Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 30, No. 9

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THIS ISSUE

4 In Brief

36 LGBTQ+ YA

News & Notes

Having Their Say JAY-XAVIER

6 CAMP Matters

38 Dining Out

Lost in Storage— Remembering the Future

A Stay-Safe Sampler FAY JACOBS

MURRAY ARCHIBALD

40 CAMP Sights

8 CAMP Out

An MCM (Mid-CenturyModern) Mystery

Juggling Electronics FAY JACOBS

10 It’s My Life

ARNOLD BERKE

The Song Remains the Same

In the Name of Love! Sundance Auction “Vanna” Team celebrates the success of the 2018 Live Auction. Vannas: Michael Fetchko, Keith Petrack, Sandra Skidmore, Mark Pipkin, and Karl Zoric.

13 Sundance 2020

22 Intentionally Inclusive

MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

United In Love

18 CAMP News 19 Salvaging Summer 20 Out & About

Rethinking the Workplace Post-Labor Day WES COMBS

DAVID GARRETT

48 Historical Headliners

28 CAMP COVID Tales

STEFANI DEOUL

MICHAEL GILLES

Squads Are NOT Spiking this Labor Day

ERIC PETERSON

50 Drag Volleyball

30 CAMP Stories

FAY JACOBS

RICH BARNETT

32 Community News 34 Health & Wellness Brave New World Be a Queen for a Day See page 15

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60 CAMPshots

Staying Safe Summer 2020

62 CAMP Critters Toddy

64 CAMP Arts

70 The Real Dirt

Follow the Marigold Road ERIC W. WAHL

ANN APTAKER

Yoga in the Age of COVID

An OG Preppie Rediscovers the Boat Shoe

CHRIS AZZOPARDI

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

24 Out & Proud

The Dilemma of Ellen

A Conversation with Chicks Frontwoman Natalie Maines

66 Booked Solid

26 Straight Talk The Latest (Kamala) Harris Poll

58 Slick Chicks

DOUG YETTER

Jock Doc: Dr. Tom Waddell

And the Band Plays On

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54 Q-Puzzle

ON THE COVER United In Love

Material Boy

56 Indigo Girls Let Loose

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers Talk Pandemic Life CHRIS AZZOPARDI

PUBLISHER David Mariner EDITOR Fay Jacobs COPY EDITOR Marj Shannon DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Kerry Hallett, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Corky Fitzpatrick, Mark Wolf CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Sondra N. Arkin, Ann Aptaker, Chris Azzopardi, Rich Barnett, Arnold Berke, Tony Burns, Wes Combs, Stefani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Michael Gilles, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Mary Beth Ramsey, Eric Peterson, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Marj Shannon, Eric W. Wahl, Jay-Xavier, Doug Yetter

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. © 2020 by CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. All rights reserved by CAMP Rehoboth. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the editor.

CAMP REHOBOTH

MISSION STATEMENT AND PURPOSE CAMP Rehoboth is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community service organization dedicated to creating a positive environment inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities in Rehoboth Beach and its related communities. We seek to promote cooperation and understanding among all people as we work to build a safer community 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.

PRESIDENT Chris Beagle VICE PRESIDENT Leslie Sinclair SECRETARY Glen Pruitt TREASURER Natalie Moss, CPA AT-LARGE DIRECTORS Jane Blue, Wesley Combs, Mike DeFlavia, Max Dick, Linda Gregory Jack Morrison, Tara Sheldon, Kathy Wiz EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR David Mariner HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR Salvatore Seeley DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Anita Broccolino

CAMP REHOBOTH 37 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 tel 302-227-5620 | fax 302-227-5604 email 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 David Mariner

The Room Where It Happened Last December, walking into the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center for the first time since last year’s Sundance, the room was almost unrecognizable. The conference center is nice, but it looked nothing like it did for Sundance. In my mind, I pictured the lights, the pillars, the staging, from last summer’s event. It was that moment when I realized exactly how much work was involved in transforming the space.

The surprise made me momentarily forget I was carrying a heavy chocolate sheet cake whose future was in peril if I could not find a table quickly. My task was to deliver this delicious treat from Pasqualini’s Bakery to the annual Community Unity Dinner. Still very new to my job, dropping the cake would not be a good look on me. As usual, some amazing volunteers were on hand to assist and then serve the cake to community members.

One of those volunteers, Sandra Skidmore, graciously gave me a behind the scenes tour of the convention center, reminding me how Sundance worked. We saw the room where Natalie Moss sets up for the silent auction, the VIP room, and the loading dock, and I learned about the timing for bringing in the big auction items. The flowers, the decorations, and of course, the massive disco ball! All very impressive.

That December, just two months into the job, I looked forward to joining the well-oiled machine that is the Sundance team. A couple months later, the world changed, and we learned the room where it all happened would be empty this Labor Day weekend.

Suddenly, Sundance plans went from being familiar and well-rehearsed to being a bit more improvised. I am grateful to our team here at CAMP Rehoboth, rolling with the punches during this (sometimes annoyingly) unprecedented time. And I’m especially grateful to Murray Archibald, Sondra Arkin, and Natalie Moss for leading the effort!

If you are staying at home, we support you and your decision! We will kick off Sundance with a virtual event and end with a special virtual experience on September 5. Throughout the week, we will broadcast Facebook Live from various events. If you are staying at home and would like to be a featured guest on one of these events via Zoom, let me know! You can also take part in the Sundance auction, which will happen online. Visit camprehoboth.com to get started.

For those of you who do feel comfortable going out (at a safe social distance), we have some fun smaller activities planned.

• The Sundance 5K will be virtual! Sign up online and run on your own schedule anytime during Sundance week.

• We will partner with Rehoboth Beach Film Society for two great movies at the Cinema Art Theater. Masks are of course required. Learn more about safety measures at the theater at RehobothFilm.com • Some great events are taking place at restaurants around Rehoboth. These are seated restaurant events with limited seating. Please remember to respect the safety guidelines at these establishments.

CAMP Rehoboth has always brought our community together, and I hope that whether you are staying home or venturing out, you enjoy the sense of joy and togetherness that Sundance is known for. I can’t wait for the event, whether it be online or in-person.

And as always, we are incredibly grateful to the hosts, sponsors, and supporters of Sundance who not only make this event possible but allow CAMP Rehoboth to continue to do important work in our community.

Recently, one of our CAMP Rehoboth members, Linda Dean, experienced an incident of anti-LGBTQ harassment right here in Rehoboth. It was disappointing to hear, of course, but I am grateful that Linda took the time to file a police report and follow up. It is an important reminder of why CAMP Rehoboth started, and why continuing our work here is so very important. Thank you for what you do to make this happen.▼

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Anyone Can “Come” to Sundance!

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ver 450 individuals and businesses have already made Sundance 2020 a success by becoming Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors and contributing to the bottom line of CAMP Rehoboth.

Considering the circumstances, having so many people support the work of CAMP Rehoboth really validates the effort expended every day on programs, outreach, and advocacy for the LGBTQ and broader Delaware community. Anyone can still contribute to this fundraiser by pledging as a Host, Supporter, or Sponsor, making a donation online, participating in one of the Sundance At-Large activities, or bidding at the auction. The Sundance Elves are busy planning an exciting online auction. “Tickets” are free and advance registration gains important pre-event information. All links and up-to-date information on camprehoboth.com. Read more about the exciting auction on page 13. ▼

SUNDANCE AT-LARGE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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SUNDAY • AUGUST 30 The Kickoff starts at 6 p.m.

(Auction runs through 9/5) Battle of the Bachelors starts at 7 p.m.

THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 3 Purple Parrot

MONDAY • AUGUST 31 Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant TUESDAY • SEPTEMBER 1 Lefty’s Alley & Eats Movies at the Rehoboth Beach Film Society

WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 2 Movies at the Rehoboth Beach Film Society

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FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 4 The Pines SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 5 Party at YOUR house.

The Experience starts at 6 p.m.

Auction ends at 8 p.m.

SUNDANCE VIRTUAL 5K On your schedule Sign up today! Full details at camprehoboth.com

Looking Back – AUGUST 1999

Being Scene… House Parties, Hats, and Naughtiness

by Tom Minnuto 707 Bayard, 205 Hickman, 316 Hickman, 211 Lake, and 10 Terrace were just a fraction of the group-houses seen wearing wild hats during 19 Terrace’s Hat Party. If there was a will, partygoers found a way to wear just about anything on their heads. Some of the most memorable hat fashions were engineered and modeled by a party-goer (who wore a battery-operated blender complete with ice and margarita mix), Miss Freida Fry a.k.a. Cliff Lassahn (who was the main boardwalk attraction for people and seagulls alike as he donned a bucket of Thrasher French Fries), and 68 Park (who created eye-popping Jiffy Pop popcorn caps that were bursting with flavor). Other hatware was provided by the Baby Bonnet Boys (who cried “Your crib or mine?”), and the 12 bitchy-witchy members of the Scarborough Witch Project. In retrospect, there’s just one thing to say to everyone who participated: “Hats off!”

It was a breeze to eat, drink, and be merry at 224 Country Club’s Annual Sea Breeze party.

Rodney Cook and Charlie Browne were exquisite hosts. They provided plenty of food, beverage, and warm hospitality to over 300 friends. The scary part is, all 300 people were REALLY friends.

Hasn’t anyone told them that Rehoboth parties are about inviting 300 people you DON’T know and having them talk bad about you once they leave?

312 Bayard’s Cocktails and Cockrings party was forced indoors when a rainstorm struck Rehoboth. Once inside, party-goers discovered that the basement had been transformed into a dark dungeon with winding walls. It didn’t take long for the Green Lantern-inspired soirée to evolve into a Crew Club-like after-hours hot spot.

Numerous Rehoboth socialites visited the Bayard basement. ▼

SPEAKOut Rehoboth Beach Municipal Election Results

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he City of Rehoboth Beach municipal election was held Saturday, August 8, and results are in for the mayor and two commissioner seats. Stan Mills defeated Paul Kuhns to win the mayor’s race. Patrick Gossett and Jay Lagree were elected commissioners.

There were 325 in-person voters in Saturday’s election and 1,146 absentee voters, bringing a grand total of 1,471 voters in Rehoboth Beach.

Six individuals ran for office. For the office of mayor, Paul Kuhns collected 587 votes and Stan Mills collected 876 votes.

For the two open commissioner seats, Hugh Fuller collected 563 votes, Patrick Gossett collected 824 votes, Jay Lagree collected 882 votes, and Rachel Macha collected 582 votes.

The election winners will be sworn into office on Friday, September 18, at the regular commissioners meeting before they begin to serve three-year terms. ▼

Celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial

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he CAMP Rehoboth Chorus may not be singing together right now, but they had planned to perform this month for the Rehoboth Beach Village Improvement Association (VIA) in their celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

August 28, 1920 was the day the 19th Amendment was ratified into the US Constitution, forever protecting American women’s right to vote. In fact, August 2020 is designated as National Women’s Suffrage Month.

Suffrage was a huge step forward in women’s rights and gave some 68 million women a voice in our political system. Happy 100th Women’s Suffrage! Until the Chorus and all CAMPers can be together, we’ll sing separately the praises of those brave Suffragists. ▼

Illustration by Kathleen Fitzgerald

Rehoboth Beach Bear Weekend Postponed

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onsidering the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors of the Rehoboth Beach Bears has decided to postpone the Annual Rehoboth Beach Weekend this Fall. This would have been the Sixth Annual event for the group. It will be rescheduled for the fall of 2021.

While the organization is still confirming dates, the 2021 gathering is tentatively set for September 23-26, 2021.

While there will be no formal activities this year, the organization understands there may still be people in town this September 17-20. Members plan to patronize (at a social distance) previous sponsors, for dining out. There will probably be bears gathering on Saturday at Gordon’s Pond Beach as well. Find details at rehobothbeachbears.com. ▼

BACHELOR AUCTION Dear Editor, Readers might notice that the event formerly known as the Bachelor Auction has been rebranded as the Battle of the Bachelors. In essence it is the same event, taking place on August 30 at 7 p.m. at Aqua Grill. We are very grateful to have them partner with us once again on this FUNdraising event. It was added to the schedule right before the Sundance AtLarge lineup was released. We’ve hosted this event so many times before that we didn’t think twice about it.

However, on second thought, in the current socio-political environment, we are all more sensitive to the language we use, and rightly so. The CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors, along with staff and organizers, decided that “auctioning” off a person didn’t fit with our policies and values. We want to do the best we can in representing those values.

Therefore, after some discussion, the organizers retooled this event fractionally and changed the name. We appreciate that the organizers were flexible and sensitive as well. So, the bachelors will be battling to get the highest bid possible for the restaurant gift certificate they present at the event. We will follow COVID-19 safety measures, and we will still have a lot of fun!

Language has the power to hurt, and it has the power to heal. At CAMP Rehoboth, we want our language to reflect the values that we seek in ourselves and in our world. We hope that you do, too.

Sincerely, Kathy Wiz Diversity Team CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors

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CAMP Matters

by Murray Archibald

Lost in Storage—Remembering the Future

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he sky was dull grey, and spit drops of rain in an unconvincing manner. Oddly steady and random at the same time. One of those days that could be depressing or nostalgic. Almost certainly one of those days destined to pass without any sunshine.

I pulled up to the double-decker Sundance storage unit. Fumbled with the old lock for a moment and hauled on the chain to raise the tall roll-up garage door.

In an ordinary and pre-pandemic August, I would be finalizing my designs for the elaborate Sundance setting at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.

About this time of year, I’d be visiting the storage unit to inventory supplies, mark items for the Sundance moving crew, or search out a missing set of fabric panels.

I felt at home in the storage unit.

Comfortable in its dusty familiarity.

Around me, carefully wrapped and labeled fragments of past glory. I stood for a moment listening to the magnified sound of raindrops pinging on the metal roof and thought about the previous 32 years of Sundance.

Tall racks filled with plastic-wrapped

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rolls of fabric snagged my attention and pulled me out of my indulgent reverie.

Quickly spotting the small bundle I needed for this year’s video backdrop, I was about to head home when I saw the label written with my own hand on a nearby roll.

Laughing, I picked it up. Curious, because I don’t usually add commentary to my labels.

“Stunning (underlined) Neon Spandex Columns, 2019, to fit 15” x 30” [x12’, light] columns.”

Stunning! I confess, I did love those light columns.

I also love the dance. The auction/ cocktail party night is fun—and raises a lot of money—but I build it for the dance.

When asked why I have continued to produce Sundance for over three decades, my answer has always been, “For the dance. I do it for the dance.”

Something good happens when we gather together at the end of each summer to celebrate the passage of another season. No matter how exhausted I am from being on my feet for seven days of unrelenting preparation—even knowing I will only have time to grab a couple hours of

restless sleep before returning the next morning to break it all down—I always walk away inspired.

I will miss the dance this year—and all it takes to make it beautiful.

Standing there in the storage unit on that rainy August morning, 32 years of rainbow-hued Sundance memories flooded my mind all at once.

(Cue Barbra soundtrack. “…misty watercolor memories…”)

I laughed again. So easy to screw up memories. Do we remember “the way things were”? Really were? Or the way we’ve told them to one another our whole life long?

Perfect or not, wisdom comes from remembering the lessons from our past.

Remembering the past is good.

Living in the past is a dead end.

Past experiences—good and bad—are the foundation of tomorrow’s decisions.

Slowly emerging from an almost twoyear period of grief after Steve passed away, I gradually became aware that my attention was shifting from “what was” to “what will be.” From past to future.

Understanding there will be a future not filled with pain and mourning is a massive step toward recovery from the loss of a loved one.

Alone in the storage unit, I smiled again as I remembered how many times I called Steve from the Convention Center, sending him dashing out to retrieve some lost box or roll of fabric we “just had to have” to finish the Sundance setup.

I smile a lot these days—even in this painful year when we have so much to worry about. I smile because the life lessons we remember the best—the ones that reshape our lives—are also the most difficult to endure. I smile because, even from the side of the mountain, the valley behind me is a visible reminder of the past.

I smile because I can also see the top of the mountain.

The past three decades of Sundance and CAMP Rehoboth had their ups and

When asked why I have continued to produce Sundance for over three decades, my answer has always been, ‘For the dance. I do it for the dance.’” downs. Nothing in our previous experience could have fully prepared Steve and me for what it would take to build CAMP Rehoboth.

Founding is easy. Sticking around long enough to live through the growing pains is the hard part.

I’ve often argued over the years that our only real success was not giving up. And, oh boy, there were days we both wanted to run away as fast as we possibly could.

But we stayed. And we learned from our mistakes—at least most of them.

