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Island Times, Aug 2009
Kevin Attra
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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Island Times Newspaper, 2002-2013 at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Island Times Newspaper, 2009 by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. IMES FREE AUGUST2009 A community newspaper covering the islands ofCasco Bay INSIDE City staff and councilors visit Peaks Island In the News Local summit meeting on Peaks Island leads to quick action
BY KEVIN ATTRA fo rmality of the previous joint New Invasive council meeting held in the One ofthe first thing,; newly officiously ceremonial State of Beetle Found Maine room at City Hall last As yet there is no remedy appointed Police ChiefJames Craig did after meeting with January. Island Councilor Rob agaimt the Asia,, longhorned Peaks Island residents at the 'ri ffany added th at the city beetle that has devestated MacVane Center Saturday, leaders got to see "mort than woodlands in three states, July 11, was to inscruc1 officers just t he community center and now recently discovered in assigned to the island to stand the school. T hey played islander Massachusetts. outside 1heir vehicles and fora day." Page3 mingle with the crowd when the City Councilor Kevin ferry arrives a1 Forest City. Donoghue agreed, glad the He was one of five city ~roup got to move around. Pearls on Cliff leaders, including Fire Chief Unstructured time makes for Fred LaMontagne, City happy politicians," he said. Island Manager Joe Cray and assistant Councilor Dory Waxman, Johanna a,,d Steve Corman Pat Finnigan, Public Services who said her family ties to hit their stride one year after Director Michael Bobinsky and other islands made her familiar taking a leap offaith . island liaison Mike Murray, as with the struggles of island life, described the meeting Page13 well as Mayor Jill Duson and six members of the City Council as a chance to build new who attended the monthly relationships. Portland City Mayor Jill Duson (left) on the back deck at the Fifth Mayor Duson also thought public dialogue with the Peaks Main• with PIC Chair Mike Richards. WhatColoris Your Island Council. ,taff pboto th at tensions between the Parachute-part3 The one hour meeting gave councils had eased and her island residents a chance to meet a beautiful Saturday in order to of the vehicle engaging the biggest concern seemed to be The fiMI chapterofJo lsradson's having enough time before the three-part story on finding ajob in city personnel in an informal attend 1he meeting and wanted community." He met with to assure them 1hat he wasn't o ne of the officers on duty boat came to get ice cream down a 11111Tktt. setting and voice their opinions joblm about issues on the island. complaining when he said, "If and had that change of policy front. She said she usually comes Page18 Afterwards, the assembly took [the police) arc in their car, what implemented immediately. out to the island two or three advantage of the unu sually good are they?" Enough testimony was also times a year, for her one of the sunny day to tour the island, and Relocating the/olice to the !liven against parking the taxi highlights ofliving in Portland. Letter from Iran for those who could s111y, dine al turnaround ha also been 10 the turnaround tliat it was "'I'm also taking credit for the An American caught in the fresco at the Fifth Maine on a objected to by at least one decided to relocate it near Covey weather," she said. nralating cot,Jlirt over the light lunch provided by the City officer on the Peaks Patrol who Johnson's lobster shack. The In its r!ular session rontested]rania11 presidential of Portland. said in a previous interview, measure was initially going to be Wednesday, uly 22 the PIC eltction describes a liftofronstant During the pubHc d ialogue "If you think I'm going to stop deferred for further a iscussion recognized via Rosol and Nancy Hall as Island Heroes threat atulsuroeillatut. resident Frank Pereni opened any of the little old fadies from until Island Councilor Tom a floodgate when he said, "l parking their golf carts in the Bohan said that he saw no for their eight years of service Jn OpiN./111,gtll running tfic volunteer taxi. don't like the new configuration circle,. you've got another think reason to wait. down front. I think police and coming.. The informal, get-it-done Suzie Kane, who nominated the cab should be down at the As it t u med out, no one spirit of the island council them on the PJC's website, read ramp." Similar complaints seemed to care where the police seemed to a rise from a sense the dedication. Nancy Hall lntheArts poured in q_uickly after that. earked their car. As Chief of comradery with the top city accepted the framed certificate One resident prefaced his Craig said after the meeting, leaders a nd staff, which was in sharp contrast to the icy remarks by thanking councilors "[Residents] want t hem out pleaAeAee PIC, paqe5 Art Roamings and stafffor giving up what was Wi ISLAND TRANSPORl'ER, LLC M AH.1'.'\:I 'fl~,\NSPON.IAI I ON <>I E<)l IIP\lt•N I AND i\1AJ l JUAL M/V Kdiauce_ 1\ag PlonNr, MN (slandTrans· porter *ilh ,trvioe co ~co Bay, PenOb$tOt Bay and the m.tirc M.ainc coast. our 3 units can hl>po!.tooned u,hamHee1.~n thrlarge:st job. • BuU HOME • M/ V JSLA(jD TRANS.!'QRIT!! • M/V REUANCE • M/V PIONEER ABOVE: At rhe christening (from left) Portland Fire Chief Fred LaMonragne, City Manager Joe Gray, Portland Firefighter T homas Kane (ret), Cap tain David 1$1.)nd Transporter, LLC • 79 Mecnanic Street • Rock.la nd, Maine 04841 Pendleton witli his daughter Valerie, Portland Firefighters Benjamin Wallau, Louis Central Off~ 207.594.7860 • Ctll 207.266.3547 OeRice, Richard Wurfel and David Crowl~, Matthew Fito:gerald of BeA.VE:R S.from pa9e1 people to drain water away from roadways and 01her flood sensitive areas, but "b,rch and poplar arc like cand)• to them'' apparemly ,· iewed b,· the beaversa.s ready - but they will cat softwoods as well, rnac.le darns in need of repair. According consuming up ro four pounds of wet tree LO the biologi'ls, the sound of runnrng bark pcr dar. wa1er whfch Lriggers rhem imo accion can Extended 'l11i~( a U.S. Fomt Sm:m fan,11,/0 far be minimi1,ed b)' u~mg $mooth pipes and ralmlt1h11J, trte maSJ (w,v,v.treesearch. grading around the opemngs. 