Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Volume 28, Number 4

Membership Drive 2018 Family Ties

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Inside This Issue

Speak Out and In Brief.............................................................. 4 CAMP Matters — Family Ties ��������������������������������������������������� 6 CAMP News — Broadwalk and Prom....................................... 8 CAMP Out — Back in the Saddle Again ����������������������������������10 CAMP Stories — Scents and Scents-ability ����������������������������� 14 It’s My Life — George: For Love of Dog ����������������������������������16 Straight Talk — A More Compatible Environment ������������������ 20 Out and Proud — Equal Pay Should Be for All ����������������������� 22 Membership Drive — There's No Place Like Home ��������������� 26 View Point — LGBT Ugandan Refugees ��������������������������������� 34 Volunteer Spotlight — John Michael Sophos ������������������������� 40 Out and About — Prince's Mark on the Gay Community ������� 44 Q Puzzle — Trendsetting Lips ������������������������������������������������� 52 Eating Out — Café Azafran ���������������������������������������������������� 54 CAMPshots — Celebrating Women's FEST ����������������������������� 56 Before the Beach — Sandy Oropel ���������������������������������������� 70 Spotlight on the Arts �������������������������������������������������������������� 72 CAMP Arts — Spring Cleaning �������������������������������������������������74 Booked Solid — Titanic Summer �������������������������������������������� 78 CAMP Cheers! — Bartender's Favorite................................... 80 CAMP Dates — May 3-June 9 ������������������������������������������������ 88 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth relies on the support of readers and members for many of our articles, photographs, poetry, illustrations, and production assistance.

Contributing to this issue: Murray Archibald, Sondra Arkin, Rich Barnett, Tony Burns, Stafani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Eric Peterson, Mary Beth Ramsey, Richard Rosendall, Jen Rubenstein, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie Sinclair, and Doug Yetter.

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CAMP Rehoboth 2018 Membership Drive.

Illustration by Mary Beth Ramsey.

Resources Serving Delaware’s Coastal Area ACLU of DE Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights Project ...................................................302-654-3966 AIDS Delaware New Castle County.....................................................................302-652-6776 AIDS Delaware Kent & Sussex County...................................................................... 302-226-3519 AIDS Hotline (Delaware statewide).................................................................... 800-422-0429 CAMP Chorus a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.................302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Community Center LGBT Community Service Organization ........302-227-5620 CAMPsafe AIDS Education & Prevention program of CAMP Rehoboth .............302-227-5620 Christiana Care HIV Wellness Clinic AIDS Support Services, Georgetown.............302-933-3420 Christiana Care LGBTQ Health Initiatives TRodden@christianacare.org..................302-733-1227 Delaware HIV Consortium HIV Treatment & Prevention, Statewide .....................302-654-5471 Delaware Human Relations Commission Housing & Public Accomodation ........... 877-544-8626 Delaware Pride Community events, annual Pride Festival............................... 302-265-3020 Delaware Transgender Support Support for Trans Men & Women........................302-402-3033 Gay/Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous Call for other schedules.................................302-856-6452

Saturdays at 6 pm: Epworth Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. (Step Meeting)

Saturdays at 7:30 pm: All Saint’s Church, 18 Olive Ave. (Step Meeting)

Tuesdays at Noon: St. Peter’s Church, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes (Step Meeting)

Thurdays at Noon: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave. (Open Discussion) Gay Men’s Support Group a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center............302-227-5620 LGBT Student Union University of DE, Newark..................................................... 302-831-8066 Lesbian Support Group a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center........... 302-227-5620 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth LGBT Magazine.......................................................302-227-5620 National Alliance on Mental Illness of DE (NAMI)...................................................... 302-427-0787 PFLAG - Rehoboth 2nd Tuesday, Public Library, 111 Adams Ave., Lewes............... 302-841-1339 SLAA and SAA — Thursdays at 7:30 pm............................................................. 302-745-7929

All Saint’s Church, 18 Olive Ave. (Church Hall-Lower Level), Rehoboth TransLiance of Delaware meets the 4th Sunday at 7 pm at

MCC Church, 19369 Plantations Rd in Lewes....... Contact TransLiance@gmail/com

HELP KEEP THIS LIST CURRENT BY CALLING 302-227-5620 IF A LISTING IS INCORRECT.

CAMP Rehoboth Mission Statement and Purpose CAMP Rehoboth is a nonprofit community service organization dedicated to creating a more positive environment in Rehoboth Beach and its related communities. We seek to promote cooperation and understanding among all people, as we work to build safe, inclusive communities with room for all.

We seek to promote community well-being on all levels; to foster the development of community groups; to develop community space; to promote human and civil rights; to work against prejudice and discrimination; to lessen tensions among the community at large; and to help foster the economic growth of the area. We work toward these ends through activities such as the following: Fundraising for other organizations, such as AIDS service organizations, gay and lesbian community organizations, recycling programs, environmental projects, literacy training, and other ventures for the general betterment of the community.

Networking resources and information by publishing a newsletter, and functioning as an alternative tourist bureau and information center.

Promoting artistic expressions and creative thinking, and giving aid to artists and craftspeople with an emphasis on the works of lesbians and gay men.

Education and outreach to the larger community, including sensitivity training seminars, and printed materials to promote positive images of gay and lesbian people and others.

Promoting political awareness to build safe and inclusive community through voter information, education, and registration; and analysis of issues and candidates.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Murray Archibld INTERIM EDITOR Fay Jacobs DESIGN AND LAYOUT Tara Arjona ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Ed Hotaling, Monica Parr, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Tom Craft, Corky Fitzpatrick REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Rich Barnett, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Tony Burns, Michael Ford, David Garrett, Stefani Deoul, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Rich Rosendall, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Doug Yetter VOLUME 28, NUMBER 4 • May 4, 2018 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth is published 15 times per year, between February and Thanksgiving, as a program of CAMP Rehoboth Inc., a non-profit community service organization.

CAMP Rehoboth seeks to create a more positive environment of cooperation and understanding among all people. Revenue generated by advertisements supports CAMP Rehoboth’s purpose as outlined in our mission statement.

The inclusion or mention of any person, group, or business in Letters from CAMP Rehoboth does not, nor is it intended to in any way, indicate sexual orientation. The content of the columns are the views and opinions of the writers and may not indicate the position of CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. Letters from CAMP Rehoboth welcomes submissions. Email Editor@camprehoboth.com. Photographs must be high resolution (300 dpi). Documents should be sent as attachments in Microsoft Word®. Deadline for submissions is two weeks prior to the issue release date.

PRESIDENT • Chris Beagle VICE PRESIDENT • Leslie Sinclair SECRETARY • Shelley Couch TREASURER • Natalie Moss, CPA AT-LARGE DIRECTORS Jane Blue, Max Dick, Mike DeFlavia, Kathy McGuiness, Jack Morrison, Glen Pruitt, Mark Purpura, Tara Sheldon, Kathy Wiz INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • Murray Archibald HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTOR • Sal Seeley CAMP Rehoboth 37 Baltimore Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302-227-5620 • Fax 302-227-5604 e-mail: editor@camprehoboth.com www.camprehoboth.com CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to CAMP Rehoboth are considered charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes and may be deducted to the fullest extent of the law. A copy of our exemption document is available for public inspection. © 2018 by CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. All rights reserved by CAMP Rehoboth. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the editor.

The Way I See It

by Murray Archibald

THIS IS ISSUE FOUR IN THE 28TH VOLUME OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH, AND with its release we return to our biweekly, summer publishing schedule. Look for a new edition every other Friday from now through Labor Day weekend. Our previous issue was devoted to saying farewell to our CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director, Co-Founder—and my husband—Steve Elkins, but I suspect that due to the tremendous influence he has had on all of us, we will continue to remember him in these pages for a long time to come. On a personal note: thank you for the outpouring of love, support, donations, flowers, cards, and messages that have come to me and to CAMP Rehoboth.▽ FOR NOW, I HAVE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR in Chief of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. After more than a quarter of a century of working side by side with Steve and serving as President of the Board, I know that I am in a unique position to guide us through this transition as smoothly as possible. Though I may hate the loss that has precipitated change, I am not afraid to embrace change, as I can truthfully say that the single thing that frightened me the most in life has already happened. I will talk frequently in the coming months about collaboration and innovation at all levels of CAMP Rehoboth. The most important goal for me—as I outlined for the Board of Directors—is to make sure that CAMP Rehoboth is on rock solid ground in all areas of operation, and has a clear and updated vision for the future. We are already developing the process for a new and comprehensive strategic plan that includes: a staffing needs analysis, a Succession Plan update, a technology timeline, and a database analysis and update. I am encouraged in everything I do by the level of talent and support given by our Board, our staff, our volunteers, and our community. Most importantly, we will continue to do the one simple thing that best illustrates who we are as an organization: create a more positive world with room for all. Perhaps that, in the end, is Steve’s most important legacy. ▽ IN THE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, THE CAMP REHOBOTH WOMEN’S FEST HAS become a major player for women’s events on the East Coast. Events like this simply do not happen without strong leaders and a deep commitment from a passionate team of volunteers and supporters. Throughout the many months of this very difficult winter, our Women’s FEST team—led by Dottie Cirelli, Nancy Hewish, and Fay Jacobs—forged ahead, and created what many are calling “the best Women’s FEST ever.” Please take a look at the Women’s FEST Thank You page in this issue, and note the individuals who gave of their time and talents to make Women’s FEST 2018 a reality. I am honored and humbled by them all. ▽ WITH THIS ISSUE, WE KICK OFF OUR 2018 CAMP REHOBOTH MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, AND ASK the question: “What makes CAMP Rehoboth good?” We find it easy to answer that question, and a quick glance at the Membership Dollars at Work brochure that accompanies this year’s campaign lets last year’s numbers speak for themselves—486 volunteers, $43,220 worth of Community Center space donated to area non-profits, and 800 HIV tests, to name a few. Check out our 2017 outcomes to see how CAMP Rehoboth Membership makes a difference throughout our community.▽ WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE COMING MONTHS. READ ABOUT them in this and every issue of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, or visit our website for details and ticket information. Upcoming events include the first ever CAMP Rehoboth Prom Remix on Friday, May 11 (8-11 p.m.); two encore performances of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington Cabaret show It Takes Two on July 14; the first ever Rehoboth Beach appearance of The Skivvies on June 30, at 8 p.m. at the Rehoboth Convention Center, and the HeART on a String Art Show and Auction at CAMP Rehoboth throughout May.▽ Letters 3 May 4, 2018

SpeakOut “Why would I come to Rehoboth in April?” was always my reply when asked to come to Women’s FEST. A native Philadelphian, I loved coming to Rehoboth in the summer and did so for many, many years. Sixteen years ago my career took me to Chicago, but now, with many of my long-time friends having made it their retirement place, I started to think it might become mine as well.

I finally said I was coming to Women’s FEST and mentioned it to some of my Midwest friends, who came along. I now know why you go to Rehoboth in April!

I was so impressed with it all.

From the moment I stopped at CAMP Rehoboth to pick up credentials until pulling away Sunday to head back to the airport to return to Chicago, I had a GREAT time.

Passing up many invitations to stay with friends, I opted to stay at the host hotel, which was perfect. It was great to park and be in close proximity to every event I attended. The cost was extremely reasonable as the FESTpass deal was so worth it!

The events, from the opening night dance to the Janis Ian concert through Jessica Kirstin and keynote speakers and the art fair and Expo were top notch.

Some overlapped activities prohibited

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attending everything but it was so well planned and organized!

And kudos to the committee for having some pull with the weather Gods as it was a perfect weekend.

I am so impressed with the Rehoboth community with room for all. Spending quality time with some of my oldest besties and meeting their friends made the weekend. The whole FEST reminded me of being on an Olivia trip. It was my first Women’s FEST but I will be back!

Shelly Miller Chicago, IL I wanted to thank everyone on the CAMP Rehoboth staff and Women’s FEST Committee for the wonderful experience and for inviting me to perform. From start to finish, you all were professional, courteous and friendly, and I can't tell you how much it meant to me! Continued success! It's a wonderful event as evidenced by the yearly growth in attendance and I'm sure it will continue for many years to come!

Sincerely Julia Scotti Email letters to editor@camprehoboth.com

CAMP Rehoboth Women's FEST was a huge success thanks in part to the tireless efforts of the Women's FEST Committee and their team of volunteers. Photo: Co-chair Nancy Hewish, Margie Moore, US Congresswoman Lisa Blount Rochester, Co-chair Fay Jacobs, Co-chair Dottie Cirelli, and Leslie Ledogar. See page 62 for the full list of Women's FEST 2018 volunteers.

Around the World with Letters Letters from CAMP Rehoboth never tires of world travel. In early April, Olivia's 45th Anniversary Caribbean Cruise was filled with women from Rehoboth Beach—and a collection of Letters. John Zakreski of Wilmingon, Delaware found time to relax with it by the pool in Fort Lauderdale.

And longtime CAMP Rehoboth members, Longtime CAMPers Leanna Johannes and Robin Bond carried Letters from CAMP Rehoboth along with them on a fantastic trip to Bora Bora.▼ Letters 4 May 4, 2018

INBrief

Bidding is Open!

HeART on a String

Wedding Bells on the Beach

“HeART on a String” celebrates our creative community and raises funds for CAMP Rehoboth’s expanding arts programming. And it’s fun! About 20 emerging and established artists have created fantastic small artwork, most in the range of 12” square. The artwork will be exhibited now through May 26, when there will be the closing bid reception, 4-7 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. For the second year, online bidding will be available using the Bidding Owl app. No need to be present to win! Follow the link from the CAMP Rehoboth website and get started today.

