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The Summer News Weekly For All People… In All Seasons In all seasons

Craigville Village, Massachusetts August 2-8, 2013

Community Calendar

Friday, August 2nd 7:30 PM Red Lily Pond Annual Meeting – Tab Saturday, August 3rd 2:00 PM Crazy Hat Day at CBA Beach

6:30 PM Endless August Party at CBA Beach Sunday, August 4th 9:45 AM Worship Service – Tabernacle 7:30 PM Hyannis Sound in the Tabernacle Thursday, August 8th 9:30 AM Craigville Painters Meet Beside P.O.

Looking Ahead Friday, August 9th 8:00 PM Eliz. H. Kirk Mem. Fund Concert - Tab Saturday, August 10th 5:45 PM Red Lily Pond Dinner and Auction - Green Centerville Old Home Week begins, so check the schedule on the bulletin board near the Craigville Post Office. This includes the Hyannis Sound (men’s a cappella group) concert in the Craigville Tabernacle Sunday evening.

Red Lily Pond Project Association Annual Meeting Everyone is invited to the Tabernacle this evening (Friday, August 2nd) at 7:30 PM for the Annual Meeting of the Red Lily Pond Project. Our speakers will be Tom Hoppensteadt, from our Board of Directors, and Dale Saad, Ph.D., from the Town of Barnstable. They will both have visual aids, and their presentations promise to be interesting and informative—and essential for future planning! Gamers! Citizens ! If you’d like to get a head start on tonight’s meeting topics—visit http://www.capecodcommission.org/index.php?id=69 or www.communityplanit.org/capecod And remember to reserve your place for next week’s Annual Dinner and Auction! This meeting is an important opportunity to connect. We invite the whole community to participate. Refreshments! -Steve Brown, President, RLPP

Hats On for CBA Celebrate Crazy Hat Day this Saturday (fashion show at 2:00 PM on the Porch), and then the Endless August Cocktail Party, the adult social, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM the evening of August 3rd. The party will include Jimmy Buffet and Island summer sounds music by High Attitude (Bring a beverage to share for the CBA Boat Bar)! ~sean & damian, cba beach managers

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Tabernacle Welcomes Environmental Activist UCC President

Join your neighbors this Sunday morning, 9:45 AM at the Tabernacle, to welcome Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, the President of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. As have each of the preachers over the course of this summer season, he will be bringing an inspiring message on the theme of “hospitality.” All who wish to learn more about the United Church of Christ’s recent resolution supporting divesture of fossil fuel stocks, please plan to stay after the service, when Jim has offered to stay and engage with all interested community members in a discussion of this and related environmental topics. We will welcome Rev. Dr. Dianne Carpenter at the organ this week, and “music of the community” will feature the beautiful voice of Kendra Henderson and her gifted musical family members. All are welcome!

-Steve Brown, Interim 2013 Tabernacle Administrator

Kirk Memorial Concert to Feature Award-Winning Blues Pair The next Elizabeth H. Kirk Memorial Music Fund concert will be held in the Tabernacle on Friday, August 9th, and promises to be an amazing opportunity for local music lovers. The following is from their website: “The musical pairing of Paul Rishell & Annie Raines has been likened to a match made in Blues Heaven, following in the footsteps of virtuosic duos like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters and Little Walter, and Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy. For the last 20 years, Rishell and Raines have carried the torch to new generations of blues lovers and musicians, playing festivals and concerts, teaching workshops and earning loyal fans around the globe. They have recorded 6 albums together, including MOVING TO THE COUNTRY, the W.C. Handy Award Winner for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year, and received multiple nominations for Blues Music Awards. They have appeared on the cover of Blues Revue and performed on radio and TV shows including A Prairie Home Companion, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and PBS's Arthur. They were also featured members of the J Band, led by John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful, and have opened for Ray Charles, Asleep at the Wheel, Susan Tedeschi, Leon Russell, Little Feat and Dr. John.” Annie Raines “grew up in the suburb of Newton, Massachusetts. She picked up the blues harp at 17 and made her stage debut at the 1369 Jazz Club in Cambridge a few months before her high school graduation. Enthralled by the recordings of Muddy Waters, Little Walter Jacobs and Sonny Boy Williamson, Annie honed her chops at Boston area blues jams, becoming in-demand on the New England club circuit and traveling to Chicago where she met and played with Pinetop Perkins, Louis Myers, and James Cotton. She also played in the Susan Tedeschi Band, going on to perform on Susan!s first three albums. Raines!s harmonica wizardry was the perfect complement to Rishell's aching vocals and driving guitar, and in 1993 he asked her to join him for a tour. She is the only woman harmonica player to be featured in the new Smithsonian Folkways release, “Classic Harmonica Blues,” (May 2013) and is regarded by fans and colleagues alike as simply one of the best players out there today, male or female. Her instructional video, "Blues Harmonica Blueprint,! (Truefire, 2012) shows her to be a passionate educator as well.” Touring internationally, playing festivals and concerts and teaching workshops, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines have built up a reputation for serving up real music with real feeling, both on their recordings and their unforgettable live shows. They have even been known to break into bluegrass and country, with Rishell switching to pedal steel and Raines doubling on guitar and mandolin and occasional tap dancing. "While their guitar, harmonica, and vocals are roiling, muscular, and masterful, their shows are down home- friendly and fun-loving." - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe paulandannie.com The concert will begin at 8:00 PM, and is arranged and sponsored by the Kirk family.

