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Continuing our series on the entrepreneurial spirit in Newport, this week’s story focuses on a new mom who started up her own local business to help other new moms get back in shape.

In just its third week of operation, Stroller Strides Newport is on a roll. Abby Rowe, a local stay-at-home mom who was looking for a way to lose some weight after the birth of her daughter Adelaide, has started a local chapter of Stroller Strides, a nation-wide organization of moms who seek a fun and friendly way to exercise and meet other new moms in their towns.

Rowe had heard of the classes offered by Stroll-er Strides before. “When I had my daughter a year and half ago, I was looking for a class to take. There’s a group in Providence but to drive there for a class wasn’t an option.” So instead of making the trek up I-95 three times a week, Rowe decided to start her own franchise here in Newport. “I received a ton of education; I got trained through Stroller Strides and specifically on pre and post-natal fitness. There are bunch of resources with so many exercises. We can

By Meg O’Neil

School Committee members spent more than an hour on Tues-day exploring how surplus property from Rogers High School wound up for sale on the Internet without the direct knowledge of the school ad-ministration, pledging to pursue an outside investigation into the mat-ter, and the veracity of new allega-tions included in an anonymous let-ter received by committee members and the media just hours before the meeting convened.

Last week, Newport This Week re-ported that members of the city’s School Committee were notified of a posting on Craigslist which appeared to showcase a commercial cutting machine from the school offered for sale. Its asking price was $1,200.

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McLaughlin Prevails in Second Ward

By Tom Shevlin

Second Ward Councilor Justin S. McLaughlin held on to a slim lead over challenger Michael T. Farley in a machine recount conducted by state election officials on Wednesday, giving the two-term incumbent a narrow victory in what was one of the city’s most spirited and closely watched races.

According to the Board of Elections, both candidates picked up one additional vote, with McLaughlin receiving 1,214 votes to Farley’s 1,205 – a difference of nine, or the same margin which McLaughlin held heading into the recount. McLaughlin added one absentee vote to his count, while Farley picked up a vote at one of the precincts.

Farley said afterwards that he will not pursue any further recount.“The process was fair, transparent, I’m very comfortable with the re-

sults,” he said. “If there was a question about a ballot, it was examined by three members of the Board of Elections.”

There were no objections by either party.Earlier in the day, Farley had indicated a desire to pursue a manual

recount, on top of the machine process – a decision he later recon-sidered after election officials indicated that a court action would be needed before they could proceed with a manual count.

“The only way I would have pressed that manual recount would have been if the number was cut from nine down to four or five,” he said. Filing the request beforehand was simply a way to preserve his standing in the process.

In the end, the two candidates shook hands and an offer was ex-tended to share lunch and their ideas. “It’s nice to have some finality, and get back to my real job,” Farley concluded.

The victory returns McLaughlin for a third term to the council as its Second Ward representative, where he’ll serve alongside fellow coun-cilors-elect Charles Y. Duncan, Kathryn E. Leonard, Jeanne-Marie Na-politano, Naomi L. Neville, Stephen C. Waluk, and Henry F. Winthrop. It also renews speculation over who will serve as the council’s next chair-person and by extension, mayor.

McLaughlin said on Wednesday that he wouldn’t be releasing his support for any interested party until such a time as he can speak with each of this fellow council members. Both current Mayor, Jeanne-Ma-rie Napolitano and former mayor Stephen C. Waluk have indicated their desire to assume the position.

Owner Abby Rowe, and members Kalee Thomas, Laurel Jennings, and Anna Hattendorf do an arm exercise in front of their kids at Touro Park for a Wednesday morning

Stroller Strides workout. (Photo by Meg O’Neil)

The subtle difference in color emitted from the streetlights on Bellevue Avenue is lost in this photo, but a quick drive, or stroll, is illuminating. (See story on page 2.)

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adapt anything to the workout and incorporate it in on a weekly basis.”

Right now, the group meets three times a week on Monday, Wednes-day, and Friday from 9 – 10 a.m. in Touro Park. With colder weather on the horizon, Rowe is looking for in-door space around town.

Armed with their sons or daugh-ters in walking strollers, and re-sistance bands that are given to members of the group, the one-hour workout is no walk in the park. Rowe, who also leads the workouts, said, “We do inter-vals, we’ll walk, then a little cardio burst; whether it’s jumping jacks or mountain climbers, and then we’ll do strength with resistance bands. It’s moms with a limited amount of time, a limited amount of time for themselves to exercise, so we try to do a whole body workout in the hour.” Using park benches for push-ups, or the fence around the old Tower as a support system for resis-tance bands, the group uses their surroundings as opposed to gym equipment for an optimal work-out.

There is no real age limit to how old or young the toddlers have to be in order to attend the class, al-though the Stroller Strides web-

site advises to wait to join until your baby is at least eight weeks old. Rowe states, “It’s pretty much determined by how long they’ll sit in the stroller. Generally, if you get your child used to coming ev-ery class, then it’s not a struggle. Once the kids get used to it, they’re great about it. It can a little bit hard sometimes; they’ll have a hard day. Everybody is going to have a hard day where you’re gonna have to abort mission. We all understand crying babies and fussy kids. We keep them entertained by singing them songs. If you come consis-tently, you get them used to it.”

