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Island Times, Jul 2006
Mary Lou Wendell
David Tyler
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BYDAVTO'l)'l.F.R "Nobody was spared, which I An outside consultant dis think is a good thing," Davis said, missed cha,ges of harassment about Peard's report. '"She's laid and fraud directed a, Casco Bay the company open for us 10 solve Unes management but criticized our problems: ferry leadership and com1nu.ni Long Island resident Donna cations. Rockett, part of a group that sub Patricia A. Peard. of the law ftrm m.iued a no confidence petition in Bernstein Shur wrote in a 24-page Casco Bay Lines General Manager report that the ferry companr" is Pat Christian with 284 signatures suffering internally from a lack in April, said she was pleased with of leadership from the top, poor the report4 .. It was obvious to is commun1cations, very little ac• landers who ride the boats that countability and no trained hu there are serious problem s,'" she man resources officer... said. '~This repon takes away th3t The Board of Directors of the feeling that we could be vie\\1cd Casco Bay Island 1Tansit District as 1rouble-rnaking islanders and (CBITD), which sets po lie,• for the U'Ouble-making employees.· ferry company, was scheduled to The CBITD board hired Peard talk in a closed session on June March 31 to investigate I J com· 30 about the $60,000 report. An plaints raised in an employee pe open session was scheduled af tition that also expressed no con ter the meeting in case the board fidence in Christian. Peaksfest (and nice weather) brings out the zaniness in many islanders. decided to take immediate ac On June 23 Christian an Ceorge Rosol and Faith York, both from Peaks Island, bead up the kazoo and bicycle parade dur tion, according to Arlen Davis, the nounced his resigna1ion at a ing PeakFest last weekend. The weather was nice and many people turned out for the festivities. board's president. please see REPORT, page JO For more photos, see page 11. Photo by David Cohan Where aretheynow? Peaks independence committee takes on a new role after island secession vote BY DAVID'IVI.ER ad\.'ocates, but the entire island posed thesecession bid. \\Cith the approval of the advi instead. According to state law, the next sory referendum on secession "Our role has changed,'' said step in the process is negotiations June 13, the Peaks Island Inde Howard Pedlil BY0AV11)1YL£R depend on me.· she said, when daughter-in-law Leda, who is mar· Peaks Island resident Be1rv Ster asked why she keeps going. "I'm ried to her son, Robert Sterling, New teacher chosen for ling marks her 40th year selling going to die \\ith my Avon bag." 55. She's proud of her accompJJsh Avon products in 2006. To honor her 40 years with Avon, ment, but didn't want to keep the What makes this Avon lady un• she received a fancy certificate certificate because .. ) will be 93 in Peaks Island School usual is that she's 92. And she bas and the choice of several prizes. October and I'm trying to get rid of no plans1ostopseUing. Bur she threw the cenificate awa)~ sruffbefore I die." Leda picked out BY NINA MARKOV Germain does not fin'd the task of "'I have my customers and they and gave the prize selection to her a watch for Betty's son. The children of Peaks Island are teaching two different grades at Betty started selling Avon prod 100 busy riding their bikes, col all daunting. As a former special ucts in 1966. A friend on Peaks Is· lecting hermit crabs, and swat• ed teacher. she is used to .. break· larn.t was the Avon ladv, but she ting mosquitoes to think much ing down the curriculwn for each moved away and asked ihe district about school these days. But Ka s1udent"-d1at Is, getting to know manager to appoint Beny as the is· ra St. Germain is already looking each pupil and tailoring the cur land representative. forward to her new job teaching riculum 10 his or her particular She's been ru1 extremely success fourth and fifth grade on Peaks needs-and expects her experi ful Avon Lady. She's reached SJ ,000 next September. ence to come in handy in her new in sales over a two-week period St. Gern1ain was chosen recent split position. many times, she said, for v,thich ly to replace longtime fo urth- and "In both fourth and fifth grade, she received porcelain Mrs. Albee fifth-grade teacher Roben Deane, you're introducing new skills., but pleases<'<' AVON I.M>Y,paee 12 who retired. you're also revie\,ing and refin The position at 1he Peaks ls ing existing ones. It doesn't mat• land Elementary School was her ter that much what specific grade "first choice," she says. because a chUd is in. They are all at differ Inside she likes the idea of working "in em levels. and my job is to reach Oriefs p. 2 a small school with small classes" 10 each Ie"el." she says. Police log p. 12 in a comrnunity\vith connections One of St. Germain·s favor• rhis Island Life p. 5 ite classroon1 subjects is writing. Betty Sterling has been supplying Peaks Islanders with Avon to the larger city of Portland. Crossword pu.ale p. I 7 Having worked in Maine "Writing is a very complex iask products for 40 years. Photo by David Tyler Slur G~zmg p. I 8 schools for 1he las, 13 years, S1. plerueSte TEACHER, page 13 PAGE2 ISLAND TIMES J11ly2006 1he n al a public hearing before the boord on year by the Island lnstilute. Scholarships nlOst from the golf course," he said. JuJr 25. where the proposal could receive a ranges from $250 to Sl,500 and are fo r the Ovemight vehicles will be ticketed and recotnmendation for the CitvCouncil. residents of unbridged islands pursuing Shane raised the possihilityofto"ing cars. In Brief , -Dairid T}'ler post-secondary education. · we were hoping people would com Chebeague Island students who received ply volum arily and be good neighbors. bu1 Waterfront rezoning Holiday freight scholarships are: Thomas Damon, Loretta 1101hing else has worked, so we will go on to I ln.milton andViktoria Johnson. 1be next step," Shane said. proposed restrictions On Long Island, Lynn Clark and Chomba -Da11id 1'yler The City of Portland Planning Board will In order to smooth senriceduring the July Kaluba recei\'ed scholarships, hold public hearings on a proposal to re,,0ne 4th holiday weekend, there will be no ship And the foU owing Peaks Island stude111s Secession update set 1he Maine Slate Pier and city-owned proper ping of building supplies. furnilure or large received av,•ards: Lana C;:mnon, Charfos A meeting has been scheduled fo r July 12 ty that is pan of the Ocean Gateway project, applian<::es on ca~oo Bay Lines starting on l Friedman. Paige Hart-Smith, Alexandra at 7 p.m. at the Chebeague Island HaU10 up now under constmction. p.m. on June 29 and con1inuing through Ju Hodges, Emmett Huber. Sophie Presgraves, date the slates of the island's secession from The rezoning proposal would change th is l)•~. C.'\IJ the freight office with ques1io11s at Katherine Radis. Molly Radis, lily VanDer Cumberland. section or the city from a port development 774-787l. Stcenhoven, Marieke VanOerSteenhovcn, The Chebeague Island Communitv Asso zone. which permitted 1narine industrial us· -D Give your guests an experience they will never forget. . . Book you!'" next event c1t The Inn on Pec1 ks Lobster Bakes • Corporate Events - Family Reun ions - Weddings Cc1 ll Cityside Events at 207.774.4527 cityside www.citysideevents.com EVENTS The Inn on I'ctks lsbnd 33 bl,nd Avenue Pc,ks Island, M,in, 207.766.5100 .,.,.,.,ooonpc,ks.com J111y2006 ISLAND TIMES PAG1!3 Open studios: Artists in their natural habitats 8v JANE BANQU ER fo re 1hen, newly arrived stained glass anisl, So, what's unique to Sometime du,ing 1he 1990s, a writer for Jane Newkirk. brought her personal brand of studio habitats rath the now-defunct newspaper Casco Bay energy and Ideas 10 fill an empty storefront er than galle11• walls? ¾~klywrole, .. You can't hardJy throw a brick with cooperative artist work ror holiday sea The siuff or ar1making on Peaks Island without hitting an artist." sonal shopping. sparks lots of ques ludging from the number or visual artists Bv the 1ime Take a Peak had taken over the tions, lots of discus currently opening studios ror public month· spate for summer, and more holiday art· sion and curiosity for ly summer art walks, if you threw a brick or a work. a small season of open studios had materials and meth• glance. you'd find just as many in 2006. not to flourished among a group of fr-iends. \\'ith <:>dology. "Explain the mention their colleagues who are sitting ou1 Jane and the GEM Gallery as a cenler point, difference between re• thisseasonas well as those who write, dance, Peaks artists have made the natural step to producrions and fme f-tlm, make music nod theatreouchere. support a structured open studio season, an prints" and "'What Open studios are cropping up in commu. coordina1cd by "1hc other" Jane Banquer grabs those creative nities all over. What's the scene o n Pea.ks? and publicized by Tim Nihoff. recyclers for collage, Who parOcipa1es? When and ho," did it aU h's now the rounh summer of opens tudios wearable and sculp- get started? with 20 artists workjng in paint.ing. sculp 1tue resources," not to There had been countless attempts in the ture. printmaking. photography, ceramics, mention ideas for im distant past 10 organize the many and di jewelry, metalwork, basketry, stained glass, ages, shapes, textures, verse Peaks Island visunl artists but herding clo1hingandfibre. colors, and so on. cats '"'Ould have been easier. For island sights, transponation and good In July and Augusl The most recent a nd successrul effon eati ng. Island Tours, The Cockeyed Gull and you can hold your Jane Banquer and Norm Proulx welcome visitors to City began when painter Renee Bouchard set· the Inn on Peaks have put their stars on the brick and walk, bike, Point Studio. tied herself on Peaks. inviting others 10 join map as well. The posters and Hyers advise skip or ride to ,tisit ls- her in a Valentine show at her srudio. ll0\1/ viewers 10 •walk, Bike, Skip or Ride" and land anists in their natural habitats where urday of the month, July 29 and August 26, the Umbrella Cover Museum space. Renee "'Visit Island Artists in their Na1ural Habi they're ready 10 show and 10 chat and 10 sell from3to7p.m. would s1art 1hefirs1 Ar1Walks In 2003 bu1 be- tats.