Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 28, No. 7

The Pride Issue I Am What I Am July 28th – Pride Fiction

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Inside This Issue In Brief....................................................................................... 4 CAMP Matters — I Am What I Am.............................................. 6 CAMP Out — It’s Pride Month and I’m Feeling It...................... 8 CAMP News..............................................................................12 CAMP Feature — Rescuing the Rescue................................... 14 Straight Talk — The Madness of Their Method(ism)................16 President’s View.......................................................................18 CROP — Planting Seeds of Love............................................. 20 Intentionally Inclusive — Starbucks........................................ 22 View Point — Amid a Regime’s Mayhem, a Hallelujah........... 24 The Real Dirt — Natives are the Rock Stars............................ 28 National HIV Testing Day ....................................................... 36 It’s My Life — Buy the Book..................................................... 38 Millennial Times — Two Kinds of Pride................................... 40 Volunteer Spotlight — Eric Gannon......................................... 42 Eating Out — Lori’s Oy Vey Café............................................. 46 CAMP Critters ......................................................................... 54 CAMP Stories — Glow Sticks and Butt Boils........................... 58 CAMP Shots — Summer Love! ................................................ 60 Q Puzzle — Movies with Happy Endings................................. 66 Out and About — What Are You Watching?............................ 70 CAMP Cheers! ........................................................................ 80 June 28th — Pride Fiction....................................................... 84 CAMP Arts ............................................................................... 86 Booked Solid — Given Up for You........................................... 90 CAMP Dates — June 15 – July 9 ............................................ 98 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.

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Celebrating Pride! Cover design by Mary Beth Ramsey, photo by Sharon Pittaway, unsplash.com.

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

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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 Archibald INTERIM EDITOR Fay Jacobs DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Monica Parr, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Tom Craft, Corky Fitzpatrick CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Sondra N. Arkin, Rich Barnett, Tony Burns, Wesley Combs, Stefani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Eric C. Peterson, Glen Pruitt, Mary Beth Ramsey, Richard Rosendall, Terri Schlichenmeyer, James Adams Smith, Eric W. Wahl, Doug Yetter.

VOLUME 28, NUMBER 7 • JUNE 15, 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.

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.

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by Murray Archibald THIS IS THE LGBTQ PRIDE ISSUE OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH. PRIDE IS CELEBRATED IN June because the Stonewall riots occurred on June 28, 1969 when the patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village fought back against a police raid. It is considered to be the start of the modern day LGBTQ rights movement. Though Pride is generally celebrated in the month of June, there are exceptions—including Delaware Pride on August 8 in Dover.

Philadelphia Pride is June 8-18; NYC, June 14-24; DC, June 7-10; Baltimore, June 16-17. Our Pride feature on page 84 is an original short story by Letters columnist and author Stefani Deoul titled June 28th. To say much more about it might spoil the ending. It’s moving, surprising, and good preparation for June 28. ▽ IN THE DAYS BEFORE THIS ISSUE WAS PUBLISHED, CAMP REHOBOTH JOINED WITH EQUALITY Delaware and Delaware ACLU to very strongly oppose the proposed revisions to Regulation 225, meant to protect Delaware students from discrimination in all educational programs and extracurricular activities, and to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for them.

We strongly urge the Department of Education to rescind the revisions. While the language of Regulation 225 seems to create some confusion, it is clear that there are several reasons why we cannot support it in its present state. The proposed revisions require permission from parents before a school will recognize a change in any protected characteristic—outing children from unsupportive homes. They delete the requirement that students are given the opportunity to participate in sports in a manner consistent with their gender identity. They eliminate the creation of a model policy meant to guide schools in shaping their own policies. See more about Regulation 225 on the next page. ▽ LISTEN UP, THIS IS NEW! LABOR DAY WEEKEND WE WILL CELEBRATE SUNDANCE FOR THE 31ST time—that’s not the new part. As is our custom, the Saturday night of Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 1) is the Sundance Auction, and the following Sunday night (Sunday, September 2) is the dance. Our change comes on the night of the dance, and in truth is more of an addition than a change. This year, the doors will open a little earlier than usual for an all new Sundance Disco Twilight Tea from 7-9:45 p.m. featuring legendary Studio 54 and Saint DJ Robbie Leslie. Sundance headliner Joe Gauthreaux will follow as usual, and the music never stops. Come early, stay late—a dance ticket is good for the entire night. Please take time to sign up to be a Host, Supporter, or Sponsor of Sundance 2018 right now. All ticket levels are on sale now. Call CAMP Rehoboth or go to camprehoboth.com. ▽ OVER THE DECADES THAT MY HUSBAND WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAMP REHOBOTH, HE built strong connections with our city police and the park police at Cape Henlopen State Park by conducting diversity training sessions with the officers. In recent years Fay Jacobs assisted him with those sessions. At the 2018 Cape Henlopen Park Police training, Fay carried on the tradition alone as I was not available. Reporting on the session, Fay expressed optimism for the level of engagement she received from the young officers present this year. “They were concerned about addressing transgender men and women in a respectful manner…. They wanted to make sure they could serve our community well.” For more about this year’s training session, see Fay’s CAMP Out column. ▽ NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY IS JUNE 27, AND OUR CAMP REHOBOTH HEALTH TEAM WILL BE ON site all day—from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.—to offer free HIV tests. Appointments are not necessary and testing only takes 10-15 minutes. For more information on National Testing Day at CAMP Rehoboth contact Salvatore Seeley at Salvatore@camprehoboth.com. In the coming weeks CAMP Rehoboth will launch a new LGBTQ Health Services Providers addition to our website to make finding a doctor in our area an easier process. Watch for details about this and other CAMP Rehoboth health related services and programs. ▽ LOOKING AHEAD, SKIVVIES AND GAY MEN’S CHORUS CABARET TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AT camprehoboth.com, and check out the information in the CAMP News section on Tom Wilson Weinberg’s performance at CAMP Rehoboth on Friday, July 13. Tom is a musical theater composer and cabaret performer. ▽ JUNE 15, 2018

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InBrief CAMP Rehoboth Strongly Opposes Proposed Revisions to Regulation 225 In response to the publication of proposed revisions to Regulation 225 protecting Delaware students from discrimination, CAMP Rehoboth joined with Equality Delaware and Delaware ACLU to announce its unequivocal opposition to the proposed changes.

“We urge the Delaware Department of Education to rescind the revisions,” CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director Murray Archibald said.

“The recently announced revisions to Regulation 225 are misguided, dangerous, and run the risk of emboldening discrimination and violence against LGBTQ students,” said Mark Purpura, Board Member of Equality Delaware and CAMP Rehoboth.

“These changes were crafted without the input or knowledge of the very team that spent months carefully drafting a comprehensive regulation and run counter to the overwhelming consensus of educational and medical experts. Requiring schools to out LGBTQ students in order to affirm their basic dignity and rights does not serve or

protect LGBTQ students. We urge the Delaware Department of Education and Governor Carney to revisit these harmful changes and stand up for Delaware’s most vulnerable students.”

Rabbi Beth Cohen, of CAMP Rehoboth’s Council of Elders adds, “Our work to ensure a safe and supportive school environment where all students can be themselves and thrive is compromised by the revisions introduced in this regulation. We are deeply troubled by the removal of the policy guideline and the requirement for parental consent. We know that many LGBTQ students are not supported by their families and so they continue to hide who they are. Statistics have shown that suicide rates are higher for students who have to remain silent about themselves.”

CAMP Rehoboth urges all readers to learn about this regulation and contact their legislators. More detailed reasons for not supporting Regulation 225 are available in the online version of this issue of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. ▼

Popular Blue Moon Rehoboth Idol Returns for an Eleventh Season in RB Every Wednesday through June 27, Mona Lotts hosts Rehoboth Idol, returning for season 11 at the Blue Moon. Only three more Wednesdays remain until the newest Rehoboth Beach singing superstar is named Rehoboth Idol for 2018. Join the audience starting at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free. This year’s judges shown left to right: Pamala Stanley, Meghan Gardner, and Roxy Overbrooke. ▼ Letters 4

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DE Stonewall Summer Event Delaware Stonewall PAC advocates and educates on behalf of issues important to the LGBTQ Community of Delaware.

They support candidates who support progressive issues and inform the community of how candidates stand on issues of concern. Join them for their annual summer celebration where they will honor Delaware State Representative Bryon Short and CAMP Rehoboth. Lisa Blunt Rochester (shown above) will be the keynote speaker.

The Stonewall Summer Celebration is Saturday, June 16, at 1 p.m. at Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Avenue. Tickets are $50, available at delawarestonewall.org/ events/purchase-tickets. ▼

Save These 2018 Summer Dates Rehoboth Beach July 4 Fireworks Saturday, July 1 starting at 9:15, and the Annual Municipal Election Saturday, August 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ▼

News and Notes

Studio 54 Legend Robbie Leslie Joins Sundance Lineup When the doors open on the dance night of Sundance this Labor Day weekend, it will be a little earlier than usual. The 2018 Sundance Team Captains are excited to announce that DJ legend Robbie Leslie will launch the evening with the first Sundance Disco Twilight Tea. Doors this year will open at 7 p.m. with continuous dancing until 2 a.m. The Sundance Tea will last until 9:45 when Sundance International DJ/Remixer Joe Gauthreaux will take over the booth and lift the room right into his signature club sound. Come early for the Sundance Disco Twilight Tea; stay late for Joe’s hot contemporary club music.

Robbie Leslie is best known for his work at Studio 54 and The Saint in NYC (and famous for his Saint White Parties), but has also had a long career beginning on Fire Island and including 12 West, and Palladium. He is currently a Studio 54 radio DJ on Sirius XM radio. Hosts and Sponsors of Sundance make Sundance happen.

Sign up today! All Host, Supporter, Sponsor, and ticket packages include at least one dance ticket—and that’s all that’s needed for a sensational night of fun. Sundance 2018 is in memory of Sundance and CAMP Rehoboth co-founder Steve Elkins. ▼

Around the World with Letters from CAMP Rehoboth

Broga Builds Flexibility and Strength for Men

Letters from CAMP Rehoboth never likes to miss out on an Olivia adventure! Lita Weiss, Robin Smith, Barb Kenny, Babs Butta, and Niki Zaldivar made sure that didn’t happen, and happily put Letters front and center on their Olivia Land Vacation to Cancun. As usual, a good time was had by all.

Send high resolution photos to editor@camprehoboth.com. ▼

This summer, CAMP Rehoboth offers Broga at the Community Center on select Saturday mornings: June 23, July 7, July 21, August 18, and August 25. One hour classes are $10 each payable at the door or in advance through eventbrite.com.

Proceeds benefit the CAMP Rehoboth Health and Wellness Programs. Participants should bring their own mats. Broga is a yoga class geared for men “where it doesn’t matter if you can’t touch your toes.” For beginner to the professional athlete, Broga combines the best core-strengthening, muscletoning, cardio-working, stress-reducing, clarity-enhancing yoga postures with functional fitness exercises for an amazing workout. Classes are led by Ken Yazge, owner/founder of Fitness Generation in Bethesda, MD, and a certified/licensed Broga yoga teacher. Call Sal Seeley for more information. ▼

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I AM WHAT I AM (But That’s Not All That I Am)

La Cage aux Folles opened on Broadway in 1983 to great acclaim, was nominated for nine Tony Awards, won six. From the start, the song “I Am What I Am” was a hit with the LGBTQ community. Its status as a bona fide gay anthem was forever enshrined in gay history when Gloria Gaynor released her iconic disco version in 1984.

In the early 1980s, Steve and I were a part of a group house on Christian Street in downtown Rehoboth. The friendships, the dancing, the beach—we came to have fun. “I Am What I Am” never failed to get us up on our feet—around the dining room table, in the backyard, on the dancefloor of the Renegade. We loved it and would shout out the chorus together.

In the winter of 1984 our entire beach house crew flew off to Brazil for a week on the beaches of Rio. One of my strongest memories from that trip was going to a huge nightclub—I don’t remember the name but it was jammed and the dancefloor was packed. The DJ played “I Am What I Am”—the English version we all knew—the energy in the club soared even higher, everyone in the room waved arms in the air, shouting out the words: I am what I am! It was magic.

“Life’s not worth a damn till you can shout out I am what I am.”

The words had power for us—they still do. For a generation finding its way out of the closet, they were words of freedom, words of assurance, words of pride.

They shouted out to the world around us what we already knew in our hearts—that we were exactly the people we were meant to be. They echoed our belief that “gay is good” and stood in stark contrast to the disapproval and condemnation we so often experienced from society.

I have at various times in my life been uncomfortable with the word “pride,” primarily when it veers over into arrogance; this was gay pride in its purest form, a joyous celebration for anyone wounded by the deadening weight of the status quo.

We change the world by our active presence and participation in it. Inevitably, our own lives are reshaped in the process.

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by Murray Archibald

LGBTQ pride is about healing—healing for us as individuals and healing for the world around us. The world doesn’t know that yet, so it mistakenly fears us and condemns us. For each of us—gay and straight, and every beautiful variation along the identity spectrum—we are in a period of discovery as we learn to appreciate the gifts we have to offer to our families, our communities, our culture, and our world.

Really, it’s not gay pride at all. It’s human pride. It’s an awakening to the understanding that while cultural roles may vary from person to person, each one is important and deserves to be treated with equality and respect. It is shortsighted of the LGBTQ family to believe that our acceptance into the larger community around us doesn’t change the way that our straight brothers and sisters see themselves.

In late May my extended family gathered in NYC to celebrate my brother’s Pulitzer Prize. Our days together were joyous, made all the more precious because Steve’s death has been such a painful loss to us. We value every moment we have to spend together. But there is more: love to be sure, a higher than average gay to straight ratio, a deep respect for our diverse roles in the world around us, a belief in truth and justice.

I have no doubt that I am who I am— that I was born to be gay. I also have no doubt that I am more than that. I see my parents in the eyes and actions of my brothers and sister, and know that who we are is their gift to us. We were taught to be loving, to be kind, to care about others, to respect others, to be open to new experiences, and to find creative solutions to the puzzles we encounter throughout our lives.

My coming out in 1970 changed my family. We had to learn together what that meant for us and for our relationship as a family to the world around us. I was changed by it.

CAMP Rehoboth had much the same effect on Rehoboth Beach when it was created in 1991. It changed our city. It changed our community. It changed our state. We had to learn as a community and as an organization what that meant

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for us and our relationship to each other and to the world around us. We were changed by it.

Steve and I started attending Epworth United Methodist Church as an openly gay couple in 1994. Our presence changed the church. We had to learn together as a church what that meant to us and to our relationship with the community around us. We were changed by it.

We change the world by our active presence and participation in it. Inevitably, our own lives are reshaped in the process.

Choice has been a bit of dirty word to the LGBTQ community. Our opponents use it to claim that we are gay by choice. I know that is not true for me—though it is certainly reasonable to think that someone at a different point on the sexuality spectrum than I might have to make a choice about who they date or eventually marry.

Though most of us do not have a choice about our sexuality or gender identity, a multitude of other choices will continue to shape who we are over the course of our lives.

The same is true for CAMP Rehoboth as we assemble a team to work on our new strategic plan. The choices we make now will shape who we become in the next decade.

