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Cape Gazette VIEWPOINTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10- MONDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 2012 7
Letters
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and sincerely, that we want to be
considered a gay-friendly restau-
rant like many other Rehoboth es-
tablishments are described. It is
with great reluctance and conster-
nation that we perpetuate this
matter; we now zealously seek an
opportunity to clear our name.
Although these events are em-
barrassing and regrettable, I am in
the unfortunate position of having
to defend my business, my staff
and my integrity. I have lived fifll
time in Rehoboth for nearly 37
years and, along with all of my
siblings, graduated from Cape
Henlopen High School. I have
been active in the community my
entire life and both personally and
professionally support many caus-
es. I have been in business since
1996 and vcork tirelessly to ensure
every guest has a great experi-
ence. The Summer House takes
every complaint very seriously
and encourages our guests to pro-
vide us with comments and feed-
back so that we are always im-
proving. We fully understand that
the two gentlemen who lodged
theformal complaint against us
had a less-than-desirable experi-
ence. That is unacceptable and
we apologize.
Eric Sugrue
managing partner
Summer House Restaurant & Bar
Miltonians urged to
attend candidate forum
Milton, it is disturbing. In spite
of all that was revealed at the Feb.
6 town council meeting, we wish
our elected officials well and we
hope they are truly acting in our
- collective best interests. We also
hope mayor and council and our
town personnel are acting in the
mode of true public service. This
is never too much to expect on a
local, state or national level - how
often we are disappointed - but
hopefully, it can be found consis-
tently in a town as small as ours.
We should be working together as
opposed to against one other.
Still, what was revealed that night
- what I believe to be the with-
hold.ing of information and not
lust m one important letter but
two - and revealed that the infor-
mation could have been placed
before council and well before
asking council to vote on a major
issue impacting the pocketbooks
of every resident along with the fi-
nancial health of the town and for
years to come, well, here is cause
for grave concern.
The citizens have now been
promised the kind of exchange on
the referendum issue - improve-
ment to our water system (deliv-
ery. and capacity) - and the public
meetings soon to be announced
can move forward. This will oc-
cur with everyone knowing the
town's consulting engineers did
not deliver options and alterna-
tives involving new technologies
and at a perhaps lower cost than
what was proposed. In addition.
all will know that our current sys-
tem may be flawed and in such a
way that could cost tens, hun-
dreds of thousands or even over a
million dollars. We just don't
know. What we do know is that
we cannot hold back any valuable
information from the public and
especially when asking Joe or Jill
Citizen to add to his/her quarterly
payments to the town.
One more time: "Milton, we can
do better!" A conference meeting
of the citizens group "Neighbor-
hoods of Milton United" hosting a
meet-the-candidates for council
meeting, will be held from 2 to 4
p.m., Saturday, Feb, 11 at the Bay
Leaf Restaurant on Route 16. north
side of Milton. Call 302-236-8692
for added information. Here is an
opportunity to bring neighbors
and candidates together and move
our town forward, better prepared
for its future.
Jeff Daihy
Milton
Safe Haven volunteer has
nothing but praise
With regard to the article in the
Feb. 3 edition about Safe Haven
Animal Sanctuary: Randolph, a 2-
year-old pit bull, is a dog that Safe
Haven saved from the kill list at
the Kent County SPCA. The staff
at the KCSPCA decided to set a
date to euthanize Randolph be-
cause he'has scars from head to
toe, walks with a severe limp, and
is a pit bull. He had been at the
KCSPCA for a while, without any
hope of being adopted, and the
shelter was rtmning out of space.
Safe Haven gave Randolph, along
with hundreds of other dogs, that
second chance that most dogs are
never able to receive.
Randolph had been placed at a
local kennel that Safe Haven gra-
ciously pays for until the building
in Georgetown is completed. I
willingly share my obedience
training knowledge with Safe
Haven in order to aid in the effort
they put forth to save these dogs
in need. When I started working
with Randolph. I immediately fell
in love with his soft eyes, calm de-
meanor, and beautiful pit bull
smile. A week into the training, I
decided to take Randolph home to
foster him and work more on
training. He is now a member of
my family and I couldn't imagine
life without him.
If Safe Haven were not in busi-
ness, I would have never had the
opportunity to save a dog that was
in desperate need of human con-
tact, affection, confidence and
most importantly, shelter. I give
him food, water, exercise and care,
yet he gives me so much more in
return. There are hundreds of sto-
ries similar to mine from people
that have adopted/fostered Safe
Haven dogs.
The stories from families with
Safe Haven dogs and proof of con-
tintious success in finding dogs
temporary or permanant homes
lead me to ask the three ex-Safe
Haven members a few questions:
Ai:e you unhappy with that fact
that you are able to say that you
have, in a way, played a part in
saving hundreds of dogs in
Delaware thus far? How can you
insist that a nonprofit organization
"can't divert money from building
the facility by trying to save a few
dogs"? Isn't that Safe Haven's
point exactly? And isn't the facility
extremely close to being complet-
ed and available to give shelter ro
animals very. soon? In addition,
why didn't the Cape Gazette ask
Anne Gryzcon more questions
about Lori's inaccurate claims
about Delilah's advanced heart-
worm disease that was contracted
years ago, hence the advanced
condition?
Erin Daley
Bethany Beach
safe Haven Volunteer dog trainer
Safe Haven needs to re-
evaluate mission
This letter is in response to the
article in the Feb. 6 edition about
Safe Haven and Anne Gryczon's
comment "our mission is to save
animals."
