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February 14, 2009
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Superintendent’s proposed $20 million
budget includes staff, program cuts
Midwinter lingers
School board to hold
public workshop
sessions Feb. 24, 26
Photo by Jenny Campbell
Amidst perms, buzz cuts, pin curls, and
shaves, Cape community life thrives at Polly’s
By Wendy Keeler
A police scanner crackles at
one end of the room, “One Life
to Live” at the other, and the air
pops with laughter and conversation in between. But that doesn’t
stop a man awaiting a haircut
with Yankee Clipper barber Steve
Sawyer from taking a catnap. He
couldn’t care less that he’s sitting
on a chaise under one of the bubble hair dryers used by patrons at
Polly’s Hair Care, which shares
the space with the barber.
It’s just another day at the salon-cum-barber shop in the town
center, where nonagenarians get
weekly washes next to teen girls
getting highlights, across from
six-year-olds getting buzzes before their granddads get trimmed.
Photo by Wendy Keeler
“Hey, who ended up winning
On a recent afternoon at Polly’s Hair Care Center, ownthat town council seat?” a womer Polly Potter, far left, puts finishing touches on Joanne
an asks the room on a recent day
Kelton’s hair, as Nancy Anderson gives Molly Harmon
while the Yankee Clipper cuts her
a trim before adding color.
son’s hair.
Across the sinks, Molly Harmon, 15, whose head is slick with highligh- here,” Kelton says from her chair. “I look
ing solution, urges her mom, Carla, to try forward to coming every week.”
out a new hairdo as stylist Nancy Anderson Town hub
Cape residents converse over gas pumps,
looks on, amused.
While Sawyer, the barber, talks hoops in store lines, at town hall, the library, the
transfer station, and
with his customer,
inside Cape restaupolitics own the
rants. But some in
floor at the other end
town say they get
of the room.
that small-town feel
“I like her,” a
in Polly’s as they do
woman says after
in few places these
First Lady Michelle
Obama’s face flashes across the TV screen.
days.
“I don’t, and I don’t like him either,” says
“This is a town hub, a community gatheranother. “But the girls are cute.”
ing place,” Cape resident Lorie Dorrance says
Taking it all in, Joanne Kelton, 77, who on a recent afternoon while Sawyer gives her
has had her hair shampooed and styled by son, 14-year-old Nolan, a haircut. “It’s a great
Polly’s owner, Polly Potter, for 15 years, social connection, especially in this climate.”
smiles.
Newspaper clippings featuring photos of
“It’s homey, really homey and relaxing
—see POLLY’S, page 3
‘It’s Lake Wobegone.’
—Tom Eismeier
By Wendy Keeler
Superintendent Alan Hawkins’ proposed
2009-2010 budget of $20 million, two percent higher than this year’s budget, includes
$1.2 million in increases, mostly in salaries
and benefits, and $800,000 in cuts. Under
the proposed budget, all three schools would
see staff reductions totaling about $300,000.
School board members, who earlier this
winter set a two-percent increase target, will
review the budget proposal at public workshop sessions set for 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 and
26 in the high school library.
Under the budget, Cape residents would
see the tax rate for schools rise by 50 cents to
$12.84, a 4 percent increase over the current
rate. Cape school officials anticipate at least
a $421,000 decline in state aid for next year.
High school cuts
Under the budget proposal, the high
school would give up a full-time executive
skills teacher, a loss that high school principal Jeffrey Shedd would lament.
“This proposal is particularly painful,”
Shedd states in the 147-page budget plan,
which can be read on the town Web site,
www.capeelizabeth.com. “Executive skills
weaknesses ... lay behind a great many of
the problems of students who are at risk of
failure or performing poorly in school.”
The high school would also lose a halftime substance abuse counselor, 2/10-time
math instruction, 1/10-time choral music
instruction, and one Latin class would be offered instead of two.
“We have two sections of Latin I, with a
total of 29 students. With a declining student
population, it seems a reasonable step to limit our Latin offerings to one section. Even if
the same number of students signed up for
it as this year, we could probably meet all
of the requests by offering a single section,”
Shedd states. “We do have other classes in
the high 20s.”
Under the proposed budget, freshmen
sports teams would no longer be offered at
CEHS, which would also cut travel funding
for music groups, the science team and the
World Affairs Council.
The effect of the budget cut will be noticeable at CEHS, Shedd said.
“Compared to the funding level necessary
to maintain our current staffing and other expenditure levels, our 2 percent budget represents a 3.5 percent cut in staffing and other
resources,” Shedd said.
Middle school reductions
Staff cuts recommended for the middle
school include a 4/10-time technology teacher, a 3/10-time seventh- and eighth-grade
social studies and language arts teacher, a
—see SCHOOL BUDGET, page 14
Jordan takes seat on town council
Penny Jordan, right, is sworn in as town councilor on Jan. 28 in the town hall. Assistant
Town Manager and Town Clerk Debra Lane, left, officiated.
Penny Jordan of Fowler Road took her
oath of office as a Cape Elizabeth town
councilor on Jan. 28, after winning the seat
in a special municipal election held Jan. 27.
Jordan received 569 votes to complete the
term of former Town Council Chair Mary
Ann Lynch, which will expire in December, 2010. Jim Walsh of Rock Crest Drive
received 400 votes in his bid for the same
council seat.
Mark Duval of Farms Edge Road was
also elected on Jan. 27 to fill a one-year unexpired term on the Portland Water District
Board of Trustees, representing Cape Elizabeth and South Portland.
According to the town Web site, Cape
Elizabeth voter turnout in the combined election was 972, or 12 percent of eligible voters,
with 190 of the votes cast absentee.
--Elizabeth Brogan
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LETTERS
Shore Road path
proposal ‘ill advised’
Jordan grateful for
‘opportunity to serve’
Walsh appreciates
support of many
The proposed Shore Road path will make
Shore Road more dangerous. More people
along the road will result in more opportunities for vehicular/pedestrian accidents. The
narrow, hilly, winding character of the road
creates areas of poor visibility. You cannot
make this proposed path safe without destroying the road’s integrity and beauty.
Furthermore, it seems highly insensitive
in this dire economy, predicted to worsen, to
spend money on this controversial proposal.
Even if the money can come from special
sources and drops like manna from heaven,
money is sorely needed elsewhere in very
vital areas, such as teachers’ salaries, to save
their jobs and homes, and students’ essential
courses and programs. In addition, the wellbeing of all citizens mandates the retention
of our lifesaving public-safety services.
The town has spent thousands of dollars
to study this proposal. Some people want to
spend more to construct the path, snowplow
it, sand it, and remove sand, and even more
money for maintenance and possible future
improvements.
Presently, a plethora of trails in town can
satisfy our walking needs. Why not enjoy
what we already have?
I hope that whatever the study committee recommends, each member of the town
council will show common sense and fiscal
responsibility and vote to defeat this ill-advised proposal.
Anne Van Lonkhuyzen
I am humbled by this opportunity to serve
my town. I have had many people ask why
I want this, especially in times like those we
are facing. Well, the answer is easy, because
Cape Elizabeth is not only my town, it is my
heritage. For people who knew my father, I
know I have big shoes to fill; he was a visionary with common sense. I learned from him
and the many people I have met and worked
with throughout my life. I will do my best to
serve all citizens of our town and will work
to ensure that all have a voice in decisions.
Please continue to access my Web site
www.pennyjordan.net. There will be weekly
questions that I hope you will take time to
answer. This will help me better understand
your position on the issues and opportunities
that will face our town.
Again, thank you for this opportunity!
Penny Jordan
Thank you to all the people who supported me in my recent bid for town council.
I especially want to thank the twenty individuals who wrote letters of endorsement,
and friends and business associates in town
who made personal phone calls and canvassed door to door in the neighborhoods.
Countless hours were spent by some of my
longtime friends creating the newspaper
ads; palm cards for the transfer station and
building my blog. I am deeply appreciative
of the commitment everyone made to this
community effort. I learned a lot about how
passionate people are about the issues we
face as a town. As we move forward, I plan
to work towards keeping Cape Elizabeth a
great place to live!
Congratulations to Councilor Penny Jordan on her win. I wish her every success in
her new role as our town’s leaders take on
some very important decisions in the upcoming months.
Jim Walsh
Businesses best when
‘clustered together’
I do not live close to the Shore Road BA
district, but as a resident of Cape Elizabeth,
who runs a small business (The House of
Frames) on Broadway, I can speak knowledgeably about businesses situated in or near
residential areas. The climate of the neighborhood changes, more traffic is generated.
Litter, cigarette butts, and parking all become
things to contend with, that is, if business is
good, and these days, it is not.
Are the councilors really considering rezoning for a business that may very well fail,
and will then open the doors to any kind of
business that chooses to replace it? No one
will have any control over what kind of a
business will choose 553 Shore Road once
the zoning changes.
Would you like a business in your backyards? The needs and desires of the nearby
residents should be considered first, just
as each of us would hope for. My business
could use the support of new nearby businesses and the customers that brings. There
are many open business rentals along Broadway, a zone that already has many businesses. Let’s keep businesses clustered together,
and leave the residential areas safe for children and their families.
MaryRobin Guthrie
Cape neighbors ‘celebrated’
The Eastfield Road neighborhood is neither the fanciest nor wealthiest section of
town, but what it does offer is open spaces,
beach access, quiet streets, lots of kids, and
caring families. It’s a great place to live! This
is a belated love letter to our neighbors for
sustaining us through a dark, trying time–the
fall and winter of 2007–when George broke
both his feet in a ladder fall. We would not
have made it through to the other side without them.
Mark Earnshaw and Ken Quarry were
our guardian angels. They did whatever was
necessary at whatever time of day or night to
ensure that George would be safe at home.
Mark helped us to coordinate care, devised a
plan, and talked us through the tough times.
