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New Year, New School Setting up her new classroom at the Sullivan Elementary School’s new location, first grade teacher Amanda Poloian spent a day putting her new classroom in order. With the transfer of Sullivan School students to the Triplett School site as construction of the new Claiborne d. Pell Elementary School begins, Sullivan teachers have been painting cubbies, arranging desks, and organizing books for the past several weeks. Their goal is to create a comforting atmosphere in hopes of making their students feel at home after transferring to the unfamiliar building on the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (Photo by Meg O’Neil)

Roundabouts Workshop Brings Out Pros and Cons

By Jill Connors During a public workshop hosted by Middletown Town Council and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) last week, more than 100 local residents heard expert advice and individual opinions about the two options for reconstructing two major intersections on West Main Road—roundabouts vs enhanced signals—and left the meeting with more information but no clear consensus.

The two intersections that will be rebuilt are located within 600 feet of each other, one at the corner of West Main and East Main Roads, the other at the corner of West Main Road and Coddington Highway. Traffic volume and patterns on this stretch of road, which have been studied in the Aquidneck Island Transportation Study, have prompted RIDOT’s decision to rebuild the two intersections, and the agency has asked the town to choose an option.

Many residents voiced concerns about whether local drivers would adapt well to driving in a roundabout. “I think roundabouts are good for moving traffic through, but I don’t know if they will turn Rhode Island drivers into better drivers,” said Bob Mello, who identified himself as someone who used Two-Mile Corner daily.

A presentation by RIDOT’s experts explained that a modern

The 2011-2012 school year for students attending Newport Public Schools will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Start time depends on your students age group.

For those with students in the city’s four elementary schools (Underwood, Cranston-Calvert, Coggeshall, and the Sullivan School at the Triplett Site), the school day is from 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

At Thompson Middle School on Broadway, school hours are from 8 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Students at Rogers and the Newport Area Career & Technical Center start at 7:30 a.m. and dismiss at 1:45 p.m.

Those in the Alternative Learning Program will have class from 2 – 6 p.m.

As of June, the total enrollment of all students in the Newport Public School system was 2,119, with 833 students in elementary school, 572 at TMS, 604 at Rogers, 66 students receiving private services and 44 students from outside of the district.

Council Approves St. Clare Amendment

By Tom Shevlin

drivers when traveling from Newport to Middletown, I believe having a stop light is much better.”

Local residents with more familiarity with rotaries—either from living abroad or living in large cities—expressed their support of the roundabouts option. “I grew

NEWPORT — City Council members on Wednesday, Aug. 24 voted 6-1 to approve an amendment to the city’s zoning ordinance that would allow the St. Clare Home to embark on what proponents say is a much needed, and long overdue expansion and improvement project.

The vote brings to a close a more than two-year long process for the St. Clare community, and effectively renders moot a January decision by the city’s Zoning Board of Review against the project. For many on the council, it was a defining moment.

Indeed, the sentiment in the room was clearly in St. Clare’s favor, as the council chamber was packed with supporters who turned out in force wearing stickers in a show of solidarity for the proposal.

For the last 18 months, St. Clare Home has been at a crossroads.

With an aging facility and not enough beds to be self-sustainable, the Spring Street nursing home had been faced with two options: expand and update, or close.

See ROUNDABOUTS on page 7

See ST. CLARE on page 9

The roundabouts option for rebuilding two Middletown intersections is shown here, with a two-lane roundabout at West Main and East Main Roads (left), and another roundabout at the intersection of West Main and Coddington Highway. Another option is enhanced signals (not shown), which would add dedicated left-hand turn lanes at these busy intersections. RIDOT will be rebuilding the intersections in the next two years. roundabout is designed with a 150- to 230-foot radius and with curves that require drivers to slow down to 15-25 mph. A modern roundabout differs from older rotaries, like the one located at Newport’s Connell Highway, in its smaller size and slower speeds.

Still, residents were concerned that two roundabouts so close

together would be difficult to navigate for local drivers as well as tourists. “To have two roundabouts within 600 feet would be chaos,” said Middletown resident Manny Mello.

Newport resident Jeremy Fogarty, a bicyclist, voiced another concern about roundabouts: “As a bicyclist who shares the road with

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AROUND TOWN I Came, I Saw, Irene!

Storm photos from NTW readers and staff

Irene’s Sunday morning storm surge breached the harbor’s seawall at King Park.

(Photo by Frank Gaj)

The waves were still big after the storm passed and surfers took advantage of them at the end of Ruggles Avenue on the sunny Monday-after.

(Photo by NTW’s Rob Thorn)

The light pollution-free night sky, during Sunday’s power outage allowed for outstanding star-gazing after Hurricane Irene headed for parts north. (Photo by NTW’s Rob Thorn)

A flooded parking lot at Gooseberry Beach and a tilted power line on Ocean Drive evidenced Irene’s passage on Monday morning.

(Photo by NTW’s Tom Shevlin) A jacket billows with Irene’s wind for this early in the storm photo op along Cliff Walk. (Photo by NTW’s Tom Shevlin)

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Island Weathers Tropical Storm Irene

By Tom Shevlin NEWPORT – A rapidly deteriorating Hurricane Irene provided a glancing blow to Aquidneck Island on Sunday, delivering gusty winds, bands of heavy rain, and a storm surge that overtopped seawalls but caused little damage to homes or businesses in Newport.

Emergency personnel reported no injuries and only minor damage from the storm, whose rains tapered off quickly Sunday morning.

By noon, weather watchers lined seawalls from Ocean Drive to Easton’s Beach, where 10-foot waves, driven by a south-southeasterly wind, pounded the coast.

For some seasoned Newporters, the storm just didn’t live up to expectations.

“We’ve seen better blows from some Nor’easters,” said one island resident, who was taking in the view from Forty Steps. “I don’t see what all the hype was about.”

In Newport Harbor, boats left on their moorings were rocked by heavy seas, but only few problems were reported, including some damage to a floating dock system on Goat Island. Meanwhile, in Jamestown, several boats were pushed onshore near East Ferry and the Conanicut Yacht Club, while another was reported grounded on the rocks off Rose Island.

At one time threatening to deal a devastating blow to the entire eastern seaboard, Hurricane Irene never fully recovered after losing some of its strength while passing over the Bahamas. After stalling briefly over North Carolina, the storm was a weakening Category 1 threat as it approached the MidAtlantic, and a tropical storm by the

time it reached our coast. Newport was spared the worst as the storm made landfall over New York City and headed north. That track put the most damaging conditions further to the west than initially forecast.

Still, coastal and low-lying roads such as Ocean Drive and Hazard Road in Newport were closed due to the storm and several dozen residents heeded an evacuation order issued for low-lying sections of the city, taking refuge at Red Cross shelters set up at Gaudet Middle School and Portsmouth High School.

However, with flooding much less than initially feared, little damage was reported.

By far, Irene’s greatest mark was widespread power outages that left residents unplugged – some for more than 30 hours – while utility crews worked to repair a main power line that connects Aquidneck Island to the mainland.

Downed tree limbs were the cause for most of the outages, which darkened the entire island.

Businesses, too, were idled by the storm, as tourists canceled their hotel reservations and retailers boarded up in anticipation of the worst.

According to one hotelier, he saw bookings drop 50 percent as tourists backed out of their weekend plans because of the dire predictions by weather forecasters.

Some downtown watering holes, however, took advantage of the storm. The Brick Alley Pub was serving up its own brew of hurricane specials to a steady crowd during the height of the morning storm, while others such as O’Brien’s, Zelda’s and SpeakEasy were packed by Sunday afternoon.

Lack of power also didn’t deter

the Sunday morning ritual for dozens of patrons who crowded into Gary’s Handy Lunch. And at the Newport Storm brewery, tours and tastings went on without interruption. “We don’t have power, but we have lots of beer and rum,” brewery workers Tweeted.

No storm-related injuries were reported by the Newport Emergency Team, which was activated Saturday at noon.

The team, which consists of representatives from all city departments, were in constant communication throughout the storm.

Power was slowly restored to Newport and Middletown by midday Monday. Shortly before 11:45 a.m., business owners and residents took to Facebook and Twitter to report that electricity was once again flowing to areas of The Point as well as the downtown waterfront district. By the end of the day, National Grid reported that in all but a few cases, service had been restored on Aquidneck Island.

After Irene: The Clean Up

While Irene may be history, the city is continuing its cleanup effort this week. Residents who wish to dispose of yard waste (debris) from the storm can do so this week.

Residents may dispose of branches up to three-inches in diameter and three-feet long. Branches must be bundled and tied or placed in paper yard waste bags. Any large vegetation must be disposed of by private vendor contractors. The city is also requesting assistance of residents in clearing debris from any catch basin near their residences.

If you see a storm drain covered in debris, sweep it to the side to minimize its collection in the stormwater system.

ny before the council, “You might say that this is the St. Clare Home ordinance.”

After listening to more than an hour of impassioned testimony from residents on both sides of the issue, council members passed the amendment on first reading.

Mayor Stephen C. Waluk was the first to voice his support for the plan.

First Ward Councilor Charles Y. Duncan cast the lone dissenting vote. While he offered his support for the expansion project in the whole, he cited concern over the process and perceived usurpation of the Zoning Board’s quasi-judicial powers as reason for his vote.

“This country is a country of laws,” Duncan said, adding that to effectively upend an established zoning process “based on public pressure” would be a breach of his oath of office and set a dangerous precedent.

But others on the council disagreed. “It is our responsibility to create a precedent,” said Councilor Justin S. McLaughlin, in supporting the measure.

Councilor Jeanne-Marie Napolitano said that she was supporting

the amendment because of the city’s dearth of assisted living facilities. Councilwoman Naomi Neville, who served as chair of the Planning Board when the proposal was first introduced, said that she has always supported the project. And while she said that she understood Duncan’s misgivings over the amendment, she believed that ultimately allowing the expansion would be a good thing for the city.

So too did Councilor Henry F. Winthrop. “As we go forward, I see us having a requirement for more assisted living facilities, not less,” he said, adding that the vast majority of individual votes cast during the planning and zoning process were in favor of the project. (The Planning Board voted unanimously on two occasions to support the plan, while the Zoning Board of Review voted on the issue once, in a split 3-2 decision).

For Waluk, the evening was one to remember. “It’s nights like tonight that make me excited to serve; because I know I can make a difference,” he said.

And when the council’s vote was recorded, the audience reacted with cheers and applause.

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ST. CLARE CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 In order to save the facility, administrators came up with a plan to expand from a 47-bed nursing home to a state-of-the-art elderly community with 60 beds of nursing care and 40 beds of assisted living.

But in order to achieve that end, they would have to significantly increase the size of their building.

The Planning Board offered support for the plan, finding it within the bounds of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. But Zoning Board members were concerned with the massing of the proposed building, and ultimately denied the project after what was a months-long hearing process. St. Clare had appealed the decision to Superior Court, but soon after, decided to take another road; seeking an ordinance amendment before the City Council – something that is allowed under the City Charter.

The amendment was specifically tailored to the St. Clare Home, allowing by right the home to expand within the confines of the properties currently owned by the non-profit entity between Brewer and Dennison Streets.

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Informational Session for Homebuyers

New Series at MLK Center

On Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Newport Public Library, Brigid Ryan and Linda Ramey from Church Community Housing will provide information about their upcoming training program for first-time homebuyers. Church Community Housing Corporation (CCCH) is a non-profit housing agency that is well known for its development of affordable housing for working families. The eight classroom sessions will begin the following week, Tuesday, September 20 and be held on alternate Tuesday evenings at locations arranged by CCHC. The Homebuyer Training Education series is designed to guide families through the home buying process, and includes a credit check, advice about budgeting and saving, negotiating purchase and sales agreements, and options for affordable ownership. The classes cost $50 per household, plus a fee for the credit report. Attendees of the Sept. 13 session at the library will be eligible for a drawing (donated by the library) which will pay for one household to attend the classes.

Register for this program at the Newport Public Library Reference Desk, 847-8720 ext. 208. This is registration for the informational meeting only, not for the CCHC classes. Contact Pat LaRose for more information. To be eligible for the drawing participants must attend the library program. To signup for the homebuyer course call Church Community Housing at 846-5114.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center has announced the 2011-2012 schedule for its new “Strong Woman Business Series.” Designed to give all women the opportunity to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship, the meetings will be held at various locations on Aquidneck Island.

“Strong Woman Business” sessions are planned for the second Tuesday of every month, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., beginning on Sept. 13 and goes through May. The series is offered to women in Newport County who want to start and grow their own business.

Carmen Diaz-Jusino, Program Director of the Center for Women & Enterprise, launches the “Strong Woman Business Series” on Tuesday, Sept. 13 with a presentation at the Center entitled, “Exploring Entrepreneurship.” The MLK Community Center is located at 20 Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Blvd.

Each “Strong Woman Business” session begins at 5:30 pm with a casual catered dinner, provided by People’s Credit Union, followed by the featured workshop. The cost of the nine month series is $75, which is payable in full or monthly. Scholarships are available. Registration is required. To register, or for information about assistance with transportation from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center to session locations, contact Alyson Novick at 846-4828 ext. 102 or anovick@mlkccenter.org.

