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OceaniaMaine Datum A new.feature by TI engineer Dr. Pete Frankwicz in'lXJtigates the salinity ofthe bay. Page2
Ne·ws Briefs QR codes, updates on Ma,hif?nne 11 attd sewer exte11st(Jt1S on Peak.1. ~ Pages2and7 ..:,... ..!! <=., ~\.pl'il .J:i'ools Edition - Need a ride!This is how you get to work in the orchard fields ofCalifornia. Unforrunarely it won't be as warm here as it looks in this picture for a while, This is our annual April Fools edition, so look out. Not everything that glitters In the Same Boat here is gold. April is national humor month {go figure), but we also honor p~try, pecans, welding and the Earth this month (Barth Day Bay Lines staffer 1vfeghan Aptil 22). April 15 is• day we won't forget this year: it's Patriot's Day. It's also the day the Titanic sank (go figure). Can't think ofany Conley discwses rumors that other reason. plague operations at the Bay Lines. PageJ PIC to face tight City budget
~------by Kevin Attra The Peaks Island Council Boylea who operates the school, grant to address the problem as wide notices looking for will present its budget atten the meeting_ well. volunteers who use t he skate lntheArts request of $40,000 for island At the monthlfPIC meeting_ A third committee would park to particip?te in meetings transportation needs to the City Vvcdnesday, March 27 islana study the needs ofe lderly people with City staff and members Council at its budget meeting councilor Ted Kelleher on the island to help them stay. of Pl LP. Anyone interested is on Monday, April 2. suggested forming several Kelleher will chair that group asked to contact Chris Hoppin On Illustration In meetings with City committees. One would discuss and plans to meet with Nlar_ge or a PIC member. Arts Editor Bet.sey Remage Councilors earlier last month how the needs-based vouchers Powers president of the Health It was one of the shortest Healey looks at children sbook PIC Chair M ike Sylvester saia1 should be distributed, but owing Center 1ooard ofdirectors. meetings the PlC has held in illustra/(Jr$ A1111ie O'Brien and he was told funding would be to some disagreements about A final committee to address a long time, and Vice-chair Jamie flqga11. tight this year, and the Cooncil whether tbe council should be safety issues downfront during Cheryl M i ncr, who ran it, said it will be reluctant fund the full in,·olved it was tabled. the summer will be led by Jimal went incredibly well. Page12 amount without good cause. Another committee was Thundershicld and Marjorie "There was no arguing. We The PIC is asking for S40,000 suggested to meet with the city Phyfe. That g,oup will also had an agenda," said Miner. for boat ticket vouchers on a aroorist Jeff Tarling to discuss meet with ther'ortland Police "We were out of there at a t------1 needs basis.,_ student easses for ways of dealing wLth invasive De_partmcnt to get a police quart~r to eight with everything children in Yortland schools and species on the island. Tarling is officer to attend council done. REGULAR at the Peaks Island Academy planning to come out on April meetings Attending: Marjorie Phyfe, "'TURES and a new vehicle for the island 10 to survey the island. In odler news. representatives Eric Eaton, Cheryl Miner, FE n taxi service. In addition, the elementary in several community-wide Jimal Thundershield, Mary Neighborhood Liaison Mike school will be having students committees were appointed, Ann Mitchell, Ted Kelleher. Murray advised tbe PIC tbat identify and remove invasives including a g roup to resolve In the Same Boat p. 3 funds for the Peaks Island from the r.la_yground this the location issue of the Peaks Academy mar. be a red flag item, month, and Island Fellow Island skate park on PTLP land. PIES p.4 and suggested that Pastor Beau Maggie Small has received a I-loppin issued community- ·PoorChurchtl1ouu"• Hog Log p.5 Sea level rise detected on Peaks Island The Puzzle p.8 Not attributed to climate change Brio p.8 by KevinAttra Star Gazing p.9 The U. S. Geological Survey and subsidence appears to be the continental plates that make up event has occurred, but several It's a Living p. 10 reported that in a study of tide most likely cause,' said geologist the surface today are thought 10 geologists familiar with the this month: Dt11r.1tMataronas fluctuations over the past 125 Andrew Farnsworth, one otsix have evolved over 250 n11llion region have postulated that the years the sea level in the vicinity members of the research team, years. clianges in population or land Fifth Maine p_. 11 ofPeaks Island appears to be on which included climatologists Which means there is a lot of use on the island. ·H01JJ1Vt"got th~rtfrom b~u··· the rise. and oceanographers. shifting that goes on. "In fact, I understand there The preliminary flndings "Islands, Tike the rest of Because the planet's core are a lot more automobiles on issued tn mid-March, found Earth. are in constant flux," is liquid, land masses on the the island than ever before," said Recipes & Ramblings p. 13 that average level at mean high said Farnsworth. "The Earth's Earth can also bob up and down Farnsworth. thi1 month: /ilixtama/iz,ation tide had risen nearly 1/2-inch. core is like a bubbling cauldron depending on changes in their In addition, he said vehicles The researchers ruled out on which the crust of land mass. tend to be larger SU Vs and older Community Notes p. 14 climate change as a facto r we inhabit floats on and is Vole a nic eruptions have cars. because similar studies constantly being shiftea." 1 caused some islands in t he "I know that traffic on Peaks Events Calendar p. 15 conducted throughout the These shifts are normally Paciflc to subside measurablr. dramatically increased after Casco Bay region showed no imperceptible. The Earth is because of the increased mass of 2000," Farnsworth said. "That Business Directory p.16 such change. esnmated to be 4.54 billion lava on the surface. may actually be the cause." "Vve've looked other factors years old. The array of On Peaks Island, no such PAGE2 ISLAND TIMES April 2013 ISLAND TRANSPOR"l~ER, LLC l\,L\U.INI---. 'J"U:ANSl•OJtTA'fl07': ot: F.QlJIPJ'\lENT AND M A T EU.IAI. Oceania Maine Datum Fun facts about the sea around us A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. OLD & NEW. IN CASCO BAY BY DR. PETE FRANKWICZ
