Nantucket Magazine Summer 2010

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A Profile of Kevin FlynnKING OF COMEDY

Building the American DreamHABITAT NANTUCKET Local Hot Spots

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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on politics & Nantucket’s Comedy Festival

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The arrival of July 4th marks the beginning of the full summer season on Nantucket and provides a wonderful opportunity to bothlook back and look ahead. With the economy on more solid footingthan a year ago, there is more optimism in the air and excitementabout what the summer will bring.

Our cover feature is an interview with former RepublicanCongressman and MSNBC political commentator Joe Scarborough,who shares his views on Nantucket and the national political scene.What stood out during the interview was his centrist view on the topics we discussed, and his desire to see more cooperationbetween both the Republican and Democratic parties. On a lighternote, Scarborough will showcase his comedic skills during his participation on Friday, July 30th, in the Nantucket ComedyFestival’s Media Night.

Speaking of the Comedy Festival, from July 28th through July 31stfounder Kevin Flynn has assembled a blockbuster lineup, includingLouis Black, Chris Matthews, Donick Carey, Don Gavin, and numerous others which should give us all reason to “laugh our ACKs off.”

Also featured in this issue is a story on Nantucket’s chapter ofHabitat for Humanity written by Cris Farley. Habitat is a nobleorganization that enables worthy families who have struggled financially to experience the American dream through their ownsweat equity. It is also a wonderful community-builder that allowsneighbors to help neighbors and build the American spirit.

We have the opportunity in this issue to introduce the new pastor of the First Congregational Church, Rev. Gary Klingsporn and hisdelightful wife, Debra. One of the more novel features we’ve covered isa story on Rick Sherlund, husband of NHA President, Janet Sherlund.When not working on Wall Street, Rick pursues his passion of diggingfor gold in Alaska. Also, the subject of our Sand Dollar column thisissue is Adobe co-founder, Chuck Geschke. Chuck shares with us hisremarkable success story and his wisdom, both within his industry andin the opportunities that our future holds.

Another inspiring story in this issue is that of the ‘Sail to Prevail’ organization, which helps challenged children and teenagers facetheir fears and overcome self-doubt through learning how to sail.Chaired by Paul Callahan, the organization brings its 12-meterAmerica’s Cup yacht, Easterner, to the island manned in part by youths with special needs.

We hope you enjoy this month’s issue of N Magazine and, most importantly, that you savor the sunshine during what many feel is the best time of year on this wonderful island.

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nantucketfoggysheet | people & parties

NGAINING CONFIDENCEAT SEA A Profile of Kevin Flynn

KING OF COMEDY

Building the American Dream

HABITAT NANTUCKETLocal “Hot Spots”

FISH ON!

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on politics & Nantucket’s Comedy Festival

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An array of the nation’s leading experts

on Lyme Disease will participate in a

free public forum Thursday, July 8th,

10-11:30 a.m. at the High School to

discuss the latest developments in the

prevention, diagnosis and treatment of

Lyme Disease and Babesiosis.

The forum will feature Dr. John N. Aucott,

Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine and

Infectious Diseases, and president of the

Lyme Disease Research Foundation; Dr.

Peter Krause, Senior Research Scientist,

Division of Epidemiology and Microbial

Diseases, Yale School of Public Health;

Dr. Malcolm W. MacNab, chairman of the

Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Committee,

and Dr. Timothy J. LePore, Medical Director,

Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Lyme

Disease, as we all know by now, is an

infectious disease that carries

symptoms that include rash, fever,

headache and fatigue which, if left

untreated, can cause infection which

can spread to joints, the heart, the

central nervous system and can cause

serious neurological problems.

Lyme disease has increased dramatically

in the U.S. with about 35,000 cases

reported in 2009 according to the Center

for Disease Control. In Massachusetts,

4,500 cases were reported in 2008 and

Nantucket reported 325 cases of Lyme

Disease in 2009, which affected 60% of the

households here. The island has become

an epicenter of this tick-borne illness

epidemic. A open question and answer

session will follow the presentation.

At 2-2:30 p.m. that day a “Conversation

about Lyme Disease” will take place at

Great harbor Yacht Club with Dr. Aucott,

and from 5-7 p.m. that evening there will

be a cocktail reception and conversation

with Dr. Aucott and Dr. Lepore hosted at

the home of Stephanie and Erwin

Greenberg, 26 Shimmo Pond Rd. For more

information on any of the events

addressing this timely, and Nantucket-

intensive, topic contact Anna Mikhailovich

at 212-836-4812 email at [email protected].

Display Your Fireworks Support

Leading Lyme Disease Experts Host Public Forum on Nantucket

One of Nantucket’s favorite 4th of July

activities is the fireworks display at

Jetties Beach. To help pay for the fire-

works display, Nantucket Visitor Services

will be selling stunning navy blue cotton

shirts in both adult and children’s sizes

sporting the phrase ”Clear sky at

night….Nantucket’s fireworks delight!”

The shirts will be available at the

Visitor’s Center at 25 Federal Street and

at the Farmer’s Market on Saturdays.

Remaining tee shirts will be sold at

Jetties Beach a few hours before the

show. The shirts are $15 for adults and

$12 for children. For more information

call 508-228-0925 or check by email at

[email protected].

The Nantucket Garden Festival, hosted

by the Nantucket Lighthouse School,

runs from July 22nd-24th, featuring

industry greenthumbs including

bestselling author Tracy DiSabato-Aust.

Other luminaries will include Noel

Kingsbury, a leading innovator in

The Nantucket Garden Festival Blooms

horticulture and landscape, Russ

Morash, producer of the award-winning

PBS program “The Victory Garden,”

noted garden writer Stephen Orr and

Dean Riddle, author of “Out in the

Garden.” Sponsor Nantucket Lighthouse

School provides a developmentally

appropriate education designed to

engage the whole child; head, heart and

hand. For ticket information contact

Connie Umberger at 508-228-0812 or

Cheryl Evans at 508-228-0427.


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In modern day parlance, the term “gold digging” has a

decidedly pejorative connotation, but Rick Sherlund is no

conventional gold digger. A summer resident in ‘Sconset

and 25-year veteran on Wall Street, Sherlund’s view of gold

digging descends from atop a 55-ton Caterpillar bulldozer,

moving tons of rocks in Ketchem Creek, Alaska, in pursuit

of the precious metal.

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good, but the goods are odd.” While Sherlund thoroughly enjoys the

camaraderie among miners, he acknowledges that the extremes of

the Alaskan lifestyle also bring out extremes in personalities, and

encountering survivalists and anti-government radicals is often

easier than finding gold itself.

With over $2 million invested in

heavy equipment, Sherlund

searches the depths of river

streams for flakes and nuggets of

gold, always hoping to find a miner’s

Holy Grail: deposit-rich pockets in a

stream bed. According to Sherlund, what

once took him an entire day of manual labor

through hand shoveling, he can now process in 60

seconds with a wide array of heavy equipment. While being

painstakingly sensitive to the environment, Sherlund uses a bulldozer

to scrape the earth and then a Caterpillar excavator to feed gravel

into a trommel; a large rotating barrel that separates large and small

stones into a sluice, which is eventually cleaned to reveal the results

of the day’s work. Sherlund ultimately melts the gold at 2,000

degrees and pours it into molds to create actual bars. Sherlund will

pull out about $125,000 worth of gold a year and has over the course of

his mining career excavated about 700 ounces of gold.

“I hate selling the gold,” he says with almost an emotional attachment

to the yellow metal, “but this is a business and we need to maintain

cash flow to keep it operating.” From the time Sherlund began his

business, gold has skyrocketed in value, making his enterprise more likely

to yield viable economic results versus just being an expensive hobby.

On his view of gold as an investment, Sherlund recognizes that those

buying gold are expressing their pessimism in the future, and while

he enjoys the pursuit of the precious metal, “you buy gold and hope it

goes down.” Sherlund feels that gold should be a part of someone’s

portfolio as a hedge but does not view himself as a “gold bug” who

overweighs his holdings with investments in gold. When asked

whether he knows of miners who have ‘struck it rich’ in Alaska, he

indicated that success for the average gold miner is measured not in

massive profits, but in whether or not they have indoor plumbing.

