Winter 2015 - Coastal Hospice

WINTER 2015
Thank you
for spreading
your wings
Each year at this time we
ask you to “Be an Angel” and
include Coastal Hospice in your
end-of-year giving. And every
year, you respond with kindness
and generosity.
A Message from
Your gift supports charity
President
care at Coastal Hospice, which
supports our patients and their
Alane Capen
families. Charity care covers:
1. Care for patients who have no resources to pay. From
medications for pain to a hospital bed that will assure safety and
comfort in the patient’s home, Coastal Hospice provides excellent care
and support, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.
2. Patients’ needs that aren’t part of the hospice benefit, like hearing
aid batteries or a ramp that will accommodate a wheelchair.
3. Services and programs for which we do not bill, like bereavement
counseling and our Compass program.
Last year Coastal Hospice spent more than $650,000 for charity
care. Your giving reaches our patients and their families in very
tangible ways.
One patient came to stay at Coastal Hospice at the Lake, rather
than spend her final days alone and unsafe. There she received care and
found companionship.
More than once last year we arranged for the installation of a
phone, phone line and Lifeline service for patients who needed it to
remain at home. And in many cases, the community members who
are struggling with the loss of a loved one and attend one of our
bereavement support groups outnumber those whose family member
was in our care.
On behalf of the hundreds of patients and families you help, thank
you. Thank you for proving that the world is indeed inhabited by Angels.
To donate, please use the enclosed envelope
or use a credit card at CoastalHospice.org
Thriving in hospice care:
Navy veteran knew the ropes
Charles “Dick” Rohm was not only our patient. He helped
celebrate Veterans’ Day with Coastal Hospice at Deer’s Head.
W
hen Charles “Dick” Rohm came into hospice care last
April, he could barely walk. After thriving in hospice care, he
was soon back on his feet and out of the house with a walker.
On Nov. 11 this year, Dick was proud to support the
Veterans’ Day ceremony at Deer’s Head Hospital with reports
from his boatswain’s whistle. At the time, he was at Coastal
Hospice at the Lake for a respite stay, something he did
regularly to give his caregiver a week-long break.
Just days after that, Dick passed away peacefully at Coastal
Hospice at the Lake. We are grateful to have interviewed him,
and, more than that, grateful he shared his hospice story with us
so we could share it here.
Dick was born and raised in Powellville. A Navy veteran, he
was a proud and active member of the Powellville VFW. He
and his wife had parted but never divorced, and, at 82, he had
reunited with his childhood sweetheart, Mildred Miller, who
became his caregiver. He and Mildred attended Powellville
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Ask
Dr. Waris
Medical Director
Ask Dr. Waris is a regular feature
of Coastal Hospice News. Send
your questions to ebean@coastalhospice.org or write to Coastal
Hospice, Ask Dr. Waris, PO Box
1733, Salisbury, MD 21802-1733.
All questions become the property
of Coastal Hospice and may be
used in future publications.
Q: Why does hospice deliver care in the patient’s home?
A: People who die at home experience a greater sense of peace in their final days and hours than they
would in a hospital, with no greater pain, according to findings published in the British journal BMC
Medicine. Their relatives also experience less grief in the months following their passing.
To die at home, both the patient and their family must be on board with the decision, the study said,
and also have strong support from a hospice provider experienced in home-based care.
Being at home during one’s final days can help a person take solace in the life they lived. In addition,
the patient is surrounded by the smells, the familiarity, the comfort, the love, the things they’ve helped
to create, the garden they’ve built — all of this is around them. These things create a sense of
accomplishment, nurturing and caring.
In the study, relatives reported the people who died at home experienced no more pain than those who
died receiving hospital care.
In addition, dying at home appeared to help the people left behind. Relatives reported less intense grief
when the patient died at home, even months following their death. Bereaved relatives might receive some
comfort from the fact that the patient died more peacefully. They also may have been able to spend more
time with the person in a familiar setting, helping them achieve a greater sense of closure.
However, dying at home requires that the patient clearly express the desire to do so, and often requires
the family to support that decision, the study found. That means people need to have end-of-life
discussions sooner rather than later with loved ones, and make their wishes clear.
Don’t wait too long to have these conversations. There’s nothing worse than waiting until you’re in
crisis, because then it’s so easy to misinterpret things.
Health care professionals who are skilled in end-of-life care can help facilitate these discussions. The
social workers at Coastal Hospice are experienced in guiding patients and their families through end-oflife discussions.
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Navy veteran proud of his service
Methodist Church and often drove to
Salisbury to eat at a favorite restaurant.
On Dick’s first stay at Coastal Hospice at
the Lake, volunteer and fellow veteran David
Duitscher took him on a sightseeing tour
of the walking trail around Johnson’s Pond,
with Dave pushing Dick in a wheelchair.
When we talked with them in their
home, both Dick and Mildred were
enthusiastic about the support they were
receiving from Coastal Hospice.
Dick smiled for the camera. “I feel good,” he said. “No aches or pains.”
“The hospice people have been wonderful, wonderful,” Mildred said. “A volunteer
comes and sits with him once a week. Courtney (Gum, hospice social worker) encouraged me to leave him for a couple of hours at a time to see how he got along by
himself. He did just fine.”
Dick added, “Pernell (Seawright, hospice aide) comes three days a week and gives
me a bath. They’re all first-class people. All of them.”
