Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 28, No. 15

Snapshot at Year’s End Happy Holidaze

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Inside This Issue

Speak Out.................................................................................. 4 In Brief....................................................................................... 5 CAMP Matters — Snapshot at Year’s End................................. 6 CAMP Out — I Flew at iFLY........................................................ 8 CAMP News..............................................................................12 Straight Talk —Hide and Seek................................................. 14 Out and Proud —A Thanksgiving Request...............................16 President’s View — Reflections................................................18 The Real Dirt — Five Senses, Four Seasons........................... 20 CAMP Stories — A Schmaltzy Column.................................... 22 It’s My Life — Happy Holidaze................................................ 26 Health and Wellness .............................................................. 32 CAMP Community — Free Legal Aid....................................... 40 View Point —The Real Horror of Boy Erased.......................... 44 Intentionally Inclusive —Making Resolutions Count............... 46 Volunteer Spotlight — Mead & Outland.................................. 48 CROP Year in Review.............................................................. 50 Eating Out — Holiday Fare...................................................... 62 Q Puzzle — What Bob Said to Bob.......................................... 64 CAMP Shots — The Last Days of Autumn............................... 68 CAMP Report 2017.................................................................. 83 Amazon Trail — Witch Spittle.................................................. 88 We Remember —Joseph Richard Baker................................. 90 Audition for In The Wake......................................................... 96 Chorus Turns 10....................................................................... 98 CAMP Arts — It Takes a Village..............................................100 Booked Solid — Trans Figured .............................................104 CAMP Critters ........................................................................108 Out and About—Thanksgiving at the Movies........................ 110 CAMP Dates — November 16 – February 8 ...........................114 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.

On the cover

Even Santa vacations in Rehoboth Beach. Photo by Murray Archibald. Santa is Kenny Mahan.

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 Counties................................................................ 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 LGBTQ Community Service Organization ....... 302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Families allows LGBTQ parents to connect.................................. 302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Parents of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children........... 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 Resources transdelaware.net, delawarelgbtq@gmail.com 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) Thursdays 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 LGBTQ 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 Rehoboth TransLiance meets the 4th Tuesday of every month 7 pm at MCC Church. Contact TransLiance@gmail.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Murray Archibald INTERIM EDITOR Fay Jacobs DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Marj Shannon ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Monica Parr, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Tom Craft, Corky Fitzpatrick CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Sondra N. Arkin, Rich Barnett, Chris Beagle, Tony Burns, Wesley Combs, Stefani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Michael Gilles, Fay Jacobs, Lee Lynch, Sheila Maden, Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Eric C. Peterson, Mary Beth Ramsey, Richard Rosendall, Terri Schlichenmeyer, , Eric W. Wahl, Debbie Woods, Doug Yetter VOLUME 28, NUMBER 15 • November 16, 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, Mike DeFlavia, Max Dick, Kathy McGuiness, Jack Morrison, Glen Pruitt, Mark Purpura, Tara Sheldon, Kathy Wiz INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • Murray Archibald HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR • Salvatore 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.

The Way I See It

by Murray Archibald THIS IS THE HOLIDAY ISSUE OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH, AND THE LAST ONE OF THE 2018 season. Watch for the first issue of 2019 on February 8. In the meantime, visit the CAMP Rehoboth website and take a look back at articles and photos from the 2018 season. Also available on the website for most of the 2018 issues is the new page-turning version of Letters.

I am proud of the Letters from CAMP Rehoboth staff for pulling together after we lost Steve and being willing to embrace the changes needed to carry on without him.▽ FOR THE COVER OF THIS HOLIDAY ISSUE OF LETTERS, I ENLISTED THE HELP OF OUR FAVORITE local Santa (sometimes known as Kenny Mahan). On a beautiful early November Sunday afternoon we headed to the bandstand and then right down to the water. By the time Santa was settled into his “big boy” beach chair, as he called it (I could barely lift it, by the way), and I had him arranged for the shot, we were surrounded. Adults, children, didn’t matter—everyone wanted a shot with Santa on the beach. And everyone was smiling. Santa waved and “ho-hohoed” his way through a far longer photo shoot than either one of us anticipated. Oddly, the crowds weren’t in the least irritating, and by the time we walked away, I felt inspired.▽ THOUGH WE ARE COMING TO THE END OF 2018, THE OUTCOMES AND FINANCIALS FROM 2017 are now complete and have been gathered into the latest CAMP Rehoboth Report, available in this issue and on our website. The complete audited financials, while not included in the printed report, are now available on the website, along with the 2017 990.▽ FUNDING FOR CAMP REHOBOTH COMES FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES INCLUDING membership, grants, fundraisers, sponsors, advertisers, and, of course, donations. As is the custom of all non-profit organizations during the holiday season, we are asking our supporters to make one more end-of-the-year donation to CAMP Rehoboth. As can be seen from Chris Beagle’s President’s View column, CAMP Rehoboth has done some amazing strategic planning work this year. Out of that work we are gathering the information needed to determine what matters most to the organization and to the members of our community.

Financial support ensures that we will continue to be able to provide the programing, space, advocacy, health services, and staff needed to maintain and develop the CAMP Rehoboth of tomorrow. Every organization will be asking; please think of us when making holiday donations.▽ IN THE WEEKS BEFORE STEVE PASSED AWAY, I STEPPED DOWN FROM MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT of the Board of Directors and took on the role of Interim Executive Director to get us through the crisis. In 2019, we will begin the search for a permanent Executive Director. As cofounder, I will not apply for that position. The planning work we have done all year is both to ensure a smooth transition from founder leadership and to understand exactly the requirements we need in a new Executive Director. Our goal is to position CAMP Rehoboth with the talented leadership it needs to thrive in the years ahead—someone with impeccable non-profit executive experience, and a heart as big as Steve’s. For any organization, founder transitions can be difficult. We believe this process will give us the best chance for a smooth transition.

I did not want to rush into making major decisions in the months after Steve died, and I am grateful to the Board for allowing me the time to better know my own mind before moving forward. Much of this is still in the planning stages, so I don’t know just yet what my eventual role will be after we hire a new Executive Director. But I trust this process for guidance.▽ MY LESSON FROM THE PAST YEAR: EVEN IN GRIEF THERE IS STILL JOY TO BE FOUND. BY whatever faith it is celebrated, may this be a joyous and peaceful holiday season.▽

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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SpeakOut WE WILL NOT BE ERASED— CAMP Rehoboth Strongly Opposes Efforts to Discriminate against Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming People On October 21, the New York Times reported that, according to an unreleased memo they obtained, the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to create a legal definition of sex under Title IX, based solely on genitalia at birth.

The Times states, “…the new definition would essentially eradicate federal recognition of the estimated 1.4 million Americans who have opted to recognize themselves—surgically or otherwise—as a gender other than the one they were born into.”

“For far too long all LGBTQ people were forced to exist in the closet, hidden and invisible, discriminated against, powerless, and outcast,” says Murray Archibald, CAMP Rehoboth co-founder and Interim Executive Director. “We cannot stand by and quietly allow protections for our transgender family members to be erased.”

The Times memo reveal other attacks on the transgender community by the current administration: following orders to ban transgender troops from serving in the military, the revocation of guidance by the Departments of Education and Justice that transgender students are protected against discrimination in schools under Title IX, and the removal of an LGBTQ question in the census.

For almost 30 years, CAMP Rehoboth has worked to create an inclusive and welcoming community for all people.

“Our community has gotten stronger and closer by being inclusive and compassionate towards all people,” says Mark Purpura of Equality Delaware and CAMP Rehoboth, “not by being divisive and attempting to deny the existence of an entire group of people.”

CAMP Rehoboth will continue to advocate for all transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming Delawareans and their friends and families—and work to protect them at every level. ▼ Letters 4 NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Santa Claus (with a little help from Kenny Mahan) took a short vacation from the North Pole to visit Rehoboth Beach and pose for the cover of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. He joins the staff of CAMP Rehoboth to say “Happy Holidays—in whatever way they are celebrated (or not) in your home!”

HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING AND PARADES November 23 RB Tree Lighting at Rehoboth Bandstand November 24 Dewey Beach Tree Lighting at Fifer’s Market December 1 Lewes Christmas Parade; World AIDS Day Candlelight Walk December 4 RB Christmas Parade December 8 Milton Holly Fest and Holiday House Tour ▼

ACLU Kandler Awards Includes Steve Elkins On Wednesday, October 17, at the ACLU Delaware Courage and Vision: Champions of Liberty 33rd Annual Kandler Memorial Awards Dinner, honorees included: Steve Elkins (Co-founder and Executive Director of CAMP Rehoboth); Maria Matos (President/CEO of the Latin American Community Center; and Kevin O’Connell (Office of Defense Services).

In remarks while accepting Steve’s award, Murray Archibald closed with, “Steve’s final wish, I’m quite sure, would be that that all of us continue to create a more positive world and to build safe and inclusive communities for all people.” Photo: Kevin O’Connell, Maria Matos, Murray Archibald. ▼

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CAMP Rehoboth Block Party 2018

Rainbow Wedding Celebrations!

With over 100 vendors and an afternoon full of entertaiment, the fourth annual CAMP Rehoboth Baltimore Avenue Block Party was bigger than ever—providing one more good reason to visit Rehoboth Beach in the fall season.▼

Stacey Poore and Heather Volkomer were married on Saturday, October 13, in Georgetown, DE. They have a 17 year-old son, Jadon, and two dogs, Harrison and Cooper. Gene Harris and Tony Citrano were married in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday, October 20. Gary Seiden and Ah Bashir eloped in Washington, DC on Friday, November 2, with three close friends as witnesses. Barney served as ring bearer. ▼

CAMP Rehoboth Continues to Create a Strong Partnership with AARP CAMP Rehoboth and AARP, in a continuing effort to create a partnership that serves the LGBTQ community in Delaw are, hosted a happy hour event at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center on Friday, October 26. Photo: George Meldrum, Rebecca Villarreal, Sal Seeley, Carlos De Los Ramos, Wendall Alfred. ▼

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CAMP Matters

by Murray Archibald

Snapshot at Year’s End T

Last Christmas

Love and peace to all this holiday season—may every, every moment count.

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he light changes. Days grow shorter. Leaves crunch underfoot like crumpled calendar pages counting down the last days of 2018.

I almost laugh out loud at the thought of 2018. Not a “ha ha” laugh, but one big exclamatory sound that is all at once both ironic and gut-wrenching.

Illness, loss, grief; my memories of 2018 are painful. And precious—containing as they do the last time I held Steve in my arms, and the day I watched him take his last breath. That was March. In October, my mother died.

And yet, through it all, I have been lifted up by the love of family and friends and a community-wide strength unlike anything I ever experienced before. Steve’s loss as co-founder and long-time Executive Director of CAMP Rehoboth shifted the ground under our feet, challenging all of us in leadership and staff roles to focus, not on our grief, but on the work that needed to be done to ensure that the foundation Steve built was strong enough to weather the seismic disruption of his loss.

I am not the same man I was a year ago. CAMP Rehoboth is not the same organization. We are stronger, in some ways. More open to change. More focused on the future.

In the months since Steve passed away, CAMP Rehoboth has delved deeply into the work of a new strategic plan and an extensive staff analysis.

The final component of that plan will be a community-wide survey released in December of this year. The survey will be sent to everyone on the CAMP Rehoboth mailing list, posted on

Facebook, and made available on our website. (Please take time to respond and to share it with friends.)

Beyond the work of CAMP Rehoboth, I am discovering that I view the world around me from a different perspective.

I listen to music I never heard before— and rediscover songs and genres I have not thought about in decades. Familiar books and movies seem strangely new and meaningful.

Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play, Our Town, follows character Emily Webb through life, love, marriage, and her death. Despite warnings, she returns from the grave for one day to relive her joyous 12th birthday, an experience that becomes painful to her once she realizes that most people never appreciate life while alive. “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it…every, every minute? (she sighs) I'm ready to go back.

I should have listened to you. That's all human beings are! Just blind people.”

Yes, 2018 was tortuous and heartbreaking, but those last few months with Steve, difficult as they were, will always remind me to value every single moment we have with the people we love.

The modern world keeps us in motion—racing to keep up with the latest technology, juggling impossible schedules, bombarded by political outrage, uncertainties, and deep divisions that threaten to rip us apart as a nation. The world around us is impossibly bright, easily distracting us, and preventing us from making real connections with one another.

Connections we especially need right now.

Emboldened by the current political climate in our country, hate speech and the violence it inspires have become more visible in 2018. The antisemitism present in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is the latest example.

The Supreme Court now has a strong conservative majority.

The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human

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Services is seeking to create a legal definition of sex under Title IX, based solely on genitalia at birth.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the University of Connecticut have released the 2018 LGBTQ Youth Report and the news is troublesome. Seventy percent of LGBTQ youth report feeling depressed during the past week; more than 70 percent felt worthlessness and hopelessness in the past week; only 11 percent of youth of color believe their racial or ethnic group is seen positively in the US; over 50 percent of trans youth reported they can never use school restrooms that match their gender identity; only 26 percent of LGBTQ youth always feel safe in their classrooms; 67 percent report hearing negative comments about LGBTQ people from members of their families.

Clearly there still is work to be done.

Though the CAMP Rehoboth Strategic Plan is not complete, preliminary analysis of information gathered for it from community workshops, focus groups, and interviews reveals a strong awareness of CAMP Rehoboth’s efforts at building bridges and making connections with other organizations, as well as with government, law enforcement, and members of our own community.

It is apparent to us that CAMP Rehoboth is seen as a valuable asset for the community.

From the beginning, the concept behind the CAMP Rehoboth philosophy was a simple one: create positive attitudes about LGBTQ people by living open and honest lives with the people in our community. How we do that as we create a plan for the future is the exciting part of the ongoing conversation.

For me, 2018 began in desperate hope. It will end still in grief. I am grateful to have had work I am passionate about to keep me occupied in recent months, though I look forward to a time when I can find an artistic outlet to adequately express the intensity of emotions still rocking my heart and soul.

Just hours before I lost the ability to communicate with him for the last time, Steve managed to focus on me for a moment. “Did I die?” he whispered softly, confused by the lymphoma in his head and from the powerful, last ditch chemo treatment injected into his brain.

“No, not dead yet.”

He didn’t say anything else, but he had the funniest “cat that ate the canary” smile on his face and his eyes were wide open—like he was in on a secret, but couldn’t speak of it.

Somehow that look gave me hope, not that he was going to survive, but that he wasn’t afraid to die.

Love and peace to all this holiday season—may every, every moment count. ▼

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CAMP Out Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

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nce again, my wife and I saw no good reason to act our Whooosh! I was swept up, belly down, arms flailing, legs age. akimbo, in a complete spread-eagle. Unfortunately, my mouth, In celebration of Bonnie’s last birthday of her 60s, she as usual, was open, sending rivulets of spittle out and G-forced requested an iFLY experience at an indoor skydiving facility up into my helmet. And just like that, Batman let go and I was outside Baltimore. flying in a Category 5 tornado, heading for Oz, a flying monkey, I knew I’d be on the no-fly list since I’d sworn off jumping chin up, legs extended, shoulders back, arms in front of me like out of—or from—anything ever again, following my harrowing Superman, Wonder Woman, one of the Incredibles. zipline adventure.

Only I wasn’t thinking those things, I was thinking omigodBut as terrible luck would have it, the iFLY Adventure my heart-is-gonna-stop, whose-idea-was-this-get-me-downlaunches patrons from the bottom up, I’m-too-old-for-this. with 100 mile per hour wind power For what seemed like an eternity, lifting fliers up, up, and away. Gone the sustained winds suspended was my spectator-only excuse. me like a Boeing air bus, chin up, First we shed jewelry, eyeglasses, shoulders forward, eyes-watering, and inhibitions to suit up in bulky spit flying, and for one brief shining full-body superhero outfits, helmets, moment I think I actually liked it. goggles, and earplugs. Then we went When time was up, I catapulted to “flight school,” with our instructor out the door and staggered to a seat.

John, also dressed like Captain You could see the tracks of my tears.

Marvel. He coached us to respond to Tufts of my hair stuck up through the hand signals to straighten our legs, small holes in my helmet like a Venus make an X with our body or, heaven Flytrap. help us, relax.

Full disclosure, Bonnie gleefully The chin-up signal was deemed took flight twice more, once for her crucial. I’ve been told “chin-up” before, included second flight and then but if I didn’t obey, the worst that could another round for my included happen would be a photo of me with second flight. Why push my luck or a double chin in CAMPshots.In this rotator cuffs? case if I didn’t respond to the chin up Cheers to instructor John for And just like that, Batman let command, I could crash to the net keeping us afloat, safe, and feeling go and I was flying in a floor where the wind would give me a proud of ourselves. We asked if we complementary colonoscopy. were the oldest flyers he’d tutored Category 5 tornado, heading for Class dismissed, we waddled over and he said, “Hell, no. We’ve had to the three-story flying tube.

88-year-olds.” Glad we didn’t wait Oz, a flying monkey…

I watched Bonnie grip the doorway that long. to the wind chamber and get sucked Quite pleased with ourselves, we in, positioned face-down, held up at drove back to the beach, laughing, first by Spiderman, then flying free. I lip-read her “Holy crap!” high-fiving, and repeating our mantra: You don’t stop playing as she twirled and floated up and down, based on whether her because you get old, you get old because you stop playing. legs were out straight or slightly bent.

Superwomen, indeed.

I smiled, enjoying her five minutes of abject glee, forgetting The next morning I could hardly get out of bed. My hips for a nanosecond I was next. ached. I couldn’t turn my neck to the right. And I had trouble As she grabbed the doorway, ejecting herself from the tube, lifting my coffee to my mouth. It was an Advil kind of day. she said “That was so cool!”

I fly, but not like I used to. ▼ “Your turn!” yelled Captain America.

Bonnie and I exchanged glances, translated either “In case Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried & I die, I love you,” or “If I die, I’m blaming you.” I moved to grab Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. As a humorist, she’s touring with the doorway. her show Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. See www.fayjacobs.com Good luck to this skinny dude tasked with holding all of me up until I could catch the wind beneath my wings.

