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SLAND IMES f JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 A community newspaper covering the islands ofC asco Bay FREE INSIDE lntheNews
Incident on the Aucocisco III In strong w inds and rough u as, the passe nier ferry smashed into the Forest City Landing, but w eather only played a minor role. 3 Page3 ~... ~ "'-. HomeStartApplies WintRr Editi OU T he first snow of winter started at 4 pm on Friday, D ec. 5 and fell to a total accumulation of6.l inches by for Variance sunrise Saturday, Dec. 6, near the record 7.3 inches set in 1964, The first Parking ban was implemented on Wednesday, Dec. 9 during HomeStart has applitd to the city the second snowfall, Expecting it to be severe, schools were closed, but it turned into 0 .52 inches of rain later. \Viods gusted to45 mph. for a w11tftlio11al zoning w rion(t /J1l property at 18 Luther Simi. The Planning Board begins work.shop, Henry"Hank" Berg to head Casco Bay Lines this month. Page4 Cham/, Sa1Hsonilt and McGTtJJIJ looking for someone co bring BYKEVINATTRA H i/1 children's publishing business experience ro the State ofthe Union among others. company," said Mr. Hoffman. Part 1:A look al the history of After wadi ng through 136 He's been responsible fo r "There's a lot of marine sefession on Peok1 bland, tn ti applica,ions from across the establishing operational experience already here with 1erit1 examining the role ofthe a nd fi nancial goals, and the staff we have. Bringing Peolu bland Council and the countr y and interviewing 12 candidates, the board developing systems to ensure in someone with a strong iss,us underlying 1ecession. o f direcrors of the Casco high-le,•el performance in busi11css sense will be \'ery Page15 Bar Island Transit District sales, marketing, human helpful." selected Henry Berg as the relations, fi nance, technology ~[ r. Berg earned a Bachelor TheSoundoflsland new General Manager for the and ooerations. of Science n f Electrical Casco Bay Lines. Pri;r to that, he was a Engineering degree from rhe Music T he announcement was design engineer with Sa11ders, Universityof'Jew Hampshire, Fifth Moine Mmeum rurator a Master of Science degree Kim Modroac talm us hack to a made Tuesday, Dec. 29 at a Lockheed .l\fartin company, a special board meeting whe re he became d1rec1or in computer science from 19th century islandorrheslra. Northeas,ern University in Page16 held at the fe rry terminal. o f the telecommunications " T he applicants were all product line in 1999. Boston and an executive MBA highly qualified. Some were been with ToclioH, a contac t .l\lr. Berg has more than 21 from Boston Universit)' in o utstand ing," said Matt center for cusromcr sales years' experience in operations 1996. Hoffman, chair of the seMch and support in Waldoboro, management and product f-lc lives in Damariscotta lntheArts committee in charge of havtng served as its president de,·d opment in a variety of with his ,vifc, Stephanie. They selecting rhcgcncral manager. and chief operations officer. high-tech industries. have rwo grown sons, Michael Children Entertain Since 2001 , ]\ fr. Berg has Tat/ion's client list includes "The board was clearlr and Jamie. this Christmas Students at the Peaks l1land School and the Children's Workshop song in holiday A new era begins for the PIC co11tertsji;r the community. Page JO BY Ke:VlN A lTRA one in a 20 minute speech. OnArt "I mean, I could /lrtiJtJessica Georgeloc hs al Ne w members of the howwewlu,objatsandtheways Peaks Island Council were go rig h t around the roo1n," he said, objects (Oil be experimas. inaugurated at a ceremony at Page14 the MacVane Center Tuesday, " because, really, just Dec. 8. Even though the about evcrybodr in this 1------ceremony included catered room has participated hors d'ocuvrcs by l,isa Lynch, and held on with the REGULAR the affair was lightly attended. Peaks Island Council." FEATURES Cny Councilors D ory He thanked out-going Waxman, Kevin Donoghue councilors Betsy Stout ' and John Anton were prcscm, and Bob Hurley as well • Letters p.6 as was Mayor Nicholas as former councilor YOGA p. 7 Ma\'o DIVER DOWN UNDERWATER SERVICES• 399 Presumpscot Street, Portland, ME 04103 ph (207)' 828-0444 • fax (207) 828-1255 Email: [email protected] ISLAND TRANSPORTER> LLC M ARI NF 'l 'RANSPORTATJO:'l Of· EQUIPMEN-1' ANL> M ATF.ltlAI A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. O LD & N EW, IN CASCO BAY M/V ~l1nce. Tug Pioneer, MN f.slandTran.~ porcer wil.h service lo Casco Sa)·. Penobscot Day and che C!uti~ ~faillf' coas,. our 3 un iu: cn.n be 1)(1keioncd lo handkC\.·cn the latgt:st job. ECosi • lk>lldlngSuppli-,. • Asphalt/concrete crocks BYKEVINATTRA parties and day trips. "Ttwas kind of • Utilities/well drilling a booze-cruise boat, to hang out, be • Grtl\el , sctonc J o hn Golembiewski, who on the water "'ith friends," he said. occas1onal ly worked as a crew "I bo ught it with the idea of member for Rick Callow, bought tetiring it from fish ing and restoring the E Cosi from him in January it as a pleasure boat."John O\\'nS five 2008. She is a 32-foor Novi, a other ,·cssels, all wooden boats, all parucular style of fishing boat with built or restored by himself. shield made of 5/ 8-inch chick oak have the E Cosi finished and in the a characteristically high bow and " T'm a certified wood snob" he ribbing extends about 2 feet below water by spring. wide beam, which John says he said. Besides other power boats the water line to protect the hull " I'm really excited co unleash loves. and rowing punts, he also owns a from damage. this ro che \\'Orld to show, to use as He said he calls her Ethyl, like BB 21-foot sloop. He wanes LO create The ice shield isa particula r design a show boat." He plans to build a King calls his Gibson Lucille. '~rhis an apprenticeship program to show feature on lobster boats because as line of pleasure boats based on her is my keeper boat," he said. "This is kids how to build wooden boats. rhe traps arc being hauled up, the design. the one I'm going to keep fo re,,er." He has been working on t he lines rub against the hull. Tf they When he bought her she was T:: Cosi where she .is beached down were to come in contact with the beached. He made some minor front, under a plastic tent he erected soft cedar thcr would t1uicklr gouge repairs and then used her over in the fa ll 2008. She is planked with o ut the side. He the summer for picnics, bachelo r cedar, a very soft wood, so an ice currently expects to ABOVE,John enters the plastic dome he huilr lasr year to enclose the E Cosi while he works on her. R.JGHT: Inside the dome, the superstructure has been demolished. He plans to "'build and launch her this spring, staffp1,otos Jan/Feb 2010 ISLAND TIMES PAGE3 Wind not a factor in Mr. J\favodones said it played only an incidental role in the accident. Because POLICE LOGnecember2009 the wind was from the east-southeast, Pro,ided Lisa P,rrollo Aucocisco III collision more or less blowing parallel to the o/ Planning & Rt1torrh C,,ordiltahr, PPD . - shore, the caprain had to steer straight at the dock until t he Dau~ Description very last minute in order to Time Street overcome rhe wind, which 17:45 3 Island Av Check Well Being the interim manager said is standard procedure under 22:33 4 island Av Intoxicated Person rhose conditions. He also said that as the ship 20:43 7 Peaks Island Bar Check nears the dock it is necessary that the captain move from 22:59 8 Cemral A-v Weapons Violation, poss. the center of the wheel house to che side in order to see 1:1 6 9 CentralAv 911 H ang Up Calls better, and there are remote 0:42 10 Upper A St Persons Bothering controls on both sides of the wheelhouse for that purpose. 14:1 7 10 Seashorei\v Theft Normally, it 1s a matter of stepping over a few feet to the 17:46 15 Cenrral i\v Pd Crash console, pressing che switch BYKEVINATTRA that activates it and docking up. I0:47 17 Church Av Special Detail 1n this case the switch did not Casco Hay Lines' interim General engage, which Mr. Mavodones said 12:17 20 Seashore Av Suspicious Activity Manager Nicholas Mavodoncs Jr. said was probably because it hadn't been that when the captain on board the held down long enough. T he switch 16:04 22 Pleasant Av Check Well Being Aucocisro III moved from the center actually signals a computer system 10:36 23 Sargent Rd Serving Paperwork console to the starboard controls as he to shi ft control of rhc boat t0 the approached the Porest Ciry landing on console and has to be held down long 16:28 23 Upper A St Suspicious Activity Peaks Island, a switch activating the enough for t he computer to register remote throttles did not engage. the message, usuallr indicatctl by a red 21:26 24 Lower/\St 11ollow Up The captain reported later that he got light on the console. The switch itself no response as be reversed the engines, was not faulry. 