Newport This Week - May 31, 2012

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So Long, Salas’ Piece by piece, crews dismantled the former home of Salas’ Restaurant on Wednesday, May 30. The building, which dates back some 175 years, had been undergoing significant renovations since earlier this spring. Though the owner had hoped to save the structure, the more construction progressed, the more it became clear that the building would have to be taken down. “It was unsafe,” explained Charlie Holder, who’s managing the project. Originally slated to open sometime in July as the Midtown Oyster Bar, the demolition is expected to push back its debut until the end of the season. Once complete, plans on file with the city show that the new building will resemble closely the former landmark, which in its heyday became a favorite for America’s Cup crews, dignitaries, and generations of Newporters. “Hopefully once it’s rebuilt, it will be around for another 175 years,” added Holder. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)

Court Tennis (a.k.a. “Real Tennis” or “The Sport of Kings”) is a 700-year-old game steeped in the traditions of medieval cloisters and European royalty. From June 3-10, you can watch some of the world’s best court tennis players play during the US Pro Singles (Schochet Cup) matches, which are held annually at the National Tennis Club in Newport.

You can read about it, you can watch it on the Web, but you’ll never get the true sense of the fast-paced, physically demanding, and mentally challenging sport of court tennis until you see it with your own eyes at one of the forty remaining court tennis clubs in the world.

“It takes about three months of play to understand the rules, then it gets harder from there,” said National Tennis Club professional Richard Smith regarding the chess-like nature of this multi-faceted sport. During a game, athletes utilize the entire asymmetrical court, consisting of four high walls, netted open areas called “galleries,” where viewers sit, and protruding “penthouses” that the ball can be played from.

The court is divided in the center by a net, with one side set for “service” and the other known as the “hazard” end, due to the many targets, such as the grille and winning gallery, that the serving player has to aim for. Also on the hazard end is a “tambour,” an angled section of the wall that can send the ball unpredictably across the court.

As in modern tennis, points are awarded 15-30-40-Game. However, in court tennis, there are 27 surfaces from which to keep the ball in play. The result is a game of long volleys and a seemingly endless array of shots,

serves, and styles. Add to that the fact that each ball is made from cork, wound with fabric tape and handsewn by the head professional at each particular club, and you have a recipe for one crazy game.

In an unfortunate turn of events this year, current world champion Rob Fahey, who has been crowned ten times since 1994, will miss his first tournament in twelve years due to problems attaining a travel visa.

This mishap could actually make for an exciting tournament, according to National Tennis Club President Ross Cann, who said, “The quality of play will still be outstanding and perhaps the matches will be even better, as he will not [be] tearing through his opponents 6/0 6/0 6/0.”

This year’s Schochet Cup roster includes many of the world’s topranked players, as well as some of the best up-and-coming talent.

Australian Steve Vigorona is ranked number two and will receive a first round bye. Bryn Sayers of England, a right-hander who typically plays doublehanded, recently has been developing a single-handed forehand in an effort to open up his game. Sayers is ranked third in the world, and his first match is scheduled for June 3 at 3 p.m. against Gabe Kinzler, who is ranked 46.

The Americans have high hopes for Camden Riviere of South Carolina, currently ranked fourth in the world. Camden began playing at five years old with his father, and entered his first tournament just two years later. He has since gone on to claim many amateur titles, and won his first professional

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Armory Maritime Center Opens

‘Game of Kings’ Coming to Newport

By Jonathan Clancy

City Council members voted last week to continue for the second time a resolution in support of a fledgling group’s effort to construct up to 10 utility-scale turbines near the Tiverton industrial park.

The East Bay Energy Consortium, which for the last three years has been meeting to formulate a plan that would establish Newport County as a leader in renewable energy, had been seeking endorsement from each of its nine member communities to be presented as part of the group’s case in the General Assembly that would give the consortium the bonding authority needed to push ahead with its plans.

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(Photo by Jonathan Clancy) tournament in 2005 when he took the Taylor Cup in Britain. You can watch Camden square off against Josh Dodgeson June 4 at 12:30 p.m.

Newporters are rooting for Rich Smith, who is the head professional at the National Tennis Club and currently is ranked 29 in the world.

Originally from England, Smith has traveled the world working as a court tennis professional. Recently, he moved to Rhode Island, where he trains and teaches court tennis.

Smith’s first match is scheduled for June 4 at 2 p.m. against Lewis Williams.

City and state officials gathered on Saturday, May 26 for a grand opening of Newport’s new Maritime Center at the Lower Thames Street Armory. The facility will allow visiting boaters to dock in the heart of downtown.

Nearly three dozen community members watched as Mayor Stephen C. Waluk, Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, state Rep. Peter Martin, and chair of Newport Waterfront Commission Hank Kniskern cut the ribbon, officially opening the transient boating facility for use over the Memorial Day weekend.

The opening of the Maritime Center has been years in the making. Four years ago, a $713,000 federal grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife grant was awarded to the city for the redevelopment of approximately 8,000 square feet in the Armory’s basement. The facility provides the only public boat access to the waterfront between Perrotti and King Park.

Storage lockers, restrooms with showers, a laundry room, vending area and ATM machines welcome visitors upon entering. The facility also features a lounge with charts and Internet access; a concierge/in

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The twenty-third annual Heart and Sole Walk, a tail-wagging fundraising event for the Robert Potter League for Animals, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Sunday, June 3. The walk, an easy one-mile stroll for dogs and people of all ages, is the shelter’s yearly tribute to the many individuals and organizations that have worked to spread awareness about the need for adoption of homeless animals. Most participants and teams are “dog walking,� but this year, the event is set to debut its first all-cat team, “The Pussy Footers.� Susan Ryan, development manager at the Potter League, expressed her enthusiasm for the event, which has evolved into a community field day for pets. “The beauty of it all is that we work hard to fundraiser, and the walk is our time to celebrate our hard work on such a fun day. It’s definitely a day for pictures and a really extraordinary moment in time.� Last-minute entrants may register for the walk at the website PotterLeague.org or by calling 846-0681.

Begun in 1929, the Potter League is a private nonprofit animal welfare organization. The League, named for Robert Potter by his wife Virginia at her death in 1958 according to the terms of a generous bequest, is funded by donations from individuals and charitable foundations; and by funds from special events such as the Walk.

The league depends on the kind of community support that the Heart and Sole Walk generates. The funding makes it possible for the Potter League to place over 90% of the animals it receives – including rabbits, hamsters, gerbils and the occasional ferret. The shelter takes in more than 1,800 dogs, cats and small mammals a year. Typically, about 100 animals are at the shel-

Man and friend at last year’s Heart & Sole Walk. ter waiting for new homes on any given day.

Fundraising for Heart and Sole kicked off months ago when the League hosted an open house in April at the recently updated facility in Middletown, in April. Hundreds of people pre-registered for the walk, raising money for their participation through donations, sponsorships. Area businesses, including People’s Credit Union, Wag Nation, and Fox Providence, among many others, are event supporters as well, with sponsorships and inkind donations. To date, half of the $100,000 goal for the event has been pledged.

Individuals and teams participating in Heart and Sole are creating personalized fundraising pages on the Internet. The League awards prizes to the most successful fundraisers for the Walk, with incentives at various levels: among them, a logo cap for $250 raised and a logo duffle bag for $500 raised. The top ten fundraisers are honored by in-

duction into the Heart and Soul Walk of Fame roster of names.

Lunch is served free for all participants who raised a minimum of $50.

During the day, event organizers are celebrating dogs in a big way: there will be ribbon prizes for the winners of the contests for the best doggy hair-do, best owner lookalike, and best tail-wagger, as well as obstacle courses. Tired canines can do a doggy day spa at Glen Park with pet massage therapists and special guest pet acupuncturist Dr. Caitlin Caldwell from Portsmouth Veterinary Hospital. Representatives from emergency pet hospitals will be available. The full event schedule has so many activities for pets – and for children – that there will be something for everyone, two-legged and four. “Glen Park is a beautiful area, and there’s plenty of room for all of us,� Susan Ryan said. “The walk has been successful in past years and a fun day, no matter what.�

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Capt. Russell Knight, U.S. Naval War College deputy chief of staff, addresses Newport residents and veterans gathered at city hall for Newport’s Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. The event was sponsored by the City of Newport, the U.S. Veterans Council of Newport County, and American Legion Newport Post Number Seven. (Photo by James Hull)

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School Committee Requests $639,515 More

By Meg O’Neil The Newport School Committee met with the City Council in a special joint meeting on Tuesday, May 29 to discuss the Fiscal Year 2013 school department budget.

In a letter to the members of the City Council, school committee Chairman Patrick K. Kelley wrote that the adopted $36,497,964 FY13 budget represents a $13,205 increase over last year’s adopted budget and a $114,497 reduction from the actual FY12 anticipated revenues.

With a $91,000 reduction in state aid as well as a reduction of Title I and II funds of approximately $400,000, the school department is expected to lose nearly $500,000 in the coming year. Title I funds are given to local school districts to meet the needs of at-risk and lowincome students, and Title II funds are used to support teachers’ professional development.

Kelley said the losses would, “make a large impact on the services our schools can provide.”

Faced with those reductions and a steady climb in student enrollment numbers, the school committee requested that the City Council allocate an additional $639,515 in local contributions to the FY13 budget.

Kelley stated that the requested 2.83-percent increase would not have been as much had the teacher’s union voted to approve a tentative contract last week, which

would have yielded approximately $375,000 in immediate savings.

Instead, the Teachers Association of Newport (TAN) voted down the contract by an overwhelming margin (100-41).

School committee member Robert J. Leary did not agree with the request, saying, “I don’t think we need the $639,000 … I think we just need to make better decisions with the money we have.”

A better-case scenario would occur if the school department could reach an agreement with TAN within the month, which would lower the requested amount to just over $264,000.

Councilor Naomi L. Neville asked the school committee what would happen if the city council levelfunded the school committee for the year.

Kelley responded, “If we are level-funded, then we will have to ask the superintendent which educational services we would have to dismantle and not offer our students.”

School committee member Charles Shoemaker said that once the new Claiborne deB. Pell Elementary School is completed in the fall of 2013, several principal, nurse, and administrative positions would be eliminated, thus saving a large amount in salary costs. “Right now, we just need a little money to bridge over to the time when the Pell School comes,” he said. “I plead with you – don’t make up your mind about flat-funding us until

we find out what those numbers will be.”

With so many uncertainties in the tentative budget, Councilor Justin S. McLaughlin advised the school committee to tie up loose ends before the final budget is voted on at the end of June.

The evening’s conversation then shifted to the progress made on shared services between the school department and city.

Neville said sharing services would be an ideal, “non-educational” way to save money, saying the idea “just makes sense.”

