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Living 8GreatJobs Meet Entrepreneur KareemiAtallah, byDennisGilbert; BuyerSylvia Montello. Lawyer Susan Thomas. Cat Doctor Debra DiFalco.Sportscaster BillGreen.Sales Exec.BonnieGrant. Capt. Rodney Ross. and Father-Son Fishermen John Emerton and JohnTurner InterviewsBy Jayne-Anne Tenggren
AsaScorpio,bornNovember5,1havea steel-toed,unabashedloveforthemonth ofNovember.It’satimeforMainetoshine itsdarkeyesdeepintothewoods,ina surpriseactofprivacy,likewhenyou catch a deer in your headlights—the secondfreezesforaninstant,then,halfan hourlater,theimprintgetsevenclearer somehow. November is the memory that lastsforme:Whitesheetsgetthrownonto wickerfurniture,andthesunporchgets closedoffforthewinter.Colorsputon rough-and-tumbleclothesandgetcomfor¬ tableagain.
I’venoticedthatstockphotographers seemforeveraftersomemythicalJuly5thin Maine, with F-16 Hawaiian blue skies
AlanBray’sanotherNovemberpaint¬ erwithgraysastastyandevocativeas smoked fish from Ducktrap River. Novemberisamonthforcomingdownto earth,likewonderingwhethertheBlue Angels Air Show last September was worthanF-l4’sjettisoning“tonsofjetfuel inCascoBay(seeJohnCole’sstory,page 32).”ColeisanoldWorldWarIIB-l7 pilot (same 487th Bomber Group as my father,WendellSargent),andaloverof aviation—indeed,aformerstuntflier himself—butitistheNovemberinhimto questiontheHawaiianunrealityofthe BlueAngelspectacular,evenwhenit’sfor agoodcause.Iwasgoingtocallhimon thetelephoneandarguewithhimaboutit, justforfun,butitwastoocloseto Novembertoriskit.Itwas,afterall,hunt¬ ingseason.
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Compareitslongevitywiththatofthe spateoftrendynouvellerestaurantsthat havebeendisappearingsofrequentlyin yourarea,momentsaftertheyare‘estab¬ lished,’andperhapsyou’llgiveBoone’s another 100 years to meet with your approval.Itwillundoubtedlystillbethere.
With a simple eloquence the young womanexplainsthatshelikesthewayit tastesandthewayitmakesherfeel.She confessesthatshehasbeenanextremely pickyeaterallherlife—didn’tevenlike spaghettiasakid—andthatshefinds thesedishesnotonlydeliciousandunus¬ ualbutmore:Theyalwaysgiveherthe feelingofhavingeatenwell.
Butisitforthesewholesomereasons that Hannaford Brothers and Shaw’s SupermarketsandJordan’sFoodsdistrib¬ uteKareemi’sproducts?Theanswer,of course, is Yes—because people are becomingmoreandmoresensitivetothe rightsandwrongsofeating.KareemiAtallahcreditsthisgrowinginterestinthe health/dietinterrelationshipwithhersuc¬ cessinmarketingwhatshewaseatingasa kid,backinthe1920s.
ThedaughterofLebaneseimmigrants, KareemiwasbornandraisedinManches¬ ter,NewHampshire,whereherfather,of the'oldschool,’senthertoworkasa stitcherinashoefactoryattheageof fourteen.Oneofthedrawbacksofhaving togotoworkatsuchanearlyagewasthat sheneverhadtheopportunitytolearnher mother’s cooking. When she moved to Maine15yearsago,shecametoanarea wheretherewasnoLebanesecommunity perse,noranyrestaurantwhereLebanese foodwasavailable.
Inshort,ifshewantedit,shewasgoing tohavetomakeitherself.Formarketing, Good Day Market was the
Kareemirecountswithpleasurethe early excitement of dropping by the markettoseeifshehadsoldanythingand thenecessity,ifshehadsoldevenonly one,oftelephoningherthreechildrento keepthemabreastofhernewbusiness venture.Thesedaysitisnotunusualfor hertoselltwohundredcontainersof hommousatasingleShop&Savestore alone.