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Buy Fresh - Buy Local - Buv Fresh - Buy local sl#.ffp boto August2009 ISIANDTIMES PAGE5 LINSS,fromprevioUApa9• staff members are discussing options PTC,from pa9e 1 which co-committee member Lynne with several vendors and che board Richard explained would ~robably How much revenue is missed by welcomes more suggestions from ferry of appreciation in the name of "the involve "other income streams such as dozens and dou:ns and dozens of people pick up and delivery for island businesses those one-way trips? Estimates vary travelers. who drove," and added that Katherine and school children. considerably, but some islanders claim Some curcent suggestions include a cbey could amount to as much as Erdman should also be commended for In a related matter , Councilor non-transferable punch card for ccn 10 getting the volunteer service started in Bohan said that having gone th rough S75,000 per year. 30 trips that could be used throughout The major complaint we elected the first place. considerable effort and expense to get the a month. Would travelers accept the In other business, according to taxi started, he believes the rides-for-tips board members bear is that there is no slight delay to punch cards in exchange Councilor Tiffany the Zoning and service that high school graduate Matt difference between what year-round for lower ticket prices? And, would Housing Committee plans to involve Rand has been conducting since June islanders and day-trippers pay for their th ey be willing to give up the fivc the community in potential zoning using his family's golf cart to earn cash uavels on Casco Bay Lines. That has ricket commuter book? What would be changes regarding accessory dwelling for college, "though commendable, is led to cheaper cickcrs in the winter and the best use of monthly passes? Should units (commonly referred to as in-law illegal and will be stopped." h igher prices during the peak season. bicycles travel for free with monthly apartments) and affordable housing "Any one who wants to spend $10,000 The Board also encourages rear cards? These and other questions need on Peaks Island. The committee will or $20,000 to start a taxi is free to do it," seek recommendations for possible round travelers to bny monthly and to be explored and board members he said, "but not this kind of thing. We're modifications of the zoning code to the looking into ways to stop it, as mean as annual passes at considerable savings. welcome input. Until now, there has been no legal City Planning Board in a community that may seem.• This November's elections include meeting to be held in late August, which "It's a liability issue," added Councilor way to discriminate between frequent th rec positions on the hoard to be will be posted on the council's website and infrequent passengers other than Richard, "He cannot be insured. He's fil led for representatives of Peaks and and various island buUetio boards as soon not eligible for insurance, so actually he's the so called "commuter" books, and Chebeague islands, and one at-large as the date is confirmed. putting himself in great danger.• monthly and annual p asses. Seniors' position. Details arc on the CBITD Councilor Bohan discussed operation But according to Rand, he is properly discounts of at lease 50 percent are also website, www.cascobaylines.com, of the new taxi service, ITS, now in its insured and is not violating anylaw. He required legally. and nominating paper packages are third week, and said the only complaints said he's only received complaints from The CBITD has begun to explore a,,aiJable at the ferry terminal. so far were about the per-person fare ($4 ITS manager Jay Desmond, who claims electronic ticketing that hopefully While looking for new volunteers to to SS depending on destination) being that what Rand is doing is illegal and excessive. He said the Transportation could lead to better discounts for serve, board President Donna Rockett, thus in unfair competition with tlie taxi. Committee was looking into a solution, frequent travelers. They hope for an at-large member from Long Island, something similar co a Boston or New told the audience at the July annual York METRO card with a magnetic meeting t hat the board is certainly strip to score data that could lead co "noc boring", as she described its cheaper trips for frequent tra,•elers. efforts co assist islanders with this ,~ca I Another opcion could be similar to the cransporcacion link ro their homes. EZ PASS used on coll roads. Although Eighth Maine Regiment these systems are costly and complex, Living.Museum and Lodge Come for a great stay or tour. A short ferry ride from Portland. 13 Eighth Maine Ave. Peaks Island, ME 04108 Around the comer from the Fifth Maine www.8thmaine.com tel.207-766-5086 Casco Bay Lines board members face the audience of 18 island residents during rhe [email protected] annual island meeting aboard the Bay Mist Thursday,July 23, Board appointees Susan Moreau from Maine DOT and City Councilor Kevin Donoghue were also present, as wtll as inte.rim General Manager Ni.ck Mavodones, On the National Register of historic places. staff pboto FOR EVERYDAY AND EVERY OCCASION 262Commercial Street 207-775-7560 www. BrowneTrading,com COME SEE PORTLAND'S ONLY JOIN US FOR OUR 2"' ANNUAL FULL SERVICE FISH MARKET Open 10:00 to 6:30 SUSHI & SAKE TASTING! Monday thru Saturday. Every fillet is custom cut, AUGUSJ' 27m 2009 FROM 5PM-7PM Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pin boned, fully trin1n1ed and ready to prepare. AUGUST WINE SPECIALS VEUVE C LICQUOT NV BRUT $45 August Specials include C '.') ,. > , .. , Call ahead, we will have your A CULINARY OASIS order ready to pick up IN THE BIG BOX WORLD I PAGE6 ISLAND TIMES August2009 Island Views Community Letters An update from HomeStart On July 11, Danny Cassis left fo r ISLA ND~ TIMES Letters to the Editor basic training for the Marine Corp. As HomcSran continues work toward creaung affordable housing on Peaks He will be training i n Paris Island, Island, co111munity members have raised a PEAT, the Peaks Environmental S.C. until October. His fa ther is Jimal Action Team, would like to express Thundershield, brothers Sam and E=. number of new and old questions. Publisher: Kevin Attra Grandmother Margo Lodge-Seven Whal ts considered affordable hoNsing? its appreciation to both the crews of A fford•ble housing costs (rent or Casco Bay Lines and the good people Oakes. Thanks to