School committee members said that no progress had been made because a report on possible savings had not been received from the city, even though councilors and City Manager Jane Howington said that the reports were submitted last week.

“We’re trying to move with this,” Neville said. “We’re expecting it. We want it. We’re getting answers and I don’t see the same drive and effort coming from the school committee side.”

Further discussion on shared services will be taken up by the school committee and city council liaison subcommittee next month.

The school committee also presented their 2011-2012 Year in Review, highlighting accolades and accomplishments from the past school year. The list can be found in its entirety on the education blog on Newport-Now.com beginning on Friday, June 1.

Zoning Board Takes Up Carey School

By Tom Shevlin Developers hoping to secure final approval on a proposal to convert the former Carey Elementary School into a 13-unit condominium complex will have to wait. After tackling a docket that pushed their meeting to nearly 11 p.m. on Tuesday, members of the Zoning Board of Review opted to continue testimony on the project to their next meeting on June 25.

The proposal, which received the unanimous endorsement of the Planning Board last week and the conceptual approval of the City Council in December, calls for a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom units spread out within the existing footprint of the former school building.

If approved, it would effectively bring the property onto the tax rolls for the first time and continue a long trend of converting the city’s shuttered schools into residences.

And while developers Arch Street Development have promised to ensure that the building doesn’t overwhelm the area, for the second time this month, neighbors turned out to oppose the plan.

Helen M. Powidzki, who has lived at 28 Carey St. for the past 30 years, reiterated remarks made before the Planning Board, citing concerns over stormwater runoff, traffic, and environmental degradation.

Others expressed concern over headlights peering into bedroom windows, the potential for the property to become a site for parties.

However, Turner Scott, the attorney for the applicant, said that his client is prepared to work with the city to ensure that the project is acceptable to city staff.

“This is an economically viable, reasonable use of the property,” Scott said in his opening remarks.

The lone witness called during the meeting was Paul Hogan, of Hogan Associates Real Estate.

Hogan testified that the project is indeed an appropriate use for the building, noting that several other former school buildings have been converted into similar residential complexes. Among them, he said, are the Calendar School, Lenthal School, and the low-income Mumford School.

At current market price, Hogan estimated that the Carey School units would likely sell for anywhere from $200,000-$500,000.

According to paperwork on file with the city, condo sizes at the former school will range from 951-square feet for the building’s lone one-bedroom unit, to about 1,200-square feet for 11 two-bedroom units, and 2,400-square feet for the largest residence, a threebedroom penthouse in what to-

day is attic space. Each unit would be assigned parking in what is currently the old playground, with access for vehicles turning off Narragansett Avenue taking the place of a no parking zone.

Vacant for over three years, the school occupies a prominent lot at 32 Carey St., not far from the heart of the Fifth Ward and the beginning of the Bellevue Avenue Mansion district.

In 2008, the city had acquired the building from the school department after it was deemed obsolete, and soon began preparing the property for sale.

In December, councilors signed off on a $735,000 purchase and sale agreement with Arch Street Development to redevelop the building, which if approved, would bring the property on the tax rolls, generating both property taxes and water and sewer fees for the city.

According to Scott, while the real estate market has weakened in recent years, he believes there’s still a market for this type of development, specifically by vacation home owners and empty-nesters.

He also added that in an attempt to discourage rowdy behavior, units will only be permitted to be rented out on a seasonal basis, if at all.

Zoning Board members are expected to take up the proposal again during their June meeting.

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Sustainable Bead for Life Aquidneck Fundraiser Fundraiser An 8-acre project on farmland at Green End Farms in Middletown, Sustainable Aquidneck envisions a self-sufficient island where all residents have access to locally grown food. Including micro-farms, community and education gardens, composting and the Island’s first fitness trail called an “Eco Gym,” Sustainable Aquidneck was founded in 2012. The group is holding its first fundraiser on Sunday, June 3 from 6 – 9 p.m. at the 5th Element Bar & Grill on Broadway. A $20 donation is suggested at the door. For more information, contact sustainableaquidneck@gmail.com or www.facebook.com/sustainableaquidneck.

America’s Cup RI Gala The Rhode Island America’s Cup Host Committee will hold a special gala reception on June 8 from 6 – 9:30 p.m. on the North Lawn of historic Fort Adams State Park to celebrate the upcoming races in Newport from June 23 – July 1. Gov. Lincoln Chafee will be present, and Host Committee Chairman Brad Read will provide details about the Newport ACWS races and activities.

Tickets cost $125 per person and are available at www.riedc.com/ americas-cup. A portion of the ticket sales will go to support Rhode Island’s own tall ship, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.

Growers’ Market Opens for Season The Aquidneck Growers’ Market season will officially begin on Saturday, June 2 at the Newport Vineyard in Middletown from 9 a.m. – 1p.m, followed by the opening of the Wednesday, June 6 market on Memorial Blvd. from 2 – 6 p.m. Both will run through October. Shoppers will find locally grown and produced food and farm products from more than 20 farmers, vendors and artisans. For more information, visit www.aquidneckgrowersmarket.org.

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The People’s Café at 282 Thames St. will sponsor a Bead for Life Party on Friday, June 15 from 6 – 8 p.m.

The event is an opportunity to learn more about and support impoverished Ugandan women who are lifting their families out of poverty with their handmade, high-quality beaded jewelry. All net profits from sales are invested in projects that fight extreme poverty. For more information, contact Meghan Dutton, Bead for Life Community Partner, at 662-6640 or visit www.beadforlife.org.

Kite-Flying at Watson Farm Visit Watson Farm on Saturday, June 2 from 1 – 5 p.m., for a day of old time family fun - flying kites.

Visitors are encouraged to hike out to specific scenic fields set aside for the old fashioned pastime. Grab a kite, bring a picnic lunch if you wish, and enjoy the breathtaking views of Narragansett Bay’s West Passage. Kitt Kites of Newport will be on hand to demonstrate flying the big kites and have selected kites on hand for purchase. For more information, visit www.historicnewengland.org or call 423-0005.

Ballard Park Yoga Series The Friends of Ballard Park are kicking off their Summer Yoga Series with a fundraiser on Saturday, June 16 from 1 – 3:30 p.m. Participants are asked to donate $10 which will help fund free, familyoriented events like concerts and outdoor moving screenings in Ballard Park this summer. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and are asked to bring a yoga mat.

Friends of Ballard Park are teaming up with the Newport Recreation Department and will offer 90-minute yoga classes on Tuesday evenings from June 19 – Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. and each Tuesday evening in Sept. starting 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 619-3377 or visit www.ballardpark.org.

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ACHIEVEMENTS Local College Graduates

Congratulations to our Class of 2012 graduates who hail from Aquidneck Island and Jamestown!

Ithaca College Kelsey McCabe, Middletown Keene State College Ian Watters, Jamestown Messiah College Sarah Thow, Middletown Quinnipiac University Alicia Loffredo, Newport Benjamin Nadeau, Jamestown Brett Uttley, Jamestown University of Connecticut Patrick O’Brien, Portsmouth Katherine Raulli, Portsmouth Derick Souza, Portsmouth University of Vermont Barrett Cavanagh, Jamestown MaryGrace Ilardi, Newport Kailey Nash, Middletown Christopher Welch, Middletown Washington College Caroline Robertson, Middletown

Celebrating Maritime History and Heritage The Museum of Yachting and Sail Newport have partnered to create a new type of public sailing facility in Newport – one that marries maritime history, heritage and on-water activity. Both organizations will share space under a single roof, in the building that has been home to the museum at Fort Adams State Park, in time for the America’s Cup World Series, which begins in late June.

The museum will continue to educate the public about maritime history and tradition by hosting exhibitions and events; Sail Newport will continue to create affordable sailing opportunities for the public and draw world-class regattas to Newport. But both organizations will share facilities and draw from each other’s strengths to create a new kind of center for the community where young school children, students, competitive sailors, residents and visitors can all learn and participate.

For more information about Sail Newport and the Museum of Yachting, visit www.sailnewport. org and www.moy.org.

PTSD Support Group A new support group has been formed for those dealing with PTSD issues. The group will meet at the VFW Post 4487 on Thursdays, beginning June 7 from 10 a.m. - noon and again from 6 - 8 p.m.

A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held June 23 to support veterans suffering PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury. Anyone wishing to make donations can contact Patricia Kirley at 864-1397 or tkirley2012@gmail.com

For What It’s Worth Mr. Santi: These cuff links belonged to my uncle. They are 14K gold. He was a priest. What does the symbol on the cuff links mean and what are they worth?

– A Curious Nephew Dear Nephew: The symbol represents The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem an order given by The Vatican. This order founded around 1099 is still given by the Vatican today for “propagation of the Faith.” In older times Knights of this order could pardon prisoners on their way to the scaffold and change their name given at Baptism. There must have been a lapel ‘medal’ to go with these cufflinks. Gold and decorative value would be between $300 and $400 for the pair.

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Students Receive Automotive Scholarships Jose Sola and Steven Stefanac, two students enrolled in the Automotive Technology program at the Newport Area Career and Technical Center at Rogers High School, took the first place award at the Rhode Island Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition, held at the Warwick Mall in early May. The students competed against seven state finalist teams, each required to debug 2012 Ford Fusions with speed and accuracy.

The Ford Motor Company vehicles were intentionally “bugged” so that each team had identical malfunctions to diagnose and repair. The competition required repairs to be made with the highest degree of workmanship and completed in the lowest total time. In addition to the team being presented with a trophy, Sola and Stefanac each received over $30,000 in scholarship awards.

In June, the students and their instructor, Daniel Pontes, will compete in the National Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition Finals, held at the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich.

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June Chamber Events The Newport County Chamber of Commerce (NCCC) has released their scheduled events for the month of June: On Wednesday, June 6, a seminar titled “Connecting Your Business Marketing Strategy to Your Web Marketing Strategy” will run from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Also on June 6 will be the Newport County Young Professionals Improv Comedy and Networking Event from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place. The cost is $10 for Chamber members, $15 for non-members.

The next day, Thursday, June 7 will feature a Chamber 101 meeting from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., followed

by Chamber Power! From 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

On Friday, June 8, there will be a Chamber Connections Networking Group from 8 – 9:15 a.m., and a ribbon cutting ceremony at Flat Waves, 1130 Aquidneck Ave., from 12 – 1 p.m.

The following week, there will be a seminar on the power of Email marketing from 8:30 – 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 14. Finally, also on June 14, there is a Women in Business Brown Bag Luncheon: “Invest Like a Girl!” from 12 – 1:30 p.m.

To attend an event, register online at www.NewportChamber. com, or call 847-1608. Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held at the NCCC office, 35 Valley Rd., Middletown. All events are free for members unless otherwise noted and $25 for non-members.