· their work. Studios are open the las1 Sat- by series and serial number, passing along up to work in the same pair, Me, I tried Virtual, and is land, connections tagged disposable cameras, or handing off them for a year, but they made my feet look used books, the more nerdy goal here is: just long. By noon a1 least 1wo more pairs or my BYSARAIIGOODMAN with time, technology, and restless irnagi make contact. with somebody. anybody. On shoes were living in new homes, shoes with h's the las1 Sunday or May. we've had nation. The site offers free promotion to off• bookcrossing.com, fo r example, you can similar island histories. So, should we have sun all day, and chose who weren't siJ1ging the-map enterprises: bands. artists, and just register a book off your bookshelf, pas1ea li1- islandshoes.com. 10 1,ack the lives of our hymns. spent the morning checking out the plain personalities. Fifteen minutes of ran,e l1e note inside, and release it. Next thing }'OU continuously recycled stuff: rowels. bikes, much-touted "great stuff,. of muJtipJe fa mi may not be possible, but 15 nanoseconds know, rhe book ls crossing the globe. You get family albums, partners? lies. Mos1 of us waved 10 a person. traded of notoriety is-for anyone who can rock to log on and "meet" the people the book en We don·t need l1. If those sneakers ever go with a person, or asked a person their po or shock their viewing fr iends. (A "friend.. is counters. wandering again, their whereabouts will litical views, before noon-a person within anyone you "add" 10 your page.) Users get Peaks Island is approxin1a1ely one square be tracked. I may run into them, June 17 a, spiningdismnce. free membership, to a club where e\·eryone mile, Here, you don't need a registration Bracke11 Church, or 1he foUowing Sa1urday Whether tying up laces o r visiting familiar flirts with eve1yone, and friends multiply like number to learn what happened to your at the Legion. or perhaps in August at St. places, the human brain is guided by and to· viruses. Underneath the interface sponsors old books. You'll see them sooner than you Christopher's, or finally, in September-Big ward connections. The strongest are the su, tap into (and create} word•of.. mouth trends. can turn a page. I \,·ent 10 three yard sales Trash Week. (>rise. chance encounters. On the l111erne,, On ,he other side of the vlrcual tracks. lie lhis morning. At one. I met/. who excitedly Then, who knows? They just might be in social ne1working sites have spread like ru the trackers, community sites thac register showed me her nearly-new lcalher sneak corporated in10 art ai Gem Gallery, and fi. mors to create such connections. and repon terrestrial objec1s Uoarlng in the ers. My shoes. I got them last summer at K.S nallygc-t their fifteen minu1es of, v-.teU, locnJ A hyper-linked reality soap opera ~v~ of human interaction. Bonded by yard sale. Though K. had just bought 1hem, gossip at least. mys1)ace.com l$ the domoln or a. generation such geeky interests as tracking dollar bUls she was upset that a colleague had shown ' \ 0 1'1 THE WATERFRO NT AT 180 COII.MERCIAL STREET ~JOY YovR YA-RD ~~ MoR£-! OR VISIT WWW. PORTLA l'I DL-OBSTE,COMP,ANJ'.C OM . Our selection or trees. evergreens and nowering shmbs provide color , and texture for your home and landscape. Annuals create a big splash - watch our new crop accent your gardens. 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We a11he Peaks Island Fu nd (PIF) are be That means rhar there should be plenty of Anne Snyder, Peter Rose and Alicia Kershaw Grants will be re\icwed ac the Julv 25 meet• ginning 10 recover from lhe shock of be· opportunities for Peaks Island residents l C' and se,•eral anon}rmous donors who haxe ing of PIF and awards will be annOunced at ing shul oul by Bill and Melinda Gates in fo llow Buffet's advice, ·avoid creating dynas made it possible for t he Pl F to increase ils lhe August IS Annual Meeling at the Zim the Warren Buffet charitable giving sweep· tic wealth for c hHdren who happen to have grants lO approximalely $10,000- 12,000 for merman home at 14 Cen tennial Street. T he s1akes. \.Ye were hoping that Warren m ight been born co the right families, members 2006. That figure is a I00 percent increase a nnual meeting activities will begin ac 6:l5 le-ave a little something to PIF. or the lud.-y sperm club," a 1ld lea\•e more over gifts made In 2005. PM and the community is invited to a ttend. To no one's real surprise his oversight of your estate money co the comm unity in The Peaks Island Fund is now accepling Any co1nntuniry members i 111erested means that we ha,·e to continue trying to stead. applications for ils 2006 grant cy,:le. Please in contributing to the fund for thls year's raise the $5,000,000 fo r Peaks on ourm,11. Here Is the really good news for Peaks ls p rovide a one-page explnn ation of the pur awards can contact PJF conunittee mem Buffer did make lhe point that he hopes land 1h is summer. The fund did receive p ose fo r your·grant requesc. rourcharitable bers for details on giving. T he PIF is a lso his gift will inspire others to give back to nin e new gift s in 2005 and we want to thank organlultion's mission statement, the list an xious to ha,·e your opinions on emerging their conununities in the most personal a nd the donors for h elping to support our grant of board members, and a copy of the annu • needs of lhe island t hal might be considered most generous ways possible. He also reiler· making. aJ budget. Applications a nd a ny questions fo r grants ln the future. ated his advice that we should not leave too So t hanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Palfrey, should be presented to any PIP committee The Peaks Island Fund connecls people much money to our children, j us1 ''enough SlU Dye. Otis and Mavomecn Thompson, mem ber (Rera Morrill, Nancy Fl)'llll, Bren• who catewhh ca uses that matter. for them to do what rhcvwnnt to do, but not Marina Penalver, Ka. ren Hitt. the members of da Buchanan, Perry Su1hcrland, Jim L"\usi so m uch that they don'l have to do anyth ing t he Ran dall McVane American Legion Posl er, MichelJeThfosher, or Bill Zimmerman) Peaks Jslan d is having a blood d rive on We all need blood, so please donate Thurs. luly 6 from noo n to 5:30 p.m. at the Peaks Island Lions Club. The goal each BYTAYLOR HEATH My uncle receh'ed daily blood t ransfu year is 40 pints, and we have yet to reach it. Trivia question answer Whv Give Blood? Because in the United sions p rior 10 his denlh in May of 2005. The In 2005 we came ,·cry close, collecting 39 Stales donated b lood helps save a life every blood transfusio ns he received gave him nd· p ints-lee's make 2006 a success, and excee about secession. and would be fiscally reckless on 1he part er cornmun irv of Portland: Peaks Jsla nd Letters to the editor If information is presented that is not to of Portland. l'roponem s of secession p ~int School; the library. which no o ne favoring the benefi1 of Peaks Island, lhe IJC needs a dream of u niversal recycling and cheerful succession seems to have budgeted for; be lO cornmun icate that to the public, as well. independcr11 decision~making, with lower lief that allowing areas t hat collect more in Thanks to responders Only solid facts wiU give rhe effort credence. property taxes. French in the school and a property laxes ro secede is bad p ublic policy The Boardof Direcro rsof lhe Diamond ls The end oflhe process should, al lhe min free swim ming pool fo r all. and would lead to the breakdown ofAmeri land Associntion, on behalf o f its member· im um, provjde isJanders with a realistic ex· My view is thal p roperty laxes would like can socie-ry: but rnosc important in my deci· ship, wishes 10 lhanl< all who helped baule pected mil rate that would allow m ain1e ly overtime rise faster rutd higher as an in· sion lO vore no is rhc beliefl.hal Peaks Island the devastating fire a t the Harriot cottage on nance of comparable services to what rhe de1>ende111 island with no other source o f as a diverse community is not oconomkaUy Thurs., April 2.0. All wh o responded helped island is receiving now. funding in order to support the services on ,inbJe paying for aU I he services we dcp-end keep the fire from spreading to other cot· \~1iether ifs higher o r lower lhnn loday's which we islanders depend. Meanwhile. ed on. tagcson that very windy day and wenrevery m il rate is 1,01 the point now. T his m lJ rate ucation would decline and young familjes Peaks is not isohued like Matinicus, 1n any gratefuJ for your willingness, expertise rour has to be based o n fa ct. No more of this would be unlikely to move 10 Peaks with a of us commute to Portland, and we are a And youre(fon. The f-larriots lost a cottage. S20,000 e mergency services budget kind school that d id nOl teach srudcn1s as parL of part of a larger community. Dreams o f cuL but they took greal C'omfort that no one was of thing. Real inromuu ion a bout the sewer a larger school system, and which lacked a ting oul street paving. reduc:irlg street lights injured and lhat no o ther housc:-s were lost costs-and aJJ other costs, in fac1-has to library with interlibrary loan . and increasing recycling will not p ut a dcn1 thank.--; to ;'Ill !he volunteers from all islands. be made availablr and agreed upon as be· \Ve would saddle o,1rselves and our chil in the costs or essenti::11 services like the As an association we are also grateful ro ing reliable. Only is it wi1h rhot accurate in• dren with a lot of debt. Property 1a.xes are ferry. the school and the sewage treatment have 3\'0ided a greater disaster thanks to formation assembled into an actuaJ, work· regressive and need to be refonned. but this plant. ci1izen and firefighter response. ing budget can the Legislature make its de· is a statewide problem and one that succe!.· The budget drawn up by the proponents ·Nn11cy Glcnson, s«rt"WIJ: Diamond Js . c ision. sion would likelvworsen, not w ive. of secession is im..."Omplete and a reactive, land Assotiation The facts a.re out there. \\'e need to know There arc mtlny reasons that are impor· angrvvote to secede without understanding them. All of I hem. tant to me in ,·oling no: desire to be pan and analyz ing the financial consequences is Listen to secession -Kirk Good/we. Peaks /sland of and play a re5ponsible role in t he larg- p/{! Fresh seafood from Mai11e to Portugal Smokt.d !eafood <111d caviar Delicious Cheeses Olive oils & vinegars Fres/1 bread and produce Unique gourmet items, and ofco11rse • Portland's most extensfre wine selection. 262 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 04!01 Open Tuesday thro11gf1 Saturday I 0:00-6:3(} 1IJ7.775.75<'1J PAGE6 ISLAND TIMES July2006 COMMJTTEE, from page I one of the five official secession represen· rativcs. The City announced on May 26 that its negotiating ream will include Mayor James Cohen, At-Large Councilor Edward Su slovic, Finance Director Duane Kline, AS· sistan1 City Manager tary Mead and <:or· poration Counsel GaryWood. The IIC's negotlaling team had not been named at press time. The group will look AT WARREN, C URRIER & BUCHANAN, for members with a background in munic• WE UNDERSTAND ipal finance, accounting, law and nego1Ja VOTED BEST tions, said Richards. THE LEGAL NEEDS OF ISLANDERS Both sides said they are worki ng to start A''ll WE'RE AN EIS\' l>ALK FRO\\ THE 80AT! EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF QUALITY FI SH & SEAFOOD negotiations in July, although the date of the fi rst meeting had not been set by the WE PACK TO TRAVEL / WE SHIP NATIONWIDE end ofJune. DEEDS WILLS In addition to picking a negotiating team . Zoi-.,~c PHOBATE WE SHIP TO THE ISLANDS the UC is in the p rocess of adopting by T'll u St.ARCHES LANU Use laws and choosing a S1eering Group, "The VIA CASCO BAY UNES IIC began to look at the process of devel BOUNDARY MA"lTE-R~ ENTITY F<>RMATION ADVANCED ORDERS NEEDED oping bylaws earlier this year, however the REAL ESTATI TR/'.NSACTIONS BUSINESS CONTRACTS research work needed to prepare fot the l'URCUA$1, /!