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Sussex unveils budget with 7.8 percent tax cut - Delaware Wave
GEORGETOWN -- Sussex County is proposing a tax rebate that would effectively cut county property taxes by 7.8 percent in the coming fiscal year.
Because of a surplus left over from 2011, a 3.5-cent property tax rebate is built in to the fiscal 2013 budget the county unveiled last week. It means landowners, as long as they're current on tax payments, would get a credit to apply to their property taxes. The county tax rate is set to stay the same, at 44.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Overall, the draft budget submitted to the Sussex County Council devotes $121.1 million to operating expenses and capital projects. It's a decrease from the current year's budget of $140.1 million. Much of the funding drop is because federal stimulus grants, applied to expanding the county's sewer systems into new regions, have expired.
The budget includes a 2.25 cost-of-living raise for county employees, and a smaller adjustment for retirees with pensions. It also increases the grants to local law enforcement agencies to $25,000 per town, higher than the grants have been since 2009. The budget also supports a plan to expand the public library in Greenwood, and devotes several million dollars to an already-approved runway expansion at the Georgetown airport.
A public hearing on the budget is set for June 19, and the county is accepting comments on the budget at a dedicated email address, budget@sussexcountyde.gov. Budget documents will be posted on the county's website.
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Sussex Police introduces measures to curb crime during Euros - crawleyobserver.co.uk
INCREASED patrols and dispersal orders are among the measures Sussex Police will be introducing to curb crime during the European Football Championships.
As well as increased patrols and dispersal orders, which give police powers to ban groups of people from areas for 24 hours, Sussex Police has been working with local authorities and licensees to “deter trouble before it starts”.
This includes licensed premises selling drinks in plastic cups and bringing trouble makers to the attention of the police.
“Our main aim is to make this a safe and trouble-free tournament,” said Superintendent Grenville Wilson.
“Our approach will be friendly, fair but firm. The vast majority of supporters are law-abiding and peaceful, but there are a few who use events like the championships as an excuse to cause trouble. We don’t want it and we won’t put up with it.
“In addition to extra police patrols, we have a wide variety of legal powers which can and will be used if necessary.
“We also have powers to stop individuals drinking in public, and powers to require people to disperse from specific areas, if we think they are likely to cause or are causing trouble. Arrest can follow if they fail to comply. Think of the dispersal order as the yellow and red card scheme. A yellow card means you must leave the area. If you don’t you get the red card – arrest.”
Those who are planning to watch matches in pubs, clubs or other venues in Sussex, are being told to be drink aware and watch their purses, wallets and phones and plan ahead.
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Misery continues for Mark Ramprakash as Sussex skittle Surrey for 124 - The Guardian
It is a sorry state of affairs for Mark Ramprakash and Murray Goodwin, two middle‑order county batsmen who have, perhaps, been the most difficult to dismiss this century.
Between them they have scored the best part of 60,000 first-class runs, with Ramprakash averaging 53 and Goodwin 47. They have, for different reasons, played less Test cricket than might be expected, and they have made county bowlers pay for that.
Here, however, Goodwin, in his 40th year, was dropped for the first time by the county he joined in 2001. He was such a prominent figure in that first championship winning season of 2003, but runs have been tight of late.
Ramprakash, meanwhile, in his 43rd year, was dropped by Surrey recently. Recalled to play his first championship match in three weeks, he opened the batting but made only eight before he was caught behind, pushing forward with a diffidence he would have disowned in his pomp.
This, however, is no ground for old batsmen. On Wednesday it was damp and blustery and the day belonged to the bowlers. It usually swings at Horsham, a fact confirmed by the boundary-strolling Jason Lewry, surely one of the best left-arm swing bowlers never to have played for his country.
And on Wednesday, despite the conditions, it swung once more. There was also some seam movement and James Anyon and Steve Magoffin took four wickets apiece as Surrey were bundled out for 124 in just 40.2 overs.
In reply Sussex were 81 for two before the rain fell, terminally this time. Sussex were anxious to get the game as advanced as possible, because the weather forecast for Thursday is even more dire. Apart from the conditions, Sussex bowled and caught well, and there some disappointing strokes from the Surrey batsmen. Of their specialists, Tom Maynard top-scored with 17.
Jason Roy drove to mid-on, a poor shot, and after the dismissal of Ramprakash three men fell with the score on 32. Zander de Bruyn was caught at slip, Rory Hamilton-Brown, the former Sussex player, was caught down the leg side off the first ball he faced, and Steven Davies, as well taken by the diving Luke Wells at third slip.
However, Horsham is also a ground that has rewarded the player prepared to put bat to ball and that is exactly what Gareth Batty and Jonathan Lewis did, to almost double the score, before Murali Kartik hit an unbeaten 23.
When Sussex batted, Ed Joyce nicked a wide one from Lewis to Davies before Chris Nash and Wells ensured the truncated day belonged to them. Davies, at least, was happy with the early finish. He travelled to Birmingham on Wednesday night as wicketkeeping cover for England's Matt Prior.
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West Sussex Invitation League round-up - wscountytimes.co.uk
Paul Osbourne’s half century was in vain as Southwater suffered a second successive defeat in Division 1 of the West Sussex Invitation Cricket League.