all the people that showed up to see him off. mortgage plus taxes and lnsic utilities) are Member of the Society of of Public \/\forks on Peaks for the approximately 30 percent of a household's Margo Lodge-Seven Oahs Professional Journalists fine job they've been doing to make gross income. For many in our commurucy and across the nation housing costs often sure chat trash and freight packaging {Ifyou would like to w rit~ fq him, please send «Jrrespondm« to: RCT Daniel Cassis, reach 40 to 50 percent of gross income. is removed down front by the ferry Households with higher incomes may dock on Peaks Island. \l\lhile this has 3rd battalion, India Co., PLY 3082, PO Arts Editor · Jamie Hogan Box 13005, MCRD, PariJ bland, SC choose to spend more, but if they stroggle been a problem in the past, things are to meet basic expenses then it is no c 29905.] generally neat and tidy when people affordable. Comm. Notes - Rhonda Berg get off the boat now, a nice touch for • • • • • • Who will bmtfil? The first priority is to visitors and islanders alike. serve people oow living on Peaks lsland. Research · Irene Schensted HomeStart's goal is to provide affordable All of us can help by making use Energy Assistance housing for people who cam between 80 of the trash and the new recycling and 120pcrcemoft he area median income, Proof Readers - R Wingfield receptacles on the ferry dock and by Peaks Island Tax Assistance · Energy or less if there is fu nding to support it. We • NinaSchmir are developing an application process that taking home for re-use or recycling Assistance(PITA-EA) is prepari ng the packaging materials our freight will cont.ml for po1entilll homeowners who for another long cold winter. Since our are unfamiliar with the challenges and Feature W riters: is delivered in. Ifwe all make a little inception in January of 2008 our group costs ofisland Living. extra effort to pitch in, things will of 15 present members plus 5 alumni has How will the honm remain aflordablt? Jerry Garman continue to look shipshape down raised $20,661 for Energy Assistance. Restrictions placed on a propeny deed Mike Riclurds front, and we will do our island proud. We have provided '12,296 in energy will control the current and future use of the pcopcrty, which new owners ca_nnOl The Peaks EnvironmentalAction assistance for 38 island households. TeamBoard simply remove. Either HomeStart or a Fran Houston PITA-EA would like to thank everyone designated •gent will monitor the re who has attended one of our Loaf and sale of homes that are deed-restricted to Rebecca Stephans Ladle Dinners, donated to or shopped ensure protection over cirnc. Such deed at the PeaksFest Yardsale, made a direct resnictions allow the owner co gain C Some folks collect ceramic frogs; l am doing and being, analysis and intuition, the intention of the gesture is to calm YOGAFORLIFE partial to turtles and following die cycles strength and resilience. In yoga prnctice, the mind, to invite all' the complexity of of the moon. I hope you have had the we are encouraged to temper excessive who we arc to a still point at center and experience of riding home on the ferry energies and behaviors and to strengthen to honor our innate wisdom. Ifyou arc A yogic perspective on while a sliver of moon, deep orange and deficient energies and disciplines. The curious, Google anjali mudra - there is health and si living magical, descends into the Portland benefit of this balancing of energies is a wealth ofinformation on t he internet rr1ple skyline. And perhaps you, too, schedule the ability to remain strong, calm and about this ancient gesture. BY REBECCA JOHANNA STEPHANS your social activities around plans to responsive in challenging situations. Last month's column recognized the witness the full moon rise over the ocean. Our culture traditionally values the summer solstice with the Sun Salutation, RehmaJohanna Stephans teaches weekly Don't you love the way the reflected light masculine qualities of purpose, action, a strong, beautiful posture flow that 1-oga dasses a11d private yoga lessons on makes a path directly to you no matter reason and willfulness over the feminine students practice all over thewodd, often Peah/Jland. You may direr/ yourcommenls, where along the back shore you stand? qualities ofn urturing, listening, intuition early in the morning as the sun rises. inquiries, or column ideas to 766-3017 ar My yoga classes this summer arc and surrender, although it seems there Th.is month I invite you to explore one [email protected]/. exploring balance on and off the yoga is now a shift towards honoring both. variation ofth e Moon Salutation ca.lied mat. Achieving balance is a djnamic, On the yoga mat we learn that strength Chandra Namaskar in Sanskrit, a lovely, complex process which I wil revisit Several ago on a train trip across without ease leads to rigidity and that cyclical posture flow that represents the rears periodically in this column. You may surrender without will leads to collapse. phases of the moon. Moon Salutation Canada, met a young man who had have noticed that life experience is rarely never seen a moon rise or a sun rise. On and off the mat rigidity often results was developed fairly recently and is not as Wit hin eight hours, somewhere in orderly and linear in nature. O ne of the in injury and collapse compromises our well known. The postures build strength greatest gifts of having such easy access effectiveness and integrity. Over time, and flexibility, and help release tension Saskatchewan, several new travel friends to moon and tides on Casco Bay is the sat with him as he experienced both both conditions will deplete ou.r vitality in the hips. I especially enjoy practicing phenomena from the observation deck consistent reminder that we are part and promote stress-related illnesses. moon salutation outside by the light of of an awesome, organic cycle that is in One mudra, or gesture, that we the full moon. of a speeding train. Sunsets carry the constant flux. Resistance to this state connotation of romance and perhaps repeat many times in the course of a Ifyou are not in possession of a moon melancholy. The rising sun and the rising of impermanence only causes suffering. yoga practice is bringing the left and calendar, you may consider acquiring Our task is to listen and adjust to tlie right hands together at the heart center. one. And please remember to look up moon speak to me of