WINTER 2013 by Nantucket Magazine

Winter 2013

BEN BARNES 50 Years After JFK

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ROGER HORCHOW Remembering

JENNY GARNEAU

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HEROES AMONG US JULES EMBRY-PELRINE, DARCY CREECH & JOSEPH HALE S P E C I A L H O L I D AY E D I T I O N

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Editor & Publisher Bruce A. Percelay Managing Editor Robert Cocuzzo Art Director Paulette Chevalier Head Photographers Nathan Coe Kit Noble Operations Consultant Adrian Wilkins Contributors Kate Coe Holly Finigan Jen Laskey Jonathan Soroff Photographers Cary Hazlegrove Charlotte Carey Photography Brian Sager Advertising Director Fifi Greenberg Advertising Sales Audrey Wagner Publisher N. LLC Chairman: Bruce A. Percelay

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Season of

GIVING

The quality of any community is defined by the people who give beyond themselves to help others. Nantucket is blessed by the number of people who support the nearly 140 non-profits on this island, making it one of the most extraordinary communities anywhere. Even among the many givers on Nantucket, there are individuals who stand out for their exceptional contributions and we celebrate their commitment to improving the lives of others, which is the theme of our holiday issue. Editor & Publisher

What sets Jules Embry-Pelrine, Darcy Creech and Joe Hale

apart is the uniqueness of their works and their dedication to their causes. Jules EmbryPelrine is a Nantucket native who ran over one hundred miles in twenty-four hours to raise money for the Marla Lamb Fund, which goes directly to paying for travel and lodging expenses of Nantucket residents receiving cancer treatment off the island. Darcy Creech, who in recent years raised money to drill water wells in Africa, focused her energy this year on the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disabled elderly by creating Nantucket Wheelers, a specially designed bicycle program that takes folks out of nursing and retirement homes and into the fresh air. Finally, Joe Hale is the president of the Theatre Workshop, a vice president of the Community Foundation, development chair of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sconset Trust, and serves on the board of the Egan Maritime Institute and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sconset Chapel. Beyond Nantucket, however, Hale has endeavored to bring solar-powered light to the hundreds of millions of people around the world who live in darkness. These individuals serve to inspire other Nantucketers to give back to the community and the world beyond, helping make this island the extraordinary place that it is. In this issue we also celebrate a person who defined giving to this community and whose legacy on Nantucket is secure. Jenny Garneau was one of the original team members who started N Magazine eleven years ago and was a person whose energy and love for the island is embodied in every page of this publication. Jenny was a force of nature that remained optimistic to the end and provided all of us with an invaluable lesson on how to live each day to the fullest. Our greatest tribute to Jenny would be to let her example of giving to the community guide our own approach to life on Nantucket. This holiday season is a perfect time to practice examples set by Jenny, Jules, Darcy and Joe, as we think about how to give our own gifts to Nantucket. Sincerely,

Editor & Publisher

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Bruce A. Percelay

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The beat on the cobblestone streets.

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Check out N’s ultimate guide to Nantucket’s 40th Christmas Stroll and don’t miss a thing this holiday season.

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Remembering beloved Nantucketer Jenny Garneau.

Nantucket native Jules Embry-Pelrine ran over one hundred miles in twenty-four hours to raise money for the Marla Lamb Fund.

42 ROLLING BACK THE YEARS Darcy Creech has given the island’s disabled elderly a new spin on life with her Nantucket Wheelers program.

46 LIGHTING THE WAY

Nantucket resident Joe Hale is on a mission to bring light to the hundreds of millions of people who live in darkness worldwide.

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53 MY FAIR ISLE

Actress and vocalist Alexandra Kopko is headed to New York City this fall to try out her talents in the Big Apple.

Just in time for the winter’s first chill, we take a look at this season’s hottest knitwear.

NDEPTH 58 WITNESS TO HISTORY

Nantucket resident Ben Barnes remembers the day in Dallas that changed America forever.

63 WINTER ESCAPES

NQUIRY 79 AN ENERGIZING DISCUSSION

Looking to get away from our island getaway this winter? Here’s your guide to the top hot (and cold) vacation spots around the compass.

72 THE PRODUCER

Longtime seasonal resident and Broadway producer Roger Horchow went from mail order catalogues to Tony Awards.

This past fall, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy Richard Sullivan toured the island and assessed Nantucket’s alternative energy uses.

NHA 85 STROLL BACK IN TIME The NHA digs into its photo archives to give us a look at the holidays of yesteryear on Nantucket.

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Nantucket BlACKbook’s Holly Finigan gives her ultimate shopping list for everyone in the family.

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Holiday cover photographed by Kit Noble. Clothing provided by the Knobby Shop, Murray’s Toggery, Peter Beaton, Henley & Sloane, and Jack Wills. Styled and art directed by Paulette Chevalier.

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Apparently N Magazine isn’t the only glossy that

house Media, which recently purchased Nantucket’s

thinks Nantucket is a perfect backdrop for fash-

Inquirer & Mirror from NewsCorp’s Rupert Mur-

ion shoots. This past November, film director and

doch, recently filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bank-

fashion photographer, Carter Smith, led a team

ruptcy. The Inky was purchased along with a group

of twenty—including one of N’s own photogra-

of other community newspapers formerly known as

phers, Nathan Coe—on a three-day fashion shoot

the Ottaway Group through a complicated ownership

for GQ’s spring issue. While each member of the

structure. If the name Gatehouse sounds familiar, it

team signed a confidentiality agreement, bystand-

was the owner of the now defunct

ers reported that the model was English actor and

Nantucket Beacon, which disap-

“Downton Abbey” star, Theo James. This past

peared from the racks in 1998.

summer, GQ’s Editor-In-Chief, Jim Nelson was

It will be interesting to see

spotted around the island, evidently mixing busi-

how this story unfolds.

ness with pleasure.

BLOCKBUSTER SHOWING The Nantucket Shorts Festival took the island by storm this past October, serving up ten locally made short films that packed the Dreamland Theater during the Nantucket Arts Festival. With John Shea of the Theatre Workshop serving as master of ceremonies, the films ranged from documentaN magazine

ries by Kristen Kellogg, Dan Driscoll and Kit Noble to artistic short films by Cary Hazlegrove and

Jeff Tucci. In the end, however, it was Scott Capizzo’s documentary Underground Man that rolled away with the award for Best Short Film. Capizzo brought viewers into the many underground (and overhead) dwellings of the fabled Nantucketer “Underground Tom,” using both new and old footage. Given the smashing success of the event, another showing of all the short films will be taking place at the Starlight Theater this holiday season. Go to Nantucketshorts.com for more information.

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ETA ON THE FBO? Talk about delays at the airport! The saga of the Fixed-Base of Operations (FBO)

building at Nantucket Memorial Airport continued this fall after missing its planned opening on September 1st. The new building, which will greet and serve passengers traveling on private aircraft, has been under construction for over two years now. Airport manager Tom Rafter declined to comment on the specific causes for the building’s long delay, but did indicate that there are “a lot of lawyers involved” and “it may involve litigation.” Rafter went on to say that “it’s going to be a nice building,” and that there will likely be an open house for the public, but for now the focus is just getting the doors open.

This fall marked Sustainable Nantucket’s fifth Nantucket Grown Dinner series, providing an opportu-

ANOTHER

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Just when you thought Nantucket couldn’t possibly host another festival or gala, rumors of a new event for 2014 have swirled around town—except this one might be music to your ears. Spearheaded by Cynthia Dareshori and Cheryl Emery, the Nantucket Music Festival first emerged on the scene via a Facebook page that has since garnered nearly 400 fans. Dareshori and Emery are said to be in the process of applying for all the necessary permits and scouting for talent. While no acts have been officially named, if their Facebook page, which includes photos with Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, and Dave Matthews, is any indication, the festival could make a lot of noise next year. We’ll just have to stay tuned.

nity for restaurant owners and chefs to connect with local farmers, fishermen and harvesters to celebrate the island’s bounty in true gourmet fashion. From their kitchens at the Chanticleer, Galley, Ventuno and American Seasons, top island chefs cooked up spectacular (and sustainable) feasts using fresh veggies from Bartlett’s Farm, Pumpkin Pond Farm, Moors End Farm, Hummock Pond Farm and Far Away Farm. Fish was brought in by Captain Bill Blount of the Ruthie B, beer by Cisco Brewers, and wine courtesy of Annye’s Whole Foods. “Sustainable Nantucket’s mission is to cultivate a healthy Nantucket, a strong local economy, and a more sustainable, more locally-based self-reliant food system,” says Michelle Whelan, Sustainable Nantucket’s executive director. And if these dinners are any indication, Sustainable Nantucket appears to have found a winning recipe. The last Nantucket Grown dinner of the year will be held at Pi Pizza on December 15th.

DAN WOLF’S GOV.CAMPAIGN GROUNDED Cape Air president and CEO Dan Wolf officially ended his

run for Massachusetts Governor this past October. The decision came after much back and forth with the State Ethics Commission, which ruled that Wolf’s ownership of the Hyflights in and out of Boston’s Logan International Airport. If Wolf wished to continue his gubernatorial campaign, he would either need to divest his 25% ownership of Cape Air or discontinue flights in and out of Logan. In the end, Wolf refused to eject from the company he built and decided to ground his campaign for good.