I think we need to hear a little Gloria Gaynor at Sundance this year—just so we can jump up and down, wave our arms in the air, and sing out loud, “Life’s not worth a damn till you can shout out I am what I am.”

Even if that’s not all that I am!

Happy Pride! ▼

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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 murray@camprehoboth.com For information on how to become a CAMP Rehoboth Annual Sponsor, email info@camprehoboth.com, or contact Murray Archibald at 302-227-5620.

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CAMPOut Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

It’s Pride Month and I’m Feeling It On the first of June, the first day of Pride Month, it was time for our annual dog and pony show about the area’s LGBTQ community with the seasonal park rangers from Cape Henlopen State Park.

CAMP Rehoboth has been doing this gig as part of the rangers’ training for over 20 years now. For almost all of those years, I’ve participated in the training with our late Executive Director, Steve Elkins.

And I’ve mentioned before the amazing change we’ve seen in the reception we’ve gotten, and the whole attitude of the young rangers toward the relationship between law enforcement and the area’s LGBTQ residents and visitors.

This June 1 session was spectacular, although I was sad to be the lone dog without my pony (or was it the other way ‘round?). Following my short talk about CAMP Rehoboth, our community here and what we expect from interactions with law enforcement (if we need help, help us; if we are disobeying regulations, cite us), the Q&A session sparkled.

Unlike years ago, where we were met with stony-faced silence, no questions, and grudging attention, there was great interaction this time. These young people were familiar with LGBTQ issues and culture. Their questions showed respect and an eagerness to learn.

Q: “What’s the most respectful way to address transgender men and women?”

A: Address them by “sir” or “ma’am,” matching the way they are dressed and presenting to you.

Q: “How do I tell people complaining about two men holding hands, because they don’t want their grandchild to see, that the men are doing nothing wrong?”

A: Um, exactly that way.

Likewise we discussed what happens if LGBTQ people disobey regulations.

We know that occasionally somebody thinks it’s a good idea to hide in the dunes at North Shores for hanky-panky.

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CAMP Rehoboth office complaining about the rangers “targeting gays” for this activity.

“Well, that’s illegal,” Steve Elkins told this person. “Gay or straight, they should cite you for that. We have to be good neighbors.” And he and the Park Police commanders made sure the “targeting” was for bad behavior, not sexual orientation.

Unlike years ago, where we were met with stony-faced silence, no questions, and grudging attention, there was great interaction this time.

We know it and these young summer park rangers know it. I enjoyed meeting them. And I take pride in the way these training sessions have morphed over the years. I hope Steve would have been proud of the lone dog on her own (although it was not nearly as much fun), and I know Steve would have been very, very proud of this group of young people.

Not Surprised in The Least The White House has proclaimed June to be, among other things, National Homeownership Month, National Ocean Month and Great Outdoors Month. Now I appreciate all that, as I own a home, near the ocean, and occasionally experience the great outdoors. But there has been no proclamation of National Pride Month as there was between 2009 and 2016.

Who’s surprised?

Since taking office, the president has proposed the transgender military ban, overseen the disappearance of the mention of LGBTQ citizens from several federal web site pages, disbanded the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and picked Mike Pompeo—a man who reiterated his disagreement with marriage equality at his confirmation hearing—to be Secretary of State. Oh, and the president’s

choice to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is Dr. Robert Redfield, who has long been affiliated with a group claiming God punished gays with AIDS. Nice.

Now I don’t know about everyone reading this magazine, but I certainly am proud of all the folks working to register voters and speaking out about electing a more gay friendly (not to mention kinder, more sensible) Congress. We want legislators who will not only give us the symbolic boost of proclaiming Pride Month, but more importantly, work for—not against— our LGBTQ community. I won’t stop working or speaking out until the White House is once again lit up with rainbow colors.

Now that would make me proud.

And Lastly…

I take great pride in being a member of CAMP Rehoboth. This organization is largely responsible for making Rehoboth Beach and environs a hometown (celebrating National Homeowner Month!) or resort (Yay for Great Outdoors Month!) with room for all. Our community and our amazing allies continue to thrive and make waves here, especially now, during National Ocean Month (thank you, current administration).

And Pride Month, whether recognized by the White House or not, also coincides with the ongoing CAMP Rehoboth Membership Campaign. So please join me by becoming a member or renewing your membership at camprehoboth.com.

Your small investment will come back to you many times over.

And we will all celebrate PRIDE every day of the year. Hey, White House, we don’t need no stinkin’ Pride Month from you. We proclaim our own! ▼ Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. As a humorist, she’s touring with her show Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. See fayjacobs.com

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CAMPNews Tom Wilson Weinberg Will Be On Stage at CAMP Rehoboth July 13

Introducing CAMP Rehoboth Intern Steven Ennis

The super-talented songwriter, performer, and gay musical comedy icon Tom Wilson Weinberg will be on stage at CAMP Rehoboth for one night only on Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m. in his performance titled Please Listen Closely as my Menu has Changed.

Tom’s shows are filled with humor, satire, politics, and queer history. Weinberg is well known for his ground-breaking LGBTQ musical comedy shows, including the off-Broadway hits Ten Percent Review and Get Used to It. Tom’s 15-minute musical Bruhs & Gean was commissioned by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus and performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York. His work has been seen at Philly Fringe as well as Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.

Tom began his career performing original songs in coffeehouses, bars, gay pride rallies, and college campuses. He wrote and produced the solo albums, Gay Name Game and All-American Boy, and the official Stonewall 25 commemorative CD, Don’t Mess with Mary.

His work has earned him two Los Angeles Drama-Logue Awards, two Golden Gull Awards (Provincetown), the Bessie Smith Award (Boston) and the Outmusic Heritage Award (New York).

The musical review will feature songs, stories, and even a rap number. Tickets are $25 (or $40 for a combo ticket to Tom on Friday and either of the Gay Mens’ Chorus of Washington shows on Saturday) and are available at camprehoboth.com. ▽

Steven joined the CAMP Rehoboth team in January 2018 and will intern through this summer. He is in his final semester at Widener University’s Master of Social Work Program; he will receive his degree upon completion of this internship.

Steven is kept busy at CAMP Rehoboth by providing HIV Testing to the community, populating our Health Providers website and providing clinical services. Steven is available for individual and couples counseling through the CAMP Rehoboth Mental Health project.

Steven lives in Cape May, NJ, with his partner Stephen and their rescue dog, Marcus (they call each other EV and PH). He enjoys the benefits of living in two wonderful beach resort towns and his weekly commute via the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. While here in Rehoboth, Steven relaxes with workouts at a local gym, a yoga studio, and regularly attends Pamala Stanley’s Happy Hour shows at the Blue Moon. According to Steven, interning at CAMP Rehoboth has afforded him a great balance of professional experience, education, and social development (i.e., fun!). Steven can be reached by calling 302227-5620 or email to sennis@camprehoboth.com. ▽

The Skivvies Set to Rock the RB Convention Center Are you ready for a “hot musical comedy duo specializing in unexpected arrangements, incongruous mashups and, of course, highly toned displays of skin?”

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Tickets to the show are hot, too, and are going fast for this Rehoboth show, sure to liven things up on a Saturday night in June. How much will they take off? Leave on?

The Skivvies 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. What a concept!

Joining Lauren and Nick is special guest Nick Adams—a Broadway veteran who has been on stage in A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, La Cage aux Folles, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and more.

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managed to carve out a niche that we never knew needed to exist: part Weird Al-parody and part sexy burlesque…an unusual explosion of satire and sultry.” The Skivvies have also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and many others.

The Skivvies have taken the stage at New York’s 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Roseland Ballroom, The Smith Center in Las Vegas and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. The Skivvies have raised the temperature in Key West, New Hope (PA), and many other places, including a special appearance in Broadway Bares.▽ Tickets are going fast, so get them now at camprehoboth.com.

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From Heartbreak to Hope: Rescuing the Rescue

by Stefani Deoul An amazing, uplifting, healing opportunity arrived recently. The However, this hoped-for new rescue and rehab center isn’t Brandywine Valley SPCA sent out a press release announcing planned as an adoption center, and won't be open to the public. they have received a $200,000 matching grant from Longwood Its unique mission will be taking care of the “4 percent.”

Foundation Inc. in support of the BVSPCA’s plans to open a You see, in 2017, the BVSPCA cared for more than 13,000 new Rescue and Rehab Center. And, (spoiler alert: here’s where stray, owner-surrendered, wayward owned, and abused and it gets pretty special) the BVSPCA intends to put this money neglected animals while achieving a 96 percent (!) live release toward purchasing the abandoned Georgerate. In 2018, they have already spayed/ town facility formerly operated by the rescue neutered over 5,000 animals, and placed well non-profit Safe Haven. over 4,000 into new forever homes.

In 2018, they have Yes. That 11,500 square foot facility, built on But what about that 4 percent which could the donations of time, money and hope of so not be rehabbed? Buying the Safe Haven already spayed/ many of us in this area will be rescued. It can facility will allow the BVSPCA to embark on neutered over house more than 2000 animals a year and is rehabbing the ones who need more. “More” in 5,000 animals, being sold at auction on June 9, 2018. BVSPA is the form of fostering activities and additional hoping to be the auction winner. services for our region’s most vulnerable and placed well Safe Haven began its journey almost 16 dogs and cats: the cruelty survivors, disaster over 4,000 into years ago, looking to deliver better life opportuvictims, newborns and infants, animals at risk new forever nities for Sussex County’s homeless, neglected in other shelters, and those requiring time and animals. It took nearly a decade, but the doors training to increase their adoptability. homes. opened for the animals in June 2012. That Obviously we cannot change history. But day was the culmination of much more than if Goethe is right, and our passions are our the many years of fundraising, planning and phoenixes, they can rise again. permitting; it was the culmination of a dream And the BVSPCA needs your help to do we had as a community, investing our love, and this. “We need the community’s support to be believing this was needed, not so much as a successful at the auction and for subsequent service, but as a right, for all our animals. repairs at the facility,” said Adam Lamb, And with that first arrival, the cheering BVSPCA CEO. “This generous support from came from all sides. The dream had been the Longwood Foundation will help accelerate realized. our momentum towards making our vision But heartbreakingly, some dreams don’t last. for this lifesaving facility a reality for animals In October 2013, a scant sixteen months later, otherwise on the fringe of adoption.” this dream abruptly imploded. By January 2014, Safe Haven And along with money, they will also need volunteers. had filed for bankruptcy and in May 2015, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Because every time someone comes in and takes a dog for a Judge Mary Walrath approved a motion by Safe Haven’s attorwalk, sits with a cat, or maybe even just reads them a story out neys to abandon the property, as though the overgrown weeds loud, that animal’s life will get better. and decaying dog kennels didn’t speak for themselves.

As for the Safe Haven experience—let’s not forget that even But legal ends don’t necessarily make for emotional ends. though Safe Haven left many unanswered questions and huge The community that had worked so hard, and filled so many swaths of hurt, it also left some people with hearts filled by clear acrylic donation boxes, wouldn’t find closure in this adopted wagging tails. ignominious ending.

Frank Gallagher, formerly of Rehoboth Beach and now living Unless, as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “Our in Florida, rescued his dog Blue from the old Safe Haven. And passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a there were others, too. Not as many as we’d hoped, but now we new one rises from its ashes.” may have the chance to see many more happy endings.

Or from its weeds, as may be the case.

To volunteer please go to bvspca.org/volunteer. With Founded in 1929, the Brandywine Valley SPCA became the programs ranging from photography volunteers to baking first open admission no-kill shelter in Delaware and now, in Penn- volunteers to shelter volunteers, there’s opportunity—and need— sylvania. Their mission is to put the “human” back in humane for everyone. animal treatment and advocate on animals’ behalf. Their vision Donations and pledges in support of the BVSPCA Rescue is to be the recognized leader in animal welfare, empowering and Rehab Center can be made at bvspca.org/rescue-rehab or communities to treat animal life with respect and dignity. by mail to: Brandywine Valley SPCA, 22918 Dupont Boulevard, Since those days, the BVSPCA has grown to include three Georgetown, DE 19947. ▼ adoption centers located throughout Delaware, and this past February, they added a new seven-day cat adoption center that Stephani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning was part of the grand opening of PetSmart's Rehoboth store.

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Several weeks ago, Millsboro’s PetSmart also teamed with BVSPCA to include a cat adoption center.

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Straight Talk

by David Garrett

The Madness of Their Method(ism) “When I was a child, I was addicted silenced for too long. I will wait and I will and inspiring, young woman. She has to porn. But I have been forgiven. work until all really means all.” been on track to become an ordained Homosexuals are sexual deviants who Chelsea’s heartfelt speech fell on a Methodist pastor. At this Conference, will not be forgiven. As Leviticus 18:22 quiet crowd, some ears listening in awe, however, she took the floor and says, ‘A man shall not lie with a man as others closed to her prophetic voice. announced that she will withdraw her with a woman, for it is an abomination.’

In the Baltimore-Washington Conname from consideration of ordination.

I Corinthians 6:9 says, ‘homosexuals ference, T.C. Morrow is a candidate for “I stand before you saying that shall not enter the Kingdom of God.’ ordination. Her name was withheld from many in our church are wrestling with The Bible makes it clear that the list of those approved to be homosexuals are sinners. Now ordained. This because T.C. is I love them, and I will walk with The United Method“Until my friends and colleagues who are aistlesbian. them to church, but there is Church, local and global, will no question about what God’s LGBTQ+ have a space to be in relationship not permit her to pursue God’s Word says.” call to ministry because she These words were and openly seek licensing, commissioning, loves her wife. As she waits spoken at the recent Annual for her call to be validated, she and ordination in the United Methodist Conference of the Peninsulastands by others who pass her Delaware Conference of the by on their way to ministry. T.C. Church, I will wait to take clergy vows.”

United Methodist Church. This has the courage to continue group comprises Methodist and will neither be silenced nor churches across the Delmarva ignored.

Peninsula. The man who uttered those Here in our little corner of the this question of when to pursue clergy words introduced an amendment to world, the Delmarva Peninsula, United status when our LGBTQ+ brothers and change a resolution. That resolution Methodists are not so united. Epworth sisters do not have this privilege...I have would have instructed those present Church, in Rehoboth Beach, is an discerned that I cannot take clergy vows to ignore the impending schism in the exception. It is a place where everyone in a denomination that says my friends Conference. Instead, his amendment has been welcome for the past eleven who are LGBTQ+ are incompatible with mandated that this very group maintain years.

Christian teaching. I cannot take clergy the status quo of hatred and obstruction.

In Methodist circles, “reconciling” vows as so many of my friends are told Sadly—very sadly—it passed. means welcoming all into your ‘no’ or ‘not yet’ in the ordination process This exercise in Robert’s Rules of solely because of their sexual orientation, congregation, including LGBTQ. FIRE Order exhibited how little order there is the name of a group within the or they go through the process in secret is to the mindset of some church-going congregation that studies and prays of who God has created them to be in Methodists across our region. Fear and together, acts, and advocates together. relationship with. These friends and hatred seem to rule the day. These FIRE stands for “Faithfully Inviting colleagues are gifted and called by folks take the Bible literally, with no and Reconciling Everyone.” This FIRE God into ordained ministry and yet are consideration of what the Biblical authors discriminated against as we hold up this is beginning to spread across the intended to say, the historical context of Conference. Epworth truly lives up to the one piece [of exclusion] of our Book of those words, or how these ancient words Discipline over others.

