico Countyline, is the only site in the county per-mitted to operate.

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(July 20, 2012) The Worcester CountyPlanning Commission has come out infavor of treating wastewater from OceanDowns at the Ocean Pines treatment plant.

“We want to get rid of some of thoseseptics,” Planning Commissioner WayneHartman said the commission’s July 12meeting to consider amending thecounty’s water and sewer plan. The plan-ning commissioners voted unanimouslyto recommend the change to the Worces-ter County Commissioners.

The sewer would be connected by aline run beneath Turville Creek to thepublic boat ramp on Gum Point Road. Itwould then go through property owned bydeveloper Marvin Steen and then toOcean Pines. The pump station would belocated on the Ocean Downs property.

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other unconnected properties within theGreater Ocean Pines Sanitary PlanningArea to connect to the Ocean Pines waste-water treatment plant as well, since themain pipe called for in the plan would bedesigned to accept new connections.Among those properties would be thosein the Steen development and some alongRoute 589.

Providing wastewater treatment forthose properties was recommended in arecent study of the Ocean Downs hook-upaccepted by the Worcester County Com-missioners.

The Ocean Pines plant now has a treat-ment capacity of 2.5 million gallons ofwastewater per day but runs at about 50percent of capacity as it treats approxi-mately 1.1 million to 1.2 million gallons ofwastewater per day.

“We don’t think this is going to causeany sort of problem,” said John Ross,deputy director of the county Departmentof Public Works.

In addition to serving the casino andracetrack, allowances would be made fora proposed bowling alley and movie the-ater. Onsite sewer and private water nowserve the facility.

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(July 20, 2012) Count the WorcesterCounty Commissioners in on the mak-ing of the movie “Ping Pong Summer,”albeit at arm’s length via a grant to theOcean City Chamber of Commerce andproviding Ocean City government chipsin an equal amount.

The commissioners voted Tuesday togive $100,000 to the chamber to investin the movie to be filmed in Ocean Citystarting in mid-September.

“The county itself cannot invest [di-rectly] in the movie,” county attorneySonny Bloxom told the commissioners,but it could give it as a grant to thechamber, which could then invest it forits own purposes. If the movie is suc-cessful, the chamber believes, it couldhave a stream of income well into thefuture.

The one catch is that the moneywould be awarded only if Ocean Cityantes up $100,000 as well. The OceanCity Tourism Advisory Board has rec-ommended that the City Council ap-prove its contribution of $100,000,although the council has not voted onthe request.

County Tourism Director Lisa Chal-lenger and Economic Development Di-rector Bill Badger told thecommissioners that the movie is ex-pected to be filmed over the course ofsix weeks this fall. But that’s only if theproducers can secure funding to makeup for the loss of an expected contribu-tion from the state.

The producers had counted on get-ting $300,000 from the Maryland statefilm rebate program, but that programran out of money while the General As-sembly concentrated on passing anoverall budget.

Challenger told the commissionersthat this circumstance presented themwith a “very exciting opportunity” to in-vest in a feature film “to be shot in itsentirety in Ocean City.”

The cast, including Oscar winnerSusan Sarandon (for “Dead Man Walk-

ing”), is in place and producers antici-pate an economic impact of approxi-mately $650,000 in their directspending. Challenger said the crew of50 to 60 people will spend 2,535 roomnights in Ocean City hotels and therewill be considerable spending bytourists who will come to see the filmingor in hopes of seeing some of the actors.

“A lot of people will want to come toOcean City to see it,” Challenger said.“There’s a lot of mileage on this to come.”

If the additional funding is not madeavailable by Aug. 1, Challenger said, themovie would most likely be pushed backand would lose its biggest star, Saran-don.

Bud Church, president of theWorcester County Commissioners, saidBerlin continues to promote itself as thesite of some scenes in the movie, “TheRunaway Bride,” starring Richard Gere

and Julia Roberts.In that film, however, shooting lasted

only a few days and the town was re-named “Hale” (after the peach that wasdeveloped there). For “Ping Pong Sum-mer,” that will not be the situation.

“The film is about Ocean City, Md.,”Badger told the commissioners.

Challenger and Badger had no prob-lems persuading Church.

“In my biz, I have to spend money tomake money,” said Church, owner ofColdwell Banker Bud Church Realty.“We’ll get our money back,” Church said.

Commissioners Merrill Lockfaw andMadison Bunting voted against award-ing the $100,000 to the chamber. Com-missioner Louise Gulyas was absent.

Bunting noted that the county in-creased the property tax rate by 7 centsthis year and that money for the filmwas not in the budget.

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(July 20, 2012) West OceanCity accountant Jenny Mamapleaded guilty last week to pos-session of marijuana and drivinga vehicle while impaired by acontrolled dangerous substanceon New Year’s Eve. She will besentenced Sept. 17.

At about 8 p.m. on Dec. 31,police got a call about a driversmoking marijuana and anOcean City policeman stoppedMama’s Lexus, which matchedthe description, on 80th Streetbecause she was not wearing aseatbelt and failed to stay in onelane.

According to charging docu-ments, she failed the field sobri-

ety tests and was arrested. A search of her person re-

vealed a pill bottle with mari-juana in her front sweatshirtpocket and a glass pipe withmarijuana, the charging docu-ments state. She agreed to sub-mit to an alcohol test, butrefused to be evaluated by adrug recognition expert.

In exchange for the guiltypleas in Circuit Court in SnowHill, the State’s Attorney’s Officedid not prosecute charges of fail-ure to obey designated lane di-rections, operating a motorvehicle while not restrained by aseatbelt, driving a vehicle whileimpaired by drugs and posses-sion of paraphernalia.

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tion. Mama, 57, is not being heldin jail pending that investiga-tion.

In 2008, Mama pleadedguilty to driving while impairedby alcohol and was sentenced to30 days in jail, with all but twodays suspended.

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“The ratings have exceeded what we weretold they would be due to the Washingtonand Baltimore baseball teams doing rela-tively well,” Abbott said.

Fire dept. seeks to closeequipment, personnel gap

Ocean City Fire Department Chief Chris Lar-more summarized some of the difficulties fac-ing the OCFD this summer, but said the

department is making dowithout any service interrup-tions. June’s call volumewas 8 percent higher thanlast year, Larmore said, andthe department has beenmaking a push to fill shifts.

“Unfortunately, yes, ourovertime is higher than Iwould like it,” Larmore said.“We made a commitment to

keeping up service and it’s the mission of thedepartment to never stack a call,” he said, inreference to the practice in which low-prioritycalls are “stacked” behind high-priority onesand go unanswered until the more urgent re-quests are dealt with.

Larmore also said the department’s agingambulance fleet has been having repair is-

sues, forcing the department to lease emer-gency medical vehicles with short notice. Lar-more further noted that the department wasworking to address its aging workforce as well,given that a majority of its higher ranks will beeligible for retirement within the next fiveyears.

“We don’t want to wake up in three to fiveyears and realize the people who have madeall our plans are retired,” Larmore said. “Nowis the time not only to train the more junior of-ficers, but also to get their input on what we’vebeen doing. I can assure you that it will be asmooth transition.”

Zoning enforcement push continues

City Zoning Administrator R. Blaine Smithdiscussed the continuing stress of enforce-ment, particularly in regards to the city’s newscooter rental requirements as well as Board-walk signage restrictions. Balancing shops’needs for display space and the newly man-dated training space with the city’s parkingrequirements have been taxing, Smith said.

“It’s a cat and mouse game. We are citingand if we’re wrong they (the scooter shops,particularly Island Cycles) may have to con-vince the judge that we’re wrong. But wecan’t stand there all day and watch wherethey put the scooters,” Smith said. He didsay the department had been successful inbringing on a new part-time enforcer to donight and weekend work, particularly on theBoardwalk. Smith said that more than 50percent of the violations are for T-shirt dis-plays, which include profanity, sexual mate-rial, or drug references.

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(July 20, 2012) A possible change tothe city’s absentee voting policy briefly re-newed the ongoing spat in City Councilabout the motivations behind the recentvote to change the city’s election date tomatch the federal contest calendar.

City Clerk Kelly Allmond presented herfindings Monday night regarding theState of Maryland’s “no excuse” policy forabsentee voting. In November, the councilasked Allmond to look into ways that theabsentee voting process – whereby voterswho are unable to attend the polls on elec-tion day can vote via a mailed-in applica-tion and ballot – could be revamped.

Allmond had noted soon thereafterthat the state was revising its excuse policyfor absentee voters and would present thecity with options based on state legislationat a later time. This week, on the footstepsof sessions earlier this month in which thecouncil voted to change the city’s electionto coincide with the county, state and fed-eral date, Allmond brought the issue tothe table again.

The elections themselves will not bemerged and the city contest will still takeplace on a separate ballot in a separatepolling area, under the independent over-sight of the city’s own Board of ElectionsSupervisors.

“What I have learned is that the statehas fully embraced the ‘no excuse’ policy.An excuse is not required even throughthe emergency period,” Allmond said.

The previous state policy, and OceanCity’s current policy, is that absentee votersmust sign an affidavit listing a good-faithreason for being unable to vote at the polls.Absentee ballots can be applied for up toseven days before the election date, al-though emergency ballots can be requestedfrom the Board of Elections Supervisors upthrough the day of the election for thosewho have personal or family emergencies.

Council members’ opinions this weekwere much the same as they were lastyear. The difference now, though, is theadded undertone of the recent electiondate change, which some alleged was or-chestrated not to improve voter turnout,but to allow ousted City Manager DennisDare to run for council. Dare’s severancepackage with the city does not end untilOct. 31, creating potential difficulties forhis candidacy if the election were to take

place at its previous October time.“You have to be as consistent as possi-

ble. We already moved the election dateto the same day. If we don’t have the samerules as the state and county, it opens itup to confusion,” said Councilman JoeHall, a consistent proponent of the datechange who had, however, questionedsome of his colleagues’ motivation fortheir change in stance.

“There’s the problem of City Hall be-coming a polling place,” said CouncilmanDoug Cymek. He explained that, if no-ex-cuse emergency ballots were provided onthe day of the election, people would sim-ply come to the downtown City Hall topick them up for the sake of convenience,instead of attending the actual polls at thecity’s convention center at 40th Street.Cymek suggested closing all absentee op-tions at 5 p.m. on the Monday before elec-tion Tuesday.

Councilwoman Mary Knight agreed. “Idon’t see the difference between going tothe convention center or coming down

here [to City Hall]. I have no problem with[having no-excuse ballots] until 5 p.m. theday before, but I don’t want people saying,‘I’m going to City Hall instead of the con-vention center.’” Last year, Knight hadsuggested that the no-excuse policy onlybe available to non-emergency ballots, forthe same reason.

“Is there a potential for abuse and con-fusion, yes, but I would stand by the positionthat we would keep it consistent [with thepolicy for the state ballot],” reiterated Hall.

Councilman Brent Ashley was of likemind. “The whole direction here has beento make voting more accessible … whywould we not do that with absentee voting[as was done with the polling date]?” heasked. Ashley also continued to criticizeCymek’s use of the rationale of protecting“the integrity of the process,” which Cymekhad said was his reason for not wanting theelection date changed, prior to the most re-cent vote in which he cited public demandas a reason for shifting his stance.

“It just doesn’t make sense [to allow

absentee ballots the day of the election],”countered Cymek. He questionedwhether the Board of Elections Supervi-sors would be able to handle the possiblelarge number of absentee ballots beingfiled on election day, since a board repre-sentative has to verify each ballot.

Hall, however, said that there was al-ways a time difference between when ab-sentee ballots were collected and whenthey were tabulated. “What’s the differ-ence if they submit it on the exact day,” heasked Cymek. “From the point you’remaking, we’d need a judge there every daywhenever someone [at City Hall] acceptsa ballot.”

Allmond said she would look into anypossible logistical difficulties, but that shewas sure her “staff was up to the chal-lenge.”

The council voted 5-2 to have City So-licitor Guy Ayres draw up a change to thetown’s code that would allow for no-ex-cuse absentee balloting, with Cymek andKnight opposed.


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(July 20, 2012) City Council movedquickly Monday night to adopt an emer-gency ordinance revising the section ofthe city’s code that addresses the use ofbodyboards on public beaches, followingan outcry last week from the surfingcommunity regarding a sudden increasein the enforcement of policies many saidwere outdated.