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This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Christmas Stroll on Nantucket, which begins Friday, December 6th and runs through Sunday, December 8th. The holiday festivities, however, begin the on Main Street and throughout downtown. In what’s become known as Nantucket Noel, crowds and carolers dressed in Victorian-period costumes will gather at the top of Main Street to see the lighting of the town’s twenty-foot Christmas tree decorated by local artists Deb Sosebee and Donna Elle. Then on December 6th, Christmas Stroll officially begins with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arriving via Coast Guard cutter. Trumpets and dancing elves will herald the Clauses up Main Street and down Centre Street to the Jared Coffin House where children will be eagerly awaiting. So begins a magical time on Nantucket with more activities to do than days in which to do them. So you don’t miss a thing, here’s N Magazine’s guide to some top Christmas Stroll events.

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day after Thanksgiving with the lighting of over one hundred Christmas trees

FESTIVAL OF TREES@WHALING MUSEUM — STARTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH Kicking off the holiday season at the NHA’s Whaling Museum is the fifteenth annual Festival of Wreaths. Members of the community create wreaths that are displayed in the Peter Foulger Gallery during the week of Thanksgiving, and visitors can bid on their favorite wreaths in a silent auction to benefit the NHA’s year-round education and preservation efforts. Then, marking the beginning of Stroll, the NHA celebrates its twentieth Festival of Trees at the Whaling Museum, featuring community-crafted trees designed by local merchants, nonprofit organizations, artists and children. The Festival of Trees preview party takes place on Thursday, December 5th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will remain open throughout the month of December. Visit www.nha.org for more information.

CRAFTS, COCKTAILS & CLASSICS@THE DREAMLAND — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 10AM – 2PM & 6PM From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon of Stroll weekend, the Dreamland Theater will be hosting families for free arts and crafts and ornament making. Adults are invited to come back that same evening at 6 p.m. for “Cocktails & Classics,” where they will enjoy food and drinks from the Nantucket Catering Company before viewing A Miracle on 34th Street. Tickets are on sale at the door for $50, but beware, the event sold out early last year. Visit www.nantucketdreamland.org for more information.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL@THE THEATRE WORKSHOP Don’t be a scrooge this Stroll! Go see Theatre Workshop continue its tradition of bringing to life Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Slated as one of its most ambitious productions of the year, TWN’s A Christmas Carol is sure to be a present to young and old. Tickets and show times are available at www.theatreworkshop.com

LIVE READINGS@NANTUCKET ATHENEUM — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH & SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH Too tired to read this holiday season? Let the Atheneum do it for you. This Stroll, there will be two staged readings at the Atheneum on India Street, beginning on Friday night with The Night Alive, which will be directed by John Shea and Ciaran Byrne of the Theatre Workshop. Return to the Atheneum the following afternoon to hear John Knox-Johnston read Dylan Thomas’ classic Christmas tale, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” And for those who prefer reading to themselves, the Atheneum will be holding its annual used book sale on Saturday as well. Visit www.NantucketAtheneum.org for more information.

YULETIDE GALA@GREAT HARBOR YACHT CLUB — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH In its second year, the Yuletide Gala will be held at the Great Harbor Yacht Club on Friday, December 6th. The gala is part of the Nantucket Lighthouse School’s Yuletide Festival and will feature dinner, dancing, a silent auction, a raffle, and original music from Nantucket’s own gypsy band, Coq Au Vin. The gala’s headlining musical act will be Miss Fairchild. All

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proceeds go to benefit the Nantucket Lighthouse School. For more information go to www.nantucketlighthouseschool.org

SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION@ ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 5:30PM –7:30PM If you’re looking for the perfect present for the art collector in your family, head over to 19 Washington Street on Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for the Artists Association of Nantucket’s annual Holiday Small Works Exhibition. Billed as its biggest show of the year, the AAN’s Small Works Exhibition features paintings, photographs and sculptures by Nantucketbased artists. Visit www.NantucketArts.org for more information.

RADIANT NANTUCKET WALKING TOUR@JARED COFFIN HOUSE — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 8:30AM Why not start the morning off on the right foot with a walking tour of the great mansions of the Cliff, Jetties and Brandt Point? The one-hour stroll begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, December 6th . The walk begins at the Jared Coffin House and will end up on Children’s Beach by 9:45 a.m. Call 508-332-0953 for more information.

HOLIDAY HOUSE TOURS@FRIENDS OF NANTUCKET PUBLIC SCHOOLS Visit charming island homes that have been professionally decorated for the holidays and opened to the public in the heart of downtown. This year marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Holiday House Tours and it is a must for the interior designers among us. The tours will take place throughout Stroll weekend. Tickets are available at www.FONPS.org.

NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE@WHALING MUSEUM — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 10AM–5PM To take in the full Stroll experience on Saturday, December 7th, hitch a ride on the shuttle at the Whaling Museum on Broad Street and be whisked around the island, from cooking demos to shopping sprees and tons of other activities. Sleigh Rides will be circling around the island from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last shuttle leaving the Whaling Museum at 4 p.m.

CHRISTMAS MARKETPLACE@CORNER OF EASY STREET & MAIN STREET — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 10AM–3PM In its third year, the European-style “Christmas Marketplace” will be held on the corner of Easy Street and Main Street (down from Straight Wharf) on Saturday, December 7th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Many of the island’s nonprofits will be there with warm food, drinks and merchandise for sale.

SAVAGE BROTHERS BAND@ THE CHICKEN BOX — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH & SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 7PM Looking to rock around the Christmas tree this Stroll weekend? Pop into the Chicken Box Friday and Saturday for the Savage Brothers Band, a six-piece funk, rock and rhythm band that’s been coming to the island for over fifteen years now. The Savage Brothers play everything from AC/DC and Aerosmith to Bob Marley and the Temptations. Cover charge is $10 at the door, or free with Box pass.

19TH CENTURY CHRISTMASTIDE FEATURING RICK SPENCER@ SALTMARSH SENIOR CENTER — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 1:30PM–5:30PM In the mood for some easy listening? Head down to the Saltmarsh Senior Center at 1:30 and 5:30 on Friday, December 6th and hear musician Rick Spencer perform Christmas classics on guitar, banjo, mandolin and concertina. Refreshments will be served. Call 508-228-4490 for more information and to purchase tickets.

LIVE MUSIC @ NANTUCKET COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER — DECEMBER 6,7 & 8TH Music will be in the air throughout Stroll weekend courtesy of the Nantucket Community Music Center. It all begins at 7 p.m. on Friday night at the Dreamland Theater with the Walden Strings Players Concert. Then on Saturday afternoon, check in to the Coffin School at 2 p.m. to hear holiday music performed by NCMC faculty, students and community members. School.

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Remembering

JENNY GARNEAU WRITTEN BY BRUCE A. PERCELAY

Jenny Garneau was a force of nature. She would walk into a room and could amp up even the most sedate discussion into a highly spirited dialogue. Jenny wouldn’t simply light up a room; she would electrify it. In 2002, gathering in the kitchen of the home of Biff and Linda Levy, along with Bill Ferrall, Fifi Greenberg, and this writer, Jenny helped found N Magazine and became the go-to person when encouragement was need-

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ed, diplomacy was required, and ideas were wanted. When N decided that it needed to be more deeply rooted

in the community, it was Jenny who took the idea of Nantucket Restaurant Week and turned it into not only a great business generator for the island’s dining establishments, but found a way to turn it into a teaching program for the high school’s culinary arts curriculum. Enough was never enough for Jenny, and Restaurant Week would go on to hold a Junior Chef cooking contest for Nantucket’s youth.

together once again as a team. Having run the Nantucket Beacon newspaper years ago, she laid out in detail all her plans, and how she was ready to step up to the plate and pull it all together. It is trite to say that a person’s memory lives on after they are gone, but Jenny’s ing year-round on Nantucket, Jenny served on the Chamber of Commerce, the Friends of Nantucket Public Schools, the Nantucket School Committee and State Department of Mental Health. She was the only person who felt like she had just won the lottery

life force was so extraordinary that her presence still reverberates around all of those who spent time with her. N Magazine had and continues to have Jenny Garneau’s fingerprints inked all over it, and her spirit will forever remain a part of this publication.

by becoming head of the Suicide Prevention Coalition on Nantucket. She approached a job that was a matter of life and death with a spirit that seemed othing about Jenny was half- almost impervious to the often dark way. When N Magazine was nature of the task. Throughout it all, determining a strategy for reaching the Jenny’s central motivation was servhighest income demographic reader- ing Nantucket’s youth and working for ship on the island, it was Jenny who a better future for the island. questioned, “Why stop on Nantucket?” Before we knew it, N Magazine was When Jenny learned of her diagnosis being distributed at all the private jet of cancer, she viewed it as more of terminals throughout New England, an opportunity to beat it rather than giving the publication a reach like none a setback. Indeed, Jenny met her illother on the island.

ness as if it were another chance for her to prevail over an enormous chal-

Life after N only became more and lenge. So powerful was Jenny’s sense more active for her, and there were of optimism, that just months before few parts of island life not touched she died, I received a breathless phone by her kinetic energy. Over the course call from her about the idea of buying of her nearly twenty-five years liv- the Inquirer & Mirror and us getting

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Aspiring actress and vocalist Alexandra Kopko follows her dreams to the Big Apple

ith big blue eyes, freckles and a flirtatious smile, twenty-two-year-old Alexandra Kopko has a very girl-next-door look, but she’s hardly your typical girl next door. When the stage is set and the mike is hot, Kopko is a showstopper, commanding audiences with all the range and panache of a headlining diva. “I don’t think I ever thought I was going to do anything else,” Kopko says, cupping a mug of tea at the Bean on Centre Street, “it was just always assumed that I’d be some kind of performer.” Now, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and a minor in musical theater from Marymount Manhattan, this Nantucket native is setting off, like so many hopeful thespians and vocalists before her, to pursue her dreams in the Big Apple.

