WEEKEND #6, 2022
July 5, 2022
(Independence Day Weekend)
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER ENDS JOURNEY IN REHOBOTH-DEWEY!
Michael Wardian,
the cross-country runner raising funds for World
Vision clean water programs, completed his
61-day 3000+ mile trek across the continent when he arrived in Rehoboth
Beach early Friday morning.
That final segment included a long
all-night run through the Delaware countryside.
This is video of his
jubilant sunrise boardwalk arrival.
He decided to end his journey here because his family has a beach house in
Rehoboth and one of his sponsors is the Dewey
Beer Company. He actually comes from Arlington, Virginia.
Amazingly, Wardian kept going all weekend. On Saturday he ran the Firecracker
5K in Rehoboth, took a VO2
max test on Sunday and participated in the Dewey
Beach Liquors 5K on Independence Day!
While he had a brief
mention in the Cape Gazette, Wardian received significant recognition
from news
outlets across the country as well as national publications such as People.
Photos courtesy Michael
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REHOBOTH'S DOLLE'S SIGN FINALLY HAS ITS NEW
HOME!
The other big news story to come out of Rehoboth this past week was the new
home for the Dolle's sign on the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
The long-awaited installation on the museum was completed Wednesday afternoon
with a brief ceremony. More than 250 donors contributed $35,000 to fund the
installation on the canal side of the city-owned building.
Photo courtesy Wesley Combs
The sign's arrival at the museum offers an excellent example of the power
of creative thinking, cross-organization cooperation and generosity, Mayor
Stan Mills told those attending the ceremony. "Thank you to the history
museum for stepping up and offering a fitting home for our 30-foot bright
orange friend here," he added.
To many people, it's more than just a sign.
"The sign's history reminds us of some of life's basic lessons,"
Mayor Mills explained. "For example, when you're knocked down as the
sign was in at least two different storms, over the decades you get back up
again and while change — which often seems inevitable, can sometimes be hard
and heartbreaking — it can also open the door for new opportunities. It's
not the same as it always was and it's not necessarily better, but it provides
new opportunities and in this case, I believe that is a very good thing to
have preserved this sign for generations," he explained.
"When we saw the Dolle's sign in person, on the boardwalk or
in photos, you knew exactly where you were on the boardwalk and in the Town
of Rehoboth Beach," Mayor Mills pointed out. The sign, he said, represented
"Rehoboth Beach for perennial vacationers and year-round residents. So
I'm pleased the sign remains a highly visible part of our community and will
continue to welcome visitors and residents to Rehoboth Beach every time they
enter the city via the bridge here at Rehoboth Avenue-Extended…"
David Mann, Rehoboth Beach Historical Society board president, said
they left the sign as it came down. "It's showing its age just like I
am. So we're going to do our best to keep it together and then down the road
we'll probably have a restoration project on our agenda," he added.
Nancy Alexander, museum director, invites visitors to see the museum's collection
of historical signs from various businesses in its sign gallery. The exhibition
was designed by David McDonald and Roland Forster who also curated the lighthouse
exhibition. The sign gallery's latest addition is the Nicola Pizza
sign! Here is Robert Thompson with his old B&B sign.
This news was prominently featured in the Cape
Gazette and Delaware
Today and aired locally on WRDE
and WMDT
as well as on WCAU
in Philly.
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3 ARRESTED DURING REHOBOTH FIREWORKS
Woman leaving show taken to hospital in cardiac
arrest
Toward the end of the Rehoboth Beach fireworks show on Sunday, around 9:50
p.m., police responded to a "disorderly" complaint here on the beach
in front of the Star of the Sea where three visitors were eventually
arrested. One of the three reportedly had a concealed handgun. No word yet
from police on charges.
Photo courtesy Eric
Allen
Just before 10:10 p.m., a 59-year-old woman leaving the beach after the fireworks
show off Olive Avenue collapsed, stopped breathing and then went into cardiac
arrest. She had existing health problems. No word yet from police if she survived.
She was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest.
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POLICE NAB WOULD-BE ART THIEF
Rehoboth Beach police caught a man who attempted to steal artwork from city
hall this past Friday.
He removed and tried to hide a piece of art beneath his clothing around 12:15
p.m. He had allegedly taken it off the hallway wall near the alderman's office.
As he was leaving the building, the suspect was confronted and gave up the
artwork. He was successful in getting into his minivan and fleeing town.
