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Volume 18 • Issue No. 19
Let the Games Begin! Spring Special Olympics Returns NORTH BERWICK Approximately 300 Special Olympians are expected to attend the York County Spring Games on Thursday, May 19, at Noble High School in North Berwick. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Events begin immediately thereafter and continue through 2:00 p.m. In case of rain, the event will be rescheduled for May 20. Special Olympics athletes
from all over York County will attend the annual event, which is also a divisioning event for the Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games held in June in Orono. Athletes will participate in track-and-field events. There is also a division for athletes using wheelchairs and other assistive devices. Sponsors of the event include the Knights of Columbus, the Kittery/York Lions Club, and
York Hospital. Nearly all of the event officials are student-athletes from Noble High School. Logistical support is provided by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Many Law Enforcement agencies send representatives who will assist in award presentations. The events are open to the public and spectators are welcome. For more information, contact Dennis Dean at 207 451-7469, or email ddcrna@comcast.net.
OMAA Receives Winslow Homer Drawing OGUNQUIT The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) has received a gift of a drawing by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), “Untitled,” also referred to as “The Rescue Party.” This is the first drawing by the artist to enter the collection at OMAA and made its debut when the museum opened for the season on May 1. The work was donated by longtime supporters Helen and Michael Horn. “I always loved collecting old things, things with a history, an attractive patina, or some age to them,” said Helen Horn. “This Homer drawing had been in my family for several
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generations (about 70 years). It was obvious that the Ogunquit Museum of American Art would make the perfect home for a drawing of the seacoast by an early Maine artist. My husband and I could not think of a more fitting institution for it.” The small but dramatic drawing shows three groups of men in heavy-weather gear approach i ng resc ue boats. Working along a rocky beach, they leave footprints in the wet sand. Beyond them, choppy surf breaks, and in the distance, beneath an ominous sky rendered in heavy strokes, a masted ship
KITTERY On May 5, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) held a brief ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly constructed Dry Dock #1 Super Flood Basin. Dry Dock #1 is the shallowest of the three dry docks at the shipyard and had previously required a buoyancy assist system comprised of large floodable air-filled tanks, as well as a peak high tide in order to dock and undock submarines. The Super Flood Basin, similar to a navigational lock, constructed at the entrance of the dry dock now enables submarines to dock without buoyancy assist and independent of the Piscataqua River’s tides. Earlier, in the second week of April, the basin performed exactly as designed when it supported the docking of USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), a historic first for Dry Dock #1 (pictured).
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Winslow Homer’s “Untitled,” c. 1890s, graphite on paper, 5.25” x 8.25”, has been gifted to OMAA from Helen and Michael Horn.
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lies stranded at a perilous angle. Their high boots, Sou’wester hats, and slickers suggest the US Life-Saving Service, predecessor to the Coast Guard, which was a frequent subject in Homer’s work. Ret a i n i ng t he u neve n edges of a page cut from a sketchbook, ghostly images of erased figures, and slashes of pencil directing the flow of the action, this work provides valuable insight on Homer’s creative process as he reworks the scene to infuse the composition with
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“The opening of the Super Flood Basin is a major milestone for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ensuring we have the right capabilities to successfully execute our mission in support of the submarine fleet,” said Shipyard Commander, Capt. Michael Oberdorf. “It took a great deal of planning
and construction work to get us where we are today, and while we still have a lot of infrastructure optimization work ahead of us, this is a huge win for the shipyard and the Navy.” The Super Flood Basin was a remarkable project, not only based on what it delivers regarding readiness, but also on the construction itself. The basin impounds more than 20 million gallons of water (40 Olympic swimming pools) at a 16-foot differential from the surrounding Piscataqua River. The Super Flood Basin project modified existing structures, parts of which were built in 1845, to allow the docking of submarines regardless of the tide. “It truly was a team effort [among Navy leadership, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command See BASIN on page 4 . . .
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