Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 30, No. 11

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Broadway to Lewes Ghosts, Goblins, & Gowns To Your Health!

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inside 4 In Brief

News & Notes

6 CAMP Matters The Halloween Party MURRAY ARCHIBALD

THIS ISSUE

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 11 • OCTOBER 16, 2020

18 CAMPers Face COVID

When the Lights Went Out on Broadway

History Month

20 CAMP Membership

48 Straight Talk

GLEN PRUITT

50 The Real Dirt

FAY JACOBS

The Circus Is in Town

A CAMPus Play in Two Acts

DAVID GARRETT

22 It’s My Life

Let’s Build a Better Buffer

Here There Be Monsters

ERIC WAHL

MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

8 CAMP Out

24 CAMP Stories

FAY JACOBS

RICH BARNETT

It’s 2020. I Need a Drink.

10 Community News 12 Who’s That?

That’s CAMP

These Golfers are “FORE” CAMP Rehoboth ANITA BROCCOLINO

16 Intentionally Inclusive

Do You See Faces

26 Health & Wellness MARJ SHANNON

28 To Your Health

Trying to Get PrEP in RB

Consciously Create the Life You Want: Vote WES COMBS

30 To Your Health

42 LGBTQ+ YA

MICHAEL GILLES

RAKI KOPERNIK

My Battle with Diabetes

Halloween Horrors Don’t Begin to Compete

DAVID MARINER

Donna Davis and Gail Jackson at Lori’s Café in the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard. See page 52.

32 Historical Headliners

Starting Again

52 CAMPshots

October Masquerade

54 Q-Puzzle I Am Nobody

56 We Remember

44 CAMP Arts DOUG YETTER

Ghosts, Goblins…and Gowns!

ON THE COVER

ANN APTAKER

Halloween Horrors

38 CAMP Critters Gussie

40 Out & About

Over the Rainbow (and Back Again) ERIC PETERSON

46 Booked Solid My Own Words

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

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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

The Way I See It

by CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director, David Mariner

FALL IS HERE AND WITH IT COMES BUSIER SCHEDULES, COLDER WEATHER, AND SHORTER DAYS. In the blink of an eye, the holidays will arrive, and we’ll be busy shopping, decorating, and making plans. And for me, it means another unavoidable trip to And That! for more decorations! With everything going on, the season brings a fair amount of stress in a typical year, but this is no typical year.

We are living through a pandemic and figuring out how to navigate our holiday traditions in the COVID era. And if your house is anything like mine, you are probably following every detail of the upcoming election, which could well be the most important in our lifetime. If you are feeling overwhelmed, you are not alone. On more than one occasion I’ve felt the need to turn the news off and take a break from it all. One in three Americans is dealing with symptoms of stress or anxiety, according to data from the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics.

So what better time to take care of yourself?

While we’re busy planning for the months ahead, it’s a great time to plan some self-care as well. And we’ve got lots of options for you. It can be as simple as joining your CAMP Rehoboth friends for a morning mindfulness or chair yoga class via zoom. As Marj Shannon suggests in her column, you could simply plan a nice long walk or bike ride in the open air.

Fall is such a beautiful time here in Delaware.

For Michael Gilles, taking care of himself means taking control of Type 2 diabetes.

Michael talks candidly about his struggle with this disease. For Stanton Weiner, it means staying on PrEP to prevent HIV. Stanton shares the challenges and barriers he’s faced in accessing PrEP here in Sussex County. I’m grateful to both of these individuals for sharing their personal stories in this issue. We are all better for it.

And of course, we cannot say enough, practice social distancing and please wear a mask to try and keep yourself and others safe.

For others, taking care of yourself may mean scheduling some time for fun. I’m looking forward to the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival! Taking place November 5-15, there will be a combination of in-person films at the Cinema Arts Theater and films you can purchase and stream at home during the festival. There’s also our latest art exhibit, Balance and Harmony, to enjoy, along with many great arts exhibits featured in Doug Yetter’s latest column.

Of course, in this important election year, the ultimate act of self-care is to vote! There is a lot happening in the world which we can’t control and is causing all of us a little stress and anxiety. But your vote is one thing you have control of. Whether you vote in person on election day or vote by absentee ballot, make sure your voice is heard.

Enjoy this issue and I hope you discover some ways to take care of yourself, relax, and enjoy all there is to do and see in Delaware! ▼

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.

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Sundance Provides Donations 2020 has been a unique year for all non-profits. That’s why CAMP Rehoboth wanted to have the Sundance fundraiser show support for three local organizations that are responding to the challenges we all face.

Immanuel Shelter went the extra mile in 2020, staying open longer than usual so Delawareans experiencing homelessness could have a safe space to shelter at home during the early months of the pandemic.

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice has stepped up their work as the Black Lives Matter movement has helped put this issue in the spotlight.

If you’ve been on Route 1 lately you’ve probably seen their new billboards proclaiming, “Racism Hurts Everyone.”

Finally, in a time when we are seeing more and more LGBTQ youth finding their voices locally, PFLAG continues to provide essential support to LGBTQ families.

CAMP Rehoboth is proud to have highlighted the work of these three groups during the virtual Sundance and is happy to donate $1,000 to each of these organizations. ▼

Rehoboth Avenue View Here’s a look at the planned new Clear Space Theatre buildings to be built along Rehoboth Avenue. Culminating a two-year process, the non-profit theatre company received RB Planning Commission approval of their site plan for the addresses 13-17 Rehoboth Avenue, on August 14. Next up, permits, bids, and ultimately construction of the two-theatre complex. ▼

DID YOU KNOW? This is Letters’ “To Your Health” issue. CAMP Rehoboth held 13 ongoing and seven new health & wellness sessions in 2019 alone, serving all age groups. Sessions included: yoga, tai chi, mindfulness, smoking cessation (through a grant from the American Lung Association of Delaware), and more. New programming is continually being added. See more on page 27.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

It’s Your Turn to “Sing Out, Louise”

CAMP Rehoboth is hosting a Virtual Open Mic Night

CAMP REHOBOTH GALLERY

Balance and Harmony Check out the remarkable show by the Delaware Shore Artists Group now on the gallery walls at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. This colorful look at old Havana is by artist Renata Price. See page 44 for details. ▼ Letters 4 OCTOBER 16, 2020

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t’s your time to shine at our new virtual open mic! All performers welcome—sing, read, act, play, or sashay! “Audience” members are welcome, too!

The Open Mic will be every 3rd Friday from 6-8 p.m. Next up: Friday, October 16 & Friday, November 20. ▼

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SPEAKOut Looking Back – OCTOBER 2013

The Way I See It

by Steve Elkins

Editor: On November 3, Delawareans have the chance to make history for our LGBTQ community. In the general election, we have the chance to elect not just the first openly LGBTQ State legislator, but to elect THREE of us.

While Sen. Karen Peterson was a trailblazer in the LGBTQ community when she came out during one of her terms in the Delaware State Senate, she did not run for another term and was never elected as an openly LGBTQ candidate.

I love these beautiful fall days, and we’ve got some great festivals to look forward to in the coming weeks— beginning with the 24th Rehoboth Beach Autumn Jazz Festival, October 17-20. Featuring artists like Sheila E, Pete Escovedo, Najee, and Alex Bugnan, to name just a few, Jazz Fest will be held on five area stages: the Performing Arts Theater at Cape Henlopen High School, the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, Epworth United Methodist Church, and the Delaware Distilling Company. Plus many of the local area restaurants and bars will be featuring great entertainment….

If elected, I will be an openly gay man serving in the Delaware State House of Representatives. If elected, Marie Pinkney will be an openly lesbian woman of color serving in the Delaware State Senate. And if elected, Sarah McBride will be an openly transgender woman serving in the Delaware State Senate.

Following Jazz Fest, the Sea Witch Festival is Halloween Weekend in Rehoboth Beach, and then, of course, is the amazing Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, November 6-10. CAMP Rehoboth is once again a proud sponsor of the Film Festival, and we celebrate the fact that it has become one of the best events in Delaware— and the Mid-Atlantic region. Part of the fun is having the whole Festival all in one place, and the “big tent” behind the Movies at Midway is always a great place to take a break, meet friends, and talk about movies. As is our custom, the Gay Guide to the Film Festival…highlights films of special interest to the LGBT community. With over 100 documentaries, shorts, and feature films, the RB Independent Film Fest is a not-to-be-missed highlight of the fall season in Delaware. ▼

Eric Morrison Democratic Candidate Delaware State House of Representatives 27th District

EDITOR’S NOTE: Well, this look back shows us what the COVID pandemic has deprived us of—including the CAMP Rehoboth Block Party, added to fall festivities after 2013.

And let’s not forget all the awesome Halloween parties at our restaurants and individual residences. We can only hope that for 2021 we can get back to the glorious fall weekends and amazing festivals grown and nurtured here for all these years. -FJ

I ask that members of the LGBTQ community in Delaware (and beyond)—along with our allies— please support our campaigns and help us make history on November 3.

Send letters to the editor, 300 words or fewer, to editor@camprehoboth.com

October is LGBTQ History Month

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ot some time on your hands? Read some of the fascinating stories in gay history, with books available locally at Browseabout, the Lewes and Rehoboth libraries, and of course, Amazon.com. You might even find some really terrific books upstairs in the library at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. ▼

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CAMP Matters

BY MURRAY ARCHIBALD

The Halloween Party I have a costume wing in my attic.

A perfectly natural statement for any card-carrying gay man to make. Right?

Back in the day when we could still go to parties, Halloween occupied a special place on our social calendar. It was, however, certainly not the only time when costumes were required—theme parties, impromptu theatricals, follies, photoshoots and, well, sometimes for no reason at all.

Piece by piece our costume collection accumulated. Decades rolled by and the trunks rolled in—figuratively speaking— but not just from our own use. Family and friends added items at an alarming pace.

We were even bequeathed items our friends believed to their dying day, we just had to have.

Which is how, back in 2011, when friends Terry and Adam invited us to their annual Halloween festivities, I discovered a garment bag with a complete collection of hideous teal-colored taffeta bridesmaids’ dresses carefully protected in the attic.

Our Zombie Wedding Party was born.

Mary Beth was the groom. Ward, Allen, Steve, and I, the bridesmaids.

Some of the dresses had to be laced up the back. I’m not pointing fingers.

We laughed until the fake blood ran from our eyes.

“But I want to be pretty!” Ward said.

