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News Briefs Peaks science instruct/Jr a11d fisherman briefi Co1.1iress on imapct efocea11 acidijtcatio11 on marinmelife, a 11ewworld record, and more. Page2
In the Same Boat Fall Edition - A crush ofar tists, 3rt appreciators and reveHers from the mainland march up Brackett Avenue on a very wet and Megba11 Co11ley, an dreary Saturday,Scpt. 29. They came to P•aks Island on the 2:15 p.m. boat from town for the annual Sacred & Profane art installation opm:ztionsagentwith Casco at Battery Steele, wh ich included some outstanding food this year as well as artwork (more on page 13). Bay Lines, !a,mrhesa new series that diswsses theferry servicefrom a11 employee perspective. Candidates court island votes PageJ byKevin Attra
Candidates in this November's that meet monthly or quarterly fire, being a known quantity to do with rate structure. It lnMemory election came to Peaks Island to say these are the thinis we'a - he's in his fifth term on the works against working people. The fourth annual record of on Wednesd ay, Sept. 28 to like to sec on the council. City Council and has worked Mont h fy a nd annual passes members efthe Casco Bay island try to woo votes from a crowd She feels the most important at the Bay Lines for 35 years. are incredibly expenses and we (ommunitywho've passed away of around 50 islanders at the issues on the island arc taxes and When asked what he's done to need to redistribute the load." in the twelvemonthssi11ce MacVane Center. There arc 10 crime. "I hate to say c~imc, but improve island life, he said, "f H is opponent, Pollard, October 2011. positions open the municipal there is way too much vandalism try to be supportive of budget came with his dog, Katahdin, race, with ihree fo r the Peaks and theft of bikes a nd golf issues beneficial to island." whom he referred to as h is Page6 Island Council, though that's not carts,"' she said. "The services He said he has supported the carrpaign manaser. He is new enough to fill all the vacancies. are excellent. People who think sewer txpansion, more police to Portland, or,ginally from PIC member Scott Kelley the response not great from a nd fire coverage, and school the Blue Hill area, and operates resigned at the end of August police and fire, I had pleasure funding. "I advocated for Peaks a construction company. If lntheArts too fate for his seat to beindud;J of taking fire boat \,wice. It was and Cliff aiainst downsizing elected he said his first priority on the ballot, so there will onlx outstanding service. schools. Im sufportive oT would be helping the homeless be six members on the council Mitchell originally joined the the island counci tn terms of find food and employment. The Business ofArt after Nov. 6. council to address environmental transportation and day care Then he would try to make Art can turn your head, turn Cheryl ]'.liner and incumbent she has about trash and vehicle funding." Portland a more business yourmi11dorturnyouoff. In Mary Anne Mitchell arc use. but now feels other issues Wells called for new ideas. friendly place. lightefthat,ArtsEditor Betsey running uncontested for two 3- also need addressing. "I would • We need new energy on the In ac!d,tion candidates for the Remage-Healeyexamines year tem1Si however. a I-year seat like to go back to the original council, not city councilors for school board and water district to complete the term of former councir t h at had d ifferent life." He wants to reinvest in made appearances, as well as the creative rhalle'!tt for local chair Rusty Foster, who resigned committees. We need to look public transportation and make representatives ofCynthia Dill, galleries 011 a11d oJj i.he islands lo in June, is a race between former at affordability and housing the city more bike-friendly. running for U.S. Senate. turn a profit. councilor Marjorie Phyfe a nd public works, finance. We nee~ "We need to put Portland Afterward, the PlC met in Page12 Jimal Thundcrshield. more community input in what on the map to attract small regular session and appointed Phyfe served on the PIC from M i ke Sylvester November 2009 until August interim chairma n 1------1 2010 ,vhcn the councilors • • until November. resigned en masse after the island - The d i scount police force was cut in half. Phyfe -r-- program fo r monthly REGULAR remained on the council long and annual ferry FEATURES enough to keep it viable througli passes continued to t he l'slovember 2010 election, be a source ofconflict then left in December. among co11nc i l She said on Wednesday members. Casco Bay Lines p.3 that she wa nts to get back on Las t month t he council to m3Kc it more Neighborhood PIES p.4 accessible to islanders and more Liaison Mike Murray ·F/.,,htd" representative of them than it ofthe City Managers has hccn. "I want to start with Office, shut off funds H ogLog p.5 engaging islanders. Get them to for the program, feel that this is their council, that reportedly because The Puzzle p.8 they have a place where they can it wasn't dear how come." much was available, Brio p.8 Thundershield works for the \ which frustrated PIC Pub! ic Services Department member Eric Eaton. and is a longtime resident of the Star Gazing in The discou n t p.9 island. He was unable to attend Candidates November's municipal elections stand near the door of the Community Center in preparation to catch the 7:45 p.m. back to town after prOi,>Tam requested by the meeting because he'd been the l'IC was approved It'saLivin~ p.10 injured when a tree fell on him. making presentations at the PJC meeting Wednesday, Sept. 26. this month -Nfifrty Braun sta" photo and authorized by Phyfe oeened her remarks by ~J · the City Council ,n saymg, • Jimal represents a whole June. According to Fifth Maine J!, 11 heart that we haven't had on the happens with the transportation b usiness and entrepreneurs. councilor Richard Machlin the "Tl,, School tbatAlmort W"' .. island before. He's a renter ... I money." Young peogle want to live in fund was depleted in 35 dar.s didn't know he was my oei,onent Tn the City Council race, downtowns. by annual pass holders, which R ecipes & Ramblings p. 13 when J signed up for this. incumbent Kevin Donoghue Donoghue, running for short-changed eeople who this montb -applt1 Miner was a quality control is running against Benjamin District 1, has been on the wanted the monthly discount. manager for Pratt and Whitney. Pollard for the District 1 Council since 2006. He Mary Anne Mitchell argued Community Notes p.14 She came to Peaks lsland two scat, and incumbent Nicholas is passionate about public thar the pr~rarn only bcneTtted years ago. She wants to make Mavodones Jr. faces Wellington transportation and affordable a few. "I don't know t he Events Calendar p. 15 the council more inclusive, Lyons for the At-Large seat. housing. "I serve oil Metro percentage, but a lot of people relying heavily on committees. All four came out on Sept . 26 and the Bay Lines board of can't afford to buy that yearly Business D irectory p.16 "I would like to see an advisory and spoke briefly about their directors. Some of the issues pass." committee, a group of people campaign. th at I'd like to address have Mavoaones came under some
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United States government," he added. MN Rclienoo, Tug Plonttr, MN b land'Tro.m Congressed Briefed on pon,:r with scnic."e to CaKU U..~ Penobscot ·I was tallting to Jim Webb, the Senator Baymd the entire Maincc.oMI. OW"3 units can Ocean Acidification from Virginia last year, and he said· l be positioned to handle even the lugo"t job. Sm ff Report don"t remember his exact words • but it was something like, 'Well, nice talking Envi ronmental educator and with you. I gotta go. I've got two wars I'm fisherman Mark Green of Peaks Island was in Washington, D.C. last month to explain the ecological consequences of Air&;;n\Vorld Record rapidly increasing ocean acidification to Staff Report • UuildingSu1>1>lie$ members of Congress, "a lot of staffers • Asphah/ con CTt"tC truck$ mostly," he said. On Friday, Sept. 21 museum curator • ULililitsfwclJ dtUUn_g •ouring these things you're not Nancy 3. Hoffman learned that the • Gm\·t.-1 ,stot'le allowed to say 'global warming' or Umbrella Cover Museum on Peaks Island 'climate change' because Republicans was officially recognized by the Guinness will walkout." Book of World Record~ as having the Green spoke on behalf of the world's largest collection of umbrella Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and covers. Ms. Hoffman immediately Marine Conservation Institute, who are broadcast the news on the island list· trying understand and respond to the servs. "Thanks again to everyone for impacts acidification is having on marine your support, encouragement, and old life. umbrella covers!" she wrote. "l love Peaks About 21 million tons of carbon goes Island!" from the atmosphere into the ocean each day, which Green said is 100 times faster than anything the earth's experienced in the last 300 million years. "Since the Indust rial Revolution we've put about 500 billion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere," he said. "The last time anything comparable happened was 59 million years ago, and
