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Savannah Road.
Additionally, after more than
three years in the making, council
will consider adopting a new his-
toric district ordinance that will
govern architectural changes on
private homes located within the
city's historic district.
BPW to present rate
study at Jan 15 meeting
Lewes Board of Public Works
will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan.
15, at City Hall. The agenda in-
cludes the presentation of a rate
study of all three departments as
well as an audit for the fiscal year
ending Sept. 30, 2003.
Streetscape remains
on schedule
The Rehoboth Avenue
Streetscape Improvement Project
is on schedule for completion by
Memorial Day. Corman construc-
tion is currently finishing storm
drain work from Fifth Street to
Canal. Storm drain work should
be complete in the next two to
three weeks, and current traffic
patterns will remain the same for
the same period of time. Ad-
vanced sewer and utility work in
the first two bl.ocks of Rehoboth
Avenue will begin around Jan. 19.
Planning commission
posts Jan. 12 agenda
The Rehoboth Beach Planning
Commission will meet at 7 p.m.,
Monday, Jan. 12, in the Commis-
sioners Room. The agenda in-
cludes a discussion of Rehoboth
Commissioners' priorities for im-
plementing the Comprehensive
Development Plan and a prelimi-
nary review of a partitioning re-
quest for a property located at 2
Queen Street owned by Moore-
Mitchell Ventures LLC.
Rehoboth announces
winter trash schedule
Rehoboth Beach will pick up
trash once a week instead of twice
a week from Monday, Jan. 12 to
April 9. Trash will also be picked
up in the central business district
every Friday. If a holiday falls on
a Monday, trash will be picked up
on Tuesday.
Offices close for Martin
Luther KingJr. Day
Rehoboth Beach administrative
offices will close on Monday, Jan.
19 in observance of Martin Luther
King Jr. Day. There will not be
trash pickup on Monday, Jan.. 19.
Trash pick up will be on Tuesday,
Jan. 20.
Checkpoint Strikeforce
nets 37 in grand finale
Delaware law enforcement offi-
cers arrested 37 people for DUI
during enforcement activities over
the New Year's holiday weekend.
Jan. 9 - Jan. 15, 2004
Thirty of those arrests occurred at
sobriety checkpoints conducted as
part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce
campaign, and the remaining sev-
en DUI arrests occurred during
DUI saturation patrols in which
officers patrol solely to find im-
paired drivers.
A total of eight checkpoints
were set up the weekend of Jan. 2-
4. Participating agencies included
the Sussex County, Kent County
and New Castle County DUI task
forces, Dover Police Department,
Georgetown Police Department
and the Delaware State Police
Troop 1, Troop 3 and Troop 4.
In addition to the DUI arrests,
officers at the checkpoints appre-
hended five wanted individuals,
made six drug arrests, four arrests
for felony violations, issued five
citations to juveniles who violated
the state's underage drinking laws
and issued 142 citations for addi-
tional traffic violations. The
weekend's enforcement brings the
total number of DUI arrests dur-
ing Checkpoint Strikeforce to
388. Fifteen police agencies en-
hanced the checkpoint activities
with DUI saturation patrols.
Since Thanksgiving, 23 state and
local law enforcement agencies
have been conducting the roving
patrols, netting 39 DUI arrests in
six weeks.
Office of Highway Safety offi-
cials are currently finalizing plans
for a new impaired driving pre-
vention initiative, Team DUI,
which will begin in mid-January
and run through the end of June.
Milton planners
to meet Jan. 20
the Milton Planning and Zoning
Commission will hold a regular
meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.
20, at Milton Fire Hall. The agen-
da includes the review of a board
of adjustment application from
Damalier Molina for a variance
from the rear-yard setback for ac-
cessory buildings and structures
in an R-1 district. Molina is seek-
ing a 2-foot rear yard setback
variance from the required six feet
for the property at 330 Behringer
Ave. The planners will also re-
view and possibly approve the
amended final site plan for Admi-
ral's Quarters and review addi-
tional comments on the zoning or-
dinance text prior to adoption.
