Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 29, No. 13

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THIS ISSUE

VOLUME 29, NUMBER 13 • SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

24 CAMP Stories

92 The Real Dirt

RICH BARNETT

ERIC W. WAHL

Rehoboth in the Fall

5 Speakout

Letters to the Editor

6 CAMP Matters Saving Grace of the Imagination MURRAY ARCHIBALD

26 The Block Party Scoop

96 Eating OUT

MARY JENKINS

FAY JACOBS

30 Sharon Lynn, Rehoboth’s CEO

100 CAMP Arts

34 And All that Jazz

104 Out & Proud

8 CAMP Out

MICHAEL GILLES

FAY JACOBS

Jazz Festival(s) Weekend…

You Gotta Have Heart

13 The Power Of Love!

Sundance 2019 SONDRA N. ARKIN

14 Our New Executive Director Meet David Mariner

18 CAMP News

I See You, Rehoboth

38 It’s My Life

Like a Good Neighbor DOUG YETTER

What Gay Gene?

STEFANI DEOUL

Sundance DJs Robbie Leslie and Joe Gauthreaux. See page 4.

Past Tense

MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

40 CAMP Critters Annabelle

44 Hello Barbara

CAMP Rehoboth’s New Youth Coordinator

20 Lessons from CAMP Rehoboth

1776 Restaurant

48 Straight Talk Free Hugs

DAVID GARRETT

78 Our Town

56 Intentionally Inclusive

MARY SHOCKLEY

Disco Day-Glo Sunrise

Giving Back

WESLEY COMBS

22 President’s View

58 We Remember

CHRIS BEAGLE

62 Community News

William Francis Sloan, Jr.

66 Historical Headliners

Hiding in Plain Sight See page 34

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Become a Member Today

50 CAMP Shots

SCOTT SPANGLER, MD

Welcome to David Mariner

74 Our Supporters Make It Happen

106 Booked Solid Precious and Adored TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

110 CAMP Dates Sept. 20 - Oct. 23

Path of Their Own

80 Good Queer Fun Filmdom

ON THE COVER

Our Town: Funland

82 Health & Wellness To Your Health!

MARJ SHANNON

86 Out & About Politics-Free Zone?

ERIC C. PETERSON

ANN APTAKER

PUBLISHER Murray Archibald EDITOR Fay Jacobs MANAGING EDITOR Mary Shockley DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Marj Shannon ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Monica Parr, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Corky Fitzpatrick, Mark Wolf CONTRIBUTORS Ann Aptaker, Murray Archibald, Sondra N. Arkin, Rich Barnett, Chris Beagle, Tony Burns, Wesley Combs, Stefani Deoul, Mary Shockley, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Michael Gilles, Fay Jacobs, Mary Jenkins Tricia Massella, , Monica Parr, Eric C. Peterson, Mary Beth Ramsey, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Eric W. Wahl, Doug Yetter

Letters from CAMP Rehoboth is published 15 times per year, between February and Thanksgiving, as a program of CAMP Rehoboth Inc., a non-profit community service organization.

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

The inclusion or mention of any person, group, or business in Letters from CAMP Rehoboth does not, nor is it intended to in any way, indicate sexual orientation. The content of the columns are the views and opinions of the writers and may not indicate the position of CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. © 2019 by CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. All rights reserved by CAMP Rehoboth. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the editor.

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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, Mark Purpura, Tara Sheldon, Kathy Wiz INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Murray Archibald HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR Salvatore Seeley

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A copy of our exemption document is available for public inspection.

The Way I See It

by Murray Archibald

SUMMER IS PAST, AND WITH THIS ISSUE, LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH RETURNS TO ITS monthly publication schedule. Considered by locals to be one of the best months of the year, September still feels like summer but less crowded. For all of us at CAMP Rehoboth it is also less frenetic. Publishing a magazine every two weeks requires an intense pace. Oh, and there’s the little matter of Sundance! So yes, there is a collective sigh of relief when summer ends—sad as we are to see it go!▽ THIS IS THE OUR TOWN ISSUE OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH, AND IN ITS PAGES WE CELEBRATE this magical place we call home. Of course, we pretty much do that every single issue, but this time we’re being more deliberate about it. Don’t miss Scott Spangler’s story of how CAMP Rehoboth changed his life, or Michael Gilles’ piece on Rehoboth Beach City Manager Sharon Lynn.▽ AN ENORMOUS WORD OF THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PITCHED IN TO MAKE SUNDANCE 2019: Rainbow XXXII—Ultraviolet Disco Day-Glo Sunrise a success. Now in its 32nd year, the event has been re-energized by the addition of the Disco Twilight Tea. The doors opened for the dance on Sunday night and within minutes the dancefloor was packed—and stayed that way all night long. I say it every year, the extraordinary thing about Sundance is the incredible dedication and support that comes from Sponsors, Supporters, Hosts, auction donors, and volunteers. It is a team effort, and the result is a very special weekend like none other. As Robbie Leslie neared the end of his set, the entire room was vibrating with pure joy. This is a fundraiser, but as we always say, it is also a fun-raiser. And a community builder. And a rite of passage. All the tribes gather for Sundance. We are family!▽ CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL TO SUNDANCE AUCTIONEER LORNE CRAWFORD AND AUCTION MC Glen Pruitt who kept the Saturday night event moving at an exciting pace. “I could hear Steve on my shoulder,” Lorne told me after the auction ended. “Pick it up, pick it up.” I hear Steve’s voice in all that we do, but he would certainly have been grinning from ear to ear at the success of the live auction. After all, adding the auction night to the Sundance line-up was his idea.▽ SUNDANCE ALSO PROVIDED THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID Mariner to be introduced to the community. David had been cautioned that we didn’t have much time for long speeches at that point in the auction, and what he chose to talk about was perfect— the community, the family of support that CAMP Rehoboth has built over the past 30 years. His words reminded me to look at it all through fresh eyes—to see it as though I was looking at it for the first time. The night also gave me the opportunity to thank CAMP Rehoboth Board President Chris Beagle for his leadership during this time of transition.▽ AH YES, THE TRANSITION. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BY THE TIME THE OCTOBER ISSUE rolls around, David will be in place as the Executive Director (his official first day is October 7), and I will have slipped back into my role as Founder. I’m fine with that, by the way, and appreciate all who have inquired about my feelings. This is what we have been working for over the past year, and I’m trusting that our process was good enough to ensure success in the future.

I’m not going away, and I will continue to work on certain things close to my heart, and to provide support for David when and wherever possible. For the remainder of this year, I will be reaching out to introduce David to as many folks as possible. Just to be kind to a new face in town, maybe we should all wear name tags—just like we did every time we went to summer camp! This is an exciting time. Let’s make the most of it! ▼

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SPORTS REPORT

Golden Girls Defeat 1950s Housewives

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his story features a headline unique to Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, offering the score of the annual drag volleyball game played on Poodle Beach during Labor Day weekend. The two teams—one featuring 1950s housewives, complete with inflatable turkey dinner, poodle skirt, and freshly baked cookies; the other composed of Golden Girls look-alikes—played a fierce game, with Blanche, Sophia, Dorothy and Rose emerging victorious.

Labor Day 2020 will be the 30th year of this one of a kind beach event—and possibly, if no one takes it over, the final Drag Volleyball game. ▼

Sundance 2019 was a Sold-out Success

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ickets for the hugely popular Sundance 2019 benefit sold out quickly this year. “Fortunately,” says CAMP Rehoboth Administrator and Sundance Door Captain Monica Parr, “we could resell tickets to the dance as people came and went over the course of the evening.” With more than 1,500 dance tickets sold it was a packed house and another incredible night of fun. ▼

Photos: Lorne Crawford, auctioneer, and Sundance light man Paul Turner.

TRAVELS WITH LETTERS ⊳⊲

VACAYA PROVINCETOWN CRUISE Russ Koerwer and friends on board the Celebrity Summit cruise ship.

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LONDON

Niki Nicholson, Patricia Stiles, Jana Kamminga, and Russell Stiles in London.

OLIVIA RIVERBOAT CRUISE

From left, Judy Rosenstein, Sharon Miken, and Elva Weininger in Prague.

POODLE BEACH

John Strom of Owasco Lake, New York, traveled with Letters from Bin 66 liquor store to Poodle Beach.

SPEAKOut Rehoboth Beach Fire Company Fundraiser at Aqua

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ehoboth Beach’s fire company volunteers returned to Aqua August 25, but thankfully, not to put out any flames! The big blue deck hosted its annual fundraiser benefiting Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company. ▼

Left to right: Kent Swartz, Karl Hornberger, John Meng, Diana Bonell, Albert Apicella, Ciera Barsett, Mike Simpler, Jim May, and Jeremiah Burton.

Back to School Haircuts… and Supplies!

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aded Barber Shop on Rehoboth Avenue offered free haircuts for kids just in time for the start of the new school year. Along with free haircuts, the shop handed out school supplies and lunch. ▼

Left to right: Chris Jones, Dina Sefiane, Ryan Ament, Angel Malabet, Titon Vazques, Jose Cordoba, Craig Clark, Anthony Leonardi, and Kevit Tait.

Editor, Thank you for the August 23 article celebrating the “behinds the scenes” teams at Sundance. I spend a lot of time behind the scenes during Sundance Week, and I marvel at the work that happens there, accomplished by dedicated and creative people.

However, that article was incomplete. There is a huge team working in front of the scenes for Sundance, too. I call them the lobbyists, the friendly faces you see in the lobby of the Convention Center. They keep smiling when the doors open and hundreds of people pour into the facility, picking up their tickets at the “Will Call” station. They are taking tickets at the door or providing security or answering questions. Later in the evening, they are there to ring up auction purchases or retrieve your items as quickly as possible. They deal with lots of people, in a short period of time, and always graciously.

Monica Parr put together this team of incredible volunteers who run the gamut from A to Z, literally! They include (in alphabetical order) Dawn aAlexander, Brian Bartels, Jane Blue, John Brady, Carol Brice, Judy Cather, Becky Craft, Bobby Croker, Karen DeSantis, Carolyn DeVito, Donna Dolce, Keven Fitzsimmons, Rena Frampton-Seaton, Amanda French, David Garrett, Ken Gillespie, Cindy Gruman, Daniel Hayes, Nancy Hewish, Carolyn Horn, Tom Horvath, Rob Jasinski, Lyndon Johnson, Maureen Keenan, Mickie McManamon, Jack Morrison, Tom Negran, Gwen Osborne, Lisa Rabigi, Barb Ralph, Jennifer Rubenstein, Teri Seaton, Rose Schmidt, Sal Seeley, Mark Shaw, Guillermo Silveira, Devon Singer, Lisa Soens, John Michael Sophos, Terry Stinson, Angie Strano, Terry Stinson, Jeff Stroud, Stephanie Wingert, Marc-Anthony Worosilo, Bea Vuocolo, and Larry Zeigler.

Here’s a big “shout out” to this important team, too!

– Glen C. Pruitt

Editor, As I composed this in my mind, I inevitably started with Dear Steve and Murray. Some changes take a while to integrate. My thoughts go to Sundance and Murray as well as Steve’s energy, present at the dance as well.

I wanted to thank Murray and crew for creating such a wonderful night.

Though I could not see the lights and décor or the dancing men and women, I saw the energy in my mind’s eye. When friends described the light colors, they were the colors I had in my head.

Sundance is a wonderful tribute to our past, present, and future. I danced with people I could not see but I could open up my heart and soul to on the dance floor. It’s wonderful that as we age physically, we can be young at heart. Robbie’s music was superb. I danced to his music many a night in NY at the Saint, or the Ice Palace Fire Island, New York in the late 70s, 80s, into the 90s was a playground only a small percentage of gay men experienced. Those days made the future we experience today. The sweat and tears, laughter and joy, support the core belief that gay men and women, no matter how you classify yourself these days, have the right to be all we are.

Sundance brings the past, present, and future together.

The generation taking the reins now must know our history to understand and build on the solid foundation we have laid down. As CAMP Rehoboth transitions to new leadership, the wisdom of the past will help us navigate the future. Our diversity is our strength.

I wish I could personally thank everyone who made Sundance happen, including supporters and dance fiends who attended. Everyone’s energy made it magical.

Do not fear change, for it brings us the future. Thank you and carry on dancing in the LIGHT! – Tommy Gibson aka “Blind Guy”

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CAMP Matters

by Murray Archibald

Saving Grace of the Imagination

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... now is the time to stop complaining, to stop being distracted by whatever the current outrage of the day happens to be, and to start using the incredible human imagination to save the world from ourselves.

hirty-two years ago, a revelatory experience changed my life. Out of that singular moment, my world view and my understanding of my role in it was hit by a powerful seismic shift, out of which CAMP Rehoboth was eventually conceived. It was a time of transition for Steve and me, and our lives would never be the same.

In the months following that experience, I wrote poetry in an attempt to find some means of expressing the depth of my feelings. I love that body of work because it stands as a personal guidebook for me, and a reminder of lessons learned along the arc of my life. I have no idea what others might think of those poems. Some might even be good. Others are not—but I don’t care. All of them are part of my story.

I have published a few of them over the years. I plan to incorporate others into some writing I’m hoping to do as I let go of some of the CAMP Rehoboth tasks still occupying my days.

Right now I’m thinking about the power of the human imagination, and the first lines of this piece come to mind.

I walk a tightrope that never ends ever seduced by what lies beneath and over and around for upon the heights from which I dance there is no clear-cut boundary to divide the angels of fantasy from those whose wings are not as yet conceived The imagination employs a full range of emotional colors as the tools of creativity.

We tend to think of creativity as some-

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thing we do when we make art or design or build something, but our imaginations shape and change us in minute ways every day of our lives.

Think about it. Nothing is more fearful or anxiety-causing than the stories we create in our head about what could happen in any given situation.

There is no question that periods of transition can cause anxiety and worry. In recent months, as I began to move CAMP Rehoboth and myself through the current leadership change, I knew that my mind was creating endless possibilities for what could happen—some positive, some not so much. A certain amount of imaginative analysis is beneficial to the process. Too much can be destructive.

So I began to focus my creative energy on a story taking shape in my head.

Delving into plotlines, characters, and themes left no time for idle worry and anxiety about matters over which I have no control anyway.

And so…

I walk a tightrope that never ends.…

That poem continues with more fanciful circus themed stanzas, but what it is about is balancing the imagination with the reality of the world around us. Reading it all these years later, I understand that it is not about me, but the way we as a people harness the imagination in order to save the world from humanity’s destructive tendencies.

Destruction, as much as we might not like to admit it, is a crucial part of the creative process. In the moment of creation, what was, is no more—the past becomes the building blocks for the future.

Never in my life has the national anxiety level been so high. There is a dark unease that penetrates to the deepest levels of the soul. Our country is in a destructive phase. The people are deeply divided. The government stymied by political polarization. We are drowning in a sea of disposable plastic. Climate change is threating the livability of our planet.

And the press and the people are so distracted by a sharpie in Alabama that we fail to talk about the atrocities taking place at the border—or to find solutions to the gun violence in our country.

Perhaps, my friends, now is the time to stop complaining, to stop being distracted by whatever the current outrage of the day happens to be, and to start using the incredible human imagination to save the world from ourselves.

Immediately after Sundance, I fled to Provincetown for a few days of rest. After a long day of revisiting all of my favorite P-town galleries, I returned to my room to rest a bit before dinner. On TV, Independence Day was playing. Though I’ve seen it many times, I settled down to watch it again. In the film, the aliens threating Earth go from planet to planet destroying the inhabitants and using up all of each planet’s resources.

We are the aliens. We are the ones destroying the world. We also have the power to save it.

That story taking shape in my head has nothing to do with my leadership transition at CAMP Rehoboth, but the conscious process of using my imagination for something else has opened my mind to unexpected solutions in everything that I’m doing.

The past year and a half, my life has been an earthquake of change. The foundational bedrock of life as I knew it was altered by Steve’s illness and death. In the months that followed, both our mothers passed away. For all of that time my attention was focused on the continuity and stabilization of CAMP Rehoboth.

A little over 30 years ago, CAMP Rehoboth was conceived in my imagination. I still remember that day. I was sitting at my drawing table in NYC, happily painting, drawing, writing, playing with words, doodling, and generally letting my imagination run wild. Suddenly it was there. The whole thing. A big bang of an idea. Oh sure, it took years to make it a reality, but I could see it all in the beginning.

Is that all it takes? A good imagination—a great idea. Of course not, it takes hard work and dedication and a painfully slow day-by-day, step-by-step process—and the continuous use of the imagination.

Transitioning CAMP Rehoboth to the next phase of its life will also take hard work and dedication—and imagination.

Saving the world? Well, that’s something we all have to do together. Dream big, folks. Our world depends on it. ▼ Murray Archibald is an artist, CAMP Rehoboth Co-Founder, and longtime President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors. He is currently serving as CAMP Rehoboth Interim Executive Director and Editor in Chief of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. Email Murray at murray@camprehoboth.com.

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CAMP Out Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

You Gotta Have Heart….

I’m stressing out.

Seriously. I’m in the doctor’s office waiting for a cardiac stress test.

Fortunately, I’m symptom free, and it’s just a baseline test. But the nurse just shot some kind of liquid into my veins to make my heart race, causing me to stress.

Like I’m not already stressed over Trumpty Dumbty, a fluctuating 401K, RBG’s health, Amazonian fires, and Costco.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Costco.

But last week we used a tank of gas to go to Christiana and back to save five dollars on toilet paper. Rationalizing this is stressful.

At Costco we try to ignore anything we can’t use up before going into assisted living. Following our last binge, come the apocalypse, all that will remain will be cockroaches, Cher, and our second humongous jar of Skippy peanut butter.

Having loaded our glut of goodies into the car, we head to WaWa to spend six dollars on ice cubes to protect the lamb chops we got for six dollars off.

Back home, the real stress hits. We cram the fridge and freezer to bursting, but run out of closet and cabinet space to stash the mammoth cases of toilet paper, plastic bags, dinner napkins, and laundry supplies.

“Hey, let’s buy a cabinet for behind the sofa to store all this stuff,” I suggest, knowing full well we are now completely bonkers.

After searching Wayfair and Overstock.com, we realize just how stupid this is, but instead of giving up we go furniture shopping to eye $800 breakfronts. Finally, we hit the Habitat for Humanity thrift store.

Hallelujah! We find a good-looking credenza, creepily matching our living room furniture, for just $125 plus delivery.

So I’m in the doctor’s waiting room, heart racing from injected chemicals, musing over this insanity, knowing I’m Letters 8 SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

prepping for the stress test by stressing over spending money on gas, ice, and furniture for crap’s sake, so I can save 12 bucks.

“Ms. Jacobs, we’re almost ready for you.”

So is the nut house.

“Please drink two cups of water from this cooler before we hook you up to the electrodes.”

I obey. Naturally, by the time I’m flat on my back with the MRI thingy over my head, I have to pee. Added stress.

Then the technician says “Place your left arm over your head, stay still and try not to take deep breaths.” I had no intention of breathing deeply before she said that, but now, I’m desperate to do so. So it’s 15 minutes of struggling not to suck air or scratch my suddenly itchy nose. Stress much?

Having loaded our glut of goodies into the car, we head to WaWa to spend six dollars on ice cubes to protect the lamb chops we got for six dollars off.

I finish the test, take a delicious deep breath, and return to the waiting room to pause 45 minutes until the resting heart rate test. Luckily the TV is not on FOX News.

I check my phone. I can read all Facebook posts just fine, but the app will not allow me to comment on anything. Seriously? That’s like fitting me with a muzzle. Resting heart rate, ha!

I poke at the app, furiously trying and failing to add comments. Mega-stress.

My only hope is to delete the entire app and reinstall it.

My phone asks “Are you sure you want to delete Facebook and all its contents?”