essentially all the calcium t • ... l 0 carbonate disappeared from -• • ·' • • l l the ocean." ': ~ --· .,.. The problem is reaching a crisis point. Plankton Hoffman had twice requested to be samples taken in the southern ocean recognized by the Guinness organization show marked deterioration, and roughly but was denied the chance on the basis 30 percent of the Atlantic salmons that her category was too trivial, as food supply has already disappeared, opposed to important ones like most according to Green. bowls broken with one finger, or the PEAKS ISLAND TAXI "So I th.ink salmon are done, 20 or 30 loudest purr by a domestic cat. But years from now. You can't take 30 percent in July she wasJcrmitted to submit a ?fa species food supply. Th~only solution count, conducte by officials appointed 207-518-0000 1s to Jower our carbon em1ss-1ons," he said. by Guinness wit h video and photo T his is t he second year he's spoken documentation. The final count and DELIVERING YOU, GROCERIES AND to Congress on environmental issues, world record is 730 umbrella covers. "Where all good ideas come to die, the TAKE·OUT···ISLAND TOURS AVAILABLE 9 A.M. TO 9 P. M. OR BY APPT. 7 DAYS First day ofschool
Peaks fsland teacher Charles Marcoghi (center) poses with his srudents on the first day ofsc hool T hursday, Sept. 6. Thes chool has 61 students this year. staffphoto Oct2ou ISLAND TIMES PAGE3 At Casco Bay Lines lntheSame Boat BYKEVINATTRA ln the last week of September, management of the company. lt a lso the Maquoit was leased to a private ai>proved a cost allocation plan two and research group conducting research in alia lf years in the making that explains BY MEGHAN CONLEY the bay. The work is reportedly part how grant money is used by the company, of a federal government proi ~ct but a requirement by the funding sources. CBITD Operations ManagerNid1olas Phase T of the terminaf renovation Nice to Meet You Mavodones Jr. said that under the terms project was given the green light as well, of the lease agreement the Bay Lines is having been revised last month to reflect not allowed to reveal any details of the the costs to fix the piers, dolphins and My first memories of Casco Bay Lines to the satisfaction of boch panics. Not prs,ject or the purpose ofthe tests. other decaying elements of the terminal are, literally, the stuff o f nightmares. every conversation wiU end with everyone However, researchers were operating itself. the Maquoit i n the c h annel o ff A portion oft he $420,00 coming from Always a vivid dreao'let, my ·five-year gecung what they want, buc there should Chebeague Island in the vicinity of buoy the city in back payments for garage o ld mind dreamt that a careless cigarette at least be a clearer picture of why that 14 where most of the lobster fishing was maintenance fees will be used to cover tl\e ignited a blaze on the rickety creosote outcome is what h is. taking place at the time, which was a !lay Lines 8ortion of the cost, estimated pilings of the Custom House Wharf, ,hat And that, friends, is where this column mine field ofbuoys. at $350,00 . I go, trapped in ,he d:1nk, creepy waiting comes in. the coming motiths, 1 hope In At the board of directors meeting area with a bunch of scarx criminals, thai to use this space as a forum to illuminate Thursday, Sept. 27, board member Roger the ti ny cabin of the car ferry, R,b,I, was some of the policies and procedures -----'L,_____ Robinson of Great Diamond Island . ~ slowly filling with poisonous snakes, and a, CBL th: le should always be loaic~' Mark Shain Jack Shallow eu1tHtflYH OMr«; The Carco Bay Island Time, is a '''DISC f: INI N' 1:iiilf"' communil)'. oews1>3per covering the islands in Casco l3ay. We welcome birth, engagement and wedding announcements; obituaries; notices of community events; and letters to the editor. P lease try to keep leners to 300 words or less. We reserve 1( ~111:Gooo.w... AU"t.4A, l"'-'('1f l!U C:tut .. the righ t to edit all material. The • newspaper is available by mail for S25 a year. Address checl Printed bythe Times Record, Brunswick \', \', \'.. . F O R T l C, l A :~ D ( O ',' , Oct2012 ISLAND TIMES PAGE5 A reading is a workshop one step short Pla>'l\"round Fund" bysimplygoing to the of a dress-rehearsal. It's sometimes the webs-ite. first chance a cast has to read all together Cash donations are also appreciated. Jf as a group. Readings allow the director, you would like to make a cash donation writer and actors to hear the written word checks may be made payable to the BY BOSS H OG & THE LITTLE SQUEALER and become fam iliar with a play's essence Diamond Cove Playground Fund a nd as rough spots continue to be ironed out. sent to Roger Showmaker, Diamond The Inn at Diamond 118SunscrAvenueaddress. The-Poker Came was read outdoors at Cove, G reat Diamond Island, Maine. Cove Evidently, complaints were filed to the site of the old movie theatre off the 04101 the City of Portland early this spring Diamond Cove parade grounds, and Staff Report indicating that Dinosaur's t rucks over 80 people attended. In the cast were were parked in a residentially zoned Jeanne Coppinget, Susan Bakcr-Ka]>lan, According to Diamond Cove neighborhood. The city issued a cease Dock Renovation Homeowners Association's Pror.erty Tom Maas, Juay Lee, Matt Lee, Sam and desist order to Dinosaur Enterprises Tuckerand Dan Weber. Staff Report Manager, Roger Shoemaker, at that time. P.telimmary sttr,s to renovate the Playwright Anne Weber has written At the time of this report the GD! i:louble-barrack building into The Inn at The trucks have been parked at the three island mystery novellas and is 118 Sunset Avenue address for nearly 25 Dock renovations were approximately Diamond Cove1 will begin this month. currently working on a biography ofa rtist Portland Builaers Inc. will be doing years. John Mulvany. Mulvaney is Weber's great 60 percent complete. All new pier piles the renovations that will transform the "We started the fuel deliver~ business grand-uncle. He is best known for his have been driven. Pile caps a nd the former double-barracks building ro a 22- long before we had any trucks, said Ted paintin~ of "Custer's Last Rally" in 1881 new pier stringers are complete. The unit hotelminium complex. Weber, the company's owner. "We started (20'x 11 ). Weber is collaborating with new ruddet cones for the fender system "This phase of the work will involve out delivering in 50 gallon drums," he Irish art historian Niamh O'Sullivan, a nd t he upper and lower wales have demolition and shoring up rhesrrucrure," continued. "\¥hen t hat grew to be too and hopes to see the biography published been installed. The high and low ramp says Shoemaker. crazy, we bought our fi rst truck.