MIV Reliance, Tug Noneer, M/V ls-Jand 1'rUI$· "April showers bring May flowers, Due to the shallow narure ofthe coastal 1>0ner \\-ith service to Cuco &y, Penobscot shelf, the water column in this area is Btiy and tho entire Maittocoesl. ou.r3 unihi c:.m as well as a flood of freshwater from the be positioned 10 handle C\'ffl the Wl,"CM job. SJlring thaw into Casco Bay. Our April well mixed by tidal action. These factors Oceania Maine Data question is,
the ocean, having been a commercial L••••••••••••••••••---1 Olson_joins Friends of fisherman, marine salvage diver, urchin .....~,.·-~-~~-~---. Casco Bav harvester and blue mussergrower. ~ PEAKS ISLAND TAXI from Mary Cerullo, FCB Assoc. Dir. He currently operates a kelp food company, O cean Approved, which On March 4, the develops kc lr products such as kelp . 207-518-0000 marineconservation noodles, kdp slaw and kelp salad. o r ganiza ti o n "The ocean, Casco Bay in )>'lrticular DELIVERING YOU, GROCERIES AND Friends of Casco forthe iiast 20 years, defines my life; said Bay announced Olson. It is important that we continue TAKE·OUT···ISLAND TOURS 1he appointment to preserve and improve water quality as AVAILABLE of South Portland the oceans are vital to the healch ofth e resident Tollef earth." Olson to the board 9 A.M. TO 9 P. M. OR BY APPT. 7 DAYS of directors. Olson has a lifel ong connection to QR Codes St2ff Report
QR codes are the strange-looking blocks of shapes you see everywliere today. QR stands for 90.9 and 104.1 FM www.WMPG.org quick response, and smart l!honcs Community Radio for Southern Maine like the iPhone can read them and take you to whatever site they represent. Folk, Bluegrass and Americana Music on WMPG They're a handy way to direct peQple to your Facebook page or website. The one shown here will take to ours, www. Monday: 8:30 AM South By Southwest with Lincoln - iJ/andtimes.org, American country music recorded before 1975 You can make your own QR code for 10:30 AM Barn Dance Radio with Larry - fiddles, fiddles and more fiddles! free using Google. Siin!)lyJI;link". Your shortened URL will appear to the Wednesday: 8:30 AM Blue Country - Bluegrass! with Bliuard Bob right. Simply copy and paste 1t into the 10:30AM Crossfade-Around the world with musical tour guide Barb acfdress window at the toe ofyour screen, and add ".qr" to the end of your link. Thursday: 8:30 AM Wheeedoggies-OJ Dale digs American music! And talks to Mama. Press enter and viola! your QR code will appear. 10:30AM Kitchen Party with Ceci-The drive, tMlang & heartbreak of There are a number of YouTubc American music, lots of mando instruction videos and apps available onlinc to read and create QR codes. Friday: 8:30 AM Us Folk with Chris-live national, regional and local musicians, in studio Check out the popular W'W'W. 9ntuff,om and on phone. Latest releases. as well as the classics! for starters. Sarurcfay: 3:00 PM Get Hot or Go Home Rockabilly with Matt: the wild and woolly host who defies description: ple,ue,ieeBRJ£FSpa9e5 .. .'
April 2013 ISLAND TIMES PAGE3 At Casco Bay Lines BYKEVINATTRA lntheSame Boat T he Casco Bay Island Transit District He said the short term goals are to has posted notices at the termfoal and on pro,•icle o nline ticketing and to improve the vessels of a rate increase, h11 t it does the amount and quality of data collected not effect ticket prices. [t concerns a new on ridership and operations of the vessels. The Telephone Game reservation feature for vehicles u·aveling The ultimate goal is to be abl e to to Peaks, to b~in this summer on a tria1 implement two -way ticketing, so that BY MEGHAN CONLEY basis: for S25, clrivers can reserve a spot passengers wil I have to present tickets on the car ferry on Friday, Saturday and when aeparting the islands as well as The most shocking news of the year is the E •ncws letter excels in bro ad and Sunday. Portland. that we're getting rid of the .Machigonne long-term communication, Facebook The reservations are meant to address The terminal repair work hegan last and rhe re won't be any car ferry service has been an excellent cool for up-to -the trafllc congestion caused by the weekend month w hen Cianbro remo\'ecl the unti I we get a new one. m inutc mfo. lt's fast and simple to use so rush when cottage rentals change over pontoon ramp at Gate 5 for evaluation April Fool's. It's definitely not true, but we can post plenty of updates on the fly, du.rjngthe tonr.istseason; however, it's not and repair. Materials will be delivered it is something at feast one panicked rider and because it's interacti\.•e we can gather yet knov,m where cars with reservations this month fo r work on the pilings and thought -w-.s in the works. When I hear this information and get feedback from riders on the island will be able to queue up. dolphins. kmd of shocking rumor - and I've heard in real time. As originally drafted by the board, the According to Operations Manager many - 1 like to indulge my irnaginacion Though you need • Pacebook accoum reservation policy woufd only apply to Nicholas Mavoclones Jr. work will begin in crying to guc.ss how it was horn. to make com men ts, you can still access departures from Portland, but was revised earnest at Gate 5 this month and continue I suspect a lot of rumors are born in our posts, including photos o f boats and to include the island when b«ird members around the pier towards Com mercial