Methodist mantra of “Open Hearts, Open should be interpreted in modern society.

Minds, Open Doors.”

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PRESIDENT’S VIEW

by Chris Beagle

Celebrating Diversity This Month and Every Month For nearly 50 years, the LGBTQ community has commemorated “Pride” during the month of June, as it resulted from the Stonewall Riots that occurred in Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969. Widely considered the birth of the modern gay liberation movement—later encompassing the LGBT rights movement— Pride continues to serve as an annual reminder of the importance of advocating for full equality for all, and for celebrating our diversity and just how far we’ve come as a community!

These past few months have been an especially emotional and reflective period for many of us here at CAMP Rehoboth.

But as we celebrate Pride this month, I’ve thought a lot about the tremendous pride that I, and I’m certain many others, feel by being a part of this amazing organization. To a great extent, this pride stems from the presence CAMP Rehoboth has established over the last 30 years and how it has evolved into part of the fabric of the overall Rehoboth Beach community.

The March passing of CAMP Rehoboth co-founder and former Executive Director, Steve Elkins, has made that point even more clear, as evidenced by the outpouring of support from here and across the region and state.

Those of us in leadership roles in the organization are inspired and determined to see the valuable services and programs he directed continue. Towards that end, the Board is working collaboratively with Interim Executive Director Murray Archibald and other key individuals, and assessing current and future organizational needs for CAMP Rehoboth. We are a proud and resolute group!

Recently, I asked fellow Board members what makes them proud of being a part of CAMP Rehoboth. For 27 of the 50+ years our Treasurer, Natalie Moss, has visited, lived, and worked in Rehoboth, she has been involved in its operations and the Board. “Over the years, we have created change and goodwill in our beloved beach community, stepped up as our rights were being questioned, and now we continue to provide a great service to our community. We should all celebrate with pride the contributions of CAMP Rehoboth.”

For Mark Purpura, attorney, and President of Equality Delaware, “I am proud that, over a quarter of a century ago, CAMP Rehoboth dared to dream that Rehoboth Beach could be a community with room for all. With hard work and strong leadership it’s seen that become reality.”

Returning Board member and former Secretary, Glen Pruitt responded, “CAMP Rehoboth’s work has always been about building relationships. It is through relationship that people see how much they have in common, which in turn helps them accept (and sometimes celebrate) the differences that once kept them apart. It’s peace-making at its purest. I love that part of our mission, and I’m proud being a part of that.”

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Sheldon writes, “our community has celebrated amazing achievements even within the last several years. Sadly, we are still up against difficult challenges, many of which are impacting the most vulnerable among us, our LGBTQ youth. As a parent of a school-aged child impacted by the current battles, I am honored and proud to have such an incredible team beside me.”

We couldn’t agree with you more, Tara. With this talented, dedicated, and hard-working team we will face the difficult challenges and together continue the mission and vision of CAMP Rehoboth into the future. That is something we can all be proud of.

Happy Pride to one and all! ▼ Chris Beagle is President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors and is a realtor at Berkshire-Hathaway-Gallo Realty in Rehoboth Beach. He can be reached at christopherbeagle1@gmail.com

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IN THE COMMUNITY

Planting Seeds of Love There is an old adage that says “every cloud has a silver lining.” Who would have imagined that the many clouds of Hurricane Katrina would result in the development of one of CAMP Rehoboth’s most visible programs in the community? However, that is exactly how the CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP) was born.

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Neighbor Helping Neighbor In 2007 Claire Ippoliti was volunteering with relief efforts in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It was a life-changing experience for her. She saw people from all over the country, from all walks of life, coming together to serve.

However Claire also saw something else.

“There is a difference when people come from outside the community to volunteer,” she explains. “When you volunteer in your own community, you are in effect helping yourself, your neighbors and your own community.” When Claire returned home, she brought that excitement back to the credit union where she worked and organized volunteer opportunities there.

During a visit to Rehoboth the following year, she wondered how a volunteer program might be developed through CAMP Rehoboth. “I wrote a letter to Mr. Elkins at CAMP Rehoboth, outlining my thoughts,” explains Claire. Soon she received a call from the CAMP office. It was Executive Director Steve Elkins. “The first thing he said was “What is this ‘Dear Mr. Elkins’ stuff? Just call me Steve!” With a shared laugh, the two scheduled a meeting and plans quickly came together.

The Early Days Claire’s vision was for a “Volunteer on Vacation (VOV)” program. The idea was that folks who came to Rehoboth Beach to vacation or spend their weekends would volunteer as part of their time at the beach. However, VOV had another goal that was just as important. “We know that when people get to know someone who is gay or lesbian, they are more open and less likely to make stereotypical statements about the LGBTQ community,” Claire explains.

Bringing different groups of people has always been a part of CAMP Rehoboth’s mission, and Claire’s vision for VOV was a perfect fit. In 2009, VOV reached out to the West Rehoboth Community Center, which serves predominantly minority children just outside the Rehoboth Beach city limits. VOV organizers met with staff at the Community Center to discuss what types of projects would be helpful to them. In that first year, VOV volunteers help to paint the community center,

by Glen C. Pruitt organized a “West Side Challenge” to gather valuable items needed in the community, held a “Career Day” for the children, as well as offering a “fun with music” class and a dining etiquette class.

The core group of volunteers, which included Barbara Antlitz, Muriel Hogan, Claire Ippoliti, Leslie Sinclair, Kathy Wiz, and Debbie Woods, celebrated the successes of that first year. They also realized the program could be sustainable and become a valued part of the CAMP Rehoboth family.

Through the Years Some things have changed over the ten years that the program has been a part of CAMP Rehoboth. The most obvious one is that name. “We realized that ‘Volunteer on Vacation’ no longer accurately reflected who we were,” shares Debbie Woods. Volunteers in the program now included visitors and residents alike, and volunteer activities were happening every month, all year long. “In 2015 we changed the name to the CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP).”The program also is known for its lime-green tee-shirts and their philosophy “Volunteers planting seeds of love in the community.”

Another thing that has changed is the scope of activities undertaken by the group. In 2017, CROP had a bumper crop of sixteen completed projects, including cooking and serving meals at a local homeless shelter, helping out at the Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding facility in Milton, volunteering at the Food Bank of Delaware, and reaching out to international exchange students through a food program at Epworth United Methodist Church. CROP members often serve as ushers at CAMP Chorus concerts, and their presence is a wonderful addition to the AIDS Walk held each September in Rehoboth Beach.

However, one of the most successful projects was painting the bedrooms and offices at the People Place Girls’ Group Home in Milford. That project drew 24 volunteers, many of them volunteering with CROP for the first time. Both CAMP Rehoboth and two of our volunteers were recognized with awards for this

Membership dollars help support program activities.

Help us continue by becoming a Member now, upgrading your current membership, or by rejoining if you have not renewed. Visit camprehoboth.com and click on JOIN NOW, call us at 302-227-5620, or just stop by to sign up today! work. In 2017, CROP members put in a total of 730 volunteer hours, with a total value to the community of $17,500!

Looking to the Future Surely CROP will continue to grow as it enters its second decade of life. The desire to continue the trend to reach outside the Rehoboth/Lewes area of Sussex County is strong.

An Open House hosted by CROP in February 2018 drew nearly 30 attendees, and it was very successful in signing up persons interested in both projects and leadership positions.

However, there is always room for more! For more information about CROP, send an email to crop@camprehoboth.com or check out the CROP page on the CAMP Rehoboth website. ▼ Glen C. Pruitt, a CAMP Rehoboth Board member, does quality assurance work for non-profit organizations and government agencies.

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Intentionally Inclusive

by Wesley Combs

Two Gay Men Walk Into a Starbucks When I was asked if I would be interested in writing a column for Letters, I actually paused for a moment. The editors thought that my almost 30 years of diversity and inclusion experience would be a subject that readers would find of interest.

My trepidation was not whether this issue would resonate but instead how I could best present my point of view about a subject that is my passion—and still keep readers interested.

Which is why I decided to focus on a topic that most people have in common...enjoying a “cup of joe.” (In the spirit of full disclosure, I am not a coffee drinker...it’s a taste issue not a health choice. But I digress.)

By now, everyone has likely seen the video footage capturing the arrest of two African-American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks for failing to make a purchase as they waited for a friend to arrive. While many people were surprised to learn that Starbucks has such a policy, it was statements from white customers who said they have never been questioned under similar circumstances that sent a clear message to these men they were not welcome.

I knew exactly how they must have felt. As someone who has been a part time resident of Rehoboth for almost 30 years (most of it with my now husband Greg), there was a time when some locals made us feel unwanted too.

Let me take you back to the early 80s when this small beach town began to catch the attention of more and more visitors from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Greg and I were among these “outsiders” who heard about this picturesque beach resort that was not only charming but also had cute shops, LGBT-owned establishments including the Blue Moon and a boardwalk reminiscent of the one I fondly remembered in South Jersey where I vacationed growing up.

By the late 80s increased tourism began to fuel growth, with visitors, including LGBTQ people, now becoming residents and business owners. However, not everyone was happy about the changes they were seeing. They attributed more traffic and difficulty parking to the influx. But, it was the decision by Blue Moon owners Joyce Felton and Victor Pisapia in 1988 to open a new disco on Rehoboth Avenue named the Strand that became the tipping point.

For the city’s homeowner association, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Citing concerns about the increased noise created by such a large establishment, it publicly opposed efforts by the Strand owners to secure a liquor license. Almost simultaneously, bumper stickers began to appear on cars around town that read “Keep Rehoboth a Family Town” and there was also a sudden uptick in gay bashings.

Unfortunately, this was an all-too-familiar shot across the bow and taken collectively, the LGBTQ community viewed this as Rehoboth’s way of saying we were not wanted here. In the end, the city commissioners took action which came in the form of a ban on bars that were not connected to restaurants. Soon after the Strand was forced to close.

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It is often said that sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can. In this case, it came in the form of Steve Elkins and Murray Archibald, who as part-time summer residents decided to get involved. Representing the interests of the LGBTQ community, they began a dialogue with the police, business community and politicians to find a path forward so that everyone that loved Rehoboth could do so in harmony.

What began as a conversation turned into a movement and in 1990 CAMP (“Create a More Positive”) Rehoboth was born.

The gay bashings back in the early 90s served as a catalyst for the community to come together and begin a dialogue in an effort to better understand each other. One thing was clear—everyone shared a love for Rehoboth. Finding a common ground provided a foundation to work from and begin to build trust.

For Starbucks, the incident in Philadelphia was also a wake-up call. It left customers questioning whether the company was truly committed to valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment. Which is why the company knew taking swift action was needed to preserve its hardfought reputation. Within days, CEO Kevin Johnson took responsibility for the crisis, met with the two men to apologize, and sought advice from leaders in the African-American community as to what was needed to make things right. The result was closing all 8,000 US stores for half a day to conduct racial bias training with all staff.

While it is too soon to tell what the long-term impact will be, these initial steps are a positive signal that Starbucks is a place that welcomes everyone. ▼ Wesley Combs is a diversity and inclusion expert and a passionate social justice advocate. He is the founding Principal of Combs Advisory Services where he works with clients who share his values of enabling equity, equality, and opportunity in the workplace and the community.

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23 Letters

View Point

by Richard J. Rosendall

Amid a Regime’s Mayhem, a Hallelujah Living Truth Defies The Delirium Around Us

That great American legal mind, Rudolph Giuliani, explained last The teenage cellist from Nottingham moved millions on week why his client would be risking a “perjury trap” by talking to May 19 when he played three selections at the royal wedding special counsel Robert Mueller: “Truth is relative. They may have at Windsor, including the Schubert “Ave Maria.” Like Episcopal a different version of the truth than we do.”

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon on love, the Kingdom I’m actually prepared to accept that after watching Rudy Choir singing “Stand By Me,” guests who blended old world and in recent weeks. The problem with this regime is not mere new, and the bride’s mother Doria Ragland, the soulful perforflights of fancy but attempts to palm off counterfeit reality on mance by Kanneh-Mason conveyed grace and dignity with an credulous voters. undercurrent of rebellion to the heirs of a bloody if faded empire.

This con artistry has worked better than anyone expected.

No amount of progressive symbolism can make a powerless Increasingly we see people who are not clear on their concepts: prince’s nuptials a weighty matter. Still, the interracial wedding followers of Christ who oppose welcoming strangers; centrists in St. George’s Chapel felt redemptive. Similarly, Kanneh-Mawho support authoritarian meason’s 2017 recording of Leonard sures; legislators who obstruct Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a balm justice in the name of oversight; in sordid times. Like newlyweds’ A government that separates immigrant parents and patriots who cannot tolerate from their children, and doesn’t know whether 1,475 love, it celebrates our ability to a silent protest by black athletes endure despite our losses. missing migrant children have been taken off-grid by during the national anthem.

The recent resurgence of Journalist Touré tweeted on racial poison alone is long and their families or are being trafficked, is not pro-life.

May 25, “What if NFL players disturbing. Murders by police stand for the anthem with their who continue to act like slave arms crossed in the Wakanda salute? Is that ok or disrespectful? patrols. The suggestion by our president that American athletes Or will rich, old, white men decide what’s disrespectful as we go who protest injustice should be deported. The blend of privialong?” lege and contempt that prompts a white woman to call police The kneeling players are protesting racism and police brutalon black barbecuers in a public park. Yet these heartless, hateity. In so doing they honor the values of justice and equality that ful acts will not conquer a people who journeyed from slaves our flag and anthem are supposed to represent. Anyone who building the White House to a first lady and her daughters refuses to respect them for what they are doing is no different residing in it. from Christian supremacists who wave the Bible in the air but The young black virtuoso, his very skin against a classirefuse to heed its wisdom on helping in Matthew 25. The Amercal instrument signifying defiance and generations nurtured ica the team owners honor is neither great nor good but a petty, to keep their sights raised, says: for all the sorrow you have intolerant, hypocritical bully. brought us, we are not defeated. Hallelujah. ▼ A government that separates immigrant parents from their children, and doesn’t know whether 1,475 missing migrant Richard J. Rosendall is a writer and activist who can be reached at children have been taken off-grid by their families or are being rrosendall@me.com. trafficked, is not pro-life. An administration so obsessed with controlling women that it would decimate the Title X health care network is not committed to public health. An education secretary who attacks church-state separation is not true to her oath to defend the Constitution. A Department of Justice that rolls back protections for transgender prisoners is neither just nor humane.

A president who woos a dictator one day and threatens nuclear war the next is no candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, and no statesman when his foreign policy centers on lucrative business deals for himself.

Think of it: our own government is pulling small children away screaming from their mothers in order to categorize them as unaccompanied minors. John Kelly says this is not cruel, but a “tough deterrent.” Ask yourself, who are the animals here?

Resistance is not just about blocking noxious policies and registering voters. We must look past our struggles to see the world we want to build. Which brings me to Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

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Natives Are the Rock Stars of the Plant Kingdom!