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NEWS BRIEFS Newport Police Log Newport Fire Incident Run Report During the period from Monday, May. 21 to Monday, May 28, the Newport Police Department responded to 695 calls. Of those, 129 were motor vehicle related; there were 94 motor vehicle violations issued and 35 accidents.

The police also responded to 9 incidents of vandalism, 32 noise complaints, 26 animal complaints, and 33 home/business alarm calls. Officers conducted 6 school security checks (3-Rogers, 2-Triplett, 1-Thompson) They transported 6 prisoners, and recorded 4 instances of assisting other agencies and 5 instances of assisting other police departments and 19 private tows were recorded.

In addition, 60 arrests were made for the following violations: n Ten arrests were made for disorderly conduct. n Seven arrests were made for noise violations. n Five arrests were made for simple assault. n Three arrests were made for vandalism. n Three arrests were made for driving with a revoked or suspended license. n Three arrests were made for larceny. n Three arrests were made for possession of marijuana. n Three arrests were made for felony assault. n Three arrests were made for drinking in public. n Two arrests were made for DUI. n Two arrests were made for possession of alcohol by a minor. n Two arrests were made for possession of narcotics. n One arrest was made for a bench warrant. n One arrest was made for a warrant. n One arrest was made for violation of no contact order. n One arrest was made for breaking & entering. n One arrest was made for defecating in public.

During the period from Monday, May 21 through Sunday, May 27, the Newport Fire Department responded to a total of 121 calls. Of those, 72 were emergency medical calls, resulting in 61 patients being transported to the hospital. Additionally, 4 patients refused aid once EMS had arrived on-scene.

Fire apparatus was used for 120 responses: • Station 1 - Headquarters responded to 57 calls • Station 1 - Engine responded to 56 calls • Station 2 - Old Fort Road responded to 34 calls • Station 2 - Engine responded to 20 calls • Station 5 - Touro Street/Engine 5 responded to 34 calls Specific situations fire apparatus was used for include: 1 - Outside waste fire 1 - Portable building fire 1 - Motor vehicle fire 1- Electrical wiring problem 1 - Water problem 4 - Citizen assists 11 - Fire alarm sounding - no fire In the category of fire prevention, the department performed 16 smoke alarm inspections for house sale, 6 life safety inspections, and provided 7 fire system plan reviews.

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The Newport Public Education Foundation will hold its annual fund-raiser on Thursday, June 7 from 7 – 9 p.m. at Ochre Court on the campus of Salve Regina University. 100-percent of the proceeds will go to fund Enrichment Grants which have awarded over $20,000 to classroom teachers and community groups to provide innovative educational experiences to the children of Newport. Tickets are available online at www.npef-ri.org and cost $40 per person, or $75 per couple. For more information, call 324-9538.

The Potter League has announced that registration for their 2012 Camp Happy Tails is now open.

The theme for the grades 2 – 3 age group will be “Talk like an Animal.” Campers will learn how animals talk to us, using sound and body language. They will visit the shelter to decode some animal communications first hand. The older group, grades 4 – 6, will learn how to use a clicker to train different kinds of animals, during their “Click and Treat” themed week.

Younger children can also learn about and interact with different kinds of pets during the camp’s “Best Friends” week or learn about the unique, smaller friends during the “Crazy Critters” theme. Older kids can learn about jobs with animals and what goes on at the Potter League during “Behind the Scenes” week. During “Paws for Animals” week, kids will learn ways that they can make a difference in the lives of animals.

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The class of 1957 from Rogers, De LaSalle and St. Catherine Academies are holding their 55th joint reunion. The three-day event celebration will be held on Friday, Sept.

7 at the Elks Lodge on Bellevue Ave from 5 – 8 p.m. On Saturday, Sept.

8 a clambake will be held from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Kempenaar’s on Valley Rd. in Middletown. On Sunday, there will be a brunch at The Atlantic Beach Club on Purgatory Rd., in Middletown from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

If you have not received an invitation or know of a classmate who has not received one, contact Connie Peckham at 846-4088 or Peck4088@cox.net.

Flip Flop Brigade The James L. Maher Center is hosting a Flip-Flop Brigade Recycle Program daily through Sept. 30. Every time you bring your old rubber flip-flops to the Maher Garden Center, located at 906 Aquidneck Ave. in Middletown, not only will you be doing a green deed for Mother Nature, but your name will also be entered into a recurring drawing to win Old Navy coupons.

Your old rubber flip-flops will be sent to Terracyle. They will be recycled into new products such as playground equipment, trash containers and other rubber household products. For more information, contact the Garden Center at 846-7911.

Annual Recital Lend your ears to the sounds of the ninth annual piano and violin recital of Jeannine Spina and Gracious Audette’s 24 talented students at the Newport Hospital on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 & 10 at 2 p.m. Ranging in age from 4 – 18 years old, the students’ skill levels range from beginner to advanced.

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EDITORIAL ‘Can Do’ Attitude Pays Off

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hey might not seem like particularly big projects, but in a way they are.

This week, we celebrate a pair of public infrastructure projects which, while in no way as significant as others around town like the ongoing repairs to the Easton’s Pond Berm, or the upgrade to the city’s water treatment plants, are nonetheless worthy of recognition.

The first was wrapping up last week at Easton’s Beach, where crews from Newport’s public services department were completing some much-needed repairs to the lower level shower rooms and bath house restrooms above.

As it was explained, water had been pouring in through the ceiling of the shower room for years, causing significant water damage to the heavily used facility.

Repairs were badly needed, but going out to bid would have been costly. So, instead, the city took on the job itself. Since February, crews have been working sporadically on a number of upgrades, including replacing the roof on the bath house level restrooms; installing handicap accessible showers and doors; repairing the ceiling to the shower room; and replacing old worn out tile and wood trim with much more durable materials.

It was thought to be the first significant upgrade to the pavilion since it was built in the early ‘90s. And by doing it in-house, it’s estimated to have saved the city some $50,000.

Meanwhile, at the corner of Ocean Drive and Coggeshall Avenue, a new traffic triangle is taking root.

Donated by Ronald Lee Fleming, and dedicated to the memory of John Greenville Winslow, the Bailey’s Beach Triangle serves as a kind of entrance to the thousands of visitors who travel Ocean Drive during the summer.

Over the last few days, workers have been planting shrubs and installing large boulders in a small 550-square-foot area formerly comprised of crumbling concrete.

In a letter to city councilors, Fleming wrote simply that, “The barren traffic islands in Newport fail to match the City’s reputation for scenic beauty.”

So, he hired landscape architect Mary Ellen Flanagan and offered to pay for the plantings.

It was a similar offer to one made by Lisette Prince to improve the corner of Bellevue Avenue at Rovensky Park.

The council wisely accepted.

It’s almost too easy to become discouraged by the challenges we face on our island; to look around and think that somehow the grass is greener elsewhere.

However, if even only briefly one decides to betray their island mentality and cross the bridge and see how Newport fares compared with other communities, it’s hard not to take pride in this place.

We are indeed lucky to live here. And be it our public employees taking pride in a job well done, or a wealthy benefactor who sees a blight and chooses to fix it, there are plenty of small things worth celebrating.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stop Talks with Greedy Teachers To the Editor; I have lived in Newport many years and have watched the annual Teachers Association of Newport dance enough to know things must change dramatically and quickly for the sake of the community, not to mention the students who seem to have been forgotten by almost everyone except, perhaps, their parents. Rhode Island deserves the reputation it has nationally and really does not care what anyone else thinks. Line your pockets and then consider how much you really want to put into your job is the mantra accepted by most everyone.

Dr. Ambrogi deserves a lot of credit for bringing the local school system budget into the era of black ink, but the scores the students

are achieving are not even close to what they should be compared against, which is the national norm.

A normal person would say: What are we doing? Well, here is the answer: we are allowing coddled teachers who, in many cases, are incompetent, and a top-heavy administration to run the entire education show with students as an afterthought, if they even come up at all on their greedy radar screen. If Newport has the courage, which I doubt, it will suspend all talks with the teachers, hire non-union replacements, open school as usual, and await a state showdown which will certainly come. At that point, simply say the community cannot afford unions anymore and will no longer mortgage the future of

Newport for the present economic well-being of greedy teachers.

Close the schools if necessary, and hand the problem to Providence for divine guidance. This tough approach is the only chance Newport has to break the current downward cycle of public education. A reasonable person can see that teachers and administrators will soon be history given technology and the path it provides. If I were a teacher or school official, I would stop being a greedy pain and thank God I had a job at all, because there are a lot of people out there with superior credentials without one.

Harper Bidwell formerly of Newport, now NYC

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tle Compton, Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport, as well as the state Department of Economic Development and the Rhode Island Foundation, the goup grew out of a leadership summit sponsored by Roger Williams University in 2009.

Member communities appointed up to four representatives to EBEC, with each community having one vote.

Over the course of the last three years, the group has looked at a range of opportunities, most notably the feasibility of a developing a regional wind turbine system for municipalities.

According to Newport City Councilwoman and EBEC Chair Jeanne Marie-Napolitano, EBEC believes it’s found a viable solution for bringing down the cost of energy purchased by municipal governments.

The proposal, which calls for the erection of 8-10 industrial-scale wind turbines rising some 300 feet above Tiverton on land just off Route 24, aims to produce enough electricity for the nine municipalities to run their respective public buildings.

At present, it’s estimated that the project would cost roughly $50-60 million, financed primarily through tax-exempt bonds issued by EBEC. To date, each of the nine member communities with the exception of Newport have passed resolutions reaffirming support of the group.

Newport’s City Council was first

scheduled to vote on the proposal in a resolution last month, however the matter was continued in order to provide more specificity to the resolution.

According to estimates furnished

by EBEC, if approved, the project will yield $200,000 for each member community in year one, and $1 million annually after 20 years.

Tiverton, as the host community, would receive more – $360,000 to begin, and $1.5 million after 20 years.

However, as has been the case in other turbine developments, the EBEC project is running into headwinds.

In order for the consortium to reconfigure itself from a quasi-public commission into a revenue-generating agency, is must first clear several political hurdles. Chief among them is a proposal that would grant the group the power of eminent domain.

However, after several council members here expressed concern over granting such powers, last week, the group submitted an amendment to its General Assembly legislation that would assign that power to the RIEDC. If approved, according to proponents, the benefit to taxpayers would be relatively straightforward.

Normally, the electric costs a city or town pays are passed to taxpayers in the form of a budget line item. If the EBEC proposal passes, it could eliminate – or significant-

ly reduce – that line item. It could also serve as a test case for future regional cost-sharing initiatives.

In other business, it appears that the show will go on at Sambar – for now.

After hearing complaints at their previous meeting from the Thames Street restaurant’s landlords over problems such as noise and isolated incidents of violence, council members sided with the proprietor, granting what normally would have been a routine entertainment license renewal.

