Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1989) Casco Bay Weekly 7-20-1989 Casco Bay Weekly : 20 July 1989 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 20 July 1989" (1989). Casco Bay Weekly (1989). 29. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989/29 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1989) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greater Portland's news and arts weekly JULY 20, 1989 FRE Archangel Mayor Stanlslav Potemptkln (right) discusses the fish business at the Portland Flsh Exchange. As Maine swarms with summer travelers, a growing number of Mainers are finding themselves IN ANOTHER · COUNTRY COVER STORY by Kilte O'Hal/oran and jUJmita Nichols When 13-year-old Amy Nadzo arrived in Shinagawa, Japan, to take part in an ex­ change program, she was exhausted by the 24-how flight, nervous about meeting her Japanese host family, and slightly daun~ed by the vast array of sushi prepared by the welcoming committee. It dawned on her that she was halfway around the world. And when she went to ease her nerves with a visit to the ladies room, she was completely over­ whelmed. The "facilities" consisted of a hole in the tiled floor. As she now recalls, "1 got so discowaged, 1 couldn't even go to the bathroom right in this country." Sheila Belleflew, of Casco Bay Movers, went to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil to teach dance. Sheila felt so at home she bought a house there. She has been invited down to choreograph for a Brazilian dance company in 1990, is collaborating with Brazilian teachers on a two-week intensive dance seminar to be held in Brazil, and incorpo­ rates Brazilian music and dance idiom into the work she does here. "I've always been interested in Brazil, and now I feel deeply connected there," she says. Anna Brast left Archangel, Russia, in 1917 at the age of 12. She is still fluent in Russian and has visited Russia before, but was not allowed into the closed city of Arch­ angel. Earlier this month she finally returned to Archangel as part of a delegation from Portland. What do Shinagawa, Archangel, and Rio Grande do Norte all have in common? They all have sister city relationships in Maine - with the City of Portland, the greater Port­ land area, and the state of Maine, respec­ tively. And while the policy of glasnost has certainly helped make the Archangel rela­ tionship possible, the Sister City concept is not a new one. CONTINUED on page 8 INSIDE: UPDATES page 2 CALENDAR page 14 WEIRD NEWS page 3 LISTINGS page 16 TALK page 4 FESTIVAL page 20 VIEWS page 6 SPORT page 22 COVER page 8 CLASSIFIEDS page 25 EATS page 10 PUZZLE page 27 .... "Do The Right Thing" ART SEEN page 12 POOK page 27 Most censored. Shilring kitchen space. Seepage 6 See page 10 See page 17 July 20, 198, Free Expressions Earrings & Pins by Kimberly Willcox Are you listening? THE WEEK IN BRIEF: BEP's water hearing Train car leaks caustic acid The state Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) About 200 gallons of caustic, toxic hydrochloric acid leaked held a hearing on the water quality in Southern Maine, from a 20,000 gallon tank car at the Guilford Transportation rail but some members of the public walked out, feeling they yard in South Portland July 15, sending a cloud of nasty-smelling were not being heard. vapor into the air and a stream of acid into the ground. Because The BEP is seeking feedback on Maine's water priori­ breathing the acid fumes can severly damage lungs, about 1,000 ties. It mailed out some information to Mainers,outlining people were evacuated from their homes. The acid manufacturer, the process by which water bodies are classified. It sought LCP Chemical Maine of South Orrington, has hired Clean Har­ comment on which water bodies people valued most, bors of Maine, Inc. to clean up. Contaminated soil is being re­ and how they would like the BEP to spend its money. moved to a landfill, and the sewer has been flushed with water to For example, some people commented on the Pre­ prevent damage to equipment. sumpscotRiver. That river leaves Sebago Lake a GassA, drinkable stre~m, and hits Casco Bay as a Gass C - so "Yarmouth slapped for sewage dirty that it's borderline for swimming. Opening the July 13 hearingat USM, Jean Gilpatrick of One week after the Portland Water District was sued for faulty the BEP told the audience, "You will provide... the most sewage disposal, the Maine Department of Environmental Pro­ important piece of