Happy Pride! I love talking about native plants—and since every color of the rainbow can be found with them, they’re a terrific way to display your Pride from spring through autumn and even in winter. And since native plants are acclimated to our region, using them in your garden almost guarantees a successful landscape. Let’s chat about a few.

Trees: The workhorses of the plant community, they provide shelter, food, beauty, and a little thing called oxygen.

They also have provided our nation and the world over with an invaluable resource of building material and fuel.

Indeed, where would we be without them?

Acer rubrum, the Red Maple, can be found throughout our region and is well suited to our soils and performs extremely well in wet environments. It provides an astounding display of color during the fall months. In the spring, groupings of red maples are easy to spot—their swollen buds appear as a reddish mist above the branches, just before the leaves unfurl.

Ilex Opaca, the American Holly, is Delaware’s State Tree and a valuable forest native. Occurring throughout Delaware as an understory tree in our forests, these trees provide shelter, food, and abundant beauty in our winter landscapes. A slow grower, the straight species of American holly is rarely sold in nurseries. Instead, there are numerous cultivars.

What is this word, cultivar? Many of the plants at nurseries are either cultivars or varieties, and the difference is big. A variety is naturally occurring in nature, like the white flowering Redbud. But a cultivar is grown by selective breeding.

This means that if you plant a seed from a cultivar, you might get a very different looking plant.

Cultivars are found throughout the region and are more often better suited to our gardens. American hollies require Letters 28

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both a male and female plant in order to produce berries, so make sure you have a male holly somewhat nearby.

Quercus phellos, the Willow Oak, is a superb shade tree with a finer texture than other oaks, plus it turns wonderful shades of orange in autumn. The leaves resemble those of the willow tree and the acorns are somewhat smaller than most oaks. It grows at a medium rate and likes moist but well-drained soils. However, willow oaks can adapt to almost any soil type, which is why they make a great choice for street trees.

Ornamental Trees: These are the trees we love to see and smell when their flowers emerge and display their brilliance. Native ornamental trees are under appreciated and have been overshadowed by their non-native counterparts in our area. However, our natives can be just as beautiful and enduring, and are quite important to our local wildlife.

Amelanchier arborea, Downy Serviceberry, is a perfect addition to a garden, especially for those who enjoy bird watching—the purplish fruit is devoured by birds. However, the berries are also quite tasty to humans and from what I have read, make a delicious pie.

They can be found in a wide range of soil types and are considered salt spray tolerant, so they can be a great addition to the coastal garden.

Cercis Canadensis, Eastern Redbud, is a stunner in the native landscape. Its fuchsia petals seem to climb on every branch in early spring before the trees leaf-out. Cultivars available today include those with purple, chartreuse, and deep green leaves; one called Rising Sun has new leaves a wondrous golden yellow that turn to bright green.

Shrubs: Shrubs are the backbone of our home landscapes. They provide structure, form, color, texture, habitat, aroma—virtually every sense can be excited by them. Here are a couple of my favorites:

American hollies require both a male and female plant in order to produce berries, so make sure you have a male holly somewhat nearby.

Clethra alnifolia, Summersweet, is a gorgeous addition to the garden. It provides sweet smelling flowers in the summer and tolerates shade and wet areas. It even can tolerate some flooding by slightly brackish water. Summersweet is a tremendous resource to wildlife and is virtually pest and disease free.

Ilex verticillata, Winterberry, is one of my favorite all-time shrubs. It can grow rather large, but smaller cultivars exist for tighter spaces. The berries produced on winterberry are an explosion of color in the autumn and winter months and can last sometimes until January. Native to swampy areas, it does extremely well in wet conditions and can even tolerate wet feet.

A must-have in the native garden.

Perennials: Just like the shrubs, the list of native perennials is far-reaching. They are a glorious part of the garden, providing color and fragrance from spring until harvest time. They also provide an important food source for many pollinators.

Baptisia australis, Blue False Indigo, is magical in the native landscape. Its violet-blue pea-like flowers stand above the foliage in late spring. Their seeds, in large pods, can be sown in fall for additional plants. It can be slow at first, but once established you will be amazed at the size and beauty. A musthave for those who love blue flowers.

Rudbeckia fulgida, Black-eyed Susan, continues to provide beautiful displays year after year. Another low-maintenance perennial that should have a place in every sunny border, their yellow bursts of flowers over their deep green leaves make the garden glow with excitement.

This just touches on the many native plants that adorn our little neck of the woods. Just with these plants above, you could have your own Pride garden with all the colors of the rainbow.

For more information check out the library, local nurseries, the internet, even your local landscape architect (wink, wink). So go out and enjoy all that our native plants have to offer, and let’s garden together! ▼ Eric W. Wahl, RLA is a landscape architect at Element Design Group and president of the Delaware Native Plant Society.

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Do You Know Your Status?

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day

CAMP Rehoboth Volunteer Opportunities JUNE 30 “The Skivvies” CAMP Rehoboth Entertainment Event

JULY 17 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in seven people in the United States who are infected with HIV don’t know they have it.

Knowing one’s HIV status provides powerful information.

People who test positive for HIV can take medicines to keep them healthy and to greatly reduce their chance of passing HIV to others. But the only way to know for sure if someone has HIV is to get tested.

On June 27—National HIV Testing Day—people nationwide are encouraged to learn their HIV status. The CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care. National HIV Testing Day was first observed on June 27, 1995.

Conveniently for those people in Sussex County, CAMP Rehoboth offers testing nearly every day on a drop in basis, not just in Rehoboth, but also in Seaford, Georgetown, and Laurel (see listings on page 44). But on June 27, you can come into the office for the test, free of charge, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. This is the 18th National HIV Testing day to be held at CAMP Rehoboth. No appointment is needed. ▼

CROP/Food Bank of Delaware, Milford, 1 - 4 p.m. email Debbie Woods: dmwoods54@hotmail.com

JULY 28 Volunteer Opportunities Meeting and Breakfast* (please RSVP)

AUGUST 14 CROP/Int’l Student Outreach Program, Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth, 4 - 8 p.m. email Leslie Sinclair: scubalas@hotmail.com

AUGUST 26 SUNDANCE 2018 Land & Sea Racing Festival

AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 3 SUNDANCE 2018 Auction & Dance

OCTOBER 15 CAMP Rehoboth Block Party

NOVEMBER 8 Volunteer Opportunities Meeting and Dinner* (please RSVP) * The Volunteer Opportunities Meetings (Breakfast and Dinner) provide information 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.

To volunteer, contact Monica Parr at

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It’s My Life

by Michael Thomas Ford

Buy the Book When I moved to New York as a 20-yearold baby gay ready to start life in the big city, one of the first places I went was A Different Light bookstore, then located on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village. Walking through its door, I found myself for the first time in a place where books about people like myself were front and center, instead of hidden in the far recesses of a Sexuality or Gender Studies section of a larger chain store (if they were there at all). And instead of one or two titles, I found hundreds.

I found many other things there. A schedule of meetings for the recently-established ACT UP, which would become my introduction to queer politics. Information about The Center, where I would soon become a volunteer. A bulletin board overflowing with fliers about so many happenings and events that it made my head swim. Later, I would find my first boyfriend there. But that first day, I went home with a bag stuffed near to bursting and a heart filled with joy.

I still remember the first books I purchased there. Larry Duplechan’s Blackbird. David B. Feinberg’s EightySixed. Larry Kramer’s Faggots. And editor George Stambolian’s Men on Men: Best New Gay Fiction, which would introduce me to a roster of voices including Dennis Cooper, Edmund White, Felice Picano, and Andrew Holleran. I spread these treasures out on the bed in my tiny studio apartment and read pieces from each, too excited to focus on any one of them.

Filmmaker John Waters infamously said (although a bit more colorfully), “If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t sleep with ‘em!”

In New York in those days, this was rarely a problem. Gay men read. A lot.

Almost every home you went into had a bookcase filled with favorites.

Going home with someone often ended in discovering both new erotic possibilities as well as a list of titles to pick up on the next visit to the bookstore.

And if you wanted to keep up with the

conversations at social gatherings, I discovered, being able to talk about books was as important as having opinions about the newest Broadway shows or what was happening in Washington.

Somewhere along the line, things changed.

Maybe I notice this more because books are my livelihood. When I first started publishing, there were dozens of LGBTQ bookstores. On my first book tour, I visited more than twenty of them.

American reads four books a year. I like to think the typical gay American reads far more than that. But I don’t know.

My ex-partner never read books, even mine. He preferred television. And of course, while my writer friends read and talk about books, I find that more and more of my friends are more interested in things like movies. Ironically, and frankly, sadly, they’re frequently the ones who balk at paying $20 for a book but will eagerly plunk down $30 for a movie ticket, some popcorn, and a soda. Not to mention the cash they shell out for associated t-shirts, plastic toys, and the DVD when it comes out.

Summer is here now, which means vacation time for some of us, or maybe weekends on the beach. As you look for ways to keep yourself entertained, I encourage you to pick up some books. Preferably by LGBTQ writers.

Preferably new ones you actually pay for, so the author can receive some royalties and maybe be able to afford to write the next one.

Equally important, or maybe even more important, I encourage you to talk about what you’re reading. Tell people about the books. Make reading and discussing books a part of your life, or a bigger part if you already do. We’ll all be better for it.

Oh, and if you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, lend them one of yours. ▼

Filmmaker John Waters infamously said (although a bit more colorfully), “If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t sleep with ‘em!”

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I was reviewed and profiled in LGBTQ newspapers in every city I visited. My books were brought by the InsightOut Book Club and promoted heavily in the LGBTQ sections of chain stores such as Borders.

Then those things began to disappear. The newspapers folded.

The stores closed. InsightOut was dissolved by its parent company. The small gay presses (particularly the early feminist/lesbian presses) that had been instrumental in getting queer voices into print struggled to survive.

A lot of this had to do with changes in how readers found and bought books. The internet replaced stores and Amazon “other books you might like” algorithms replaced booksellers recommending titles to their customers.

But it also had to do with changes in the LGBTQ community itself. With greater acceptance and political gains, and with the worst of the HIV/AIDS crisis behind us, we became perhaps less insular, less inclined to make and support art specifically about our queer lives.

According to a recent report issued by the Pew Research Center, the typical

Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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MillennialTimes

by James Adams Smith

Two Kinds of Pride Years ago, I was sitting in a coffee shop having a discussion with a physics grad student, Amir, from Pakistan. As an English major, I knew next-to-nothing about science so my friend would fill me in on the latest research. An older man overheard us talking and decided to join the conversation. As he spoke to us, I realized he was not interested in adding to the topic of subatomic particles: he wanted to preach.

He told my friend, “Well, I imagine you’re from the Middle East somewhere, so you probably believe in God.” “I grew up Muslim,” Amir explained, “But now I’m an atheist.”

The man looked astonished.

“If you don’t believe in God, then you don’t belong in this country.”

“Wait just a minute,” I interjected.

“This man is my friend and he has every right to live here.”

He looked me in the eye, becoming angry.

“Are you an atheist, too?” he asked me. “Maybe you don’t belong in this country. Maybe you should be deported.”

“Deported? Where would I be deported to? Texas, where I was born?”

“You’re not acting like a real American.”

I thought for a moment. I could see the man’s hand trembling, a tea bag dangling from his cup.

“I see you’re drinking tea. I imagine that tea was imported from Asia, so if you are a real American, why are you drinking tea from Asia?”

“Well, that’s different.”

“I don’t think so. What do you think, Amir?”

“Certainly not American.”

The man looked down at his cup and left, embarrassed.

Later, I felt sorry for the man. He was

“Deported? Where would I be deported to? Texas, where I was born?” clearly passionate about his beliefs. He wanted an audience and we wouldn’t listen. He crossed a line. I reacted.

Real American. Perhaps none of us are “Real Americans” and that is what makes us so American. We are a nation of runaways, immigrants, and religious minorities looking to escape oppression. We have many beliefs. If we really did have an American religion, it would be animistic and polytheistic like the earliest North American tribes.

We would speak the languages of

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the Native Americans, or Spanish, the language of the early explorers. The first wave of God-fearing English speakers did not arrive on this continent until the 17th century.

But I get it. We need identities to help us understand who we are. We want to feel part of a group, whether that group is the LGBTQ community, or the state of Delaware, or the United States of America. We want to be able to say: this is who I am, and I’m proud to be this person. But there’s a different kind of pride: the kind of pride that separates us, that fools us into thinking we are more American, more righteous, more educated, more ethical than another group. That kind of pride is dangerous.

One kind of pride can build us up and the other can tear us down.

Perhaps more than pride, we need togetherness.

We can be proud of our shared experience—laughing, crying, being human. ▼ James Adams Smith works as an English tutor at Delaware Technical & Community College and is studying to become an occupational therapist. You can reach him at JamesAdamsSmith@gmail.com.

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CAMP Volunteer Spotlight

by Monica Parr

Eric Gannon Eric Gannon grew up in Hockessin, Delaware and attended the University of Delaware where he received a BS in Organizational and Community Leadership. He is the youngest of three, having two older sisters; he also has one niece and nephew. In 2014, Eric moved to Washington, D.C. through an internal job transfer with Bank of America. After three months, he left Bank of America and began working for Covington & Burling, LLP as a Legal Assistant. When not working, Eric likes to travel, sail, bake, hike, drink wine, and he belongs to a gay kickball team.

When did you start volunteering at CAMP Rehoboth?

In July 2011, when Chris Beagle dragged me out onto Poodle Beach at the crack of dawn for the Barefoot Wines Beach Clean-up. The weather was absolutely miserable—hot, humid, and absent any breeze as we walked from Poodle Beach to Baltimore Avenue. There, I met some great people who really cared about the community and once we finished our job, we enjoyed some wine together…maybe that is really the reason I was up at 5:30 a.m. to clean up the beach.

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

Over the years, I have helped with various events, mainly in the summer.

Sundance Auction and Dance, the Bachelor Auction, the 4th of July Pool Party, and various things that Chris needed help with over the years.

What’s your favorite CAMP Rehoboth event? Why? If I had to pick one, I would have to choose Sundance. Every year I look forward to taking some extra time off work, driving down to the beach midweek, and meeting up with all of the volunteers. It brings me such joy to see everyone working together and really showing a sense of pride in our community. I have met some AMAZING people over the years, ones who have Letters 42

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lived in Rehoboth for decades and have shaped the community into what it is today—a place where all are welcome and accepted.

What’s your best volunteer memory?

Selling tickets the year I was in the Bachelor Auction (2012). It was great interacting with people who came out to support CAMP Rehoboth, getting to know the members of the community—in fact, that was the year I met two amazing guys, Max Dick and Bob Hoffer (now deceased).

I remember introducing myself to the them and asking their names. When Max told me his, I immediately asked to see his driver’s license. Sure enough, his name is Max Dick.

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

Goodness, it is difficult narrowing it down to just one, so instead I will pick two: my parents, Janice and Robert Gannon. They both taught me so many lessons and sacrificed so much to provide me with everything I needed to be the person I am today. They taught me how to live, how to love, how to respect, how to enjoy, and how to be the best person I am today—I owe them everything.

