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THE BEST IN ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE & LEISURE SINCE 1958 Tourist & Town April 25 - May 8, 2019 Volume 61, Issue 6 SERVING THE SOUTH COAST OF MAINE FROM KITTERY TO PORTLAND PAGE 2 Because no matter how tough the world becomes, you must never run out of sweetness. TOURIST & TOWN, APRIL 25, 2019 Iconic Maine: The Way Way Store. page 3 The best in arts, entertainment, lifestyle and leisure since 1958, created for the people who Rob Coburn is a marketing strategist and copywriter. Local Heroes: Skip D'Ascanio.. page 4 live here, visit here and love it here. He’s written feature articles, speeches, TV and radio Yoga in a Stressful World. page 6 commercials, print ads, brochures, blogs and websites but never under his own name. He’s from away but is Profile: Little River . page 7 WE LOVE he ourisT own diTorial eam From the + = YOU FOR here to stay. He’s a Registered Maine Guide in train- Museum in the Streets . .. .pgs 8 & 9 Publisher . LOVING T T ing and leads & summerT bike e tours that include T mostly RustiqueIn This at Old House Issue Parts . ..page . 10 LOCAL accurate Maine facts and trivia. Rob, Wendy and their T & T ROB COBURN son Steve live in Kennebunk. Young Heroes: Skylar Dixon . page 11 It was 1 AM, it was still raining, and not surpris- Landscaping & Gardening . pgs 12 & 13 Faith Gillman is a freelance writer/editor by night ingly, my fearless comrade (aka my neighbor) was and loan processor by day. Mother of two and Out & About . .. .page 14 already at work when I secretly slipped out of the “Nonnie” of two, she is happiest when given an Through the Lens . page 17 house,Tourist satchel of bunny loot & over one Town shoulder. (Hav- opportunity to share the stories of the people and Maine Briefs . .page 17 ing given birth to night owls such as myself, my exit places that make Maine the best place to be in every had to be masterful. The kiddos were still awake.) season. When she’s not working, Faith spends her Mainely Authors . page 18 We blanketed Chase Hill in resplendent color, time with George and their Japanese Chins, Georgy Profile: John Downing . .page 19 my partner in crime and I, giggling as we tiptoed and Rexy—that is when she’s not busy maintaining FAITH GILLMAN Calendar . pgs 20 & 21 around looking for just the right balance of shrewd her reputation as the “Kennebunk Dance Lady.” Tribute: An Event for Joe Riillo . ..page 22 and obvious drop sites. 180 plastic, goodie-filled eggs we tucked into bushes, perched on bird feeders, Steve Hrehovcik began as an advertising copywriter, Live Music . .page 23 nestled in wind sculptures, and delicately balanced then shifted to feature articles, film, theater and televi- on mailboxes and fire hydrants. The coveted silver sion scripts, ghost writing and editing. He has been Our mission is to bring you the egg was in the basket of my rusted-out beach cruiser with this newspaper since 2006. He is also an artist very best of South Coastal Maine that yes, sat out all winter. creating illustrations of homes, portraits, animals, caricatures and children’s books. He and his wife Carol in arts, entertainment, lifestyle and ur ission It’s tradition. And I love it. have lived in Kennebunk for almost 50 years. His book leisure, setting the gold standard Tradition is that first scoop of the season at Ben o m STEVE HREHOVCIK Rebel Without A Clue – A Way-Off Broadway Memoir is for local business promotion, jour- & Jerry’s. It’s the first lobster roll at Cape Pier. It’s available on his website: kennebunkartstudio.com. nalism and overall goodwill for riding bikes to the Landing Store and getting candy locals and tourists alike. at the Shack. It’s my four-legged pal Bailey and I at Kristen Kuehnle is an avid reader, “turned” col- the beach. It’s walks on the trails. It’s lazy evenings umnist, who moved to Maine from Salem, MA. She COVER ARTIST MIKE MARON and outdoor music. retired from Salem State University in 2016 and now "I first started my paint- With traditions such as these, everything current serves on the SSU faculty as professor emerita. Since ing career as a ten-year and complicated seems to slip away – and what’s left retiring, Kristen opened Fine Print Booksellers in old in the 1950s when I is what really counts. Dock Square, Kennebunkport. She is the mother of took watercolor lessons These things surely slipped sweetly away on two sons and a happy grandmother. Reading is a pas- from Marvin Saltzman. A Easter morning as I watched a non-bunny-believing sion. One of her favorite expressions is “Open a Book gradually developing (and 11-year-old and his ever-believing 12-year-old sis- and open a mind.” [email