The first Sundance—we say it every year—was our 10th anniversary celebration. Approaching that date this year doesn’t make me sad. Steve’s memory is cause for celebration and his presence is not a thing of the past. We walk together into an unknown and exciting future.

The storage unit is an appropriate spot for unpacking memories. “Let it all go,” he would say.

There’s a fine line between hoarders and archivists.

He’s laughing at me now, I’m quite sure.

Let it go.

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End Note

2020 will be dissected for decades to come. Caught up in it we can only speculate about the permanent changes it will create throughout the world. If nothing more, it will at least live as an example of how not to behave in a pandemic.

I want to believe we will as a people learn from its painful lessons. That we remember that equality, justice, kindness, and love are the core of who we are as a nation.

I am inspired by the outpouring of support from our community this year—and immensely proud of our Sundance family. Though not really offered more than t-shirts and a name on a list, our faithful Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors have stepped up to make sure we surpassed our goals.

Read all about Sundance in this issue or visit camprehoboth. com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Please plan on joining us for our online auction and live Facebook events. We will not dance together this Labor Day weekend, but all of our DJs have prepared music to see us through until the mirror ball rises above the dancefloor once again.

For now, we remain a community United in Love. ▼ Murray Archibald is an artist and CAMP Rehoboth co-founder. Email Murray at murray@camprehoboth.com.

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CAMP Out Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

Juggling Electronics

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ince COVID hit I’ve been spending more time re-setchipmunk cheeks and jowls. ting passwords than eating and drinking. And you can And in the corner of the iPad, hello dolly, was that my face? guess my COVID-inspired food and beverage intake.

Or a Macy’s parade balloon? Good lord, woman, chin up. All of In between earlier and earlier happy hours, with my them. And when did I get that turkey wattle? iPad and iPhone in hand, I refresh mail on my phone, get my su“Cheers!” my handsome friend said, lifting his drink into the per-secret code, and determine I’m not a frame alongside his unnaturally globular robot no matter how robotic this task has nose and bulging eyes. become. Then, I re-set my password. I try “Cheers!” I answered, “It’s me, Wilson Schnauzer’s maiden name plus a prime the soccer ball.” number, first car, and randomly selected Luckily, I now social distance from characters resembling profanity, which I the iPad screen, improving my screen often spew. image. Since then, as Rex Harrison sang, Oops! The iPad spanks me for using a I’ve grown accustomed to my face in the password from a decade ago when I was fun house mirror. And I socialize online merely middle-aged. Dammit! &$@/# Oh with friends watching my gray roots wait, that’s a good password. grow out in real time. I did learn to add The only thing I haven’t tried is good lighting, so nobody asks whatever making my password “incorrect2020” happened to Baby Jane. so if I somehow forget it the computer When I did Facetime yoga with a will explain that my password is incorrect friend, we carefully positioned our iPads (groan). to be seen in our poses. But Windsor In a rare spare moment between planted his fuzzy butt directly in front of pouring Grey Goose and changing passthe iPad. No amount of hollering “down words, I also joined Instagram. I’m told in front!” made him move. So all the it’s for photos, but it seems identical to poses, no matter their real names, were Make no mistake, I still have Facebook. Only I must now follow people. downward dog. no clue what rabbit hole you So far, I’ve chosen Mariska Hargitay and Ah, Zoom and gloom. Gathering Kamala Harris. That’s enough right now slide down when clicking them, individually for group speak. Flashback, because I’ve discovered that my Faceit’s the opening credits of the Brady but I’m having enormous fun Bunch. By this time I’ve been on quite a book friends have different Insta-names, baffling me so thoroughly I’m thinking few Zoomversations. While it’s a great inventing them. about taking Prevagen®. They use pen tool, it can divulge more of you than you names and cryptic IDs, with more aliases wish to reveal. On my second Zoom than a post office wanted poster. By the conversation I made sure to wear a bra. time I figure out who I’m following I will have made inappropriate And other Babyzoomers can see and hear everything comments on several posts. So for now, it’s me, Mariska and going on in my house. What part of “Honey, bring me some Kamala. toilet paper,” didn’t I want to share? And the worst part is the Of course, I also need followers. I invite everyone to follow five-second interval between “goodbye” and leaving the me except the police until I get my left taillight fixed. conversation, while I’m frantically pushing buttons and trying And get this, I’ve even come to terms with hashtags. Make not to be in resting bitch face. no mistake, I still have no clue what rabbit hole you slide down Wait! It’s nearly 5 p.m. and happy hour time with friends. My when clicking them, but I’m having enormous fun inventing them. iPad is positioned perfectly for less chins, less Schnauzer, more #Imissdiscobutnotthe80s. martini? Check! #formalwear4Schnauzers Ring. Okay, act natural. #170,000countsofnegligenthomicide4trump.

“Cheers!!!,” Pillsbury Dough-girl here.” ▼ Then there’s Facetime. I’m getting pretty good at it, but the first time I set up the iPad for a virtual happy hour, I starred Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried in American Horror Show. My boyfriend answered, with his & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. face resembling a view through a front door peephole—all Letters 8 AUGUST 28, 2020

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9 Letters

It’s My Life

BY MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

The Song Remains the Same

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his week in 1984, my father dropped me off at the entrance to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for a Thompson Twins concert. I was actually more excited about the opening act, Berlin, whose album Love Life I had been playing nonstop for months. Immediately upon entering the grounds, I went straight for the merchandise tables and bought a Berlin t-shirt.

Then I waited impatiently for the show to start.

It was not my first rock concert. That was the Go-Gos, who I’d seen a month earlier when they played a small arena in Utica, New York, which was the closest city to our small town. But this was my first concert at a large venue, a whole two hours from home, and I felt very grown-up.

I was almost 16, about to start my junior year, which I was dreading. I hated school, or at least most of the I felt as though I other students, who provided me was in the middle of with daily reminders that I was not one of them. It had reached the very best dream, the point where I had told my I didn’t want to go back. where music I’d only parents But there were no other options, heard while sitting and so I was counting the days until the torment would start up alone in my tiny again. I was very quickly running bedroom had come out of summer.

That night, though, I was free to full-blown life. and happy. When Berlin’s Terri Nunn roared onto the stage on a red Honda (the tour’s sponsor) Aero scooter and launched into the first song, I felt as though I was in the middle of the very best dream, where music I’d only heard while sitting alone in my tiny bedroom had come to full-blown life. It was everything I wanted it to be even if, as the openers, Berlin’s set was far too short.

I don’t remember a lot about the Thompson Twins’ performance. At that point I knew only their two big hits, “Doctor! Doctor!” and “Hold Me Now.” I’m sure I enjoyed them. And somehow, despite having no plan and no cell phone, I managed to find my father afterward. We arrived home well after midnight, and I remember lying in bed, unable to get to sleep, thinking that maybe the world could be more magical and alive than our little town had led me to believe.

I’m sure I didn’t think about where I would be on that same night 36 years later. If I had, I very much doubt I would have seen myself living in another small town and being happy there. And although Letters 10 AUGUST 28, 2020

I might have thought about what it would be like to be a writer, I had no real idea what that meant. I just knew—or hoped—that things could be different than they were.

As it happens, this week has not been a terrifically great one. I got my first pair of bifocals, and getting used to them has made me realize that my body, or at least parts of it, are on the far side of their warranty period. A book that has been due on an editor’s desk for way too long is still refusing to tell me what it wants to be. And, of course, there’s the daily “What did he do now?” hell that all of us have been living with for almost four years, which is compounded by the stress of this virus that has turned our world upside down.

If someone had told me on that August night in 1984 what I was headed for—coming out in the middle of the AIDS crisis, a turbulent first relationship, a rollercoaster of a career—I might not have been so excited about the future. Fifteenyear-old me saw the world in a much different way, wanted different things. Or thought he did. He kind of thought he knew everything, really, when he actually didn’t know much at all.

The man he became, looking back across the years and thinking about that night, wishes he could at least have told the boy that things were about to change. That he was going to escape high school early and go to college. He might even tell him that a few years later he would get to meet Berlin’s Terri Nunn at a show in New York City, where he would himself live, and that he would get to tell her how much he loved her music.

Where will that man be 36 years from now?

Probably, if family history is any indicator, not here to write about it. But if he is, what will he remember about this week? Probably that, once again, he was anxious about the future. And maybe that despite everything, as he sat at his desk listening to that Berlin album he loved when he was 16 and remembering a perfect night, he was still hopeful. ▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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OLIVIA WISHES YOU A HAPPY SUNDANCE 2020

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SUNDANCE 2020

SUNDANCE IS

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EVERYWHERE “The Experience”

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n Saturday, September 5, at 6 p.m., the Sundance Experience will be on Facebook Live. Up until now, organizers have been teasingly calling it The Experience, because in 2020, “nimble” is the new “concrete.” It wasn’t clear as the year unfolded how things would be this Labor Day, and there is a ton to learn, new players, and a whole new format to navigate. Dial up your closest friends and plan to have the party #atyourhome.

The Kickoff, Sundance At-Large, and The Experience have all been designed to entertain, honor, and educate. There will be lots of cameos, and hellos, and information about all of the good work that CAMP Rehoboth has done in 2020.

Plus a few surprises! It’s a fundraiser so expect more appeals to support the organization we all love!

The lack of events at the convention center is a super 2020 bummer but keeping everyone safe is the main priority. CAMP Rehoboth works hard every day as an advocate for LGBTQ community members, delivering additional services during this difficult time. Your support of Sundance 2020 keeps that ability intact.

You don’t have to do it all! Tune in and have fun.▼

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f you are in Rehoboth during the week of August 30-September 5, plenty of opportunities to dine-to-donate and participate to raise additional money are happening with Sundance At-Large activities, including the newly branded Battle of the Bachelors at Aqua (limited seats!) and Virtual 5K (no crowds!). Join in at your comfort level—and rest assured that the current state guidelines for COVID-19 are being followed throughout. Enjoy meals onsite (or at your home) and share the love two ways: by supporting the restaurant or venue, and also with CAMP Rehoboth (share of profits varies by venue). The full event schedule is on page 5 and each Sundance At-Large event is detailed on the website. These added fundraisers help make up for lost individual ticket revenue that would usually come from the dance and auction.

If you are NOT in Rehoboth Beach, you can still have fun participating in the Virtual 5K, dropping by the Sundance Lounge Zoom Room, tuning in to the Facebook Live feeds, going Facebook Live with your #athome party (however you define that), or starting your own Watch Party to invite your friends and amplify our message: United in Love. This year, more than ever, the message of Unity needs to be the focus of summer.

While all things seem different, one part stays the same—our business donors continue to play an important role in the success of Sundance.

Thanks to all the businesses that have partnered or donated during a time when everyone is feeling the pinch.

With the continuing economic crunch of a muted summer, organizers looked for new ways to turn the tables and share generously with the businesses that support our community. One is the Sundance At-Large events; another is the Business Tribute Booklet (included with t-shirts and available online) that recognizes the hundreds of businesses and individuals who make Sundance a unique community event.

Traditionally, over half of the Sundance fundraising happens through generous bidding at the Sundance Auction, and this year, with a careful eye to what makes sense today, there are still plenty of auction items. In the interest of sharing, CAMP Rehoboth will be peeling off a small amount from the auction to support three local nonprofits (Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, PFLAG-Rehoboth Beach, and Immanuel Shelter) whose work closely aligns with CAMP Rehoboth’s mission and values.

By the time this publication hits the stands, the Sundance Auction will be previewing online. Information on all of these things and a link for anyone to bid is on camprehoboth.com.▼

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SUNDANCE 2020

Bidders

ARE WINNERS Traditionally, over half of the Sundance fundraising happens through generous bidding at the auction, here is a sample

– Home & Hearth – Some tangible additions to home and life include a deluxe Wine Cooler refrigerator that can be freestanding or built-in and holds 31 bottles of champagne or wine (donated by Natalie Moss), an elegant Marcel Charcoal Shagreen Lamp (donated from Ocean Furniture), a Beatriz Ball Anchor bowl with coordinating Silver Lacquer napkin box and weight (donated from Mod Cottage), a Char-Broil Commercial Stainless Steel 3-Burner Liquid Propane and Natural Gas Infrared Gas Grill (donated by Allen Jarmon), a delightful cocktail ring (donated by Holland Jewelers), and four stunning coral fish print pillows (donated by the Design Center of Rehoboth).

HOW TO REGISTER AS A BIDDER Visit the online auction site via the link at 1 camprehoboth.com Click the START BIDDING button at the top right 2 corner of the page Click the green CREATE ACCOUNT button on the 3 left side of the page Enter and confirm your email, click the “I am not a 4 robot” box, then confirm You will receive an email at the provided address; 5 follow the instructions to complete registration IMPORTANT: credit card information entered will only be used when bidding and purchasing items online.

Having trouble? Special help desk available from 12-8 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Need someone to place a proxy bid for you? We can do that. Call 202-588-8421. ▼

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“It’s a fundraiser folks!”

— BOB R AMSE Y — (Second-tier Auctioneer)

– Health & Wellness – Five lucky winners will each become a member of the Love Wine Club with one bottle of exceptional wine selected each month (September, October, and November) and donated by Loves Liquors. Gift cards around town include Lori’s Oy Vey Café, One Spirit Massage, Coho’s Market, and the Sussex Family YMCA.

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SUNDANCE 2020 – Unique Experiences – For those interested in an experience, how about a Virtual Tour of the NBC4 Studios with anchor Eun Yang? (donated by Wes Combs and Greg Albright), or have your house be a stop on the Pie Ladies 2021 Tour! (Pie included! donated by Grant Oines and the Pie Ladies). Or what about Queen for a Day?!

Your chance to be powdered and fitted and fluffed and strut onstage with Mona Lotts & Kristina Kelly of The Pines for your own drag brunch cameo plus four tickets for your friends to cheer you on (donated by “parties involved” and The Pines).

– Travel & Adventure – For those with future travel on the mind, Oliva Travel has donated a Superior Room for Two at The L Word Generation Q Caribbean Resort Vacation May 1-8, 2021. An eye-catching Vera Bradley luggage set (donated

by Maggie Ottato) and a deluxe Coach Academy Backpack set (donated by Robert Wright and Jack Lim) will have you ready to pack up and go.

– Collectibles – The online auction format gives a great platform to showcase some excellent memorabilia including an autographed Billie Jean King tennis ball, Gary Beach signed La Cage Program, a SBXXXIII autographed seat cushion by halftime star Gloria Estefan, and an authentic headdress from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (with stand) worn during the 2012 Broadway production.

– Art –

“From the Artist Studio” Spruce up those four walls and hang more art in your Zoom room! A special section curated by CAMP Rehoboth Arts Committee Chair (and board VP) Leslie Sinclair, Health and Wellness Director Salvatore Seeley, and Sundance CoChair Sondra Arkin showcases a number of the artists popular at Rehoboth and DC galleries including Rod Cook, Yvonne Frankis, Caroline Huff, Gary Fisher, Donna Deely, Susan Finsen, Ellyn Weiss, and Ellen Sinel, among others. Featured artwork includes highly desirable works from Ward Ellinger, Murray Archibald, Joan Erbe (“The Grand Duchess of Baltimore Painters”), Bill Snow, and a rare Howard Schroeder oil painting from around 1970, done at the Rehoboth Art League and called Makeshift Table in My Studio. More original art on page 64.