However, the renewal did not come without discussion, including testimony from the chief of police and several neighbors who live in the Goodwin/Thames/Coddington neighborhood.

According to Chief Gary Silva, while neighbors have expressed concerns about the business, his department has not issued any citations over the last year for either noise or violence.

That didn’t settle well with nearby residents, who said that there have been several occasions where citations should have been issued, but weren’t.

The council, however, sided with the business in a 5-2 vote, noting that it’s up to the police to enforce any license violations at Sambar – or any other bar – in the city.

Councilors Jeanne Marie Napolitano and Charles Y. Duncan were opposed.

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Chicken Complaints on the Rise

By Tom Shevlin It’s sometime after 5 a.m. off Broadway, and a rooster’s crow echoes through the morning.

Somewhere across town, neighbors are awakened in similar fashion.

Later in the day, the zoning officer is called, and an investigation ensues. Across shrubs and through fences, they snap photos, documenting what is becoming an increasingly popular practice: raising and keeping backyard chickens.

“We’ve been seeing a number of complaints over the last few months,” says Guy Weston, the city’s zoning officer. According to Weston, just in the last few weeks, he’s issued citations to a pair of homeowners who, he notes, are in clear violation of a little-known city zoning ordinance.

That ordinance, 17.100.120, reads as follows: “With the exception of household pets, no livestock or poultry are to be kept on any lot of less than three acres in size.”

It also provides that, “Any building used for housing livestock and poultry or the storage of fertilizer or manure is to be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from any property or street line.”

At least two more homeowners have also been investigated over poultry-related complaints, with one going as far as municipal court.

Homeowners who refuse to comply with the ordinance could face a $500-a-day fine.

“Last year, it was wind turbines, this year it’s chickens,” Weston says, alluding to recent wrangling over the appropriateness of residential wind turbines.

In the most general terms, only properties within the city’s R-10 zones – specifically, those around Ocean Drive – are permitted to keep chickens. However, in some urban environments, the practice has been gaining a measure of acceptance.

Two years ago, Providence passed a measure that allows residents to keep a limited number of chickens for domestic use. At the time, urban farmers and immigrant communities heralded the decision. Others, including locavores here in Newport, were inspired by it. After all, they say, Middletown allows homeowners to keep chickens, and just last year, Barrington’s Town Council voted to allow up to a maximum of three hens on any one lot (roosters are not allowed).

There’s even a Facebook group:

People Encouraging Chicken Keeping, (or P.E.C.K. for short) that advocates the repeal of laws in Rhode Island that make keeping chickens in cities illegal.

One chicken-owner who lives on the Middletown-Newport line, said it’s hard to understand why the city is cracking down on domestic eggproducing operations. “They’re harmless, and you wouldn’t even know they’re here,” he said.

Others, however, worry that if the city were to allow chickens, it could create a nuisance.

According to Weston, Newport’s compact setting, concerns over noise, and our recent bout with coyotes are just a few reasons why planners placed the ordinance restriction in the city’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and why it would likely be hard to repeal.

Councilwoman Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, who lives in the city’s first ward, says that she recognizes the desire by some to raise the birds, but doesn’t believe the council will be making any changes to its ordinances any time soon.

“I don’t see it (changing),” Napolitano said. “We have an ordinance in place, and so far there have only been isolated incidents.”

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Paiva-Weed is adamantly opposed to this bill. So, no doubt, are some of the members of the Assembly who are quite comfortable sponsoring bills which favor their self-interests or those of their relatives. But Paiva-Weed is the key: if she were in favor of this bill, it would come up for a vote; as long as she is opposed, it won’t.

Newporters are uniquely placed to do something about this outrage. Paiva-Weed routinely ignores good government groups like Operation Clean Government, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters which have argued for years that the power of the Ethics Commission must be restored.

Unfortunately, most of the members of those groups do not vote in Newport, so Paiva-Weed runs little risk in brushing them off. But she might pay attention if enough Newporters called or wrote her making clear that they want the Ethics Commission bill (H7603) passed this year.

If 20, 30, 50 Newporters took the trouble to contact her, she would notice, and maybe act. Write her.

Call her.Keep on her. And perhaps let her know that if she continues her obstruction, you will do all you can to help vote her out of office in the Fall.

Thomas Ewens Middletown

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The new Maritime Center features an open floor plan with tables and charts for boaters to plot their next course. (Photo by Meg O’Neil)

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Waluk described the project as, “a vision to help maintain Newport as the boating capital of the universe.” He also said the boating facility will make its users feel welcome in Newport and will keep visitors, “doing what we want them to do here: get out onto Thames Street and into our neighborhoods and spend money.”

The facility also features heated floors that are “wash-out ready” in case of high tides that are expected to occasionally flood the inte-

rior. Historical pieces of the 1884 armory were retained, including exposed brick columns and walls, and ceiling beams that contain 19th century bullet holes from when the building was used as a shooting range.

Paiva-Weed called the renovation a “federal, state, city, private, public sector partnership,” adding that the project would not have been possible without all of those partners. She said, “For us as Newporters, access to the waterfront is so important, and this is a final piece in the history of this building that will preserved over time.”

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But Silverstein, who’s well acquainted with old buildings in need of repair through his work transforming former warehouses into high-end residential units in the Baltimore area, was confident that he could reinvigorate the historic building to its past glory.

As it turns out, it’s going to take a bit more work.

According to plans on file with the city’s building department, Silverstein may need to demolish the building completely before rebuilding it.

Already taken down to the studs, with just walls and the center staircase left intact, the building has been the scene of a flurry of activity for the last two months. Crews have disassembled the building piece by piece. Last month, the

northern section had to be torn down to rebuild a cracked foundation. The same was needed in the rear of the building. All new electrical and plumbing was needed. And according to the building office, in order to install a structural beam on the upper floor, a complete demolition may be in order.

However, as plans show, when it’s rebuilt, the new Midtown Oyster Bar will occupy the same footprint, rise to the same height, and resemble closely the original building.

Any resemblance to the former space is likely to end there.

In addition to an all new kitchen, the new restaurant will span three floors, with service areas on each.

A second floor deck will overlook Thames Street and Perry Mill Wharf, while a cozy third floor room will offer limited seating and large round banquette.

Zoning Board members voted on Tuesday to approve an application for the project, still expected to be complete by the end of the tourist season.

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‘Housing First’ Thanks Supporters About a hundred people attended a reception at the Newport Yachting Center on Wednesday, May 23 at which Riverwood Mental Health Center’s executive director Daniel Kubas-Meyer thanked the Newport community for supporting the center’s Housing First program, which is working collaboratively with other local groups to try to provide permanent solutions for the city’s chronically homeless population.

Housing First’s premise is that vulnerable and at-risk homeless persons are more responsive to interventions and social services support after they are in their own homes, rather than while living on the street or in temporary or transitional facilities.

Most of the chronically homeless have related problems such mental illness, criminal records, substance abuse, and issues related to trauma.

Unlike other programs, Housing First does not require sobriety or participation in treatment as a condition of receiving housing, on the theory that the average client, when housed, becomes far less dependent upon an array of local resources, not only medically, but in terms of shelter space, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and law enforcement and correctional services.

Newport’s Housing First Program is currently housing 13 individuals, more than half of the estimated 22 chronically homeless living in the city.

Housing First’s statewide executive director Donald Boucher said that the reason for holding the Newport reception was to thank those who have supported the initiative. “These are the people who understand that housing is the most basic need of human beings, that if people have housing, they can go ahead and work on everything else, but if they don’t have housing, it’s almost impossible to work on anything else.”

Boucher stressed the importance of the group’s goal, which is “moving Rhode Island from being a shelter state to a permanent supportive housing state.”

Among the program supporters who were recognized at the reception were Elizabeth Lynn of the Van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Cheryl Robinson of Turning Around Ministries, and Elizabeth Dees and Sarah Long of Channing Memorial Church.

Other organizations named included St. Paul’s Churches and the Newport County Community Mental Health Center. Following the award ceremony, a short film, “From Street to Stage,” about a formerly homeless man’s journey to stability, was shown, and a vocal and guitar performance by James Thomas inspired a standing ovation.

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Search for Biological Parents Unearths Folk Roots

By Meg O’Neil William DeVogue grew up with one goal in mind: to find his birth parents. His journey has taken him 35 years.

At face value, his story is similar to those of other adoptees. But how the Portsmouth resident says he found his mother in 2009, and eventually learned of his biological father, is anything but ordinary.

Born in Woonsocket in the spring of 1964, DeVogue was given up for adoption when he was 10 months old, eventually adopted by a Middletown family shortly after he turned three. While growing up in a not-so-happy environment, DeVogue constantly pressed his adoptive parents for information about his origins.

Finally, when he was 15, DeVogue’s mother handed him a small plastic bag containing a photograph taken when he was six months old, a lock of hair, and a baptismal certificate.

With the certificate in hand, DeVogue began the arduous task of tracking down the parents that he never knew, encountering many roadblocks and dead ends along the way.

In 1992, he got a big break. The baptismal certificate led him to the name Eugene Michael Procyszyn.

Scouring through phonebooks and records, DeVogue found Procyszyn’s number listed in California.

After placing the call, DeVogue was elated to hear Procyszyn pick up on the other end. After a short discussion about his mission to find his parents, DeVogue asked him: “Are you my father?”

Procyszyn answered, “No, I am not your father, but I have an idea of who is.”

DeVogue quickly realized that there was a fascinating history behind his biological parents.

Talking on the phone for several more minutes, Procyszyn revealed that he did know DeVogue’s mother was a woman named Anita “Tina” Grace DeVogue, but had no idea as to her whereabouts.

According to Procyszyn, he and Tina met in New York City’s Greenwich Village in the early 1960s with dreams of making it as folk singers. Rubbing elbows with those that would go on to become the voices of the generation, Tina and Procyszyn became friends and collaborators with other like-minded artists. The two took part in all that the early sixties had to offer; addiction to drugs ran rampant, and both Tina and Procyszyn could not escape their grasp.

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After going their separate ways for a short time, Tina returned to Procyszyn in the fall of 1963.

This time, she was pregnant. Tina claimed that he was the father, but the timing did not add up correctly. Procyszyn decided that the two had to leave the Village for their own well-being, eventually relocating to Woonsocket, where his parents lived.

After DeVogue was born in May 1964, Tina and Procyszyn tried to care for the young baby, but with no money and still addicted to drugs, Tina dropped off the 10-month-old baby at an orphanage, and Procyszyn never heard from or saw Tina again.

Now armed with the name of his birth mother, DeVogue once again scoured every record and phone book he could find, searching for any combination of his mother’s name.

