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By Lynn R. Parks

Teressa Smith didn’t mind that it was raining. She and her friend, Joe Willene, both of whom live in George-town, sat on a bench on The Circle in Georgetown last Thursday and waited for the annual Return Day parade to get under way.

“I love the bands, and it’s always exciting to see the politicians,” she said. “And this year, I’m getting my roast ox sandwich,” a Return Day tra-dition. “Last time, the wait was so long that I gave up. This year, I’m sticking

it out. And I don’t care whether it rains or not. It’s only water.”

Elwood Baker of Laurel was of a similar mind. He and his wife, Barbara, set their chairs up on The Circle and covered them with an umbrella before heading off in search of something to eat.

“In 20 years, I haven’t missed a single Return Day,” he said. “I live in Sussex County. I don’t let the rain stop me.”

Despite the dedication of Return Day fans, the crowd at the traditional celebration of unity following political

squabbling was down this year, per-haps because of the weather, on and off showers that, when on, were drench-ing, or perhaps because of the security that was a hold-over from 2008, when then Sen. and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden attended. While there were no metal detectors or rooftop sharpshoot-ers as there had been when Biden was there, much of Georgetown was closed to traffic, meaning that people had to rely on shuttle buses to get to The Circle.

In addition, the parade route was Continued to page 46

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Return Day tradition Rainy ceremony caps stormy 2010 election cycle

GIFT GUIDE - Need ideas for the special people on your Christmas shopping list? Look inside for our special Gift Guide magazine.

FASHION - Online auction added to Del Tech Fashion Show fundraiser. Page 2

HEROES - Tina Washington works to help members of armed forces. Page 8

VETERAN - Michael Kardash served as a messenger to General MacArthur. Page 30

DEER SEASON - Driver safety and other advice for deer season. Page 35

ELECTION - How did Sussex Countians compare to those in the rest of the state in their votes for the statewide candidates? Page 36

LETTERS - Look on pages 57 and 58 for some insight-ful letters from our readers.

FINAL WORD - We can’t stop the spin, but we can at least offer a balanced approach to our coverage. Page 59

Bulletin Board 13Business 6ChurCh 17 Classifieds 48-55final Word 59 Gas lines 59 Gourmet 45health 21letters 57, 58lynn Parks 33

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SportsTOP IN CLASS - Seaford senior Molly Cain excels on

the sports fields and in the classroom. Page 37

STARS - A Woodbridge soccer player and a Sussex Tech cross country runner are this week’s Stars. Page 39

STATE TOURNAMENT - The Sussex Tech field hockey team was home Tuesday in the first round. Page 43

Departing Sen. Ted Kaufman, in the white raincoat, and Congressman Mike Castle, on the far right, walk in the Return Day parade. Photo by Lynn R. Parks

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Before fashion takes the stage at Delaware Technical & Com-munity College, Owens Campus, the public has an opportunity to participate in the event.

The Couture & Class fashion is offering an online auction which, as the show does, helps to fund international scholarships.

The date of the annual show is Saturday, Nov. 20, with the online auction site open for bids until Nov. 18.

Visit the fashion show’s web-site at www.dtcc.edu/fashion-show to view an eclectic selec-tion of 33 bid items.

Travel items include trips to Cancun, Florida and Spain. Con-sider a short getaway to Dewey Beach or Washington, D.C. or bid on trips to Coronado Bay,

California or the Rocky Moun-tains.

If you have an adventur-ous spirit, consider one of these unique experiences: soar freely in a world-class glider or fly a military jet. If land travel is your preference, enjoy driving six luxury exotic cars.

You can also experience a vineyard or brewery tour, la-crosse game at Johns Hopkins University, spa services, or a pro-fessional cooking class.

Fine jewelry, personal services — including wardrobe/closet re-organization – a laptop, food and gourmet items, fitness and dining opportunities complete the bid selection.

Fashion show attendees will also have an opportunity to bid

on those items during the event as well as other silent and live auction items.

Sponsored by the Owens Campus Development Council, the show features men’s and women’s clothing in the catego-ries of casual, business, holiday and resort wear from Carltons, Pineapple Princess, Rose Garden, Sole, Liquid, Clothes 2 You, all in Rehoboth; Deanna’s, Tiger Lili

and Twila Farrell, all in Lewes; Coolspring Cottage in Milton; and Nicole J. Designs in Middle-town.

Attendees will be able to pur-chase clothing and store items at the show’s shopping bazaar with 15 percent of those sales be-ing donated to the scholarships. Bazaar participants include Cool-spring Cottage, Tiger Lili, Pine-apple Princess, The Olive Branch,

Bay Moon Design, Angels in Air, Shell Affair, FolksyArt, Mary Kay, Josephine’s Daughter, Joanne DeFiore, Books R Fun and Amway Skin Care.

Tickets for the Couture & Class fashion show and luncheon are $35 per person and $225 for a table for eight.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the website or call 855-1659.

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Online auction added to Del Tech Fashion Show fundraiser

Operation helps soldiersOperation We Care, started

by the Eastern Shore Harley-Davidson Owners Group (HOG), has set a goal of 300 boxes to be delivered to service members serving in theaters of conflict. The boxes will be packed the Sunday after Veter-ans Day and delivered before Christmas.

Last Veterans Day, the group placed and shipped more than 260 of the U.S. Postal Service boxes with products donated by residents of Delmarva’s three states. The group did another 226 boxes in May, after Armed Forces Day.

The boxes are the equiva-lent of a warm hug from home, extended to those serving our country abroad. Each package contained at least one box of Girl Scout cookies, donated by the Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout council.

Members of Troop 688 deco-rated all 226 boxes with hand-drawn artwork and messages of support before they were packed.

The top 10 items needed for the projected 200 boxes to be shipped include bars or bottles of body soap, small packs of baby wipes, pull-top cans of pasta, hot chocolate packets, cotton balls, playing cards, dental floss, deodorant (non aerosol), shampoo and tea bags. Zip-lock bags in the sand-wich, quart and gallon size are also needed to separate items for shipping.

The donation list is available online at www.easternshorehog.com, Minuteman Press in Salis-bury and most drop-off points. Donations can be dropped off at Minuteman Press and Clear

Channel Radio in Salisbury, BB&T Bank in North Salisbury, Dr. John Schneider in Easton, Mr. Baldy’s Family Restaurant in Chincoteague and Harley-Davidson of Seaford.

Cash donations will be used for postage, as each box costs $12.50 to ship to the troops. The Ocean City Post Office delivers most of the boxes to Iraq and Afghanistan in about a week to 10 days.

If you know a local member of our military who is deployed or is soon to be deployed, con-tact Jeff Merritt, coordinator of Operation We Care at 410-713-8940 or [email protected].

Ride for St. Jude

The first “Ride For Re-search” Motorcycle Ride, pre-sented by 97.5 & 105.9 CAT COUNTRY, took place in Octo-ber, as 161 riders from all over Delmarva came out to support the life-saving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The event raised $4,000 for the hospital, which turns no child away re-gardless of a family’s ability to pay. The event was sponsored by Harley Davidson of Seaford and Seacret’s of Ocean City.

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The ever-popular wine and cheese party will be the starting event of the 2010 Victorian Christmas at the Governor Ross Mansion, Seaford, on Friday, Dec. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The committee in charge of this party, under the leadership of Carolyn Griffith, is reaching new levels with unusual hors d’oeuvres.

They are preparing a seared tuna and

a smoked salmon presentation along with the old favorites such as sweet potato biscuits with ham and all kinds of cheese items.

The mansion in candlelight will be open for tours.

In addition to the delicious food, wine and punch, anyone who attends will re-ceive a free raffle ticket for one of two baskets of wine with accompaniments.

This event is open to the public. No reservations are required. The charge is

$10 per person, payable at the door.Every day of the Victorian Christmas,

December 10, 11 and 12, offers tours of the fully furnished 13 rooms of the man-sion and of the slave quarters.

In addition there will be an art show and an opportunity to meet the imperson-ators of the Ross family.

A children’s activity will take place Saturday morning. This is free for the chil-dren but each child must be accompanied by an adult at the cost of $3 per person.

Music will entertain guests in the after-noons of Saturday and Sunday along with refreshments. Charge for those days is $7 per person.

Anyone who buys a ticket for the Vic-torian Christmas at the Ross Mansion is given a free ticket for admission to the Seaford Museum to see the train exhibit there.

For further information about these events, call the Seaford Historical Society office at 628-9828.

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Victorian Christmas kicks off with wine & cheese

By Anne Nesbitt

“Lunar Fun” is how the activity sched-uled for Friday, Nov. 16, is being de-scribed. This outside event for the whole family will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Ross Mansion Plan-tation.

Viewers will be divided into three groups. They are: grades 1 to 5, grades 6 to 8 and adults. Scott Davidson will

lead discussions which will include moon phases, lunar landscapes, moon stories and manned exploration, to make the viewing more meaningful.

Reservations are not required. There is no charge. Persons attending should bring telescopes or binoculars.

This event is part of the 150th anniver-sary of the opening of the Ross Mansion. Vistors will be reminded when looking at the moon that it appearance is exactly

what the Ross family and children would have seen when they lived on the planta-tion in the 1860s.

This event can be held only in clear weather. Check the website at www.seafordhistoricalsociety.com for the last-minute decision.

For more information about “Lunar Fun” or any of the 150th anniversary events call the Seaford Historical Society office at 628-8928.

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Mountaire Farms to expand operationsBy Lynn R. Parks

The Mountaire Farms poultry process-ing plant near Millsboro is planning an expansion that will bring an additional 31 jobs to Sussex County. Announcement of the $34.5 million project to construct a rendering and resource-recovery facility came last Thursday, just one day after the state OK’d a permit required for the proj-ect by Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act.

The permit, signed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control secretary Colin P. O’Mara, says that the expansion will mean an infusion of $5.6 million into the state’s economy.

A ceremony to celebrate the announce-ment of the expansion was held at the poultry processing plant last Thursday morning. “It’s fitting that…just a few miles away from where people will, at Return Day, literally bury the hatchet and move past the political season, we’re together to talk about jobs,” Gov. Jack Markell said at the ceremony. “Mountaire is a critical part of the state’s economy and we are so glad to see their strong commit-ment to this community renewed.”

With the new rendering and resource-recovery facility, Mountaire will be able to convert poultry processing leftovers such as blood, feathers and entrails from its Millsboro plant as well as its Selbyville plant into meal and feed-grade fat for use in the production of pet food.

The new facility, to be constructed on the current Mountaire campus east of

Millsboro, is expected to be open by De-cember 2011.

More than 300 workers are expected to be used during its construction.

The Delaware Economic and Develop-ment Office is providing a $787,500 grant from its Delaware Strategic Fund for the project. “The state’s support of this ex-pansion would continue our commitment to this important sector of our economy, while helping to create jobs and make improvement to the environment,” said DEDO director Alan Levin. “It is a solid investment in the future of our state.”

“Support for the resource-recovery plant project is paramount in solidifying Mountaire’s total integration poultry busi-ness in Delaware,” said Mountaire Farms president Paul Downes.

Under the provisions of the Coastal Zone Act permit, odors from the render-ing facility will be abated through thermal oxidation.

To offset expected air emissions from the new facility, Mountaire will replace two of its three oil-burning boilers at its main facility with burners that use natural gas. “This will reduce complex air emis-sions by approximately 71 tons per year,” the permit says.

In addition, Mountaire will also up-grade and expand its existing wastewater treatment facility to reduce by 64 percent the nitrogen load in the waste that it dis-charges onto cropland. This will more than offset the additional nitrogen load that is generated by the rendering plant, the per-

mit says.“Mountaire deserves our sincerest con-

gratulations and gratitude for the commit-ment they are making to Delaware, Sussex County and to the poultry industry,” said Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee. “The re-source-recovery center is a great example of addressing environmental issues and creating new business opportunities with a singular plan.”

Administrative professionals meetingAdministrative professionals can learn

how to work smarter with documents to improve workflow, accessibility, time management, and overall efficiency by attending the First State Chapter, Inter-national Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 23, featuring Rick Drish of Esselte. Drish will demonstrate new office prod-ucts, answer questions and provide product samples.

The event will be held at Kent General Hospital, Bayhealth Medical Center, in the General Foods Conference Room begin-ning with dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by the program at 6. Cost for the dinner is $15, and there is no charge to attend the program portion only. However, registra-tion is needed to ensure adequate seating.

Visit www.firststateiapp.com to learn more about the group and for a meeting notice/registration form. Contact Kathy Kucek, CPS/CAP at [email protected] to register. Registration deadline is Nov. 17.

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CSP is offered in all 50 states, Dis-trict of Columbia and the Pacific and Caribbean areas through continuous sign-ups with announced cut-off dates for ranking periods. The program pro-vides many conservation benefits in-cluding improvement of water and soil quality, wildlife habitat enhancement, and adoption of conservation activi-ties that address the effects of climate change.

All producers are encouraged to ap-ply for CSP. The program, authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill, offers payments to producers who maintain a high level of conservation on their land and who agree to adopt higher levels of steward-ship. Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland and nonindustrial forest-land.

A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help producers determine if CSP is suitable for their operation. It is available from local NRCS offices or online at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/new_csp/csp.html.

To apply for CSP, visit your local USDA Service Center. In Sussex Coun-ty, call 856-3990, ext. 3.

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A representative of Downtown Delaware, a program of the Delaware Economic Development office, is pleased to present an informational session on downtown revitalization activities. This informational presentation will be directed to stakeholders of the City of Seaford, including downtown business owners, property owners, citizens and others interested in the future of the downtown and will touch on the following important issues:

As someone with a vested interest in the City, how might you help shape the “future” downtown Seaford?Common-sense way to address a variety of issues and problems that challenge traditional business districts.Using the Main Street Four-Point Approach® and other effective tools to revitalize the core of your community.

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The Festival of Trees is the annual event ushering in the holiday season state-wide. Hosted by Delaware Hospice to sup-port its programs, the Festival features a magnificent display of decorated trees and wreaths and enjoys thousands of visitors each year.

Hundreds of volunteers help organize and run each Festival; businesses and indi-viduals sponsor trees and wreaths, which are decorated by artisans who donate their time and talent.

At the close of the Festival, the trees and wreaths are delivered to the sponsor’s selected destination, which is often another nonprofit organization.

The following events will be held at Delaware Technical & Community Col-lege, Carter Partnership Center, Rt. 18, Georgetown:

General AdmissionSaturday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 5, Noon to 3 p.m.$3 Adults; $1 StudentsFeaturing the Gift Shoppe, Sweet

Shoppe, Raffles, and Delaware Hospice Craft Elves.

Gala and AuctionFriday, Dec. 3, 6 to 9 p.m.$30 per person by reservation only.

Premier holiday event to usher in the season featuring live entertainment, a live and silent auction, and heavy hors’ d’oeuvres. Call 855-2344 for reservations.

Basket BingoSaturday, Dec. 4, 1 to 4 p.m.$20 in advance; $25 at door.Tickets: 855-2344.Featuring a variety of Christmas and

original baskets and pottery.

Jingle Jamboree: Family Fun NightSaturday, Dec. 4, 6 to 9 p.m.$10 per person; under 10 free.Information: 855-2344.With dancing, games and refreshments.

Members of the Sussex Amateur Radio Association (SARA), one of the largest and most active amateur radio organiza-tions on Delmarva, have made ham radio contact with the International Space Sta-tion.

Thousands of hams worldwide are trying to achieve this coveted radio con-tact yet comparatively few actually make the connection. A combination of luck and skill have allowed 15 SARA members to talk via amateur radio directly to Mission Commander and fellow ham Colonel Doug

Wheelock, KF5BOX. The timing of a call and knowledge of the track are essential as the orbiter is 214 miles above the Earth and traveling at more than 17,000 miles per hour making it within radio range of Delmarva only a scant few minutes each day.

Terry Hastings, W3TRY, of Milford, was the first SARA member to speak to the space station. “It was absolutely great to hear Col. Wheelock return my call,” he said. “I felt the enthusiasm of a child again.”

Longneck residents and SARA mem-bers Jerry Martin, KB3NZJ, and his wife Paula KB3TCH, have also enjoyed the experience. “Jerry turned on his ham radio and asked me to call and I got through on my first try!” said Paula. Later Jerry made his contact and has since helped others with orbital and prime time data.

To learn more about this experience, joining SARA, or getting your ham radio license, contact Joe Stormer at [email protected] or visit www.sussexamateurradio.com.

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TOYS FOR TOTS LITERACY - The UPS Store in Seaford, located at 23000 Sussex Highway, is a participating mem-ber of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. After many years of supporting Toys for Tots, The UPS Store launched an initiative alongside the United States Marine Corps, to encourage literacy in America’s under-privileged communities.

“The UPS Store in Seaford is excited to participate this year,” said Laura Rogers, store manager. “This is our first holiday season in business, so we are not sure what to expect. We are hoping to collect lots of money and at least 100 new books for kids in the Seaford area.”

New books will be donated to The West-ern Sussex Boys and Girls Club before the New Year. All monetary donations will be donated to the WSBGC next year, just in time for the holidays.


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INTEGRA PROMOTIONS - INTEGRA Administrative Group, Inc. announces pro-motions within its senior management team. Kris Lee Smith has been promoted to president, Lydia C. Trice to chief operations officer, D. Scott Smith to chief marketing officer and Linda L. Wainwright to chief financial officer.

Charles H. Landon, executive vice president, will retire on Dec. 31 and maintain a position as management consultant.

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RIBBON CUTTING - The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce held a special ribbon cutting on Saturday, Oct. 16, to celebrate the grand opening of the new Elmer’s Market and enjoyed the market’s Fall Festival. The huge, open air retail market is located on Rt. 404W (13257 Seashore Hwy.) and features fresh fruit and vegetables, a garden and greenhouse, gift shop, and more. From left are Karen Duffield, executive director, Georgetown Chamber; Ruth Briggs King, District 37 Representative; Ray Hopkins, president, Georgetown Cham-ber; Kathy Giovoni, assistant manager, Elmer’s; Lee Snyder, store manager, Elmer’s; Alfie Oakes, owner, Elmer’s; Sarah & Chris Willey, owner, Elmer’s; Helen Kruger, chamber membership chair; Sam Wilson, Sussex County Council; Norma Elliott, office assistant, Georgetown Chamber; Julie Wheatley, director, Sussex County Economic Development; Annie Besche-Martin, Georgetown Town Council; amd Emma & Olivia Duffield, honorary chamber ribbon cutters. For more information, call Elmer’s Market at 337-8110.

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Georgetown-area resident Tina Wash-ington will never forget the day more than nine years ago when she was sitting in a classroom at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. People were running in and out of the room; everyone knew something out of the ordinary was going on, they just weren’t sure what it was.

When she learned exactly what was happening, she took a deep breath, thought of her friends and family and realized how lucky she was.

The date was Sept. 11, 2001 – just a month earlier, she was working at the Pentagon and could easily have been in the section of the building where terror-ists crashed an airliner into the hub of the American military earlier that morning.

“I realized two things right away. First, if I had been at the Pentagon, I wouldn’t have been too far away from where the plane actually hit,” remembers Washing-ton, who spent most of her career with the Defense Department, but retired from the Department of Homeland Security in 2006. “I also realized that there were a lot of people in that area of the building who I knew. I lost some ladies that day who I had close relationships with.”

The attacks were hard to get over; they affected everyone in her class at the War College and most of the people she knew.

“It was eerie because just a month before the attack, we were all working to-gether,” she remembers. “That really just put my life more into perspective.”

Washington always knew that when the time came for her to retire and she had a little more free time on her hands, that she would like to volunteer with an organiza-tion that aided members of the military, both present and past.

Today, she spends much of her free time working with the ladies auxiliary of the Oak Orchard-Riverdale American Legion near Millsboro. Currently serving as the organization’s vice president and community service chairperson, one of her main goals in life these days is to help the members of our nation’s military.

Sometimes, that involves working closely with veterans of the United States armed forces. Other times, it involves community awareness and working with area children.

It all revolves around helping members of the armed forces, men and women she once worked so closely with.

“One of the things we do with the auxiliary is to go into the schools with our ‘veterans in the classroom’ program, which has been very well received in our local school districts,” says Washington. “We show the kids how to do pocket flags and we’ll also take the honor guard with us. They’ll do the folding of the flags and tell the children what each fold in the flag means. The young people are very enthusi-astic about this.”

After Washington finished the year-long program at the War College, she returned to her job at the Pentagon, where her interest in helping veterans and veter-ans’ organizations grew.

She had the opportunity to see first hand what the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were really all about – the real life examples of the conflicts were hard to ignore.

“The generals started bringing in these kids who were coming back from Iraq; they would bring them to the executive dining room once a week and sit and have dinner with them,” Washington remem-bers. “These were just kids, most of them 18 to 20-years-old who were coming back with no legs or in wheelchairs. But they were so grateful that people at the Pen-tagon would sit and have a conversation with them.”

Washington thinks back on those mo-ments today when she’s organizing special events, coordinating press coverage or simply spending time with veterans of the United States military.

Some are younger, some are veterans of Vietnam or World War II – all laid their lives on the line for our country. It’s Washington’s goal to garner them some much-deserved recognition, whether they

desire it or not.In 2008, one of these humble warriors

touched Washington’s life in a special way. She will never forget the way World War II veteran Otis Handy reacted to his special day.

“I arranged for him to come to our post for lunch the day the national commander was here,” recalls Washington. “Every-body was just so in awe of him and he is such a humble man; I was really amazed at the treatment he got here. He couldn’t un-derstand, though, why people were making such a big fuss over him. But he kind of took it all in and appreciated it.”

Be it programs in the schools, spending time at Post 28 or merely doing her part to help the ladies auxiliary be as successful as it can possibly be, Washington is doing her part to help veterans and veterans’ causes throughout the area.

She even goes out of her way to do what many don’t take the time to do – say a simple “thank you” to members of our

military whenever she can.“If I’m in the airport and I see people in

military uniforms, I’ll walk up to them and thank them for their service,” says Wash-ington, with a big smile creeping onto her face. “It’s not just saying that, but it’s their reaction to me that always makes me feel good. They are almost incredulous because most people don’t take the time to do that. But I do.”

Washington has been volunteering on a regular basis for American Legion Post 28, the third largest American Legion in the world by membership, since 2006. Her father was a military man and her son, Bernard Hynson, currently serves in the United States Army.

She has a special connection to Ameri-ca’s military, a connection she honors and treasures every single day.

“As long as I’m doing what I need to do and I know it’s helping our veterans, then I’m happy,” she says matter-of-factly. “That’s really what life is all about.”


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Georgetown-area resident Tina Washington has been volunteering with American Legion Post 28 for more than four years, currently serving as the vice president and community service chairperson for the ladies auxiliary. She is flanked in this photo by pictures of her son, Bernard Hynson, left, and her nephew, Walter Harvey.

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Cyclist dies from crashDelaware State Police responded to a

crash involving a bicyclist and passenger van on Nov. 8 at 5:47 p.m. on Wilson Farm Road, approximately half a mile north of SR 18, south of Bridgeville.

The crash occurred as a 2007 Dodge Caravan driven by Elna M. Watt, 57 and the 54-year-old victim, both of Seaford, were traveling southbound on Wilson Farm Road toward SR 18 Cannon Road, Bridgeville.

The victim, a bicyclist, was traveling on the right side of Wilson Farm Road which has unimproved shoulders. Watt was driv-ing southbound on Wilson Farm Road ap-proaching the victim from the rear.

For an unknown reason, the victim turned left into the path of the Dodge Caravan and was struck. The victim was initially taken to Nanticoke Hospital where he was stabilized but was then flown to Christiana Hospital where he died on Nov. 9 from injuries sustained in the crash.

Delaware State Police has positively identified the victim and are attempting to notify next of kin, however, it is pos-sible that the victim is homeless. The last known address for the victim is Concord Road, Seaford.

Anyone who may have known a 54-year-old male who traveled via a bicy-cle in the area of Wilson Farm Road on a regular basis is asked to contact Delaware State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit at Troop 7 at 644-5020, ext. 112.

Leffew receives prison sentenceGary Leffew Jr., 22, a senior airman

stationed at Dover Air Force Base, was sentenced recently by U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson to five years in prison for possession of child pornography, in viola-tion of federal law.

Leffew was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, which will begin following his prison term. He will also be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works or attends school.

According to statements made at the sentencing hearing and documents filed in court, in March 2009, Leffew contacted an undercover detective from Kirksville, Mo., who was posing as a child sex of-fender in a chat room. Leffew then invited the undercover detective to join a private computer network used to trade images of child pornography. Leffew engaged in online conversations with the detective and others as they downloaded images of child pornography that Leffew posted on the network.

Leffew’s attorney argued for a 40-month sentence, noting that Leffew was found in possession of only 38 im-ages and 16 videos of child pornography and that his conduct was largely limited to viewing the images. United States District Judge Sue L. Robinson rejected that re-quest, noting that each image depicts a real child being abused and that “there is noth-ing casual or innocent about the viewing of child pornography.”

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Delaware State Police High Tech Crimes Unit. This case was prosecuted by As-sistant United States Attorney Edward J. McAndrew.

Man killed in pedestrian crashDelaware State Police is investigat-

ing a fatal crash involving a pedestrian that occurred early Sunday morning, Nov. 7., sometime between 12:30 and 9 a.m. The victim, Joshua D. Weiss, 31, of Dover, was found along the roadway on Willow Grove Road west of Berrytown Road, approximately three miles west of Camden.

Police have learned that Weiss was at a party on Saturday into Sunday morning with his wife and left suddenly. Weiss was speaking on the cellular phone with his wife sometime after midnight. Weiss’ wife and others attempted to locate him unsuc-cessfully.

At 9 a.m. Police received a 911 call from a passing motorist who observed Weiss’ body in a ditch off the north side

of Willow Grove Road. Police responded to the crash site and discovered several articles of clothing on the shoulder of the roadway belonging to Weiss.

Police were able to collect several ve-hicle parts, however, the exact identifica-tion of these parts is pending. Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call investigators at 302-697-4454, ext. 216 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

Man assaults woman in BridgevilleOn Saturday, Nov. 6, Delaware State

Police investigated a domestic assault which occurred in the parking lot of the Bridgeville Business Center off Seashore Highway and at a campsite off of Chap-lin’s Road, Bridgeville.

Police learned that the assault began around 2:48 p.m. when the 24-year-old victim of Pasadena, Md., her ex-boyfriend, William J. Brady Jr., 23, of Huntingtown, Md., and a mutual friend from Media, Pa. went to purchase alcohol.

Allegedly, the victim told the mutual friend that she loved him for taking them to the liquor store which angered her ex-boyfriend, Brady.

When the friend went inside the liquor store, Brady grabbed the victim by the neck as she sat in the rear of the truck, squeezing her neck making it difficult to breathe.

Brady also continued to strike the vic-tim about the face and torso before eventu-ally biting her on the cheek.

By the time the friend returned, Brady had stopped assaulting the victim until they reached their camp site off of Chap-lin’s Road in Bridgeville.

All of the aforementioned information was witnessed by a concerned citizen in the Bridgeville Business Center parking lot. The citizen followed the victim onto Chaplin’s Road where he contacted a trooper working at the entrance to Punkin’ Chunkin’ and advised him of what they had seen.

A second concerned witness also con-tacted troopers advising of a female being kicked, punched and thrown against a

truck at an adjacent campsite. The troopers responded to the campsite and took Brady into custody.

Brady was charged with strangulation, third degree assault, offensive touching and disorderly conduct. He was remanded to Sussex Correctional Institute on $3,600 secured bond.

Reward for bald eagle incidentDelaware Wildlife officials are seeking

information about the suspected poisoning of two adult bald eagles.

The birds were found in an agricultural field near the intersection of Beaver Dam Road and Sammons Road near Lincoln in Sussex County on Oct. 21.

One eagle was dead, and the other sur-vived following treatment at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Newark and was released back into the wild on Nov. 2.

DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Agents and special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are conducting a joint investigation into the incident. The USFWS is offering a re-ward of up to $3,500, and Delaware Fish and Wildlife is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to a con-viction.

Anyone with information should con-tact Sgt. Gregory Rhodes with the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement at 302-739-9913 or 302-542-6102, or Spe-cial Agent Daniel Collins with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement in Dover, at 302-730-9184.

Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Fish and Wildlife Op-eration Game Theft at 800-292-3030, or by going to the Operation Game Theft website: www.fw.delaware.gov/Hunting/Pages/OpGameTheft.aspx.

The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protect bald eagles. Maximum criminal penalties for violating the Eagle Act include a $100,000 fine and one year in prison. Until 2007, bald eagles were also protected under the Endangered Spe-cies Act.

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Gillespie of Greenwood United Method-ist Church wanted to start a mission that would help the community in response to the tough economic times.

The need for baby diapers, formula, food and cereal was a place to start since families with infants and small children had been hit particularly hard by the fi-nancial crisis, and so the idea for the Baby Pantry was born.

As volunteer Fran Meadows relates, “the Baby Pantry was opened on a prayer”. The congregation responded with drives for the items needed by families with infants. Pastor Kevin put out the word to social service agencies, and sev-eral church members who worked at local hospitals also let people know about the pantry. Although it started slowly, the Baby Pantry has grown from a few fami-lies to 28 and growing.

The Greenwood UMC congregation is a small one with only 120 members and the Baby Pantry is now serving a group of infants equal to 25 percent of the entire congregation. The Pantry now depends on other churches, organizations and indi-viduals for donations.

Fran Meadows notes “we are in desper-ate need. Sometimes we get so low that we just think, what’s going to happen, and God provides. We get a check or donation

and we are able to open another week.” Every Wednesday morning between

9 a.m. and noon, items are distributed to families in need free of charge. Although the original babies have aged out of the program, there is a growing influx of new children to be served.

In addition to social service referrals, word of mouth has increased the numbers of babies helped. The Pantry now serves families from as far away as Lincoln, Mil-ford, Harrington, Dagsboro and Salisbury. Given the current economy, the need is expected to grow.

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er at the Seaford Elks Lodge, 8846 Elks Road on Friday, Nov. 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Game starts at 7 p.m. Door prizes, raffle and 50/50 tickets. Food is available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Courtney Painter of Delaware Job’s Daughters. Advance tickets are $20; $25 at the door. Call Carol for tickets or information, 745-4570.

Flapjack fundraiserApplebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser Break-

fast on Saturday, Nov. 13, 8-10 a.m., to benefit the Barracuda Swim Team. Tick-ets are available through swim team mem-bers or at the door for $5 each.

Wheaton’s special saleCome join the Bethel Historical So-

ciety and be part of the specials that Wheaton’s will be offering to our guests on Thursday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $5 per ticket. Specials in-clude: discounts on all items except for furniture, door prizes and light refresh-ments. Wheaton’s is located on Stein Highway in the old Tull’s location. Call Helen at 877-0231 for tickets.

Eat pancakes, help the libraryThe friends group of the Bridgeville

Public Library is raising money through area IHOP restaurants. Patrons can eat at IHOP in Seaford, Rehoboth Beach, Salis-

bury, Md. and Dover and then take their receipts and restaurant comment cards to the library or to Bridgeville Town Hall. The library will receive a payment from IHOP for every receipt and card that is collected. For details, call Pat McDonald, 337-7192.

Eat at IHOP to help the libraryEnjoy a meal any time at the IHOP

restaurant in Seaford and support the Greenwood Library. Simply fill out a comment card after eating and give it to the cashier as you pay. You will be given a special receipt which you then take to the Greenwood Library on your next visit.

Historical Society cookbookThe Seaford Historical Society

has collected more than 340 recipes in the traditional, old-fashioned style and compiled them into an attractive, hardcover, keepsake cookbook, “A Recollection of Recipes.” Books are now on sale for $12. Featured are heirloom

recipes, Civil War era recipes and Victorian Tea recipes. Books will be sold at the gift shops of the Gov. Ross Mansion at 1101 North Pine St. Ext. and the Seaford Museum at 203 High St., Seaford. For more information, call 628-9828.