City Manager David Recor notedMonday that he and many other city of-

ficials had received a “flurry” of phonecalls and e-mails last week complainingthat the Ocean City Beach Patrol seemedto be heightening its enforcement of thecity’s 1970s-era code regarding surf ac-tivities.

Several dozen surfing and bodyboard-ing enthusiasts attended Monday’s meet-ing, prompting Council President JimHall to move the issue to the top of theagenda. The majority of the crowd leftthe room after the revision was passed,without speaking publicly.

The public clamor, Recor said, led himto organize a number of meetings withcity officials and local surf shop owners“to discuss the events that led to thisheightened awareness of the 1972 ordi-nance.”

Section 106-92 of the city code previ-ously defined a “boogie board” as a semi-rigid foam board no more than 3.5 feetlong and 2 feet wide, and not having anyfins or other rudder-like protrusions,often referred to as “skegs.” Such boardsare permitted on city beaches duringpeak summer hours — but anythinglarger, or finned, was by default consid-ered a “surfboard” and prohibited fromthe hours of 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., fromMemorial Day through Labor Day, andspecifically along Boardwalk-adjacentbeaches from May 1 to Sept. 30.

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The city has recently revised its definition of bodyboards in order to lift the de-facto ban on somenewer types of equipment. At center is a tradi-tional 42-inch “Boogie Board” style board. Atright is a “Beater” board, popularized in Califor-nia, and designed to allow for either prone orstanding riding – often by those just learning tosurf. While this board is 48 inches in length,longer versions are common. At left is the “An-swer” board, a new “Beater”-style product fromlocal surfer and designer Chris Willey, which is54 inches. City code now allows for any soft-top,finless board of 54 inches or less. See CITY on Page 18


(July 20, 2012) Soon after Mondaynight’s swift and fairly clear-cut resolutionof a public outcry over the prohibition ofcertain bodyboards, City Council strug-gled to resolve another, more localized —but more ambiguous — matter of city pol-icy.

City Engineer Terry McGean presentedhis final recommendation regarding atraffic issue which he presented to councilseveral weeks ago. McGean had been con-tacted by Tim and Maria Covell, who saidthey were having chronic issues withspeeding cars going down the small, alley-width street — Seabay Drive — on whichthey live during the summers.

McGean explained that the issuelargely stems from poor traffic patternsput in place by the state. Seabay Driveruns north-to-south between 86th Streetand Bering Road, which is in effect OceanCity’s 87th Street. Bering Road is a majorartery for the Little Salisbury community,which houses a number of long-time,year-round residents.

At some point, there was an open in-tersection at Bering Road and CoastalHighway, but McGean recalled thataround 1985, when the State Highway

Administration installed the medianstructure on the highway, Bering Roaddid not receive a traffic light. The closestone was placed at 85th Street, and thusresidents began to cut south on SeabayDrive to get to 86th Street. From there,they could cut through the parking lot ofthe Exxon/Wine Rack that occupies theblock between 86th and 85th Streets, toget to the light. The next closest light wasnorth of the neighborhood, on Pacific Av-enue.

McGean stated that he had conducteda traffic study on Seabay Drive, whichconfirmed that the street was not de-signed to handle the traffic it does. TheCovells had noted to McGean that theirchildren, as well as many summer resi-dents, walk down the alley to get to theWine Rack convenience store, and speed-ing cars are a danger. McGean noted thathis study confirmed that the street washeavily pedestrian traveled and was ofconcern.

But in presenting his solution, McGeanseemed well aware that a change wouldnot be well-received. His recommenda-tion was to install flexible posts at thesouth end of Seabay Drive, closing thestreet to through traffic but still allowingemergency access for ambulances and firetrucks.

The suggestion that the route to thelight would be closed, however, elicitedangry rumblings from the Little Salisburyresidents in attendance.

In making his case, Tim Covell notedthat his concerns were not intended as anattack on his neighbors, and were a mat-ter of circumstance.

“The last thing I want to do is be an in-convenience to my neighbors,” he said.“But as we see changes in Ocean City forpedestrian safety, some of them are notconvenient.”

Covell noted that it was difficult forhim to get into the back of his car on thestreet without exposing himself to traffic,itself an inconvenience just the same.“There used to be a pedestrian crossing at87th,” Covell continued. “That was takenout this year, and I’m sure it wasn’t doneto inconvenience you but to encourage usto use the crosswalks. When 87th got thetraffic island [in 1985], a lot of traffic gotpushed down that alley, but it clearly was-n’t intentional.

Several of the Little Salisbury resi-dents, however, placed more blame on thedesign of Covell’s house — which the Cov-ells recently renovated and expanded –and the habits of local children.

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ment has begun to scrutinize the account-ability of some Eastern European visasponsors, heavily cutting the number ofSlavic students who visit the resort. Justthree years ago, officials have said that thenumber of Russian students in the resortwas close to 1,500. That number wasdown to 445 last year, while the Irish pop-ulation was up to 603. It is expected to behigher this year, with several attendees

Tuesday saying they had been told up-wards of 800.

However, unlike the Eastern Europeanstates, Ireland is a visa waiver country:Irish nationals can come to the U.S. with-out pre-arranged jobs or housing. ManyIrish students in Ocean City arrive with-out knowledge of the housing market.

That has led to some ugly incidentssuch as one last week in which a landlordhad offered an apartment to Irish stu-dents, claiming that it was to hold six orseven people, only for the students to have

city building officials tell them the unitwas unsafe for any more than three.

“We are really concerned about thehousing issue, we had a conversation tohone in on how we can target some betterplaces for these kids,” said Garvey.

Victory and Irish consular officialDeirdre Bourke have visited students’apartments in the past. “Some were okay,some a little cramped, a few I would saywere substandard,” Bourke said.

“The vast majority of things here arevery good, there’s just a few areas we’re

trying to sort out,” added Victory. “We’reidentifying ways, particularly, to get morehousing into to them [the students] ear-lier.”

He also noted that he and Bourke hadmet with Ocean City Police DepartmentChief Bernadette DiPino. “We’ve had avery good response from the authoritieshere,” Victory said. “They did make itclear that they’re aware [of the housing is-sues], and even if the police can’t inter-vene directly, they’ll make sure the properauthorities know about it.”

schedule that limits summer daytimesurfboard use to two select areas, whichchange daily, as well as a section of theinlet on weekdays only.

OCBP Capt. Butch Arbin explainedthat the “boogie board” definition wasadded into the original 1972 city codesometime in the late 1970s, when the“Boogie Board” brand bodyboard firstbecame commercially available. Lastweek, when the OCBP began to receivesome complaints from swimmers aboutclose calls with reckless bodyboarders,the only enforcement mechanism avail-able to Arbin was the old definition of apermitted “boogie board” — which cre-ated a de-facto ban on other types ofboards larger than the classic “boogieboard” shape.

Other types of longer bodyboardshave indeed become prominent since the1970s. Malibu’s Surf Shop owner LeeGerachis explained that many people,particularly youngsters who are learningto surf, often use oversized bodyboardsthey can both lie down and stand up on.Some such boards are simply shaped liketraditional “boogie boards,” while othersare better streamlined to allow youngriders to practice standing up — these areoften referred to as “beaters” after the“Beater” brand board popularized in Cal-ifornia. Sold by the Catch Surf company,the original “Beater Board” is 54 incheslong.

“We have a lot of young kids who usethese to learn how to surf, local kids whocan’t get to the surf beach — and even ifthey could, they can’t use the Beaters on

the surf beach [where real surfboards arerequired],” Gerachis explained last week.

“Given the evolution of the productsince 1972, we knew we needed to elicitsome feedback from the community andpossibly develop a policy change basedon that,” Recor continued Monday.

The legal revision, according to CitySolicitor Guy Ayres, repeals the defini-tion of a “boogie board” and inserts a def-inition for “soft-top bodyboards,” whichincludes rudderless, foam-topped boardsof any shape up to 54 inches. Suchboards will be permitted during summerdaytime hours provided that ridersmaintain a 10-yard buffer between them-selves and swimmers, and employ somesort of retrieval device such as an ankleleash. The revision also updates otheroutdated technical language, such as re-

placing “surf mats” with a broader defi-nition for “inflatable flotation devices.”

“We used this as an opportunity to goback and update that entire section of thecode,” said Arbin.

Council unanimously approved therecommended revisions, and furthervoted unanimously to make them anemergency ordinance.

Emergency ordinances go into effectimmediately provided they have the con-sent of the mayor, and Mayor Rick Mee-han seemed surprised that the policy hadeven gone this long without revision.

“If not, it would’ve been about theonly thing that hasn’t changed since1972,” Meehan said. “This really showswhat we can do in a small community —we can recognize a problem and get to-gether to remedy it.”

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Mum continues to be the word from most Ocean CityCouncil members on the subject of unionization forgeneral employees, even though this latest collectivebargaining question will be put to resort voters on theNovember ballot.

Although Council members Joe Hall and Brent Ash-ley have voiced their opposition to another employeesunion, others continue to say only that they will “deferto the will of the people.”

That’s an interesting response, considering that thedemocratic process is all about the people deferring totheir representatives on important issues or looking tothem for information on which they might base theirown opinions.

But outside of the aforementioned pair, no one’stalking, preferring instead to duck the topic rather thanto offer some insight that might help voters decidewhich lever to pull when they go to the polls.

If they feel general employees would benefit fromunion membership and that would lead to better gov-ernment for the community as a whole, they should sayso. If on the other hand, they believe the opposite, thatshould be made clear as well.

But to be completely neutral and have no opinionwhatsoever?

Considering that the entire council is capable of dis-secting and arguing over the smallest and silliest ofthings, such as what fireworks company to employ forthe Fourth of July celebration, it’s inconceivable thatthey would have no thoughts on what is a very big thing.

The effort’s organizers, meanwhile, have had andwill continue to have plenty to say, which leaves the vot-ing public to conclude that this silent majority has noobjection.

And maybe it doesn’t. There is a legal term for that,qui tacet consentiret, which, loosely translated, meanssilence is consent.

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Some neighborhoodwatches unofficialEditor,

In a “bitter sweet” way, I ampleased to read about the neighbor-hood watches that have beenstarted and continue at variousparts of Ocean City. Bittersweet re-ferring to the sad fact that it isneeded and sweet referring to theindividuals who remain strong andcare for their property, their com-munity and their neighbors in sucha way to help make a difference.Thank you for doing what you do.

I live ocean block in a smallbuilding in the midtown area.There are only a select few of usyear-round and of course, there aremany more owners/renters aroundduring the summertime. Becausemany of us have taken the time toknow our neighbors, we watch outfor each other’s property and a fewyears ago developed what we call a“phone tree.” It has given manymore piece of mind and a goodsense of trust on much of ourstreet. We tell each other whensomething happens at the buildingor even with inhabitants who maybe staying at an adjacent building.Even when the hurricane threat-ened Ocean City last August, therewere a few of us who were able toimmediately contact many ownersand year-round renters to tell themthe good news that our buildingwas safe and sound.

If we all continue to do our partin helping keep our communitysafe, we are doing well. Addition-ally, I encourage the local newspublications to keep publicizing the

fact that there are, in fact, neigh-borhood watches and we arewatching to help make a difference.

Doug AntosOcean City

Candidate not part of a packaged dealEditor,

As the town’s election ap-proaches, I would like to offer somethoughts.

I suppose that it is inevitable intoday’s society that we create divi-sion and partisanship. Ironically,we curse it as we watch news out ofWashington while we create andnurture it in the small town inwhich we live.

Hot issues drive the formationof groups of people who come to-gether, based on common threads,in order to sway the election in onedirection or another. Perhaps noissue is stirring more emotion thanthe forced departure of [former]City Manager Dennis Dare.

As expected, people are alreadychoosing sides on this and other is-sues and we will likely soon seecandidates running as “packagedeals,” trying to leverage each otherand appeal to the hottest issues onvoters’ minds.

I am going to file for council my-self. My hope is that the residents

who truly care about this town willvote for individual candidates whocan think and act independently.Instead of “packages,” we shouldtry to have seven independentthinkers who will focus on the goodof the town and rise above the par-tisanship, understanding that spir-ited debate and disagreements area natural and healthy part of mak-ing decisions as a group.

I hope the residents will tempertheir emotions and vote accord-ingly, regardless of their choice.

I will not be with anyone oragainst anyone, rather for the townof Ocean City. And, should I beelected, I would look forward toworking with the other electedcouncil members and mayor to im-prove Ocean City as a premier des-tination for vacationers, as well asa making it a desired location forliving year-round.

