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July 18 - 24, 2012 • Vol. 8, No. 37

Music for Al Capp to Listen To

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter the concerts are ––––––––––––––––– soliciting donations of food and other items (peanut butter, bottled juice and cereal and shampoo and toothpaste) for Our Neighbors' Table.

The amphitheater in the middle of downtown is along a cascading Powow River. Beside it is the Riverwalk built as a meandering path along the river and between the old mills.

On a hot summer Photo courtesy of Solarize Newburyport Photo by Stewart Lytle day last week it was The Solarize Newburyport team at the Farmer's Market. Left to right are The Al Capp Amphitheater in Amesbury. is home to refuge for people to Mike Ozog with SunBug Solar, Jill Haley Murphy and Jo Ann Clemens with Music in the Millyard.

Continued on page 3 Solarize Newburyport, Ben Mayer and Ben Aparo with SunBug Solar.

AMESBURY – This Thursday and NEWBURYPORT – The city is next you have the opportunity to looking for a few good roofs. enjoy one of this city's hidden jewels.

If your house is built on a northBy Maggie Gore, Correspondent While sitting in the amphitheater south axis and the roof is bathed in ––––––––––––––––– along the Riverwalk, named for Children wiggled sunlight for much of the day, the city cartoonist Al Capp, the Chamber of in their seats with has a deal for you.

Commerce is bringing Liz Frame and For about $25,000, or $15,000 anticipation as Parks the Kickers to perform a free concert. after rebates and the state and federal primed the audience Next Thursday, the Elle Gallo & income tax credits, the city's chosen with amazing facts Dangerous Men band will perform installer, Sunbug Solar, will attach about one of nature’s at the Music in the Millyard concert most extraordinary solar panels to your roof. Those panels series. The annual concert series was should generate about 5 kilowatts of owls. launched last Thursday with the power, enough to generate electricity “Here’s a bird that has Don't Call Me Shirley band. for your home or business and have been witnessed hunting It is an event that you can imagine some left over that you can sell back raccoon, porcupine, Capp, who is buried at the Mount and even other birds. to the electric utility.

Prospect Cemetery in Amesbury, Between the money saved from They are opportunists would have appreciated.

Photo by Maggie Gore and they are the only not paying for electricity and what Sponsored for six years by the bird that is capable of the utility pays you for the extra Newburyport Five Cent Savings Jim Parks holding a Great Horned owl at the Hamilton-Wenham Library catching Red foxes and electricity, you should recoup your Bank, the event was the bank's idea even a Fischer,” said Parks. Slowly, he investment in four to seven years. “to bring the community together,” SOUTH HAMILTON—A crowd Considering that the panels are opened the wooden door to the cage said Amesbury branch manager Erica gathered at the Hamilton-Wenham expected to last 25 to 30 years, of a Great Horned owl and children Brooks-Sayers.

Public Library last Wednesday evening you would not only be helping the The two-hour concerts, which to see licensed wild-life observer, Jim ooed and awed at the bird’s grandeur.

“The Great Horned Owl can environment, you could have a begin at 6 p.m., are also sponsored Parks, present some of North America’s Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3

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Most people are familiar with the figurative use of this popular phrase, but here in Newbury and the surrounding towns its meaning is quite literal.

Horse hay, cow hay and marsh hay provide local farmers with an annual income. The type of hay produced is largely dependent upon the soil in which the hay is grown.

To many folks hay fields appear to be nothing more than tall grass but to farmers these fields are potential income. Before you start thinking about how easy this sounds, read on.

Many of us today have to adjust our financial lives due to circumstances beyond our control.

Imagine that your income depends upon the weather!

Undoubtedly there are few events as uncontrollable as the weather.

In the case of hay, it must be made while the sun shines. And the sun has to shine for several days in a row – without any rain! It takes either a mystic or a seasoned farmer to predict when our town by the sea will not have mist, drizzle, rain or heavy clouds for days in a row!!

Even professional weather reports aren’t that accurate.

Hay has to be dry to begin with.

On the day it is cut, machines come in and tedder it (fluff it up) to help ensure even drying. When it has cured and the farmer thinks it is dry, the hay is raked into win rows, then it is baled.

If it rains or gets damp during this process the farmer will probably lose the entire field and any income the field would produce.

Rowley Here are a few other uncontrollable events during this 3-4 day process.

The machinery used to cut, tedder, rake and bale hay is more costly than the most expensive automobile you can purchase. During the process, if one piece of machinery breaks down the process stops. There are no local tractor/equipment repair shops and no rental facilities to help save the crop before rain comes – or a misty evening leaves too much morning dew.

These resourceful men and Kathryn O'Brien is on the Newbury women have to figure it out – Agricultural Commission, a realtor at quickly before their family income RE/MAX Prestige and owner By the Way Farm, Newbury. dies with the hay on the ground.