We howled again.

Halloween 2020—“Ain’t No Party”

“And it doesn’t take a smarty to realize that even though my man throws confetti in my face, it don’t make it no party.” “Ain’t No Party,” Lorrell Robinson, Dreamgirls.

So much has changed since that night we all got dressed and made up in my studio. Less than a decade, really, but of a different era.

I’m tempted to say a kinder, more innocent time, but all memories are softened by nostalgia and harsh realities exist no matter in what age we find ourselves.

Still, by anyone’s standards, 2020 has been a frightful year. We have to skip the trick or treating and the Halloween parties this year, but what does it matter?

The whole year is a Halloween fright fest.

Halloween words have been appropriate for months: shocking, horrifying, spine-chilling, eerie, hairraising, unbelievable.

Life is a MASK-erade—but it sure “ain’t no party.”

SCOTUS is in the danger zone, POTUS and FLOTUS have the plague—and so does Hope (Hicks).

That’s a scary sentence, if I ever heard one. “Hope has plague.”

Hope. We’ve survived on hope for months. Hope for a vaccine. Hope for change in the White House. Hope for a time when every single day doesn’t begin with a fresh pot of misery and outrage.

Cardi B has the best take on this whole cursed year.

“Guess what Bitch…Coronavirus!

Coronavirus!”

More than coronavirus, 2020 is a green slime-pit of pandemic mismanagement, demonization of science, political fearmongering, racial injustice, and criminal negligence.

Vampires and zombies will never frighten us again. We’ve come face to face with a true monster. Saddest of all—a true monster of our own making.

If we do not learn how to heal our broken political system, our real-life American horror story with continue unchecked until democracy lies bloody and cold and dead and buried in the ground.

I say skip Halloween this year. We’ve had enough. Go directly to Thanksgiving.

Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.

Unless Congress can get its act together….

Fear is the Mind-killer

Fear is a natural part of our humanity. It is powerful and primitive and comes with both physical and emotional symptoms.

We love our Halloween spooks, our scary movies, and Stephen King novels, but the real thing is quite different. Chest pains, chills, dry mouth, shortness of breath, trembling, nausea, plus feelings of impending doom, loss of control, and inability to reason.

Twenty-twenty has been a breeding ground for fears. Too much isolation, too much death, hidden behind masks—how easy it is for our imaginations to run wild. Add a president and administration with a penchant for employing fear as a deterrent to anything that might actually Letters 6 OCTOBER 16, 2020

allow for real equality and justice, and the “dark night of the soul” becomes an ever-present reality.

Dale Carnegie says: “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

That’s all well and good—until a pandemic arrives and sitting home breeding doubt and fear becomes a daily pastime.

No wonder so many Americans grew tired of their own company so quickly. Isolation forces us to face our biggest fears—our own failures and frustrations.

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“Still, by anyone’s standards, 2020 has been a frightful year. We have to skip the trick or treating and the Halloween parties this year, but what does it matter? The whole year is a Halloween fright fest.”

At a recent, first, small family gathering since lockdown, I joked that isolation makes us more eccentric. But it’s true.

Especially for those of us who live alone.

I’m a fan of science fiction, and a super-fan of Frank Herbert’s Dune—soon to be a new motion picture (which I hope to heaven is better than the first one).

Perhaps the best-known quote from the Dune books is the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

I’ve read Dune in just about every decade of my life, but from the very first time these words have been a comfort to me in times of fear. I especially like the idea of letting the fear wash over and through me—essentially, understanding what the fear is actually about.

Understanding the root of what frightens us is the first step in overcoming it.

I wish I could say I believed everything would be fine. An effective vaccine will be found quickly. A new administration will restore some semblance of order to our government. Compromise and true debate will save our democracy. Political parties will put aside partisanship. Racial inequalities will vanish. Science will lead us to environmental success. Peace, hope, and joy will pour forth in abundance.

Yes, I wish I believed all of that would happen.

For now, I will settle for hope.

And I will vote. ▼ 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

It’s 2020. I Need a Drink.

C

an you believe this year?

I’m writing this a week and a half before the issue hits the streets. Or iPads. Chaos reigns, with current events moving so fast I have no idea if October 16, when we publish, will have anything at all in common with today, October 5, when I’m writing. My friends in Canada said they feel like they’re living in the apartment above a meth lab.

Will the election still be a GO? Will Trump still have COVID? How far and wide has he selfishly spread his germs?

Protect the nuclear codes, POTUS is on steroids! What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours. Every morning I need two cups of coffee and a GasX before turning on the news.

Recently, when friends from our COVID bubble invited us to a vodka and gin tasting, it seemed an appropriate event for these terrible times. Ever the vodka snob, I love my Grey Goose for a martini. Second is the pricey Belvedere, with its stunning etched-glass bottle.

Mostly, though, I make do with the less expensive brands for adulterating vodka with cranberry or tonic.

So I went to this event happily looking forward to seeing friends and taking my mind off the cascade of October surprises in the news. I knew this drinking game would be fun, but I had little anticipation of an October surprise of my own from the tastings.

“Gin or vodka?” asked the hostess.

“Vodka,” I said, flashing back to my being super snockered on gin as a college freshman. Even now, 54 years later, a sniff of Gilby’s and I’m back in the dorm with my head in a bucket.

So vodka it was, as the hostess placed before me nine tiny plastic cups, each numbered and containing a halfshot of vodka. First test: we swirled the cup to see if the vodka had legs, like red wine, though I’d never heard of leggy vodka. But the longer the vodka splashes

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stay above the vodka remaining below, the better it is said to be.

It’s called the Marangoni Effect, having something to do with surface tension. Tension is why I’m driven to alcohol in the first place but other than that I have no use for chemistry lessons regarding my cocktails.

Frankly, from the first tastes, I knew what I liked based on the Goldilocks Scale.

It appeared that some taste test cases slowly drooled down while others sank like a concrete ankle bracelet on a gangster’s foot. None of the vodkas had strong legs, but the slightly pink-tinted sample dried on the side of the cup on the way up. Yuk. We went on to judge taste, balance, and overall appeal. I did some gentle sipping for taste, feeling the liquid on the tip of my tongue, swishing it around like Listerine, then swallowing. Listerine might actually have been preferable to one of the tastes. Most of them tasted darned good to me.

The next round had me sipping to determine balance but I didn’t know what the heck that was. Uneducated

about balance, I just did a bottom’s up times nine.

Lastly, we judged appeal. After nine slugs of vodka twice, who am I to judge?

I mean it wasn’t a Blue Moon pour, but still, nine tiny cups made a healthy double martini.

Then, the samples were to be scored from 1 (unacceptable) to 20 (exquisite).

Frankly, from the first tastes, I knew what I liked based on the Goldilocks Scale— too strong, too weak, and juuuust right.

The worst could have passed for rocket fuel and the best cried out for immediate ice and pimento-stuffed olives.

Here’s the upshot. The scary pink stuff was unacceptable. I’m sending a get-well case to Chris Christie.

My dearest Grey Goose ($47.95 for 1.75L) was only a middling choice, as was Belvedere ($51.99), designer bottle be damned. My second top honors went to Tito’s at $32.27.

But my overall favorite was, drumroll, Costco’s Kirkland—$12.99 for the same size jug. Seriously.

Back at home, back to the news, I grabbed a funnel and filled the gorgeous Belvedere bottle with Kirkland. It’s going to take a lot of this stuff to get me through November 3 or 4 or December 12 or January 17 or whenever the &#*% we know who will be the US President.

As for me, when 5 p.m. comes, I’m hitting Costco’s finest. And whatever your cocktail of choice may be, from Diet Coke to hot saki, enjoy!

If only all of 2020’s horror shows ended as positively as my vodka tasting.

Well, some can. These are my last words to you, my friends, prior to November 3.

ACT up! VOTE. ▼ Fay Jacobs is Managing Editor of Bywater Books and an author of five published books of humorous essays. Her most recent is Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked.

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Community News True Blue Jazz Fest Is Underway Closing Brunch Bash 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; doors at 11:00 a.m., with Eddie Sherman & Peggy Raley 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Doors at 1:30 p.m., with Holly Lane and Shore Jazz 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Port 251, 251 Rehoboth Avenue, will host Crescent City 4:30-8:30 p.m.

October 16, and on October 17, Justine Miller featuring Sean Lane 4:30-8:30 p.m. On October 18: Bill Dilks B3 Trio 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Visit truebluejazz.org for the latest info on all locations and events! ▼

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he 8th Annual True Blue Jazz Festival is already going strong in Downtown Rehoboth Beach in both live venues and online, October 16-18.

For two nights of the four-day festival—Friday, October 16 & Saturday, October 17—there will be LIVE jazz performances, streaming featured artists from across the Mid Atlantic.

They will stream at truebluejazz.org/ livestream.

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LOCAL IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES The Pines, 56 Baltimore Avenue: Friday, October 16-Sunday, October 18 Contact the venue for tickets/ reservations. Performers are: McShane, Midiri & Holt, 6:30-9:30 p.m. October 16; and Keli Vale & Nick Bucci 4:307:00 p.m, October 17. The Shades of Blue will be on stage 9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. October 18.

True Blue Jazz will present the

Images left to right, Bill Kilks B3 Trio; Eddie Sherman and Peggy Raley.

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WHO’s That?... That’s CAMP!

BY ANITA BROCCOLINO, CAMP REHOBOTH DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

These Golfers are “FORE!” CAMP Rehoboth

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s we continue with our fun exploration of Who’s That?

That’s CAMP, I’m taking a look at those who make up our dynamic community supporters, donors, and participants—here’s a visit with the CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Golf League.

A decrease in numbers is usually considered a VERY good thing in golf scores, and of course, in the case of the 2020 global COVID crisis, lowering numbers of those affected is certainly a positive.

This year, however, the pandemic did cause a slight drop in the number of women golfers who were comfortable taking part in the annual CAMP Rehoboth League. But, from what we could tell at the league’s season-ending tournament on Thursday, September 24, it hardly dampened any spirits of those taking to the links at American Classic Golf Course.

In fact, there was a mushy, fun softness afloat, you could say with certainty. Wait, like a marshmallow softness? YES! In fact, giant marshmallows literally peppered one hole, as a group of the league golfers

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took to the tee box.

Such was one of the many amusing tournament challenges set up by the league’s newest leader, Jo Picone. The first ball off the tee at the eighth hole of the scramble-style tournament had to be using a giant marshmallow instead of a golf ball.