“I don’t think I ever thought I was going to do anything else. It was just always assumed that I’d be some kind of performer.” “My dad always says, ‘You have a good face for theater,’ which he swears is a compliment,” Kopko says, raising an eyebrow as she takes a sip of her tea. “My dad is a musician and a director and actor. My mom is also N magazine

theatrical. She did Educating Rita here at Actor’s Theater and got rave reviews.” Kopko’s father, Michael,

is the co-artistic director of the White Heron Theatre Company and directed her in the lead role of Luisa in Nantucket Theatre Workshop’s acclaimed production of The Fantasticks back in 2011.

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ince then, she has performed in Theatre

Red Productions, and has also been cast as Mika VanAdler

in Nantucket Sounds, a Raucous Bacchus production (with

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grease, and most

original screenplay by Nantucketer Andrew Cromartie)

recently, she nailed the lead role in a production of Sweet

that will be filmed on island in 2014. “It started out being

Bye and Bye at the York Theatre in New York City.

a cut and dry summer romance,” Kopko explains. “But

Workshop musicals, such as Annie, The 25

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the story is evolving, and now it’s about the complexities

While her first love is musical theater, Kopko is now

of relationships and what happens when one person starts

breaking into film. She’s acting on web shows, such as the

looking for something outside of the relationship. It’s go-

forthcoming “Why the Hell is She Asking Me That?” by

ing to be really fun.”

In the meantime, Kopko is returning to New York with all the gusto and optimism of a young, talented twenty-something who wants to make it in the big city. But she is not naïve; she acknowledges that she’s going to need to keep her morale up and avoid getting knocked down. Still, Kopko asserts that she’s enamored of the actor lifestyle. “It’s kind of like living in New York,” she explains. “You have to love it for the bad stuff as well as the good. You have to love the rats in the subway and the sketchy people, the fact that everyone is stressed out all the time, the dirt and the grime. With acting, you have to love the failure, rejection and struggling, too.” Only time will tell if Kopko has what it takes to break into the big time, but whatever happens, she will always have a stage to grace here on Nantucket.

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HEROES

AMONG US JULES EMBRY-PELRINE, DARCY CREECH & JOSEPH HALE

PHOTO BY KIT NOBLE

he Nantucket community has seen many inspiring acts of service and charity from both our year-round and seasonal residents over the course of this year. Whether it was hundreds of swimmers raising money for cancer treatment at this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Swim Across America event or local families hosting our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wounded warriors in their homes for Holidays for Heroes, there is no shortage of inspirational people on who continually raise the definition of what it means to be a Nantucketer. With this in mind, N Magazine recognizes Jules Embry-Pelrine, Darcy Creech and Joe Hale as exemplars of our community, true heroes among us who are improving lives both on and off island.

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Nantucket. Indeed, the Nantucket community is fortunate to have many selfless individuals

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MAN WRITTEN BY ROBERT COCUZZO

PHOTOGRAPHY BY NATHAN COE

WHAT DROVE THIS NANTUCKET NATIVE TO RUN OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?

All things considered, Jules Embry-Pelrine is looking pretty good. With his legs outstretched and crossed casually at his ankles, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never know that just days ago those same legs carried him over one hundred miles in twenty-four hours, a feat of endurance unheard of on Nantucket. Even the idea of logging that distance by car on the island in a single day is hard to imagine. So why, on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with a full moon

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and a star-filled sky lighting his way, did this Nantucket native set out to run the impossible?

HEROES AMONG US Jules Embry-Pelrine

“If you try and wait for the perfect time, that perfect time may never come, so do what you can when you can.” — Jules Embry-Pelrine

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here are several starting lines to Jules’ story, but perhaps it’s best to begin five years ago. In the spring of 2008, Jules’ brother Ammon suffered a number of seizures, leading doctors to find a golf ball-sized tumor pressing against his brain. “Upon removing it, the doctors tested it and it came back positive for cancer,” Jules says uneasily, “a cancer that,” he pauses, “that does not respond to chemo. So the only option was further surgery.” Another brain operation followed and Ammon’s health ebbed and flowed. “After the second surgery, they decided on a round of radiation treatment, an hour of radiation everyday for a month,” Jules says. “Ammon had to drive to the hospital everyday, and afterwards he was just exhausted. He would want to sleep for the rest of the day.” Ammon had since moved to the Boston area, so his commute to the city’s various medical centers was only a fraction of the distance traveled by patients from Nantucket. “I began to think about how much more difficult it would be if he had to get on a boat or a plane after receiving treatment and return to the island,” Jules says. “That really cemented it for me that the Marla Lamb Fund would be something great to support. Every cent donated to the fund goes directly to helping pay for the travel and hotel expenses of islanders receiving treatment in Boston and elsewhere off island.” So it was that when Jules decided to commemorate his thirtieth birthday with a long distance run, he pledged to use the run to

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raise money for the Marla Lamb Fund.

ince college, Jules has run competitively and

fluid intake. At the thirteenth hour mark, he had surpassed

often makes the local news for besting

his longest time running continuously, logging around fif-

opponents in island races such as the Rock Run,

ty-five miles. He now entered the unknown. How would

but he had never attempted such an extreme distance.

his body respond? Could he endure?

It raises the obvious question: why run for twenty-four hours? Why not just do a 5k or a marathon? To this Ju-

Four hours later, his stomach began cramping up, forcing

les offers several explanations, but his overriding reason

him to alternate from running to race walking. “I realized

transcends running and centers on empathy. “Any kind of

that I had gone seventeen hours and I was doing well, but I

illness, but especially cancer, is such a psychological and

still had seven hours left, which was a lot,” he says, “but

spiritual and physical endurance test,” he says. “I had it

I just kept pushing.” As pain and doubt crept over him, he

in my mind that if I can push myself just a little bit for

thought about his brother and the courage and persever-

twenty-four hours, that’s a small modicum of what some-

ance of patients like him who had no other choice but to

one has to go through with their daily treatments and the

push through the next chemo treatment, the next round

“…if I can push myself just a little bit for twenty-four hours, that’s a small modicum of what someone has to go through with their daily treatments…” — Jules Embry-Pelrine

fluctuations in their health.” With that in mind, he set off

of radiation, the next surgery. “Cancer doesn’t take a day

running down Old South Road at 7 p.m. on September

off,” Jules kept telling himself. And so, too, he would

19th. It would be twenty-four hours until he’d come to

push through until, under the shroud of night, barefoot and

stop.

shirtless, Jules came to a stop outside his father’s house on Miacomet Road at 7 p.m. He had run 100.5 miles in

During the first four hours, fellow runner Giles Gregory

twenty-four hours.

joined him on the trail. Giles is one of the few other island residents known to compete in ultra marathons (distances

“If you try and wait for the perfect time, that perfect time

more than 26.2 miles), and he had run a 100k race with

may never come, so do what you can when you can,” Ju-

Jules in 2010. “I just wanted to help him out. I knew not

les says today, reflecting on his run. “Many people wait

too many people would join him because they think it’s

for the perfect time to make a donation to charities like

crazy,” Giles says. “It’s a personal thing. There is nothing

the Marla Lamb Fund. They want to make a big dona-

harder than running a hundred miles. Once you’ve run a

tion, but then something comes up—the car needs a new

hundred miles, you feel like you can do anything.” The

clutch, they need to make a mortgage payment—and they

two men ran almost nonstop, pausing only momentarily to

can’t donate. But in reality, if all those people just gave

pick up water and energy bars at refueling coolers that Ju-

five or ten dollars, that would make a big difference.” To

les had set out strategically around the course. “You don’t

date, Jules’ efforts have raised thousands of dollars for the

stop,” Giles says, “your legs will seize up on you.”

Marla Lamb Fund, and donations continue to funnel in. As for his next long distance run, Jules has his sights set on a hundred-mile race in New Hampshire next fall. Until

He ran through the night, never stopping and maintaining

that time, he will continue running and enjoying time with

an average fifteen-minute-mile pace. His mind became a

his brother, whose health continues to improve one step

rolling checklist, monitoring his body and his calorie and

at a time.

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After twenty miles, Jules was left to continue on alone.

OLLING B A CK T H E YE A R S

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WRITTEN BY JEN LASKEY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

HEROES AMONG US Darcy Creech

HOW AN ISLANDER PUT A NEW SPIN ON THE LIVES OF NANTUCKET’S ELDERLY

arcy Creech is an entrepreneur and a

philanthropist, and when she gets it

in her mind to do something she goes at it full speed ahead. Creech has launched her own line of designer hats, opened retail locations for her Peter Beaton studio on Nantucket, raised money to build water wells in Africa, and founded a credit card processing company that enables merchants to reallocate processing fees to charities. This year, Creech made it her mission to breathe new life into one of Nantucket’s most underserved demographics: our disabled elderly. Moved by an online video about a man who de-

veloped a wheelchair bicycle so that he could continue riding with his wife who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, Creech set out to raise $35,000 in thirty-five days to purchase three custom-made tandem “Duet” bikes (along with helmets, insurance, liability costs, and cab fare) for elderly and disabled residents on the island. “It was such a beautiful video and I thought it would be an amazing thing to bring to [retirement centers like] Our Island Home,” Creech explained, citing how old age and disability can pressing, especially when one loses the ability to be mobile.

