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Word Scramble!
Unscramble the words below:
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2. antiger________________
3. bmcukaph________________
4. aeahhctlww________________
5. cousopt________________
6. trysoe________________
7. rruncte________________
8. peaeahorrgonc________________
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Sharon’s Photos – Slideshow
Click on the photo above for a slideshow of some of my stuff. —Sharon
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Today’s Forecast?
April Nor’easter from 2007 —Sharon
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“VANILLA, STRAWBERRY, PICASSO” COMMUNITY EVENT
GLOUCESTER’S O’MALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO FEATURE
“VANILLA, STRAWBERRY, PICASSO”
COMMUNITY EVENT
April 14th 6-8 P.M.
Ice Cream Social
Provides Guided Tours of Student Masterpieces and
Mulhaupt’s ‘New Deal’ Murals
Worth Estimated $1.1 Million
Open To The Public
GLOUCESTER, MA – The Ralph B. O’Maley Middle School in Gloucester today announced the opening of the “Vanilla, Strawberry, Picasso” celebration of student work and ice cream social featuring O’Maley students’ masterpieces of learning.
As part of the evening’s events, come see the W.P. A. murals by Cape Ann’s own Frederick J. Mulhaupt (1871-1938), who is best known for capturing the era of the “New Deal”. The paintings, worth an estimated $1.1 million, are open to the public inside the O’Maley Middle School on Tuesday, April 14th from 6:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M.
The “Vanilla, Strawberry, Picasso” event is part of a community outreach plan to promote the Ralph B. O’Maley Middle School’s commitment to high standards of academic excellence and community involvement. “This event is centered on the students, staff, and all the great things that they are doing to further O’Maley Middle School as a place where students can thrive and succeed,” said O’Maley’s Principal Dr. Michael Tracy. “This is an opportunity for our school to open its doors to the public and feature exemplary pieces of students’ work in addition to sharing some influential art work.”
The Ralph B. O’Maley Middle School is organized around the unique needs of 6th-8th grade students. The entire faculty and staff are committed to the school’s core values: to nurture academic excellence and provide a safe learning and social environment, while encouraging mutual respect and fostering close connections.
# # # For more information on the event, or to schedule an interview with school officials, please contact Christopher Ellis at 617.680.7497 or by email at christopher.j.ellis@me.com.
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Word Scramble
Unscramble the Gloucester words below:
1. dkycrdo________________
2. knweiepirl________________
3. wnhci________________
4. eswnvdrooa________________
5. aelcrkma________________
6. lcasoslp________________
7. slhosa________________
8. ndalis________________
9. godtwon________________
10. esorhfof________________
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Fisherman’s Wharf, 1980 Gloucester Ma Pic from Frank Ciolino
This is the original Fisherman’s Wharf building on Rogers Street and Harbor Cove before the fire destroyed it. Check back next hour for the picture of what it looks like today.
Fisherman’s Wharf, Gloucester Ma Pic from Frank Ciolino, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center Seeking Adult Volunteers
The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is looking for docents to help interpret Fitting Out, the center’s new exhibit premiering in the Gorton’s Seafoods Gallery in May 2009.
Fitting Out focuses on the waterfront industries that supported the local fishing fleet at the dawn of the 20th century.
Volunteers will participate in a five-week orientation and enrichment program running in April and May. Specific dates are yet to be determined. Information sessions will be held April 4, at 10 a.m. To register, contact Mary Kay Taylor at 978-281-0470 or mktaylor@gloucestermaritimecenter.org.
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Past Events Photo Slide Show
Click on the seine boat christening photo above for a slideshow of past events in Gloucester. Which ones did you attend? Are there any events that you couldn’t identify? This is just a small sample of what happens in our city. We can all look forward to a busy spring and SUMMER!
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What’s this got to do with…
See Joey? This is how it’s connected to Gloucester! Ha!
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Good Harbor Marsh
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Hangin’ with Joey – Slideshow
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Hangin’ out with Joey
Yesterday I was down at Capt. Joe’s. Hangin’ with Joey is always interesting.
His lobstermen yell up to his office through a window. Joey’s mail gets to the mailman by bucket. Ya just never know who’s coming it to bait up. So anyway, I’ll post a slideshow at noon today. Check it out!
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From Henry Ferrini- PBS to air Polis is This
SEMINAL POET FEATURED IN FILM ON WGBH
POLIS IS THIS – Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (‘2007, 57m) The film traces Charles Olson’s process of self-discovery and makes it clear why Kerouac, Ginsberg and others traveled to the oldest fishing town in America to meet the father of literary post modernism.
A second-generation modernist and former political advisor to the administration of President F.D. Roosevelt, Olson forsook politics and turned to full-time writing in the final twenty-five years of his life. An outsized man of passionately held beliefs, expansive theories and ambitious projects, Olson was rector of the groundbreaking experimental art school Black Mountain College, Asheville, N.C. Today he is best known for his brilliant literary essays, letters and his massive epic The Maximus Poems. Devoting his life to preserving Gloucester, Massachusetts from suburban overdevelopment, Olson created a template for the artist as social and political activist. He was a huge influence on the Beat scribes of the 1950s and is credited with coining the term “postmodern.”
In Olson’s world the universal is the local without walls. Filmmakers Henry Ferrini and Ken Riaf surpass the challenges of containing this giant and his ideas in cinematic form while expanding our awareness of the role of the poet in his community. A generous amount of Olson footage, striding his 6’8” corpus about his beautifully photographed polis or engaging in the teacher’s art, we also meet the polis of this film: the artists – Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley, Diane di Prima, Vincent Ferrini, Michael Rumaker, Pete Seeger, Ed Sanders, John Sinclair, Anne Waldman, Jonathan Williams, – and the locals who knew him. Hosted, after an Olsonesque fashion, by John Malkovich.
