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• By Donald Maurice Kreis Bank approves this last proposed deal, what were When you deposit money with Reet, it pays you once four little banks will become the biggest financial lower interest rates than its competition. And when Once upon a time there were four little banks: Merrill institution in the state-controlling nearly 30 percent you open a checking account at Fleet, it charges you Bank & Trust, Northeast Bank, Maine Savings Bank of Maine's banking business, according to the state more money than the other banks do. That's what the and Maine National Bank. attorney general's office. Maine attorney general's office thinks. And that's what Then along came the Reet Financial Group of Provi You don't have to be an economist or an antitrust Fleet Bank itself says in its internal documents. dence, Rhode Island, and bought Merrill. Then Reet lawyer to figure out what happens when one com There are ample grounds here for the Bush adminis merged with the Norstar Financial Group, which h,ad pany comes to so dominate a particular business. That tration - or, for that matter, the McKernan administra purchased Northeast. Then the Federal Deposit Insur company tends to drive away the competition, and tion - to keep Maine National out of Reet's hands. The ance Corporation seized Maine Savings after that bank the public ends up paying higher prices as a result. grumbling from the state attorney general notwith ran out of money, and gave Maine Savings to Reet. And in the case of Reet, there is a bank vault's worth standing, there is absolutely no indication that anyone And now Maine National is also about to become part of evidence that this is precisely where the Rhode in government plans to stand in the way of this latest of the Fleet empire. And when the Federal Reserve Island institution is taking Maine's banking business. and greatest Fleet move to dominate Maine. Continued on page 8 JUNE 27, 1991 FREE If abortions were turnpikes page 12 Getting your poetic license page 18 page 21 Evans Gallery'S photo finish
Adam Stone displays the yellow perch he caught at a rest area on Route 302 In Raymond. CBW(Tonee Harbert
To people who don't fish, certain aspects of sport ask, go fishing at all? fishing may not make much sense. For instance, why I've wondered about that myself, usually after do most anglers now release the fish they catch? fishing in the rain for 12 hours without seeing so Reel life: much as a tadpole. To answer these and other fasci Wouldn't eating the fish defray some of the expense of buying bait and tackle? Also, if you're going to nating questions, I spent a week fishing with my eyes yank some hapless guppy out of a puddle by the - and my mind - wide open, and I think I can tell lips, why not consummate this cruelty by eating it? you why people go fishing. Maybe I can even tell you a Portland Some skeptics ask more basic questions. For why I go fishing. example, what is so appealing about standing waist I also went fishing with the intention of acqUiring a deep in an ice-cold stream at 4 a.m.? Why do other bit of practical and valuable information -like, wise normal people deliberately seek out the com where's a good place to go fishing in Greater Port fish story pany of mosquitos and black flies? land? Some people, the more urbane and refined types, I found the answer to that question, too. Now the ask an even more fundamental question. Why, they question is, will I tell you? • By W.D. Cutlip Continued on page 10 JIUU! 27,1991 3 to persuade the Pentagon to sign more lucrative defense contracts. Fiber Materials manufac 9{eirfoom QyaCity Cak? crops tures insulating materials for the nose cones of nuclear MX Hand Sculpted In Italy missiles and other weapons. Earlier this month, the Like the Love Birds pictured here with their most company cited the loss of magnificient wings unfurled, you will see the wealth 538 Congress Street Pentagon contracts as the of detail and artistic impression offered the eye to Rare and Used Books reason for laying off an enjoy. Many more styles available. Maps and Prints undisclosed but significant Bought & Sold percentage of its work force, • Wedding Cakes, FloweTB and Accessories Avaiwble. Highest Prices Paid Sununu's appearance at a Search Service ~·st. Tax & Insurance Appraisals te Portland hotel was a profit able one for the state GOP. Single Items or large col lections wanted A review of the top news stories affecting T,Ciza6etfi S BROWSERS ALWAYS WELCOME Greater Portland: June 18 through 25, 1991. First there was a $250-a 101m to 5 :30 pm Mon.,Slt. person reception, then a $65- . Parror & Pantry Abortion ruling draws protest a-plate dinner. About 275 'Iraaitional'JlJJmt J4uworW -7'01' tfu 'J{j1U.tiM. . AnlQJor"ion Boc*.M" n Awxiotion 01 America people attended and the 1-800-228-1398 More than 175 people marched silently in Monument Square ''We are always home, 7 Days A Week." Republicans raised $20,000, 761-2150 64·6-87&5 on June 25 to protest the so-called gag rule recently handed Rte 77, Cape Elizabeth • 767-5668 (next to Jorden" Lawn & Garden) 53& Congress Sl. Rout. 1. Well a according to The New York down by the U.s. Supreme Court that prohibits employees of Times. Gur(}r" slmwb,.,ri"s Luscious (U'O('tldos federally funded family planning programs from discussing abortion with clients. Jesus saves on You've seen these char Many protestors had covered their mouths with tape or scarves to symbolize that health workers must remain silent Congress Street f There's no acters at your local grocery concerning abortion - even when clients ask specific questions store. But do you expect City Manager Robert T WASN'T UNTIL AFTER ...... present about it. Ganley is rethinking his .. xu them at a salad bar? Well, The protestors marched from Monument Square to the policy on who gets to fly "v'" ~ i ··. . like a lot of the unexpected is Congress Street offices of George Mitchell, where they delivered ~ I STARTED GEnlNG DEEP ~ ;'. the banners across Congress tr ' Come to the professional at Sizzler's Salad Bar. Sea written pleas for Mitchell to support two measures before Street at City Hall after a u lIE:. , Juiry wo/~n'II!1o" food salad. Potato skins. Congress that would nullify the gag order. small deluge of calls about CLEANSING TREATMENTS AT /h : time. Nachos. So come see what The march was organized by the Portland chapter of Na skin care clinic - ~ { ~~: the "Jesus Saves" sign .. !1(. ,X 1 .,: makes our list the most tional Organization of Women, and was attended by members currently hanging there. L'ESTHETIQUES THAT MY of the National Abortion Rights Action League, the Rape Crisis "~/ ' wanted of them all. "We try to accommodate recommended by Center, Planned Parenthood and ACT-UP. anybody who wants to do it, watches, clocks & Also attending the march was Portland's fledgling radical but I don't want to get into SKIN REALLY CLEARED UP." other gifts women's group, the HAGS (Hysterical Angry Girls' Sorority). legal trouble," Ganley says. v HUNT. PO
supply would only be development of low-income will be cheaper this winter?" threatened if the pipes were family housing. Average prices peaked at OPEN MIND less than a 1,000 feet from the According to Portland $1.30 a gallon last fall. Good • % OPEN DOOR proposed dump. ABB says West executive director and Friends Downeast has a pay- COOKIN 10 the supply pipes are 2,500 to state Rep. Jim Oliver, Port- now plan of 85 cents a gallon. Celebrating the 3,000 feet from the dump site. land West was selected for Discount Life of the Spirit in The Maine Waste Manage- the award at the "Neighbor- Mitchell Maine's Worship, the Arts & • Continued from page 5 ment Agency, which is hoods, USA" national at a Community Service top moonlighter metropolitan area with more required by law to build ~o conference, which was held Rep. Olympia Snowe is the Hardware Store special-waste dumps in this year in Memphis, KATAHDIN 99 DAYS than 100,000 residents, will richest member of Maine's We were thumblmg through our dictionary the other day in the heart definitely be subject io the Maine, will hold hearings in Tennessee. He credited the congressional delegation, but FOR all three potential host group's fund-raising efforts and came across this entry: "Katahdin (kat li din}n. Mount, new requirement Senate Majority Leader the highest peak in Maine, in the central part, 5273 ft" That of the Old Port! .,,. The tail pipe tests are communities in September. as well as financing support George Mitchell made the was it! There was no mention of our restaurant! common throughout New The agency plans to make a from the city of Portland, the most in outside income. ·Fitness Evaluation $20 England, except in Maine and final decision on a dump site Portland Housing Authority Newly filed financial SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH by March 1992. and the Maine State Housing Flabbergasted, we immediately sent the following to the Fitne88 or Aerobic8 302 Stevens Avenue Vermont. The test would add disclosure reports show that Authority for Portland West's editors for the next edition: "2.n. An excellent restaurant in Portland. ME 04 I 03 $15 to the cost of inspecting Mitchell, a Democrat, Portland, Maine." Some would call this a cheap advertising (207) 772-8277 the typical car. Bridgton not likely success. collected $62,000 in book ploy, but we consider it a public service. What could be worse Maine's Fitness Leader ''The program is coming to Portland West has focused royalties and speaking fees than an incomplete dictionary? Rev. Ken Turk1 to secede on redeveloping and building 781·2671 Service: I Dam Sunday Maine, and there's no way to Officials in Bridgton have last year - including a Childcare provided stop it," says Ronald Sever- new low-income housing $22,500 advance on his recent 196 US Rt 1, Falmouth called off their plan to secede since the early '80s. Its most The Pot Roast Dinner is one of our most popular offerings, shovels • brooms • mops ance of the state Department from Cumberland County book on global warming, Danny comes in early and puts the meat in a pot along with red of Environmental Protection. recent efforts include a "World on Fire." He donated wine, herbs and vegetables. I t simmers all day until it is • sponges· cleansers • after disoovering that it transi tional housing project The purpose is to help Maine would be even more expen- $10,000 of his outside income fork-cutting tender. So if the only pot TOast you've had lately fans • thermometers • on Bell Street where low- depends on packaged onion soup mix for flavor, perhaps it's reduce the amount of pollut- sive to become part of the to charity. Mitchell also light bulbs • electrical ants released into the atmo- income people have access to accepted 14 free trips by time to try the real thing again. neighboring county of job-training and other supplies • drill bits • saw @A -f-J.r."c. ]3qJ1e.~ sphere by 15 percent over the Oxford. plane to Florida, California, next six years, as required by services. Maine, Washington, Iowa, Our Goat Cheese Flan has been on our menus in various blades • sandpaper • The town, more than 35 Oliver expects the award rf the federal law. miles from the county seat in Massachusetts and New York restaurants since 1985. We always used French goat cheese in plumbing parts • vices • liave arrived! to be a boost for fund-raising our recipe, but recent import restrictions have made this Still to be decided is Portland, saw its county tax to deli ver speeches. screwdrivers • hammers whether to require tests in the future. He said the Sen. William Cohen, a ingredient hard to obtain. After some concern, we came to see See ~ bill jump more than 10 national recognition will lend this as an opportunity to use yet another local product in our • nails • caulking • annually or every two years percent this year - after a 35 Republican, took in nearly cooking. We are now buying Nubian mille: from the Chateau for the emissions, which Portland West credibility as it $12,000 in speaking fees, in t~l-i;rlb J1er-l;I~ percent hike in 1990. But applies to national funding Briant Farm in Saco, and making our own goat cheese. plaster • putty • glue • include nitrogen oxides, Bridgton is still in the middle addition to nearly $20,000 in hinges • bolts • nuts and hydrocarbons and carbon sources. book royalties - including A and tlie rest ranks among towns in 1991 is shaping up as one of the best growing seasons ever. screws • rope • chain • monoxide. Severance said his Cumberland County in terms money from his new spy department is likely to Teachers rap Jock's thriller, "One-Eyed King." The strawberries and rhubarb are here, and we're using them in antifreeze • plus paint ~ of tlie gang. of tax valuation, whereas it many of our desserts. The peas are here. As always, we prepare recommend tests for all would have the second knuckles Neither Snowe, a Republi- the freshest local produce in delicious ways. and supplies ifyour favorite is not in stock., we ~ ,.. motorists in York, can who represents the 2nd 'UJi{{ special mer fUm or fur for you. highest valuation in Oxford. The state's largest teach- Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Congressional District, nor That means Bridgton would ers' union has gone on record For good cookin' in a relaxing atmosphere, try us sometime. AndrOscoggin, Kennebec, have to pay a higher percent- as opposing pay and benefit Tom Andrews, local Demo- Exchange St. Hardware ..C) Country Potpourri ~ Uncoln and Knox Counties. age of the Oxford County cuts designed to ease Maine's erat, reported any outside The deadline for establish- budget. billion-dollar budget deficit. income. But Snowe reported ~&~ 19 Exchange Street cofkcti6ks . ftand crafts · fofk...art ing an emissions inspection "Plain and simple, it At its annual meeting in investments and savings of 774-1740 Portland, ME 04101 program is November 1992. between $238,000 and SPRING AND HIGH STREETS 2 Wharf Street· Portland, ME 04101 . (207) 772-7490 would not be in our best Augusta, the Maine Teachers MON·THURS 5 