GHS Class of 2012

CAR PROCESSION 05/29/2012 6:30AM

I dropped my wife off at Seacoast this morning and got caught up in the GHS Senior Car Convoy.

Conrats to all the Seniors! good too see you up and happy and alert this early! 🙂 get use to it!

“Magnolia Historical Society” and “Inn Magnolia” will host

HISTORICAL WALK
    On Saturday, June 2, 2012

Goin’ On and Community Calendar–Please
Gloucester Stroke Club meeting Thursday, June 7, 2012 7 pm Addison Gilbert Hospital,
Women’s Health Center, 298 Washington St. entrance, Gloucester.
Joe Gross, PTA will answer questions on recovery after stroke. Support groups are
encouraged and so important to meet other survivors and learn from each other.
All are welcome. No pre-registration required. Refreshments. No meeting in July.
For more information call Cynthia 978-283-2633 or Virginia 978-283-3968.
Submitted by Virginia R. McKinnon, 2 Stanwood Terrace, Gloucester, MA 978-283-3968

International Dory Race Eliminations June 9^th

Your International Dory Racing Committee is a 100% volunteer organization that works very hard to maintain a fleet of 8 wooden boats, ready in the water when you want to row 365 days per year for a small membership fee of only $75.00.  We are committed to the promotion of dory rowing and racing in the US , and we are encouraged to see past and future rowers out on the water.  But, we can not have non-members using our boats for both liability reasons and because it is unfair to our dues paying members.  (members 18 years and under are considered junior members and are not charged dues, but are required to submit their membership application and waiver signed by parent or guardian)  Please help us police the usage of our boats and pay your dues (remember this is not a race fee, it’s a membership fee) or forward this email to those you know are rowing and have not submitted their membership forms.

As a reminder, the US Eliminations are Saturday June 9^th at Niles Beach race course with sign-ups Friday June 8^th 6PM at St. Peter’s Square.  We are currently looking for competitors in all categories: Men’s, Women’s, Men’s Over 40, Junior’s, and Mixed-doubles.  There is still time to prepare and compete or at least make it down that Saturday to watch some exciting competitive races.

See you on the water!

Erik

Update on Rocky Neck Cultural Center Programs & Events

Greetings friends of Rocky Neck’s Cultural Center!
We are now underway with our weekend hours as a Welcome Center thanks to the help of a growing staff of volunteers including very energized community volunteers.
Over the next several months RNAC will be testing and evaluating the Center programming.
The following are existing or expanded Art Colony programs and community-generated programs that have been suggested:

* Art exhibits:
* juried shows
* Center exhibits (wall space rented to members/non-members of RNAC)
* invitational exhibits
* student exhibits
* Art workshops, classes for children and adults:
* Portfolio critiques, discussions
* Life Drawing studio
* Art History:
* Art history exhibit
* Art Trail walking tours
* Lectures, presentations on art history
* Community programs, workshops, classes:
Nights on the Neck events
Salsa Sundays
Yoga, stretch, t’ai chi classes
Crafts for children or adults
Performing arts events
Literary readings
Speakers Forum
Games night, community dance, potluck dinners
Teaching Artist Partnership:  collaboration of Gloucester Schools and RNAC artists, facilitated at The Center
For instructed classes, we are asking for a $25/hour donation to the Building Fund.
Our vision for The Center’s programming is to have it as an inclusive process.
To that end, please tell us:  What are your suggestions for art and non-art related programs?
How would you like to participate in programming? 
We have already received many requests by instructors of classes and workshops, art and non-art related subjects, and we’ve begun to keep The Center’s calendar on the RNAC website.  www.rockyneckartcolony.org, click on calendar, or paste this into your browser:   http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=rockyneckartcolony&jsenabled=1&winH=829.  In order to maintain our nonprofit charitable status, approximately 2/3 of the programming should be related to art in some way, but the calendar is wide open for your ideas!! 

Many people have asked how the art exhibits will be formed and managed.  We have ordered an integrated hanging/lighting system that will be in place within the next two week, creating an an absolutely beautiful space for showing work. Once a show is hung, it will remain hung for the duration of the show, and the utmost care will be taken to ensure the artwork’s safety when other events occur in the main hall.  Our first show will be co-curated by Judith Monteferrante, Artistic Director, and Marty Swanson, our new Board member who led the Cambridge Art Association and the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop.   While the exhibit program is still in development, we expect that The Center will have a range of opportunities, including members’ shows, themed shows, media-specific shows, emerging artist and student shows, and invitational shows.  As our artistic vision remains inclusion and excellence, the participation of the entire RNAC membership is critically important for the planning and management of The Center’s art exhibits to succeed.  We hope that, over time, The Center can be open 7 days/week for the benefit of all of our members! 

The Center Management Team will continue to work to schedule events and programs, but I want to stress that The Center is a membership-driven opportunity, so the events and programming will develop from your input and that of the broader community.

As we progress, we will work on issues of vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow, marketing options, guidelines for using the Center when exhibits are hung, ensuring adequate staffing and security, and creating a membership program to increase the revenue streams.  We will document what hours draw the most visitors and make adjustments as we go.  Together we are creating this new entity – please become involved!!
Best to you this long weekend…as always, contact me or any of the leadership team with your questions, comments, or concerns!
Karen
978-758-1210

Linda and Rob Castagna from Milford-on-the-Delaware, NJ visit Gloucester every chance they get.  They are also great FOB’s, and Linda was so impressed with Good Morning Gloucester that she started Good Morning Milford at the end of January, to promote “pockets of beauty” in Milford.  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Good-Morning-Milford-By-The-Milford-Merchants-Association/139094536207872

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Earl Kishida served as guest speaker read this poem.

“It is the Soldier”
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Charles Michael Province, U.S. Army

A Sea Of Flags!

In Honor of my Dad and to all he spoke of in glowing words. He remembered his service in the Pacific Invasions of WWII With Honor and all that came after them in the wars we have fought Since.

The Navy men, Marines, Windtalkers, Merchant Marines, Coast guard, Army, Airforce and those that have given themselves in the secretecy of war. Also to those that Serve here at home; Policemen, Firemen,  EMS and those that help us remember them and take care of them, like the Gloucester Veterans Administration, etc.

“These heroes are dead.  They died for liberty – they died for us.  They are at rest.  They sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines.  They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest.  Earth may run red with other wars – they are at peace.  In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death.  I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead:  cheers for the living; tears for the dead.”

  ~Robert G. Ingersoll