1Chairman nnd CEO ofFacebook, Inc. Meghan Conley is a writer/musician/ baker/Casco Boy Lines Operations Agent who lives in Portland. She hopes you'll tell her what CBL-related thing is on your mind at lsla11dTime,Colum11@ cascobaylines..com ISLAND TIMES April 2013 Peaks slanJ .J; xperienceS POLICE LOG March2013 (P I G s: PrtJtided l;y the PtJrtltmd PtJ!ke Drpnrt111mt Time Date Location Description Poor as a Church Mouse 11:04 2 Peaks Island 911 Hang Up Calls 11:04 2 Peaks Island 911 Hang Up Calls 20:03 3 Island Ave Check Well Being Poor •s a church mouse strong as an ox, 09:16 10 Adams St Keep the Peace cute as a burton, smarr as a fox. 19:45 l3 Island Ave Criminal Trespass Bald as an eagle, 09:20 15 Island Ave Persons Bothering near as a pin. proud as a peacock, 10:56 16 P eaks Island Animal Complaint uglyos Rec'd March 30 not poor church mice but are starting co BY JERRY GARMAN resemble our larger cousms. the rat, \X!c arc be.coining fat as a church tnouse. \X'hi)e we arprcc1a[c the church's O n bchalfofal l island mice, l am cired of gencrosuy, anc even understand some Ji,-ing with an untrue cJicht!. \Y/c: are proud of their beliefs, we have not converted to to be rodents and member< of the genus ~lcchodasm. Since dieting is not one ofour l\tus. Before we- moved indoors wtdived strengths, we've chosen to hccome pare of happilr in a large me,idow wi1h bountiful che ~haring mission. food. \'X'e '"-ere never considered poor. Therefore, we have issued ao invitation With• life span of only three ye•rs, it to our cousfns thi! deer mice and v<,1cs to w~s ffi)' grear-, great., great·, great•, ... (we share in this bounty of food, believing, as refer to him as great to the S0rb powec) the .Methodists do, that i1 is better ro give grandfather who first moved us inro the rh:rn receive. But that may he JU~t another newly huih llrackeu Episcopal Church in clichc. 2012 1860. This stacred our celationship wi1h human~ :tnd ~·1erhodh::t.s. T he c hucch had no food stocagc Island Directory facilities, so rhe only edibles were rallow candles. J\ switch to wax candles dcsuoycd our food supply. Pechaps chis when the Covering 10 Casco Bay Islands cLiche srnc1ed. There was ca1k o f returning to the meadow in 1955, when the Methodists built a new hall with a large kitchen. This dare, April 14th, is still celebrated as our AUeluia Day, and is an annual holiday. As rheir congregation increased so djd our food sueplj. The Sewing C ircle met weekly with rhd r delicate sandwiches, always leaving evidence of their presence. Crumhs oT bread and some sweet liquid fell to the carper during a very special service. But the besr feasts alwap followed a sit-clown meal. It was difficult to decide which end ofthe table to forage firs,. ,\ fter each Su nday service they would gather and share food, always gcnccously spilling something on the floor. G irl Scours and Twecns • who always seem to be hungry - made new combinations of food available: flavors and textures we h-ad never before experienced. They even opened • Food With updated listings and island friendly advertisers, Pantry for us. It has become obvious now that v.•e've large print, handy spiral binding, lots of "notes" pages grown sluggish and cannot fie into our for your often used numbers. Proven indispensible since usual hidrng places. We certainly ace 200 l. Makes a great gift! Available at CASCO BAY UNES CARPENTER FOR HIRE _Andrea Davis ANDY'S OLD PORT PUB 30 y...,.. tn tne-T,•de HANN/GAN'S ISLAND MARKET - •.$~ =- Io kland.Aw,nue THE BOAT HOUSE Pcabldand.Maine 041011 and on-line at phonebookpublishing.com KJ.96J.119S. cell ' peeli,be:d-@tniall~ Macey Onr,,e For more informotion or wholesole opportunities coll 7 66-5997 766-5909 www.peab.beads.com April 2013 ISLAND TIMES PAGE5 1_our hand's too hot - results in a mighty Roger Shoemaker, "The work on the flat piece ofart . Inn is still in the demolition stage, We laughed. real construction will happen after The cancly turned out to be delicious demolition is completed." and beautiful. I found my reward wasn't Asbestos abatement is being handled BY BOSS H OGG & THE LITTLE SQUEALER so much the candy as it was the people by Enviro Vantage in accordance with who surrounded me. \Ve were doing an approved removal plan. The Inn at something together that none of us Diamond Cove, LLS is providing this that makes you want to curl up and chat. had never done before. We were being work as part of the initial stabilization Finding community The staff had alrcadv set a table for us ourselves and relearning just how rare StaffRepon wirh a bunch of bowls, a food processor and fulfilling the simple act of sharing phase. Below arc some pictures of work and everything else anyone could ever joy_canbe. that has been done so far. On March 1-l my friend, Kathryn, have needed to make potato candy. There are many residential homes invited me to join her on a project to visit Kathryn and I arranged the candy where patients are treated with dignity the Island Commons, a residential care ingredients, discussed a game plan anil and res!>',ct, but precious few are truly facility on Chebeague. We were going found ourselves looking at one another. home. The difference between the to make potato ca nay with D o uble -b ar r ac k s renovation update Staff Report Kathryn is a Museum Consultant and chatted with the staff. Although it ... based out of St. Lou is, but she and I was a large kitchen, it felt like home. It The Inn at Diamond both live on Great Diamond. This was neat as a pin, hul1ctin hoard< with Cove LLC has employed potato candy project is one of the many personal messages and large bowls of Portland Builders to continue food-connected arts programs Kathryn fresh fruits and vegetables. A patio that in stabilization efforts. The 22- presents. Turns out, it was also one ofthe better weather must be the perfect setting most amazing island adventures I'd ever for afternoon tea. unit hotclminium is scheduled ex_!1<1rienced. Linda was preparing lunch. 