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SUNDANCE 2020 | RAINBOW XXXIII

United In Love

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Our 33rd Year

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SUNDANCE 2020 S P O N S O R S , S UP P ORTE R S, AND HOSTS

DIAMOND SPONSORS

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GOLD SPONSORS

Allen Jarmon & Ward Ellinger Chip DiPaula Len Smith Randy Gross Rick Fischer & Kate Fischer Sondra N. Arkin Stephan & Co Salon & Spa

SPONSORS

AIDS Delaware Amanda & Melissa Kaufman Beebe Healthcare Bill Miller & Joe Mirabella Cahill Design Build Cape Gazette/Beach Paper Carol Bresler & Carolyn Billinghurst Cathin Bishop & Laura Simon Creative Concepts David Streit & Scott Button Delaware Beach Life Derick Wholesale Lighting Gary Gajewski & Gianfranco Iaconelli, in Memory of Dr. John A. Boscia Gary Seiden - Dupont Dental Greg Albright & Wes Combs Iguana Grill Joe Filipek & Larry Richardson Judy Rosenstein & Elva Weininger Letters from CAMP Rehoboth Marvin Miller & Dan Kyle Mary Beth Ramsey, Vizual-i Art & Design Studio & Bob Ramsey Miller and Shook Co’s Murray Archibald, in Memory of Steve Elkins Natalie B. Moss Outlet Liquors Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Pre-need Purple Parrot Rich & Debbie Sockel Richard Bennett & Andrew Frake Strasser Studio The Morrison & Foerster Foundation Tim Price & Jerry Sealy Price Medical Washington Blade

GOLD SUPPORTERS

Chris Yochim & Daryl Glazer, Easy Rider Stable Jim Mease & Phil Vehslage Leslie Sinclair & Debbie Woods Richard Gamble & Paul Lindsey

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David Nelson & William McManus Douglas Sellers & Mark Eubanks Ed Hotaling & Ed Miller Ernie Johnson Gary Colangelo & Gerald Duvall Holland Jewelers Imaging Zone Jay Chalmers & John Potthast Jerry Filbin Jim Flower & Tom Flower Joel Stango, Bob Goff, Marcelino Hernandez Milan Keven Fitzsimmons & Jeff Stroud Laurie Kuebler Lloyd Bowers & Chris Wickersham Maggie Ottato Michael Fetchko & Keith Petrack Morris James LLP Sandra Pace & Barbara Passikoff Steve Hoult & Rick Bane

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Albert Drulis & Scott Silber Chris Beagle & Eric Engelhart David Briggs & John Benton Dent Farr & Erick Lowe Fran & Rich Grote Jay Kottoff & Mark Matey Jeffrey Trunzo & Herman Goodyear Jennifer Rubenstein & Diane Scobey Jim Chupella & Jim Wigand John Hackett & Tom Newton John L. Batchelor Jon Worthington Max Dick Mother Earth Perry Gottlieb & Tim White Rabbi Beth Cohen & Fran Sneider Randy Overbaugh Richard Coss & Mike Hull Rod Cook & Charlie Browne Ron Bowman & John Swift Steve Groeninger & Stephen Strasser Steve Hayes & Nick Parash Tom Carlson & Ray Michener Wharton’s Garden Center LLC

BUSINESS HOSTS

Cat & Mouse Press, Nancy Sakaduski Data Vision Design Double Dippers Dreamer 2 Doer Fleishman Illustration Gallery 50 Grizzly’s Landscape Supply & Services Ladies 2000 Lavender Fields at Warrington Manor Lori’s Oy Vey Café One Spirit Massage Studio Robert Mancuso, LCSW Susan Hamadock The Debbie Reed Team

INDIVIDUAL HOSTS

Adam Entenberg & Bruce Namerow Allen Fred Fielding Andy Brangenberg & David Hagelin Anita Broccolino & Ann Garvey Armando Rascon, in Memory of Jack Carver Barbara Fishel & Wendy Grooms Barry Dunkin Beth Fitton & Mary Morgan Bill Briganti & Gary Moore Bill Fuchs & Gerry Beaulieu Bill Graff & Jeff Schuck Bill Snow & Richie Pagnotta Bob Kabel Bob Palandrani & Jim Lawrence Brenda Dunn & Karen Anderson Brenda Robertson & Caroline Huff Brian Powers & Chris Rinaldi Bud Beehler Carol Schwartz Charles Codacovi Chip Hatchell & Earl Harvey Chris & Diane Martin Chris Murray & Tom Ramsey Christine Lay Claire Ippoliti Cliff Lassahn Corky & Kathy Fitzpatrick Craig Schwartz & Jamie Kotchek Dan & Jaison Currier-Mapes Daniel Watkins & Micah Shockney David Block & Wesley Hacker David Carder David Flohr David Herring & Karl Hornberger David Lyons & Rick Hardy David Smith & Kenn Williams David Wise, III Deb & Peggy Sander Deb Appleby Deirdre Boyle & Cynthia Flynn DeniRett Dennis Diaz & Michael Ewald Dennis M. Konzelman & Jeffrey R. Wilson Dennis Neason & Steven Bendyna Dick Byrne, Commissioner & Sherri Wright Dominic Borda Don Baum & Michael Brown Don Corin & Tim Dillingham Donald Crowl Donna Ohle & Sue Gaggiotti Dr. David J. Scuccimarra Dr. Robb Mapou & Mr. Mike Zufall Ed Gmoch Emilie Paternoster & Monica Parr Eric Barton & Greg Nagel Eric Korpon & Steven Haber Evelyn Maurmeyer Fay Jacobs, Author & Humorist Fran O’Brien & David Gifford Fred DiBartolo & Steve Wood Fred Munzert & JP Lacap

Gary Alexander & Craig Sencindiver Gary Fisher & Josh Bushey George Shevlin, IV & Jack Suwanlert Glen C. Pruitt Glenn Ashton & Tom Chaplin Gordon Porter Family Harris Holden In Memory of Charlie Allen In Memory of Jimmy, Connie, & Gloria Jack Harman Jack Morrison & Bob Dobbs Jane Blue & Louisa Watrel Janet Urdahl & Grace Pesikey Jason Mills & Matt Sokolowski Jay Raksin Jean Simmonds Jeffrey & Ida Rowe Jeffrey Z. Slavin Jerry Gallucci & Conrad Welch Jerry Sipes Jo Picone & Kathy Bostedo Jocelyn Kaplan & Idalie Adams Jodi Renbaum Joe Canter Joe Conn & Rick Mowery Joe DiSalvo Joe Schnetzka & Frank Liptak John Brady John Farley & Dennis Wilson John Furbush & Tom Feng John Michael Sophos John Zingo & Rick Johnson Jon Adler Kaplan Jonathan & Donna Baker Jordan Gipple & Paul Weppner Joyce Felton & Susannah Griffin Judy & Norm Moore Karl Zoric & Mark Pipkin Katherine Cauley & Patricia Newcomb Kathleen Garrity Keith Anderson & Peter Bish Keith Krueger & Joel Lawson Ken Davies Ken Green & Joe Kearney Kenneth Reilly & Antonio Ghigi Kent Swarts & Chris Hughes Larry L. Zeigler Leslie W. Ledogar & Marilyn A. Hewitt Lillian Gillespie Linda Kauffman & Dee Speck Linda Miniscalco & Jeanne Drake Lisa Beske Lisa Rabigi & Bea Vuocolo Lorne Crawford & Simone Fares Marilyn J. Kates & Laura J. Glenn Marj Shannon Mark Betchkal Mark Carr Mark Roush & Dave Banick Mark Royal Conheady Marsha Mark & Judy Raynor Maureen Ewadinger & Nan Ruhl Max Archibald Melanie Wolfe & Monica Niccolai Michael Decker Michael Green & Robert Schwerdtfeger

Michael Stover Michael Weinert Mickie McManamon Mike DeFlavia & Tony Sowers Mike Gordy & Ed Brubaker Mike Safina & Tim Bean Mike Tyler & Ken Currier Monica Chmielewski Monica Fleischmann & Lona Crist Mowry Spencer & John Newton Muriel Hogan & Kathy Wiz Neil Frock & Bob Harrison Pat Catanzariti Patrick Gossett & Howard Menaker Paul Christensen & Dennis Morgan Paul Dwyer Penny, Sammy, & Barb Pete Jakubowski Peter Rosenstein Philip Rathbun Phyllis C. Dillinger Rebecca Moscoso & Margaret Kilroy Reber Whitner & Stephanie Manos RIch Barnett & Michael Craig Rick & Patrice Delargey Robert Holloway Robert Patlan & Gordon Tanner Roland Forster & David McDonald Ronald F. Barisano Russ Phipps & Stephen Jacobs Russell Koerwer & Stephen Schreiber Rutland Paal & Robert Mittleman Sam Profeta Sandra Skidmore & Jonathan Handy Sandy Neverett & Pam Cranston Sandy Oropel & Linda Frese Scott Dechen & James Maino Sharon Kanter & Cyndy Bennett Sharon Larrimore Sharyn Warwick Stan Mills & Marcia Maldeis Stephen Corona Steve Clayton & Brad Lentz Susan Goudy Susan Kutliroff & Barbara Snyder Teri Dunbar & Maureen Keenan Teri Seaton & Rena Frampton-Seaton Terry Hollinger & Mike May Terry Wilkerson Timothy Credle & The Rev. Christopher Otten Tom Jamison & Don Wainwright Tom Rose & Tom Sechowicz Tom Skeen Tony Burns Tony DiMichele & Jeffrey Smith Tony Wright & Mary Jo Bennett Trudie E. Thompson William F. Wheatley

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CAMPNews Hand-Made Market Coming to Courtyard

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CROP Helps Feed Local Families

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n August 13, volunteers from the CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program (CROP) worked with the Food Bank of Delware to pack boxes of nutritious food to be delivered on the weekend for 204 local families. CROP organizer Debbie Woods says, “Wow, another productive day by a team of eight CROP volunteers!” Working for CROP were Barbara Antlitz, Deb Carroll, Mike DeFlavia, Beverly Miller, Leslie Sinclair, Tony Sowers, Jill Steiner, and Debbie Woods.

The Food Bank provides food to homeless families on weekends when many facilities are closed. The CROP volunteers also sorted a variety of personal care items such as body wash, soap, shampoo, and vitamins, and filled goodie bags with them. “We can just imagine how much folks will appreciate them,” Woods said. ▼

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tarting with the premier on September 11, there will be a monthly CAMP Rehoboth Hand-Made Market in the Courtyard at the Community Center.

From 5-9 p.m., it will be an evening market featuring local artists displaying and selling their art, crafts, and even books.

Organized by CAMP Rehoboth Operations Administrator Kerry Hallett, there are already eight artists on the roster for the first night and several more in talks to join up.

Currently on the roster are Millie Crotty—ceramics, shell jewelry, and wind chimes; Sandy Curson—pottery; Richard Thibodeau—enamel on reverse glass; Dan Bartasavich—paintings, birdhouses, and reclaimed garden objects; Geri Dibiase—photography; Alexis McKenzie— watercolor/photo, and pillows; Tall Oak Trading Company; Delaware Bay Clay; and Fay Jacobs—author.

“We love the idea of having it in the courtyard in the summer and fall, to give people walking to area restaurants something else to stop by and see at CAMP Rehoboth,” says Kerry, “and we’re hoping to keep it going all year long if we are able to set up inside in the winter.”

The market will adhere strictly to all the COVID-19 guidelines, stressing social distancing, masks, and making people feel safe. ▼

THE NEW NORMAL

Salvaging Summer Amid COVID-19 lockdowns and safe social distancing, Letters readers are telling us about their activities to help salvage summer and remain healthy. Read on. And send your plans for salvaging your Fall season to editor@camprehoboth.com.

Alicia Mickenberg has been chalking the street in front of her house with positive messages, while her wife, Kathleen Fitzgerald, has been busy since January 1 with a daily drawing/painting challenge.

She posts a drawing or painting on her Facebook page every day and plans to keep it up until the end of the year. “We hope we are bringing smiles in these anxious times,” says Alicia.

Mike DeFlavia has been enjoying dinners at home, but he has also been supporting downtown businesses, like the Pines and Blue Moon by going to some of the shows and for drinks at Aqua and Diego’s. He reports “They all do a great job of distancing and managing capacity.”

Lana Warfield says real estate sales are crazy, “because everyone wants to be here!” She misses getting together with friends and “I so miss our Cloud 9 days more than ever. I think that experience helped build our fantastic women’s community.” Meanwhile, she says she’s drinking more wine and losing sleep because of Mr. T. Dottie Cirelli is behind the wheel of various boats traveling up the Broadkill and down the canal into Rehoboth Bay. That Freedom Boat Club sure is popular.

Ron Bass and George Robbins report spending almost every day attacking the weeds in their garden. “And the weeds are gaining on us!” says George. Ron says, “We exercise, read the paper, work in the garden, prepare lunch, work in the garden, prepare dinner, and if the weather is good, work for another brief period in the garden. As soon as we get a vaccine I’m heading to a restaurant!”

Celebrities report in too...

Comic Jennie McNulty: “I’m doing online shows, editing videos about 10-12 hours a day, chatting online for half an hour Monday-Friday, then drinking heavily on Saturdays. But having a ball.”

Kerry Hallett and Anita Broccolino are settling in to their new jobs at CAMP Rehoboth, both of them coming up with cool new ideas and projects (see page 18 for Kerry’s new project.)

Comic Bruce Vilanch: “I’m in my Hollywood mancave, reading, writing, streaming, zooming, and falling in love all over again with porn stars long dead.”

Bonnie Quesenberry has taken a break from home improvement projects and has become a census worker, masked up and staying far, far away from everyone she interviews.

Broadway Stage Manager James FitzSimmons: “For my first full summer at the Lewes house in years, I’m figuring out what to do with all my tomatoes. I’ll be totally broke by Christmas so it’s a good opportunity to do a little canning and Martha Stewarting.”

Chris Beagle says, “Saturday nights redefined: Cucumber martinis, London broil marinating, happy pups, amazing husband! No place I’d rather be....”

For Murray Archibald it’s been about salvaging Sundance to salvage summer—and he, Sondra Arkin, Natalie Moss and the entire Sundance Committee have an entire week planned that will have loads of variety for this major FUNdraiser!

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SUMMER— AND STAY SAFE!

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Out & About

BY ERIC C. PETERSON

And the Band Plays On

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acebook “memories” are a funny thing. Yes, I’m aware that I should probably delete my account, given the very real social ills created by this tech giant, including data privacy violations, questionable policies around political advertising, and more. But in my sixth month of living like a hermit in the year 2020, it’s difficult to let go of what is sometimes my only contact with the people in my life on a given day.

But in addition to the posts, likes, comments, and conversations that Facebook provides, it also sends out “memories”—images, usually, from one, five, or 10 years ago that are a stark reminder of the “before times.”

More than once, I’ve been caught short by a photo of my dear friend Bobby, who died less than a year ago, smiling by my side. There are also photos of my almost-senior dog when she was a puppy, or selfies featuring me and my ex, before he was my ex. And just yesterday, a photo of myself and a group of friends in New York, seeing the revival of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band on Broadway in 2018.

The Boys in the Band was a groundbreaking play when it premiered off-Broadway in the late 60s. Gay audiences had been starving to see their lives represented in popular culture as something other than a tragic victim or homicidal killer. Gay folks lined Many of the actors up around a city block to see it confessed that when it premiered in the winter of 1968 for a five-performance they were initially run. After moving to another theater, it would run for another hesitant to take it 1,001 performances. on, wondering if it The play centers on Michael, shouldn’t be thrown a gay man hosting a birthday party for his friend Harold. into the dustbin Michael spends money he doesn’t have on things he of history and left doesn’t need, but he finds there to rot. comfort in his collection of friends. But when a supposedly straight college friend arrives uninvited, the previously sober Michael hits the bottle. Fueled by self-loathing and too much vodka, he becomes a monster, treating everyone around him with abject cruelty—which is all the more tragic when the person he hates most of all is himself.

By the time the highly anticipated film version came out in 1970, the world had changed significantly. After Stonewall, the gay community Letters 20 AUGUST 28, 2020

wanted to send a message of pride to the world.

Embracing Frank Kameny’s credo that “Gay is Good,” this story of a group of men, some of whom were struggling mightily with self-acceptance, was not the tale they wanted to tell. And so, the film was met with protests and described as not only dated, but dangerous.

When the play finally made it to Broadway in 2018, many of the actors confessed that they were initially hesitant to take it on, wondering if it shouldn’t be thrown into the dustbin of history and left there to rot. But, as they explored the idea of putting it on its feet again, they were struck by how differently they saw it now. In the twenty-first century, The Boys in the Band is a period piece, and its portrayal of intense self-loathing was no longer a source of shame, but a testament to how far we’d come.

After the revival closed, producer Ryan Murphy wondered if his 50th anniversary revival shouldn’t be followed by a 50th anniversary film remake.

The new film version of The Boys in the Band will be released on Netflix September 30, and just as the 1970 film featured every single member of the original off-Broadway cast, all of the actors in the revival will reprise their roles: Jim Parsons as Michael, Matt Bomer as his sometime lover Donald, Andrew Rannells as the randy Larry, Zachary Quinto as the stoned birthday boy Harold, Tuc Watkins as the staid and butch Hank, Tony nominee Robin de Jesus as the flamboyant Emory, Michael Benjamin Washington as the quiet Bernard, Brian Hutchison as the “straight” interloper Alan, and Charlie Carver as the nameless sex worker hired by Emory to be Harold’s “present.”

Having thoroughly enjoyed the revival two years ago, I’ll be watching the new film as soon as it appears on my Netflix account. And as I watch, I won’t be filled with shame; like the original film, I celebrate my 50th this year too, and I’m lucky to have come out in a time that was far easier than the setting of Crowley’s play. But I will revel in the bitchy repartee, marinate in the pathos of Emory’s telephone call to his high school crush, and appreciate how what we see usually says a lot more about the viewer than the thing being viewed. ▼ Eric Peterson is a writer and teacher. He co-hosts a podcast about old movies—visit rewindpod.com to learn more.