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Fall Youth Programs at the Hut The City of Newport Recreation Department announces its fall programs at the Hut. Deadline to register is Wednesday, Sept. 7. Programs begin mid-September. Call the Newport Recreation Department for additional information, 845-5800 or visit www.cityofnewport.com to download registration forms.

• Soccer for ages 4 and 5, and grades K-4th.

• Fall Sandlot Baseball for ages 6-8.

• Youth Touchdown Football limited to the first 32 players, non contact league for grades 5-7th.

•Youth Tennis Lessons for ages 4-11 and up begins Sept. 18 and runs thru Oct. 23.

Free Concert at Long Wharf Come down to the shops at Long Wharf, enjoy the afternoon and hear classical music on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4, from 1 5p.m. Classical Oasis, a stringed musical group will be playing Chopin and Beethoven “like you’ve never heard it before.”

New Story Time Hours at JPL The Jamestown Philomenian Library has slightly altered the story time hours with Miss Lisa. The changes take effect the week of Sept. 5. Preschool Story Time, for children ages 2-5, will be Mon. 10:15 -11 a.m. and Wed. 11:15 a.m.noon. Mother Goose Time will be Wed. 10:15-10:45 a.m. for babies up to 24 months. Pajama Story Time , for children of all ages, will be Thurs.

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Mr. Santi: I purchased this statue of a cat in a shop in New Hampshire, quite a few years ago because it looked like one of my cats. It is about 10” tall and the eyes look like glass. It has a W mark and some numbers on the bottom. How old is it and what is it worth?

A cat fancier Your statue is actually a lamp. There should be a hole in the back for an electric cord and a place for a bulb inside the statue. When lit, the eyes glow. Made of pottery, a little before World War I, the mark is for the Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstatte of Vienna, Austria. The factory made a variety of animal forms as lamps, with their most valuable being a very cool frog. If perfect, in Vienna, your lamp could be found in a high end gallery for around $1,500. In this country a value between $600 to $700 would be more realistic.

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Restoration of Historic Inn Completed

PURVIS Systems Incorporated, of Middletown, an IT systems and services provider for public safety, emergency management and defense industries, announced that it has been awarded a $2.63 million contract with the District of Columbia to implement the PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System™ (PURVIS FSAS™). The system is being installed in 37 locations throughout the District, including the Public Safety Command Center (PSCC), the Unified Communication Center (UCC), all 33 Fire Stations, the Fire Boat and the District’s Radio Shop.

Purvis also administers the Red Cross notification system that was utilized to summon volunteers for the hurricane Irene emergency.

The Cliffside Inn recently announced the completion of a major restoration to the historic property, which is located just off of the Cliff Walk and Easton’s Beach.

Built by Governor Swann of Maryland in 1876 as a summer home, the property also served as the site of the original St. George’s Prep School and was the summer home of locally renowned artist Beatrice Turner.

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8/11 9/8 Upcoming Newport County Chamber of Commerce programs include: Women in Business Brown Bag Luncheon, Thursday, Sept. 15 noon - 1:30 p.m. at the Newport Art Museum Business After Hours, Thursday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. @ The Deck, One Waites Wharf To attend, register at www.NewportChamber.com or call 847-1608.

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Hurricane Irene Can’t Washington Square School Update Newport Police Log Pell A meeting of the Pell School Spoil Our Party!

Development Committee took place on WednesDuring the period from Monday, Aug. 22 to Monday, Aug. 29, the Newport Police Department responded to 770 calls. Of those, 138 were motor vehicle related; there were 99 motor vehicle violations issued and 39 accidents.

The police also responded to 11 incidents of vandalism, 27 noise complaints, 25 animal complains, and 81 home/business alarm calls.

They transported 6 prisoners and recorded 12 instances of assisting other agencies. 2 private tows were recorded.

In addition, 34 arrests were made for the following violations: n Seven arrests were made for simple assault. n Six arrests were made for disorderly conduct. n Five arrests were made for larceny. n Two arrests were made for vandalism. n Two arrests were made for an outstanding warrants. n Two arrests were made for possession of marijuana. n One arrest was made for felony assualt. n One arrest was made for driving with a revoked license. n One arrest was made for DUI. n One arrest was made for possession of open container of alcohol. n One arrest was made for breaking and entering. n One arrest was made for violation of no contact order. n One arrest was made for possession of a weapon other than firearms. n One arrest was made for a noise violation. n One arrest was made for an animal violation. n One arrest was made for public urination.

Skatefest Skatefest 2011 is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10 (rain date Sept.

17) beginning at 4pm at the Jamestown Skate Park near Lawn Ave School. There will be over $1,000 cash and prizes given away. Prizes are awarded for skateboarding, rap and dance. All will be entered to win raffle prizes. Admission is $3 per person. This is a family-friendly, alcohol free event. For more information, call 423-7261

Have Ideas? Tell Us at Coffee Hour with NTW! Join members of the Newport This Week staff at The People’s Café, 282 Thames St., on Friday mornings, at 10 a.m. Sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee and discuss the latest happenings in Newport. Got any news tips for us? How about an idea for a story you’d like to see in Newport This Week or on NewportNow.com?

Picnic Rescheduled The Teddy Bear Picnic originally set for Aug. 28, has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 4, from 4 6 p.m. at Aquidneck Park (next to the Newport Library). Children are welcome to bring their favorite teddy bear. There will be stories, a well bear clinic, and a special performance Judy Pancoast at 5 p.m.

Treats will be served.

This end-of-summer event is sponsored by the Secret Garden Tour and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream.

Storytimes at Middletown Public Library Fall storytime sessions for preschoolers and toddlers at the Middletown Public Library will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Preschool storytimes for 4 and 5 year olds will be on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. and toddler storytime for 2 and 3 year olds will be on Thursdays at 11 a.m. Programs are offered free of charge, advance registration is appreciated. Call 846-1573 or visit the library to register.

Children’s & YA Book Clubs at JPL Children in grades 3 and up are invited participate in the Jamestown Public Library Book Clubs.

These clubs will be held monthly.

Kids in grades 3-4 are invited to discuss The Lemonade Wars by Jacqueline Davies on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 3:30- 4:30 p.m. All subsequent meetings for this club will be held on the first Thursday of the month.

Children in grades 5-6 will first discuss “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead on Thursday, Sept.

8, 3:30- 4:30 p.m. All subsequent meetings for this club will be held on the second Thursday of the month.

Young adults in grade 7 and up will discuss “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs on Thursday, Sept.

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These are monthly events, so participants should come with ideas for future titles to read. If you have questions, call 423-7280.

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Yoga Studio Fundraiser Proceeds from an entire day of yoga classes, plus tee shirt sales, will be donated to Oxfam America to support the famine and drought victims of Somalia by the Innerlight Center for Yoga and Meditation in Middletown. The studio is donating the use of both their yoga rooms, and the teachers are donating their time. The event takes place on the Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5. The Innerlight Center is located in the Middletown Commons at 850 Aquidneck Ave. Payment for all classes will be by donation.

At 9 a.m., participants may choose between a heated vinyasa class with Patti Doyle or yin yoga with Alicia Barry. At 10:30 a.m. studio owner Kim Chandler will lead a basics class with guided relaxation while Patti Confort will offer vinyasa flow. Nicole Dieso will present gentle yoga at 6 p.m.

Washington Square Roots, an organization promoting the square’s role as Newport’s town center, will host a forum Sept. 6 at The Jane Pickens Theater to discuss economic development in the square.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee will kick off the event. Panelists include Keith Stokes, Executive Director of the RI Economic Development Corporation; Ted Sanderson, Executive Director of the RI Historic Preservation Commission; and Scott Wolf, Director, Grow Smart RI. WRNI General Manager Joe O’Connor will serve as moderator. Admission is $5 and includes a reception at the Old Colony House after the forum.

Monthly AARP Meeting The Newport County chapter of AARP will hold its monthly meeting at Fenner Hall, on Fenner Ave, Newport on Monday, Sept. 19 at 1:30 p.m. New members are asked to come at 1:15 and bring their national AARP membershp card.

Susan Haley and Priscilla Luckhardt from Home Instead Senior Care will speak on Clutter Chaos. Clutter Chaos is a program designed to help determine what are happy memories or household hazards and how to decide what to hold on to and what to let go of.

Members are reminded to bring canned goods for the AARP pantry project.

Tax Revaluation Meeting The City of Newport is performing the 2011 City wide, State mandated revaluation. The Tax Assessor and representatives of Appraisal Resource, the company selected by the City to perform this contract, will hold a general information session Monday, Sept. 12, 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall.

Specific values have not been determined and will not be discussed.

This session, through a “power point” presentation, will explain the theory and responsibilities of revaluation, the process of collecting the data, analyzing the data and producing credible values. What to expect when a representative comes to your door. What that data collector is looking for and how that information is used in the process.

The review process (informal hearings with the Company), and the appeal process with the Assessor, Board of Tax Appeals and Superior Court will also be explained.

Rough Point After Dark - Hula Dancing The latest event in Rough Point’s evening series celebrates Doris Duke’s passion for Hawaiian culture. Guests are invited to join the dance troupe Napua O’ Polynesia for a night of hula dancing and traditional music on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 5-7:30 p.m. Demonstrations and lessons will alternate throughout the evening and guests are encouraged can participate or just enjoy the enjoy the show. Admission is $5 with a cash bar available. For more information, call 846-4152.

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EDITORIAL Irene: What Did We Learn?

Though we missed the worst of it, there’s little doubt that the city deserves credit for its response to Tropical Storm Irene.

Beginning early in the week, we were impressed by the administration’s coordination and responsiveness. From the Harbor Master’s Office, which made a concerted effort to ready boaters for a potentially damaging storm surge, to the acting chiefs who directed the city’s police and fire departments, it was heartening to see city leaders prepare so adeptly for the worst.

Our infrastructure also performed well; power was maintained throughout the storm to both the city’s water and sewer plants, new seawalls along Ocean Drive and Wellington Avenue spared nearby roads from what could have been significant damage, and the city’s new UV treatment plant came through without even a hiccup.

However, as the storm progressed, and more and more homes went dark, it became clear that there is still room for improvement.

Earlier this year, during a series of strategic planning workshops, City Council members identified “Communication” as one of the areas which the city needs to build upon.

Throughout Irene’s march up the coast, scores of Newport residents took to Facebook and Twitter to keep tabs on the storm.

The information conveyed through these social media tools ranged from photos of the storm’s aftermath and videos of its fury, to communications from the city’s Emergency Management Team, and a continuous stream on efforts to restore power to the island. These updates made their way from the Internet, and by word-of-mouth, to friends and neighbors.

Over the course of three days, Newport Now provided over 100 storm-related updates on Twitter and Facebook, as well as several longer pieces on our main site (www.Newport-Now.com). We were joined online by many businesses, including National Grid, as well as other statewide and local media outlets.

The city, however, was noticeably absent. The CodeRED system deployed during the storm was a good first step toward keeping the public informed. But more should be done.

We suggest that both the city’s police and fire departments make it a priority to establish an immediate presence on Twitter.

Throughout the storm, the media was alerted to regular updates from the city’s Emergency Management Team via e-mail. It would be just as easy to convey these kinds of updates directly over social media platforms as it is over e-mail.

We’re still not even half-way through our current hurricane season. Irene should be taken as a dress rehearsal. And while it was a good one, we should also be sure that we’re fully prepared for the main event.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Let’s Enforce the Law To the Editor, I am a resident of the Broadway neighborhood and attended the meeting of the Off Broadway Neighborhood Association last evening. It was attended by many “fed up” residents as well as by police Lt Fitzgerald and Jimmy Winters. Conversation centered around three problem houses at the top of Gould St. It is apparent that these landlords constantly rent to trouble making people. This has gone on for years. It also appears that we have laws and regulations in place where we can get at these careless landlords. I am asking you to enforce these laws and stay on these

landlords, fining them for infringements of fire and safety as well as violations such as leaving trash out on the wrong day. As it was mentioned last evening, Newport got rid of its party houses and tamed Newport Heights. We must get at the landlords all over Newport who flaunt the laws. This situation is a cancer in this neighborhood and must be stopped.

We need all segments of the city government as well as the neighbors in order to succeed. I am looking forward to positive results.

Thank you for your attention.

Ann McMahon Caleb Earl St., Newport

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By Tom Shevlin

Municipal Meetings NEWPORT Canvassing Authority, Sept. 6 at 11:30 a.m., City Hall-First Floor Thames Street Enhancement Group, Sept. 8 at 9 a.m., The Cottage, 280 Sprint St. Regular Council Meeting, Sept 14 at 6:30 p.m., City Hall-Council Chamber

MIDDLETOWN Zoning Board of Review, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., Town Hall Regular School Committee, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., Oliphant Conference Rm. Middletown Wind Turbine Committee, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

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NEWPORT – As the winds whipped up and power lines fell, Aquidneck Island residents who found themselves in the dark took to social networking platforms en masse in what may have been the region’s first large-scale experience with social media as a primary source for emergency information.

Throughout the storm, those able to access sites such as Twitter and Facebook over their phones or tablets, kept their friends and neighbors up to date. Through sharing photos, storm-related tips, and real-time updates from homes, cars, and businesses while the power was out, information continued to flow.