The present volume would not have beenpossibleinherkitchenathome,from whichsheconductedherbusinesswhile stillworkingfull-t'meattheHermanSur¬ vivorsfactoryinScarborough.Butitwas notjusttheneedtoincreaseproduction capacity,northeclosing-downofthe Hermanplant,thatmademovingintoa commercialspacedesirable.Understate andfederalregulationsshewasrestricted towholesale,non-meatproducts.Shewas only‘scratchingthesurface’ofthecuisine. Shewantedtosellherkibbee(lamb, crackedwheat,andpinenutloaf),her chickendishes,andhermeatpies.She also wanted to sell directly to the customer.
At71,theenergeticKareemiisthekind of thorough manager who makes the deliveriesherself,fromSacotoBruns¬ wick,toseethateverythinginhercon¬ signmentdisplaysiskeptfreshandpres¬ entedasitshouldbe.Sheisanaturalinthe matterofsales.Herdream?Tosomeday openasit-down/take-outdeliinPortland completewithherownbakerysothatshe canintroduceustothekindofpitabread hermotherusedtomake.
John Turner, Fourth-GenerationFisherman.Career Continuedonpage44
THE
The well-known model and actress “Twiggy” may not have any connection withChristmasinMaine,butinaround¬ about way she does—a Christmas busi¬ nessatleast.Ofcourse,twohundredyears agotheimportofideasandmachinesand
The business was activated but was limitedtotownslikeNewburyportand Portland—ordersarrivingforsixora dozenstockings.In1980,aftershehad paidallherbills,shehadprofited11C fromtheventure.Shefailedtosellto Bloomingdalesbecauseshehadnotleft samples.Thenextseveralsummersshe traveledtoVirginia,Washington,D.C., andCapeCodtosellwhereshecouldstay withfriends.Susan’smothersoldforherin Colorado.In1983Gerryparticipatedin giftshowsinChicagoandD.C.,and,dur¬ ingthenextyear,sheaddedLosAngeles, Atlanta,andNewYorktohercircuit.
Bowdoinham has helped to make the stockingsahitaroundthecountryand extendingasfarasJapan,Austria,and Canada.
In1990Bradleywillreintroduceher sweaters.Shefeelsthataftergrossing $200,000andhavingestablishedacot¬ tage workforce of 30 women, she can probablyaffordthebuttons.
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AS THREE Maine inventors demon¬ strate,theircraftisnotplaybutrather
' w. w " workhopefullyleadingtoabetterquality oflife.Whatperhapsbestcharacterizes themasagroupisnotjustamagnificent obsession,butanunwaiveringYankee stubbornnessinthebelief“Itcanbe done.”
Nordoeshethinkhisabilitytopre¬ visualizethree-dimensionalmodelswithin his mind to be anything out of the ordinary.“It’slikeIhavealittleCADD (ComputerAidedDraftingandDesign) systeminmyhead,”hesayswithashrug, asifhe’stellingyouaboutafillinginhis toothorafrecklebehindhisear.
Sofornowtheenginerestsasanexhibit pieceattheOwlsHeadTransportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, and Bracketthasmovedontomoresalable items,suchasconsumerproducts.His latestistheSweetPiggygarbage-disposal cleaningproduct.1heideadevelopedout ofafrustratingsearchforanagging stenchBrackettfoundinhisownkitchen sink.
Before it can be understood by the brain,soundmustfirstmakeitspassage throughagatewayintheearknownasthe ovalwindow.1heovalwindowisthetran¬ sitionpointatwhichsoundbecomesan experienceforhumans.Itisapointwithin thebodythatNormanLederman,forty yearsold,hasworkedwithsincehisearli¬ estchildhoodfascinationwithsound. 1odayheisownerofOvalWindowAudio in Yarmouth, a company that creates enhancedlisteningsystemsforthehearing impaired,
Ledermanreceived$30,000fromthe U.S.DepartmentofEducationtodevelop theproject,awardedtohimafterhehad hadappliedforagrantthroughMaine’s Small Business Innovation Research Program.