Dick had many careers in his life: chicken farmer for 34 years, first superintendent
at Assateague Island State Park, construction representative with George, Miles &
Buhr for 37 years. But first, he was a sailor.
Dick enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and by the time he was honorably discharged in
1955, he was a Boatswain Mate, 2nd Class on the USS Orion, a submarine tender.
“I chose the Navy because I didn’t want to sleep in a foxhole,” he said.
“It was a good choice.” Dick remained in the Navy reserve for four more years.
He was proud of his time serving the country, and shared a photo of himself as a
young sailor on a torpedo retriever. Mildred brought out Dick’s old navy blue wool
dress uniform with the square sailor color and white embroidered stars. For his photo,
Dick asked for his Powellville VFW hat. Mildred covered him with the American flag
blanket he received from Coastal Hospice to honor his military service, part of the
“We Honor Veterans” program in place at Coastal Hospice.
The King’s Kids
of Christ United
Methodist Church
sang at the
Veterans’ Day
cerremonies at
Deer’s Head
Hospital.
We Honor Veterans program
makes every day Veterans’ Day
Coastal Hospice’s commitment to veterans
doesn’t begin or end with Veterans’ Day. We are
a member of the We Honor Veterans Program
through the National Hospice and Palliative
Care Organization, the Veteran Service Providers
Network, and the VA-Hospice Partnership.
On Veteran’s Day this year, one veteran whom
we recognized for his service told us, “You know
this is going to last for months. This won’t just
make the veterans feel good today. It will give
them a reason to go on.”
We hold special Veterans’ Day ceremonies
throughout our service area, at Chesapeake
Woods, Anchorage Nursing and Rehabilitation,
Salisbury Genesis and Deer’s Head Hospital.
On Nov. 11, veteran hospice patients and
Compass clients each received certificates, pins
and lap blankets delivered to them personally.
At the Deer’s Head ceremony this year, the
event included speakers, music, certificates of
recognition and Veterans’ Day readings.
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VOLUNTEERS
Westcott earns Worcester County
Volunteer Spirit award for 2015
YEARS OF SERVICE
Employees honored at staff meeting
20 years: Rev. Howard Travers
15 years: Rochelle Corbin
Not pictured: Susan Walsh
10 years:
(clockwise from
top left)
Judy Gilliam
Judy Hunt-Harris
Alane Capen
(Not pictured:
Je’Nelle Brown)
Coastal Hospice volunteer Pat Westcott, 79, of Pocomoke City
was recently given the “Volunteer Spirit of Worcester County Award”
by the Worcester County Commissioners at their monthly meeting.
Westcott fulfilled the county’s nomination requirement that
“the nominated volunteer must benefit citizens and have a positive
influence that addresses a community problem or enhances the
quality of life in Worcester County.”
Volunteer coordinator Judy Hunt-Harris chose to nominate
Westcott because she has been a patient care volunteer with Coastal
Hospice for 23 years, visiting patients in their homes or in nursing
homes where she listens to stories, holds a hand, and makes a
connection with a person nearing the end of life who needs to know
that someone truly cares.
Westcott became interested in hospice while she was teaching.
Two of her students became terminally ill —
­­ one with a brain tumor,
the other with cancer. She saw how the children and families suffered
without support. After witnessing the struggle the children went
through and hearing a talk by former Coastal Hospice president
Marion Keenan, she became dedicated to the hospice concept.
Westcott says she is fulfilled by the connection she makes with
the patients she visits. “For me, it’s a connection that both parties
need,” she says. “It’s the ability to come in and make a new friend
and develop a relationship. The quality of life for both of us becomes
much better. Sometimes I think the volunteer gets much more from
the visits than the patient does.”
She also cares for the caregivers she visits, who are often
forgotten. “I always ask them how they are doing? Sometimes we
forget how hard it is.”
Westcott strongly believes that retirees need to stay active. “You’ve
been involved your whole life and need to stay involved so you don’t
become isolated.”
5 years: (clockwise
from top left)
Amy Farozic
Caitlin Jones
Rev. Elmer Davis
Jennifer West
(Not pictured:
Carrie Wise
Erin Sullivan
Erin Schera
Judy Kelly
Sandy Fisher
Tammy Shufelt)
3 years:
(clockwise from
top left)
Dave Schwarten
Sherry Catoe
Rev. M. Luther Hill
Melissa Dasher
(Not pictured:
Louanne Almand
Janelle Beiler
Stephanie McClellan)
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FUNDRAISER
FUNDRAISER
Blues on the Bay at Macky’s in OC
raised more than $18,500
for Coastal Hospice at the Ocean
Big Fish Classic Raffle raised $8,000
for Coastal Hospice at the Ocean
Blues on the Bay on Sept. 30 at Macky’s Bayside in Ocean City was a
roaring success! Nearly 200 people attended the annual event, now in
its eighth year. Pictured from left: our host Macky Stansell of Macky’s
Bayside Bar & Grill, Maryland State Senator Jim Mathias, Coastal
Hospice President Alane Capen, and Dirk Widdowson, chair of the
Committee to Build Coastal Hospice at the Ocean. Thanks to everyone.