“We used social media both before and after the storm to help disseminate information as it became available from local and state agencies, and media outlets,” said Andrea McHugh, communications director for the Newport & Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “In advance of the storm, we posted about the Visitors Center being closed on Sunday, any canceled or rescheduled events, and RIEMA information regarding at what point they would close the Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazano bridges (which was if sustained winds reached 75mph). After the storm, we tweeted and re-Tweeted pertinent information including stores and restaurants re-opening in and around Newport, neighborhoods with reported restored power, RIDOT information, beach re-openings, Amtrak info and more. With so

many people without power, smart phones were clearly a popular avenue for communication, especially since many people can recharge their phone in their car and via other methods.”

Over the course of three days, this reporter logged nearly 100 storm-related Tweets and over a dozen posts on Facebook and our online publication, Newport Now. The updates, broadcast to nearly 1,000 Twitter followers, and more than 1,500 Facebook users, ranged from city-issued advisories to videos and photos taken during the height of the storm.

National Grid was also active during the storm. When the lights went out, the company took to Twitter in force, providing updates for customers in New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts affected by the storm.

Added McHugh, “Personally I found that people who follow National Grid on Twitter were impressed by their many updates throughout the day--it was evident they were and are continuing to work as quickly as possible to restore power to customers. I also learned that hot coffee is a precious commodity in Newport-Monday morning I had a handful of questions about where to get hot coffee (answer: the Aloha Cafe and Belle’s at Newport Shipyard- both Tweeted they were serving hot cups of joe!)”

Indeed, some of the most prolific users of social media turned out to be the city’s downtown businesses. From the Hotel Viking, which Tweeted jubilantly on Tues-

day morning when power was fully restored, to the Brick Alley Pub – which even before the storm had announced defiantly “OPEN ALL WEEKEND” – the flow of information was ceaseless.

And while the business community has been quick to embrace the likes of Facebook and Twitter, some political observers point out that local municipalities thus far have not.

“I don’t know about other towns, but Portsmouth did a lamentably poor job at communicating, specifically with residents in my neighborhood,” said Portsmouth resident and local blogger John McDaid.

As McDaid, who pens the blog, HardDeadlines.com, notes, Island Park was the subject of a “mandatory” evacuation order. “I learned about that on Facebook,” he said.

“And not even from the Town of Portsmouth, which doesn’t even HAVE a Facebook presence.”

Instead, the town posted a notice on its municipal website, which he says, “is not a place I typically go for breaking news.”

Newport operated under a similar mode, placing a collection of storm-related notices on the main page of the city’s website, CityofNewport.com. It also issued a CodeRed notification, informing residents of an evacuation order for low-lying areas.

Mike Cullen, who moderates the online forum, KnowingNewport. com, believes that there’s room for improvement.

In a post on his site, he wrote,

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OPINION No Faux Needed, Thanks

By Anita Rafael

What makes Maya Lin’s 1981 Vietnam Veterans Memorial so important to Americans all across the nation, whether they have stood in its shadow it or not, is its deep personal meaning to the lives of millions of us, young and old, who were alive at the time of that awful war. It is where those who died are remembered; those who lived on without their friends, husbands, sons and fathers, or wives, sisters and mothers, can stand quietly in peace with their memories. It is all so entirely human, the blackness of the wall, the hard remembering. The memorial itself, the tears shed, the prayers said, and the time shared at that spot, thousands of miles away from the battlefields, all evoke the nature of man – which is to sacrifice, to mourn, to remember, to turn so many horrible deaths into a lasting honor. It is a beautiful object full of voices from the past; the memorial speaks, and above all, its voices heal broken souls.

In contrast, Maya Lin’s Queen Anne Square installation is completely unimportant to Newporters and the city’s millions of domestic and foreign visitors, because it lacks any fundamental meaning.

Recreated ruins have no essential implication in the lives of Newporters because our history is not the least bit lost or dead. We need not evoke it. We already co-exist with the layers of our past – settlement era, colonial, the Golden Age, the Gilded Age, the Navy years – all laid out before us on block after block throughout the city’s 11.5 square miles. The past is everywhere we look–the real past, that is. We can see it, touch it, live in it every day.

Thanks to the philanthropy of Doris Duke and the legacy of the Newport Restoration Foundation, and thanks to the hard work of hundreds of private citizens who restored old homes dating from the late 1600s to the mid-1900s, and thanks to the

prudence of the Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport’s nine (count them!) National Register Historic Landmark Districts and 17 National Landmark Sites are our entire history opened before us like a book, 24/7, 365 days a year.

We abide in and among the relics of our past, and by every evidence, Newporters and the tourists who visit the 372-year old city cherish every brick, board and gold-leafed bit of it.

In the most important book written to date about Newport’s buildings and places, The Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640 – 1915, (pub. 1952) by Antoinette Forrester Downing and Vincent Joseph Scully (and if you don’t know who they are, get thee to Google), the city is called “an architectural laboratory” for its unique variety of building styles representing the progress of American culture, design, and taste across four centuries. At the end of the huge 526-page illustrated book neither Downing nor Scully, in their recommendations for the preservation of Newport’s old homes and buildings, pined for anything faux.

They championed heroically rescuing the past, not symbolically evoking it. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in its guidelines for what it calls “infill architecture” (new construction twixt old) subtly steers architects away from designs that merely replicate historical models.

Never mind what the late Miss Duke would have liked or not liked, wanted or not wanted – I keep wondering what Frederick Law Olmsted would have done in this space. Newport looks like Newport in large part due to Olmsted’s dozens of landscape projects on private estates and at least one huge subdivision. (The large King-Glover-Bradley tract of 1883 out beyond Beacon Hill.) What would a great mind like his have envisioned in relandscaping this particular

ROUNDABOUTS CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 up in Washington, DC, where traffic flows well around big rotaries,” said Middletown resident Richard Price, who said he had come to the meeting convinced that roundabouts were the better option, but after hearing all the concerns, was not as sure. “One thing’s for sure, the more lights we put up the more frustrated we get,” he said.

The enhanced signal option for the two intersections would include adding dedicated left-hand turn lanes at both intersections, which would lessen the backups that are common at peak flow times, the RIDOT experts said. The roundabouts and enhanced signal options would both require rightof-way (ROW) land acquisition, with the roundabouts option requiring about 21,000 square feet ROW, and the enhanced signal option requiring about 1,030 square feet ROW. The costs are similar for both op-

space, now or at the time when Duke was recreating her then-controversial version of colonial history there? (Had he been alive in the 1970s, Duke certainly would have hired him. By the way, you all have read by now that Queen Anne Square is not a colonial-era town common, right? There’s a plaque in the ground near the middle of the Square to prove it.)

The questions I have been asking regarding Lin’s concept for Queen Anne Square are such simple ones: What do fake ruins with carved phrases mean to Newporters? Will the structures mean anything to me? Even the fact that “sayings” (utterances apparently spoken by no one in particular at no particular time) have to be etched into to some rocks implies that the material aspect of the installation must need verbal support to thrust some meaning into my awareness. The purpose behind the concept is said to be to have more places for people to sit. But isn’t that what park benches are for?

So, looking at the diagrams on my desk, I am trying to envision the project completed: Queen Anne Square, a 1976-vintage false artifact, ringed with several genuine relocated historic buildings, and now perhaps containing some 2012-era “olde” walls. In a city so rich and so proud with the actual substance of the past, where will faux foundations of buildings that never were there, marking sites where nothing in particular ever happened, find their true place in my mind and my soul? How will something built “as if” induce nostalgic emotions in me when I already live in a place where the past does not need evoking?

Ms. Lin, please: Can you think of something that might somehow mean something to me? Something that will speak to me? I really like hearing the voices of the past, the real ones, that is, and I do hear them on nearly every street in Newport.

tions, about $4 million. Work on the signalized option could begin in the middle of 2012; work on the roundabouts option could start in 2013; once work started, either option would require about one and a half seasons of construction.

“With either option, you are making the roadway better, so you are in a good position there,” said Bob Rocchio, managing engineer for RIDOT’s traffic design department. “I clearly believe roundabouts would be better operationally, but both choices are improvements.”

Middletown resident Kevin Johnson, a professional traffic engineer, gave perhaps the most compelling opinion of the evening. “I have designed and analyzed roundabouts all around the country, and as much as I favor them in my work, I don’t think they are the right solution in this loca-

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Town Council president Art Weber ended the workshop by saying, “I think we need to consider the signal option more closely.”

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Newport native Malise, 23, began planting her garden in June with herbs, radishes, Swiss chard, tomatoes, beans, and squash. Later, she added cabbage and assorted greens that had been started in in greenhouses here on the island. Because she is a vegan, Ma-

lar sunflower tent. (Once the sunflowers reach about six feet tall, they will be tied together to provide a perfect hide-and-seek spot for neighborhood children.)

Joan Simmons and Craig Gaspard are the master gardeners on site and also work with the URI Master Gardeners program, which has gardeners all around the state and provides an orientation for new gardeners at the beginning of each season. This year, the community garden’s second, Simmons and Gaspard have been working on teaching gardeners how and what to plant, when to harvest, and also holding workshops on pest control and container planting.

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“More foot traffic will only bring more curiosity and opportunity,” worries Simmons. She and other gardeners, such as Malise, would prefer that the garden be relocated to the other side of the field, where it would not only be more secluded, but also would be closer to a better source of water.

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Green End Ave. Last year, this garden provided roughly 200 vases of flowers for local nursing homes and 3,000 pounds of vegetables for soup kitchens and shelters.

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n Rose Island Raised beds are lush with vegetables at the Learner’s Journey community garden. lise’s garden is especially important to her not only because of her non-animal product diet, but also because growing her own food means she knows it is free of chemicals and has not been genetically modified. Malise also likes to support local farmers’ markets, which she has learned to value even more since she realizes the time and labor needed for her garden.

The Learner’s Journey Community Garden on Dexter Street has 12 wooden garden beds, a watering tank donated by Newport Biodiesel, a compost pile with compost materials collected from the Newport area and delivered by the city, a raised plot at the perfect height for wheelchair-bound gardeners, a children’s garden bed, and a circu-

on their garden plots, they’ve also come up with a community cookbook and are organizing a movie night in the garden.

It’s a beautiful place to be. Along with the traditional lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and peppers, there are pumpkins hiding among the leaves, cascading squashes, climbing spinach, exotic bitter melon, and assorted Asian vegetables. One of the garden plots is being tended by members of Channing Memorial Church, which donates all of its produce to local soup kitchens.

Another is tended by a chef from Jamestown’s Bay Voyage restaurant.

All of the garden plots, along with the watering tank, are movable – particularly important be-

n Norman Bird Sanctuary, Third Beach Rd., Middletown. Good Gardens is a teachable garden with herbs, vegetables, fruit, Native American garden, native plant butterfly garden, and an animal care garden.

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www.newportrestoration.org In the Sail for Pride Regatta held in 2001 Newport firefighters helped sail the 12 mitre Courageous. (Photo Courtesy of Sail Newport) servicemen and women and their families.

“Brad (Read) came up with the idea of helping people who have been the most affected since 9-11, the Wounded Warriors,” says Murray. “We will be hosting at least ten of these guys on the boats, hopefully more. Just seeing how much they have given for their country and the kind of awesome people they are, getting beyond their injuries and doing things again, is an inspiration.”

Murray adds that so far, more than 100 boats have been signed up for the regatta, including Courageous. Other 12 meters are expected to participate as well, along with some of the large boats that were expected to be in the Bucket before Irene intervened and that race had to be scrubbed. “A lot of those boats went up to Maine, and now they’re headed back here, so we hope they’ll be able to come in with us,” says Murray.

However, he adds that Sail for Pride is not just for 100-foot-plus yachts. All boats of 22 feet or longer are invited, “up to any length, as long as they can fit under the bridges.”

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The race will begin at 11 a.m. from an area between Rose and Goat islands. A good location to observe the race is Fort Adams State Park.

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The sight of more than 100 boats sailing out of Newport Harbor and then processing around Conanicut Island would be awe-inspiring on any fine September day – but it will be even more so when the occasion is the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

This year, on Sunday, Sept. 11, Sail Newport is inviting boat owners to participate in a regatta that will mark the passage of a decade since the first “Sail for Pride,” which was held Oct. 13, 2001, two weeks after the 9-11 attacks.

More than 150 boats participated in that event, which was organized by local boatbuilder Scott Murray, Sail Newport’s Brad Read, and America’s Cup sailor Mick Harvey as a way to pay tribute to and raise funds for Americans who were impacted by 9-11.

“That number of boats was far more than we had hoped for,” recalls Murray, reflecting on the plans for the original regatta. “We asked ourselves, how do we do something to help out? We figured we’d run a small event, maybe get 40 or 50 boats to come out and raise $10,000 to $20,000. Instead, it turned out that we had three times that many boats, and we raised $110,000.”

Among the many memorable images from that “Sail for Pride” is a photo of Newport firefighters, wearing helmets, helping to sail the 12 meter yacht Courageous out of Newport Harbor as an inspirational lead-in to the race.