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

I wish I had known it is okay to fail at something you try. When I was 18, I thought I had to keep everyone happy, do everything perfectly, and never make a mistake. Now I know it’s okay to make mistakes and own up to those mistakes… you will never learn or grow without stumbling along the way.

Favorite season at the beach and why?

Right after Labor Day. Rehoboth really quiets down then; the streets, bars, and beaches are less crowded and it does not take two hours to run a quick errand.

Also, I love visiting Rehoboth in the off season/winter. Snow falling on the ocean water and on the sand is one of

my favorite sights—it is so calming and centering.

Do you have an LGBTQ hero? Who and why?

My LGBTQ hero would have to be Lady Gaga. Her music has been such a part of my life throughout the years; it has helped me through some of the most difficult times in my life. And, it has made me smile even bigger during the happiest moments in life—like when Delaware passed the same-sex marriage bill in 2013. I was able to see her in concert this past October in Philadelphia and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Her song, Born This Way, simultaneously gets me going and gives me chills every time I hear it; “No matter gay, straight, or bi; Lesbian, transgendered life; I’m on the right track baby; I was born to survive; No matter black, white or beige; Chola or orient made; I’m on the right track baby; I was born to be brave,” when I hear those lyrics I think: be yourself and be proud of that self, no one else can be you. Gaga has always been outspoken and isn’t shy when it comes to standing up for what is right. I really admire her for all that she has done for the LGBTQ community.

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

As a native Delawarean, I was raised by my parents to accept and embrace those with differences. Standing out from the “norm” myself, I had high hopes of seeing marriage equality and widespread acceptance of those that identify as LGBTQ. I think growing up in the times I did (I graduated high school in 2007), people were gradually coming around to the idea that someone who identifies

as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender is no different from themselves. I feel extremely fortunate to have been able to witness this widespread change in how people think and act—it was truly a once in a lifetime experience.

Best year of your life and why?

2017. Within four months, I became an uncle twice; June 20 I welcomed my nephew David into this world, and just over four months later on October 4, I welcomed my niece, Ruth.

I love being an uncle as family is one of the most important things to me.

What advice would you give to the younger LGBTQ community?

Never hide who you are—you are unique, and just because you may be different or like the same gender, that does not make you any less of a value to our society. If anything I think it makes you more valuable. Along with that, don’t worry about coming out to your loved ones; I was terrified of coming out to my father, but he had the best response I could have ever imagined. After I told him I was gay, he said to me, “Eric, it doesn’t make me love you any less; if anything it makes me love you even more.”

Name three events that have shaped your life.

1) Moving to DC—well, moving out of my parents’ house to a big city. 2) Getting my job at Covington (it has helped me grow as a person, mature as an adult, and has challenged me to better myself). And 3) Joining gay kickball—it has helped me step out of my comfort zone and make friends that I never would have made.

What are you most thankful for?

My friends/family. My friends/family have added so much to my life; I would not be where I am today without their love, support, and encouragement.

Eric, we need to thank Chris Beagle for introducing you to CAMP Rehoboth. We also need to thank you for your support.

It is a great feeling for us at CAMP Rehoboth to see the younger generation volunteering for our organization. This gives us hope for the future of CAMP Rehoboth, that it will continue to grow and thrive. We look forward to seeing you at some of the upcoming events in 2018. ▼ Project1_Layout 1 4/1/2018 4:49 PM Page 1

thank you to all the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Volunteers for the period: May 25 – June 6.

COMMUNITY CENTER Bud Beehler David Carder Max Dick Ann Evans Corky Fitzpatrick Kathy Fitzpatrick Jack Morrison Natalie Moss Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles CAMP MAINTENANCE Eric Korpon HEART ON A STRING RECEPTION Shelley Couch Muriel Hogan Diane Mead Dotti Outland Leslie Sinclair Sal Seeley Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles Kathy Wiz Debbie Woods LETTERS MAILING TEAM Andy Brangenberg David Carder David Hagelin

Grant Kingswell Steve Palmer Fran Sneider Russell Stiles Linda Yingst

Barb Thompson Jeffrey Trunzo Evie Simmons Elva Weininger George Yaksic

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Jane Blue Don Crowl Kathy Davison Ann Evans Glen Pruitt Debbie Woods

VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Dusty Abshire Pat Catanzariti Donna Dolce Jaye Laszcynski Michael Safina Angie Strano Leslie Sinclair

MEMBERSHIP TABLE Irene Fick Debbie Woods RAINBOW THUMB CLUB Chris Bowers Carol Brice Linda DeFeo Karen DeSantis Ward Ellinger Monica Fleischmann Carolyn Ortwein Kim Schilpp Diane Scobey Ed Shockley Frank Shockley Theresa Shockley

WOMEN’S FEST COMMITTEE Dottie Cirelli Fay Jacobs Susan Jimenez Nancy Hewish Pam Kozey Margie Moore Rebecca Moscoso Gail Tannenbaum Kathy Wiz

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Senior Adult Resources ADVOCACY

AARP of Delaware ............................................................... 302-498-6511

HOTLINES

Delaware Senior Services Help Line ................................... 800-223-9074 Delaware Information Line .......................................................... Dial 2-1-1

MEALS

Meals on Wheels ................................................................. 302-856-5187

SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTERS

CAMP Rehoboth................................................................... 302-227-5620 Cape Henlopen Senior Center - Rehoboth Beach .............. 303-227-2055 Cheer Center of Sussex County .......................................... 302-856-5187 Lewes Senior Center ........................................................... 302-645-9293

BENEFITS/FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Delaware Division of Human Services ................................ 302-856-5586 Social Security ..................................................................... 866-864-1803

HOSPICE

Delaware Hospice ............................................................... 800-838-9800

TRANSPORTATION

Cheer Transportation ........................................................... 302-856-5187 ITN Southern Delaware ....................................................... 302-448-8486

For more info, call CAMP Rehoboth, 302-227-5620 JUNE 15, 2018

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Eating OUT

Lori’s Oy Vey Café

Much More than a Bagel and a Schmear

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by Fay Jacobs

Lori’s Oy Vey! Café has been serving breakfast and lunch at the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard on Baltimore Avenue for 22 years, and I’ve been dining there many, many times a season for those same 22 years. It’s no secret I love Lori’s, but I haven’t sat down to write about it for years and years.

This charming little place, with a lot of outdoor seating plus a few tables inside is welcoming for all and quite an institution in Rehoboth. It’s weathered, well, weather of all kinds over the years and several disruptive courtyard construction projects. And as shops around it came and went, it proudly stood its ground, providing constant comfort food, gourmet sandwiches, salad creations, breakfasts, and a bagel fix for whoever needs one.

So, on the sunny Thursday start of the Memorial Day weekend, I marched into Lori’s and said “What’s new around here that I should taste for Eating OUT in Letters?

Lori was surprised I didn’t order one of my favorites—that famous chicken salad with blue cheese, apples and toasted almonds, or the lox and bagel platter (Yum!), and she suggested the brand-new sandwich called The Cons. On a French baguette, we have turkey, sliced apple, raspberry jam and brie, served all melty and delicious. Was it ever. Alongside I had the chunky potato salad and something I can never resist, a Lori’s deviled egg. The sun was out, the season starting, and it could not have been better.

Of course, with it I had one of my passions: a Lori’s iced coffee. Whether you add dairy and sweetener or not, this is the best iced coffee in town. And I have tried them all. Don’t get me wrong, many of them are really good, but it’s always perfectly brewed at Lori’s. I hear that a coffee place on Reho Avenue is offering a $7 iced coffee. Puleeze. Save a bunch of bucks and head to the courtyard.

Another new item on the menu is the JB Wave, with corned beef AND turkey, swiss cheese, slaw, and Thousand Island dressing on rye. You can get it hot or cold, and I will vote hot as soon as I get

back there again to try it.

Lori’s sandwich selections run the gamut from vegetarian (the Simply Delicious, with vine-ripe tomato, Vidalia onion and a bit of fresh basil on any kind of bread you like is awesome) to Meat Lovers (Roast Beef rocks!) with salad sandwiches as well. The aforementioned chicken salad is legendary as is the scrumptious egg salad—have it with sliced tomato on marble rye.

If you cannot decide, try the Mélange á Trois, with chicken, tuna, and egg salads over greens. Great lunch.

If you are wandering Baltimore Avenue early or, actually, anytime Lori’s is open, breakfast is in order, with bagels, of course, but also egg sandwiches on English muffins, yogurt and fruit parfaits, and more. The Whitefish Platter or Smoked Salmon Plate are plentiful and evoking Juniors in New York—only a lot quieter and friendlier.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention some of the other menu items to tempt you. There’s The Fine Swine, a hot ham and brie on baguette, Julia’s Fowl

Lori was surprised I didn’t order one of my favorites— that famous chicken salad with blue cheese, apples and toasted almonds, or the lox and bagel platter.

Play—turkey, swiss and sweet peppers, and heaven help us, the Bubbie Kline, honoring Lori’s late grandmother with corned beef and cream cheese on rye.

I admit I’ve never tried it, but I will if you will! Let me know.

Lori’s, at 39 Baltimore Avenue, is open during the season 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Try it for the first time or visit again.

Guaranteed you’ll say “Oy Vey, that was so good!” ▼

MONDAYS DIXIE LONGATE June 18 9:30 pm She packed up her catalogues,

SUN-THUR PAMALA STANLEY

Join us from 6-8:30 pm with the world renowned singing sensation Pamala Stanley.

FRIDAYS

SPOTLIGHT SHOW 9:45 pm No Cover.

The Blue Moon cast as their favorite music divas.

SATURDAYS 9:30 pm No Cover. All live show by the Blue Moon cast of celebrity impersonators.

SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB No Cover.

Rehoboth’s best music and video experience.

SUNDAYS GAMES WITH MAGNOLIA

9:30 pm No Cover. A weekly game show hosted by the crazy Magnolia Applebottom.

left her children in an Alabama trailer park, and took America by storm! Join Dixie for a good, ol’ fashioned Tupperware Party, filled with outrageously funny tales, heartfelt accounts, free giveaways, audience participation, and of course Tupperware. $25 per person

MISS RICHFIELD 1981 June 25 9:30 pm As a Midwestern maven of

style and sensibility, Miss Richfield 1981 is “Born Again” finding new religion to bring our divided world together. With all new songs, videos, and unique audience activities, Miss Richfield brings all faiths together in a hilarious stage show. Atheists welcome. $35 per person

TUESDAYS BINGO 9:30 pm The Blue Moon Divas show you their balls with old fashion Bingo.

WEDNESDAYS JUNE 20 & 27 We are searching for Rehoboth’s next singing superstar. The competition begins at 9:30 pm each night and admission is free. Grand prize is $1000 and the 2018 Idol title. Contestant applications are available at the Blue Moon or on our website.

THURSDAYS KARAOKE

WITH THE BLUE MOON DIVAS 9:30 pm No Cover. The best karaoke in town with the ladies of the Blue Moon.

Check out our website to see a complete listing of entertainment!

35 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 302.227.6515 BlueMoonRehoboth.com JUNE 15, 2018

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Dover, DE. Art at your doorstep.

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Aloft by Erica Loustau -

Follow the birds through three floors of the Biggs impressive collection.

Rembrandt’s Etchings States, Fakes, and Restrikes

Through July 8, 2018 For private tours contact Brent Mundt at bmundt@biggsmuseum.org Sponsored By

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Giving back is my way of saying “Thank you.”

George Bunting Jr, Agent 19716 Sea Air Ave #1 Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 Bus: 302-227-3891 george@gbunting.com

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We’re all in this together.

State Farm® has a long tradition of being there. That’s one reason why I’m proud to support Camp Rehoboth.

Get to a better State®.

State Farm, Bloomington, IL

Pillow talk can be tricky… especially if you’ve just met.

It’s best if you get to know your partner. His name is a good start, and your HIV status should be right up there too. A few simple questions usually clears the air. You’re playing it safe with condom and lube anyhow. Have fun. Play smart.

Sexual Health Counseling and HIV/STI Testing — FREE!! call 302-227-5620 for an appointment.

did he just call me… gasp!…Brad?!!

Sponsored by CAMPsafe. © 2010 CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. For more information, call CAMP Rehoboth at 302-227-5620 or the CDC hotline at 1-800-232-4636. Funding provided through a contract with the Delaware Division of Public Health. CAMPsafe is a program of CAMP Rehoboth.

Artwork by Matty Adler.

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R E H OB OT H RETAI L SHOPS Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk...............................302-226-0675 Beach Essentials, 33 Baltimore Ave..............................302-227-5210 Critter Beach, 156 Rehoboth Ave..................................302-226-2690 Elegant Slumming, 33 Baltimore Ave............................302-227-5551 Gallery 50, 50 Wilmington Ave......................................302-227-2050 Gidgets Gadgets, 123 Rehoboth Ave............................302-227-3959 Mod Cottage, 247A Rehoboth Ave...............................302-227-7277 New Wave Spas, 20660 Coastal Hwy...........................302-227-8484 Pelican Loft, 149 Rehoboth Ave....................................302-226-5080 M.G.T. & Company, 39 Baltimore Ave............................302-567-5976 Rehoboth Breeze, 117 Rehoboth Ave...........................302-226-5720 Shademakers, 33 Baltimore Ave...................................302-226-2222 Sterling Optical, 19287 Miller Rd, Unit 12....................302-226-8800 The Linen Outlet, 19269 Coastal Hwy..........................302-727-5362 Unfinished Business, Rt. 1 behind Panera Bread.........302-645-8700 Ward Ellinger Gallery, 39 Baltimore Ave.......................302-227-2710 Wooden Indian, Ltd., 25 Baltimore Ave.........................302-227-8331 One Day At A Time Gifts, 46-B Baltimore Ave...............302-212-5632

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At Melissa’s B&B, 36 Delaware Ave..............................302-227-7504 Atlantic Sands Hotel, Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave........302-227-2511 Atlantis Inn, 154 Rehoboth Ave.....................................302-227-9446 Breakers Hotel, 105 2nd St @ Baltimore Ave...............302-227-6688 The Brick Hotel, 18 The Circle, Georgetown DE...........302-855-5800 Canalside Inn, 34 6th St................................................866-412-2625 Rehoboth Guest House, 40 Maryland Ave....................302-227-4117 Royal Rose Inn, The, 41 Baltimore Ave.........................302-226-2535 Sea ‘n Stars Guest Suites, 44 Delaware Ave.................302-226-2742 The Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave Ext......................302-227-8487 Summer Place Hotel, First St &?Olive Ave.....................302-226-0766

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S ERVIC ES AT T HE B EAC H AUTOMOBILE SALES & SERVICE L1 Auto Gallery, 1144 Savannah Rd., Lewes.....................302-645-5353 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 •• DryZone.........................................................................866-771-9658 •• Mason Companies.........................................................302-227-2750 •• Randy’s Custom Window Treatments............................302-226-3244 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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DOCTORS/DENTISTS/REHAB/HOME CARE L4 Beebe Healthcare, 26744 J.J. Williams Hwy, Lewes....302-645-3300 101 Curtis Leciejewski, DDS.................................................302-226-7960 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 •• Flair................................................................................302-930-0709 •• Plate Catering................................................................302-644-1200 FINANCIAL SERVICES •• Bell Rock Capital, 19606 Coastal Hwy #101................302-227-7608.

