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Vol. 15 No. 11 Dedicated to the Principles of Free Enterprise June 2012

Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce

Mark your calendars for the 63rd Annual Delmarva Chicken Festival on June 15 and 16 at The Centre at Salis-bury. Sponsored by Toyota, this year’s festival is guaranteed to have plenty of attractions for the whole family to enjoy.

A Carnival Preview Night will be held on Thursday, June 14, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. and will include special prices on wristbands. Bring your family and friends and enjoy discounted prices on carnival rides.

On Friday, June 15, the festival will open at 10 a.m., and the Opening Cer-emony and Ribbon Cutting will take place at 11 a.m.

Daily attractions include the Giant Fry Pan, Home & Trade Show (spon-sored by PNC Bank), Arts & Crafts Show, Community Resources Show, Educational Exhibits, Carnival Rides, and much more.

There will be a variety of activities for children to enjoy throughout the two-day festival, including the Baby Chick Display, face painting, Chicken Capers (fun competitions for kids of all ages), as well as the Children’s Corner from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (comprised of various activities, games, and crafts), hosted by Lower Shore YMCA and Camp Odyssey, and sponsored by Pen-insula Regional Medical Center.

From 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Univer-sity of Maryland Extension, the Mary-land and Delaware Soybean Boards, and Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. will be hosting a “Chicken Hunt,” our version of a scavenger hunt. Participants will receive a prize and will be eligible for a drawing that will take place every hour during the game times.

Live entertainment on Saturday will include community performances dur-ing the day, Cascading Carlos at 3 p.m.,

Alex&Shiloh from 4 to 7 p.m., and Tom Larsen from 7 to 10 p.m.

New this year, Saturday’s activities will begin with the first ever Delmarva Chicken Run. This 5K Walk/Run will begin at 8 a.m. with registration at 7 a.m. The course will start and end at Vernon Powell Shoes. To register, visit www.active.com/running/salisbury-md/delmarva-chicken-run-2012.

The always popular Wheels That Heal Classic Car Show, sponsored by Courtesy Chevrolet of Salisbury, will

take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mountaire will present their Chickin’ Pickin’ National Championship on Sat-urday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This is a contest of speed, skill and strategy de-signed to determine the fastest chicken picker on the Peninsula. Competitors have 5 minutes to pick and shred as much cooked meat from our oven roasted chickens as possible. The 2 hour event features 20 contestants who square off five at a time through four preliminary heats, with the winner of each heat moving onto the champion-ship round. Winners will claim $500 in prize money and earn the title of Moun-taire Chickin’ Pickin’ Champion.

New to this year’s festival is “Rule the Roost,” the Chicken Festival’s ver-sion of American Idol. Sponsored by

INSIDEAd Directory ..................................6Barometer .....................................9Bus After Hours ..............14, 15, 18Bus Before Hours .......................19Business Directory ................28-29Calendar .......................................4Director’s Journal .........................3Financial column ........................31Health ....................................23-25Insights .......................................22Member Spotlight .......................20New Members ............................10Personnel File ............................30Salisbury University ....................27Technology column ....................21

High honorsSalisbury University recognizes

those providing outstanding contri-butions to the community. Page 5

Member SpotlightYour life could be saved by a

small technology company located in Fruitland. Page 20

Salisbury FestivalThe Salisbury Chamber and sur-

rounding community celebrated the 30th Annual Salisbury Festival. See scenes and a thank you on pages 16 and 17.

The baby chick display is a favorite among children at the Delmarva Chicken Festival each year. The festival will be held on June 15-16, 2012 behind the Centre at Salis-bury. Above is a scene from a previous festival.

Delmarva Chicken FestivalSalisbury host of 63rd festival June 15,16 at The Centre

Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Patrons

See 4 to Meet the Patrons Continued to page four

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The concept of giving and taking are central to human civilization.

Some people give more than they take from society. Others are takers and always will be.

Some move from giver to taker depending on their con-dition in life, such as falling ill and needing physical and possibly monetary aid to recover your previous health and community involvement. We are blessed that on the whole there are more people giving than taking.

Governments are basically takers who use the resources they gather to support the common good and those less fortunate. But in these hard times, the governments are seen more for tak-ing than the good they do.

We all start as takers, babies unable

to do for ourselves. Part of maturing is learning to give back to your family and society.

Some professions are perceived to be givers, like the clergy or police and firefighters. Their mission is to serve. But it might just be that givers gravitate to these jobs because the nature of the job is better for their personality.

I was honored to attend this year’s Salisbury University afternoon gradu-ation of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts and the Henson School of Science

and Technology to accept the Salisbury University President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award for our chamber.

It is inspiring to see 1,605 bright young people being recognized for completing a major step in their educa-tion and maturing process. The Uni-versity of Maryland Eastern Shore graduated 548 students on May 18. On May 8, Wor-Wic Community College presented degrees to over 550 newly skilled local people.

Literally thousands of people are en-tering our workforce ready to give their talents in exchange for pay, benefits and the self-esteem boost of a job well-done. Many of the people make the step from takers of support from family or scholarship to becoming self-sufficient. Part of the college experience includes learning to give.

The “Big Event” and other service projects benefit the schools neighbors while teaching the students the value and rewards of contributing to the com-munity. Our region is better for the presence of Wor-Wic, UMES and SU.

Graduation is exciting as you see these young people walk across the

stage on the way to careers, advanced education, grand accomplishments, and lives of service.

Congratulations to our college grad-uates and welcome to life as a giver. Hurry up and get a job, your parents want to stop giving and your govern-ment wants you to start giving more.

Graduates enter period in lives to begin giving

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• Phone: 410-749-0144 • Fax: 410-860-9925email: [email protected] • Website: www.Salisburyarea.com

The 2012-2013 officers are (seated) Asst. Sec/Treasurer Jaime Toner, President Sandy Fitzgerald-Angello and Legal Counsel D. Nicole Green (standing) Immediate Past Presi-dent Ernie Colburn, Vice President Tony Nichols, Secretary/Treasurer Stephen Franklin, President Elect Bradley Gillis, and Vice President John Cannon. Not pictured is Vice President Dr. Memo Diriker. 2012-2013 Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce OfficersPresident Sandy Fitzgerald-Angello Pohanka Automotive GroupPresident Elect Bradley Gillis Sperry Van Ness - Miller CommercialVice President Dr. Memo Diriker Salisbury University’s BEACONVice President Tony Nichols BBSIVice President John Cannon Cannon Management & Rentals LLCSecretary/Treasurer Stephen Franklin Accurate Optical Co.Asst. Sec/Treasurer Jaime Toner Pool TechLegal Counsel D. Nicole Green D. Nicole Green, P.A.Past President Ernie Colburn Retired

Strike Out Hunger challengeThe Community Foundation

of the Eastern Shore announces that they are matching Arthur W. Perdue Foundation’s $10 donation for every time a Shorebirds pitcher strikes out an opposing batter dur-ing Sunday home games this season making each strikeout worth $20.

All of the money raised will be distributed to the three local Del-marva food banks.

Food donations will be accepted during all Shorebirds’ Sunday home games this season.

Visit the Maryland Food Bank’s website at www.mdfoodbank.org for more information.

Business Journal • June 2012PAGE 4

Chicken FestivalContinued from page one

Mid-Shore’s Top Stations (MTS) and 100.9 Pure Country, WAAI, radio lis-teners are encouraged to submit their music to the Chicken Festival Entertain-ment Committee. Five finalists will be chosen and then the public will be able to vote on their favorite performance through Facebook. The winner will receive the red carpet treatment, with a limo ride to the Chicken Festival. The winner will open the show on June 16 at 6 p.m. and will also be the opening act at the Texaco Country Showdown held at the Avalon Theater in Easton. For more information, check out mt-slive.com.

Admission is free, making the Del-marva Chicken Festival an affordable outing for the whole family. Special thanks to our sponsors and major fes-tival contributors: Toyota, Mountaire Farms, Inc., Great Scott Broadcasting, Courtesy Chevrolet of Salisbury, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, PNC Bank, Peninsu-la Regional Medical Center , Choptank Electric Cooperative, a.s.a.p.r Integrated Marketing, AHPharma, Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, MARBIDCO, Perdue Farms Incorporated, Delmarva Power and Bank of Delmarva.

The Delmarva Chicken Festival is sponsored annually by Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI). Host or-ganization for 2012 is the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit www.dpichicken.org or www.salisburyarea.com.

Car show plannedThe Wheels That Heal Car Club will

host a major car show during the 63rd Delmarva Chicken Festival in Salisbury. Nearly 200 vehicles are expected to ar-rive on Saturday, June 16, for the show that is scheduled to run between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The show will be held at the Cen-tre at Salisbury, site of the 2012 festival.

According to event coordinators, the show will include antique, classics, customs, street rods, trucks and special interest vehicles. A $12 registration fee will be payable the day of the show. Commemorative dash plaques will be presented to the first 100 registered ve-

hicles. Show participants will select 50 award recipients. An awards ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.

Wheels That Heal Car Club is a tax exempt, non-profit organization. It was founded in 2003 with the purpose of conducting car shows and car events for the benefit of local charities and families in need. In the past nine years, Wheels That Heal, along with its mem-bers, sponsors and fellow hobbyists, have donated over $100,000 to assist local causes.

The Delmarva Chicken Festival Car Show is one of many activities sched-uled for the two-day Delmarva Chicken Festival, June 15 and 16, in Salisbury. The festival which is open to the public with free admission is sponsored annu-ally by Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. and hosted in 2012 by the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce.

For additional festival information, visit www.dpichicken.org and click on 2012 Delmarva Chicken Festival or www.salisburyarea.com.

EntertainmentFrom young entertainers like Dakota

Messick and alexandshiloh, to more seasoned groups such as King’s Ransom and On the Edge, the stage is set for great entertainment at the 2012 Delmar-va Chicken Festival, June 15-16, at the Centre at Salisbury in Salisbury.