Bob Baker Ocean City

Have smoking andnon-smoking beachesEditor,

As a smoker and an Ocean Citylocal who does indeed use a trashreceptacle when available (or apocket when not) for butts, I takeoffense to the fact that most of the

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trash found on the beach is packs andbutts. I see more soda cans and waterbottles and just general paper.

Stating that 69,000 butts have beencollected tells me that the receptaclesare working.

To say that most of us (smokers) donot use receptacles is unfair. Let’s sayfairly that all non-smokers want to takeour (smokers) rights away. We’ve losthotel rooms, we’ve lost bars, we’ve lostrestaurants and now you want to takethe outdoors. I was at work one day onmy break smoking outside and a ladycame up to me and said, “I am allergic tosmoke. Please stand somewhere else tosmoke.” The problem is, I was there first.

Did you also forget that smokers paythe same taxes non-smokers do? So wehave the same rights. Also, we pay anawful lot of tax on a pack of cigarettes,so if we all quit, where is that money

coming from? Higher sales tax, higherproperty tax and so on.

Now let’s talk about the children see-ing smokers enjoying a cig — do you re-ally think that this has caused them towant to become smokers? No way. Dowe do drugs on the beach? No. Do theysee us drinking beer on the beach? No.So then please tell me why it is we havekids doing this? Well, let me tell you,kids just have to try it all. So please letus not say that kids seeing an adultsmoking on the beach is going to causethem to smoke. It is just wrong.

To tell me I have to sit behind a life-guard to smoke is also not fair. Soundsmore like the ’50s when blacks wereforced to sit on the back of the bus. If wehave to split the beach, give smokersodd streets and non-smokers evenstreets; this sounds fair.

Dean GermannOcean City

Reuniting children withfamilies part of guard’sjob

Editor,When I was in Ocean City recently, my

daughter and I enjoyed a day at the beachat the Clarion hotel where a too-familiardrama played out that reminded me of themany heroic responsibilities of your surfrescue technicians, known to beachgoersfor generations as “lifeguards.”

We watched as a little lost girl wasfound by lifeguard AJ, who coordinatedthe reunion with her mother with greatcaring and to loud applause from thebeachgoers. I know how relieved andgrateful her mother felt, as my owndaughter was lost on a nearby Ocean Citybeach once upon a very scary time ago.She was returned to me on the shoulders

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By Stewart Dobson

I’d like to discuss solar flares andsunspots and how they come into play inour every day lives.

Many people believe that somethingoccurring 93 million miles away wouldhave no affect on our normal routines,but they would be wrong, and I’m nottalking about malfunctioning computerequipment. No, I am referring to morefundamental aspects of our existence,such as happy hours.

It is a fact that eruptions on the sunwill cause electronic equipment besidescomputers to exhibit bizarre behavior.That’s what scientists say, and I rarelyargue with scientists unless they are ad-vising us to refrain from doing some-thing that I don’t want to stop doing.

In cases such as this – and there aremore than a few – I point out that scien-tists once argued passionately that thesun revolves around the earth, a beliefthat, incidentally, might still enjoy pop-ularity among some of the people I haveseen lately.

But there is no argument aboutsunspots. At least that’s my position.That’s because I have run out of peopleto blame things on when I am not asprompt as I ought to be in my returnhome from offering my support to ourlocal food and beverage industry.

Time was I could come home after thedesignated hour and say, “Sorry, but Iwas with … (name withheld for securityreasons).” That worked until it was notedthat (name withheld for security reasons)might not be the best company for some-one who, failing to call with an advisory,NEEDS TO BE HOME ON TIME.

I have to interject that I always meanwell, but, well …

In any event, I recently found myself inan intriguing happy hour conversation, re-alized the possibility that I might lose trackof the time and made the advisory call.

But when I arrived at home, I wasgreeted with a countenance as frosty asthe beverage I had been consuming, mymessage never having made it throughwhatever cosmos it has to traverse to getfrom one cell phone to the other. My calldid, however, show up the following day.

“Solar flares and sunspots!” I de-clared. “That’s what did it. I’m vindi-cated!”

She had to agree, a circumstance asrare as sunspots themselves, and whichled me to do some research and to de-velop an entirely new approach to stay-ing out past the appointed hour.

These solar flares can be predicted, al-though not with a high degree of accu-racy. That said, according to spacescientists, I’m pleased to report there isa 30 percent chance of a solareruption/extended happy hour outingwithin the next 48 hours.

guardians and heroes.This memory prompted me to ac-

knowledge the importance and skill levelof the members of the Ocean City BeachPatrol. Every lifeguard is a powerful ath-lete and must pass a vigorous testingprocess to be able to guard the shoreline.They inform us about any dangerous surfand beach conditions and patrol ourbeaches for emergencies.

Each day they are subject to the haz-ards of open water and often work outsidein extreme weather conditions. They mustknow how to perform lifesaving rescues,CPR, first aid, and other medical re-sponses.

And of course lifeguards need to havegood judgment and the ability to make ef-fective decisions under pressure. That’sjust what AJ did as he saw to the care ofthe little lost girl until her mother arrived.He performed just one of the many res-

cues that he and the other members of theOcean City Beach Patrol can be countedon to do to protect us vacationers.

I would like to personally thank thesurf rescue technicians of the Ocean CityBeach Patrol for their invaluable serviceto the community. Please don’t take themfor granted.

Marilou ReganSpringfield, Pa.

Harris staff saves manfrom possible deportationEditor,

My family immigrated from Germanyin 1952. I was 2 years old at the time. Myfamily all became naturalized citizens andbecause of my age, I was naturalized also.I received a Social Security card in 1965,registered for the draft in 1967, completedcollege with both a BA and master’s de-gree, and taught special needs studentsfor 30 years — and I also did my civic dutyand voted.

In 2004 I became trapped in a bureau-cratic nightmare. I applied for a passportand was told by Homeland Security that Iwas not considered a citizen. I was devas-tated. I hired an immigration attorneyand I was again denied citizenship be-cause of a technicality that was institutedin 2000 and was not law in the 1950s. Iappealed and was again denied. I againapplied for citizenship. When I finallywent to Baltimore to take the citizenshipcivics test, literacy test and interview, myvoting record was questioned and I wasagain denied citizenship because I hadvoted. The next day I received a letterfrom Homeland Security threatening mewith a $1,000 fine, up to five years inprison, or deportation because they said Ivoted illegally.

Again, the nightmare deepened. It wasthen, at the urging of a friend, that I con-tacted Rep. Andy Harris’ office. His officereceived my information on a Thursday.The following Monday, Liz Linsky calledfrom Harris’ office and reassured me that

they were on the case. Wednesday, I re-ceived a call from Immigration and wasdirected to be in Baltimore on June 15 tobe sworn in as a U.S. citizen. I am proudto say that, finally, I am a U.S. citizen,again. With Rep. Harris’ staff’s amazinglyfast action, I went from facing deportationto gaining my rightful citizenship.

I cannot thank Rep. Harris and hisstaff enough. Many times, I think, individ-uals feel lost in the system and inconse-quential — no so with Rep. Harris. Eventhough Rep. Harris and I are on oppositeends of the political spectrum, there aretimes one must look past political ideolog-ical differences and look to the man him-self. Rep. Harris and his staff did theirjobs and did them well.

Manfred J. FrankOcean City

‘Tourists’The tourists come from far and wideOn the beach, with us, they sit side-by-

side

They bring many an umbrella, canopy,Boogie boards, and the latest beach toys.So they can indulge in beach time joys.

They comb the beaches, Coastal Highway,And the Boardwalk for shells, bargains,Beach fries, ice creams, and the like.Some of them will even ride bikes.

With them, let’s not fuss.Some of them never have ridden a bus.

So please have them take care when theStreet they crossWe have already experienced at leastTwo deadly a loss.

With your manners, do recoup.Just say “Hello.”It will make our mutual experienceMore mellow.

So tourists do hailWithout you here,Our pocketbooks would beNothing more than empty pails.

Ellen C. O’DonoghueOcean City

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(July 20, 2012) Capt. Willie Zimmer-man took the Absolute Pleasure and itscrew to the Washington Canyon about 60miles offshore last Friday, the first day ofthe 25th annual Ocean City Tuna Tourna-ment. It was a spot where there has beena strong bigeye bite this fishing season,but he didn’t have much luck that day.

Unfortunately for all of the tournamentparticipants, the bigeye tuna bite lastweekend seemed to taper off a bit.

“The last three weeks, there have beenbigeyes caught every day down there,”Zimmerman said. “This week, I don’tknow why it shut down.”

Added Tuna Tournament DirectorJennifer Blunt, “A lot of the guys were notreal happy with the [tuna fishing] out-

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The Absolute Pleasure crew unzips the bag that keeps angler James Romero’s bigeye tuna cool,on July 15, the final day of the 25th annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament. The bigeye weighed 257pounds and took over first place in the Single Heaviest Tuna Division. The fish was worth $224,116.

‘Absolute Pleasure’ wins TunaTourney with 257-pound bigeyeLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

See ZIMMERMAN on Page 28


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(July 20, 2012) The Worcester CountyCommissioners will be going on recordwith state officials that they oppose a pro-posed aquaculture project in the Chin-coteague Bay just off South Point.

“I just think it’s a terrible location,”said Bud Church, president of theWorcester County Commissioners.

Church was talking about plans of DonMarsh to have an aquaculture operationin an enterprise zone established in thatbay by the Maryland Department of Nat-ural Resources for the purpose of aqua-culture leasing. It is not something thatcan be regulated through county laws,but county officials may endorse or op-pose it.

Church, who said he has received nu-merous calls about the proposed project,said 98 percent of those call oppose theplans.

The exact location of the project haschanged slightly, but not the opposition.

“Residents, by and large, are still op-posed to this, even in this [new] location,”said Church, who added that he is not op-posed to aquaculture, but to the possiblelocation of it.

Ed Tudor, director of the Departmentof Development Review and Permitting,said there should be 2 feet of water abovethe cages, but Church did not think that

was sufficient.The proposed site is popular with wind

surfers, who could tumble and fall ontothe cages used in the aquaculture project,Church said. Riders of personal water-craft could also fall onto the cages. Healso noted that the site has strong cur-rents, which could move the cages, eventhough they are heavy.

Commissioner Virgil Shockley wasconcerned about boaters. The proposedsite of the aquaculture project, he said, isthe location of a channel and “that’swhere boats go,” he said.

Commissioner Madison Bunting wasalso concerned about the location.

“Anything that could tear my boat up…,” he said.

The commissioners are expressingtheir opinion to state officials in a letter,which will be the second from them argu-ing against the proposals. They sent a let-ter Aug. 8, 2010 to Sec. John Griffin ofthe Maryland Department of Natural Re-sources saying they wanted him to relo-cate the proposed leasing areas farthersouth so they would not conflict withrecreational uses.

“We are specifically concerned regard-ing the potential safety hazards to therecreational boating public as well as thepotentially negative impact that suchcommercial operations may have ontourism in Worcester County,” the letterstated.

Worc. Commissioners oppose proposed aquaculture sitesNANCY POWELL■ Staff Writer


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(July 20, 2012) The Villa Nova in WestOcean City is expanding.

The Worcester County Planning Com-mission approved the site plan for the ex-pansion July 12.

Attorney Hugh Cropper, representingowner Jack Burbage, said the Villa Nova“had been there forever.” The new plans,he added, “are just an expansion of what’sthere.”

Last year, 27 cottages were rebuilt atVilla Nova I at 12702 Old Bridge Road.Those new cottages are for residents; the12 cottages to be built will be for vacation-ers. Those will be at Villa Nova II, whichis located to the west of Villa Nova I.

“There is a big public need for both,”Cropper said.

In addition to the cottages, three du-plex units will be built for longer-termrentals.

“Families need places to live that aren’texpensive,” he said.

The Villa Nova also had a bar andrestaurant for many years. It was the 707Sports Bar and Grill for more than oneyear, but it closed after the death of itsowner, Carey Flynn, during a fight lastyear. Cyle Walker, 26, who was foundguilty last week of involuntarymanslaughter in that case awaits sentenc-ing.

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(July 20, 2012) Two men, one fromOcean City and one from Berlin, havebeen charged in connection with a Junecounterfeit case in the resort.

On June 17, Ocean City police in thearea of 17th Street and Philadelphia Av-enue were told by an employee of anearby business that someone had justattempted to pass a $20 counterfeit bill.After meeting with employees and re-viewing surveillance images of the inci-dent, officers identified the suspect asChristopher Dale Miller Jr., 28, wholives in Berlin.