My dog was attacked by a Safe
Haven dog last February. We were
walking in our neighborhood with
both of my dogs on leashes. The
Safe Haven dog was living m my
neighborhood with a family while
it underwent chemo treatments,
and it jumped a fence to attack my
small dog. It did not have front
teeth but it did have canines
which caused nerve damage to my
lO-year-old dog. Safe Haven did
pay for my emergency vet visit
and subsequent visits to the vet.
Anne assured me that the family
taking care of the dog was com-
mitted to seeing that this did not
happen again. I also spoke to the
family caring for the dog and was
assured that they would let me
know when the dog was in their
care. This never happened, there-
fore, I no longer walk my dogs in
my own neighborhood.
A few months ago, this same
Safe Haven dog jumped out of a
car window and attacked another
dog. Again I spoke with Anne and
expressed my concerns about the
responsibility of the family caring
for the dog. She informed me that
this would not happen again be-
cause they were going to remove
all of the dog's teeth. I am a dog
lover, but how can this be hu-
mane? At which point do we eval-
uate the quality of life? It looks to
me like Safe Haven needs to
reevaluate the way they spend
their money and the care they
give to their animals.
Marilyn Layton
Lewes
Faithful Friends supports
Safe Haven
We have confidence in the lead-
ership of Safe Haven that they are
dedicated to having good stan-
dards of care of animals to save
more lives. We do not have con-
cerns that there are any systemic
problems at Safe Haven. Their
new facility will help them sub-
stantially to save more lives and
advance animal welfare in
Delaware. It is hard during the
start-up phase of a young agency;
you can expect that many kinks
have to be worked out within op-
erations over the first year or two.
Individuals, specifically volun-
teers, who do not come from the
nonprofit sector may not under-
stand the challenges of a labor-in-
tensive business that is working
on a shoestring budget. Some will
lash out when there are opera-
tional challenges m be worked out
instead Of sticking with it when
you have a leadership that has
shown they are truly dedicated to
having good systems of care as
with Safe Haven. We look forward
to a continued partnership with
them for protection of Delaware's
companion animals.
Jane Pierantozzi
executive director
Faithful Friends Animal Society
Wilmington
IV
he Lewes house of
Z convicted child rapist
Earl Bradley stands
along Savannah Road a
few blocks away from where I
live. Early morning walks take
me by the house, across the
street from the main Lewes fire
station. The bizarrecircum-
stances of its owner unfailingly
draw my eyes, like a mothto a
flame.
For months now, a fairly new
black VW bug convertible has
sat - unmoved - in the driveway
of the house. Its tags expired in
November 2011. Occasionally a
gusty wind blows open the
hinged lid of one of the three
plastic trash and recycling cans
lined up between the car and the
aluminum-sided house. Other
than that, they also haven't
moved for months.
In the peak of the small gable
in the front of the house, a faded
and threadbare curtain hangs. It
doesn't take much breeze to
draw the tatter out of the house
through the paneless window.
On mornings like Wednesday
morning, when steady northeast
air coaxed the curtain out into
the cold, I imagine there may be
a person there looking out - or,
at least, one of those many re-
mote cameras that the former
pediatrician had mounted in the
upstairs windows of his former
office on Route 1.
This morning I wondered
whether the heat was on in the
house, whether it was all rising
to the attic and being sucked out
goes
of the open window. The yellow
flashing sign across thestreet at
the fire hall announced the tem-
perature as in the mid-30s. Did
electric baseboard heaters in the
house, struggling to keepup
with an attempt to heat the out-
doors, have the meter spinning
like a top? And if so, who would
be paying for that? Certainly not
Earl Bradley, in prison and serv-
ing multiple life sentences for
his maniacal behavior.
Lewes Board of Public Works
General Manager Darrin Gor-
don set my mind at ease. "The
utilities to that house were shut
off in May of 2011:' said Gordon.
"We've had them off since then
and We're not going to lose any-
thing."
Cape Gazette's Ryan Mavity
reported a few weeks back that
the house is scheduled to go to
sheriff's sale in July.
Rapa Scrapple goes chipotle
The key to cooking perfect
scrapple is to preheat a frying
pan on medium, lay in pieces of
scrapple sliced three-eighths of
an inch thick, and then let it
brown slowly for eight to 10 min-
utes before turning it to brown
on the other side. Like fine crab
cakes, the less you handle scrap-
ple and turn it, the better. I like
mine with a pair of eggs over
easy, rye toast and a glass of
chilled viognier.
My nephew, Eric Hadaway,
has over the years developed
Nmself into a scrapple aficiona-
do. He is a fan of Bridgeville's
Rapa Scrapple, named for the
founding brothers, Ralph and
Paul Adams. He sent out an
email this week saying that Rapa
has just come out with chipotle
scrapple. A mutual friend -
Chris DAnna of the Mars gro-
cery store chain in Baltimore-
confirmed the chipotle scrapple
debut. He said Rapa is replacing
its Hot and Spicy, jalapefio-fla-
vored product with the new
DENNIS FORNEY PHOTO
THE BRA, DLEY HOUSE on Savannah
Road in Lewes is scheduled for sheriff's
sale in July. Utilities to the house were
shut off by Lewes Board of Public Works
in May 2Oll.
chipotle flavor. This news is so
hot that it isn't even'up yet on
the Rapa website.
Rapa, on its site, claims to pro-
duce and sell more scrapple
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