• stringers have also been installed. Josh Cushman, President of Portland within the next two years. The second truck was purchased The Po ker Came is Vveber's first "The temporary floating berth has Builders Inc. has indicated to Shoemaker when Lyme Timber was involved in the that he intends to minimize disruption attempt at playwriting. worked far better t han we originally and impact on home owners during development of Diamond Cove. "They "l was inspi red to try my hand after anticipated," com mented Nick renovation. He is also sending out an decided they didn't want to be in the oil seeing the Long Island productions," she Mavodones, Operations Manager for the animal conrrol specialist ro relocate delivery bu.inc:ss," Ted said. "So they sold said. Casco Bay Islands Transit District. "We a nr, wild life that may be living in rhe me their truck." Anne felt she wanted to present a slice owe a gtear deal ofcredit to the contractor building. That was probably around 1988. ofl ife, create a simple problem and look (Maritime Construction), CBITD Full scale development of the Inn will Carol Morrissette, Chair of the at how complications develop - especially Captains, and the Maine Department of not begin until the spring. Portland Planning Board, on an island. This past spring she Transportation," he said. presided over the workshop. enrolled in a play writing class at Acorn "Our crews have done a great job The board listened to openin~ Productions in Westbrook. getting in and out of the berth in remarks prepared by Dinosaurs Anne said she was mortified after a some challenging wind and weather attorney Ronald \IVard of reading of her first play in class, which conditions. The contractor and his crew Drummond /Wood sum. No took all of five minutes. "Even the actors have assisted the Bay Lines with the use less than a dozen homeowners were confused," she said. of their barge-mounted crane whenever from both the public and private "I fe lt I was in way over my head, but it has been necessary to transfer large sides of Great Diamond Jsland M ichael Levine of Acorn encouraged freight from the ferry to the dock, a nd offered support for the Webers. me to cont inue working as I learned vice-versa. We're all enjoying a healthy Background information and more about what a play is and is not. I working relationship and the project is accounts oi how the Weber included those lessons in the next rewrite going smoothly.• Mavodones stated. family had provided them and the next and the next. The current There have been no sec-backs in the with above average service for version reads in 25 minutes, wh ich says project so far. As a result of the unique as long as they can remember a lot about how far the play has evolved;' challenges associated with marrying was die dominant theme of Weber told us. new marine construction with existing the testimony. M orrisette The Double Barracks building located at the "I'm fascinated by the exactitude of and older conditions, t he expected Norch End of the Parade Ground in Diamond also so licited questions and language necessary to create character, completion date will be closer to the end Cove is the. proposed site of a hotelminium comments from each board situation, atmosphere and movement. ofOctober than theoriginaUyanticipated c.omple.x to be ren ovated next summer by Port.land member present. I love combining my visual sensibilities mid-October. Builders Inc. Initial stabilUation activities are "I can see that t here's an with action and dialogue," she scheduled co take place this fal l. outpour of support in favor of concluded. the W eber family's request," said Weber has no intention of producing staffphoto Morrisette after all testimony T he Poker Grune as a play at this time. had bten taken. Who Took the Trophy? Getting com m itments from actors StaffRepon The Dinosaur If there was any concern among board to rehearse throughout the summer is Workshop members it was to "extend long-term a huge challenge. "I began too late in T hanks to Martha a nd Ed Frager, Staff Report stability" to the oil delivery business. the season to gather a cast just for the Planning board members discussed the Andy Sewall was agai,, the trophy reading" Weber noted. "The evening of winner at Andy's Ninth Annual Ladies The Portland Planning Board held fact that an essential service d elivery the September 1 reading was the first a workshop on Sept. 24 to consider an company operating our of a private Invitational Bowling Tournament held time all seven characters could find on Friday, Sept. 21 at McKinley Lanes application from Dinosaur Enterprises home environment will, one day, need the timeJ ust to read together, let alone fOr a conditional/contract rezoning to to relocate to a more permanent address, on Great Diamond Island. The top ladies rehearse. bowler was Sarah Wood, pictured here allow continuation of the current fuel especially if it is ever sold to someone Perhaps as islanders, we should d istribution business operating at 118 outside tl1e Weber family. consider the merits ofwinter theatre. with Andy. W hy does this man always Sunset Avenue. Current zoning aoes not The Department o( Public Works' win? Is he that great ofa bowler? Come allow a fuel distribution service to operate current site located in the center of the and see for yourself. Andy's 10th Annual in a residentially zoned neighborhood. island cou!d ultimately become a more Ladies Invitational Bowling Tournament The company is owned and operated by favorable location to hou.e oil trucks. the will take place again next September. the Weber family who also reside at the _.For as long as we own the business," Start practicing ladies. commented Betsy Weber, co-owner of Dinosaur, "I know we all feel safer having the trucks on our land, near With the influx of more and more our home, where we can keep our children to the island, many of us eyes on them.• recognize the need to update our Ir was recommended that the playground area with equipment that is Webers continue to complete the Fire safer and more challenging to a wider Marshall's licensing requirements range ofages. In an effort to raise money and get their Spi11 Prevention to fund an updated playgtound, we have Control and Countermeasu re Plan created the "Diamond Cove Playground on file with the City. Fund". One wa[we are raising funds is le felt as t hough the consensus of through the C YNK program, w ww. the board was pasitive and united in dy_nk.crm,. fuvor of recommending the rezoning Ifyou are on the island, simply pick up application to the City Council. a green, pre-labeled CLYNK bag at the entrance of the administration building in Diamond Cove, fill it with returnable In early summer Dinosaur Enterprises, Great 0 iamond f sland's onJy oil delivery service, was The Poker Game bottles and cans, and place t he filled handed a c~se and desist order from the citY. StaffRepon bag out with your trash on trash pick of Portland. It was subsequently rescinded up day. The refunds will automatically and the process of obtaining a conditional On Sept. I the Great Diamond be deposited to the playground funds contract rezonjng is underway. The Portland Island Players, an all-island group account. Planning Board held a workshop Sept. 24 to of thespians, entertained the island Jf you already have your own CLYNK consider the application. with a reading of The Polm- Game by account, you can transfer funds from Anne Weber. your account to the "Diamond Cove staffph c>t o photo by Irene Maas PAGE6 ISLAND TIMES Oct 2012 I N M E M 0 R y As Halloween is a celebration of the Kimberly Macisaac (husband Steven} dead, this month we remember members November2011 January 2012 and Kenora O'Connell, sister Barbara ofthe Casco Bay island community who Ford and two grandchildren. have died since October 2011. Peter S. Harris, 72, Great Diamond Steven V. Callow, 46, Peaks Island, Mary Margaret McDonough, 87, This is the fourth annual record, Island, o n Nov. 19 at home. Peter was unexpectedly on W ednesday, Jan. 18. Peaks Island, on Sunday, Feb. 5 at Mercy started by our staff researcher Irene raised on Great Diamond, and served Steven was a very skilled craftsman, Hospital. Mary attended Northeast Schensted who diligently read the in the U.S. Coast Guard throughout doing re_pair work at Harbour Auto Business College and worked for New obituary section of tf1e Press Herald the world before retiring in 1980. He Body in Portland as well as remodeling York Life for 42 years until retiring in everyday. is survived by his wife Diana T., sons homes on the island. He is surviveo 1984. She bought a cottage on the island Names are listed in alphabetical Richard and John, daughters Stephanie b_y his parents Richard and Martha in 1958 and Sf)Cnt all her summers there. order and grouped monthly, based on Sargent (husband Michael) and Callow, brothers Richard (wife Nancy She was _preoeceased by her husband the date 011heir death. There were no Elizabeth, brother David Farnham, F}, Samuel, C hristopher, Ernest (wi fe Bernard J. and cousin Harold Goucher. recorded deaths in the months not listed. sisters Mary Jane Metcalf and Judith Danylle} and Micliael (wife Anne· She is survived by her sister Elizabeth A. Our records may not be complete; we Burton, and nmegrandchildren. Mane), sisters Robyn Callow, Patricia Pratt, step-daughter Kimberly Mowatt apologi7.,e in advance for any omissions. Edward T. Holbrook, 94, Brunswick Bernheim (husband Robert}( Pamela stepson Kevin McDonough {wife Judy) (Great Diamond}, on Sunday Nov. 20 at Wood and Jennifer Feeney_ husband and one niece and one cousin. f:'almouth b)'. the Sea. He worked at the Joseph), daughters Daniel Callow and Reitter F. Mer.erowitz, 86, Cliff September 2011 Brunswick Railway Express Agency, Mcghan Kennie, son William Tyler Island, on Friday, Feb. 17 in Michigan. {previously unrtporttd) retiring from Brunswick Coal &Lumber two grandchildren and many nieces and No other information available. in 1975. He was predeceased by his wife nephews. April E. Nee, 27, Long Island, on Helen M. Harley, 74, Peaks Island, Mary I. Dou~erty, and is survived by Edwin P. Currier, 88, Peaks Saturday, Feb. 25 of undisclosed causes. Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Gosnell Memorial his son Joseph·'I: (wife M argaret}. Island, on Thursday, Jan. 19 at M aine A loving, caring, free-spirited woman Hospice House in Scarborough. She is Norman Paul Provost, 74, Peaks Medical Center. Ed worked at Thomas with a liuge heart who loved the beach survived by her partner Edward Walsh) Island, unexpectedly at home on Laughlin Co. for over 30 years, and with frienos and familr.. She is survived sons Stephen Hamilton (wife Laurie Saturday, Nov. 19. Norman served was a longtime supporter of the Peaks by her father Daniel K. (wife Brenda}, and Arnold Knowles (wife Alicia), in the U.S. Navy and was a certified Island Land Preserve, the Fifth Maine mother Nancy E. Hardy, companion daughter Dawn Marie Brooks (partner m11sseuse and ordained minister. He and St. Christopher's Church. I-1.e was J. Paul Thornton, brother Martin A., Joseph Meyers), six grandchildren and was predeceased by his sister M. Adele predeceased by his wife, Theresa A. daughter Molly A. Hodgin (father three g rcat·grandchiloren. Linscott Dec and daughter Jade. He {nee Stivaletti), and is survived by bis Michael R.}, both maternal and paternal is survived by his sister Diana Qyinn, brothers-in-law Albert Stivaletti {wife grandpacents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Jame WilliamRossJr.,83, Chebeague October2011 brother Michael, o ne grandson two Anita} and Jerry Stivalctti (wife Alice)1 great-grandchildren and many nieces, daughter Ann Marie -Stratton, ana Island, on Wednesday, Feb. 1 of Donald A. Blanchard Sr., 80, hews and cousins. several nieces, neQhews and cousins . .,,. esophageal cancer. Known as Brothcr1 Chebeague Island, on Monday, Oct. anet Gwillim Whitne , 95, Charles M. "Chucky" H ansen, 52, he studied welding in High School ana 24 after a brief illness. Don spent his ~ ebeag_uc Island, on WednesZ):' Nov. Peaks Island, on Saturday Jan. 21 at the worked on Liberty ships during WWII. childhood summers on Peaks Island 16 at thcMidcoasr Senior Health Center Bar Pines Veterans Hospital, Florida. He became a commercial fisherman after with his grand_parents. He operated in Brunswick. Janet graduated from Ra,sed on the island, Chucky served in serving in the Korean \.Var, and preferred the Blancfiard Construction Company the Chamberlain School for Women the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas and to work with his father1 prothers and son and worked for the Chebeague Islana in Boston and worked for financial later was a commercial fisherman aboard throughout his career. tte was also a self· Transportation Co. before retiring. He institutions until marriage. She was theJ..U.M.A. for Ed Maccini. He was tauglit musician and played with the is survived by his wife Beth U., sister 11_redcceased by her husband Donald pre cccased br his parents Raymond A. Wagoneers for many years. Brother is Barbara (husband Kendall Hussey}, Forte Whitneyd and brothers Robert and Barbara J_. McDonough Hansen, survived by his wife Sytvia H., son Garr. brother £dward E. Jr {wife June}, P. Gwillim an Russell A. Gwillim. brother Paul Hansen and sister Marlene J., brother Richard (wife Priscilla) and daughter Elaine B. Anthony (husband She is survived by her daughters Susan Hansen. He is survived by his brothers several nieces and nephews. A. Burgess (hushand Ernest) and Lee Danny (wife Betty), Martin and Greg William)1 ~ons Donald A. (wife Malec), Steven IV!. (wife Judith Mulligan) Ann R'obinson (husband Cordon), Souza, sisters Donna Egeland (hushana March2012 and Jerald (wife Joyce Charrier}, four grandchild ren and two great Norman}, Alma Glenn lhusband \¥alter) 10 g randchildren and six g reat· grandchildrcn. and Toni Murphy (husband Bernie}, F"u1ley la§ 1e Banlett, 4 months, No. granochildren. son Timothy Hausen, and many nieces, Yarmouth ushingisland),on Saturday, L ola (Stimson} Carollo, 47, Peaks December 2011 nephews and cousins. March 17. he is survived bY. her parents Island unexpectedly on Saturday, Everett \>Vebster Peterson Jr., Brian A . and Bailey J. (Lal'"ointc), Oct. 29. She devoted much of her life Martha Lucretia Holt Whidden 69, Peaks Island, unex_pcctedly on r.aternal grandparents Brenda and to ensuring that disabled adults live Giles, 82, Cli ff Island, on Friday, Dec. 9 Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Brigham and Allan Bartlett, maternal grandparents independently and with dignity. She in Portland. Early in life Martha worked Wome n's Hospital in Boston while Daniel l,aPointe and Meg_ Demyscy, is survived by her Jlarents Robert G. for the CIA and then as a volunteer awaiting a heart transelant. Pete was a and Kathleen Chapin and \ ¥ayne Berry and Mary Howard Sti mson, husband amateur observer for the Moonwatch manager at the General Electric facility as well as great-grandparents, aunts and Barry Carollo, son Maxwell, brothers Division of the Smithsonian to track in South Portland until it dosed in uncles. Mitchell, Sean and Glen {wife Cathy), artificial satellites. (The Moonwatch 1982. He then worked as a commercial Marie Monteith Devine, 89, Cape sister Marilyn Moucharite (husband observers sighted Sputnik.) She married fisherman until suffering a disabling Elizabeth (Peaks Island}, on Tuesday, Adam), and several nieces. her first husband, Samuel Whidden, heart attack. He was predeceased by March 27 after an extended illness. Born Charles Kuntz, 92, Chebeague Island, in 1957 and settled in Wayland, Mass., his sister E laine Qyatrano and brother in Framingham, Mass., Marie was a on Sunday Oct 2 at Island Commons. havingfour children over the next nine Ronald. He is survived by his wife Diane long time resident of Cape Elizabeth Charles worked fo r Casco Bay Lines on years.Th~ywere divorced in 1971. She C . (nee O'Donnell), daughters Cr.nthia where she raised her family, and had steamboats. During WWTI he helped married Everett Giles in 1980. Ther. Card (husband I'.>ouglas), Kathleen an exceptional career as her son's legal transport military men and supplies had known each other as children, ano Austen (husband Douglas} and Karen secretary. She was predeceased by her to the islands and set up target as part Sfent many summers on Cliff Island. Peterson (husband Kevin Rocque}, sons husband Stephen P., brother W alter of the harbor defense system. He was Everett died in 1995. She is survived by W illikam {wife MoUy} and Enc, sisters and sister Elame. She is survived by her p_redeceased by his wife Evelyn and son her daughter Liza Blackwell and sons Christine Sweetser (husband Carl) sons Stephen (wife Sue) and Robert Edward Weagle. He is survived by his Peter Whidden (wife Leslie Cordon}, Virginia Barfiled (husband James) and (wife Kathy), daughters Fran Baker sister Sarah Teague, son Charles M. Charles Whidden (wife M ichele} and Rosetta Symonds (husband Timothy), (husband Robert) and Nancy Devine, (wife Kathleen), daughter Cis Tonks Seth Whidden (wife Rebecca}. 16 grandchildren and many nieces and ni ne grandchildren and five great· (husband Rick), eight grandchildren and Patricia Ellen Maliab91, Peaks neQbews. grandchildren. 