2 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 26 - May 2, 1996
C-2 petition drive
still underway
Mike Tyler, president of the
Citizens Coalition, a local group
concerned with issues of growth
and land use, said that a petition
drive to require the C-2 zone for
commercial projects over 50,000
square feet in size is alive and
kicking.
Tyler told the Citizens Coalition
at a April 23 meeting that the peti-
tion drive is gathering support
from Ocean View, Milton and a
host of other areas. He said he is
pleased with the response and the
coalition hopes for a large number
of signatures.
The C-2 zone is proposed for
large projects, but is now being
considered for projects over
80,000 square feet in size. (The
coalition supports requiring the
zoning for businesses over 50,000
square feet.)
Rehoboth workshop
agenda slim April 29
The Rehoboth Beach Board of
Commissioners will hold its next
workshop meeting on Monday,
April 29, beginning with the Lis-
tening Post session at 6:30 p.m.,
when the public is invited to speak
up on pertinent matters for a half
hour prior to the meeting.
The agenda is a short one at this
time. The only new order of busi-
ness is the concession agreement
with Catts and Lynam.
Beach mansion to be
auctioned on Internet
The Philip and Susanna Zaffere
mansion at 1 Queen Street in Re-
hoboth Beach will be auctioned
absolute at 3 p.m., to the highest
bidder on Saturday, April 27 on
the grounds of the parcel, with in-
spection beginning at noon that
day. Those wishing to tour the
oceanfront parcel who haven't a
certified check for $100,000 de-
noting serious bidding, can pay
$100 for the privilege of watching
the show. All proceeds will go to
the Rehoboth Public Library Cap-
ital Campaign and those attending
will be treated to a catered party,
complete with entertainment, the
$100 being completely tax de-
ductible. (There's still time to
view the estate at $50 a head to-
Clarifications
A Letter to the Editor in the
April 19 edition attributed to Ruth
Wetherall of Rehoboth Beach was
actually penned by her acquain-
tance, Cora Miller. We apologize
for any confusion this may have
caused.
Two members of the Sussex
DeTerminators were not recog-
nized in a recent article on their
winning medals at Special
Olympics. They are Jamie Moore
and his sister, Jodi, the latter a vol-
unteer who played on the unified
team as captain ............. .......
day, with the funds going to
Lewes-Rehoboth Meals on
Wheels.)
For those bidders who can't be
there in person (or send an agent)
an offer can be submitted via the
Internet. This is the brainchild of
William Bone, president of Na-
tional Auction Group, and Philip
Zaffere, who founded the compa-
ny that invented Stove Top Stuff-
ing which he sold to Pet Foods.
Other key participants include
Utopia, Inc., a national Internet
consulting and technology firm,
and White Pine Software Compa-
ny, developers of Enhanced CI-
SeeMe video conferencing soft-
ware.
Live video of the auction will be
linked by satellite to the Internet
and prospective bidders and the
curious can connect with their PC
and link up to http;
Hauction.utopia.com to the auc-
tion website. There they will re-
ceive instructions on how to
download the CU-SeeMe soft-
ware to view the event, as well as
a brief digitized video tour of the
home.
To participate in bidding via In-
ternet, interested parties must sub-
mit $100,000 in certified funds
prior to the auction, which will be
transferred to an escrow account
by Wilson, Halbrook and Bayard,
which can be reached at 856-
0015.
County still taking
input on Meats project
Sussex County Council is still
accepting comments on a pro-
posed zoning change which would
allow 69 units to be built on the
west side of Road 274 opposite
Breezewood and Rehoboth Shores
Estates.
Written comments on the pro-
posed zoning change will be ac-
cepted until May 2. The proposal
calls for 10.9 acres of land to be
rezoned as high density to allow
the 69 units. The property is locat-
ed about one third of a mile be-
hind Rt. 1.
W. Leroy Mears plans to devel-
op the project, which he said is
aimed at older residents. The pro-
ject's smaller units and low main-
tenance will benefit seniors, ac-
cording to Mears and his attorney
Scott Bradley.
The project drew a mixed reac-
tion. Critics argued that the pro-
ject would increase congestion
and would have too great a densi-
ty. Area developments split with
some approving and some urging
denial of the proposed zoning
change.
Supporters said there was a
great need for the housing and
said an agreement between Mears
and DelDOT will mean that Old
Landing Road will be approved.
The public hearing was held on
April 2. There have only been a
handful of written comments
since then. One of the comments
was a letter from Louis Corrozi,
president of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Arnell Creek Home-
owners Association. The April 10
letter withdrew the Arnell Creek
support for the rezoning.
Resort Transit
plans finalized today
The transit plans for the resort
should be finalized today at an
April 26 meeting of the Resort
Area Transit Advisory Commit-
tee. The advisory committee has
been considering mass transit op-
tions in the resort area this spring.
The committee will vote on the
transportation options and discuss
a marketing plan at today's meet-
ing.
The biggest change this season
is expected to be new routes to the
Rehoboth area. Routes from
Georgetown, Long Neck and Fen-
wick Island (the Fenwick route is
expected to only run on week-
days) are expected to be approved.
A public hearing on those plans
earlier this month drew little criti-
cism, although there were com-
ments urging that more bus stops
in Rehoboth Beach or service be-
yond the usual Labor Day be con-
sidered. Dewey Beach town offi-
cials have also urged that more
buses be considered to deal with
the large amount of foot traffic in
town late at night after the bars
close.