PM • 10 PM· fRl AND SAT 5 PM • 11 PM 775-1260 The regulators expect to interest to leave," said Association approved $796,000. Federal law does make their recommendations Bridgton Town Manager resoluti ons demanding higher not require members of to Gov. John McKernan later Bruce Locke. "Instead of pay and benefits at the state's Congress to be more speci fic this year. being a small fish in a big public schools. The union than that. sf pond, we'd be a big fish in a also voted to oppose plans to < < State to dump ash small pond." defer payments to their state CMP seeks to zap ~~ on Arundel retirement fund, a key protesters Maine's ~ Authentic budget-balancing gimmick Oyster Bar ABB Environmental Declaration worth Central Maine Power says Services Inc. announced June big bucks suggested by the McKernan Portland is among the places 20 that a 289-acre site on the administration. being considered for· new It was not self-evident to Public schools face a loss Biddeford-Arundel town line the Maine Historical Society power lines as part of the is the most suitable location of $200 million in state utility's five-year expansion Ou&tel' that its copy of the Declara- subsidies from the new two- for a special waste dump in program. So Portlanders may tion of Independence, year state budget. The union Mixing Good People, Good Food and southern Maine. acquired in 1906, was worth be interested to know that The dump will store says that could mean a loss of their electric utility is lobby- Good Drinks for 13 Years anything. But the experts say up to 2,000 jobs. incinerator ash from the the document is an original ing the Legislature for a way Our Full Menu served from HAM to Midnight Maine Energy Recovery copy that is in better condi- to shut down citizen protests Best Steamers in Town Company (MERC) in tion than one that was 011 shock Insurance that have stymied the Biddeford, along with auctioned in New York two Maine's fuel oil dealers are construction of new transmis- Enjoy a view of the Marina from asbestos, sludge and other apparen tly reacting to sion lines in recent years. the relaxing atmosphere of '1,_.$__ ''''I! weeks ago for $2.4 million. materials that require special "On a scale of one to 10, criticism that they took "People want electricity, 5 Portland Pier a diSposal. it's a 10," says historical advantage of the Persian Gulf but they don't want power 772-4828 ABB - which was hired documents expert Bailey war to charge Mainers big lines," said CMP spokesman by the Maine Waste Manage- Bishop. "It might not be the bucks for heating oil last David Allen, explaining why ment Agency to select a site finest copy in existence, but it winter. the utility wants the state to - picked the Biddeford- certainly would be in the top Several oil dealers, establish a commission with Arundel location over two five." including the five that the authority to order power other potential sites in The document was among operate as the Good Friends lines built despite citizen Buxton and Kittery because Downeast group, have opposition. A tI~~~~Nflr t«'JI,~r SJ.o//IN1 E~rl~N<~ 5,000 the Portland-based of its soil content and its historical society received introduced programs that set Currently the state's OUR proximity to the Maine from the estate of Dr. John a ceiling on prices for the public utilities commission OWN 15r. Turnpike. Samuel Hill Fogg, a doctor upcoming winter or offer reviews power-line propos- The recommendation by who was born in Eliot in fixed-price contracts to als, taking into account BLEND ABB was made without an customers willing to pay now whether they are needed to ~_~'"'~'I'OII""'" 1826. It turns out Fogg's copy ~ ... -- FROM on-site inspection of any of was one printed on the for this winter's fuel. provide electricity at the the potential sites. Instead it evening of July 4 or early the Dead River Company, lowest possible cost. But ATIM BURTON FILM was based on topographical Maine's largest oil dealer, has CMP says that process is too 1TA1I1 .. morning of July 5, 1776, JOHNNY oEPP WINONA RYDER DIANE WElT maps, aerial inspections and announcing that the colonies three fixed-price options, but frustrating. "It's a Catch-22," VINCENT PRICE ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL All ALAN ARKIN records from the Department would be free and indepen- warns its programs could Allen says. "We can't get a of Environmental Protection. dent states. prove costly to consumers if route until we prove a need, Opponents of the oil prices go down instead of and we can't prove a need Biddeford-Arundel site say up this winter. until we get a route." intake pipes that feed the Portland West ''The customer has to ~~ area's water supply are too snags award decide," says Eugene Reported I1y Eric Hannelius, HATS • JEWEL"" •
Christmas, Fleet was offering 7.25 percent while the thrift average was 8 percent. To get the HHI for a given company, you calculate its market themselves. "Please feel free to give me a call if there are any • Maine National, People's Heritage and casco Northern share and then square it. So, for example, a company that went questions," wrote Michael McNamara, the Fleet executive vice MONOPOLY banks did not impose a per-check fee on their regular checking from a 25 percent share of the market to a 30 percent share of president who is coordinating the Maine National takeover. But and NOW checking customers, while Key Bank charged 15 the market does not appear to have taken a giant leap. But its when CBW called with questions about the attorney general's Continued from front page cents a check. Fleet charged 16 cents. HHI has increased from 625 to 900, a "very significant" in data on price and competitive concerns, McNamara was less You could think of this as a coincidence, or you could view it crease, Wessler says. With an exponential scale like the HHI, the friendly. "Our position is that we've submitted an application Forgive your banker if she yearns for the good old days of as a deliberate Fleet strategy to pay less and charge more than bigger a company gets the more significant from a competitive to our regulator," McNamara said. "We've been responding to 1987. In that halcyon year, Maine's banks were the most other banks. Data from Sheshunoff Bank QU/lrterly points to the standpoint becomes each little chunk of the market it consumes. any requests for information. The attorney general's comments profitable in the nation, according to the authoritative deliberate strategy theory. Fleet's interest income as a percent And - surprise! - this is just the situation with Fleet in were (also) input into that process.. .. My position on this one is: Sheshunoff Bank QUllrterly. The return on average equity was a age of assets was above both the national and state averages in Maine. Fleet's share of the state's banking business after the let's let the regulators make the decision. It's inappropriate for mouthwatering 18.07 percent, while the national average was 1990 and 1989. Fleet's intere~t expense as a percentage of assets Maine Savings takeover was 22.33 percent. That's an HHI of me to comment." less than 2 percent. Everything was coming up condos, and was below the state and national averages for the past two years. nearly 599. After absorbing Maine National, F1eet.will have Fleet has a Washington lawyer cranking out formal re COME retail developments, and grandiose postmodern office towers "Interviews with the major banking institutions in the state almost 30 percent of Maine's banking. That will gi ve Fleet a sponses to any and all comers in this merger proceeding. GERALDINE that cast shadows across the Old Port and the working water indicate that Fleet is viewed by its primary competitors as the statewide HHI of nearly 900. In antitrust terms, Fleet's ability to AS YOU ANTIOUEWOL~ front district. Michael Liberty was feeding his super cows on ' dominant firm in the market," the attorney general's office dominate Maine banking will have increased by a third. ARE. lit ESTATE J EWEliV the million-dollar fees he received for his luxury development reported. "Specifically, Fleet's competitors view it as the price This is, of course, irrelevant. The federal and state antitrust 11 - 5, Tua. - S2L lawyers don't care about Maine as a whole. After all, "I think it's fair to say 16 MILK STREET deals. Dictar Associates was duking it out with conservation leader, generally attempting to move interest rates on deposits LEAVE A PORT"...AND, MAINE 04101 groups for the right to use Maine Savings Bank's money to tum downward ... Fleet's own documents confirm that Fleet posi Portlanders don't bank in Presque Isle or Bangor or even 107 · 774 · 8994 tions itself with lower interest rates on most deposit products Biddeford - so the competitive level on a statewide basis just the concern about the merger BETTER and higher prices on checking account services." isn't relevant in the eyes of the law. The analysis focuses on After absorbing specific markets. is heightened by the fact YOU. One giant leap toward running Maine But before looking at the Portland market, there is one other Maine National, All of the above isn't worth getting excited about in itself, say issue to consider. Some savings banks do not make commercial that Fleet is AVEDA: the experts. There's nothing wrong with one company being the loans - so in the antitrust sense they cannot be said to compete Fleet will have "price leader" in its industry, even if that company is looked as fully in the marketplace as do commercial banks that make the dominant banking firm AROMATHERAPY upon by its primary competitors as the dominant outfit in the both consumer and commercial loans. As a result of this, some Calming and almost 30 percent business. people write the thrifts out of the equation altogether, while in the state .... This merger, Revitalizing A ppearing in June The problem with Fleet is that it keeps buying, merging with, other experts think they should be fully included. The u.s. CURT BESSETTE of Maine's banking. or otherwise gobbling up those primary competitors. Justice Department favors what it calls "selective thrift inclu in terms of price, Scalp Massage Slnger/songwriler Fleet is poised to take over Maine National Bank as Part of its sion" - which means it goes down the list of savings banks, featuring songs leaving some out, adding some in, and including still others but may work to the from his new proposed acquisition of Maine National's failed parent com FREE release "Harbor" Great Diamond Island in Casco Bay into a vacation paradise. pany, Bank of New England. Fleet has extracted a promise from only partially. We'll use the figures derived via the selective Gavin Ruotolo was pitching condos in Saco just downwind of a the Federal Reserve Bank for expedited treatment of this method favored by the feds. disadvantage of consumers. " with Haircut Beginning 6/5 7/31/91 garbage incinerator. Portland officials were grappling with a takeover bid; the Rhode Islanders are apparently so confident Fleet's share of the Portland market is currently about 24 expires Wed. 8- 11 pm proposed pair of skyscrapers that were to grace Congress Street the regulators will say OK that Fleet officials in Maine are percent. The nearest competition is Peoples Heritage, with just Deputy Attorney General Thurs. 8-midnight Fri. & Sot. 8:30-12:30 at Lincoln Square. already beginning the process of absorbing Maine National's over 20 percent. Nearly three-quarters of the Portland area's Stephen Wessler 854-1365 Free ParkirQ Banking was profitable in those days, and it was expensive. operations. banking business is concentrated in the region's top four banks: "During the period 1984 to 1989, concentration was already Fleet, Peoples, Casco Northern and Key Bank. That's very anti sufficiently elevated in the state of Maine to lead to high prices competitive in itself, and the antitrust experts take that into Attorney Michael Greenspan told the Fed it shouldn't require and high levels of profit," the Maine attorney general's office account by adding up the total HHI for the entire market. Fleet to sell Maine National's Portland branch. After all, reminded the Federal Reserve in May. enough to hook two fish. They were very small fish, however - headed out again. There's just too much stuff to know, it seems. so small that I didn't know they were on the line. I'd been I thanked Alec for his time and left to find a guide, some casting them, tossing them through the air at the end of my line, body to tell me what to do and when to do it. as if they weren't there. Fortunately, I knew where to find one. I looked at the seoond fish closely. Judging by the markings, it A big fish story seemed to be a largemouth bass, but it could have been a whale. As we learned in biology class, all critters start out very small. Stuart Bonney works downstairs in the fishing department at Hmm, 1 thought, releasing the fish. So that's fly-fishing. the Surplus Store. Like any good native guide, Stuart gave me I decided that 1 could use a little more help - somebody something good to think about while I fished. For instance, why else's help. The truth is that I couldn't bring myself to face does catch-and-release fishing sometimes make no sense? Frances. "If you're not going to keep the fish and kill it, why do you bother torturing it like this?" he said. '1 had an art teacher in Catch and release high school that had that point of view. And he was a fisherman Alec Stansell, owner and proprietor of Port City F1y and once, but he gained a new perspective on it. Photographs by Tackle on Danforth Sreet in Portland, runs a somewhat more "I did have trouble with that," Bonney said. '1 can't just go gentrified operation than Frances Bibeau's. This is reflected in and say what I'm doing is right, because that is a good point. It Tonee Harbert the comparatively Spartan interior, and also in the (relatively) isn't nice to be yanked around by the mouth. I know I wouldn't Olympian quality of the tackle he sells. want to be. But at the same time, if I went too deeply into that, if Alec himself projects the same aura of relaxed control over 1 thought about it, I wouldn't want to fish anymore. And that's "You haven't his environment. Thirty years hence, Alec's place of business such a big, important part of my life that I wouldn't want to may rome to resemble Bibeau's. give it up. So I suppose that I'm a bit of a coward for not really lived till Port City F1y and Tackle has been in operation for two examining it." months now. "There's been a good response," he said. "A lotof He has, in a sense, examined it. "One way to approach it is to you've fishermen here in Portland have been discouraged that there say, 'Well, fish don't feel pain,''' he said. 