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JUNE 16, 2023
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Volume 20, Issue 24
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Challengers rule the day in Millsboro elections By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Newly elected Millsboro Town Council members Matthew Davis and Marty Presley will be sworn in on Monday, July 3, replacing current Mayor Faye Lingo and longtime Councilman Larry Gum, respectively, in what will be a peaceful transfer, Lingo said this week.
POWER talks wind energy
“I wish them well. It’s good to have new people interested, although sometimes there hasn’t been anyone interested in running,” Lingo told the Coastal Point following the Saturday, June 10, election. “That’s all right that I didn’t win. I’ve been there long enough,” said Gum, who had previously told the Coastal Point he couldn’t remember the year he was first elected because it
was so long ago. Davis, who will be representing District 3, won victory over Lingo by a 375 to 147 vote, and in the at-large district, Presley received 380 votes to Gum’s 135. For the first time, the Town offered the option of absentee voting, which proved popular. O’Neal received 44 votes by absentee ballot, while Davis received 67, Lingo and Gum both got 16, and Presley had 69.
Councilman Ron O’Neal, who ran unopposed, received 348 votes, with 304 by machine and 44 by absentee ballot, and will continue representing District 2 for another three-year term. Gum said he couldn’t pinpoint one particular accomplishment that made him most proud during his years as a councilman. See MILLSBORO page 4
’Tis the season
By Mike Smith Staff Reporter People for Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER), a grassroots coalition of community groups, hosted an educational event called “Offshore Wind and the Viewshed: Discussing Offshore Wind’s Visual Impacts” on May 30 at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church social hall in Bethany Beach, with about 42 people attending. The local residents in attendance were most concerned about how 600- to 800-foot-tall wind turbines might impact tourism (including rental revenues) and local property values. The key takeaway from experts at the event was that people do not decrease their tourism visits over time to a beach town because of the presence of offshore wind towers. In fact, since offshore wind is still relatively new technology, some tourists will pay to see See WIND page 3
Special to the Coastal Point • Butch Comegys
No, it’s not an invasion by sea — just a few surfers maneuvering for position as they began a ride at Delaware Seashore State Park last week.
Mariners receives approval to dissasociate from UMC By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter A request made by Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church in March, to disassociate from the main United Methodist Church, was approved during the annual UMC conference in Princess Anne, Md., last week. Mariner’s is one of about 100
churches in Delaware and Maryland that sought, and received, permission to break away from the mother church, with one reason behind the schism being that bishops in same-sex relationships have been permitted to marry, which goes against the church’s Book of Discipline. But the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Collison, pastor of Mariners, this week told the
Coastal Point that, while that is widely believed to be the main reason for the break, there are others, including church officials seeking to change language in traditional prayers, such as “The Lord’s Prayer,” so that the emphasis isn’t on a father figure and pronouns are not all masculine. “They were trying to take the word ‘temptation’ out, and they took out
some words to make it gender-neutral, as in ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ It might seem subtle, but I struggle with those changes,” Collison said. Although, as a United Methodist Church pastor, she said she cannot marry same-sex couples, Collison said See MARINERS page 5