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The cost of diesel and fuel to run these machines is beyond unbelievably expensive.

While these farmers are “making hay while the sun shines” their days are often 18 hours of steady work under a hot sun. And let’s not forget the insects!

After intense labor under a hot buggy sun has produced the bales, now the heaving lifting begins. All of those bales have to be taken inside immediately. Depending upon the size of the bale, the average bale in this area is around 30-40 pounds.

Most farmers don’t have a “kick” to their tractor which would “kick” the bale into a hay wagon. So each bale has to be picked up manually, tossed onto a truck or wagon and stacked neatly so the maximum number of bales can be placed on the truck/wagon. Then each bale has to be manually removed from the vehicle and restacked in a barn of hay loft. Have you ever been in a hot hay loft with limited roof height?

Due to the very small window of sunny weather these farmers have to keep going for days.

My wonderful friends, who are such farmers, cut and teddered my hay field the day before Father’s Day. On Father’s Day they were back. These sons, daughters, wives and fathers worked under these conditions all day to bring in my hay. None are related to me but the place they have in my heart could not be more special.

Thanks to their kindness they brought in 900 bales of gorgeous organic hay which will feed my horses for the next year.

The fine young men and woman who brought in all the hay were barely out of high school, if that.

They arrived and immediately set to work. Their work ethic was second only to their pleasant natures. They never complained, they barely rested, never chatted on their cell phones (if they had them), they were polite to me and to each other and at the end of a very hard hay, they came to my door, accepted a bottle of water and thanked me for the work.

These are not your average teenagers – these are very, very special young adults who understand that their biggest reward is within themselves for a hard job very, very well done.

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revenue generator on your roof for maybe 20 years. And you won't be paying for electricity anymore.

That message, delivered by the city's Solarize Newburyport team and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, has been so appealing that more than 170 home and business owners have already signed up to have their roofs evaluated.

So far, 72 out of the 170 roofs have proven to be good for solar. Only 14 have been ruled out. Another 82 could go either way.

Residents and small business owners have until the end of September to sign up. The city has scheduled two seminars this week for those who want more information. The first is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at City Hall. The second is Wednesday at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Pita Hall on Plum Island.

More information can also be found on the city's web site, cityofnewburyport.com.

Those interested in signing up for a free evaluation of their roof for solar power can call Jill Haley Murphy at 978-6337844 or email solarizenewburyport@ gmail.com.

Last week, the city selected the first roof. It will be at Brown's Wharf, not far from City Hall. Dr. Sam Merabi with Portside Dental is the program's first adopter of the solar panels. He hopes to reduce his dependence on National Grid for electricity for his dental practice and for his residence upstairs.

Sunbug Solar, which is based in Somerville, has scheduled his

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installation in August. Others selected for the program will follow throughout the fall.

Solarize Newburyport is a secondyear program by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to help towns and cities bring down the cost of installing small-scale solar panels on homes and small businesses.

Last year, the program was tried in four towns as the launch of the statewide effort to reach Gov. Deval Patrick's goal of having 250 megawatts of solar power installed by 2017. This year, the state added another 13 cities and towns, including Newburyport, which qualified because it is designated as a green community. No other North Shore communities are included, although the state offers other incentives for installing solar panels on individual homes and businesses even if your community is not in the Solarize program.

The advantage Solarize Newburyport offers is the power of the community buying. Newburyport selected and “vetted” Sunbug out of a field of 11 companies. By selecting one installation company, Newburyport and the other Solarize towns ensure that the homeowners and business owners will have a reputable company installing the solar panels.

Even more important, it creates the opportunity to reduce the price of the installation if enough buyers sign up.

If five homeowners sign up, Sunbug will offer a 6 percent discount on every installation. The discount increases with the number of installations to a maximum discount of 25 percent

on every installation if 50 or more homes and businesses sign up.

If the city can achieve the 25 percent discount, it is expected that the investments in solar panels will pay for themselves in four years.

There is also a lease option where the homeowner agrees to pay a monthly rent for the solar panels, but does not pay any money up front.

The rent is expected to be less than the electric bill. The upside is that the homeowner would not have to invest in the panels. The downside is that the company leasing the panels would reap the long-term revenues from the panels.

Murphy, who is the designated “coach” for Solarize Newburyport, hopes that her team of 10 volunteers and a handful of high school and college interns can get a lot of homeowners and business owners excited about the opportunity. They are canvassing the city to identify roofs that look like they would qualify and then knocking on doors to see if the owners are interested.

Last year, the town of Harvard had the most success of the four towns in the program. It signed up 75 homeowners or about 4 percent of its total households. The total amount of electricity generated by panels on Harvard homes is 402 kilowatts.