19:39 25 Herman Av Follow Up so he quickly reactivated the switch, Casco &y Lines notified the Maine but the throttles did not catch in time D epartment of Transportation, who 17:19 27 Church Av Special Attn Check to stop the 56 ton vessd from colliding maintains t he landing, and though with the dock, splintering the massive not required under the conditions of 19:36 27 lsland Av Missing Persons cross beam of the fender and plowing the accident, also notified the Coasr about a foor into the steel diamond Guard and the Bay Lines' i11surance place on top ofthe landing (above). The carrier. T he damaged fe nder was Little Eric went to a robotics camp at boat was reportedly unharmed. repaired by the Lionel Plante companr the University of Southern Maine later in the summer where he learned about The accident happened on the 12:15 the follow10g week through a contract p.m. run from Portland Wednesday, the competition. with the Maine DOT. The annual event drew 50 teams Dec. 9, in high winds and choppy seas ;\Ir. Mavodoncs said chat the accident from around the state vying for the as passengers were standing up in was an unusual incident in the caprain's first prize, a chance to compete at the preparation to disembark. According 20 year career with the Bar Lines, over First Lego League World Festival at the co witnesses, the noise alone astonishetl 10 as a captain. " I le is meticulous;' he Georgia Dome in Atlanta next April. everyone on board and tbe impact said, and added, "I think he feels bad The Ro bot Club competed in the threw several people to the floor. No about it. Even if there was no damage, Smart Move category, which required injuries were repotted. it would probably cat at him. He's verr ro bors to travel a simulated roadwar Although the weather was severe, conscientious." course and perform specific tasks - knock things over or pick things up COUNCIL,frompa9e1 and so forth. Another category was elections. The City Council would not for design, and there were several age fill the other one-year vacancy. authorize a special election for this Logo designed by M•rty Br•111~ groups in each category, making it a full New members Marjorie Phyfe and purpose. day event. Betty I le lier were elected to the council The appointment was also based, in BY KEVIN ATTRA In its very first competition the Peaks in November for three-year terms, but part, on wording in the PIC's ordinance Island team cook fifth place. "It was only Ms. Roberts, Mr. Bohan and Ms. which allegedly g•ants it unspecified The first ever Peaks Island Robot really fun," said Melissa. "We're very Phyfe were sworn in. powers to act in its own behalf when Club competed in the Smart Move proud of them." Ms. Heller did not attend the necessary. Challenge, tbe championship of the ceremony. She had withdrawn from the As an added measure, the PIC First Lego League, held in t he race in October, but won rhe election resolved to seek an amendment to that Augusta Gvic Center on Samrday, anyway, h3'•ing already been qualified ordinance which would specifically Dec. 12. The First Lego League is by the City Clerk's office and placed on allow it to declare a vacancy and appoint a councilor during a period an international, nonprofit the ballot. She was expected to resign organization founded in 1989 berwecn elections and under similar in order for write-in candidate, Judy to encourage study in science Piawlock, who received fewer votes in circwnstances. and technology. 1t will provide the election, to serve in her place. With Ms. Piawlock on board, the $11 million in scholarships in "Judy Piawlock would have won ifher council is now composed of four 2010. candidacy bad been known to voters," women and three men. The Robot Club was planned said Mr. Richards in a worksho p on At rhe regular meeting Mike in the summer, and scarred Dec.15. Richards was reelected to Chair, Lynne practicing for the competition Councilor Lynne Richard concurred, Richard to Vice Chair and Tom Bohan, in September "T hree out of four saying "T submit that we invite Judy to Treasurer. kids on the team hatl never seen take her rightful seat, but chat we don't Kathy Schneider's compensated a robot before," said Melissa Conrad. let the City's speed slow us tlown." position as Secretary was augmented with an hourly rate for any council Her husband, Eric, created the Ms. Piawlock was later appointed team and coachetl them. She said The Peaks Island Robot Club (I - r) Bric by the PIC as an interim councilor work done outside of meetings. he bought a robot for himself Conrad, Arthur Johnson, Jonathan Bergh and with full voting powers at the regular Previously she'd been paid a flat fee last winter but their son E ric Jr. Je~ySylvester. session of the council Dec. 23. She only for the meetings she attended. "basicall)' cook it awa)' from him." photo by M,r;.,,. Cmrlld will hold that position until next year's PAGE4 ISIAND TIMES Jan/Feb 2010 the MDOT respectively. and looks for more revenue wherever it terminal for the ferries with the added Linesfrom Contact information for each board can. Their efforts to p romote charters benefit of simplified freight handlin_g member is available on the District's web and tours help to offset ticket prices and and parking for residents and visitors. It site, www.cas«1b11ylim:s.com. The site also other revenue sources needed to operate coulil also connect to bus systems, taxis, Casco Bay Lines offers a calendar that lists all board and the ferries. shared rental cars and other fu ture mass committee meetings, which are open to The Personnel Committee addresses transit operations such as light rail and BY CHRIS HOPPIN the public. human resources issues. An ad hoc trolleys. The new board also offers new Search Committee chaired by Matt Our transit district is one of the few in The new year brings with it a new slate opportunities in many areas. The Hoffner recentlr. worked many hours the entire country that docs not receive ofelected and appointed board members, Dist rict's board committees include to identify candiclates for a new general income from parking. Many of us have officers and committee members for the community representatives who managerfor consideration by the 6oard. visited others. cities where we_ pay day Casco B,!Y Island Transit District that volunteer their time as well. Readers who The Government Re lations rates for parking before board mg mass oeerates Casco Bay Lines. wish to join any committee are urged to Committee (Chair Chris Hoppin) will transit Hke fernes, buses, trains. and Newly-elected President Patrick contact members ofth e board. work th is year to seek new and better airlines. All of those transit districts Flynn, 1st Vice President Frank Peretti1 Committees address a range of connections with government agencies use those parking foes and income from 2nd \lice President Chris Hoppin ana issues, as their titles indicate, and make at the municipal, state and federal levels. businesses and agencies that rent space Clerk Dan Doane are from Peaks Tsland. recommendations to the board which The District receives $800,000 from in their terminafs to offset the costs to Treasurer Bill Overlock is from Long incorporates them in decisions on govern ment grants towards its $5 million o~rate their tronsit systems. Island and Assistant Clerk Matt Hoffner District_policies. annual operating expenses1 but needs The new year offers the opportunity to is from Great Diamond Island. The Finance Committee (Chair Bill more to keep from raising ticket prices to reflect on the past with appreciation for Other board members are Scott Overlock) reviews financial information. offset rising costs. all who have worked to serve islanders. Johnston of Little Diamond, Dave The Operations Committee (Chair One suoject for the new year that We especially appreciate the hard Crowley of Cliff and newly-elected Dan Doane) addresses how the Oistrict will be re-visited is the proposal, made work and ded1cat1on of the District's members AJ Alves of Peaks and Erno operates its ferries and terminal, while more th an a y_ear ago to explore an employees who operate our ferry lines so Bonebakker of Chebeague. Mr. Alves the Rate Structure Committee (Chair Inter-Modal Transit Facility for the well. and Mr. Hoppin are at-large d irectors. Prank Peretti) determines prices for District. Although a new facility has As we begin 2010 .and look at new Kevin Donoghue, City Councilor passenger tickets, freight and vehicles. been discussed by a few islanders and a opportunities, Casco Bay Lines is ready for Portland's First District and T he functions ofthe other committees so-called "Committee of the Whole" to explore all of them while continuing Susan Moreau of the State of Maine's may not be so obvious. For example, the comprised ofall h?ard members, it needs to provide safe and reliable ferry service. Department of Transportation are Safes and Marketing Committee (Chair much more attention. appointed to the board by the City and Scott Johnston) promotes new business The facility could include a new transit Fund, to guide various aspects of ,he Homes on numerous projects. application process. HomeStart applies process, including financial planning, The City PJ,.nning and Zoning Board We have met t he first goal in our navig11ting go<·ernment programs and will schedule a series of public meetings fundraising campaign with a matching for zoning variance community dialog. and hearings LO re"iew the request, gram from rhe Islands Challenge Fund of T he construction team consisrs starting ,vith a workshop on 1'\Jcsday,Jan. $25,000 and will receive the initial grant FROM THE H OMESTART BOARD OF of Kaplan Thompson Archi,ecrs, 12 at 3:30 p.m, A neighborhood mc Guardsmen take a ride on the Machigonne II U.S. Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Timothy Stanton peers out from tl,e upper deck of the Machigom,e n as it made its way co Peaks Island from Pore.land Thursday, O«. 