In Brief

Every Thursday night (except Thanksgiving!) throughout the fall and winter, Café Solé at 44 Baltimore Avenue, will alternate donating 10% of dinner revenues to local non-profits Rehoboth Beach Main Street or CAMP Rehoboth.

Members of the respective organizations will be on hand to help greet (and maybe even serve!), making the dinnertimes fun and profitable at the same time.

"We hope this will be an enjoyable way to donate something to these two fine organizations and thank them for their good work. We also hope it’s a way to keep more people coming downtown for dinner this winter," says Bev Cox of Café Solé.

The Café Solé dinner menu features seafood, pasta and other innovative entrées complimented by a healthy selection of beer, wine and cocktails.

With the slogan "Café Solé: Where it’s Always a Sunny Day" the restaurant hopes that this program provides a sunny day for customers as well as downtown Rehoboth Beach! For more information call 302-227-7107.

14th District Dems. Meet and Greet
The 14th District Democratic Committee representing Rehoboth, Lewes, Long Neck and Harbeson and surrounding areas, will be holding a meet and greet for Democratic candidates running for office this election cycle.

The event will be held on October 19 at Dos Locos Restaurant, 10 Wilmington Ave. in Rehoboth from 6-8 p.m. and will feature hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Residents will have a chance to mingle and discuss issues with Representative Pete Schwartzkopf and State Senatorial candidate Tom Savage, and Congressional candidate Paul Donnelly. Several other well known individuals are expected to drop by.

For more information, contact Peter Schott, 14th District Committee Chairman, at 302-226-0196 or by e-mail dc2de@aol.com.

Jacobs to Read at The Coffee Mill
Fay Jacobs will read selections from her book As I Lay Frying—a Rehoboth Beach Memoir on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at The Coffee Mill, located in Rehoboth Mews between Rehoboth and Baltimore Avenues.

This will be the first reading by Jacobs in Rehoboth. She has held several local book signing parties, but her only local reading took place last summer in Dewey Beach.

Since the May 2004 publication of the book, it has been favorably reviewed by several major national publications, both the Advocate and OUT magazines have asked Jacobs to pen columns, and the book will be included in the national InsightOUT book club beginning in January 2005.

Come by The Coffee Mill Wednesday evening, Oct. 20 to enjoy coffee, cappuccino, pastries or sandwiches, and some laughs with the new Coffee Mill owners and hometown author Jacobs.

For more information, call The Coffee Mill at 302-227-7530.

DiFebo’s Cooks for a Cause Benefits CAMP Rehoboth
DiFebo’s Restaurant, 789 Garfield Parkway in Bethany Beach, is hosting Chefs Cooking for a Cause on Sunday evenings this fall and winter to raise awareness and money for various nonprofit organizations in the area. CAMP Rehoboth will be the featured organization Sunday, November 7.

Dinner guests will enjoy a special CAMP menu, or they may choose any of the wonderful selections from DiFebo’s regular menu. Regardless of what you choose, DiFebo’s will donate 35% of all food and beverage sales generated that evening to CAMP Rehoboth.

Not only is this a great way to help our community, it will also be a great dining experience with lots of laughter to help break the winter doldrums. Make plans now to bring your friends and family and join in on this great evening.

Reservations are strongly suggested and may be secured by calling DiFebo’s at 302-539-4550.

Remembrance of the Dead in Iraq
Members of the Delaware faith community are being asked to hold a reading of the names of the dead from the Iraq war, on All Souls Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Support will be offered to churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other houses of worship for this Remembrance of the Dead by members of the weekly Vigil for Peace in Lewes. This group holds a silent vigil for peace every Sunday from 1-1:45 p.m. in front of the Zwaanendael Museum (corner of Savannah Road and Kings Highway), in downtown Lewes, Delaware. Interested persons are encouraged to call Patricia Kirby Gibler at 302-644-4041 or to write her at akgraces@earthlink.net for more information or to receive a listing of names of the war casualties from America, Iraq, and other countries.

Journal Recounts Lewes History
The Lewes Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of the 2004 issue of the Journal, the seventh in a series of annual local history books. Researched, edited, and illustrated by volunteers, they have become popular with residents of the area and visitors alike, who are interested in learning more about the history of Lewes.

Hot off the presses, this newest issue focuses attention on "Notable Lewes People" of the past. Some of the people featured were from the relatively recent past of the middle of the last century, so reading about them will stir memories for some local readers. Trenny Elliott gives a delightful portrait of her father, James Edward Marvil, the first president of the Lewes Historical Society.

Former Lewes fire department chief, the much admired Louis A. Rickards, left a manuscript-in-progress at his untimely death in 2002, in which he reminisced about his family’s grocery business. The editors of the Journal are pleased that the Rickards family allowed these childhood memories to be published as an article called "Grubbing Them Fishboats."

This newest issue of the Journal also contains many interesting old photographs and some original artwork by local marine artist, Steve Rogers.

Copies of this 64-page publication are available, along with former volumes issued in 2001 through 2003, for five dollars each at Books By the Bay, Stepping Stone, and Saxon Swan, all located in downtown Lewes.

Jo Houtz Art at the Blue Moon
Jo Houtz, a watercolorist who began painting after retirement, will have an exhibition of her paintings at the Blue Moon Restaurant throughout November.

Currently living in Abingdon, Maryland, Jo displays her work at many regional art exhibits, shows and fairs, and has won a variety of awards.

For her recent works, Jo has been using Masa paper, a rice paper for watercolors. A unique effect can be obtained by soaking the paper and then crushing it to break the sizing in the paper. This allows the initial application of colors to soak well into the paper, giving a depth that is exceptional.

Jo describes her work as eclectic, with the colors and brushes going anywhere. To get a preview of her work, go to www.johoutz.com.

Stop by the opening reception on Saturday, November 6, from 2-4 p.m. Jo’s work will be at the Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Avenue, from Nov. 1-30.

Mermaid Splash Donation
The Mermaid Splash 2004 Committee presents a check for $5,000 from its successful dance event to Andrea Andrus, CAMP Rehoboth Development Director, to benefit the Capital Campaign.

Tennis Open Gives to CAMP
Rich Williams, founder of the Rehoboth Tennis Open presents a $1,250 check to Andrea Andrus for CAMP Rehoboth’s Capital Campaign.