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_ FEATURES_

10 Mystery: LostInTheDreamtime: TheBafflingDisappearance OfCathyMoulton. ByGrantlandS.Rice

20 At Large: When Happiness Was A Warm Yuppie. ByJohnTaylor.

26 Special16-Page BonusSection,TheArts: FictionByRuthMoore& DianeLefer,VideoReviews, BookReviews,MoreBook Reviews&AProfileOf PlaywrightMartinJones.

48 1988 Development Review

DEPARTMENTS

2LetterFromTheEditor. 3 Letters.

4 On The Town: Performing Arts AndEntertainmentListings.

17 P.Style:Raffle’s Cafe/Bookstore. ByHankWhittemore.

31 Restaurant Review. TheBaker'sTable. ByDennisGilbert.

32Portland’sPopularWines. ByDavidSwartzentruber.

41 Getaways: Winging It ToLunch. ByRickFitzgerald.

57RealEstateClassifieds.

59Classifieds.

60Portlandiana:Profiles OfSmiles.

62 The Maine Coast: MudSeason. ByJohnTaylor.

64 Flash. ON THE COVER — “Raffles i Cafe/Bookstore," copyright 1988 by ।BrianVandenBrink.Storyonpage17.

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FROM THE EDITOR

"Idon’tknowhowoldITis.It’s notacommissionedvessel,”laughs U.S.S. Brumby command duty officer LT Chris Ferguson. "We don’t know when it came here, or where it came from.” No command history,nonickname."Wejustcall it The Home of the Brumby’ while werehere.

"Thespaceallocatedperpersonis probably equal," LT Ferguson ventures in a further attempt to describeIT."Andthetemperature isthermostaticallycontrolled.”

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ATIONALISTS wearsquare hats. Dream¬ ers wear som¬ breros.”

Thelinecomestomindwithasmile whenever1drivepastIT,Portland’s only avowed Floating Hotel, a structurereveredforitscleanlines, sensiblefloorplan,andgohjeous oceanviews.

Jumpintoataxiandheaddownto Fleet Landing. See for yourself. BeforeChandler'sWharf,before40 & 50 Portland Pier, before (and after)TonyDiMillo’sfloatinghotel evanescedintothinair,theU.S. Navy brought — towed — IT to the ForestCity.

And now there aretwoofITin port,withroomforupto250sailors in each — gray’ floating Navy berthing barges at the Bath Iron Workspier.

Aperfectanswertothevanishing realestateonthewaterfront.And it's buoyantly marine-use only. Understated. Would have zoomed throughthePlanningBoards.

The crews currently berthed in bothofthecity’snewiTsareusedto their high-performance dread¬ naughtsatdrydock,theBrumby and the Koelsch, incredibly sleek postmodernjazzcomparedtoIT. IT.DesignbyEuclid.Neatgray corners, off-street parking, thermostaticcontrol,metalchairs. Intheluminousevenings,sailors dancetheWatusionIT.

_Island DefenseNetwork

1<>TheEditor:

I enjoyed the sampling and readingofyourmagazine,Portland Monthly.

1,atonetime,spentashortperiod ofmylifeontheislandsmakingup the Portland Harbor Military DefenseSystem.

I have shared the Portland Monthly issues 1 purchased (July/August 1987, "Portland At | War ) with acquaintances who ! wereformerlyinmilitaryservice with U.S. Fifth Infantry, 8th Coast,or240thCoastArtilleryunits. Theyalsosharemyinterestwiththe islandsmakingupCascoBay.1have! encouragedthemtoshareanypic¬ tures or stories of interest relating to military life while serving in the defense of the

LETTERS

Harbor.

MerrillClark Portland

_Sugar &Spice_

ToTheEditor:

Your overview of Maine skiing andskiareasintheDecember/January, 1988 issue of Portland Monthly ("ConfessionsOfAMaine Ski Bum,” by Charlie Brown) was excellent.Iwouldliketopointout, however, that in the superlative categorySundayRiverhasthegrea¬ testliftcapacity,14,750perhourvs. Sugarloaf’s12,505;largestsnow¬ making coverage, 280 acres vs. Sugarloaf’s210;andlargestgroom¬ ingfleet,sevenPistenBully'svs. Sugarloaf’ssix.

Wende F. Cray

Bethel

ExceptionalFacility

ToTheEditor:

Asaskier,itwaswithkeeninter¬ estthatIturnedto"Confessionsofa Maine Ski Bum” in the December/JanuaryissueofPortland Monthly. I was most impressed with the j manner in which you presented so many facts and figures and still offered a readable and enjoyable article.(CharlieBrown’s)tonguein-cheekreferencetoaMainewin¬ ter"lastingaslongasthesiegeof Stalingrad,withaboutasmanyplea¬ sures”waswonderful.

The considerable amount of | effortandtimerequiredtocompileI andpresentguideinformationis■ notlostonme.Iamalsoawareof theconstrainingfactorsaffecting detaileddescriptions.However,as marketing manager of The Bethel Inn & Country Club, 1 was disap¬ pointedinthattheonlycomments maderegardingourresortwerethat weofferedcross-countryskiingand a three-night package. i Granted,therearemanylodging andwinterrecreationalproperties ofmeritinMaine,yet,Ifeelour exceptionalfacilitiesandamenities wereworthyofadditionaldetail, giventhecontentofyourarticle.

The Bethel Inn’s Cross-Country

Ski Center does indeed offer 42 kilometersofgroomedtrails,second onlytoCarrabassetValleyinlength andvariety.Ourgolfcoursefair¬ ways offer ideal terrain for the novice,andourextensivenetwork ofwoodedtrailschallengesskiersof alllevels.Telemarkskiinglessons areavailableaswellasaracingloop andspeciallygroomedlayoutsfor practicing No rdie skating techniques.Aspecialskitouring centerbyallaccounts.

AsforTheBethelInnitself,our facilitiesincludetraditionalinnand new townhouse accommodations withworkingfireplaces,tworestau¬ rants,atavern,nightlyentertain¬ ment,sleighrides,iceskatingrink, sauna, and a complete year-round recreationalcenterscheduledfor completion in February. Consider also,wearelocatedinthecenterof Bethel,acharmingandfull-service New England village, as you well know, just 10 minutes away from Sunday River and Mount Abram. Pleasedonotinterpretmyremarks ascriticism;myintentionsareedu¬ cational. I am an avid Portland Monthlyreader,anditisinbothof our interests to have accurate, informative,andenjoyablefeatures.

BillBarter Bethel

Deep-SeaCapable

ToTheEditor:

Thoroughlyenjoyyourmagazine, whichcontinuestoimproveinqual¬ ity. However, I’m not sure about your statement in the December/January issue that the Research VesselCayuseisMaine’sfirstdeepsearesearchvessel.

I remember seeing the R/V AqualabtiedupattheSouthPort¬ landpiersoftheMaineVocational TechnicalInstitute.AsIrecall,the Aqualab started life as a Navy minesweeper, and was a gift from the Navy about I960. It probably was about the same size as the Cayuse, andshouldhavebeencon¬ sideredtobe"deep-sea”capable. OrdidIimaginethewholething?

Ken Lackie Washington, D.C.

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7he L)ris theater. I76SawyerStreet.SouthPortland. MameI)1106.IhroughMavI \SouthPasthe Musicand lyrics by Kogers and Hammerstein Book by |osh Logan BahIlaiwillcallyou.comefeeltropicalbreezesmthis musical classic Season tickets available at S2l ($2 1 specialreserve)"’72-sS2l

Afa*/ Horse I heater t.ompany,Iheateroflantasy,50 Danforth Street. Portland. Mame 01101 Th rough April 21 /heAmerican(.luh, byMartin|ones.Theauthorof last seasons masterwork. Vanishing Points, now presents his newest plav. written expressly for Mad HorseSetinCubamthe1050sjustweeksbeforeCastro's Revolution, a group of American mining engineers, a Cuban film actress, and other expatriates find their friendshipandloyaltiestestedbythecomingofanew age I hs American Club presents America’s loss of innocence in the burgeoning Third World A special benefit performance is planned to benefit the Mame breeze Campaign. April 10. Curtain is S pm. Thursdays throughSundays,withplentyofparkingavailable.And lorseasonalrates,trythePassionPass.'goodtorfive admissions to performances of the I98S season and rangingmpricefrom$25toS10Anexclientadditionto thestate'stheatricalscene775-5657.

The Portland Players. i20 Cottage Road, South Portland. Maine 01101. Brighton Peach Memoirs. by Neil Simon, runs through April 10 । No show Laster Sunday.) Hilarious comedy, a delightful and enriching experience - CBS-TV Laughter and tears as the teen¬ aged author grows up m lower-middle-class circum¬ stances Iriday and Saturday per formances at H p.m ; Sundays at 2:50 p m Season subscriptions available, including Opening Night season subscriptions at S 10. 796-'5s7

Portland Stage Co.. 27A Eorest Annue. Portland. Mams 04101. Sharon and Hilly, a new play by Alan Bow ne. preview s March 25 and 21. opening March 25 and running through April 10. Performance times: Tuesday through Thursday curtains are 7:50; l ;ridav.S p in.; .Saturday. 5 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Second Sunday matinee is interpreted in American Sign Language. Tickets range from S 7 to $19. Box office: 771-0165

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THELIGHTINGCOLLECTION

Dance

Portland Dann (.enter. 25A Forest Avenue. Portland, Maine 0H01 Ram Island Dame Company

darner/choreographer Brian Crabtree will present his latestworksinaLiveFromStudioIperformance-at8 p.mMarch25.2b.and2'TicketsareS5andareavailable bv vailing 77 5-2562 Ram Island Dance Company closes the Portland Dance (.enters 198’-1988 season with a specialpremiereprogram: Pentmu nto.April1I.I5,and 16. which is j collaboration between choreographer Damal McCusker and visual artist Katarinc Wc-shvn In response to recent jxrlormances m New York, lie VtllaKc Inite hailedthe-RamIslandprogramtorits "clejncss.gentleness,gentilityliltandbite,adding that artistic director Daniel McCusker has the definition,thesenseolphysicaloutlinetodanceina phoneb»>othithehadto1ickctsforadultsarc$105< for Thursday and Friday evenings and $ 12 V) for Saturday evenings 1 ickcts for students and senior citizens are $9 tor Thursday and Friday and S I(I lor Saturday (.all 77 5-2562 for ticket reservations and furtherinformation.

Portland Cit) Hall Auditorium. 262 Cumberland Avenue.Portland.Maine.(11101. I be Emtsh \altonal OperaPalletutilperformonAprtl5.at p.m. lor Ottt 60 yeari. the linntsb Pallet has maintained a traditiono/artistiet,xceHenceandtrulycomprnesone ofIinland'ty reaf national treasures Experience t/a mai^tcotafulllentilitoryballet.Idle.WalGardee. performed by one ol the world’s greatest companies Seats range from S5 to S16 Half-price tickets are availableforfull-timestudents.Ca11' ?2-86^0torfurther informaton.

AU/hc CenterfortheAll, UniversityofMaine.Orono. Maine, 0i469. Pilohobo will be performed Wednesday. April I 5. 8 p.m. Founded by Moses Pendleton and Jonathan Wolken in 1971, Piloholus is a dance institution The company has toured the world, developingareputationfororiginalityandirreverenceTicketsareS6forstudentsandseniorcitizensandrangebetweenS10-S15forothers.Forfurtherinformation.calI 581-1755.

ON THE TOWN

Alternative Mediums l l)hh, Zootz, 51 Forest Avenue. Portland,Maine.0-i101.OnMarch24,ZootzDanceClub ishostinganeveningofalternativeperformanceartand willdisplavworkbylocalvisualartistsinabenefitfor The Aids Project. Admission is Sb. and food will be served Doors open .it ":50 p m.. with performances beginning at 9 p.m. Following the performances there willbedancinguntil1amFormoreinformation,please call'75-818 7

Galleries_

Afternoon itallct}. |9 Dartmouth Street at Forest Avenue.Portland.(ontemporarypaintmg.collage,and drawmgExhibitionoIartistsrepresentedbythegallen Weekdays I to 5 pin 8'1-9255.

IheArt(.taller)AtSix/X<ringStreet.Portland.Maule 041</I.ExhibittonoIpaintingsbyMonbcganartutthe lateAlexMnith<ii. /9/7 /9'9. Prctwuandrceeptton from 6 SOto 0 p.m. and open home during regular hours on Saturday. Manb 5,77J9605.

Barndolt (,alienee, 26 Free Street, Portland, Maine 0-001 March i-5l Group exhibit of gallery artists: Contemporary Mame Recent Work April 8-50: Mark Hallot:RecentWork()penmgreceptionFriday,Apiil8. 5topin.Galleryhours10amto5p.mweekdays.I2 to » pm Saturdays, dosed Sundays. Admission is tree 77 2-501|

Cu/c.l/n.. ।. । Middle Street, Portland. Mame OilOI Dining and viewing hours p.m. to 10 p m daily Closed Monday 77.j.9599

Ua/^r Art Mmeum. Bowdoin College. Brunswick. Mame OiOI I Max Beckmann: Masterprmts through Marih20Art()pening:Lxhibitionpreclewandopening receptionlortheF.liotPortershowThursday.AprilIt.8 to10pin7>5-5255.

Conere11Stuartitalicr;.594CongressStreet,Portland. Mame OilOI Xtw work by Daphne Cummings and John Gallagher Through April 2. V 1-5569

Guenhut Gallery. 116MiddleStreet.Portland.Maine OilOI Original artwork by George Lloyd. Harvey I cterson. I homas Mcknight, Susan Hall. Theodore Jcremenko. and many others Monday through Sat urdav. 10:50 a m. to 5 50 p.m 772-2695.

MapleHill(taller). 567ForeStreet.Portland,Maine O l 101 I hird Annual Inc national Wedding-band Show Through April 9 Featuring Ross Coppehnan. Ed Spencer, Richard and Barbara Devine,and David Virtue. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10-6 p.m.; Sunday, 12 amto5p. in . ”'5-5822

The Joan Whitney Pa yson Gallery o / A rt, Westbrook College, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine OilOI "Recollections and Premonitions ' through May 8. The Payson Gallery is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10-iandSaturdaysandSundaysfromIto5Admissionis free797-9516.

Portland Museum of Art. 7CongressStreet,Portland. Maine OilOI. "The Best of American Illustration, from the Delaware Art Museum through March 20 Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 to 5; Thursday until 9; Sunday from 12 to 5. 775-61 18 j

1 he Baxter Gallery. Portland School of Art. 619 CongressStreet.Portland.Maine.01101Photographsby Lucien Clergue through May 1. Antoni Tapics, Prints, throughMay1.(»allcryhoursareMondaythr<>ughFriday 10 am. to 5 p.m.; Thursday until 7. Sunday 11 1. Admission free. 775-5052

SELECT AREA REST AU RANTS

Restaurantsarelistedasacourtesyinthissectionasspace allows.Toguaranteeinclusionofyourlistingforthenext year,call Portland Monthly Classifieds,578Congress Street,Portland.Maine04101.(207)775-4539.

Alberta's. 21 Pleasant Street, Portland. Also 27A Forest Avenue, Portland. All the selections from Alberta’sever-changingmenuarectxikedtoorderover their mesquite charcoal grill. Steaks, seafood, and butterflied leg of lamb are accompanied by homemade soups, breads, and desserts, including Death by Chocolate"Lunch,dinner,Sundaybrunch.Majorcredit cards 774-5408

IhcBaler'sTable. 454ForeStreet,Portland.Relaxed bistro beneath the Old Port Bakehouse offers diverse European cooking — veal. fish, tournedos. homemade chowders,soups,andstews,includingbouillabaisse,are available, as well as fresh breads and pastries from upstairsLocalartistsexhibitoccasionallyMajorcredit cards 775-0505

Ihc Blue Moon. 425ForeStreet.Portland.Portland's new-jazzclubrestaurantfeatures le jazz hot —live — nightly as well as an entertaining dinner menu. A ■ strongadditiontoPortland'snightlife871-0665.

Boonei. Custom House Wharf, Portland. They've been serving an extraordinary range of seafocxl since 1898Portlandmemorabiliaandantiquesarcdisplayedin the heavy-beamed dining rtxim, and there arc nightly specials in addition to the extensive menu Lunch and dinnerdaily,allmajorcreditcards774-5725.

Cafe Always. 47MiddleStreet,Portland.OneofPor¬ tland’snewestrestaurants.Featuresstrong,ambitious। menu and a romantic atmosphere. 774-9399 j

Channel Crossing. 23 Front Street, South Portland. AnelegantrestaurantwithanelegantviewofPortland fromitsperchonthewater.Teriyakisirloinisafavorite, asisFreshCatch."theveryfreshestfishavailableeach day. Lunch and dinner. Sunday brunch, major credit cards.799-5552.

Deli One. 106ExchangeStreet,Portland.Spinachand sausagepic,pasta,omelets,delisandwichesareamong theinternationalattractionsinthiscozyplace.Thesoups andchowdersareintriguingaswell.Asunnypatiowhen: season permits Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Sunday I brunch.Artexhibitsbylocaltalent.MC.V772-7115-

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The Madd Apple Cafe.2^ Forest Avenue. Portland An intimate American bistro located in the Portland PerformingArtsCenter.Offeringachangingmenu;spe¬ cialties include Carolina Chopped Pork BBQ, Shrimp Remoulade, tournedos Marchand du Vin, and Bananas Foster Lunch and dinner Major credit cards. 774-9698.

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_ Music

Portland Cowart Annuation, 262 Cumberland Avenue. Portland, Maine 04101 Saturday, March 12. 8 p.m , PortlandCityHallAuditorium:The(.hid(.iins.Buckby populardemand.The(.hieltainsreturnforaStPatricks DaycelebrationSharethewealthoftraditionalIrishfolk musicwiththeworld’sgreatestexponentsofthegenre Thursday, .March 2 i, 7:30 pin I.Uy Ameling, City Hall Auditorium. Wednesday. May 4, 7.30 p.m. Itzhak Perlman Call the P( A at 772-8630 for more information

Thi Choral Art Society. Robert Russell. Conductor. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Portland. Palm Sunday. March 27th: J.S Bach "Mass in B Minor,” 7 p.m Formoreinformation,call772-2173

Portland Symphony, 30MyrtleStreet,Portland,Maine 04101RogerBobo,thefirstpersontogiveatubarecital atCarnegieHall,willperformwiththeP.S.O.onMarch 22. playing Vaughan-Williams’ "Tuba Concerto.” Also on the program will be- the East (.oast premiere of "Paean Fanfare by Druckman, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes by Britten, and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 ' The Inextinguishable”). Portland City Hall Auditorium 773-6128

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Lost InThe Dreamtime'. TheBaffling DisappearanceOf CathyMoulton.

BY GRANTLAND S. RICE.