17. H e was part of a three-man team who randomlt boarded the 9:30 a.m. boat to "observe and create an o,-ert Coast Guard presence as part of its Maritime Domain Aw:ueness program, said Boatswain's Mace 1st Class Todd Walters. The MDA proparu is administered by the Coast Guard under th• Ocpartm reviewed administratively by City Casco Bay Lines board President Patrick Flynn (center) presents a gift to retiring Sta££ This is the only notice that you Administrative Assistant Susan W illiams while Marktting Director Caitlin Gildard Public Notice will receive unless it is determined (foreground) records the •vent. st•Jfpbo to To P e aks Isla nd resid e n ts that rhe application needs to be and property owners: A zoning reviewed by the Planning Board. A Interim General Manager BY KEYIN ATTRA amendment application was notice of any upcoming meetings Nicholas Mavodones Jr. described submitted 10 the City of Portland will then be sent to you. Plans are her as someone who "really looked available in the Portland Plam1ing Planning Division by HomeStart After a 10 ½-year career with the out for the whole operation in a Division, 4th Floor, City Hall. Affordable Housing. The applicant If Casco Bay Lines, Susan Williams host of ways," and said that her is seeking a conditional zone to you have any questions, please call ret ired from her position as diligent attention and accurate allow the development of 2 new Shukria Wiar, Planner, at 756-8083. administrative assistant at the end of rccordkeeping helped her weather a Jennifer Office Manager single-family affordable housing Dorr, December. She was presented with controversy that arose in a previous unics ar 18 Luther Street, Peaks Planning and Urban Development a commemorative ceramic bowl by board election. ofPortland Island. In accordance with the City board President Patrick Flrnn at the She said she had enjoyed working 389 Congress St., 4th Floor Portland Land Use Ordinance, monthly board meeting Thursday, at the Bay Lines, but was reatly to Portland ME 04101 notices of receipt of a minor site Dec. 17. spend more time with her family. plan application must be sent to (207)874-8719 neighbors. T his application will be j1/l)@pcrlla11d111aiJ1e.gov Stylist makes island calls Imported 20d doll!C.ltic Cilliars, euslom smoked salmoo, 8rittainy Brannen cuts Judith McAllister's hair at ,he Fay Garmen H ouse. fresh st'alood lrom Maine and around the ~orld! photo by Normn >1 Provost Shipdie finest gourmet food ovr.migbl anillilerein the Unitl.'d Slares. BY JUDITH MCALLISTER three weeks - are hosted br the Fay Garman House where she CutS hai r in Or 1ilit our relailmarlr.et and wine Briuainy Brannen has been coming the center's community room from 10 store right in Portlands Old Port! to Peaks Island for almost two years a.m. ,o 3 p.m. Check the bulletin board now, to cut and style islanders' hair. for regularly scheduled dates. r ,110- Stu,• She is a licensed cosmetologist Brittainy styles hair for women, men Bro,11e Tr.idlng C-Ompany -·- who received her training at the Spa and chi ldren. Walk-ins are welcome, 262 Commercial Strttt Tech Institute in Portland. She also bur to a,•oid waiting call 807-7783 to Pordand, Maine, USA works full-time a, the Adalia Salon in make an appointment. Westbrook. t.800.944. 7848 Her visits to the island-usually every "'11'.BrowneTrading.com PAGE 6 ISLAND TIMES Jan/Feb 2010 • Island Views your help. Funds are needed to offer Community Letters assisr.ance on property tax paymcnrs to those in need in March and September. To the Editor revenue so we don't ha,-e to raise ticket ISLAN D~·T ,_r MES T he partia l payments that we offer .. freight or vehicle prices or reduc~ make the d ifference berwcen paying service", is, to say the least, infuriating. The_ column, Li11es /ro111 CaHQ B'!)' taxes and remaining on the Island or Apparently, reducing shore side Lint!, tn the December issue contained havmg to sell fa mily property and move Publisher: Kevin Attra a number of issues that should be overhead, curung coses, and stopping off Island. addressed fo r the sake of accuracy and t~' again. A mindful yoga practice will Sisyphus. Having defied the gods mind, I highly recommend the movie, YOGAFORLIFE accomplish both the pain relief and the on several occasions, Sis)lphus was "Groundhog Day" s12rring Bill Murray. exploration into the source. condemned to an eternity of pushing a In this time of new beginnings and If students find a teacher and a class huge bou.lder up a mountainside only resolutions, I encourage you to set an Ayogic perspective on that are a good fit, they usually continue to have it roll back down as soon as be intention of moving toward something with yoga practice long after th ey let go. When we get stuck in a negative inviting rather tha n gening rid oT health and simple livi ug understand and relieve the pain that perspective, staying healthy can feel a something you don't like.The good news inspired them to begin. The quality of lot like that. Even ifyou ate well, walked is that once you establish a healthy habit, BY R EBECCA JOHANNA STEPHANS peace and well-being they experience the dog, flossed your teeth and practiced continuing will become quite compelling until there is some sort of interrupt. Jf Rebtcca Johanna Stcpham teaches uuekly becomes compelling and they discover yoga yesterday, you still have to do it a.II the joy ofa practice that nourishes and over agam today. you arc paying attention, you will notice yoga rlmses andprivate _J()g11 lasons on Ptah that you need to reapply yourself before "bland and it1 Port/anti. You may di red your sustains them. The unfortunate rea.lity, But what if something dse is possible? however, is that while pain is rather sharp What if Sisyphus not only made peace you lose much ground. comments, inquiries, or column ideas to 766- To support you in this endeavor, offer 3017 or ,[email protected]. and insistent, contentment tends to be with his fate, but learned to enjoy I quietly inviting. Once the pain is gone, it his strength, his perseverance, and a series of warrior poses which produce is very easy to slip back into old habits. the empowerment that comes with heat to warm and purify your body, Many yoga students arrive fo r their This is the time of year when many sus12ining a daily discipline. Just like the strengthen your core and open your first yoga class because they arc in pain. folks become inspired to make resolutions boulder rolling back down the mountain heart. Warrior poses are empowering Frequently they have been referred to that involve some type of shift towards every day, our systems naturally move postures that invite us to invoke our yoga by a doctor, therapist, or family a healthier, hapeier existence. Most towards disorder and chaos and we are fierceness, ourded jcation, our persistence member. Often they begin with some of them will "fail within a few days or forever working to restore balance and in the face ofo~tacles, and to do all ofit reluctance or resis12nce. The less inclined weeks, and then wait a whole ,-ear to try order. with compassion. they are to get on a yoga mat that first again. There is such sweet and powerful Vie have a choice to either put a Most of t hese post ures have been time, the more surprised they arc by what promise in new beginnings, and a rather shoulder to the task with resignation described in other columns, so this th_ey discovertherc. mundane monotony in maintaining and despair, or 10 learn how to show up month, I offer the simple power of the There is no question that pain is a those good habits over time. T he keys with "beginner's mind ", approaching photos. You may choose one or more of very motivating energy. We desperately to sustaining a healthy h abit are to each new aay with enthusiasm, curiosity, these postures to practice, or string them want to be rid of it so that we can carry remember that every single breath offers and purpose. Unless we bring joy and all together in a posture flow. May you on; however, that pain is trying to tell us a chance to begin anew, to learn to love intention to our discipline practices, discover abundant joy, courage, and something. The founder ofKripalu Yoga the mundane, to believe that you deserve even our most delightful endeavors will peace of mind, one breath at a time. ca.I.ls pain, • life's messenger". Ifwe simply to thrive, and 10 ask for help. either fall away or become just one more relieve the pain without investigating the For many years now, 1 have been routine obligation. For an entertainin~ source, it will come calling again. And contemplating the Greek myth of perspective on the power of beginners Intention, Begin your practice with a moment ofstillness in which you affirm your intention to practice with compassion and mindfulness. f 3. Warrior) 2.Mountain 4. Warrior 1 1. Anjali Mudra # , 10. Mountain Ilappy 5. Warrior2 N('W YeaJi 9, Flying Warrior 6, Exultant \Varrior 8.LowLunge 7. \Varrior Angle Rebecca Johanna Stephans, Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher since 1994, has 22 years experience in the healing arts. PAGES ISLAND TIMES Jan/Feb 2010 there's something else. And that's life. would come and pick me up in his For the love ofPeaks! Things change. lobster boat, so I didn't have to worry I remember one story. You just about boats. And it was a bright sunny where the workshop is now - I can't rode the boats. As a kid, there was a day, the sky was bright blue, it was like remember t he names of them now landing down at the club, and that's 40 below zero and ice in the harbor. - I remember that one; and where where we'd.get on and off, basically. It I get in the boar on the Portland side GaylVail the Peaks Island House is, there was was a quarter for me. You just ride the and it must have been 100 degrees in something there. And, what was the boats. You don't think about it. That's there, he was so worried about a new one where the Post Office is? what you do for transportation. born. It was beau6ful, a nice calm AS TOLD TO FRAN HOUSTON I can't remember any of their Bue personally, once I was pregnant . ride, avoiding all the ice chunks in rhc names. But l mean I can just envision with my youngest, they had a boat harbor. all of them. lt was amazing, so many strike, and they only ran certain boats So that's how Jamie came home from places. Now, as an adult, I each day, maybe four boars a day. the hospital, on Mcldo's old lobster wonder, how did they all Legally they had ro do it for mail and boat. It was fun. That was fun. survive? There's one! school kids and whatever. So 1would [Sonny Whitten worked for Peaks When I was younger, the have to make a doctor's appointment ls/and Fuelfar awhile. Mcftk was his barbed wire was still on the and spend half the day in town because dad.