Diana Klick of Salisbury was the big winner of the Big Fish Classic
Raffle. Her prizes were a grand array of donated items including: a
YETI cooler; T-shirts from Bad Monkey, White Marlin Open and
K-Coast; gift certificates from Culture, Shark on the Harbor, Panera,
Carraba’s, Longboard Cafe, TCBY, Buxy’s, Touch of Italy, Rosenfeld’s
Deli, Fager’s, Sahara Cafe, Barn 34 and Shenanigans; and gifts from
Ish, Angler and the Candy Kitchen. Coastal Hospice volunteer Buddy
Dykes coordinated the raffle with the support of M.R. Ducks.
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Thank you for the gifts we received from August through October 2015
G I F T S T O T H E C A M PA I G N T O B U I L D C O A S TA L H O S P I C E AT T H E O C E A N
BUSINESS
INDIVIDUAL
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Abbott
Ms. Carolyn M. Adcock
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Angstadt
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore S. Aronow
Ms. Martha S. Badrian
Ms. Gloria M. Baker
Ms. Joan P. Bannon
Mr. & Mrs. Jack G. Barrett
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Bass
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Bassett
Ms. Ruth L. Bednarcik
Mrs. Noreen F. Bergold
CLUB
Mrs. Gail Beynon
Mrs. Peggy J. Bishop
American Legion Synepuxent
Ms. Patricia A. Bounds
Post #166
Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Bounds
Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645
Ocean Pines AARP Chapter #4507 Mr. Don Brisbane
Ms. Susan M. Brown
Ms. Blaire M. Guerin
F O U N D AT I O N
Mr. W. Kirk Burbage
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Carder
Joan W. Jenkins Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Carmean
Samuel R. & Evelyn Q. Coffin
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Carozza
Memorial Fund
Ms. Charlotte L. Carroll
Mrs. Virginia A. Castro
GIFTS IN KIND
Ms. Florence G. Cerantonio
Vincent & Janet Cherrix
Mrs. Anne C. Braniff
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Colbert
Mr. & Mrs. Byron D. Braniff
Mrs. Nudy Conway
Fogle’s Environmental
Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Stansell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Corcoran
Mrs. Dorothy J. Cranston
United Restoration
Mrs. Evelyn Ciuchta
Watermen’s Inn
Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Widdowson, Esq. Ms. Joan M. DeCiutiis
Ms.Susan T. DuPont
Ms. Kathleen D. Emmert
Mr. John Falcone
Ms. Toni H. Ferraiuolo
Ms. Doris Fields
Park Place Jewelers
Fish Tales
Bank of Ocean City
Coastal Coffee Works, LLC
Deer Run Golf Club
M. R. Ducks
Crazy Ladyz!
Travel By Design
Vista Design, Inc.
Worcester County Commissioners
Ms. Linda M. Fiscus
Ms. Gaynl F. Gahm
Mrs.Sandra L. Glassman
Mrs. Jackie B. Gordon
Ms. Cyndi A. Gradwell
Mrs. Dorothy S. Green
Mr. & Mrs.Michael S. Guerrieri
Ms. Mary C. Gunion
Al & Betsy Harrison
Ms. Carol S. Hewitt
Ms. Gwenn L. Hofmann
Ms. Deborah Holden
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Jamison
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Jarvis
Ms. Wanda A. Jenkins
Ms. Madalyn E. Johns
Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Johnson
Ms. Brenda Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Jones
Mrs. Martha H. Kellogg
Ms. Patricia Kemeys
Ms. Ann M. Keough
Ms. Bernice Koval
Mrs. Philis L. Kraus
Ms. Beverly A. Lauer
Ms. Cathy Laws
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Laws, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin H. Lynch
Mary & Robert Makinen
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Makinin
Ms. Mary Lou Manley
Ms. Jane McDermott
Ms. Adriana Metcalfe
Ms. Melva Middleton
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Moffatt
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Moran, Jr.
Ms. Adele M. Naglieri
Mrs. Ingrid A. Parker
Ms. Janice J. Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Perdue
Ms. Lorie L. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. John Pino
Ms. Dorothy Pinto
Ms. Gwen R. Potteiger
Ms. Maryellen P. Preen
Mr. & Mrs. Earl E. Preston, Jr.
Mrs. Susan W. Quick
Ms. Louise R. Reardon
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. Rommel, III
Ms. Barbara Saletnig
Ms. Carole Schauer
Mrs. Candice S. Segal
Ms. Patricia A. Seidel
Ms. Barbara H. Smith
Ms. Donna L. Socha
Mrs. Sharon L. Steele
Ms. Judith M. Steinfink
Mrs. Patricia A. Stevens
Ms. Judith A. Stilwell
Ms. Joan M. Stup
Ms. Winnie Talemal
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff M. Thaler
Ms. Thelma Thompson
Ms. Jackie A. Todd
Ms. Annette Tyree-Debisette, Ph.D,RN
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Vanvick
Mrs. Karen D. Vitsorek
Mrs. Joan H. Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Warner
Ms. H. Lucille Warner
Ms. Eileen Warring
Ms. Kathryn Washburn
Ms. Lois M. West
Ms. Susan S. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Wolpert
Ms. G. Colleen Zabor
TRIBUTE
Robert H. Boyles
American Legion Post #123
James Byrd Davis
American Legion Post #123
Shirley A. Heiser
Mrs. Lois A. Sirman
Herbert H. Jarman
American Legion Post #123
Esther G. Jones
Cambridge Post Office
Employees
Josephine Mueller
Ms. Thelma Thompson
LeRoy Norfolk
Mrs. Gerry Norfolk
Ms. Gail Schultze
Ernest L. Powell
American Legion Post #123
Victor Rickey
Ms. Margaret A. Jaye
Ms. Lynne M. Zink Herman M. Turner
Mrs. Lois A. Sirman
Howard T. Wentzel
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A.