Deb Bievenour, a long-time CAMP Rehoboth supporter and member of the league said “When I got to the challenge tee, I didn’t quite know what to make of the golf bucket full of enormous marshmallows. I thought ‘Are we roasting marshmallows at this hole?’ But it was truly amusing trying to balance a marshmallow on a tee, much less hit it more than a few dozen feet.”

League head Jo said, “Running the league in the face of a pandemic posed an unusual challenge for me, along with my co-organizer, Lana Warfield. With the help of CAMP Rehoboth staff, along with Austin from American Classic Golf Course, we were able to find a way for us to keep everyone safe and still enjoy the game we love. Even after a false start to the season, we managed to have 61 members, and most weeks we had

a full field of players. It was a different kind of season and a different kind of final tournament, but it all went well and was a smashing success. I look forward to next year and hope COVID takes a back seat instead of being the star of the show.”

“Are we roasting marshmallows at this hole?”

Due to close physical contact, most sports had to be immediately shut down last March. However, golf is one of the few that COVID didn’t impact for as long a time, because ultimately, keeping at a distance from other golfers is completely possible without interrupting the flow or pace of play.

Also, observing the many women of varying ages in the CAMP Rehoboth Golf League enjoying their final round of play for the season, you could feel a real sisterhood despite the social distancing required. And much to my delight, as a development director, I found almost all of the golfers are also long-time CAMP Rehoboth members, with some even in the CAMP Rehoboth Founders Circle.

That alone shows not only a generosity of spirit but a real commitment these women share in the mission and programming of CAMP Rehoboth.

These dedicated (to golf) gals play on Thursday nights, usually throughout late spring and into late summer. The dues they pay each season not only get them a spot in the popular league and a small golf-related gift, but the satisfaction that a portion of their league fees are donated to help support CAMP Rehoboth’s many health, wellness, and advocacy Programs.

Long time organizers of CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Golf League, Evie Simmons and Barb Thompson, both said Continued on page 14

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they were excited to have run the league for 12 years, while it was held at Marsh Island Golf Course.

“The first year we played in a league, we only had about 12 golfers,” says Barb.

“Bringing the league to CAMP Rehoboth and being able to advertise it in Letters made all the difference. That first year when we ran the league for CAMP Rehoboth, we had over 50 golfers at Marsh Island. By the time we retired from running the league we had grown it to over 80 players. It was a great way for people, many who were new to the area, to meet others. The camaraderie, the new and now long-running friendships which formed, combined with outdoor exercise, was and still is a great health benefit for the heart, body, mind, and spirit.”

The season-ending lowest-score tournament winners were: Tama Viola, Lisa Balestrini Faber, Lisa Mosley, and Robin Esham. CAMP Rehoboth member

Tama Viola, on a winning foursome, said, “I love playing in the CAMP Rehoboth Golf League because I get to meet new people and play alongside some very wonderful women. The fact that it is with and in support of CAMP Rehoboth is rewarding in itself. I didn’t want the season to end. And OMG, it’s just so much fun!”

Congrats to all the players. See you in the Spring. ▼

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Intentionally Inclusive

BY WESLEY COMBS

Consciously Create the Life You Want: Vote

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o say that these are extraordinary times is the understatement of the decade. Just when you think things cannot get worse, well...you can fill in the blank here. Never in my lifetime will the results of an election have greater impact on the future. Who we choose to hold elected office at the Federal, state, and local levels will be responsible for making life-altering decisions about everything that matters to me and many others: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

But in these extraordinary times it is important for each of us to take an intentional look at what’s really at stake.

From where I sit as a gay man whose career is focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, my list of concerns gets longer by the hour: LGBTQ rights, racial justice, gender equity, healthcare access, housing security, due process, economic stability, and government accountability, to name a few.

When asked about writing a column for CAMP Rehoboth, I wanted to make sure it did not replicate the great content from existing contributors. While those who know me would be the first to say I am not shy about sharing my opinions, this was different. As someone whose professional career has been focused on creating more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplaces, I saw this as an opportunity to share with others the simple steps every person can take to be part of the solution. That’s why I named the column Intentionally Inclusive.

Making change a reality is an intentional act which includes setting goals, measuring progress, and creating accountability for reaching them. When left to chance, the outcome is what you see today with companies failing to deliver on their commitment and employees as well as customers no longer remaining loyal.

Some might say the 2016 election is a perfect example of this.

Did you know that only 138 million Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election, which was only 58.1 percent of the voting-eligible population? SurprisingLetters 16 OCTOBER 16, 2020

ly, this percentage was not higher than the 2008 (61.6 percent) or 2012 (58.6 percent) election turnout. So, who were these people?

Those who did not vote were more likely to be younger, less educated, less affluent, and nonwhite compared with voters. And nonvoters were much more likely to be Democrats. Given all of the polling and millions of dollars spent on the Clinton campaign, how was it possible that this was not known in advance so that resources could be focused on reaching these Americans?

The reason I rehash this nightmare scenario is to serve as a painful reminder that there is time to prevent history from repeating itself.

Perhaps more surprising was exit polls showed that while 78 percent of LGBTQ voters overwhelming voted for Hillary Clinton, 14 percent supported the TrumpPence administration. These voters were black, Latino, and white, ranged in age from just 19 to nearly 39, and were from the Midwest, California, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Florida. Lastly, they all thought Donald Trump was the right candidate for president of the United States.

NBC News reported that “when asked why they voted for Trump and what they hoped his incoming administration would do to benefit the LGBTQ community, many of these voters echoed each other in their hopes for the future. Most also emphasized that they were less concerned with the LGBTQ-related aspects of the Trump platform than they were with general issues like national security, economy, and the right to bear arms.”

At the end of the day, most analysts agreed that the Clinton campaign failed to win key states that Obama did in 2008, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida. As I said earlier, reaching the finish line takes a carefully planned and prepared approach. That’s why the overwhelming number of Olympic gold medal winners followed an intentional training and dietary regime to maximize success.

The reason I rehash this nightmare scenario is to serve as a painful reminder that there is time to prevent history from repeating itself. Instead of placing blame, let’s focus on what deliberate steps each of us can take to make sure the candidate that will represent the interests of LGBTQ people prevails.

To help energize you, let’s start by understanding the definition of Intentional: Living with intention means you consciously choose to create the life you want, rather than having life, or other people, dictate your feelings and actions.

Next, commit to playing an active role by voting early, volunteering for a candidate or political party to help get out the vote, and making calls to educate others how LGBTQ-supportive candidates will fight for equal rights for all Americans including the LGBTQ community.

As we edge near election day, an ancient quote from the Jewish elder Hillel continues to ring in my ear. “If I am not for myself, who is for me? When I am for myself, what am I? If not now, when?” Many scholars over the centuries have come to a range of conclusions as to what Hillel meant. Regardless of the actual meaning, this saying speaks about the very core of what I believe, “if not now, when?” and I hope you will join me. ▼ 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.

OCTOBER 16, 2020

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CAMPers Face COVID

BY FAY JACOBS

When the Lights Went Out on Broadway

H

e’s stage managed many big Broadway shows, was the production stage manager for the recent revival of The Boys in the Band, and was in rehearsals for another show when the theater industry went dark last March.

Now he’s in Lewes canning tomatoes.

James (“Fitz”) Fitzsimmons, like thousands of people in the theater and its related industries, is out of work and wondering when the curtains will go up again.

He and his partner Brian, a couple for 25 years, are together in their house by the ferry terminal, ensconced in a new normal, learning what it’s like spending months at a time together. It’s been 16 years since they have been under the same roof full-time.

Fitz has an apartment in New Jersey, right outside the city, for his show biz gigs, and Brian’s business career has had him working in Bermuda. Their Lewes home was a frequent site of togetherness on lots of Sunday nights through Tuesday mornings, vacations and stints between shows, but not ever for such an extended stretch. Over cocktails, in conversation with the two of them, it’s clear that it’s working out great.

“It was like time had just stopped. Walking through the city streets was eerie, nobody was around, the bars and restaurants closed.”

But with Broadway shut down, Fitz says, “I felt unmoored. Like my identity was gone. But I’m very grateful and lucky to have been able to be here during the pandemic instead of in New York City last spring—especially since it really hit so close to home. In the final two weeks of March I lost my mother, who was in a senior facility, and three Letters 18 OCTOBER 16, 2020

dear work friends to COVID, including the playwright Terrence McNally.”

So for Fitz, hunkering down in Lewes has been a salvation. “Even yesterday someone said to me that this pandemic feels like ‘something happening elsewhere,’ and I had to let him know how lucky he is and that I’ve known too many who have had it and too many who lost that fight.”

For Fitz, theatre is a passion. He says he was just about to go into tech week for a revival of Paula Vogel’s haunting play How I Learned to Drive, starring Mary Louise Parker, when everything came to a halt. Thinking the shut down would be short, the company continued rehearsals by Zoom for a while, but eventually gave that up. They plan to go back into rehearsal, possibly next March, a full year later, if it’s safe again.

Sometime last Spring, Fitz traveled from Lewes to New York, back to the rehearsal hall, to gather up some personal items people had left there. He says, “It was like time had just stopped.

Walking through the city streets was eerie, nobody was around, the bars and restaurants closed.”

He went back to New York more recently, and though restaurants were open it was still very strange. “You could walk around the streets with alcohol, but you couldn’t stop and talk with people; no one was congregating.”

Meanwhile, Fitz got to tell me a lot about his experience with The Boys in the Band. There’s a film version of the show, with the powerhouse cast Fitz worked with, now available for streaming on Netflix.

Playwright Mart Crowley, who wrote the show, just passed away. Fitz calls him “an absolutely great guy” and when the show was rehearsing in 2018, he was there to work with director Joe Mantello.

“They made a lot of cuts from the original 1960s version, which Mart agreed with,” Fitz says, “and cut out the intermission, which tightens up the show.”

The original play, known for its biting and some say disturbing view of

The Boys in the Band Closing party - Back row from left : Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Tuc Watkins, Brian Hutchison. Front Row: Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesus, stage manager James Fitzsimmons.

self-loathing homosexuals, has always been controversial. Fitz says that Jim Parsons, who played the lead role in the revival and on film, “does self-loathing, but somehow the viewers don’t take it on themselves.” He also credits Mantello’s laser-like direction for making the show work so well.