} backshore. There were gates there were no boats between certain and you weren't supposed ones. to go the whole length of And then,Jamie was born in January the backshorc. That was and the boar strike was still going on. govern mcnt property. So it And it was a time in January when it was always scary to walk in had been bitterly cold for days and days there, Ii kc there were guards and we had snow on the ground, the still on duty. There was no big ice chunks out in the harbor and so one there, but it was posted. forth. The fun part was I got to go on It was scary as a kid. the fire boat to the hospital during a The times, the sleet srorm. peacefulness. I'm finding it But coming home, there was this harder and harder to go the huge [delay], hours and hours between places J used to go, because boats. And trying to explain that to there are new houses there. the doctors in the hospital - they try There aren't the raths to work with you, but they don't really through the woods. le s still care about boat schedules. They do Ha.,, y,111 liwd an Pea.ksfa r a long time? wonderful bur I have to things at their pace and they're busy. Do you htwe a Peaks Island story to tell ef change my direction. I'm My husband talked to somebody who me-mories frqm cbildhood or tbat illustrntts I used to go bowling in the bowling talked ro somebody. why rou love living here? Pleau email or getting used to it, but in the rall Fran HoustM. Sb, has already heard alley. I remember that well. And it beginning it was really hard. I was It ended up that Meldo Whitten, who used to own the store and also Jome great stories and she w an/J to hear was forbidden because summer kids offended that people had the rudeness ~ urs.-fran_ [email protected],1, or call who lived on the club-end of the to build new homes on my paths, or lobstered on the side (and was probably 766.2}86. island were kind of told to stay on in places l played as a kid, or picked 150 at the time, I don't know) he that end. There was a real division blueberries. between winter and summer and I'm Oh, rharwas another thing, picking not sure why. ] never understood it. blueberries. I went with this lady who THANK YOU Peaks Island When we were 11, 12, 13 and lived down t he street, Barbara Shay, allowed to go out for a little bit another Irish woman. She would go We want to thank all who attended the benefit concert for the lsland after dinner, we could walk as far as earlr in t he morning before it got hot. Times, a!1d the Divas;,, Decm,berensemble: Julie Goel!, Annie O'Brien, \Vhitten's store - which was right on 'vVc d go with her, and we wound Stephante Eliot, Ronda Dale and Nancy 3. Hoffman, with wonderful the corner by the school where the our way up over the hill through support by Par Council. condos are, that same big building (I the woods and we'd wind up at the We'd ~lso like to thank the stiff ofthe Inn for providing great sen·,ce and think they lived upstairs and the store convent. The nuns were still there. adding rheu own br~ndofsupport co the mb:. was downstairs) - but we weren't to She was very Catholic, and I was Finally, we are especially grateful to the following people (in alphabeacal go any further. Protestant. order) fo r their generous donations to the newspaper: We weren't to go down front. Down To stand in the woods when it [the front was off limits. Of course, we convent] burnt down, I wcnr... wow. Peg J\s1arita MargoL-Odge did! That was the first thing we'd do, I remember. Ir was a rainy night. I Rhonda Berg Ed & Julie Melton go in to Whitten's and buy a pickle, thought the island was going that and then keep going. night, it was so incredibly dark and Rick Caron Cynthia Mollus windy and rainy. And icy. It was Cyntlua Cole Ele-.inc,r Morse Do you remember any of the other amazing. It was the biggest fire I stores on the island besides Whitten 's? ever personally saw. I'm thinking, Thea Demitre & Howard Kessler Leslie Mohr Nielson Of course, \Vebber's Store because it's going to take off, there's no way Nicole d'Entremont Philip Munn we were on that end of the island. they can control it. And then to sec it That's where we bought our real later, just rubble. Think ofthe stained Llnda de la Bmere & Keith Hults Marjorie Phyfe penny candy for a penny and brought glass windows and iusr the history T.ioda Dillingham Cory Pierson (Caribou) our returnables for 2 cents. The one of it. It was gone. Gone. And now Johan & Patricia Erikson Norm Pro,•ost Frances Frost Lynne Richa~d Elizabeth Han Sam & Lin& SaltooscaU TedHaykal NinaSchmir Nelson Hill &J erry Garman Melissa Shurkin Chris & Barbara Hoppin Rebecca Stephans Frao Houston Betsy Scout & Da,•id I Jays Joc&Sury.K.me Colleen Sullivan Carol Kinney KayTa)for Rita Kisscn & orm Rasulis Heather Thompson & Harvey J\lurrar& Marion Klickstein Johnson Sandy I .angella Rob & Jill Tiffany 518-0000 Mary La,·cndier & Henry Myers Crace Valenzuela & Val I fan For all your transportation needs Joyce Leslie & John Kiely l'aith York on Peaks Island Donations totalled $757. Thank You! Jan/Feb 2010 ISl.AND TIMES PAGE9 Peaks sland~xpe-rienceS 1....: 1 ~p f S) l71 l 0 by Palmer Benchmarks --~--~---. BY JERRY GARMAN A benchmark was originally a ponder the large cannon ball displayed chiseled mark created by surveyors to there. assure accurate repositioning for future Moving East on Trefethen Avenue measurements. They currently are used you will fi nd t he Trefethen Evergreen as reference points for pricing, geo· Improvement Association club house locating, evaluating business processes which was originally the Dayborne and even to track the progress ofa war. Casino built in 1912. This organization, O n Peaks Island benches mark some founded in the same year has utilized the of our 01ost delightful and memorable old Casino since 1921. Notice both the island experiences. To share in this tennis benches (scene of many wins and experience you can make a journey, losses) and a basketball bench which seats starting on one of the benches around athletes both waiting and resting. the Kiosk where you can rest, read our Old Casco Bay Line benches provide bulletfo boards, finish your ice cream seats for watching boating activity at the cone or decide which way to go. TEJA marina. At the waterfront next to If you go south to the Lion's club a large flagpole are twin benches which locatd in Greenwood Gardens, you are filled every summer evening with could sit at one of t he brick colored couples enjoying colorful sunsets. Next benches like many have done before you door is a single bench where John and and experience a Maine lobster bake. Mary Allen never missed this nightly Revenues from these bakes are ~enerously show. shared with many island orgamzations. Turning south you will pass three O r simply sit on the lone bench churches whose pews offer unlimited dedicated to Judge and Libby Ingraham, space to sit and reflect on those observing maritime t raffic and the important aspects of li fe: Hope, Love, ''f)o fat in magnificent Portland skyline. The Judge Joy and Peace. Next to the white church I look this?" was involved in coordinating the island's on the hill is a bench given in memory voluntary taxi service. ofMardianne Green "from all creatures Continuing along Island Avenue you great and small" (she loved nature). will pass a bench dedicated to Loretta Stop at the bench next to our Voyer, who created the fund in her name Elementary School built in 1832 to aid cancer victims. Nearby is a bench (Portland's oldest school) and listen to overlooking Hadlock Cove simply marked "Mom's seat" donated by her sons, Mark and Glenn. You'll certainly want Thanks For Thinking to share a be nch at the Fifth Maine Regiment BYCHRIS NEWCOMB Museum and listen to a @2009 docent detailing the 150· ear history of the building. rf your timing is right you T'd like you to rhink abom something. E,·cr seen the bumper might witness a Civil War sticker: "Intolerance will not be tolerated"? You have to think re-enactment by volunteers :::r; ,,.,.i; about that for a moment to truly appreciate itS wir. ir's kind oflike in full military regalia. ,_, rhc pa rem who yells at the top of his or her voice "You kids stop Proceeding o n Seashore Avenue you finally enter a 1 ½ miles the laughter of children. Or perhaps yellingl" corridor on the island's back shore where try the be nch next to the Cockeyed Intolerance will not be tolerated. benches offer nine different, spectacular Gull restaurant dedicated to Pauline 1 suppose we all have things we won't or can't tolerate. T'or me, ocean views. From these benches, and Adrian Willis "A Love Story", and it's not intolerance, it's colerance that I can't tolerate. dedicated by loved ones to Jean Mahony recapture your own Jove saga. Island author Ruth Sargent's bench, in Let me explain. I don't know exactly where or how it began, Phillips, Charles, Margaret and Thomas but in che past few rears it's become acceptable when referring Franco, are views of Whitehead and the front ofthe library, invites you to sit, read, Portland Headlight. write orjoin the Wl·Fi world. Her books: to same sex couples, or the queer community in general, to say Benches dedicated to Henry Burnham, "Abby Burgess Lighthouse Heroine and things like: "l don't believe in same sex marriage, bur I believe Mardy and Red Morrison and John T he Littlest Lighthouse • still delight we should be tolerant." Even president Obama and ,·ice president and Est her Callow look eastward youngsters everywhere. Biden have stated th is opinion on several occasions. toward Spain a nd were the site of the Brad's bicycle bench constructed of old skis and snowboards offers a resting Tolerant? I gotta tell you, Tcannot tolerate their tolerance. What 1987 celebration "The H armo nic kind of message is that anyway? "We don't like whar you're doing. Convcrgence"(new age of peace a nd spot while you rent/return or just receive love). Marg Davis' (past president and instructions and directions for your ride. We don't believe it's normal, bm we'll tolerate your abnormal active member of American Legion Post A short dogleg will bring you to a bench behavior because we're just r.hat good." Well. isn't that just big of 142 Auxiliary) bench was given by her near the Fay Garman House, our senior them? friends in the Auxiliary. housing project, permitting