The Delmarva Chicken Festival, held annually in a community on the Del-marva Peninsula, is sponsored by Del-marva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI).

The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting this year’s festi-val.

“Throughout the two-day event, the schedule is filled with great stage acts and performance artists with wide ap-peal,” said Robbie Tarpley Raffish and James McNaughton, 2012 festival co-chairs.

Performing headliners on the festi-val’s Great Scott Broadcasting stage on Friday, June 15 will be Dakota Messick, (noon) Cascading Carlos, (3 p.m.) alex-

andshiloh (4 p.m.), and the Tom Larsen Band (7 p.m.) In between, there will be appearances by a variety of community performers.

Local entertainers ARA Barrett, will kick off the entertainment schedule on Saturday. Regional favorite, King’s Ransom, will take the stage at 11:30 a.m. for two and a half hours of their special brand of music. Evening at-tractions will begin at 4 p.m. with a two-hour concert by Second Wind. At 6 p.m., the winner of the Rule the Roost talent competition sponsored by MTS Broadcasting will appear, and the fes-tival will conclude with a rousing per-formance by On the Edge from 7 until 10 p.m.

Along with on-stage performances, the festival program will include a 5K walk/run, a car show, a home and trade show, an arts and crafts show, and a children’s activity area sponsored by Peninsula Regional Medical Center and hosted by the Lower Shore YMCA and Camp Odyssey.

Traditional festival attractions like Delmarva’s famous giant fry pan, an abundance of delicious food, a carnival, a Chickin’ Pickin’ competiton, the al-ways popular baby chicks, and Chicken Capers featuring Sherman the Shorebird will round out the schedule.

The event is open to the public and admission is free.

To see the full schedule of events, visit www.dpichicken.com or www.salisburyarea.com or call 800-878-2449.

Lower Shore Chambers of CommerceChamber Contact info Key contact Dues* Members Fax Berlin 410-641-4775 Olive Mawyer $125 200 410-641-3118Crisfield 410-968-2500 Valerie Howard $100 120 410-968-0524Delmar 302-846-3336 Diane Johnson $75 71Fruitland [email protected] Tina Banks $75 65 Ocean City 410-213-0144 Melanie Pursel $175 850 410-213-7521 Ocean Pines 410-641-5306 Elizabeth Kain-Bolen $145 300 410-641-6176 Pocomoke City 410-957-1919 Denis Wagner $150 150 410-957-4784Princess Anne 410-651-2961 $50 105 410-651-5881Salisbury 410-749-0144 Brad Bellacicco $245 800 410-860-9925Snow Hill 410-632-2722 Dwayne Mease $75 70 410-632-0200

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Calendar of Events

Salisbury ChamberTuesday, June 5 - Ambassadors

Committee, Denny’s Restaurant, 8 a.m.

Wednesday, June 6 - Delmarva Chicken Festival Meeting, Chamber Business Center, 9 a.m.

Thursday, June 7 - Beautification Committee, Chamber Business Center, noon.

Thursday, June 7 - Business After Hours, Courtyard by Marriott, Salis-bury, 5 p.m.

Friday, June 8 - Executive Commit-tee, Bob Evan’s Restaurant, 8 a.m.

Monday, June 11 - Workforce De-velopment Committee, Chamber Busi-ness Center, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, June 12 - Membership Committee, Bob Evan’s Restaurant, 8 a.m.

Thursday, June 14 - Technology Committee, Common Grounds Coffee Shop, 9 a.m.

Thursday, June 14 - Chamber Fam-ily Night, Delmarva Chicken Festival, (hosted by A.S.A.P.R. Creative Suite), 5 p.m.

Friday, June 15 - Delmarva Chicken Festival, Salisbury, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, June 19 - Budget & Fi-nance Committee, Chamber Business Center, noon.

Tuesday, June 19 - Business After Hours, Delaware Elevator & Associated Builders & Contractors, 5 p.m.

Thursday, June 21 - General Mem-bership Luncheon, Holiday Inn, noon.

Monday, June 25 - Executive Com-mittee, Chamber Business Center, noon.

Wednesday, June 27 - Board of Directors, Chamber Business Center, noon.

Wednesday, June 27 - Business After Hours, Wilgus Insurance, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 28 - PR & Market-ing, Chamber Business Center, noon.

After Hours atThe Centre

Join The Centre at Salisbury for their After Hours Business Event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, in the JCPenney Court as they unveil “Featherfest!” and “The Art-ful Chickens!” Rsvp to Dannette at 410-548-1694 or [email protected] by June 8.


Salisbury University President Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach (left) present the Presi-dent’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award to Brad Bellacicco for the outstanding efforts of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce in supporting the community for 92 years. Photo by Kathy Pusey

SU honors community members including the Salisbury Chamber

At Salisbury University’s 2012 com-mencement on May 19, 1,605 students graduated, the largest class in SU his-tory. The occasion at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury also saluted four local residents or organiza-tions for outstanding contributions to the community.

Salisbury University awarded the President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award to two local residents and organizations each for what Salis-bury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach called their “extraordinary con-tributions to the community and people of the Lower Eastern Shore.”

SU alumna Deborah Abbott, senior vice president and business develop-ment manager at the Bank of Delmarva, was honored for her service to a myriad of philanthropic causes, including Coastal Hospice, Peninsula Regional Medical Center and the PRMC Foun-dation, and membership on the board of directors for the Girl Scouts Lower Shore advisory council and the Blood Bank of Delmarva’s regional advisory board, which she chaired.

George Whitehead, a longtime member and president of the Wicomico County Board of Education, received his recognition for his youth advocacy across several fronts. He initiated the AmeriCorps/ShoreCorps PALS program that assists area youth programs, found-ed the Institute of Service Learning at

SU to engage students in efforts that ad-dress community needs and, as a mem-ber of the Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism, received the Governor’s Trailblazer Award for his approach to facilitate job placement for welfare-to-work recipients. Whitehead received the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Award in 2006.

Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County has built almost 60 homes for low-income families during its 25 years in the community. Dudley-Eshbach also cited Habitat’s $6 million or more investment in Salisbury and its partner-ship with Habitat International to build 53 homes in Ghana.

The efforts of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce “have enhanced the community through promoting economic prosperity, beautifying the area, supporting cooperation among businesses, residents and institutions and generally improving the quality of life,” President Dudley-Eshbach told Brad Bellacicco, the organization’s ex-ecutive director whose son, Matthew, received a bachelor of science degree in biology during the Saturday ceremony. Contributions of the chamber include an extension of internships to students and the launching of an annual Welcome Back College Students campaign. The organization also has partnered in the sponsorship of an annual Regional Eco-nomic Forecast and Poultry Summit.


Business Journal Advertising IndexThe following Directory of Business Journal

advertisers provides quick reference for your convenience. The number appearing before the name of the business refers to the page num-ber where the ad appears in this edition of the Journal.

Architecture & Engineers 10 AWB Engineers . . . . . . . . . .742-7299

Advertising 5 Comcast Spotlight . . . . . . . .546-6610

Copiers 13 Affordable Business Systems 742-2234

Employment 26 Manpower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .742-8861

Energy

21 Shore Energy Systems. . . . .896-4749

Entertainment13 Shorebirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219-3112

Farm Supplies14 The Farmers & Planters Co. 749-7151

Financial19 Bay Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334-363612 Eric Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . .677-4848 8 Farm Credit. . . . . . . . . . 888-339-3334 7 PNC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Shore Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fuel Service 9 Tilghman Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . .742-7232

Health 25 Accurate Optical . . . . . . . . . .749-154523 Apple Discount Drugs . . . . . 543-840125 Eastern Shore Pharmacy . . .749-5253

Heating and Air 15 Am Vet Heating and Cooling . . . . . . .943-4049

Heating and Air12 Mid-Atlantic Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. . . . . . . .546-5404

I nsurance 3 Avery Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742-5111 7 ISG International. . . . . . 800-336-5659

Mailing18 Mail Movers . . . . . . . . . . . . .749-1885

Marketing11 Matice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .858-4775

Paving31 Terra Firma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .846-3350

Real Estate31 Remax Crossroads. . . . 443-736-3373 2 Sperry Van Ness. . . . . . . . . .543-2440

Storage8 Cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .742-2100

Utilities22 Choptank Electric. . . . . . 877-892-0001

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Booster Banquet recognizes outstanding growersDelmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.

(DPI), the trade association for the Delmarva Peninsula’s meat chicken industry, held its 56th annual Booster Banquet recently in Salisbury, and rec-ognized 13 outstanding poultry growers and three individuals for their work on behalf of the chicken industry.

The J. Frank Gordy, Sr. Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award, DPI’s highest honor, was presented to chicken grower, farmer, businessman, and DPI leader Douglas W. Green of near Prin-cess Anne. Green has served as chair-man of the DPI Grower Committee and was 2003 DPI President. He remains on the board of directors.

A graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a major in general agriculture, Green started rais-ing chickens on his own farm in 1977 and he continues to grow chickens at his Sandy Ridge Farm, along with corn, soybeans, and small grains. He is also manager of the Atlantic Tractor store near Pocomoke City.

During his year as president, DPI hosted the National Chicken Cooking Contest in Baltimore. Green served as a member of the Maryland Agricul-tural Commission and was chairman in parts of 2005-2007. He has served on the board of directors of the Somerset

County Farm Bureau, including a stint as vice president; as a Maryland Farm Bureau member; a member of the Mid Atlantic Farm Credit Nominating Com-mittee; and a Somerset Conservation District Cooperator.

DPI’s Medal of Achievement award for an elected person was presented to Maryland Delegate Addie Eckardt who represents Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico counties. Eckardt has been a strong supporter of the chicken industry.