Following the success of that first fundraising regatta, organizers have repeated it each fall, changing the name to “Sail for Hope” in order to reflect a focus on Rhode Island charities, for which the regattas have raised more than $800,000.

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SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUED FROM PG. 6 “The City of Newport had the means to receive 911 calls via SMS texting, Twitter, or Facebook. While NPD had good experiences leveraging info gleaned from Twitter during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, clearly there was no city leadership to make bandwidth-friendly SMS texting and Twitter a reality for the 2011 hurricane season. This city pretty much paralleled RI EMA’s use of these mediums during the storm -- nothing.”

He continued, “In stark contrast, a steady stream of disaster information flowed from Providence EMA and Mass EMA. Here in Newport, the city didn’t even make use of the email distribution list to push info about the evacuation notice.”

But according to Mayor Stephen C. Waluk, the city did a good job in what he termed a “learning experience.”

“Overall, I think the city came through very well, despite the different obstacles,” he said. And while Waluk believes that establishing a Facebook and Twitter presence should be something the city should work towards, he also says that the primary source of information should be conveyed via phone.

With social media users decidedly younger, Waluk said that the city should take time to refine its CodeRED system, which alerts residents via landline or cell phone to emergency notifications.

For his part, Waluk said that he checked his Facebook account “every so often,” during the storm, and more so on Monday, where he watched as friends provided realtime updates from different parts of the city as the power came back on.

Councilwoman Naomi Neville also believes the city is making progress in its information flow, but agrees that improvements could be made.

“The use of the Code Red system is definitely a step in the right direction,” Neville said via email. “I think because the system is so new we still have a learning curve to finetune what, when and to whom messages should be sent. Now that the system is up and running, we can also work with residents to

make sure we are contacting them at the right phone number.”

“I thought the Fire and Police Departments did an excellent job of answering the phones and being responsive.”

She also acknowledged that the city should make a move toward using Facebook and online media resources, noting, “I was disappointed that the City website could not handle the volume of users, and our dependence on a PDF is a problem.”

Cullen, an IT professional, hopes the city embraces technology in all of its forms.

Following up on a disaster planning workshop held by a group of local nonprofits, Cullen wrote an email in May to the island’s various public safety department heads in which he offered several suggestions for improving communications in the event of an emergency.

Among his suggestions: “emergency managers are beginning to tap social media (Twitter, Facebook) to get info to/from the public (including pictures, video).” In this respect, he notes, “the public is a resource, not a liability; they can provide emergency managers with increased situational awareness.”

And while high-tech communication systems have been at the heart of disaster planning and response in recent years, Cullen also notes that amateur, or ham, radio users could also play a critical role should cellular or online information systems become clogged.

Once “hams” are educated on the playbook, they can usually help when critical infrastructure gets overwhelmed or fails.”

Concluded Portsmouth’s McDaid: “I consider it a missed opportunity – to say the least – that local government and emergency response did not take advantage of social media during this critical time. While I think our communitybased media performed admirably -- and everyday friends and citizens stepped up to keep each other informed -- the lack of any official word was troubling.”

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Solar-Powered Trash Cans Make Debut Mayor Stephen C. Waluk and the Newport Public Service Department’s Clean City Program have announced the placement of 25 BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors in downtown Newport.

Mayor Waluk will unveil the BigBelly compactor located at the Armory, 365 Thames St., on Friday, Sept. 2 at 9:30 a.m.

The BigBelly compactors have the same footprint as the current black metal trash barrels around the city but can hold five times more trash, reducing collection requirements by up to 80 percent. An electric eye inside detects the level of trash and triggers compactions as needed.

“The BigBelly launch in Newport is a triumph in our mission to be a greener city,” said Mayor Stephen C. Waluk. “The City will not have any added costs, but we will reap the benefits of fewer trucks on the road, decreased emissions, and cleaner streets.”

BigBelly comes to Newport through a two-year contract extension agreement with Waste Management. The agreement allows for 25 BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors to be placed in Newport with no added cost to the city.

Waste Management will save money on collection costs to sponsor the cost of the compactors.

The BigBelly compactors will be placed in front of Newport City Hall, Washington Square & Eisenhower Park, and continue down the length of Thames Street, almost reaching the intersection at Wellington Avenue. The 25 compactors are replacing 50 black metal barrels.

For more information about the City’s partnership with Waste Management to place the BigBelly compactors in Newport, please contact the Clean City Program at 845-5613 or visit www.cityofnewport.com/ cleancity.

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Irene Causes City’s 10th Overflow

By Tom Shevlin The red flags were flying earlier this week over Newport Harbor, as rainfall from Tropical Storm Irene prompted Newport’s 10th combined sewer overflow (CSO) event of the year, city records show.

According to the Department of Utilities, which keeps an record of CSO events dating back to 2001, both the Wellington Avenue and Washington Street CSO stations reported discharges during the storm.

At Wellington Avenue, 171,108 gallons of stormwater were discharged into the bay after 1.1 inches of rain. Washington Street reported a lighter discharge of 31,000 gallons after recording the same 1.1 inches of rain.

The event marked the 10th such event since Jan. 1.

By comparison, the city reported a high of 13 CSO events at Wellington Avenue through the same time last year, and 18 the year before.

The last two CSOs occurred during a spat of heavy rains earlier in

August, where at Wellington Avenue, 299,392 gallons of water was discharged on Aug. 8 following 1.41-inches of rain, and 273,792 gallons discharged on Aug. 15 when 2.45-inches of rain fell. The Washington Street facility also recorded CSOs on those dates, discharging 1,484,000 gallons and 2,328,000 gallons into the bay.

According to the city, the Wellington Avenue and Washington Street facilities both provide treatment to any CSO that occurs. Treatment includes screening to collect solids and floatables from all flow that enters the facilities. The facilities also provide storage, which prevents some overflows from occurring. Any flow that does wind up discharging into Newport Harbor is disinfected with chlorine.

The city has been working to improve its sewer system in an effort to reduce the number of CSO events that occur in a given year. It also recently entered into a consent agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency that requires

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the administration to develop a systemwide master plan and subjects the city to federal oversight to ensure that certain goals are met.

That agreement was spurred by a lawsuit filed by a group of citizen stakeholders who claimed the city had failed to sufficiently address its aging sewer system.

History of the Newport CSO System 1800s-1970s – Operates as a completely combined system 1970s–Implemented a sewer separation program 1978–Wellington Ave. CSO Treatment Facility constructed 1991–Washington St. CSO Treatment Facility constructed 1994–EPA CSO Policy Issued 1999–City signs a consent agreement with RIDEM 1999-2008–City workingunder RIDEM direction on CSO Program 2008–EPA supersedes RIDEM 2009-2011–City enters and maintains ongoing negotiationson a CSO Corrective Action Plan (CAP) with EPA & RIDEM

War College Museum to Hold Eight Bells Series The Naval War College Museum recently announced the schedule for its fall Eight Bells Lecture Series.

During the lunchtime lectures, authors discuss their books and then take questions. The talks are limited to one hour, and the audience is welcome to bring brown bag lunches. Guests can stay for further discussion and have their books signed. Copies of the books are on sale in the Naval War College Foundation Gift Shop. The series is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and advance reservations are strongly suggested. To reserve and arrange for base access, call 841-2101 at least one work day prior to event.

Sept. 8 – “Chinese Aerospace Power,” NWC professors Andrew Erickson and Lyle Goldstein have edited a series of articles that evaluate Chinese aerospace development and the resulting implications for U.S. maritime strategy. The book is a comprehensive survey of those developments and their potential significance to that strategy.

Sept. 19 – “Preparing for Victory,” David Ulbrich presents his biography of General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1936 – 1943. A combat veteran, progressive manager, politician, visionary, Holcomb prepared the Marine Corps for its expansion into the elite amphibious fighting force it became in World War II.

Sept. 29 – “Potomac Fever: A Memoir of Politics and Public Service,” Ambassador J. William Middendorf II details his career in business, politics, and service to his country.

Oct. 6 – “People’s Liberation Army Navy,” James Bussert and Bruce Elleman provide a look at the combat systems technologies on Chinese warships and document the evolution of the Chinese Navy from the Communist takeover to the present day and its state-ofthe-art fleet.

Oct. 13 – “Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World ,” Dr. Larrie Ferreiro traces the 1735 expedition to Peru to determine the shape of the earth. Scheduled to be three to four years in length, the Geodesic Mission to the Equator lasted nearly ten years and proved the earth was oblate and that Newton was correct in his theory on the shape of the earth.

Oct. 18 – “Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden,” Ben Runkle chronicles the extraordinary efforts of the military and intelligence agencies to bring America’s enemies to justice.

Nov. 3 – “Pacific Gibraltar,” Dr. William Morgan clarifies murky episodes in the story of the annexation of Hawaii, such as USS Boston’s mysterious return to Ho-

nolulu in time to land sailors and marines during the Hawaiian Revolution, President Cleveland’s failed attempt to restore Queen Liliuokalani, and the growing threat to the white rebel government from burgeoning Japanese immigration.

Nov. 10 – “Pacific Crucible,” Ian Toll describes the first months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.

Nov. 17 – “Carrying the War to the Enemy: American Operational Art to 1945,” Michael R. Matheny looks at how military commanders turned tactics into strategic victory by means of “operational art,” the knowledge and creative imagination commanders and staff employ in designing, synchronizing, and conducting battles and major operations to achieve strategic goals in World War II. Dec. 8 – “Utmost Gallantry,” Kevin McCranie focuses on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at sea—one of the largest fleets in the world and a small, upstart navy just three decades old. While American naval leadership searched for a means of contesting Britain’s naval dominance, the English sought to destroy the U.S. Navy and protect its oceanic highways.

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By Jill Connors Both Second and Third Beach reopened yesterday after two solid days of work by Middletown’s Department of Public Works to remove storm-blown sand from paths, parking lots, and roads.

“We were actually lucky we didn’t have more rain, that’s what really causes problems here,” said Tom O’Loughlin, Public Works Director, early this week as he watched bulldozers removing sand from the road along the main Second Beach parking lot.

Had Tropical Storm Irene’s impact on the beaches been severe, it could have made it difficult to reopen the beaches in time for the Labor Day weekend. “At Second Beach, we lost protective fencing along the dunes, there was sand swept on top of the main walkways and other walkways, and lots of

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storm occurring this close to the end of the season might have prompted the beach operation to close before Labor Day, but the holiday weekend in recent years has had a big draw. “We’ve filled the parking lot in recent years on Labor Day weekend,” he said.

Labor Day will, however, be the final day for lifeguards and parking fees at Second and Third Beach, although Seiple said the restrooms at Second Beach would most likely remain open beyond Labor Day. Tropical Storm Irene also caused a delay in the Beach Commission’s plan to meet yesterday afternoon to vote on the proposed improvements to the Third Beach boat ramp, as the Commission was unable to post the proper public notices regarding the meeting. Seiple said the Beach Commission has tentatively rescheduled the meeting for Sep. 8.

Labor Day Has Become Day of Rest The first Labor Day in the United States was observed on September 5, 1882, in Boston, by the Central Labor Union of New York, the nation’s first integrated major trade union. It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland made reconciliation with the labor movement a top political priority.

Attempting to prevent any further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.

The September date originally chosen by the CLU of New York and observed by many of the nation’s trade unions for the past several years was selected rather than the more widespread International Workers’ Day because Cleveland was concerned that observance of the latter would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair. All U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territories have since made Labor Day a statutory holiday.

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sand in the parking lot, but it could have been a lot worse,” said Beach Commission member Bill Seiple.

“At Third Beach, lots of sand came in onto the parking lot and roads and got moved around owing to the wind direction and tides,” Seiple added. “The guys did a great job of moving everything back.”

The Third Beach boat ramp reopened yesterday as well, and many mooring owners who had moved their boats in advance of Irene were able to put their boats back in the water. The Third Beach mooring field is exposed to the southeast, which was the direction of the strongest winds during the tropical storm on Sunday.

Town officials had advised boat owners to move their boats out of the Third Beach mooring field late last week.

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to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations,” followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parties. Speeches or political demonstrations are more low-key than May 1 Labor Day celebrations in most countries, although events held by labor or-

ganizations often feature political themes and appearances by candidates for office, especially in election years. Forms of celebration include picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays, water sports, and public art events. Families with school-age children take it as the last chance to travel before the end of summer recess. Similarly, some teenagers and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to school, although school starting times now vary.

Summer’s unofficial end Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. In high society, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day of the year when it is fashionable for women to wear white.

In U.S. sports, Labor Day marks the beginning of the NFL and college football seasons. NCAA teams usually play their first games the week before Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing their first game the Thursday following Labor Day. The Southern 500 NASCAR auto race was held that day from 1950 to 1983 in Darlington, South Carolina. At Indianapolis, the National Hot Rod Association hold their finals to the U.S. Nationals drag race.

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MAINSHEET Fun at the Redwood Although Irene necessitated a rescheduling of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum’s Annual Garden Party from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, the Children’s Garden Party went off without a hitch on Aug. 23. More than 70 children brought their parents and grandparents for a funfilled afternoon on the grounds of the historic library. Music was in the air, and guests of all ages sang and danced the afternoon away. Faces were painted, balloons were twisted into animals, and wonderful memories were made. Proceeds from the event benefitted children’s programming at the library.