The bids and excitement will build all month. There will be “bidding assistants” on the night of the event for those without the technology on hand. Photo: Strawberry Martini by Renata Price. For more on Heart on a String see page 72.▼

There is no denying the romance of a beach wedding. Damien and Brian Gray took advantage of Rehoboth’s natural beauty and were married on the beach

by Artez West. ▼

Get Ready for The Skivvies

Transliance/PFLAG Double L Gets a Host Jessica Lynn Makeover Jessica Lynn, transgender advocate and global ambassador for the Kinsey institute will speak at 6 p.m. on May 8 at the Lewes public library. Jessica Lynn is renowned for her dynamic, speaking style about her experiences as a parent living as a transgender woman. This is part of an ongoing effort by PFLAG and RTL to inform and educate on LGBTQ issues. All are welcome ▼

Longtime Rehoboth Beach restaurateurs Darryl Ciarlante and Joe Zuber are the proud new owners of the space formerly known as the Double L. Darryl and Joe are renovating the space and it will reopen as Diego’s Hideaway in May. Fans of ManDance don’t despair—the popular dance event will continue at Diego’s. Check out Diego's and welcome Joe and Darryl back to RB.▼

New York performers Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley are singers/actors/ musicians performing stripped down arrangements of eclectic covers and eccentric originals. Not only is the music stripped down to cello, ukulele, glockenspiel and melodica, but The Skivvies literally strip down to their underwear to perform. Joining Lauren and Nick, performing stripped down arrangements of eclectic covers and eccentric originals, is Nick Adams who has appeared on Broadway in A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, La Cage aux Folles, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and more. There are several tickets levels available, including some with a Meet and Greet opportunity. It’s sexy musical fun, presented by CAMP Rehoboth on June 30, 8 p.m. at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Visit the CAMP Rehoboth website for tickets. ▼ Letters 5 May 4, 2018

CAMPMatters

by Murray Archibald

Family Ties “I can’t believe what they’re saying to you!” My brother Mark was standing next to me in the receiving line in the hours before Steve’s funeral service began. Tears filled his eyes.

“There are ribbons of connection flowing out from each person who talks to you.”

I was at that particular moment completely overwhelmed by the emotion of the day and the power of the words being spoken to me. I heard what he said—and agreed with him—but I didn’t have time to process it. I didn’t have time to process John Archibald is my youngest brother. He wrote the much of anything more than the giant communal hug that had beautiful piece that appeared in this column in the issue of wrapped me up in a protective blanket of love on that day.

Letters from CAMP Rehoboth with Steve’s photo on the cover— But his words stayed strong in the back of my mind. Later, I he also wrote Steve’s obituary. On the Monday a week after remembered the imagery he created as color—rainbow ribbons our extended Rehoboth family gathered to celebrate Steve’s of connection. life, the news was announced that John had won a Pulitzer Political leaders came. Beloved family members too. Old Prize for Commentary. Specifically, his award read: “For lyrical friends I hadn’t seen in 20 years. People I never met who and courageous commentary that is rooted in Alabama but came to say thank you and to offer their condolences. People has a national resonance in scrutinizing corrupt politicians, we work with every day. championing the rights of People from all walks of life women, and calling out connected to us in vastly hypocrisy.”

Steve’s cancer was relentless, and we different ways.

That news reminded me Some spoke easily. Some that even deep in grief, there were powerless to stop it. The cancer of could find no words at all— is still room for joy. Our friends their mute grief and tight hug and family celebrated the fear, distrust, and division eating away at just as eloquent. Everyone good news. Steve would have the heart and soul of our country is also pressed their faces to mine, led the celebration if he were covered me in makeup, still here. relentless, but we are, my friends, far from scratched my face with their While writing these words beards—made me feel their I stopped twice to take care powerless to stop it. grief, their pain, their loss, of matters that normally Steve their sympathy for me and would have done without deep, futile desire to try in thinking. First, a reporter from some small way to fill the hole in my heart.

The Washington Post called and asked to come by to discuss I was comforted by their words, by the hugs, by the possible story ideas about Rehoboth. We talked about Steve passion—and simply by the presence of each person there on and his room for all philosophy. The next morning, I stood in for that day. him again when I welcomed the Rehoboth Beach Homeowners On every day of his life, Steve worked to make room for Association to the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. I talked all. He wanted to make a place for everyone at the table, and about Steve and the joy he felt at making everyone welcome at he never minded adding extensions to the table. Over our 40 CAMP Rehoboth. years together he helped me prepare for the Archibald Family In the weeks before his death, Steve did a little service Christmas celebration at my parent’s house for decades. He planning on his own. He asked Fay Jacobs and Sondra was the one who counted everyone coming home for the Arkin to speak, and he reached out to the Rev. Dr. Jonathan holidays. He was one who rented extra tables and chairs. He Baker, twice the former pastor at Epworth United Methodist never wanted anyone to feel left out.

Church in Rehoboth Beach—and a dear friend. In his words, To Steve, our community was also family, and he never Jonathan remembered the work that began when Steve and wanted anyone to feel left out.

I joined that church in the early 1990s. And he remembered “If you don’t care who gets the credit, you can accomplish our own words of warning to him at that time, that progress anything you want.” I don’t know where that statement originally is slow and happens only when we take everyone along with came from, but Steve quoted it for years. He believed that when us. Nowadays, Epworth is known for opening its doors to all one of us rises, we all rise. people. It is the only fully Reconciling United Methodist Church Letters 6 May 4, 2018

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Jonathan wrapped up his message by quoting Robert Louis Stevenson’s line about lamplighters “punching a hole in the darkness.” He challenged us all to continue Steve’s work—to carry his light—to punch holes in the darkness.

Steve did that for years. He made it look easy. He simply made connections, welcomed all he met—gay and straight (and everyone in between), young and old, rich and poor alike.

He invited everyone to the table. When people got lost or felt threatened by change, he went back to find them. When they fell by the wayside, he offered a hand of support and encouragement.

My heart aches every single day for Steve. I mourn his loss and the tears still come. And yet, already I feel him working with me, lifting me, lighting my way, and focusing my attention on matters that still need the love and care of strong leaders and our giant family of supporters.

Steve’s cancer was relentless, and we were powerless to stop it. The cancer of fear, distrust, and division eating away at the heart and soul of our country is also relentless, but we are, my friends, far from powerless to stop it. Like Steve, we too can break down the barriers that divide us. We can treat others as our brothers and sisters—as family. We can stop telling others why they should think like we do, and start listening to the reasons why they believe as they do. We can celebrate diversity—and not just with lip service but by developing goals and strategies for building alliances with communities very different from our own.

We can at all times and in all places find ways to extend the size of the table—to welcome everyone into the family.

Steve gave extravagantly of himself to me, to our families, to our community, and to CAMP Rehoboth. And those rainbow ribbons my brother envisioned? Love, pure and simple.

It changes the world every day. ▼ Murray Archibald is an artist, CAMP Rehoboth Co-Founder, and longtime President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors. He is currently serving as CAMP Rehoboth Interim Executive Director and Editor in Chief of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. Email Murray at camprehoboth.com. (Photo: Stained Glass by Yona Zucker.)

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Broadwalk Raises Over $9,000 for Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC) Broadwalk on the Boardwalk, which wrapped up CAMP Rehoboth’s Women’s FEST on April 15, was another enjoyable victory in the fight against breast cancer despite not so perfect weather.

This eighth annual Broadwalk raised over $9,000 dollars to support the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition’s local programs and services for those facing breast cancer. That brings the total proceeds for the Broadwalk in the eight years since its inception to over $60,000 for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition.

Despite wind and cold weather, nearly two hundred attendees gathered on the boardwalk to join the free event, organized and originally created by Kathy Wiz in honor of her sister’s battle with breast cancer. All cancer survivors were included in the celebration.

This year’s walk had a special meaning for the CAMP Rehoboth community. Steve Elkins, co-founder of CAMP Rehoboth, passed away last month after a battle with lymphoma.

Many participants donned stickers commemorating Steve to honor his legacy and wore pink for breast cancer, Letters 8 May 4, 2018

lime for lymphoma, and lavender for awareness of other cancers.

This 2018 event was made possible to due generous support from CAMP Rehoboth and the Jolly Trolley along with donations from the community.

Sponsors include DJ Sharon/DuneTunes, Karen Gustafson, Dos Locos, Fortier Photography, Geri Dibiase Photography, Lori’s Café, Signarama, and Steve Elkins and Murray Archibald. T-shirts were underwritten by Cathin Bishop, Deb Knickerbocker, Evelyn, Natalie, Lucilu and Gretchen, Evie, Barb & Toddy, Laura Simon, and Mark Purpura.

Proceeds benefit DBCC’s programs which increase breast cancer awareness, promote the importance of early detection, provide access to mammograms, and provide support and resources to women and men in the local community who are newly diagnosed or facing recurrence of breast cancer. ▼ For more information about the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, call 866-312-DBCC (3222) or visit the website at debreastcancer.org.

Prom Remix!

Re-do Your Prom, Your Way On May 11, you may don your gay apparel, invite whoever you want, dress however you want, be yourself, celebrate pride, and come have a blast!

Let’s face it, many of us did not go to our high school proms; others went with members of the opposite sex while thinking about their real crushes. Well, now CAMP Rehoboth is making this right!

The CAMP Rehoboth Prom will take place Friday, May 11 from 8-11 p.m. in the Ballroom at the Atlantic Sands Hotel on the Boardwalk.

Tickets to the Prom are $25 at camprehoboth.com. The evening will feature dance music and cool sounds from Viki Dee and Dave Mattern.

There will be a dessert bar (included in the ticket price), a cash bar, and Prom photos.

Come to the Prom with your partner, your spouse, your friends etc. There will be dancing to the oldies (and newies), cocktails and professional photographer Susan Fortier to take the kinds of prom pictures we never got to have!

In addition, restaurants around town will be offering special Prom dinners—including some super romantic places like A(muse), Blue Moon, Fable, DiFebo’s, Houston White Co., and Jam. Promgoers need to make reservations at the restaurants and show their Prom tickets.

Whether or not you purchase corsages is up to you! So get your tickets now at camprehoboth.com and come have a grand time dancing, enjoying the music, socializing, and hoisting a beverage or two with your partner, posse or bestie.

The CAMP Rehoboth Prom will be the talk of the town. Don’t miss it!

May 11. Be there or be square!

The CAMP Rehoboth

PROM REMIX! Your Prom–Your Way

BRING A FRIEND, BRING A PARTNER OR SPOUSE, OR COME BY YOURSELF!

DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL!

Invite who you want; dress the way you want. Be yourself and celebrate your pride!

Friday, May 11 • Atlantic Sands Ballroom 8-11 p.m.

Cash Bar • Dessert Bar • TICKETS $25 on sale now at camprehoboth.com Prom Photos by Fortier photography • Music by Viki Dee and Dave Mattern DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO OLDIES AND NEW TUNES. Special Prom Dinner Specials Available at—A(muse), Blue Moon, Fable, DiFebo’s, Houston White Co., and Jam Letters 9 May 4, 2018

CAMPOut

Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

Back in the Saddle Again As most readers may know, we lost fearless editorial leader our current Letters production. After all, paste-up and hot wax Steve Elkins on March 15, and I have since been tapped as have been traded for computers and a talented layout team. interim editor of Letters. I cannot possibly fill his shoes, but I And while 30 years has seen great progress in both gay rights can put my editor’s hat back on and return to work. It was a and respect for our community, I’m pretty sure there are still very short semi-retirement. publications (print or online) spouting hateful rhetoric. Luckily, While I’m known in Rehoboth and environs as a writer, we no longer need to share space with them! more than two decades ago, I left a job as managing editor So here I am, working as Interim Editor, with Murray of a community newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland, Archibald as CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director and Editor in to move to Rehoboth. Here, I could live, write, and enjoy an Chief. We are both doing our Letters work using the guiding authentic life, out and proud. question, “What would Steve But back in the day, do?” To that end, we are writing columns for my building on the magazine Back in the day, writing columns for newspaper job made a liar he envisioned and nurtured, out of me. Deep in the closet going forth in an effort to my newspaper job made a liar out of in the 1980s and 90s, I had keep readers and CAMP me. Deep in the closet in the 1980s and to write my stories without Rehoboth members informed, referring to the other person entertained, and in the loop 90s, I had to write my stories without involved, or worse, changing about what’s happening in pronouns. My wife Bonnie town, in our organization, and referring to the other person involved, was a dangling participle. It in our hearts. was painful.

And, to that end, we are or worse, changing pronouns. My wife And, in those days, looking for more writers. If you Bonnie was a dangling participle. It was even when I wrote some of have any interest in writing my humor columns for the for Letters, have journalism painful.

Washington Blade, I had to or writing experience and use a silly pen name lest my would like to become part of boss learn the truth and, quite our team, please reach out possibly, fire me. That was a real and scary possibility. to editor@camprehoboth.com with a letter of interest, resume, In 1995, when I started sharing stories in Letters, I could be and a writing sample. We have some ideas for new columns up honest, candid. Everything was true. It was glorious. So in 1999, I our sleeves, and we are looking for cool ideas from prospective quit my job and moved to Rehoboth, never looking back. writers as well. You won’t get rich writing for Letters, but we do Now I’m looking back because I’m in the editor’s chair pay per column published. How about it? again. I have to say, a lot has changed since I worked for The And so, for now, all of our readers can expect to see their Montgomery Village News (1982-1999) and Gaithersburg favorite Letters columns and features continue to appear here– Gazette (1980-81). For one thing, we have computers and the CAMP shots, CAMPdates, book, restaurant and music reviews, Cloud. Yes, I’m so old that we used to put our newspapers Volunteer Spotlights, Before the Beach, promos for events, together by cutting and pasting and using a hot wax machine and much more. And we’re going to spice it up with some new (Ow! Ow!) to stick stories into layouts. content as well.