< $ALE CONTI , ~ • ' J11ly2006 ISLAND TIMES PAGE7 the Nonhern New England Conference of Iv contentious issues on the ballot. Thjs is Seven1h-Day Adventists, stipulated that the lil contrast lo the important secession vote building could also be used for Swtday ser on Peaks. 1 low \\ill Cliff be affected? ... Milli's Cliff Island News "ices by non-Adveneisls. store is thriving and is open daily for Julyand The tradition o f holding both services '"'ill August. The piz.z...i a1ld the meatball subs are BY LEO CARTER a very aun,ctivc new from step thanks to C'ontinue th.is summer. There will be Sundav my favorites ... Lobster traps are going out lO In Lhe middle or fune the long wann days Charlie and Billy Green. Those who take ad Services during ,his Jul~· and August with the good spots. Some are admitting thor the finally arrived on 1hc Island. The early mom· vantage of lhls ne,.v feature will be tTeated to leaders selected by lite ecumenical church lobsters are plentiful for this rime ol year ... ing calls of tile crows and gulls helped gel exhibils ofi1ems from Cliff Island's past. committee. One of 1he speakers is Sharon \Vceds are being killed on the tennis court, things mo,ing, and I enjoyed watching the There is a fine collection of Native Ameri· Marr from Long Island, who has conducted b ut rain and a shortage of volwiteers to \\1ilJ purple and gold finches eating thisLle from can baskets accom1>anied by a large pho servjces on Cliff for many years. l\.tusic will lead to a la1er-1han-normal opening... There bags hung near our soulh tograph or their maker, Mitch be pro,·ided by Chester Pettengill and oth are new pilings ot1 the north face of the window. The wonderfu l ell Attcian, a Na1i\·e American ers. wharf. The clean-up of the waiting area has smell of the lilacs combined who paddled his canoe out lO The Saturday Ad,·entist meetings are cur• met a snag as the clever pigeons found an \,ith their laceyelegance wns the isl:rnd and sold basket~ o n remly a!lended by a small group of people. allernate roulc to rhe place they want to be. complin1ented by clusters Clilfinlo the 1920s. He is still re Jn the ~1.st more than haJf of the residents of These fowl continue to befoul the [llacc. oflilies, lupu1es, daisies a nd membered bv some on the is• this Island belonged more. This rime ofvcar ini• land. Ano1hef' exhibit shows o ff to the Adventist faith tiatcs rhe infl ux of Summer needlework done bv Cliff resi- and services were residents, and it is good to dents in the past. A ti,ird display packed. sedrcsh faces on the island. •• based on input from Chester Many people on PettengiU, ,,,UJ intrigue anyone the island were con Pamela Jret urns who wonders about the family verted in the early A few days ago I witnessed '-'~_,,_..;.• ______, connections here. 201h cem ury by " El the return of Norma,, .. Bub.. Obviously, a great deal of ef der" Goodrich. The Anderson's wooden lobs1er boat Pamela} to fort has been put into this community asset. nunibcr of Adven Fishennan·s Cove. Bub had soldered some The facility continues robe spruced up in a tists in earlier tim es power cable lugs for my boat a few d ays ear steady way by volunteers like Bob Howard, was more than half lier, and I could see then that the new wheel who has added a new partition and rnain the population. and house he and his son Eric had been con· tai.ned lhe computers. Eric Anderson has indeed more than struct.ing and instnllll)g was do,,e. hand carved a large sign 10 go over the door, 1he current year While it is routine on Cliff Island to see a.nd Dale Dyer is adding moldings and win round pop,~atlon. thirr:y-five,fo orers dragged in and our o f the d ow trim. The first Cliff Island tidal zone, it is stiU q uite a thriU to warch it Anyone who comes to Cliff sho,dd spend Elder was Charles happen close up. At low tide Dave Crowley's some time in this interesting and valuable Fred Griffin, grand big backhoe seemed to be up to the task as si1e. which will be open Monda)', \Vednes father of Gord on he repeatedly backed his unit and p ulled d ay, Friday and S.111trday from 11: OOa.m. to Griffi n. In the past with lite b ucket. 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. 104:30 p.111. 1'-·Uriam Hanman The imposing craft spil out some bilge wa Reiner provided mu ter as the movement disturbed her rest, and Adventist history sic while her father before long the Pamela J was sining in her Every summer the Cliff Island Sevemh• or uncle provided cradle well below the high lide le,-el. Day Adventist Church becomes a meetin g sem1ons. FANC YING !H E ART WOR KS Of I expected chat I would sec her on her plaC'e for worship services o n Saturday and TIH NIHOFF mooring as soon as the tide came in, but she Sunday. One c:i.n hear singing several eve Odd and stayed in her cradle q uite a while soaking up nings each summer as ..so ng services"' are ends G[N GALL[RY 0 P£ U S ISL AN D sea water and sweUi11g shut. The next mom held. Odds and Ends: ing the Pamela J motored westw~rd out of The church was built by islanders in 1899 The commun ity hall JULY 28- AUG 3. 200 6 the cove. and now it is not safe to be a legal according to Chester Pen engill , who attend· was used for prima OPENING / FRIDAY , JULY 28 I 5PH- 8PH lobster. ed \\1th his mo1her starling In the late J930s. ry elections on June Before 1899 Adventist services had been 13, and saw a light w•11 w. ti mni holf.c om New exhibits held in private homes. In 1900, the members turnout ~l.s a result of The Cliff Island Historical Society has o f the Cliff Island church, which belongs to there being no h igh• Port l an d Express Water Taxi FARES ARE O NE WAY FOR UP TO 6 PASSENGERS. RATESARE INCREASED FOR SERVICE AFTER 11 P.M.AND BEFO RE6A,M, Year 'round Cottage style home. 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Events will strated the resourc-efulness and impromp Little Diamond Dispatches culminacc in n 1920s-themed fundraising tu generosity which make it such a plea bl\sh which will see the republication of a sure and a prhilege ro live on these islands 8vUNOA'l\'LERANOPETERWALCH purely delightful is the Solstice Party hosted Little Diamond Island cookbook originally or Casco Bay. For decades Lhe official "season.. on Lit• for many years by the Barkers-Allen and compiled in 1928. As most of you o n other islands may tie Diomond hos begun with the Fourth or Neta. This year the announced theme was know, Lillie Diamond hasn't had any com Juli•, A rag-tag bunch or children, dogs, and Italy ond th Ill gs Italian {in honor o r Neta Why We Love To Live on the Islands: mercial establishment for over two de some particularly sill}' adults don home nee DeMeo). ChapterCXXVI cades (or since the Rands closed their mini made costumes and form the infamous People rummaged through attics and Three or so weeks back. the hardy group marina/ lobster pound). What we call "The "Parade or the Horribles· to greet, bemuse, closets for red-white-and-green (the Ital of Little Diamond commuters huddled in Stol'e· is a l00-square-foot room on the and bewilder passengers aboard the I 1 a.m. ian flag colors) garments. Several varia che lee of the Casino, waiting for the 7;05 north s ide of the Casino, volumeer-man down..-bay boat. tions o n red-checked table cloths appeared up-to-town boat. Which is usually right on aged (for several )'ears, Susan Hobbs has The flag is raised, songs are sung, Libby as cloaks below bunches of grapes, empty time. But not this morning. Around 7:15, ably filled th is role), stocked with candy Zemer passes out half-dollars ro 1hc best/ cans of Full Red marinara sauce, and/or somebody was dispatched to run down to fort he kids, Little Diamond Island tees and worst costume wearers (i.e., en~rybody ltalionwine bonlcs(whydid they stop mak the end of the pier ond check to see if she's sweats, and various dona1ed items, all sold panicipating), donuts are m unched, then ing those straw-covered Chianti bottles?). in at Great Diamond. No sight of her. lhn to benefit the Association. Appfause goes alJ disperse-except for the ,-olunteer din Paul Stevens wore a plain white polo shirt mm. Somebody tried calling Casco Bay to Elizabeth I lohbs (Susan's daughter) and ner comminec, who set to work prepar with a d iscrete I.I logo (Priscilla Doucene Lines, but nobody picked up the phone. Zoe Lee for a terrific job just done in spiff ing the traditional salmon, peas, and J>Ota decoded it Immediately: the score of the Now, about 7:25. we spotted the Island Ro ing up the store in readiness for 2006; they toes {topped with the heirloom Phyllis Lee just-concluded Italy-United States World mance steaming to\,ra.rd u.s-d1en past us cleaned ii u1>, primed and painted the Door, Memorial Egg S..'