•• 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 •• Jeanine O’Donnell, State Farm......................................302-645-7283 109 Eric Blonden, State Farm...............................................302-644-3276 LEGAL/ACCOUNTING/TRUST SERVICES 79 Lawson Firm, 402 Rehoboth Ave..................................302-226-3700 79 Morris James, 402 Rehoboth Ave.................................302-260-7290 •• Fuqua, Willard, Stevens, & Schab, PA, 26 The Circle, Georgetown...................................................................302-856-7777 MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS 72 Bad Hair Day? 20 Lake Ave............................................302-227-HAIR •• Jeffrey Socorso, LMT.....................................................302-227-0731 8 Konrad Noebel, LMT, 26 Baltimore Ave........................302-226-8833

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OTHER •• Ocean Boulevard Furniture, 18467 Coastal Hwy.........302-645-2626 PET SERVICES •• Parsell Pet Crematorium................................................302-645-7445 REAL ESTATE 77 Allen Jarmon, RE/MAX, 317 Rehoboth Ave...................302-227-4800 18 Bill Peiffer, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy, Suite C...................................................................302-703-6987 87 Chris Beagle, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Reh Ave.....302-227-6101 77 Debbie Reed Team, 319 Rehoboth Ave........................800-263-5648 108 Eva Monteagudo, Keller Williams Realty.......................862-588-1342 81 Jim McAlister, Mann & Sons, 414 Rehoboth Ave..........302-227-9477 18 John Black, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy, Suite C...................................................................302-703-6987 90 Karen Gustafson, Long & Foster, 37156 Reh Ave.........302-227-2541 87 Lana Warfield, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Reh Ave...302-227-6101 •• Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, 16698 Kings Hwy................302-645-6664 69 Lingo Realty, 246 Rehoboth Ave...................................302-227-3883

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McGuiness Group, 246 Rehoboth Ave..........................302-227-3883 Randy Mason/Shirley Kalvinsky, Lingo Realty...............302-227-3883 Sea Bova Associates, 20250 Coastal Hwy, #3.............302-227-1222 Steve Janosik, Maggio Shields, 37169 Reh Ave...........302-226-3770 Suzanne Landon, Lingo Realty, 246 Rehoboth Ave......302-227-3883 Thompson Communities...............................................302-450-8147 Troy Roberts, Mann & Sons, 414 Rehoboth Ave...........302-228-7422

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION 87 Accent On Travel, 37156 Rehoboth Ave.......................302-278-6100 28 Jolly Trolley, Rehoboth-Dewey Shuttle from Rehoboth Ave & Boardwalk. Call for schedule.........................................302-644-0400 POPULAR LBGT BEACHES Poodle Beach: south end of the Rehoboth Boardwalk Cape Henlopen State Park: Ocean Dr. north to Cape Henlopen State Park.

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CAMPCritters OMAR LIKES TO RIDE SHOTGUN FUN FACT Omar is a chill 15-year old Himalayan cat who likes to ride in the front seat whenever Gary takes him on the road.

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CAMP Stories

by Rich Barnett

Glow Sticks and Butt Boils 5 Things I Learned at My College Reunion The marketing was slick. There were seductive photos of attractive, welldressed men and women sipping cocktails at dusk beneath swaying strands of white lights and orange and blue paper lanterns strung across the verdant green lawn rolling south from Thomas Jefferson’s historic and freshly-renovated Rotunda. Emails wooed with the promise of seminars, picnics, band parties, dinners, and dancing.

So when a couple of friends began making noise about convening the old gang for our 35th reunion, I put my natural reservations about group activities aside, plunked down my money, and signed on.

It’s a shame none of the above happened. At least not the way they showed it in the reunion brochure. It rained the entire reunion weekend, which meant there were no lovely parties or picnics on Mr. Jefferson’s Lawn. Instead, social events were combined and held indoors. We were handed mixed drinks in plastic cups on the floor of the new basketball arena, which in theory could have been cool, but in reality was a nagging reminder of our #1 ranked team’s historic upset loss in the recent NCAA basketball tournament. #toosoon.

Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable weekend, and I even managed to learn a few things.

First and foremost: Never begin a conversation by asking anyone what he or she does. It’s boring. And, seriously, who really wants to talk about work when you’re away from work? After the third such conversation at the Class of ‘83 Dinner, I decided I needed a new strategy to cope with these stuffed shirt types or I’d never get through the evening.

Have you seen the movie Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion? If you did, you’re going to appreciate what I’m about to share. Each time thereafter, when someone opened a conversation by asking what I had accomplished since graduation, I replied nonchalantly that I’d invented Post-it™ notes—not the original yellow ones, of course, but the fluorescent Letters 58

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colored ones. Now, instead of toiling away in some thankless 9-to-5 job, I was tending to my garden of English and American boxwoods.

To my great delight, five people bought the crazy story, including an engineer from Texas who supports Trump and who droned on and on about having spent seventeen years developing the technology behind Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Were my classmates that naïve or did they truly believe we were all remarkable?

The second thing I learned: The song “Shout”—originally sung by the Isley Brothers but made famous by the fictional band Otis Day and the Nights in the movie Animal House—will still bring rhythmically challenged white people to the dance floor to jump and raise their hands in the air and then crouch lower and lower as the black lead singer in the yellow suit implores them to “get a little bit softer.”

I swear I could hear knees cracking all around me. A few brave souls managed to get onto their backs and into a full gator position. Of course, we needed a helping hand to rise back up off the floor….

Learning number three was simple: No adult over the age of 50 should brandish a glow stick. I don’t know who in the Alumni Society approved this, but it’s neither of the era nor dignified. Moreover, it was embarrassing. What do you do with it people asked me? I fashioned crowns and necklaces for about a dozen people.

The fourth thing I learned: Even worthy heroes have their faults. Did you know that Thomas Jefferson suffered from gas, constipation, and boils on the arse?

This supposedly explained why he liked to recline in a Campeachy chair while reading or writing.

I’m told you could hear gasps from the Jefferson traditionalists who had come out to this particular history seminar expecting to hear little known stories about Jefferson and the founding of the University and not tabloid-style gossip.

Moreover, it appears that his architect friend Benjamin Latrobe might have

From the Rich Barnett collection of Jeffersoniana

aided Jefferson in the design of the Rotunda. Now that kind of talk borders on blasphemy, and I’m surprised no alumni walked out of the lecture following that bombshell revelation.

The final thing I learned—or was reminded of—is: Coming out never ends.

Of course it was inevitable when talking to old friends I hadn’t seen in thirty-five years that the conversation would turn to marriage and children. It would have been easy to dodge the issue and move on. But that’s not my style.

And you know what? Once I outed myself, the conversations became more real, more playful, and more interesting as people opened up. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised because closet doors were tightly closed when I was a student in the early 1980s and the University of Virginia wasn’t known as a bastion of progressive ideas. Things have certainly come a long way.

In the end, this reunion didn’t live up to its billing. I’m not sure it could have, even if the weather had been cooperative. Nevertheless, I had fun, drank too much, laughed too much, and re-connected with some old friends. And I picked up a few new Cavalier t-shirts.

I’m not sure I need to do it again. But ask me again in five years. ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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Summer Love! HeART on a String, Poodle Beach, Remembering Bob Bonitati, Spring into Summer, Top Chef of the Culinary Coast, and a Memorial Day Par-tay!

THIS PAGE 1) Leslie Sinclair, Horace Jones, John Britton, Jeff Moore, Chris Sampson, Sheree Mixell, Margie Moore, Patricia Stiles, Shelley Couch, Debbie Woods, Dotti Outland, Carolyn Billinghurst, and Carol Bresler at the Closing Bid Reception for HeART on a String at CAMP Rehoboth. 2) Conor O’Day, Moe Elkhatib, Daniel Craig, John Rella, Bruce Gregson, Giovanni Elziny, Josh Burdge, Ryan Reed, Jim Walsh, Steve Morris, and Brent Quinn at Poodle Beach.

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Out &About

by Eric C. Peterson

What Are You Watching?

It’s 2018, and a question I’ve come to dread is, “Are you watching such-andsuch show on such-and-such network?

You MUST.” Seriously. It’s almost as bad as, “Did you see what Donald Trump tweeted now?!”

And it’s not because my friends and acquaintances don’t have excellent taste. In years past, I appreciated their recommendations. And in all honesty, I still do—but at the same time, it’s frustrating. I barely have time to watch my shows; I can’t watch yours (and yours, and yours) as well. We are living in a time with too much good television.

But is there really ever too much of a good thing? There are certainly some positives associated with lots of television options. For instance, I believe that one of the most important functions of art is to serve as a mirror.

If queer audiences were still limited to three channels to provide us with entertainment options, we’d certainly still be waiting for Queer as Folk, The L Word, Transamerica, Noah’s Arc, Queer Eye, or any number of television shows that allow us to see ourselves reflected in popular culture. Happily that limitation is long gone.

And, I think there’s something to be said for popular culture being…well, popular. But it’s just not anymore.

When the Roseanne revival premiered on ABC earlier this year, several friends asked if I’d be watching.

I demurred; for many reasons, I am not a fan of Roseanne Barr (and no, her recent repugnance on her Twitter account did not surprise me at all). But even without me, the show was a huge hit. With 18 million people watching the premiere, it instantly became ABC’s most popular show. So okay, wow. 18 million people.

That sounds like a lot.

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rated television shows of all time, but even the original run of Roseanne got twice as many viewers on average throughout its fifth season in 1992 as it did for the lauded premiere of its revival in 2018.

As I write this, the biggest hit in scripted television last week was an episode of NCIS on CBS, with 12 million viewers. That’s less than one percent of that M*A*S*H finale, only a third of what Roseanne picked up in the 90’s, and the most-watched program in the entire country right now.

There was probably some value to be gained when all of us collectively experienced the shock and horror of the chicken turning into the baby during the finale of M*A*S*H. I don’t think it’s a question that we live in a very fractured culture these days. Our politics are moving farther away from the center and clustering around the extremes. People are retreating into their comfort zones, where they remain ever more separate from those who are different from them.

As a result, our worlds are increasingly homogenous, unless you’re putting in a whole lot of effort to shake things up. And that’s a real problem.

Not being exposed to people who look different and think differently increases the likelihood that we will fall victim to stereotype threat. It pushes us further to our corners, and makes life more dangerous for the marginalized and oppressed.

I’m well aware that our increased polarization is not the fault of lots of television networks pushing out lots of television shows. But I also believe that it isn’t helping. It used to be that we had more cultural markers to bring us together.

There was a time when everyone knew what “Whatchoo talkin’ bout, Willis?” meant, and where it came from. Someone could say “Oh, Archie” in their best Jean Stapleton, and you immediately got it. There was probably some value to be gained when all of us collectively experienced the shock and horror of the chicken turning into the baby during the finale of M*A*S*H (if you don’t know, I won’t tell you; I still need therapy).

I believe that those common experiences can bridge other kinds of differences. As shallow as it sounds, I believe that they bring us closer, and that the current cornucopia of options on broadcast, cable, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and all the others is only pushing us further apart. Perhaps only by inches, but it’s happening at a time when we really need to be moving in the other direction.

Sadly, I don’t have a solution for this problem. We have thousands of options, and they’re not going away. I’m certainly not going to get in between you and your RuPaul’s Drag Race, if that’s your thing; I wouldn’t dare. The only thing I can do is promise not to hold it against you if you don’t want to watch my latest discovery, as long as you don’t hold it against me if I don’t want to watch your favorite show either. ▼ Eric Peterson is a diversity and inclusion educator living in Washington D.C. and co-host of a weekly podcast about pop culture. Visit him at poperationroom.com.

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JUNE 28TH An Original Short Story

by Stefani Deoul

He sees them from his window. There are rows of them lining up, standing by. The dim streetlight casts eerie shadows in the night, multiplying them, as if they need to be even bigger, ever stronger.

It isn’t then, he reminds himself.

Now. It is now, not then. A mantra.

Blue, not brown. He repeats it to himself, over and over, as he lets the curtain drop back into place.

June 27, 1935 “Hey Hans! Wait for me.”

And as Hans turns to the voice, the world sees an ideal young man, a real-life poster boy for the new Reich, a walking, glorious embodiment of the Aryan ideal.

He’s young, charming, handsome and seemingly so very sunny.

June 27, 1969 Smoke clouds the room, which is probably just as well because no one needs to see the dingy walls of this unremarkable, dumpy bar on Christopher Street. It’s one more two-steps-down from the street local watering hole in a city filled with them. But here, two-steps-down is also one-worldaway. A world where telling the boys from the girls, even if the room were less smoke-infused, is no easy chore.

“Boys, the party has arrived,” announces a young woman posing in her black and white Mary Quant knock-off mini-dress and size fourteen, “absolutely divine,” red vinyl boots. Her long, full, fake eyelashes bat as she takes that extra beat to ensure just enough time for others to revel in her grand, just-as-the-clockstrikes-twelve, entrance.

It has taken her nineteen years to kill off Tommy Thompson from Duluth and be reborn as Trixie LaShay. Nineteen years of being taunted and tormented, being beaten in school only to run home and be beaten again. A never-ending, nineteen-year-cycle of being hated, shameful and ugly Tommy. But that was then.

And this is now. She basks in the catcalls, preening while counting her nineteen in-memoriam seconds before she takes that last step down, “Trixie LaShay is in the house.”

June 27, 1935 Lt. Peter Richler of the German Luftwaffe sits with his leg draped over the arm of the hotel room chair, trying to keep his anticipation in check. She does this to him.

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can’t stay away; he is a full-fledged addict and she is his narcotic of choice.

Hans sits at the hotel’s vanity mirror, expertly applying powder, eyeliner and perfume, feeling the now-familiar sense of growing confidence, power, transformation. As she rises, she drinks in her own reflection before turning to rendezvous with her dashing flyboy.

She maneuvers her body so the doorframe serves as her stage door, posing herself so she might witness her entrance’s effect. Her excitement grows as Peter slowly lowers his drink, appreciation glowing in his eyes.

“Well,” Peter rises, settling a bottle of champagne in its bucket to chill for their return while turning to the beautifully gowned woman. “My darling, the opera awaits.”

He hears the command boots demand marching up a street. Sharp, crisp, their echoes becoming a symphonic vibrato with each footstep, so stark against the usual daily muffle of shuffle and step. He turns on the teakettle but it will not boil quickly enough to mask what he hears.

June 28, 1969 There are sirens. The businessmen, husbands, bull dykes and daggers go silent, words replaced by fear, choking, paralyzing, fear. They furtively peer about, trying not to look at the others, desperate to discover options for their own safe passage out.

Trixie glances to the group, then out the door, “It’s the Stonewall.”

No one moves. No one breathes.

“Fucking pigs.”

June 28, 1935 They stroll along the magnificent treelined Unter den Linden, crossing in front of the statue of Frederick the Great, under a sky of a thousand stars.

The SS come down the boulevard. As wide and glorious as the Unter den Linden is, the SS dwarf its expanse, mock its width, claim ownership of it all for themselves.

Peter grabs her, using the shadows cast by the branches to hide.