No! I’m not sure! But I plunge, deleting the entire Facebook app. I immediately reinstall the app, but before I can check if I’m back online or have just deleted a dozen years of my life, I hear “Ms. Jacobs, we are ready for you now.”

What resting heart rate? I’ve morphed from simple stress to full-on panic.

Apparently, I survived the test. And while the full results won’t be available for another week, I probably didn’t flunk, as they did not instantly rush me to the cardiac unit at Beebe.

Later, back in the car, I check Facebook and I’m still alive online as well. Whew.

Heart rate resting, I head home, knowing we’ve got plenty of baggies and aluminum foil to last past the 2020 election. And I won’t have to navigate around towering packs of toilet paper like in a hoarder house.

So what if we paid through the nose to house cheap Kleenex? So what if I miss a Facebook posting? Who cares if the EZ Pass tolls were more than I saved on chicken wings? Don’t sweat the small stuff, Jacobs.

As for the big stuff, it’s good to know my heart is pumping like it should. Let’s just hope Justice Ginsburg’s keeps doing the same. ▼

Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. As a humorist, she’s touring with her show Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. See www.fayjacobs.com.

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THANK YOU

to all the Sponsors, Supporters, Hosts, Auction Donors and Volunteers who helped make SUNDANCE 2019 a great success. to benefit camp rehoboth

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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SUNDANCE 2019 VO LUN TEERS A ND AUCTION DONORS

VOLUNTEERS Matthew Adams Dawn Alexander Joe Anastasio Karen Anderson Keith Anderson Murray Archibald Sondra Arkin Lynden Armstrong Loree Arnold Carla Avery Brian Bartels Chris Beagle Christian Becker Sharon Bembry Karen Bennett Sherry Berman Abby Bernstein Peter Bish Cathin Bishop Jane Blue Nancy Bouse John Brady Emerson Bramble Karen Brause Carol Brice Charlie Browne Jean Burgess Randy Butt David Carder Kit Carson Kathy Casey Pat Catanzariti Judy Cather Kate Cauley Ron Childress Noah Cohen Tom Collins Don Corin Lois Cortese Becky Craft Lorne Crawford Mary Crimmins Bobby Croker Don Crowl Mike DeFlavia Karen DeSantis Carolyn DeVito Donald Dewey Tim Dillingham Tony DiMichele Bob Dobbs Donna Dolce Terri Dunbar Brenda Dunn Ward Ellinger Eric Englehart Mark Eubanks Brian Eriksen Lisa Evans Michael Fetchko Kathy Fitzgerald Corky Fitzpatrick Keven Fitzsimmons Monica Fleischman Robert Fleming Renee FramptonSeaton Karen Frank Amanda French Neil Frock Sue Gaggiotti Eric Gannon David Garrett Tillie Geyer

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SUNDANCE 2019

By Sondra N. Arkin

The Power of Love!

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hanks to every single person—volunteer, host, supporter, sponsor, staff, board, donor, attendee—another spectacular Sundance was celebrated over Labor Day weekend.

We had so much to be happy about, and one texted comment sums it up: “It was awesome—a sea of joy last night from one end to the other!!”

Anniversaries give us an opportunity to look back from where we’ve come and to rejoice for the future. For this 32nd Sundance, we were delighted to have David Mariner with us both nights, and to show him what a supportive community embraces the work of CAMP Rehoboth. While the whole weekend is our favorite fundraising event, the dance stands alone as an event we cherish.

We made a lot of small changes this year, improving on a formula that already works. Most notably we implemented tweaks to the auction night suggested by our auctioneer Lorne Crawford: earlier hours, fewer tickets, and a smaller number of items. The night sold out in advance, the room was still full but not crowded, and we were able to raise as much money as previous years, or more!

For the dance, we also sold out of advance tickets. It was a packed floor all night, but never overly so. Yes, there were times we were hotter than the AC could manage, but, hey, it’s true! We were smokin’!

The whole crowd leapt to “Jump!” and “Gloria” and my heart nearly burst when “I Just Wanna F***ing Dance” was Robbie’s next to last song. As the dancefloor transitioned around 10 p.m., and Joe played “This is Me,” the crowd went and came so fast that if you blinked you missed it. It was a decidedly different, younger, shirtless, male crowd—with smiles as broad as a rainbow and having fun. There was so much posting on social media, at least at one point we overwhelmed the data channels!

We brought Disco Lottery back. A dozen people submitted songs they hoped or thought the DJs would play.

Some submitted whole lists and who am I to argue? We had some triple winners, something that has never happened before. Thanks to John Bratton, Peter Garneau, Bob Ramsey, Mary Beth Ramsey, Jack Morrison, Roger Lee, Mike Reimer, Frances Barnes, Wes Combs, Heinie Lund, and Bob Dobbs for playing. There was a lot of gloating! Of note, John Bratton earned his PhG (Doctor of Gloatology) for his excellent skillz in this area. Every submission is listed below as the start of your next playlist; the number indicates if more than one person submitted the title.

Next year is CAMP Rehoboth’s 30th anniversary as an organization. Sundance awesomeness will ensue. Consider yourself warned. #thepoweroflove ▼

............. 2019 DISCO LOTTERY SUBMISSIONS .............

“1,2,3 Shake Your Body Down”

“Do or Die” GRACE JONES

“Abba, Dancing Queen” CHER

“Do You Wanna Funk” SYLVESTER (2)

“Abba, Fernando” CHER

“Don’t Leave Me This Way” THELMA HOUSTON

“Abba, Man After Midnight” CHER “Blood on The Dance Floor” MICHAEL J. “Bourgie Bourgie” ASHFORD & SIMPSON “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” KYLIE M.

“Last Dance“ DONNA SUMMER

“I Ran” FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

“Love Resurrection” AURORA

“Rock Lobster Live” B52S

“I Rise”

“Loving Is Really My Game”

“I Will Survive”

“Macarthur Park” DONNA SUMMER (2)

“Rock The Boat” HUES CORPORATION

“I’ll Rise” “I’ve Got the Music in Me” KIKIDEE BAND

“Every Breath You Take”

“If You Could Read My Mind”

“Fascinated” COMPANY B

“If You Could Turn Back Time” CHER (2)

“Feels Like I'm In Love” “I Am What I Am” GLORIA GAYNOR

“Conga” GLORIA ESTEFAN

“I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt” DONNA SUMMER

“Dancing Queen” ABBA

“I Feel Love” DONNA SUMMER

“Dancing with a Stranger” SAM SMITH

“I Just Wanna F***king Dance”

“It's My Life” TALK TALK (2) “It’s Raining Men” WEATHER GIRLS (2) “This Time Baby” JACKIE MOORE “Knock On Wood” “I Was Born To Love You”

“Macho Man” “Made For Now” JANET JACKSON

“Searching” HAZEL DEAN “In The Name Of Love” SHARON REDD

“Touch Me In The Morning” MARLENA SHAW

“Something In My House” DEAD OR ALIVE

“Never Ending Story”

"Never Knew Love Like This Before” STEPHANIE MILLS

“Oh L’amour” ERASURE “Push The Feeling (Dub Of Doom Mix)” NIGHTCRAWLERS (2) “Que Sera Mi Vida” GIBSON BROTHERS “River Deep Mountain High” TINA TURNER

“Take Me Home” CHER “Tell Me Why” BRONSKI BEAT “The Boss” DONNA SUMMER “The Power Of Love”

“This Is Me” “This Time I Know It's For Real” “Timebomb” KYLIE MINOGUE “Together In Electric Dreams” “Unspeakable Joy” KIM ENGLISH “We Got The Beat” GO-GO’S “When Love Takes Over” KELLY ROWLAND/DAVE GUETTA “Where Love Lives” ALLISON LIMERICK (2) “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real” SYLVESTER “You Need To Calm Down” TAYLOR SWIFT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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CAMPNews CAMP Rehoboth Announces Selection of David Mariner as Executive Director

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ollowing an eight-month search process, the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors is pleased to announce David Mariner as its Executive Director.

“We are excited to name David Mariner as our next Executive Director,” says Chris Beagle, President of the LGBTQ community center’s Board of Directors and chair of the Executive Director Search Committee.

Since 2008, Mariner has served as Executive Director of the DC Center for the LGBT Community. The DC Center works in four core areas: health and wellness, arts and culture, social and peer support, and advocacy and community building.

“David’s success leading and growing the DC Center will serve the organization well at this pivotal time in CAMP Rehoboth’s history” Beagle says.

He adds, “The board also wants to thank the more than 400 staff, board, and community members who participated in the search process and provided direct input that helped define the qualities they wanted to see in our next executive director.”

Mariner has more than 15 years of experience working and volunteering at national and local LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS service organizations. He is also a board member of the non-profit Empowering the Transgender Community (ETC), which provides a safe, supportive place for the transgender and lesbian, gay, and bisexual community in the Washington, DC area.

Mariner will join the staff of CAMP Rehoboth on October 7, replacing founding Executive Director Steve Elkins who passed away in March 2018 after a battle with lymphoma. Elkins’ husband and co-founder, Murray Archibald, has served as the Interim Executive Director since that time. Under their combined leadership and vision, CAMP Rehoboth has become one of the most respected and successful non-profit organizations in Delaware as well as the Mid-Atlantic Region, and has contributed greatly to establishing

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Rehoboth as a widely recognized community with ‘room for all.’ Moving forward, Archibald will be assisting the board’s Transition Committee through the end of the year with acclimating Mariner to CAMP Rehoboth.

“Rehoboth has always been a unique and special place for our LGBTQ community, and I’m thrilled to join the organization that has made it exactly that.

It’s an honor to be selected by a group that is so committed to maintaining the incredible legacy of its founders,” said David Mariner.

CAMP Rehoboth’s ongoing health and sustainability has been the board’s number one priority throughout this multi-phased transition. The first phase was initiated in May 2018 when the board contracted with the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) to help complete a seven-month comprehensive strategic planning initiative that reviewed the nonprofit’s mission, vision, values, goals, and operating plan with a heavy emphasis on stakeholder and community input. The feedback collected helped define what qualifications and experience was needed in the new executive director to achieve CAMP Rehoboth’s strategic objectives.

In Phase Two, a Succession Team was created to facilitate a seamless process for preparing the organization to replace the Interim Executive Director with a permanent successor, naming the right candidate, and integrating that individual into CAMP Rehoboth. This had two components: 1) a Search Committee that was responsible for executing a search process to identify, attract, and select the optimal Executive Director candidate; and 2) a Transition Committee that will be responsible for guiding and ensuring a smooth transition of leadership and operational integrity from the Interim Executive Director to his successor.

“A founder transition is a crucial step in the life of an organization. My goal for the past year has been to see that CAMP Rehoboth has the leadership needed to guarantee its future success,” said CAMP Rehoboth co-founder and Interim Executive Director Murray Archibald. “I am proud of the extensive work done by our Search and Transition Teams, and fully support the decision to name David Mariner as the next CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director. I believe that CAMP Rehoboth is well prepared to continue the important work that has allowed us to live up to our vision of building safe and inclusive communities for all.” ▼

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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CAMPNews FIGHT BULLYING

Dine Out, See a Film, and Get a Free Hug

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here will be a special multi-event program to fight bullying, partially sponsored by CAMP Rehoboth, on October 5 and 7. National Bullying Prevention Day is October 7. Events include a book-signing at Browseabout, a film presentation, and a Dine and Donate event at Lefty’s Alley & Eats, all to fight the scourge of bullying.

The presentations begin on Saturday evening, October 5, at Browseabout Books on Rehoboth Avenue, with author Sara Cunningham. Cunningham is the founder of the non-profit Free Mom Hugs and her new book is How We Sleep at Night: A Mother’s Memoir. Once a staunch conservative, after her son came out, she says she journeyed “from church to the Pride parade.”

She is well known for showing up at Pride events and bestowing mom hugs

to marchers whose own mothers have rejected them because of their sexuality.

Cunningham will be at Browseabout from 6-7:30 p.m., speaking, signing books, and—of course—dispensing hugs.

Events continue Monday, October 7, the official National Bullying Prevention Day, with the Dine to Donate event at Lefty’s Alley & Eats on Route One. Beginning at 4 p.m. and extending until 8 p.m., diners who present a flyer about Dine and Donate will have at least 10% of their check donated to anti-bullying efforts through the local PFLAG organization and Cape Henlopen High School Gay Straight Alliance. If Lefty’s revenues that night from folks dining and presenting flyers exceed set amounts, the amount donated will grow larger as well.

People wanting to Dine and Donate can download a flyer at camprehoboth.

Sweet Baby J’ai “History of Women in Blues”

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ust as everything is about to get jazzy in Rehoboth, the CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST Committee will present a pre-fest jazz performance on October 11.

For one-night-only, the critically acclaimed jazz singer/songwriter/storyteller Sweet Baby J’ai will perform her show “The History of Women in Blues” at 8 p.m.

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at Epworth Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth. Her performance at last spring’s CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST brought cheers and a standing ovation, and her local fans are delighted to be welcoming her back to town with this new show.

The production combines music, drama, and visual arts, including historic videos, photos, and inspiring anecdotes, told (and sung) as only J’ai can. She promises to take the audience on a musical and historic journey through time from the beginning of recorded music to present day.

From Da’Blues and the rise of the Harlem Renaissance to the turbulence of the 60s and beyond, this tribute to some of the most iconic singers in jazz and blues builds understanding and appreciation for the history and culture of the female experience in American music.

Doors will open for the 8 p.m. concert at 7:15 p.m., with tickets at $35 in advance (camprehoboth.com) and $40 at the door (if available). ▼

com/events/bully-project-dine-anddonate.

The signature event of the anti-bullying effort will be the 6 p.m. showing of the moving documentary film, Bully, at Lefty’s. CAMP Rehoboth helped secure the rights to the showing of the film, along with helping to bring author Sara Cunningham to town.

The film, directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch, offers an intimate, unflinching look at how bullying has touched the lives of five kids and their families. Sara Cunningham will be at Lefty’s for a discussion following the film. Free Mom Hugs will be available.

In addition to CAMP Rehoboth and Lefty’s, Cape Pharmacy and Saved Souls Rescue are also sponsoring these events. ▼

Come See the CAMP Chorus’s “Bad Boys/ Bad Girls”

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oin the CAMP Chorus ensemble at 7 p.m. on September 27 and 28 at the Unitarian Universalist of Southern Delaware, 30486 Lewes-Georgetown Highway, for their debut concert.

Under the direction of Doug Yetter, the group will set sparks flying with a show designed to sizzle. It promises to be a naughty night filled with music and lyrics and sin, murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitations, adultery, and treachery—all for a laugh.

The show will appeal to every musical taste, from country to Broadway, Dolly Parton to Donna Summer, and with music from blockbuster shows like Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, and Cabaret.

Tickets are selling fast! ▼ Tickets are $20 each at camprehoboth.com.

SAVE THE DATE

October 20 is the 5th Annual Block Party—Be There!

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CROP Team Gets Cooking with ISOP Dinner

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ROP volunteer Anne Pikolas shares a meal with a visiting student at the weekly International Student Outreach Program (ISOP) dinner on August 13. The meal was prepared and served by Epworth Church and a team of CROP volunteers. CROP volunteer Dotti Outland, who also manages ISOP dinners, lead a tour that included a map of the world with pins indicating each student’s home. ▼

he CAMP Rehoboth Block Party will be held on October 20 on the second block of Baltimore Avenue, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

A crowd estimated at well over a thousand people, including lots of kids and canines, filled the block last year, while dozens of local restaurants, caterers, businesses, non-profits, and other organizations participated.

Vendors are on hand for food and beverages, while artisans, artists, retail vendors, and more provide plenty of opportunities for shoppers. From souvenir trinkets to cars for sale, there’s something for everyone.

As for entertainment, a host of local favorites always appear, including musicians, theatre folk, and of course, a drag queen or well, many. The main stage is set up in front of the CAMP Rehoboth courtyard and here too, there is something for every taste.

Bring your friends, bring the family, bring the dog. It’s always a splendid day for the whole town, compliments of CAMP Rehoboth. ▼

JOIN THE CAMP REHOBOTH AIDS WALK TEAM ⊲ The Annual Delaware AIDS Walk is Saturday, September 21, and CAMP Rehoboth, as always, has fielded a fun and caring team. The walk begins at 9 a.m. at Grove Park and continues downtown and on the boardwalk, returning to the park later for refreshments. AIDS Walk is always a lot of fun for people and pups, and for a great cause! Register in person or register and/or donate at aidswalkdelaware.org. ▼

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by Scott Spangler, MD

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spent a lot of time alone as a child. This was in large part because I was very existential and introspective from the start, prone to asking very cerebral questions and independently puzzling over philosophical concepts I couldn’t quite put into words.

The other part of it was that at the age of eight, being painfully self-aware, iconoclastic, and too naïve to accurately assess the consequences, I came out as gay.

Living in a small rural town in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1995, I suffered a lot for that decision; I wasn’t very popular back then. The constant low-level bullying I was all too acclimated to at school escalated further when I switched districts and found myself in a more hostile learning environment.

In 8th grade, after a series of violent incidences, I left school in favor of independent study, self-teaching from homeschooling materials. Over the next year, I battled with depression and panic attacks and remained for the most part confined to my home.

My one consistent outing each week was the LGBT youth group I started attending at age 14. Each Tuesday evening, I’d brave the crippling anxiety of the outside world and leave my apartment to go to the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Until then, I was one of the few openly gay people I knew, but I was soon introduced to other adolescents struggling with similar issues of identity and discrimination, as well as a whole community of supportive and nurturing individuals who had overcome their own adversity to find a place in world.

The following year, at 15, I started my first job in the CAMP Rehoboth courtyard, at Lori’s Café, when the leader of my youth group took me under her wing and invited me to work for her that summer. Lori Kline showed amazing patience and understanding with me as I faced down one anxiety attack after another, challenged by the deeply engrained negative perceptions of the world. I began developing the coping skills necessary to heal from my previous trauma and subsequent isolation. Lori reached me at a very influential time in my life, and helped me build the confidence I would need to face the additional challenges to come.

The following summer my mother died suddenly in a car accident, and I found myself, at 16, living on my own and supporting myself financially. In the years to follow, I faced many economic hardships, periods of homelessness, and challengLetters 20 SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

ing life experiences. I can still remember the feeling of hopelessness I experienced during those times, and questioning what kind of future a person from my background could have; however, I never stopped contemplating the possibilities.

Expanding on the skills I began developing under Lori’s watchful and nurturing eye, and pulling from my strengths in analytical thinking and creative problem solving, I was able to rewrite the narrative of my life and overcome those difficulties.

The struggles I faced, and the coping skills I developed during those early days of independence, instilled in me the perseverance and resourcefulness I needed to gain financial stability, complete my GED, and become the first person in my family to attend college.

Then, in medical school, thanks to my many years in the service industry (editor’s note: included working in Rehoboth at Lambda Rising Books and the Rehoboth Guesthouse), honing customer relations skills, combined with the empathy and insight I’d gained through personal experiences, I was able to build strong rapport with patients.

Now, what I enjoy about psychiatry is that it provides a venue for me to extend beyond the surface, to ask deeper, and more thought-provoking questions, and apply greater therapeutic technique in interviewing. I like being able to guide patients as they gain insight into their mental health and develop coping strategies.

The challenges I’ve overcome, as well as my firsthand experiences with adverse psychosocial factors and discrimination, provided me with the ability to connect with a diverse population of patients, while establishing boundaries and remaining emotionally resilient in the face of sometimes challenging patient encounters.

As an adult, I remain as introspective and analytical as I was as a child. Psychiatry combines my cerebral and existential interests, allowing me to contemplate the human psyche with the goal of improving the mental health of my patients.