This modern-day prospector

exudes the sense of

adventure and

romance that one

would associate with

an original “49er” looking for gold in “them thar hills.” Sherlund

does not simply dabble in the pursuit of gold; it has become one of

his life’s passions and is indeed a full-fledged business which pulls

him away from Nantucket, for a portion of each summer, into the

wilds of Alaska.

For Sherlund, who was known on Wall Street as the ‘Dean of

Analysts’ of Microsoft and is a close friend of Bill Gates, searching

for gold began as a youthful fascination when he first took geology

classes as a student at Deerfield Academy. There, he began to gain

an appreciation for the science of gold, its formation and origin, and

today he applies an almost professorial approach toward his mining

efforts in the Alaskan wilderness.

With a .50 caliber Smith and Wesson pistol strapped to his side as

standard-issue equipment for protection from ever-present grizzly

bears, Sherlund transforms himself from New York financial guru to

rough-and-tumble out-

doorsman who mixes

easily with lifelong

miners with whom

he works his leased

property at his mining

camp. “I’m not sure

which threat is worse,

the grizzlies or the

mosquitoes,” says

Sherlund as he

describes living conditions far from those on Ocean Avenue, his

‘Sconset home just down the road from the Summer House.

Sherlund revels in the colorful stories of the Alaskan locals he has

befriended. He once asked a woman from the mining community

about the great opportunity of meeting men given the overwhelming

male majority in mining towns. Her response was that “the odds are

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For Sherlund and his gold-mining friends in

Alaska, finding gold is clearly a journey

rather than a destination, and the romance

of the search glitters far more brightly than

the actual discovery. Few people get the

opportunity to pursue childhood dreams

but, in carving out his personal piece of

Americana, Rick Sherlund can certainly be

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N Mag: What is your connection to Nantucket and what has

drawn you here?

JS: In 2004, Bob Wright who was then my boss at NBC

Universal, invited us up for the Nantucket Film Festival.

Nothing draws you to an island like your boss telling you to go.

Within five minutes after getting off the plane, my wife Susan

turned to me and said this place is special and we fell in love

with it immediately.

N Mag: Nantucket seems to have magnetic appeal to folks

who work at NBC. Why do you think that is?

JS: I think it all started with Jack Welch and Bob Wright but

there are very few places that have me thinking, “Oh, I’ve got

to come back here with my family as soon as possible.” It was

just one of those places where we went for business and

stayed for love.

N Mag: I understand you’re participating in the Comedy Festival

this year. While the news doesn’t necessarily lend itself to

comedy, are there aspects that you find particularly amusing?

JS: George Bush was such an easy comedic target, and so it’s taken

Jon Stewart and others a little bit of time to find their groove on

Obama. But I think they’ve finally done it by focusing on the fact

that he can be emotionally flat when everybody else is running

around with their hair on fire.

N Mag: In your transition from being a Congressman to a

media commentator, have you found that you have more

impact as a television personality than as a politician?

JS: As a Congressman you have more of an impact on people’s

daily lives. But in terms of shaping the national debate, there’s no

question that Mika and I have much more of an impact every

morning on the show than I would as a Congressman or a Senator.

And in fact, I have had several opportunities to run. The national

party approached me to run for the Senate and after talking to

friends and advisors, they usually come back with the same

question, “Why would you want to leave where you are to

become the most junior Senator?”

N Mag: How would you categorize the reaction to the

President’s speech on the BP oil spill?

JS: Very predictable. You had people on the left complaining

that he didn’t go far enough and be a champion for alternative

energy sources and you had people on the right accusing him

of trying to pass a hidden energy tax. Right now this is a

President caught in the middle who is damned if he does

and damned if he doesn’t.

N Mag: One of the things that has occurred during the

relatively short Obama Presidency is there seems to be a

tremendous amount of anger in the country, with the Tea

Party being a symptom of that anger. What do you see in

terms of the mood of America?

Interview by Bruce A. Percelay

A Cup of Joe on NantucketA conversation with ‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough

Image Courtesy of Virginia Sherwood


JS: I actually love this question because

in the media world in which I operate,

there is increased anger from people we

interview, people who blog, and from the

people who send massive Tweets to Mika

and me on an hourly basis. However,

when we get out on our book tours,

beyond the media bubble, most people

are united in where they want this

country to go. There is really not that

big of a difference between most

Republicans, Independents and

Democrats but unfortunately we live in

a political and a media culture that

exaggerates our differences.

N Mag: So do you think the Tea Party

has staying power or do you think that

it is a reaction to the Obama agenda?

JS: Well, it’s a reaction to Barack Obama

just like Ross Perot was a reaction to Bill

Clinton and George H.W. Bush. Actually,

let me back up and restate that. The Tea

Party movement is a reaction to George

W. Bush and Barack Obama and the

bailout culture and the high debts, just

like the Perot movement was a reaction

to George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. I’ve

seen this before and the Tea Party-ers

look just like the Perot people back in

1994 that helped elect the Republican

Congress. And for people who were

around in the 1980s, they look a lot like

Reagan Democrats. I suspect we’ll be

calling them something else 10 years

from now.

N Mag: The current deficit is

unprecedented and, left unchecked,

will leave a terrible burden on future

generations. How do you see us getting

out of this financial hole?

JS: When I was in Congress back in the

1990s, we always warned Americans that

future generations would suffer if we

didn’t act responsibly. But now some 15

years later, I can say with complete

assurance that it won’t be future

generations that will suffer, it will be

our generation. Jeffrey Sachs, who is an

economist at Columbia, believes that

within the next five to ten years we will

look like Greece if we don’t start

controlling spending. So what do we do?

We can either face up to it and make

tough political decisions and survive

economically, or we can keep passing the

tough choices to the next president and

the next Congress and face an economic

crisis unrivaled even by the Great

Depression.

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N Mag: Is there a politician on the horizon

that has the strength of character to call

it like it is and risk reelection in favor of

doing the right thing?

JS: I don’t see that politician on the

scene who has the courage to say what

needs to be said about entitlements

and deficit spending, but I suspect in

2012 a candidate will emerge from the

Republican party who will win because

he or she is willing to face these hard

truths. I also suspect you’ll find

Democratic candidates across the

country doing the same thing because

more and more Americans are growing

more concerned about higher deficits

and greater debt and runaway

entitlement spending. The problem for

Republicans right now is the fact that

they inherited a $155 billion surplus

under Bush and when they left it was a

$1.5 trillion deficit. So it seems to me if

the Republicans stand any chance of ever

getting reelected they’re going to have to

once again prove that they can be trusted

when it comes to cutting the deficit.

N Mag: What do you think the role of the

President should be in the BP oil disaster,

and how do you feel he has done so far?

JS: The most important thing the

President can do is aggressively take all

action to plug the leak and make sure that BP

compensates as many people as possible who

have been impacted by this environmental

tragedy. Beyond these short-term issues the

president needs to focus on his long term

goal of moving America away from its

dependency on foreign and domestic oil. We

are allowing the Chinese to move far ahead

when it comes to alternative energy sources

and we are ceding the future to another

country. This is our greatest economic

challenge and it’s our greatest economic

opportunity. Eight of the top ten research

universities on the planet are right here in

the United States, most of them within a few

hours of Nantucket. The President will

hopefully use this environmental catastrophe

to focus Americans on what our number one

economic goal should be, and that is creating

the next great wave of energy technology.

N Mag: What are your thoughts on our

new Senator Scott Brown?

JS: I think he has a great opportunity to

help the Republican party revitalize

itself in New England. When Mika and

I went across the region talking about

the future of conservatism we were

struck by how many New England

voters who used to be Republicans are

looking for an excuse to vote for

Republican candidates again. I think

there’s been a cultural disconnect

“...most people are unitedin where they want this

country to go. There is really not that big of a differencebetween most Republicans,

Independents and Democratsbut unfortunately we livein a political and a media culture that exaggerates

our differences.”

between the national Republican party

and New England because Republicans

have been the party of Southerners like

Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and

George W. Bush and Karl Rove and what

you’re going to find, I think, in the

coming months are a number of New

England Republicans who are going to

step to the forefront. So I think there are

great opportunities and I really do

believe that Scott Brown’s election could

be a sign of things to come.

N Mag: What would your single wish be to

America on its birthday this Fourth of July?