'vVc could to be sub Letters Arts Editor - B. Remadge We live in a communirv that recogniz.es Hcalcy From Tax &Energy Assistance that our friends and neighbors need assistance now and then to remain on the In May 2005 the Peaks Is land island and to keep their houses warm. Committee for Fundraising for The generous donations of islanders and Women: Consider yourselfasked Comm. Notes - Rhonda Berg Property Tax Relief began a journey busi nesses continue to make it possible which continues today. None of us for many islanders to have warm homes I couldn't be prouder to serve with the really thought the committee would and for others "the taxman has not largest g roup of women ever in the U.S. be in existence in 2013. The assistance cometh." Congress. It pleases me to see women in Research· Irene Schensted that we provide has made it possible for Your support of PITEA and its positions of power at the State House in some of our friends and neighbors to missions 1s a reminder to all that Augusta. And it's an honor to be from remain in their homes even though taxes year-round or seasonal residents of a state with a legacy of extraordinary hav". increased and t he price of energy Peaks Island arc kind, supportive and women leaders. conttnues to nse. considerate with very generous spirits. But, for all these reasons to celebrate, it's Feature Writers: Our tax assistance account, named On behalf of PITEA members past and not enough. At all levels ofgovernment for our dear friend and neighbor Sam present thank you! - local, state, and national - women McCain, provided $4,100 in property tax P~aks I sland Tax and Energy still remain far behi nd men in elected Jerry Garman assistance for the 20l 2 - 2013 tax season. AsStstancc positions. Overall, the U.S. ranks 77th Our energy assistance fund has assisted 111 the world for the percentage ofelected Mike Richards 23 families, or S7,000 since September • • • • offices held by women, 10 spots behind 2012. Saudi Arabia. Of course, our energy assistance is NOTICES FROM THE PIC No offense meant to men out there, but Susan Hanley available almost year-round. Many this is a serious problem. W ith so many homes have their hot water ianks Call for a volunteer to create video policy decisions being made today t hat Kimberly Macisaac attached to their heating systems and about Peaks Island: impact women spcciTically, and other we need hot water 12 montlis a year. As The City of Pordand Neighborhood issues that affect all of us, shouldn't the com mittee starts to make plans for Association has invited cacli Portland women's elected representation at least be fundraising we wanted to report our neighborhood to create a video about in the baUpark of our 50 percent share of earnings and expenditures for the last itself to be shown on public access cable tbe_population? Special Contributors: year. TV. The Peaks Island Council is in What may be surprising is that when As spring arrives we bid our lon_g, cold, search ofa resident ofPeaks to volunteer women run for office they acrually win and expensive winter adieu. Energy to lead this project. For more information just as often as men. T he problem is that r prices continued to soar, food prices have or to voluntee~ please contact: Chris th~ey just don't run. Chellic Pingree mcreased because of the cost to transport Hoppin or any 1..,ouncil member. Numerous studies have looked at why. food items, and even clothes, shoes and One that came out last year, "Men Rule: Justin Palmer domestic items have had price increases. Call for volunteers who use the skate The Continued Under Representation of Our property taxes d,d not go down park: Women in U.S. Politics," offered several Sheila Reiser and most ofou r salaries and pay for our T he City of Portland Parks and reasons why women are much less likely retirees did not go up. Although the Recreation Dept has developed an to run than men. economy is starting to rebound the effect advisory com mittee related to its efforts Findings included that women perceive Mcghan Conley is just beginning to be felt. As a result with the Peaks lsland Land Preserve a bias against female candidates, are Peaks Island Tax and Energy continues tO negotiate an adequate resolution to less likefy than men to think they were to have an increase in the number of the issue ofthe current skate park being qualified or had the right qualities for applicants. located on PILP land. The Peaks Island politics, are inhibiteaby inequitable Production Assistance: Our April Loaf and Ladle Dinner will Council is looking for someone who uses re_sponsibilities at home, and arc turned be on Sarurday, April 20 from 5-7 _Q.m. the skate P.ark wno would be willing_ to offby the current state of politics more Craig Davis at the Peaks l slan Spring Hope, by Tim Nihoff. plea.,e,.,. PJNGR£8.pa9eu ' , April 2013 ISLAND TIMES PAGE7 BRI£FStrompa9e5 Making Potato Candy Machigonne II update StaffReport The Machigo-t111e II, due bac k from drydock micf-month, will serve as a passenger ferry d eparting from Gate 4 u ntil repairs and improvements to t he transfer bridge and lierth at Gate 5 are completed. Lionel Plante A ssociates will provide ',.. vehicle uansportation between Peaks and Portland on a limited basis. ,,.. Departures from Portland are from the East End beach, and times vary based on the tide. Reservations are reguired (there is no additional cost). Call the Bay Lines at 