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For his public service, Castine assistant fire chief Peter Vogell (left) is awarded alegislative sentiment plaque by Representative Ralph Chapman at the State Housein Augusta on April 8. Photo courtesy of the Maine Legislature

Peter Vogell honored for 50 years of service

AUGUSTA—Peter Vogell, assistantfire chief of the Castine Fire RescueDepartment, was honored at the MaineState House on April 8.

Representative Ralph Chapman (D-Brooksville) presented Vogell with alegislative sentiment in recognition of his

more than 50 years of public service.Vogell, a lifelong resident of Castine,

has also served over 30 years as aselectman. He joined the Castine FireRescue Department in 1962 and, with theexception of his time in the Navy, hasbeen an active member since that time.

Hunting for Eastertreasure

Children of all ages gatheredat the South PenobscotMethodist Church on April 19to search the grounds forEaster eggs and the treasuresthat lay inside them. First, theRev. Ronald Jackson, whobecame pastor of the“Chocolate Church” in earlyMarch, shared a bit of reli-gious history with the childrenand then let them loose for thehunt. Left, Charlotte Rudloeof East Blue Hill keeps (most)of her eggs in one basket.

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Adams School Calvineers share rightwhale studies with peninsula students

BY RUBY NASH

CASTINE—On Wednesday, April 16,students in grades 5-8 from Blue Hill,Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, and Surrygathered at Maine Maritime Academy for theMaine Student Book Award celebration.

The day’s event featured a host of activities,including hearing guest speaker Mary Cerullo,author of the MSBA title Giant Squid:Searching for a Sea Monster; visiting MMA’stouch-tanks in the Oceanography department;experiencing the Navigation Simulators oncampus first-hand; going on a harbor tour on theRV Friendship, and taking a tour of the State ofMaine.

Also included was a presentation by theAdams School Calvineers, a club composed of

seventh- and eighth-grade students. Thestudents dedicate an hour after school everyweek and work on a research project over thecourse of the school year.

The mission of the group is endangeredspecies recovery through education, with afocus on the endangered North Atlantic rightwhale.

The club is named after “Calvin,” a femaleright whale born in 1992. Calvin has enduredthe hardships of right whales everywhere.While still very young, Calvin’s mother,Delilah, was killed by a ship strike. Since rightwhales migrate from New Brunswick to Floridaand back again, they travel through some of themost highly used shipping lanes in the world.Research the Calvineers presented Wednesdayshows that a ship strike of more than 10 knotswill injure right whales and any strike over 18knots will kill them.

Calvin has also endured two major entangle-ments in plastic ropes commonly used infishing and trapping. The rope does not biode-grade, making disentanglement a complicatedprocess. Many right whales do not survive.Calvin still bears the scars of those experiences,but has so far survived and has gone on toproduce two of her own offspring.

Bill McWeeny, Science teacher at the AdamsSchool for grades 5 through 8, has been runningthe Calvineer program for 10 years. “The idea isto get the word out,” he said. “I’m going to keepit going as long as I can keep going.”

The first students to belong to the club arenow graduating from college. Club activitiesinclude attending events, such as the RightWhale Consortium in Massachusetts, goingwhale watching, and pairing up with mentors in

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DMR invites public to question,learn about aquaculture lawsMeeting set for April 30, 5:30 p.m.,Penobscot School

BY ANNE BERLEANT

PENOBSCOT—The number of aquacultureleases approved by the Maine Department ofMarine Resources is on the rise, especially foroyster cultivation and for limited purpose aqua-culture sites on the Bagaduce River. Noteveryone is pleased.

Tom Stewart of Penobscot helped circulate apetition to the DMR calling for no new aquacul-ture leases on the Bagaduce River and norenewals of existing leases.

“We do so to ensure that the cumulativeeffects of increased aquaculture activity will notadversely impact the Bagaduce River withregards to: A) Pre-existing fisheries and othercommercial operation (including tourism); B)

Pre-existing wildlife, flora and habitats, C) Pre-existing recreational use, wildlife viewing,hunting, fishing and navigation,” the petitionstates.

“We believe the local towns and citizens wholive, work, and recreate on the Bagaduce Rivershould have greater local authority and decision-making power concerning the development,management and protection of this importantresource.”

