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Center for the Inland Bays celebrates 30 years

Organization hosts A Grateful Shellabration at Camp Arrowhead outside Lewes
The Center for the Inland Bays hosted A Grateful Shellabration to recognize 30 years of preserving, protecting and restoring Delaware’s Inland Bays. There were lots of kid-friendly things to touch at the event. Benjamin Greeley points to the tail of a horseshoe crab. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
November 9, 2024

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Camp Arrowhead
35268 Homestead Way
Lewes, DE 19958
United States

Marking 30 years of preserving, protecting and restoring Delaware’s Inland Bays, the Center for the Inland Bays hosted A Grateful Shellabration at Camp Arrowhead.

Taking place Nov. 2, a large crowd of individuals turned out to enjoy live music, an oyster-shucking contest, a dunk tank, food, games, hay rides and environmental education. CIB officials also took the time to recognize volunteers with its Friends of the Bays Awards.

For more information on Center for the Inland Bays, go to inlandbays.org or call 302-226-8105.

 

Center for the Inland Bays Director of Development Mark Carter falls in the water after Oskar Lindsjo hits the mark.
Center for the Inland Bays also recognized friends and volunteers for various accomplishments during the event. Shown are (l-r) Dominick Orlando (James Farm Spotlight), Doug Ludwig (Fish Wrangler), Jim Sullivan (Outstanding Partner Award), Gary Nennstiehl (Terrapin Spotter), Jerry Esposito (Above Board), Christine Warwick, Richard Warwick (Horseshoe Crab Whisperer), Ernie Ritchie (Green Thumb), Beth Hicks (Terrapin Spotter), Michelle Timmons and Philip C. Showell National Elementary Honor Society Students (Young Stewards Award), Lise Fortin (Estuary Educator), Tom Whitehaus, Lori Whitehaus (Outstanding Volunteer Award), Edie Dondero (Citizen Science Extraordinaire), Cheryl Rehrig, Denise Hoeksema (Inland Bays Garden Center: Outstanding Business Award), and Jack Bartley (Outstanding Outreach). Not shown are Brendan Feist (Heavy Lifter) and Carolyn Howe (Rising Star). SUBMITTED PHOTO
There were a number of vendors on hand selling goods in the forest at Camp Arrowhead.
The wind was blowing straight off the water, but some people still took the opportunity to walk on the beach.
Jim and Becky Denton enjoy the live music while sitting in the sun.
Nick and Melina Vella hone their fishing skills.
Homestead Bluegrass Band’s Shawn Rineholt picks away at his guitar.
Gary Viener adjusts the recently purchased scarf of Louise Dorrett.
Nancy James Oysters owner Jordan Nally grows his oysters in Rehoboth Bay. He gathers some of those oysters for his customers.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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