Ken constructed a ramp, making our home
handicapped accessible. Both men stopped
by on a daily basis to see if we needed help.
We thank Denise and Curt Johnson, Ken
Quarry, Eric Dinerstein, Eric Tennyson,
Bryan and Tess Wiggins, Mark and Sam
Earnshaw, Rose and Jack Kennealy for their
physical labor. They cleaned up our property, his construction sites, and helped with
preparations for winter.
The late Bea Mellor, Patricia McCarthy,
Marie Quarry and Debbie Barnes fed us.
Their knack for showing up on our doorstep
with plates of delicious food when we were
hungry and too tired to fend for ourselves
was uncanny.
For their food gifts and gift certificates,
we are grateful to Gary and Janice Stockson,
Chris and Sherri Supple, Charlene Gleason,
the Wiggins family, Anita Samuelsen, Pam
Bokat, Mary Connors, Marvel Earnshaw,
and Rosemarie Abendroth.
Rose Kennealy was George’s “chauffeur
extraordinaire,” who ventured forth despite
severe weather conditions and made the trips
memorable by sharing her poetic and artistic
observations.
Moral support–the hugs, the visits, the
smiles, the phone calls so important to recovery from times of great difficulty–came
from Gerry Davis; Arthur Mellor; Eric Dinerstein and his children, Isaac and Zoe; Jamie Wagner; Denise Johnson; Marie Quarry;
Mary Connors; Kathy Reed and her daughter, Cheyenne; the Swap Shop crowd; Jessica Butzel; and our heroes, Ken and Mark.
We owe a special debt of gratitude to Bob
and Eleanor Ruth Pierce and their church,
Bible Baptist. Although we are not members of the congregation, they helped us financially. They asked for nothing in return.
Their compassion and generosity encircled
us with love and kindness at a time when we
desperately needed both.
Some of the people mentioned above are
not physical neighbors but they are Cape
Elizabeth residents who are neighbors of the
heart. We celebrate each of them. They make
our town a wonderful place to call home.
From our home to theirs and our hearts to
theirs, thank you.
George and Marianne Schuman
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customers hang on walls, along with holiday card photos and pictures of coiffed high
school seniors taken on past prom nights.
“It’s Lake Wobegone,” Pond Cove Principal Tom Eismeier says, referring to the
small fictional Minnesota town that Garrison
Keillor has brought to life in his public radio
show, “A Prairie Home Companion.” “Steve
has the scanner going; Steve, Polly and Nancy
are teasing each other; and people of all ages
are coming and going. It’s so down-home.”
Consolidation that worked
In these days, when consolidation is a hot
topic among Mainers, Polly’s exemplifies a
merger gone right.
Twenty years ago, after working for five
years in a salon in this space, Potter bought
the business. Several yards and parking
lots over, at the back of Pond Cove Plaza,
Sawyer, his scissors, and shaver had been in
business for 20 years at the Yankee Clipper.
Meanwhile, Anderson was cutting, coloring,
and curling in her own shop, Shear Madness,
located first at the corner of Shore Road and
77 and later behind Coldwell real estate.
As rents went up, the three decided to
work together, “so we could keep prices
down,” Potter says.
Economics may have driven the merger,
but Anderson, Potter, and Sawyer quickly witnessed other pluses. Every day they learned
about new interconnections among as many
as four generations of family members.
Family affair
“After Steve came, I started meeting the
husbands, sons, and other family members
of people whose hair I had been doing for
years,” Potter says.
Customers started making the most of the
new arrangement.
“Fathers come in with their daughters,
and grandmothers with their grandsons.
Sometimes boyfriends and girlfriends come
in after school, and we have senior citizen
couples who book their appointments at the
same time,” Potter said.
Unexpected reunions are also common.
“There are so many people coming in and
out that people never know who they’ll run
into. Their neighbor’s liable to be here, or their
best friend who they had no idea would be
here. And people who haven’t seen each other
in years will run into each other and have a
chance to talk,” Potter says.
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Old and new
Some customers love the tradition.
“Since I moved to Maine, I’ve never gotten my hair cut any place else,” Eismeier
says. “[At the Yankee Clipper] you get a
haircut. It’s not hairstyling. ... It’s nostalgic
for me. You don’t see the old barbershops
everywhere anymore.”
“Nancy and I still do roller sets and pin
curls, which not everyone does anymore, but
we also use the curling iron and blow dryer,”
Potter says.
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‘They feel better’
A section of the shop is devoted to wigs
that Potter fits to cancer patients. In 2006 she
won an American Cancer Society award for
her volunteer work teaching women how to
overcome appearance-related effects of chemotherapy and radiation, work she has done
for nearly 10 years.
“You feel so good just watching them
when they go out, because they feel so much
better about themselves,” Potter says of her
cancer patients.
But the same can be said for many customers leaving Polly’s Hair Care Center,
Potter says.
“One time a lady had her hair done, and
I said, ‘You’re all set now,’ and she said, ‘I
don’t want to leave now. I’m going to stay for
a while. I’m having too much fun.’”
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A little more than a year after its appointment, the town’s ad hoc Alternative Energy
Committee has submitted a report identifying opportunities for providing alternative
energy resources for school and municipal
buildings and vehicles.
Their recommendations? That work continue.
“Now that we've done sort of an overview
of all the different energy alternatives, our
committee is planning to continue on to refine those alternatives,” said Bill Slack, committee chairman, to members of the town
council at their meeting Jan. 12, 2009.
An energy audit of school and larger municipal buildings, by CM3 Building Solutions, is underway. Members of the committee are also meeting with a consultant to get
a better idea of the wind energy potential at
various elevations at town-owned locations.
The energy audit, funded by an appropriation from the town’s budget overlay and authorized by the town council last September,
will provide a list of recommended conservation measures, as well as the cost of implementing them. Their report will also serve to
validate the findings of the committee, Slack
said.
“It's a pretty extensive report. We ask that
you read it. We would come back in another
several months after the audit for confirmation of what we have in the report,” Slack
said.
The committee's study focused primarily
on the schools. “They are the biggest energy
users,” Slack said, consuming 2.2 million
KWH of electricity and 150,000 gallons of
oil per year.
According to the committee’s report, energy conservation should be the first step
toward reducing the town’s dependence on
traditional oil and electrical energy. “Energy
conservation should be implemented first
and will provide the best return on investment,” Slack said.
Beyond energy conservation, the committee searched for alternative energy sources
whose benefits outweigh the cost of implementation. The most economically feasible
possibilities include biomass boilers, wind
turbines, geothermal systems, and natural
gas. The wind and geothermal possibilities
assume there is interest-free capital available; and the feasibility of natural gas would
depend on the cost of extending a pipe from
South Portland.
Focus on wind
For the shorter term, the committee is focusing on wind.
“Wind energy is the fastest growing renewable energy in the country as well as
New England,” said Wyman Briggs, another
member of the Alternative Energy Committee.
Last July, the town council approved a set
of zoning ordinance amendments that would
allow windmills of up to 100 feet on municipal property. The council extended that provision to qualifying residential properties in
September of last year.
While the estimated 4.5-5.5 meters per
second velocity at that height makes wind
a viable alternative-energy source, Briggs
said the potential increases exponentially at
higher elevations. “Doubling the wind speed
brings eight times the impact,” he said.
The committee’s second recommendation, after completion of the energy audit, is
to conduct a site survey of wind speeds at
varying heights, at various town-owned locations. “We very much look forward to, in
the next few months, refining that portion of
our analysis, getting some professional estimates and measurements, and developing a
more refined proposal,” Briggs said.
The town council, at their meeting Jan.
12, accepted the report and plans to discuss
it at a future workshop. Town Council Chairman Jim Rowe asked members of the committee to let the council know when results
of the energy audit and wind consultations
are completed.
Councilors lauded the committee for its
work, particularly the thoroughness of the
111-page report. “We have seen a lot of impressive reports over the years,” said Councilor David Backer. “This one sets a new
standard by which reports of committees
will be measured likely forever,” he said.
The report is based on a study written
by Chris Ramezanpour, a master’s degree
candidate at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. “The committee
report leverages the work from the Ramezanpour report by refining the recommendations and providing additional analysis,” the
committee’s report says.
Further recommendations of the report
include:
Building community awareness and support for installing alternative conservation
and energy technologies.
Actively pursuing funding for alternative
energy projects.
Conducting a full-cost appraisal for recommended technology options.
Cape Elizabeth’s participation in the U.S.
Conference of Mayors Climate Protection
Agreement.
Participating with the Greater Portland
Council of Governments in completing the
ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) regional assessment. The assessment will
provide an inventory of the region’s greenhouse gases, quantify the benefits of reduction measures, and formulate local climate
action plans.
--from the town Web site
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Grappling with state education cuts
By Rep. Cynthia Dill
The Maine House and Senate last week
voted by wide margins to approve the state’s
2009 supplemental budget. The budget balances the state books through June 30, 2009,
and addresses a fiscal gap that had grown to
$166 million due to significant declines in
state revenue as the national economy spirals downward. The budget bill was signed
into law by Governor John Baldacci and
takes effect immediately.
The new budget reflects the state’s revenue downturn for the remainder of this fiscal year and calls for deep cuts in statewide
spending. I, along with the vast majority of
my Democratic and Republican colleagues,
voted to support the budget bill. This was
a difficult budget process because we were
forced to make significant cuts at a time
when the demand for state services is increasing.
Although the revised budget slashed
money from nearly every state department,
it was the $27 million cut to local schools
that was the most difficult to swallow. This
figure represents only 2.5 percent of the entire state K-12 budget, but towns all across
Maine were forced to scramble halfway
through the school year to make up for the
deficit of funds they had planned on having
when they set their own tight budgets last
spring.
Cape Elizabeth was no exception.
State funds to Cape were reduced by over
$420,000, roughly 2.3 percent of the district’s entire budget and almost 14 percent
of the state’s contribution. This reduction
has left school administration officials and
our school board working tirelessly to balance the school’s budget, while also minimizing the impact on children and classroom quality.