We used to go to a production house to layout and paste-up I’m sad for the reason, but happy to have my editor’s hat on each issue, sharing space with other publications. I remember again, at least for a little while. That’s me, aging in place in front one time when the layout room was occupied by our Village of my computer. No hot wax in sight. Who needs retirement, News, along with the president of the Washington, D.C., Chapter right? ▼ of PFLAG putting together their newspaper, and a newspaper editor pasting up a publication for a rabidly conservative political Fay Jacobs is a writer and humorist, author of As I Lay Frying—a organization. It was during the 1992 presidential primary season Rehoboth Beach Memoir; Fried & True—Tales from Rehoboth Beach; and the PFLAG paper and the conservative paper pasted up For Frying Out Loud—Rehoboth Beach Diaries; Time Fries—Aging dueling stories about gay rights. One was pro, one was con, Gracelessly in Rehoboth Beach, and her newest book Fried & and it was very ugly in that room that day as a loud name-calling Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. debate broke out, and we had to separate the battling editors.

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by Rich Barnett

Scents and Scents-ability Who doesn’t like it when a good-looking fella says you smell good? This happened to me the other night in the Blue Moon, and it led to an interesting conversation with some of the patrons at the bar, about cologne.

I’d say more than half of the men I questioned about their cologne preferences claimed not to wear any. Most of them were on the younger side, which could either mean they are rejecting what previous generations of gay men did or they really prefer the natural smell of a man. Maybe today’s popular scented body washes are negating the need for cologne? Who knows, but whatever the reason, it surprised me.

You see, I came of age in the 1980s, the great decade of men’s colognes. That’s when men moved from drugstore classics like Brut and English Leather to fragrances created by the day’s top fashion designers: Halston, Ralph, and Calvin.

Cologne advertisements began to sexualize the male body, especially the ones created by homoerotic photographer Bruce Weber. And who can forget the ubiquitous green bottle of Polo or the sleek black bottle of Drakkar Noir? Both are among the most iconic men’s colognes and both are still being produced decades after their introduction.

No self-respecting homosexual in Washington, DC, back then would have been caught dead without his favorite designer cologne. Guys practically bathed in the stuff. Walking into a gay bar in those days was an olfactory bukkake of cologne and cigarette smoke.

My own “scents-ability” about cologne evolved over the years. When I first arrived in the city in the 1980s with no job and was camping out on a friend’s sofa, I had to creatively manage my limited finances. It meant choosing between buying cologne or liquor. You won’t be surprised to know I spent my meager dollars on Virginia Gentleman bourbon, which I dabbed on the back of my neck and on my chest. Don’t laugh; I was ahead of my time. I’ll have you know today’s colognes are experimenting with all sorts of “manly” scents and bourbon is one of them.

Polo and its woody, mossy scent eventually replaced whiskey to become my default cologne for no particular reason other than habit until early in the new century when I discovered Creed’s Tabarone in a boutique in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

Its hundred dollars plus price tag for two and a half ounces was steep, but the bottle looked aristocratic, a nod to the company’s heritage. Founded in 1761, the House of Creed supplied cologne and perfume to European royalty. Tabarone’s aroma of tobacco, patchouli, sandalwood, and leather was unlike anything I’d sniffed before, and I had to have it.

Eventually, though, I tired of paying the high price to smell like Winston Churchill. Yes, supposedly, he favored an earlier Creed scent very similar to Tabarone. For a couple of years I Letters 14 May 4, 2018

played the field, drifting from cologne to cologne, lured in by an attractive looking bottle or a clever name. Nothing stuck. Then about five years ago, I stumbled upon an intoxicating fragrance in a small brown bottle with a black cap. I know what you’re thinking . . . but this was musk not Rush.

Musk is a polarizing scent. You either like it or you don’t.

It’s an old scent, harvested originally from a gland of the male musk deer and prized for its storied aphrodisiac powers and animalistic, earthy aroma. Fragrance makers today mostly use synthetic alternatives.

The musk fragrance I discovered is made by Kiehl’s, an old company based in Brooklyn, New York. It was originally produced in 1963 and derived from a formula created in the 1920s and labeled “Love Oil”—if you believe the story on the bottle. Professional sniffers tout its creamy base of tonka bean and sweet musk and notes of citrus, bergamot, rose, and neroli, none of which I can detect and most of which I have no idea what it is. I just like its old-school smell.

Of all the colognes I’ve used over the years, it’s the only one that I’ve been consistently complimented on. Well, except for the bourbon. It drew men like flies, especially the married kind.

But that’s another story for another time… ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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It’s My LIFE

by Michael Thomas Ford

George: For Love of Dog Tonight when I made dinner for the dogs, there were two loved the barn, the grass, the horses. He loved the truck and bowls. When I made it this time last week, there were three. going to the feed store. I took him everywhere, often earning When I made it this time last year, there were seven. laughs from the farmers from whom we bought hay, who saw A year ago, the house was filled with dogs: mine, my his tiny face peering at them through the open window and mother’s, my sister’s. The string of deaths began with my weren’t quite sure what to make of him. oldest boy, Andy. Annie followed less than a week later, after Four years ago, during a routine vet visit, the doctor we discovered that her persistent limp wasn’t a sprain but informed me that George had a heart murmur. Because I am osteosarcoma. Sparrow, ancient but seemingly indestructible, who I am, I thought this meant that he would be dead within finally proved not to be in the fall. minutes. My fears were not allayed A month later, a brain tumor took any when I asked the vet how much Duke. This week it was George longer I might have with him and When George came home, he who left us, claimed by heart failure was told, “Who knows?” and kidney disease two weeks I asked the gods for a year. could sit in the palm of my hand. before his 13th birthday.

When I got it, I asked for another.

George was my first small Then another. Perhaps I got greedy.

I was terrified that I was going to dog. Before him, I had been a George’s murmur grew worse, to break him. Yet he immediately devoted lover of big dogs, having the point where I could actually feel lived for 12 years with my black it thumping wildly if I placed my scaled a mountain of laundry Lab, Roger. But when a friend’s hand on his tiny chest. But still he Chihuahua gave birth to a litter on, acted as if nothing was wrong. His that was sitting on the bed and appropriately enough, Cinco de medications caused him to have to Mayo, and my then-partner and I pee a lot, and we quickly settled tumbled down the other side, were offered one, we said yes. into a routine of one or two middlecompletely fearless.

When George came home, he of-the-night outings every night. But could sit in the palm of my hand.

I saw these as times to enjoy being I was terrified that I was going to with him alone for a few minutes, break him. Yet he immediately scaled a mountain of laundry away from the other dogs, and never once begrudged him the that was sitting on the bed and tumbled down the other side, interrupted sleep. completely fearless. He was an odd, alien-looking thing with When Andy died unexpectedly last year, followed by the huge eyes and a tiny head, and I couldn’t even picture what he three others, I hoped against hope that 2018 would not bring would turn into. additional sorrow. And when George started to visibly fade last He grew into a handsome five pound gentleman, with a week, I hoped against hope that it was temporary. I looked at leonine ruff and soft golden-brown fur that earned him the his birthday circled on the calendar and prayed for a miracle. nickname the Butterscotch Piglet. He was almost unnervingly When it became clear that we would not get it, I carried quiet, seldom barking and behaving not at all like I had been him one last time around the farm. Then, as I’d done with his led to believe Chihuahuas would behave. brother last year, I held him in my arms and sang “Lavender For the first year, I would often worry that something was Blue” to him as the vet helped usher him out of this world and wrong, as he so seldom asserted himself. But always when I into the next. “They always break your heart,” I said to her went looking for him to make sure he was okay, I found him afterward. “Yes,” she said. “But they only do it once.” happily curled up in the sun, watching the world revolve around The hole that a five pound dog leaves in your heart is him. enormous. I know from experience that it will grow smaller When my partner and I separated six years later, George with time, that the space occupied by the remaining dogs will came with me. On the drive from California to our new home in expand to fill it. But there will always be an unoccupied corner Texas, he rode in his bed on the passenger seat, sleeping on there, just as there are corners where Roger, Andy, Spike, Sam, his back with his paws in the air. He did the same a few years and other dogs I’ve loved and lost once curled up. Goodbye, later when we drove to Utah, then again when we made the my little friend. You were loved. ▼ move to Maryland to come here to help my sister care for our mother. Wherever I went, he was by my side, one constant in a Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary awardworld that seemed to change with dizzying frequency.

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by David Garrett

A More Compatible Environment Jeff wants to expand his business.

He wants to open a second location, somewhere on the East Coast. He has some sites in mind and is being courted by others. When he meets with local legislators and Chambers of Commerce to discuss specific locations, Jeff asks them what the “compatible cultural and community environment” is in their locale.

For those who are able to read the tea leaves, this question gets to a deeper level than most. The legislators and Chambers of Commerce take a collective gulp and with a quick glace to each other, they begin to explain how their city or state is favorable to the LGBT community.

Their reply determines how much further Jeff Bezos continues his interview for an East Coast “HQ2” for Amazon.

Some locations just do not have a chance at being the lucky winner of a new campus that entails eight million square feet of office and warehouse space, bring in a $5 billion capital investment and hire up to 50,000 people.

The locations that should just pack up their Powerpoint and go home include Georgia and likely North Carolina.

Georgia has been debating legislation that would reduce funding for same-sex couple adoptions. In a twisted bit of logic, the sponsor of this bill, state Senator William T. Ligon, Jr., declared that the bill was not discriminatory. In fact, it would help children because religious adoption agencies would close down if they were forced to accommodate same-sex couples. Cross Georgia off the list.

North Carolina presents its own set of obstacles to enticing HQ2 within its bounds. HB2, the infamous “bathroom bill” that North Carolina enacted and subsequently repealed, still exhibits some fallout. The repeal bill was a half-hearted attempt to please both its detractors and its proponents. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper, working with (or is that against?) a Republican-majority state legislature, reached a compromise that satisfies no one. It retracts the mandate of using the rest room that matches your birth gender, Letters 20 May 4, 2018

but it prohibits cities from enacting their own non-discriminatory ordinances. It is doubtful that Jeff will expand into the Tarheel State. He will find a better place.

The Human Rights Campaign each year grades employers across the country for their efforts and policies that promote equality and inclusion for their

$917 billion. [In addition,] 71% of them are more likely to support a brand after seeing an ad that reflects their experience.” A few brief narratives on several of the top ten companies show examples of steps taken to be equal and inclusive. Hilton earned the top spot on Logo’s list by having gay couples in their advertisements. Hilton

“The legislators and Chambers of Commerce take a collective gulp and with a quick glance to each other, they begin to explain how their city or state is favorable to the LGBT community.” employees. There are many criteria which serve as the parameters of high grades.

As noted by Chad Griffin, president of the HRC Foundation, 609 employers scored a grade of 100 in 2018—a record number.

In addition, “the number of employers offering transgender-inclusive health care coverage leapt from 647 last year to 750 this year, including 58% of the Fortune 500-ranked businesses.” This represents incredible advances in the corporate world for equality in sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2002, there were thirteen companies that scored a 100.

Interestingly enough, there is an inverse list compiled each year of the Worst Companies. Various sources through the years have compiled these lists. On the website for “the balance small business,” we read, “Few organizations are brave enough to release ‘worst’ lists. However, Glassdoor. com is one organization that dared to compile and make public a ‘Worst Companies to Work For’ list beginning in 2008.” However, they stopped publishing this list after 2009. 24/7 Wall St. began its own Worst List starting in 2012. More than half of the companies on the 2015 Worst List are retail companies. The criteria for these lowly rankings are not necessarily tied to LGBT issues.

According to Logo, “LGBT consumers represent an estimated buying power of

advertises “Stay Hilton, Go Out,” and tailors vacation packages and travel tips to LGBT persons.

Marriott not only offers specific services to LGBT travelers, but works to protect the community as it promotes equality in non-profits and advocates for LGBT-friendly legislation. Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson spoke out against HB2 in North Carolina as part of ongoing opposition to laws that threaten LGBT Americans. And then Macy’s has made its mark in the LGBT community by prominently featuring LGBT couples in ads and as spokespersons at their events across the country.

An open invitation is extended to readers to share their stories of encounters in the corporate world, both good and bad. Whether you are/were employed there, or were a customer there, your stories will contribute to a follow-up article on Corporate Equality and Inclusion.

Please use the email listed here.

We will not return to the days of open discrimination. We will not accept the rejection by those who claim “religious freedom.” We will, instead, honor everyone as a valued person, in the workplace and in our homes. ▼ Email David Garrett at dlgarrett4rb@ gmail.com

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Out & PROUD

by Stefani Deoul

Equal Pay Should Be For All November 1. Mark your calendars. On that day, Latina women will have earned for the whole of 2017 and up to November 1 of this year what their white male counterparts earned in 2017 alone. Twenty-two months of work versus twelve months for the same pay. It’s pretty shocking.

Latina women, on average, earn fifty-four cents for each dollar a white male earns. In 1960, the gender pay gap concluded that women made forty cents less on the dollar than men. Latina women today still make less than that. African American women, on the other hand, earn sixty-three cents on the dollar, celebrating their pay gap date of August 7.

Or, they can all join with their Caucasian and Asian sisters and party on April 10, because that’s when women as a group average earn 79 cents to the white male dollar.

But a funny thing happened on the way to counting the money. Ellen came out. Gay people across America slowly joined her. And lo and behold, there were way less affluent gay couples tucked away in Alabama and Arkansas and Alaska, and lots of other states that don’t even begin with “A.” And with more of America counting, all of a sudden, even the white gay male earnings weren’t exactly on par with their heterosexual counterparts.

Also, it is estimated that one third of transgender people live below the poverty level, and many say those stats are generous.

As for equal pay for all, the World Economic Forum is estimating it will take one hundred years to achieve parity. One. Hundred. Years.

And some of this is because we are caught in a vicious

“Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.” —Author Kim Stanley Robinson And you, readers, could shrug, think this doesn’t concern you, but you shouldn’t. It concerns us all, LGBT and even our allies.