HoffmansupportersandFORTUNAparticipantslikeJamesKollerfeel thattheartshavetoolongbeeninthemanipulativehandsofinstitutions andgovernments—thattheartshavebeenjustanothertoolbywhich highereducationandgovernmenthavekeptthetrulytalentedfrom expressing themselves in any but a traditional or socially Continued
"Togetagrantorateachingposition onehastobowtoverycleardemandsthat theartistshouldn’thavetoconsider.Ifan artistcancreatewhathelikesandan appropriatesponsorcanbefound,both are better off because they are both expressingthemselveshonestlyandwith¬ outreservation.Ialsobelievethatsug¬ gestingtheartistpursueasinglediscipline
Everyone—theartist included—has a fi¬ nancialrelationship to the world. That must be acknow¬ ledged,andrespon¬ sibilitytaken...
And the payoff to businesses who engagetheartscanbesignificant.Expos¬ ingtheartstothepublicleadstothe expansion of markets through public acknowledgmentandculturalexposure.
To those naysayers who say there shouldbenoconnectionbetweenthearts andbusiness,Hoffmanretorts,“Everyone hasafinancialrelationshiptotheworld. Thatmustbeacknowledged,andrespon¬ sibilitytaken.Wheremoneyfollowsacir¬ cuitousrouteitispossibletopretendor assume that ideologies exist without money,butweallknowitisn’tso.Whynot playitasitis?
Given Chitwood’s former reputation as the“DirtyHarry”ofthePhiladelphia policeforce,hiswarmingupthemedia mayseemoutofcharacter.Butforthecop whowasonceinvestigatedforchargesof policebrutality,experiencehastaught thatakid-gloveapproachoftenyieldsthe bestresults,particularlywithreporters andcameracrews.
asChiefofPortlandPolice,heisatthe centerofthecity’smostcontroversial issues,howeveronemightweightheirsig¬ nificance:guncontrol,theOldPort,and “Dogman” David Koplow and his ram¬ pantdogs.
Just how open is Chitwood with the media?Invitingreporterstoridearound withpoliceincruisersonweekendnightsis astandardoffer,hesays.Themediahas attimesalsobeengivenadvancednotice ofpendingarrestsexpectedtobeofa dynamicnature.Chitwoodonceallowed reportersandcameracrewstotagalong onacrackraidonShermanStreeteven againsttheadviceoflawenforcement officials.
But Chitwood answers to the City Council.Andamongthecouncil,where Chitwood enjoys virtually unanimous support,thechief’shighprofileislauded andevenencouraged.MayorEstherClenottandCouncilorPeterO’Donnellsaid Chitwood’svisibilityenhancesnotonlyhis jobperformance,butalsothatoftheentire department.Itinstillsamongresidentsa feelingthatsomeoneiscommittedto
Beingabletodealadeptlywiththe mediaisoneskillChitwoodsaysanideal policechiefmustpossess.Asidefrom being a competent administrator who knowshowhiscity’spoliticalsystem works,Chitwoodmaintains,apolicechief hastobeapublicrelationsspecialist.That means being articulate and having an understandingofhowthemediaworks.
“Ilikenthisdepartmenttoabusiness andthatI’mtheCOofthatbusiness,” Chitwood said. “1 have to sell this department.”
Butbeing“openandhonest”doesnot alwayspayhighdividends,particularlyin popularity.Chitwoodacknowledgesthat hishighvisibilityhasearnedhimsome mistrustandmisunderstanding.Hisgun control proposals, as expected, have generated some resistance, and, more recently,hisdepartmentsufferedsome damagetoitsimageduringthetrivial-butexplosive“Dogman”imbroglio.Inthelat¬ terissue,Chitwoodsaid,hewantedto avoidmediaattentionbecauseheknew
thepolicecouldonlybeseenasthehea¬ vies. So when the order for Koplow’s arrestwashandeddownforhisfailureto leashhisdogs,Chitwoodtoldhisofficers nottoapprehendtheDogmanifthemedia werepresent.Regardless,thearrestwas capturedonfilmandlatertelevisedonthe eveningnews.
