Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 30, No. 8

In This Issue

Salvaging Summer Seasons in the Sun Dog Days

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August 14, 2020 Volume 30, Number 8 camprehoboth.com

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THIS ISSUE

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 8 • AUGUST 14, 2020

4 In Brief

50 Missing the Sound of Music

News & Notes

MICHAEL GILLES

6 CAMP Matters

52 CAMPshots

Handshakes, Hugs, and a Kiss on the Cheek

Dog Days, Heat Waves, Hurricanes, Facemasks, and More!

MURRAY ARCHIBALD

8 CAMP Out

56 The Real Dirt

A Wild Part of Our Gay History Is Gone FAY JACOBS

10 Sundance 2020 United In Love

14 The New Normal Salvaging Summer

16 Intentionally Inclusive

Part-time Residents with Full-time Purpose WES COMBS

18 CAMP Rehoboth History Project Beach Houses and Fine Dining: A Beginning

Above, left to right: Dylan Baldwin and Viva D’Anne; Ruby Dillard and Emma Lombardi.

On the cover: Dylan Baldwin, Kerry Hallett, Robb Mapou, Millie Crotty, Lyndon Johnson, Ed Albin, Erycca Curry, Monica Fleischmann, and Bob Dobbs.

20 Community News 22 It’s My Life

Seasons in the Sun

24 Out & Proud

The Dog Days of Summer STEFANI DEOUL

JAMES SEARS

32 Health & Wellness

Hope in the Form of Historic Progress MARJ SHANNON

Nothing Short of Average BETHANY SCHLOTT

Rehoboth’s Own Barberry Lane RICH BARNETT

MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

26 LGBTQ+ YA

28 CAMP Houses

I Never Promised You a Shade Garden ERIC W. WAHL

42 Out & About ¡Mi Hombre, Pedro!

ERIC PETERSON

44 CAMP Arts Doug Yetter

58 CAMP Critters Geoffrey

46 Booked Solid Camp

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

ON THE COVER

38 Q-Puzzle

Beach Party 2020

Love is All Around

Photos: Murray Archibald

40 Dining Out Lovin’ Lupo

JENNIFER RUBENSTEIN

48 Visiting View

Rehoboth Beach, My Summer Boyfriend!

ROBERT DEDOMINIC

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PUBLISHER David Mariner EDITOR Fay Jacobs COPY EDITOR Marj Shannon DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Kerry Hallett, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Corky Fitzpatrick, Mark Wolf CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Rich Barnett, Tony Burns, Wes Combs, Robert DeDominic, Stefani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, Michael Gilles, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Mary Beth Ramsey, Eric Peterson, Jennifer Rubenstein, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Bethany Schlott, James Sears, Marj Shannon, 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. © 2020 by CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. All rights reserved by CAMP Rehoboth. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the editor.

CAMP REHOBOTH

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

We seek to promote community well-being on all levels; to foster the development of community groups; to develop community space; to promote human and civil rights; to work against prejudice and discrimination; to lessen tensions among the community at large; and to help foster the economic growth of the area. We work toward these ends through activities such as the following:

Fundraising for other organizations,

such as AIDS service organizations, gay and lesbian community organizations, recycling programs, environmental projects, literacy training, and other ventures for the general betterment of the community.

Networking resources and information

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

Promoting artistic expressions and creative thinking,

and giving aid to artists and craftspeople with an emphasis on the works of lesbians and gay men.

Education and outreach to the larger community,

including sensitivity training seminars, and printed materials to promote positive images of gay and lesbian people and others.

Promoting political awareness to build safe and inclusive community

through voter information, education, and registration; and analysis of issues and candidates.

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

CAMP REHOBOTH 37 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 tel 302-227-5620 | fax 302-227-5604 email editor@camprehoboth.com | www.camprehoboth.com CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to CAMP Rehoboth are considered charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes and may be deducted to the fullest extent of the law.

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

The Way I See It

by David Mariner

GARDENING IS MY NEW HOBBY. I’M NOT SURE IF I WAS INSPIRED BY HAVING A BACKYARD FOR the first time in years, or the months we’ve all spent at home. Either way, my love for plants has blossomed to the point where my husband, Khusan, is giving me serious side-eye when I want to head for the gardening section at Lowe’s.

For someone who has spent most of his life living in a city, growing plants from a small seed seems a bit like a miracle, and in my case that’s true. As a novice, many seedlings have not made it. Still, the ones that do bring me joy. I love all the plants that I have not managed to kill.

If I play my cards right, the lavender will come back in the spring, and the little apple mint plants I brought home from Windsor’s will grow into a nice patch we can enjoy for years to come. Now, when I’m looking at plants, I ask myself “what will survive the winter here?”

My most ambitious project is an apple tree I’m growing from seed. At the moment, my little apple tree is six inches tall. If I manage to keep it alive, it will take at least another five years before I, literally, see the fruits of my labor. While a beginner such as I should probably not take on a project like this, I find it oddly comforting.

In so many ways, this has been a year of uncertainty, very different from what we had planned. As we look to the coming months, planning ahead seems a bit futile as nobody knows what the coronavirus holds in store for us.

Perhaps that’s why I love my fledgling apple tree so much. It’s my way of planning for the future, a reminder that this uncertainty will not last forever. Doing something concrete for the future feels right, perhaps not in spite of, but rather because of this time we live in.

Here at CAMP Rehoboth we are planning for the future as well, and it feels good. Our Board of Directors has an ambitious strategic plan, and while some things are on hold, we are still charting our path forward.

A crucial part of that plan is the hiring of two new staff members to join our team. Anita Broccolino is our new Director of Development. Anita has quite a breadth of fundraising and marketing experience from which to draw. She’s worked on three capital campaigns over her career, producing many for-profit and non-profit events and galas, including the 3,000-person National Gala for the Human Rights Campaign.

She was most recently Director of Sales at Lefty’s Alley & Eats in Lewes, Delaware. You may even still see her image and voice welcoming you on the screen each night to their new drive-in movies. Hiring a development director has been a long-standing goal for our Board of Directors, and an important part of our long-term planning.

Kerry Hallett is our new Operations Administrator. You may know Kerry as our social media volunteer, or as a Women’s FEST volunteer. Kerry is pursuing a Master’s of Science in Nonprofit Leadership at La Salle University. Kerry was most recently working as an innkeeper at the Dogfish Inn in Lewes, Delaware, and is also a talented singer/songwriter who performs locally.

We’re very lucky to have an amazing staff here and I could not be more excited to welcome Kerry and Anita to the team. We have a firm foundation at CAMP Rehoboth on which to build, made possible by so many of our supporters over the years.

As I write this, some of our supporters are still staying at home. Some, like Jen Rubenstein (see Dining Out column), are venturing out to restaurants for the first time in months.

I don’t know when I will see some of you in person again, but I do know this: we will be ready for you! And whether you are venturing out, or staying close to home, there are many wonderful ways to be part of the virtual Sundance this year.

Because of your support, we are able to plant the seeds today that will keep CAMP Rehoboth vibrant and growing for many years to come. ▼

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Donor Loyalty Is Grand for United in Love

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n enormous thank you to all the Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors whose pledges to Sundance XXXIII: United in Love add directly to the bottom line of supporting CAMP Rehoboth.

With this generous foundation, a week-long auction and activities, an eagle-eye to expenses, plus some ingenuity during this crisis, this Sundance is already a success (except for the hugging each other part!)

And the dancing together—sigh.

CAMP Rehoboth will be peeling off a small amount from the auction to support three local nonprofits (Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, PFLAGRehoboth Beach, and Immanuel Shelter) whose work closely aligns with CAMP Rehoboth’s mission and values. Read more about the full week of activities on page 10. ▼

CAMP Rehoboth is a Winner!

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AMP Rehoboth was recently recognized by the Sussex County Health Coalition with the 2020 Champion of Children and Youth Community Partner Award. The award was accepted by CAMP Rehoboth Health Director Salvatore Seeley and Thrive Youth Coordinator Barbara Antlitz, who run the youth programs.

The award was in recognition of how quickly and well CAMP Rehoboth did, converting programs to virtual classes and support groups during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Seeley, for the past year CAMP Rehoboth Youth Coordinator Barbara Antlitz has done an amazing job connecting with Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) on the Eastern and Western sides of Sussex County. Starting with just two GSAs, Barbara has grown connections to over 10 GSAs. COVID presented the youth program with a challenge on how to maintain these connections and most importantly, keep the youth connected. The program has grown to include youth from all over the state, tackling a wide range of issues.

According to the Sussex County Health Coalition, “Barbara, and CAMP Rehoboth Health Director Salvatore Seeley, acted quickly and started virtual programming the day after school systems shut down.

As a result of this amazing work accomplished in such little time, Barbara and Sal were recognized by receiving the 2020 Champion of Children and Youth Community Partner Award,” “It is truly an honor to receive this award and have the support we do from the Sussex County Health Coalition,” says Antlitz. ▼

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APRIL 2003

Founder’s Circle Update

by Andrea Andrus

To date, we have received pledges in excess of $350,000 from our Founders’ Circle members.

Given everything that is happening in our world today, we have a unique challenge to not only raise the funds to build our community center but to also continue building a sense of support and inclusiveness in our community. We are hoping to accomplish this by communicating with you on our progress through this ongoing column and through mailings; being aware of the needs voiced by our community so that we are better able to determine the services that should be provided by the Community Center; and finding more ways to reach out to each and every one of you in our community.

Helping us reach our $1,000,000 capital campaign goal requires teamwork and creativity. … If the power of our passion is strong enough, we will figure out a way to make our dreams reality. ▼

Editor’s note: And we did. The CAMP Rehoboth Community Center held its official ground-breaking in the CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard on August 18, 2007.

And the rest is the history of the new community center becoming the heart of the community.

SPEAKOut AIDS Walk Will Be Different This Year

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ollowing guidelines from government and health officials for social distancing, the 2020 AIDS Walk, from AIDS Delaware and the Delaware HIV Consortium, is expanding into AIDS Walk Delaware: Weeklong Challenge– September 12-19. People may participate when they want, how they want, and with whom they want. There will be no formal in-person gathering.

Walkers can follow the official route in Rehoboth Beach or walk where they feel most comfortable—in another park, in their neighborhood, or on their treadmill at home. There’s an added Scavenger Hunt Challenge. Participants who register to walk and post a picture to the AIDS Walk Week Challenge website depicting any one of the completed tasks will be entered into a drawing for a prize.

AIDS Walk Delaware is the state’s largest HIV/AIDS fundraising event and attracts approximately 800 participants and volunteers. The money raised goes to case management services, free HIV testing, HIV-specific mental health counseling, education and prevention programs, and funding for organizations including CAMP Rehoboth. ▼

Dear Editor, Delaware Stonewall PAC, a non-partisan political committee dedicated to advancing the interests of Delaware’s LGBTQ community, has made the following endorsements for the September 15 Primary Election. Since the Primary contains only offices for which two or more members of a party seek the same office, endorsements for the November General Election will be released at a later date.

Candidates for statewide and legislative office were sent questionnaires requesting their views on legislative initiatives enacted and proposed. Also requested were positions on issues affecting more than just the LGBTQ community, including minimum/livable wage, and Donald Trump’s antiLGBTQ agenda. Endorsements were made based on those responses and the voting records of incumbents. Several of the incumbents we found unsuitable for endorsement.

Of the candidates we endorsed, two, of note, would provide an historic breakthrough for the LGBTQ community. Sarah McBride would be the nation’s first elected transgender State Senator and Eric Morrison would give Delaware its first elected gay State Representative. Because of COVID-19 you may request a mail-in ballot at ivote.de.gov.

The offices and candidates Stonewall considered/endorsed are: US Senator, Chris Coons Insurance Commissioner, Trinidad Navarro State Senate District 1, Sarah Mcbride (Wilmington) State Senate District 5, Kyle Evans Gay (Wilmington) State Senate District 13, David Mcbride (New Castle) State Senate District 14, Kyra Hoffner (Dover) State House District 4, Gerald Brady (Wilmington) State House District 7, Ray Seigfried (Wilmington) State House District 8, Matthew Wallace Powell (Middletown) State House District 27, Eric Morrison (Newark) State House District 34, Robert Haynes (Camden-Wyoming) Please vote.

– Peter Schott President, Delaware Stonewall PAC

Bear It All for Art

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alling all artistic bears: enter your works of art in CAMP Rehoboth’s group show exhibit by members of the bear community. The show will run September 5-30 and the deadline for submissions is August 24. Submit your paintings, photographs, or multi-media works. See details on page 44. ▼

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CAMP Matters

by Murray Archibald

Handshakes, Hugs, and a Kiss on the Cheek

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he approached the front door of Fresh Market slightly ahead of me and from a different angle.

Her head was up. Mouth set in a defiant line. Eyes straight ahead, she marched past the “mask required” sign and entered the building.

She did not wear a mask.

In keeping with my “six feet apart is better than six feet under” philosophy, I considered the risk, doubled the required distance and followed her into the store. I was curious to see what would happen.

She moved into the produce section with a determined yet expectant look on her face. Ready to be challenged? I looked around the store, curious to see if anyone would speak up. The place was busy but in the quiet, distanced way we seem to have adopted for our shopping in the time of COVID. At first, I thought nothing was happening. The open layout of Fresh Market makes it easier to see around the room than other stores, and I had a good vantage point. Everywhere I looked, patrons in masks, apparently deeply absorbed in the shopping experience, studiously avoided staring at the woman.

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Then slowly, nonchalantly, shoppers widened the distance around her. From the corners of their eyes they cast discrete glances in her direction, expressionless behind the fabric covering their faces.

She moved off into the store, repelling people in the same way alike pole magnets repel one another.

The mask-less woman’s expression stayed with me long after I left the market. Other than opening up the space around the woman, I had no idea what anyone else in the store was thinking.

I couldn’t see their faces.

Our subconscious mind reads micro-expressions like a book. Eyes alone reveal much, but we forget how much meaning resides in every tiny twitch and shape change of the mouth—or depends upon a combination of both.

Fear, surprise, anger, sadness, disgust, happiness, and contempt can still be recognized from the eyes alone. But it’s not easy. I suspect it takes more practice than I hope we will have need for in our present state of affairs.

I have lived for more than 30 years in downtown Rehoboth Beach. For most

of that time, Steve and I had dogs—first Sam and later Pete. After 16 years Pete passed away this past March. I bring up the dogs now, because walking them was as much a part of our Rehoboth experience as CAMP Rehoboth. Walking a dog is an excellent way to people watch.

Pete, with his well-groomed mound of fluffy white hair was a favorite of kids— young and old.

Without a dog I’m not out on the streets as much as I once was. When I do venture forth, I understand the world is changed in more subtle ways than I first observed when social distancing and mask wearing became an inevitable part of life in the time of pandemic.

Not being able to see beaming smiles or even angry frowns is disconcerting.

It creates another kind of separation. It creates confusion, and even suspicion.

The last time my father visited Rehoboth Beach, we strolled through downtown on a beautiful summer morning. Everywhere we visited, we found hugs, and handshakes, and kisses on the cheek.

Smiles could be seen up and down the street. People waved.

“This is the friendliest place I’ve ever been,” he said, with amazement in his voice. “The people are so open.”