wonder, of promise, inevitable changes, refining our ability to ofinitiation. The risings fed especially Some yoga students feel uncomfortable frequently. Catching a glimpse of the sacred to me, perhaps because it usually return to center and be at peace. with this gesture because it very closely moon, even in the middle of a blue sky The Sanskrit name, hatha yoga, resembles the posture that often day, may just lift your spirits and remind takes a bit more effort to see them. describes the yoking or unifying of polar So far this year, I have received four accompanies religious p rnyer. In fact, the you of the ever changing nature ofo ur unique versions of moon calendars. eneriies: sun and moon, masculine most frequently used English translation existence. and eminine, giving and receiving, ofanjali mudra is "prnyer pose". However, Intention, Begin your practice with a moment ofstillness in which you affirm your intention to practice with compassion and mindfulness. Start & 3 4 Finish 3Half Moon 2Half Moon 4 Fwe-poinled Star START & FINISH : ,.• 5Goddess 6 Anjali Mudra 14 Half Moon 6 Triangle 13 13 Half Moon 7Warrior Angle 8Squat 12 Five-pointed Star 9Warr ior Angle 11 Goddess 10 Triangle Rebecca Johanna Stephans, Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher since 1994, has 21 years experience in the healing arts. l PAGES ISLAND TIMES August2009 For the love of Peaks! TheMarkets Mom d idn't especially like to shop or so long as you spent five dollars! A five everyone expected to walk with t heir to leave the island. She called the George dollar order would fiU an orange crate. groceries from the seven stores. Later, by Donald Gerry Kennedy C. Shaws market two doors down the After we got them, the crates were never Jimmy Brow n stopped delivering fresh hill from Monument Square where thrown away. They were stood on end, vegetables from a t ruck and tool over t he trolley dispatcher blew his wh istle. painted, or hung with a cloth skirt, and Brackett's IGA; and the Corner Store AS TOLD TO FRAN HOUSTON Shaws would take her order over t he became bookcases in everyone's houses. was located at what is now the "Down In 1938, we moved year-round to phone, picko ut the goods, and load them Later, when I was old enough to be Front.• You'd see a few people with baby Torrington Point, to the red house, in wooden orange crates. They'd deliver sent to the store, Mom would give me a carriages or kid's red wagons, and maybe later owned by the Feeneys and George the crates to Casco Bay Lines at Custom list, and tell me which market to go to. even a wheelbarrow, but wire grocery Cotton, thus I grew up here. H ouse Wharf, paying for the shipping For quite a while in the 1930s and 40s, carts bad not yet been invented. We there were seven markets, each serving had baskets on our bicycles, yet those its neighborhood. Remember that there didn't carry much. Hermie Littlejohn were three boat landings of the Casco and Harold Clarke had trucks that met Bay lines: Forest City, where the boats the boat at Forest City and would carry land today, Trefethen's, and Evergreen. heavy loads. And the Pedersens ran t he When you bought a ticket, you'd never taxi service. say, "Peaks"; you'd say "a strip to Forest "Meeting the boats• was a favorite City" (a strip was 10 small commuter summertime activity for school kids: tickets which cost a dollar for the 10 you fou nd out what was happening, and rides ... tickets collected by the purser might pick up a job carrying someone's each time you boarded the boat). bundles. The markets were • John Phillippc's Red and Whjtc (now Dick and Jane's Sea Spot near the Fifth Maine); Charlie Brown's (now the Peaks Island House); • Dwight Bracken's IGA (now the Post Office); "Red" Jensen's (this had the best fresh-cut meat - many strips offly-paper over the meat counter; was loc.atcd near Plants driveway-gas pum~); • Meldeau Whittens (large house across the street from the school - don't get caught buying whoopee pies at recess); Webbers (now a home on the How JOU li'JJ FIRE: BOAT,frompa 9e2 to fire hydrants is sketchy. She is also CHEBEAGUE'S passengers and contracts with Loring a nd Engineer Henry. The d ispatched 10 boat fires, search and organizations like the school and the licut www.J,annaford.com y palette SOLUTION TO LASTMONTI-I 'S PUZZ.LE create a marterpiece ill yovr kitcJ.iel) NAILS & SALON NAILS • HAIR • WAXING GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE • FREE EASY PARKING The months of September & October... • Tuesday, $28 Manicure & Pedicure • Party offour special 20% off _ _ 207 773 7999 OPEN Mon-Sat 9 a.m-7p.m 290 Congr-ess St (Next to RJto Aid Pharmacy at the bottom of Munjoy Hill) .. August2009 ISIAND TIMES PAGEn To rhe west is red giant Arcturus, Star Gazing August 2009 Sky the rails of kite-shaped constellation BY MIKE RICHARDS Bootes. It's easy ro identify if you find Augwr was originally named Sextilis, the Big Dipper co the north, follow the the sixth month in the ancient Roman handle 10 the end, and then continue calendar, but it was renamed for Julius to the "Arc to Arcturus." To rhe east Augustus, first Roman Emperor, is Altair, rhe alpha star in Aquila the after he captured the famous Greek Eagle, and low in the sourhwest is city Alexandria on the first day of this Antares, the red heart of Scorpio. To month in 30 BC. Alexander the Great, the left (south) ofAntares is the teapot King of Macedonia, founded the dry shaped constellation Sagittarius, above rhrcc centuries earlier a.t the western which are myriad galaxies far in the side of the Nile delta in Egypt, and it background and scattered star-clusters served as the cultural capital of the sprinkled in for good measure. Mediterranean, with its wondrous lighthouse, Pharos, its library, then ALMANAC rhe largest in the world, and its creepy catacombs. Alexandria is now a city Aug. l - Sunrise is at 5:30 a.m. and of four milJion people and the largest sunset is at 8:04 p.m., perfect for my seap0rt in Egypt. lifestyle, bur we're losing light every passing day as rhe angle of Earth's rilr PLANETS changes inexorably with respect ro the sun. Jupiter is in the news, because a mile Aug. 4- The moon's ac apogee, 29,000 wide asteroid was sucked in to its south miles further away than ic wilJ be in a pole, leaving a jagged dark scar visible to fortnight, so tides are modest, barely 6 astro11omers on Earth. Jupiter is by far feet between high and low