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BY WESLEY COMBS

Rethinking the Workplace Post-Labor Day

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ecently I have been speaking to friends about what their employers are saying about going back to their offices, given that we are still up to our necks in a pandemic. For starters, they all mention that whatever they do is guided by the restrictions local and state elected officials have in place. That is the only thing the various plans had in common.

Some companies have decided to keep their workers remote through at least the end of the year or longer. CEO Mark Zukerberg has stated that by 2030 at least half of Facebook’s 50,000 employees would be working from home.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter and Square’s employees would be allowed to work “where[ever] they feel most creative and productive… even once offices begin to reopen.”

Another scenario has employees separated into teams with distinct groups of people that come to work on different days creating “bubbles” that can help limit broader spread should someone test positive. For those who choose to go to the office, there are protocols in place that include taking your temperature and completing a form asking if the employee has experienced any COVID-19 symptoms or been exposed to anyone who has.

At a time when students are testing positive days into the start of the fall semester at schools in Georgia, does it make sense to take this risk at work too?

The answer to this complicated question is far above my pay grade and I believe that these decisions should be made by relying on guidance from leading pandemic health experts. Having said that, there are other considerations that are weighing heavily on employers regarding the mental health wellness of their workers.

A new study by the public relations firm Ketchum on how the pandemic impacts the American workforce sheds light on how employees are feeling.

Now, a majority of workers believe feeling safe is more important than being

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promoted. Forty-two percent report having the ability to work flexible hours is more important than receiving a promotion. This has particular significance to households with working parents with children attending school virtually this Fall and whose supervision throughout the day may make the difference between learning or not.

Now, a majority of workers believe feeling safe is more important than being promoted.

What about those extroverts who draw their energy from the outside world: the people, places, and things around them?

And the single people whose daily interactions with co-workers, church members, and even their barista can provide life-affirming contact in a sometimes-lonely world?

A perfect example is the executive assistant of a close friend who is very active in her church and had been his company’s office manager for the last decade.

Let’s call her Sandy to protect her privacy.

If you asked anyone who knows Sandy at work or at church, they would say, “She’s the glue that holds everything together at work” or “Sandy’s bright smile comforts me when I see her at church each week.”

A few weeks ago, Sandy reached out to my friend to say home confinement was difficult for her and the lack of contact with co-workers left her feeling disconnected from the workplace. Sandy is not alone. A survey by Small Business Trends found that 21 percent of respondents say they experience loneliness because they work remotely. Even though there is uncertainty as to when there will be a vaccine, one thing is clear: research clearly shows that employee productivity is linked to employee engagement.

Enough with the doom and gloom.

The good news is that experts have been studying how to minimize the negative impact from working remotely. Instead of worrying about what is out of our control, they recommend focusing on what can be done to 1) make it easier to work from home, 2) alleviate employee anxiety, and 3) intentionally create ways to stay connected virtually.

Technology and Flexibility: Let’s face it, remote work is here to stay, which means each employer must provide the equipment (i.e. laptop, internet access) and the technical support needed (i.e. set up and troubleshooting) so employees can perform their jobs. Employers must recognize that it is not a worker’s responsibility to have access to high-speed internet at home in order to do their job.

Developing a sustainable solution is further complicated by employees with childcare and caregiving responsibilities.

The answer may be to offer part time options and allow workers to job share.

Emotional Support: With no near-term relief in sight, coupled with the fact that social unrest is putting stress on individuals personally and professionally, it is important to check-in with employees to see how they are feeling, and provide a forum to share how they are feeling.

Make sure to seek guidance from mental health professionals when developing a path forward.

Creating Connection: The inability to engage one-on-one requires creativity and intentionality to keep people connected. Virtual happy hours, socially-distanced yoga classes, and volunteer service performed safely can help maintain bonds and encourage participation. ▼ Wesley Combs, a CAMP Rehoboth Board member, is a diversity and inclusion expert, executive coach, and a passionate social justice advocate. He is the founding principal of Combs Advisory Services where he works with clients who share his values of enabling equity, equality, and opportunity in the workplace and the community.

AUGUST 28, 2020

23 Letters

Out & Proud

BY STEFANI DEOUL

The Dilemma of Ellen

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funny thing happened on our way through the pandemic— Ellen DeGeneres lost her luster. And I know there’s a whole bunch of queer people saying, “who cares,” “don’t watch,” “meh,” but for many of us, it’s not so simple.

It was way back in 1997 when Ellen came out to Oprah (because well, she’s Oprah) and then to the world on the cover of Time, her journey culminating with her character coming out on her self-named network sitcom.

And it was a huge deal. Ellen’s Mom was there for her, and for us. There were parents welcoming children home they had long ago kicked out, and queers able to go to work and find a piece of acceptance because they were “just like Ellen.”

Can we name a half-dozen “out” celebrity peers living the mainstream back then? It was a lonely, scary place to be. Today, happily, it’s almost more challenging to find stars who aren’t waving one of our flags. And “then” was a mere 23 years ago.

At the time, everything about Ellen was nice, and genuine, but it wasn’t enough to save her. Ellen was the victim of “cancel culture,” long before it was hip. Christian activists proclaimed her a danger to the country. Her sitcom was taken off the air. Supposed loyal friends abandoned her. There were death threats and bomb threats, and Ellen was going straight to hell.

But sweet-as-pie hid a tough-asleather core. Ellen didn’t make the haters happy by sailing off down the River Styx. Nope. She stayed in Hollywood, fighting for her life, her career. And then came Anne Heche, and we witnessed the best and worst of public displays.

For the best, it was back to Oprah— their interview was the first time many people got to see an out lesbian couple together—and discover, you know, they weren’t all that terrifying. For the worst, well none of us will ever know why Anne

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broke down, but for both Ellen and Anne, it was another round of being the butt of every talk show host’s jokes.

Tested again, Ellen hung in there, fighting back. Her voice only, safely, in The Little Mermaid, then the call to host the Oscars, and ultimately, she reincarnated into the rehabilitated Ellen we all know today. Or at least all knew, up until the pandemic, when it turned out, spoiler alert, Ellen might not be the nicest person in the room.

Twitter and pandemics can be a deadly combination. Bored people with a snarky platform.

Oh my god, stop the presses. She’s a woman kicked to the curb who, rather than rolling over and playing dead, fought on, clawing her way back, and then surpassing her start to make it to the top.

Flash! A person who can do that isn’t always the nicest person in the room.

Now I grant you, when someone’s image is built on “niceness,” not being the nicest is much more complicated.

Does anyone remember when Rosie O’Donnell was considered the “Queen of Nice?” Yeah.

Podcaster Kevin Porter asked people for “the most insane stories you’ve heard about Ellen being mean…” and he’d give money to charity for each answer. Kevin got lots of responses, many obviously fake, all unverified. They included people saying she passed them in the hall without saying “hello.”

Twitter and pandemics can be a deadly combination. Bored people with a snarky platform. Please!

Another “scathing” report comes from a person plucked from the audience to

participate in the show. Her complaints against Ellen’s “hostile environment” include being told to jump and clap, not be funnier than the host (Ellen), laugh at the host’s jokes, and, here’s the big one, when the cameras stopped rolling for commercials, Ellen didn’t talk to anyone.

She accused Ellen of “sitting moodily!”

And this merited ink.

My intention is not to defend Ellen’s niceness. Truthfully, she probably isn’t the nicest person in the room. But the Australians have a phrase about “tall poppy syndrome.” The tallest poppy, aka the most successful, must be cut down. And when that syndrome meets women, it’s an unleashing of ugly. Ask Oprah, she’s been there.

When Ellen came out in 1997 she lost her job, and nowhere in the world could two same-sex couples be married.

Today, Ellen is fabulously wealthy and we can be married in all sorts of places.

And maybe she’s traded a bit of her gay culture for rich culture. I don’t know.

But I do know cancel culture is alive and well. Ellen has offered an apology, but her detractors claim it “rings hallow.”

Replacement names are being bandied about.

Most people who change the world are complicated. Ellen changed the world. I know she changed my world for the better. We can ask, even demand, she be better, do better, but only if we are willing to stand with her while she does. ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery series Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures, with On a LARP, Zero Sum Game, and Say Her Name.

AUGUST 28, 2020

25 Letters

Straight Talk

BY DAVID GARRETT

The Latest (Kamala) Harris Poll

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hen Joe Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his choice for vice-president on the Democratic Party ticket, history was made. Harris is the first woman of color to be on a major party ticket for the White House.

Knowing how Joe Biden advocates on behalf of the LGBTQ community, it was a reasonable response to ask “What is Kamala Harris’s track record on LGBTQ issues?”

Prior to becoming a senator in 2017, Harris served as San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2011, and subsequently as California state attorney general from 2012 to 2016.

While Harris was credited for her firm opposition to the death penalty, even in light of a fatal shooting of a police officer, she established a Hate Crimes Unit there. Harris focused the efforts of this group on crimes whose victims were LGBTQ children and youth. One well-covered case involved the murder of a transgender teenage girl. The accused parties used the “gay panic defense.” They were convicted of second-degree murder. Harris then led efforts to educate prosecutors on this new defense.

As state attorney general, Harris provided solid legal representation for marriage equality, as she opposed Propositions 22 and 8, passed by California voters in 2000 and 2008 respectively. Those Prop votes affirmed that marriage in that state would be legal only between a man and woman.

Both were struck down during Harris’s tenure as state attorney general. In fact, this action was cited by the US Supreme Court in its ruling in June, 2013 declaring that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional.

Two days later, as marriage equality became a reality in California, Kamala Harris herself officiated its first samesex wedding.

The day Kamala Harris was announced as the VP pick for the Democratic ticket, Sarah Palin sent a congratulatory note to her on Instagram.

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In part, Palin wrote, “Congrats to the Democrat VP pick! Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro’s and my shoulders, and from the most amazing view in your life consider what lessons we learned.”

There is no question in the mind of this writer that Ms. Harris does not need to ride anyone’s shoulders, as Kamala stands firmly on her own two feet.

Jerry Meandering One Jerry is out, another Jerry is in.

Jerry Falwell, Jr., formerly the sitting president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, is out. Jerry Prevo is in. Falwell has taken an indefinite leave of absence. This action comes in the wake of a yacht ride with cronies and staff in which Jerry F had a photo taken of him with his shorts unzipped (holding a glass with an unidentified beverage) and with his arm around his wife’s assistant, who was similarly unzipped.

Two days later, as marriage equality became a reality in California, Kamala Harris herself officiated its first same-sex wedding.

This does not play well in evangelical circles unless you are running for President. Jerry F will undergo routine counseling and “leadership re-orientation,” and will likely return to his duties a more humble—and obedient—man.

But what of Jerry P? Mr. Prevo hails from Tennessee. Until his appointment as interim president of Liberty U, he was chairman of the institution’s Board of Trustees. His career path includes a nearly half-century tenure as pastor of

Anchorage Baptist Temple in Alaska.

In January 1980, Jerry P chartered the Alaskan chapter of the Moral Majority.

Thus began his foray into politics and advancing a strict anti-LGBTQ agenda.

These credentials brought him to Liberty University where he rose to the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Never fear, Liberty U evangelicals! Jerry P will preserve its anti-LGBTQ status with his bold vision for a safe Virginia campus. While the Board and students pray for the repentance and restoration of Jerry F, which will come in due course, Liberty University carries on its mission and education during his absence.

There is little doubt that Jerry F will return as president of Liberty University.

Taking over the reins after his father’s death in 2007, Jerry Jr. has greatly increased the endowment funds held

by Liberty. Seeking to become the evangelical equivalent to the University of Notre Dame, current enrollment stands at 110,000. It must be noted, however, that 15,000 students are oncampus while 95,000 are enrolled in online courses.

Jerry Jr. has his detractors. He has been roundly criticized for publicly (and shamelessly) endorsing Donald Trump for president in January 2016. His campus hosted Trump for an address at which he referenced a Bible verse from “Two Corinthians.” The student audience audibly chuckled, as anyone familiar with the New Testament knows it is “Second Corinthians.” Jerry F has intense prayer and self-reflection ahead of him. Let’s add our prayers that he may finally see the light. ▼ David Garrett is a straight advocate for equality and inclusion. He is also the proud father of an adult trans daughter. Email David Garrett at dlgarrett4rb@gmail.com.

AUGUST 28, 2020

27 Letters

CAMP REHOBOTH COVID TALES

BY MIKE GILLES

Yoga in the Age of COVID What the heck? There’s no way I can do that!

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hus starts my first chair yoga class at CAMP Rehoboth. But within a few minutes, I am doing a sitting warrior pose. By all accounts, it’s a miracle. I haven’t fallen off my chair yet.

Despite the restrictions COVID-19 poses, Erin Shivone of Lanikai Wellness Studio has spent a good part of this summer teaching classes at CAMP Rehoboth, including chair yoga. Erin, a long-time yoga practitioner who has been teaching since 2013, says that among the many life changes yoga brings are increasing flexibility and range of motion, building strength and muscle tone, and reducing chronic pain.

My having the flexibility and range of motion of a snowman on a 10-degree day qualifies me for this class. Having the strength and muscle tone of a four-year old means I need this class.

I have taken yoga approximately zero times in my life, but even I know you stand, sit, twist, and turn in front of a teacher who, in my case, marvels at my inability to correctly do any of those things.

Not so, it seems at CAMP Rehoboth. But how do you teach 25 people in a pandemic world that requires masks, social distancing, and restrictions on large meetings?

The answer is simple: Zoom. For those who have been totally disconnected during the era of COVID-19 (which actually may be many of you), Zoom is an application that allows you to conduct training online. For Erin’s classes, this online training has allowed her to not only provide stress reducing instruction to CAMP Rehoboth members, but to her students at Lanikai Wellness Studio and in private communities as well.

But surely, the switch to online classes can’t be easy. Erin explains, “I think the biggest challenge right now with Zoom is that I can’t see people,” which makes it hard to cull the herd (no, she doesn’t really say or do that!). She just cannot see what we are doing and comment on it. Which in my case is good. But she tells me she really misses offering cues specific to the individual student’s needs. Plus, she can’t hug people!

Many students also miss the social aspect of

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❝ Yoga brings peace of mind, movement, a sense of gratitude, and hope in a stressful time. Yoga is such an amazing gift to have when you feel yourself getting tossed around in that washing machine of life.

— ERIN SHIVONE —

Owwww.

— MICHAEL GILLES —

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in-person classes. Not me. I’m very happy passing up the chance to be humiliated in public and instead learn a little in my living room. Although yoga students are by definition sweet, non-judgmental people, even I have to snicker at my attempts to stand on one leg, desperately clutching my chair for support. A flamingo I’m not.

Erin says “I’ve never in my life experienced anything like what we’ve gone through the past few months. I think overall we have all learned a lot and are embracing the way we are currently teaching.” A lot of students seem to be embracing it as well.

“It has been such a wonderful experience working at CAMP Rehoboth with Sal (Salvatore Seeley, director of Health and Wellness Programs). I really have been impressed by all the free classes they are offering the community.

It’s wonderful.”

My practicing at home is not that wonderful.

It seems I do it in my sleep now. Apparently I’m stressing out because in my dreams, I’m doing some fancy moves, pulling my arm over my head, winding up with my leg around my neck.

I wake up, happy that Erin’s classes are much easier for me to manage.

So, I keep going to class, ready to stretch, and the truth is, I like it. While all of us long for the day we can once again live and learn in person, Erin and CAMP Rehoboth are bringing us the next best thing. And bravo for them.

So, find out when chair yoga next comes to a Zoom room near you. It’s simple to sign up and log on. Hey, if I can stand on one leg without crashing to earth, so can you. And remember, beat the pandemic, don’t let it beat you. Scare it off with a warrior pose. I’ll do it with you, but only over Zoom! ▼ Check out camprehoboth.com for information about classes taught through CAMP Rehoboth, or look at the list of classes in this issue or on the CAMP Rehoboth Facebook page. You can contact Erin directly at erin@beholisticwellness.com.

Michael Gilles is a playwright, actor, and director from Milton, and a regular contributor to Letters from CAMP Rehoboth.

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29 Letters

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BY RICH BARNETT

An OG Preppie Rediscovers the Boat Shoe

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was perusing the outlets the other day for a new pair of casual shoes. My flip-flops were leaving unsightly calluses on my heels and I was tired of covering up the holes in the soles of my Gucci loafers with duct tape. Suddenly, unexpectedly, I came upon the Sperry store. It’s a name I’m very familiar with yet hadn’t thought about since some time last century. I was intrigued.