That’s what I miss the most. The comfortable, easy way people in our town greeted each other, welcomed strangers, or dropped by to see us for no other reason than to say hello.

The necessary pandemic mode we now inhabit reduces our ability to properly communicate with one another. It cuts off our ability to touch one another.

My father, the Methodist minister, speaking from the pulpit, once recounted the story of a woman who told him she came to church for the moment in the service titled, “the passing of the peace.”

Traditionally, the time church members greet their neighbors with handshakes and hugs.

“It’s the only time in my week,” she explained, “when another human being touches me.”

I was startled as I typed those last

“Our subconscious mind reads microexpressions like a book. Eyes alone reveal much, but we forget how much meaning resides in every tiny twitch and shape change of the mouth—or depends upon a combination of both.” words, by the sudden realization that because I now live alone, I had not touched or been touched by anyone since mid-March.

Air hugs, air kisses, a wave goodbye on a Zoom call. Such is life in the year 2020.

Except that’s not always the case.

For me, for the people in my life, social distancing and mask wearing is, at least for now, the norm. For a multitude of reasons—politics, no cohesive national pandemic response, or simply mask fatigue—that is not true for everyone.

Personal mask-wearing habits aside, dealing with the added daily stress of an out-of-control COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardship, vast political divides, racial injustice, and all in a critical election year, leaves us exhausted and very much in need of human contact.

Bars, churches, parties, dances, concerts, sports, theatre, community centers—all the places we go to relax and connect to people—are the most unsafe places to be.

Our brains know what we have to do to stop this pandemic. Our hearts cry out for human contact—for a smile, a hug, a hand to steady us when we fall.

What saves us in these difficult days is the same thing that always gets us through rough times. Hope, love, family, friends—doing what we can to help our neighbors and community.

That is why Sundance 2020 will make small donations this year to PFLAG, Immanuel Shelter, and the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice. That is why the theme of Sundance this year is United in Love. Strength in community has always been a part of the mission and vision of CAMP Rehoboth.

Much has happened this year to expose the worst part of humanity. Also, our best. And at our best, we humans shine as bright as the sun.

There is goodness still, and joy, and kindness. And always love. And the best way to find them comes when we give them away.

Even if we can’t see the smile through a mask, that doesn’t mean it’s not there. Hugging is nice, but it is not a measurement of how much we love. A kind word has consequences beyond knowing.

And a kiss on the cheek? Well, for now, that air kiss will just have to do. ▼ Murray Archibald is an artist and CAMP Rehoboth co-founder. Email Murray at murray@camprehoboth.com

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! CAMP REHOBOTH PREMIER SPONSORS

CAMP REHOBOTH SPONSOR

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

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CAMP Out Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

A Wild Part of Our Gay History Is Gone

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little piece of Rehoboth’s gay history disappeared in these last few weeks. The famed Carpenter mansion, on the beach behind Silver Lake and adjacent to Poodle Beach at the south end of the boardwalk, has been demolished. I’m heartbroken.

Officially called The Shell House, lore has it that the mansion, formerly a DuPont property, was where Rehoboth’s LGBTQ life really began.

Outrageous actress Tallulah Bankhead, who rented a Rehoboth summer house, once frolicked at the mansion with her dear friend, DuPont heiress Louisa D’ Andelot Carpenter. Louisa spent a lot of time at the beach house, originally built by her parents in the early twentieth century. The house itself was an enormous, shingled “beach cottage,” situated behind protective dunes, facing the ocean.

Rich Barnett, our Letters local amateur historian, wrote years ago that “Louisa hunted fox and pheasant, and was the first woman master-of-hounds in America. She would become one of the first licensed women pilots.”

While Louisa was married to DuPont executive John Lord King in 1929, it was open knowledge that the socialite and aviatrix was interested in Sapphic romance.

The marriage ended quickly.

As early as the 1920s and well into the 1950s, Tallulah brought her Broadway and Hollywood pals like singer Libby Holman, playwright Noel Coward, and movie star Greta Garbo to party with Louisa at the beautiful home on the ocean. And Louisa kept company with several well-known lesbians, including Marion “Joe” Carstairs, a Standard Oil heiress who cross-dressed, raced speed boats, and sported tattoos.

Newspaper stories reported that Louisa and her string of lovers, one of them Tallulah’s sister, gathered at the beach house for years. But it was torch singer Libby Holman who captured Louisa’s attentions.

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reporting Libby Holman “arriving at Rehoboth by plane on Wednesday evening and staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.M.M. Carpenter near Silver Lake.”

Historian Elisa Rolle writes in Days of Love, “Their affair…became well-known and, for the most part, accepted within both society and theatre circles. One of Libby’s actress friends fondly referred to Louisa as “he-she” because of Louisa’s fondness for hunting and men’s clothing.”

And the two women were often photographed with matching bobbed haircuts, tennis whites, and deep tans—like adolescent country club boys, someone commented.

But in 1931, Libby married Smith Reynolds, the North Carolina heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortune. The marriage was combative, with Louisa as a frequent house guest, dressed always in masculine attire and enjoying bootleg champagne. It became a love triangle leading to Rehoboth’s Louisa Carpenter getting involved in a scandalous murder mystery.

At a drunken party on July 4, 1932, Libby and Smith argued amid lots of drinking, disrobing of guests, and other shenanigans. When a shot was heard from the bedroom, guests found Reynolds dead from a gunshot to the head. Suicide or murder? The authorities ruled suicide at first, but then a grand jury charged Libby with murder. Louisa Carpenter paid her $25,000 bail.

While the charges were eventually dropped, and the case never solved, the scandal was all over the newspapers as one of the biggest stories of the year.

Libby and Louisa quietly returned to Delaware.

Rolle writes, “Their ‘Boston marriage’ was widely known and accepted.

And the two women were often photographed with matching bobbed haircuts, tennis whites, and deep tans—like adolescent country club boys, someone commented.”

The relationship continued through the 1950s when Libby returned to the stage. Louisa stayed in Delaware and on a farm near Easton, Maryland as well as a home in Florida. In 1971, Libby Holman committed suicide, the mystery of Reynolds’ death never unraveled.

Through the mid-1970s, Louisa could be seen entertaining at the Carpenter mansion and on the beach in front of her home. In 1976 she died, piloting her own plane to a crash landing in Easton. She was 68.

Throughout the decades, as more gay people vacationed in Rehoboth, the beach next to the mansion was dubbed Carpenter Beach, the unofficial “gay beach.” The gathering spot moved north by a few blocks when the gay people sunbathing there wanted to be closer to Rehoboth’s boardwalk refreshments.

It was a very short walk from the end of the Rehoboth boardwalk to the mansion and back in the mid-90s; lots of us trekked over to see the enormous home.

Over the years, the family sold off portions of the original lot, with huge, contemporary beach homes now facing the ocean. According to an article about a year ago in the Cape Gazette, the property was owned by the DuPont family until around 2000. Most recently it was listed for sale at $14.9 million.

And now it’s gone, a piece of Rehoboth’s queer history lost to demolition.

Louisa and Libby would be appalled. I’d like to think that somewhere, they are toasting to the good times with bootleg champagne. ▼ Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked.

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SUNDANCE 2020

All the Deets Fit to Print

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UNDANCE XXXIII: UNITED IN LOVE officially kicks off Sunday, August 30, at 6 p.m. and runs through Saturday, September 5, at 8 p.m.

Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors get weekly insight emails with the Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? (And Why Not?). They also get t-shirts, our gratitude, some special offers from area businesses, our love, first previews, and the satisfaction of helping so many causes during this tough time.

While Sundance will continue to accept pledges for Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors, anyone anywhere can “come” to the “events” and auction. “Tickets” are free and advance registration gets you important pre-event information. We can’t invite you to an online event if we aren’t connected online!

Connect to Sundance from the CAMP Rehoboth website and select FREE TICKET. Invite your friends too!

The more, the merrier.

You’ll want to be in the room where it happens.

While Sundance will continue to accept pledges for Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors, anyone anywhere can “come” to the “events” and auction.

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Everyone Is Asking: What Will This Virtual Sundance Look Like?

AUCTION? Yes! EATING & DRINKING? You bet!

DANCING? Like nobody is watching!

HUGS? Virtually!

SUNDANCE AUCTION GOES ONLINE FROM AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5! If you’ve signed up as a Host, Supporter, Sponsor, or registered for FREE TICKET, you will receive a link to the online auction and an invite to the Kickoff.

THE BIDDING STARTS AFTER THE KICKOFF! You will have six days to place your bids, starting right after the August 30 virtual kickoff party, where we will celebrate the auction opening and CAMP Rehoboth 30th anniversary year!

The kickoff, less than 30 minutes starting at 6:00 p.m., will feature brief remarks and important tips.

PREVIEW THE AUCTION! Look for a preview of the auction in the next issue of Letters and in your inbox.

Some of the funds raised through the auction will support three local nonprofits whose work directly coordinates with CAMP Rehoboth’s advocacy mission and values: Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, PFLAG-Rehoboth Beach, and Immanuel Shelter.

SUNDANCE GOES TO TOWN! Throughout the week, from August 30-September 5, there will be special Sundance At-Large activities with events benefiting CAMP Rehoboth at the Purple Parrot, Full Belly Bistro, The Pines, Iron Hill Brewery,

and the Rehoboth Beach Film Society, where you can elbow-bump other Sundancers. The full calendar for advance planning goes out via email to all our Hosts, Supporters, Sponsors, and anyone pre-registered for a FREE TICKET. There will be dine-in and take-out options.

Weather permitting and COVID notwithstanding, the support we give the community lifts us all. Let’s have fun!

SUNDANCE CELEBRATES! We aren’t going to lie, the Saturday, September 5 Sundance Experience will not include a livestream dance party. But it will be fun, entertaining, and include shopping, merch, and more chances to support the cause (and is less than an hour). The entire community will gather virtually to hear tributes from special guests.

AFTER-PARTY AT YOUR HOUSE! To plan for the after-party (at your home, that is), Hosts, Supporters, and Sponsors also receive our “party-in-a-[virtual] box” with some fun surprises and links to playlists from our Sundance DJs Robbie Leslie, Stephen Strasser, and Joe Gauthreaux.

Something for everyone includes Classic Disco, Tea Dance, and Contemporary House songs you’ll love. Plan for a party #atyourcomfortlevel #atyourhome and turn up the volume! Start planning your outfits and be warned that our Room Rater might be observing you! ▼

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Pivot & Swirl

2020 hasn’t turned out the way that anyone expected, but at CAMP Rehoboth this sow’s ear has turned into a wee silk purse. Efforts to connect to the widespread community have yielded new opportunities for programs, outreach, advocacy, and friendship.

With nearly a dozen virtual programs each week, two new staff professionals bringing their talent, and stronger bonds with nonprofits whose work closely aligns with CAMP Rehoboth’s mission and values, we have learned some new dance steps. Thank you for continuing to support the important work that we do every day. ⊲

UNITED IN COMMUNITY: CAMP Rehoboth and our volunteers have been proud to step-up during this challenging time. For instance, over 750 pounds of food was collected for the Food Bank of Delaware. CAMP Rehoboth and Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant partnered together to help address the increased demand for food assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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UNITED IN SUPPORT: In a time when many LGBTQ youth were cut off from their friends and only support networks at school, CAMP Rehoboth decided to expand our online THRIVE youth programs, resulting in the creation of networks for young people who may not have support in their own homes, where they are forced to quarantine.

LGBTQ youth are also finding their own voice in a new regular column in Letters from CAMP Rehoboth.

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UNITED IN ACTION: This year CAMP Rehoboth became a partner of ActionLink, working in partnership with LGBTQ community centers around the country to speak out on the policies that impact our community, such as the recent Trump administration policy change rolling back policies that protect transgender people from discrimination in healthcare.

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UNITED IN HOPE: CAMP Rehoboth provided the Diversity & Sensitivity Training preseason training for all area Park Police. It included not only LGBTQ training, but Person Of Color and gender-sensitivity education as well, something that benefits the entire community, not only those who identify as LGBTQ.

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UNITED IN HEALTH: Throughout the pandemic, CAMP Rehoboth has continued to offer HIV testing and counseling, working closely with the Division of Public Health to maintain this essential service for all Sussex County residents. We’ve recently begun offering HIV self-testing kits. Since launch, 50 folks have taken advantage of at-home self-testing for HIV. ▼

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THE NEW NORMAL

Salvaging Summer

Amid COVID-19 lockdowns and safe social distancing, what are Letters readers doing to salvage their summers and yet stay safe? Read on.

The Great Outdoors Susan Hammadock is on her porch watching deer—a mom and two fawns; a fox—a mom, dad and two kits; birds, and frogs. For Tai Chi outside in the shade, joined by other masked, socially distant players, she made sure to warn the neighbors when they brought out the Tai Chi swords. David Hagelin is watching the larger-than-usual variety of birds at his birdbath. “They make me laugh, jockeying for position. Sometimes I throw some ice cubes in. They love that.” Is there vodka in that birdbath?

Anonymous (for obvious reasons) is growing backyard weed plants and reports excellent results. And Myrna Kelley, noting she’s always been a poor sleeper, finds comfort sleeping on her back porch, listening to nature wake up in the morning. Mitch Selbiger and Jody Bergeron joined the Freedom Boat Club to social distance in Rehoboth Bay. Linda Dean and Donna Whiteside took travel money and did home improvements. “You can visit and see ‘Alaska’—aka our new driveway and garage doors!” Pat Cantanzariti went fishing and brought in some beauties.

City slicker Ronnie Nicholls planted tomatoes for the first time. “I’ve gotten eight small tomatoes, probably $3 worth, and I must have spent $25 for pots, dirt, peat moss, and plants.” But you’re a farmer now, Ronnie! ▽

The Great Indoors John Potthast organized 50 years of photos, over 100,000 pictures. He scanned and digitized them all. “So, I’m now up to 2012...eight years to go.” Greg Murphy started baking bread but couldn’t find flour and yeast at the grocery. Online, he had to buy enormous quantities. A hairdresser friend heard Greg’s partner, Michael, complaining about being overstocked and soon Greg traded yeast for haircuts. “I was operating a little black market of ingredients, bartering with friends. I picked up a new skill which will come in handy if I ever end up in prison.” And Greg always worried that if he and Michael retired, spending 24 hours a day together, “one of us would murder the other. It’s lovely to discover we won’t do that—even if it means I’m less likely to ever make use of my black-market skills.” Jeri Berc converted her garage “into a sweat shop,” sewing about 200 masks to give away. “I burned out my grandmother’s sewing machine.” Glenn Pruitt has a mask collection “that keeps the fun in Letters 14 AUGUST 14, 2020

functional.” His favorite features a retro cartoon drawing of the original Charlie’s Angels (Kate, Jaclyn, and Farrah) in their iconic angel pose. “The wearing of masks is de rigueur these days, but no one said they had to be boring.” A person wishing to remain anonymous reports that her two adult sons are with her in lockdown, spending the better part of their days comparing receding hairlines. Meanwhile, CAMP Rehoboth Chorus singers Barb Passikoff, Linda Bell, and Bev Peltz are still singing, only virtually, with Cantabile from Milford’s Music School of Delaware. Barb says, “Recording virtually is difficult and requires a commitment, but it’s interesting.” Sing out, Louise! ▽

Puppy Love

Leanna Johannes adopted a puppy, the superstar Georgie, while Rob Ramoy admitted that puppies cure COVID isolation with entertainment, love, and exhaustion. “We doubled our fun and got two!” Stefani Deoul adopted a greyhound in need of a career change. Diane Cook plays tennis with her dog Gussie. “I work on my swing and she catches the ball. She’s very talented.” ▽

Untravel and Travel

Jay Chalmers started lockdown spending a month unraveling 2020 travel—a European cruise, and trips to London and Japan. “About 50 different reservations—airlines, cruise line, hotels, day trips, restaurants, and London theatre tickets. The tickets were the most difficult.” Debbie Woods is taking French lessons, while Ann Aptaker spent early lockdown in Paris “holed up in a romantic little garret, writing my next Cantor Gold book and photographing iconic Paris rooftops.” She, too, is taking French lessons. Meanwhile, Rehoboth’s resident Parisian chanteuse, Holly Lane, has been cooking up a storm and having small, socially distanced happy hours on her deck—and giving French martini-making lessons. Eric Peterson rented a cabin in the mountains with seven other guys, quarantining for two weeks prior, then enjoying a week of socializing, games, movies, and hot tubbing. “It wasn’t the New Orleans getaway we’d planned, but it was a glorious time.” Gail Purcell and Sandy Kraft bought an RV. Road trip! “We didn’t want anybody else’s germs in a hotel room. We’re taking our bed, bath, and kitchen with us.

