The Cornish Trio perform music from the Renaissance and Baroque on Sunday. February 1 at 3 p.m. in the Bowdoin College .Museum of Art (the Walker Art Build¬ ing).Formoreinformation,call725-3253.
Composers Forum, featuring composer I hea Musgrave. BowdoinCollege.Monday.February2.andIuesday,Feb¬ ruary3.Room101.GibsonIlall.Forthetimeandother details,callBowdoinCollegeat725-3253.
The Portland String Quartet perform works of Mozart. Bartok and Beethoven on Friday, February 6 at 8 p.m. ImmanuelBaptistChurch,156HighSt.,Portland.$8/$5. 775-0343.
ComposerCharlesTodgepresentsaconcertofhisworkat the Portland Museum of z\rt as part of the Mame New Music Network series. Sunday. February 8. 3 p.m. A pre-concertdiscussionwiththecomposerwillbeheldfrom 2:15to2:45p.m.FreewithMuseumadmission.775-6148.
MusicatNoon(andVz)presentscellistBenClinesmithand pianist Martin Perry on Monday. February 9. at 12:30 p.m.BowdoinCollege,Gibson1lall.Room101.725-3253.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents two offer¬ ings in February. On Wednesday. February 11, the OrchestraisjoinedbyTheChoralArtSociety,underthe directionofRobertRussell,withsopranoBonnieScarpelli, inaprogramofPaulus.PoulencandRavel.Iheconcert, under the direction of music director and conductor 1 oshiyuki Shimada, begins at 7:45 p.m. 1 ickets are S18/S15/$ 1 1 /$7/. On Saturday. February 14, Richard VanstoneconductstheOrchestrainaspecial“Valentine Pops” performance at 7 p.m. Prices for the “Valentine Pops" concert are $ 12/S10/S7/S5. Both concerts take placeinthePortlandCityHallAuditorium.773-8191.
Performance artist Danny Mydlack. a Boston-based per¬ former who has been described as "a cross between Pee Wee Herman and Laurie Anderson,” brings his outrageous blendofvideo,musicandfundamentalism-as-public-locution tothePortlandMuseumofArtonThursday,February12. at7:30p.m.aspartoftheMuseum’s“WorkinProgress” program. S3/S2.50. 775-6148.
Keeping Tabs on the Masquerade, a multi-media per¬ formancewithmusic,sound,visualimagesandmovement. Collaborators include composer Zae Munn, visual artist Jack Girard, and dancer/choreographer Ann Kilkelly. Sunday, February 15, 3 p.m. For performance time and
Comedy duo Monteith and Rand, described by Time magazine as “The funniest and most inventive comedy teamto^omealonginyears.”taketheirschticktothe UniversityofMaineatAugusta'sJewettHallonSaturday, February28at8p.m.Formoreinformation,callForum-A at 622-7131, x212.
TheRussellSquarePlayerspresenttheirproductionof Moliere’sTartuffe,theclassicFrenchspoofoftheclergy. IheproductionisonstageatRussellHallontheGorham campusoftheUniversityofSouthernMainefromFebruary 27to.March7.Performancestakeplacenightlyat8p.m.; matinee Sunday at 2 p.m. $6. For more information or reservations,calltheIxixofficeat780-5483,orthe Theater Department at 7780-5-180.
Portland Stage Company presents Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’sJourneyIntoNight.AbeautifulandpotentPulitzer Prize-winningdrama,thisistheautobiographicalstoryof O’Neill’stroubledandvolatilefamily.PSC'sArtisticDirec¬ torBarbaraRosoffwilldirect.Iheproductionrunsfrom February7toMarch1.Performancestakeplace!uesday, WednesdayandIhursdayat7:30p.m.,Fridayat8p.m., Saturdayat5p.m.and9p.m..andSundayat2p.m.$8uo $17.Formoreinformation,callthePortlandStageCom¬ panyboxofficeat774-0465.
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The Elizabethan Dance Group perform Renaissance dances accompanied by the Boston Renaissance Ensem¬ ble.Theperformanceisofferedinconjunctionwiththe BowdoinMuseumofArt'sexhibitionof“ItalianRenais¬ sanceMaiolica.'Friday.February6,8p.m.KtesgeAudit¬ orium.VisualArtsCenter,BowdoinCollege,Brunswick. 725-3253.
Maine Dance Festival, featuring Ram Island Dance Com¬ pany, Oxygen Debt Company, and Casco Bay Movers, takesplacein1lauckAuditoriumattheUniversityofMaine atOronoonFriday,February6at8p.m.Forinformation
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The Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble, a colorfully cos¬ tumed ensemble of 35 singers, dancers and musicians, performatMorseHighSchoolinBathonSaturday,Febru¬ ary7,at7:30p.m.$9/$5.Formoreinformation,callthe CenterfortheArtsat442-8455.
Live From Studio 1 New works and works-in-progress by area choreographers and companies. Portland Dance Cen¬ ter,Friday,February13,8p.m.773-2562.
The North Carolina Dance Theater, sixteen classically traineddancersfromoneofthecountry’sfinestregional companies, perform at Cony High School on Thursday, February19at8p.m.Formoreinformation,callForum-A at 622-7131, x212.
Galleries
AbacusHandcraftersGallery,44ExchangeSt.,Portland. Contemporary American crafts and museum-quality jewel¬ ry. Monday to Wednesday, 9:30 to 6; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9:30 to 8; Sunday 12 to 5. 772-4880. BarridoffGalleries,4CityCenter,Portland.Selectionsby Galleryartistsandselectednineteenthandtwentiethcen¬ turyestatepaintings.MondaytoFriday,10to5:Saturday 12 to4. 772-5011.
CafeAlways,47MiddleSt.,Portland.Diningandviewing hours, Tuesday to Sunday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Monday. 774-9399.
Congress Square Gallery, 594 Congress St.. Portland. A changingexhibitofGalleryartists,includingSiriBeck¬ mann,JillHoy,HowardFussinerandPhilBarter.Monday to Saturday. 10 to 6.774-3369.
Hitchcock Art Dealers. 602 Congress St., second floor suite 204, Portland. Contemporary Maine art, featuring William Manning, Nauasha Myers, Eric 1 lopkins, Wendy Kindred,JamesLinehan,MarilynBlinkhorn.SherryMiller, Ann Gresinger and others. Monday through Saturday, 10 to6(until9onThursdays),Sunday12to5.774-8919. KobeSoundGalleriesNorth,1MilkSt.,Portland.Tues¬ day to Saturday, 10:30 to 5. 773-2755.
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Continued from page 6 sons.MondaythroughSaturday,10:30to5:30.774-1633. MapleHillGallery,367ForeSt.,Portland,andPerkin’s Cove,Ogunquit.FromFebruary28toApril5,theGallery presentsanexhibitofweddingbandsfeaturingtheworkof Ron Pearson, Glenda Arentzen, Ross Coppelman, Alan Revere, S. Ann Krupp & Allen Bryan, Stephani Briggs, David Virtue, Frank Trozzo, Whitney Boin and Janice Grzyb.AnopeningreceptiontakesplaceattheGalleryon Saturday,February28.from10a.m.to6p.m.Mondayto Saturday,10to6:andSundayfrom12to5.775-3822. O’Farrell Gallery. 46 Mame St., Brunswick. Through February 28, the Gallery presents a Prints and Posters Show,featuringworkbyRobertIndiana,Alexkatz,Neil Welliver, Leticia Tarrage, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Edvard Munch and others. Tuesday to Sauurday, 10 to 5. 729-8228.
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The Pine Tree Shop and Bayview Gallery, 75 Market St., Portland. Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 5:30. 773-3007.
PostersPlusGalleries,146MiddleSt.,Portland.Featur¬ ing original prints by Franklin Galambos, Kozo, Harvey Peterson, Ron Bolt, Thomas McKnight, Uomoe Yokoi, Rockwell Kent, Margaret Babbitt, Peyton Higgison, R.C. Gorman,WillBarnet,NancyJones,CarolCollette,Harold Altman, Alan Magee, Jim Dine and others. Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 5:30. 772-2693.
The Stein Glass Gallery, 20 Milk St., Portland. Monday toSaturday,10:30to6;Sunday1to4.772-9072. TiniesTen,420ForeSt.,Portland.Finefunctionalcrafts from ten Maine craftspersons, including clocks by Ron Burke,earthenwarepotteryandtilesbyLibbySeigars,and handwoven rugs by Sara Hotchkiss. Monday to Saturday, lOto 6. 761-1553.