She was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994. Though not a member of the environmental commit-tee that deals with most of the chicken industry issues, she worked for the chicken industry in the House Economic Matters Committee and Appropriations Committee.

As a fiscal conservative, Eckhardt believes in the Jeffersonian principles of limited government and attempts to apply those beliefs to the state of Mary-land. As chairman of the Eastern Shore delegation, she has been a champion for the chicken industry and was in-strumental in helping Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. offer its hugely successful Chicken Day in Annapolis lunch and reception in January.

Dr. Nathanial Tablante with the

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Maryland College Park was pre-sented with the Edward H. Ralph DPI Medal of Achievement for a non-elected person. With three dozen years of expe-rience in the animal and poultry indus-tries, including 15 here on Delmarva, he

has made a positive difference for the chicken industry.

Dr. Tablante has served on several DPI committees. He has helped with the planning and execution of the Delmarva Chicken Festival educational component and the DPI-sponsored National Meet-ing on Poultry Health and Processing.

Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. President Andrew McLean, right, presented the DPI J. Frank Gordy, Sr. Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award to Douglas W. Green of Somerset County at the DPI Booster Banquet.


As a university employee, Dr. Tablante has responsibilities in exten-sion, teaching, and research and is the author of hundreds of papers, reports, and presentations. As a veterinarian, he has been active in the American As-sociation of Avian Pathologists and the American Veterinary Medical Associa-tion.

He is president of the national Coun-cil on Agricultural Science and Tech-nology.

Since assuming a faculty position at the University of Maryland Department of Veterinary Medicine in 1997, he has instituted an Extension and applied research program that focuses on im-proving poultry health and production through biosecurity and disease preven-tion.

Additionally, DPI recognized 13 out-standing poultry producers. Selected by their companies from Delmarva’s nearly 1,600 poultry growers, this year’s re-cipients are:

Earl and Karla Beardsley, Nanticoke – Tyson Foods, Inc.

Chad and Joanna Carpenter, Mills-boro, Del. - Mountaire Farms, Inc.

Min Do, Pocomoke City - Tyson Food, Inc.

Bill and Hiroko Goehner, Laurel, Del. - Perdue Farms Inc.

Ali Razwan, Mears, Va. - Perdue Farms Inc.

Deerfielde Farm, Centreville - Allen

Harim Farms, LLCDean Ricks, Seaford, Del. - Amick

Farms, LLCBill and Connie Robinson, Church

Hill - Mountaire Farms, Inc.Dead Broke Farm, Harrington, Del. -

Perdue Farms Inc.Peter Tran, Princess Anne, Md. -

Mountaire Farms, Inc.

Ronald and Audrey Tyndall, Seaford – Tyson Foods, Inc.

Abdul Wahid, Princess Anne - Mountaire Farms, Inc.

The Warrington Farm, Bridgeville, Del. - Perdue Farms Inc.

Close to 700 people attended the DPI banquet, an annual celebration of the Delmarva Peninsula’s chicken industry.

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Maryland State Delegate Addie Eckardt, left, was presented the DPI Medal of Achievement for an Elected Person while Dr. Nat Tablante with the University of Maryland Department of Veterinary Medicine was awarded the Edward H. Ralph DPI Medal of Achievement for a non-elected person at the DPI Booster Banquet.

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Bowden is honored by MRPATommy Bowden of Sharptown, was

recently honored by the Maryland Rec-reation & Parks Association (MRPA) during its recent annual conference brunch in Ocean City.

Bowden, nominated by Wicomico Recreation, Parks, Tourism and Civic Center was presented with the MRPA Community Volunteer Award for his work with the Department as a youth soccer coach and volunteer.

Bowden’s relationship with the de-partment began over 13 years ago as a coach for the county’s youth soccer league.

In addition to soccer, Bowden also coached Sharptown t-ball and Youth Softball.

In addition to his years of coaching, Bowden also served as a member of the Wicomico County Soccer Federation, Co-Coordinator of the Sharptown Youth Softball League, Sharptown Recreation Commission and Wicomico County Recreation Commission.

Earlier this year, Bowden was rec-ognized by the department at its Annual Volunteer Banquet with an Outstanding Sports Coach Award. He also was the inaugural winner of Wicomico County’s Lorne C. Rickert Lifetime Volunteer Award.

Bowden is just one of over 400 volunteers that dedicate their time to Wicomico County’s Recreation, Parks, Tourism and Civic Center.

Department Director Gary Mackes comments, “Volunteers dedicate over four times the amount of man hours in when compared to full-time staff, so it is only through the work of volunteers like Tommy that our department is able to offer all that it does.”

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Smith inducted into Hall of FameJunior Achievement of the Eastern

Shore recently announced the selection of Ralph H. Smith to their prestigious Hall of Fame. Previous recipients are Richard A. Henson and Frank P. Per-due.

Smith, now retired, is a former CFO, vice president/treasurer of Delmarva Power. He led a small group of local business leaders to bring the Junior Achievement program to the Eastern Shore. In 1980, the local JA program began as a night class at James M. Ben-nett Sr. High School.

The students formed the American Lighting Company and produced meter-lamps using actual electric meters. The students served as the directors, officers, staff and employees of the cor-porations and distributed all profits as dividends to the shareholders.

The American Lighting Company made and sold meter lamps for 4 years with a new student staff each year. The program then began expanding to include more daytime class instruction for several grade levels with volunteer instructors from local business men and women.

Today, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore has taught more than 54,000 students to date. The program has expanded to 5 counties on the Shore including Talbot, Dorchester, Wic-omico, Somerset and Worcester County. Each year more than 200 local volun-teers visit classrooms across the Shore and spread the mission of JA.

The Junior Achievement mission is to ensure every child has an understand-ing of the Free Enterprise System. A non-profit organization dedicated to ed-ucating youth, grades K-12 both public and private, on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.

For more information on how you can become a part of the solution or to tell your JA story, visit www.east-ernshoreja.org, or email [email protected].

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LANDSCAPING PROJECT - Ground has been broken on the landscaping project at the Wicomico Nursing Home. Chamber past president, John Broyhill, has been working with the Chamber’s Beautification Committee and the Chamber Foundation to update and improve the landscaping at the Wicomico Nursing Home which will include a new patio and walkways in the front of the building along with other en-hancements. To make a donation to help finance this project, mail checks to SACC Foundation, 144 E. Main St., Salisbury, MD 21801.


Information courtesy of Comptroller of the Treasury, Retail Sales Tax Division.

Salisbury-Ocean City-Wicomico Airport

Wicomico County Sales Tax Collections by category

Airline Passengers Enplaned/Deplaned

National, State, County Unemployment Rates Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

National 8.2 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.4 7.7Maryland 6.3 6.3 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.5Wicomico 8.3 8.6 9.7 9.6 8.9 8.4Salisbury NA NA NA 10.2 9.5 9.4 Worcester 13.8 15.6 16.9 16.8 14.7 12.0

Somerset 8.2 8.6 11.3 11.9 10.8 10.6

Information courtesy of the Maryland Job Service at the One Stop Job Market. (Not seasonally adjusted.)

Food & Beverage

Apparel

General Merch.

Automotive & Oil

Furniture & Appl.

Building Supplies

Utilities & Trans.

Hardware & Equip.

Miscellaneous

TOTAL

March ‘12

$1,298,262

$274,063

$1,542,867

$358,442

$173,444

$446,270

$362,329

$160,633

$547,923

$5,164,234

April ‘11

$1,228,614

$330,929

$1,667,123

$453,772

$206,226

$550,339

$340,263

$182,964

$579,221

$5,539,451

April ‘12

$1,449,751

$348,445

$1,732,353

$437,450

$156,099

$520,619

$392,306

$194,022

$599,588

$5,830,633

The number in the right column is the percent-age of change in passenger activity compared to the previous year.

Barometer May ‘11 . . . . . . . . . . .12,820 11.4

June ‘11. . . . . . . . . . .13,512 18.8

July ‘11 . . . . . . . . . . .15,291 25.0

September ‘11 . . . . . .13,017 14.9

October ‘11 . . . . . . . .12,386 6.5

November . . . . . . . . . 11,565 21.9

December ‘10 . . . . . . 11,473 11.1

2011 total . . . . . . .143,738 11 .1

January ‘12 . . . . . . . . 11489 19.6

February ‘12 . . . . . . . 11,158 26.9

March ‘12 . . . . . . . . .13,059 22.1

April ‘12 . . . . . . . . . . . 13,117 24.3

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The Large Business of the Year recognized the local restaurant chain Southern Boys Concepts for their effort to provide even more innovative food, drink and entertain-ment in our area. Tom Knorr and Todd Van Gelvwe received the award which was presented by Stephen Franklin of Accurate Optical Company.

The Agriculture Ambassador of the Year recognized Dr. James McNaughton of AH-Pharma for his superior service to Maryland’s top industry, agriculture. The award was sponsored and presented by Greg Olinde of Bay Bank, FSB who also sponsored the Chamber’s December Poultry Summit at SU.

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United Way celebrates area leaders and volunteersThe United Way of the Lower East-

ern Shore held its Annual Meeting on Friday, April 27, at The Carousel Oceanfront Resort in Ocean City, with over 140 community members repre-senting more than 55 local companies and organizations. For the third con-secutive year the event was sponsored by The Carousel Resort, and provided an opportunity for United Way to honor key supporters and celebrate 68 years of helping our neighbors throughout the Lower Shore.

In addition to announcing the 2011 United Way campaign has raised an incredible $1.4 million to date, Bruce Bright, board president, explained, “The success of making life better for those in need is, without question, 100% due to the caring power of our Lower Shore community. There were a record-break-ing 21 new employers who offered their employees the option to help those most in need through United Way, which is a remarkable increase.”

The United Way of the Lower East-ern Shore, established in 1944, is the largest non-government funder of 60 local non-profit programs in Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties, touching the lives of over 100,000 of our neighbors in need every year.