\uce) mid-afternoon meal Cup Soccer match). heading down the bay. Clearly, the morning and generally tran~formed it in10 a much (this morphs inio the Sarnrday Night Sup Nothing much went according to plan. boat had broken do"11. What to do? brighter. more welcoming place. pers, which will conclude nine weeks later Neither 1hc audience nor r..he under~re 10 the rescue came a flotilla ofsrnaU croft. Animal news (both wild and domestic): with the equally traditional Labor Day lob hearsed chorus that auempted 10 sing the Mostly lobster boats, each crammed with there seems to be a preponderance of dead ster-and-clam bake). Italian national anthem could tell whether standing passengers. The look recalled baby seals on the islands this year. We spot· The Little Diamond Island Association the lyrics were in English or Italian. {for people or a certain age) tlrnt orthe WW ted a decapitated one with a wound in its also holds its first (of two) annual meeting By the 1im{' tarantella dance lessons were II fleet of fishing and pleasure boats that side on an otherwise pristine and beautiful around the r-ounh (this yea!', on Sat .. )ldy 1). to commence on the lawn, so much good pluC'kcd British troops from the beaches Long Island beach. And the Hagges repon On the docket in 2006 the hot-topic icems food, wine. and Allen's lethal punch hod of Dunkirk. As they passed our pier, se..,er ed having seen one on the shore ofCow Is include the possibility that the Sisters of been consume-and so many mosquhoes al passengers gestured broadly to the rear. land. FLnall)', we miss you, Targhee. \Ve rniss Mercy property-comprising old-growth had appeared- that the project wasql1id:: Son ofa reverse wave (as it were). We caught your gentle S\'\'Celness and your ready wag. forest, environmentally fragiJe wetlands, ly abandoned. But for the second year run the drift (so to speak): help for us was on the footnote (or would that be "pawnote''?): and o ur onlr remaining "wild .. coastline ning, the sun actually shone fo r the sols1 ice, way. Indeed. one of the trailing craft-rhe as we·re CTnishing up this column, our two may be headed fors.ale and dc\'clopment. and a grand island time was had by all. redoubtable Crusracerm Queen-owned dogs bark excitedly, race downstairs, and 1\s you can imagine. mos.tofus look upon Speaking of the sun shiJljng: also ror the and s kippered by Great Diamond Island "kernap. kernap" exit through their doggy rhis news with all the joy that the Romans seco nd year running, it seemed as if we resident Sam Turker, motored over to our door. Silence. What or who car, be there! once mustered when told that the Huns hardly Sa\',' it dming the soggy-\'\'-et, rotting• float, smartly tied up, and we were invited By the time we get do,"rn to investigate, were at their gates. Other biggies: cracking veget3ble-garden June. But \',te grumped aboard. the visitor has vanished. le3ving two con• the secession movemems on Peaks and less (or so we claim), maybe in part because Tl1rned out that theA11coc/sco Ill had de tented dogs munching o n m ilk bones. So Chebeague (congmnilotions to both to Josh Bishop very klndly se111 us boxed DVD veloped s teering problems about the tim e who was their benefacto r this time? The Chebeague islanders and the Cumberland sets of the first four seasons of the televi she reached Long Island, and while s he fact thal tJ1e list of suspects is substantial Town Council for the civiUty of their nego sion show "24"' (Kiefer Sutherland stars made it unassisted back to Po nJand via suggests how dog-friendly this place is. A tiations). and what can be done to improve as a rog ue counter-terrorist agent}. We're the straighter passage along the back sides glance down at the fl oat reveals that the o ur fire protection (the stlll-recem house pumped . Sufficiently so, that we may stage of tl>e islands (and was, indeed, berthed by CMP boat Hallel11Jah Is tied up. Mystery ftre o n Great Diamond reinfo rced our trepi 24-hour marathon showings. Any takers? the time Sam let us off at the public land° solved: Lenny Bickford, who comes mon1h dation about being without significant fire Meanwhile, rhe LOI Associatio n Enter i11g), she was in no condition to pick up ad ly to read the meters and generally works to fighting equipment, o r even water in o ur tainment Conunjuee h3s just rolled o ut its ditionaJ passengers. keep the current fl owing, believes in- and hydrants for s ix 1nomhs o r the year on the more official calendar of island evems for Anyway, a typical island mini-adven tlU'e. practices-rho "'treats. not sticks"' theory of more populated end ohhe island). the summer of 2000. Music, dance, and film Many thanks to Sam Tucker and his fellow dog management. \r\'hy We Love to Live o n That's the official beginning or summer (this year's Wed nesday evening film festival s kippers, who got us all to town, and prct the Islands: Chapter CXXVII? on Little Diamond. l..ess o ffi cial, and more is called "The LDI Laugh•O•Rnma"-<:om- ry much on time. and once again demon• Captain Ben Garfield Ins hore-Offshore Fis hing Striped Bass, Blues, Sharks Families Welcome Pick-up and drop off at Peaks Island available. Four hour Caso Bay Trips our spe cialty since 1996 207.799.1339 Cell: 207.232.1678 PO Box 10541 · P o rtland, ME 041 04 www.gofishmaine.com Unique Jewelry and Gifts ()pea weekends through June 11. Optn six days throughout the summer. Eighth Maine Memorial BuiJding Closed Tuesdays. A Live-In Museu1n Guided Tours (l2-3pm) Daily (Except Mondays) Experience the I 890's Room and Event Rentals Just around the comer fr0111 rhe 5th Maine In-Season: 207-766-5086 Out-of-Season: 814-237-3165 July2006 ISLAND TIMES PAGE9 Congratulations graduates! The following Peaks islanders recently graduated from high school. We asked them what they were looking forward to most now that they are done with high school. We've included their answers. Kayla McTigue is going Giovanni Morabito is Charley Friedman is Dicky Newcomb is going Michael Whitman is go to Plymouth Stale Uni· going10 lhe Universi· going to lhe Universi 10 New England College in g to the University of versjty. She is looking tyof Maine in Augus1a ty ofMaine in Orono to in Newllampshireto California a, Berkley. He fo rward to "just getting to study architecture. stud}' civil e ngineering. study kinesiology. He is is looking forward to liv through college." I le is looking forward He is looking forward to looking forward to hav- ing on Lhe \'t.'esl roast for to·movingon 1obiggcr stud)ingwhat he wants. ing rnore freedom. the next four years. things.• Molly Radis is going to Sarah Walden is going Ben Richards is taking Lilly Van DerStee n- Lindsey Price wlll attend Bates College in Maino to Mt. Holyoke 1os1udy a year offfrorn school hoven is in Ocnali, A.Jas Kce,ie State CoUegc lo 10 study an and biology. languages. She is look• 10 go lO Europe in the k.a doing trail mainte stuc.ly English o r journal4 She is looking forward 10 ing fonvard to "meeting spring. Next rau h e will nance. She will attend ism.She wants to even4 .. just meeting ant.he new new people.· attend the College orArt college in Bennington, tually live jnAustralia. people at school." and Design in Georgia. Vermont in the fall. We were not able co contact Em met Huber and Jackman \•Vood. Paige Hart-Smith will at Sophie Presgraves will Marcus OToolewUlat tend Susqueh anna Uni attend the Universityof tend Mount Ida College versity ro smd ycommu· VirginialO major in Ar· in Ireland to study bis- nications.She is looking chitccturc. She is look tOry. Way back when ...... forwardto"meetingnew ing forward to '"every- peop lean dgoingtocol- thing," lcge." ft This is the kindergarten picture from the current high school graduating class. Front Row from left to right: Thomas Balzano. Derek Gregor, Mol• lyRadis, Ben Richards. Jackman Wood,Jill Mulkern. Paul Gross. Fifth grade graduation on Peaks MorgaJl M encher, Jennifer Manzo Middle Row: Caralyn MacKenzie-Hicks(Ed. Tech). Tann.is Good son. Kayla McTigue, Charley Fri.edman. Emmett Huber, Sarah A graduation ceremony was held at the wyn Mox.ha}~ Samuel Cassis, Dainius Bu• Walden Peaks Island Elementary School on June 12. kauskas, Victoria Blanchard, Hannah car1- Graduates from top left, clockwise are: 01- son. Michael P·roia and Camille HanJey. Back Row: Sophie Presgraves, Emma F'riel, Chr is Brown, Spencer Hawkes,Alex Wellin gton. Lisa Guthrie (teacher) PAGE 10 ISlAND TIMES July2006 R£POITT,frcmpage I rectors." One result of this style is .. that the general Jy every week wirh paychecks and meets board meeting, stating he would leave Oct. However. Peard was critical of Christian's manager is invisible to employees; Peard weekly with the two union shop Slew 31. Davis did not know lfthe board would management s1yle and or the \Vay the com· wrote. "They do not regard him as a lead· ards ac Casco Bay Unes. The company has decide to begin searching for Christian's pany as a whole is being run. er and simply ignore him or disregard hhn. made sure the e·111ail system reaches nil replacement at the June 30 meeting, Chris Because of a Jack of leadership, she Therefore, there is a perception among full-time employees and, after an emplo)' tian has held the post for 0\-er 22 years. wrote Ehat d iffer<-nt groups and depart· employees tha1 there is no direction or ee suggestion, adopted Nextel two-way In h is resignal ion lencr, Christian wrote men ts have set up their own lines ofcom· control from the top of the company," phones to improve communications with he was proud of what was accomplished mand, which are actuallv In conflict. "It Christian's tendency to avoid conflict ferry ,-essels. during his tenure and noted "I have always may be possible for the B0nrd of DiTectors only compounds the sense he is not in ""There's a reasonable amount of com endeavored to manage CSL in a profes or members of management to ignore or charge. There are no regular staff meetings munications with personnel given the sional, honest, courteous and forthright brush off individual allegations in the peti and the only employee "110 has an annual number of people who work here,'' Mavo. manner: tion, but It should not be possible to igr1ore perfom1ance review is Christian. donessaid. Peard conducted 47 in1ervie\~·s and the powerful sentiments that gave rise to rn response. Christian said in a phone in· The hands-off management style means spoke with 29 current employees and three the petition," she wrote. tervie'-\' · some people think ,hat the man. that cmplO)·ccs in middle management are former employees. She also talked 10 of She criticized the board for not sharing agement style that I was criticized for is a left to operate on their own, according to ficials from the Coast Guard, a labor rela a unified view of how the company should tittle too lose. I like to work coUaborati\-e the repor1. Senior captains •are ,·cry good tions specialist. a medical specialist and be managed and failing to communicate ly." at what the)' do. but the)' are not managed the director of the state's Risk Manage clear direclion to the general manager. Jn "I will say that in mr evaluations, I was in any regular or consistent fashion and so ment Division. his letter of resignation. Christian stated instructed (by the board) to continue 10 act very independently in hO\v they choose She found that allegations that Chris that the board is not unified. focus my efforts outside of the company to enforce n1lcs and policies on their indi· tian harassed employees who questioned Some board members are rnicro•man· in order to bring in additional funding to vidua1 vessels," Peard wrote, management decisions or harassed em aging the company, exceeding lite over keep rated down,· Christian said. All of the outside agencies that review plorees who expressed safecy concerns sight functions as set out in the bylaws, The report states that employees say that CBJTD for safe{)' issues state the company were not supponed by the evidence. Peard according to the report. This undermines Christian's second-in·comrnand, Opera ••is exemplary in its safety practices and re also wrote "there is absolutely 110 evidence management's authority nnd perpcruates tions Manager Nick Mavodones, is diffi. cord," sbcwrote. ofany kind" that Christian engaged in any the "balkanization· of the organization. cult to see and that he frequently does not But employees overwhelmingly feel that illegal or fraudulent conduct or aided such "This has emboldened some employees to answer