Southwater won the toss at Clymping and decided to bowl, and on a difficult wicket the hosts’ 204-8 was a decent total, Gareth Challen top scoring with 63 from 64 balls. For Southwater Danny Humphreys took 6-54 with the ball. In reply number five batsman Osbourne led the fight with a fine 88, but the next highest contribution came from skipper Alex Harding (28) as partners came and went. Harding said: “I couldn’t fault the bowling or fielding really, they had a few partnerships and although their score was good but one we could definitely chase. Paul was brilliant, he came in and gave us a real chance but the wicket is always tricky and a few of us gave our wickets away. It’s disappointing to lose two on the bounce but we’ve got a double header against Crawley Eagles this weekend so hopefully we can bounce back.”
Division 2
West Chiltington & Thakeham 251-6; Eastergate 78
An unbeaten century from Mick Armstrong helped West Chilt go clear at the top of Division 2 with a comfortable 173-run win at home against Eastergate.
The hosts were inserted and hit 250-6 in just 42 overs with Armstrong (103 not out), James Howgate (65) and James Chaloner (37) with the bulk of the runs. In reply, despite a few dropped catches Eastergate were bowled out for under 100 - overseas player Armstrong also taking 3-11 and Chaloner 6-50 again with all the answers. More than half the side were under 25 and all played their part in the field. Acting captain Howgate was clearly delighted. He said: “Although Armstrong and Chaloner will take the headlines again, the youngsters in the side are all keen to learn and we’re planning for the future here. Chilt are already 32 points clear of third placed St Andrews whom they visit this weekend.
Serendib 261-8 dec; Storrington 85
Storrington’s woes with the bat continued as they were skittled out for a sub 100 score in a heavy defeat at Serendib.
Robert Haggart, with 49, was far and away the visitor’s stand-out performer with the next highest score just five. The extras total added ten to Storrington’s score but it still only took them to 85 all out as they fell well short of their host’s 261-8 declared first innings score. Having been asked to bat, both Azam Riyard and Mudalige Sam Burke scored half centuries for the hosts, allowing them to trot off for tea early. James Peake and Alex Barritt both took three wickets apiece for the visitors, but it was with the willow that they really struggled, crashing to a huge 176-run defeat. Skipper Rob Norris, who missed Saturday’s defeat along with several other key players, said: “When you concede 260 runs there’s obviously a few issues in the field but at the moment the real problem is the batting. We’ve posted disappointing scores in our last two games and even when we beat Trinity we lost five wickets for 56, so we’ve probably scored around 230 runs this season for 25 wickets. We always knew we’d have availability issues this week so to fulfill two fixtures at the weekend is a plus but there’s not getting away from the fact that we are struggling. The one exception was Rob Haggart, who at 16 years old opened the batting and fell one short of his first half century. His keeping has also been pretty good but other than that our batsmen need to get their heads down and work harder.”
Horsham Trinity 170-8; St Andrews 171-2
Only captain Angus Cox really performed with the bat as Horsham Trinity went down at home to St Andrews.
Opening the bat Cox made 60, but from there only James Rogers (24) and Rob Bartlett (28) made it beyond 20 as the home innings ended on 170-8 from the 49 overs. In reply St Andrews opener Steve Kingcome hit 67, and the Trinity bowlers struggled to make any real headway as Nick Elkins was 61 not out and Owen Male 26 not out. The visitors reached their target with only two wickets down in the 32nd over, Jack Gold and Angus Cox with the two wickets. The result, Trinity’s second defeat of the season, leaves them in the bottom two of Division 2 in the early standings.
Division 3
Barns Green 188; Broadbridge Heath 190-4
Broadbridge Heath recovered from a below par start with the ball to record an umtimately comfortable win against Barns Green.
Martin Hennock made a swuft start for Barns Green with 51 off 67 balls, but once Fred Bridges (4-28) and Jay Patel (4-43) took the pace off the ball, their spin bowling soon ensured Barns Green were kept down to a managable total.
And with 250 a par score at barns Green, Heath were confident, as Craig Skilton (42) and Neil Charman (59 not out) helped them over the line.
Heath skipper Skilton said: “We recovered well.”
Division 6
West Chiltington & Thakeham II 143; Eastergate II 130
A low scoring game saw a tight affair between West Chilt II and Eastergate II which the visitors just edged.
Eastergate won the toss and asked Chilt to bat. The country boys were soon in trouble and collapsed to 143 all out - former captain Jonathan Denton top scoring with just 28. In reply Eastergate looked to be in total control until captain Stephen Hodgson grabbed the ball. He and Rob Rydon shared nine wickets for just 60 runs to bowl the hosts out 13 runs short. Hodgson, celebrating after his third successive five-wicket haul said: “A few players were missing today but the same result. We’re not getting carried away but I’m happy with our progress so far.” Chilt 2nd XI stay top but as they didn’t pick up maximum points the table remains tight at this early stage. They host Chichester Priory 3rd XI at the Recreation Ground this weekend.
Division 10
Horsham 4th XI 177-8; West Chilt & Thakeham 55
Chilt 3rd XI continue to struggle in Division 10 and remain firmly anchored to the foot of the table.
Despite a good performance with the ball, they collapsed against Horsham 4ths to just 55 all out. Vice captain Cliff Richman was down but not out afterwards. He said: “We knew this year would be a challenge and just getting a side out was our first objective. We’re a mix of the young and the old and many have never played together. We’re confident we’ll get it right soon.” Chilt face West Wittering 2nds at Amberley this weekend.
Chilt’s Sunday side beat Bognor Regis Rebels by one wicket at the Regis Oval in the first game between the sides for several years
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