'Their mouths are hasn't been a fly-fishing shop here in Portland. There's the mostly cartilage. If you hit them in the mouth, you're not hitting gone fishing. Surplus Store (on Congress Street), which is great. But, for the any nerves, you're not hitting any tissue that's going to damage most part, they cater more to the spin fisherman than the fly them. And they don't have any memory of pain to speak of. I talk fisherman." Once you release them, they've Alec-politely refused to identify any lucky trout streams for already forgotten why they to a lot of publication. 'There are a number of good brooks here in were fighting. They're just southern Maine," he said. "I just don't want guys coming in trying to get away. And then in fisherman and here, beating me over the head and saying, 'What did you do?'" a few minutes they're feeding Saltwater fishennen walt for a bite at Maine State Pier. So where can I catch fish? again." they say that I thought about this all the I had ever heard about poachers; of the sad legacy of such "Right now, there's a big concentration on saltwater fishing," way to Stu's Super Secret Place, "sportsmen" everywhere. he said. "Saltwater fly-fishing is a real growing thing. It's part of going out the Spot Where You Can Anglers, they say, are part of a great ronfraternity of nature terrific. Instead of catching little eight-, 10-, 12-inch brook trout, Always Catch Fish. If I were a Fish story lovers. 1 pulled my line out of the water and watched as these you can actually go out and connect with a considerable is just being fish, would I like to be caught "sportsmen" flicked their cigarette butts into the water, fighting fish with a fly rod - striped bass, blue fish, shark, and released? Clearly this was splashed their lures down next to other people's baits and just mackerel, you name it." outdoors. • continued from front PIIge I thought about those "considerable" fighting fish and what superior to being caught and generally raised hell. This is a confraternity of nature lovers? eaten - wasn't it? Who can say Nature rapers is more like it, 1 thought. they might do to my one little fly rod. Saltwater fly-fishing was That's what they For about the 12th time that day, I felt the need to find clearly out of the picture. Had Alec ever heard of the Pleasant what the fish are really into? Testosterone, 1 decided, is a terrible thing. Maybe I should Fish have been known to eat another place to fish. I had been fishing from the shore of take up another sport -like knitting. River? like, He smiled sheepishly as if to say, You caught me. "Yeah, I fish . Few fish have gone on Sebago Lake at a roadside rest area on Route 302 in Raymond. Unfortunately, the fishing gear was paid for long ago. I The place is called Panfher Run. I think 1 know why the panther fish up on the Pleasant a lot. The Pleasant's great. It's a nice record protesting the natural as well as the would never recover the money I'd invested. It was an emo .' and release, which is terrific." order. I decided that I knew ran; the place is overrun by local residents and their families on tional (and recreational) cul-de-sac. 1 needed help - profes Aha, I said. And just what is catch,and-releasefishing? nothing ~ nothing at all a daily basis, which makes for some pretty strange fishing at sional help. fishing side of it. times. "It's just a matter of preserving the resource," he said. about fish. And 1 knew just where to go. I know next to nothing Frances Bibeau The last straw was provided by a pre-adolescent terror "Fishermen love to fish. There's so much trouble right now with about fishing, too, but that named Adam Stone, who had repeatedly attempted to snag a A little fish story acid rain, various other pollutants, problems with dams and doesn't stop me from thrashing duck with his unbaited hook while his mother's attention was things... Nobody wants to give up fishing. Bibeau's F1y Shop, a sun-bleached brown building on Route "But you can give up keeping the catch," he said. "Statistics the water. The only thing that elsewhere. It was distracting, to say the least. He was a nice kid, 302 in Windham, is a place in glorious disorder, a veritable show that, for the most part, the great majority of fish that are really stops me is tha t subtle but enough is enough. warehouse of inscrutable and unlikely fishing gear piled in but distinct click you hear Also, I wasn't having much luck. I was standing on the beach caught and released live to spawn - provided that you don't sloppy-neat stacks. L.L. Bean, the famous outdoor merchandiser when the fish have been turned with about $300 worth of allegedly high-tech fishing eqUip keep them out of the water long, and that you keep your hands in Freeport, was said to be like this once upon a time. wet so as not to disrupt the protective mucus covering on the off for the day. I heard that ment, none of which was doing me any good. The largest fish I Frances Bibeau runs her fly shop with a sort of relaxed fish when you touch it, and provided that you don't fight them click on the way to the Super had been able to land was a four-inch yellow perch. It seemed precision. Frances has been fishing for several decades and to a point of complete exhaustion. When a fish fights, he builds Secret Place, etc. and it proved clear to me that I had purchased the wrong gear, or was using it cannot say with any precision why she does it. She most up lactic acids in his system. If he builds up too much of it, he to be too much, even for Stuart. ignorantly, or both. It was time to get some hard information, I definitely loves the sport, however, and thinks she knows why won't survive. ''Well,' he said, "I know thought, some practical how-to-fish stuff - and some where-to other people love it. U Also, keep your fingers out of the gills," he said. '1magine another place we can go:' fish stuff - from someone who knew how and where. "You haven't really lived till you've gone fishing," she says. somebody poking his fingers inlt!.Your lungs. It doesn't help." Fine, I thought, we'll go to On top of all that, I was having doubts about the why-to of "I talk to a lot of fisherman and they say that part of going out is Whoops,1 thought. I recalled a fish story that Brian Houran the Other Place and thrash the fishing. This loss of faith was brought on by the appearance of just being outdoors. That's what they like, as well as the fishing had told me. Brian is a cook at the Good Egg and an inveterate water a bit. Then I'll go home Stuart Bonney fishes In his secret spot. what I would call "sportsmen," three burly, foulmouthed, side of it. angler. Brian's story concerned an extended battle he had and write a stoic little piece hard-eyed dudes in blue jeans, feed caps and sleeveless T-shirts. "A lot of them go together and have friends that go with fought with a mammoth bass on Father's Day. Brian - an about being a fishing F1ying Dutchman, always trying but never This may sound harsh and prejudicial, but, watching these them," she said. 'That's a big part of fishing. A lot of them tie intelligent and compassionate person who sincerely believes in succeeding. guys thrash the water, I was reminded of the beer cans one their own flies, and think it's an art to catch fish on the fly catch-and-release fishing - may have transgressed a number of We arrived at the Other Place at about 8 p.m. and started finds almost everywhere in the wild these days; of all the stories they've tied. We have a group that gets together in the winter - catch-and-release rules that day. casting huge lures into the water from a bridge with beefy, two the Gray Ghost chapter of Sebago Trout Unlimited. We tie flies After the fight, said Brian, '1 picked (the bass) up by the gill. handed surf casting rigs. I had no faith at all in this hefty tackle. and talk about fishing. We love it." It was 20 inches long and weighed four pounds. I brought it up It was too big, I thought. You've got to sneak up on the fishes or So why does Frances fish? onto the shore and turned around. There were two boats full of they'll laugh you out of the water. "Maybe it's something I inherited," she said. "1 know that people watching me this whole time. I walked over to one of the The joke was on me. After about an hour of fruitless casting I've always loved to fish since I was five years old. I'm just one boats and showed them the fish. I said, 'What do you think of and retrieving, 1 was thinking about heading home, calling it a of those people who used to have a stick pole and a piece of this fish?' And they said, 'Oh, it's a beauty: And I let it go right day. I was about to say as much to Stuart when the tip of my string. 1 love all kinds of fishing." in front of their faces. They couldn't believe it." rod went suddenly and violently south. 1 looked over the rail, Maybe she does, but her favorite kind of fishing is fly-fishing The fish probably couldn't believe it either. expecting to see a cigarette boat fouled in my line, and saw - that is, fly-fishing as opposed to spin fishing, bow fishing or As 1 recalled this conversation with Brian, I began to feel a instead leviathan, the scaly/scary sea monster of the Old dynamite/pipe bomb fishing. little angst for the dearly departed (watch that phrase) bass. If Testament, splashing the pylons some 20 feet below me. Most people fish with spinning tackle. Spinning rods operate Brian really did fight this bass to exhaustion, and if he did Well ... it was a little smaller than that. But the tremendous by tOSSing out a weighted bait, which in tum pulls out a length indeed stick his finger in the fish's gills, it may be an'angel fish pulling on the end of my line turned out to be a bluefish, one of of monofilament plastic line. Spin casting is about as elegant today. But three things argue against that: the more monstrous game fish in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the and crafty as cooking microwave popcorn: push button, open (1) Brian really is an able fisherman and knows what he's meanest, if not the biggest, fish I had ever caught. Though it door, eat. doing. was "only" 16 inches long and weighed a "mere" two pounds, A fly rod operates by casting a much thicker, heavier line (2) The length of time it takes to fight a fish, like the length of it bent that rod - the butt diameter of which was thicker than outward by its own weight; the line then pulls the fly after it. the fish itself, often increases in retrospect. While he did have a my thumb -like a willow in the wind. It's a beautiful way to fish, a cordon bleu recipe that requires scale and a measuring tape on hand, it is unlikely that he was It was some fish. We hauled it in and released it. considerable skill to pull off. using a stopwatch. And where did I catch that fish? Y'know, 1 think the savage As it happens, I own a fly rod. I have little or no skill at fly (3) Brian was not so much concentrating on the roncrete pounding that bluefish gave me knocked that information clear fishing; however, encouraged by Frances' example, I purchased details of his story as he was relaying the feeling of catching a out of my head. Yeah, that must be it. a few flies and drove down to the Pleasant River, a spot Frances big fish. If 1 recall my piscine anatomy, it may be possible to lift 1 can tell you this much: I'm going back there. recommended highly. a fish by the flap that covers the gills without actually touching Why? Because it's there, that's why. Once in the water, dressed in chest waders, fly vest and the gills themselves. funny fishing hat, I managed to keep my line untangled long 1 decided that Brian's bass would probably live to a ruinous old age, but that I would have to secure a native guide before I W.D. Cutlip has done gone /ishin'. JUIte 27 1991 1 3 1 2 0Is00 8Ily Wukly e ers Social costs Portland's National ASCAP responds is derided in the Legislature. Simple economics Fleet Street needs some policing I despair that it is now w.o. Cutlip's article on Kreis says "ought not to EnquIrer The Portland City Council easier to buy a handgun than pass" is a common fate for Congratulations. Casco Bay ASCAP and BMI (CBW strikes again. Strikes at the a hand job in the city of bills submitted by members Weekly has successfully 6.13.91) gets points for giving small business person, that is. Fleet constellation and, no doubt, make Fleet part of the cur Portland. of the Portland legislative Here's a piece of secret information about the campaign to become the National Enquirer equal time to both sides, but Giving a tax or rent break to delegation. What he neglects turn Congress Street into Fleet Street. Our state, so seemingly at riculum in business schools everywhere as Takeover 101. It seems we all find some of Portland. the existence of a few ruffled the Nickelodeon, without any aspect of ordinary human to mention is that it is a Although I have come to feathers doesn't cover the big thought of how this affects DiMatteis should protect Mainers when capitalism fails to sexuality offensive, but it common fate for most the mercy of the big banks and their friends at the Federal expect sophomoric articles, picture. the business of Steve Halpert puzzles me why sensual legislation submitted by preserve competition among the biased reporting and ill Non-incidental users of and his enterprise, The Reserve Board, actually has its own banking watchdog. He is contacts between consenting legislators all around the researched stories