e·rnails from employees... There when they bring up safety issues they nev conduct. Allegations that he mismanaged treat management In a very disrespectful is, c.hercforc. ahnost no direct, personnel er hear back fro1n Christian and Mava. the budget were not supported. and almost insubordinate manner,,. Peard communication of information,"' Peard dones. Peard found that an allegation 1hat wrote. wrote. "As a result, the company is rife with "'\•Ve ca.n always srrive to improve, but Christian created a hardship for island res• Christian's management style is to dele· m isinformation and unsubstantiated ru we've gone out of our way to address ev idcnts by cutting off freight accounts was gate authority for running internal opera mors." ery safecy issue that warrants it," said Ma actually part of "a reasonable business de tioos to the head of maintenance and the Mavodones, in a phone interview, said vadones. cision that was ratified by the Board of Di- other three management team members. he sends memos out to employees near- Almost every employee is still concerned abo\Jt an August 2004 accidenr when a deckhand foll off the Maquoit Tl and into the water, striking her head, Peard wrote. The accident took place because tl1e deck hand was srnnding on 1he bumper of the ___a. r1Mari -ne vehicle with tvro other people to weight it dO\Vll. Employees were amazed that they heard - _. --.neLimousine nothing in writing from management to make sure that it did not happen again. -~ ~ .... - ... -= -:.wat-e,- Taxi & Tt1urs Managernent felt that the issue was so ob· ------... vious chat issuing a policy was unneces - --- ·------sary, according to the report. ..;::-. ------Peard wrote that Mavadones was on ---- -~- r -,.._~ the vessel when the accident took place _-,::-:;_- =. ------~ ------~ and lhat e-mail messages l>etv..1een Mava dones and rhe vessel's captain became an exchange about ''who was actually the re sponsible person on the vessel at the time of the accident." Mavadones said he could talk about de tails of the injury, but said part of the issue in this incidem was that there were bikes on top of the car which made it too tall to - get through Gate 3. A new rule was adopt• edso that people cannot carry tall items on top of vehicles, he said. Employees also feel that enforcement of safety policies is lax an.d inconsisLenL. Direct Boat Line There Is disagreement about whether management or vessel captains should en 207.899.9918 force safecy n~es. A complaint about employees working On the water' ready for service! excessive ovenime was valid. Peard wrote c_aptaln Steve Tag/or there is "general agreemem· that Mava dones often waits too long to hire new staff or seasonal employees and that there is often 100 much delay in getting staffing schedules posted. new construction Mavadones said that overtime rotations are governed by the collective bargaining agreement between the company .and em• ployees renovations In a footnote. Peard noted examples of empJoyees working too many hours. In one case, a deckhand worked 102 hours in one week.1\vo years ago, one deckhand re a dditions portedly worked 39 d ays straight with no days off. Many deckhands work 25-to-35 hours of overtime each week. Junior captains are often forced to work kitchens when they do want to and many work a great deal of overtime... One captain also admitted that he had worked too long at one point and he was having trouble stay cl esign ing awake while he was running the ves sel," Peard wrote. Mavadones noted that the labor contract green building requires vessel employees to be paid for a mlnlmum of a four-hour shift every time C II they go on a vessel. but that doesn't always mean the employee had to work a full four fully insured hours. I I The amount ofovertime is also governed '· by seniority and people with less seniority have to pick up more work, he said. But if there is a problem with overtime, employ ees have tl1e right to me a grievance, he island avenue peaks island maine 04108 said. 207.766.5919 \.V \.V \.V • t j \.V h O m e . C O m July200f ISIAND TIMES PAGE 11 Peaks Fest 2006 ELF.ANOR, from page 20 Brattleboro, Vem1ont. She isa mcmbcrofrhe sus among delegates from China, Australia, Streetfeet \Vomen, a Boston-based company the Soviet Union. and the Arab nations. She ofwriter/ performers. Lane and Dodd's script manages to see humor in the situation, re is based on Mrs, Roosevelfs writings, Joseph calling the intense work schedule and color Lash's work, and research a1 Hyde Park, N, Y., ful personalities among her colleagues and with support from the Americ.an Assodation rcntinds us that, abo,-e aJI! human r·iglus be or University Women and the Polaroid Foun gin at home and are the responsibility of ev dation. eryone. The Peaks Island Library is including ·Be• Director Josephine l..ine, an actress since loved Island: Franklin and Eleanor a,,d the childhood, perfo,med in Boston and New Legacy of Campobello" in its reading and Yori(. premiering new plays and touring discussion group on July 11 at the TEL<\. The schools, and coaches professional actors in Roosevclts stopped in 1he Portland area nu Boston. merous times on the way to their summer Actress Elena Dodd worked wi1h People's home on C1.mpobe1lo Island. New Brunswick Theatre of Cambridge, Mass,. Boston's New and often sailed in Gasco Bay. African Company. and Whets1one Theatre of Lionel Plante Associates Islanders Proudly Serving Islanders 5lince 1962 L.P.A., Inc. L.P.A. Fuels, Inc. Specializing in : Specializing in: * Island Deliveries Of Sand, Stone, Hon1e Heatll_lg Fuels * Gravel Lumber & Building Supplies #2 Fuel, K-1 & Propane * * Excavation 24 I-lour Btm1er Service * * Site Work Furnace Installations * * Septic Systems Propane Appliances Sold & Serviced * * Driveways Master Service Technicians: • Teny Mulkem * MARINE SERVICES • Coley Mulkem * Barge Transportation Licensed Jo11mey111an: • Guy Fradette * Marina Services, Slips, Licensed Delivery & Tank Setter Tecl111icla11s: Moorings, Gas & Diesel • Teny Mulkem • Coley Mulkern • Guy Fradette We gladly accept Visa & Mastercard • Jay Soule • Mart Mulkem 98 Island Avenue Peaks Island Maine 04 108 Phone: (207) 766-2508 Fax: (207) 766-2507 Email: [email protected] PAGE 12 ISLAND TIMES J11ly2006 LETl'ERS, from page4 whereby a 58 percent islander vote for se Waterfront. highly risky. cession represents less than an actual ma HousingConunittcc Chair, Councilor Kar S<:cession would likely lead to higher iority. Only Councilor Cheryl Leeman ven en Geraghl); has suggested that affordable Peaks Police log property taxes, dec.,des of higher debt and tured to concede the resu.Jt as a veritable ex housing needs can be mel. not by allQ\ving the loss ofour viabiJirv as a diverse conunu· pression of popular ,,;11_ compact development, but by subdi\'iding nity. To proceed direct!); without analyz Whether the Island Independence Com the Peaks Island Land Preserve. June I: EMS call, Seashore A\'Cnue; wire ing the full fi nancial impact, is risking our mittee and Solutions not Secession agree Public Safety Committee Chair, Cow1cilor do\\11, Welch Street. homes and our fuwre a.s a cornrnunity in o n the secession issue. bo1h points of view \\'i.U Gorham. esti1na1cd that fire and rescue June 2: Theft. Epps Street; EMS call, ab pursuit of an impractical d ream. share n common idemity and a common concerns kept hitn from endorsing island dorninal pain s., Centrnl Avenue. Also, I thought the Is land 7Tmesdid a fab demand fo r responsive loCal governance. independence, but on taxation? "There's June 3: f,o llow-up, Island Avenue. ,~ous job in the edition priorto the vote. Official responses to islander concerns on nothing we can do about that,· he said at the June 4: Serving p:1perwork. no address giv •Jea11 Hoffman. Peaks Island transportation. housing, and ta' Dr, Jtff)' FatwcU. Pa~or of Thomas Road B.aptist Chluth & Peaks Island Baptist Church C'banN'llvr of Libtrty Unil.'H'ltity, Lynchburg Virginfa, ..,,;II be the f~aturtd preach« at The Second Annh•etSaf)' ~~ Tu rn s 2 Yea rs Old! Tuesday, July 1 8 , 2006 br.ation of Ptaks Island Bapti.st Church.. Date: Tuesday. 7/ 18/ 06 4:00 PM Cookout and Children·s Carnival! Time: 6:30 PM SM.nNO IS UM~D 6:30 PM Anniver~ Service. featuring~ The Peak! Island Baptist Church Choir and Jerry Falwell! lf you b..1,-e questions. plP.a.QI? call Pas.tor Beau Boyle at the btlow phone number. ~k.~ h l:i.rv, 8apt:1$t Ch:ir;:h Ptlont 166-3031 2)) Pltasa.:i1 A\'r ~eab Island. Me 04 I08 Web i:ubc.inCo Peal ~ ·~ Peaks Island Baptist Church .... ------llilllalll---~-"'7 ' ~ Island Adventure Weeks Vacation Bible School ~ yCt\Hh ~(tivittc-s. Children bcN.,~t'll tht grades of 2 and 12 ;1.f"C itw\tffl to le,'m l hOW' to ialr-ater fish, h:1it and .ser lobster traps. Biking, hiking & ~wimmin.g ;ut' also d:1ily :1c11v111t:s. Cluldren will rtct1ve indoor sire-pin,: accommoda • Gomes Monday, July 10- Thursday, July 13 tions. and 3 mt~b J')("f dAy. Tht eo1ue pn.>t(ram is b1b1kally based and de, • Snacks signed to expose ch1ldrei-, 10 th~ wonders of narurc, ~pcc,tk to Peaks Island. • Crotts Ages 4-12, (6 PM-I PM) Grad.. 2-4 (July 23- 28) • Balloons This year's 1heme~ Co&-1,._.WeetcPerChlld: SU&.OO Face Pointing PNb hlaN 11,t11t (h1nd1 Grades 5-8 (July }0- Aug 4) • Outtr Space: us ,1e.... , .,• .. Boldly going where Contac1 IMO: Poe,lq 1.a.nd BapUIM Church • Exciting Bible PNh htoocl, Mt 04101 Grad.. 9-12 (Aug 6- Aug 11) no man has ever 23&PINun1AW. Lessons Peak.I "'9nd, ME 04108 gone! , ...., 766-3037 207-766-3037 Daily pril.<$ for PEAKS ISLANU BAPTIST CHURCH be-st costumes! - ____, ...... -...... ,-:, .. ------··"'~ ..