Cape Elizabeth’s share of the $27 million
education budget reduction has been the
subject of much debate. How was the overall cut of $27 million apportioned throughout school districts across Maine, and was
the method used fair? The answer depends
on whether you believe the funding formula
for allocating state money to local schools
is fair.
The state spends roughly $1 billion annually on general purpose aid to school
districts throughout Maine and relies on a
complex funding formula called Essential
Programs and Services or “EPS” to disperse
the funds. The formula claims to calculate
how much it costs to educate a district’s
population and multiplies it by the number
of students to arrive at a total EPS figure,
and then determines the district’s ability to
pay some portion of this amount based on
its property values and ability to raise local funds through property taxes. The state
then makes up the difference from its general fund. The EPS formula that determines
the local share of the total cost of education
is expressed using the “mill rate,” or the
amount per $1000 that is used to calculate
taxes on property.
The EPS model takes a number of factors
into consideration, including student demographics, cost of living, personnel salaries,
funds.
The EPS formula asks municipalities that
can generate more revenue in property taxes
to pay more towards the EPS allocation than
municipalities that generate less revenue so
that all Maine students can have comparable
quality of education.
Work on Governor Baldacci’s proposed
$6.1 billion budget plan for the next two-year
period is already underway, and the budget
seeks to close an estimated $838 million
budget gap. Many Maine citizens are rightfully asking whether the state’s EPS funding
formula is fair, and if not, demanding that it
be changed. I look forward to representing
Cape Elizabeth residents in this important
discussion and welcome your views.
State Representative Cynthia Dill can be
reached at 207-767-7197 or dillesquire@
aol.com.
Rep. Cynthia Dill
transportation costs, debt service, etc., when
determining the cost of educating a district’s
population.
In the supplemental budget, in order to
apportion the $27 million dollar cut using
the EPS formula, the state increased the local contribution from 6.55 to 6.79 mills, or
24 cents for every thousand dollars of each
district’s property tax base. The “cut” therefore is really an adjustment in the formula
that makes the state’s share of the total EPS
smaller and the local district’s share greater.
In a town like Cape Elizabeth with high
property value, the .24 increase in the local
share mill rate equals $421,500. In a northern
town that has significantly lower property
values and a comparable EPS allocation, the
increase in the mill rate and corresponding
local share equals $70,000. The reverse is
also true. In previous years when the state’s
share of education costs increased (i.e. a decrease in the local mill rate), Cape Elizabeth
benefited proportionately.
Theoretically, at least, this is the most equitable method for the state to use to reduce
general purpose aid to schools because it’s
the same method used to allocate education
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The Cape Elizabeth Recycling Committee held its first regular meeting of 2009 on
Jan. 29, welcoming three new members who
join three returning members.
The committee thanks the outgoing members for their time and accomplishments.
Thank you to Rachel Stamieszkin, Sara Spidle and Gerry Davis!
Jennifer Hansen returns in her second
year as the newly elected chairperson. Jennifer and her family have been living in Cape
for over four years. She has enjoyed meeting
new people as well as learning how the town
works.
Mike Pulsifer returns as a second-year
member. Mike served previously for seven
years on the Cape Conservation Committee.
He is continuing his service to the town and
hopes to contribute to both the town and the
environment.
Greg Walsh is the third returning member.
Cape Courier readers can look forward to a
second year of Greg’s highly interesting articles on recycling.
David Ernst, a 34-year Cape resident, and
a new member, was elected Recording Secretary. David has a longtime interest in recycling and other environmental concerns.
A Cape resident since 1952, Bill Wadman
begins his first term on the Recycling Committee. Bill has served on the town council
and numerous committees over many years.
Bill notes that Cape has been recycling since
before it was popular and looks forward to
increasing the participation of all residents.
John Kane is a new Cape resident who
became a fan of the Swap Shop while on
vacation in the mid-1990s, when he helped
his friend from Delano Park dispose of some
trash. As a teacher and green advocate, John
looks forward to bringing even more content
to the Recycling Web page.
Cape Public Works Director Bob Malley continues to serve as staff liaison to the
Committee. The Recyclcling Committee
would like to thank Bob for his ongoing support as well as his invaluable insight and experience.
Please visit the Recycling pages at the
Cape Elizabeth Web site at www.capeelizabeth.com for a treasure trove of information
on recycling. You can even download a pdf
version of the full-color 2008 Refuse Disposal Guide in case you already recycled the
original!
The committee sincerely invites recycling
suggestions from residents. Use the “E-mail
them all” link from the “Who We Are” page
on our Web site.
--submitted by the Cape Elizabeth
Recycling Committee
New Recycling Center
hours in effect, closed
Thursdays
Effective Feb. 1, 2009, the Cape Elizabeth
Recycling Center is closed on Thursdays,
and will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The reduction in hours is a cost-saving
measure approved by the town council last
month.
The Recycling Center will continue to
be closed on Tuesdays and Sundays as well.
Here are the new hours, effective Feb. 1:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays: Closed
Mondays: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays: 8 a.m.-5
p.m.
--from the town Web site
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POLICE, FIRE & RESCUE
Public safety log
Reported by Debbie Butterworth
COMPLAINTS
1-12 An officer met with a resident of the
Ocean House Road area regarding a
phone call from AT&T advising of an
overdue bill. It appears someone had
opened an account using the plaintiff’s
identification. A possible suspect has
been identified.
1-12 An officer met with a juvenile from the
Spurwink Avenue area who had left
home. The officer contacted parents and
advised them of available options.
1-18 An officer responded to a report of a
home invasion in the Mitchell Road
area. The plaintiff reported that the
family dog started barking. The resident
observed a large white male, wearing
a dark-colored barn coat, fleeing the
residence.
1-18 An officer responded to a residence in
the Cross Hill area following a report of
a domestic dispute. He spoke with the
parties involved and advised them of
their options.
Spurwink Avenue area regarding a civil
child custody issue.
Oakhurst area regarding fraudulent
charges on his credit card.
Broad Cove area regarding a dog bite
complaint. The resident had been
jogging on Broad Cove Road near Route
77, and the plaintiff passed an older male
subject walking a medium-sized, longhaired grey collie / husky-type mix. As
the resident ran past, the dog bit him.
After the run, the resident discovered the
bite had punctured the skin. The dog and
owner have not yet been identified, and
it is not known if the dog’s vaccinations
are up to date.
SUMMONSES
1-13 CE resident, uninspected vehicle, $70
1-14 CE resident, speeding (46/30 zone),
Shore Rd., $185
1-15 Gorham resident, failure to show
insurance, Route 77, $171
1-16 CE resident, unregistered vehicle, Shore
Rd., $70
1-17 CE resident, unregistered vehicle,
Mitchell Rd., $70
1-22 CE resident, uninspected vehicle, Route
77, $133
1-23 CE resident, violation of protection
order, domestic assault, obstructing
report of a crime, Great Pond Terrace
1-24 CE resident, OUI
ARRESTS
1-23 CE resident, violation of protection
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report of a crime
1-24 CE resident, OUI
ACCIDENTS
1-19 Justin Maietta, accident on Broad Cove
Rd.
1-21 Nicholas Rhys, Charles Morrison,
accident on Oakhurst Rd.
FIRE CALLS
1-14 Pilot Point Rd., odor investigation
1-15 Starboard Dr., water problem
1-16 Scott Dyer Rd., odor investigation
1-17 Manter St., electrical problem
1-16 Old Ocean House Rd., chimney fire
1-16 Ocean House Rd., gas leak
1-19 Ocean House Rd., smell of propane in
the building
1-20 Scott Dyer Rd., water problem
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‘Seniors Night’ lives up to name
“Seniors Night,” Jan. 31, more than lived up to its name for the four senior players on
Cape Elizabeth High School boys’ varsity ice hockey team, left to right, Zach Breed, Sether
Hanson, Sean Eubanks, and Mike Holden. In addition to giving their parents flowers, as is
the tradition on Seniors Night, held at the last home game, all four seniors, who are also
captains, scored goals in Cape’s 5-0 shutout against Yarmouth.
Photos by Karen Johnson
Cape Elizabeth Special Olympics team members, left to right, front, Rudy Pelzer, Sabrina
Holmes, Peter Tarling, Thomas Bourdeaux, and rear, Nolan Dorrance, gather at Sugarloaf
the last weekend in January. Teammate Gabe Brewington is missing from the picture.
The Cape Elizabeth Special Olympics team sent a
group of athletes to the 2009
Winter Games, held Jan. 25
to 27 at Sugarloaf Mountain.
This year’s team consisted of
Nordic skiers, Rudy Pelzer,
Thomas Bourdeaux and Gabe
Brewington, and snowshoe
athletes, Sabrina Holmes,
Peter Tarling and Nolan Dorrance.
Athletes practiced throughout the months of December
and January in preparation for
their respective Special Olympic events. All came home Nordic skiers, left to right, Gabe Brewington, Rudy Pelzer
with gold, silver and bronze and Thomas Bourdeaux, stand together at Sugarloaf.
medals and ribbons for their
efforts.
Veteran Nordic skier Rudy Pelzer, who had his efforts rewarded: he returned home
also skis for the Cape Elizabeth Nordic team, to Cape with gold medals in the 100-meter
spent two months training for his races and and 500-meter races.
Boys’ lacrosse registration through March 3
Boys’ youth lacrosse registration will run
through March 3 at Community Services.
Cape Lacrosse is open to boys of all experience levels in grades three through six. The
organization also welcomes second-grade
boys with past experience, whose readiness
will be evaluated at a March 3 indoor clinic.
The season, which runs from March until mid-June, includes four indoor clinics in
March. Outdoor practices, which will begin
in April, will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays at Gull Crest Field,
and Sunday afternoons at Hannaford Field.
