Post-Holiday Appreciation
Editor:
Mrs. Claus and I would like to thank everyone who made our visit so enjoyable this year. We wish especially to thank the following folks.
First, we wish to thank all the children who came to visit us at the pizza party at Community Church and at the Ocean Pines tree lighting and Breakfast with Santa. We hope you enjoyed meeting us as much as we enjoyed meeting you.
We also wish to thank Bob and Kellie Beck of DeNovo’s Trattoria, Bill and Mary Jaeger of A Bagel and…, Phyllis Mitchell and Andrea Hastings of Mitchell and Hastings Financial Planners, and Roy and Candy Foreman of our local Kiwanis club for providing us with the candy canes we distribute when we visit the elementary schools.
We thank the principals and staff of Buckingham, Ocean City and Showell elementary schools for allowing us to visit with the students before the “big day.” These visits are the highlight of our season.
Thanks also to the Ocean Pines and Showell fire companies for delivering us safely to Community Church, Whitehorse Park, and the Recreation Center. Their engines are much warmer and more comfortable than the sleigh.
Kudos to Carol Ludwig and the Delmarva Chorus of Sweet Adelines for allowing us to join them in their performance for the Red Hat ladies of the Parke. We thoroughly enjoyed performing with them.
Our thanks also to Brandywine Assisted Living at Fenwick Island for featuring us as part of their 2016 calendar. We’re part of the December page, obviously. Thanks to them also for their donation to the Scholarship Fund of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City.
Further, we thank Venable’s Cleaners for taking such good care of Mrs. Claus’ gown and Santa’s suit, free of charge, for so many years.
A quick thank you to Kiwanis for the lovely gift we received from them at their Christmas party; it was greatly appreciated.
Lastly, we thank Michael and Marilyn James of the Carousel Group for inviting us to distribute gifts at their employees’ Christmas party. Thanks also to our elves Mary and Maddie James, Terry Frey, and Pat Schrawder for helping us to distribute those gifts. We also, on behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City, thank the Carousel group for their generous donation to their Scholarship Fund.
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a happy and healthful 2016.
Santa and Mrs. Claus
(This letter was received by Carol and Al Kastner of Ocean Pines with a request for publication.)
Replenishing Harmful
Editor:
The recent Nor’easter has leveled out the beach and seems to be forming sandbars as the waves are breaking offshore. The beach is still wide enough.
I hope the city does not push the sand back to the edge of the water and create the large drop-offs we have seen in recent years. We have seen too many injuries where waves are crashing right on the shore. Let nature takes its course.
Frank Bossle
Ocean City