So, what else is Fitz doing to keep his hand in show biz? He got his certification to be a COVID compliance officer for TV and film, so as productions get back to work, he’ll have another skill.

He’s also done some online teaching of an overview of theatre to high school students from all over the world—something he loves doing. And he worked on a Zoom reading of a play called Dear Liar for the Bucks County Playhouse. “It felt great to be in rehearsal again,” he says, “even on line.”

In the meantime, now that the tomatoes are preserved (“There were so many of them!”), and the pandemic continues, Fitz is channeling Martha Stewart and moving on to pickles. ▼

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CAMP Membership

BY GLEN PRUITT

A CAMPus Play in Two Acts ACT ONE SCENE: The Membership Table at an outdoor CAMP Rehoboth event. Early afternoon. The table is covered with a bright blue cloth, extending on all sides to the ground. The front panel is emblazoned with the words “CAMP Rehoboth” and the familiar logo of a heart inside the outline of a house.

The top of the table is crowded with brochures, mugs with the same logo, and copies of the most recent issue of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. Behind the table sits HAPPY CAMPer, a volunteer who wears an easy smile and a Sundance 2020 t-shirt.

Enter (from Stage Left) A VISITOR with a good heart, a social conscience, and a question or two in their eyes.

HAPPY: Hi there! Are you enjoying yourself today?

VISITOR: Yes, I am! I always have fun at these events. But I was wondering why there is a Membership Table here. Isn’t today all about having a little fun in a socially distant way?

HAPPY: Well, yes, we do like to bring people together to have fun. It’s one way CAMP Rehoboth helps to build a sense of community. We have done that throughout our 30-year history. But even our fun events have a serious side.

Did you know the very first Sundance events were actually fundraisers for HIV charities?

VISITOR: I didn’t know that. I know CAMP Rehoboth does a lot to promote health and wellness in our community.

Just the other day I got a flu shot at an outdoor clinic being hosted by Beebe Healthcare and CAMP Rehoboth.

Sal Seeley and Barbara Antlitz were working at the registration table. They were so nice! I could tell they were smiling, even with their facemasks on.

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of many ways CAMP Rehoboth collaborates with other organizations.

We partner with others for art exhibits and educational programs, to do advocacy work and solve problems. Our “What We Do” brochure will give you a better idea of the many things CAMP Rehoboth does throughout the year. (hands a brochure to VISITOR) We just mailed a copy of this brochure to many of our current supporters so they can see the impact CAMP Rehoboth has on our community. We also have the brochure available in our office at 37 Baltimore Avenue.

benefits keep evolving, too.

CAMP Rehoboth just set up a Virtual Shop on the website, and members are given a code that saves them 20% at checkout. The most important benefit for members, however, comes from knowing they are part of making a difference in our world and our community.

VISITOR: Thanks. (opening the brochure) WOW! I didn’t know CAMP Rehoboth does so many different kinds of things. You know, I support CAMP Rehoboth by participating in events like Sundance (pointing at HAPPY’s t-shirt). I was a Sundance Host this year! Doesn’t that automatically make me a member?

HAPPY: No worries! You can spread your membership dues out over the entire year, with a portion coming out of your account each month.

HAPPY: Thank you for supporting Sundance! We really appreciate it, especially considering the challenges COVID-19 caused all of us. But participating in a fundraiser is not the same as becoming a member.

Membership means something more.

A robust membership roster is great witness to the world for the broad community support of CAMP Rehoboth.

It means there are many of us who want a more inclusive and respectful world.

On a practical level, membership dues provide financial support to sustain the organization every month of the year, not just during Fundraising Season.

VISITOR: I get it. CAMP Rehoboth benefits from having many members.

Are there any benefits for members?

HAPPY: Definitely! Members get advance ticket sales to our events. For some of our smaller events, members may even be the ONLY ones who get to attend, because they buy up the tickets as soon as the sale starts! The

VISITOR: I might be interested in joining at one of the higher levels, but I am not sure how my checkbook would feel about that! (laughing)

ACT TWO Even though it contains no dialogue, this Act is by far the most important one in the play. This is where YOU ACT by making a commitment to CAMP Rehoboth and its future. If you’re already a member, consider renewing your membership early…and perhaps even upgrading to a higher level. If you are not currently a member, please consider ACTING NOW and join. It’s easy to do at camprehoboth.com/camp-membership.

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It’s My Life

BY MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

Here There Be Monsters

I

have always had a soft spot for monsters.

When I was five or six, one of my sisters was assigned Beowulf in her high school English class.

She read it to me and I cried, not because I was frightened but because I felt bad for Grendel, the alleged antagonist of the poem. Similarly, when we watched The Wizard of Oz on television, I wondered how anyone could blame the Wicked Witch of the West for being angry at Dorothy, first for the death of her sister and then for the theft of the ruby slippers and, of course, her own consequent murder. True, she wasn’t exactly likable, but I sympathized.

The whole good versus evil thing has never set right with me. I loved Godzilla, even as he destroyed Tokyo in a rage. I wasn’t afraid of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or the Wolf Man, and didn’t understand why other people couldn’t see that they were just trying to exist, to find some kind of happiness in a world that hated them for being different. I loved Gossamer, the giant red monster who chased Bugs Bunny through the mad scientist’s castle, and my favorite characters in Disney films were usually the baddies: Maleficent, Chernabog, the Queen of Hearts.

There were exceptions.

Prince John from Robin Hood and 101 Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil, for example.

H.R. Pufnstuf’s Witchiepoo.

But as I got older, I realized that these villains weren’t so much bad as they were pathetic and incompetent.

In some ways, they were to be pitied rather than feared, their evil machinations never a match for the forces of good.

Those childhood movie monsters were eventually replaced by real-world ones: The woman across the street from us, who put her two young sons into the bathtub and slit their throats while their father was mowing the lawn. My closest cousin who, following his divorce and a descent into despair, shot and killed both his children as they slept before taking his own life because, as he wrote in a note, he didn’t want them to live in a world without their father.

I found these people fascinating, both because of their horrifying behavior and because I wanted to know why they were the way they were. Also, in some instances, I knew them as people. I’d seen them be

That wounded little boy has had more than enough time to sort out his issues rather than inflicting them on us, and yet he chooses at every turn to do the harmful thing.

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kind, and funny, and warm. I’d spent my adolescence wearing my cousin’s hand-me-down clothes and wishing I was more like him. How, then, to reconcile those people with the ones who did such terrible things?

Trying to understand monsters has become a popular pastime. My friend Gregory Maguire, struggling to make sense of Hitler and the nature of evil, famously took on the Wicked Witch of the West, turning her into the now-beloved Elphaba of Wicked.

Maleficent too has been given the backstory treatment and considered as a wounded creature responding to years of torment, neglect, and heartbreak. Even the xenomorph in Alien has been given a second look. No longer are monsters simply to be feared; now we want to know why they are the way they are.

All of which brings us to this week.

With the revelation that Donald Trump is infected with the coronavirus, social media erupted with many people celebrating the news as an example of karmic retribution and others chastising them for suggesting that the man deserves what’s happened to him. The most considered response I saw said, “People who do terrible, thoughtless things most often had childhoods filled with trauma and abuse, and I believe this is what happened to Donald Trump. I want him out of a position where he can continue to harm people, but I don’t wish him ill. I wish him healing.”

Donald Trump is not a storybook boogeyman or a movie villain. He is a real-life one. His selfish, arrogant, stupid behavior has thrown the country into chaos on multiple levels. Finding compassion for him is, for me, impossible, particularly as he’s demonstrated repeatedly that he has none for anyone else. That wounded little boy has had more than enough time to sort out his issues rather than inflicting them on us, and yet he chooses at every turn to do the harmful thing.

Some monsters don’t need to be understood. No tragic backstory can make up for the destruction they cause. No amount of rewriting can make us reconsider the need to drive them out. We can, perhaps, decide not to burn their lair to the ground with them inside of it, but we also don’t need to invite them to explain themselves. Rather, we should leave them to their fates and get on with the business of repairing the damage they’ve done.

Some monsters just need to be stopped. Or voted out. ▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

OCTOBER 16, 2020

23 Letters

CAMPStories

BY RICH BARNETT

Do You See Faces?

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ver since I was a young boy, I’ve seen human faces in inanimate objects. I’m convinced it started when my father moved us to the mountains of western North Carolina and went to work for a company that developed ski resorts, golf courses, and vacation communities.

Among their projects was a kooky theme park atop Beech Mountain called the Land of Oz that was based on the film The Wizard of Oz. What I liked best about it were the wind-swept beech trees all along the yellow brick road. The theme park’s designer painted creepy faces on them, taking advantage of the trees’ gnarly and slightly menacing shapes. They looked like the talking apple trees in the original movie.

Those beech trees changed the way I look at things, which is why I often see faces in trees, cars, clouds, and electrical sockets. While I’ve never seen Jesus’s face in a potato chip, I do see a face when I raise the toilet lid in my bathroom. If only it looked more like Donald Trump.…

Scientists label this tendency to see faces “pareidolia.” It was once thought to be a symptom of psychosis or a sign of dementia. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries psychiatrists used the concept to investigate people’s personalities and assess their psychological state.

It was once thought to be a symptom of psychosis or a sign of dementia.

They showed inkblots to their patients and asked them what they saw. Pareidolia today is acknowledged as a normal, human predisposition stemming from our evolutionary need to recognize faces. Some even say it’s a sign of creativity. Perhaps that explains why my neighbor’s house is always grimacing at me over the backyard fence whenever I’m out gardening.

It’s not unusual to see faces in houses, in the patterns formed by windows, doors, porches, and garages. I took a stroll about town to look for some examples. Perhaps there’s something going on in my brain, but I think there’s something fun about looking at house pareidolia, don’t you? ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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Halloween Horrors Don’t Begin to Compete

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is the season for all-things-horrifying: skeletons leerof who-got-what-vaccine-when will be a challenge. To say ing at us from porches, witches suspended in their the very least. flights across the yard, cemeteries popping up in the Clearly, we need to take the long view: we could easily neighbors’ lawns. Some communities are embracing be suspended in this socially-distanced, mask-wearing “great all the Halloween fun they can—setting up socially-distanced pause” for more time going forward than we’ve already walks through a haunted forest or devising ways to deliver spent here. Dr. Fauci, speaking with an MSNBC interviewer, touch-free treats to neighborhood children. estimated that the timeline for getting back to some semblance Others, not so much. Those cemetery displays just may of our pre-pandemic normal is “…well into 2021, maybe even be too evocative of the cost coronavirus—and our country’s toward the end of 2021.” inadequate response to same—is exacting. And the prospect Most of us likely find that prospect daunting, at best. of the oncoming colder temps and shorter days, which may But—we’re resilient. We can find ways to pass the intervening reduce our chances of finding respite outdoors, may be scary months that help to assure we’ll be around to enjoy that nextenough without witches or skeletons. normal when it arrives.