Let’s start with the obvious. The first letter in our LGBTQ+ involves a lot of underpaid women. The B’s and the T’s also can claim their fair share. But it’s actually bigger than this.

If you haven’t enough money, you haven’t enough power, and you are living subject to laws which are not enacted with your representation at the table.

And gay people have an even more complicated history within this dilemma. We also have the Myth of Gay Affluence negating the gay pay gap. This myth runs so deep, Justice Antonin Scalia even references it in his dissent to Romer v.

Evans—a landmark 1996 case overturning a Colorado state constitutional amendment prohibiting legal protections for gays and lesbians.

He wrote “Those who engage in homosexual conduct tend to reside in disproportionate numbers in certain communities,” have “high disposable income,” giving them “disproportionate political power… to [achieve] not merely a grudging social toleration, but full social acceptance, of homosexuality.”

Ah. If only he was right. And while a weekend spent partying in Rehoboth Beach might leave one feeling a part of this Gay affluence, the truth is much more sobering.

A great deal of our presumed “affluence” came from polling “Out” LGBTQ+ people. And in order to find them, pollsters went to meccas located in NYC, and the Castro, and other fairly wealthy, reasonably safe, enclaves.

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fear cycle. Women, people of color, LGBTQ+ folks are afraid to ask for raises. Afraid of being perceived as a problem. We are afraid of asking for promotions for fear of being further removed from a chance at progress.

We need to stop being afraid. And we need to start supporting our right to be equals at every table. Take the #MeToo movement, it’s all about power. From Congressmen to movie moguls, an avalanche of abuse and hurt and pain was hurled from the souls of victims out to the public. #MeToo is an outcome of this unequal, unregulated playing field.

Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, our Delaware representative to the U.S. House of Representatives, was just in Rehoboth for Women’s FEST and gave an enormously dynamic speech. She told us she always carries a scarf with her, printed with a Reconstruction Era voter registration card belonging to her ancestor who had been a slave.

She represents me, because she knows what inequity looks like. She knows what inequity tastes like. And she knows what inequity spends like.

So let’s work to close the pay gap, which will bring us power. It will let us make the laws and set our government to represent us all. ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery On a LARP from Bywater Books.

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There’s No Place Like Home, and That’s CAMP Rehoboth

by Glen Pruitt CAMP Rehoboth is a place that engages the brain, touches the heart, instills courage, and provides a home with room for all. Here’s how.

“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”

Admit it. You heard a certain cadence in your mind’s ear when you read those words. The rhythm reflected the emotions of an unlikely trio of characters in a movie made nearly 80 years ago.

The film classic The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939, and, according to the Library of Congress, has since gone on to become the most seen film in movie history. Many of the film’s lines have become part of our popular culture.

As familiar as this movie is, there is a contradiction at its core missed by many.

Dorothy Gale (played by the iconic Judy Garland) sings of her desire to go “somewhere over the rainbow, way up high” to a land where “dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”

However, as soon as she gets to this magical place, she spends the bulk of the movie trying to get back home! Along the way, Dorothy makes three friends with their own needs. One seeks a brain, another a heart, and the third “the nerve” or courage.

Yes, it takes a truly magical place to meet all four goals. Fortunately, Rehoboth Beach has that magical place— the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.

And it served over 13,000 individuals in 2017 alone through its activities at 37 Baltimore Avenue.

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ENGAGES THE BRAIN Since its beginning nearly thirty years ago, CAMP Rehoboth has been the catalyst for bringing together diverse parts of the community and providing valuable information and services for all. Its publication Letters from CAMP Rehoboth started as a four-page newsletter but has grown to a high-quality magazine, published 15 times a year, with an estimated readership of 5,000 per issue — in hard copy. And that’s not counting thousands of online readers.

These days, a typical issue is about 100 pages, filled with news, humor columns, book reviews, restaurant critiques, wedding announcements, and obituaries. The Volunteer Spotlight and Before the Beach articles introduce readers to fascinating people in our community. Of course, we also see lots of community faces in the always-popular CAMPShots.

Then we have the ads—as informative as they are colorful, highlighting upcoming events and our local businesses. While Letters may be the most visible way CAMP Rehoboth shares information, it’s not the only way.

The website (camprehoboth.com) boasts

an average of 20,000 visits per month, and you can call and drop by our physical space too. In 2017, trained volunteers provided help and information to 722 individuals.

TOUCHES THE HEART At the heart of its mission statement (on page two of Letters), beyond being an active LGBT service organization, CAMP Rehoboth affirms its commitment to “promoting artistic expressions and creative thinking, and giving aid to artists and craftspeople with an emphasis on the works of lesbians and gay men.” CAMP Rehoboth sponsors concerts, plays, book signings, musical performances, art shows and other cultural and public gatherings—to reach people’s hearts.

In 2017, there were eleven art shows in the CAMP Rehoboth gallery space, with the works of 91 new, emerging and established artists. An AIDS-related art show titled “AIDS in the City and at Home,” held around World AIDS Day, prompted one visitor to comment, “[It was] a very powerful exhibit! It reminded me of my brother who died of AIDS in June 1985…and I could never put into words the feeling of devastation and loss that he and his friends were experiencing.”

The arts can do exactly that, for us as individuals, and as a community.

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INSTILLS COURAGE Our thriving CAMPus on Baltimore Avenue is evidence that LGBT people have gained equality and the inherent right to participate fully as citizens who benefit from and contribute to society.

However, the fight for fairness never ends. The CAMP Rehoboth Community Center continues to play its part. CAMP Rehoboth recently hosted a community forum with a safe place for local students to come forward with concerns about discrimination and bullying in schools. This forum led to the development of a Cape Henlopen School district task force and a CAMP Rehoboth volunteer committee working to end discrimination and bullying.

PROVIDES A HOME In times of great joy or great sorrow, our thoughts often turn to home and those we love. For the LBGT community, “home” is often the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.

People naturally congregated at CAMP Rehoboth both on the day when marriage equality became Delaware law and also with the Supreme Court’s marriage equality verdict. Balloons and champagne magically appeared.

However, the real measure of CAMP Rehoboth’s impact can be seen at the other end of the spectrum. When times get tough, where do people turn? They turned to CAMP Rehoboth two years ago after the Orlando shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub. The horror stunned the community and many of us needed to be with others. In the space of only a few hours (and on a Sunday, at that), CAMP Rehoboth staff and volunteers put together a vigil in the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard. We were there for one another for comfort and support. And isn’t that what Home, in its purest sense, is all about?

As we all know, Dorothy and her friends got their goals and hearts’ desires met by the end of the movie. Paradoxically, they already possessed the things they needed, they just had to realize it. So click your heels together three times and say “There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home!

There’s no place like home!”

In CAMP Rehoboth, we have all these things and more.

Sustaining memberships allow us to program and plan and keep the lights on for everyone. So please, join CAMP Rehoboth as a member or renew your membership this month by stopping by or at camprehoboth.com. Welcome home.

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by Richard J. Rosendall

LGBT Ugandan Refugees Cling to Hope; Need Our Help The hazardous state of LGBT rights in many parts of the world was illustrated last month when Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s viciously homophobic Speaker of Parliament, threatened to withdraw from the Inter-Parliamentary Union after some nations tried to amend a declaration on migrants and refugees to include LGBT people.

Edwin Sesange of the African Equality Foundation criticized Kadaga and pointed out “that the West introduced homophobia, not homosexuality, to Africa and Asia.”

This is a point that many anti-colonialists refuse to grasp. The criminalization of “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” between two males, as you may

I urged him not to lose hope.

Seven transgender protesters outside the Kakuma Camp were attacked, leaving one in a coma.

Stan was attacked while walking home, and hospitalized with head trauma. Andrew needed a dentist to extract a painful tooth. Ras was put out on the street, but was taken in by another refugee. Amid hunger and fear, the despised help one another.

We can do more than watch in anguish. We can raise funds and voices for our displaced Ugandan brothers and sisters. I began my involvement with two refugee leaders I knew. Aside from modest monetary assistance, I have drafted letters of inquiry to UNHCR and RSC Africa (Resettlement Support Center) and offered moral support, which requires resisting hopelessness. We are stronger together.

There have been arguments over whether LGBT people should

There have been arguments over whether LGBT people should flee Uganda. I will not second-guess decisions made in extremis. Unlike those languishing in Kenya, I have not received anonymous death threats nor been disowned by my family. surmise from the phrasing, derives not from Ugandan tradition but from the old British Penal Code.

In a desperate situation, the lifesaver, if not careful, can be pulled under. Like intensive care nurses, those of us who wish to help must steel ourselves to avoid being overwhelmed, or we will be of no use to those in need. And the need is certainly there.

I remembered this last week as I was flooded by appeals from gay Ugandan refugees. The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014 was blocked in court on a technicality, but the campaign for the bill stirred up violence that caused many LGBT people to flee to Nairobi, Kenya for their lives. There they registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR works with HIAS, an American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid to refugees.

The refugees did receive aid. But a growing caseload has forced a cutoff of the monthly stipends many depended on to sustain themselves during a process that can drag on for years. The xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia they face are barriers to employment.

Here are several examples of what the refugees are going through. I have changed their names.

Nat’s case has been pending with UNHCR for two years. Badly beaten during a protest, he was taken to the Kakuma Refugee Camp where he did not receive care. Problems with his back caused him to return to Nairobi. Pain medications are expensive. People he doesn’t know are calling him using private numbers threatening to kill him. He verges on despair.

Hassan found help with rent, but last week people broke into his place and stole his clothes, shoes, laptop, and the gas he used for cooking. He made a crime report to police, but there is little prospect of getting his belongings back. In a chat over WhatsApp, he said several times in his quiet, elegant voice that he might as well die.

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flee Uganda. I will not second-guess decisions made in extremis. Unlike those languishing in Kenya, I have not received anonymous death threats nor been disowned by my family. The Ugandans are less visible than other displaced people like the Syrians whom Trump, ignoring Christ, refuses to welcome, though last week he eagerly joined another attack in their devastated land. Yet our folk are standing up for themselves, like the gay Kenyans fighting their persecutors in court.

Nairobi’s LGBT refugees need shelter, food, and medication. Their gentle spirits and varied talents will enhance any community in which they find a home.

But right now they need our help. You can donate via the African Human Rights Coalition’s relief fund at tinyurl.com/ lgbtrel7 or the refugees’ GoFundMe page at tinyurl.com/nairobirel. Let us extend a hand and uplift them. ▼ Richard J. Rosendall is a writer and activist who can be reached at rrosendall@me.com.

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CAMPVolunteer Spotlight

by Monica Parr

John Michael Sophos John Michael Sophos was born in Ohio.

His father, after serving in World War II, attended college through the GI Bill.

After graduating from college, his father re-enlisted with the Marines as a career officer, which meant John Michael was lucky enough, while growing up, to live in many places in the U.S. The family spent time in Charlottesville, Virginia; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Twenty-Nine Palms, California; Toledo, Ohio; Honolulu, Hawaii, with a final stop in Arlington, Virginia.

John Michael attended Palomar Junior College in San Marcos, California, and graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1971 with a degree in Theatre Arts, and, as he tells it “with every intention of being Tennessee Williams’ rightful successor.”

Well, he worked as a newspaper journalist/photographer, retail and restaurant manager, and spent five years a kindergarten teacher before settling into a 30-year career in meeting planning for the American Chemical Society. He has been active in the Episcopal Church on the local, Diocesan, and national levels since the mid 70s, and is an avid connoisseur of classic film.

When John’s parents retired to Milford, Delaware in 1985, he began coming to the area with increasing frequency, and officially moved to Lewes at the end of 2013. Except for one 18-month experiment he recalls as a “loving relationship” in the mid-80s, John maintains that he has remained, like writer Christopher Isherwood, A Solitary Man. When did you start volunteering at CAMP Rehoboth?

About 15 years ago.

What events/activities have you been involved with as a volunteer?

Sundance, Love, Block Party, and I am currently on the Council of Elders Letters 40 May 4, 2018

working to protect students in Delaware.

Of the many events held by CAMP Rehoboth, which is your favorite and why?

My favorite event is Sundance, especially the auction. It represents the diverse, accepting, and generous spirit of CAMP Rehoboth, its members and supporters, and is a hell of a lot of fun to boot.

Name a childhood mentor or someone who influenced you while growing up.

My Aunt Meme (Marge Kelsey), who was a bizarre and unique blend of Mame Dennis and Amy Semple McPherson, and one of my best friends and companions from early childhood on.

What is your best memory volunteering here?

Donating my Mom’s pirate treasure chest of vintage rhinestones to Sundance and watching it bring in over $700.

If you could go back to the age of 18, what do you know now that you wish you knew then?

I wish that I knew that it was OK to be Gay! Favorite season here at the beach and why?

If I must choose, I would say spring. However, I have an affinity to fall and winter as well. I am not much of a summer person, or a “sun god beachgoer,” so the off seasons are much more inviting and relaxing for me.

I do love the beach in a good snowy nor’easter.

Do you have an LGBT hero? Who and why?

My LGBT hero is Louie Crew Clay, the founder of Integrity, the Episcopal organization for LGBTQ folks and their friends. Louie was, and remains, a pioneer of fostering inclusion, especially in the Episcopal Church and

academia, and has been, sometimes singlehandedly and at great personal risk and sacrifice, responsible for much of the progress we have made as a church and beyond.

The LGBT community has made significant progress in the fight for equality. Did you expect to see this in your lifetime? Why or why not?

Not really. I was always optimistic, even when it seemed hopeless, but I can honestly say I was not prepared for the victories when they started happening.

I came out in my mid 30s, right at the start of the AIDS epidemic. After so many years in the closet, to finally be honest with myself at the dawn of that horrific period in our history was almost as daunting and frightening as hiding from the truth had been for all those years.