AT5:30p.m.onSeptem¬ ber 24, 1971, Cathy Marie Moulton stepped down from thegranitestepsof Starbird Music, then on upper ForestAve.,intothedarkchasmof the missing and lost. In a split secondofeternity,carryingonlya newpairofpantyhoseandtwotubes oftoothpasteinahand-tooledMex¬ ican handbag, Cathy walked from theall-too-predictableandplanned lifeofa16-year-oldhighschoolstu¬ dentintooblivion.Althoughmod¬ ernmanlikestothinkofhimselfas fixedintime,locatedandfirmly rooted on earth, there were no phonecalls,nohandwrittenletters, notevenastrandoflightbrownhair lyingontheshoulderofalonely roadsomewheretotestifytoCathy’s passing.Likefootprintsinthesand, only unanswered questions and a sun-faded 1971 photograph were leftbehindtohauntfriendsandfam¬ ilywiththeirimplications.

Thepassengers’manifesttothe realmofthemissinggoesbackto

MYSTERY

antiquity and reveals no secrets other than thousands of puzzling disappearancesincludingpersons, ashistorianJayRobertNashnotes, "whovanishinsideshipstaterooms, while swimming underwater, [and] into a fog.” Many disappear with circumstanceswhichbuoyuplikely explanations;MichaelRockefeller waslastseenmakingforthePapua New Guinean Coast grasping two five-gallongasolinecansfromhis swampedcanoe.Othersvanishinto arealmtheirpersonalhistoryseems tohavepreparedforthem,suchas politicalprofessorandintriguer ThomasRihawhofailedtoshowup forclassesin1969amidrumorshe wasabductedbytheCIA.Butmost intriguingarethosepersonswho, likewriterAmbroseBierce,calmly and inexplainably step over the border of the known into nothingness.

Nothing in Cathy Moulton’s abbreviatedpastseemstoindicate shewastaggedforthemissing.Born inPortlandonJune28,1955,Cathy andhertwoyoungersisters,Pamela and Kimberley, grew up with firm but compassionate parents in a white clapboard house down the street from Deering High School. Lyman Moulton, who owned Ray Moulton’sUsedCarsuntilheretired in1978,describeshisdaughteras quiet and contemplative, who "trustedpeopleandwasagoodstu¬ dent.”Althoughshehadfewclose friends,Cathylovedtoswing,and whenshewasn’tbabysittingorhelp¬ ing out around the house she attendeddancesheldatthelocal711Club.

"Sheseemedtobeinterestedin helping people," claims Claire Moulton,Cathy’smother."Shewas downthestreetallthetimesitting withafriendofthefamilywhowas paralyzed ... It was amazing how well they could communicate con¬ sidering he had a speech impair¬ ment.”Cathyalsosatwithsomeof theelderlyintheneighborhoodand withafriendwhowasbedriddenby acaraccident."Shefeltifyouwere nicetootherpeopletheywouldbe nicetoyou,”reflectsClaire,whohad longchatswithherdaughterevery dayafterschool.

Likeherfatherandsisters,Cathy often wrote poetry, and the only

suggestionofafurtiveinnerlifeis tenouoslyrootedinthispassion.At thetimeofherdisappearanceCathy admired teacher John Glynn, whom LymanMoultonclaimswas"intune with the Hippy generation” and whose classes focused on modern poets.Glynngavereadingsat"The Gate,”Portland’seclecticcoffee¬ house, and Cathy sometimes stoppedbyintheafternoontohear |himandotherstakethepodium.In theearly1970'spoetryatTheGate echoed a growing disenchantment with the Establishment, with the Vietnam War; and for many the wordsspokeofatruthout"OnThe Road”withKerouac,Ginsberg,and Ferlinghetti.Itiseasytofictionalize anunhappyyounggirl,inspiredby atonallifestylesandromanticcities, hoppingafreightwesttodiscover America.But,unfortunately,thereis noindicationofsuchclosureinthe case of Cathy Moulton. Even Dean MoriartylefttheEastCoastwith morethantwotubesoftoothpaste andapairofpantyhose.Andwhile thepoetryCathyleftbehindreveals athoughtfulandidealisticinterior, thereisnothinginherversethat even cryptically foreshadows her disappearance.

Perhapsthemostironicapsectof Cathy’shistorywasthefactthather lifewasseeminglyjustopeningup. In the summer of 1971 Lyman took timeofffromhisbusinessandthe Moultons travelled for 81 days throughout the United States and Mexico.ItwasthefirsttimeCathy hadtravelledextensivelyoutsideof Maine.WhenshereturnedtoDeer¬ ingHighSchoolinthefall,Cathy wasexcitedenoughforNancyBarlow,oneofCathy’sgirlfriends,to comment that she thought Cathy seemedhappierthanshehadinthe past.DuringthetripCathyturned 16,andforherbirthdaytheMoul¬ tons promised Cathy a gift from wherever she saw something she liked. And it was in Mexico that Cathy picked out the distinctive leatherhandbagthatwastoaccom¬ panyherintotheunknown.

Friday,September24th,aftera studyhallatschool,Cathyrushed homeandaskedherfathertogive herarideintotownsoshecouldgo shopping."She’dhadaruninher pantyhoseandwantedtogetanew

But most ot the reports sug¬ gested Cathy disappeared south. The mother of Alvin Drake, then a young man who was often Cathy’s partner at local dances, reported to police that the general talk around school was that Cathy went, or was on her way, to Boston. And Nancy Barlow remembered a girl in Cathy’s studyhalltellingastoryabout going to Boston and having a good time. She said Cathy "appeared interested.”

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pair to wear to the YMCA dance,” explainsClaireMoulton.Mrs.Moul¬ tongaveCathymoneyandaskedher togettwotubesoftoothpastewhile she was out. She also gave Cathy several coins for the bus home. Cathy put what could only have amountedtotwoorthreedollarsin herleatherhandbag,alongwitha keytothehouse,andwentoutthe front door with her father. Left behind were her clothes, makeup, and,onapolisheddresserupstairs, moneyCathyhadmadebabysitting. And left behind draped from the backofachairinherroomwasthe newskirtCathyhadmadetowearto thedancethatevening.

| Lyman Moulton dropped his daughter off in front of the New England Telephone and Telegraph officeonthecornerofCumberland andForestAvenuesat1:15p.m.and sawherstartuptowardsCongress Street. Cathy was wearing a navy short-sleevewooldress,anavygab¬ ardine double-breasted box coat withbrassbuttons,andcarriedonly herreversibleMexicanhandbag.A littleovertwohourslater,after shopping,CathystoppedbyStarbird MusictotalkwithclassmateCarol Starbird.ShetoldCarolthatshewas hurrying home to take a shower beforethedanceandthat,asshehad spentherbusfare,shewaswalking. Theypartedsayingthey'dseeeach otherthatnight,and,slingingher handbag to her shoulder, Cathy steppedoutontoForestAvenue.

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Cathy failed to show up by dinner, Mrs. Moulton began to worry. "In our family we always called when we were going to be late."At6:30p.m.Clairecalledthe police and explained that her daughter had never gone anywhere withoutnotifyingthembeforeand thatshewantedtofileamissing personsreport.

"They laughed at me," she remembers,andthedispatchertold Mrs.Moultonthey’dhavetowait72 hours — three days — before the policecouldtakeaction.Aftercheck¬ ing with hospitals and friends, Lyman Moulton drove down to the

police station, where he was "explainedthefactsoflife”bythe desksergeant.ButMoultonwasper¬ sistent,and,"toshutmeup,”theylet himfileamissingpersonsform. Inthosetensemomentsin1971 theMoultonsinitiatedavigilance thatwastolastnearlytwoyears.At notimewasthefrontdoorboltedor thetelephoneoutofearshotinthe eventCathyreappearedorsomeone calledwithinformation.Schedules wererearranged,andMr.andMrs. Moulton rarely left the house together. Cathy’s room was left untouched in expectation of her return.

Oddlyenough,thestorybrought 'littlepublicity.Inthefirst10daysof October the Portland Press HeraldandtheMaineSundayTele¬ gram each ran a picture in what, withtheexceptionofanarticleinan OldPortnewsletter,wastobethe onlynewspapercoverageofCathy’s disappearance.Soonafterwardsthe Moultons got in touch with the directorofPortland’sFBIoffice,and althoughhecouldn'tstartanofficial investigationwithoutevidenceof abduction, he managed to get Cathy’spicturetoappearattheend ofseveraltelevisionepisodesof "TheFBI”starringEphremZimbalist,Jr.InvestigatorsatthePortland Police Department, who in 1971 hadnofundsspecificallyallocated for missing persons and who were seeing a rash of youngsters — almost200ayear—leavinghome, seemedcertainCathywasarunaway and,afterinterviewingfamilyand friends, filed her report with hundredsofothermissingPortland teenagers.And,intheweeksthat followed,theMoultonsdiscovered they were largely on their own searchfortheirdaughter.

"Idon’tagreewiththewaythey |[thepolice]handledthings,butI |understandtheyweren’tpickingon ! us," claims Lyman Moulton who says he would have acted more aggressively had he known then what he knows now. "This was a whole new ball game for us. We’d hadnorealproblemstothinkabout. Thensomethinglikethishappens. Youdon’tknowwhattodo."

Itwasaperiodofhopeandheart¬ break.EarlyinNovemberofficials atDeeringHighSchoolcleanedout

Cathy’s locker and found a phone number scrawled on a scrap of paper.Theoriesracedthroughthe usually calm Moulton household, buttheclueonlyledbacktoamys-• tery.Thesevendigitsrangaphonei atMoulton’sownUsedCarlot.Sev¬ eral weeks later the Moultons received an overdue notice, addressedtoCathy,forahighschool textbook. The school followed up withanapologysayingthey’dfound thebook.Mrs.Moultonspentmuch of her time seated beside her upstairs window where she could watchupanddownthestreetforher| daughter, dressed in Navy wool, walking home.

Meanwhile flotsam from all pointsonthecompasswashedupon the Moultons’ doorstep and in Cathy’s police file. Mr. Pinkham fromtheGiantStoreinBrunswick pickedupaboyandagirlwithan unusual-looking handbag and gave themarideintoBrunswickcenter.A callerreportedthattheyhadseena girl fitting Cathy’s description hitchhiking on Route 88 in Fal¬ mouth. And a week before Cathy vanished, Harvey Brown, a worker for the Parks Department, saw a blackmale,about20yearsold,ina 1965or1966Pontiacwithadam¬ aged left fender, Massachusetts licenseplate,approachagirlwith glassesandlonghair.Shegotinto thecarandtheydroveoff.

Butmostofthereportssuggested Cathy disappeared south. The mother of Alvin Drake, then a 1 young man who was often Cathy’s partneratlocaldances,reportedto policethatthegeneraltalkaround schoolwasthatCathywent,orwas on her way, to Boston. And Nancy BarlowrememberedagirlinCathy’s studyhalltellingastoryaboutgoing toBostonandhavingagoodtime. She said Cathy "appeared inter¬ ested.”

The most haunting clue came from Westbrook psychic Alex Tanous, who Lyman Moulton des¬ cribesas"verydedicated”andwho offeredhisservicesfreeofcharge.

I’m not saying I do or don’t believe,” Moulton explains, "but you’vegottotrythesethings.”One evening Tanous and Moulton went outforadrivearoundPortland."He [Tanous]feltvibrations,orwha-

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Sixteen years have passed, and Cathy’s body has yet to float to the surface of some reservoir. There have been no deathbed confessions of false identity nor has a young blue¬ eyed woman sat suddenly uprightinahospitalwardafter long years of amnesia, asking for her leather handbag.

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teveryouwanttocallthem...inthe Munjoy Hill area. We came down Congress to Forest and down Forest—thewaywefiguredCathy would have walked home — to the cornerofForestandParkStreet, acrossfromthepostoffice.Herehe [Tanous] received "a sense” that Cathy got into a car and drove straightoutForest.Whenthecar gottoeitherCoyleorLincolnStreet, hewasn’tsurewhich;thecarturned leftononeofthosetwostreetsand headed south ... towards Boston. Then he [Tanous] lost the vib¬ rations.”

AfterThanksgivingin1971,the Moultons received word from the StatePolicethatagirlresembling CathywaslivinginPresqueIsle. LymanMoultoncloseduphisbusi¬ ness,andheandClairedrovenorth. Arriving,Moultondiscoveredthat thesheriff’sdepartmentinPresque IsleknewnothingaboutCathy’sdis¬ appearancenoranythingaboutthe girlintheStatePolicereport."They weren’t communicating with each other,”sighsMoulton.Atthetime infuriated,Lymanorganizedameet¬ ingatE.C.Jordan’sPresqueIsle officeandhandedoutphotographs andadescriptiontothearea’spolice andsheriff’sdepartments.Moulton thenwentdoor-to-door,store-tostore,askingquestionsandhanding outflyers,atonepointevencrossing into New Brunswick. The police eventuallydiscoveredthatthegirl they had thought might be Cathy wasinfactagirlwhohaddisap¬ pearedfromherhomeinConnecti¬ cut.Thegirlreturnedhome,and, afterinvestigatingrumorsofagirl who had taken up with an Indian, the Moultons headed back to Portland.

Although Moulton has been sympathetictothedifficultiespres¬ entedtothepolice,hesparesno emotionexplaininghisfrustration with the system. When Cathy van¬ ished, both copies of her social securitycardswerefoundathome. Onthechanceshecarriedahandw¬ rittencopywithher,theMoultons wrote Sen. Margaret Chase Smith andaskedhertohelpthemtraceany activityonCathy'snumbertofind outifsheoranyoneelsewereusing it. The Moultons were told they couldwritealetter—whichtheydid

— that would be forwarded to an employer if he reported Cathy’s number.He,inturn,wasurgedto presentittowhoeverwasusingthe identification.IfCathywerealive andnevergottheletter,werework¬ ing under the table, or wouldn’t respond, or if someone else were using her number, the Moultons would never know. And they haven’theardaword.

"Ireallyfeelsomewhere,some¬ time,somebodyhastodosomething aboutaccesstofiles—atleastmake themavailabletopolice.Iunder¬ standfamilieshavefightsandsoon. Butwhenthereisalegitimaterea¬ son someone should know,” offers Moulton,whofeelsthebarrierisat leastinparteconomic,"That’swhat getsme.Apersonisanimportant thing.Youare.Iam.AndCathyis.If the government wanted to, they’d turn hell and high water over to locatesomebody.Justtrynotpaying your taxes. But when it comes to missing persons, the doors are closed.Wejustwanttoknowwhat happenedtoourdaughter.”

Sixteen years have passed, and Cathy’sbodyhasyettofloattothe surface of some reservoir. There havebeennodeathbedconfessions offalseidentitynorhasayoung blue-eyed woman sat suddenly uprightinahospitalwardafterlong years of amnesia, asking for her leatherhandbag.

"Maybeshe’slivinghappilyever aftersomewhereinCanada.That’s where everyone was going in the earlySeventies.Ormaybeshe’sbur-

iedinagravesomewhereinMaine orMassachusetts...oraskeletonina morgue," explains Detective Wil¬ liam S. Deetjen of the Portland PoliceDepartment."That’sthesad thing.Wejustdon’tknow."

OnNewYear’sDay,1988,Deetjen pulled Cathy’s dog-eared folder from the bottom drawer of his crowdedfilecabinetandopenedit for what may have been the first time in years. Deetjen, who has trackedrunawaysacrosstheUnited Statesforthepastfouryears,was unawareofCaseNo.60141untila colleague mentioned he r ememberedtakingaphotographtoa Portland couple who hadn’t seen theirdaughtersince1971."Weget runaways,fiveto10aweek,buthere wasamissingperson,”saysDeetjen, whoclaimsactualmissingpersons arerareinPortland.Thediscovery nudgedDeetjen,a19-yearveteran and father of four daughters, to reopenthecaseandgiveCathyand herfamilywhathemodestlytermsa "fairshake.”

AfairshakeforthebusyYouth Aiddetectivewhofindsfivetosix juvenile cases on his desk each morning,oneortwoofthemruna¬ ways,meantringingtheMoultons’ doorbellandspendingseveralhours siftingthroughthepoems,letters, andbelongingsofagirlwho,ifshe isalive,willbe33inJune.AsDeet¬ jenreveals,"I’vegotthebestofboth worlds.I'mafatherandapolice¬ man.Ihavealuxuryinthatifsome¬ thingweretohappentomyfamilyI can do something. I want to give them|theMoultons]thatluxury.”

Although Lyman and Claire Moultonhavelearnedovertheyears nottogettheirhopesup,theyare delightedsomeonehastakeninter¬ estintheirdaughter."Youdon’t know how important it is to have anyonetrytodosomething—after alltheseyears.It’smorethanwe ever hoped would happen," says LymanMoulton."Theolderyouget, thefastertimegoes,”Claireremarks withweteyes."WeloveCathy,and ifshe’salivewe’dliketohavethe familyreunited.Ifnot...well,wed liketoknowthat,too.Thehardest partisnotknowing.”

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FromRegicide ToRabbitPie.

Raffle’s Cafe/Bookstore.

BY HANK WHITTEMORE.

CC R1NCESandkings,filmstars,writersand 1 poets,therichandfamous,vagabondsand I rogues—allcongregatedinSingaporeatthe HotelRaffles,”accordingtoaguidebook.

TheRaffles,wheretheSingaporeSlingcocktailwas invented,drewauthorssuchasRudyardKiplingand JosephConrad.Inthe1920s,SomersetMaughamcom¬ posedshortstoriesattheRafflesandwrotethatit"stands forallthefablesoftheexoticEast.”

Closer to home along our own East Coast, notable "literary hang-outs” todayincludeLouie’s,inBaltimore’sartdistrict;Atticus,inNewHaven;the Harvard Bookstore Cafe, off Boston’s Copley Square; and now, on Por¬ tland’sbusyCongressStreetsinceJune,thecafe-bookstorecallingitself Raffle’s.

"We had heard about the Hotel Raffles in Singapore,” say the owners, Tim and Mary Folio, both 27, "and we knew it had been a meeting place for worldtravelers.Weaddedtheapostrophebymistake,butthatwasthebasic image we had in mind.” Also, having come here eight years ago from New Haven, the Fallos remembered Atticus, a bookstore with a cafe operation, and the young couple became certain that "something in that tradition” would work in Portland.

Opening Raffle’s downtown in the late 1980s was an idea whose timing Continued

couldnothavebeenbetter.There arejust30seatsattheeightcherrywoodtablesandalongtheformicatopbar,butonbusydays,upto500 patronscomethroughthedoor.In themorning,there’sabrisktake-out linefor"choicecoffees”andbaked goods, and the place is usually jammedwithbusinesspeopleorder¬ ing"energy-intensive”vegetarian saladsatlunchtime.Butthroughout thedayuntil6p.m.,thereisalsoa continuing flux of book-browsers along with a stream of writers, musicians,poets,artists,scholars, and students who, if not holding intensediscussions,arecontentto readortakenotesorsimplythinkby themselves.