JS: Beyond avoiding getting soaked on

Main Street during the Fourth of July

celebration, I wish more Americans

would understand that we’re all on the

same side, that Barack Obama, just like

George W. Bush, just like Bill Clinton,

love their country and are doing as

President whatever they can do to make

this country better, and that somehow

we can move past the divisiveness that has

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Shipwrecks are often full of colorful

stories of past lives and times. Over 700

ships have been lost in the waters

surrounding Nantucket, most on the

Nantucket Shoals and usually during

winter storms or heavy fog. The

Nantucket Shoals are so shallow and

dangerous that in the late 19th century

sailors called them the “Graveyard of the

Atlantic.” They extend 23 miles east from

the island into the Atlantic and 40 miles

southeast with some areas as shallow as

3 feet.

Today radar, GPS and depth sounders

allow for boats to be guided safely from

port to port but before these technologies

were invented captains had to utilize

celestial navigation to determine their

latitudinal and longitudinal locations. If

the stars were hidden by fog or a storm

then celestial navigation became impos-

sible and ships were forced to direct their

course around the treacherous maze of

shoals with hardly any means of guidance,

dramatically increasing the potential for

disaster.

Sunken vessels are not stagnant environ-

ments. Over time they become habitats

that support a variety of marine life and

provide opportunities for wreck divers to

explore these underwater ruins. The sur-

rounding waters of Nantucket conceal a

multitude of various ship remains that

include schooners, passenger liners,

fishing boats, tugs, freighters, tankers,

and even a German U-boat. The ocean

sands are constantly shifting to expose

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new wrecks or bury others.

The horror of experiencing

shipwreck is well-documented

in the description of powerful

gale-force winds, frigid waves

breaking over the deck, and the

deafening sound of the roaring

sea against the ruptured hull of

a doomed vessel. The terror

this inspired in passengers and

crew reduced survival odds

even further, yet in these

conditions rescue units from

Nantucket were dispatched to

the scene, fully living their motto: “We have to go out – we don’t have

to come back.” When the H.P. Kirkham ran aground on the dreaded

‘Rose and Crown’ shoal on a winter night in 1892, it took the rescue

crew 26 hours to successfully recover all six shipwrecked sailors and

return safely to the Nantucket shores.

Although inevitably associated with loss, the sunken wrecks can offer

a more peaceful experience as well. The Massachusetts Board of

Underwater Archaeological Resources created an “Exempt

Shipwrecks List” of dive sites that do not require a permit to access.

Recreational wreck divers are free to explore numerous sites around

Nantucket, which include such doomed vessels as the freighter

Canonbury, Cross Rip Lightship, French Van Gilder, a schooner, the

tug Lackawanna, Nantucket Lightship, and, on December 15th, 1976,

the Liberian oil tanker Argo Merchant, which ran aground on the

Nantucket Shoals and spewed oil into the Atlantic just 29 nautical

miles southeast of our shores – a grim harbinger of what was to

come in the Gulf of Mexico.

We even have a locally-built sunken submarine in our waters. Phil

Osley of the Sunken Ship created a yellow submarine from recycled

materials in the 1970’s and later sank it outside the harbor for scuba

divers to enjoy.

. On June 24, 1909 the 250 ft passenger ship Republic

collided with the steamship Florida. The passengers were

transferred to the Florida with no loss of life.

. The 882 ft luxury liner Olympic was the sister ship to the

Titanic. On May 15, 1934 she collided with the 180 ft Nantucket

Lightship that sank immediately

with seven lives lost.

. A fierce nor’easter on

February 18, 1952 broke both

the Fort Mercer and

Pendleton tankers in two.

The bow of Fort Mercer is

south east of Nantucket with

the stern of the ship 40 miles

away.

. The SS Andrea Doria is the

most well-known shipwreck

in our island waters. On

July 25, 1956, approaching

the coast of Nantucket bound for New York City, Andrea Doria

collided with the MS Stockholm. Struck in the side, she immediately

started to take on water. Improvements in communication and rapid

response by other ships averted a disaster similar to the Titanic of

1912. 1660 passengers and crew were rescued, while 46 people were

lost. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning.

. The Argo Merchant, the Liberian tanker ran aground in December

1976 and split in two spilling 7.5 million gallons of oil into the sea.

The exploration of shipwrecks,

whether from the comfort of land

or at the depths of a wreck site,

allows for both visitors and locals

to engage Nantucket’s fascinating

maritime history. The lore of the

ocean around the island, both

above and below the sea, comes

vividly to life at the Nantucket

Shipwreck and Lifesaving

Museum, just off Polpis Road by

the Salt Pond.

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Nantucket

Chris Kardell

Cottage industries have always had a strong presence on Nantucket, and nowhere is it more evident than in the

abundance of colorful displays one can see while strolling downtown on Saturday mornings through the Nantucket

Farmers and Artisans Market. Every Saturday, weather permitting, from 9am to 1pm talented seasonal and year-round

residents of Nantucket gather on North Union and Upper Cambridge Streets to offer their homemade wares, from quilts,

honey, and flowers to home-baked goods, locally grown produce, jewelry, shawls, art and even handmade gluten-free pasta.

Sustainable Nantucket has produced a festive and friendly atmosphere at the market with fresh foods, unique gifts, and

live music that will please your senses while supporting and strengthening our local entrepreneurs and farmers.

Chris Kardell started Drift Away Soaps after a trouble-

some reaction to commercial detergent moved her to

begin making her own soaps.

She learned that the first

recipe for soap was written on

a clay tablet around 2,000 BC

and that basic soap-making

has not changed since. All her

soaps are handmade with

natural ingredients.

Amy Cabre of Spiro

Designs sells homespun

yarn made from

Nantucket Conservation

Foundation’s sheep’s

wool. She also makes

lavender-scented laundry

dryer balls, wool-wrapped

soaps, felted flowers

and clutches.

Amy Cabre

www.driftawaysoap.comwww.spirodesigns.com

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Written by Susan Bartkowiak Portraits by Kit Noble

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Mary Musat-Crandal of Bien Ecrit had always been a letter writer

and collector of note cards, but it was the quiet simplicity of a

cold Nantucket winter

that inspired her to

turn her passion into

a business. Antique

engravings and simple

motifs adorn her

elegant stationary.

Bien Ecrit

Liliana Dougan of Nantucket Pasta Goddess

realized when one door closes another opens after

she lost her job and, to relieve stress, began making

pasta! When a friend mentioned her husband was

allergic to gluten she soon mastered producing

pasta that was gluten-free. Her pappardelle,

tagliatelle, spaghetti and ravioli can all be frozen.

Look out for her pasta sauces soon.

Nantucket Pasta Goddess

Elisabeth Hazell’s vintage-inspired raw silk

scarfs are sewn with seashells, feathers,

and are embroidered and beaded. They

are works of art that can be layered for the

winter or worn individually in summer.

She also sells sundresses and organic

t-shirts and makes henna tattoos that are

a huge hit with children and adults alike.

Elisabeth Hazell

Dani Henke at The Pear creates

jewelry, collage postcards and

imaginative small gifts ranging

from whimsical to sophisticated

all made out of Nantucket-

recycled products.

Dani Henke

www.nantucketpastagoddess.com

www.thepeppypear.blogspot.com

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Keep it Native

Nell Van VorstHerrlooms

Herrlooms’ Allison Herr was first taught

how to thread and set up a loom on

Nantucket one winter and was soon

turning her love of fiber arts into shawls,

blankets, place mats, and drapes in

beautiful colors with fantastic patterns.

Porcelain is one of the earliest artworks

introduced to the Western World through

the Silk Road, and Nell Van Vorst’s porcelain

cups and dishes represent per-

fectly this ancient art. Whether

decorated with a flower, cricket

or bird they have a graceful

simplicity that can be

displayed as art or used

as daily tableware.

Inspired by the native women of the

Wampanoag tribe and her spirited

connection to nature, Debra McManis

of ‘Keep It Native’ hand-draws and

manually prints her t-shirt designs

of seals, whales, and a beautiful

chieftess.

www.keepitnativenantucket.com

www.herrlooms.com

www.vanvorsttile.com


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Sue Riddle

Lindsey Cressman of Spoon Home Textiles

draws inspiration from her grandmother and

her old farm near the cranberry bogs. She

sews delightful aprons and quilts reminiscent

of the stripes and colors found on beach

umbrellas that can be used not only on beds

but also for a plush lounge on the beach.