protected]. KRISTEN KUEHNLE undiagnosed until some years later) ter race up and down Chase Hill gathering eggs. “I case of nearsightedness however dimin- haven’t believed in the Easter Bunny in years,” he Dean Johnson has written about Maine's southern ished my interest. (How can you paint announced, not letting his disbelief stop him for a sec- coast for many years and many publications, includ- something that you can’t see clearly?) ond from hunting and gathering. “Know what I don’t ing both Boston dailies. He grew up in his family's By the time I was outfitted with glasses, believe in?" she replied as she picked up her next egg. Ogunquit restaurant, spent time on Drake's Island, I was on my way to a career in science. and now is part of the Cape Porpoise community. For thirty years, I taught medical stu- “I don’t believe in people who don’t believe.” Amen, Daisy. When he is not walking on Goose Rocks Beach he is dents how their lungs worked and did often kayaking or paddleboarding near it. He is a talk research in pulmonary physiology and DEAN JOHNSON host on WBZ-AM. pathophysiology at the Northeastern Kingsley Gallup, Publisher Ohio Medical University. Some fifty Tourist & Town years after my first lessons, my wife Valerie Marier is a freelance journalist who has Dawn and artist Joye Moon, convinced “Enjoy the little things in life traveled the world writing for magazines and news- me to pick up a paintbrush again. Along because one day you'll look papers. She moved to Maine from the New York the way, I have been privileged to learn back and realize they were the metropolitan area thirty years ago. She considers the Kennebunks home but loves every inch of the Pine from Joye, Judith Kinsman, Dennis Raf- big things.” ferty, Guy Corriero, Russel Whitten, Su- Tree State. Val is a happy wife, mother and grand- san Roux, Dan Graziano and of course mother who also enjoys knitting and reading, golf my immensely talented wife." ― Kurt Vonnegut and travel, and writes about them in her weekly blog, VALERIE MARIER Wandering With Val (www.wanderingwithval.com). www.thewrightgallery.com Captain Greg Metcalf has been published in Sport- fishing, The Salt Water Sportsman, Marlin Magazine, THE BEST IN ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE & LEISURE SINCE Volume 61, Issue 4 THE BEST IN ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE & LEISURE SINCE 1958 March 28 - April 10, 2019 1958 The Fisherman and New England Game and Fish. He Each issue of Tourist & Town aims to Spring is in the Air Tourist & Town is Northeast field editor for theFisherman Magazine Tourist & Town entertain, enlighten and inspire. and has produced and hosted two successful fish- With so much content, there’s something for everyone. ing videos; Fishing for Giant Tuna, and Rigging Serving the South Coast of Maine from Kittery to Portland Cover by Julie Bernier Volume 61, Issue 5 April 11 - 24, 2019 ~ Baits for Bluefin Tuna. He runs Atlantic Captain’s SERVING THE SOUTH COAST OF MAINE FROM KITTERY TO PORTLAND There's also staying power to each and every issue. Academy and a charter fishing business aboard his This benefits both our readership and our advertiser base. GREG METCALF boat, the Striper Swiper, Kennebunkport. The stories areThe timeless. T & The T Differenceresources are worth keeping. Jo O'Connor is a local writer with deep roots in And the inspiration is always relevant. Kennebunkport. She is a mother of twins and the founder/lead singer of the local band, The Dock Squares. She teaches Zumba and aqua classes, is ~ THIS IS THE T&T DIFFERENCE ~ an online marketing communication professor at Northeastern University and Lasell College, and has worked for the Boston Celtics, the Boston Garden/ Fleet Center, CBS Radio, Sonesta Hotels, and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Say hello at JO O'CONNOR ~ coming together in a shared love of South Coastal Maine ~ [email protected]. DISTRIBUTION: KINGSLEY GALLUP SOCIAL MEDIA: EGHAN ANDEE Dana Pearson DAVID SPOFFORD PUBLISHER M C is a writer and musician who lives in Kennebunk with his wife Diane. His novels Two GRAPHICS EDITOR: GERALDINEhe AourisIKMAN | SALEST: SANDY JANESown, KAREN ARELeam | MUSIC: SUSAN COLINET Birds and The Muralist, as well as “No, But Seriously: 1994-2007,” a collection of humor columns, can be WRITERS: ROB COBURN, FAITH GILLMAN, KRISTIN KUEHNLE, STEVE HREHOVCIK, found at www.amazon.com/author/danapearson. DEAN JOHNSONT , V ALERIET MARIER, GRE G& MET CTALF, JO O'CONNOR T , DANA PEARSON He is currently working on a sequel to Two Birds, which will be released this year. We now return to WWW.TOURISTANDTOWN.COM | [email protected] DANA PEARSON our regularly scheduled program.