An ideal way to meet new moms in Newport, and introduce new little friends to one another, the moms who have joined are loving the new workout group, and the new friendships they have formed. Laurel Jennings, one of the group’s members said, “I am new to the area and was looking for a way to meet new moms and do some-thing active, so luckily I saw a flyer in Starbucks. I came out, it got me moving, and I’ve really enjoyed it.” Another mom, Anna Hattendorf, like many other women out there, said, “I have a gym phobia, so it’s great way to get a workout… It

makes it so you want to come to class.”

A big part of the class is keep-ing the little ones in strollers en-tertained too. Putting workouts to fun songs, clapping, tickling them in the stroller after a quick jog, and letting them keep an eye on the moms at all times involves the tikes and allows them to be part of the class. “The thing that I think is re-ally nice is my daughter will grow up seeing me exercise. It’s not like I’m just dropping her off at daycare and taking off into the gym. Which can be great, but it’s so great that she can see me exercising, and be-ing with friends, and can see that it’s a fun part of the day. It sets ex-amples early on,” says Rowe.

The first class of Stroller Strides Newport is always free and it isn’t just for moms. Dads, grandparents, nannies, or even aunts and uncles are welcome to attend. If you find that you enjoy the class and want to come back for more, there are dif-ferent rates for how involved you’d like to get in the workouts. Contact the owner of Stroller Strides New-port, and the fearless workout lead-er, Abby Rowe at either abbyrowe@strollerstrides.net , 866-820-1149 or www.strollerstridesnewport.com

STRIDES CoNTiNued from page 1

By Tom Shevlin

Drive down Bellevue Avenue and of course you’ll notice the man-sions, the shops, and how the road gives way to the expansive views of Ocean Drive. You might even take note of the wide concrete slabs that make up the roadway; the wide-trunked trees; carefully manicured hedgerows; or the occasional side-walk made from crushed stone. All of it lends itself to the ambiance of what is arguably one of the North-east’s most famous corridors.

But there’s something else that adds to the street’s character: the glow of the roughly 200 period lights that line it.

For the last several weeks, the city has been examining the feasibil-ity and appropriateness of moving forward with a proposal to upgrade the lighting on Bellevue Avenue with high efficiency fixtures. On Wednesday, a row of six high effi-ciency lighting fixtures are expect-ed to be installed along a stretch of Bellevue Avenue as a demonstra-tion project to gauge resident reac-tion to the look and glow that the lighting would create.

The demonstration lights will be located in succession just down from Marble House, and are being installed at no cost to the city. If re-ceived well, a larger project could soon follow.

According to City Manager Ed-ward F. Lavallee, National Grid has implemented a program for mu-nicipalities to earn rebates toward energy efficiency initiatives associ-ated with lighting modifications in order to conserve energy. The pro-gram is being administered by En-ergy Source of Providence, who has recently worked with the Depart-ment of Public Services and Nation-al Grid in order to analyze the op-portunities for cost savings along Bellevue Avenue.

According to Energy Source, up-grading the lights could could re-duce the city’s energy consump-tion by 105,776-kilowatt hours annually. That would translate into savings somewhere in the neigh-borhood of $11,000 each year in electricity costs.

If approved, the project is esti-mated to cost $104,152– 40 per-cent of which would be funded by National Grid, with the remain-der coming from an AARA energy grant awarded to the city earlier this year. Translated: the city could save $11,000 a year on a project that would carry no upfront cost to taxpayers.

So far, however, the council has been cautious to move forward with the plan. Citing neighbor-hood concerns and the potential impact that the new lighting could have on the historic fabric of the area, they’ve asked to first consider the demonstration project before making any firm decisions on the broader project.

According to Director of Public Services, Bill Riccio, the fixtures cur-rently used to light up the roadway date back to around 1989. Since that time, however, the quality of light emitted has deteriorated. What today is a soft orange or yel-low glow, was originally more like the high efficiency lights to be in-stalled in the demonstration proj-ect, Riccio said.

Ultimately, the determination on whether to move forward with the project will fall to the council, who have expressed an interest in hearing back from residents. So, if you can take a drive down Bellevue over the next few days when the street lights are on, take note of the mansions, the views, and the glow of the lights. Then, let your council-or know what you think.

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By Jack Kelly

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series exploring the effects of an over abundant coyote popula-tion on Aquidneck and Conanicut Is-lands, and their increasingly bold be-havior. The first installment appeared in the Nov. 4 edition of NTW. Part two examines the solution policies that have been proposed and prepared by Numi Mitchell, Ph.D., lead scientist of the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study, (NBCS). The study and its’ proposals have received the endorsements of both the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, (DEM) and the Potter League for Animals.