Limited purpose aquaculture leases (LPAs)cover up to 400 square feet of water and mayemploy three unlicensed assistants. Unlike largerand longer-held leases, they require no publichearing or site review by the DMR.

In December, the Penobscot selectmen sent aletter similar to the citizen petition to the DMR,at the request of Penobscot citizens.

DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliherresponded that the DMR would be holdingpublic, informational meetings on its aquaculture

Main Street design plans move to town meeting vote

BY FAITH DEAMBROSE

CASTINE—From Battle Avenue, straightdown Main Street and to the harbor, thelatest iteration of design plans from land-scape architect Paul Brody of WBRC andTed Lameyer were introduced to a packedroom at Emerson Hall on April 22.

The plans will come before voters fordiscussion and an up or down vote at townmeeting Saturday, May 10.

Section by section, the roadway, side-walks, grass buffers and other elements werediscussed, prompting a number of questionsand the generation of answers for a fewproblem spots where parking and/or side-walk placement were seen as an issue.

The meeting comes after a householdsurvey was tabulated and other public meet-ings held. The design was met with generalsatisfaction, and areas were “more workcould be done” were identified.

There will be two 10-foot travel ways theentire length of the road and then areas ofsidewalk that are as wide as seven feet by thepost office and as narrow as three feet inother areas.

The bulk of the discussion came aroundthe idea of underground power lines. Manyin the audience supported the idea, saying itwould benefit the town as a whole andenhance the aesthetic of the downtown.

Underground lines would come at aprice—roughly $1 million—and would bringthe total cost of the project to about $5.2million.

A cost of about $70,000 (included in the$5.2 million) would be needed to cover thehook ups from the electrical wires under theroad to the Main Street houses. SelectmanDavid Unger said he has already heard fromMain Street residents who “said they wouldnot pay their portion of that cost.” Townmanager Dale Abernethy said that whilethere is a provision in the Maine Constitutionprohibiting the public use of money forprivate work, the town attorney said that acase could be made for voters who, throughtown meeting vote, agree to pay those costsas part of the project. He said the attorneyfelt the case could stand in court if chal-lenged.

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The Blue Hill Consolidated School chess team placed a trophy-winning 18th out of 56 teams atthe National Junior High Scholastic Chess Championships in Atlanta, Ga. on April 25-27.Front row from left, Ross Stewart, Cole Stewart, Evan Chapman, Kai Diel; back row,Cameron Stewart, Kara Morrison, Grayson Eaton, Alec Cole, Aidan Stearns, Parker Allen,Sam Parrott, and Coach Cameron Wendell. Photo courtesy of Blue Hill Consolidated School

BHCS chess team wins trophy at national championship

ATLANTA—Blue Hill ConsolidatedSchool’s Chess Team came home victorious atthe National Junior High Scholastic ChessChampionships held April 25-27 in Atlanta, Ga.,according to a news release from the school. Thefirst-year team took home the 18th place trophy,with 56 teams competing from across thecountry, in the K-8 Under 750 Division. BHCSformed the team in November 2013, and onMarch 8, the team became the Maine StateScholastic Chess Champions in the K-6Championship Division.

The 11-member team endured seven rounds atNationals, each lasting up to four hours, over athree-day tournament. Sixth graders led the way,with Sam Parrott garnering 4.5 points and ParkerAllen and Cameron Stewart each with 4 points.Fifth grader Evan Chapman and sixth graderGrayson Eaton each had 3.5 points. Eighthgraders Alec Cole and Kara Morrison had 3points each, as well as sixth grader Aidan Stearnsand fifth graders Cole Stewart and Ross Stewart.Fifth grader Kai Diel boosted the team with anadditional 2 points. The strong team-effortensured the 18th place award.

Coach Cameron Wendell led the team to

victory, with intense preparation before the tour-nament and diligent review with each player afterevery round at Nationals. Coach Wendell is ahigh school student at Blue Hill’s Harbor Schooland former national chess champion. MaryanneLewandowski (“Mrs. Lew”), faculty advisor andBHCS sixth grade teacher, was instrumental inthe team formation and organization and chaper-oned the BHCS students traveling to and fromAtlanta and while at the tournament. A totalgroup of 19 students and adults traveled to theevent from Blue Hill.