Hammen, Jr.
Dale & Jeanne Hein
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Jansen
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Maier
Ms. Margaret Anne Poulson
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Ringsdorf
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Schmid
Ms. Cathi Webster
Ruby M. Wilson
Downtown Assn. of OC
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Fitzell
Mrs. Shirley A. Stiffler & Family
Thank you for the gifts we received from August through October 2015
TRIBUTE
Ming Ao
Ms. Chin H. Chen
Sandra M. Baird
Will, Donna, M.J., Zach &
Billie Weir
Pauline Beauchamp
Mr. Marc Bunting
Myrtle K. Bebee
Dr. Richard F. Bebee
Alice Beletsky
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Doherty
GAB
Monica Pinardi & Margareta
Kosciuk
Darius & Ebony Wilkins
Nancy A. Bettien
Ms. Donna L. Millhoff
Terese & James Ulman
Danielle I. Bisson
Ms. Henrietta Hartman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Russell
Mr. Greg Schneider
Robert H. Boyles
Mr. & Mrs. Hershel L. Rose
Viola Bradley
Mrs. Charlotte L. Walter
Robert E. Brewer
Mrs. Eleanor C. Brewer
Michael Broyles
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Holloway, Jr.
Mr. Larry L. Lauer
Ms. Lynne Richards
Mary L. Buell
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kodros
Bob Burness
Mrs. Margaret P. Tressa
Marion L. Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Ennis
Mr. William F. Farlow
Earl & Terry Frederick
Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Martin
Ms. Diane J. Smith
Ms. Carolyn P. Thompson
Mrs. Mary P. Westcott
Debra Chambers
Mr. & Mrs. Willis Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Chaffinch
Francisco R. Ching
Mr. Steve Haymon
Mrs. Vynnie Lam-Gorospe
& Luke Gorospe
Mr. Mark Leung
Ms. Patricia C. Mroz
Caroline Clagett
Ms. Irene M. Raber
Donald Clagett
Ms. Irene M. Raber
Nadine H. Clifton-Fears
Mr. Richard S. Adams
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
123 - Boggs Disharoon Post
Ms. Janice K. G. Baker
Lynn & Mac Magruder
Ms. Elaine T. Wallingford
Kathryn C. Collins
Mr. Terry Collins
The LaRotonda Family
Kathryn L. Collins
Mrs. Nancy W. Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. McCabe
Ms. Mary Ellen McFadden
Spence Baptist Church, Inc.
Ruby P. Condon
Ms. Gail Bennett
Ms. Carolyn C. Johnson
Ms. Carolyn S. Pierce
Joan & Paul Youngblood
Austin Cox
Abundant Life Worship Center
Dr. & Mrs. J. Spicer Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bunting
W. A. & Marjorie Carlson
Mrs. Jean H. Cox & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Roland P. Dean
Mr. Orville G. Dryden, Jr.
Mr. Henry Flurer & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Gilkerson
Mrs. Kathleen Griffith
K. Jill Hall & Richard Ziolkowski
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McClenahan
Mid-Atlantic Title & Escrow Co., Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Morris
Ms. Mary Lou Rice
Somerset Co. Board of Elections Staff
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Tawes
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Thompson
Wilfre Company Mechanical
Contractors
Charles A. Dashner
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Albert
Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Cox
Miss Sheila Dwyer
Mr. & Mrs. John N. Geist
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Johnnie Murray & Family
The PMG Family
Barbara Daspit
Mr. Richard Daspit
Lela Davidson
Bob Adkins & Family
Darold & Sue Adkins
Denise & Joseph Adkins & Family
Mark & Denise Adkins & Family
Roleene Adkins
Mrs. Kim Hill
Ms. Nancy Kerr
Mr. Wayne A. Lyons
Ms. Susan L. Steele
Glenda & Mona Murray
Kaylin & Leanne Murray
Ketih & Wendy Murray
Michael & Johanna Murray
Erma R. Davis
Ms. Mary Lee Hastings
Frank Davis
Beatrice W. Dinges
Vincent K. Dinges
Helen L. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Adams, Jr.
Joseph & Joyce Coyne
Mr. & Mrs. Teddy Creighton
Mr. Jeffrey Dail
Jeff, Dana, Jen & Brad Davis
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farrell
Ms. Patricia P. Foxwell
Harbor Haven Condominium
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Kincaid
Mrs. Eulah Lee Legg
Mrs. Pauline Lowry
Mr. & Mrs. George D. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Parks
Mr. Theodore Robbins, II
Kenny & Debbie Thomas
Mrs. Margaret N. Tubman
Joanne L. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Menzel
Virginia B. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Cowgill, Jr.
