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Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY
Bear Trap employee Rich Warfield manages to deliver a very eloquent soliloquy, despite the outfit.
Local stars shine bright Harold Schmidt, “playwright in residence” for the Village Players Theatre Group, has a new offering on the way, slated for three dinner/dessert theatre performances next weekend, at the Den at Bear Trap Dunes, Ocean View.
Electric hikes worry business owners Every year, Tom Neville, the co-owner of the Cottage Cafe in Bethany, pays about $32,000 in electric costs at the restaurant. But with the impending hike in Delmarva Power electric rates on May 1, his annual bill will increase by $21,000 to about $53,000.
Politicos quiet in early election season--so far It’s still early, and staff at the Sussex County Department of Elections said they hadn’t even heard from the incumbents yet, but with little more than a month to go until the state conventions, both parties are holding their cards close to the chest, regarding potential candidates.
Wilson files for school board seat
Jacquelyn Wilson knows as much about the Indian River School District as anyone. She started her extensive education career as a paraprofessional at Lord Baltimore Elementary School. After graduating from college she worked as a teacher in the district. Wilson then served as an assistant principal and principal at Lord Baltimore before leaving to work for the Delaware Department of Education.
Budget talks for 2007 continue in South Bethany
At the second of their planned budget meetings for the 2007 fiscal year, South Bethany Town Council members heard from Maintenance Mechanic Don Chrobot as to anticipated needs from the town’s Public Works department.
Officials ask OV to wait on police station
On Feb. 27, Cliff Mitchell and Roy Thomas — members of Ocean View’s Long Range Financial Planning Committee — sent a letter to the mayor and council, asking, among other things, to postpone awarding a construction contract for the new police station.
State legislator talks energy with crowd
Local Rep. Gerald Hocker (38th District) continued his “Coffee’s On Me” series this week, and turnout was high at the Hocker’s Deli on Feb. 28. “I’m either going to have to get a bigger store, or find somewhere else to do this,” he joked.
Dagsboro holds off on commercial project No final approval before its time, Dagsboro Town Council members insisted, at the Feb. 27 council meeting. Land planner John Murray (Kercher Engineering) argued the case for a green light on the Cummings and Clark project (two large commercial buildings on Clayton Street, next to Mediacom), but a majority voted against final approval from the town, as long as there were still state agency approvals outstanding.
IRSD board voted against settlement offer The Indian River School District Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to deny a settlement offered by the plaintiffs in the case of Dobrich v. the Indian River School District.
Fundraiser helps local woman's family
Doctors first found a tumor in Juana “Wanda” Perez’s brain in early fall of 2004. They operated to remove as much of the tumor as possible, then treated it successfully with radiation and chemotherapy treatments. By Christmas of that year, there were no signs of the tumor and it seemed like a miracle. Anyone who wants to donate to the Perez’s cause can attend the fundraiser on from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Dagsboro Fire Hall or directly deposit money care of “The Marco Perez Family” to Citizens Bank at 13 the Circle 01B-0027 in Georgetown, DE, 19947.
DNREC explains habitat protection option Soybean and grain prices haven’t exactly pulled abreast of the going rate for condominiums, but the agricultural community still knows how to get the most out of an acre of ground.
Sussex County Council reviews audit report Sussex County Council reviewed audited numbers for the 2005 Fiscal Year, and County Administrator Robert Stickels took the opportunity to project a sober economic outlook, at the Feb. 28 council meeting.
Fenwick forms town-manager search committee
The change to a town manager-style of administration has long been under discussion in Fenwick Island, and that remained the case at the town council’s Feb. 24 meeting. The move to finally make the change was set to take a giant leap forward at the meeting with the formation of a search committee, but extended discussion and council division on the process to be used to find a town manager nearly killed the effort.
Miller present referendum plan to board In 2005, the Indian River School District paid $686,773 in electric bills. With an impending electric hike of about 100 percent for the School District coming on May 1 that number will increase by $642,180 to about $1.3 million the district’s finance director Patrick Miller told school board members on Tuesday.
Local talks realities of historic preservation Bethany resident Dan Costello knows political machinery. He worked on or around Capitol Hill for more than 30 years, and then as an advocate for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, after retiring.
This week in Delaware history March 3 1917 — Despite the recent formation of the Farmers Protective Association, chicken thieves still abounded in the Middletown area....
Thomas to run for Ocean View council seat As a business man in suburban Philadelphia for most of his life, Roy Thomas admits that he never had any intention of getting involved in town government.
County finalizes subdivision appeals It’s been more than six months since County Attorney James Griffin first broached the idea that the county’s subdivision appeals process needed some work, but Sussex County Council finally adopted the changes, at the Feb. 28 council meeting.
Diabetes suffered by many An estimated 7 percent of Americans have diabetes but only two-thirds of them are aware they have the illness. In Sussex County, statistics obtained through Delaware’s Public Health Services: Diabetes Program, indicate that the rate of illness is 9.5 percent and climbing.
Godwin takes county post After 18 years in town government, Hal Godwin, Milton’s present town manager, will assume a Sussex County government position on March 1. Godwin will serve as an administrative assistant to the Sussex County Administrator Bob Stickels.
Local Lions Clubs celebrate diamond anniversary More than 100 Lord Baltimore Lions Club members and guests, from around the area and upstate gathered at the Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club to celebrate six decades of local Lionism, on Saturday, Feb. 25.
CIB looks to reach more people The gardening by the bays native plant sale. The terrapin rescue and Habitat restoration projects. Those are just three of the community outreach and education programs and projects organized by the Center for the Inland Bays that might benefit from the Center’s new formalized volunteer-finding process.
Obituaries Frank Swainey Bennett, Sr., 78
Sarah E. Savage, 83
Bruce Clark Bauer, 69
John D. Fitzpatrick, 80
John F. Morris, Sr., 69
Arthur Lee Clark, 67
Store owners find success in Ocean View Construction workers in Ocean View visit Rent Equip on Route 26 twice a day, every day for equipment. Especially in the winter, carpenters and masons visit the store for space heaters to use while they’re working.
Local rockers A drum set sits as the focal point of the room. Pictures of local scenery decorate the walls, and amplifiers, guitars, a keyboard and other musical equipment sits on top of a bed of wires that are easy to trip on while walking through the small guest house on the back of a Millville home.
Fenwick Lions head to playoffs Amidst the howling wind Saturday afternoon, one could detect roaring lions in Sussex County. They didn’t escape a traveling circus but were running loose at Sussex Central High School. The Fenwick Lions Junior Diamond League football team shut out and shut down the Norfolk Chiefs 14-0, for their third consecutive win to put them in a first-round playoff game with the two-time defending league champion Elkton County Saints on Saturday, March 4.
Indians drop playoff opener It’s been a long uphill struggle for the Indian River Lady Indians this season. They’d won only one game heading into a 35-23 loss to Delmar on Feb. 21. But with such a young team, many of them are already looking forward to the next season.
Warhawks fall to Warriors Tough defense and a solid running game had been the Sussex County Warhawks forte in winning games the past two weeks, but both gave way in a 20-6 loss to the Talbot County Warriors on Feb. 25