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be emotionally and physically isolating and de-

reech admits that the project was met with some resistance at first, but she fought through it. As a result of her unwavering enthusiasm, determination, and fundraising savvy, as well as the generous support of dedicated volunteers and sponsors like Don Allen Ford, Nantucket Bike Shop and Nantucket Bike Tours, Nantucket’s elderly are now taking daily joy rides with volunteer peddlers on our local bike paths. “It’s like watering a flower,” Creech says. “They come alive, their eyes open up wide and they’re just so happy to be out on the bikes.” Keep an eye out for 99-year-old Myrtle Ostrowski, Nantucket Wheelers’ oldest passenger and quite possibly their biggest advocate, as she gets peddled down the Polpis bike path, safely strapped into a wheelchair on the front of a bicycle, looking cool in her helmet and sunglasses, with the wind blowing through her hair and a beaming smile on her face. “I think it’s the best thing they ever invented,” says Ostrowski. “It gets all us old ducks out.” Ostrowski, who like many Our Island Home residents is confined to a wheelchair, enjoys the change of scenery that the Nantucket Wheelers program offers. On one of her recent trips, they stopped at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum. Since the wheelchairs easily detach from the “Duet” bicycle base, the peddlers were able to park the bikes and roll their passengers inside for a tour. “It was a very interesting afternoon,” says Ostrowski, who talks excitedly about how she loved to bike when she was young. “But, of course, now I wouldn’t be able to balance,” she says, gesturing to her frail body. “But with [the wheelchair bikes],” she says, smiling, “I don’t

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have to balance. I just sit back and enjoy the ride.”

“They’re 99, 97, 94…and they’re getting out there and trying something new. Honestly, I don’t know who’s having more fun, them or me.” — Darcy Creech, Nantucket Wheelers Founder

Another champion for the cause is Our Island Home resident David Worth, former general manager and commissioner of the Wannacomet Water Company. On one trip, he and Creech peddled all the way out to ‘Sconset with a little help from the bike’s battery assist mechanism. They ended up taking a little detour on Baxter Road and bumped into some people Worth knew. “It just uplifted his spirits,” said Creech, who points out that one of the great things about the program is that there’s a real social element, since observers are constantly striking up conversations with them. “It’s a lot of fun—the best thing that ever happened around here,” says Worth, who loves getting out on the bike and into the fresh air. And as a bonus he adds, “You get to ride with pretty ladies.” OIH Director of Nursing Gail Ellis says she has received extremely positive feedback from residents and their families. “It’s hard to be in a long-term care facility when this is all there is,” explains Ellis. “But having this new experience and getting outside, it’s wonderful for them. Residents are so excited about it. They’re more engaged and they’re happier.” “In my mind they’re rock stars,” exclaims Creech. “They’re 99, 97, 94…and they’re getting out there and trying something new. Honestly, I don’t know who’s having more fun, them or me.” However, Creech confesses that they have received one complaint so far. She smiles and says: “It was that Myrtle got to go out twice in a row.” Nantucket Wheelers currently has fifteen certified volunteer peddlers and as more volunteers come on board, and Creech’s Nantucket Wheelers hopes to roll on for many years to come.

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serves OIH and Sherburne Commons. Services will expand

HEROES AMONG US Joe Hale

LIGHTING THE WAY Written by Robert Cocuzzo

Photography by Nathan Coe

How Nantucket resident Joe Hale is changing the world

Since the day he was born, Joe Hale has been beating the odds. When his mother was nine months pregnant with him, she became afflicted with polio, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down and placed in an iron lung. No baby had ever been born in an iron lung until little Joe junior came into the world healthy with ten fingers and ten toes. Years later in his professional life, Hale miraculously

to me to be fairly selfish and a waste to not use those

went from earning $7,000 a year as a teacher, to be-

skills in some productive way.” I’ve read this quote

coming the president of a multimillion dollar energy

from him before, and yet hearing it now, his words do

company, this despite not knowing “a megawatt from

not sound scripted or rehearsed, but genuine, as if he’s

a light bulb.” When he learned that no one had ever

realizing the truth of his mantra all over again. “I truly

run seven marathons on seven continents in seven

feel that retiring in the traditional sense of the word is

months, Hale, an ex-smoker, decided to do it and

a selfish act.”

raised $250,000 for the March of Dimes. To date, his various fundraising efforts have raised over $100 mil-

So instead of taking up golf, Hale, who vacationed

lion for nonprofits ranging from the Cincinnati Zoo to

on the island for twenty-five years until moving here

the YMCA. Now, in what he calls his “second act,”

nearly full-time in 2005, is using his retirement years

this Nantucket resident is trying to beat the odds once

to serve causes both locally and globally. He is presi-

again, this time by attempting to bring light to the hun-

dent of the Theatre Workshop, vice president of devel-

dreds of millions of people who live without it world-

opment for the Community Foundation of Nantucket,

wide.

development chair of the ‘Sconset Trust, and sits on

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the board of Egan Maritime Institute and the ‘Sconset

Talking over coffee on a dreary fall morning on Nan-

Chapel. “To me the best way to become part of a com-

tucket, Hale looks neatly put together in a blue col-

munity is to find a way to get in involved in that com-

lared shirt and white sweater. His eyebrows slant

munity,” he says. “I may have gone a little overboard.”

slightly to the sides, opening up his face and giving

Nantucket also serves as Hale’s base of operations for

him an air of kindness before he even begins to speak.

his Global BrightLight Foundation, a nonprofit set on

“We spend forty years amassing an incredible amount

an ambitious mission to raise the standards of living

of experiences and skill sets in our professional lives,”

for the world’s poorest communities by bringing them

he says, setting down his coffee, “and it just seems

solar-powered light.

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his mission started three years ago during a ski trip with James Rogers, the president and CEO of Duke Energy, for which Hale serves as a consultant. The two were discussing an article in the Wall Street Journal about a Kenyan woman who was traveling long distances and spending

a significant portion of her income simply to charge her cell phone. Hale thought, “Why is this cell phone so important to a woman in Kenya who doesn’t have anything?” He learned that beyond communication, cell phones serve as a virtual banking system in Africa, as phone credits have become a form of currency there. The article went on to describe how the Kenyan woman ultimately purchased a solar-powered lantern that could also be used to charge her cell phone. Not only did the lantern eliminate the woman’s travel time and expenses, but now she could safety light her home without kerosene. “So Jim and I were thinking, ‘Gee whiz, what a simple solution to such a huge problem,” Hale says. “There are 1.3 billion people in the world that have absolutely no access to electricity today, so there was a huge need for these lanterns.” Inspired, Hale and Rogers decided that they would raise money for a nonprofit that was providing these lanterns to the poorest communities, but they found that there wasn’t one out there. So the two men founded the Global BrightLight Foundation, which by the end of this year will have provided fifty thousand solar-powered lanterns in five countries around the world. Unzipping his backpack, Hale pulls out one of these lanterns, which looks not unlike a cheap light fixture you might see on a late night infomercial. “This costs around thirty bucks, and can fundamentally change a person’s life,” he says. When thinking about making a difference in places like Africa, this simple piece of plastic is hardly what comes to mind. We think of food, medicine, money, education, and so on. But Hale explains how these lights have

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a trickle-down effect. He tells me how they protect women living in refugee camps in Rwanda who are regularly

victims of sexual attacks and rape when they go out to use the communal latrines at night. He tells me how they allow children to study at night in Nepal, and how men and women in Haiti can continue basket weaving or cooking long after sunset.

“Our mission is to bring clean so- a charity case myself,” he says. down the streets of Indiana, going running marathons in Dubai, Easter lar light to as many of the 500 mil- The son of a mailman and stay- door to door collecting dimes for Island, Venice and throughout the lion rural poor people in the world at-home mom, Hale learned the the March of Dimes,” Hale says.

United States. When he finally came

who are categorized as ‘bottom of importance of service and char-

to a stop twelve marathons later,

the pyramid,’” Hale says, “those ity early on. After giving birth Decades later, he set out to give back Hale had raised $250,000 for the who will likely not have access to while paralyzed from the neck to the organization in a dramatic March of Dimes. power in our grandchildren’s life- down by polio, Hale’s mother way, not so much a march, but a run. times.” Today, Global BrightLight was approached by the March In 2007, Hale pledged to run seven Today, after eighty-six marathons is in Rwanda, Uganda, Nepal, Haiti of Dimes, the nonprofit founded marathons on seven continents in and a new hip, Hale’s long-distance and Guatemala, and soon will be by Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight seven months to raise money for running days are over. Now his expanding to Peru, Bolivia, Zam- polio. The March of Dimes paid the March of Dimes—a feat that race is to bring light to hundreds bia and the Ivory Coast. Over the course of this past spring and summer, Hale traveled to rural villages in Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Haiti to see the impact of Global BrightLight. Returning from a trip to a village called Quixalito in

of millions of people. It’s no small

“We spend forty years amassing an incredible amount of experiences and skill sets...and it just seems to me to be fairly selfish and a waste to not use those skills in some productive way.”

undertaking, but if Hale’s life has proven anything to this point, it’s that the odds are in his favor. “We are changing lives one light at a time, one family at a time,” he says when I ask how he keeps himself

Northern Guatemala, Hale wrote,

from being overwhelmed by the

“Is there anything more reward-

enormity of his campaign. “I keep

ing than to see a dream realized, a for Hale’s mother to be treated had never been done. In what be- my eye on the big picture, but realmission accomplished, a vision ful- for six months at the same rehab came known as 7in7on7, Hale ran ize that change comes incrementalfilled?” In total, Hale has traveled facility where FDR was treated. marathons through the frigid cold ly.” Hale polishes off the rest of his to sixty-five countries, many of While she regained the use of in Antarctica, down the tip of South coffee and starts packing his backthem twice, and his global vision her upper body, Hale’s mother America, on the Great Wall of Chi- pack. He is running off to a board for BrightLight continues to grow.

remained paralyzed from the na, around the base of Kilimanjaro, meeting for the Theatre Workshop, waist down and was confined to along the Gold Coast in Australia, just one of the many scenes in

Where Hale came from is an impor- a wheelchair for the rest of her and on the streets of Rotterdam, all his second act here on Nantucket. tant driver to everything he’s done life. “One of my earliest memo- while working full-time. Even after After that, who knows where Joe in his life. “I like to joke that I’m ries is of pushing her wheelchair meeting his goal, Hale kept going, Hale will run to next.

