Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Harbor Opinion/Harbor Voices, 2000 - 2001 Periodicals 6-2001 Harbor Voices : Vol 2, No 4 - Jun 2001 Jenny Ruth Yasi Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_ho_hv Recommended Citation Yasi, Jenny Ruth, "Harbor Voices : Vol 2, No 4 - Jun 2001" (2001). Harbor Opinion/Harbor Voices, 2000 - 2001. 14. https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_ho_hv/14 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Periodicals at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Harbor Opinion/Harbor Voices, 2000 - 2001 by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HARBOR Monthly VOICES Fact, Fiction Rumor For the Portland Harbor Community Our' theme this month Box 1 0 , Peaks Island, Maine 04108 VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 Childhood June 2001 Editorials, and The Story We Didn't Print page 2 Portland Jetport pages 4 & 5 Portland Trails Health Bites The Island Institute Fellowship Report At the Crossroads page 6 by Mary Lou Wendell Kid's Only page 7 Do the Puzzle, Win a Prize! On The Topic: Childhood• pages 8 thru 12 Emily Tuttle's King Middle School Class "Facing the Truth" and other writing and photographs by Portland Harbor youth Arts District -Abi Tapia Peer reviewed by Jason Wilkins pages 14 &15 St. Lawrence Street Church happenings Master Drummer Yaya Diallo Lives the Beat Disclaimer: All pieces published in Harbor Voices reflect the opinions and experiences of the author of the piece only. We'd like to main­ Guest Editorial tain a safe space where people dare to stick their necks out, and say what's on their Children, Time, and The Future minds. We invite and welcome reader re­ sponse! As always, we ask only that writers by Cynthia Cole help us maintain a courteous atmosphere, and focus on issues and not Nothing is more important than to raise children who are healthy, intel­ personalities. Thanks! ligent, caring and responsible, and who become adults deeply concerned about the welfare of their families, their communities and the future of the world. Raising children is not just a concern for parents, it provides an important and fulfilling role for grandparents as well. People like to contribute to a tangible product - a meal, holiday decora­ NEXT MONTH tions, a building. We also like to contribute to less tangible things - a loved one's happiness, a family celebration, the school or neighborhood community, In July our theme will be the future ..... Children provide meaning and satisfaction on both levels, the tangible and the less tangible. What could be more important and more tangible than a living, growing child! Parents fall in love with their children and this helps to make the great responsibility of parenting easier to carry. Children involve adults in their schools and compel concern for the immediate neighborhood. Are these safe and wholesome places for children? To contribute to the devel­ opment of children brings involvement, meaning and satisfaction to parents - and it can contribute to the happiness of grandparents, too - on many levels. II lustrations, As we get older, our sense of time gets longer. Our roots in the past and and financial contributions to our need to imagine the future become more important. We want to be part of the long continuum of time that extends Box 10 Peaks Island, Maine 04108 back into the distant past and forward into Deadline is the 20th each month the long range future. Richard Louv, in Childhood's Fu­ ture, says that "there is comfort in know­ In Harbor Voices ing one's place in the fabric of time." Peo­ ple are looking for their links to both the Board of Directors: Barbara Hoppin, Mat­ past and the future ..... "The ability to thew Day, Oscar Mokeme, Sharon Mokeme, dream, to connect the past with the future, Keith and Carla Hults, Arne Pearson, Albert is as nourishing to an adult or a people as Presgraves, Jenny Ruth Yasi it is natural to a child ... " Board of Advisors: Dorothy Morris, Cyn­ And for grandparents, their children -ihia Cole;1\1ary Lou ~Wendell, "Laima 'Sruoginis, and grandchildren help to connect them to ! Chris Hoppin, Norm Rasulis, George iwd Cevia Rosol, Svea Seredin, Keith and Carla Holts, Tom the future; to a feeling that they have con­ Snyder, Lorraine Lamonte, Raymond Foote. Peo­ tributed to the continuation of a good ple interested in serving on one of our boards world. Grandparents are assured that should contact [email protected] they have left a mark on the world, not only through their own direct efforts and Published by the Yasi/Presgraves contributions, but also through the potenti­ Family on Peaks Island, alities of their grandchildren and later de- Printed by The American Journal in Imogen Moxhay takes a nap in a wagon scendants. Westbrook her mother was toting at the Portland Upcoming themes: July "The Envi­ Farmers' Market. ronment" Chief .Cook/Bottlewasher Jenny Ruth Yasi Membership Mama: Dorothy Morris Note from the Editor: Business : Matthew Day Distribution Team Leaders: Andrew Voyer, What Kinds of Stories Should Harbor Voices Albert Presgraves Copy editing: Cynthia Cole Print? by Jenny Ruth Yasi Layout, photographs and all mistakes by Yasi except where otherwise indicated This month I know some of you were expecting more of a story on the Human Harbor Voices Box 10, Peaks Island, Maine Rights Commission investigation against Casco Bay Lines. It is a challenging, complex 04108 [email protected] story. I began getting panicked phone calls from people who imagined they knew what I 207-766-2390 was writing, and they already wanted me to change it. I realired that no matter what I We are distributing 6000 copies this wrote, it would be controversial and upset someone, so I brought my story to my Board month. Harbor Voices can be found at of Directors in advance of publication. The very reason I have Board Members is so that Portland, South Portland and Fal­ they can give me advice. In this case, I chose to heed their words of caution, and kill the mouth Shaws, Shop N Saves; The Whole Grocer, Videoport, Casco Bay story. Finally, I wrote a "blurb" instead ( see page four). Some board members told me that Harbor Voices simply should not cover stories Lines, the Portland Public Library, which deal with sexual harassment, or any news stories which might be controversial. City Hall, local schools, USM, Books Etc., SMVTI, School of Art, Java Joe's, · Others felt that we have an obligation to foster understanding of important issues that Hannigan's, The Porthole, Becky's come up. Maybe we don't need to be as timely as a daily paper, and we should wait till things and many other locations around the cool off a little before opening hot topics. At our next board meeting (June 22), the board Portland Harbor. For advertising in­ will be discussing a method for deciding on a mission statement for Harbor Voices, edi­ formation, contact us at (207) 766- torial and board guidelines, and what sorts of stories and languag,.editors should and should not publish. Please, chat with your friends on our boards of directors and advi­ 2390. sors, with me and with other writers, and let us know what you think. Send your advice, comments, ideas, encouragement, jokes, sympathy etc. to Box 10 Harbor Voices, Peaks Island, Maine 04108. Or e-mail us at [email protected]. Thanks! June 2001 page 2 Subscribe to Harbor Voices .,, .. ,.,, .. ,, , , . • •• T hank you to all who have donated funds this c;oaLs forju'.'\-t • past month to keep Harbor Voices in print. 1. create boa rd of dtrectors • Without your generosity, community journalism ::2. appLt1 for 11\,()111,-proftt status • would not be possible. Thank you Ed Democ­ 3 . 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