TAKE THAT, COVID-19!!!!!” ▽ And so it goes. Whatever you do…please stay safe. And send your salvage activities to editor@camprehoboth.com. ▼

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Intentionally Inclusive

BY WESLEY COMBS

Part-time Residents with Full-time Purpose

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or those of you who are dog owners, you may be like me, and dread the walk before you go to bed. Just when I am dozing off to sleep watching something on Netflix, our dog Bailey glances up and says, “Is it time yet?” Usually there is not much going on at this time of night other than avoiding that pesky rabbit in the yard across the street who Bailey is always hoping to catch.

That changed a few weeks ago when just across the street from our house on Columbia Avenue I came upon two older women, one of whom I caught red-handed picking up and removing a yard sign for one of the commissioners seeking office in this year’s election.

Knowing it’s a crime to remove political yard signs from someone else’s property, I asked if they knew the homeowner and had permission to do so. The woman yelled back at me, “You are a part-time resident so what do you care?”

First of all, any homeowner (which we are) can vote. So, if she was telling me to mind my own business because I had no stake in this game, she was sadly mistaken. Despite her blatant bias against this candidate, which really irked me, her statement bothered me more because to her we were “less than” those who are full-time residents.

Which got me thinking, is there any merit to her hurtful statement? Does she really feel that as a part-time resident we have nothing in common, nor care as much about Rehoboth as she does?

We experienced a similar feeling of exclusion back in March and April when the city and governor instituted a quarantine for those who traveled from outside of the state.

The messages made us feel not only unwelcome but a threat to the wellbeing of this community. This argument assumes because we are not full-time residents we care less about the health and safety of those in Rehoboth. That is not only offensive but just plain illogical.

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It is not where you come from that makes you a threat to public health, it is the failure to wear a mask, physically distance from others, and regularly wash your hands.

Having said this, I have pondered what would be different about our lives once we take the plunge and move here permanently. Practically speaking, Rehoboth has been our home base since we arrived from Washington, DC on March 12 to shelter in place.

This is the most time we have spent in Rehoboth in the 25 years we have had a home here.

So, if she was telling me to mind my own business because I had no stake in this game, she was sadly mistaken.

Prior to the pandemic, DC served as our home base for all basic medical needs including our primary care physician and all other specialists we visited. We got our prescriptions filled at the neighborhood Harris Teeter. We took our drycleaning home and brought it back here to Rehoboth. Most of our philanthropic support went to DC-based nonprofits.

As an executive coach, I help people create an intentional focus on making impact through purpose. Then it hit me...I was not practicing what I preach.

I am embarrassed to admit that I was not applying that to my life here in Rehoboth. Even though I serve on the board of CAMP Rehoboth and have become acquainted with more locals, I realized that our social network is mostly comprised of those who also have made

Rehoboth a second home destination.

That is changing, thanks in part to COVID-19. The decision to relocate our family and work operations to Rehoboth has forced us to get to know neighbors we only casually waved to in the past.

Our ability to walk the dog on the beach in Cape Henlopen State Park early on connected us to other pet lovers who we would not have met otherwise.

We soon subscribed to the LOCALS ONLY Rehoboth Facebook Group and Nextdoor Rehoboth site to learn about the latest Executive Order from Governor Carney or where to find paper towels or Lysol wipes which were in very short supply.

With no end in sight, I have made a decision to reach out to those who live here full-time and learn why they decided to settle here? What might we have in common? Where is their favorite restaurant? Who is their primary care physician? What nonprofits do they support and why?

My hope is that our neighbors begin to refer to us as locals regardless of how many days a year we actually sleep here. As we transition to the next phase in our life’s journey, our roots are growing deeper here and it feels good. ▼ Wesley Combs, a CAMP Rehoboth Board member, is a diversity and inclusion expert, executive coach, and a passionate social justice advocate. He is the founding principal of Combs Advisory Services where he works with clients who share his values of enabling equity, equality, and opportunity in the workplace and the community.

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CAMP REHOBOTH HISTORY PROJECT

Beach Houses and Fine Dining: A Beginning

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oon after the 1980 New Year, Steve Elkins and Murray Archibald moved back from St. Louis to DC and into a 16th Street rowhouse apartment. Steve was often on the road, traveling with Robert Strauss who headed up Carter’s re-election presidential campaign; Murray worked for a graphic design firm housed in a gentrifying block on Corcoran Street.

Going to work each morning, Murray says, “I had to push my way through the hookers; it was only a couple of blocks from our house, but it was a huge difference. People had put a lot of money into these houses but hookers were taking their johns into the backyards.

The neighborhood association hired our design firm to create a sticker for them: a stylized look of a hooker leaning against a street lamp. It was a square foot and fluorescent pink. They put these stickers on the side of the johns’ cars and they went back to the suburbs.”

After the ill-fated campaign, Steve joined the newly formed McMahon and Associates, a DC consulting and research firm lobbying for progressive policy-related issues ranging from alternative energy to LGBTQ equality.

Joe McMahon, who had served on the staff of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, met Steve during his White House years. He “organized our very first summer beach house in Rehoboth Beach,” recalls Murray.

“I’d never been here at all,” Murray said. “Steve had come while at the White House before I met him, just for a weekend.” That spring of ’81, they took a summer share in a house on Norfolk Street just behind the Christian Science Church.

Murray added, “The Blue Moon was open that summer but they didn’t have the bar yet.”

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Joyce Felton and Victor Pisapia launched the Blue Moon together on Memorial Day weekend, 1981, on the second block of Baltimore Avenue—a street lined with guest houses but devoid of restaurants or bars, with the exception of the seedy Final Edition.

“Nobody is going to come to Baltimore Avenue,” people told the pair. “If you’re not on Rehoboth Avenue it’s doomed to fail.” But, they didn’t, largely due to their complementary talents and personalities.

First, Victor and the Back Porch

Victor—a graduate of the University of Delaware—taught in Wilmington during the early 70s. After three years teaching high school social studies, he opted for a year of backpacking through Europe.

There, the 20-something was “taken with the European café” and the culinary richness of his family’s native Italy. In the fall of 1974, he returned “totally broke, arriving in New York City with 25 cents.”

After visiting family in Dover, “my dad dropped me off at the Surf Shop in Dewey Beach.” Crashing on a friend’s floor, Victor bussed tables at the Dinner Bell Inn on Christian Street, where the Bellmoor now stands. It was one of the few good local restaurants. Lauded for its crab imperial, it Steve Elkins and Victor Pisapia mid 1980s.

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was operated by the grande dame restauranteur, Ruth Emmert, who began serving meals to GIs during WWII. At the restaurant’s milk counter, Victor ran into waitress Libby York, a former teacher who also had just returned from Europe. “We decided this town was boring as bat shit and we needed to do something! That was the beginnings of the Back Porch.”

But, first Victor moved to Boulder. Jobless after several months he hitchhiked back to Rehoboth. On a cold January day, the twosome talked as they walked up and down the beach. “We stopped. She looked at me. ‘I really want to do this. But, the biggest thing is I want to do it with you.’ That was the first time anybody ever said anything like that to me. I just immediately said, ‘yes’.’’

From then on it was just planning.

Originally to be called the Beach Plumb Café because of Libby’s fondness for the fruit, its location on the back porch of the old Marvel Hotel made the Back Porch more appropriate. Budgeting just a few thousand dollars and recycling salvaged boardwalk lumber and stained glass, they created the new restaurant within the old lumbering structure that had “not a right angle in the place.” All the building was done by Libby’s husband, Ted Fisher, who was the restaurant’s third partner.

It was also meant to be a simple juice and sandwich bar; it didn’t turn out that way, either. Although the Porch served juices and sandwiches, everything was made from scratch: the breads, the yogurt, the muesli. Victor traipsed local strawberry fields and sojourned for ocean fish, seeking out the freshest local foods.

“I remember being very scared, as we were so young and it was such a big project,” Victor recalled. With scant restaurant experience but a worn copy of Cooking for Crowds, for culinary advice, utensils from his Italian mother, and mental notes from the European café scene, Victor would soon invent an innovative menu.

This caused a culinary stir on the palates of many a beachgoer.

Libby’s creativity and musicality also created fresh Rehoboth traditions: exhibiting local artwork, hosting live entertainment, providing al fresco dining—and greeting lesbians and gay men. “We

didn’t care,” one of the first employees said, “most of our staff was gay anyway so there was never any judgement.”

Then, there was Joyce

Four years later, during the 1979 off-season, Victor was in New York City on break.

He met Joyce at a cocktail party hosted by a gay couple inside a cramped city apartment. Like Victor, she was a restauranteur, managing four restaurants at Macy’s famed flagship store on 34th Street.

In contrast to the mild-mannered Victor, she was—like her mother, says Joyce —“a ball-busting warrior.” The two became “buds” immediately. “He was lovely,” Joyce reminisced. “He talked to me about Rehoboth and his restaurant” and invited her to visit.

“We decided this town was boring as bat shit and we needed to do something! That was the beginnings of the Back Porch.”

A Jewish girl from Queens, Joyce grew up “in the 50s where the norm was for women to wear aprons and be housekeepers. That is not what happened in our household.” Joyce was “raised to be very mindful of people who have less and of women’s rights. I was very mindful of speaking your truth.”

Her role model—“the first feminist I ever met”—was her mother Blanche. She had wanted to go to medical school “but there were no spots for women,” Joyce explained. Instead, she earned a double PhD in marine biology and zoology, becoming a tenured professor. “She was a bad-ass, a warrior for the rights of the underdog,” Joyce spoke admiringly.

As a student, Joyce organized the first Students for Democratic Society (SDS) high school chapter in the country.

In the mid-60s, following an armed forces recruitment presentation, she counter-programmed an anti-war film. “I went

to demonstrations, the March on Washington, Women’s Rights.”

She also spent a lot of time barefoot and braless in the Village. Then, Joyce enrolled at the University of South Carolina. “I wanted to go somewhere where I was the voice that hadn’t been heard.”

In 1968, she journeyed to Strom Thurmond’s Palmetto State—not as a student but as an agitator. “I wanted to be people’s conscience. I wanted to be an annoyance, a perpetrator, an instigator.” At USC—known as the party school of the South—she found little support for organizing an SDS chapter. “I felt like a stranger in a strange land.”

Rather than studiously attend classes and conform to the school’s dress code, she mostly hung out at the infamous counterculture coffeehouse, the UFO, frequented by sandal-wearing hippies and war-weary Fort Jackson soldiers.

Joyce was a “foot soldier” for the Movement, traveling throughout the Carolinas to organize, demonstrate, and agitate.

She also opened up her first business, Big Mama’s Headshop and Holding Company. “I sold rolling papers and bongs—it did not go over well.” Not surprisingly, two years later, this poster girl for the infamous Yankee troublemaker was not so politely asked to exit the university—and the state.

By the time of her chance cocktail party encounter with Victor, Joyce had earned a degree in English, opened up a queer-friendly, vegetarian restaurant in Charlotte, married and divorced, and worked in corporate restaurant management.

And Moon Rise

Two weeks after accepting Victor’s invitation, Joyce quit her job at Macy’s and returned to this “under-realized, Mid-Atlantic, southern beach town” to manage the Back Porch Café, “this cool, hippy restaurant serving really good food.”

During 18 months at the Porch, Victor and Joyce often spoke about developing a new type of restaurant in Rehoboth.

As Joyce explained, “there was a need, a desire for people to have a place. That was part of the conversation Victor and I had. People were coming from DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore—and

Joyce Felton early 1980s.

they had gay bars in their towns. So, when they would come to their beach, that’s what they wanted. I’d have dinner with these guys and I would see them at the Back Porch. But the restaurant was not designed or promoted to be that kind of spot.”

So, the pair started looking earnestly for a location after Labor Day Weekend, 1980. There was this Victorian beach house they looked at on commercially desolate Baltimore Avenue. When it went to auction, Joyce borrowed money from her parents and Victor sold his interest in the Back Porch along with his car to purchase what would soon become the legendary Blue Moon.

Joyce and Victor were the founding couple of Rehoboth haute cuisine. “We didn’t realize the shit-storm that was going to ensue,” Joyce conceded.

Editor’s note: Read all about that storm in our next Letters edition. ▼ James Sears is the author of many books on LGBTQ history and culture; his forthcoming book is Beyond the Boardwalk: Queering the History of Rehoboth Beach.

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CommunityNews AIDS WALK DELAWARE: SEPTEMBER 12-19

What Could We Learn from a Trip in a Time Machine?

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icture it in your mind. People are getting sick, passing along a virus, but show no symptoms of disease. As information trickles out through the media, people decide that only a certain population needs to worry about dying. Then people from diverse populations receive worrisome diagnoses. Children get sick.

People in essential jobs face risk.

The science continues to develop, and information reaches the public. Some information contradicts previous information. So, some people hold onto outdated beliefs about the illness. The health community awaits a treatment that takes forever to arrive. The working poor are disproportionately affected.

Fear of the virus is putting a damper on people’s social lives. Certain types of establishments are closed by the government in order to protect the people who like to gather there. People behave secretively due to the stigma associated with infection.

People are advised that they can protect themselves and others by implementing inexpensive protection. But people don’t like wearing barriers—they don’t feel great, and some people are overconfident in their ability to avoid infection. Intoxication is blamed when people don’t comply.

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Are we talking about condoms in the 1980s or face masks in 2020?

It is so easy to draw parallels between the early years of the AIDS crisis and this first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the 1980s, HIV infection was a near-guaranteed death sentence, claiming over 700,000 lives in the US. In 2020 America, “only” one percent of the population is likely to die from COVID-19…a figure that may exceed three million lives.

