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4 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 14 - April 20, 2000
Route 1 Weekly Accident Update
Continued from page 3
District director of curriculum
Dr. John Kreitzer developed a
plan that calls for amending the
school calendar by: eliminating a
half-day of school May 11 and
making it a full day; eliminating
the full-day of staff in-service
May 12 and making it a full day of
school; and by adding eight min-
utes to each school day from
spring break until the end of the
school year. Officially, the school
day will begin four minutes earli-
er than usual during that period
and will end four minutes later
than usual. Kreitzer said the re-
vised calendar will enable the dis-
trict to meet the minimum number
of hours required by the Depart-
ment of Education. The proposal
was unanimously approved by the
school board.
l)riving Under tile Influence Re )ort
Delaware Slate Police tatewide S )ecial Initiative
Fat,tl Accident Investigation and Reconstruction l'eam Tip
Free car seat check
set April 18 at Mcgee
Four of every five car seats are
used incorrectly, which increases
the risk of injury to children in the
event of an accident. The
Delaware Office of Highway
Safety will conduct a free child
safety seat check from 3 to 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 18, at Megee Mo-
tors, 515 N. Bedford St., George-
town. No appointment is neces-
sary. For details, call 302-744-
2740.
Lewes set cleanup
days in April
The City of Lewes will conduct
its annual spring cleanup Wednes-
days, Thursdays and Fridays for
the remainder of April. The
cleanup is for large items. Those
items the city will not pick up are
paints, chemicals, tires, concrete,
construction materials, appliances
that use freon and tree stumps. To
schedule a pickup, call the city
manager's office between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Fri-
day, at 645-7777.
Lewes parks committee
to meet April 17
The Lewes Board of Public
Works will meet at 7:30 p.m.,
Monday, April 17, at City Hail;
the public is invited to attend.
The first agenda item is a discus-
Clarifications
The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution (DAR) held a
grave marking ceremony at
Bethel Cemetery in Lewes on
April 8 at the grave of Helen
Townsend Baylis and not her hus-
band, Norman, as previously re-
ported.
The registration time for the
Disney Insititue, being sponsored
by the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey
J Beach Chamber of Commerce on
May 11 is 7:30 a.m., not 7:30
p.m., as previously reported.
sion of the effects of developing a
21-unit townhouse complex,
known as Safe Harbor, on Anglers
Road. Park status review will in-
clude the following: Zwaanendael
Park, 1812 Park, Mary Vessels
Park, Stango Park, Blockhouse
Pond Park and the community
playground. Old business in-
cludes the Mary Vessels monu-
ment, Blockhouse Pond bridge,
bicycle racks locations and the
bed maintenance program.
Lewes considers paper
alley behind DeBraak
Lewes Mayor and Council will
continue to research and consider
a proposal from Rush Ellis that
would allow the developer to pave
the paper alley behind the De-
Braak building. Ellis' goal is to
provide access to the two drive-
ways on the two residential lots he
will develop after he razes the De-
Braak building on Lewes Beach.
Ellis' project, now named the
DeBraak Preserve, calls for five
homes to be erected; the other
three will be behind the DeBraak
building, next to the Dairy Queen
land. Those three properties will
have driveway access to Hen-
lopen Drive and would not be able
to alter the driveway position to
access from the alley.
The alley was originally desig-
nated as commercial access for
deliveries, said Ellis at the city
council meeting April 10. How-
ever, he said, it has remained a
patch of sand never used for its in-
tended purpose. "What we're
asking is to use that paper alley
for what it was intended to be
used for," said Ellis. Ellis said the
cost of paving the 12-foot section
he would like to upgrade would
be his expense and the alley
would remain a public alleyway.
'q'his needs to be further evaluat-
ed and seriously considered be-
fore granting," said Councilman
Jim Ford.
Vaughan assumes
seat on Lewes committee
Lewes Mfiyor and Council v'ot-
ed April 10, to approve Mayor
George I-[. P.
Smith's rec-
ommendation
to appoint
Barbara
• Vaughan to fill
Allen Ide's ran-
expired te:rm
on the Pedles-
trian Saf0ety
VAUGHAN
Review Com-
mittee. "I walk everywhere," s;aid
Vaughan. "I made a vow when I
moved here that I would never ,use
my car in town to do errands, and
I don't." Pedestrian safety is an
important issue in Lewes, she
said. "I think Savannah Road is
the more difficult of the streets.
The tourist season is coming, and
wejust have to keep trying to edu-
cate tourists and walkers."
Lewes Council extends
canal-area moratorium
The Lewes City Council has ex-
tended a moratorium it first enact-
ed on November 8. Council voted
unanimously April 12 in a special
session attended by no members
of the general public to extend the
canalfront moratorium for another
90 days, meaning it will now ex-
tend until July 14. A special ses-
sion was necessary because the
moratorium would have otherwise
expired on April 15. The building
moratorium is aimed primarily at
commercial projects and subdivi-
sions in the lands adjacent to
Lewes-Rehoboth Canal between
the Savannah Road drawbridge on
the east and a point up Broadkill
River along the alignment of the
former Veasey's Inlet - about one
mile west of Roosevelt Inlet. This
is the core study area looked at
earlier this year by consultants
from the Waterfront Center in
Washington D.C. in an effort to
create a long-range plan for devel-
opment along the canal. The
moratorium was put in place last
November to allow the town time
to review the Waterfront Center's
recommendations without a rush
of applications in the meantime
that could attempt to sidestep any
proposed ordinances that could
come out of the planning effort.
The moratorium exempts the
building of houses and dock re-
pairs and allows construction of
buildings up to 200 square feet.
