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8 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, June 20- June 26, 1997
Kites an attraction
for Rehoboth
Many persons have noticed re-
cently that the giant parafoil kite
and other accessories that once
enhanced the northern boardwalk
scene in Rehoboth are now miss-
ing. Many folks have been asking
why these delightful shore decora-
tions are no longer flying. I would
like to know as well.
An explanation recently le-
tailed that the Rehoboth city man-
ager and commissioners ordered
that the kite not be allowed to fly
as it was their belief that the kite
served as a large advertisement
for the Rehoboth Sport and Kite
Co., the kite's owner. I am hoping
that there is some other reason for
the kite's departure, because the
advertising explanation is ridicu-
lous. Kites from Rehoboth Sport
and Kite Co. have been tied down
to the beach for years, and
nowhere on any of the kites was
there written "Rehoboth Sport and
Kite Co." In fact, there was noth-
ing written on them at all, so how
could the kite(s) function as an ad-
vertisement?
The giant parafoil kite that Re-
hoboth Sport and Kite Co. has
sponsored for years served as a
signal to any tourist entering the
boardwalk right off Rehoboth Av-
enue that. yes, there was life at the
north end of the boardwalk as
well. Rehoboth Sport and Kite
Co. employed kite flyers to moni-
tor the kite for wind cfianges, so
there was no danger of the kite
threatening anyone. Not one per-
son has ever complained that the
kite took away their access to the
sun, beach or ocean. Many folks
have marve'led at the various
windsocks (cows, frogs, etc.) at-.
tached to the kite's line, and
frankly, the sight made trips on
the boardwalk that much more en-
joyable. The kite is that kind of
feature that makes folks return to
Rehoboth for the simple pleasures
and scenes that they have enjoyed
so many times before.
The removal of the parafoil kite
takes life from the north end of the
boardwalk. Folks who have previ-
ously seen the kite from a dis-
tance, convinced then that it was
worth their while to walk to that
end of the boardwalk, will no
longer do so. Finally, the employ-
ees of the Rehoboth Sport and
Kite Co. that had been hired as
kite flyers at the beginning of the
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of sight beind the wall of the small
office. It was Lloyd, who an-
swered with a laugh.
"And what kind of chicken s
the favored bait," I asked.
"Boneless chicken breast." an-
swered Mike Touhey without hes-
itation.
"'Boneless chicken breast? I
heard they were using chicken,
but I figured it was backs and skin
season no longer have jobs since
there is no kite to fly. Other em-
ployees have had their hours dras-
tically reduced.
I understand that the underlying
motivation of the city manager
and commissioners to remove the
parafoil kite may have come from
a complaint by a Rehoboth Av-
enue business owner who felt that
the kite was an advertisement.
Maybe that business owner was
miserable from the effects of quite
the lackluster spring season and
wanted to make another aspiring
group of business owners miser-
able. If that is the case, it is
shameful. Whomever forced the
take down of the kite, please step
forward and leave me your ad-
dress. Myself and the other em-
ployees who have lost their hours
or jobs altogether would like to
send you our bills.
Neal R. Phillips
Milton
Editor's Note: City Manager
Greg Ferrese responded that Re-
hoboth Sport and Kite Co. has
been reminded that it must adhere
to the 1995 agreement with the
city that they are allowed to dis-
play a maximum of four "beach
feathers" provided that they are
not for sale and don't interfere
with people using the beach. Also,
under direct supervision only,
they are allowed to fly a single
kite from the beach and at.no time
may that kite be atta.ched to the
beach or jetty or be flown near
buildings. Any kite found at-
tached to public property will be
taken down by the city.
Ferrese went on. to note that if
the 3 , do not adhere to this agree-
ment. it will become "null and
void and they will have to remove
the beach feathers as well. There
will be no more warnings. '" He
said no one other business person
has brought the issue to a head,
but that he has received com-
plaints from a number of busi-
nesses and city personnel about
the kites attached to the beach.