Going against the advice of every legal opinion he had received, DeVogue walked up to the decrepit three-family home in Jamaica Plain in November 2009. Ringing the doorbell, an old man answered the door, asking DeVogue what he wanted. DeVogue answered: “I am looking for Tina DeVogue Voyes and if this is the right Tina, she is my mother.” The old man responded, “You must be William.”

Upon entering the apartment, DeVogue, now 48, saw his mother for the first time. She was frail, her hair thinning and her body ravaged by years of drug abuse. The gentle hug between the two is what DeVogue says he had been waiting for his whole life.

Now driving up from Portsmouth several times a month to visit, DeVogue has learned more about his mother, and as it turns out, it was not Procyszyn who is his father, but instead a rather famous folk singer.

Without getting tangled up in legal issues by stating his name, it turns out DeVogue’s biological father got his start in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. He met Tina there and eventually became a voice of the 60s, with several iconic performances at the Newport Folk Festival.

Today, DeVogue has decided to dedicate his life to help other adoptees find their birth parents, and offer any support that they may need.

Currently in the process of telling his own story with Newport writer and editor Janette van Gruisen, the book, called “Not Forgetting Tina,” will be released later this summer both in print and for e-readers. He also started The DeVogue Project, a fledgling online portal designed as a way for adoptees to not only learn the story of his search, but to also provide a helping hand.

Central to that mission is DeVogue’s message to adoptees: “Don’t give up … Keep looking and keep searching.”

For more information on DeVogue and his multiple projects, visit www.thedevogueproject.com or email him directly at will.devogue@gmail.com.

“No, I am not your father, but I have an idea of who is.”

“Anxiety built inside of me for years,” DeVogue says. “Time went by, and there was this inner drive that I had to find her.”

The advent of the Internet made searching for Tina somewhat easier but also more costly as DeVogue hired Internet detectives and searched online databases that continued to turn up nothing.

In early 2009, he finally got a hint from one of the last places he imagined: Facebook, the world’s most popular website.

In creating multiple Facebook accounts using both his birth name and his adopted name, DeVogue received a short message a week later from a man in Pennsylvania, who simply wrote, “I see we are looking for the same person.” After a phone call, the man said he knew Tina from Greenwich Village but had no idea of her whereabouts.

His closing words to DeVogue were: “Look in Boston.”

The very next day, DeVogue searched through records at the Massachusetts Department of Vital Statistics, and after hours of searching, found a marriage certificate from 1972 with the names Tina DeVogue Voyes and Paul Cohen. A cross-reference search showed that Cohen was still paying taxes at the address listed.

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The National Tennis Club (NTC) was formed in 1980 when the original court tennis court, destroyed by a series of fires in 1945 and 1946, was completely rebuilt. The National Tennis Court has been considered the official court of the USCTA since its restoration in 1980.

By Ross Sinclair Cann Newport has many buildings which date back 100, 200 and (in a few rare instances) even 300 years.

But on the grounds of the Newport Casino, there is a building whose basic design closely matches buildings in Europe that are nearly 500 years old. This building is the court tennis facility that was designed by the architects McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1880 as part of the Newport Casino Club.

This complex of buildings was the first major commission to be done by McKim, Mead & White. At the time of the original construction, lawn tennis was a very new sport. More typical of the European sporting tradition was the sport of real tennis (called court tennis in the United States), which had a history of being played at palaces and private clubs in European cities for many hundreds of years. The court in Newport is essentially a duplicate of the one that Henry VIII built himself at Hampton Palace in 1528.

That court still stands and is where Prince Edward plays to this day.

The Newport Casino was commissioned in 1879 by James Gordon Bennett, who owned an estate across the street on the site where the Bellevue Garden complex now stands. He reportedly founded the club after being ostracized by fellow members of the Reading Room Club after he prompted his polo instructor to ride to the second floor of the complex on a bet. The Casi-

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no building is a masterpiece of the “Shingle Style” that was popular during the 1880s. It shares many stylistic details with the Isaac Bell House (also designed by the same partnership in 1882). This building is open to the public and is owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. Shared features include intricately cut cedar shingles, rounded towers, encircling covered porches, and a loose asymmetric arrangement of masses made to suit the site. In 1987, the Casino complex was designated a National Historic Landmark, which is the highest honor an individual building can receive.

The Casino was not a place of gambling (as the word has come to signify today), but rather is Italian for “little house”--a new sort of leisure facility with dining, sporting and other facilities under one roof.

The Newport Casino was an early American model for what would later become known as the “country club.” This magnificent facility is more or less intact thanks to the vision (and generosity) of summer Newporters James and Candace Van Alen, who saved the complex from becoming a shopping center in 1954 by purchasing it and inventing a new use for it – the Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame.

Fewer than a dozen court tennis courts still exist in the United States, and around the world fewer than fifty are left, surviving at palaces, private estates and exclusive clubs in England and France. This

Newport court, now called the National Tennis Club, is one of very few in the world where the general public is admitted to watch the sport. It was restored on the occasion of the building’s one hundredth birthday and has been in active use ever since. The World Championships were held in Newport in 2004, which was the first time that championship had been held in the United States in 25 years.

Each year, a tournament is played in Newport called the Schochet Cup, which attracts the top talent from around the world. Last year, the draw included the top eight professional players in the world. This year, the final challengers from the last 14 years of the World Championships are entered into the June 3-10 event. Passes for the early-round (June 3, 4, 5 & 6) matches are inexpensive and can be purchased from the pro shop (401-849-6672) for $10. This is a great chance to treat yourself to two of the great hidden gems of Newport: the Newport Casino complex and the sport of court tennis!

Ross Sinclair Cann, AIA is an historian, educator and practicing architect living and working in Newport and is the current President of the National Tennis Club.

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FROM THE GARDEN Stir-Fry Gardening: Easy-to-Grow Asian Vegetables

By Cynthia Gibson Asian vegetables have become part of our daily cuisine. Not only are they delicious and crisp, they are very healthy and great for the waistline. So, think about planting a stir-fry garden!

Pak Choi (Bok Choy) is a great small cabbage in the Chinese cabbage family. It is very tasty when steamed with Oyster Sauce. The “mini” Pak Choy is a true delicacy.

You can purchase the seeds under the names of Toy Choi and Baby Pak Choi. It only grows to five inches in height. It is well-suited to the home garden, because it does not take up much space and can be reseeded during the summer.

Toy Choi grows very quickly and is ready to harvest in a little over a month. The crisp, white, bulbous stem has distinctive dark green leaves, making the contrast of colors in this Chinese vegetable stunning on a plate. Since the miniature version of Pak Choi is so small, you can simply cut them in half or quarter them and steam them for five minutes. You want to retain the crunchiness of the crispy stem.

They are also a great addition to any stir-fry dish.

The mini’s larger cousin, fullsized Pak Choi, can be sliced and steamed in the same fashion.

Steaming Pak Choi with thin slices of peeled fresh ginger is a treat, and the addition of Chinese Oyster Sauce, readily available in supermarkets, is the icing on the Pak Choi!

The larger variety comes in different heights and colors. There is even a purple Pak Choi. These varieties are all approximately ten inches in height and take 40 to 45 days to go from seed to harvest.

Chinese Yard Long Beans are great for children to grow. They are the most unusual bean, as they mimic their name. They grow from 14” to 30” long. The long bean is a most vigorous climbing bean and needs tall stakes and a lot of twine for support. They take about two months to grow, and if planted now should be ready by August. Their pods hang in pairs and should be picked before they are fully mature. The longer the beans

stay on the plant, the tougher in texture they become. You cut them or slice them just as you would regular green beans. The novelty of their length makes them a fun vegetable in any garden. Chinese Yard Long beans can be used in any recipe calling for the everyday green bean.

Japanese cucumbers are a sight in the garden, as well. They grow to 12-18” in length and are highly productive. They are rarely more than two inches in diameter and have a very small seed cavity. The flesh is similar in taste to our supermarket green cuke, but it is a bit crisper. The Japanese make pickles out of the immature vegetables. Japanese cucumbers also make a delightful summer salad.

Thai Eggplant is another long vegetable. It is green in color, quite skinny and grows to a length of 14 inches. It is used extensively in Thai cuisine. Chinese Ma-Zu eggplant is

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Bok Choy a favorite in Taiwan. It is long and skinny, but it is purple! Most of the Asian eggplants are great in stir-fry dishes.

From India, we get the Bharat Star eggplant. This medium-sized eggplant is more round in shape than oval, with dark purple skin.

It is fast-growing and grows from seed to harvest in about two months. They are great to sauté or to stuff with a rice mixture.

What would a stir-fry be without Snow Peas? Snowbird, Oregon Sugar Pod II, and Melting Mammoth Sugar are three winners.

They only take about 48 days to mature and can be reseeded twice during our summer season. Snow Peas are a must-have for a stir-fry.

They are a great summer vegetable for snacking, to use as hors d’oeurves with a sauce, or added to a salad for extra crunch. They are best eaten right from the vine -- sweet, crisp, and delicious.

It is not too late to try at least one of these vegetables this summer season. You will be singing the praises of these Asian delicacies for the rest of the summer and will think twice about going out for Chinese take-out!

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02840 02840 Saving the Opera House

By Virginia Treherne-Thomas Richard Saul Wurman is heading to Washington this fall to receive the 2012 Lifetime Achievement award given by The Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum honoring an individual who has made a profound and long-term contribution to the contemporary practice of design.

First Lady Michelle Obama said at the 2011 ceremony. “This award is for a designer who has reached the top of his field by making life glorious for the rest of us.” Congratulations, Mr. Wurman. We are proud to have you living in Newport, and we thank you for your curious mind. It has enriched our lives.

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What a turnout at Bill and Alison Vareika’s house on Bellevue Avenue last Thursday night! Julie Toland, Diana Slocum, Dr. Holly Bannister, Carol O’Donnell, Victoria Mele, Joya Hoyt, Kim Herrlinger, Stacy Mills, Lilly and Ronny Dick, Carol Ballard. Rip Irving and many more supporters were among the guests. A performance by the Trinity Repertory Theater company rounded out the evening created by the Vareikas to benefit the Opera House Theater Newport Restoration Project. Thanks to the generous support of the Alletta Morris McBean Trust, they are on their way. The old tri-plex movie theater on Washington Square is now undergoing a face-lift, and with selective demolition the splendor of the single-stage Opera House is being revealed. There are decorative plaster ceilings and alcoves, a proscenium arch. History is being

Alison Vareika and Curt Columbus unveiled, and the findings are magnificent. It’s a true Newport gem, and Ms. Vareika is determined to bring it back to its glory. Help keep the momentum going and the bills paid. Call 401-619-4575 to get a tour of this beautiful building and to help fund the return of the Opera House as Newport’s premier performing arts center.

