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FEBRUARY 10, 2023
THE LOCAL VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
Volume 20, Issue 6
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Local promgoers to get their magical Night to Shine By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter The public is being invited to act as paparazzi, and cheer and applaud for guests attending Night to Shine, a prom for the developmentally disabled ages 14 and older, on Friday, Feb. 10, at the Ocean View Church of Christ.
Free and alive Schatz grateful to be rescued, recovering
“We want this to be a community event. Anybody in the community who would like to be part of it, the simple thing we need is paparazzi, people to get there at 5:30 that evening and welcome them when they arrive. We want a big old crowd welcoming them as they are walking in, cheering them on, taking pictures. From the moment they walk
up, we want them to feel this is their special night. That’s the idea of the whole evening, to make them feel as special as they are, and make sure each and every one of them enjoys the evening,” the Rev. Ethan Magee, church pastor, said. Ocean View Police Chief Kenneth McLaughlin said he has been looking
forward to Night to Shine — especially since it has been virtual for the past couple of years, due to COVID-related restrictions, but will return as a live prom this year. “It’s just heartwarming, very cool,” McLaughlin said about the event that See SHINE page 4
Hard-earned break
By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Carter Schatz is home from the hospital, upbeat and grateful to be alive after being trapped in 8 feet of wet, heavy sand that filled a hopper at Atlantic Concrete in Dagsboro last week while he was inside, welding to make a repair. Another employee, Frank Passwaters, was with him on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 1, and dug with his bare hands, breaking fingers in the process, until Schatz’s head was uncovered and he was able to breathe as emergency personnel from throughout Delaware and into Maryland rushed to the scene, organizing, planning, strategizing and — about seven hours after the 10 a.m. entrapment — finally freeing Schatz, who was then airlifted to Christiana Hospital. “I am feeling much better than you would think,” Schatz told the Coastal Point during a telephone interview mid-week. He was discharged from See SCHATZ page 2
Special to the Coastal Point • Butch Comegys
Indian River High School’s Angel Mora-Salas catches his breath after winning his 150-pound match over Red Lion’s Johnathan Suh by a pin on Thursday, Feb. 2. For more, turn to page 48.
Frankford approves annexation of 263 acres into town By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter Following two brief public hearings, the Frankford Town Council voted on Monday, Feb. 6, to approve two annexation requests that will substantially
increase both the physical size and the population of the town. The council’s unanimous approval of the annexation of the parcels known as the Cress-Parsons farm and the Bernard Lynch property will add 263 acres to the town. There are currently
430 acres within the boundaries of the town of Frankford, according to its 2020 Comprehensive Plan. Development plans for the CressParsons tracts, which comprise about 150 acres, are “in the very early stages,” according to Zachary Crouch of Davis,
Bowen & Friedel, engineering firm for Robert E. Horsey, who is poised to purchase the land, which is currently under contract pending results from a See FRANKFORD page 4