As a psychiatrist, I hope to work with troubled youth, those who have struggled from a lack of resources and education, and those who were forced by circumstance to grow up too soon. I’d like the opportunity to lead a youth group of my own some day and be able to save the life of even just one young person, the way that Lori and the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center saved mine. ▼

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President’s View

by Chris Beagle

Welcome David Mariner!

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n its near 30-year history, CAMP Rehoboth has had three Executive Directors.

As most of you know, Murray Archibald and Steve Elkins are its founders. What is less known is that Jim Barr was hired in 1991 as CAMP’s first Executive Director.

After a couple seasons, Murray served in that role till, in later 1993, Steve was elected to the position.

For the next 25 years, Steve was the Executive Director of CAMP Rehoboth.

Sadly, he passed away in March of 2018, and Murray took over the job. He has served as the Interim Executive Director since then. For the last nine months, along with the support of the staff and our members, the board has worked diligently to name a successor.

The impact these two gentleman have had on this organization, the region, and Delaware itself, is not only remarkable, it will never be fully quantified or explained.

For me, finishing my 10th year serving on the Board, and second year as President, both Steve and Murray have been my mentors and teachers. Words can’t describe the respect and admiration I hold for both of them.

Now, as CAMP Rehoboth is about to welcome David Mariner as the next Executive Director, we are hopeful and confident that he will successfully lead us into the future.

This confidence is rooted in the fact

that over 40 individuals were vetted for the position. The Search Committee alone spent nearly 100 hours collectively interviewing the 10 candidates it considered in narrowing the field, through three rounds of the process.

Since announcing David Mariner’s selection, many supporters have offered their congratulations and well wishes.

Others, who have known or worked with David at some point during his 11 years as the Executive Director at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, have reached out offering their endorsement of his selection.

In his response to David’s selection, Murray said, “I am proud of the extensive work done by our Search and Transition Teams, and fully support the decision of the Board to name David Mariner as the next Executive Director.”

The last year has been challenging, and none of it would have been possible without the contributions of so many people. First and foremost, the board expresses deep gratitude to the dedicated staff who ensured CAMP Rehoboth continued to provide vital services to our community.

We also extend our thanks to the community members who participated in the selection process, and to our consultant, Sonia Stamm, for guiding us.

Media coverage of David’s announcement departing the DC Center ensued

quickly, and is a testament to the reputation he established there over the past decade. As board chair, I heard one such comment which particularly resonated with me. Jonathan Gilad, current board co-chair of the DC Center, said in an interview with Metro Weekly, “There’s not a single brick in the DC Center that doesn’t speak to David’s contributions to the community. His contributions are incalculable. The sheer number of things he’s done for us will be felt for years after he leaves.”

Shortly after addressing the audience at the September 1 Sundance Auction, David offered this: “The welcome I received from the CAMP Rehoboth community at Sundance was overwhelming and humbling. I'm honored that you trust me to be part of the team that makes Rehoboth such a special place, and I will strive to be worthy of that trust."

Thank you, David. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we look forward to building a working relationship with you and establishing a sustainable and successful path forward for CAMP Rehoboth.

Welcome aboard! ▼ Chris Beagle is President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors and is a realtor at Berkshire-Hathaway-Gallo Realty in Rehoboth Beach. christopherbeagle1@gmail.com

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MAY/JUN 2019 L Candidate Pool is created → → → →

Job announcement released to the public through multiple media Forty-one resumes received in first 30 days Top candidates identified, using rubric developed by Search Committee Initial screenings of top tier candidates conducted by Consultant and Search Committee

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Top Candidates are interviewed

→ Top Tier Candidates meet with the Full Board, the staff and members of the Search and Transition Committees → Search Committee reviews feedback and begins developing its recommendations to the Board

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Incoming Executive Director is selected → → → → →

Job offer is made to the top candidate David Mariner is hired as the next E.D. Membership is notified of hiring decision Press releases are sent out David Mariner is introduced to the community at Sundance events

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Final preparations are made

→ Transition Committee continues organizing Orientation Materials for new E.D. → Transition Committee finalizes on-boarding process to be used → Board develops evaluation process for new E.D.

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Eight Things I Love about Rehoboth in the Fall

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ummer is clearly the season here in Rehoboth, but is it really the best season? I love the hot frenzy mess that is summer, but I must say there’s a lot to like too when the crowds dissipate and the air gets cooler. In case any of you are wondering, here’s a list of what I look forward to in our town as we approach the autumnal equinox, in no particular order.

1. The Light is Like Gin. Perhaps it’s just me, but I think the light in Rehoboth becomes more beautiful after Labor Day. The full-on, high summer blast from above gives way to a more bathing, golden-slanted light in September. It reminds me of gin.

2. Tomatopalooza. Local farm stands are overflowing with fruits and vegetables and many of them begin offering deep discounts, especially on tomatoes.

As I write this, my cottage is overrun with tomatoes. I’m eating tomato sandwiches, drinking fresh Bloodies, and cooking, as fast as I can, pots of tomato sauce to freeze Sweat might go okay for the winter. Lord, it won’t end but I can’t stop. Luckily, I’ve stocked up on with a margarita, but antacids.…

definitely not with a rum and coke or a glass of white wine

3. No More Clack-Clack. Colorful clack fans might be the rage, but damn the sound is obnoxious, especially when one is trying to read or take a nap on the beach. Then one day the queens and their fans vanish from Poodle Beach. Is there perchance a rule about no clack fans after Labor Day? With their departure, the beach settles into a subdued and dreamy place to spend away a day.

3. French Fry Fix. September is when I feel it’s safe to venture onto Rehoboth Avenue and down to the Boardwalk to buy my annual bucket of French fries.

“No crowds” translates to “no lines.” I’ll wait in line to vote, but not to buy a bucket of fries. That would just make me feel desperate.

4. The Monarch Migration. Each fall the monarchs begin their annual migration. No, I’m not talking about all the queens heading back to DC and Philly; I’m talking about butterflies. The Eastern Atlantic flyway brings thousands of majestic monarch butterflies to coastal Delaware on their long and perilous journey to Mexico. They stop here to draw nectar from native flowers like milkweed and goldenrod. It’s truly a magical experience when they appear on the beach.

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5. Crepuscular Pollinators. I have planted ginger lilies beside my screened porch because the white flowers release their scents right around the early evening cocktail hour, which is oh so civilized. They do this, I understand, not to provide ambience for me, but to attract those crepuscular pollinators, like moths, that visit at night. It’s also why I lock my screen door.…

6. No More Sweaty Cocktails. Once the heat breaks, I like to make adjustments to my garden. For example, I noticed a blue-flowering hosta in a patch of white-flowering hostas and that will not do. It’s much easier to focus when sweat isn’t running into my eyes and dripping into my cocktail. Sweat might go okay with a margarita, but definitely not with a rum and coke or a glass of white wine.

7. Sweet Meat. Our Mid-Atlantic blue crabs are at their peak, full and heavy and literally bursting out of their shells. Now is the time to bring out those wooden mallets in pursuit of that sweet meat. And if you must know, I don’t pick crabs. I leave that for my Baltimore-born partner. But I do enjoy a nicely sautéed soft shell crab sandwich or a fried crab cake.

8. Open the Damn Windows. Lordy Hallelujah! It’s time to shut down the air conditioning and open up the windows and breathe in some fresh air. One of my favorite things this time of year is falling asleep on linen sheets to the sounds of crickets chirping and the cool night air. A blue Lunesta pill helps too, especially on Sunday nights when there’s an early Monday morning wake up call. In fact, it’s kicking in right now as I finish this column.…▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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The Inside Scoop on the Block Party

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o: another fabulous summer season is on the books! There are so many things to be thankful for: the departure of the houseguest who claimed that fourth vodka was “doctor’s orders!”, or the reduced number of tourists, or the long lines at, well, everywhere.

We can also be thankful for autumn and the fun it brings — including the CAMP Rehoboth Block Party on Sunday, October 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CAMP Rehoboth Board President Chris Beagle founded the event in 2015 as part of the organization’s 25th anniversary festivities. “The idea behind the Block Party was to create an outdoor event that embraces and celebrates the entire community, much the same way it has embraced all of us at CAMP Rehoboth, for so many years.”

With a primary focus on the arts, culinary, and entertainment, the Block Party also welcomes other non-profits, church and civic groups, and local and regional businesses. Beebe Healthcare has been a sponsor each year and is a valued partner with CAMP Rehoboth on various other events throughout the year.

Many Baltimore Avenue shops and

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restaurants bring their indoors out into the October sunshine offering food and merchandise, creating an outdoor mall populated by humans, dogs, cats, babies in strollers, and for sure, a plethora of local drag queens.

This year features another amazing lineup of entertainment including the Girlfriends, Family Jewels, the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus ensemble, Clear Space performers, the Purple Parrot Birdcage Badgirls, plus the Blue Moon’s Pamela Stanley and friends. The crowd invariably joins in with impromptu street dance-offs.

During the Block Party, people also have been known to run in and out of the bars to catch up on the football scores and do whatever else people tend to do in bars, re-emerging onto the street ready to continue their Block Party stroll.

Sue Pawlikowski will bring her huge outdoor pizza oven to the block, toasting up plant-based pies with her company, gettaPIZZAthis! Sue calls this event “as easy as it gets for vendors in Delaware,” in terms of cost, location, and volunteer assistance. “CAMP Rehoboth couldn’t make it easier to participate.”

Bryan Hecksher of Auto Gallery will display a car in the middle of the festivities, for his third year of tempting you into your next drive-on beach Jeep or sexy convertible. Bryan is “grateful to the Block Party for providing an environment that helps put faces to the local business owners, and familiarize locals with their products and services. All in an atmosphere of fun and celebration, rather than just commerce.”

Cathy “Skeet” Forthurber says, “I like that you can donate to CAMP Rehoboth at the entrance to the party, because we appreciate all that the organization does for the community. I love this event and I’m pretty sure we buy something from a local artist there every year.”

Be sure to visit the newly created Silent Auction tent, where most of the vendors have donated an item to help CAMP Rehoboth raise additional funds.

There are giveaways, souvenirs, raffles, and merchandise, but the real joy comes from seeing all your friends and neighbors celebrate the fall season at the beach. The CAMP Rehoboth Block Party is the gateway to the off-season, so come celebrate with us! ▼

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OUR TOWN

by MIchael Gilles

Sharon Lynn, Rehoboth’s CEO

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ehoboth Beach City Manager Sharon Lynn sits in an office surrounded by her proudest accomplishments. On a wall across from her desk are three framed photographs.

One features the beautiful stone facade of the West Goshen Township Building.

A second is the imposing historic building housing the Provincetown Town Hall; third is in our town, the Rehoboth Beach City Hall building overlooking Rehoboth Avenue.

Sharon was city manager in the towns where and when each of these buildings was either built or renovated. The photos represent where her career has taken her and her passion for the people and places she’s served.

What exactly is a City Manager? How does Sharon spend her days? She likens it to the CEO of a large company. She manages a budget of over $20 million and oversees over 200 staff members. Calling upon communications skills and patience, she “makes the engine run.” That means managing what she laughingly calls “Complaints Central.”

What exactly is a In between phone calls and meetings, she walks the town, City Manager? How connecting with property and business does Sharon spend owners, and getting feedback in order to solve problems, study suggestions, her days? She likens and make Rehoboth-the-city run as efficiently as possible. She loves that it to the CEO of a part of her job, interacting with people in the community and serving as a change large company. agent for the city’s present and future.

Sharon spent her early career as a police officer in Pennsylvania, serving 21 years in that capacity. She attended the FBI National Academy and began a career path towards police chief. When she was tapped for city manager, though, she made her move to municipal government. Her stints as city manager include a decade in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, and seven years in Provincetown, Massachusetts before coming to Rehoboth.

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planned to retire there. But upon retiring, she found that vacation and retirement are two different things. She didn’t have enough to do. So when the P-Town city manager position opened up, she applied and got the job.

Sharon says that Provincetown is much like Rehoboth—a tight knit, diverse community with people who care, and a community that’s clean, safe, and friendly.

While she loved it there, when the opportunity for a new challenge came along in the form of an opening for a city manager in Rehoboth Beach, she jumped on it.

And here she is, with no “what ifs” about her career choices. Between police work and city management, she’s had two great careers and she continues to be passionate about the opportunity to help people.

Sharon was born and raised in Philadelphia, and is a huge Phillies fan. She makes a point of running up to her native town to catch a game now and then. She also loves the outdoors and biking, taking in the natural beauty of Delaware. She has two Westies that keep her off-hours busy, which means she belongs to one of Rehoboth’s largest communities: dog lovers.

Speaking of groups, Sharon has a deep connection with CAMP Rehoboth, both personally and professionally. She believes in the work Murray Archibald and the late Steve Elkins have done to make Rehoboth the welcoming and diverse city it is today. She uses her strong relationship and collaboration with CAMP Rehoboth to help promote the organization and its community work. And she recognizes and talks up its great accomplishments.

One of Sharon’s favorite events is the upcoming CAMP Rehoboth Block Party, “What a great idea!” she says. Whether in an official capacity for the city or as a patron from the community, Sharon attends many events to show her support.

With her phone constantly buzzing and residents and visitors to help, Sharon is one busy city manager. She hopes to stay in the community for a long while, and she definitely doesn’t think about retirement any time soon. She loves our town, and like so many of us, she says, “Rehoboth will always be in my heart.” ▼

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RB Jazz Festival to jazz us up October 17-20 The 30th annual Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival will take place around the area October 1720. Produced by the Delaware Celebration of Jazz, the festival brings nationally known acts to town for an unparalleled jazz immersion weekend.

The festival offers four days and four area venues with big shows, large and small bands, cool jazz, hot torch singers, classic blues, and soulful songs.

This year, some of the nationally known artists brought to the coast by the Delaware Celebration of Jazz include Boney James, Brian Culbertson, Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Peter White, Norman Brown, Matt Marshak, and the fabulous Four Freshmen.

The four concert stages are the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, Cape Henlopen High School Performing Arts Theater, Epworth United Methodist Church, and the Rusty Rudder.

Around since 1989, the Celebration of Jazz has been producing this event every year as a local tradition featuring global entertainment. As a non-profit organization, the organization supports the Beebe Medical Foundation and the Tunnell Cancer Center.

For tickets and more information, go to rehobothjazz.com.

True Blue Jazz will rock downtown Rehoboth True Blue, conceived and produced by Eddie Sherman and Peggy Raley, brings its exciting programming to town celebrating its seventh year “honoring America’s most original art form…JAZZ.” True Blue Jazz is focused on “mainstream” jazz, largely featuring songs of the Great American Standards Songbook from 1900 to present, blues, and Dixieland jazz. Their main venues include the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel Showroom and the Rehoboth Beach Firehouse, plus a Thursday-Sunday Jazz Jam at the Avenue Inn from 4:30- 8:30 p.m. on October 17, 18, and 19. In addition, Bethany Blues will host a Locals Favorite night. There will also be evening jazz at La Fable, Shorebreak Lodge, and Houston White Co. The TBJazz brunch will end the weekend on Sunday at The Pines on Baltimore Avenue.

Entertainers for TrueBlue Jazz include Kat Edmonson, the Fred Hughes Trio, the Greg Hatza ORGANization and Big Band Marathon, the Bill Charlap Trio, and Gerald Chavis, plus the fabulously popular Eddie Sherman show with singer Peggy Raley and special guests.

For a full listing of performance and tickets, check out Truebluejazz.org.

And jazz all around town as you dine, too In addition to the venues already mentioned for both presenting jazz organizations, you can find lots of other downtown restaurants jumping with jazz. Check out your favorite restaurants and see who will be performing there.

Our coastal area jazz weekend is a huge tradition, bringing visiting jazz lovers to town along with our music loving locals.

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It’s My Life

by Michael Thomas Ford

Past Tense

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he other night, Cubby and I had dinner with friends. It was a lovely time, with lots of laughter and good food.

Afterward, though, it occurred to me that all we did was talk about the past. We told stories about mutual friends and relived events we had all participated in. Cubby, who was not around for those things, heard the stories for the first time. But for the rest of us, this was ancient history.

Why, I wondered, didn’t we talk about what we’re doing now? All of us are engaged in what I think are interesting activities—building a house, teaching, new jobs, writing books, planning trips.

And we did talk about these things, but only briefly, and not in much detail. Instead, we returned to stories we’ve told dozens of times before, laughing at the same punchlines and groaning I always wondered at the same plot points. when their lives had The more I thought about this—and I lay awake for quite a stopped, at what point while doing just that—the more it bothered me. I have never really they had given up been a nostalgic person. I don’t speaking in the future often look at photographs, or have boxes filled with mementos. tense and slipped into I don’t display the awards my books have won. I’m not the past. generally interested in what was.

I like to think about what’s next.

I worry a little that this sudden focus on the past is a function of age. I recall my parents and their siblings doing this, reliving moments that took place years before.

“Remember when…” one of them would say, and for the next hour they would discuss the hilarious time 30 years earlier when they were all at the cabin for the weekend and my Uncle Dick got sprayed by the skunk. Listening to these stories as a kid, I always wondered when their lives had stopped, at what point they had given up speaking in the future tense and slipped into the past.

I suspect there’s more than a little fear involved in this behavior, specifically the fear that there might not be as much time left to do new things as one would hope. Recently, I found myself making a list of writing projects I want to do before I set the pen down for the last time. Looking at everything, I did the math and realized that some of those things will simply never happen. I don’t have enough time left to do it all. Twenty years ago, 10 years ago, even five years ago, I would take on a project just Letters 38 SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

because it sounded like fun. There was time to do everything. Now, there’s not. Choices have to be made. And I resent it.

This makes returning to the past even more puzzling to me. Why think so much about what we’ve done when we should be thinking about what we can still do with the time we have left? Is it because we need to remind ourselves that we used to be people who did things? Or because our reservoirs of hope and confidence have sunk due to disappointments and failures?

Not long after this dinner, Cubby suggested we watch a movie we’ve watched before. “But we’ve seen it,” I objected. “We should watch something new.”

“I want to watch something I know will end well,” he countered. “Watching something new makes me worry it won’t.”

Maybe this is why there is comfort in reliving the past. Even when the stories don’t end happily, we’re at least already familiar with the conclusions and are ready for them emotionally. Perhaps this is why, during our dinner, my friends and I only touched on our future plans. Maybe it was too much to think about what we’ll do—how we’ll feel—if the planned trips don’t turn out to be what we’ve fantasized about them being, if the books don’t get written, if the dream house turns out not to be what we dreamed it would be. Before, we would have time to do them again, to have another chance. Now, though, these might be our last opportunities, and we’re terrified of that, and so we don’t discuss it.

“I don’t want to live like that,” I told Cubby the morning after that dinner. “I don’t want to be a person who keeps reliving the same stories. I want to make new ones.”

As I get older, I find it harder and harder to dream, to imagine different possibilities for my life. I choose safer adventures, less-risky options, things I’m more or less certain will turn out all right. But at what cost? Joy? Surprise? It hardly seems worth it.

So, from now on I’m going to replace the past tense with the future tense, “I did” with “I will do.”

We’ll see how the story turns out.▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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e would like to introduce Barbara Antlitz. Barbara joins the CAMP Rehoboth family as the THRIVE Youth Coordinator. She will be responsible for fostering partnerships with Sussex County, Delaware schools and for advocating on behalf of LGBTQ students.

One goal of the THRIVE program will be to connect LGBTQ youth and families to information and community-based resources; a second is to provide advocacy, support, and safety planning to youth impacted by bullying, abuse, and harassment.

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Barbara can be reached via email: bantlitz@camprehohoth.com or via phone: 302-227-5620.

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First off, please introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Barbara Antlitz and I have lived in Delaware since 1997. I am a cisgender lesbian and use she and her pronouns. I enjoy living near the beach, practicing yoga, mindfulness meditation, walking, and riding my bike. I strongly believe in giving back to the community through volunteering.