The local coyote population has grown rapidly in the past few years. This has lead to a rise in the num-ber of individual, transient coyotes as well as an increase in the size of the packs inhabiting the Islands. As coyotes have been drawn into resi-dential neighborhoods in search of human handouts and other human- caused food sources, there have been a number of incidents involv-ing family pets. Over the past five years, the Narragansett Bay Coy-ote Study, (NBCS), has maintained a website and telephone service for coyote reports as part of their study. Numi Mitchell, Ph.D. and lead scientist of the NBCS, supplied a record of residents who have re-ported incidents via those services. NTW has spoken with quite a few people who have had encounters with bold coyotes, some of whom have sadly, lost their pets to coy-ote attacks. Many of the pet own-ers preferred not to list their names, or that of their pets. However, most agreed that a program to manage the coyote population is necessary now.

One person, who did grant per-mission to publish her story, is Lin-da Dutra of Middletown. Recently, Dutra and her family lost their be-loved Harry, a ten-year old Yorkshire Terrier, to a coyote attack. Harry spent his entire life with the Dutras, and was an integral part of the fam-ily. Harry and another family dog, Topanga, a Labrador/Pit Bull mix, rescued from the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, were in the Dutra’s backyard. They had only been out for five minutes or so, when three, brazen coyotes entered the yard. In a quick and vicious attack, the coy-otes separated Topanga and Harry, and inflicted injury causing Harry’s demise. Topanga was unhurt. As she recounted her story, Dutra was indecisive on how the coyote situ-ation should be handled. She was heart-broken at the loss of Harry, but as an animal lover, unsure how to cope with the coyotes. While re-searching this story, we found this to be a sentiment shared by many on the islands.

Mitchell explained that the bold-ness exhibited by these coyotes is indicative of coyotes that have lost their fear of humans. According to Mitchell, there had been multi-ple reports of bold coyotes in this particular neighborhood during the months preceding the attack

of Harry. The reports indicated a higher density of coyotes than is normal. This is a likely indication of direct coyote feeding by humans, and is a definitive lesson on the fol-ly of feeding coyotes. Mitchell went on to say that, in her opinion, it was no longer a question of “if” a child could be injured in a coyote attack on a family pet, but “when”. Mitchell fears that unsafe conditions have surfaced and exist in some island neighborhoods due to both indi-rect and deliberate feeding of coy-otes. She said that it is imperative that a plan be implemented, soon, or there could be a tragedy involv-ing a child.

We asked Mitchell about the re-port that the NBCS released in Jan-uary 2010. The accompanying plan, entitled the Coyote Best Manage-ment Practices, (CBMP) propos-es solutions to help relieve issues faced by the island’s communities. Mitchell paraphrased the report succinctly, “We want to establish a functional relationship between communities and coyotes; where coyotes are performing valuable services controlling pest popula-tions such as mice, rats, voles, deer and others, while maintaining their natural fear of humans.” She con-tinued, “Coyotes respond to more food by increasing their numbers

and to less food by decreasing their numbers. People are intentionally and unintentionally creating the ‘coyote problem’, and it is within our ability to reverse this trend. If the human population makes rea-sonable changes in behavior and local policies to decrease human food sources, the coyote will re-spond by lowering their numbers to levels sustainable by the natural environment”.

Other points raised by the CBMP include the disposal of deer and other road kill carcasses, disposal of livestock carcasses, and policies for managing problem coyotes. The CBMP also addresses the links be-tween deer abundance and coyote population numbers, especially in regard to elevated hunting prac-tices for deer, as endorsed by the Rhode Island Department of Envi-ronmental Management.

When asked, if Mitchell thought coyotes were a problem, or danger-ous coyotes should be euthanized. Her answer was very simple. “As a mother and a biologist, I would be the first one to put down a bad coy-ote, as long as I had a safe, clear shot at it”. I questioned Mitchell further

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NEWS BRIEFSPage 4 Newport This Week November 11, 2010

Dear Federico;My Aunt has a stained glass window located in the staircase of her home. Is it Tiffany? If not, who made it and what’s it worth? It’s made up of lots of small pieces of glass. Bert Trulock

Dear Bert T.

Your Aunt’s glass window is not Tiffany but made by the Belcher Mo-saic Glass Company of New York. Their showroom was located at 123 5th Ave. Made in the mid-1880’s and composed of very small triangular pieces of glass. This patented glass process used an amalgam of lead, tin, antimony, copper and bismuth pored between the glass pieces to make the window rigid. The process was found to be extremely toxic and was aban-doned within a few years after pro-duction. Though more rare than Tif-fany, your Aunt’s window has a value of between $2,000 and $3,000. — Federico Santi, Partner, The Drawing Room Antiques

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lic School students will be show-cased on Thursday, November 11 from noon to 3:00 pm in the Rotun-da at Easton’s Beach. The event is free and open to the public, and in-cludes light refreshments by Black-stone Caterers, complimentary car-ousel rides for children, and live music. Approximately 150 pieces of art created last spring by stu-dents in grades 4, 8 and 10-12, will be on display.