During their investigation into theuse of counterfeit money, police linkedMiller to additional cases. They identi-fied a second suspect as Kevin MichaelMcCarthy Jr., 27, of Ocean City.

Police recovered 31 counterfeit $20bills from eight businesses that werevictimized.

Miller and McCarthy were chargedwith multiple counts of issuing andmanufacturing counterfeit currencyand theft. Miller was arrested June 20and is being held in the WorcesterCounty jail. McCarthy was charged ona warrant July 16 and as of Tuesday,had not been apprehended by police.

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(July 20, 2012) Two men believed tohave passed counterfeit money inOcean City, Pocomoke, Fruitland andPrincess Anne were arrested last week.

Fruitland police were aware that theOcean City Police Department was in-vestigating a rash of counterfeit cur-rency crimes and believed the suspectsin their custody may be responsible forthose crimes.

Surveillance cameras in Ocean Cityverified that the two men — DeontraeLamar Bailey, 19, of Pocomoke, andQuincy Lene Williams, 21, of Norfolk,Va. — were the men arrested in Fruit-land.

A joint investigation by police inOcean City, Pocomoke, Princess Anneand Fruitland, plus investigators fromthe United States Secret Service, led tocharges against the men.

The Ocean City Police Departmentcharged Williams and Bailey with fourcounts of theft under $100, two countsof attempted theft under $100, onecourt of manufacturing counterfeit cur-rency, one count of conspiracy to man-ufacture counterfeit currency, onecount of conspiracy to commit theft andtwo counts of possession of forged cur-rency.

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come on Friday. A majority of the fleet (71of the 79 boats) went out that day and itmay have scared the bigeyes. There werefewer boats fishing [Saturday and Sun-day] and maybe the big eyes resurfaced.”

Zimmerman decided to go back to theWashington Canyon on Sunday, the finalday of the competition. At that time, a194-pound bigeye, caught aboard RestlessLady, held the first-place spot.

The Absolute Pleasure crew got twoyellowfin bites early in the day, but neitherwere contenders.

“I didn’t think we were going to get abite,” Zimmerman said. “I knew weneeded a big fish to win it.”

Their luck would change later in theday, when at 2:02 p.m., a bigeye grabbedthe bait. Angler James Romero fought thelarge fish for about two hours and boatedit at 4:05 p.m.

“I didn’t know how big it was becauseit was hard to tell from up on the bridge,”Zimmerman said. “Our mate [JustinHart] told me it was well over 200pounds. He thought it was about 260pounds.”

Zimmerman had a long ride back tothe Ocean City Fishing Center, but heknew the Absolute Pleasure was fast.Tournament weigh-ins ended at 7 p.m.and he got to the inlet in plenty of time,around 6 p.m. Since boats were lined upwaiting to weigh their catches, the Ab-solute Pleasure didn’t arrive to the scaleuntil 6:45 p.m.

Zimmerman could hear the crowd

cheer as the fish was hoisted. When thescale read “257 pounds,” he was elated.

“I thought, ‘Holy cow, that’s a big fish.’It was awesome,” he said. “I’ve been fish-ing this tournament since I was a kid andit’s been a long time coming. I’ve caughtbluefin over 600 pounds, but this was myfirst bigeye. It was the perfect time to getit. You couldn’t ask for anything better.It’s a tournament I’ll never forget.”

The bigeye took over first place in theSingle Heaviest Tuna Division. The fishwas worth $224,116. A majority of thatmoney, $155,000, came from the Level FPro Tuna Jackpot, which is a winner-take-all pool for the largest single tuna. It costs$5,000 to enter and 34 of the 79 boatsregistered for the Level F calcutta.

Shortly after, the Reel Desire arrived atthe scale. They had two bigeye tuna bites,but cut one loose because it was gettingclose to the time when lines had to be outof the water. They wanted to make surethey had at least one fish to weigh.

“They knew they wouldn’t be able tofight two and make it back on time, sothey cut one off,” Blunt said. “They wererushing to get home and lost an engine. Itcomes to time management. You have tobe aware of where you are and how longit will take to get back.”

Troy Graham’s bigeye weighed in at202 pounds, good for second place. Thefish earned the Reel Desire team $30,978.

Restless Lady angler John Schindler’s194-pounder finished in third place. Itwas worth $20,653.

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Mike Glyphis, fishing on the Cat With-out A Handle, took top honors in the dol-phin division with a 35-pounder thatbrought in $2,500. Erick Martinez’s

(Crush’Em) 30-pounder was good for sec-ond place and $1,000. The Chain Reac-tion received $500 for Grant Clubb’s19-pound dolphin.

Tina Boykin, fishing on Lucky Duck II,nabbed first and third place in the LadyAngler Division, with 56- and 52-poundyellowfin tuna. She won $1,500, Costasunglasses and a $100 gift card to the OCFishing Center gift shop.

Reelin’ & Rockin’ angler Sue Littletonfinished in second place with a 53-pounder. She received Costa sunglassesand a necklace from Park Place Jewelers.

Team Binnacle Tackle angler AlexGrapes, 9, scored first-place honors in the

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A new Calcutta — Level I Boats Under40 feet Winner Takes All — was added in2011. This year, 26 of the 30 boats smallerthan 40 feet entered the Level I calcutta,where 50 percent of the prize money wentto the angler who reeled in the heaviesttuna. The other 50 percent was awardedto the team with the most tuna caught,

measured by pounds. Trevor Hicks hooked a 56-pounder

aboard the Albedamn to win $3,510.Lucky Duck II also received $3,510 for its489-pound stringer weight.

A total of $426,910 was paid out totournament winners. Five bigeyes, morethan 100 yellowfin and seven dolphinwere weighed throughout the three tour-nament days. No bluefin tuna werebrought to the scale.

“I think the tournament went very well.We were happy with the turnout,” Bluntsaid. “We saw some great strings of yel-lowfin. The last day, a lot more bigeyesshowed up.”

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A 23-year-old West Ocean City man wascharged July 13 with driving under the influ-ence, negligent driving, driving on an expiredlicense and failure to control speed to controlcollision.

According to Maryland State Police, DavidLeyden was driving westbound on Route 50just west of the Harry Kelley bridge in lanetwo when two other vehicles were stopped atthe red signal at westbound Route 50 andInlet Isle Lane. Leyden failed to slow and col-lided with the rear of a vehicle driven byMelinda Harmon, 32, of Delmar, Md., whichthen struck a vehicle driven by RobertZaremski, 44, of Crownsville.

The lane was closed for approximately 30minutes.

Heyden was not injured. Harmon andZaremski both suffered minor injuries.

Woman’s car stopped illegally, causes crash

An 87-year-old Ocean City woman wascharged July 13 with stopping her vehicle inan intersection after being involved in a colli-sion on westbound Route 50 east of Route589.

Maryland State Police said Leona Mans-field suffered minor injuries after stopping onRoute 50 and trying to make an illegal leftturn into the WalMart parking lot. A vehicledriven by James C. Martin, 64, of Clarksburgthen collided into the rear of Mansfield’s ve-hicle.

Drinking leads to collsion on Route 589

A 44-year-old Baltimore man was chargedJuly 14 with driving under the influence, at-tempting to leave the scene of a propertydamage accident, negligent driving and re-lated traffic charges after a vehicle collisionon Route 589 at Ocean Downs Casino.

Maryland State Police stated in a pressrelease that Michael Thomas Barlage wasdriving south on Route 589 at the Casino atOcean Downs when he failed to slow and col-lided with the read end of a vehicle driven byCheryl Lynn George, 42, of Berlin.

Barlage refused field sobriety tests andwas charged with driving under the influenceof alcohol and other charges.

Vehicle strikes oldStockton firehouse

A 17-year-old Stockton girl was chargedJuly 15 with negligent driving after she lostcontrol of her vehicle on George Island Land-ing Road. Her vehicle spun out of control andcollided with the old Stockton firehouse.

According to Maryland State Police, therewere minor cosmetic damages to both thebuilding and the vehicle.

Two men charged withcounterfeit offenses

Ocean City police charged two men July21 with multiple counts of possession ofcounterfeit money, the issuing of counterfeitand theft.

Police were called to the area of SeventhStreet and Philadelphia Avenue at about8:45 p.m. in response to a call of two menwho had just passed a counterfeit $100 bill.

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Diane Janet Hall FritschleSARASOTA, Fla. — Diane Janet Hall

Fritschle, 60, passed away Saturday, June30, 2012 in Sarasota, Fla. Born Oct. 22,1951 in Dayton, Ohio, she was preceded indeath by her stepfather, Carter T. Smith,and her father, James E. Hall Jr.

She is survived by her mother, Mary D.Smith; sons, Grant (Jamie), Drew (Hollie)and Chase (Jenn); daughter, Sarah (Jared)DeStackelberg; granddaughters, Haileyand Diana Fritschle and Aubrey Fritschleand Lily DeStackelberg; siblings, Steve(Sally), D.D. (John) Hilke, Amy (Robert)Coughlin, James E. Hall III, Molly (Rick)Day, Janie (Lance) Hill and CreightonSmith; and 14 nieces and nephews.

Ms. Fritschle is a 1969 graduate of Oak-wood High School in Dayton, Ohio. She at-tended Leas McRae Jr. College, WesternWashington State College and AppalachianState College. She resided in Ocean City for30 years prior to settling in Sarasota.

She was a dedicated, loving, nurturingmother, grandmother, daughter, siblingand aunt. She will always be rememberedfor her loving heart, sparkling eyes andwonderful laugh.

A memorial Mass will be held Friday,July 20, at St. Thomas More CatholicChurch, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, in Sara-sota. Donations may be made to TidewellHospice House, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sara-sota, Fla. 34238.

Robert S. Smith Sr.BISHOPVILLE — Robert S. Smith Sr.

was called to rest on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

Born Feb. 16, 1933, he was the son of thelate Harrison and Sarah “Holland” Smith.

Mr. Smith’s early childhood educationwas at George Washington Carver Schoolin Frankford, Del. He started his Christianwalk with Christ early at St. John AMEChurch in Bishopville, where he was stilla member until his passing. While there,he was a dedicated trustee for many years.He performed duties as carpenter, electri-cian and yard maintenance. He com-pleted the interior of the pastor’s officeand the church dining facility. He was amember of the musician team. He lovedplaying his guitar. One of his favoritehymns was “Yes God Is Real.”

He met and married Elizabeth Taylorin 1955, and to that union were three sons,Woodrow, Robert and Eugene. He wasemployed by Mann’s Potato Chip plantfor several years. Later, he purchased atruck and became a self-employed truckdriver. He built cabinets, tables and any-thing else needed with wood and nails. Hewas a loving and caring person. He woulddo anything he could for anybody. He al-ways kept a smile on his face.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Smithwas also preceded in death by his son,Woodrow (Booty) Smith; three brothers,Orlando, Martin and Layfield Smith; andthree sisters, Martha Custis, Rosie John-son and Katie Smith.

He leaves to mourn his wife of 57 years,Elizabeth Smith; two sons, Robert and Eu-gene (Michelle) both of Millsboro, Del.;three brothers, Raymond (Diane) of Fruit-land, Md., Russell (Arlinda) ofWilliamstown, N.J., and Randall (Ellen) ofNewark, Del; two sisters, Roberta Cropper

of Williamstown, N.J., and Ruth (Daniel)Rayne of Frankford, Del.; two uncles, Mar-tin (Mabel) Holland and Frankie Pitts; twosisters-in-law, Margaret (Albert) Hagansand Daisey Taylor; three brothers-in-law,Russell (Diane) Taylor of Selbyville, Del.,Harold (Roseanna) Taylor ofWilliamstown, N.J., and Robert (Shirley)Taylor of Berlin; one great-aunt, CordeliaTyre; 11 grandchildren; and a host of nieces,nephews and other relatives and friends.

A funeral service was held Saturday,July 14, at the Calvary Pentecostal Churchin Bishopville. The Rev. Alfred Barnes of-ficiated. Burial followed at St. John AMEChurch Cemetery in Bishopville. Arrange-ments were handled by Watson FuneralHome.

Emanuel J. “Manny” OrtizLEWES, Del. — Emanuel J. “Manny”

Ortiz, 76, of Selbyville and Ocean City, andformerly of Bowie, Md., died Wednesday,July 11, 2012, at Beebe Medical Center inLewes, Del. Born in New Kensington, Pa.,he was the son of the late Julius and Sal-vatrice (Mighorici) Ortiz.

