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Dear Joey,

Just a heads-up to all your loyal readers that the Fish Box Derby is coming up soon. In fact the Registration and Safety Inspection is August 28th, at C. B. Fisk on Kondelin Road from 9 to 12. The race itself roars down Rogers Street in front of Gorton’s on September 18, with the heats starting at High Noon. This is the eighteenth year of the modern version of the race and it’s open to all kids from 8 to 14.  As ever, there is no entry fee, and the kids have a chance to win great prizes like bikes, whale watch tickets, YMCA memberships, and pizza parties. There are special prizes for coolest car and best pit crew. Also each year the committee awards two $1,000 scholarships to former racers who have reached college age. This is one of the great family and community building events of the Cape Ann year and it’s just plain fun. Businesses and individuals who wish to support the race can have their names emblazoned on the hay bales that line the course. Lots more information on participating in or supporting the race is available at www.fishboxderby.org

Greg Bover <<…>> <<…>> <<…>> <<…>>

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The First Annual Good Morning Gloucester Deviled Egg Competition was a huge success.  Five contestants turned out with some really great deviled egg recipes and presentations.  Joanne Souza of Schooner Adventure and the winner of the Most Original said: “Deviled eggs are a mainstay.  Peter (Souza) loves curry so that is a main ingredient.”  Paul Frontiero, winner of the Most Like Mom’s category had never eaten a deviled egg, but obviously did his research.  Some of his ingredients included garlic, red wine vinegar, miracle whip, mayo and hamburg sauce.  Rocky Neck artist, Judythe Evans Meagher, winner of the Best Taste category says: “This is my mom’s old-fashioned recipe, but the decoration is mine.  In truth, I don’t think there is any such thing as a bad tasting deviled egg.”  Photographer and Graphic Designer, Kathy Chapman, winner of the Best Presentation Category says: “These are all vegetables from my garden – lettuce, tomatoes, nasturtiums, chives and cukes that I made pickles from.”  Kathy moved to Gloucester from Boston last fall and has not looked back.  Blue ribbon winners of the Best Overall Deviled Eggs, Gigi Mederos and Stevie Black made their award winning deviled eggs using farm fresh eggs supplied by Brian Linquata of Dogtown Pet Care, finely chopped red bell pepper, homemade thousand island dressing, chipotle powder, celery seed, fresh chopped basil, salt and pepper.  Gigi has a trick to ensure that the eggshells are easily removed from the eggs after cooking.  She removes them immediately from the cooking pot and covers them with ice, and then again after the first ice has melted.  The shell then can be removed easily without sticking to the egg.  Although she did not enter her deviled eggs, probably to save her husband from any accusation of impropriety, Sue Lovett did make a batch of her amazing garden fresh zuccini muffins.

E.J. Lefavour

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Gloucester resident KATY GERAGHTY has been nominated for "Best Leading Actress" for her performance as "Tracy Turnblad" in Neverland Theater’s HAIRSPRAY(directed and produced by Andy Diskes).

DASH Awards are given within the community theater arena for a variety of categories, including Best Leading Actor/Actress, Best Stage Set, Best Musical Score and others.  "DASH" stands for "Distinguished Achievements and Special Honors," and is the community-theater equivalent of local "Tony Awards."
The winners will be announced at a gala event held in Lexington on Saturday evening, August 27th.  GOOD LUCK, Katy!, from your hometown of Gloucester!!  We’re rooting for you!

Photo Credits: Bart Piscitello / Gloucester
Link Larkin played by Melrose resident John Howard.

Hi Joey.

Wednesday’s postcard perfect day made for a wonderful Cape Ann Chamber’s networking evening out on the Essex River Boat Cruise. Harold Burnham’s Ardelle looks ready for sailing. She’ll be a beautiful sight in Gloucester’s Harbor. Maybe we’ll see her in the Schooner Festival!

Karen

Here’s This year’s Run Gloucester! T

hey Sarah, Don’t Forget Your Boy Joey!  XL

Location, History, and Legends

The rock and reef of Norman’s Woe are a short distance from the westernmost point of Gloucester’s outer harbor. Norman’s Woe can best be seen from Hammond Castle on Hesperus Ave., off route 127 in Gloucester.

There is no clear record of how Norman’s Woe got its name. Tradition tells that a man named Norman was shipwrecked and lost there, and it is for him the rock and reef are named. John J. Babson’s history of Gloucester notes that Goodman Norman and his son settled the headland near the islet.

The history of uninhabited Norman’s Woe is the history of its many shipwrecks. One noted shipwreck was of the “Rebecca Ann” in March, 1823. In a snowstorm, all ten crewmembers were swept out to sea, and one survived by holding on to a rock in the water. Perhaps the most famous shipwreck at Norman’s Woe was of the schooner “Favorite” out of Wiscasset, Maine, in December 1839. Twenty bodies washed ashore, among them that of an older woman lashed to a piece of the ship. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow took that story and named the ship “Hesperus” after a wreck near Boston in creating the legend of “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” the most famous “shipwreck” associated with Norman’s Woe.

Text by North Shore Community College.

Beginning on Wednesday, September 14^th – and following every Wednesday – please join us for a Parent & Baby Walk & Talk from 10:00AM – 11:30AM. 
                           We will meet at the Cape Ann Families Play Space located at 28 Emerson Avenue, Gloucester.  All parents with babies 12 months and younger are
                           encouraged to attend.  It offers a wonderful opportunity to meet new families, enjoy the fresh air, exercise, talk about the wonders of raising your child,
                           share a healthy snack and learn more about activities & programs for families on Cape Ann.  Rain or Shine!  To learn more and register please contact
                           Amy at 978.281.2400x 120 or alarsen@pw4c.org.
                  This program is made possible by the Coordinated Family & Community Engagement Grant funded through the Department of Early Education & Care
                           and Pathways for Children.

In the world of sports, timing is everything. You can learn all about timing and capturing the action of the local sports scene this fall and winter at Cape Ann Television’s video and audio workshop, “Great Timing: Covering Cape Ann Sports with Passion and Precision,” on August 22 from 3-5  p.m. Hosted by award winning New England Sports Network (NESN) Supervisor George Vago, of Manchester and Cape Ann Production Coordinator Andrew Love, Vago and Love will share their recipes for the best sports event coverage: timing, technique and equipment. At the workshop, Vago and Love will teach techniques about capturing the key action and pace of the games. Vago has orchestrated numerous studio and field productions for the sports network and previously worked at CN8, WLVI-TV, Boston and WFSB-TV, Hartford, CT. During his amazing career, he has won numerous awards including Silver and Bronze medals at the New York International Film and Television Festival, the Telly Awards, the New England Emmy Awards and the Associated Press Awards. Over the past four years, Love has worked as a Cape Ann TV staff person empowering CATV members and volunteers to cover the excitement of local sports. Cape Ann can boast some of the most successful high school boys and girls sports teams in the area and you can be part of chronicling local sports history by joining the Cape Ann TV sports videography team! Space is limited, so reserve a spot by calling Cape Ann Television, 978-281-2443.

On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Lawrence Martin-Bittman, a local artist, retired BU professor, and former member of the Czechoslovakian Intelligence service. He discusses his work in intelligence, how it affected him and how it lead to his teaching at BU.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, August 19 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, August 21 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, August 26 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, August 28 at 2:00PM.
Upcoming guests include Art Thomas and Milt Lauenstein talking about their letter writing and other Cape Ann personalities who have a story to tell.
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.