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2011 United Way Annual Awards2011 County Campaign Coordinators

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2011 County Volunteers of the Year - Wicomico - Jennifer Cannon, Perdue Farms; Worcester - Jan Perdue, Civic

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United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore presented awards during their 68th Annual Awards to community leaders as recognition for their leadership, service and support. From left, Dorchester County Volunteer of the Year Pete Bugas from Interstate Con-tainer, Spirit of the Shore award winner Greg Bassett with The Daily Times, Jim Bar-rett Community Leadership Award recipient Dr. Peggy Naleppa of PRMC, Heart of United Way recipient Ginny Reid-Matern, United Way board president Bruce Bright, and President’s Trophy winner Gus LeBois of Perdue Farms.

United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore presented County Coordinator of the Year awards to local employees who worked tirelessly to promote the United Way cam-paign in their workplace. From left, Wicomico Coordinators of the Year Matt Likovich and Jeri Shelton, Delmarva Power; United Way Board President Bruce Bright; Som-erset Coordinator of the Year Jennifer Fooks, Sherwin Williams; Worcester Coordina-tors of the Year Patrice Reese and Jake Stumpf (not pictured).


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Business After Hours Meet the PatronsThe Salisbury Area Chamber of

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The Patron program allows Chamber members interested in extra exposure and benefits to sign up for five dif-ferent levels of Patron support of the Chamber. A committee was formed to review what additional rewards a member might want from their member-ship in the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce. The group benchmarked ideas from the U.S. Chamber and orga-nizations of similar size and mission to develop the revised Patron program and its new levels. The goal was to include sponsorships and benefits to support any and all interested members.

The Diamond Patron is the Pohanka Automotive Group of Salisbury which has seven franchises; Toyota, Scion, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Mazda located on U.S. Highway 13 Business.

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ClearChannel Outdoor & Vinny’s LaRoma shared hosting duties for a Business After Hours on Thursday, May 10, at ClearChannel’s 808 N. Salisbury Blvd. facility.

Chamber members, customers, friends and family got to sample items off of the LaRoma menu while finding out what was new in the world of out-door advertising – including ClearCh-

annel’s new digital outdoor networks, bulletins, junior posters, premier panels, and posters - from Dennis Weller and his staff at ClearChannel Outdoor.

LaRoma owner, Vinny Belia, greeted guests and shared items from his menu.

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30th Annual Salisbury Festival

Chamber thanks sponsors, volunteersOn April 27-29, the Salisbury

Chamber and surrounding community celebrated the 30th Annual Salisbury Festival in Downtown Salisbury & Riv-erwalk Park. A wide variety of activities was available for every age group. The weekend’s festivities were full of talent-ed local artists and musicians, children’s activities, carnival rides and games, great food, classic cars, craft beer, and so much more.

Special thanks to Salisbury Festival Chair Stacey Weisner, Delmarva Zoo-

logical Society, for her commitment and enthusiasm to helping ensure that the festival was a success. The chamber is extremely grateful for the tremendous support from the City of Salisbury and all that they do to support the festival each year.

The support of our event sponsors is vital in making the Salisbury Festival possible. Thank you to Comcast, Toy-ota, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, Burnett-White Tire & Auto, Sherwood of Salis-bury, and MLJ Payment Processing.

Special thanks for the talented staff at Matice Interactive for designing the fes-tival’s website, logo, anniversary t-shirt design, and so much more.

There are also numerous local busi-nesses and organizations in the commu-nity that contribute to the festival each year. Thank you to the Art Institute & Gallery, Arts & Entertainment District, Cake Art, Clear Channel Outdoor, Daisy DeZigns Art Studio, Delmarva Broad-casting Company, DiCarlo Digital Copy Center, Duron Paints & Wallcoverings,

Gladden Construction, Nutters Crossing Golf Course, Remedy Church, Salisbury Jaycees, Salisbury Lions Club, Salis-bury University, Sharp Water, Southern Boys Concepts, Teltronic and Wicomico County.

Our gratitude also goes out to the numerous volunteers and festival com-mittee members that donate their time before and during the festival. The fes-tival volunteers are at the heart of the Salisbury Festival – a sincere thank you for all that you do.

Salisbury University students participating in The Big Event volunteered to help paint 20+ dogwood flowers along the sidewalks of Downtown Salisbury prior to this year’s festival. Formally known as the Dogwood Festival, the Salisbury Festival is held each April as a way to welcome the spring season to our community.

Artists prepared for Arts on the Plaza by drawing stunning sidewalk chalk images at the entrance of the Downtown Plaza.

Shore Fresh Growers held their season opener on Saturday of the Salisbury Festival. Numerous local growers and producers came out with fresh produce, plants, baked goods and much more.

Children enjoyed an afternoon Friendship Teddy Bear Tea Party at the Salisbury Chamber. Children brought their favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal to the party, participated in arts & crafts activities with a friendship theme, and had story book time presented by a local author.


30th Annual Salisbury Festival

Guests at the Salisbury Festival Craft Beer Tasting Event had the opportunity to sample from over 45 beers from around the world while enjoying sunny weather and great music provided by the Davis Holiday Band. Burley Oak Brewery of Berlin was on hand to talk about their brewery and pour samples of their beer.

Dozens of volunteers from Remedy Church came out Sunday morning to help pick up trash and spruce up downtown for Sun-day’s carnival. Special thanks to the church for their generous support of the Salisbury Festival and Downtown.

As part of the celebration for the 30th Annual Salisbury Festival, the chamber created a cookbook that is comprised of numerous recipes submitted by cham-ber members, past festival volunteers, community members and much more. The cookbooks are now for sale at the chamber for $12 and include more than 280 recipes.

Local dignitar-ies, past festi-val chairmen, chamber board members, and Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton cut the festival ribbon to kick off the weekend’s fes-tivities. Presenta-tion of colors was performed by Wicomico High School Army Junior ROTC Color Guard, fol-lowed by singing of the National Anthem by Salis-bury University’s Squawkappella.

Festival goers enjoy a funnel cake on Sunday at the carnival.

Numerous children’s activities were available for festival attendees, includ-ing face painting and sand art.


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Brian Spicer gets ready to cut the ribbon to help celebrate their 10th anniversary & grand opening of the new shop and showroom along with family, staff, customers, and chamber members.

Gary Hatfield and John Short of Towers Concrete, Michael Eline of Chelsea Builders and Stacie Desautels of the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center along with husband Terry.

The hosts from Spicer Brothers Construction: Office Manager Georgia Singleton-Major, President Brian Spicer and his wife Heather.

Spicer Brothers ConstructionOn Tuesday, May 1, Chamber mem-

bers, clients, and guests joined the staff and management of Spicer Brothers Construction to celebrate their 10th an-niversary and the grand opening of their new location at 32221 Beaver Run Rd., Salisbury.

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Our host, Hannah Miller of Barnes & Noble and Andrea Berstler, director of the Wic-omico Public Library

John Short of Towers Concrete and Gordon Johnston of the Olive Street Mall & Consignment Warehouse

Linda Prochaska of Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s Office, Barbara Howard & Sydney Rust of SummersGate, Donna Kopf of Royal Plus and Betsy Habich of AFLAC

Barnes & Noble BooksellersBarnes & Noble Booksellers hosted a Business Before Hours at their 2618 N.

Salisbury Boulevard store on Tuesday, May 8. Hannah Miller, Marketing & Education, shared that Barnes & Noble is not

only your local book store, but also a resource for business. B & N has an exten-sive selection of business publications, training materials, certification manuals, and continuing education materials. Chamber members were also shown the many uses that the Nook platform can be used for in the business arena.

For more information and to find out how your business can benefit, contact Hannah Miller at 410-548-9191 or visit www.barnesandnoble.com.

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Millenium Microwave has an amazing historyBy Al Higgins

Imagine this: You’re flying over hostile territory at 20,000 feet in a B-2 stealth bomber, when suddenly bells and whistles start going off in your cockpit, informing you that an enemy missile is headed your way. You immediately take evasive action, the missile flashes by, and you continue on with your mission without once realizing that your life had just been saved by a small technology company located in Fruitland, Mary-land.

Millennium Microwave is the com-pany that saved the pilot’s life and it is co-owned by Steve Rumney and Daniel Peters. “Daniel and I began our careers in the microwave business at K&L Mi-crowave,” said Rumney. “In 1999,” he continued, “we opened our own busi-ness in the spare bedroom of our bach-elor pad off Upper Ferry Road. We ac-tually negotiated contracts with Boeing while operating within the confines of our one bedroom business. Eventually we moved to a larger building on South Division Street, finally locating here on South Brown Street in Fruitland.”

“The vast majority of our market deals with the defense industry,” ex-plained Rumney. “Our technology de-tects electrical signals and relays them to other sophisticated equipment within the aircraft. In a sense it’s similar to radar that detects objects, while ours identifies electronic signals. We cur-rently have 19 employees at Millennium – that’s 19 very good employees – and much of our product line is created right here in Fruitland.”

Millennium Microwave develops their products from concept to finished goods with very little outsourcing. When they are presented with an idea from the aerospace industry their engi-neers first develop the electronics neces-sary to complete the project. They may outsource the construction of a circuit board, and perhaps the aluminum struc-ture necessary to hold the electronic

device, but everything else is skillfully manufactured on site.

“Our employees at Millennium are AS9100 certified, which is a necessary certification for us to be allowed to compete in the highly technical aero-space electronics industry, and we were the first small company to achieve this certification,” said Rumney.

Since opening for business in 1999, every B-2 bomber produced is carry-ing their electronic equipment, and they also provide updates and replacement parts for all B-2 bombers that are opera-tional. The list of aircraft carrying their equipment is extensive, with more on the way.

Millennium recently outfitted four South Korean aircraft with electronics and they are currently seeking contracts to provide electronics to Israel. “In ad-dition,” explained Rumney, “we have a current contract with Chung Shan Institute of Science & Technology in Taiwan on a Taiwanese navy project.”