Mr. Ortiz was a supervisor in the pro-curement section, Department of theNavy. A Marine Corps veteran, he was amember of the First State Detachment ofthe Marine Corps League in Ocean View.He was also a member of St. John Neu-mann Catholic Church in Ocean Pinesand the Old Timers Softball League.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years,Franca Ortiz; two daughters, Joann De-Vito and her husband, Tony, of David-sonville, Md., and Linda Morrison andher husband, Rob, of Stevensville, Md.;

two sisters, Michelina Ferrante of StoneMountain, Ga., and Joann Bernstein of Ft.Myers, Fla; and three grandchildren,Joseph and Erica DeVito and DerrickMorrison.

A Mass of Christian burial was heldTuesday, July 17, at St. Luke CatholicChurch in Ocean City, with FatherRichard Smith officiating. Burial was inDelaware Veterans Cemetery in Mills-boro.

In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade to First State Detachment, MarineCorps League, P.O. Box 434, Ocean View,Del. 19970. Arrangements were handled byHastings Funeral Home in Selbyville, Del.

Buddy R. AgeSHOW HILL — Buddy Ray Age, 77,

died Friday, July 13, 2012, at PeninsulaRegional Medical Center in Salisbury.

Born in Glen Rogers,W.Va., he was the son ofthe late Robert Lee Ageand Bonnie Bates Age.He is survived by his wife,Mary Jane Fooks Age;and children, KathyGravenor of Snow Hill,Carol Brittingham andher fiancé, Charles

William Knight III of Berlin, KimberlyAge of Snow Hill and Ray Age Jr. of Salis-bury; and adopted daughter, KatherynLiddle of Snow Hill. Also surviving are hisgrandchildren, Roy and Tim Brewington,Chip Quillen, and Brooks, Brenton, Tyler,Austin and Lindsay Brittingham; and 13great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are brothers, Robert


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Age and his wife, Hazel, of South Carolina,Daniel Age and his wife, Linda, of Girdle-tree, and David Age and his wife, Susan,of Newark; and many nieces andnephews. He was preceded in death by asister, Eleanor Hook and grandsons,Bradley Quillen and Jeff Shockley.

Mr. Age had owned and operatedBuddy Age Television Repair Shop formany years. He was a United States AirForce veteran. He was a member of theSnow Hill Christian Church, where heserved as deacon. He was a graduate ofSnow Hill High School and a member ofthe Snow Hill Masonic Lodge. He enjoyedmetal detecting.

A memorial service was held Tuesday,July 17, at the Snow Hill Christian Church.The Rev. Dale Jacobs officiated. Inter-ment will be at a later date. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in hismemory to the Snow Hill ChristianChurch, 300 Park Row, Snow Hill, Md.21863. Arrangements were handled byBurbage Funeral Home in Snow Hill.

Joseph C. BurnsOCEAN PINES — Joseph Clark Burns,

75, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at AtlanticGeneral Hospital in Berlin. Born in Balti-more, he was the son of the late AndrewJoseph Burns and Martha Clark Burns.He was preceded in death by his wife,Pauline Lillian Burns, in 2008. He is sur-vived by his son, Steven Joseph Burns ofMarina del Rey, Calif.; a sister, MarthaAnn Huber and her husband, John; twonieces; and one nephew.

Mr. Burns was one of the first employ-ees with the Rouse Company of Columbia,Md., where he served as an accountant. Hehad also worked with the Western Mary-land Railroad. He was a founder of theLions Club in Ocean Pines and had alsobeen a member of the Ellicott City LionsClub. He had been a volunteer with Diako-nia in Ocean City and had served in the Ar-mored Division of the National Guard.

Cremation followed his death. No for-mal services are planned. In lieu of flow-ers, a donation in his memory may bemade to Diakonia, 12474 Old BridgeRoad, Ocean City, Md. 21842. Arrange-ments were handled by Burbage FuneralHome in Berlin.

Elmer “Babe” ParksOCEAN CITY — Elmer Dawson Parks,

affectionately known as “Pop,” died at hishome on Sunday, July 15, 2012. BornJune 28, 1917, in Baltimore, he was the

son of the late Katherineand Harry Parks. He wasthe baby of 10 boys, earn-ing the name “Babe.”

Mr. Parks spent themajority of his life in Bal-timore and spent hissummers in Ocean Citywith his wife Catherineand grandchildren,

Jacques and Tracey, who were his prideand joy. He loved flounder fishing and theOcean City Boardwalk. Babe loved towork in his garage and fix things aroundthe house. He was a hard working, fam-ily-oriented man.

On his 80th birthday, Mr. Parks was

presented with the key to Ocean City. Hemoved to Ocean City after retiring fromBaltimore Gas & Electric in 1979. Heloved his one and only daughter, Bonnie,with all of his heart. Bonnie was truly a“daddy’s girl.”

Mr. Parks was a loving husband, fa-ther, grandfather, brother and friend to allwho knew him.

“Babe” was preceded in death by hisbeloved wife, Catherine, in 2004. Heleaves to cherish his loving memories hisdaughter, Bonnie and son-in-law, CecilEstes, of West Ocean City. Also survivingare grandchildren, Jacques J. Remmelland his wife, Chris, Tracy R. Hall and herfiancé, Dave Mullineaux, Lori and JeffPitts, Lisa and John Kerr, and Ed Estes;great-grandchildren, Katie, Cassidy andJack Remmell, Zachary Hall, Sam andLilly Pitts, John, Kelsey, Shelby and KylieKerr, Joanna Adams and Patricia Estes;and great-great-grandchildren, TrevorAdams and Julian Lanier. Also survivingis a sister-in-law, Mary Louise Miller,

many nieces and nephews, and hisbeloved dog, Chauncey.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests adonation be made in his memory to At-lantic General Hospital Foundation, Treeof Life Program, 9733 Healthway Drive,Berlin, Md. 21811.

David LazarOCEAN PINES — David Lazar, 78,

died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at his homeafter a brief illness. Born in Oliphant, Pa.,

he was the son of the lateMichael Lazar and MaryProkipchak Lazar. He issurvived by his wife,Diane B. Lazar, anddaughters, DonnaPachasa of Sewell, N.J.,Deanna O’Driscoll andher husband, Dennis, ofMullica Hill, N.J., and

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ceded in death by his son, David MichaelLazar. He leaves five grandchildren,Kristina Miller, Megan Pachasa andSteven, Ryan and Devon Calhoun. Thereare numerous nieces and nephews.

Also preceding him in death were hisbrothers, Richard and Gerald Lazar andhis sister, Janice Marie Picardi.

Mr. Lazar had been a senior claims spe-cialist in workers compensation with Em-ployers Insurance of Wausau. He also wasemployed as a part-time bus driver duringthe summer with the town of Ocean CityTransportation Department. He was anArmy veteran of the Korean War. He at-tended St. Paul’s by-the-Sea EpiscopalChurch in Ocean City, had been a memberof the Ocean Pines Kiwanis, enjoyed work-ing with stained glass, woodworking andloved bowling.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m.on Saturday, July 21, at the Burbage Fu-neral Home in Berlin. Friends may callone hour prior to the service. The Rev.David Dingwall will officiate. Cremationwill follow. Inurnment will be in the St.Paul’s by-the-Sea Columbarium. In lieu offlowers, a donation in his memory may bemade to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733,Salisbury, Md. 21804.


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“Public comments will help wildlifeprofessionals establish a sound manage-ment strategy to preserve, protect, en-hance and restore diverse wildlifepopulations and habitats,” said RussHill, habitat biologist and plan coordina-tor for DNR’s Wildlife and HeritageService. “We hope that interestedhunters, hikers, birdwatchers and otheroutdoor enthusiasts will take advantageof this chance to review and comment onthe vision plan.”

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Berlin drug dealer sentenced by Cathell to 14 years in prison

(July 20, 2012) Drug dealer Darryl LeeWhaley, 55, of Berlin, remained standing,but slumped forward at the defendant’stable in Circuit Court in Snow Hill onMonday after he was sentenced to 14years in prison for distributing cocaine.

Defense attorney Erin McCormack hadtold Judge Dale Cathell, who is retired fromthe Court of Appeals, but sometimes sits onthe bench to hear cases, that his client wasnot a drug dealer. He had agreed to supplycocaine to an undercover Ocean City police-man, but he “essentially acted as a courier,”McCormack said. “If he was a drug dealer,he would have reached in his pocket.”

What Whaley did at the Harbor Inn indowntown Ocean City was take the offi-cer’s money, go somewhere nearby to getthe cocaine and then handed the cocaineto the policeman. The sale was part of theTipsy Taxi undercover sting of the OceanCity police department that continued fora couple of years. Whaley’s charges, Mc-Cormack said, stemmed from that HarborInn sale in October 2008.

A grand jury indicted Whaley in Janu-ary 2012 with three counts of distributionof cocaine and one count of distributionof oxycodone. He was arrested in Febru-ary and he pleaded guilty to one count ofdistribution of cocaine in May. In ex-change for his plea, the State’s Attorney’sOffice did not prosecute the other charges.

During Monday’s sentencing, McCor-mack told Cathell that Whaley had “been tohell and back” because of his drug use. Thatdrug use was the cause of his 45-day coma,which was a “life-changing experience,” Mc-Cormack said. Since then, his client hasbeen clean, has gotten married, built ahouse and has a job with a moving com-pany. He asked Cathell to allow Whaley toparticipate in drug court, a strict regimen re-quiring intensive counseling, frequent drugtests and numerous appearances in court.

Cathell disputed McCormack’s state-ments that Whaley was not a drug dealer.

“He’s had a bunch of drug distributionconvictions,” Cathell said.

In addition to six convictions of posses-sion of drugs and two convictions of dis-

tribution of cocaine, Whaley had fivemajor traffic offense convictions and onefelony theft conviction. He also spent 15of the past 37 years in prison, Cathell said.

“He’s just been a pain and a problem tothe criminal justice system since he be-came an adult,” Cathell said.

Before his sentencing, Whaley said hewas sorry and blamed others for his prob-lems.

“I put myself around people who wereusing drugs,” he said.

He said he had made some dumbchoices, but had changed his life.

“Jail is not going to help me,” Whaleytold Cathell. “I’d like to get the help drugcourt could give me.”

Cathell noted that Whaley had been onprobation numerous times and had vio-lated parole four times and that all of hisoffenses took place in Worcester County.

One of Whaley’s previous arrests fordistribution of cocaine was in June 2009following a Take Pride in Berlin meetingorganized by then-State’s Attorney JoelTodd, who announced the operation totarget the open air drug market in the areaof Bay and Flower streets in Berlin. Wha-ley was considered one of the area’sbiggest drug dealers.

“The only thing I can do is get him outof Worcester County and let the state sys-tem worry about him,” Cathell said.

Cathell then sentenced Whaley to 14years in prison, dating from Feb. 3, whenhe was arrested because he had been heldin the county jail since then.

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(July 20, 2012) A 32-year-old OceanPines woman, who was convicted of drugdistribution, was sentenced Monday toone year in the county jail.

Originally from Berlin, Branden LeighSandifer pleaded guilty May 8 in CircuitCourt in Snow Hill to distribution of oxy-codone, a prescription narcotic, andJudge Dale Cathell ordered a presentenceinvestigation. In exchange for her guiltyplea, the State’s Attorney’s Office did not

prosecute two additional charges of dis-tribution of oxycodone against her.

Deputy State’s Attorney Abigail Marshsaid Sandifer was eligible for Drug Court,an intensive program where participantsare closely supervised, are tested fre-quently for drugs, have intensive counsel-ing and frequent appearances in court.

Sandifer, who had been one of Worces-ter County’s most wanted last winter, hasfive convictions of driving while her licensewas suspended or driving under the influ-ence. She also has a pending theft case.

Marsh said Sandifer has been living

with her mother and her 14-year-olddaughter, but her daughter will be goingto Florida to stay with her grandparents.She has worked as a bartender.

Sandifer told Cathell she had been indrug treatment as a juvenile and shewanted to participate in Drug Court.

“The stability of it is something Ineed,” Sandifer said. “I have a drug prob-lem.”

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Girdletree firefighter assists Va. woman overcome by car fire

(July 20, 2012) Capt. Sergio Castillo ofthe Girdletree Volunteer Fire Companywas called a hero last week by the head ofa service crew fighting forest fires innorthwestern Virginia.

