Circulation 13,000 Free August 15, 2014 8-Year-Old Drowns Off Cape Charles Beach By Ron West and Cheryl Nowak ceived a call at about 3:20 p.m. Sun- maritan on a personal water craft, but personnel, and bystanders initiated The body of 8-year-old Uvihin “Ace” day of a possible drowning. The boy the young boy was still missing. rescue efforts which continued until Horton of Tranton, N.J., was recovered had been in the water at Cape Charles A prayer vigil for Horton was approximately 8:30 Sunday evening. Tuesday morning from the waters Public Beach with his aunt, Onesia planned for noon today but was Those efforts resumed at 7 a.m. Mon- near Cape Charles following a two-day Hadley, of Trenton, and other relatives. changed to a prayer of thanks for the day, when Virginia State Police divers search for the boy. When law-enforcement officers and recovery. and underwater sonar equipment were According to Cape Charles Police rescue personnel arrived, they discov- Cape Charles Police, along with the added. After about 12 hours, the search Chief Jim Pruitt, his department and ered that two adults, including the Sheriff’s Office, Virginia Marine Police, was suspended until approximately the Northampton Sheriff’s Office re- aunt, had been rescued by a Good Sa- U.S. Coast Guard, local fire and rescue 7:30 Tuesday morning. Photo by Ron West Two of the three boats searching for Uvihin “Ace” Horton run search patterns over the bottom. The waters off the beach out to the channel are fairly shallow, mostly under 5 feet until you get to the channel, where it drops off to as much as 10 feet depending on the tide. The search area ran from the area next to the fishing pier on the south to the area near the old ferry pier filings on the north. Two-Vehicle Temperanceville Collision Claims Life of Painter Woman By Linda Cicoira said Ayres was driving a 2009 Mercy Milan north- Ashley M. Samsel, 26, of Haven Lane in Milford, A Painter woman died in a traffic accident in Tem- bound on Lankford Highway at about 3 p.m. Aug. Del., who was driving the Suburban, suffered non- peranceville Tuesday afternoon, according to a state 12 near Temperanceville Road when she lost con- life-threatening injuries and was taken to Peninsula police report. trol of the vehicle and it spun into the southbound Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Tammy Laverne Ayres, 43, of A.S. West Road lanes of the road into the path of a 2004 Chevrolet Anaya said alcohol was not a factor in the crash. died at the scene. State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya Suburban. Both drivers were wearing seat belts. 2 • EastErn shorE Post • august 15, 2014 Arsonist Wants New Attorney To Handle Her Case; Dozens of Charges Are Expected To Be Tried Separately By Linda Cicoira sistant from Hopeton was convicted by court ruled that she is entitled to have Bundick’s former sweetheart, Tonya Susan Bundick wants a new a jury on one arson charge and plead- a separate trial for each charge. Charles Robert Smith III, 38, tagged lawyer. ed no contest to a count of arson and a At the start of Bundick’s last case her as the couple’s arson leader. He The arsonist, who is accused of 51 count of conspiracy. held in Virginia Beach, she said she pleaded guilty last October to 67 more charges of deliberately setting She is awaiting trial for arsons that was satisfied with her lawyers, Al- counts of arson and a count of conspir- fires that terrorized Accomack resi- include a fire at Leatherbury United lan Zaleski of Norfolk and his son, ing with Bundick. His testimony rein- dents, wrote about her dissatisfaction Methodist Church on Deep Creek Road Alexander Christopher Zaleski. Her forced a four-hour long confession he in a letter she sent to the county clerk and the historic Whispering Pines mo- original attorneys asked to be re- gave just after the two were arrested of court late last month. tel. Bundick is being held in Eastern moved from the case due to a conflict about a mile from the last fire. He has The note, addressed to “whomever Shore Regional Jail in Eastville. The of interest. not yet been sentenced. it concerns,” was filed in circuit court records and states, “I am writing to find out the proper procedure for hav- Teen Injured in Cherrystone Tornado Dies at CHKD ing your public defender removed from your case. … The legal representation By Linda Cicoira struck their tent on July 24. Two other children from the I have been receiving is ineffective and A 14-year-old boy who was injured July 24 when a tornado family, Lharieza and Lheanna Balatbat, who were in a sec- I don’t find the legal advice I am given swept through Cherrystone Campground in Northampton ond tent with