tides. rhe biggest planet in our solar sysrem, Aug. 5- A full (but small) "Sturgeon" holding 2.5 che mass of all the other moon rises our over the bay at 7:47 p.m. planets combined. It's nearly 89,000 and sets over the ciry atS:03 a.m. miles wide, over 11 times wider than Aug. 9- Saturn's rings are edge-on Earth, and though it's not as dense as co rhe sun today, but Earth is slightly Earth (few diings in rhe universe are), it below the rings' plane, so fo r rhc next stillhas318 times Earth's mass, creating few weeks we can glimpse the rings' an enormous magnetic field that has dark underside. pulled dozens of passing asteroids into Aug. 11, 12- The Perseid Meteor orbit around it, some going clockwise, Shower peaks, but the particle stream some counterclockwise. Jupiter reaches is chin, and che moon will wash rhem illustration by Jamie Hogan opposition (i.e., opp0sire the sun from out a bit. Still, you should see a meteor Earth·s petspective) this month, so every few minutes in the hours before Jupiter rises in the cast at sunset, stays dawn, and you may also catch a few of up all night, and sets in the west ar rhe Aqua rid or Cygnid meteors. sunrise. Aug. 13- Lase-quarter moon is high Do you haYc guests con1.ing in fro1n out Jupiter never gets up very high up in ar sunrise, dividing with the sun its the sky, bur ir's in prime position for attraction ro Earth and keeping tides of to,vu this sunuuer? telescopes. Look for the two dark bands moderate for tbe time being. running horizontaUy across the fat, Aug. 14- The moon occults (hides, as Book the111 at The Inn on Peak, bland! whire disc, and the four big Galilean it passes in front of) the Pleiades star moons splayed out in ever-changing cluster an hour before dawn. \°c11 rlm ,umw,·r: \'o oro iug/11 11111iinwm fl'l/mtrd. patterns to the sides. You might even Aug. 17, 18- The waning crescent spor rhc shadows ofthe moons creeping moon brackets Venus before dawn. across rbe cloud-tops. Jupiter rotaces Aug. 19- T he moon's at perigee now, Sunnncr Hours at ~fhc Pub: every 10 hours, so fast you could see closest ro Earth, and it's almost new, the entire surface every night, including on t he same side of Earth as the sun, !'ium);l\ • l'hmsdas ...... 11::JOam. 10:00pm the Great Red Spot, a centuries-old so they multiply their gravitarional tornado three rimes the size ofEart h. attraction to Earth and build our tides Fn BYl "Think it's ever going to stop raining?" asked Don Webster, selling raffle uckets outside Hannigan's l\!arkct on Thursday, July 2, in a downpour (rifht). When 1 asked him how long he cl been there, he said 20 years (once he understood what I'd meant, it came to only about an hour). He was raising moner for rhc Casco Bay Health Center, a non-profit organization formed in 1976 that built the health clinic on Peaks Island and subsidizes the prncrice. He said the organization p rovides about Sl 6,000 of the roughly $25,000 in operating cosrs, and that the annual raffle usually brings LO about $2,000. Tickers were sold until Saturday morning,July 4, when the drawing took place dunng the awards ceremony after the Clamsliell Race. Winners lucked into soods and services worth from $20 On Friday,.J:une 26, Peaks Cafe owner Llsa Lynch proudly unveiled the to $~0 from several local businesses. T,sbirt she d just creared ro protest actions taken by the police this •pring Don said it is ooc of the major sources toenfo.ce the seatbeltlaw on the island. It reads: "Buckle up Peaks Island, 20 mph". staffphoto ofsupport for the organization. Peat's second annual clothesline show New Construction Renovation attracts kids BY LAVINIA DEMOS John Kiely The wind, which plays an even greater Carpenter role than sunshine in the d.ryiog process, Property Management is an inexhaustible source of energy that never pollurcs. And as well as lessemng your catbon footptinr, air drymg can C\'en 591 Island Avenue Peaks Island, ME 04108 counr a~ a great ,·acation science activlt)' (207) 766-2026 once you realize that the pulleys on the Jkiely1 @maine.rr.com clothesline reel and the springs on the clothespins 3rC both simplo machines! F,.lt,a Richardson, shown here with her award from 1he Peaks Environmental Acuon Team, huih • plarhouse in the BRAD'S ISLAND BIKE RENTAL woods, complete wuh a clothesline strung with wash. Her grandmother • Rurh \'("ilhamson, sent us a picture and full service shopl of u and PEAT chose E lna as thts year's wmncr because "she is aware of the necessity for a clothesline in every JomesLic arrangemem, even one devist-d for imaginary and/or recreational Perhaps it's no ooincidence th.at wtnning housekeeping." entrants ,n the las1 two years' Clothesline Admi1tcdly, our weather so far hasn't Shows ha, e i,een under the age of twelve. If you've experienced the interest and always been uwiring for the laundrr enthusiasm of vim ing grandchildren or crowd, bur take heart; plenty of brecses Bike accessories & fishing tackle neighbor kids while l¼nging out the wash, and sunny days arc still wafting their it will come as no surpri~e thal chey're wa) ro Peaks this summer. 'fo sec all the 115 Island Avenue •• Peaks rcadr co go when it comes to 1h is ~1mple phoros from both years.got ro the PEAT acttvtty that pays off in lower energy bills wchstte: http//11JU.w.greentrpeaks.o,g. and less wear and cear on clothing and •• 766-5631 household linens. • August2009 ISLAND TIMES PAGE13 allowed a JO-minute visit to our island motto is, "If you can't find it here, we'll Pearls on Cliff Island during the ferry layovers. They can buy get it for you the same or next day." snacks, a wrap, a lobster roll, steamed If you get down this way by ferry or by BY PAMELA ANDERSON lobsters, or an island memento. your own boat, come check out Pearls Seaside Market and Cafe. You'll be glad When our grocery store and snack bar Johanna had some experience running It seems they arc benefiting everyone you did. closed last summer, we were all sad and the gift shop and producing gourmet one way or another. A regular coffee afraid we would be without out "center" apple products at her parent's apple l After years and years - no wait, it was only a momh of ram - the Fourth of July cdcbrauon took place under mosrly clear, though chilly skies with a 20 minute fireworks show on the eastern prom provided by internauonally famous Grucci's of New York, known for its pyrorcchmc displays at the Ol)'mpics and U.S. presidential inaugurauons from Ronald Reagan 10 George W. Bush. T he fireworks cost $30,000, wrorc 1'1cole Clegg, dtrector of communications wich 1he Ciry ~tanager's office, in ao email larcr, "the same amount for the pas[ four rears. "I would add." she continued, '"chat the fact that the firework< occurred on a Saturday (fim time in 11 vears) and the weather was good (first time in forever), we bad record numbers." \ccord1ng to the Kational Weachcr Service's prelirrunary monthlr rcporr from the Portland weather station there were only rhrcc clear days in June, with a total accumulauon of 8.6 inches of rain. In a single 24-hour period, stoning Thursday, June 18, it rained 3.3 inches - the amoum A view of rhe fireworks from the de Pu.ks Wind i•~ tru1,sp1XW pbor. -,lb'"' rocky shart.s. tts ~ ¥14 iU ,.i:lbn.b. Your membmhip 4only $JS indl\WU&~'W b.mdy) and your ibw.hom art crucial in helping uumint.ainopm spaca. * ISLAND =:::::;:. LAND PRESERVE •~1&111ou.a ,.G~-- aoa: .."