information (prior to when) the Board tection hit Yarmouth with a consent agreement to fix its sewage of Environmental Protection reviews and votes on the problem. Yarmouth has seperate systems for rain runoff and recommended classifications." sanitary sewage, but the sanitary system overflows when rain­ Picture Maine: People g Placeg But before the hearing was over, two people had water from house roofs and basements joins sanitary flow going walked ou t in protest over a BEP policy that no one could to a treatment plant. Untreated sewage then runs into the Royal comment more than once, regardless of the topic being River. The DEP can take the town to court if Yarmouth doesn't negotiate onand sign the agreement. Finesof$24,000 are included PHOTO CONTEST discussed. One man who walked out, Ed Lang, vice president of in the draft agreement. Stop in at either of our two the Saco River Salmon Gub, also protested the way CBW(Tonee Harbert convenient locations for contest information critical to the hearing was distributed to the Police visit Parkslde rules and entry forms. GR~ND PRIZE A group of Portland's Parkslde landlords met with police to talk about further ways to Improve Taxi rates get the green light Deadline for entries: July 31, 1989 Konlca 35mm Z public. He said it came late if at all. Th (retail value . the neighborhood July 13. On the group's agenda Is a proposal to allow officers to freely enter Taxi drivers got a raise for the first time in eight years when the $39900~P80 "The best thing is for people to have an opportuni ty to 71 u.s. Route 1 30 City Center e World's fi t f . review some information before they come up wi th some common areas of private property If they see fit. Landlords also want clear numbering of houses Portland City Council met July 17. The council's public safety Scarborough Portland compact 883-5126 772·7296 ~o~'y automatic answers," he said. and apartments, and wide use of porch lights. They agreed to publicly thank police, whose committee said in its proposal that Portland's new rates will be lens shutter 35mm Bob Monroe of York County echoed Lang's frustra­ Increased patrols have reduced what one landlord called "noise and unpleasantness." "slightly above the average" in New England. The "first drop" fee Hours: Mon·Fri 7:30-6 Sat 9:00·1 camera! tion, and also left. will rise from 90 cents for the first one-seventh of a mile to $1.20 TRUST THE PROS AT BPS PHOTO EXPRESS "You got to get the people out and aware of what type for one ninth. The travelling rate also rises, from 20 cents per of programs you're presenting," he said. Monroe added, Secret Sherman Street bailout seventh to 20 cents per ninth. All told, the increase is 28.5 percent. "People who did want to speak should be allowed to These are maximum rates; cab companies compete by charging speak." The Parkside Neighborhood Association is protesting York-Cumberland. '1 think they felt pressured. They had less. The crowd was small to begin with. Less than 30 as an affordable-housing developer prepares to buy gotten a lot of bad publicity. They didn't know us, people attended, and only 12 of them stood up to express Sherman Street apartment buildings from real estate either." Because the public's money is involved, the sales Freeport goes foam free their views. investors. Parkside says it's an attempt to secretly bail­ agreement is a matter of public record. The hearing follows a 1986 legislative change that out private investors with public money. They say they've York-Cumberland also agreed not to contact tenants Two young Freeport girls battled it outwith MacDonalds and raised the quality standards for Maine's rivers, streams paid enough, living near the run-down, badly managed without the consent of NSSA. won. Anna Brown and Bridget Sullivan-Stevens, worried about and lakes. By law, the BEP must obtain public comment buildings. "Tenants become very fearful of what's going to the environmental impact of foam (which neither breaks down on about what classification each water body should meet. Six men who call themselves New Sherman Street happen," explained Huot. '1 think they (NSSA) wanted its own norrecyc!es easily) asked the Freeport town council to ban The Portland hearing as the first of six that will be Associates (NSSA) bought three houses at 56-58, 60 and to avoid any people exiting." NSSA won't lose any rent its use for serving food and beverages. Passed July 11 , the ban is conducted throughout the state this summer.