I am never quite sure why all the tourists go home at this most beautiful time of the year. A gentle summer warmth lingers in the air and the days have been soft and gorgeous. Maybe it's just that the rush of summer is over and done with and I finally get a chance to relax lust a little, but I think it's more than that. The air seems infused with a certain inexpressible magic and the mystery of the approaching Halloween festivities keeps drawing my eyes back to that closet outside of Murray's studio where all the costumes lie peaceably buried and hidden from view like Dracula awaiting the coming of the night. Maybe it's time to drag it all out of the closet again. I wonder what ever happened to that Carmen Miranda costume or the mermaid tails? And for some reason Murray just never seems to be able to find that clown costume I love so much he lust rolls his eyes and promises to look for it when he has time. Oh well, look out Rehoboth, who knows what I'll find digging around in that closet!
Speaking of coming out of the closet, Ellen is back in the news because ABC-TV slapped a parental discretion advisory on last weeks episode because it showed Ellen kissing another women on the lips. As the Human Rights Campaign reminds us, this warning is on absurd double standard. Says HRC's Elizabeth Birch, "To stick this advisory on the Ellen show is a terrible setback...plus it undermines a rating system that has only been in effect for a week." Let me see now, it's OK for Ellen to come out of the closet, but only as long as she doesn't do anything about it. Hey, does the military hove anything to do with this? This one deserves a protest! Urge ABC-TV executives to drop this ridiculous warning. Write: Ms. Jamie Tarses, Entertainment President, ABC Television Network, 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067, call 310-557-7777, or e-mail: abcaudr@ccabc.com.
Somehow it seems that living in a resort town we should have adjusted to people coming and going all the time, but that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye when someone we know and love is called to new horizons. In a few weeks, Lambda Rising's Babo Janssen will be leaving us. Since the very first year that Lambda Rising and CAMP Rehoboth opened at 39 Baltimore Avenue, Babo has been a part of lives. For seven years she has presided over the CAMP Courtyard. I can't imagine my day without seeing Babo and I know that there are a great many of you who feel the same way. Babo was one of the original members of CAMP Rehoboth and served as the first secretary of the board. To my knowledge she is the one of only three openly gay persons to ever run for office in the City of Rehoboth. Though she will probably hate my writing about her, I can only say, "grin and bear it" because it needs to be said. We're all going to miss you, Babo. Good luck and be sure to send us a few letters for LETTERS.
Though it's hard to think that December is just around the corner, don't forget that World AIDS Day is coming up on the first of that month. Anyone interested in working on the World AIDS Day event is invited to join the planning team. The next meeting will be on November 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the Sussex County AIDS Committee office at 107 South Street. Also the team is looking for volunteers to write letters describing their own experiences with AIDS. Letters may be addressed to family members, friends, loved ones or even those who have died. The letters will be used as part of the service at Epworth Methodist Church after the Candlelight Walk. For more information on World AIDS Day, call Glen Pruitt at SCAC, (302) 644-1090, or Murray Archibald at CAMP (302) 227-5620.
Even as this issue comes off the press, Rehoboth's annual Jazz Festival is getting underway. Check page 8 for Barry Becker's guided tour of the hot spots for the weekend. This "joint" will be jumpin' all weekend long, so don't think we're closing for the season. Besides, it's almost Halloween and-oh, yeah, I guess you already know how I feel about that holiday.
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