Olde Seaford Block Watch dinnerThe Olde Seaford Block Watch is

holding a covered dish dinner on Monday, Nov. 15, at 6:30 p.m. The program will be “Safety for the Holidays.”It will be held at the Seaford City Hall. Use the ramp entrance. Drinks and desserts will be furnished. Call 629-5643 for information.

Fall SocialThe Seaford High School Alumni As-

sociation is sponsoring their Fall Social at the Nanticoke River Yacht Club in Blades on Friday, Nov. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. If you are a member of the Alumni, feel free to bring a friend who is a SHS graduate or attended Seaford schools. Light snacks and a cash bar will be avail-able. For more information, call Donna Angell at 629-8077.

Crafty ULast call for crafters to register for

Crafty U on Nov. 13. Crafty U is a quar-terly paper crafting school that will teach


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you six projects and techniques that you can transfer to your own crafting. Regis-tration is $20 - includes a stamp, snacks, written instructions for each project and hands-on learning. Class runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Call 381-4372 for more in-formation or e-mail [email protected].

Master Gardener Lisa ArneyA special session is being offered at the

Ross Mansion on Saturday, Nov. 13, start-ing at 10:30 a.m. Master Gardener Lisa Arney will guide and instruct each person attending with making a fall centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table. Arney will provide the materials which all are natural and are found growing in this area. Any-one participating in the class should bring clippers and gloves to use while working with the provided materials. Cost of the class is $25 per person. Attendance will be by reservation only. To make a reserva-tion, call Pat Davidson at 629-4619. This is part of the Seaford Historical Society’s 150th anniversary celebration of the open-ing of the Ross Mansion. For further infor-mation call the SHS office at 628-9828.

Library poinsettia saleThe Friends of the Seaford Library &

Cultural Center are taking orders for poin-settias arriving just in time for the upcom-ing holiday season. Poinsettias, which are in 5” pots and available in red, white and pink, are $6 each or 4 for $20. Pick up is Friday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Warren Allen Room of the library. De-livery is available to local businesses and order forms are available at the circulation desk of the library. All orders must be prepaid and turned into the library no later than Monday, Nov. 22. All proceeds ben-efit the Seaford Library & Cultural Cen-ter. For more information, contact Connie Halter at 628-0554.

Seaford Library• The Science and Religion Book dis-

cussion will meet at the Seaford Library and Cultural Center Monday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m.

• The Seaford Library and Cultural Center will have “Baby Bookworms” on Tuesday, Nov. 16 and Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 a.m. This program introduces in-fants through 36 months old to the world of nursery rhymes and books.

• The Seaford Library and Cultural Center will have Magic Cards Club Tues-day, Nov. 16 and Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. This is for teens who like to play

Magic Cards.• There is a Pre-K and Kindergarten

“Story Time” at the Seaford Library and Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 18 and Thursday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 a.m.

• Mary Anne Nichols book signing, “A Nichols Worth, Growing Up in Delaware” is Thursday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m.

• There will be no “Baby Bookworms” on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

• There will be no “Family Fun Night on Wednesday, Nov. 24.

• There will be a Seaford Library and Cultural Center Board meeting on Tues-day, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m.

• The Seaford Library and Cultural Center will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 25, for Thanksgiving. The Library will open for its regular business hours on Fri-day, Nov. 26.

Book signingMary Anne Nichols will be at the Sea-

ford Library and Cultural Center to sign her book on Thursday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m. Her book is available for sale at Beaver Branch and Seaford Florists in Seaford and Avery Hall Insurance in Bridgeville.

AARP Driver Safety ProgramAn AARP Driver Safety Course will be

given from 1 - 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15 and Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Method-ist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford. The 2-day program, sponsored by AARP, stresses how older drivers may op-erate vehicles safely. For information and registration, call Mr. Devone at 629-8081. The cost is $12 for members and $14 for non-members.

Homeschool Book ClubsThe Laurel Public Library monthly

book clubs are designed especially for homeschoolers. Children must be at least 5-years-old to participate. Each club meets once a month on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. For details, call Becky Norton at 875-3184 or email [email protected].

LHS Class of 75 reunionLaurel High School class of 1975 is

planning their 35th class reunion and vol-

unteers are needed. For more information, call Melinda Rogers Tingle, 875-0355; Debbie Calloway, 875-4160; or Denise El-liott Cugler, 245-5631.

Children and teen programsThe following programs will be held

for children and teens in November at the Laurel Public Library.

• Triple T StoryTime, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. - Designed for toddlers (ages 2 and 3); brings stories, rhymes, music and movement together for a morning of active fun for your little ones.

• After School Action, Thursdays, 3-5 p.m. - Students in grades 5-8 are invited to “After School Action” where they can en-joy video games, board games, crafts and snacks each Thursday. Homework help available. No programs on Nov. 11 and 25 because the library will be closed for Vet-erans Day and Thanksgiving.

• Preschool Pajama Party, Monday, Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m. - Preschoolers and their families are invited to our “Preschool Pajama Parties,” a fun, active evening Sto-ryTime program. Siblings welcome.

• NightLife@the Library, Friday, Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m. - An after-hours, teens-only (grades 7-12) evening of video games, board games, pizza and good times. Teens new to our teen programs must come as a guest or pre-register.

• Saturdays@the Library, Saturday, Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m. - Thanksgiving crafts, games and fun for kids in grades K-6.

• Science After School, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 4 p.m. - Students in grades K-6 are in-vited to an afternoon of hands-on science fun.

Purse bingoThe Delaware Diamonds Blue Travel

Ball team is holding a Longaberger and Thirty-One purse bingo on Friday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Laurel Fire Hall. Tick-ets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. For tickets, call Tammy at 228-6298.

Laurel Business Persons of the YearThe founders of Delmarva Digital

have been named the Laurel Chamber of Commerce’s business people of the year. A banquet to honor Tim Smith and Alan Cole will be Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Georgia House restaurant in Laurel.

Social hour will start at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and must be reserved by Friday, Nov. 12. For details or reservations, call the chamber of commerce, 875-9319.

Cub scouts seeking memorabiliaThis year (2010) is the 100th anniversa-

ry of scouting. Cub Scout Pack 90 is look-ing for former scouts interested in joining then for an upcoming show and tell. They would love to see your scout uniforms, books, photos, patches, and hear your sto-ries about your adventures with scouting. Contact Cub Master, Clifford Alpert at 228-2390.

Laurel Pride in bloomYou can now donate to purchase or

maintain planters that change with the seasons. You can also donate for seasonal plantings or toward maintaining a planter in general. For more information, contact


The Laurel Football Boosters

Support John McCoy.

Basket Bingo Fundraiser Friday, November 12, 2010 Seaford Elk’s Lodge, 8846 Elks Road

Doors Open at 6pm, Game starts at 7pmFood is available for purchase

Door Prizes, Raffle, and 50/50 Tickets

Proceeds Benefit Courtney Painter of Delaware Job’s Daughters

Advance Tickets $20, Tickets at Door $25Call Carol: (302)745-4570


Barbara Wise at 875-5537. Contributions of any amount can be

made to Laurel Pride in Bloom, c/o The Bank of Delmarva, 200 E. Market St., Laurel, DE 19956.

Portsville UMC bazaarPortsville United Methodist Church is

holding their annual Fall Bazaar on Satur-day, Nov. 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch, starting at 11 a.m., features oyster fritter sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, hot dogs, homemade vegetable beef soup, sodas and pie.

There will be a bake table, white el-ephant table and hand-crafted items for sale, as well as raffle tickets available. The church is located on Dogwood Lane, Laurel. For information, call Karen at 841-3596.

Delmar Christmas parade The 2010 Delmar Christmas parade is

Saturday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, Dec. 12. Participation in the parade, which is sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce is free. Trophies will be awarded to the winners. This year’s theme is “What Christmas Means to Me.” For a parade ap-plication, call the chamber of commerce voicemail at 846-3336, pick up an applica-tion at Delmar Town Hall, or download from www.delmar-chamberofcommerce.com. The application deadline is Dec. 8.

Book signing in DelmarC.R. Webster, a Finksburg, Md. resi-

dent, will sign copies of her autobiogra-phy, “From the Cradle to the Cyclone Fence,” at The Edge Family Ministries in Delmar, on Friday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m.

Webster saw many forms of substance abuse as a nurse, but when addictions threatened her own son, it was no longer a job. After a shoulder injury dashed his dreams of playing college baseball, her son sought refuge in all the wrong places. Webster had to watch as he went from job to job, court date to court date, and eventu-ally, incarceration.

From the “Cradle to the Cyclone Fence,” tells a tragic story about a moth-er’s struggle to save her son and her deci-sion to turn it over to God.

For more information, contact James Branscum at 888-361-9473 or [email protected].

Citizen of the Year banquetThe Delmar Citizen of the Year ban-

quet, sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce, is Monday, Nov. 29, at 6:15 p.m., at the Delmar VFW. Tickets are $21 and may be purchased from the Bank of Delmarva (Delmar), Wilmington Trust (Delmar), or Delmar Town Hall through Nov. 22.

The 2010 Delmar Citizen of the Year is Pam Schell of the Delmar Public Library.

Holiday candle light tourThe Delmar Historic and Art Society

(DHAS) will hold a holiday candle light tour on Friday, Dec. 10 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. This fundraiser is the first commu-nity-wide event to benefit and support the DHAS mission of offering the Delmar community a vision of the past while mak-ing a contribution to the future. Tickets are $8 and include coffee and cookies from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Delmar. Tickets may be purchased at Wilmington Trust in Delmar, from a board member or by calling Faith at 846-2546. Raffle tickets will be sold at the Masonic Lodge for a horse and carriage ride courtesy of Gary Horseman.

Holiday craft show and saleThere will be a holiday craft show

and sale on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 601 E. Jewell St., Delmar, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show features wreaths, bears, angels, snowmen, gift baskets and more.

Dinner Club Join us for Dinner Club with the Good

News Tour Ministries at the Greenwood CHEER Activity Center on Thursday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost is $6 per member and $8 for non-members. For more information, call 349-5237.

Wellness WednesdayEvery third Wednesday of the month,

from 2 to 4 p.m., Consumer Health Librar-ian for Sussex County, Linda Leonard, will be available at the Greenwood Library to help patrons locate current information and resources about health-related topics.

The next scheduled date is Nov. 17. This is an excellent opportunity to get some of those nagging questions answered. This service is free and open to everyone.

Bridgeville LibraryThe following events will be held at

the Bridgeville Public Library.• Story time - Tuesdays 11 a.m.- 2

to 4-year-olds; Thursday 11 a.m. - 4 to 6-year-olds; Lap Sit on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. for ages 3 months to 2 years

• Family Nights - Third Tuesday of each month, 6:30–8 p.m.; Nov. 16 - Thanksgiving Delight; Dec. 21 - Holiday Extravaganza

• Genealogy Discussion Group - Our Genealogy Discussion Group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. For more information or special needs, contact the library at 337-7401.

Literary readings by Mr. ReynoldsThe Friends of the Bridgeville Library

present Bridgeville’s own Norman Reyn-olds at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Bridgeville Library. Reynolds was the honoree of the Friends’ 2009 fundraiser, “For the Love of Books.” Having taught English and French for 35 years in the Bridgeville/Woodbridge School District, Mr. Reynolds had a significant impact on many lives.

Oyster fritter fry at Hope LodgeHope Lodge #4 will be having an oyster

fritter fry on Saturday, Nov. 20, at their hall on 6th Street, from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. or until its gone. Oyster sandwiches, crab cakes and homemade cream of crab soup will be served. All are welcome.

Free Thanksgiving DinnerUnion United Methodist Church, 2

North Laws St., Bridgeville, will hold their 12th Annual Free Community Thanksgiv-ing Dinner at noon on Thursday, Nov. 25, in the Fellowship Hall. For details call 337-7409.

Seaford AARP tripsDec. 6-8 - Wheeling Island Casino Ho-

tel in Wheeling, W.V. Two meals per day including a dinner show. Tour the Glass Museum, Colonel Oglebay’s Mansion

Museum, addmission to the park for a bus tour of the Festival of Lights. Also a stop at the Kruger Street Toy & Train Mu-seum. Bus driver tip included. Cost: $349 per person/doubles; $435 single.

Dec. 16 - “A Holiday Tradition - Christmas Show” at the American Music Theatre sponsored by the Georgetown AARP. Cost: $90. Contact Hilda Parker at 856-2760. For more information, con-tact Rose at 629-7180.

Tour the White House Limited tickets are available for a

White House Holiday Tour with the Adult Plus+ program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus. This trip is open to the general public. Delight in the beautiful holiday decora-tions during this wonderful tour.

Enjoy an independent lunch and spend the afternoon visiting museums or stroll-ing through the National Mall. The tour will be held on one of the following dates: Tuesday, Dec. 7; Thursday, Dec. 9; or Tuesday, Dec. 14, pending White House confirmation. Registrants will need to provide personal information for a back-ground check. Bring photo identification on the day of tour. Adults ages 50 and up can become Adult Plus+ members for $18 per year. Benefits of membership include unlimited use of the Stephen J. Betze Library located on campus; exclusive ad-vanced registration and special discounts on trips, courses and events; and a free drink with purchase of a meal in the din-ing hall on campus.

For more information, contact Dela-ware Tech’s Adult Plus+ program at 302-856-5618.

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Delmar Alumni tripDelmar Alumni Association members

will be traveling with Holloway Tours to attend the American Music Theatre’s Christmas Show 2010 on Saturday, Nov. 13. Cost is $107 per person which includes bus transportation to Lancaster, Pa., smorgasbord lunch at Hershey Farm Restaurant and tickets to the Christmas Show. For more information or to request a reservation form, call Dot Wolfgang at 846-2366 or Jean Maloney at 875-2337.

Caribbean tripDr. Marie Wolfgang is sponsoring a

winter getaway cruise to the Southern Ca-ribbean as a fundraiser for Relay for Life, sailing from Port Liberty, New Jersey on Jan. 16, returning on Jan. 28.

The itinerary includes Labadee, Sa-mana, St. Thomas, Basseterre, St. Kitts, Antiqua and St. Maarten. Call 629-4471 for brochure.

Travel with Del Tech in NovemberLimited seats are available for up-

coming trips sponsored by Corporate and Community Programs at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus.

Find out what happens when a village tries to raise money for a tiny English church by gambling without the vicar’s knowledge in “Pool’s Paradise” on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Rainbow Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, Pa.

Visit Shady Maple Farmers Market in Lancaster, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 20. Enjoy a smorgasbord of authentic Penn-sylvania Dutch cuisine for lunch.

View or buy original gifts, artwork and fair-trade items from around the world at the Holiday Gift Bazaar on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Salisbury University.

Delight in the special holiday exhibits at Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. on Sunday, Nov. 28.

A Brandywine Christmas features an extensive model railroad, a Victorian doll-house and thousands of ornaments.

‘White Christmas’ show tripLaurel Senior Center is sponsoring a

trip to the Christmas Show at Lancaster Apple Theater to see “White Christmas” on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Cost is $72 and includes transportation, meal and show.

Miracle of Christmas trip The Greenwood CHEER Activity

Center is offering a motor coach trip to see the Miracle of Christmas at Sight & Sound Theater in Lancaster, Pa., on Tues-day, Dec. 7. Cost is $90 per person for members or $100 for non-members and includes transportation, show ticket and smorgasbord dinner at Hershey Farm Res-taurant. For more information, call Susan Welch at 349-5237.

Needlepoint Guild The Delaware Seashore Chapter of the

American Needlepoint Guild meets on the first Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cheer Community Center in Georgetown. For details, call Linda at 644-1523.

Sussex County MarinesMarine Corps League Detachment

#780, Devil Dog Detachment, meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Post #6, “the log cabin,” in Seaford.

USPSUnited States Power Squadron (USPS)

meets at the Nanticoke River Yacht Club on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. For more information, contact C.M. Kohlenberg at 629-0687 or Rob Hutton at 628-0312.

SARAThe regular monthly meeting of the

Sussex Amateur Radio Association (SARA) is Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Marvel Museum in Georgetown. FCC li-cense testing for all levels begins at 6:30 p.m. An informal social starts at 7 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7:30. The meeting is open to anyone with an inter-est in amateur radio. For more informa-tion on this and other SARA club events, visit www.sussexamateurradio.com.

GFWC-Acorn ClubGFWC-Acorn Club is celebrating

women veterans, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine and Cadet nurses at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Methodist Man-or House. Sara Lee Thomas is chairman for this meeting.

Seaford Republican WomenThe Seaford Republican Women’s

Club will meet on Thursday, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m., at the Pizza King Restaurant. This is a departure from the usual fourth Thursday because of Thanksgiving Day conflict. The speaker will be Mary Cos-tello, a representative of Hospice, to talk about the program here in Sussex Coun-ty. For further information call Gloria Burton at 629-3470.

H.A.P.P.E.N.The members of H.A.P.P.E.N., Hearns

Pond Association for its protection, pres-ervation, enhancement and naturalization, will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Seaford Museum. Everyone is wel-come to attend.

Laurel Cub ScoutsLaurel Cub Scout Pack 90 holds their

weekly meetings at 6:30 every Monday night, in the basement at Centenary UMC in Laurel. The Cub Scout program is de-signed for boys from 1st grade through 5th grade.

Seaford Widowed PersonsThe Seaford Chapter of the Widowed

Persons Service will have its next meet-ing on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 12:15 p.m. at the Georgia House in Laurel. The planned guest speaker will be Richard Hutchinson. All widowed persons of all ages are invited to attend.

Holiday Open HouseJoin Santa and Mrs. Claus, Frosty, Ru-

dolph and the elves for pictures, games, cookies and hot chocolate from 5 to 7 p.m.

on Monday, Dec. 6, at the Georgetown of-fice of Delaware National Bank. For more information, call 855-2406.

Craft fair at Del TechGet a head start on holiday shopping

at the 27th Annual Craft & Art Fair on Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13 at Delaware Technical & Community Col-lege, Owens Campus. From 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday in the William A. Carter Partnership Center, numerous crafters will offer everything from floral arrangements, country gifts, glasswork, and ceramics to needlework, woodcarvings, jewelry, dolls and more. For more information, contact Delaware Tech’s Adult Plus + program at 856-5618.

Genealogical Society events On Saturday, Nov. 20, the society will

hold a membership meeting. Matt Metz, a local surveyor, will speak on the aspects land records play in family research. This meeting will be held at the Rehoboth Beach Public Library at 10:30 a.m.

For more information, call 875-5418 or visit www.scgsdelaware.org.

Couture & Class Fashion ShowCouture & Class, Saturday, Nov. 20, 11

a.m., Carter Partnership Center, Delaware Technical & Community College, George-

town. Event includes shopping bazaar, on-line auction. Tickets are $35/person; $225/table for eight.

For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.dtcc.edu/owens/fashionshow/ or call 855-1659.

Adult Plus activities in NovemberForm friendships, improve computer

skills or develop a new hobby by partici-pating in activities offered in November by the Adult Plus+ program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus. Discover how to use the Internet in First Steps to the Internet on Nov. 16. Develop the knowledge needed to create professional documents in First Steps to Microsoft Word on Nov. 23. Learn to use text and graphics to create presentations in First Steps to PowerPoint on Nov. 30.

Novice to intermediate artists can receive informal instruction in Portrait Workshop on Thursdays, Nov. 16 to Jan. 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. Discover how to add a special touch to celebrations with easy to create hors d’oeuvres specialties on Tues-day, Nov. 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Enjoy hands-on demos and prepare tasty recipes in Easy & Elegant Desserts on Tuesday, Nov. 16 and Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m.

For more information, contact Delaware Tech’s Adult Plus+ program at 856-5618.


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Church Bulletins‘Fresh Connection’ services

Centenary UMC, located at the corner of Market and Poplar Streets in Laurel, is starting a new service, “Fresh Connec-tion.” This service will be held the third Saturday of each month through May, at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. For more information, contact Blair Hall at 875-8106.

200 Years of Christian ServiceSailors Bethel United Methodist

Church will celebrate its 200th anniver-sary on Nov. 14. The service will begin at 2 p.m. There will be special music fea-turing the Jones Boys. The Rev. Randy Booth of Wisconsin will be our special speaker. Fellowship will follow at the community house following the service.

Clarence Street memorial serviceThere will be a memorial service on

Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Clarence Street Church of God. It will be a celebration of life for those who have gone before us. The service starts at 5 p.m. with Bishop Carlton Cannon officiating.

All are welcome to attend. For more information, call Pastor Cannon at 448-0852, Beatrice Jenkins at 858-8265, Ro-berta Posley at 448-0755 or Esther Rob-erts at 228-7036.

Free weekly soup socialA free weekly soup social is held ev-

ery Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Christ United

Methodist Church, 510 S. Central Ave., Laurel. All are welcome. For more in-formation, call the church office daily, 9 a.m. to noon, at 875-4233.

Magi Choral Festival tickets on saleTickets for the 2010 Magi Choral Fes-

tival are available at several locations. The Magi Choral Festival features the National Christian Choir and the Magi Children’s Choir.

The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Wicomico High School Auditorium in Salisbury.

Tickets are $15 and are available in Salisbury at The Gospel Shop and all branches of First Shore Federal Savings and Loan. Ticket proceeds go directly to the Christian Shelter and Joseph House Center, two Christian crisis ministries serving the needy on the Lower Eastern Shore.

For more information, call Bonnie Luna at 410-749-1633.

Operation Christmas ChildThis is the fifth year that St. Luke’s

Episcopal Church in Seaford will be par-ticipating in filling shoe boxes for Opera-tion Christmas Child, which is a project of Samaritan’s Purse.

All boxes are designated for either a boy or a girl within a certain age group. They should be brought to the church by Sunday, Nov. 14.

Recreational Night at Trinity UMCTrinity UMC near Trap Pond in Laurel

will be having Recreational Night (Rec night) every Tuesday when school is in session. These events will start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8.

All teens are invited and there will be games including basketball and board games.

Christmas yard saleChrist United Methodist Church in

Laurel will hold a Christmas Yard Sale on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 7 to 11 a.m.

Parish MissionOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

in Seaford is sponsoring a “Parish Mis-sion” at the end of November.

The Parish Mission begins Sunday, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. and continues each of the next four evenings at 6:30 p.m., concluding on Thursday evening. For de-tails call the church office at 629-3591.

Evening worship and Bible studyA study, “Revelation and The End

Times: Unraveling God’s Message of Hope,” will be offered on Sunday eve-nings beginning Oct. 31 at Union United Methodist Church in Bridgeville.

Each session is from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and will be held in the Colonial Room.

Nov. 14: The Other World: Heaven and Hell

Nov. 21: Raising the Dead

Nov. 28: The Afterlife: The Rapture, the Millennium, and the New Heaven and the New Earth

The book, which accompanies the study, is available in the church office. Sign-up is not required and attendees are invited to come to individual sessions as their schedule allows.

Family and Friends DayMt. Calvary United Methodist Church

in Bridgeville, will observe Family and Friends Day on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. The theme is, “Letting Go of the Past and Embracing the Future,” from Phillipians 3:13. A fellowship meal will be served before the service at 2:30 p.m.

Guest preacher is Pastor C. Guy Robinson of Jones Tabernacle Baptist Church, Baltimore. Pastor Robinson re-ceived formal music training at Morgan State University.

As a composer, his music has been re-corded by numerous gospel music artists. He is also the lead organizer of Authentic Revelation Ministries.

The public is invited to join in this cel-ebration of family and friends. There will be a free will offering.

For more information, call 337-8198 or 542-5752.

Advent and Christmas worshipUnion United Methodist Church in

Bridgeville will hold the following Ad-vent and Christmas worship opportuni-

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

600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-3644

The Rev. Dr. Howard G. Backus, Rector www.dioceseofdelaware.net/churches/stphlps.html

Holy Eucharist with Healing Sunday ~ 8:30 & 10:30 am Church School ~ 9:30 am

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

Pastor - Donald Murray - 856-6107

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

Road 68, South of Laurel

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

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

www.StPaulsUMCLaurelDE.org

Delmar Wesleyan Church 800 East Street

Delmar, MD 21875 “The Church That Cares”

410-896-3600 Pastor James C. Hitch

Sunday: Sunday School 10 M

Worship 11 AM & 6 PM

Wednesday: Bible Study

7 PM

875-3983 200 W. Market Street, Laurel, Del.

Centenary UMC www.laurelcentenaryumc.org

Contemporary Worship, 8:45 a.m. Traditional Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School, for ALL Ages, 9:45 a.m. Wednesdays: Bible Study 1 p.m.;

& Youth Ministry 6:45 p.m.

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

Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wed. Night Service 7:00 p.m.

Know, Grow, Show & Go in our Walk with Jesus Christ

22581 Sussex Hwy., Seaford, DE • 629-6298

CH R IST IA N CH U R CH of Seaford

Centrally located at 14511 Sycamore Rd., Laurel, DE 19956

Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. FasTrak Children’s Ministry - 10:30 a.m.; E318 Youth - 6 p.m.

Wednesday Midweek Services - 7 p.m. For info, call 875.7995 or visit www.centralworshipcenter.org

Pastor Timothy Dukes, Senior Pastor Pastor John Lanzone, Youth/Family Pastor

Worship 10:45 a.m. • Sun. School 9:45 a.m. Wed. Night 7:00 p.m. • Sun. Night 7:00 p.m. Located on Camp Road between the Dual & Alt. 13

For info call: 629-3674 or 875-2915 Sr. Pastor Roland Tice

Great Worship - Talented Singers Loving People - Powerful Preaching

Youth Group Wednesday 7:00 pm

Christ Evangelistic Church

Ph: 875-7748 Minister: Ian J. Drucker Worship Services: Sunday 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Bible Study: Sun. 9:00 a.m.; Wed. 7:00 p.m. In The Interest Of New Testament Christianity

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1010 S. Central Ave., Laurel

Sunday Family Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday Family Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. 94 Walnut Street, Laurel, DE

(across from GameZone) 302-875-7873 www.laurelnazarene.org

A church you can relate to

Stein Highway Church of God 425 E. Stein Highway, at Market Street

Seaford, DE 19973 Lighted Pathway Pre-School, Infant to age 6

Mrs. Casey Davis, Director Worship: Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Bible Study & Youth Service 7:00 p.m. E-mail: SteinHwyCOG.gmail.com

Web page: www.steinhwychurchofgod.com Facebook: Stein Highway Church of God

Pastor Robert W. Clagg • Church 302-629-8583


ties. All events are free and the public is cordially invited. Come and bring a friend.

Nov. 28 - Blue Christmas Gathering, 2 p.m.

Dec. 5 - Capital Ringers Concert, 3 p.m.

Dec. 12 - “Star Journey” - a dramatic children and youth Christmas program

Dec. 19 - Choir Cantata, 7 p.m.Dec. 24 - Silent Holy Communion, 6

p.m.; Christmas Eve worship, 7 p.m.For more information, call 337-7409.

St. Luke’s Church newsSt. Luke’s Episcopal Church offers

its newsletter online and also via email. “Luke’s Letter” is published quarterly and will be available online at www.stlukesseaford.org. You can also join the email list if you send a request to [email protected]. St. Luke’s services are Sunday, Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m., and Thursday evenings, Holy Eucharist and Healing at 6 p.m.

Weekly Bible StudyA weekly Bible study is being held ev-

ery Wednesday night from 7:15-8:15 p.m. at the Days Inn, Rt. 13 South, Seaford (next to KFC).

Family oriented Bible lessons for all ages. Sunday worship service is at 12 noon. Elder Cornell Johnson, of Jesus The Christ Apostolic Ministries, is pastor. Call 628-0349 or 302-344-9672 for more information.

Bible Study St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sea-

ford is conducting a Bible Study every Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Parish House.

The Brotherhood of St. AndrewThe Brotherhood of St. Andrew of

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Seaford meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Parish House. They are also studying the booklet, The Story of Scripture.

For more information, call St. Luke’s church office at 629-7979.

Music Dinner Gala ConcertChrist the Cornerstone Community

Church is having their Annual Music Dinner Gala Concert on Saturday, Nov. 13, featuring Jim and Patty Jennette. Tickets are $7.50 per person.

Reserve your ticket in advance by call-ing 875-5415. Dinner includes roast beef and ham and will start promptly at 5:30 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Woodland Homecoming serviceThe Woodland United Methodist

Church annual Homecoming service is Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker is the Rev. Barbara Wilson and Reunion gospel group will provide spe-cial music.

A covered dish dinner will follow in the Fellowship Hall. There will be no morning worship service.

Fellowship seeks teen essaysThe Vine & Vessels Christian Writer’s

Fellowship is sponsoring a special “I Love to Write Day” contest for young writers.

Under the topic of “My Dream is Bigger than my Environment,” youth be-tween the ages of 10 and 16 can submit an essay with the potential of winning money and other prizes.

Submissions must be between 300 and 500 words in length. The entries will be judged on creativity, content, grammar, spelling and topic/subject conformity. Prizes will be awarded on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Vine and Vessels meeting at the Seaford District Library.

Entrants must be in attendance in or-der to win. Mail essay entries to: Vine & Vessels, P.O. 1716, Seaford, DE 19973. For more information contact Betty Ricks-Jarman at 448-5939, or Joyce Ses-soms at 382-9904.

Father Daughter DanceMt. Olivet UMC Father Daughter

Dance tickets are available. The dance will be held Friday, Jan. 28, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at the Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept. For tickets, which are $7.50 each, contact David and Becky Genshaw at 629-9014.

Christmas House fundraiserThe Christmas House Fundraiser

at Christ the Cornerstone Community Church in Laurel, will reopen on Thurs-day, Nov. 11 and stay open through Sat-urday, Dec. 18. Hours are Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There are designer wreaths plus many new items for the season.

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

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

Sun. 9:30 am Wed. 7:00 pm Children’s Church • Nursery

Senior Minister: Dr. Carl G Vincent Senior Pastor: Pastor Barry B. Dukes

wwwmessiahsvineyard.org

Messiah’s Vineyard Church

Pastor Stacey Johnson 28261 Seaford Rd., Laurel, 2 miles N. of Laurel on Alt. 13

302-877-0443

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SUNDAY WORSHIP 11 AM and 6 PM ~ Sunday School 9:45 AM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT Ministry for the whole family 7 PM

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH A Cooperative S.B.C. Church

805 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE 302-629-8434 • www.graceseaford.org

Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:45 am & 6:30 pm Children’s Church 10:45 am SPANISH Worship 10:45 am Wednesday Activities 7 pm Pastor: Homer McKeithan

Music: Jim Burket “The Cross Is Grounded In Grace”

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH 532 Stein Hwy., Seaford, DE 19973 Redemptorist Fathers • 629-3591

MASSES: SUNDAY: Sat. Eve. - Vigil 4:30 p.m.; Spanish 7:30 p.m.

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

HOLY DAYS: Eve. 7:30 p.m.; 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. NOVENA DEVOTIONS: Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

CONFESSION: Sat. 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY8:30am Worship / Nursery9:45am Classes for all ages

11:00am Worship / KidsChurch & Nursery

7:00pm Evening Service

WEDNESDAY EVENING6:45 AWANA (K-grade 6),Catalyst Youth (gr. 7-12),DivorceCare support group,7:00 Intercessory Prayer,

Men’s Group

The Church by the Side of the Road 15092 Cokesbury Rd, Georgetown, DE

(302) 629-5222 • www.cokesburyworship.org Pastor Harold Carmean & Congregation

Sunday School 9 am Contemporary Church Service 10 am

COKESBURY CHURCH

All Welcome Where Love Abides -- John 3:16

Holy Eucharist: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

Thurs. Eve. Service: 6 p.m.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Front & King St., Seaford, DE 629-7979

The Rev’d. Jeanne W. Kirby-Coladonato, Rector

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 315 N. Shipley St., Seaford, DE 19973 • 302-629-9755 Pastor: Rev. Andrew C. Watkins www.christlutheranseaford.com Praise Worship 8:15 AM • Sunday School 9:45 AM

• Traditional Worship 11:15 AM

Laurel Baptist Church, SBC Where everybody is somebody & Jesus Christ is Lord

33056 Bi-State Boulevard, Laurel, DE 19956 LBC Sunday School ~ 10:00

Morning Worship ~ 11:00 Wednesday Bible Study ~ 7:00 P.M.