Many of us hoped a vaccine would arrive before the cold We know some of those ways already: we can wear masks and dark of winter did—even as we worried about the political and socially distance ourselves. We can wash our hands and pressures applied to try to push its arrival to early November. keep our hands away from our faces. We can limit the number More realistic timelines estimate of people (outside our households) a vaccine or two will gain FDA we associate with, and keep our approval by the end of the year. in-person interactions with others We could easily be suspended in this Even as we celebrate that approvbrief. We can avoid large, indoor al—whenever it comes—we need socially-distanced, mask-wearing “great gatherings altogether. to remind ourselves that approval is We can help combat pause” for more time going forward just step one. isolation—our own or others’— than we’ve already spent here.

Step two—manufacturing the by placing more phone calls, vaccine—is already underway and by sharpening and sharing in some cases, even while dozens of vaccine candidates those Zoom and FaceTime skills. These are great tools for continue to be tested. That’s because it will take time to connecting families and friends. We can arrange “window manufacture enough of it. Supplying just one dose of the visits” to loved ones who live in care facilities where in-person vaccine to each person in the US will require about 331 million visits aren’t possible. doses. Many experts think each person will need two doses to We also can avail ourselves of the burgeoning number confer immunity. of online classes, events, presentations, concerts, In an interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the pandemic’s voice performances—you name it. CAMP Rehoboth pivoted swiftly of reason, estimated there might be 50 to 100 million doses from in-person to online programs; innumerable other of the vaccine available at some point “well into 2021.” At organizations did as well. Many have enjoyed massive upticks two-doses-per-person, 50 to 100 million doses will be enough in the number of enrollments or registrations, as barriers to to vaccinate about 11 percent of the population. Around access—such as distance or venue size—disappeared.

10 percent of the overall US population has antibodies to And, unless the weather outside is very frightful, the great COVID-19 due to having had it. outdoors is still our friend. The exercise of a walk or bike ride is Population (herd) immunity won’t be achieved until we’re good for us; the ability to more safely socialize is even better. at perhaps 70 percent.

The firepit—circled by socially-distanced seating—can warm a Associated with step two (let’s call it step two dot five): small party; the grill can produce a very decent meal to serve producing enough glass vials to put the vaccine into and directly onto plates diners supply for themselves. glass syringes to administer it: there’s been a shortage of Halloween ushers in the big fall/winter holiday season, one medical grade glass. full of festivities that—this year—will require extraordinary effort There’s also (step three) the matter of getting the vaccine to achieve. Or may not be achievable at all. So, we also can from its manufacturing sites to its distribution sites. This will begin planning some alternatives: holidays can be hard in the be no small task for something that may well require ultrabest and easiest of times. This year, our times already are notcold storage throughout its journey to assure it’s viable at so-good and far-from-easy. Let’s start now to see what fall and time of vaccination. winter fun we can conjure—say, where was that witch?! ▼ The vaccination itself (step four) will be tricky. Both of the current vaccine frontrunners require a second dose be given Marj Shannon is an epidemiologist and wordsmith who has devoted a specific period of time after the first. Both doses of the her life to minutiae. She reports that yes, the devils are in the details. vaccine need to be of the same product. Just keeping track

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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 life, free from stigma and judgments.

Start your Tuesdays off with Erin and CAMP Rehoboth. Erin will lead participants through WOMEN IN CIRCLE a mindful exercise or morning 1st & 3rd Saturdays meditation for 30 minutes.

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Join CAMP Rehoboth and representatives from Big Brothers Big Sisters in a discussion on how you can become a LGBTQ mentor and support LGBTQ youth in the Sussex County area.

Our goal is for all LGBTQ youth to have access to a safe and supportive mentoring relationship with a caring adult. One in three of these children will grow up without a mentor.

The Trevor Project estimates that LGBTQ youth make up 5-7 percent of the nation’s youth, with 13-15 percent of those in the juvenile justice system being LBGTQ. CAMP REHOBOTH LGBTQ+ YOUTH DISCUSSION GROUP Thursdays in October 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 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.

CAMP REHOBOTH AND BEEBE HEALTHCARE—FLU SHOT CLINIC November 5 | 1-5 p.m.

Beebe is offering FREE flu clinics for those in the community to be vaccinated against influenza or flu. These clinics are for those 18 years of age or older. Due to COVID-19, the clinics will operate as drive-thru events. This specific event is a Bike & Walk event— you do not have to be in your car to receive a vaccine.

This event is being held at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in downtown Rehoboth. Please park your car in available parking areas and walk or bike to the convention center to get in line.

This event is in partnership with Rehoboth Beach Police Department and CAMP Rehoboth.

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TO YOUR HEALTH!

BY DAVID MARINER

Trying to Get PrEP in Rehoboth Beach

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tanton Weiner’s decision to go on PrEP goes back to an emergency room in 1989 where he was working as a medical student in a level one trauma center. He was sewing up a patient with a particularly bloody cut when he accidentally stuck the suture needle into his hand, potentially exposing himself to HIV. Back then, many of the drugs and treatments we take for granted today were not available. He reflects “It was a scary time. I basically had to change my life for six months until I tested negative.

Years later in 2014, another accidental needle stick happened to Dr. Stanton Weiner while performing a spinal procedure where the patient had unknown HIV status but the needle was not yet used on the patient. The incident jarred his memory of what happened years before and prompted him to seek out PrEP. PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is a medication you can take daily to prevent HIV. While Stanton was concerned about occupational exposure to HIV, PrEP is also effective in preventing HIV from sex or injection drug use. Studies have shown that PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99 percent when taken daily. Although Stanton started use of PrEP for potential occupational exposure, it has also given him confidence about preventing potential other exposures to HIV. Use of PrEP is common among gay and bisexual men, as well as transgender and non-binary people at risk for HIV. One study estimates a third (35 percent) of gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV are using PrEP. Another advantage of PrEP usage and follow up is there is better surveillance and treatment of other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis.

However, getting PrEP here in Sussex County is not always easy, and not all medical providers are knowledgeable about the medication. Stanton recalls that while he was a patient, a local doctor he was seeing saw on his medical

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chart that he was taking Truvada (a PrEP medication). Stanton says, “The specialist said to me ‘how long have you been HIV positive?’ He assumed taking PrEP meant I was HIV positive.”

“I do not have a primary care doc in Rehoboth, and it’s very hard to find one here. None of them will prescribe PrEP.” Another complication, according to Stanton, is that some local medical providers mistakenly believe that a PrEP prescription requires a referral to an infectious disease specialist. This can be a dead-end, when the waiting list for an infectious disease specialist can be a year or more.

So Stanton, like many folks who have relocated to the beach, has not yet made the switch to a local primary care provider. He says, ”I do not have a primary care doc in Rehoboth, and it’s very hard to find one here. None of them will prescribe PrEP. I called 15 medical practices and none of them currently prescribe PrEP.” What’s the solution? Stanton believes that educating medical providers is crucial. In Washington DC, medical providers are required to receive continuing education on LGBTQ health issues. The LGBTQ Cultural Competency Continuing Education Amendment Act of 2016 requires any health care professional who is required to receive

continuing education to include at least two credits of LGBTQ-related clinical or cultural competency training. Medical providers in Delaware have never been required to learn about LGBTQ health issues.

Such training would have an impact not just on PrEP but also on a wide variety of LGBTQ health issues.

Stanton points out that this would benefit the entire LGBTQ community, but particularly the local transgender community.

For now, however, Stanton is focused on navigating our local healthcare system for himself. The day we spoke, he had just returned from a trip to Georgetown for lab work. Nevertheless, he will continue to work on expanding access to PrEP in our area: “I am too young to remember the worst of the AIDS epidemic and I’m too old not to know people who have had that experience. I just think to myself— here is this tool to prevent HIV that is available to a whole generation. We should take advantage of it.” ▼ David Mariner is Executive Director of CAMP Rehoboth.

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BY MICHAEL GILLES

My Battle with Diabetes Hi. I’m Michael. I’m a diabetic.

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say those words every day to myself, to my face in the mirror. It is the single most important thing I do to combat this disastrous disease. I accept it so I can fight it.

I have Type 2 diabetes. My body doesn’t make enough insulin, and thus my high glucose levels are wreaking havoc with my body. And I am not alone. There are about 29 million people in the US with Type 2 diabetes. Another 84 million have blood sugar that is high but not high enough to be diabetes yet. And about eight million people who have it don’t even know it. Might you be one?

For people with Type 2 diabetes, there are many things to mitigate its effects. They are all things I do each day. Now, I’m not perfect, and I go through times like many diabetics do where these simple steps seem like walking in quicksand. But if I stay focused, I can overcome those difficult days and sinking resolve.

If you are diabetic, the first step is the easiest, yet it’s the one where many diabetics I know get a failing grade. You need an endocrinologist, NOW! Endocrinologists are doctors who deal with all the biochemical processes that make your body work. In other words, they are the perfect doctors to treat diabetes. If you had heart disease, you’d go to a cardiologist. If you had cancer, you’d go to an oncologist. Well, if you have diabetes, go to an endocrinologist.

And since diabetes also affects your blood vessels, add an ophthalmologist, a podiatrist, and the aforementioned cardiologist to your list. Let them keep track of your illness, educate you, and provide you with tools to fight it. And don’t wait until the pandemic ends. I’ve had phone appointments, Zoom appointments, and in-person appointments where the doctors looked like astronauts in full flight gear. So be vigilant, and hire others to help you be vigilant.

Your endocrinologist will likely give you medicine to help control your diabetes. Treat your meds like a lifeline. I do. Don’t fool around. Taking your meds can keep you from losing a foot, having a stroke, or even dying. With diabetes, you can’t afford to be a “bad” patient.

Now to the hard part. Stop eating cake! That seems pretty obvious, but I actually have friends

So be vigilant, and hire others to help you be vigilant.