Milton sets
election for March 6
The Town of Milton will hold
its annual municipal elections
from I to 6 p.m., Saturday, March
6, in Town Hall, 101 Federal St.
Seats up for election include those
of Mayor Jack Bushey and coun-
cil members Leah Betts and
Stephanie Parker. the deadline to
file for office is 5 p.m,, Friday,
Feb. 13, as is the deadline to reg-
.i.,¢.ta v, P-i,/s can regis-
ter to vote from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., weekdays at Town Hall and
from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays,
Jan. 24 and 31. Absentee ballots
can be obtained at Town Hall be-
ginning Feb. 16 and are due back
by noon, Friday, Feb. 27. If a reg-
istered voter has not voted in the
last two town elections, he or she
will need to re-register. Anyone
interested in running for office
must file a certificate of intent at
Town Hall by 5 p.m., Friday, Feb.
13. The winners will take office
April 5.
Septic regs workshop
set for Del Tech Jan. 13
The Department of Natural Re-
sources and Environmental Con-
trol (DNREC) will hold the sec-
ond of three workshops on pro-
posed revisions to the state's sep-
tic system regulations - Regula-
tions Governing the Design, In-
stallation and Operation of On-
Site Wastewater Treatment and
Disposal Systems - from 6 to 9
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Del Tech
Owens Campus Theatre, George-
town. The third workshop will be
held 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2,
in DNREC's auditorium at the
Richardson and Robbins Building
in Dover. Proposed changes to the
regulations include: creation of a
Class H System Inspector License
for persons to inspect septic sys-
tems and other on-site wastewater
systems, a revamped procedural
process for subdivision feasibility
studies and determination of the
system size required (a large sys-
tem versus individual onsite-sys-
terns), updating and/or correcting
of some of the exhibits, deletion
of redundant sections and overall
cleanup.
The regulatory revision process
will also include development of
the protocol for inspectors to ap-
prove or disapprove systems.
Information regarding addition-
al changes to the regulations is
updated after each workshop and
related meetings. For questions
about the public workshops, con-
tact Dave Schepens or Jack
Hayes, Ground Water Discharges
Section, 89 Kings Highway,
Dover, DE 19901; telephone, 302-
739-4762; or email, dave.schep-
elas @ state.de.us or
john.hayes@state.de.us.
Minner hails savings
from bond sale
Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has an-
n,ounced that Delaware sold
$'9.05.3 million in Triple-A-rated
general obligation bonds Jan. 7 at
the best rate in the state's history.
T'his rate was even lower than
those achieved a year ago, which
wlere the lowest the state had ob-
tatined at the time.
The bond sale consisted of
$1133.5 million in new bonds at in-
ten, rest rates ranging from 1.05 per-
ccent to 4.45 percent. The state al-
so exercised the option to refund
erxisting bonds valued at $74.6
mailli'a a new cost value of
$:71.8 million, in exchange for
nnore favorable interest rates, thus
sav),,g $2.9 million in future in-
terest costs.
Minner announced that the
three major bond-rating agencies
had given the state Triple-A rat-
ings for the sixth consecutive
time. Delaware is one of only
seven states currently holding this
top ranking.
"By selling bonds at a AAA rat-
ing, investors recognize the sound
"financial decisions my adminis-
tration and the General Assembly
have made over the past few
years. Our ratings in conjunction
with current market conditions
translate into the state obtaining
the best interest rates ever. In ad-
dition, the state was also able to
save $2.9 million in future interest
payments over the next 10 years
due to refunding some current ob-
ligations," Minner said.
Proceeds from this bond sale
will be used for investments in
public education, libraries and
beach preservation.
Protack to address
GOP women Jan. 28
Mike Protack, who is seeking
the Republican nomination for
governor, will he the featured
speaker when the Sussex County
Republican Women's Club meets
Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Sussex
Pines Country Club in George-
town.