Nursery Provided Pastor: Rev. Steven Booth

Music Director: Linda Lewis 302-875-7998

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

Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary 9:45 Sunday School

Pastor: Rev. Jim Sipes • 302-629-4458 PROFESSIONAL NURSERY CARE PROVIDED

Mount Olivet United Methodist Church

Serving Christ in the Heart of Seaford since 1830 315 High St. • Seaford, DE

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

N. Dual 13, P.O. Box 783, Seaford, DE 19973 302-629-6206

Evangelist - G. W. Cliver - 629-6206 Elder - Don Birch - 629-8949

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

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

Live For God, Love Each Other, Light The World

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 543 N. BRADFORD ST., SEAFORD, DEL. • 629-7161

Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, Pastor SUNDAY

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

WEDNESDAY Prayer & Praise 7:00 p.m.

Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m. Youth Group 6:00-8 p.m.

SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161

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

Sunday : Church School . . . . . . . . 9:45 am Morning Worship . . . . . . 11 am Youth Explosion . . . . . . . . 6 pm Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . 7 pm

Tuesday : Corporate Prayer . . . . . . . . . 7 pm ‘Come and Grow with Us!’

Midweek Activities : Call for Details

Children’s Church & Nursery Provided

*Counseling by appt. only Thursday :

Bible Study & Family Training Hour . . . . . . . . . . . 7 pm

743 E. Clarence St., Seaford, Del. Carlton L. Cannon, Sr. Pastor

629-9443, Cell: 448-0852 • [email protected]

27225 Kaye Road Laurel, DE 19956

Ph: (302) 875-7814 www.thelighthouseld.org

Timothy P. Jones, Pastor

“Shining His Light”

Sunday Family Worship - 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Family Ministries - 7:00 p.m.

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Union United Methodist Church 2 North Laws St., Bridgeville, DE 19933 Across from Bank 337-7409 Handicap Friendly

WORSHIP TIMES: 9 am Contemporary Service

10 am Sunday School 11 am Traditional Worship Youth Group (Sun. 6 p.m.)

Welcome… SEAFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 9 am Morning Worship 10 am

701 Bridgeville Road

629-9077

Seaford Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pastor - O. Kenneth Scheller 302-875-0140 All are welcome to worship here every Sabbath.

Saturday Services Sabbath School

9:30 a.m. Worship Service

11:00 a.m.

26295 Sussex Highway (south on 13), Seaford, DE GETHSEMANE

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH A Safe Sanctuary & Stephen’s Ministry Church

Rev. E. S. Mallozzi Contemporary Services ... 8:45 & 10:30 a.m.

Nursery Care & Children’s Church Provided Corner of Woodland Ferry Rd. & Stein Hwy.,

4 miles West of Seaford • 629-2862 Jeans Expected! No Halos Required!


ObituariesMary E. Farrelly, 80

Mary E. Farrelly of Laurel, passed away at her home on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Mary was born in Laurel, a daugh-ter of the late Isaac Cordrey and Maude Mitchell Cordrey. Mrs. Farrelly had worked at many of the local restaurants as a waitress. She was a 70-year member of Shiloh Community Church in Laurel and a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Post #19. A loving wife and mother, she is survived by her husband, Brian Farrelly; their sons, Brian E. Far-relly and wife Virginia, Donald W. Far-relly, Michael L. Farrelly and wife Ruth, all of Laurel and James E. Farrelly and wife Kelly of Seaford; a brother, Melvin Cordrey; and a sister, Peggy Ralph, both of Laurel. Eleven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews also survive her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, James and Richard Cordrey and sisters, Louise McGee and Grace Hol-loway. A funeral service was held on Fri-day, Nov. 5, at Shiloh Community Church, Laurel. The Rev. Mark Erskine officiated. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel. Contributions may be made in Mrs. Farrelly’s memory to Shiloh Commu-nity Church, Shiloh Church Rd., Laurel, DE 19956. Arrangements are in the care of Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.hsdfu-neralhome.com.

Russell E. Jackson, 72Russell Edward Jackson of Laurel,

passed away on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

Russell had been a poultry grower for Allen’s Family Foods. He enjoyed shoot-ing pool, NASCAR, carpentry and making things. His biggest hobbies and interest were his wife and children. He was pre-ceded in death by his parents, Garland and Florence Jones Jackson. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann Jackson; 5 children, Darlene Burns and husband Lawrence of Baltimore, Md., Linda Whitelock of Mardela Springs, Md., Michael Russell Jackson and wife Lisa of Seaford, Barbara Ann Wooten and husband Billy of Dags-boro, and June Shirley Jackson and com-panion Larry Samuelson of Laurel; one sister, Margaret Smith of Powellville, Md.; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and his beloved feline friend, Blue Girl. He is also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and friends. A funeral service was held on Friday, Nov. 5, at Watson Funeral Home, Millsboro. The Rev. Robert Hudson officiated. Arrange-ments are in the care of Watson Funeral Home.

Willard F. ‘Buddy’ Marvel, 69Willard F. ‘Buddy’ Marvel of Laurel,

died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Nanti-coke Memorial Hospital, Seaford.

Born in Milford, the son of the late Blossom Juanita Russell and William Thomas Marvel III, he was a custodian in the Seaford School District before retiring.

Buddy was a member of Portsville United Methodist Church, Portsville, where he served as a trustee. He also served in the Army Reserve. He is sur-vived by his wife, Rita Wright Marvel; two sons, Joseph Todd Marvel and wife Cynthia of Magnolia and Michael W. Mar-vel and wife Joy of Seaford; 2 grandchil-dren, Sage Michael Marvel and Courtney Lord; and a great-grandchild, Justin Mi-chael Lord. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his twin brother, William T. Marvel IV. Services were held Sunday, Nov. 7, at Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford. The Rev. Arthur Smith officiated. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery, Bethel.

Ann B. Nocar, 77Ann B. Nocar of Laurel, died Wednes-

day, Nov. 3, 2010. Ann is survived by her husband of 38 years, Albert F. Nocar; a stepson, Richard Nocar; and two grand-children. Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 8, at Cranston Funeral Home, Sea-ford. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel.

Donald “Scott” Weaver, 48Donald “Scott” Weaver of Seaford,

died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.Donald worked in Salisbury for Univer-

sity Tire. He loved Nascar racing and was a Dale Jr. fan. He also loved drag racing and was a member of the American Pool Association and the Finisher Pool Club.

He is survived by two daughters, Shan-non and Kelly; three grandchildren, Blake and Matthew Dean and Anthony Weaver; his parents, Donald Miles Weaver and Billy Louise Weaver of Seaford; a brother, Kenneth Miles Weaver of Hebron, Md.; a sister, Monica Ogel of Seaford; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral ser-vices were Saturday, Nov. 6, at Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford. Burial was in Henlopen Memorial Park. In lieu of flow-ers, the family suggests donations to the American Diabetes Association.

Patricia Ann Rizia, 67Patricia Ann (Patsy) Rizia of Federals-

burh, Md., died Nov. 7, 2010, at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. Born April 2, 1943, in Easton, she was the daughter of the late Lacy Dorman of Federalsburg and Christine Figurski of Rehoboth. Patsy is survived by her husband of 18 years, Ju-nior N. Rizia of Federalsburg; son Harry R. Lewis and his wife, Terry, two grand-daughters, Meghan and Caitlyn of Milton, Del.; Stepson Allen N Rizia of Easton; sister-in-law Helen Wagner and her hus-band, Smiley, of Easton.

She took early retirement from the Du-pont Company in Seaford, with 27 years of service. She started on shift work and retired as clerical assistant. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her stepmother, Margaret Dorman, of Fed-eralsburg.

At Patsy’s request, there will be no ser-vice. If you would like to make a donation, please do to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Lynwood Dr., Easton, MD 21601.

James B. Seabrease Sr.James B. Seabrease Sr. of Seaford,

passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at his residence.

He was born July 28, 1939, in Brid-geville, son of the late Otho and Lulu (Layton) Seabrease.

Mr. Seabrease was a Sussex County resident all of his life. He loved firearms and playing pool. He enjoyed a long military career with the U.S. Army retiring in 1977 as a Sergeant First Class. He served both in Vietnam and Korea. Mr. Seabrease was a member of VFW Post 4961 where he spent many an hour. He also loved spending time with his fam-ily and friends.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Sea-brease was preceded in death by his broth-er, William Seabrease and his sister, Betty Mitchell. He is survived by his son, James B. Seabrease Jr. and his fiancé, Carol Lynn Brown both of Seaford; and two grandchil-dren, Thaddeus Seabrease and Christian O’Neal, both of Seaford. A chapel service with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro. Arrangements are in the care of Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Bridgeville. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to VFW Virgil Wilson Post 4961, 4961 Middleford Rd., Seaford, DE 19973. Visit the life memorial webpage for Mr. Seabrease and sign the online guestbook at www.parsell-funeralhomes.com.

James E. Quick Sr., 69James E. “Jimmy” Quick Sr., 69, of

Pocomoke City, Md., died suddenly, Sun-day, Nov. 7, 2010, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born Jan. 26, 1941 in Laurel, he was the son of the late Gilbert and Evelyn (Mitchell) Quick. Mr. Quick graduated from Laurel High School and was a life member of the Po-comoke Elks Lodge #1624. He enjoyed fishing and loved his children and grandchildren.

He retired three times, 30 years with A&P as the produce manager, 10 years with Beauchamp Construction, and 11 years with Lank-ford Sysco. Following retirement, he and his son worked together providing rental housing.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Donna Marriner Quick; a son, James “Jay” E. Quick Jr. and his wife Charma, all of Pocomoke City; a daughter, Teresa “Terry” Quick Thompson of Camden-

Wyoming; a sister, Barbara Q. Smith and her husband Wayne of Laurel; two grand-sons, Tyler and Devin Quick of Pocomoke City; three nieces, Shelly Dayton and her husband John of Westminster, Md., Donna Breasure and her husband Bobby of Del-mar and Tracy Smith of Laurel; two great-nephews, Lucas and Cole Dayton; and his faithful Shitzu, Baylee. Family and friends may call at Holloway Funeral Home in Pocomoke City, Wednesday, Nov. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m., where there will be an Elks Memorial Service at 6 p.m. A funeral ser-vice, officiated by the Rev. Connie Pruitt, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11, at the funeral home. Interment will fol-low in Wattsville Methodist Cemetery in Wattsville, Va.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Pocomoke EMS, P.O. Box 29, Pocomoke City, MD 21851 or the American Heart Association, Eastern Shore Chapter, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Al-len, VA 23058. Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home, 107 Vine St., Pocomoke City, MD 21851. To send condolences to the family, visit www.hol-lowayfh.com.

Marlene Elizabeth Owens, 76Marlene Elizabeth Owens of Chester-

town, MD died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. She was 76 years old. Born on October 21, 1934 in Laurel, Delaware, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Kathalene Hastings Boyce. Mrs. Owens was a Loan Review Specialist for the People’s Bank of Kent County until 1984. Marlene was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in Chestertown, MD. Mrs. Owens enjoyed sewing, reading, traveling and crafts, especially dolls. She loved collect-ing lighthouses, and other related items.

Mrs. Owens is survived by her hus-band, E. Roy Owens, a daughter, Susan Broyles and her fiancé, Charles Ashley of Chestertown, MD; a son, Jeffrey Elliott and his wife, Cheryl of Seaford, DE; a step-son, Alan Owens and his wife, Me-lissa of Columbia, SC; a step-son, Dean Owens and his wife, Elisa of Contoocook, NH; a step-son, Edward Owens and his wife, Kathy of Laurel, DE; as well as 12 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends called on Sun-day evening at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home in Chestertown, Md. Friends and family also called at Christ United Methodist Church, Chester-town, Md., on Monday, Nov. 1, at 10 a.m., before the 11 a.m. funeral services.

Interment was in Odd Fellows Cem-etery in Laurel, Del., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at 12 noon.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Christ United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 262, Chestertown, MD 21620; The Lewy Body Dementia Association, Inc., P.O. Box 451429, Atlanta, GA 31145-9429, or the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion, P.O. Box 96011, Washington D.C. 20090. Arrangements were handled by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home Chestertown, Md. www.fhnfuneral-home.com

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ABA awards racial justice grantThe American Bar Association has se-

lected Delaware as one of four states to re-ceive a two-year $24,000 grant to support a Racial Justice Improvement Project. The grant will allow Delaware to enact key practices to support a justice system that strives to be fair, efficient and accountable.

The grant will build on the state’s ex-isting efforts to protect civil rights and promote racial and ethnic fairness. In April 2010, the Delaware Criminal Justice Council, which is dedicated to making positive changes throughout Delaware’s criminal justice system, unanimously ap-proved a “Declaration of Leading Practices to Protect Civil Rights and Promote Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Criminal Justice system in Delaware,” which has been rec-ognized as a model for other states.

The Declaration addresses early inter-vention strategies to protect civil rights and to promote racial and ethnic fairness, civilian and internal complaint processes, management of the use of force by law enforcement, bias-free decision making, personnel and data management, and com-munity outreach.

Effective Jan. 1, 2011, any applicant for a grant administered by the Delaware

Criminal Justice Council that certifies compliance with the Declaration will be given preference over any applicant that does not certify compliance. The Declara-tion is available at http://cjc.delaware.gov.

The Declaration of Leading Practices began to take shape in 2007 when the Del-aware Supreme Court and the Delaware Criminal Justice Council co-sponsored a two-day summit on racial and ethnic fair-ness. The summit brought together more than 70 key stakeholders from state gov-ernment and the community, representing every element of the justice system from arrest to prisoner re-entry, to meet with state and national experts in criminal jus-tice and juvenile justice systems. In 2008, the Sentencing Project recognized the summit as an administrative best practice for state agencies.

Justice Ridgely said, “This grant rec-ognizes Delaware’s ground-breaking work to protect civil rights and promote racial and ethnic fairness in our criminal justice system. It will allow us to move forward with achieving and maintaining throughout Delaware the important leading practices which the Delaware Criminal Justice Council has endorsed.”

Grant helps area neighborhoodsU.S. Senators Tom Carper and Ted

Kaufman (both D-Del.) recently an-nounced $5 million in funding to help reverse the effects of the foreclosure crisis in Delaware.

The funding was made possible through the U.S. Housing and Urban Develop-ment’s (HUD) Neighborhood Stabilization Program and will provide targeted emer-gency assistance to state and local govern-ments to acquire, redevelop or demolish foreclosed properties.

“Communities across Delaware, and across the nation, were hit hard by the foreclosure crisis,” said Senators Carper and Kaufman.

“This HUD funding will help speed up the process of redeveloping and resell-ing foreclosed properties, nurturing our communities back to their former health. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program also helps prevent similar problems in the future by offering economic assistance and housing counseling for low income homebuyers. It’s programs like these that will ultimately help our state get back on track.”

The funding is provided under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Con-sumer Protection Act. To date, there have been two other rounds of NSP funding: the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) provided $3.92 billion and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated an additional $2 billion.

Like those earlier rounds of NSP grants,

these targeted funds will be used to pur-chase foreclosed homes at a discount and to rehabilitate or redevelop them in order to respond to rising foreclosures and fall-ing home values. Today, 95 cents of every dollar from the first round of NSP funding is obligated – and is in use by communi-ties, buying up and renovating homes and creating jobs.

County employees help HabitatNearly two dozen Sussex County gov-

ernment employees traded in their com-puters and calculators for hammers and hardhats recently to benefit a local charity and needy family.

County employees in October volun-teered their time to Sussex County Habitat for Humanity by helping build a house at the corner of Greene Avenue and West Sixth Street in Laurel. Volunteers gave six hours of their ‘sweat’ to hang walls and perform other jobs in the home that ben-efits a single mother and her four children, who hope to move in by Christmas.

The Build Day is the latest partnership between Sussex County government and Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit orga-nization whose mission is to build decent, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families. In March, the County donated to Habitat for Humanity the use of two vacant houses near Georgetown, which will be used as temporary housing for families waiting to move into their new homes and as quarters for AmeriCorps volunteers.

Grants will improve assessmentsDelaware will receive a portion of

$330 million to develop a new genera-tion of tests designed to provide ongoing feedback to teachers during the course of the school year, measure annual student growth, and move beyond narrowly-focused bubble tests. The tests will assess students’ knowledge of mathematics and English language arts from third grade through high school.

The grant requests are part of the Race to the Top competition and will be awarded to the Partnership for Assess-ment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) in the amounts of approximately $170 and $160 million respectively. Delaware is part of both coalitions.

The PARCC coalition will test stu-dents’ ability to read complex text, com-plete research projects, excel at classroom speaking and listening assignments, and work with digital media. PARCC will also replace the one end-of-year high stakes accountability test with a series of assess-

ments throughout the year that will be averaged into one score for accountability purposes, reducing the weight given to a single test administered on a single day, and providing valuable information to stu-dents and teachers throughout the year.

The SMARTER coalition will test stu-dents using computer adaptive technology that will ask students tailored questions based on their previous answers.

SMARTER will continue to use one test at the end of the year for accountabil-ity purposes, but will create a series of in-terim tests used to inform students, parents and teachers about whether students are on track.

For both consortia, these periodic as-sessments could replace already existing tests, such as interim assessments that are in common use in many classrooms today. Moreover, both consortia are designing their assessment systems with the substan-tial involvement of experts and teachers of English learners and students with dis-abilities to ensure that these students are appropriately assessed.

Grant will protect state archives The Delaware Division of Libraries

(DDL) has been awarded a $220,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) to train staff and volun-teers in small museums, libraries, archives and historical societies to properly care for collections that are important to their communities. Delaware is one of only five states to receive this grant.

A large portion of the grant funding will be used for staff education.

The funding will also be used to devel-op a methodology and custom databases for cultural heritage organizations to prop-erly inventory their collections.

Working with leading Delaware institu-tions, such as the University of Delaware, will allow for sustainability of the project past the end of the grant period.

A portion of the grant will be used to purchase kits with equipment to measure conditions which can damage collections,

such as temperature and humidity.The results of the Heritage Health

Index (HHI), found that 80 percent of col-lecting institutions throughout the country did not have an emergency plan for their collections or trained staff to carry it out. They concluded that approximately 190 million objects could be lost in just a few short years without immediate attention.

The following workshop will be held at the Lewes Public Library:

Collections Management: Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural In-stitutions - Thursday, Dec. 2 - Discover how to design and implement a collec-tions management policy and handling and maintenance guidelines.

You will also learn how to delegate staff responsibilities and work with volun-teers and boards of directors.

To register, call 302-739-4748, ext. 5116 or e-mail [email protected].


HealthRespiratory Care Week celebrated

In honor of national Respiratory Care Week, the respiratory care students at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus celebrated with an open house on Oct. 27.

In this fast-growing field of cardiopul-monary science, respiratory therapists help people manage a wide variety of breathing problems and the prevention of chronic lung disease. A respiratory therapist cares for a diverse group of patients ranging from newborn to the elderly, working in a variety of health care environments, in-cluding hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, emergency rooms and home care.

The open house featured the various types of equipment used by the students in the instructional lab every week. Students also demonstrated their skill with and knowledge of the equipment and answered questions.

For information about the fully accred-ited respiratory care program at Delaware Tech, call Jay Little, dept. chair, at 855-5935.

Research center receives grantThe Center for Pediatric Research

(CPR) at the Nemours/Alfred I. du-Pont Hospital for Children was recently awarded an additional 5-year, $9.5-mil-lion Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). This competitive award will al-low Nemours to continue to expand the CPR and support the recruitment of addi-tional faculty to this diverse pediatric clini-cal and research facility.

The Center for Pediatric Research was established to not only sustain transla-tional research programs by clinicians and scientists, but also to build independent, cutting-edge programs at Nemours. This funding has assisted Nemours Biomedical Research in the development of eight such Center programs, including Applied Clinical Genomics, Cardiac, Orthopedic, Childhood Cancer, Clinical Diagnostics, Clinical Pharmacology, Pediatric Auditory and Speech, and Pediatric Lung Research.

“Grant applications and renewals are in-tensely competitive,” said Dr. Thomas H. Shaffer, director and principal investigator of the CPR. “Grants like this from the NIH help fulfill a main goal of the Center for Pediatric Research—to attract some of the best and brightest translational researchers to Delaware, while building state-of-the-art

pediatric research programs and expanding our existing programs on pediatric disor-ders.”

‘Coping with the Holidays’A special workshop on “Coping with

the Holidays,” offered by Delaware Hospice will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Cancer Care Building, Seaford.

The grief journey can be difficult to navigate, especially during the holiday sea-son. Participants will find help in coping through the discussion and ideas presented at this workshop, and each will receive a free copy of James Miller’s book, “How will I get through the Holidays.”

There is no fee for this workshop which is offered as a community service by Delaware Hospice. However, registration is required.

Register by calling Paul Ganster, LCSW, at 357-7147 or email [email protected].+

Breast cancer support groupDelaware Breast Cancer Coalition,

Inc. (DBCC) has expanded its Beginning Your Pink Ribbon Journey, a program for women newly-diagnosed with breast can-cer, by partnering with Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Cancer Center in Seaford. The free, monthly program is offered at the Cancer Center located at 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, the third Thursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m.

The program is facilitated by Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Cancer Center profes-sional staff - Terri A. Clifton, MS, NCC, Cancer Care coordinator; Mary Brown, RN, DSN, manager Cancer Care Center; and Wendy Polk, nutritionist – with assis-tance from Lois Wilkinson, DBCC special projects manager, who helps facilitate the program at Bayhealth.

Of particular value to newly-diagnosed women is DBCC’s Peer Mentor Program through which they are paired with a long-term survivor for one-on-one sup-port. To learn more about Beginning Your Pink Ribbon Journey at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, call Lois Wilkinson at 672-6435. Registration is required and light refreshments and small gifts are provided.

Cancer Support Group The Wellness Community-Delaware

offers a general cancer support group for people affected by cancer and their loved

ones held at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. The monthly support group meets in the second floor conference room of the Cancer Care center on the third Monday of each month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The next meet-ing takes place on Nov. 15 at 4:30 p.m. The Wellness Community, an affiliate of the Cancer Support community, is dedicated to helping people affected by cancer en-hance their health and well-being through participation in a professional program of emotional support and hope. Facilitators are trained mental health professionals with a master’s degree or more. Call 645-9150 for information or to register. All support groups offered at the Wellness Community are free of charge. This program is made possible by the support of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.

Competition to improve school mealsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has

announced the Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge to improve school meals and the health of children across the nation through the creation of exciting new reci-pes for inclusion on school lunch menus.

The competition will draw on the tal-ents of chefs, students, food service pro-fessionals, and parents or other community members working together to develop tasty, nutritious, kid-approved foods. There will be a grand prize chosen by the judging panel as well as a Popular Choice winner based on public voting. The judges will also choose award winners for the top two recipes in each category. Winning teams will be invited to prepare their nutrition-

packed meals alongside White House chefs. The top ten recipes in each category will be published in a Recipes for Healthy Kids Cookbook to share with students and families. To learn more about the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign, visit www.LetsMove.gov. The deadline for recipe submissions is Dec. 30. For more informa-tion, visit recipesforkidschallenge.com.

Bereavement luncheons Delaware Hospice’s “New Beginnings”

bereavement luncheons are an informal way to meet and talk with others, who have had similar loss experiences. Lunch begins at noon and is followed by a brief program. The location rotates each week of the month according to the following schedule:

• 1st Thursday: Grottos Pizza, Rte. 26, Bethany Beach;

• 2nd Thursday: Georgia House, 300 Delaware Ave., Laurel;

• 3rd Thursday: Millsboro Pizza Palace, Rt. 113-southbound lane, Millsboro;

• 4th Thursday: Blue Ocean Grill (for-merly Milton House), 200 Broadkill Rd., Milton;

• 5th Thursday (when applicable): Texas Grill (formerly Ocean Point Grill), 26089 Long Neck Rd., Millsboro.

“New Beginnings” luncheons are open to the public. Registration is not required. There is no fee except the cost of your lunch. For more information, call Carol Dobson or Paul Ganster at 856-7717.

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I usually try to confine myself to medi-cal topics. However, this week’s issue is being published on Veterans’ Day and coincides with the 15th anniversary of my retirement from the Air Force.

I thought it would be useful to spend some time discussing the mental health issues related to serving in the military. One of the things that people think about individuals who have not seen front line combat is that they do not experience real warfare. That is not necessarily true.

I was serving at RAF Upper Heyford in England in the mid 1980’s. One morning I woke up to find that aircraft from our base had bombed Libya. While that brought an end to Qadaffi’s misbehavior, it was not clear at first how he would react. My youngest daughter was attending a school outside the base limits at the time. There

was a concern about the safety of being in the school. For that reason, all of the stu-dents in the school had to be moved to a safer location on base.

We lived in the base housing area. There was a concern about the safety of being in an unprotected area. For that rea-son Security Police were assigned to the housing area. They patrolled the streets with their M-16’s for weeks. I never went to Libya. However, I did experience it.

I was the commanding officer at the Shaw Air Force Base Hospital in the late 1980’s. The US military attacked Panama. They ousted Noriega from power. I had to send some of my medical people there to support the operation. One of them wrote me a letter a few weeks later. He told me how scared he was to be there. He told me the kind of living conditions that he had

there. He also told me that the reason he was writing to me was that he never knew his father. I was the closest thing that he had to a father and he felt comfortable tell-ing me about how he felt. I never went to Panama. However, I did experience it.

I was the commanding officer of Langley Air Force Base Hospital when Saddam Hussein overran Kuwait. The United States responded quickly. However, the Air Force was able to send its forces more quickly than the Army and Navy.

In that first wave, I sent 175 of my people to Saudi Arabia. They set up the first field hospital in the Gulf War. It was in place within 8 days after the invasion of Kuwait. My people were ready to go. The location they were going to was classified. I knew where it was. I could not tell them ahead of time.

What I did know was that when they arrived in that country there would be 90 miles of sand between them and Saddam Hussein’s troops. There would be no army forces or marines there yet. I had no idea what Saddam Hussein’s plan was. I did

not know at the time that he would stay in Kuwait and not invade Saudi Arabia to attack the people that I was putting in harm’s way. When my people got there, I was responsible for keeping their family informed about how they were doing. I did that by receiving phone calls on a classi-fied line every few days from my in field hospital commander. I only got the calls when he was able to make them.

One morning I woke up to see a story on the news about heat stress in the de-ployed troops. The story took place at the hospital that my people had set up. The patient was one of the people I sent. He did fine. However, his wife saw the story as well. She called me up and let me know that I was not doing my job of keep-ing her informed. The fact that I didn’t know about it, didn’t seem to matter. I never deployed during the First Gulf War. However, I did experience it.

There are a lot of aspects about being in the military that are not apparent to the av-erage person. Some of them are things that you might not even think about.

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You don’t always have to be on the front lines to experience war

Peninsula Home Care (PHC), a leading licensed and certified home health service provider on Delmarva, has launched a new field-based data management system called Point of Care. The Point of Care technology allows PHC healthcare profes-sionals to record accurate, real-time data during patient home visits on wireless lap-tops. Point of Care’s electronic records can then be accessed and commented on by all PHC professionals providing care to a pa-tient – from the case manager to the physi-cal therapist to the occupational therapist and so on. The files are encrypted and can-not be accessed without authorization.

“Point of Care provides an immediacy that paper records cannot provide and the continuity of case management that patients need,” said Kay Satchell, branch director of Peninsula Home Care’s Seaford office, the first to employ the system. “With Point of Care, each Peninsula team member who serves a patient can view and share information in real time – it’s a tre-mendous advantage for keeping files up to date and ensuring that everyone on a case understands what everyone else on that case is doing.” Physician communication also greatly benefits from Point of Care. The system mandates that information about the patient’s care is sent to the pa-tient’s physician in real time, which in turn ensures that proper plan of care changes, such as treatments and medications, are made in a timely manner.

Decreasing the paper trailIn addition to improving efficiencies

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Peninsula Home Care initiated the Point of Care system to stay ahead of increas-ing demands for accountability from the healthcare industry. New government healthcare guidelines and rulings from the National Health Care Reform Act have implemented great incentives for the physicians to participate in the electronic healthcare record (HER) or the electronic medical record (EMR). Proposed changes to be implemented between 2011 and 2013 are being driven by two things: a need for real-time data and a method by which to access a patient’s medical record, regard-less of where they are located geographi-cally. Recognizing how these benefits affect healthcare quality, in coming years Medicare, Medicaid and commercial pay-ers plan to decrease reimbursement to practices that are not using EHRs, provid-ing an even stronger push for adoption.

“We have gone from documenting twenty pages of records for each patient to having everything at our fingertips,” said Chris Hall, clinical manager, Peninsula Home Care. By 2011, the more than 150 professionals working in all three Peninsula Home Care branches will be us-ing Point of Care.

Peninsula Home Care, established in 1985, provides customized health care case management, nursing, physical and occupational therapy, speech language pathology and access to medical social workers and home health aides in patients’ homes based on each patient’s doctor’s individual orders. For more information, visit www.PeninsulaHomeCare.com.

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RETURN DAY WINNER - Winner of the Kiwanis Return Day Package at the Brick Hotel, Julie Beebe (right), receives her itinerary and tickets to the events at the Brick from Innkeeper Lynn Lester. Mrs. Beebe is an elementary school reading resource specialist at Indian River School District and a member of the Rehoboth Beach Kiwanis Club.

New drinking water quality site Intent on making information about vi-

tal services and resources more accessible to the public, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and Delaware Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health (DPH) has launched a new drinking water quality website.

Delawareans can now find comprehen-sive drinking water information by visiting www.waterquality.delaware.gov.

The new site provides easy access to drinking water quality data, including water system reports, violation notices, well test information, and the location and status of contaminated sites. An interac-tive map enables visitors to locate annual water quality reports for public water sys-tems, from which 82 percent of Delawar-eans get their drinking water. The website, created with help from the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency, also links to EPA websites and databases.

DPH’s Office of Drinking Water en-forces the federal Safe Drinking Water

Act by testing public drinking water sup-plies, reviews water system plans, certifies water system operators, and manages the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, a loan program for infrastructure improve-ments. DPH regularly monitors 490 public water systems for more than 80 chemical and bacterial contaminants. Private well owners, advised to test their water annu-ally, can learn how to purchase test kits from the Delaware Public Health Labora-tory.

DNREC’s Division of Water regulates surface water quality, administers a source protection program, evaluates the location of private and public wells for potential contaminants during well construction, and conducts and oversees groundwater cleanups.

For more information about drinking water testing, contact the Office of Drink-ing Water at 741-8630. For information about surface water or groundwater, con-tact DNREC’s Division of Water at 739-9949.

31 states reach an agreement with Publishers Clearing HouseAttorney General Beau Biden recently

joined 31 states and the District of Co-lumbia to announce an agreement with sweepstakes company Publishers Clearing House.

The agreement comes after a multi-state investigation into the company raised concerns about deceptive trade practices, especially those targeted at low-income and elderly individuals.

“There is no excuse for misleading vul-nerable people into spending their hard-earned money,” said Biden.

The agreement modifies the terms of a prior agreement reached with the company in 2001. That earlier agreement resolved States’ allegations that Publishers Clear-ing House engaged in deceptive marketing practices by mailing promotional materi-als designed to mislead customers into be-

lieving that purchases from the company would increase their odds of winning.