“According to the information we re-ceived from the local hospital emergencyroom following the incident, the womanwould not have lived without the emer-gency medical assistance the crew pro-vided,” said Mark Beals, boss of theMaryland Department of Natural Re-sources Forest Service Crew.

Castillo, who is also an emergencymedical technician with the PocomokeCity Emergency Medical Services, wasone of a 20-person DNR wildland fire-fighting crew on a 14-day assignment inthe George Washington and JeffersonNational Forests. When the crew was re-turning to their base camp after a full dayof firefighting July 3, they came across anunresponsive woman lying on the roadnear a smoking car.

Castillo and four other men, all emer-gency medical technicians or paramedics,administered medication to restore her

breathing while other fighters extin-guished the vehicle fire, provided trafficcontrol and scene security. The womanwas taken by ambulance to a local hospi-tal for further evaluation and treatment.

Fire supervisors hailed the crew mem-bers as heroes at the firefighting briefingthe following morning. In addition toCastillo, the men who provided emer-gency medical care were Eric Peterson ofLusby in Calvert County, Stephen Stantonof Deale in Anne Arundel County, MarkMiller of Sykesville in Carroll County andKeith Gordon of Glenmount in Mont-gomery County.

Following the roadside emergency in-cident, Castillo and the others continuedto fight wildfires in the steep and ruggedlandscape of the national forests for 10 ad-ditional days in oppressive heat.

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Drug drop box in Public SafetyBuilding yields some narcotics

(July 20, 2012) In just two weeks,the drug drop box in the lobby of thePublic Safety Building at 65th Street,has yielded 26 pounds of assorted med-ication, some of which were narcotics.The permanent drug drop box, donatedby the Ocean City Elks Lodge in May,was Worcester County’s first.

“We are extremely pleased with theresponse we are receiving from the pro-gram,” Chief Bernadette DiPino statedin a press release. “We are proud to bepart of a program that has increased theability of residents and visitors to easilyand properly dispose of unneeded, ex-pired or unwanted medicine.”

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launched by the National Association ofDrug Diversion Investigators, was de-signed to significantly reduce the pre-scription drugs in American homes thatare either no longer needed or out-dated.

Citizens may dispose of their un-wanted medications by using the drugdrop box at any time or day.

Police ask citizens who want to re-move their personal information fromthe medicine container to leave thename of the medication, in order toproperly dispose of it.

For additional information, contactthe Ocean City Police Department’sPublic Affairs Office at 410-723-6665.

Dolphin Count 2012 invitespublic to assist in annual event

(July 20, 2012) The public is invited tojoin the National Aquarium’s Marine Ani-mal Rescue Program staff today, July 20,for the annual dolphin count along thecoast of Maryland. The annual dolphincounts help marine mammal specialistscapture a snapshot look at dolphin popula-tions, reproduction rates, and ocean health.

We now know that Atlantic bottlenosedolphins use Maryland waters as a thor-oughfare for migration, summertimebreeding, and feeding along the way. Withthe public’s help, we will continue togather and analyze this information andlearn more about the state of our watersand the dolphin populations that arefound off our coast.

The National Aquarium’s annual count

involves spending a few hours on thebeach watching the water for passing dol-phins, and filling out a data sheet. Eachteam will have an aquarium representa-tive to help set up and answer questions.The event is free and open to the public.The July 20 count will take place from 8–11 a.m.

Aquarium staff will be stationed As-sateague State Park (day use area) and onthe beach at 40th and 130th streets inOcean City. Look for aquarium staff inblue shirts. As a reminder, it is alwayshelpful to bring a beach chair or blanket,water to stay hydrated, sunscreen, a hat,sunglasses and binoculars.

E-mail [email protected] for more in-formation about the event.


When police arrived in the area, one suspectwas being detained by employees of one es-tablishment and one suspect had fled.

About 20 minutes later, police were calledto a business on Fourth Street on the Board-walk because a man was trying to pass acounterfeit $100 bill. The employee, who de-termined the bill was fake, stalled the sus-pect until officers arrived.

Investigation revealed the suspects,Gusyen Aliyev, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y., andMikhail Eugene Dikler, 29, also of Brooklyn,entered businesses and used a counterfeit$100 bill to purchase a low-cost item. Thecounterfeit bill, which was a very high quality,would yield the suspects more than $90 inchange in authentic currency.

The investigation resulted in the recoveryof 16 counterfeit bills. Approximately $5,000in actual U.S. currency, believed to be theproceeds of these counterfeiting crimes, wasseized.

Vandals place lifeguard stand on Coastal Hwy.

Ocean City police went to the area of139th Street and Coastal Highway on July 12for a report of disorderly conduct and possi-ble theft of a lifeguard stand.

They located the lifeguard stand near thebus lane on the highway.

Witnesses told police they saw five mencarrying the lifeguard stand from the beachand set it in the roadway. Three of the sus-pects ran when police arrived, but the othertwo were located by police in the area of

138th Street. Those men, Matthew Jarvis Winemiller,

24, of Whiteford, and Michael AndrewAlbert, 24, of Port Deposit, were chargedwith theft and disorderly conduct.

Talkative man has switchblade, is arrested

A Baltimore man who asked an OceanCity policeman for directions on July 10ended up in handcuffs.

Ryan Christopher Ockimey, 28, asked fordirections and the policeman noticed he washolding an open aluminum water bottle thathad a very strong odor of alcohol. Ockimeysaid he was drinking a malt liquor and thepoliceman informed him of the town ordi-nance against drinking alcohol on publicproperty. The policeman then told Ockimeyhe was free to leave, but Ockimey kept talk-ing to him and the policeman saw that he

was wearing a necklace in the shape of amarijuana leaf.

He asked Ockimey if he had any drugsand Ockimey said he could search him. Thenhe raised his hands and said he had a“blade.”

A 4-inch-long switchblade knife was at-tached to Ockimey’s belt. He told the police-man that it was for protection and that helived in Baltimore.

“You carry this type of thing so that youdon’t die,” Ockimey said.

The policeman then arrested him andcharged him with carrying a concealeddeadly weapon.

Officer sees knifeon vehicle floor

A 21-year-old Salisbury woman wascharged July 15 with having a concealeddeadly weapon after a police officer found a

knife on the car floor in front of where shehad been sitting.

The police officer had stopped the car atNorth Division Street and Baltimore Avenuebecause the passenger, Samantha Leigh Liv-ingston, 21, was not wearing a seatbelt.Then the officer saw the knife.

Livingston said the knife was hers andshe had it because she lives in a bad neigh-borhood.

Anger at girlfriend leads to arrest

An 18-year-old Fruitland man was chargedJuly 13 with second-degree assault and ob-structing and hindering after allegedly inter-fering in the arrest of his girlfriend, whoallegedly shoplifted a candle from a down-town Ocean City store.

Jacob Dallas Tingle started yelling at herand a police officer ordered him to backaway from her.

He backed up, but continued yelling. Hereportedly slapped the officer’s hand whenthe officer raised it while talking to him.

Marijuana in vehicleleads to arrest of two

Two New Jersey men were charged July11 with possession of marijuana and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia after their vehiclewas stopped for speeding on Route 113 inthe area of Branch Street in Berlin.

During a search of the vehicle, officers ofthe Berlin Police Department discovered sus-pected marijuana and a smoking device.

Jeffrey Hirshorn, 40, and Edmond RorkeIII, 42, both of Cherry Hill, were arrested.

POLICE BRIEFS

A SHORT WAIT OCEAN CITY TODAY/NANCY POWELL

Bicyclists wait for emergency personnel to take care of a gas leak from a vehicle in the beachside camping area at Assateague Island National Seashore on Saturday.


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(July 20, 2012) Two Berlin Lit-tle League All-Star teams arecompeting for state champi-onship titles. The 10-11-year-oldsquad is going for its second con-secutive crown, while the JuniorLeague team hopes to capture thetitle on its home field next week.

■ 10-11-year-olds:The 10-11-year-olds domi-

nated their District 8 competi-tion, outscoring oppo-nents 65-7, to earn their secondbanner. Representing District 8,the Berlin squad advanced tothe weeklong double elimina-tion state tournament, whichbegan last Saturday in Hurlock.

The Berlin boys toppedBethesda 8-3 in their first gamelast Saturday. Bethesda led 2-1heading into the third inningwhen Berlin scored four runs to

pull ahead 5-2. Both teamstacked on a single run in thefifth inning and Berlin addedtwo more in the sixth.

Tristan McDonough led theteam with three hits and twoRBIs. Hayden Snelsire had twohits and two RBIs. Matt Kinseypitched four innings; he struckout two and allowed three hits.Snelsire took the mound for aninning and a half and gave up ahit. Zach Pletcher threw eight

pitches to finish the game. Heallowed two hits.

On Sunday, Berlin took downEaston 15-3. The game was closeearly, with Berlin scoring tworuns in the first inning. Eastontied it at 2-all in the second.Berlin tacked on five runs in boththe third and fourth innings, togain a 12-2 advantage. Eastonscored once in the fourth, whileBerlin added three in the fifth.

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Track campWorcester County Recreation &

Park’s weeklong track camp foryouth entering grades 1-8 will takeplace at the facility in Snow Hill, Mon-day, July 23, to Friday, July 27, from 9a.m. to noon. The cost is $70 per child.

Participants will learn track andfield fundamentals by participating ina variety of activities that cover thebasic principles of running and jump-ing as well as long jump, high jump,shot-put and hurdles.

Campers should wear shorts andrunning shoes. Please no basketballor skater shoes or clothing.

Financial aid for most youth pro-grams is available to those thatdemonstrate a need. For more infor-mation, call Myro Small at 410-632-2144, Ext. 109.

Strongman Contest Ocean City’s first strongman com-

petition was held Saturday, July 7, be-hind the Gold Coast Mall on 115thStreet at Golds Gym. Twenty-two com-petitors from five states competed.

Mitch Miedusiewski, Timonium,Md., placed first in the TeenageUnder 200 pounds division. Zac Hillof Selbyville, Del., took first in theTeenage Over 200 pounds class.David Stinson, Dagsboro, Del., wonthe Masters 40-49 light heavy weightcategory and Phil Kirby of Fenwick Is-land, Del., was victorious in the 50-plus group.

Joe Cryer of Ocean City, won the40-49 heavyweight division. Adam De-laney of Albany, N.Y., earned firstplace in the Open Under 200 poundscategory and Bryan Dephillip of Avo-keek, Md., won the Over 200-poundclass.

Delaney won the overall men’schampionship and Katelyn Choiniersof Albany, N.Y., was the women’schampion.

The next strongman competitionwill be in September at Golds Gym.For more information, contact Garyor Mike at 410-723-4653.

SPORTS BRIEFS

(July 20, 2012) Erick Brudercompeted against some of thetop athletes in the world lastweekend during the 2012Reebok CrossFit Games, heldJuly 13-15, in Carson, Calif.

The Berlin resident finished15th overall in the Master Men50-54-year-old division of theCrossFit Games, which arebilled as the world’s premier testto find the “Fittest on Earth.”

“The competition was fierce.You’re out there to win, but atthe same time everyone’s sohumble and nice,” said Bruder,50. “The whole experience wasgreat. It was a fantastic time.”

Bruder, who trains at OceanCity CrossFit, located on GraysCorner Road near Berlin, hasbeen following the core strengthand conditioning program forabout six years and said he is inthe best shape of his life. Cross-Fit is described as “constantlyvaried, high intensity, functionalmovement,” with the goal of im-proving fitness.

Athletes had to completetwo CrossFit workouts eachday of the Games. Competitorsonly found out a few days be-fore the start of the competi-tion what activities they wouldperform during the workouts.

Weighing in at 145 poundsand standing 5 foot 6 inches,Bruder was one of the smaller

(July 20, 2012) Profes-sional bodyboarder BrianStoehr has chalked up count-less accomplishments through-out his 14-year career, andnow at the age of 33, he con-tinues to ride the wave of suc-cess.

For the first time in his ca-reer, Stoehr advanced to thedrop knee finals of the Dave& Buster’s Sandy Beach Proin Oahu, Hi., held July 7-8. Itwas the second event on theUSBA Pro Bodyboard Tour.He placed fourth overall, be-hind three Hawaiian locals— Dave Hubbard, SammyMorretino and KawikaKamai.