Kumani EssentialsStacy Fader of Kumani Essentials spent a winter in the African nations of Togo

and the Republic of Benin gaining insight and contacts for her fair trade-certified

beauty products. Purchasing her products enables woman and girls to gain better

trading conditions, health care and education where sustainability literally could

be a matter of life and death. Kumani

Essentials are available at Great Harbor yacht

Club, Darya Salon and J. Parave & Co.

When it comes to purchasing unique

gifts and locally grown food, there is

no place like home.

SpoonHomeTextiles Sue Riddle prints t-shirts for

babies and toddlers using non-

toxic ink. If you see an elephant

using a balloon to fly, or an

octopus offering a flower to a

fish, you will know you have

an Octumble original.

www.kumaniessentials.com

www.spoonhometextiles.com

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Brewery BarbequeA benefit for the Nantucket Land Council

Saturday, August 7th@ Cisco Brewery

Tickets @ 508-228-2818 or www.nantucketlandcouncil.org

Featuring eco-activists & musiciansTodd Anders Johnson & Salem


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THERE’S SOMETHING

FUNNYGOING ON!

Kevin Flynn has thrilled audiences for years with his stand-up

comedy performances, having headlined at clubs and colleges

around the country and at numerous shows on Nantucket.

Images by Bon Duke


fter winning the Boston Comedy Riot in 1988 his

career took off and has since added film and

television credits to his name, including the

“Heartbreak Kid” with Ben Stiller, “Me Myself

and Irene” with Jim Carrey, “Osmosis Jones”

with Bill Murray, and “Sex and the City”.

Kevin’s career could have taken a different turn, having been

a professional soccer player in the Major Indoor Soccer

League. He covered World Cup soccer for Fox sports, ESPN

and ABC and received the POLK Award for excellence in

children’s programming.

In addition to numerous comedy awards and high-visibility

appearances, Kevin is the co-founder with Bonnie Levison of

the Nantucket Comedy Festival which is emerging as one of

the must-see events on the island. The event runs this year

from Wednesday, July 28th to Saturday, July 31st.

Flynn is most proud of

his launch of Project:

Comedy designed for

kids and teens who,

through learning the

art of stand-up, build

confidence and self

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KEVIN DOESN’T SIMPLY MAKEUS LAUGH, HE MAKES US SMILE.

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NantucketCelebration

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Cocktails and Light Buffet

Honored GuestUnited States Congressman

William D. Delahunt

ChairsBob and Laurie Monahan

For information please contact

Steve Greeley at (617)574-0720

[email protected]

The mission of The American Ireland Fund

is to be the largest network of people of Irish ancestry

and friends of Ireland dedicated to raising funds to

support programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture,

education and community development throughout Ireland.

www.irlfunds.org

Image by Bon Duke

Kevin’s life as a comic is often frantic as

he darts between Nantucket, New York

and even shows overseas, but he freely

acknowledges that his heart stays on

the island as this is his favorite place

on the planet. Kevin doesn’t simply

make us laugh, he makes us smile.


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The family photo album suggests that my earliest fishing trips

were from my baby seat aboard my grandfather’s boat as he fished

blues in the acid waters off Ambrose Light. I grew up on a pond in

Westport CT. and spent my adolescence stalking the wily sunfish.

Those early experiences created a connection with the waterways

and streams that led me to fish the oceans and rivers of the world.

Despite all those options, few places better hold the quality and

diversity of fish than the waters surrounding Nantucket. Inshore by

boat, or from the beach, a stunning variety of fish including blues,

striped bass, fluke, scup, sea bass and, in August, bonita and

albacore, can be taken here.

The following is a summary of the inshore ‘hot spots’ around the

island that we fish regularly, as well as recommendations for

charters if you do not have access to a boat. This information is the

product of 30-plus years of fishing here and is truly an ‘insider’s

view’ of where to spend your time most productively, either on shore

or by boat. I hope you have as much luck in these spots as I have.

First, a couple of points to remember. Blues are toothy and aggressive

fish, and will strike at motion and commotion. Plugs work great; use

a rapid retrieve, which creates white water. Leaders are a must.

Unhooking a fish is tougher than catching it. Consider bending over

barbs and use pliers when unhooking blues.

Bass are less aggressive than their oily friend, the blue. Slow down

your retrieve, fish the low light of sunrise or sunset, don’t use

leaders, and work with proven performers like the white bombers,

storms, buck tails, and sluggos. Both bass and blues are protected;

thus, blues have a 10 fish- per-angler limit and bass have a size

(28in.) and a two fish-per-day catch limit. (Check www.mass.

govdfwile/dmf/recreationfishing/rec_index.htms for regulations.)

Learn to read the water, watch for swirls, slicks, floating stunnedbait, and birds as indicators of where the fish are. Take a rest ormove on when seals are spotted in your fishing area. They’re better fishermen than you and the fish know it.

One final thought; practice catch and release to assure that

we don’t endanger such an amazing and fragile resource.

FISHON!The Insider’s Guide to Fishing Nantucket

By Felix Charney


1. Madaket on shore. Head to Smith’s Point

by jeep where you’ll find solid blue and bass

fishing from the rips that form on the running

tides. Casting bombers, storms, buck tails or

flies with no leaders work best for bass. Plugs

and swimmers with leaders are particularly

effective with bluefish. You’ll need a beach

pass for vehicle access on any Nantucket

beach; these can be purchased at Town Hall.

2. Esther’s Island. Wade the flats along the

north shore of Esther’s in the gray light with

a fly rod if bass is your target. Slowing

retrieved swimmers or sluggo’s work well

for the spin fisherman.

3. Eel Point. This spot holds blues and bass

and offers the wading fisherman a chance to

fish the deeper drop-offs which produce bass later

in the day. Storms work well in these deep holes.

4. Smith’s Point by boat. Fish the rips that

form the seaward side of Smith’s and along

the south shore of Tuckernuck; all reliably

hold schools of bass and blues. The water is

Caribbean-clear so use your eyes. In fact,

you can sight-fish much of Nantucket waters.

5. Tuckernuck Northwest. Follow the

shoreline north and explore the rips and the

rocks on the northwest side of Tuckernuck.

Blind-casting a swimmer, a storm or a

sluggo all along these rips, bumps and edges

can produce a hit, or at least an opportunity

for great uncrowded fishing.

6. Muskeget. For the ambitious, fish the rips

that extend from the west end of Muskeget to

the Vineyard. These unpressured waters are

great for bass and blues.

7. Tuckernuck flats. This area offers some of

the best sight-fishing north of the Florida

Keys. Bass and blues prowl these flats and

attract the island’s best fly fisherman.

(Restaurateur Joe Panterno of the Club Car

and fashionista Paul Bruno of Zero Main

know these flats well. Feel free to ask them

about tides and fly selections next time you’re

in their establishments.)

8. Walter Barret Dock. If you’re looking for

charter assistance, the Walter Barret dock in

Madaket is the launching point of some of

the West End’s best charter Captains. Tom

Mleczko (508-228-4225) operates five boats

from this area and Hal Herrick of Sankaty

Head Charters (508-257-1575) also knows

the waters of the West End like few others.

The owners of Cross Rip at 24 Easy Street

(508-228-4900) operate several boats

from the West End, all with extremely

knowledgeable skippers.

9. South Shore. The most reliable mid-day

blues fishing on the island can be found in

the rips just off the airport, reachable only by

boat. Use bombers and missiles in both the

rips and on the slicks. Expect very large,

aggressive blues in this spot. Bring heavier

tackle and plenty of extra plugs.

10. The East End. As the Walter Barrett pier

is to the West End charter fleet, so the

Straight Wharf dock is home to the East End

fleet. Walk the docks in the afternoon around 4

pm, examine their catch and visit with the

returning captains who are all too happy to share

with you the details of the day’s trips. Boats can

be hired by the hour, half day or full day.

Nantucket Boat Rental offers small boats from this

location for those who want to do it themselves.

11. The Old Man. One of my favorite inshore

rips, The Old Man is home to packs of blues.

If you’re lucky, you’ll witness schools of big

blues surfing the lead wave of the rip, chasing

bait fish. Later in the season you may find an

occasional small bluefin tuna. Should you hook

one of these freight trains, be sure to release it

unharmed, as the bluefin is highly regulated.