you to visit an old friend. J wi11 not tolerate their tolerance! Accept me as a full and equal All benches will provide magni ficent citizen of the United States, yes! But tolerate me? No. That sunrises and romantic views of the moon Shortly you will return from a five and stars. I proposed to my wife on the mile walk to your starting point where suggests that I'm less than, that I don't measure up somehow. bench overlooking W haleback, dedicated you can saunter down the hill for a snack How would you like ro wake up every morning and know rhat at to Francis and Adell O'Leary whom lam stop to be shared on Lisa's colorful picnic best you are tolerated among the people you live with? sure would have approved. Whalcback bench. You will pass benches dedicated Tolerance? Gays and lesbians have rolerated the prejudice, fears is also the scene of our Easter Morning to Virginia Adamson (Berry) and her daughter June Amick (Berry). Virginia's and hateful actions of societies for far too long. \VJe've tolerated Su nrise service. Louise Montg_omery srcrcorypcs in TV and movies. \'\'e've tolerated horrific jokes and often observed her husband Claude husband l-!cnry hc_lped form the Casco painting a seascape near their bench and Bay Island Transit District and served as discrimination in almost every area of our lives. \Y/e've tolerated Mathew Baldi, wl10 loved the island, was its first president. heterosexual couples enjoring special rights. Tolerance? often seen kayaking past this site. Finally, you can choose a bench in Enough is enough. To those who say they tolerate our lifestyle, After a mile walk you will reach Reed any of three sheltered buildings where you ca n contemplate the many island I say J will no longer rolerare your tolerance. Accept me as a Park, a 7,000-square-foot area given to free and equal citizen of the United Stares, or be honest in your the city by W.S. Trefethen in memory benchmarks you have experienced as of his wife Emily Reed. Twin benches )'OU wait for the ferry boat. Part ofis land d iscrimination. But do not hide behind the current wave of dedicated to Jake and Mary Nutter and magic lies with our desire to protect and tolerance. Pauline and Adrian Willis will welcome perpetuate these memories. Perhaps Yo ur tolerance w·ill not be tolerated. l 'm Chris Newcomb. you suggesting that you simply "sit, Peaks Island will serve as a benchmark Thanks for thinking. relax, and enjoy your time on Peaks" and fo r your memories ofMaine . PAGE 10 ISLAND TIMES Jan/Feb 2010 Kids warm up winter with song P<'aks Tsla11d Sd100I's winter concert features show tt1n1\'\ a,nd performance BYKEVINATTRA Oklahoflla was the first musical wrinen by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Il, a collaboration born of necessity when Rodgers' usual partner, Lorenz I !arr, refused to do it and skipped off to Mexico instead. Tr is based on a 1931 play Cm11 Gro,,, thr Ulacs, which flopped at the box office but was picked up by the Theater Guild's Theresa Helburn who thought it might make a good musical. One i nnontion of t he 1943 production was that instead of the usual practice of choosing actors who could sing, Rodgers and Hammerstein found singers who could act, and that is apparently what Peaks Island School music instrucror Sukie Rice found with her line up of thud-graders at the school's winter concert, T hursday Dec. 17, who performed - lirerally - a medley of Oklahoma runes as fon co wacch as they were co hear. T he concert had been rescheduled from t he previous week when a ABOVE: Peaks Island kindergardeners show how co sing and brush their teeth at the same time, under Sukie Rke's direction. snowstorm cancelled classes, and was BELOW: Choral DirectorJan Thomas conducting. performed in two sets co around 100 staffpl,otos people in the school gymnasium. Ms. school chorus in a perfo1mance of five Rice featured each of the six grades in songs, including another Rogers & the firsr ser, with a range of numbers Hammerstein melody, Do-re-mi, from from seasonal carols to spirituals to the S01111d ofM,uit. A 37 yeai· tradition contin11es international folk songs. T he concert featured children not Choral di rector Jan T homas pl ayed only singing and dancing but also accompaniment on piano, and in the playing xylophones and hand drums. second set, showcased her It-member The onlr possible complaim was chac it was a liule too long. Paul Kelson TV, 5, who sat patiently with his father, Paul Nelson Ill, on the floor near t he exit, wondered se¥eral times when it would end. When Ms. Thomas finally said ther would be singing their last number, he perked up. "And then we go ho1ne? 0 • BY KEVIN ATTRA turkey was donated by the Lions Club - included a ,·isit from Sama and students at the Peaks Tsland As he climbed into the Santa suit his Children's \'(lorkshop who came ex-wife gave him 10 years ago, Norm caroling with half a dozen songs that Provost chuckled a deep "ho, ho, ho," ranged from t he traditional (Rudolph soundmg vcrr much like the real thing. the Red-nosed Reindeer) to the secular ''After 29 years I've got it down," he said. ([winkle, Twinkle I .ittle Star). A song about li fe as a snowman He was getting ready for the ended when the sttn came out: "Once T monthlr semor potluck lunch at t he Fay Garman House Mond,1y, Dec. 14, was a snowman big and round/Now T am a puddle on the ground." organized br che Peaks Island Senior Fellowshjp Association. "It's t he one Afterwards, the children and the day a rear T let Norm cell me what to seniors exchanged gifts, a tradition do," said Sandra Pederson, manager that has been carried on in one form or another since 1972. Said new residcnr ABOVE: Peaks lslaod Children's Workshop students sing secular and seasonal of rhc scniot cemer who was invited Francis Frost, "I call this a fi rst-rate songs for residents ofche Fay Garman House. RIGHT: Norman Provost suits up specially fo r the eYent. holiday dinner." · for his 29th ycaras St. Nick while his dog, Sophie Tucker, lolls at his feet, The Christmas feast - a 20 pound staffphotos Jan/Feb 1010 ISlANDTIMES PAGEu Santa helps light the tree on Peaks Island BYKEVlNATIRA As the fire engine No. 12 brought Santa to lower Welch Street to hand out gifts (right) occasional flakes started falling in what turned out to be the first snow ofthe season. Children scampered around the tree, chased each other, sang carols or slept in their parents arms during the tree lighting ceremony down front on Saturday evening, Dec.5. Chris Hoppin passed out song sheets with the words to five or six of the most 1 popular, standard Christmas carols, and Mike Richards backed the crowd of over 60 adults and children with his guitar while his wife, Pam, sang accompaniment dressed as an elf Snow started falling for real just as the revelers sang Whiu Christmas, and Chuck Radis asked to be i uoted saying, "Bah humbug! Afterwards everyone piled into the Peaks Cafe for hot chocolate (below), where donations were collected for the food pantry. 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Shrine of capitalism, 2010 67 Better half of25 Across 6 Precedes Baker 68 Stranger 10 Graf , German warship 14 Carpenters tool DOWN 15 Tal Ferry Cot1vet1iet1t lsla11d·baked ·pizza, great food to travel, a11d 011ly steps away fro"' the ter"1i11al. ._____,# AJj~~ ; s 94 Commercial Street, Portland 207 874.2639 wwwJ,annaford.com SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE II 12 13 L A p 0 \1 A R T G A R 14 0 R E 0 u R E E 0 N 0 create a t, w * e A T s 0 mq S"te rp i ece i,, yovr kitc/.,e,, 0 " l. R E s A R t,; 0 R E N G R T R E s p A E D B N E R 9 *r M E N K P. R A N 0 2 B C C E E N A • T s Jan/Feb 2010 ISLAND TIMES PAGE13 gossamer curtains in the Great Nebula, January 2010 Sky a stellar nursery. Closest to che horizon is Sirius, rhe brightest scar in the sky Star Gazing BY M IKE RICHARDS (because it's only 8.6 lighc years away), January is named for Janiarius, (aka the bright eye of the Big Dog, Canis Janus), Roman god of the doorway (i.e., Major, with Procyon the bright scar in to the New Year). Earth, in its ellipticaJ Canis Minor due east. orbit around the sun, reaches perihelion (closest to the sun) early th is month and ALMANAC thus receives about7 percent more solar Jan. 1- Moon's at perigee today but energy t han when Earrh's at aphelion will be even closer {by 1300 miles) at (furthest from che sun). The Earth's month's end. tilt now points the north pole 23.5° Jan. 3- Q uadrancid meteor shower away from the sun, giving the Northern peaks tonight, but t he waning g ibbous Hemisphere less heat (and light). moon will wash the sky with light and January is tbe coldest month of rhe make viewing difficult. Today Earth's year in rhe Northern Hemisphere. It's at perihelion, ics closest approach to also the hottest month in the Southern che sun this year (3 million miles closer Hemisphere, bur the increased sofa r chan in July). Tonight Mars follows the energy t here is absorbed by the oceans moon closely, about 3 fingers at arm's chat cover it. In six months, we'll have length. summer and they'll have winrer, and Jan. 7 - Lase quarter moon rose chis constant shift in solar radiance just before midnight and is highest at stirs our atmosphere like a giant swinle sunrise. On chis date in 1610, Galileo stick, even as the moon's gravitational discovered the four large moons of puJl stirs up the oceans beneath it as che Jupiter. Over che next few weeks he earch spins beneath the slowly circling noted the change in their positions moon. Meanwhile, the earth orbits and confirmed that they orbit Jupiter, the sun at an average of 18.5 miles per suggesting that Copernicus was right: second, though at perihelion we reach the earth orbits rhe sun - heresy in maximum speed, shifting earth's those geocentric days, and enough for position to the sun so much each day, the Pope co put Galileo u nder house the latest sunrise oft he year for us is in arrest for the rest ofhis life. January(7:14 AM). Jan. 