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Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Island Times Newspaper, 2006 Island Times Newspaper, 2002-2013 11-2006 Island Times, Nov 2006 Mary Lou Wendell David Tyler Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/itn_2006 Recommended Citation Wendell, Mary Lou and Tyler, David, "Island Times, Nov 2006" (2006). Island Times Newspaper, 2006. 9. https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/itn_2006/9 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Island Times Newspaper, 2002-2013 at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Island Times Newspaper, 2006 by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I SLAN DJ1 NOVEMBER2006 A community newspaper covering the islands ofCasco Bay FREE Secession group to make comprehensive proposal BY DAVID TVLBR "We want to make sure the fig• The Peal<s Island Independence ures are all set before we release Committee will submil a comp re· it; said Michael Richards. chair hensive proposal for secession of the Island Independence Com­ from the City of Portland in about mittee (llC), and a member of the a \\-eek. negotiating learn. ·we want to do It's 1he latest development in it as accurately as we can-that's a difficult bargaining process. the reason for us taking our time," Since negotiations began in July, "This proposal will allow us to the parties involved differed on do it in a way that makes sense whether the negotiations should for both Peaks and Portland," he be public or priva1e, who should said, in a phone interview. sil at the table and what the topic ln an advisory referendum on of discussions should be. June 13, Peaks Island residents As of Nov.!, the IIC was check­ voted in favor of seoession 393 ing the figures for the proposal. pl,asesee SECESSION, page 14 Boater disappears during night-time trip Halloween at Scott a nd Nancy Nash's house is always a thrill! Photo by George ROAOI BY 0,WID 'I'tLER anyone beard from Gilsey, who At 12:30 in the morning ofOct. was 55. He was 001 in distress at 10 Robert Gilsey made a cell the time he made the phone call, Creating an alternative Halloween phone call to a friend. Crowell said. It's thought that he then got in­ Gilsey's boat was found adrift to his 23-foot cuddy cabin boat, by a lobsterman east of Cape tradition on Peaks Ripple, shortly after making the Elizabeth al noon on Oct. 10. call. He went in his boat from There was no o ne on board. The BY 0AV1D1"U.R the creators of the haunted house. Christmas at Halloween. Great Diamond Island towards keys were in the ignition, the • It's one of the most cntenaining The tradition began eight years This years creators included Portland, according to Ensign throttle was on and the boat's traditions o n Peaks Island. ago when a group of fr iends were Scott and Nancy, Tun and Kathleen Ben Crowell, of the U.S. Coast gas tanks empty. The cover to the Every year, fo r the past eif,ht at lhe Nash house at Halloween Beecher, Gary Brookman, Darcie Guard's First District Public Af. boat's engine had been taken off. years, a group of creative spook· and decided to do something dif­ Duke, Ryan Evans, Ted Smylcal and fairs Office. Three weeks after his disap­ sters have come up with new varl· ferent. ·That started the whole Terry Sutherland, said Scott. The night was relatively calm, pearance. what happened to ations on the haunted house tra­ thing," said 11m. "Now it's getting "Every year we have more and with three-foot-seas and 15 knot Gilsey remains a mystery. As of dition. · more and more sophisticated.• more fun; said Scott. ·That's the winds. Nov. I, bis body bad not been This year about 12 people cre­ ·1t·s a lot of worl(. but it's a ioc reason adults like it-we do some­ The phone call was the last pleatesee LOST BOATER, page 14 ated a Hlllbllly Halloween at the of fu n; said Tim. ·we're basically thing that is alternative. It is nev­ home of Scott Nash and Nancy adult kids. It's a nice, creative o ut­ er a straightforward Halloween Gibson Nash. let. Most of us have more profes· theme." Those who d_,i red to go near the sional, creative Jobs. To be able to (n addition to creating new Nash house were chased by hUl­ get silly and do what you want to spooky themes, they enjoy the chil­ billies, frightened by a dog-boy, do is very relaxing." dren's creativity. "The costumes on spooked by varmints, had to get Every year the group comes up this island-there are so many their candy out of an