In Brief

The sale will take place at the Rehoboth Beach Library, 226 Rehoboth Avenue, across from the Fire Hall. Stop by and browse through the many books that have been donated. We even have some videos, CDs and DVDs. Who knows what you will find!

Book donations are gladly accepted, and may be dropped off at either the Rehoboth Library or at CAMP Rehoboth, 39 Baltimore Avenue. For more information, call Kathy at 302-227-5620.

Tee Up at a New Time and New Place!
CAMP Rehoboth’s women’s golf league is set for Wednesday afternoons throughout the summer. League play will begin on Wednesday, May 12 with a 5 p.m. tee off at the Heritage Golf Club. The Heritage Club is located behind SuperFresh on Postal Lane. All levels of golf expertise are welcome. In fact, you can improve your game if you come to the course at 4:30 p.m. Norma Clark, a local golf instructor, will provide a short clinic before each event.

Cost for league play is $22 for nine holes. The Heritage Golf Club in donating $2 per person toward a merchandise gift certificate for the winner of each week’s event. Norma Clark will explain what each week’s competition is before tee off. These will be fun (some a little crazy) competitions that anyone can win, regardless of skill level. This is a great opportunity to meet other aspiring golfers, to network, and to hone your golf swing.

If you want to join in the fun, call the Heritage Golf Club at 302-644-3860 by 4 p.m. on Mondays and sign-up to play that week. Norma will prepare pairings so you get to meet and play with other league participants. For additional information, call Norma Clark at 302-644-6575 or email her at normakclark@aol.com.

Queerealities to be Staged in Rehoboth
Queerealities, a one-act play by Durrell Watkins, is a collection of human stories cross-connecting at the points of sex, sexuality, gender identity, health, and spirituality; it is informative, uplifting, humorous, poignant, and passionate.

Queerealities is for mature audiences and for anyone who has struggled with the complexities of love, sexuality, religion, and relationships.

Watkins, who wrote the play as part of his thesis for a Masters degree in Theatre Arts, will be performing the play along with a group of actors from New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 8:00 p.m., at MCC Rehoboth in the Midway Shopping Center on Route 1.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at MCC-Rehoboth, at Camp Rehoboth, or at the door on the night of the performance.

Clean Your Drawers and Support Camp To Belong
Don’t forget to clean out your drawers so you can donate jewelry and scarves you no longer wear, as well as purses in good condition to Camp To Belong, an international non-profit organization that has been reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or kinship homes through camp programs and reunions since 1995.

CAMP Rehoboth is pleased to be working as a fundraising captain with this worthwhile organization. We have already received many wonderful items. If you have any items to donate, please bring them to the CAMP office. For additional information, visit the Camp To Belong website at www.camptobelong.com or contact Andrea at the CAMP office or at andrea@camprehoboth.com.

May 22 Book Signing for Fay Jacobs
A&M Books of Rehoboth Beach announces the publication of As I Lay Frying—a Rehoboth Beach Memoir by Letters columnist Fay Jacobs. The book is a collection of Jacobs’ CAMPout columns published over the last several years.

CAMP Rehoboth will host a book party and signing on Saturday, May 22 from 4-6 p.m. at the CAMP office and courtyard at 39 Baltimore Ave.

As Letters readers have learned, and the publisher’s book jacket announces, "The columns of Fay Jacobs cast a witty eye toward contemporary culture and life in a gay-friendly resort town. The essays tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming and always hilarious."

The column began in 1995, when Jacobs and her partner Bonnie Quesenberry cruised into town on their small powerboat and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, Jacobs began chronicling her life as a Rehoboth weekender. Rehoboth fans have followed along as Fay and Bonnie made the transition from visitors to regulars to locals themselves.

The columns describe, among other things, how the columnist was nearly run over by a cargo ship, hunted down by the AARP, and inadvertently involved in transporting shrieking felines across state lines. Jacobs’ writing has her coming to terms with scrapple, summer renters, family values, HMOs and more.

A native New Yorker, Jacobs spent 30 years in the Washington, DC area working in journalism and public relations. She has contributed feature stories and columns to such publications as The Baltimore Sun, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, the Washington Blade, the Wilmington News Journal, Delaware Beach Life and more. In 1997 she won the Vice Versa Award for excellence. Her writing is also included in the 1998 Alyson Publications’ anthology Beginnings.

As I Lay Frying—a Rehoboth Beach Memoir will be available beginning May 22 at CAMP Rehoboth, and regional bookstores or at the web site www.fayjacobs.com. In addition you can get a copy by sending a $15 check or money order plus $1.95 shipping/handling to A&M Books, P.O. Box 283, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.  For more information about the book signing on May 22, 4-6 p.m. call CAMP Rehoboth at 302-227-5620.

Burckhardt-Hutter Say I Do

Bill Burckhardt and Gene Hutter, owners of Attic Treasures on Baltimore Avenue, exchanged vows, Sunday, May 2, before more than 200 friends and family members at the Atlantic Sands Hotel.

Wenger Award Goes to Roni Posner and CAMP

The Wenger Award for Advocacy is presented to the individual or organization that has proven to be a passionate and dedicated advocate for women with heart disease, and has embraced fully our need for healing and empowerment.

This year’s joint winners were Dr. Roni Posner and CAMP Rehoboth who have joined together to work for social justice for all women. The award was presented at the National Press Club, Washington, DC on April 20, 2004.

2004 Wenger Awards Winners (l to r) – Denise Brodey, Glamour magazine; Maribeth Landwehr, Fujisawa Healthcare; Dr. Jennifer Mieres, M.D., LIJ North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY; Roni Posner and CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE; Kristen Williams, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuti-cals; and Estie Lipsit, Hadassah.

Schwartzkopf Runs Again