The student art was created dur-ing a unique art education program, funded by a grant from the New-port Public Education Foundation (NPEF), and run in partnership with The Newport Restoration Foun-dation (NRF) and Newport Public Schools. Participating students vis-ited NRF’s Rough Point where they viewed the art collections in the house and the 2010 special exhibit:

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During workshops at Rough Point the students learned about architecture, Newport history, and Preservation. They returned to the classroom where they created works of art that have been on dis-play in the galleries at Rough Point. This work will be on public display, in it’s entirety during the November 11 exhibit, made possible by the generousity of William Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd

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Bluenose Yacht Sales & Broker-age has opened a new office in downtown Newport, the company announced on Tuesday.

Located next door to the Moor-ing Restaurant and Newport Yacht-ing Center, the company is the new-est addition to the One Commercial Wharf complex.

Glenn Walters, managing part-ner, said, “Our location is fabulous exposure giving our clients quick access to our many listings and product offerings. While the mar-ket has been soft over the past two years there has been a nice resur-gence in demand due to very at-tractive financing packages and many new models with new tech-nology that have excited my clients to purchase now.”

For those so inclined, Bluenose has come to rely heavily on mar-keting tools such as high definition videos, high quality digital photog-raphy, private web domains, You-Tube video channel, monthly news-letters and connections to various social media portals and related blogs to lure in clients.

The company expects to an-nounce dealership agreements with several major brands in the coming months.

SCI Annual MeetingThe 91st Annual Meeting of the

Seamen’s Church Institute, sched-uled for 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at 18 Market Square in Newport will be a celebration of the pend-ing completion of the major con-struction project undertaken this year to preserve and renovate their historic SCI building on the water-front. A wall of 260 Recognition Bricks will be mounted in the new entranceway on the Bowen’s Wharf side of the building in early Decem-ber. Bricks are available for $250 and can be purchased through the Seamen’s Church Institute web-site at www.seamensnewport.org or by calling 847-4260. The event is followed by a cocktail reception from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Donors, Members of the Friends of SCI, and the pub-lic are cordially invited to attend. Those interested are requested to RSVP by Nov. 17 at 847-4260.

Talk about a Grand Prize!

Newport’s Island Moving Co. an-nounced the winners of its first “Nut-cracker Sweeps,” a fundraiser to un-derwrite production of a new Snow Scene for the ballet and to benefit the Company’s children’s programs around its unique Newport Nut-cracker at Rosecliff, which opens Nov. 26. The two winners, Tom & Monique Burgess and Bart Dunbar & Lisa Lewis, were chosen from ten contestants who had each bought a $1000 ticket from Island Moving Co. Board members. The prize is a private performance during the Company’s run of the Newport Nut-cracker at Rosecliff, including drinks before the show and desserts at in-termission. The winners’ 40 guests will also get a chance to meet the Company’s dancers, who will be in costume and available for photos on Rosecliff’s magnificent sweet-heart staircase. For more informa-tion about the Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff and Island Moving Co. visit www.islandmovingco.org.

Events at St. John’s Church

On Saturday, Nov. 13, The New England Sacred Camerata and the Swanhurst Festival Chamber Or-chestra, will offer the Fauré Requi-em at 11 a.m. This stunningly beau-tiful work will be offered liturgically in a full Requiem Mass while the Guild of All Souls are in residence at the Church of St. John the Evange-list. All are welcome to attend. On Sunday, Nov. 14, “Voices for Caro-line,” formed to support the Caro-line Cancer Fund, will host a tradi-tional, uplifting, roof-raising Hymn Sing. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. and the fun will start at 4 p.m. This promises to be an afternoon full of hope, harmony and song. Followed by a reception in the Guild Hall, 61 Poplar St., on the Point. Spread the word!

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Newport Police LogDuring the period, from Mon-

day, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 7 the Newport Police Dept. responded to 363 calls. Of that, 166 were motor vehicle related; there were 131 motor vehicle violations is-sued and 35 accidents. The po-lice also responded to seven inci-dents of vandalism, eight animal complaints and 10 noise com-plaints.

In addition, 41 arrests were made for the following viola-tions:n  Seven arrests were made for domestic or simple assault.n  Six arrests were made for driving with a revoked license.n  Five arrests were made for larceny.n  Four arrests were made for outstanding bench warrants.n  Four arrests were made for DUI.n  Three arrests were made for possession of alcohol by a mi-nor.n  Two arrests were made for felony assault.n  Two arrests were made for larceny.n  One arrest was madeinde-cent exposure.n  One arrest was made for breaking and entering.n  The additional six arrests were made for various reasons.