Newburyport has a lot more roofs than Harvard with 8,100 households, plus a large number of small businesses.

Sounding like a Yale alumni instead of the Harvard University Master's Program student she is, Murphy said, “We want to beat Harvard.”

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enjoy sitting at outdoor cafes and on benches.

Kevin Underreiner, who teaches real estate appraisal courses, comes to the Riverwalk to shoot photos.

“In the early morning when the sun is shining through the trees, it just seems to call out to be photographed,” he said. “This is a jewel.”

The Riverwalk, which has been a fixture of this old mill town for decades, is being expanded. The new Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority's terminal in the Lower Millyard is only a few blocks from downtown. But for years it has seemed like a different world. Now as part of the new bus transportation hub and civic building, the city has extended and Riverwalk. Pedestrians can walk from the bus terminal along

a landscapped path to downtown.

Along the way they can read signs posted to keep the history of Amesbury alive. Much of the history is about the river and its role in the city's early commerce – from making nails to carriages to automobiles.

Seemingly out of character is the amphitheater and an archway dedicated to the cartoonist Capp. A plaque identifying the amphitheater links the inventor of Lil Abner and the other Dogpatch denizens to his brief residency in Amesbury. In the archway is a large poster with Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae and other of his iconic characters.

Born in 1909 in New Haven, CN, as Alfred Caplin, Capp won the National Cartoonists Association's award as Cartoonist of the Year in 1947. The organization also awarded

him its Elzie Segar Award for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning."

During the Great Depression, Capp moved to Boston and married Catherine Wingate Cameron, whom he had met in an art class.

Leaving his new wife with her parents in Amesbury, he returned to New York in 1933 and began drawing cartoons for newspapers. When his Li'l Abner cartoon was picked up by a national syndicate, it was suggested that he change his last name to Capp because the syndicate felt Caplin was too long to fit in a cartoon frame.

Capp had it changed legally in 1949.

A lifelong smoker, Capp died in South Hampton, NH, of lung disease in 1979. His wife died in 2006 at the age of 96. For more information on the concerts, call 978-388-3178.

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Parks additionally displayed three other owls including the American Kestrel, the Saw-Whet and the Screech owl—all of which are observable in

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Community Announcements AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church, is hosting a VBS for both girls & boys ages 5-9 years on Monday - Friday, August 6-10 from 9:00 am - 12 noon at the Church on 37 Market Street, Amesbury. “Encounter God” is the title of this western themed Vacation Bible School program that includes games in the gym, crafts, bible study and new songs to learn. A snack will be provided each day. A suggested donation fee of $10 per child is requested. However, we do not wish to keep any child away for financial reasons, so we will gladly accept whatever you can afford, even if it's nothing at this time. To register contact the church office by phone at 978388-0930 or email: msbcsec@verizon.net. Registration on Monday, August 6 will begin at 8:30 am. Friend us on Facebook or visit us on the web at www.MarketStreetBaptistChurch.org.

-----------------------------------------------------------BYFIELD - Community Food Pantry located at the Community United Methodist Church in Byfield is partnering with the Newbury Council on Aging to collect food for the pantry that serves all those in Byfield and Newbury. The Church prepares a light meal on • needed groceries afterward. Collection the Second and Fourth Thursday at 4:30 and invites you to come and then take home some containers will be at several locations throughout the Town and at the Senior Center. If you attend an event at the Senior Center, consider bringing a nonperishable food item or gift card from a local grocery store. Your support is a wonderful way to help your neighbor and the community. Contact the Church (978.255.0135) or the Council on Aging (978.462.8114) with questions.

• • -----------------------------------------------------------GROVELAND – An exciting new home made ice cream stand has opened adjacent to its farm stand. Everyone is invited to the Cow Barn Ice Cream Stand featuring locally made ice cream from Shaw Farm. Located on Rt. 97, the old fashioned tradition lives and is a wonderful experience to visit. The adjacent farm stand is open 7 days a week from 9 am - 6-30 pm and offers a good chance to meet others and shop around after getting an ice cream, sherbet, or frozen yogurt (available in non-fat and sugar free)! Their mouthwatering sherbets include homemade flavors such as: orange and a yummy refreshing watermelon! 918 Salem St., Groveland, MA (978) 3725558 - Look for animals to pet and more! Keep an eye open for our October Fest.....pumpkin carving, taste testing, kids rides and more!

