FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 3, 2011
KILL DATE: March 19, 2011
CONTACT: Nancy Barry

EMAIL:
Telephone: 978-768-7541

Date: Saturday, March, 19, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Essex ShipbuidlingMuseum (66 Main Street, Essex,
MA)

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! ~ We’re
actively looking for volunteers who would like to get involved. The
success of the Essex
Shipbuilding Museum
is due in large part to our energetic and motivated volunteers who devote
countless hours to the museum. To recruit new volunteers and better motivate
our existing volunteers, we are having a Volunteer Day with three purposes in
mind.

1. Provide
an opportunity for interested individuals to learn more about the Museum and
the many interesting and fulfilling opportunities that we have for volunteers.
2. Provide
an opportunity for existing volunteers to get a broader picture of what goes on
in the Museum as a whole and what other opportunities are available.
3. Provide
a special opportunity to inspect the on-going work on the Pinky Schooner
Ardelle and hear first hand from boat builder Harold Burnham.

Whether you are a seasoned professional or a raw newcomer, we can find
a place for you. You will have a good time, meet some really interesting
people, and have the satisfaction of doing something that will make a lasting
difference.
For more information on our volunteer program, please visit our website

Essex Historical Society and ShipbuildingMuseum
978-768-7541
www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

That Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea?  The names “starfish” and “sea star” essentially refer to members of the Class Asteroidea. There are 2,000 living species of starfish that occur in all the world’s oceans, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian as well as in the Arctic and the Southern Ocean (i.e., Antarctic) regions. Starfish occur across a broad depth range from the intertidal to abyssal depths (>6000 m).

Starfish are among the most familiar of marine animals and possess a number of widely known traits, such as regeneration and feeding on mussels. Starfish possess a wide diversity of body forms and feeding methods. The extent that Asteroidea can regenerate varies with individual species. Broadly speaking, starfish are opportunistic feeders, with several species having specialized feeding behavior, including suspension feeding and specialized predation on specific prey.

Starfish are capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction. Most species are dioecious, with separate male and female individuals, but some are hermaphrodites. For example, the common species Asterina gibbosa is protandric, with individuals being born male, but later changing into females.

Male and female sea stars are not distinguishable from the outside; one needs to see the gonads or be lucky enough to catch them spawning. Each arm contains two gonads, which release gametes (a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization) through openings called gonoducts, located on the central body between the arms.  (excerpt from Wikipedia)

As a lifelong avid tidal pool explorer, I love coming across a starfish.  This is the first one I had found since moving to Cape Ann, and it remained in this same spot for a couple of weeks.  I didn’t check for gonads, so don’t know if it is a he or a she, or both.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Photo by Sharon Lowe

Say There! Band heads down to Latitude’s Minglewood Tavern for a night of Music for all you Rockn’ Rollahhs, Show starts at 9 come down early and chow down, food is top notch and drinks are splendid. 25 Rogers St. Gloucester, Have Mercy Everybody,  Maybe it will be warm enough so’s that Uncle Jeffrey can take out the Orange Car to pass out earplugs,  Have to talk to Blakey to see if he can have his own orange parking space…… Luv U,MO’C

http://www.myspace.com/mikeoconnellmusic/music/songs/eyes-wide-open-demo-64500622

http://www.latfortythree.com/groove.html

I totally love Mike O’Connell,

If you love the Allman Brothers you will love the Mike O’Connell Band. Not only does the band do a mean “Whipping Post”  they go into some pretty wild rock, leaning to the more psychedelic side, as well.  You should hear some of the guitar solos. Mike and the band have been known to lay down some  hot Southern Rock and I mean smokin hot. At most of the gigs they offer up some  ZZ Top, Tom  Petty and even  reggae stuff.   I remember a while back at the Dog Bar when the band did a couple of Door’s tunes “Riders On The Storm and “Soul Kitchen” it blew me away. I was thinking this is way better than the Doors, really and it could never be reproduced like that again, and it hasn’t.  It was just one of those moments. There are some originals on his music page that I wish he would share more often.  “Eyes Wide Open”, “Hard Bargain” and “Stars” are a  just a few.

Joanne

Hi Friends–here’s the next installment of the Gourmoo Cook Off that I participated in last December in sunny southern California.  This episode is the second of five and I had so much fun filming it and cooking for the judges–Enjoy!