At one point, Sperry Top-Siders were my go-to shoes and it’s not because I spent a lot of time on sailboat decks. No, my introduction to Sperry’s classic boat shoe came on a fraternity house dance floor at the University of Virginia back in 1979. It sounds ridiculous, but keep in mind the wooden floors at dear old Theta Chi were incredibly slippery due to vast quantities of spilled beer. Smart preppies wore Top-Siders to keep their balance while executing intricate dance maneuvers such as dips, spins, pretzels, and double pretzels.

Preventing a fall is what drove Paul Sperry, a Connecticut sportsman, to invent the shoe in the first place. An avid boater, Paul had served in the Naval Reserve in 1917 and was a member of the New York Yacht Club. His grandfather had been a boat builder before serving in the Civil War. You could say boating was in his blood.

One winter day in 1935, Paul was watching his cocker spaniel, Prince, run around on ice when he had an “aha” moment. After examining the dog’s paws, he used a penknife to recreate its design on pieces of rubber. He subsequently modified the dog paw design into a zigzag paw design, which proved to be even more slip resistant.

Within a few years, he was producing a stylish canvas boating shoe with this unique non-slip sole.

A leather version soon followed. It was innovative too with its moccasin design and lacing that wrapped around the shoe so it could be tightened up.

The leather was tanned using a unique process to enable it to hold up to salt and water. He named it the “Top-Sider”

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because it simply helps keep you topside on a boat deck.

Sperry’s shoe subsequently caught the eye of US War Department officials who used its sole design for Navy shoes.

In 1941, Paul sold his patents and the Sperry name to the US Rubber Company, which made Keds sneakers among other products, and focused his career on the family textile business.

After examining the dog’s paws, he used a penknife to recreate its design on pieces of rubber.

After the war, US Rubber continued marketing and selling Top-Siders to the boating community. Then, a couple of unexpected things happened which changed the perception and trajectory of Sperry brand products. The first was John F. Kennedy.

It is said the dashing young JFK wore leather Sperry Top-Siders during his time in the South Pacific aboard PT-109.

He was photographed wearing them around Cape Cod during his presidency.

His casual and sporty style sensibility influenced well-heeled college students in the early 60s, especially those in the Northeast, and what we now refer to as the preppie style was born. Top-Siders were among their shoes of choice.

Secondly, surfers in southern California

began wearing canvas Sperrys to the beach. The shoes became part of the 60s’ California surf culture craze.

Sperry was suddenly cool with a youthful demographic. Actor Bob Denver wore canvas ones on the popular TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island from 1964-67. Author Lisa Birnbach brought them front and center to prep school and college campuses in The Official Preppy Handbook, published in 1980. (I still have mine.)

Yachtsman Dennis Conner’s three America’s Cup victories in the 1980s helped to raise the shoe’s visibility even more when he became the brand spokesman. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say Top-Siders were the de facto footwear of the 80s. Until they weren’t.

It seems, however, they’re experiencing a revival. The company has been bringing in new designers to create witty and stylish makeovers to the iconic brand using bold colors and designs and different fabrics. There’s been more focus on shoes for women.

Hip-hop celebrities like Pharrell have sported Sperry shoes. Esquire magazine even deemed the boat shoe cool again last summer.

I went into the store thinking I might buy the original brown leather model, for old times sake, but left instead with a blue and white striped canvas model.

Some OG preppies might think them vulgar, and truth told, I did have a tinge of buyer’s remorse. It dissipated quickly once I slipped my feet into them.

And while I’m unlikely to be on a yacht or a fraternity dance floor in the near future, I’ll certainly be able to maneuver the ramps and decks at some of the local bars with confidence and style, after a few cocktails! ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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31 Letters

CommunityNews Delaware Botanic Gardens Now Open After Half-Century, Nicola Pizza Is Here’s good news for Leaving Rehoboth nature lovers. The Delaware Botanic Gardens, on Piney Neck Road in Dagsboro, a non-profit with many CAMP Rehoboth members volunteering, is now open to the public. The gardens are open Thursday through Sunday mornings, with reservations required at Delawaregardens.org/tickets. The cost is a discounted $12.

The Gardens are following all CDC and state COVID-19 regulations for social distancing, mask wear, and capacity.

Ticket holders are timed every half hour to wander through the Botanic Gardens. It’s a place to walk, photograph, and enjoy the birds and butterflies plus a multitude of flowering plants and trees. There is even an ADA-approved trail. The Delaware Botanic Gardens is a work in progress, with unique exhibits and expansion planned for the future. ▼

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fter 50 years in downtown Rehoboth Beach, Nicola Pizza will be moving out to Route 1, close to Five Points.

Nick Caggiano Sr., founder of Nicola Pizza with his late wife Joan, announced the move on Facebook. Nick wrote “Before you hear it from somewhere else, we wanted to be the first to share our exciting news—Nicola Pizza will be relocating!

“We will miss our downtown Rehoboth Beach family as Nicola Pizza was ‘born’ here almost 50 years ago but we truly feel this is the best decision for the future of our brand, for our employees, and our local customers.”

Nicola Pizza will continue operating their First Street and Rehoboth Avenue restaurants until they build a new restaurant at the Ocean One Plaza in Lewes, on Route 1. They expect the grand opening to be in the fall of 2021.

Caggiano told his customers “Please know that this was not an easy decision—to leave the home we have loved for so long—but an amazing opportunity has presented itself and we simply could not pass it up.”▼

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33 Letters

health+wellness

By Marj Shannon

Brave New World

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aiser Health News reported recently that even once a COVID-19 vaccine has been deployed and there’s good uptake in the community, the lives of people age 60 and above likely will have been disrupted forever. Not that we’ll have to quarantine forever; just that we’ll live in a somewhat different “next normal,” rather than in the remembered normal whose return we’ve been awaiting.

Younger folks will live there too.

That’ll be especially true for those who have some of the same complicating factors that are common among older people, e.g., a less-robust immune system, obesity, or chronic diseases such as heart or respiratory ailments. All of those can put people at greater risk of severe disease, no matter what their age. Some—like immuno-compromise and obesity—may also interfere with the immune response to the vaccine, making it less effective among these individuals.

So—what are people thinking the next normal will look like?

Here are some of the predictions: • Remote work will be commonplace, and people will make fewer business trips.

• Sports arenas and performing arts venues will remain shuttered—or host drastically reduced crowds—for a long time.

• Outdoor and small-group gatherings will supplant large, indoor get-togethers.

• Home delivery of almost all goods will replace in-person shopping.

• Telemedicine will replace in-person visits for perhaps one-third of all health care office visits.

• We’ll more likely travel locally or regionally, and less likely travel abroad.

And if the trip is under 800 miles, we’ll more often drive than board a flight.

• We’ll choose more spacious surroundings on the flights we do take—e.g., flying business class, or purchasing the middle seat between ourselves and our travel companions.

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• There will be lots of “safety theater” to watch, in the form of hotels assuring us there are doctors on-site or at least on-call, and hotel staff engaging in conspicuous disinfection routines. Cruise lines will feature similar “shows.”

• Public restrooms will undergo major transformations, making everything from the entry door to the sink touchless. (What’s not to love about that?!)

• We may stick to small, local eateries because the owners are known/trusted individuals. Safety will be featured there, too, with prominently displayed inspection certificates, and highly visible staff constantly cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.

• Families may become—literally—closer, moving to live near or even with one another. Some folks in assisted living facilities may move out to live, instead, with family.

… it may be hard to give up entirely that trip to Europe we thought we were just postponing and look around instead for a nearby destination.

Some of these changes sound pretty appealing—I mean, who doesn’t want to have all one’s needs delivered to the front door? Or get comfy during that flight? And others sound tolerable— though it may be hard to give up entirely that trip to Europe we thought we were just postponing and look around instead for a nearby destination.

But there’s another anticipated impact that is distinctly unappealing: Some fear that by the time the next normal arrives, we will have become habituated to isolating and will continue to pull back from engaging in society. We may be tempted to continue our new, cloistered

lives, believing we’ve found relative safety at home. That sense of safety could be a hard thing to give up.

But it will come at a cost: disengagement may also lead to depression, as we continue to isolate from family get-togethers or avoid social gatherings.

And depression—like COVID-19—can be lethal.

So—what to do?

• Get vaccinated, once a safe, effective vaccine is available.

• Begin to take small steps toward re-engagement, choosing companions who also have been vaccinated.

Try a low-risk activity, such as walking outdoors with one friend. Or eating take-out on another friend’s patio or screened porch with just a few physically-distanced people.

• Continue to exercise the precautions we’ve adopted during pre-vaccine times: wash our hands often; don’t touch our faces; wear a face mask— especially in indoor spaces.

• Devise ways to negotiate moderately risky situations where we can’t know if everyone has been vaccinated.

Grocery shop at odd hours; attend an outdoor (v. indoor) church service.

Ramp up the precautions and re-engage with the pre-pandemic things we miss the most.

There will be risks in our post-vaccine next normal. But there were risks in the pre-pandemic normal, too. We must find ways to mitigate those risks and once again leave our homes. A life spent sheltering in one’s living room is not a great deal less confining than one spent lurking in the closet. ▼ Marj Shannon is an epidemiologist and wordsmith who has devoted her life to minutiae. She reports that yes, the devils are in the details.

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Reduce anxiety and stress, improve circulation, protect joints, build strength and balance, and support your overall well-being. Yoga also can help reduce cravings and simply make us feel good.

WOMEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP ⊲ September 5 and September 19 10:00 a.m Zoom Meeting ID: 530-903-560 Password: 083960 Coffee Talk is a positive topic group; a place where women (lesbian, bisexual,

and feminine of center) can come together in a positive, non-judgmental atmosphere to share our thoughts and perspectives on a topic. Coffee Talk is a great place to make new friends and become part of a community. Everyone is welcome in Coffee Talk; please come join us. Please email Mary Brett for more information: m_brett@msn.com MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP ⊲ September 12 and 26 Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZItd-GhqT8oEtLnNRbi1Q9U2_My_WQV7bw6 The Men’s Discussion Group is a safe and nurturing space to start conversations important to our community.

We celebrate who we are, we promote respect and understanding, and we accept each other’s differences with intention to build a more connected community. This discussion group is a safe space for gay, bisexual, transgender, and masculine of center men to talk issues, values, and matters that make up our lives, free from stigma and judgments.

REIMAGINING RETIREMENT AND AGING ⊲ Starting September 14 | 1:00 Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZUqduGgqjsoHNScB16ZWIn__UuYp6LOF-PZ We will have a dynamic conversation about the life transitions of retirement and aging. During our 10 weekly sessions, we will share support and new perspectives as we investigate the importance of renewing or finding purpose. We will maintain our aliveness as we nurture ourselves and others.

The group will be facilitated by two experienced, retired psychotherapists who are also navigating this transition: Davis Short, LCSW/LCSW-C, is retired after 40 years of clinical consultation; Batya Hyman is Professor Emerita, Salisbury University School of Social Work.

LGBTQ BOOK CLUB ⊲ September 24 | 5:30 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZYvd-6orDsvGtw2naGKzHTmRYcr8Zf_Xt6F Hope you can join us for the book club this month. All are welcome.

September Book Club selection: The Deviant’s War by Eric Cervine.

For more information about our book club and our September book, please email: Salvatore@ camprehoboth.com GAY WITH FAY: GAY HISTORY THEY NEVER TAUGHT YOU IN SCHOOL ⊲ September 24 | 7:00 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZIucOigqDgqEtyG1A4aNUZRpOwU3bPsPgOF Join award-winning author Fay Jacobs as she takes us on a humorous and sometimes somber history of the LGBTQ community.

WALK- OR BIKE-UP FLU CLINIC ⊲ October 1 | 12-6 p.m.

CAMP Rehoboth partners again with Beebe Healthcare to bring FREE flu shots to the LGBTQ community.

Walk-up or bike-up to get your free flu shot at the parking lot of the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, 229 Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR Salvatore Seeley HIV CTR COUNSELORS Jerry Filbin, Niki Nicholson, Alan Spiegelman THRIVE YOUTH COORDINATOR Barbara Antlitz

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LGBTQ+ YA Column Having Their Say Jay-Xavier works full time as a CNA with combat veterans. Jay takes pride in maintaining his garden and yard. He often spends time mentoring others and helping them through their transitions.

He proudly shares his warmth, unconditional love, and support of the LGBTQ+ community and their families.

– Barbara Antlitz, CAMP Rehoboth Youth Coordinator

BARBARA ANTLITZ, CAMP REHOBOTH YOUTH COORDINATOR, works with Genders & Sexualities Alliances (GSAs) in middle and high schools in Kent and Sussex Counties, and with other groups supporting LGBTQ+ youth.

Barbara can be reached by email at bantlitz@camprehoboth.com.

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BY JAY-XAVIER I am not transitioning to kill her.

I love her.

I know her.

I am her.

She is my entire history and childhood.

She’ll always be with me.

I need to express him and allow him FREEDOM. He is my PRESENT and my FUTURE. He needs to be my exterior expression in the world.

The image of what I look like needs to match what I see in the mirror.

I am the same person. Regardless of she or he, I am ME! I AM JAY-XAVIER

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LGBTQ+ YOUTH BOOK CLUB ⊲ September 15 | 6:30 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: For Zoom Meeting information, please contact THRIVE Director Barbara Antlitz at Bantlitz@ camprehoboth.com The youth book club is youth-led and the monthly reading is youth-selected.

The selection for this month is: The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History and Handbook by Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham.

Some more about the book: Filled with engaging descriptions, interesting facts, and helpful features— such as historical queer icons and events and LGBTQ+ acronym definitions—this fabulous compendium illuminates the transformation of the community, highlighting its

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struggles, achievements, landmarks, and contributions. It also salutes iconic members of the LGBTQ+ community—the celebrities, politicians, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens who have made a notable impact on gay life and society itself.

CAMP REHOBOTH LGBTQ+ YOUTH DISCUSSION GROUP

each other’s differences with the intention to build a more connected community. This discussion group is a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth to talk about issues, values, and matters that make up our lives, free from stigma and judgments.

Please be mindful these meetings are specifically open to youth ages 11-19.▼

⊲ Thursdays Zoom Meeting: For ZOOM meeting ID and password contact Barbara at Bantlitz@camprehoboth.com CAMP Rehoboth LGBTQ+ Youth Discussion Group is a safe and nurturing space to start conversations important to our community. We celebrate who we are, we promote respect and understanding, and we accept

Some of these virtual meetings are made possible through the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention Community Contract. Funding for the contract is provided by the Delaware Health Fund and managed by the American Lung Association of Delaware.

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Dining Out

BY FAY JACOBS

A Stay-Safe Sampler

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hese days there’s still more dining in for me than dining out, but Bonnie and I did have one restaurant visit—the biergarten at Purple Parrot. We’ve covered them before so you know I love their menu. The outside area is perfectly set up for excellent social distancing, the servers wear masks, and it feels very, very safe.

And if you go, order The Big Helga…a giant soft pretzel with cheese…oh my….

Even the Iguana Grill now has socially distanced outdoor seating. It’s a wonderful addition for both safety and added outdoor dining.

For carry-out, we ordered dinner from Mariachi. Not only was the food delicious, but it came in nifty carryout containers that kept the items separated (the beans from the rice from the tacos) and kept everything hot, crisp, and tidy. What a good job Yolanda is doing.

We recommend the Carne Asada— charcoal broiled flank steak served with guac and rice and the Cheese Quesadilla—served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. And we always order a side of plantains, deliciously sweet as an accompaniment.

For Labor Day weekend you might want to investigate their famous brunch,

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with all kinds of heuvos—Benedictos, Florentinos, Rancheros. Those first two egg dishes are prepared the typical English muffin way. But the Rancheros offers two eggs over two crispy tortillas, served with refried beans, cheese, and zesty ranchero sauce.

The carry-out menu is chock-full of other delicious choices, like Pescado Criolla (broiled trout) which is a fave of mine, chicken tamales, seafood enchiladas, and so much more. And I would be remiss not to recommend the amazing Tres Leches Cake for dessert. I have no words. Just try it.

If it’s sushi and Asian dishes you crave, try Route One’s Saketumi. Even though I am missing its famous 4-6 happy hour at the bar, take-out is great. The sushi rolls are delectably fresh, with our favorites: the Rainbow Roll (of course!) with it’s California Roll base topped with slices of tuna, salmon, yellow tail, and more; the Alaskan Roll with salmon and avocado; and the crunchy eggplant roll. The sushi bar has all your favorites and the staff is great to watch— sushi and show.

As for other entrees, I recently ordered the ample Dim Dum Sampler with steamed shrimp dumplings, veggie

dumplings, and shrimp and pork shumai, along with an entrée of Red Curry Shrimp.

