During last Friday’s Komen Maryland Ocean City Race for the Cure Supporter Soiree held at Seacrets, Suzy and Steven Taylor, center, of Ayers Creek Adventures presented the group with $1,500 raised during their Pink Paddle event held on Sept. 27. Pictured, from left, are Komen Maryland Development Director Vanessa Bell, Eastern Shore Race and Development… Read more »
NARFE Chapter 2274 had as its September meeting guest speaker Michael Franklin, President/CEO of Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) since 2005. Pictured, from left. are NARFE Chapter 2274 President Arlene Page, Franklin and Programs Chairperson Anna Foultz.
Ocean City Lions Car Raffle Chairman Steve McMillan and Lions Vice President Tom Elliott presented a check to Plum Crazy Car Raffle Winner John Gingrich from Harleysville, Pa, who decided to take the $25,000 cash pay-out instead of driving back home in a brand new 2014 Dodge Challenger RT/Classic. The Lions sold 125,000 tickets this… Read more »
A trip hosted by the local boutique CraZy LadyZ and Travel by Design was also a fundraiser for Worcester County G.O.L.D. A total of $4,342 was donated to G.O.L.D. Pictured, from left, are G.O.L.D. Board Member and former President Margaret Yates, Board Member Nancy Howard, Board President Carol Jacobs and CraZy LadyZ owner Jan Patterson-Hohman…. Read more »
Members of the Quillin Foundation recently presented a check for $20,000 to the Diakonia Expansion Program. Since 1986, the Quillin Foundation has made annual contributions to charitable non-profit organizations and groups in Worcester County. Pictured, from left, are Foundation members Jeff Quillin, Mike Quillin and JD Quillin, Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagle, Diakonia Board of… Read more »
Grand Knight of Ocean City Council #9053 of the Knights of Columbus Bruce Coons is pictured with the 2014 Harley Davidson that was raffled off last month after a summer of selling raffle tickets. The winning ticket belonged to Christine Zieminski of West Chester, N.Y.
Les Munro of Ocean Pines celebrated his 102nd birthday at Seacrets recently with owner Leighton Moore and friend Jeff McArthur. Munro still drives, sings in the Atlantic United Methodist choir and cleaned the Washington Monument the first time it was cleaned in 1932.
Ruth Farlow McLaurinSALISBURY — Ruth Farlow McLaurin, “Ruthie,” 77, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 at the Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the late Norman Edward Whitman and Evelyn Hope Phipps Whitman. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Elmer Thorne Farlow in 1979, and Shep McLaurin in… Read more »
The Republican Women of Worcester County (RWWC) presented a check for $300 to Showell Elementary School for the “Paper Back Book Library Project” established by the club. Pictured, from left, are Sandy West, Principal Diane Shorts and RWWC Literacy Chair Sharon Byerly.
The Art League of Ocean City (ALOC) contributed $10,000 to the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) to establish the Art League of Ocean City Endowment Fund. This permanent endowment will provide income to support the operations, staffing and maintenance of the new art center that features a large exhibit gallery, artist studio space… Read more »