Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT D.J. Singleterry and Catie Cummings make their appearance at Indian River High School's 2005 prom, held at the Rehoboth Beach Yacht & Country Club on May 7.

Incumbents pass test from voters
Indian River School District (IRSD) School Board election results are in, and they indicate solid community support for the current administration.

Dredging project hits another snag
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) plans to dredge the 3.9-mile Assawoman Canal may have entered a new season of delay.

County looks at dogcatchers
Sussex County Council juggled the animal control hot potato at the May 10 council meeting, but where that responsibility will come to rest remains to be seen.

State hosts soy biodiesel affair at marina
Soy biodiesel found its way to the Mid-Atlantic seaboard on May 9 as state officials and United Soybean Board (USB) representatives celebrated the clean-burning fuel’s introduction at the Indian River marina.

IRSD Administartor enters town race
Joseph “Jay” Headman, administrative assistant for the Indian River School District (IRSD), has entered the best three-out-of-four election contest in pursuit of a seat on South Bethany Town Council.

Bethany museum shaping up, seeking items
Work on Bethany Beach’s town museum is proceeding apace, with the museum’s space in the town hall lobby now sporting a fresh coat of cranberry and tan paint.

Shore Stop shows appreciation to customers
The Shore Stop convenience store (and gas station) in Bethany Beach will hold a customer appreciation day on Friday, May 20th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

County denies Moose lodge
Sussex County Council decided the County Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission’s conditions weren’t enough to make a Loyal Order of Moose lodge fit next to a chicken house, and voted unanimously to deny the application on May 10.

OVPD inspects trucks
Members of the Ocean View Police, Ocean View Citizen Auxiliary Patrol, Delaware State Police Truck Enforcement Unit and the Delaware State Police Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program conducted a truck inspection checkpoint on Route 26 on April 27.

Route 26 project a hot topic
Local residents and businesspeople who had championed the addition of a third lane along the entire length of the planned Route 26 Mainline Improvements Project got their wishes in the proposal laid out by Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) project engineers Monday, May 9.

The Agenda
What's happening in the community

Manhunt ends in suicide
Residents and employees of Bethany Beach continue this week to wonder what happened to their neighbor and co-worker, 34-year-old Robert L. Wynn, to cause him to apparently kill his former fiancée and her current boyfriend in the woman’s Harbeson home on Saturday, May 7.

IRHS announces third period honor students
Melissa Alesi, Lauren Beam, Katie Bond, Whitney Bowden, Amber Carney, Catherine Clark, Ashley Collison, Bianey Cordoba, Jordan Hale, Lindsay Hardt, Jessica Hazzard, Jennifer Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Angel Lopez, Haley Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Charles Mullikin, Kristina Page, Jacquelyn Powers, Elizabeth Reichert, Stephanie Richter, Maria Rickards, Ravin Robinson, Jessica Rogers, Darell Singleterry, Tiffany Steele, Milton Taylor, Bradley Tephaboc, John Timmons, Pamela Townsend, Eric Tsavdar, Stephanie Ware ...

Coast Guard open house at Indian River
Saturday, May 21 is Armed Forces Day, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary (volunteer arm of the Coast Guard) and USCG proper will mark the occasion with an open house at the Indian River Inlet station.

IR School Board considers calendars
The Indian River School District (IRSD) School Board will consider three options for the 2005-2006 calendar — one with the first day of school after Labor Day, two starting before Labor Day — at the May 24 school board meeting.

DNREC schedules workshops on new pollution regulations
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will hold two additional public workshops this month on revisions to the proposed Pollution Control Strategy (PCS) for the Inland Bays. The department encourages public attendance and participation.

Many area students recognized by college
Students, faculty and staff of the University of Delaware College of Marine Studies were recognized for their accomplishments at Honors Day ceremonies held Friday, May 6, at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. Dr. Dennis J. Suszkowski, science director of the Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research, Inc., in New York City, was the guest speaker. He received his doctorate from the college in 1978.

Marketer talks tourism to chamber
Marketing manager Lana O’Hollaren stopped by Fenwick Island (Harpoon Hanna’s) on May 5, to share advice with members of the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce.

Fenwick restaurant offers a bite ... and a view
According to Shark’s Cove owner Eddie O’Malley, the view is the easy part. This upper story restaurant, just west of the “Fenwick Ditch” (and around the block on Bennett Avenue) hosts a natural panorama on the Little Assawoman Bay, and plenty of glass.

Taste the best of coastal Delaware
The recipe is set for the 6th Annual Taste of Coastal Delaware. The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 5th from 1 to 4 p.m. Taste of Coastal Delaware will be in a festive, tented area at the Marketplace at Sea Colony, Route 1, Bethany Beach. Guests can sample food from the area’s best chefs and restaurants; taste a variety of wines, beers and other beverages, and bop to live jazz with The Pam Miller Group.

