Page 38 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch December 20, 2013 Treasure House Large Selection Of Lamp Shades Floral Supplies Household Items Christmas Decorations Jewelry DENNIS Beach Bots Team On Hot Streak By TRAVIS BROWN STAFF WRITER ALL AT BARGAIN PRICES! 13308 Hatchery Road, Bishopville, MD (Next To Dennis New & Used Furniture) Margaret Dennis 410-352-5241 this week’s open houses CALL AGENTS FOR DIRECTIONS View more open houses at www.mdcoastdispatch.com/open_houses.php OCEAN CITY Makai Condominiums 42nd St. Bayside Sat & Sun 10-4 New Construction 2BR & Studio Condos Ben Dawson The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-603-2205 OCEAN CITY Eleven 11 Edgewater 1111 Edgewater Ave Open Daily 10-4 New Bayfront Condos 3BR/2.5BA/1700+SF Kevin Decker The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 443-235-6552 OCEAN CITY OCEAN CITY Sunset Island The Gateway Grand 67th St & The Bay Two 48th Street Open Sat & Sun Oceanfront Condos, Townhomes, Daily 10-5 Single Family Homes Fully Furnished Luxury Resort Living Penthouse Residences Terry Riley The Fritschle Group/ Vantage Resort Realty Condominium Realty 443-880-0512 877-260-2710 WEST OCEAN CITY Villas at Inlet Isle Mon-Fri 11-3 Sat&Sun 10-4 Waterfront THs 3BR/4BA PJ Aldridge The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-251-7562 OCEAN PINES 42 Harpoon Rd Sat 12:30-2 New Construction Beautiful 3BR/2BA Home Many Extras Melissa Lear Coldwell Banker 443-366-6389 OCEAN CITY The View 57th St. Bayfront Daily 10-4 New Construction Direct Bayfront 3BR/2BA Condo Dan Clayland Coldwell Banker 410-726-5108 AGENTS: List Your Featured Properties And Open Houses On Our Website For Just $20/Month. 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Earlier this month the Beach Bots First Lego League Team took home three trophies at the Eastern Shore Regional match where it competed against 17 other teams. “The team won the top award, The Champions Award, for the second consecutive year in a row earning a spot to compete at the State Championship at UMBC,” said Kosin. “To receive this award, the team needed to earn first place in all three judged areas: Research Project, Robot Technical Design and Core Values, and must also receive a Robot Performance score in the top 40 percent of the official Robot rounds.” The team also took home the trophy for first place in robot performance while Kosin was named Volunteer of the Year for her efforts not only coaching the Beach Bots but her involvement in tournament organization and promoting robotics on the shore. This particular Lego League tournament, which features younger teams, was a point of pride for Kosin due to the high turnout of student volunteers from Worcester County. “Many students from both Snow Hill and Stephen Decatur High schools volunteered for the fourth year in a row to make the tournament a huge success,” she said. “We received many compliments on how well organized and helpful the students were from both the director and assistant director of STEM for Wicomico County Public Schools.” In a case of it never raining without pouring, Kosin learned about two big community-driven funding efforts right around the same time her team took the championship. The first is the Beach Bots inclusion in “Team Depot,” the charitable outreach arm of Home Depot. “The whole thing about Team Depot is that they want to be more involved in the community, a deeper partnership,” said Kosin. “And they really wanted to get involved with the youth.” When the Beach Bots joined Team Depot, it was told to make a wish list of tools and materials that they could use. Home Depot fulfilled the entire list with the promise to stay long-term partners. Kosin said that the experience with Home Depot and local representatives Stephanie Rivkind, Mike Poss and Bill Wener has been extraordinary. But it’s not just big businesses that want to help the team. West Ocean City restaurant Peppers Tavern, located on Route 611 and Sunset Avenue, will be throwing the Beach Bots a fundraiser this Saturday, Dec. 21, from 2-4 p.m. It will include a Chinese auction and allyou-can-eat chicken and beef tacos and soft drinks for $15. Peppers owner Dennis King, better known as Denny-O, is a big fan of the team wants to support the kids, according to Kosin. “We were going to have a Christmas party for the team and we just decided to combine it and he offered his place and the kids love tacos,” she said. Kosin added that it’s “such a wonderful feeling that the community is behind us.” The support should be a big help over the next few months with the Beach Bots gearing up for their high school level regular season. Unlike the younger team’s Lego League, at the high school level the robots are large, expensive to build and extremely complicated. But it’s something that students from all over Worcester County have embraced, with the team growing from barely a dozen a few years ago to close to 50 members today. . . Negligent Manslaughter Conviction FROM PAGE 36 motor vehicle while impaired and numerous traffic violations. Last January, those charges were dropped when a blood test administered by the Maryland State Police crime lab came back negative for oxycodone and benzodiazepine. However, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matt Maciarello vowed to continue to pursue the case and had a private company analyze the blood. The private company tested for substances not included in the standard MSP testing protocol and the results came back positive. Maciarello then presented the case to the grand jury, which handed down the 15-count indictment in July. On Monday, Dobrzynski was found guilty after a bench trial in Wicomico County Circuit Court of criminally negligent manslaughter, four counts of driving while impaired by drugs while transporting a minor, negligent driving and a seatbelt violation. 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