splashed the music licensed by ASCAP Movies, is a perfect example state's banks. But DeMatteis is ap adults on private property state. Of between 1,800 and Superintendent of Banking H. Donald DeMatteis. He has inde across your front page, it has - the hundreds of clubs and of how concerned the city is behind closed doors should 2,000 bills submitted, perhaps become even harder in recent bars where music is integral about a small business the pendent authority to stop Fleet from taking over Maine Na parently so cowed by Fleet - and so be the focus of the 35 to 40 percent become law. weeks to separate factual to their business plan - pay size of Halpert's. If a Portland legislator got 3 tional Bank. And he should do so - in the name of the indi used to working outside public scrutiny - that he refused government's attempt to stories from someone's the modest fee without The city's only concern is or 4 bills passed out of 10 combat immorality. In the opinions. quibbling. By my calculation, for the owners of buildings vidual depositors as well as small businesses who depend on even to release his comments on this matter when Casco Bay submitted, that would be in hierarchy of commercial sex My only concern is that the Laundromat owner was along Congress Street and in line with the rest of the Weekly sought them for this week's cover story. DeMatteis hid from the adult magazine to someone might mistake your looking at less than a penny a the Old Port. When it comes local banks for their economic survival. Legislature, excepting streetwalkers and brothels, efforts for serious journalism. song (based on seven days a to a showdown between a behind a law protecting from public disclosure any confiden leadership. Despite its ''Maine People, Maine Values" advertising the massage parlor has to Portland needed another week). This from a business building owner in that area Another problem with tial data submitted to him by Fleet or other banks. Of course rank only a little above the newspaper. After Casco Bay man who valued the poor and the small entrepreneur, campaign, Fleet cannot be expected to put our state ahead of Kreis's article is that the bills peep show or phone sex. It's Weekly, we still need another performer at all of $10 and a the building owner wins cited at the beginning of the the need to feed profits to Fleet's stockholders and the high DeMatteis could easily cross out or delete the secret stuff and socially harmless. It's safe newspaper. load of laundry for a few every time. Why? Simple sex. All touching, as Mr. article are not really "Port flying Kohlberg-Kravitz buyout firm that kicked in most of the release the parts that tell the world what he really thinks about hours' work. Readers should economics. A building owner Newman points out, satisfies ~~ note that two of those land bills." Portland lawmak pays taxes to the city and the ers may be sponsors or co money for the Bank of New England merger. Protecting Maine Congress Street becoming Fleet Street. a deep human need and interviewed took the time to small business person usually ~dre~u:s sponsors, but the bills do not But DeMatteis is more interested in protecting Fleet than in whether it culminates in Portland heap abuse on the perform does not own his building, he people and Maine values is a job for DeMatteis. He should take sexual orgasm seems to me ers. With attitudes like that, pertain only to Portland and only pays rent. they are all controversial at the evidence presented by the state attorney general's protecting Fleet's customers. none of the state's business. who the bad guys are Can you imagine, in your a look issues that are not easily It's not what happens, it becomes less certain than the wildest dreams, Steve All who cherish the free market system wish Fleet the best No conscience bought by the majority of the office. It shows a bank that is quietly but persistently deter should be where it happens. thrust of Mr. Cutlip's article Halpert or any other small Normally I would not Legislature, regardless of in its effort to rule Maine. We especially wish it solvency, since If sexual massage remains would imply. business person getting that mined to drive prices up and drive the competition out. waste my time criticizing illegal, clients will find sexual Maine has one of the where the sponsor resides. kind of financial break from work which is beneath the Capitalism is all about seizing opportunities to grow. Fleet another bank failure would send Maine yet deeper into the contact on the streets and in richest and most varied One should also resist the the city? level of even common the parks. And it is here in music scenes anywhere. The temptation to label a district, If that kind of thinking has done this, taking advantage of the taxpayer-financed bail dark vortex of economic depression. But the banking superin decency, but since I am the furtive, sordid, quick sex hundreds of hard-working or for that matter a legislator, isn't weird enough for you, acquainted with several hard as the most '1eft-wing." outs of Maine National Bank and the Bank of New England to tendent should start doing some superintending or leave. If in the alleys, bushes and back musicians here would answer how about this "pie-in-the working massage therapists Munjoy Hill may have had a streets where serious social unanimously if asked, sky" statement by Virginia become the region's banking monolith. The Bank of New En DeMatteis wants to work for "Fleet he should stop pretending in the Portland area, I am greater number of voters problems for the patrons, "Would you like to be paid Hildreth, Portland's director moved to comment on your gland deal, if approved, will put Maine National Bank in the he works for the State of Maine. (DMK) providers and the public can for your song, or not paid?" supporting Jackson in the of economic development, in recent article supposedly occur. Sex in the streets seems In only a limited sense is 1988 presidential caucus, but the Portland Press Herald: "If to have tripled in the last few music licensing a "big" Jackson carried Parkside by a each person who attended wide margin as well - weeks after passage of the business; protecting the the Nickelodeon spent $15 though traditionally fewer new ordinance. This is not interests of musicians after the movie, another half safe sex in any sense of the everywhere, every cent after voters turn out in Parkside million dollars would be term. It's dangerous. Women administrative costs goes to because the neighborhood is generated for downtown If abortions were turnpil - SATURDAYS ONLY 2·1/2 MILES TO L.L. 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MusfcFeat Concert 'Ii (classical) 8 pm, TIGER'S BAKU for the aften"4lted murder of his wife. 28. Performances held at8 pm at Jordan Roc:kln VIbration (reggae) Raout's, 865 First Parish Church, comer of Maine St A fushion band featuring Tiger Roc:ket_r Based on the popular comic Hall, Temple Ave, Ocean Park, Old Or Forest Ave, Portland. 773-6886. & Bath Rd, Brunswick. Mozart Clarinet book series, Bill CampbeH assumes the chard Beach. Tickets: $9 adults, $6 se Open Mlc Night with Ken ' Grimsley Concerto performed by Charles Neldich; Okoshi will play at lOpm Saturday, title alas In this action lale aboul a dare niors and children. Info, call 828-4654. (b.y.o. jam) Wharf's End, 52 Wharf St, Hadyn's Quartet In E-nal Major, op. 64, • Continued from 10-dRy CALENDAR devil pilot who, donning a streamlined "PrIvate LIves· Vintage Repertory Com Portland. 77:Hl093. performed by the Cassan Quartet. Tick June 29 at the Port Gardens Pub. SCREEN helmet to hide his idenUty and strapping pany presents Noel Coward's witty, so ets: $12. 725-3895. Okoshi has won Boston Music BIIcIcd ...n Two fire-fighting brolhers in a roelle! pack to his back, becomes an phisticated comedy about the English Portland string Quartet (chamber) 8 Chicago come to terms with the memory ally 10 G-men In their baHIe againsl Nazi Jeisureclass, set in the 193Os. July 9, 10, pm, In Olin Arts Center Concert Han, Awards as Best Jazz Act on an 01 their late fireman father, their resenl agents. Slory is set in 1938. 23, 24 and August 6, 7, 20, 21. Perfor MONDAY 7.1 Bales College, Lewiston. The Quartet mentloward each other and each other's RobIn Hood Kevin Costner plays the leg mances held at 8 pm, at Jordan Hall, commemorates the 200th anniversary Independent Label in 1988 and dfferent approach to the profession dur endary hero of Sherwood Forest in Ilis Temple Ave, Ocean Park, Old Orchard Monday Night at the Movies (TBA) 01 Mozart's death with an all-Mozart pr0- 1989 and as Best Reeds/Brass player Ing on ongoing arson investigation. sweeping epic filmed in England. Among Beach. Tickets are $9 adults, $6 seniors Moose Alley, 46 Market St, Pcrland. gram, including his string quartets In D WHAT'S and children. For info, call 828-4654. Major, K. 575, and F Major, K. 590, and DeNiro Isa fire-fighting investigalor, and the ensemble are Christian Slater as Will 774-5246. in 1990, Tickets $10 in advance, Sutherland plays the arsonist. With Rob Searlen, Morgan Freeman as AsIan and "Renee· Hank Beebe's new musical Apostrophe (rock) Old Port Tavern, 11 the Prelude and Fugue from his String ert DeNiro and Donald Sutherland. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maid opens al Schoolhouse Arts Center al Moulton St, Portland. 774-0444. Trio, K. 4004a. Admission: $81$5. Ad TIGER OKOSHI $12 at the door. vance reservations: 786-8135. City SIIc:k8n Three midde-aged New Marion. Sebago Lake on July 5. It's the story of a Open Mk: Night with Randy Morabito Yorkmen, Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby and stMplng WIth The Enemy Julia Rob strong-minded woman who has weath (b.y.o. jam) Raours, 865 Forest Ave, ~e WHERE Daniel Stern, anempt 10 recapture Ios1 erts and Patrick Bergin slar In this thriler ered the worst the world can give, gives PorUand.773-6886. youth by going on a modem-day canle about a young women who discovers back her best as a psychotherapist, and Open Mlc Night with Ken Grlmsl.y General Cinemas finds romantic love at the age most peopte ~~~port gardens drive. that the man of her dreams, whom she (b.y.o. jam) Wharf's End, 52 Wharf 51. MONDAY 8.30 Maine Mall retire. Runs through July 28. Show times Cyrano de Bervenoc Based on Edmund married, is in fact a psycho who wHI kilt Portland. 773-0093. . are Thurs, Fri & Sal at8 pm, and Sun at Amerlc:an Guild of English Handball Maine Mall Aoad, S. Portland DeRostand's epic of unrequited love, her if she leaves him. 2. Tickets: $10 adults, $6 seniors and . Rlng_ (live nngers) 3 pm, In the War inn & restaurants 774-1022 this film - the most expensive ever Soapdl.h Sally Fields is an over· the-hut chikfren. For reservations, cal642-3743. ren Hil Gym, USM's Gorham campus. produced in France - stars Gerard soap slar who is about to be wrillen out Ocean Avenue, Kennebunk rt. 967-3358 Dates effBctive June 28-Ju/y 2 Free admission, but an offering wll be Depardieu. English subtitles were lrans of ile script forever. Also starring Whoopi "Steel Magnof... • Thomas Playhouse TUESDAY 7.2 Don't Ten Mom the taken 10 help defray expenses. 942- lated in verse by author Anthony Bur Goldberg, Robert Downing Jr., Kevin presents Robert Harling's play about six marvelously quirky characters celebrat· 7998. B.bpltter'. Dead (PG-13) gess, (CIockworlc Orange, et al). Kline and Elisabeth Shue. Desprit Avikados (rock) Gritty McDull's. ing the vaguaries 01 life in a comedy that Bowdoin Summer Music Festival slu 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05 Taxi Blues Soviet filmmaker Pavel 396 Fore St. Portland. 772-2739. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter'" Dead will transport you from tears to taughter. dent concert (classical) 7 :30 pm, Lounguine's 1990 cannes Film Festival Toots & the Maylals (reggae) Raoul's Bac:kdraft (A) A young girl lakes over the household Tues-Sat, 8 pm, through July 13. Tickets Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, directorial winner about a self. 1 • GIsro BIlY Weekly Fro.t Gully Gallery, 411 Congress St, Portland. II new group exhibition featur ing the works of all gallery artists, includ Photographic Constructions: ing oils, watercolor, pastels, and sculp Entertainment ture in a wide range 01 styles and sub jects by Dalav Ipcar, DeWitt Hardy, Eric Hilary French and Green, Laurenze Sisson, Alfred Chadboume, Martha Groome, Sharon Steven Jay Bliss Yates. Cabot Lyford and John Laurent. Gallery hours: Mon·Fri, 12-6 pm, or by 7 • The Evans Gallery, 7 Pleasant St., Portland appointment. 773-2555. Through July 3 Gr_n Mountain Coffee Roe.te,., Temple Street, Portland. DaVid Karl The Hopi made kachina dolls to depict the many levels of the Robarts' abstract expressionist pelnt elements. Steven Bliss creates kachina constructions representing Ings, done in onamaJs,aayllcs and mixed mediums, represents work dono 1988- the even more multitudinous levels of the human mind and psyche. 1991. Wor1dng with the interplay of col The images are wry portraits of what makes people tick. ors and textures, cartain works are con These 20" x 24" photograp1\s are, surprisingly, taken with a sciously thought out while others are ART contrived by a wet on wet, flow method of Polaroid camera. Each one is unique; there are no negatives. Bliss Johanna Moore is offering creates the subject of the photographs, designing and painting the painting. Hours:8-1 0 weekdays, 8-1 0:30 OPENING . Sat's, 9-5 Sun·s. 799-8871. her services in sets as well as the shields depicting human nature, which adorn the Jewell Gallery. 