If you had an extra hour in your day, what would you do with it?

I would volunteer to teach someone (including myself) something, such as how to knit, use a hand tool, and belly laugh.

What one goal are you most excited about achieving as THRIVE Youth Coordinator?

Being able to create relationships with the intention of facilitating youths’ autonomy with support, healthy guidance, and an open heart.

What’s one quality we need to see more of in the world?

Empathy.

What book are you currently reading?

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Do you have an LGBTQ hero?

There is no single such person for me as I admire many. The people I hold close and dear who have helped me in the past and currently support me are all my heroes. There have been pivotal points in my life where my personal heroes have been there for me.

What advice would you give to the younger LGBTQ community?

Spend time in nature. Be yourself, and “breathe.”

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

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Straight Talk

by David Garrett

Give a Hug Each Day—All Free!

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hat’s easier to give away to friends and strangers alike than hugs? Can’t think of a thing!

Many have seen moms, and a few dads as well, out on the streets during Pride parades. They are the ones wearing the “Free Mom Hugs” T-shirts.

They were in full force in New York City for the Stonewall 50 Parade, along with many others across the country.

Meet Sara Cunningham, the woman who started the national Free Mom Hugs campaign. And Sara had a very good reason to begin giving hugs indiscriminately.

She did not just wake up one day and decide that hugs were needed in this world. But she was confronted with facts showing that hugs were needed in her world.

When her son Parker came out, Sara admits she did not handle it very well. Her Baptist faith got in the way of hugging her son. Her expectations of having a straight son got in the way. But it all changed when her son Parker told her, “I have sucked it up for 21 years being your son, now I need you to suck it up and be my mom!”

Sara shares that this forced her to look at her own values, to look at her own fears, and ultimately to be aware of her own ignorance. I know personally that when your child comes out to you as gay, lesbian, or transgender, it is time to “suck it up” and love your child unconditionally.

The movement known as Free Mom Hugs began with modest goals. Sara asked folks to go to Pride parades and give out free hugs to anyone who wished to receive them. Such a simple gesture can have profound effects.

Sara turned her efforts into a nonprofit organization with a mission statement reading, in part, “Free Mom Hugs is made up of parents and allies who love the LGBTQ+ community unconditionally and are working toward total full affirmation and equality for all.

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church and civic leaders, encouraging them to not only affirm the value of the LGBTQ+ community but celebrate them.”

While hugs may have been the starting point for Sara’s purpose and practice, they are certainly not the end point. The outgrowth of hugs has manifested itself in a variety of ways.

Now, Sara literally stands in for absent mothers at weddings and graduations of LGBTQ youth and young adults.

Sara began to hear from gay and lesbian couples who had trouble finding a pastor to officiate their weddings. Sara decided to become an ordained minister in order to provide that service. While officiating a few such weddings, Sara noticed that the mothers of some of those getting married were not present.

Now, Sara literally stands in for absent mothers at weddings and graduations of LGBTQ youth and young adults. These young adults need someone to stand with them and beside them, Sara notes.

She tells gay and lesbian couples to surround themselves with people who love you and want to celebrate you!

Rejection by one’s parents in the aftermath of coming out compounds the uncertainty, instability, and absence of safety for many LGBTQ people. There is nothing more fundamental to the wellbeing of any adolescent than knowing that their family of origin will remain intact through the trials and tribulations of this critical stage. Add coming out as gay or transgender to the normal upheaval of adolescence, and you have the makings of a volatile family crisis.

Parents face a choice: accept or reject their children through the coming out or transition process. Faith often lays the foundation for rejection, as misguided and misinformed interpretations of scripture seemingly force parents into difficult choices. These choices can make or break their family unity. Sara faced this dilemma as she wrestled with how her faith community informed her role as a mother. She chose to accept. She chose to love Parker.

A television movie about Sara’s journey is currently in production. It will be shown on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020. This movie will chronicle the path Sara Cunningham has taken in support of her son, and the growth of the Free Mom Hugs movement. It promises to be an inspiring and challenging film. The role of Sara will be portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis. Keep your tissues handy!

Currently, Sara travels the country speaking to corporations, church groups, and other civic organizations. Rehoboth Beach is an upcoming stop in her travels.

On October 4, Sara will be interviewed on Radio Rehoboth, and on October 5, she will be signing copies of her book, How We Sleep at Night: A Mother’s Memoir, at Browseabout Books at 6 p.m. Finally, on October 7, Sara will be at Lefty’s Alleys and Eats for a second book signing and discussion of The Bully Project and a showing of the film Bully. Details about the Lefty’s Alley and Eats event appear in CAMP News on page 18.

Sara Cunningham, with the gentle, loving prodding of her son Parker, started a movement. It is a simple one—hug and accept all LGBTQ persons near us who yearn for unconditional love. After all, it’s free! ▼ David Garrett is a straight advocate for equality and inclusion. He is also the proud father of an adult transdaughter. Email David Garrrett at dlgarrett4rb@gmail.com.

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Intentionally Inclusive

by Wesley Combs

Giving Back Is an Intentional Act

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n a weekly basis I am presented with countless opportunities to donate my time and money to aide nonprofits delivering critical services to communities in need. They range from organizations near and dear to my heart (i.e., CAMP Rehoboth and NPR) to progressive causes aligned with my values but that I have yet to support (i.e., Planned Parenthood and the Humane Society).

In my Facebook stream alone, some friends ask me to donate to their favorite charity in lieu of a birthday gift or to help others in need by contributing to a GoFundMe account. Complicating matters are the pleas for help emanating from unplanned crises such as the El Paso and Dayton shootings, or natural disasters like floods and tornadoes.

Given today’s uncertain times one thing has become painfully clear: there are insufficient resources to meet existing needs let alone unforeseen catastrophes. Bridging this gap becomes the responsibility of individuals who have the capacity to support nonprofits large and small who step up when others have not or cannot.

Looking back over time, this role was filled by philanthropists who used their wealth to benefit the common good, the majority of which have been white men. The causes they supported often aligned with their personal interests and philosophies. Andrew Carnegie is perhaps the most well-known example whose fortune was used to help build more than 1,600 public libraries because he believed they would serve to help “those who help themselves.”

But you do not have to be a millionaire to be a philanthropist.

Regardless of income level or education, it is safe to say most Americans are also philanthropic if you have donated to your alma mater, volunteered to clean up a local park, or gave money to a church, synagogue, or mosque. These all qualify as philanthropic acts when you consider the Merriam-Webster definition: “goodwill to fellow members of the

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human race either” through, “an act or gift, done or made for humanitarian purposes.”

Unfortunately, giving to charity is not an innate value. We learn about the importance of helping others from our family, our church, our school, or because of something that we experienced. This may explain the reasons educational institutions (i.e., your alma mater), human services nonprofits (i.e., a rape crisis center, LGBTQ community centers) and health organizations (i.e., medical research) are among the top recipients of all individual gifts each year.

In terms of what issues are important to each person, it is basic human nature to support causes we are familiar with, where we have a personal connection and that provide services to people like

Americans are also philanthropic if you have donated to your alma mater, volunteered to clean up a local park, or gave money to a church, synagogue, or mosque. us or who we know. As in other parts of our society, the philanthropic sector has been under scrutiny for its lack of diversity in terms of staff and leadership which many argue impacts where funds are invested in the community. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

As a gay man who came out in the 80s, the AIDS epidemic was my call to action.

Let me set the scene: gay men were coming down with life-threatening illnesses and dying quickly at an alarming rate.

Despite repeated pleas from the medical community and patients themselves to the Reagan administration and elected

officials to do something, the Federal government basically ignored the situation.

Facing a literal life and death situation, grassroots efforts sprang into action raising awareness about the disease and the need for financial resources for medical services because mainstream doctors were refusing to care for these patients for fear of becoming infected themselves.

These grassroots efforts not only created an army of passionate activists and fundraisers but served to galvanize support in Congress and in the scientific community to advocate for government funding for research into life-saving treatments.

More recently, funding cuts to Planned Parenthood combined with increased legislation restricting a woman’s right to choose has activated a new generation of concerned citizens. While it does not require a scourge like AIDS to take action, it helps to understand why people choose to get involved.

Throughout my life, I have been engaged in supporting nonprofits either as a volunteer or a donor, and one thing I have learned is that one of the main reasons people do not get involved is because they were not asked. The degree to which they act on the request also depends on whether they believe in the mission and their desire to make a difference. Hopefully, it is also because it makes them feel good. I know it does for me.

Making change happen is an intentional act. This can come in the form of volunteering for Sundance, or becoming a member of CAMP Rehoboth, especially if you want to ensure the staff and leadership is aware of the diverse needs in your community. I hope you will help me spread the word. ▼ Wesley Combs is a diversity and inclusion expert and a passionate social justice advocate. He is the founding Principal of Combs Advisory Services where he works with clients who share his values of enabling equity, equality and opportunity in the workplace and the community.

Sara Cunningham of “Free Mom Hugs” & author of “How We Sleep at Night” is coming to Rehoboth Beach!

Sara is dedicated to educating families, church and civic leaders, and encouraging them to not only affirm the value of the LGBTQ+ community, but to also celebrate them.

Parker Cunningham said his mother’s simplest gift is also the most powerful: “It’s just showing up and reminding people that they are loved unconditionally.”

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illiam Francis Sloan Jr., age 70, of Milton, Delaware and formerly of Merchantville, New Jersey, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at his home. He was born on October 10, 1948, in Camden , New Jersey, son of the late William F. Sr. and Stella E. (Pokorski) Sloan.

Dr. Sloan made a career as a chiropractor and educator. He was very active in the community and found great joy in his volunteer efforts for both the Greyhound Foundation and CAMP Rehoboth. Above all, Dr. Sloan cherished time spent with those he held most dear.

He was a loving and devoted brother, cousin, and friend who was loved by

many, and will be deeply missed by all who had the opportunity to know him.

Dr. Sloan is survived by Shirley (Sloan) Timte, Bob Timte, Thomas Harkanson, Thomas Rebuck, Hugo Seta, Dale Miller, Pam Carbonaro, and scores of cousins, neighbors, friends, and loved ones.

Memorial Services were held on Monday, August 26, in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

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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.

REHOBOTH RETAIL SHOPS Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk...............................................302-226-0675 Atlantique, 39 Baltimore Ave.........................................................302-727-5575 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 Shademakers, 33 Baltimore Ave....................................................302-226-2222 The Linen Outlet, 19269 Coastal Hwy...........................................302-727-5362 Unfinished Business, Rt. 1 behind Panera Bread..........................302-645-8700 Ward Ellinger Gallery, 39 Baltimore Ave........................................302-227-2710

REHOBOTH FOOD & DRINK 1776 Steakhouse, Midway Shopping Center................................302-645-9355 Aqua, 57 Baltimore Ave.................................................................302-226-9001 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 Cuvée Ray Wine Bar & Restaurant, 236 Rehoboth Ave.................302-567-2942 Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave................................302-227-0818 Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave............................................. 302-227-3353 Go Fish, 24 Rehoboth Ave..............................................................302-226-1044 Goolee’s Grille, 11 South 1st St.....................................................302-227-7653 Iguana Grill, 52 Baltimore Ave.......................................................302-727-5273 Just In Thyme, 38163 Robinsons Dr..............................................302-227-3100 Lori’s Café, 39 Baltimore Ave.........................................................302-226-3066 Loves Liquors, LLC, 305c Rehoboth Ave........................................302-227-6966 Lupo Italian Kitchen, 247 Rehoboth Ave.......................................302-226-2240 Palate Bistro, 19266 Coastal Hwy.................................................302-249-8489 Penny Lane Liquors, 42 Rehoboth Ave..........................................302-567-5245 Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave...........................................302-226-1139 Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Ave............................................................302-227-6080

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Shorebreak Lodge, 10 Wilmington Ave.........................................302-227-1007 The Pines, 56 Baltimore Avenue....................................................302-567-2726 The Pond, First & Rehoboth Ave....................................................302-227-2234

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

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

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

SERVICES AT THE BEACH BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING

A.G. Renovations ...........................................................................302-947-4096 Country Life Homes, 34882 Picnic Basket Ct................................302-231-5001 Paint & Patches................................................................... 302-827-7393 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 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 9am: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave (open discussion) Tuesdays 8pm: 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

COUNSELING/THERAPY/LIFE COACH

Karen Abato, ATR-BC, LPAT, Licensed Art Psychotherapist... 302-232-5330 Kevin J. Bliss, Personal/Professional Coaching.............................302-754-1954 Jewish Family Services........................................................ 302-478-9411

ERRANDS/PERSONAL NEEDS

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

EVENT PLANNING/CATERING

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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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

FLORISTS

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 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 Christiana Care LGBTQ Health Initiatives.......................................302-733-1227

Delaware HIV Consortium - Statewide..........................................302-654-5471 Delaware Hospice..........................................................................800-838-9800 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

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

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

LOCKSMITHS

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

MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS

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

PET RETAIL

All Dried Out, 149 Rehoboth Ave......................................... 484-667-7122 Critter Beach, 156 Rehoboth Ave..................................................302-226-2690 Pet Portraits by Monique................................................................717-650-4626 Salty Paws, 149 Rehoboth Ave............................................ 484-667-7122

PET SERVICES

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

REAL ESTATE

Allen Jarmon, RE/MAX, 317 Rehoboth Ave...................................302-227-4800 Bill Peiffer, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy....................302-703-6987 Chris Beagle, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave............302-227-6101 Debbie Reed Team, 319 Rehoboth Ave.........................................800-263-5648 Donna Whiteside, Berkshire Hathaway, 16712 Kings Hwy...........302-381-4871 Ellie Maher, Berkshire Hathaway, 16712 Kings Hwy.....................302-448-1927 Eric Atkins, Patterson-Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy...................302-727-1456 Hugh Fuller, Realtor........................................................................302-745-1866 John Black, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy...................302-703-6987 Lana Warfield, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave...........302-227-6101 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, 16698 Kings Hwy....................... 302-645-6664 Lingo Realty, 246 Rehoboth Ave....................................................302-227-3883 McGuiness Group, 246 Rehoboth Ave...........................................302-227-3883 Randy Mason/Shirley Kalvinsky, Lingo Realty................................302-227-3883 Sea Bova Associates, 20250 Coastal Hwy........................... 302-227-1222 Troy Roberts, Mann & Sons, 414 Rehoboth Ave............................302-228-7422

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION

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

POPULAR LGBTQ BEACHES

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n Thursday, September 26, Delaware Politics 102 will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Avenue, Lewes.

Sponsored by the organization Women’s March Sussex, the seminar will be presented by speaker Paulette Rappa.

This interactive session gives an overview of the Delaware Constitution, defines the roles of the three branches of the state government, and walks through how a bill becomes a law. In addition, it identifies the stakeholders in the process, and how the process, the lawmakers, and the constituents (the public) work together. Attendance at a previous Delaware Politics 101 seminar is not required.

Registration is required and is limited to 60 attendees. For more information go to womensmarchsussex.com. ▼

group of local merchants, having celebrated Meterless Monday on September 16, are now doing something special for locals. First, the group has decided to brand the off-season as Locals Season, in recognition of local residents as the foundation of downtown Rehoboth Beach.

Second, the notion of Locals Season discounts came into focus. The merchants decided that they’d each select a specific day of the week to offer a 10 percent discount, with a special locals discount card. This way, local residents could shop or dine out at a discount in a variety of places all week long.

The restaurants participating so far include: Rigby’s, Dogfish Head, Cuvée Ray, Arena’s, Conch Island, The Pines, a(MUSE.), Steamin’ Blues Crab House, Café Azafran, Blackwall Hitch, Cooter Brown’s, the Pond, Purple Parrot, Mariachi, Shorebreak Lodge, Zogg’s, and Ale House. The retailers who want

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Brigadier General Charles McGee, (USAF/Ret) will be an honored guest. McGee is a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen (332nd Fighter Group), and was a World War II, Korea, and Vietnam fighter pilot. He received the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Legion of Merit. He flew a P-51 Mustang escorting bombers over Germany, Austria, and the Balkans, and later became an instructor for the B-25 Mitchell Bomber (with more than 6,300 flying hours).

On display for the day will be the B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Panchito, and the P-51 Mustang, Rosalie. McGee will be the available for photos and questions at the Panchito booth during Saturday’s car show and fly-in. ▼

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Saturday’s free event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning with an opening ceremony which includes the national anthem and Presentation of Colors by the Sussex Central ROTC Color Guard.

Events at the airport throughout the day include a vintage aircraft fly-in, classic car show, featured speakers, live entertainment, and craft and food vendors. This year’s event will also see the return of the fan-favorite Flour Bombing Competition at 2 p.m., as well as the Official Naval Academy Parachute Team.

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Discount cards are $15, available at the participating restaurants and merchants, and they can be used any time after the visit when the purchase is made.

Third, as an added bonus, each time a card holder makes a purchase at a participating merchant’s Locals Season day, the patron will receive a special monthly raffle ticket. Naturally, the more merchants the patron visits, the more raffle tickets the patron can enter into the monthly drawing. The monthly raffles, as well as future downtown Locals Season events will be funded by the sale of the discount cards.

Merchants in downtown Rehoboth Beach are ready to welcome back lots of friendly faces and to usher in our official Locals Season. ▼

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by Ann Aptaker

Hiding in Plain Sight in Rehoboth: Tallulah Bankhead

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rdinarily, when we think of LGBTQ history/herstory, we think about and celebrate the activists or the martyrs, the people who’ve been fighting the good fight in politics, organizing for social causes and civil rights, or public figures who’ve stood their ground in the face of hate and then suffered for it.

But the truth is, our heritage is much more textured than just our political and social struggles, and always has been. Before we were out and proud as a community, there were people who’d been hiding colorfully, outrageously in plain sight.

Walking among us were people who expressed life as just plain fun.

In the 1920s and through the mid-twentieth century, no one insisted on a life of fun as firmly, and some would say loudly, as stage and screen actress Tallulah Bankhead (born 1902, died 1968).

What a character she was, classy and vulgar at the same time; high femme and gutter pushy. Elegant by birth and inclination but an admitted glutton for the unsavory, including cocaine, alcohol, and copious amounts of sex. Her signature greeting, “Hello Dahling,” in her unforgettable whiskey-and-cigarette-drenched throaty voice, embraced everyone, high and low.

A life as flamboyant as Tallulah’s demands revisiting, and indeed honoring for the sheer chutzpah it took to live as she did during a period in America of rigid conformity and LGBTQ oppression.

She was famous for her scandalous affairs, and she was even married briefly, a public relations nuptial meant to clean up her image, which failed both as matrimony and as a PR whitewash. Her affairs with men were splashed all over the tabloids. Her affairs with women—among them actresses Eva Le Gallienne, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, and singer Billie Holiday—were whispered about by everyone except Tallulah: according to Judith Markel’s Six Women of a Dangerous Generation, Tallulah was known to bluntly introduce herself at parties with “I’m a lesbian. What do you do?”

Identifying as a lesbian was not enough for a woman as grandiose in spirit as in action. These days we might identify Tallulah as bisexual, or perhaps gender fluid, or by the all-encompassing term queer. But before any of that was a thing, Tallulah Bankhead described herself as “ambisextrous,” an expansive term which fairly gallops through the LGBTQ alphabet soup.

Tallulah wasn’t coy about her sexual adventures, either.

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According to several sources no less distinguished than The Oxford Reference, Tallulah explained, “I’ve tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic, and the others give me a stiff neck or lock jaw.” Her wit could match Oscar Wilde’s.

Tallulah’s carryings-on weren’t limited to the glamour spots of New York and Hollywood. As Fay Jacobs pointed out in a 2002 Letters column, Tallulah was part of the Rehoboth crowd of gay and lesbian revelers at Louisa D’ Andelot Carpenter’s estate at Silver Lake in the 1930s and ’40s. Moreover, evidence suggests that Tallulah owned or at least rented a house in Henlopen Acres.

