Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT An angler tries his luck off Fenwick Island last weekend.

Coastal Point Viewpoint 2005|10|07

Ocean View leases interim police building
Ocean View Town Council voted unanimously to move forward into lease negotiations, in an effort to move the Ocean View Police Department out of its roughly 20-by-30 foot present home, and into a more spacious triple-wide trailer near Bear Trap, at the Oct. 4 council meeting.

Frankford creeps toward water fix
Yet again, the main topic of discussion around Frankford remained the problems with central water, at the Oct. 3 town council meeting.

Dagsboro council offers reminder
Dagsboro’s new central water system is ready to go, and town residents are starting to hire plumbers to come install the hookups. They will need to do so before the one-year grace period expires, or incur the rather hefty impact fee (nearly $3,000).

County introduces parking ordinances
Sussex County Council introduced four ordinances, all related to parking, at the Oct. 4 council meeting, and while they won’t reappear on the agenda until Nov. 17 (at county Planning and Zoning), Council Member George Cole made clear he’d probably vote against all four when they come before council in December.

Fall fishing tournament this weekend
Anglers have just a few more days to register for the Annual Fall Surf-fishing Tournament sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce at early-bird rates.

DelDOT reviews inlet bridge design
Roadwork continues around the Indian River Inlet Bridge, but the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is taking another look at designs for the bridge itself. Anticipating the single bid the department had received would prove much more expensive than expected, DelDOT is now modifying its bid package, in preparations for trying again.

Mickey's the site for Gulf states relief
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, but in spite of mother nature’s worst, just as many have turned out to throw their support behind those in need. To that end, Mickey’s Family Crabhouse Restaurant is holding pig roast and oyster feast benefit on Sunday, Oct. 9 between 1 and 4 p.m. in which 100 percent of the proceeds go to the victims of this hurricane season’s tragic storms.

The Agenda

Giving aid
Fenwick Island police officer Jason Bergman didn’t have much warning that he would be heading to the devastated Gulf Coast region to provide relief to hurricane victims.

Familiar face at county
Chip Guy’s name has been plastered all over the front pages of the (Wilmington) News Journal for years now. Now he’s made the headlines himself , in a way other than writing them himself — as he’s done since early 2000.

Selbyville approves $400,000 water bond
Selbyville Town Council members unanimously approved two resolutions at their Oct. 3 meeting, agreeing to form a committee to investigate vacating Long Street to allow access to two properties and approving the sale of $400,000 in bonds to fund ongoing improvements to the town’s water and sewer systems.

Indian River High School gets dedicated
Indian River School District (IRSD) personnel, distinguished guests, students and parents gathered in the beautiful, state-of-the-art auditorium of the new Indian River High School for dedication ceremonies on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

Book discussion a hit
Joan Maloof, an environmental issues and biological sciences professor at Salisbury University, stopped at the iLand ArT gaLLerY in Fenwick Island last weekend (Oct. 1) to sign copies of her new book, “Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest.”

School builder reflects
Hugh “Hughie” McBride has been in construction ever since he graduated from the Salesianum School (Wilmington), back in 1962. McBride’s run crews on a project or two since then — locally, the Delmarva Power plant near Dagsboro and the new Indian River High School. He’s now acting as overseer for major renovations at Lord Baltimore Elementary School, in Ocean View.

Uncommon Art
iLand ArT gaLLerY, oceanside in Fenwick Island (between Maryland and Delaware avenues), is more than 3,000 nautical miles from the polished hardwood floors and crisp surfaces of the classic gallery.

Shouldn't all rooms be living?
I promised that this month’s article would address the subject of the living room, and, in preparation, I attempted to chat up friends to benefit from their views. To my chagrin, I found both the topic and writer met with yawns at best — more often than not, stonewalled with comments like, “We don’t even have one!”

Pretty Slick Play
Sony PSP. PlayStation Portable. Most of you know about this pretty slick portable gaming system, but for those of you who haven’t tried it yet, it’s one of the coolest gadgets I’ve tried in a while. It’s more than just a portable video game console.

Gott powers Indians past Woodbridge
“They were hitting at first but I kept lowering my shoulder and as the game went on I could see that they didn’t want to hit anymore,” said Indian River running back Josh Gott.

Lady Indians aim for winning trend
The Indian River varsity Lady Indian field hockey team shut out Polytech 4-0 on Oct. 6, on the heels of losing a tough “Turf Bowl,” game to Delmar 1-0 at the University of Delaware on Oct 1. Their win over Polytech marked their third win in four games, but Head Coach Pativa McKean said a win over Lake Forest on Oct. 6 would establish a standard.

Lady Indians get back to even
Bump-set-spike was a great combination for the Indian River varsity volleyball team against Lake Forest on Oct. 4 but it was more like game-set-match. The Lady Indians downed the Lady Spartans in three straight games, to even their record at 4-4.

Indians stay perfect with win
Overtime games are always exciting to watch and be a part of, but Indian River might want to skip the kind of excitement they had to endure when they faced off with fellow Southern Conference contender Seaford on Oct. 4. After jumping out to a fast 2-0 lead, midfielder Danny Kleinstuber’s red card forced the Indians to play shorthanded for the remainder of the game, though they would miraculously pull out a 4-2 double overtime victory.