Cottage Tour plans rolling right along
The 14th Annual Beach & Bay Cottage Tour to benefit the Friends of the South Coastal Library will be held on Wednesday & Thursday, July 27 and 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Delaware Tech Owens Campus graduation is May 17
Delaware Technical & Community College, Jack F. Owens Campus, will hold its 37th annual Commencement on Tuesday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. on the east lawn of the William A. Carter Partnership Center.

23rd annual Families Conference to be held May 13
Individuals and organizations focused on improving the quality of Delmarva’s social service delivery will gather at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus on Friday, May 13 for the 23rd annual Families in Crisis Conference.

Volunteers wanted for May 21 Inland Bays cleanup
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC) Division of Fish and Wildlife is holding its first Inland Bays cleanup on Saturday, May 21. The cleanup will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held rain or shine. There is still room for 40 more volunteers. Call (302) 856-5644 or 856-2656 to volunteer. Volunteers are asked to meet at Massey’s Landing to receive their cleanup location.

Attention Retired Dentists
Volunteer dentists are needed for a non-profit located at The Stockley campus between Millsboro and Georgetown. Sussex Smiles Dental Care, Inc. is a startup, faith-based organization treating low-income Sussex County adults, ages 18 to 64. Many of the patients qualify for Medicaid or SSI disability, but there is no dental coverage past age 20 in Delaware. The group is interested in those who can volunteer five hours or more a week, and can be flexible with time off for vacations, etc.

Taste the best of the coast
The recipe is set for the 6th Annual Taste of Coastal Delaware. The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 5th from 1 to 4 p.m. Taste of Coastal Delaware will be in a festive, tented area at the Marketplace at Sea Colony, Route 1, Bethany Beach. Guests can sample food from the area’s best chefs and restaurants; taste a variety of wines, beers and other beverages, and bop to live jazz with The Pam Miller Group.

ABCC considers taproom
Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABCC) Members reviewed the “Scotty’s Bayside Tavern” liquor license application for a “taproom” on Route 54 on May 9. They heard testimony from several supporters, and numerous complainants from the neighboring Keenwick Sound development.

Armed Forces to be celebrated in Ocean City
The Love of America Committee will host a commemoration and dedication ceremony at Northside Park, Ocean City, Md. (127th Street and the bay) on Armed Forces Day — Saturday May 21.

Fenwick considers outdoor dining seating
Fenwick Island Town Council Member and Charter and Ordinance Review Committee (CORC) Chairman Harry Haon asked his committee members a simple question: Was there a way for the town to allow restaurateur Gabby Mancini to accomplish the business goals he had in mind in asking the town to allow an outside eating area at Mancini’s?

Public asked to report sick or dead birds
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC’s) Mosquito Control Section is again asking the public to help in the state’s surveillance and monitoring efforts for West Nile virus by reporting sick or dead wild birds that may have been stricken or killed by West Nile virus — a mosquito-borne disease of considerable concern to human health and unvaccinated horses.

Roxana Wesleyan holds auction
The Roxana Wesleyan Church will hold an auction plus bake sale on Friday, May 20, to raise funds for the youth group.

Lady Lion
Holly Zakrociemski, office manager at Halpern Eye Associates, recently joined the Lord Baltimore Lions Club — as the first female member in a club that will celebrate its 60th birthday next February.

Girls keep chugging along
Put two more notches in their belts. Indian River’s varsity girl’s soccer team defeated Caravel 3-2 on May 9 and shut out Polytech 6-0 on May 10, to improve their regular-season record to 11-0-1.

Young rivals do battle
The Indian River and Sussex Central High School baseball teams have an intense rivalry that goes back years, even decades. Where does the rivalry start? At the middle school level.

Indians bring out big bats
Indian River’s varsity boy’s baseball team laid the lumber to Sussex Tech and Smyrna, pitching in two monster victories this week.

Boys split two on court
Indian River’s varsity boy’s tennis continues to improve as they split two — winning one of two matches.

Softball team drop a pair
What was a seven-game winning streak for the No. 5 Indian River varsity softball team has been replaced with a two-game losing streak.

Golfers attack pins
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. And in the case of the Indian River varsity golf team, they are a blazing inferno.

Fisherman defy weather, catch fish
Neither nor’easter surf nor rising tides could keep 325 area fishermen from competing in the 12th Annual Spring Surf-fishing Tournament sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce on May 7.

Perfect Color
So, as I suggested in last month’s article, it is finally time to put your palette where your mouth is!