~ ---- J111y2006 ISIANDTIMES PAGE 13 BR1£PS,frompnge2 The scholarship is open to any Peaks ls land music student. between the ages of 8 AUTO REPAIR and 22, who can demonstrate significant ability and a real commitment to pursu ing and working towards musical exceUence. A letter of application from 1he s1udcn1 is re HOUSE CALLS1 quired., as well as a letter ofrecommenda tion from a music teacher or knowledgeablecom munitv member. Auditions will bcschcd,~cd Whai an idea! based on applications. Please include in your letter your age, years ofscudy, instnunent(s), Car Repair and something of your experience and aspi Jump Starts ra.tions. Also s t.atewhyyou want and, if appli flats fixed Au~thoriied AAA cable, need !his scholarship. Servic• Repairs Brush Removal Barbara Goel man was a Broadway dancer Carpentry \\rho moved to Pea.ks Island fro rn ~cw York. Painting She taught dance in Portland and on Peaks Dump Runs Island for many years. Her vh' l\·ow that the ndl'isory referent/um 011 Someone asked me ro moderate a se ing forward in the secession process, now and down the Maine coast nearly all year Peaks Island secession has passed, the ls cession meeting last year. Given the long that the advisory referendum has pas.scd7 round islands are tackling the complex is ta,1d l11depe11dmce Committee (/IC) takes standing lack of meaningful inpu1 by is I think that 1he UC has done a good job sues of affordable housing for young fami fm a much more significant role as they go landers in their 0""1\ affnirs, and the nega· rhus far. researching all the information Jies. maintaining their schools, and assist on ro negoriare the derails ofsn:ession wlth th·e impact of the city's property-tax reval that we need in order to make an educated ing their elderly. Peaks Island ,..,1un1eers city officials. lnsread of just represe111/11g uation o n the island's fi nancially vulner decision about the cost ofsecess ion. Before have created independent living housing secession nd1,ocares. as they did Ix-fore rhc able ci1izens, I felt it was my public duty to a fi nal decision can be made we need to for our elders, 11011.he div or Portland. Vol ,·otR. they now reprc•sent thet•ntire island. help ex'Plore the issues rela1ed 10 self-gov knowthefullcos1. umeers (and paid islandCl's) maintain our /11 order ro cominue 10 pro,•frte island ernance on Peaks. Peaks Island Children's Workshop, 1101 the ers with information about the! secession 2. How much time do you spend work• city of Pordand. Volunteers support the fi process, the Island Times worked w/rh the lngonUClssues7 Judy Piawlock nances and direction of our island health JJC and came up with a list ofmembe rs ro On average, on~-to-tv1:o hours per day. Secession representative, center. I believe thequaJily of o ur new town whom we sem questionnair(•s. 3. How do you view the role of the IIC go I ICsecre1arv and treasurer will directly reflect the active voJuntecrism 11rose members include lire [il't, official ing forward in the secession process, now 8iographica1 informa already in action. There are many talcnled secession rcprcsentatii1cs and the chairs of 1ha1 the advisory referendum has passed? tion: \\fife, mother, home• people, devoted to our (de fatlO) 1own. rl,e I/CS eight 1najorcommlt1.ees (Comm u The nc should arrange 1he ncgo1iatio11 o r maker and self-employed 2. How much time do you SJ>end work nicatio11, Education, Pinance, Fw1drais the terms of separation with the city, con• seamstress; married to ing on IIC Issues? ing, Covernance, Public sen,ices, Land use/ suit with the islanders as necessary dur· S1anlev; six children and I give whatever time I can to this task, zoning and Public works) and the two, Pub ing negotiations, draft rhe secession bill B four grandchildren. Lived but like many others. I need to balance 1hie; ll<: Services subcommhsecs (Safery Services for 1he Legislature and lobby for passage on Peaks for 19years. with work and farnih•. and Social S<>rvices). ofthe bill. I . \Vhydld}1'Ujol11 the UC? 3.How do you view the role ofthe IIC go We asked TlC members for 1/rei,. / 111/ I have believed in the concep1 ofse lf-gov Ing forward In tJ1e secession process, now names, profc:ssion or former profession. ern men, for Peaks since the early 1990s. that the advisory referendum has passed? family i11/om1ation and how many years Eunice A_ Curran Tha1's why I helped initia1e th e current Nego1iations w ith the city of Portland are they luwe filled on Peak.s Island. ltVe also Secession rcprescr\tative movement, as I did the last time. slated 10 begin shonly and hopefully we asked each member tlm., SATURDAYS '. tiATTt:RrS'IUl£ , P.O. AOl tt. ,ua:s I SLAND ME Otltll 3:00 TO 7:00 PM -kM\'4,~., .,~ft.Td\13"" ,\- ~•ii +lll_,....,...._,.,_ ...... ,_ l>W""-lut!I, JULY 29TH • AUGUST 26TH The people of Casco Bay thank WALK, BIKE, SKIP OR RIDE Captain John Tracy for his 20 years of service on Casco Bay Lines VISIT ISLHND HRTISTS IN THEIR NHTURHL HHDITHTS r July2006 ISLAN DTIMES PAGE 15 Ing forward In Ilic secession process, now lngon IIC lssues? change on our island is controlled b)' its that the advisory referendum bas passedt Among other things, I auend Steering Linda J. Capone-Newton citizens, to maintain the diversity of our ,. \Ve must rorrn the bes, possible negotia and Fundrnising C'.ommittee meetings, and 6:>-chalr. Governance community, 10 preserve and to prote<::I our tion and lobbying team so that we can pres help dJstribure information to my friends Committee fragiJe island and ecosystem. There is al enl our strongest case for self-go\•ernance and fellow islanders .. under the awning.. at Biographical informa- so a need to provide appropriate services to the City and then to the Legislature. \Ve Hannlgan·s. tion:_ Early childhood ed commensurate to meeting the unique de .. mus t convince our friends and neJghbors 3, llowdo you view the role of the UC go• ucation consultant: two n,ands ofislan d life. on Peaks to join us in this process so that ing forward in the secession process, now sons, ages 30 and 29 and 2. How much tln1e do you spend work· the City and Legislature will understand that tltcadvtsoryreferendwn has passed'/ one daughter, age 24. tngon IIC lssues? that this self-governru,ce ini1ia1ive is bes• Nmv that the islanders have passed the Owned home on Peaks for It varies. Trying to get the numbers from for Peaks, Portland and Maine. Larger go,• rnte. the llC will continue the process. Me 13 years, year-round resident since 200-1 . 1he City and comparables from other is enunent entities are not what is needed in diation wilh the city of Pon.land is next on I. Why dldyouJolnthellCt lands and/or towns took five-to- ten hours order 10 express our wishes locaUy, spend 1he agenda. This will invol\'e many hours of \Viteo I Ji,.-ed in the Lewiston/Aul.men ar per week; analyzing them often look five. our resources wisely and allow our citi work by nc members and mcml>ets of the ea. l was involved in many community or We a.re just beginning a new assessment zens to make decisions w ith the best local communiry. After o ur issues are resoh-ed ganizations and served on the Aubun1 City of our figures to verify or modify our ear Information possible. I sec 1he IIC as repre witl1 the city, IIC will need to draft a bill for Council. Now as a member of the Peaks lier efforts. senting aJI Peaks Islanders until self-gover presentation to the legislature. community, I bclie\.'e that I have a respon 3, Howdo you view the role of ll,e UC go nance becomes a rea.lity and true represen 1 intend to keep working to help make sibility to be involved In the secession pro ing forward In Ute secession process, now tative government takes it's rightfu) place Peaks Island a town. cess. that tlte advisory referendwn bas pa,sed? in the Town o f Peaks Island. 2. How much llme d o you spend work· l feel we must continue 10 p ush for the lngonlJClssues? right of self-governa,1ce. Portland's City RobertStek I dedicate a cou1)leeveningsaweekto the Council has voted "'no• so the next steps in Mike Langella Co-chair, Fundta.isingCommi1tee committee work of the IIC. My profession the secession process must be taken: i.e. Chair, Education Com- Biographical information: Retired, for al work requires meto leave1he island fora medialion, legislation, lobbying our bill, mer licensed psychologist: former direc- week or two each month, but on the weeks saying our prayers and holding the final m~~~:raph ical infor 10r of quality impro\.-'ernent, Connecticut I'm here I spend time each day respond ing ,·(neon Peaks. ma1ion: re1ired educa Department of Mental Health and Addic to emails ru1d research ing information on tor, worked as teacher, tion Services. Married to Bonnie Pearson, topics necessary to advance the IIC's seces vice principal and pri n 1hree aduh children. Lived on Peaks one s ion ·work.. Marjorie Phyfe cipal in Ponland and Yar- year since retirement, purchased property 3, llowdoyou view the role of the UC go· Chair, Social Services Subcommittee mouth school systems for In 1999. Ing forward In the secession process, now Biographical informa- 28 years;.now own L.1ngella Constructlon I . Why d id you join the IIC? that the advisory referendum bas passed? tion: Urban planner, union Co. Married 10 Sandra Aube-Langella: two I attended earty meetings of the UC to I see three cencral tasks for tl1e IIC at this organizer, social worker; sons, Matthew. 25 and Andrews, 24. Sum· find out more abou1 1he issues. After sever point: I. To continue to engage the Peaks one daughter who is mar mered on Peaks since 1970s: year-round al mon ths, I decided tl1at self-governance community in meaningful discussion ried to an islander. Lived on residents sin~e2001. was an appropriate and reasonable ap .. about secession: 2. To do the research and Peaks for ZO years. 1.\\lhydldyouJointhellCT p roach to dealing ,vith many Island issues. planning necessary to make the transition I. Wh y did you Jolt, the I joined the Island Independence Com Since I don't have an extensive history on to independence successful: and 3. To or IICT mittee because I was disappointed in the Peaks, I volunteered my time a nd experi ganize those interested in using their skills I believe that, in general, government manner will ch Portlru1d city officials treat ence at seUing on eBay to help the UC raise to achieve ourco1nmon goaJ of creating the that is closest 10 its citizens works best. ed the island and its citizens. Throughout funds. independent, sc.lf-govemed town of Peaks Over20 years I ha,-ewatchedPortland con my time on tl1e island, I always fell that the 2. How much Ume do you spend work Island. sistently ignore the island or iJnpose solu city treated Peaks with benign neglect only lngon llC lssuesT tions It deemed best. Simply put, t11e City's sho'\\l'ing serious interest in the island com 1\venty·to -thirty hours per week, priorities have been 1hoseofthe city not of munity when isJanders threalened to se a. How do you view tlte roleof the IIC go Cevia and George Rosol the Island. Howco,~d it be otherwlse?The cede. Ing forward In the secession process, now Co-c h a i rs, City has responsibilities 10 63,000 other cit I believe that the most effecllvewayfor is that the advisory referendum has passedT Public Services izens. But we islande~ do know our priori· landers to care for 1heir cornmuniry would 'fhe steering committee of the UC can Committee ties. and when we govern ourselves, we wW beforthemtoself-govem. l beliewthat the help coordinate the many island residents Biographi be able to democratically set them and de· best fom1 of American government is local who ba,-e started attending IIC meetings caJ h1forma cide how co implement them. government. Tile national and state gov- since the election imo existing and new tion: (nnkeep 2. How m uch time do you spend work ~ ernments in1 America todav are conrrolled sub•comminees-there isstilJ much work ers: George is in g on IIClssuesT by special lobbying groups; and most indi to be done! The IIC now needs to select an electrical Five hours a week. vidual Americms have little or waning in· able and experienced nego tiators 10 meet engineer: Cevia 3, How do you vlewll,e role of the IIC go fluence on m ost policy matters. The very with the C ity of Portland and work out fi. is an editor. publkist and technical writer. ing forward in the secession proces,, now low approval ratings of our national and nancial and legal issues. And fmally, the Married with eight children and 11 grand that the advtsoryreferendwn has passedT state governments bear uuth to this deep IIC needs to keep all islanders infom1ed of children. Most importantly, being a place for all dissatisfaction. Peaks lsland has many tal· progress and results of negotiations, and I. Wbydidyoujolnlhe IICT islanders, who want to be involved in the ented and dedlca1e .,. PAGE16 ISLAND TI MES J11/y2006 UC, from page JS contraclS between the City and Peaks. This down front. We are now at the stage th.n serious ne• time in June, 2005. wi.U insure that both parties l1a,..