Many millions will recover from COVID-19, but it is believed that a third of them will suffer long-term health concerns.

Many of the questions in 2020 are the same as in the 80s: How do I get groceries? How do I pay my rent? Can I afford to treat this illness or will I go into medical poverty in order to keep up with prescription costs?

People mobilized. Just like people sewed quilts then, today people sew masks. Of course, everyone is feeling fatigue from our current pandemic. I bet advocates in the 80s felt that way sometimes, too. And as time passes, sometimes one’s focus on important issues gives way to distractions.

But we can’t get distracted. People still need us, whether to fight COVID or raise money to help with AIDS services.

Proceeds from AIDS Walk Delaware: Weeklong Challenge—September 12-19 will support prevention and awareness, plus transportation, medication adherence, housing, and testing of people living with HIV. So, let’s walk differently this year but still walk—in a nearby park, in your neighborhood, or on your treadmill at home—in solidarity with Delawareans living with HIV and AIDS, and to end stigma.

Let’s walk—knowing you’ve met or exceeded last year’s goal—for an end to HIV and for a healthy, HIV-informed community.

Let’s walk—this time with a mask to protect ourselves and others—in memoriam for those who simply wanted to live in peace and good health.

Join us. To end HIV in Delaware—and walk any day you choose during the Weeklong Challenge—visit AidsWalkDelaware.org to sign up. Invite a friend to join you in a walk or to complete our scavenger hunt—socially distanced, of course.

AIDS Walk Delaware is a 34-year collaboration of AIDS Delaware and the Delaware HIV Consortium, along with participating AIDS service agencies statewide, including CAMP Rehoboth. ▼

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21 Letters

It’s My Life

BY MICHAEL THOMAS FORD

Seasons in the Sun

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’m so depressed,” my friend messaged me. “Summer is almost over.”

He’s spent the past few months on Fire Island, escaping the heat and claustrophobia of quarantine in New York City by renting a house in Cherry Grove. Now, he says, the blooms on the butterfly bushes in his garden are fading. Morning arrives later. Dusk comes earlier. All he can think about is how he’ll soon have to head back to the city and the dreariness of life inside his tiny apartment.

Technically, he actually has more summer left than he’s spent. Only 42 days have passed since the astronomical beginning of summer on June 20. There are 52 days remaining until the autumn equinox heralds the start of fall on September 22. But for him, summer ends when the groups of visitors arriving on the ferry are outnumbered by the people leaving the island until next year.

It’s interesting how we mark the changing of the seasons. As kids, the start of the new school year meant the end of summer for most of us. I still remember the June day when, riding the Metro North commuter railroad into New York for my first job post college, I realized that I no longer would have summers off, that the period of having three empty months during which to do whatever I wanted to was over for me. Instantly, I switched from viewing summer as a glorious time of freedom to a time of resenting having to spend every weekday sweating it out in a shirt and tie.

Having worked outside of an office for going on 30 years, my experience of the seasons has shifted. Because of my involvement with various pagan spirituality groups, I tend to celebrate the astronomical beginnings and endings to the four periods of the year.

But I confess that emotionally I don’t quite connect to them. The summer solstice around June 21 may be the official start of summer, but by then I’ve

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been complaining about the heat for a good three or four weeks already.

Likewise, the winter solstice around December 21, while technically the arrival of winter, feels late to me given that I’ve had the Christmas tree up and been listening to carols since the day after Thanksgiving.

This particular summer has felt completely off, largely because so many of the things that define summer to me have been cancelled. For me, there have been no state or county fairs.

No concerts. No visits to the lake, or pool parties with friends, or trips to the theater to see superhero blockbusters.

This year, with in-person schooling in doubt, the local big-box store seems to be experiencing seasonal affective disorder.

Instead, summer has been defined by how many weeks it’s been since we more or less went into lockdown. When quarantine began, I bought two cases of the canned food the dogs eat, enough for 96 days. I’m down to the last half dozen. Every time I open one I feel as if I’m checking off another day on some imaginary calendar in which “summer” is defined by little tins of chicken and vegetable stew, and that when they’re gone, so is the season.

Figuring out when fall begins is equally difficult to define. In the past I’ve vaguely considered the period when school supplies and flannel shirts begin appearing on store shelves as the precursor to the season. This year, with in-person schooling in doubt, the local big-box store seems to be experiencing

seasonal affective disorder. Without much need for the usual displays of markers, folders, and notebooks, they’ve gone straight to Halloween, filling the aisles with bags of candy and plastic pumpkins. I suspect by September the Christmas lights will be out.

In our particular corner of the world, fall means two things: the annual Mothman and Pawpaw Festivals. Both take place in September, close to the equinox, and celebrate two of the more unusual facets of local culture. This year, both have been cancelled. There will be no waiting in line for pawpaw smoothies, no purchasing of the annual poster and commemorative glass, no photo with a cheerful volunteer dressed in a pawpaw costume. Nor will there be a trip to nearby West Virginia to celebrate everyone’s favorite Appalachian cryptid, no haunted hayride, no wonderfully tacky tour featuring absolutely true stories about encounters with the Mothman himself.

“There’s always next year,” I remind myself. I hope this is true. In the meantime, the days grow shorter as we move farther away from the sun. That hourglass filled with summer is slowly running out. Before it’s time to flip it over and usher in the season of falling leaves, sweaters, and pumpkin spice everything, I think I’ll spend some time driving around with the windows down, mask off, reminding myself that nothing lasts forever. ▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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23 Letters

Out & Proud

BY STEFANI DEOUL

The Dog Days of Summer

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t’s hard to believe the Dog Days of Summer are upon us again, although given the heat waves of July, it would seem Sirius, the constellation—not the satellite radio—got here a bit early this year. And while temperatures soar, and COVID surrounds us, sometimes it might be a struggle to remember when summer was just sand, sun, fun(land).

Like many people, this summer of staying home, dining in, and binging too much TV opened up a different door for me. For the first time in too many years, a four-legged “child” walked in to roam the hallways and keep us wonderfully entertained. His name is Finn, he is two years old, weighs 75 pounds, and is a retired greyhound.

Apparently 16 months of training and evaluation weren’t enough for Finn, because the first time the gates opened, six dogs shot out, furiously racing at speeds reaching 45 miles per hour, speeding for the finish. The seventh dog, the one in the very bright lime green vest, loped along, taking time to smell the roses, and God only knows what else. When the race was over, there was a win, place, show, and a “just not interested.”

For Finn, it was time for a career change. For us, it was time for a lifestyle change—in many more ways than one could imagine. First lesson, greyhounds are not labs, nor goldens, nor poodles, and absolutely not yorkies.

Greyhounds coming off the track are incredibly sheltered and both uproariously and scarily naive. Try taking 75 pounds of dog and teaching it how to climb into the back seat of a car. Turns out male greyhounds live on the bottom row of crates at a track. They do not jump. They do not do stairs.

So, we open the car door, Finn looks at it, looks at us, nothing. We put two paws up, he takes two paws down. We split up, Nancy going to the driver’s side, leaving me with Finn on the passenger side. She calls, coaxes, cajoles. I lift up paws. Then slowly, I reach back, find the end of this long lank of dog, and

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nudge. Success! We now have a sphinx stretched out across the back seat.

On the bright side—to all you shepherd (German or Australian), weimaraner, bernie mountain, and yes, schnauzer parents—because he doesn’t jump, he doesn’t know he can climb on a couch either. We’re not telling him.

Greyhounds coming off the track are incredibly sheltered and both uproariously and scarily naive.

Other greyhound challenges include vocabulary—they are “greyt” hounds (an endearment); they chatter—teeth chattering as though cold or scared, but they’re just letting you know they’re so happy to see you, literally vibrating with excitement. They nit—a sign of affection, wherein the dog’s tiny front teeth move in a fast chomping motion against their beloved’s skin. This varies from adorable to excruciating depending on location on your body. They also bow, which is way better than my yoga downward dog, and they do zoomies.

Zoomies are not to be confused with Zoom calls, where we try not to make visible faces whilst chatting with a group

of people. Zoomies are when a snoozing dog suddenly wakes up, and takes off—running in circles, figure eights, and hitting 40-plus miles per hour in your back-yard straightaways, highlighted by double suspension gallops (wherein all four feet are suspended in the air).

It’s thunderous, fantastical, and highly entertaining. Because they know they are putting on a show.

My greyt hound is a diva—a very sensitive diva. Imagine playing Iditarod.

In your (insert breed here) case, they will happily pull you around through the snow, relishing how the crowd cheers for you. In Finn’s case, he will gladly sit in the seat and allow you the opportunity to pull him around the track.

It is all about him.

But greyhounds have one more secret weapon. They actually smile. They have this way of lifting their front lips and showing their teeth, while their entire body wiggles, and well, we are in love.

Maybe there’s a pet waiting for you at Brandywine Valley SPCA—the organization which made Delaware the first, and still only, state recognized as a no-kill state. It’s adopted out 482 animals in need—from the Georgetown campus alone.

Bring some love home and then you, like me, could give your own dog days of summer a brand new meaning, Many years ago, a now-seminal film, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, was released. Today, my seminal summer movie might be The Mighty Finn or: How I Learned to Stop Moping and Reclaim Some Summer. What will yours be? ▼ Stefani Deoul is a television producer and author of the award-winning YA mystery series Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures, with On a LARP, Zero Sum Game, and Say Her Name.

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LGBTQ+ YA Column Nothing Short of Average

BY BETHANY SCHLOTT

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Bethany Schlott (she/her) is a senior college student at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. She majors in Business Administration, with minors in English and Economics. In her free time, Bethany publishes a weekly blog discussing her experience in dating a trans man, titled Let’s Talk Trans.

– Barbara Antlitz, CAMP Rehoboth Youth Coordinator

BARBARA ANTLITZ, CAMP REHOBOTH YOUTH COORDINATOR, works with Genders & Sexualities Alliances (GSAs) in middle and high schools in Kent and Sussex Counties, and with other groups supporting LGBTQ+ youth. Barbara can be reached by email at bantlitz@camprehoboth.com.

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or my whole life, I have identified as a cis, straight female. I use she/her pronouns, have and always will find men attractive, and am quite in love with my feminine identity. I am nothing short of average. Which is why I never expected that by the time I turned 20 my closest friends would be calling me bisexual or a lesbian, my parents would tell me I had come out to them, and my ex-boyfriend would think I left him for a woman.

My first introduction to college was rough. After a couple of months of struggling, I finally found my group of friends.

The leader of this group was Pep*, a proud and strong-willed lesbian who had been out for a few years by now. Pep and I clicked immediately. We were best friends from the start, and often snuck away from the others to go watch a new show on Netflix together.

There was really no surprise to anyone when a year and a half later Pep and I began dating. The problem was no one knew that a few months before, Pep came out as trans to me, and only me.

He was now a straight man and quite my type. It was easy for us to get together.

It was harder for me to allow my friends and family think I was gay for months when I was not.

I found it extremely frustrating. I felt like a fraud, pseudo joining this fantastic community only to avoid outing Pep’s identity. My close friend, who is bisexual, was so relieved because she finally had another bisexual friend. People were excited, proud, exuberant, and every happy adjective you could imagine. My parents believed my new relationship was a way of coming out and my ex-boyfriend was more confused than ever thinking I was a lesbian.

It was this time period of allowing people to believe what they wanted about my sexual identity that set up what I found to be the most difficult part about dating a trans person: everyone believes they can assume my sexual orientation.

After Pep came out (and has since

changed his name to Grayson), there were no hard feelings. My friends understood, and everything went back to normal. But there began a pattern with strangers, coworkers, and even family members that believed I was one of the many different identities in the LGBTQ+ community.

People call me a lesbian because Grayson hasn’t begun surgical transition.

Coworkers think I’m bisexual for much the same reason, but also accounting for my interest in men. Others claim I am pansexual, or don’t see gender, simply for the fact that I am dating a transgender person. At the very least, I’m sure most people believe I am questioning or discovering my sexual orientation now that I am dating a trans person.

And while those months in which I allowed people to believe what they wished were hard on me, straining my relationship with quite a few people, they were harder on Grayson, who was trying to navigate the world in a new way. While people assumed my sexual identity, everyone assumed his gender identity.

Being called gay or bi does not detrimentally hurt me in the way being misgendered hurts Grayson.

It may be frustrating, even more so when someone argues my sexual orientation with me, but it can never reach the extent of pain and trauma Grayson goes through every day. Which is why I would do it all over again, a billion times, if it meant allowing him the time he needed to explore without constraint, without judgement, and without pain.

Those few months marked a difficult time in my life. But at the same time, I had my best friend next to me, and I got to watch him find happiness and joy in his acceptance of his identity. And that I would never trade for anything.▼ *Deadname changed for privacy.

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CAMP Houses

BY RICH BARNETT

Rehoboth’s Own Barberry Lane

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ive years ago when Takoma Park, Maryland, residents Liz Cook and Anna Prow decided to make the leap from summer renters to Rehoboth homeowners, the couple made a list of all the things they wanted in a property. Tree canopy was extremely desirable, as was access to the beach and to bike trails. The gals wanted a private outdoor space and a garden, and the ability to walk into town.

But most importantly, they didn’t want to break the bank.

It was a thoughtful and measured approach, which one might expect from a couple of experienced nonprofit executives, and very unlike the way I bought my cottage, which was under the influence of a couple of Bloodies and a vague romantic notion of what a beach house ought to be.…

After looking at overpriced places and uninspiring fix-me-ups, the couple discovered Woodhugh, a unique condominium compound—five units in a big stucco house and a separate cottage on a beautifully landscaped

double lot in Rehoboth’s Pines neighborhood.

“It’s reminiscent of a summer camp,” says Liz, “tucked back from the street behind mature rhododendrons, crape myrtles, and magnolia trees. Sizewise, a one-bedroom place was all we needed for long summer and fall weekends. It felt so private. And it had a pool!”

I look around at the wooden deck, lush ferns, bosomy hydrangeas, and Adirondack chairs, and I definitely feel the camp vibe. I ask Anna what renovations they did. “We replaced the rotting deck. Inside, we mostly edited things down for a clean, crisp look. I wouldn’t call it minimalist but it is certainly essentialist,” she explains.

“Fresh paint really helped. We went from pastels to a creamy Swiss coffee and white color scheme and then added color with large scale art pieces.” Their aesthetic worked because it certainly feels roomy and it blends seamlessly to the outdoors.

The ladies have come to love the Woodhugh community. A welcome

surprise was learning about the property’s LGBTQ history. To tell that story, they introduced me to Woodhugh long-timers Tom, Ray, and Michael.

“She never married and I suspect she was a lesbian,” Michael tells me, “but it was never discussed.”

Michael, the unofficial historian, first visited Woodhugh in 1965 when he was 23 years old. Like today, the house was subdivided into small units, each with a screened porch. The separate cottage, which Michael now owns, had once been a fishing shack. Miss Kinder, a Rehoboth Beach Elementary School teacher and an amateur brick mason, owned the compound.

“She never married and I suspect she was a lesbian,” Michael tells me, “but it was never discussed. She did, however, lease the places out to gay men from Washington, so that tells you something.”