“I am overwhelmingly proud of the team andall of their hard work,” said Coach Wendell.“Going from barely knowing how to move thepieces to placing at the national championship isunbelievable. I can hardly imagine what such anamazing group of students could accomplish inthe upcoming school year.”

“The students faced the challenges of national-level competition with courage and poise,” saidLewandowski. “They each enjoyed success andlearned from their mistakes. They also experi-enced the sights and sounds of Atlanta, includinga ride in the SkyView Ferris wheel and visits toCoca-Cola World and the Georgia Aquarium.”

Eagles track team clears(half) the field

In the first meet of the spring trackseason, the George Stevens Academyboys placed a solid fifth in a field of 10teams. Held at Brewer High School onApril 26, the Eagles racked up 29points, two of which came from seniorDevon Oppedisano, left, for his fifth-place finish in the 300 meter hurdles.For the full Packet Sports Spotlight andtwo pages of spring sports photos

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Comp plan, fireworks ordinancespass at Surry town meeting

By BETTE BRITTSURRY—Folding chairs and bleachers were

essentially filled when Moderator TonyBeardsley called town meeting to order onMonday, March 28. Indications are that the pres-ence of 149 registered voters was the largestturnout in recent memory, drawn to the CivicCenter less to debate the $2,363,243 schoolbudget than to voice strong opinions about theneed for a Consumer Fireworks Ordinance.

School board members and school principalCathy Lewis faced citizens as Union 93

almost long enough to encircle the gym whencasting their single written ballot of the eveningto appropriate educational funding. The vote was127 in favor, with 8 opposed.

Selectmen were kept on their toes all evening,passing around microphones so voters’comments could be heard on many of the 66warrant articles, all of which eventually passed aswritten in the town report. An effort was wagedto amend the $296,438 town road budget byremoving the $118,000 slated for constructionpurposes. Selectmen indicated the section of

Andrew Kandutsch studies summary of proposed 2014-15 school budget. Photo by Bette Britt

Superintendent Mark Hurvitt outlined the 2014-15 budget which shows an increase of 4.74percent ($106,847); there had been decreasesover for the past four years. Top four reasons forincrease: retirement, a new cost ($21,421); highschool tuition ($17,739); school security, phase 2($10,000) and teacher salaries ($9,657). Thegood news followed when Hurvitt outlined esti-mated state subsidy at $160,000; $400,000would come from carry forward. In summary,Hurvitt told voters, the increase in the schoolbudget will be “a wash” when increased subsidyand proposed carryover are taken into considera-tion. Voters approved the 15-article $2,363,243budget with few questions and formed a line

new road would be done in two parts, a continu-ation of previous work that would be built 18 feetwide with three foot shoulders to accommodate a“two fire truck rule.” Objections, including theabsence of public input and there being “no plans… no bids,” subsided when fire chief MichaelLocke mentioned a recent fire at Toddy Pond andpotential safety issues if having to maneuveremergency mutual aid vehicles on NewburyNeck. After that, votes to amend WA 36 failed.

Moderator Beardsley introduced WA 22 as“controversial,” but Surry voters adopted thestate-approved Comprehensive Plan with virtu-ally no comment beyond Nina Doak’s saying,

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“Dinner is Served”Locally created supper serves healthy dose of local foods, community spirit

Water company gets$1.2 milliongrant/loanFunds to fix aged systemby Rich Hewitt

STONINGTON—The Stonington WaterCompany has received formal approval for a$1.2 million federal grant/loan package thatwill allow the utility to make improvementsto the water system’s ailing infrastructure.

The federal funding from the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s RuralDevelopment program includes a direct loanof $757,000 and a grant in the amount of$443,000.

The water company had applied for thefederal funding last year and, after supplyingadditional information to the USDA, hadreceived indications that the funding wouldbe approved. The town’s selectmen, whoserve as the water company directors, havebeen waiting since the first of the year for theofficial approval.

The funding will provide the means tomake some of the necessary improvementsto the aging system, according to TownManager Kathleen Billings-Pezaris.

“It’s nice to finally be able to do somesubstantial work with the water company,”she said. “This will definitely help with someof the issues we’ve been having.”

