18 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, June 2 - June 8, 1995
CAPE LIFE
Winona Ryder
benefit raises
funds for
House of Ruth
Approxin/tely 200 guests
descended upon the
Rehoboth Beach home of Dr.
James D'Orta Sunday of
Memorial Day weekend, help-
ing to raise an estimated
$50,000 for The House of
Ruth, a shelter for battered
women and children, and
hoping for a glimpse of film
star Winona Ryder and her
boyfriend, David Pirner, lead
singer of Soul Asylum.
While Ryder declined the
press's request for pho-
tographs and an interview,
she was introduced to a num-
ber of local attendees, includ-
ing (top right, L to r.) Susan
Krick, owner of the Summer
House restaurant; Steve
Elkins, president of CAMP
Rehoboth, and 37th District
Pep. John Schroeder and his
wife Sue, shown in one of the
large outdoor tents. Also
shown (eentor right) are Sus-
sex County Councilman
George Cole and wife Gerri
and host Dr. D'Orta (below
left) talking to invited guests.
Ryder slipped out of the
party with Pirner to have
dinner at the Blue Moon
Restaurant, arriving in a
champagne colored stretch
limousine.
D'Orta said he would like to
see a House of Ruth estab-
lished in Delmarva as well as
in Baltimore and Washing-
ton. Donations may be sent
to House of Ruth, 2201
Argonne Dr., Baltimore, MD,
2121&
Tdsh Vernon photos
Rehoboth's Metropolitan
Church establishes fund
for new community center
The Metropolitan Community
Church (MCC) of Rehoboth
Beach has established a Commu-
nity Center Building Fund in
memory of Jeffrey D. Goeringer,
one of the founding members of
the church, who died on April 19,
1994.
The fund will be used to acquire
a building for use as a community
center as well as a permanent
home for the MCC congregation,
which now worships each Sunday
morning at the Renegade on Route
1, Rehohoth Beach. The church
was formed to meet the spiritual
needs of the resort's growing gay
and lesbian population, however,
everyone is welcome to join.
David Patterson, MCC lay pas-
tor, said "The building is in mem-
ory of our dear brother Jeff
Goeringer and is dedicated to the
glory of God. This is how Jeff
would have wanted it to be - his
love and service to the community
is what prompted the leadership to
embrace the idea of a community
center rather than a strict church
building. Jeff's memory and our
community are best served in this
capacity."
The building will be used for
worship services and outreach
programs. In addition, the leader-
ship will make the building avail-
able for any service organization
in the entire community that may
benefit by use of the facility.
The Jeffrey D. Goeringer
Memorial Building Fund has been
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Warren receives
service award
Anthony Warren of Mills-
boro, a charter member of the
Metropolitan Community
Church of Rehoboth Beach,
was presented with the Bud
Clements Service Award at
Easter Sunday services.
The award is presented to
members of the church who
display qualities of sacrifice
that Jesus Christ displayed
during His life and ministry
before the Resurrection, said
David L. Patterson, lay pastor,
adding "To help your brothers
and sisters is truly a wonderful
thing."
The award was named in
memory of Andy "Bud"
Clements, a charter member
who died in 1994.
Clements was a member of
various service organizations,
such as Lewes-Rehoboth
Meals on Wheels and the Sus-
sex County AIDS Committee
to name a few.
"Anthony is a person much
like this. He acts as greeter at
our church, makes people feel
welcome and introduces them
to members and other visitors
alike. If anything needs to be
done, he will gladly work
toward completing the tasks,"
Patterson said.
Nothing hanging out, nothing hanging in
There is an entire population
(me) who finds it difficult to go to
the beach right now. It's that
bathing suit thing. Or, to put it
another way, it is time for some of
us to pay the piper. You eat one
lousy cheeseburger sometime
around February and by June
when you put on that bathing suit,
you look like the before pictures
of Oprah in the National Enquirer.
If they measured fat instead of
DNA, I would be sitting in O.J.'s
seat today.
Since it would look too obvious
if I wore a long coat, I arrived at
the beach the other day in a pair of
shorts, a T-shirt and legs so white I
could have been mistaken for a
chalk outline at a homicide scene.
I rationalized it didn't matter any-
way, since my idea of swimming
is to stick that one big toe in the
water and get out as quickly as
AROUNDT0WN
Nancy Katz
possible. The problem with actu-
ally going into the ocean is that
you can get wet. And then you've
got all kinds of stuff living in there
doing God knows what. Everyone
knows that underwater creatures
such as shrimp, sea urchins, crabs
and lobsters spend all their time
watching TV shows like Melrose
Place and 90210. So you can't pre-
dict what's on their minsd when
they attach themselves to you.
And then you've got all those
things that should be under a
microscope in a serology lab float-
ing on top. Hey, have I ruined it
for anyone yet?
Anyway, while I was sitting
with my fanny molded to the
beach chair, a blanket draped over
my torso and a kite, just in case,
plastered to my head, I had a
chance to observe what other peo-
ple were wearing at the beach. For
instance, there were several young
women wearing what they call a
"thong" bathing suit. This is a
very interesting piece of string that
is worn as the bottom part of the
bathing suit. The problem is that
some part of this thong bathing
suit disappears into the body.
Don't ask where. There are some
things you do not want to know.
You see, I think what happens is
when you try this bathing suit on
in the store, you can't get that
piece out of your body, so you
have to buy the bathing suit and
wear it for life. It's sort of like if
you got something caught in your
teeth and you're too embarrassed
to reach for it in front of everyone.
You can tell this because most of
the people wearing a thong walk
continuously up and down the
beach, I suppose trying to dislodge
this in a tactful way.
There is male version of this suit
that happens by accident. It's
when a guy has completed his
masters degree from any one of
the Recliner And Remote Control
Institutes. His friends usually give
him a Speedo bathing suit as a gift.
If he can get it over his knees and
under his stomach, it will instantly
turn into a thong.
But perhaps, my favorite
bathing suit was worn by the lady
next to me. It was from the
Bathing Suit Hall of Fame in
Columbus, Ohio. The suit was a
two piece with the bottom the
length of Bermuda shorts. Usual-
ly a paisley print, preferably blue
with tiny flowers. The top had
everything built in. Simple. Sen-
sible. Nothing hanging out and
nothing hanging in.
It was the kind of bathing suit
that June Cleaver would have been
proud to have worn. I know
because I still have one of these
bathing suits. If fact, my children
are still laughing over it. Hey, at
least I don't have to walk the
beach.