Koplow’s arrest was anything but peaceful.Thingsgotphysicalwhenpolice wenttoputthecuffsontheDogman.But Chitwoodsaiditcouldhavebeenworse, giventhatKoplowpledgedtoresisthis arrestors.Inlightofthethreat,Chitwood said,heassignedmoreexperiencedoffic¬ erstomakethearrest—officerswhowould bemorepronetoshowrestraint.Still,in somequarters,thepolice—unflatteringly referredtoas“ChitwoodandhisRangers” inletterstotheeditor—wereseenasthe heavies.
“Someonetoldmenottoolongagothat theyhadheardIhadajoblinedupin Dallas;someonseelseaskedifIwere going to run for Congress,” Chitwood said.“Ilaughedatthatstuff.That’snot whatmotivatesme.
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Today,Portlandboaststwootheroper¬ ations,GrittyMcDuff’s,anOldPortbrew¬ pub company, and Portland Lager, brewedinUtica,NewYorkbutmarketed hereandelsewhereinthecountry.Nowin hisfourthyear,DavidGearyisoptimistic abouttheviabilityofhisenterprise.The brewingcapacityof8,500barrelswas expanded by 35% this past summer. Geary’sAlesaleshavesteadilygrown,
thebrewerybusiness.Subcontractinghis Portland Lager recipe to the FX Matt Brewing Company Utica, New York and concentratinghiseffortsonmarketing. Ofthethreebrewingoperations,Port¬ land Lager appears to have the least impactonthemarketatthispointintime, althoughitsinitialthrustwashighprofile. Microbreweriestendtomake“niche” products;theytendtobebrewedfora particulartasteappeal.Theymightnot affectthesalesofmajorproducers,but most certainly many beer drinkers in Maineseemstohavetakenthemtoheart. —DavidSwartzentruber
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The nocturnals of Portland, those who work all night and sleep all day, are generally nocturnals by choice— neither insomniacs wandering out into the night nor moonlighters earning extra bucks. They willingly turn theirlivesupsidedownuntiltheyarebalancedrightside Up—their biological clocks wound in the opposite direction but wound nevertheless and ticking like yours and mine.
Still,itisanotherlifetoworkallnight—tostartwork when the rest of Portland is fast asleep. Even the names forthehoursofthelastshiftsounddreadful:Graveyardor Third, like Third Place, like why even go pick up your ribbon. If you’ve been up at night you’ve seen them standing on street corners waiting with lunchboxes for a carpool of fellow nocturnals, and perhaps you’ve decided they’rethedefiantones,havingpeculiarsleephabitsand remaining permanently out of sync with the rest of us. And, then in the morning, the nocturnals return home to hide the day and sleep, wearing sleeping masks, and earplugstomufflethesoundsofthediurnals.
The work itself of those who work all night is no different from what takes place during “normal” hours. The machinery of business knows no time of day, includingthemachinesthemselvesinfactoriessuchasS. D. Warren and B&M Baked Beans, which run twenty-four hours a day. Money is made as easily at night as it is during day.
There is also, in the common perception of nocturnals, the built-in notion that they’re getting away with something,havesecretprojectslikecatburglars,whofor obvious reasons do not climb the sides of buildings or homes during the day.
Barbara Maier and Mary Duggan, who take phone ordersforL.L.Beanfrom11p.m.to7a.m.,bestrepresent the preference to work all night. They say they love it. Both are mothers who tuck in their children at night and are home in the morning before shipping them off to school.“I’mabletospendqualitytimewithmychildren,” says Barbara, who has been a group leader on the 3rd shift, seven days a week for two years. “I’m used to it ...You see some people who just aren’t cut out for those
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Theonlyprankcallthateitherof them mentioned was authored by DavidLetterman,whowasafter somelatenightantics.Unfortunately forL.L.Bean’sadvertising,the phonerepwastooshytospeakto themillionsofviewers.