Not all of their electronic devices end up in aircraft or ships. NASA at Wal-lops Island uses Millennium Microwave products to monitor its satellites and some are also being used in Antarctica for monitoring as well.

Millennium Microwave is a small company that is making a very big impact locally. “We at Millennium are committed to giving back to the com-munity and have donated over $100,000 to various charities. Of special interest to us is the Beads of Courage program at John Hopkins. This is a program dear to Rumney’s heart. “The kids receive

a colored bead for each type of cancer treatment they receive,” said Rumney. “Some of these kids have literally hun-dreds of colored beads draped around their bodies and their presence gives the kids the knowledge that they have had

that treatment previously and they were able to handle it.”

The technology developed at Millen-nium Microwave is helping to make the air a safer place to be. It is a little gem right here in our own neighborhood.

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By Tan NguyenTezla Group

Even after 40 years since the first emails were sent, most people (even those who use it every day) don’t quite understand how it works, or what’s re-quired to keep this world-wide messag-ing system functional.

For businesses of all sizes, it’s an ab-solute necessity to keep emails flowing as smoothly as possible.

There are many choices for email systems; a company can host their own in-house email system, have an outside provider host their email server(s) for them, rent a domain name and space from a 3rd party host or provider, use a free internet email host, or any com-bination of the options above. The pos-sibilities of how to configure and keep mail flowing seem endless.

In this article, I will cover some of the basic principles of how the majority of email systems work, the most com-mon options for small businesses, and the “pros” and “cons” of these various options.

Basic email An email is simply an electronic doc-

ument which originates on a computer, is then delivered to an email server for the purpose of delivering the message to its intended recipient. Once the first email server receives the message, it then attempts to deliver the message to the recipients email server. Once the re-cipient’s email server has the message, it will deliver that message to the final recipient. Although it’s electronic and only takes a second or less to happen, this email delivery system is very simi-lar to the old “snail mail” postal system that we all know and love.

In the “snail mail” system, you

would compose a letter, and then write an address on it to show its intended re-cipient. You would then place that mes-sage into a mailbox or take it to the post office. In this case, the mailbox and the post office would be the “email server”. Once the post office has the message, it will deliver that message to the recipi-ent’s closest post office, and then the message is delivered to the recipient’s personal address.

Although I have just described what seems to be a simple delivery system, an incredibly complex system of serv-ers, filters, routers, software, and hard-ware are used on modern email systems to address technology (and end-user) problems such as hardware failures, junk emails (SPAM), end-user mistakes, and malicious attempts to destroy data.

Email options The most common choices for busi-

ness email are to either purchase and host an in-house email server or to pay to have a 3rd party company host and maintain the email server for them. One of the more common email server

types is Microsoft’s Exchange Server system. This type of email server gives greater control, flexibility, and business-friendly options for collaborative groups such as shared contacts, calendars, task scheduling, client/server synchroniza-tion, smart-phone synchronization ser-vices, and sharing of mailbox data. A company can also opt to have someone else host their email for them.

With outsourcing email services, a company can very accurately budget all year long with regards to their email services. With these hosted services, the host will maintain the server, software, hardware, updates, technical support, and most importantly of all – data back-ups. In this case, you have a predictable and stable payment each month or year, depending on your plan. Sound too good to be true? Well, if your company has 20 or less employees, it’s probably more economical to have your email hosted for you unless you’re already planning on buying a network server. Even if you already have a server, it’s often a good idea to have a 3rd party company host your emails for the convenience of a fixed or predict-able budget, and to avoid the headache of hardware and software failures and upgrades.

If your company has between 20 and 50 employees which use email regu-larly, deciding how to handle your com-

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For most companies with more than 50 employees that use email regularly, it’s usually more practical to host your own in-house email server, especially if your company already maintains one or more other servers on your network. Since most email hosts charge by the mailbox and/or the data storage volume, the cost of hosting begins to exceed the cost of purchasing and maintaining an in-house email server.

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For more information on email host-ing, in-house email servers, email anti-virus, anti-spam, or other email manage-ment options and considerations, contact your local IT consulting company.

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Among Hanna’s accomplishments in the commercial real estate realm, he served for SVN Asset Recovery Team (ART) as the Mid-Atlantic director re-sponsible for helping banks deal with distressed assets and work directly with SVN advisors. Hanna is currently serv-ing as a national director of Industrial Properties, guiding brokers and clients across the country to achieve their goals in the industrial area. While serving in these roles, Hanna’s production earned him the #4 rank nationally within the company for clients served with settled transactions so far in 2012.

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Unlike the US, China experienced a hard winter and an unususally cool and wet spring. As a result, fresh fruits and vegetables were in relatibvely short supply dur-ing the first quarter of 2012. Vegetable prices climbed six percent in March from a month earlier which resulted in a 20.5 percent run up on the year.

China’s general inflation rate aver-aged 3.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Compared with February’s 3.2 percent (per year) rate, March’s 3.6 percent (per year) rate was something of a surprise. Fruit and vegetable prices were not the only contributors to the higher than expected inflation numbers as higher fuel and raw material prices, as well as higher minimum wages, share some of the blame. Beijing has stated its 2012 target for inflation is to keep it un-der four percent. It is no secret that con-trolling domestic inflation, and especial-ly food price inflation which is running at 8.0 percent for 2012, is fundamental to maintaining political stability.

To counter rising food prices and in keeping with maintaining political sta-bility, Beijing plans to increase the min-imum wage by as much as 13 percent a year for the next five years. Of course, this policy, in and of itself, is condu-cive to a higher than otherwise general inflation rate. However, such a move may make sense when one considers the typical Chinese worker spends up to one third of his or her income on food.

China is the world’s second largest economy, but it expanded at an annual rate of 8.1 percent during the first quar-ter of 2012 which is its slowest pace in nearly three years. If this trend contin-ues, 2012 will become China’s weak-est economic growth year in a decade. Without sufficient economic growth, jobs that are already in short supply will become even scarcer. This will exac-

erbate a serious and growing problem with income distribution. Needless to say, the challenge for Chinese policy makers is to keep inflation under con-trol while providing sufficient economic stimulus to satisfy a public that is used to near double digit economic growth.

In the past, China has relied upon an export driven economy to foster its near double digit economic growth. Critics have complained for years that China has unfairly kept its currency artificially low relative to the US dollar and other world curencies to promote its international trade. Such critism has been voiced in various US political set-tings for many years including the early stages of the curerent US presidential election cycle. However, it is interesting to note that the US dollar has strength-ened 14 percent against the Chinese RMB during the last two years and it has strengthened 45 percent during the previous seven years. More recent data suggests this movement continues as shown in the graph included with this article.

Therefore, it is not surprising that “China Bashing” on this economic issue has been rather muted in the US during recent months. And the Chinese an-nounced on April 15th the RMB would be allowed to move in a broader trading range than before (one percent versus one-half percent per day). Immedi-ately, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said “China’s recent decision to let its currency’s value increase com-pared to the dollar is “significant” and

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nese importers of foreign raw materials and subassembly components will enjoy lower relative prices. Furthermore, im-ported petroleum and petroleum product prices will be reduced. Therefore, it is conceivable that a stronger RMB is in the best interest of Chinese policy mak-ers and everyone should always expect China to do what is best for China.

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New sculpture at Peninsula Regional is tenth in a series

Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) recently dedicated a sculpture on East Carroll Street near the entrance to its Guerrieri Heart and Vascular In-stitute.

The sculpture ‘Asclepius’ depicts the Greek God of medicine and healing. It was sponsored by PRMC, designed by Salisbury University art student Trip Ulvila and built by Matech Industries and R.D. Grier & Sons.

This is the tenth and last of a series of public art sculptures created by a range of community organizations in conjunction with and for the City of

Salisbury. The Downtown Salisbury Sculpture Committee has been working for more than 10 years on the project as part of larger revitalization efforts, for-merly under Urban Salisbury and now as part of the Salisbury Arts and Enter-tainment District Committee.

The previous sculptures are installed along the north side of East Carroll Street and the west side of South Salis-bury Boulevard (Business Route 13), between Route 50 and Main Street. The large sculptures, designed from cor-ten steel, mostly depict nature themes local to the Eastern Shore.

Members of the Downtown Salisbury Sculpture Committee and others join PRMC representatives for the dedication of the sculpture “Asclepius” on the hospital cam-pus.

TOP EMPLOYEES - Rosie Harmon, a patient care technician and Vance Web-ster, a telecommunications technician were recently named the 2012 Employees of the Year at Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s annual employee recognition banquet held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Harmon, of Salisbury, and Webster, of Parsonsburg, were selected from a field of 16 candidates who had earned Employee of the Quarter honors. Harmon was chosen to represent the clinical service divisions and Webster the non-clinical divisions. Of the many gifts each received for earning Employee of the Year recognition, perhaps none is more coveted than their own designated parking spaces at the medical center for the next year. Shown here are Webster, Dr. Peggy Naleppa, president/CEO, and Harmon.


Apple participates in programApple Discount Drugs has an-

nounced its participation in a hyperten-sion management pilot program initiated by the University of Maryland. The University of Maryland School of Phar-macy P3 (Patients, Pharmacists, Part-nership) Program is a patient-centered collaboration of patients, primary care providers and specially trained P3 phar-macists.

The program incorporates compre-hensive medication therapy manage-ment, chronic diseases state manage-ment and the development of patient self-management skills in order to improve clinical outcomes, increase ad-herence to current standards of care and reduce overall healthcare costs.

The program has been in existence for diabetes management but Apple is the first pharmacy in Maryland to pilot the same initiative for hypertension.