“Well, what have we here?” The voice comes from the squat man in the center, holding his hand up to signal the rest to stop. Peter moves instinctively, a furtive, desperate, gallant heroic step forward.

“Two enemies of the state. How quaint. I don’t suppose flyboy, you have ever heard of Paragraph 175?”

Peter attempts to move further away, trying to pull the pack with him.

“Tonight you are like an anniversary present to us. We are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Night of the Long Knives. Herr Himmler doesn’t like you queers you know. It was a year ago tonight we slaughtered that fucking pansy Roehm and today, today in honor of such an important event we have a brand new extension of Paragraph 175 granted to ensure we get rid of fucking scum like you.”

The fat man looks from Peter, back to her, “But then again, looking at you two, I don’t think we really need extra powers.

I think the Luftwaffe might even thank us. We can ask for a commendation for clipping the wings off their fucking fairy.”

His laughter at his own joke seems almost genuine until you realize his eyes never leave his target.

Peter screams he loves her and she should run. But she can’t. She watches the black boots kick him. And kick him. And kick him. And she watches as Peter lies on the ground and the SS officer turns to her and laughs, taking that boot and bringing it down on Peter’s head, pulverizing him as he lies in the street.

The boots. He can’t understand how they didn’t hear the boots. He hears them always now. They are his cadence of hell, counting time as he lives out his death.

And then they are on her, beating her with their fists, ripping her dress and then these same men who would call her not fit to live, rape her. She can’t understand why they won’t just let her die; what she doesn’t know is, she already has.

June 28, 1969 “A toast!” Trixie makes her way past the frozen figures to the bar, “Billy, pour this lady a scotch and don’t be watering it down.” As she speaks, she climbs upon the bar, settling herself so the crowd will have a great view of her rather fabulous legs.

“Did you see all the queers today? The NY Times says there were twenty thousand people lined up, And we were right there.

Claiming our place in that line. We did her proud today.” Trixie lifts the glass Billy delivers right on cue, “To Judy, may somewhere over the rainbow bring her the peace this fucked-up world did not.”

And as the glasses raise up, the door bursts open. “Hurry! They’re fighting back.

It’s crazy man.”

June 28, 1935 He clings to that date. It is all that is left of him.

His mother came to visit once. She

made the trip to tell Hans he was dead to them. He didn’t bother to tell her she was being redundant.

One day they loaded him into a train car. When the doors opened he learned dying doesn’t always come with death.

Hell has a name, Sachsenhausen. It is, he is told, a camp. It is incomprehensible to him how a word which once provoked such joy, could be so hideously monstrously, irrevocably, twisted.

His scarred arms now have a number—11231. Hans likes the number. It makes his death more real. Names belong to the living. 628. June 28. He remembers that number. He wishes they’d asked him what to tattoo on his arm. Then he could be his own gravestone.

Roll calls. No food. The cement works.

Station Z. Build your own ovens for baking each other. More trains. Welcome to Dora-Mittelbau, an even lower level of hell.

That’s just what hell is, a place for the dead to keep going.

He hears the howls in the night. He doesn’t want to look but he has no choice.

They deserve a witness.

June 28, 1969 They all follow Trixie, piling out the door, up the steps and down the street.

“Oh my God,” Trixie slows as she sees the pandemonium directly in front of her.

Paddy wagon doors are thrown wide open, nightsticks fly. Coins, rocks, and bottles are hurled right back. The cops are beaten back by a bunch of fairies, drag queens, and leather boys, retreating into the Stonewall Inn for cover.

Surging forward, Trixie catches sight of a different gang coming from the opposite end of the street. With their arms linked, men in riot gear slowly, deliberately, threateningly make their way down Christopher Street. The Tactical Patrol Force has been called in.

He rises from his perch on the side of his bed, and with equal amounts of dread and determination, he parts the curtain. He sees the boots, their spitshine glistening in the streetlights. And he freezes, transported to then. But then he remembers. This is now. And now is his moment to revise his history.

The drag queens come up the block en masse. As they approach, Trixie spots her. “Holy shit.” She watches the old queen teeter on wobbly legs nearly, but not quite, out the door, into the night.

Trixie makes her way toward the door frame surrounding, clutching the woman.

As she nears, Trixie sees hands too afraid to let go, and too determined to turn around. A face haunted by a thousand ghosts, even more ghastly for lipstick that misses the lips as though drawn by a four-year old who can’t stay inside the lines. She could be forty or ninety, Trixie can’t tell. She would be laughable if you didn’t feel her incredible pain and terror, held together by sheer dignity beneath her trash bin remnants.

“Trixie LaShay.” With no answer forthcoming, Trixie flashes her signature grin, “I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure.”

The woman looks at her savior but hears an echo from a lifetime ago. She hears herself, so young and cavalier, and filled with possibility. She has been relegated to the graveyard for so long, yet now, here she is, asking herself, willing herself, to live once again.

“He called me Helga.”

Trixie nods gently and offers up her arm, “Well Helga, grab on. It’s going to be a wild ride.”

We are the Stonewall girls We wear our hair in curls We wear no underwear We show our pubic hair…

We wear our dungarees Above our nelly knees!

They fiercely link arms, chanting as they start down the street. Arm in arm, they form a kick line as long and as strong as any that ever played Radio City Music Hall.

She is here, and she is now, and she is alive.

And this time, an army of heels high-kicking their way up the block, can— will—must—drown out the sound of boots.

June 28, 1970 6th Avenue. The atmosphere is both festive and defiant. Helga looks at the boys in blue—here today to protect her.

She still tries not to look down at their feet.

She hoists her sign. It’s a big pink triangle with the numbers 11231 and the words “still here, still queer.”

Trixie is there too, admiring the placard.

Today is June 28th. A day to be proud.

A day to march. ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery On a YARP.

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Excuses, Excuses

by Doug Yetter I love walking the boardwalk more than just about anything in life, and I have reached the age where exercise is a necessity. That having been said, I’ve also become an expert at making excuses why I can’t possibly take a walk.

“I don’t care what your phone says— it’s gonna rain.” “Bet this fog is worse at the beach!” “Where’s my other jacket/hat/ sunscreen?”

I’ve never been a big fan of physical activity, but was blessed with a fantastic metabolism—for the first 50 years of my life.

Nowadays, I don’t really “wear” clothing so much as feel like I’ve been taken hostage by it, and the only thing more exhausting than coming up with a new excuse not to head for the boardwalk is trying to cram my keister into my Calvins.

Then came last Friday, and one of the most beautiful mornings we’d had in weeks. I had to stop by the CAMP Rehoboth office, but needed to be home by 10 a.m. so I couldn’t even blame the parking meters for not hitting the boards. My husband had also presented me with new walking shoes, a sensible hat, and plenty of sunscreen. I had but one choice—shut up and walk.

I walked the entire boardwalk without dying and really enjoyed it. I was headed back to the car when a far too well-dressed matron—with an “ample” young man in tow— stopped directly in front of me, firmly grabbing the boys’ beefy bicep and bellowing in her most stentorian tones, “I’ve had it with your excuses! Shut up and walk.” Was this a sign?

Was she talking to him or me?

That moment made me vow to channel my inner Dolly Levi and rejoin the human race, though I don’t see any other races in my future. Instead of “excuses, excuses,” it’s time for some “promises, promises!” I’m dedicated to enjoying the season and exploring the bounty of activity I seem to only write about these days. Well, that and promising to trade in my muumuu for some slim cut jeans.

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS HeART on a String Fundraiser Raises Funds for CAMP Rehoboth Arts Memorial Day weekend brought CAMP Rehoboth’s “HeART on a String” project to an exhilarating climax. While art lovers enjoyed refreshments at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, mingling with the crowd and keeping a watchful eye on the bidding for their favorite pieces of art, the excitement grew by having “off-site” collectors raising the ante online.

As the close of bidding drew near, the enthusiasm reached an animated pace, with connoisseurs studying the tally sheets to ensure they would be leaving with the pieces they had their “HeARTs” set on.

Many thanks to every artist who joined in raising funds for CAMP Rehoboth’s arts programming, to the proud owners of new artwork by emerging and established artists, and to everyone who joined in making this another successful event! ▽

Bywater Awards Bywater Books—the little lesbian publishing house that could and does—has been awarded an impressive four Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) for its titles. Committed to bringing the best of contemporary lesbian writing to their avid readers, Bywater Books—which published 14 books in 2017—has already won the four IPPY Awards, Best Book of the Year awards in two Stefani Deoul and Fay Jacobs categories (from the Delaware Press Association), two Best Book Awards (from National Federation of Press Women), and secured two Foreword Independent Book Awards finalists, two Lambda Literary Award finalists, and one finalist for the Triangle Publishing Awards. An impressive ratio of recognition to books published—and with numerous literary award organizations yet to announce their winners and finalists!

Of special interest for Letters readers, the IPPY Awards were presented to Bywater author and Letters columnist Stefani Deoul in the Young Adult Books category for her novel On a LARP, and Letters Interim Editor Fay Jacobs, for Humor Book of the Year, for Fried & Convicted—her latest collection of biographical essays. Bywater picked up one silver and three bronze medals in this mainstream publishing contest, with books featuring LGBTQ+ protagonists and storylines.

Publisher Salem West states, “Bywater Books has long pursued quality and diversity in the literature we publish, and it is especially gratifying to win these four Independent Publisher Awards. We know that lives are enriched when our lesbian stories are read, and it is clear that mainstream awards like the IPPYs help us to reach a widening world of readers.”▽

arts+entertainment PERFORMING ARTS/EVENTS

Next up at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Gallery Creativity2 | Renata Price and Yona Zucker | June 1-29 Artists’ Reception: Friday, June 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m Two artists x two art forms = one remarkable show!

Renata Price (renatawatercolor.com) began her art career painting watercolors, then dabbled in acrylics, and now focuses primarily on oils. Her background in engineering, and fascination with complex shadows and reflections, bring a level of detail to her hyper-realistic paintings, accurately reflecting scenes as she sees or imagines them.

Yona Zucker (yonastainedglass.com) creates “Tiffany” or copper foil stained glass based on patterns created by Renata Price. Her delicate one-of-a-kind works are filled with intricate traditional and contemporary designs.

Join these two remarkably talented artists as they embark on a collaborative exploration, while following their own creative paths and respective mediums—Renata showcasing recent paintings reflective of her unique classical realism, and Yona interpreting the same subject through her glorious glass.

Image at top: Renata Price, Summer Afternoon; Image bottom: Yona Zucker, Red Head

CAMP Rehoboth (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2275620; info@camprehoboth. com) has some upcoming events you don’t want to miss! The Skivvies (a duo who actually performs in their skivvies!)—June 30 (8 p.m.) at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.

This “stripped down” group features New York-based singers/actors/musicians Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley and their special guest, Broadway singer/actor Nick Adams. The Gay Men’s Chorus of D.C.’s Cabaret: It Takes Two!—July 14 (5 and 8 p.m.) happens at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) is about to launch its ambitious summer season of Footloose, Mary Poppins, and The Rocky Horror Show— (June 26—to September 1).

Now’s the time to sign up those “stars of tomorrow” for one of their outstanding summer camps, as well.

Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road in Georgetown; 302-856-4560; possumpointplayers.org) has a terrific cast assembled to perform the classic farce Lend Me a Tenor—through June 17. The Possums always have great summer camps too!

Premier Centre for the Arts at Milton Theater (110 Union St. in Milton; 302-684-3038; info@pcade.com) has something for everyone on their calendar! June 15: Magnolia

Magnolia Applebottom

Applebottom is “Ridiculous”; June 16: Rocky Horror Picture Show; June 17: All Our Exes Live in Texas; June 21: Bye, Bye Birdie; June 22: Psychic Medium Deanna Fitzpatrick; June 23: Black Sabbath Tribute; June 26: 78th Army Dixieland Brass Band (Free concert); June 28: Transcendental Jam Session with Kirtan; June 29: Johnny Gemini Lombardi Magic & Comedy; July 6: One Dame Summer Night; July 7: Milton Theatre Renaissance Initiative with Sean Reilly in the Sinatra Style; July 12/13: Simply Streisand.

Rehoboth Beach Bandstand (Rehoboth Avenue & the Atlantic Ocean; 302-6442288; rehobothbandstand. com) has some wonderful acts for their 56th season— June 15: The Counterfeiter$; June 16: U.S. Air Force Band Max Impact; June 16: Mike Hines & The Look; June 22: U.S. Air Force Band Singing Sergeants; June 23: Edwin Perez Band; June 24: Rehoboth Concert Band; June 29: Love Seed Mama Jump; June 30: Real Diamond; July 1: The Funsters (before and after the fireworks display); July 4: United States Navy Concert Band; July 6: U.S. Navy Country Current; July 7: Jesse Garron as “The King;” July 8: Tim Laushey Orchestra. All concerts begin at 8 p.m.

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Fish from The Brush Factory

Rehoboth Beach Film Society (17701 Dartmouth Drive (Lewes), 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm.com) screens the best new Independent films at their Cinema Art Theatre. Check their website for updates and show times.

Rehoboth Concert Band (rehobothconcertband.org) has a concert that should be on your calendar—Sunday, June 24 (8 p.m.) at the Bandstand with guest vocalists Lorraine Steinhoff and Jerry Birl.

Rehoboth Summer Children’s Theatre (in residence at Epworth UMC; 19285 Holland Glade Rd.; 302-2276766; rehobothchildrenstheatre@gmail.com) opens their 37th season with Cinderella, Androcles and the Lion, and Aladdin on June 27. Their great Theatre and Film/TV camps run July 9 - August 24.

Second Street Players (2 South Walnut Street in Milford; 302-422-0220/800838-3006; secondstreetplayers.com) is rehearsing Shrek—opening July 13.

Directed by John Moller.

Stango Park Concerts (Kings Highway, next to the Lewes Library) has a FREE concert every Tuesday evening: June 19: Zydeco-AGo-Go; June 26: Shawn Lacy; Monday, July 2: Delaware Army National Guard 287th Army Band. Bring a chair!

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The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Hwy. in Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@ brushlewes) is an arts and crafts co-op with just about everything—furniture, art, clothing, antiques, sea glass, decoys, vintage garden, books, home goods, candles, herbs, and more.

Delaware Art Gallery (239 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-8535099; kevinfleming.com) offers new and classic Delaware photographs by Kevin Fleming. Need we say more?

Gallery 50 Contemporary Art & Frame Shop (50 A-B Wilmington Avenue; 302227-2050; gallery50art.com) features a variety of artwork from renowned, established, and emerging artists in paint, jewelry, glass, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, and mobiles, as well as special events.

Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-2279203; heidilowejewelry. com) has beautiful and unique hand-made pieces for purchase (including wedding rings) and offers classes in jewelry making.

Vintage post cards from Rehoboth Beach Museum

Painting With a Twist (17723 Coastal Highway; 302-313-5769; 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; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com), one of the largest Fine Art galleries in the area, is currently showing Silence and Solitude—multiple artists give us a bit of peace and quiet in these unpredictable and aggressive times— through June 30. 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.