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To volunteer or to have the name of a family member or friend who has died from AIDS added to the list of names to be read at the service, call the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center 302-227-5620 or email worldaidsday@camprehoboth.com. For more information visit the CAMP Rehoboth Web site at camprehoboth.com.

Dec 1 - 7:00 PM Service of Remembrance and Hope—including the reading of the names at All Saints' Church, 18 Olive Avenue in Rehoboth Beach

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CAMP News World AIDS Day: December 1

GMCW Returns: January 26

World AIDS Day is December 1, and the occasion will again be observed in Rehoboth Beach with a Candlelight Walk and a Service of Remembrance and Hope, to include the reading of the names of friends and family members lost to the disease.

To have the name of a loved one added to the list of names to be read at the service, fill out the online form at camprehoboth.com or call 302-227-5620.

The Candlelight Walk begins at 6:15 p.m. with a pre-walk gathering and candle lighting at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. The walk begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Service of Remembrance and Hope at 7 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church on Olive Avenue. A light supper will be served following the service. ▼

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington (GMCW) returns to Rehoboth this January with their new cabaret show, The Best Worst Thing. For this new show, the chorus sings about every bad experience having a silver lining, with members of the GMCW cast revealing the best worst thing to ever happen to them through story and song. There will be music from the worlds of pop and Broadway. The intimate concert will feature soloists performing songs including "Someone Like You," "I'm Here," "I Never Do Anything Twice," (a hilarious number), “You’re Nothing Without Me,” "The Lady is a Tramp," and many more.

Tickets are already on sale for their January 26 performances at 4 and 8 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. This annual tradition is always a sell-out so it’s not too early to book your place at camprehoboth.com. ▼

Women’s FEST: April 11-14, 2019

Gallo Gives Foundation Donates to CAMPsafe As part of a pledge to support the community in which they live and work, the management, agents, and staff of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Gallo Realty have formed the Gallo Gives Foundation.

Among the foundation’s donations for the third quarter of 2018, $2,500 was donated in memory of CAMP Rehoboth’s co-founder and Executive Director, Steve Elkins.

The donated funds were specifically earmarked for CAMPsafe—part of CAMP Rehoboth’s Health and Wellness programming. CAMPsafe provides HIV education and outreach, and offers HIV testing and counseling at the CAMP Letters 12 NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Rehoboth Community Center and at five satellite testing facilities in Sussex County.

In addition to HIV testing, CAMP Rehoboth provides testing for sexually transmitted infections, sexual health counseling, outreach, and condom distribution. CAMP Rehoboth’s Health & Wellness Program Director Salvatore Seeley can be reached at salvatore@ camprehoboth.com, for more information about CAMPsafe.

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Straight Talk

by David Garrett

Hide and Seek “We, the undersigned businesses, stand with the millions of people in America who identify as transgender, gender nonbinary, or intersex, and call for all such people to be treated with the respect and dignity everyone deserves. We oppose any administrative and legislative efforts to erase transgender protections through reinterpretation of existing laws and regulations. We also fundamentally oppose any policy or regulation that violates the privacy rights of those that identify as transgender, gender non-binary, or intersex.”

The tremendous support shown by the business world in this newly-issued statement provides the impetus for others to express their opposition and outrage.

In addition to the responses shared in various media, there are heartfelt reactions showing the real danger of this policy, if enacted. The Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, Mara Keisling, stated, “This proposal is an attempt to put heartless restraints on the lives of two million people, effectively abandoning our right to equal access to health care, to housing, to education, or to fair treatment hus begins the brief, succinct statement issued and under the law. This administration is willing to disregard the signed by 56 major companies in the aftermath of recent established medical and legal view of our rights and ourselves threats by the federal administration to redefine gender. to solidify an archaic, dogmatic, and frightening view of the The new definition would “change federal civil-rights law to world.” include a definition of sex as ‘a person’s status as male or A Rally for Trans Existence and Resistance at Love Park in female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or Philadelphia was held in support of transgender, non-binary, before birth.’” and gender non-conforming individuals. Among the speakers The press release accompanying the statement noted, “The was Dr. Rachel Levine, who shared a powerful message. companies signing the statement as part of its launch repre“I am Rachel Levine; I am a parent; I am a doctor; I am a sent nearly 4.8 million employees, have a collective annual professor; I am Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth revenue of more than $2.4 trillion, and are drawn from a broad of Pennsylvania; and I am a transgender woman. I have range of industries including financial services, consumer an important message today for anyone who is trans and products, and technology. Additional corstruggling to live their truth openly: We porate signatories are expected to join the are here to support you, to help you, and The trans community will protect you. We will not relent because letter in the coming days.”

Hide and Seek is one of the standby we cannot put an entire generation at risk no longer run and hide. games of childhood. As one person closby denying them their rights.” es their eyes and counts, the rest of the Hide and seek. Whose eyes are closed They will rise. They will be group hides and attempts to avoid being now? Only those who seek to perpetuate seen. They will be heard. fear, hatred, and distrust. The trans discovered by the one who is “it.” This game is a throwback to earlier days, when community will no longer run and hide. members of the trans community wanted They will rise. They will be seen. They will to remain hidden, but the previous administration sought them be heard. Their voices are loud and clear, and this writer raises out to offer protection of their rights. his voice with theirs.

Today, the present administration is attempting to take The closing portion of the press release by those 56 their rights away. They close their eyes, and want the trans companies reads, “Transgender people are our beloved family community to disappear altogether. members and friends, and our valued team members. What The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), harms transgender people harms our companies. We call for which issued this government directive, is focusing on Title respect and transparency in policy-making, and for equality IX as its source for redefinition of gender. Title IX says that no under the law for transgender people.” person shall be excluded from participation in or be denied No more hiding. No more seeking. Our transgender friends benefits or be subjected to discrimination based on gender. are here to stay. As one of this writer’s friends stated, “The HHS said, “Sex means a person’s status as male or female freedom of this country is rooted in the choices we can make, based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before not the things we can force upon others.” ▼ birth. The sex listed on a person’s birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person’s sex unless David Garrett is a straight advocate for equality and inclusion. He is rebutted by reliable genetic evidence.” While the standard also the proud father of an adult transdaughter. Email David Garrrett at undocumented claim is that the new definition is grounded in dlgarrett4rb@gmail.com science, it will ultimately show itself to be science fiction.

This policy, if instituted, would have a tremendous impact on schools, athletics, businesses, and public life in general.

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15 Letters

Out & Proud

by Stefani Deoul

A Thanksgiving Request

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n April 9, at the Epworth United Methodist Church, a memorial service was held for Steve Elkins.

On October 26, at the Washington National Cathedral, Matthew Shepard was laid to rest.

“Gently rest in this place…”

Two shining lights are now dimmed, and I feel as though the circle they began, one through Steve’s life, and one from Matthew’s death, should now be closed.

The circle began thirty years ago on a cold, dark night on the south end of the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk, with a gay bashing so horrific it compelled then-Governor Tom Carper to add the words “sexual orientation” to Delaware’s hate-crimes law.

The circle widened twenty years ago, on a cold, dark night, in a remote area east of Laramie, Wyoming, with a killing so horrific that the federal law against bias crimes directed at LGBT people bears Shepard’s name.

“You are safe now…”

It felt as though Steve’s life was a beacon, cutting through the dark, transforming the worst hate by his (and Murray’s) dedication to Creating a More Positive Rehoboth.

It felt as though Matthew’s death was a beacon, cutting through the dark, witnessing the worst that hate could deliver and vowing his death would never be in vain.

And for a while, it seemed those beacons really lit our way.

After all, it was only a scant year and a half later, April 2000, when Vermont became the first state to legalize samesex civil unions.

Leaping forward three years, the US Supreme Court struck down the “homosexual conduct” law (Lawrence v. Texas), decriminalizing same-sex conduct and making way for May 17, 2004, the day the first legal US samesex marriage took place. Thank you, Massachusetts.

And locally, it is July 2, 2009, on Steve Elkin’s birthday, that Governor

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Jack Markell came to CAMP Rehoboth to sign a new Delaware antidiscrimination law, now revised to include ‘’sexual orientation.”

And the circle rounded, its light glowing far and wide.

September 2011. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed.

May 2012. President Barack Obama told ABC he supports the freedom for LGBT couples to marry. September 2012, the Democratic Party became the first major U.S. political party to publicly support same-sex marriage on a national platform. And on November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin punctuated an amazing year, becoming the first openly gay politician elected to the US Senate!

June 26, 2013. The United States v. Windsor. US Supreme Court struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, ruling that legally married same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits.

2015. The Military Equal Opportunity policy was adjusted to include gay and lesbian military members, and the Boy Scouts of America announced a resolution removing the national restriction on openly gay leaders and employees.

By now, we are basking in the glow.

2016. In May, the Senate confirms Eric Fanning as Secretary of the Army, making him the first openly gay secretary of a U.S. military branch.

And as June begins, President Obama designates the Stonewall Inn and surrounding area as the first national monument to LGBT rights, commemorating the 1969 uprising.

Before June ends, the Pentagon lifts the ban on transgender people serving openly in the U.S. military.

“And Matt, welcome home,” says Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest to be consecrated a bishop in the Episcopal Church.

If this were a Hollywood movie, the last piece of the circle would find the first piece, latch on and create a glow to emanate far and wide. Roll credits.

But sadly, it’s not a film.

And maybe we should have seen the darkness coming. It was 2016 when the US Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. But four judges took time to write their own, strongly worded dissents.

Since then, Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote an infamous memo to all federal prosecutors, saying that a 1964 federal civil rights law does not protect transgender workers from employment discrimination.

Now we have “transgender erasure” leading a long list of rollbacks and potential rollbacks, as though we are nothing more than items on sale at Walmart. There’s even a new Justice Department “religious liberty task force” to defend health workers who have religious objections to treating LGBT patients.

The shadows are growing, and we face the encroaching darkness with two of our guiding lights laid to rest.

In Judaism, there is a belief that when a soul departs from this world, it leaves behind a dark void. And we light a memorial candle so we might replenish this light.

So this Thanksgiving, please take a minute and light a candle. As both a thank you and a pledge. A pledge to continue to fight the darkness and to replenish the light that Steve Elkins and Matthew Shepard shined so very brightly.

Together we will grab their leads, point our lights towards equality, and close the circle for them, for us, and for those who will follow. ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery series, Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures, with On a LARP and Zero Sum Game.

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17 Letters

President’s View

by Chris Beagle

Reflections

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s 2018 draws to a close, I reflect on what will be remembered as an emotional and transitional year. I’m encouraged that we have weathered a challenging year that began with sadness and is ending with optimism.

In March, after losing our beloved co-founder, Steve Elkins, the staff, led by co-founder and Interim Executive Director Murray Archibald and the Board of Directors have worked together to establish a new normal, keeping the ship afloat in what could have been a very difficult period.

In a year that saw record numbers for Sundance, drew record crowds for both Women’s FEST in the spring and the Block Party in the fall, and increased membership by nearly 80 members (a 9% increase over 2017), we can all look back and know that Steve would be proud of us.

In October the Board held its annual retreat, a full-day typically used to review year-to-date activities, assess how we’re meeting goals, and plan for the upcoming year. This year’s retreat had a different focus: our strategic planning initiative.

Building on cumulative feedback from various focus groups, a staffing report, and the community discussion held in September, our consultant, Sheila Bravo, CEO and president of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA), led the majority of the retreat. We looked at all that we do and how we can keep doing it efficiently, plus revisited CAMP Rehoboth’s vision and mission.

We offered many points of view and shared ideas throughout the day. And we left feeling energized, focused, and with a roadmap for a plan to assure our successful future.

Discussions from the retreat will now be used by the long range planning team and DANA to create an extensive survey

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to get additional feedback from the broader community. These findings will weigh heavily in the overall planning effort and assist us in identifying a clear plan for the future.

Another thing undertaken by the board and staff this fall has been an evaluation of CAMP Rehoboth’s current business model. Once again, at the direction of DANA, this review allowed us to better understand the resources we need, our strengths as an organization, and how various program areas support our mission and financial sustainability.

Looking at the business side of our programs helps inform our strategic planning by identifying areas where profitability may need improvement and to consider programming priorities.

Next, we will shift our focus to establishing a timeline into 2019 for the executive transition, based on results from a comprehensive staffing analysis that was completed over the past few months by Sondra Arkin. With a timeline in place, a search committee will be named, as well as a transition team, to assist in making the overall process as smooth as possible.

This is an incredibly important phase for CAMP Rehoboth and, as I’ve said before, I am completely confident in the staff, the Board of Directors, and in all of you to collectively see this organization we care about so deeply head into our next chapter stronger than ever.

Happy Holidays to all and my heartfelt thanks for your support of CAMP Rehoboth. ▼ 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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Five Senses, Four Seasons, One Earth "The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value."

—THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1910

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e, as gardeners, landscapers, designers, and guests in the garden often talk about our love of nature in terms of our senses.

The quote above, by one of our former presidents, speaks to our understanding of sustainability. It struck me that he used the word “impaired” in describing our natural resources.

We perceive the physical world around us by our five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. At a recent conference, studies revealed the beneficial aspects of being close to or even just observing green spaces. A neuroscientist stated that a “dose” of green is equal to a dose of Ritalin when studying the effects on the brain.

Joy can be found in every nook and cranny of nature and the best part is that we can use our five senses to enjoy all of them throughout all four seasons.

The first three senses: sight, smell, and taste, are the most obvious.

As designers we choose specific plants based on their appearance, or fragrance, or for the food they produce.

For most of these plants, spring and summer showcase their best features.

I’m sure all of you have experienced the smell of the first cut lawn in spring, or the aroma just after an April shower.

We notice the first flowers to emerge, like the cherries and the redbuds, followed by the dogwoods. Summer moves in with roses, hydrangeas, lilies… the list goes on. Soon, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and pumpkins— among so many others—begin to fill our farmers’ markets. We enjoy this bounty until late summer and even into the beginning of autumn.

I always feel comforted by the aromas of fall, like the fallen leaves crushed under foot emitting a warm sugary smell or a burning camp fire.

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And of course, the color of the changing leaves from green to hues of red, orange, gold, and purple.

Our senses of touch and hearing are sometimes lesser known in nature, but they still are a vital attribute of the therapeutic garden. Have you ever walked along a path where a sweep of tall grasses lay to your side? And then you extend your arm over the tufts and run your hands a short distance? The feel of the feathery tops lightly brushing

A neuroscientist stated that a “dose” of green is equal to a dose of Ritalin when studying the effects on the brain. your palms can spark a memory for some, like when they were children playing outside carefree and happy. Or maybe the prick of a sharp leaf edge reminds you of decking the halls with boughs of holly around the holidays.

Hearing is a sense most often overlooked for enjoying nature. We are bombarded by noise pollution almost 24/7 and listening to the garden can be

impaired. The sounds of the seasons, to me, do not refer to Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, or Babs, although I will be baking cookies while listening to them.

Occasionally, I like to sit or stand for a moment during each season and just listen. Spring’s chirping birds, a passing storm booming thunder, and the pitter patter of raindrops.

In summer, I hear bees buzzing, lawns being mowed, children playing.

I can hear the cracking of ice as iced tea cascades over the cubes as I sit in the garden or the crashing of waves at North Beach.

Autumn really delivers with wind rustling through the trees and fallen leaves. I like stepping on them, too, reminding me of jumping into a pile of raked leaves when I was a youngster.

Sounds are a little louder, since there are no leaves on the trees to muffle them.

Winter arrives, and it all seems to slow down to a tortoise’s pace. If we are lucky, there will be snow. The white stuff may scare many, but I love it. It acts as a blanket, buffering all the noise.

When the snow is falling, just go outside and stand. Listen to the nothingness. It washes over you like fog rolling in from the bay.

As you can see, I enjoy using all my senses in the garden and anywhere in nature. It defines our places and creates memories for us to relive later in life.

This is also why we need to take care of this one planet we call Earth. For it to be sustainable, we need to protect our resources and make sure our future generations can see, smell, taste, feel, and listen to mother nature.

Have a joyful season and remember to share your bounty with friends and family all year long. Until next year, happy gardening! ▼ Eric W. Wahl, RLA is a landscape architect at Element Design Group and president of the Delaware Native Plant Society.

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CAMP Stories

by Rich Barnett

The Schmaltzy End-of-the-Year Column

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s many Letters readers know, I usually stay far, far away from sentimental feel-good topics in my columns. I don’t like OMG cute cat videos, and Nicholas Sparks is not a writer I admire. But as I pondered what to pen for this year’s final column and with the bitter mid-term election looming, I thought perhaps this might be the right time to offer up a message of thanks and gratitude. This column, therefore, will be one in which I share some random thoughts about what I am thankful for this year.

I’m thankful for the rear camera on my new car so I don’t hit a jogger or bicyclist when I back out of the Bin 66 wine store and make a break for it when I see an opening in the Route One traffic.

And speaking of Bin 66, I’m thankful they carry a full selection of rosé wine year round so I don’t feel like a freak drinking it in the winter. Of course, I use a larger wine glass to release more aroma and flavor, which is what you want in a wine during the cooler seasons.

I’m also thankful for Royal Farms fried chicken. I pray to Jesus every day the Farms store at the Rehoboth traffic circle stays open because the next closest place for fried chicken besides Royal Farms is the Chick-fil-a.

I’m thankful too, that I have the opportunity to eat pizza in the same parlor as George Costanza’s mother.

Yes, actress Estelle Harris’s photo graces the wall of Nicola Pizza. And, of course, I believe she came in, sat down, and ate a couple of slices. Don’t you?

I’m thankful Rehoboth permits shirtless waiters and bartenders. It wasn’t always that way. Until July of 1980 an ordinance was on the books making it illegal for men to appear bare chested west of the Boardwalk. I like a little sweat in my gin.

I’m thankful to all the good-looking fellas who wear a Speedo on Poodle Beach because sometimes one needs a diversion from those long New Yorker articles.