Tracy Johnson Fine Jewelry, 62 Market St., Portland. Featured jewelry artists include Tracy Johnson, Karen 1lennessey,CindyEdwardsandKitCarson.One-of-a-kind custom designs and fine watches are a specialty of the house.TuesdaytoSaturday,12to6;orbyappointment. 775-2468.
Services
The Cumberland County Child Abuse and Neglect CouncilisanonprofitsocialservicewithofficesinPreble Chapel, 331 Cumberland Ave., Portland. The group func¬ tionsasanadvocateforchildrenandasavoiceforthe community. For more information, call 774-0046.
The Rotary House Fund, a community service of the PortlandRotaryClub,makeshousingavailable,atnocost, ItofamilieswhomustcometoPortlandfromdistantareas torhospitalcare.Hospitalsparticipatingintheprogram include Maine Medical Center, Mercy Hospital and the OsteopathicHospitalofMaine.Formoreinformation,write Rotary Club of Portland. =177. 142 High St., Room 619, !P.O.Box1755.Portland.Maine.04104:orcall773-7157.
_ SpecialWinterEvents_
The Ski Maine Association provides a complete roundup ofracesandotherspecialeventsontheslopesofMaine’s mountains.Foracompletelistingofthemanyeventstaking placethroughoutthewinter,writetheSkiMaineAssocia¬ tion at 21 Elm St., Camden, Maine, 04083; or call 2368645.SpecialeventsinFebruaryinclude:MaineSpecial Winter Olympics, Sugarloaf (February 1 & 2); Michelob Town Challenge Series, Pleasant Mountain (Race V, Feb¬ ruary 3; Race VI, February 10: Race Vil, February 24): Western Mountains Winter Wonderland Week, Sunday River (February 7-14); Coke's Maine Handicap Ski Pro¬ gram Fundraiser, Sunday River (February 28); and the Peugeot Grand Prix Pro Race, Sugarloaf (February 28 to March 1). For more information on these and many other events,calltherespectiveresorts,ortheAssociationat 236-8645.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College. Brunswick. Building a Collection: Recent Acquisitions in Photography (through February 8): Italian Renais¬ sance Maiolica (through February 5): Woodcuts and Wood Engravings from the Permanent Collection (through March 1); Hot Off the Press: Graphics of the ’80s(February10toApril26).TuesdaythroughFriday. 10to4:Saturday,10to5;Sunday,2to5.ClosedMon¬ days and holidays. 725-8731, x253.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bow¬ doinCollege,Brunswick.Continuingexhibitsfromthecol¬ lections,includingartifacts,carvings,costumesandpaint¬ ingsofthetwofamousexplorers.TuesdaythroughFriday, 10to4;Saturday,10to5;Sunday,2to5.ClosedMon¬ days and holidays. 725-8731, x253.
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Showing through April: Bricks and Benefac¬ tors: Campus Buildings, and Famous Names: Letters from the Lyman Abbott Autograph Collection. Monday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to midnight; Sunday, 10 a.m. to midnight. 725-8731, x253.
Maine Maritime Museum, 963 Washington St., Bath. 1hemuseumoffersthevisitoracomprehensiveexperience ofnineteenthcenturyseacoastlife,atimewhenhalfofall merchantvesselsflyingtheUnitedStatesflagwerebuiltin Bath.TheMuseum’scollectionsincludeships’paintings, models,navigationalinstruments,fishinggear,antique tools,periodfurnishings,familyportraits,foreigntrade itemsandothermemorabilia,andanoutstandingcollection ofoverahalf-milliondocuments,accountbooks,ships’ logs,ships’plans,mapsandcharts.TheMuseum'sAppren¬ ticeshopconstructsandrestoreswoodenboatsusingtech¬ niquesandtoolsfromthegoldenageofshipbuilding.For moreinformation,call443-6311.
Joan Witney Payson Gallery of Art, Westbrook College, Stevens Ave., Portland. Through March 8, the Gallery presents Selections From Maine Corporate Collections. AnincreasingnumberofMaine’sbusinessesaresupporting theartsandartistsbycommissioningorpurchasingwork fortheiroffices.Drawingobjectsfromalloverthestate,this exhibitionwillshowwhatthebusinesscommunitvhascol¬ lected.TuesdaytoFriday,10to4;SaturdayandSunday,1 to5.ClosedMondays,holidaysandbetweenexhibitions. 797-9546.
Penobscot Nation Museum. Center St., Indian Island, Old Town. The Penobscot Tribal Museum displays tradi¬ tionalandcontemporarynortheastIndianartsandcrafts, includingbasketry,woodcarvings,stonesculpture,and prehistoricstoneimplements.Paintings,artifactsandcos¬ tumesarealsoondisplay.MondaythroughFriday,12to4. Mornings by appointment. Sl/Sl .50. 827-6545.
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. AfterMatisse,anexhibitionof42paintingsinvestigating the impact of Henri Matisse on American art, shows through February 9. The travelling exhibition includes works by Hans Hoffman, Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, JenniferBartlett,AlexKatz,and32otherAmericanartists. SpecialeventsattheMuseuminFebruary:ASilentAuc¬ tion,sponsoredbytheMuseumGuildoftheMuseum,takes placeintheMuseum’sGreatHallonSaturday,February7. This year’s auction takes as its theme the Chinese New Yearandincludesapreviewhourforpatrons,theauction, and dinner and a dance. On Wednesday, February 18, the Museum presents Inside the Art Museum for children ages8to12.Theday’sactivitiesincludetwofilms,agallery walk, and a box art workshop. The program will be held from2:15to3:30,islimitedto15students,andcosts$4for member and S6 for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required through the Museum’s Education Department. Museum admission: $3/$2/$ 1. Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to5;Thursdayto9;andSunday12to5.Freeadmission Thursdays 5 to 9. 775-6148.
Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland. From February 3 to February 27, the Library presents Visions: Internal and External Views, paintings by Sue Pedersen and Eileen Gillespie. Monday, Wednesday and Friday,9to6;TuesdayandThursday,12to9:Saturdays, 9 to 5. Closed Sundays and major holidays. 773-4761. PortlandSchoolofArt,BaxterGallery,619CongressSt., Portland. Monday through Friday, 10 to 5: Thursday, 10 to7;Sunday,11to4.Free.775-3052.
Castine Wilson Museum, Castine. Exhibits include pre¬ historicartifactsfromNorthandSouthAmerica,Europe andAfrica,andaseriesofexhibitsillustratingthegrowthof man'sabilitytofashiontools.Opendaily,exceptMondays, from2to5.Free.326-8753.
University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham campus. Through February 12. the Gallery presents a
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convocation exhibition entitled Recent Acquisitions: Toward a Permanent Collection.
Campus Center Marketplace Gallery, Portland Campus oftheUniversityofSouthernMaine,BedfordSt.,Portland. TheCampusCenterpresentsIconsinSpace,anexhibitof selectedworksculledfromtheStuxGalleryofBostonand New York. Icons in Space features the work of Doug Anderson,GerryBergstein,PelleCass,GinaFiedel.Judy Haberl, Ralph Helmick, Bob Lewn, Susan Morrison, Louis Risoli, Johnnie Ross and Haney Low Simons. The show presents a range of new and challenging pieces ranging fromcomplex,large-scaleabstraction,figurativeportrayals, and minimal works. Free. 780-4076.
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VerticalDrop:1.030feet.1-dayticketprices:$12adult midweek,$19weekend.$8juniormidweek,$12weekend. The Birches Cross Country Ski Area On Moosehead Lake, Rockwood.
Alberta’s.21PleasantStreet,Portland.Alltheselections from Alberta’s ever-changing menu are cooked to order overtheirmesquitecharcoalgrill.Steaks,seafood,and butterflied leg of lamb are accompanied by homemade soups,breads,anddesserts,including“DeathbyChoco¬ late.”Lunch,dinner,Sundaybrunch.Majorcreditcards. 774-5408.
Amigo’s. 9 Dana Street, Portland. A wide selection of Mexicanfoodinarelaxedsetting.Enchiladas,tacos,burri¬ tos, everything made from scratch. Brings the Mexican experience to the Old Port. Lunch and dinner Tuesdays throughSaturdays,closedSundayandMonday.772-0772.
The Blue Moon.425ForeStreet,Portland.Portland’snew jazzclubrestaurantfeaturesIejazzhot—live—nightlyas wellasanentertainingdinnermenu.Astrongadditionto Portland’snightlife.871-0663.