Esham & Baker Families
Mr. & Mrs. Steve L. Hitchens
Ms. Ann L. Kerr
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Rephann
Mr. James H. Shortall
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Torbert
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Walker
Christine Delano
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Bruning
Randy & Sue Delano
Tom & Bertie Johnson
James MacFadden Dick
Mr. William L. Lord
Mary MacFadden, Lee, & Peter Dick
Mr. William L. Lord
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Mrs. Jean Cooper
Virginia Dick
Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Daisey
Mr. William L. Lord
Mr. & Mrs. George L. Figgs
Norma Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hammond
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Schaefer
Mary Ann Layfield
Mrs. Joanne M. Werner
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mumford, III
Tom Dryden
Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Nichols
Snow Hill High School Class of 1949
Mr. Raymond C. Nichols
Mildred E. Ellis
The Beale Family & The Employees
Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Bayly
of the Paxton Company
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Breeding
Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Simpson
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bush
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Warren
Pocomoke High School Class of 1948
Mr. & Mrs. James Wheat
Jacquelyn L. Ennis
Nellie M. Hughes
Mr. William L. Lord
Little Acres Real Estate, LLC
Catherine H. Ent
Constance M. Humphreys
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Silvia
Mr. William W. Humphreys, Jr.
Dr. Carol Williamson
Nancy Hurley
Cynthia A. Evans
Ms. Laurel Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Ashcraft
Mr. & Mrs. Claude W. Drewer
Mr. & Mrs. Kirby Wells
Jennifer Greensfelder
Waverly Evans
Mrs. Joanne T. Hall
Ms. Connie Gibbons & Cathy Marsh
Arthur Hancock
Dorothy S. Fegley
Tom & Donna Holland
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald King, Sr.
Ric & Tina Lindstrom
Thelma C. Fields
Ms. Cordie S. Pearson
Jeff Fields
Mrs. Lois A. Sirman
Maurice Fields, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bradley D. Taylor
Bonnie Lankford
Mr. Robert P. van de Graaff
Lou Ann Michalik
Caroline Weisser
Mrs. Christy H. Watts
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Westcott
Jane Fleetwood
& Family
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Chaffinch
Evelyn J. Fox Louise R. Jackson
Mrs. Cleora P. Callahan
Mrs. Virginia C. Dorman
First Baptist Church of Girdletree
Mrs. Roberta M. Parsons
Mr. & Mrs. Barry N. Jester
Sandra Y. Frazier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jones
Mrs. Janet Cherrix
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Mister
Ms. Beth Gismondi
Helen R. Jan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Hearn
Jeannie & Monica Chase
Mrs. Marlene H. Mumford
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Doyle
Ms. Patricia Simpson
Lakeside Assisted Living
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Trimper, IV
Worcester Preparatory School
Alexander P. Fury
Herbert H. Jarman
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Brodsky
Mr. & Mrs. Jake Hastings & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Eric G. Liddell
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hendershot
Margaret Gandee
Nellie & Pat Lawrence
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Coale
Mr. & Mrs. Sammy H. Rhodes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Miller
The Deer Run Golf Course
Tom & Betty Wagner
Maintenance Staff
Gail Genvert
Arthur F. Johnson
Mrs. Wallette Webster
Tiki Village Association Family
Charles B. Gore
& Friends
Mrs. Nancy L. Brown
Donald Jones
Mrs. Tyann M. Gore
Mrs. Nancy L. Brown
Elinor Grammes
Esther G. Jones
Ms. Margaret M. Russ
Anonymous
Mina Rae Gunter
Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Lang
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Baumann, Jr.
Dr. Amy Meekins & Mr. Richard
Minerva Haller
Meekins
Mr. & Mrs. William Echard
Donald & Barbara White
Hallmark Iron Works, Inc.
Dorris Kelley
Ms. Constance A. Kelleher
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Benedict
Mr. Christopher E. McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bush
Mr. Robert Petty
Mr. H. Victor Keen, Jr.
William T. Harris
Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. McCready
Mrs. April Mariner
Edward J. Kenny
Ruby S. Hensley
Barbara & Dick Goss
Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Hensley
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Laughlin
Edmund Herring
Pat & Mickey Walsh
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Wennersten
Eric Kocher
Bernard T. Herzberg
Mrs. Katherine F. Eccleston
Mrs. Linda L. Herzberg
Annabelle Lamb
Herbert O. Hesselbein
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Daughtry
Mrs. Patricia A. Hesselbein
Frances C. Lancaster
McMillan Metro, PC
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Rivello
Virginia Hitchens
Mrs. Shirley A. Short
Delmarva Coonhunter’s Assoc.
Donald & Barbara White
Mr. & Mrs. Claude Littleton
George V. Landing
Ronald Hoar
Wicomico High School Class of 1948
Ms. Patti A. Kircher
H. Orland Langrall
William R. Hopkins
Don & Donna Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Bidwell
Donald & Barbara White
Betty Lowe & Family
Arthur W. Lankford
David R. Houck
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. George K. Houck, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Don B. Rucker
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll C. Parsons
Kenneth Larkin
Walter James Hudson
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Day
Mr. & Mrs. Allen W. Bunting
Mr. Jack C. Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Phil H. Cathell
Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Collins
Robert E. Lassahn
Ms. Virginia Hopwood
Betty Leingang
Tom & Bertie Johnson
James H. Linn
Mrs. Janie Linn
Bonnie Littleton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Laws
Mr. Denver Littleton
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Sanders, Sr.