LatelastsummerIlastedaweekat B&M Baked Beans, loading boiling hotcansofbeansontodolliesand wheelingthemtoastationwhere they were submerged into 2000degreewater.Theshiftbeganat midnightandlasteduntil9a.m.,
and I met people who had been up allnightfortenyears.Ihonestly don’tknowhowtheydoit,the noise,steamandheat,andthe physicalenergyrequiredhasto exceedmostanyone’slevelof endurance.But,again,thepeople met at B&M, an even match of men and women, were pleased with theirdecisiontoworkallnight. Theylikedhavingtheir daysfree,andtherewasalotof assembly-line comaraderie among employees,regardlessofseniority. Youjustknowthatiftheperson beforeyouonlineisdoinghisor herjob,thenyoucandoyours, whichisespeciallyimportantat nightwhenonecaneasilynodoff whilebeinghypnotizedbyallthose shinycansracingby.
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Workbreaksduringthe3rdshift helpandhurt.Help,becauseyou needtorest.Hurt,becauseyou realize,likebeingonalonghike, youshouldn’tsitdownoryou’ll nevergetup.Themostdie-hard night workers remained busy dur¬ ingbreaks.Thesamegroupoften gatheredaroundthesametableto playcards;theysatinthesame configurationnightafternight. Theyhadnodifficultygoingback
towork,unlikethosefoolish enough to look out the window to seethatit’sstilldarkoutsideand wereasleep,noddingagainstthe glass when break ended.
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Oneearlymorningthesupervisor grabbed my arm and lead me over tooneofthewindowsfacing Casco Bay. And he shouted over themachinerywhilepointingata beautifulsunrise,"That'swhy we’reinMaine.”That’soneadvan¬ tagetobeinganorturnal:Yousee thebeginningofeachnewday. Anotherisyou’vefinishedyour work before “normal” people have started.Onthewayhomeyouget tolaughatallthepeoplewhohave tostayindoorsallday.Duringthe summer, I met a good number of nocturnalsasleepbydayonthe beach. They appear, to those who aren’tawareoftheirnighttime activities,tobepersonsofleisure. Nocturnalsironicallygetthebest tans.
But,afterworkandbeforegoing to sleep, certain B&M employees head out to The Recovery Room for cocktails,sippingdrinkswhilethe restofPortlandisonitsfirstcupof coffee.
The largest crowd of each summer gathers in our backyard.Well,practically.
The Brunswick Naval Air Station is just a short bike ride fromourstreet,andonSeptember’slast days of warmth, about 125,000 folks linedtherunwaystowatchwhattheNavy billsasTheGreatStateofMaineAir Show.
Most years, we don’t go. Putting 125,000peopleonBrunswick’sbywaysis acan’t-missgridlockrecipe,andI’ve neverthoughtMaine-coastsummerSun¬ daysshouldbespentintraffic.Butour youngergenerationdecided1989would betheyeartogoallout,rentaWinne¬ bago,putsomeplastic-webbedfolding chairsandacaseofcoldbeeronitsroof anddotheairshowinstyle.Well,they scratched the Winnebago, but three siblingsandtheirpartnersshowedupin timeforustojointhecrowdjustasthelady sangthenationalanthem.
Talk about hot. The concrete runway where we baked must have been a good 110 degrees. 1 was surprised that 125,000 Maine folks who could have beencoolingatthebeachdecidedinstead tocomeandwatchtheU.S.Navyspend someofitstaxmoney.Thatperspiring crowdmadeitsowndefinitivestatement aboutthesortofsentimentalpatriotism
Aswemadeslowbutsteadyprogress towardtheexitgatesaftertheAngelshad landed, we were passed by ambulances headedin,ontheirwaytocopewith scoresofheatexhaustioncases.Itwas thatsortofaday,andnotagoodonefor theNavy’sfreshwatertankstorundry.