One of the renters, Hugh Gittinger, bought the compound in the early 70s and continued the tradition of renting to gay guys. He made a few upgrades to the property, the most important being the 1976 addition of the swimming pool.

“Woodhugh, as the place was called,” Michael continues, “soon gained a reputation for wild late-night pool parties that sometimes spilled over into the Epworth Cemetery. Oh, it was naughty but fun.” As Hugh grew tired of taking care of the place and with Rehoboth becoming increasingly popular with gay folk, a few of the fellas came up with a plan to buy him out and turn it into a coop property. This would bring an influx of capital for improvements and allow the owners to keep it gay.

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Tom bought in when Woodhugh officially became a co-op in 1984. It stayed a gay retreat, but also a respite from the storm that was AIDS and the bully tactics of local officials and homeowners trying to keep homos out of Rehoboth. That fight led to the founding of CAMP Rehoboth.

There were also some financing issues with local banks that never fully embraced the notion of a cooperative property, so in 1991 the owners converted Woodhugh into a condominium. The change begat change because the community subsequently lost control of who could buy in.

But like the mythical Barbary Lane in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, this property continued to attract a certain clientele. A straight couple—a professor at St. John’s College in Annapolis and his pianist wife—bought

in, as did more gay men and a few lesbians. Everyone got along.

In the early 90s, Tom met Ray, a landscape architect from Philadelphia, and Ray took on the master gardener role. It’s hard to imagine the gardens as neglected because now the place is lush with trees and plants that bloom throughout the spring and summer and provide a special sense of privacy—

much like Barbary Lane did for the characters in Maupin’s novels. The landscaping is neither fussy nor too naturalistic. Frankly, it fits the property and feels true to its roots.

This connection to the past is important to Liz and Anna. Liz, for example, is taking on oversight of the landscaping as Tom and Ray recently moved on. Anna is focusing on infrastructure issues such as a new air conditioning system. “We like being a part of the LGBTQ history of Woodhugh and Rehoboth,” they tell me while perched comfortably in matching Adirondack chairs, “and we’re glad we can help tell the story.” So am I! Until next time.… ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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health+wellness

By Marj Shannon

Hope in the Form of Historic Progress

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he truth is, we’re coronavirus fatigued. Quarantine fatigued. Precautions fatigued. But—we’ve got some distance yet to go, before we arrive an even an uneasy truce with COVID-19. So, maybe it’s time for a success story or two to remind us that we’ve been this way before with a virus or two, and have—at least to some extent—prevailed.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

For one example: there’s HIV, a monumental scourge that took way too long to manage. “Manage” because there still is no cure. But antiretroviral drug therapy (ART) keeps a person’s viral load low, slowing progression of the disease. Aside from the significant benefit the patient derives, there’s another major upside with ART: someone with a low viral load is less likely to transmit the virus to others.

Even better news on the HIV front: there’s a way to prevent it. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)—Truvada® or Descovy®— used consistently, does a great job of preventing HIV. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PrEP can benefit you if you are HIV negative AND fall into any of the following groups: You are a gay or bisexual man who: V Has an HIV-positive partner or V Has multiple partners, a partner with multiple partners, or a partner whose HIV status is unknown—and you also: • Have anal sex without a condom, or • Recently had a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

You are a heterosexual (man or woman) who: V Has an HIV-positive partner; or V Has multiple partners, a partner with multiple partners, or a partner whose HIV status is unknown—and you also: • Don’t always use a condom for sex with people who inject drugs or • Don’t always use a condom for sex with bisexual men.

You inject drugs AND you: V Share needles or equipment to inject drugs; V Recently went to a drug treatment program; or V Are at risk for getting HIV from sex.

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Then there’s HPV, which is responsible for about 35,000 cancers diagnosed each year in the US. Routine screening is available for only one of these: cervical cancer, which is diagnosed in about 11,000 women in this country each year.

That means the other HPV-related cancers (oropharyngeal (throat) cancer, vaginal/vulvar cancer, anal cancer, and penile cancer) can go undetected for some time.

The good news? Since the early 2000s, there has been a vaccine against HPV. Over the years, it has gone from targeting two genotypes of HPV, to targeting nine.

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Gardasil 9®: the FDA expanded its approved indications to include “prevention of HPV-related oropharyngeal (throat) and other head and neck cancers,” based on its demonstrated success in preventing cervical, anal, vulvar, and vaginal cancers.

Gardasil 9® prevents over 90 percent of these cancers caused by human papilloma virus.

Expanding the indication to include throat cancer is a big deal: about 70 percent of the 19,000 throat cancers diagnosed in the US each year are HPV-related. That’s 13,500 cancer diagnoses that could be avoided altogether! The biggest beneficiaries of this: men, who are five times more likely than women to be diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer.

HPV is a virus we’ve found a way to avoid.

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19) will one day be another.

The only disappointing news about the HPV vaccine: despite its proven efficacy, uptake remains far from universal.

By 2018, only a little over half (51.1 percent) of US teens were fully vaccinated against HPV. Why the relatively low rate of vaccination?

Well, one reason may be that ideally, the HPV vaccination needs to begin between the ages of nine and 12*. Some parents are uncomfortable vaccinating children against a virus that is transmitted via sexual activity.

Further, the vaccine’s initial indication was prevention of cervical cancer. Parents—already squeamish about vaccinating their young daughters against a sexually transmitted virus— might have felt there was a “fail-safe” built in: screening for cervical cancer was long-established. Even if their daughters developed cervical cancer, they could be successfully treated.

Of course, that’s not a great fallback; not everyone pursues routine screening, and about 4,000 women in the US die of cervical cancer each year.

Clearly, there’s still work to be done to improve vaccination rates for the HPV vaccine. But there is a vaccine. It’s safe and effective. HPV is a virus we’ve found a way to avoid. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19) will one day be another. *Vaccination of older adolescents and young adults (up to age 26) requires a series of three (v. two) injections but can also be effective. Even if you’re between the ages of 27 and 45, talk to your health care provider: if you weren’t adequately vaccinated when you were younger, there may still be benefit to vaccination. ▼ Marj Shannon is an epidemiologist and wordsmith who has devoted her life to minutiae. She reports that yes, the devils are in the details.

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Email Kevin Bliss for login and more information at: kevin@kevinblisscoaching.com. ▼

⊲ Thursdays in August Zoom Meeting: For ZOOM meeting ID and password contact Barbara at bantlitz@camprehoboth.com CAMP Rehoboth LGBTQ+ Youth Discussion Group is a safe and nurturing space to start conversations important to our community. We celebrate who we are, we promote respect and understanding, and we accept each other’s differences with the intention to build a more connected community.

This discussion group is a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth to talk about issues, values, and matters that make up our lives, free from stigma and judgments.

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

⊲ August 20 | 3:00 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: For meeting information contact Kevin Bliss at kevin@kevinblisscoaching.com

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

MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP ⊲ August 26 | 7:00 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZItd-GhqT8oEtLnNRbi1Q9U2_My_WQV7bw6 The Men’s Discussion Group is a safe and nurturing space to start conversations important to our community. We celebrate who we are, we promote respect and understanding, and accept each other’s differences with intention to build a more connected community. This

LGBTQ BOOK CLUB ⊲ August 27 | 5:30 p.m.

Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZYvd-6orDsvGtw2naGKzHTmRYcr8Zf_Xt6F Hope you can join us for the book club this month. For more information about our book club and our August book, please email: Salvatore@ camprehoboth.com

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

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CAMP REHOBOTH BEACH GUIDE BEACH AREA LODGING

CALL IN ADVANCE

services may be disrupted by COVID-19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING

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

CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES

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

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

COUNSELING/THERAPY/LIFE COACH

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

ENTERTAINMENT

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

ERRANDS/PERSONAL NEEDS

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

EVENT PLANNING/CATERING

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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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

FLORISTS

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

FUNERAL SERVICES

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

HAIR SALONS/TATTOO & PIERCING

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

HEALTH-RELATED

AIDS Delaware – Kent & Sussex Counties.....................................302-226-3519 AIDS Delaware – New Castle County............................................302-652-6776 AIDS Hotline – Delaware statewide...............................................800-422-0429 Brandywine Urology Consultants...................................................302-824-7039 Beebe Healthcare, 26744 J.J. Williams Hwy.................................302-645-3300 CAMPsafe AIDS education & prevention program of CAMP Rehoboth................. .......................................................................................................302-227-5620 Christiana Care HIV Wellness Clinic ..............................................302-933-3420

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

INSURANCE

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

LEGAL/ACCOUNTING/TRUST SERVICES

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

LOCKSMITHS

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

MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS

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

PET RETAIL

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

PET SERVICES

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

REAL ESTATE

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

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION

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

POPULAR LGBTQ BEACHES

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

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Q Puzzle Love Is All Around

Solution on Page 68 ACROSS 1 The Best Little Boy in the World author 7 Fave resort of gays in Spain 13 Like numerals such as 69 14 Collection of Vidal essays 15 Start of Chris Meloni’s comment on how he feels about acting 17 Emulate voyeurs 18 Trial figure 19 Wet spot cause 21 Ed, of “I hate spunk!” fame 23 ___ Paulo, Brazil 24 Pussy with dangerous teeth 25 Subways of Mauresmo’s land 27 Like nachos 28 The Simpsons storekeeper 30 A woman named Arthur 31 More of the comment 38 Univ. of Maryland athlete 39 They go to market 40 Boys in the Band author Crowley 42 Ragged Dick writer Horatio 44 More of the comment 45 Strong spasm

46 Like letters that aren’t straight 48 San Francisco Gay Men’s ___ 49 Contemporary of Bela 50 Shine, in some ads 52 Drag queen’s stole, often 53 Work on a stage 54 More of the comment 58 The Pointer Sisters’ “___ Excited” 59 English tenor Peter 60 Oktoberfest order 61 Sea bottom captain 62 End of the comment 63 Computes the bottom line DOWN 1 Gay in the library 2 Get one’s bearings 3 Tammy, who became a family friend 4 “Can ___ dreaming?”

5 Gets ready to shoot off 6 Sings like Ella 7 Larry Kramer’s Just ___ 8 Sock-me connector 9 Your, to King James 10 Hawn of Shampoo 11 Come out 12 The L Word, for one 16 Stephen of Ready to Wear 17 Cager Parsons

2 0 Stick your nose in 22 Pride expression 24 Warm to romantic overtures 26 Decide not to swallow 27 Women on top, at times 29 Place for Young men?

30 Title used by Uncle Remus 31 Singer with an accent?

32 Take two letters from this for an orgasm 33 German-built car 34 Bygone Eur. realm 35 Intro, at gaystryst 36 What Tomlin did for Celluloid Closet 37 Kvetched 38 Car feature in Grease 41 Teachers, at times 43 Diana of The Avengers 45 Far East cuisine 47 Illegal block for Esera Tuaola 48 Portable beds 51 Ready to go in 52 Homophobe Attorney General 55 Comment from a babe 56 “Bali ___” 57 Org. for rim jobs?

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Dining Out Lovin’ Lupo Lupo Italian Kitchen 247 Rehoboth Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 (302) 226-2240 lupoitaliankitchen.com

Diane (left) and Jen, enjoying their anniversary dinner

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BY JENNIFER RUBENSTEIN

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y the time you read this, you and I may have eaten in several restaurants around town, using COVID precautions. Some folks are carefully social distancing at restaurants and others are still waiting a while to venture out for inside dining.

But humor me, on the first Friday in June we had our first restaurant meal since March. That’s not usually the lead to a restaurant feature article, but these are certainly not usual times.

It was the first time in three months we ate restaurant food, on restaurant plates, plated by restaurant people. It was glorious. I didn’t realize how much we missed the dining out experience.

We were celebrating our 10-year anniversary by dining at the same restaurant we dined at 10 years ago for our first romantic dinner date. It was also three months since we had haircuts, hair dye, plucking, or manicures, but it was a glorious night nonetheless.

SoDel’s Lupo Italian Kitchen is where the magic first happened for us and where magic happened again. We were warmly greeted outside by a lovely, chatty hostess who showed us to our table in the nearly empty restaurant.

With only a handful of people in the place, we did a happy dance the entire time. We were so thrilled to be waited upon. We worked hard to remember our manners as I pushed her elbow off the table and she reminded me to put my napkin in my lap.

We quickly noticed our favorite menu item (branzino) wasn’t on the menu, so we ordered wine while deciding what to order. I “settled” for the swordfish and Diane ordered the Shrimp Arrabbiata.

We nibbled the focaccia dipped in olive oil and groaned in pleasure. We used the focaccia to swirl the plate of

the Caesar salad. We ate every bite of our food and stole bites off each other’s plates.

We’re coming back, of course, for the Wednesday night One-half Price Pasta, and we’ll dine at home once more with the Thursday night Carry-out Wine Dinner for 2—a bottle of wine, one salad, two entrees, and one dessert for $45. What a deal. And dine in on Friday with half-price bottles of wine.

We nibbled the focaccia dipped in olive oil and groaned in pleasure.

I especially love Lupo for its housemade pasta (all pasta styles are made right in the restaurant) and locally caught seafood. Now is a great time to see what local fisherpersons have been successful catching.

And if—like me—you love Italian wines, Lupo’s cellar is extensive. In fact, the restaurant was the 2019 recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.

For those readers still preferring to dine at home with carry-out from Rehoboth’s stellar restaurants, you can order carry-out online at the Lupo website. From starters like Grilled Artichoke and Old School Meatballs, to entrees catching my eye like Lobster Bucatini or Pork Milanese, the menu is large. And there’s a huge selection of beer and wine to go as well.

So, our post-lock-down dining out was a grand success. The food was outstanding (as always at Lupo), but the hospitality was the real star of the evening. Thank you to Lupo and all the other restaurants. With all the bows to COVID, and the precautions that must be taken, your continued hard work to feed our bodies and souls is truly appreciated. ▼

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Out & About

BY ERIC C. PETERSON

¡Mi Hombre, Pedro!

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think we can all agree that living through a global health pandemic, wearing masks everywhere, and being stuck at home most of the time, is a big drag. I’d much rather be imbibing margaritas downtown until it’s unclear whether my red nose is the result of too little sunblock or too much tequila.

Instead, I’m mixing my own cocktails at home and my only companions are my dog and the people I see on my various screens, both real and fictional. (The dog, by the way, thinks the coronavirus is the best thing that ever happened. At least someone is having a good time.)

And while my families of choice and origin are doing a great deal to lift my spirits via FaceTime, Zoom, and the like, I’ve also been watching a lot of movies.

Lots and lots of movies.

For a while, I was going back to the classics: movies from the 30s and 40s that I’d never seen, including My Man Godfrey, Woman of the Year, Watch on the Rhine, and The Thin Man. It was fun, and educational. While it felt a little like homework at first, these films really were designed to entertain first and foremost, and entertaining they were.

But eventually, the movies I was watching drifted away from the blackand-white, and became more colorful.

And by “more colorful,” I mean big splotches of red and yellow, saturating the screen. I started (and am almost finished) watching every film created by Pedro Almodóvar.

