Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1989) Casco Bay Weekly 7-6-1989 Casco Bay Weekly : 6 July 1989 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 6 July 1989" (1989). Casco Bay Weekly (1989). 27. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989/27 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1989) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greater Portland's news and arts weekly JULY 6, 1989 AND THE ART OF In a pre-game warm-up ritual, Kevin transfers his spiritual energy Into his golf ball. STORY by Mike Quinn of life. And there's no question that PHOTOS by Tonee Harbert How to find it's a discipline directed toward a Stranded on the back nine of life higher meaning. But what's really as I am, it's hard to find the true important is that unlike most paths to enlightenment meaning of things. But, humbling enlightenment, putt-putt requires myself before the unforgiving sun of virtually no talent. summer, I followed my children into That's why it's such a popular on the a labyrinth of confusing symbols and family pursuit. Kids are natural~ at challenges - and I have emerged a losing themselves. We adults need the better person for it. practice. Astroturf I took the family to play putt­ "It's not whether you win or putt. (That's miniature golf to Main­ lose," I explained to the troops as we ers.) stepped from our fiberglass car onto Sure, a miniature golf course is a the Astroturf, "it's whether you be­ path toward a clearer understanding come one with the fun." CONTINUED on page 8 UPDATES page 2 CALENDAR page 12 WEIRD NEWS page 3 LISTINGS page 14 TALK page 4 EATS page 18 VIEWS page 6 CLASSIFIEDS page 21 COVER page 8 PUZZLE page 23 ART SEEN page 10 POOK page 23 Scoff Paper at home and abroad. The artist as healer. Peace speaks. See page 2 See page 10 See page 4 lilly 6, 1989 2 Usco &y Wukly SALE ANNUAL SUMMER SALE 20-30-40-Up TO 70% OFF STARTING 7T11 OF JULY Cotton Sweaters THE WEEK IN BRIEF: Colorful Skirts, Linen Blouses, Suits, Bathing Suits, Golf Skirts. Leon Levin & E.S. Dean Tops, Trousers, Suitli & Lightweight Raincoats. SPECIALTY SHOP FOR WOMEN Pro-choice advocates unite Dresses, Cocktail & Daytime Cottons In response to the U.s. Supreme Court decision trimming the to list afew of our greatly reduced collection 185 PARK ROW constitutional right to abortion, 11 Maine women's and human BRUNSWICK, M~INE rights groups have formed Maine Choice, a new coalition advo­ HOURS: 9:30-5:30 MONDAy-SATURDAY cating reproductive choices. Although abortion remains legal in SUNDAY 12:00-4:30 "AROUND THE CORNER FROM J\OWOOIN COLLEGE. ACROSS FROM Maine, and is not directly affected by the July 3 decision, Maine WE ARE AIR CONDITIONED! TIlE BIG GREY CHURCH" Choice organizer Sally Sutton said, "Maine women have lost at this point." Those interested in more information about Maine Choice are invited to contact any of the founding groups: American Associa­ tion of University Women, Family Planning Association of Maine, League of Women Voters, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine Commission for Women, Maine Home Economics Association, Bring them to Maine Women's Lobby, Maine National Organization for Women, JUST BLACK & WHITE National Council of Jewish Women in Maine and the National and we'll make them look like new again. Monterey Pine Lawyers Guild/Maine Chapter. The S.D. Warren mill stands In the heart of Westbrook. 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Warren suggest Westbrook consider an odor ordinance. more than $500,000 in overdue "bridge" loans, which were given $89.00 to $279.00. paper mill in Westbrook has raised the specter of (Rockland, Maine, adopted such an ordinance, to Portland's largest neighborhood association as interim financ­ types of black & white film and we a local odor ordinance and attracted the personal complete with a "panel of noses" to sniff out odor ing SO it could develop three buildings into low-income housing. can convert to black & white from 621 Forest Avenue near Woodfords Comer, Portland, Maine your color originals. 