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I’m thankful bread is making a comeback, and I don’t mean the band.

No more smirks when I pick up a baguette at the market or butter up a roll at a restaurant table. Baby I’m a want you, baby I’m a eat you….

I’m thankful rye whiskey and independent bookstores are making a comeback too.

I’m thankful to Eugene Beals that I don’t have to eat tough, dried out turkey at Thanksgiving dinner. Beals was the genius who invented the plastic pop up turkey timer. Unfortunately, his timer popped back in 2005, but his legacy lives on.

I’m thankful Rehoboth permits shirtless waiters and bartenders. It wasn’t always that way. Until July of 1980 an ordinance was on the books making it illegal for men to appear bare chested west of the Boardwalk.

Nobody knows who invented the gravy boat, but I’m thankful to have one for my Thanksgiving table because there’s nothing sadder than cold mashed potatoes.

I’m thankful the green bean casserole has achieved camp status.

I’m thankful the Claxton fruitcake company is still in business.

I’m thankful the Georgia Bulldogs have a hot quarterback. Go Dawgs! And that they play in the SEC East.

I’m grateful to have a partner who will still accompany me to the Pond to watch the UVA-Virginia Tech football game even though the men in the orange and blue haven’t won since 2004. He says

he goes for the Manhattans and chicken wings, but I know better. Will this be the year?

I’m thankful for a real working fireplace and the opportunity to split my own wood.

I’m thankful for distilled white vinegar. It’s the only way I can control the mold and mildew in this maritime climate.

I’m thankful for all the pinecones that litter my back yard. The fact they cost $5 per bag in some fancy stores makes me laugh.

I’m thankful for good friends who make me laugh.

I’m thankful for James Brown Christmas songs because they make me laugh.

I’m thankful I’ve never voted Republican. Will someone remind me to put that on my gravestone?

And, last but not least, I’m grateful to the good folks at Letters from CAMP Rehoboth who have provided me the opportunity to write my columns and entertain readers for the past thirteen years. It’s been fun, and I’m looking forward to 2019. ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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25 Letters

It’s My Life

by Michael Thomas Ford

Happy Holidaze

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s that a…Christmas tree?”

The little boy dressed as a hockey player tries to look around me into the living room. I block him with the bowl of candy and drop a couple of chocolate bars into his open bag.

“Spooky Halloween,” I say as I shut the door in his face.

It is a Christmas tree. A 10-foot artificial Fraser fir covered from top to bottom in 2,500 lights, glass garlands, clip-on birds with feather tails, and approximately 500 ornaments. It took me five evenings to get it all put together. I did it while watching horror movies and the first few episodes of the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, because nothing says Christmas like family secrets and Satanic rituals.

In my defense, I needed the tree up before the Hallmark Christmas movies started airing, and this year that meant the weekend before Halloween. So really, it’s Hallmark’s fault. I mean, you can’t watch holiday movies without the tree being up. That would just be wrong.

This is not a new problem. For me, the holiday triumvirate of HalloweenThanksgiving-Christmas has always eclipsed all others. That they’re all crammed into the final nine weeks of the year is simply a regrettable scheduling issue.

Every year, it’s the same thing. As soon as pumpkin spice everything takes over the world, people start complaining that we’re rushing the holidays. And I get it. It’s weird to see Christmas displays alongside racks of trick-or-treat paraphernalia. The other day, as I was standing in line with bags of Halloween candy, the woman in front of me had piled the counter with tubes of wrapping paper, and I momentarily panicked that I was behind schedule already.

With the tree up, I feel better. And I kind of need that this year. It’s been a rough one. The other day, while looking through some photos, I found one of my mother, who was seated on the couch with four of the dogs. It was taken

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around this time last year. Then I realized that everyone in the photo is gone now.

It’s not just those losses. It’s everything happening in our country. I feel as if I’ve been living in the center of a rage and depression spiral for months.

Which brings us back to the Hallmark movies. There are 37 new ones this year, and I am going to watch every single one of them. Not only that, but I’m writing about them on my blog, Hallmark Unwrapped (www.hallmarkunwrapped. com). This is something I started doing last year, when I watched the movies to help alleviate the stress of taking care of my mother as she died from Alzheimer’s.

Much to my surprise, other people enjoyed what I wrote about the movies, and so I’m doing it again.

…it’s impossible to stay depressed because at any moment you might be swept off your feet by a handsome Christmas tree farmer or the innkeeper who runs the quaint B&B you get snowed in at.

This year I don’t have my mother’s illness to worry about. But there are other things. So many things. And the perfect remedy for them is the world inhabited by the characters who populate Hallmark holiday movies.

There, even the biggest problems are solved by wrapping a cute scarf around your neck and baking cookies, and it’s impossible to stay depressed because at any moment you might be swept off your feet by a handsome Christmas tree farmer or the innkeeper who runs the quaint B&B you get snowed in at.

Yes, it’s all completely ridiculous, but

life already feels ridiculous, and not in a good way, so I figure I might as well combat reality with its opposite.

I almost didn’t put the tree up. I almost didn’t watch the first Hallmark movie of the holiday season. Frankly, given the very real problems we’re facing as a world, it all seemed a little silly and self-indulgent. But my sister convinced me to drag the boxes out of the attic and get started, and once I began hanging ornaments on the branches, I felt a little better. All of those problems are still there, but when I sit in the living room in the evenings with the lights of the tree twinkling, the world feels the tiniest bit less horrible.

The holiday season is a tough one for a lot of people, especially if you feel you have nowhere to belong and no one to celebrate with. And this year, a lot of us are more worn out than usual.

As we head into the end-of-the-year madness, be kind to one another, and to yourselves. Whatever holidays you celebrate, think about including people who might not feel very included right now. And if you’re one of those people, do what you need to, to make it through.

Put up a tree. Guzzle eggnog. Or come on over to my place and watch Hallmark movies. There’s room on the couch. ▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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ThanksLiving November 18, 2018 Dr. Will Tuttle - 5 PM at CAMP Rehoboth Dinner at a(MUSE.) before or after Dr. Tuttle is a visionary speaker, educator, author, and musician.

His writings, music, and presentations focus on compassion, creativity, intuition, and the intersection of social justice, animal liberation, and environmental, health, spiritual, and peace issues.

Tickets $35 VegRehoboth.org

If alcohol and drugs impair your judgment, don’t leave things to chance. Have all of your safety nets in place. If you aren’t prepared, don’t take the risk. Go it alone or try something non-penetrating — it can feel just as fine. “Just this once” can change your life forever. Tune in to Health.

Sponsored by CAMPsafe. © 2006 CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. Photography by Judy Rolfe. For more information, call CAMP Rehoboth at 302-227-5620, the Delaware HIV/STD Hotline at 1-800-422-0429 or the CDC National AIDS Hotline (English) 1-800-CDC-INFO. Funding provided through a contract with Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Public Health. CAMPsafe is a program of CAMP Rehoboth.

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Celebrating our

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Seasons of Love

Guest Host

F eb 15-16, 2019 • 7 pm F eb 17, 2019 • 3pm

LIANE HANSEN

Epworth United Methodist Church Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

A pr 28, 2019 • 3pm

Sussex Academy • Georgetown, Delaware

DOUG YETTER Musical & Artistic Director DAV I D Z I PS E Collaborative Artist & Accompanist

CAMP Rehoboth Chorus is 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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AMP Rehoboth offers many programs, support groups, and entertaining activities to promote wellness. In addition to some of the offerings listed here, there are also AA meetings, HIV testing services (here and at satellite locations) and more.

Below are some of the things on tap over the next three months and an introduction to the people who facilitate these activities. These programs fulfill a vital part of CAMP Rehoboth’s core mission and are open to everyone.

Coping with the Holidays The holidays can be a time of stress for everyone, with many people experiencing feelings of anxiety or depression. CAMP Rehoboth will run a six-week group for people seeking better ways to cope with grief and loss during the holidays.

The group will meet Thursdays, November 29, 2018 through January 3, 2019, from 6-7 p.m.

The group has been led for the past two years by Harry Hiltner, MAMS, of Bayada Hospice and is open to all.

Harry, who has been a hospice chaplain for the past 12 years, is currently serving as the Spiritual Care and Bereavement Coordinator for Bayada Hospice.

Check the CAMP calendar on the website for daily listings of all programs and services.

Broga CAMP Rehoboth’s newest group formed in the summer of 2018. Broga is a yoga class geared for men of all shapes and sizes and where it’s okay if you can’t touch your toes. Broga meets twice a month on Saturday mornings at the community center.

The mission of these classes is to offer men real tools for coping with daily stresses and demands through an accessible yoga-based fitness program taught from a man’s point of view.

Broga is for every “body,” from the beginner yogi to the professional athlete. Ken Yazge, owner/founder of Fitness Generation in Bethesda, MD, is the instructor. Ken is an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer and ACE Certified Health Coach.

FREE HIV TESTING

Whenever you need it.

CAMP Rehoboth offers FREE HIV rapid testing at multiple sites in Sussex County. If you would like testing at one of our sites or if you’re looking for testing early morning or evening hours, contact Salvatore Seeley at CAMP Rehoboth (302-227-5620) to make an appointment.

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Alzheimer's Caregivers Support and Discussion Group Going strong for three years, the Alzheimer's caregivers support group is a place for community members who are caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or a related disorder to gather for mutual support and sharing of information on Wednesday evenings.

The group is facilitated by an Alzheimer's specialist, Ruth Pryor, who is a retired geriatric social worker.

Ruth, who has a master's degree in gerontology, lost her mother to AD in 2005. Ruth’s goal is to help caregivers understand and cope with the journey by providing emotional support as well as knowledge about the disease progression and resources available.

Ruth has been with the Alzheimer's Association since 2009 and is part of their speakers bureau.

Monthly Grief Group There is a notion that people should be able to ‘just get over’ their grief, when the reality is that grief is a complicated process for most everyone and the only path forward is by going through it. These one-hour sessions provide a safe and healing place for those struggling with grief.

Among other things, the group offers people who are grieving the opportunity to be with others who also are on the grief journey.

Attendees are likely to meet people who are genuinely understanding and sympathetic.

Kevin J. Bliss, leader of the group, is trained and certified as an End-of-Life Coach by Coaching at the End of Life.

Coaching is an ideal methodology for working with those who are grieving, as it is designed to meet people exactly where they are on their journey and assist them in finding their own path forward.

Salvatore Seeley, Health & Wellness Program Director

Maryann is a retired middle school teacher who relocated to the Lewes area in 2011. She attended classes for Tai Chi for Health with well-known instructor Susan Hamadock and discovered a health and wellness program that fit her lifestyle.

Tara Sheldon Parents’ Group of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children Since 2016, this parents’ group has been providing networking opportunities for families going through similar experiences while raising a transgender or gender nonconforming child.

Meeting the last Tuesday of the month, the goal of the group is to provide parents a safe space where they can discuss what issues are important to them. There is the opportunity to raise questions, share resources, network, and listen to the experiences of other parents whose children are gender diverse. Issues explored have included school, legal matters, privacy, siblings, extended family, and medical issues. Tara Sheldon and Salvatore Seeley facilitate this group.

Tai Chi Going into its second year, the Tai Chi program runs from September to May on Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. Silvia and Maryann are the instructors and are both certified in the Yang Style 24 Form and Level 1 Qigong through the Silver Lotus Training Institute.

Silvia's love for Tai Chi started with a few play sessions and has become her passion. She is continuing her studies and wants to spread the benefits of well-being of body and mind through Qigong/Tai Chi for Health.

CAMP Families Running eight years strong, CAMP Families is a social networking group for LGBTQ families. The group meets on the 3rd Friday of the month for Parent's Night Out at the YMCA. Parents drop off the kids for hours of fun while they have a date night or enjoy socializing with other parents over dinner. Planning is underway for CAMP Families Pride weekend, tentatively scheduled for the last weekend in June 2019.

CAMP Families is organized by Tara Sheldon, mama to Em, who is 10 years old and is in 5th grade. Follow CAMP Families on MeetUp.org for ongoing events. Suggestions are welcome and encouraged.

CAMP Rehoboth Men's Group This is CAMP Rehoboth’s longest running group, meeting every other Wednesday at 7 p.m. Since 2004 it has served as a place for gay and bisexual men to network and discuss important issues. Group members support one another, helping to promote a healthier environment for all gay men. Salvatore Seeley, CAMP Rehoboth Health and Wellness Program Director, has been running this group from the start.

Women's Coffee Talk Coffee Talk is a positive-topic group for women that has been meeting at CAMP Rehoboth for the past four years. The group offers women a place to come together in a positive, non-judgmental atmosphere to share perspectives on a topic. It’s a great place to make new friends and become part of a community. Everyone is welcome for Coffee Talk, which takes

place the first and third Saturday each month at 10 a.m. at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.

Facilitator and creator of this group, Mary Brett, calls herself is a freethinking authentic artist of life. She has been giving her gifts back to the community for over eight years.

Navigating The Male Experience: A Transman Discussion and Support Group This is a new discussion and networking group for transgender men on Thursday evenings. The group facilitators bring topics of discussion while leaving plenty of space for group members to steer the conversation where they would like it to go. This group also serves as a social gathering space and casual social interaction is integrated with more structured discussion. This will be a monthly group facilitated by Marc Messner.

Silver Pride Meeting monthly since 2016, this group is for all community members aged 50+. Members gather for a “lunch and learn” at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Discussion and socializing bring community members together for a relaxing afternoon. The group meets the last Wednesday of the month. Salvatore Seeley of CAMP Rehoboth facilitates this group. ▼

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CAMP Rehoboth Membership 2018 PURPLE LEVEL Sondra N. Arkin* Aaron, Heather, Gia & Joe Book* Karen Brause & Kim Sheaffer Carol Bresler & Carolyn Billinghurst* Tony Burns* Edward Joseph Chrzanowski & Talmage Wesley Sykes Skip Dye & Steven King* Randy Gross Window Treatments* Diane Huber Allen Jarmon & Ward Ellinger* James W. Johnson & Matthew H. Shepard* Christine Lay* Diane & Chris Martin* Richard Morgante & Edward McHale* Beth Pile & S.A. White* Mark Purpura* Jennifer Rubenstein & Diane Scobey* Evie Simmons & Barb Thompson* Leonard Smith* The Robert V. Hauff & John F. Dreeland Foundation Jennifer Walker & Mary Ann Veitch Renee & Steven Wright DMD PA*

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he Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) provides free legal services in civil (non-criminal) matters to residents throughout Delaware. Committed to securing equal access to justice for Delawareans regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, CLASI offers advice and counsel, negotiation, representation in administrative hearings, advocacy with government agencies, court hearings, and community legal education programs to underserved populations. The problems handled by CLASI, through its offices in Georgetown, Dover, and Wilmington include: The Fair Housing Program (FHP) assists Delawareans whose rights have been violated under federal and state fair housing laws and in matters including eviction, unsafe housing conditions, code violations, and tenants’ rights in public and subsidized housing.

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The Disabilities Law Program (DLP) is Delaware’s protection and advocacy system and serves people with physical and mental disabilities by providing assistance in securing their rights to appropriate treatment, access and accommodation, government benefits, special education services, and other rights related to their disabilities.

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View Point

by Richard J. Rosendall

The Real Horror Story Behind Boy Erased

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nationwide policy is needed against the quackery of conversion therapy.

America was born in an age of reason. But unlike Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, the forces of unreason never surrendered. Now, as before, knownothingism and quackery have emerged from freedom’s dark corners to rear their heads against our enlightenment values.

Instead of leeches, we have a fearmongering, division-stoking president whose fancied “instinct for science” supplants real science. For lesbians and gays, instead of snake oil, we have socalled conversion therapy.

Garrard Conley’s parents bought that false cure from their minister because they were taught that homosexuality was scary and sinful, and wanted to help their son. Instead, he was subjected to practices that watchdog organization Just the Facts Coalition says can cause “depression, anxiety, and self-destructive behavior.”

Conley’s book on his experiences, Boy Erased, is now a film by Joel Edgerton starring Lucas Hedges as the boy and Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe as his parents.

Inspired by Conley’s story, the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC (MSDC, of which I am secretary) has released a white paper, “The Pernicious Myth of Conversion Therapy: How Love in Action Perpetrated a Fraud on America.” Prepared by a team of attorneys at McDermott Will & Emery, it marshals a wealth of archival evidence to show how pseudoscience, fueled by animus, was used to bestow respectability on anti-gay abuse.

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in southeast DC was established by an Act of Congress in 1855. As described in a May 2018 article in Washington City Paper about MSDC’s research, after World War II the hospital was the “headwater of pseudoscientific theories about LGBTQ people, which combined the psychoanalytic teachings of Sigmund Freud with American homophobia.”

This was during the “Lavender Scare”

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period in US history, when President Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450. It declared homosexuals a threat to national security and unfit for federal employment, thus implementing FBI director J. Edgar Hoover’s Sex Deviate program.

St. Elizabeth’s “coercive federal psychiatry,” as MSDC President Charles Francis calls it, included electroshock treatments, transorbital lobotomies, and aversion therapy. One uncovered story among many is that of Thomas H. Tattersall, committed to St. Elizabeth’s from 1955 to 1960. He was subjected to insulin shock therapy, “a barbaric series of massive injections of insulin to induce comas over weeks.”

The late Frank Kameny, founder of the original MSDC, played a key role in persuading the American Psychiatric Association to declassify homosexuality as a disorder in 1973. I believe he would be thrilled by the archival rescue work of Charles Francis and MSDC director, along with that of officer Pate Felts.

He was subjected to insulin shock therapy, “a barbaric series of massive injections of insulin to induce comas over weeks.”

More recently, “ex-gay” charlatanry was recast as religious ministry, which is how a group called Love In Action (LIA) got hold of young Garrard Conley LIA’s “cure” consisted of cherrypicked Bible passages, fire and brimstone prayer sessions, and twelvestep programs premised on sexual brokenness. Assisted by Alliance Defense Fund (ADF, now called Alliance Defending Freedom), LIA fought regulatory efforts by Tennessee authorities concerned that it was conducting therapy without a license.