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NDEPTH Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Ben Barnes remembers that fateful day in Dallas, a day he helped plan. ew can claim to have had a more meteoric rise

the greatest decisions I ever made,” he says. However, on this

in the history of American politics than Ben

fall afternoon on Nantucket, it’s Barnes’ earlier decisions as a

Barnes. By the age of twenty-six, the Texas demo-

young politician that we spend the most time discussing.

crat was already Speaker of the House, the youngest to do so in that state’s history. Three years later,

“It was an unbelievable time in my life,” he says, now seventy-

Barnes became lieutenant governor, and former President Lyn-

five. “It was fate and luck, but here I was, I’m [in my early

don Johnson would declare at a fundraiser, “Ben Barnes will

twenties] and I’m planning Kennedy’s trip to Texas and the

someday be the next presi-

president is assassinated. I

dent of the United States from

get elected Speaker of the

Texas.” He was well on his

House, and then I get elected

way to fulfilling Johnson’s

chairman of the National

prophecy when scandal tore

Legislative Conference, and

through Texas’s Democratic

I become a national player.

Party like wildfire. Barnes

Johnson becomes President

got caught in the blaze, and

and then Vietnam becomes

the swiftness of his political

the big issue. Then Dr. King

rise would be matched by an

is assassinated. Robert Ken-

even swifter fall. Yet despite

nedy is assassinated.” Barnes

how brief his time in politics was, Barnes witnessed some of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century, not

outlines

“It was fate and luck, but here I was… planning Kennedy’s trip to Texas and the president is assassinated.”

the least of which was

the

events

succinctly, these chapters of his political life, and it’s hard to imagine this all happening in the course of a dec-

the killing of John F. Kennedy exactly fifty years ago in Barnes’

ade. He still speaks with the unpretentious ease of a Texas-style

home state of Texas.

politician, a regular guy you’d want to grab a beer with. It was this no-nonsense way of politicking that became his trademark.

“I think most people would say I’m blindly optimistic,” Ben Barnes says today, sitting in the living room of his summer

Upon entering the House of Representatives at the age of

home in ‘Sconset where a Texas flag flies over his front lawn.

twenty-one, Barnes forged alliances with Texas’s most power-

“They’d say, ‘Barnes gets hit and falls to the canvas and gets

ful, specifically a man by the name of John Connally. Connally

right up...that’s his lifestyle.’” With his down-home Texan

had worked closely with Lyndon Johnson before Johnson be-

drawl, Barnes hasn’t lost touch with his Lone Star roots, which trace back to a dusty peanut farm in Comanche County, Texas. He comes from an era when democrats dominated politics in Texas, exemplified by men like Lyndon Johnson and John Connally, both of whom became staunch allies of Barnes.

“It was, indeed, a day long remembered, not just in Texas, but throughout the entire world.” came Vice President, and so it was that when President Kenne-

here for the democratic senatorial campaign in 1991, and bought

dy wanted to schedule a fundraising tour through Texas, Gov-

a house in 1995.” These days Barnes can be found playing eight-

ernor Connally put his best man, Ben Barnes, in charge of the

een holes at the Nantucket Golf Club, where he’s a member, or

details. Little did they know that this seemingly unremarkable

sidled up to the bar at the Chanticleer where he can chew the fat

tour would end up changing the course of American history.

with the best of them. “I look at coming to Nantucket as one of

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“Politics brought me here,” Barnes says of Nantucket. “I came

“

e had a big argument that there

just seemed like we were engaged in typi-

was not supposed to be a parade

cal politicking,” Barnes wrote in his 2006

in Dallas,” Barnes remembers of the five

memoir, Barn Burning Barn Building.

weeks he spent planning Kennedy’s visit. “But when I think back to those planning “I left a meeting one night saying that we

meetings at the Petroleum Club, I wish

were going to call off the trip if they in-

to God we’d have found a way to talk

sisted on having a parade in Texas.” Dallas’ [Yarborough] out of it. It makes me sick ultraconservative climate had boiled over

to think of it, even more than 40 years

in recent years (“They spat on Lady Bird

later.” So it was that on November 22, 1963,

and Lyndon Johnson as they walked across

gunshots rang out in Dallas, killing Presi-

the street in downtown Dallas two years

dent Kennedy and gravely wounding Gov-

earlier”), and Barnes was concerned about

ernor Connally.

having this liberal president from Massachusetts paraded through town. Moreover, Connally’s wife warned Barnes that the proposed schedule would not give Jackie Kennedy sufficient time to prepare for the evening’s gala at the governor’s mansion.

“But when I think back to those planning meetings at the Petroleum Club, I wish to God we’d have found a way to talk [Yarborough] out of it. It makes me sick to think of it, even more than 40 years later.” “The trip had gone perfect up till then, absolutely perfect,” Barnes says, “but now we get off into assassination theories.” He continues, “Lee Harvey Oswald went to work at the bookstore, the book depository, where he was located when he shot the president, thirty-two days before we decided on that parade route. So it’s not that he found out the parade route and ran down and got a job.” Barnes says the parade route was originally not supposed to head that direction, but it was changed in order to shorten the parade and give Jackie Ken-

Despite Barnes’ objections, another Texas

nedy more time to prepare for the evening’s

politician, Senator Ralph Yarborough, in- gala. “Do I think Lee Harvey Oswald had sisted that if Kennedy was going to raise

some encouragement? Yes. Do I think he

money in Texas, the public ought to see

went to Cuba, and do I think he went to

him. “Connally and Johnson, neither of

Russia, and do I think he was crazy? Yes…

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them wanted the parade,” Barnes remem- Were there more people part of planning

bers. “So Ralph Yarborough called Robert

that? Yes. But was there another gunman?

Kennedy and said we’re making a bad

No,” Barnes says. “I have stood in that

mistake for not having the parade and

window, and I grew up shooting and hunt-

not letting the people see him.” Robert

ing…[although] I had not had any marine

Kennedy called Johnson, Johnson called

training, with a little bit of luck, I could

Connally, and Barnes and the rest of the

have gotten off those rounds.” He nods to

planning team were pressured to proceed

the window, “It’s not much further than

with the parade. “At the time, of course, it

that hedge out there.”

Barnes was in Austin preparing for the president’s gala when the shooting took place. He flew back to Dallas immediately and then helped lead a prayer service. Kennedy was dead, and Barnes’ close friend and confidant, Governor John Connally, was clinging to life. “It was, indeed, a day long remembered,” Barnes wrote, “not just in Texas, but throughout the entire world.” Ten years later, Barnes was poised for a long and prosperous career in politics. He was just thirty-four years old and his chances looked good that he’d be elected Governor of Texas. After that, perhaps he’d run for president, as Johnson had foretold. But there was something brewing in Texas. Legislators were under investigation for bribery by the SEC, what became known as the Sharpstown Scandal. Barnes claims to have had never met or spoken with Frank W. Sharp, the banker that was bribing legislators in return for bills being passed, but soon his name started getting dragged through the dirt kicked up by his colleagues. Texas was the strongest democratic

volved in something. I want a bunch of bad publicity.’” False stories were leaked to the press, and

state in the South, and, according to

despite Barnes pleading his innocence, the court of public opinion found him guilty, and he was not

Barnes, President Nixon wanted the

elected governor. The scandal would mark the end of Barnes’ political career, as well as the end of

party destroyed, him in particular.

democratic dominance in Texas forever.

After

John-

son’s

public

endorsement

“The trip had gone perfect up till then, absolutely perfect.”

Still, Barnes considers himself very fortunate for the

of Barnes as

lives he’s led. After Nixon ran him out of politics, he had a successful career in development, which

man. “On my website, you can listen

was ultimately cut short by the crash of 1987. He then reentered politics, this time as a lobbyist, and

to Nixon’s telephone conversations

today the Ben Barnes Group is one of the most powerful firms in the country. “I’ve been very lucky,”

with John Mitchell, saying, ‘You

Barnes says. And yet it’s hard to imagine any career comparing to his early tenure in Texas. Watch-

gotta go to Texas and get something

ing the memories play over Barnes’ mind in his living room on Nantucket, he still appears connected

on Barnes,’” he says. “Nixon said, ‘I

to that driven twenty-five-year-old who was put in charge of what became one of the most significant

don’t care about the rest, if Barnes

events in American history, a day that changed the world. Fifty years later, Ben Barnes is left, like

is not involved with that, get him in-

the rest of us, to mull over what could have been.