As a result of the current investigation, the states believe that Publishers Clearing House was not in full compliance with the 2001 agreement, and that consumers would still be confused. The investigation revealed the marketing was directed to-ward elderly and low-income individuals.

The most recent agreement includes

stronger provisions and additional condi-tions to help ensure that consumers are not further misled or pushed to make pur-chases.

Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $3.5 million to cover the cost of the states’ investigation. Delaware will re-ceive $40,000 in the agreement, which will go to the State’s Consumer Protection Fund.

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Laurel High School gets the ‘Dr. Oz’ health programBy Tony E. Windsor

Seeking to help promote opportunities for healthy lifestyles, especially in the areas of fighting obesity and the mental resilience crisis, Laurel High School has become a part of the nationally recog-nized “HealthCorps” project. Started by Dr. Mehment Oz, heart surgeon and host of The Dr. Oz Show, the proactive health movement has a mission to work with high school students and within the communi-ties where they live.

Laurel High School is one of only 50 sites throughout the United States host-ing the HealthCorps program. In addition to the program at Laurel High School, Delaware has a second HealthCorps site at Thomas McKean High School in Wilm-ington. The project has been adopted by Nemours Health and Prevention Services who has become the founding sponsor in Delaware. Dr. Oz was in Wilmington ear-lier this year to announce the launching of the HealthCorps program in the First State.

At a press conference held at the Nem-ours/Alfred I. dupont Hospital for Children in May, Dr. Oz said HealthCorps’ core mission is to empower teens and com-munities to become agents of change and help the country reach the tipping point

towards wellness now and for the future. As part of the organization’s mandate, the school program extends to the community through health festivals and liaisons with local health resources and non-profits who share HealthCorps’ mission.

The program at Laurel High School is being coordinated by University of North Carolina medical student, Sumaiya Sarwar, of Wichita, Ks. To promote the program in Laurel, Sarwar attended a Laurel Mayor and Council meeting and presented infor-mation. She made it clear that the program is not restricted to the high school and its students. She said it is important that the health mission be integrated into the com-munity as well.

It is the goal of the HealthCorps pro-gram, according to Sarwar, to develop interactive activities that will make learn-ing about healthy lifestyles and mental resilience something that is both fun and educational and incorporates practical out-comes.

She said there are several activities oc-curring at the high school both during and after school. There is an after-school club which promotes fitness and nutrition. Men-tal resilience workshops are incorporated throughout the curriculum by promoting self-esteem, enhancing decision-making and communication skills, fostering healthy relationships and setting long-term goals. The HealthCorps program also dem-onstrates to students the close relationship between physical health and mental health.

Sarwar said there are also special nu-tritional activities held in the high school common area called, “Commotion in the Commons,” where students are exposed to special lunch time demonstrations and tasting of healthy foods. The program also

incorporates school staff through special fitness programs.

The HealthCorps program also offers opportunities within the community. Sar-war recently appeared before Laurel May-or and Council expressing the desire to meet with members of the community and offer special nutrition, fitness and mental resilience enhancement seminars and spe-cial opportunities for collaborations.

HealthCorps’ community outreach proj-ect will seek to make Laurel a candidate for its, “FitTownUSA,” program which connects and empowers citizens and orga-nizations to bring about health awareness and affect change. It is Sarwar’s goal to

develop ties with the Laurel business com-munity, community service organizations and community health agencies in order to have a community-wide approach to healthy living.

Sarwar said she is planning to be a part of a special Health Fair in December at Laurel High School and hopes to have stu-dents learn to cook foods from various cul-tures around the world. She said she is ac-tively pursuing a special “People’s Garden Grant.” The USDA grant has been offered nationally and will provide $1 million to five schools in five states to develop and operate a community garden.

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Sumaiya Sarwar, a medical student from the University of North Carolina, is coordinator of the HealthCorps program at Laurel High School. The health program was started by heart surgeon, Dr. Mehment Oz, of the television show, Dr. Oz. Photo by Tony Windsor

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‘Dr. Oz’ health programContinued from page 25

If Laurel were able to get the grant program Sarwar would coordinate the gar-den and teach students about agriculture production practices, diet and nutrition; and evaluate the learning outcomes. The People’s Garden would also incorporate culinary skills and promote volunteering opportunities.

According to the USDA, along with helping to provide children access to a nutritious and safe diet, this initiative also aims to influence healthier choices for all American households. Produce raised in the gardens can be used in the schools’ meals and by student households, local food banks or senior center nutrition pro-grams. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service plans to use the project as a way to

identify models of successful school gar-den initiatives which then can be marketed to schools throughout the country.

Sarwar will coordinate the HealthCorps program in Laurel for two school years. After that, funding will be necessary to keep the program in the school. The na-tional HealthCorps website advocates community-based fundraisers, such as walk-a-thons, auctions, raffles and bake sales featuring whole grain baked goods as ways to help maintain the program. The program costs about $75,000 per year.

For more information about the Health-Care program at Laurel High School or to coordinate a seminar or other community health awareness opportunity, contact Sar-war at 316-210-7763 or [email protected].

Brittany Cooper inducted into Pi Gamma Mu Society

Brittany Shannon Cooper, a junior communications major at Salisbury University, was inducted into the Uni-versity’s Maryland Gamma Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, an International Honor Soci-ety in the Social Sciences. The initiation ceremony took place in the Ritual Room of the Scarborough Student Leadership Center on October 23, 2010.

Juniors, seniors and graduate students become eligible to join when they meet the following criteria: upper 35% of the class, a grade average of 3.6 or better, and 20 semester hours in the social sci-ence courses with a “B” average or bet-ter.

Brittany is the daughter of Fay Cooper of Laurel and the late Barry Cooper.

Dr. Judith Tobin visits Woodbridge High School

Students in Richard Crisci’s Forensic Science classes at Woodbridge High School got a special visit from guest speaker, Dr. Judy Tobin, who served as the State’s Assistant Medical Examiner for Kent and Sussex County for 42 years.

She answered many questions from the students and shared stories from the over 5,000 autopsies she performed dur-ing her tenure and spoke of the impor-tance of Forensic Science in this line of work. This is the first year Woodbridge High School has offered Forensic Sci-ence, which was chosen in response to student feedback on what electives they would like to see offered, and is one of the most popular of these new electives.

Hall earns bachelor’s degreeCynthia Hall, of Seaford, has earned a

bachelor of science degree in human ser-vices at Springfield College, Mass., for studies completed this past August.

Adult ed offers series of classesPharmacology - The Sussex Tech

Adult Division is offering a 60-hour Pharmacology class designed for indi-viduals already working in a pharmacy and seeking certification as a pharmacy technician.

The 60-hour class is scheduled for Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 1 through Feb. 16.

All classes will be held at Sussex Tech, County Seat Highway (Rt. 9), west of Georgetown.

Text materials are approved by the American Pharmacists Association. The class will prepare students for certifica-tion examinations.

Ophthalmic Medical Assistant - The 60-hour Ophthalmic Medical Assistant class is designed for individuals already working in an eye doctor’s office and seeking certification as an ophthalmic medical assistant.

The class is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 30 through Feb. 17. Most classes will be held at Sussex Tech. Some will be held off-site in an eye doctor’s office to provide students with direct experience with the office and equipment.

Text materials are approved by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The class will prepare students for a cer-tification examination.

ServeSafe Certification Class - Indi-viduals wishing to become employed in the food service industry should plan to enroll in a 60-hour class being presented by Sussex Tech Adult Education. The class meets Dec. 1 through Feb. 16. Classes will meet Monday and Wednes-day evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sussex Tech.

The course will use materials from the National Restaurant Association and could lead to food handler certification, and possibly manager certification.

Contact the Sussex Tech Adult Divi-sion at 856-9035 for more information, or visit www.SussexTechTraining.net.

Book fair to benefit charitiesAttend a Scholastic Book Fair hosted

by the Education Club at Delaware Tech-nical & Community College, Owens Campus on Thursday, Nov. 11 and Fri-day, Nov. 12.

Books will be available for all ages; the selection will include fiction and non-fiction books in English and Spanish, recipe books, posters and craft kits.

The book fair is open to the public and will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the dining hall of the Student Services Center.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to buy educational holiday presents; pro-ceeds will benefit charities which serve children.

KICK BUTTS PARTICIPATES IN PARADE - The Kick Butt Generation Group at Wood-bridge High School participated in the Return’s Day Parade last week. The group helps raise awareness about the dangers of cigarette smoking.

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Sussex Academy: Rated ‘Superior’ Eight Years in a RowThe Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences invites parents, guardians of current fifth grade students to learn more about our unique public school opportunity for middle school students in grades 6-8. As the only charter school in Sussex County, we provide a challenging; accelerated academic curriculum. In order to introduce interested parents and fifth grade students to our school, we are holding the following events: • PUBLIC INFORMATION meetings at the school on November 16 and 17, 2010 at 6 p.m. • SCHOOL TOURS on November 15, 16, 17, & 18, 2010 at 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, or 10:30 a.m. No appointment necessary. The APPLICATION PERIOD for incoming sixth grade students for the 2012 school year begins November 19, 2010 and ends January 7, 2011.

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Seaford Middle School announces quarterly honor rollThe following students have been

named to the honor roll for the first mark-ing period at Seaford Middle School.

Distinguished Honor RollGrade 6 - Emiliano Alvarado-Ibarra,

Antonio Ambrosino, Kayla M. Arnett, Kate Emily Bagshaw, Kayleigh Lyn Barnes, Shamar Douglas Bell, Benjamin Lee Burket, Lillian Sandria Byington, Joshua James Cay, Morgan Paige Cooper, Victoria Jean Dalton, Ryan Lee Delgado, Linda Jean Dinenna, Hannah R. Doyle, Moriah Lynn Ebron, Daniel Elliott, Liz-beth Figueroa-Rivera, Madison Taylor Freshour, Ariana Gomez-Martinez, Bri-anne Arlene Gray, Christopher Gualpa, Adam Branden Hastings, Jairus V. Hinds, Fantasy Nicole Laine Hopkins, Alison Jordan Janvier, Michelle Marie John, Mason Joseph Johnson, Andrez Ta’juan Jones, Kadara Lynn Kahyaoglu, Brandon Sven Kasinath, Yeliz Busra Kurt, Michael Robert Lepter, Jordyn Amyia Corie Lewis, Anthony Phillip Lighthiser, Dominic Marcus Longo, Sophia Eilean Martinez, Jessica Mauricette, Maggie Ann Morris, Karen Kristine Neville, Evan Dennis Nib-blett, Shianna Nunemann, Elizabeth Leigh Oliver, Jacob Christopher Olock, Daniel J. Paul, Abby Mae Pearson, Abigail Lynn Phillips, Joseph Ramirez, Coreye’ Ross, Jana Lee Ruark, Hunter Sammons, Efrain Miguel Santiago, Sierra Snigier, Jessica Lynn Stewart, Liam Daniel Thompson, Di-ego Torres-Gutierrez, Demetrius Michael Towers, Kelly Beatriz Velasquez-Perez, Hannah Kate Venables, Kurtis Reed Web-ber, Sydney Alexis West, Taylor Nicole White, Dylan Dwayne Wilkerson, Anthony Charles Wilson

Grade 7 - Nayab Abid, Brady Cole Absher, Kai Anderson, Sheila Artiga, Mi-chaela Noelle Brodie-Willey, Samantha

Marie Brown, Haley Aleen Cannon, Ali-can Ceylan, Taylor Lynn Conley, Ludjina Dwardine Edouard, William Robert Elliott, Christyn Ashley Geniesse, Jorge Gualpa, Nathan Jon Hanenfeld, Ti’Asha Lee-Ayre Johnson, Kiara Bone’E Kilgo, Matthew Tyler King, Amber Lovelace, Zachary Brian Marine, Robinson Metelus Jr., James David Moore, Rylie Jennifer Moore, Pey-ton Perkins, Emily Elaine Richardson, Somantha Signey, Chelsea Aylin Sosa, Shianne Paige Sparrow, Brennan Nicholas Stark, Arlenys Torres-Rivera, Joshua Ken-neth Trammell, Zaneilia Diamone West, Stephanie Brooke Wheatley

Grade 8 - Jose Antonio Almanza-Baltazar, Kristie Jo Beyer, Rose Charlotte Brittingham, Joseph Gonzalo Castel De Oro, Michael Erin Coggin, Gretchen Emily Daehn, Michael Edward Delgado, Jeremy Grant Dulis, Taylor Ashley Feyl, Nicholas A. Gray, Omar Torres Gutierrez, Jeffrey Kyle Hill, Ryan Allen Hubbard, Amanda Jean Jones, James L. King II, Quinn X. Kirby, Austin David Kraft, McKensie Quay Lewis, Kimberly Brook Lipsett, Zenobia A. McIvor-Smalley, Megan L. Messick, Malenta Michinard, Pierrevil Mondestin, Tuyet-Kha Thi Nguyen, Al-yssa Lee Nichols, Trung Tin Pham, Gua-dalupe Pineda-Gonzalez, Hannah Pollock, William A. Pruitt Jr., Devin James Red-ding, Sydney A. Ricketts, Cody Phillips Robison, Tory Lynne Ruark, Rian Anna-beth Shirey, Diamond Thomas, Rosa Hilda Torres, Shania Mona’E Trammell, Zachary M. Truitt, Susan Belinda Velasquez-Perez, Zachary David Zellhart

Regular Honor RollGrade 6 - Alexis Abbott, Makayla Ack-

enbrack, Dylan Michael Allen, Da’Zhira Aunyah Batson, Tyjair’E Jermiah Ben-nefield, Lester Bennett IV, Chandler Reid Berger, Elijah Bivens, A’Nailah Kiara Blake, Hannah Nicole Blann, Mohit Gau-tamkumar Brahmbhatt, Benjamin Oliver Brumbley, Kaitlyn Ann Call, Da’Jah Monique Cannon, Tyler Shane Carpenter, Brandon Isaiah Cay, Christopher A. Caza-res-Zagal, Summer Lynn Clagg, Sean Rob-ert Clendenin, Travis G. Collins, Samantha M. Cotten, Hannah Olivia Covey, Shawna-ya Rose Crosley, Dwayne Eugene Dashiell Jr., Keirstin Brooke Depew, She’Mar Lynn Deputy, Kaliyah A. Deshields, Khiry T. Deshields, Ricardo Diaz, Dyland Jordan Dorey, Stacey Ann Elvira, Devin Flamer, Ann M. Fourquet, Jordan C. Gambrell, Luz Selena Garcia-Silva, Bradley Green, Tori L. Grimes, Taylor Brooke Hare, Ryan Michael Hearn, Christopher Jason Heiser, Anthony Joseph Dwayne Henson, Jacob Alberto Herrera-Zavala, Samantha Nicole Holleger, Andrea Felicia Horsey, Kerri Lynn Hoyer, Joseph Lee Hubbard, Kirsten Victoria Huffman, Donovan Jer-emy Johnson, Shianne Mya Johnson, Da-vid Mulford King, Devon Shemar Lake, Shannon Rene’ Le, Kalah Lofland, Nathali Marcelina Luna-Bahena, Nykya McCray, Cody James Melton, Edward Bradley Morgan, Brendin Cody Mote, Ja’Quan Martez Mouche’, Haleigh A. Nichols, Trevon Nichols, Scotty Alan O’Riley Jr., Iris Perez-Mazariegos, Treasure J. Robin-son, Noemi Roblero-Puac, Alberto Saldana Torres, Timneshia Zhauneen Sampson, Sabrina Marie Savage, Stephon L. Short,

Marty Demetrius Smith Jr., Rosure R. Smith, Keishawn Spady, Autumn Rose Stanley, Lateisha Linnette Taylor, Jeremi-ah Jordan Teagle, Tanner Quinn Tiritilli, Morgan Leigh Trammell, Johan Edwardo Trejo, Cierra Dakota Truitt, Luis Anthony Vega-Ortiz, Liana Elise Waples, Kelsey Shealyn Welch, Jaira Naree’ West, Trevor Jonathon Whaley, Shelby N. Williams

Grade 7 - Dai’Ron Antuan Abbott, Tai’Ron Andre Abbott, Anthony Brian Al-anis, Colin Christopher Bergh, Autumn Lei Bone, Cierra Renae Bramble, Katelynn Si-mone Brittingham, Austin James Carmean, Heaven Lee Carter, Shawn Kwanita Char-tin, Robert Swisher Clagg, Taylor Renee Collins, Nicholas Ryan Coulbourn, Brean-na Summer Dean, John Domond, Janeise Drayton, Carine Duverger, Cuauhtemoc Espinoza, Kayla Alexis Fleming, Raheem Griffin, Nanette La’Vera Griffin Edwards, Mi’ch’ael Marrion Hackett, Dylan Lee Harris, Jessica Shae Hennessey, Rashawn Hitchens-Ingram, Sabrina Madison Jef-ferson, Shelby Marie Lankford, Jacob A. Lee, Elisha Raven Marks, Anthony Wayne Marshall Jr., John Tyler Martin, William Joseph Meddings, Deonise Mondestin, Kelsee Moore, Reece Oliver Morris, Ga-briella Olivince, Ashil Patel, James Con-nor Pennington, Makayla Monet’ Perry, Jody Pimental, Pajuah Mariah Purnell, An-tynesha Denise Roach, Evan Garrett Roth-O’Day, Brandon Nicholson Rouse, Angela Lee Rust, Greggory Jaren Schwamberger, Travis P. Shockley, Ashley Marie Stew-

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Grade 8 - Briana M. N. Abbott, Nelson Amisial, Teona Shawnte Andrews, Ronnie Barrios, Robert Alvin Bay, Joseph Chris-topher Bell, Taylor LaFaye Biles, Precious Franchesca Bivens, Christian Russell Brightwell, Kiana Danielle Brown, Haylee Lynn Cain, Kayprece Cannon, Brock Cat-aldi, Adam Christopher Connelly, Sara E. Davis, Darius Tyree Deshields, Dwardly Valner Edouard, Shawnna Esham, Nicho-las Thomas Etienne, Samantha Marie Flynn, Katherine Harte Gladding, Kathryn Anne Harris, Cooper E. Hearn, Corrinna A. Hitch, Kyle Mason Jester, Ricky John-son, Demontraye Lamere Jones, Breona Kellam, Richard Lamontagne, Krista Marie Lepter, Michael Thomas Mahetta, Allissa Ann Mann, Jeremy D’Shea Mann, Keyli Yanira Mazariegos Diaz, Justice Isa-iah McFadden, Tiffany Mendible, Sheila Merilus, Aaron Van Milligan, Sabrina Motta, Mary Catherine Niles, Roxanne Arlene Patrick, Quisean Tremane Pettit, Diana Zamora Ramirez, Esdras David Ramirez, Aylea Sandifer, Tyler Andre Savage, Mark Edward Spicer Jr., Kyle Tingle, Tana N Tingle, Josue Reno Tole-do, Rufino Bahena Toledo, Erykah Lach’E Tolliver, Thalia Marivel Torres, Terry-Ann Lee Weiss, Benjamin Eric Whitelock Jr., Benjamin Tyler Wright, Rebecca Lynn Zachry


Pageant seeks contestantsThe Miss Delaware Organization, an

affiliate of the Miss America Organiza-tion, seeks contestants for upcoming lo-cal preliminary pageants leading to the Miss Delaware 2011 Pageant.

The winners of each local title will receive scholarship awards and then compete for additional scholarships and title of Miss Delaware 2011 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, June 9-11, 2011.

To be eligible to compete in a Miss Delaware preliminary pageant, a young woman must: be between the ages of 17 (and a High School senior) and 24; a citizen of the United States; never been married; and meet residency require-ments for the state of Delaware, or be a full-time student in a Delaware college or university, or have full-time employ-ment within the state of Delaware.

For more information about the pag-eant and how to become a contestant, visit www.MissDE.org. Upcoming local preliminary pageants can be found by clicking on the link “Calendar.”

To become a contestant for the Miss Delaware 2011 Pageant, contact Dulcena Kemmerlin at [email protected] or 302-393-1483, or Sandy Soucek at [email protected] or 302-745-1619.


HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTIONS - Sussex Technical High School recently held induction ceremonies for 64 students into the National Honor Society/National Technical Honor Society. Students must have a cumulative scholastic average of 92.5 percent or better throughout the school year to qualify for both honor societies. Leadership, service and character are also criteria for admission. Inducted this year are, from left: Front row - Seniors: Jake Jones, Milford and Kenneth Smith, Millsboro; Juniors: Joe Garvilla, Georgetown, Ellie McNatt, Sea-ford, Alissa Morgan, Milford, and Erin Quillen, Lewes; Sophomores: Travis Anderson, Seaford, Victoria Baker, Lewes, and Raven Berner, Georgetown; Row two - Sophomores: Caly Bones, Georgetown, Paige Boylen, Lewes, Zoe Callaway, Seaford, Kellen Cannon, Milton, Zachary Cannon, Seaford, Caitlin Cook, Laurel, Michael Dopler, Seaford, Kyle Doherty, Lewes, and Gabrielle Fazio, Lewes; Row three - Sophomores: Emilie Fleuette, Millsboro, Madeline Gallagher, Lewes, Albert Green, Millsboro, Emily Hall, Millsboro, Julia Hawkins, George-town, John Hearn, Lewes, Victoria Hearn, Seaford, Taylor Hatfield, Georgetown, and Nicole Heck, Georgetown; Row four - Sophomores: Adam Kelly, Milton, Cailey Isaacs, Georgetown, Ryan Johnson, Bridgeville, Ashley Jump, Laurel, Bethany Killmon, Bridgeville, Benjamin King, Seaford, Chelsea LeCates, Seaford, Shannon Lecates, Seaford, and Kirstin Lockwood, Rehoboth; Row five - Sophomores: Miriam Lopez-Perez, Georgetown, Crystal Loudon, Seaford, Kira Lyle, Millsboro, Kelsey Magill, Ocean View, Hannah Menendez, Georgetown, Imani Nichols, Greenwood, Erica Parkhurst, Milton, Priyen Patel, Seaford, and Lacey Perdue, Millsboro; Row six - Sophomores: Christina Piper, Milton, Hannah Powers, Georgetown, Matthew Rosas, Seaford, Elyse Rubino, Georgetown, Amanda Sava, Seaford, Salina Schirtz-inger, Laurel, Kate Schroeder, Bridgeville, Lauren Shapley, Bridgeville, and Hannah Smith, Seaford; Row seven - Sophomores: Alysa Swin-gle, Seaford, Sarah Timmons, Millsboro, Briannon Troyer, Lincoln, Isaac Van Curen, Millsboro, Dylan Varrato, Georgetown, Tyler Whaley, Seaford, Chelsea Wootten, Georgetown, Crystal Williamson, Seaford, Joseph Yawn, Laurel, and Patricia Yoc-Roblero, Georgetown.

STUDENT COUNCIL - Laurel Middle School students recently participated in the democratic process by electing Student Council officers. From left are Treasurer - Alan Lubiniecki, Secretary - Courtney Snyder, Vice President - Tristin West, President - Brittany Woods and Historian - Kate Bennett.

Tatum Jones of Bridgeville to compete in Teen USA pageant

Tatum Jones, 16, of Bridgeville, will compete for the title of Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011 on Nov. 27-28, at the Sheraton Dover Ho-tel in Dover. Tickets will be available at the door.

Jones, who is a junior at Sussex Technical High School, participates on the volleyball, basketball and soft-ball teams. She is a volunteer coach/instructor for the Seaford Parks & Recreation’s young girl’s field hockey program.

Jones is the daughter of Cory and Christine Jones and sister to Ashley, Sa-vannah and Noah Jones. She is the grand-daughter of Mary Catherine and Richard Bashelor and Gail and Jim Bailey; and the great-granddaughter of Virginia Schaffer.

Jones’ humanitarian project for the pageant is a coat drive to benefit Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Delaware Children & Families. She is collecting new or gen-tly worn coats until Nov. 21. To donate a coat for those who are in need this winter season, call 745-1241.

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Eskridge designs winning posterCampbell University student Megan Es-

kridge wanted to capture the cartoon qual-ity of the characters for the fall musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” but she didn’t want to draw a cartoon. So she found another way to design the poster. The result was the winning poster design for the Department of Theatre Arts fall production.

“Cartooning isn’t my thing,” Eskridge said, “but I tried to incorporate the charac-ters and their names and make the design come together in a textual way.”

In order to accomplish this goal, Es-kridge, whose poster was selected out of a field of other graphic design students, filled the main character’s silhouette with the names of characters and sayings from the strip using a handwriting comic strip font. The result was a comic strip feel without the comic strip images.

Eskridge, a junior graphic design/elementary education major from Laurel, discovered she wanted to be a graphic designer when she took a course in high school.

“Both of my parents are teachers, so I knew I wanted to go the education route, but then I got interested in doing design,” Eskridge said. “Now I would like to find some way to combine the two fields like working as a designer for an organization that helps children.”

To be a graphic designer, one must know the different technologies and prin-ciples of design and be able to combine them in a way that fulfills a specific mes-sage. But you must also be persistent, Es-

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Megan Eskridge of Laurel, designed the winning poster for “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” the fall musical at Camp-bell University. Eskridge is a junior at Campbell.

Teen drivers too often are not prepared to take to the highway...few teens gained sig-nificant experience in more challenging situ-ations, such as driving in inclement weather or in heavy traffic.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safe-ty recently released the first naturalistic study using in-vehicle cameras to capture teenage drivers and their parents during their supervised driving phase.

Nearly half (47 percent) of parents in the study reported that after the year-long learner’s stage, there was still at least one condition in which they did not feel com-fortable letting their teen drive.

Yet, more than one-third (37 percent) of these families allowed their teen to obtain a license within a month of being eligible, although a few families restricted driving in certain scenarios.

The average amount of weekly driving varied greatly among families, ranging from just twenty minutes to almost five hours the study found. Sixty-eight percent of parents reported that opportunities to drive together were limited by busy sched-ules of both parents and teens.

Teens averaged just over an hour and a half of supervised driving per week, most-ly on routine trips along the same routes. Meaning few teens gained significant experience in more challenging situations, such as driving in inclement weather or in heavy traffic.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in this coun-try. The first few years of unsupervised driving are the most dangerous – 1,363 U.S. teen drivers age 15-18 died in traffic crashes in 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-tion’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

However, teens are clearly a danger to

others as well because the total number of deaths resulting from these crashes was 3,495. In Delaware, 3 teen drivers age 15-18 died in traffic crashes in 2008, while the total number of deaths from these crashes totaled 8.

Although graduated driver’s license (GDL) systems vary by state, most require at least six months of supervised driving for beginners while several states require up to a year.

Delaware requires 12 months of Valid Driving Authority where the teen driver has a Level One Lerner Permit. During the first 6 months, teen drivers must be super-vised by the sponsor at all times and must complete 50 hours of driving training, 10 of which must be nighttime driving.

After 6 months of driving the level one permit holder may drive without supervi-sion between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. For the first year of driving the only passengers allowed in the vehicle with the permit holder are the supervisor and 1 passenger.

When the teen driver with a Level One Learner’s Permit has been driving for a full year and is in good standing (without suspension, revocation etc), the permit will automatically convert to a Class D License.

During the supervised stage of GDL, the research showed parents need to:

• Ensure ample practice in all driving situations– including frequent practice at night, in bad weather, in heavy city traffic, on rural highways and on busy interstates.

• Share their driving “wisdom” to help teens spot dangers that aren’t obvious and see the “big picture.” Parents should use “I” statements, explaining what they would do in critical situations, so teens will be more likely to listen and remem-ber.

• Teach teens to drive defensively, be wary of other drivers and anticipate the unexpected things they might do. For ex-ample, “Even when I have a green light, I always glance both ways to make sure other cars are stopping, because some-times they don’t.”

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Kardash served as a messenger to General MacArthurThe following profile is one of 50 that

will appear in James Diehl’s upcoming release titled “World War II Heroes of Coastal Delaware,” the follow-up to the award-winning “World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware.”

By James Diehl

As American leadership planned for the next push against Imperial Japan in 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur remained firm in his stance that Allied troops must not for-get about the Philippines and the Filipino people.

He had promised to return to the island nation, and he was not going to bypass the country on his way to Japan. Any offen-sive maneuvers against the Japanese must involve liberating the Philippines, held MacArthur.

The famed American general soon pre-sented a blueprint to do just that to Admi-ral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the United States fleet and chief of naval operations – then he waited patiently for a response.

A coded message of approval came through a couple of days later to Port Mo-resby, New Guinea, where MacArthur and other Allied leaders were plotting their next move against Emperor Hirohito. The note was delivered by a man who today resides in coastal Delaware, just a couple of blocks from the sandy shores of the At-lantic Ocean.

“It was about 2 o’clock in the morn-ing when the message came through, so I jumped in my jeep and drove to the top of Fairfax Hill, where the general was stay-ing,” remembers Michael Kardash, who is originally from Baltimore but moved to coastal Delaware in 1951. “I knew what the message was because I had broken [the code]. When I got there, Gen. [Richard K.] Sutherland (MacArthur’s chief of staff) looked at me and asked if we needed to wake up the general.”

After replying with a Navy-style “yes sir,” Kardash followed Sutherland into the bedroom and watched as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces studied the note, expressed his thanks and offered that there would be no reply.

Kardash repeated the routine several times during that week in early 1944, breaking coded messages and delivering

them to MacArthur at a hilltop mansion where he had taken up residence. Hav-ing close personal contact with a man so important in American military history still holds a special meaning to him today, more than 65 years later.

“We were really lucky to have some-one like that in command; it was just like working for a boss who you knew was extremely knowledgeable about things,” says Kardash. “I was certainly glad he was on our side. Your duty takes you where your duty takes you when you’re in the military, but I felt very fortunate. I mean, how many chances do you have to come in contact with the Supreme Allied Com-mander?”

Kardash’s World War II story is a memorable, a unique and an exciting one. But what he left to enter the Second World War was just as exciting – he was a gifted shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles or-ganization back when “The Birds” were members of the International League, years before becoming a Major League Baseball franchise.

Showcasing his skills at the old Ori-ole Park at the corner of 29th Street and Greenmount Ave. in downtown Baltimore, Kardash played for a team that history has come to remember as the “forgotten birds” in the storied past of the Baltimore Orioles.

Then, everything suddenly changed.Baseball season had been over for

several weeks by Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked the United States naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, setting off a chain of events that would send the young shortstop’s life in an entirely different di-rection.

“When we heard about Pearl Harbor, we couldn’t believe that we had been at-tacked and we were going to war with Ja-pan,” remembers Kardash, who also had a factory job long before the days when the country’s baseball players made the exor-bitant salaries they do today. “I was play-ing baseball at the time and I remember a lot of guys felt they needed to leave the game and volunteer for the service.”

Kardash, a newlywed and first-time father, did not enlist in the United States Navy until April of 1943, following the lead of many of the country’s better known athletes.

“I kept seeing more and more players

going into the service, guys like Ted Wil-liams and Bob Feller, and I just thought that I had to be a part of this. I wanted to be a part of this,” Kardash recalls. “It was tough leaving, but I knew we had a mission and a job to do. We had to make America safe for our families, so I went.”

After indoctrination school at King’s Point, N.Y., Kardash spent several weeks in communications school learning the electric coding machine (ECM). In the class with him was none other than Aldo Forte, an all-pro tackle for the Detroit Lions and a man Kardash would run into many more times over the years.

After completing school, orders came through to report to the 7th fleet, “wher-ever they may be.” Finding his new duty

station was a challenge, one that wound it’s way through San Francisco and New Guinea before finally ending in Brisbane, Australia, at the headquarters of the 7th fleet.

Their ship, the West Point, left San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day 1943 – enjoying turkey their first evening on board – and arrived in Australia nearly two weeks later.

Along the train trip through the Aus-tralian countryside to Brisbane, many well wishers greeted Kardash and his fellow passengers.