12. Brant Point Light. It’s not only a great

location for a family photo. Casting bait or lures

from this beach will yield porgies, bass, and

blues. In the early season the first big keeper

bass are usually caught here in mid-May.

13. First through Fourth Point in PolpisHarbor. Getting here is half the challenge,

but fly and spin fisherman catch bass with

good results in this area all summer long.

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14. The Jetties. There are hordes of scup,

sea bass and an occasional fluke for the bot-

tom fisherman. Fish close to the rocks with

squid and small hooks to get steady action

for you and the kids.

15. The Cord of the Bay is a reliable spot to

blind-cast or troll for bluefish. Captain Josh

of the ‘Monomoy,’ 508-228-6867, and Captain

Mark of the ‘Just Do It,’ 508-228-7724, offer

great trips especially for kids as they fish for

porgies and sea bass on the wreck or troll

for blues in the calmer waters of the Cord.

Captain Josh sets lobster traps which he

tends on these trips, called “Critter Cruises”,

which kids absolutely love.

THE RIPS The bass fishing opportunities of our

eastern rips are without equal. Be it #18

Pochuck, #11 The Old Man, #19 the 6 Can

#20 Mc Blair’s #21 the Rose and Crown or

the countless other unnamed rips that lie to

our east, these rips offer the best opportunity

to catch BIG bass. Using eels, fly, plugs or

trolling with wire, few do it better then Capt

Bob DeCosta of the ‘Albacore’, 325-1920 or

Capt Pete Kaizer of the ‘Althea K’, 325-2167.

These Captains know Nantucket’s eastern

waters and its many rips. Both run traditional

Down East boats with keels that allow them

to stem the rip and put you on the big bass.

If you’re running your own boat, try one of

above-mentioned spots and look for birds,

breaking or surfing fish, or simply run your

baits in the rip until you hook up. Give the

charter guys a wide birth as there are more

rips than fishermen, so move to another

rip rather than crowd someone trying to

make a living.

I will cover the offshore opportunities and

some of our adventures in the August issue

of N Magazine.

Until then, walk the charter docks and book

a trip, or visit two of the island’s great

tackle shops, Bill Fisher Tackle on 127

Orange St., 228-2261, or Nantucket Tackle

Center on Sparks Ave., 228-4081, and pick

up plenty of info and equipment, for your

adventure which awaits just offshore.

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16. Great Point. Whether from the beach or

by boat, this is one of the island’s favorite

spots for blues, bass and fluke. Combined

with a family beach-day or cookout, it can

make for a wonderful family adventure.

From the surf, blues can be found in and

around the rip and respond well to ballistic

missiles. By boat, troll the edges of the rip

with rubber squid, tubes and umbrella rigs.

Or hire Captain Fred of the ‘Herbert T’,

228-6655, Captain Brian of the ‘Absolute’,

325-4000 or the ‘Topspin’, 228-7724, for a great

day of blue and bass fishing at Great Point.

17. Sankaty Light. From Great Point to

Sanakty Light offers great fishing and, with

the prevailing southwesterly winds, makes

for calm-water fishing for bass, blues, sea

bass and fluke. Don’t be surprised to see

blues and bass right on the surface directly

under the light. Expect to see a fleet of fluke

fishermen fishing 15-45 feet of water as they

prowl their favorite hole for some of the

finest fluke fishing anywhere. Fluke or

summer flounder can grow to 11+ lbs. Fluke

are unusually aggressive and are best fished

from a steady drift. Use a jig with a dropper

hook baited with squid and bellies. Expect

to catch a selection of sea bass, dog fish,

skate, sea robin, and the occasional blue or

large bass if you fish this technique.

Map Courtesy of Nantucket Ship Chandlery Corp.508-228-2300

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Alan Lafrance & Mary Walsh — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Laura Gallagher Byrne, Marybeth Bradley & Kelly West — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock

Cece Moore & Claire Seaquist — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock

Phyllis McInerney, Warren March, Margaretta Andrews — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception Photo by Fifi

Phil Stambaugh, Dorothy Savarese, Bert Talerman — Cape Cod Five Bank

Reception Photo by Fifi

Alex & Diana Gambal — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Larry & Nancy Hollen — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Lyman Perry, Lauren Giglio, Sanne Payne, Mathew Cramer —Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi

Marty & Lance Kelly — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi

Debra Walsh & Allen Wannamaker — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception

Photo by Fifi

Kathey F. Parcels & Jim Cromartie — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception Photo by Fifi

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Jo Slavitz & Connie Mundy —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Duncan Fog & Ryan Dobbins —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Brett & Maria (Ponzi) Fogelstrom — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Gail & Rafael Osona, Duff Meyercord — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Jack & Ciara Fritsch — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi

Katherine Tucker, David Walker, Antonella Walker, Nancy Haas — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi

Frank Fasanella & Trudy DuJardin — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi

Lori Corry & Carrie Thornewill — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock

Rhoda Weinman & Kay Sheehan — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock

Randy & Wendy Hudson, Frank Neer — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi

Kristin & Chris Glowacki — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi


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Anne Dyer, Lucile Hays, Bill Hays, Annie Bissinger —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Wendy Rouillard, Ray Pohl, Illya Kagan —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Zona & Whitney Butler —Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Dave Provost & Sarah Alger —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Jenny Paradis, Amanda Congdon, Liza Paradis —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Nicole del Rosario, Christian del Rosario, Laura Tedeschi —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton

Ron Lefebvre & Elizabeth Davies —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton


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Jeff Ottani, Jonathan Anastos, Justin Lawson, Doug Collatz —Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Dave and Kristen Provost — Artists’ AssociationPhoto by Gene Mahon

Bob Giusti, Richard Glidden, TL Halford, John Murray — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Bob Lobel & Phyllis McInerney, Executive Director — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Alan & Vickie Scheuer —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer

Kim Griffin, Doug Collatz, Kelly Griffin —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer

Skip Guss, Bill Belichick, Linda Holliday, Tom Bresette — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Ray Conlon, Susan Bond, Frank Kaminsky, Don Allen — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer

Dave Monast & Leslie Johnson —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer


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Paula O’Leary & Bob Gardner —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange Photo by Gene Mahon

Jessica Manning, Francesca Ifantiede & Sandy Walsh —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon

John O’Connor & Chris Morris —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange Photo by Gene Mahon

Ryan Fitch & Brian Harris —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange

Photo by Gene Mahon

Sherre Wilson Rae, Anne Laurilliard, Heather MacLeod —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon

Denise Olsen & Andrey Stanev —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon

Nina Locario and her mother Louise —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon

Susan Kervin & Pauline Proch —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon

Jason Sullivan —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon


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Dave and Kristen Provost — Artists’ AssociationPhoto by Gene Mahon

Nick & Jana Duarte, Logan & Scott O'Connor — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon

Jeanne Esti, John Shea & Gabrielle Gould —TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon

Victoria & Joe Lipuma, Susan McGinnis, Laurie Richards —TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon

Judy Belash & David Boyce — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon

Betty & Frank Sprigs —Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon

—TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon

Flint & Corkey Ranney — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon


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Richard Wolfe, Dr. John West & Geoffrey Silva —Dreamcatcher Photo by Gene Mahon

Judy & Kiril Coonley —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

John Covert & Emily Harris —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

Kate Hamilton & Gary Pardee —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

Jean Grimmer & Lisa McCandless —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs”

Photo by Katie Kaizer

Leslie Linsley & granddaughter Tori McCandless —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

Jonathan Arist, Debbie Loucks, Sherry & Nelson Loucks —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

Susan Dupree, Ben Simons, Jim & Tricia Lowe —Egan Maritime Institute “Seadogs” Photo by Katie Kaizer

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TONKINOF NANTUCKET

English & French AntiquesEstablished on Nantucket 1971

10,000 square feet devoted to• English Country Furniture• Silver and Brass Accessories• Fireplace Equipment• Marine and Scientific Instruments• Games• Desk Appointments• Ship Models• Paintings• A Large and Varied Collection

of Staffordshire Figures• English Pond Yachts• Pub Signs

New shipment just arrived from EnglandOpen throughout the year • Ample parking

Tel: 508.228.9697 • Fax: 508.228.9511

E-mail: [email protected]

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nantuckethealth club

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508 228 4750 10 Young’s Waynantuckethealthclub.com

On the Old South Road NRTA Shuttle Route

We’re hereall year

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IN STARK

There are many unmistakable

qualities to every Stark painting,

but which specific qualities depends

entirely upon which Stark has done

the painting. Perhaps the most

well-known father and son artists

on the island, Robert Stark and his

son, also Robert, each has his own

distinctive style which is in sharp

contrast to the other, yet both share the same passion for

their subject matter and discipline in executing their work.