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Have you ever been texted mean messages? Have you seen people post nasty thing about others on Facebook? Have you ever heard gossip about someone through email, text, Twitter of Facebook? Technology helps us stay in touch, but it can also be used as a tool for bullying, harassment, and abuse. Come learn what to do if you or someone you know becomes the target of digital harassment on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Jamestown Teen Center. Jessica from the Women’s Resource Center will be presenting on this impor-tant issue. Any teen who attends this session will be offered free ad-mission to the winter dance sched-uled for Sat. Dec. 11. For more in-formation contact Debbie Tungett at 423-7261 or email dtungett@jamestownri.net.

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The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host a special Thanks-giving get-together for children and their families on Sunday, Nov. 21 from 2-4 p.m. in the li-brary meeting hall.

Join them for a potluck Thanks-giving celebration as good as Charlie Brown’s! Sign up at the library front desk and tell them if you want to bring the jellybeans or the pop corn or the toast! We will watch a mov-ie, make centerpieces for your feast at home, try some other crafts and celebrate together for all that we are thankful! Children of all ages (and their families) are welcome.

Please pre-register at the li-brary desk or by phone: 423 7280 so we know how much food we need and how much you’ll bring! Sponsored by the Friends of the Jamestown Library.

Emmanuel Church Holiday Fair Fundraiser

Emmanuel Church, Corner of Spring and Dearborn St., New-port will hold a Holiday Fair Fundraiser and Silent Auction on Friday, November 19th from 4 pm – 8 pm and Saturday, No-vember 20th from 9 am until 3 pm. The proceeds from this event and Silent Auction help to provide funding for the vari-ous ministries within the church as well as interdenominational projects within our Aquidneck Island community, including a wide range of outreach and assistance programs. Emmanuel

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uled for April, 2011, we will again head to New Orleans to work for Habitat for Humanity; Participation in the

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High School Hero Challenge

Seventeen Rhode Island high schools were recognized by the Rhode Island Blood Center for ex-emplary service for saving the lives of thousands of individuals by host-ing and running blood drives. The Rhode Island Blood Center’s High School Hero Challenge event was held at the Blood Center’s facility in Providence. Schools with 201 to 300 seniors: First place – Ports-mouth High School; Schools with 101 to 200 seniors: Second place – Middletown High School.

J-Town Library Discussion

The Book Discussion Groups at the Jamestown Library will meet on Monday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. They will be discussing “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Steig Larsson. The date and title of the remaining books of the year is “The Art Of Rac-ing In The Rain: A Novel” by Garth Stein – Monday, Dec. 20 and Tues-day, Dec. 21. New members are al-ways welcomed to this fun group of book lovers. The book discus-sions are free and open to the pub-lic. For more information, or to re-serve a copy of the book through the Ocean State Library system, call 423-7280.

The Heat Must Go On!Keep art and culture alive and

well in Newport by coming to an event to support efforts to upgrade the heating system in the Jane Pick-ens Theater on Saturday, Nov. 20. A pre-party will kick off at Vander-bilt Hall, 41 Mary St., at 5:30 p.m. for $100, which includes the price of the movie screening later in the evening. At 7:30 p.m. “Last Play at Shea” will be screened at the Jane Pickens for $20 per person. This event will sell out, so get your tick-ets now! To purchase tickets, go to www.frindsjpt.org or buy tickets at the Jane Pickens Theater or Empire Tea and Coffee.

Lynne Tungett, publisher & editor

Tom Shevlin, associate publisher & News editor

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GUEST VIEWNov. 11–A time for reflection

Today is Veteran s Day. It is a day when America recognizes the courage, dignity, honor, loyalty, service and sacrifices of all of her veterans. It is a day for speeches, parades, commemorations, and reunions. For most veterans, it is a day when all of us will spend a little time in quiet reflection on our own service. Sometime to-day, I’ll look in the mirror while shaving, and I’ll see a man with gray, thinning hair, lines and wrinkles on his face and a stubble of gray whiskers. I’ll wonder where the time went. I’ll think of my young friends at the time of my service; who will always be young in my memories. I’ll chuckle when I remember the lighthearted or bravado charged moments we all shared. But most of all, I’ll re-member the honor, dignity, discipline, loyalty, and teamwork that I learned alongside these men.

I will call a couple of them today and we’ll grumble about ar-thritis, bad backs, and diabetes—things that are slowing us down. They’ll tell me about their grandchildren, maybe a divorce, and then we’ll talk about the friends we’ve lost. Like Harry, who couldn’t shake his demons, and died a homeless, drunk, and alone in New York in 2005. And, our friend Tom, in and out of rehab for years, who lost his battle with drugs in Los Angeles in 2006. We’ll thank God that we were able to shake off and survive our own demons. Then, we’ll part company until the holiday calls we make to each other.

Today, America is fortunate to have young men and women who are willing to step up and take the places of yesterday’s vets. They are bravely defending the freedoms and ideals of this coun-try. The recent death of United States Army Sergeant Michael F. Paranzino, of Middletown, gives testimony to the courage of our armed forces today. He was a hero, who gave his life defending his country and his men.