207-774 -7871 fo r departure t imes and reservations. r1· A weekly schedule is posted on the Bay Lines wd)site at 'WWw.,ascobaylines.,oni/ 11ews.htm. Please watch fo r updates. ) Sewer project update Staff Report All you need to potato candy are a few bowls, some s ugar and According to inform ati()n provided by spice, and friends to sb:tre. it with. Portland \IVater District project manager staffpbotos Jay H ewitt, the first phase of sewer extensions and w:1ter main work on Peaks r------.,,,~ lsland has been tenc-atively scheduled. Because the island has rclarivcl_yshallow soil over bedrock, a trench will have to be blasted into the rock in most areas of t he project in order to mainrnin prOJ)Cr clc,•ations fo r the sewers and depth for the water main. Blasting is scheduled to start April 10 on Island Avenue a nd continue until April 23, when blasting will Wirt on Ocean Street and Sunset Road. IlUSH POTATO('_\ -:\'DY lo a large bowl, cream together the The blasting contractor will have to butter and-cream cheese. conduct a ·pre-hla Work Task !Target Start Date Tar~et Fin.ish Date Mobilization 13125/13 3/29/13 Pre-Blast Survey ~/25/13 4/5/13 Temnnrarv Water Main 14/1 / 13 4/9/13 Pavement MjllinR 1413/13 14/5/13 Blasting - Citv Point Road 14/8/13 4/ 10/13 New Sewer - City Point Road 1418/13 14117/13 Blasting Island Avenue 4/10/13 4/23/13 New Sewer- Island Avenue 4/1 7/13 S/7/13 Blasting - Ocean Street 14/23/13 4/25/13 1~ Blastinn - Sunset Road 4/25/13 4129113 ~ New Sewer - Ocean Street ~/8/13 5/10/13 ~ .E~ New Sewer-Sunset Road 5/13/13 5/15/13 .,:: Testing - Sewer 5/16113 5/24/ 13 BY BETSEY REMAGE·HEALEY A their work, and raised more than $2,000 ~ !\cw Water - Island Avenue ~/20/13 6/7/1 3 ~ Over 50 people gathered at Brackett for the bookstore. One attendee summed New Water - City Point Road 6110/13 6/13/13 C hurch on Maren 10 for a fundraiser it up, "l can't imagine a more wonderful .,,~ New Wmer - Ocean Strccl ~114113 'r.tl7/13 to help Longfellow Books in Portland ,vay to spend a Sunday afternoon." recover from extensive water damage Besides Morse, the writers included New Water - Sunset Road 6/18/ 13 li/19/13 " courtesy of HurriC3ne Sandy. Organized Nicole D' l::ntremont, Jim Hayman, "E ~estinl! - Water Main 6/19/13 6/27/!3 by award-win ning aurhor Eleanor Jamie Hoga~ Scott Nash, Anne Sibley ~ Drainage work & Repave Island Morse, the event featured seven Peaks O'Brien and 1.,atherynne Valente. E b/20/13 6/28/13 f Avenue Island writers who read selections of April 2013 PAGB8 ISLAND TIMES 71. Pivotal battle in 732 A.D. ACROSS 72. Oracle Macavity & Growltigers~ by Anna Tierney 73. Ice cream favorite 1. Psych. cond. 10 II 12 13 5. Jazzsin.!@g technique 9. Williamson, who played Hamlet DOWN 14 14. Relations ofa sort 17 15. Paragon of"honesty" l. l3i_g cat groups 16. Muse ofe rotic poetry 2. Most docile 0 17. Allah's delegate 3. Supreme Court Justice 18. Shock 4. MotherofRumer, Scout, and J 19. With 13 Down, theme of this Tallulah puzzle 5. Strongf1berused to make cat- 9 20. Where to buy quail eggs scratchmg p SuPfJCl~ing the iliand communilie< WINNING CAPTION this month. )"lease sef! page 15 for Dnd a 1tr0119 wmg wot 94 Commercial Screec, Porcland 207 874.2639 ~ Sn'Vi11_g_extrMnli,,,n'Jl'11bfa ,.,, &p_iV SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE 10 II 12 13 14 I y p A E L L A s A N I T 15 " A L L E y s 0 I s 0 N G R A II A R E A N 7 M A R E I p s y C H f R A p 7 H A C £ N D A T A G Jl s "This is a littlt sl,arp for my taste." Capt.Jolm Tracy, S.,11th Portla11d 9 0 I C E D R R A M s 0 T PAGE9 April 2013 ISLAND 'rlMES April 2013 Sky Star Gazing BY M IKE RICHARDS April means "opening", as many once. It also produces 2.5 times more flowers do this month, though crocuses energy than it receives from the sun and are up alread y. Chaucer said it also is nearly 12,000° Cat the core. Most brings showers sweet ro pierce the impressive, of course, is Saturn's unique drought of March, but April is actually and beautiful ring system, comprised of Maine"s third rainiest month, after dust, rock and ice, and shepherded by October (second) and November (first). small moonlets that create gaps, braids Bod, our spring and fall rains are the and undulations in rhe r ings. T hese result of Earth's 23.5° tilr. ln winter, the rings may be t be remnants of a moon North Pole tiles away from the sun, and that was hit by a comet, bur chey are now in summer it tilts coward che sun. T his delicately thin and extraordinarily wide annual process creates a 47° change - like a sheer of paper stretching from in orientation, causing warm and cold Peaks t o Portland. T he rings are now air masses co collide and condense the tipped down, allowing us to see at least moisture within. forming raindrops chat the large Cassini division in che middle fall upon our heads. of the rings, if not che smaller Encke When che clouds break and che Sttn division in the outer ri ngs. Ify ou have a secs, however, we're treated co a dazzling telescope, Saturn is why. display ofp lanets, meteors and scars. STARS PLANETS The brighresc scar in our heavens is This month most of the planets are blue-white Sirius in Canis M ajor, now hidden by the glaring sun, though low in rhe southwest at dusk. It's twice Mercury is visible in binoculars near our sun·s size, but ic's much hotter and the eastern horizon in the morning. and only 8.6 lighr years away. Procyon in coward che end of che month Venus Canis Minor is directly above it, which will raise her head above the western leads us next to Castor and Pollux, che horizon at dusk. The real "stars" of che Gemini twins. Overhead is the Beehive planetary show chis month are the t wo C luster, which binoculars show as a gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn. loose collection ofmulti- colored