·e lictlcor no 3. How do you view the role of the UC go· gotiations arc to be conducted between 1, Whydld youjoln lhe UC? detrimenlal effectS as a resull ohhe separa Ing forward In the secession process, now the IIC and the City of Portland represen I consider the island to be a unique com• tion. 'A'e also ueed to come up with the u-ue that the advisory referend um h as passed? tati\. Please call us with your story ideas at 766-095 ,, ,. or send us an email at [email protected]. Anyone who would like to write articles for the Island Times is also invited to contact us with your story Maine Wharf, Portland. ME ideas. Thanks. Your input is invaluable to 879-2562 (Across From Casco Bay Lines) this community newspaper! J11/y2006 ISLAN D TIMES PAGE 17 Puns &Anagrams l.lyCe,ia Rosol copyri9ht2006 2Advance inPLOand IRA LOAN Across 3 More than one Emmet 1-elly I Board small Labrador retrievers SI.AB and Thomas Nast ANfS 5 Please removeendt ft<, a,id clooc SEAL 4 \'tggie'sahl~so I hear BEET 9 One who abominates destto)ing Ean.h HATER 5 0on'tordera Lao soup in a t4Aneoissometimesbest A-Ol'(El) South American city SAO PAULO ISAgah,1io'sscw11 ALGA 6 Lert, tooktea.stimd, had brownie E.LF 16 Paradelefi, cemergirl ADELE 7Got onwid1 Degas endlessly AGED 17 Grace she fox note fornecessarv 8 E.alts1hcmostslipshod IAXEST lo reign tm-el inlonnation RATES OFEXCHANGE 9 Hi, Human. where's fonner 20,\Jdlaogcl (\\ithout angle) clement 105! HAHNIUM de&troys spinet INSTEP I0Madam'smiddle nam• ADA 21 C3Jtdldatc for President found in Men DEAN 11 Southerner neatens hens 22 Vanillahaszip Nil \',ithout heads TENNESSEAN 23 Gh-e away bad an RAT 121..eering? Er- no. Watch! ELGIN 25 Runner can skip ,,ithou1 end SKI 13Vi rginia dances with f.llc'shelp REELS 26 Measw-es lettm ENS 18Fluidsfromears SERA 27 Often chefs from US. t9Cetnerllblock CAKE treasure an RESTAURATEURS 24Sinkpart that'sbroken TRAP 33 \\!er at all times EVER 27Canninedecapi1atedMr.&1 RED 34 &,ing'sgoneto get insect 28T1le,-espers EVES secretion from lilce, ...ings L~C 29Testsmen in feelings SENTIMENT'S 35 Found in teenager James's room MESS 30S.11nple51),on·swlthout cuoes TRYON 37 Gainsa)~yo u nerds! Removeou.rs, DENY 31 EarlyCroatian perfonner ACTOR 3.'l \\>by, no! Copy it and hit a neo~. OPTIC 32 Eli)' leaves"beerbeUy' for tlerg)man REBBE 41 Goodb)-esnogoodlorTurl:.-•hcads 81)\'S 36NYC'sin agree1nen1 SYNC 43 Promenade from Taos to Athens STOA 39Conlusedaidegaveapproximation IDEA 45 Doeon a Grecian urn ODE 40 LooSJ)eCS u1clude place for waste CESSPOOL 46 Scourge or ~,e bcai, BANE 42 Pic1urein Musee SEE 47 Blossomingoornfeelsnice INFLORESCENCE 44 lsabletogi\'eup lorlads AFFORDS 51 Kingfollower DOM 48Superlorsoup made from l:ale w:E 53 Removed from the R>\f PAR 49Orion's appeal ORISON 54Atreehas lallenapa,t. ASH 5-0 Each and e,~ryone contains 55 lleforeor ill tile hereafter ERE a moviedclcetive CHAN 56 Knockout, Le., confused migrant OKIE 51Lacedba ckwardstosetapanem DECAL 58AspupSmadea mess, let it be PASS UP 52.TO\\-TI in Maine and in Toronto ORONO 63 Meeting as a body e. 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LAURIE W ILDES DEB HANNA When: Every Tuesday morning Where: Here al Shaw's Westgate Time: 7:00am loll:00AM Cost: $1 .00 per box PEAKS ISLAND PORTLAND LONG ISLAND • • Details: You must do your own shopping 207.766.5966 207.775 .7253 207.232.0758 between 7:00 am and 11 :00 am. We will have an extra tennlnal open for boaters only. PAGE 18 ISLAND TIMES J11ly2006 \<\'hen earth is on this side or the sun~ m iles fu n her awaythan it isin \YIJ\ler. cults (hides) the lower stars in Pleiades from its northern hemisphere tips 23.5 degrees July 4: While you're waiting for the fire· about 3 to 5 this morning. The trailing edge toward the sun, bringing more light and works to start, check out the waxing gibbous of the moon is dark, so you'll sec the bright heat, wanning it up ru1d bringing summer. moon sitting between Jupiter (up and left) sta,s Me rope, Alcyone and/\tlas pop back up Sb: months from now, when earth has trav andSpic.'l, 1healphastar in Virgo. from behind the moon. eled to the other side of lhesuil, the north· July 5: "Neap tide.. today is high at 6:48 JuJy Zl -22: l£you·re down front around 9 em hemisphere will tip 23.5 degrees away a.m. and low at 12:48 p.m•. with just 6 feet p.m., bring your binoculars and check out from the sun, bringing less heat and light, difference between h.igh and low-and no Mars and Regulus (the alpha star in Leo) cooling it o ff and bringing winter. wonder, with the moon and sun away from just above the western horizon and just cwo· The tempenuure extremes in Maine be· earth.. NC'\\'ton's law put gra\-itational atuac thirds-of-a-degree apart- why, yo u could tween winter and summer can be 120 de tion o f two bodies as the squatc of the dis• cover them both with your pinky. grees, so i1's amazing that life flourishes urncc becwccn them, so distance is much July 22-2.1: Crows wake you up before here, b ut we've adapted our shelter and more important than size. dawn? Bike to the b:lckshore this morning clothing and do well. tnterestingly, our July 10: FuU moon rises at 8:41 p.m . The and check o ut 1hc waning crescen t moon smruner occurs when earth is furthest Farmer's Alrnanac calls it the Buck Moon. nearVenusout over the ocean. J/1,utration by Jamie Ho9an away from the sun ("aphelion"), but be• Thunder Moon, or Hav Moon. Call it what July 25: New moon means no moon to fo re you piry people lhing in the southern you want, it provides li8-ht eno ugh for a cool light the sky al night, so let's set up the tele BVMtCHAF.LRtc HARDS hemisphere, remember that most of earth·s walk o n the back shore. scope and hunt for star clusters, galaxies and Aristotle and other ancien t astronomers oceans are there. moderating temperatures July 13: The waning gibbous moon·s at neb,tlae. thought that the heavens (being godly ere· significantly. perigee today, closest to earth this cycle, JuJy 26: The thin waxing crescent moon at.ions) were perfec, and that the planets and The constellation Hercules is near the ze. bringing the "spring tide .. high after noon sets in the west at 9:17 tonight and 9:36 IO· their orbits were therefore perfectly round. nith when darkness finaJlv foils this mon th. and mJdnight and low at dawn and d usk, morro""· These arc my favorites, as earth· As their celestial observations became more Go o ut around 10 p.m., face south, and look with 12 fee t'l>etween high and low tides. shine ligh ts the dark lim bs. accurate, however, they realized that the straight up. You'll notice the red giant star July 17: Last q uarter moon is high in the July 29: The crescent moo n's at apogee phmets' orbits were not circular but ,,rere Arcturus (in BOOtes) o n your right and bJue- sky at dawn. again, a little watermelon rind in the sunset. somewhat e Ujpti- white Vega (in Lyra) July 20: A thick waning crescent moon OC· .. cal, and the planets • on yottr left-Hercu· slowed and acce,- les is in the middle erated as they were Star Gazing and covers a lot o f sky. slung around the I love Corona Borealis sun. to its right, a big smile Funher calculations Jed astronomers co in the night. The pla1tets most visible now PAINT POT conclude that eanh '",as not the center of the a.re Jupiter in the vvest after dusk and Ven us universe but was one or many planets o rbit· in the west before dawn. 0oth are brighter WAoro eoao, Livas ing the sun. Unfortunately, tlie church had than any star and will catch your eye first. I adopted the •perfection" theory and pun· wonder how many wishes ha\'e been wasted Choose from over 4700 vibrant colors, including ished astr0nomers such as Copernicus and on themasthe•firststarlsee tonight." SPNEA Historical Colors of America Galileo for their heresy. July 1:Tile moon's at apogee today, its rw- The earth itself does not spin straight u p thest from earth in its elliptical orbit. Large inventory of paint supplies but tilts at a whop ping 23.5 degrees relative July 3: First quarter moon is high in the sky to its o rbit around the su n, probably the re· at sun.set. The next week o r so is prime rime Custom color matching ofp aints and stains suh ofso me ancien t colJision '"ith 3 comet. for telescopic Ju nar exploration. Focus on Eanh always tilts in thesruned irection, how- the tem1inator line between ligh t and d ark, We deliver to Casco Bay Lines e,•er. \Vith ,he nonh pole pointing toward Po+ as it creates shadows on the craters, moun· laris. "the north star," tains, and rills. Today, asteroid XP14 pass· Of course, ·a1ways" is a relath•e term: over es by earth. nearly as close as the moon. Jl's 25.800 years, the pole makes a slow clock· one-third -o£·a·mile wide and 1ra,•eling fast, 772-2371 wise circle, liken toy top slowing down, in a so it \'\'Ou.I d ma.kc a mess if it hit us. Astrono· 1236 Congress S treet phenomenon called p recession. which re· rners keep a close watch on chese interlopers (Just off 1-295) Portland sult from a combination of che physics of and are \.,1orking onpla.ns todivertor destroy M.f: 7 AM•5:30 PM, Sat. BAM-4 PM t0rque and the gravitational pull of the su 11 any they discover heading at us. l!anh's at and moon on the eanh, especially on her aphelion at 7 p.,n. tonight, the furthest lt gets New: We stock Cabot stains oceans. from 1hc sun in its elliptical orbit, 3.2 million PORTLAND SERVICE DIRECTORY THE We've moved! Wendy Pollock, D.C. 