“It was one of those old steam engines and we could only go about 25 miles be-fore we had to stop,” remembers Kardash. “All along the route, there were women

Michael Kardash served on board the HMAS Shropshire during World War II, also working for a time at the headquarters of the 7th fleet in Brisbane, Australia. A veteran of the United States Navy, Kardash personally delivered several messages to Gen. Douglas MacArthur during a short trip to Port Moresby, New Guinea, in 1944.


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It’s time to honor the brave soldiers who safeguard our peace and freedoms.

Thanks, veterans. We salute you for your extraordinary courage and dedication to your country.

there with food. We loved that because we didn’t have any food aboard the train, un-less it was curried mutton. These women were really glad to see American troops and it was just their way of helping out.”

A group of about 30 sailors and nurses reported to Brisbane a couple of days later and quickly learned that their headquarters, on the fourth floor of one of the city’s large insurance buildings, was just two floors below MacArthur’s sixth floor of-fice.

After decoding messages for several months, Kardash flew to New Guinea with MacArthur’s staff for a summit meeting, an assignment he got because he was one of the fastest available men on the ECM machine.

One of the first men who greeted him in New Guinea was none other than Aldo Forte, who was stationed at Port Moresby.

“He looked at me right away and said ‘Kardash, good to see you. Now I know you brought some stuff with you. Let’s have it,’” Kardash recalls. “I had put a couple of bottles of gin in my duffle bag, so they filled a washtub with pineapple juice, then poured in the two bottles I had. All Aldo said was ‘Gentlemen, tonight we will drink to Ensign Kardash.’”

After a week of decoding messages for Allied brass – as well as a little time serv-ing as a “second” for a makeshift Ameri-can boxing team there – Kardash returned to Australia and spent several more months decoding messages.

Then he got the itch to serve at sea, aboard “any ship that needed personnel.”

He got just that, not serving on an American ship, but aboard the HMAS Shropshire – HMAS was an acronym for Her Majesty’s Australian Ship. The Shrop-shire was an Australian heavy cruiser that volunteered to serve as part of the 7th fleet, as most ships of the Royal Australian Navy did between 1943-1945.

The HMAS Shropshire was commis-sioned on Sept. 24, 1929 and served the British government until August of 1942. Following the loss of the heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra on Aug. 9 of that year, the British government approved the transfer of the Shropshire to the Royal Australian Navy as a replacement. Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the transfer in the House of Commons on Sept. 8, 1942.

“His Majesty’s government consid-ers that the commonwealth [of Australia] should not bear this grievous loss follow-ing the sinking of other gallant Australian ships. We have therefore decided to offer, freely and unconditionally, to transfer His

Majesty’s 8-inch gun cruiser Shropshire to the Commonwealth government. This offer has been most warmly received,” said the British leader.

There were only four Americans on board the Shropshire, including Kardash, in a crew of more than 800 Australians. All four were responsible for running the ECS machines and, when duty called, were required to be on four separate sections of the ship.

“When we went into action, we had to separate in case the ship got hit by fire or by a kamikaze,” says Kardash. “If we were all in one spot and they wiped us out, the ship would have no communications.”

An older ship, the food on board the Shropshire was “pretty rough,” according to Kardash, as the ship did not have appro-priate refrigeration or storage for food. So, every now and then, the captain of the ship would send Kardash and his friends out scouring for food. There was one advan-tage to serving on board an Australian ves-sel during a time of war, however – unlike on American ships, alcohol was permitted, and consumed on a regular basis.

The Shropshire survived numerous ka-mikaze attacks and two typhoons during her time as part of the 7th fleet, and par-ticipated in five battles.

On its way to Lingayen Gulf, in the northern Philippines in 1944, the 7th fleet came under attack by Japanese fighter planes and kamikaze pilots. The Shrop-shire was never hit, but many ships in the fleet were.

“We were bypassing Manila when this kamikaze comes out of nowhere, just misses us and hits the Nashville,” Kardash remembers. “Luckily, we were never hit, but we saw so many ships get hit. And we had to bury a lot of men at sea. You’d see the boys wrapping the flags around them and sliding them over the side of the ship. It was very sad, but we had to keep going because the war was going on and we still had missions to accomplish.”

Four days after MacArthur’s triumphant return to the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944, when the general waded ashore with Phil-ippine President Sergio Osmeña before repeating the landing a second time for the media, Kardash and the men of the Shrop-shire were at Leyte Gulf to secure the nearby beaches and unload troops.

The Japanese, meanwhile, were not standing still and soon engaged the Ameri-cans in the infamous three-day sea battle at Surigao Straights.

“When this began, we were immedi-ately dispatched to Surigao Straights via orders by Admiral [Thomas] Kincaid. Our

job was to go down there and demolish the Yamishiro group,” says Kardash. It was a beautiful battle plan on our part; half the fleet was starboard and half was port. We were the first to hit them and, within a few hours, we had sunk the whole Japanese fleet. We even machine-gunned anyone who was in the water, because we couldn’t let any prisoners go ashore. We didn’t want anyone to know that the 7th fleet was at Surigao Straights.”

Gaining the upper hand, the men of the Shropshire, and the 7th fleet, were feeling pretty good about themselves. MacArthur was ashore, the Yamishiro battle group had been destroyed and the war was begin-ning to go America’s way.

Then came a radio message that Kar-dash will never forget – he was sure his World War II experience was about to come to a sudden and disastrous end.

“We got a message that we had to re-port to San Bernardino Straights [to the north] because [Fleet Admiral William Frederick] Bull Halsey had been suckered out by a decoy and the Yamato was free coming down and sinking everything in its path,” remembers Kardash. “The Yamato was bigger than anything we had and they would have blasted us out of the water. If we had engaged them, I would not be here today. We wouldn’t have had a chance against it.”

Named after the ancient Japanese Ya-mato province, the Yamato was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the largest, heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed at the time, featuring nine 18.1 inch main guns, each capable of firing nearly 3,000 pound shells about 25 miles.

“We were going up to meet them and I remember thinking ‘Bull, where the hell are you?,’” recalls Kardash. “We were say-ing our prayers the whole way. This was the one time during the war that I really thought it was probably the end for us.”

And it likely would have been, if not for a sudden, and heroic, effort by other members of the United States military. Pilots taking off from nearby American cruisers, men who were nearly out of ammunition but went into battle anyway against the heavily armed Yamato, saved Kardash and the men of the Shropshire.

“I don’t know if those boys threw mon-key wrenches and screwdrivers at them or what, but they made dummy runs with hundreds of planes that worked in pairs,” Kardash remembers. “Those were brave boys to do that, and the Yamato was suck-ered out by those planes. One pair after

another came down, and they thought they would be bombed out.”

The Yamato turned around and the Shropshire was saved. Later, on April 7, 1945, the Yamato was attacked and sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers. The ship’s sinking all but ended the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific.

In addition to Surigao Straights, the Shropshire also served during the battles of Halmahera, Leyte Gulf, Corregidor and Lingayen.

In February of 1945, it was assigned to go to Singapore and help out the British – her service with the 7th fleet was over.

Soon after, Kardash returned to the United States aboard a tanker. The trip took 21 days to reach California and was highlighted by some sad news coming out of the homeland.

“We heard when we were coming back that President Roosevelt had died and we were all very sad to hear about that,” Kar-dash recalls.

As for his thoughts about new President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, he feels the same way nearly every member of the American military felt in the 1940s.

“I think it was a good thing because the landings would have been so difficult; the Japanese would have fought to the bitter end,” he says. “We all felt it was a quick way to end the war and all the devastation. We felt it was the right thing for President Truman to do and we all supported him in that decision.”

Kardash spent most of his post-military life as a manager for a distilling company in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia, though he did spend one season managing a minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles soon after his return from the Pacific Theater of Operations.

He and his wife, Eleanor, had two children, who both served in the military. They also have five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

As for his wartime experiences, he wouldn’t hesitate to do it all over again.

“I feel I served my country honorably and I would do it all again,” he says. “We were invaded by an enemy and I felt that to fight for your country was an honor-able thing. I was very proud of my service record.”

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Coast Day essay, video and recipe winners recognized

Attendees recently enjoyed the annual Coast Day event held on Oct. 3, at the University of Delaware’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.

Essay and Video ContestThe winners of two Coast Day contests

for Delaware school kids were honored during a ceremony at the University of Delaware event, held Sunday, Oct. 3, at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.

Coast Day highlights the state’s coastal resources. With that in mind, both contests asked students to reflect on this year’s theme, “Making the Most of Our Coast.”

Emily Cook, a student in Bonnie Reidy’s class at William Henry Middle School in Dover, took first prize in the Fifth-Grade Essay Contest. She wrote about Cape Henlopen Beach and ways to protect it for future generations.

Taking second place was Nick Outten, a student in Tanya Mock’s class at East Millsboro Elementary School. Third place went to Matthew Lashbrook, of Peter Metrinko’s class at Brandywine Springs School in Wilmington. Three honorable mention essayists also were recognized: East Millsboro’s Madison Baker and Cam-eron Hall, both in Karen Saylor’s class, and Callie Freda, of Marilyn Vallego’s class at St. Ann School in Wilmington.

In Coast Day’s High School Video Contest, now in its second year, students were asked to produce videos under two minutes. A group of students from Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, earned top prize for their submission, “One Per-son Makes a Change, A Lot of People Make an Impact.”

Under the direction of teacher Mary Stokes, the winning students were: Jarid Keen, James Clough, Nick Burkhardt, Tequan Pitts, Abigail Hall, Jessica Hansen, Alex Cox, Ashley Jones, Bradley Schep-ens, Ashlee Loera, Harry Simon, and Si-mon Geddie. You can view their video at Delaware Sea Grant’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/deseagrant.

Second place in that competition was Jennie Elliott, under the direction of Paris Crockett at Caesar Rodney High School. Third place was awarded to Amanda

Bilow and Ashton Dummitt, also Crock-ett’s students.

Food competitionsAlso honored were the seafood cre-

ations. In the Crab Cake Cook-Off, a panel of three judges unanimously chose chef Steven Ruiz’s “Pan Seared Blue Crab Cakes with Pepper and Onion Jam” as first place. They raved about the recipe, saying it was a classic cake with spices that am-plified the taste of the crab.

Ruiz, chef de cuisine at Maris Grove, a retirement community in Glen Mills, Pa., chalked his win up to determination. This was his third attempt at the competition. He finished second last year.

“I use the same base for the crab cake and change the accompaniment,” he said. “Last year I did something a little more mild, and this year I went for something with a little more zing.”

Ruiz squared off against seven other finalists in the 21st edition of the contest. He received a $200 cash prize and a ster-ling silver serving plate. Second place and a $150 prize went to Charles Parkhill of Millsboro, for his “Sussex County Low Country Crab Cakes with Crabanero Re-moulade Sauce.” Winning third place and $100 was Keith Starkey and Joe Joyce, both of Wilmington, for their “Chesapeake Crab Cake.”

Other finalists in the competition in-cluded Carl Zampini of Newark, Pam Field of Rehoboth Beach, Crystal Maccari of Elkton, Md., Terri Carr of Lewes, and Jack Bartley of Lincoln University, Pa.

Coast Day guests also got a chance to try the winning soup in the Chowder Chal-lenge. Prior to the event, members of the ACF First State Chefs Association held a competition among 10 of its members to determine which recipe they would serve.

The winning entry was created by William Stant, president of the Delaware Technical and Community College Culi-nary Student Club. Stant, whose usual spe-cialty is desserts, combined clams donated by Seawatch International Inc., of Milford, with Red Bliss potatoes, butter, onions, celery, cream, Worcestershire sauce, pars-ley, and garlic with one other very special ingredient - bacon - to produce a winner.

Guests enjoyed sampling the many delights in the seafood competition.

Winning RecipesFirst Place - Pan Seared Blue Crab

Cakes with Pepper and Onion Jam by Steven M. Ruiz, Wilmington

Crab Cakes2 pounds lump crab meat1-1/2 cups mayonnaise2 tablespoons Old Bay1 tablespoon dry mustard2 eggs1/4 cup lemon juice1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce1 cup Panko bread crumbs1 teaspoon each salt and pepper1 cup olive oil1 cup flourPepper and Onion Jam2 red peppers1 jalapeno1 small white onion1 jar of red currant jam4 tablespoons red-wine vinegarIn bowl, place mayonnaise, eggs, Old

Bay, dry mustard, lemon juice, Worces-tershire sauce and Sriracha hot sauce. Mix well.

In a separate bowl, take 2 pounds of crab meat, slowly add wet mix and 1/2 cup of the Panko bread crumbs. Fold to-gether lightly then pat out 4-ounce cakes with that mix. Then, with the remainder of Panko, lightly bread the outside of each cake. Sauté in olive oil until crispy and golden brown.

Dice the peppers and onions finely and sauté until caramelized, deglaze with red-wine vinegar and stir in a 1/4 cup of the red current jam.

Second Place - Sussex County Low Country Crab Cakes with Crabanero Remoulade Sauce by Charles Parkhill, Millsboro

2 pounds lump crab meat1/4 cup mayonnaise1 egg plus 1 yolk1 tablespoon butter1/4 cup fine diced celery1/4 cup fine diced red and yellow bell

pepper1/4 cup shredded scallion2 tablespoons minced parsley1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce2 tablespoons course mustard1 tablespoon Crabanero brand hot

sauce1-1/2 tablespoons Crabanerobay* sea-

soning1 cup Panko bread crumbs1/2 cup Matzo mealCrabanero Remoulade1 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup ketchup1/4 cup minced celery1/4 cup minced red onion1/4 cup minced dill pickle1 tablespoon smoked paprika2 tablespoons course ground mustard1 tablespoon Crabanero brand hot

sauce1 tablespoon minced capersMajick to tasteSauté peppers, celery in 1/2 the butter

till wilted. Turn off heat and add Worces-tershire sauce and course mustard; toss, set aside and allow to cool before pro-ceeding with remainder of recipe.

Blend pepper mixture with mayon-naise, 1 egg plus yolk, Crabanero, mus-tard, and 1/2 the scallion and bay sea-soning. Pick through crab meat for shell or cartilage, gently toss crab meat with

parsley, bay seasoning and enough Matzo meal to absorb some of the crab liquid (you may not use all Matzo meal, you don’t want to be accused of a crab cake with too much filler). Next add the pep-per mayonnaise mixture gently.

Allow to stand in cooler before you pat out the crab cakes. Portion crab cakes out, form into 3-4 ounce cylinders.

Toss Panko crumbs with remaining scallions, scatter on plate or sheet pan, and place cylindrical crab cakes on plate to coat with crumbs on plate. Gently press remainder of scallion crumbs into flat top of crab cakes. Add remaining butter to a medium high heat skillet (do not crowd). Brown one side then the next. Put into oven at 350 for 10-15 min-utes.

Remoulade SauceCombine all ingredients well, set aside

(best if chilled for 15–20 minutes). Gar-nish plate with lemon, 1 crab cake and remoulade sauce.

*Crabanerobay is the original bay sea-soned habanero sauce located in Mills-boro.

Third Place - Chesapeake Crab Cake by Keith Starkey and Joe Joyce, Wilm-ington

2 pounds crab meat2 tablespoons yellow mustard1/8 teaspoon allspice1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce1/8 teaspoon hot sauce1/8 teaspoon Old Bay1 cup mayonnaisePanko – firm to touchCombine mustard, allspice, Worces-

tershire sauce, hot sauce, Old Bay, and mayonnaise. Toss lightly. Add Panko and form crab cake.

Chowder Challenge Winning Recipe by William Stant, ACF First State Chef’s Association

2 quarts canned clams with juice1-1/2 quarts water1 pound 4 ounces Red Bliss potatoes,

sliced then quartered8 ounces hickory smoked bacon, small

dice4 ounces whole butter1 pound onions, small dice8 ounces celery, small dice3 cloves garlic, minced 4 ounces flour1 quart half and half1 quart heavy creamSalt and pepper to tasteWorcestershire sauce to tasteFresh parsley, chopped, to tasteDrain the clams, reserving both the

clams and their liquid. Add enough water so that the total liquids equal 2 quarts.

Simmer the potatoes in the clam liquid until nearly cooked through. Strain and reserve the potatoes and the liquid.

Render the bacon with the butter. Add the onions, celery and garlic to the ren-dered fat and sweat until tender but not brown.

Add the flour and cook to make a brown roux.

Add the clam liquid to the roux, whisking away any lumps.

Simmer for 30 minutes, skimming as necessary.

Bring the half and half and the cream to a boil and add to the soup.

Add the clams and potatoes, and sea-son to taste with the salt, pepper, Worces-tershire sauce and parsley.


What better week than one in which there’s an election to cook a big dish of beans?

So that’s exactly what I did and it was especially appropriate this year, when there was enough political gas in the atmosphere to sicken all of us.

(Too bad that foolish and dispir-iting palaver isn’t an antidote for the greenhouse gases with which we are poisoning our world. If that were the case, we would be well on our way to solving climate change, a goal that, heartbreakingly, looks increas-ingly distant with the new crop of science deniers who are going to Washington.)

Anyway, back to the beans. For the dish that I cooked last week, I followed a recipe that was included in the cookbook that our daughter wrote a couple of years ago and handed out to friends and rela-tives for Christmas.

Titled “Our First Year of Marriage Cookbook,” it features recipes that she adapted and devised to help her reach her goal of using local foods as much as pos-sible. It also includes photographs, taken by her husband, of their farmers’ market, of cows at the dairy farm that provided their milk and of meals that she made.

I haven’t yet tried the strawberry tart, the filling of which is made with whole milk, whipping cream and eggs, or the stuffed poblano peppers, which she de-scribes as “a nice, time-consuming and complicated meal to make on a quiet Sunday.” But I have, on several occasions, made her version of Greek giant beans, something she learned to love during a month-long stay in Athens.

“Greek cooking gets thrown together, goes on the stove in the morning and stays there patiently all day,” she wrote. The secret, I would add, is a fair quantity of good olive oil, which at the end of that long cooking is all absorbed but still adds delicious flavor and texture.

Giant beans are what I would call dried limas, and for this recipe their extended cooking is done in the oven rather than on top of the stove. But as with all dried beans, they must be cooked to tenderness before they join the olive oil, tomatoes, carrots, celery and greens in the casserole dish.

Last week, as I chopped carrots into discs and tore broccoli rabe into small pieces, I remembered the first bean casse-role that I made, more than 30 years ago.

My husband and I were newly married and for some reason that I can’t imagine now, I decided to invite co-workers over to our apartment for a summer picnic. I had very few kitchen utensils, even less knowledge about how to cook, yet here I was, preparing food for a dozen or so people.

Baked beans, I knew, are an integral part of any picnic. But I didn’t want to just open a can — I wanted to prepare them in the old-fashioned way. So I bought a bag of dried white beans, maybe even two, considering how many people

I was expecting, brought them home and in one easy step, combined them with mustard, brown sugar and molasses. No soaking, no pre-cooking, and into the oven they went.

I don’t know if I didn’t have a recipe to follow or if I missed the part that must have told me to cook the beans first. In any case, those beans, when they came out of the oven a couple of hours later, were as hard as they had been when they went in. They looked good and smelled deli-cious, but they were inedible.

Only one guest, who said that he had never had baked peanuts before, and insin-uated that he never wanted to have them again, commented on the beans. But when my visitors scraped their leftovers into a trashcan that my husband had set out just for that purpose, I could hear that most of the beans were being thrown away. The trashcan was metal, you see, and every bean that hit its side or its bottom made a sharp pinging sound.

“It sounded like rapid gunfire,” my husband, who was recently discharged from the Marines, said after everyone had gone home. “I kept thinking that we all should take cover.”

I’ve learned since then and now can whip up a pretty good dish of baked beans. The ones that I made last week in honor of election day were satisfactorily cooked to tenderness and were delicious.

Good thing I didn’t compile a cook-book of my first-year-of-marriage recipes. Along with Hard-As-Pebble Beans, it could have featured other favorites from those 365 days: Mouth-Puckering Elder-berry Pie, Popcorn Balls with Styrofoam and Fallen Cake, styles 1, 2 and 3.

Kitchen Nightmares, 30 years early.

AB&C acquires Lefton Co.Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), a

full-service marketing communications firm headquartered in Wilmington, an-nounces the acquisition of one of the country’s longest-standing independent advertising agencies, Al Paul Lefton Com-pany (Lefton), based in Philadelphia, Pa.

AB&C is an award-winning advertis-ing agency with clients in healthcare, public health, higher education and finan-cial industries. Al Paul Lefton Company will continue to operate from its office at Independence Mall in Philadelphia as a division of Aloysius Butler & Clark. The two agencies will immediately begin le-veraging their combined services and team members to provide additional capabilities to existing and prospective clients.

...it was especially ap-propriate this year, when there was enough politi-cal gas in the atmosphere to sicken all of us.

Lynn Parks

A pot of beans seemed like the perfect meal after the elections


Murray promoted to vice-president Susan P. Murray, who joined Goodwill of

Delaware and Delaware County in 1996, has been promoted to vice-president of sales and op-erations. Before assuming her most recent role as director of sales for all of Goodwill’s retail stores in 2009, Murray served as branch manager for several Goodwill retail stores and held sales management and staff de-velopment positions. Her current responsibilities in-clude supervision of all of Goodwill’s retail locations with accountability for sales, operations, customer service and expense controls.

Murray earned an associate’s degree in buying and merchandising in 1984 from the Fashion In-stitute of Technology. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in human performance management from Immaculata University, and a master’s degree in social work from Widener University.

2011 Mrs. Delaware PageantThe 2011 Mrs. Delaware Pageant will take

place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Re-hoboth Beach Theater of the Arts. Nine dynamic married women from around the state will com-pete for the opportunity to represent Delaware in the Mrs. America Pageant and will receive a prize package valued at over $5,000. The reigning Mrs. Delaware 2010, Amanda Shepard of Townsend, will crown her successor. The winner will spend a year traveling throughout the state making public ap-pearances and supporting charities.

The 2011 contestants are: Francine Edwards of Townsend, Leslee Hazard of Millsboro, Gretchen Spraul of Ocean View, Tara Greathouse of Middletown, Christine Rich of Dover, Deborah Edwards of Camden-Wyoming, Shana Williams

of Newark, Alesha Shaw of New Castle and Heather Baker of Middletown. Pageant host is Otise Schuk, Mrs. New Jersey America 2010 and entertainment will be provided by Southern Dela-ware’s Gems of Arabia and Kristina Maynard, Miss Wilmington 2011.

The Mrs. America Pageant will be held in April 2011 at Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.

Tickets are $25 for ages 11 and up, $10 ages 4-10 and children under 3 are free. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, visit www.mrsdelawareamerica.com or call 228-7741.

Specialty crop block grants issuedDover-Delaware Department of Agriculture

Secretary Ed Kee has announced the Delaware recipients of the Specialty Crop Block Grant funds that are awarded every year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for projects designed to enhance the competitiveness of Delaware’s spe-cialty crops.

This year, eight Delaware projects will receive a total of $251,741 from the USDA AMS Spe-cialty Crop Block Grant Program established in the 2008 Farm Bill. Specialty crops are defined as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticul-ture and nursery crops (including floriculture).

“These grants are given each year to assist Del-aware growers with market expansion as well as the development of new products,” said Secretary Kee. “The competitiveness of Delaware’s spe-cialty crops will be increased through continuing education, applied research, improved technology and genomic research.”

This year’s projects include:• Partnering with the Bennett Orchards and the

University of Delaware Cooperative Extension to develop a highly productive and cost effective method for establishing blueberries.

• Providing students with an opportunity to grow and eat specialty crops as well as develop life skills regarding nutrition, resulting in a healthy lifestyle that includes consumption of specialty crops through school gardening and cur-riculum.

• Partnering with the Delaware Christmas Tree Growers’ Association to improve the practices of growing Christmas trees, promote marketing of Christmas trees, educate members on best growing practices and educate the public on the benefits of growing Christmas trees.

REMAX ABOVE AND BEYOND - Dignitaries gather Thursday, Nov. 4, for the ribbon cutting and open house for the real estate office of Re/Max Above and Beyond, located at 1310 Bridgeville Highway, Seaford. Shown from left to right in center are owners Brenda Rambo, Trey Hardesty and cutting the ribbon, Kevin Thawley. Photo by Rick Cullen

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Driver safety and other advice for deer season

It’s deer mating season which means you need to keep a watchful eye for deer at dusk and dawn when they are most amorous. White-tailed deer will go to any length to mate, and that includes right into the path of your vehicle, AAA Mid-Atlantic warns. Deer-vehicle crashes can be costly and deadly.

Deer mating season began in October and will continue through December. Remember that deer are herd animals, so if you see one, more are likely nearby.

Given the presence and prevalence of deer this time of year, area drivers should always wear a seat belt and drivers should remain awake, alert and so-ber, advises the auto club.

In 2007, Delaware police departments logged a statewide total of 1,349 animal-vehicle crashes – the overwhelming majority involving deer – which resulted in one fatality, 43 personal injuries and 1,305 major and minor property damage-only cas-es. In 2008, a total of 1,474 crashes were reported, resulting in one fatality, 44 personal injuries and 1,429 property damage-only cases.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) estimates that approximately 1.6 million deer-motor vehicle crashes occur each year on roads across the nation. These collisions make up over $3.6 billion in vehicle damage per year, with each incident averaging $3,000 worth of damage, based on statistics from the IIHS.

“Insurance agents say most damage from deer collisions occurs in the front or on the side of a car,” said Heather Foti, an insurance counselor with AAA Insurance. “If involved in a crash, our insur-ance agents encourage drivers to first call local law enforcement for assistance and then to make note of the date, time, street name and take any pictures to help document the incident.”

The deer population in the United States is esti-mated at 20 to 30 million. While driving this fall, AAA insurance agents recommend drivers keep the following tips in mind to stay safe on roadways:

• Be observant. Look for deer-crossing signs indicating areas where deer frequently travel. Deer are creatures of habit and may often use the same path again – remember where you see them.

• Be alert. A deer standing near a roadside may suddenly run across the road. Slow down and use your horn to scare the deer. Use high-beams for greater visibility.

• Look for groups. If you see one deer crossing the road ahead, more are likely to follow.

• Never swerve. Instead, slow down and brake. Swerving can cause you to lose control of your vehicle and strike another vehicle or object along the roadway.

• Use your horn. There is no conclusive evi-dence that hood-mounted deer whistles and other such devices work. Use your horn instead to scare the deer.

• Slow down. If a crash with a deer is unavoid-able, AAA recommends slowing down and releas-ing your foot from the brake before impact. This will raise the front end of the car during the crash and increase the likelihood that the animal will go underneath the vehicle instead of through the wind-shield.

• Buckle up and do not speed. Lower speed will increase your reaction time.

• Do not try to move a deer. An injured deer might panic and seriously injure you. Call police or animal control for assistance.

Register deer by phone, onlineThe DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife re-

minds hunters that they are now required to register all harvested deer via the Division’s toll-free phone line, 866-511-DEER (3337) or www.dehip.com,

within 24 hours of harvest and before butcher shop processing. The old system using paper registration forms at check stations and butcher shops was dis-continued last year.

When registering a deer, hunters will need to know their hunting license numbers as well as the deer management zone in which the deer was har-vested. Zone information can be found on pages 19 to 22 in the 2010-11 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide. After registering, hunters will be given a 12-digit registration number to record and keep as proof of registration. Hunters having deer processed by a butcher will need to give this number when dropping off the animal.

With both Delaware’s deer population and har-vest numbers increasing, nearly 14,000 deer are harvested annually and nearly half of those were being registered at check stations.

The time required to enter the paper forms used at check stations had become overwhelming in both staff time and expense. In addition, the old system was inefficient – harvest numbers could not be to-taled until around May because of the time it took to enter the information into the computer.

The Division is continuing to collect data on chronic wasting disease (CWD) and biological har-vest data, including antler measurements, weights, and ages.

During the peak deer seasons, Division person-nel will be stationed at deer processors statewide collecting this information.

For more information, contact Wildlife Biologist Joe Rogerson at 302-735-3600.

Sportsmen Against Hunger sitesThe DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife again

will participate in the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program during the 2010-2011 Delaware deer hunt-ing season. All donated deer will be processed, with the meat distributed to charitable groups participat-ing in the program. Initially, there was some con-cern that the Sportsmen Against Hunter program might not be funded due to statewide budget cuts, but the Delaware Legislature was able to provide full funding for the upcoming season.

The Division of Fish and Wildlife recently final-ized deer donation locations for participating hunt-ers, who may drop off their deer at any of the eight walk-in coolers maintained by the division.

These coolers are checked periodically, and all donated deer are taken to the Sussex Correctional Institution where they are processed. If a hunter do-nates a deer, the division requests that he or she call the phone number posted on the cooler, so that the deer is transported to the correctional institution for processing in a timely manner.

Any deer dropped off at a cooler also must be field dressed and registered, with the registration number written on the field tag attached to the ani-mal. All deer taken in Delaware must be registered online at http://www.dehip.com/deer/default.asp. The number on the field tag will allow the Division of Fish and Wildlife to verify that a deer has been registered.

The coolers for donated deer in Sussex County are located at Assawoman Wildlife Area, Frank-ford; Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Office, Milford; Gumboro Community Center, Millsboro; Redden State Forest Headquarters, Georgetown; and Trap Pond State Park, Laurel.

Hunters may also take their deer to any of the participating private butcher shops found through-out the state. In Sussex County, these shops include Johnson’s Custom Cutting, 21404 Burton Road, Milton, 684-1790; JAKOR Enterprises, 18740 Whaleys Corner, Georgetown; 236-6801; and Mark’s Meats & More, 24910 Hollyville Road, Millsboro, 933-0307.

CONGRATULATIONS!to Jami Allen of Bridgeville &

Sylvia Milburn of Laurel!Each Won 4 Free Tickets &

Allen Penrod, Seaford (2 Tickets) to the Circus compliments of the Star.

(Drawing held Oct. 25)


2010Election

Results New Castle Kent Sussex State U.S. SenatorChristopher A. Coons 123,678 22,315 28,019 174,012Christine O’Donnell 57,649 25,059 40,345 123,053Glenn A. Miller 4,459 1,662 2,080 8,201James W. Rash 1,257 404 440 2,101office total 187,043 49,440 70,884 307,367

U.S. Representative John C. Carney Jr. 121,764 23,173 28,606 173,543Glen Urquhart 60,404 24,517 40,521 125,442Earl R. Lofland 2,001 728 975 3,704Brent A. Wangen 1,149 401 436 1,986Jeffrey Brown 657 134 170 961office total 185,975 48,953 70,708 305,636

Attorney General Joseph R. Biden III 136,089 29,139 38,703 203,931Doug Campbell 28,945 8,787 16,771 54,503office total 165,034 37,926 55,474 258,434

State Treasurer Chip Flowers Jr. 107,041 19,611 26,551 153,203Colin Bonini 75,206 28,915 42,910 147,031office total 182,247 48,526 69,461 300,234

Auditor of Accounts Richard Korn 102,787 18,683 26,123 147,593R. Thomas Wagner Jr. 77,938 29,440 42,778 150,156office total 180,725 48,123 68,901 297,749 Districts Reported 305 of 305 68 of 68 65 of 65 438 of 438

Top 10 reasons to visit IRS.govBy Gregg SemanickIRS DE spokesperson

If you have a tax question or need a tax form – there’s no need to leave the comfort of your home. All you need is a computer and Internet access because IRS.gov has a wealth of information.

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• Unlimited access - get answers 24 hours a day seven days a week. There’s no need to wait to get a tax form or an answer to a tax question – visit the IRS website anytime. IRS.gov is accessible all day, every day.

• Find out all about electronic filing. You can e-file your 2009 federal income tax return through October 15, 2010 from the comfort of your home. Available in English or Spanish, E-file is fast, easy and there are free options for everyone.

• Check the status of your tax refund. Whether you chose direct deposit or asked IRS to mail you a check, you can check the status of your refund through Where’s my Refund? at IRS.gov.