The business meeting will be-
gin at 11 a.m., followed by a noon
luncheon and the speaker, who
will answer questions about his
platform. Protack lives in the
Wilmington area and is an airline
pilot who is challenging Re-
hoboth's Judge Bill Lee for the
nomination. Nonmembers are
welcome to attend and should call
Bunny Parish at 945-4646 for in-
formation and to reserve a place
for lunch. The cost is $9.
Carper sets meetings
about Medicare in Sussex
Sen. Tom Carper will hold a se-
Mariorie S. Williams,
retired librarian
Marjorie S. Williams, 71, of
Lewes, died Saturday, Jan. 3,
2004, at Beebe Medical Center,
Lewes.
Mrs. Williams was born in
Chester, Pa., the daughter of the
late Vincent Henry and Gladys
Claudine Fowler Synder. She had
served as the librarian at Lake
Forest Elementary School from
1973 to 1989.
She then worked at the Lewes
Public Library from 1989 to 2002.
She was a member of the
Delaware Quarter Horse Associa-
tion and was an avid bridge play-
er.
Her husband, John Kendall
Williams, died in 1967.
She is survived by three daugh-
ters, Holly W. Pepper of Milton,
Lynn Lindenmeier of Greenwood
and Barbara Williams of Wilm-
ington; a son, J. Kendall Williams
of West Chester, Pa.; a brother,
Vincent H. Snyder of Wilming-
ton; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held
at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, at
Parsell Funeral Homes & Crema-
torium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel,
des of Town Hall Meetings to dis-
cuss the recently enacted
Medicare legislation with the pub-
lic. In Sussex County, the meet-
ings will be held from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m., at the Rehoboth
Beach Convention Center, Re-
hoboth; and from 2 to 4 p.m., at
the Millsboro Civic Center. Both
meetings will be held on Wednes-
day, Jan. 14. For more informa-
tion, call 856-7960.
Safety Council honors
Carvel and Tribbitt
Delaware's former Governors
Elbert N. Carvel and Sherman W.
Tribbitt were recently honored
with Board Resolutions of Appre-
ciation at a member luncheon of
the Delaware Safety Council.
The hand-drawn Resolution
honored both governors for their
collective five decades of service
to the Delaware Safety Council
and their steadfast dedication to
the safety of the citizens of The
First State.
Presenting the Resolution hon-
oring Sherman W. Tribbitt was
James L. Ford Jr., Secretary of the
Delaware Department of Public
Safety and Homeland Security.
Presenting the Resolution hon-
oring Elbert N. Carrel was
William J. Miller Jr., retired direc-
tor of the Delaware River & Bay
Authority. Tribbitt accepted for-
mer Gov. Carvel's Resolution in
his absence. Both men have
served the Council as vice presi-
dents and as members of the exec-
utive board of directors.
At the same meeting, Gover-
nor's Tribbitt and Carvel were re-
elected to one-year terms as vice
presidents of Kent and Sussex
County respectively.
1449 Kings Hwy., Lewes. Burial
will be private.
Contributions are suggested to
the Lewes Public Library, 111
Adams Ave., Lewes DE 19958.
Milton L. Riddick,
poultry catcher
Miltoti L. "Buddy" Riddick, 60,
of Dover, died after a short illness
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Bay-
health-Kent General Hospital,
Dover.
Mr. Riddick was a poultry
catcher.
He is survived by a brother,
Johnnie Riddick of Ellendale;
four sisters, Christine Haynes and
Joann Mullen, both of Lincoln,
Odessa Furby of Elizabeth City
and Beatrice Butler of Ellendale;
five children, Sandra Tarver,
Mary Jenkins, Thomas Tarver,
Milton Mincey and Douglas
Mincey, all of Lakewood, N.J.;
and a stepson, D'Vran Wright of
Milton.
Services will be held at 1 p.m.,
Friday, Jan. 9, at Pentecostal
Church of God, Green Top Road
near Lincoln, where friends may
call at 11 a.m. Burial will be in
Old Hickory Cemetery, Slaughter
Neck.
Arrangements were made by
Young's Funeral Homes, Inc.,
Milford.
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