Ice Cream Stand Open 1 - 9 DAILY -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - The Friends of the Ipswich Library will hold their annual summer book sale during Olde Ipswich Days Saturday, July 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the lawn of the Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street. The large selection will include hardcover and paperback books for children and adults, CD's and videos priced at fifty cents and $1.00. Proceeds will benefit library materials and programs, museum passes, and scholarships. www.ipswichlibrary.org -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Visit the 55th Yankee Homecoming Celebration, an annual Newburyport tradition, starting on Sunday, July 29th and running through Sunday, August 5th. This week-long celebration features numerous events such as: Free waterfront concerts, Downtown entertainment, Craft show, Kid's talent show, Family Day at Maudslay State Park, The Newburyport Brewfest, Old Fashioned Sunday, Fireworks, Yankee Homecoming Parade and much more! www.yankeehomecoming.com -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - The hugely popular 12th Annual Newburyport Kitchen Tour, benefiting the Newburyport Elementary PTO, will take place on Saturday, July 28th from 11 AM to 4 PM. This year’s tour has an incredible lineup featuring twelve unique kitchens, including Victorian, Greek Revival, Georgian, Federalist style homes and more recent Colonial or Cape style homes. Kitchens were chosen based on originality, design and functionality, and although kitchens are the focus of the tour, attendees can also enjoy a peek into other first floor living spaces. Whether you are looking for ideas for a renovation, want a few tips, or just enjoy looking at original and beautiful design, this tour is a must. So grab a friend and enjoy a great day in Newburyport! Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the event and are available for purchase online at www.NewburyportKitchenTour.com or in person at Fowles Market on High St, Lynch Pharmacy on High St, Souffle’s in Market Square, Plum Island Coffee Roasters at 54R Merrimac St or the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are non-refundable, and the tour is held rain or shine. For additional information or to contact us visit www.newburyportkitchentour.com or check us out on Facebook. This year’s Executive Sponsors are William Raveis Dolores Person Group; B&G Cabinets, LLC; and The Newburyport 5 Cents Savings Bank. The Newburyport Elementary PTO is a nonprofit organization of committed parents, teachers and administrators dedicated to enriching the Newburyport Elementary Schools.

All proceeds from the Tour support and enhance the schools.

-----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Friends of the Council on Aging will be holding their second silent auction on Saturday, September 29 at Hope Church, Hale Street, Newburyport from l:00 -4:00 p.m. Donations of your, no longer needed items, which would have a resale value f $25.00 , will be most welcome. Examples are vintage clothing, jewelry, home decor, small furniture and other treasurers. For bargain hunters, this is a great time for a special "find" or to do early holiday shopping. More information will be posted. For questions or to offer donations, please call 978-462-8650.

-----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Newburyport and the Civil War author, William Hallett and with his wife Elizabeth, invite you to join them on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 5 p.m or Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 10 a.m. for Footsteps of Heroes: Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport. The 90 minutes walking tour features sites and stories of Newburyport’s Civil War history including Albert W. Bartlett and the first troops who left the Clipper City; stories of the shipyard; a local politician (and dear friend of Jefferson Davis) who almost ran against Lincoln for president; stories of Frederick Douglass’ visit; a Newburyporter who would become a Confederate General; Civil War P.O.W.'s and GRAF RINK Learn to Skate more! The tour begins and ends at 57 State St (Arthur Page Insurance Co). Please wear appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes. Tips are welcome and a portion of which GRAF RINK NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS will go to historic preservation. For more information, please email: nbptcw@gmail.com or call 978.255.2567 or go to the web site: www.footstepsofheroes.com FOR ITS ------------------------------------------------------------

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Community Announcements NEWBURYPORT – Mass Audubon announces that members and other visitors to Joppa Flats Education Center can now register online for programs, events, and classes. People can enjoy the convenience of reviewing programs on their computers and other electronic devices and make their selections any time, any day. And they can still sign up in person or by phone during the education center’s hours of operation. The online option now provides all those who love Joppa Flats’ bounty of activities—each an invitation to the natural world—a quick and easy way to engage with Mass Audubon, New England’s largest conservation organization. For outdoor enthusiast or nature newbie, family or group, exploring options at Joppa Flats just got a whole lot simpler. Just click on www. massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms to connect with nature!

-----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - The YWCA Greater Newburyport is excited to announce a new initiative to support working families in the Greater Newburyport community. In fall 2012, the YWCA Children’s Center will be offering quality, affordable care for young children.

• At this new center, our experienced staff will provide a nurturing, positive environment for your infant, toddler or preschooler. The Children’s Center will operate from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm at our new Pond Street branch. The YWCA Children’s Center will also offer a half day option for preschoolers from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Child Care Circuit vouchers are accepted and a sliding fee scale is available for eligible families. We are currently accepting interest applications – spaces are filling fast. Hard Hat Tours of the YWCA Children’s • • Center will be offered Monday July, 30th and Tuesday, July 31st or come to our Open House on Wednesday, August 1st from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. For more information check out our website at www.ywcanewburyport.org or contact Nicole Brennan, Early Education Director, nbrennan@ywcanewburyport.org or 978-465-9922 ext. 22.