The 80s and 90s were hard fought and bloody years, and, having always been a political activist, I plunged ahead with newfound fervor. Despite my stubborn optimism, when the fruits of our labors began to bloom, I was taken aback by the surprising speed and support with which they blossomed. To say I was elated is an understatement. I was honestly surprised at the depth of my emotional response when, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality came down simultaneously, almost to the minute and hour, with the Episcopal Church affirming marriage equality at our Triennial General Convention.

Given the current political climate, are you concerned about the possible loss of rights for the LGBT community?

Why or why not?

I am concerned about setbacks.

However, I have enough faith in our democratic system, and in our communities to believe that any setbacks suffered will only be temporary, and that momentary attempts at rolling back the

progress that has been made through our blood, sweat, and tears will be thwarted and not allowed to stand. The Genie has been unleashed and will not go back in the bottle.

What advice would you give the younger LGBT community?

Know your history. Do not take your freedoms for granted.

Do not dismiss HIV/AIDS as your grandfather’s disease. Be diligent, but not fearful. Have a FANTASTIC life. In addition, always remember, we may not be where we should be, we aren’t even where we could be, but thank God, we aren’t where we were!

Best year of your life and why?

1997. I turned 50, and, finally, finally had my life on an even keel, and was enjoying a successful career, good friends, my extended family, and most importantly, loving myself.

Favorite holiday and why?

Easter. It is my favorite part of the liturgical year, and its spring, which conjures up new beginnings, new birth, and the renewal of hope.

How long have you been coming to Rehoboth?

With increasing frequency since 1985. I moved here permanently in 2013.

Since you began coming to Rehoboth, name the biggest change(s) you have seen.

All of the developments up and down Route 1, and of course the traffic.

Name three events that have shaped your life to where it is today.

Coming out at the age of 35, discovering my perfect career as a meeting planner at age 40, and flunking retirement.

Favorite U.S. city and why?

Boston. I went to college there, and the city was my campus. It will always be my NeverNeverLand.

Wht are you most thankful for?

Not what, but who? My parents, Major (USMC, Retired) Michael and “Miss Dot” Sophos for their unconditional love, support, and understanding, not only of my brother, and me but also of the entire LGBTQ community before it was politically correct. They formed the first PFLAG group in Delaware when they moved to Milford in 1985 and were early supporters of CAMP Rehoboth. It was through them that I came to know and love CAMP Rehoboth.

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thank you to all the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Volunteers for the period: April 6 – May 3.

COMMUNITY CENTER Bud Beehler David Carder Max Dick Ann Evans Corky Fitzpatrick Kathy Fitzpatrick Muriel Hogan Ed Hotaling Jack Morrison Natalie Moss Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles CAMP MAINTENANCE Eric Korpon CHRISTINA HAVRILLA CONCERT Carol Brice Dottie Cirelli Shirley Cohee Karen DeSantis Pam Kozey Anne Morillon Pat Nickols Monica Parr Emilie Paternoster Bonnie Quesenberry Lisa Rabigi Karen Rounsley Matt Rounsley Sandra Skidmore Bea Vuocolo Stephanie Wingert CROP AT CAMP CHORUS Carla Avery Joanne Charles Sue Goudy

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OUT & About

by Eric C. Peterson

Prince Left an Indelible Mark on the Queer Community As I write this, Prince died two years ago today. His life and career left an indelible mark on many different communities, for just as many reasons, including the queer community.

There’s much for a queer person not to like about Prince. Later in his career, 2008 to be exact, when he returned to the conservative faith of his childhood (Jehovah’s Witnesses), he spoke dismissively about gay marriage in religious terms, seeming to blame the “Great Flood,” which necessitated Noah’s Ark, on homosexuality—or, as he charmingly put it, “people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever.”

And yes, Prince was certainly a fan of the female form and all nature of heterosexual couplings—but as LGBT people, we have our own reasons for remembering him fondly.

Most obviously, much earlier in his career, Prince was an avid proponent of sexuality, period. He held an unapologetic belief, evidenced in both his lyrics and his persona, that sexual desire was a part of a person’s core, that sex was natural and healthy and right—even if it’s not the kind of sexuality that society might deem “normal” or “conventional.” In many ways, Prince allowed people to explore their own inner sexual lives. His music was hot, steamy, and sensual, and served as a celebration of carnal desire.

Prince’s love of sexuality extended beyond his words and became part of his person. He created a look that included elements of the feminine, and during the first peak of his successful career, shared the world stage with artists such as Madonna, Grace Jones, Boy George, and Annie Lennox. This powerful collective shaped a generation’s view that traditional gender roles were boring: a first and crucial step toward the ultimate acceptance that different sexual orientations were not only tolerable, but that the lives inhabited by gay, straight, bisexual, cisgender, transgender, and genderqueer people were of value.

I owned a copy of the double album 1999 in vinyl. I’ll never forget taking the album home, taking the cellophane wrapper off, and removing the record from the cover. The first album Letters 44 May 4, 2018

had a sleeve, depicting a clearly naked Prince lying in bed on his stomach, sheets pulled down to the middle of his derriere. His back was arched. He started at the camera seductively. He was about to paint something on some sort of sketch pad.

The room was smoky; there were neon signs on the wall.

Some kind of sex had either just happened or was about to happen in that room. The world stopped for just a moment while I took in the power of that image, the idea that such an image was possible. I was eleven years old. I was years from coming out of the closet, even to myself. Nonetheless, I was never the same.

A few years later, Purple Rain, which would cement him forever as an icon and superstar, was released. One of the hit singles from that album was “I Would Die 4 U,” which opened with the lyric, “I’m not a woman/I’m not a man/ I am something that you’ll never understand.” It’s difficult to explain to someone who wasn’t around in the 1980s just how subversive those words were.

If non-traditional gender roles were depicted at all in popular culture, they were usually psychotic serial killers, and more and more, straight culture was conflating gay men with a disease so strange and deadly that the President of the United States

famously wouldn’t utter the word “AIDS” until his second term in office.

Around that time, Prince was singing about the disease. In his 1987 single, “Sign ‘O’ The Times,” he framed his story in heterosexual terms, singing about a woman who contracted the virus from her male lover after sharing an infected needle. It wasn’t the first time that pop stars had referenced AIDS (Band Aid famously sang about the plight of AIDS-afflicted children in Africa in 1984), but when the world was still gripped in fear, every bit helped.

Years later, in 1993, he’d famously become “the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” While this move was almost certainly tied to his attempts to separate himself from a contract with Warner Brothers (he went back to his real name after his contract ended). But for a full seven years, his “name” was an unpronounceable symbol that fused the traditional symbols for male and female. At this point, I was two years away from coming out myself.

Prince died two years ago.

He’s still missed. RIP, Beautiful One. 1958-2016.

Eric C. Peterson is a senior consultant in diversity at Cook Ross, Inc.

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R E H OB OT H RETAI L SHOPS 20 Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk......................... 302-226-0675 26 Beach Essentials, 33 Baltimore Ave........................ 302-227-5210.

47 Critter Beach, 156 Rehoboth Ave............................ 302-226-2690 26 Elegant Slumming, 33 Baltimore Ave...................... 302-227-5551.

56 Gallery 50, 50 Wilmington Ave................................ 302-227-2050.

41 Gidgets Gadgets, 123 Rehoboth Ave...................... 302-227-3959.

74 Mod Cottage, 247A Rehoboth Ave......................... 302-227-7277.

95 New Wave Spas, 20660 Coastal Hwy..................... 302-227-8484.

33 Pelican Loft, 149 Rehoboth Ave.............................. 302-226-5080.

29 M.G.T. & Company, 39 Baltimore Ave...................... 302-567-5976.

42 Rehoboth Breeze, 117 Rehoboth Ave..................... 302-226-5720.

26 Shademakers, 33 Baltimore Ave............................. 302-226-2222.

103 Sterling Optical, 19287 Miller Rd, Unit 12.............. 302-226-8800.

107 The Linen Outlet, 19269 Coastal Hwy.................... 302-727-5362.

110 Unfinished Business, Rt. 1 behind Panera Bread... 302-645-8700.

29 Ward Ellinger Gallery, 39 Baltimore Ave................. 302-227-2710.

5 Wooden Indian, Ltd., 25 Baltimore Ave................... 302-227-8331.

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L3 The Buttery, 102 Second St..................................... 302-645-7755.

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Catch 54, 54 Madison Ave, Fenwick....................... 302-436-8600.

Matt’s Fish Camp, north Bethany........................... 302-539-CAMP. The Brick Hotel, 18 The Circle, Georgetown........... 302-856-1836.

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47 Atlantis Inn, 154 Rehoboth Ave............................... 302-227-9446.

66 Breakers Hotel, 105 2nd St. @ Baltimore Ave........ 302-227-6688.

•• The Brick Hotel, 18 The Circle, Georgetown DE..... 302-855-5800.

82 Canalside Inn, 34 6th St.......................................... 866-412-2625.

4 Rehoboth Guest House, 40 Maryland Ave.............. 302-227-4117.

30 Royal Rose Inn, The, 41 Baltimore Ave................... 302-226-2535.

53 Sea ën Stars Guest Suites, 44 Delaware Ave.......... 302-226-2742 .

88 The Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave Ext................ 302-227-8487 .

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70 Bin 66, 20729 Coastal Hwy.................................... 302-227-6161.

27 Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave.................................. 302-227-6515.

7 Cafe Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave.............................. 302-227-8100.

15 Café Papillon, Penny Lane Mall............................... 302-227-7568.

44 Cilantro, 122 A Rehoboth Ave................................. 302-226-1000.

38 Coffee Mill, Rehoboth Mews, 127 Rehoboth Ave. . 302-227-7530.

Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave............... 302-227-0818.

61 Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave................................ 302-227-3353.

6 Eden, 23 Baltimore Ave........................................... 302-227-3330.

14 Go Fish, 24 Rehoboth Ave....................................... 302-226-1044.

35 Iguana Grill, 52 Baltimore Ave.. .............................. 302-727-5273.

6 JAM Bistro, 21 Baltimore Ave.................................. 302-226-5266.

91 Java Jukebox, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. Ext............... 302-440-5282.

70 Just In Thyme, 38163 Robinsons Dr....................... 302-227-3100.

29 Lori’s Café, 39 Baltimore Ave.................................. 302-226-3066.

74 Lupo Italian Kitchen, 247 Rehoboth Ave................. 302-226-2240.

108 Palate Bistro, 19266 Coastal Hwy.......................... 302-249-8489.

45 Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave.................... 302-226-1139.

80 Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Ave..................................... 302-227-6080.

17 Shorebreak Lodge, 10 Wilmington Ave.................. 302-227-1007.

16 Snyder’s Candy, 60 Rehoboth Ave.......................... 302-226-3994.

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75 Luxury Motors, 20575 Coastal Hwy,....................... 302-226-2100.

BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING •• A.G. Renovations..................................................... 302-947-4096.

96 Boardwalk Builders, behind Big Fish Grill............... 302-227-5754.

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CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES 2 All Saints Episcopal, 18 Olive Ave. ......................... 302-227-7202.

98 Epworth Methodist, 19285 Holland Glade Rd........ 302-227-7743.

112 M.C.C. of Rehoboth, 19369 Plantation Rd.............. 302-645-4945.

93 Seaside Jewish Community, Holland Glade Rd...... 302-226-8977.

•• Unitarian Universalist, 30486 Lewes-G’Town Hy ... 302-313-5838.

•• Unity of Rehoboth, 98 Rudder Rd., Millsboro......... 717-579-2612.

24 Westminster Presbyterian, King Charles Ave.......... 302-227-2109.

COUNSELING / THERAPY / LIFE COACH •• Dr. Michael Hurd, Rehoboth Beach......................... 302-227-2829.

83 Kevin J. Bliss, Personal/Professional Coaching....... 302-754-1954 .

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L5 Griswold Home Care, 16698 Kings Hwy, #D, Lewes... 302-644-6990 •• Interim Healthcare, 17298 Coastal Hwy, Lewes..... 302-322-2743.

105 Shore Community Medical, 18947 JJ Williams Hwy.... 302-827-4365 120 Steven B. Wright, D.M.D. & Bruce B. Wright, D.D.S..302-645-6671.

ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES •• DJ Nan..................................................................... 240-593-7704.

EVENT PLANNING/CATERING •• Big Fish Catering..................................................... 302-226-5500.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES •• Community Pride Financial...................................... 302-227-2939.

97 County Bank, 19927 Shuttle Rd.............................. 302-226-9800.

90 Fairway Mortgage, 37156 Rehoboth Ave. Ext........ 302-227-5626.

•• Jenn Harpel, Morgan Stanley.................................. 302-644-6620.

FLORISTS 89 Bayberry Flowers, 715 Rehoboth Ave.................... 302-227-5725.

96 Windsor’s Florist, 20326 Coastal Hwy.................... 302-227-9481.

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FUNERAL SERVICES •• McCrery & Harra...................................................... 302-478-2204.

•• Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium................... 302-645-9520.

HAIR SALONS / TATTOO & PIERCING 72 Bad Hair Day? 20 Lake Ave...................................... 302-227-HAIR. 62 Beach Cuts, 214 Rehoboth Ave..............................302-226-ROBB. •• Salon Milton, 517 Chestnut St.., Milton................... 302-684-1880.

99 Gregory Meyers Hair Studio 20245 Bay Vista Rd & Rt 1...................................... 302-727-5331 INSURANCE 100 George Bunting State Farm..................................... 302-227-3891.

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by Fay Jacobs

Café Azafran is Always Great, but Thursday Nights are the Capper There may not be words adequate to describe the talent and dexterity it takes to sing love songs and mix a martini at the same time. To watch bartender-songstress Holly Lane mix you her special cosmopolitan and remember all the words to a showtune requires even more superlatives to describe it.

So yes, Thursday nights at Café Azafran, on the ocean block of Baltimore Avenue, when keyboard virtuoso John Flynn tickles the ivories (okay, plastic keys) and Holly Lane sings from behind the bar is just crazy special.