But police were on his tail. Despite the holiday traffic, a Rehoboth officer
spotted him on Coastal Highway, stopped and arrested him.
So far, there has been no comment yet from police. Missing from the Coastal
Camera Club's exhibition is this $85 photo, Whirly, Twirly World,
by Barbara Rodgers, which perhaps was the one that had been taken.
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THIS IS WHY LOUISIANA ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE IN REHOBOTH
A group of environmental activists came to the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
early Tuesday afternoon to express
their concerns regarding the fossil fuel industry which is proposing to
build
new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals along the Louisiana coast.
"We have traveled over 1500 miles to be here for a very, very important
reason and that is to defend our beautiful coasts and to keep it as beautiful
as the beach here in Rehoboth is," says Anne Rolfes, the Louisiana
Bucket Brigade's director.
Why would a group from Louisiana
come to Rehoboth Beach to express its environmental concerns? "Because
there are a lot of federal officials — including our president — who hang
out here," she pointed out.
The group warns that the corporations want to build a dozen or more gas export
facilities the size of football stadiums or even larger along the Louisiana
coast. And they ask, would that be tolerated in Rehoboth?
The group is staying in town and plans to be active here through Labor Day.
"We're going to be out just in the streets talking to people to engage
them… We have events planned to engage people to get them to send letters
to FERC [Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] and President Biden,"
Rolfes said.
"You're going to be seeing a lot of us this summer with the Defend
Louisiana T-shirts," she added.
Lynne Coan, Rehoboth Beach spokeswoman, says the Louisiana Bucket Brigade
obtained a special event permit from the city for use of the bandstand for
the press conference. The cost to them was $50 for the application fee plus
a minimum $200 bandstand usage fee.
BETHANY BLUES TO MOVE INTO ORIGINAL NICOLA
LOCATION!
Another big news item from this past week was the announcement from Steve
"Monty" Montgomery that Bethany Blues would take over the
original Nicola space on North First Street. Here's Montgomery's
news release.
Also see the Cape
Gazette and Delaware
Business Times for more info.
POLICE STOP SWAN FLOAT, DRIVER CITED!
It did not take police long to locate this black Lincoln SUV after it was
reported entering town around 12:15 p.m. on Independence Day.
Police stopped it at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand and cited the
driver.
Photos courtesy Diane Querey
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CLAYTON RETURNS TO GALLERY 50 WITH "HELLO,
WORLD!"
Bruce Clayton opened his latest exhibition, "Hello, World,"
at Gallery 50 this past Friday. It consists mostly of photographs
captured using his iPhone
12 Pro Max. He is a triathlon coach and fitness trainer who lives in Rehoboth
and is accustomed to the early morning beach routine. "I do find myself
out quite a bit... I see the sunrise over the ocean almost every single day,"
he says.
"I believe that I always have my iPhone with me," Clayton
explains. "And if you don't have a camera with you," he says, "you
don't get the shots such as Purple Rain with the Mennonites on the
boardwalk… If I didn't have my phone with me, I wouldn't have gotten that
shot and that's a very popular picture."
This show includes many black-and-white prints because sometimes it's just
the image that he wants to convey without the distraction of color. Whereas
color plays a significant role in a picture such as his Purple Rain.
It just depends on the message.
"I also feel like I'm documenting much of this area that seems to be
changing so rapidly," he points out, especially with changes like Dolle's.
Clayton considers this exhibition to be a reflection of his world and travels.
"I thought, well, what does that mean? What does my world mean?"
When he did some online research, Clayton discovered that back in the 1970s
there was a primitive early computer program test code called "hello,
world" that was used as a test to see if the words "hello,
world" could be shown on a computer display. "And so I thought how
appropriate because my photos are all digital," he explained, and thus
it's appropriate that it connects back to the 'Hello, World' computer program.
This is the picture he used to showcase this exhibition. It's a self-portrait
of him waving. He said "Hello, World" was the right title!
Because of the glass and lighting, it is hard to get good pictures of these
photos. So please see the exhibition in person! It remains at Gallery
50 through July 19.
REHOBOTH BEACH FIREWORKS 2022!
Once again, this was another popular show with beautiful photography.
Photo courtesy Rick
Tananis.
Check his photo
website for historical captions that are in order and match the fireworks!
Photo courtesy Sam
Markman
Here is the link to his Rehoboth
Beach fireworks 2022 images.