“It’s the best I’ve everdone in a Hawaiian event.I’ve won tour events before,but never in Hawaii,” saidStoehr, whose previous topperformance during theevent was seventh place.“Hawaiian events aretougher. [Hawaiians] areknown for being the bestbodyboarders in the world.Those guys know thosewaves so well.”

Stoehr’s fourth-place fin-ish two weeks ago was thebest anyone from the eastcoast has done in more than20 years.

“I’m very fulfilled with mycareer already. A coupletimes over the years I’ve donesomething that I’ve neverdone before, but this is a bigdeal. It’s right up there withwinning the tour a few yearsago,” said the Selbyville, Del.-based bodyboarder, whogrew up riding waves inOcean City. “I was pleased toaccomplish something thatI’ve never done before.”

In early June, Stoehr fin-ished in seventh place duringthe U.S. Open in HuntingtonBeach, Calif.

Bruder takeson world’s topathletes duringCrossFitGamesLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

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WAVEOFWAVE OF

Resort’s own Brian Stoehradds another milestone tohis 14-year professionalbodyboarding career

Professional bodyboarder BrianStoehr, above, competes in theDave & Buster’s Sandy Beach Proin Oahu, Hi., the second event onthe USBA Pro Bodyboard Tour,held July 7-8. He placed fourthoverall, his best finish at the event.

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Berlin resident Erick Bruder com-peted against some of the topathletes in the world during the2012 Reebok CrossFit Games,held July 13-15, at the HomeDepot Center in Carson, Calif.

See STOEHR on Page 41

Two Berlin All-Star teams battle for state championshipsLISA CAPITELLI■ Assistant Editor

See JUNIOR on Page 42

SUCCESS

He is currently ranked third overall onthe Tour with one event remaining, theJenks Pro, scheduled to take place LaborDay weekend in Point Pleasant, N.J.

Stoehr is a two-time United StatesBodyboard Association Pro Tour cham-pion in the drop knee division, winning in2008 and 2009. The last time he wasranked third going into the final competi-tion, he won the Tour.

“This year is going to be harder to win,”he said. “It will be tough to beat the twoguys in first and second place.”

He has finished in the top 10 every yearsince his professional career began at theage of 19.

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competitors in his division. He said hestruggled a bit with the heavy weights.

“Dead lifts with 265 pounds for a bigguy is not a lot of weight. For me, I’m asmall guy, and it was heavy stuff,” he said.

About 16 members of CrossFit OceanCity made the trip to California, alongwith Bru der’s wife and children, to cheerhim on. They wore “Go Team Bruder” T-shirts, which drew the attention of ESPNcommentators.

“It blows me away that they traveledacross the county for me,” he said. “I havea great support group.”

Friends and family who couldn’t makeit to California were able to see Brudercompete as the events streamed live onthe Internet.

Bruder said when he entered theHome Depot Center with the other ath-letes, the roar of the crowd was deafeningand he could hear his fan club rooting himon as he competed.

Anyone could try out for the competi-tion. The most recent world qualificationrounds took place in February and March.

Bruder had to complete one workout aweek for five weeks and be observed by aLevel 1 CrossFit instructor. He was able todo the workouts at the Ocean City Cross-Fit facility. He qualified for the CrossFitGames, in the Masters 50-54 age group,in late March. At the end of five weeks, thetop 20 in each division advanced.

After entering his results each week, withapproximately 2,000 competitors in his agegroup, Bruder ranked sixth in the world inhis division going into the CrossFit Games.

Last year, competing in the 45-49-year-old age group, Bruder just missed qualify-ing for the Games, finishing in 26th place.

Bruder is anxiously anticipating the startof qualifying rounds for the 2013 Games.

“[Competing in the Games] showsyour weaknesses. You take it as a tutoringlesson and hope to get better and try againnext year,” he said. “I’ve got my home-work laid out for next year. My main goalis to gain some muscle mass.”

Bruder finishes 15thin his divisionof CrossFit GamesContinued from Page 40

PHOTO COURTESY ALEX BRUDER

Sixteen members of Crossfit Ocean City made the trip to California to cheer Erick Bruder on as he competed in the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games,held July 13-15, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca. They wore “Go Team Bruder” T-shirts.

Stoehr ranked thirdheading into finalUSBA Tour eventContinued from Page 40

McDonough had four hits, in-cluding a home run, and threeRBIs. Kinsey recorded two hitsand four RBIs.

Pletcher pitched the first threeinnings. He struck out two and al-lowed one hit. Snelsire took themound for the last two innings. Hestruck out two and allowed two hits.

Berlin shut out West End 6-0 inthe semifinal round on Tuesday.The game was scoreless going intothe fourth inning.

“It was unbelievably tight untilthe fourth inning. Their pitcherwas fantastic, the best we’ve seenall year,” said Berlin ManagerCameron McDonough. “We got adouble play to end the third inningand that was the point where I waslike, ‘OK, we’re going to be fine.We were making every play defen-sively.’”

Kevin Beck started the fourth in-ning with a bunt single and wouldeventually score to give Berlin a 1-0lead. A few batters later, BillyWheatley hit a three-run home runto boost the lead 4-0. Kinsey walkedand Wes Powell came to bat. Hesent the ball soaring over the fenceand Berlin pulled ahead 6-0 andheld its opponent scoreless.

“The first nine kids sat down inorder, so the fourth inning was thesecond time through the line-up

and they knew what to expect,”McDonough said. “The boyswaited for their opportunity. Theydug their heels in and they weren’tgoing to let it go.”

Snelsire struck out four and al-lowed three hits in four innings.McDonough struck out six in thefinal two innings.

Berlin has advanced to the statefinals, scheduled for today, Friday.The team’s opponent was deter-mined Thursday night.

“So far, we’ve done fantastic,but we still have a goal to achieve,”McDonough said. “To make it totwo state championships is anachievement in itself. We have tomake sure they keep the goal andstay hungry.”

n JUNIOR LEAGUE: The Junior League team edged

out Delmar 9-7 in the June 30 sea-son opener and on July 7, thegroup topped Fruitland 9-4. LastWednesday, Berlin won 5-1 overWest Salisbury.

“It was amazing. A really well-played game,” said Manager MikeForrest after the July 11 contest.

Brendan McKenzie had twohits, including a double in the thirdinning to score two runs. BrooksHolloway also recorded two hits.

Pitcher Lane Dillon was “phe-nomenal” on the mound in Berlin,Forrest said. In six and one-third

innings, Dillon struck out five.Sean Colgan closed out the gamewith six pitches.

On Sunday, Berlin scored acome-from-behind 11-10 victoryover East Wicomico and won theDistrict 8 title. The home teamtrailed throughout the game. EastWicomico extended its lead 10-6in the top of the sixth inning.Berlin cut the advantage to one inthe bottom of the inning. In thebottom of the seventh, Holloway’sdouble scored two runs to giveBerlin an 11-10 victory.

“The crowd erupted. Everyonewent crazy,” Forrest said. “Itwasn’t a very well-played game,but the kids never stopped fight-ing. It was exciting to win the dis-trict championship on our field.”

Bailey Littleton started on themound and in three and one-thirdinnings struck out two. Hollowayretired three hitters in the final in-nings.

After the game, the Berlin play-ers carried their championshipbanner around the field.

District 8 is the host of the Jun-ior League double elimination statechampionship, so Berlin will becompeting for the title on its field.

“It will be our home field, ourhome crowd and all of the otherteams will have to travel, so I think

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Berlin Junior League All-Star Lane Dillon was “phenomenal” on the moundlast Wednesday against West Salisbury, according to Manager Mike For-rest. In six and one-third innings, Dillon struck out five. Berlin won 5-1.

Junior League squad hopes to win in BerlinContinued from Page 40

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it gives us a slight advantage,” Forrestsaid. “But all the teams at this stage aredistrict champions, so the competitionwill be tough. A lot of good baseball willbe played in Berlin.”

Opening ceremonies will begin at noonon Saturday. Berlin will compete at 5 p.m.on Sunday.

“I think we have a good shot at win-ning. I’m excited and the kids are, too,”Forrest said. “We have good pitching, weplay solid defense and the kids love to hitthe ball. If we can win it on our home field,that would be unbelievable.”

■ MAJOR LEAGUE: The Major Leaguers fell to West Salis-

bury 8-1 in the July 5 season opener, but theteam bounced back two days later, with a 17-4 win over Pocomoke. The boys then pulledout a 12-2 win over Crisfield on July 9.

Last Friday, Berlin shut out PrincessAnne 10-0 at the Northern WorcesterAthletic Complex, off Route 113.

“We played very well. They were finallybonding as a team,” Manager Bill Ciocciosaid after the July 13 game. “Everybodywas hitting. Our defense has always beengood, buy we played exceptionally wellthat night. It was a great team effort.”

Shane Cioccio started on the moundand struck out five in two innings. JacobShockley took over and recorded fourstrikeouts in three innings. Shockley and

Zach Pilarski had two hits apiece.Berlin faced Fruitland in the District 8

semifinals on Sunday and came out ontop, 7-1.

“They played excellent. It was the bestthey’ve ever played,” Cioccio said. “Fruit-land was a tough team and we got the bestof them. We had a couple of crucial playsthat took the wind out of their sails.”

Shockley earned two strikeouts in oneand a half innings. With one out and thebases loaded in Fruitland, Stephen Bon-tempo relieved Shockley in the second in-ning. He struck out the next two battersto get out of the inning as Berlin led 2-0.Berlin tacked on a run in the third andscored twice in the fourth and fifth in-nings to gain a 7-0 advantage.

Bontempo finished the game with sixstrikeouts. At the plate, Bontempo hadthree hits. Shockley recorded two doublesand a single and drove in four runs.

On Tuesday, Berlin traveled to Salis-bury to compete for the District 8 title.The team fell to West Salisbury for thesecond time this season, losing the July 17match 8-2.

Berlin scored its runs in the first inningwhen Cioccio’s double scored Shockleyand Bontempo.

“Obviously we were disappointed welost, but all-in-all it was a good game,”Cioccio said. “West Salisbury had a verygood pitcher and it was quite an accom-

plishment to get a hit off him.”Cioccio said he was pleased with the

season overall. His players improved aftereach competition.

“I’ve had the privilege of coaching thissame group of all-stars for five seasons.We began with Pitching Machine Leagueand continued until the 12U Majors.Every year we’ve done quite well, achiev-

ing a lot of major victories,” Cioccio said.“There are a ton of big hits, big plays andfun times that will always remain as fondmemories. We should all be proud of ourhard work and accomplishments.

“I want to thank the players, parentsand Berlin Little League for such a won-derful opportunity,” he said. “It’s been agreat run.”

(July 20, 2012) The Ocean City Mar-lin Club’s seventh annual Kid’s Classiclast year was such an overwhelmingsuccess, with 333 junior anglers fishingaboard 61 boats and from the shore,that organizers are anticipating an evenbigger turnout in 2012.

“It was great,” Pat Svehla, who co-chairs the Classic with Bill Regan andAnnette Cropper, said after the 2011tournament, during which participantsreeled in approximately 20 differentspecies of fish. “The kids had a ball. It’svery rewarding not only for the kids,but for us as well.”

Svehla and Bill Regan started theClassic after they looked at the annualtournament schedule and realized therewas no event that recognized young an-glers. They wanted to create a tourna-ment to introduce youngsters to fishingthat would interest them at an earlyage. The Classic has grown to becomeone of, if not the largest children’s tour-naments in the country.

“We don’t know of a single kids’tournament that has had at least 300kids consistently,” Svehla said. “We’vehad as many as 400 kids in this tourna-

ment. You see a lot of the same faceseach year, but there are a lot of newfaces also. It’s completely designed forfamily participation.”

The fishing event is open to junioranglers age 19 and younger. Registra-tion will begin at 6:30 p.m. today (Fri-day) at the Marlin Club, on Golf CourseRoad in West Ocean City.

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Fourth annual blue marlin tournament to commemorate late diver

(July 20, 2012) Sunset Marina willagain present a fishing tournament tohonor the late Glen Robert “Branch”Kreppel, a commercial diver and ownerof Diver Services Company, who died in2008 at the age of 44.

Final registration for the fourth an-nual Branch Kreppel Memorial BlueMarlin Tournament is 4:30-6 p.m.,Thursday, July 26, at Sunset Marina, onSunset Avenue in West Ocean City. Acaptains’ meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m.