The crowd gathers early at the bar to get a seat for the libations and entertainment—which is exactly what a group of us did on Thursday, April 13, prior to the Women’s FEST opening dance. In fact, we got there so early, we took over the bar area completely and had a blast. It was too early to hear Holly sing, but we certainly enjoyed the cocktails and mocktails.

But to get the full treatment, we came back later to be dazzled by her cabaret-perfect voice, flair francais, and sensuous version of Edith Piaf’s favorite, La Vie En Rose.

Mostly Holly sings from behind the bar, but she comes out and sings by the keyboard and among the tables as well. It’s joyful!

Her duets with Flynn, deliciously breathy ballads and the joyous cabaret atmosphere the gig inspires make Thursday evenings at Café Azafran a winner.

And of course, there’s the food! The Mediterranean inspired menu offers a huge selection of tapas dishes, soups, chicken, pasta, and lamb.

But their nightly specials have won my heart. If you’re headed to Azafran Thursdays to hear John and Holly (6:309:30), you’ll discover that it’s Steak and Wine Night. For $27, with a glass of red wine, you get a choice of a Petite Filet, flat iron steak or Prime Belvedere Steak plus a choice of three kinds of preparations, plus a salad, bread, and those yummy olives. The dinner is $22 without the wine.

Celebrate Wednesday nights with the $25 Shrimp Night– six different entrée selections served with olives (amazingly wonderful) and bread. My favorite is the Spanish Garlic Shrimp with corn and saffron rice, but the Ginger and Lime Shrimp is an excruciatingly close second.

Friday is Seafood Night with three courses for $25. You start with a tapas selection, choosing from the likes of (my fav) Spanish Garlic Shrimp or fried oysters or Calamari or Crab Bruchetta or others; a seafood entree like the Seafood Mixed Grill, Crab Cake, Scallops and pasta, or Fish of the Day, all served with soup or salad and of course, olives and bread!

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grilled cheese, crab cake sliders and more). I’ve also had the vegetarian quesadilla, and it’s great.

And I would be remiss not to mention that Café Azafran is open for breakfast on weekends. From light fare like pastries, fruit and granola parfaits, and Baked Oatmeal, to hearty Waffles, Chorizo Hash, and Omelets, the menu is chocked full of great ideas.

I love to sit in the bright and airy front room, have breakfast with friends and then walk the half a block to the boardwalk for a stroll.

So day or night, whatever your mood, whether you want great drinks from Holly every night, or drinks and a song on Thursdays, Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave. has it all going on. Cheers! ▼

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Linda Defeo, Zita Dresher, Myrna Kelley, Dottie Cirelli, Mikki Snyder Hall, Clair Snyder-Hall, Jodi Foster, Patty Pritchard, Tara Carlson, Aileen Dee, Viki Dee, Lori Kline, Gwen Osborne, Monica Chmielewski, Jen Booth, Donna Peters, Cherie Dimaio, Denise Kendall, Zoe Vette, Robin Smith, Lita Weiss, Marcy Kanenson, Barb Kenny, Susan Shollenberger, Deb Bievenour, Karen Faber, Lisa Balestrini Faber, Kim Chase, Sandra Chinchilla, Chris Miller-Marcin, JoAnn Miller-Marcin, Leslie Sinclair, Chris Beagle, and Kathy Wiz at CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST—Welcome Dance. 2) Greg Oliver, Andy Dorosky, Peter Miloti, Chuck McSweeney, Paul Christensen, and Dennis Morgan at Double L. 3) Michael Winn, Carl Schloegel, and Frank Bennett on the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk.

THIS PAGE 4) Dennis Morgan, Paul Christensen, David Herring, Karl Bornberger, Chuck McSweeney, Colby Lennon, Michael Clay, Tony Burns, Shawn Evans, Joe Petrone, Paul Maltachati, Peter Milioti, Tyler Townsend, David Gonce, Tom Protack, Alan Fernando, Bernie James, Jennell Collins, Brian Gray, Matt Rice, Artez West, Mark Purpura, Sandra Skidmore, and Magnolia Applebottom at Blue Moon. 5) Lee Wayne Mills and Tony Wright at Rehoboth Art League. 6) Marvin Miller, Rut Paul, Cliff Lassahn, Tim Lessa, and Joe Roy at The Pond.

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THIS PAGE 3) Keith Petrack, Matt Rice, Michael Fetchko, Jamie Romano, Matt Urban, Rick Nesmith, Lisa Lindsey, Richard Suter, Bradley Brittan, Angie Culp, Kurt Hochstuhl, Don Baum, Tony Burns, Steve Hayes, Paulette Lanza, and Roger Binner at Purple Parrot. 4) Kim Richards, Susan Garson, Rina Pellegrini, Chi Mei Wu, Trinity Coleman, Nan Martino, Amanda Townsend, Kim Mahoney, Terry Mahoney, Deb Townsend, Hope Vella, Donna Carr, Tracy Kreidler, and Kim Brackeen at Java Jukebox.

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Before The BEACH

by Jen Rubenstein

Sandy Oropel May Be Retired, But She’s Not Off the Court or Course Do you remember the movie Multiplicity where Michael Keaton clones himself so that he can get everything done? Well, Sandra Oropel must have 20 clones out there running around because there’s no other way to explain how she could have accomplished everything she has already done in her life.

Sandy was born, raised, and lived most of her life in Chambersburg, New Jersey, the Italian section of South Trenton in Mercer County. Those of us who are fans of Author Janet Evanovich know Chambersburg as “The Burg.”

Sandy started out as a blue collar kid in The Burg, born to first generation Italian Americans. Her dad, Sam, provided endless encouragement to be the best version of yourself and truly believed that Sandy could achieve anything she wanted.

If Sandy came downstairs in a bad mood, her dad would march her right back upstairs, give her a pep talk and require a do over. Everyone in the neighborhood knew and loved Sam, and he loved them all right back.

Sandy grew up in a bustling household full of family, friends, and fun. Her parents volunteered at every event her all-girls’ Catholic school threw and served on every committee; it didn’t hurt that they were able to earn points toward tuition with their volunteerism.

To this day, Sandy credits much of her success to Cathedral High School where the all-female student body didn’t have to compete with the boys for the limelight. Sandy was free to indulge in her curiosity of various sports and academic subjects. Even though she was only 5'2", she was on the starting basketball team as the shooting forward. She studied secretarial sciences and started working full time the day after her high school graduation (thanks to her dad’s friendship with the mayor) at the Mercer County Health, Recreation & Welfare Department where she was a secretary and also helped with sports activities.

It wasn’t long before a new county geriatric facility scooped her up to work in administration. She worked there for 20 years, working her way up to be the head of personnel. She also assisted with all the fun events for residents, as she dressed up for Halloween, honored birthdays and looked for any reason to throw a party.

In her “spare time,” Sandy was a pioneer and tireless advocate for women’s sports, becoming the first to coach basketball and softball at the community college and assisting all the local Catholic schools to establish girls’ teams. She also officiated basketball, field hockey, and softball, serving as observation supervisor and evaluator for high schools and colleges.

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After two decades at the geriatric facility, Sandy transferred to County administration, eventually finding her way into her dream job as Director of Administration for the County Prosecutor’s Office. She loved being the liaison between the courts, county prosecutors, and law enforcement, managing all their administrative needs including making sure there were staff resources available for middle of the night dictation needs.

After eleven years, she retired when the county made her “an offer she couldn’t refuse.”

So, at the age of 59, Sandy retired, and admits she was nervous. She wasn’t sure what she’d do every day.

With her new freedom, Sandy re-dedicated herself to girls’ sports and youth programming taking a part time position as an Assistant Teacher for the Mercer County Special Service School and stepping up her coaching and officiating activities. She was inducted into the ASA, USSA, NJSIAA, and CYO Halls of Fame and was honored as Woman of the Year by the Trenton Select Athletic Association.

By that time, she was already spending most weekends at the beach, coming here since 1985 when her best friend Margo Orland “discovered” Rehoboth. Margo called Sandy and said, “You gotta come down here; this is fabulous.” By 2002, she and her partner of 21 years, Linda Frese, owned a vacation home here and by 2012, they became full time residents. Linda grew up three blocks away from Sandy, but they didn’t know each other until they met in 1997 through softball friends.

Since moving to the beach, Sandy has taken center stage in the sports scene. She is the founder of the Sawgrass Women’s Pickleball Club, enjoys the CAMP Rehoboth Ladies 9-Hole Golf League, and organizes the Baywood Women’s golf league.

About the only time this “Energizer Bunny” sits down is twice a week for Texas Hold ‘Em Poker, in “no money” but very competitive games.

If you see Sandy around, be sure to ask her about her HoleIn-One this winter at Escena Golf Club in Palm Springs. Sandy (or one of her many Multiplicity clones) will happily tell you the hilarious story. ▼ Jen is a former journalism student who now works as an accountant for a big organization in the tech industry. She is an occasional contributor to this magazine she loves.

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SPOTLIGHT On The Arts

By Leslie Sinclair

CAMP REHOBOTH PRESENTS One cornerstone of the CAMP Rehoboth mission is Promoting artistic expressions and creative thinking, and giving aid to artists and craftspeople with an emphasis on the works of lesbians and gay men. To this end, our programming includes music, visual art, dance, literary, and theatrical presentations within the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center or other venues.

CAMP Rehoboth had a very successful year for arts in 2017, with dozens of cultural programs onsite, some visual arts highlights included new collaborative partnerships with other arts organizations, including the Peninsula Gallery, Delaware Division of the Arts, and the Biggs Museum. In addition, CAMP Rehoboth partnered with Rehoboth Art League to present creative arts programs for 55+ individuals.

HeART on a String

Bidding is now open for HeART on a String, a celebration of the high level of creativity and achievement of artists in our area.

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arts programming, and allows everyone to have fun in the process!

Artists sell their work at a 50% commission, winning bidders get wonderful artworks, and CAMP Rehoboth receives a 50% commission, or 100% of the sale price if the artist chooses to donate it to CAMP Rehoboth. The proceeds are used to support CAMP Rehoboth arts programming and our initiative CAMPfire—where we are Fostering, Inspiring, Rewarding and Energizing the Arts!

You can view and bid on the works now until the reception on May 26. Artists have already dropped off their artwork at CAMP Rehoboth and now is the time to start bidding on this entertaining auction/gallery show.

Even if your walls are full, you will find space for one of these small works. They will be in all shapes and sizes, but we’ve asked the artists to keep them intimate. Enjoy small works with big impact. Artists participating are J.S. Adams, Sondra N. Arkin, Nikki Bee, Mary Byrd, Rod Cook, Donna Deely, Sam Dixon, Jane Duffy, Yvonne Franks, Vincent Hughes, Terry Isner, Kim Klabe, Jane Knaus, Jeff Moore, Bev Morgan, Mike Muller, Renata Price, and Lois Schlacter.

It’s as simple as 1-2-3! Link to the HeART on a String bidding site from CAMP Rehoboth’s website to view the art, register (no obligation or fee) as a bidder, then select and bid on the artwork you want.

Bid often! The “HeART on a String” site and online bidding site will be open through May 26, and you will be notified if you are outbid!

HeART on a String will culminate in a closing Bid Reception on Saturday, May 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth

Community Center. Socialize, enjoy refreshments, meet the artists, view the art in person, and continue bidding! Bidding will close at 7 p.m. when the bidders will learn if they have won.

Bidders need not be present to win.

Upcoming in the Gallery

In June, we are excited to present a duo show of stained glass and paintings by Yona Zucker and Renata Price. Both artists are well-known in the community and produce stunning visuals.

In August we host some of the 2017 recipients of the Individual Artist Fellowships granted by the Delaware Division of the Arts. It promises to be an excellent exhibition with an entertaining August 9 reception with performances at the community center in conjunction with the gallery show.

Performance Tickets on Sale Now

Buy your tickets today for the scandalously fabulous Skivvies hosted by CAMP Rehoboth at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on June 30 at 8 p.m.

Don’t miss one of the two performances of the GMCW in an encore performance at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center on July 14 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. ▼ For more information and tickets visit the CAMP Rehoboth website. HeART Works by: Sondra N. Arkin, Veil-003; Bev Morgan, Peace; Lois Schlacter, Round and Round; Yvonne Frankis, Ridin’the Storm Out

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CAMPArts

by Doug Yetter

Spring Cleaning Having never worked in an office (theaters, bars, casinos, and now a church), I only recently became aware of the CDP—the “Clean Desk Policy.”

I operate under the theory that if a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, then what does that tell you about an empty desk?

For those of you who also have a desk that looks like post-war Berlin, you know that, despite appearances, we know exactly where to find anything.

Okay, I was surprised to discover an unopened Christmas card lurking among my handbell catalogues in mid-April.…

Though not a well-known piece of local lore, the theatre on Baltimore Avenue is named after my desk. My partner at the time (and co-founder of the theater) nagged me endlessly about the condition of the desk we shared: “Can you please clear space for me?!?”

When we decided the aesthetic of the company would be focused on acting, costuming, and lighting but NOT on sets, I said, “We should call it Clear Space!”

It is time, however, for me to finally make a clean start and adhere to the CDP. I’m just going to shove it all in a drawer, but the desktop will be clean. Feel free to stop by my office and see for yourself.

(All locations are Rehoboth Beach, unless otherwise noted.)

PERFORMING ARTS / EVENTS CAMP Rehoboth (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; info@camprehoboth.com) has an event you don’t want to miss!

Prom Remix will be held at the Atlantic Sands Ballroom, Friday, May 11 (8-11 p.m.)

The evening will feature a dessert bar (included in your ticket price), a cash bar, Prom photos by Fortier photography, and music by Viki Dee and Dave Mattern.

Upcoming CAMP Rehoboth events are The Skivvies (a duo who actually perform in their skivvies!)—June 30—and the Gay Men’s Chorus of D.C.’s Cabaret: It Takes Two—July 14.