Games are usually held Saturdays in the
Greater Portland area.
Players’ uniforms will be sized on Tuesday, March 3, at the Cape Elizabeth Middle
School gym. Second-, third- and fourthgrade boys should arrive for sizing at 5 p.m.
Fifth- and sixth-grade boys should arrive at
6 p.m.
Cape resident Steve Bornick, who coached
youth lacrosse for several years after helping
to start the program in 2004, returns.
“I have missed it. The boys enjoy the success of hard work, unity, respect for teammates, coaches and opponents, and how to
lose or win with class and sportsmanship,
skills that quickly develop into success on
the field,” Bornick said. “Everybody plays.
The parents love it. Your child will too.”
For more information, contact Community Services at 799-2868 or Amy Bates at
[email protected].
March 1 last day for Little League registration
Cape Elizabeth Little League’s online
registration for spring baseball and softball
is underway at the CELL Web site, www.
cape-ll.com, through Sunday, March 1.
Ages for baseball and for T-ball, which
includes both girls and boys, are determined
by players’ ages as of April 30, 2009. The determining date for softball is Dec. 31, 2008.
Five- and six-year-old boys and girls play
T-ball. Next, girls go to 7/8 softball, followed
by 9/10, 11/12 softball, and then Juniors,
which is for 13- to 14-year-olds.
From T-ball, seven- and eight-year-old
boys move up to AA. Then, depending on
playing level, they move to AAA for nine
to 11-year-olds, or Majors, which includes
boys between nine and 12. Juniors is for 13and 14-year-olds.
Twelve-year-old gymnast brings home four
medals from New York competition
Ethan performs on the parallel bars in mid-January in West Point, N.Y.
Sixth-grade gymnast Ethan Nestor came
home with four medals from the West Point
National Gymnastics competition at West
Point Academy in New York in January.
In addition to having his team place second out of 20 boys’ teams from New York
and New England, Ethan placed fourth in
the vault, sixth in the floor, and 10th in the
high bar events. He was eighth in the best
all-around division.
In the tournament, his first of the 2009 season and his fifth major competition, Ethan,
who is 12, competed against 150 other gymnasts in the 12-14 age range. A Cape Elizabeth Middle School student, he practices 16
hours a week at Gymnation in Kennebunk,
where he is coached by former Olympic
gymnastics competitor Steve Randall.
“Ethan is a natural athlete, but works hard
and is very dedicated to his sport. He’s a
pleasure to coach and has made tremendous
progress in a very short time,” Randall said.
At age seven, while learning to jump on a
trampoline in his back yard, Ethan became
interested in gymnastics. His favorite event
is the floor exercise, a combination of gymnastics involving running, backflips, front-
Ethan holds the team trophy.
flips, handstands, and other moves combining balance, strength, speed, and form.
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ARTS
Cape one act, ‘Of Mice and Men,’
to open March 3
Sawyer Theriault, left, plays Lenny, and Charles Coburn plays George in the high school’s
one-act play, “Of Mice and Men,” which will open on March 3.
Cape Elizabeth High School’s one-act
play, “Of Mice and Men,” will open on
Tuesday, March 3. Based on author John
Steinbeck’s 1937 novella of the same name,
the play tells the story of George Milton and
Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch
workers during the Great Depression in California.
Each year, CEHS and dozens of other
Maine high schools perform one-act plays in
March during the Maine One Act Festival, an
annual tradition that dates back to the 1930s.
Eighty-four high schools from across the
state will showcase their programs, and in
April two Maine high schools will advance
to the New England One Act Festival.
Cape actors will share roles for George,
Lennie, Curley, and Curley’s wife, so the
nine performances of “Of Mice and Men”
will feature different students. The ensemble includes Sara Friedman, Casey Oakes,
Sawyer Theriault, Hannah Towers, Charles
Colburn, AJ Frustaci, Tom Campbell, Jon
O’Hearn, Emma Goldbas, Nick Rhys, John-
ny Messina, and Marisa Turesky.
Production crews will be led by stage
manager Lewis Gillies, designer Julia Haltof,
light technician Marcus Goldbas, and sound
technician David Luongo.
The show, which will open at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 3, in the high school auditorium, will have eight performances in Cape
through March 21. In addition to opening
night, performances are also scheduled at 7
p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, and at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, March 5. Five additional Cape
shows are planned, but their times have not
been determined. For more information, call
the high school front office at 799-3309.
Tickets, $5 for adults and $3 for students and
seniors, will be available an hour before each
show at the auditorium door.
The show will take to the road at the
regional One Act Festival at Noble High
School in Berwick on March 6 and 7. If it
moves on to the state festival level of competition, “Of Mice and Men” will travel to
Rockland later in March.
World music concert benefit planned Feb. 20
The Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape
Elizabeth will present a world music concert
featuring Rwandan, Klezmer, and Celtic music at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Portland. The concert
will benefit the Kayanet Children’s Home
in Eldoret, Kenya. Rotary members Janet
McLaughlin and Marge Barker and some
Cape Elizabeth High School seniors will
visit and work at the orphanage this spring.
The Casco Bay Tummlers will perform
Klezmer. Jesus First Ministry will treat concert-goers to Rwandan music, and Branach
will entertain with Celtic music.
Tickets, $5 for children under 12, $10 for
all 12 and older, and $25 for families of four
or more, will be available at the door. To buy
tickets in advance, please call 767-4057 or
e-mail roh@cape-tech. com. The church is
located at 580 Forest Ave.
‘City of Angels,’ featuring Cape actors, to open
at Lyric Music Theater Feb. 20
“City of Angels” will open on Friday,
Feb. 20, at Lyric Music Theater in South
Portland.
The show features Cape actors, including
Ellen Tucker as Gabby and Bobbi; Jim Contardo as Werner Krieger and Luther Kingsley; and Cape native Genney Myers, who
now lives in Portland, as Avril Raines and
Mallory Kingsley. Mary Meserve directs the
musical; and Hans Indigo Spencer is music
director.
Set in Hollywood during the 1940s, the
musical chronicles the misadventures of a
young novelist, Stine, who has moved to
Tinsel Town to write the screenplay of his
best-selling detective novel. As Stine types,
the audience sees his private eye character,
Stone, come to life and the hero’s adventures
are staged in shades of black and white. With
music scored in the genre, the audience is
treated to a classic 1940s private-eye movie.
Additional shows are planned at 8 p.m. on
Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2:30 p.m. on
Sundays, on Feb. 21, 22, 27, 28; March 1,
6, 7, and 8.
All tickets are $20. For reservations, call
799-1421 or 799-6509. The box office is
open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday
through Saturday; from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; and from noon to 2
p.m. on Sundays. The theater is located at
176 Sawyer Street. For more information,
visit www.lyricmusictheater.org.
Cape High jazz musicians busy with festivals;
bring home honors from Berklee Jazz Festival
January was a busy month
for Cape Elizabeth High
School jazz musicians, who
once again were a strong presence at festivals from Maine to
Massachusetts.
On Jan. 10, two CEHS
seniors participated in the
All State Jazz Festival Concert held at Bangor High
School. Brandon Meagher
was selected to play drums in
the honors jazz combo, and
Luc Cary was chosen as the
bassist for the jazz choir combo. Three weeks later, at the
Berklee College High School
Jazz Festival in Boston, in
which 100 U.S. bands participate, Cary and Cape High
School vocalist and saxophonist Laura Catsos, won Judge’s
Choice awards.
Cape had a strong presence
at the 2009 District One Hon- Cape High School Music Director Tom Lizotte stands with
ors Jazz Festival held Jan. 24 jazz musicians, Luc Cary, left, and Brandon Meagher last
at Noble High School. Flutist month at the All-State Jazz Festival in Bangor.
Liz Brewington and clarinetist Mary-Elizabeth Simms
performed in the District One concert band.
Twenty-six Cape jazz musicians particiTrumpet player Wil Dennison, drummer pated in the 41st annual Berklee festival, the
Brandon Meagher, and bassist Luc Cary largest event of its kind in the United States,
played in the District One jazz band. Matt which includes bands ranging from combos
Barksdale, Laura Catsos, Colby Marvin, to big bands to vocal jazz ensembles.
Tori Russell, Thomas Schrank, Sam Spicer
Cape fronted two ensembles: the conand Tim Williamson sang in the District One cert jazz band and the jazz combo. Twenty
Chorus.
six students comprised the concert jazz big
Both events were sponsored by the Maine band: Jon Aronson, Elizabeth Brewington,
Music Educators Association and involved Luc Cary, Laure Catsos, David Charles, Will
student players from all over the state and jazz Daly, Will Denison, Una Donegan, Olivia
—see CAPE JAZZ, page 16
instructors from around the country.
Congratulations to our
nationally certified opticians
All 14 of them!
Joshua Caron, ABOC
Kerry Dubreuil, ABOC
Charity Gagnon, ABOC
Carla Ham, ABOC
Roxanne Hodgkins, ABOC
Jennifer LaCroix, ABOC
Thomas Lafferty, ABOC
Karen Lyons, ABOC
David Madore, ABOC
Sarah Napolitano, ABOC
Nichole Sequeira, ABOC
John Vaillancourt, ABOC
Tamara Van Dine, ABOC
Deidria Washburn, ABOC
The opticians at our five Casco Bay EyeCare locations share
an important professional distinction. Each is certified by
the American Board of Opticianry (ABOC). Certified
opticians are trained and tested in safely and accurately
dispensing eyewear. This assures you of receiving the
highest quality eye care by professionals who are
nationally recognized for excellence.
ABOC certification is not required in Maine.