Boone’s. Custom Mouse Wharf, Portland. They’ve been serving an extraordinary range of seafood since 1898. Portlandmemorabiliaandantiquesaredisplayedinthe heavy-beameddiningroom,andtherearenightlyspecials inadditiontotheextensivemenu.Lunchanddinnerdaily, allmajorcreditcards.774-5725.
BramhallPub.769CongressStreet,Portland.Soupsand sandwichesinaprettybrick-walledsettingbeneaththe Roma Cafe. 773-8329.
Cafe Always. 47MiddleStreet.Portland.OneofPort¬ land’snewestrestaurants.Featuresstrong,ambitiousmenu and a romantic atmosphere. 774-9399.
Camp Hammond. 74 Main Street, Yarmouth. Lunch and dinnerareservedinfourroomsofabeautifulVictorian home.Vealandlambarefeaturedonamenuthatchanges weekly;steaksandseafoodaregreat,too.Marblefire¬ placeswarmtheroomsofthishistoricbuilding,andconfer¬ encespaceisavailable.Reservationssuggested.846-3895. Carbur’s.123MiddleStreet,Portland.Carbur’sisfun, fromthemenutotheantiqueadvertisements,tothe“Kit¬ chen Sink Club,” a sandwich accompanied by a parade of therestaurantstaff.Althoughthemenufeaturessand¬ wiches,soupsandsaladsarehomemadeandinventive,too. Carbur’shasanewbanquetroomwithaspecialmenu,and theyhaveaprimeribspecialThursday,Friday,andSatur¬ daynights.Lunchanddinner,majorcreditcards.772-7794. Cavanagh’s.154MiddleStreet,Portland.Casualdiningin
thewarm,comfortableatmosphereofaneighborhoodpub. Breakfastmenuincludesfullbreakfastfare($1.45•$4.95) withdailybreakfastspecials($1.99),Granola,fruit, yogurt,pancakes,frenchtoast,andwaffles.Lunchmenu consistsofheartysandwiches($2.45•$4.95)servedwith choiceoffrenchfries,tossedsalad,homemadesoups,or freshfruitwhenavailable.Deliciousburgersandfriedhad¬ docksandwiches($2.95)arestaples.Dinnermenufeatures seafood broiled or fried, fresh-cut steaks, and tender chicken.Thereisafullbarwith“themostaffordableprices intheOldPort(draftbeer$1.10,domesticbottles$1.35, importedbottles$1.50).”Welldrinksalways$1.50,featur¬ ingtheirWorldFamous14-oz.Margaritas,14-ozBloody Marys,andscrewdrivers.Winebytheglass$1.25,’/alitre $2.50,litre$4.95.Finebottledwinesunder$9.Happy hourfrom3p.m.to7p.m.daily,featuringallappetizers'Z? price,includingnachos4-ways,potatoskins4-ways,and seafood. Free popcorn and 25-cent hotdogs during TV sportseventsandMaineMarinersgames.Breakfast,lunch, dinner 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., 7 days. Major credit cards. 772-8885.
Channel Crossing. 23FrontStreet,SouthPortland.An elegantrestaurantwithanelegantviewofPortlandfromits perchonthewater.Teriakisirloinisafavorite,asis“Fresh Catch,”theveryfreshestfishavailableeachday.Lunch anddinner.Sundaybrunch,majorcreditcards.799-5552. Christopher’s.688ForestAvenue,Portland.Greekwines canbehadwiththebakedlambintomatosauceandother Greekspecialties.Philopiesandstuffedgrapeleaveslead crisplyintothefreshbaklavaandotherdesserts.Arelaxed, spacious restaurant. Lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, dinner only on Saturday. Closed Sunday. Major creditcards.772-6877.
Churchill’sGrille. 1CityCenter,Portland.Prettynew restaurantfeaturesgrillfavoriteslikesteak,seafood,even catfishinabeautifulsettingonthefirstfloorofPortland’s new One City Center. 772-4884.
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It’sabigsecret.Smilingtomyself,1 curvealongthedarkroadstowards tinyBrownvilleJunction,Maine, thepicturesquelittlepassengertrain station that AMTRAK brochures have beenpolitelyneglectingtomentionfor yearsbecauseit’sVIARail,Canadas luxurytranscontinentaltrainsystem, andnotaU.S.carrier,thatmakesa nightlystophereonthewaytojewelsof the Northern Lights like Montreal, Toronto,andQuebecCity.
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Toronto is home of Hemingway’s famousTorontoStarandthenation’s banks,insurancecompanies,andmany governmentcenters.Inmanyways,it’s themirrorimageofthenew,cleanChi¬ cago,withLakeOntariostretchingout intoinfinitylikethedustyglassmirrorI rememberseeingonmymother’sdress¬ ingtable.
othernortheastportasfarasI’mcon¬ cerned,”Gravessays.“Ifyoustartto runatallysheetonwhattheotherports have—Newport,Provincetown,Hali¬ fax, Bar Harbor — we have just 10 times as much. The problem is that therehasbeennoprofessionalmarket¬ ingpushforthis...andtheotherports arespendingmoneyanddoingitina professionalmanner.”
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ingtheattentionofthecruiselinesisCarl Welborn, general manager of Moran
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land.Butwherearethebigcruiseships, theluxurylinerswhoplytheNewEng¬ land coast and the maritimes each summer,droppinganchorandsending passengersashore?Ofalltheportsin New England, Portland remains the onlyoneofanysizethathasnovisiting cruiseships.None.
Towing of Maine, Incorporated. To¬ gethertheyhavebeencontactingcruise companies,suggestingPortlandasan excellentway-portforpassengerships. Welborn points to the 400-percent growthofthecruisebusinesssince 1978. “Bar Harbor has tripled the numberofcruiseshipscomingin,”he notes.Newport,RhodeIsland,hasalso seenatrifoldincrease.Halifaxhas doubled the number. Vancouver has fivetimes thecruiseshipscominginto port.Seattle,Washingtonrecentlyap-
betweenPortlandandYarmouth,Nova Scotia.Thisleavesthepieravailablefor daytimelayoversforpassengerships. Suggestedimprovementsofthefacility forthatusearestillpending.Some designscaiiforexpansionofthepier, includingaslimwedge-shapedappur¬ tenancefashionedtoallowthepierto accommodatedeeper-draftcruiseand containerships.Ofcourse,cruiseliners couldalwayslayatanchorandsend passengersashoreintenders,butthat’s awholedifferentballgame,according toAlanGraves.“Peopledon’tspend themoneythattheydowhentheycan tie up,” he says emphatically. And that’sthemainidea,hefeels,since“the merchants would benefit more than anybody.”
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GravesandWelbornhavedonemuch workontheirownpursuingthisgoal. AndwhileWelbornworksinthetug¬ boatbusiness,heexplainsthatcruise shipsrarelyrequiretugs,beingmore maneuverable than cargo ships and tankers.Pilotsanddockingmasters haveofferedreducedfeesforparking f -*thecruiseships,hesays.Clearly,there istheopportunitytoattractthisnew kindofbusiness.
■ » Commander Thomas E. Powers, USN KPi (Ret.), president of the Casco Bay CounciloftheNavyLeagueandPort’’^0^ landattorney,concurs.“Itwouldappear reasonablethatthecityofPortlandcan supportthecontinuingviabilityofits —-waterfront,”hesays,“andthatincludes |presumablythemaintenanceofcurrent I facilities.CertainlytheInternational ~j|Pier.1otheextentthatfundsareavail'ableforthecontinuingsupportofthat facility,itwouldseemappropriatethat thecitycanalsosupportuseofthe fundsforthatpurpose...Ithinkitis essentialthatthecitycouncilprovides thissubjectthekindofattentionitreally deserves.”
AsarepresentativeofCunard,Matte came to Portland with an open mind andaviewtowardseeinghowthecity mightrateunderfurtherscrutinybythe lineasapossiblestopover.Andwhat
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DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant. Long Wharf, Portland. Uniquefloatingrestauranthassteaks,seafood,Italiancui¬ sine,ribs,and,always,lobster.Finewines,nightlychef’s specials,andentertainment.Lunchanddinnerdaily.Sun¬ daybrunch.Majorcreditcards.772-2216.
DockFore.336ForeStreet,Portland.Dailyspecialsinthis cozy Old Port setting include burgers, quiches, soups, chowders, fresh fish, steamers, and mussels. Lunch and dinner. 772-8619.