With LIA (renamed Restoration Path in 2012) baselessly treating same-sex love as an addiction, and with ADF defending conversion therapy as a matter of parental rights, several states banned its use on minors. DC’s ban became law in 2015. It is also banned in Delaware.

The increasing resort to “religious freedom” as a back door to mistreatment, including the anti-gay and anti-trans Nashville Statement signed in 2017 by evangelical leaders, shows the need for a nationwide policy against these cruel practices.

The use of bogus science to buttress bigotry continues with the Trump administration’s proposed Title IX change, which would ignore gender science and define transgender people out of existence by assigning gender according to external genitalia as recorded on original birth certificates.

Trans people who have obtained a revised birth certificate and REAL identification documents reflecting their true gender identity could face invalidation of their IDs and passports.

If Lyndon Johnson brought the Great Society, Donald Trump has brought the Great Erasure, where science is dismissed and journalism is discredited in favor of propaganda serving the Glorious Leader.

Pathologizing gay and trans people does not make it so, any more than denying climate change will keep sea levels from rising. We fight erasure, as MSDC and McDermott are doing, by telling our stories and preserving our history—forcing those who would launch a post-factual age to confront the fact of us. ▼ Richard J. Rosendall is a writer and activist who can be reached at rrosendall@me.com.

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Intentionally Inclusive

by Wesley Combs

Making New Year’s Resolutions Count

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vents in the last month have reminded us that despite countless efforts to create environments that are welcoming of everyone, there is still much work to be done. Instead of celebrating diversity, we witnessed an all-out offensive on those who were different, with devastating consequences. Jews in Pittsburgh came under attack because of their religion. Transgender Americans risk losing legal protections by a threat of the president to rollback rights. And anti-immigrant and anti-migrant rhetoric is used by candidates running for office as a way to garner support.

So instead of focusing this last column of 2018 on what appears to be a lack of progress, I decided to take a different approach and look on the bright side— something my good friends would not expect me to do.

Even though the country seems more divided than ever, I want to shine a light on what everyday citizens are doing to bring people together, when it could have been just as easy to throw in the towel. In doing so, I offer you my twist on New Year’s resolutions in hopes that one of these three examples will serve as an inspiration to build bridges in your own life.

Intentionally stop and ask someone you barely know at your workplace how their weekend was.

Ever been in an elevator with the head of your organization and have them say hello to you by name? It happened to me when I was working at Accenture, and I remember feeling a real sense of belonging since I was one of 6,000 employees in the DC office.

That’s exactly how a Nashville elementary school custodian, Mr. Patton, felt when all of the faculty and students recently honored him, not only because of his outstanding work but also because of his kindness to others every day. His decision to engage with everyone instead of keeping to himself made him a role model, showing that regardless of our differences we all deserve be treated with respect.

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Intentionally do something that helps find common ground with those of opposing views.

Being Jewish, I understand what it’s like for someone to hate you because of your religious beliefs. That’s exactly how Eboo Patel felt growing up in Chicago. As a Muslim born in India, he experienced taunts and discrimination because of what people assumed about his background.

It led him to study why religion caused so much violence around the world, and he determined that creating human connections could help transcend differences of race and culture.

So in 1998 he founded Interfaith Youth Corp (IFYC) which works towards an America where people of different faiths, worldviews, and traditions can find common values to build a shared life together. As noted on its website (ifyc. org/about), “IFYC partners with American colleges and universities, because campus is where educators and students engage the complex ideas that will shape our country’s future.”

Intentionally share a cup of coffee or a meal with someone different than you.

When I was five years old and my oldest brother, Steve, was entering 11th grade, we moved from Cleveland to

That’s exactly how Eboo Patel felt growing up in Chicago. As a Muslim born in India, he experienced taunts and discrimination because of what people assumed about his background.

Philadelphia. Research has shown that students who relocate are more likely to feel isolated, which can lead to negative outcomes such as abusing drugs and attempting suicide.

That feeling of isolation is why Haitian immigrant Denis Estimon, at a high school in Boca Raton, FL, started a club with friends called "We Dine Together." Their mission was simple: to make sure no one spends time at lunch eating alone, something Denis experienced when he came to the United States. Club members like Jean Max Meradieu, who was on the football team, said he got to know so many different types of people by participating. By investing time to learn about someone else’s life experiences, you enrich both of your lives.

Don’t just take my word for it. I encourage you to see for yourself how these people are changing hearts and minds, by going online and searching for the videos that bring these stories to life in heartwarming and hopeful ways.

For my part, in 2005, I decided to become a Career Mentor with The Posse Foundation, an organization that is helping to identify and train the leaders of tomorrow who reflect the true diversity of our nation. Had I not intentionally spent time with students who came from households very different than my own, I never would have learned that we had far more in common than I thought. We shared a common desire to be accepted and treated fairly at school and at work.

I am constantly amazed to see how even small ripples can become waves of change. As trite as it may sound, by working together I know we can and will make a difference. Our communities are counting on it. ▼ Wesley Combs is a diversity and inclusion expert and a passionate social justice advocate.

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CAMP Volunteer Spotlight

by Monica Parr

Diane Mead and Dotti Outland

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iane Mead, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attended the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, and Pennsylvania State University, studying Computer Science.

In 1976, she started at Prudential Insurance, working a multitude of IT jobs and rising to Senior Project Manager before retiring in 2008 after 32 years.

As for Dottie Outland, before moving to Delaware, she grew up in the Philly suburbs, always knowing she was gay but not knowing others like herself. When Dotti began her career at Prudential, she met other lesbians through the company bowling and softball teams. During a 46year career there and at United Healthcare, Dotti worked a number of jobs, ending her career in Regulatory Affairs.

Diane and Dotti got together in 1984 when Prudential sent Dotti to Milwaukee for training and they’ve been partners ever since. For Diane, it was love at first sight. So much so, that she followed Dotti back to Pennsylvania to start a life together.

In addition to volunteering for CAMP Rehoboth, they also volunteer for Epworth United Methodist Church in the Soup Kitchen and Food Rescue, CHEER in Milton, and the Immanuel Homeless Shelter.

organized so flawlessly—and one that is so inclusive and successful. Second is Women’s FEST.

When did you start volunteering at CAMP Rehoboth and for which activities?

Favorite beach season?

It was 2014 with Women’s FEST, Sundance, the Block Party, AIDS Walk, art shows, and CROP (CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program) for the Delaware Food Bank, Therapeutic Riding group, Winterfest, ISOP (International Student Outreach Program) meals, and Immanuel Homeless Shelter.

That’s a lot! What’s your favorite event?

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What’s your best memory volunteering?

Dotti: Volunteering for a CROP event at the Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding center. We worked in the petting zoo with miniature horses and goats. I grew up with goats as pets so I felt at home. Sharing my love for animals with the kids was heartwarming. At CROP we are not only volunteers but ambassadors for CAMP Rehoboth, showing some of the good work done by the LGBTQ community.

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

Diane: My mom was my most important mentor. She was heavily involved in service work in Al-Anon, working selflessly to help others for many years. I knew I needed to step up and volunteer my services, paying back for the wonderful life I have been given.

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

Diane: That everything is going to be ok.

We love fall. The weather is gorgeous.

The tourists have headed home. Parking meters are gone and Tai Chi starts up at CAMP Rehoboth.

LGBTQ hero?

Our LGBTQ heroes would have to be Steve and Murray. What they accomplished at CAMP Rehoboth and in the community is well known.

Additionally, they had so much to do with our church, Epworth UMC, being so inclusive for LGBTQ individuals. We would also like to mention our volunteer hero, Reber Whitner, and his goal of

“no one should go hungry in Sussex County.”

The LGBTQ community has made significant progress in the fight for equality. Did you expect to see this in your lifetime?

Diane: I was raised by a mother who taught me to treat everyone equally.

When I came out to her at age 18 that was how she treated me. It was 1975 and I became involved in the fight for gay rights and never looked back. I haven’t spent much time pondering the extent of change I saw in my lifetime. It’s always been a very slow and deliberate process. What I have noticed is how quickly change has occurred in recent years. In part it may be due to social media. We, as activists, are all brought together so easily now. Also, since the dissemination of information occurs so quickly, we are now more educated about what specifically needs to be done to influence change. These tools facilitate action. Although we elders should never give up our involvement in support of gay rights, I think in a way we have passed the baton to a younger generation comfortable with these tools.

Dotti: I feel we have made great strides.

And accurate coverage of gays in TV, movies, and the press have also helped us progress towards equal rights.

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

Diane: There is definitely concern about losing ground since President Trump’s “base” has proven to be more powerful than expected.

Dotti: I agree. We voted like our lives depended on it.

What advice would you give to the younger LGBTQ community?

Diane: Above all things be true to yourself.

Dotti: Be vigilant and get involved in gay rights. Don’t take your rights and freedoms for granted. They can be taken away quickly.

Name three events that have shaped your life.

Diane: Meeting Dotti, moving from the Midwest to the east coast, and choosing my career.

Dotti: Meeting Diane, choosing my career, and moving to Rehoboth.

What are you most thankful for?

We are both thankful for CAMP Rehoboth and Epworth, living here, and our dogs.

Diane and Dotti, thank you for the being a part of the CAMP Rehoboth volunteer family. We appreciate everything you do and look forward to working soon. ▼ Project1_Layout 1 4/1/2018 4:49with PM you Pageagain 1

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to all the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Volunteers for the period: October 12 – November 11 COMMUNITY CENTER Sondra Arkin David Carder Max Dick Ann Evans Corky Fitzpatrick Kathy Fitzpatrick Nancy Hewish Maggie Kilroy Jack Morrison Natalie Moss Sandra Skidmore Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles CAMP MAINTENANCE Eric Korpon ARTIST RECEPTION Leslie Sinclair Patricia Stiles Debbie Woods

Your volunteer efforts benefit you and others.

Find out about opportunities with CAMP Rehoboth and other area non-profits today. Call 302-227-5620 for more information.

CAMP BLOCK PARTY Murray Archibald Carla Avery Chris Beagle Tim Bean Sherry Berman Lorraine Biros Cathin BIshop Jane Blue Deborah Bosick Andy Brangenberg Carol Brice Jim Chupella Dottie Cirelli Paul Cline Shelley Couch Kay Cummings Linda Dean Linda DeFeo Mike DeFlavia Karen DeSantis Max Dick Eric Engelhart Michael Fetchko Keven Fitzsimmons Lisa Flowers

David Garrett Tony Ghigi Fran Grote Rich Grote Ken Haag Marie Haag Whitney Herring Nancy Hewish Muriel Hogan Steve Hoult Fay Jacobs Ernie Johnson Jana Kamminga Myrna Kelley Kathy McGuiness Jeff McGuire Ellen McKeon Valerie McNickol Jim Mease Anne Morillon Jack Morrison Niki Nicholson Rina Pellegrini Keith Petrack Mark Pipkin Mark Purpura Bonnie Quesenberry Lisa Rabigi Ken Reilly Mike Safina Carol Scileppi Laura Simon Leslie Sinclair Sandra Skidmore Tony Sowers Jeff Stroud Bea Vuocolo Louisa Watrel Donna Whiteside Jim Wigand Stephanie Wingert Kathy Wiz Debbie Woods Larry Zeigler John Zingo Karl Zoric

CROP AT BOTANIC GARDENS Ketty Bennett Cathy Brown Deb Dobransky Pete Drake Mark Finkelstein Shelly Murray Leslie Sinclair Eddie Williams Debbie Woods Michael Zeik GHOSTS OF DELAWARE Carla Avery Stephanie Wingert GRANTS COMMITTEE Kate Cauley Liz Coit Kay Cummings Rebecca Moscoso Pat Newcomb Lois Powell Leslie Sinclair LETTERS MAILING TEAM Andy Brangenberg David Carder David Hagelin Nancy Hewish Grant Kingswell Vickie Martina Fran Sneider Russell Stiles Linda Yingst

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Jane Blue Ann Evans Rich Grote Pat Newcomb Glen Pruitt Debbie Woods

MERCHANT OF VENICE Max Dick Muriel Hogan Kathy Wiz

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Chris Bowers Carol Brice Linda DeFeo Karen DeSantis Ward Ellinger Monica Fleischmann Carolyn Ortwein Kim Schilpp Diane Scobey Ed Shockley Frank Shockley Theresa Shockley Barb Thompson Jeffrey Trunzo Evie Simmons Elva Weininger VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Dusty Abshire Pat Catanzariti Donna Dolce Jaye Laszcynski Michael Safina Leslie Sinclair Angie Strano VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY MEETING Murray Archibald Diane Mead Dotti Outland WOMEN’S FEST COMMITTEE Dottie Cirelli Fay Jacobs Nancy Hewish Pam Kozey Margie Moore Rebecca Moscoso Gail Tannenbaum Kathy Wiz

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CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP): A Year In Review

by Debbie Woods

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n the spirit of this season of giving thanks, we are grateful CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP) teams were able to benefit many organizations and individuals this year. And we received many expressions of thanks in return. So many volunteers made another banner year possible as CROP makes a difference in Rehoboth and beyond.

In February, festively-dressed CROP teams came together to usher at the three CAMP Rehoboth Chorus concerts. The teams shattered previous records collecting donations for the chorus's Music & Memory program, which is near and dear to their hearts. Later that month, 30 people attended the CROP open house to hear about CROP’s history and evolution, 2017 highlights, and upcoming projects.

CROP Founder Claire Ippolitti shared her vision for the fledgling Volunteer on Vacation program that later became CROP. In March, CROP prepared and served a meal at the Immanuel Shelter, garnering rave reviews from the diners.

April’s CROP project, in conjunction with Women’s FEST, saw volunteers head to Milton and Ellendale to put the final touches on landscapes at two recently-completed Habitat for Humanity properties. And two days later, CROP turned out to help at the uplifting Broadwalk on the Boardwalk to fight cancer.

In June, for the 8th consecutive year, CROP participated with other volunteers in National Trails Day at Cape Henlopen State Park. Many children took part and learned the importance of good stewardship regarding the environment and the park we love so much. One week later, CROP turned out at VegFest to support healthy, sustainable, and compassionate living.

The new Delaware Botanic Gardens (DBG) in Dagsboro saw CROP volunteers assist with its mission of developing a world-class, inspirational, educational, and sustainable cultural

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destination—a public botanic garden in southern Delaware. Ten days later, it was off to Milford and the Food Bank of Delaware to shuck a lot of corn and help the Food Bank in its mission of providing nutritious foods to Delawareans in need.

The International Student Outreach Program helps to provide international students working in our area with a safe environment by offering free meals. In August, a CROP team joined Epworth United Methodist Church volunteers in serving their weekly dinner and distributing reclaimed food. A highlight was the chance to interact with students from many countries.

In October it was back to the Botanic Gardens. Weather prevented us from doing much gardening, but we learned about their progress and had a personal tour of the meadow and woodland.

In November it was time for the movies and cultural enrichment! CROP helped at the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival by supporting the film showings at the Cape Henlopen High School venue. Later, just in time for Thanksgiving, a CROP team returned to the Food Bank of Delaware to help assure no one in the state one goes hungry this holiday season.

Next year will mark 10 years of service for CROP. Come join us in 2019 as we celebrate this milestone and continue one of CAMP Rehoboth’s most important missions—outreach to the greater community! Email crop@camprehoboth.com to be kept informed. ▼ Debbie Woods is an active volunteer with CAMP Rehoboth and also serves on the Membership Committee. She has lived full time in Rehoboth since 2009, when she retired after a long career in the Federal Government.

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Experience

Susan Sokowski

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington returns to the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center for the seventh time— this time with their new show The Best Worst Thing! Never seen the Gay Men’s Chorus?

Don’t miss this performance!

Every year the audience is mesmerized by their talent.

Seating is limited and both of the shows will sell out. So get your tickets now!

Every bad experience has a silver lining.

In The Best Worst Thing, members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC’s cabaret cast reveal the best worst thing to ever happen to them through story and song featuring music from the worlds of pop and Broadway. Join us for an intimate evening of soloists performing songs “Someone Like You,” “I’m Here”, “I Never Do Anything Twice”, “You’re Nothing Without Me”, “The Lady is a Tramp” and many more.

FOR TICKETS camprehoboth.com or call 302-227-5620

Saturday, January 26, 2019 Afternoon Show: 4:00 p.m.

Evening Show: 8:00 p.m. $25.00 per ticket Both shows will be held at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center 37 Baltimore Avenue

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Accent On Travel Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center Back Porch Café Bad Hair Day? Beach Essentials Big Fish Catering Bradley Fine, Four Seasons Investment Management Canalside Inn Carolyn Watson Photography Community Pride Financial Advisors County Bank Doggies at The Beach Dos Locos Fajita & Stonegrill Restaurant DryZone Elegant Slumming Fine Jewelry & Home Fuqua, Willard, Stevens, & Schab P.A. Attorneys at Law General Dentistry Steven Wright, DMD. & Bruce Wright, DDS Harold Marmon, Coldwell Banker, RENTALS Jenn Harpel, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Karen Gustafson Long & Foster Realty Kevin J Bliss, Coaching for Personal/Professional Development Lana Warfield - BBHS, Gallo Realty Lee Ann Wilkinson - BBHS, Gallo Realty Lefty’s Alley & Eats

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Lori’s Café Lupo Italian Kitchen Luxury Motors of Rehoboth Beach Mann & Sons Realty McCrery & Harra Funeral Home Morris James, Delaware Outlet Liquors Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium Peninsula Rehab & Sports Medicine Rehoboth Art League Rehoboth Beach Dental Rehoboth Guest House Sea Bova Associates Shademakers Eyeware Signarama Smirnoff - Breakthru Beverage Group State Farm, Eric Blondin State Farm, George Bunting State Farm, Jeanine O’Donnell Sussex County YMCA Ward Ellinger Gallery

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R E H OB OT H RETAI L SHOPS All Dried Up, 149 Rehoboth Avenue, Suite 6b..............484-667-7122 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 Gidget’s 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 Salty Paws, 149 Rehoboth Avenue, Suite 6a................484-667-7122 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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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 109 Jeanine O’Donnell, State Farm......................................302-645-7283 109 Eric Blondin, 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 •• Eric Atkins, Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate, 18958 Coastal Highway.........................................................................302-727-1456 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

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Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, 16698 Kings Hwy................302-645-6664 Lingo Realty, 246 Rehoboth Ave...................................302-227-3883 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 LGBTQ 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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Eating Out

by Michael Gilles

Treats for A the Rehoboth Family

fter a long, long summer, it seems that fall has finally come to Rehoboth. In a blink of an eye, the holidays will be upon us, and that can only mean one thing—FOOD!! Oh sure, there is the season of giving thanks and the season of giving love and joy, but what honest person isn’t thinking at least a little about the season of culinary delights?