16 _great·grandchi@ren. l sland, on Wednesday ec. 7. She Colleen R_. Jones, 75, Chebeague Eleanor (Ellie) Canavan Hill, 94, Sbad M. MacVane, 39, Cliff Island, married C harles Edward Malia in Island, on Frid"ay, Jan. 6., h.s a military Chebeague Island, on Sunday, March 1942 and raised five children. She was wife Col lcen traveled l. to many 11 at the lsland Commons. After raising unexpectedly at his residence on Sunday1 Oct. 2. Educated in the Cliff Islan M £MORY.trompreviou.,, pa9e Henry Dyer of Chebeague in 1948. She Spcrring (husband David) and seven in the ho_spital. She never got out of the taught the J(jndergarten to third-grade grandchildren. hospital. No other informa11on available. John V. (wife Donna) and several nieces, students on the isfand and was actively Lillian (LeBlanc) Gomez, 100, Long nc_phews and cousins. involved in protecting the environment Island, on Monday, June 18. Lillian was July2012 Ethelyn L. (Doughty) Sullivan, 81, ofCa sco Bay and maintaining quality of born to a French famil)' in Aroostook Chebeague Island, on Monday, March life on the islands. She is survived by her county,_and had her childhood education Elizabeth "Betty" Briggs Sterling, 19. Evelyn was born on Long Island, and son Willard Dyer. at the Notre Dame de la Sargasse convent 98, Peaks Island, on Saturday, JulY. 21. worked as a certified nursi1~ assistant at John Edward Hannigan, 94, Peaks 50 miles from home. There she learned Betty was born in Sommerville, Mass. Maine Medical Center, the Jewish Home Island, on Wednesday lvlay 2 following English and piano. She married Robert to Ursula P. and Henry L. Briggs. The in Portland and Noyes Boarding Home a brief illness. Joh n began work at 16 Gomez of Long Island in 1937 and raised family evennially settleo on Peaks Island in South Portland, as well as a volunteer delivering millc for the Maine Dairy five children tbere. Her musical talent where she met her husband, \lvatcrman Sterling. She e12ioyed travel, and was with special care residents on Chebeague Milk Co. using horse and wagon ano was called upon for church services1 for over 40 years. She was predeceased served on the carrier USS Independence school events, P.lays, weddings ancl a big Ked Sox fan. She was the Avon b_y her husband John J., daughters Lori during WWII. He retired from the VFW functions. She voluntarily taught Lady on the island for over 40 years Gail Peterson and Pamela u1ghton, and dairy 6usiness in 1973, but went back to piano to children after schooL She is and made many friends though that brother Neil Doughty. She is survived work 20 years later for his son Robert survived br. her sons Peter and William, emerprise. She was predeceased by her !;,y her son Kurtis Peterson daughter at Hann1gan's Market on the island, daughters Ann, Carmen and Roberta, 13 husband and brother, Richard Briggs. Nyla Lilley (husband Danie{), brothers scrvin_g as diary mana_ge r and wine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren She is survived by her sons Robert (wi'fe Lynwood Ooug_ht_y, Bobby Brayley specialist. John was pre 57 Brightest star in night sky ACROSS 58 Architect Saarinen The Wit & Compassion ofMitt Romney~ by Anna Tierney 59 Fruit drink 1 Where bdrms are 60 Eminem proteze 50 __ 5Grave 9 Mate of28 Across 61 James Bond villain 12 "I LIKE BEING ABLE TO_ PEOPLE" 13 Some are Lubavitchers DOWN 15 Current music ~nre 16 Mitt's mother lode 1 Andrews or Edwards (abbr.) 18 "Mom" is still most popular 2 Ubiquitous currency unit 19 Parodies 3 Ancient Gaul or Cnristian god 20 ~~middlin' 4 Fidel Castro's wife 22 Smashigtl>u[!!pkins SO!}g_ 5"Lights Out" 23 "I'M NOT CUCERNE1J 6 Kimono accessory ABOUT THE-,--~" 7 Rocker-sole shoe company 25 Zeus' long_-suffering wife 8 Former African country 26 Condo su1fix? 9"LET GO 28 Mate of9 Across BANKRUPT" 29 Rooney or Carney 10 Latin lover 30Cliff 111 drove a car 31 \Vas foolishly affectionate 13 Ann Romney's dressage horse 32 Found in Poland and Indiana 14Murder 34 Pacific island 17 Mountain pass 38 Lice shampoo 21 facto 39 Mahmoud Abbas' org. 22-NaNa 42 Dollar's rival 23 Intenxetation or rendition 43 \Vhat every parasite needs 24 Hi!tliway helper 44Glide 27 DeLorme's nu_ge globe in 45 Where "THE TREES ARE Yarmouth, ME THE RIGHT HEIGHT" 30 Competitor of AA and UAL 47 "IT WOULD BE HELPFUL 31 lt will end on No~v. 4 2012 ffor Mitt)TO BE~" 33 Word for Mitt's es 49 Famous hotel \19J2-2011) 34 Buddhist cycle o rebirth 41 Gold in Granada 50Close 50 Cosine's kissin cousin 35 Flew a plane 43Mushroom 53 Strong emotion 51 What the eggplant did to 36 Mitt's former rival 44Averred 54 Pride, for example Chicago 37 Safety org, 46 Van Gogh ~ubject 55 Joey of note 52 Roof-nding Seamus' breed 39 Dog breecl 48 Federer forte 56 Electrical unit 40 Artificial light source REAT PIZZA Only steps away from your boot. by Palmer Ear in or "Island Baked" lo travel. WINNING CAPTIONS this month._Plcasc s~e page 1s for 54,ppof1ing 1M island <0nrnunities next month's cartoon. Send caption ideas to [email protected] and o Urong worl 94 Commercial Street, Portland 207 874.2639 SOLlJTION TO LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE I 5 10 II 12 13 A s p A T F. N 0 R - 14 15 I) 0 A H N E R 0 18 19 s C 0 u R " l N G " A D s T A T N T 5 M A T E N A 9 y p E 2 l s L A L r, H L y 0 0 A T 0 N T H 0 R A N G E s 6 "Does tbi, polt makt "" look fat:"· Mo1rtba TI,ompso11, Portland, ME 0 R 0 N l 0 T A G 0 R r, 7 8 9 "This is ,o ,t11ul1 tasitr tmm datiHg." jaHi11e Foatu, Old Lymt ,CT D E A N T E A T E N D PAGE 9 Oct 2012 ISLAND TIMES October 2012 Sky ; Star Gazing BY MIKE RICHARDS October is my fuvorite month for star months it will move into better position gazing. Dawn is breaking as the early for viewing. boac shoves off Peaks Island, and dusk In the evening, Mars is low in the sercles soon after we arrive home in the southwest and is passing close to evening. In these multicolored hours, Antares, the super red-giant scar in the light from our closer planets and Scorpio. Antares means "rival to Mars," brighrer stars bores its way through and the two appear close enough to do Earrh's thick atmosphere, creating battle chis month. Mercury is even lower jewels char crown the top and bottom of on che horizon, but you might find it our crisp autumn da)'S. with binoculars around 6:30 p.m. on the T he sky is dark before bedtime, and 16th of the month, as it will be framed our distance from rhe city lights gives nicely by a very thin wax ing crescent islanders a chance to see fainter scars moon. Saturn is too dose to the sun for and planets. If we widen our gaze, we good viewing this monch. Uranus and can find and follow the edge of the Neptune are still visible with a telescope Milky Way, our home galaxy, and even about half-way up on the southeastern spot beautiful Andromeda, our twin sky. galaxy 2.S million light years away. Pluto is sitting atop the ·,ea-kettle" Near our galaxy are the Large and in Sagittarius low in the southwest. Small Magellanic C louds, smaller Astronomers have now found a fifth galaxies char scimtiscs thought orbited• moon orbiting it, named only PS for che Milky Way, occasionally coming now. These Plutonian moons are large dose enough co spark new scar formation relative to their host planet, so we might on our galaxy's fringes. Now they're not almost consider Pluto co be a syscem, so sure, as closer measurernents n1ade not just an individual. Indeed, given possible by rhe Hubble Space Telescope its wealth of moons, we could call it a suggest that these two are mere passers true plutocracy. We'd better calculate by, traveling at speeds too great for our the moons' orbits well before July 14, galaxy co have captured them in orbit. 