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OCEAN CITY – City Council chambers resembled a day on the beach this week as surfers, parents and kids crowded the room awaiting the Mayor and City Council's decision regarding "boogie boards."
Last week, after receiving numerous complaints about the increased use of large body boards, those 42 inches or longer, and their perceived threat on the safety of the general public in the ocean, the Ocean City Beach Patrol began enforcing a ban on the product.
The use of "boogie" boards, which were defined in the Town Code as a semi‐soft, buoyant, semicurved object, no more than 42 inches long, 24 inches wide and 4 inches thick, is permitted on Ocean City beaches in non‐designated surfing areas. Several new body board styles have been introduced to the market and are similarly constructed except that the new body boards are manufactured in a variety of lengths ranging from 44 inches to more than 72 inches.
The ban touched off a widespread controversy last Wednesday over the use of the larger body boards, prompting city officials to lift the ban on Thursday morning and stop the enforcement of the section of the town code written in 1972 governing body boards until a rational, logical discussion on the issue could be held.
During Monday evening's Mayor and City Council meeting, City Manager David Recor reported that he met with Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster and Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin to discuss the event that led to the heightened awareness of enforcement of the 1972 provision addressing "boogie boards" in the town code.
"Subsequently I asked the captain of the beach patrol to meet with local business owners given the evolution of the product since 1972 to solicit some feedback and potentially re-draft the code for the council's consideration," Recor said.
Over the weekend, City Solicitor Guy Ayres formed the feedback provided into a draft of an ordinance that would modernize the code.
"That will allow the type of product that we are seeing on our beaches to continue to be used with some discretion of behavior obviously," Recor said.
Ayres explained that the proposed ordinance "cleans up a couple of definitions" within the code.
The definition of boogie board was repealed and a definition of a "soft top body board" was inserted instead. A body board is now described as a flexible semi-soft, buoyant, semicurved object, no longer than 54 inches long, no wider than two feet, not thicker than four inches, made out of closed-cell polyurethane foam or similar material, but not always have a smooth plastic layer attached to the bottom, and without rigid or semi-rigid attachment or protrusions attached for steering movements that would serve as rudder or commonly referred to as skegs.
Also, body boards over 42 inches will be permitted provided that the use some sort of attachment, such as an ankle leash, and remain separated from others by 10 yards.
Arbin explained that when the code was first formed in 19672 "boogie boards" didn't exist and it wasn't until 1978 when the language was added but at that time the product did not exceed 42 inches.
"I talked with five surf shops on Thursday, talked to owners and managers, found out what they're selling, what they're using, what their need is, what they think is reasonable and came up with the changes," Arbin said.
The council voted unanimously to approve the amended ordinance and Mayor Rick Meehan approved the ordinance as an emergency having the law become effective immediately.
"I want to thank the city … for reacting quickly to this. It was obviously something that took everybody by surprise, we got a lot of calls about it, and when you look back and you figure this was something that was originally drafted in 1972 and it is now 2012, obviously it is out of date," Meehan said. "I am glad that cool heads prevailed … this is what we can do in a small community, we can recognize a problem, get together, and quickly remedy it, and I think that is what happened tonight."


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WCDO Sports, a division of WCDO Broadcasting Inc. based in Sidney, broadcast 21 local High School Girls Basketball games, featuring a total of 15 local and area varsity basketball programs as they competed throughout the season. Games can be followed throughout the season both on-the-air on WCDO 100.9 FM and 1490 AM, as well as online at WCDORadio.com. All Games are also archived for playback at anytime on the website in the "WCDO Sports on Demand Archive". During the post-game of each broadcast, two separate awards are given to outstanding players. WCDO Sports would like to thank NBT Bank and Mang Insurance for supporting the player of the game awards program throughout the season with the NBT Bank Outstanding Offense award, and The Mang Insurance Dynamic Defense award. A total of 42 awards were given this season honoring 18 student athletes from 7 area schools.
Harpursville Lady Hornets:
The Harpursville Lady Hornets are the 2012/2013 Section IV Class C Champions, and returned to the State Championship game for the 2nd time in 3 seasons this year. The team had 4 athletes recognized for a total of 11 awards this season. Savannah Murray lead the team with a total of 4 awards, one for offense and 3 for defense. Miranda Drummond, Tatiana Sosnowsky, and Shelby Medovich each received 2 awards each, Drummond on offense, and Sosnowsky and Medovich with an offensive and defensive award each.
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The Unadilla Valley Lady Storm are the 2012/2013 Class C MAC Champions. The team had 4 athletes recognaized for a total of 9 awards this season. Taylor Davis and Amanda Off led the team with 3 awards each, Davis with 1 offensive and 2 defensive, and Off with 2 offensive and 1 defensive. Jordan Anderson took home 2 offensive awards, and Corrine Izzard a defensive award.
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The Unatego Spartans had 4 athletes recognized for a total of 8 awards this season. Casey Manzanero lead the team with 3 offensive awards. Sarah Menina and Kayla Talbot each received 2 awards each, Menina with an offensive and defensive, and Talbot with two defensive awards. Robin Foster also received a defensive award.
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The Sidney Warriors had 5 athletes recognized for an award each this season. Kelsey Decker took home an offensive award while Taylor Krom, Rileigh Genung, Hannah Wood, and Bethany Karl each received defensive awards.
Franklin Lady Purple Devils:
The Franklin Lady Purple Devils are the 2012/2013 Class D MAC Champions. Franklin was featured in two broadcasts this season where their players swept the awards for each of those games. Jordan Beers won 2 awards for offense and Marisa Cawley won 2 awards for defense.
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A total of 6 awards were awarded in 2 other area schools. At Bainbridge-Guilford, Morgan Bullis received two awards, one for offense and one for defense, and Taylor Palmatier took home an offensive award. At Afton, Bailey Sherman picked up two awards, one for offense and one for defense, and Payton Cutting received an offensive award.
WCDO Sports will be back with more local sports broadcasts in the upcoming seasons. Games can be heard on the air at 100.9 FM and 1490 AM. Games are also streamed on the internet at WCDOSports.com. WCDO Sports says "Congratulations and Well Done!" to all Student Athletes throughout our area on their accomplishments this season, and thanks the Coaches, Parents, and Volunteers who make School Athletics possible throughout our local area. WCDO Sports also thanks the many local businesses who recognize the importance of supporting School Athletics and make the broadcasts throughout football and basketball seasons possible.


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