Apple’s Geoff Twigg, ambulatory care pharmacist, Sara Mae Brown, Pharm D, and Katy Miller, R.Ph. are specially trained pharmacists who pro-vide step-by-step guidance in medica-tion adherence, lifestyle changes, and self-care skills to 65 Apple Discount Drugs customers.

Ritchie earns certificationBruce Ritchie, vice president of

Finance/CFO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, has become certified in Healthcare Compliance — earning a CHC designation from the Health Care Compli-ance Association.

Earning this certi-fication requires that candidates obtain 20 continuing education units, as well as the pas-sage of a rigorous exam. The exam provides a national standard of requisite knowledge required for certification, thereby assist-ing employers, the public and members of the healthcare professions in the as-sessment of a healthcare compliance professional.

Kundell earns Fellow statusRegina Kundell, MSN, NEA-BC,

FACHE, director of Women’s and Chil-dren’s Services at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, has earned the new creden-tial of FACHE, advanc-ing to Fellow status in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Fellow status repre-sents achievement of the highest standard of pro-fessional development. Only 8,500 healthcare executives hold this distinction.

To obtain Fellow status, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and

experiential criteria, earning continu-ing education credits and demonstrating professional/community involvement. Fellows are also committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years.

Houck earns nursing doctorateAngela T. Houck, DNP, RNC-NIC,

RN-BC, a nurse in the Neonatal Inten-sive Care Unit of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, has completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice.

The degree was awarded through Regis University of Denver, Colo., and included 940 hours of onsite clinical work at Peninsula Re-gional Medical Center with her capstone project on the Late Preterm Infant Initiative.

Houck is nationally board-certified in Pediatrics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and nationally board-certified in Neonatal Intensive

Care Nursing by the National Certifica-tion Corp.

The Late Preterm Infant Initiative has been recognized at the state and national levels, including at the 2012 Maryland Patient Safety Center annual conference — placing in the top 10 for the Minogue Award.

Houck will be co-presenting the proj-ect in a breakout session at the Associa-tion for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) National Conference in June in Washington, D.C.

Patient Safety AwardAtlantic General Hospital was one

of nine organizations to be included in the Circle of Honor for Patient Safety Innovation this year. The honor was presented at the 8th Annual Maryland Patient Safety Conference in April. A total of 60 Maryland healthcare organi-zations were considered for the honor. AGH received the award for the Emer-gency Department’s Triage Throughput Process Improvement project that was originally piloted during the summer of

2011. Once process improvements were made, in June 2011, the 30 minutes or less (30 Minute ER Promise) commit-ment was met more than 92 percent of the time, compared to 83 percent in June of the previous year. According to the promise, you will be placed in your exam bed or will begin to receive treat-ment within 30 minutes of arrival, or you will receive a free gift.

PRMC launches health blog Peninsula Regional Medical Center

has launched a new blog dedicated to helping educate and inform Delmarva about health topics of all kinds. “To Your Health” will feature Peninsula Regional news and events, as well as health news and research that affects our community, and health topics that people on the Shore are talking about. Find it online at http://prmcsalisbury.com.

For questions or ideas about blog content, contact Gwenn Garland in Community Relations at [email protected] or at 410-543-7172.

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Henson Cancer Institute receives CTE grantThe Richard A. Henson Cancer In-

stitute at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) is once again the recipi-ent of a grant from the Maryland Affili-ate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a global organization dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer.

One of only three recipients of a Clinical Trial Enrollment (CTE) grant in the state of Maryland, the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute has been awarded $85,000 to assist with clinical trial outreach efforts for breast cancer patients on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Under the leadership of Bennett Yu, MD, director of Oncology Clinical Research, and Sandy Heineken, RN,

program coordinator, the grant achieved the third consecutive year of successful funding.

Joan M. Daugherty, executive direc-tor of the Henson Cancer Institute, ac-cepted the grant on behalf of Peninsula Regional at the third annual Komen Grant Award Event, held at the Regi-nald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore on April 3, 2012.

Funding has been increased by $10,000 this year to offset travel ex-penses incurred by breast cancer pa-tients who are enrolled in a clinical trial, many of whom travel significant dis-tances to come to the cancer institute.

Only an estimated 3-5% of all cancer

patients elect to participate in a clinical trial as a part of their treatment, further justifying the urgent need for Maryland women and their families to be aware of breast cancer clinical trials and or-ganizations like the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute and Susan G. Komen for the Cure that continue to fight for the cure.

Komen Maryland grants support a variety of innovative programs that offer a comprehensive range of breast health services, including screenings, community education and outreach, treatment and support, provider educa-tion and clinical trial recruitment.

Joan Daugherty, RN, MS, Henson Cancer Institute executive director; Kathleen Ferguson, RN;, Sandra Heineken, RN, BSN, OCN, Clinical Research manager; Monika Naegeli, RN, BSN, MPH; Nancy Mayonado, MA; Monica Cormier; and Bennett Yu, MD, medical director of Oncology Research at the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute display the Susan G. Komen for the Cure $85,000 CTE grant awarded this month to Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

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BOARD DONATES TO TRAUMA CENTER - The Junior Auxiliary Board held its Spring Volunteer Luncheon on May 2, and presented a check for $50,000 to Peninsula Regional Medical Center during the event. The funds will go toward the Junior Board’s pledge to PRMC’s trauma center. Volunteers were also honored for their 26,572 hours of service to the Junior Auxiliary Board over the past year. For information on joining the auxiliary, call Volunteer Coordinator Faye Holloway at 410-543-7262. Pictured from left, Junior Auxiliary Board President Cynthia Holloway, Peninsula Regional Medical Center President/CEO Peggy Naleppa, Cindy Lunsford, Executive Vice President/COO, Patti Serkes, Director of the PRMC Education De-partment, and Junior Board Past President Susan Peacock.

Revolutionary rehab technology Revolutionary rehabilitation tech-

nology that got its start, quite literally, “out of this world” has just arrived at Peninsula-NRH Regional Rehabilitation in the Woodbrooke Medical Complex in Salisbury.

It’s called AlterG, and it’s an anti-gravity treadmill that was first devel-oped by NASA so astronauts spending long periods of time outside of our planet’s atmosphere could work out in space. It was originally designed to add gravity, preventing spacemen and spacewomen from floating away while exercising.

Here on earth, that thinking has been reversed. The goal, through reducing gravity on the treadmill, is to put less stress on knee and hip joints as a person rehabs from an injury or surgery.

A person is zipped into a specialized, air-tight bubble that surrounds the tread-mill, a seal is created, air is introduced, and by adjusting its pressure, therapists can lighten an individual’s weight, re-ducing the strain to as little as 20% of the patient’s actual body weight. The same walking or running mechanics are used, and the person never loses contact with the treadmill.

This rehab environment allows the establishment of an exact point where exercise becomes pain free, providing

clinicians a way to accurately measure patient progress.

To learn more about the technology, call Peninsula-NRH Regional Rehab at 410-546-2702.

Dr. Snitzer joins PRMC networkPeninsula Regional Medical Center

and its Peninsula Regional Medical Group welcome Jack Snitzer, D.O., to their network of physicians.

Dr. Snitzer, a specialist in endocri-nology, received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Os-teopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Sub-urban General Hospital in Norristown, Pa., and a fellowship in endocri-nology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Snitzer is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, and is a certified clinical densitometrist.

Dr. Snitzer is a Fellow of the Ameri-can College of Endocrinology and a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. He is also an instructor and mentor for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Physician Assistant Program.

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UMES graduate student Emily Tewes spent 10 days in January at sea investigating marine life of the North Atlantic.

Students investigate marine lifeStudents from UMES’ Living Ma-

rine Resources Cooperative Science Center spent 10 days in January at sea investigating marine life of the North Atlantic. Guided by Dr. Vince Guida, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-ministration biologist, and Dr. Bradley Stevens of UMES, the group set out to document fish and invertebrates from Woods Hole, Mass. south to Virginia Beach, Va.

Of particular interest on this cruise were deep-sea red crabs and monkfish. Both species live at great depths and support modest commercial fishing, but little is known about their life history or biology.

Work was conducted around the clock and each time one of the deep trawls came up on deck, students sorted and weighed the catch, then separated the different species for cataloging.

Stevens and some students measured crabs, and took blood, eggs, and tissue samples to determine their reproductive status. Graduate student Evan Lindsay, working with Dr. Andrea Johnson of UMES, collected blood, tissues and vertebrae from monkfish to assess their health, age, reproductive status and pollutant burdens. Understanding the biology and reproductive status of these species will lead to improved manage-ment and conservation, Stevens said.

Guida is focused on documenting the

northward movement of southern spe-cies that has been occurring along with increasing water temperatures. White shrimp, which are common south of Cape Hatteras, and several species of fish have been discovered farther north over the past few years.

Student-researchers were challenged by 10-foot seas during the first few days of the cruise, but persevered. Graduate student Emily Tewes was philosophical about her hands-on experience.

“I think it is really important to have an ‘out-to-sea’ experience and there is a lot to be learned from working with NOAA,” Tewes said. “Not only do you get a feel for what the work is like, but it can help you decide whether this type of work is a good fit for you in the fu-ture.”

In addition to Tewes and Lindsay, other student-researchers included Whitney Dyson, Courtney McGeachy and Candace Rogers from UMES; An-drea Stoneman from Delaware State University; and Sarah Bornhoeft, a recent graduate of Salisbury University and UMES.

This is the eighth year NOAA has sponsored the training for marine sci-ence students. Future research cruises are questionable, however, due to fed-eral budget cuts and the planned decom-missioning of the Delaware II later this year.

Johnson publishes bookWriter-director Richard Linklater’s

independent films (Fast Food Na-tion, Me and Orson Welles) are as well known as his commercial mov-ies (Dazed and Confused, Bad News Bears).

Dr. David Johnson of Salisbury Uni-versity’s English Department, however, was disappointed there was not more scholarly information available on the director or his movies. He seeks to change that with his new book, Richard Linklater, part of the University of Il-linois Press’ Contemporary Film Direc-tors series.

