18 - CAPE GAZETYE, Friday, June 9 - June 15, 1995
CAPE LIFE
Miss Delaware
1995 crowned
The new 1995 Miss Delaware, Micholle Harris (Miss Brandy-
wine) gets crownod by her predecessor, Letitia Pusey of Mills-
boro. Harris topped 18 other contestants in the annual
pageant hold Saturday, June 3, in Rehoboth Beach.
Angle Moon photos
Above left, Miss Rehoboth,
Jennifer Renee Archer,
dances with other contes-
tants during opening eere-
monies. At left, Susan Pow-
ell Miss America 1981, served
as host of the pageant. At
right, Miss First State,
Susanne Elizabeth Ludwig of
Rehoboth Beach, sings dur.
ing the talent competition at
the pageant. Ludwig was
first runner-up.
Resort Lend a Hand
honors Irene Simpler
The diminutive Irene Simpler of
Rehohoth Beach, called 'TLWW"
or The Lady Who Walks in
Rehoboth Beach, according to
Fred Wiedmann, was honored at a
surprise dinner by the Lewes-
Rehohoth Association of Church-
es' Lend A Hand Committee
(LAHC) on Thursday, June 1 at
Epworth United Methodist
Church.
Presented with a plaque
inscribed with The Prayer of St.
Francis of Assisi, among other
tributes, guest speakers sang Sim-
pier's praises themselves. Termed
a "shining star in our eyes," she
was recognized for her tireless
work in the community, by those
who paid her verbal tribute. They
included Henley Graves, Al Glin-
demann, who is retiring as presi-
dent of the Lewes-Rehohoth Asso-
ciation of Churches; Fred Wied-
mann, and by a letter from The
Rev. Jonathan Baker, whose son's
lacrosse game was the only thing
that prevented him from attending.
LAHC member Anne Ratledge
gave the blessing and Chuck
Smith, master of ceremonies kept
the program moving as one after
another person took the podium to
honor Simpler. "She's a hard lady
to say no to," said Wiedmann,
"and I believe she could walk on
water," he said of Raymond Sim-
pier's wife, noting he is glad she is
only retiring from the presidency
of Lend A Hand and not the orga-
nization itself.
"You are a gracious artist who
has worked humbly behind the
scenes, caring for those in need
and working for justice in chang-
ing the conditions," that cause
injustice, The Rev Baker wrote,
adding that she shows us "how we
can and must care even when the
situation seems hopeless." He
went on to thank Simpler for her
"tremendous leadership in helping
this dream become a reality. We
are truly blessed you helped give
birth to Lend A Hand and will
continue in its ministry."
Born in New York, Simpler
came to Delaware to teach in Mid-
dletown aftei graduating from
Westchester State Teacher's Col-
lege in Pennsylvania. During
World War II she served in the
Navy as a WAVE, stationed in
Bethesda, Md., where she worked
with disabled Marines. She went
on to receive her master's degree
in social work from the University
of Pennsylvania and worked as
supervisor of social services for
Sussex County, retiring in 1979.
Among her volunteer efforts,
Simpler has served as a board
member of Geriatric Services for
Sussex County and Foster Care
Review Board for Sussex County,
as well as a board member and
volunteer for the Easter Seal
Rehabilitation Center, also serving
as an Easter Seal Society of Del-
Mar board member. She has also
served on the Governor's Adviso-
ry Council on Mental Retardation;
as a board member and treasurer
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{;,et a cooler and get organized
What you pack in your cooler
for the beach may affect your
physical as well as your emotional
well being. I had'no idea until
recently when I saw an hour long
television show featuring Martha
Stewart demonstrating and prepar-
ing foods that people should pack
in their coolers for a successful
day at the beach. I suppose this
would be in comparison to the
millions of people who crave an
unsuccessful day at the beach.
There actually is a cooler for that,
too.
Anyway, for those of you who
are unfamiliar with Martha Stew-
art, she is the lady who has par-
layed a fortune by making wreaths
out of belly button lint. In my day,
we would have just referred to her
as that annoying perfectionist next
door, who always waxed her dri-
veway and personally ruined PTA
meetings by bringing freshly
baked cup cakes in the shape of
the 12 great books. But today
Martha Stewart is followed by
hundreds of women trying to coor-
dinate napkins and tablecloths
made out of recycled Hawaiian
shirts.
According to Ms. Stewart, who
has never been to the beach (I
know this because she spends all
her time on the 'Today" show and
we all recognize those people have
never seen the light of day), the
best advice is to start early. And I
mean early. Everything has to he
organically grown. The garden
should be planted at least two
years ahead of time. Then you
start cooking about 93 days before
you plan to go to the beach. With
that in mind, decorate the cooler
with fabric, leaving enough left
over for a matching bathing suit.
Now, you are ready for the
sandwiches. Today, Martha made
home grown peppers, roasted on a
homemade French loaf of bread.
All of this is placed carefully on
wax paper. This is so that not one
inch of DNA (whoops, sorry,
wrong show!) grease leaks onto
any other object in the cooler.
Then you take out a compass and
ruler and carefully measure and
fold over the wax paper, cutting
the loaf of bread into perfect sec-
tions. Add your little compli-
ments like organic bark chips and
barley water with a touch of castor
oil for the colonic affect and there
you have it. The perfect cooler for
a successful day at the beach.
Now, for the unsuccessful day at
the beach, the cooler should be
gotten from the garage. It usually
can he found under a mountain of
wet boxes that still have moving
labels plastered to the side from a
company owned by Jimmy Hoffa.
In fact, there may still be some
food left in there, so just dust it
off. And you shouldn't be con-
cerned if the lid on the cooler
doesn't fit just fight. With all the
salmonella and botulism coming
off the deviled eggs you left on the
counter for two days, a little air
isn't going to hurt anything.
Next you slit open the chemical-
ly treated processed meat you've
bought from the supermarket. If
you're unsure, just read the ingre-
dients on the back. It should have
long unreadable words with lots of
x's, z's and o's. Slap as much
meat, pickles, onions, relish, mus-
tard and chemically treated toma-
toes as possible on any old bread
lying around the house. The
important thing about these sand-
wiches is they should he carefully
placed so as not to disturb the lay-
ers of beer (whoops, sorry, we all
know alcoholic beverages are pro-
hibited on the beach, so make that
any kind of caffeine drink). Add
your condiments of double, dou-
ble, cheese chips and anything
containing the letters pheno and
oxide, such as salami and sausage
and there you have it. The perfect
cooler for an unsuccessful day at
the beach.
I don't know about you, but
there are some things at which I
just don't care to he too success-
ful. This may be one of them.