El Mirador.50WharfStreet,Portland.Thetruetasteof MexicocomestotheOldPort.DirectfromNewYorkCity, ElMiradorisoneofPortland’snewestandfinestrestaurant additions.AuthenticMexicanrecipesarecreatedfromthe freshestingredientsdaily.DineintheIxtapa,Chapultapec, orVeracruzRooms.Lingeroveramargaritainourexciting Cantina.OutdoordiningseasonalonourPatio.Openfor lunchanddinner.Callforreservations.781-0050.
The Galley. 215 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Located at Handy Boat Yard, The Galley offers a beautiful view of ClapboardandChebeagueIslandsplussleekracingyachts and an impressive, varied menu of seafood specialties. Cocktailloungeonupperdeck.Amustfortheyachtingset. 781-4262.
The Good Egg Cafe. 705 Congress Street, Portland. Breakfastisthespecialtyinthiscomfortablecafe.House favorites are the homemade hash, English muffins, and multi-grainpancakes.Theeggvariationsareendless,and thereareherbalteasandfreshgroundcoffees.Monthly exhibitsbystudentartists.Weekdays6-12,Saturday7-2, Sunday 8-2. 773-0801.
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The Great Lost Bear.540 Forest Avenue, Portland. The exoticburgers,thefriendlyservice,theetchedglass,the hilariousmenumakeTheBearaspecialspot.There’salso theaward-winningchili,ribs,chicken,andsteak,andof course,thehomemadeTollHouseCookiePie.Forsummery days,thereisapatioinBearidiseAlley,andforSundays,a champagnebrunch.Lunchanddinner7daysservedright to 11:30. 772-0300.
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Ihaveafriendwhoispositivelyhostile aboutshowbusinesscelebrities. She’sanurseinthebusinessofsav¬ inglives,andshesaysnobodyasksfor HER autograph.
RecentlyweflewtoNewYorkto¬ gether to see LILY TOMLIN in her one-woman show, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, for which she de¬ servedlywonaTonyaward.1inter¬ viewedLilyseveralyearsagoontelevi¬ sion when she was in Portland. We becamequitefriendlyandsheaskedme tohelpherchecktheacousticsbefore hershowatCityHallthatnight.Well, afterseeingherbrilliantshowinNew Yorkmyfrienddidmeabigfavorby goingbackstagewithmetosayhelloto Lilyandcongratulateheronherstu¬ pendousperformance.Dozensoffans werewaitingatthestagedoorfora glimpseoranautograph,butLilycame rightouttogreetmeandreminisce aboutPortland.Shewaswarmandgra¬ ciousandlovingandmycynicalfriend wasbug-eyed.Shelateradmittedthat
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Forinstance,wouldanyonebeinter¬ estedtoknowthatthelatedistinguished director OTTO PREMINGER was real¬ lyascausticanddifficultashisreputa¬ tionmadehimouttobe?Iworkedwith him in TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON, starring LIZA MINNELLI and KEN HOWARD. NANCY MARCHAND (publisher of the newspaper on TV’s LOU GRANT), ROBERT MOORE (director of many NeilSimonBroadwayhits)andDONNA McKECHNIE (the original Cassie in CHORUS LINE) were also in it, and nobody escaped Preminger’s vicious tongue.Hecouldreduceanactorto tears,andinspiteofhismanyhuge successesIfoundhimtobeadirector whoreallydidn’tknowwhathewanted fromanactor—buthecertainlyknew whathedidn’twant.Theothersideof thecoinwashisgentle,sweetdevotion, whichheconstantlydemonstratedto hislovelywifeandtwinswhovisited himontheset.
Wouldyoucareatalltoknowthat1 wasnotabitsurprisedbyTinaCraw¬ ford’s novel, MOMMY DEAREST, about her mother JOAN? I knew Tina yearsagowhenwewerebothworking attheKennebunkportPlayhouseandI worked briefly with superstar JOAN CRAWFORD at Poland Spring, Maine in SAME PICTURE, DIFFERENT FRAME,anepisodeofthetelevision series ROUTE 66. At the time Ms. CrawfordwasmarriedtothePepsiCola magnateandshewasLadyBountiful, dispensingPepsitothepeonsontheset. Iplayedalibrarianinascenewith PATRICK O’NEAL. The scenario is thatheseesmeandremembersCraw¬ fordinthesamesettingyearsbefore. There’sadissolveandIbecomeJoanin hismind.1hadhadmyhairdone,lotsof makeup, the works. The word came down that Ms. Crawford needed no competition, so my makeup was re¬ movedandmyhairwasjsulledbackoff thefaceanddowdy.Onlythenwasthe starpacified,withouteversayingone wordofanykindtome.Ohwell,the residualskeepcoming! Wouldyouliketohearanamusing Continued on page 22
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1didthesameplaywithwonderful ART CARNEY at the Westport Coun¬ tryPlayhouseinWestport,Connecticut andfoundhimtobeaquiet,serious, gentlemanwhomayverywellbethe mosthard-working,professionalcrafts¬ maninthebusiness.Eachnightbefore the curtain rose, Mr. Carney would checktoseethateverypropwasin place,thateverypieceoffurniturewas whereitshouldbe.Itwasanightly ritual,andthatcurtaindidnotmove untilhewassatisfiedthatallwaswell. Heisabrilliantactorwhoisincapable ofawrongstagemovebecausehedoes not have a phony bone in his body. Completelyrealandhonest,theworld now knows his huge talent goes far beyondthecomicalEdNorton.Carney toldmeheneverconsideredhimselfa comedian ... only an actor who did comedy.
Future SPOTLIGHTs will cover the localperformingartsscenealongwith in-depthinterviewsofelectric,intrigu¬ ingpersonalities.Shouldthelocalcrea¬ tivecupboardbebare,youmightjust want to know some more about show bizcharactersthatIhaveworkedwith, reviewed,orinterviewedduringmany yearsasactress,televisioncritic,and reporter.
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Myfather,WendellP.Sargent,of Kennebunk Beach, remembers seeing thefamousnovelistzoomingoutofthe KennebunkRiverinhis45-foot Zantre, aRollsRoyceofamotorlaunch,blind
KINGTON GHOSTS
astoast,withCapt.BlynnMontgomery (gruff Booth Chick, named for the author, is Montgomery’s nephew and formerownerofChick’sMarineonOcean Avenue),standingupatthewheel,in fulluniform,headingouttotheocean’s blueuniverseandanafternoonofwhale chasing.
“Theyusedtodrivethatthingright ontopofthem!”myfatherrecalls. Tarkingtonnovelslinedourcottage bookshelfintheglowingfirelightduring myownyouthfulsummers: The Gentle¬ man from Indiana, Seventeen, Alice Adams, Penrod, The Guest of Quesnay, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Two
Continued from page 27 sellers,amongthem Arundel, Rabble In Arms, Northwest Passage, and Lydia Hailey).
Andyes,perhapsRobertsandTar¬ kingtonweren’tfromthe‘real’Maine, becauseRobertswroteforthe Saturday Evening Post and Tarkington smoked oversizedEmperorcigarettes.
ButTarkingtonwasaspopularinhis dayasStevenKingisnow,andSea¬ woodiseerilyanddustilypreserved, uncannilyunchangedsince1946,when hiswife,Mrs.SusannahTarkington, sold Seawood and the accompanying 33-acretracttoMr.andMrs.Oscar Cox,whoinduecourselefttheproperty totheirsons,PeterCox,formereditor and publisher of Maine Times; and Warren Cox, a Washington D.C. architect.
viewsoftheKennebunkRiverbelow. Granitewallsandledgeswereonce brightenedby1,000pinkchrysanthe¬ mums grown from seed, along with manicuredfloweringtreesandshrubs sparklinginsideareflectionpoolanda man-madeelectricwaterfall.
tons would sometimes stay through Christmas)andfivesurroundingacres havebeenforsaleforroughly$500,000 (astealwhenyouconsiderthesame pricetagsextantonCapeCodsinCape Elizabeth),but,tothesinceredisap¬ pointment of Kennebunk developer Maurice Gendreau, no one buyer has emerged.Inlightofthis,heissecuring approvalfromthetownofKennebunk¬ porttoconvertSeawoodinto4luxury condominium units and develop 24 quiteelaborateprivatehomesinthe shadywoodsbehindthemainhouse.
At $350,000 - $375,000 and up, thefourunitsareeasilywithinstriking distanceofwell-to-doPortlandprofes¬ sionalsinsearchoftheultimateprestige address,andthewordisthatthey’re goingtomoveveryquickly.