Partying, though, was not the sum total of Tallulah’s passions.

Born into a politically powerful and liberal Democratic Alabama family (her father, Congressman William Bankhead served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 19361940; her grandfather was Senator John H. Bankhead; and she was the niece of Senator John H. Bankhead II), Tallulah was a fierce advocate for racial equality.

Like everything in her life, she was not shy about expressing how she felt, even in a racially repressive environment. As a reward for campaigning for Harry Truman’s 1948 presidential candidacy, she was seated with the president and his family for Truman’s inaugural parade. When the South Carolina float went by, Tallulah loudly booed the float’s star passenger: segregationist Strom Thurmond.

She used her celebrity and political power and influence in more quiet ways, as well. In 1949, when Billie Holiday was arrested for possession of heroin, Tallulah contacted FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and convinced him to intervene. It is not known exactly what she said to the then-closeted director (Hello, Dahling. Now listen, you…?), but whatever it was proved effective: Holiday was released. Oh, to have been a fly on Hoover’s phone!

These days, when our politics have turned dark, when fear invades our days and rage inflames our thoughts, the sheer fun of queer culture can get lost in the current cultural miasma.

We could use more outrageous souls like Tallulah Bankhead, a woman who refused to cower, refused to keep her mouth shut, and refused to stop having fun—lots and lots of fun. ▼ 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.

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

37 Baltimore Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302 227-5620 www.camprehoboth.com

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SEPTEMBER 27, 28, & 29, 2019 LEWES, DELAWARE

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

FRIDAY | 7 PM TICKETED KEYNOTE ADDRESS with Rick Atkinson, author of The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

SATURDAY | 8:30 AM – 5 PM 20 FREE AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS in four Lewes venues, book sales, signings, and Spirited Discussion REGISTER SOON! Tickets are limited

SUNDAY | 2 PM TICKETED CLOSING ADDRESS with Alice Hoffman, author of The World That We Knew

To purchase tickets for the Closing Address and learn more about the Festival visit: HistoryBookFestival.org PRESENTED BY DELAWARE HUMANITIES AND iHEART MEDIA @historybookfest

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Wayne Hodge, Tracy Limmer, Nicole Cucinotta, Tricia Massella, Emilie Paternoster, Sandra Skidmore, Steve Fallon, Arnold LaSpina, Eric Cylc, Michael Welborn, Chris Beagle, Eric Gannon, Eric Engelhart, Pete Borsari, Joe Roy, Matthew Adams, Mark Purpura, Paul Cooper, Michael Ulrich, Brian Motyl, Kevin McGhee, Jamie Fox, Vicki Lynn, Leslie Sinclair, Debbie Woods, Annette Stellhorn, Rick Stellhorn, Bryan Hecksher, Bob Beiber, Charlie Browne, Rod Cook, Sherri Wright, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Richard Byrne, Allie Citro, Vin Chelle (Shea Butter Werk), Deb Kennedy, Beth Yocum, Lyndon Armstrong, and Noah Cohen at The Sundance. 2) Dan Kyle, Marvin Miller, Maria Thompson, Kodiak Thompson, Paul Thompson, and Peter Rosenstein at Clear Space Theatre.

THIS PAGE 3) Joe Zuber, Jon Worthington, Bryan Houlette, George Aldredge, Darryl Ciarlante, Tony Scavone, Ann Sky, Stephanie Dalee, John Rafter, Michael Morrison, Bob Bieber, Scott Bradley, Melodie Adinolf, Kelly Sabol, Teri Agosta, Sandra Chinchilla, Laura Reitman, Ren Cos, and Kim Witmer at Diego’s Bar Nightclub. 4) Manny Tejeda, Carlos Hernandez, Madison Hurst, Alyssa Hadley, Emanuel Trodor, Mit Patel, Florin Vestemean, Bob Kaplan, Jeff Davis, Jay Kotoff, and Mark Matey at Dos Locos.

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YELLOW LEVEL Keith Anderson & Peter Bish X Dale Aultman & Paul Gibbs X Mike Ballenger & Martin Thomas Miriam Barton* Chris Beagle & Eric Engelhart* Gerry Beaulieu & Bill Fuchs Barbara Beavers & Kathy Carrell Bud Beehler & Robert Schuster Sherry Berman & Deb Hamilton X Abby Bernstein & Karen Frank X Kathleen Biggs & Maria Campos Boland Family - In Memory of Michael J. Kelly* Teresa Bolduc & Kim McGeown Nancy Bouse & Norma Morrison X Michael Boyle & Greg Murphy X John Brady X Russ Capps & Ken Yazge* David Carder Kathy Casey & Jean Burgess X Kate Cauley & Pat Newcomb Bob Chambers* Jim Chupella & Jim Wigand Dottie Cirelli & Myrna Kelley X Betsy Cohen Gary Colangelo & Gerald Duvall X Thomas Conway & Thoth Weeda* Kay Creech & Sharon Still*

CAMP REHOBOTH MEMBERSHIP 2019 Lewis & Greg Dawley-Becker* In Memory of Frank Dell’Aquila X Marianne DeLorenzo & Linda Van de Wiele* Fred DiBartolo & Steve Wood X Frank Dorn & Edward Schumacher* Albert Drulis & Scott Silber* Arlyce Dubbin & Kathleen Heintz* Sandy Duncan & Maddy Ewald Susan Eig & Ellen Schiff X Karen & Lisa Faber* Alice Fagans & Ruth Ann Mattingly* John Farley & Dennis Wilson X Dent Farr & Erick Lowe Dee Farris Ellen Feinberg & Lesley Rogan X Diane Fisher & Kharma Amos Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth* Keven Fitzsimmons & Jeff Stroud X Monica Fleischmann & Lona Crist X John Flournoy & Jim Chrobot Connie Fox Fulton National Bank* John Furbush & Tom Feng Jerry Gallucci & Conrad Welch Susan Goudy* Bill Graff & Jeff Schuck* Ken Green & Joe Kearney* Michael Green & Robert Schwerdtfeger* Pete & Joanne Harrigan* David Herring & Karl Hornberger Carol Holland - Holland Jewelers X Larry Hooker X Caroline Huff & Brenda Robertson* Pete Jakubowski* Robert Jennings Philip Johnson* Greg Kubiak* Susan Kutliroff & Barbara Snyder Carol Lazzara & Sheila Maden* Leslie Ledogar & Marilyn Hewitt* Monica Lewis & Ann Zimmerman* Frank Liptak & Joe Schnetzka* James Lonsdale & Bryan Hoffman Patricia Magee & Anita Pettitt X Guy, Sorin, and Summer Martin* Jill Masterman & Tammy Jackson Tony Mazzarella Kathleen McCormick & Elizabeth Fish X Mickie McManamon* James Mease & Philip Vehslage* Howard Menaker & Patrick Gossett X Floyd Merchant Ray Michener & Tom Carlson* Linda Miniscalco & Jeanne Drake* Sherril Moon & Louise Montgomery Gaylon Morris & Rick Kinsey* Jack Morrison & Bob Dobbs* Robert Nowak & David Bergman X Fran O’Brien & David Gifford Judy Olsen & Joanne Kempton X Maggie Ottato X Stephen Pape & Jerry Clark Marilyn Pate & Dorothy Smith* Peninsula Gallery - Tony & Carol Boyd-Heron* John Piccirillo & Jonathan Rose Joanne Picone & Kathy Bostedo

Denny Pintello & Coke Farmer* Tom Poor & Tom Bachmann Bin 66 Fine Wine* Sam Profeta X Lisa Rabigi & Bea Vuocolo Joie Rake & Nan Flesher X Jay Raksin Barb Ralph X Charlotte Reid & Polly Smale* Marty Rendon & John Cianciosi* Gene Roe X Thomas Rose & Thomas Sechowicz X Lucien Rossignol & Tom Harris Kim Rutherford & Dalit Eyal Mark Saunders & Bob Thoman* Betsy Schmidt & Beth Greenapple X Sheryl Schulte & Jeanne LaVigne* Douglas Sellers & Mark Eubanks Marc Silverman & John Campbell* Mary Ann Slinkman & Sharyn Santel Susan Soderberg & Terri King X John Michael Sophos & Miss Dot Sophos* Diane Sozio & Patricia Hutchinson* Dee Speck & Linda Kauffman X Mary Spencer & Kathy Lingo* Russell & Patricia Stiles Caroline Stites & Elizabeth Coit X Lenny Stumpf & John B. Pitchford* Brett Svensson & Bill Quinn Dust Doctors LLC* Gordon Tanner & Robert Patlan David Theil* Lana Warfield & Pamela Notarangelo X Daniel Watkins & Micah Shockney Mark Weaver Cal Weible & Daniel Halvorsen X Michael Weinert* Douglas Werner & JD Pryor John Wood & Mike Roob Tony Wright & Mary Jo Bennett X Jean Sutliff Young* Joanne Yurik Larry Zeigler X John Zingo & Rick Johnson*

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John D’Amico* Scott Davis & Chris Shaheen* Scott & Donna de Kuyper Hotel Blue John & Richard Decore Robert Defendis & Ronald O. Dempsey Linda DeFeo X J. Lynne Dement & Lisa J. Snyder Jim DiLalla & In Memory of Frederick Episcopo* Tony DiMichele & Jeff Smith Joe DiSalvo* Donna Dolce* Kevin Doss & Arie Venema Brenda Dunn & Karen Anderson Martin Durkin & Chetan Patel* Jeanne Embich* Gary Espinas & Daniel Sherlock Maureen Ewadinger* Jerry Filbin Sara Ford & Anne Donick* Christopher Galanty & James Apistolas Anne Geary Stephen Georgalas & Angelo Andreatos William Gluth & Channing Daniel Ed Gmoch* Mike Gordy & Ed Brubaker Joe Gottschall & Scott Woody Deborah Grant & Carol Loewen Michele Grant & Michelle Meyers* Wesley Hacker & David Block* Bill Hillegeist X Vance Hudgins & Denny Marcotte John Hulse X Mary Huntt & Angela Creager Janet Idema & Patricia Higgins* Valerie Johns Bob Kabel Jana Kamminga & Niki Nicholson Sharon Kanter & Cyndy Bennett* Marilyn Kates & Laura Glenn* Anne Kazak & Chris Coburn X Mark Kehoe X Maryl Kerley & Pat Sagat X Bonnie Kirkland & Wanda Bair X Judy Kolb & Martha Hanlon Jay Kottoff & Mark Matey* Roger Kramer Rob & Jean Krapf X Barbara Lang & Diane Grillo Jim Lesko Dale & Sue Lomas* John Mackerey & Donald Filicetti Michael Marion & DiMitri Guy* Marsha Mark & Judy Raynor Vicki Martina & Nancy Hewish* Marie Martinucci & Pam Kozey* Michael & Stephan Maybroda Tom McCafferty - In Memory of John Sousa Kevin McDonald & Sean McClafferty Kathy & Steve McGuiness Kate McQueen Marvin Miller & Dan Kyle X Julia Monaghan & Carissa Meiklejohn Margaret Moore & Sheree Mixell X Thomas Moore & Richard Bost Marie Murray & Deb Ward X Debbie & Frank Navecky Robert Neighbour & Andrew Dan Pat Nickols Donna Ohle & Susan Gaggiotti X Sandra Oropel & Linda Frese* Carolyn Ortwein & Ann Barry* Dotti Outland & Diane Mead X

Rutland Paal & Robert Mittleman* Sandra Pace & Barbara Passikoff X Steve Parker Ellen Passman X Emilie Paternoster & Monica Parr X Colleen Perry & Jane Kuhfuss* Marianne Perry & Jeanette Laszczynski Deena Pers X Grace Pesikey & Janet Urdahl* Russ Phipps & Stephen Jacobs* Peter Pizzolongo & Carlos Prugue* Roni Posner X Pat Powell Renata Price & Yona Zucker* Joseph Purdy & Anthony Pontorno Pierce Quinlan & Ginny Daly Thomas Ramsey & Chris Murray Susan Reinagel Pat Renninger & Tammy Plumley X Patricia Ridge Judy Rosenstein & Elva Weininger X Katherine Sams* Richard Sargent* Gary Schell & Jim DiRago Rosemarie Schmidt & Carolyn Horn X Laurie Schneider & Margie Ripalda* Teri Seaton & Rena Frampton-Seaton Michael Seifert & Harvey Holthaus* Craig Sencindiver & Gary Alexander* Frank Shockley & Arthur Henry Christine Stanley & Joyce Rocko* Matthew Stensrud & Michael Cohen Greig Stewart & Jake Hudson* Libby Stiff & Bea Wagner X Robert Stoltzfus & Gerald Warhola* Brian Straka* Sandra Sullivan & Lorie Seaman* David Szumski & James Carfagno Trudie Thompson Thrasher’s French Fries Jeffrey Trunzo & Herman Goodyear* James Tucker & In Memory of Dennis Murphy* James Vernicek & Jeff Dailey* Tama Viola Don Wainwright & Tom Jamison* Elizabeth Way & Dorothy Dougherty* Donald Wessel William Wheatley Ralph Wiest & Anthony Peraine* Daryle Williams & Steven Fretwell Terry Wise & Beth Shank* Sherri Wright & Dick Byrne* Niki Zaldivar & Cecil McNeil X Helaine Zinaman & Roselyn Abitbol X

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June Baker* Ruth Ball & Mary Ellen Jankowski* Susie Ball & Susan Delaney X Michael Barnes & Scott O’Neill Johnny Barrett-Bland & Dennis Bland Curtiss Barrows X Brian Bartels Eric Barton & Greg Nagel John Batchelor X Karen Beck Beebe Medical Foundation Mike Behringer & Nelson Correa Lara & Joe Bellistri Sheryl Bender & Doreen DiLorenzo* George Benes & Michael Mallee X Suzanne Bennethum & Deborah Smith Norman Bennett & Marco Morales Joel Berelson & Charles Maples* Lisa Beske Peter Bezrucik* Christine Bielenda & Karen Feuchtenberger* Thomas Biesiadny X Deb Bievenour & Susan Shollenberger Lorraine Biros Cathin Bishop & Laura Simon X Jason Blachek Ann Black & Kaye Wachsmuth X Carol Blair* Eric Blondin - State Farm Insurance Rehoboth Beach* Jacquelyn Blue X Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache & Tom Laughingwolf Simmons X Annabelle Boire Robin Bond & Leanna Johannes* Bob Bonitati X Joy Boone & Marina Simmers X Randall Borgerson X Sheri & Carl Borrin Pete Borsari X Laura Borsdorf X Darice Bowles & Gerry Sue Davis* David & Donna Bowman X Deni Boyer & Loretta Imbrogono Beth Bozman Jim Brady & Mike Hays X Kelly Brennan & Susan McVey William Briganti & Gary Moore Susan Brinsfield John & Bud Broda-Knudsen Debora Brooke * Cathy Brown Gladys Brown Kevin Brown X Lyn Brown & Winsome Boyd Diane Bruce & Annie Sorvillo Daniel Bruner & Tim Beymer Marilyn Bryant Belinda Buras & Linda Simeone Geoffrey Burkhart & Bruce Williams* Lyn Burleson & Sharon Werner* Carol L. Burnett X Mary Jean Burns & Novalyn Winfield Rob Burns & Cris Hamer* Timothy B. Bush X Randy Butt & Emerson Bramble* James Byrnes X Chris Cahill X Debbie Cali & Maddie Cunningham Ingrid Callmann & Karen Askins* Leslie Calman & Jane Gruenebaum* Michele Campisi & Julie A. Slick X Matt Carey X Jim Carlo X Justine Carpenter X

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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OUR TOWN

by Mary Shockley

A Path of Their Own

Couple Starts Businesses and Family in Selbyville

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eaving our town of Rehoboth and driving south on Route 1, about 25 miles inland is the town of Selbyville. Within this small town is a quaint downtown area offering a beloved library, a post office, and a few businesses. Pressing towards the outer town limits, there’s more to do and more buzz. And by welcoming LGBTQ individuals and couples, Selbyville is an example of the widening circle of gay-friendly areas in Sussex County Calling the town of Selbyville home is a couple who over the past five years has been slowly, yet successfully, making a name for themselves in the area’s small business world and a home for themselves as part of the area’s LGBTQ community.

Brandon Tatum-Poole, originally from northern Georgia, opened Vogue on 54 Salon and Spa in 2015 and has since doubled his square footage in an effort, due to demand, to offer nails and massage as well. His passion doesn’t end at cosmetology, as interior design comes in as a close second.

So this past July, 37-year-old Brandon decided to take the plunge into retail and open a home décor shop in downtown Selbyville, featuring a mix of modern and rustic unique finds. None of this would be possible without Brandon’s business partner, Darren Tatum-Poole by his side.

Brandon is grateful that his business partner also happens to be his husband. It was Darren who encouraged Brandon to attend cosmetology school.

While Darren works in banking, he is also certified to help at the salon and is a veteran who served in the US Navy for four years.

The two admit they met in a romantic comedy way, striking up a conversation in a bookshop in Virginia in 2011. It wasn’t long till both wanted more than a long-distance relationship. One month later, they moved in together in Virginia, and have been together ever since. They moved to Delaware seven years ago, getting married in 2016.

The two have many things in common but their coming out stories couldn’t be more different.

Darren, 37, originally from North Carolina, describes it as smooth and doesn’t recall making it a big an-

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nouncement. He just embraced who he was and his family supported him.

Brandon was met with slight resistance coming out in his small town in Georgia but smiles how the once bumpy road is now a smooth red carpet, much like the one they used at the grand opening of Vogue on 54.

“Delaware is home to us now,” said Darren. “We appreciate that Delaware has accepted us.”

After planting roots and buying a home in Selbyville, the couple began dreaming and planning of having a family. After a fun-filled “foster to adopt” shower at their salon, they began their parenting journey by fostering seven children of various ages in seven months. While the experience taught the couple many lessons and was unforgettable, at the end of those whirlwind months, the two knew that fostering was not for them.

After months of hoping to expand their family, cheered on by friends and relatives, an adoptable baby came to them. Their now one-year-old son, Micah, is their constant ray of sunshine.

“We could’ve never planned for any of this,” Brandon said. “We only prayed for it. It made us believe that there is a plan.”

Micah is surrounded by a large family, friends, and many friends who are like family. He will soon call his dads Papa and Dada and they are prepared to support him and answer any questions he may have.

Brandon and Darren feel that their every dream has come true and plan to keep dreaming. Next up for the two fathers is expanding the salon to the Long Neck area. Vogue on 24 is expected to open this winter in a 4,000 square foot space offering hair, massage, and home décor.

“Being a business owner is the quintessential American dream,” Brandon said. “The reality is that with a good work ethic your dreams can come true.”

At the core of completing their American dream is their bright-eyed son Micah.

“Micah will grow up with the support of two loving, dedicated fathers giving him concrete advice, while also allowing him to find his own way in life,” Darren said. “We will tell Micah how he became our son and how hard we prayed for him and continue to pray for him. He deserves the best in life, starting with his two fathers setting the tone of honesty.” ▼

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health+wellness To Your Health!

by Marj Shannon

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kay, it’s not pumpkin spice, but CAMP Rehoboth is still providing some fabulous health and wellness programs for fall.

So bring your own pumpkin spice delectable and enjoy all that’s on offer.

And hey—bring along a cupful or morsel for Sal Seeley, Health & Wellness Program Director, who spent a lot of his summer organizing the fall calendar.

(Thank you, Sal!) And what a line-up! We’ve got offerings for your body, mind, and spirit. Whether you want to make some new connections, travel, explore your creative side, or learn more about some aspect of your physical health— we’re here for you. Unless a listing says otherwise, contact Sal (salvatore@ camprehoboth.com or 302-227-5620) for more information or to register.

YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY Don’t think you’re the creative type or looking to try something new? We are here to help by offering creative classes and workshops including Acting 101/102 and a new book discussion group!

Acting 101/102: This series of six classes meets on consecutive Wednesdays, starting September 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Taught by Kay Cummings, newcomers will have a chance to explore their inner actor; those returning from last year will be able to build on their prior experience.

Classes include warm-ups, exercises, and improvisations; also may include monologues and scene work. All classes will be held at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Cost: $42 for the six-session series.

Reigniting Your Life—Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond: This book club for up to 10 women uses Julia Cameron’s book, It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again, to jump-

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start 12 weeks of reflection and sharing.

Meets on Mondays, beginning October 21, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center; group is closed to new members after the first meeting.

Cost: $10; includes book.

LET’S GET PHYSICAL! Tai Chi: Fall classes in this ancient Chinese system of mind-bodyspirit health start Wednesday, October 16, and meet weekly at 1:00 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. All ages and fitness levels are welcome; classes are FREE, but free-will giving is encouraged.

Chronic Pain Workshop: This FREE six-week program, developed at Stanford University, is offered by Beebe Healthcare in partnership with the Delaware Division of Public Health. Both those living with chronic pain and adults caring for someone living with chronic pain are welcome. Class meets Wednesdays, beginning September 25, from 10:00 a.m. till 12:30 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.

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by CAMP Rehoboth Community Center on Wednesday, October 9, 1:30-6:00 p.m., to get your FREE ‘flu shot. CAMP Rehoboth is again partnering with Beebe Healthcare to make this clinic possible; anyone age 18+ can just stop by—no appointment needed.

Dinner with the Doctor: This one-time event, focusing on LGBTQ health and wellness, will be held Thursday, October 10, from 6:00-9:00 p.m., at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Christine Degnon, MD, MPH will lead a discussion about LGBTQ health trends and issues.

An after-dinner Q&A will follow.

Two pop-up sexual health clinics—one for men; one for women—are being offered on consecutive weekends.

Attendees must be age 18+. Scholarships may be available to cover registration costs ($5.00 per person); to ask about those, contact Sal Seeley (salvatore@camprehoboth.com or 302-227-5620).

Men: Sunday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m. Taught by Rabbi David Dunn Bauer, it’s “the sex ed class never taught in high school.”

Women: November 16, from 1:304:00 p.m. Led by Lena Queen, LCSW, MEd; topics will include reconnecting with your body and exploring sexual energy.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN! On October 9, the bus heads for New York City from CAMP Rehoboth at 7:00 a.m. Drop-off is in the theatre district; the day is yours to plan as you like. Departure from the theatre district is at 7:00 p.m. Cost is $60 per person and includes round-trip transportation, driver tip, and snacks.

WHO’S GONNA DRIVE YOU HOME, TONIGHT? If you’re not on that bus, you might be driving yourself! To help assure you do that safely, CAMP Rehoboth’s partnered with AARP to offer the AARP’s Defensive Driving Course, created especially for drivers age 50+. Extra incentive: Successful completion of the one-day course can qualify you for discounts on your insurance premiums and allow you to “bank” a few extra points with the DMV. The course will be held on Saturday, October 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (includes half-hour lunch break).

Cost is $15 for AARP members; $20 for non-members.

Salvatore Seeley, Health & Wellness Program Director

GHOST RIDERS IN…REHOBOTH?!

At this one-time event (October 23, 7:00-9:00 p.m.), Dr. Carol Pollio will present the findings resulting from her investigations of paranormal activity in many Sussex County historic sites.

Ghosts of Delaware is not just a retelling of ghost stories; Dr. Pollio will share evidence she has collected and detail her experiences as a psychic medium specializing in earthbound spirit communication.

I DON’T WANT TO TALK, ABOUT THINGS (I’VE) GONE THROUGH….

But you know what? Maybe that’s just what you need to do. Or maybe it’d help to hear what’s working for others.

Either way, we’ve got you covered.

Caregivers Group: This group, which meets the second Wednesday of each month, is for those who are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementia.

The group meets at 6:30 p.m.; the

September meeting is at the Metropolitan Community Church, with subsequent meetings at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Questions or to register: contact Ruth Pryor at RFCPryor@gmail.com.

Grief Group: Meeting at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center the third Thursday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m., this group is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. Gain support; learn to cope; find a way forward.

JUST TALK TO ME Maybe you’re looking for a group where you can just hang out, chat, find—and offer—a little support, and perhaps get to know some new folks?

We can help with that, too!

Women’s Coffee Talk: Held the first and third Saturday of each month at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Everyone is welcome—join this positive

topic group, make new friends, and become part of the community.

Gay Men’s Discussion Group: Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at Epworth United Methodist Church, 7:00-8:30 p.m. The group provides a place for gay, bisexual, and transgender men to network, offer support to one another, and share important experiences.

Don’t see what you’re looking for?

Reach out to Health & Wellness Program Director Sal Seeley (salvatore@camprehoboth.com or 302-2275620)—we’re always interested in hearing new ideas.▼ Marj is an epidemiologist and wordsmith who has devoted her life to minutiae. She reports that yes, the devils are in the details. Aren’t they always?

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Out & About

by Eric C. Peterson

A Politics-Free Zone?

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ast month, something unusual happened on Dancing with the Stars. Do you know that show?

The one where celebrities, most of whom are famous for anything but dancing, get on TV and, well, dance?

They’re usually paired with a professional dancer to keep from making complete fools of themselves, but secretly we’re all hoping they miss a step or trip over their partner. Or, at the very least, betray their true feelings about the spectacle they’re making when we see sheer panic across their faces.

Anyway, it was recently announced that in addition to James Van Der Beek (Dawson from Dawson’s Creek), Christie Brinkley (Billy Joel’s ex), Hannah Brown (from The Bachelorette), and Lance Odom (basketball player and former Kardashian spouse), the show would feature…Sean Spicer. Yes, that Sean Spicer, the first of three (so far) press secretaries of President Donald Trump.

He was the one who told America Trump had the largest and mostwatched inauguration in history. He repeated Trump’s claims that millions of votes cast in the 2016 election were fraudulent, and that former President Obama was listening to conversations in Trump Tower via an illegal wiretap.

He told a room full of reporters that Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, played a “limited role” in the campaign, as though “limited role” didn’t mean “running the entire thing.”

Not surprisingly, people had… feelings about this. Not about the lies, necessarily, as we’ve gotten used to those. But more about the idea that someone famous for lying and amplifying the lies of the lyingest liar in presidential history should be doing a kick-ball-change tap dance on our television sets. And doing it precisely when we’re doing our best to forget the surreal post-apocalyptic nightmare we’re living in.

Soledad O’Brien said that Dancing

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with the Stars is “[n]ormalizing a professional liar who supported and lied for a bigot and a racist,” and added, “Why anyone would support a project that stars Sean Spicer is beyond me.”

Emmy nominee Billy Eichner tweeted, “The cynicism and carelessness it took to hire Sean Spicer...god it’s all just so depressing honestly.”

Lawrence O’Donnell, who hosts a show on MSNBC, said “Just think about the (liberal) TV executives who did this.

The problem is that “politics-free zones” are increasingly harder to come by. Sometimes, it’s easy to spot good people on both sides of a political debate.

Think about what they said to each other in making this choice. Think about why they did it. The dark, empty soul of commercial TV will be revealed to you and you’ll understand how we got Trump.”

But the criticism wasn’t just coming from liberal pundits and gay comics.

Tom Bergeron, the longtime host of Dancing with the Stars, also thought it was a bad idea. He noted that he had hoped “…that DWTS, in its return following an unprecedented year-long hiatus, would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free from inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”

In response to all this backlash, Spicer simply said, “I hope it will be a politics-free zone.”

Apparently, Spicer thought that watching a guy who literally defended

Hitler from the White House press room doing the cha-cha on our TV screens would bring the country together— because hey, after all, it’s only politics.

The problem is that “politics-free zones” are increasingly harder to come by. Sometimes, it’s easy to spot good people on both sides of a political debate. Should our neighbors be allowed to paint their house hot pink if they wish, or will doing so bring down the value of everyone else’s home?

Should we increase our tax rates to pay for better roads, or will doing so put some small business owners at risk?

I can have definite opinions on these issues and still recognize the humanity of those who disagree. And usually, these things are worth talking about, and not worth ruining friendships or familial bonds.

But it’s not as easy to see the good in people who defend firing someone because they are LGBTQ, ripping children away from their parents, allowing these same children to die needlessly by denying simple flu vaccines, or telling literally thousands of lies to the American citizenry from the White House press room, the halls of Congress, or the Oval Office.

Sometimes politics is just politics.

And sometimes politics reflects our morality (or lack thereof), our integrity (or lack thereof), and our character.

Sometimes we can let political bygones be bygones, and sometimes we have to take a side.

This column will return to being a “politics-free zone” in October. In the meantime, I’ve just been writing about a silly dance show on TV. ▼ Eric Peterson is a diversity & inclusion educator and pop culture enthusiast living in Washington DC. He is the co-host of a weekly podcast about old movies; visit his website at www.rewindpod.com.

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THE REAL DIRT

by Eric W. Wahl

I See You, Rehoboth, in All Your Greenery “The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go.”

THORNTON WILDER, OUR TOWN

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he early sunrise shimmers off the Atlantic Ocean like a sea of diamonds waiting to be mined.

A tiny sand crab pokes its head above the retreating surf wondering who is disturbing his secret home.

The boardwalk is alive with joggers, bicyclists, dogwalkers, and strollers beginning their morning rituals. The pointed leaves of the yucca plant and glimmering goldenrod are scatted along the sides of the walkway. The dunes are waking up, and beach grass waves hello to a new day. I see you, Rehoboth.

The sun climbs higher in the cloudless, ever so blue sky. Honey locust, Japanese zelkova, and willow oak line Rehoboth Avenue and offer respite during the heat of the day, while kids enjoy ice cream cones under their branches. The perfectly placed bandstand at the avenue’s end highlights its importance. An ocean breeze carries its music down the avenue.

The smell of pizza, fries, and caramel corn wafts in the heavy, humid air.

Friends scurry back and forth along gracious sidewalks, dotted with colorful banners, benches, and other beachgoers. If you’re not careful, seagulls steal your fries and then squawk for more. I see you, Rehoboth.

On Baltimore Avenue, the shops are abuzz with activity. CAMP Rehoboth’s doors are open, embracing visitors and welcoming members to our town. The street is full of splendor with colorful container plantings, blooming hydrangeas, and creeping St. John’s wort filling up shallow yet beautiful landscaped beds. Coastal leucothoe, inkberry, and even a few shrubby palms can be seen along the street adding year-round interest to the storefronts.

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Restaurant and bar patrons spill out onto open-air patios, as laughter and conversation cascade down the street.

As evening approaches, the sun slips behind the Rehoboth Beach water tower and streetlights shine on the still bustling downtown, reminding us we are in the nation’s summer (and fall, winter, spring) capital. I see you, Rehoboth.

Approaching the canal, majestic oaks and noble pine trees begin to fill the open spaces between homes. Hollies, dogwoods, and magnolias are strewn among them. Cherry trees on Bayard Avenue burst into hues of pink in spring.

Sycamores stand like soldiers on Scarborough Avenue casting dappled shade

Oakleaf hydrangeas, Russian sage, feather reed grass, and hornbeams mesmerize passersby at Cranberry Park… onto bicyclists and joggers below.

Our town is filled with wonder and beauty. Grove Park with its magnificent oaks and maples, and on Tuesdays, the farmers market below their canopy offers a taste of local produce and other delicious treats. Oakleaf hydrangeas, Russian sage, feather reed grass, and hornbeams mesmerize passersby at Cranberry Park, paying tribute to our sister city in Italy. Reflections of charming gazeboes as well as the beautifully lit bridge play on the still waters of Silver Lake. The stars and moon above cast an iridescent glow across its mirrored surface. I see you, Rehoboth.

One of the take-aways from the play, Our Town, is that some of the most important aspects of life are found in the mundane. The everyday occurrences, things that pass us by unobserved or

taken for granted, will be dwelled upon later in life. This happens with every generation, evident by the resounding, “back in my day” chant repeated and repeated.

I often hear complaints and criticisms of certain aspects of our town without people offering solutions. Rarely do I see people articulate what makes Rehoboth a special place; they just know that they enjoy themselves here.

This article took a slightly different turn than when I first started writing it, but I feel it’s important for me to comment. In order for future generations to be able to say “back in my day,” we must examine our present surroundings, recognize what makes them special, and enhance them and our experience while progressing forward.

The inclusion of nature, or what has come to be called “green infrastructure,” is critical. We need healthy street trees, pocket parks, planted medians, multiuse trails which connect open spaces, protective dunes, stormwater management devices disguised as bioswales, raingardens, and the like. Nature plays a more important role than anyone can imagine, in both sustaining and nurturing us.

Rehoboth Beach is one of the few coastal towns which can attract visitors with its seaside attractions, award-winning restaurants, and retail splendor while maintaining its laid-back beach attitude and hometown charm. Nature is paramount in that experience. Next time you walk from the beach to the canal on Rehoboth Avenue, or bike from Silver Lake to North Shores, I encourage you to slow down, smell the roses, and appreciate the mundane in our greenery and natural resources. ▼ Eric W. Wahl, RLA is a landscape architect at Element Design Group and president of the Delaware Native Plant Society.

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Eating Out

by Fay Jacobs

1776, Historic and Contemporary All at Once

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hen the majority of a restauWe had been presented with a large tray rant’s employees have all showing off the cuts of meat available been there between one from the chef. It was a difficult choice to and two decades, and the make—did we want bone-in Porterhouse, newcomers are five years in, it says a lot combining a NY strip and a filet, or a solo of good things about the Filet Mignon or NY Strip? restaurant.

A well-marbled DelmoniIn addition, when co or rib eye? There was 1776 is not only a loyal patrons and visiting a selection of a Rehoboth landmark even Trip Advisor readers trio of three-ounce filets keep filling the place, individually topped with but a contemporary even on a Monday night cream reduction with go-to for great steaks alump in September, despite crab, bleu cheese shiny new steak housand demi-glaze, and carand fine dining. es opening all over the amel brandy mushroom area, the message is sauce. clear: 1776 is not only a Rehoboth landMaking a selection was difficult, but mark but a contemporary go-to for great our patient and knowledgeable server, steaks and fine dining.

Tamara, guided us. We selected to split Nestled in the Midway shopping the NY strip (medium rare), which was center near the movies, the exterior served with mashed potatoes and asparatmosphere belies the upscale déagus—a quintessential steakhouse meal. cor experience inside. The place has The steak was deliciously charred on been operating at that site for over 20 the outside, tender and succulent inside, years, with a change of ownership and served perfectly pink for medium rare. management in 2007. But it’s still the reBonnie and I don’t dine at steak houses markable dining experience I remember too often, but when we do, we expect from before the turn of the millennium. exactly the experience we had dining at The décor has been refreshed more 1776—and we were pleasantly surprised than once, but it still reflects the colonial with the menu prices—lower than we theme, uncrowded table space, and pro- expected, and less than some other fessional wait-staff that make for a quiet, highly-rated local steakhouses. Yes, it sophisticated dining experience. can be a special occasion kind of place, Following cocktails (they make a but also perfect for quiet fine dining. killer Cosmo), Bonnie and I enjoyed the Naturally we had to try the signature warm, crusty French rolls with hondessert, the Crème Brule cheesecake. It ey butter, while sharing a beautifully was a very sweet treat, and even though presented, fresh wedge salad, with we could only manage a bite or two, a iceberg lettuce topped with Gorgonzola great way to end the meal. dressing, bacon, tomatoes, and cucumBut what if you don’t want a steak? ber. I followed up with the French Onion 1776 has you covered, with prime rib soup, a delicious meat stock and onions, (king and queen cuts), rack of lamb, topped with a thick cheese-crusted cedar plank salmon, lobster-filled ravioli, slice of bread. It’s the traditional French and lobster and crab au gratin, just to recipe, and following the restaurant’s name a few of the selections. theme, something Lafayette might have 1776 is open for lunch Mondays brought here during the American revthrough Saturdays and open for dinner olution. Okay, its popularity was really every night. It’s a fabulous steak house established by mid-twentieth century experience that won’t break the bank. chef Julia Child, but however it arrived in And that’s revolutionary. ▼ the US, it was delicious at 1776.

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by Doug Yetter

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e’ve all had our fair share of annoying neighbors. I grew up living between a drunk who threw out her empty bottles at 3 a.m. while wearing only her bra and panties, and a guy who enjoyed flashing women while they were washing the dinner dishes. They were nothing like a good neighbor.

I’ve lived in apartments with polka-dancing giants above me, and college students roasting a goat in their living room. I’ve had malicious neighbors who smiled and waved as their St. Bernard deposited two pounds of poo on my sidewalk, and invited two dozen rowdy friends over to drink and listen to Heavy Metal every Friday and made sure they blocked my driveway with their gigantic pickups.

But all that happened when I lived in cities of strangers—Denver, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Baltimore, Manhattan—places where you can go years without ever running into another person you actually know.

Then I moved here.

I wasn’t even a full-time resident when I went to the post office to buy stamps and the guy behind the counter said, “You want a roll or a sheet, Doug?” He knew my name! Within a few weeks, I discovered that Rehoboth Beach is that place where everybody knows your name.

Here in Gayberry even a trip to the supermarket becomes a social occasion. I’ve stood in aisle six for 30 minutes just talking to friends. And if I don’t know someone, you can bet that my husband—“Landscaper to the Stars”—does.

Our town feels like a gigantic family with relatives we actually like. And my neighborhood is a microcosm of the town. Folks truly care about each other and when they ask how you’re doing, they really expect an answer.

We all know when someone is in need, and we help. Heck, a neighbor noticed the siding was loose by our back deck and took it upon herself to fix it. And if it snows this winter you can bet she’ll be out with her snow blower making sure everybody can get out.

Good towns don’t just happen. They are created by good people who know how to be good neighbors—which is in itself an art. And friends, our town is blessed with thousands of really good folks.

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CAMP Rehoboth Puts Art at The Heart of Our Community Honeypot! The Sweet and Sticky Lives of Bears Held in conjunction with Rehoboth Beach Bears Weekend, this art show features the work of artists depicting the bear/cub community and is on display through September 30.

Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 21 (4-7 p.m.).

And following the Bears…

The gallery will feature works by local artist Dan Bartasavich for the month of October. When Dan’s not piloting the Cape Water Taxi tours, he’s busy creating everything from abstract to political works. Artist’s reception October 12, from 5-7 p.m.

CAMP REHOBOTH GALLERY HOURS: 9 A.M.-5 P.M. MON.-FRI. 9 A.M.-4 P.M. SAT. 10 A.M.-4 P.M. SUN.

Top to bottom: Models for the Millennium and Supplication to the Bandwidth Muses, by Michael Muller at the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery

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t used to be that during the “shoulder season” (the months just before and after summer) we had to look for things to do here at the beach, or take a trip to those cities of strangers.

Then a bunch of smart, ambitious folks created events to keep us entertained and keep the visitors coming back.

Not all of them are in my “lane”— like the greyhound gathering, or Bear Weekend—and some that do fall into the arts are just too darned big to give adequate space. So…if you’re a jazz devotee, I’ll leave it to you to do the searching—Rehoboth Jazz Fest 2019, and 2019 True Blue Jazz Festival.

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events: 20: Kathie Martin & The Hot Rods; 21: Separate Ways—A Journey Tribute; 22: Delmarva Big Band; 26: Completely Unchained Van Halen Tribute; 27: David Hayes is Sammy Davis, Jr.; 28: Queens of Pure Country; 29: Christine Havrilla and Gypsy Fuzz.