Susan C. Long
Dr. & Mrs. W. Benjamin Horner, IV
Thursday Afternoon Bridge Girls:
Shirley, Deloris & Faye
Edward M. Lord
Mr. William L. Lord
Jenny D. Lord
Mr. William L. Lord
Milbourne Lord
Mr. William L. Lord
Rebecca N. Lord
Mr. William L. Lord
Robert A. Lord
Mr. William L. Lord
Elinor H. Lynch
Mrs. Phyllis H. Oldham
Mary Frances Macon
Mrs. Mary Jane E. Linn
Halyna Macuk
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Ekroos
William Marriner
Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Bozman
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Nelson
Washington High School Class of 1961
Margaret D. McKaig
Dr. Brady P. McKaig
Harris F. McNeill
Mr. & Mrs. L. Ellis Justis, Jr.
Mrs. Joan McNeill
Mrs. Maureen E. McNeill
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Pearce, Jr.
Ms. Jane Westbury
Ms. Ruth M. Westbury
Jean Meadows
Harold & Janet Shockley
Gary E. Meyer
Dominic DeSarino & Family
Mrs. Linda Dyson
MdBio Foundation
Mr. Brian Levine
Brenda H. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Ashby, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Scot A. Beauchamp
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Boston
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Bunting
Mrs. Diane C. Burton
Ms. Mary B. Chamberlin
Coastal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Conger
Mr. & Mrs. Van D. Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. C. Lee Davis
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Donohoe
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Hermann
Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Holland, Jr.
Mrs. Miriam O. Holland
Ms. Bobbie Jones
Tommy, Lori & Ethan Laird
Mr. Barry Laws
Nelson & Kay Loving
Mr. Percy S. Maddux
Ms. Gwen Meinster
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Murphey
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey W. Payne, II
Mr. William H. Powell, III
Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Redden
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Schweikart
Mr. & Mrs. Earl T. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Webster
Mr. Neil Webster
Jamie P. Mills
Mrs. Myrtle R. Mills
Edward D. Mitchell
Mrs. Dianne W. Dykes
Marshall W. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Denwood B.
Bloodsworth, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Gaylon L. Bounds
Mrs. Marian C. Dryden
Ms. Daphne Hayman
Mr. & Mrs. George L. Huston
Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. Insley, III
Mrs. Janie Linn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Malone, Jr.
Mrs. Susanne S. Morris
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Phillips
Don & Donna Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Rutledge
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Seidel
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore T. Wycall
Bernadine M. Mostrom
Ms. Eileen Filler-Corn
Mr. Martin Hayes
Mr. Joel Mostrom
Grace P. Mumford
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Bare
Mrs. Elaine H. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin P. Carey
Mr. Lewis R. Carman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cropper
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Eaton
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Genga
Mrs. Marie D. Graef
Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Mumford
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mumford, III
Ms. Linda F. Nobbs
Mrs. Phyllis H. Oldham
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer F. Parker
Ridgely Lions Club
Mr. Wayne H. Smith, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Taylor
Mr. James O. Webster &
Ms. Donna K. Webster
Thomas J. Niblett
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Culver
Mr. Preston Darby
Carolyn Norris
Mrs. Suzanne D. Williams
Craig S. Oliver
MD 4-H Foundation, Inc.
Garry Oliver
Miss Mackenzie Oliver
Margaret L. O’Neal
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Brinson
Mrs. Bea V. Disharoon
K & L Microwave Inc.
Floyd Thomas Outten Mr. & Mrs. Winston O. Henderson
George Palmer
G. Eric Palmer
Robert Patterson
Ms. Dana T. Bundick
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Heinz
Mr. & Mrs. John Hershberger
Mrs. Susan Mergler
National Retail Federation
Shirley A. Paucchi
Mrs. Nancy Y. Hudson
John T. Payne
Mrs. Janice A. Hickman
Leslie J. Payne
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Almon
Barbara B. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Hurst
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Spicer
J. Lee Phillips
Mrs. Charlotte L. Walter
Julian M. Phillips
Farmers & Planters Ag, LLC
Marie W. Phillips
Mrs. Charlotte L. Walter
Barbara S. Pruitt
The Family of Barbara Pruitt
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Grieco
Dr. Rebecca G. Ilgen
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nordstrom
Ms. Wendy Robertson
Crawford A. Rayne
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Holloway
Kaye Reichenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Harvill
Tim & Joellen Hurley & Family
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Kilian
Mr. David Leister
Dr. Nicole Munday
Mrs. Rosine P. Shockley
Ramon Renteria
Mabel & Pamela Caudill
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Victor Rickey
Priscilla P. Strudwick
Ms. Joan Athen
Ms. Ruth T. Bennett
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hebb
Mrs. Janie Linn
Dr. Cindy Mulligan
Roger E. Swanson
Ms. Carole Waterfield
Mrs. Merema M. Swanson
Laura Ridgley
Margaret G. Tarr
Neighbors at Harbor Haven,
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Hickman
Building One
Oscar V. Tarr
John “Tommy” Riggin
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Hickman
Cork Bar, Inc.
Barbara Thomas
Elliott’s Hardware, Inc.
Pocomoke Junior Womens Club
Golf Cart Services, Inc.
Ms. Margaret Anne Poulson
J.B. Kline, Jr. Landscaping, Inc.
John W. Tieder
Coins Pub & Restaurant
Mrs. Virginia W. Flinchum
The Bearded Clam
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. McGinn
Motel Petty Cash
Ms. Kathleen B. Scanlon
New Wave Printables, Inc.