Tarkington(whopronouncedhisfirst nametorhymewithsoothe)wasbornin Indianapolis in 1869, came east to attendPhillipsExeterAcademy,spent ayearatPurdue,andthenwentonto Princeton,where,asRobertshaschron¬ icledit,hewonseveralcollegiateliter¬ aryprizesandemergedwithtotalliterary earningsof“$51.07andhalfastickof candy.”
Hisfirstbigbreakwas The Gentle¬ man from Indiana, whichsmolderedat 7,000copiesandthenburstto100,000, abookwhichF.ScottFitzgeraldmen¬ tionsintheearlychaptersof This Side of Paradise asanincipientinfluence (Fitzgerald,whoseMinneapolis/Princeton connection echoed Tarkington’s Indianapolis/Princeton double two decadeslater,seemedpreoccupiedwith Booth Tarkington — his posthumous notesforhisunfinishednovel, The Last Tycoon, includethewarning“Don’t WaketheTarkingtonGhosts”).
TarkingtonfirstvisitedMaine(Bar Harbor)in1903.Afteradecadeanda half in Paris and Rome, Tarkington returned,builtSeawoodin1917,andin 1918wonthePulitzerPrizeforFiction for I he Magnificent Ambersons, fol¬ lowedbyanotherPulitzerfor Alice Adams (1921).
From1917ontheZan/,Zan//,and Zantre sparkled through the Kenne-
Continued from page 29 bunk River chop each summer, and Iarkingtonwrotetwonovelsinparticu¬ lar— Mirthful Haven and Mary 's Neck — humorously debunking K’bunkport society.
Andnowherewashisflairforthe romanticmoreinevidencethanwhen, in1935,heimportedanentireroom fromanEnglishhuntinglodge:Asthe YorkCountyCoastStarwouldhaveit (July 24, 1985), the Jacobean Room "originallywaspartofamanorhouse builtin1608inWanstead,attheedge ofEppingForest,outsideLondon.In 1935 Tarkington arranged with the PhiladelphiafirmofWesting,Evans, andEgmoretobuytheroom,anditwas reassembledandappendedtotherear ofthehousewhereaterracehadbeen..
Stillinremarkablecondition,this hand-carved,darkroom(whereinex¬ plicablyIarkingtonoftenwrote,des¬ pitefailingeyesight),reportsGendreau associateFranHarrison,whotookus throughthehouse,isgoingtobemoved againandmadeintoamuseumdisplay under the aegis of the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk.
To developer Maurice Gendreau’s credit,planstoaltertheoriginalhouse areinspired(preservingthegrandeurof thefirstfloorwhilecreatinglivingspaces aboveandbelow).
And the 24 cluster homes are of superiordesign;resplendent,infact,at leastontheflutteringblueprintFran Harrisonshowedusonthehoodofour car.
Thepricerangeforthefourunitsor oneofthe24unitsbehind(1900-2600 squarefeet)is$350,000to$375,000 and up. And octagenarian Sidney Hooper,gardenerfortheTarkingtons during the heyday of Seawood, has assuredFranHarrisonthathe’llbe aroundfromtimetotimetoensurethat thegardens,grounds,rosearbor,et.al. are being brought back the way the gentleman from Indiana would have wantedit.
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It’sofficial.The Scotia Prince has high-tailedittoashipyardinFlensburg, West Germany, where she is being completelyre-fittedandinsertedwitha new60-footcentersection,makingher asuper-stretchdeluxeferryover475 feetlongandproviding30-percentmore accommodations.
Themostexcitingnewsfromthe Nova Scotia tourism scene comes from Portland, Maine,
“The Scotia Prince willactuallybe cutintwo,”saysHenkPols,president oftheline,“andanewcentersection, alreadyunderconstruction,willbein¬ serted,andshe’llbeweldedandbolted back together again.” While in the shipyardthe Scotia Prince willgetan extensiverefit,whichwillseeanewand expandedloungeandcasino;amulti¬ purpose90-seatconferencecenter;a new bar and nightspot as well as a small,intimatelibrarylounge.
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Althoughsomeoftheexistingcar¬ deckspaceistobeusedforthenew cabins,the Prince willnotforfeitany carspaceasmorespacewillbegained inthelengtheningofthevessel.
Thenew,super-stretch M/S Scotia Prince willre-introduceherselftoPort¬ landwhensherecommencesregularly scheduledservicethisApril.
About 160,000 passengers a year traveltoandfromNovaScotiaonthis route.The Scotia Prince providesthe shortestandfastestsea-linktoNova ScotiafromtheUnitedStates,saving over875milesofdrivingeachway.
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Fornearlyadecade,thequiet townofRangeley,Maine,was hometooneofthemostcon¬ troversialfiguresintheannals ofmodernmedicineandpsy¬ choanalysis.Surroundedbyamewling litterofhalf-truthsandinnuendosabout sexorgiesanddangerousexperiments inbiogenesis,WilliamReichcameto Rangeleytoescapethepublicityhounds whobattenedonallegationsofinsanity anddepravity.Bythetimehewascon¬ victedofviolatingfederallawinaPort¬ landcourtin1957,Reichhadexperi¬ mentedwithabizarrelysuccessfulrain¬ making projects and caused Maine’s firstradiationaccident.Backinsuspi¬ cious Rangeley, he was viewed by townspeopleassomesortofpriapic shaman who put people in boxes to sharpentheirsexualappetites.
When Wilhelm Reich arrived in America in 1939, he was a maverick psychoanalystdrivenfromfiveEuro¬ peancountries.Whenhediedacon¬ victedfraudinLewisburgFederalPri¬ son in 1957, Time magazine’sbrief obituarymentionedthatReichhadcome principallytobeknowninhisadopted countryforhis“orgoneenergyaccumu¬ lator....atelephone-booth-sizeddevice whichsupposedlygatheredenergyfrom theatmosphere,andcouldcure,while thepatientsatinside,commoncolds, cancer,andimpotence.”
Viewed from other quarters, how¬ ever,Reichwasabrilliantalbeittroubled visionary whose controversial work touched broadly upon not only psy¬ choanalyticaltheoryandtechniquebut
thephysicalandsocialsciences. Who was William Reich?
Reich’scrossoverfrompsychoanal¬ ysisintopoliticswascatalyzedbya traumaticexperiencein1927inwhich he and his wife were inadvertently caughtupinaworkers’demonstration onthestreetsofVienna.Beforehishor¬ rifiedeyes,thepolicefiredintoalarge crowd,killing89peopleandwounding over1,000.Impelledbythisincident andabeliefthattheCommunistswere theonlymeansbywhichHitler’sriseto powercouldbetempered,Reichwent intoactiveassociationwiththeradical leftofAustria’sSocialDemocratsand theCommunistParty,andafewyears
In1934,nolongeramemberofany politicalorprofessionalorganiza¬ tion,Reichbeganconductinghis firstnatural-scientificexperiments.The¬ orizingthatbio-electricalprocesseswere involvedinthereleaseofsexualand emotionaltension,Reichdiscovered whathetermedtobe‘bions,’micros¬ copicvesicleswhichhebelievedtobe intermediate non-living forms from whichorganicmatterdeveloped.Reich’s work,conductedinOslo,ledtohootsof derisionfromboththeNorwegianpress andthescientificestablishment.Inthe summerof1939,ReichleftNorwayfor New York City on the last boat to debark from Norway before World WarIIbrokeoutinSeptember.
Reichquicklyestablishedhislabora¬ tory in New York and continued his
natural-scientificexperimentswhile practicingpsychoanalysis.Thefollow¬ ingyear,ReichvisitedMaineforthe firsttimeandwasparticularlytaken withtheMooselookmegunticLakere¬ gion,justoutsideofRangeley.He would continue to summer in Maine andspendincreasingamountsoftime afterhefoundedOrgonon,hisresearch center,justoutsideofRangeley.He movedtoMaineyear-roundin1950.
“Theveryfirsttestsrevealedan astoundingrapideffect;themicerecu¬ peratedrapidly,thefurbecamesmooth andshiny,theeyeslosttheirdullness, the whole organism became vigorous insteadofcontractedandbent,andthe tumors ceased to grow or they even receded.Atfirst,itseemed(unlikely) thatasimplecabinet,consistingof nothingbutorganicmaterialoutside andmetalinside,shouldhavesucha pronouncedbiologicaleffect.”