-----------------------------------------------------------NORTH ANDOVER - The Trustees of Reservations announce a new pick-your-own Flower Fields program at the Stevens-Coolidge Place. New this summer: The Stevens-Coolidge Place Flower Field! In an effort to encourage new visitors to enjoy the Stevens-Coolidge Place and to spread the word about sustainable backyard gardening practices, The Trustees of Reservations has launched a new pickyour-own Flower Field in the former vegetable garden at the Stevens-Coolidge Place. Known for its collection of formal gardens, the Stevens-Coolidge Place served as the summer home of John Gardner Coolidge and Helen Stevens Coolidge. Now owned and managed

by The Trustees of Reservations, the property is open to the public daily, dawn to dusk. The new Flower Field is child friendly, with pick your own hours available on Fridays and Saturdays, from 10:30 am- 6 pm starting Friday, July 20th. Bouquets are $7 for an adult size and $3 for a child size. Parking is available across the street in our parking lot on the corner of Chestnut St. and Andover St. In order to add this fun and educational opportunity to the property, we are looking for volunteers to lend a hand in the garden during pick-yourown hours. You will learn gardening skills, have fun with fellow volunteers, and get to take home free flowers for your help! Check out our website for more details on the pick your own program and volunteer opportunities: www.thetrustees.org -----------------------------------------------------------REGIONAL - World Experience is looking for three loving, caring families to host Foreign Exchange student/s for the upcoming school semester/year. Students are ages 15–18 years old, have passed an English test, and have their own medical insurance and spending money. Families provide a bed, study area, meals, and the support of a family. Students will arrive in August.

-----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Rowley Library is happy to announce our new passes for the Lowell Spinners. The passes are available for each home game and allows six people entrance at $3 per person (half price). The passes are presented to the box office of the Lowell Spinners when the tickets are purchased. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rowley Library. Don’t forget that the Rowley Library offers discount passes to a few of the local museums. These include: Museum of Science, Children’s Museum of Boston, Peabody Essex, the Zoo, Museum of Fine Art, and free parking to all Massachusetts State Parks. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rowley Library, the Rowley Cultural Council, and a generous patron.

-----------------------------------------------------------SALISBURY - The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will meet at 7:30 PM on Wednesday Aug 8th at our new location, the East Parish Methodist Church, Salisbury Square (route 1), Salisbury, MA. Sean Doyle will speak on “Andersonville.” Admission is free and anyone with an interest in America’s Civil War is invited to attend. For more information visit our web page www.cwrtm.org or call Tom at (978) 462-8518.

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THURSDAY, JULY 19th 920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, Nh (Route 1) Therapist & Children’s Entertainer. is for 7th-12th grade. Registration is He really gets the kids involved with required. You can register online at www.

Located Across From instruments for everyone. This is sure to amesburylibrary.org or email Margie at ROWLEY LIBRARY EVENTS be a favorite! Program is free and open mwalker@mvlc.org Thursday, July 19th,10:30 a.m., Yoga, to the public. Wednesday, July 18th followed by Storytime at 11a.m. and at 10:30 a.m. Please call the Rowley A VIEW TO THE SEA: THE GRAND in the evening, Teen Photography with library at 978-948-2850 for details on ALLEÉ TOUR Julie Shimer from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. any of these programs or if you have any The Trustees of Reservations is pleased Program is free and open to the public.

Open year-round Saturdays and Sundays questions. to announce a new landscape tour Please call the Rowley library at 978-948opportunity this season at Castle Hill, a 2850 for details on any of these programs Call: (978) (FREE ADMISSION) ORIGAMI PROGRAM Country Place Era estate and a National or if you have any questions.

380-0019 9AM to 6PM Historic Landmark located at 290 Argilla Road in Ipswich, MA. A View to the MUSIC IN THE MILLYARD Sea: The Grand AlleÊ Tour is offered Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Wednesdays, July 18, August 15, and is pleased to announce the 2012 Music September 12, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. in the Millyard free community concert Admission is $10 for TTOR members, series. A great mix of local and popular $15 for non-members, and pre- bands will provide concert goers and registration is required at 978-356-4351, enjoyable evening of entertainment. x4049.