stars. Jupiter, rhe largest planet in our Further casr is che sickle that forms solar syscem, is still bright and high in rhe head of Leo the Lion, whose alpha che western sky at sunset but is falling star, Regulus, sits right on the ecliptic, steadily wich each passing day. Ir still sirs the patliway across the sky of the sun, above the V-shaped Hyades ascerism in moon and planers. Further north Taurus, wich Aldebaran rhe red giant are yellow Capella in Auriga, the Charioteer, and red-gianc Arcturus in Illustration by Jamie H ogan scar most pron\jnent. Saturn rises in che ease just after Booces, che Herdsman, rothecasc. High sunset, is highest after midnight and in the north is the Big Dipper, whose secs in t he west just as che sun is rising. front edge points co Polaris, che N orth Ir reaches opposition to the sun o n the Star, co which our north pole currently 28th and is nicely positioned for Earth points. based telescopic exploration. Saturn is che second largest planet in ALMANAC our solar system, 8.5 times wider than Earth. Although it likely has a solid April 1- Mercury is at its greatest core surrounded by liquid hydrogen and elongation from the sun this cycle, but helium, its bulk is comprised mostly of it's still hard co see at dawn, given its gas. T he outermost gases are ammonia angleofindinacion. cryseals which give Saturn its distinctive April 3- Lasr-quarrer moon is high at yellow hue. ft does not have distinct sunrise. cloud bands like Jupiter, buc that may April 14- To the west over Por tland be because Saturn s wind-speeds are chis evening.Jupiter is to the right ofche rhe second highest in our solar system, crescent moon. and its axial tilt is about the same as April 15- The moon is at apogee, Earth's. Its North Pole is surrounded by furthest from Earth this month, an odd hexagonal band char scientists moderating tides. are currently at a loss to explain. The April 18- First-quarter moon is high Cassini spacecraft still o rbits Saturn, at sunset, signaling t he scare oft he best and you can go online for close-up week for tdescopic exploration of rhe lunar craters and mountains thac lie photos. Sarurn is relatively light and has a along the terminator line between lighr weaker gravitational field than Earth; and dark, where shadows are long and in fact, Saturn would float in your concrast is high. bathtub were it big enough. Saturn has April 21- 1he Lyrid Meteor Shower 62 moons, including Titan, t he second peaks tonighc, as dust from comet largest moon in our solar system and che Thatcher hits Earth's atmosphere. We only one known to have a permanent could see one every rbree minutes, and acmosphere. Eight years ago, t he some could be big fireballs. T hatcher Cassini spacecraft launched die small orbits every 415 years and lase passed Huygens probe coward Titan, and as it chis way in 1861 before chesunslingsbot descended through Titan's armosphere, it back our to deep space from whence it it rook photos through rhe pale orange came.. light chac looked eerily similar co Earth, April 25- Saturn hovers above and left with water-ice mounrains, valleys and ofthe full "Fish" moon tonight. islands, and liquid methane lakes, rivers April 27- T he moon is at perigee, and oceans. H uygens landed at rhe closest co Earth chis month, bringing edge ofa lake, took another photo ofi ts high rides in rhe early afternoon, making surroundings, and sent rhem all back co this rhe best weekend for launching Earth - at 800 million miles away, ic's boats. rhe furt hest spacecraft landing we have April 29- Partial lunar eclipse today, ever made. visible on rhe or her side ofE arth. The Inn on Peaks Island Saturn spins rapidly, completing _,3 l~ Jud venue P.: ...K.:-. l!-,an community. seniors. offun just by being myself I like working Are the programs 011 Peaks !Jla11djusffor with people. Anal like being a resource Susan Hanley: How long have you been se11ionr and knowing what's our there to help doi11g this job? No, we have some senior programs and Denise Macaronas: I've been working people. It works both ways. I've learned other programs for all ages. A lot of the a lot from the seniors and from the other BY SUSAN HANLEY o n the island since January of 1991 - prog rams a re during the day so that's people who volunteer or participate in my that's 22 years. But f've worked for the not conducive to everybody. But I've programs. /\ mericans are an industrious lot and city for 30 years. I'm a dental hygienist by started to work collaboratively, a nd I've ls thcrt anything the ,ommunity ran do to Peaks Islanders arc no exception. Some profession. W hen I started out, l worked of us work on the island, some commute. been developing some intergenerational help support your work? in public health in M anchester, New programs. Every April vacation we do a T he city of Portland provides the Some of us have one job, some have three. Hampshire. T hen I had an opportunity Some of us have part time professions, to work as a d ental hygienist in Athens, some of us have full-time passions. G reece and it took me all of ten seconds "Find somethingyou love to do andyou' II never have to But all of us are busy. Busy. Busy. Busy. to say yes. Busy figuring out a host of inventive, work a day inyour life." resourceful ways to earn a Jiving while How long didyou liw in Greece? enjoying island living. It was actually two and a half years. - Harvey MacKay They say you should live somewhere clean up walk with the G irl Scout troop. services here so we don't really need This month: V,,le have girls from the scouts as well as financial support but there are ways the people d ose to 80. l t's just so much fu n community ca n help our program s. We Denise Macaronas to see how excited the kids get collecting would love it if people