THE OLD CRAIGVILLE POST OFFICE: Half the Summer Left! Half the summer has passed by and with only a month left for the post office shop to be open, so please hurry in and get those presents for Christmas or your many guests. #Debbie Almy, Chair, Post Office Committee Thought of the Week (from E.L.): Today I’ll be less involved in what I look

like, and more involved in what I feel like.

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Craigville Retreat Center Hosting All Ages We have two week-long groups this week: The Family Camp, led by our own Rev. Joanne Hartunian. will be here from Sunday, August 4th through Saturday, August 10th. They are staying in the Inn. Also, St. Johns of Bridgewater, Junior and Senior Youth Group is here from Sunday, August 4th through Saturday, August 10th. They are staying at the Lodge. Cottage renters are the following: the Bosco family are in Andover and Union; the Price family in Yale; the O'Donnell family in Boston; the Lange family in Seaside Lower; the Baumer family in Seaside; the O'Neil family in Groves; and the Dub family are in Marshview A.

-Mary A Woodbury, Director, Craigville Retreat Center

RED LILY POND PROJECT ASSOCIATION DINNER AND AUCTION Send in your reservation form and check for $50.00 to Valerie, and save your spot for a lovely cocktail party and silent auction, and a delicious dinner and live auction after dinner. We have some very interesting items, including two decoupage pieces by well-known painter and bronze sculpture artist the late Countess Tauni de Lesseps of Palm Beach. Of course we have other things, too: three porcelain ducks, a Jamaica basket with items hand-chosen in Jamaica, an exquisite hand-crafted wooden bowl and round covered box, paintings, a few very nice pieces of jewelry, a sterling silver pedestal dish and a set of six sterling butter knives, plus many more. Come and browse as you sip your wine and nibble on delicious hors d’oeuvres. It looks to be a good crowd with many people attending who haven’t come before. We look forward to seeing you on the 10th, which will be coming up in only a little over a week. Come along and have fun and share in the fundraising effort to help save our wonderful Lake Elizabeth and Red Lily Pond. See you soon! -Valerie Lane, RLPP Fundraising Chair

Wish List Report: We DO have a WONDERFUL clock that is easy to read for the Tabernacle's rear wall, donated anonymously. Thank you! Wishes do come true! Have a wish? Share it here!

If you are in need or would like to donate, please reply through The Chronicle at craigvillechronicle1872@gmail.com or feel free to call me - Dede Danforth-Underwood - at (508) 775-1408.