outhouse wil.h a new theme, and the people hand made outfits, it's heaven; and fmished walking through a 20· come up with their own ideas for said Scott. This year, someone cre­ foot-long Tunnel of Pooh, accom­ the haunting. "We have a bunch ated a 20-foot Chinese dragon out panied by two people dressed as of 1l alloween geniuses," said of cereal boxes. He remembers one the children's book character. Scott. "They are all lndlvidual art­ year when two girls came as Grant "We try to mix the horrifying with ists coming up with new ideas. ·1 Wood's painting "American Goth· the welcoming," said Scott Nash. set a structwe for it and everyone ic; complete with frame. Ail involved in the haunting are comes up with different things.· Each year, as Halloween ap­ careful 10 gauge their audience so Scon is not sure of the order of proaches, friends ask what this they don't excessively frighten the past themes. but they have done year's theme will be, but the cre­ youngest trick-or-treaters. "You clowns, fairy tales, monkeys, cam­ ators make sure it's always a sur­ have to play it by ear and look into paign 2000, a hospital night clin ­ prise. ·1f they ask, we lie about it," ,heir eyes,• sa,d Tim Nihoff, one or ic, a haunted ice cream truck and saidScott . One of the CBITD boa.rd of directors seats for Peaks and three Minnick, Thompson vie for School Committee seat other directors' seats a.re up for grabs. Rebecca C. Minnick and Ma­ studies departmem. l obtained a lie Schools. I want my expertise vourneen Thompson are running master's in environmental edu­ to be or use. 2. Public education Six candidates seek Casco against each other for the District cation in 2002. ~y work as an ed­ is the institution that makes this 1 School Committee seat. Di.strict ucator and, previously, a teach­ country a democracy. No mat­ I inc/1tdes Cliff, Great and Utrle er consultant has brought me 10 ter how litdc money a family has, Bay Lines seats Diamond and Peaks islands and many, many classrooms lhrough­ !heir child can go to public school, It's been a challenging year at communications and very little Munjoy Hill on the mainland. Otis out Maine and New England. As become educated, and attend the Casco Bay Lines, which is gov­ accountability. In June, Pat Chris­ Thompson ofPeaks Island, who is part of my current Job, l see ev­ best colleges in America. For this erned by the Board of Directors of tian, general manager of Casco Bay not running for ,e.. election, now ery Portland public elementary belie[, I would seive fully. 3. I of­ the Casco Bay Island Transit Dis­ Lines. announced his resignation, holds the seat. The Island Times school and meet many of the stu­ fer much experience in education trict (CBIID). In March, employ­ effective in the fall. Then in Sep­ sent each candidate a question· dents, parents, teachers, and oth­ and the abilities to listen, study, ees submitted a petition listing tember, the board's finance com• naire aski1Jg their priorities for er school employees. I am moti­ think creatively, and collaborate. 11 complaints against manage­ mitlee announced a substantial the school system and why vc,rers vated to run for school committee pleaseStt SCHOOLS.page 11 ment. In April, a petition signed projected budget deficit for 2006. should chose rhet>L by my love or cltildren, my passion by 284 island residents also ex­ This year, sixcandidates are seek• for education and my belief that pressed unhappiness with man­ ing four positions on the Board of Why are you running for this children are possibly the most im· MORE agement. At the end of March, the Directors. The Island 11mes asked office? ponant people in community, as board hired an independent con­ each candidate four questions Minnick: I have a background they are the ones that will lead us ELECTION suhant who dismissed employee about the issues facing CBITD. Ali in education. I worked a year to­ in lhc future. charges of harassment and fraud posts have three-year terms. ward a master's in education in Thompson: 1. My life has been directed against management but integrated learning from Antioch dedicated to public education. COVERAGE noted that ferry management suf­ New England University before This is a critical moment in the rers from a lack ofleadership, poor please see C8IT1) RACES,pag.-4 switching to the environmental development of the Portland Pub- INSIDE PAGE2 ISIAND TIMES November 2006 power on Saturday aftc.rnoon.
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