Today’s veterans need more than one day of remembrance. They need and deserve our support more, now, than ever. If you want to do more, there are a number of fine veteran’s organiza-tions that need volunteers and support, in order to continue pro-viding a multitude of services. For more information on how you can help organizations that provide assistance to veterans, check out the following websites: www.vfw.org (Veteran’s of Foreign Wars of the United States), www.dvbic.org (Defense and Veteran’s Brain Injury Center), www.iava.org (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America), and www.woundedwarriorproject.org (Wounded Warrior Project).

–Jack Kelly, Newport

By Tom Shevlin

The number of votes a candi-date receives on election day is no indication of who will lead the city council as chair, and by extension, mayor, an analysis of past election results show.

According to election results on file with the city’s Canvassing Au-thority, just 10 times over the past 21 elections has the city’s top vote-getter gone on to serve as mayor. In fact, some of Newport’s most well regarded mayors have placed second or third in the At-Large vote count.

Among them: Fred Alofsin, who placed third to William Corcoran

and Robert Reed in 1967; Harp Donnelly, who placed third and fourth during his mayoral terms in 1977 and 1979 (he was top vote-getter and mayor in 1971, ’73, and ’75); and Paul Gaines, who was third to Al Angel during his term as mayor in 1981.

More recently, David Roderick (1993) and Steve Waluk (2006) were both runners-up in their terms as mayor, as was Richard Sardella be-fore being given his second term in 2001. Meanwhile, Patrick Kir-by served on the council for three terms, twice as mayor (in 1983 and 1985), and never topped the vote list.

Indeed, since 1967, there have

been 11 instances when Newport has had a mayor who did not lay claim to the title of top vote-getter. Could 2010 be another? With a re-count scheduled for Wednesday in the Second Ward race, it’s possible that we could know the answer as soon as the results are certified.

It’s also worth noting, however, that there have been only two can-didates to top the city’s vote count three elections in a row: five-term mayor Humphrey (Harp) Donnelly III, and current mayor Jeanne-Marie Napolitano. Donnelly was named mayor each of the three times he collected the most votes, and twice thereafter.

Number of Votes No Guarantee for Mayor’s Post

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Council Meets For First Time Post-Election, And Swiftly Adjourns

Former Economic Development Director Lands Role on Chafee Transition Team

By Tom Shevlin

Former Newport Economic De-velopment Director Jonathan Ste-vens is among the early additions to Governor-elect Lincoln Chafee’s transition team staff.

The Providence Journal reported on Monday that Stevens has been named Chafee’s deputy director of policy. Stevens had been a longtime aide to Chafee, first serving him as mayor of Warwick, and then later heading up Senator Chafee’s New-port office. He was named the New-port’s first director of economic de-velopment in 2007, a post he held until the position was eliminated in July as part of the city’s FY2010 budget.

Soon after, he joined Chafee’s campaign as a senior advisor.

He joins a slew of other Chafee veterans, including transition team chair Patrick Rogers; director Ste-phen R. Hourahan; Michael Trainor as deputy director-communications; and retired District Court Judge Ste-phen Erickson as deputy director-le-gal and legislative relations.

By Tom Shevlin

Meeting for the first time since last Tuesday’s elections, city councilors convened and adjourned within a 15-minute span on Wednesday in what was one of their shortest sessions in recent memory.

Sweeping through a relatively light docket, councilors acted with little discussion on boilerplate matters ranging from enter-tainment licenses to a series of communications from the city manager.

However, they did cast two notable votes: The first, as expect-ed, was a unanimous decision to continue a proposal to install energy-efficient street lights on Bellevue Avenue in order to give the public a chance to weigh in on a demonstration project in-stalled earlier in the day.

The second issue centered around a $25,000 expenditure re-quest for legal services in the city’s bid to secure approval from the state Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) in its proposed plan to extend the Ann Street Pier to allow transient boaters expanded public access to the city from the harbor. Cit-ing a desire for hold a public workshop with abutters and look further into the need for outside counsel, Councilor Stephen C. Waluk asked that the matter be continued. With Third Ward Coun-cilor Kathryn E. Leonard recused, and Second Ward Councilor Jus-tin S. McLaughlin absent, the council voted 3-2 in favor of the motion. Councilor Mary C. Connolly and Mayor Jeanne-Marie Na-politano were opposed.

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SURPLUS CONTINUED FROM PG. 1According to School Superin-

tendent Dr. John H. Ambrogi, the equipment was sold as part of a minor renovation project under-taken in preparation for an up-coming New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) accreditation inspection.

Ambrogi said the school depart-ment hired Gibson Technologies, LLC to demolish and remove old equipment from a ground-level workspace to accommodate the Rogers High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program which had been using a basement area that Ambrogi said was “moldy and had water leaking into it.’”

Paul Fagan, director of facilities for the schools, took full responsi-bility for the disposal of the equip-ment saying, “I authorized Gibson to remove the equipment.”

Citing concern for student safety and the obsolete nature of the ma-chinery, Fagan explained, “Having a 3,000-pound metal stationary object is an accident-waiting-to- happen. In retrospect, I feel much worse on how long it took to get rid of the cutter than how I went about with the task.”