I asked for “not too spicy” and it still had quite a kick—but I could handle it!. Bonnie had the Mussaman Curry Chicken, with onions and potatoes.

Saketumi has all your favorites and they come well-packaged for travel. And quite importantly to us, when you call in your order, they ask what car you’ll be driving and bring supper right out to you in the parking lot. Good job, Saketumi.

And finally, there are COVID-induced changes at Hopkins Farm Creamery out Route 9. Where once upon a time you’d line up at one of several windows and order your sundae or cone, mingling with the throng, often hearing a chorus of mooing from the ingredient producers, it’s different now.

Cars line up, masked employees come to your car window to take your order (Windsor asks for a Doggie Vanilla and it comes in a cup with a dog biscuit), and your dessert (or lunch) is delivered to you when you reach the front of the line of cars. It’s safe, efficient, and the ice cream is as phenomenal as ever. And by staying in the car, you miss the occasional farm aromas. So, it’s all good. Enjoy! ▼

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CAMP Sights

BY ARNOLD BERKE

An MCM (Mid-Century-Modern) Mystery

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he old black-and-white photo showed a modern beach house on an open, sandy lot somewhere in Rehoboth, its tall casement windows open to catch the breeze.

The single-story box, raised on pylons, had two flat-roofed pavilions clad in vertical siding that flanked a screenedin central space with a saw-toothed screened ceiling hovering above.

The structure seemed not to have been built from the ground up but lowered delicately from the sky.

The photographer posed it just so, bringing out its simplicity and the bright beachiness of the day. It is a scene of serenity and ease.

The photo, from 1963, had me hooked. A friend in Bethany Beach sent it to me after I wrote an article for Letters on why folks in Rehoboth frown on contemporary architecture (in contrast to my own affection). She thought I’d be intrigued by this example, unknown to me, and I was.

Pedro E. Guerrero took the photo.

Guerrero (1917-2012) is known for his masterful images of Frank Lloyd Wright and his buildings. He went on to serve for 20 years as the architect’s chief photographer.

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The photo of the little beach house in Rehoboth is labeled “Bruce Graham House, Bruce Graham Architect, 1963, Rehobeth [sic] Beach.”

Who was Bruce Graham? Another notable architect, apparently, since Guerrero documented this sample of his work. To my surprise, I learned that while Graham (1925-2010) may not be a household name à la Wright, many of his buildings certainly are, especially the renowned Sears Tower in Chicago, a 110-story colossus built in 1973 and until 1998 the world’s tallest building. (It’s now called the Willis Tower.)

I drove down the winding roads there, fruitlessly at first. But one day, retracing my steps, came my eureka moment.

Among his other well-known commissions was the John Hancock Center (1970), the dramatically X-braced and tapered skyscraper on North Michigan Avenue that Chicagoans call “Big John.” Graham designed many other buildings in Chicago as well as nationwide and abroad.

What a catch for Rehoboth! The man who added so much to Chicago also made a mark on our Delaware town— small, perhaps, but enlarged by worldly association.

But three questions nagged me. First and second, did the house still stand— and, if so, where? I looked just outside Rehoboth in North Shores, which boasts a few modest mid-century-modern survivors. I drove down the winding roads there, fruitlessly at first. But one day, retracing my steps, came my eureka moment. There stood the unmistakable floating box. But a very different landscape had taken over. A tall stand of evergreen and deciduous trees now embosomed the house, and the sandy ground was thickly coated with pine needles. No wonder I missed the place.

The house had changed, too. The position of some windows had been altered, the flat roofs were now low and hipped with overhanging eaves, new siding had been applied, and a lower-level front wall wore a paneled colonial door at painful odds with modern

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understatement. Yet the dwelling’s bone structure and dignity had survived intact. The screened-in atrium, to my amazement, had not been glassed over.

Then came the third mystery: Why would this prominent Midwestern architect design a vacation retreat so far from home? Back in the 1960s, I’d guess, even some Easterners thought Rehoboth remote. And southern Delaware was no hotbed of seaside modernism. Furthermore, why would a designer of tall beefy buildings produce a dwelling so horizontal, so serene, so undramatic?

Maybe this Bruce Graham was not “the” Bruce Graham.

So, I dug deeper. The person who gave me the photo knew Guerrero and his wife, architectural historian Dixie Legler Guerrero, and suggested I check with her. Bingo! Legler Guerrero confirmed this was indeed the famous Graham.

“Pete said this was Bruce Graham’s vacation house,” Legler Guerrero said, “and Pete flew with him in his private plane to shoot it. Pete also shot his apartment in New York City.”

So, what did later owners think about this uncommon place? Who made the alterations? It’s fascinating just to consider the furniture and appliances that may have come and gone, their trendiness blooming and fading. (And blooming once again, since mid-century-modern design has become all the rage these days.)

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It’s been more than half a century since Guerrero snapped the shutter on a lovely beach house that has taken me, years downstream, on a captivating trip. ▼ Arnold Berke is a writer living in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Rehoboth Beach.

Photos © The Estate of Pedro E. Guerrero

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It’s the evolution of a community that respects its proud legacy while courageously pursuing a better tomorrow. Born out of our collective spirit and nurtured by strength and compassion, we’re redefining healthcare in Sussex County by bringing excellent and innovative care to more people than ever before, safely. While we’ve been tested, we never wavered. As one, we continue to serve; and together, we’re stepping forward into the future of healthcare.

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CAMP REHOBOTH BEACH GUIDE BEACH AREA LODGING

CALL IN ADVANCE

services may be disrupted by COVID-19

Visit the Business Partner Directory on the CAMP Rehoboth website to find links to these area businesses in BOLD. The Guide includes: Food and Wine, Shopping, Lodging, and Services—all at camprehoboth.com.

At Melissa’s B&B, 36 Delaware Ave...............................................302-227-7504 Atlantic Sands Hotel, Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave.........................302-227-2511 Atlantis Inn, 154 Rehoboth Ave.....................................................302-227-9446 Breakers Hotel, 105 2nd St & Baltimore Ave.................................302-227-6688 Canalside Inn, 34 6th St.................................................................866-412-2625 Rehoboth Guest House, 40 Maryland Ave.....................................302-227-4117 Sea ‘n Stars Guest Suites, 44 Delaware Ave.................................302-226-2742 Summer Place Hotel, 1st St & Olive Ave........................................302-226-0766 The Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave Ext.......................................302-227-8487

LEWES FOOD & DRINK Go Brit, 18388 Coastal Hwy...........................................................302-644-2250 Matt’s Fish Camp, 34401 Tenley Ct...............................................302-644-2267

OTHER AREA FOOD & DRINK Bluecoast Seafood, 1111 Hwy One, Bethany................................302-539-7111 Catch 54, 54 Madison Ave, Fenwick..............................................302-436-8600 Matt’s Fish Camp, 28635 Coastal Hwy, Bethany...........................302-539-2267

SERVICES AT THE BEACH REHOBOTH RETAIL SHOPS Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk...............................................302-226-0675 Browseabout Books, 133 Rehoboth Ave.......................................302-226-2665 Gallery 50, 50 Wilmington Ave......................................................302-227-2050 New Wave Spas, 20660 Coastal Hwy............................................302-227-8484 Ocean Boulevard Furniture, 19803 Hebron Rd.............................302-645-2626 One Day At A Time Gifts, 46-B Baltimore Ave................................302-212-5632 Unfinished Business, Rt. 1 behind Panera Bread..........................302-645-8700

REHOBOTH FOOD & DRINK 1776 Steakhouse, Midway Shopping Center................................302-645-9355 Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave...............................................302-227-3674 Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave........................................................302-227-6515 Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave.....................................................302-227-8100 Café Papillon, Penny Lane Mall......................................................302-227-7568 Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave................................302-227-0818 Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave............................................. 302-227-3353 Go Fish, 24 Rehoboth Ave..............................................................302-226-1044 Goolee’s Grille, 11 South 1st St.....................................................302-227-7653 Iguana Grill, 52 Baltimore Ave.......................................................302-727-5273 Just In Thyme, 38163 Robinsons Dr..............................................302-227-3100 Lori’s Café, 39 Baltimore Ave.........................................................302-226-3066 Loves Liquors, LLC, 305c Rehoboth Ave........................................302-227-6966 Lupo Italian Kitchen, 247 Rehoboth Ave.......................................302-226-2240 Palate Bistro, 19266 Coastal Hwy.................................................302-249-8489 Penny Lane Liquors, 42 Rehoboth Ave..........................................302-567-5245 Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave...........................................302-226-1139 Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Ave............................................................302-227-6080 Shorebreak Lodge, 10 Wilmington Ave.........................................302-227-1007 The Pines, 56 Baltimore Avenue....................................................302-567-2726 The Pond, First & Rehoboth Ave....................................................302-227-2234

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BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING

A.G. Renovations ...........................................................................302-947-4096 Country Life Homes, 34882 Picnic Basket Ct................................302-231-5001 Randall-Douglas.............................................................................302-245-1439 Ron’s Repairs..................................................................................302-727-3591

CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES

All Saints’ Episcopal, 18 Olive Ave.................................................302-227-7202 Epworth UMC, 19285 Holland Glade Rd.......................................302-227-7743 Grace of God Lutheran, ELCA, 20689 Shoppes at Long Neck.......302-947-1044 M.C.C. of Rehoboth, 19369 Plantation Rd.....................................302-645-4945 Seaside Jewish Community, 18970 Holland Glade Rd..................302-226-8977 St. Peter’s Episcopal, 2nd & Market Sts, Lewes.............................302-645-8479 Unitarian Universalist, 30486 Lewes-G’Town Hwy........................302-313-5838 Unity of Rehoboth, 98 Rudder Rd, Millsboro.................................717-579-2612 Westminster Presbyterian, 301 King Charles Ave.........................302-227-2109

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

AARP of Delaware (age 50+)..........................................................866-227-7441 ACLU of DE—Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights Project............................302-654-3966 CAMP Rehoboth Chorus—Program of CAMP Rehoboth................302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth—LGBTQ Community Service Org........................302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Families—LGBTQ parents connect......................302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Parents of Transgender & Gender Non-conforming Children............................................302-227-5620 Cape Henlopen Senior Center—Rehoboth (age 50+)....................302-227-2055 CHEER Centers of Sussex County (age 50+)..................................302-515-3040 Delaware Aging & Disability Resource Center...............................800-223-9074 Delaware Human Relations Commission Housing & public accommodation............................................877-544-8626 Delaware Information Line............................................................................2-1-1 Delaware Pride—Community events, annual Pride Festival..........302-265-3020 Delaware Transgender Resources—transdelaware.net, delawarelgbtq@gmail.com Delaware Transgender Support.....................................................302-402-3033

Gay/Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous—add’l schedules..................302-856-6452 Saturdays 6 pm: Epworth UMC, 19285 Holland Glade Rd (step meeting) Saturdays 7:30 pm: All Saints’ Church, 18 Olive Ave (step meeting) Tuesdays noon: St. Peter’s Church, 211 Mulberry St, Lewes (step meeting) Thursdays noon: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave (open discussion) Sundays 9 am: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave (open discussion) Tuesdays 8 pm: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave (Young Persons) Gay Men’s Discussion Group—Program of CAMP Rehoboth.........302-227-5620 Lesbian Support Group—Program of CAMP Rehoboth..................302-227-5620 Lewes Senior Activity Center (age 50+).........................................302-645-9293 LGBTQ Student Union—University of DE, Newark.........................302-831-8066 Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth................................................302-645-7449 PFLAG-Rehoboth—2nd Tuesdays, Public Library, 111 Adams Ave, Lewes............................................................302-841-1339 SLAA and SAA—Thursdays, 7:30 pm, All Saints’ Church 18 Olive Ave ............................................................................302-745-7929 Social Security Administration—Lewes office................................800-772-1213 TransLiance of DE—Rehoboth—4th Tuesdays at 7 pm, MCC of Rehoboth; contact: TransLiance@gmail.com

Christiana Care HIV Wellness Clinic ..............................................302-933-3420 Christiana Care LGBTQ Health Initiatives.......................................302-733-1227 Delaware HIV Consortium - Statewide..........................................302-654-5471 Delaware Hospice..........................................................................800-838-9800 Delaware Total Foot & Ankle Center.................................... 302-297-8431 National Alliance on Mental Illness of DE (NAMI)...........................302-427-0787 Rehoboth Beach Dental, 19643 Blue Bird Ln....................... 302-226-0300 Steven B. Wright, D.M.D., 18912 J.J. Williams Hwy............. 302-645-6671 The Aesthetic Center......................................................................302-827-2125

COUNSELING/THERAPY/LIFE COACH

Rock Lock/Robin Rohr/Your Community Locksmith.......................302-386-9166

Jewish Family Services........................................................ 302-478-9411 Karen Abato, ATR-BC, LPAT, Licensed Art Psychotherapist... 302-232-5330 Kevin J. Bliss, Personal/Professional Coaching.............................302-754-1954 Time to Heal Counseling & Consulting, Lewes ............................302-574-6954

ENTERTAINMENT

Jazz SEAduction music, Valerie McNickol............................ 302-381-6707

ERRANDS/PERSONAL NEEDS

Alternative Lifestyle Services.........................................................302-727-2050

EVENT PLANNING/CATERING

Big Fish Catering................................................................. 302-226-5500 Flair................................................................................................302-930-0709 Palate Bistro & Catering.................................................................302-249-8489 Plate Catering.................................................................................302-644-1200

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bell Rock Capital, 19606 Coastal Hwy..........................................302-227-7608 Black Diamond Financial Solutions,19409 Plantation Rd..............302-265-2236 Community Pride Financial............................................................302-227-2939 County Bank, 19927 Shuttle Rd.......................................... 302-226-9800 Jenn Harpel, Morgan Stanley.........................................................302-644-6620

FLORISTS

Bayberry Florist..............................................................................302-227-5725 Windsor’s Florist, 20326 Coastal Hwy...........................................302-227-9481

FUNERAL SERVICES

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

HAIR SALONS/TATTOO & PIERCING

Beach Cuts, 214 Rehoboth Ave...........................................302-226-ROBB Gregory Meyers Hair Studio, 20245 Bay Vista Rd & Rt 1..............302-727-5331 Stephan & Co Salon & Spa, 19266 Coastal Hwy................... 302-260-9478

HEALTH-RELATED

AIDS Delaware – Kent & Sussex Counties.....................................302-226-3519 AIDS Delaware – New Castle County............................................302-652-6776 AIDS Hotline – Delaware statewide...............................................800-422-0429 Brandywine Urology Consultants...................................................302-824-7039 Beebe Healthcare, 26744 J.J. Williams Hwy.................................302-645-3300 CAMPsafe AIDS education & prevention program of CAMP Rehoboth .......................................................................................................302-227-5620

INSURANCE

Eric Blondin, State Farm...................................................... 302-644-3276 George Bunting, State Farm................................................ 302-227-3891 Jeanine O’Donnell, State Farm............................................ 302-645-7283

LEGAL/ACCOUNTING/TRUST SERVICES

Lawson Firm, 402 Rehoboth Ave...................................................302-226-3700 Steven Falcone CPA, Taxes & Planning..........................................302-644-8634

LOCKSMITHS

MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS

Midway Fitness & Racquetball, Midway Center.............................302-645-0407 One Spirit Massage, 169 Rehoboth Ave........................................302-226-3552 Rehoboth Massage/Alignment.......................................................302-727-8428

PET RETAIL

Critter Beach, 156 Rehoboth Ave..................................................302-226-2690 Pet Portraits by Monique................................................................717-650-4626

PET SERVICES

Brandywine Valley SPCA, 22918 Dupont Blvd, G’twn.......... 302-856-6361 Delaware Humane Association, 18675 Coastal Hwy........... 302-200-7159 Parsell Pet Crematorium, 16961 Kings Hwy, Lewes............ 302-645-7445

REAL ESTATE

Allen Jarmon, RE/MAX, 317 Rehoboth Ave...................................302-227-4800 Bill Peiffer, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy....................302-703-6987 Chris Beagle, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave............302-227-6101 Debbie Reed Team, 319 Rehoboth Ave.........................................800-263-5648 Donna Whiteside, Berkshire Hathaway, 16712 Kings Hwy...........302-381-4871 Eric Atkins, Patterson-Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy...................302-727-1456 Hugh Fuller, Realtor........................................................................302-745-1866 John Black, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy...................302-703-6987 Lana Warfield, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave...........302-227-6101 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........................... 302-227-1222 Troy Roberts, Mann & Sons, 414 Rehoboth Ave............................302-228-7422

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION

Accent On Travel, 37156 Rehoboth Ave.............................. 302-278-6100 CHEER Transportation (age 50+)....................................................302-856-4909 ITN Southern Delaware (age 60+ or disabled)...............................302-448-8486 Jolly Trolley Shuttle from Rehoboth Ave & Boardwalk...................302-644-0400 Olivia Travel...........................................................800-631-6277 ext. 696

POPULAR LGBTQ BEACHES

Poodle Beach, south end of the Rehoboth Boardwalk Cape Henlopen State Park, Ocean Dr north to Cape Henlopen State Park. Daily parking rate in effect March-November

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HISTORICAL HEADLINERS

BY ANN APTAKER

Jock Doc: Dr. Tom Waddell

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or much of the history of the western world, gay men were stereotyped as limp wristed sissies who’d sooner serve tea than run a mile, or as twee ballet dancers with mincing walks. Never mind that ballet dancers develop the musculature to leap like panthers or lift another human being and hold them high. And never mind that the ancient Spartans, those male-companioned soldiers who held off a mighty invader with just a handful of warriors, insisted on an über-physical fitness and trained themselves to withstand pain. Sissies? Puh-leeeze.