So we are especially proud of our opticians
for earning their certification voluntarily. This
demonstrates a real commitment to quality, the
same quality that’s made Casco Bay EyeCare
Maine’s leading provider of optometric vision
services. Please join us in congratulating
our 14 outstanding opticians!
www.cascobayeye.com
E V E N T S & O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
CAPE CALENDAR
By Wendy Derzawiec, 767-4074
(E-mail: [email protected])
Agendas for Town Council, School Board and Planning Board
are available online at: www.capeelizabeth.com
Monday, Feb. 16
Presidents Day Holiday, Town Hall,
Thomas Memorial library closed.
Recycling Center open 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 19
Thomas Memorial Library Study
Committee, 6:30 p.m., Thomas Memorial
Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road.
Fort Williams Advisory Commission, 7
p.m., Public Works, Cooper Drive.
Thomas Memorial Library Board of
Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Thomas Memorial
Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road.
Monday, Feb. 23
Town Council communications working
group, 4 p.m., Town Manager’s Office,
Town Hall, 320 Ocean House Road.
Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall
chamber, 320 Ocean House Road.
Tuesday, Feb. 24
School Board Policy Committee, 12 p.m.,
William H. Jordan Conference Room,
Town Hall, 320 Ocean House Road.
School Board workshop and budget public
hearing, 7 p.m., high school library, 345
Ocean House Road.
Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Town
Hall chamber, 320 Ocean House Road.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
School Board Finance Committee, 8 a.m.
Superintendent’s Office, Town Hall, 320
Ocean House Road.
Shore Road. Pathway Study Committee,
7 p.m., William H. Jordan Conference
Room, Town Hall, 320 Ocean House
Road.
Town Council/School Board workshop
with local legislators, 7 p.m., Town Hall
chamber, 320 Ocean House Road.
Thursday, Feb. 26
School Board workshop and budget public
hearing (tentative), 7 p.m., high school
library, 345 Ocean House Road.
Recycling Committee, 7 p.m., Public Works,
Cooper Drive.
Monday, March 2
School Board Wellness Committee, 3:15
pm , Town Center Fire Station, Jordan
Way.
Cape Elizabeth Historic Preservation
Society, 7 p.m., Thomas Memorial
Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road. “Readings
from Grandfather’s Papers and Short
Stories.”
Thomas Memorial Library Study
Committee open meeting, 7 p.m., Town
Hall chamber, 320 Ocean House Road.
Tuesday, March 3
One Act play, “Of Mice and Men,” 7 p.m.,
Cape Elizabeth High School, 345 Ocean
House Road.
Planning Board workshop, 7 p.m., William
H. Jordan Conference Room, Town Hall,
320 Ocean House Road.
Wednesday, March 4
One Act play, “Of Mice and Men,” 7 p.m.,
House Road.
School Board Extracurricular Committee,
7:30 am , William H. Jordan Conference
Room, Town Hall, 320 Ocean House
Road.
Community Services Advisory
Commission, 7 p.m., Cape Elizabeth
Community Center, 343 Ocean House
Road.
Thursday, March 5
One Act play, ‘Of Mice and Men’, 7 p.m.,
House Road.
Sunday, March 8
Cape Elizabeth Lions Pancake Breakfast,
7:30-11 a.m., Bowery Beach Schoolhouse,
Two Lights and Wheeler Roads.
Ongoing each week
Al-Anon, Newcomers’ meeting, 6:15 p.m.,
regular meeting 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, at
United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean
House Road (Rt. 77). Regular meeting
7 p.m. Fridays at St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church, 885 Shore Road.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 2 p.m. Saturdays,
First Congregational Church, 301 Cottage
Rd., So. Port.; 7 p.m. Wednesdays, St.
Bartholomew Church, 8 Two Lights Rd.;
7 p.m. Fridays, St. Alban’s Church, 885
Shore Road.
Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation
Society, 9 a.m.–noon Thursdays, except
for holidays, storm days, Thomas
Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd.
Volunteers assist with information
searches. Public welcome. Meetings are
first Monday of the month, 7 p.m., at the
library.
Cape Elizabeth Lions Club, 6:39 p.m.,
first and third Tuesdays (except July
and August) at the Bowery Beach
Schoolhouse, head of Two Lights Road.
For more information about the Club,
contact Kim Brooks, 767-2733, or Bruce
Balfour, 799-4221.
Fire-Police meetings, 7 p.m. third Thursday
of each month except July and August at
the Cape Elizabeth Police Station, 325
Ocean House Road.
Scrapbooking Sessions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
first Saturdays except July and August,
Bowery Beach Schoolhouse, Two Lights
and Wheeler roads. Cost is $15, to
benefit Cape Elizabeth Lions local and
international activities. Participants should
bring own supplies. For more information
call Kim Brooks, Lions president, 7672733.
The South Portland/Cape Elizabeth
Rotary Club, each Wednesday at 6:15
p.m. at the Purpoodock Country Club on
Spurwink Road in Cape Elizabeth. For
more information on the SP/CE Rotary
Club, contact President Tony Wagner,
799-7997.
American Legion, 7 p.m. second Monday
of each month, Cape Elizabeth United
Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House
Road. For more information contact Deb
Schneider, 767-6109.
Cape legislator subject
of March 2 historical
society meeting
Edward E. Chase, a resident of Cape
Elizabeth who was involved in politics from
the 1920s to the 1950s and served in the
Maine House of Representatives, will be the
focus of the March 2 meeting of the Cape
Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society.
Chase’s essays and opinion pieces expressed
concerns faced by both state and national
government, such as Prohibition, taxes, the
national debt and the Securities and Exchange
Commission. However, Chase also found
time to write several light-hearted essays for
his children.
His son, Orono resident Robert Chase, will
read brief passages from his father’s writings
and share some of his father’s thoughts and
beliefs on several topics. Copies of Edward
Chase’s written exchanges between newspaper editors and others will be on display.
The 7 p.m. event will be held in the Community Room of Thomas Memorial Library.
Admission is free, and refreshments will be
available. For more information, contact Barbara Sanborn at [email protected].
This photo of a young Edward Chase was
printed in undated campaign literature
when Chase was a Republican candidate for
Maine’s 1st Congressional District.
CAPE CABLE GUIDE
Words of Peace
Feb. 14 - 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 - 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Feb. 21 - 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 - 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
School Board replay
Feb. 14 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Household Recycling
Feb. 14 - 12 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Hazardous Waste Recycling
Feb. 15-21 - 12 p.m., 4 8 p.m.
Recycling Web Site
Feb. 22-28 - 12 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Planning Board (live)
Feb. 23 - 7 p.m.
CHANNEL 3
Zoning Board of Appeals (live)
Feb. 24 - 7 p.m.
Planning Board replay
Feb. 25 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Feb. 26 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Zoning Board replay
Feb. 27 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Feb. 28 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Library Open Meeting (live)
March 2 - 7 p.m.
Library Open Meeting replay
March 3, 4 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Schedule is subject to change. For an
up-to-date listing, check the program guide
cablecast on Channel 3.
E V E N T S & O R G A N I Z AT I O N S / S E N I O R S
Pancake breakfast fundraiser planned March 7 The Inn by the Sea at Cape Elizabeth High School!
Cape Elizabeth High School’s National
Honor Society (NHS) will hold a pancake
breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday,
March 7, at Ocean House Pizza in Pond
Cove Plaza. The group’s biggest fundraiser
of the year, the breakfast will benefit Kayanet Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya,
which is home to 15 orphans and offers
home-based support services to another 300
orphans living with relatives. In addition to
meeting basics needs, the orphanage provides educational opportunities for as many
children as possible.
This is the second year that NHS has cho-
sen to sponsor the orphanage. So far this year,
NHS has raised $1,300 for Kayanet through
baby-sitting nights and a candy cane and gelt
sale. The group’s goal is to raise $5,000 for
the orphanage by the end of the school year.
Tickets for the breakfast, which are $5,
can be purchased in advance or at the door.
All who have ideas for additional fundraisers, who would like to buy tickets for
the breakfast, or who would like to make
a donation to the Kayanet Children’s Home,
please contact NHS faculty advisor Ginger
Raspiller at [email protected].
me.us, or call 799-3309, extension 311.
CELT plans astronomy walk, cross-country outing
The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust has two
outdoor events planned: an astronomy walk
and cross-country skiing outing.
With the Southern Maine Astronomers
organization, CELT will co-sponsor an astronomy walk from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb.
24. Using telescopes, star finders, binoculars
and the naked eye, participants will learn
about and view the moon, constellations,
planets, and stars in the winter sky.
The evening will begin at 7 p.m. indoors
at the CELT office, where astronomers will
discuss mythological stories behind the constellations, as well as the science of nebulae,
galaxies, comets, and other features of the
universe.
The group will carpool to a few sites, including Kettle Cove and Gull Crest field, to
stargaze away from the lights of town. Participants should dress warmly and appropri-
ately for the weather and bring a flashlight.
A clear sky is required for this outing; rain
dates are scheduled for Feb. 25 or 26.
CELT will sponsor a two-hour crosscountry skiing outing through the CELT
trail network, conditions permitting, from 2
to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. The program
is designed for intermediate cross-country
ski enthusiasts, who should bring their own
equipment. All proceeds will go to CELT,
which permanently conserves and provides
stewardship for land in Cape Elizabeth. The
group will meet at the Robinson Woods
parking area on Shore Road.
The cost for both programs is $6 per
person. Families who attend the astronomy
walk will pay $12. All who are interested in
the programs should register through Community Services, 343 Ocean House Road.
For more information, call 799-2868.
Author of book on Irish immigrants to speak
Author Mary Lee Dunn will speak at the
Greater Portland Genealogical Society’s
Saturday, March 7, meeting at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cape
Elizabeth. Dunn will talk about her book,
“Ballykilcline Rising: From Famine Ireland
to Immigrant America,” published in July
2008 by the University of Massachusetts
Press. The presentation will start at 1 p.m.
after refreshments at 12:30 p.m.
The book covers the Great Famine in
Ireland in the mid-1800s, a years’ long rent
strike in Ballykilcline, in the Roscommon
county of Ireland, and evicted emigrants’ arrival in New York City in 1847 and 1848.