Dates: July 12, 19 & 26 All Concerts: Landscape Supplies 6:00-8:00PM The 2012 Line-Up: Don't WEDNESDAY EVENING Call Me Shirley - Thursday July 12th; ... and Landcape Supplies Mulches LECTURE Liz Frame and the Kickers - Thursday, Contact: Bob Davidson, Project Manager Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, July 19th; Elle Gallo & Dangerous Men Stone bob@thetowncommon.com • 978-948-8696 Ipswich will host a Wednesday Evening - Thursday, July 26th (sponsored by Sand 77 Wethersfield Street, Rowley, MA 01969 Lecture on July 18 at 7:30 pm. Celebrate Flatbread Co.) For more information • All Shrubs $25 25 years of antiques dealing when the or updates please call: (978) 388-3178. www.thetowncommon.com • All Hangers $20 Loam evening’s host, Robert Cianfrocca, owner Giving back is the best way forward: • Buy a Tree of Salt Marsh Antiques in Rowley, gives Once again donations will be collected Stonedust th Delivery and Planted (local) a presentation and appraisal night. Bring for Amesbury's Our Neighbors' Table. $149.95 one item per person for appraisal at Most need items include: peanut butter, Wood Products . Bark Mulch . Loam $5/each. Refreshments will be served canned chicken/tuna, bottled juice, Shrub - Trees . Produce . Wood Products following the lecture. The First National cereal, boxed pasta, shampoo/toothpaste . Bakery Goods . Candy . Dom’s Meat Bank of Ipswich generously sponsors the and healthy granola bars.

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FIGHT THE BITE: A DISCUSSION ABOUT MOSQUITOES, MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES & HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY & YOURSELF On Thursday, July 19th at 6:30 p.m., the Newburyport Department of Public Health, Division of Community Nursing will sponsor an informational talk about mosquito surveillance in our community, the mosquito-borne illnesses Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV), and how to protect your family and yourself. The discussion will be led by Dr. Cuebas- Incle, a doctoral graduate of Cornell University and entomologist for the Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation and light refreshments will be served. The Newburyport Public Library will be hosting the event and will provide relevant reference material and information in the weeks prior to the talk. For more information, please visit the Newburyport Public Library’s Information Desk or call 978.465.4428 ext. 226.

DAVID WAX MUSEUM TO PERFORM AT CASTLE HILL Folk Rock group David Wax Museum will perform at Castle Hill, 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich on Thursday, July 19th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Since their breakout performance at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival, David Wax Museum has become

a New England favorite, winning Boston Music Awards in 2010 and 2011 and featured on National Public Radio. The Castle Hill gates will open at 5 p.m. for picnicking. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Space is limited and the gates will close once capacity is reached.

Admission is at the gate only--$30/car or $20/car for members of The Trustees of Reservations. There is a 6 person per car maximum; each additional passenger will be charged $5. Motorcycles are $10 and walk-ins $5. Weather cancellations (if necessary) will be announced by 3:00 p.m. concert-day. Visit www.thetrustees. org or call 978.356.4351 for more details.

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PARENT/CHILD WALKABOUT: BUTTERFLYING AT JOPPA FLATS Come outside to explore the ecology, sights, and sounds of our coast as we look for caterpillars, butterflies, and moths. A fun, energetic format for families with children ages 3 to 6. Led by TeacherNaturalist Lisa Hutchings. The fee covers one adult and one child. Choose one of two sessions. Friday, July 20, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm. Meet at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $15.

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SEDGWICK’S LITERARY LEGACY RECEPTION Join us for our seasonal reception and presentation by local author, Wendy Murray, who will highlight the legacy of Ellery Sedgwick and his contribution to the 20th-century American literary landscape. Sedgwick, who owned The Atlantic Monthly magazine for three decades (1908 to1938), launched the lettered careers of great writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost.

Friday, July 20th, 7-8:30pm, Members $10 and Nonmembers $15 - Beverages and local cuisine will be served. We will be featuring a different award winning author at each reception. Our web site www.thetrustees.org has detailed information.

July 18 - 24, 2012 family night out. Bring a beach chair and experience what summer should be all about – fun, beach pizza, ice cream cones and more! WHERE: On the Beachfront Stage at the top of Broadway Saturday nights thru September 1st Concert: 7:30pm – 10:00pm Fireworks: 10:15pm SUNDAY, JULY 22nd ISLES OF SHOALS ADVENTURE

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Shuttle out to the Isles of Shoals for a paddle to see wildlife. On-deck barbecue lunch included. Co-sponsored by Plum Island Kayak. Sunday, July 22, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm. Meet at Plum Island Kayak, 92 Merrimack St, Newburyport. Fee: $170. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/ joppaflats.