2015, as that's when the New Horizons October is also great for "falling spacecraft is expected to zip past Pluto stars .., sporting three meteor showers, ac 32,000 mph, only 6,000 miles away caused by tbe Earth plowing through from the little planet and well inside the rrails of dust left by passing comets. orbits ofirs moons. The Draconid meteor shower peaks on Monday, Oct. 8, when the moon will be STARS conveniently rncked away on the other Illustration by Jamie Hogan side ofEa rth. At 9:00 p.m. the Northern Cross By contrast, the Taurid meteor asterism in Cygnus the Swan is directly shower lasts for three months, starting above us. Beside it is brilliant blue-white this month. Although the Tau rids Vega in Lyra. To their south is yellow are notoriously few and far between, Altair in Aquila the Eagle. On the the particles include some fairly large northwest horizon, red-giant Arcturus chunks which can produce flashes of is just setting; in the northeast, golden light even in broad daylight. Capella in Auriga the Charioteer is Finally, on Monday, Oct. 22, the rising. By 5:00 a.m. the Pleiades star Orionids peak, and the sky is again cluster is nearly overhead and brilliant mercifully dark as the remnants of white Sirius (out closest bright star at Halley's comet slam into our upper just 8 light years away) is in the south, atmosphere and disintegrate. the bright eye of Canis Major. If you're The remaining srar-dust falls to up later, you might see Orion the Earth, several tons each year. The Hunter and Taurus the Bull, as well. Earth is gaining weight, and that's a good ching as our unusually strong ALMANAC gravity holds our protective atmosphere dose, keeping it from drifting away Oct. 3- Regulus sics just above Venus like it did on Mars. Without our chick this morning before dawn. atmosphere, Earthlings wou ld be like Oct. 5- The moon's at apogee, fish out of water, as the sun's ultraviolet reducing tides to about 6 feet berween rays would cause DNA mutations high and low. Lare tonight, low in the and desccoy our species. The air is our east Jupiter is a half-hand above the lifeline, and we had better take care of it waning gibbous moon. while we can still make a difference. Oct. 8- Last-quarter moon is high at sunrise. PLANETS Oct. 12- This Friday morning, a waning-crescent moon is co the right of Venus shines brilliantly in the east Venus as dawn breaks. Its slighdy yellow Oct. 15- New moon means dark skies complexion will stand out even more at night. when ic passes just below bluish Oct. 17- The moon's at perigee, Regulus, che alpha star in Leo the Lion. building tides up to more than 13 feec The first week of this mo11ch, they will between high and low, so the bridge co be quite close, and on the morning of the 12:15 ferry from town will be going Wednesday, Oct. 3, they will appear less uphill today. At dusk, the prongs of a than a pinky-finger's width ar,art to our waxing crescent n1oon point to Mars line ofsight. Ofco urse, Regu us is a star and Antares. 78 light years away; Venus is the next Oct. 21- First-quarter moon is high ac planet toward the sun and much closer sunset. to Earth (but you knew that). Oct. 29- Full "Hunter'' moon rises at If you look well overhead, you'll 5:24 p.m. and should be quite a sight for find Jupiter blazing white, (only with folks on the 5:35 boat home tonight. reflected light of course). It goes retrograde on the 5th of che month, heading back toward red-giant star Aldebaran in Taurus. Over the next few PAGE10 ISLAND TIMES Oct 2012 does children's book events to encourage People said, "You can d raw t he next Are there ,my other illustrator,' work that kids to read. I built and painted a photo Beetle Bailey" and I though t,,. "I don't you rmllyadmire? booth for her, and I designed the art for want to draw the next Beetle nailer." It W ell, Jamie Hogan. Jamie Hogan a temJ)orary tattoo for her. For Portland just didn't appeal to me. J liked to draw is very _b>-OOd and I really like her work Stage l painted some sets for Snow Q,een tanks and boats and cars, or surfing and {laughs). There's a children's book artist and for the Tennessee Williams set. It that really like, D. Johnson. He BY S USAN HA NLEY skateboarding pictures. I didn't want ro I B. was really different because the scale is so be a cartoonist, but when I was young started out as an airbrush artist, and he's different, but that was part of the fun. I I didn't know there was anything else I just gone digital. I really like his Henry Americans are an industrious lo\l and walked in and there was a side of a house Peaks Islanders arc no exception. :iome could do with my draw;ng. boolis, and he has a picture book basecl of us work on the island, some commute. lvingon the floor, and I used paintbrushes Do you still work on paper or do you use on M.C. Escher's d rawing of the guys Some of us ha,•e one job, some have three. tnat were the size ofbrooms. lt was great! thttomp_uter? walking up the stairs, called Palazzo Some of us have part t ime professions, Have you had any other jobs in your lift? All of my illustrations are done by hand Inverso. You read the book in one some of us have full-time passions. Yes, I've had other jobs but they all with an airbrush, usually on paper. T hen direction and then when you get to th_e But all of us are busy. Busy. Busy. Busy. relate to being an illustrator. 1 actually I scan the work to digitize it for clients. end, you flip the book around and read 1t Busy figuring out a host of inventive, went to college to be a history teacher but An illust rator owns the artwork, you in the other direction. The illustrations resourceful ways to earn a living while I came out a graphic designer. I didn't do just sell the client the use ofit. So ify ou work in both directions. It's a really cool enjoying island living. very well in my freshmen year as a history send the original artw?rk, the clien_t has idea. st ude nt. I t to send it back. Now clients prefer d1g1tal What's the hardest port ofyour jqb? turned out that files so they don't have to send anytliing The hardest part is the business part. This month: my professor back. A nd the problem we've been having in w as on What's the biggest change since you've the past 10 years is fi nding the work. probation from started? So, self-promotion is important, but it's the university That would be the computer. W hen I a hard part. It's much more fun to make for flunking started, if someone gave me a job from the art. half his class another rown they would call me and What's been really fun in the last five routinely, but tell me about the st designed by the firm of John Calvin Stevens with all work compfeted by 1921 . From the FIFTH MAINE The Dec. 1, 1921 eaition of the Portlan.d Evening Express ran article titled, "People ofPeaks Island Pay Tribute to Eben W W ilbur: New City School on TheSchool that Almost Was Island is Named for Him". The name is BY KIM M ACISAAC unfamiliar to us today. F IFTH MAJNEMUSEUM CURATOR W ilbur served as principal at the Peaks Island School from 1880 until his retirement in 1905. Born in Durham, Maine and educated at Gould Academy in Bethel, he taught school for 25 years in Maine and California before coming to Peaks. Apparently, he was well-liked and respected by islanders. The article goes on tO state, "Peaks Island people are agreed that the city school built there shall be named the Wilbur School and thereby a lasting tribute be paid to the late Eben W. Wilbur, principal25 years." But it never came to be, and no clear reason why has yet been found . To hundreds of islanders who learned their lessons from Mr. Wilbur, Miss Brackett, Miss Thompson and so many other devoted teachers, it will always be "our school." ABOVE: Students and staffoutside the Peaks Island School after the interior was gutte MeMO RY 1,ompa9•1 grandson. Hough (husband Mark\ sisters Eileen teacher in Farmington for many years, Lela May Mitchell, 90, Cliff Island, Col.lins and Gertrude Diasbury, and two and spent summers at her family home York (husband Gerry), brother Douglas passedawayonAug21. Survived by. Lela grnndchildren. on the island, and working at the family (wife Marjorie), first wife Suzanne worked packing fish, shucking clams, occry there. She is survived by her wife Jackso11, four grandchildren and a great making wreaths, and making a liome for September 2012 ackie Hughes parents ohn and Alice granddaughtcr. her family. Lela was predeceased by her ones, sister Elizabeth ~owe (husband Samucf Custer H ackenbergcr, 98, husband Alfred J. ano brothers Fernald Winthrop "Wink" Palmer Houghton Nclson), brother Bob (wife Cindy), nieces Chebeague Island, on Sunday, Aug. and Kenneth Ingersoll. She is survived Jr., 53, Chebeague Island, on Saturday, and nephews. 26. Sam was a talented sax player ano !>Y her sisters Margaret Ray and Louise Sept. 8 at home after a long illness. Mary C. O'Rourlc:e, 71, Scarborough certified electrician. He was a decorated Terry, daughter Pam Anderson (husband Wink was a self-employed carpenter (Peaks Island), on Friday S_ept. 21 at WWU veteran having served with Norman), son Manuel Mitchell (wife on the island and in Shapleigh, and for Gosnell Memorial House. M ary was the Navy CB and Naval Reserve. He Nancy), four grandchildren and six the last 16 years was a lobsterman. He is born in Portland and graduated from married Martha Johnson in New Jersey great-grandchi@rcn. survived !