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Casco Bay Weekly : 22 November 1989 Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1989) Casco Bay Weekly 11-22-1989 Casco Bay Weekly : 22 November 1989 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 22 November 1989" (1989). Casco Bay Weekly (1989). 47. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989/47 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1989) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greater Portland's news and arts weekly NOVEMBER 22, 1989 FlEE "Something frshy" by Rusty Munroe. One of three photos chosen as winners In the Life In Black It White photo contest. + INSIDE: UPDATES page 2 LISTINGS page 16 WEIRD NEWS page 3 TUNES page 19 VIEWS page4 EATS page 21 COVER page 8 SPORT page 23 TAli page 11 POOl page24 STAGE page 12 CLASSIFIEDS page 25 Student theater at USM . Health clubs raise racket. Pigging out. CALENDAR page 14 PUZZLE page 27 See page 12. See page 2. .. See page 21. N~r22,1989 3 IiInHIzoAMIFIi OPEN SUNDAY 12 Noon-S P.M. ~ _FREE ........... _I100.!iAL~~~. 874-2363 MON. thru SAT. 10A.M.-BP.M. CORNERBROOK. MALL from Maine Mall. Jordan Marsh sldeJ THE WEEK IN BRIEF: Evergreen Cemetery hit again Three days after Michael Tripp, 23, was sentenced to 18 months CAMERA AUDIO VIDEO CAMCORDERS in jail for vandalizing Evergreen Cemetery, another 476 grave­ For /lb/I Onlu. Call stones were toppled there. The Nov. 16 vandalism was the worst We accept trade·ins. VIDEO HOTLINE 874-2972 yet at the cemetery, which has been hit 25 times since April, 343 Gort'Iam Road, So. Portland. ME Diners Carte Blanche, Checks and according to supervisor Ronald H. McMann. 874-2363 of course cash "I had my hopes that it would deteriorate," said McMann, who .__ ..... ,,:u~, Sef: for CI~ri:stJn.:lrs 1-~ wasn't surprised that the latest conviction didn't end the vandal­ ism. "But with the magnitude of it, it couldn't have been the same 150 person every time." The latest incident caused at least $100,000 of Calloll EOS Auto Focus 35 nvn SLR Body 35 nvn SLR Body damage, McMann said. 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Great Northern will All CANON Bodies include 1 year USA wamonly All MINOLTA SLR Bodies includo 2 year USA warranly i:~f~ft<'fhe Magic ofRomance ' consider the new offer at a director's meeting to be held the week of Thanksgiving. ~Getset for~hristmast..... ~ , 'Eo;:,:; ::'::'f:::~~~~:':'''';~~- ~ A member of The Bay Club excerclses on a state·of·the art treadmill. CBW/T07lfe Harb"t Recreational boaters make splash takingly feminine in shimmering W. ~ ~IIwH~ ...JiIM· Recreational boaters might have to pay a year to dock their taffeta .. For starry holiday evenings! , L $50 PanasonIC"-.Right and toa hIndod 95 . ' " . ~t~.,*~ Racquet clubs raising a racket boats in slips in Portland Harbor while commercial boa~ers d~k --- $189 ' I I:;r.:::.~~ GE ~1I815 8xlpowerzoom and only at Amaryllis. A MAR Y L LIS for free. Phineas Sprague, owner of Portland Yacht Services, said OLYllPUS VX..... 1 bl p........ _. Price Too i With full fearured charaCter generator types in 8 cfiflerent colors , OLYIiPUS VX-4Oli b1 p••• r ..... _._- Low To Amaryllis Clothihg Co. Health clubs fight YMCA expansion that the proposed fee is "extremely unfair and saddles the recrea­ ; II W11h gIIfWfII/Dr and sp68k.,. Print GE+9825 Super YHS tion boater to fund the Harbor Commission." Sprague said that _or With character generator butn·in 41 Exchange Street. loW I capability Portland. ME 04101 Plans for renovation of the Portland YMCA New England Health and Racquet, of Saco. the commission's budget more than triplee over the last four t GlY:"'S VX-$-4C115 Call Fo.r ~ speaker. 8x1 power zoom ~ SIIpor VIIS wIIII.i,"", off..... Best PTlce~ PENTA)( PY·51A y8xl power Zoom 772-4439 and the opening of a new YMCA in Biddeford The formation of the MCFC was prompted by years and has gone after the recreational boater with an "unrea­ Low Lux Capability have prompted Southern Maine health club the Portland YMCA's $2.5 million campaign to sonable tax" to stay afloat. The commission will vote on whether l~~.