Coastal Point viewpoint 2007.05.25
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Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and everyone wants to come to the beach. But you better guard your boardwalk fries with these guys hanging around.
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BBVFC urged to take over ambulance service
Delaware’s State Fire Prevention Commission sent a letter to the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company last week, urging the volunteer company to provide ambulance service to their district, which stretches from the Indian River Inlet Bridge to the state line, according to Danny Magee, state fire commissioner for Sussex County.
CIB proposes' town hall habitat' in Millville
Sally Boswell, the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays’ education and outreach coordinator, has been seeing something special when she drives past Millville Town Hall. Boswell said she considers the modest lot on Route 26, with a drainage swale at its back, to be the ideal location for a “town hall habitat” pilot project.
School uniform decision put on hold a year
In a letter sent to local media outlets this week, Indian River School Board Member and School Uniform Committee Chairman Donald Hattier said students will not be wearing uniforms to begin the 2007-2008 school year. A dress code will not be implemented until the start of the 2008-09 school year at the earliest, according to the letter.
Lions serve breakfast, generosity
"We Serve" has been the motto for Lions Club organizations around the country, and Fenwick Island’s own Lions group is doing just that next Saturday — serving breakfast, that is.
Rescue efforts too late to save blue heron
Yesterday, he was still standing there, proud and tall,” Lisa Daisey recalled on Tuesday. “I said, ‘Tomorrow morning, I’m going to make it happen.’”
Decreasing revenues, no tax hike at county
Property taxes in Sussex County would stay the same for the 18th straight year with a proposed $142 million 2008-fiscal-year budget introduced Tuesday, despite decreasing revenues as a result of the sluggish real estate market.
Staff Column: Time to take a trip down memory lane
As I set about perusing Bethany Beach’s entertainment calendar this week, and considering the official kick-off this weekend to the 2007 summer season, I began to wax nostalgic about all the things I came to love about this place as a child who visited for a couple weeks during most summers.
Memorial Day weekend kicks off season
Anthony Carson remembers visiting Fenwick Island to interview for its then-vacant town manager position this winter.
Honoring and remembrance part of weekend events
Fenwick Island’s Memorial Day service may only be five years old, but the event has been quite a celebration since its start. This Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m., the tradition will continue in the park beside the Fenwick Island Town Hall.
Parsons training yet another young farmer
Behind his parents’ home off Route 20 in Dagsboro, Tyler Parsons snatched up a rake and went to work, seemingly determined to carry on his family’s farming tradition. But problems remain. Tyler is unfocused, and is just as determined to slip off for occasional naps during the work day.
The Agenda
Bethany museum draws volunteer docents
The appeal for new docents for the Bethany Beach town museum has been a considerable success. As of Tuesday, a dozen people had expressed interest in being among those who provide extra information about the exhibits hosted in the town hall lobby.
Local author puts out Four for the Shore
It had always been a dream of Pittsburgh native James Meehan to publish his own book. His time spent along the Delaware and Maryland shore in the summertime had always been intriguing, and after he started an ad agency in 1969, he was determined to pursue his joy of writing and display his creative side.
Bethany Beach revs up for some summer fun
The finishing touches for Bethany Beach’s revitalized bandstand are coming into place this week, with final adjustments to the new sound system complete and the lighting system following in its footsteps.
Tips offered offered for selling a home in the spring
As spring heats up, so does the housing market. Warm, sunny weather increases home sales as it brings home sellers and buyers out from winter hibernation. Families with children typically choose to buy a home in the late spring and delay moving until their children’s summer vacations to get them acclimated before the new school year begins.
Obituaries
Walter John Brysiak, 75
Andrew Galanos, 95
Elson L. ‘Rock’ Johnson, 66
Pauline Rogers Parsons, 70
Judith H. ‘Judy’ Steverson, 65
Michael J. Szwed, 80
Robert E. Zinn, 84
Steakhouse and Banks
The annual Taste of Coastal Delaware is nothing new to restaurant owner Jerry Richard, who has premiered his cooks’ talents with his seven-year stint as owner of the former Big Easy in Bethany. But this year, he’s bringing some different flavor from his new restaurant, Steakhouse 26.
Made By Hand keeps trade fair in South Bethany
Dr. Kimberly Grimes has pretty much seen (and done) it all.
Indians go nearly all the way
The Indian River Indians varsity baseball team was eliminated in the opening round of the Delaware State Tournament, in a 4-0 shutout by the fourth seeded Salesianum Sales on May 22.
Indian River wiped out in first round of states
There were some misty eyes in Dover on Tuesday, May 22, as seven local seniors played the final soccer game of their high school career. The ninth-seeded Indian River girls were stopped early, shut out by eighth seed Alexis I. duPont in the 2007 DIAA state tournament. Three goals in the first half were more than enough to give the Tigers of A.I. the advancement.
Ocean View group to bike America
On June 18, Ocean View residents Brett and Jennifer Dieste-Buffington and Russell Littleton will embark on a journey few have ever taken: they’ll bicycle coast-to-coast, more than 3,600 miles across a northern trek of the United States of America.
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