>Y his wife Patricia, daughter Southern Maine Vocational & Technical and had two children. She died in 1952. Charlotte Hitt Patterson , 90, Danielle Rideout (husband Shawn), son I nstitute with a nursing degree. She He married Nancy Ba rton in 1953 and Peaks Island, on Tuesday, Au_g. 14 in David Rich parents Ruth and Winthrop devoted her life to helping others. She was lived in San Diego, Calif. The couple Westbrook. Charlotte was 6orn in Houghton Sr., brother Theodore, niece predeceased by her brothers Fr. Gerald D. retired to Chebeague in 1975. Sam was Quebec and lived many years on Peaks Rebecca Pellerin, one grnnddaughter and and Jol-\n p_ O'Rourke. She is survived predeceased by his brother Bertram Jr., Island. She was predeceased by her several cousins, aunts and uncles. by her daughter Anne-Marie O'Rourke, sister Ruth Stevenson and wife Nancy. husbands Robert B. Hitt and L. Marston J ennifer A. Jones, 50.t Long Island, grandson Daniel Landry, and special He is survived by bis sons James (wife Patterson, daughter Judith Welborn and on Wednesday, Sept. h of pancreatic cousin Joanne Leo. Rosemary) and Michael, daughters Jean granddaughter Elizabeth Klinker. She cancer. Jennifer was a special education Cummings (husband Robert), Nancy ,s survivedb)'. her sons Robert B. Hitt Jr. 11 Vachon {husband Jim) and Ruthie and John W. li itt, and their families. Noble (husband Chuck McCatherin), Selena Ruth Soederberg, 79, Great eight grandchildren and 17 great Diamond Island, on Aug.10 at Maine HELP PRESERVE grandcfuldren. Medical Center. Selena was a registered Phyllis Thaxter Lea, 91, Cushings nurse, who with her husband, Hal, spent WHAT'S SPECIAL Island, on Tuesday, Aug. 14 after a a lifetime of su mmers on the island. lengthy illness. Born in Portland, she Selena is survived by her husband, ABOUT PEAKS. was a Broadway actress .in the early Harold F. Soederberg; daughters 1940s. She signed with MGM in 1944 Catherine Wesingcr ano Lisa Miller where she routinely portrayed the ever (husband Brian), son Eric Soederberg Peaks bbnd U .t truty sptml pl.Kr. with its rodcy !"•tient wifo to a nuniber ofJeadi ng men. (wife Beth), brothers AshaphJr. and Bill; shores.. its woodlands and 1U wetwlds. ,wr rtlfflll)ership She moved to Warner Brothers ,n the sister Martha Nelson, six grandchildren l 950s, but usually played the same type and many nieces and neP.hews. fcnly SIS indiriduallSZ-5 family) and )Wt don.ations Mt of roles. Thaxter's career stalled after E lizabeth " Betty" Wheaton, 91, cruwl m hclpng us mlil'ltlln open Sl*U, an attack of polio while visiting her Yarmouth and Longl sland,,_on Tuesday, family on Cushing in 1952. She made Aug. 21. Betty was a !lori st with a comeback in television series such as Harmon's/ Barton's for over 35 years, Rt1whide, Wagon Train, The Tuilight and was an active volunteer with several Zoru, and Alf!ed Hitrhcock Prese11ts. medical and charity organizations. She Phyllis was predeceased by her husbands s_pent numerous summer vacations on James T. Aubrey in 1962 and Gilbert Cong Island and jumped into the ferry Lea in 2008, and her brother Sydney wake from the landing on h gl!llery closed. To survive, Addison Woolley used ics website as a virtual gallery. Shortly thereafter, photo-artist Victor The Business Romanyshyn offered cemporary wall space in his Portland studio, andl'orter was able to hold live exhibitions there, Galleries on and offthe islmuls though it was awkward and limited. Finally, ioJuly 2010 she found a large, sunny space on Washington Avenue where the Addison Woo1ley now has a permanent home. It is outside the Portland art district, away from the hurly burly of the Old Port, but like the Boyi;I Gallery has become a destination gallery, according to Porter. "And they keep coming." How is it working? Porter is frank: "Sometimes it seems like one step fo rward and two steps back ... People in Maine have a love affair wah photography. They go all over the state to see shows, but tliey don't buy." She said the gallery makes its money mostly through the sale of paintings. "But the community has really come forward to supyort us," she added. "It's ve_lJ' special to feel that validation.• T he gallery features a small group of member artists who take up most of the monthly shows. Porter said she has a fat ABOVB: Inside the Dodwell Gallery on Long Mand, file fu ll of new artists who would like to staffpl,oto c.xhibit, and then lamented, "lfonly there were more months in a year." The story goc,s that the great drummer Gallery, www.rirhardboydpottery.rom, to have a place for Long Island artists to Guest artists are included from time Art Blakey was once asked by an aspiring a collaborative partnersh111 between display their work and for other islanders to time. Last winter Bruce Brown, jazz musician what he shoula do in order pottery maker Richard Bord and to fearn more about art. retired curator of the Center for Maine to have a million dollars when he retired. his partner, glazing artist Pamela "She set the standard," said Carolyn Contemporary Art in Rockport, brought Att's rep\Y,: Start off with $2 million. W illiamson, who is also the curator. As Gaudet, this month's guest curator. some outrageous shows, according to A si milar maxim probably applies with the Gem, it represents artists with An artist, art teacher and part time Porter, that drew over 300 peo ple a to most artists living and working on a strong connection to Maine, and many island resident for 35 years, Gaudet month. Maine's islands. Having another day to Pealis itself. is combining items from her eersonal j,ob or two to pay the bins is standard. In 2007, Boyd relocated his ceramic collection wtth islanders' works. • It 's It's possible to make a living from art", studio to the second floor and converted good for pcOf>IC to sec their own work reflects Peaks Island artist Carol Cartier, the first floor into an exhibition hall for next to people who are more widely .. but it's practicaUy a miracle." painting, sculpture and glassworks as known and broadly trained," she said. Nevertheless, an interesting array ofart well as nis pottery. The couple ~'!'anded Finally, a Peaks 1slander who has gone galleries can be fo und marl Randqm shots ofthe annual art installatfon at Tfattery Steele on Saturday, Sept. 29 Clockwise from left: A quiet moment at the food table; checking out stone sculptu.res in one ofthree large installments; candleli$ht aod charcoal sketches; warming up; insLdc the third large installation • a fraimented lightbulb served as a gateway to this wall of cl,alk graffiti. staffph otos Now, here's a fun way to make your Recipes & Ramblings apples rclcvam: BY SHEJLA REISER Several weekends ago l fou nd m rsel f word - lhc most delicious, hardiest, best at the FEDCO hood, at the Common for swrage, most unique flavors - so we Ground Country Fair munching on c:tn enjoy chem for years to come. ' AJJJJle Molasses a Cox's Orange Pippin. Someone in T hose of )'OU who have had the privilege the crowd remarked, "Flavorful!" The of ~rjng an heirloom t0mato ofrl.he vine (Boiled Cidei:) display on rhe ,able m front of me also know that the saving is about the eating. included Esopus Spitzenburg, Chenango As David succinctly sum m arized, "I'm Strawberry, and Belle De Boskoop. nor only interested in saving Lhese things, S1 an wirh a large amount of cider - If mu identified these as heritage apples, To deliberately create a new •pelc I want them tO be relevant. I want people you'll be rcduoog it to about a seventh gooe Elizabeth large non-reactive cooking pot (not article, you're probabl)' familiar with that only pollen from one variecy reaches on a small p1ot io someone c sc's property, aluminum). Mark the initial level on a the blossoms of the other. Once those onl/· a few: Mel nrosh, Golden Delicious, then another 2nd another. A couple o f wooden ,tick. Bring to a boil and cook blossoms m ature into apples, you collect Ga a, and perhaps for the slight!)' more years ago, he started Origins l'rutt, LLC. until it's reached 1/7 of its volume. the seeds, plant them, and w.a it until He still grows •ncl sells vegetables on • adventurous,JoJUgold orJonarnan . Watch carefully as it gets thicker rhat J ohn Bunker, coordinator of FEDCO the tree is old enough ro start producing sn.,aller scale, but, he explains, " I thought apples. The result is necessarily a mysterr I could make more contribution wuh fruit it doesn't bubble over. This is a great rrees, and the one leading this group of project ro simme( on top of your cager caters through on o ral h 1st0ry of until you taste it! in terms of conservation," because it's a wood stove. You will be am27ed at Maine apples, may know more about I do find the science fascinating, but l2rgely unfilled niche- specifically, apples apples than I know abou, anv one thing. most of my apple " research" has been a andC1der. how intensely delicious and zingy rhis According to John, there arc hundreds of much more .sensual experience. Why cider? is. Herc arc some jdeas for ics use: ,·a.ricties of apples growing in ri. rrhe Gem Gallery The Gem Gallt'ry, loated on 1.slmd A\·c:uue o,; Peaks Island, is an artistl<:ra(t~pcuon cooperative of m·cr Classes.