Reich’sworkwithcancerledtoa studyoftheoriginofthecancercell,the clinicalaccountofthecancerprocess, andasuggestionthatcancerpatients hadabio-emotionaldispositiontoward theillness.Betweentheyearsof1941 and1943,Reichworkedcloselywith cancerpatients,whosepersonalitieshe characterizedasmildandresigned.His growingawarenessofthequalityand natureoforgoneenergy,coupledwith whathefelttobethemoderatelythera¬ peuticeffectsofhisorgoneaccumulator box, led him to conclude that the “cancerbiopath”wasanextremeform of energy blockage. Because Reich believedthatcancerwasadiseaseof contraction—frompsychologicalto thecellularlevels—hebelievedthatthe effectoforgoneenergywasbeneficial forthepropertiesofexpansionexpe¬ riencedbythosewhoweretreatedinthe orgoneaccumulatorbox.
AsReichwrotein The Cancer Biopathy, aconcisepresentationofhis laboratoryworkfromthelate1930sto themid-1940s,“Thesecancerpatients broughtagaintomyconsciousness,in thesharpestfocus,whatIhadlearned toseeforthepasttwenty-eightyears: thepestilenceofthesexualdisturbances. NomatterhowItriedtogetawayfrom it,thefactremained:Cancerisliving putrefactionofthetissuesduetothe pleasurestarvationoftheorganism.
Inhisexcellentstudy, Wilhelm Reich: The Evolution of His Work, DavidBoadellawritesthat“Reichwas faraheadoftraditionalcancerresearch, whichonlyrecently,inacautiousand fragmentaryway,hasbeguntounder¬ standsomeofthepsychiatricimplica¬ tionsofcancer...Itwasalmostuncanny thewayeachphaseofhisearlierwork hadequippedhimwiththespecialskills neededtounderstanddifferentaspects ofthecancerprocess.Hisworkonthe
orgasmproblemlinkedhimwiththose researcherswhofoundaversiontosex linkedwithcancer;hisstudiesofthe character-resistanceslinkedhimtothose whofoundblockedemotionsweretypi¬ calofcancerpatients;hisworkonthe ameboid movements in his bion cul¬ tureshadpreparedhimfortheameboid cancercellsthatEnterlineandComan were to confirm were derived from withinandnotfromparasites.Sim¬ ilarly,thestudiesofthebasicantithesis
In January of 1951, Reich placed one of the radium slivers in a highintensity accumulator in a room in his laboratory at Orgone in Rangeley. Sev¬ eral hours later, Reich checked his experiment. He found the air in the lab to be peculiarly charged and oppressive, and his Geiger jammed beyond its highest reading. (expansionandcontraction)hadgiven Reichjustthatkindofunderstandingof thecontractionprocessasatotalpsy¬ chosomaticshrinkingthatwasneces¬ saryifthecancerdiseasewastobe comprehended.”
In1945,convincedfromhisclinical studiesthattheorgoneaccumulator boxwaseffectiveparticularlyin controllingpainandrevivifyingthe saggingenergiesofcancerpatients, Reich founded the Orgone Institute ResearchLaboratoriesinRangeley. 1heInstituteservedtodistributeac¬ cumulatorsforhomeuse.
Continued from page 39 twoone-milligramunitsofpureradium: Onesilverwouldserveasacontrol,and theotherwastobeexposedtoahigh concentrationoforgoneenergyinan accumulator.
In January of 1951, Reich placed oneoftheradiumsliversinahighintensityaccumulatorinaroominhis laboratory at Orgone in Rangeley. Severalhourslater,Reichcheckedhis experiment.Hefoundtheairinthelab tobepeculiarlychargedandoppres¬ sive,andhisGeigerjammedbeyondits highestreading.Althoughtheradiation countdiminishedwhenReichremoved theradiumfromtheaccumulatorand airedtheroom,certainphysicaleffects fromthechargedaircontinuedtobefelt forsometimelater.Inthewordsof Reich’sbiographer,MyronSharaf,who participatedintheexperiments,the effectsofexposureincluded“asalty tasteonthetongue;aseverepressurein thedepthofthecheekbone;nausea; lossofappetite;sensationsofweak¬ ness;aringlikepressurearoundthe forehead;sensitivityinthediaphragm¬ aticsegment;pallor;andfeelingsof coldshiversalternatingwithhotflashes.”
Reichquicklytheorizedthatorgone energy,affectedbytheradiation,be¬ camealteredinformandeffect.He dubbedthisvariation‘oranur’orDOR, deadly orgone energy. He continued withthisexperimentuntilitbecame apparentthatoranurhadtheeffect,in certaininstances,ofacceleratingboth psychologicalinstabilityandphysical illness.Hesubsequentlyforbadeany formofradiationinthevicinityof Orgonon,dismantledallaccumlatorsin thevicinity,andprescribedsuchpre¬ ventative measures as airing rooms regularly,takinglongbaths,anddrink¬ inglotsoffluids.Believingthatoranur wasincreasinglyabundantintheat¬ mosphere as a result of widespread nucleartesting,Reichundertookmete¬ orologicalexperimentswhichresulted inthedevelopmentofwhathetermed his“cloud-buster.”Thiscollectionof pipesgroundedinwaterwould,when directedatclouds,eitherdisperseoranur cloudsorserveasalightningrodto collectambientorgoneenergy.In1953, Reichfeltconfidentenoughwiththe cloud-bustertorespondtotheinvitation oflocalblueberrygrowerstoattemptto breakaparticularlyseveredrought. The Bangor Daily News of July 24
carriedthefollowingstory:
“Dr.Reichandthreeassistantssetup their‘rain-making’deviceofftheshore ofGrandLake,neartheBangorhydro¬ electric dam, at 10:30 on Monday morning6July.Thedevice,asetof hollowtubessuspendedoverasmall cylinder,connectedbyacable,con¬ ducteda‘drawing’operationforabout halfanhourandtenminutes.
“A puzzled witness to the ‘rain-making’ process said: ‘The queerest looking clouds you ever saw began to form soon after they got the thing rolling. And later the same witness said the scientists were able to change the course of the wind by manipulation of the device.”
“Apuzzledwitnesstothe‘rain¬ making’processsaid:‘Thequeerest lookingcloudsyoueversawbeganto formsoonaftertheygotthethingrolling. Andlaterthesamewitnesssaidthe scientistswereabletochangethecourse of the wind by manipulation of the device.”
IfReich’sworkseemssomehowto bringhimintothedubiousHallsof Fameofsuchestablishedtemplesof crackpotdomascancercuresandrain¬ making,itcertainlyseemedsotothe Food and Drug Administration. An articleentitled“TheStrangeCaseof WilhelmReich”byMildredEdieBrady in The New Republic in1949ledtothe firstofaseriesofinquiriesbytheFDA. Brady’sarticlewasablendofsubtly distortedhalf-truthsandinsinuations that Reich was a megalcmanic quack
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JAMESON
TAVERN
TheJamesonTaverninFreeport isyetanotherrestaurantinthe fashionofaNewEnglandcoun¬ tryinn.However,thislocaleisalsoan authenticpieceofMainehistory.Inthis tavern,in1820,Massachusettscom¬ missionersmettosignpapersmaking Maine an independent state. These foundingfatherscouldn’thaverealized theauspiciousnessoftheirchoiceof
ordinaryorunpredictable.Onedead giveawayisthateveryentreeisserved witheitherbakedpotato,frenchfries,or ricepilaf.Infact,manythingsreminded me of my very first job — washing dishesattheSirWalterRaleighInn. Thistypeofrestaurantisformulaic.
wateringholes—thatL.L.Beanwould choosetheothersideofthestreetand thatFreeportwouldbecometheoutlet capitalofthefreeworld—butthecur¬ rentownersevidentlyhadthisvery muchinmindwhileplanningthedecor and menu of the Jameson. This is clearlyafamilyrestaurant,aplacewellsuitedtobringingthegangafteran exhaustingdayofshopping.Nothing onthemenuisremarkablyoutofthe
chowderwasrich,creamy,lightlysea¬ soned,andgarnishedwithfreshscal¬ lions—greatforFridaylunchifyouare ofthatilk.Theappetizeroftheday soundedexciting,butwasprettymuch whatonewouldexpect:cannedarti¬ choke hearts filled with a breaded crabmeatstuffingandwarmed.