·, 11 __ ,uu.....,.... HLUO,_ __ IU.,..,. UIU __ PAGE16 ISLAND TIMES August 2009 that turned out on a recent Wednesday eYcning for the opening of the show. I le said, "The. mood has definitely I li fted. People just can't not spend t moner forever. !e's like they are waking oam1ngs up, and out looking and keeping track of arr," When asked what he was working on now, he quipped, \Vish Yon Were Here: "laundry," In fact, be is doing smaller 'l'rari ng art history on works pairing his monumental birds wirh backgrounds of Monhegan, Peaks Island referenced by his collection of vintage postcards from 1905. The posccard scenes were photographed br Samuel BY JAMIE HOGAN Triscott, a watercolorist. " He fled 10 ~lonhcgan after a Does Peaks Island qualify Man arr devastating Joye affair and led colony? I've mused about this since a hermetic life, painting and seeing "A re of rhe Cranberry Isles" photographing," said Scott. "He died and "Call of the Coast: Art Colonies the same day as his contcmporary,John of New England" at the Portland Singer Sargent, who was mourned by Museum ofAr t. millions, whileTriscott djed unfamous Sage Lewis, curatorial assistant at Watercolor by Scott Kelly. photo by ]a111ie Hogan in his island cabin. But he wanced it the museum, said, "We didn't ha\·e that\Vlly." criteria for designating these places porch here.' I decided, well, let's bring by the former Peaks Island Artists Triscott sold bis pbot0graphs to as art colonies. The exhibit grew out it back." J\ssOcllltion. ;\lonica said, "We did it postcard companies who sent them of a connection with the Florence The Fifth Maine's museum director, all on a shoestring. I used my SawsAII co be hand-colored in Germany, Gri\wold Museum in Connecticut and Kim .Maclsa,ic, confirmed rhere was to make a desk. We painted the floors, with brighter-than-life colors for we featured Cos Cobb and Old Lyme, and voila, had a gallery. Claudia plus two of the more well-known art an an association very active in the tourist appeal. Scott finds replicaring '60s, '70s, and '80s, "Marion Litchfield, Whitman, Suzanne Parron, and Jane these scenes as backgrounds adds an colonies in Maine, Monhegan Island Banquer wece also members." and Ogunquit, both of 11.·hich had Dorothea Kennedy, Jessie Trefethen, uemotional conrcxt" for him, since J\nsel Sterling, Claude Montgomery, Claudia said, "We're like musicians in his wife Gail's family of TrefeLhens unofficial schools of painting." I can't remember all their names," a band. We keep regrouping." once owned Monhegan. They rernrn The PMA declares, "The opening she said. "Sister Anna Augusta gave The Peaks Island Gallery closed after every summer, renting a cottage from decades of the 20th cencury brought painting lessons. Many o( them are two seasons when the building was a Brackett who is a "nor-that-disrant about great change in the way sold. In 2003, Jane Newkirk, a srained Americans viewed the coast. What gone now. The Peaks Island ,\rtiscs cousin." glass artist, sought other island artists had been a zone of commerce and Association had a gallery space where Scon and wifo were unaware of the while managing the Take a Peak shop, industry in the 19th century became the Peaks Cafe is now." Trefethen connecrion co Peaks Island offering consignment sales. She then a haven for summer visicors and Claudia Whitman, a mixed media until moving here, arrivmg at a full opened the Gem Gallery with Kristen residents seeking co escape the hustle anise, opened the Hardware Gallery circle. Those who exhibir at the Arc in 1991, with Kathleen Beecher in Chalmers in 2004. Jane Newkirk left on the Porch, the Gem Gallery, and and bustle of modern life. This shift lll the building then known as the Peaks Peaks rwo years ago, but the Gem t he Art Wa lks also represent II long perspective provided a boon to artists Island Mercancile, next co Brad's Bike (www.peaksislandart.blogspoc.com) who bee their skills on the new culture line of artists gathering. as they do Shop. " \Xie d id tbat for three years. remains an active studio, with weekly on orher shores, 10 make visible their ofsummer." But l got tired of being inside all shows all summer. Island artists have connections to place, to each' other, With numerous rear-round anists summer," said Claudia. Jane Banguer, also fostered visibility in other ways, r.o Maine and its magnetic "culture of and countless anises who return printmaker and painter, said, " T'd go with the Art Walks (www.peaksisland everv summer, Peaks is well-stocked summer." artwalks.org), exhibits ac the TEIA and with. creators. The upcoming ArLon to the post office and then hang out at the Hardware Gallery. Karhleen Art on the Porch, impromptu ' the Porch at the Fifth Maine (Aug. 9) - " always had a poc bfcoffee. :\>!any 'bf us open .studios, and galleries off~'' caused me to trace.bits ofart hisrory in convened there lacer in the afternoon." island. the waves ofartists who formed groups After that closed, the imperus to keep Score Kelley (www. over rhe decades. ·r~---- ~ - scottkelleysmdio.com) is a Peaks Monica Dominak said, "I srarced showing sparked a handful of artisrs - Monica Dominak, Karen Friedman, Tsland artist who doesn'r show at Art on the Porch about 20 years ago Kevin Hawkes, Martha Daligan, and any island venues. He is perhaps after sitting at a Fifth Maine pancake Norm Proulx - ro open the Peaks the most invisible, yet most breakfast with one of the lady elders. lsland Gallery, coincidentally locared famous. She said, 'Dcaric, we used to paint and in t he same space once occupied "I like to say reclusive, but hang our work on old slats on the back T im Nihoff says l'm smart," he laughed, His enormous, dec.