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Gay Peoples Chronicle

While the giraffes at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (above) live in heterosexual, family-centered bliss, homosexual activity among male giraffes at the Taipei zoo reportedly has become so blatant that the zoo plans to import more females. The Chronicles' prediction: It'll never work! (And what if the females turn out to be lesbians?)

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BY JULIAN WILDE

I absolutely adore summer. Fresh fruit is available in nagnificent abundance and one of my favorites is strawberries (speaking of the inanimate, garden variety, of course). Those luscious, juicy numbers, bursting with fresh-picked flavor adapt to so many wonderful presentations.

Look for totally ripe, firm berries. Avoid mushy or light colored ones. It's best to rinse them just before using and use them soon after purhase, as they deteriorate quickly. Try them whole with bowls of sour cream and brown sugar for dipping. Leave the stems on to make dipping easier.

Another interesting way of serving them whole Comes from the late James Beard, who suggests filling a hypodermic needle with Grand Marnier and injecting it into the hollow centers of large berries. What a pleasant way to surprise your dinner or picnic quests!

Another way to use strawberries is in a beautiful, show-stopping pie. Its appearance belies its easy

preparation.

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Strawberry Pie Mix together 1 cup sugar, tablespoons cornstarch, cup hot water. Bring mixture to a boil and add 4 tablespoons strawberry gelatin. Use Equal and the new sugarless gelatin to keep

calories down if you want). Stir until completely dissolved. Cool slightly at room temperature and mix gently into 1 quart of whole fulled strawerries. Pour mixture into a baked pie shell. Chill for 1 or 2 hours. Garnish with fresh mint and whipped cream. Hmmmmmmmm.

Strawberries aren't just for dessert anymore, either. They can be marvelous in a salád.

Strawberry/Spinach Salad Wash Z bunches of fresh spinach. Remove the stems and tear the leaves into bite-size pieces. Hull 1 pint of fresh strawberries and cut in half. Cut one small Vadalia onion into thin rings. Place these ingredients in a salad bowl. Toss gently with the following dressing:

1/4 cup sugar

2 tbsps sesame seeds 1 tbsp poppy seeds

1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/4 tsp paprika

1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup cider vinegar

Place these ingrédients in a covered jar and shake with vigor until blended. Serve immediately.

The strawberry season is short for the locally grown ones, but thanks to California and Florida, we can enjoy their versatility year round.

August 1985

Summerfest '85 on Tap

By DORA FORBES

Summerfest '85--Dancin' in the Streets is shaping up as an important celebration for gay people of the Cleveland community. Between one and two thousand men and women are expected to take part in the festival on Sunday, August 18. West 9th Street will be closed to traffic for the Summerfest hours, 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Sponsored by the Summerfest '85 Committee and Health Issues Taskforce, the celebration will be a community-building event, bringing lesbians and gay men together to have fun while contributing to an excellent cause. Summerfest '85 is a benefit, whose proceeds will be used to support local victims of AIDS. A $2 donation will be asked of those attending it.

Highlights of Summerfest '85 include dancing and other entertainment, a raffle, and a commemoration ceremony.

Dancing to music played by some of Cleveland's best DJs will go on continuously on West Ninth St. between Water Street Dan's and Traxx.

Other entertainment features an all-star drag show whose performers are coming from throughout Ohio. Sõ

far 15 acts have been confirmed.

Several events, takeoffs on the Olympics, include a purse-push, wig-toss, and drag relay race.

Top prize in the raffle will probably be a trip to Key West.

Several community organizations will have booths at Summerfest. Those signed up so far include the Health Issues Taskforce, Eleanor Roosevelt Gay Democratic Club, and Dignity.

At other booths individuals will sell food and art. Beer will be served, as well as a variety of nonalcoholic beverages.

As a sponsor of Summerfest 185, the Health Issues Taskforce will use the occasion for an educational program on safe sex. This will include hourly talks at Water Street Dan's by health care professionals. Safe-sex literature will be available, as well as information on other health issues.

The festival will become serious around 10 p.m. with a half-hour ceremony and candlelight vigil commémorating gay people who have died of AIDS and protesting lack of funding for AIDS research.

This will be followed by a final session of dancing, affirming ourselves.

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