Sussex Council says no
to Americana consultant
Sussex County Council has vot-
ed 3-2 to not hire consultant Tom
Shafer to help them analyze the
impact of the proposed Americana
Bayside project. County Council
considered the suggestion on
Tuesday, April 11. County Ad-
ministrator Bob Stickels said he
thought there might be some areas
where the county and state don't
have enough expertise and that
the extra assistance might be help-
ful. County Councilman George
Cole said environmental impact
was one area where perhaps the
extra expertise could be helpful.
Shafer, then working with Whit-
man, Requardt and Associates,
helped the county develop its land
use plan. The suggestion came af-
ter County Council listened to
eight hours of testimony in a pub-
lic hearing April 4 on the pro-
posed development, which has
generated a huge amount of con-
troversy because of its size. It is
proposed for approximately 2,900
housing units on 800 plus acres
off Route 54 west of Fenwick.
Sussex County Council has
made no decision and is awaiting
a recommendation from the coun-
ty's planning and zoning commis-
sion. That recommendation is due
by April 27. Cole supported the
additional expertise, calling for an
environmental impact statement
for the project Councilman Finley
Jones voted with him. County
Councilmen Dale Dukes, Vance
Phillips and Lynn Rogers voted
against hiring Shafer. Dukes said
that he was concerned about the
environment, but that he felt the
county had heard all of the testi-
DATE
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04105100
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04106100
F0R WEEK OF APRIL 3 - APRIL 9, 2000
LOCATION TYPE
Rt. 1 and Church St., west of Rehoboth #5
Rt. 1 and Sussex 12, west of Lewes #5
Rt. 1 and Sussex 274, west of Lewes #4
Rt. 1 and Route 18, west of Lewes #4
Rt. 1 and Sussex 270B, north of Rehoboth #4
#3
04109100 Rt. 1 and Ace Hardware parking lot
KEY:
#1 - Private property damage over $1,300 #5. Personal Injury; #SA - pedestrian injury
#2 - Property damage over $1,300 #6 - Hit and run under $1,300
#3 ; Private property damage under $1,300 #7 - Fatal
#4 - Property damage under $1,300 #8- Hit and run * Caused by DUi
II I i II I I II
Route 1 accident information provided by Delaware State Police Troop 7
Numbers: first, total arrests; second, total involved in crashes; third, minors drinking and driving
* Troop 7 Sussex County Kent County New Castle County
17, 3, 6 36, 5, 7 10, 1, 2 28, 4, 2
Of the 74 people arrested for DUI, 10 were involved in accidents.
* Troop 7 statistics included in Sussex County figures.
Weekly Statistics for April Initiative: Teen Drinking and Driving
Statewide Teen Drinking & Driving Violations: 11 Troop 7 Teen Drinking & Driving Violations: 6
Troop 7 Underage Consumption Violations: I0
mony that it needed. He asked
Stickels how much it would cost
and was told less than $6,000.
"$6,000 and we have it right be-
fore us. My vote is no," Dukes
said. Phillips said he thought
council should have a chance to
review the material, rather than
relying on another consultant.
Council president Lynn Rogers
cast the deciding vote, then said
"All right, gentlemen, I recom-
mend you go home and do your
homework." "You have done a
disservice," Cole said.
Dewey allows north
extended work hours
Faced with making a complete
renovation of its new restaurant,
northbeach, Highway One asked
Dewey Beach Town Council for
extended working hours in order
to get the former Waterfront proj-
ect finished in time for Memorial
Day. Hank Rosenberg, spokesman
for Highway One, explained that
workmen have been reinstalling
the electric and plumbing infra-
structure in the building and are
making headway but may need
more time to get the job done.
Rosenberg explained: "In the
eventuality that we do need longer
working hours as the season ap-
proaches, we ask you for the right
to work quietly, mostly inside,
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays
and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays."
Council approved the request,
with the warning that neighbors'
complaints about noise or traffic
could cause them to withdraw the
extended hours. Rosenberg said
he will be the contact person and
any neighbors who have concerns
should call him and he will imme-
diately address the issue.
PSC wants more public
comment on Tidewater
The Public Service Commis-
sion (PSC) will be holding addi-
tional public hearings for com-
ment regarding the application for
an increase in water rates filed by
Tidewater Utilities. An additional
public hearing will be held next
week, the PSC announced recent-
ly, because of the many letters and
telephone calls received by the
PSC staff and the Public Advocate
asking for more opportunity for
public input about the Tidewater
application. A public hearing will
be held in the Cape Henlopen
High School cafeteria at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 18. Written com-
ments may be sent to the Public
Service Commission at 861 Silver
Lake Blvd., Cannon Building,
Suite 100, Dover, DE 19904 or
can be faxed to 1-302-739-4849.
Cape mulls applicants
for high school principal
Cape Heniopen School District
has closed its advertisement for a
new high school principal, and
will begin interviewing the five
candidates selected as a possible
choice. District superintendent Dr.
Andy Brandenberger said this
week there were "a number of ap-
plications submitted, and nine
candidates met the minimum stan-
dard criteria" for the job as princi-
pal of Cape Henlopen High
School. From that field of nine
qualified candidates, the district
selected five as solid contenders
for the job, which is being vacated
this summer when Dr. Ron Bur-
rows retires. Those five candi-
dates, not all of whom are from
Delaware, will be notified soon
that they must interview with a
committee of teachers and stake-
holders at the high school. After
the interviews, the committee will
forward three finalists' names on
to the school board for another
round of interviews and then a
board decision. The announce-
ment could come at the May 11
meeting of the board.