Community Briefs 10/21/21
Millsboro Lions add glasses drop-off box in Town Center
The Millsboro Lions Club has added a big yellow mailbox to deposit glasses donations at the Town Center at Wilson Highway and Mitchell Street, on the Wilson Highway side of the parking lot. The box is well padded, so the Lions request no eyeglass cases be deposited. In addition to glasses, cellphones no longer in use and hearing aids can be donated in the same box. Millsboro Lions continue to meet at 6 p.m., the second Tuesday of each month at Ocean Grill in Long Neck. For more information, contact Lion Greg Ryan at 302-945-1918 or 908-447-4880.
Global Play Night at Millville Boardwalk Oct. 22
Global Play Network announced Global Play Night at the Millville Boardwalk is set for 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22. Attendees get to experience what it is like to be a Global Play member for the day for free. Global Play is not only granting membership access for Captains Quarters and Lighthouse beach golf, it is giving attendees access to all the locations Global Play offers for 24 hours. Millville Boardwalk is at 35287 Atlantic Ave., Millville. To learn more, go to globalplaynetwork.com.
Tribute Quartet gospel concert set Oct. 22
Delmarva Gospel Music Association will present Tribute Quartet in concert at 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22, at Greenwood Mennonite School in Greenwood. Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission at the door is $25 for adults, $20 for DGMA members and $10 for ages 13-18. For more information, call Loretta at 302-531-7997. To purchase tickets online, go to delmarvagospel.com.
American Legion Auxiliary collecting for Shepherd’s Office Oct. 23
As part of national Make a Difference Day, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 28 will collect items for the Shepherd’s Office in Georgetown from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, at American Legion Post 28 bingo hall, 31768 Legion Road, Millsboro. Items needed are water, napkins, plastic spoons and forks, Kind granola bars, individual servings of applesauce and fruit cups, canned tuna with rip tops, and individual nut snacks, trail mix, raisins and crackers. Items can be dropped off in advance or the day of the event. A free bowl of homemade soup will be available for all who donate on day of event. For more information, contact June at 484-571-9214. The event is open to the public.
Inaugural Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K set Oct. 23
The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation will host the first Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, at Buffalo Wild Wings in Dover. This is a rain or shine event.
Proceeds will fund agriculturally accurate books to share with students in the First State. Participants will enjoy the flat, scenic, rural landscape of the St. Jones Isaac Branch Trail. To register for the event or as a silent supporter, go to runsignup.com.
The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation’s mission is to build awareness, understanding, and positive public perception about Delaware’s farm operations and fresh, local food.
Girl Scouts to host animal dance party Oct. 24
Girl Scouts Service Unit 14 invites girls and their families to celebrate the birthday of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Low with an animal dance party from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Red Barn Country Store, 16570 Seashore Hwy., Georgetown. The cost to attend is $6 per person and includes entry to the corn maze and hayride, a cupcake, and seeing the animals take a drink of water. Songs and music will accompany the dance party.
Unitarian Universalists to meet Oct. 24
The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware will hold an in-person and livestreamed service at 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 24. This month's Soul Matters theme is Cultivating Relationship. Reservations are required to attend the in-person service. For more information, go to uussd.org.
Journalist Eric Berkowitz to discuss censorship Oct. 28
Delaware Humanities, in partnership with Delaware Libraries, will host the Joseph P. del Tufo Annual Lecture “Dangerous Speech and Cowardly Suppression: Censorship, Class and the Impact of Technology” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, via Zoom. This year’s speaker is San Francisco-based author, human rights lawyer and journalist Eric Berkowitz.
Berkowitz will discuss several recurring themes driving censorship throughout the ages, including the fragility of power, the use of censorship to remake the past, the impact of technology, and the suppression of speech to guard feelings, from those of American slaveholders to marginalized groups today.
Berkowitz is the author of “Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship from the Ancients to Fake News,” published in May 2021, on the history of censorship in the West. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
The event is free, but registration is required. For more information and to register, go to dehumanities.org.