NEWBURYPORT FARMERS MARKET Come enjoy the season with The SATURDAY, JULY 21st Newburyport Farmers’ Market featuring locally grown veggies, live music, locally PADDLE TO THACHER ISLAND prepared food products and artisanal Join Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary crafts! The Market will be held every Director Carol Decker and kayaking Sunday rain or shine from 9:00amguides from Essex River Basin Adventures 1:00pm at the Tannery Marketplace. for a kayaking adventure. We will paddle from Rockport to Thacher Island, where LIGHTHOUSE OPEN HOUSE 22 acres are maintained as a national Friends of Portsmouth Harbor wildlife refuge. We will visit an active Lighthouses, a chapter of the American nesting colony of gulls and cormorants, Lighthouse Foundation, will host an and walk to the top of the North Tower open house at Portsmouth Harbor lighthouse, where the views from the Lighthouse in New Castle, NH, on every catwalk are stunning. Meets in Essex. Sunday now through Columbus Day, Directions will be sent. Equipment and from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. No reservations transportation from Essex to the put- are needed; the guided tours are on a first in site will be provided. Some ocean- come, first served basis. Children under kayaking experience is desirable, but 42 inches tall are not permitted to climb double kayaks are available for those to the top, and adults are not permitted with limited kayaking experience. to carry children up the stairs. Visitors are SATURDAY, JULY 21 / 10:00 a.m.-4:00 invited to climb to the lantern room to p.m. FEE: $87 ($78/Mass Audubon enjoy the magnificent view at the mouth members). Advance registration is of the Piscataqua River and to see the required; call 978-887-9264. For a 19th century lens up close. Volunteers complete program description go to will tell visitors about the history of the www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver. light station, and there will be souvenirs for sale. There are 44 stairs and a 7-rung IPSWICH BREWERS VINTAGE ladder to the lantern room. Flat shoes BASE BALL DOUBLE-HEADER (not sandals or flip-flops) are strongly Watch the Ipswich Brewers play against recommended to climb to the top. other regional clubs, using 1861 rules. The suggested donation to climb the At these fun, historically accurate games, lighthouse is $4 for adults and $2 for players pitch underhand, a ball bounced children 12 and under. Visitors should once and caught is an out, and no gloves park outside the gate to Coast Guard are allowed. Beer samples provided by Station Portsmouth Harbor and walk to Ipswich Ale. Snacks, baseballs, and cards the lighthouse. For more information, are available for purchase. Grass field visit www.portsmouthharborlighthouse. seating: bring blankets and lawn chairs, org. no reserved seating. Weather permitting, please call. Ipswich Brewers vs. Mudville SUMMER CONCERT @ Base Ball Club Saturday, July 21, 12:00 BELLEVILLE p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Spencer-Peirce-Little Join Ross Varney and friends Sunday Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Mass. July 22 at 7pm in the Belleville Meeting Free to Historic New England members, House for an evening of songs meant $5 nonmembers Please call 978-462- to move and lift our hearts. While Rev. 2634 for more information.

Varney's compositions reflect both the shadows and light in all our lives, they SURFSIDE LIVE! usually reflect positive transformation Every Saturday Night! What better way through "faith, hope, and love," the to see a concert than sitting at the edge subtitle of both of his recent albums. of the sand, with the ocean as a back- There will be an opportunity to sing drop. Hear great regional and national along with some choruses! Freewill musicians as they fill the salt air with the offering at the door. Refreshments and sounds of summer. Then, enjoy a dazzling a Silent Auction follow the concert. All fireworks display over the ocean. A great are welcome. Belleville Congregational

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TUESDAY, JULY 24th DINING TO DONATE The Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society will be holding a “Dining to Donate” fundraising event at the Flatbread Company Restaurant, 5 Market Square in downtown Amesbury, on Tuesday July 24th from 4pm to 9pm.

A portion of all pizza sales during this time will be donated to the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society to help cats in need. There will also be a raffle and information about the Society’s programs available. This event is open to anyone.

For more information call 978-4620760, email info@mrfrs.org or go to www.mrfrs.org WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th MIME SHOW FOR ALL AGES Laughter is the Best Medicine is a collection of Robert Rivest’s most humorous and heartwarming mime stories. It’s simply a fun way to bring the whole community together through smiles, giggles, and roaring laughter.

Robert Rivest is a comic, inspirational speaker, a talented health, literacy and stress relief educator, a master mime artist and a gifted laughter yoga teacher. Since 1990 Robert Rivest has given over 5,000 presentations in 11 countries in Europe, Africa, and across the United States. His mission: to uplift and entertain while sharing important tools that brings wellness, laughter and joy to individuals and organizations around the world.

Robert will be at the Amesbury Public Library on Wednesday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. He will be outside at the gazebo.

If there is rain it will be in the Teen Lounge. All ages are welcome. For more information contact Margie at 978-3888148 ext 610 or email mwalker@mvlc. org TRIVIA NIGHT Keon's Trivia Nights on Wednesday from 7-9, $2 off all menu items & gift certificate giveaways. 258 Andover St, Georgetown 978-352-2900 WHO’S WATCHING YOU? OWLS OF THE WORLD Everyone loves owls! Yet, how many of us have ever seen a live owl up close?

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Launched earlier this year as part of the company's Sonicare product line, the AirFloss uses compressed air to accelerate microdroplets of water or mouthwash to disrupt and remove plaque in between teeth where a toothbrush cannot reach.