11- Scorpius's heart, the red super-giant star Antares, is occulted by PLANETS the crescent moon at abour6:15 AM. Small and fast, Mercury passes Jan. 15- New moon rises •nd secs just between earth •nd sun early chis month after the sun for us, but &om Africa co llfustration by Jamie Hogan and then pops up above the e•srern Asia, ir will produce an annular eclipse horizon just after sunrise the lase half of the sun, leaving a brighr ring •round of che month. Big and slow, Jupiter still moon, because it's so close to apogee. d ominates the souchwescern sky at Jan. 17- Moon's at apogee, almost sunset, with distant Neptune just to 31,000 miles further away than ic will its left and Uranus in Pisces, low in the be in cwo weeks. At sunset today, the southwest. Venus is our ofsig ht, so this small, chin crescent moon points left to month belongs co Mars, as tbe ruddy Jupiter. planet reaches opposition at rhe mouth Jan. 23· First quarter moon is highest ofLeo, the Lion, and swings its closest in d,esky at sunset, in the next few days to earch (61.7 million miles) chis rime are best for telescope-viewing of che around. Mars is retrograde now as earth moonscape. moves pasc it on our inside orbit. Yellow Jan. 29- Mars is at opposition (to the Saturn rises just before midnight and is sun) and is now best for viewing. Look high in the sky at sunrise. for the polar cap(s) and the green a nd red surface derails. For an up-dose look ST ARS and CONSTELLATIO NS at t he red planet, go co "Mars Rovers In the west Cygnus, the Sw•n, on the internee. disap pears into the sunset, though co Jan. 30- A huge fuJl ·wolf" moon Or's its left Lyra's blue-whice star Vega still at perigee again) sets over theciryat7:03 catches the eye. The Great Square of AM, with Mars above and to the right, Pegasus is lost in t he light pollution perfecr for chose few o n the 6:15 AM Now taking reservations for a romantic from town, but above it the Andromeda boat co town this Saturday morning. four-course gourmet dinner on Valentine's galaxy is still visible in binoculars The moon, it rises again over the bay at Day. Dance the night away to live music (use the deep V in Cassiopeia co 5:44 PM, giving those on the 5:35 PM in the Bayview Room. $55 per couple. point che way). Perseus, the King, is boat to Peaks an eyeful. Because the overhead fo llowed closely by Auriga, moon is now passing t hrough earth's t he Charioteer, which is easy co find magneto tail (caused by the solar wind's because yellow sun-like Capella is so shaping of t he earth's magnetic field), Gourmet Brunch: bright. The Gemini twins lie prone on the sunlit face of the moon is electrically Starts at 11:00am the eastern horizon, their heads capped charged and would cause a small shock Last Sunday of the Month by stars Castor {above) a nd Pollux if you stepped on it - one of the many (below). things to consider in man's return to rhe January 31 & February 28 The Pleiades star cluster hovers moon. fjve music by East Wave Radio almost overhead, and the "Seven Jan. 31- H ighest rid e this month $13.95 per person Sisters still look great in field glasses. (11.6') is at 11:29 AM, lowest (-2') at Below them the V-shaped Hyades 5:49 PM, creating a tidal shift of13.6'. asterism frames the head ofT aurus, the The moon's gravitational pull also Bull, with reddish Aldebaran, his angry affects earth's land masses, helping the Call today to make your eye, staring down at familiar Orion, tectonic plates to shift. The sunrise is reservation the H unter, below. Red supergiant scar now just before 7:00 AM and sets just Betelgeuse (beetle-juice) is his upper left before 5:00 PM, so ir's up and warming (207) 766-5100 shoulder and white giant Rigd (ry-jcl) the Northern Hemisphere for only 10 his right foot. The 3-star belt holds his hours out of 24, but rha< will increase sword which is graced by the gigantic rapidly over the next few months. PAGE 14 ISLAND TlMES Jan/Feb 2010 From the FIFTH MAINE "=:::.~-=AAro fheSound ofIsland Music was hued to come from Portland two of the1r efforts. At the Oceanic House Peaks people have long shown a nights per week to assist the band on Pleasant Avenue they were invited keen interest in all types of music. members in learning new music inside to "whet their whistle." Witness the Peaks Island Cornet and new instruments. The April 19, Throughout the year and into the Band, established in 1881. The 1882 entry in the band's record book spring of 1883 the band continued group's lengthy constitution reads, in states "Instructor Mr. Cole presented their twice-weekly practices at the part, "We the undersigned agree to himself in a condition of purfect Island Hall, even though that winter associate ourselves together for the {sic} sobriety and introduced for our " the harbor was so full of ice and ( • l mutual improvement and benefit in consideration a lovely little thing the burning of the steamer kept Mr. I music." entitled Andante and Polka. After Cole away for a month". l'wo more t Membership was J·imited to 13 men, destroying the peace of mind of all eotertainments were presented that with James B. Jones as Leader, H.H. in the vicinity and horrifying the spring. l Trefethen as Secretary and Epps veteran Cole till be was baldheaded, The last entry in the band's record Brackett as Treasure r. The other we approved a practice meeting for book - May 28, 1883 - notes the .; members were Albion Brackett, the following Saturday evening." resignation of two band members I Henry Ski ll ings, John Holbrook, The band presented its first public and a general loss o f interest. George Trefethen, Charles Trefethen, entertainment at Brackett Memorial Unfortunately, no additional records Andrew Fisher, Allen Fisher, Church on June 22. 1882 to a full have surfaced that might tell us how Wesley Sterling, Frank Sterling house that included a Miss Latham much longer the band stayed together and W. S. Jones. Each contributed and a Miss Skilling. On July 4th of or what caused its demise. toward the purchase of instruments, that year, the band marched from The Tsland Hall, which sat where the such as drums, cymbals and wind down front to the East End (Trefethen fire trucks and ambulance are now Andrew Fisher. instruments, for members who did Evergreen), stopping to play outside housed, was torn down in the 1960s. courttsy ofthe Fifth Maine not already own one. of various cottages and hotels where A Mr. Cole [no first name listed] they were given cigars in appreciation is hard co access these days, with h is ours? expe-rieoce, can an experience also be an technology seemingly so anciem, and I felt An o bject has the agency to be a thing o bject?This is to say, a square is a rectangle On Art I had co make my best effort ro help bis aod simultaneously an experience. buc IS a rectangle a sq uare? I hesitate to say wide spread cause; to e,-,uwne and deliver In actem pang co value art objecrs, I tty (T would li ke to have further discuss10n appropriately deserved gi fcs. co ignore the hierarchy of genres and jusc about ,his) hut, it docs not seem to be so. REFINEMENTS To minimize costs one must be notice rhe difference in the things l like Experience does not necessarily deliver resourceful and very pointed about each to live wich. T his leads me to recl2ssify an objecl. Jr retains evidence of havmg Thinking about where gift co the people on o ne's gift list. I try ro ord iouy objects in my house - tt);ng to existed m a memory but another acdon be thoughtful on any gifr-gi,·ingoccasioo, ignore rheir conrcx, and simply nofing needs to be taken, some1hing els~ m us, you are but in the middle of December chinking their content - as beautiful, functionaJ, happen to deliver the one-two punch of about surprising someone at the same alive, historic, innovative, puzzling. and an objecL BY JESSICA GEORGE time others arc thmking about surprising evocative. Experience-an event, an occurrence, an that someone makes che pressure of These arc subjective qualities, chosen to incident, a piece of knowledge - certainly (ShoHI 0111 lo the »-'0111an with tbt drr11/ar perform ing eq ually • if not bet1er than determine the significance o f rhe objects creates rhe space for objects, but ,hey :ue rbuJer, uf ligbls • so111tlv11es bu1,, so111tti111es »1Jiu others - rhc mode ofoper ation. I look at every day, whether I've created not inherenrly concrete within it. This · in tht trttl o,, (.;11/e Diamond) Now, rh is ideal performa nce means them or simply own them. makes a pcrience quire a wondrous ching, Tis ,he season to be listing, o r ir was last something different for ever y indi,•idual My aim ism forget rhar a cultural o bject, as it allows anrthing to be prod uced or month anywar, or maybe it should always and familr. Stellar perfom,ances could like a hammer, is widely considered less of changed w ithin ir. be, to be considering and cclcbranng be the simple act of sending a letter, or an at1work than a l"'inting, and allow that Ccrtam!y, I believe that experiences a re what we vaJuc and what ts in otu pockets, i, could be wo tking over time to pay the both could porenrially exist m the same predisposed to offering objeccs, o bjects and how we can exchange what's in our J anuary mortgage and take rhe whole classification. I at1empt to get away from char are not manipulated by hwnan force, pockets for somerhing "'e \'aluc to give family for a weekend at Loon Mountain. anali·zing medium-specific formalidcs, like a rock, a plant, clay, etcetera. Also, someone clsc. O n any gift-giving occasion, I wonder where, for instance, a painting 1s judged by man-made objects such as rope, glass and What could that person live wirh? W har if there i< a difference berween providing a different list of criteria truan • sculpture. poncry can be returned and re-presented would they like to hve wi,h? Whar would someone with an e.x.pcrirnce or with an Therefore, I rerum ro my lisr: beautiful, to us hr natural forces, offered b)' an they 10\·e to live with? Have they expressed object. Why can't an objecr be a gift and, functional, alive, historic, innovative, experience walking on a beach. anr desires? How can you come c.loscst co simulraneously, an experience? \Xlouldn't puzzling, and evocative. These type o f objects a nd rhe grari f)~ng these desires? there bt· a memorable occurrence - J rhink dcrermining monetary value is experiences that su rround rhem arc T houghts like this were runn ing distinguishable from o ther m emorable one of the hardest parrs of being an arrist, rhose I believe we all need more of, to rampant last month. Santa's workshop occK/ci,ces - b)' the object becoming for it is here that I must install a hierarchy be returned and re-used b)' ,1s to creare ~ nd what kind of artist sirs around saring another form, or 10 build one we can use. "Why, yes, if I do this the price will Herc is all tins to say, let us gi,•e and increase five-fold!"