Acclaimed Spanish director Almodóvar grew up under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco and became a leader of New Spanish Cinema after Francoist Spain transitioned back to democracy. He is a gay man with a distinct gay sensibility— and like much of gay culture, focuses occasionally on gay characters and more often on bold, brassy, larger-thanlife women, a rebuke to any perceived link between strength and masculinity.

He has won two Academy Awards, and his films can be wild, funny, shocking, violent, and deeply humane.

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My first was his 1988 classic farce, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The movie centers on Pepa, an actress who dubs classic American films with Spanish dialogue. When she is dumped by her lover via answering machine, she considers taking her own life with a pitcher of gazpacho laced with sleeping pills, but when her lover’s son arrives (quickly followed by a friend who may or may not have slept with a foreign terrorist), complications ensue. The film is bright, quick, funny, and empowering.

It ends with a powerful moment of

He is a gay man with a distinct gay sensibility—and like much of gay culture, focuses occasionally on gay characters and more often on bold, brassy, largerthan-life women... reconciliation—not between Pepa and her lover, but with another woman who was once seen as an annoying interloper but now might become a cherished friend.

From there, I leapt ahead to his latest film, 2019’s Pain & Glory (for which Antonio Banderas was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar). Unlike Women on the Verge, this movie was warm, reflective, and somber. I wondered how it could have been made by the same director, even 30 years apart.

Diving into his entire filmography provided some answers. While his earlier films (High Heels, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) were brash and shocking, he seemed to turn a corner at the

turn of the century, and many of his twenty-first century movies are just as daring, but more humane. Most critics will say that his 1999 masterpiece, All About My Mother (Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film), about a woman in search of her dead son’s father and the female friendships she acquires on her quest, was the moment that Almodóvar became a “serious” filmmaker.

But I believe the turning point was 1995’s The Flower of My Secret, about a woman whose marriage is falling apart, and she can no longer write the silly romance novels that have made her wealthy. The film was not very wellreceived, which is poetic: it’s literally about an artist who can no longer create pure escapism and is rejected on all sides. Personally, I loved it—and so did many others.

Bad Education is controversial and sad. The Skin I Live In is dark and sinister. Volver is otherworldly and sweet. Julieta is epic and mysterious.

Broken Embraces is chic and dangerous. Talk to Her (Oscar, Best Original Screenplay) is disturbing and romantic.

If you’re stuck at home with nothing to do and nothing exciting to binge, allow me to enthusiastically endorse the films of Pedro Almodóvar. Yes, you may have to read along, but I promise you won’t be bored. ▼ Eric Peterson is a writer and teacher. He co-hosts a podcast about old movies—visit rewindpod.com to learn more.

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

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arts+entertainment

SPOTLIGHT ON THE

arts

CAMP Rehoboth Puts Art at The Heart of Our Community

Who Was That Masked Man?

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iven the current state of the economy, that masked man is probably your friendly banker—the Loan Arranger. I never thought I’d see the day a bank wouldn’t let us in the door without a mask! Time to take the money you saved on gas and having your nails done and support our arts community. Wear your mask, keep your hands clean, and stay at an antisocial distance. Or just buy an air horn like I did and blow it in people’s faces if they get too close. I’ve been banned from three grocery stores, but I will survive! All locations are Rehoboth Beach unless otherwise noted. ▼

Looking for Bear Necessities CAMP Rehoboth is thrilled to announce Bear Necessities: art that moves in a time of constraint! The show will be on view from September 5-30—but first we need artists to submit up to three pieces of their art (paintings, photographs, multimedia art, and smaller 3-D works) for display and sale. Deadline for submissions is August 24. ▼ Please email questions to: Salvatore@camprehoboth.com.

Stunning works by award winners at CAMP Rehoboth Gallery Award Winners XX features the work of the 19 Delaware Division of the Arts award winners—recognizing Delaware artists for outstanding quality of work, like Robert Bruce Weston, who became enamored with exotic and domestic woods when he was commissioned to do a “Monet-like wall hanging using wood veneers.” Now it’s his career!

Photographer Shelley Koon was inspired by an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and began to photograph forgotten structures and abandoned buildings.

She loves documenting their history and seeing how “Mother Nature likes to quickly reclaim what is hers.”

Sculptor Guy Miller’s works speak

allegorically about racial disparity, oppression, and the underrepresentation of Blacks in the culture at large.

He transmits this message by working with and transmuting ready-made objects that are instantly recognizable.

Small groups (one-three people) may make appointments to view the exhibit—Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.—by emailing artshow@ camprehoboth.com.

Appointments may also be scheduled on other days and times. ▼

Images top to bottom: The Mirror Room by Shelley Koon; Déchets #8 (detail) by Bruce Weston; Meteor Man and Panthara

by Guy Miller.

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

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arts+entertainment PERFORMING ARTS

September 20); 82nd Annual Members’ Fine Art Exhibit; David Oleski: Prime Numbers—through August 23. Visit their website for details and their extensive class offerings.

Cinema Art Theater (17701 Dartmouth Drive, Lewes; 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm. com) has reopened with CDC guidelines in effect and reduced seating capacity, and you may stream several films at home. Check their website for information.

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) is using cabaret tables for two or four patrons for their summer season— Cabaret, Sister Act, and La Cage Aux Folles. Their Young Performers series offers Heroic Hercules and Cinderella alternating Saturday mornings at 11 a.m.

Their season ends August 29; check website for details.

Freeman Stage (31750 Lakeview Drive, Selbyville; 302-436-3015; freemanstage.org) has a smaller season featuring local performers and “bundled” seating. Check their website for show announcements.

Lefty’s Alley and Eats (36450 Plaza Road, Lewes; 302-864-6000; iloveleftys. com) offers a different film every night of the week (9 p.m.) in their parking lot drive-in movie theater.

Advance reservations only.

Rehoboth Beach Museum (511 Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal, 302-227-7310; rehobothbeachmuseum.org) has virtual offerings to stay in touch on YouTube and their Facebook page.

November Morning Lewes, DE by Richard Calvo at Peninsula Gallery.

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

One-on-one lessons in sketching available in person or on Facetime.

The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Highway, Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@ brushlewes) is a co-op of 50 local artisans with the unique and unusual for your home and garden.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2275620; camprehoboth.com) features Award Winners XX. (See listing elsewhere in this column.)

Cape Artists Gallery (110 W. 3rd Street, Lewes; 302-6447733; capeartists.org) close The Milton Theater to the Zwaanendael Museum, (110 Union Street, and housing the work of Milton; 302-684-3038; two dozen artists and their miltontheatre.com) has both indoor and outdoor offerings. personal interpretations of life at the beach.

Check their website for schedule.

Gallery 37 (8 South Walnut Street, Milford; 302-265-2318; marciareedpainting.com) represents over 45 artists and artisans from around the country with fine art, woodturned vessels, fibers, glass art, and more.

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

Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Road, Lewes; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com) offers over 3,000 square feet of display and custom framing. Richard Calvo Retrospective: Photographer & Mentor—through August 23. Opening August 29: Delmarva and Beyond— works by Richard Dylla and Howard Eberle. Preview the show on their website.

SeanCorey Art Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard; 39 Baltimore Avenue, 302-396-1013) opens soon in the CAMP Rehoboth courtyard. A portion of their sales will go to CAMP Rehoboth and AIDS Delaware.

Tideline Gallery (111 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-2274444; tidelinegallery.com) offers unique gifts, Judaica, jewelry, pottery, lamps, and art glass. ▼ Doug is the Artistic Director for CAMP Rehoboth Chorus, Director of Music Ministries at Epworth UMC, and co-founder and Artistic Director emeritus of the Clear Space Theater Company. Contact Doug at dougyetter@gmail.com if you want to add your events to the calendar. Check out CAMP Arts on our website at camprehoboth. com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries and museums.

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BOOKED SOLID Camp

by L.C. Rosen c.2020, Little, Brown $17.99/$22.99 Canada 374 pages You didn’t need the extra heat.

No, the evening was balmy; it had been all day, but you needed to watch the embers. There’s something about a campfire that’s relaxing, isn’t there?

Something romantic about it, too, which means things can heat up or, as in the new novel Camp, by L.C. Rosen, things can go all up in flames.

Sixteen-year-old Randall Kappelhoff had been thinking about his plan all winter.

This year at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens, everything would be different. He’d cut his hair and change his name—no more “Randy,” he’d be “Del” at camp. He’d act totally masc, sign up for sports, and he’d reluctantly give up performing in the annual play. And at the end of the four weeks of camp, Hudson Aaronson-Lim would be Randy— um, Del’s—boyfriend.

He’d been hot for Hudson every summer for years. This plan had to work.

And it does. At first.

Hudson is everything Del wants: he’s solid, sweet, and his kisses are ah-may-zing. And as much as Del wants to “get naked” with Hudson, he knows he has to wait. Every past summer, while he lusted after Hudson, he watched Hudson find some random boy, let the boy fall in love with him, and then he’d dump said boy within two weeks. That was not going to happen to Del. Hudson would be permanent; he just didn’t know it yet.

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But staying in character was not easy. Del’s cabin-mate, George, brought nail polish to camp but while Randy would wear nail polish, “Del” could not. Everyone in Del’s cabin was really into theatre and they were all looking forward to the camp show but “Del” was too masc for singing and dancing. Still, Hudson was worth it.

Almost everyone in camp knew about Del’s rom-com plans—everyone, that is, except Hudson. Del knew that he’d eventually have to tell Hudson the truth but by that time, he was sure Hudson would be in love with him and nothing else would matter.

The plan had to work.

Until it didn’t.

Okay, this: Camp is adorable. It’s all puppyish first love and awkward kisses and fumbling virginity loss. It can also feel long.

That may be the first thing you notice, since author L.C. Rosen jumps right into the beginning of Randy’s first week at camp, and the plan. That doesn’t leave much literary foreplay and it makes for a rough opening; fortunately, it doesn’t last and it doesn’t drag.

To the good, the teen angst inside this book is perfect, as is the authenticity of its language. There’s also a great mix of LGBTQ characters. But the story’s neon-sign is the thing most readers will celebrate: to wit: be true to yourself... but be careful.

Read the book. As if the ending of it isn’t surprise enough.

Beware: this is a cute story with a strong message, but also contains some pages of explicitness. For older queer teens who need to read, though, Camp is just right, with a little heat. ▼ 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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BY ROBERT DEDOMINIC

Rehoboth Beach, My Summer Boyfriend!

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riving into Rehoboth Beach on July 15, I was bursting with excitement. There I was arriving in one of my favorite places, a place I have visited a few weekends a year for over 20 years.

Actually, in 2003, I lived here for the summer.

I was teaching high school at the time, and spent my summer here lifeguarding, teaching swimming lessons at the Y, and bartending at the Renegade.

But this time was different. Two months at the beach—a tiny escape from COVID’s unknown— present and future.

Riding out the COVID lockdown in my Brooklyn apartment from March through June was rough. NYC was a scary place to be. There’s no sugarcoating it. I went days, weeks without leaving my apartment. Even as June began and bars and restaurants reopened, many friends were not ready to dine out. ‘Social’ life in NYC meant picnics in parks.

Blankets, food, drinks, all while socially distancing. Many parks painted large white circles on the grass to show where everyone could sit safely.

Even with COVID still waging war on our country, life felt like night and day when I arrived in Rehoboth. Within 30 minutes of getting to my rented bedroom in the house in Canal Point, I was sitting on Poodle Beach, staring out into the glorious Atlantic.

Unpacking could wait! Later, I biked out to Route One and joined RISE gym, a massive twostory complex unlike any gym I’ve ever seen.

That first night ended with dinner at Jam. Beach!

Gym! Outdoor dining with the mandatory mask requirement! I am going to like it here. Strike that, love it.

The next day, biking home from Poodle Beach, thinking how lucky to be here, an SUV swerved into my lane. I instinctively pressed my brakes hard—too hard—causing me to flip over the handlebars. Would you believe the SUV driver didn’t even stop to see if I was OK?! Thankfully, a few other drivers did and apart from some bad abrasions, bruises, and a sprained right wrist, I wasn’t seriously hurt. How is that for a welcome to Rehoboth?

After taking the night to ice my wrist and get some rest, I woke up Friday ready for my first weekend. All of my friends here are still working

It was also spent playing rounds of pool beer Pong! Or, with us gays, pool White Claw Pong.

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from home fulltime, so once Friday evening came around, game on! We spent the night sampling flavored crushes on the patio at Aqua Bar and Grill. I already see many of those in my future.

Watermelon is my favorite…this week.

Saturday and Sunday afternoon were spent at a friend’s pool catching up with DC and Philly friends I hadn’t seen in far too long. It was also spent playing rounds of pool beer Pong! Or, with us gays, pool White Claw Pong. I am happy to report that my teammate Noah and I are undefeated, and humble brag, I was throwing left-handed because of the sprained wrist.

Sunday night my friends surprised me by taking me to see Pamela Stanley at The Pines. I’ve ended many a weekend in town singing and dancing along with Pamela. I was excited to see her at her new venue. I did wonder if I would have fun this time, with the new guidelines restricting seating at your table and only your table. My fears were alleviated in the first few minutes as the sold-out crowd cheered when Pamela entered the room.

As the show continued and the drinks flowed, my adoration for Pamela Stanley might have exceeded normal levels. I repeatedly shouted, “We love you Pam Stan.” My friends have jokingly told me Pam Stan has banned me from all future shows. They are joking, right?

The next day, hungover, on Poodle Beach, eating a sandwich from Coho’s (my new favorite sandwich shop tied with Lori’s, my first favorite), I reflected. It’s hard to put into words how grateful I feel to be healthy and financially stable enough to be in such a beautiful place spending time with friends and making new ones. I already have two beach crushes and two gym crushes; one more spot to be filled. Robert’s rule: one can only have five crushes. I am not a crush whore!

Maybe I will just make Rehoboth my boyfriend this summer. Every day I wake up and decide where I am going to bike, and what new restaurant or bar to try out. One night after a few White Claws, if you hear “I love you Rehoboth Beach,” you know it’s Robby from Brooklyn.

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IN THE ERA OF COVID

BY MICHAEL GILLES

Missing the Sound of Music

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ehoboth is silent. Sure, there’s chattering on the street from those adventurous few who dot the sidewalks and the boardwalk. But what about the music? Where is Tchaikovsky? Where are the show tunes? Where is the fun of summer concerts on the bandstand?

Well, we all know the answer to that, and so do the members of the Rehoboth Concert Band. Reflecting the town’s hardships, the RCB had to totally shut down the second week in March, with all concerts cancelled and rehearsal space closed.

So, what do you do during a pandemic when your stated purpose is to “keeps toes tapping and the applause coming?”

Music Director Sharon Still says options are limited. But that doesn’t mean that the RCB is dormant.

Sharon elaborates. “Actually, we have already started back!” In May, RCB musicians answered the call of CBS News’ “Taps Across America.” On Memorial Day, band members played “Taps” from their front yards, porches, the beach, and so on, encouraging their lucky neighbors and friends to listen and record.

Some recordings were emailed to CBS for playback on a broadcast the following week. In July, band members played patriotic songs for small picnics on their own decks. Meanwhile, some soloists recorded themselves and uploaded recordings to the band’s Facebook page; the band hopes to add more. And the band’s brass quartet recently played for a virtual service celebrating a local church’s 170th anniversary.