345 Fare St, Portland. The Buter Gallery, 619 Congress St. naked bodies. He dons these shields with their human characteris Group showings of oils, pastels. water _picture frame restoration • faux finishing Portland. Opening reception July 10 at 7 tics himself, and someone else snaps the photo. These constructions colors, prints and stained glass by Bill pm for "Point of View: Contemporary are actually performances without a stage. JeWell, Paul Black, Bert Weiss, Phyliss • gilding • Fine conservation framing Dutch Jewelry." Tho colectlon indudos Wilkins, Terry O'Maley, Sarah Elizabeth 125 pieces executed primarily in non· Many of the images are about bondage, presumably suggesting .. ,....,,~ ..... Look, Rebecca Cuming, Joyce procious metals. wood, fabric, rubbor that man is in bondage to his desires, his obsessions, his own Richardson and Joseph Cousins. Estate 8PMTIXS6 rontact: 602 Congress Street and paper and reflects aOSlhetic distinc history, and the condition of the world. The images define an and custom jewelry and antiques, as tions between linear design notions 01 individual person's character, the character of mankind in I?eneral, well. Showing through July. Hours: Mon Artifacts the 19605 and a more personal expros (207) 828·0028 and what all this character has to do with relationships betWeen the Sat, 10 am-5:30 pm; eves and Sundays slon 01 form, scaJo, and wearabiHty that by appointment. n3-3334. characterized the 70s. Showing July 1- sexes. Johnny D'. Seafood Emporium. 425 August 1. nS-5152. There's no lack of humor in these images: whatever man's - or Fore St, Portland. Works of Iver Lolving, The Center for the Arts. Chocolate woman's - psychological characteristics, he or she is, in the last Andres Verzosa, Kathleen Sweeney, Lori good ~ood· good '1Jrin~ Church, B04 Washington St, Bath. Three Austill, Elizabeth Jabar, Tanya Fletcher, urLF U7 c,rLr{;I\~Tr photographers from Maine: Maggie analysis, merely a fragile creature shod in ratty tennis shoes. These shields represent three areas of the human body: the head, Jamie Salomon and Toni Wolf. Through Don't Go Kiteless This Summer ... Foskett of Camden, Dan Rossborough July 15, with a dosing reception July 14, good Company QUl\lZ+" of Spruce Head, and Brunswick's John the heart and the groin. The head-shield hangs in front of the face from 3-5 pm. nS-1514. Dice will show their work beginning July The Winds Are Up! like a mask. The heart one hangs from it with ribbons, and the groin Lewl. Gallery. Portland Public Library, 5, when there will be a reception from 5- one hangs similarly from Five MonumentSquare. Watercolors and Take advantage of this low cost. environmentally 7. Gallery hours: Tues-Fri, 9-4; Sa~ 12- Port's 13est Outaoor ANNIBEARSARY the heart. Man is further acrylics by noted Peaks Island artist • oU cafe soundfuel source. ~ 4. 442-8455. . defined by the backdrop, Willard Goodman, July 2-August 15. Li The Cong ..... Square Gallery. 42 Ex brary hours are Mon, Wed & Fri, 9 am-6 • Luncli & 'Dinner TUl7 7ATUI\PAl,JUNE Z9 change St, Porlland. Opening reception by what he holds in his pm; Tues & Thurs, n00n-9 pm; Sat, 9 June 28, fromS-7pm, for"Robet1PoIIien's hands,and by miscella am-5 pm. Free and open to the public. • 1Jaify :Happy J{OU1j 4 to 7 ~\\f, %O£~ POf$ ~P£S~ClPPE ;;ft~~t. Recent O~s," which will show through neous objects and gestures 871-1700. July 27. Gallery hours: Moo-Fri, 10:30 ~ Maine POne,. Market, 376 Fore St, for all ye mighty wind related need. 871-0035 am-5 pm; Sat & Sun, noon-5 pm. n4- around him. • UlTE 9{J(j1fT1JI9{9{'EtJ{. By what is man defined Portland. Pastel landscape pottery by 3369. Gail Kassshowing throughJuly26.Open Serving until llpm Richard L.. •• Papermaklng Studio. and motivated? Well, 10-6dally, till 9 onThurs, Fri & Sat during 76 Maine St, Brunswick. Opening recep there's sex ... The sexual June. 774-1633. • 5twara Winning Wine List THE RED LIGHTE REVUE tion June 28, from S-7 pm, for drawings by Jon Davis. Showing through July 12. imagery is present in all of Nancy Margoll. Gallery, 367 Fore St, Portland. Summer exhibit with 721-0678. them, but more emphati coram cally in one, in which the cists Carolo Aiki, MalVin Sweet. Dennis ~ Maust, Joy Brown, Barbara Diduk, head is an eyeball, the 1~7~ Cruise Casco Bay With Us Joe/lyn Rock, James Watral, Susanne ~o\t,nn!l ZJ ;; chest a vagina, the loin Stephenson, David Wright. Patrick {;~y ~.,U This Friday, June 28 AROUND TOWN shield bears the image of Terjak; and furniture designers Richard Judd, Daniel Hale, Rober1Adams, Lauren 7:30 - 10:30 pm Alben-· •• 21 Pleasant S~ Portland. Works an anchor, the kneepads Colo. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat, 10-9, Sun &~.,U r~AII Buy Tix at Casco Bay Lines: byToni Wolf and AndresVorzosa tllrough are adorned with fish, and $10 adv, $12 at boat June 30. nS-1514. 10-6. nS-3822. JAY, The Baxter Ganery, Portland School 01 Ste;,en Jay Bliss: 16"" 20", rI;~h!.t..,..._....Jlish:~;m:~~~~~--1r-'- Marine". Church Bakery. 366 Fore St, +kt: livt: Io.,~ Jum26 Raoul's Dance Party panel of untitled dlptych, Ektacolor another, the head is a Pordand. Summer exhibit With cerami M, 619 Congress S~ Portland. "1991 ,~ WHO KNOWS . :zs Cruise Watershed Mists," a seIoc1ion of works print, 1990. drawing of a railroad cists Carole Aiki, MalVin Sweet. Dennis '1 \ 29 Senator, Augusta from residents at Watershed Center for crossing sign, the chest - Maust, Joy Brown, Barbara Diduk, July 3 Raoul's Dance Party the Ceramics Arts, located in Norlh actually the whole torso - the face of a locomotive with an erect Joellyn Rock, James Watral, Susanne will k rufoytMi"~ ""*~J 4 Fireworks Cruise Stephenson, David Wright, Patrick SeafOOd f£mporium Edgocomb, ME. This two-part inS1alIa penis emerging from its proper location. A circle above it (mid-belly 6 Wedding, Waterville tion will be presented by 1990-91 resi Terjak; and furniture designers Richard Z-IJ FM 10 Raoul's Dance Party dents and the four arlists who will be region) reads, "The VOID Line." This one has drawi!lgs of legs Judd, Daniel Halo, RobarlAdams, Lauren - !Rgw f}3ar & Outaoor cafe - emerging from the sides of the locomotive, with little tufts of pubic Colo. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat, 10-9, Sun artists in residence this summer: Joe Servlag Lunch & Dinner 1l:30am-llpm DOZEN SEEM 12- • BoYa, Bruno LaVerdiere, Michael Lucoro hair. So, it seems to suggest that it's either both male and female, or 10·6. nS-3822. Ladies Night eNery and Farley Tobin. Through August 16. Mariner'. Church Bakery. 366 Fore St, Lounge Hours 11:30am"1am 540 FOREST AVE, PORTLAND Wednesday at Raoul's. Summer gallery hours are Mon-Fri, 10 that there's some consummation going on. PorUand. Interior landscapes in oil and 415 Fore Street· Old Port. Portland· 771-7713 • •• ID the _)'Sterlo... Woedlord. area, Sumner dates are going am-5 pm. nS-3052. Other things besides sex make up a man - violence, for instance. pastel by Portland artist & musician Lisa Credit Cards Accepted· Ample Parking· Formerly Blue Moon faS: . book YOlr wedding Cry of the Loon Art Gallery, Route 302, In one work there's a gun for a head with shots exploding out of it Dombec. Showing through July 30. and functions now. South Casco. "Second Annual Critters and guns aimed at it. In another, all parts of the body are targets. Hours: Mon-Sat, 6 am-4 pm. 773-2253. Show," which deals with the theme of But the most entertaining (if simplistic) portrayal of psychological Thomas M ....r Cabinetmake,.. 415 CALL 883-2802 Cumberland Ave, Pardand. Exhib~ion of Maine's wildlife, farm animals and pets. makeup is the couple. The man is made of all squares, the woman Thirty-one artists will be exhib~ing 2-4 paintings by Portland artist Connie works each, induding a broad variety of of a circle (head), a heart (heart), and a square (pubiS). His head Hayes: over 20 oils paintings depicting original sculptures, oils, watercolors, bears the word LURE, his heart SEX, with LOVE written back family and friends. On view through July signed prints and gouaches. Show in wards, and his pubis CONTROL, with three "E"s representing the 13. Hours: Mon-Sat, 9 am-5 pm. n4- Welcome to cludes artists Ann Weber. Bill Irvine, 3791. Rebekah Raye, Siri Beckman, Robert railroad signal for a train with three engines, which means, "heavily-loaded freight Joan WhItney Payson Gallery of Art. Casco Bay Weekly. Shetterly, Milton Christianson, Dan Fait, Westbrook CoIIogo, 716 Stevens Ave, These new and returning Richard Lee and Marjorie Moore, Edith coming through." Get it? POrlland. The Joan Whitney Payson advertisers help support us Tucker, Sherry Miller, Tom Rowe, Grace The woman's head says Collection -includingworks by Chagall, in our endeavor to provide Porta, David Cedrone and Evelyn Win CONTROL, with lightning Courbet, Daumier, Degas, Gauguin, RESTAURANT & TAVERN ter. Through July 8. Gallery hours: daily Ingres, Monet, Picasso, Prendorgas~ )'ou with an alternative to rods reading "Depression, Possession, and Obsession" emanating the daily news. 9-6. 655-5060. Renoir, Rousseau, Sargent, Whistler & Danforth Gallery. 34 Danforth St, Port from it. Her heart reads LOVE, her pubis LURE. His heart is Wyeth -will show for the last time at the Outdoor Deck & Bar land. "Children portray AOOlts: Adults surrounded by NBA and NFL insignias, hers with the names of collage the last two weeks of June. Gal Portray Children" is a visual and written designer clothes. No wonder they can't figure each other out. leryhours:Tues-Fri,1Q-4;Sat&Sun,1- is open! exhibition helping to define and improve 5. 797-9546. Although Bliss' images are not entirely innovative, the compositions chlld-aduh relationships. Gallery hours The Pine Tr.. Shop and Bayview rf' ,J ~. aturing Steamed Lobsters & • Great Lost Bear, Portland through July 26: Tuos-Sat, 11 am-5 pm. are light-hearted and insightful. Gallery. 75 Market St, Portland. Carol nS-6245. Hilary French's compositions are multiple presentations of Hayes-Conti's recent watercolors of ~~~ and Raw Bar Dean Velentga. Gallery, 60 Hampshire common objects - a child's dress, a slip, a pair of cut-off jeans. She Maine landscapes, July 3-31. Gallery St, Portland. 1991 Gallery Artists Show: • Tennis of Maine, Falmouth renders these objects in varying degrees of concreteness, showing hours: Mon-Sa~ 10 am·6 pm. 773-3007. Dozier Bell. Katherine Bradford. Mary Portland Museum of Art, Seven Con· ~~------~~ Hart, Alison Hildreth, Larry Hayden, the strange contradiction between the ephemeral, unreal properties gress Square, Portland. Hours: TUG-Sat, • C & J Trallways, Portland Charles Hewitt, Jeff Kellar, Frederick of a photograph, with its strange capacity for permanence as it 10 am-5 pm; Sun 12-5 pm; open Thu till On the Waterfront Lynch, Betsy Meyer, Marjorie Moore, captures the idea of the object, and the temporality of the object 9 pm. Admission: adults $3.50, senior In the Old Port Dean Nimmer, Duana Paluska, Grog itself, which often vanishes from existence before the photograph of citizens and students With 10 $2.50, chil Parker, Alice Steinhardt, Katarina 84 Commercial St" it does. To exaggerate the relative "solidity" of the object, she makes dren under 18 $1. group rate $3. Free • Exchange St. Hardware, Weslien & Robert Winchell. Showing admission Thu from S-9 pm. n3-2787. Portland, Maine through July 21. Gallery hoUrs: Thurs a plaster cast of it which, in some cases. she sprays with graphite to 'Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes Old Port, Portland 12-8, Fri & Sat 12-5, Sunday 12-4, and give it even greater apparent permanence in the seeming composi Realist Estes' work describes a world 774-3550 by appointment at n2-2042. tion of metal. She then moves on to the photograph, which is morevisuallycomplexthan that thecam Evana Gallery, 7 Pleasant St, portland. capable only of denoting the object, and then continues a step era can capture; his contemporary ur • Trojan Horse, Portland "Photographic Constructions." ashow of ban landscapes contain much more de innovative conceptual photography by further, presenting the image in its negative form - that is to say. tail than the eye can actually perceive. Hilary French and Stew Bliss. French representation of the object by its absence. The effect is eerie. Wor1dng from SQIIerai photographs at • Hair on Wheels, Steep Falls uses a variety of print forms within each Bliss and French collaborate on one piece that combines their once, Estes adds and subtracts ele work and sallpture techniques to pr0- themes. Bliss does his complex triptych human, and French frames ments, s~ifts position and perspective, AWNINGS duce black and white Images that are and mampulates the focus w~hin his multi-dimensional and textural. Bliss it with graphite sperms, sets of calipers holding onto ballistic images to control the viewer's experi Custom designed awnings - • Port Gardens Inn and works with a largeformat Instant Polaroid missiles, and mundane objects like a pipe wrench. The symbolism, ence and to give tho finished piece an unique alternative to signs. camera to document art portormance derived from both inner and outer worlds, is thought-provoking; aura of reality beyondwhal is possible in berry Street Restaurants, created for thocamera. Showing through there's something new to be discovered with each viewing. ~ photograph: superreality. Showing July 3. Gallery hours: Tuos-FrI, 10 am-6 This exhibition will be the last at the Evans' Gallery on Pleasant through July 21. Casual Comfortable CoUon Leavitt & Parris me. pm. Sat, 11 am-4 pm, or by appointment free estimates, Installation & delivery Kennebunkport 879-0042. Street. Betsy Ev.ans will continue to deal privately and host small events from her Portland home. clothing, hats, and accessories 883-4184 • 448 Payne Rd.. Scarborough Continaud on P118t 20 83 India Sueet Portland ME 04101 (207) 775-5011 • Mon-Sat 11-5 We' .. In the NYNEX Yellow Pligee. Margot McWill ..ms 20 o.sro Bay Wukly June 27,1991 21 O'Farrell Gallery, 48 Maine St. Tumlng Memories Into Memoirs with Brunswick. "Heaven & Earth." new paint Denis Ledoux This \WO-day workshop ings by Howard Clifford. Best known lor wi. help partidpants record lheir mem0- Entertainment ries in a lasting worX. Participants should AZIspeec:/ Bicycles his landscapes and especially his rendi tions 01 clouds,lIlis showmarllsa depar bring a writ1en memory with 1119111 to lIle first wor\(sllop 10 share and develop. ture for CHllord. His new ~ deal with Tree of Life Alter writing in between wor\(sllop Youth Day, Saturday, June 29th man's symbols. both sacred and secu ses Iar. According to CillOI'd, "The works are sions, the second day of the workshop An ancient symbol of All youth bicycles and accessories on sale. about contemporary abstraction, church wi. allow indviduals to get help on spe r 2:00 p.m., KitJs Introduction to Traillliding and state and related issues." Showing cific problems or issues and 10 share productiveness, • Cont~d from pagt 19 through July 6. Gallery hours: Mon-Sa~ their newly written memories. July 13 & and Picnic • 27,9:30-1, atllle Maine Writers Center. wisdom and life 10 am-5 pm. 729-8228. Helmets and parents permission required. Call for details. Members $40, others $50. Pre-registra 1041 Washington Ave., Portland, ME, 878-8741 tion required. Send payment to Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance att9 Ma OTHER son St. Brunswick04011.tel. 729-6333. ART Danforth OIIl1ery, an alternative gallery, *Dos Eat_: Works of Elena Jahn A has open exhibition time for 1991 & '92. BLACK BEAR LANDSCAPING robust use of color and strong emotion The Danforth Gallery Advisory Group pervade the paintings and pastels by wil review all exhibit from ideas artistS. A COMPLETE LANDSCAPING COMPANY Jahn, who divides her time between Please call Helen Rivas at775~45 for • Monhegan Island and Puerto Rico, two more information. or write Danforth Gal- abacus very different islands that nspire a dia 1ery,34 Danforth Gallery • Porttand041 01. • Free Estimates logue of opposites in her work. Despite "My Favorite Portland" will be presented OFF THE american crafts the duality of the artlst's lifestyle, her by the Portland Museum of Art on June 44 Exchange Street • Competitive Rates paintings and pastels are unified by a 27 at7 pm. The program features slides • Tree Work Also Available strong graphic quality where the drawing and prose submitted by the public on Portland, ME 04101 appears very gestural and emphatic. their favorite Portland landmarks. Ad Rings and pendants available in sterling silver, 14K and 18K gold 772-4880 Says Jahn, "In both the work in ~ain9 mission is free. The museum is located CLOCK ty Service. 