Billings-Pezaris said this kind of fundingis essential for small towns and small watercompanies such as Stonington.

“With the infrastructure costs as high asthey are, there is no way that a smallcompany, with a small amount of peopleusing the system, could afford to keep upwith the infrastructure,” she said. “Withoutaccess to these kinds of funds, we justwouldn’t be able to do it.”

The work outlined in the grant/loan appli-cation is based on an evaluation reportprepared last spring by Olver Associateswhich has managed the system since lastApril. The proposed projects target all areasof the water system’s infrastructure: thewells, the pump house and monitoring equip-ment, as well as the main transmission linesand distribution lines.

Part of the funding also will be used to payoff existing loans, easing the impact of loanpayments on the water company budget.

Although the application outlined specificprojects, Annaliese Hafford, an engineerwith Olver who has overseen the watercompany operations, said the utility may beable to work with Rural Development toadjust the work priorities to include otherissues that have been uncovered since theapplication was prepared.

That process likely will begin this month,according to Billings-Pezaris. She said shehoped to be able to pay off the existing loansand put out the bid for the construction loanswithin the month. Work on some of theprioritized projects could start in latesummer.

by Faith DeAmbroseDEER ISLE—With roast pork in the oven,

sliced carrots marinating with a hint of maplesyrup, smashed potatoes and pumpkincheesecake wafting through the air, close toa dozen volunteers put together dinner for200 on Monday, April 28. The ingredientswere (mostly) all local and were rounded outby fresh linen table cloths and napkins andflowers grown by islander Mary Cevasco.

“Dinner is Served,” a nonprofit commu-nity supper served at the Parish Hall of St.Brendan’s the Navigator Episcopal Churchin Deer Isle grew in a grassroots way,explained Tricia Small, who, along withCheryl Wixson, leads the monthly mealplanning—helped out by dozens of willing

Discover Night showcases student workby Faith DeAmbrose

DEER ISLE—“Students do some reallyamazing stuff” at the Deer Isle-StoningtonHigh School, and at a recent Discovery Nightthat “stuff” was on display for all to see.

In its second year as a stand-alone event,Discovery Night replaced the formerly held“parents’ night.” That event, said DISHSPrincipal Todd West, “needed to change,” andshowcasing the students’ accomplishmentsseemed a better way to fill that space.

From music to science and all points inbetween, students, their parents and membersof the community flooded the high schoolApril 16 to see the kinds of projects thestudents are doing at the school. “It is great tosee students teaching their parents,” said West,“and to connect with the community to sharewhat we are doing here.”

Discovery Night has turned out to be one ofthe school’s most popular events, drawingsome of the highest attendance for a non-sports related activity, said West. Throughoutthe evening, there were performances, sciencedemonstrations, games, music and a dinnerprovided by the PTF organization.

Logan Eaton demonstrates the science of dissection as part of Discovery Night activitiesheld at the high school. Photo by Heather Cormier

hands and the board of trustees of the church.Either dine in or take out, the experience is

not one you might expect at first blush. Freeand open to anyone in the community, dinerssit at a table, place a drink order and then areserved a from-scratch home cooked meal.

The sixth dinner since November, thegroup aims at one a month. “We serve dinnerthat islanders are used to,” said Small as shehelps volunteer Ada Weed prepare somefresh whipped cream. Weed has beenmaking food for the meal since its inception.

There is always a vegetarian choice andeven for those eating gluten free, a meal canbe created. Volunteer Andrea Wallsten hasbeen helping since January. She, herself, hasa gluten allergy and wears gloves as she

places rolls into the 85 boxes that are beingdelivered to homes around the island.

Soon another group of volunteers willcome and drive them to the homes. That issomething that Diane Greenlaw does, afterher first shift in the kitchen. She goes home-to-home, staying at some longer than othersand typically ends her evening with a longerconversation.

On days when a meal is being prepared, afirst wave of volunteers arrives around noonto help create the meals. Then a secondgroup appears later in the day. This group ledby Arlene Jones of the Deer Isle SunsetCongregational Church helps with the set upand the serving. Then there are others who

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From left, Andrea Wallsten, Ada Weed, Cheryl Wixson and Tricia Small prepare dinner forclose to 200 on Monday, April 28. Photo by Faith DeAmbrose

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