~nw:'.1 ~wItII !:I::__ ... ,,,. __ J owners to organize a campaign against what they renovate its Forest A venue building. MCFC club to impose the tax on Dec. 14. claim is unfair competition from the non-profit owners said the expanded YMCA would include YMCAs. an expanded Nautilus section, refurbished rac­ "In recent years, the YMCA has redirected its quet courts and a skywalk jogging track. Media Mike strikes again Holiday Fashion and Gifts nationwide efforts to provide state-of-the-art fit­ "The Portland YMCA has been here for 63 Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood, dubbed "Media Mike" ness facilities which are designed, priced and years," said Harris. "The building is old. Most of by District Attorney Paul Aranson, is featured in th~ Dec~mber for All the Women marketed to people who could otherwise eaSily the money will go to the renovation of the build­ issue of Esquire magazine. Chitwood was one of 36 indiViduals on Your List afford commercially available services," said ing." chosen for the Esquire Register. According to Bill Tonelli, a senior Robert Fisk, spokesperson for the newly-formed The MCFC hopes efforts to deter expansion in editor at Esquire, people from a variety of fields who have For Holiday Gifts Maine Clubs For Fair Competition (MCFC) , Portland will keep other Maine YMCAs from "demonstrated professionalism" arechosenfor the register. Tonelli Give Your Family the 20% OFF "We are not a fitness club," said Ron Harris, of moving in the same directions. There are 16 said that he had worked at a magazine in Philadelphia where the Portland YMCA's board of directors. "We YMCAs in the state. Ellsworth and Bath YMCAs Chitwood was known as an "illustrious cop." When Tonelli read Jewelry, Scarves, supply a whole spectrum of facilities for a whole are looking into similar capital campaign drives an article in the New York Post this summer about Chitwood's Gift of a Lifetime and Belts. spectrum of people. If our membership is a threat and the Lewiston YMCA also has plans to up­ gun control battle in Maine, he suggested the chief receive the toany health club, they have bigger problems that grade, according to Fisk. award. The magaZine is on the newsstands now. we'll ever present." "We don' t think upscale health and racquet facilities are chari table services," said Ken For Only YMCA expansion plans spur new group Navarro, owner of New England Health and Holiday publishing schedule But Fisk, who owns Tennis of Maine in Fal­ Racquet, Navarro said he lost 53 percent of his Casco Bay Weekly regularly publishes every Thursday, but this the hause oj stiles mouth, said that because the YMCA is a non­ new-client business last spring when the Bidde­ issue was published on Wednesday, Nov. 22, in order to accommo­ profit organization, it enjoys reduced rates on ford/Saco YMCA opened. date the Thanksgiving holiday. Also, there will be no Casco Bay 125 Main Street postage, insurance and interest - and charitable Weekly on Dec. 28 so that the CBW staff can enjoy the Christmas Yarmouth 207-846-4232 (tax-exempt) contributions can be allocated to Tax-exempt status at risk? holiday. The Dec. 21 issue will be redistributed that week, and a per day* Open 9:30 to 5:00, Mon. - Sat. "They're not allowed to make money in a for­ new paper will be on the streets by Jan 4., 1990, Thursday 'til 7 pm expansion plans. The MCFC claimed that these "unfair" advan­ profit business and channel those funds into a tages enable YMCAs to offer adult recreation charitable business," said Navarro. The MCFC facilities at a price averaging one-third less than contends that the YMCAs are in violation of the Buy Them a Showcase Home jor Christmas. Unrelated Business Tax laws, which, require non­ their clubs must charge. • A $500 gift certificate/ deposit will • Call for your free home- An adult membership at the Portland YMCA profit organizations to conduct commercial op­ WEIRD NEWS: guarantee spring construction planning kit . Jerry costs $283 a year - $395 with the use of Nautilus erations separately. equipment. Harris said the Portland YMCA will not be --In New York City, the Board of Standards and Appeals ruled 1-800-344-6552 Faires By comparison, membership at The Bay Club, running a for-profit business. "What would that a developer who violated zoning laws by building a Manhat­ • Showcase will match your $500 Jewelry a stylish fitness club located downtown at One YMCAs do but menta\, moral and physical fit­ tan high-rise too tall must lop off the top 12 floors.
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