Therangeofentreesisstrongon steaks:sirloin,tenderloin,teriyaki— andvariousseafoods:stuffedfiletof sole,broiledhaddock,andthelike.The chef’s“creation”thateveningwasa broiledsalmonCherbourg—undoubt¬ edlythemostappealingoption—pre¬ paredwithGulfshrimpanddousedwith hollandaise.Itssolefaultwasthatthe hollandaise was made with too much eggyolk,probablytokeepitthickand toholdittogetherfortheevening.
The beef was well prepared. The tenderloinwasveryclosetomedium rare(cookedalittletoolongattoolow temperature).Thefiletwasagoodcut, wrappedinbacon,butitcriedoutfora bearnaisetomoistenitabit.
People have been enjoying the JamesonTavern,inoneformoranother, for a long time. And with Freeport transfiguredasithasbeen,itwilllikely dosoforsometimetocome.Ifyou happentofindyourselfbuyingMikasa china,Hathawayshirts,jerseyswith poloponiesonthem,orsleepingbags, it’syourbestbetintheareaforafuel stopbeforethetrekbackintotown.
Appetizers from $1.25 to $5.25; entrees from $9.25 to $14. copyright1987byGeorgeBenington
MAINE HOT STOCKS
Thisisthefirstofaseriesofarticles thatwillappearinthisjournal about the stock market with particularemphasisonMainestocks. Inaddition,timelyinformationregard¬ ingthestockmarketingeneralwill appear.Withthisfirstwriting,1have includedalistofMaineissuesalong withthehighandlowpricefor1986for yourreview.
Security High Low
BangorHydroElectric
BankofBoston(Casco)
BankofNewEngland (MeNatl)
CentralMainePower
ConsumersWaterCo
FleetFinancialCorp (MerrillBk)
GuilfordIndustries
HannafordBrothers
KeyCorp
MainePublicServiceCo.
Maxaxam
NorstarBancorp
OneBancorp
PeoplesHeritage
Unum Corp
VentrexLabsInc
As you may know, in November of 1986, Union Mutual became Unum Corp,andconductedaverysuccessful offeringofstocktothepublicandthey indeedarenowapubliclyownedcom¬ panywithsharestradingontheNew YorkStockExchange.Also,thisyear, Peoples Heritage Bank made a suc¬ cessfulpublicofferingandsharesare now traded on the over-the-counter market.
Giventhefactthatwearebeginning anewyear,Ihavepolledsomeofthe economistsandresearchersofmyfirm astotheinvestmentoutlookfor1987. Some of those observations are as follows:
Peter Shatv is an investment broker (or A.G. Kdwards and Sons Inc. in Portland, Maine.
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Thisfilmisnicelyshotandaspredic¬ tableaswhenLowewenttoEnglandto getthegirlofhisdreamsandrowforhis college in “Oxford Blues.” Here he likewisenotonlygetsashotatthegirl (thecoach’sdaughter,noless)but,asin theformerfilm,getsaneducationin characteraswell.Imentiontheseele¬ mentsnottodisparagethemsomuchas toconveyaformulathathasaslick appeal(likeLowehimself)andthat,if yourmoodisjustright,mightbethe perfecttapeforasultryafternoon. (Rated R for sex, language, and violence)
THE WIND AND THE LION (1964)
Hereisthekindofmovieweunfortu¬ natelydon’tseeveryoftennowadays: trueaction-adventure,setagainstan exoticbackground,thatreliesnoton violencebutratheronstory,characters, andconflict.SeanConnery,playinga Sudanese shiek (the “Lion” of the desert),kidnapsanAmericandiplo¬ mat’swife(CandiceBergen)andthere¬ byinitiatesalong-distancebattleofwits andarmswithnoneotherthatTeddy Roosevelt(Americaisthe“wind”that isdestinedtocovertheworld).Brian KeithasTeddyistotallyamatchfor Sean,asactoraswellasleader,andin thebattleincitedbetwenthemthere’s enoughaction,romance,andepicstyle tofullyjustifytheadjectives“sweeping” and“rousing.”
Everypublicsaunahasawaiting room, and here — towel-wrapped — youmayfindthelikesoflegislators, poets,BathIronWorksroustabouts, fishermen,andcity-wearytravelers— quietlydiscussingeverythingfromnu¬ clearweaponstotheclassicwaytobag adeerwithbowandarrow,towell... howwonderfulthesaunais.Atypical notefromaclientatRichardJarvi’s says,“Yourlittleparadiseherequickly tookusinandsoothedallthosecity worries we had brought. This is a wonderfulplace,anddefinitelylikeno otherwe’vefound.”
The sounds of the sauna gently enfoldthecoolingbathersuponre¬ entry.Cricketsinthestacked,split wood(acordadayisusualformost saunas),watergurglinginthebarrels weldedtotheheavyironstoves(to humidifytheair),thelowroarofaredhotfire.Jarviplaysthesoundsof WindhamHillartistsoralittleVivaldi inthebackground.Theeffectsare neithersoporificnorinvigorating:They arerevitalizing.
Group outings to the saunas are increasinglypopular.Notinfrequently theycomefromfarafieldtothebathsof Maine.Jarvihasagroupofyoungpro¬ fessionalsthatcomefromBostonevery year, combining a weekend at the saunawiththeCommonGroundFairin Windsorandbreakfastatafavorite Hallowellrestaurant.That’sthekindof low-key,low-cost,out-of-the-ordinary holidayfavoredbyaficionadosofthe sauna.Inwinterbathersmayplana coupleofdayscross-countryskiingto beclosebyasauna.
Continued on page 47
If you think television news is just headlines
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Local Stocks. Daily listings from the New York Stock Exchange . . . TV 8 News updates the hottest local stocks, from Boise Cascade to Shaw’s Supermarkets.
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All but Dave’s Sauna and Durham LeisureCenterhavefollowedJarvi’s leadbyinstallingahottubandapool, although the standard way to wash downandcooloffisbytheshowers within each individual sauna room. Mostservejuice,softdrinks,andwater atatinybarorfromthe‘fridge.Pri¬ vacy,vitaltothesaunaexperience,is fiercelyprotected.Althoughnudityis optional(andanaturalstateforthe bather),afewsaunasdiscourageit. Jarvisayshehasneverhadaserious incidentprovokedbynudity,andhas severaltimesaskedoverlyinterested mentoleavewhenawomanclientfelt she was being stared at. Among his favoritegroupsareacoveyofdivorced women;andlocalcollegestudentsfrom Bates and Bowdoin and families are common.
Therewillalwaysbeargumentsover whatconstitutesa“genuine”sauna,but thelastwordcomesfromthe Interna¬ tional Handbook of the Finnish Sauna, whichallowsthat,“Havingaservicea¬ bleimitationisfarbetterthanhavingno sauna at all. Just how far one can deviatefromthetruesaunabeforethe imitationbecomesworthlessisdifficult todetermine.Sufficeittosaythatthe closeronecancometotheatmosphere ofalog-walledsmokesauna,thebetter!”
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O“Let’s go into the Chowder House,” Jack said.
Inside, they sat at a table by the window and saw the sun sparkling the chop in the harbor. Across on the point there were no leaves on the trees and the hillside was brown. Out in the har¬ bor a gray bank of fog sat low on the water, partially obscuring the little island off the point. Closer, the schooners rocked next to their docks, masts poking through the frame-andplastic winter coverings. In the summer, the schooners took honeymooners on week-trips around the bay, and Jack and Shelley liked to sit on the benches at the public landing and watch them sail.
Jack, watching the boats, searched for something to say.
JackHugheswatcheduntilthetail¬ lightsweregone.Hefrownedatthe typewriter.Coolingairdriftedthrough thelittlewindowontohisbarearms. Tonight,notbartending,hewantedto write,butShelleyhadgoneintotown andhecouldn’tconcentrate.Hefound ithardtowritewhentheyweren’tget¬ tingalong.Buthekepttrying,andit was late when he finally gave up, walkedtheplanktothestairs,andwent downthenarrowstairwaytobed,leav¬ inganestofcrumpledpaperinthe wickerbasket.
Standingonthebraidedruginfront ofthewoodstove,hepokedthecoalsto life,addedtwosmallpiecesofoak,and creakedthestoveshut.Shelleystirred atthenoise.Thewoodcaughtquickly, snapping,andJackwenttothecouch andkissedherwarmcheek,fighting suspicion.Hesatontheedgeofthe couch. She made a small sound and wriggleddeeper,thequiltreleasing someofherheat.
Shelleysatup,pullingthequilttoher neck,huggingherknees. “Please go backtobed.”