FEATHER/FUN FACTS: ‘POSSUM BY DEBBIE ALMY The opossum is the only north American marsupial (meaning a female with a pouch). When she gives birth, the tiny newborn must crawl up the side of her body, with no assistance from the mother, to get into her pouch in order to nurse. She may deliver many babies, but can only accommodate about 13 in her pouch: one baby for each teat. The babies are in her pouch for 2-3 months before they emerge to ride on her back for another month or two. If a baby falls off, it makes a sneezing sound, which the mother answers with a clicking sound until the two are reunited. An opossum is about the size of a cat, 12-15 pounds, with gray to black soft fur, a pink pointed nose, black ears and black eyes that appear beady, for they do not have an iris. They are omnivores, meaning they eat berries, insects, rodents, grasses, leaves and carrion. Carrion as their favorite meal usually leads to their own demise, becoming additional road kill. They are slow-moving, quite gentle and placid, and they are lazy about building their own homes, so they tend to borrow an abandoned burrow, dog house, or even an attic would do nicely. When threatened, the opossum will growl, hiss like a cat, and then it will fall into a coma-like state. While the opossum is "playing ‘possum", the animal's lips are drawn back, the 50 razor sharp teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, the eyes close, and a foul-smelling fluid, smelling like a rotten carcass, is secreted from the anal glands. The stiff, curled form can be prodded, turned over, and even carried away without reaction. The animal will typically regain consciousness after a time of between 40 minutes or up to 4 hours. Opossums have a robust immune system that protects them from venomous snakebites of copperheads and rattlesnakes, due to their low body temperature. They are nocturnal and do not hibernate, but will just hide in a darkened place to rest. They tend to be nomadic and, as long as there is a food and water supply handy, they are happy. Their prehensile tail (one that acts much like a fifth limb) allows them to climb and balance with ease. Their 2-4 year life span tends to be short in nature’s terms, for they are killed by dogs, cats, owls, larger wildlife, and man, or cars. Killing of

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opossums by hunters is senseless and unwarranted, for they are no threat or danger to man. They present the least health risk of all native wildlife, for rabies and other viral diseases are rare in opossums. Reducing their numbers does more harm than good, for their void is filled by raccoons, skunks, or even worse, rats. If you see an opossum in your area, just let it be, and thank nature’s little janitor for doing its job. When I worked at a Science Center many years ago, which was by the far the most enriching, interesting and fun experience of my life, I worked with “Penelope” our resident opossum. She loved American cheese sticks, which she would reach out of her cage for and take from my hand with an ever-so-gentle touch, then slowly lean back and enjoy her fresh treat with a smile on her face. Unfortunately, her love of cheese proved to be her downfall, for after years of consuming so many cheese sticks she became terribly overweight and died, I am sure, from high cholesterol.

An Editorial So, Summer is Half Over: How is That for You? If you consider the summer to be July and August, and it is now August, then we are halfway along in Summer 2013. It may be that you have delayed your vacation and look forward to a break from the usual routine. Perhaps you have already welcomed many houseguests and either look forward to the day when your household will be more quiet; or maybe your family has yet to descend upon you and you are busy preparing for their arrival, hoping the weather won’t be as hot as it was in July. How are you doing on those books you had hoped to read this summer? Is your energy level holding out or are you getting tired? And, more importantly for parents of younger children, are your kids getting tired? Have you been able to successfully manage schedules so that everyone can get enough rest to avoid crankiness and impatience?

Summer can be energizing and tiring at the same time. There’s lots going on in Craigville. People from the area and beyond often “discover” or are introduced to the Village during the summer months – usually by those of us who live here – to Craigville for the first time, and they rave about how “cute” it is and how they didn’t know such places even existed today, and we get a more objective perspective on this Village that we call home. It all appears quite simple – quaint, really – and we recognize a quality of appreciation – of that “je ne sais quoi” of Craigville – that brings us here and keeps us here. Recently, a suggestion was made that it would be of interest to compile people’s stories of how they came to Craigville, as well as the history of their homes (and, thus, their families’ histories here). It could be a fascinating project.

None of this is simple, of course. Living in community is complicated, and Craigville is no exception. Summertime? That’s a good time to frequent the beach, appreciate the Tabernacle, share sunsets with friends, consume delicious foods, enjoy beautiful music; also to do what we can for the best care of this special Village. After all, there’s half a summer left. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please remember to send us your news. We need your information by each Wednesday noon for inclusion in that Friday’s Chronicle. The submission deadline for the next edition is August 7th, and our e-mail address is craigvillechronicle1872@gmail.com.

REMEMBER, WE WELCOME ALL NEWS PERTAINING TO CRAIGVILLE NEIGHBORS AND ACTIVITIES. AND, we are always on the web at Craigville.org (postings to info@craigville.org) and “friend” us on Facebook! The Craigville Chronicle is sponsored by the Christian Camp Meeting Association and the Craigville Cottage Owners Association, and is produced weekly from the last week in June through Labor Day weekend and off-season once during the Fall (November), Winter (February) and Spring (May). Please e-mail your news to Alice Brown, editor, at craigvillechronicle1872@gmail.com. Craigville Retreat Center information can be found 24/7 at www.craigvilleretreats.org. #Alice Brown, Editor