Dunn will share research tips as well.
A former journalist, Dunn, an Alfred resident, is a graduate of the College of St. Rose
in Albany, N.Y., and received her master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at
Lowell. Admission will be free. For more information, visit www. rootsweb.ancestry.com.
Photo by Elaine Brassard
Gathering last month with Cape residents, Priscilla Schwartz, seated third from left, and, to her
right, Mary Gury, in the high school cafeteria are, standing left, Mitchell Kaldrovich, executive
chef at Inn by the Sea, Cape resident and apprentice chef Parker Marvin, and Cape food services
director Sue King, second from left. The chefs joined high school kitchen staff to cook lunch for
senior citizens and students. The high school wellness committee, headed by teacher Elaine
Brassard, hosts chefs in a culinary program that connects the school with community members.
On Thursday, Feb. 26, Good Table Chef Lisa Kostopoulos will make minestrone soup, a Greek
spin on vegetable paninis, and carrot cake using Cape resident Penny Jordan’s carrots. Seniors
who wish to reserve a spot should call Community Services at 799-2868.
Community Services
to host adult dance on
March 7
Ice skating for older
adults planned March
21 at Family Ice Arena
Community Services will host an adult
dance from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday,
March 7, at the Community Center.
During the first hour, dance instructor Patty Medina will offer a beginner mini-dance
lesson, which will be followed by social
dancing and light refreshments from 8 to 11
p.m. No ballroom dance experience is necessary. A professional DJ will provide music.
Jeans should not be worn. The cost for
the evening will be $15, and $25 per couple.
Space is limited, and reservations must be
made by Feb. 23 at Community Services,
343 Ocean House Road. For more information, please call 799-2868.
Older Cape adults are invited to go ice
skating at Family Ice Arena in Falmouth on
Saturday, March 21, at 4:50 p.m.
The event is offered through “Take It Outside: Easy Adventures for the Fifty Plus or
Minus Set,” a new program organized by
Cape Community Services, Southern Maine
Agency on Aging (SMAA), and other recreation departments. The program encourages
people to be physically active outdoors in
fun, but not extreme, activities. Members of
the Easy Adventures group will have the ice
to themselves.
Skates will be provided. The cost of the
activity is $10. Registration forms can be obtained at the Community Services office at
343 Ocean House Road.
For more information, contact Fran
Martin at SMAA at 396-6583 or fmartin@
smaaa.org.
Community Services
plans trip to Georgia,
South Carolina, and
Florida
Discover Waynflete
View the Campus, Visit Classes, Meet the Head of School, and
See the Waynflete Mission in Action
Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools
Thursday, April 9, 2009
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Community Services’ indoor walking
program for senior citizens is underway from
8 to 9 a.m. at the Community Center, 343
Ocean House Road. Seniors can drop in any
time during that hour to walk at any pace.
Although there is no fee, participants are
asked to sign in at the front desk and to bring
walking shoes or sneakers to change into before walking.
For more information, call Community
Services at 799-2868.
Cape artist’s book of woodcuts in USM exhibit
For more information, contact the Admission Office:
774.5721, ext. 224
Independent education from
Early Childhood through Grade 12
Cape Community Services will lead a
group trip to South Carolina, Georgia, and
St. Augustine, Fla., from Oct. 11 to Oct. 17.
Trip-goers will explore history and experience “Southern charm” during the tour,
which will start in Charleston, S.C., and then
go on to Beaufort, S.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Jekyll Island, Ga.; and then St. Augustine, Fla.
The group will fly from Portland to Charleston and return home from St. Augustine.
For all who are interested in attending, trip
flyers are available at the Community Center,
343 Ocean House Road. They can also register there for the trip. For more information,
call Community Services at 799-2868.
Indoor walking
program underway at
Community Center
Waynflete
Cape resident Suzi VanWye is showing
a book of original woodcuts in an invitational exhibition of artists’ books at the Kate
Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts on
the University of Southern Maine’s Portland
campus.
The exhibition, located in the seventhfloor reading room of the Glickman Family
Library, runs through March 19. VanWye,
who taught art for 16 years at Cape Elizabeth Middle School, is currently teaching at
Waynflete School in Portland.
LIBRARY
WINTER LIBRARY SCHEDULE
For more information call 799-1720
E-mail: [email protected]
Visit the library online at: www.ThomasMemorialLibrary.org
Mother Goose Story Time
Themes
Feb. 17 - 21:
Beep Beep!
Rhymes, songs and finger plays for babies up
to 18 months.
Wednesdays, 11:00-11:30 a.m.
Tales for Tots
Songs, stories and movement for toddlers 18
to 36 months.
Wednesdays, 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Thursdays, 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Fridays, 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Story Garden
Stories and songs about driving in trucks
and cars.
Feb. 22 - 28:
Happy Birthday!
Stories about birthdays and parties.
Songs, stories and movement for
preschoolers 3 to 5 years.
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Fridays, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
March 1 - 7:
A Trip to the Bakery
Stories about cookies, cakes and pies!.
Family Story Time
Songs, stories and movement for toddlers and
preschoolers.
Saturdays, 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Library Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday..........9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday ................ 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday .........................................9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday..........................................................Closed
Cape community invited to open meeting
with study committee, library consultants
The Thomas Memorial Library Study
Committee will hold an open meeting for
the Cape Elizabeth community on Monday,
March 2 at 7 p.m. at the town hall. The consultant team of Himmel & Wilson, who have
been working with the study committee for
the past eight months to conduct a needs assessment and design concept for a library
improvement program, will be presenting an
overview of their findings and introducing
several preliminary scenarios for the future
of the Thomas Memorial Library.
The needs-assessment phase of the study
was begun in August 2008 and is now complete. More than 1,000 citizens participated
in focus groups headed by the consultants,
answered a Web survey on the library’s Web
site, and responded to a telephone survey
conducted by Critical Insights, Inc.
The study committee encourages the public to take advantage of this additional opportunity to learn about the progress of the
library study and to ask questions or make
comments.
Those unable to attend may watch the
meeting, live, on CETV (channel 3). Replays will be shown on March 3 and 4 at 2
p.m. and 8 p.m. on CETV.
For more information or questions contact TML Study Committee chair Nancy H.
Marshall at [email protected].
Paintings of local
landscapes exhibited
through February
Anime Club to meet
Jan. 25
The Anime Club for teens will meet Wed.,
Feb. 25 in the Thomas Memorial Library
Community Room from 3:15 to 5 p.m. This
month’s showing, courtesy of Funanimation’s Project Anime, will be “Spiral, Vol.2:
Disarming Fate.” The program is a repeat
performance of the January program, and a
continuation of previously shown “Spiral”
episodes.
“Surroundings,” an exhibit of oil and pastel landscape paintings by Diana Johnson of
Freeport, will continue on display in the library throughout the month of February.
Subjects of the works include Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth and Winslow
Park in Freeport.
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SCHOOLS
Cape Elizabeth High School honor roll
for the second quarter
Seniors
High Honors—Jonathan Aronson, Luc
Cary, Christopher Flathers, Jozef Jurkiewicz,
Rachel Muscat, Ross Phillipps, Paige St. Germain, Michael Taintor, Kathleen Takach, Michael Takach, Patricia Thibodeau, Timothy
Williamson
Honors—Sean Anderson, Joseph Atkins,
Marisa Barritt, Patrick Boland, Ryan Boyington, Zachary Breed, Nora Daly, William
Denison, Una Donegan, Maria Doudakis, Olivia Earnshaw, Sara Friedman, Julia Haltof,
Sether Hanson, Laura Hayes, Michael Holden, Amory Houghton, Victoria Howe, Rose
Jacobson, Stephen Janick, Hannah Johnson,
Lisa Kaplan, Stephanie Lawsure, Emma Logan, David Luongo, Benjamin Lydon, Emily
MacDuffie, Morgan Mancall, Colleen Martin, Brandon Meagher, John Messina, Evan
Negele, Jacqueline Newell, Graham Nichols,
Jonathan O’Hearn, Casey Oakes, Naomi Odlin, Bradley Page, Caitlin Pomeroy, Molly
Powell, Matthew Rand, Emily Richardson,
Meredith Sells, Grace Stack, Marita Stressenger, Marisa Turesky, Susan Tuttle, Bridget
Walsh, Shea Watson, Joseph Wolanski
Juniors
High Honors—Niles Bond, Jay Cushing,
Graham Findley, A. Tess Fiser, Abigael Flynn,
Alexander Frustaci, Zachary Gavin, Matthew
Hubbell, Alicen Johnson, Katherine Lavallee,
John Menz, Samuel Naseef, Madeleine Spagnola, Colleen Thibeault
Honors—Emily Adams, Calvin Alden,
Emily Attwood, Brockton Barritt, Peter Barton, Julie Batkova, Emily Beringer, Amelia
Bothel, Devon Bottomley, Elizabeth Briggs,
Peter Brigham, Nell Britton, Laura Catsos,
Macauley Cliffe, Samantha Dell’Aquila,
Olivia DeSena, Bailey Dittrich, Gabrielle
Donahue, Hannah Doss, Samuel Eisenberg,
Matthew Feeman, Spencer Garland, Tanner
Basketball Bonanza
raffle items sought for
MSPA fundraiser
The Middle School Parents Association is
seeking items to be raffled off at the MSPA’s
annual Basketball Bonanza, which will be
held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March
12, in the middle school gym.
At the event, players on the eighth-grade
girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will take on
coed CEMS faculty teams, and the evening
will also include the ever-popular foul-shot
contest at halftime.
Last year, some raffle items included Red
Sox tickets, several months of homemade
desserts, and a birthday party at the Maine
Rock Gym. The raffle is a fundraiser for the
MSPA, which helps fund school programs.
All who are interested in donating items
for the raffle may contact Trish Brigham at
[email protected].
