LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth

Speak Out

I was sitting here at home in Ellicott City, MD, reading your publication, Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. I saw your article relating to your bus trip from Rehoboth to DC for the upcoming Millennium March on Washington, April 30, 2000. I saw that you are offering financial assistance for those who cannot afford the $10 fare. I realized that this is a wonderful thing you are offering and also felt compelled to help out.

Thankfully, I am blessed to realize that for me $10 is not a whole lot of money. Thank the Lord. I also realize that for others, it is a lot of money. So, in the spirit of sharing, thanks for your good work for your local community, thanks for your publication which I greatly enjoy, please accept the enclosed check to cover the cost for two people’s bus fare to attend the Millennium March from Rehoboth. If no one steps up to use the enclosed donation for the bus fare, please keep the donation for your valuable AIDS related work.

Thanks for your publication. I enjoy it summer and winter. My partner and I visit Rehoboth often.

Andrew Meddick

Our opponents say we gays are collecting “special rights” for ourselves and we admit we do have quite a few.

We have the right in most states to be not hired, not promoted and fired for being gay. (Nationally our Republican Congress nixed ENDA, which would have prohibited anti‑gay workplace discrimination.)

We have the right in most states to be refused housing for sale or rent due to our being gay.

We have the right most places to be refused public accommodations, that is, service in restaurants, hotels and other businesses because we are gay.

When ill, we usually have the right in ICU’s to be isolated from our spouses since visitors must be “family members only”. When we die we have the right of sometimes hostile next-of-kin planning our funeral arrangements rather than our spouses.

We most often have the right not to be covered by our spouse’s insurance.

We have the very special right to be beaten and killed without hate crime protections in most states. (Our Republican Congress also defeated a national gay-protective hate crimes bill.)

So why are we complaining? We really do have a lot of “special rights”!

Douglas & Corey Marshall-Steele

Just wanted you to know how grateful I am to be able to keep up with local info online. Wintering here in Ft. Lauderdale you can’t imagine how many people I have come across from Rehoboth.

My friends here are constantly asking, “How do you know that person,” to which I reply, “Rehoboth.”

Astonished, they then invariably ask, “How many people live in that small town?”

It is nice to know that our community there has reached such national recognition as a welcome and inviting place to live and vacation.

Can’t wait to come back in the spring and see all of you.

John Sayres

Spring Beach Ride/Walk 2000 on March 25 was a raging success. Southern Delaware Therapeutic Horseback Riding wants to express our gratitude to all of the riders, walkers, their sponsors, volunteers and the sponsoring businesses for making it happen.

Over 130 riders on horseback and walkers participated in our third annual fundraiser. These participants delivered over $8,500 in donations from sponsors to support this non‑profit therapeutic horseback riding program which is helping the disabled in southern Delaware.

Many participants put in a great amount of effort in seeking sponsors and many sponsors were very generous. Event volunteers were generous with their time and energy both before and during the event.

Katarina Burroughs

In an effort to provide a safe memorable prom, the PTO of Cape Henlopen High School is sponsoring a post prom party to be held after the May 20th prom. The event will take place at the high school from 12:30 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. As far as we know, this undertaking will be the first for Sussex County! We are excited and hope the community will be, too. If there is one thing that this community as a whole strives for, it is the safety of our children.

We plan to use a Carnival as the theme for the first annual Post Prom Party. We will be serving Carnival food items, playing games and decorating the high school in the Carnival theme.

We are requesting that merchants and other members of the community donate funds to help offset some of the cost of this worthwhile venture. Or, if you would prefer, a donation that could be used as a prize, such as gift certificates, hair dryers, curling irons, or small TV’s would be very helpful. We need prizes such as these to help make the evening fun for the kids. If you would like to make a donation, please mail any monies to Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, Delaware 19958. Please make checks payable to the Cape Henlopen High School PTO. If items need to be picked up, call the Cape Wellness Center at 302‑644‑2946. We will arrange for someone to pick up the items. We really need your help to make this event something the students want to attend.

We will be working diligently on this project in the weeks to come, so if you could send your donation by April 15th, it would be greatly appreciated. We are a non‑profit organization and your contribution is tax deductible. Thank you in advance for any contribution you can make. Hopefully this will be the first of many Post Prom Parties to come!

Terri Clifton,
PTO President

If you would like to Speak Out, we would like to hear from you. Address your letters to: CAMP Rehoboth, 39 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, or e-mail: editor@camprehoboth.com. All letters must be signed with your full name and include your phone number for verification. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 10, No. 3, Apr. 7, 2000.