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EAST If you sail directly east from Nantucket, the first landfall before you hit

No place captures the romance of Sao Miguel better than Sete Cuidad

Europe is the Azores—an archipelago of nine volcanic islands roughly

(Seven Cities). Cresting the lip of a crater, you’re confronted by a fairytale

one thousand miles off the coast of Portugal and as pretty as…well,

view of twin lakes—one sapphire blue, the other emerald green—next to

Nantucket. Not surprisingly, the links between the two places run old

a village that looks like something from a child’s train set. Legend holds

and deep, back to the glory days of the whaling industry, when ships set

that a princess fell in love with a shepherd boy but was forbidden to marry

out from ‘Sconset and next dropped anchor on Sao Miguel or one of its

him. They met one last time to say goodbye. One was blue-eyed, the other

sister islands.

green, and their tears formed the distinctly colored lakes.

Some Nantucket families today can still trace their ancestry back to

Scientists have a far less fanciful explanation, but the island’s improb-

the Azores, and although they were a major nautical crossroads for

able landscapes encourage fantasy. For instance, in Furnas—named for

centuries, by the late 1800s,

the volcanic fissures that give the place

they’d fallen so far off the map

a whiff of sulfur and a micro-climate

that Mark Twain, in The Inno-

that allows for a breath-taking botani-

cents Abroad, wrote: “Out of our

cal garden—you can bathe in a thermal

whole ship’s company there

pool before feasting on a meal cooked

was not a solitary individual

in the ground by Mother Nature herself.

who knew anything whatever

Buried before noon and then ceremoni-

about them.”

ously dug up at dinner-time, the cozzido, or pot, containing slow-cooked sausage,

And therein lies their charm.

chicken, beef, pork and vegetables is

Relatively untouched and undis-

served with a delicious red wine from

covered, the Azores remain unspoiled by the hordes who flock to more

the mainland. Speaking of food, the seafood on Sao Miguel is reason

popular vacation spots. While there are eight other islands to explore,

enough to visit. Even their canned tuna is worth bringing an extra suitcase

Sao Miguel (an easy four-hour flight from Boston on SATA) boasts

to carry some home.

more than enough diversions to sustain the most jaded traveler’s interest.

After mornings exhausting yourself by hiking, biking, surfing, or kayak-

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ing, you can spend the afternoon visiting a centuries-old tea plantation or

The principal city, Ponta Delgada, is a throwback to when Portugal

see the handiwork of a nineteenth century nun who sculpted every major

ruled the Seven Seas and provides the perfect place from which to ex-

scene from the Old Testament…out of marzipan. As quaint as Nantucket,

plore the calderas, black lava beaches, dramatic rock formations, bu-

Sao Miguel even gives the Grey Lady a run for her money when it comes

colic countryside and fascinating towns that make it one of the most

to hydrangeas, which grow wild and in profusion. To Nantucketers, that

picturesque spots on earth. Think Hawaii meets the Scottish Highlands.

may sound like blasphemy. But it’s the truth. Go see for yourself.

View to the green field, town and mountains at the Atlantic ocean coast, San Miguel, Azores, Portugal

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What’s not to love about a country where people shoot off fireworks at 10 a.m. because the sun barely peaks over the horizon during the winter months? Iceland, despite its forbidding name, is a magically picturesque winter destination that’s frequently warmer than Boston or New York, is easily accessible from the East Coast (direct flights on Iceland Air are roughly five and a half hours) and is chockablock with jaw-dropping natural wonders. One of the first things visitors notice is how clean the air is, because the volcanic island relies primarily on geothermal power. Of course, the flip side is that when a volcano goes off, airports across Europe close. Iceland is one of the most recently and sparsely populated landmasses on earth, and its geology provides some of its most interesting attractions, including numerous geysers (the English word is derived from the Icelandic geysir), Gulfoss, the tallest waterfall in Europe, and a hauntingly beautiful lunar landscape of glaciers and tundra. Soaking in thermal hot springs is a major outdoor activity, and one of the most popular, if commercial, options is the Blue Lagoon—an otherworldly spa that includes a milky blue lake with great plumes of steam rising off it that happens to be the by-product of a nearby geothermal power plant. Surrounded by lava fields, its waters are said to have healing properties, and in the dead of winter, its soothing warmth makes it the world’s most surreally beautiful hot tub. Combined with an in-water massage or other treatment, it’s like visiting a spa on another planet. Whether you’re an equestrian or not, you might want to try riding an Icelandic horse, a diminutive breed descended from horses brought over by the Vikings that has since evolved in isolation. As a result, and unlike most other horses, the Icelandic variety are five-gaited, a unique pattern of walking that makes them especially fun to ride. Don’t be fooled by their resemblance to Shetland ponies, though—they’re as fast and spirited as most hot bloods.

Due to its relative youth, Iceland’s terrestrial flora and fauna are limited, but it’s undeniably one of the best destinations in the world for bird and whale watching. During winter, when the sun is only out for four hours, there’s the opportunity to enjoy the aforementioned fireworks, as well as the natural variety. The aurora borealis, or northern lights, are famously visible due to Iceland’s lack of air and light pollution. N magazine

Reykjavik, meanwhile, is as cosmopolitan a capital as

any in Northern Europe, although considerably smaller than its Scandinavian counterparts. The vibrant arts scene includes an impressive array of galleries and museums, as well as avant-garde performances by artists The blue lagoon near Reykjavik, Iceland

that put Björk and Sigur Rós into context.

NORTH Reykjavik, Iceland. capital city of Iceland, during twilight blue hour.

From Scandanavian cuisine to sushi, the restaurants are world-class and feature high design by tastemakers like Jasper Conran. Not surprising, given twenty hours of darkness, the nightlife scene, or jammith, lasts well into the wee hours, at clubs where shots of schnapps called brennivin, a.k.a. “the black death,” are accompanied by DJ’s flown in from LA or London. For shopaholics, the city boasts boutiques selling everything from fashion-forward clothing by local designers: sumptuous furs, exquisite artisanal jewelry and handicrafts. As for where to rest your head, the limited but decent selection of boutique five-star hotels boasts a uniquely Icelandic blend of ultramodern design and eco-practicality. N magazine

So this winter, when everyone else you know is headed for tropical climes, why not buck the trend and head for the place where fire and ice coexist? After all, the flights to St. Barth will be full of people you know, while one of the best things about Iceland in winter is that you have the place pretty much to yourself. Icelandic Horse

They call Jackson Hole “The Last of the Wild West,” a rugged ranges that juts up over seven thousand feet from the valley American outpost where you can still find cowboys saunter- floor. The Tetons look ferocious, stacked like mounds of broken ing into saloons and wild buffalo and elk running through the granite with some peaks too steep to hold snow. Immediately valley. But this mountain town in Wyoming has come a long you can see why Jackson Hole Mountain Resort boasts some way from gun sling-

of the most technical skiing in

ing and honky-tonk.

the Lower 48.

Just this year, it was named the num-

But you don’t need to be Bode

ber one ski destina-

Miller or Lindsay Vonn to enjoy

tion in the country,

this winter wonderland. Fami-

leading many long-

lies can start the day by taking an

time Jackson Hole

enchanting horse-drawn sleigh

ski bums and bun-

ride through the Elk Refuge in

nies to sigh, “Ugh,

town, and then head across the

the secret is out.” So

street to check out the National

for those islanders

Wildlife Museum. Or better yet,

looking to drive their wagons west this winter, forget Aspen or take a snowmobile excursion through Teton National Park and Vale. Get out to Jackson.

bathe in the restorative waters of the Huckleberry Hot Springs. And for those looking for some real posh pampering, end the

Just flying in from Boston (via Salt Lake City) is worth the price day at Snow King Resort in town, which recently underwent a of admission, as the plane lowers its landing gear in the shad- complete renovation. There you can stay in a lavish condo and ow of the Tetons, one of North America’s youngest mountain enjoy all the chic amenities on par with the White Elephant. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN SAGER

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Dining in Jackson Hole offers an adventure all its own. To get a full sense of the local flavor, head to The Gun Barrel for their legendary mixed grill: elk, buffalo, and wild boar. More chichi Nantucket-style dining can be found at upscale restaurants like Trio and Local, but if you’re going to be in Jackson Hole, there is one place that all visitors must spend an evening: The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, where you literally sidle up to a bar of oldgrowth wood on a saddle and listen to a live bluegrass. Sure, it may be touristy, but you’re a city slicker, so buck up. In the end, winter in Jackson Hole is indeed about skiing and snowboarding. With a one-hundred-person tram taking you to the top of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, you can make turns down as many vertical feet as your legs can handle. But beware: this isn’t your Sunday River-style skiing. Black diamonds here are for experts only, and there’s a good reason why they call Jackson N magazine

Hole the Last of the Wild West.

SOUTH Vieques has long been a perfect target for Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite literally. Dur-

of World Records. On the southern shore of the island, the bay has the high-

ing World War II, the island was a favorite bombing practice site for the US

est concentrations of bioluminescent plankton on the planet, which creates

Navy, but has since been reclaimed as a below-the-radar vacation destina-

a breathtaking effect when objects move in the water at night. Taking the

tion.

bioluminescent bay tour, one is awestruck by the sight of fish darting from one side of the bay to another, appearing like florescent torpedoes. Diving off

Situated six miles and a ten-minute Cape Air flight off the coast of Puerto

the pontoon tour boat takes the experience a step further as you see yourself

Rico, Vieques is a delightfully laid back island, featuring pristine, remote

glow in the dark.