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Capital Ringers (capitalringers.org) are jingling their bells in It’s a Zoo Out There! This unique group tours their spring concert through May 6, and I do mean tours. Check their Events page for locations.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) has Fun Home—the 2015 Tony® winner for Best Musica—on the boards through May 20. Check out Baroque 2 Broadway on May 26! Now’s the time to sign up for one of their outstanding summer camps as well.

Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road in Georgetown; 302-856-4560; possumpointplayers.org) has begun rehearsals for the classic farce Lend Me a Tenor—June 8-17.

Premier Centre for the Arts at Milton Theater (110 Union St. in Milton; 302-6843038; info@pcade.com) has something for everyone on their calendar! May 4: Swing Junction; May 5: Ted Vigil is John Denver; May 6: Christine Havrilla and Gypsy Fuzz Mama’s Black Sheep; May 10: LoDel Live; May 11: Grateful Dead Tribute; May 12: Men in Motion (Male Revue); May 17: Don’t Hassle Me I’m Local; May 19: Psychic Deanna Fitzpatrick; May 24: Transcendental Jam Session; May 25: Sail On Beach Boys Tribute.

Rehoboth Beach Film Society (17701 Dartmouth Drive (Lewes), 302-645-9095; rehobothfilm.com) screens the best new Independent films at their Cinema Art Theatre, and provides the community with National Theatre Live: Macbeth (June 4-5) and Met Opera Live in HD: Massanet’s Cendrillon (May 5 & 7). Check their website for updates and show times.

Rehoboth Concert Band (rehobothconcertband.org) has concerts

that should be on your calendar – Sunday, June 3—Concerts by the Sea in the gardens of All Saints Episcopal (18 Olive Avenue) and Sunday, June 24 at the Bandstand.

Second Street Players (2 South Walnut Street in Milford; 302-422-0220/ 800-838-3006; secondstreetplayers. com) presents their Children’s Theatre production of The Frog Prince—May 11-13.

Auditions for Shrek (opening July 13) will be May 13 & 15 (7p.m.).

VISUAL ARTS Anna Hazzard Museum (17 Christian Street, 302-226-1119) is a captivating look at the early history of Rehoboth Beach as a religious retreat. The museum is housed in one of the original “tent” houses from Rehoboth’s 1870s campmeeting era and is named for former owner and civic leader, Anna Hazzard.

The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Hwy. in Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@brushlewes) is a wonderful new addition to the arts scene in our area! Furniture, art, clothing, sea glass, decoys, home goods and more.

Gallery 50 Contemporary Art & Frame Shop (50 A-B Wilmington Avenue; 302- 227-2050; gallery50art.com) features the work of dozens of talented artists, as well as special events. Veg Fest 2018 has an opening reception—June 9— watch for further info!

Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-9203; heidilowejewelry. com) has beautiful and unique hand-made

pieces for purchase (including wedding rings) and offers classes in jewelry making. If you happen to be in Portland, Oregon May 24-26, you just may run into Heidi and her Earrings Galore Pop-up.

Painting with a Twist (17723 Coastal Highway; 302313-5769; paintingwithatwist. com/lewes/) offers painting classes and “pARTies” for all occasions—days, evenings, weekdays, and weekends (age 7+). Visit their website for details.

Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Rd in Lewes; 302645-0551; peninsula-gallery. com) is one of the largest Fine Art galleries in the area is currently showing The Artist Abroad—a selection of work by artists who travel abroad to paint. Featuring: Carole Boggemann Peirson, Roger Dellar, Lois Engberg, Heather Lynn Gibson, Laura Hickman, Martha Spak, Sharon Strine, and Meg Walsh. Whet your appetite with the virtual tour of the gallery online.

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane in Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; rehobothartleague.org) always has a fantastic schedule of classes— everything from pottery to pen and ink technique to jewelry making… something for everyone and for every age and skill level. Exhibits include Putting It Two-Gether: Assemblage & Collage by

Rose Minetti and Lee Wayne Mills in the Tubbs Gallery, Iria Chloe—Year One at the R.A.L. in the Ventures Gallery.

Abstractions works from the Coastal Camera Club in the Corkran Gallery (all through May 7), and Fun in the Sun at the Rehoboth Beach Municipal Building (through June 20). Check their website for a complete schedule of exhibits, Salons, Gallery Talks, or even their Summer Camps.

Rehoboth Beach Museum (511 Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal, 302-227-7310; rehobothbeachmuseum.org) has a “history” of fun at the beach—vintage bathing suits, post cards, photos and maps.

However… the Museum is currently closed for complete renovations to their second floor and revamping of the permanent collection exhibits and will reopen early summer.

Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard, 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302227-2710) resides in the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard and features art in different mediums by Ward Ellinger and Sondra N. Arkin.

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Contact Doug at dougyetter@ gmail.com if you want to add your events to the calendar.

Check out CAMP Arts on our website at camprehoboth.com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries and museums.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Eric Korpon, Howard Cyr, Harvey Grinder, Chip Wheeler, Matthew Kenworthy, Justin Nixon, Ron Price, Ed Miller, Ed Hotaling, David O’Berry, and John Black at Rigby’s. 2) Dominic Mannello, Joel Robbins, Geoff Jackson, and Will Delaney at Café Azafran. 3) Michael Tyler, Wes Perkins, Sydney McGinley, and Molly King at Peninsula Gallery. 4) JB Fields, Steve Pearson, Jo Martin, and Amy Martin at JB and Steve’s Easter Dinner Party. 5) Lindsey Aucoin, Marcy Kanenson, Shelia Savaliski, April Deer, Deb Townsend, Amanda Townsend, Michelle Buchanan, Rhonda Weldon, Sarah Keen, Michelle Bucler, Patty Krupa, Diane Scobey, Jennifer Rubenstein, and Donna Dolce at CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST—Ladies 2000 Dance at Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.

THIS PAGE 6) Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Katie Handy, Gwen Osborne, Sammy Trail, Diane Lusk, Kat Kayne, Susanne Furman, Charlene Zerhusen, Tonya Beads, Eddie Sherman, Peggy Raley, Patty Violini, Missy Orlando, Nancy Herlihy, Elice Bock, Campbell Spencer, Anita Broccolino, Kim Allman, Amy Horne, Dona Garofarro, Joan Iannucci, Jenny Caruso, Patty Butt, Denise Jack, Bev Jack, Val Penna, Gina Conti, Gwen Smith, Phyllis Petecco, Judy Griffin, Maureen Krieger, Samantha Smith, Linda Santi, Laura Hutchins, Darcy Buchanan, Lynne Shifren, Vicky Coleman, Kim Mery, and Cindy McAuliffe at CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST—Ladies 2000 Dance.

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BOOKEDSolid

by Terri Schlichenmeyer

Titanic Summer

by Russell J. Sanders c.2018, Harmony Ink Press $16.99; 250 pages Parents can be so weird.

Take your dad, for instance: he’s got hobbies that defy logic and he’s obsessed with them. Your mom, well, let’s not go there, except to say that if you became her mini-me, she’d be fine with that. Irritating, yes, but what are you gonna do?

As in the new book, Titanic Summer by Russell J. Sanders, whatever floats

their boats.

“Your mom and I have some news.”

Those are words that no twelve-year-old boy wants to hear, but Jake Hardy heard them and everything in between: his parents were getting a divorce.

That was four years ago, and Jake survived, more-or-less.

He wasn’t happy when his dad moved from Houston to Philly.

He wasn’t happy that his mom got all churchy, either, but he knew that his parents both loved him. He wasn’t sure, though, how they’d feel if they knew that he was gay.

Jake had, in fact, just come to that realization himself in the past year or so but he wasn’t sure where to go with it. His school was conservative Christian and homosexuality was forbidden in the school code. Jake couldn’t risk being thrown off the basketball team, so he hid his physical desires. He now had the whole summer to think about everything and make some decisions.

Fortunately, he’d do that while hanging out with his dad in Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, his dad had other plans: he was a history buff

and was seriously obsessed with the Titanic. He’d watched the movie hundreds of times and, to Jake’s dismay, had scheduled a ten-day father-son trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

That’s where some of the Titanic’s dead were buried.

That’s also where gay-boy Jake learned that his dad was gay, too.

Which was just great, because Dad could’ve been lesssecretive and that would’ve helped Jake deal . . . but no.

Instead, Jake got secrets and omissions from both his parents, which made him angry, and his bestie offered no sympathy. He found a new friend, but even that was awful. Was pretending not to be gay the easiest way to live?

Though it tends to be somewhat overly long and overwrought, Titanic Summer is overall better than average.

Part of that may be because author Russell J. Sanders puts authentic teen language into the mouth of his main character.

Sanders’ Jake speaks in the style and manner you’d expect from an attitudinal sixteen-year-old boy who’s trying to please everyone; that he fails, and sometimes becomes unlikeable, only enhances his realism.

The authentic dialogue affects the story itself, but in one distracting way: the plot is enough to keep a reader’s attention, but it’s also too long and contains inconsequential details, as if every second of the titular summer needs recording. A few editorial snips would have been a lifesaver.

Even so, that’s minor compared to the waves of enjoyment you’ll get from this story, whether you’re 13-to-17-years-old, or an adult who’s well past those years. Readers craving a coming-of-age novel will find Titanic Summer to be a boatload of goodness.

Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was three years old and never goes anywhere without a book. Always Overbooked, she lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 15,000 books.

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CAMP Cheers!

Bartender’s Favorite Alena Ackland Big Fish Grill Alena’s Margarita Ice Cubes 1.5 oz good tequila (Dobel or Herradura) 3 oz freshly squeezed orange juice 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice 1 tablespoon agave nectar Combine all, shake well and serve Mocktail version Replace the tequila with 2 oz club soda Delicious and refreshing!

Alena has been with the company a dozen years. Originally from the Republic of Belarus between Russia and the Ukraine, she loves the beach. This is the recipe she makes at home for friends.

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Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth

~ Making Christ’s Connection Real ~ a loving, open, and affirming Christian congregation celebrating the wholeness of body, mind, and spirit

Sundays at 10 AM at MCC Worship Center 19369 Plantation Rd., Rehoboth Beach, 302-645-4945 www.mccrehoboth.com mccrehoboth@hotmail.com

All Saints’ Episcopal Church 18 Olive Avenue Rehoboth Beach (302) 227-7202 SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Parish Hall

WELCOMES YOU!

St. George’s Chapel, Rt. 23 - 20274 Beaver Dam Rd., Harbeson at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday Service • 11:30 a.m. Holy Communion and Healing

A friendly and fully inclusive parish. www.allsaintsandstgeorges.org

Seaside Jewish Community an unaffiliated, egalitarian congregation

18970 Holland Glade Road Rehoboth Beach, Delaware www.seasidejewishcommunity.com 302-226-8977 Mailing address: P.O. Box 1472, Rehoboth, DE 19971

Shabbat services, 7:30 pm first Fridays; 10 am third Saturdays.

Weekly summer services. Holiday services. Educational programs, social events, school. Beth Cohen, religious leader.

A Progressive Spiritual Community

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Thank You for the Music!

CAMP REHOBOTH SALUTES THE 2018 CAMP REHOBOTH CHORUS

Doug Yetter Musical and Artistic Director David Zipse Collaborative Artist and Accompanist Neil Frock Assistant Director Larry Rosen Production Assistant Barry Bugg Production Assistant David Kemper Sectional and Outreach Accompanist

SOPRANO Vicki Allen Christopher Berg Teresa Bolduc Pat Coluzzi Irene Fick Diane Fisher Gail Hecky Charissa Hines Eileen Johnson Elaine Masterson Valerie Mcnickol Kathy Osterholm Valerie Reber Carolyn Robinson Kim Schilpp Sandra Skidmore Patricia Stiles Gail Tannenbaum Gladys Ward Sharyn Warwick Debbie Zwicke

ALTO Miriam Barton Celeste Beaupre Linda Bell Diane Bruce Dottie Cirelli Belinda Cross Patty Dimodugno Maureen Ewadinger Beebe Frazer Fran Garside Sally Gilles Mary Gilligan Cheryl Graves Ruth Lamothe Gail Launay-Tarlecki Pattie Magee Mary Mcelhone Judy Olsen Gwen Osborne Barbara Passikoff Bev Peltz

Linda Porto Barb Ralph Karen Storms Trudie Thompson Matty Topka Donna Whiteside TENOR Kharma Amos Terry August Jeri Berc Tim Bush Anthony Chiffolo Linda Defeo Bill Fuchs Arlen Herb Marilyn Hewitt Mary Huntt Dianna Johnston David Kemper Carol Lewis Sheila Maden

Alicia Mickenberg Andrea Monetti Carolyn Ortwein Carl Schloegel David Scuccimarra Jill Stokes Darcy Vollero

Eric Kafka Dave Minges Cray Rader Rex Shipp Miles Slatcher

BASS Jay Allen Brian Bartels Matthew Brown Don Cintavey Matt Clark Joseph Disalvo Ed Fick Dan Foskey Neil Frock David Garrett David Hagelin Bob Harrison Don Howat

Women’s Coffee Talk A POSITIVE TOPIC GROUP 1st & 3rd Saturday | 10am Facilitator: Mary Brett (All are welcome) CAMP Rehoboth 37 Baltimore Avenue Rehoboth Beach

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CAMP Families

Supporting LGBT families in our community Find CAMP Families on Meetup.com | 302-604-4316

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Celebrate Healthy, Humane and Sustainable Living

JUNE 9 2018 Get Involved!

Volunteers, Sponsors and Exhibitors may signup at rehobothvegfest.org Events | Happy Hours | Lunches and more all year long

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Accepting New Patients ~ Emergencies Welcome

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CAMPDates SUNDAYS

• Alcoholics Anon. Open Discussion.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 9 am.

• Brunch w/Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 10 am. 302-227-6515 • 4th Sunday. Healing Circle.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5 pm.