Robert Stark Jr., the father, is a man who has lived through great

change in both the country and Nantucket. He came to the island

as a summer resident after being introduced to it as a child.

Louise Stark, Walter Jewett and Madaket Millie

Artistic style of Robert Stark Jr.,


CONTRASTWritten by Bryce Pearson Photography by Nathan Coe Artwork courtesy of the artists

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objects, but are all crafted with a level of precision that gives them

a rare sense of energy and photo-like realism.

Clearly inspired by Dutch still life painters, Stark seemingly chal-

lenges observers of his work to

study their intense detail and

near technical perfection. While

his paintings are not Nantucket,

Stark draws inspiration from the

solitude of Nantucket’s winters.

Stark, the son, was born in

New York City and moved to

Nantucket when he was ten.

He attended Georgetown

University and after college

moved to San Francisco where

he worked for Patagonia clothing.

The most remarkable fact about the

younger Bob Stark is that, as an

artist, he is completely self-taught.

He selected a style that is highly

demanding but through experimentation,

trial and error and mentoring from

local artists George Murphy and

Michael Miller, achieved commercial

success. Stark says “The longer I

paint, the longer it takes me to paint”

but seeing his work explains why.

There is yet another Stark who is entering the world of painting.

Son and brother Dylan Stark recently worked in television but is

now concentrating fully on his paintings. While Dylan’s works show

the influences of both his father and brother he too has developed

his own style.

If there is a painting gene, the Starks have it and while their styles

are a study in contrast, they share a common or, in this case, a

truely unique and uncommon gift.

He graduated from Nantucket High School and, a talented athlete,

was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. However, World

War II had begun, and the father Stark joined the Coast Guard.

Upon his return to Nantucket he became commodore of the

Nantucket Yacht Club and along with his wife was a founding

member of the Nantucket Artist Association .

The Artist Association was bequeathed the Macy Warehouse and

the Little Gallery, which became their home. The properties were

donated by Kenneth Taylor who directed “as far as it lies in our

power, to maintain these galleries as an art center forever.”

Stark makes no bones about his displeasure with the sale of

these properties, in 1986, to the NHA, after which sale he and his

wife left the organization.

Robert Stark Jr.’s gallery started in 1972 on Old North Wharf, is

the oldest continually running gallery on Nantucket and showcases

one of the most iconic artistic styles on the island. The bright

orange sails on his signature catboats have come to symbolize

Nantucket. His paintings of the rainbow fleet are universally known

and are evocative of a simpler time that was the island during

Stark’s youth. Despite the seeming simplicity of his work, there

is complexity to his dark, brooding skies that portend dramatic

weather ahead. It is a style that Nantucketers have embraced,

making Stark’s art some of the most valuable contemporary

work on the island.

The style of the son, Robert Stark III, reflects a singular attention

to detail that departs from the romance and occasional playfulness

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Encountering challenges at sea is a concept

not unfamiliar to Nantucket. In fact, few

places on earth have more seriously tested

the resolve and fortitude of sailors over the

centuries than the waters that surround

our island.

Today Nantucket is one of the ports for a

new and perhaps even more formidable

sailing challenge than those experienced

by whalers of the past. Sail To Prevail,

formerly Shake-A-Leg, and the brainchild

of paralympic sailor Paul Callahan, is a

remarkable organization that puts children

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Prevail, “Training and racing an actual America’s Cup 12-meter and

beating seasoned, able-bodied competitors sends a message that is

loud and clear to those who lack the belief in their ability to better

manage their circumstances and overcome their own adversity.”

Callahan indicates that over 1,000 children per year benefit from

his organization as do their families, who often see a renewed sense

of confidence in their children.

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and teens facing physical, developmental and health issues to the

test. Through the world of sailing, these young people confront

their own fears and self doubt through mastering skills they never

thought possible. By learning to sail and being part of a sailing team,

they realize that the impossible is possible and that they can indeed

overcome the obstacles in their lives.

Pushing boundaries is what Sail To Prevail is all about and the

organization’s recent donation of the legendary 12-meter racing

America’s Cup yacht, Easterner, provides an example of just how far

they are willing to push. According to Paul Callahan, CEO of Sail to

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The opportunities found in and around the

waters of Nantucket continue to enrich

those willing to explore their limits, and for

participants in Sail To Prevail they have just

begun to discover how far they can go.

The organization relies almost exclusively

on personal donations and is hosting a fund

raiser on Saturday, July 24th at the Great

Harbor Yacht Club.

To learn more about Sail to Prevail visit:

www.sailtoprevail.org.

For information on the July 24th

GHYC fundraiser contact

[email protected]

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OUT OF INDIA

A T R U E N A N T U C K E T S T O R Y

WITH FREEDMAN’S OF NANTUCKET

From his store at 14 Centre Street, Don Freedman can see the Nantucket he has loved for almost three

decades. Through his creative mind, he can also see the rural villages in India where he has visited

and worked with the master craftsmen there for almost as long.

Originally a wholesaler who sold to Bloomingdales and Niemann Marcus, Don Freedman, never

stopped listening to his creative side, whether designing a new tapestry, clock or a variation on a leather

chair he had seen on a sales trip.

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“I sold wholesale for many years, but when I retired and did nothing

for two years, I got bored. I wanted to open my own store in order to

sell my own creations. “ And so, in 1981, “Expressions by Don

Freedman” got its start in a little fishing shack on Straight Wharf.

‘We started out with one shack,” Don remembers. Then, as his

retail shop and reputation grew over the years, “We got another

fishing shack and then another, and pretty soon we couldn’t get

the freight in and out.”

Finally, in 2004, he moved to his Centre Street location, where he

continues to greet customers who come back year after year to

see what he has designed.

“The store was like a toy for me. I could

greet my customers, and watch them, not

to judge them but to see what appealed

to them. I learned that my customers are

the true artists because it is their eye that

determines what they will buy, and there-

fore what I will create for the next year. “

“My pieces are a step back in time, I want

to create things that have charm and

character; that are exquisite and unique,

their quality unequaled. And I tried to

find the best craftsmen in the world,”

he recalls.

That quest took Don around the world

two, and sometimes three times each

year. It was in London that, quite by

accident, Don received a tip from someone

who had overheard his conversation

about looking for master craftsmen. For a

small fee to his eavesdropper, Don was

directed to a location in rural India where,

through an interpreter, he found the

craftsmen who were the masters of the

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could manufacture his creations and allow him to introduce to the

world the quality of design that he had long sought.

But would they work for him? “It took me many years to develop

the relationship of trust that I have now with the Indian artists,”

Don says, sitting on the bench outside his store. “They wanted to

work with me but they had to first trust me. That is why I went

back to India again and again. Once they knew that I would not

take advantage of them, they brought artists who were expert in

other areas of design or fabric or materials to me. “

Don tells the story of how, from a conversation in India, a metal

table became featured in the front window of his store.

“I was in very rural India, a place where they have electricity

only a few times a day, and I was with my interpreter. We met a

man who told me through my interpreter, ‘I can do anything in

metal. Anything you give me, I will make. Please give me business,

I want to start exporting for you.’ And from that meeting came

this ‘way-out’ draftsman’s table. I was influenced by a table I had

seen several months ago at an auction. It had a glass top that

angled and had wheels, and although no one would use it for

that purpose, I saw it differently – it could be a step back in time.

I sketched it out for him, and that became the table you see. “

Don also finds a connection that flows from piece to piece within

his store. “From the classic books that are leather-bound, to the

leather furniture, to the interesting dimensional clocks to the old

nautical-looking objects. The whole premise of my work is to

take a step back in time – to make things that are charming and

have character.”