& 25 indjviduaJs in me Oct 2012 ISLAND TIMES PAGE15 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR Everyone is encouraged co attend. \\l('duesda,y, Oct a LOAF AND LADLE DINNER 5 FLU CLINIC 2t the Pe2ks Island Health to 7 p.m. to benefit Peaks lsl•nd Energy FRIENDSOFTEIA Center from 8:30 to 11:30 spon~oretl hy the Assis12nce. S7 per adult and $2.50 for Cityof J>ortla1kl. F'ee$10or£recwith ~lcdia re children. Come and JOlfl us and enjoy yummy B. For more info pk•se call 874-8446. harvest recipes, warm) homemade brc:td and 2012 REPORT TO THE ISLAND COMMUNITY out;standi ng desserls al made brour wonderful cooks. Saturday, Oct 6 The Friends ofTEIA wish to thank number of camperships soared to a BRACKE"fT CHURCH RUMMAGE all of Peaks Island for t he financial record breakin_g 69 which means that SALE 9:00 a.m. ro 2:00 p.m. Fill a bag for $1 1\Ionclav Oct 29 and hands on support over the years. Friends ofTErA funded over S17,000 starling at 1:00p.m.Sccyoutherc! BINGO f(JN (wilh some "Trick o r Trear" Without that help we could not for the Peaks children. THE FIFTH MAIN£'$ pri,es) 11:00am to 12:45 pm AND 2:30-3:30 accomplish our mission of providing The Friends of TEIA needs TRAl)!TIONAL END-OF-SEASON pm (communitJ room). Celebrate Halloween summer opportunities in sailing, tennis everyone's help to make it possible for HARVEST SUPPER rwo seaungs at and Knock Knock Joke Day (both on O ct. and kids camp P.rognms at TEIA all island chiloren to ha"" tlieir summer 5:30 and 7:30. $14 per adult and $7 per child 31). Add to the fun by wea.ring a cosnm-.c aod for all resident island children. Our days filled with learning O!)pOrtunities, under 1O. Supper usually sells out ro please bringing your (avorire Knock Knock joke! philosoP.hY is to make available our be it sailing, or tennis or in-lods camp. call K im at 766-3330 fO reserve tickets. The Ope rt to all. Sponsored by Ponlaod Recreation camperships to any year round Peaks In the coming month we will be museum doses for the season on Tucsd;iy, (llm@pori/a,,Jmm11,,1:0•0r 766-2970). child. holding our annual fall appeal with Oct. 9 but spc:ci:,t tour$ n'l:l)' be :irnioged by The numbers of camperships given a mailing to many ofyo u vcar round :ippornunenr. out has steadil_y grown over tlie years or summer residents, and 1sland and since we were formed in 2002· however mainland businesses. We encouraJi:e 'l"'uesday, Oct HO the numbers have far exceeded anyone's you to 1hink about Friends ofTEIA HALLO\VEEN STORI ES AND and what it does for your children or lVIonday Oct 8 CRAFT the Ver y Scary Mrs. Crowley imagination in the last three years. Our S£NJOR'. ~OT LUCK LUNCHEON fed is that the increase is partlv due 10 your neighbor's children and support Rockwell will present a prograrn of stories and us as you ca.n. Columbus D ay, 12 noon at the Fay Garman a craft at 6:30 pm in the MacV:ane C'.. Saturclav, Oct27 CASCO 'B'AY LINES P U BLIC MEETING 2 to 4 p m at the Douglas Mac:Va11e Center to discuss die operating cosr per trip of each fony bo:u. 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A Museum or Ch ii War & Peaks Island ffistory EXPLORE SEA KAYAKING Opw Memorial Day thru Columbus Day P~lu ls~nd, usco ~ ~nd &c:yond ! dlrector @nnhmaincmuseum.org K.lyak Salo. lnsttuction & Ttips Fot all abilities M acey Orme 207-766-3330 "--ww.nnhrnaifltmu~eurn.org 766-293 www.maineislancl kaya k.c_om 7 66•:19 09 Cet1Jried Artx,,,,t Peaks Island Fiber Arts Camp Monday lhru Sarurdoy 9:00 AM to 7:00PM Bud ROOM FOR RENT PEG A STARITA ...... ·.... ,~---\. . = ~,--·,:. ·.~a ... ······1.--- PEAKSISLAND Certified Re.'lexology. ..reslom, www.pegspotsetc.com , ''I\"';;.• • -~ $100/NIGHT your body's ene"lf •. · .~ ..- ·:·· -~- baJalJQj CERAM ICS ,'" v' ··.;,;_-~ Queen-size bed :•7. " .. " T) J,. t G IFTS Private bath tg J r~u, eC. ~~~~!! Reservations/FM!: 207-756-3450 207· 766· 5997 a starila@m aine.r r .com [email protected] SI Woods Road, Peaks Island, ME 04108 Island Sole Work Gfxt Noona!H(aye l lltlerShet Andrea Davis Ptak, ~ Shall we take our bikes? 41 inJia s, ME 041116 Pnnbnd. ME 0 -1 101 207.557.B!aa 207-766·24SJ HM lslandSoleWork.com 207-754-.1450 C:El,L 94 1.961.8934 cell peaksbeads~mail.com 207-766-S?.'.lO FAX JO Island Avenue Peaks Island.Maine 04108 rbc..~rg(th.1rbor,·it-wpt1Jl)Cff 1C),,("(WU • www.h:ub 01vicw I tic-~.('(11'0 GOLF CART TUNE-UPS AND REPAIR PEAKS ISLAND TAXI AUTO REPAIRS IsLAND16 T1MES CARPENTRY 207-518-0000 FREIGHT DELIVERY Put Your Business Card Here TOWING ON AND OFF ISLAND DELIVERlNG YOU, GROCERIES AND PROPERTY CARETAKING TAKE-OUT---JSLAND TOURS fo r 1 Year only $240 107.41 S.491S AVAILABLE 9 A.M. TO 9 P. M. OR BY APPT. 7 DAYS visit www.islandtimes.or9 10 see how C A L L PAUL or call 650 -3016 Ca.II rnl' I can do anything . . Homer anJ Maine showca.ses 38 inu ttrplec-es W.1!hington Avenue (.1t tbe corner of Fox St.), Closed L•bor Day; FREE CHURCH SUPPER th.at Homer (1836· 1910) created during the ftnaJ Port land. For more info ~ 11 (207) 317·6721 or 5-6:30pm Thursday, Oct 25, 01,.lxefm. AU are decades of his life , when he lh"ed and "orked (207) 4S0-8499, or vi!it www.oddi.sonwocllcy.r.om, welcome! PEAKS STORM WINDOW INSERT in Maine. The Peaks Island Branch Library is Open Wednesday thru Saturday, noon to 5 :00 community project to provide 305 new storm loca.tcd in the MacVane Center on bland A.,·enue. pm. Cur,,tOTSu.s,n Poner. windows for the Peab community. Con.nructi<>n Call 766-5540 or email pcah@ponland./;bme.us. will occur in 4·hour shifts in the fellowship hall Hours: Tuc:s 2·8 \Ved 10-4 Fri 10·2 Sat 8-12. fmm Friday, Oct 19 to Mon d.ly, Oct. 22. Please <>II Sain SaltoMall at 899-0922 to help. YOUTH Richard Boyd O allerv PROG RAMS after-school and Friday evening SCENES FIIOM MAINE: LANDSCAPES AN'b programs for childr~n and young people. PJ~e t~if~i R!~~~!!t,k!lo~~~~~ SEASCAPES,, seltc;tion of oil , acrylic ind p35tel ~II the church for information .-bout J.itts and Portland I{ecreation on 11:30 Wednei.day Oct 3 $ponsored by the City o f paincing, d c.-pkting Maine's ooa.stJiue, U)ands and umes. GIRL SCOUTS Tuesdays, 3:45-5:ISp. Portland. Fee S10 or free w ich Medicare 8. For Denb• Macarouas, wilderness set tings by artbtl> Bob S.a.ntandrc.a., e,·cry other- Tue.,day , t.uting Oct. 9. C~l Diane Peaks Island more info please call 874 -8446. Recreation Programmer. Contact dim@ Jeanne O'Toolc H•yman •nd Jay La Brie. Operu Rlccioui (766-5183) to confirm . CHILDREN'S po1tl,mdmainc.9or vr Juve a rne::isage a1 766· Friday, Oct 5, runs thru Oct. 31.The Richard CIIOIR will begin this month. Oates and times 2970. Denise wo rks ju:n part thnt on Peaks Boyd Art Gallery is located on Peaks ]sland at to be announced. !~land - Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Please the cornet- or Island A,,enue aud l:ppi Strttt, l'i ~t note: To rt~4'r"e 1pa~ anci equipment in the. Food Supple1nent Benefit building on the right. The g.illcry exhibits original <:oinmunit y building, you must <:onl•ct D\'nisc 20th and 21st century works of ut by established Out1·eacli Program Many at lea11t two days m advance. You may view the and emerging anists with tie::i 1..0 ~faine, working Mainers qua lify for lh<:: Food Supplc;ment fa cility schedule at bup:llwww.p,mlandm<1 11tt primarily in t he medfa of painting, sculptur~. lknef'it, hut are not .aw3rt ofit l>a.nn;, C