Ms. Donna T. Torreyson
Mr. Michael F. Reising
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Willey S & J Industries
Stewart Tolan
Soriano’s of Ocean City, Inc.
Bernard & Donna Slezak
Tommy’s Pizza Corner Inc.
Dorothy R. Townsend
Ms. Nicola Venuto
Mrs. Mildred M. Daugherty
Gail Robbins
Mr. & Mrs. B. Thomas Foxwell
Ms. Nancy L. Andrew
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Harrison
Ms. Sharon L. Born
Ms. Sherry L. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Brannock
Cheryl Trosky
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Cleary
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Goodwin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. DeLuca
Mr. Robert M. Macy
Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eyre
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin K. Miller
Mrs. Ruth Koski
Ms. Jackie Wheeler
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Messick
Janet Waller
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Raine
Mrs. Doris A. Robbins
Joseph B. Wanex
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph K. Robbins
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Keyes
Mr. & Mrs. M. Wayne Robinson
Mervin C. Ward
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Taylor
Mr. Brian H. Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. W. Melvin Turner, Jr.
John Webb
Cammy & Tom Tyson
Roberta Webb & Faye Thomas
Wilson & McGinnis, P.A.
Joyce A. Webster
Harriet T. Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Chaffinch
Dee Dukes
Howard T. Wentzel
Laura Jenkins
Ms. Charlotte O’Brien
David Robinson
Mrs. Beverly H. Pugh
Brenda Rodman
Quilters by the Sea Ms. Joann Frazier
Judy M. Widgeon
Bernard Rubin
Berlin Lions Club
Anonymous
Mrs. Dorothy W. Combs
Bank of Delmarva
Ms. Elizabeth Hammond
Mrs. Susan B. Frisch
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Henman
Mrs. Mary V. Malkus
Larry V. Widgeon
Mr. Jack C. Nelson
Ms. Linda L. Ayres
Mr. Thomas A. Phillips
Mrs. Nancy W. Barrett
Dr. & Mrs. Carl E. Reiner
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Bassett
Mrs. Toby Rubin
Berlin Lions Club
Mal & Sally Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Bruning
Sea Watch International Ltd.
Mrs. Dorothy W. Combs
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Seidel
Delaware Elevator Service, Inc.
Ms. Louise Smith
Ms. Elizabeth Hammond
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Henman
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Turkosz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Holland
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Walston
Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Mitchell
Ms. Barbara P. Walton
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Moore
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Wennersten
Gerard & Susan Ott
Dr. & Mrs. Steven M. Zeidman
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Parks, Jr.
Pamela E. Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Quillin
Ms. Mary Lou Russell Mrs. Norma L. Rickards
Rosalee H. Russell
St. Martin’s Church
Mr. & Mrs. C. Brinsfield Lowe
James A. Wilkins
W. Christian Schilling
Ms. Penny Bradford
Wicomico High School Class of 1948
Joseph B. Willey
Catherine Schirtzinger
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Willey
Mr. Carl F. Schirtzinger Doris Williams
Marilyn C. Seidel
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Andrews
Mrs. Peggy L. Layton Mr. & Mrs. R. Dale Dashiell, Jr.
Laurie L. Sell
Delmarva Power Southern
City of Salisbury WWTP
Division Federal Credit Union Eugene Smiertka
#21167
Mrs. Vicki Shinneman Jean, Linda, Buddy & Scott Dykes
Ann L. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Fitzgerald
Wicomico High School Class of 1948
Ms. Vicki C. Gray
Women of the Moose
Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Huneycutt
Jeanne Spurlock
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Livingston, Jr.
Dr. Fran Baker
Ms. Mary G. McMullen
Charles E. Stephens
Mr. & Mrs. Randall E. O’Neal
Mr. & Mrs. George W. King
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Main
Don & Donna Richardson
Ms. Kimberly Payne
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Q. Staton
Urbana Volunteer Fire Dept. &
Donald & Barbara White
Rescue Squad, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Williams
Ms. Nancy W. Zinn
Gretna Willis
Mrs. Agnes J. Lewis
Ruby M. Wilson
Doris Edie
Suzan, Mike, & Michael Hofmann
Shelley M. Wilson
Snow Hill High School Class of 1949
Erma Zduriencik
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Martin
BUSINESS
Allstate Giving Campaign
City of Salisbury
Hebron Savings Bank
PEPCO Employees
CHURCH
Episcopal Church Women of
Old Trinity Church
Speddens United Methodist Church
CLUB
Allen Lions Club
Elks BPOE Cambridge Lodge #1272
Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians
Pittsville Lions Club
Queen City Elk Lodge #1051
VFW Post #194
F O U N D AT I O N
Amazon Smile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The John B. Parsons Foundation
GIFT IN KIND
Mrs.Tiffanie Adkins
Apple Discount Drugs
Ms. Sherry Chambers
Christ United Methodist Women
Daisey Chain Circle
Community Church at Ocean Pines
Daughters of the American Revolution: General Levin Winder Chapter
Ms. Jean Dupont-Zimmerman
Ms. Carole Hastings
Ms. Mary Pat Hoffman
Hugs & Stitches
Mrs. Mary J. Jolly
Ms. Gwenn Liebig
Lokey Lane Crafters
Loving Hands
Ms. Marlene Michocki
Ms. Carole Milcarek
Ms. Hannah Mourlos
Mrs. Grace A. Murdock
Ms. Lois Outten
Pocomoke High School Key Club
Quilters by the Sea
Ms. Emily Shivers
The K Kids - Showell Elementary
Ms. Betty Thompson
INDIVIDUAL
Anonymous
Mr. James R. Acton
Matthew C. Alexander
Melissa A. Amick
Benjamin F. Ayres, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Craig Banks
Ann H. Beauchamp
Faylena A. Bivens
Sharon J. Bolling
Linda M. Brown
Michele L. Brown
Shannon M. Chapman
David A. Citroni, Sr.