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who do a lot to combat their diabetes, but can’t stop eating cake. A good-sized piece of Duncan Hines chocolate cake with three creamy layers of chocolate icing (darn, now I can’t think of anything else) will pretty much sabotage your day. Start reading food labels for carb counts; stop eating things that taste sweet (they are sure to have carbs).

Start eating a low-carb breakfast; stop eating three huge carb fests three times a day.

You can still eat the dreaded carbs, just not so many of them. I eat five times a day (three meals, two snacks). I eat less fat and sugar; more salads.

A friend of mine had an A1C (average blood sugar measurement) of 8.0 before she became friendly with salads. In three green-filled months, she brought her number all the way down to 6.0. An A1C of 7.0 is considered good. A 6.0 is hitting it out of the park.

You’ve heard all your life that not exercising can kill you. Stop laughing, because NOT exercising CAN kill you, especially if you’re a diabetic. Formerly reluctant, I now walk about three miles every day. I do it with a friend; he serves as my inspiration and my conscience. He lays a good amount of guilt on me when I miss a day. Yes, I hate him, but I also love him for saving my feet, my eyesight, my life each time he forces me into my walking shoes. So do some kind of exercise every day, even if you’d rather watch TV or graze on a bag of chocolate chips.

Now, I’m not going to lie to you. Sticking needles into my fingertips two or three times a day is at best uncomfortable. But glucose meter testing is a great way to manage diabetes. It helps me understand the relationship between what and when I eat and my blood sugar levels. It also gives me goals and provides some validation for my hard work or prodding if I need to work harder.

This is a lot to remember. But if you only remember one thing, let it be to look at yourself in the mirror each morning and accept that you’re a diabetic. Accepting it is half the battle.

Hi. I’m Michael. I’m a diabetic. And I am winning the battle.▼ Michael Gilles is a playwright, actor, and director from Milton, and a regular contributor to Letters from CAMP Rehoboth.

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HISTORICAL HEADLINERS

BY ANN APTAKER

Ghosts, Goblins…and Gowns!

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efore there was Billy Porter and “Pose,” before Ru Paul’s “Drag Race,” even before the 1990 movie Paris Is Burning about the 1980s Drag Balls, there were the naughty entertainments of the 1920s and early ’30s known as the Pansy Craze.

Though the term pansy is sneered at today as insulting and dehumanizing, in the hard-partying Jazz Age, the gay world took ownership of the term, with gay male entertainers bringing it to a high art.

Gay male drag balls already had a long lineage by the time of the Pansy Craze, beginning with the elegant Masquerade Balls in Harlem in 1869. Post-Civil War Harlem experienced an economic boom and a simultaneous change in demographics from middle class and well-to-do white New Yorkers to European immigrants, many Italian and Jewish.

By the 1920s, the neighborhood had changed again, becoming an enclave of African American population and culture, notably the creative achievements of the Harlem Renaissance. White Jazz Age partiers from downtown came uptown for the innovative music, nightclubs, and a freer attitude toward sexual expression.

Masquerade Balls spread out from Harlem, with balls and drag clubs opening all over town. Prizes were given at the balls for outstanding costumes and gowns. Though homosexuality and cross dressing were still illegal, the “anything goes” attitude of the Jazz Age, well lubricated by free-flowing liquor in the speakeasies that defied Prohibition, allowed drag shows and performers to operate generally openly. The shows were lively, racy, featuring songs that celebrated pansy life. Among the most popular were “Masculine Women, Feminine Men” and “Let’s All Be Fairies.”

One of the young men attending Manhattan’s drag balls was a teenager from Brooklyn, Victor Eugene James Malinovsky. Dropping the long name in favor of the more elegant Jean Malin, he was a creative designer and performer, often winning costume and gown competitions.

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Among the most popular were “Masculine Women, Feminine Men” and “Let’s All Be Fairies.” certainly filled his sequins.

Malin soon graduated to professional drag status, performing as Imogene “Bubbles” Wilson at the Rubaiyat nightclub, a gay watering hole in Greenwich Village.

Malin’s polish as a performer, his wit, and his monumental stature in a gown, gained the notice of Louis Schwartz, owner of upscale clubs in New York. Schwartz hired Malin as emcee for an elegant drag show at the Abbey Club in the theater district.

The show, and Malin, were hits. Now outfitted in a tuxedo, but calling himself a “professional pansy,” Malin’s tart wit and scathing retorts to hecklers made him a star. Noted show business columnist Mark Hellinger wrote that Malin “gave Broadway its first glimpse of pansy nightlife.”

The Abbey closed in 1931 after a gangland shooting there led to a crackdown on all drag clubs in New York. After a brief stint performing in Boston, in 1932 Malin moved to Hollywood, where the Pansy Craze was still in full swing. Drag clubs such as the La Boheme, Clarke’s, and Jimmie’s Backyard featured the genre’s stars in racy revues. Popular female imperson-

ator Rae Bourbon starred in Boys Will Be Girls at Jimmie’s Backyard.

Malin fit right in, opening to great fanfare at the Club New Yorker. Variety, the show business newspaper, loved Malin’s act, noting his smart patter and quick wit, calling him a “class entertainer.” The cream of Hollywood flocked to his show.

Ginger Rogers became a fan and a friend, as did film comedienne Patsy Kelly.

Movies came calling, but filmdom’s embrace of Malin proved chilly. He was cast in only three films, Joan Crawford’s Dancing Lady, Arizona to Broadway, and Double Harness. His scenes in Double Harness were cut from the film, his character replaced by a less effeminate actor.

Malin’s career in LA’s drag clubs remained robust, with a successful run at Venice Pier’s popular Ship Café. After the final night of the show, August 10, 1933, tragedy struck. Malin, along with his lover, Jimmy Forlenza, and actress Patsy Kelly, piled into Malin’s car to drive to a party at the Hollywood Barn Café. According to accident reports and witnesses, Malin accidently put the car into reverse, sending the car plunging off the pier and into the ocean. Forlenza and Kelly survived, but Malin, pinned under the steering wheel, died in the car. He was only 25 years old.

Jean Malin’s untimely death coincided with the waning of the Pansy Craze. As the Great Depression ground on, with war on the horizon in Europe and eventually the United States, irreverent entertainment challenging sexual mores found less welcome in America’s increasingly fearful culture. But an entertainment as vibrant, creative, and expressive as drag could never be fully repressed. It thrives today. It always will.

Happy Halloween. Go ahead, dress up. ▼ 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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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 Harbour Waterfront Dining, 134 West Market St...........................302-200-9522 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 BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING

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 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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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 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

MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS

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

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

Rock Lock/Robin Rohr/Your Community Locksmith.......................302-386-9166 Midway Fitness & Racquetball, Midway Center.............................302-645-0407 One Spirit Massage, 169 Rehoboth Ave........................................302-226-3552 Rehoboth Massage/Alignment.......................................................302-727-8428

OUTDOOR LIGHTING

Allure Outdoor Lighting, allureoutdoorlighting.com......................302-226-2532

PET RETAIL

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

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

EVENT PLANNING/CATERING

PET SERVICES

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 Christiana Care HIV Wellness Clinic ..............................................302-933-3420

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

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39 Letters

Out & About

BY ERIC PETERSON

Over the Rainbow (and Back Again)

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t’s 2020, so mid-August seems like a lifetime ago. But it’s only been a few short months since Kamala Harris joined Joe Biden’s ticket, a California gender reveal party sparked fires that soon consumed the state, and some old tweets written by Randy Rainbow resurfaced, causing many to wonder if the wunderkind’s career was meeting a premature end.

For many a liberal fan of musical theatre, Randy Rainbow has been a godsend during the Age of Trump. His political parody versions of songs from Oklahoma!, Grease, and Hamilton (and the occasional pop song—his rendition of “Desperate Cheeto” to the tune of “Despacito” is classic) have provided an outlet to our existential dread that involves chuckles and guffaws when we could have very easily just wept or shrieked or howled at the moon.

So it was disconcerting to read some of the tweets written a decade ago that targeted Black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, and transgender people in ways that were crude, often unfunny, and occasionally cruel. It seemed very much at odds with the Randy Rainbow who typically made fun of rich, white men in ways that were always hilarious and sparkled with wit.

I had friends who worried that Rainbow would be forever “canceled” by overzealous liberals and our obnoxious purity standards. There were voices on my Facebook feed saying exactly this— they were done with Randy Rainbow forever, and good riddance; he was a horrible person and this proved it.

Others pointed out that these tweets were 10 years old and also he’s a comic and by the way, have you ever heard of a little thing called free speech.

I was somewhere in the middle of these views: I hoped Randy would be entertaining us for years to come, but it was clear the story was a minor scandal, and that Rainbow would certainly have to issue a well-crafted apology if he wanted it to go away.

For three days, the debate raged on.

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Of course, in the year 2020, three days seems like at least three weeks. But after this eternity had passed, Randy Rainbow emerged in the pages of the Advocate, with the apology I expected. Soon after, he would release a new video (“I Won’t Vote Trump” to the tune of “I Won’t Grow Up” from the 1954 musical Peter Pan) that would be well-received by fans. All was forgiven, or so it would seem.

And if you’re wondering why he wasn’t instantly devoured by a screaming liberal mob, it’s because his apology worked. Like all good apologies, it conveyed regret, contrition, and evidence of change.

…perhaps he believed this would be big news and people would forget about the whole kerfuffle about fondling underage boys.

It’s frankly amazing to me how many people caught in similar situations craft apologies in which they refuse to apologize. When Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia was called upon to answer for photos in an old college yearbook depicting him in blackface, he held a press conference in which his repentance included jokes about how difficult it is to remove shoe polish from one’s face, and he might have moonwalked for the assembled journalists had his wife not prevented him.

When Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was criticized after she mocked trans-inclusive language in a tweet, she responded with a pages-long manifesto about how misunderstood she was as a cisgender woman. (Since this time, she’s gone full TERF: Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist, doubling down and promoting online stores that sell blatantly anti-trans merchandise.)

When Kevin Spacey was accused of child sexual assault, he quickly explained he’d been very drunk and then chose that particular moment to come out of the closet—perhaps he believed this would be big news and people would forget about the whole kerfuffle about fondling underage boys.

There’s a myth, widely parroted by conservative politicians, that the liberals have created a new and insidious “cancel culture,” in which any public figure can see their careers and lives destroyed upon the detection of any single human flaw. It’s not true.