Would there be “Philanthropy without Women?” On Wednesday, June 6 at 41 North at 6:15 p.m., Newport’s quarterly woman’s forum will host three top professional women in philanthropy. What has changed? Who are the givers?

Who has pulled back, and how important is the cause to the giving?

Call Teddy Aspegren at 401-8490114 and be a part of this program.

Do not forget to order your tickets for the premiere of the Wes Anderson Movie “Moonrise Kingdom,” filmed here in Newport. It was an opening-night hit at the Cannes Film Festival and is having its

Rhode Island premiere at the Jane Pickens Theater on June 21st with a pre-party at 6:30 p.m.. Last week the theater hosted the cast and crew for a private screening, and James Franco was there. Read his blog to find out his thoughts about the film at www.huffingtonpost. com/james-franco/wes-andersonrises_b_1546878. It seems that it is a “visually stunning Rhode Island postcard.” This director’s movies are always quirky, fantastical, and transcend the ordinary.

An FYI for those of you who like to get fresh fish directly off the boat. Dock to Market is the name.

Go online at ross@oceanstatefresh. com on Wednesday to put your single order in for Friday, or purchase a share for pick-up every Friday through the summer. Pickup is between 4 and 6 p.m. at Pier 9 next to the Newport Shipyard.

Treat yourself to tea at Belle’s next door, and look at some fantastic boats, too.

David Thalmann and Victoria Mele (Photos by Virginia Treherne-Thomas)

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MAINSHEET ‘A Star to Steer Her By’ More than 300 supporters of Rhode Island’s Education-at-Sea Tall Ship, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, turned out for the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) organization’s fourth annual fundraiser on May 17 at Castle Hill Inn. The celebration was replete with live songs of the sea, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails at sunset, followed by a live auction and raffle to benefit the construction phases of the ship. The ship is due to be completed in the summer of 2013, when it will sail as a 196-foot (sparred length) U.S. Coast Guard approved three-masted square rigged tall ship.

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CALENDAR Thursday May 31

Enjoy Our New Dinner and Brunch Menus!

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Eight Bells Lecture-Annapolis The Eight Bells Lecture Series presents William P. Leeman, author of “The Long Road to Annapolis,” who will discuss how the country’s reluctance to establish a national naval academy gradually evolved into support for the idea. Naval War College Museum, 12 p.m., free and open to the public but advance reservations required, limited seating, 401-841-2101.

“If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Shakespeare” Informal group meets weekly to give interpretive readings of Shakespeare’s works. Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 5 p.m., $2, 401-847-0292, www.RedwoodLibrary.org.

Student Art at Marble House Art work by public school students in the History on Site program, a partnership between the Preservation Society and the Newport Public Schools Art Department, Marble House, Bellevue Ave., 5:30-7 p.m., free, www.NewportMansions.org.

BEAT THE CLOCK! Appetizers will be $4 at 4pm, $5 at 5pm, and $6 at 6pm!

MONDAY $3 Margaritas & Mojitos starting at 5pm!

TUESDAY LIVE Music by The Shades at 9:30pm every week!

WEDNESDAY Ladies Night! Veue Champagne specials!

THURSDAY Shipwrecked Thursday! Beer Bucket & Fishbowl!

FRIDAY Absolute Fridays! Relax with the Absolute girls!

SATURDAY Sambar Beach Bash! Don't forget your Hawaiian shirt!

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Backyard Rain Gardens Kate Venturini on “Backyard Rain Gardens 101,” how to site, size, design and install a backyard rain garden, Portsmouth Free Public Library, 2658 East Main Rd., 6:30 p.m., free, 401-683-9457, www.

PortsmouthLibrary.org.

Koch Collection at IYRS Rarely seen artifacts on America’s Cup history from the private collection of William I. Koch on display, runs Tue-Sat through October, 449 Thames St., 12-5 p.m., 401-848-5777.

New Murder Mystery Opens “Murder They Wrote” premieres at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 7 p.m., www.NewportArtMuseum.org.

Senior Center Garden Party Fun evening at the Edward King Senior Center, 35 King St., 5-7 p.m., $12 members, $15 for non-members, 401-846-7426.

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Theatre on the Lawn Join the Marley Bridges Theatre Company for One Act Wednesdays premiering Wednesday, June 6, on the lawn of the Newport Art Museum. Opening night features “The Importance of Being Earnest,” an abridged version of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of false identities, white lies and romance gone amok. Guests are invited to bring chairs, blankets and a picnic dinner. The show begins at 6 p.m. and tickets are available at www.NewportArtMuseum.org.

Sen. Whitehouse Community Outreach Meet with members of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s staff, MLK

Museum Reception Newport Art Museum reception honoring summer exhibitions, “From Pennsylvania to Paradise: William Trost Richards, Harrison Morris and the Art Association of Newport,” “ReCollection/ReCon-

nections II,” “Joan Backes: Home,” “Malcolm Grear: Making a Mark,” 76 Bellevue Ave., 5-7 p.m., www.

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Screening at Sachuest View the Planet Earth series’ “Ice Worlds,” Sachuest Point Visitors Center, Middletown. 6 p.m., free.

Belcourt Castle Ghost Tour Owner Harle Tinney shares her experiences with ghosts at Belcourt, 657 Bellevue Ave., 6 p.m., 401-8460669.

Improv Comedy Join the Bit Players for lightningfast interactive comedy, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 8 p.m., 401-849-3473, www.FirehouseTheater.org.

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Summer Festivities at the Vanderbilt Grace Sunday Pasta & Pizza Extravaganza Visit the Conservatory and sample the freshest anti-pasta, homemade mini pizzas and pasta with sauce from the finest local ingredients accompanied by the crispest salads before finishing off with traditional gelato or Tiramisu. From 6.30pm, $30 per person Monday Wine and Cheese Tasting Come and join us in the relaxed atmosphere of the bar and sample a selection of local cheeses and wine from the vineyards of New England to complement their delicious flavours. From 6pm, $35 per person Tuesday Cigar Night Join us at the Rooftop Lounge and choose your favourite cigar and enjoy with a glass of cognac or for the ladies a chilled glass of Pink champagne.

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Wednesday Movie Night on the Roofdeck At the Rooftop Lounge. Invoke memories of cinemas heyday with our Movie Night and lose yourself in the Golden Age of films. Enjoy the movie with our extra special homemade truffle popcorn $15 per person plus food and cocktails available for purchase.

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Newport Tokyo House, 6 Equality Park, Newport Ben’s Chili Dogs, 158 Broadway, Newport Norey’s, 156 Broadway, Newport Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport The Deli, 66 Broadway, Newport Pour Judgement, 32 Broadway, Newport Mudville Pub, 8 West Marlborough Street, Newport Newport Dinner Train, Depot, 19 America’s Cup Ave. Rhumbline, 62 Bridge Street, Newport Brick Alley Pub, 140 Thames Street, Newport Busker’s Irish Pub, 178 Thames Street, Newport Pier 49, 49 America’s Cup Ave., Newport Midtown Oyster Bar, 345 Thames Street, Newport The Port Grille & Raw Bar, 359 Thames Street, Newport O’Brien’s Pub, 501 Thames Street., Newport @ The Deck, 1 Waites Wharf, Newport Sambar, 515 Thames Street., Newport Thai Cuisine, 517 Thames Street., Newport One Bellevue, Hotel Viking, Newport La Forge Casino Restaurant, 186 Bellevue Ave., Npt. Canfield House, 5 Memorial Blvd., Newport Flo’s Clam Shack, 44 Wave Ave., Middletown Atlantic Grille, 91 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown

Other Area Restaurants & Dining Options Not Within Map Area Safari Room - OceanCliff Hotel 65 Ridge Road, Newport Newport Grand 150 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport

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Christie’s – DJ & Dancing with DJ Henney, 10 p.m.

Gas Lamp Grille–Video DJ Mike DMulti-floor dance party.

Narragansett Cafe Jamestown– Ubiquitones, 9:30 p.m.

St Columba’s Garden Party The 21st Annual English Garden Party will be held Saturday, June 2 at St. Columba’s Chapel. This fun-filled afternoon for Anglophiles and others features a Devonshire Cream Tea, “Royal Wedding” themed hat contest and the Ladies of the Rolling Pin. You might feel like you have journeyed “across the pond” for the day, but you’ll just be tucked away at 55 Vaucluse Ave, Middletown. Children will enjoy their own tea, as well as games, pony rides, and a petting zoo. The fundraising event will include flowers, plants and tempting treats, as well as a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit St. Columba’s charities. Rain or shine, 401-847-5571, www.StColumbasChapel.org.

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Thurs: All-U-Can-Do Crab Fri: Thick-Cut Prime Rib

from 5 ’til 8 .......... ’til it’s gone .........

the trails, learn about agriculture, 455 North Rd., Jamestown, 1-5 p.m., free, 401-423-0005, www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

June 2

SVF Visitors Day Get a once-a-year peek into the inner workings of the Swiss Village Farm, free trolley service from Fort Adams, Fort Adams Dr., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free, 401-848-7229, www.

SVFFoundation.org.

Growers’ Market Opens Aquidneck Growers’ Market, local produce and products, 909 East Main Rd. (Newport Vineyards), Middletown, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., www.

AquidneckGrowersMarket.org.

Annual Garden Party St. Columba’s 21st Annual English Garden Party, 55 Vaucluse Ave., Middletown, 1-5 p.m., (rain or shine), Devonshire cream tea, barbershop quartet, flowers, plants, baked goods, silent auction to benefit local charities, children’s tea event, advance tea tickets at church office, Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., www.StColumbasChapel.org.

Israel Presentation Michael S. Mendell presents “Israel: Through the Eyes of Three Generations,” Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 2 p.m.

OCEAN STATE FOLLIES

IYRS Graduation and Launch Day International Yacht Restoration A musical, satirical look at RI School students launch and showPolo Season Begins case their restored boats, public Team USA takes on Ghana, Glen welcome, 449 Thames St., 10 a.m., STILL AVAILABLE FOR FUNDRAISERS Farm, East Main Rd., Portsmouth, 5 www.iyrs.org. p.m., www.GlenFarm.com.

AND PRIVATE FUNCTIONS Summer Concert Series Friends of Ballard Park Annual Shops at Long Wharf Mall Summer See oceanstatefollies.com Fundraiser Concert Series presents D’Rafael, Join Carol & Les Ballard at Holly 1-5 p.m. or call 401.353.3330 House for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music, 11 Berkeley Ave., 6-8 p.m., 18th Annual Leukemia www.BallardPark.org.

Cup Regatta Sail for a Cure Race at 12 p.m., Belcourt Castle Ghost Tour awards BBQ at 6 p.m., public inOwner Harle Tinney shares her exvited. For boat registration or periences with ghosts at Belcourt, BBQ tickets (advance purchase 657 Bellevue Ave., 6 p.m., 401-846required), visit www.leukemiacup.