Michelle L. Classing
Paul J. Clements
Donald C. Collins
Natalie J. Cotter
Patricia M. Culver
Melissa K. Davis
Tyronna A. Davis
Elizabeth A. Degroat
Vanessa A. Dixon
Robin E. Dize
Connie M. Donoway
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Esham
Jennings L. Evans
Roberta L. Evans
Ruth M. Faber
Deborah W. Fairbank
Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Farren
Steve Fingles
Michelle L. Fisher
Barbara D. Flatley
Stephanie R. George
Rebecca L. Griffin
Nicole T. Griffin-Winder
Lisa B. Hartman
Amy S. Hasson
Kenneth L. Heiser
Pamela R. Hendren
Janice E. Hess
Tamara L. Hill
Charlotte M. Horsey
Charles Jackson
Caroline A. Johnson
Chenika S. Johnson
Daniel Jones
Hope E. King
Bonnie S. Lowe
Peggy L. Lynch
Colin M. McAllister
Bonnie G. McDorman
Frances S. McGuire
Michael L. McIntyre
Mr. & Mrs. E. Ronald Millman
Dr. & Mrs. James J. Morgan
Paula Morris
Nancy J. Morrison
Richard S. Nagler
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Nock
Kelly L. O’Keane
Carol H. Oldach
Evangeline Pastorre
Deborah A. Pheasant
Judith Pleasants
Matthew Radcliff
Ms. Susan Rentz
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Richardson
Nancy & George Rubenson
Robin J. Ryan
David W. Sharp
Ne-Shant Sims
Michelle I. Smack
Dennis E. Smith
Charlotta J. Snelling
Donna M. Taylor
John H. Thornton
Cinda Tindall
Jo Ann Waggoner
Genienne E. Walter
Ghulam Waris
Sheila T. Warner
Lawanda J. Waters-Blake
Bonnie A. Waters-Molock
Richard K. Whetzel
Mia A. Wilkinson
Joanna G. Wilson
Coastal Hospice Inc.
PO Box 1733
Salisbury, MD 21802-1733
Nonprofit
410-742-8732
www.CoastalHospice.org
MAIL MOVERS
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Board of Directors
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Glenna J. Heckathorn
Byron D. Braniff
Diana Barber
Lorie L. Phillips
Alane K. Capen
Colleen “Cam” Bunting
Michael P. Dunn
Steve R. Farrow
Roger L. Harrell
Madalaine L. How
Barbara W. Jackson
Barbara Long
Ingrid A. Parker
Edwin A. Rommel III
Walter “Macky” Stansell
Dirk Widdowson, Esq.
Kathryn Washburn
Coastal Hospice News Editor Elaine J. Bean
UPCOMING BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
These groups provide a time of respite and a safe place to express feelings
in the grieving process. We offer these activities at no cost to any adult who
has experienced the death of a loved one, even if they were not a patient of
Coastal Hospice. For information, call 410-742-8732.
Dorchester County
Dinner Social Group – Kay’s at the Airport, Cambridge
Every 1st Monday at 5 p.m.
RSVP ~ Doug Albert 410-228-7171
Support Group – Dorchester County Library,
303 Gay St., Cambridge
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Information ~ Emanuel Johnson 410-829-0051
Wicomico County
Lunch Social Group – All at 1 p.m.
Dec. 23 - Hunan Palace, 418 N. Fruitland Blvd., Salisbury
Jan. 13 - Adam’s Ribs, 219 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland
Jan. 27 - Denny’s, 100 E. Cedar Lane, Fruitland
Feb. 10 - Going Nuts Cafe, Salisbury
Feb. 24 - Irish Penny, Salisbury
RSVP ~ Lynette Chase 410-901-2292
Support Group – Community of Joy Church,
302 South Blvd., Salisbury
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Information ~ Rev. Sharon Hutchison 443-614-3742
Wicomico County
Support Group – Coastal Hospice at the Lake,
Deers Head Hospital, 351 Deers Head Hosp. Rd., Salisbury
Every 1st and 3rd Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Information ~ Arnold Bienstock 410-572-6166
Somerset County
Support Group – Somerset County Library,
11767 Beechwood St., Princess Anne
Every 1st Thursday at 12 noon
Information ~ Howard Travers 443-783-1730
Worcester County
Lunch Social Group – All at 1 p.m.
Dec. 17 - Touch of Italy, Ocean City
Jan. 21 - Harborside, West Ocean City
Feb. 18 - Captain’s Galley, West Ocean City
RSVP ~ Bob Carson 410-957-1133
Support Group – Ocean Pines Library, Ocean Pines,
Every Thursday at 11 am. (No meeting Dec. 24 & Dec. 31)
Information ~ Bob Miller 410-251-8163