Maybe eating out is a better option than the toils of turkey basting and the slog of stuffing. If, as sadly is the case far too often, going home for the holidays is not an option, Rehoboth always has a table or friendly barstool waiting.

Blue Moon

35 Baltimore Avenue (302) 227-6515 bluemoonrehoboth.com

Widely regarded as one of the best restaurants in the region, Blue Moon invites diners to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Blue Moon family. Blue Moon schedules this Thanksgiving celebration to show the community they care that there’s a place for everyone to come for the holiday meal.

Their Thanksgiving fare includes items from their regular menu plus a few savory extras. There are special hours November 22 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. Reservations are available and are suggested.

Blue Moon is closed on Christmas Day, but open Christmas Eve for dining and fun.

Dos Locos Fajita & Stonegrill

208 Rehoboth Avenue | (302) 227-3353 doslocos.com

Dos Locos Fajita & Stonegrill has been a Rehoboth staple for lovers of Mexican food since 2001. Nestled alongside the many shops on Rehoboth Avenue, the restaurant offers a huge menu of Mexican delights, plus American fare for those not in the mood for burritos, enchiladas, or other Tex-Mex treats.

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Thanksgiving fare is to make the holiday easier for locals who don’t cook or holiday visitors who are unable (or unwilling) to cook a big meal. They are open on Thanksgiving Day and offer a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, and stuffing sit alongside TexMex staples, with fun items like pumpkin pie and apple margaritas adding to the festivity.

Dos Locos is closed Christmas Day, but up and running on Christmas Eve.

Just in Thyme Restaurant

38163 Robinson Drive at Highway One (302) 227-3100 justinthymerestaurant.com

Just in Thyme offers gourmet dining at affordable prices in a warm, casual atmosphere.

The restaurant has a very special Thanksgiving planned, with a four-course traditional dinner (turkey, stuffing, the classic meal). They think it’s important to serve dinner on turkey day to accommodate people coming to town for the holiday, to give locals an easy option for turkey with all the trimmings, or welcome folks who need a place to go.

The experience is all about family.

In fact, after the restaurant closes on Thursday, the staff who volunteered to work that day have their own Thanksgiving dinner. Half of the staff serving dinner will be former employees.

Purple Parrot Grill

134 Rehoboth Avenue | (302) 226-1139 ppgrill.com

Known for their fabulous one-pound burger and half-price crab cake specials, the Purple Parrot Grill is a great place for lunch or dinner anytime, but Thanksgiving is special there.

The Purple Parrot Grill is open Thanksgiving and Christmas, both with traditional dinners. On both days, the restaurant is open from 1:00 p.m. until close, offering not only turkey and stuffing but ham and sweet potatoes and other treats as well.

The Purple Parrot, of course, has always provided the community with a

holiday dining option, but this year wants to celebrate the people we rely on to work on the holiday. The Parrot is going all out on both holidays, catering to our fire fighters, police officers, hotel clerks, and others on holiday duty who may be missing out on celebrations at home.

The Purple Parrot hopes these workers will get a chance to stop by for some Thanksgiving and Christmas joy.

Rigby’s Bar & Grill

404 Rehoboth Avenue | (302) 227-6080 rigbysrehoboth.com

Oh sure, there is the season of giving thanks and the season of giving love and joy, but what honest person isn’t thinking at least a little about the season of culinary delights?

Rigby’s Bar and Grill is a neighborhood bistro located near the Lighthouse Circle on the right side of Rehoboth Avenue. They have a different take on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner: they offer a Thanksgiving buffet, with traditional holiday recipes from 4:008:00 p.m. on turkey day. The popular eatery requires reservations for the celebration.

Shorebreak Lodge

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Shorebreak Lodge offers coastal gastropub cuisine, eclectic wine, cocktails, and beer, just 133 steps from the Atlantic Ocean. Locally owned and operated, their kitchen’s mantra comes from Julia Child: “you don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces, just good food from fresh ingredients.”

On Thanksgiving they will be open until 9:00 p.m., offering a three-course traditional meal, with kids eating for half price off the fixed price menu.

Though closed on Christmas Day, they have a lively Christmas Eve planned. They will offer their regular menu and music provided by singer/ songwriter John Flynn. Carols will abound. ▼ Michael Gilles is a writer, playwright and theatrical producer, retired to Milton, and gleefully scoping out the culinary coast.

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Q Puzzle What Bob Said to Bob

Solution on Page 115

ACROSS 1 Reproduced nonheterosexually?

5 Nut from Oak Lawn 10 Nuts and bolts 14 Facetious “I see” 15 Lindsay of Liz & Dick 16 Farmer’s tool 17 Chocolate factory vessels 18 Photographer Leibovitz 19 Cocksure Aesop character 20 Start of what Bob Armstrong said to Bob Barnard, on Insatiable 22 Coal delivery unit 23 More of what Bob said to Bob 24 A Girl Thing director 26 Most like Patrick Stewart 28 Einstein’s birthplace 29 Plug attachment 30 More of what Bob said to Bob 34 More of what Bob said to Bob 39 At the top 40 1943 Bogart film 41 “If ___ my way ...”

42 Split one in the locker room 45 “Beat it!”

46 Long-jawed swimmer 47 Like Philip Seymour Hoffman playing a movie priest?

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52 More of what Bob said to Bob 55 PinkNews, for one 56 R.E.M.’s “The ___ Love” 57 It’s glorious, in Oliver!

59 End of what Bob said to Bob 63 Marilyn Monroe facial feature 66 Maria’s “Do-___” 67 Sample some buns, e.g.

68 United, to Vivien 69 “Why, ___ delighted!”

70 German industrial hub 71 Say whether or not you’re coming

2 3 Andean pack animal 25 Supporter of bedroom activity 27 Stein fillers 30 One of the Mario Brothers 31 Green with an unfabulous social life 32 Style that’s fashionable but a failure?

33 Muscle Mary’s pride 35 Actress Sandra’s family 36 You can take them at Palm Springs 37 Use a rubber 38 Mr. Right-now 42 DC summer clock setting DOWN 43 Drama in the land of 1 Superman portrayer Henry Samurai 2 Rub the wrong way 44 Expected to come soon 3 Cosmetics name 47 Parting words, old style 4 One who gives AZT, e.g.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 2) Bill Snow, Tim Dillingham, Richie Pagnotta, Don Corin, Bill Miller, Joe Mirabella, Rehoboth Beach Mayor Paul Kuhns, Steve Curson, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Kathy McGuiness, Delaware Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf, Jessica Lynn, Kathy Carpenter, Tim Ragen, Randy Haney, Bob Suppies, Tyler Townsend, Jen Levan, Denise Miles, Angela Kontoulas, Ed Wagner, Ernie Johnson, Jim Mease, Phil Vehslage, Nancy Stout, Jamie Middleton, Michael Morrison, David Garrett, Bryan Hecksher, Nan Martino, Patty Rickman, Teresa Bolduc, Valerie McNickol, Kim McGeown, Carol Scileppi, Michael Marciano, Drexel Davison, Linda Iaconi, Gail Knighton, Wilma Holt, Cindy Holt, Jade, JiJi Holt, Kayden Holt, Donna Walton, Mitch Crane, David Baker, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Dick Byrne, and Leslie Ledogar at CAMP Rehoboth Block Party 2018.

Photos by Murray Archibald, Tony Burns, and Tricia Massella.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Mike DeFlavia, Tricia Massella, Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Phil Brandt, Tony Burns, Lois Cortese, Lesley Rogan, Ellen Feinberg, Lori Kline, Monica Chmielewski, Jen Booth, Tonya Beads, Charlene Zerhusen, Barb Butta, Lisa Weidenbush, Jim Gochenour, Alan Richardson, Nancy Herlihy, Mike McGuire, Ellice Bock, Kit Ryan, Denise Pecora, Bill Clark, Brian Shook, Derek Thomas, Suzanne Tretowicz, Brian Smith, Ivy Blue Austin, Julia Sugarbaker, Carol Bresler, Carolyn Billinghurst, Joanne Sheppard, Tara Lausch, Mark Purpura, Keith Petrack, Mark Pipkin, Jack Morrison, Karl Zoric, Mike DeFlavia, Chris Beagle, Michael Fetchko, Jim Mease, Eric Engelhart, Steve Hoult, Kim Johnson, Jenny Kuhn, Lynne Shifren, and Laura Hutchins at CAMP Rehoboth Block Party 2018.

THIS PAGE 2) Magnolia Applebottom, Roxy Overbrooke, Larry Kambach, Amylynn Kambach, Mike Marotta, Rich Grifasi, Victoria Thanner, Michael Thanner, Michael McNamara, and Michael Raimondi at the CAMP Rehoboth Block Party. 3) Terry Isner, Adam Linder, Cathin Bishop, Laura Simon, Ward Ellinger, Mark Pipkin, Karl Zoric, David Sandarizadeh, and Tim Credle at Adam and Terry’s Halloween Party at CAMP Rehoboth. 4) Blake Ayers, Rut Paal, Albert Zamiello, John Kircher, Carol Hehir, Henry Hehir, and Paul Hurdle at the All Saints’ Benefit at Atlantic Sands. Bill Schachte, Yolanda Pineda, Tim Carr, and Tony Burns at Mariachi’s.

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Attracting and retaining the best healthcare professionals is Beebe Healthcare’s top priority.

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Joining Beebe Healthcare means joining an exciting healthcare team that is deeply committed to the community. Our customer-service focus is recognized on a daily basis through our patient satisfaction surveys. Our clinical expertise strives to surpass patient expectations.

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Did you know that CAMP Rehoboth provides • Community Space, Meeting Rooms, Public Courtyard • Diversity Training for City & Park Police •Advocacy for LGBTQ & Other Human Rights Issues • Sexual Health Counseling (Couples & Individuals) • Health Testing (partnership/Beebe Medical Center) • HIV Prevention, Education & Testing • CAMP Rehoboth Chorus • Support Groups • Safe Haven for Youth • Grief Counseling • Public WiFi • Information Resources on Area Services • Tourist Information Services • Gallery & Performance Space for Artists • Fundraising Assistance for Other Area Non-Profits • Ticket Sales for Other Organizations • Women’s FEST Weekend • Promotion for Local Non-profit Events

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THIS PAGE 5) Delaware U.S. Senator Chris Coons, Murray Archibald, Monica Parr, Charlie Browne, Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, John Newton, Ward Ellinger, Chris Beagle, Sarah McBride, Allen Jarmon, Emilie Paternoster, Leslie Sinclair, Max Dick, and Debbie Woods at ACLU Kandler Awards Dinner. 6) Esther Fuller, Doug Fuller, Delaware State Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker, Delaware Governor John Carney, Delaware State Auditor-Elect Kathy McGuiness, former Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Tony Burns, Missy Jones, Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, and Blair Jones at Blair & Missy’s Reception for Kathy. 7) Wendall Alfred, Carlos De Los Ramos, Rebecca Villarreal, Muriel Hogan, and Kathy Wiz at AARP Post CAMP Dessert at Blue Moon. 8) Bill Shields, Andres Tremois, Andy Jaskulsky, Ken Ravenell, Steve Jaskulsky, and Ken Ravenell at Aqua.

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The 2017 CAMP Rehoboth Report A Word about the Report Message from Co-founder and Interim Executive Director Murray Archibald, November 2018

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ll year, 2017 outcome numbers have been highlighted throughout the issues of Letters. As has become a tradition, the full report is included in this, our final issue of the year.

2017 was a good year for CAMP Rehoboth, as can be seen from looking at the statistics included in this report.

The financial graphs provide a quick glance at the 2017 financials, and how the funds were allocated. Income, as the graphs illustrate, comes in from a healthy variety of sources and 65% of it is spent on program services. For more detail, take a look at the complete 2017 CAMP Rehoboth Audited Financials on the CAMP Rehoboth website.

Looking back at the CAMP Rehoboth accomplishments of 2017 is a reminder of how much the organization depends on its staff, volunteers, Board of Directors, members, donors, sponsors, and community supporters. At its heart, it continues to be about community.

With a conservative administration taking over the White House in the beginning of 2017, memories of its once rainbow washed façade quickly faded.

I took a look back at my CAMPmatters columns from 2017. They are filled with shock, outrage, and protest. It was that kind of year. Here in Delaware, CAMP Rehoboth joined with 32 civil rights organizations to provide a united response to the growing threat of discrimination and hate in the nation.

In the spring of 2017, as a part of the annual membership drive, CAMP Rehoboth members Rose Schmidt and Carolyn Horn’s simple statement about why they joined CAMP Rehoboth is more true than ever: “…because the work is not done!” ▼

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he 2017 CAMP Rehoboth Report includes a summary of activities and results by the numbers. Audited financial statements can be found on the CAMP Rehoboth website (under About Us).

CAMP Rehoboth is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community service organization dedicated to creating a more positive environment in Rehoboth Beach and its related communities. Since 1990, CAMP Rehoboth has promoted cooperation and understanding between the LGBTQ community and the greater world around it and has worked to build a safer, more inclusive community with room for all.

The year began with a deep undercurrent of anxiety running through the community as the board and staff of CAMP Rehoboth tried to anticipate what the new administration and a conservative Federal legislative majority might devise to deny or restrict the rights of LGBTQ people and other minorities. Despite all that transpired in 2017, the organization nonetheless celebrated a highly productive year, generating continued impact, community support, inclusive programming, and overall accomplishments for the local LGBTQ community.

The CAMP Rehoboth Community Center continues as the “heart of the community,” providing tangible value as a gathering place for solace, support, and celebration, and as a hub for a wide range of activities. The physical space also carries great symbolic value, providing as it does, evidence that LGBTQ people have gained equality and the inherent right to participate as citizens who benefit CAMP Rehoboth is a from and contribute to the greater vibrant, welcoming, good of our society. community service CAMP Rehoboth has always been partially inspired by the region’s organization committed early history, which brought people to building a positive together for peaceful, educational, and healing activities. CAMP future for the LGBTQ (“Creating A More Positive”) Rehoboth and larger communities dedicated itself to bridging the divide of Sussex County. between the straight and LGBTQ communities of Rehoboth Beach and its surrounding areas. It has been instrumental in creating respectful dialogue and cooperation among town officials, law enforcement, medical institutions, schools, and commercial institutions about LGBTQ issues. Over its history, CAMP Rehoboth has earned a local and state reputation for promoting community wellbeing, working against prejudice, and helping to foster economic growth throughout the area.

CAMP Rehoboth is going strong and growing larger, with a broad portfolio of activities promoting health (e.g., health screening, HIV/ AIDS testing, mental health support); community service (e.g., sensitivity training with park and city police; environmental clean-ups; work with food banks, disability programs, and homeless shelters); youth programs; senior outreach (e.g., especially Sussex County’s 55+ population, now over 40% of the total); policy education and research; and the performing and creative arts. CAMP Rehoboth is a vibrant, welcoming, community service organization committed to building a positive future for the LGBTQ and larger communities of Sussex County.

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The 2017 CAMP Rehoboth Report 2017 CAMP REHOBOTH PROGRAM OUTCOMES

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The CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, at 37 Baltimore Avenue in downtown Rehoboth Beach, represents The Heart of the Community. The double lot property includes a large multi-purpose room, gallery space, conference rooms, meeting spaces, a library/reading room, administrative offices, retail spaces, and the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard.

Friendly staff and volunteers greet thousands of individuals who walk through the doors of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center each year to participate in hundreds of program activities and seeking information and assistance.

Capital improvements were factors that contributed to CAMP Rehoboth obtaining a USDA mortgage. The grant award of $22,750, received from the Delaware Community Foundation, was combined with awards from several other foundations and the Longwood Foundation (received late in 2016). The combined funds financed infrastructure repairs and replacements, including a roof replacement, the installation of new gutters and gutter guards, and a new HVAC system. The final components, the replacement windows and siding at 37 Baltimore, were started in the fourth quarter of 2017 and completed in the first quarter of 2018.

The savings for CAMP Rehoboth were significant, and the organization has established both a mortgage reserve and an operations reserve.

Over 721 hours of space was provided

by CAMP Rehoboth at reduced or no cost to local nonprofits that otherwise could not afford it. The donated space equates to over $43,220 of community value provided—an increase of 22% over 2015.

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CAMP Rehoboth sponsors concerts, plays, book signings, musical performances, forums and workshops, art shows, and other cultural and public gatherings in the large multi-purpose room and CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

As such, the space serves as a vibrant cultural center to promote artistic expression and creative thinking, while providing aid to artists and craftspeople through gallery exhibits and promotional support.

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The 80-member CAMP Rehoboth Chorus (CRC) sold out their four “Come Fly with Me” concerts, with over 1,400 in attendance. The CAMP Rehoboth multi-purpose room provides rehearsal and performance space for the CRC.

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The CRC Ensemble performed 19 outreach programs, with an emphasis on performing at senior citizen and assisted living facilities. Over 570 people were reached with the joy of music by those outreach efforts.

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The CRC’s Music & Memory® initiative oversaw the certification and training of staff at four senior facilities, with 60 residents benefitting from the program.