First of all, it’s not new. Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was canceled in 1947 when he refused to answer Joe McCarthy’s questions before Congress. In the late eighties, Gary Hart went from front-runner to has-been when a photo leaked of him with a mistress on his knee. But most importantly, it’s not true.

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for not paying artists when their music was streamed in customer trials—then changed the policy. In 2018, television anchor Joy Reid expressed real regret when old homophobic statements resurfaced. And in 2020, Randy Rainbow apologized for decadesold tweets and then got on with his life, simply for following what should be an obvious rule.

When you say you’re sorry, you should actually be sorry.▼ 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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LGBTQ+ YA Column Pushcart Award Nominee Sees Queer Identity in Poetry STARTING AGAIN

BY RAKI KOPERNIK Take a deep breath I mean it.

Do it now and do it again now.

We won’t last forever and also neither will they them anyone.

Even ruin isn’t permanent.

R

aki is a young, queer, Jewish fiction and poetry writer.

She is the author of The Things You Left (Unsolicited Press, 2020), The Memory House (The Muriel Press, 2019) a 2020 Minnesota Book Award finalist, and The Other Body (Dancing Girl Press, 2017). Her work has appeared in numerous publications and has been nominated for several other awards, including the Pushcart Prize for fiction. She is a fiction editor at Mayday magazine and lives in Minneapolis.

Raki offered a virtual zoom to our LGBTQ+ youth on writing and sharing stories with a focus on normalizing our queer identities in the modern world: "Normalizing Your Queer Identity through Poetry." - Barbara Antlitz

Remember Chernobyl when iodine settled and people dissolved trees grew through buildings animals thrived free not rewilded but de-humaned the world taking itself back.

Imprisoned wild space starting again.

The beauty of horror.

The world will take itself back.

The world takes itself back even though we make the biggest messes.

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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arts+entertainment

BY DOUG YETTER

SPOTLIGHT ON THE

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CAMP Rehoboth Puts Art at the Heart of Our Community

To Our Health!

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ctober is National Arts and Humanities month, and we need to find new ways to celebrate the arts. I realize it takes a lot of energy just to live through another day, but we need to acknowledge what the arts bring to our lives, especially in these trying times. The arts have always been a source of joy and community in this world, and they still are. Stay healthy and support the health of the arts in any way you can to ensure we all make it to the other side of this! All locations listed below are in Rehoboth Beach unless otherwise noted. ▼

CALLING ALL ARTISTS CAMP Rehoboth Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for consideration in Breaking Barriers—a juried exhibition on display November 9-28. This exhibit will be in conjunction with Breaking the Sound Barrier: The Women's Music Movement from the 1970s to the 1990s, a Stonewall National Museum traveling show consisting of nine large panels that will be on display at CAMP Rehoboth.

Both shows will explore the common theme of breaking barriers through painting, drawing, sculpture, 3D, ceramics, photography, videography, and mp4 files of performances. Artists may submit up to three original works before October 15 for consideration in the exhibition. A community team will select the artworks that will be part of the exhibition. Contact leslie@camprehoboth.com if you have questions.▼

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Balance and Harmony

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Images top to bottom: Old Havana by Renata Price; Afternoon Shadows by Jane Duffy. At CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

ur lives can all use a little Balance and Harmony and the Delaware Shore Artists Group exhibit at CAMP Rehoboth provides just that.

The exceptional local artists in this collective—Jane Duffy, Alan Keffer, Jane Knaus, Linda Minkowski, Bev Morgan, Renata Price, and Phyllis Zwarych—share their work in this new exhibition—through October 31.

Delaware Shore Artists Group will be on hand to meet the public Saturday, October 31, from 2-4 p.m.

Groups of up to three individuals can view the show at CAMP Rehoboth on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.1 p.m. Private tours can be scheduled on other days and times by emailing artshow@camprehoboth.com. ▼

arts+entertainment The Milton Theater (110 Union St., Milton; 302-6843038; miltontheatre.com) has a wide variety of indoor and outdoor offerings. Check their website for the full schedule.

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

The Ballerina by Phyllis D. Zwarych at CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

PERFORMING ARTS Capital Ringers (PO Box 35, Lewes; capitalringers. org) have begun filming their holiday handbell concert, “Tidings of Comfort and Joy.” They are offering a two-songs-a-week subscription, as well as the full concert. Check their website for details.

Cinema Art Theater (17701 Dartmouth Drive, Lewes; 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm. com) has CDC guidelines in effect and reduced seating capacity. Several of their marvelous films may be streamed at home. See website for information.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) presents a perfect show for the season: Carrie—October 23-November 1. After a lot of wrangling, their new building on Rehoboth Avenue at the Circle has finally been approved. There will undoubtedly be more hoops to jump through, but this is great news.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Ave., 302-2275620, camprehoboth. com) features Balance and Harmony. (See listing elsewhere in this column.)

Gallery 50 (50 Wilmington Ave., 302-227-2050, gallery50art.com) features original paintings, jewelry, glass, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media. Due to health and safety concerns, the gallery will not be holding special exhibits or events until further notice. They continue to offer a wide variety of works by many talented artists.

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

November 1: Island Life and Times—works by pastelist Laura Hickman and painter Steve Rogers depicting Tangier Island. Opening November 7: Fins, Feather, and Fur—an animal-themed exhibition featuring 10 artists, including local favorites Richard Clifton, Brenda Kidera, and J. Stacy Rogers.

Preview on their website.

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; rehobothartleague.org) offers several exhibitions: Seasons: Autumn—through December 13; Reflections en Estambre: works by Francisco Loza, Expressions: Painting with Wood: works by Robert Bruce Weston, Digital Masterpiece: juried members’ showcase, Lindy Hop: paintings of America’s most beautiful folk dance by Seth Harris—through November 1. Opening November 13: She the People—works by Linda Hill. Visit the website for exhibition details and their extensive class offerings.

SeanCorey Art Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard; 39 Baltimore Avenue,

Peaceful Window by Linda Minkowski at CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

The Devil's Bridge by Alan Keffer at CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

302-396-1013) is now open.

The gallery is a collaboration between Sean and Corey who met at the Maryland Institute College of Art and have been creating art together since 1990. A portion of their sales will go to CAMP Rehoboth and AIDS Delaware.▼ 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.

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

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arts+entertainment

by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID My Own Words

by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams c. 2016, Simon & Schuster $30.00/$39.99 Canada 374 pages Please and thank you.

Those were the magic words you learned at your mother’s knee, the ones that opened doors and gained favors. That was also when you learned something important, as you’ll see in My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams): letters, when properly collected, can move mountains.

Born in working-class Brooklyn in 1933, Joan Ruth Bader was her parents’ second daughter; sadly, their eldest died of meningitis just 14 months later.

Theirs was a close-knit neighborhood, and the family had many of the luxuries of the day. Bader attended public school a block from her home; there, because of other girls in her class who shared her first name, she started using her middle name “for more official purposes.” She was raised to be independent and was an avid reader, a notably talented storyteller, and she loved gymnastics but “was not…especially fond of math.” And since she grew up in the shadow of World War II and was Jewish, she was fully aware of anti-Semitism.

Even as a child, in fact, young Bader chafed at inequality and “hypocritical rules.” She was also eloquent in her writing and was first published (in a Jewish Center newsletter) at age 13. Her leadership skills apparent, she entered Cornell University the fall after graduation from high school; there, she was greatly influenced by two teachers, novelist and windsor's 28-02_windsor's 14-15.qxd 3/30/2018 2:26 PM Page 1

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European lit professor Vladimir Nabokov, and constitutional scholar Robert E. Cushman. The latter man “encouraged Ruth to go to law school.”

In mid-2003, co-authors Williams and Hartnett approached Bader Ginsburg and pointed out that it was time for her to tell her story, before someone else did. She had known both Williams and Hartnett for years through mutual interests and similar work, so “Without hesitation, I said yes to their proposal.”

In her preface, author and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says that My Own Words was meant to be written after a planned biography but her co-authors “thought it best” to wait on the biography until her “Court years neared completion.” They “flipped the projected publication order.…”

You might wish they hadn’t.

You'll hang onto every word of Ginsburg’s life story.

It’s everything you’d expect from her, and it surely won’t disappoint readers. What will, though, is that My Own Words aren’t always her own words. Yes, you’ll read transcripts of speeches by Ginsburg, legal briefs, bench announcements, introductions, and wisdom inside law review articles.

Yes, you’ll see her fierce strength in that which she firmly believed. But a good amount of this book consists of variouslength essays, speeches, and articles written by others about Ginsburg, including things written by her co-authors.

That could be a disappointment; the written speeches and judgments are okay, but a biography...? Wait for it.

This. Is. Not. A bad book. It’s just not what you might expect, so be warned. If you want more biography, fewer essays, be patient; it’s likely to be coming. In the meantime, My Own Words will please you. ▼ Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was three years old and never goes anywhere without a book. Always Overbooked, she lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 15,000 books. rehoboth guest 28-02_Layout 1 3/30/2018 2:13 PM Page 1

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Straight Talk

BY DAVID GARRETT

The Circus Is in Town!

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hineas Taylor Barnum was an amateur! When he began his circus in 1871, he had no idea that the real Ring Master would come to the world stage in 2016.

There is a very interesting description of P.T. Barnum in Wikipedia: “...he said of himself, 'I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.'” Gilding is defined as “something used to create a deceptively pleasing, impressive, or alluring aspect or character.” Sounds like this could have been written about the new Ring Master.

Speaking of Donald Trump, the circus has been in town for almost four years now, and each week seems to bring a new act to the audience. Beginning with his Inauguration Ceremony on January 20, 2017, the clown acts, tiger and lion taming, and acrobatic routines have become all too...routine.

The recent first Presidential Debate was a circus unto itself. Disorder and chaos replaced the anticipated (and hoped for) order and decorum. The endless interruptions and talking over his opponent revealed the sole strategy from the incumbent. If you cannot dazzle the nation with your wisdom and vision, bully your way to unnerve your opposing candidate.

The fun part of a circus is that there are three rings of entertainment, each with its own action and drama.

While Donald was interrupting his way through the debate, his entourage in the audience sat silent and mask-less.

In spite of the fact that the debate was taking place at the Cleveland Clinic, and protocol required the wearing of masks, this group of presidential advisors and family members removed their masks once seated. An official from the Clinic offered them masks to wear but was rebuffed and refused. Two days later, Donald and Melania tested positive for COVID-19.