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beaches and crystal clear water. Just twenty-one miles long, Vieques is a tiny

retreat that offers surprisingly inventive restaurants, a luxury W Hotel, and

Legend has it that the crew of a pirate ship, after sinking an unsuspecting ves-

plenty of natural environment for the eco-tourist.

sel, became hysterical when the victims of its plundering appeared ghostlike in the water as they struggled for survival. The pirates found religion very

Beyond life on the beach, Vieques possesses an extraordinary natural phe-

quickly, believing that heavenly figures were about to come and haunt them

nomenon that is almost worth a trip in and of itself: Mosquito Bay, the

for their misdeeds. For the experienced traveler, there are few encounters

brightest bioluminescent bay on the planet according to the Guinness Book

with nature that are indescribable, but this may be one of them.

For those seeking even more seclusion than The accommodations on Vieques vary signifithe island of Vieques, boats can be chartered cantly from home rentals, to midmarket hotels, to neighboring Culebra, an even smaller to the luxury W Retreat & Spa. Other top rated island next to Vieques. Culebra could be described as the Tuckernuck of Vieques, a small and largely undeveloped island ideal for snorkeling and exploring. The warm water beaches on the island of Culebra include Flamenco beach, which is rated number two of the top most exotic beaches in the world for lodging includes Blue Horizon, an oceanfront its crystal clear visibility underwater, color- boutique resort with just ten rooms, giving ful fish, and wildlife.

guests a private hotel feel and peaceful escape.

Bravo Beach Hotel is located fifteen minutes

from the bioluminescent bay, and is only a short

walk to town where you can enjoy a variety of

shops, restaurants and island activities. Great

Escape, an immaculately kept bed and break-

fast surrounded by tropical plants and flowers,

offers private balconies with ocean or mountain views. While not identical to Nantucket, Vieques pro-

vides an unusual opportunity to experience a

natural phenomenon unique in the world, and

its charm will appeal to those in love with Nan-

tucket for the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size, tight-knit community, appreciation of nature, and yes, access by Cape Air.

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How Roger Horchow went from mail order catalogues to Broadway playbills. George Gershwin had just finished a concert in Cincinnati when an elegant lady came back stage with a songbook for him to autograph. Her name was Beatrice Horchow. They got to chatting and Gershwin told Horchow that he would be taking a train to Chicago sometime after midnight. As it was now only ten o’clock, Gershwin had some time to fill. “You can come to my house,” Horchow offered, “we live near the train station.” And so he did. There Gershwin played selections from his signature repertoire on the woman’s piano, awakening her six-year-old son who was sleeping upstairs. The young Roger Horchow was used to hearing his mother play Chopin or Bach, but the music now rising up from the family’s piano sounded completely different. He snuck downstairs and marveled as one of America’s most celebrated musicians played a private concert right there in his living room. Little did the boy know at the time that this chance encounter would prove instrumental in his life. Eighty years later, Roger Horchow is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, with many other credits to his name. He’s a Yale grad, a Korean War veteran, an entrepreneur, an author of three books, an occasional film actor, a father of three, and a grandfather of five. As a Broadway producer, his latest endeavor is the revival of Annie, which closes this January after 487 performances and a Tony nomination. Yet when asked how N magazine

he would best describe himself, Roger Horchow responds with

perfect comedic timing: “Old.”

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e’re sitting in the living

room of his home on Cliff

Road, where the Horchows

have spent thirty-nine summers on

Nantucket. An all-white, upright pi-

ano stands in the far right corner of the room, playbills are framed on the walls, toys and trinkets sit on individual shelves, and there is a plate of wax spaghetti on the coffee table. Everything is perfectly appointed and tastefully placed, which should come as no surprise considering Roger Horchow was once the arbiter of taste for hundreds of millions of Americans. In 1971, he started the Horchow Collection, a mail order catalogue that became an instant success. His experience in retail literally began at the ground level. After serving in the Korean War, Horchow got a job ironing curtains in the basement of Foley’s department store in Houston, Texas. As he had done as a soldier, Horchow rose up the ranks in retail and was eventually hired by Neiman Marcus, where he would be put in charge of its mail order catalogue. In those days, suppliers like Estée Lauder would purchase pages of the catalogue and advertise the products they wanted, whether consumers were buying them or not. Horchow thought, “What if you had a catalogue where you didn’t accept any money from the suppliers and you just bargained for a lower price and paid for the advertising yourself?” This would allow him to pick products that people actually wanted and sell them at a profit. He tried to sell the idea to Neiman So Horchow and his wife Carolyn created the catalogue themselves.

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Marcus, but the company didn’t buy it.

n the span of three catalogues, orders grew exponentially,

“I enjoyed it, but never thought I would get involved in the

from 4,300 to 48,000. “It was dazzling people,” he says.

theater,” he says. Years later while running the Horchow Col-

As the self-proclaimed “czar” of what made it in the

lection, he invested in two plays that you may have heard of,

catalogue, Horchow traveled the globe with his wife Carolyn in

Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera. Both did excep-

search of the next hot item for American consumers. “We picked

tionally well. Now with no job but plenty of money to invest,

things we liked. Like that was in the catalogue, that spaghetti,”

Horchow decided he wanted to play a new role on Broadway.

he says, motioning to the fake plate on the coffee table. “I found that in Japan.” The Horchow Collection became

“I’d always wanted to have a Gershwin musical on Broadway,”

gospel for American consumers, and the company grew

he says, recalling that private concert in his living room all

from twenty employees to over five hundred. Fittingly

those years ago. “So I decided that I would do it, because no

enough, in 1988 Neiman Marcus bought the Horchow

one else would.” Despite having never produced a play, Hor-

Collection for $117 million.

chow “went for broke,” putting up seventy percent of the $8.3 million to produce Gershwin’s Crazy for You. The musical won “When I sold the

overnight acclaim. “When future historians try to find the exact

company, I was

moment at which Broadway finally rose up to grab the musical

out of work,”

back from the British, they just may conclude that the revolu-

Horchow says.

tion began last night,” gushed New York Times critic Frank Rich

And

here’s

after seeing the play. Crazy for You ran on Broadway for four

where George

years and was nominated for eleven Tony Awards, ultimately

Gershwin reen-

winning Best Musical. Four musicals and another Tony Award

tered his life.

win later, Roger Horchow proved that his sixth sense for what

Back when he studied at Yale, Hor-

people want extends far beyond retail.

chow would pay two dollars to see Broadway plays perform at the

“Life isn’t very scientific,” he says, summarizing his years.

Shubert Theater in New Haven

“Somehow everything happens for the best. You never know

before they hit the big time in

what anything leads to.” Indeed, Roger Horchow’s life breaks

New York City.

down to a series of small choices that played out dramatically— as can be said for most things. For instance, how could Neiman Marcus know that Horchow’s idea for a new catalogue would revolutionize retail? Or how could George Gershwin know that accepting the invitation of a fan would bring new life to his work many years after his death? And how could Roger Horchow know that taking a job ironing curtains in a basement in Houston would ultimately lead him to this living room overlooking Nantucket Harbor? Perhaps George Gershwin said it

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WITH SECRETARY OF ENERGY RICHARD SULLIVAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Earlier this fall, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy Richard Sullivan toured Nantucket and met with local leaders to discuss energy uses on Nantucket. N Magazine followed up with the secretary to get his take. N MAGAZINE: Wind energy has been a hotly debated topic on Nantucket in recent years, as was illustrated last year when a proposition to build a turbine at the town landfill was voted down. What lessons (and pitfalls) can Nantucket learn about wind energy from other coastal communities like Falmouth? SEC. SULLIVAN: We now have 103 megawatts of land-based wind across the Commonwealth and we have learned a lot from each project, both good and bad. I have asked my team to take those lessons learned and apply them to new guidelines that will help communities considering wind make even more educated choices for their city or town. As a former mayor, I understand that every community is unique and that the decisions for residents need wind since the beginning.

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to happen at a local level â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the governor and I have said that about

MAGAZINE: Did you tidal turbines in Muskeget Channel

N MAGAZINE:

see any alternative and the Cape Cod Canal to deter-

District Commission prohibits such

energy opportuni- mine how best to use this technol-

alternative energy sources as solar

your ogy. While tidal energy hasn’t been

panels on the grounds that they dam-

trip that are not being utilized by the widely deployed, we are supporting

age the historical fabric and aesthet-

innovation in the field and explor-

ic of the island. Would you say that

SEC. SULLIVAN: In my short visit ing the possibilities. If the tech-

discouraging the use of alternative

to the island, I was impressed with nology shows promise, Nantucket

energy in order to protect the island’s

the level of awareness and con- would be an excellent place to con-

aesthetic past is actually causing

cern community leaders had about sider using the renewable resource.

greater detriment for the future?

Nantucket’s energy mix and fu-

SEC. SULLIVAN: Every community is

ture. Nantucket currently has 18 N MAGAZINE: Compared to other

unique – perhaps Nantucket particu-

kilowatts of solar installed on the communities in Massachusetts, how

larly so because of its long-preserved

island. Keeping the unique needs would you rate Nantucket in terms

history. I encourage the community

of being energy con-

leaders I met with to come together

scious? Is there a

to figure out how to expand on Nan-

town elsewhere in

tucket’s renewable energy in a way

the state that you

that balances their needs and in-

consider exemplary?

cludes a rigorous public process.

ties

during

Nantucket community?