Schools Superintendent Dr. John H. Ambrogi defended Fagan throughout.

“He is the hardest working man in Newport schools,” he said. “I dealt with at least eight different prop-erty services directors and he’s the best.” He went on to say that, “Paul did this with the best intentions. He did what he thought was in the best interest of the district.”

Patrick Kelly, committee mem-ber, also defended Fagan, saying, “I can see your point on dragging this

to auction. I don’t think what you did was unreasonable. I just hope we can get a complete inventory of what is left, so we have some ac-count. So, if we want to claim it, we can take that action as well.”

For the most part, School Com-mittee members expressed their displeasure with the way the proj-ect played out, with most saying that they would have preferred if the matter had come before them for their approval, but stopped short of admonishing the admin-istration.

“To be honest, this should have come before the school commit-tee,” said Vice-chairperson Hugo DeAscentis. “My interest here is that I’m getting an awful lot of questions from the community and it’s a little disturbing, to be quite honest. I went on Craigslist and there it was.”

As a point of reference, the com-mittee, reflected back on how sur-plus equipment from the 1999 Thompson school bond made its way out of the school and ended up in many different hands. Ac-cording to attorney Neal Galvin, there is no real policy in place for how surplus property is to be disposed of, and recommended the school committee get one in place. Additionally, there doesn’t appear to be any true inventory of the property that went up for sale.

That fact was magnified by an anonymous letter received prior to the meeting which raised ques-tions as to how much equipment was taken from the school and its value.

The letter alleged, in descrip-tive detail, that several more items from the school were also put up

for sale. One allegation centered on what was described as, “A beau-tiful thickness planer that was listed by Gibson Technologies on Craigslist for $13,000.” At least five more items were also listed, saying, “Basically the whole woodworking shop was given away.”

School Committee members referenced the letter several times throughout the discussion, with Jo Eva Gaines taking particular issue with, not only the allegations in-cluded therein, but also the anon-ymous nature of it, as well.

In response, committee mem-ber Robert Leary stated, “I’m at fault as a member of this school committee. Thompson equip-ment was going out to everybody. I should have learned my lesson, and shame on me for not having a policy in place. I’m uncomfort-able putting Paul Fagan up here, and I’m uncomfortable with the honor system. I want to be crys-tal clear–I don’t think any crimes have been committed, but maybe this should be turned over to the police to be turned up. We’ve got to try to track it down. I have no problem in turning it over for an investigation. I’m sure there are more things to follow, more let-ters to follow, and hopefully noth-ing criminal went wrong, but let’s turn it over to police.”

Gaines closed the discussion of the surplus equipment by stating, “The superintendent will contact police tomorrow and we will pro-ceed with whatever we need to do to get to the bottom of this mess, which is exactly what it is. Neal Galvin will send a cease-and-de-sist letter to Gibson.”

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From kibera to kilimanjaro: Nesbitt’s Latest Showcases Non-Profit

Newport-based adventure photographer Sandy Nesbitt (with camera) and some of the crew from Flying Kites Global pose at the

Blink Gallery on Thursday. (Photo by Michelle Palazzo)

By Tom Shevlin

Photographer Alexander “San-dy” Nesbitt opened the doors to his Blink Gallery on Upper Thames Street last week to open his latest show, “Kibera to Kilimanjaro,” fea-turing his most recent images tak-en while visiting the children and volunteers of the Flying Kites or-phanage in Kenya.

And while a photograph is worth a thousand words, Nesbitt has a way with words that’s almost as compelling as his images.

Stop in and see for yourself as Nesbitt chronicles his time with the children of the Newport-based non-profit, and his own adventures hiking in the hills of Kenya and up the side of Mount Kilimanjaro.

“Extraordinary Vision: Doris Duke and the New-port Restoration Foundation” tells the fascinating story of how “the richest girl in the world” came to devote so much of her time, energy and for-tune to rescuing and restoring dozens of derelict Newport houses in order to create the historic neighborhoods that we know and appreciate today. “Extraordinary Vision: Doris Duke and the Newport Restoration Foundation,” by Pieter Roos, Robert P. Foley and A. Bruce MacLeish is

available for sale at the NRF Museum Store, 415 Thames St., New-port, and at Island Books, 575 East Main Rd., Middletown. $24.95.

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A prestigious award and a new book reward the work of the NRF

By Katherine Imbrie

It’s been quite a fall for Pieter Roos, executive director of the New-port Restoration Foundation (NRF). In September, a book that he had long wanted to do about the work of NRF founder and benefactress, Doris Duke, was published.

Then, on Oct. 29, Roos traveled to Austin, TX to accept an award on behalf of the NRF from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Of the Award for Excellence in the Stewardship of Historic Sites, he says, “It’s a real honor. You are being looked at competitively and compared with organizations all over the country. In the world of historic preservation, it’s the biggest award there is.”