Not allowing the pandemic to keep them down, many band members are using the hiatus to keep musically sharp and to get better at their skills. Oboist and four-year band veteran Ed Fick says, “I have been trying to work through some of the old studies and exercises I have had in my collection for ‘hundreds’ of years!’” For Fick, the most difficult part of the down time? “Without the band rehearsals and concerts, it is harder to keep focus and stay in musical shape. For oboe players that includes not only playing, but reed making as well.”

And, of course, they all miss making music together. Sharon longs for the relationship part of being with other musicians, seeing everyone’s smiling faces, and feeling the pride when a rehearsal is well done. And the whole band misses the excitement of performing on stage, looking out at an audience of friends, family, neighbors, and community.

So, how is the RCB staying financially afloat during the pandemic? From the band’s beginning in 2012, the organization has been very frugal with finances. In addition to ticket sales, they receive donations and grants from organizations like the Delaware Division of the Arts. Also, the band has saved a little every year to develop a “rainy day” fund. “I think this pandemic time could definitely be defined as a rainy day!” says Sharon.

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course, like the rest of us, they have no idea. As soon as it is safe to make music again, they will set up a small schedule of performances to test the waters. Small groups and soloists may begin performing first, then perhaps a “baby” band, hoping soon to move to a full band. Still says it will take about four weeks of rehearsal to prepare for their first post-pandemic concert.

Most band members are chomping at the bit to get back to playing and performing. Almost all of them have been playing their instruments since elementary school. Sharon points out that the band includes school band directors, retired band directors, and musicians who played professionally. Sharon herself has been a band director for her entire career and started playing in a concert band when she was 11. She echoes the thoughts of most band members, “Music is my life!”

She adds, “Please visit our website at rehobothconcertband.org and follow us on Facebook. And be on the lookout— you may hear three or four RCB members playing together on a street at the end of a cul-de-sac, or in a backyard, or on someone’s deck near you. And if anyone out there wants a small ensemble to give a little one-hour concert in your neighborhood, we can provide that as a community service!” Just contact rehobothconcertband@gmail.com.

So, as we all suffer the sounds of silence during this pandemic, we can at least look forward to the day that Tchaikovsky and show tunes again fill the air. Perhaps more than we realize, music is our life, too. So here’s to a Rehoboth bandstand filled with music, with the Rehoboth Concert Band leading the way. ▼ Michael Gilles is a playwright, actor, and director from Milton, and a regular contributor to Letters from CAMP Rehoboth.

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The REAL DIRT

BY ERIC W. WAHL

I Never Promised You a Shade Garden

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he thermometer on the car hit 104 the other day, and that was inside the garage. The curtains and blinds have been regularly closed trying to keep the sun’s rays and heat from penetrating our abode. Not having many shade trees around the building feels like it’s a hapless endeavor, but we persist. Thoughts of spending time in a lush shade garden cross my mind, with color, texture, and fragrance lifting me to an exotic landscape.

Dwelling on a shade garden inspired me to write a piece on the joys and tribulations of having such a space. Gardening in the shade presents a host of constraints, none being more important than lack of sunlight. It is the process of photosynthesis by which all plants make their food, and some can get away with less than others.

The most common plants for shade are hostas and ferns. There are dozens of varieties that exhibit a plethora of colors, shapes, and sizes. I am quite fond of the bigger leaf types of hosta that cover the most ground and provide texture throughout the garden. The larger leaves contrast well with the finer texture of ferns. Add coral bells to the mix and it begins to look like a painter’s palette.

Coral bells are another shade loving plant that come in array of colors. They are mostly known for their leaf shape and hues even though they also provide a decent display of small bell-shaped

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flowers on tall stems. With a similar leaf shape, foamflower plays well when planted among coral bells. Foamflower is a native plant that acts like a groundcover and is at home in the woodland garden. When in bloom and planted in mass, their spikes of white flowers look like foam above their deeply lobed, heart-shaped leaves.

Another groundcover to consider in the shade garden is wild ginger. Its heart-shaped leaves cover the ground like a carpet. It spreads by rhizomes and produces small bell-shaped flowers close to the ground, but they are inconspicuous to the eye.

Other shade loving plants to try under a shady tree canopy or on the shady side of the house are astilbe, Solomon’s seal, bugleweed, monkshood, goatsbeard, and bleeding heart.

Dead nettle is also shade loving and can cover an area rather quickly. Be careful to look after it, because dead nettle can be aggressive. It spreads by rhizomes and is difficult to remove if you become unhappy with it.

Then there are ferns, of which I have a love-hate relationship. Just like hostas, there are dozens and dozens of ferns to choose from. Some are native; many are not. Of the native species, hay-scented fern is common to use when trying to cover a large area. The impact of them when planted in mass is a sight to behold. However, they can also be aggres-

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sive and hard to restrict to one spot. The fern gets its name from the scent of hay when its fronds are crushed.

Another groundcover to consider in the shade garden is wild ginger. Its heart-shaped leaves cover the ground like a carpet.

Other ferns common at the nurseries are ostrich fern, cinnamon fern, maidenhair fern, Japanese painted fern, robusta fern, and the list goes on. Ferns come in many sizes and colors. Choose the ones that suit your garden best. It’s always a good idea to plant the taller ones in the back and the shorter ones in the front (as with any garden bed). This allows the onlooker to see all the layers, textures, and colors in front of them.

If you have a shady area of your garden, try some of these plants and see where it takes you. You will never know unless you try.

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

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Kathy & Corky Fitzpatrick X Cynthia Flynn & Deirdre Boyle X Connie Fox & Donna Adair Richard Green & Asi Ohana X John Hackett & Tom Newton* David Hagelin & Andy Brangenberg* Harris Holden X Terry Hollinger & Mike May John Holohan & William Ensminger* Steve Hoult & Rick Bane X Karen Hugues & Cathy McCallister X Jocelyn Kaplan & Idalie Adams X Linda Kemp* Deborah Kennedy & Beth Yocum* Jerry Kennedy & Robert Quinones X Eric Korpon & Steven Haber* Stephen Manos X Courtney & Katie McGregor Susan Morrison* Dennis Neason & Steve Bendyna Kim Nelson & Lori Simmons X Fran O'Brien & David Gifford Don Peterson & Jeff Richman X Keith Petrack & Michael Fetchko* Anne Pikolas & Jean Charles X Stephen Pleskach X Gail Purcell & Sandy Kraft Bill Rayman & Frank King* Carolyn Robinson Kim Rutherford & Dalit Eyal James Sears & Luis Mora Douglas Sellers & Mark Eubanks Scott Shaughnessy & John Hassell* William Snow & Richard Pagnotta X Joseph Steele & Chris Leady Angie Strano & Cindy Gruman David Streit & Scott Button* Terry Vick & Billy Pat Clamp Sandra & Lori Waldee-Warden Margaret Wilkins* Kathy Wiz & Muriel Hogan X Jon Worthington & Bryan Houlette X Doug Yetter & Mark Horne Lisa Zimmerman X

YELLOW LEVEL Brenda Abell X Keith Anderson & Peter Bish X Dale Aultman & Paul Gibbs X Pamela Baker & Diane Dixson* Linda Balatti & Shirley Gilmer X Mike Ballenger & Martin Thomas Miriam Barton* Chris Beagle & Eric Engelhart* Tom Beall Barbara Beavers & Kathy Carrell Sherry Berman & Deb Hamilton X Abby Bernstein & Karen Frank X Boland Family - In Memory of Michael J. Kelly* Deborah Bosick 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* Austin Clayton

CAMP REHOBOTH MEMBERSHIP 2020 Betsy Cohen Gary Colangelo & Gerald Duvall X Nancy Commisso* Thomas Conway & Thoth Weeda* Kay Creech & Sharon Still* Scott Davis & Chris Shaheen* Drexel Davison - Bad Hair Day?* Lewis & Greg Dawley-Becker* Robert Defendis & Ronald O. Dempsey Anthony Delacruz & Ronald Mangano In Memory of Frank Dell'Aquila X Marianne DeLorenzo & Linda Van de Wiele* Fred DiBartolo & Steve Wood X Frank Dorn & Edward Schumacher* Diane Dragositz Albert Drulis & Scott Silber* Sandy Duncan & Maddy Ewald Paul Dwyer Susan Eig & Ellen Schiff X Karen & Lisa Faber* Alice Fagans & Ruth Ann Mattingly* John Farley & Dennis Wilson X Dent Farr & Erick Lowe* Dee Farris* Jerry Filbin* Diane Fisher & Kharma Amos Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth* Keven Fitzsimmons & Jeff Stroud X Monica Fleischmann & Lona Crist X John Flournoy & Jim Chrobot John Furbush & Tom Feng Susan Goudy* Bill Graff & Jeff Schuck* Ken Green & Joe Kearney* Michael Green & Robert Schwerdtfeger* Patricia Guild Todd Hacker Jo Hamilton & Donna Voigt* Harbor Healthcare Pete & Joanne Harrigan* David Herring & Karl Hornberger Carol Holland - Holland Jewelers X Larry Hooker X Caroline Huff & Brenda Robertson* Pete Jakubowski* Philip Johnson* Marilyn Kates & Laura Glenn* Rose Korten & Brenda Pinkney Greg Kubiak* Susan Kutliroff & Barbara Snyder Glenn Lash & Mark Paugh Carol Lazzara & Sheila Maden* Monica Lewis & Ann Zimmerman* Frank Liptak & Joe Schnetzka* Jim Lonsdale & Bryan Hoffman Patricia Magee & Anita Pettitt X John Marson 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*

Marvin Miller & Dan Kyle X Linda Miniscalco & Jeanne Drake* Gaylon Morris & Rick Kinsey* Jack Morrison & Bob Dobbs* Rita Nelson & Ralph Peters Sandy Neverett & Pam Cranston X Robert Nowak & David Bergman X Judy Olsen & Joanne Kempton X Maggie Ottato X Dotti Outland & Diane Mead X 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* Jim Pressler X Sam Profeta X Lisa Rabigi & Bea Vuocolo Joie Rake & Nan Flesher X Charlotte Reid & Polly Smale* Marty Rendon & John Cianciosi* Gene Roe X Thomas Rose & Thomas Sechowicz X Lucien Rossignol & Tom Harris Mark Saunders & Bob Thoman* Betsy Schmidt X Sheryl Schulte & Jeanne LaVigne* Mary Ann Slinkman & Sharyn Santel David Smith & Kenn Williams Susan Soderberg & Terri King X John Michael Sophos & Miss Dot Sophos* Diane Sozio & Patricia Hutchinson* Dee Speck & Linda Kauffman X Mary Spencer & Kathy Lingo* Greig Stewart & Jake Hudson* Russell & Patricia Stiles* Lenny Stumpf & John B. Pitchford* Brett Svensson & Bill Quinn - Dust Doctors LLC* Gordon Tanner & Robert Patlan* David Theil* James Tucker & In Memory of Dennis Murphy* Lana Warfield & Pamela Notarangelo X Daniel Watkins & Micah Shockney Cal Weible & Daniel Halvorsen X Michael Weinert* Douglas Werner & JD Pryor John Wood & Mike Roob Renee & Steven Wright DMD PA* Tony Wright & Mary Jo Bennett X Jean Sutliff Young* Joanne Yurik* Larry Zeigler X John Zingo & Rick Johnson*

ORANGE LEVEL Gwen Atwell & Marla Hoon Shannon & Sarah Avery* Romulus Barba & Dean Yanchulis* Paul Barbera & Joseph Nolan Peter Bezrucik* Kathleen Biggs & Maria Campos Linda Bova & Bridget Bauer - The Sea Bova Associates* Continued on page 62

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Anita Broccolino - In Memory of Cathy Fisher Wendy Bromfeld* Barry Bugg Ronald Butt & Steve Cannon* William Byron Debbie Cali & Maddie Cunningham Jean Chlastawa & Susan Griesemer Dottie Cirelli & Myrna Kelley X Steve Clayton & Brad Lentz Michael Clement & Mac Gardner* Charlie Codacovi* Gregory Cole Community Bank Delaware* Mark Conheady* Quida Cooper-Rodriguez Lois Cortese & Jill Stokes X Kenneth Currier & Mike Tyler X John D'Amico* 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 Arlyce Dubbin & Kathleen Heintz* Brenda Dunn & Karen Anderson Martin Durkin & Chetan Patel* Jeanne Embich* Gary Espinas & Daniel Sherlock Maureen Ewadinger* Ellen Feinberg & Lesley Rogan X Sara Ford & Anne Donick* Deb Fox & Deb Bonneau Charles Gable Christopher Galanty & James Apistolas Joan Glass X William Gluth & Channing Daniel Ed Gmoch* Mike Gordy & Ed Brubaker Joe Gottschall & Scott Woody Suzanne Graefen & Tad Webb Deborah Grant & Carol Loewen DiMitri Guy* Wesley Hacker & David Block* Sharon Hansen X Tracey & Erica Hellman Nancy Hewish & Vicki Martina* Bill Hillegeist X Vance Hudgins & Denny Marcotte John Hulse X Mary Huntt & Angela Creager Janet Idema & Patricia Higgins* Bob Kabel Sharon Kanter & Cyndy Bennett* Mark Kehoe X Maryl Kerley & Pat Sagat X Bonnie Kirkland & Wanda Bair X Jay Kottoff & Mark Matey* Rob & Jean Krapf X Barbara Lang & Diane Grillo Leslie Ledogar & Marilyn Hewitt* Edmund LeFevre & Keith Wiggs X Jim Lesko Dale & Sue Lomas* John Mackerey & Donald Filicetti Duncan MacLellan & Glenn Reighart* Marsha Mark & Judy Raynor Gina & Jules Marotta Marie Martinucci & Pam Kozey* Michael & Stephan Maybroda Kathy & Steve McGuiness Kate McQueen

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Julia Monaghan & Carissa Meiklejohn Margaret Moore & Sheree Mixell X Thomas Moore & Richard Bost Debbie & Frank Navecky Robert Neighbour & Andrew Dan Pat Nickols Donna Ohle & Susan Gaggiotti X Sandra Oropel & Linda Frese* Carolyn Ortwein & Ann Barry* Rutland Paal & Robert Mittleman* Sandra Pace & Barbara Passikoff X Steve Parker* Ellen Passman X Marilyn Pate & Dorothy Smith* Emilie Paternoster & Monica Parr X Rina Pellegrini Colleen Perry & Jane Kuhfuss* Marianne Perry & Jeanette Laszczynski Deena Pers X Grace Pesikey & Janet Urdahl* Russ Phipps & Stephen Jacobs* Peter Pizzolongo & Carlos Prugue* Pat Powell Pierce Quinlan & Ginny Daly Jay Raksin Thomas Ramsey & Chris Murray Susan Reinagel & Dawn Henderson* Pat Renninger & Tammy Plumley X Judy Rosenstein & Elva Weininger X Michael Safina & Tim Bean Katherine Sams* Richard Sargent* Gary Schell & Jim DiRago Laurie Schneider & Margie Ripalda* Teri Seaton & Rena Frampton-Seaton Michael Seifert & Harvey Holthaus* Craig Sencindiver & Gary Alexander* Sue Shevlin & Ren Culp* Frank Shockley & Arthur Henry Matthew Stensrud & Michael Cohen Caroline Stites & Elizabeth Coit X Robert Stoltzfus & Gerald Warhola* Brian Straka* Sandra Sullivan & Lorie Seaman* David Szumski & James Carfagno Trudie Thompson & David Welch Thrasher's French Fries Jeffrey Trunzo & Herman Goodyear* 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 Melanie Wolfe & Monica Niccolai Sherri Wright & Dick Byrne* Niki Zaldivar & Cecil McNeil X Kathryn Zimmerman Helaine Zinaman & Roselyn Abitbol X

