Coastal Point • ERNIE TURPIN The Selbyville Indians celebrate after their 25-0 win over Harrington last weekend gave them the state championship for Midget Pop Warner.

Coastal Point Viewpoint 2005|11|25

Bethany West becomes focus for flooding
Pennsylvania Avenue is Bethany Beach’s most notorious area for major flooding problems, but those visiting the town’s post office during heavy rain events will have to wait a little longer for any attempts at improvement.

Dagsboro prepares for council election
Dagsboro residents have seen some quiet election cycles in years past — in fact, many times there haven’t been enough candidates to bother with an election at all.

Charitable foundation prepares to luau
Fie on winter’s chill — locals will have a Caribbean Christmas this year. Saturday, Dec. 3, anyway, as the Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation (QRCF) gears up for another annual open house mixer and benefit.

South Bethany approves plan
South Bethany has a 99.44-percent approved comprehensive development plan (CDP), as of a special meeting/workshop on Nov. 17. Town council members voted 6-0 at that meeting (Mayor Gary Jayne absent) to forward an updated CDP to the state for final check-off and review, en route plan certification.

Bethany local honored at Prime Hook
Milton Cooper — a man to be reckoned with. At age 91, Cooper admits he doesn’t go out in the duck blind anymore. But until just a few years ago, he was still out there, shotgun cocked, listening, waiting.

Streetscape plans to be presented in Bethany
Bethany Beach officials have set Dec. 10 as the date upon which two plans for the proposed “Streetscape” project for Garfield Parkway will be presented to the town council and the public.

County P&Z recommends parking changes
The Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) recommended approval of several ordinance changes at its Nov. 17 meeting, including some potentially contentious parking requirement changes. But the commissioners were split on the most sweeping of those proposed changes.

Ocean View receives stormwater tutorial
The Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission returned to design templates for the Route 26 corridor at a Nov. 17 workshop, spending most of the meeting in question-and-answer with Sussex Conservation District’s Jessica Watson.

Preserving stardom
Fame is fleeting — a moment in the sun, and the crowd disperses.

Selbyville PTO seeking graphing calculators
Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) members are hoping to place their Selbyville Middle School seventh-graders ahead of the curve and raised the rallying cry last week: More graphing calculators, please!

Bethany council asked to support SB100
Bethany Beach Town Council members were not prepared to officially put the town behind efforts to gain two at-large seats for the Sussex County Council when the issue was put before them at their Nov. 18 council meeting.

Bethany considers single-lot ordinance
Under the guidance of a new chairman and with new membership in place, Bethany Beach’s Charter and Ordinance Committee met Nov. 17 to proceed with updates of town codes.

Planners move to provide aid
Bethany Beach Planning Commission members found a way out of a difficult situation at their Nov. 19 meeting, agreeing to put forward an ordinance amendment that would allow an expedited Board of Adjustments hearing in cases requiring an emergency accommodation for a handicapped person residing in the town.

Dagsboro water ruled nearly clear
It’s not quite ready to drink just yet, but town officials in Millsboro and Dagsboro reported forward progress on the central water situation earlier this week.

Bethany looks at web site
Once again, the Bethany Beach Communications Committee has completed the bulk of its action items. Mayor and committee Chairman Jack Walsh checked off the completed work for committee members at their Nov. 22 meeting:

Carper visits Selbyville Middle School
The Read 180 program is working at Selbyville Middle School, and Sen. Tom Carper wanted to see it in action. So the state’s former governor and junior U.S. senator paid a visit to the school Monday, Nov. 21, to talk to teachers and students about the impact the program has had for them.

Back in action
She’s been away from the Southeastern Delaware Artists’ Studio Tour (SEDAST) for a year or two, but Allene Martinez has returned this year, and if tour participants can find her, they’ll find a gem.

Beach books galore
As far as the employees, we’re all readers,” Bethany Beach Books’ Lee Grace noted. “That’s the one thing that draws us to the occupation.”

Indians prepare for home playoff battle
The No. 7 Indian River Indians (9-1) will host their first Delaware State Football Tournament game against the No. 5 Caravel Buccaneers (10-1) on Nov. 25 at Indian River High School with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Pop Warner wins state title
The past six to seven years have been an upward climb for Selbyville’s Midget Pop Warner team. They’ve made the playoffs four of the past six years but never advanced. And for many of the Indians players, this season was their final chance to earn a playoff win and possibly move onto the state championship.