came in to share trash. (laughs) a craft or skill, or if people came to share Recreational Programr:nec- I do a fi rst-Monday c raft w ith rravel experiences with a slide show or preschoolers and we have commun ity presentation. My schedule is flexible volunteers for ping pong on \\lednesdays, so even if someone wanted to do a slide so kids third-grade a nd up can come show in the evening I can arrange that. to t hat. Duri ng the summer we have We're happy ro ra ke donat ions of lunches at the community garden. And knitting needles, crochet hooks, 100 that's intergcncrationaJ too, we've had percent cotton yarn so we can make the grandparents bring their grandkids. o ishclorhs. During the winter people can l have open houses during the yea r. I d rop off returnables so I can buy small have them on Fridays when the library prizes for bingo and such, or people could is open so people can come over on their drop offsman items that we could use as way to or from the library. Some of the prizes. \Ve'rc very green. We believe in activities that have been very popular re-gifting. (laughs) A nother thing is if are ma king ice cream, playing board people wanted to bring cookies or 6aked games and card games, root beer float goods forsomeofourcvcnts. T hatwoulcl day, listening to old-fashioned music, 6e wonderful. playing bingo. One time we celebrated What art yourgoa lsfor yourprograms? procrastination week, a week later My goals arc to provide an opporninity because we were procrastinating. (laughs) for islanders to get together, to have Whatareyourhoun? fun, 10 learn new things, to get to know I'm here on Mondays, Thursdays and new peop_le, to share, to reminisce, to Fridays. Mondays and Thursdays we explore. The hard part is getting people start the morning with an 8:30 walk, involved, getting people to take a chance and we're very faithful. It's not for speed of coming to one of the programs even photo by Susa,i Ha,iley walkers. It's a chance to learn a little if they're afraid that they won't know about the island historv because some anybody. Part of my job is to gather One of my guilty pleasures is watching three years: a year to get usc April 2013 ISLAND TIMES PAGEu - ·---. 1871 to erovide year round service on the -~ . _::: - -"=-: steamer Express. She faced competition From the FI :-- :=-2:=:::_- - from C . I I. K nowlton's Tourist and ---==- - =:;;.,;:: - Minnehaha. - -- ·s·.;-:-.- .-· - --- These three steamers along with the - ---. - Forest City soon merged to become the Casco Bay Steamboat Company. By 1900 nearly a dozen steamboat lines were How wegqt _t~yjrom here running on Casco Bay. O nly one ran all -· . - . - year...... ·- T h e Aucotis,o, Emita, Machigomu, Swll111/Jscofl, and Maquoit are but a few stcambo}lt names from that em. Eventually many of these steamboat companies disbanded. Through a series of mergers those that remained became one compai:-y that, in time, evolved into the Casco Ba)_' Lines, now operated by the Casco Bay Island Transit D istrict. LEFT: Sidewheeler Gazelle circa 1865. BELOW: Casco Bay Steamboat Company pass around 1900. BOTTOM: Steamer Cadet c.1900. BY KIM MACISAAC FIFTH MAINE MUSEUM CURATOR W ith the Marhigrmne !Tin dl)>dock for Peaks Island. several weeks islanders must depend on In 1850 H oratio C. Cook built the Lionel Plante Associates to transport Antelope. She, too, was a sidewheeler PA5: their vehicles. Islanders of yore weren't that accommodated 100 passengers. so lucky. Within a few years he had added the In 1822 Captain Seward Porter p ut larger sidewheelers Casco and F(l'l} HELP PRESERVE WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT PEAKS . PewIs land ii a truty sptOal pbce, v.,th tls rocky i::11:, ...Cooo ll(JI AlYCf... A. I.wt II.I t...u Kull shores. its woodlinds W iu "'--ttbnds. Your 11tn'benrup (on}y SIS ind"idtw/S25 bmily) uid )"OUr dcmtionn.rr ,nicW in helping UJ tnlliou.in open$~. lMlltll... W°CKIO o•,.tt.o,.._.. ,. ,.,.•F fAttlU Join today. Help prnt.Mwnlt vt l , .o, SOJ U , PlUS IS UII D, Nf U I H \l.'\'.'W. P OR T IS l A'lO (OM ._....._•. ...,u,.-....-.... ~~k(a,, ...... PAGEu ISLAND TIMES April 2013 it was reissued by Down East Publisher following the success of her award For winning Rickshaw Girl. Five more childrens books followed, including her most recent, Here Come th, Humpbacb. The internet has made it easier to live on an island as an artist, and also more challenging. Computers facilitate the Purposes of collaborative process thats essential to illustrating children's books. The illustrator'sjob is not to paint a nice picture to go with the story, but to help tell the story and move it along visually, Illustration working wlrh the art director of tlie publishing house (not with the writer). Publishing srafT act as intermediaries. BETSEY REMAGE·HEALEY According to Hogan, book illustrations ARTS E DITOR are type of lirera~y,. "reading without bemg conscious of1 t. Peaks is an island of illustrators, She loves doing programs in schools, whether airbrushed, animated, digital seeing kids' creativity get tapped as they or collage. VJe have medical illustrators, scratchboard illustrators, illustrators for advertising, book covers, magazines, newspapersJ.. posters, public service campaigns. Hut more a&out these next is~ue. This month we look at the place illustration begins for many people, in 1-,..,a.;.nx.,..ie•r•y.,of the students I ' O'Bri.