The other day, for example, a middle-aged man in work clothes wenttotheperiodicalsectioninthe rear and picked out an Englishlanguage edition of Pravda, the Soviet paper. Meanwhile, a woman was sipping espresso and reading PsychoticReactions, whichshehad found among the new hardcovers

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alongthesidewall.Atanothertable, two young men were debating the meritsofselfhypnosisforcreative writing."It’slikeyou’researching fortheperfectplace,”onesaid,"but insteadofanouterthingit’san innerthing,youknow?”

Which,cometothinkofit,isa gooddescriptionofthewayRaffle’s works.Withitsgreen-graycarpet andmodernfurniture,itssmallpot¬ tedplantsandhangingsculpture,its nonstop jazz from the stereo ("Hey,” someone asks, "is that RobertJohnson?"),itshigh-ceiling fansandgreen-shadetracklighting

the pre-Crash Yuppies! — who werereplacingthem.Also,Raffle's ofOldPortwouldhavedrawnheav¬ ilyontouristsfreshfromwindow¬ shoppingattheposhnewclothing storesandgiftshops.

BUT these days we not only have an Old Port but an evolving New Portland; and a hang¬ outservinghealthfood, goodbooks,finemusic,and"atmos¬ phere” can avoid the Exchange Street area and safely survive. Increasingnumbersofspecialized retailoutlets,withdistinctivechar¬ acter,areeitherrelocatingoutofthe OldPortorstartingupelsewherein scatteredlocations.Theyinclude

—well,theatmosphereoftheplace is very much an "outer thing" at first.(Youmighteventhink,God forbid,thatyou’velandedinsome trendyspotintheOldPort!)Aftera while,however,theexternaltrappings seemtofadeandone’sinnerworld canbegintosetthemood.

"We wanted to stay away from theOldPort,”MaryFallosays,"not onlybecauseofthehighrentsbutto avoid the elitism over there. We wanted to be more down-to-earth, inanurbansettingwithagreater variety of people. And we feel stronglythatwithPortland’sdown¬ towngrowingagain,thiswholearea isreallyup-and-coming.”

Intheearly1970s,wemighthave expectedtofindRaffle’sintheOld Port.Backthenitmighthavebeena modest coffeehouse serving the arts-and-crafts community in nearbylofts,studios,andstore¬ fronts.Bythe1980s,whenprosper¬ ity had pushed out many of those pioneers,abookstore-cafeintheOld Port might have catered to new, youngprofessionals—let’sfaceit,

notonlyaMoserCabinetmakersor an Alberta’s Cafe or a Hitchcock Gallerybutother,smallerplaces like,say,MaterialObjects,whichhas movednotfarfromRaffle’sitself.

"We saw New Haven become a veryexcitingcity,”saysMaryFallo, "withlotsofoldbuildingsbeing renovated, and later we saw the same thing happening here — on CongressStreet,aswell.”

Thethree-storyRaffle’sbuilding was,mostrecently,abranchofSun Savings&Loan.Originallyithad housedPortland’sfirstfirestation; andlater,intheearly1900s,it becameashoestore—highonits facade, WALK OVER SHOE is still

impri nted. When Tim and Mary removed the bank's suspended ceiling,theyfoundasecond-floor tiersurroundingitanddiscovered that the old shoe store's wooden shelveswereallintact,asifjust waitingtoholdalargecollectionof quality paperbacks for browsers above the cafe-a nd-ha rdcover section.

"We didn’t have a lot of experienceineitherfoodorbooks,’’ says Mary — she graduated from USM in social welfare, while her husband earned a communications degree — ’but we did know that eitherarestaurantorabookstoreby itselfwouldbeadifficultbusiness.’’

What we did have, Tim adds, was an idealistic vision that people’s quest for knowledge, combined with the fact that everyoneneedstoeat,couldcreatea kindofmagic.’’

Theearlyreviewsofthatmagic, from Portland’s most avid cafe conversationists,arestillmixed:

It s a wonderful idea." says BentonMarder,ascholarcommonly known as the Bear, "but the furnitureistoonew.It’snotbeat-up enough.Theplaceneedstobemore homely,intheold-fashionedsense, with some grubbiness. And they should provide some handy referencebooks,sowecansettle arguments.’’

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"They offer a good alternative bookstore,” says Pat Murphy, the used-bookdealer,’’butintermsof thecafe,it’sbeenadoptedalreadyby theso-calledyuppies.Theytendto situpfront,whileusculturalmisfits stayintheback.Raffle’sisn’tareal neighborhood place, like Woodford'sCafe,butthatwouldbe possibleifitstayedopenatnight."

Tim and Mary Fallo do expect, withinayear,tokeepRaffle’sopen onsomenights,butonly"afterwe learnmoreaboutthebusinessand don'thavetosacrificewhatwere doingwellduringtheday."Asfor theambience,Timadds,"It'sthe people coming through the door who, in time, will create those physicallyraggededges.Thesame peoplealreadycreateafeeling.On any given day, we get the full spectrum.They'renotalldressed thesame,theydon'tallthinkthe same way — like the books themselves, which represent so

For the browsers, bookstore manager Russ Warner tries to specializeinuniversitypressesand ’’things that people can’t get elsewhere.”Hesellsagooddealof poetry and modern fiction; he's particularlyproudofhissectionson comparative religion, mythology, andpsychology;andstudentsfrom the Portland School of Art are alwaysdriftinguptothesecond-tier shelvestofindspecialeditions.

Meanwhile,localartistsdropin asking to hang their work in Raffle’s; poets and authors give readings (formerly on Thursday evenings, now on Sundays): musiciansdriftintolistentothe jazz; and various members of the Portland Stage or Mad Horse Theatrecompaniesareoftenamong thecafecrowd.

On the other hand, Mary Fallo says, "The browsing sometimes doesn’t happen the way we had hoped. We had pictured people mostly browsing around and then gettingacupofcoffee.Asitisnow, many people have lunch and walk out without ever looking at the books.”

AsBentonMarder,thescholarly jBear,sumsitup,"Agoodliterary J coffeehouse always takes a fair amount of experimentation and fine-tuning;butthecombinationof j a restaurant and a bookstore is |unusualinPortland,ifnotunique, । and Raffle’s could be a real institutionhere.”

Afterall,Singapore’slegendary HotelRaffleshasbeenfine-tuning itself since 1899, for nearly a century...

when happiness < wasag | warm yuppie |

BY JOHN TAYLOR. &

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IFitistruethatthe"yuppie phenomenon’’isnowhistory, as the national press has declared,whatdifferencewill ayuppielessfuturemaketo lifeinPortland?Depopulation?Col¬ lapseoftherestauranttrade?Are wesoontowitnessintheOldPort anepicclearancesaleofredsus¬ pendersorganizedonascalethat willbecelebratedforgenerationsto come?

BlackMondaymaywellhavebeen theharbingerofdifficulttimes,and someoftheeconomicreadjustments that await us could indeed prove hardtobear.Yetitseemsunlikely that the yuppies themselves and their alleged disappearance will havemuchtodowiththeoutcome. Despitethepublicityaccordedthem, yuppies represented nothing new. Becausetheirtasteswereexpensive andsomeoftheirpreferencesoutof the ordinary — sushi rather than sirloin—theymadegoodcopy.And aseveryjournalistknows,popsoci¬ ologyistoomuchfuntoresist.

The standard procedure is to inventaclass,thatis,toassertthat Dick, Jane, and Harry somehow constituteadefinablegroupbecause they have something, never mind how tenuous, in common — the yuppies were born after 1946 and before 1964 which is to say they wereyoungandalsomorenumerous than some other age groups. You thenproclaimyourinventedclassto benew,asifyouthfulnesshadno precedent, and at the same time credityourselfwithhavingmadea brilliantdiscovery.Finally,you completetheexercisebythumbing yournoseatyourowninvention.It’s allverysatisfying,yettheassertion canbedefended-thatmuchofwhat hasbeenwrittenaboutthespecies called yuppie does more to docu¬ menttheincorrigibleshallownessof theAmericanpressthanitdoesto illuminatecurrentsocialreality.No doubt more than one reader will dismissthisarticleasacaseinpoint. AlexisdeTocquevilleencount¬ eredtheyuppiemorethan150years ago while doing fieldwork for DemocracyinAmerica.Indeedthis studyisalltheevidenceweneedto concludethattheyuppiehasbeena conspicuous American type since theearliestdecadesoftheRepublic. Thoughnoonewascalledayuppie

inthosedays—thetermwasnotto gaincurrencyuntiltheelectionyear of1984—whatwehavelatelycome to think of as yuppieness was, according to Tocqueville, every¬ whereondisplay:"Itisstrangeto see with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue their own wel¬ fare,andtowatchthevaguedread thatconstantlytormentsthemlest they should not have chosen the shortestpathwhichmayleadtoit.” CharacteristicAmericanuneaseand haste were already in evidence: "Theirtasteforphysicalgratifica¬ tionmustberegardedastheoriginal sourceofthatsecretdisquietude whichtheactionsoftheAmericans betray...Hewhohassethisheart exclusivelyonthepursuitofworldly welfareisalwaysinahurry,forhe hasbutalimitedtimeathisdisposal toreach,tograsp,andtoenjoyit.”

De Tocqueville ascribed this behaviornottoAmericancharacter orthetemperofthetimes,butto theconditionsoflifeinherentinan egalitarian democracy. Having remainedalltheseyearsbothdemo¬ craticandegalitarian,weremainon

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themakeaswell,someofusmore noticeablysothanothers.Onlythe termitself—yuppie —isnew,and somewouldsaysuperfluous.Itis worthnotingthatinTheClosingo/ the American Mind Allan Bloom goesonfornearly400pageswith¬ out resorting to the y-word even once.Hedeploresthecareerismthat pervades American life and holds theuniversityatleastpartlyrespon¬ siblefortheprevailingexaltationof career. Though over the years he musthavetaughtagoodmanystu¬ dentswholaterlapsedintocareer¬ ism,heneverthelessrefrainsfrom callingthemyuppies.Yethisbook weighedinasabest-seller,thepub¬ lishingsensationof1987.Perhaps thereadingpublic’sappetitefor journalisticchimerasislessrobust thansomeofusscribblersliketo think.

FOR a free home demon¬ stration of just how inadequate the term yuppiecanbe,askyour¬ selfwhetherPortlandis theyuppievillesomesayitis.Ata glanceitappearstobe:allthose

youngprofessionalsofjusttheright age,allthosepretentiousrestau¬ rants,allthosepriceyboucondarinas —onthefreewaytoyuppieheaven (admissiongrantedtoBMWsonly), hasn’tPortlandgottobeatleast halfwaythere?Yesindeed,halfway, butitwillnevermoveamillimeter closer.

If yuppie means anything, it meanscareerist,andforthisreason, despiteappearances,ayuppieville Portlandisnot.Soblessyouryoung professionalhearts,eachandevery one.Youareexonerated.Toqualify asatrueyuppie,towin,indeedto deserveyoursuspenders,youmust bewillingtotakeonandstaywith theBIGTIME,whichformostEast¬ ernersmeansNewYork,Boston,or Washington,D.C.Portlandisnot, never was, and never will be any part of the BIG TIME (except for those who toil at Union Mutual), and for many young professionals thisis,ofcourse,thewholepoint. Like the yuppies they tend to be transplants,butwiththisdistinctive difference: for many of them the decisiontosettleinPortlandisalso

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Becausewearecareeristsall,to one degree or another, simply by virtueofbeingAmerican,choosing the SMALL TIME can foster wist¬ fulness about might-have-beens. EverytransplantinPortlandknows thereismoremoneytobemadein NewYorkineveryoccupationother thanlobstering.Thequestion,of course, is whether he would have beenamongthosemakingithadhe gonetoNewYorkinstead,orhadhe remainedtherelongenoughtocash in.SomeofthetransplantsinPort¬ landmightdowellintheBigApple, whereasforotherstheinescapable strainoflifeinNewYorkwouldbe intolerable.Theonecertaintyisthat neithergroupwilleverknowwhat mighthavebeen,notknowingbeing partofthepricetheymustpayfor choosing, or having chosen, the SMALL TIME.

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The good news for Portland and forthesocietyasawholeisthatthe energetic young have become wil¬ lingtopaythatprice,andinsub¬ stantialnumbers.Norisnorthern New England the only region to benefit.Seattle,forexample,has seen a steady influx of men and women in their late twenties and earlythirties,mostofwhomrisk goingallthewayouttherewithno jobinhand.Yetexceptforthosefew whomanagetolandjobsatBoeing, Microsoft, or Weyerhauser, the PugetSoundregionisnoplacetogo ifabrilliantcareeristhegoal.Salar¬ iesare30-percentlowerthanonthe Eastcoast,thecostoflivingisno bargain, and most of the labor marketsareovercrowded.Evenso, the migration continues from all over the country, presumably be¬ causeSeattleenjoysagoodpressand lifethereisreputedtobeeasygoing. At any rate, few who move to the regioneverleavebychoice,once theyhaveexploredthatscenery.

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Martin Jones.

BYJ.P.STANDISH.

WHEN Martin Jonessitsdown towriteaplay, theactcanonly bedescribedas obsessive. Nine days later, his fingers burning from a state of compulsive, original writing, he finishesthefirstdraftofsomething that will later win kudos from critics,theaudience,andhisfellow playwrights.

Jones, playwright-in-residence for the Mad Horse Theatre Company,hasbeer,drawingatten¬ tiontohimselfforthissolitaryactof creativefocussince1980.His1980 play,OldSoldiers,waspublishedin BestShortPlaysof1983.In1985, The Snow Leopards was produced inbothNewYorkandLosAngeles. In 1986, the Northlight Theatre Company premiered West Memphis Mojo, which became a winner of the prestigious Dram¬ atists’ Guild / C.B.S. New Play Award.AfterWest Memphis Mojo wasproducedagaininLosAngeles, itwasgivenanawardbytheBeverly HillsN.A.A.C.P.foritsrevelation ofracisminthemusicindustry.

Currently, West Memphis Mojo isplannedforaproductionbythe Cross Roads Theater Company in New Brunswick, New Jersey from mid-March until mid-April, and thentherearehopesofbringingit to New York. Theover-the-rainbow dreams are coming down to earth: Negotiationsareunderwaytobring ittoBroadway.

THE ARTS

Meanwhile, closer to home in Portland,Jonesmadehismarkwith the play Vanishing Points, producedinthespringof1987at the Mad Horse Theatre Company. A productionofSnow Leopardswill runattheTheatreofFantasyfrom March31throughApril24th,anda newmusicalrevue, You Can’t Get There From Here, will run from May19throughJune5th.

His pairing up with Mad Horse hasbeenasymbioticrelationship. Thecompanywassearchingfornew andprovocativeplaystoperform, andJoneswaslookingforalocal theatercompanywhichcouldserve asanexperimentalspringboardfor hisnewplays.Heexplains,"Itjust cameaboutasaluckything,Iguess.I hadreachedthepointinthefallof'86 whereI’dsaidtomyself,'1wish1had a group that I could work with.’ PortlandStageistiedintoaverybig productionsschedule;ithastobea very balanced season. And I was lookingforaplacethatwassortofa smallerplace.”So,afterseeingThe Lovers and TheBirdbath,thefirst plays done under the Mad Horse banner,JonescontactedMadHorse directorMichaelRafkin.Together

they decided to do Vanishing Points, whichturnedouttobethe big show of the year for the fledglingcompany.

Although Jones recognizes the limitationsofthesmallertheater company — no minority members, small numbers, a stage about the sizeofafewdiningroom-tables,he is happy with the energy and the audaciousness of Mad Horse. He feels the company is strong on character and gut work. He says, "Theywanttostayleanandmean.” Even though their present per¬ formingspaceistoocramped,they arelookingforaspacethatisalso small,maybe150seats,thatwould allow them to keep productions closeandintimate,andfinancially would continue to give them the freedom to go against what the marketseemstodictate.

Abouthiswritingitself,Jones says, "I feel similar to Jackson Pollack.Whenaskedaboutthepaint dripping down his canvas he explains,'IfeellikeI’maspectator atthecreation.’It’snotlikehim doing it. It’s coming from somewhereelseandyou’rejustthe channelthatdoesit.I’maspectator at the creation myself. I’m an audiencemember,too.Idon’tknow howit’sgoingtocomeout. "Asawriter,Igettoplayallthe partsorpsychologicallygothrough all the emotional things. When therearefightsbetweenmychar¬ acters,Iobsessonitfordayson end."

ThelastplaythatMadHorsewill bedoingthisseasonisanotherone of Jones’ with very different emphasis. You Can’t Get There From Hereisamusicalrevuethat pokes fun at the relationship between native Mainers and tourists.It’sverysatirical,with reference to such things as the Maine Festival. The idea for it originated from a summer workshop he took with Jeff Rice, Peter Gallway, and some other composers and writers under Mel Marvin. They ended up doing a shortplaycalled From Awaythat wastheinspirationforthecurrent production.Sincethenhehasadded awholenewtext,alotofnewsongs, and has worked with Mad Horse’s musicaldirector,VickieStubbs. Continuedonpage32

THE ARTS

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The Walk DownMainStreet.

BY RUTH MOORE.

CARLISLEhadbeenupatthegymallday,notsomuchhelpingas waitingaroundforDebbytogetthrough.Hehadstartedoutwith theothers,buttheworkofputtingupthedecorationsforgradua¬ tionwasmostlyonstepladders;fellowswithtwosoundlegskept goingahead,pasthim,anddoingit.Notthattheyweremeanatall. Itwasalways,"Oh,hey,Carl,letmedothat,”or"Hi,fella,getdownbeforeyou falldown";allniceandhelpful.Bylunchtimehewassulkyandsickofthewhole th 'ng.

Ifthey’djustpassitover,shutup;lethimdowhathecould;butno,theyhad tokeepbearingdown.

Acrip;agimp;theythoughttheyhadtotakecareofhim.Sohetookto hangingaroundontheoutskirtsofthings,andtheyall,evenDebby,seemedto takeitforgrantedthathewasbetteroffoutoftheway.

Hewentoverandleanedagainstthedoorjamb,watchingthenoisycrowd downbythestage,wheretheywerefixinglilacsaroundtheAmericanflag. Nobodymissedhim.Hehadtogodowntothelavatory,sometime;thattook effort,goingupanddownstairs;hemightaswellstartnow,bebacktotake Debbytolunch.

Everytimeyouwentoutoforintothegym,youpassedbytheglass-enclosed caseswherethebasketballtrophieswerekept.Therewerequitealotofsmall ones—areaandregionalawards—butonlytwobigsilverbasketballs,the awardsfortheStateChampionships,1948andthisyear.Carlislepausedbythe case.Heoftendid,nowadays,whennoonewasaroundtokidhimforlookingin athisownphotographs,orwhatevertheythoughthemightbedoing.