0669. org/ri or call 401-943-8888.

Great Chowder Cook-Off Enjoy all-you-can-eat samples of various traditional and exotic chowders from across the country at this annual rite of spring, Newport Yachting Center, 12-6 p.m., www.NewportWaterfrontEvents. com.

Improv Comedy 8 p.m. See June 1.

Comedy Headliners Join funny guys Nick Griffin and Tony Deyo at Newport Grand, 150 Adm. Kalbfus Rd., 9 p.m., $15, www.NewportGrand.com.

Flo’s Clam Shack “famous for clams since 1936”

The Clam Shack

Open: Thurs-Sun 11am ‘til 9pm

Topside Raw Bar

Open: Thurs & Fri 4pm ‘til Whenever!

Sat & Sun 11am ‘til Whenever!

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Rhino Bar–Reggae Night

Friday, June 1 Billy Goodes–Live music Canfield House–Betsy Listenfelt, 7:30 p.m.

Christie’s – DJ & Dancing, 10 p.m.

Middletown VFW–Karaoke, DJ Papa John, 8:30 p.m.

See CALENDAR next page

Fresh Sliced Deli & Salad Sandwiches $5.99 Featuring fine deli meats and cheeses from the Deli’s kitchen Boars Head, Dietz & Watson and imported Meats

Featured Sandwiches The Weck

1/2 lb piled-high roast beef on a fresh-baked kimmelweck roll with horseradish au jus $6.99

The Gorilla Grinder

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O’Brien’s Pub­–John Erikson, late afternoon; O’Doyle Rules, 10 p.m.

Rhino Bar– The Face Show Rhumbline–Lois Vaughan, 6:3010 p.m.

The Chanler–Dick Lupino, Dennis Cook, Yvonne Monnett, 6-10 p.m.

The Fifth Element–DJ Maddog, top 40 and dance.

Saturday, June 2 Canfield House–ZanRicky, 7:30 p.m.

Clarke Cooke House–Foreverly Brothers, 9:30 p.m.

Fifth Element–Ubiquitones, 10 p.m.

Greenvale Vineyard–Dick Lupino, Marcelle Gauvin, Kent Hewitt, 1-4 p.m.

Hyatt Five33–Dave Manuel, 4:40- 6:30 p.m.

Middletown VFW–Karaoke, DJ Papa John, 8:30 p.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge– Russ Peterson, 9 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub­–DJ Curfew, 10 p.m.-12:45 a.m.

One Pelham East–Take 3 Rhumbline–Lois Vaughan, 6:30 p.m.

Rhino Bar -Zoom

Sunday, June 3 Clarke Cooke House–Bobby Ferriera on piano, 11:30 a.m.

Fastnet Pub–Traditional Irish Music, 6-10 p.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge– Island Storm Band, 9 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub­–Steel Drum Session, 3-6 p.m.; Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

One Pelham East–Keith Manville, 6-9 p.m.

The Fifth Element–Sunday Brunch with Toni Lynn Washington, 12-3:30 p.m.

Monday, June 4 Fastnet–”Blue Monday”, Dogie & the Cowpie Poachers One Pelham East–Bruce Jacques

Tuesday, June 5

THE DELI $17.95 $ 9.95

One Pelham East–Keith Manville

One Pelham East–Brick Park

Saturday

Fly a Kite at Watson Farm Historic Watson Farm’s free family day, fly kites, bring a picnic, hike

Weekday Specials

O’Brien’s Pub–DJ Curfew, 10 p.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge– Outta the Blue, 9 p.m.

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Marriot–Paul Del Nero, Jazz, 7 p.m.

Caprese Prosciutto

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The Meatball Sub

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Billy Goodes–Songwriters Showcase with Bill Lewis, 9:30-12:30 p.m.

One Pelham East–Stu from Never In Vegas

Wednesday, June 6 Newport Grand Event Center– Grand Karaoke, 8 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub– Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

One Pelham East – Chris Gauthier Sardella’s–Dick Lupino, Daryl Sherman, Yvonne Monnett, 7:3010 p.m.

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Sunday

materials. All levels and ages welcome. Sachuest Point Visitors Center, Middletown. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Heart & Sole Walk Walk Glen Park with your pet to benefit the Potter League. Glen Park, East Main Rd., Portsmouth, check-in 10 a.m., walk at noon, lunch, children’s activities, dog agility events, register online www.

PotterLeague.org, 401-846-0592.

Big Read Walking Tour Exploring Our Town’s Irish Legacy – Newport’s Fifth Ward, meet at Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 10 a.m., free but advance registration required, 401- 847-1000 ext. 154.

June 3

Square Dancing Introduction to modern square dancing, Portsmouth Multi Purpose Senior Center, Bristol Ferry Rd., 6 p.m. free.

Monday June 4

Bilingual Storytime Children ages 4 and up are invited to attend bilingual storytime. Stories will be presented in Spanish and English with related activities.

This storytime is excellent for families who speak Spanish as their first language as well as for children who are learning Spanish as a second language. No registration is required for this free program.

Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 3:30 p.m.

Full Moon Ghost Tour Owner Harle Tinney shares her experiences with ghosts at Belcourt, 657 Bellevue Ave., 8 p.m., 401-8460669.

Tuesday June 5

Growers’ Market Opens in Newport Aquidneck Growers’ Market, local produce and products, Memorial Blvd. from Bellevue Ave. to Chapel St., 2-6 p.m., www.AquidneckGrowersMarket.org.

Stories and Crafts Story and craft time for K-Grade 4 at the Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 3:30 p.m., public welcome, free, drop in.

One Act Wednesdays Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy live theatre on the lawn, “The Importance of Being Earnest” (abridged) with the Marley Bridges Theatre Company, Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 6 p.m., $5 members, $10 non-members, 401-8488200.

Chamber - Networking with Comedy Newport County Young Professionals improv comedy and networking event, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 6-8 p.m., $10 members, $15 non-members, call 401-847-1608 to register, www.

NewportChamber.com.

Pre-K Storytime Storytime for preschoolers at the Redwood, 50 Bellevue Ave., 10:30 a.m., public welcome, free, drop in.

Philanthropy without Women?

Forum to discuss changing strategies in philosophic endeavors, 41° North, 351 Thames St., 6:15-7:30 p.m. To register, email teddybre@ cox.net.

Geezers at Empire Join acoustic folk musicians at Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, 7:30 p.m., 401-619-1388.

Chess Group Weekly gathering for chess players, Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, 7:30 p.m., 401-619-1388.

Wednesday June 6

Still Life at Sachuest Explore the wildlife refuge and your inner artist. This program is self-led and no instruction is provided. Bring bag lunch and art

Thursday June 7

Eight Bells Lecture– “The Kissing Sailor” The Eight Bells Lecture Series presents Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi, authors of “The Kissing

Sailor,” on their quest to identify the subjects in the famous Alfred Eisenstaedt image. Naval War College Museum, 12 p.m., free and open to the public but advance reservations required, limited seating, 401-841-2101.

“If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Shakespeare” 5 p.m. See May 31 for details.

Life of the Mind Series Architectural historians Laurie Ossman and Heather Ewing discuss their new book, “Carrere & Hastings: The Masterworks,” detailing the designers of Vernon Court and the Gilded Age, Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., reception 5:30 p.m., lecture 6 p.m., members free, non-members $5, 401-847-0292, www.RedwoodLibrary.org.

An Evening for Education A festive evening to benefit the Newport Public Education Foundation, Ochre Court, 100 Ochre Court Ave., 7-9 p.m., $40, for tickets call 401-324-9538, www.npef-ri.org.

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Firefly Fun Norman Bird Sanctuary hosts special nighttime presentation and hike to explore the secret world of fireflies, 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown, 7:30-8:30 p.m., $5 members, $7 non-members, www.

NormanBirdSanctuary.org.

Friday June 8

“Easy-Peasy” Storytime “Greenie Gardeners” gather for s torytime and to plant pea pods, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 11 a.m., 401-846-1573.

Meet the Author Katherine Gustafson author of “Change Comes to Dinner,” will discuss her book - a look into America’s food revolution and alternatives to our current food systems, Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 2 p.m., 401-847-8720.

America’s Cup Cocktail Party Celebrate the America’s Cup World Series, proceeds to benefit SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, Fort Adams, 6 p.m., $125, 401-278-9112.

See CALENDAR on page 18

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Late Afternoon Acoustic Set

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Newport Gulls Season Opener The boys of summer are at it again!

Newport’s own collegiate league team plays the Wareham Gatemen, Cardine’s Field, 20 America’s Cup Ave., 6:35 p.m., www.NewportGulls.com.

Improv Comedy 8 p.m. See June 1.

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June 9

Growers’ Market Aquidneck Growers’ Market, local produce and products, 909 East Main Rd. (Newport Vineyards), Middletown, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., www.AquidneckGrowersMarket. org.

“Going Buggy” Storytime “Greenie Gardeners” learn about bugs, hear stories, make crafts, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 11 a.m., 401-8461573.

War College student Lt. Col. Nathan Maher USMC with wife Jean and children Nathan and Kate. Maher just finished a year in the area. (Photos by Jack Kelly)

Polo Team USA competes for the Newport Cup, Glen Farm, East Main Rd., Portsmouth, 5 p.m., www.GlenFarm.com.

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Healing Co-op Concert A night with Canadian singer/ songwriter, Jon Brooks to benefit the Healing Co-op, 272 Mitchell’s Ln., Middletown, 7:30 p.m. silent auction, 8 p.m. music, $20 advance, $25 at door, 401-845-6777, www.TheHealingCoop.org.

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Rachel Chadwick and Andrea Owen attending a low-key bachelorette party at the polo match.

Improv Comedy 8 p.m. See June 1.

Sunday June 10

Bird Walk Jay Manning leads free guided bird walks at the Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Road, Middletown, 8 a.m., no registration necessary, bring binoculars, 401846-2577, www.NormanBirdSanctuary.org.

Soil Testing Bring a soil sample from your garden to receive a basic analysis by URI Master Gardeners. Gardeners are also available to answer your gardening questions. Paradise Park, Middletown (Prospect and Paradise Ave.) 12-2 p.m., free.

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A LOOK AHEAD June 22-24 Newport Flower Show, www.newportmansions.org June 23 – July 1 America’s Cup World Series, www.americascup.com July 6-9 Tall Ships Challenge, www.oceanstatetallship.com

Prime Rib Dinners Friday & Saturday Nights

The 21st season of the International Newport Polo Series brings weekly matches to the green lawns of Glen Farm in Portsmouth.

Visitors can view all the action on Saturday afternoons through the summer to watch as an array of international teams play Team USA. For details, check the Calendar pages of this issue of Newport This Week, or visit the Website, nptpolo.com.

