Sunday, April 26, 1987 --

• Bob Culver, the new owner of Market Street Inn in Downtown Salisbury, said he will revitalize the business to provide an “Annapolis-style restaurant and bar” to Salisbury customers. Culver said he is prepared to invest about $250,000 in the project. Culver’s plans conflict with the goal of city planning officials, who have stated a desire to demolish the structure to make room for a riverwalk and cultural center.
• Delmarva Power & Light Co. has unveiled its new “Challenge 2000” initiative, which asks customers to shift their traditional energy use patterns and positions the utility to build smaller power plants that tap new technologies. The centerpiece of the program will be asking customers to refrain from using power during peak use periods, such as summer afternoons.
• All-American Rick Fears and All-State Alton Jones captured all of the major championships held in the Salisbury Gun Club’s “Spring Open.” Fears smashed 100 straight targets without a miss and won the 12-gauge competition. Jones hit 99 out of 100 clay targets to win the 20-gauge competition.
• Air-travel pioneer Richard A. Henson has spurred a burst of civic activity this spring, thanks to his $1 million challenge grant for a bigger and better Mid-Delmarva Family YMCA. Already heavily committed to the South Schumaker Drive facility, Henson will give the YMCA an additional $1 million if local businesses, industries and individuals step forward to match that sum. The campaign has a full-time headquarters, located in the Young music store on the Downtown Plaza.
• Six workers from South Carolina and Kentucky suffered chemical burns when they were sprayed by ammonia during an industrial accident at the Campbell Soup Co. factory in Salisbury. The workers, employed by Cross & Affiliated Construction of Glen Burnie, Md., were engaged in plant renovations when an ammonia tank valve was hit accidentally. Assistant Plant Manager Linda Gabell said ammonia is used as part of the food-freezing process. One of the injured contractors was taken to the Burn Center at Francis Scott Key Medical Center; the other five were transported to Peninsula General Hospital Medical Center.
• For her tireless efforts on behalf of her community, Jeanette Dallas of Salisbury has been named 1987’s Good Neighbor. The title was bestowed by the United Methodist Women of Asbury Church, as part of their spring affair. In presenting a silver bowl to Dallas, Nita Holland of the Good Neighbor Selection Committee, praised Dallas’ “many unselfish and caring concerns for other people in trouble.”