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newportFILM Outdoor Screening Free screening of “The Last Mountain, documentary about one community’s fight against the fossil fuel industry, Norman Bird Sanctuary, Third Beach Rd., Middletown (rain location- Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St.), 6:15 p.m. open, screening at sundown, bring chairs, picnic, www.NewportFILM. org.

Family Improv Get the kids into the act! Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 8 p.m., comedy programming seven nights a week, 849-3473, www.FirehouseTheater.org

Road to Independence Walking Tour Learn about riots and rebellion as you stroll through the heart of colonial Newport. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770.

Belcourt Castle Ghost Tour Owner Harle Tinney shares her experiences with ghosts at Belcourt.

657 Bellevue Ave., 5:30 p.m., 8460669.

Improv Comedy Join the Bit Players for lightningfast interactive comedy, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 8 p.m., comedy programming seven nights a week, 849-3473, visit www.FirehouseTheater.org for schedule.

Saturday September 3

Classic Yacht Racing 32nd Annual Classic Yacht Regatta begins, Museum of Yachting, www.

PaneriClassicYachtsChallenge.com.

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

AquidneckGrowersMarket.org.

Thomas the Tank Engine Meet Sir Topham Hat on the 25-minute train ride, family activities, live music, 19 America’s Cup Ave., 9:30-4:30 p.m., departs every 45 minutes, $18, 866-468-7630, www.TicketWeb.com/dowt.

Rum and Revolution Explore the changing role of alcohol in Newport through stories of taverns, distillers and rum runners during this downtown walking tour. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770, www.NewportHistoryTours.org.

Waterfront Irish Festival Newport Yachting Center hosts this “shamrockin” family-friendly festival, music, food, crafts, kids’ activities, America’s Cup Ave., noon-9 p.m., www.NewportYachtingCenter.com.

Jazz at the Vineyard Live jazz at Greenvale Vineyards with Dick Lupino, 582 Wapping Road, Middletown, 1- 4 p.m., 8473777, www.Greenvale.com.

Rough Point’s Gallery Hours Galleries open to showcase exhibit “Dressed to Play: The Sporty Style of Doris Duke,” 680 Bellevue Ave, 1-4 p.m., $5, does not include house tour, 847-8344, www.NewportRestoration.org.

Polo Competition USA vs. England, Glen Farm, East Main Rd., Portsmouth, 4 p.m., www.GlenFarm.com.

Salute to Summer Free Concert and Fireworks Naval Station Newport’s free end of summer celebration with concert and fireworks display. Music

by Little Big Town and the Navy Band Northeast, Dewey Field, free and open to the public. Bring family, friends, lawn chairs and blankets. The public may enter Gate 1 beginning at 5 p.m. Coolers, backpacks, glass bottles, pets, outside food & drinks are NOT allowed.

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Murder at the Museum Join the Marley Bridges Theatre Co. for “The Art of the Masquerade,” a new interactive murder mystery at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 7 p.m., www.NewportArtMuseum.org.

NIMfest Concert Newport Independent Music Festival summer concert series with Abbey Rhode, a Beatles tribute band, King Park, Wellington Ave., 3-6 p.m., free, www.NIMfest.com.

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Discover Newport Walking Tour Hear stories of revolution and the struggle for religious liberty. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 10 a.m., 841-8770.

Rogues and Scoundrels Tour Learn why this colony was sometimes known as “Rogue’s Island” as you stroll through Newport. See where scoundrels lived, where pirates profited, and where criminals were put on trial. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770.

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he fall Secret Garden Tour, Sept. 9 – 11, features a dozen estate gardens on and off Newport’s Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive.

Tours are self-guided, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., rain or shine.Tickets can be used at anytime throughout the weekend and are available for $20 when ordered in advance or $25 on the days of the event. Tickets and tour maps can be picked-up at Kingscote, 253 Bellevue Ave. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, visit http://www. secretgardentours.org or call 401-439-7253.

Washington Square Forum Panel discussion on economic development of the Square. Jane Pickens Theater, 6 p.m. $5, reception follows at Old Colony House.

Wednesday September 7

Discover Newport Walking Tour Hear stories of revolution and the struggle for religious liberty. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 10 a.m., 841-8770.

Colony House & Wanton Lyman Hazard House Tour Tour the 1739 Colony House, built to house RI government, and the 1697 Wanton Lyman Hazard House, Newport’s oldest house museum. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11:30 a.m., 841-8770, www.

NewportHistoryTours.org.

Newport Cooks!

Learn how to use citrus for added zing and zest with Chef Michael Saxer, Edward King House, 35 King St., 6:30-8:30 p.m., $55, 293-0740, info@NewportCooks.com.

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Early Church Tours Tour two of our nation’s earliest houses of worship, Great Friends Meeting House (1699) and Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House (1730), Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11:30 a.m., 841-8770, www.

NewportHistoryTours.org.

The Working Waterfront History Walking Tour Walk in the footsteps of the sailors, merchants and immigrants who once lived and worked in the Lower Thames neighborhood. NRF Museum Store, 415 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 324-6111, www.NewportHistoryTours.org.

Conservator Workroom Visit Preservation Society of Newport County curators discuss the restoration of The Elms’ Chinese lacquer panels. The Elms, 367 Bellevue Avenue, 11 a.m., members $5, nonmembers $8. To reserve, call 8471000 ext. 154., wwwNewportMansions.org.

Eight Bells Lectures Begin The fall Eight Bells Lecture series presents “Chinese Aerospace Power,” Naval War College Museum, 12 p.m., free and open to the public but advance reservations required one day prior to event, limited seating, 841-2101.

Island Farmers Market Aquidneck Grange Hall, 499 East Main Rd., Middletown, 2-6 p.m., 441-4317.

“If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Shakespeare” 5 p.m. See Thursday, Sep. 1, for details.

Shakespeare in Middletown 5 p.m. See Thursday, Sep. 1, for details.

Rough Point After Dark Celebrate Doris Duke’s passion for Hawaiian culture with a night of hula dancing and traditional music. Demos, lessons, cash bar, 680 Bellevue Ave., $5. 846-4152, www.

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DINNER & A MOVIE Love Story for a New Age

By Patricia Lacouture The best-selling, tragic yet often wildly funny, book “One Day” tugs at the heartstrings and reveals its truly heartbreaking event on pages 384-385, nearly at the end of the book.

Yet, in one of the most poignant moments I have ever read in this kind of novel, an affirmation of love’s bittersweet way of having its most wondrous moments when we’re not completely paying attention ,occurs on the fiPatricia nal page. Excuse LACOUTURE me for quoting it in its entirety: “He put one hand on the back of her neck, and simultaneously she placed one hand lightly on his hip, and they kissed in the street as all around them people hurried home in the summer, and it was the sweetest kiss that either of them would ever know.”

I had the misfortune of reading these latter chapters of “One Day” on an Amtrak train headed home from New York. To my immense embarrassment, I cried beginning on page 384 and was just about getting myself collected when the above sentence hit me with hurricane gale force and had me weeping like a baby. This is not meant as a confessional. Apparently, this reaction to the book and the newly released film adaptation is fairly universal. Surely, it has some private story for every reader of the book and every film viewer, so, to guarantee that I’m not telling inner tales, I’ll just say that I’m spending a good deal of time waxing nostalgic over youthful moments that shine especially brightly in memory as I approach a landmark birthday.

For those who have not read the book, this moment on film may have less impact than some scenes that precede the famous kiss that is the film’s poster and book cover.

The kissing couple, Dexter Mayhew (British heartthrob Jim Sturgess) and Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway), meet on the evening after college graduation. We see their first night and the day after and then follow them through twenty years, always on the date of their meeting. In spite of this great day and that spontaneous yet full-ofyouthful-zest kiss, Emma and Dexter remain friends for the better part of twenty years before Dexter cleans up his act—as a voracious ladies man and heavy drinker— and sees what’s been in front of him all this time.

So, what’s to cry about? Let’s just say that this story is “When Harry Met Sally” meets “Love Story.” I’ve already confessed to crying, so I’ll

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Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway get through “One Day”. surely not go further out on the embarrassment limb by spoiling the plot any further than that.

In the book, I found myself wondering why Emma can’t get her act together and forget Dexter, especially when he’s acting like a first class fool over his suddenly-realized and short-lived TV celebrity.

Jim Sturgess makes Dexter a man any woman might wait for— kind, affectionate, passionate and handsome. Along with a more appealing movie Dexter, Anne Hathaway’s natural appeal—her ability to blend Emma’s lapses of self-confidence with an innate strength and deep well of wisdom—allows us to say, “Of course she’ll wait for him.

She knows the decent man lurking beneath the rogue poseur.”

Since the screenplay was written by the book’s author, David Nicholls, much of the dialogue is verbatim from the novel. Director Lone Scherfig (“Italian for Beginners”) uses a technique from classic Hollywood dramas, years unfolding like pages being flipped by in a book.

To my mind, she keeps in the good parts, the story elements that make you believe that Emma my find her bliss with a handsome French musician and those that make her decision to give Dexter the benefit of the doubt believable.

As for Dexter, his epiphany does not come without cost. As he sinks toward his personal bottom, he humiliates himself in front of a TV audience and, all the more shamefully, in front of his young daughter.

When he pulls himself out of the muck he’s created, he has a Jerry Maguire moment—the realization that Emma makes him want to be a better man, that she, indeed, completes him.

For this critic, “One Day” is an affirmation of the value of steadfast love and loyalty—to one’s self as well as to one’s friends and, especially, staying focused on one’s career aspirations while getting about the business of life and never shutting the door on hope.

That long sentence represents something way beyond one of the

great movie kisses. (I predict this will go into the romantic’s archives along with best of them). It crystallizes the need to be awake to life— to live each day to the fullest as if it may, indeed, be one’s last day.

Patricia Lacouture currently teaches film studies at Salve Regina University. She also taught at Rhode Island College for ten years. She completed her graduate studies in film from Boston University.

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Curtain Falls on NewportFILM Season The last two movie screenings of the NewportFILM season are slated for Thursday, Sept. 1 and Tuesday, Sept. 13.

On tap Sept. 1 at the Norman Bird Sanctuary: “The Last Mountain,” a documentary spotlighting one community’s fight to save a coal-rich mountain in America’s Appalachian heartland from a mining company with plans to explode it in order to extract the coal within.

The community, however, had other plans. Enlisting the help of environmental activist Bobby Kennedy, Jr., the town puts forth a plan to erect wind turbines on the crest of the mountain – bringing to the fore a debate over the future of energy production.

The film is scheduled to begin at dusk (around 7:30 p.m.). It is free to attend and picnics are encouraged.

Get there early, bring a blanket, and savor this last outdoor screening of the summer.

The next, and final, movie planned for NewportFILM’s season will be “Charlotte” on Tuesday, Sept.

13 at the Casino Theater. The movie, which follows a Martha’s Vineyard boat builder through the construction of 50-foot gaff-rigged schooner for his family, is being shown in partnership with the International Yacht Restoration School. The evening is scheduled to begin with a wine reception at 6 p.m., followed by the movie at 7 p.m.

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September 9 Something of That Nature Opening Reception for the weekend art show, Norman Bird Sanctuary, Third Beach Education Center, Middletown, 6-8 p.m., free, www.

NormanBirdSanctuary.org.

Secret Garden Tours Visit private gardens off Bellevue Ave and Ocean Drive, proceeds benefit arts education in area public schools, 10 a.m.-5p.m., www.

SecretGardenTours.org.

Road to Independence Walking Tour 11 a.m. See Friday, Sept. 2, for details.

Belcourt Castle Ghost Tour 5:30 p.m. See Friday, Sept 2, for details.

Art Museum Opening Reception Newport Art Museum’s opening reception for the early fall exhibitions: “Micro/Macro: Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England,” and “Going Home: Sculpture and Prints by Frank Poor,” 76 Bellevue Avenue, 5 - 7 pm, members free; nonmembers $10, 848-8200, www.NewportArtMuseum.org.

Doris Duke’s Preservation Awards Annual award recipients are honored, 680 Bellevue Ave., 6-8:30 p.m., advanced ticketing 849-7300, www.NewportRestoration.org.

Improv Comedy 8 p.m. See Friday, Sept. 2, for details.

Saturday September 10

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

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On The waterfront Upscale Dining on Waites Wharf Open Daily on the Deck at Noon Thursday Night Stu Sinclair from 7-11pm Monday Afternoon Chopville from 3-7pm

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Something of That Nature Non-juried art show featuring artists of all ages. Writing, photography, painting, sculpture, and more will be on exhibit.

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Third Beach Education Center, Middletown, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, www.

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Secret Garden Tours Visit private gardens off Bellevue Ave and Ocean Drive, proceeds benefit arts education in area public schools, 10 a.m.-5p.m., www.

SecretGardenTours.org.

Rogues and Scoundrels Tour Learn why this colony was sometimes known as “Rogue’s Island” as you stroll through Newport. See where scoundrels lived, where pirates profited, and where criminals were put on trial. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770.

Rough Point’s Gallery Hours 1-4 p.m. See Saturday, Sept. 3,, for details.