On request to reverse
Silver Lake decision
The following letter was sent to
the Delaware Supreme Court,
with a copy submitted to the Cape
Gazette for publication.
The four property owners, at the
southern end of Silver Lake, who
we affectionately refer to as
"Deep Pockets," are again wasting
taxpayers' dollars. They have
asked your court to reverse its de-
cision under the guise of appeal-
ing Judge Graves' decision that
I I
and fat like people use for crab-
bing."
"No way," said Mike. "Bone-
less breast."
"Well the fish around here sure
are getting soph.isticated taste," I
said. "I guess they prefer Perdue?
It reminds me of going fishing for
rockfish over in the Chesapeake
and using fresh soft crabs for bait.
It doesn't take me long to put the
rod down, get out the frying pan
and start sauteeing the bait."
Lloyd chuckled again. "I'm
waiting for them to start using
filet mignon."
this public access road remain
open. Their own attorney,
William Manning, stated in Judge
Graves' court that the issue on this
public access road was NOT the
Jacobs' decision. Now that his
clients are stating that they are ap-
pealing Judge Graves' decision
because "he did not consider the
lake moving south." In fact, this
point was discussed at great
length in the Jacobs' decision and
in the hearings before Judge
Graves.
The 1993 ruling by Delaware
Supreme Court Vice-Chancellor
Jacobs held that the public access
road around Silver Lake continues
to exist down to the present time
regardless of any changes in the
configuration of the lake over the
years. The 50-ft. wide public ac-
cess road would always be mea-
sured from the water's edge wher-
ever it was located. These four
property owners have known this
since they purchased their proper-
ties. They will not be happy until
they have free title to this land and
the public is denied access to walk
around and appreciate Silver Lake
via this safe public access road..
Wte, the public, hope that the
Supreme Court will find this to be
a frivolous attempt on the part of
the petitioning property owners,
and will refuse to accept this
transparent appeal" to have your
court reverse its 1993 Jacobs' de-
cision.
Vivian and Bob Barry
Dewey Beach
Rehoboth restaurateurs
pay tribute to Berdini
On behalf of the Delaware
Restaurant Association and the
Rehoboth Beach Restaurant Asso-
ciation, special thanks are extend-
ed to the Rehoboth Beach Patrol,
the Rehoboth Beach Fire Depart-
ment and Paramedics and the Re-
hoboth Beach Police Department
for their unfaltering professional-
ism, prompt reaction and earnest
effort to assist in the emergency
calls surrounding the passing of
Ms. Paige Berdini.
It is with heartfelt sadness that
the restaurant community of Re-
hoboth Beach says goodbye to
Paige. A familiar face about town,
Paige had been a mainstay in our
community for many years.
As Flavia said so well, "some
people come into our lives and
quickly go; some stay for a while,
leave footprints on our hearts and
we are never, ever, the same." Our
most sincere sympathies are ex-
tended to John Berdini, Mrs.
Phillips and to all family and
friends who knew Paige.
The Board of Directors
Delaware Restaurant
Association.
Emergency personnel
credit to their profession
The following letter was sent to
Capt. Jate Walsh, Lt. Derrick
Shockro and Robert Kerns of the
Sussex County Paramedics. witti a
copy submitted to the Cape
Gazette for publication.
Please allow us to express our
heartfelt gratitude for your prompt
response and your compassion
during the tragic medical emer-
gency last Sunday. It is difficult
for all of us to accept that Ms.
Berdini is not with us. But, we are
grateful for your professional and
timely reaction.
You are all a credit to your pro-
fessions. Each of us here is deeply
appreciative.
The Phillips and the Berdini
family, along with all of us here at
The Blue Moon, will be forever
grateful.
Joyce Felton
for the staff of The Blue
Moon
Reh0both Beach
Poor Mayor Bob's wife
responds to article
I have just finished reading Ker-
ry Kester's exciting account of the
1997 Cardiac Arrest. I was sorry
to have missed the event. My job
as the building and licensing su-
pervisor for the City of Rehoboth
Beach requires me to work during
regular business hours on most
Fridays.