The co-editor of SU’s Literature/Film Quarterly, a popular international journal devoted to the scholarly study of literary film adaptations, Johnson hopes readers of his book come away with ap-preciation for Linklater and his films. He also hopes to instill in them a desire to learn more about the cinema in gen-eral, along with other humanities.

SU is eCampus of the MonthOne month after being named a

“Models of Efficiency” IT award win-ner by the national trade publication University Business, another trade mag-azine, eCampus News, named Salisbury

University its eCampus of the Month. The honor is presented to colleges

and universities with outstanding infor-mation technology services.

In its article, the publication noted the University’s 10,000 wired Internet ports and wireless network with some 700 access points.

Other highlights included the use of the Blackboard Mobile Learn program, distance learning classrooms and Peo-pleSoft management software add-ons.

Center receives $750,000 grantSalisbury University and its Center

for Conflict Resolution have received a $750,000 grant from the Maryland Judiciary, the state’s judicial system, to analyze the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Initiated by the Judiciary, the two-part study includes an analysis of the cost-benefits of ADR versus traditional litigation. It also will examine the ef-ficiency and effectiveness of various types, styles and strategies of mediation.

“Litigation can be expensive and time consuming for all parties involved, and many court systems are clogged with cases that may have been more ef-fectively resolved through mediation,” said Haleigh LaChance, research coor-


Summer 2012: What’s Happening At SU?

By Lesley StaffeldtDirector of Conference Services

From the arts and sciences, toleadership and nature, to writing andsports, Salisbury University hosts a widevariety of programs for students of allages this summer. The campus will bebuzzing with activity: The Office ofConference Planning expects more than10,000 visitors from the local communityand across the state. Come findsomething to see or do!

Music fills the air when theBarbershop Harmony Society, Mid-Atlantic District, hosts its annualHarmony College East at SU. Theconvention attracts some 200 quartets,both male and female, from throughoutthe United States. Public performancesare 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 15-16.The current international championquartet, Old School, headlines theSaturday show. Admission is free andthe public is invited.

More than 130 high school seniorsexplore civic engagement and politicswhen Maryland Girls State returns to SUfor the fourth consecutive year fromJune 17-22. Hosted by the AmericanLegion Auxiliary, this non-partisan eventfeatures a mock legislative session andmeetings with local and state legislators.Participants also debate bills and learnabout careers in government.

Later in the month, June 24-30, pre-registered high school juniors andseniors participate in Science Camp @SU. Made possible by funding from theNational Science Foundation, the freeresidential program explores careers inscience, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) through labexperiments and other hands-onactivities. Topics range from rocketengineering to the chemistry of cooking.

From July 1-14, the MarylandSummer Center for the Fine andPerforming Arts also returns to SU. Thetwo-week residential program allowssome 120 middle and high schoolstudents to engage in classes inorchestra, musical theatre performance,acting, digital video production andvisual arts. The students showcase theirtalents during a culminating performanceand exhibit at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 14,in Holloway Hall Auditorium and FultonHall. For information, visitwww.salisbury.edu/msca.

Parents looking for summer campsfor children ages 5-10 may be interestedin two SU-sponsored weekday programsat the Freeman Stage in Selbyville, DE.During “Tony Awards” Tuesday andThursday, July 10 and 12, participantsenjoy discussions about popularBroadway plays and practice mini-productions. This session isrecommended for ages 8-10.

During “Go Green,” Tuesday andThursday, July 17 and 19, childreninteractively learn about the three Rs:reuse, reduce and recycle. This session isrecommended for ages 5-8.

Both camps are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Costis $30 per session. Registration is limitedto 20 campers per session. A healthy

snack, T-shirt and materials are included.Campers should bring a brown baglunch. To register, call Amy Waters at410-677-5416.

Another option is one of threeWriters of Promise camps held 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. July 16-20 at BerlinIntermediate School, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m.July 16-20 and 23-27 at SU. Students areencouraged to write creatively andpublish their works in an anthology.Tuition is $150 for the Berlin session,$175 per week for the Salisbury sessions.For information, e-mail Stefani Pautz [email protected].

For arts enthusiasts, SalisburyUniversity Galleries hosts theinternational juried exhibit “ColdFusion” June 25-August 4 in theUniversity Gallery of Fulton Hall. Workson display symbolize a fusion of ideas,materials, forms or processes that results in something greater than itsparts. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Friday-Saturday, closed Sundays and holidays.

For sports enthusiasts, the officialoperator of Nike Sports Camps, U.S.Sports Camps (USSC) is America’slargest sports camp network. At SU, weare pleased to host several Nike campsled by SU coaches and faculty: girls’lacrosse with Jim Nestor, tennis withRandy Halfpap, softball with Dr. TomStitcher and new this year, boys’basketball with Josh Merkel.

Other SU coaches holding sportscamps at the University this summerinclude Doug Fleetwood (baseball), Dr. Gerard DiBartolo (soccer), MargieKnight (volleyball), Greg Cathell(women’s soccer) and Robb Disbennett(football). Please visitwww.suseagulls.com/community/camps/index for more information.

Also this summer, the ninth annualJack Purnell-Chris Thomas MemorialTennis Tournament again bringsprofessional tennis players from aroundthe world to Salisbury. The public isinvited to watch them compete August 15-19 at the SU Tennis Courts.For more information, including playschedules, visit www.purnell-thomas.org.

The summer winds down with alecture by Jennifer Thompson-Canninoand Ronald Cotton, authors of SU’s 2011and 2012 New Student Reader, PickingCotton: Our Memoir of Injustice andRedemption. A rape victim and her once-accused attacker, they speak about theirunlikely friendship at 7 p.m. Thursday,August 23, in the Great Hall ofHolloway Hall. Admission is free. For information call 410-543-6100.

For the most up-to-date informationabout events and happenings on campus,visit www.salisbury.edu/calendar.

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HALO Executive Director Celeste Savage accepts a check from SU social work students.

Students create garden for HALOSalisbury University social work

students are making life healthier for the homeless and other vulnerable populations through a community gar-den created by HALO (Hope and Life Outreach), located near campus behind the Giant Shopping Center.

Four students in Professor Eileen Gilheany’s Macro Social Work Practice course worked hard to support the new-ly constructed garden located on what was a gravel and dirt parking lot.

They raised over $800 and bought HALO a bird bath, bird feeders com-plete with seed, a wheelbarrow and five berry bushes. Recently, the four students spent a day working the garden creating a new garden space and plant-

ing the bushes. The community project not only

provides fresh fruit and vegetables to HALO clients, but an opportunity to work in the garden, offering additional health benefits.

They began with a cleanup of trash and excavating some very stubborn wiregrass and weedy growth. This was followed by the construction of an L-shaped bed and then filling it with soil wheelbarrowed from a wagon at the other end of the garden and finally the installation of the plants and decorative items.

As a final gift, they presented Ce-leste Savage, HALO executive director, with funds left over.

dinator for SU’s Center. “The study will examine, dollar for dollar, how many cases are coming off the docket as a re-sult of mediation, and what that means to citizens accessing the court system.”

A research team at SU will observe more than 1,100 court-related ADR ses-sions across the state over the next 18 months.

A follow-up study also will be conducted to examine factors such as recidivism, appeals and changing pub-lic perceptions of Maryland’s judicial system.

Study Arabic or Chinese High school-age students can get a

leg up at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore this summer learning Ar-abic or Chinese — two languages that are in high demand in the workforce.

Registration is now open for The Summer Language Experience, a two-week, intensive, non-residential program designed to provide beginners with an introduction to the language as well as cultural understanding.

The courses will be taught by native-speaking instructors in a state-of-the-art language learning classroom at the uni-versity July 16-27. Dr. Mohamed Tirab will teach Modern Standard Arabic, while Susan Yin will teach Mandarin Chinese.

The fee for either course is $280 and

includes all materials. Financial assis-tance is available. Call 410-651-6543 for more information.

Rabel wins teaching awardMichael C. Rabel of Fruitland, an

assistant professor of physical therapy, is the inaugural winner of a newly cre-ated teaching award at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Rabel received the Excellence in Teaching Award during the 2012 Honors Convocation held the first week in April. The award will be presented annually to a full-time faculty member nominated by peers and students. The winner receives funding to attend a national conference of his or her choice.

A licensed physical therapist, Rabel became a full-time UMES instructor in January 2007. He is a board certified or-thopedic clinical specialist and also has worked with physical therapy patients in the private sector on the lower East-ern Shore. He earned his undergraduate degree in computer information systems from the University of Maryland Bal-timore County, a master’s in physical therapy from UMES and a doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. `

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RIBBON CUTTING - On Friday, May 11, 1 Fish 2 Fish Crabs & Seafood, in-vited members of the Chamber of Com-merce, LORA (Local Owner Restaurant Association), and Salisbury city officials to help them celebrate their grand open-ing at 1019 Eastern Shore Dr. (next door to Sobo’s). Restaurant veterans, Casey Thompson and John Connell, hope to bring the area the freshest sea-food, along with a menu that includes appetizers, soups, sandwiches and plat-ters. Also, come out to 1 Fish 2 Fish for all of your steamed shrimp, clams or crabs. For more information, find them on FaceBook or call 410-219-3474.


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To Advertise in the Salisbury Business Journal Advertising Directory Call Greg English at 302-629-9788 or email [email protected]

Foust named vice presidentA seasoned administrator who has

played a leadership role in campus de-velopments such as the new Sea Gull Square complex and strategic enroll-ment planning has been appointed Salisbury Uni-versity’s vice president of student affairs.