Jazz at the Vineyard 1-4 p.m. See Saturday, Sept. 3, for details.

Polo Competition Newport vs. Washington DC, Glen Farm, East Main Rd., Portsmouth, 4 p.m., www.GlenFarm.com.

Summer Garden Gala The Annual Summer Garden Party at the nation’s oldest lending library, Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 5-7 p.m., $50, advanced ticketing, 847-0292, www.RedwoodLibrary.org.

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Newport Hospital 5K Road Race Newport Hospital hosts its first 5K fun run and children’s 1K walk, YMCA, Valley Road, Middletown, registration deadline is Sept. 7, 339-7589, www.NewportHospital5k.com.

Something of That Nature Non-juried art show featuring artists of all ages. Writing, photography, painting, sculpture, and more will be on exhibit.

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Third Beach Education Center, Middletown, 12-3 p.m., free, www.NormanBirdSanctuary.org.

Secret Garden Tours Visit private gardens off Bellevue Ave and Ocean Drive, proceeds benefit arts education in area public schools, 10 a.m.-5p.m., www.

SecretGardenTours.org.

NIMfest Concert Newport independent Music Festival summer concert series with original music by Michael Walsh, King Park, Wellington Ave., 3-6 p.m., free, www.NIMfest.com.

Sail for Pride Sail Newport’s 18-mile regatta to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. 846-1983, www.SailNewport. org.

Common Fence Music Season Schedule Common Fence Music (CFM) recently announced its 2011-2012 concert schedule and membership incentive. The non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment and appreciation of folk, roots and world music. The schedule features 20 concerts in Portsmouth and Newport, with most performances on Saturday evenings at the Common Fence Point Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road in Portsmouth. Common Fence Music at Channing Church will also continue this season with three performances at the historic Pelham Street sanctuary.

September’s concerts are both in Portsmouth - Sept. 17, the Aztec Two-Step 40th Anniversary Celebration and Sept. 24, Paul Geremia “Love My Stuff” CD Release Party.

The Portsmouth concerts feature a “folk tailgate party” at 7 p.m. Guests bring picnic baskets and the CFM kitchen supplements with homemade soup, freshly baked desserts and soft drinks for sale. Concerts begin at 8 p.m.

CFM is again offering a membership incentive and participants help promote great folk and roots music while saving on upcoming concerts. For the membership fee of $55, members receive three free tickets and the opportunity to purchase other advance tickets at face value.

For a complete schedule, membership information and ticketing, visit www.CommonFenceMusic.org.

Tickets are also available at Ticket Web, toll-free at 866-468-7619. Tickets for the first concert of the season, Aztec Two-Step’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, will also be available at Coastal Roasters, 1791 Main Road, Tiverton, after Labor Day.

New Murder Mystery Opens The Newport Art Museum and the Marley Bridges Theatre Company present “The Art of the Masquerade,” the latest in the “Murder at the Museum” series, opening Saturday, Sept. 3, at the museum. The familyfriendly, interactive performances feature “bohemian artists,” “Newport millionaires” and “Hollywood stars” in an evening of music, masquerade and murder. Revelry turns to devilry when a priceless painting steals the center of attention. Exposed grudges, double disguises and hidden agendas quickly lead to murder. Guests search the galleries for clues and question suspects to solve the crime.

The performances run Sept. 3 and 17, Oct. 1 and 15, Nov. 5, 19 and 26, and Dec. 17 , at 7 p.m. at the museum. Costumes are welcome but are not required to attend this event. For more information call 848-8200.

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Doris Duke Preservation Awards Ceremony The fifth annual Doris Duke Historic Preservation Awards will recognize several distinguished restoration projects and individuals at Rough Point on Friday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m. The Newport Restoration Foundation joined with the City of Newport in 2007 to create the awards to recognize historic preservation work in Newport.

John Winslow is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his long involvement and dedication to preservation in Newport. His contributions include spending many years as the Chairman of the Board of the Preservation Society of Newport County and lending his extensive knowledge and library to support projects such as the Ameri-

can Institute of Architects Guide to Newport.

Cheryl Auger and Chris Peck were chosen for their restoration of 82 Thames Street, an excellent example of an exemplary, low-impact, partial do-it-yourself project on a modest yet elegant 1870s multi-family dwelling.

Ashley and Frank O’Keefe were selected for their remarkable adaptive reuse of the 1890s Wrentham Carriage House, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, which lay in ruin when the O’Keefes purchased it.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is being recognized for its tremendous work in preserving the 1880 Stanford White Casino Theater and restoring it in a way compatible with 21st century theater use.

Proceeds from the awards celebration benefit the Doris Duke Fund for Historic Preservation, which distributes grants to civic and non-profits organizations on Aquidneck Island and Jamestown.

The funds from the 2010 awards event benefited the City of Newport for restoration of the Old Stone Mill; Emmanuel Church for conservation of a wall mural; Newport Art Museum for front entry work; Newport Historical Society for repairs to Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House; Redwood Library for fence repairs; Rose Island Lighthouse for restoration of the stone bastion; St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth for slate roofing and flashing; and Trinity Church for interior painting.

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Newport Blues Café–Kick, 10 p.m.

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O’Brien’s Pub­–O’Doyle Rules, 10 p.m. ‘til closing One Pelham East–Brick Park Rhino Bar–No Means Yes Rhumbline–Lois Vaughan, 6:30-10 p.m.

Sambar–Live Music The Chanler at Cliff Walk–Dick Lupino, Greg Abate, Paul Nagel, 6-10 p.m.

Language instruction for beginners and intermediate learners is offered in Newport and Middletown.

In addition to helping adults gain reading, writing, math, computer, and English language skills, the AIALC continues to offer vocational training and apprenticeship programs for adults. The Transition to College Program provides adult students with the skills necessary to find success in college, and is offered in partnership with CCRI, Newport. Students will be co-enrolled at both institutions and will offer three college credits.

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Gas Lamp Grille–Dogie & the Cowpie Poachers, 10-1 p.m.

Greenvale Vineyard–Dick Lupino, Mike Turk, Kent Hewitt,1-4 p.m.

LaForge Casino Restaurant–Dave Manuel on piano, 7-11p.m.

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

Newport Blues Café–The George Gritzbach Band, 5:30 p.m. Joshua TreeU2 tribute band, 9:30 p.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge– The Merge, 9 p.m.

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

One Pelham East–The Heavy Weights Rhino Bar – Zoom Rhumbline–Lois Vaughan, 6:30-10 p.m.

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Castle Hill–Dick Lupino and Jordan Nunes Christie’s – DJ & Dancing, 10 p.m.

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REEL REPORT

Fishing Will Improve Post-Irene

By Tim Flaherty

The bluefish, sea bass and Kevin O’Reilly were all surprised by his birthday fishing trip arranged by his three fishin’ sisters: Top: Arron Lloyd, Kevin O’Reilly and Charles O’Reilly. Bottom: Sisters Ingrid, Sophie and Josephine O’Reilly.

Good-night Irene! Thank you for sparing us from what could have been a major disaster for Newport. Hello Katia? This new tropical storm will soon approach the Windward Islands, but remains far from US shores, now. Katia may become a weather concern for us late next week.

Prudent anglers hauled their boats last week at the approach of Irene and that was wise. Although we did not receive the great storm surge, as predicted, many locals took no chances and, for the most part, were well prepared for the worst. Those of you who remember hurricane Carol in 1954 or “The Great Hurricane of 1938” can attest to the destruction that occurred

here. Remember: It’s is always the storm surge that wreaks the most havoc to our shores. This week, I’ve overheard younger citizens suggesting that Irene was a fizzle and a disappointment! That is a naïve point of view. Those of us with past experience in these hazardous, natural events understand the inherent dangers they pose.

As predicted, fluke fishing was excellent at the start of last week, but by mid-week it had slowed.

Lots of fluke were hauled over the rail, but most were just under the legal limit for of 18.5” for this species. Jumbo fluke or “doormats” were taken just south of buoy 2A and near the humps, just south and east of the R2 buoy. Fluke were also taken in the waters south and west of Sakonnet Point. At the latter lo-

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cation, fluke have been in 50-65’ of water. The best bait for fluking has been fresh-frozen squid and 8” stripped baits, like pogies, mackerel and herring. Bay fisherman have been taking keepers north of the Pell Bridge on the outgoing tide.

Try around Gould Island, as well.

As a result of the marine turbulence caused by Irene, you will find both the near shore waters, and even those miles out, are “cloudy” and lots of churned up seaweed will foul your rigs. Give the sea a chance to “clean out” a bit this week, before bottom fishing again. By Friday, August 2, conditions for the fluke bite should improve.

Our guests have enjoyed some of the best Black Sea Bass fishing of the season this past week, hauling them up from 60’ or more. Some anglers limited out, as sea bass appetites grew voracious with the approach of Irene. The best places to fish sea bass continue to be in very rocky bottom areas, such as Elbow Ledge, Seal Ledge, Haycock and Sakonnet Point. As with fluke, squid and stripped baits have been effective baits.

Ledge monster bluefish continue to be taken by both shore anglers and boaters. The ocean side continues to produce fish that have topped out at 14 lbs. You can find them, particularly in the deeper water, at the mouth of the bay, along the west shore of Jamestown and on the east shore of Rose Island.

Whole baitfish has been effective, but be sure to use a 60 lb-test steel leader. Surflow makes a great plastic coated leader that works well for the chainsaw-like, serrated teeth of blues.

As Narragansett Bay continues to cool, the small baitfish, spawned in the upper bay during the spring, will begin to descend the bay and head for the open ocean. As this natural process moves forward, fishing during the months of September and October will steadily improve to make this the most productive time of the year. So, remember to change that old line and tune up your gear for the fall blitzes ahead. Tight lines!

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Rough Point will host its third annual “Doggy” Fashion Show on Thursday, Sept. 15, featuring Newporters and their canine companions, both stylishly dressed by Bellevue Avenue merchants. Inspired

by Doris Duke’s love for dogs, the event is a fundraiser for the Potter League for Animals and the Newport Restoration Foundation. The fashion show is sponsored by Newport pet boutique Wag Nation, whose canine couture will be featured on the runway.

Guests are invited to bring their own four-legged friends to explore the oceanfront lawn at Rough Point. Treats will be provided for dogs and humans, with a cash bar available. All well-behaved, sociable dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash. Grounds open at 5 p.m. with the fashion show beginning at 6 p.m. Rain date is Wednesday, Sept 22. Admission is $10 and includes entrance to the exhibit, Dressed to Play: The Sporty Style of Doris Duke.

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NATURE

Like Us, Birds Weathered the Storm

By Jack Kelly

A hurricane is an unstoppable entity of pure and unbridled energy, which has the power to alter or destroy anything that stands in its path.

Luckily, we did not get the full effects of such a force of nature in our area.

What we did get was a wet and loud reminder of the fragility of our infrastructure and our place in the natural world.

For many on Aquidneck Island, one night without computers, cable, telephones, etc., was enough. Yet, it did give many a chance to connect with family, friends, and neighbors in a way we don’t often experience. It also presented the opportunity to view the night sky as we very seldom see it.

Migration Notes Shorebird migration continues as many other species begin to prepare for their own journeys south. Locally, the vast majority of our wildlife population hunkered down and survived the storm’s fury. Songbirds are being observed during their migrations in greater numbers on the island. This week promises beautiful bird watching weather and could bring some unique observations.

Have Fun with Nature at at Sachuest Point Family Activites at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge – These programs, provided by the staff and volunteers at Sachuest Wildlife refuge, are free to the public in an effort to increase the enjoyment of the conservation, protection and enhancement of National Wildlife Refuges in Rhode Island.

Arts and Crafts Day Make various nature and science based creations to bring home.

(Good for all ages) Thursday, Sept.1, noon – 3 p.m.

Seining & Shoreline Exploration Use a seine net to filter through shallow water and use field guides to identify any plants and animals found. Common sightings include grass shrimp, pipefish, green crabs, banded killifish and sea lettuce.

Kids, bring swimwear because you will get wet! (Good for all ages) Friday, Sept. 2, 1 – 3 p.m.

Invaders of the Rhode Island Coastline Learn about non-native and invasive species on the Rhode Island coast and specifically on the Sachuest Point NWR. Friday, Sept. 5 – 6 p.m.

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Scavenger Hunt Trail Walk Participants that find all items on the new scavenger hunt list will receive a prize. Sunday, Sept. 4, 10 – 11 a.m.

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Critters of the Rocky Shore Grab a bucket and come explore the rocky shore at Sachuest Point!

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Saturday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. - noon and 1 – 3 p.m.

Semipalmated Plover at Third Beach. (Photos by Jack Kelly)

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Movie Monday - Rango Come watch Rango, family-friendly animated film that includes topics such as predation, competition, and drought. Goldfish crackers and juice will be provided. This program is good for all ages. Monday, Sept. 5, 1 – 3 p.m.

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SPORTS

Salve Football Ready to Soar

By Meg O’Neil The start of the new school year is right around the corner, next week to be exact, and in harmony with the start of school also comes a new athletics season; and no one is more ready for that fresh start than Salve Regina University Football Head Coach Bob Chesney.