October events: 3: Three Tall Women; 5: Peek-a-Boo Revue; 10: Celebrating the Life of Ken Cicerale; 11: Delaware Comedy Theatre; 12: Think Pink Floyd; 13: One Dame Hysterical Halloween; 17: Cello Fury. Check their website for details.

CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Ensemble (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth.com) features their 24-voice ensemble in “Bad Boys/ Bad Girls”—an evening of greed, lust, murder, treachery, corruption, and adultery—all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts. September 27 and 28 (7p.m.) at the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware (30486 Lewes-Georgetown Highway). Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at camprehoboth.com.

Cinema Art Theater (17701 Dartmouth Drive, Lewes; 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm.com) screens new independent films through the Rehoboth Beach Film Society. Upcoming films include Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Aquarela, and Official Secrets. The Met Live in HD: Puccini’s Turandot— October 19, 21, and 22. Check their website for films and show times.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) presents Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women— September 20-October 6. Next up is Ghost: The Musical—October 18-27.

Coastal Concerts (in residence at Bethel UMC Hall; Fourth and Market Streets, Lewes; 888-212-6458; coastalconcerts.org) opens their season by welcoming back the award-winning Brasil Guitar Duo. Check out the rest of their fantastic season online.

Dickens Parlour Theatre (35715 Atlantic Avenue, Millville; 302-829-

If the truth be known, I probably could just list the four or five places which aren’t involved….

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Grizzly Gold by Grant Anderson at the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

1071; dptmagic.com) offers magic and comedy in an intimate setting.

The Comedy Tonight Show—through September 28. Magicians: Anthony Salazar—September 26-28; Randy Forster—October 4-5; Peter Samuelson—October 10-12; and mentalist Brian Curry—October 17-19.

Mid-Atlantic Symphony (PO Box 3381; Easton, MD. 21601; 888-846-8600; midatlanticsymphony.org) plays “From Movie Themes to Classics” at the Powell Convention Center in Ocean City—September 29 (3p.m.).

The Milton Theatre (110 Union Street, Milton; 302-684-3038; miltontheatre. com) “keeps Milton weird”! September

Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road, Georgetown; 302-856-4560; possumpointplayers.org) finishes their run of Arsenic and Old Lace—through September 22. Lanford Wilson’s The Rimers of Eldritch plays October 12-13. Their 2020 season looks ambitious: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Godspell, The Producers, Hay Fever, and Elf. Rehoboth Concert Band (rehobothconcertband.org) is in rehearsal for “Music that Goes “Boo!””—October 27 (3 p.m.) at Love Creek Elementary.

Second Street Players (2 South Walnut Street, Milford; 302-422-0220 / 800-838-3006; secondstreetplayers. com) has one more weekend of Run For Your Wife—through September 22.

Their Children’s Theater will present The Hobbit—October 11-13. They’ve announced their 2020 season as well: Moon Over Buffalo, Oliver, Caught in the Net, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, and It’s a Wonderful Life.

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arts+entertainment around the country with fine art, wood-turned vessels, fibers, glass art, and more.

Water Warrior by Karash Payne at Peninsula Gallery.

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS Abraxas Studio of Art (515 Federal Street, Lewes; 302-645-9119; abraxasart. com) features the oil portraits and landscape paintings of Abraxas.

The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Highway, Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@ brushlewes) houses a co-op of 50 local artisans and merchants.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth.com) features Honeypot!

The Sweet and Sticky Lives of Bears through September 30. (See listing elsewhere in this column).

Cape Artists Gallery (110 W. 3rd Street, Lewes; 302-6447733; capeartists.org) is a half-block from the Zwaanendael Museum and features the work of two dozen artists, with much of their art focused on beach scenes.

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

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

by Michael Fitts—photo realistic trompe d’oeil works on found metals—through October 10. Opening reception: September 20 (5:308p.m.). New Works by Susan Webster featuring her latest 3-D paintings: Opening reception October 11 (5:308p.m.).

Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-2279203; heidilowejewelry. com) has unique hand-made pieces and classes in jewelry making. Currently showing: Earrings Galore—through December 31, with pop-up shows in Chicago and NYC. Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Road, Lewes; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com) offers over 3,000 square feet of display and custom framing. Water Water—a multiple artist exhibition with water as a theme—through September Spring Fed Pond II by Stephen Brehm at Peninsula Gallery.

A Sense of Clarity by Christa Funk at Peninsula Gallery.

28. Figuratively Speaking— Opening reception: October 5 (5-7p.m.)—works depicting the human figure by Haley Manchon, Syd McGinley, and Beth Trepper.

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; rehobothartleague.org) continues Paintings and Drawings from Nature by Mary Page Evans, Journey Clay Collective, Going Deeper: Finding the Inspiration from Within— works by Karen Burns, A Slice of Space/A Stroke in Time—works by Dr. Martie Geiger-Ho and Kong Ho, Mindful Focus—works by Andy Gordon—all shows on exhibit through October 13. Rehoboth Dreaming— juried members’ showcase (through October 20). Check their website for their class offerings.

Rehoboth Beach Museum (511 Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal, 302-227-7310; rehobothbeachmuseum.org) has fresh exhibits on their renovated second floor for you to enjoy, and lots of Rehoboth Beach history on the first floor. Check the calendar on their website for walking tours and special events.

Tideline Gallery (111 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-4444; tidelinegallery.com) offers unique gifts, Judaica, jewelry, pottery, lamps, and art glass.

Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard, 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2272710) features art in different mediums by abstract expressionis­t Ward Ellinger and Sondra N. Arkin. ▼ Doug is the Artistic and Musical Director for CAMP Rehoboth Chorus, Director of Music Ministries at Epworth UMC, and co-founder and Artistic Director emeritus of the Clear Space Theater Company. Contact Doug at dougyetter@gmail.com if you want to add your events to the calendar. Check out CAMP Arts on our website at camprehoboth. com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries and museums 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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by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID Precious and Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890-1918, Edited by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey; foreword by Lillian Faderman. c. 2019, Minnesota Historical Society Press. $19.95/higher in Canada. 264 pages

“You’ve got mail!�

If you’re waiting for a delivery, those words (or something like them) could absolutely make your week better. Just think, there was once a time when you waited days for messages to travel cross-country, and now it happens in an instant—although you’ll have to admit, after reading Precious and Adored, edited

by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey, foreword by Lillian Faderman, that it’s sometimes just not the same.

Evangeline Simpson was a very wealthy woman.

She was fiercely independent, too: after her husband, Michael, who was 48 years older than she, died and left her with $2.5 million in assets, Evangeline continued to travel, often solo, and tend to the estates she owned.

It was on one of her trips that she met Rose Cleveland.

Growing up, Rose also had access to the finer things in life. She was educated, refined, and self-reliant, and was a natural stand-in for White House hostess when her bachelor brother became the nation’s 22nd president. By the time he married Frances Folsom in 1886, Rose was a much-admired public figure. “It is possible,� say Ehrenhalt and Laskey, that Rose and “Eva� met in Florida in 1890, or they may’ve been slightly acquainted before a Valentine’s Day party they attended in Tampa that year. Whenever it happened, by April of 1890, letters began flying back and forth between them “in an explosion of anticipation, confusion, and passion.�

Their love affair endured for “almost three decades,� except

when Simpson—who the authors believe was “sexually fluid�—was married to Henry Whipple, the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota. She appeared to have genuinely loved the older man and had fallen “in love with God.� Cleveland pleaded through anguished letters for Eva to reconsider but the marriage proceeded, lasting until the Bishop’s death in 1901.

Shortly afterward, Cleveland and Whipple took up where they had left off.

Given today’s more open climate, there are two remarkable things about this story, as editors Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey point out in Precious and Adored: it all happened at a time when same-sex relationships between women were encouraged and somewhat celebrated, although homosexuality itself was condemned and often illegal. Women’s same-sex relationships were called “Boston marriages� with whimsy and a wink. But Cleveland and Whipple, says Faderman in her foreword, “could have found no comfortable terms to describe� themselves.

It’s also quite noteworthy that most of the correspondence quoted in this book was taken from letters Whipple received from Cleveland, and saved. No one knows what happened to the letters Cleveland received from Whipple, and readers are largely left to consider the possibilities.

You’ll have a chance to do that by reading those letters, presented here following a very lengthy introduction. Doing so is an exercise that may be alternately difficult due to their quaint Victorian floridity, and absorbing for their naked emotion. Just know that the true heart of this important entry in the history of lesbian and queer foremothers lies in its first half, making Precious and Adored a book that delivers. ▟ Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was three years old and never goes anywhere without a book. Always Overbooked, she lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 15,000 books.

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Out & Proud

by Stefani Deoul

What Gay Gene?

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he largest study to date on the genetic basis of sexuality has revealed five spots on the human genome that are linked to samesex sexual behavior, but none of the markers are reliable enough to predict someone’s sexuality.

These findings, published on August 29 in Science and based on the genomes of nearly 500,000 people, shore up the results of earlier, smaller studies and confirm the suspicions of many scientists: while sexual preferences have a genetic component, no single gene has a large effect on sexual behaviors.

“There is no ‘gay gene’,” says lead study author Andrea Ganna, a geneticist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

There is no gay gene!

I’m a-twitch with so many reactions, but sadly, the one I most notice is, the big inhale/exhale sigh of relief, thanking all powers that be. Which is followed by a slightly ashamed, slightly rueful, “how sad that is what I’m thinking.”

But rueful or not, it doesn’t make my thinking wrong, or dramatic even.

Because if, I wonder, they had found a single gay gene, how many of us would never exist?

I mean, come on, what’s a little gene edit party between friends?

Now if you’re thinking my sentiment sounds like some kind of dystopian wonder, it shouldn’t. Right now, today, how many people are already using science—not to save a baby from an otherwise incurable disease, but to “fix” the sex of their baby?

And for the record, this is not something I ascribe to conservative vs. liberal.

In fairness, and honesty, while I think so many of us have come so far in accepting what is, that’s not the same thing as altering what could be.

How many parents, if they could prescreen, would edit us away?

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being gay comes in all shapes, sizes, preferences, practices, and yes, even political factions. And yes, baby we are born, natured, and nurtured, this way.

But bitterly, we also know that not everyone thinks being gay is natural, fabulous, and human, which is why there’s an irony to this scientific validity now playing out in our courts.

On Tuesday, October 8, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to cases of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.

Because if, I wonder, they had found a single gay gene, how many of us would never exist?

The court will consider whether anti-LGBTQ discrimination is a form of sex discrimination, and thus prohibited under Title VII, which bars discrimination based on sex in the workforce.

The consolidated case of Zarda v.

Altitude Express and Bostock v. Clayton County will determine whether sexual orientation discrimination is a form of sex discrimination. Another case, Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC will determine whether anti-transgender discrimination is a form of sex discrimination.

Although the litigation is set to determine whether Title VII applies to cases of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, the ruling will affect all federal laws barring discrimination on the basis of sex, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Fair Housing Act. In a brief submitted by 153 congressional Democrats, lawmakers argued if “a man is discriminated against in the workplace because he dates men, but his female co-workers, who also date

men, are not discriminated against for the same conduct, sex is clearly a ‘but for’ cause and a motivating factor in that discrimination.”

Two separate briefs were submitted by 48 Republican members of Congress and 15 DOJ attorneys. The Republicans argue that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which bans employment discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin”—does not protect against workplace discrimination due to a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Republican position posits, “[A]t the time Congress enacted Title VII, ‘sex,’ ‘sexual orientation,’ and ‘gender identity’ had different meanings. As a result, the word ‘sex’ in Title VII cannot be fairly construed to mean or include ‘sexual orientation’ or ‘gender identity.’” They argue that, “The Second Circuit and the Sixth Circuit erroneously conflated these terms to redefine and broaden Title VII beyond its congressionally intended scope.”

Both Republican briefs argue that the power to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people rests solely with Congress.

And there you have it. They intend to:

Argue the courts should not protect discrimination, because it belongs to Congress.

Have Congress not take care of it (Equal Rights Act, anyone?).

And this equals:

State-sponsored discrimination.

So thank whatever power you believe in that there is no one gene for creating LGBTQ folks.

Remember, we are fabulous. We are loud, proud, here, queer.

We will not be edited out. ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery series Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures, with On a LARP and Zero Sum Game.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Justin Nixon, David Clarke, Bill Erlich, Ken Higham, Jeffrey Davis, and Peter Schott at Rigby’s. 2) Tamara Glenn, Kim Ferguson, Kim Witmer, Mary Jenkins, Laura Reitman, Lisa Hutchinson, Lin Pawlyk, Lisa DeStefano, Susan Bavaro, Pete Borsari, PJ Brown, Chynah Fulton, Kelly Boyle, Diane Taylor, Cathy Forthuber, Tina Choquette Brown, Brandi Garbutt, Candy Brown, Lori Lawson, Rachel Todd, Donny Hollowell, and Liz Renshaw at The Pond. 3) Terry Isner and Adam Linder at Gallery 50. 4) Matthew Stensrud, Magnolia Applebottom, Roxy Overbrooke, Richard Cohen, Robert Simpson, Steve Morris, and Brent Quinn at the Pool Party. 5) Sue Schroeder, John Schroeder, Charles Plante, and Mary Paige Evans at Rehoboth Art League. 6) Leon Vignes, Alex Acres, George Southworth, and Jonathan Lockerby at Alex & George’s Party. 7) Ed Gmoch and Carmen Zinni at Blue Moon.

THIS PAGE 8) Magnolia Applebottom, Monica Parr, Kymmer Barker, Emilie Paternoster, Brandon James, James Clark, Tim Colfer, C.J. Augustine, Tom Durso, Roxy Overbrooke, Brandon James, and Telly Leung at Blue Moon. 9) Ricky Rodero, Ally Bailey, Rick Hardy, Craig Schwartz, and Jamie Kotchek at Craig & Jamie’s Housewarming. 10) Richie Pagnotta, Bill Snow, Adam Sasso, Shawn Pierce, Bruce Miller, Dan Miller, Don Corin, and Tim Dillingham at Bill & Richie’s Party. 11) Brent Keeney, Paul Cooper, Caroline Anderson, Matt Rose, Michael Ulrich, Vivien Klepper, Steve Klepper, Meredith Klepper, Tallulah Bromley-Salie, David Salie, Jay Mathias, Justice Bromley-Salie, Mark Bromley, David Lenz, Igor Lima, John Price, Kit Halliday, Matt Radigan, Paul Frene, and Gene Cavazos at The Abba Party.

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CAMPDates SUNDAYS

• Alcoholics Anon. Open Discussion. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 9 am.

• Brunch with Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 10 am. 302-227-6515.

• 2nd Sunday. Conversations with Caffeine hosted by Delaware Pride. Panera Bread, 3650 Kirkwood Hwy., Wilmington. 1-3 pm. delawarepride.org • T-Dance. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3 pm. 302-227-1023 • Last Sunday of each month. Healing Circle.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5 pm. nate@natemetz.com • Ed Mills. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • Last Sunday of each month. TransSocial of Delaware. Metropolitan Community Church, 19369 Plantations Rd., Lewes. 7 pm. meetup. com/Rehoboth-TransLiance • Karaoke. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Climax! w/Magnolia. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515 • The Birdcage Bad Girls Drag Show. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 10 pm. 302-226-1139

MONDAYS

• HIV Testing. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 12:30-4:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Matthew Kenworthy. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • Bandeoke! Karaoke with a live band. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm.

302-212-5355 • Mingo (Music Bingo). Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-1023

TUESDAYS

• Rehoboth Beach Farmers Market. Grove Park.

11 am-2 pm • Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Matt Lafferty. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-1023 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • 2nd Tuesday. PFLAG. Lewes Library, 111 Adams St. 6 pm. pflagrehobothbeach@gmail.com • 3rd Tuesday. Kent County LGBT Dover Support and Social Group. Christ Episcopal Church, 523 South State St., Dover. 7 pm. lgbtdover_ kent@yahoo.com • Young People’s AA. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm.

• International Dance Party. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023 • Bingo w/The Ladies of the Blue Moon. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

WEDNESDAYS

• Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515

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• Reggae Nite. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 6 pm. 302-212-5355 • 1st Wednesday. PTK South (Parents of Transgender Kids). Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus, Milford. 6:30 pm. parentstranskidssouth@gmail.com • 2nd Wednesday. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • 2nd & 4th Wednesdays. Men’s Discussion Group.

Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 7 pm. 302-227-5620 • Open Mic w/John Flynn. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-1023 • Karaoke w/Rick. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Games w/Magnolia. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

THURSDAYS

• Alcoholics Anon. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 12 noon.

302-856-6452 • Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Golf League.

American Classic Golf Course. 5 pm. See Ad • Cathy Gorman. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-1023 • Pamala Stanley. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. 302-227-6515 • Holly Lane w/John Flynn. Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-8100 • SLAA/SAA meeting. All Saints’ Church Hall, Lower Level, 18 Olive Ave. 7:30 pm.

302-745-7929 • Lower Case Blues. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 7:30 pm. 302-212-5355 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Flashback Thursdays w/music from the 80s & 90s. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023 • Karaoke w/The Ladies of the Blue Moon.

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

302-227-6515

FRIDAYS

• Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Ladies Happy Hour w/DJ Sandra and Steph Dalee. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 4-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • FURst Friday Bear Happy Hour. The Pond, 3 S. First St. 302-227-2234 • Rock ‘n’ Roll w/The Girlfriends. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 5 pm.

302-212-5355 • Drag Show. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-1023 • Karaoke w/Mike & Scott. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Fantasy Friday. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-1023 • Spotlight Show. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

SATURDAYS

• Yappy Hour. Diego’s Bar Nightclub, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3-8 pm. 302-227-1023 • Historic Lewes Farmers Market. George H.P. Smith Park. 8 am-noon. (May-September) • Historic Lewes Farmers Market. Shields Elementary School. 9 am-noon (Oct.-Nov.) • 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Coffee Talk. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 10 am.

• 1st Saturday w/John Flynn. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. Ext. 7 pm. 302-212-5355 • Karaoke w/Mike & Scott. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Legends. Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave. 9:30 pm. 302-227-6515

SEPTEMBER 20-OCTOBER 6 • Three Tall Women. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. clearspacetheatre.org

SEPTEMBER 20 • Kathie Martin and The Hot Rods. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

SEPTEMBER 21 • AIDS Walk Delaware. Grove Park, Rehoboth Beach. 9 am. aidswalkdelaware.org • Bear Weekend Team volunteers at AIDS Walk Delaware. Grove Park, Rehoboth Beach 9 am. rehobothbeachbears.com • Honey Pot!, Sweet and Sticky Lives of Bears Artist reception. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. 3-6 pm. 302-227-5620 • Bear Happy Hour. wAqua, 57 Baltimore Ave. 3-6 pm. rehobothbeachbears.com • Comedian Daniel Franzese. Atlantic Sands, Baltimore Ave and The Boardwalk. 7 pm. rehobothbeachbears.com • Separate Ways: The Ultimate Tribute to Journey.

The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com • Comedian Daniel Franzese. Atlantic Sands, Baltimore Ave and The Boardwalk. 9 pm. rehobothbeachbears.com

SEPTEMBER 22 • Bear Brunch w/VIP Mimosa Bar. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 10 am. rehobothbeachbears.com • Bear Closing Party. Biergarten at the Purple Parrot, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 1 pm. rehobothbeachbears.com • Delmarva Big Band. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7:30 pm. miltontheatre.com

SEPTEMBER 23 • 20th Annual Jean and Joan Golf Tournament to benefit Beebe Healthcare. Kings Creek Country Club. beebemedicalfoundation.org

SEPTEMBER 25 • Rigged film screening. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. miltontheatre.com

SEPTEMBER 26 • Designer Bag Bingo a benefit for Delaware Humane Association. Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, 229 Rehoboth Ave. Doors open at 5:30 pm, games begin at 7 pm.

