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Off the hook Finding comfort in his skin

BRHS grad with to a hormone imbalance in an lives in Bordentown, noticed
vitiligo working episode that focused on redefi n- a lightened patch of skin, he
ing beauty standards. McDan-
was 11 years old. He thought
toward modeling iel has vitiligo, a condition that the faint blotch on his left wrist
career, degree causes the skin to lose pigment was just dry skin, so he applied
in patches and blotches. Vitiligo lotion, but nothing changed.
has no known cause. His mother, Nancy, took him
By SaMantha Sciarrotta McDaniel, 22, has spent a lot to the dermatologist, where
of time in front of the camera he was diagnosed with vitiligo.
Mid-photo shoot, Curtis over the last few years. He’s McDaniel recognized it as the
McDaniel is being fi lmed by come a long way for someone same condition Michael Jack-
MTV. who used to be afraid of the son had.
He’s working with a photog- lens. “I didn’t like it too much,” he
rapher in New York City, build- “If someone was looking said. “He showed me pictures
ing his portfolio as he pursues at me the wrong way, I would of people that had it, and I was
a professional modeling career. think that they were looking at scared.”
He’s already appeared in Com- my skin, and it made me very It continued to spread spo-
plex Magazine, The Sun and angry inside,” he said. “I didn’t radically, he said. It went from
Crave Magazine, and he has a want people looking at me. I his wrist to his hand, and then
shoot for Alpha Man Magazine didn’t want to be on camera. I to the center of his nose and
in Houston planned for this didn’t want to do certain things. around his lips.
month. I would get hostile and think He spent many angry years
McDaniel was a subject on that they were coming at the trying to process the vitiligo,
MTV’s True Life in June, joining way I looked.” he said. McDaniel faced a lot
a woman who wears a beard due The fi rst time McDaniel, who See McDANIEL, Page 6

125 years floating on the water

Yapewi Aquatic cry from the more casual mem- dock served largely canoes and
ber-catered events that dot the duckboats, used commercially
Club celebrates summer season. for a time to supply ducks to res-
On Aug. 19, Yapewi will host taurants and meat purveyors.
anniversary its popular luau, featuring a In the early 20th century the
roasted pig. Last year’s luau club hosted regattas that drew
By Michele alPerin drew over 300, including mem- canoe enthusiasts from as far
bers, their guests and visitors as New York City and Philadel-
Some who cross the inter- from the league. phia, who shipped their canoes
state 295 bridge over Cross- Sharing the history of the to Bordentown by rail. Gather-
wicks Creek near Bordentown club one sunny July morning ings at Yapewi also attracted a
might see the boats lined up are 48-year active member Zig few famous names—Madeline
below in front of a blue club- Targonski and 60-year-member Astor, Helen Gould, Cornelius
house and wonder why they are Ted Lange, who moved to Fort Vanderbilt and Gen. George
there. Pierce, Florida, 10 years ago Pershing, to name a few.
Turns out boats have been but spends summers here with In 1916, Yapewi added a
docked at that building—the his daughter. south wing to its building, with a
Yapewi Aquatic Club—since The club was formed par- locker room, showers and a full
its establishment on April 12, tially because people did not kitchen on the fi rst fl oor, and
Larry Hart, 8, shows off his catfi sh at the Bordentown 1892. Yapewi, which began with travel to the coastal shores, rooms for lease on the second.
Fish Derby July 4, 2017 at Northern Community 50 members and now boasts which could be reached only via The space increase allowed the
Park. For more photos, turn to Page 13. (Photo by 125, celebrated its 125th anni- sand roads. “Entertainment had number of members to double
Martin Griff.) versary in May with a catered, to be local,” Targonski said. to 100 in 1919.
dressy, sit-down affair—a far In its fi rst years, Yapewi’s See YAPEWI, Page 8
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