Does Agamenticus School Still Have Anything to Teach
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1 Free York don’t miss this edition’s ‘LocaL FLAvors’ centerFOLD! PAGES 12-13 The IndependentThe hometown voice of the greater York region www.yorkindependent.net FREE April Nov. 10 19 - -April Dec. 23,2, 22009010 Volume Volume 1 311 ~ ~ Issue Issue 23 7 Not budging further Cyan YTA closes door to additional negotiation Magenta for school budget cuts, page 6 Yellow SO Black WHAT’S 1 THE Does Agamenticus School still have anything to York Teachers Association president, Jeff Barry, speaks before the York school committee last Wednesday,teach April 1st, during us?which teachers page argued against 6 further cuts to theFU school budget. SS? JenniferTable Saunders, of contents, 9 2 Op-Ed/Letters,Local Art, 1010 Public Records,Local 11Food, 11-15 Community BulletinObituaries, Board, 21 21 2 PUBLISHER’S NOTE COMMUNITY BRIEFS Still teaching after all these years By JEFF RAPSIS out of necessity. My grandfa- The York Independent ther had to hunt to supple- ment the family diet. And though he died before My family owns a piece of land in I was born, the cabin’s backwoods New Hampshire on which sits a presence serves as a way to dilapidated one-room hunting cabin built by know a little about him and my grandfather during the Great Depression. Jeff Rapsis his life. And the state of the Its interior walls and flooring and ceiling are cabin—classic run-down made entirely of asbestos. (I’m not say- New England neglect—helps me understand ing where it is because it would probably the passage of time in a real way that a book qualify as a Superfund site.) or a calendar simply cannot. The cabin has been left alone for so long, That’s what came to mind when I began and been subject to no maintenance, so that learning about the Old Agamenticus the roof is now entirely overgrown by moss. Schoolhouse. To visitors, the schoolhouse is So, despite all the asbestos, sheer neglect has a physical, tangible link to a community that endowed it with the latest in environmen- is no more—to a York that has vanished, to tally friendly building trends—a living roof. a way of life that is no more, not even in the I tell you all this because it’s what came memories of those of us who call York home to mind when I was exploring the Old Aga- today. menticus School out on Mountain Road for But we can summon the past, and reap the COURTESY PHOTO this edition’s cover story. benefits of all that comes with that, by being From left, York Hospital President Jud Knox, breast care nurse Kathy Morris, radiologists Kira It too is a long-neglected structure, left in the presence of a structure such as the Wendorf, MD and Amanda Demetri Lewis, DO, sonographer Diane Kallay and Marcye Phil- to fend for itself through many long snowy old schoolhouse. And not to romanticize its brook, board member of The Fabulous Find pose with the check. winters and hot stifling summers. And like neglect, but its current state helps underscore my grandfather’s cabin, it has endured long the passage of time in a real way. enough to became more than just a building No one knows what will happen to the to those of us who have come since. THAt’s one biG CHECK! school. It may be restored, or it may be de- In my family, the cabin is a physical, molished. Or, possibly like my grandfather’s York Hospital accepts donation the Breast Care Center’s plan to add Breast 2 tangible link to people and a way of life that cabin, it may just collapse on its own this Jud Knox and members of the Breast MRI technology, contact the Friendraising came before me. During the Great Depres- winter, finally taken back by the inexorable, Care team recently accepted a donation of Office at 351-2385. sion, with little work available, the hunting inevitable, and all-natural process of decay. $8,000 from The Fabulous Find in Kittery, Cyan cabin was built not as a place to relax, but But while the schoolhouse still stands, Maine. An additional $1,000 for the Hos- York Chambers hosts go take a look. By the questions it inspired pital’s Wellness Center was also presented. first Winter Farmers Market in me, and the answers that it led me to, The not-for-profit second-hand store an- The Greater York Region Chamber of Magenta the schoolhouse helped me understand the nounced in September that York Hospital’s Commerce recently announced that it will complex and many-layered community of Breast Care program would be the ben- host the first ever Winter Farmers Market York just a little bit more. And it might do eficiary of proceeds generated during the for 2010-11.With the demand from both the same for you. month of October and noted this was the vendors and customers for a winter market Yellow Yellow Staff highest grossing month the center has seen in the area, opening day is slated for Satur- PUBLISHER EMERITUS since opening last summer. day, Nov. 20. Stephen M. Rasche THE INSIDE GUIDE “We commend the Fabulous Find’s The market is sponsored by Savings Black PUBLISHER board, staff and volunteers for developing Bank of Maine and takes place on 10 Deborah A. Bouchard Community News, 2-3 such an innovative and successful way to Saturdays between November and March ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS make a vital difference in their community,” Q & A, 4 at Fosters Downeast Clambake in York Dan Szczesny, Jeff Rapsis Knox said. “Their generous donation to Harbor. Dates are: Saturday, Nov. 20 & 27, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Library Happenings, 5 York Hospital will help us continue our Saturday, Dec. 11 & 18, Saturday, Jan. 15 Jennifer L. Saunders, Taryn Plumb, Cover Story, 6-9 work to ensure women have the very best & 29, Saturday, Feb. 5 & 19 and Saturday, Sarah Grant, Suzie Goodwin, Amy Diaz My Kind of Town, 9 breast cancer treatment and diagnostic op- Mar. 5 & 19. The market will run from PRODUCTION MANAGER Arts 10 tions available close to home.” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 20-30 vendors are Each month, the shop donates its profits Glenn Given Food, 11-15 expected each Saturday. The market is open ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE to a worthy not-for-profit, and proceeds and free to the public. Sandee Marriner Event Listings 16-17 earned in November are earmarked for Kit- Vendors interested in participating should The York Independent is published 26 times per year Live Music, 17 tery’s Footprints Food Pantry and the York download an application at www.gateway- by York Independent Newspaper, LLC, (207-363-8484) Community Food Pantry in York. and is available at select locations in the greater York Car Talk, 18 farmersmarket.com or contact Stephanie region. Offices are located at 4 Market Place Drive, Movies, 19 For more information about York Hospi- Oeser at the Greater York Region Chamber Suite 215, York Village Business Center, with access tal’s For Every Patient Campaign to benefit of Commerce at 363-4422 or stephanie@ from Route 1. Pet Connection, Tides, 20 When Climbing Mt. Washington, Interior & The Zahnna says... 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For more information, call the Hospice of ber 10th Meeting at Fellowship Hall of the gatewayfarmersmarket.com. York office at 363-7000. First Parish Church in York. Talented and Also, Hospice of York will offer holiday esteemed floral designer Ann Jordan of ‘Festival of Fostering Trees’ bereavement sessions on three Wednesdays: Studio Flora, Windham, Maine, delighted to be held again this year Dec. 8, 15 and 22. Sessions run from 6:30 the audience with her stunning creations. Recycle, Renew and York’s 5th Annual “Festival of Fostering to 8 p.m. in Conference Room 1 in the Ms. Jordon is an FTD design instructor and Trees” will take place from Friday, Dec. 3 basement of York Hospital’s Medical Office has studied with some of the greatest floral Resuse for Charity! to Sunday, Dec. 5. The festival of beautiful Building. Sessions are free. Attendees need designers in the world. She shared tips and decorated trees, which aims to join the en- not register, and are welcome at one or all secrets of the trade and inspired everyone Brand name clothes, furniture tire community together and raise funds for three sessions. For more information, call with her colorful arrangements and clever and household items at a fraction local charity, takes place at the American Nikki at 475-7308 or the Hospice of York design techniques. Legion Function Hall at 9 Hannaford Drive.