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The woman and the man had just walkedintoanantiqueshopwhenthe womansawthecabinet.“Look,”shesaid, “isn’titbeautiful?It'sasbeautifulasany¬ thingwe’veseenyet!”
Together they walked over to the cabinet which—the woman noticed — stoodastallasherhusband.Shereached outwithbothhandstotouchit,andshe realizedthatshewastouchingthecabinetthe waysheusedtotouchherhusband’sbody beforetheyhadbeenmarriedaslongasthey weremarriednow.Sheclosedhereyesand feltthesurfaceofthewoodslidingunderher fingersassmoothlyastheskinonhisback. Shepicturedtheovalshapeofhisnaked back,andherfingersglideddownthepanels thewaytheyusedtoglidedownthoselong slopesthatsanktothesmallofhisbackand abovehisbuttocks.
Thenthewomanopenedhereyesand tookherhandsoffthecabinet.Shelooked aroundtoseeifthedealerhadnoticedher strokinghiscabinet,butshesawthathewas standinginthebackoftheshoptalk¬ ing to someone who looked like a customer.
Fortheskinofthecabinetwasexactlythe colorofherhusband’sskin.Theentire cabinetwasadeepambercolorlikethecolor ofherhusband.Shewasastonishedthatshe hadn’t noticed this color earlier — attheveryinstanttheyenteredtheshop,for surely she had been drawn across the roombythatamberglowagainstthewall wherethecabinetstood.
The Vinalhaven Press: The First Five Years. An exhibition of works byinternationallyknownartistsfromthis master print workshop located on Vinalhaven. Museum of Art, Bates College,Lewiston.ExhibitendsNov.19.
“Celebrations,”paintingsbyPriscilla Cross(throughDec.5)atthePortland Public Library, Lewis Gallery, Five Monument Square.
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7PlaysatPortlandStageCompany:Joe Egg,byPeterNichols(endsNov.19). AccidentalDeathofanAnarchist, by DarioFo(Nov.28-Dec.17).Sizme Banzi IsDead and TheIsland (Jan.2-21),by AtholFugard,JohnKani,andWinston Ntshona.Shakespeare’s TwelfthNight (Feb.3-25). DrivingMissDaisy, by AlfredUhry,(March6-25). LittleEgypt, byLynnSieffert(April10-29).ForsubContinued
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DeathinVenice at Portland Museum of Art-DirkBogardestarsinthisfilmbased onthenovelbyThomasMann.Directed byLuchinoVisconti.AlsoattheMuseum, Kagemusha. Directed by Akira Kuros¬ awa,thisfilmwonthe1980grandprizeat Cannes.
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Watch over 180 degrees of boating activity on Penobscot Bay on covered porch over 132 feet of frontage with deepwater anchorage-cozy two bedroom year-round home on 3/4 plus acre of privacy and charm 3 miles south of downtown Belfast. Asking $24 5,000
The most successful 35unit complex on the Maine Coast adjacent to Samoset Resort on Rockland Harbor. 2-3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, livingroom with fireplace, fully equipped furnished or unfurnished, two-car garage, deepwater anchorage with docking facility. Owner financing to qualified buyer. Asking $285,000
16 acres with 365 feet on tarred town road in Northport highland, possible waterviews over Bayside Village. Active summer community with yacht club and golf course. Owner financing to qualified buyer. Asking AQUA-TERRA
Channing Hall, originally a private Georgian estate, now offers seven townhomes designed for the discriminating individual. Located in the heart of Ogunquit. Channing Hall is footsteps from Picturesque Perkins Cove. Ogunquit Beach, and the world-famous Ogunquit Play¬ house. Every detail in the newly constructed townhomes, from the built-in bookcases, win¬ dowseats, French doors, balconies, and firepla¬ ces, is constructed with the finest quality mate¬ rials to harmonize with the gracious structure.
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