?). receive with an awareness of how HELP PRESERVE Personally, 1 am mosr attached to meaningful and 1hough1ful the act of beauaful, historic and evocative objecrs. giving can be. WHAT'S SPECIAL l might place rhe highes, ABOUT PEAKS. value on a tintype of anything, or a dress J had a fancastic ti me in, o r a ff. Island i$ a tru!y special plact. wslh th roclcy painting with remar kable MIOrt$, iu woodbnd:s ind rts '«tlands. Ynur mtmbmhip color or a quick skerch ofa 1. .,, (Only SI 5,r,l i-25 fomiiyl ""' your dooltions m sleeping child. cl'IJ0ll in hdlli-rc us tnalWlin cipen spaces. I think ofa picture of futa H a)'wOrth. U m ouchable Join today. Hdp pmnw 'fib.It"'" ICA't abolA Pt.lb. in all her womanly ways, she allows her image to be ~i' phorographed, an object I in irsclf used to create the illusion of being wi,h ISLAND ::.::::.:, Rita Hayworth, however *'LAN O PRESE RVE M...,_.,_ composed or delusional that - experience m ight be. Sylus almost a year ago, by Jessica George. Pen on ,.o IOX tt. , uu: IS UU, Kt 04 111 ----~ -.-... - .. ,._" ...... llo-- If an object can also be an paper is• x zo•, 2009• Jan/Feb 2010 ISlAND TIMES PAGE 15 organized movement to secede on these families to leave. Bereft of their it unique abouc living on an island." record. "After much discussion it was culture, the island may inextricably Now, he said, the islands themselves concluded that islanders could not morph i nco an exclusive summer are changing. "Look at the Diamonds. The state afford the cost of self government," getaway for the ridiculously rich. There's no history. They all come from wrote Ms. Maclsaac. ''l'm a third generation fireman,'' said somewhere else." As populacion pressure increased, Long Island's Chief Clarke. "We have A lawyer on Peaks Island sees it ofthe secession movements flared up again a long tradition. There's not a lot tl1at differently. "\Y/e have a very diverse and again. ln 1922, it arose because can say that about their community. community, compared tO other there was no electricity, the roads were "There's fewer and fewer people witli commw1ities in Maine. Out here we're • in disrepair and the aquifer was drying tradition, with history." all over the map." union up. Within two years, municipal water An importam reason he cites for the The character of the island will and electricity was installed. success of Long Island's independence clearly change if families arc unable to In 1948 a series of forest fires led is the depth ofhistory people have with survive, and one ofthe biggest worries to a secession dri,·e over lack of each other. He said rhere are a nwnber on the island has been about school BYKEVINATTRA firefighters. In response, Engine No. of families who have known each other closure. It concerns everyone on both 12 was upgraded bi• the city. In 1955 for genecacions, either as kin or friend. sides ofthe secession issue. It has been more than two years since baby boomers were overcrowding the These relacionsh.ips extend throughout "We wouldn't have moved here a bill authorizing the incorporation schools. The next year Portland added the islands in Casco Bay. without the school," said a small of Peaks Island, House Island, Catnip two classrooms and the gym to the "Stuff is passed down through business owner on Peaks Island who lsland and Pumpkin Knob into the Peaks Island School. generations. There are unwritten rules opposed secession. "We would secede town of Peaks Is land d ied in the These issues arc very similar to of how islands work. Everyone knows. if they dosed the school." State Legislature after an advisory the ones islanders complained about If you're crying to keep a secret, yoll're Part 2 continues oc.xt montb on the committee rejected ir, 7-5. in 2006, and it seems Portland has in the wrong place. That's what makes state ofisland schools and education. The State & Local Government alwars tried tO resolve them as fully as Committee, however, made its possible. rejection contingenr on whether the But in the last 30 years, the residents City of Portland could show sufficient of Peaks Island seem co have been proof that it was addressing concerns getting poked at every so often by the about the island's schools, governance runaway housing market. Like some and transportation, which were viewed desperado in a cheap Western movie as the most pressing issues. itching for a fight, it keeps pushing up As a result, the City amended its costS and dri,·i ng people away. municipal code to create the Peaks lt's not clear ifit's the city that's doing Island Council, an elected bodr of the actual poking, or rhe state- island residcnrs who \\--ould channel the ! n fact, Portland has made headway , needs of the Peaks Island community resolving some concerns of the and clearly voice them to che City community, as they were spelled out Council. in a Peaks Island neighborhood plan Described as neither fish nor published in March 2005. A lot of it fowl, the f>I C has the legitimacy was done on the City Council's own of an elected body but none of the initiative. Former lobsrerman Pecc Mayo btads mto bis workshop on Peala Island last winter. legislative power. Instead, it is a filtered Last year Portland facilitated the He sold bis bouse and all bis gear this summer and left. voice representing the Peaks Island U-car vehicle shariog service in the filtpboto community speaking to the City vicinity of rhe ferry terminal, and Council. permitted a livery service (loosely The challenge within the communit)', referred to as the taxQ to operate on and within the council itself coo, has the island. The 2010 Island Phone been co find a voice the city will listen In the past five years Portland has to. addressed other issues as well. The Outwardly, the struggle on Peaks Peaks Island Community Bmecgency Directory is here.I J sland to secede from Portland would Response Team was established by the probably look the same if happened Portland Fire Department, among the anywhere else. Public opinion would first CERT teams to be organized in still be divided, the focus would Maine and the only one on an island. occasionally drift, energy would flag, The Fay Garman House was built ambivalence and power struggles co provide senior housiog on land would emerge. subsidized by the city, and HomeScarr, '.\ Perrnearing it all would be a gnawing established in 2005 by island volunteers uncenainty about the future. The IO address affordable housing issues, essemial question. though, would still has been nurtured by the city ever be "why?", and it would have to be since. answered once and for all for a new All ofthese were solutions specifically community to be built. Everyone mentioned in the neighborhood plan involved has to believe the answer. to resolve issues on the island. In some "le requires a lot of commitment and cases they just happened co coincide public involvement to make a town with the city's own agenda, but in the work," said Coleman Clarke, an early 126-year history of secession on the oppooem of Long Island's secession island Portland has had a pretty good from Portland in 1992 and currently itS response record. fire chief. Since 1955, however, there have been Cover design by Jamie Hogan "I'm glad, now. It took a couple of four secession movements . in 1979, years to figure it out, but it was worth 1986, 1992 and 2006 . which were NOWAVAliABLE at Casco BaY U nes. Andfs Old P<>rt Pub, Hanoigao's it." sparked by revaluations that jumped Island Man To save even more money, and potentially get thousands of dollars back that you didn't know you qualified fo r, cake advantage of free tax preparation services available beginning in mid-January. 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"It's excrem cly a rwo-week t raining course last year imporcanr," he said, "but there's not a m order to expand bis skills as a home great resource out here for rh«. llorh builder and renovaror. " Ir filled m missing companies arc slow to respond." He said tuning up a 10- co IS-year-old boiler will ,nfocmarion in m)' mind abour insulating aod home e£ficiency," he said. give you equivalent scr'\'tcc of a brand new In November he gave a presentation to high-efficiency unit. "Don't replace ir if you don'r need 10." a group of abour20 people a< the Peaks Island Child.ten's Workshop, explaining Purung plasuc over windows is a11other how he investig,ires a building's heaang energy saver rhar works ,·cry well, he efficiency and described the most effective said. Replacing windows is extremely things islanders cao do to sray warm in expensive. "To do it r ight would cost their homes and sa,•c money. around $700 a piece, installed," he said. An energy audit is a thorough survey of "As a result, just for the cost versus benefir a building for air leaks, insulation gaps, it's not worrh it." structural issues, moisture problems and T he highest-efficiency windows other condilions that affecr the hcanng currently available ha,·c an R4 msulating dficiency of a home. He charges $350 value, but he said if you seal the cracks for rhe se rvice, bur Peaks Island Tax around an old single pane unir with mpc Assistance can subsidize the cost for calk and put a skintight film of plastic qualified homeo..,-ners through its Energy o,·er the fnune, (he insulation value will increase to R3 if it has a swrm window on Assmance program. T he audit provides a list of priorities the oucside. 