879-0076 and Puerto, I am after strong emotlOO: I at Seven Congress Square. For more Jack M. Oswald. 8 Years Greater Portland CARES (Cilizens for want movement. shock. change. disrup information. call n3-2787. Audilorium Restoration) would like vol tion. and passion.' Lecture by the artist unteers to do derical work/research. July II.at5:15 pm, andJuly 12. at12:30 Volunteer will research over 2.500 names pm. Both free with museum admiSSion. and record all information in a system On view July II-Sept 22. Announcing the 3rd Annual t:I atic way. In addition. volu nteer will occa z "WInalow Homer Watercolors Twelve ,...J Test Drive The Canoe Or Sea > sionally assist office staff in preparing watllfCOIors and three oil paintings given mailings. making copies of materials. 0 0 to the museum by Charles Shipman picture-Maine: etc. Training is done the first day of u 0 Payson will be joined by two ois. 40 Kayak Of Your Dreams tr1 reporting to work. A sense of organiza Z wood engravings, lour sketches. and a tion is helpful. as well as the ability to people & Places photo contest ..... :;:0 watllfCOIor lent by private donors. The read and concentrate on small print. As New conferences at Stonecoast ,...J at ~ represent Homer's taJentlor cap • a volunteer, you will be part of a major • Stonecoast Writers' Conference Submit your favorite 5x7 color photograph turing the great ouldoors.Thru July 14. and completed entry form available at • community project lIlat involves civic USM Portland :I: ~ RIIfII.. Cafe Bookstore, 555 Congress and corporate leaders from Greater Port either BPS PhOto Express store location ..... St. Portland. Jamie SaJoma;'l's photo July 28-August 9 CI) SACO grVER O(J'l'I~Irrl'UUS l' land. Mon-Fri. daytime hours. For more by September 3rd, 1991. < graphs through June. 761-3930. inlo, call the Center for Voluntary Action t:I R.N. Cohen OIIl1ery, 79 Oak St. Port at 874-10t5. You there, would-be writer person! Put down your quill and read 0 land. Recent watercolors and limited prizes Include: tr1 The Kidney Founciatlon of Maine needs carefully. < :;:0 edition prints by Portland artist R.N. a sticker person to transfer organ donor 2 free nights at the Lord Camden ,...J Cohen. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri. 10 am-5 The Stonecoast Writers' Conference, Maine's longest-running ,...J U CAN CANOE z slickers to cards for display in state's Inn, $50.00 gift certificate to dine tr1 pm. n2.0033. motor vehicle bureaus. This is work that writers' conference, is ready to roll once again. From July 28 out at Alberta's cafe or Anjon's < CI) The Spirited Gourmet, 142 John St, must be done at home - this is ideal through August 9, perspiring writers from all over the United States restaurant, & 10 rolls of Konica film. • • CI) Portland. Works on paper by Louisa work for anyone confined 10 the home. will devote themselves to intensive study in their chosen fields, See store for complete details. • DEMO DAY Boehmer & Brigitte Rogers. Showing ~ As a volunteer, you will be aiding in CI) through July 15. under the tutelage of established writers in those fields, within the ~ 10 am to 5 pm n3-2919. Increasing ... e number of organ donors -< The stein OIIllery, 20 Milk St. Portland. in Maine. Contact the Center for Volun intellectually stimulating confines of the University of Southern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • > Saturday, June 29 CI) Robert Spielholz & Kathleen Hargrave: SENSE Trust your memories with the pros at ..... tary Action at 874-1015 for more info. Maine, Portland. The conference fee is a (relatively) paltry $375. '!\No convenient locations: ...., new variations of traditional techniques ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash ~ Deering Oaks Park Power) is a diverse group of volunteers SW.. tser Children'. Home is looking This year, in addition to the traditional writing disciplines of tr1 relating to surface design (sandblasting) for a storyteller/reader to read stories to united in anger and collYTlittedto nonvio short fiction, the novel and poetry, Stonecoast has added workshops BPS PHOTO EXPRESS 71 US Route 1, scarborough 0 Call 773-0910 for more information! and imagery to SClJlplural and traditional a small group of special needs children ~ large blown glass vessel forms. Fantasy lent. direct action to end the AIDS crisis. in children's writing. nonfiction and screenwriting; anyone-wanting 30 City center, Portland < 127 MARGINAL WAY, PORTLAND" OPEN 7 DAYS CI) ACT UP meets every Monday from 7-9 before bedtime in a residential cottage. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~ images based on realistic themes. Ex Books are provided. Volunteer will re to succeed in these genres would do well to get into one. hibiting through July 15. Gallery Hours: pm allhe People's Building. 155Bracken St. Pordand. New members are always ceive orientaton to Sweetser and cot The children's and young adult's workshop will be team-taught Mon-5at. 11 am-6 pm; Sun. 12-5 pm. tage life. Qualifications include the abil by Amy MacDonald and Susan Hand Shetterly. MacDonald is the n2-9072. welcome. For more information. write to ACT UPiMaine. P.O. Box 5267. Port ity to read well out loud. patience and author of "Rachel Fister's Blister" and "Little Beaver & The Echo," Sun OIInery, 496 Congress St, Portland. flexibility. tolerance for "acting out" be land 04101. tel. 774-7224. POOLS OF THE FUTURE Group show with works by Miles Danah havior and a corM1itment to coming as which was cited by The New York Times and Parents' Magazine as one Collateral Damage: In Tlme.nd Place r. Dave Dyer. scon Flanders, Doug Fra scheduled. Call the Center for Voluntary of the 10 best children's books of 1990. Shetterly is the author of STUDENT Reger Normand of Harvard. a consult By i. Kevin Freeman. Mike Haberkorn, Denn Action at 874-1015 for more info. ant on Middle East iSSUes. will give a "The Tinker of Salt Cove" and "Dwarf-Wizard of Uxmal," and s Levasseur. as well as Harvest Gold writes finest-kind, cut-from-glass essays for the Maine Times. SPECIAL! Jewelers. Through July 4. Gallery hours: lecture focusing on Harvard University's DOWNEAST POOLS Wed-Sat. 11-6. and by appointment. 828- fact-finding team's recent on-site exami It's a fact, folks: Children's fiction is the hottest market in 4760 or n3-8818. nation of the health crisis in post-war America. All you need to be famous is this workshop and a couple Step into the year 2000 with a NEW IMAGE POOL 2 Months Iraq. The program, moderated by the of fairly good/new ideas. Writers should submit one or two 00 Rev. Rob Stuart. is free and opan to the $59. public. July 3. 7:30 pm, at the McArthur it children's stories for admission. We accept Financing Library, 270 Main S~ Biddeford. For more The nonfiction workshop will be taught by Barry Sanders, books Available Unlimited Classes OUT OF TOWN info. call 879-0122. editor for the North American Review and professor of English at the Trade-Ins offer expires 1/6191. De.ktop Publl.hlng with Nancy Grlf" Fully Insured. Student 1.0. required Bowdoin College Mu.eum of Art, Claremont Colleges in California. (Yes, you read right: Claremont Cars Walker Art Building. Bowdoin College. fin This tutorial. conducted on three Colleges. Plural. They do things differently out there.) Sanders is a Rectangular Brunwick. "Katherine Porter: Paintings, Madntosh COfT1)Utersand the Laserwriler ~ Boats Women's Fitness Studio Drawings.' Stacey Moss. the exhibition II printer, is a hands-on introduction to "much-published" writer, & Oval a complete health, fitness catalogue author, describes Porter as PageMakerdesktop pubtishing software. whose work ranges from essays Campers Pools and aerobic facility. Step having "repeatedly met her self-imposed Nancy Griffin, owner of a desktop design to journalistic articles to Etc! Available into the 90's with our challenge to expand the accepted limits firm. will teach participants the basics of sense memoirs. Among other subjects, all-new Reebok step abstract painting. To this quest she typography. cuning and pasting. page or this workshop will cover manuscript marketing in great detail. aerobic program! brings sensual lushness. masterful com layout and more. Participants should be 24' Round Complete Pools Starting at $995 plus tax (add S & H) familiar with word processing . July 20. 9- HELP (Maybe I should go.) positional skills. and a strong sense of Installation Not Included morality.' Showing through July 14. 4, allhe Maine Writers Center. Members A.R.T .5. Anonymous is a group of IocaJ Robly Wilson, editor of the North American Review and author of Women's A k aboutour "leonard Baskin: Prints, Drawings. and $90. others $110. Pre-registration re artists recovering through ... e 12 Steps. several books, told conference coordinator Barbara Hope that s . Is' Sculpture' will run through Aug 18. The quired. Send payment to Maine Writers who have come together to form a sup Open 7 Days A Week! • 9 AM - 9 PM III other spec", . museum is open 10 the public free of and Publishers Alliance. 19 Mason St. port group that meets every Monday at7 editors everywhere are scouring the countryside for writers of Fitness pm at St Luke's Cathedral. Stale St. Call Today! 781-4502 charge. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday. 10 Brunswick 04011. tel. 729-6333. creative essays and creative journalism. They may be looking for CALL 1-800-698-3229 ~ am-5 pm; Sunday. 2-5 pm. Summer A Good Place to Call Home Maine Portland. you. Submit one piece of nonfiction or a short story to apply. Studio ~ 170 U.S. Rte. 1, Falmouth guided lours are also available through made doaJmentary about what people A Brain Tumor support Group meeting The screen writing workshop will be taught by Martin Jones, August 24: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 2 from Gorham. Friendship. Aubum,China at New England Rehabilitation Hospital well-known screenwriter and playwright. Jones' most recent credits pm. and Wednesdays & Fridays at 12:30 and the Nequassell Watershed are do of Portland (N ERH-Portland). 13 Charles pm. For further inlo, call 725-3215. ing to plan for their towns' futures. Half st. This group has been designed by include the HBO film "Prison Stories: Women on the Inside." Jones Element. Gallery, 56 Maine St, hour show explores five Maine towns NERH-Portland and the American Can is currently working on a film with Harry Belafonte for New Line Community Brunswick. "Artists Inv~e Artists; a group where natural resources and quality of cer Society to meet the special needs of Cinemas. Casco Computer Education Center show featuring work by nationally known life were threatened by unpianned de adults with brain tumors and their fami Nobody needs to be told that screen writing is where the big Getting an Edge Today to Succeed in the Future Cable Network ceramic artists Linda Arbuckle. Mary velopment. Local residents discuss their lies. The group meets the second and we. of 6/28/91 Barringer. Bill Brouillard. Linda concerns about the future of their com fourth Thursdays of the month. Inter bucks are these days, so I won't tell you. Martin Jones is entering the Christianson, Scott Goldberg. Anna roonilies and examine their strategies ested participants should contact Rev. most exciting phase of his career, and you can enter it with him. Dynamic Community Calluori Holcombe, Jeremy Jernegan, for sound pianning and growth manage Wish prior to their first meeting for a brief Students may submit a scene from a screenplay or play - or a short Ron Meyers and Jacqueline Rice. Show ment. In each situation. the town has preliminary interview. People are en story - to apply. Portland's most Television: taken positive action to deal with the couraged to join any time by calling Wish ing through July 8. Gallery hours: Tues These new workshops offer vital information and timely instruc comprehensive computer Conference Sat, 10 am-5 pm. 729-1108. threats to their cornroonity. Alrs Thurs at n5-4ooo. ext. 542. courses [or children and Highlights (1 hr) ,Hobe Sound OIIl1erl.. North, 58 Maine day. June 27, at8 pm on WCBS-TV and Dlabete. Support Group Sponsored by tion in fields that are rapidly blooming. Their success is largely the stationS of Maine Public Broadcast adults_ Never In Anger: St. BrunSWick. Two one-person shows: the VISiting Nurse Service of Southern dependent upon word of their existence getting around to the MeI~a Westertund Brecher's polychrome ing Network. For information. call the Maine. this monthly support and educa people who would benefit from them the most. If you know of station aI622-31 01 . Enroll your child now [or The Forts of steel structures and Stuart Ross's Maine tion group for diabetics and other inter anyone interested in screenwriting, children's fiction or nonfiction, Portland. (1 hr) landscapes in oil. Showing through July Mozan's Life & TIm.. : a lecture pre ested persons provides a place lor shar a [un-tilled summer 6. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sat. 10 am-5 sented July 6, at 11 am. in Kresge Audi ing andprobtemsolving around the many grab the person by the throat and shout this in his or her face: 'The future is awaiting you at the Stonecoast Writers' Confer exploring the exciting Concert of pm. 725-4191 . torium, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. as facets of diabetes. Information and edu world o[ computers! American Music: Icon Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St. part of lIle Bowdoin Surrmer Music Fes cation is provided by a registered nurse ence, you ninnyhammer! The deadline for your application is July Brunswick. Distant islands. tangled tival. Free. For more info, call 725-3895. anda vartety of guest speakers. All meet 12, so you'd better get in touch with Barbara Hope at 780-4076 right Celebrate the 4th. woods. boulders. douds and tidal flats ings are held atlhe VNS' Saco OffICe, 15 Poetry with William Carpenter Partici away. If you don't, I'm going to rip your head off and beat you over (1 hr) are the subjects of Robert Andriulli's pants in this informat poetry-wr~ing work Industrial Road. Free. For more informa work. done frequenlly on site in the South shop are asked to bring two short poems tion, can 284-4566 or 1-8()(H;60.4VNS. the neck with it!" Instruction is provided by fully certified, experienced professionals. Programs premiere Fri. 7-10pm, Freeport. Wolfe Neck region. Theshow's for critique and discussion. Carpenter Is 'Dlvorced Perspectives isa weekly meet Be convincing. You may want to shout this, also: "Send your The five-week summer session includes two one-hour classes per week. Classes and are repealed Sal. - Mon. 20 paintings are divided inlo oHs on the author of "Rain' and "The Hours of ing held Wednesdays at 7 pm, at application or direct your inquiry to Stonecoast Writers' Conference, run from July 8th through August 9th. paper, and larger oils on canvas. Through 1-4 & 7-10pm and Tues ., Wed., Morning: June 29, from 11-4. at the Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Summer Session Office, University of Southern Maine, % Falmouth & Thurs. 9am-noon. July 26. Gallery hours: weekdays. 1-5; Maine Writers Center. $30 members, Woodlord St, Portland. For further infor 99 112 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 772-3506 weekends by chance or appointment 435 others. Pre-registration required. mation. call n4-HELP. St., Portland, ME 04103. Or else!!!" Cable 37 in 725-8157. Send payment to the alliance at19 Ma land, tamnoum. • Continued on page 22 sonSt, Brunswick04011, tel. 729-6333. W.D. Cutlip 22 Gasro Bay Y-kekly lllne 27,1991 23 Depre•• lon and the Elderly Bener C.co Bay Blk. Club meets the third Health Care, Inc. will hold this seninar Tuesday of every month, at 7 pm in the Moose Malnea Students 5-13 are inviled HAGS (Hyslerical Angry Girls Sorority) Entertainment June 27, from !HI pm, at the Woodford's Portland Safety Building (police station) to join PorUand Pubic library's summer Women's performance terrorISm. For Congregational Church, Woodford's on MIddIeSIreeI. The public is welcome. reading program. Each reader selects moreinformallon, wrHeto P.O. Box 5031 , S\ree~ Portland. Speakers are Joan Sud The dub also has \he following rides his or her own goal; every summer reader PorUand 04101 . Soreff, L.C.S., and Priscilla Green of fle scheduled: June 29, baked bean supper who successfully reaches the goal will Maine Bellroom Dance hosts ballroom RetWedSenIorVolun_ Program. Ser* ride,35 miles, meet at Davis' house, 215 receive a paperback at the end of the ETC dancing, allevels, every Sa~ 9-12 pm, program. All sucoessful readers will also and ballroom dandng for beginners ev nar is free and open Ie \he public. For N. Gorham Rd, 2 pm, for info call Gary Ann Brahm., a PorUand nalive, will be have their names placed in a drawing for ery Sun 8-9 pm. leam foxtrots, waltzes, Information and reservations, can Jen· Davis at 892-8257; June 30, shorter ride signing her new book, "The Burying other prizes. The program runs through jitterbugs, rumbas and cha-chas. For nHer at 772·7772. (30 miles), for info call Ketro Crosson at Point,' at Waldenbooks illhe Food Court August 10, and children may sign up in more information, can 773-0002. • Omlillw from page 20 exploring Dream. Through Art The 829-4402; July 6, Bailey Island ride, 40 at Maine Mall June 30, from 2-4 pm. Ann miles (bike to island, take leny back), \he children's department of the main Portland Regional Antique G. and Images of our dreams \ell the sleries of . has written a non·flCtion book on dog library, on the bookmobile, or at any of our souls. Explore these stories, images meet at Back Bay Shop 'n Save, 8 am, training and numerous articles for Port St.am-Engln. and Automotlv. the branch libraries (Munjoy, Reiche, & myths In a six·week series 01 2-hour, for info caR Dan Vamey at 774·1082. land Monthly, but "Burying Point· is her Show Seventy-liveexhibitors win dispaIy Peaks Island or Riverton). For more info, facilitated sessions using group sharing, Call the 24·hour hoUine at 774·1118, first full· length fiction wor\( to reach print a variety of gas and stearn-engines, au Bob Murray at 892-7029 or Gary Davis caB the main library at 87H707. , tos and \rucks to help vislfors see how writing and art materlats to deepen our Antique Auto Show Vintage autos will relationship with ourselves. Session be at 892-8257 for more info. Th. Portland Public Llbrary'a shop, plant, smail Industrial and agricul be exhibited all day July 7 in \he Percy & Children'. Room Schedule for the turai machinery and vehicles were pow. HELP gins July 2. Group sizes are limited. Call Family Nature Walk on Mackworth Small Shipyard, paraded through down week of June 27: June 28, 10:30, Tales ered during \he 4O-year period between DMD (Depressed-Manic Depressed) Port Suzanne at 773-6220 for information 1.land June 29, at 7 am (meet at \he town Bath, \hen retumed to the shipyard gatehouS9). last of Maine Audubon for Twos; June 29, 10:30 am, Movies; about 1880 and 1920. Sponsored by land Conlidential support group meeting and to enroll. for judging by Maine Maritime Museum Society'sSaturday Junebirdwalks. They July 1, 10:30 am, Preschool Story Time; Yarmouth Historical Society and the Monday nights In room 12 at the Dana Hatha Yoga for People WIth AIDS at officials. Show is free w~h paid rroseum Spring & Summer Physicals lake place at various locations in Greater July 3, 9:30 am, Finger Fun for Babies; Dirigo Gas and Steam Engine Society. Health Center, Maine Medical Center, studo, 22 Monument Square, PorUand. admission. Call 443-1316 for more info. Portland and begin promptly at either JuIy3,10:30am, SpeclalSummerRead· July 6, 9 am-4 :30 pm, at BenneU Field, Need a physical for summer sports or camp? What about school PorUand. For more info, call 774-4357. Elevator to fillh floor. Every Wednesday A Bean Whole Bean Supper will be held 6:30 or 7 a.m .. rain or shine. Call the in9 Program; July 5, 10:30 am, Tales for Yarmouth's Rowe School, just of Route from 12:35·2 pm, unlilthe end of June. by the United Church of Christ of North registration? We make it easy: Grieving Support Group for bereaved The cost for those who can afford it is $1 Audubon Society for details at 781·2330. Twos_ All programs are free and open to 1. Admission $1 per person. For Info, persons healing from the death of a loved \he public. Five Monument Square, Port· Gorham June 29, from 4:30-6:30. Com call the hlslorical society at 848-6259. e Complete history & Physical exam per class. Call Portland Yoga Studio Geofogyof Casco Bay From Harp.well plete delicious meal at a great price and one. Meets in Portland Tuesday eves land. For more Info, call 871-1700. Slngl.. Sunday Breakf.t All ages wel (616 Congress St) at 797-5684 for info to Cape Elizabeth, visit sites to gain a service with a smile. The church is l0- SPECIAUZING IN SHORT & LONG TERM BOARDING e On-site laboratory testing from 7-8:30 pm. Donation. Call Kristine Summer Programs for Children at come at 8:30 every Sunday at the Daniel on summer classes. clearer understanding of the forces which cated on Standish Neck Rd. For more NUTRITION, EXERCISE & SUNBATHING AND T. L_ C_ Walson, M.A., at 77~366 . Riverton Public library On Wednes· Stone Inn in Brunswick. In/outdoor ac Inc.. t Survivor Groups for women sur· shaped these ancient rocks and the info, call 854-2819 or 773·9635. Homel_n... I. a Crl.l. In All Se.. plants and animals which thrive in di days: Toddler Story Hour at 10:30 am; lIv~ies, non-smokers only .Call725-8346. 08<- vivorsofsexualabuse~ncestheldweekly Bowdoinham Barbecue You're Inviled Martin's Point aon. To help, contact the shelter closest verse geological areas. Sponsored by Summer Crall Fun (all ages), led by SbrtHnth Annual strawberry Featlval at Womenspace Counseling Center in to join the fun at the 38th annual Fourth Jane Simpson • 9 Harlow St. Scarborough 883-9611 to you . Or if you need assistance in Maine Audubon June 29, 9-4, $12. To Phyllis Forward, June 26-Aug 14, at 1 In South Berwick begins Jooe 29. HEALTH CARE PorUand: Mon 10-11 :30 am, Connec· of July barbecue, which begins at 9 am Off Route 1, across from Dunstan School Restaurant becoming not homeless, call Hospitality reserve your space, call 781 ·2330. pm. On Fridays: Finger Fun for Babies, Along with other festivilles, there win be CENTER tions I drop-in support groups$7·$t 0 per with an ox pull, and follows with a House Inc at 453-2986, orwrite P.O. Box Get Your Paddle Wet III Bring your 9:30·9:45 am; Preschool Story Hour (3 a road race and fun walk in the morning. mee~ng ; Monday 6:3()'8 pm, Connec· parade, a chicken dinner, strawberry Hinckley, Me 04944. to 5-year-olds), 1 0:30 am. Students 5-13 The strawberry shortcake tent will open tions II drop-in supportgroup$7·$10 per kayak and the willingness 10 meet new shortcake, the Bowdoinham Library's H.O.P.E. self·support groups with facilita· mee~ng; Thu 6:30·8:30 survivor'S lriends to Porlland's East End Beach at are invited to sign up for the summer at lOam so you can make your own. 331 VERANDA ST. 595 BRIGHTON AVE. pm, annual used·book sale, beano, crall tor meet weekly to help heal the erTl(> 6 pm every Thursday evening through reading program. Prizes will be given for Entertainmentwill indude doggers, bar· sharing counseling group $20-$30 per tables and a farmer's market. At the tional pain associated with chronic or children who reach their reading goals bershopquartet, John-PaulTrio, larry & Walk-in Family Care session. All groups are lacilitated and labor Day. All levels are welcomed and Bowdoinham Community School Pediatrics Department serious diseases, Injury, life, death and encouraged to join in the fun . For more for the program. Sign up through July 5 Leona, Nighlwind,James LaDini's Wo~d strictly confidential. For more info, call grounds. childhood issues. Group meels at Mercy Vivian Wadas, MA, at 871 ·0377. information, call 772·5357. during normal library hours: Wednes· of Magic, The Perrys, The PorUand Brass By Appointment Only No Appointment Needed Casco Bay Dog Training Club, in c0n Hosp~alon Tuesdays from5:30-7:30 pm, Her Wild Song: Wlldernes. Journeys days 9-6, Thursdays 12 ·8, Fridays 9-12. Quintet and the Villari's Siudio of Self· Krlpalu Yoga Special summer session of junction with Bath Heritage Days, will Mon-Fri, 8 AM-4:30 PM Mon-Sat, 8AM-8PM; and at the Unity Church, 16 Columbia for Women Maine's newest wildemess 1600 Forest Ave. For more information, Defense, a demonstration team. At ap DON'T MISS OUT Kripalu yoga classes July 9-Aug 29. Call Rd, Portland, on Thursdays from 10-12 call 797-2915. host a free Kids Dog Show for kids 4-14 proximately 9:45 am, there will also be a Sun 10 AM-4PM Kim Chandler atlnneriigh~ 874·2341 . guide service is offering five trips for in the Bath City library Park on July 7. 