~n said. "That's the core ofmy life's children's boolcs, through tlie eyes of she teaches at l\laine work. Peaks" artists Jamie Hogan and Anne College of Art as well, Sibley O'Brien. She has now illustrated 30 books, who worry about earning including the seven-book/amai,a series a living. by Juanita Havill which addresses - "It's a high wire act cverydar. conflicts of children across for sure", she observes. racial and ethnic lines. She is also known "You need nerve and for her artwork for a number of cross JAi'11E HOGAN confidence." cultural stories such as Afri,a is Not a "Because her parents doubted that she And, she adds, the Co1111try and Who Belon~, Here? Her could earn a living as a photograJ>her1 willingness to hustle up most recent works are geared to Maine Jamie Hogan headed to Rhode Islana clients, something t hat imm~grant conununities. School of Design to study fashion - docsn't come naturally to O'lfoen shares Hogan's concern for until she realized how much sewing all artists. On her part1 the state of publishing these days. "The was involved. A move to the Illustration llogan has broadenea bottom has dropped our oft he children's Department led to a job at the Boston her cl ient base to book marker,"' sne said. "Publishers feel Globe and teaching editorial illustntion include magazines, uncertain abollt the foture, and so are theat rical posters, book at the Art Institute of Boston, before reluctant 10 publish much ofanything." heading to the west coast. covers, calendars, and lllustrarors need co reinventtliemseTves, In 1992 she returned to New England learn about the process of making a commercialp_ackaging._ she concludes, and she would seem to be with her new husband, artist Marty written storv come alive with pictures. Despite the obstacles Hogan said a case in point: she juggles 14 different Braun. Accidental connections led them "Ir's kind' of like a sausage to them," she can't help but draw. "A oad day proiects, from young cnildrens' board to Peak~ with its easy access to Portland said Mogan. "They've never thou$ht of illustrating is still better than a good day books to several workshops to a proposal and to !'ed Ex, a crucial link for artists what was inside, how it came to be. waitressing.'' ro help struggling readers. before the web. Cyber communication is a double Perhaps most exciting of all is the The inconvenience of the ferry? edged sword, however, creating both ' near completion ofa no .. el JO )'Cars "We spent that much time looking for global markets and global competition. in the making, and the Portland P'!!:king in San Prancisco," said Hogan. Illustrators arc almost always freelancers, Public Lihrary launch on May 25 The birth of her daughter sparked meaning each job may be the last one of an I'm Your Neighbor Portland Jamie's interest in childrcns books. After unless a new opportunity arises. city wide read series on Portland taking a picture book class at Maine The publish mg industry is scrambling immigrants. Ir will include her College of Art she wrote and illustrated to compete with the cyber industry, newest book about a Cambodian St'VtnT>ays ofDaisY, s~t on Peaks Island. which offers eBooks ana other readily refugee family, A Path ofStan. I Nine years after bemg self-published, accessible media. Hogan understands the "There is a misconceP.tioh that because children's book are sim_plc that they're easy to do,'' said , O'Brien. "Thev're not easy at all. The an has to make the story come J I alive to a child ." \ ! A.t'-lNlEO'BRIEN O'Brien said the business end of , , \Vriter ancl illustrator Annie O'Brien her work is a huge challenge, but feels , grew up in Korea, a child of medical that t he chance to illustrate children's \ missionaries. When she was 7, she literature is an incredible privilege. announced to the world that she would "Children are always gring to respond become an artist. She majored in studio to visual im~es," she saia. "lvly success is art at a liberal arts college, and her first that I get to l limited protein intake and little variety in PJNGR££.frompage6 diets. It turns out that the nixtamalization herselfwent on to serve in the Legislature Recipes & Ramblings and became Speaker of the House. Even P.rocess releases v i tamin B3, BY SHEILA REISER Oemonstrating yet a_gain the ancient better, she didn't wait fo r me to ask her to wisdom in traditionally prepared foods run! like ash corn. · So, if there are women reading this Nixtamalization Think of the implications of all this who need a push1 consider.Yourself asked. for our own diets. Corn is ubiquitous in (Male readers, tnis doesn t mean for you our processed foods - as corn syrup and to step aside; just to get ready for some corn starch for starters - not to mention competition.) derivatives like dextrose and white Even ifyou've never thought ofrunning vinegar. for office, take a moment to 1>ictu re In-Nourishing 1raditions Fallon points yourselfat Town Hall, the State House, out the most prevalent food alleri;1cs are or Wasl1ington. \1/hat would you fight to milk products and grains, "precisely the for? How cfo you think _g_ovcrnmcnt can two foods added to man's diet when he better serve our people? Row would your changed from a hunter-gatherer life style skills, experiences, and perspectives as to one of cultivation and domestication." a woman a nd Mainer make you a good We're just not hardwired to cat those representative? foods. lf you're interested, rhere are a number (Asians, Fallon says, probably tolerate of organizations in Maine offering grains better because they have been women training and support to run for rclving on rice much longer and have office. Please, give it some thought, and adapted accordinglv, witb pancreatic encourage women you know to do the organs and salivary glands up to 50 same. percent1~ than tliose onVesterners.) Sitting in Levi's workshop 1 couldn't help but marvel that here we are Con9rcssn·oman Cbellu.- P1n9ru reprcsenlS with our science, calcium hydroxide, ,Uaine's Jn District ,n the U.S. House of induction cook tops and pH test strips. Rtpresernatil'e:t C<1ntqct her by Monday, March 25. 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