There have always been queer athletes. It’s only recently that LGBTQ athletes have been freer to admit their sexuality publicly. But even now, among male athletes especially, being out still harbors risks to their professional careers in the macho world of team sports.

Dr. Tom Waddell wanted to correct the ill-informed idea of gay males as prissy pansies. His efforts eventually resulted in his founding the Gay Games, but it took a while to get there.

Born Thomas Flubacher in Paterson, New Jersey in 1937, his parents separated when he was a young teenager.

At age 15, he was taken in by Gene and Hazel Waddell, and later adopted by them. The Waddells were veteran vaudeville acrobats. Noticing their son’s athletic prowess in high school, the Waddells encouraged him in his love of gymnastics.

His athletic success earned Waddell a track scholarship to Springfield College, where he co-captained the college gymnastics team. His initial major was physical education, but the death of his team co-captain so moved him, Waddell changed his major to pre-med. Graduating from Springfield in 1959, Waddell obtained his medical degree from the New Jersey College of Medicine at Seton Hall University.

Through these years of college and medical school, two elements of Waddell’s personality emerged as personal truths: his homosexuality and his

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sense of social justice. The social justice activist travelled to Selma, Alabama in 1969 to participate in the Civil Rights movement. And in 1966, after being drafted into the army, Waddell refused orders to serve in the Viet Nam war as an army doctor. Expecting to be court marshalled or dishonorably discharged for his refusal to serve in the war, Waddell was shocked to receive orders instead to train as a decathlete for the 1968 Olympic games. Talk about a man meeting the moment!

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…associating the word with homosexuals would taint the mainstream Olympic brand.

His Olympic experience in the Mexico City games, combined with his now secure awareness of his homosexuality, were the seeds of an idea. It developed further after he joined a gay bowling league in San Francisco, where he’d settled and established a medical practice in 1974.

Rather than hide his sexuality in mainstream Olympic competition,

Waddell proposed a Gay Olympic Games, where athletes of all backgrounds and sexual identities could compete. By 1981, the project was in full swing, with the first games set to begin on August 28, 1982, in San Francisco.

However, the mainstream United States Olympic Committee sued to prevent the games from use of the word Olympic, stating that associating the word with homosexuals would taint the mainstream Olympic brand. Waddell and his associates had no choice but to drop the term Olympic from the games.

But even without the word Olympic, the first Gay Games proved a success.

Four years later, the second Gay Games attracted over 3,000 athletes from around the world.

Today, the Federation of Gay Games is a worldwide enterprise, with games held in different countries every four years.

Dr. Tom Waddell was diagnosed with AIDS in 1985 and died in 1987. His adopted hometown of San Francisco honored his legacy by naming a street Dr. Tom Waddell Place, where the Tom Waddell Health Center is located.

Honorable as these tributes are, Waddell’s insistence that the strength and dignity of LGBTQ athletes embodies the best in human competitive spirit may be his truest legacy.

Hey! Who you callin’ pansy? ▼ Ann Aptaker’s series featuring dapper lesbian art thief and smuggler Cantor Gold has won Lambda Literary and Goldie Awards. In addition to writing crime fiction, Ann is an adjunct Professor of art and art history at New York Institute of Technology.

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Drag Volleyball

BY FAY JACOBS

Squads Are NOT Spiking this Labor Day Editor’s note: 2020 was scheduled to be the last Drag Volleyball game, ending a more than 30-year tradition. Volleyball-playing drag queens plan and COVID-19 laughs.

But don’t worry, they will be back for their final tour next year.

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his Labor Day Weekend, the stunning Sundance auction and twin dances are not the only big events changed by COVID-19. While Sundance will go on with a great big virtual party, the long-standing Poodle Beach Drag Volleyball extravaganza has been cancelled.

For 32 years, two killer volleyball teams, mostly—but not exclusively— men, have practiced and planned their Labor Day extravaganza, thinking more about high heels, high hair, and the continuation of their history of serving, sashaying, and spiking (in spike heels).

While they always played killer volleyball, they also entertained, sang, and presented outrageous skits on the sand in front of Queen Street (how appropriate) off the boardwalk. It was always something to see. And cheer.

And surprising or not, see some very, very excellent volleyball.

Back in 1988, it all started as a pick-up volleyball game

on the sand at the south end of the boardwalk. According to Brent Minor, (drag name Barbara Ann), who was on that original team, the late Forrest Park (affectionately called Flo) originated Rehoboth’s drag volleyball game as a way to close out the summer.

It was always something to see. And cheer. And surprising or not, see some very, very excellent volleyball.

Flo provided nine women’s swimsuits, almost as a lark. “We couldn’t even coax a ninth player to put on a suit. A group of lesbians saw us and came and played against us.” Brent says.

The following year, a second team of drag queen athletes joined the event, led

by Rich Fennell (aka When’ D).

Brent’s team became the Delmarva Divas and Brent has played in every single game since Drag Volleyball became a Rehoboth thing. Many players have suffered broken high heels, but Brent, to keep his record going, once played with a broken elbow. He’s known for his dedication to this event and for helping to keep it going strong for so many years.

“We’ve been offered sponsorships for the game, and some players wanted to make this a fundraiser, but we have always turned that down,” he says, “we just want people to come and have a fun time and not feel obligated to pay anything.”

This free, fabulous event became one of Rehoboth’s signature Labor Day traditions. Even USA Today once mentioned Rehoboth’s famous Drag Volleyball in a column naming Rehoboth one of the great gay beach towns.

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Drag Volleyball Continued from page 50

Like Brent, there are other longtime drag athletes who have played the serious volleyball games and performed in the not-so-serious skits and entertainments. Mark Kimble (aka Myrna) is the only other player who has been in every game over the years.

The second team is often called The Other Girls, and they, too, have a tradition of longevity and athletics.

When both teams hit the sand, anything can—and did—happen.

Rehoboth’s drag volleyball had become a big deal Labor Day weekend tradition, with thousands of fans, the press, and lots of drag celebrities making up the estimated crowd of over 2,000 onlookers.

People lined the boardwalk to get a view of the flamboyant entrances made by the teams and then followed them down to the sand, cheering all the way. And it was always anybody’s guess what the costumes and team themes would be.

Previous memorable themes have been “The Many Stages of Madonna,” where the players were clad in Madonna’s wellknown costume choices; “The Wedding Party,” an outrageous and naughty wedding skit; and “Gaga Galaxy,” where one player arrived in a giant egg hoisted overhead by a bevy of well-muscled boys.

Folks have been known to take the game and entertain-

ment so seriously they really throw themselves into the theme.

One year, when a whole team came dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, several friends of Dorothy rented a small airplane to fly overhead with a banner proclaiming “Surrender Dorothy.”

The annual sport and silliness will be missed this year. But thanks, Barbara Ann, for all the laughs and cheers.▼

Barbara Ann Speaks Yes, we cancelled this year’s game.

What’s Drag Volleyball without an audience?

Next year will be our finale…at least for some of us. There are others who are looking to step into our bras after that. Big cups to fill that’s for sure.

There is no truth to the rumor that our team was planning to be the women under consideration for VP. We could only strive to be as fabulous as they all are.

We started the tradition back in 1988 when Rehoboth was not a year-round town.

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(you remember that!) closed for the winter in those days. Now, instead of it being a time to close out a season, it serves as a reminder of our enduring friendships.

Sometimes it is important to take time in your life to remember such things, especially during a pandemic.

Most of us are a bit surprised that “The Game” is still such a favorite tradition for so many. Hopefully, we’ll play next year in front of Delaware’s own favorite son and Rehoboth vacationer, President Joe Biden!

- Brent Minor

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Celebrity Interview

BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI

Indigo Girls Let Loose

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers talk pandemic life and Trump-era inequality and how Pride can help heal the country’s divisions

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he day before I got on a call with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, famously known as the Indigo Girls, the longtime folk-rock duo and LGBTQ activists were playing a set for fans during a Facebook Live concert.

They had planned on performing in public venues, but their set of scheduled dates was canceled due to the pandemic.

Before the livestream performance, Ray and Saliers had been quarantining separately, long enough to feel they could safely and comfortably perform six feet apart in their manager’s empty, sterilized office.

How are you holding up right now?

Saliers: Well, so there’s homeschooling to be done. Amy has a young child and I have a young child, so that occupies a lot of my time. I’m sort of splitting it up with my wife and she’s working remotely, and then Amy and I are doing promo for the album. And then we do the livestreams and stuff like that. And there’s a lot of catching up on other life that wasn’t able to be managed while on the road. It’s been actually a very, very busy time.

How do you like doing these virtual concerts?

Ray: I think they’re super fun. It’s challenging because it’s a whole different way of trying to engage. Luckily, we have this awesome community of people who tune in and they sort of talk to each other. They kind of create a whole community around it, so they’re so engaged and we know that that’s happening when we see the comments. And we get a lot out of it too.

It’s definitely a kick in the butt. It’s good for us to stay on our toes.

Has quarantine been a creative time for you?

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a seven-year-old home all the time; that’s a very different thing. So, my wife and I are just kind of going back to the drawing board and carving out the things that we need to try to keep our personal lives in balance,

Going into this, everyone thought they’d have all this time to do everything.

Ray: I was trying to analyze that, because I’ve been hearing other people from all walks of life—from my neighbors, who kind of work normal construction jobs, to people who have no kids—and everybody is experiencing it differently. But one thing people seem to be saying is, “I thought I’d have all this time, and now we’re just making meals and doing dishes and cleaning all the time.” For me I’ve realized this is the way it is if you don’t get to eat out all the time. (Laughs.)

There’s an eerily prescient line on your new album’s title track: “Everyone I know can sense Armageddon.” I’m not sure that you knew this is what Armageddon would look like, but when you sing a line like that now and reflect on where you were when you wrote it, what comes to mind?

Saliers: Well, the Armageddon that I’ve been experiencing is the day that Trump got elected president and the country’s divisions were magnified. And it’s not that the problems didn’t exist before, the systemic problems like racism and social inequality and all of the things that we’re aware about. But I believe they’ve gotten worse.

Armageddon is a very extreme word to use, but it was indicative of the social malaise: unrest, no answers. And now, of course, the unknown causes most everybody I know a great deal of anxiety: How long will the virus last?

Why have people’s attitudes changed about it? When am I ever gonna work again?

Are you wrestling with those questions yourself?

Saliers: I’m very privileged, so I’m not wrestling with, “Where’s my next meal gonna come from?” But because I’ve read a lot of history, and there are patterns that happen when there’s a complete lack of leadership, I see the writing on the wall for what happens to nations and civilizations where that continues.

…it’s not that the problems didn’t exist before, the systemic problems like racism and social inequality…. But I believe they’ve gotten worse.

Ray: This is just a monumentally different time than we’ve ever had in our lives, so how do you deal with that? Maybe we can reach out as a gay community and help communities that are really suffering right now, and within our own community making sure that we’re helping the people who need food, and need shelter, and are homeless, or are dealing with a lot of stuff that is really hard to deal with during these times.

Maybe we can reach out and take care of our own, and make sure our family at large is doing OK. Pride to me is not just about a big party. It’s also: how can we continue this legacy and truly have Pride and give people the dignity they deserve that they don’t have? ▼ As editor of Q Syndicate, the LGBTQ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Cher, Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Billboard. Reach him via Twitter @chrisazzopardi.

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Celebrity Interview

BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI

Slick Chicks Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines talks about the queer creators behind the trio’s comeback album and their kinship with the LGBTQ community.

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itting somewhere with an abstractart background obscuring her precise location, (Dixie) Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines erupts into an explosive cackle during our Zoom call as she talks about how she’s about to get in trouble for saying too much.

After all, this is Natalie Maines, who directed pointed criticism at then-President George W. Bush in 2003 at a London concert, when the Lubbock, Texas native said The Chicks were “ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.”

Country music blackballed them. Conservatives torched their CDs. The promo poster for the 2006 documentary about the fallout, Shut Up and Sing, depicted The Chicks sitting on top of the US Capitol building, their half-naked bodies graffitied with words and phrases like “Dixie Bimbos,” “Traitors,” and “Big Mouth.”

Returning after a 14-year recording hiatus, Maines, fortunately, still refuses to shut up on Gaslighter, the trio’s most authentic and unflinchingly personal album yet, where she is joined by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison.

Let’s start with a different personal journey you’ve taken. It involves you watching Vanderpump Rules. Tell me what led you down that road—a road so many gay men themselves have gone down.

Ha! Well, let me say, it’s a part of my pandemic TV binging. I think with COVID, I’ve binge-watched shows I never would’ve binge-watched before, and Vanderpump Rules is a really good one, actually. I will continue to be a fan even after this pandemic! Ha!

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producer Teddy Geiger. How did working with LGBTQ collaborators help to shape the authenticity of the album’s narrative?

They kind of play different roles, but yeah, the first song that we wrote for the album was with Teddy and Justin, and it was “Sleep at Night.” That (track) was a very different sound for us and that really excited me. That was all Teddy. She went to these electronic drums and just started with that beat, and the way that Justin and Teddy can both phrase things very percussively and put them in the song was a real lesson for me that I try to do now and perfect and get better at. So, yes, as far as where we could go with the sound, they were very much there. And Justin is such a great lyricist.

You consulted different activist groups for the “March March” video, which features images from a Pride parade alongside footage from current Black Lives Matter protests. For the video, who did you consult from the LGBTQ community?

My friend Michael Skolnik, an activist and an organizer—and the founding partner of The Soze Agency, a creative agency focusing on authentic campaigns that uplift compassion and equity. We consulted him for the “March March” video.

Your relationship with the LGBTQ community goes way back, at least publicly. Have you always been a queer magnet?

I mean, I was always open to it. But growing up in Lubbock, Texas, I can think of people that I knew who were probably gay, but they weren’t out yet. I don’t even know if they knew that about themselves yet, necessarily. Lubbock was a very suppressive place.

You know, I’ve asked some of our gay fans, “What is it that has drawn gay people to us?” Because I think after the controversy there was an extra kinship for just understanding what it feels like to be hated by a mass group of people.

But then fighting for what you believe is right, and standing up for yourselves, and not letting them shush you. Before that, what my friends have told me was

what gay fans liked was the over-the-top sort of Spice Girls fashion. Ha! We were the cliché for every fad! We wore every fad all at once!

The Chicks changed their name to meet the moment. The name change was subtle; there was no flashy press release.

Listen, we felt the pressure of, once you’ve had success, changing your name feels like a huge thing to overcome. We had had discussions about changing our name since 2003. But it seemed, just for whatever reason, too big a thing to do, and nobody was calling on us to do it. We just felt icky having Dixie in our name. Then, for us, we had to think of other names. We didn’t really want to have anything other than The Chicks, but we knew that that could legally be a really hard thing to get because it’s such a common word. So we had lawyers, and we took our time. ▼ As editor of Q Syndicate, the LGBTQ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Cher, Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Billboard. Reach him via Twitter @chrisazzopardi.

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SCENES FROM REHOBOTH BEACH Staying Safe in the Last Days of Summer 2020! Rehoboth Beach Election Day Returns, Mask Fashion, Couples Night Out, and More THIS PAGE 1) John Patorchos, Tay Sconiers, and Andrew Criss at Andrew’s First Annual Backyard Art Show. 2) RB Commissioner Elect Jay Lagree, RB Mayor Elect Stan Mills, RB Commissioner Elect Patrick Gossett, RB Police Chief Keith Banks, and Delaware State Auditor Kathy Mcguiness at Rehoboth Beach Election Returns at Convention Center. 3) Barb Ralph, Kerry Hallett, Russell Stiles, Patricia Stiles, Fay Jacobs, and Anita Broccolino at CAMP Rehoboth 4) Krista Glisson and Stephanie Dalee at Diego’s Bar and Nightclub.