871-0578 attention of Maine Department of Environmental complaints rising from its now-defunct but then­ Portland West officials have said they want to meet with MSHA Satisfaction Guaranteed Exit 6B off Route 295 Protection (DEP) Commissioner Dean C. Marri­ smelly Sea Pro fish plant.) But Captain McCarthy director Elizabeth H. Mitchell during the first week of July to ott. 54 YORK 8T. said later that "we would prefer to eliminate the discuss repayment. The three properties purchased with the JO S T 761-5861 The mill, which is a subsidiary of Scott Paper, problem without an ordinance." MSHA money remain unfinished and vacant. FlITON FURNISIDNGS reported two "ventings" or chemical releases to Alarmed by the unusually high number of Hours: Mon. & Thurs. 10-8 Tues, Wed, Fri 10-7 Sal 9-5 Sun 12-5 the DEP in South Portland. Katherine Cleighton­ complaints, DEP commissioner Dean Marriott Mastercard. American Discover and ch~\Cs wel'comle. Richardson of the DEP's air bureau has recom­ scheduled a July lon-site inspection of the mill Homeless survey released mended the mill be served with a notice of viola­ and DEP spokesperson Deb Garrett invited More than 100 homeless people were surveyed in Portland tion for the June 26 venting, caused when an members of the media to accompany him on his shelters this February to determine the needs of Portland's esti­ operator failed to divert the smelly gasses into an visit. mated 200 to 400 homeless people. The City of Portland and the incinerator. But, said Richardson, a second vent­ Nonetheless, mill spokesperson David United Way released the preliminary results June 30. Survey ing during the early morning of Thursday, June Maskowitz immediately threw out the only jour­ organizer Rev. Frederick Neu said the only surprise was the 28 was probably not a violation because the new nalist who arrived with Marriott, a reporter from number of people who admitted chemical dependency: 45 per­ technology "cold blow" gasses released were not Casco Bay Weekly. cent. The survey will be uscd to tailor housing to the needs of Come to anticipated in S.D. Warren's 1988 air emission After their tour sans media, Garrett said that Portland's homeless people. license. Marriott left the mill satisfied that S.D. Warren But the gasses released onJune28 smelled "like was serious abou t fixing the problem-but that he burning cabbage" to Westbrook Police Captain would be "keeping a dose eye on things" in Council loses height fight WESTERLY Paul McCarthy. The Westbrook police station, Westbrook. Three corporate heavies convinced the Portland City Council which is adjacent to the mill property, smelled so Part of the problem is that S.D. Warren is to exempt them from interim height limitations designed to keep bad that morning that shift-change meetings attempting to put several pioneer technologies on Portland's skyline under control. When the limitations were WINDS scheduled in its basement had to be cancelled. line at the same time. "People had a lot of expec­ preSented in mid-June, Guy Gannett Publishing, WCSH-TV and just for the fun of it! "We tried to move fans around the building to tations th.at when the system was switched every­ Maine National Bank all threatened to leave town if the limits dissipate the odor," said McCarthy. "It must have thing would be wonderful," said Garrett. were passed. The proposal to exempt the Congress Street strip been two or three in the afternoon before it was In previuus weeks the mill has subjected neigh­ from height limitations was made by Councilor Pam Plumb. tolerable." bors to the roar caused by one stuck valve and the "We're not in the business of making an exception for each Police Chief Ronald AIlanach went so far as to choking sulfurous gases from another. business that comes forward," said Plumb. She said since the Monte Paulsen Congress Street corridor will ultimately be higher than the pro­ THE PREMIER posed 65 feet, leaving it at 125 feet seemed reasonable. ...as Scott Paper readies to clearcut rain forest ~Turn .. Key" Home Delivered Scott Paper Company, which boasts about ifs warned that eucalyptus drinks heavily and would GM taken to task responSible forestry practices at home, is prepar­ lower the water table. General Motors, which is fighting against Federal clean air To Your Lot & Finished! ing to dearcut thousands of acres of Indonesian Another charge made by environmentalists is legislation, has been targeted by thereawakened Maine chapter of Why buy a mobile home in a park? This 14' x 64' 3 bedroom modular home is rain forest in order to make products like toilet that Scott bypassed the environmental procedure the U.S.