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Eleven visual art exhibits were held in the gallery space. Ninety-one new and emerging artists were provided an opportunity to exhibit, an increase of 34% over 2015. A highlight was the collaborative exhibit and performances by the Delaware Division of the Arts’ 2017 Fellow Award Winners that traveled from the gallery space at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover to CAMP Rehoboth’s own gallery space to display their talents.

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CAMP Rehoboth held a Health Day in partnership with Beebe Healthcare.

Over 315 flu shots were provided to the community, an 11% increase over 2015.

Ninety-two individuals were served in other aspects of the Health Day partnership.

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Two new programs were added for the 55+ population, and three art workshops were provided in partnership with Rehoboth Art League.

Sixty-seven percent more individuals were reached than in the previous year.

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CAMPsafe, in its 20th year, continued to provide free rapid and confidential HIV testing and HIV prevention services to residents and visitors to Sussex County and Rehoboth Beach. Under the CAMPsafe program, 5,582 individual outreach contacts were made, a 13% increase over 2015. Over 82,600 safe sex kits were distributed. By the end of 2017, CAMP Rehoboth had opened five new testing sites in Sussex County, four located in the western part of the county. These five new sites enabled CAMPsafe to reach new populations and underserved communities. More than 800 HIV tests were done. People who were tested were also provided with options to help them maintain their HIV negative status or connect to medical care if they were HIV positive.

In addition, CAMP Rehoboth began testing for other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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CAMP Rehoboth sponsored many discussion groups, including the men’s discussion group, grief counseling, and women’s discussion group. Four new discussion groups were added to the 18 ongoing groups, with 300 individuals served.

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CAMP Rehoboth provided short-term mental health counseling, available to anyone. Twenty-five individuals took advantage of this service throughout the year.

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Nonprofit groups that promote community well-being regularly used the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center for meetings, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Young People’s AA.

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In partnership with the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC), and as a part of CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST, CAMP Rehoboth sponsored the

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annual Broadwalk on the Boardwalk, commemorating survivors of cancer, their supporters, and those who lost the battle. Two hundred seventy-six people attended the walk and over $10,300 was raised for DBCC, bringing the total raised since the walk’s inception to over $70,000. ⊲

CAMP Rehoboth also organized the annual Candlelight Walk and Service of Remembrance and Hope on December 1 in observance of World AIDS Day. An artshow in the gallery featured photography from the AIDS epidemic and artwork by local artists who explored the theme AIDS at Home and in the Community.

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Numerous threats continued for the transgender community. Although gender identity protection exists here in Delaware, in states where that protection is non-existent there still are hurdles ahead. CAMP Rehoboth continued to work to ensure the safety of the entire LGBTQ community.

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Delaware. Later, Steve Elkins spoke in favor of its passage at a hearing held by the Delaware House Health and Human Development Committee.

Unfortunately, a lengthy budget debate at the end of June resulted in the postponement of the vote banning Conversion Therapy for young people in Delaware. (The bill was passed and signed by Governor Carney in 2018.)

In January, two busloads of protesters were conveyed to the Women’s March in DC to advocate for legislation and policies regarding human rights, women’s rights, LGBTQ and racial equality, and other issues.

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CAMP Rehoboth’s Women’s FEST expanded from a half-day event in 2001 to a four-day event in April that included information sessions, educational speakers, sports events, and entertainment. The Keynote Speaker was Human Rights Campaign National Press Secretary Sarah McBride. Sarah told her amazing personal story, and shared what it was like being the first transgender woman to speak at a major party’s nominating convention. Women’s FEST fostered economic growth throughout the area by bringing thousands to Rehoboth, with half of the attendees coming from out-of-state.

In May, close to 30 participants from the Delaware Division of Aging, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, La Red Health Center, Planned Parenthood, Harbor Healthcare, the FBI, Lewes Senior Center, Delaware Department of Public Health, and many more gathered at CAMP Rehoboth for a workshop designed to increase awareness and an empathy on the issues and needs of LGBTQ older adults. The workshop used the CAMP Rehoboth Senior LGBTQ Needs Assessment as a tool and provided concrete suggestions for making services more welcoming to LGBTQ seniors.

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In June, in response to recent accusations of anti-LGBTQ bias at Cape Henlopen High School, CAMP Rehoboth, Equality Delaware, ACLU of Delaware, and others invited students, teachers, parents, and community

In April, Senator Harris McDowell announced the introduction of a bill that would ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth in the state of

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The 2017 CAMP Rehoboth Report members to join a Community Conversation about diversity in our schools. Participating organizations included Equality Delaware, ACLU of Delaware, PFLAG Rehoboth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and others. ⊲

In June, two busloads traveled to the LGBTQ Equality March on Washington, DC, where participants presented a peaceful but firm message to those who would threaten their rights.

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In October, the popular CAMP Rehoboth Block Party returned for the third time to the second block of Baltimore Avenue. More than double the vendors of its first year helped to ensure it attracted a large and diverse crowd.

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The annual membership drive focused on individual members, who shared the reasons why they joined CAMP Rehoboth. Income from membership grew by 8.3%, between 2015 and 2017 from $221,924 to $240,251.

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The CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP) participated in 16 community service projects, with 188 volunteers providing 730 hours of community service— using the Independent Sector valuation of volunteer time in Delaware, that equates to a value of over $18,500 provided to nonprofit/community organizations in need. A highlight of the year was a painting project at People’s Place Girls’ Group Home, which resulted in the CROP team being recognized as the 2017 Volunteer Team of the Year, and leader Ruth Kloetzli was recognized as Volunteer of the Year by the People’s Place.

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CAMP Rehoboth published and distributed 15 printed issues of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. The 96- to 120-page magazine continued to be a valuable resource for residents and people visiting the area. The online version carried its content to many more.

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An average 20,000 pageviews per month was received on the CAMP Rehoboth website.

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CAMP Rehoboth fosters the development of nonprofit groups which support CAMP Rehoboth’s mission. One way it helps them with fundraising is by donating advertising space in Letters from CAMP Rehoboth.

CAMP Rehoboth donated 374 pages of advertising to nonprofits, valued at over $97,240—an 11% increase over the previous year.

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In conjunction with Seashore Striders, CAMP Rehoboth helped organize the annual Sundance Land and Sea Racing Festival, now in its seventh year. Two hundred twenty-six people participated, a 13% increase over 2015.

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For the last 25 years, CAMP Rehoboth leadership has provided sensitivity training to city and park police, lessening tensions within the community at large. Sixty-eight city and park police participated in sensitivity training, an increase of 31% over 2015, bringing the total trained since inception to 810.

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CAMP Rehoboth revised and enhanced its Volunteer Orientation so that sessions occurred prior to each major event, such as Women’s FEST and Sundance. CAMP Rehoboth board members participated in the orientations, which were focused on specific volunteer needs. The Volunteer Committee worked to assure that everyone who attended orientation was engaged in an activity of some kind. The new format proved useful, as the three orientations were well attended with 81 new volunteers receiving orientation.

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A Volunteer Appreciation Party with a Mardi Gras theme was held at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center in April; over 150 volunteers attended.

CONCLUSION The successful activities and outcomes of 2017 resulted from of the underlying foundation that makes CAMP Rehoboth strong. This very foundation helps to assure a successful future, both in 2018 and beyond. We celebrate each year with great gratitude for every person contributing to this community. ▼

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Social and peer support for diverse groups

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

87 Letters

Amazon Trail

WITCH O SPITTLE

h, yes, we had fun this year decorating for Halloween. For a couple of hours, I didn’t once think about the ghouls in DC. We don’t get trick-or-treaters here, but we do have a lively neighborhood of adults from 55 to 95, ourselves included, who get a kick out of holiday trappings. Our plastic Frankenstein mat screeches bloody murder when we open or close the garage door. Half the time we scare—and laugh—ourselves silly.

It had been many full moons since we last dragged out our spooky paraphernalia. My sweetheart exhumed it from the treasure chest that is our garage and instructed me to decide what should go where. Me? Organize? The prospect was scarier than an army of menacing phantoms.

I somehow coped.

While my sweetheart turned the inside of our home into a nest of funny hobgoblins and jack-o-lanterns that looked as if they had severe indigestion, and while she dangled strings of orange mini-lights and hideous witches with flapping accordion legs, I worked outdoors. Sometimes it’s for the best to work separately; to put it nicely, we don’t trip over each other’s creativity that way.

We have a phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest we call dry rain. It could also be called dripping fog, or micro-drizzle, or in season, witch spittle. I braved the spit with an armload of orange and black regalia, various strengths of fishing line, a k-bar knife, and my thumb braces (tying knots in fishing line is not recommended for the arthritic). I decorated everything from the driftwood in our front yard to the bike barn to the maple tree. By the time The waitress beamed, I went inside to admire congratulated us and said my sweetheart’s lovingly placed handiwork, my she wished she’d known: t-shirt, work shirt, and jeans were soaked she would have drawn through with witch spittle.

It wasn’t until a few hearts in our desserts. days later she mentioned that the decorating spirit took hold of her for a reason. We needed to brighten up our lives. Midterm elections would be held a few days after Halloween and we were witnessing howler monkeys amass in support of a monstrous pretender to the presidency, shouting “Lock her up!” about Senate Minority Leader Diane Feinstein for the sins of fighting for human rights, gun control,

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by Lee Lynch

income equality, and other issues essential to a thriving country.

The dismantling of our beloved democracy has sickened us. We are feeling its effect even in our humble home. My sweetheart’s job disappeared some months ago. Despite supposedly low unemployment statistics, despite her skills and competencies, despite her willingness to accept work far beneath her considerable abilities, we live in a trump world right now, where the job openings may be many—if you’re not age 57 and a woman.

The disappearing job and the fact that my income is from Social Security led us to cancel a visit to Provincetown for Women’s Week to celebrate our eighth wedding anniversary.

Instead, we sought distractions to cheer ourselves at home.

Decorating done, we decided to celebrate our anniversary locally, with a restaurant gift coupon we’d been hoarding. We were still on a high from our community potluck where, in our 97% non-gay neighborhood, the month’s anniversaries, including ours, were announced to spirited applause.

The Pacific Ocean was dark outside the restaurant window as we remembered the happy wedding eve when our birth families, astonishingly, met in Provincetown. Now, eight years later, my sweetheart had a need to tell the waitress why we were at the restaurant.

The waitress beamed, congratulated us and said she wished she’d known: she would have drawn hearts in our desserts.

We needed to be boldly out to disrupt our fears. We had to celebrate our marriage while it’s still legal. We had to be out to the sweet, well-meaning people who congratulated us in hopes they would understand the connection between their votes this mid-term election and our happy gay marriage.

And for those not ready to celebrate us and our equality, may they be sprayed with witch spittle. ▼

Lee Lynch is a pioneering, award-winning LGBT writer, author of the classic novel The Swashbuckler.

Her latest novel is Rainbow Gap.

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WOMEN’S

SAVE THE DATE! April 11-14, 2019

Concerts! The L-Word alumni pop-rock band Betty, jazzy singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster, the outrageous duo Mouths of Babes and lots more. fun entertainment spring tradition ö

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Play! Golf, pickleball, corn hole, plus biking and walking tours. And perfect ocean views!

Dance! Thursday Kick Off Party and Saturday

Ladies 2000 Dance, both at the Convention Center!

Special Events! Several amazing speakers including historian Marcia Gallo, Blanche Wiesen Cook (biographer for Eleanor Roosevelt), great LGBTQ film, bingo, and so much more.

Discover! Loads of lesbian authors and books, plus readings and panels at the all-day Book Fair, popular Craft Expo, Singles Mixer, and Art Show, Remember! Honor loved ones who fought cancer: Broadwalk on the Boardwalk.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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WE REMEMBER

Joseph Richard Baker

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oseph Richard Baker, 77, of Lewes, formerly of West Grove, PA, passed away after a short illness on October 6, 2018, surrounded by loving family and friends at Beebe Hospital in Lewes.

Joe was born on the Cochranville family farm on June 21, 1941 to the late Clifford Baker, Sr., and Palma Cooper Baker. He was predeceased by his two brothers, Clifford Baker, Jr. and William Baker. Joe is survived by his sister Betty Ann and her husband Charles I. Sensenig, Sr., with whom he lived, six nephews, and close friend Richard M. McReynolds of Rehoboth Beach.

Joe graduated from Octoraro High School in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1959, then worked on the family farm until 1979 when he entered into employment at Weaver Foods in New Holland, Pennsylvania. In 1997 he

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moved to Lewes, enjoying living in the community.

Joe was very outgoing and enjoyed meeting people wherever he went. He also enjoyed crafts, building miniature model buildings, bird houses, and anything else that took his fancy. He also greatly enjoyed gardening.

Despite a chronic infection in his hip replacement later in life, and a badly broken leg, Joe remained a generous, true, and loving friend to all who knew him.

Funeral services were held at the Guzo & Grieco Funeral Home, 250 West State St., Kennett Square, Pennsylvania on October 15. ▟

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Miro Marinov, John Hackett, Tom Newton, Jason Evans, Blair Cappuccio, Marc Boutin, Damien Gray, Kevin Lynch, Michael McCormick, Daniel Lusk, Brian Gray, Joe Zuber, Darryl Ciarlante, Joe Filipek, Larry Richardson, Mike Adkins, Cory Rose, Chris Leady, Joe Steele, and Michael Taglari at Diego’s Hideaway. 2) Jazz Fest Weekend: Pamala Stanley (Blue Moon), Patrick Lawler and Debra Dean (Purple Parrot), Bob Diener and Holly Lane (Café Azafran), John Ewart, Vic England, and Jay Brown (Back Porch), Russ Rodgers, Wes Crawford, Mit Patel, and Van Williamson (Dos Locos), David Meer, Richard Walton, Michael Bronsen, Eric Robertson, and Dave Krug (Eden), Joe Holt, Eddie Sherman, Eddy Hrbyk, Peggy Raley, Cody Leavel, Mike McShane, and Griff Kazz (True Blue at Atlantic Sands). 3) Gene Harris and Carlos Rodriguez at Dos Locos. 4) Carol Boyd-Heron and Clair Ingley at Peninsula Gallery.

THIS PAGE 5) Tiffanie Brown, Jarron Jackson, Ronal Garcia, Hugh Fuller, Lisa Lindsey, Rick Nesmith, Dan Kyle, Jeremy Leffler, Marvin Miller, and Gianni Ballarin at Purple Parrot. 6) Kim Witmer, Laura Reitman, Mary Jenkins, Lisa Hutchinson, Lin Pawlyk, Joan LeLacheur, Sharon Schmidt, Lita Weiss, Tricia Massella, Janie Beckwith, Kris Martino, Pam Wiley, Anna Fugitt, Tammy Jackson, Linda Santi, Deb Quinton, Susan Shollenberger, Minda Lynch, Marcy Kanenson, Maureen Lagana, Diane Zimmerman, Wendy Phelan, Donna Carr, Robin Smith, Linda Bova, Kim Letke, Rene Toney, and Beth Franks Toney at Sharon & Joan’s Rocky Horror Party.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Jeb Burton, Amanda Townsend, Colleen Hoobler, Deb Townsend, Lexi Gardner, Anita Broccolino, Lexy Kelly, Deb Davis, Ellen Butler, Patty Rickman, Nan Martino, Eve Wyatt, Kevin McGhee, Barb Kenny, Kat Kayne, Susanne Furman, Diane Stackhouse, and Tina Clover at Rocky Horror Halloween Party. 2) Ken Cirka, Zach Tyler, Jeff Raver, CJ Hatch, Scott Kroupa, Nick Leffler, Rich Norcross, Cameron Clegg, Tuan Huynh, Mike DeFlavia, and Tony Sowers at Rich and Nicks’ Halloween Party. 3) John Meng, David Bergman, Mark Fernstrom, Robert Nowak, Michael Morrison, Magnolia Applebottom, Mike Lewis, Roxy Overbrooke, Gary Seiden, Ah Bashir, Matthew Stensrud, and Michael Cohen at Blue Moon.

THIS PAGE 4) Bruce Bodie, Fred Slagle, Gino Cardinale, Magnolia Applebottom, Roxy Overbrooke, Russ Wilbert, Pamala Stanley, Tim Ragan, Serban Ozmus, George Stakias, Tim Lessa, and David Herchik at Blue Moon. 6) Matt Rice, Tara Lausch, Brian Comroe, Steve Falchek, John Offidani, Keir Llewellyn, and Austin Simmons at Steve and John’s Halloween Party. 6) Constance Costigan and Michael Krausz at Gallery 50. 7) Scott Rennie, Mike Cowell, Richard DiDomenico, and John Black at Rigby’s.

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Drama Comes to CAMP Rehoboth

In the Wake to be staged at CAMP Rehoboth

by Michael Gilles

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n February 2019, CAMP Rehoboth will produce In the Wake,

by Broadway playwright Lisa Kron. The play is a funny, passionate, and ultimately searing script that illuminates assumptions that lie at the heart of the American character— the blind spots that mask us from ourselves, and how the past sows the seeds of the present.

Kron's works are humorous and poignant looks at life by someone who has often described herself as an outsider.

Her experiences as a Jewish woman living in a predominantly Christian Midwestern city or life as a lesbian working in traditional theatre provide rich material for her plays. Her reflections from the outside looking in are insightful but not bitter. Ben Brantley of the New York Times says of her: “…there is never condescension in her humor. It is simply a crucial part of her navigational equipment in finding her way through life's absurd course of non sequiturs.”

…while [In the Wake] may be about politics, it actually is about love and loss and risk and relationships…

Kron describes her creative process in her usual humorous and self-deprecating way: “I wish I had more of a technique for constructing these things. I keep banging my head against the wall until it pops through on the other side.”

In the Wake is about a family gathering just after the presidential election of 2000. The main protagonist, Ellen, deals with the political turmoil as well as upheaval in her personal life. And while the play may be about politics, it actually is about love and loss and risk and relationships and never quite knowing who you are or what you want until it is too late.

It is Thanksgiving of 2000 and the presidential election still has not been decided. Ellen insists that her friends and family don't understand how bad the situation really is. But no one—not her loving partner, Danny, nor the passionate Amy, nor the brutally pragmatic and world-weary Judy—can make Ellen see the blind spot at the center of her own politics and emotional life.