Quite a few photographs had been set along the shelves among the trophies—grouppicturesofteamsfromwaybackwhen,shotsofindividual players,shotsofhighspotsinvariousgames.Takenmostlybynewspaper photographers,theywerefine,clear,dramaticpictures.Therewasonethatwas ahoney,ofthemonumentalpile-upofBooneplayersandhimself,onthenight whenhe’dfirsthurthisknee.

'Lookatthat!"peoplehadsaid,peeringinatthisphoto.

"Lookatthat!Isn’tthatawful,thewaytheytriedtocripplehim!”

Yare,Carlislethought.Theysuredid.Didabetterjobthantheyknew. Notatthetime,though.Heck,atthetime,hedidn’tknow,himself,thathe’d beenhurt.Gotrollingsofastthathedidn’tfeelanypain.

Ifonlyhe’dbeenabletogetgoinglikethatinthatlastBostongame.Ifonlyhe couldhavestartedtoramble.

Ifhe’djustbeenabletoreachoutandlayholdofthatlightfeelinghe’dalways hadinabiggame,asifhisfeetwereoffthefloorandhewastravelingonair, nothingcouldstophim;ifhecouldhavegotbackthatterrificthingthathad happenedtohimintheBoonegame.He’dbeencountingonthat;andnothing. Maybethedifferentkindofauditorium,theBostonGarden,somuchbigger thanhewasusedto,hadsomethingtodowithit;orthecheering-section,which hadbeentremendousandallhostile,exceptforonepitifullittlepatchof home-townfans,abuginabottle,notmakingmuchnoise. Continued on page 2 s

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Inthesepoemswehaveangstfor breakfast,wakingto"themuskof fearinthemorning,”the"savorof fallinginthefalling/elevatorsin thebuildingsofrock.”Wegotoour shopping malls, the "great monu¬ mentsofblindness/andfolly,”on "thehorizonlessnoonsofasphalt.” Wewatchthemoonringing"likea telephone in an empty garage.” Everywhere the vision has gone macabre.It’sallone"Hard-on... nightmare,”for"theworldissickof itself,sittinginitscar...”

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He’dfeltjerkyfromthebeginning,feetheavy,wristsstiff.Andhisleg,from mid-calftomid-thigh,wherethenovocainehadtakenhold,hadseemedtobe notthereatall.Theothersontheteamfeltjustaswonkyashedid;hecouldtell.

Butmostly,theopposingteamhadbeenhotterthanapistolthatnight; maybetheywerealwayshot,itseemedasiftheymightbe.Theirgamewaseasy, slick, smooth, almost professsional; and two of them, those colored fellows...wow!

Whenthenewspaperpicturescameout,there’dbeenahoorawaroundthe town at home here—real-gone speeches down at the poolroom, centered aroundtheinsultto"ournice,clean,white,Americanboys.”Soon.Alotof crap.Butitwasalllonggone.Nobodythoughtaboutitnow,orifanyonedid,all herememberedwhenhesawyougimpingaround,wasthatyou’dlostthegame forthem,losttheirmoney.

Atfirst,theteamhadheardplentyaboutthat.Everytimeoneofthemwent anywhere,somejokermadeacrack,untiltheywereallreadytofight.

IfI’dstayedaroundtown,hadn’thadtogoawaytotheClinicbeforeitalldied down,MellyHitchcockwouldn'thavebeentheonlyonegotasockonthenose.

Sonowtheyallsawyou,gimpingaround.

Oh,yare,gotcrippledup,playingball.

Theideaseemedtobethatyou’dbeennumbtoletithappen.

Nobodycaredwhatyouthoughtnow;orwhatyoudid,justsoyoustayedin thebackground,keptoutofthewaysopeoplewouldn’thavetolookatyou.Half thetime,theyjustlookedawaywhentheysawyoucoming.Soallright,so nobodygaveadamn.

Ma,inBoston.Whenyou’dthinkthattheleastshecoulddowasworrysome, whatdidshedo?Tootedoffallovertown,boughtnewclothes.Madeafineuse oftheoccasiontogetherselfmarriedtoCharlesKendall.

Oh,itwasallrightwithhimifshegotmarried.Charleswasaniceguy,had somedough.Butitjustwenttoshow.Aguy’swholelifewasshottohell.What chancedidhehavenowtobeanythingbutadamnbum?Sothingswentright alongjustthewaytheyalwayshadgone,nobodysomuchasturnedhishead. Sincehe’dgotback,hecouldn’tevengetrightwithDebby.Sheseemedto thinkhecoulddodifferent.

i Dosomething,shesaid.

Didn’tsaymuch,butyoucouldtellshewasblamingyouallthetime. Work,shesaid.Digintothebooks,honey,we’llgotocollegetogethernext fall,ifyou’llonlytrytocatchup.College!Whowantedthateggheadstuff,now? Soallright,letherstickupthedamnlilacsaroundthepictureofAbraham Lincoln,alongwiththeguyswhohadtwogoodlegstoclimbastepladder.

Hestoodleaningagainsttheglassshowcase,staringin.

Nomoreball.Nomoreball,forever.Becauseifhiskneeeverdidhealsoit wouldn’tbestiff,whatkindofconditioncouldhekeephimselfin,howcouldhe evergetbackwhathe’dhad?Sowhatelsewasthere?

Tohellwithit.Abum.Agoddamuselessbum.

Heheardanoisebehindhim,spunaround.

Whatacluck!Letsomeonecatchhimgawpinginhereathisownpictures! Heopenedhismouth,gettingreadytoputinfirst,toletoffamouthful |beforewhoeveritwascouldstartribbing;butthefellowwhohadcomeintothe |buildingfromthefrontdoorwasnobodyhe’deverseenbefore.

Hewasatall,sloppyyoungman,inanoldpairofkhakipantsandablack leatherwindbreaker,slouchingalong,handsinhispockets,bareheaded,sothat youcouldseehowthehairhadrecededalittlefromhistemples.Amiddle-aged guy.Thirty,anyway.Hehadapotbelly,andheworeapairofold,beat-up, basketballshoes.

Thefellowsaidnothing.HegaveCarlisleashort,sidewisestare,andranged alongside,lookinginthroughtheglassatthetrophiesinthecase. Carlisleturnedandhadstartedtomoveaway,whenthenewcomerspoke. "Well,well,”hesaidsoftly."Whaddyaknow!” "What?”Carlislesaid."Didyousaysomething?” "Yare.Ihadabeton,withmyself.Ilost.” "Abet?”Onball,thatwasnothingnew.

Thefellowsaidnomoreforamoment.Hestoodlookingintothecase.Then hewenton.

THE ARTS

"Thatwassomegame,youknowit?So-omegame!Jesus,itwastenyears back,andthempicturesmakeitlikeitwaslastnight.Look,thatCharlesville forward—inaboutthreeseconds,he’sgoingtostickouthisfootandI’mgoing arse-over-bucket.Wonderwhateverhappenedtohim—God,I’dliketoknow ifhelivedtogrowupbeforesomeoneclobberedhimforgood."

Hecametoastop,andstoodlooking.

"Ibetthey’dyankmypicturesoutofhere,flush’emdownthejohn,”hesaid. "Theydidn’t,theyleft'emin.Whaddyaknow?"

Carlislecameback.Helookedatthefellowcuriously. Pictures?"heasked.

"Sure.Themphotos,there.Those.Thatone.”Helaidafingerontheglass, pointing.

"Anddrillmynameoffofthatsilverball,byGod,”hesaid."Andthereitstill is.Howaboutthat?”

Carlislestaredatthephotograph.Thetallboy.Snubnose,blackwavyhair, brash,cockytilttohishead.You-go-to-hellwrittenalloverhim.Aboutlike anyoneyouknewofhisage,onlymoreso.Somebodyyou’dlookattwiceifhe cameupagainstvouinagame.ArthurGrindle.

Holy old smoke, who would have known?

"Okay,youcanquitlooking,”Grindlesaid,coldly."It’sme.Youcantellit aroundtown,sothewomencanlocktheirdoorsandkeepthekidsoffthe streets.ArtGrindle.Ijustgothome.”

Carlisleturnedred,awarethathehadbeencaughtstaring,mouthopen,jaw dropped. He swallowed with embarrassment, wondering what to say. What didyousaytoamanjustoutofjail?

"Oh,”hemanagedfeebly."Well.Hi."

Grindlelookedathim.

"Don’tbustagusset,kid,”hesaid."Ididn'tcomeinheretotalktoyouor anyoneelse.”

Heturnedback,silently,tohiscontemplationofthetrophiesinthecase. Why,gee.Seemsthefirstplacetheguyheadedfor,afterallthoseyearsinjail, hecameupheretoseethebasketballtrophies,tofindoutifhisphotosandhis namewerestillthere.

"Hey,”Grindlesaid,suddenly,lookingathimandthenbackatCarlisle’sown photographs."You’reMcIntosh.OldShirttail.”

"Yare,”Carlislesaid."Yare,1am.”

"What’swiththecrutches?How’dyougethurt?"

"Badknee."

"Inagame?”

"Uh-huh."

"WasthatwhatailedyouthatlastgameinBoston?TheBoonegame,youwas hotterthanapistol.”

Carlislestared."Howdidyougetto—”Hestopped.Thewords"seeit” diedinhismouth.

Grindleshrugged."Theygotallkindsluxuriesdowninthepokey,"hesaid. "TV, newspapers, books, even a copy of Alen? Kampfinthelibrary.We watchedthegames.ThatBoonegame,Igotprettyexcited.Youwentona whingding,madesomeofthehandsomestshotsIeversaw.Andthen,downin Boston—"

"Don'ttellme,letmeguess.You'dneverknowIwasthesameguy." Hereitwasforprobablythethousandthtime.Thoughthisguyatleast remembered the good game.

Grindlenodded."Anoff-night,"hesaid."Iknewit!Thesameasus,theyear wewentdown.Wegotsohypeduptowinthestatethatwewentrightupover thetopanddowntheotherside.Nevercouldgetbackupthereagain.Us,we neverevenmadethesemi-finals,gotclobberedthefirstgameweplayedin Boston.Anoff-night.Thathowitwas?”

"Yup.”

"Soeversinceallyou’veheardishowlousyyouwere,”Grindlesaid."You heardhowtherefereeswereallontheotherteam’sside;andhowtherulesout therearedifferent,sonowonderyoulost;butmostly,youwerelousy,itwas yourfault,youcouldn’tplayball.That’swhatyouheardinthistown,whenyou gotback.

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Continuedfrompage27 not,isbefittinginthelandscapehe evokes. Whether he speaks in the voiceofamonk,asmallboy,ajailed murderer,aninsanecustodian,or the generic "Man Walking To Work" who "suddenly recognizes the true/ wedding of passage and arrivalIaminvitedto,”heisgrop¬ ingforalanguagetounderstandthis beingness we are about on the planetEarthatthispointintime.

These are metaphysical medita¬ tionssupportedbysurrealimagery —"thebloodinsideeachleaf,”"the lionflyingoutofthemortar."There is a constant questioning of the motives of geography itself, emphasizing our alienation from nature: "Why does the water move whenitisalreadythere?”Thesor¬ rowinthisvoicegoesbeyondthe personalityofapoetwhoaddresses hispast("Iwillalwaysloveyou?and thinkofyouwithbitterness,”)yet where,exactly,theindividualguilt, sadness, and wonder ends and the collectivebeginsisundelineated. Johnsonmakesuswitnessesofthe meaninglessness in the "Sonnets Called"OntheSacredness,’”wherea third-worldman"getsabulletshot intohisear"ontheTVabovethe barastheyoungmotheratthenext tablesettleshercubscoutsonintohis chairfordinner.Hepullsusintothe incongruityandcausesustofeel painandresponsibility.

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"Youforgotthetwojigs,’”Carlislesaid."Theonestheyhadontheirteam, 'sowhatwasthematter,couldn’ttheyfindenoughwhiteboys?”

Grindlesaidnothing.Hestoodlookinginathisownphotographs,hisown nameonthebigsilverballof1948.

"Ah-h-h,”hesaidsuddenly."Thisgoddamtown!I’dliketoseeitburntdown. I’dliketoseeithitwithahydrogenbomb,blowthecraptohelloutofit.”He swallowedasifhehadalumpinhisthroat,asifittastedbadandwouldn’tgo down."Theygottheideaahundredyearsbackthatthey’rethetop,they’rethe best there is—made them, threw away the model. Nothing could happen to make them feel different, or that anybody else in the world amounts to anything;they’retheend.Whichend?1askmyself."

"Whatdidyoucomebackforthen?”Carlisleasked.

Gee,thisguy.Thewayhetalked!Madeyouhotunderthecollar.

"Don’tthinkI’mheretostay,”Grindlesaid."Iwouldn’tdiehere,forfear somebodymightfindmedeadinthisplace.Ihadtocome,myoldman’sdied, andthere’ssomecrapabouthisestate—thefewcentshehadlefthedidn’t spendtryingtokeepmeoutofjail.Oh,Icouldstay.Crawlaround,takeguff. WatchpeoplegointoahuddleeverytimeIwentbyonthestreet,havingitover aboutthejailbird,puttingarockonthetopofthecookiecan.Becausethat’sall theygot,cookiecans.Maybeafteranothertenyears,ifIdidn’tgetoutofline anywhere,I’dbeacitizeninthetownagain.But,sayIwas?SayIgotitallback, tomorrow?What’sitworth,whattheythink?Itain’tworthmytime;orany man’stime.”

Heswungaround,flingingoutahand,thrustinghisfaceforward.Carlisle gotawhiffofhisbreath,foulwitholdwhiskeysmellandsomethingelselike garlicoronions;thebaredstrongteethwereyellowandtwoofthefrontones weremissing.

Grindlejerkedathumbathiscrutches."Soyou’relame,”hesaid."Giveyour all.Likeme.”Heturnedbacktotheshowcaseagain."Whenthatpicturewas taken,mywholefootwasnumb.Istillgotacoupletoesain’tright.ButdidI care?1stillneverwantedtodoathingbutplayball.”

"Peoplealwayssaidyouweregoodenoughforthepros,”Carlislesaid,and stopped;becausethis,whenyouknewwhyGrindlehadnevergonetoplayball withthepros,wasthewrongthingtosay.

"Dothey,now?”Grindlesaid."Why,Godblesstheirlittlepointedheads!If youwanttoknow,Iwasn’t,notinamillionyears.Geest,Ibeatmyselfout,the wholesummerafter1graduated.Butthepros,they’recoliegegradsmostly,and allaboutsevenfeettall.Iwasn’ttallenough,butifIcouldgotocollege,playona collegeteamforawhile,IfiguredImightgetgoodenough.Icouldn’tpass examsforcollegeonwhatIlearntinthisjoint,andtheyweren’tsofreewith theirscholarshipsthen.SoPopsaidhe’dsendmeayeartoprepschool.Hell,I neverevenknewenoughforprepschool,Icouldn’treadthedamntextbooks.1 gotbouncedoutafterhalfaterm.

"SoIcomehome,”Grindlewenton."Ihungaroundandplayedonthetown team,butPopwouldn’tstandformedoingnothing,saidIbetterenlist.Well, thatwasforty-nineandtheWarwasover,somefun;butIfiguredtheArmy mighthaveaballteam1couldgetonto.SoIwasplanningtoleavethenextday, andthatnightIhadPop’scarandadateinFairport,thelastchanceIhadtosay good-bytomygirl.Onlynogas.Andnodough,becausePopwassoreanyway overmyusingthecarsomuch.Fellerinthegasstationwouldn’ttrustme,hell, heknewPopwasgoodforit,thatwasonlyhisnightforbeingabastard.Afew monthsback,thisguyatthegasstation,hewould’vegivemethegasandaslap ontheback,IcouldhavehadthecupolaoffthedamnedoldTownHall.Sowe lostaballgame,sonowIwasabum,couldn’tevenorganizefivegallonsofgas. Thisguy,hegivemetheripeoldbullaboutwhatbumsallusyoungkidswas.So 1blew.1outofthecarandlethimhaveit,knockedhimtohelldown.Iwasso madIneverstopped,1thought,Blasthim,I’llgetmytankfuloutofit,soIfilled 'erup.”

Heglancedaround,sawthatCarlislewaslistening,big-eyed,open-mouthed. "1canseeyou’rekindoftakenwithmytale,”Grindlesaid.

"Yare.Isockedaguy,too.”

TheOldPort’s Signature BistroHasA New Owner.

The Baker’sTable.

BY DENNIS GILBERT.

WITH every eye¬ catching real estate trans¬ action in the Old Port, that darlingquarterofthecityreveals itself anew as an out-of-balance econosystem — not so much a com¬ plexofinterdependentlifeforms hoveringonthevergeofcollapse, butclearlythedomainofaspeciesof Bigfishwhosecarp-likevoracitywill alwaysandwithoutfaildriveout suchdelicateindigenouscreaturesas artists.Andshopkeeperspeddling usefulobjectsratherthantinsel¬ ware.Anothercritterquicklygoing thewayofallsmall-fryistheOld Portcafd,thatintimate,quality¬ conscious,bistro-stylerestaurantof whichtheBaker'sTableisaprime specimen,ifnotaninstitution.

OfcoursetheBaker’sTableisnot inanydangerofgoingoutofbusi¬ ness,asmanyofitsneighborshave done.Butnowthatitistheproperty of Joseph Soley, whose Seamen’s Clubisfarmoresimilarinitscur¬ rentstyleandappealtoReidy’sor Horsefeathers or the Oyster Club thantoitsownformerself,areweto expectadramaticmetamorphosisin arestaurantthathasbeenastandard ofqualityintownsinceitopenedits doorsmorethanadecadeago?

We dined there recently and found that some changes had already taken place. Foremost of theseandperhapsmostpredictable wasaturnoverincertainmembers ofthestaff.Thisalwayshappens, foranumberofreasons,butunless theentirecreworatleastitsmost essential members walk out, most

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placessurvive.Andonthisparticu¬ larevening,theservicedidn’tshow anylackofprofessionalismorfamil¬ iaritywiththemenu.Wewerealso informed that lunch service has beenchangedfromcafeteria-styleto table-side,whichseemstouslikean improvement.

We also noted other improve¬ ments which might be made, or dutieswhichmightbemorefaith¬ fullyattendedto,suchasstraighten¬ ingtheoverwhelminglyvisibleart collectiononthelowbrickwalls.

The area most in need of change, though,istheentrywaysothatdin¬ ersmightfeelmorethattheyhave beenwelcomedintoafinefoodres¬ taurant rather than admitted throughthebackdoorofakitchento hang up their coats like pre¬ schoolers.

Itwasreallythefoodwehadcome for, though, and on the whole we wereverypleased.Onereasonfor theBaker’sTable’sperennialsuc¬ cessisthebroadrangeofitsmenu. Within a compact and manageable size,itincludesvegetariandishes andmeatandpotatoesandacreative samplingoftheseafoodsandmore

delicateviandsinbetween.Italso variesbroadlyinprice:forlessthan tenbucksyoucanhavedinnerwitha saladandglassofwine.