774-5801 noon. There's also a support group for Portland Sufl Order offers meditation women this summer. Founded by wil· tribute to \he returning servicemen from For $20, you -the family and friends of the ill that meels Registration will be from 1 :30-1 :45 pm, operation Desert Storm. Pancake break· sessions with creative visualization, derness gUide Anne Dellenbaugh, Her with the show beginning at 2. All dogs can join the 1-800-322-0280 871-1588 every other Thursday from 7·9 pm; and a breath, sound, light, and civine qualities. Wild Song has planned canoeing and fast 6-10 am in front of the Municipal Next Step Group for 12·Steppers who oversix months are welcome regardless Building, chicken barbecue from 11 am- Siructure and content are based on the backpacking journeys that are approPri of breed, pedgree or professional train· growing list of want 10 godeeperinto feelings,thatmeels teachings of Hazratlnayat Khan and Pir ate for novices and experienced out· 4 pm at Central School, roast beef sup' every Monday at Unity from 7·9 pm. For ing. Dogs must be fined with secure per from 4:30 -6 :30 pm at the Federated Vilayat Inayat Khan. Open to all, no doors women. Next trip is 'Mindful Ca· collars and must be on a leash. They practitioners of more information, call1·8Q().339-HOPE. experience necessary, at 232 st. John noeing," a canoe trip on the West Branch Church. For more Info, contact David or Ingraham VoluntH,. Help available by must also be up to date on all vacclna· linda Piper at 384·5515. the healing arts St, Portland. This summer the order IS of the Penobscot River, July 6-14. The tions, includng rabies. This show pro· phone 24 hours a day. Cal 774-HElP. Seance: Experimental Film Night at also offering a healing class, a universal trip, to be ccrled by counselor·educator vides the opportunity for kids to show "Dos and Don'ts" Parenting Guide Injured Worke,. MHtlng for workers Raffle. Cafe Booleatore June 28, at8 and reach workshop, and healing retreats. For more Marilyn Hardy, will explore the relation responsible dog ownership while having having diffICulty with worllers' comp sys pm. Four f~ms : · Will Hindle's "Chinese inlormation about the order, call Rosanne ship between \he physical and spiritual fun competing in the ring with their ca Casco Bay A sensible, direct and Fire Drill,' 1968 (Film Quartertysaid, • An tem, 7:30 pm every Wed at Goodall Hal Jalbert at 846-6039. aspects of paddling. Other trips offered nine pals. For more info, call 443·5386. easy-to-read parenting guide. next to Sanford Unitarian Church, comer this summer include an herbal study intellectually dernandng film, essentially Summer Aerobic. with Je•• lca Chocofate Church'. Giant Beneflt Weekly's more ot lebanon and Maine streets, Sanford. retreat with herbalist Deb Soule of Avena an overwhelming, disturbing, unique Designed to provide direction for Lockhart, ongoing thr'lugh August, Auction win be held July 6, in the park O.C.D. Support Group meets weekly on Botanicals, July 21·28. For more info, emotional experience); Bruce Conner's than 50,000 parents, to furnish them with Tues & Thurs from 6-7 pm. At the ing lot of the church at 804 Washington Fridays al6:30 pm, Williston West Church, call 773-4969, or write to P.O. Box 6793, 'Report,' 1963-7, an avant garde, 13- Swed9nborgian Church, 302 Stevens St. Preview time:3:30; auction 4. Nearly readers. Call understanding of their child's 32 Thomas S~ Portland. Free. For more Ave, Portland. For info, call 772-8277. PorUand 04101 . minute movie about President Kennedy's 100 donaled items will be on \he block, assasination that, according toJack Kroll, behavior and to instill confidence. information, call 773.()976. The TeenlYoung Adult Clinic is a place Ka)'llk Roiling Clinic leam \0 roll or Michael at Including a signed Jamie Wyeth prin~ "captures unbearably, yet exhilaratingly, Opportunltl.. for Support In Healing to go if you have a health concem or second class is free. Also offered: sea Issues and behaviors are Red Sox tix, theatre Ox, massages and the tragic absurdity of that day); "Alma (two groups): Them&-eentered support medical problem, need a sports'school kayak rescue dinic, assisted and self· 775-6601 and wines. The BalhlBrunswick Fok Club nac,' French super-8, compilation of common in childhood and group for adults in recovery from addic physical done, or have birth control is· rescues. leam the basics in the comfort wil present 'Songs of the Sea" after the shorts by Os"ovsky, Fontaine, MdKane, discuss the adolescence. Tells parents what lion, and a men's support group. Use of sues to deal with. Open to anyone 13·2t, of a pool. low instructor : student ratio. SPORT auction. Compiete list of items available Rebois & Jakobois; "Maine Home Mov joumals, art, role plays, humor, meta every Monday from 4-6 pm, at Maine No experience necessary. Call Saco to do and what not to do. Indexed Aquatic F1tnna& Aqua-AerobJca USM week of auction; call 442·8455. ies,' 16mm films from the '30s & '40s possibilities. phors, anecdotes, assignmenls, exer Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Port· River Outfitters at 773.()910 tor more Lifeline's next 1O-week session of Aqua Deering Oalea Family F.. tlval is look found in local flea markets. Public is and alphabetized. Written by carl cises and literature encouraged. For in land. Call 871 ·2763 for an appointment information. Fitness starts July 8. Classes are non· ing for musicians \0 play at the festival, Invited to bring samples of your own or In the Metzger, M.D., who has a private formation, fees and interview, call Rick Walk·ins seen if they arrive by 7 pm. Maine Women Outdoors sponsors hik competitive, geared to all fitness levels, which will be held July 23·28. Interested Bouchard, lMSW, at 828-2031. ing , biking and camping trips for women other found home movies (8 or 16nvn) dental psychotherapy practice in and include lap swimming. Held at the musicians should send a demo tape to for screening. Perhaps 10 become a regu· July 18 issue of Outrlght,the PorUand Alliance of Gay and 18 years of age and older. Upcoming Riverton Pool at 6 am and the S. Port the Deering Oaks Family Festival, 142 Portland, and hosts "Health line," lesbian, Bisexual and Questioning Youth, events:July13, bike trip 25·30 miles, call lar feature of the Seance. Donation. For Casco Bay Weekly land Municipal Pool at 6 pm on Mon FreeSt,Portland04101 .Deadtine:July 1. more info, can 76t·3930. a weekly radio talk show. Send oilers support and information for young I Donna at 247· 5421 ; July 14, easy day , days, Wednesdays & Fridays. Aqua The Enriched Golden Age Club inv~es Second Annual Sld_alk Art Show & people 22 and under, in a safe environ hike, call Jane at 247·4411 ; July 19-21 , Aerobics classes include stretching, cal $10.95 check or money order to: men and women 60 and over 10 its June Sale More than 40 artists will exhibit at Categories: Minimum ment, every Friday from 7:30-9:30 pm at White Mtcamping trip, calileann at 547- Isthenics and aerobics to music - all Birthdays Music Program with Beau & Topsham Fair Mal, June 29, from 10·3. the Preble Street Chapel, comer of Preble 391 9 or Mary at 872-6891 ; July 21 , done in the shallow end of the Riverlon acupuncture Good Parenting Guide David on June 26; the musical'I77S' on For info, call Vivian Wixom at 729-8430. and Cumberland avenues. For informa· Presumpscoll River Canoe Trip, call Pool, at 6:45 am, on Mondays, Wednes July 3, and the Strawberry Festival July Size Summer Jazz& Tap CI.... The Casco chiropractic P.O . Box 15237, Portland, Maine 04101 tion, write or call: Outright, P.O. Box Brenda at 772·9150 or 883-7364; July days & Fridays. Pre-registration is re 10. Donation: $2. The club is located at 5028, Station A, Portiand04101 , tel. 774- 24 at 7 pm, planning and informational quired for both by July 1 . Call 780-4170. Bay Movers School of Jazz and Tap 297 Cumberland Ave, Portland. Reser Dance wil begin its nine-week summer counseling (any type) HELP. meeting at the Village Green, 477 Con· Maine Bike Rally, sponsored by the vations must be made in advance by session July 1, for all levels of adults and SpeclallnterestAAMHtlng for People gress St, Pordand. For more info on Casco Bay Bike Club, will be held July calling the Salvation Army at 774- young adults. Classes will be taught at creative arts therapy living With AIDS meels weekly on MWO call Sandy at 657·5134 or Karen 12-14. Spend the weekend exploring the stress relief 6974. Food for Keeps-A Food Preser the studio, located at 341 Cumbertand Tuesdays at 8 pm at the PWA Coalitio n, at 797-3006. scenic Mt. Pisgah-Androscoggin lake vation WorksRop TheUniversityofMaine dental 377 Cumberland Ave, Portland. Meeling MOAC (Maine Outdoor Adventure Club) Ave in Portland. Classes are scheduled area. Rides on Saturday will vary from a Cooperative Extension offers this free Mon·Sat. For more info or registration, designed to provide a safe spac ~ in which offers the following events:evening walks relatively easy 25-mile ride to a more educational services workshop covering the latest info on call 871·1013. to discuss HIV issues, while hVlng poSi' around the Back Cove, meet at Payson arduous 6O-miler. Sunday will consist of freezing and canning. learn the safest Deadline Watch prehistoric sea Tate House Opens July with tours fitness tively sober. This meeting is open only to Park Tuesdays at 6:30 pm and Thurs· easy 25 and 50-mile rides, and a moun ways to keep your garden produce com :z creatures come to life through those who have tested HIV/Positive or days at6 pm, call 829-4124; surfing at introducing visitors to the garden and OUT tain bike ride up Mt. Pisgah. Vehicles will ing all year long . July II, from 10' noon, healing & bodywork architecture of the elegant dwening Capt. WEDNESDAY the amazing robotics of have been diagnosed with AIDS. For Higgins Beach, call 871-1216; Fnsbee be available to assist cyclists in case of at Wood fords Congregational Church, I George Tate buill in 1755 on the 1 ' more information, call 87t-9211 . at Scarborough Beach Tuesday eves, mechanical failure and will be sweeping 202 Woodford St, Portland. To register, health services ;y 10 I Dinamation International call 775-2563; spontaneous rock climb· Stroudwater River. Tours will shed light I , Transplant Support Group H.O.P.E. the bike courses. For more info, call the call 780·4205 or 1·800·3287-1471 . ing trips, call 766-4457; rafting tripon the on the importance of the mast trade in nutrition (Healing of Persons Exceptional) is a Outdoor Trip Hotline at 774-1118. Four1h of July Celebration and Cer Kennebec River June 30, call 829-5932; Maine and \he events in the lives of the ii, statewide system of support for persons Paddle Sessions Join Saco River Outfit· emony leI's celebrate the original en· psychic/spiritual MAY 25-SEPTEMBER 2 with illness or injury that prevents them SIDE outing to Rangeley lakes area July 12· Tates up through the American Revolu· ters at East End Beach on Wednesday ergy and intent of our ancient forefathers OfTHI 191 Riverside SI. at Exit 8, Portland from living life in the manner to which they Bird Banding Program with June Ficker, 14, call 828-1532. tion. Tea & Garden Tour offered every .. eves at 5 :30 pm for their paddles ses· and mothers in ceremony. leI's em psychological services Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, every Wed from 2·4 pm; Architecture Tour $3.50 per person had been accustomed, If you are WaJllng Outdoor Hotline Call 774·1118 for a sions. Demo 2 sea kayaks or canoes. power and reaffirm our commitment to Wednesday at 8 am, June through ~ . offered Saturdays from 1-4. Tate House children under 1, FREE or have had a transplant of any kind, we listing of bicyding, hiking, cross country Weather permitting; Call 773-0910. stress relief gust. Wells Reserve is located off Route this rainbow nation and at the same lime is located at 1270 Westbrook St, Port· would like you to join us every Wednes skiing, canoeing and other ?utdoor ac· give and receive healing from and for our 1 north of Wells. licensed bird-bander Scuba Diving Clas... Tommy's Dive land, and is open through Sept 15, Tues· therapy (any type) day from 6·8 pm, at Un~ed Methodist tivities sponsored by the Maine Outdoor Shop offers five-week, national certiflCa' oceans. Join our healing circle to cel· FICker invites public to watch as birds fly Adventure Cub and the Casco Bay Bi· Sat, 10-4; and Sundays, 1-4. Admission o Church, 618 Washington Ave, Portland. tion prograrnsoneTyesdaynightaweek. ebrate this destiny. Family, fun, picnic, wholistic learning The Children's Museum into invisible net and she bands them, $3,kidsunder12$1. lnfo, call774·9781 . cycle Club. New class starts every fIVe weeks. drumming ,ranles, spirit. Crescent Beach after identifying where they're coming Trinity Annual Yard Sale & Snack Bar of Maine State Park, 5-7 pm. workshops from and gathered other information she Tommy's Dive Shop is located at 273 Something for everyone, rain or shine, Open year-round needs from birds. If you're very lucky, CongressSI. Toregisterorfindoutmore, Freeport'. Fourth of July Parade be June29, 9·2, atTrinity Episcopal Church, call 772-5357. gins at 10 am with women of the armed yoga 746 Stevens Ave., Portland you may be allowed Ie hold a banded Trinity Park, Forest Ave & Coyle S~ bi'd before i1is releasedagm.Nochatg9 ; Walk/Jog/AerobIc. USM lifeline offers forces marching together and Portland. For more info, call 799·7873. this 100week session starting July 8. represenatives from the army, navy, but there's a parkilg fee in July and Women'. Singing CI_ "Womansong: marines, air national guard and coast Call 797-KITE (5483) August of $5, unless you're a member. Choices In walking, jogging, multi-level a five-session dass for women 10 cel eeroblcs, stationary cycling and rowing. guard. Judging of floats, bicycles, baby The truly dedicated can ride their bikes, ebrate together through song, will be for which there's no parlling fee. For Offered Mondays, Wednesdays & Fri carriages and costumes by Freeport held Mondays, July 1-29, at the 88 String days at a variety of places and times. celebrities. Bake sale, clambake, teddy more information, call 646-1555. Guitar in Bath from 7:30·9 pm. The class Locations indude USM Portland gym, bear fair, arts & crafts show & a junior Children'. Day Special activities \0 help is taught by Edith Doughty, who holds a FOR USM Gorham gym and Cape EliZabeth rescue demo, as well. All events open to young and \he young at heart enjoy bachelor's and master's degree in mu· High Schoof. Walk/Jog only classes are general public. For info, call 865-3414. nature June 30. No fee, and no reserva sic_ Women taking this class will learn tions required. Part of the Wolfe's Neck held Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6 am and Th. F.... port Funf"t, a full dey 01 ac singing skills lor the timid beginnerto the Saturdays at 7:30 am in PorUand. Pre Woods State par\('s May/June nature tivities and entertainment, has been experienced songstress; how to write registration is required by July 1. Call programs for \he public, which begin at2 scheduled for June 29. The fest win s\ar1 songs; and a reperlOireofsongs of, by, WELL 780-4170 for more info. at lOam, with a 5-mile Route 1 run FREE pm at \he benches by \he second park KIDS for and about women. E