As he has for so many years, Don Freedman keeps returning to

India, 65 times now over the past several decades. His goal is

simple; to bring his products out of India and back to Nantucket,

to the steady stream of customers and friends he greets, to

provide them with unique creations that they will love and

which will last a lifetime.


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“We walked up the cobblestones

on Main Street in a driving

rain storm,” recalls Debra

Klingsporn “and we loved it.”

Despite the cold, raw weather,

the greeting by the search

community of the First

Congregational Church was

nothing but warm. The church

was looking for a new pastor

and found in Reverend Gary

Klingsporn a match made

in heaven.

With a Ph.D. in New Testament

studies at Baylor, where he

also taught, and as a practicing

minister, Gary’s quiet charisma,

devotion to his faith and

infectious personality made

him their ideal choice. His wife

Debra, an accomplished writer

and speaker, added even more

gravitas to the team.

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First Congregational Church welcomes its new pastor

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“We had been at

our church in

Minneapolis for 20

years, and we had

looked at churches

in seven or eight

places,” says Gary.

“Nantucket just

happened to be one

of them, along with

a church in

Monterey, California

and even one next

to O’Hare Airport

in Chicago.” He

remembers. “But

we fell in love with this church and this town.” And the

committee embraced him as their new pastoral leader and

Gary and Debra as new stewards of the church’s ministry.

Debra recalls her first surprise upon their arrival this past

January. “I expected small town appeal but didn’t expect

such a strong sense of community. People come here

because hey want to be here.”

For Gary, being on Nantucket in his new role as pastor meant first

learning about his congregation and the island he would serve.

“What was surprising was the

diversity on the island. I didn’t

expect people from all over

the world. And the church is

diverse, not social or ethnic

diversity, necessarily, but

socio-economically – we have

working families who are

doing two or three jobs, and

we have people who are retired

who have done well in their

lives, all of them together here in the church.”

The next order of business has been to reach out into the

community. “I asked Bill Pitman, the police chief, whose family

is a member of the church, what are the biggest social needs

on the island. And he described issues such as substance

dependency, depression and suicide prevention. I hope that

we as a church can start to get involved in outreach programs

such as A Safe Place and Habitat for Humanity which, I understand,

was once an active part of our church mission. I’d love for us to

host a regular AA meeting. Who knows, maybe we can be helpful

in child care, or sponsor an English as a second language

class, or get involved with our immigrant neighbors.

My understanding is that no one has really focused on those

who come here to work in a very comprehensive way, and so

maybe there are those in our congregation who can advise

them on visas or their work cards – help them cut through

the red tape. Not that his parishioners have been idle in

reaching out to other Nantucketers. “We have an active

seniors group in the church, people who really care about

our island elders,” says Gary. On May 1st, 20 to 30 volunteers

gathered fruit, snacks and candies, assembled them in ‘May

baskets’ and delivered them to 85 of our seniors, and then

they visited with them.”

“Now that we’ve been here a little while,” says the new,

obviously energetic pastor of the First Congregational

Church, “I believe that the opportunity for our church to

grow into the next generation is definitely there. While it can

be pretty difficult to be a young person growing up here

because of a lack of diversity, there are also some real

advantages. People naturally rely on each other. It’s a very

family-friendly place, and we look forward to being a giving

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By1965, Alabama native Millard Fuller, at the age of 29 had become

a lawyer and millionaire but had jeapordized his marriage in the

process. Following many soul-searching nights Millard, and his

young bride Linda, made a series of decisions that not only changed

their lives but, ultimately, helped to change the world.

Millard left his law practice, reconciled his marriage and found a

calling in Christianity. He and Linda gave away everything they

owned, performed missionary work in Africa and, in 1976, in a little

Georgia town called, appropriately enough, Americus, founded what

would become the single largest private builder of homes in the

world, Habitat for Humanity.

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In 1976, housing was not a problem on Nantucket but, by the turn of

the century, many could not afford to live on the island.

In December, 2000, Phil Read, a former Habitat volunteer from

Florida now living here, met with Reverend Tom Richard, pastor of

the First Congregational Church, and together they started the

process that created Habitat for Humanity Nantucket.

Their first Habitat home, a single-family residence on Norquarta

Drive, worked on and purchased by a family of five, was completed in

March 2004, with labor and materials almost completely donated by

the island community. The second project was a duplex for two fami-

lies on Saratoga Lane, completed in January, 2007. This month, the

third Habitat home, a single-family, LEED-certified, environmentally

efficient home on Okorwaw Avenue, will be completed

for a single island mother and her

three children.

“Our goal is to produce safe, affordable, decent housing,” says

Habitat Nantucket president Tom Richards (who is not Rev. Tom

Richard.) “And, yes, that means the bricks and mortar, the boards

and nails you think of and that go into constructing a living struc-

ture. But what we really build is hope for families and their future

generations.”

Habitat for Humanity doesn’t simply construct a dwelling and turn

the keys over to the lucky buyer. Families selected for a Habitat

home must be willing to make several commitments. First, they

must invest their time and energy; 350 volunteer-hours for a couple

or180 hours for a single parent, to actually help build the house in

which they will live.

They then must commit to buy the house, repaying over 20 or 30

years an interest-free loan provided to them directly from Habitat.

The returning funds are in turn used for the next Habitat home.

They must also agree to join the Habitat team and lend whatever

skills they have to the Habitat project for the next selected

Nantucket family. By the time they’ve completed their home, with

help from a multitude of island volunteers,

a bond will be formed that will last a lifetime. And it is within this

community of volunteers that resides the secret of Habitat; why so

many have made it their life’s abiding avocation.

“There’s an unseen but remarkable layer of people and skill sets

here on Nantucket who come together to help their neighbors build

a future for their families,” says Tom Richards. “We all have other

jobs, but we know that through our work we might be helping a

teacher who is great in the classroom or, like Katie, who works at

the hospital, to be able to afford to stay here and, in turn, help our

entire community.”

The ‘Katie’ to whom Tom refers is Katie Deras, who you might

meet if you would ever need the services of the emergency room

at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. The island has for too long lost

competent professionals like Katie who were simply unable to find

a way to afford to live here. Among all its other noble goals, Habitat

Nantucket helps prevent the loss of people like Katie.

“As a single mother of three, it’s the best thing that ever happened

to us.” Katie says as her house nears completion next month.

“I never could have done this by myself. It’s a dream come true.

I have 150 new friends for life, and since our house is so solid that

it’s hurricane-proof, any of them can come and stay here if they

need to in the next storm.”

Katie and her kids, ages 17, 13 and 5, may have been painting, sanding

and hauling wood on the jobsite of their home-to-be, but what they

have really been doing is becoming part of a community of friends who

care about her and will be there in the future for her family.

And, as Millard Fuller envisioned almost 40 years ago, she will carry

forward her commitment to the next Habitat effort, an ambitious

two-house project at 143 Surfside Rd. slated to begin in July, in

which one home built from scratch and another donated by

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constructed as simultaneously and as quickly as the flow

of volunteers will allow.

If you’d like to learn more about Habitat Nantucket, call

project manager Craig Spery at 508-228-7892 or visit

www.habitatnantucket.net. President Tom Richards prom-

ises a spot on the Habitat team to anyone who wants to

join.

The Scott Family outside their Habitat home

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“We might be building houses, but we’re really building a

community of friends, helping and caring for each other,”

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do a deal together. Had it been successful, it would likely

have put us out of business. That’s a time when you examine

your soul. We were a company of inventors. We would bring

our technology to the market well in advance of whatever

Apple and Microsoft could do. And we, in fact, did that. It

took Apple and Microsoft three years to bring out their

technology. We brought ours out in 90 days.

N Mag: You mentioned that you are a company of inventors.

Inventors often are not the best business people and business

people are often not the best inventors. But it seems you have

integrated both skill sets.

CG: Neither of us ever took a business course in our lives,

and I only read one business book before we started. The

only chapter I remember was something called “Market Gap

Analysis.” And it said if you’re going to bring out a product,

find out something that people want or in which no one else

already has an entrenched position. I said, “That sounds like

a good idea.” So that’s what we’ve always done. We’ve always

opened new markets with new technology.

N Mag: Your products touch virtually every aspect of the visual

communication world. Did you ever imagine the global impact

that Adobe would have?