~iled watercolor paintings of birds have earned him a national reputarion, with collectors wailing in line. "Peaks gives me the time co focus. I gave up my studio in town. I love nor having to leave the island," said Scott. He is cuncntly feat ured in a group show, "The Art of Monhegan" at t he Dowling Walsh Qallcrr in Rockland (www.dowlingwalsh.com). 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Had a few fals; In Jim H ayman's debut thriller starts on the plot, ;ou know, stop-scare, "The Cutting" a surgically-minded stop-stare. I wasn't quite sure where I serial killer murders his victims - wanted to take it. It's a more complex usually healthy, attractive women - by plot than bookone. removing their hearts while they're still Book one was pretty much straight alive. Not only does he derive pleasure on: we had a nasty guy who killed from this sadistic t0rture, he also people, and we had co find him. makes millions selling the fresh organs AurhorJim Hayman at home- Herc, the motives are much more in a black market heart craosplam staffphoto complicated, and there are a !or more scheme. are most obviously similar to: a guy it's a?out death and dying, and all potential suspects. It'll be more of a "There have been a lot of stories named l.\1ichael Connelly [whose] hero the different ways you can die. It had who-done-it. about illegal transplant schemes," said is a guy named Hieronymus Bosch one section in which it talked about [Sc,Martio's] bought the rwo books, Hayman, a former creative director who's a detective on the LAPD. He's transplant operations ... This got me so 1t s already sold. In face l just got at the ad agency, Young & Rubican in ,•ery, very popular and is one of rhe to thinking. So, l made that son of the feedback in the beginning of the week 'ew York City, and now a resident of mosc successful thriller writers in the plot device, and 1 think it works fine. from my editor in New York. I sent in Peaks Island, "but only a few - and business. It's certainly not the firsr time it's been the 260 pages just in case he'd bate ic. there h>'-e been a few - about illegal And the ocher one is a Scottish writer done in a thriller, bm I don't think that I'~ like tO know early, but, happily, he heart transplants. by the name ofJan Rankin, who writes really mattecs. I do it differently. said he loved it. "It's really, literally, the first rime I've polic~ books about a Scottish cop ever really written fiction in my life, I 1n Ed10burgh called Jon Rebus, and ll?hat is Jo11r appft)(lth to viole11a, your Do _yo11 have a p11rpo1e outside of enfdlai11111t11t with these book1? mean, other than ads '" he said. "A lot Rebus 1s sorr of like my character as fleli11gs abo11t it? of people consider advertising fiction." well. They're both kind of dark, they Well, violence is pan of the genre. I Sure, I wam to make them as good "The Cutting", published by St. both probably drink too much. think "The Cutting" is probably more books as I can. T want to wrice them .Martin's Press, was released to mixed v10lenc than book number two will as well as I can, I want to make them as worthwhile as I can, as pieces reviews on June 26, and selected for 117hat infl~nadyou to 111alu this .I/ory, The be, but the character I created as the the July '09 American Booksellers C,rtting? villain, Lucas Kane, is a ps)1:hopatbic, of ltterature e,•en though they are Association's "lndieNext Great Reads Actually, I started with the character sexual sadist. He's really rightouc there, genre [iction. But they're mostly List". It was criticized by Publisher's [McCabe]. What I think makes it and so he takes pleasure in violence. encertatnmcnt, and I recognize that, Weekly for revealing the murderer's work - and 1 think what makes John That is why t he book is, l think, but I don't want to whip off just identity right away and for having Rebus work, aod T think what makes legitimately as violent as it is. I think anything chat l think people would unoriginal characters. Harry Bosch work and a lot of other chac'II probably turn some readers off read. As I-layman explained, "If you look successful characters - if you write a but his modus operandi, his who!~ A _lot of writers, it's a moneymaking at what's being sold in mystery and character as a real person, if he comes being, is abom getting pleasure from bustness and they don'1 consider it ch_riller writing right now, everybody across as a whole human being rather being violent, violent in chose vile aoythjng other than t hat. I haven't mes for.some wacky, strange rhing than a cardboard cutout, that's what ways. gotten co that league yet. It's a long way ... rhere's practically nothing Jeft makes the character work. I think it fit the character. from fi rst debut novel co making a lot unless )'OU want to make your hero l t h ink, from people who've ofmoney out of this stuff. a rransgeoder, Siberian dwarf. I just responded to the book, people who've I g11er1 what /'111 getting at is yo11 do11't ,so _that's _the_story of"The Cutting". thought that was silly, and I went for read it - and l\•e had a loc of readers shy oWf!J fro111 it, 011d a/JOyo,, don~ seem to Im hke Alice 10 Wonderland. It's like: classic stereotyping: an Irish cop who - that seems to be a common feedback 111oraliZ! about itmo ,1111dJ i11 the book eitlxr. Huh? What am I doing here? drinks coo much." that I get. They like McCabe, he's an l don't think an author's place is lo mid-May, I spoke with him about interesting, complex, real character to moralize. Tf you look at the film For more information about the the book and about writing: who's got real human problems they that won t he Academy Award lase author and the novel, visit the website: can relate to. I me.an, the whole bit with year ... 