302-571-0111 or delawarehumane.org/bingo

• Completely Unchained Van Halen Tribute.

The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

SEPTEMBER 27-29 • History Book Festival. historybookfestival.org.

SEPTEMBER 27 • CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Ensemble performs “Bad Boys/Bad Girls.” Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, 30486 Lewes Georgetown Hwy. 7 pm. chorusbadboysbadgirls2019. eventbrite.com • David Hayes is Sammy Davis Jr. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

SEPTEMBER 28 • Southern Delaware Wine, Food, Music Festival.

Independence Clubhouse, 23767 Samuel Adams Circle, Millsboro. 12-4 pm. sodelfest.com • Queens of Pure Country featuring Josie Waverly.

The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. Two shows 3 pm and 8 pm. miltontheatre.com • CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Ensemble performs “Bad Boys/Bad Girls.” Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, 30486 Lewes Georgetown Hwy. 7 pm. chorusbadboysbadgirls2019. eventbrite.com

SEPTEMBER 29 • 101 Dalmatians film screening. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 2 pm. miltontheatre.com • Christine Havrilla and Gypsy Fuzz + Andrea Nardello. The Milton Theatre, 11 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 3 • Three Tall Women. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7:30 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 4-6 • Fall Sidewalk Sale Weekend. beach-fun/ sidewalk-sale

OCTOBER 4 • Stand-up Comedy Magic Show. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 5 • American Cancer Society Bark For Life.

3168 Legion Rd., Millsboro, DE. 11 am. sussexbarkforlife.org • Brandywine Baroque presents “Who’ll Buy a Heart.” The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 20276 Bay Vista Road. 2:30 pm. 302-652-4190 or brandywinebaroque.org • Author Sara Cunningham. Browseabout Books, 133 Rehoboth Ave. 6 pm. 302-226-2665 • Peek-a-boo Revue. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 6 • Chef’s Celebrity Brunch to benefit Meals on Wheels. The Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach. 11 am. mealsonwheelsde.org

OCTOBER 7 • Dine and Donate to The Bully Project. Lefty’s Alley & Eats, 36450 Plaza Drive, Lewes. 4-8 pm. iloveleftys.com or 302-864-6000

OCTOBER 9 • New York City in the Fall Bus Trip. CAMP Rehoboth. 302-227-5620. nycfall2019.eventbrite.com

SEPTEMBER 20–OCTOBER 23

• Flu Clinic. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 1:30-6 pm. 302227-5620 • Trainspotting film screening. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 10-13 • Greyhound Weekend

OCTOBER 11 • Sweet Baby J’ai in concert. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 8 pm. camprehoboth.com • Delaware Comedy Theatre. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 12 • Think Pink Floyd. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. Two shows 3 pm & 8 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 13 • Hocus Pocus film screening. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 2 pm. miltontheatre.com • One Dame Howling Halloween with Scott Mason as Dame Edna. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7:30 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 16-20 • Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival. rehobothjazz.com • True Blue Jazz Festival. truebluejazz.org

OCTOBER 16 • True Blue Youth Jazz Appreciation Night.

Bethany Blues, 18385 Coastal Hwy. FREE. 6-9 pm. truebluejazz.org • Oh the Horrors! Film Trailer Challenge.

The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. miltontheatre.com

OCTOBER 17 • Grief Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. kevin@kevinblisscoaching. com or 302-754-1954.

• John Ewart Jazz Duo. Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-3674 • Van Williamson Trio. Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave. 1 pm. 302-227-3353 • The Fred Hughes Trio w/Peter & Will Anderson.

The Boardwalk Plaza Hotel, 2 Olive Ave. $35 pp.

7:30 pm. truebluejazz.org

OCTOBER 18-OCTOBER 27 • Ghost: the Musical. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. clearspacetheatre.org

OCTOBER 18 • Van Williamson Trio. Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave. 1 pm. 302-227-3353 • Tim Laushey Trio. Just In Thyme, Hwy. One and Robinson Dr. 6 pm. 302-227-3100 • John Ewart Trio. Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-3674

ENTERTAINMENT MINUTES FROM THE BEACHES! 110 UNION ST. MILTON, DE

• Kat Edmonson. The Boardwalk Plaza Hotel, 2 Olive Ave. $40 pp. Two shows 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm. truebluejazz.org • Notes on the Beach. Cuvée Ray, 236 Rehoboth Ave. 4-7 pm. 302-567-2942 • Funky Cats, featuring Elwood Bishop.

Cuvée Ray, 236 Rehoboth Ave. 8:30-11 pm.

302-567-2942

OCTOBER 19 • Bark on the Boards presented by Brandywine Valley SPCA. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. 10 am-2 pm. barkontheboards.org • John Ewart Jazz Duo. Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave. 11 am. 302-227-3674 • Tim Laushey Jazz Trio. Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave. 12 pm. 302-227-3353 • Greg Hatza ORGANization & Big Band six-hour marathon. Rehoboth Beach Firehouse, 219 Rehoboth Ave. 12 pm. $30 pp. truebluejazz.org • Milton Zombie Fest 2019 Block Party.

The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 12 pm. miltontheatre.com • Alfie Moss and Dexter Koonce Project. Just In Thyme, Hwy One and Robinson Dr. 6 pm.

302-227-3100.

• John Ewart Trio. Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-3674 • Bill Charlap Trio. The Boardwalk Plaza Hotel, 2 Olive Ave. $50 pp. Two shows 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm. truebluejazz.org

• Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 9 pm. miltontheatre.com • Van Williamson Trio. Cuvée Ray, 236 Rehoboth Ave. 4-7 pm. 302-567-2942 • Hot Sauce Band. Cuvée Ray, 236 Rehoboth Ave. 8:30-11 pm. 302-567-2942

OCTOBER 20 • 5th Annual CAMP Rehoboth Block Party.

Baltimore Ave. 11 am-4 pm. camprehoboth.com • Van Williamson Trio. Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave. 11 am. 302-227-3674 • True Blue Jazz Brunch Bash Closing Party with Eddie Sherman featuring Peggy Raley w/guest artist Cody Leavel. The Pines, 56 Baltimore Ave. Two shows 11 am and 1 pm. $25 for show only. truebluejazz.org . Brunch reservations required. thepinesrb.com or 302-567-2726.

• Tim Laushey Jazz Trio. Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave. 12 pm. 302-227-3353 • Shore Jazz with Roo Brown. Just In Thyme, Hwy One and Robinson Dr. 6 pm. 302-227-3100 • Jazz AFTERGLOW. Cuvée Ray, 236 Rehoboth Ave. 6-8:30 pm. 302-567-2942

OCTOBER 23 • Ghosts of Delaware. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. camprehoboth.com • Horror Noire film screening. The Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. miltontheatre.com

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QUEENS OF PURE COUNTRY

September 21 - SEPARATE WAYS: The Ultimate Tribute To Journey | 8PM September 22 - DELMARVA BIG BAND | 7:30PM September 25 - RIGGED: Film Screening | 7PM September 26 - COMPLETELY UNCHAINED: Van Halen Tribute | 8PM September 27 - DAVID HAYES: The Music Of Sammy Davis Jr. | 8PM September 29 - 101 DALMATIANS: Dog Friendly Film Screening | 2PM September 29 - NEOFUNKADELICFOLKTWANGROCK: With Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz & Andrea Nardello | 8PM October 3 - THREE TALL WOMEN: By Clear Space Theatre | 7:30PM October 4 - STAND UP COMEDY MAGIC SHOW | 8PM October 6 - PRINCESS TEA: Interactive Show | 2PM F o r the co mpl ete events c al enda r, go to M i l tonTheatr e.c om or call 30 2.684 .3038

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Oct0ber 12| SaturdaY 3PM & 8pm | $27-32 SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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Your generous support allows us to continue our mission and helps our community provide assistance for those in need.

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER OR DONATE, PLEASE VISIT www.immanuelshelter.org 17601 Coastal Hwy, Unit 11, #431 Nassau, DE 19969 1-888-634-9992

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All monies raised go directly to Immanuel located in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE.

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Q Puzzle

The Songs of the Gay A League of Their Own ACROSS 1 Line in a Rita Mae Brown novel?

5 No longer jail bait 10 Straddling 14 Tow job 15 St. Teresa’s town 16 Half of Lois and Clark 17 Where to find hot buns 18 Music genre of Roddy Bottum 19 Become frayed 20 “Hazy Shade of Winter” cover band, with “The” (from the gay A League of Their Own) 22 “Like a Virgin” singer (from the gay ALOTO) 24 Big name in China 25 The Music Man setting 26 Star’s rep 27 Porking place?

28 Home state of Maupin 31 Janis Joplin’s Bobby 33 Most straight, at a bar?

36 Big name in oil 37 “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer (from the gay ALOTO) 39 Some G.M. cars 41 W.H. Auden’s wrench 42 Guys who use come-on lines 44 Not even once, to Dickinson

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Physique, informally Colette’s Mrs. Queen, to a dealer “We’ll see” “Livin’ on a Prayer” band (from the gay ALOTO) “Blackbird” band (from the gay ALOTO) “Tell me ___ haven’t heard!”

Landau’s Ed Wood award Put on the staff Kinsey title role portrayer Neeson Michael of Jeffrey ___ about (roughly) Lesbian juggler Felder Hisser shaped like a pisser Put out

DOWN 1 Vehicles for exploring Uranus 2 Pianist Oscar 3 How many gay people live 4 South Pacific kingdom 5 Liberace fabric 6 Eater of forbidden fruit, and others 7 “Scram!” to Gomer 8 You must remember this 9 Bochco TV drama 10 Words used in setting the tempo

11 Justin Suarez of Ugly Betty, for one 12 Juicy fruits 13 Jolly Roger fliers 21 Stuff in a closet 23 Dyke’s latex 25 Wilde country 29 Assholes 30 What you can take from me 32 Mother of Chaz 33 NASDAQ rival 34 Not nutty as a fruitcake 35 Dancer Tommy 37 Have an orgasm in the vicinity of?

38 Frost starter 39 Frolics about the streets of Vegas?

40 Sculptor Lewis 43 USMC barracks boss 45 Name in the Southern Voice 46 The king of fairies 47 ___ Hearts 50 Admits openly 51 Out of bed 53 Threesome member for Dumas 55 Iwo ___ 56 Tan at South Beach 57 Language of 25-Down 60 Org. in many spy movies

If you think that being poz protects you from re-infection, think again. All of the investment that you are doing in maintaining good health might completely tank if you contract a different strain of HIV. No matter what the temptations, make it your strategy to play safe with negs and poz, and keep those highly fluid assets in a condom. Have fun. Play smart.

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You’ve Always Belonged Here . . .

CAMP Cheers!

BARTENDER’S FAVORITE Geno Harris, Dos Locos

Lana Warfield Welcome Home to Breakwater Estates!

Great opportunity, great location! Fixer-upper east of Route 1. Manufactured doublewide being sold as-is. No lot rent. Selling price based on lot value. Features 3BR, 2BA. Half-acre lot with mature landscaping and trees. Halfmile to bike trail. Your beach home for $159,900!

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“Everyone knows Geno!” should be Geno’s tag line. It seems to also accompany his name when said out loud which makes sense since he’s been serving drinks on Rehoboth Avenue for 29 years! The first 11 at the beloved Cloud 9 and the last 18 years at Dos Locos.

House Blueberry Lemonade Margarita 5 oz Dos Locos Tequila (made exclusively for Dos Locos in Mexico) 2 oz orange liquor 2 oz blueberry flavoring Splash of pink lemonade A float of Prosecco after it’s shaken Topped with a sugar rim and fresh blueberries

Mocktail 2 oz pink lemonade 1 oz blueberry flavoring 1 oz club soda Garnish with fresh blueberries

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION (puzzle on page 114)

GOOD QUEER FUN QUIZ SOLUTION

(quiz on page 80)

FILMDOM ANSWERS: ACTOR

MOVIE

1.

Al Pacino

Dog Day Afternoon

2.

Daniel Day-Lewis

My Beautiful Launderette

3.

Léa Seydoux

Blue is the Warmest Color

4.

Javier Bardem

Before Night Falls

5.

Daniela Vega

A Fantastic Woman

6.

Whoopi Goldberg

The Color Purple

7.

Guy Pearce

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

8.

Hilary Swank

Boys Don’t Cry

9.

Nathan Lane

The Birdcage

10. Shirley MacLaine

The Children’s Hour

11.

Holiday Heart

Ving Rhames

12. River Phoenix

My Own Private Idaho

13. Michael Ontkean

Making Love

14. Chloë Grace Moretz

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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CAMP Rehoboth Mental Health......................... 116 CAMP Rehoboth Portugal River Cruise 2020.....81 CAMP Rehoboth Sexual Health Pop Up Classes.46 CAMPSafe.......................................................... 115 Cape May Lewes Ferry........................................31 Cat and Mouse Publishing................................ 115 Celebrity Chefs’ Beach Brunch..........................98 Chesapeake & Maine..........................................17 Clear Space Theatre...........................................32 Community Pride Financial Advisors...................31 Country Life Homes............................................ 79 County Bank....................................................... 97 Cuvée Ray Wine Bar & Restaurant......................15 DE Health & Social Services Healthy Homes.....25 Delaware Hospice..............................................36 Delaware Humane Association..........................46 Delaware Pride.................................................. 113 Diego’s Bar Nightclub........................................54 Donna Whiteside, Realtor...................................19 Dos Locos...........................................................59 Eric Atkins, Realtor.............................................40 Fifth Avenue Jewelers........................................84 Gay Men’s Group............................................... 112 Gay Women of Rehoboth Meet-Up....................80 General Dentistry...............................................49 Go Fish/Go Brit................................................. 105 God’s Greyts Senior Greyhounds.......................36 Goolee’s Grille....................................................83 Gregory Meyers Hair Studio...............................25 History Book Festival..........................................71 HIV Testing.........................................................94 Hugh Fuller, Realtor............................................42 Iguana Grill..........................................................15

Immanuel Shelter.............................................. 112 Jack Lingo, Real Estate.......................................41 Jewish Family Services of Delaware..................49 John Black/Bill Peiffer, Realtors.........................68 Jolly Trolley........................................................58 Just In Thyme Restaurant..................................107 Lana Warfield, Realtor....................................... 116 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Realtors................... 115 Lori’s Café.......................................................... 70 Loves Liquors, LLC.............................................25 Mark Engberg, CFP, Charles Schwab................. 70 MERR Institute....................................................63 Midway Fitness & Racquetball.......................... 119 Milton Theatre....................................................111 Mirabelle............................................................63 New Wave Spas..................................................64 Ocean Boulevard Furniture.................................21 Olivia Travel........................................................33 One Day At A Time Gifts.....................................49 Paint & Patches Handyman Service...................39 Palate..................................................................31 Penny Lane Liquors........................................... 118 Pet Portraits by Monique....................................80 PFLAG.................................................................84 Photo Restoration..............................................94 Purple Parrot...................................................... 47 PWW Law........................................................... 112 Randall-Douglas.................................................88 Randy Mason/Shirley Kalvinsky, Realtors..........99 Rehoboth Art League.........................................64 Rehoboth Beach Bears....................................... 43 Rehoboth Beach Dental..................................... 57 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival......85

Rehoboth Beach Museum..................................63 Rehoboth Guest House......................................54 Rehoboth Massage & Alignment........................88 Rigby’s Bar & Grill...............................................68 Ron’s Repairs .....................................................54 Sara Cunningham............................................... 57 Saved Souls Animal Rescue...............................64 Sea Bova Associates, Realtors......................... 120 Shademakers......................................................17 SoDel Concepts..................................................95 State Farm - Eric Blondin/Jeanine O’Donnell.....88 State Farm - George Bunting............................. 79 Sundance 2019....................................................10 Sussex Family YMCA......................................... 114 Sweet Baby J’ai Concert.................................... 37 The Lawson Firm................................................ 57 The Linen Outlet................................................107 The Pines Restaurant.........................................58 Troy Roberts, Realtor..........................................32 True Blue Jazz Festival.......................................35 Unfinished Business........................................... 97 Village Volunteers.............................................. 44 Volunteer Opportunities.....................................99 Volunteer Thank You..........................................99 Ward Ellinger Gallery..........................................117 Windsor’s Flowers..............................................36 Women’s Coffee Talk..........................................58

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2BR/1.5BA condo w/direct views of the ocean. 2nd-floor w/1 assigned parking space. Dues $427/mt. Community laundry & storage. Excellent rental history. $688,000 (142462)

VILLAGES of OLD LANDING - Rehoboth. 3BR/3BA rancher w/finished basement (approx.

2,700 sq. ft.). Many upgrades including new stainless steel kitchen appliances. 5 miles to beach. $375,000 (1001894604)

LONG NECK VILLAGE Millsboro. 1989 3BR/2BA on condominimized land. Recent updates. Screen porch. Shed.

Bring your boat. Just 13 miles to the Rehoboth boardwalk. $160,000 (145916)

PINEY GLADE - Rehoboth.

1976 3BR/2BA. LV & family room. Screen porch. Outdoor shower. Fenced, corner lot is 0.28 acres. 4 miles to beach & near State Park trail. $259,000 (145412)

KINGS CREEK CC - Rehoboth.

4BR/3.5BA courtyard-style house w/in-ground pool & guest suite.

Outdoor kitchen. EP Henry paver drive & pool deck. Gorgeous interior finishes. Located on 14th green. $999,900 (1001573482)

RIDINGS AT REHOBOTH Lewes. 2011-built 3BR/2BA is 2,100sf w/sunroom & covered porch. Split BR plan. 0.47 acres w/pond views. Community pool & just 7.5 miles to the beach. $395,000 (147618)

BEACH HWY - Ellendale.

1.26 ac. 1989 3BR/2.5BA. 2story w/detached 2-car garage.

Fully fenced backyard. Septic new in 2015. Easy commute to Dover, 20 miles to Lewes beach. $263,000 (141284)

HEARTHSTONE MANOR Milford. All 1st-floor living in this 2004-built 2BR/2BA Villa.

1-car garage. Enclosed porch.

HOA $1,488/yr. Community pool & 20 miles to Lewes beach. $187,400 (131330)

ASPEN MEADOWS Rehoboth. 1986 2BR/2BA w/ sunroom addition. Gorgeous remodel! Laminate & tile floors. Fencing. Pool & 4 miles to bch. $119,000

COLONIAL EAST - Rehoboth.

1980 3BR/2BA home has been nicely remodeled with a chic, cosmopolitan interior. Huge porch. Olympic-size pool. 4 miles to beach. $104,900

(141648) Lot Rent $740/mt

(146820) Lot Rent $540/mt

SILVER VIEW FARM Rehoboth. 1981 2BR/1BA has a nicely updated interior, including kitchen & bath remodel. Shed. Pool & 3 miles to beach. $31,500

CAMELOT MEADOWS Rehoboth. 1979 2BR/2BA is fully furnished. Spacious LV. Split BR layout. Screen porch & shed. 3.5 miles to beach.

Community pool. $39,000

CAMELOT MEADOWS Rehoboth. 1978 2BR/2BA is fully furnished. Spacious LV. Split BR layout. Screen porch & shed. 3.5 miles to beach.

Community pool. $34,900

ANGOLA BEACH - Lewes.

1974 2BR/1BA has a fully remodeled interior. Extra nice!

Slip rentals or community boat ramp. Water & sewer included.

Pool. 10 miles to beach. $54,900

COLONIAL EAST - Rehoboth.

1980 2BR/2BA home has been nicely remodeled. Laminate flooring, new carpet, & fresh paint. Olympic-size pool. 4 miles to beach. $71,000

SILVER VIEW FARM Rehoboth. 1978 3BR/2BA doublewide. Remodeled. LV w/sitting room. Kitchen adjoins dining area. Pool & just 3 miles to the boardwalk. $85,000

(147302) Lot Rent $704/mt

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