• Find out how to make payments electronically. You can authorize an elec-tronic funds withdrawal, use a credit or debit card, or enroll in the U.S. Treasury’s Electronic Federal Tax Payment System to pay your federal taxes. Electronic payment options are a convenient, safe and secure way to pay taxes.

• Get tax forms and publications. You can view and download tax forms and publications directly from IRS.gov at any hour of the day or night.

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• Request a payment agreement. Paying your taxes in full and on time avoids un-necessary penalties and interest. However, if you cannot pay your balance in full you may be eligible to use the Online Payment Agreement Application to request an in-stallment agreement.

• Get help in difficult financial times. Events such as a job loss, debt forgiveness or tapping into a retirement fund can have a tax impact. Find answers to these ques-tions and more on the home page of IRS.gov.

• Get information about the latest tax law changes. Learn about tax law changes that may affect your tax return. Special sections of the website highlight changes that affect individual or business taxpay-ers. Learn about the benefits provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or the Affordable Care Act provisions

• Get information about careers at the IRS. No matter what your professional specialty, the IRS can offer you a variety of full-time career or seasonal job oppor-tunities.

To assist Spanish speaking taxpayers, the IRS provides a wide range of free products and services on its Spanish Lan-guage website IRS.gov/espanol.

Remember the address of the official IRS Web site is www.irs.gov. Don’t be confused by sites that end in .com, .net, .org or other designations instead of .gov.

Videos highlight Public ArchivesThe Delaware Public Archives has

completed production on a set of 12 short YouTube videos, the first series of its kind from a State Archives. Videos take view-ers “behind the scenes” at the Archives with host Tom Summers to highlight some of the Archives’ notable historic docu-ments, programs, and services available to the public.

As the official guardian of Delaware’s state, county and local government re-cords, the Delaware Public Archives stores millions of records that reveal the cultural, social and political history of Delaware and the nation.

The series has covered Delaware’s Ratification document, manuscript gene-alogies, photographic collections, vital statistics, and more. The most recent ad-dition introduces viewers to the “Vietnam Mailbag” Exhibit, which is part of the Archives’ traveling exhibits program. The exhibit is currently on display at the Sea-ford Museum until Nov. 12.

The videos can be viewed by visit-ing the State’s official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/DelawareGov-ernment) and selecting the “Inside the Delaware Public Archives” playlist.

Episodes run about 2 minutes each and were all produced with in-house staff and equipment in association with the Govern-ment Information Center (GIC), another agency of the Department of State. The first “season” of 12 episodes is now com-

plete, with a second season in the planning stages.

The Delaware Public Archives is one of the oldest public archives programs in the country, having been created by the General Assembly in 1905. The Archives has been increasing its overall use of so-cial media to share with the public what it does and how accessible its information is for the amateur genealogist, the history enthusiast, and any other person who is in-terested in learning about the First State’s history and people.

For more information about the Dela-ware Public Archives, visit http://archives.delaware.gov. The Delaware Public Ar-chives is located at 121 Duke of York St. in Dover. The Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Re-search Room is open to the public Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. On the first Saturday of every month the research room is open from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

HVAC-R program receives donationThe refrigeration, heating and air con-

ditioning program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus received a donation of several pieces of equipment from a regional company.

R.E. Michel Company, Inc., wholesale distributors of HVAC-R equipment, parts and supplies, recently donated two mobile home furnaces and a high efficiency resi-dential boiler to be used as training tools in the program.


By Lynn Schofer

If you were to ask, what does field hockey, soccer, equestrian, Odd Fellows UN Ambassador, 2000 Little Miss Sea-ford, and future world leader all have in common; the answer would have to be Seaford High School athlete and academic leader Molly Cain. In a world and envi-ronment that has changed drastically in the past decade, Cain has remained grounded on her values and integrity that make her the role model every parent, school, and community dreams about.

In a recent interview Cain said, “Edu-cation has always been a high priority in our household, education is the key to

Seaford senior Molly Cain, accomplished equestrian and a goalie for the Seaford varsity field hockey team, is shown with her two loves: horses and field hockey. Photo by Lynn Schofer

success.” As a seven time Academic All Conference Student Athlete Molly has maintained a 4.0 GPA (un-weighted ) and 4.55 (weighted) in high school that ranks her first in the current senior class of 184.

Cain believes balance and dedication is important when a student commits to playing athletics, “Time management is really important, I’m not a kid who goes out drinking on a Friday night” and point-ed out, “I might miss some movies but it is all worth it.”

An accomplished C3 equestrian, Molly joined the United States Pony Club in 2000 and achieved the highest national

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The Raiders’ Willie Davis puts the ball in play during his team’s game in Laurel last week. Photo by Mike McClure

Cain works hard in the classroom, on the sports fields to achieve goals

Laurel boys’ soccer team tops Woodbridge, 5-1, in final gameThe Laurel varsity boys’ soccer team defeated Woodbridge, 5-1, last Wednesday in

Laurel in the final game of the 2010 season. Jeremy Taylor, Tyler Givans, and Marvin Vazquez each netted a goal in the first half for the Bulldogs while Heber Maldonado tal-lied a pair of second half goals. Woodbridge freshman Willie Davis scored the Raiders’ goal on a penalty kick in the second half.

JV CHAMP- Seaford’s Tynetta Washington, right, is congratulated by Seaford team captain Alexandria Smith after placing first in the Henlopen Conference JV race last Satur-day in Harrington. Photo by S.D. SmithSeaford goalie Molly Cain stretches to make a stop during her team’s varsity field

hockey game against Woodbridge. Photo by Gene Bleile


Join the Star sports nation. Over 300 people like the “Laurel Star sports” and “Seaford Star sports” Facebook pages.

BULLDOGS-RAIDERS- Laurel’s Ryne Wood, right, and Woodbridge’s D.J. Jones battle for position during last Wednesday’s varsity boys’ soccer game in Laurel. Photo by Mike McClure

DELMAR-SUSSEX TECH HOCKEY- Above, the Ravens’ Betsy Coulbourn hits the ball upfield as Delmar’s Caroline Phillips moves in to defend during last Tuesday’s varsity field hockey game.

Below, Delmar’s Samantha Johnson, left, and Sussex Tech’s Darian Scott go for the ball during last week’s regular season finale in Delmar. Sussex Tech won the game, 4-1, after holding a 2-1 lead at the half. Photos by Mike McClure

Sussex Tech cross country teams finish in top three in conference meetThe Sussex Tech boys’ and girls’ cross country teams each placed in the top three

in the Henlopen Conference varsity meet last Saturday in Harrington. The Lady Ra-vens, who won the regular season title, finished second behind Milford. The Milford boys’ team also won with Sussex Tech placing third.

In the girls’ meet, Sussex Tech’s Emily Ritter (19:36.79) and Isabel Wharton (19:43.61) finished first and second while teammate Bethany Killmon came in sev-enth (20:32.95). Sussex Tech’s Briana Hall also placed 19th (22:15.17). Milford finished first with 45 points while Sussex Tech was second with 55. Seaford (253) placed eighth.

In the JV race, Seaford’s Tynetta Washington finished first (22:49.52), teammate Verstel Ponder was 16th (26:57.62), and Sussex Tech’s Bansri Patel came in 17th (27:18.83)

In the boys’ meet, Sussex Tech’s Robbie Robles was 10th (18:00.33), Ricky Her-nandez came in 11th (18:00.94), Dylan Varrato finished 14th (18:10.49), and Ryan Fitzgerald added a 19th place finish (18:30.50). Milford (30) was first followed by Caesar Rodney (52) and Sussex Tech (81). Seaford came in 11th (322) in the meet.

Sussex Tech’s Kyle Breckner won the JV race (19:08.48), the Ravens’ Matt Dopler was fourth (19:17.61), and Seaford’s Pierre Mondestin placed fifth (19:18.81). Sussex Tech’s Pyrani Patel also finished sixth (19:20.91) and Seaford’s Esais Derolus was 14th (20:04.88).

MAKING THE SAVE- Woodbridge goalie Abraham Leon beats Tyler Givans to the ball during last Wednesday’s varsity boys’ soccer game in Laurel. Photo by Mike McClure

SHOT ON GOAL- Sussex Tech’s Kelsey Doherty looks to take a shot on goal against Delmar goalie Caila White as the Wildcats’ Taylor Elliott, left, looks to help out. Photo by Mike McClure


Honorable mention- Jacques Jules- Seaford; Elder Alcantara- Woodbridge; Richard Alcantara- Woodbridge; Trez’mon Kane- Woodbridge; Aris Reynoso- Sus-sex Tech; Desmond Sivels- Sussex Tech; James Smith- Sussex Tech; Robbie Rob-les- Sussex Tech; Ricky Hernandez- Sussex Tech; Tynetta Washington- Seaford; Maria DeMott- Seaford; Molly Cain- Seaford; Abby Atkins- Sussex Tech; Maxine Fluharty- Sussex Tech; Izzy Wharton- Sussex Tech; Bethany Killmon- Sussex Tech

Female Athlete of the Week- Emily Ritter- Sussex Tech

Sussex Tech senior Emily Ritter placed first in last weekend’s Henlopen Conference meet. Ritter, Isabel Whar-ton, Bethany Killmon, and Briana Hall each placed in the top 20 to lead the Ravens to a second place finish.

Male Athlete of the Week- Willie Davis- Woodbridge

Woodbridge freshman Willie Da-vis netted a goal on a penalty kick in the Raiders’ game at Laurel last week. Davis, who is also on the cross country team, placed 60th in the Henlopen Con-ference varsity meet.

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Nanticoke Health Services holds Ladies Day, Open golf tournamentsOn September 23 and 24, Nanticoke Health Services held its Second Annual Ladies

Day Golf Tournament and 24th Annual Open Golf Tournament. For one great cause, 212 golfers took to the course at Heritage Shores.

Proceeds from the tournaments benefit the purchase of cardio-respiratory monitors for Nanticoke Memorial Hospital’s nursery. The monitors measure a newborn’s breathing rate, heart rate, and oxygen levels. Caregivers utilize the monitor’s measurements to de-termine the health of the child and assist in a treatment plan.

The Presenting Sponsor for the Ladies Tournament was BNY Mellon, and the Com-munity Partner for the Open Day Tournament was Nemours Health and Prevention Ser-vices.

Returning this year was the Pink LINKS program. One hundred fifteen community members supported the program by purchasing a pink golf ball shaped sign in honor or in memory of a loved one.

Winners of the Ladies Day event were: First place (Low Gross)- Jenny Davis, Pat Shannon, Laura Phillips, and Kelly Davis; second place- Janet Morgan, Cinda Allison, Janet Griffith, and Carol Schreffler; Third place- Ruth Sneller, Judy Slack, Mary Pe-gram, and Marianne Robino

Winners of the Open Day event were: First place (Low Gross)- Dean Prozzoly, Bud Jackson, Mike Kaczmrek, and Penny Short; Second place- Tony Worm, Chris Sloan, Richard Gomez, and Russell Gesuero; Third place- Bob Boyd, Jack Riddle, Woody Lo-gan, and Orell Saulsbury

Sponsors for the tournaments included: Birdie Sponsors - Aramark, Huntington In-surance, ING Investment Management, LarsonAllen LLP, Richards, Layton & Finger, and Sodexo Healthcare; Cart Sponsor - Regional Builders; Team Pictures - PNC Invest-ments; Par Sponsors - Complete RX, Emergency Physicians Medical Group, Heritage Seubert Financial, Nanticoke Wound & Hyperbaric Center, Owens & Minor Distribution Inc., Peninsula Home Care, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, RCM&D, Ricoh, Sysco Eastern Shore MD, The Insurance Market

Low Gross first place winners of the Open Day event were: Mike Kaczmrek (second from left); Bud Jackson (third from left), Penny Short (fourth from left); and Dean Prozzoly (second from right). Also pictured are Lyndon Yearick, Nanticoke Founda-tion, Executive Director (left); and Tom Brown, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Senior Vice President (right).

Low Gross first place winners of the Ladies Day event were: Laura Phillips (third from left); Jenny Davis (fourth from left); Pat Shannon (fifth from right); and Kelly Davis (right). Also pictured are Will Scarborough (left); Penny Short, Nanticoke Me-morial Hospital, Chief Nursing Officer; and Lyndon Yearick, Nanticoke Foundation, Executive Director.

Woodbridge football team unable come back in loss to PolytechThe Woodbridge varsity football team fell to Polytech, 21-13, last Friday in Wood-

side. The Panthers scored 14 unanswered points in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead at the half. Down 21-0, the Raiders answered with a six-yard touchdown run by Trez’mon Kane, a two-yard touchdown run by quarterback C.J. Pleasants, and an ex-tra point by Brent Adams.

ON THE RUN- The Blue Jays’ Myron Hayes looks to shake Indian River’s Jamir Hicks on a run during Indian River’s 42-0 home win last Friday. Also shown are Seaford’s Vernon Davis (76) and Kyle Kellam (52). Photo by S.D. Smith

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Sussex Tech soccer falls to Smyrna, 2-1, in overtimeThe Sussex Tech varsity boys’ soccer team lost its final regular season game to

Smyrna, 2-1 in overtime, last Wednesday in Smyrna. Aris Reynoso tallied the Ra-vens’ lone goal while Dylan Lane made two saves. Sussex Tech out shot Smyrna, 14-5, and held a 6-1 advantage in corner kicks.

WINDING UP - Sussex Tech’s Izzie Delario prepares to put the ball in play during the Ravens’ road win in Delmar last Tuesday. Photo by Mike McClure

Sussex Tech football team falls to Lake Forest, 20-17The Sussex Tech varsity football team lost to Lake Forest, 20-17, in a non-confer-

ence home game last Friday. Desmond Sivels had touchdown runs of 32 and seven yards for the Ravens, but the Spartans’ Quadir Bryant ran for three touchdowns in a battle of the top two scorers in the conference. Sussex Tech kicker James Smith kicked a 27-yard field goal and added a pair of extra points in the loss.

Pauch sweeps championship weekend with Big Block winBy Charlie Brown

Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, N.J., capped off a profitable weekend as he won the 50-lap Big Block Modified Champion-ship driving the Will Brown No. 1W. It was Pauch’s second big win of the week-end and his third in the classic the last of which came in 1993. Pauch took the lead from Matt Jester just before the halfway sign. Saturday night’s victory was worth $7,063 making Pauch’s two day total a hefty $12,588.

Jester looked strong from the pole while Pauch, Richie Pratt, Jr., Wade Hendrickson and Jimmy Horton all diced for positions in the top five. A big tangle occurred on the third lap when Kevin Hirthler clipped the inside tires and spun in turn one sending the middle of the pack scrambling for real estate. In all eight cars were involved.

Pratt worked his way past Pauch on lap 11. Five laps later, Hendrickson slowed bringing out the yellow and ending his challenge. Chic Cossaboone entered the top five on the restart with Jester again controlling the field.

Pauch regained the second spot on lap 19 as Cossaboone got by Horton for fourth. On that same lap both Brett Bal-lard and Pratt came to a stop bringing out the yellow. Brad Trice powered into the top five but only for a lap as he slowed to bring out the yellow on lap 21.

Pauch used the outside groove in the second turn to get by Jester on lap 24. At the halfway sign the top five were Pauch, Jester, Horton, Cossaboone and Howard O’Neal.

Horton took second from Jester on lap 28 with Cossaboone following into third. By lap 32, Pratt had made a charge from the rear and was back running in the top five. Pratt got by Cossaboone for third with 10 to go.

The final 10 laps were all green and Pauch opened a comfortable lead to take the win. Horton finished in the second spot with Pratt earning a well deserved third. Fourth went to Cossaboone and Jester ended an excellent drive in fifth.

“It wasn’t easy by any means,” said Pauch. “The track was pretty demanding tonight and you had to hit your marks.

The only way it seemed to work good for me was getting in low and coming off the high side. I don’t know who was behind me or who was there but we were running hard every lap.”

Heats were won by Hendrickson, Pauch, and Jester with H.J. Bunting taking the consolation.

In the 25-lap AC Delco TSS Modi-fied feature Brandon Blades was smooth as glass. Blades started on the pole and quickly settled into a rhythm in a race that would only be slowed by three cautions. 2010 point champion, Joseph Tracy stayed in the hunt in second while Westley Smith held down third.

At the halfway sign the top five were Blades, Tracy, Smith, Scott Baker and Scott Hitchens. Ryan Anderson made a late race charge and climbed the fourth. The final yellow flew with two laps to go as John Curtis and Taylor McCracken tangled.

Blades made no mistakes as he pow-ered to his first fall championship win in his Blades HVAC/Blue Collar Cycles/Bicknell. The win was worth $1,960. Tracy, Smith, Anderson and Hitchens rounded out the top five. Heats were won by Tracy and Blades.

Kevin McKinney led at the start of the 25-Lap TUSA Mod Lite Championship. Kerry King, Jr. got by Tyler Reed for sec-ond with Tim White following into third. Brandon Dennis was on the move taking fourth from Ryan Charland and start his charge to the front.

By the halfway sign Dennis had gotten by King for second and had reeled in the leader McKinney. Dennis moved on top with 10 to go and drove to his second fall championship win in the Back in Action/Simpson Construction/Pro. The victory was worth $1040.

McKinney finished in second with King, White and James Hill rounding out the top five. Heats were won by McKin-ney and King.

In the 10 lap Vintage championship, C.J. Schirmer held off Jim Pride, Jr. to take the victory. Chuck Tucker took third with two laps to go with Mark Williams fourth and Eric Vent fifth. First sportsman went to Kelly Putz who finished in the sixth spot.

Sussex Tech defender Kayla Krause looks to pass during last week’s varsity field hockey game in Delmar. The Wild-cats and Ravens each qualified for the state tournament which began earlier this week. Photo by Mike McClure

Sussex Tech’s Desmond Sivels runs with the ball during his team’s home loss to Lake Forest last Friday in Georgetown. Photo by Lynn Schofer

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Seaford field hockey caps season with 1-0 win over KnightsThe Seaford varsity field hockey team ended the regular season with a 1-0 road

win over Sussex Central last Wednesday. Maria DeMott scored the only goal of the game at 25:10 in the first half. Seaford held an 11-8 advantage in shots while the Knights had a 6-5 edge in penalty corners. Molly Cain made four saves in goal for the Blue Jays.

academic rating attainable. The “H” rating is equal to a two year agricultural degree and Molly endured a grueling weekend of oral examinations and performance testing in both riding and academics.

Cain was the youngest candidate at age 16 to pass the exam which places her in a select group of less than 1% nationwide to hold the “H” rating. She also serves on the International Academic Team for Pony Club, volunteers at riding camps, and has taught riding to younger students.

In her freshman year Molly’s horse became ill with a neurological disease. “I couldn’t ride my horse so I decided to go out for field hockey,” said Cain.

The beginning was not easy, “I got hit in the face and lost my tooth.” Molly laughed, “Miss Venables shoved it back in; it actually saved my tooth.”

Molly became the goalie after coach Rob Perciful suggested she wear a helmet and the coaches tested her ability to block shots. “Coach (Robin) Verdery unleashed the team on me and only two balls went into the net.”

Cain attended summer camps to im-prove her skills and by her junior year it showed. The 2009 Delmar game is a high-light. “It was an intense game and I think Delmar had 17 corners and 20 shots on goal of which none went in.”

Molly remembers the coaches talking to her before the game. “They told me that we had to win this game to make the state tournament,” Cain said. Seaford won the game 2-0 and was awarded a seat in the state tournament.

Every year brings change and this year was no different; 11 seniors graduated, coach Verdery retired, and coach Perciful retired, “I think our team has done excep-tionally well and Coach Venables teaching skills are great,” said Cain.

Molly said as goalie she had to learn to roll with the punches, “I emotionally survived a 10-1 loss to Sussex Tech my junior year; as goalie it is not supposed to be your fault but ultimately you are the one who is suppose to be blocking the goal.” Cain admits feelings of guilt and hurt when hearing comments from fans but said, “I learned to be confident in my-self and move on to the next game.”

Throughout the school year Cain is ac-tive in sports; she swims in the winter and plays soccer in the spring. “I’m definite-

ly not the best swimmer, but I’m a good cheerleader,” Cain said.

Molly’s endurance and dedication to academics is mirrored in swimming, “I swim the 500 meter freestyle, the event no one wants.” Cain said she enjoys swim-ming, “I can see Coach (Bailey) Noel yell-ing for me, I get high five’s when I finish, and we are a team.”

As a role model to other students Molly volunteers in several organizations and has been awarded the 2010 President’s Volunteer Service Award. Cain also rep-resents Seaford along with fellow student-athlete and academic leader Ethan Lee on the Henlopen Conference Sportsmanship Liaison Committee.

“I believe it is important that we all understand that there is a certain way a Seaford athlete conducts themselves; no matter what team you are on.” She added, “If you are getting repeated disciplinary referral in school maybe you shouldn’t be playing sports but instead focusing on be-having better and doing well in school.”

This is the same lesson she tells the third grade class at Fred Douglass where she is a student mentor. “I always try to conduct myself in a mature, polite man-ner, and try to help others,” Cain added.

Molly’s passion for education has helped her to define her future. “I want to save the world. After college I want to go to law school.” Molly continued, “There is no reason that children should be fail-ing and it doesn’t make sense to penalize a school by reducing funding and firing teachers whose children don’t make the marks; then they really don’t make the marks. I would definitely work on that and make more accountability.”

Cain said she can see herself in numer-ous careers, “A human rights attorney, a politician, State Senator or Representative, a Supreme Court Justice, and even Presi-dent.”

Molly may have to wait a few years to make her ultimate mark in the world; until then she is looking forward to spring soccer.

“I didn’t get to play last year because I had a class that was scheduled on the day of games.” Molly loves soccer, “The game is fun, aggressive, and I definitely hope I get to play offense” Molly laughed, “I’ve been in the goal my high school career, I want to play a spot where I can score a goal.”

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SEAFORD-INDIAN RIVER- Seaford’s Shaquil Turnage runs with the ball as Indian River’s Paul Mulrooney chases him during last Friday night’s game in Dagsboro. Photo by S.D. Smith

FALL SPORTS- Above, Woodbridge’s Richard Alcantara is shown with the ball during his team’s game in Laurel. Sussex Tech’s Taylor Kieffer looks to advance the ball during her team’s game in Delmar. Photos by Mike McClure

ON THE MOVE- Wood-bridge’s Taija Maddox looks to take the ball pas a defender during her team’s recent home win over Caesar Rodney. Photo by Mike McClure

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STAR SPORTS SCRAPBOOK- FIELD HOCKEY- Shown (clockwise from top left) are scenes from the 2010 varsity field hockey season: Laurel’s Alyssa Givens looks to move the ball upfield against Lake Forest; Seaford’s Alexis Hawkins, left, and Mari Phares each scored a goal in a recent game against Cape Henlopen; Woodbridge’s Kelsey Johnson, left, and Erica Parker step to the ball during their team’s win over Caesar Rodney; Laurel’s Whitney Toadvine and Delmar’s Danielle Bradley look to put the ball in play; and Sussex Tech’s Maxine Fluharty takes the ball to the cage during her team’s home game against Seaford. Photos by Mike McClure and Gene Bleile

See next week’s Seaford/Laurel Star for the varsity boys’ soccer scrapbook page.

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Sussex Tech field hockey opens tourney with 8-1 win over CRBy Mike McClure

The Sussex Tech varsity field hockey team opened state tournament play with an 8-1 home win over Henlopen Confer-ence rival Caesar Rodney on Tuesday. The defending state champions jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first half and didn’t look back.

“We’ve been preaching it (getting off to a quick start) all year and they finally came out of the gates,” said head coach Nancy Tribbitt, who pointed out that her team held a narrow 3-2 lead over the Rid-ers at half-time of their regular season match up.

Sussex Tech wasted no time scoring as Abby Atkins scored off a feed from Max-ine Fluharty (28:41) before returning the favor less than four minutes later. Atkins added two more goals off assists from Lindsay Rickards and Fluharty to make it 4-0 with 19:12 left in the first half.

Logan Pavlik added a goal off a pass from Atkins (16:54) and Kelsey Doherty got into the action with under 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Atkins also picked up the assist on that goal to give her three goals and three assists in the half.

“If my teammates hadn’t passed me the ball it wouldn’t have happened,” Atkins

said after the game.“This was one of her best games. She

was moving, she was moving the ball around,” added Tribbitt.

Sussex Tech held a 16-3 advantage and a 6-3 edge in corners in the first half of play. In the second half, Fluharty scored on a penalty stroke (22:26) and Franny Delrosario netted a goal at 17:08 for an 8-0 Raven advantage.

Caesar Rodney’s Lynzi Yearick put the Riders on the board with a goal with 8:02 left, but Sussex Tech held on to win, 8-1. The Ravens ended the game with a 26-6 advantage in shots and an 11-7 edge in corners. Sussex Tech’s Megan Cannon had two saves and Erin Johnson recorded three saves as the duo split duties in the win.

The Ravens continue their quest for a second straight state title this Saturday in Dover. But the team only has its sights on the next game, not the championship.

“It’s a brand new season. We think about each game individually,” said At-kins. “Today our only focus was let’s beat CR.”

“It’s a whole new season and we’re definitely taking it one at a time,” Tribbitt said. “Whoever we play (Saturday) we have to come out with our ‘A’ game.”

The Ravens move on to a turf surface

Sussex Tech’s Maxine Fluharty, left, shoots the ball past the CR goalie for an early goal as teammates Kelsey Doherty (12) and Abby Atkins look on during Tuesday’s first round win. Fluharty had two goals and two assists in the 8-1 home win. Photo by Mike McClure

The Ravens’ Abby Atkins prepares to take a shot as teammates Maxine Fluharty, left, and Taylor Kieffer stand by. Atkins had three goals and three assists to help lead Sussex Tech to an 8-1 win over Caesar Rodney in the first round of the state tourna-ment. Photo by Mike McClure

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after playing at home on the Bermuda grass. “It’s (turf) a little bit faster. They like the Bermuda, I think they play better on Bermuda,” said Tribbitt. “It’s definitely a better skill game on turf.”

Sports editor’s note- The Delmar field

hockey team and the Sussex Tech boys’ soccer team were scheduled to open state tournament play on Wednesday. Check out the Laurel Star sports and Seaford Star sports Facebook pages for results from those games.

Delmarva Christian girls’ volleyball falls in state tournamentThe Delmarva Christian varsity girls’ volleyball team lost to Padua, 3-0 (25-13,

25-8, 25-12), in the opening round of the state tournament on Tuesday. Mallorie Par-sons had six kills and four blocks and Lauryl Berger added eight assists for the Royals in the loss.

TOUCHDOWN RUN- The Wildcats’ De’Vaughn Trader runs for a touchdown as Laurel’s Chris Jones looks to make a tackle. Trader had a pair of touchdowns in the 20-14 loss. Photo by Mike McClure




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STAR TEAM PHOTO OF THE WEEK-- The Sussex Tech varsity cheerleaders are shown during a recent home football game. Photo by Lynn Schofer

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This week in Star sports history 10 YEARS AGO- The Seaford varsity girls’ cross country team won the county,

conference and division titles. Jen Willis placed fourth in the Henlopen Conference meet while Caitlin McGroerty was fifth.

The Laurel Pop Warner Pee Wee team picked up a 40-20 win over Smyrna in the first round of the playoffs. Robert Reed ran for 193 yards and three touchdowns, Michael Belle added 85 yards and a touchdown, and Michael Small recorded seven tackles.

FIVE YEARS AGO- The Sussex Tech field hockey team recorded three wins to move to 11-4 and host a state tournament game. Bethany Pavlik scored five of the Ra-vens’ 10 goals in the games.

The Seaford soccer team fell to Tower Hill, 2-1, in double overtime in state tourna-ment play. Trevor Lee had a goal and Matt Terry added an assist for the Jays.

ONE YEAR AGO- The Delmar football team defeated Laurel, 12-6, to win the Hen-lopen South. Cameron Mattox ran for 68 yards and two touchdowns for Delmar while Chris Jones had 127 yards rushing and Nick Munoz made 10 tackles, blocked a punt, and recovered a fumble for Laurel.

The Delmar field hockey team earned a 2-1 win over Milford in the first round of the state tournament to avenge a regular season loss to the Bucs. Mallory Elliott had a goal and an assist and Sam Johnson added a goal.

Seaford Recreation Department to hold Little Wrestlers programThe City of Seaford Recreation Department is holding a Little Wrestlers program

for children ages 6-12. The cost of the program, which will begin in mid November and will run through March, is $25 per child. All reegistration will be held at the rec-reation office. The deadline to register is Nov. 12

Junior Jordan Basketball Clinic to be held in January- The Seaford Recreation Department’s Junior Jordan Basketball Clinic, for boys and girls in grades K-3, will be held on Saturdays in January at the Fred Douglass gym. The cost is $5 per child. Basic fundamentals will be stressed at the clinic. The deadline to register is Dec. 31.

Seaford Recreation Department Youth Basketball signups are taking placeSignups for the City of Seaford Recreation Department’s Youth Basketball League

are taking place for the following age groups: boys 8-10, boys 11-13, and girls 8-13. The deadline to register is Dec. 3 at the recreation office. There will be no sign-ups at the gym or on the day of tryouts.

Practices will take place in December with the league starting in January. The cost is $25 which includes a shirt that you can keep.

Signups for boys and girls ages 6-7: The deadline to register for boys and girls ages six and seven years old is Dec. 31 at the recreation office. The league starts in early February with all game being played at the Frederick Douglass gym on Satur-days. The cost is $25 which includes a free shirt that you can keep. The league must have at least 32 kids in order to play.



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LAUREL-DELMAR- Delmar’s Keandre Whaley carries the ball as teammates Matt Waldman, left, and De’Vaughn Trader block for him during last Friday’s game against Lau-rel. Photo by Mike McClure

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Helpful hints for a memorable Thanksgiving dinnerI should be used to November

sneaking up on me by now, but somehow I never expect it to arrive while the coals are still smoldering from the Labor Day barbecue!

Because cooking Thanksgiving Dinner is not an annual occurrence I look forward to, I seek advice from those who are slightly more adept at planning than I. When it comes to Thanksgiving, the experts say, you ‘gotta have a system.

Here’s a bunch of hints:• Plan a menu - pretty basic

advice- but make sure not all cooking is concentrated in one appliance.

• Choose your recipes and make a gro-cery list directly from them.

• Plan the day or days you’re going to shop and which stores you’ll visit.

• Write out a cooking schedule and timetable. Some dishes can be made ahead, frozen and reheated. Others may have to be cooked at the last minute.

• Collect serving dishes and utensils. Stick a post-it note on each dish with what it will be used for.

• Clean out your freezer and refrigera-tor!

• Check off the recipes on your list as you complete them.

• Assign duties to other family mem-bers.

• Set your table a couple of days ahead of time.

Here’s what’s usually the final piece of advice (which I take to be some kind of sick joke): “Relax”.

I often like to think about dessert first, just to get me in a better mood. Pumpkin and Pecan pies are traditional Thanksgiv-ing fare. Here are two variations on the theme you might want to consider for a change of pace.

Pumpkin-Raisin BarsBon Appétit, January 1998Makes 242 cups all purpose flour2 cups sugar1 tablespoon ground cinnamon2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground cloves1 15-ounce can solid pack pumpkin4 large eggs3/4 cup vegetable oil1 cup raisins6 ounces cream cheese, room tempera-

ture1 cup powdered sugar1/3 cup butter, room temperaturePreheat the oven to 350. Grease 15

1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch baking sheet. Stir first 8 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add pumpkin, eggs and oil and beat until blended. Mix in raisins. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 min-utes. Cool in pan on rack.

Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and butter in medium bowl to blend. Spread frosting over cake in thin layer. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Refrigerate until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated.) Cut cake into bars and serve.