For information about the event or about
volunteering, please contact Tricia Wasserman at [email protected].
Garrity, Emylee Goodine, Russell Hamerski, Jennifer Hayashi, Stephen Homa, Emma
Kast, Kristin Kerney, Gregory LaTorre, Emily
Leighton, Duncan MacDonald, Christopher
Makrides, Rebecca Manning, Elizabeth Marcuse, Conor Moloney, Adam Moyer, Harper
Nelson, Owen Pearson, William Pierce, Morgan Pillsbury, Kyle Piscopo, Maxwell Pulsifer,
Megan Ray, Meredith Riker, Trillium Rintel,
Delaney Rockwell, Julia Springer, Samuel St.
Germain, Kylie Tanabe, Brendan Taylor, Colleen Whitcomb, Megan Winker
Sophomores
High Honors—Kelsey Barton, Lydia
Berman, Willard Bollenbach, Anna Britton,
William Daly, Skyler Dunfey, Kelsey Maguire, Rachel Nichols, Catherine Powell, Jack
Queeney, Brendan Stewart, Hannah Wallace
Honors—Abigail Armstrong, Olivia
Babine, Sydney Banks, Karyn Barrett, Ben
Berman, Emmet Boland, Allyson Boyington,
Camille Braun, Alison Chase, Alana Cooper,
Sarah Cummings, A. Maggie Darling, Alexander Diaz, Bradley Dickinson, Emily Donovan, Reid Douty, Tori Downer, Elise Galgano,
Peter Governali, Lydia Hagos, Miranda Hanson, Rebecca Hayes, Chase Hewitt, Lucy Hewitt, Aubrey Landsfeld, Rachel LaPlante, Joseph Long, Spencer Lukens, Andrew Lynch,
Robert Macdonald, Donal Martin, John McDonald, Julian McGinn, Matthew Miklavic,
Isabella Narvaez, Lauren Nicholson, Casey
O’Donovan, Alexia Pappas, Lauren Perrino,
Samantha Quimby, Lindsay Rand, Delaney
Ratner, Wesley Richards, Benjamin Richardson, Jackson Roos, Ross Sherman, Mary Elizabeth Simms, Edward Smith, Samuel Spicer,
Katherine Sullivan, Keely Sutherland, Timothy Takach, Lynn Tarbox, Cameron Thurston,
Alexandra Weatherbie, Paul Wennberg
Freshmen
High Honors—Vanessa Blair-Glantz, Brian Brett, Ethan DiNinno, Rebecca Eisenberg,
Maxwell Gore, John Harrison, Julia Hintlian,
Maggie Rabasca, Charlotte Rutty
Honors—Willam Alexander, Jessica
Allen, Ian Andolsek, Max Aronson, Noah
Backer, Samuel Barber, Ryan Bolduc,
Thomas Bottomley, Nicholas Breed, Victoria
Brigham, Dylan Bruns, Christopher Burke,
Olivia Cooper, Alexandra Dunton, Alexander
Enna, Theodore Farnsworth, Kevin Flathers,
Adam Gale, Sarah Gleeson, Emily Ham, Paul
Hamerski, Forest Hewitt, Abigail Houghton,
Kelsey Jackson, Thomas Janick, Alexis Johnson, Zoe Johnston, Caroline Kelly, Heather
Kraft, Madeline Kraft, Timothy Lavallee,
Alexandra Lengyel, Sasha Lennon, Alonso
Lizano, Connor Logan, William McCarthy,
Edward Melanson, Ziana Merlim, Georgia
Morris, Maria Morris, Claire Muscat, Miranda Newman, William Norris, Matthew Pierce,
Summer Pillsbury, Matthew Propp, Cassandra
Quimby, Kayla Raftice, Isabella Robinson,
Thomas Robinson, Victoria Russell, Charles
Salerno, Elin Sonesson, Lindsay Stephen,
Melissa Stewart, Lyndsey Tanabe, Jacob Wasserman, Noelle Webster
PCPA raffle offers lobster boat excursion,
family photo session, jazz concert in one’s home
The winnings are wide and various this
year for buyers of tickets to the Pond Cove
Parents Association’s annual raffle. Items include a half-hour jazz concert performed in
the winner’s home by high school musicians;
a two-and-a-half-hour lobster boat excursion
aboard Tilly with Capt. Jeff Croft; horseback
riding lessons at Shady Oaks Farm in Cape
Elizabeth; a family portrait session with
professional photographer, Patty McCarthy;
a Duchess T-shirt; a $50 gift certificate to
Flatbread Pizza; and a splash party at the
Richards Pool. Also up for raffle: specialty
desserts prepared once a month for three
months by chef Mary Godfrey; a sterling silver crocheted necklace with pearls and sea
glass by jewelry artist Anne Ingalls; and two
Cyber crime expert to
speak Feb. 24
Parents of middle and high school students are invited to attend a 7 p.m. lecture on
Tuesday, Feb. 24, by author and internationally recognized cyber crime expert, Jayne
A. Hitchcock, in the Cape Middle School
cafetorium. In separate programs, Hitchcock
will speak the day before to middle and high
school students and faculty.
For more information, please contact Susan Spagnola at [email protected].
trips provided by Helping Hands, which offers driving services around Cape Elizabeth
and South Portland.
The raffle drawing will take place at Family Bingo Night, which will be held from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the
Pond Cove cafetorium. Raffle-ticket buyers do not have to be present. Proceeds will
help fund Pond Cove Arts Day, when Pond
Cove students are exposed to art in its many
genres for a whole school day.
Raffle tickets, which cost $2 apiece, can
be printed off the PCPA Web site, www.capepcpa.org, and sent to the attention of Rebecca Millett, Pond Cove School, 12 Scott
Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth ME 04107.
Checks should be made payable to “PCPA.”
For more information, please contact Millett
at [email protected].
Cheverus student
named to NHS
Cape resident Hannah Brazell, a senior
at Cheverus High School in Portland, has
been named to the National Honor Society, a
national organization established to recognize
outstanding high school students who have
demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character.
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Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene
499 Ocean House Road (Route 77)
207-799-3692
www.capenazarene.org
Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship Celebration: 10:45 a.m.
Evening Prayer: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Sermon recordings available to download
Family Shabbat services:
Second Friday 6:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church of South Portland
879 Sawyer Street, South Portland
207-799-4565
www.spfbc.com
Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m.
Awana Clubs (grades 3-8) Tuesday 6:20 p.m.
Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church
207-799-8396
Chapel Service: 8:15 a.m.
Sanctuary Service: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. service
Child care: 10:00 a.m. service
Audio tapes of services available
First Congregational Church United
Church of Christ
301 Cottage Road, South Portland
207-799-3361
www.fccucc.org
Chapel Service: 8:30 a.m.
Sanctuary Service: 10:00 a.m.
Preschool Childcare: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Cape Shore Assembly of God
536 Cottage Road, South Portland
207-799-3152
Sunday Prayer & Intercession: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Family Bible Studies: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Sermon recordings available to download
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
29 Ocean House Road
207-767-5000
Sacrament Meeting: Sunday 10-11:10 a.m.
Sunday School: 11:15 a.m.-noon
Primary: 11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Relief Society, Priesthood: 12:05-1:00 p.m.
Congregation Bet Ha’am
81 Westbrook Street, South Portland
207-879-0028
www.bethaam.org
Worship: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.
Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church
885 Shore Road
207-799-4014
www.stalbansmaine.org
Rite I: Wednesday 9:00 a.m.
Rite I: Sunday 8:00 a.m.
Rite II: Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Rite II: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Christian Education: Sunday
Preschool-6th grade: 9:00 a.m.
Nursery available: 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Saint Bartholomew Roman
Catholic Church
8 Two Lights Road
207-799-5528
www.saintbarts.com
Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Weekday Masses:
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Eucharistic Service:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 a.m.
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School budget
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full-time educational technician, a half-time
library ed tech, and a half-time technology
ed tech. Under the proposal, fifth- and sixthgrade technology classes would be eliminated, which middle school principal Steve
Connolly said would be a major loss.
“Reduction of technology programs for
fifth- and sixth- graders means students will
not be exposed to engineering and related
physical science concepts,” Connolly states
in the budget plan.
Accelerated language arts programs for
those grades would also get axed, despite a
new mandate for educational programming
for gifted and talented students.
As a result of teacher stipend cuts, CEMS
would also lose some extracurricular programs. The chess club, math team, speech
and debate team, and the outdoor adventure
programs, Chewonki and Rippleffect, would
go. CEMS would also say goodbye to expansion basketball teams.
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“That means our school will require cutting students from teams, which goes against
the grain of middle school philosophy,”
Hawkins writes in the budget document.
“These cuts are in direct opposition to the
National Middle School Association’s tenets
... [that] student involvement in the life of
the school is a major contributing factor to
student school success.”
If these cuts go into effect next year, Connolly says, they will change CEMS.
“Our doors will be open in September,
children will come, but education at CEMS
will not look the same,” Connolly states.
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Under the proposed budget, Pond Cove
School would see cuts to stipends for both
summer school and a student-study team. A
second-grade teacher’s position would also
be eliminated, based on a decline in enrollment.
Recommended nonstaff reductions in the
budget proposal include $23,388 for equipment, $14,712 for textbooks, $4,858 for
software, $4,500 for technology equipment
repair, $10,441 for travel for the middle and
high schools, $24,067 for staff development,
and $50,000 in course reimbursements for
teachers.
The only proposed staff addition in the
2009-2010 budget proposal is for a quartertime nursing position at the high school,
which currently has a three-quarter-time
nurse.
Some good news
A couple of lines in next year’s school
budget—for heating and electricity—provide some solace, at least.
“Based on the hard work of [Facilities
Manager] Ernie MacVane and [School Department Business Manager] Pauline Aportria we have been able to sign a commitment
for heating oil for 2009-2010 at $1.94 per
gallon which is a $179,800 savings from
2008-09,” Hawkins states in the budget
plan.