“After thoroughly vetting a number of excellent candidates, I am very pleased to an-nounce that Dr. Dane Foust has emerged the top finalist and has accepted my offer,” said SU Presi-dent Janet Dudley-Eshbach. “Dr. Foust has served the community extremely well since 2006 when he came to Salis-bury as our associate vice president of student affairs. More recently, upon

the departure of Dr. Ellen Neufeldt last summer, Dane has served as interim vice president of student affairs.

Accordingly, he brings significant knowledge of the campus community, enrollment management, assessment, re-tention, housing and all areas of student support to the vice presidency.”

Foust holds a doctorate in higher education administration from The Pennsylvania State University, and for more than two decades has worked at campuses in Pennsylvania and New York as well as Salisbury.

Keane-Dawes to lead councilJennifer Keane-Dawes, dean of the

Graduate School at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has been elect-ed by her peers to be president of the national Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools for 2012-2014.

Keane-Dawes, who was the council’s vice president in 2010-2011, also will serve on the Executive Board of the Council of Graduate Schools in the south for a three-year term.

University of Mary-land Eastern Shore is the only Maryland institution represent-ed on the executive board.

The elections took place at the an-nual conferences of both organizations held recently in Jacksonville, Fla.

Keane-Dawes has been University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s gradu-ate school dean since August 2008 and was appointed by the President of the Council of Graduate Schools to serve on its advisory committee for master’s focused institutions.

Foundation welcomes memberThe Wor-Wic

Community College Foundation recently welcomed Marcia Soulé of Ocean City as a new member of the board of directors.

Soulé is a policy analyst with the In-stitute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and her master’s degree from Loyola University in Baltimore.

She is a member of the Ocean City Women’s Golf Association. Soulé and her husband, Steve, have a grown son and daughter.

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Journal Personnel FileWilliams, Hall pass exam

Becker Morgan Group congratulates Craig Williams, AIA and Daniele N. Hall, AIA for passing the Architectural Reg-istration Examination to become registered architects.

To become licensed, an individual must pass a series of seven exams and fulfill education and experience requirements set forth by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

Williams has over 15 years of design experi-ence. He is a graduate of University of Maryland College Park with a bachelor of science in architecture. Williams has extensive experience combining ar-chitectural rendering and 3D modeling.

Hall has over 6 years of experience and is a graduate of Catholic University of America with a master of architec-ture and Lehigh University with a bach-elor of architecture.

Her responsibilities include architec-tural design and project managerment for various project types including edu-cational, healthcare and commercial.

Beckman selected for Urban AwardDavis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc., con-

gratulates Christopher Beckman on being awarded one of the Governor’s Conservation Awards for the State of Delaware.

Beckman joined Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc., in 2000. During his tenure, he has distinguished himself as a resi-dent project representative and certified construction reviewer.

He was selected to receive the Urban Award for Sussex County due to his vast experience and his ability to com-plete some for the most environmentally challenging and complex projects.

Beckman has also been asked to teach portions of the DNREC Certified Construction Review course.

He continues to perform inspection services at Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc., in the firm’s Milford, Del. office.

Brittingham named to ‘30 under 30’ Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. has

announced that Brandon Brittingham of its Salisbury sales office in Salisbury has been named one of the nation’s top “30 under 30” sales associates by the editors of Realtor Magazine, the official publication of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

The magazine annually chooses 30 young practitioners who are making a mark in the real estate industry based on sales success, business management, leadership or community service. Brit-tingham is featured in the publication’s May/June 2012 issue, along with the other 29 recipients.

Brittingham, 29, is considered a leading national resource and expert on foreclosure prevention and short sales, and is credited for developing Long & Foster’s short sales/foreclosure course.

He has been recognized as a regional top producer in his market area for the last three years.

In 2011, he earned $11 million in individual sales, representing more than 110 transactions, of which 90 percent were short sales.

The Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and the Realty Alliance have both recognized him as being in the top 5 percent of performing realtors in North America.

Davis earns Florida licenseBrent Miller, CCIM, CPM and man-

aging director for Sperry Van Ness – Miller Commercial Real Estate in Salis-bury, announces that Chris Davis, an advisor with SVN – Miller in Salisbury, has received his Florida real estate brokers license.

In addition to serv-ing clients in Maryland, Davis now expands to the Jacksonville, Fla. market.

Davis has over 22 years of experi-ence in the real estate business and has developed or brokered over $100 mil-lion in volume.

West named account executiveLolita G. West of Salisbury has been

named advertising account executive for the Delaware territory at Frugals, The Locals Source For Coupons. West is an Eastern Shore native that recently relo-cated to the Shore after over 20 years in the Bal-timore area.

She joins the Frugals team with over 23 years of advertising, marketing and sales experience in print and radio.

With the new expansion into Dela-ware, Frugals will be increasing their book count, web presence and email marketing services to accommodate the larger distribution area.

Martinson joins Edward JonesEdward Jones Financial Advisor

Dennis Hopson has announced that a second financial advisor, Roger Martin-

son, has joined his office in Salisbury.Hopson said, “I’m very impressed

with Roger, and I’m sure our clients will be, too. Roger will help provide the high level of service investors in the Salisbury/Delmar area have come to expect from us as well as extend our services to new investors.”

Downes named president, CEORonald M. Cameron, chairman of

Mountaire Corporation has named Paul Downes the president and CEO of Mountaire Farms Inc.

Downes, who has a history of leadership and success in the poultry industry, succeeds Dave Pogge, who remains as a member of the Moun-taire Corporation Board of Directors.

Downes has worked for Mountaire Farms for over 34 years in positions of increasing responsibility most recently as C.O.O. and previously as vice presi-dent of Live Operations.

Tribeck promoted at PKSPKS & Company, P.A., Certified

Public Accountants and Advisors to Business announces the promotion of Kristy M. Tribeck to corporate control-ler.

Tribeck began as an intern with PKS in 2003 and became full time after her graduation from Salisbury University in 2004. She works in the Salisbury office and oversees the firm’s financial mat-ters.

Tribeck has recently passed all parts of the CPA exam and is in the process of obtaining her certification as a Certi-fied Public Accountant.

She lives in Salisbury with her hus-band, Mark.

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TOP PRODUCER - Susan B. Megargee, broker/owner of RE/MAX Crossroads is proud to announce that Associate Broker Jenny Stitt (left) has earned the title of Top Overall Producer for the Crossroads office for 2011. The award is based on highest dollar volume generated in real estate transactions. Stitt has helped buyers and sell-ers achieve their dreams and goals in real estate for over 23 years. To reach Stitt, call RE/MAX Crossroads at 443-736-3373 or email [email protected]. RE/MAX Crossroads is located at 103 E. Main St., Fruitland.

GRAND OPENING - During May’s “3rd Friday” festivities on the Downtown Plaza in Salisbury on May 18, chamber members, city officials – including Mayor Jim Ireton – family, and guests joined Felicia Goodman in celebrating the grand opening of her new business, LaShay Bridal & Formal located in the Gallery Building, 212 W. Main St. Already known in the area for her alteration shop, Felicia now has two businesses on the Downtown Plaza, with the addition of this wonderful bridal and formal shop, and is helping to bring business back to Salisbury’s downtown area. Come and see Felicia and her knowledgeable staff for all of your bridal and formal wear needs. For more information, visit www.LaShayBridal.com.


Every small business owner can at-test to the importance of cash flow. As venture capitalist Fred Adler put it, “Happiness is a positive cash flow.” Indeed, more businesses fail for lack of cash flow than for want of profit.

Regardless of our current cash flow situation, it is a good idea to occasion-ally take stock of the cash management tools at your disposal. To maximize your cash flow and make the most of your money, here are a few things to consider:

Develop an informed forecast – Be-fore you can make any improvements, it’s important to first have a solid understanding of current cash flow to help inform your forecast. Many busi-nesses use a rolling forecast because of the flexibility it provides in responding to changing and volatile market condi-tions.

Take advantage of payment tech-nologies – Innovative technologies like online bill pay services allow business owners to streamline processes and reduce time and costs involved with paying bills. Additionally, credit, check or purchasing cards help control the timing of payments and track spending more effectively.

Invest excess cash effectively –

There may be times when you have more cash on hand than needed to meet current obligations. Take advantage of tools like sweep accounts, money mar-ket accounts and certificates of deposit to invest excess cash while maintaining liquidity.

Ensure access to cash – The most challenging time to try to obtain financ-ing is when there is an urgent need for cash. By establishing a business line of credit, owners can ensure they’ll have access to the credit needed to respond to cash shortfalls and take advantage of new opportunities.

Don’t be afraid to ask an expert – Sometimes a third-party expert’s per-spective and guidance can prove invalu-able. PNC has created a service called Cash Flow Options, which offers a cus-tomized analysis of a business’s cash flow and recommendations on the tools needed to prepare for the peaks and val-leys that all businesses experience.

As the lifeblood of your business, it’s clear just how important maintain-ing a positive cash flow is for small business owners.

With an informed forecast and the proper tools, you can weather cyclical and competitive challenges while grow-ing your business.

For more information, contact Kelly Rew at 410-632-0941 or visit www.pnc.com.

Five tips to improving cash flowBy Kelly RewPNC Bank Business Banking Sales Manager

FIRST TRAINING CLASS - On April 9, the Salisbury Area Chamber of Com-merce Foundation’s first training class for the Poplar Hill Pre Release PreAp-prenticeship Training Program began with 10 inmates.

The SACC Foundation will be conducting a total of three courses, each nine weeks in length, in drywall and painting for a total of 30 residents of the Pre Release Program.

This training program is being funded by the City of Salisbury Safe Streets Grant and is a joint effort involving the City of Salisbury, Poplar Hill Pre Release, the SACC Foundation, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc., Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, Maryland Division of Parole & Probation, and the Salisbury Police Department.

In addition to classroom course content, participants will be able to do live work as part of community revitalization efforts as well as work release employ-ment. After release, the ex-offender will have the education, training, and skills to compete in today’s workforce. In addition, participants will receive follow-up guidance and support.

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