CG: Of course not. We thought we would never have more

than fifty employees. We succeeded way beyond our wildest

dreams. And I think the thing I feel the most satisfaction

from is the fact that, as you suggest, essentially any piece

of material, either static, or motion, motion video, motion

pictures, that you see today, a piece of our technology has

been used in its creation. It’s worldwide.

N Mag: Do you think there is a future for the printed word?

Specifically, newspapers and magazines or is this an inexorable

road toward extinction through products like Kindle and the iPad?

CG: One thing I believe, for example, is that while bloggers

are interesting because they give a variety of different points

of view, we really have no way, when we go out onto the Web,

to calibrate the accuracy and reliability of what we read.

That’s one thing that the print media brings to the table, The

New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times.

You have a certain amount of confidence that they are

accurately presenting two points of view. That eventually is

going to happen to the internet, we just don’t know exactly

how in the world of media distribution.

N Mag: Your role in the transformation of media from print to

computer is particularly ironic given that your father and

grandfather were letter press photoengravers.

CG: Fortunately, my dad lived to be almost 99 and he saw what

Adobe accomplished before he passed away. I’ll never forget the day

N Mag: You left Xerox in 1982. Was there trepidation leaving the

comfort of a large organization to go into the uncertainty of your

own venture?

CG: I would hesitate to assert a large organization like Xerox

as necessarily comfortable, although I did have a great job.

Because of our educational background and the environment

in Silicon Valley we knew we could always get a job. The only

risk was probably to our egos if we failed.

N Mag: And at what point after you began your new venture

was success apparent?

CG: Within one year we were able to sign a significant deal

with Apple Computer that made us profitable, and increased

the value of our original venture investors five-fold, because

Apple bought 19% of the company. That was extremely

unusual in startups.

N Mag: Was the growth of the company linear or did you ever

experience a major bump in the road?

CG: In 1989, through a combination of negotiations and

technical developments, we got into a situation in which

our largest customer, which at that time was still Apple

Computer, and our largest competitor, Microsoft, decided to

Chuck GeschkeCo-Founder/Chairman, Adobe

. . . . . .

Interview by Bruce A. Percelay

Dr. Charles Geschke with Dr. John Warnock co-founded

Adobe in 1982. The company with its 7,000 employees has

revolutionized visual media on a global scale.


I brought him something home I knew was

really good. He looked at it and he said,

“Charlie, I think you’ve done it.” It was a

huge thrill.

N Mag: You are a true veteran of the

technology business which is so incredibly

young. How many people have been at

this as long as you?

CG: Steve Jobs. Bill Gates. Yeah, I’ve been at

it a while. I started working on my doctorate

in computer science in ’68 so if you sort of

measure from that point—that’s more

than 40 years. And it’s been a remarkable

transformation that I’ve experienced. You

know, 20 years ago there were dozens and

dozens of household-name

software companies and

now there are relatively few.

N Mag: So taking the

trajectory of where you

started and where the

world is, does your

imagination let you see

where the world could be

20 years from now?

CG: I honestly think that

if I were a young person

today, and I was interest-

ed in engineering and technology, I

wouldn’t necessarily focus on the world

of computing and electronics. I would be

much more focused on clean energy and

biotechnology because that’s where I

think the next big, huge transformation

will happen. That doesn’t mean that I

don’t think our industry will continue to

prosper and grow and build exciting

stuff. It’s just that at the place where

there is real leverage is where the need is

so huge now.

N Mag: Do you want to comment on the

current relations between you and Apple?

CG: Well, you know, Steve is an incredibly

inventive guy. He has a sense of what

people want and what they have. And

he’s got a point of view now where he

really wants to expand his business into

the media distribution market, at least

that’s my impression. And in that

environment, he feels that the best way

to do it is to control all aspects of the entire

process of creation through distribution.

The version of Flash that we just

released, and you can see on any Droid

phone, is getting incredible reviews.

N Mag: The country as a whole is in an

economic situation that perhaps we have

not seen in modern history in terms of our

own balance sheet. How concerned are you

about the economic condition of the U.S.?

CG: Well, I’m very concerned but not so

much just from a financial point of view.

In fact, that’s probably low on my list of

the concerns. My real concern is that we

are doing a terrible job of educating our

children relative to the rest of the world.

And as a result, over time, the most

precious natural asset which we have,

which is people and their collective mind

and talent, is something that we will no

longer be able to position ourselves as

the best in the world. You see what’s

happening in China and India and other

parts of the world, and I think we are

deluding ourselves to think that we can

continue to under support education and

maintain our position as the most pow-

erful economy in the world.

N Mag: You are known for being

very modest; a regular guy. Some

people who achieve great financial

success, or success in other terms,

are able to stay grounded. Other

people are not. What are your

observations on why some people

can keep their wits about them

and retain their basic values and

others get lost.

CG: Well, I had wonderful parents

who instilled good values in me.

And I have the great good fortune

to be married to a wonderful

woman and I have a great family.

Trust me, they keep

me grounded and let

me know who I am. I

think a lot of the credit

goes to them.

N Mag: Your success

is inspirational and

I want to thank you

for taking the time to

share some of your

insights with us.

“If I were a young person todayI wouldn’t necessarily focus on theworld of computing and electronics.

I would be much more focused on clean energy and biotechnology,

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Not all our local restaurateurs actively

support small farms; some prefer

pre-portioned meats and fish and the

accessibility and ease of factory-farmed

fruits and vegetables. Since running a

restaurant is first and

foremost a business, sometimes the

bottom line does prevail. Yet thankfully,

the overall trend in Nantucket’s finer

kitchens is toward small, sustainable

and local.

If you applaud these practices and are

curious as to whom you should support,

I’ve put together a couple of pointers.

Read the menu… and then read it again.

Do you see names of producers or

farms? Are there promises of sustainable

practices? While these are usually good

initial indicators of a local, sustainable

menu, price is also a good distinguishing

factor. Unfortunately, supporting local

farms and vendors sometimes means

what’sthedish?Ask any number of Nantucket summer

residents why they love this particular

little sandbar of an island, and the

answer—more often than not—is a love

of nostalgia.

The reason I mention nostalgia is

because in recently talking to friends

and colleagues about food trends, it

became quickly evident that nostalgia

plays a big role in the culinary world

these days. As we consider the trends for

the restaurant scene of the future, we

find ourselves looking to the past.

Additionally, everyone’s talking about

local, local, local. I’m thrilled to see the

continuation of nose-to-tail cooking and

buying produce from local vendors and

fish from local boats docked in the harbor.

While elsewhere in the States, the idea of

nose-to-tail cooking is quickly becoming

passé; here on this sandbar in the middle

of the ocean, we continue to be mindful

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Yet thankfully, the overalltrend in Nantucket’s finerkitchens is toward small,

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specifically for their market. With the

arrival of summer, our community of

overly-fit folks takes to the trails and

pack the bike paths. This particular

community tends to become even more

food-obsessed, as there are races to be

run and Iron Man and Iron Woman

teams to join. The bottom line with

locally-sourced food is it has a proven

higher nutritional rate than factory-

farmed equivalents. Local fruits and

vegetables are not picked six to 10 days

before they are sold, as they hardly travel

at all. Also, riper fruit and vegetables

have more nutritional value.

So buy local; for the runners, it will

help you shave a second off your time,

and for the non-runners, will help make

you a happier person . Granted, I am not a

doctor and have no basis for these claims,

aside from liking the sound of them. With

all that is available here, I ask you to be a

conscious diner. For your well-being, eat

well and mindfully, and please cast your

vote/dollar for the local market!

what’s the dish? : epicureanhigher prices. Yet, these prices tend to

stay fairly consistent because the local

production-market prices are not driven

by trends or futures fluctuations in the

commodities market; tractors, weather

and hoes drive local prices.

There are great people involved in local

production on Nantucket. They are

supporters of local business, which bring

dollars full circle just like the days

before Hallsmith and Sysco trucks rolled

through town. Also, there’s something so

romantic about knowing the people who

produce your food, or maybe that is

specific to me. I have been known to

embarrassingly clap when a plate of

food is presented to me. And I did end

up marrying a chef, after all. Sustainable

practices gives chefs and diners a say in

what is available in how it is farmed. Today,

this notion is without doubt the healthiest

option. Knowing that a chemical-free

approach is important and being told it

is so by your customers at a local farmers

market, means that farmers can produce

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