August 16, 2013 FROM PAGE 44 about and dropped. It’s a small step but Ocean City should ban smoking on the beach, it’s a health hazard and we all know it. Other beach resorts have done it, surely it’s not out of the realm of possibilities for us to do it. Then there was the baggy pants issue that was discussed and nothing really came of that either. If another resort town was capable of passing that law why not us? We talk about things like this and nothing ever gets done. Are we so afraid of offending these groups of people that we just put up with anything? I guess it’s alright to offend normal decent law abiding citizens that don't want to come here anymore and don't. The T-shirts on the Boardwalk The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 45 were on their way to the hospital within 15 minutes from the seizure. The beach patrol even helped me take all the beach stuff to my car so I could head to the hospital too. Everyone on the beach was so professional and thorough. My granddaughter was transported to Atlantic General where her care there was excellent. It ended up being a medicine adjustment because of a recent growth spurt but was a scary incident when it happened. I want the people and visitors of Ocean City to know that if you have a medical emergency there that the lifeguards, beach patrol, paramedics, hospital and doctors are terrific. Thank you so much. Liz Markline Aberdeen LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are so distinguishing and so in your face. The shop owners weren't allowed to have them out front only inside their stores; well that's not always the case as I have seen over and over again. Sure, Ocean City has changed over the years, times have changed, nothing ever stays the same and we make adjustments for a lot of things because we are not "back in the day." It’s a whole new world out there. But the changes in our town are not in our best interest, and we need to start doing something about it instead of burying our heads in the sand. Mary Dean Ocean City Beach Patrol Saluted Editor: I want to take a moment to comment on an event that happened on July 18. My daughter and granddaughter had come down to OC to vacation with me and we had just arrived at the beach on 143rd Street and been there about 20 minutes. My granddaughter had a seizure while in the shallows of the ocean. My daughter was with her and yelled for the lifeguards. Within 30 seconds, three guards were there sizing the situation up and handling it competently. The beach patrol arrived within three minutes and the paramedics arrived within seven to 10 minutes. They