Two lesbian characters, Kayla and Laurie, bring a bit of gay sensibility and their strong opinions to the conversation.

The play garnered raves on Broadway, including “Luminous…Kron marries vigorous political probing with pitch-perfect humor and heartache,” from the New Yorker, and “Formidable…full of sharp, smart dialogue…its message rings all too true,” by the Associated Press.

Save the dates—February 22-24—for an engaging event at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Tickets will be on sale soon on the website. ▼

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Auditions November 27 and 28 Director Kay Cummings is an accomplished artist in her own right, having created and directed works performed at venues such as The Joseph Papp Public Theater, Lincoln Center's Serious Fun, LaMaMa, and L.A.'s Cast Theater. Her work has also been featured on Alive From Off Center on PBS. Kay found In the Wake after reading over 50 plays to select her next project. She was looking for something about the world now, but not too much of a tirade.

According to Kay, the play “…didn’t have to be about gay people or straight people. It needed to have a sensibility toward all kinds of people, because, life is that.”

Auditions for In the Wake will be November 27 and 28 at 7:00 p.m. or by arrangement with Kay at 212-2550044 or kc1@nyu.edu.

Auditions will consist of a reading from the script and a short interview. Performances are February 22, 23, and 24, 2019, at CAMP Rehoboth. Rehearsals start in January.

As age is relative, everyone—all ages—is welcome to audition. ▼

CHARACTERS (all roles available) ELLEN–bright, smart, funny, earnest, and selfassured; mid to late 30s or early 40s.

DANNY–easy going and understated, but not simple; mid to late 30s or early 40s; Ellen’s longtime boyfriend and Kayla’s younger brother.

KAYLA–mid to late 30s or early 40s; Laurie’s partner, Danny’s older sister, and best friends with Ellen since they were in college.

A freelance writer.

LAURIE–mid to late 30s or early 40s; Kayla’s partner and works as a chef. She’s

fierce in her affections and loyalties.

JUDY–mid 50s; Ellen’s long-time friend. She is an international aid worker and has no romantic illusions that the world can be changed.

AMY–intelligent and direct in conversation; mid 30s to early 40s; an experimental filmmaker who expresses her feelings without calculation.

TESSA–bi-racial; 16; Judy’s niece.

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97 Letters

CAMP Chorus

by Sheila Maden

Lift Up Your Voices—And Sing!

CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Celebrates 10 Years of Song

“W

e need a gay chorus!” longtime Letters columnist Fay Jacobs told CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director Steve Elkins in 2009.

“It won't happen by magic. Someone has to do it,” Steve replied. So she did.

In fact, Fay did something even better: She immediately got to work laying the foundation for a chorus which, like CAMP Rehoboth, would be open to all—LGBTQ, straight (but not narrow minded), young, and not-so-young.

A gifted writer and producer with many musical shows to her credit, Fay was the perfect person to launch the chorus. She enlisted the help of two seasoned professionals: conductor and soloist Bill McManus, and virtuoso pianist David Zipse. Word went out for anyone interested in an informal sing-along to come to CAMP Rehoboth at 6:30 p.m. on June 15, 2009. Twenty-eight people showed up for what turned out to be an evening of fun, lively music, and a glimpse of what the future could hold.

The CAMP Rehoboth Chorus was born!

The chorus premiered its first production, “Room for All,” on January

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31, 2010, at Clear Space Theater.

What a fabulous evening it was! The inimitable Fay Jacobs produced, wrote, and narrated the show. The 25-member chorus sang show tunes and choral classics, with Steve Elkins, Glen Pruitt, and John Hulse adding to the fun with their hilarious rendition of “Bosom Buddies.” The show was so well received there was an encore performance the following May at the Milton Theater. The chorus was off to a fantastic start.

In its first three seasons, artistic director Fay Jacobs and music director Bill McManus built the chorus to an increasingly professional level. When they stepped down because of travel and other commitments, the chorus was fortunate to have the multi-talented Doug Yetter take over as artistic and music director. Doug was a cofounder of Clear Space Theatre and had over 40 years of experience as a director, composer, arranger, actor, and conductor. As Fay noted, the chorus was “in great hands with Doug at the helm.”

Fast forward! Next season, its 10th,

the now 90-member chorus will present a special anniversary concert, called “Seasons of Love.”

Concerts will take place Friday and Saturday, February 15 and 16, at 7p.m., and Sunday, February 17, at 3 p.m., at Epworth United Methodist Church, Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach.

A fourth concert will take place on April 28, at 3 p.m., at the Sussex Academy, 21150 Airport Road, Georgetown.

Hosted by Liane Hansen, former host of NPR’s Weekend Special Edition, the show will feature a lively mix of chorus favorites—Broadway hits, a Beatles medley, rousing patriotic numbers, rock and roll, uplifting spiritual songs, and—to celebrate the first decade of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus—”The Best of Times.”

SAVE THE DATE! Tickets on sale soon at camprehoboth.com. ▼ Sheila Madon is a founding member of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus and on their communications team.

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CAMPArts

It Takes a Village

by Doug Yetter

L

ast Christmas I was given a sixmonth gift subscription to Ancestry. com. I had initially hoped to lure other family members into the process, but alas! It remains a somewhat tedious solo endeavor. I knew I was 75% Scandinavian. Mom’s side was Swedes and Norwegians, and Dad’s mother was Danish. They all hopped on boats in the late 1880s, entered through the brand-new Ellis Island, and ended up with their 100 acres and a mule in the Dakota Territory. But there was still that elusive 25 percent.

After months of digging through Walkers, Guffeys, Mitchells, and Savages (with the worst first names ever!

Alsibid, Orley, Cleda!), I discovered that my paternal grandfather’s lineage goes back to the 1635 Jamestown settlement. Along the way I found Scots who were Revolutionary War heroes, renowned court musicians (which may account for my four first cousins being conductors), and Martha Custis Washington—America’s first First Lady.

It doesn’t matter if they left their homeland in 1880 or 1634, they all helped this country grow and prosper.

However, my DNA isn’t the point of this column. There’s an artistic lineage in our community which needs to be acknowledged and fostered. Every gallery, chorus, and non-profit listed in this column took no less effort to create and nurture than it did for my great-grandfather to clear his 100 acres, and we have an obligation to shield and sustain this haven of artistic creativity with some end-of-year generosity.

Make philanthropy a part of your DNA this holiday season. It takes a village. All locations are Rehoboth Beach, unless otherwise noted. ▼

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Explore the off-beat, make new connections, or bask in a tropical paradise. This season of art at the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery has something for everyone.

Visually Disrepaired: Paintings and Drawings by Scott G. Brooks Nov. 3-28 | Artist’s Reception: Saturday, Nov. 10 (4-6 p.m.)

Be sure to stop in to see this exhibition before it closes on November 28.

Scott’s work is uncompromising, twisted, sentimental, disturbing, and fun!

Beachcomber (Detail), Scott Brooks

Generations!

December 1-29 | Artists’ Reception: Saturday, December 8 (2-4 p.m.)

When multiple generations come together to make art, something magical happens. The act of creation gives a powerful voice to young and old alike and builds a sense of shared community pride. This is the foundation for CAMP Rehoboth’s December art exhibition Generations! which combines the talents of emerging, established, and those who are young and "young at heart” by showcasing the work of high school student artists and artists who are 55+ years of age.

Welcome to the “Conch Republic”—Key West Paintings

by Jane Knaus Jan. 3-31, 2019 | Artist’s Reception: January 12, 2019 (3-5 p.m.)

No matter the temperature outside, you’ll be HOT for artist Jane Knaus’ work from tropical paradise Key West.

Knaus is creative director and owner of Graphics by the Sea, a small graphic design company in Rehoboth. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at the University of California Berkley, and a master’s in Publication Design from George Washington University. She is a member of the Rehoboth Art League and the Delaware Shore Artists Group, and has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.

This exhibit will feature about 20 paintings depicting the local scenery, a multitude of colorful seascapes, roosters, sunrises, and floral images from her many visits to Key West over the years. If you can’t afford your own tropical get-away, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Key West through the eyes of the artist.

Higgs Beach, painting by Jane Knaus

arts+entertainment PERFORMING ARTS CAMP Rehoboth Chorus (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth. com) Depending on when you read this, the chorus is polishing the Act 2 music, putting the finishing touches on the concert, or heading for dress rehearsal!

Regardless, don’t miss “Seasons of Love”—celebrating their first decade of making music—February 15-17 at Epworth UMC (19285 Holland Glade Rd). Tickets are available at camprehoboth.com.

CAMP Rehoboth’s GMCW concert (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth.com) CAMP Rehoboth hosts the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s new cabaret show, “The Best Worst Thing”—January 26.

Capital Ringers (capitalringers.org) hits the road with “Celebrate the Season!”

They’ll be ringing their bells from November 18 till December 15 in Milford, Lewes, Salisbury, Easton, Selbyville, Dover, and Milton. Check their website for details and locations.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) ends the year with “A Well-Strung Christmas” (two shows on November 18), followed by the Madison Square Garden version of A Christmas Carol (November 23-December 9). Their 2019 season opens with The Graduate (January 25-February 10). Check their website for information on 2019 tickets—with a season including The Music Man, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia, and Hello, Dolly! you can’t go wrong.

Epworth UMC (19285 Holland Glade Rd.; 302-227-7743; eumcrb.org/yule) presents “Yule Love It…Again!” their third annual Christmas Spectacular, featuring the 40-voice Epworth Chancel Choir accompanied by an instrumental ensemble, guest soloists Mary Anne Bacellona-Collins, Chris Berg, and Colin Armstrong; the Epworth Praise! Team performing contemporary holiday music; and the CAMP Rehoboth Ensemble singing international carols, as well as leading a holiday sing-along—December 8 (7 p.m.).

CAMP Rehoboth Chorus

Get your tickets online to partake of this heapin’ helpin’ of holiday happiness and ensure your seat in advance.

Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road, Georgetown; 302-856-4560; possumpointplayers.org) wraps up the year with It’s a Wonderful Life as their holiday offering—November 30-December 9. Sleuth kicks off their 2019 season—January 27-February 3.

Premier Centre for the Arts at Milton Theater (110 Union St., Milton; 302-6843038; miltontheatre.com) “keeps Milton weird”! November events: 16: Magicians Trick Trio; 17: The Funsters (Benefit Dance Party); 18: The Greatest Showman; 23: Sister’s Christmas Catechism; 24/25: “A Celtic Christmas”; 29: It’s a Wonderful Life (film); 30: Assisted Living—the Musical; December events: 1: Assisted Living – the Musical; 2: Cartoon Christmas Trio; 6: The American Rogues; 7: Psychic medium Deanna Fitzpatrick; 8: “Bluegrass Nutcracker” (matinee); Peek-a-Boo Revue (evening—18+ only!); 9: The Polar Express (matinee); The Rescignos: Merry Christmas to Paul, and to Paul a Good Night (evening); 13: Fred Hughes Trio: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”; 14: Streisand & Sinatra Holiday Show (matinee); We Three Queens: A Holiday Drag Show with Magnolia Applebottom (evening); 15: Capital Ringers: “Celebrate the Season!” (matinee); Streisand & Sinatra Holiday Show (evening); 16: Streisand & Sinatra Holiday Show; 20: Die Hard (film); 21: One Dame Christmahanukwanzaka (matinee/ evening); 22: The Rising—”Trans-Siberia Holiday Music Tribute” (matinee/evening); 28: Paul Cullen: Lower Case Blues; 29: 5th Avenue Jazz; 30: Rocky Horror Picture Show; 31: Kathie Martin & the Hot Rods. You’ll have to look up their 2019 events yourself.

Rehoboth Concert Band (703-5989867; rehobothconcertband.org) present seasonal music and songs of peace in their annual “Holiday Peace Concert” with the CAMP Rehoboth Ensemble— December 16 (3-5p.m.) at Cape Henlopen High.

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. The Met: Live in HD—Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (November 17 & 19); Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie (November 24 & 26); Verdi’s La Traviata (December 22 & 26); Cilia’s Adriana Lecouvreur (January 21 & 22, 2019); Bizet’s Carmen (February 9, 11, & 12). National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III (December 8-11).

Rehoboth Beach Convention Center (229 Rehoboth Ave.; cityofrehoboth. com) presents the Vienna Boys Choir— ”Christmas in Vienna!” December 14 (8 p.m.)

Second Street Players (2 South Walnut Street, Milford; 302-422-0220/800838-3006; secondstreetplayers.com) is closed for renovations through March 2019, except for a one-night event with Bryan Clark on December 7 to celebrate the season.

Southern Delaware Chorale (P.O. Box 444; 302-260-7022; southerndelawarechorale.org) presents Handel’s Messiah with orchestra and professional soloists under the direction of Dr. Colin Armstrong. December 2 (3 p.m.) at Cape Henlopen High. (I played a rehearsal for them in early November, and they already sounded fantastic!)

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arts+entertainment VISUAL ARTS Abraxas Studio of Art (515 Federal Street, Lewes; 302-645-9119; abraxasart. com) features the oil portraits and landscape paintings of Abraxas and his own style of illuminated reality.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2275620; camprehoboth.com) features Visually Disrepaired: Paintings and Drawings by Scott G. Brooks—through November 28; Generations!— December 1-29; Welcome to the “Conch Republic”—Key West Paintings by Jane Knaus—January 3-31, 2019.

Cape Artists Gallery (110 W. 3rd Street, Lewes; 302-6447733) represents two dozen artists, with much of their work focusing on beach scenes.

Delaware Art Gallery (239 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-853-5099; kevinfleming.com) offers new and classic Delaware photographs by Kevin Fleming.

Gallery 50 Contemporary Art & Frame Shop (50 A-B Wilmington Avenue; 302227-2050; gallery50art. com) features a variety of artworks in painting, jewelry, glass, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, mobiles, as well as special events.

Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-2279203; heidilowejewelry. com) has beautiful and unique hand-made pieces (including wedding rings!) and offers classes in jewelry making. Earrings Galore— through December; Drusy & Gemstone—November 23-27 (with a “Sparkle Letters 102 NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Happy Hour” November 23 (4-6p.m.)—pick your favorite drusy, tourmaline, or landscape jasper, and they’ll make it into something special for gift-giving!

Painting With a Twist (17723 Coastal Highway, Lewes; 302-313-5769; paintingwithatwist.com/lewes/) offers painting classes and “pARTies” for all occasions.

Visit their website for details.

Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Road, Lewes; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com) presents On the Road Again—four artists who often travel together to paint or enter the same plein air competitions— featuring Lynn Mehta, Gray Dodson, Bernard Dellario, and Meg Walsh. Through November 20. Opening November 24—Small Jewels 15—Multiple artists present small works perfect for the holidays. Opening reception: November 24 (5-7p.m.).

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408;

rehobothartleague.org) has a fantastic schedule of classes—pottery to pen and ink technique to jewelry making…something for everyone. Current exhibitions: Beach Blowout—juried members’ showcase exhibition (through December 30). Check their website for a complete schedule of exhibits, salons, and gallery talks.

Rehoboth Beach Museum (511 Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal; 302-227-7310; rehobothbeachmuseum.org) has completed renovations to their second floor and revamped their permanent collection exhibits, and is OPEN! Check their website for some great walking tours of the area and fascinating lectures.

The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Highway, Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@ brushlewes) an arts/craft co-op: furniture, art, clothing, antiques, sea glass, decoys, vintage garden, books, candles, herbs, and more— great holiday gift ideas!

The Studio on 24 (20231 John J. Williams Highway, Lewes; 302-6444424; thestudioon24.com) is open by appointment only, but worth it to visit with owner and artisan Deb Appleby and view her custom-made glassware.

Tideline Gallery (146 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-4444; tidelinegallery.com) offers unique gifts, jewelry, pottery, and art glass.

Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard, 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2272710) features art in different mediums by abstract expressionist Ward Ellinger and Sondra N. Arkin.▼ Doug is the Artistic and 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 on our website at camprehoboth. com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries and museums

Forest Moment, painting by Sam Dixon .

This program is 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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arts+entertainment

by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID Trans Figured: My Journey From Boy to Girl to Woman to Man

by Brian Belovitch c.2018, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., $24.99/$38.99 Canada, 232 pages

It’s not a good fit.

You saw it and loved it, but now you know the truth: it’s too small or too large. Too brassy or too muted. It’s the wrong color or the wrong neighborhood or just not you. It doesn’t fit because maybe, as in the new memoir Trans Figured by Brian Belovitch, it’s the wrong gender.

In his family of almost all boys, Brian Belovitch stood out because he lacked something his brothers had in abundance: hypermasculinity. Belovitch was soft and “chubby� with curls and long eyelashes and was often mistaken for a little girl as a preschooler, which was just fine with him. He enjoyed his femininity, even though he knew that it would get him a beating—if not from his brothers, then from his father.

Even as a young child, Belovitch says, he was overlycurious about sex, and especially about the male body. He recognized early that girls held “no interest� but boys were another matter. He was in fourth grade when he had his first sexual encounter, with a slightly older male classmate.

By his early teens, Belovitch had discovered alcohol and shoplifting. He’d run away a few times, and visiting gay clubs near his Rhode Island home was, for him, a natural next step.

After a traumatic coming-out to his family, he moved in with a man he considered his first real friend; it was through Paulie

that Belovitch met a community of trans women.

And that was when “Nataliaâ€? was born with “great joy.‌â€?

She was beautiful, sexy, “my own special creation,â€? says Belovitch of himself as a trans woman. As Natalia, she was the toast of New York, a model and actress thanks to hormones, silicones, pilfered clothing, and a desperate need for love. Belovitch got married as Natalia, and divorced; she led him to prostitution, heroin, cocaine, alcohol, HIV, and an attempted suicide. He was Natalia when he reached out to friends and sought therapy. As Natalia, he took a â€œâ€Ślook at the direction in which my life was heading.â€?

Belovitch was Natalia when he realized that he was “feminine-inclined,â€? but that Natalia had to go‌.