Please find (he enclosed check
fortwenty-seven dollars ($27) for
the release of my husband, poor
Mayor Bob. I was unaware of this
problem and was probably out on
inspections when he tried to call
me to make bail. Please make sure
the proper authorities receive this
donation. He works very hard and
I was unaware that he had been in-
carcerated all this time.
Thank you for bringing this
matter to my attention.
Susan Frederick
Building and Licensing
Supervisor
Editor's Note: Poor Mayor Bob
telephoned the Cape Gazette on
Tuesday, June 1 Z from a prison
somewhere in Virginia, where he
reported "there are hardened
criminids here." It was expected
that the American Heart Associa-
tion received poor Mayor Bob's
bail money by today, Friday, June
20, and ttt he is againtiving a
quiet, peaceful life in Dewey
Beach with his wife and children.
Beebe thanks
contributors
On behalf of Beebe Medical
Center's Emergency Department
we would like to express our sin-
cere appreciation to the following
businesses who so graciously con-
tributed food and other items for
Emergency Medical Services
Week, which was held May 18-
24, 1997.
The Emergency Department
celebrated this week in recogni-
tion of the many volunteer ambu-
lance people and paramedics of
Sussex County who give so much
of their time and effort to our
communities.
Thank you to Capriotti's, AI
Casapulla's, Grotto Pizza, Heaven
in a Hand Basket, K-Mart of Re-
hoboth, Murrow's Flowers, Nico-
la Pizza, Roadsters, and Second
Street Popcorn.
Thank you all again for your
support.
Emergency Department
Beebe Medical Center
Thanks for Strawberry
Festival support
Many thanks for helping us to
publicize our recent St. George's
Chapel Strawberry Festival in An-
gola on Saturday, June 7. It was a
great success despite the cold,
windy weather. Close to $1,000
was raised to help in building a
parish hall.
Our thanks to all who braved
the weather and came. Our thanks
too, to Jack Noel who did two
wonderful magic shows for the
young and young-at-heart` And
thanks to all the volunteers, in-
cluding Fritz Hessemer and Jack
Shaffer, who provided the music.
Helen Abbot
Frances Hanby
Event co-chairmen
Consortium says thanks
The staff and students of the
Sussex Elementary Consortium's
Harbor Healthcare site would like
to offer their heart-felt thanks to
all of those who have offered spe-
cial help to their school program
during the 1996-97 school year.
The following volunteers have en-
riched our program with their
time and talent:
Order of the Eastern Star, who
provided funding for our multi-
media equipment;
Peggy Carmine, who drove our
lift-bus to transport our students to
special Saturday events and
helped to involve our program in
Special Olympics.
Lewes Fire Company, who pre-
sented Fire Prevention Week ac-
uwty.
Denise Stowall and Bay Optical
who provided special glasses and
on-site service for one student.
Dewey Beach Lions Club
which provided funding for glass-
es.
Kathy Graybeal (Lewes Public
Library) who offered a special
reading hour for the students.
Cape Henlopen High School
Thespians who presented scenes
from their musical, "You're A
Good Man, Charlie Brown."
Delaware Music School which
offered the Kindermusic Program.
Ms. Fisher and Mike Wright,
who presented The American
Heart Association's "Tin Man"
Program.
Sunshine Foundation Dream-
Lift, who provided a day trip to
Florida for one student.
'Ms. McLanahan's fifth grade
class from Rehoboth Elementary,
who shared a special Christmas
activity with our students.
Mary Roth of the Make A Wish
Foundation, who planned and or-
ganized a Disney vacation for a
student and her family.
The kindness, support and en-
couragement we feel from those
who give so much of themselves
is truly appreciated. Through the
efforts of these treasured volun-
teers, the Harbor students have
had the opportunity to expand
their world and grow from new
and different experiences. Thank
you.
Sussex Consortium
Harbor Heaithcare Center
Lewes