Current exhibits include Fun in the Sun at the Rehoboth Beach Municipal Building (through June 20), Preservation Matters—with over 700 pieces in RAL’s Permanent Collection, this exhibit focuses on the conservation efforts to maintain the collection and focuses on those in most urgent need of restoration—in the Marcia and Henry DeWitt Gallery. 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. The Museum is currently closed for complete renovations to their second floor and revamping of the permanent collection exhibits, but reopens soon! In the meantime, they still have some great walking tours of the area and fascinating lectures.

Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard, 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2710) features art in different mediums by Ward Ellinger and Sondra N. Arkin.

Zwaanendael Museum (102 Kings Highway in Lewes; 302-645-1148) commemorates Delaware’s first European colony, established by the Dutch in 1631, and serves as a showcase for the Lewes area’s maritime, military, and social history. ▼ Doug is the Artistic & Musical Director for CAMP Rehoboth Chorus, Director of Music Ministries at Epworth UMC, and co-founder and Artistic Director emeritus of the Clear Space Theater Company. Contact Doug at dougyetter@gmail.com if you want to add your events to the calendar. Check out CAMP Arts at camprehoboth.com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries and museums.

CAMP Rehoboth Arts Programs are supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

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by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID Given Up for You: A Memoir of Love, Belonging, and Belief

by Erin O. White c.2018, University of Wisconsin Press, $26.95/higher in Canada, 192 pages

It’s official: you now belong.

Being a member of a certain club was something you’ve wanted since you knew of its existence. Joining was a dream come true and now you’re a part of the group but, as in the new memoir, Given Up for You,

by Erin O. White, what part of yourself did you relinquish to join?

Missing the last train back to her home was no problem.

Actually, Erin White was glad for it. She was anticipating what could happen next.

She’d never slept with a woman, had never even considered it but, on that night she met Chris at a dinner party, it was all she could think of. It was odd but thrilling, so by the time Chris told their hostess that White could stay at her apartment that night, White was “already in love.”

What would she tell her therapist? She “knew he would disapprove”—and he did, but they rarely discussed White’s relationship. Mostly, they “talked about God.” For some time, White had been exploring that which her soul seemed to crave and, at her therapist’s urging, she read the Gospels and was “stunned” by the words. She cautiously attended Catholic services and began learning more about God and religion; eventually, she broke up with Chris, who’d been raised in the Church and avoided it as an adult, but White couldn’t stay away.

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It was difficult to explain, she says. She was a lesbian, but she wasn’t; in fact, there were times when “lesbian” just felt wrong. As for God, she needed to know Him better.

White wanted “to love a woman yet avail myself of the opportunities…of straight culture; to break the rules of the church but still feel myself beloved by it.”

But since nobody can have everything both ways, she made her choice.

Two kids, fights, triumphs, and a strong marriage later, she sees things in a different light. Church is comfort now. It’s home. But to get to that point, it took the courage to say “I loved that crazy Church, I loved those wild ideas about God, and I gave them up because I also wanted you.”

Although it’s already pretty short, Given Up for You could have been shorter.

Maybe that’s because it’s too much: author Erin O. White offers a three-pronged memoir of love, faith, and motherhood, and that’s a lot to pack into such a small space.

And yet–what could be eliminated? Since each prong is dependent on the others—probably, alas, nothing.

Still, while readers may struggle with an overabundance of story, there’s a lot to come away with. White’s search for faith is universal and easily understood; although she might have explored homophobia a bit more, the subject of gay Christians and her experiences are presented in a way that’s calm and thoughtful.

Enter into this book knowing that it’s sometimes slow.

Beware that it’s a bit long. Read it with a perfectly happy willingness to (gasp!) skip paragraphs and Given Up for You may belong on your bookshelf. ▼ 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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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Hazel Brisker, Art Brisker, Angie Watkins, Dottie Cirelli, and Myrna Kelley at Meals on Wheels Top Chef of the Culinary Coast. 2) Tommy Paoletti, Cliff Waters, George Yanchenko, Siobhan Cicasello, Andriy Feshchenko, Steven Haber, Thom Harris, Eric Korpon, Erin Cooper, Matt Urban, Selena Barnett, and Ean Katz at Purple Parrot. 3) Gary Seiden, Sondra Arkin, Mary Beth Ramsey, Ah Bashir, Wes Combs, Robert Bellman, Greg Albright, Dennis Shine, and Scott Fields at Gary’s Birthday Party. 4) Andy Staton, Glenn Reighart, Duncan Maclellan, Allen Fielding, Jimmy Renna, Dave Sifton, Steve Hoagland, Mary Ellen Gaspard, Tom Gaspard, Sallie Forman, and Jonah Gitlitz at the Memorial Day Par-Tay. THIS PAGE 5) Dale Sheldon, Pat Coluzzi, Sharon Lynn, Patsy Greene, John Hall, and Tom Childers at Tom and John’s Memorial Day Par-Tay. 6) Roslyn Love, Jenny Love, Nan Martino, Willow Love, Joan Lelacheur, Nan Martino, Shelia James, Hope Vella, Karen Williams, and Hiker Gurle at Java Jukebox. 7) Lisa Lindsey, Rick Nesmith, Tricia Pastor, Richard DiMenico, Martina Mayo, Kyra Kim, Jared Manlove, Donette Love, Alyessa Greinier, and Mona Lotts at Rehoboth Idol at Blue Moon. 8) Tom Negran, Max Dick, Marc Anthony Worosilo, Ed Miller, Ed Hotaling, Max Manerchia, Tony Burns, Jeff Davis, Jay Kottoff, and Mark Matey at Tom and Marc Anthony’s White Party.

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All Saints’ Episcopal Church

Westminster Presbyterian 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.

First Street • 4 blocks south of Rehoboth Avenue 302-227-2109

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

(Summer 8:30 and 10:00 a.m.)

We invite you to make us your church family!

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If you need a referral for a doctor, lawyer, spiritual advisor, or just a place to hang out, call CAMP Rehoboth at 302-227-5620.

We’re here to help!

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COCKTAIL BUFFET • SILENT AUCTION • LIVE AUCTION • OPEN SEATING • BEACH CHIC ATTIRE • AIR CONDITIONED TENT • MUSIC BY BOB HUGHES

13th ANNUAL

REHOBOTH MUSEUM BEACH BALL Sat, Aug 4, 2018 • Kings Creek Country Club • 7–10:30 pm WAVE SPONSORS

SURF AND SAND SPONSORS

SUN AND FUN SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS

Reservations Accepted with Payment. FOR MORE INFO: 302-227-7310 OR VISIT REHOBOTHBEACHMUSEUM.ORG JUNE 15, 2018

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CAMPDates SUNDAYS

• Alcoholics Anon. Open Discussion.

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

• Brunch w/Carey Smith. 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

• Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Showcase w/Mona Lotts. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

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

JUNE 18

• Games w/Magnolia. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

• Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139

• 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 • Pass the Mic Night w/John Flynn. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm.

302-212-5355

TUESDAYS

• Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • 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 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • 2nd Wednesday. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. MCC of Rehoboth, 19369 Plantations Road. 6:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • Alt. Wednesdays. Men’s Discussion Group. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 7 pm.

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• Delaware Stonewall PAC Summer Celebration. Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Ave. delawarestonewall.org/events/purchasetickets • The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 9 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• SLAA/SAA Meeting. All Saints Church Hall, Lower Level, 18 Olive Ave. 7:30 pm.

302-745-7929

MONDAYS

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 9 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• 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

• The Birdcage Bad Girls Drag Show.

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

JUNE 16

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

• 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. 302-227-1023 • 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, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023 • Legends. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

JUNE 1 – JUNE 29 • Creativity2 Art by Renata Price and Yona Zucker. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave.

JUNE 15 • Magnolia Applebottom. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• Dixie Longate. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. $25 pp. 302-227-6515. 9:30 pm.

• National HIV Testing Day. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. No appointment necessary. 9am – 8 pm.

Contact Salvatore Seeley 302-227-5620 or salvatores@camprehoboth.com • The Rocky Horror Show. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270.

7:30 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/ buy-tickets • Rehoboth Idol. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-6515. 9:30 pm.

JUNE 28 • Transcendental Jam Session w/Kirtan.

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

• Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market. Crooked Hammock, Lewes 8 am – 11 am.

• The Rocky Horror Show. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270.

7:30 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/ buy-tickets

• Rehoboth Idol. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-6515. 9:30 pm.

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JUNE 21 • Grief Support Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 3 pm. 302-754-1954 or kevin@kevinblisscoaching.com

JUNE 22 • Deanna Fitzpatrick. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com • Opening Reception, Caroline Huff, Lightscapes, Gallery 50, 50 Wilmington Ave., 302-227-2050. 5:30 – 8 pm.

Exhibition though July 5.

JUNE 23 • Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market. George H.P. Smith Park, Lewes 8 am – 12 pm.

302-644-1436

• Creativity2 Artists’ Reception for Renata Price and Jona Zucker. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5:30 pm.

• Footloose. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

JUNE 30 • Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market. George H.P. Smith Park, Lewes 8 am – 12 pm.

302-644-1436 • Footloose. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • The Skivvies. Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-2275620 Tickets: camprehoboth.com

JULY 2 – 31

• Wicked Jezabel. Java Jukebox, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. $17 pp. 7 pm.

Tickets: javajukebox.net

• Light & Music Art by Vincent Hughes and Yvonne Frankis. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave.

• Black Sabbath Tribute. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

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JUNE 25 • Miss Richfield 1981. Blue Moon, 35 Balt.

Ave. 302-227-6515. $35 pp. 9:30 pm.

JUNE 26 • The Rocky Horror Show. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270.

6:30 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/ buy-tickets

JUNE 27 • Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market.

Crooked Hammock, Lewes 8 am – 11 am.

• Footloose. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Sherry Vine & Jackie Beat. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-6515. $25 pp.

9:30 pm.

JULY 3 • Footloose. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

JULY 4 • Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market.

Crooked Hammock, Lewes 8 am – 11 am.

302-644-1436

JUNE 1-–JULY 9

JULY 5 • The Rocky Horror Show. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270.

7:30 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/ buy-tickets

JULY 6 • Light & Music Artists’ Reception for Vincent Hughes and Yvonne Frankis.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5:30 pm.

• Suzanne Westenhoefer. Java Jukebox, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. $43 pp. 7 pm.

Tickets: javajukebox.net • Mary Poppins. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

• Mary Poppins. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Sean Reilly and the Sinatra Centennial Orchestra. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 302-684-3038. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

JULY 9 • Mary Poppins. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

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JULY 7 • Historic Lewes Farmer’s Market. George H.P. Smith Park, Lewes 8 am – 12 pm.

302-644-1436 • Mary Poppins. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 2 pm.

Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Suzanne Westenhoefer. Java Jukebox, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. $43 pp. 7 pm.

Tickets: javajukebox.net

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AD INDEX Accent On Travel................................................39 AG Renovations..................................................99 Allen Jarmon, Realtor.........................................55 Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group............... 78 Atlantic Jewelry................................................... 11 Back Porch Café..................................................10 Bad Hair Day...................................................... 77 Beach Cuts Hair Salon........................................59 Beagle Real Estate Group..................................66 Beebe Healthcare.............................................. 37 Beebe Healthcare Career Opportunities........... 67 Biggs Museum....................................................48 Blue Moon.......................................................... 47 Breakthru Beverage...........................................89 Café Azafran.......................................................99 Café Papillon......................................................54 CAMP Rehoboth Annual Premier Sponsors......... 7 CAMP Rehoboth Beach Guide Business Partners................................................21 CAMP Rehoboth Block Party ............................. 97 CAMP Rehoboth Broga Yoga...............................19 CAMP Rehoboth Families................................... 77 CAMP Rehoboth Grief Counseling................... 100 CAMP Rehoboth Letters Subscription................64 CAMP Rehoboth Membership............................30 CAMP Rehoboth Mental Health........................ 100 CAMP Rehoboth Trans Discussion................... 100 CAMP Rehoboth Volunteer Opportunities.........36 CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Golf........................ 100 CAMPSafe............................................................51

Cape Henlopen Education Fund (CHEF)............ 76 Caroline Huff Art Show........................................19 Clear Space.........................................................91 Community Pride Financial Advisors.................. 73 Country Lawn Care..............................................10 County Bank....................................................... 76 Delaware Art Museum........................................64 Delaware Dept of Public Health Tobacco...........13 Delaware Pride................................................... 75 Delaware Stonewall PAC....................................35 Dos Locos...........................................................69 Eric Atkins, Realtor............................................. 74 Fairway Independent Mortgage....................... 101 Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, PA.................59 Gay Men’s Chorus..............................................25 Gay Men’s Group................................................59 Gay Women of Rehoboth Meet-Up....................40 General Dentistry............................................... 77 Go Fish/GoBrit.................................................. 102 Gods Greyts Senior Greyhounds........................59 Gregory Meyers Hair Studio...............................54 HIV Testing......................................................... 44 Houses Of Worship.............................................94 Iguana Grill......................................................... 57 Immanuel Shelter............................................... 73 Jack Lingo, Real Estate......................................65 Java Jukebox...................................................... 76 John Black, Bill Peiffer, Realtors.........................45 Jolly Trolley........................................................99 Just In Thyme Restaurant................................... 77

Lana Warfield, Realtor...................................... 102 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Realtors....................59 Lori’s Café.......................................................... 44 Luxury Motors......................................................15 M.G.T. & Co Toggery Shop.................................. 34 Midway Fitness & Racquetball......................... 103 Milton Theatre....................................................80 Mirabelle............................................................54 Morris James LLP................................................17 Murph’s Beef & Ale.............................................29 Mytesi...................................................................9 Nancy Sakaduski................................................ 74 National HIV Testing Day....................................68 New Wave Spas.................................................. 73 Olivia Travel.........................................................71 One Day At A Time Gifts.....................................24 One Spirit Massage.............................................18 Palate................................................................ 101 Photo Restoration.............................................. 78 Pinky Returns 2018 Golf Tournament................. 72 Purple Parrot......................................................56 Randy Mason / Shirley Kalvinsky, Realtors......... 77 Randy’s Custom Window Treatments................ 79 Rehoboth Art League......................................... 78 Rehoboth Beach Bears.......................................96 Rehoboth Beach Dental.....................................66 Rehoboth Beach Museum..................................45 Rehoboth Guest House...................................... 77 Rehoboth Massage & Alignment.........................19 Rehoboth Museum Beach Ball...........................95

Ron’s Repairs......................................................40 Saved Souls Animal Rescue...............................64 Sea Bova Associates, Realtors......................... 104 Senior Adult Resources......................................45 Shademakers......................................................15 So Del Concepts.................................................50 State Farm - George Bunting..............................51 Sundance 2018................................................... 27 Sundance Land & Sea Racing Festival............... 97 Sussex Family YMCA.......................................... 34 The Lawson Firm.................................................21 The Pond Store....................................................81 The Skivvies.......................................................23 Thompson Heritage Village................................41 Troy Roberts, Realtor...........................................10 Unfinished Business...........................................90 Union Home Mortgage....................................... 74 Volunteer Thank You.......................................... 43 Ward Ellinger Gallery...........................................41 Windsor’s Flowers..............................................59 Women’s Coffee Talk..........................................22

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CAMELOT MEADOWS – Rehoboth. 1992 3BR/2BA. LV & family room. Large master suite. Screen porch & 2 decks. 3.5 miles to beach.

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