The meeting will be at I0 a.m.
in the Rehoboth Beach City Com-
missioner's Room.
Derrickson sign
request denied
The Sussex County Board of
Adjustment voted on Monday,
April 22 to deny a request by Don-
aid Derrickson to place two signs
near Postal Lane.
The Derrickson request was
tabled on April 8 after three peo-
ple spoke against the plan. Two of
the three were members of the cit-
izens coalition and the opposition
centered on the heavy traffic in
the area and concerns that the
billsboard would be an additional
distraction to drivers. Derrickson
had asked for two signs to be
placed at Postal Lane between the
Midway Assembly of God Church
and the proposed site of the Re-
hoboth Outet Center expansion on
Rt. 1.
Price and Steen
candidacies official
Shirley Price made her candida-
cy for the representative seat now
held by Rep. George Bunting offi-
cial on Monday. Price, a Democ-
rat, declared for the 38th Repre-
sentative seat on April 22 at the
Ocean View VFW Post.
Price is the only Democrat to
declare for the seat (Bunting plans
to run for the 20th Senatorial seat
now held by Sen. Richard Cor-
drey). Two Republicans, William
Murray and Bruce Layton, have
also declared for the 38th District
seat.
Price was not the only candidate
making news this week, although
there were no huge surprises on
the political front. Amanda Steen,
the mayor of Dagsboro, is making
an official annoucement on May 4
that she is running for the 41st
District seat. The announcement
will be at 10 a.m. in Amanda's
Sussex state employment office opens
Ceremonies were held April 19 to officially open the new
Sussex County State Personnel Employment Services Office
located in the Jason Building on the Delaware Tech Owens
Campus in Georgetown.
Doing the ribbon cutting honors are 0.-r.) Gov. Tom Carper,
Harriet N. Smith, state personnel director, and Richard
Stokes, president of the Delaware Tech Board of Trustees.
Smith, former Dean of the Delaware Teeh Owens Campus,
noted that this is the first time in state personnel history that
a state personnel office is open five days a week from 8:30 am.
to 4:30 p.m. to serve Sussex County. Services for applicants
seeking state employment includes posting of job availability,
counseling and testing.
Kitchen on Main Street in Dags-
boro. Steen, a Democrat, will face
incumbent Rep. Charles West in a
Democratic primary for the 41st
district seat.
Republican Nick Varrato also
will seek the 41st District repre-
sentative seat.
In other news, Michael Zeglen
may be the first Sussex candidate
to go high tech with his campaign
effort. Zeglen, who is seeking the
19th Senate seat now held by Sen.
Thurman Adams, says he is the
first state candidate to have his
campaign fully online and to
make full use of the Internet.
You can find the home page and
campaign of Zeglen, a conserva-
tive Republican at http://www.bd-
snet.com/~mike_zeglen.
FEMA reimburses
towns for blizzard costs
The Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency has reimbursed
Sussex County towns and agen-
cies after a massive weekend
storm in February dropped about
28 inches of snow on the area.
The storm dropped snow
throughout the first weekend in
February, nearly paralyzing the
county with its biggest snowstorm
in recent memory.
County Administrator Bob
Stickels announced the following
rebates from FEMA on Tuesday,
April 23: Sussex County Govern-
ment $1,640, Beebe Medical Cen-
ter $1,210, Milford Memorial H
ospital $3,679, Nanticoke Memor-
ial $5,754 and Methodist Manor
House $1,785.
Towns were also reimbursed for
their costs. Receiving money were
Bethany Beach $3,191, Blades
$975, Bridgeviile $2,696, Fen-
wick Island $866, Delmar $2,101,
Georgetown $3,338, Greenwood
$1,127, Henlopen Acres $1,850,
Laurel $2,971, Lewes $2,257,
Milford $6,024, Milisboro $2,667,
Milton $2,138, Rehoboth Beach
$3,915 and Seaford $9,082.
Residents reminded
of ban on burning
County Administrator Bob
Stickels noted at the Sussex Coun-
ty Council meeting April 23 that
debris can't be burned outdoors in
the coastal zone from April 1
through October 1. The ban on
outdoor burning does not affect
agricultural burning. But it does
apply to debris removal for devel-
opment or construction projects.
Stickels speaks
on Superfund
Sussex County Administrator
Bob Stickels testified on Wednes-
day, April 24 before the Senate
Committee on Environmental and
Public Works. The April 24 hear-
ing was in the Dirksen Building
and Stickels was invited by Sena-
tor and Committee Chair John
Chafee and Senator Max Baucus
of Montana. The hearing was to
solicit comments on a bill to reau-
thorize and amend the Compre-
hensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act,
also known as the Superfund Pro-
gram. Stickels has long been an
outspoken critic of the ways local
government is charged for
cleanup of Superfund sites. Sus-
sex has complained that it was
overcharged for the cleanup of the
former Laurel landfill. "It is my
goal to see that local governments
receive relief from liability of
waste activities from municipal
solid waste landfills. I believe the
funding that the federal govern-
ment spends annually on the Su-
perfund program would be better
spent if the federal government
would reauthorize the Environ-
mental Protection Agency's Con-
struction Grant Program for water
and wastewater infrastructure,"
Stickels said at the April 23 meet-
ing of Sussex County Council.
Stickels planned to testify on be-
half of local government organi-
zations, including: the Municipal
Waste Management Association.