Wespentalittlemore,starting with country patd^ and smoked chickenwithahorseradishmustard. Thesetwodisheswereminordisap¬ pointments (and the only ones in themeal).Thepatd,athree-layer concoction of veal, chicken, and pork,wasoverlyhomogenizedfora countrypatdandsubsequentlydry, primarilyforlackoffatcontent, which may be best from a health pointofview,butifyouaregoingto eatapatdyoumightaswelleatthe moistversion.Thesmokedchicken, too,wasaweebitdryintextureand too smoky, although its skin was crusty as treacle and the sauce snappyandthepracticeofservingit warmaninterestingtwist.

Entrieshereareservedwithcho¬ iceofsouporsalad,andweordered oneofeach.Thiscoursehadaplea¬ sant nostalgia about it, partly becauseofthecreamofcarrotsoup’s Mr. Natural cream-of-pumpkinpierichnessandpartlybecauseof thisrestaurant’sHollowReedrev¬ erenceforsaladsanddressings—to wit,thevegetablevinaigrette,a clevermethodofmixingvegetables marinated in lemon juice and red winevinegarwithnuttyoilsothat bothareeatentogetherbuteachis tastedquiteseparately.

Bestofallwasthemaincourse— broiledhalibut(filletnotsteak)with aMaximilliansauce,whichisahol¬ landaise flavored with anchovies andgarlic,andscallopsbakedwith cognac, mushrooms, and cream. Eachoftheseisdifficulttocook— halibutbynatureandscallopsbythis methodofcooking—andbothwere expertlydone:Thetextureofboth remaineddelicate,withpeakflavor, andatthesametimethefoodwas servedhot,notwarm.TheMaximil¬ liansaucewasparticularlyinterest¬ ingsincetheunavoidablesaltiness of the anchovies seemed to have beentransformedbythemeatyfish. The scallops were very sweet, spared the raunch of improperlyburned-offbrandy,andIcouldn’t help wondering how they would havetastedwithagooddoseofMax¬ imilliansauce. ___■

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Complicity

ByElizabethCooke.

Little,Brown,1987, $16.95.

Portland resident Elizabeth Cooke’s first novel relentlessly exploresthefabricofafamilywhich has refused, for generations, to exploreitself.AmandaRhoadesand herdaughterMaggiearethefinal legacies of violent deaths and strainedmomentsatLand'sEnd,the family's summer home on a New Englandlake.Theyarecompelledto return there for an autumn wee¬ kend,hopingtoclarifyanoccluded past. The wilderness setting is breathtaking,butAmandafearsthe lakeandsurroundingwoodsforhav¬ ingtakenherfatherandson,and Maggiestrugglestoseethemanew, withoutthepainofpastexperien¬ ces.Thefamilysecrets—suicides, infidelities,frigidity—areexposed through the viewpoints of Maggie and Amanda.

The text slides from present¬ tensenarrationtothepasttense (wherefamilyincidentsarereplayed toconclusionsthatcannotberev¬ ersed, even in the women’s Continuedonpage35

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Portland’s FavoriteWines.।

BY DAVID SWARTZENTRUBER.

WINE,centuriesold beverage though it may be,isstillsubject tothepeccadil¬ loesofthemarketplace—thefads, whims,andtastevariationsofthe populace.

What wines are selling in Portland?Whitewines,ofcourse, outsellredwinesbyaboutfiveto one. In the white wine category, Chardonnay, the Californian var¬ ietal,istheclearsalesleader.

In the under $5 category, the leadingsellersare:1.,GlenEllen;2., Napa Ridge; and 3., Tepasquet. These wines give the consumer goodvarietalcharacter.Duetothe depletion of bulk Chardonnay in California(ortheso-called"demise ofthewinelake”),theremaybe upward price pressure on these winesincomingmonths.

Inthenextcategoryup,$5to$10, theso-calledpremiumrange,’the influx of Australian Chardonnays hasturnedthissectorintoareal battleground. One product, the uniquely named Black Opal Char¬ donnay,hasdoneespeciallywellat the store and restaurant level. California wines that have shown strengthinthisrangeare:1.,Fetzer Sundial;2.,Beringer,NapaValley; and3.,Mirassou.

Gettingawayfromatraditional whitewinetype,Chardonnay,letme tellyouastoryaboutBobTrinchero. Bob was the owner/winemaker of a small Napa Valley winery called SutterHome.Thiswineryspecial¬ izedinaredwinecalledZinfandel.It wasgreatstuffbutdidn’tsellvery well.Bobbeganexperimentingwith makingredZinfandellikeawhite wineandthuswasbornanewwine called white Zinfandel and a new

categorycalled"blush"wines— winesthatweremorelightlycolored than rosd. White Zinfandel is a greatsippingwineandcanaccom¬ panyalmostanyfood.Portlanders haveflockedtothiswinetype.The twosalesleadersare:1.,Sutter Home;and2.,Beringer;withahost ofbrandsfollowing.SutterHomeis now a large winery and ranked in thetopfivebrandsnationally.

Turning to red wines, Cabernet Sauvignonisthevarietaltypewith the most awareness among con¬ sumers,andindeed,itisCalifornia’s finestredwine.Salesleadersinthe low-costrangeincludeGlenEllen and Napa Ridge. Other names to lookforinclude,atahigherprice range,Fetzer,DavisBynum,Ruth¬ erfordEstate,andMondavi.

Ifthere’sonewishI’dhavefor Portland’swineconsumersforthis year,itwouldbetobreakoutofthe Cabernet Sauvignon-Chardonnay gridlockandexperimentwithsuch wines as Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir, Merlot, and the wonderful AustralianShiraz.

Tasterewardscouldbeinstore foryou!

Playwright

Martinjones

Continued from page 26

Lately,Jonesfindsthathisplays are becoming more political. Impressed by South African playwright Athol Fugard and England’sDavidHare,hefeelsthat there’s too much navel gazing in American plays. He finds it important to be aware of our own historyandculturaldifferences.

Thesedays,Jonesisthinkingalot about paring things down to essentials.Helikestoquotethe openinglinesofMamet'sAmerican Buffalo, which begins in mid¬ speech.Hefeelsthattechniquesof cuttingfilmhavetrainedaudiences to fill in gaps in action for themselves.Whenyoulookathim, navy watch cap, black sweater — only his steel-rimmed glasses peeringoutfromhisface,itlooksas though he’s taken his advice to heart,thathe’sparinghimselfdown toessentials.Onlyhiseyesloom large in a face framed by dark clothing.

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"Did you, now? Knock him down?” "Uh-huh.”

"Thentheonlydifferencebetweenmeandyouisthatyourguydidn’tkickoff, ain’titthetruth?IgotintothecaranddroveovertoFairport,saidgood-byto mygirl.Hell,1neverevenknewIwasintoanything.Ineversluggedtheguy withaclub,thewaytheysaidIdid.Onlymyfist.Hemust’vehithisheadwhen hefell,becauseIjustsockedhimonthenose.Justonce.Butthenextmorning, inthejail,somebodyhandsmeanewspaper.There1wasintheheadlines. 'YouthfulThugRobsGasStation,KillsAttendant,’itsays.Youknow,they triedtoshovemeasfarastheycouldseemego,buttheycouldn’tmakefirst degreestick,soIgotmanslaughter.Iwasagoodboyinjail,settleddownand learnttobeafirst-classmechanic;fornineyears."

"Oh,”Carlislesaid."That’showithappened.”

Hismouthfeltdry.Heranhistongueoverhislips,tryingtomoistenthem, thinking,WhatifMellyHitchcockhadbangedhishead?Hecouldhave,when hewentdown....

"Well,that’smysideofit,”Grindlesaid."IdunnowhyIbothertotellitto anybodyhereinthistown.Ifyou’llbelieveit,you’rethefirstoneeverdid.About fivehundredoldbatscomedownonmelikeatonofbricks,liketheydoonany kidstepsoutofline.Hell,whenhe’slittle,he’scute,he’sadearbaby,nothing’s toogood.Butlethimgettobefourteen,he’sanoutlaw,athug.Allitis,he’s tryingtolearnsomething,gettheworksofthingsthroughhishead,butit makesastrangeroutofhim,eventohisownfolks.Everybody’sscaredtodeath ofhim,andthewaytheyusehim,welltheymaybe.”

Grindleshovedhishandsintohispockets,shruggedhimselfdeeperintohis leatherjacket.Hestaredintotheglasscase."OldJamesGoss,heusedtobethe principalhere,ishestillaround?—partofthecraphedished,culture,hesaid, it’swhatamancangettomakehimdifferentfromtheanimals.”

"He’sstillhere,"Carlislesaid."He'saround.”

"Bedarned!DarnedifIwouldn’tliketoseetheoldcoot.

"Wefoughtarunningbattlehimandmeforfouryears.Well,downthereI readinthenewspapersandmagazines,themallyakkingaboutyoukidsandthe hellyouraise,rock’nroll,it’sadance,sotheycalloutthecops.Itwasthesame kindofwarmed-overoldcrud.Mademewonderifanybodyoverthirty,except AdolfHitler,everlikedkids."

"ArtburGrindle,"saidJamesGoss’svoice,unexpectedly,cordially,behindthem. "1wonderedifthatmightnotbeyou."

Hehadcomeoutofhisoffice,noiselesslyalongthecorridor,onhisrubber soles.

"Howareyou?”hesaid,holdingouthishand. Grindleshookthehand."OldWheels,”hesaid. Jamessmiled."That'sright.1—har—believetheystillcallmethat.”

"Nosingin,”Grindlesaid."Justlikeoldtimes.Turnaroundquick,who’s behindyou?OldWheels.”

Jamesnodded."Oneofthe—har—unsavoryaspectsofmyjob,”hesaid."To bewherenotexpected."

"Howmuchdidyouhearthistime?Enoughtoheavemeoutofthenice,new high-schoolbuildingonmyear?"

"1neversawreasonforthat,Arthur.1mighthavebeenreadyto,inthe— har—olddays.Youwereaproblem.1haven’theardmuch—onlyyourremark aboutAdolfHitler.Whichpuzzledme."

"Why?”Grindleasked. Hegrinned,notnicely,rockingbackandforthonhisheels,hischestout. "Youwasalwayscrowdingmytailtoread,"hewenton."Read,yousaid.Read, read,read.”

"Andyourememberit.”

"Irememberit.Iread,allright.Everything1couldgetmyhandson.About theWar.AboutHitler.Somedamnedolddo-gooderstuckacopyofhisbookin thejailliberry.”

"And what do you make ofMein Kampf?"Jamesasked.

"Youcanaskme.Inevergotthroughit,itwastootough,Istilldon'tread good,Ionlyreadmore.But1gotenoughtoknow.Thatguy,hehaditmade. Continuedonpage34

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thoughts). Amanda’s father and brothersreturninmemorytoreject heragainandagain.Maggiebasksin recollections of companionship with her brother Evan and her grandfather, but these moments were not enough to surmount her thwartedchildhood.Indeed,Aman¬ da’s deep jealousy of Maggie has complicated both women’s lives. Thefamilysecretshaveformedfirm patterns,andareturntoLand’sEnd doesnotunweavethem.

Without the men who defined anddeflectedthem,thewomenare uneasy,evencombative,ineachoth¬ er’spresence.Buteverythingthey say or do is varnished to a high sheen, submerging their true thoughts (which are allowed to rangefreely,tothereader’srelief). Theforcedformalitythattypifies the interchanges between mother anddaughteristherealtragedyof Complicity.Inthepast,otherfamily members were equally guilty of withholding love and truth, but Amanda and Maggie are the survi¬ vors,andthereaderpinesforthem tocleartheairandsaywhatthey’re thinking.Theresultisanunmiti¬ gatedtensionthatisnotentirely relaxedbythemelodramaticclimax. The texture of Complicity is unevenattimes.Memorablescenes revolvearoundmundanethings:the longdrivenorthtothecottage;the processofMaggie’senergeticdraw!ings,slashesofcharcoalalternating |withdotsofpastels;threeteenagers I lazing in summer sunshine on a dock. On the other hand, pivotal confrontationsoftendeflateassoon as they’ve happened. Ultimately, Cookesucceedsincreatingtwodis¬ tinctivepersonalitieswhoretain familialsimilarities,despitetheir years of estrangement. Moreover, sherevealshowdifficultitcanbeto detectmadnesswhenitlurksunder theguiseofcontrol. Complicity pulls aside a dark curtain, and impartsacrucialthought:Withina family,blunttruthcanbemucheas¬ ier to accept than the safety of silenceorelaboratelies.

—Nessa Burns.

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Cemetery Nights

By Stephen Dobyns.

Penguin,1987, $9.95.

StephenDobyns’ghoulishimagi¬ nationfesteredwellduringhisyears innorthernMaine.Inearlierbooks, the time he spent in Searsport marked some poems with the vile eccentricityofsmalltownnightsand anoddassortmentofmorosechar¬ acters. His latest achievement, CemeteryNights,isanentertaining

gig of scholarly comedy with its irreverent-yet-hilarious story¬ telling.SetagainstacircusofArbus images,starringtheweirdbeingsof aJoyceCarolOatestaleinaseriesof plottwistsakintothoseofManuel Puig and located somewhere between a New England graveyard andtheRiverStyx,thesenarrative poemsareindeed"amazingstories” where God, Beelzebub, seraphim, cherubim,skeletons,andthebarelyhuman alike gather in a strange

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Guyslikeme,kids,anybodydidn'thaveanyplace,hegivethemallsomethingto do,madethemfeeltheywassomebody.IwishI’dbeenthere.I’dhavebeenhis topkick.I’dsureliketohitintothistownsomedarknight,withabunchofthem BlackShirts.I’dmakeitfittolivein.It’stheonlywayyoucould.”

"Arthur,”JamesGosssaid.”1knowyou.Isuspectyouhavelainawakenights gettingthatspeechreadytodeliverhereinthistown,tome,toanyoneyou couldfindtolisten.Icongratulateyouonyourdelivery;Ithinkyoumayhave learnedsomeofitfromme.Ifyouhadevermadeascarefulapreparationofany assignmentforPublicSpeaking,1shouldhavebeenahappyman.Butyour ideasarenonsense.Iamnotgoingtoarguethem.Youknowquitewellwhat Hitlerwas;whathappenedtohim.”

"Peptalk.Tieacantoit.”

"No,Iwillnot!Hitlerisinthepast,thankGod,sotheverbyouusedshould begave,’notgive.’Andthenominativepronoun’they’takestheplural.'They weresomebody.’Second:Amandoesnotwaitfor,nordoeshewish,tobegiven anythingbyanyone,andsurelynotbyamegalomaniacdictator,forthesole purposeofcreatingablackdisgraceuponhistory.Afreemanandafighterfinds hisownplace,hisownjob.Hecannotbecomesomebodyunlesshedoesitfor himself.YouarenowfreeandyouareafighterasI—har—havereasonto know.Nowyou—har—tieacantoit.Doyouneedajob?"

"Bigwordsyoustillgot.Ajob—inthistown?"

"Inanytown.”

"Look,I’mgoingsofarawayfromhere—I'mwalkingjustoncemoredown MainStreetofthistown.Tothebus."

"CanIdoanything?Aletterofrecommendation?"

"I’mamechanic.Atleast,theylearntmethatdownthere.”

"Taught,”Jamessaid."'Theytaughtmethatdownthere.’I'msorry,Arthur. Butcultureisstill—”

"—allamanhastomakehimdifferentfromtheanimals.” Grindleliftedahand."I’llbegoing.Solong,Mr.Goss.”

Goodluck,Arthur,”Jamessaid."IfyoucomebackwithyourBlackShirts,I expectyouwon’tfindmehardtowipeout.”

"Ah-h-h,noMr.Goss,”Grindlesaid.Helookedshocked."Notyou,Mr.Goss. Oldpoopslikeyoudon’tdonoharm.”

Heturnedandwentdownthecorridor,hisfeetmakingaslightshuffling soundonthehardtilefloor.Therevolvingdoorswungbehindhim;thesloping shouldersinthebatteredjacketpassedoutofsightdownthesteps.

Jamesstoodinfrontoftheglasscase,lookingin.

Carlislehadsteppedbackintothecornerbytheendofthecase.Knowing thatthesoundofhiscrutchesonthefloorwouldcallattentiontohim,hewas embarrassedtogoaway.Hewaited,hopingMr.Gosswouldjustshutupandgo backintohisoffice.

ButJamesstoodthere,lookinginatthephotographofthesnub-nosed, black-hairedboy,withthebasketballbrashlypoisedonthepalmofhishand.

'"IamapartofallthatIhavemet,”’hesaid,suddenly,softly,underhis breath.

Horrified,Carlislewatchedhimfumbleinhispocket,pulloutahandker¬ chief,andwipeawaytearswhichhadbeguntotrickledownhischeeks.

Why,theoldslob'scrying!hethought,andoneofhiscrutchesslippedonthe floor,witharubberysound.

James’sgazesweptoverhim,blindly."Har—”hesaid."Youseehowthe manofculture—har—producesinemergenciesatleastanaptquotation,”and heturnedaway,walkingwithhisforwardmotionontheballsofhisfeet,went intohisofficeandclosedthedoor.

Leftalone,Carlislestoodbythetrophycase;afteramoment,hesteppedin frontofitandstoodlookingin.

Thatguy,Grindle,hethought.Sohe’swhathappenedtothebasketballstar. Inthecase,theblack-hairedboymethiseye.You-go-to-helLSohowareyou anydifferent?

Carlisleliftedahandtohim."Youandmeboth,bud,”hesaid,underhis breath.

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Usedus.Squeezedusdryanddumpedthepieces. Ifhehadneverbeenconvincedbefore,hewasnow. Itwasn’tanythingwedid.Itwaswhatwasdonetous.Soyougotojail,Igot crutches.Andwhogivesagoodgoddamn?

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Saturnalia.Withhispiercingpsy¬ chologicalinsightoneneverknows forsureifheissnickeringorsob¬ bingattheselfishness,depravity, andsorrowofhumankind.

Amantrappedinatreewhichis later carved into a mermaid sign swinging from a tavern looks out and"seeshow/hissufferingshave beentransformedinto/thealluring invitationofthemermaid’scurves." Andinthecreakingofthemermaid chains Dobyns both cynically and wisely laments "How easily does artifacetransformtruefeeling:/yet howstronglydoesfeelingcontinue tostruggle.”Awould-besuicidewho accidentallydiespondersfromhis "littlecloudhouse”thebusyscurry¬ ingofearthlings,theabsurdityof salesmen"sellingtenthousandbal¬ lpointpens...when(the)only/des¬ tinationisdeathitself."Herethe deadaremorealivethaninthelatest StephenKing.Intheirdancemaca¬ bre they mourn, argue, rage, and weep"becauseevenindeathitis possibletotakeonlysomuch...”We watch fingers decompose as they play the clarinet; armbones are tossedandskulls"bounced”—here, too, are "maggots which the dead wearasasocialitewearsherjewels.”