In this time of great change, Polis speaks of the will to change. Olson understood that the local was a deep source for understanding ourselves and solving contemporary problems Gloucester, Massachusetts as his lens. He wanted others to dig into their own place and encouraged us to think and act locally. Just imagine what shape we would be in if all our local banks didn’t sell their mortgages to the big boys? We all have something to learn from this overlooked poet.
National Poetry Month Presentation
Monday, March 30, 9pm New Jersey Network –2
Tuesday, April 1 8pm New Jersey Network –2
Tuesday, April 1 8pm WHUT, Washington, D.C
Sunday, April 5 7pm WGBH, Boston, MA
Friday, April 24 2:30am WNET, NYC
Friday, April 24 1pm WHYY, Philadelphia
contact: Henry Ferrini www.polisIsthis.com
978-281-2355 henry.ferrini@verizon.net
Complete Screening Dates & Times http://polisisthis.com/screenings.html
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Cruising the Back Shore
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Through the Lobster Pot
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Beautiful Industry-State Fish Pier
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Good morning, Niles Pond
Very busy place this morning. A feeding frenzy among the mergansers, mallards, gulls, Canada geese, and the swans. Peaceful, but busy. Time to connect with Nature!
Niles Pond is a designated Great Pond located on Eastern Point, accessible by Eastern Point Boulevard which is a private road. It is a freshwater pond (I thought it was an estuary) that is valuable to migratory birds, but the causeway that protects it along its eastern edge adjacent to Brace Cove is in danger of being washed out. From this causeway, is a view of Brace Rock, which was painted by Fitz H. Lane.
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Niles Pond Slideshow
Niles Pond on Eastern Point is one of my favorite places to regain sanity.
Click the photo or here for a peaceful early morning slideshow.
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International Dory Races Eliminations Results From Jimmy T
Here’s the Junior Dory Crew Kyle Edmonds and Joe Ciolino (Joe Ciolino is the son of our very own contributor and sticker magnet maker- Frank Ciolino) that will be representing Gloucester vs the Canadians in Lunenburg for the Canadian portion of the International Dory Races. I didn’t realize that they raced in Gloucester and in Lunenburg every year. I thought they alternated Gloucester one year and Lunenburg the next but in fact they race in each port every year.
International Dory Races Eliminations 8/23/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
As always, the American elimination races to determine who will
represent us in Canada produced some controversy, some excitement and
some great races.
The first race of the day, in the Junior Division, featured Joe Harmon
and Ben Favazza, Randy Parisi and L.J. Robertson, and Joe Ciolino and
Kyle Edmonds. The older, stronger crews got out to an early lead. Harmon
and Favazza lost their course and forced Parisi and Robertson off their
course. Ciolino and Edmonds were undaunted and held their course like
experienced veterans. By the time Harmon/Favazza and Parisi/Robertson
were halfway to the turning flags they were completely out of the race
course, they collided and did not resume rowing. Ciolino and Edmonds
took advantage of the other crews misfortune and went on to win the race
and the right to represent their country in Nova Scotia.
The Women crew of experienced champion Katherine Richmond and strong
new-comer Samantha Rose rowed unopposed and showed fine form and had a
very competitive time.
The Masters Division had the largest turn out and had to have 2 heats.
In the first heat, reigning champions Joe Sanfilippo and Mark Duval were
pushed by the powerful tandems of Dave Quinn and Jim Tarantino and
legendary rowers Jack Sultan and Mike Cody. But as always a perfect
course and turn put Duval and Sanfilippo ahead for keeps and into the
final on Monday night. In the 2nd Masters heat, John Scola and Mike
Harmon used a power stroke to defeat the quicker stroke of veteran Ed
Parnell and Charlie Mullen. In the final Monday night, Harmon and Scola
decided to attach Duval and Sanfillippo with a fast stroke to compensate
for a recurring sinus affection suffered by Scola. It was a mistake. The
long smooth stroke of the Masters Champs gave them a decisive victory
margin.
Next came the Mixed Doubles Division. Katherine Richmond took advantage
of her new partners inexperience by hooking up with the Mighty Jimmy T.
as her dorymate. Samantha Rose teamed up with Mike Harmon who had just
completed his Masters race. There was no quarter given, despite it was
the first time in the boat together for Rose and Harmon, who had just
exhausted himself winning his elimination. Richmond and Tarantino won
handily. Rumor is Tarantino had a chip on his shoulder after being
soundly defeated by the Canadian Mixed Doubles duo of Trevor Swim and
Nicole Jones. “I’m out for revenge!” Tarantino said after the race. “I
haven’t had a good night’s sleep since Trevor and Nicole beat me!” he
growled, with a crazy Manson-like stare!
The Open class was the heated battle of the day. Incumbent champions
Erik Dombrowski and Glenn Harrington had a war with Jerry Ciaramataro
and his young strong new partner Mike Lovasco. Geoff Thomas and Billy
Edmonds had some technical difficulties and quickly fell behind in the
heat. All the way out and back the Committee boat reported mixed lead
changes between Harrington/Dombrowski and Ciaramataro/Lovasco. With just
a quarter mile to go the experienced champs started to pull away and
eventually got the win by just about a boat length. However, due to
buisiness obligations, Harrington and Dombrowski are unable to make the
trip to Canada so the U.S. will most likely be represented by
Ciaramataro and Lovasco in the Open Class.
It appears most of the American entourage will be leaving on the
Wedensday ferry out of Bar Harbor. Anyone interested in making the trip
please contact me for further information.
Out.
James A. Tarantino, President
International Dory Race Committee
978-281-5822
james.tarantino@noaa.gov
Good Morning Gloucester 