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Ullldscal' ' New Construction Renovation CARPENTER Property Management FOR HIRE H4IND DIG S '\O 'l'~l1'5 U'I lhP TradC' John Kiely · Patios · Plantlngs Carpenter · Stone Walls · Ponds · Walks · Garden Design 591 island Avenue Fully Insured · lawns Peaks Island ME 04108 (207) 766-2026 JKiely1@maine rr com MaceyOnne DON GROEGER • 207.766.5525 FUl1Y INSURED· FRU lSTIMAl't:S 766.2380 PAGE20 ISIAND TIMES July 2006 Exhibit tells Chebeague's story through 250 years of Hamil~ons BY OAV10 1"1.ER their crew and captains, photos of the island to Damon's article on the exhibit .. Extend· guests and the major ones, Hamihon Vil In 1756, North Yarmou th residenc Am hotels owned by Hamiltons and souvenir ed Family," in the 2006 edition of the ls/and la, The Hamilto n Hotel, The Hill Crest and brose Hamilton purchased 50 acres o! land china and glassware from Island hotels and Journal magazine. Summit House were all owned and o perat on Chebeague Island. stores. When the Methodist movement came to ed bv Hamiltons or Hamilton descendents. Within a few years he doubled h is hold· There's a wooden desk from Hamilton & Maine in the early 19th cemury, the Ham Islanders also did laundt,\ took our sailing ings, built a home and married Deborah Co., a green, wooden post office sign and a Utons joined the new church. Hamiltons parties and delivered groceries in horse Soule. This marriage had profound conse drawn cans. Local photographers took pic quences for Chebeague Island. turesoflsland landscapes th~t became post The majority of the couple's 14 children cards and souvenir china was created. , . and 72 grandchildren married into almost While islanders had more independence t.: every new fomily that carne to the island, ~ - -, f•'-· ..- running their own stone sloops, they were according to Donna Damon's introduction not self-sufficient. "They went from be 10 the new exhibit at the Museum of Che .:~;,.~-- ~ ing dependent on the granite industry, for beague History, "Creating Community: 250 aJI the government contracts to build forts, years of Han1iltons on Chebeague," which wharves aod buUdings, to being dependent opened onJune24 and will run fora year. M ember s of th e Hamilton family owned and oper ated the major hotels on Che on people·s whim for leisure tjmc, .. Damon Srnningwith that first land purchase, the beague Island 's East End. These postcards, part of the Hamilton show at the Mu said. "We are ah"-a.ys dependent on some• Hamihons became one of the most signlll seum of Chebeague llistor y,show the East End a t the height of the island's ho tel thing," cant families on the island and their descen er a. Pilot01, courrMy ofthe Chebeague 1.6la nd Hl!.torical Sociery It was the ability to cope with these chang dents played imponant roles in island reli es that was crucial for the survival of the gion, the stone sloop industry and the cre island community. ·These were ph·ola1 ation of island hotels and stores. wooden sign with th e text, R.N. Cleaves Gro signed the petition that led to Chebeague points," Dan10n said. "How did people react On July 15, there will be a I Jamilton family cery and Bakery. There's the wooden grUJe leaving Nonh Yarmoth and joining Cumber in this transition from stone stooping to the reunion held at se,·eraJ sites on Chebeague, and pos, office boxes from Bowen's Store lMd in 1821, aqcord.ing to Damon's article. hotel busi..ness?That's wha1 it is all about."' according to Damon. who is a descendent and Post Office. And there's a life-sized pho In the 19th century island residents made In the 1890s the year- round island popu· of Ambrose Hamilton. The museum will be to of Henry \V. Bowen, whose mother was a their living transporting granite from New lation was 700. After World War I, the coast open all day for the event, there "1ll be tours Hamilton.· England quarries to eastern cities. At one al hotel industry also began to decline. Che o!the Island cemetery and Damon will give For Damon, the history of the Han1il- point islanders O\.,med, crewed or captained beague lost one-third of its population be a lecture on the Hamilton's at 7 p.m. that 1on family is also the story of how Maine is· o,-er 70 of the shallow-draft vessels, called tween 1910 and 1920. "Had It not been for e\-iening. lands adapt to change. That theme has run rocksloopsorstonesloops. the cornmu nity's entrepreneurial spirit, the A Chebeague Island 1-listorical Society through all three previous exhibits at the The exhibit includes account books from dee-line would have been even more dra committee planned, researched and in museum, which flrst opened on July 6, 2003 the sloops llmkee Girl and Pigeon HIIL There matic," wrote Damon. in the exh ibit intro stalled the exhibit. The conmllnee includes in the island's former District 9 schoolhouse. are llstS, and many photos, of 119 Hamiltons duction. Miriam Moulton, Syliva Ross, Jim Millinger "How do you adapt to change. and does and their descendents who crewed or cap One of the major questions the exhib and Mac Passano with Jane FrluelJ and Da that make a cUfference in how an isl..md sus tained the stones loops. it poses is "How important is famUy in set• mon as co-chairs. Island Institute Fellow tains itself?" Damon sai as chair of the UN Commission on Human Eleanor Roosevelt to visit the Fifth Maine Right$. This commission. u nder her leadership, Vermont actress Elena Dodd b rings her on the lecture circuit, in a personal, infonnal d rafted the Un iversal Declaration of Human ponrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt to the Fifth style. The show, directed by Josephine Lane Rights, the first international statement o! its Maine Regiment Museu m on Wed., July 26 of Brookline, Mass., and performed by Elena kind in history. On Dec. JO, 1948, the decla at 7:30 p.rn. Dodd o f Westminster West, Vermont, is oo ration was adopted by the UN General As "fhe one,woman show is called, "Meet El authored by Lane and Dodd. Following the sembly. Intended as a statement of p rin· eanor Roosevelt: Ad\'ocate fo r Universal Hu· performance Ms. Dodd answers q uestions ciples only, it has achieved the force of law man Rights.";; donation ofS B per adult and fro m the audience. throughout the world. SS per child is requested. A reception for The program covers Mrs. Roosevelt's ex· "Mrs. R." speaks candidly o f her hopes for Mrs. Roosevelt will follow the program . perience after her husband Franklin's death, this land mark document and o f the prob \ , 1/ This performance features an historical when she was named as the United States lems she faced in trying to reach consen ·F,knu Dothl u.s Elcm10r ROOAc\"t'lf ponrait, p resentin g the fo rmer First Lady de.legate to the United Nations and served please "'" ELEANOR, page 11 the world alongside some of the greatest U.S. Naval Acad emy Chapel, the Governor's Summer music on Peaks names in jazz, and they include faculty from Mansion at Annapolis, and the Lyric Opera the most prestigious schools in Maine. House. BY FAITH YORK Harmon is a gradua1e or Westminster OnAug.16, the 25-voice Peaks Island Cho The choir has p roduced four recordin gs As the dust o r Peaksfest settles, we look Choir College, and has sung under such in rale will offer its 2006 p rogram, "And the and has been !eatured on numerous tele ahead to the glor ies ofsu m mer- to bursting spiring co nductors as Leonard Bernstein, Night Shall Be Filled with Music; a concert vision and radio stations. including NBC's rockets, dripping ice cream cones, swelter Leopold Stokowski, and Sir Malcolm Sar· on the theme of, what else, music! "Homicide: life on the Streets." Maryland ing beach days, and music at the Fifth Maine gent. She is currently on the ap ptied mu The evening will include various styles of Publlc Television, and National Public Ra· Regimem Museum. sic faculty at waynflete School and Port a cappella, piano, and strings-accompanied d io's "All Things Considered." As it has done !or over three decades, the land Christian School, and is director of the choral selections by Handel, Purcell, Do· We are so \'er)' honored to host this irnpor• Peaks Island Music Association (PIMA) once Chancel Choir at Cumberland Congrega nato, Bach, Parry, Boyer, Flanders, aod Bill tam (and large) group, and we do hope to again has summoned its creative energies to tional Church. ings, in addition to an Irish folk song, a Ni greet them with a warm (and large) Peaks ls bring a diverse concert series to this com She is a 35-year member of the Choral Art gerian " highlife" number, an original by this land welcome! munitv. Society. Vice President oft11e Portland Ros correspondent, and a fmv solo and ensemble With over 70 individuals touring, this is Uve,Y other Wednesday evening, you are sini Club, and an officer of the National As pieces, imerspersed with poetry readings on obviously a major endeavor, and PIMA is invited to wander along Seashore Avenue sociation of1eachers ofSin ging. The daugh the topico(this universal language. enthusiastically seeking assistance from the and listen !or the mains of something me ter o r longtime Peaks Island residents. the This year, in addition to the Fifth Maine conununitywith rhis event. lodic. new, and interesting spilling f-ro m the Re,·erends Carl and Gretchen Hall, she wUJ concert series, another very special PIMA Most especially, the boys and their es --- doors of the Fifth Maine. beginning at 8 p.m. perform folksongs from the Hebrides (Scot sponsored event has been scheduled for the cons need housing for one evening. includ· On July 5. the annual "Island Musicians" land), and selections bv Schubert, Brahms, last week in July. ing breakfast and a bag lunch. Nso needed concert features a wonderful mix of musi and Gershwin, in addition to three opera On 1\1es., July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Meth· is transponation ofluggage and equipment ciansof all ages offering an an song/classical arias. including ·una Voce Poco Fa" frorn odist Church, we will be graced by the har from the boat to the church and back, and repertoire. This year come and be enter Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville." This monic sounds or the 60-•-oice Maryland food and helping hands for a potluck dinner tained by trumpet and voice, piano and vio is sure to be a fabulous program, don't miss State Boychoir. Founded in 1987, this Balti the night of the concen. lin, sax and cello, solo and enscmbl<>-this is it! more treasure tours five Limes a year, per Last vear's islanders who rook in rnem· atways an enjoyable evening! The rafters wiU shake on Aug. 2, as the big forming over 50 concerts, and has been in· bers of ihe traveling choir The Heritage Sing On Julv 19, virtuoso vocalist and former band sounds of the LS-piece all-women strumemal in shaping the Jives of hundreds ers !rom England, are still talking about the Peaks Islander Elizabeth Harmon will grace Edith Jones Project swings us into mldsea ofyoung men and future leaders. good times they had, and the new friends the halJ with her soaring soprano voice. son. If you managed to catch them at the The choir has toured Europe, Canada, and they made. I! you can nod it in your hearts She will be accompanied by Susan Rudy of Inn for the PeaksFest USO Dance, ,-ou know the United States, and performed at such and homes to help, please contact me at 766- Cape Elizabeth and Washington D.C., who what you're in for! • prominent venues as the White House, 1hc 5763 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. has studie