Withinthisnoisy,albeitdeceased populace,aboredGodandthrill¬ seekingDevilexpresstheirweary longing:"Ineedtoys,”Godsaysin The Nilhilist.” While Satan in "The Gardener” comments, "the mistake...wastomaketheminyour imageinsteadofmine.”

Dobyns delivers an imagepacked,long,prosylinefollowedby soulful meditations. His mythic retellings present Theseus as a cowboy” tired of Ariadne, the smartgirl,always/tellinghimto dress warmly and eat plenty of fiber." We meet Marysyas, the flayedSatyrandDobyns'a-/musing conclusion"Hadhebeenabletosee hisskinnailedtoatree/wouldhe

havedeniedthedances,thecheering crowds/infavorofalonglifeand anonymityforever?”Odysseus,"the greatestliarintheworld,”returns home pathologically depressed. These myths are eternal, for our omniscientnarratorshowsusthat eveninthesedistortedcontempor¬ arytakes,ourheroesmirrorourown onethousandfaces.EvenOrpheus, dismembered by the Furies, makes peacewithdeathathislastmoment, reflecting, "how soothing the silencefelt.”

Yet between these astonishing blackholesandBosch-likenetherworlds,thispoetflingsasmattering ofpersonalpiecesthattugatthe heartstrings as cruelly as any omnipotentdeity.Thereisascary tenderness,suchasin"LoudMusic,” wherehepurposelyalienateshim¬ selftoobservehisstepdaughterlike abugunderamicroscope:"atfour whatshewantsisself-location/and useshervoiceasaporpoiseusesits sonar:tofindherselfinallthis space.”"Faces”alsoringsabewil¬ deringtone,withthebabygirl"con¬ tentedlywriggling...likeaturtle flippedover."Yetimaginarycrows "sidlecloser/eagertopluckhersoft parts.”Thissadvoiceisnoless vulnerableas"theeverattentive beakssurroundus,"andherealizes "These/birdsareherfuture...one withthefaceofherfather.”Strong, deliberatelyshockingnewpoetry, thisancientchorusofthedeadlures usintoanarchetypalhowling,that oddlaughtertantamounttogriefin thefaceoffinitude.

—Deborah Ward

GraffitiLyriques

ByFrancoBeltrametti andJamesKoller.

Co-Published by Avida Dollars (Milan).

Scorribanda Productions (Switzerland), and Coyote Books (Brunswick, Maine), 1987, $10.

MyexperienceisthatmostAmer¬ icanpoetsare"visuallyilliterate,” whichisnogreatsurprise,consider¬ ingthesortofeducationmostofus get.Itmayormaynotbepeculiarto America,butmostartists,regardless ofdiscipline,seemwaryofcrossing the "boundaries” beyond basic "appreciation"ofotherforms,and aresuspiciousofthosewhodo.The feelingisthatlifeistooshorttodo more than one thing well. Things areslowlychanging,perhapsdueto thepopularityofPerformanceArt; but Happenings faded, and Da-da, forallitspower,isHistory.Possibly theinvasionofcomputers,andthe imagestheygenerate,intoeveryday lifewillhelpbreakthingsup,butI havenorealhopethatchangewill comefromthatquarter.Mostprob¬ ably the action will come from artistswhogowheretheywantto go,whoaren’tafraidofan"aban¬ donmentofcriticalvalues"andwho wanttogetonwithalltheworkof theImagination.

Franco Beltrametti and James Kollerarefar-traveling,world-wide poets.Beltrametti,whoisalsoa painter,isbestknowninEurope. Koller,formanyyears,haslivedin Maine. The two have been working togetheronbothsidesoftheAtlan¬ ticforthepastyearorso.They’ve beenfriendsandcolleaguesfora decadeormore,butatthispoint,as artists,theyseemtohavebeenmade for each other. Graffiti Lyriquesisabookofcollaborative paintingsandpicture-poemswhich were created at performances in Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, and Francein1987.Itisthelatestand bestworkofitssorttocrossmy path.Itisnicelyproduced,butwhat encouragesmemostisthatithas noneofthepreciositythatbegsfor acceptance, so common in small¬ pressproductions.Neitherisita grimy photocopy nightmare production.It’sabookofblack-andwhitephotosofworkdoneincolor, butthere’snofeelingthattheyare "onlyreproductions.”Thebookis more anevidenceofKollerandBeltrametti’sactivity.

This is how I understand the paintingstohavebeenmade. Work wasusuallydoneonlargesheetsof paper. The background, of spray paintorcollages,waspreparedin

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Continuedfrompage35 advance.Then,onstage,beforean audience,onepoetreadwhilethe other,aspainter"responded"with crayonorpaint,makinggraffition thepanelorscroll.Theytradedpla¬ cesoftenduringcreation,switching identitiesmanytimes:firstpainter, then poet, then poet/painter, becausegraffitiisbothwritingand drawing. Both men have energetic and exciting handwriting anyway, anddoneonalargescale,withfull movementofthearm,andoverlap¬ pingwordsandimpulses,itmakesa greatfeast.Usually,Beltrametti’s linesarewritteninItalian,though sometimes American English slips in. There's no other poet with a mindlikeKoller’s,andnootherwrit¬ erwithalinelikeKoller’s.When thetwopoetstradelinesbackand forth,it’slikewhispersthatbuildto aroar.Silencefollows,butthevisual imagethatremainsaftertheper¬ formance (the painting) would probablymakethewallsshake.Isay this,havingseenneitheraperfor¬ mancenorthefull-colorworkitself.

GraffitiLyriquesismadeofpho¬ tos,collages,andpoemsprintedon lightbrownpaper.Thedesignofthe bookisimpolite,withnowidemar¬ ginstocalmthingsdown,andthe handwritingfliesoffthepage.I have not quoted the poetry, althoughthelinesarewonderfulto find.It'sthebookitselfyoumustsee. IenvytheaudiencesofEurope.

—Stephen Petroff

CollectedPoems

OfMarsdenHartley, 1904-1943

EditedByGailScott.

Black Sparrow, 1987, $15.95.

From Aroostook County, Gail Scotthasbeenbusyresearchingand editingpoetryandproseofoneof Maine’strue20thcenturyartistic geniuses, Marsden Hartley. In recent years Hartley’s paintings havereceivedmuchattention,but

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his written work has been over¬ looked.In1982GailScottedited Hartley’sessaysOnArt, nowunfor¬ tunately again out of print. Now Black Sparrow has published her collectionofHartleypoems.

In his preface to the poems, RobertCreeleyspeaksofHartley’s poeticvoice:"Itsauthenticity,of course, is immense and is both intenselylocalanduniversalatthe same time. Its size is intently human, thinking the world into meaningpiecebypiece.”

Hartley’spoemsrangeaswideas hislife(andinfact,inhisessayon "The Business of Poetry” he says "Wearemostoriginalwhenweare mostlikelife.Lifeisthenatural thing.”)Histravelstookhimfrom MainetoEurope,totheCaribbean, theAmericansouthwest,andtothe fishingvillagesoffNovaScotia, alwaysreturningtothewoods,the sea.Duringhislifetimehewrote over600poemsand300essays,pub¬ lishedseveralbooksofpoemsand essays,andcontributedpiecesto numerouspublications.

Eveninthisoutpouringofwork (poems, essays, paintings, drawings)Hartleymanagedtostay apart,removedfromthecrowd.One poemtellsus"Inthoseexquisite areasofisolation,onecomesupon/ themostpricelesstreasures.”Again, Hartleysays"Itistheincongruous theoryinmyentirelife—thisisola¬ tion—thethingIdonotwantfor myself—myworkrequiresit...I’m inneedofgettingandkeepingclose to the human body & heart & this touchingoftree&rocks—thisdab¬ blingincloudsandmoonraysleaves one cold — my heart is warm and wants the warmth of the world heartclosetoit.”

He refers, in a poem about his youthinLewiston,to"thesecret sacredriteofloveofplace"—"The simpletruthisthatthecreative spirit is at home wherever that spiritfindsbreathtodraw.Itis neithernationalorinternational...” Helaterfindsthat"Inisolation/isa deep revealing sense/ of home.” Hartley’spoemsgiveusaveryindi¬ vidualistic,fresh,andcreativelook at the world. Hartley felt that "visionariesarenearlyalwayssum¬ monedtothecentersofrevelation,” andforHartley,thecoastsofMaine andNovaScotiaprovidedsuchreve¬ lation.Theserevelationsareshared withusthroughhispaintingsand poems.Heisnotonlyapainterto lookat,butapoettohear.

"Itisbettertobewalkingalone withnewyoungstarsinone’shand than fumbling over old meteors — soddenintheearth."

—Gary Lawless

ElizabethMurray: PaintingsAndDrawings

Essay by Roberta Smith

Notes by Clifford S. Ackley. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987, $35.

Elizabeth Murray may be too good to be true. A "third camp” painter(neitherabstractnorneo¬ expressionist),shehasmanagedto brilliantlygathertogethermostof theaesthetictenetshelddeartocon¬ temporarypaintersandcritics,no mattertheirmodernistortradition¬ alistleanings.Murraydrawsfrom

NewShortFiction

ByThe1985 P.B.N.AwardWinner. InAll ItsBreadth AndDepth.

BY DIANE LEFER.

WHAT I don’t understand, whatI’venever been able to understand, arepeoplewhosaythey'rebored. Howcantheybebored?There’sso muchtodothatitseemstomethere aren’tenoughdaysandminutesin alloftimetogetyourworkdoneand doallthethingsthatinterestyou, too.Allthethingsyouliketodo.I’ve alwaysfeltthatway.Istilldo.

ThatwasoneofthethingsArlene andmeusedtofightabout.Shewas alwaysbored,alwayswantedmeto takeherdancingortothemovies. Alwaysplayinguptomeandmadas hell — excuse me — when I’d fall asleep on the couch. So when I finallyleft,shesaid"Iknowitain’t beenperfectHeavenbutwasn’tit betterthanlivingalone?”Well,it wasn’t.Anyway,Ilikelivingalone. That’sthesortofmanIam. Aren’tyouafraidlivingalone? peoplesay.Whatdoyoudoifyouget sick?EspeciallysinceIdon’thavea phone. When I’m sick is when I mostthankGodthere’snooneelse around.ItmeansifIwakeupinthe morningandIdon’tfeeljustrightI canstayinbedwithoutnoonefuss¬ ingandcallingthedoctorandworry¬

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ing about my getting to the job. When I’m feeling good I don’t so muchmindhavingtotalktopeople, but when I’m sick, that’s when I can’t stand having them around. Wheredoesithurt?Areyougoing tothrowup?Youwantanaspirin? Takethis.Trythat.WhenIlived

withArlene,beingsickwashell. Excuseme.I’dtellherIwasallright andgoingtowork,andthenI’ddrag myself out of the house and find someoldcornertohangoutintill the day was done. Now when I’m undertheweather,it’sgoodtobe able to spend the whole morning —or even the whole dang day — in mybed.That’swhatit’stherefor. Andthere'snothinglikethrow¬ ingupinyourowntoilet.That’sone thingaboutbeingalone.Onspecial occasions,youknow,yourbirthday, Christmas, there’s always these well-meaningfriendswhoinsiston takingyououtandbuyingfoodand drink. When you’re footing your

ownbill,youtendtoknowbetter whentostop,butwhenthesepeople aretryingsohardtoshowyouthey care,youhavetobepolite.Ialways enduphavingtoomanysotheycan gohomefeelingthey’vedoneright byme.Whatareliefitisthento climbthestairsknowingnoone’s waitingupandlisteningandready tostartcryingandfussingandwor¬ rying. And you go on into the bathroom,liftthetoiletseat,and that’stheendofdinnerandallthem drink,andforafewmoments,peace. Perfect peace. You’ve made your friendsfeelgoodanditgivesyoua goodfeelinginside,too.Ifyouwant tolieyourheaddownonthecool tiles,there’snoonestandingthere tosaynoandtellyouyou'llbemore comfortable in bed. No one to botheryouwithtakingashowerand havingacupofcoffee.Youdon’t evenhavetobotherbrushingyour teeth.Nowthat’sabirthday. But what can you do on a rainy Sunday?Well,ifthere’sagame,I cangowatchitdowntothecorner. NowIdon’tunderstandthesefel¬ lowswhoseemtospendtheirwhole livesdowntothecorner.There’sa lotofthinkingandpersonaldevel¬ opmentyoucandoathomealoneif youonlykeepsometimeforit.Ever playBuzz?It’sgreatfun.That’s whereyoustartcountingandevery timeyoucometothenumberseven, insteadofsayingseven,whatyousay is Buzz. That’s where the name comesfrom.Butwhatmakesitgood isthatyoualsohavetosayBuzzfor anythingwithaseveninit.Like37, butalso14.Fourteenhasaseven hiddeninit,because7x2is14.See, thisisthekindofgameyoucanlearn somethingfrom.Ofcourse,it’sten timesmorefuntoplayitwithsome¬ one,butwhenyou’rebyyourself,it’s stillfunandit’sgoodpractice,too. WithalltheexperienceIhad,it’sno wonder I beat Arlene every time. Shealwaysgotstuckon42,neverdid seemtolearn.

Another good thing is to cut a circleoutofpaper.Ifyouwant,you can try to make a perfect circle without using a compass or anythingtotracefrom.That’scalled freehand.Butthat’sanotherpas¬ timealtogether,butforarealchal¬ lenge,youcancombinethetwo.You pastethatupontheceiling.Then, standingbeneathit,withyourfin-

gerreacheduptowardthecenter, youturnaroundkeepingyoureyes on the outside line. You see how manytimesyoucangowithoutget¬ tingdizzy.Ifyoukeeparecorddayto-day, you can compete against yourself.

Asimilarexerciseinskillisto holdoutyourleftindexfingerand startitgoingaroundinaclockwise circle.Afterit’sgoing,youholdout yourrightindexfingerandgetit turningcounterclockwise,thatis,in theoppositedirection.Thepointis, atthesametime.Nowyou’llfind youcan’tdoitrightaway,butwith somepractice,itdon’tseemsohard. That’swhenyougetthisfeelingof accomplishment.

See,itdon’ttakealotofmoneyto haveanicetimeanddosomething worthwhilewithyourevening.

Theheckofitis,andthisgetsme somad,ArlenesaidIwasthemost selfishmansheevermet.ThewayI lookatit,theselfishpersonisthe onewho’salwayscomplainingshe’s bored and expecting the whole world to keep her entertained. That’sjustmyopinion,ofcourse, butwhenIthinkofallthisworld offersandwithallthereistodoand thinkabout,IjustthankGodevery dayforputtingmehere.

IdohavetohandittoArlene— shealwayshadasteadyjob.Butof course,shesaiditwasboring.Ifyou askme,ajobiswhatyoumakeofit. Course,rightnow,I’moutofwork.I havethreetrades,butyouknowhow itis.

Some time in the summer on a Sunday,orinthemiddleoftheweek ifI’moutofwork,likenow,Igetthe urge to take the bus down to Augusta,likethis,haveahotdog, andrideback.It’sanicerideandit don’tcostmuchandyoumeetsome realnicepeopleonthebus.It’s abouttheonlywayafellowlikeme canmeetaniceyoungladyafterall. Hopeyoudon’tthinkI’mbeingtoo forward,Miss.I'mnotbeingfresh, justpassingthetime,tryingtomake itgonicerforyoutoo.Imeanitsure isnicetomeetaniceyoungladynow andthen,justforanafternoonlike this.BecauseIliketosay,Ireallylike livingalone,butthere’ssomegames onlytwocanplay.

Would you like to guess some riddles?

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BOOK REVIEWS

CatamountBridge

By Don Metz. Harper & Row, 1987, $14.95.

To young Bodie Woodard, the bridge at Catamount, Vermont lookslikearainbow.Tohistwin brotherHarmon,it’sjustabridge. Asteenagers,theybuildahideoutup insidethearches,aplacethatBodie returnstooftenasayoungman,to lieinthedarkandlistentothewind, thecars,andthebirds.Then,one summernightin1967,hetakeshis brother's wife Darlene up to the secret platform. As macho Harmon leaves for Vietnam and dreamy BodiecontemplatesfleeingtoCan¬ ada,Darleneispregnant.Theques¬ tionis,Justwhathappenedonthe bridge?Whosechildisshecarrying? Butdon’tjumptoconclusionsabout theansweroraboutthenovel.This isnotanexposdofwhitetrashpro¬ miscuityoranabstractmeditation on the nature of twinship. Cata¬ mount Bridgetakesacloselookat thelivesofordinaryruralpeople, caughtupinworldeventstheycan¬ notcontrolaswellasinthedramas theysetinmotionthemselves.The authorhasaneyeforlandscapeand adelightfullyaccurateearforNew England speech. His portrayal of characters—fromunlovedLoretta Bushway (whose yearbook picture "showedagirlwholooksasifshe harborsinformationtoopainfulto reveal”) to Grandpa Leon Woodard (who believes "Work makes talk comeeasier.Heaviertheworkthe better”)—issensitiveandnever condescending. In fact, Grampy would probably approve of how intimatesecretsandinteriorlives arerevealedasthecharactersgo abouttheirdailybusiness:thereader learnshowtobuildahouse,howto careforadyingHolstein,howanold man feels about war and a young woman about motorcycles, how peoplelove.Catamount Bridgeisa moving — sometimes troubling — andbeautifulbook.

—Diane

Lefer

Coyote’sJournaltill

EditedByJamesKoller. Brunswick, Maine 1987

Having reviewed books for severalyearsit’sarealpleasureto read something published in Maine that is not about Maine. And that pleasure is doubly increasedbythevarietyandqual¬ ityofthewriting.Itrangesfrom Mongolian adaptations by (rightly enough) Paul Kahn to poet and wiseman Nanao Sakaki, founder of the original Bum’s Academy in Japan. Most of the journal consistsofpoems,butit alsoincludesinterviews,essays, photos, and artwork.

James Koller, editor of the Journal, lives in Georgetown, Maine and is a leader of this international school of poetry which includes such notables as Gary Snyder, Burton Watson, and Stephan Hyner, who trans¬ late from the Chinese and Japa¬ nese classics. There are also selections from writers such as Peru’s Janine Vega and the Ital¬ ian,NanniBalestrini(translated by Jill Bennet). These, among others, make this a very strong publication,richinmystery,clear inthought,ajoytoread.

I must confess to a personal bias, though. When I go to the hospitaloronadifficultjourney, I carry with me an issue called The jade Mountain, T’ang Dyn¬ asty poems translated by, among others, Witter Bynner. To me, it’s more interesting and more consoling than the Bible. This particulareditionwillbeaddedto my traveling library for uphold¬ ing that high standard in world writing.

Coyote’sJournalissoldonlyat bookstores. Number 12 will be out in March — something better thanspringtolookforwardto.