After relocating to Newport in 2010 after a successful six-year stint as the assistant football coach at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Chesney’s Seahawks posted the best record for Salve’s football team in 10 years, finishing the 2010 regular season 6 – 4.

Even though that’s technically a winning record, Chesney is setting up his team for even more success this season. “I think we took a step in the right direction last year, but still, 6 – 4 is nothing to be extremely proud of, it’s very average,” he said. “We want to improve on that number this year.”

To give the team a taste of talent outside of their conference, Chesney set up the first two games pitting Salve against some Division III powerhouse schools.

First up, the Seahawks will take on Union College on Saturday, Sept. 3 at noon, on home turf at Gaudet Middle School in Middletown. Chesney also encourages those in attendance to listen to the game’s announcer, as it will be the first season for the new “Voice of Seahawks Football,” Tim Wein.

After the Union College game, the next game will be the follow

ing Saturday, this time in New Jersey, taking on Montclair State, a school whose football team is ranked 10th in the country.

Chesney gave the reason for the out-of-conference matches; “We definitely want to challenge ourselves and put ourselves in a situation early on to find out what we’re really made of,” he said.

“They may expose some of our weaknesses, but if we can come out of those games with even just a little bit of success and confidence, then it will carry us into our conference – and it’s ultimately about winning the conference.”

It’s that goal that has Chesney and his team looking to the future.“We’re ready to compete on the national level and everyone on this team wants to take it to that next level.”

He also points out that he’s simply the coach; the true level success is ultimately up to the team.

“As coaches, we’re here to help the guys, but it’s their team, their goals, and their direction. So far, they’re doing a very nice job of setting themselves up for success.”

With more wins and successes, Chesney hopes that this year, more families, students, and fans will come out to games and support not just Salve football, but the entire NCAA athletics program at the school.

“In the past, as a football team, we haven’t really given Newport anything to be proud of or to stand behind because we hadn’t won,”

With the start of the season approaching, Salve Regina University Football Head Coach Bob Chesney gives his team what is to be one of many pep talks at a recent practice. (Photo by Meg O’Neil) he explained. “I understand the disconnect on both ends … but our town is something that we’re certainly proud of and our football team is something that I hope Newport can soon be proud of.”

Earning that sense of pride is a goal of Chesney’s, and he hopes that last year’s winning record is an indication of things to come. “I think that we took steps in the right direction for people to know that we’re serious and we’ve got a great athletics program, and we’re not just that great looking school that

sits up on the cliffs,” Chesney stated.

Instilling that sense of hometown pride in his team is another important part of the job for Chesney, who has encouraged his team to reach out to the Aquidneck Island community.

Last year, the football team was recognized as “Volunteers of the Year” by Child & Family. According to Chesney, a group of guys from the team goes there every Monday to do volunteer work. They also worked with the East Bay Special Olympics, helped provide assistance

to Salve after trees and branches were uprooted in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, and will be on hand to assist with Habitat for Humanity on a future project in Newport.

While the team has been working hard in preseason practices for several weeks, gearing up for the tough schedule ahead, what Chesney would really like to see is families and friends filling the stands, cheering on the hometown team. “Let’s get the town behind us. Newport is such a small, close-knit group, I feel like we can be really proud of it.”

Softball Reunion Held Despite Irene Threat

By Ray Fullerton

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In the 1985 Girls High School State Playoffs in Division One Softball, the Rogers Girls had to play undefeated Warwick at Clegg Field in a second-round, single-elimination game. Warwick’s school nickname was the Hurricanes.

How appropriate then that this Rogers team, the eventual state champions, held their first-ever reunion on the eve of Irene, this past Saturday at Vernon Field in Newport. Even with a threat of a major hurricane looming, nine of the girls were able to make the outing, including one from New Hampshire and one entire family from Virginia Beach, Virginia.

This was a very special Rogers team, and their accomplishment of winning the Division-I state title was remarkable, especially when compared with today’s state championship formats. Rogers tied for first place in the Eastern Division with Bay View Academy with identical 12- 2 records. In a coin flip for the top seed in the East, Bay View won and was given a first round bye. Rogers was sent to play defending state champion and current North divi-

sion champion powerhouse, North Providence, with an 11-1 record, at their home field in a single elimination game. Trailing 1-0 in the last inning, sophomore Jane Corcoran hit a two-run home run which propelled the Vikings to a 2-1 victory and a date with the unbeaten Hurricanes at Clegg Field in Warwick.

Rogers would go on to beat Warwick 4-3, but still, it got no easier. Their next opponent was undefeated Mount St. Charles, in another win-or-go-home game.

The girls continued their very impressive play, beating The Mount 7-2 to advance to the double-elimination, championship series with Bay View, a team that, as a result of the coin flip, had taken a much easier road to the finals, but also a team that boasted the most prolific offensive numbers in the state.

The Rogers girls, though, saved their best for last. They went on to shut out Bay View, not once but twice, capturing their first ever state championship by the scores of 4-0 and 5-0. The team was powered

by All-State selections Tricia Henry, Jackie Burgess and Sue Shea, second team selection Jane Corcoran;

seniors Christine Elliot, Annie Hattub, Andrea Scheffler and Michelle McCarthy; juniors Dawn Amato and Colleen Murphy and freshman Brenda Randall. This road to the championship was made even more impressive by the fact that the team lost leading hitter Henry for the Warwick game due to injury and lost their top outstanding left fielder Hattub in the championship game when she injured her ankle sliding into third base with a two run triple.

Due to the weather, the team was a little short of players for the planned reunion game, but with the help of volunteer official John Hole and the teams coach, Ray Fullerton, they were able to get in some good hitting and fielding games. Perhaps a bit rusty at first, after some 25 years, they all soon found those skills that had driven them to the only state softball championship in Rogers history.

After the game, the players and families had dinner, reviewed some scrapbooks of that unforgettable ‘85 season, and listened to the play-by-play recording of the championship game broadcast by Bobb Angel and Ralph Gizzi from WADK Radio.

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SPORTS Newporter to Pedal Across the US

By Meg O’Neil With researchers pointing out that the recent college graduates of the class of 2011 are entering into one of the bleakest job markets in recent memory, one Newport resident is putting his newly acquired Philosophy degree, from Providence College, and subsequent career search on the back burner for the next two and half months.

The constant questioning of “What’s next after college? What do you do after graduation?” got Daniel Horne thinking, almost jokingly saying to friends and family, “Maybe I’ll just ride my bike across the country.”

The more Horne thought about it, the more the passing idea seemed like a possibility. That idea will come to fruition on Sept.

9 when Horne starts his journey from Yorktown, VA, ultimately ending it in San Francisco, CA. According to Horne, who has always enjoyed cycling, he realized that without a career commitment coupled with a longtime desire to go on a big “fly-by-the-seat-of-mypants adventure,” the idea of a crosscountry bike trip could become so much more. “I had the idea to make the trip about more than just seeing the country, I decided to do it for charity and give more meaning to it.”

Reaching out to the Alzheimer’s Foundation in Providence, Horne explained his mission: bike across the country, and raise money for the foundation, with proceeds going to help research the disease that hits close to home for his family.

With his grandmother being diagnosed with the disease a few years ago, Horne has seen firsthand the progression of the disease and how it has affected his family.

“It’s been a very trying few years, and I figured that with all the negativity that came from the disease, the mental problems, and the family issues that arose, I wanted to do something positive with all this energy that I have … and turn the trip into something good and more meaningful,” Horne explained.

With the start of the bike ride a little over a week away, Horne has already raised over $2,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association thanks to donations at the Village House on Harrison Ave. in Newport, where his grandmother currently resides.

“I’ve never done anything like this before,” he says, “so it was so nice to have something like that happen.

It was a real confidence booster.”

Setting out on a solo bicycle journey that will take approximately two and a half months, and exactly 3,784 miles, Horne admits his nerves come and go in waves, but

Brothers Take Rowing Championship Middletown Police Sergeant Detective Walter Mey, 46, and Terry Mey, 53, of Middletown placed first in the Veteran’s Division (age 4655) of the 2011 New Jersey State Lifeguard Rowing Championships, held at Toms River, New Jersey on Aug. 21. The veteran team of Mey and Mey covered the 7 mile ocean course in 1 hour and 14 minutes.

The Mey team placed 4th overall. The event, which attracted 50 boats from up and down the Jersey Shore, is regarded at the most com-

petitive Lifeguard Rowing competition on the East Coast. Theirs was the only boat entered from Rhode Island. Earlier that day, Terry Mey teamed up with his 57-yearold brother Ray and rowed in the Sandy Hook 5-miler. They finished the race in 3rd place. There were no age divisions in this race. The Mey brothers, who grew up in Newport, are perennial competitors on the East Coast Lifeguard Paddling and Rowing Circuit.

Walter Mey, left, and his brother Terry

Jamestown Yacht Club Race Results Daniel Horne is set to start his cross-country trek on Sept. 9.

(Photo by Meg O’Neil) that ultimately, he knows he’ll be successful in his endeavor.

To get him from the East Coast to the West Coast, he’ll have his new road bike, with saddlebags on the sides holding his light storage load, including two cycling jerseys, one pair of biking shorts, one pair of leisure shorts, two pairs of underwear, two pairs of socks, a long sleeve shirt, a rain jacket, 3 – 5 tire tubes, a set of tools, and a small laptop to keep up with his blog so that people can keep track of his journey.

To stay hydrated, he’ll have a Camelbak hydration system, and one water bottle mounted to his bike.

He’ll also have a pair of flip flops provided by Feelgoodz, Horne’s very first sponsor. And of course, a helmet and proper cycling shoes.

As a novice cyclist, Horne has been training intensely for the trek, and has decided that Yorktown, VA, is a good starting point for him based on a set of bicycling maps that will guide him throughout the journey.

According to Horne, the trail he picked is a straight line from Yorktown to San Francisco, and shows biker friendly roads with wide shoulders, locations near rest stops and bike shops, and highlights the elevations, temperatures, and weather

conditions specifically for bicyclists.

With the first push of his pedal clocking in at 5 a.m. on Sept. 9, Horne will begin his ride. His plan is to start riding with the rising of the sun, and stop every night once the sun sets, saying, “I don’t want to waste a second of daylight.”

When night comes, Horne will be relying on finding rest thanks to a group of philanthropic individuals on the popular website www.airbnb.com, that connects those searching for a safe haven for a night, with people who will provide a bed and hopefully a home cooked meal.

Horne stressed that the bike ride isn’t about him, but for raising money for the Alzheimer’s Foundation, and encourages anyone who wishes to follow him on his journey to read his blog at www. dannyandthebikeosaurus.wordpress.com, or to donate at www. kintera.org/dinnerparty/beaboutit.

With light winds out of the west, the Jamestown Yacht Club held the first race of the fall season on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The following are the results for the race: A Class: 1. Breakaway - Paul Grimes 2. Fleetwing - Bob Johnstone 3. Picante - R. Salk/J. Sahagian 4. Aurora - Andrew Kallfelz 5. Manic - Alex Wadson 6. Macx - Bill MacGowan 7. Spirit - EC Helme 8. Phantom - Victor Bell 9. Hidalgo - Rich Moody

10. Lynx - Dennis Nixon 11. Floating Point - Pat Clayton.

B Class: 1. Feather - Peter Johnstone, Bearly Muven, Michael Nahmias 3. Luna - Chris Brown & Samira Hakki 4. Eeyore - Martin Keen.

C Class: 1. Duck Soup - Bill Clavin 2. Chariman Arafat - Rob Bestoso 3.Summer Wind - T. Alyn & KJ Delamer 4. Isabel - Ben Riggs 5. Footloose - Andy Yates.

NTW will follow up Horne’s journey in several months when he returns to Newport late this fall.

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ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS FOOTBALL 9/1 - 6P.M. Injury Fund Tournament @ Tiverton HS BOYS SOCCER 9/6 - 6P.M. Rogers @ Johnston GIRLS SOCCER 9/2 - 2P.M. Injury Fund Tournament @ Gaudet MS 9/7 - 3:30P.M. Rogers @ Burriville GIRLS VOLLEYBALL 9/2 - 6P.M. Injury Fund Tournament @ Rogers HS 9/7 - 6:30P.M. Exeter W. Greenwich @ Rogers GIRLS TENNIS 9/6 3:30 PM Rogers @ Warwick

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SENIOR SAVVY

By Florence Archambault Children are not the only ones preparing for school to open. Preparations are underway at island senior centers for a new session of classes geared towards keeping older adults well, offering intellectual challenges, making hobbies available, and providing social opportunities.

At the Edward King House Senior Center in Newport, new classes begin the week of Sept. 19. You must register to participate. If you are not a member and have not received a newsletter with a registration form, call the center at 8477426 and sign up. Dues are $25.

You must be a member of the center to enroll in a class. Most classes require a fee.

The classes include several yoga sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There are two writing classes — one for fiction writing and one for writing your family history.

Several exercise classes have strange names. They include Qi Gong, T’ai Chi, and Zumba. The ever-popular line dancing returns, which is, believe it or not, a painless form of exercise.

For those with artistic leanings, classes in oil painting, water color, drawing, and painting techniques are being offered.