A $6,200 savings in electricity also looks
to be on the horizon, Hawkins reports.
Other possible cost savings for the schools
could result from changes in the health insurance formula. The town also may fund some
school capital projects.
Community Services
Community Services plans for a decrease
in town subsidies of about $32,000 for 20092010. But Cape residents should not feel the
impact dramatically, Community Services
Director Janet Hoskin says.
“There will be less spending on our part,
but you will not see the quality of our programming change. A good chunk [of expenditure reductions] is in salaries and payroll as
a result of office restructuring,” says Hoskin,
whose assistant director position was not replaced when she took over as director in July.
The department, which is set up to be selfsustaining, has seen enrollments in some
programs decline this year as a result of the
economy.
“As citizens have been hit with difficult
economic times, they have evaluated their
spending, and in many cases have limited
the number and scope of offerings for which
they register,” Hoskin says in her budget
proposal. “No longer are we seeing adults
register themselves for classes that might be
considered ‘just for fun.’ But rather, the adult
classes that are maintaining sufficient enrollments now have a purpose: 1) to broaden
one’s knowledge or experience base, 2) to
maintain a healthy lifestyle.”
Staff members will continually assess
which programs should go and stay, and find
ways to trim costs of every program, Hoskin
says.
“We are going to strive to evaluate every
detail of every program to find a way to do it
better and more cost efficiently, and to provide services to citizens in such a way that
Community Services may provide somewhat of a respite from the difficult economic
times. Right now, more than ever, with the
economy as it is, people need outlets.”
Budget schedule
The school board is scheduled to adopt a
budget at a 7 p.m. business meeting on Tuesday, March 10, in the town hall. Nine days
later, the town council will receive the school
budget, and the school board will present the
budget to the town council finance committee at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 30, in the
council chambers.
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UPHOLSTERY & FABRICS
By Carmela Designer, 799-6714.
CUSTOM WOODWORKING
Joseph Esposito 207-233-4207.
COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED
We return your call! Mac or PC/Home or Biz.
We come to you. Call Ken Alden at The Tech
Guys 799-1600.
DOWN HOME DESIGN
Inexpensive practical solutions to your home
decorating dilemmas. Nancy 799-3423.
TREE SERVICE
Pruning, removals, stumping. Plant and Tree
healthcare. Licensed and insured. Call ArborCare 828-0110.
WISH LIST HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Fine woodworking, general carpentry and
repairs. Call Dave at 874-0178.
THE CAPE CARPENTER
Serving Cape for 15 years. Custom decks, int.
and ext. painting, remodeling: kitchen, baths &
tilework. Free est. Fully ins. Dan 767-5032.
CAPE PLUMBER – D.A. ROBERTS, INC.
Bathroom/kitchen remodeling and repair. Call
Dave @ 799-2174.
POP’S PAINTING
Int./Ext. – Clean, neat. Professional finish painters. Painting in Cape for 14 years. References &
Insured. 767-3915.
THE PAINT SHOP
Furniture, Cabinets, Wooden Doors and
Windows, Painting and Restoration. Anthony
D’Agostino 939-5727.
D’AGOSTINO PAINTING & CARPENTRY
Interior/Exterior. Excellent References. Fully
Insured; Free Estimates. Call 939-5727.
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front. 3 bdrm., 3 1/2 ba. villa sleeps 6-8. Gated
community. Private beach. Beautiful location.
Close to ruins and ecoparks. Swim with dolphins,
snorkel, deep sea fish or just relax. Feb. & Apr.
vacations avail. More info @ 807-4575 or www.
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Sanibel Island - Beachfront. Casa Ybel Resort. Available April 10-17. 2 BR, 2 baths, L/R,
screened porch, full kitchen. Pool, tennis, kids’
camp, immediate access to bike paths, nature preserve. Perfect for families, with easy access to all
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Sugarloaf Condo for Rent. Ski in/out, 3 BR, 3
1/2 baths and large family room with bunkbeds.
Sunny Winters Way end unit with great views,
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Mar. 12. $350/weekend night, $200 weekday.
767-6358.
House for Rent. Antique Cape being totally renovated. Available March 15. 2 BR, 1 bath, small
barn, large backyard, across from Crescent Beach.
$1600. Month-long term. 119 Bowery Beach Rd.
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Imported leather sofa, living room set; new,
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Bundy Flute - $100. 799-3804.
CAT SITTER
CEHS student. Call 799-1764.
Soaf & loveseat - microsuede stain resistant fabric. Never used. $495. Call 396-5661.
Entertainment Centers
Custom Work Stations
Utilitarian Pieces
Sunday River Winter Getaway. 3 miles from
skiing, heated outdoor swimming pool, 2-bedroom condo available for rental; weekends,
weekly or monthly. FMI call Suzanne 767-4622.
Spend a week in Europe this summer! CE family living in Amsterdam is looking for a house
swap while we visit home. Either the week of
6/29 or 7/6/2009. If interested, please contact us
at [email protected].
EDUCATION
Art classes for all ages. Artascope, 352 Cottage
Road, South Portland. Visit our Web site at www.
artnightout.com or call 799-5154.
Flute Lessons - for beginners and intermediates
of all ages. Call Kris, 767-3712.
Piano/Keyboard/Theory Lessons in Cape Elizabeth. Accepting students of all ages, levels and
styles. Reasonable rates, will travel. First lesson
free! Justin 650-5373.
Guitar lessons in your home. Berklee Grad.
Cape references. Doug 286-4471.
Math Tutor - middle and high school levels.
Cape references available. Rose Kennealy, 7991674.
Tutoring all grades and subjects. Certified
teacher with M.S. in Education. Call Scot @ 3291548.
Piano, Organ and Composition Lessons. Instruction is individiualized for each student. 30+
years experience teaching all levels. References
available from current and former Cape Elizabeth
students. David Maxwell, 885-5855.
Home Improvement Projects
• Custom
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Kitchens
Baths
Basements
• Window and Door Replacement • Remodelling
Carpentry Services Rot Repair
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Celebrating our 14th year in Cape
2002 Dodge Grand Caravan. 96K, good cond.,
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King size solid wood & iron bed with mattress
set. $450. New in boxes. Call 899-8853.
CAPE SENIOR CARE
Loving care for the greatest generation. Meals,
Cleaning, Appointments. Call Susan, 767-3817.
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New queen sleighbed, cherry finish. Crated.
$295. Call 396-5661.
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Gunter and Sherri Gower are pleased
to announce the engagement of their son,
Jordan E. Gower, to Lindsay D. Moody
of Saco. A 1999 graduate of Cape Elizabeth
High School, Jordan is a self-employed
contractor. Lindsay, the daughter of Wayne
and Mary Ann Moody of Saco, is a 2000
graduate of Old Orchard Beach High
School, and graduated from Northeastern
University in Boston with a degree in biology. She is currently enrolled in a master’s
degree program in biology.
A Sept. 26 wedding is planned.
NEIGHBORS
Sarah Elizabeth Brazell, daughter of
Robert and Colleen Brazell, was awarded
first-year honors for outstanding academic
achievement for the 2008 fall semester at
Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Va.,
where she is a double major in psychology
and French.
Elizabeth Kautz was named to the fallsemester dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where she is a
senior majoring in materials engineering.
Cape resident Jill Maurey of Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage in Portland
just completed a training program on the
subject of energy and environmental issues
that affect real estate transactions and has
earned the EcoBroker Certified designation.
The training, Maurey said, “doesn’t make
me an energy and environmental expert, but
it allows me to better understand the issues
and to convey this understanding to my
buyers and sellers.”
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Cape jazz
Cont. from page 9____________________
Earnshaw, Joe Jurkiewicz, Joe Long, David
Luongo, Morgan Mancall, Brandon Meagher, Ned Melanson, Ross Phillips, Caitlin
Pomeroy, Aurelio Reyes, Katherine Reyes,
Rob Rice, Jack Roos, Michael Takach,
Susan Tuttle, Marita Stressenger, Nathan
Weatherbie, and Joe Wolanski. The big band,
directed by Lizotte, performed a series of
tunes arranged by Cape Middle School Band
Director Terry White. Lizotte believes that
Cape has the only big band featuring music
written specifically for the ensemble.
Seniors Cary; David Charles, who plays
trumpet; drummer Brandon Meagher; guitarist Rob Rice; and Joe Wolanski, who plays
baritone sax, comprised the self-directed
jazz combo.
Lindsay Moody and Jordan Gower
Cape Elizabeth resident Kim Bassett has
been promoted to director of operations for
medical affairs at Maine Medical Center.
She joined MMC in 1987 as a staff speech
pathologist and
most recently
worked as program manager
in geriatrics.
Basset previously held
leadership roles
in rehabilitation medicine
and speechlanguage
pathology.
Kim Bassett
Midwinter concert rescheduled
Cape Elizabeth High School’s annual
midwinter concert, originally planned for
the end of February, has been rescheduled
to March 10. The event will begin at 7 p.m.
in the CEHS auditorium. The high school’s
annual Jazz Cabaret events are planned at 7
p.m. on Friday, April 3, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 5.
William O. Hall IV, a sophomore at
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., was named to the dean’s list for the
fall semester. His parents are William and
Jenny Hall.
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Ocean House Pizza
337 Ocean House Rd.
March 7, 2009
8:00-11:00 am
Only $5 to feast!
Unlimited pancakes ... blueberry and chocolate.
Also will be serving coffee, tea, juice and milk.
NHS Proceeds for 2008-2009 will benefit:
The Kayanet Orphanage in Eldoret, Kenya
Tickets on sale in advance from NHS members,
PANCAKES
CHARITY
Ms.
Raspiller at the highFOR
school (799-3309
x311) or at the door.
Kathleen O. Pierce, ABR
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