Nantucket’s Historic

SEC. SULLIVAN: My visit to Nantucket

N MAGAZINE: Despite its small geo-

was excellent and

graphic size and exorbitant gas pric-

I met with a lot of

es, Nantucket has become the land

folks who are very

of big SUVs. Should we all be driv-

concerned

ing small, fuel-efficient (or electric)

their

about

community’s

energy mix and fu-

SEC. SULLIVAN: I think an electric

of the community in mind, it may ture. Because Massachusetts has

vehicle makes sense in a place like

be worth exploring the solar indus- seen such a fast-growing commit-

Nantucket with short commutes and

try. Solar is booming here in Mas- ment from municipalities to the clean

the ability to “fuel” them at home or

sachusetts, with 327 megawatts of energy revolution, I would be hard-

at six publically-available charging

pressed to single out any one com-

stations on Nantucket. On average, it

munity as exemplary. Massachusetts

costs about three times less to drive

N MAGAZINE: Is tidal energy some- has 110 designated Green Communi-

an electric vehicle; and they require

ties that have all committed to going

much less maintenance than internal

solar capacity installed.

thing to consider on Nantucket?

SEC. SULLIVAN: Yes. We have pro- above and beyond and have set goals vided funding for testing of small that will allow us, on the state level,

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to achieve our ambitious agenda.

cars?

combustion engine vehicles.

“OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES HAVE EARNED US THE NUMBER ONE RANKING IN THE NATION FOR TWO YEARS RUNNING, AND WE PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.” — Secretary of Energy Richard Sullivan

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Do you foresee electric cars becoming

mainstream in the years to come? SEC. SULLIVAN: I do think electric vehicle use is on the rise. There are 1,656 electric vehicles registered today compared to just 946 last year. The Patrick Administration has supported 134 “fueling” stations for vehicles across the Commonwealth. As we see the price of electric vehicles come down over time, I believe they will become more common. N MAGAZINE: What were some of the major takeaways from your visit?

ed our solar goal of 250 megawatts by 2017 and are on our

Did anything surprise you?

way to achieving our new goal, 1.6 gigawatts by 2020. We

SEC. SULLIVAN: Nantucket’s economy is deeply tied to its environment.

are poised to be home to the nation’s first offshore wind farm

I was pleased to see how many people in the community are committed

and are developing a port in New Bedford that will support

to the idea of being good environmental stewards and getting it right.

the offshore wind industry for many years to come. I think

That means both energy and environmental policies have to be taken

Massachusetts is doing well on this front and can serve as a

seriously. Whether it’s aggressive recycling and conservation, smart land

leader for other states looking to address these serious issues.

use planning, or using the aquarium as an educational tool – the people I met with are in tune with the importance of preserving the natural resources the island provides. N MAGAZINE: What are some hard facts that we as Americans need to learn about the necessity for embracing alternative energy? SEC. SULLIVAN: Under Governor Patrick’s leadership, Massachusetts has been at the forefront of the effort to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. In 2008, Governor Patrick signed the Global Warming Solutions Act, which set out, among other things, ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. This means aggressive

N MAGAZINE: What are you optimistic about in looking to the

energy efficiency measures and maximizing our renewable energy gen-

future of alternative energy in Massachusetts?

eration here in Massachusetts and in our regional grid.

SEC. SULLIVAN: The Patrick Administration’s aggressive clean energy initiatives have made Massachusetts a leader

In many ways, we are a model for the nation on this front. Our energy ef-

in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and emissions reduc-

ficiency policies have earned us the number one ranking in the nation for

tions. The Commonwealth’s utilities recently announced the

two years running, and we plan to do it again this year. We have exceed-

largest ever procurement of renewable energy in New England – 565 megawatts of wind power – that will reduce Massachusetts’ reliance on dirty fossil fuels and provide costeffective clean energy to the Commonwealth’s residents and businesses. This year, Governor Patrick set a new solar goal after reaching the previous goal of 250 megawatts four years early.The Commonwealth now aims to install 1,600 megawatts of solar capacity by 2020. The clean energy revolution is yielding economic benefits as well, with 11.8 percent job growth in the last year and 24 percent growth in the last two years. Nearly 80,000 people are employed in the clean tech industry in Massachusetts. Even with all of that success, I know Governor Patrick and

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I will not slow down. We are committed to continuing these

policies and making sure that good energy policy is an integral part of the Massachusetts economy that will keep us on a path forward for generations to come.

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On the 18th year of Cisco my true love gave to me 12 Pumple Drumkins 11 Pints of Porter 10 litres of Liquor 9 Blue haired Ladies 8 Gale’s a forcing 7 Swain’s a sailing 6 packs of Shredder 5 Barrels of Notch 4 Port of Calls 3 Pauls of Bourbon 2 Figawi Wowies And a growler of Chardonnay Happy Holidays!

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STROLL BACK IN TIME

Leave it to Nantucket to make even the chill of winter seem like a magical wonderland!

hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about the glow of bright, twinkling lights and a dusting of light snow on historic buildings

and neighborhoods that makes navigating Main Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cobblestones a pleasure, rather than a challenge.

Like many towns, Nantucket indulges in holiday pastimes such as seasonal decorating, singing carols and perusing local shops for the perfect gift for friends and loved ones. This little elbow of sand seems to celebrate the season with a quaintness and intimacy of spirit all its own, a trait appreciated and fostered by year-round residents and visitors alike.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Viewing the Main Street trees, 1953

hile some may spend

December days struggling

with big box-store crowds or navigating traffic in mall parking lots, Nantucketers watch as Main Street comes alive with glittering trees and carolers cloaked in period garb on street corners. The opportunity to greet oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends and neighbors on what might be mistaken for a classic film set makes every holiday season on this island an extraordinary expe-

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rience.

Baby in his wagon on his first Christmas, ca. 1930 View of a horse drawn sleigh, pulled by two horses, stopped at Main and Federal Streets, ca. 1911 The Enchanted Doll House at Christmas, ca. 1950

Waiting at the airport at Christmas, 1953

The A&P at Christmas, 1950

o matter what one’s state of mind when it comes to the hubbub of the holidays, the magic of Nantucket

is enough to make any Grinch’s heart grow three sizes on a cold winter’s day. Take a glance at these

memories of holiday seasons’ past to see how fellow Nantucketers celebrated this magical time of year...

Christmas on Petticoat Row, ca.1933

1930s Baby and Dad on Christmas morning, ca. 1930

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STOP, SHOP&STROLL WRITTEN BY HOLLY FINIGAN

SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT PRESENTS FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE? I’ve always been a firm believer in shopping local and supporting the amazing businesses that make this island special in January and July. Read up on a few favorites of mine when it comes to shopping around this STROLL!

FOR THE LADY… I love finding cool ways to “Wear Your Nantucket” which is why I’m crazy for the “Nantucket Map Clasp” bracelet from island jewelry designer Susan Lister Locke. This 18K gold bracelet looks just as cool on its own, as it does stACKed with other bangles! Make sure to check out her new store location on 28A Easy Street.

FOR THE GENT… While those beloved Nantucket Reds from Murray’s Toggery Shop are always an ACK must, take a peek at the selection of Castaway Clothing this holiday season. I’m a fan of the sweet corduroys with the candy canes on ‘em!.

FOR THE PET… Baby it’s cold outside, and when you go to walk your dog in the winter, get a leash that reminds you of summer on ACK! Check out the fantastic leashes with lobsters, whales and lighthouses on them from Geronimo’s and show that “Your Dog Digs Nantucket.”

FOR THE NEWLYWEDS… Take a break from the typical saucers and silverware and invest in a timeless art piece for those Nantucket lovers who just got married. Make sure to see the collection of art at Sosebee Studio and Fine Art Gallery on 8 Washington Street. My new favorite? Deb Sosebee’s painting “A Favorite Place” which is of the Club Car at dusk - brings bACK such great memories of crab cakes, shrimp scampi, and singing by the piano.

FOR THE KID… The new location of The Nantucket Toy Company on 12 Oak Street makes shopping for children downtown easy! And when it comes to presents for the little ones, bigger is always better. I’ve been buying the SQUISHABLES stuffed

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animals for my niece. They’re super soft!

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PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE CAREY PHOTOGRAPHY

FOR THE GRANDPARENTS… Take a picture; FOR THE HOSTESS… With all the holiday par- FOR STROLL… When it comes to STROLL weekit will last longer! And we all know nothing makes ties, it’s important to stock up on presents to give end, it’s all about buttoning up and looking festive. grandparents happier than photos of the grandba- the hostess with the mostess. I’ve been gathering So go and see the fabulous collections of vests,

tomize calendars with their staff! I’m big on having dles with smells like Sangria. I love the one that has with a selection of festive headbands that have fun a second set of eyes help me design my ideas. the Sankaty Lighthouse on it. And their new website things on top. From antlers, to jingle bells to a headcarries these for those who need to shop online.

band that looks like a giant stack of presents! Go early, as they sell out of these quick.

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bies! Head over to The Camera Shop on Sparks Ave gifts from Milly & Grace that are both thoughtful and scarves and MOTO jackets at the Blue Beetle. BOand create cards, personal photo-books and cus- practical! Check out their original scented tin can- NUS: They have “head candy” for STROLL weekend

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