—Kendall Merriam

AGeneral AviationGuide

ToMaine.

WingingIt To Lunch.

BY RICK FITZGERALD.

THE BLUE sky beck¬ ons as the noontime hour approaches. While working near thejetport,whynot take the airplane and fly out to lunch? Where can we go? Maybe we shouldsimplylettheceremonialant walk across the map to find our intended destination. With snow eveninMarch,itmighttakeawhile tofindourantguide.Theremustbe abetterwaytodiscoveraluncheon spot.Let’ssee,someplacewithin20 minutesofPortland,aquaintplace with friendly people and quiet atmosphere. It should be off the beaten path and hopefully near a restaurant.Thatshouldhelplimit

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thesearch.Ofcourse,wedon’tknow whatwellfindforourpalate,but halfthefunisgettingthere.

Afterfiveminutesofexhaustive eliminations,thedecisionismade. We’ll fly north to Oxford County RegionalAirport.Ournextstepis tostructureaflightplan.Digging out the New York Sectional (the pilot’smapwhichincludesmostof southernMaine),wediscoverthat ourflightfromthePortlandInter¬ national Jetport to the Oxford County Regional Airport is 31 nautical miles following a true courseof347degrees.Aftercor¬ recting for the Earth’s magnetic variation,compasserror,andac¬ countingforwindsaloft,ourcom¬ pass heading is 360 — magnetic North.

Takingintoconsiderationthree minutesfortaxiandrunup,three minutes to climb, and 15 minutes forcruiseanddescent,thetotaltime enrouteshouldbe21minuteswhile consuming an estimated four gal¬ lonsof100LowLeadaviationfuel. After performing a thorough pre¬ flightinspectionofN734QG,it’s time to fire up the four-place Cessna.Thelistisreadaloud:Cabin doorsclosedandlocked.Seatbelts fastened.Circuitbreakersarein. Mixturerich.Carburetorheatisoff. Prime,asrequired.Masterswitch on.Throttleopenedabouthalfan inch.Checkforanyoneoranything

neartheplane.Clearpropandigni¬ tion!Asthestarterengagesthefly¬ wheel, the propeller begins its clockwise rotation. As a quick, vibratingshiverracesfromthenose tothetail,theengineannouncesits presencewithsmoothexhilaration. Theoilpressurerisesinconfirma¬ tionofthesteadysoundsofcombus¬ tion.Thelistcontinues.Oilpres¬ sure,inthegreen.Avionicsswitch on.Beaconlightison.Radioson.

AswelistentoPortland’sAutomaticTerminalInformationService (ATIS), the instrument panel is scanned.Artificialhorizonisset. Theheadingindicatorisrealigned with the compass. Fuel quantity gaugesarechecked.Thealtimeteris settothecurrentbarometricpres¬ sure.Radiofrequenciesaredialed in.Thefuelselectorispositionedfor bothwingtanks.Ailotherflight instrumentsarechecked.Theeleva¬ tortrimisadjustedfortakeoff.We arenowreadytoroll.

Acalltothetowerisinitiated, "PortlandClearanceDelivery,Ces¬ sna 734 Quebec Golf has the ATIS informationandwillbeflyingVFR directtoOxfordCountyRegionalat twothousandfeet.”"OKCessna734 QuebecGolf,taxiwhenreadytothe active runway." Portland Ground responds,"FourQuebecGolf,taxito runwayTwoNine,thewindisfrom 300ateightknots.”Werepeatthe instruction and confirm with our

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call sign — 4QG. Adding a small -amountofthrottlecoaxesour2,000poundplaneforwardontothetaxi¬ way leading to Runway 29. In a minuteouraircraftslowstoahalt justshortoftheactiverunway.At \thispoint,wereadyourbirdfor takeoff.Onlythreeitemsleftonour checklist.Increasingthethrottleto 1700 RPM, the magnetos are checked.Firsttheleftmagandthen therighttoensurethatbothsetsof _ spark plugs are firing correctly _withineachofthefourcylinders. _Thesuctiongaugeisinthegreenfor -propervacuum,andcarburetorheat --isappliedtotestforcarburetor - icing. Changing the frequency to - Portland Tower (120.9), we state -thatwearereadyfortakeoffand -thatwerequestarightturnoutfor ~ Oxford County Regional. "Four - Quebec Gulf, cleared to takeoff, rightturnoutapprovedafterpass¬ ingovertheMaineTurnpike.”

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Moving intoposi¬ tiononthe6,800footmainrunway, theanticipationof flight is indeed sobering.Addingfullthrottle,the 160-horsepower Lycoming engine growlsresoundinglyastheSkyhawk beginsitstakeoffroll.Theaccelera¬ tionisswift.Within1,200feetof runway and at only 55 knots, we watchtheairportslowlydropaway beneath the wheels. Halfway be¬ tweenthenoseandtherightwing¬ tip, snow-covered Mount Washing¬ ton shines brightly into view. Having crossed the turnpike at 1,200feetMSL(meansealevel)and with an indicated airspeed of 75 knots,weturnrighttoaheadingof 360degrees—ourcoursetoOxford. '4QG, contact departure on one twentyfivepointfive,goodday!" Upon confirmation we change our radiofrequencytocontactPortland

Departure. "Portland Departure, 4QG is with you climbing to two thousandfeet.7heairtrafficcon¬ trolleracknowledgesourtransmis¬ sion.Soonthenoseofourplaneis loweredslightlyasweattainour statedcruisingaltitude.Quicklythe ’Hawkindicates105knotsand2,300 RPM — our cruising speed. MostofWestbrookisnowbehind us,andSebagoglistensjustleftof ournose.Howmajesticitistosee that whole lake as easily as one mightviewthePortlandwaterfront from atop One City Center. Wind¬ hamrollsbybelowasdoesLittle Sebago and Panther Pond. The WGME tower drifts quietly south¬ wardonlythreemilesofftheleft wingtip.Itstillreachesupnearly 100feethigherthanus—we’llgive itplentyofberth.Ourcoursenow parallels Thompson Lake, whose numerous ice shacks betray the favoritefishingspots.Sixvehicles

OUR NAME DOESN’T SAY IT ALL.

outthereeventhislateinwinter— plentyofice,itseems.Atthenorth¬ ern end of Thompson Lake lies Oxfordand,twomilesbeyond,the airport.

Withtheairportinsight,wedes¬ cendto1,350feet,theairportpatt¬ ern altitude. We announce our intentions on 122.8 that we are entering the pattern on a left downwind for Runway 33 (a land¬ ingtotheNorthwest).Afriendly voicerepliesthatthewindsarecalm andthereisnootherreportedtraf¬ fic.Surveyingthefield,wenotethe runwayisclearofallaircraft.Our Cessna is passing directly over Oxford Plains Speedway now, and weareslowingfrom105knots(121 mph)to70knots(81mph).Speedis sorelative.Flapsareextendedfirst to10degreesandthento20degrees asthepowerisreduced.Theaircraft nosepitchesupduetotheincreased liftoftheextendedflaps.Theeleva¬ tortrimalleviatesthiscondition. Now maintaining 65 knots, the Skyhawkbeginsitsdescenttothe runway—turninglefttothebase leg,weareat1,100feet,only750 feet above the ground. Steady! Steady!Wecallinthat4QGisturn¬ ingfinalforThree-ThreeatOxford County Regional. Half a minute fromtouchdownweaddmoreflaps, and the plane’s angle of descent increasesbuttheairspeedremains at65knots.Overthethreshold,we bringslightbackpressuretothe yoke — the Hawk flares — the airspeedbacksofffrom60to55knots. Ourattentionisriveteddownthe runwayaswehearthemainwheels touch reluctantly. The nosewheel settlesgentlytotherunwayjustleft ofthecenterline.WeareatOxford.

AFTER we have parkedourplane,weare greeted by Andrew Fulcher,theairport manager. He wel¬ comesusintothepilots'lobby.Andy offersuscoffeeashedoesasacour¬ tesytoallincomingpilots.Asnack counteronthefarwalldrawsour attention — Ahhh! Nothing like a buffet!Alltheentreesareindividu¬ allywrapped:deliciouscheeseonrye orwheatcrackersaretheoldstand¬ by 's —- peanut butter on cheese crackers.Thesideordersarealso neatly proportioned in bags of eitherchipsorpopcorn.Thechips areservedwithsaltandvinegar,

ABushPilot’s GuideToMaine.

Northern Aroostook Regional, Frcnchville: Long Lake pointsitslongfingernorthwardtowardtheairportjusta mile and a half beyond. Runway is hard to pick up in winter due to frequently blowing snow Northernmost commercialairporteastofMinnesota.Rentalcarsaplus.

GreenvilleMunicipal-. Runway 3-21 is not plowed in winter;fieldmaybeunattended;saveyourselfthetwomilewalktotownbycallingaheadtoFolsomsdownon Moosehead. Bush pilot haven.

HoultonInternational'. Visit Canada without going throughcustoms—leftpatternsfor23or19putyouover Canadiansoil...longrunwayswithgcxxlapproaches

Millinocket Municipal' Flydirectlytothepapermill, turntoaheadingof160overthestackstoenteraleft downwindforRunway34Strongflyingclubonthefield, plenty of ramp parking and a very comfortable lobby

PortlandInternationalJetport.Most,ifnotall,interna¬ tionalflightsareaccomplishedbynon-jetaircraft.When winds are light and flying in from the north, ask for Runway18Youwillbeaskedtoholdshortof11-29.but you'llhaveplentyotroomtostopandturnoffdirectlyto all three genera) aviation ramps. Ample parking and services.Bringmoney

1uilcheH's: Twenty three hundred and forty feet of pure general aviation. Runway 30 has a good final approachovertheseaplanebasebutwilltendtosinkjust shortotthreshold.ApproachtoRunway12isheavywith trees, climbing out on 30 requires the same kind ot caution.

AuguitaState: Plentyofblindspotsduetotheconvex curvature of Runway 17-35. Goixi approaches for all runwaysbutlotsofwindduetotheairportssituationon top of a hill. Excellent view of the State House dome rightofcenterlinewhenlandingon35.

Bangor International Friendliest tower m Maine alwayshelpful.Tendencytoset-upafinalthatisux>far out and too low because runway is over two miles long andappearsclosertopilotthanactual

Btdde lord Municipal: Some of the toughest crosswinds inthestate.However,whenotherairportsarereporting strong crosswinds it will be blowing right down the runway at Biddeford Manager follows similar pattern.

Bingham Gadabout Gaddis -possiblythebestgrass runwayinthestate.greatrestaurantonthefield,townis strongsupjxirterofaviation

Caribou Municipal Has averaged one student soloing per month for over ten years. Runway 1 rolls strongly uphill.Runway11-29stronglyconcaveOnlylevellandis therampareaoutsidethepilotslobbv

Eliotl.ittlebrookAirpark Easy directions flv into Pease AFB airspace without meaning to, then get radar vectorsfromPeasetoLittlebrook.Notmuchrampspace buthometoanicelittlerestaurant

Portland resident Rick Fitzgerald is the pub¬ lisher of the Maine Pilots Association's hi monthly Windsock Magazine. In November, 1983,he,twobrothers,andabrother-in-law adventurouslypurchasedtheLimingtonairportat auctionfor$56,000,madeconsiderableimprove¬ ments,andsoldthemuch-improvedairportin December,1987toLesHaneyandFredStuart.Fly Limington!Rick,33,isco-ownerofaCessna172. _H

Conference Planners Only. Callitatestvisit:Twoday'sofgloriousskiing,2night’slodg¬ ing,MiniSpa,cocktailreception,dinnerand2breakfasts.Only$75*p.p.d.o.Goodtowards aSugarloafmeeting.

DiscoverournewConferenceCenter,forgroupsupto500,atSugarloaf/USA—your MaineMeetingPlace.-Feb.21-25only.Paidbycompanycheck.Adv.reservationsrequired.

Eight experienced owner /brokers in a unique partnership.

SelectedbySotheby’s International Realty asitsrepresentativein Greater Portland.

ATraditionofExcellence inRealInstateBrokerage forMoreThan30Years.

sourcreamandonion,orjustsalted. Onlythebestincannedbeverageis available,andthechoicesaretoo numerous to name suffice to say thatbothwarringcolafactionsare represented. The buffet also includessucculentdessertswhich

Oxford County Regional Airport

Location: 4 miles southeast of Norway.

Coordinates:N44-09.4;W070-28.8 Hoursattended:twentyfour

Runway:15-333000X75,asphalt

Charts: Montreal and New York

Sectional

Telephone: 207-539-4779

Transportation:courtesycar

Elevation:346feet

Patternaltitude:1346MSL

Frequency: CTAF 122.8

Lights:sunsettosunrise

Approaches: VFR

Weather: I-800-WX-BRIEF

Lodging: Ledgewood Motel

FBO: Oxford County Air Services, Inc. 207-539-4779. 24 hours by appointment.Single-enginerental. Smallaircraftairframerepair.Pow¬ erplant repair for Lycoming and Continental.Airplaneflightinstruc¬ tion.100LLandautofuel.Tiedown, hangar, ramp, APU, rest rooms, courtesycar,andrentalcar. MastercardandVISAaccepted. Andrew Fulcher - Airport Manager

Jim Thorne, Pat Vilven, H. Bud Singer, Diane Shevenell, Barney Burrall Seated: Sue Lamb, Janice Drinan, Chris Jackson

are served in sets of three. Our choiceisthedeep-chocolatesugar cookieoverthechocolate-chipor molasses cookie. The tab on our sumptuousbuffetislessthanthree dollarseach,notincludingairfare. Although we do not recommend thisstylecookingtothoseoneither a low-salt, low-sugar, or lowpreservativediet;wedogivethe snackcounterthehighestpraisefor cateringtothenomadicpilotwhose desiretosnackisattimesaclose secondtoflying.Thedecorofthe lobby adds immeasurably to the buffet — wall maps, a book shelf fullofaviationcollections,adisplay caseofpilotsupplies,andbusiness cards.Havingfinishedourmeal,we thanked our gracious host and depart. We approve this eating establishmentforallpilots,andas always,thegeneralpublicisalso invited.

History and Background of the OxfordCountyAirport

Constructedin1973withaninitial costofS455,OOO,theairportboastsa 3,000-footasphaltrunway,agrass landingstrip,ageneralaviation ramp, and a combined hangar/office building. The project was fundedbythreeseparatebodies:the Federal Government paid 75percent,withthestateandcounty governments sharing equally the remaining 25-percent. The county ownsthefacilityandhasappointed

acommitteeofairportcommisionersthatarecomposedofbothlocal pilotsandbusinesspeople.By1983 theairporthadexpandedtoinclude anadditionalhangarbuiltbyBan¬ croft Contracting Corp, and a shorter-but-parallelgrassstripbuilt bytheCompanyDEngineerBattal¬ ionofNorway.In1987groundwas brokenonanotherhangar,andits constructionisunderway.

Of particular interest in the development of the Oxford County RegionalAirportisitsconnectionto the mobile home industry in the area.Thelandfortheairportwas donatedbytheAirwaysIndustrial Park, of which John Schiavi is a principal.Itisunderstoodthatas many as four of the area mobile home kings are also pilots. This includes Oxford homes, Lebanon Homes, and Mr. Schiavi’s enter¬ prise.Itisapparentthatthesuccess ofboththeairportandthemobile home industry have gone hand-inhandinthiscommunity.

Asaresultofthepassageofa statewide referendum concerning funds for highways and airports, Oxford County Regional Airport hasabrightfuture.Amasterplan fortheairporthasbeenapproved, and90-percentofthefundingfor theplanwillunderwrittenbythe Federal Government. The plan, to becompletedthisyear,isexpected toguidethisgrowingairportinto the21stcentury.

IT'S been only a handfulofdayssince Charlie and Roger Gendron have left Gendron Commercial Brokerstoformtheirown company, and already they’vesold$43millionin commercialrealestate.Tok ’topthat,itwasalldoneF withneitheracorporate 'l^name nor a listed telephone number. Not ^^Hevenasignontheirnew offices.Itiswithgreat audacitythenthatIask ■RCharlieiftherealestate^ 1boomisover.Obviously# not,atleastforhim.Butinp 1thedevelopmentbusiness,I anindividualcanstandi againstthecurrentsof markettrends.In-short, developmentin1988has anairaboutitthatsaysitis stillpossible,andCharlie Gendronisouttoproveit. Thepost-crashdeveloper needs to assure the potentialinvestorofhis returns. Gendron approachesthismatter scientifically,throughthe useofrealestatesoftware designedbyPalmerand[ Berg of Seattle, WashingtonforhisIBMt PC.Byenteringinvarious* costs,marketappreciation,taxexpenses,anda dozenothervariables,he ■■isableshowhispotentialJ buyerhisrateofreturnper 1 ■■year.Nosurprises.

BY JOHN GLASS.

Continuedfrompage48

Charlieisthebrokerversionof whatmanypeoplehavebeencalling the new breed of developer. The newbreedhasthesavvytonegotiate hiswaythroughcitycouncilsand townmeetings,andtheabilityto comeupwithafinalproductthat offerstenantsequityparticipation and amenities like underground parking.NineteenEighty-Eightisa thresholdyearformanydevelopers andisnotatimeforthegutless.To evengetadevelopertoadmitthat therewasaboomistrickybusiness; afterall,noonewantstogivethe kissofdeathtotheirdaysofwine androses.ButtheclosestI’vecome to this type of honesty is Delta Realty’sArtGirard,whois"scared todeath”oftheupcomingmarket. He’sseentoomanyleanyearsinthe early1970sanddoesn’twanttoget caughtoffguardagain.Others,like GAR’sRobinRuotolo,feelthatthe marketistheirsforthetaking,and thatpotentialwillalwaysexist.And then there are those who reserve comment on any boom, fearing a newsensitivityinpublicopinion.

REAL ESTATE

Certainly Portland’s most ambitious new project is DMR’s LincolnSquare,originallyplanned to be a 22-story, $100 million project. DMR’s George DiMatteo saysthattheoriginal22stories(275 feet more than twice the city’s height allowance) is now being scaleddownto17stories,or212 feet,stillthetallestprojectintown. Currently,thefirmofCarr-Lynchis doing a comprehensive height impact study on the Portland peninsula,andthosefindingswill undoubtedly affect the final approvaloftheproject.DMRisan interestingalliance,composedof George DiMatteo, Anthony Mancini,andRoccoRisbara,alllocal contractors with grass-roots development backgrounds. DiMatteo is of the opinion that thesenewtallbuildingsaretheonly way to continue to successfully market the Portland peninsula to businesses. The current height limitationsencouragedevelopersto maximize their volume in their givenspace.ItisDiMatteo’shope

thathewillbeabletodevelopthe skyline, giving developers more architectural freedom. DiMatteo hopes that the variance will be grantedbyJune,atwhichtimethe final plans must go through the entire process again. Ground¬ breaking?Hopefullyoneyearfrom now.

