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Friday, August 2, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 31
‘America’s Tall Ship’ Returns to Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The Eagle, a majestic U.S. Coast Guard training vessel known as “America’s Tall Ship,” will return to Portsmouth on Friday for the third time in nine years. Members of the Piscataqua Maritime Commission will again serve as hosts for the 300-foot barque and her crew as they arrive offshore at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2. The impressive Parade of Sail will commence at 4 p.m. as ships sail up the Piscataqua River toward the State Pier, 555 Market St. Gates will open to the viewing public at 4:30 p.m., and the Eagle is expected to arrive and dock at the main pier at 4:45 p.m. A ceremony of welcome for the Eagle will begin at 5:30 p.m.
A front view of the Eagle (courtesy photo)
No tours of the Eagle, the largest Tall Ship in America, will be permitted on Friday, but on Sat-
urday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4, guests will be welcomed from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tours are free.
It is rare that the Eagle visits a city three times in less than one decade, according to Sail Portsmouth™, the website of the Piscataqua Maritime Commission. It is speculated that the Coast Guard has an appreciation for the long maritime heritage of the area as the third oldest port in America and as the birthplace of legendary ships. The Eagle is the only actively commissioned steel hulled sailing vessel in the U.S. military. A crew of 80 Coast Guard members and a cadet trainee complement of 120, handle the ship’s 22,000 square feet of canvas, her five miles of rigging and the 200 individually named lines that control her sails. She is the seventh U.S. Navy or Coast Guard vessel to
bear the name in a line dating back to 1792. But the story of this beloved American ship actually began with her 1936 launch in Nazicontrolled German as the Horst Wessel, a name selected by Adolf Hitler. Wessel was Hitler’s favorite composer of military marches and of the Nazi national anthem. The then-Horst Wessel served as the flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet until 1939 when she was decommissioned with the onset of the war. She was recommissioned late in 1942 and equipped with anti-aircraft guns that were reportedly responsible for downing three Soviet planes and one “friendly” German aircraft in combat. See TALL SHIP page 2...
Friends Launch $11 Million Capital Campaign for Recreation Complex YORK – The Friends of the Greater York Recreational Complex are moving ahead to launch an $11 million capital campaign after an in-depth feasibility study re-
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vealed that a swimming complex is viable for success in York. The group is looking for support from the York Board of Selectmen and the York voters as they embark on a capital campaign. In 2006, the York voters gave approval to the Board of Selectman, allowing them to negotiate and enter into an agreement with a private group seeking to lease a portion of town-owned land on Bog Road. The purpose of the lease was to allow private construction of an indoor swimming facility. Sixty-three percent of the voters agreed. York Parks and Recreation surveyed program participants in 2010. Ninety percent of those who responded supported allocating town resources to a community swimming pool. In addition, 79 percent supported the construction of a multi-purpose recreation center. “These results clearly indicate support for a project such as the we are proposing,” stated Julie Edminster, vice president of the Friends group. A private group recently
received a letter of support from the Dover City Council and Dover City Manager to move ahead with a $16 million capital campaign for a 50-meter swimming pool on city-owned property, Edminster noted. “We are asking the same thing of York Selectmen and the York voters. A petition to place a question on the November referendum regarding the Bog Road parcel of land is coming,” affirmed Edminster. The Phase I plans for the center include a warm water recreation pool with a slide, current, zero-depth entry, and play structures for children. The rec See RECREATION page 12...
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Soprano Karol Bennett joins the DaPonte String Quartet for ‘Sunrise/ Sunset’ (courtesy photo)
Noted Soprano Joins DaPonte String Quartet for “Sunrise/Sunset” Series WELLS – The DaPonte String Quartet is launching its third summer concert series with a concert at the historic Laudholm Farm in the Wells Reserve, and the return of an audience favorite, soprano Karol Bennett. Bennett will join the quartet for the “Sunrise/Sunset” series to sing selected Bach arias. The remainder of the program will comprise
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works by Haydn, Respighi, and Verdi. The series will be performed the week of Aug. 6 in Harpswell, Boothbay Harbor, and in Wells. Rounding out the week is an additional performance of the Bach arias at the Choir Festival at St. Luke’s Cathedral in Portland on Aug. 9. See SOPRANO page 8...
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