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CAMP Rehoboth Puts Art at The Heart of Our Community Labors of Love

Labor Day was created to honor American workers and give them one more day to celebrate the end of summer. Here in Rehoboth Beach, we mark the weekend with Sundance—a true labor of love. This will be a very different kind of celebration, but a celebration nonetheless. All locations are Rehoboth Beach unless otherwise noted. ▼

Going Once—Virtually

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Images top to bottom: Mykonos Doors by Caroline Huff; River Birches #5 by Gary Fisher.

ince 1988, Labor Day Weekend has been spent celebrating, dancing, and raising funds to support the mission of CAMP Rehoboth. This year’s Sundance is a virtual celebration, fundraiser, and community-building experience— August 30 (6 p.m.) through the evening of September 5.

The auction has always been chockful of wonderful finds and bidders leave bragging of their great steals and deals, but this year I’d like to encourage you to be generous with your bids. After all, this is a fundraiser!

Here’s just a sampling of the fantastic art available for purchase: One of the area’s most revered and beloved painters, Caroline Huff, has donated Mykonos Doors. The interplay of light and shadow, the shimmering water, and the secrets of these ancient doors reveal her deep affection for Mykonos.

Everyone looks forward to Rod Cook’s annual show at the Back Porch Café, and his watercolor Green and White Umbrella is a perfect example of why his work is so popular. You can almost smell the ocean.

Gary Fisher’s work has been featured in shows all over town—Blue Moon, Philip Morton, and currently at Gallery 50 (through August 30). His oil on canvas, River Birches #5, gives us a glimpse into his unfettered use of color and texture.

Susan Frey, an abstract artist based in Lewes, was quoted as saying, “Making art is magic. Owning art makes you feel wonderful every day.” If 2020 has you down in the dumps, buy her Forgotten Treasures and feel wonderful!

More than once I’ve found myself staring for hours at the work of artist Sondra N. Arkin—steel wire, encaustics (heated beeswax and pigment), wax/shellac/ink on Dibond, or mixed media—her Sketches 14 & 18 continue to fascinate.

Whether artist Ellyn Weiss is working in wax, oil bar, wire or tar, her versatility shines through, as witnessed in Need New Shoes.

The auction is supported by the generous donations of artists and collectors; you can be generous too—in your bidding! ▼

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 GALLERIES & MUSEUMS CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth. com) features Bear Necessities. (See listing elsewhere in this column.)

Gallery 50 (50 Wilmington Avenue; 302-227-2050; gallery50art.com) features original paintings, jewelry, glass, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media.

Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Road, Lewes; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com) offers over 3,000 square feet of display and custom framing.

Opening August 29: Delmarva and Beyond—works by Richard Dylla and Howard Eberle—through September 27.

Preview the show on their website.

Green and White Umbrella by Rod Cook.

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AMP Rehoboth Gallery hosts Bear Necessities: art that moves in a time of constraint! The show celebrates the bear/cub community and features paintings, photographs, multimedia art, and smaller 3-D works for display and sale—September 5-30. Small groups (1-3 people) may make appointments to view the exhibit—Tuesdays & Fridays (10a.m.-1 p.m.)—by emailing artshow@camprehoboth.com. Other days and times are available. ▼

PERFORMING ARTS Cinema Art Theater (17701 Dartmouth Dr., Lewes; 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm. com) has CDC guidelines in effect and reduced seating capacity. Several films may be streamed at home. See website.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Ave.; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) ends their summer season August 29. A Streetcar Named Desire runs September 18 - October 4.

Check website for details.

The Milton Theater (110 Union St., Milton; 302-684-3038; miltontheatre.com) has both indoor and outdoor offerings.

Check their website for schedule.

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; rehobothartleague.org) offers several exhibitions: Seasons: Summer—through September 20; Every Picture Tells a Story—works by Frank Williams—and Endangered—works by Kate Norris— both through September 27. Visit their website for details and their extensive class offerings.▼ Doug is the Artistic 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.

Images left to right: Sketches 14 and Sketches 18 by Sondra N. Arkin; Need New Shoes by Ellyn Weiss; Forgotten Treasures (detail) by Susan Frey.

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by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID Like Crazy: Life with My Mother and Her Invisible Friends by Dan Mathews c.2020, Atria, $27.00/$36.00 Canada, 245 page Like a grand dame's voluminous skirts, the house needed to be taken in.

And that was okay because, oh, she was beautiful, and you knew that a little nip-and-tuck in the form of new floors and fresh walls would make her look and feel better. Taking on this project could be fun, too, so you bought her and started the alterations—and then, as in the new book Like Crazy, by Dan Mathews, you took in your Mom. The old Victorian house needed a lot of work—paint, updated carpet, sanded wood floors, new plumbing, and the garden was in a shambles—but it would all be worth it. For the first time since he'd escaped his life in California, Mathews was finally stepping up to the plate with home ownership and the care of his elderly mother.

Everybody thought Mathews' "life would be derailed" if Perry moved in. She was feisty, unabashed, loud, almost deaf, and mentally ill.

Mathews adored her, but while she was en route from California to Virginia, he rather feared the future and what it might bring. He knew Perry needed help. She'd needed it her whole life.

She was never eager to discuss her past, her childhood abandonment, foster homes, or abuse but how could those things not affect her? Sometimes, as Mathews remembers,

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she was witty and joyfully impulsive, but she couldn't raise her sons with anything except a hand-to-mouth existence and constant household moves. And yet, when Mathews came out as a teen, Perry was solidly in his corner and she mothered his gay friends whose mothers wouldn't.

It was a double-sided coin: he loved his mom but once, he'd fled from her. Now, with COPD, possible dementia, general bad health at issue, and obviously at the end of her life, how could Mathews not take her in?

They'd get along. It would be okay. Maybe even fun.

Until the day, he says, that "Our funhouse...turned into a madhouse."

So, here's the thing: you know exactly what's going to happen at the end of Like Crazy. You don't even have to peek or cheat—you'll know. But you'll laugh and cry anyhow because it's that kind of book.

Still, there aren't any sappy violins in author Dan Mathews' story. Nope, though readers may occasionally see the tiniest justifiable pity-party because the backdrop of this book is about parenting a parent, which everybody knows is hard.

So, go ahead and forgive, since there's more celebration than deathwatch here anyhow, and each small sweetness will make you wish you'd known Perry, too.

But don't be lulled too far by those warm-fuzzies: there's an electric current that lies just beneath this story, one that awakens slowly, quietly, and grows, popping sometimes like those bang-snappers that little boys love to throw.

When it finally explodes, watch it roar.

In the meantime, let yourself be thoroughly charmed.

Laugh at Like Crazy and don't be surprised if there's a tear or two. Love your Mama and enjoy the story. Take it in. ▼

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The REAL DIRT

BY ERIC W. WAHL

Follow the Marigold Road

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was having trouble gathering my thoughts The common name marigold is derived for this article. The world seems upfrom the combination of the Virgin Mary and side-down right now. Wasn’t it just yesterthe gold that the flowers were substituted for day that it was March? I swear I can still as an offering. Marigolds are also common smell the aroma of magnolia and gardenia offerings for the Aztec, Buddhist, Hindu, and filling the air. But with summer days quickly Pagan religions. It also has a symbolic meanapproaching their end and the transition ing to the sun and resurrection. Marigolds to autumn emerging, beautiful displays of have held many meanings like despair and yellows, golds, oranges, and reds fill the grief, but also optimism and success. This is landscape. Sunflowers, goldenrods, blackprobably why it’s held in such high regard in eyed Susans, and of course marigolds.

Mexican culture. It’s been a symbol of celeMarigolds have been bration and honoring blooming all summer, the memory of loved but they achieve their ones during Día de The common name grandest display in AuMuertos (Day of the marigold is derived from the Dead). If you watch the gust and September. If you’ve been dead-headDisney movie, Coco, combination of the Virgin ing all this time, you can you will see them and Mary and the gold that the extend the bloom seatheir intense colors son late into the fall. I flowers were substituted for everywhere. started my marigolds Marigolds are one from seed this year. Last of the easiest and nonas an offering. year I bought a six-pack fussy plants one can of mixed marigolds and grow. They appreciplanted them in my flower boxes on my porch ate well-drained soils, and the addition of railing. To my astonishment, they quickly filled compost or manure prior to planting will help the spaces and provided me joy all season immensely with their blooms. They prefer long. full-sun conditions (even though my flower At the end of their growing season I left boxes are facing east so only get part-sun). the last of the blooms to dry on the stem and Insects usually leave them alone but somecollected them. They can simply be crushed times aphids and mites can be a nuisance. A in your hand, gently, to release the long, skinstream of water sprayed on the infected arny seed from within (and there are many in eas will help keep them at bay. I had a small one bloom). I kept them in a glass jelly jar with problem with beetles this year, but luckily, I the lid on tight in a dark area of my garage. had an assassin bug to help me out in that I then planted them this spring directly regard. (Not all bugs are bad even if their into my flower boxes among the pansies and name suggests it.) ivy already there. To my surprise, they germiI leave you with a quote from Lady Bird nated easily and quickly shot up to the sun. I Johnson that may offer inspiration in these truly love them, not only for their vibrant and trying times: “Where flowers bloom, so does warm colors, but to remind me of my childhope.” Enjoy a walk in your neighborhood or hood garden. local park, and enjoy the colors and scents We always planted them amongst our that fill the air. May they offer you respite vegetables because it’s been said that they and joy. deter some pests with their distinct aroma. I Stay well and let’s garden together. ▼ think that’s why I love them the most. Brushing my hand through their leaves and popEric W. Wahl is a landscape architect, artist, and ping off the spent flowers stains my hands President of the Delaware Native Plant Society. with their wonderful scent. It snaps me back to the early eighties, helping my parents in the garden.

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WE REMEMBER John Arthur Newcomb

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ohn Arthur Newcomb, 57, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away on his birthday, Saturday, August 1, 2020 surrounded by his family and closest friends after a difficult battle with cancer.

John’s primary job was as a bus driver for Cape Henlopen School District and Sussex Consortium. John’s passion for helping others lead to long lasting relationships with his students and coworkers. He enjoyed supporting local businesses and trying new restaurants.

He was an avid gardener and was known for his green thumb.

He enjoyed traveling; some of his favorite destinations were Spain, New Orleans, and Key West. You could always find him

Francis C. “Frank” Miller Jr.

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rancis C. “Frank” Miller Jr., 76, passed away from natural causes Sunday, August 9, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Frank was born in Washington, DC, October 8, 1943, to Francis C. Miller and Eleanor Mae Miller (nee Parker.)

He is survived by his spouse and life partner, Harvey Allen “Al” Naylor Jr. of Pompano Beach. He is also survived by his two sisters, Beverly Roof and Jackie Oren of Maryland, and his two stepdaughters, Pamela Bradford of Bonita Springs, Florida, and Diana Condio of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Frank grew up in Northwest Washington, DC and was a professional hairstylist in Northern Virginia for many years. He met his life partner in Washington, DC in 1966, and Frank and Al were together for nearly 54 years. They were married May 3, 2010, in Washington, DC. They both retired originally to Rehoboth Beach, where they spent many happy years. In 2013, they moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ▼

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smiling because he had a true zest for life. John always wanted everyone to have a good time.

John is survived by his loving husband of 22 years, Christopher C. Vande Poele, and Susan Newcomb, mother of his three children: Ellen Newcomb, Tim Newcomb, and Alac Marker (Jason); three grandchildren: Clayton, Adrianna, and Everly; and three siblings: Diane Wolcott (Nick), Chris Black (Angie), and Jackie Schmidt (Rich).

A memorial service was held on Monday, August 10, at Parsell Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Newcomb's name to the Tunnell Cancer Center, C/O Beebe Healthcare, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, Delaware 19958; or to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, Delaware 19963; or to the Cerebral Palsy Research Network, 295 Chipeta Way, Room 1N455, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108. ▼

Kevin William LaBarge

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evin W. LaBarge was born on October 16, 1960, in Mississippi to the late Ernest and Ramona LaBarge. Kevin graduated from Baker County High School in Glen St. Mary, Florida in 1978 where he was a Band Drum Major and played the trumpet.

Kevin attended college in Florida, enlisted in the US Air Force in 1980, and trained to be a dental laboratory specialist. Kevin served his enlistment at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC, and was discharged in June of 1984.

Upon his discharge, Kevin was one of the first staff hired at the legendary Tracks DC Nightclub where he worked for a number of years during the mid-eighties. He continued to focus on his dental career and in 1987 began working for Diplomat Dental Laboratory in Washington, DC as a dental laboratory technician with a storied 25-year career.

During this time Kevin was active in

DC’s gay arts community, singing with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. An avid tennis player and fan of the sport, he played and competed in the Capital Tennis Association League. In early 2012 Kevin joined Artifex, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia where he was instrumental in creating a cutting-edge, digital service laboratory providing state-of-theart dental prosthetics to dentists and dental practices across the United States.

He often vacationed and spent his non-working time in Rehoboth Beach with longtime friends and was a longtime supporter of CAMP Rehoboth, as well as Art Enables in Washington, DC. Kevin passed away from heart disease on July 16, 2020 and is survived by two brothers, two sisters, and a circle of friends far and wide. His infectious smile and glowing spirit will be missed by his family and friends who loved him dearly. ▼

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+ $5,000 Seller Credit CEDAR GROVE - Lewes.

2016-built 3BR/2BA 2,100sf on 0.76 acres. Hardwood, granite, gas FP, screen porch, lawn irrigation & more! 4.5 miles to Lewes beach. Low HOA. $499,900 (160186)

BEAVER DAM - Harbeson.

Unique! 2BR/2.5BA farmhouse.

2BR/1BA studio apt. w/1-car garage. Detached 3-bay garage/ pole barn. 1.26-acres. Well & Septic. Approx. $20k/yr rental income. $355,000 (163948)

SUSSEX WEST - Lewes.

2016 3BR/2BA w/ 1-car garage. Beautiful kitchen w/ granite & SS appliances. 55+ community w/indoor pool. 6 miles to the beach. $145,000 (165610) Lot Rent $570/mt.

SUNSPOT - Dewey Beach. This condominium building recently underwent a complete renovation to the foundation & exterior, so it is like new! Unit #105 is a 2nd-floor, 2BR/1.5BA flat with direct ocean views from the balcony & the living room. Steps to the beach.

Hardwood floors in the main living areas & bedrooms; tile floors in the kitchen & baths.

Community laundry room w/storage closets for each Unit. Excellent rental history of approx. $40,000/yr, so it’s a solid investment opportunity. $688,000 (142462)

CAMELOT MEADOWS Rehoboth. 2001 3BR/2BA home is 1,260 sq. ft. Big kitchen adjoins dining area. Handicap ramp. Just 3.5 miles to beach.

Community pool. $89,900

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

Community pool. $88,900

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(165592) Lot Rent $685/mt

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302-260-2080 cell email

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OAK CREST FARMS Lewes. New Construction.

3BR/2BA 1,500sf home.

Bamboo floor. Granite & SS appliances in kit. 12’x16’ deck.

1/3 acre. Community pool $319,900 (166556)

(156182) Lot Rent $736/mt.

PINEY GLADE - Rehoboth.

1991 3BR/1BA singlewide on its own land. Approx. 0.28 acres. Front deck, backyard shed. “As Is.” 4 miles to beach & near State Park trail. $185,000 (158736)

CAMELOT MEADOWS - Rehoboth. 2019 stick-built 3BR/2BA home (w/1972 DMV Title).

New roof, new insulated windows, new plumbing & electric lines & a new HAVC. Open floor plan. Beautiful kitchen w/SS appliances.

3.5 miles to beach. Community pool. $119,900

LOCHWOOD - Lewes. New Construction - TBB. The Ethan is a 3BR/2BA 1,605 sq. ft. home.

Popular open floor plan with a split-bedroom layout. Kitchen will feature stainless steel appliances & granite countertops. 0.41 acres.

Just 10 miles to beach. Low HOA fees of just $208/year. $309,999 (163012)

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COLONIAL EAST - Rehoboth.

1976 2BR/1BA. Improvements include: insulated windows, mini-split HVAC, kit cabs & bath remodel. Floors need TLC. 4 miles to beach. $85,000

ASPEN MEADOWS Rehoboth. 1987 2BR/2BA w/ sunroom addition. Gorgeous remodel! Fenced backyard.

Furnished. Pool & 4 miles to beach. $119,000 (166184) Lot

(146820) Lot Rent $560/mt.

(150820) Lot Rent $736/mt. SE HABLA ESPAÑOL

Rent $772/mt.

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