Toward the end of this totally frank memoir, author Brian Belovitch says that if it weren’t for the AIDS epidemic, his “story would be as common as salt.� Readers may find that arguable since Trans Figured goes well beyond unique.

Beware, though, that it’s going to put you through the wringer.

Belovitch is completely open about the abuse he experienced, and his recounting can be graphic. Beware where you read this book, because it contains nudity. Also know that nostalgia for the 1970s may hit you but that’s going to include a breathlessly steep plunge into memories of cocaine, promiscuity, and epidemic.

Still—without giving too much away—there’s a happy ending to this memoir, one that manages to educate readers as it oddly entertains them with stories of times past. It’s a happy ending well-deserved and well-told and, considering the overall uncommonness of Trans Figured, it fits. ▟ 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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For ticket and venue information, visit www.capitalringers.org or call 302.632.1043 This organization is 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 art events on DelawareScene.com.

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CAMPCritters Big Love Small Package FUN FACT Harley’s first flight was at four months old when she came from Wisconsin to live on the East Coast. She likes Rehoboth better than DC (it’s quieter).

Harley (and Robert) have lived in Rehoboth fulltime since September 2017.

Interested in having your critter(s) featured in Letters? Send a high resolution picture (300 dpi) along with their name(s) and one fun fact to editor@camprehoboth.com. Our roaming photographer will also take photos in the courtyard all year long.

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Ward Ellinger located in the camp rehoboth courtyard

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

baltimore avenue • rehoboth beach, de phone: 302-227-2710 • facebook: ward ellinger gallery 39

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New Year’s Eve

A fabulous new show with the incomparable Pamala Stanley will make this a New Year’s Eve to remember. Select from our spectacular 4-course menu in our Atrium show room.

Seatings available at 6:30 pm ($140 per person) and 9:30 pm ($175 per person). Alcohol and gratuity not included.

Seating in our Dining Room beginning at 5:00 pm will feature our Special 4-course New Year’s Eve Menu. $115 per person. Alcohol or gratuity not included.

Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019

NEW YEAR’S DAY BRUNCH

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Featuring our famous House Recipe Bloody Marys and Mimosas. Reservations suggested.

SEASON CLOSING PARTY

9 p.m. Drink specials, hors d’oeuvres, and special entertainment.

Reopening for the 2019 season Tuesday, Feb. 12.

35 Baltimore Ave. / Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302.227.6515 / BlueMoonRehoboth.com NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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Out & About

by Eric C. Peterson

Thanksgiving at the Movies

Y

ou know you’re entering postadulthood when Thanksgiving is finally your favorite holiday.

Christmas is, of course, the domain of children; young adults party all night on New Years’ Eve and possibly Halloween; and eventually you just want a simple day where you’re not expected to do anything except sit down with people that you love, eat too much, have dessert anyway, and rub your belly over a game of Monopoly or an old movie.

One of the reasons I’ve grown to love Thanksgiving is the lack of pop culture trappings around it—I might not love it as much if Thanksgiving decorations hit the stores or Thanksgiving carols consumed the radio in early October. And yet, the simplicity of the holiday and the inherent conflict surrounding a meal with members of one’s biological family that you perhaps only see once a year can make for some terrific movies.

When I asked my friends about their favorite Thanksgiving film, the overwhelming favorite was Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), directed

by John Hughes. Admittedly, it’s my least favorite of the movies I’ll list here, mostly because it’s not about family at all.

Instead, the movie focuses on two strangers, Neal (Steve Martin) and Del (the late, great John Candy), who are attempting to get from New York to the Chicago suburbs in time for the carving of the turkey, but are being foiled at every turn. I will admit that the film is funny, especially if your comedic tastes tend toward the cringeworthy, as most of the laughs depend upon one or both men being embarrassed or humiliated.

It’s as homophobic as you would expect a film of the late 80s to be (at one point, both men scream like cranky toddlers when they realize that Del’s hand found its way to Neal’s inner thigh as they slept). But of the three, this is probably the best one to watch after dinner with your family of origin, as it will make you thankful that you’re together and warm and not actually spending time with an annoying stranger in a freezing car.

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A movie that I like a whole lot more (but you probably only want to watch at a “Friendsgiving” with your chosen family) is Home for the Holidays (1995), directed by Jodie Foster. This one spans a weekend with a woman (Holly Hunter) who travels from the city to spend the holiday with an overbearing mother and amiable father (the late, great Anne Bancroft and Charles Durning), her gay brother (Robert Downey, Jr.) and the sister (Cynthia Stevenson) who tries to do

What’s especially noteworthy for queer audiences…is that the obligatory big family secret is a clandestine wedding between Downey and his boyfriend. the right thing, but never gets the thanks she thinks she deserves.

Beyond that, there aren’t many plot points of note, other than old resentments bubbling up, parental expectations that won’t ever be met, and the occasional tender moment that makes it all worthwhile—including a quiet scene between Hunter and Durning that never fails to make me cry.

What’s especially noteworthy about this film for queer audiences (owing in part, no doubt, to its queer director) is that the obligatory big family secret is a clandestine wedding between Downey and his boyfriend. It makes for poignant viewing when it occurs to you today that in 1995, this ceremony had no legal standing whatsoever.

My favorite Thanksgiving movie ever, one that I try to re-watch every year around this time, is Pieces of April

(2003), written and directed by Peter Hedges. This one is really two movies that alternate back and forth.

The first is about April (Katie Holmes) and her boyfriend (Derek Luke), as they attempt to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for her visiting family. It’s a messy process, especially after their oven breaks, and April is forced to depend upon the kindness of strangers in the form of her neighbors in her New York City walkup (including Lillias White and a decidedly unkind Sean Hayes).

The second movie is about her family traveling into the city, led by a dying mother (Patricia Clarkson), a doting father (Oliver Platt), a grandmother (Alice Drummond), and siblings (Allison Pill and John Gallagher). In this second film, we learn that April is something of a black sheep, and that only her father is especially on board with the idea of a Thanksgiving with her. The idea that this is probably the last chance for April to reconnect with her acid-tongued mother before she dies is never said out loud, but hangs over the entire story, giving what is otherwise a very funny, wry tale some dramatic heft.

All three movies are available to rent in most streaming formats; Pieces of April can be seen for free by members of Amazon Prime.

So Happy Thanksgiving, CAMPers, whether you’re spending the day with your family of origin or your family of choice! ▼ 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 www.poperationroom.com.

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 Department of Health and Social 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

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CAMPDates SUNDAYS • Alcoholics Anon. Open Discussion.

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

• 3rd Sunday. Drag Brunch. Goolee’s Grille, 11 S. 1st St. 1-3 pm. 302-227-7653 • T-Dance. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3 pm • 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 • Last Sunday. TransSocial of Delaware.

Metropolitan Community Church, 19369 Plantations Rd., Lewes. 7 pm. Visit meetup.com/Rehoboth-TransLiance • Karaoke. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023 • Games w/Magnolia. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515 • The Birdcage Bad Girls Drag Show.

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

MONDAYS

Support Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Alt. Wednesdays. Men’s Discussion Group. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 7 pm.

302-227-5620

THURSDAYS • Alcoholics Anon. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 12 noon. 302-856-6452

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

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

• Tuesday Loco Locals w/DJ Eddie.

Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 4 pm. 302-227-1023

WEDNESDAYS • Tai Chi. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 1 pm.

302-227-5620 • Yappy Hour. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 4-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • John Flynn. Shorebreak Lodge, A Restaurant. 10 Wilmington Ave. 5 pm.

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DECEMBER 1

• Capital Bell Ringers present “Celebrate the Season.” Reformation Lutheran Church, Milford. 3:30 pm. $15. Tickets: capitalringers.org

• Stefani Deoul & Fay Jacobs Meet & Greet, and Book Signings. Browseabout Books, 133 Rehoboth Ave. 2 pm.

• ThanksLiving w/Special Guest Dr. Will Tuttle presented by VegRehoboth.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5 pm. $35. Tickets: www.vegrehoboth.org

NOVEMBER 22

• Cathy Gorman. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 5-8 pm.

302-227-1023

• Gabby Gobble 5K Run/Walk. Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant, 213 Anglers Rd., Lewes, 8 am - 12 pm. Registration www.eventbrite.com/e/gabby-gobble-5krunwalk-tickets-44484016892?

• Holly Lane w/John Flynn. Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-8100

NOVEMBER 23

• SLAA/SAA Meeting. All Saints Church • Rehoboth Beach Tree Lighting and SingHall, Lower Level, 18 Olive Ave. 7:30 pm.

Along. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.

302-745-7929 6:30 pm.

• Lower Case Blues. Murph’s Beef & Ale, • A Christmas Carol the Musical. Clear 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 7:30 pm.

Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-212-5355 302-227-2270. 7:30 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Karaoke. Rigby’s Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080

• Matthew Kenworthy. Rigby’s Grill, • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 4 pm. 302-227-6080 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Insight Meditation. St. Peters, Mulberry St, Lewes. 4 pm. 302-644-2514 • Bandeoke! Karaoke with a Live Band.

Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-212-5355

NOVEMBER 18

FRIDAYS

• 1st Friday. FURst Friday Bear Happy Hour. The Pond, 3 S. First St. 302-227-2234 • Yappy Hour. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 4-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • 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 • Fantasy Friday w/DJ Eddie. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm.

302-227-1023

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 • Release Dance Party. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023

NOVEMBER 24

• 2nd Annual Rehoboth Beach Gingerbread Contest. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 10 am - 5 pm • Capital Bell Ringers present Celebrate the Season. Bethel UMC, Lewes. 3:30 pm. $15. Tickets: capitalringers.org • A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

NOVEMBER 25 • A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

NOVEMBER 29 • A Christmas Carol the Musical. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 9:30 am. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

NOVEMBER 30 • A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

• 87th Lewes Christmas Parade. Savannah Road, Lewes. The parade starts at 5 pm followed by tree-lighting & caroling in Zwaanendael Park. Information: leweschamber.com • World AIDS Day Candlelight Walk.

Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. 6:15 pm.

• World AIDS Day Service of Remembrance and Hope. All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Olive Ave. 7 pm.

• A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

DECEMBER 2 • Southern Delaware Chorale presents G.F. Handel’s Messiah. Cape Henlopen High School. 3 pm. Tickets: southerndelawarechorale.org • A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets • Community Unity Dinner. Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, 229 Rehoboth Ave. 4:30 pm

DECEMBER 4 • Rehoboth Beach Hometown Christmas Parade. Rehoboth Avenue. 6:30 pm. Information: christmasparade@ rehobothbeachfire.com

DECEMBER 6 • A Christmas Carol the Musical. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 11:00 am. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

DECEMBER 7 • A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

DECEMBER 8 • Brandywine Baroque presents “Wishing Peace for the World.” The Lutheran Church of our Savior, Bay Vista Road, Rehoboth. 2:30 pm. Tickets: brandywinebaroque.org • 11th Annual Toy Drive to benefit the children and families of the Sussex County HIV/AIDS Wellness Center. Murph’s, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. Noon - 6 pm.

NOVEMBER 18–FEBRUARY 24

• A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 7 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

DECEMBER 15

FEBRUARY 15

FEBRUARY 23

• Winter Vendor and Craft Fair. Cape Henlopen High School. 9 am - 2 pm.

FREE

• CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love”. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 7 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

• In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

FEBRUARY 16

• In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 2 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

• Celtic Consciousness with Dónall ó • Capital Bell Ringers present “Celebrate Hèalaí—A night of song and stories. the Season.” Milton Theatre, Milton.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 3:30 pm. $15. Tickets: capitalringers.org 37 Baltimore Ave. 7:30 pm. Tickets celticconsciousness2018.eventbrite.com

DECEMBER 16

• Rehoboth Concert Band presents Holiday Peace Concert. Cape Henlopen High School, 1250 Kings Hwy. 3 pm. $20. Tickets: rehobothconcertband.org

• CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love”. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 7 pm. $25. Tickets:. camprehoboth.com

DECEMBER 9

JANUARY 26

FEBRUARY 17

• A Christmas Carol the Musical.

Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 302-227-2270. 3 pm. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.org/buy-tickets

• GMCW Cabaret presents “The Best Worst Thing.” CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 4 pm. $25 Tickets: camprehoboth.com

• 11th Annual Toy Drive to benefit the children and families of the Sussex County HIV/AIDS Wellness Center.

Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. No cover IF you bring a toy.

DECEMBER 12 • CAMP Rehoboth Holiday Extravaganza Bus Trip to Winterthur and Longwood Gardens. 11:30 am - 10:30 pm. $70.

Tickets: campholidayextravaganza. eventbrite.com

• GMCW Cabaret presents “The Best Worst Thing.” CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

FEBRUARY 24

• Celebrate Black History Month w/ Southern Delaware Chorale. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 3 pm. Tickets: southerndelawarechorale.org. ▼

• CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love”. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 3 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

FEBRUARY 22 • In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

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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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AD INDEX Accent On Travel................................................91 AG Renovations .................................................28 Allen Jarmon, Realtor.........................................99 Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group.............111 Annual Toy Drive................................................39 Atlantic Jewelry .................................................13 Beach Cuts Hair Salon........................................28 Beagle Real Estate Group..................................43 Beebe Healthcare..............................................19 Beebe Healthcare Career Opportunities...........73 Big Fish Events...................................................50 Blue Moon ................................................ 41, 109 Brandywine Baroque .......................................103 Breakthru Beverage.........................................113 Browseabout Books.........................................104 Browseabout Meet & Greet ..............................29 Café Azafran.......................................................24 CAMP Rehoboth Chorus.....................................31 CAMP Rehoboth Afternoon Grief Support Group................................................................111 CAMP Rehoboth Annual Premier Sponsors.........7 CAMP Rehoboth Beach Guide Business Partners..............................................................52 CAMP Rehoboth CAMPing Trip...........................58 CAMP Rehoboth Community Center..................74 CAMP Rehoboth End Of Year Campaign ...........87 CAMP Rehoboth Families...................................38 CAMP Rehoboth Holiday Grief & Loss Group.....112 CAMP Rehoboth Letters Subscription................72 CAMP Rehoboth Membership............................34 CAMP Rehoboth Mental Health........................112 CAMP Rehoboth Tai Chi...................................112 CAMP Rehoboth Trans Discussion...................112

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CAMP Rehoboth Volunteer Opportunities ........72 CAMPSafe...........................................................30 Capital Ringers ................................................105 Clear Space Theatre - A Christmas Carol...........64 Clear Space Theatre - Well Strung...................115 Community Pride Financial Advisors................106 Country Lawn Care.............................................43 County Bank.......................................................64 Crowley Associates Realty, Inc...........................10 Delaware Beach Life .........................................55 Delaware Hospice .............................................25 Delaware Humane Association..........................78 Delaware Legal Health Link.............................106 Diego’s Hideaway........................................40, 75 DJ Nan-Boom Box Party Bus .............................28 Dos Locos...........................................................57 Epworth Gingerbread Contest...........................42 Eric Atkins, Realtor.............................................28 Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, PA.................56 Gary Glass Thank You.........................................90 Gay Men’s Chorus..............................................51 Gay Men’s Group..............................................111 Gay Women of Rehoboth Meet-Up....................56 General Dentistry ..............................................52 Go Fish/GoBrit....................................................66 God’s Greyts Senior Greyhounds.......................56 Goolee’s Grille ...................................................18 Gregory Meyers Hair Studio...............................52 Harrison House of Georgetown.......................117 HIV Testing.......................................................118 Houses Of Worship...........................................116 Hugh Fuller, Realtor ...........................................38 Iguana Grill.........................................................77

Immanuel Shelter...............................................29 Jack Lingo, Realtor.............................................45 Jenn Harpel, Morgan Stanley ............................10 John Black, Bill Peiffer, Realtors ........................25 Jolly Trolley........................................................56 Just In Thyme Restaurant...................................10 Lana Warfield, Realtor........................................23 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Realtors....................82 Lori’s Café..........................................................78 Luxury Motors.....................................................15 M.G.T. & Co Toggery Shop..................................58 MERR Institute .................................................117 Midway Fitness & Racquetball.........................119 Milton Theatre....................................................27 Mirabelle............................................................56 Morris James LLP.................................................9 Murph’s Beef & Ale.............................................97 Nancy Sakaduski................................................27 Olivia Travel........................................................47 One Day At A Time Gift Shop.............................38 One Spirit Massage............................................24 Paint and Patches Handyman Service...............17 Palate...............................................................107 Pet Portraits by Monique....................................38 Philip Lowe, Prudential Insurance....................107 Photo Restoration..............................................54 Purple Parrot......................................................76 Randall-Douglas...........................................27, 29 Randy Mason / Shirley Kalvinsky, Realtors.........65 Randy’s Custom Window Treatments................59 Rehoboth Art League.........................................24 Rehoboth Beach Bears ......................................79 Rehoboth Beach Dental.....................................82

Rehoboth Beach Museum..................................43 Rehoboth Concert Band.....................................75 Rehoboth Guest House......................................28 Rehoboth Massage & Alignment........................66 Ron’s Repairs .....................................................28 Salty Paws .......................................................106 Saved Souls Animal Rescue.............................117 Sea Bova Associates, Realtors.........................120 Senior Adult Resources....................................111 Shademakers.....................................................15 Shorebreak Lodge Restaurant...........................63 SoDel Concepts .................................................53 Southern Delaware Chorale ..............................67 State Farm - Eric Blondin & Jeanine O’Donnell....82 State Farm - George Bunting.............................23 SUN Behavioral - Delaware ...............................23 Sussex County WarmLine...................................58 Sussex Family YMCA..........................................54 ThanksLiving .....................................................30 The Aesthetic Center .........................................21 The Lawson Firm................................................72 Troy Roberts, Realtor..........................................52 Unfinished Business...........................................66 Volunteer Thank You .........................................49 Ward Ellinger Gallery........................................108 Windsor’s Flowers .............................................38 Women’s Coffee Talk .........................................38 Women’s FEST Save the Date............................89 World AIDS Day..................................................11

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