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"1 came here willing 10 talk 10 them, 001 from Seeds of Peace ro lscacl and another According to geologist Peter live with !hem," said t-bysaa, a Palestinian w ith kids com ing home co Palestine S lovi nsky w ith t he Ma ine professor, from a village omsidc of coincidentally were arriving at the same Geological Survey five cities Jumallah in the West Bank. She lll\d just rime. As the planes emptied, their precious and towns help fund an effort to been informed that her roomma,e for the cargo converged in adjoining terminals. three-week session a, Seeds o f Peace was monitor erosion and water quality 11.t T he surprised kids ran to each o ther 14 beaches in York, Ogunquit, Wells, a Jewish Israeli educator who lives 1n one 2nd embraced emotionally and joyfully. of the contr oversial Jewish settlements Ken nebu nk, Kennebunkpo rt, E mployees and ocher travelers looked o n Biddeford, Saco, Scarborough, Old that dot the West Bank. T he first of two curiously as P2lestinian 2nd Israeli kids O rchard Beach and Souch Portland. th.rec-week sessio ns intended to b uild hugged each ocher and broke out into the The program , begun in 1999, is a brid ges o f u nderstanding berwern Seeds of Peace song. n.-prcscmativcs of countries in conflict is How docs one measure a season ofl ove? co llaborative effo r t by the M aine offand running. Sea G rant, Maine Geological Sur vey The next morning~ over breakfast, and the University of Maine 10 srudy l\laysaa inform s Marsha t hat her bed Man ha & Stew are Peaks ft/and rrsidenls. the Maine seashore in o rder to better frame needs repairing . .,By-the-way," she Martha 111a11aJP Thr Grunshoe Group a human protect and m aintain it as one of offers, strictly as an aside, "my roommate nso11ru tonsulkJnty. This is her third ·''""'"" al tht statt,s definitive natural and is OK." Charles Colgan, a profusor of public policy Seeds o/ Peace. Steve is P.xe(l(tivt Direrror o/ the economic resources. at the University of Southern Maine, points It's another year, a not her season lmtihllefor O,.ic uadmhip. He has worked al Each month, volunteers m e,isure to the bead, durmg a.n interview with MBPN of peace-building 21 Seeds of Peace the tamp far .ri.'< ofthe past.,,...,,yars. Tn rtad the elevation of these beaebcs at correspondent Tom Porter on the SMCC International Peace Camp in Otisfield an article on thr Jsraeli-Palutinian ronf/itt mil shore inter vals along lines called ca.mpus while on a breakfrom the conference. Maine. This community ofglobal citizens http://prt11herald.111aint1oday.rom/in1ight/ u ansects tllltt extend from the low staffpboto works its curious and persistent magic storirs/070422isrmlhtml based on the premise that co-existence tid e line to rbe dune region, the storm. Most scored well: the best and dialogue are more likely to bring peace oftCll spanning hundreds of feet, was Wells with an A, the wom was Ferry and understanding than threats, tanks and in order to develop a profile of Beach, C-. The reasons for the differences killing fields. the beach, which is used to track were inconsistent; in some cases particular There are 140 kids fro m Pakistan, the movement ofthe sand. ocean currents were posired, in 0thers rhe India, Eio'Pt. Afghanistan, Israel,Jordan, Tn addition, 62 beaches in da(a was consiJered suspect. Palestine and the U.S. Add another :-.Jaine are monitored for the The Patriot's Day srorm was described 14 adults from thos.c same countries, presence of fecal bacteria, as 2 harbinger of t.hings co come chanks adults who arc responsible for safely t11Jtrocoui, by Maine Healthy to g lobal warming and sea )e,•cl rise. escorting those kids to the United States, Beaches. Program coordinator Professor Charles Colgan, wbo specializes and you have a session ac Seeds of Peace. Keri Lindberg presented an nual 111 public policy and planning at the The kids' program occupies one s.tde of average tesr resu lcs for the University o f Southern Maine, used a the camp and looks remarkably similar to bacteria taken over the last four r ecen t storm that plowed a channel any other overnight camp. Woven in with co seven years. depending o n the th rough Cape Cod from the Atlantic arhletics, arts, and the waterfront arc the beach, which showed dour most Ocean to the bay as an example of an 2lmost d2ily dialogue sessions chat enable problematic areas arc where exuemely rare e,·ent that, "far from being these mostly 1-1-year-olds to con from , heir assumptions 2nd fears and also to discoYer fresh water meets the shoreline." an aberration, it is a portent of things to cheir common bounds. a~ she put it. come." The adults, known as delegation leaders, For example, srudics Colgan predicted with some uncertainty reside on the other side of the camp conducted at Crescent Beach.. an chat homes and businesses will be and experience their own co-existence i.solaccd state park, found only damaged by severe weather occurring pcogram Visitors who come to the <:;tmp low annual averages 4 less than more frequently than ever, and noted and wirne-ss these- so-called "enemies'· IS colonies pet millilncr of water that iosu.rance companies are increasingly workmg hard to understand each other (col/ IOOmL) - whereas for sncs backing away from covering waterfront or walking hand-111-hand, are invariably like G oochs Beach at the mouth property. "Essentially, the fede ral moved, sometimes tO the potnt of tc..-a.rs. Camper, await the flag raising ceremony that of the Kennebunk Rtvcr, some government is tbe ultimate backstop for We arc frequently asked bow Seeds of opens each session. results h,t the U.S.EPA limit of disasters," be concluded. Peace measures success. A ftcr all, jr costs a photo provid Biddeford ($3 million). anribured co CO2 emissions occurring in But the cost to properly control storm the lase 50 years. water r u noff from local streets and According ro a s tatement by t he b uildings, w hich Varney said impact I nrergovernmental Panel on Climate beaches the most, he thought was closer Change, "there are always extremes of hot co S300 million. "Not just the i,ew and cold, although their frequency and developments - that's the easy p2rt, " he intensity change as climate changes. But said, "I t's the existing cle,,eJopmCllt chat's when weather is averaged over space and 518-0000 going to take a collaborative effori." time, the fact that the globe is warming This year, the main topic at the emerges clearly from the data." conference w-as recovery of sand to the "Beach nou rtsh mcnt" • the active For all your transportation needs beaches after damage from the April 2007 importation of sand to rebuild d unes and on Peaks Island P2criot's Day st0rm , and each was g raded stabilize them with plantings-may be the o n how closely it matched its profile before next topic at che biennial conference. 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