Lheandrew, survived. to be in my best interests.” County died Saturday at Children’s Hospital of the King’s “The Balatbats were very fun, loving, free-spirited, car- A hearing is scheduled for later this Daughters in Norfolk, according to a fund-raising website ing, outgoing, giving and just an overall awesome couple month about appointing a new lawyer set up for the victims. that enjoyed life and loved smiling,” wrote Mohsin Khan, and Bundick will be sentenced on two Lheandrew Lloyd Balatbat was the third fatality of the who worked with Lord Balatbat. “They were the nicest peo- counts of arson and a count of conspir- storm. His parents, Lord Balatbat and Lolibeth Ortega, ple you could have ever known. They were truly in love and acy in September. died at the campground during their annual camping trip enjoyed being parents … please keep the young children The 41-year-old former nursing as- to Cheriton from their Jersey City, N.J., home, when a tree and their family members in your prayers.” THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CAPE CHARLES CUP August 16, 2014 75+ sailboats from the Cape Charles Cup will be in Cape Charles on Saturday, August 16, after the first leg of the race from Little Creek. The boats will be docked at the city docks and the Kings Creek Marina. The crews will be roving the town Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. We appreciate the hospitality of the town of Cape Charles. August 15, 2014 • EAstErn shorE Post • 3 POCOMOKE POCOMOKE 4 • EastErn shorE Post • august 15, 2014 Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes in Northampton Continue To Be Challenged By Ron West with scientists to hear how removing property owners seek them. He also mercial Realty, Debra Guerrero noted During the public comment portion the Chesapeake Bay Protection Act contended that removing the CBPA that the expansion is needed to allow of Tuesday’s meeting of the Northamp- (CBPA) from the seaside would be from the seaside would hurt water for a veterinary clinic at the shopping ton Board of Supervisors, several mem- harmful. “The Virginia Shorekeepers quality in that area. center. There was no opposition to the bers of the public once again spoke in cannot endorse the new Zoning Ordi- Exmore businessman Ken Dufty planned expansion and the board voted opposition to the proposed changes to nance and the county is on a collision argued that allowing biomass produc- unanimously to grant the request. the county Zoning Ordinance. course with a courtroom,” Ford said. tion in the county would be a mistake. Eastern Shore Broadband Authority Former Planning Commission Former Planning Commission mem- Dufty also said SUPs are needed and spokesperson Nick Pascaretti told the member Martina Coker said she had ber Roberta Kellam endorsed Ford’s the CBPA should stay in place on the board that the broadband connection is resigned from her position because comments and said the new Zoning Or- seaside. “We need to start over with up and running for Chincoteague and of the way the Board of Supervisors dinance would be detrimental to prop- the Zoning Ordinance,” Dufty told the Parksley and is nearing completion for was developing the new Zoning Ordi- erty values and water quality. supervisors. He suggested that the the Onancock and Cape Charles areas. nance. Coker noted that she opposed Former Planning Commission mem- board might be sued over its subse- Eastern Shore Broadband provides the board’s decision to eliminate the bers Dave Kabler and Mary Miller quent actions. an Internet backbone for both counties, requirement for a special-use permit urged the board to keep the SUP re- Dr. Art Schwarzschild of the Uni- but is not an end user provider, mean- (SUP) in many situations when indi- quirements in the new ordinance. versity of Virginia Research Center in ing that individual Internet providers viduals wish to build something. She Miller predicted that other proposed Oyster said the board could modify the are needed to make the final connection also argued that the new ordinance changes would cause an increase in SUP process to make it less onerous between the system and each customer. is not in compliance with the existing traffic in some neighborhoods. for those seeking them. He also noted Supervisor Granville Hogg raised Comprehensive Plan. John Ordeman of Citizens for a Bet- that residents of the seaside village of the possibility of using existing tow- Jay Ford, executive director of the ter Eastern Shore (CBES) claimed the Willis Wharf want to keep the uses and ers and buildings for the attachment Shorekeepers, echoed Coker’s com- board is hurting those involved in ag- restrictions in the ordinance.