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On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Lisa Smith and Andrew Love, the two production coordinators at Cape Ann TV. They discuss what it’s like to work at a community access station, the importance of the station to the community and how individuals can become involved.

Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, January 6 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, January 8 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, January 13 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, January 15 at 2:00PM.

Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.

Barbara Boudreau writes-

Hi Joey,

I didn’t know if you run any tributes to people who have passed, but Gloucester lost a very special lady on Tuesday.  Perhaps you knew her from her music – she was a gifted piano player – a wonderful musician.  The wake is tomorrow (Friday) at Greely’s and the funeral Saturday at St. Ann’s.  I wrote this piece about her if you have room for it on the web site.  Great job on the site – it tells a wonderful side of Gloucester.

Barbara Boudreau

I’m very sad to report that my dear buddy Mary Jo Frontiera passed away on Tuesday. She was a magical presence who possessed that quality all musicians strive for, yet many never achieve. When she played, the music simply came out of her and greatly affected everyone within earshot, regardless of age or station in life. Memories of her sitting in at the Studio Restarant live vividly in my mind. No matter who was playing before or after, she always commanded the most thunderous applause with her simple, but elegant style and interpretation, her impeccable sense of time and creative musical genius. Though she was completely self taught and never considered herself to be a singer, she was one of my favorites, and her rendition of "Street of Dreams" was the ultimate. Mary has been out of the music circuit for some time now, but was playing regularly for Day by Day elder services in Gloucester, bringing the gift of music to those who need it most. If you had the privilege of visiting at her apartment in Poplar Park, you were always treated to a free impromptu concert which spanned the gamut of the American Songbook and beyond, to classical, and at times, Beatles tunes that she loved. Mary Jo LOVED music. It remained to the end the most important aspect of her life. Just last Monday, she played for me at her house, and I will keep that memory of Winter Wonderland clutched in my heart. The world has lost a true treasure today.

Barbara Boudreau

That the Goose Cove Bridge on Washington Street at Goose Cove was built in 1952, which makes it older than me and therefore probably really in need of the stone repair work that is being done to it?  I have been told it is also the landmark that separates Riverdale from Annisquam.  This bridge has a lovely walkway, dedicated in May of 2004 in memory of Stephen Ross, a Gloucester High School freshman who was struck and killed by a drunk driver while walking home.  I have walked across this bridge many times enjoying the views of Wingaersheek, Annisquam and Goose Cove, but just noticed the memorial plaques for the first time.  It never ceases to surprise me when I notice something for the first time that I have walked by repeatedly, and makes me wonder where my eyes and mind were every other time I passed it.  I have a whole new appreciation for this walkway now.

In memory of Stephen, there is also a STEPHEN B. ROSS SCHOLARSHIP.  This scholarship is given to deserving Gloucester High School seniors every year.  To donate, send contributions to Bob Gillis at the Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main St., Gloucester, MA 01930.

E.J. Lefavour

Enjoy it Now. This Iconic Building may be gone in a few weeks. Get out and take your photos of  it before it’s to late.

More on her blog: http://squamcreativeservices.com/photography/photography-blog/.
Happy New Year!

“SHOOTING STARS”

by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist

“If you enjoy the sight of “shooting stars” then make plans to be out looking skyward during the predawn hours on Wednesday (Jan. 4) when a strong display of Quadrantid meteors may appear. This first meteor shower of the year may end up being one of the best of 2012.

To paraphrase Forrest Gump: The Quadrantid meteor shower is like opening up a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get!  Indeed, the Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable, but if any year promises a fine display, this could be it.

Peak activity is due to occur early on Wednesday at about 2:30 a.m. EST (0730 GMT) and favors eastern North America. The Quadrantid meteor shower sky map above shows where to look to see the display.

The Quadrantids (pronounced KWA-dran-tids) provides one of the most intense annual meteor showers, with a brief, sharp maximum lasting but a few hours. Adolphe Quetelet of Brussels Observatory discovered the shower in the 1830s, and shortly afterward it was noted by several other astronomers in Europe and America. [First Photos: The 2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower]”

I stumbled upon this throne carved out of a tree in Annisquam.  Has anyone ever seen this before, know who carved it, or how long it has been there?  I envision a forest gnome king holding court there at night surrounded by tree nymphs.

E.J. Lefavour