Hello Joey,
My wife and I were in town a couple of weekends ago and had stoppped by the dock hoping to have a chance to meet you. We have been coming to Gloucester since around 1988. We wanted to thank you for all that you and your group do to keep those of us from out of town up to date on all the happenings around town. We are from upstate New York and first came to Gloucester for a one day whale watch trip, and have been coming every year since at least once and sometimes up to four times a year. We sometimes say we started coming to Gloucester before there was a Tourist Information Center at Stage Fort Park. We always stay at Cape Ann Marina Resort and relied for many years on those fine folks to give us directions and hints on what to see and do. My wife is an avid bird watcher,and we are yearly members of the Mass. Audobon, Trustees of Reservations and the Federal Preserve on Plum Island. We enjoy your site everyday, and I especially

enjoy Paul’s Art Rocks and hope someday to find one. So far I have been able to guess just about everyone. I was really surprised that two weeks when I finally fired up the laptop that the rock was not found at the Paint Factory until late Saturday afternoon. We be back in a couple weeks and maybe I’ll get a chance to find one. Take care and if you see a silver SUV around town with your (sticka) on the side window and New York plates toot your horn, so I can shake your hand.

Jon & Carol Stack

That the original statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage is on exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum? Originally dedicated in 1893, Our Lady of Good Voyage was built for the Portuguese community in Gloucester, after they petitioned the Roman Catholic Church for the establishment of a place to worship dedicated to the Madonna. Large numbers of Portuguese immigrants migrated from the rugged Azores Islands and began settling around Gloucester’s Inner Harbor as early as 1829 to work in the city’s active fishing industry. By 1888, approximately 200 Portuguese families lived in Gloucester making it the largest Portuguese colony on the East Coast. According to the story of Our Lady of Good Voyage, a stranded fisherman in the rough Atlantic Ocean broke one of his oars and could not return to his homeport. He sought help from the Madonna and the sea miraculously calmed allowing him to reach port safely.

A fire destroyed the original church in 1914. Prominent architect Halfdan M. Hanson designed and immediately began building the existing, unique Mission style church, which replaced the earlier church. It is the only Mission style church in Gloucester. Modeled after a church in the Azores, Our Lady of Good Voyage consists of two distinct sections: the two-story main worship space that is of a cruciform plan and an L-shaped rectory that extends from the northwest corner of the main worship space. The rectory, which was built between 1872 and 1884 as a separate building, was incorporated into the new church. Resting on a granite foundation, the building is covered in a buff-colored stucco. Flanked by two identical bell towers, the central bay of the façade is pierced by the main entrance at the first level. A rose window adorns the second level, above which rises an ogee pediment supporting a pedestal and a statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage, who holds a boat in her left hand as a symbol of a safe voyage. In 1922, bells were installed in the towers. These bells, still in place today, were cast by John Taylor & Company of England-the same foundry that cast Phildelphia’s Liberty Bell.

Our Lady of Good Voyage is located at 142 Prospect St. in Gloucester and is an active church. For further information, call Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish at 978-283-1490.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

It’s a busy week , so let’s get going! This thursday  at the Rhumb Line, Fred is proud to present John Keegan®, martini expert, and leader of men. Best known for leading “Madhouse” over any musical cliff he encounters, Johnny K. is the MAN, pure and simple. He’ll be bringing  his ants with him, and we’ll be crawling all over you!  Side effects include the apoplectic John Hyde, jazz snob and loving husband, on Keyboards and beret, the inimitable Jeff Casper, the friendly drummer, on skins and plumbing advice, and of course, Greg T. and Myself. Do not driveuntil you know how John Keegan® affects you. Now, Monday, for those of you who the Republicans blame for not working, C’mon down to the Rose Baker Senior Center. From 1 to 3  in the afternoon, the OLD SALTY JAZZ BAND does its thing. It’s FREE! We play music written for the Pharoahs and beyond. We’ll never give up! It’s a blast! We’ve got Charlie Sheen in a cage! He really doesn’t have a problem…honest! But, wait, there’s more!  Next Tuesday nite is Fat Tuesday, and to celebrate Mardi Gras, Lat 43 has  hired yours truly with my band of brothers to cerebrate the onset of Lent. I’m giving up olives. The band consists of Gid Loring, walking encyclopedia of swing  (and Trad jazz) on Trumpet and vocals, Frank Stadler, on Keys, John Hicks, on Guitar, vocals and banjo, Benny Goldstein, on reeds and myself, on bass and vocals. Come see why I drink! They won’t let me name the band! Who could blame them! Mark Earley was gonna play but he’s got all these chicken parts clogging up his horn. So he’s on the DL. We don’t need him! http://www.madhouseproductions.com/www/cover.html http://www.musicco.com/en/page/artist-details.cfm?idArtist=18