Theonlyotherprojectthatcould match the size of Lincoln Square would be the completion of One PortlandSquare.CurtisScribner, presidentofJ.B.Brown,saysthat the Peoples Heritage building is now 95-percent leased, with H.M. PaysonalreadymovedinandVerrill & Dana and Peoples Heritage Bank intheprocess.Withventuresthis size,Scribneriscautiousandonly builds on demand. As originally planned, One Portland Square was tohavethreemoretentativephases andperhapstwomoreontheother side of Fore Street to include residentialandcommercialspace,a hotel, parking, and retail. Now Scribnerfeelsthenextlogicalstep would be more commercial space.

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providing the demand exists. The possibilityofacivicbuilding"would beopenfordiscussion,"butcityand possiblystatefundswouldhaveto bemadeavailablebeforeanyaction couldbetaken.Theprojectthatwas originally slated to occupy the largesttractofyetundevelopedland in Portland’s future is now un¬ certain.Hesees1988asnotayearof bolddevelopment,butrather"one ofconsolidation,”referringtothe LibertyGroup’s100MiddleStreet offices as well as the Peoples Heritagebuildingcreatingadinas tenants move from old offices to new ones. J.B. Brown is the respected veteran in town, whose conservative profile places the companyinanenviablepositionfor solid,constructivedevelopment.

Things are also quiet on Port¬ land’swaterfrontinthewakeofthe Waterfront Referendum on May 5. The Liberty Group, which, until 1988,hashadagreatdealvisibility regardingwaterfrontdevelopment, still hopes to get both the Long Wharf and Fisherman’s Wharf projects off the ground. Long Wharf, currently occupied by DiMillo’s parking lot, is a $50millionmixed-useprojectthatwill includeClass-Aofficeandretail spaceaswellas28luxurycondo¬ miniums and a marina complex. Alreadyapprovedatthecitylevel, theprojectisnowbeingreviewedby thestate,andbecause,theplanswere submitted well before the refer¬ endumwassuggested,itisinlittle danger. The project would also includeaparkinggarageonthesite oftheCascoNorthernBankonthe othersideofCommercialStreet.

LessofasurethingisLiberty Group’s Fisherman's Wharf, to occupy the space adjacent to Chandler’sWharf.Applicationfor thisprojectwasfiledforinApril, after the Waterfront Referendum was proposed, but before it was approved.Oncethereferendumwas approved,thesponsors,TheWork¬ ingWaterfrontCoalition,askedthat itberetroactivetoitsfilingdate, December 22, 1986. The city then rejectedtheLibertyGroup’sappli¬ cationonthegroundsthatthecom¬ pletedprojectcouldnotbeoccupied underthenewlaw.Thecitycourt endedupsidingwiththedeveloper

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LongWharf,currentlyoccupiedbyDiMillo’sparkinglot,isa$50millionmixed-useprojectthat willincludeClass-Aofficeandretailspaceaswellas28luxurycondominiumsandamarina complex.Alreadyapprovedatthecitylevel,theprojectisnowbeingreviewedbythestate,and becausetheplansweresubmittedwellbeforethereferendumwassuggested,itisinlittledanger. TheprojectwouldalsoincludeaparkinggarageonthesiteoftheCascoNorthernBankonthe othersideofCommercialStreet

LessofasurethingisLibertyGroup'sFisherman'sWharf,tooccupythespaceadjacentto ChandlersWharf.ApplicationforthisprojectwasfiledforinApril,aftertheWaterfrontReferenPr°P° sed ’but beforeitwasapproved.Oncethereferendumwasapproved,thesponsors TheWorkingWaterfrontCoalition,askedthatitberetroactivetoitsfilingdate,December221986 TheCitythenrejectedtheLibertyGroup'sapplicationonthegroundsthatthecompletedproject couldnotbeoccupiedunderthenewlaw.Thecitycourtendedupsidingwiththedeveloperonthe issueofretroactivity,butdidnotstrikedownthereferendumasawhole.Anappealmadebythe WorkingWaterfrontCoalitionisnowongoingatthestatelevel. 7 ontheissueofretroactivity,butdid notstrikedownthereferendumasa whole. An appeal made by the Working Waterfront Coalition is nowongoingatthestatelevel.The waterfrontanditsuniversalattrac¬ tivenessbringsdeveloperstothe centerofattention.LibertyGroup’s BarbaraLeitersaysthat"ifyouread thepapers,you’dthinkthatallwedo is build luxury condominiums. We’veonlybuilttwo:SignalPoint and Chandler’s Wharf. Our real interestisinlowincomeandelderly housing.”Still,theimageremainsin thepublic’seye,andweseelessof MichaelLibertythaneverbefore.

Thepastyearindevelopmentwas oneofreorganizationandspecial¬ izationformany.CharlieGendron

saw the market needed a company thatfocusedstrictlyonbrokerage, one that did none of its own development. Many brokers, he pointsout,arebecomingdevelopers aswell,blurringthedistinction betweenthetwo.

"Whenaclientspeakswithyou, whoishespeakingwith,thebroker orthedeveloper?”Intheend,he saysofthismixedgender,thebroker cum developer becomes direct competition for his clients. G&S Commercial Brokers, his new venture,wasformedoutofaneedto "take care of clients from their perspective.” Gendron attributes hisimmediatesuccessto"clients whobelieveinthepostureofthe company.”

Elsewhere, joei Russ, formerly of Russ,O’Sullivanand Prouty,hassplitto form the Russ Company in early November. Russ vicepresidentAnneUptonsaysthat theyhavefoundtheirnich^tobeas a total management company, one that takes a project from the planningstagesallthewaytofilling it with tenants. "The Russ Company," says Upton, "does not intendtogrowlarge.”Instead,their intentistoservetheirclientsina broaderway.Theirfirstventureas developerswillbeSt.JamesPlace,to belocatedinScarborough,nearthe junction of 1-295 and Route 1. When completed, it will create 750,000sq.ft.ofofficespaceina campus style of architecture. Developed by Diversified Devel¬ opersofMaine,St.JamesPlaceisa jointventurebyWebb/St.Jamesof Lexington, Kentucky, and Boston, Massachusetts; and the Cowen Group of South Portland. One strongadvantagethatthisandother projectsintheoutlyingareashaveis ample parking. As for future projects,Uptonindicatesthatthey have "a strong interest in civic building.”

John Gendron, eldest and now solebrotheratGendronCommercial Brokers,hasrecentlycompletedhis 4MoultonStreetofficeproject.As wesitinhistopfloorofficeover¬ looking the waterfront, Gendron expoundshisviewsonthepastfew yearsofdevelopment.ToJohn,the boomwasanopticalillusion:When HowardGoldenfarbandothersfirst cametoPortland,existingbuildings couldberestoredtocreatetheneces¬ saryspacerequiredforthegrowing city.Whenthoseopportunitiesran out, new construction was neces¬ sary.Itwasthenextnaturalexten¬ sion of Portland’s growth. That growth started happening down in theOldPortarea,migratingfrom the Longfellow and Congress Squareareadownthehill.Thenew financialdistrictisdemarkedbythe areas bounded by Monument square toFranklinStreet,anddowntothe waterfront."This,”hesays,point¬ ingtoalargecoloraerialphotoof Portland,"isthejewelofthering.”

Sometimes it’sbestto watchtheoldmasters.

Howard Goldenfarb of RAM/Harnden has been renovating and developing in the Portland area since1973.Recently,JohnGendron singledoutHoward’sworkbecause hewassoinstrumentalinsetting the tone of development in Portland. Goldenfarb’s current project is the Atlantic House Condominiums, which are being doneinfourphases.PhaseIis100percentcompletedandsold;Phase II is 75-percent sold. The third phasewillbemarketedthisspring, and if all goes well, a forth is planned. Beachfront condos are a relativelysafebetinanareathat seesalotofsummeruse.Goldenfarb predictsthat"theboomofthelast fiveyearswillnotberepeatedover thenexttwo,”acknowledgingthat inhisopinion,therewasindeeda boom.Otherthanthat,Goldenfarb isinvolvedinconstructingself¬ storage warehouses in several locationsinsouthernMaine.

Art Girard is another cautious survivorwithhiseartotheground. Girard has been a leader in industrial parks and motel construction. While Girard’s projectslacksomeoftheglitzthat othershave,hisvariablesarethe same: labor, materials, bank financing,etc.Anditissignificant thatGirardhasnotbeendeveloping forsixmonths—herememberstoo vividlytherecessionoftheearly 1970s:”1hadalotofsleeplessnights foraboutsixyears.Idon’twanttogo throughthatagain.”Thencamethe periodwhendeveloperscoulddono wrong, every project seemed a success.Nowhethinksinvestorsare over-financed,andthata"2-point increaseintheinterestratewould send 25-percent of real estate investors down the tubes.” Even though Girard is scared of the market right now, he believes in continued development and hails peoplelikeMichaelLibertyas"very sharpyoungguys.”Butitisunclear ifdeveloperslikeLibertyreallyhave that much more of an edge on the marketthandoesGirard.

Perhaps the developer who is

most bullish on the future of development is GAR’s Gavin Ruotolo.HisSableOaksprojecton RunningHillRoadwilleventually create 1 million square feet of commercialspaceandaluxurygolf course for the exclusive use of residentialandcommercialtenants. Although GAR vice president of development Robin Ruotolo is hesitant to name names, she confirmsthatthesitewillinclude corporateheadquartersfrombothin and out of state. On top of this ambitiousproject,GARhasanother 518,000+squarefeetofcommercial spacealreadyintheworksatsuch places as Saco Island, Evergreen Farm, and Plaza West in Scar¬ borough. While many developers shyawayfrombuilding'onspec,’ Robinbelievesthat"themarketis what we make of it.” The Plaza Westproject,adjacenttoOakHill Plaza(builtinthelasttwodecades byGAR),isdesignedtoabsorbOak Hill’soriginaltenantsastheygrow.

“Canyoubelievethatthe Liberty Group’s 100 Mid¬ dleStreetprojectisthe first on the peninsula with parking under the structure?”

—John Gendron

RobinRuotolohasconfidencethat thespaceleftvacantwillbefilledby a new generation of small retail storesandbusinesses.AstoGAR's planstogetinvolvedindowntown Portland, Robin responds that "We’renotreadytodancewiththat cityyet,”pointingtothetimeit takes to get familiar with city councils as the reason. GAR has found their best success to be diversifiedinseveralmarketsin theirarea.

Threeyearsago,shewashailedas a"bigtime”developerbythelocal press;nowIllinois’PamGleichman istakingherplaceamongotherlocal developersasthestormblowsnear. Gleichman’slargestin-townproject is the ongoing saga of Back Bay Tower, whose vacant lot waits on

Cumberland Avenue. Today a luminous absence, the Back Bay Towersprojectisstillplannedat15 stories to provide 115 mixedincomedwellings,fundedinpartby the U.S. Department of Housing andUrbanDevelopment,accordingto Gleichman&Co.vicepresidentJim O’Donell.Thirty-fiveoftheunits will be open to low- and middle¬ incomefamilies;theotherunitswill berentedatthemarketrate.How will the two groups co-exist?

"Through a careful screening process,”saysO’Donell.Hepoints totheBaxterBoulevardprojectasa prototype.Unfortunately,thenew Gleichmanprojectneededtobere¬ engineeredinthewakeofamuchpublicizedaccidentinBridgeport, Connecticutusingthesamelift-slab technique originally planned for Back Bay Towers, which involves pouring each cement floor on the ground and then raising them one byone.Theprojectisstillslatedto bebuiltinconjunctionwithMitsui IndustriesofChicago,partofthe MitsuiGroupofJapan,oneofthe largestmultinationalsintheworld.

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Another Gieichman projectisEagleBrook, locatedoffthePayne Road in Scarborough. ConstructedbyGieich¬ maninassociationwiththeFirst AtlanticCorporation,EagleBrookis a370-acreparkthatwillbethenew headquarters for Blue Cross/Blue Shieldandwillincludeanine-hole golfcourse.

In the same area, MacBride Dunham continues to develop SouthBorough office park. MacBride Dunham originally purchased the 60 acres at the intersection between the Maine TurnpikeandtheMaineMallRoad, and when the satellite-expanding UNUM chose this as its preferred site, Macbride Dunham leased UNUM the land. Now under construction is 500 SouthBorough Drive,a47,000-square-footproject that has been in the works since 1983. MacBride Dunham’s develop¬ mentstrategyistoplanonspec,and buildasdealspanout.Accordingto SouthBorough’smarketingdirector, Charles Craig, IDS is a signed tenant, and several others have alreadysignedaletterofintent, including several financial com¬ panies. Contingent on 500 SouthBorough’ssuccess,a600andsoonis planned.Inaddition,asignature buildingtobecalled1SouthBor¬ oughisplannedasClass-Aoffice space.

Craig’s first experience with SouthBorough was back in 1983 while he was attending Dartmouth College’sTuckSchoolofBusiness. He approached MacBride Dunham todoafeasibilitystudyonSouth¬ Borough. His findings were that althoughthereisahighlycompeti¬ tiverealestatemarketoutnearthe MaineMall,therewasstillroomfor Class-Aofficespace.Asforper¬ ceptionthatthereistoomuchoffice space being planned in the area, Craigrespondsthat"thisareaisnot DallasorHouston.You’redealing with a Yankee mentality here. TheremaybeaglutinClassBbut notClassA.”Furthermore,hesays thatheusestheavailabilityofClassB office space as an economic barometer for the area. Economic slowdowns,heinsists,haveonlyhit certain sectors of New York’s economy and do not necessarily

forecastanationalslowdown.Craig feels that Maine’s economy is diverseenoughandlackinginthe sectorsthatwereaffectedbythe crashenoughtosurviverelatively unscathed.

Rounding out the picture, MacBride Dunham has completed the rehab of Scarborough’s Herman Shoefactory,transformingitinto the Enterprise Center, 88,000 squarefeetofofficespace.Andin thesteadyprosperitycategory,The Boulos Company’s Mallside shop¬ pingareaopenedinearlyMaywith 117,000squarefeetofretailspace, including a Service Merchandise. Other Boulos Company projects includetheTurnpikeWestBusiness ParkandL.L.Bean’sfirststorage warehousetobelocatedwithinthe citylimitsofPortland.

Commercial Properties’ Stroudwater Crossing is now 55-percent leased after its completion last summer. Asked why he took this plunge into development, Commer¬ cial Properties’ Dick McGoldrick responds,"Ihadtohavesomeway topayformykids’collegeeduca-

tion.” In the upcoming year, the dapper McGoldrick "will be con¬ centrating on ... commercial and industrial brokerage activity,’’ leavingmoredevelopingoutofhis immediatefuture.

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CAMDEN Commercial Property in the heart of the Village. Includes 4 rentalunitsanda3-cargarage.Offersviewsoftheharbor.$525,000

ROCKLAND — Award-winning oceanfront home, private dock, protected mooring.View’sofPenobscotBayallthewaytoMt.Cadillac.18-holegolf course at your dcx>r. $315,000

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EvenintheBellyoftheBeast? Absolutely.Simplyput,C.C.D.H.is outtohelpeverybodyitcantobetter dentalhealth,withenthusiasmand generosity taking the place of judgmentorcondescension.

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WHETHER that Aprillewithhis shouressooteis infactthecruel¬ lest month re¬ mainsavexedquestionbestleftto thepoets.Butsurelyeventhemost partisanbardwillconcedethatApril isinanycasethemuddiest,which makesitaradicalimprovementon January,February,andMarch—for the enlightened who relish Mud Season.

Whereassnowisafrivolityofno interesttoanyoneotherthanthe demented — men and women of action,forexample—mudisele¬ mental,themainstayofcontemplatives.Itisthisprimordialreality thatsustainsmudniksinanuplift¬ ingsenseofsuperioritytotheirfel¬ lowman.Whichisnottosaywelack compassion. Who could fail to be movedbythespectacleoftheback¬ packer,outofbreath,astumbling cataractofsweat,bug-ridden,andso wearythathecannolongerrecall what he might once have had in

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mindwhenhesetoutonhismind¬ lessexcursion?Whocouldreceive withacoldheartnewsofthefog¬ bound yachtsman hard aground on yonder ledge? We mudniks recog¬ nizetragedywhenitstaresusinthe face (Tu-whit, to-who! a merry note) and know how to look prop¬ erlymournful.

Butascontemplativeswedistin¬ guish between tragedy and farce, whichmakesformanyalaughdur¬ ingthesterilewintermonthswhile

waiting for the mud to ooze into season.Ah!thelifeofaction.What couldbemorefarcicalthanthewin¬ ter madness of men and women, grown-upsall,careeringdownthe slopes,eachstrappedtoapairof slats?Oh!tobeabonedoctorin January. Given a good season you couldknockofffortherestofthe year.Andyettheslaphappyslopenoids continue to outnumber the bonesharksbyamarginofatleast ten to one. Strange that so few shouldknowagoodthingwhenthey seeit.

Bur then these same misfortunatesrecoilfromthejoysofmud because temperament stands in theirway.Addictedastheyaretothe vicesofaction,theyactuallyprefer speed,evenifitlastsnomorethana fewseconds,promptarrivalatthe doctor’sofficetobefittedwithacast they will wear for months, exhausted credit, and an empty wallet.

Mudniksknowbetter.Sincemud isatourdoorsteps,wedissipate noneofoursubstanceontravel.We are content instead to stay put because we know that mud is uni¬ versal,andthatthereforethereisno particularplaceforustogo.(With oneexception:"It’satreattobeat your feet on the Mississippi mud.’’—Basin Street Blues) We makenoreservations,sincenoone thusfarhashadtheeffronteryto build a mud lodge, and we buy no seasontickets.Wearesparedthe indignitiesofmudschoolandthe skepticalscrutinyofmudinstruc¬ tors. Mud accidents are unknown, andsoisthemudbumwhowantsto overawe you with his fumbling technique.Bestofall,thereisnoone underpuddietryingtosellyoufancy dudsatchicpricesbecausemudniks wastenotimeonapres-mMo™.

Now then, While greasy Joan dothkeelthepot,alltogetherplease:

Mud, mud I love mud. I’m absolutely, positively wild/ about mud.

Ican’tgoaroundit,I’vegottogo/ throughit Beautiful,fabulous,superduper/ mud.

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LOOK FOR theShrineCircusatthe CivicCenteronApril18,19,and20.It’s the32ndconsecutiveyearthecircus hasdelightedPortlanders.

PARITY, NOT CHARITY wascalledfor byJesseJacksonwhenhespokeatthe UniversityofSouthernMaineonFeb¬ ruary11toacapacitycrowdof3,000in the gym. Jackson’s appearance was sponsoredbythedepartmentofpublic policy.

SCHOONER FARE sailsintotownfora Pops Concert with the Portland Sym¬ phonyonApril9at8:30p.m.andApril 10 at 3 p.m. City Hall Auditorium. Ticketsare$21,$17,$13,and$8,and are available at the Symphony box office.

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