January 17, 2014
Page 7
The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch
An example of a banner used in
the Hometown Heroes Military Ban-
ner Program in a California town is
pictured.
Submitted Photo
OCEAN CITY Ocean City will
be honoring its local home town
heroes this summer through a mili-
tary banner program that will recog-
nize active duty personnel along the
Boardwalk.
On Tuesday afternoon, Pat Rio-
rdan of the OC Elks Lodge Veter-
an's Committee came before the
Mayor and City Council to request
permission to implement an Ocean
City Hometown Heroes Military
Banner Program to honor active du-
ty personnel who reside in Worces-
ter County.
According to Riordan, the pro-
gram was created for the communi-
ty of Ocean City to honor and recog-
nize active duty military personnel
that reside in Worcester County.
Banners will display the official mili-
tary photo of the service person, as
well as his or her name, rank and
branch of the Unites States Armed
Forces. There will be no cost to the
honoree for this program.
"It basically started with a trip to
California last spring when my wife
and I were there on our anniversary
trip. We were visiting the town of
Temecula, Calif., and they had a
similar program that really made
you feel good walking around see-
ing these banners. It touched us, so
we came to the Elks who were look-
ing for projects for the Veterans
Committee, and they instructed me
to go forward with it, which I have
been working on the past six
months. Hopefully, I am bringing
this to you and we can get your
blessing to move forward," Riordan
said.He explained the banner would
be similar to those posted in Tem-
ecula, obviously changing it to rep-
resent Ocean City, but is working
with a graphic artist to come up with
a final product.
Riordan has met with the Depart-
ment of Public Works, and 16 loca-
tions were chosen to hang banners
on light pole locations on the con-
crete Boardwalk easterly bump outs
from the pier to 4th Street from
Springfest to Sunfest each year to
avoid having the banners destroyed
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can call the National Aquarium's
Stranding Hotline at 410-373-0083, or
the Maryland Natural Resources
Police (NRP) at 800-628-9944. The
Maryland Coastal Bays Program al-so
has a link for reporting seal sightings
on its website at mdcoastalbays.org.
by winter weather.
"I couldn't have asked for better
locations if I handpicked the poles
myself. They will be in the area of
the Fireman's Memorial," he said.
"After we take them down after Sun-
fest, we are hoping to present them
to the service member or their fami-
ly for a keepsake."
The program will be no cost to
the Town of Ocean City. Funds will
be raised through local fraternal
organizations, charities and busi-
nesses to sponsor active duty mili-
tary from Worcester County.
"It is a great idea and I don't think
we could do too much to honor our
veterans," Councilman Brent Ashley
said as he made a motion to ap-
prove the military banner program.
Councilman Doug Cymek sec-
onded the motion. It had been sev-
eral months since he first talked to
Riordan about the program and was
happy to see him before the council
for approval.
The council voted unanimously
to approve the program.
"I want to thank you for bringing
this program forward and to the Elks
and their Veteran's Committee in
working together with different or-
ganizations," Mayor Rick Meehan
said. "You are going to find this to
be a very special type of display on
our Boardwalk, and certainly some-
thing that is important to all of is no
matter where you are from. Our res-
idents, visitors, and families of serv-
ice members will see those banners
and it will really resonate with them.
It is a patriotic feeling and a real trib-
ute to those who are serving us."
Boardwalk Military Banner Program OK'd For Summer
... Four OC Sightings This Week
By JOANNE SHRINER
STAFF WRITER
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