“Okay,” Jack gave up. She threw herselfdown,turnedtotheinside.Jack scuffedalongtheshorthall,wentinto thebedroomandshutthedoor.
Itwasteno’clock,andJackwasin thekitchenturningonthegasstove under the coffee pot when he heard Shelley walk down the hall to the bathroom.Theshowercameon.Asthe aromaofcoffeespread,hebrokethree eggsintoametalbowl,addedmilkand tarragonandwhiskedit.Heputthe frypan on a burner to warm, waited
Theyatebreakfastsittingonthe bulkyoldcouch.Whentheyweredone, the sun had come around to shine throughthewindowattheirbacks.The room was toasty, and Jack stopped adding wood. The days had been so warmthattherewouldbenoneeduntil evening. He wondered how long the weatherwouldlast.
Atopthehilltotheirleftstoodtheold stonecottage.Theyhadclimbedthehill thatsummertolookattheplace,once beautifulwithitshighbeamedceilings andstonewalls,thefireplacethattook halfofonewall.Thehousehadbeen abandoned years ago and now grass grewontheroofandthefloorswere broken.JhetreessoonblockedJack’s Continued on page 50
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Continued from page 49 viewofthehill,andhelookedbackat Shelley.
In town, everyone was happy and friendly.Oldcoupleswalkedtheside¬ walks arm in arm, content with the weather and the temporarily secure footing.Kidsshriekedandscattered, wildwithaniceSaturday.Youngmar¬ riedcouplespushedstrollersalong,and noddedtoJackandShelley.Theshop doorswereopenforthefreshair.Water drippedfromtheeavesofthebuildings andformedarivuletthathuggedthe curbdowntheslopetothelowcenterof town,wheretherivernarrowed,swirl¬ ing,underthebridgeandontotherocks oftheharbormouth.
Theyfollowedtherivuletdownthe hill,passingthebrickofficebuilding where Shelley worked. Jack saw her lookatherreflectioninthedarkglass undertheletteringofthelawoffice.She wasaparalegal,andJackrealizedhe didn’tevenknowwhataparalegaldid.
“Let’sgointotheChowderHouse,” Jacksaid.
Inside,theysatatatablebythewin¬ dowandsawthesunsparklingthechop intheharbor.Acrossonthepointthere werenoleavesonthetreesandthe hillsidewasbrown.Outintheharbora graybankoffogsatlowonthewater, partiallyobscuringthelittleislandoff thepoint.Closer,theschoonersrocked nexttotheirdocks,mastspokingthrough theframe-and-plasticwintercoverings. In the summer, the schooners took honeymooners on week-trips around thebay,andJackandShelleylikedto sitonthebenchesatthepubliclanding andwatchthemsail.
Shelleysighed,tippedherheadand lookedathercoffeecup.Butbeforeshe could speak, the door opened and a thin, bearded man entered, spotted themandcamequicklytothetable. Jackrecognizedhimasoneofthelaw¬ yers.Hestoodbesidetheirtable,grin¬ ningthroughthebeard.Shelleysmiled backuneasilyasJackwatchedthem.
“I’llseeyoubackatthehouse.” Henodded,andwatchedherleave, thedoorswingingshutbehindher.He closedhiseyes.Whenheopenedthem hewaslookingovertheharboratthe littleislandsittinginthefringesofthe fog,ghostlyandgray.Hecouldseethe mist moving past the trees. As he watched,thefogkeptthinninguntilthe islandstoodoutclearandapparenton thewater.
Backatthehouse,Jacktriedreading againwithnomoresuccessthanbefore. Heclosedthebook,putitbackunder thecouch.HeswitchedontheTVand therewasasportsshowon.Itwasa cross-countryskicompetition.Theski¬ ers moved smoothly over the snow awayfromthecamera.Evidentlythere was no thaw there, he thought. He snappedthesetoff,lookedaroundthe room. The house seemed large and empty.Heheadedforthedoor,sawthe photoalbumsittinginthenarrowbook¬ casebesidethecouch,reached,and pickeditofftheshelf.
Outside,hecrossedthelawnand steppedovertheshrunkensnowbank. Hewalkeddowntheroadtotheslope where the creek gurgled under the pavementthroughitsculvert.Leaving the road, he descended the dampgrassedbankandsatonarockbeside the water. Holding the album, he watchedthewaterpassingswiftand dark over fallen alders and around shinyblackrocks.Hedidn’tknowwhat hewouldsayordowhenhesawher.He openedthealbumandturnedtheplas¬ ticizedpages,lookingatthepictures.
Jack shut the album and held it againsthischest.Hewatchedthewater untilhiseyeslostfocus,thenshuthis eyesandlistenedtothecreekbubbling athisfeet.Hedidn’tknowShelleyhad
He nodded, opened the album and turnedthepages.Sheleanedtolook.“I am,too,”shesaid.Heflippedtheheavy pages.Whentheyweredone,thepic¬ turesexhausted,thesunwasgetting lowinthesky.Jackclosedthecover, lookedatthecreek.Therewasadistant sound,andhesaid,“Hearthefog¬ horns?”
“It’scoolingoff,”Shelleysaid.“Fog’s comingin.”
Thefoghornswerepitcheddiffer¬ ently,andwhentheirlowmoansover¬ lappedtherewasafarawaydissonance. Theysatlistening,andthenJacksaid, “We haven’t been down here in a while.”
“1know,”Shelleysaid.
“Sincelastfall,1guess.”
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Jackfeltthecoolaironhisface.His seatontherockwascold.Afterawhile theylookedateachotherandthen headed back, walking up the slope awayfromthecreek,crossingtheroad andthesnowbankandtheirlawn;and stoodinthedoorway.Jackputhisfree armaroundher,andsheleanedagainst him.Jacksawhisbreathintheair.He heldShelleywithonearmandclutched thealbumwiththeother.
Laterthatnight,afteranuneasy friendlinesshaddeteriorated,andafter they had quarrelled and Jack had stompedupthestairs;whilehewas sittingatthedeskontheislandofply¬ wood,helookedoutthewindowtosee fatflakesofsnowfallingthroughthe sideways-movingbeamsofthehead¬ lightsasShelleybackedhercarontothe countryroad.
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StopsearchingtherefrigeratorforreliefandcometoSouthern Maine Counseling Center for an evening of self discovery and nurturance. Understand stress related overeating, improve food and body awareness,andidentifyself-destructiveeatingbehaviors.
This workshop is free and is for people who want to change the way they eat, the way they confront their weight problem and the way they relatetotheirbodies.
Wednesday evening, January 28th, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
BLACK TIE AT THE NEW OYSTER CLUB duringtheinaugural cocktailparty,restaura¬ teur Rex Seley cutsa ceremonialribbonto openthe Rex Seley Management Group’s latestestablishment. Picturedhere(leftto right): TripSwitzer, assistantmanager; Scott Drouin, assistant manager; Rex Seley, president,RexSeley Management Group; RobertVail, general manager; and Mike Pate, administrative assistant.
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BREAKWATER CELEBRANTS AT the"toppingoff" ceremoniesforthenew Breakwater at Spring Point, anoceanfront condominiumprojectin SouthPortlandthatwill contain154luxury units,are(standingleft torightbehindthe beam): Joe Comeau, The McCourt Company Inc.;AlexDvorzhets, The McCourt Company Inc.; CliffTipper,Mec-
quier & Jones; Joseph Picararo,Pizzagalli Construction; Richard Renner, Terrien Archi¬ tects; and Brian O’Don¬ nell, TerrienArchitects. Standingtotherightin frontofthebeamare: Richard Davis, Davis Bros.,Inc.;Brad Aldrich,H.E.Callahan, and BillCarter. Con¬ structionisproceeding smoothlyandshouldbe completednext summer.
generalmanager; Mary Zazzaro, directorof salesandteamcoach; Paul Sonnabend, presi¬ dentofSonestaInterna¬ tionalHotelsCorpora¬ tion.Seatedare PersonalServicegrand champions Malela Brackett, salesadminis¬ trativeassistant;and Donna Hanson, sales/PRadministrative assistant.Brackettand Hansontiedforfirst placewiththeteam fromtheSonestaBeach Hotel&Spa,Bermuda.
THE PORTLAND CLUB recentlyheldits100th birthdaywithaformal dinner. Robert P. and Ruth Mougallan, of Mougallan Carpets, helpedmaketheevent thesuccessitwas.
RECENTLY, TWO left): WilliamRicco,
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