Gala Fundraisers At East Bay Community Action Program’s “We’re Rolling Out the Red (White and Blue) Carpet” on June 14 at Castle Hill Inn, their annual awards will be presented. For more information, contact Maggie Laurianno, at 847-7821 x 339.

On the evening of July 7, the waterfront campus of IYRS will be transformed for a landmark celebration, “Mastering the Craft: 15 Years of Excellence.” The gala crowns an entire weekend of festivity centered around IYRS. For more information, visit www.iyrs. org.

July 7 Newport Art Museum’s Centennial Gala, 848-8200

July 12 Newport Hospital’s “Under the Tuscan Sky,” 845-1619 July 13 Island Moving Co.’s 30th Anniversary Gala, 847-4470 July 14 Redwood Library & Athenaeum’s “A Revolutionary Soiree,” 847-0295, x 101 July 20 Black Ships Festival Gala, 847-7666 July 26 Newport Historical Society’s Newport Antiques Show, 8462669 July 28 Newport Music Festival’s “Debussy Summer,” 846-1133 July 28 Aquidneck Land Trust’s “Fiesta Verde,” 849-2799

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NATURE Flycatchers Nesting at Morton Park

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By Jack Kelly Taking a walk in the natural world around us is one of life’s simple joys. Our scenic island offers myriad destinations that will satisfy any nature enthusiast. A vast number of wildlife and insect species are there to be observed, photographed or simply enjoyed in their natural habitat. The spring migration cycle through our region has passed its peak, and with the exception of some stragglers, most migratory avian species have reached their mating and breeding grounds locally or farther to the north and west of our state.

A recent walk through Morton Park in Newport revealed two pairs of Great Crested Flycatchers constructing nests in the wooded, hilly section of this city park. This species nests in tree cavities, and it especially utilizes old woodpecker holes. In other areas of Rhode Island, some Flycatchers have accepted nesting boxes that have been set up in woodlands.

The Great Crested Flycatcher preys on large insects, which it hunts from perches in treetops. It will also eat berries. The average length of this species is 8.75 inches, and it has a wingspan of about 13 inches. The bird has a bushy, brown crest that it raises when it is alerted. Its bright yellow belly is in sharp contrast to the brown head, throat and back plumage.

The Great Crested Flycatcher has a startling call that can be heard above almost all other birds during the dawn chorus that ema-

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A male Snowy Egret attempts to entice a mate at the King Park Beach. (Photos by Jack Kelly) nates from Morton Park. The call is a quick “reep REEP rip rip!” and its song is a series of rising and falling phrases: “queeleep! queelur, queeleep!” This species nests and breeds across eastern and midwestern North America and winters in Central America and South America. This is just one example of the amazing and colorful birds that can be found in almost every part of our area.

The Gooseneck Cove salt marshes, located along Newport’s Hazard Road, are alive with many varied species, including Marsh Wrens, Green Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Glossy Ibises. Rubythroated Hummingbirds have been observed in the area. This species is known to nest in Ballard Park and other regions close to the Gooseneck Cove wetlands. With a body length of only about 3.75 inches and a wingspan of about 4.5 inches, this bird is often mistaken for a large insect.

Recently, early evening has seen the arrival of scores of Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows that feed on mosquitoes and other insects near or over the marsh. These incredibly agile aerial hunters put on a high-speed and energetic show.

These small birds climb, dive and turn at seemingly breakneck speed as they pursue their quarry, utilizing every aerodynamic advantage given to them by nature.

An evening walk through one of the island’s wetland areas is a treat to the senses. The chance to observe wildlife behaviors at sunset, as lengthening shadows creep through the marsh, is one of life’s special pleasures. And all you have to do is show up and watch.

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Recent Songbird Sightings at Miantonomi Park Orchard Oriole White-crowned Sparrows Wilson Warbler Magnolia Warbler Nashville Warbler Kentucky Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Scarlet Tanager Blue-headed Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Tennesee Warbler

A Great Crested Flycatcher with nesting material in its bill at Morton Park last spring.

Ovenbird Red-eyed Vireo Summer Tanager Eastern Towhee Eastern Kingbird Ruby-crowned Kingbird New Sightings in our area: Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart White-crowned Sparrows Green Heron Ruby-throated Hummingbird Common Terns Birds seen at Sachuest Least Sandpipers Caspian Tern Glossy Ibis Brown Thrasher

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For More Information

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A Barn Swallow rests atop a Phragmite plant at Gooseneck Cove salt marsh.

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CHURCH NOTES

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Channing Church will host an informational meeting about Unitarian Universalism on Sunday, June 3 at 11:15 a.m. This is an informal chance to address those questions you have always wondered about: How do you join the congregation?

What is Channing’s connection to our church? Do UUs believe in an afterlife? Meet in the ladies’ parlor in the Parish Hall for coffee and conversation.

Fighting Hunger in Newport Over 100 people turned out for the Salvation Army’s first Fighting Hunger dinner held recently at the group’s Memorial Blvd. headquarters. The fundraising event was a follow-up to the Fill the Plate art show on display at the Newport Public Library. Both events aimed to promote hunger awareness in our area. The Salvation Army honored two former majors of Newport, Paul L. Gaines and Richard Sardella, recognizing their ongoing efforts to fight hunger in the community. To drive home the hard choices people in need must make, basic supplies were auctioned off to show that struggling families often have to decide whether to buy household staples, medicine or food for their families.

One in six children in Newport goes to bed hungry each night. To support the Salvation Army’s efforts, contact 401-846-3234.

McKinney Shelter- Area churches have been notified of an urgent need for towels, twin sheets and blankets at the McKinney Shelter.

If you would like to donate, contact Ken Robinson, McKinney Program Director at 401-846-6385.

Joining together to combat hunger in our community are Paul Gaines, Ruth Thumbtzen, Richard Sardella and Lt. Helen Johnson at the Salvation Army’s Fight Hunger dinner. Lt. Johnson said they hope to make the fundraiser an annual event.

Trinity Open for Tours Historic Trinity Church is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon for guided tours. The church, built in 1726, is the oldest Episcopal parish in the state and has welcomed presidents, royalty and guests from all around the world. They would like to welcome you.

Channing Church Tours Channing Memorial Church offers public guided tours on Sundays 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. through Nov. 18. The guided tours highlight the history and architectural features of the church, and the importance of William Ellery Channing in our nation’s social history.

Zen Meditation Channing Church offers Zen meditation every Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

The practice teaches clarity, un-

Community Meals and Fellowship Area churches and organizations work together to provide nutritious meals in a caring environment for members of our community. Upcoming meals include:

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center 5 p.m. –Emmanuel Church 30 Spring St.

Wednesday, June 6

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center 5 p.m –First Presbyterian Church 4 Everett St.

Thursday, May 31

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center

Friday, June 1

Thursday, June 7

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center

Saturday, June 2

8:30 a.m. –Emmanuel Church Dearborn and Spring St. 4:30 p.m.– Community Baptist Church 50 Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd.

Sunday, June 3

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center 5 p.m. –United Baptist Church 12 30 Spring St.

Friday, June 8

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center 5 p.m. -Salvation Army 51 Memorial Blvd.

Saturday, June 9

4 p.m. –Salvation Army 51 Memorial Blvd.

Monday, June 4

Tuesday, June 5

7:30 a.m. –MLK Center 11:30 a.m. –St. Joseph’s R.C. Church, Broadway & Mann St.

8:30 a.m. –Emmanuel Church, Dearborn & Spring St..

4:30 p.m.–Community Baptist Church, 50 Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd.

derstanding and compassion. No experience necessary and all are welcome. Bring cushions and/or a blanket. For more information, call 401- 619-0791.

Founder’s Day Emmanuel Church will celebrate Founder’s Day on Sunday, June 10 during and after the 10 a.m. service. The choirs will be recognized, as will the Sunday school teachers, for their dedication. This will be the last day of Sunday School and Children’s Chapel for the summer season. A festive coffee hour and an Ice Cream Social will follow the service.

Warm Up Wednesdays All are welcome at Warm Up Wednesdays each week at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 12 Marlborough St. from 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by for friendship, games, reading and refreshments.

Roadway Name Receives Green Light The Rhode Island House passed legislation, sponsored by President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva Weed, to rename a portion of Fort Adams Drive in Newport after Newport Mayor Robert J. McKenna, who passed away on Jan. 15.

The Senate bill will now be sent to the governor. It renames the portion of Fort Adams Dr. that runs from the Fort Adams Visitor’s Center along the north perimeter to the West Gate as “Robert J. McKenna Boulevard.”

A member of the Fort Adams Trust, McKenna was deeply involved in his hometown community of Newport. He served as the city’s mayor from 1988 to 1994.

He was a state representative from 1969 to 1973 and a state senator from 1974 to 1985.

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Dunkin Donuts 1550 West Main Rd.

June 3, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Community Church Hall 1697 East Main Rd.

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Marion (Rose) Baptista, 91, formerly of Newport, passed away May 24, 2012 at the John Clarke Retirement Center on Valley Road in Middletown. She was the wife of Manuel J. Baptista.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties, Hospice Program, P.O. Box 690, Portsmouth, RI 02871.

Amelia Catherine EdwardCorbett, 30, of Middletown, passed away May 24, 2012 at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

She was the daughter of John W. Corbett and Susan Edward. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202.

Robert J. Ferris, 79, of Middletown passed away May 26, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport.

He was the husband of Emily Alice (Andrade) Ferris. His funeral will be held on Friday, June 1, at 9 a.m. from the Memorial Funeral Home, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Jesus Savior Church, 1 Vernon Avenue, Newport. Burial will follow in Middletown Cemetery, Wyatt and Turner Road, Middletown. Donations in his memory may be made to Seven Castles Scholarship Fund, C/O Mario Ferreira, 18 Fowler Avenue, Newport, RI 02840 or the Vasco da Gama Society, 15 Fenner Avenue, Newport, RI 02840.

Dorothy “Bernice” (Smith) Gage, 91, passed away May 24, 2012 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late John Gage. Donations in her memory may be made to the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Activities Fund, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842.

Kathleen Gallagher Beck, 58, formerly of Tiverton, passed away May 25, 2012. She was the wife of Donald Beck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on May 31, 2012 at 10 a.m. in St. Augustin Church, Carroll Avenue in Newport. Burial will follow at St. Columba Cemetery in Middletown.

William A. Quigley, 91, of Newport, passed away May 22, 2012 at The Village House, Newport.

He was the husband of Helen (Lord) Quigley for over 67 years.

Donations in his memory may be made to The Village House Activities Fund. 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport RI. Robert Cornelius Sullivan, 94, of Portsmouth, passed away at home May 21, 2012. He was the husband of Winifred T. (Smith) Sullivan. Donations in his memory may be made to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115.

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