1\dd another larer of plastic • 10 the homeowner • basically the order as long as there is an air space in between of repairs from the most crjrical iterns ro the two - aod it will be an R4. 1he finishing touches. He tries co keep his If the window is rotted or doesn't reports simple. "It can still be a little bit operate well be said it's probably better overwhelming when you get a list of fifty to replace it, bur installers must insulate in the fram ing gaps in herent with any things," be said. The firsr priority o n Peaks Island is replace.men t. window o r d oor or the new usually the crawl space or basement. unit won't improve the hearing efficiency "T hey concern me from a health stand muchatall. Harvey Johnson at the Peaks Island Children's Workshop with the tools of bis For instance, in old windows tbar use point," he said, because of the cancer trade arrayed on the table. T he exhaust fan is set up in an exit door b<:hind him. risk from radon, a natura lJy ..occurnng Its its in a stretched cloth frame that seals the doorway. sash counterweights there is a large air radioacuvc gas, and the health effects of staffpl, oto pocker on either side of the jamb that must moisture. "Typical Peaks Island crawl is enough to keep smells , moisture and occur around rhe rim joisr and where be filled with insulation before the new spaces are pretty scary." air borne contaminants at a minimum. oil fill pipes and service lines enter the unit is inscalled, and che joint berween the He said air leaks arc the most significant Higher exchange races start 10 cake a roll building. Condensation o n window old frame and the new frame oeeds co be cause of heat loss in buildings. T hey on the heating bill. "Most homes out here pane, in chc lh-ing areas of the house is sealedwirh calk, something most installers typically account for onc ...q uarter of an h.-·c air changes of rwo or three rimes an usually a sign of moisture problems in rhe don'tdo . annual heaciog bill, which means if you hour," he said. basement, he explained. Shurcing off unu.~ d rooms in \Vintc.r can use four tanks of fuel to heat rour home He estimated chat running a high Tt also means that water is condensing save a significant amount of money, as can each year, one of them was spenc hearing efficiency b athroom exhaust fan inside rhe walls, wh ich will destroy setting back rhermos1a1s for hours when che outside air. continuously could provide a ll t he any insulation they might have. Jn his you're not using heat. lie recommends f-lar vey uses a calibrated e., haust fan that ventilation an air-eight home would investigations of homes with moisture using programmable rhermostacs for rim creates a vacuu m of 50 Pascals, the same ever need and cosc o nl)' $75 a year, in problems, H arvey's found that che purpose. effect as if a 25 rrtilc-per-hour wiod was eompanson with $2,000 spent on beat lost oucennosc few inches ofinsuJation next to He also said the age-old practice of blo,ving out:<;ide, m measure rhe air f1ow co unconr.rolled air leaks. an o utside waU can o ften be a solid mass wrapping the oursidc o f the house ar through the house in order to decerm.ioe While his exhaust fan is run ning, of ice. ground level with plastic and st2cking hay the volume of ai; leaking out. For every Harvey goes from room to room wirh a He said getting rid of moisrure under the bales against it is very effecovc, " tl1ough it 1,000 cfm (cubic feet per minute) of air hand-held thermal imagu1g camera and house is done a number ofw ays depending doesn't happen out here much. now he said there is 100 square inches of photographs the leaks, which appear as on the structure o f the building, bur He encourages people m call him if they leaky area. dark fi ngers emanating from cracks in the whether it's a crawl space wirh a di.ct floor want more detailed information, aod he "Some people argue chat you don't need walls or from gaps around the doors and or a fi nished basement, when done right does follow-up 1esting for free. "I lm•c a blower door to find air leaks," he said , windows. The camera also acts like an x the dank atmosphere is gone and che space seeing the effc-cts of these improvements, mentioning how one fellow followed his ray machine, revealing cold spots inside ,vill be warm and dry. how much ofa difference they make." dog around because he knew that it liked wall c.-•itics caused by framing membets fresh air. Where,·er the dog chose co lie or by gaps io the insulation. down, there would be an arr leak. He starts in Lhc attic where most air DISTINCTIVE HOMES FOR DIS CE RNING PEOPLE With a simple household fan, some leaks occur, usually around plumbing cardboard and duce cape, he said, anyone pipes and clecrrical lines. "lf you h.-•cn'r can rig up a way 10 find leaks. The only been in your arric, I would encourage you drawback is ch ar thev won't know how to check it out," he said. \Vhe:n eleccridans much air is bring lost," so the}' won't know and plumbers do repair work there, he when rhey've found rhem all and can smp said they ofren move insulacion aside ro I looking. get at the problem and never put it back. KIRK G OODHUE ALYCE A . BAUERLE Jill KEEFE People often think having a leaky house "They're worse than rodents." He said it is 1s a good thing because, to a certain a simple thing to put the insulation back degree, air loss is necessary for health and in place, and will make a big difference in LAURIE W ILDES D EB H ANNA safe ty reasons, buc based on sn1dics hc 1s livmg comforr. --~- ---···- -- . ----·- read Harvey said the best plan is co 1UJ1ke Ile added that homes with a wee crawl che house as airtighr as possible and then space or hasemenc usually have mold in PORTLAN D engineer in ventilation 10 control the the attic. lo winter. a chimney effect is PEAKS ISLAND LONG ISLAND exchange rare. created by heated air rising through the • • • In most homes indoor air eventually house, drawing air in from below ground 207.766.5966 207.775.7253 207.232.0758 gets replaced with outside air (though and ourside the building. " It's in a hurry to not necessarily "fresh'' air). He said an gee to the attic,>' he said. exchange rare of 1/3 air change per hour Air leaks in the basemem commonly WWW.PORTISLAND.COM PAGE18 ISIAND TIMES Jan/Feb 2010 COMlVIUNITY NOTES Thursday Morning Study, "Ch ristian 'fh(> f'n'fil CLOSED inJamruy; GIVE Portlana Rerreation Pilgrimage". 10 am at the Parsonage, 9 Classes & LOVE, a group art show and breast cancer Walk Program . Monday and T hursday ChurchA,·e. bcnelitop<:ru Friday, Feb. 5, 5pm to 7pmand mornings .it 8:1) (met·t at commuoity Prayer Shawl Ministry, Thursdays I pm running thru Feb. 2 J. Show hours are Friday, building). Indoor stretching will take place to 3 pm at the Parsonage. All are welcome. Instrl1ction Sat\lrday and Sunday 12pm to 5pm. in inclement we3thcr. For info contact Ann 766-2636 or Rebecca T bc Gem Gallery is an artist/cra.ftsperson Lo·w-lmpact Aerobics ,,1ith \\'eigh t.ii - 766-3017. cooperative of °':er 25 individuals in media Monday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 Dance Classes Classes will resume Brackett Memorial United Method ist of p.iinting, dnwing, scu1pture, pottery, to 10:30. in Febua11 . For class schedule and information Church, 9 Church Street, Peaks Island, jewelry) ph otography, printmaking, Ping Pong Tuesdays . Tu~day aftc-rnoon.\ contactSharoan at 776-5066 (cell) or by etmil Maine. Pastor: Rev. Desi Larson; (207) 766· [email protected]. a.ssembfage, fi ber arts and writii,g. Solo and from2:00to4:00. 5013j www.braclcenmumc.or9 small group ex hi hit ions change weekly and Adu.It Basketball - Tuc.sday c•vcnings, 6:00 bi-weelcly from June through October with to 7:50 at P,aks l•land School gym, S2 per You t h Wrestli n g luger themed member shows off-season and 1\merkan l.,egion night. No program on Dec 29 or on snow The Peaks Island American Legion Program T hrough t he Po rtland • holiday sale each year. Please call the gallery days. Randall-Mac Vane Post 142 and satell ite Police Department, offict'rs Oanid R()SC~ 1r1d No program dunng ,;, chCJol vac·ations, at766-5600formorc inforrnation. organizations, the Ladies Auxiliary and Les Smith of the Pe.ak:s Patrol are organizing the Som, of the American Legion, have holidays, school snow days. r:or more info, a wrc:-.tling program for children in grades At the Dodw(']l SAYTREESruns dramatka.Jly incrNsed thdr 01 1:mbcrship~ contact DenJSe M"cirona$, Rtc~rN\lioo K through 6. The program is informal and through January. Acrylic, oil, w.uercolor, Jn Excellence (PEACE) youth group at 10:15am. FE,NC:t RE PAIR Sundays during the Sunday School hour, For The Peaks Island library is located at BASEM ENT CLEANI.NG iJlfo c,."Ontact Winter, 766 -2428. 129 Island Ave in the Community Center Antonia WA$H UU'DR"l'ER REPAIR Ch ildren', C hoir, Mondays 2,45-3: 15. For building. Hours are Tuesday 2 pm to 8 pm, ,ROf'El'TY CARETAK.I NG info contact Mavourneen Thompson 8994 Wednesday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am TOWING O H A N D OFF 15LAH0 OIOS. to 2 pm and Saturd•y 8 am to NOON. for Thr ift Shop , Wednesday, Jan, 6 & Feb. 3, more information a 117664 5S40or \'i$it www. PAUL IIUDGES 2 pm to S pm in the vestry. For info call 766- portlandl,brory.romllocotJooslp«Jks.htm CALL PAUL Qnlriie~ O..,I Quoc-. ~ t - Coll me. I can do anything. 5013. --~ Ir Ill l fa1com Jan/Feb 2010 ISIANDTIMES PAGE19 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR :\Ionday, .Jan. 4 room. Relive the "good old days" as :\1.onday, Feb. 1 as an appreciative audience. Rich a nd decadent deserts are always welcome. 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