Good Morning Gloucester

Hi Joey! …Mr. Small Business Person of the Year! Congrats to you!
Here’s my small business story about my long awaited logo.
When I first launched BeautyBar—a hair cutting/styling business—4 years ago, needless to say, I was unsure of its’ future. Investing immediately in its identity with a logo and advertising seemed risky.
Over the past four years, Beauty Bar on Parker Street has made itself known and gained a foothold here in ‘Glosta’. But the shops lack of any real signage has been criticized by my clients as having ‘no presence’. I realized the time had come for this busy one-woman beauty shop operator, as well as fine artist (I paint and display my canvases at the shop as well) to finally get that logo done!
My graphic designer friend, Deb Queally called me to chat about the long, hard winter we had, and the topics of hair, art and logos came up. Old ideas for the Beauty Bar logo we had had four years earlier were dusted off and joined up with the new, and she’s come up with an outstanding representation of my business. FINALLY A LOGO!
So I thought I would contact you for the BIG REVEAL, as my sign/banner will be more of a piece of public art than just an ad cluttering the landscape. It will adorn the sloping roof I share with that chic late night bar, Pratty’s, aka the ‘Parker Street Palace’. Filming by K Films of a bar fight with Casey Affleck, recently took place there and I’m in the scene holding a fake beer (never thought I’d be in that act)! I also got to do the hair of a few of the locations crew!
The hood is shaping up here on the old State Fish Pier! I’m in good company with Tree Top Yoga, Three Lanterns Bait and Tackle Shop, Wholefoods Distributors, Essex County Landscape Associates and recently the new home of Yankee Fleet Tickets.
Okay…here it is…maybe I can I get a drum roll from David Doc Vincent?!
Fond Regards, Laureen Maher
BeautyBar, Owner/Stylist/Artist • 12 Parker Street • Glosta, MA • laureen@beautybarstyle.com

I did a post the other day about how much fun it is to tailgate at a polo match over at the Myopia Polo grounds.  If you didn’t read it, check it out HERE

Sure, the picnic spreads can get all fancy and surely there is a fair share of the highfalutin, but don’t for one second think that the crowd isn’t also fun and laid back.

Take this for instance….  It might look like a juxtaposition, but I think not.

Summer is still here and I’m certain you can all think of a celebration or get-together that would be enhanced with your own ice luge!

Check out Cape Pond Ice to order yours today!

Attention Professional and Recreational Photographers

What?
The Rotary Club of Gloucester is holding a Photo Contest for its Annual Calendar.  All profits from this calendar sales go to support the Club’s many community and international projects and activities.  Winners will have their photos featured in the 2016 Calendar and will receive a $50 cash prize and photo credit in the calendar. 

Requirements:
Photos that show the beauty of Cape Ann in all four seasons, Gloucester photos preferred, images from other Cape Ann towns considered.  We are looking for very high quality fall, winter, spring and summer images. A selection committee from the Gloucester Rotary Club will make the choices.

Technical specifications:
Horizontal, color, minimum size 12 x 8” .jpg files at 300 dpi. In your entry email, title and identify where the photos were shot and the approximate month (if possible) they were made.  Photo title must be in your file name. (e.g. good harbor_dawn.jpg). Make sure to give your name and contact info with your entries as a Word document. Photographers who submit photos understand that we may need to slightly crop or downsize the winning entries for printing purposes and accept this. We reserve the right to use low res files of winning entries to help advertising the sale of the calendar. No copyright watermarks are to be embedded in the photos or they will automatically be rejected.

How many?
Maximum 5 entries per person

Where to?
All entries must be emailed to:  GlouRotaryPhoto2016@gmail.com

Entry Deadline: September 18, 2015  12:00 PM 

Rotary Club of Gloucester MA

P.O. Box 1228

Gloucester, MA 01930     

facebook.com/RotaryGloucesterMA      

gloucesterrotary.us
Tracy Arabian
Rotary Club of Gloucester MA

Thrift Shop Grand Re-Opening

St John’s Episcopal Church is pleased to announce the grand re-opening of its Thrift Shop on Saturday, August 29^th from 9 am – 2 pm. The Thrift Shop closed last summer for renovations, following the installation of the church’s new heating system. We are again able to serve the community by offering gently used goods at reasonable prices. Following the August 29^th re-opening, the Thrift Shop will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 2 pm until the end of November. St John’s is located at 48 Middle Street, Gloucester, and the entrance to the Thrift Shop is from the church parking lot on Washington Street.

Hi,
I am trying to remember the name of a cool clothing discount store which was in Rockport in the 60’s. My friends and I used to drive up there from Cambridge for our back-to-school clothing, but we can’t remember the name of it. Can you help!
Susan

Dee Noble asks-

Through a series of very odd coincidences, Steve and I met Jim and Kathy from Roanake, VA today. They are here as a result of a near-death experience Jim had at Vernon’s Pit in Lanesville in either July or August of 1972. Jim was living temporarily on Day Ave in Lanesville that summer.

Jim and his friend were sitting on the rocks when he realized that a younger kid (high school age) was in trouble in the water. He jumped in and was able to rescue this kid and gave him mouth-to-mouth until the ambulance arrived.

He heard later from a neighbor who knew a nurse at AGH that the kid survived. Jim is determined to find out who this man is.

He is pretty sure the kids name was also Jim, had dark hair, and was with (3) other boys and (1) girl at the time. The man would be somewhere around his 60’s now. Any and all information greatly appreciated. This incident changed the course of Jim’s life and I would love to see him solve the mystery!

E.J. Lefavour