6 ' CAPE G'AZETrE, Friday, May 30- June 5, 1997
VIEWPc)INTS
Editorial
Reason for cheer along Route 1
Delaware's Department of Transportation and Bunting-Murray
Construction Company deserve credit this week for having the new
Rehoboth Outlet intersection open and functioning and all lanes of
Route 1 open in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Many skeptics condemned the operation in advance, assuming that
its incompletion would worsen normal holiday weekend traffic prob-
lems. However work crews from Bunting-Murray, coastal people
intimately aware of what such an incompletion would mean, pressed
hard to finish the work in time for the holiday weekend visitors and in
so doing contributed to a better-than-normal holiday weekend traffic
situation.
DelDOT deserves positive mention for two other projects that are
bearing immediate and long term fruit along the Route 1 corridor.
People comment frequently on the beautiful rural scene they drive
along as they work their way south from Dover and Milford toward
their beach destinations. Without a lot of fanfare, DelDOT has stuck
to its guns on its corridor preservation program - and in some
instances spending hundreds of thousands of dollars - to minimize
the number of entrances on and off of Route 1 to keep the system
moving well. And DelDOT officials announced last week that in
cooperation with Rep. John Schroeder, two expansive beds of color-
ful cosmos will be planted in the next few weeks to brighten the
Route 1 experience.
One of those beds, like a colorful waterfall flowing down the medi-
an that rises on the north side of the Nassau overpass, promises to
create a dramatic visual display for Route l's southbound travelers
and will serve to punctuate their entry into Delaware's beach resort
area. The other will add a broad pool of color on the northeast side of
Route 1 at Five Points. It too will serve notice to those visiting the
beach area that they have arrived.
Route 1, beginning at Nassau, continues to evolve more toward
boulevard and less toward highway status. The more beautiful we
make the boulevard, the more attractive will we be to visitors and the
less they will grumble as they slow down for their last few miles.
As for residents, all improvements to Route 1 will make us happi-
er.
Letters
Pink and yellow blooms of rosa rugosa, meaning rough
rose, add color to Cape Region dunes.
New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
June 5 June 13 June 20 June 27
Fond memories of
Cape female athletes
I would like to thank the very talented
and gifted female athletes of Cape Hen-
lopen High School. Almost all of you
play three sports. Some vary in their
preference. Some very special athletes
are about to graduate. Though there are
still some juniors who help make up most
of these teams, a lot of the talent is leav-
ing us.
Most of you began playing minor
league softball at Lewes Little League. It
was at the age of seven we (the coaches
and parents) could see the special gifts all
of you possessed. You have been joined
by special talent from Rehoboth and Mil-
ton to make Cape girls sports a power-
house the last couple of years.
In this day and time it is remarkable
that you girls have stayed together and
fought off most of society's problems.
You have always played hard and played
the game cleanly. Many opponents didn't
elect to take that course.
Your accomplishments are many. A
state championship in hockey, two Dis-
trict 1 championships in Major League
softball. The only Senior League District
Championship in Lewes Little League's
history. Two Henlopen Conference
Championships in hockey and basket-
ball. A Henlopen Conference Champi-
onship in softball. Undefeated seasons in
hockey, basketball and softball in junior
high and in conference at the high school
level. The final four in the state's hockey
and basketball this year. With all that
time and dedication to your sports, most
of you are honor roll students.
We, your parents and boosters, have
many times told you about your short-
comings and criticized your outstanding
play, only to see you accept it and play
with more determination. We have
shared your broken hearts at times, but
most of the time we have been able to
share your joys in accomplishments.
Thanks.
I guess I would sum it up that we have
been riding a wave of success "over the
past several years. The wave didn't give
us the ride we wanted in all cases, but it
certainly has been one hell of a ride.
Now that the wave has hit the beach, the
elements that made it possible will go
their separate ways.
If you take the lessons that sports have
taught you into the rest of your lives, we
won't have to worry about you. Thank
you from all of your fans and coaches for
the hundreds of hours of fantastic enter-
tainment. We have all witnessed a
remarkable group of talented ladies.
It will be a long time before Cape will
be able to package such a fine group
again. Thank you again.
Rob Warrington
Lewes
Carper wants to take
away property rights
Since when the hell is silence a con-
sensus? Having been to the so-called
land-use meeting at Dover Downs, I
didn't see any votes taken on any issue;
therefore, how can anyone say there was
a consensus?
How can you have a consensus when
in a democracy the majority rules, not the
silent majority when no votes were tak-
en? What a waste of time and money.
All because Carper and his dingbats
want to take our property rights away
from us.
Daniel J. Kramer
Greenwood
Lewes residents losing
use of their beach
The parking spaces at the Lewes
Beach lot were filled at times last sum-
mer and the inadequate parking will get
worse as time passes. Lewes residents
are losing the use of their beach. We vot-
ers will request our city government to
shop around and purchase a lease cancel-
Continued on page 8
Volume 5
No. 2
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