• Ed Mills. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • Last Sunday of each month. TransSocial of Delaware. Metropolitan Community Church, 19369 Plantations Rd., Lewes.

7 pm. Visit meetup.com/RehobothTransLiance • Games w/Magnolia. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515 • The Birdcage Bad Girls Drag Show.

Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 10 pm. 302-226-1139

MONDAYS

• Insight Meditation. St. Peters, Mulberry St, Lewes. 4 pm. 302-644-2514 • Matthew Kenworthy. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515

TUESDAYS

• 2nd Tuesday. PFLAG. Lewes Library, 111 Adams St. 6 pm. pflagrehobothbeach@ gmail.com.

• 3rd Tuesday. Kent County LGBT Dover Support and Social Group. Christ Episcopal Church, 523 South State St., Dover. 7 pm. lgbtdover_kent@yahoo.com • Young People AA. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm.

• Bingo w/the Blue Moon Divas. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

WEDNESDAYS

• John Flynn. Shorebreak Lodge, A Restaurant. 10 Wilmington Ave. 5 pm.

302-227-1007 • 2nd Wednesday. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • Alt. Wednesdays. Men’s Discussion Group.

Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 7 pm. 302-227-5620 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080

THURSDAYS

• Alcoholics Anon. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 12 noon. 302-856-6452 • John Flynn w/Holly Lane. Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm. 302-227-8100 • SLAA/SAA Meeting. All Saints Church Hall, Lower Level, 18 Olive Ave. 7:30 pm.

302-745-7929 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080

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• Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Karaoke with the Blue Moon Divas.

Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm.

302-227-6515

FRIDAYS

• 1st Friday. FURst Friday Bear Happy Hour.

The Pond, 3 S. First St. 302-227-2234 • John Flynn. Shorebreak Lodge, A Restaurant. 10 Wilmington Ave. 5 pm.

302-227-1007 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Gear It UP Fridays. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm.

• Spotlight Show. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:45 pm. 302-227-6515

SATURDAYS

• 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Women’s Coffee Talk.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 10 am. 302-227-5620 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • ManDance. Diego’s Hideaway, 7298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm • Legends. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

MAY 3 - 6 • Designer Show House presented by the Village Improvement Association. designershowhouse.org or rehobothbeachvia.org

MAY 4 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Swing Junction. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 5 • Ted Vigil is John Denver. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 3 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com • STILL Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. Java Jukebox, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm Tickets $25 pp. Tickets: javajukebox. net/events • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Ted Vigil is John Denver. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 6 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Tea Dance w/The Girlfriends. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 302-212-5355. 5 – 8 pm.

• Christina Havrilla, Gypsy Fuzz, and

Mama’s Black Sheep. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• Triple Threat Musical Theatre Ensemble.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-6843038. 7 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 8

MAY 19

• Transgender Advocate Jessica Lynn.

Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Ave. 6 – 8 pm. meetup.com/Rehoboth-TransLiance/ events/249274238/

• Triple Threat Musical Theatre Ensemble.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-6843038. 2 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Deanna Fitzpatrick, Lisa Bousson, and George Koury. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 9 • Tai Chi. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 1 pm. FREE

MAY 10 - 12 • Designer Show House presented by the Village Improvement Association. designershowhouse.org or rehobothbeachvia.org

MAY 10 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 11 am.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

MAY 20 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

MAY 21

• Recent Works by Nick Serratore. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408

• Writing Your Resistance: A Class in Letters to the Editor, Essays, and Blogs. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6-9 pm. $39 pp. To enroll contact Dusty Abshire at dabshire@dtcc.edu or call at 302-259-6330

MAY 11

MAY 24

MAY 11 – JUNE 10

• Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Grateful Dead Tribute. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com • CAMP Rehoboth Prom Remix! Atlantic Sands Ballroom. 8-11 pm. Tickets $25 pp.

Tickets: camprehoboth.com

MAY 12 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Male Revue - Men In Motion. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 13 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Tea Dance w/Jamie Fox. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 302-212-5355. 5 – 8 pm

MAY 17 - 20 • Designer Show House presented by the Village Improvement Association. designershowhouse.org or rehobothbeachvia.org

MAY 17 • Don’t Hassle Me I’m Local…A Collection of Local Films from Local Filmmakers. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038.

7 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 18 • Fun Home. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

• Transcendental Jam Session w/Kirtan.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-6843038. 6 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 25 • Sail on Beach Boys Tribute. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 26 • The Broadway Jukebox. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MAY 31 • Top Chef of the Culinary Coast to benefit Meals on Wheels. Rehoboth Beach Country Club, 221 West Side Drive. Tickets $65 in advance, $75 at the door. Tickets: call 302-645-7449 or mealsonwheels-lr. org/events.

JUNE 1 • Not That Girl, A Cabaret featuring Erin Bobby. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Fellow Travelers. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

JUNE 2 • CROP volunteers at National Trails Day. Cape Henlopen State Park. 9 am.

Information: email Debbie Woods at dmwoods54@hotmail.com • Not That Girl, A Cabaret featuring Erin Bobby. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

MAY 3–JUNE 9

• Tony Sands in It Was A Very Good Year…A Tribute to Sinatra. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: visit miltontheatre.com

JUNE 1

JUNE 3 • Not That Girl, A Cabaret featuring Erin Bobby. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

• Tony Sands in It Was A Very Good Year…A JUNE 6 Tribute to Sinatra. Milton Theatre, • 9th Annual Bras for a Cause presented by 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 1 pm. Tickets: the Women’s Council of Realtors. Ivy, miltontheatre.com 136 Dagsworthy St., Dewey Beach. Tickets • Not That Girl, A Cabaret featuring Erin $35 in advance and $40 at the door.

Bobby. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Tickets: wcrbrasforacause.com.

Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets JUNE 8

JUNE 2 • CROP volunteers at National Trails Day. Cape Henlopen State Park. 9 am. . Information: email Debbie Woods at dmwoods54@hotmail.com • Not That Girl, A Cabaret featuring Erin Bobby. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Tony Sands in It Was A Very Good Year…A Tribute to Sinatra. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• Kiss the Sky. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

JUNE 9 • Rehoboth Beach VegFest. Information call 302-604-4316 or rehobothvegfest.org.

• CROP volunteers at Rehoboth Beach VegFest. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 10 am. Information: email Sue Goudy at susangoudy@comcast.net • Not That Girl w/the Clear Space Theatre Company. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

CAMP Rehoboth’s innovative mental health project addresses the mental health needs of our unique local gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community.

Services are available at no charge (limited to first come, first served basis) and include: • Time-limited psychotherapy for individuals, couples, or groups.

• Resource list of community mental health, social service, substance abuse and other counseling services.

• Psychiatric referrals to local professionals

For more information or to arrange an interview call Salvatore Seeley at CAMP Rehoboth, 302-227-5620

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Mary Ayersman, Nicole Cucinotta, Tammy Cocola, Roseanne Madden, Diane Lusk, Toni Brown, Tiffany Griner, Crystal Griner, Rachel Todd, Lori Lawson, Tara Sheldon, Ruth Kloetzli, Marge Amodei, and Debbie Wilkins at CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST—Ladies 2000 Dance. 2) Allison Blyth, Carole Sinclair-Thompson, Randy Overbaugh, Sandra Skidmore, John Berdini, Kelly Harp, Susannah Griffin, Joyce Felton, Jeff Smith, Tony DiMichele, Evelyn Maurmeyer, Natalie Moss, Max Dick, Holly Lane, Tony Burns, Jodi Renbaum, Jean Simmonds, Mike DeFlavia, Tony Sowers, Edward Chrazanowski, Karl Zoric, Mark Pipkin, Carole Schwartz, Jonah Gitlitz, Sallie Forman, John Padden, and Howard Brevard at Steve Elkins Celebration of Life at Epworth United Methodist Church.

THIS PAGE 3) Delaware US Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Carol Schwartzkopf, Delaware Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf, Howard Menaker, Rehoboth Commissioner Patrick Gossett, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Toni Sharp, Randy Haney, Meghan Gardner, Rehoboth Police Corporal Josh Koscorowski, Rehoboth Beach Police Chief Keith Banks, Drexel Davison, John Potacki, Lori Kline, Monica Chmielewski, Howard Hicks, Patti Kim, Richie Gehman, Bonnie Quesenberry, Fay Jacobs, Paul Frene, and Gene Cavazos at Steve Elkins Celebration of Life. 4) Walt Cassell, Megan Kee, Dave McCarthy, Terry Isner, Sandra Skidmore, Patrick Sparito, Andy Staton, and Tony Burns at the Pre-Opening of Houston White.

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CAMP Rehoboth Volunteer Opportunities Date May 11 June 2 June 9 June 30 July 28 August 26 September 1-2 November 8

Event CAMP Rehoboth Prom CROP/National Trails Day (email: dmwoods54@hotmail.com) CROP/VegFest (email: susangoudy@Comcast.net) ”The Skivvies” CAMP Rehoboth Entertainment Event Volunteer Opportunities Meeting and Breakfast* Sundance Racing Festival Sundance 2018 Volunteer Opportunities Meeting and Dinner*

Please consider volunteering for these events by contacting Monica Parr at volunteer@camprehoboth.com. * The Volunteer Opportunities Meeting and Dinner provides an opportunity for ALL VOLUNTEERS to learn the details of upcoming opportunities and sign up for specific events. RSVPs are required so an appropriate amount of food can be prepared. Please RSVP to volunteer@camprehoboth.com.

Please visit the website: http://www.camprehoboth.com/volunteers for additional information on volunteer opportunities.

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Ward Ellinger located in the camp rehoboth courtyard

works by ward ellinger at the ward ellinger gallery 39 baltimore avenue, rehoboth beach For more information, call 302-227-2710 or visit our Facebook page at Ward Ellinger Gallery

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AD INDEX Accent On Travel.................................................21 AG Renovations.................................................. 78 Allen Jarmon, Realtor..........................................51 Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group............... 87 Atlantic Jewelry...................................................71 Back Porch Café................................................... 7 Bad Hair Day...................................................... 78 Beach Cuts..........................................................12 Beebe Healthcare..............................................23 Biggs Museum.....................................................18 Blue Moon..........................................................53 Bras For A Cause................................................ 79 Breakthru Beverage...........................................24 Café Azafran.......................................................46 CAMP Rehoboth Annual Premier Sponsors......... 7 CAMP Rehoboth Beach Guide Business Partners..............................................................35 CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Thank You...................83 CAMP Rehoboth Families...................................84 CAMP Rehoboth Letters Subscription................60 CAMP Rehoboth Looking for Writers...................12 CAMP Rehoboth Membership............................28 CAMP Rehoboth Mental Health..........................89 CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP)......92 CAMP Rehoboth Prom Remix...............................9 CAMP Rehoboth Spiritual Direction...................85 CAMP Rehoboth Trail Walk.................................89 CAMP Rehoboth Trans Discussion.....................89 CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST Thank You.......62 CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Golf..........................84

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CAMPSafe...........................................................86 Cape Henlopen Education Fund (CHEF)............ 73 Children’s Beach House Fundraiser................... 37 Chris Beagle, Realtor..........................................12 Clear Space Theatre........................................... 75 Community Pride Financial................................50 Country Lawn Care.............................................25 County Bank.......................................................60 Debbie Reed Team, Realtors.............................. 73 Delaware Technical Community College...........63 Diegos Hideaway................................................13 DJ Nan................................................................36 Dos Locos........................................................... 27 Dos Locos........................................................... 87 Easter Seals........................................................63 Fairway Independent Mortgage........................39 Fay Jacobs..........................................................15 Fuqua, Willard, Stevens......................................84 Gay Men’s Group................................................63 Gay Women Of Rehoboth Meet-Up.................... 75 General Dentistry............................................... 87 Go Fish/Go Brit...................................................33 Gods Greyts Senior Greyhounds........................ 87 Greg Meyers Hair Studio....................................83 HIV Testing.........................................................80 Iguana Grill.........................................................69 Immanuel Shelter...............................................33 Jack Lingo, Realtor.............................................55 John Black, Realtor............................................36 Jolly Trolley.........................................................15

Just In Thyme.....................................................36 Lana Warfield, Realtor........................................33 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Realtors....................35 Lori’s Café..........................................................25 Luxury Motors......................................................15 M.G.T. & Co Toggery Shop..................................85 Midway Fitness..................................................95 Milton Theatre.................................................... 43 Mirabelle............................................................33 Morris James LLP................................................ 11 Murph’s Beef & Ale.............................................50 Nancy Sakaduski................................................50 New Wave Spas..................................................60 Nicola Pizza........................................................39 Olivia Travel.........................................................61 One Spirit Massage............................................35 Palate.................................................................86 Photo Restoration..............................................94 Purple Parrot......................................................68 Randy Mason / Shirley Kalvinsky........................38 Randy’s Custom Window Treatments................ 47 Rehoboth Art League......................................... 43 Rehoboth Beach Bears .......................................81 Rehoboth Beach Dental.....................................38 Rehoboth Beach Museum..................................45 Rehoboth Guest House......................................36 Rehoboth Massage & Alignment........................ 43 Rigby’s Bar & Grill...............................................32 Ron’s Repairs ..................................................... 44 Sea Bova Associates, Realtors...........................96

Senior Adult Services.........................................46 Shademakers......................................................12 So Del Concepts.................................................64 State Farm - George Bunting.............................45 Sussex Family YMCA..........................................52 The Lawson Firm................................................46 The Skivvies........................................................17 Thompson Heritage...........................................65 Top Chef - Meals On Wheels..............................42 Troy Roberts, Realtor..........................................45 Union Home Mortgage.......................................65 Veg Fest.............................................................85 Volunteer Opportunities.....................................93 Ward Ellinger Gallery..........................................93 Windsor’s Flowers...............................................15 Women’s Coffee Talk..........................................83

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