Pecan Pie Bars24 small squares

If you like your bars less sweet, you may cut back on the sugar. Also, some cooks prefer to use a combination of Karo and molasses.

Crust1/4 cup sugar1/4 teaspoon salt1 1/4 cups flour1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine,

softenedBars2 large eggs3/4 teaspoon vanilla1 1/2 tablespoons butter or 1 1/2 table-

spoons margarine3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup Karo syrup1 1/4 cups pecan halvesPreheat oven to 350.Prepare and bake Cookie Crust as fol-

lows: Spray 10 x 15-inch baking dish with Pam.

Beat at medium speed the sugar, flour, salt and butter.

Beat until mix is fine crumbs.Press into pan.Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until light

brown.While baking prepare filling as follows:

Beat eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla until blended.

Stir in pecans.Pour over hot crust.Bake 30 minutes.Cool and cut into squares.Recipe courtesy of Food.com

The Practical Gourmet

Loretta Knorr

Approximately 100 members of the community joined Nanticoke’s Cancer Care Center, the American Cancer Society and the City of Seaford for a vigil walk to Seaford’s Gateway Park. Speakers of the event included (from left), City of Seaford Mayor, Edward H. Butler, Jr.; Representative Daniel B. Short; First Lady of Delaware, Carla Markell; and Nanticoke Health Services President/CEO, Steven A. Rose.

Breast cancer awarenessIn October, approximately 100 commu-

nity members joined Nanticoke’s Cancer Care Center, the American Cancer Society and the City of Seaford for a vigil walk to Seaford’s Gateway Park to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Gateway Park was decorated in pink lights and ribbons. Each participant held a pink glow stick to honor survivors and remember those who lost their battle with breast cancer. Community members were encouraged to wear pink during the three-block walk along a lighted path from Nanticoke Cancer Care Center to Gateway Park. Mrs. Markell, First Lady of Dela-ware and breast cancer survivor, spoke to community members about mammography and early detection.

During October, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Campus and Mears Health Cam-

pus were “Making Strides against Breast Cancer.” Several activities were planned to provide cancer awareness, and Nanticoke employees were encouraged to wear pink on Fridays throughout October.

Along with adding pink breast cancer ducks in honor or in memory of someone to the main entrance’s water fountain, Nanticoke’s Employee Activity Commit-tee hosted Basket Bingo to raise money for women’s services, and Nanticoke’s team “Pretty in Pink” participated in the Ameri-can Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Sussex Walk on Oct. 3. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital and The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition hosted a breast cancer survivor’s tea.

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Return Day tradition continuesContinued from page one

tightly controlled: Gone were peddlers selling cotton candy and oversized bal-loons. No one threw candy to the crowd from passing floats, no one dashed from the sidewalk to embrace a candidate. And no candidate, after finishing the parade, walked the route a second time, greeting and talking with constituents.

Return Day board member Jim Bowden guessed that the rain as well as memories of the 2008 Return Day and long lines at checkpoints kept people away this year. That, and the fact that Biden’s office an-nounced on Wednesday that the vice presi-dent would not be there.

But many other politicians were there. Congressman Mike Castle, who lost his bid to run for Biden’s former Senate seat to primary opponent Christine O’Donnell, walked in the parade with Sen. Tom Carper and Sen. Ted Kaufman, who was appointed to fill Biden’s seat until after this election.

As Castle walked past the crowd, he thanked people for enduring the rain to watch the parade.

O’Donnell rode in the first carriage of

the parade with Democrat Chris Coons, who defeated her in the general election. According to tradition, which demands that losers ride backwards in the carriages, she was facing the carriage’s back win-dow.

Before the start of the parade, the Ap-proaching Storm, the marching band from Delaware State University, performed in front of the grandstand.

“Election time is over and this is a time for all of us to work together to make Delaware as great as it can be,” director Randolph Johnson told the crowd.

Miss Delaware Kayla Martel said that Return Day is a “great tradition.” She add-ed, “This is a wonderful day to celebrate the fact that we have the freedom to vote.”

Diamond and Chad Brockbrader, Lau-rel, attended Return Day with their son, Zane, 5. They were looking forward to the parade and to seeing the Seaford High School band, in which their 16-year-old daughter, Kara, plays clarinet, perform.

“This is the first time I’ve been to Re-turn Day,” said Diamond Brockbrader, who grew up in Georgetown. “I’m really excited. This is a unique celebration.”

70 years of marriageI, Granville Hearn, graduated from high school in Seaford in 1936. I spent

most of my life there until transferred by the Pure Oil Co. to Charlotte, N.C., in 1958. I met my wife in high school. We were married four years later.

The Charlotte Observer newspaper ran the enclosed item in the Oct. 10th issue. I would appreciate you doing the same in the Star.

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Granville E. Hearn, Jr.Charlotte

70th wedding anniversaryGranville Hearn Jr. Lt. Col. (USAR) Retired, 92, and Pearl Shaw Hearn,

90, of Charlotte, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 24, 2010, at Providence Country Club.

They were married Sept. 27, 1940, at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Wilm-ington.

After their marriage of 15 months, the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred and two years later Granville was in the army. Ultimately, Granville served in occupied Germany and was a witness for two days of the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials.

Upon returning home, Granville came back to Pearl and new daughters, Nancy Murray (deceased) and Carol Kuester. Granville realized at that time that his meaning in life was to care for his family.

Pearl found herself immediately, as a mother, teacher, and friend to Nancy and Carol, and later Patricia Cline and Gran Hearn III. The couple transferred to Charlotte in 1958.

Through the years, Pearl and Granville found time to visit all seven conti-nents and 78 different countries.

Today the couple has nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. They say, “We wish we could do it all over again.”


State Rep. Dave Wilson and his challenger, Jim Westhoff, ride with their spouses in the Return Day parade. According to tradition, Westhoff, who lost, is riding backwards.

Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips gives a thumbs-up sign to one of his supporters during Thursday’s Return Day parade. Photos by Lynn R. Parks

Joe Willene, left, and Teressa Smith sit on a bench on The Circle, waiting for the Return Day parade to start.

A Sussex Central High School FFA float expresses a wish for cooperation among Repub-licans and Democrats.

Sen. Tom Carper walking in the Return Day parade. State Rep. John Atkins walks the parade route.

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LEGALSPUBLIC HEARING

NOTICEYou are hereby notified

the below matter will be before:

the City of Seaford Planning and Zoning Com-mission for their review and recommendation on thurs-day, December 2, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., in City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Dela-ware; and,

the City of Seaford Mayor and Council for their determination on tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 7:05 p.m., in City Hall, 414 High Street, Seaford, Delaware:

1) Case No. S-20-10: E. gray Investments, LLC, property owner of 330 Mar-ket Street (tax Map and Parcel 331 5.00 54) and 332 Market Street (tax Map and Parcel 331 5.00 55) is seeking approval to realign the property line in order to create two lots in compliance with the R-2 lot widths.

2) Better Homes of Seaford, Inc., are seeking a preliminary plan review and approval for Hampton Circle, to be located at 600 Independence Drive, tax Map and Parcel 3-31-5.00-4.25. this land is currently owned by the City of Sea-ford. the project consists of a 3-story, 36,000 sq. ft.+/- low income senior apart-ment building with parking on a 6.28 acre parcel.

If these projects are a concern to you and you wish to present your po-sition or evidence, please attend this meeting. You may have counsel attend on your behalf.

Issued this 11th day of November 2010 pursuant to the Rules heretofore ad-opted by the City of Sea-ford.

tHE CItY OF SEAFORDDolores J. Slatcher,

City Manager11/11/1tc

PUBLIC NOTICEYou are hereby notified

the below applications will be before:

the City of Seaford Board of Adjustment and Appeals for their determination on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at 12:00 P.M., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 414 High Street, Sea-ford, Delaware:

V-19-10: Eldean, Inc. (Piraeus Realty Corp.), property owner of 1250-1258 Norman Eskridge Hwy is seeking a variance on be-half of Jesus the Christ Ap-ostolic Ministries, in order to establish a church at 1258 Norman Eskridge Hwy; a church is not a stated use in a commercial district, as per Ch. 15, Zoning, Sec. 15-40

uses by Right in C-2.V-21-10: E Gray Invest-

ments, property owner of 330 Market Street (tax Map and Parcel 431 5.00 54) and 332 Market Street (tax Map and Parcel 431 5.00 55) is seeking relief from the Ch. 15 Zoning, Sec. 15-21(5) Area and Bulk Re-quirements, specifically for side yard setbacks.

If any of these projects are of concern to you and you wish to present your position or evidence, please attend this meeting. You may have counsel attend on your behalf.

Issued this 11th day of November 2010 pursuant to the Rules heretofore ad-opted by the City of Sea-ford.

tHE CItY OF SEAFORDDolores J. Slatcher

City Manager11/11/1tc

PUBLIC NOTICEthe following Ordinance

was approved by Sussex County Council on October 12, 2010:

ORDINANCE NO. 2152AN ORDINANCE tO

AMEND CHAPtER 115 OF tHE CODE OF SuSSEX COuNtY BY AMENDINg ARtICLE I RELAtINg tO DEFINItIONS REgARD-INg MANuFACtuRED HOMES.

11/11/1tc

PUBLIC NOTICEthe following Ordinance

was approved by Sussex County Council on October 12, 2010:

ORDINANCE NO. 2153AN ORDINANCE tO

AMEND CHAPtER 115 OF tHE CODE OF SuSSEX COuNtY BY AMENDINg ARtICLE XXv § 115-187 C RELAtINg tO gROSS FLOOR AREA OF MANu-FACtuRED HOMES.

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PUBLIC HEARINGthe Planning and Zoning

Commission of the town of Bridgeville will hold a Public Hearing on tuesday, November 30, 2010 in the town Hall, 101 N. Main Street, Bridgeville, DE at 7:00 P.M. the Commis-sion will receive public com-ments and consider a zon-ing change request by Mr. Dale Wheatley to remove acreage from Residential Planned Community zoning and re-zone as Agricultural-Industrial Overlay Zoning. Written comments will be received by the Commis-sion no later than Novem-ber 29, 2010.

COMMISSIONERS OF BRIDgEvILLE

WILLIAM A. JEFFERSON PRESIDENt

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Commonwealth of virginia Code § 8.01-316

Charlottesville J&DR - Juvenile Division

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

in re Mariah Nicole Jenkins v. Serita N. Jenkins.

the object of this suit is to terminate the residual parental rights of Sarita N. Jenkins to the female child born August 22, 1994.

It is ordered that the de-fendant Sarita N. Jenkins appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 12/22/2010, 9:30 a.m.

Dated: 10/27/2010 Signed: Edward D. Berry, Judge

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NOTICEEstate of Dorothy E.

Eaves, Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of testa-mentary upon the estate of Dorothy E. Eaves who departed this life on the 23rd day of September, A.D. 2010 late of Laurel, DE were duly granted unto Carol LePiere on the 22nd day of October, A.D. 2010, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix with-out delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 23rd day of May, A.D. 2011 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Carol LePiere

7336 Lakeshore Dr.Quinton, vA 23141

gregory Fuller Sr.Register of Wills

11/11/3tc

NOTICEEstate of thelma L. Ball,

Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of testamentary upon the estate of thelma L. Ball who departed this life on the 10th day of October, A.D. 2010 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Judy A. thomas on the 25th day of October, A.D. 2010, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix with-out delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 10th day of June, A.D. 2011 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Judy A. thomas

26044 Butler Branch RoadSeaford DE 19973

Attorney:James D. griffin, Esq.griffin & HackettP.O. Box 612georgetown, DE 19947


11/4/3tc

NOTICEEstate of Maureen gor-

man Keck, Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of testamentary upon the estate of Maureen gorman Keck who depart-ed this life on the 7th day of September, A.D. 2010 late of Lewes, DE were duly granted unto Court-ney B. Peksens on the 21st day of October, A.D. 2010, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix with-out delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 7th day of May, A.D. 2011 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Courtney B. Peksens

8329 Wesleyan St.vienna, vA 22180

Attorney:Michele Procino Wells, Esq.Procino-Wells, LLC225 High St.Seaford, DE 19973


11/4/3tc

NOTICEEstate of David Webster

Lovelace, II, Deceased.Notice is hereby given

that Letters of Adminis-tration upon the estate of David Webster Lovelace, II, who departed this life on the 10th day of October, A.D. 2010 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Shannon M. Lovelace on the 22nd day of October, A.D. 2010, and all per-sons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Administratrix without delay, and all persons hav-ing demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Administratrix on or before the 10th day of June, A.D. 2011 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Administratrix: Shannon M. Lovelace

537 McKean St.Seaford, DE 19973


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SHERIFF SALEBy virtue of a writ of Le-

vari Facias, to me directed, will be exposed to Public sale on:

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

At 9:30 A.M. & ThereafterAt the Sussex County

Sheriff’s Office, West Com-plex, 22215 DuPont Bou-levard, Georgetown, Dela-ware, Georgetown Hun-dred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, the following described real estate to wit:

All that certain lot piece and parcel of land situate lying and being in Nanti-coke Hundred, Sussex County State of Delaware being known and designat-ed at Lot #2 of the Subdivi-sion of lands of peter A. and Marjorie A. Eckert, as will more fully and larely appear upon reference to a survey prepared by Mann Associ-ates Surveying Inc., dated January 25, 2002 and filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Plot Book 76 Page 259.

BEING the same lands and premises which Ricky L. Vickers and Marla Vick-ers did by deed dated May 19,2006 and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, aforesaid in Deed Book 3323 Page 12 did grant and convey unto Mark Cox and Maria Cox.

Tax Parcel: 4-30-16.00-29.14

Property Address: 11903 ECKERT ACRES ROAD, BRIDGEVILLE

Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sus-sex County) and valid driv-er’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bid-der Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 per-cent to be paid by the Pur-chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the respon-sibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be re-quired to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit

will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is present-ed to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property ofMARK & MARLA COX

and will be sold byEric D. Swanson, Sheriff

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ALL that piece and par-cel of land being known as Lot 18 of “John N. Wright’s Second Addition to Sea-ford - 1878” (Deed book 85-page 511 ) and situ-ated in the City of Seaford, Seaford Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware and as shown on a sur-vey by Temple-Sellers, Inc. dated April 17, 2006 and more particularly described as follows to wit:

BEGINNING at a rebar found on the easterly side of Pine Street and being a corner for this Lot and Lot 17; thence with Pine Street North 33°-59’-48” West a distance of 51.44 feet to a rebar found; thence with Lot 19 North 69°-12’-39” East a distance of 162.06 feet to a mbar found; thence with Lot 16 South 21 °-26’-46” East a distance of 49.52 feet to a rebar found; thence South 68°-59’-47” West a distance of 150.88 feel home to the point and place of begin-ning and containing 7.793 sq. ft., more or less.

BEING the same lands and premises which Roger a. Shank and Melody Shank by Deed dated April 18, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sus-sex County and State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3303, Page 219, did grant and convey unto Dana K. Parsons.

Tax Parcel: 4-31-4.00-65.00

Property Address: 405 PINE STREET, SEAFORD

Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check

payable to Sheriff of Sus-sex County) and valid driv-er’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bid-der Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 per-cent to be paid by the Pur-chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the respon-sibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be re-quired to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is present-ed to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property of

DANA K. PARSONSand will be sold by

Eric D. Swanson, Sheriff11/4/2tc






ALL those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land, situate in Broad Creek Hun-dred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, containing a total of 4.992 acre of land, more or less, and being fur-ther identified of “Residual” (1.7940 acres) and “Parcel A” (3.1980 acres) as shown on a plot entitled “Revised Minor Subdivision, Lands of Diana L,. Jewell and Kimberly M. Absher” pre-pared by Simpler Survey-ing & Associates, Inc., as filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County,

Delaware, in Plot Book 108, Page 185.

Subject to a 50’ wide Perpetual Cross-Access Easement for Ingress and Egress as shown on the plot filed for record in the Office aforesaid in Plot Book 108, Page 185, and subject to any other rights of way, easements and or restrictions of record.

AND BEING the same lands and premises which Diana L. Jewell and Kim-berly M. Absher by deed dated October 20, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 3376, Page 255 did grant and convey unto PHILIP E. ROBERTS, III and DORIS A. ROBERTS.

Tax Parcel: 2-32-5.00-2.01 & 2-32-5.00-2.02

Property Address: 29299 HEARN LANE, SEAFORD




PHILIP E. ROBERTS, III &DORIS A. ROBERTS


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ALL that certain piece parcel and Ito of land lying and being situate in North-west Fork Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, known as Lot No. l1 on a subdivision land of HEATH-ER GLEN, prepared by Adams-Kemp Associates, Inc., Registered Surveyors, dated April 28, 1995, re-vised May 2, 1995, and filed for record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Plat Book 54, page 142.

AND BEING the same lands and premises which Pat Arost by deed dated May 29, 2002 and recorded in the Office of the Re-corder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 2771, Page 349 did grant and convey unto LEERONS SABB, JR. AND TASHANA Y. ROB-ERTS.

Tax Parcel: 5-30-9.00-32.10

Property Address: 12613 WOODBRIDGE ROAD, GREENWOOD


TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bid-der Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 per-cent to be paid by the Pur-chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the respon-sibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be re-quired to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time

of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is present-ed to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property ofLEERONS SABB, JR. &

TASHANA Y. SABB F/K/A TASHANA Y. ROBERTS


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ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situ-ate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County and State of Dela-ware, lying on the southerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 515 (40’ t/w), and being more particularly de-scribed as follows, to-wit:

BEGINNING at a con-crete monument (found), said concrete monument being located on the afore-said southerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 515 at a comer for these lands and lands of Freddy T. Pusey; said concrete monument also being lo-cated 342 feet, ±, from the center line of the Penn Central Railroad; thence from said beginning point, by and with the common boundary line of these lands and lands of Freddy T. Pusey, South 06° 35’ 00” West a total distance of 183.58 feet, passing over a concrete monument (found), to a point located in the center line of a 10 foot, ±, wide ditch, a comer for these lands and lands of Philip Pinckney; thence turning and running by and with the center line of said ditch and lands of Philip Pinckney, the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) North 73° 509’ 15” West a distance of 106.88 feet to a point; and (2) North 54° 43’ 09” West a distance of 58.04 feet to a %” pipe (found); thence turning and running by and with the common boundary line of these lands and lands of R


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& B Investments, North 07° 05’ 40” East a distance of 129.96 feet to a %” pipe (found); thence by and with the southerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 515, South 86° 21” 23” East a distance of 155.34 feet to the point and place of be-ginning, and said to contain 25,438 square feet of land, ±, together with all improve-ments thereon, as surveyed by Simpler Surveying & As-sociate, Registered Survey-ors, on February 13,2004, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

BEING the same land and premises that Samuel C. Prettyman and Shirley D. Prettyman by Deed dated February 25,2004 and re-corded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 2947, Page 209, did grant and convey unto Lisa Ann Peters and Raymond Clayton Peters III, in fee.

Tax Parcel: 5-32-6.00-27.00

Property Address: 10110 BACONS ROAD, DELMAR




LISA PETERS &RAYMOND CLAYTON

PETERS, IIIand will be sold by







ALL that certain tract, piece or parcel of land lying and being in Seaford Hun-dred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, with the im-provements thereon erect-ed, more particularly de-scribed as follows, to wit:

BEGINNING at a point marked by a monument set along the easterly edge of the 200 foot right of way of U.S. Route 13 and located 1366 feet more or less from the edge of the right of way of County Road 534, said point being a comer for these lands and lands nor or formerly of Arthur W. Cr-isfield, et ux.; thence along the division line between these lands and lands now or formerly of Arthur W. Crisfield, et ux., South 71 degrees 42 minutes 20 sec-onds East for a

distance of 578.80 feet to a monument forming a comer for these lands and lands now or formerly of Ar-thur W. Crisfield said point also being located along the lines of lands of Hu-bert B. Tharp; thence along the division line between these lands and lands now or formerly of Hubert B. Tharp South 35 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West for a distance of 200.53 feet to a monument, said monument forming a comer for these lands and lands now or formerly of Aubrey T. Dillard; thence by and with a division line between these lands and lands now or formerly of Aubrey T. Dil-lard; North 54 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 252.10 feet to a monument; thence by and with a division line now or formerly of Aubrey T. Dillard North 88 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds West for a distance of 278.93 feet to a monument said monu-ment forming a comer for these lands and lands now or formerly of Aubrey T. Dil-lard and being located along the easterly edge of the 200 foot wide right of way of U.S. Route 13; thence by and with the easterly edge of said right of way

the following two courses and distances: (1) North 14 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East 109.90 feet to a point; and (2) North 15 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds East for a distance of 90.1 0 feet home to the point and place of begin-ning, containing 1.98 acres more or less, as surveyed by Gene R. Littleton, Reg-istered Surveyors, dated September 1983.

The above property is described more particu-larly in accordance with a Boundary Survey Plan pre-pared by Ramesh C. Batta Associates, P.A. dated May 9, 2007, as revised May 23,2007, as follows, to wit:

BEGINNING at a point marked by a monument set along the easterly edge of the 200 foot right of way of U.S. Route 13, said point being the following two courses from the northeast-erly end of the comer cutoff connecting U.S. Route 13 with Tharp Road (County Road 534): (I) South 72 degrees 46 minutes 46 sec-onds West 36.48 feet to a point on the easterly right-of-way of V.S. Route 13 and (2) South 15 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds West 1335.63 feet to the point of Beginning, said point being a comer for these lands and lands nor or formerly of Milford HHMO Center, LLC; thence along the division line between these lands and lands now or formerly of Milford HHMO Center, LLC, South 71 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 578.10 feet to a monument forming a comer for these lands and lands now or formerly of Milford HHMO Center, LLC, said point also being locat-ed along the lines of lands now of formerly of Tharp Road Acquisition Com-pany, LLC; thence along the division line between these lands and lands now or formerly of Tharp Road Acquisition Company, LLC South 35 degrees 32 min-utes 00 seconds West for a distance of 200.00 feet to a monument, said monument forming a comer for these lands and lands now or for-merly of Sussex Ventures Inc.; thence by and with a division line between these lands and lands now or for-merly of Sussex Ventures Inc. North 54 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of25 1.50 feet to a point; thence by and with a division line now or formerly of James A. Dav-enport and Jeffrey M. Dav-enport North 88 degrees 51 minutes 19 seconds West for a distance of 279.01 feet to a monument, said monument forming a comer for these lands and lands now or formerly of James A. Davenport and Jeffrey

M. Davenport and being located along the easterly edge of the 200 foot wide right of way of U.S. Route 13; thence by and with the easterly edge of said right of way the following two courses and distances: (1) North 14 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East 109.90 feet to a point; and (2) North 15 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 90.10 feet home to the point and place of beginning, containing 1.98 acres, more or less.

Tax Parcel: 3-31-6.00-9.02

Property Address: NOT AVAILABLE




BUFFET REALTY OF SEAFORD, LLC;

FRANK C. ALARIO; NANCY ALARIO;

CHARLES P. ALARIO; JANET T. ALARIOand will be sold by







ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Seaford, Seaford Hun-dred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, and being known and designated as Lots 23 and 24 on Plot 1 of George R. Hutson, more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a nail set 12 feet from the face of the curb at the intersec-tion of the Southerly side of Spruce Street (36’ flf) with the Easterly side of Hall Street (35.8’ fit); thence with a line located 12 feet from the face of the curb on the Southerly side of Spruce Street, North 79 de-grees 49 minutes 49 sec-onds East 150.00 feet to a pipe set in the line located 12 feet from the face of said curb; thence turning and running along Cypress Street, South 10 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 153.62 feet to a point located 6.23 feet from a reference concrete monu-ment found at a corner for lands now or formerly of Franklin L. and Betty I. Phil-lips; thence with the line of lands of said Phillips, South 79 degrees 10 minutes 13 seconds West 150.00 feet to a concrete monumf3nt found 12 feet from the face of the curb on the Easterly side of Hall Street at a cor-ner for lands of said Phil-lips; thence by and with Hall Containing 23,172 square feet of land, more or less, together with the improve-ments located thereon, as shown on a survey pre-pared by Temple-Sellers, Inc., dated February 4, 1999.

BEING the same lands and premises conveyed to Felix Castrejon by Deed from Barry E. Parson and Cheri W. Parsons, his wife, dated December 28, 2006, and recorded on January 26, 2007, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3410, Page 39.

Tax Parcel: 5-31-13.06-170.00

Property Address: 327 NORTH HALL STREET, SEAFORD

Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale.

A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sus-sex County) and valid driv-er’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.



FELIX CASTREJONand will be sold by







All that certain parcel of land situated in the Nanti-coke Hundred, County of Sussex, State of Delaware, being known and designat-ed as follows:

Lot 2 of R.B.K., Inc. Sub-division, being more partic-ularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a found concrete monument located in the Southwesterly right of way line of Route 18, said point being 445 feet from

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Route 528; thence along Lot 1 South 06 degrees 31 minutes 37 seconds West 1055.52 feet to a found iron pipe; thence along lands now or formerly of John M. Sharp, South 62 degrees 30 minutes 36 seconds West 259.47 feet to a found steel post; thence along Lot 3 North 07 degrees 37 minutes 52 seconds East 1132.46 feet to a found con-crete marker situate in the Southwesterly right of way of Route 18; thence along the Southwesterly right of way of Route 18, North 77 degrees 01 minutes 39 seconds East 205.00 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 5.10 acres, more or less, as sur-veyed by McCann, Inc. by survey dated September 24, 2002.

BEING the same lands and premises which were conveyed unto Felix A. Me-dina and Martha Lima, by Special Warranty deed of Martha Lima dated October 19, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sus-sex County, Delaware, on November 1, 2007, in Deed Book 3516, page 128.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-7.00-30.00

Property Address: 16500 SEASHORE HIGHWAY, GEORGETOWN


TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bid-der Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 per-cent to be paid by the Pur-chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the respon-sibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be re-quired to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is present-ed to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with

these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property ofMARTHA LIMA & FELIX MEDINA, INDIVIDUALLY

& D/B/A MEDLI FRAMING CONTRACTORS, INC.


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Al1 that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being situate in Nanticoke Hundred, Sus-sex County and State of Delaware, more parlicu13rly described as follows to wit:

Beginning at a concrete marker 400 feet along the east side of Jewell Street, North of the intersec-tion with the centerline or Delaware Route No, 524: thence continuing North 18 degrees 32’ West 100 feet 10 a concrete marker: thence North 71 degrees 28’ East 123.65 feet to a concrete marker: thence South 18° 45’ East 100 feet to a concrete marker; thence South 71 degrees 28’ West 123.92 feet to the place of Beginning, contain-ing 12.400 square feet of land be the same more or less and being known as Lot NO, 54, as plotted by T. B. Simpler on a revised plot of “LAKEWOOD DE-VELOPMENT” of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in Plot Book 8, page 349.

BEING the same lands conveyed to Abbott & Ab-bott Construction, Inc. by deed or O. Evans Denney, United States Marshal for the District of Delaware, dated January 22, 1993 and of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County in Deed Book 1909, Page 267.

BEING the same prem-ises which Abbott & Ab-bott Construction, Inc by Deed dated June 4, 1993, and recorded June 7, 1993 in the Office for the Re-corder of Deeds in and for the County of Sussex and State of Delaware in Deed Book Volume 1915 Page

320 granted and conveyed unto Doralene Davis grant-or/mortgagor herein.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-13.00-122.00

Property Address: 24741 JEWELL STREET, SEA-FORD




DORALENE DAVISand will be sold by







ALL that certain lot piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, being known and designated as

Parcel “A” as shown on a plot of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, at Georgetown, Delaware, in Plot Book 69, Page 152, and as more particularly de-scribed in that certain May 13, 2002 survey prepared by R.B. Kemp, Ill, P.L.S., as follows, to wit: .

BEGINNING at an iron bar found in the easterly right of way line of County Road 484 (at 50 feet wide), marking a corner for this lot and Parcel “B”; thence turning and running by and with the line of Parcel “B”, South 69 degrees 00 min-utes II seconds East 534.59 feet to an iron bar found in the line of lands now or formerly of ABC Wood-lands, LLC; thence turning and running by and with the line of lands now or for-merly of ABA Woodlands, LLC, South 27 degrees 14 minutes 42 seconds West 199.41 feet to an iron pipe found in the northeasterly edge of a ditch; thence con-tinuing South 32 degrees 54 minutes 44 seconds West 13.59 feet to a point in the center of ditch, marking a corner for this lot and lands now or formerly of Ralph A. Drumbore; thence turning and running by and with the line of lands now or former-ly of Ralph A. Drumbore the following three (3) courses and distances: (1) North 65 degrees 40 minutes 04 seconds West 11.06 feet to an iron pipe found in the southwesterly edge of ditch; (2) thence North 65 degrees 40 minutes 04 seconds West 106.51 feet to a concrete monument found; and (3) thence North 65 degrees 40 minutes 04 seconds West 326.72 feet to an iron bar found in the southeasterly right of way line of County Road 484, marking a corner for this lot and lands now or formerly of Ralph A. Drumbore; thence turning and running by and with the southeasterly right of way line of County Road 484, along a curve to the left, having a radius of337.48 feet, a chord bear-ing North 01 degrees 16 minutes 44 seconds East 197.24 feet to an iron bar found, being the point and place of beginning, said to contain 2.182 acres of land, more or less, together with any and all improvements located thereon.

SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, reservations, conditions easements and agreements of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware.

BEING a part of the same land conveyed unto P.A.F., LLC, by Deed of Lloyd E. Sammons, Jr. & Patricia J. Sammons, dated February 27, 1999 and re-

corded March 5, 1999, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 2269, Page 302.

AND BEING a part of the same lands conveyed unto P.A.F., LLC by Deed of Ralph A. Dumbore dated May 19, 1999 and Record-ed May 24. 1999, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 2390, Page 146.

BEING the same prem-ises which P.A.F., LLC, by Deed dated May 20, 2002, and recorded May 22, 2002 in the Office for the Re-corder of Deeds in and for the County of Sussex, and State of Delaware in Deed Book Volume 2709, Page 221, granted and conveyed unto Steven C. Graebner and Lisa B. Franklin grant-or/mortgagor herein.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-14.00-8.09

Property Address: 23007 RUM BRIDGE ROAD, GEORGETOWN



Seized and taken in execution the property ofLISA B. FRANKLIN &

STEVEN C. GRAEBNERand will be sold by







All those certain lots and parcel of land located in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, knoVvi1 as Lots 42.43,44.45 and 46 al1d more fully described in Deed Book 363, page 85.

THIS CONVEYANCE is subject to restriction as follows: 1. Only one (1) detached dwelling may be placed or erected on the property. A mobile home dwelling may not be placed on the subject property. 2. Any dwelling unit or con-ventional construction shall have a minimum of 1,200 square feet of living area. 3. No commercial chicken house shall be permitted on the property. 4. The prop-erty shall be maintained in an attractive condition and no trash, garbage or refuse shall be permitted on any portion of the property. 5. No unregistered vehicles or wholly or partially dis-mantled vehicles shall be permitted on the property unless housed in a garage or similar structure.

Being the same lands conveyed unto K. Barry Kennedy and Beverly A. Kennedy by deed 0 Sarah Oliphant Phillips dated Jan-uary 12. 1990 and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Dela-ware, in Deed Book 1696, page 53.

BEING the same lands conveyed unto K. Barry Kennedy by deed of K. Barry Kennedy and Beverly A. Kennedy dates May 11, 1995 and filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 2053, page 353

Tax Parcel: 3-32-2.00-65.03

Property Address: 31704 OLD STAGE ROAD, LAU-REL


TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be




demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Reg-istration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.