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So, how does it work? The cordless AirFloss is about the same size as a standard electric toothbrush and features a nozzle with a guidance tip that ensures proper nozzle placement by gliding along the gum line and settling in between teeth. The handle and nozzle are designed to enable easy access to all areas of the mouth, according to the company.

The device features a reservoir that can hold enough water or mouth rinse for two uses (less than a teaspoon for each use). Switching it on is like clicking a computer mouse. It is powered by a lithium-ion battery that holds a two-week charge.

The power on the Sonicare AirFloss is not adjustable; it has been designed to offer the optimal power to ensure it is effective in removing plaque while remaining gentle on gums and dental work, according to the company.

In another clinical study conducted by the company but not yet published, it found that after one month of use 96% of 51 patients who flossed irregularly continued to use AirFloss at least four times a week.

"Flossing is such a huge challenge for dental professionals and is probably the No. 1 compliance issue," according to a Sonicare representative. "That is why the value of something that will take patients from no interproximal (between the teeth) cleaning to four times a week is priceless."

While the AirFloss has not been designed to directly replace floss in all aspects (such as removing large debris from in between teeth), it is an excellent alternative for daily interproximal cleaning.

"The Sonicare AirFloss is not designed to replace string floss," Sonicare adds. "It is for the up to 90% of dental patients who are noncompliant flossers." When compared with the Waterpik, the AirFloss uses less water, gives more control, and is overall a more user-friendly product.

While not inexpensive at about $100, it is another tool that can improve your oral health….if you are interested.

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to healthcentered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at jpstclair@ dentalhealthforlife.com. You can view all previously written columns at www. jpeterstclairdentistry.com/blog.

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How much money can one receive? The general rule of thumb is the older you are and the higher the appraised value of your home, the more money you receive. The major determining factors are: the reverse mortgage program chosen, the age of the borrower, the appraised value of your home, the amount of equity in the home and the current interest rates.

Repayment options: No repayment is made until the home is sold or the owner(s) permanently moves out or passes away. If the last surviving borrower passes away while living in the home the home remains in the estate and the estate can pay-off the reverse mortgage principal plus accrued interest. If you or other siblings want to keep the home in the family, you can take out a new traditional mortgage or use other assets to pay for it. If

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Although we are just about through the spring market, the fall market isn’t far away. This is a time of year where we get calls from homeowners who are contemplating putting their home on the market. In any introductory meeting each side undergoes a feeling out process. From the REALTOR® prospective we are asking questions related to the home and questions to see where the homeowner is in the sale process. Conversely, many homeowners are just trying to get an idea if the person sitting across from them is someone who can be trusted in the sale of their most prized possession.

If you're selling a home, a good realestate agent will help you set the right price, market the home professionally, qualify the buyers and expertly negotiate and finalize the deal.

The better REALTORS® have experience with recent sales, know the local market and can balance optimism with realism and diplomacy with brutal honesty. As a homeowner it doesn’t do you any good to hear that your home is worth 25% more than the market will allow. You owe it to yourself to find a REALTOR® who will represent the market and you fairly. To identity a successful local agent you should ask or find out the following: 1. Referrals & Visibility Do you know this person sitting across from you? Do you have family or friends who have done business with him or her? If not ask for referrals. Any agent not willing to give you names and phone numbers of previously clients are ones you probably don’t want to work with. How active is this REALTOR® in your town? Do you see evidence of

their activity? Do they have “sold” signs all over town? If so, they are probably doing something right. One other way to identify prospective REALTORS® is to use the search tools on the websites of the National Association of Realtors or the Council of Residential Specialists.

2. Why that Price?

All agents will put together a market analysis on your home which is a comparison of recent, pending and homes for sale of similar size, age and style to yours. However, not all REALTORS® will be able to tell you about the sales they are representing as similar. Ask the REALTOR® why they chose a particular home and if they know anything about it. Ask why they are coming up with a price $50,000 more or less than what you anticipated.

A good REALTOR® should be able to show you, based on what has sold why he/she suggested the price they did.

3. Duties Not all REALTORS® are the same.

For example, some may just put a lock box on your home and send over prospective buyers, some will accompany all showings. Ask what your REALTOR® will do for you.

Ask what those duties will cost too.

We all know that REALTORS® work on commission but what do you get for that commission. Will you meet the fire department? Will you show me what I need for the inspections?

Will you help with closing items, etc.?

Also is this a full time job for your REALTOR®? If so, are they the head of a “team”, the team concept is fine but if you are hiring this particular person you want to make sure you will hear from him/her again.

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Asking questions of your prospective REALTOR® is a good way to get to know him/her and to feel comfortable going forward. Selling your home can be a lengthy process (although lately it has been quick!) so by asking questions now you can get to answering questions from your mover like “where would you like the couch to go” later.

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