Chris Flood has an assortment of Independence Day photos on the
Cape
Gazette website.
And finally, Stephen Simmons produced this fireworks
video using an Apple iPhone.
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OTHER NEWS:
MERR REPORT--- Suzanne Thurman from the MERR
Institute says MERR responded to a deceased Kemps Ridley sea turtle on
the north side of the Indian River Inlet this past week. It was a
juvenile and had been eating and thriving so it suffered some type of acute
death that causes drowning but no obvious signs of what caused it to drown,
she said.
GIRL FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER NEAR DROWNING--- A girl was
flown to Nemours Children's Hospital after she was briefly submerged in water.
It happened around 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday on Ritter Drive in William Ritter
Manor in Long Neck. She was reported conscious and behaving normally when
taken to the helicopter.
ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED IN GOLF CART CRASH--- A 82-year-old
woman driving a golf cart ran off the roadway and crashed as she attempted
to turn onto Windjammer Road from Sloop Road in White House Beach in Long
Neck, says Sgt. India Sturgis, state police spokesperson. It was reported
around 9:35 p.m. on Sunday. She was flown to a trauma center with what sounded
like non-life-threatening injuries. More info, photos and golf cart safety
tips are on the Indian River
VFC website.
SHOT FIRED IN BURTON VILLAGE AREA OUTSIDE REHOBOTH---
There was a fight near the Rehoboth YMCA early Monday morning where
a shot was fired, but no one was struck, says Sgt. India Sturgis, state police
spokesperson. One suspect was taken into custody but Sgt. Sturgis said more
info can be released once the subject has formally been charged.
R.B. FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE DOG IN MARSH--- Rehoboth Beach
firefighters responded to the area of Kingsbridge Road on Bald Eagle Creek
after a man was seen struggling to remove a 90-pound dog from the marsh around
10:45 a.m. on Independence Day. That is in the Rehoboth Beach
Yacht & Country Club. It took about 45 minutes to rescue the dog.
OUTLET ROBBERS LEAD POLICE ON ~10-MINUTE CHASE--- Two suspects
in a Kia Optima fled police after they reportedly robbed a shop in
the Seaside Outlets around 3:45 p.m. on Monday, says Cpl. Leonard
DeMalto, state police spokesperson. Police chased them south on Coastal
Highway where they briefly drove on the wrong side of the road. They
sped past Bethany, but turned around and drove back into Bethany where police
eventually lost them.
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Taco
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West
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Henlopen
Acres begins to plan for next dredging project
Summer
tourism booming in Rehoboth Beach amid inflation concerns and short-staffing
Rehoboth
historical society walking tours continue July 6
Rehoboth
Beach Museum presents: Hurley Waples, Jr. video oral history July 14
Rehoboth
historical society seeks needlework submissions
The
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Rehoboth's
anti-climactic election raises concerns over process
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In
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CAMP
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Artist
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CoWork Reho opens below Henlopen Condo
Rehoboth
Westminster Presbyterian to mark 90th anniversary July 10
Commercial
marina proposed for Rehoboth Bay's Arnell Creek
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Woman
arrested after allegedly biting Dewey officer
Dewey
Beach police officer receives national honors
Dewey
Beach Police Chief Sam Mackert to retire after 33 years
Beach
movies and bonfires a continued success in Dewey
Memorial
approved for Dave Ashby in Dewey Beach
Former
gambling boat newest vessel sunk east of Del Seashore
42nd
annual Sandcastle Contest July 9 (Del Seashore)
South
Shore Marina plans to build new entrance
Kaan
to take Millsboro seat next week
Millville
decides to step out for a new website
Rezoning
hearing for Town of Bethany Beach lands
South
Bethany canal water issues surfacing
Fenwick
resident files lawsuit against town over low-speed vehicle ban
Ocean
City moves ahead with contract for air show
Ocean
City beach bonfire program exceeds expectations
Ocean
City police make arrest from June 20 triple stabbing
Ocean
City police arrest four for robbery
Ocean
City firefighters rescue fledgling seagull
Brick
crosswalks being replaced in Berlin
Berlin
officials opt not to delay short-term rental date
Couple
attempting to sail to Portugal rescued off Chincoteague
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U.S.
Wind barrels through the BOEM scoping process
Simulation
aims to ease mariners' concerns navigating around future Md. wind farms
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