K. BARRY & DEBRA KENNEDYand will be sold by







All that certain tract, piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sus-sex County, Delaware, on the North side of County Route No. 66, and being more particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a con-crete monument set on the Northerly right of way line of County Route No. 66, the said monument being a corner for these lands and lands now or formerly of Robert Clark; thence North 45 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds West 287.96 feet to a concrete monument; thence South 46 degrees 10 minutes 36 seconds West 160.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence by and with the cen-

terline of a ditch, South 46 degrees 41 minutes 49 sec-onds East 265.43 feet to a concrete monument located in the Northerly right of way line of County Route No. 66; thence by and with the arc of a curve, a chord distance of 159.11 feet along a bear-ing South 54 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds West to a concrete monument, the point and place of begin-ning, said to contain one (1) acre of land, more or less, as shown on a survey pre-pared by Gene R. Littleton & Assoc., as recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware in Deed Book 779 page 318.

Together as an improve-ment to the land that certain mobile home a used 2000 Norris Homes, 68 X 27, Se-rial# N02012756TNA and N02012756TNB, Model# WM WM2866SC perma-nently affixed to the above described property.

Being the same lands and premises which Te-resa Aydelotte, did grant and convey unto Allen B. Aydelotte, by deed dated June 21, 2007 and recorded on July 3, 2007 the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3469 at Page161.

Tax Parcel: 5-32-15.00-11.09

Property Address: 15091 PEPPERBOX ROAD, DEL-MAR

Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Reg-istration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with

these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.

Seized and taken in execution the property ofALLEN B. AYDELOTTE


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ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Seaford, Seaford Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, being designated as Lot No. 301, in Woodside Manor, and being more par-ticularly described, as fol-lows, to wit:

BEGINNING at a con-crete monument found on the Southerly right-of-way line of Tulip and being a cor-ner for this lot and Lot No. 713; thence with Tulip Place along a curve to the left having a radius of 595.99 feet, Delta 07 degrees 14 minutes 52 seconds, an arc distance of 75.27 feet, a chord of 75.22 feet and a bearing of South 59 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds East to a concrete monument found; thence with Lot No. 303, South 23 degrees 26 minutes 21 seconds West a distance of 144.19 feet to a concrete monument found; thence turning and with Baynum lands, North 86 degrees 06 minutes 50 seconds West a distance of 84.20 feet to a concrete monument found; thence with Lot No. 713, North 24 degrees 55 Minutes 00 sec-onds East distance of 181.53 feet home to the point and place of beginning, said To contain 12,456 square feet on and, be the same, more or less, together with all improvements thereon, as shown on a plat by Temple-Sellers, Inc., dated February 23,2004.

Being the same lands and premises which Ethel B. Engle and Gloria J. Thomas, did grant and convey unto James C. Bell, Sr., by deed dated February 26, 2004 and recorded on February 27, 2004 the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 2947 at Page 141.

Tax Parcel: 5-31-10.18-

117.00Property Address: 305

TULIP PLACE, SEAFORDRegistration is required

for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Reg-istration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.


JAMES C. BELL, SR.and will be sold by







All that certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate and lying in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, More particularly described as follows, to wit:

Commencing at a post on the North side of Highway Route No. 46 leading from Middleford to Georgetown on the division line between these and lands of Edward Hearn; thence North 5 de-grees 15 minutes East with

line of land of Edward Hearn a distance of 150 feet to a point; thence North 83 degrees 10 minutes West a distance of 60 feet to a point; thence South 5 de-grees 15 minutes West a distance of 150 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line South 83 degrees 10 minutes West a distance of 60 feet to a post, the place of beginning, be the contents thereof what they may.

Being the same lands and premises which Rajun Cajun Homes, LLC, did grant and convey unto Russell Collins, by deed dated July 26,2005 and recorded on August 1, 2005 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 03178 at Page 049.

Tax Parcel: 2-31-13.00-47.00

Property Address: 12455 OLD FURNANCE ROAD, SEAFORD

Registration is required for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sussex County) and valid driver’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.

TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bidder Reg-istration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check, is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be required to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is presented to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.


RUSSELL COLLINSand will be sold by







ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the de-velopment known as “QUIL-LEN’S POINT SUBDIVI-SION”, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, being known and designated as LOT NUM-BER 40 , as shown on a certain Plot of lots entitled “QUILLEN’S POINT SUBDI-VISION”, Baltimore Hundred Sussex County and State of Delaware, dated July 30, 1981, prepared by Peter E. Loewenstein & Associates, Inc., Professional Land Sur-veyors, which said Plot was filed for Record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, at Georgetown, Delaware, on October 6,1981, in Plot Book 24, Page 135, and was revised by a revised Plot of “QUILLEN’S POINT SUBDIVISION”, which said revised Plot was filed for re-cord in the Office of the Re-corder of Deeds, aforesaid, on April 7, 1982, in Plot Book 26, page 39, which said plots are now super-seded by a revised Plot of “QUILLEN’S POINT SUBDI-VISION”, which said revised Plot was filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, aforesaid on Octo-ber 8, 1982, in Plot Book 27, Page 1, reference thereunto being had, will more fully and at large appear.

TOGETHER with the right to use the common areas and roads in com-mon with all present and future owners in Quillen’s Point Subdivision, pursu-ant to the “Declaration of covenants, Conditions and Restrictions”.

THE ABOVE LOT is sub-ject to the drainage and/or utility easement as required by Article 7, Section 6, of the Sussex County Subdivi-sion Ordinance.

THE ABOVE LOT OF LAND is subject to the “Dec-laration of Covenants, Con-ditions and Restrictions”, dated November 30, 1981, as filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, at Georgetown, Del-aware, in Deed Book 1094, Page 4, and are made a part hereof by express refer-ence thereto, as fully and as




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effectually as though incor-porated herein.

Being the same lands and premises which John Y. Beck and Jean M. Beck, did grant and convey unto Joseph R. Foust and Lilia Foust, by deed dated De-cember 29, 2006 and re-corded on January 8, 2007 the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3403 at Page 34.

Tax Parcel: 1-34-5.00-349.00

Property Address: 38874 COVE COURT, OCEAN VIEW




JOSEPH R. FOUST, LILIA FOUST &

PARASKEVA SOTIROVAand will be sold by







ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situ-ate, lying and being in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, being more particularly described as follows, to wit:

COMMENCING at a pipe met in the north side of Del-aware Road No. 24, said beginning point being east-erly 217.5 feet from the in-tersection of Boyce Avenue with the aforesaid Delaware Road No. 24, thence with the north side of said Dela-ware Road No. 24 South 71 degrees East a distance of 100 feet to a pipe; thence North 19 degrees East a distance of 135 feet to a pipe; thence North 71 de-grees West a distance of 100 feet to an iron stake; thence South 19 degrees West a distance of 135 feet to the place of beginning, together with the improve-ments thereon, containing 13,500 square feet of land be the same more or less, and being known and des-ignated as Lots 10 and 11 and shown upon the plot of lots of Sussex County Development Co. as the same appears of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, at Georgetown, Delaware, in Deed Book 310, Page 588.

Being the same lands and premises which William R. Marshall and Julia Mar-shall did grant and convey unto Elmer A. Fuentes by deed dated December 28, 2004 and recorded on Jan-uary 5,2005 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 03084 Page 006.

Tax Parcel: 3-32-2.00-40.00

Property Address: 11333 LAUREL ROAD, LAUREL


TERMS: 20 percent of the purchase money will be demanded on day of sale (The $4,000.00 Bid-der Registration Fee will be credited to the 20% deposit). Cash, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check,

is required. The balance is to be paid on or before December 20, 2010. Sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court on De-cember 27, 2010 and also subject to a 1 1/2 percent Delaware Realty Transfer Tax; 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 per-cent to be paid by the Pur-chaser. Also subject to 1 1/2 percent Sussex County Realty Tax, 3/4 percent to be paid by the Seller and 3/4 percent to be paid by the Purchaser. Any further Transfer Tax is the respon-sibility of the Purchaser. The Purchaser will be re-quired to pay the cost of the deed; a $200.00 deposit will be collected at the time of sale and will be refunded if a proper deed is present-ed to the Sheriff’s Office within Forty-Five days of confirmation. If the Pur-chaser fails to comply with these terms the percentum paid at the time of sale will be forfeited. Please make checks payable to: Sheriff of Sussex County.


ELMER A. FUENTESand will be sold by







ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land with the improvements erected thereon, situated in Nan-ticoke Hundred, Sussex County, State of Delaware, lying on the Southeast side of Meadow Drive, a short distance Southwest of Gum Branch Court; being bounded on the Northwest by Meadow Drive; on the Northeast by Lot No. 12; on the Southeast by lands now or formerly Morris L. and Denise L. Tatman; on the Southwest by Lot NO.1 0, and being designated as Lot No. 11 of the “Brid-geville Chase” Subdivision, as shown on the Record Plot Plan for the same as recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Plot Book 48, page 136, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a found iron pipe in the Southeast

right-of-way line of Meadow Drive, at a comer for this lot and Lot No. 12, said point of beginning commencing from the South end of a 25.00 foot radius junction curve Southwest right-of-way line of Gum Branch Court with the Southeast right-of-way line of Meadow Drive on the following

two courses: (1) running in a Southwesterly direction with a 725.00 foot radius curve to the right an arc distance of 521.48 feet hav-ing a chord bearing South 24 degrees 58 minutes 55 seconds West 510.31 feet to a point; thence (2) South 45 degrees 35 minutes 00 seconds West 354.57 feet to a point; thence (3) run-ning in a Southeasterly di-rection with a 2001.30 foot radius curve to the left, an arc distance of 123.46 feet, having a Chord bear-ing South 43 degrees 48 minutes 58 seconds East 123.44 feet to the point of Beginning; thence running from said point of begin-ning with Lot No. 12, South 44 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds East 406.20 feet to a set pipe at a comer for this lot and Lot No. 12, in line of lands now or for-merly of Morris L. & Denise L. Tatman; thence running with lands now or late of said Tatman, South 45 de-grees 35 minutes 00 sec-onds West 150.00 feet to a set pipe in line of lands now or formerly of said Tatman, at a corner for this lot and Lot NO.1 0; thence running with Lot NO.1 0, North 44 degrees 25 minutes 00 sec-onds West 391.24 feet to a set pipe at a comer for this lot and Lot NO.1 0 in the Southeast right-of-way line of Meadow Drive; thence running with the Southeast line of Meadow Drive run-ning in a Northeasterly di-rection with a 2,001.30 foot radius curve to the right, an arc distance of 150.78 feet, having a chord bear-ing of North 39 degrees 53 minutes 26 seconds East 150.74 feet to the point and place of beginning. Said to contain 1.3763 acres of land, be the same more or less, as surveyed by Earl D. Smith, Inc., Registered Sur-veyor, January 15, 2007.

Being the same lands and premises which S & L CONTRACTORS Inc., a/k/a S & L CONTRAC-TORS, Inc., did grant and convey unto Larry T. Karnes and Tammy A. Karnes, by deed dated February 20, 2007and recorded on Feb-ruary 22, 2007 the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, State of Delaware, in Deed Book 3418 at Page 75.

Tax Parcel: 4-30-16.00-64.00

Property Address: 17891 MEADOW DRIVE,

BRIDGE VILLERegistration is required

for all bidders prior to sale. A $4,000.00 deposit (Cash or Cashiers/certified check payable to Sheriff of Sus-sex County) and valid driv-er’s license or photo I.D. are required to register.


Seized and taken in ex-ecution the property of

LARRY T. & TAMMY A. KARNES


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ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Seaford Hundred, Sussex County and State of Delaware, being known as Lot 16 of Saddlebrook Subdivision as recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Georgetown, Delaware, in Plot Book 72, at Page 202, be the contents what they.

BEING the same land conveyed unto Eric L. Wil-ley and Julie M. Willey by deed of D & N Properties, LLC and Timothy Ramey Construction, Inc. dated August 12, 2005, of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex County, Delaware, in Deed Book 3186 at Page 99.

Tax Parcel: 3-31-4.00-214.00

Property Address: 21908 ANDALUSIAN LANE, BRIDGEVILLE




ERIC L. & JULIE M. WILLEY


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Delaware Libraries to expand broadband capabilitiesGovernor Markell and Lt. Governor

Denn have announced that Delaware will receive $1.9 million in federal stimulus funds to help bridge the technological divide, boost employment, and improve education in the First State.

Delaware was named as one of the recipients of funding from the Broad-band Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), administered by the U.S. Com-merce Department’s National Telecommu-nications and Information Administration (NTIA). Federal funds will be matched by a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation will also provide $150,000 to help Delaware secure additional federal E-rate funding to sustain broadband connection costs in the future.

The combined grant award will fund a program to create specialized computer centers in four major libraries to improve workforce skills, assist with job searches, and provide adult education. Those same services will be delivered electronically to all 32 Delaware libraries. The program will bring mobile service to every library in the state, as well as videoconferencing

equipment and workforce development training. The approximately half a million people with Delaware library cards will be able to access the new services.

The Delaware Library Job/Learning Labs project will involve all public librar-ies in the state and will provide broadband education, access, equipment and support to vulnerable populations in all three coun-ties. The Delaware Division of Libraries will partner with government agencies, ed-ucational institutions, and local businesses to expand these services.

The computer centers at the Dover, Georgetown, Seaford and Wilmington libraries will become Job/Learning Labs focused specifically on the needs of the unemployed, with specialized training for resume building, job search, and interview skills. Spanish-language training programs will be conducted in Wilmington.

The program will fund instruction to as many as 2,000 residents with approximate-ly 29,000 hours of teacher-led training over a three year period. The training will focus on digital literacy, test preparation, and workforce education.

For the thousands of Delawareans who

do not have computers or Internet access at home, their public library is an espe-cially important place in a world where employers, schools, and government are relying much more heavily on electronic communication. The grant will be used to upgrade public computer centers at all 32 public libraries statewide, to deploy ad-ditional new computers, improve Internet access speeds and reduce waiting periods for library computers.

Nearly 40 percent of Americans, often those with lower incomes and lower levels of education, still do not have high-speed Internet access at home. In many commu-nities in Delaware, the public library is the only provider of free Internet access avail-able to residents.

The Delaware Division of Librar-ies will work with the Delaware Work-force Investment Board in implementing the training and job seeking aspects of the project. Other partners include the Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Delaware Technical & Community College, Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults, Christina Adult Educa-tion Program, Retired Seniors Volunteer

Program, Delaware Center for Distance Adult Learning, the Delaware Economic Development Office, and Delaware’s De-partments of Education and Labor.

CHEER ‘Salute to Veterans’The Nutrition Program of CHEER, Inc.

will be honoring area Veterans at their An-nual Veteran’s Day Celebration on Thurs-day, Nov. 11, at the CHEER Community Center located at 20520 Sand Hill Road in Georgetown.

The evening will begin with a buffet dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. After dinner, there will be a ceremony held that honors all branches of the armed forces as well as a POW/MIA remembrance. The evening concludes with a dance featuring local Disk Jockey, Sky Brady. A cash bar is available.

Tickets are free for veterans with proof of service and $10 for spouses or guests. Reservations are necessary for this well-attended and moving event. Tickets are available at all CHEER Centers and reservations can be made by calling Don Wood at 856-5187.

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Constitutional attorney’s views on Health Care Choices ActBy Michael ConnellyRet. Constitutional Attorney

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular em-phasis from my area of expertise, con-stitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitu-tional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, par-ticularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of busi-ness, and put everyone into a govern-ment run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care profession-als. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly con-trolled by the government.

However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices.

Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contem-plated. If this law or a similar one is ad-opted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.

The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the U.S. Govern-ment. Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people, and the busi-nesses they own.

The irony is that Congress doesn’t have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with! I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.

This legislation also provides for ac-cess, by the appointees of the Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare direct violation of the spe-cific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a protect-ing against unreasonable searches and

seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.

If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insur-ance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid applica-tion of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn’t work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely de-priving someone of property without the due process of law.

So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much, out the original ten in the Bill of Rights, that are effectively nullified by this law. It doesn’t stop there though.

The 9th Amendment that provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

The 10th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohib-ited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.

I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to “be bound by oath or affirmation to sup-port the Constitution.”

If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legisla-tion or anything like it, without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirma-tion. If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.

For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source, the U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us.

About the authorFor more information about Michael

Connelly, visit http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/.

Publisher’s Note: The above article was about the first 1100-page draft of the bill. Connelly said the final version is worse with the exception that the “public option” was removed. Connelly has kept up with each new version and has writ-ten articles about them on his blog. His commentary was submitted to the news-paper by Tommy Cooper.

OpinionLetters to the EditorLiberal Kool Aid is the culprit!

With all due respect to Daniel Richard-son’s lovely piece in last week’s “Final Word” responding to my letter to the edi-tor the week before, I am moved again to weigh in on the truth. My comments were directed to a segment of our society that has become rabid and vicious over the thought of a Christian running for office. Mr. Richardson stated that I called anyone who supports the separation of Church and State a “bigot against Christianity.” In ac-tuality my letter said the following:

“Socialist college professors and “Bearded Marxists” (i.e. Chris Coons, it was like a joke only not as funny!) have twisted the Constitution to support their intolerance and bigotry against Christians who, compelled by conviction of truth (i.e. Christine O’Donnell), are running for office, very much like the Puritans who came to this country and our Founding Fathers.”

If Mr. Richardson believes that Chris-tians should not be allowed to run for of-fice and that the First Amendment to the Constitution forbids Christians from doing so then, yes, I confirm my sentiments; he is a bigot against Christianity.

However, I am quite sure Mr. Richard-son is much smarter than that; unless he has been drinking too much Liberal Kool-Aid. Which brings me to the point of this my “Final Word” — the misquoting of my letter is indicative of the very reason the American people have become disillu-sioned with the media and why Fox News shows’ ratings are soaring.

The liberal activists in the Democratic Party finally received the spanking they deserved in the national outcome of this election. The “Pravda” news networks - MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NPR and PBS — as well as Delaware’s own New Journal to name just a few, did a horrendous job of being fair and balanced during recent mid-term election coverage and debate moderating.

Too bad Delaware is swimming in so much Liberal Kool Aid that we won’t benefit from the turn around our nation is about to experience. We have the “same-old-same-old” Obama/Reid pets and rubber stamps to the leftist agenda. Will someone please let New Castle County know that the rest of the state is tired of their corruption and cronyism?

While I’m at it let me say, I believe Keith Olbermann, former commentator on MSNBC, should be allowed, as a pri-vate citizen to contribute to the causes he chooses; in this case he should never have signed a contract which restricts him in the use of his own money.

But what gets me is that he probably thought he would get away with it. The liberal media is so used to not being called on their pack of lies and manipulation of facts that they suppose they will get away with stuff like this.

The worst perpetrators of biased report-ing are CNN, MSNBC, NPR and PBS. The reporters on these networks act as if they live in an ivory tower and the rules don’t apply to them — elitist liberal ex-tremists who think you and I don’t know any better when they manipulate the news and statistics to put the liberal candidates in a better light.

I say it’s about time for some account-ability in the media. Thank you Morning Star Publications for refusing the Liberal

Kool Aid; for the most part you have been fair and balanced.

Associate Pastor Kim BirowskiSeaford

A few random thoughtsThe following was addressed to Bryant,

Daniel and LynnWhen I was hesitant about having my

letter printed, I was hoping that perhaps I might have encouraged you to be more pro-active to balance out the negativity seen in the letters to the paper. And, lo and behold, both of you men took up my chan-neling and, indeed, wrote editorials in the Final Words section. Great!

Daniel, you made the excellent point to walk in others’ shoes, or, simply judge blindly. Bryant, unfortunately, we were conflicted between preventing the second Great Depression and getting our fiscal house in order.

I believe that the reason Clinton ended up with a budget surplus was that the economy was unexpectedly robust and tax receipts greater than expectations. The cur-rent tax cuts aren’t economically viable to the health of the government but, alas, it appears that Obama has become so bowed that he will cave into the Republicans, something we can ill afford.

I found Paul Bradham’s comments on the negativity of the campaign ads, the lack of comity in the political spectrum, and that health care reform having fallen short, matching my own.

I am so, so glad to not be seeing one attack ad or another on TV, one right after the next and getting robo calls and the nasty mail ads done on really great paper stock, having all ceased. Lynn, I actually looked at those ugly things, but I applaud your more direct action. And, now that it is Friday, I am channeling back to Monday to say that general sweetness and light pre-vailed on Returns Day, so you can relax back there in time.

One final thing, but just for this week only. Seeing as there was a decrease in the federal debt of $134 per citizen this past week, please send me a check for that amount.

(Sorry about the alleged decrease. See this week’s note about your share of the debt on the Final Word page.)

Richard EgerSeaford

New life for the old Santa HouseIf you grew up in Seaford, you can’t

help but remember the old Santa House that was placed at Woolworth’s at the NCSS. I’m sure every kid of the time has fond memories of the little shack.

Hiram Lodge #21 (the Masonic Lodge) in a joint venture with the owners (Seaford Kiwanis Club) have started to restore the old shack that is need of some repair and updating. New shingles have been ob-tained for the roof, but there are other is-sues. We are soliciting donations and hope that we can place the shack at the Roses shopping center this holiday season.

Rick StewartCallaway, Farnell and Moore, Inc., Seaford

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If you choose not to participate, will you choose to complain? If so, the blame for your dissatis-faction lies squarely with you.

Will of the peopleis loud and clear

With eager anticipation of what I hoped would be an historic display of the “will of the people,” I settled into my easy chair on November the 2nd for an evening of politi-cal spectating. I was not disappointed.

You see, I am an individual who has a fervent belief in our political system, which I regard as simply the best on earth. Here’s why: Our forefathers, leaders of the “new world” were brilliant and visionary men, who took as their basis for govern-ment what they had lived in the “mother” country (England) to achieve an incredibly simplistic idea - freedom and liberty for all.

Their greatest strength was, that by past experience, they knew what they did not want. They went on to craft an amazingly flexible, yet enduring document, our Con-stitution. Later, the Bill of Rights ensured that ordinary citizens were protected from tyranny or the “overreach” of expansive and/or ambitious government. Within the rule of law, citizens were granted well-defined freedoms and liberties, as well as the right to democratically elected repre-sentation.

As good as it is, our Constitution re-mains to this day, a work in progress. If it were flawless, there would be no such thing as amendments, nor the need for leg-islators to write them. If it were not open to interpretation, there would be no need of a judicial branch. And if there were no need to determine a path or course for our country, there would be no need of an ad-ministrator to set the policy and priorities.

This is what the people believed they had when they voted just 24 months ago. That is, a democracy, within a republic of united, sovereign states. My belief is, that Tuesdays’ mid-term Congressional elec-tion results were a direct reflection of a perceived failure by the elected representa-tives to respect the will of the electorate. No clearer message could be sent.

The system works and the process works. But, it is only as good as the indi-viduals who choose to participate. If you choose not to participate, will you choose to complain? If so, the blame for your dis-

satisfaction lies squarely with you. I don’t believe that those who participated are expecting “exiled” Republicans to solve all of our problems, but they are expecting them to respect our granted rights and lis-ten to our concerns.

The tea partiers may have led this re-volt, but I believe if it were not for them, there would have been another. And when tea partiers say “we want our country back,” geographically, this was accom-plished on November 2nd. The center of the country is decidely “red” with the coastlines and some densely populated ur-ban cities remaining “blue.” This is tradi-tionally right where we have always been and, because this was a census year, with redistricting approaching, it will likely re-main that way until at least 2020.

The “ball” so to speak, now lies in our administrator (the President’s) court. The “shellacking” his party took last Tuesday night is a rightful expression of anger at an arrogant refusal to listen to the citizenry.

It had little to do with “emergency ac-tions” taken regarding tarp and stimulus and much more to do with partisan passing of health care, the suing of a state over im-migration, the drive to try 9-11 terrorists in civilian criminal courts, the idea that veterans should pay for their own injuries in war, chronic apologies to Muslim coun-tries for (so called) American misbehavior, as well as the idea that a nation of people can spend its way to prosperity.

The people have spoken.

Penny L. AtkinsSeaford

One ad campaign stood outfrom all the other attempts

The 2010 election is almost complete and I am enjoying the void of campaign ads on the airwaves and in print. In view-ing ads for local, state and national offices, it was sad to see some of the all out attack campaigns that were run. In some races, I wondered if some people really had a good choice to make when they were making their selection between candidates, based on the ad campaigns that were run.

However, in all of the ads I saw, one candidate stood out among the rest. This candidate hailed from Somerset Coun-ty. The candidate, Charles Otto, a small business owner, ran for Maryland State Representative and won. What made Mr. Otto stand out among the rest is he did not attack his opponent and he ended his ads with the statement, “It would be my honor to serve you in Annapolis.”

After seeing the results of this year’s election, I believe the number one reason elected officials were sent home from their office was they failed to serve the people they had been elected to serve. For those who have been elected during 2010, I hope that they will take the lead from Mr. Otto in Somerset County and they will serve the people that elected them.

When someone is elected, they are chosen to represent the people of a certain area. Some elected positions are volunteer positions, others are paid and the salaries are probably generated by the people they are supposed to serve.

So, my wish for this year’s winners of the 2010 election is they will serve the people that elected them. This includes those that did not vote for them because they still should represent the best interests of the people they are to serve. Maybe if they do a great job in their elected office, they will not have to run negative ad cam-paigns and re-election will be much easier the next time their term of office comes to a close.

John BlevinsSeaford

Conference was insightful lookinto need to protect agri-business

The “Today and Tomorrow” conference held at Del Tech recently was very useful and insightful. The speakers were well pre-pared and the information was well worth my attendance.

“Getting back to basics” was the theme and the main topic was agri-business. The keynote speaker was Agriculture Secretary Ed Kee and the other presenters from the

family farm, poultry and food process-ing industries are, and have been, Sussex County’s mainstays in the labor market.

There were a few areas that stood out and most notable is the perception or real-ity of “over-regulation” by state and fed-eral government.

Many times these seemingly little an-noyances can be problematic to farmers and related businesses and downright unat-tainable and expensive.

Should we be looking for ways to vali-date the employment opportunities that ag-riculture brings to our county? Absolutely. I hear of no one questioning the impact of one dollar of sales being multiplied by five for the actual contributions agri-businesses make to our county and state economy.

The most immediate concern is the Nanticoke Watershed Tributary. It is Delaware’s largest watershed and the state manages or owns well over 3,000 acres along its path.

At issue is the regulations that will come from the Pollution Control Strategy that is in the developing stage. Hopefully the public will be well engaged and the end product will be achievable and afford-able.

My concern about this is born from the discussions and eventual adoption of the Inland Bays Pollution Strategy Plan. That plan has an estimated price tag of 90 million dollars and the inspection of over 17,000 individual septic systems.

Also, not included in the costs is the relocation or removal of effluent discharge from local municipalities. That cost will be shared among the users.

Most of the regulations will be devel-oped by department employees and no fur-ther help or approval is required from the General Assembly.

Public meetings will be held, some lo-cal, some in Dover, and a record will be kept, but the final product will be at the discretion of the Secretary of DNREC.

For example, the Inland Bays Pollu-tion Control Strategy was signed after the adjournment of the General Assembly and over the objections of some of the affected members. This is not good policy and what was signed took effect years down the road to boot.

My point is we, the public, need to stay involved and make sure there are raw cost estimates and justification for what is passed out. This has the potential to ruin the agribusinesses in this area.

Joseph W. BoothSenator, 19th District

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A closer look at ‘The Spin’Facts are facts, they say, but even un-

disputed facts can be reported in more than one way. Pundits call this “spin.”

In the interest of being balanced, I chose two examples from the recently re-leased unemployment figures as to justify how this principle works.

First the announcement from the Bu-reau of Labor Statistics:

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 in October, and the unemploy-ment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report-ed today (Nov. 5). Since December 2009, nonfarm payroll employment has risen by 874,000.

First PerspectiveToday we learned our economy added

151,000 jobs in October, and the private sector was leading the way yet again, marking 10 consecutive months of uninter-rupted private sector job growth for 2010. After losing over 8 million private sector jobs in 2008 and 2009, the private sector has started to recover, adding over 1 mil-lion jobs since the beginning of this year.

U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del)

Second Perspective“October marks the 18th straight month

that unemployment has been at or above 9.4 percent — the longest period of time

of sustained high unemployment since the Great Depression. That is as remarkable as it is sad for millions of American families who increasingly cannot make their mort-gage payments. Foreclosures are still at all time highs, even as Barack Obama claimed that the worst of the crisis was behind us. Obama’s policies have failed to put America back to work.

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson

I believe that an important function of the press is to help put information in per-spective.

Bryant RichardsonPublisher

Vital StatsFederal Debt as of November 10, 2010

at 9:55 a.m.$13,732,160,806,243Population of United States309,454,146Each citizen’s share of debt$44,375The average citizen’s share of debt in-

creased $33 the past seven days. The debt increased by more than $12

billion and the population increased by 42,446.

Source: brillig.com/debt_clock

Note: Last week’s Federal Debt report had an error. The debt per person actually increased $134.

Red Cross needs volunteersThe American Red Cross of the Del-

marva Peninsula is seeking volunteers to help them in local communities. A Volun-teer Orientation is scheduled for November 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Seaford Public Library.

Why is your local Red Cross seeking volunteers? Volunteers make up more than 95% of our work force, providing many of the Red Cross services that your local community depends on.

Free Disaster Response training is pro-vided by the Red Cross for volunteers so they are ready to assist as needed.

Other opportunities are also available, from teaching lifesaving skills like CPR and First Aid to conducting presentations stressing the importance of being prepared for emergencies to helping at local Health and Community fairs.

To register call the local Red Cross at 1-800-777-6620, option 7 or send an email to [email protected].

Sarah GilmourRed Cross of the Delmarva

A great tribute to farming Woodland United Methodist Church

was fortunate to be a very small part of the “Ross Mansion Fall Ag Festival” recently. The members of the Community Planning Committee under the leadership of Ron

and Sue Breeding arranged and produced this tribute to America’s farm family and agricultural industry and should be proud of a job well done.

It was a pleasure to see people relaxing and enjoying the exhibits and entertain-ment in a beautiful park-like atmosphere as well as experiencing the history of both the Ross Mansion property and farming on Delmarva.

Residents of this area should be proud of our history and the contributions farm-ers have made to our country. Remember that Delaware is the “first state.”

Last LaughDearly departedThe graveside service just barely fin-

ished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance.

The little old man looked at the preach-er and calmly said, “Well... she’s there.”

Final Word

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Gas LinesCrude oil approach-

ing the $90 a barrel mark means motor-ists can expect gas prices to rise. It’s an ominous sign. Just four years ago, on October 25 2007, oil prices hit a then record-high of more than $90 a bar-rel, within two weeks consumers were spending in excess of $1.2 billion each day for gasoline.

Crude Oil PricesCrude oil began the week just under

$82 a barrel and never looked back, clawing its way up to $86.85 Friday, its highest level in more than two years (the last time crude oil closed higher was October 8, 2008 at $88.95). Early Friday morning crude touched $87.22, its highest intra-day price since October 9, 2008 and surpassing this year’s peak of $86.19 on May 3.

The Federal Reserve’s announce-ment of a fresh monetary stimulus

plan aimed at lowering interest rates, higher than expected U.S.

jobless claims and a continued weakened dollar will remain the principal driving factors

in the oil market.

A look ahead“Crude oil prices reached 2010 highs

last week, which will likely translate to slightly higher gas prices in the week ahead, as gas prices typically follow crude oil trends,” said Jana L. Tidwell, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesperson.

Local pricingOn Wednesday gas stations from

Delmar to Greenwood were selling regular gasoline in a range from $2.739 to $2.899 a gallon. The low is six cents higher than a week ago and the high is eight cents more.

Regular Unleaded Gasoline & Crude Oil prices

11/7/10 Nine days ago Year ago

National $2.85 $2.81 $2.67Delaware $2.82 $2.79 $2.62

11/5/10 Seven days ago Year ago

Oil Barrel $86.85 $81.43 $79.00

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