An exciting undertaking will be the formation of a new theatre group, The Edward King House Theatre Company. Auditions will be held Sept. 13 and 14 from 6 - 8 p.m. The group is casting men and women for Neil Simon’s comedy The Odd Couple.

The King House has also added an all levels quilting club to create a group quilt to be raffled at Christmas time. It will meet on Mondays from 10 - 11 a.m. and tea will follow.

The group is open to all members.

A Follow the Leader Art Class will

be held on the 20th and run from 6 - 9 p.m. The fee of $30 includes all the supplies needed to complete an acrylic painting in one evening.

This could be a great night out with friends and an opportunity to create your own masterpiece.

Fall prevention and awareness will be addressed on Sept. 23 during a program held in partnership with the RI Department of Health and Heatherwood Nursing Center.

Information and activities designed to raise awareness of injury prevention will be highlighted.

In addition, the Telehealth kiosk is available for blood pressure, pulse, pulse oxygen, and weight control monitoring weekly by the Visiting Nurse Service.

For additional information and questions, contact the center at 846-7426. ******************* In Middletown, the Senior Center is also gearing up for a new fall session of classes and activities. In addition to the regular exercise classes, including Zumba Gold, Walking for Fun and Fitness, and Line Dancing, the bridge, Pokeno, and card groups will still meet and Bingo continues.

New programs geared to keeping your mind sharp include Literary Appreciation, What’s On Your Mind, (a local, state, and national current events discussion group) and For the Love of Books group.

The Crossword Puzzle Club (including both easy and challenging puzzles for all abilities) continues and a Puzzle Study Challenge Weekly Competition has been added.

Again, you must be a member to be able to take advantage of all these programs, and you will receive a newsletter listing them.

Dues are $10.

The Middletown Center plans an Activity Expo on Sept. 13 preceded

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by a free lunch at noon. The Expo starts at 1 p.m. Group leaders and instructors will discuss and present demonstrations of their activity, craft, interest, etc. This is the time to check out your interests and get involved.

The center is also conducting its first School Supply Drive, and is collecting school supplies for local students in need. Backpacks are desperately needed along with markers, crayons, pencils, folders, paper, black hard covered tablets, book covers, facial tissues, and padlocks. Health programs of various types also continue throughout the month.

This year the center will be partnering with Salve Regina University’s Community Outreach Program which encourages students to get involved with the island communities through volunteerism. This will be a continuing program throughout the year (except during school vacations and summer months.)

Students will volunteer at the center and be available to assist MSC members at their residences with tasks too difficult for them to handle and/or should not be performing…such as putting summer furniture away, garden cleanup, fall planting, raking, assisting with shopping, hanging curtains, or other household or landowner chores, etc. To take advantage of this program you need to call the center at 849-8823 ASAP because services need to be coordinated with Salve.

Don’t forget the noon lunch programs at all the centers. A $3 donation is asked for and reservations need to be made 24 hours in advance.

Certainly, everyone should be able to find something of interest in all these classes and activities.

Jump in for fun and friendship!

Volunteer Opportunities American Red Cross–Seeking office help, health and safety instructors. Contact Beth Choquette at 846-8100 or choquetteb@riredcross.org.

Artillery Company of Newport– Looking for volunteers to work in the museum, participate in parades and living history programs, fire and maintain cannons and muskets.

Contact Robert Edenbach at 8468488 or info@newportartillery.com.

BOLD (Books Open Life’s Doors)– Newport Community Literacy Partnership is seeking volunteers to spend an hour each week with Newport public school students.

Call 847-2100.

Child & Family–Volunteers needed to work with children, teens and seniors in many different roles and settings. Contact Landa Patterson at 848-4210 or email her at lpatterson@childandfamilyri.com.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center–Seeking volunteers for breakfast, K-5, middle school and teen programs. Call Bea Brush at 846-4828.

Fort Adams Trust–Seeking volunteers for the upcoming Special Events season. Contact Laurie at 619-5801 or llabrecque@fortadams.org.

Literacy Volunteers of East Bay provide free, individualized student-centered instruction in basic literacy and English langauage skills for adults. If interested in a unique volunteering opportunity call 619-3779.

Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island–Volunteers and substitute drivers always needed. Call 401351-6700.

Naval War College Museum– Looking for volunteers to assist with special tours. Call 841-4052.

Newport Hospital–Recruiting new members to join the auxiliary to support ongoing service and fund-

Senior Center Information Our senior centers are vibrant year round! The minimum age for membership varies from 50 to 55 years old but the younger spouses of eligible members are welcome. You do not have to be a town resident to join. Each center is open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., and offers many different classes/clubs. They also sponsor health screenings and a daily hot lunch program. Lunch is offered for $3, and reservations are required one day prior. Call the individual centers to reserve lunch and for more information on health screenings and activities.

Edward King House, 35 King Street, Newport, 846-7426, ages 50 plus, $20 per year.

Jamestown Senior Center, 6 West St., 423-2658 Middletown Senior Center, 650 Green End Ave, 849-8823, ages 55 plus, $10 per year, www.middletownri.com/senior/index.php.

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To volunteer call 846-2577 ext. 17 or emaillmuir@normanbirdsanctuary.og.

Old Colony & Newport Railway– Various opportunities to support scenic train tours: engineers, flagmen, ticket agents, conductors, maintenance. Call Don Elbert at 624-6951.

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“Reading Fur Fun” Program–The Potter League for Animals is seeking volunteers who enjoy working with children and own a dog that loves children. The program gives children an opportunity to read to animals. Dogs must pass the Therapy International Test before being acepted. Call Joyce Barton 846-8276 or email joyceb@potterleague.org.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program – Volunteer drivers need to provide transportation for doctor’s appointments or running errands.

Contact Newport County coordinator Eileen Chekal at 435-7876.

Sachuest Point Wildlife Refuge No experience necessary, volunteers are needed to help at the refuge visitor’s center. For information call Sarah Lang, 847-5511 or stop by 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center– Volunteers needed to assist with office duties and telephone, special events and fund-raising, or court advocacy work. Call 846-5263.

RECENT DEATHS Viola A. (Angelini) Badwey, 90, of Middletown passed away August 26, 2011 in the Newport Hospital. She was the former wife of Victor A. Badwey. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Lucy Church.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Special Olympics Rhode Island, 370 George Washington Highway, Smithfield, RI 02917.

Dr. Paul C. Houston, 90, of Middletown passed away August 21, 2011. He was the husband of Dolores (Mello) Houston. Burial will be private.

Donations in his name may be made to Newport Hospital Lifespan, 11 Friendship St., Newport, RI 02840.

Henry Francis Murphy, 78, of Newport, passed away August 26, 2011 at Newport Hospital.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. at Jesus Savior Church, Broadway. Donations in his memory may be made to Odyssey Health Care, 2374 Post Road, Suite 206, Warwick, RI 02886.

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THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 1 10:00am: Lessons of Love 10:30am: Newport City Limits 11:00am: Jazz Bash (Stan Kenton tribute) 11:30am: Center Stage 12:00pm” Portsmouth School Committee Mtg: 8.23 12:50pm: Portsmouth Town Council Mtg: 8.23 2:40pm: Portsmouth Town Council Mtg: 8.22 5:00pm: Grace and Truth 6:00pm: Community Baptist Church 7:00pm: Newport City Council Mtg: 8.24 9:10pm: Newport City Council / Queen Anne Square Workshop: 8.17 FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 2 9:00am: Grace and Truth 10:00am: Community Baptist Church 11:00am: Newport City Council Mtg: 8.24 1:10pm: Newport City Council / Queen Anne Square Workshop: 8.17 6:00pm: Crossed Paths 6:30pm: Newport County In-Focus 7:00pm: ALN Forum: Unfunded Liabilities

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Library of Congress Exhibit to Visit NPL A specially designed 18-wheel truck will roll to the Newport Public Library bringing with it treasures and information from the Library of Congress on Sept. 6 and 7.

The exhibit, called “The Gateway to Knowledge,” will be located in the Library’s parking lot and be open from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The exhibit will include programming for teachers, students, and provide relevant and engaging learning experiences for lifelong learners and will be staffed by two docents who are knowledgeable about the Library of Congress and its collections.

“The Newport Public Library is pleased to be hosting the Gateway to Knowledge exhibit. This is a great opportunity for people to share in the wealth of knowledge that the incredible collection of the Library of Congress offers them,” said Regina Slezak, Library Director.

For further information about the exhibit go to www.loc.gov scroll down and click on The Gateway to Knowledge.

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Art Galleries Anchor Bend Open Thurs.-Mon., 16 Franklin St., 849-0698, anchorbendglass.com.

Anthony Tomaselli Gallery 140 Spring St., 419-2821, www.anthonytomaselli.com.

Stunning Newport images and savvy adventure travel photography.

Framed and unframed prints • Canvases 89 Thames Street • 401-847-4255 www.blinkgalleryusa.com

Arnold Art Rare print editions by John Mecray on third floor gallery, open Mon.Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Sunday, noon - 5 p.m., 210 Thames St., 847-2273, www.arnoldart.com.

COLLEGE FAIR

Art & Happiness 136 Bellevue Ave., 241-9887.

Art on the Wharf “Boats That Work” show through Aug. 31. Gallery open everyday, noon - 6 p.m., or by appointment, 33 Bannister’s Wharf, 965-0268.

Blink Gallery Travel photography and Newport images, 89 Thames St., 847-4255, www.blinkgalleryusa.com Brimstone Studio Open Sat. and Sunday, noon–5 p.m., or by appointment, 134 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown 440-3974.

Cadeaux du Monde Open daily 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 26 Mary St., 848-0550 www.cadeauxdumonde.com.

The College Planning Center of RI, the Pawtucket Red Sox, B101, and Coast 93.3 have joined up to host a college fair at McCoy Stadium this fall.

Round the Island Race, Cowes 2011 by Tony Gill 10th Annual Boat Show of original oil paintings and fine art reproductions by local yachtsman and painter Tony Gill celebrating Newport’s nautical tradition from the Shields fleet to the local lobster fleet. Art on the Wharf, 33 Bannister’s Wharf, gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m., closed Tuesday and Wednesday, 845-6858.

September 20, 2011 | 6-8pm Speak face-to-face with college representatives from all over the Northeast!

Pre-register at www.collegeplanningcenter.org Pawtucket Red Sox

p.m., 59 America’s Cup Ave., Bowen’s Wharf, 849-0030.

Spring Bull Gallery “The Breakfast Club”, opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 2, 5-7 p.m., show thru Sept. 30. Open daily noon to 5 p.m.

55 Bellevue Ave., 849-9166.

The Third & Elm Press & Gallery Woodcuts and paper created by Ilse Buchert Nesbitt, open Tues.

- Sat., 11 a.m - 5 p.m. and by appointment, 29 Elm St. 848-0228 www.thirdandelm.com.

William Vareika Gallery Special Gilbert Stuart exhibit, 212 Bellevue Ave., 849-6149,

Or Use Solid Color PANTONE® 186 PANTONE Cool Gray 6 PANTONE 289 PANTONE 475 PANTONE 1205 PANTONE 721 PANTONE 723 PANTONE 725

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DeBlois Gallery “Recent Work” through Sept. 25.

Open Tues.-Sun., noon-5 p.m., 138 Bellevue Ave., 847-9977, debloisgallery.com.

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Didi Suydam Contemporary Gallery is open Thurs.-Mon., 12 - 5 p.m., 25 Mill St., 848-9414, www.didisuydam.com.

Harbor Fine Art Open daily 11 a.m – 5 p.m., 134 Spring St., 848-9711, www.harborfineart.com.

Isherwood Gallery Paintings by Frederick Ames Cushing, gallery open Wed.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.– 5 p.m. 108 William St., 619-1116, isherwoodgallery.com.

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Jamestown Arts Center Gallery open Sat. & Sun. noon-3 p.m.,18 Valley St., Jamestown.

We know what a milestone it is to buy

Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design “New Paintings by Wylene Commander and Pieter Roos,” show runs through Sept. 3, gallery open Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. and by appointment. 226 Bellevue Ave., suite 8, the Audrain Building, second floor, 849-3271, www.jessicahagen.com.

a first home or move to a new one.

So we’re ready to help with renowned Washington Trust service. That means expert lending professionals who are local, accessible, and genuinely nice. Trusted advice on which

The Lady Who Paints Working studio, open Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 9 Bridge St., 450-4791.

mortgage is best for you. Quick answers on your application. And a closing date usually

Sage Gallery 435 Thames St. (2nd floor). www.sageartworks.com.

within 35 days. Find out why homebuyers have turned to Washington Trust for financing for

The Merton Road Artist Studio The studio is located behind the Tennis Hall of Fame, 7 Merton Rd.

more than 210 years. Call us at 800-475-2265 or visit www.washtrust.com. Member FDIC.

Old Man & the Sea Gallery Specializing in Cuban & nautical art, 99 Spring St.

www.iluvri.com

Roger King Fine Art Two floors of 19th and 20th century American paintings. Open daily, 21 Bowen’s Wharf, 847-4359, www.rkingfinearts.com.

Sheldon Fine Art Opening reception for Gerhard Nesvadba. Saturday, Sept. 3, 5 - 7 p.m., gallery open daily 10 a.m. - 6

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