The cost to enter the tournament is$500. Eight optional added entry levelcalcuttas range in cost from $500 to$1,500. Participation in these calcuttascan increase prize money won by thosewho reel in top fish. To enter across theboard costs $7,000, which includes theinitial entry fee. Proceeds of the Level JJdolphin calcutta will benefit the OceanCity Reef Foundation in the name ofJimmy Jackson, a local angler and busi-nessman who lost his life in a diving ac-cident in April 2010 in the Bahamas.

Anglers will fish two of three days,July 27-29. There is no limit to the num-ber of anglers on each boat. Weigh-ins

will take place from 4-8:30 p.m. July 27-28 and until 8 p.m. on July 29, at SunsetMarina.

To be eligible for prize money, a bluemarlin must weigh at least 400 poundsand measure no less than 105 inches.Teams will receive one point per poundfor each qualifying blue marlinweighed. Each blue marlin released willearn teams 250 points. White marlin,sailfish and spearfish releases will earn

anglers 20 points.There is also a meat fish division.

Awards will be presented to anglers whocatch the heaviest wahoo, tuna and dol-phin.

Proceeds from the tournament will bedonated to Kreppel’s family.

Anglers aboard 15 boats went offshorefishing in 2011 during the third annualBranch Kreppel Memorial Blue MarlinTournament, where $26,625 was paid

out to the winners. No blue marlin wereboated or released, so white marlin dom-inated the competition. Thirty whitemarlin were released.

“It went great. We had a real niceevent,” said Brian Tinkler, Sunset Ma-rina general manager and tournamentdirector, after the competition. “We werevery pleased with the participation.”

For more information, call 410-213-9600 or visit www.ocsunsetmarina.com.

The cost is $200 per boat with un-limited anglers. Those without a boatmay participate for $25 and fish fromareas including the surf, Route 50bridge, Ocean City fishing pier and As-sateague Island.

The Bay Bee, docked at the OceanCity Fishing Center, will take partici-pants who don’t have access to a boatout in the bay for a fishing trip. The costis $20 per junior angler and $30 foradults, but there is limited availability.To make reservations, call 410-213-1121.

Youngsters may fish one of two days,July 21 or 22. Weigh-ins will take place3-6:30 p.m. on Saturday and 3-6 p.m.on Sunday at Sunset Marina.

Eligible species include rockfish,mackerel, bonita, tog, bluefish, floun-

der, sea bass, tuna, shark, wahoo, dol-phin and unusual catch.

This year, there is also a stringerweight division (five fish in a bucket perangler per day) for croaker and spot. Abillfish release division is offered aswell.

Every child will receive an award forparticipating. The anglers with thethree largest fish in each species cate-gory will win additional prizes.

The billfish division is catch-and-re-lease only. The three anglers who catchand release the most billfish will receiveawards.

“Kids love to fish and compete just asmuch as the adults,” Svehla said. “Ihave the most fun going to the scales atSunset Marina during this tournament.The looks on the kids’ faces when theyweigh their fish is just priceless.”

Proceeds from the tournament willbenefit the Wish-A-Fish Foundation,whose mission is to “provide a little re-lief for a family from the daily stress ofhaving a child with special needs, suchas a life-threatening illness, mental orphysical disability, by taking the entirefamily out for a day of fun and fishingon the water.”

The Judith M and the Tortuga tookmore than 70 special-needs childrenand their families fishing during the2011 tournament, free of charge andthey will do so again this year.

A cookout is scheduled for Wish-A-Fish participants on Saturday eveningat the Marlin Club. The tournament willconclude Sunday with a carnival andawards banquet for all anglers.

For more information, call 410-213-1613 or visit www.ocmarlinclub.com.



Anglers will fish for tuna, tog, among other species

Teams fish two of threedays, July 27-29, SunsetMarina to host weigh-ins

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Si’culi restaurantgrand opening

Si’culi restaurant and the BerlinChamber of Commerce are hosting agrand opening and ribbon-cutting cer-emony on Saturday, July 21, at 3 p.m.

Si’culi, located at 104 North MainStreet in downtown Berlin, will offi-cially open its doors for dinner thatevening. Refreshments and smallsamplings will be served. Husbandand wife team, Peter and JenniferLivolsi, will be bringing their authenticbrand of Italian cuisine to downtownBerlin with brick oven pizzas, home-made pastas, breads and desserts.

For more information, contact theLivolsis, at 410-629-0550.

Luterman seminarset for July 26

The OC Chamber of Commerce willpresent Mark Luterman: “How to OwnYour Niche & Grow Rich,” on July 26, 8-10 a.m., at the Holiday Inn Oceanfronton 67th Street in Ocean City. The pres-entation is part of Luterman’s “SmallBusiness Secret Weapon” series.

Luterman will share how he usedhis own techniques to create a hugefollowing in less than six months.Cost is $25 per person and includesbreakfast. For more information, orto register, call Lisa Dennis, events di-rector at 410-213-0144, Ext. 104 ore-mail [email protected].

ASC&D named to top 100

Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeleyhas been named a Top 100 inde-pendent agency by Allstate Insur-ance Company for its achievement insuperior growth, high standards incustomer satisfaction and customerretention in 2011.

The award recognizes Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley as one ofthe top independent agencies inauto and property insurance for All-state and is a testimony to Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley’s dedica-tion to assisting customers.

Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeleyis located at 7171 Bent Pine Road,Willards, MD 21874.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

(July 20, 2012) The Mary-land Association of Realtors hasreleased its housing statistics for

the secondquarter of2012, and thenumbers showsome mixedblessings forW o r c e s t e rCounty.

The hous-ing statistics report for April-June shows that overall salesvolume took a hit over last yearand was 14 percent off last year’ssecond-quarter volume (salesvolume equaling total unitssold). But, when you take intoaccount that “active inventory”has been consistently downduring the last year, it is an indi-cator that our inventory is level-ing off. For example, we endedthe second quarter with 1,844units of active inventory, ascompared to last year’s 2,312units — showing a 20 percentdrop in active inventory thisyear over last.

Average sales price figuresare still not representative of acompletely balanced market,but there’s evidence of supplyand demand coming into play incertain pockets of the county.Additionally, there is a reductionin foreclosures this year over lastwith 94 total foreclosures goingto settlement within the past 12months as compared to 280foreclosures settling in the 12-month period a year prior.

If you would like to viewmore information on localhousing statistics, the housingfigures for our area are re-ported by the Coastal Associa-tion of Realtors, and moredetailed figures are available tothe public online atwww.coastalrealtors.org. In-cluded are breakdowns for sin-gle-family homes versuscondominiums for Ocean Cityproper, Worcester County,Wicomico County and Somer-set County.

— Lauren Bunting is a mem-ber of the Coastal Association

of Realtors and a licensed RE-ALTOR®with Bunting Re-

alty, Inc. in Berlin.

(July 20, 2012) J/R’s Ribs on131st Street bayside has made itconvenient for customers in arush to order some of their fa-vorite items on the go — the up-town restaurant now has an

express drive-thru. Only certain items are avail-

able through the drive-thru. Pa-trons can get burgers, chickensandwiches and tenders, barbe-cued baby back ribs and ownerJack Hubberman’s famous, orig-inal recipe crispy fried chicken.Side items, such as baked beans,

homemade coleslaw and chunkyapplesauce, among others, arealso available. The restaurant’ssignature Maryland crab soup ison the drive-thru menu as well.More items will be added soon.

“The menu has items that wecan serve quickly,” Hubbermansaid. “Under normal conditions,

in three and a half to four min-utes [customers] should be outof here.”

If customers wish to get itemsnot on the drive-thru menu,their entire order must be placedthrough carryout.

J/R’s full restaurant menu is

(July 20, 2012) Many of thepeople who hear or see thename of the new carryouteatery at 105 Second St., askowners Paul Baron and TerraRygh, how they came up with“2 Crazy X’s.”

The answer is from life ex-perience. The pair dated foreight years and just broke uplast September.

“The name gets a lot of at-tention,” Rygh said. “We hadtalked about opening a placewhen we were together. We getalong as friends, and we have achild together, and we stillwanted to open a business.”

The Salisbury residentswere planning a move to An-napolis, when they came acrossthe property for sale in May.The duo opened 2 Crazy X’s onJune 1.

The eatery is located in abuilding recently renovatedusing the OCDC’s Façade Im-provement Program, accordingto Glenn Irwin, executive direc-tor of the Ocean City Develop-ment Corporation. The OCDCfaçade program provides finan-cial assistance to property own-ers and businesses to renovatethe exterior of their buildings.The applicant is required toprovide at least double theamount of grant assistance.The program is funded bygrants from the Maryland De-partment of Housing and Com-munity Development.

“2 Crazy X’s is convenientlylocated for pedestrians travel-ing between the Boardwalk andparking areas around SecondStreet in the downtown area,”he said.

Baron said business hasbeen steady since the shopopened. Many customers orderfood several times a week.

“A lot of locals like us be-cause of our prices and the foodis good. We try to give people agood sub for a decent price,” hesaid. “We’ve had a lot of repeatbusiness.”

Baron and Rygh run the en-tire operation themselves.Baron takes care of the cus-tomers, while Rygh preparesthe food.

Rygh said she enjoys seeingthe reaction on customer’sfaces when they eat somethingshe just made.

“When they bite into it andsay, ‘Yum, that’s so good, it’sjust awesome,’” she said. “I justlove cooking.”

Breakfast is available all day.Sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs,subs, salads and side items areoffered.

One of the most popularitems is the buffalo chickencheesesteak sub with ranchdressing.

“It’s messy, but people justlove it,” Baron said.

Added Rygh, “We’re allabout good customer serviceand everything is fresh. It’s allcooked to order.”

Baron said it might take a

2 CRAZY X’S OPENS ON 2ND ST.Carryout eatery features subs and burgers, among other items

Express drive-thru opens at J/R’s Ribs on 131st Street

MAR releasessecond quarterhousing stats LISA CAPITELLI

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LAUREN BUNTING■ Contributing Writer

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Paul Baron and Terra Rygh present some of the subs they offer at theirnew business, 2 Crazy X’s.


A new eatery, 2 Crazy X’s, openedJune 1, at 105 Second Street, be-tween Baltimore and Philadelphiaavenues.

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available through carryout. One of the reasons to add a drive-thru

was the overwhelming request for friedchicken. In the late 1980s, it was offeredat the J/R’s in Rehoboth, Del,. and Hub-berman said customers just loved it. The131st Street J/R’s purchased new equip-ment specifically to make the friedchicken.

“You can go anywhere and get friedchicken, but it wouldn’t be our recipe,” hesaid. “So many people requested to putfried chicken in here. They love the taste.It’s tender and juicy.”

Customers could get barbecuedchicken and garlic/herb chicken at the131st Street restaurant, but this is the firsttime fried chicken will be offered. It hasbeen available about four weeks, and thereaction from customers has been “unbe-lievable,” Hubberman said.

“People are raving about it,” he said. Chicken is only offered in the restau-

rant until 6:30 p.m., but customers canget it by the piece or bucket through theexpress drive-thru, which is open from 11a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Carryout opens at 2p.m.

The entire J/R’s establishment, whichopened in 1984, has under gone renova-tions since Hubberman returned lastyear. It is about 95 percent complete, hesaid. He took a five-year break from thebusiness due to health issues.

“The quality of food is better than it’sever been,” he said. “We want to make

sure customers walk out happy, so if any-one is ever dissatisfied about anything,they should talk to a manager before theyleave.”

The sports bar has been refurbished,with new carpet and lighting, and about adozen large televisions were added. Thebar seats 16 guests and 10 stools are avail-able at the side bar counter. There is alsoa dining area in the bar. Happy hour is of-fered daily. Music and dancing is provideone evening a week.

The dining room, which seats approx-imately 400 patrons, got new chairs thisweek.

J/R’s opens at 3:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and at 11 a.m. on Saturdayand Sunday. There is also a J/R’s on 62ndStreet and Coastal Highway.

Fried chicken offered at drive-thruContinued from Page 47

minute or two longer for customers to re-ceive their food because it’s prepared whenit’s ordered, but the wait is worth it, he said.

“At least that’s what the locals say.”2 Crazy X’s is open from 11 a.m. to about

2 or 3 a.m. daily. To place an order, call410-289-1264. Free delivery is available.They will currently deliver up to the mid-town area. Follow the pair on Twitter@2crazyxs.

All food preparedto order at shopContinued from Page 47


J/R’s Ribs on 131st Street bayside recently opened an express drive-thru where customers canget burgers, chicken sandwiches and tenders, barbecue baby back ribs and crispy fried chicken.

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