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Patricia Antonisse X Wanda Armwood & Illona Williams Judith & Wanda Ashbrook Jan Atwell Terry August Jack Ay & James Krebsbach* Kathleen Bailey X David & Sandra Baker John Baker & Richard Latham X June Baker* Ruth Ball & Mary Ellen Jankowski* Susie Ball & Susan Delaney X Michael Barnes & Scott O'Neill Sarah Barnett Curtiss Barrows X Brian Bartels Eric Barton & Greg Nagel John Batchelor X Sherry Baxter & Robin O'Neil Karen Beck Beebe Medical Foundation* Mike Behringer & Nelson Correa Sheryl Bender & Doreen DiLorenzo* George Benes & Michael Mallee X Suzanne Bennethum & Deborah Smith Norman Bennett & Marco Morales Joel Berelson & Charles Maples* Lisa Beske 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 X Jacquelyn Blue X Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache & Tom Laughingwolf Simmons X Annabelle Boire Carl Bomberger & Mike Rhoads 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 Victor Branham & Mark Clark Kelly Brennan & Susan McVey William Briganti & Gary Moore Susan Brinsfield John & Bud Broda-Knudsen Debora Brooke * Cathy Brown Kevin Brown X Lyn Brown & Winsome Boyd Tina Brown Diane Bruce & Annie Sorvillo* Marilyn Bryant Belinda Buras & Linda Simeone Geoffrey Burkhart & Bruce Williams* 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

Robertine Cale Ingrid Callmann & Karen Askins* Leslie Calman & Jane Gruenebaum* Michele Campisi & Julie A. Slick X Matt Carey X Jim Carlo X Justine Carpenter X Shirley Carpenter & Mary Coldren X John Carr & Billy Cox* Lisa Carrol & Deb Dubois X Marianna Carson & Laura Bobo Alice Casey Jo Cason & Peggy Neidlinger Teresa Cason & Lynda Schepler X Linda Chaney & Irene Lawlor* Helen Chang & Pat Avery Dr. Harvey J. Chasser X Mike Chateauneuf X Anthony Chiffolo & Rusty Hesse* Dan Childers & Ted Hernandez* Tom Childers & John Hall X Sandra Chinchilla & Michelle Holmes X Curt Christensen & Ellen Heald* Billy J. Christian X Dennis Chupella & Rob White X Norma K. Clark X Barbara Clipper Amy Clouse & Betty Long X Carolyn Cole & Sandy McDevitt X Stuart Comstock-Gay X Inez Conover X Bill Cooley & Ken Watkins DVM X Josh Cooper & Steve Rathburn Jeffery A. Coover X Michael Cornell X Lois Corson & Mary Murdoch X Mary Costa & Kris Nygaard Becky & Tom Craft X Wendy Cramer & Carolyn Baranowski* Theresa-Ann Crivelli & Angela Murray Robert Crocetti X Bill Cross & David McCall X Donald Crowl* Richard Culver Mark Cunningham & Ken Tattersall X Howard Cyr & Lynn Ashley* Ellen Dahl Susan Daily Charles Daniels William T. Darley X Joseph Davey & H. Ralph Fletcher Jeff Davidson & Steve Yahn Marsha Davis & Bev Lesher X Kathy Davison & Ruth Dickerson X Scott & Donna de Kuyper Hotel Blue* Frederick Dean & Steven Swierzy X Linda Dean & Donna Whiteside* Penny Lee Dean Scott Dechen & James Maino Michael Decker X Susan Deise & Jerri Budzinski Bernie Delia X Claire Dente & Leslie Campo* Karen DeSantis & Carol Brice* Nancy DeToma & Meg Smith David DeVargas & Steven Champion X Barbara Devenport & Susan Brinsfield Carolyn DeVito Dawn Devries Henry & Marcia DeWitt X Geri Dibiase Photography* Julie Dickson X

Richard Dietz Phyllis Dillinger Mary Dipietro & Wendy Schadt* Deb Dobransky & Ketty Bennett* Arthur Dochterman X David & Lizann Dockety X Peg Dolan & Mary McDevitt X Debbie & Karen Dorris* Kathryn Downs Frances Doyle X Paul Dradransky X Michael Driscoll & Ben McOmber X Susan Dube & Diana Patterson* Deanna Duby & Carol Bruce Barry Dunkin Deborah Duran Gregory DuRoss Gene Dvornick X Sue Early X Frank Echols & Robert Robinson Eden Restaurant X Gail Elliott & Bea Hickey Pamela Elliott W. Kay Ellis Susan Farr & Joanne Pozzo Rene Fechter & Cynthia Smith Larry & Ro Fedorka Karen Ferguson Virginia Fessler & Chris Patton Jayne & Ro Fetterman* Irene & Edward Fick* Allen Fred Fielding X Joe Filipek & Larry Richardson X Mark Finkelstein & Michael Zeik X Paul Finn & Joseph Porporino Rick Fischer X Barbara Fischetti & Janet Thoden Gary Fisher & Josh Bushey* Barbara Fitzpatrick & Denise Centinaro Chuck Flanagan & George Whitehouse X David Flohr & Steven Kuschuck* Paul Florentino & Chris Pedersen X Anthony Forrest & Glyn Edwards Roland Forster & David McDonald Beebe Frazer X Phil Fretz X Billiemichelle & Evelyn Friel* Neil Frock & Bob Harrison* Marilyn Fuller & Teresa Marigliano Lorraine Gaasche & Jill Mayer* Frank Gainer & Ramon Santos* Lynn Gaites & Faye Koslow X Nina Galerstein* Marcia Gallo & Ann Cammett Jerry Gallucci & Conrad Welch Marilyn Gamble & Joan Morgan Karen Gantz & Jeanie Geist Kathryn Gantz & Kathryn Gehret Don Gardiner X Cheri Garnet & Cynthia Arno Mindy Gasthalter* Wilson Gates X Charles George & Dennis Rivard X Tracey Gersh & Amy Johnson Gary Gillard X Jordan Gipple & Paul Weppner* Angela & Cheryl Gladowska Ron Glick & Tien Pham* Karen Glooch X Ronald Gluck Jane Godfrey* Randall Godwin X Jackie Goff & Mary Vogt X Dave Gold & In Memory of James Yiaski X Robert Gold X Continued on page 64

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

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Batya Hyman & Belinda Cross* Thomas Ingold X Sue Isaacs* Chris Israel & John Stassi X Debbie Isser & Fran Leibowitz Geoffrey Jackson & Will Delany X Fay Jacobs & Bonnie Quesenberry X Sharon Janis X Steve Janosik & Rich Snell X Robert Jasinski* Mary Jenkins & Laura Reitman Sue Jernberg & Chris Hunt Susan Jimenez & Cathy Benson X Donna A. Johnson* Dorsey Johnson & Kay Jernigan* Ken Johnson X Randi Johnson Tara Johnson Cynthia Johnston & George Meili Jim Johnston Richard Jolly & Charles Ingersoll X D. J. Jones Dee Dee Jones & Julie Blake Gay Jones & Barb Bartels Glenn Jones X Rob Jones Sue Jones & Dottie Stackhouse Tom Jones X JoEllen Jordan Nola Joyce & Brenda Eich Frank Jump & Vincenzo Aiosa Wayne Juneau X Mick Kaczorowski X Bob Kaplan & Jeff Davis X Daphne Kaplan & Steve Scheffer Sharon Kaplan & Pamela Everett* Kevin P. Kaporch X Denise Karas & Katherine Bishop Amylynn Karnbach - One Day At A Time Gifts, LLC Peter Karsner X Anne Kazak & Chris Coburn X Peter Keeble & Tom Best Margaret Keefe* Alan Keffer* Donald Kelly* John Kelly & Randy Sutphin X Michael J. Kelly X John Kennedy Kate Kent Hunter Kesmodel X Ned Kesmodel & Matt Gaffney X Marge Keyes & Julie Arenstein X Spencer Kingswell X Daniel Kinsella* Frank Klemens & Barry Brown Ruth Kloetzli & Lisa Scholl* Jane Knaus & Cindy Myers Stephen Kopp John Kort & Hung Lai* Robert Kovalcik & Bob Howard X Myra Kramer & John Hammett* Marcia Kratz Karen Kreiser & Beth Nevill* Kevin W. LaBarge X Adam Lamb & Eli Martinez Peter Lanzaro & Frank Bodsford X Dr. Mathilda Laschenski & Dr. Kathleen Heacock X Ruth Lauver & Judy Wetzel* Kate Lavelle X Charlie Lee X Jon Leeking & Dieulifete Jean* Sherry Leichman & Keith Snyder Mary Lenney* Jen Leonard & Claire McCracken Chris & Mary Leslie Marsha Levine & Susan Hamadock X

Barbara Lilien* Bill Lipsett & Eric Bolda* Duwayne Litz & Steve Triglia X Eleanor Lloyd & Celeste Beaupre George Long & Brian Johnson* Robert E. Long X Cynthia Lowe & Rae von Doehren James Lucas & Karen Davis* Debbie Lupton Diane Lusk X P. Michael Lutz* Donna Lynch Minda Lynch Becky Lyons & Ebie Hamrick X Wendy Maclay & Sheree Davis* Christopher Magaha* Joe Maggio X Loretta Mahan* Bernadette Maher & Cheryl Tarlecky Jack Maher X Nancy Maihoff X Eddie Major X Bruce Majors X Harvey Manchester X Kate Mangione & Gayle Parker Brian Mann Domenic Mannello X Stephanie Manos & Reber Whitner X Robb Mapou & Mike Zufall Anyda Marchant X Charles Marino & Alan Berman* Diane Markey & Randi Snader* Harold Marmon & Robert Hill* Ann Martin Bill Martin & Scott Freber* Michele Martin Norma Martin X Linda Martinak Nan Martino* James Mastoris & Edward Chamberlain X Joe Matassino & Tim Murray Nancy Mathis John Matthews & Nick Polcini* Jonathan Mattner & Chad Rinker Eric Matuszak X Lewis Maurer Donna McCabe & Mac Ignacio X Debbie McCall & Cyndi Brooks Sean McDonald Mary McElhone & Nancy Kaiser X Thomas McGlone X Jeffrey McGuire Alexis McKenzie Ellen McKeon & Kay Cummings Joe McMahon X Jeanne Ann McManus & Robin Robertson Joseph McNally & Terry Jones X Karen McNamara & Rebecca Della-Rodolfa* Charlotte McNaughton Chuck McSweeney & Michael Clay X Jim & Bruce McVey-Back* Mary Medlock & Susan Russell Buck Melton X John Messick X Alicia Mickenberg & Kathleen Fitzgerald Jamie Middelton* Dr. Phyllis J. Mihalas X Melissa Milar* Alicia Miller & Shawn Noel* Bruce R. Miller & Dean D. LaVigne X Frank Miller & Al Naylor X Marilyn K. Miller & Candice Zientek Todd A. Miller & Michele Frame X

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CAMP COMMUNITY CENTER David Carder Max Dick Ann Evans Corky Fitzpatrick Kathy Fitzpatrick Jack Morrison Natalie Moss Sandra Skidmore Alan Spiegelman Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles CAMP MAINTENANCE Eric Korpon DELAWARE DIVISION OF THE ARTS AWARD WINNERS EXHIBIT VOLUNTEERS: Jane Knaus Leslie Sinclair Patricia Stiles Debbie Woods GRANTS COMMITTEE Kate Cauley Kay Cummings Maureen Krieger

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AD INDEX 1776 Steakhouse..........................................................63

Donna Whiteside, Realtor........................................... 20

PFLAG...........................................................................55

Accent On Travel..........................................................25

Eric Atkins, Realtor.......................................................49

Photo Restoration........................................................63

AG Renovations............................................................46

First State Health & Wellness.......................................70

Purple Parrot................................................................35

Allen Jarmon, Realtor................................................... 51

General Dentistry.........................................................65

Randall-Douglas...........................................................57

Bayberry Flowers.........................................................65

God's Greyts Senior Greyhounds.................................23

Randy Mason/Shirley Kalvinsky, Realtors....................23

Beagle Real Estate Group............................................27

Hugh Fuller, Realtor......................................................34

Rehoboth Beach Dental.............................................. 30

Beebe Healthcare........................................................54

Iguana Grill...................................................................23

Rehoboth Guest House................................................23

Beebe Healthcare Career Opportunities.....................59

Immanuel Shelter.........................................................38

Rehoboth Massage & Alignment..................................49

Black Diamond Financial Solutions...............................17

Insight Homes ............................................................. 41

Saved Souls Animal Rescue.........................................68

Brandywine Urology Consultants................................. 15

Jack Lingo, Realtor....................................................... 61

Sea Bova Associates, Realtors.....................................72

Breakthru Beverage..................................................... 31

Jolly Trolley..................................................................46

SoDel Concepts............................................................66

Café Azafran.................................................................55

Just In Thyme Restaurant............................................ 30

Springpoint Choice....................................................... 21

CAMP Rehoboth Annual Premier Sponsors...................7

Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Realtors..............................38

State Farm - George Bunting.......................................43

CAMP Rehoboth Letters Subscription..........................69

Lori's Café.....................................................................43

Sundance 2020.......................................................12, 13

Cat and Mouse Publishing...........................................65

Loves Liquors................................................................17

Sussex Family YMCA....................................................68

Chesapeake & Maine...................................................39

Mark Engberg & Stephanie Brown, Charles Schwab...49

The Lawson Firm..........................................................57

Clear Space Theatre.....................................................47

MERR Institute..............................................................55

Troy Roberts, Realtor.....................................................17

Community Pride Financial Advisors............................63

Midway Fitness & Racquetball......................................71

Unfinished Business.....................................................58

County Bank.................................................................27

New Wave Spas............................................................57

Volunteer Opportunities...............................................69

DE Div of Public Health Tobacco....................................9

Olivia Travel..................................................................29

Volunteer Thank You....................................................69

Delaware Humane Association ...................................65

Palate...........................................................................27

Windsor's Flowers........................................................58

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“As Is” and needs T.L.C. Furnished. 3.5 miles to beach.

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

Community pool. $89,900

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

Community pool. $88,900

(156182) Lot Rent $736/mt.

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1980 3BR/2BA home has been nicely remodeled with a chic, cosmopolitan interior. Huge porch. Olympic-size pool. 4 miles to beach. $85,000

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2014 2BR/2BA w/bonus room.

Vaulted ceilings. Kitchen adjoins dining area. Split BR plan. Patio. Shed. Pool. 2 miles to boardwalk. $70,000 (155196) Lot Rent $555/mt.

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