At the time this article is being written, all the clowns are climbing out of the car, one after the other. These Letters 48 OCTOBER 16, 2020

are clowns who all tested positive. They include Kellyanne Conway, Hope Hicks, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Mike Lee, Chris Christie, campaign manager Bill Stepien, Notre Dame University President Rev. John Jenkins, and GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel. The list is certain to grow following the publication deadline for this article.

The acrobatic act will begin soon, as Eric Trump is sworn in before the federal judge in the Manhattan District. He will answer questions about valuations of Trump real estate and how tax write offs were generated. Eric will swing from ropeto-rope in a daring display of legal agility.

Needless to say, many eyebrows were raised over these comments, not the least of those from his wife.

Did Eric recently come out of the closet? In an interview on Fox News the end of September, Trump was discussing support of his father by the LGBTQ community. Eric stated, “The LGBT community, they are incredible.

And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day. I'm part of that community, and we love the man.”

Needless to say, many eyebrows were raised over these comments, not the least of those from his wife. He clarified his remarks later, saying that he was quoting his many close friends in the LGBTQ community. “As to me personally, as I think you know, I am a happily married man to my wife, Lara.”

It makes one wonder who dodged

the bullet here, Lara or the LGBTQ community?

The final act of this riveting circus is found in the center ring. The Ring Master circles, snapping his whip, as the lions and tigers stand on their hind legs.

Senators McConnell and Graham, et. al., respond to the snap of Donald's whip, as they have done so obediently the last three years. McConnell himself has led the parade of obedient subjects, falling in line with those who wish to please their master.

He has taken all necessary steps to push through a Supreme Court nominee, in stark contrast to the deliberate refusal to entertain the nomination of Merrick Garland in 2016.

With several Senators currently under COVID-19 quarantine, it remains to be seen if there will be enough Senators on the floor to vote for the nominee.

Each day of the week brings new developments to the circus drama.

This is crunch time for both Presidential candidates. One of them is hospitalized. The other is now out on the campaign trail, mask at hand. The circus is in town, but if all goes well over the next couple months, the circus will pack up and move elsewhere by January 20, 2021. Now, please pass the popcorn. ▼ 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.

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ight months ago, I was supposed to give a presentation addition, the fruiting shrubs, such as arrowwood viburnum to the public on buffers as part of the Delaware Native (Viburnum dentatum), help migratory species fuel-up for Plant Society’s outreach mission. The pandemic had their long journey. This particular native species has been other plans. recognized as the most beneficial for migratory birds due to its Buffers have been trending now for a couple years, espeprotein and fat quantities. cially in fast-developing areas of our county. Buffers are in esWe didn’t even get to the other benefits, such as erosion sence, transition zones between two distinct spaces. People control, rainwater infiltration, ground cooling through shading, most often associate them with either a soil formation, carbon sequestering, protective area that surrounds a wetland habitat, the list goes on. But I would like or other water body, or a visual screen to move on to building that buffer.

It becomes a destination between neighbors. But do you know all If you live in a community or relatively for pollinators and insects, new neighborhood, you may already have the benefits a properly designed buffer can offer? a buffer between your community and which in turn attract birds Since autumn is a perfect time for the one adjacent to you. They can vary feeding their new families. in width, and usually occur on both sides planting, let’s talk about buffers, why they are important, and how to build one in of the community line. If your backyard your own backyard. backs up to this buffer, consider planting In our local region, there are numerous types: forested it, and maybe convince the neighbor on the other side to do buffers, wetland buffers, riparian buffers, coastal buffers, and the same. So, if there is a 25-foot formal buffer on either side roadside buffers. They provide numerous benefits in different of the development line and you and your neighbor plant 25 ways, and each type of buffer has its own application. feet of the backyards, then you’ve just created a 100-foot-wide In this article, I focus on forested buffers as they are the buffer. most likely to be utilized by the average homeowner. Forested Now what to plant? Approach it in layers like you would a buffers between properties are quite common, and mainly smaller perennial garden. Lower things in the front, medium used to visually screen an undesirable view. However, I would things behind them, and taller things after that. The canopy like everyone to think more broadly and build a better buffer trees such as oaks, maples, sycamores, and tulip poplars providing much more. would be around the center of the overall buffer. Evergreen Layering the plantings from the ground plane up to trees such as white pine, loblolly pine, cedars, and hollies are the canopy not only creates a denser visual screen, it also the midground plantings and offer the most visual screening. provides a food source such as berries and nuts for numerous Pop in some smaller flowering trees like dogwood, redbud, or wildlife. It becomes a destination for pollinators and insects, serviceberry. Then utilize small to medium shrubs in front of which in turn attract birds feeding their new families. In them like winterberry, witch hazel, inkberry, and viburnums.

Finally, depending on how much sun your yard gets, choose herbaceous plants to fill in around the shrubs and the ground plane. Ferns, black-eyed Susans, butterfly weed, sneezeweed, or native grasses and sedges would do well here.

It always good to check your soil, too. Some may have a sandy, well-drained soil and others may have a more clay soil that remains moist at all times. Choose your plants appropriately.

I hope I made you think more outside the box on buffers. If everyone starts a piece in their own backyards, imagine what we can accomplish when the puzzle is finished.

Stay well and let’s garden together. ▼ Eric W. Wahl is a landscape architect, artist, and President of the Delaware Native Plant Society.

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As an English teacher and Assistant Principal in Delaware, Scott was twice the recipient of the Delaware Teacher of the Year Award during his tenure with Selbyville Middle and Sussex Technical High schools. He was also largely responsible for earning National Blue Ribbon honors at Long Neck Elementary.

He touched the lives of so many students in a positive way, as both a teacher and an administrator. Any place Scott would go, you would hear a former student calling “Mr. Steedman!” from the distance, anxious to greet him again. Scott loved to travel, write poetry, ballroom dance, go boating, grow his own herbs, and eat hot, spicy foods!

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Scott lived in Rehoboth Beach his entire adult life. An athlete who loved to swim and run, he competed in marathons like they were a walk in the park, always finishing in record time.

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Teresa Gordy & Barb Ford X Dan Goren & Peter Robinson X Anita Gossett & Ronnie Smith* Amy Grace & Karen Blood* Lisa & Raymond Graff* Charles Graham Paul R. Grant & Marc Watrel* Linda Gregory Harvey Grider Kenneth Grier* Richard Grifasi X Joseph Gritz X Jeffrey Groenheide Wendy Grooms & Barbara Fishel X Carol Gross X James Gross X Arnold H. Grossman* Paula Grubbs X Helene Guilfoy X Bill Gunning & Joe Greoski X Bob Gurwin & John Rourke Marie & Ken Haag* Jay Haddock & Hector Torres* Gerard M. Haley & George D. Zahner X Cynthia Hall X Siobhan Halmos & Beth McLean* Mark Hare & Mike Newman X Frederick Harke X Kelley Harp X David Harrer & Floyd Kanagy* Tanya Harris Pat Harte & Nancy Sigman Mary Hartman & Laurie Nelson Jeff Haslow X Janece Hausch* John & Mary Havrilla* John Hawkins & Silvia Ritchie Nancy Hawpe Daniel F.C. Hayes* Gail Hecky* Brook Hedge & Bonnie Osler Leslie Hegamaster & Jerry Stansberry* Linda Heisner X Mary Helms & George Beckerman* Steve & Maria Hendricks David Herchik & Richard Looman X Fred Hertrich X Howard Hicks & Stephen Carey X Barbara Hines & Nancy Froome X Howard C. Hines, MD X Janel Hino & Patricia Ann Scully X Connie Holdridge* Robert Holloran & Ed Davis* Brad Holsinger & Ed Moore Mod Cottage* Chris Holt & Emory Bevill X Mollyne Honor & Shelley Garfield Mary Anne Hoopes & Dianna Johnston James T. Hopkins X Elaine Horan & Debbie Sciallo X Kenneth Horn James Hospital & Jack Faker* Robert Hotes X Corey Houlihan & Karen Abato Carol Huckabee Peggy Ann Hughes Ron Hughes & Ben Cross Ellan Hylton Batya Hyman & Belinda Cross* Thomas Ingold X Sue Isaacs* Chris Israel & John Stassi X Debbie Isser & Fran Leibowitz Geoffrey Jackson & Will Delany X

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Donna Lynch Minda Lynch Becky Lyons & Ebie Hamrick X Wendy Maclay & Sheree Davis* Christopher Magaha* Joe Maggio X Loretta Mahan* Bernadette Maher & Cheryl Tarlecky Jack Maher X Nancy Maihoff X Eddie Major X Bruce Majors X Harvey Manchester X Kate Mangione & Gayle Parker Brian Mann Domenic Mannello X Stephanie Manos & Reber Whitner X Robb Mapou & Mike Zufall Anyda Marchant X Charles Marino & Alan Berman* Diane Markey & Randi Snader* Harold Marmon & Robert Hill* Ann Martin Bill Martin & Scott Freber* Michele Martin Norma Martin X Linda Martinak Nan Martino* James Mastoris & Edward Chamberlain X Joe Matassino & Tim Murray Nancy Mathis John Matthews & Nick Polcini* Jonathan Mattner & Chad Rinker Eric Matuszak X Lewis Maurer Donna McCabe & Mac Ignacio X Debbie McCall & Cyndi Brooks Sean McDonald Mary McElhone & Nancy Kaiser X Thomas McGlone X Jeffrey McGuire Alexis McKenzie Ellen McKeon & Kay Cummings Joe McMahon X Jeanne Ann McManus & Robin Robertson Joseph McNally & Terry Jones X Karen McNamara & Rebecca Della-Rodolfa* Charlotte McNaughton Chuck McSweeney & Michael Clay X Jim & Bruce McVey-Back* Mary Medlock & Susan Russell Buck Melton X John Messick X Alicia Mickenberg & Kathleen Fitzgerald Jamie Middelton* Dr. Phyllis J. Mihalas X Melissa Milar* Alicia Miller & Shawn Noel* Bruce R. Miller & Dean D. LaVigne X Frank Miller X Marilyn K. Miller & Candice Zientek Todd A. Miller & Michele Frame X Chris & Joann Miller-Marcin Stan Mills & Marcia Maldeis X Andrea Monetti & Karen Petermann* Sue Monismith X Jamie Moore Teri Moore & Barb Kulbaba* Beverly Morgan & Sandra Fluck Mary Morgan & Beth Fitton X Meg Morgan & Susan Lynham X Pearl Morris* Richard Morris

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