NTW: The NRF celebrated its 40th birthday in 2008, so it’s been around for awhile. What prompted the National Trust to honor it with this award at this particular time?

ROOS: The Stewardship Award is only given to organizations that have been around for 25 years or longer. The Trust wants to know

that you have staying pow-er–not just that you’ve succeeded in having an ef-fect on an area, but that you’ve been doing it for awhile. Pre-vious recipi-ents have in-

cluded, I believe, the Preservation Society of Newport and Colonial Williamsburg, for example.

NTW: What does the award mean for the NRF here in New-port?

ROOS: Oh, it means a great deal. I

think one thing that has been lack-ing is that people around town and in the state have a general sense of what Doris Duke did, but this na-tional award provides confirmation that this was something very im-portant. As time moves on, we get a better sense of just how much she transformed the city. There are more 18th and 19th century houses here than in any other city or town in the country, and the NRF owns about a quarter of them, thanks to Doris Duke. NTW: The book explains how she began in 1968 and built on the work of the preservation group Operation Clapboard. When Duke brought her resources to the ef-fort, that really turned things around. But it wasn’t just a matter of money, was it?

ROOS: No, it wasn’t. Doris Duke was very strategic about creating critical masses (of houses) within neighborhoods. She would qui-etly buy up three or four build-ings together as a means of “seed-ing” preservation into the city. In that way, she was able to create something much bigger than each building would have represented on its own. In terms of city plan-ning, it was a remarkable achieve-ment, one that really created the Newport that we see today.

NTW: It is amazing in hindsight that a woman with no particular demonstrated expertise in city planning would have known how to do that.

ROOS: Well, she was very bright, and she had common sense. She also had great taste and a very ob-servant eye. It was typical of her to consult with people, but then to make her own decisions. And per-haps because of her background, she was a very decisive person. One of the very important decisions that Duke made went directly against what some very notable people

were advising her to do, which was to create a kind of museum village of restored houses within Newport – something along the lines of Wil-liamsburg. And that might have seemed a reasonable idea, but she instinctively knew that that wasn’t right for Newport. In fact, she said that she thought that Newport worked pretty well the way it was – a real city that real people lived and worked in.

NTW: Duke had several resi-dences all over the world. Do you think that she considered New-port her hometown?

ROOS: I think that she considered it one of her hometowns. She spent her childhood summers here. From her 40s to age 81, she came back (to Rough Point), and it was one of three places that she lived in dur-ing the year. Interestingly, it was her fall residence. She would spend about a third of the year here, Sep-tember to November, and then spend the winter in Hawaii, and the spring and summer in New Jersey. I think she considered New Jersey her main home.

NTW: With most of the NRF’s acquisition and restoration proj-ects having been done from ’68 to the early ‘80s, what is the on-going work of the foundation to-day?

ROOS: There is a tremendous amount of work to do just in main-taining the buildings that we have. Preservation is never finished, and it was a deep fear of Duke’s that if these houses ever were to go back on the market and out of NRF’s control, they could become dere-lict once again. She felt she need-ed to provide for them in an ongo-ing way. So the NRF now maintains 80 structures, and that’s a big proj-ect all by itself. What many people don’t realize is that she did not leave us any endowment for that work. Rough Point–which was

Duke’s residence and now is open to the public as a museum house–does have an endowment, but that is strictly for Rough Point. As far as the historic buildings, we are just another community organization. The rents from the houses go back into maintaining them. We pay the taxes on the properties we own. In fact, I believe that annually the NRF is the city’s fourth or fifth largest taxpayer.

NTW: Given that Duke was so devoted to the preservation of Newport, isn’t it surprising that out of all of her huge fortune at

her death in 1993, she didn’t leave the NRF money to con-tinue that work?

ROOS: Yes, it is. Actually, it may have been a mistake, but that’s what happened. It doesn’t take away from what she did do. It’s estimated that over the course

of her life, Doris Duke gave away about 400 million dollars. And dur-ing her lifetime, the largest single thing she gave money to was the preservation of Newport.

I think people who see the city as it is now tend to think, How could it have been any other way? But it could have been. And I’m proud that the book really shows that. The transformation you see in the photos is so remarkable, and that’s the history that Doris Duke and the NRF saved.

You know, there are an awful lot of beautiful towns in New Eng-land, and an awful lot of them have beaches, bars and restaurants. But I think people come back to New-port because of its atmosphere, and that’s an atmosphere that is created by all of our historic neigh-borhoods together. So even if peo-ple might say they are not “into” his-tory, they come back here because it’s an interesting place. That’s his-tory. It’s just not in a museum.

Restoration Foundation Carries On the “Extraordinary Vision” of Doris Duke

Pieter Roos

Before and after of 34 Pelham, the Langley-King House, circa 1711. The

structure began as a simple one or two room house and by mid-century

had been expanded to a Georgian mansion. During the twentieth cen-

tury, the house grew to more than double its original square footage.

When the NRF bought the building, in 1969, rooms and apartments were being rented either by the week or by the month. It was restored in 1970-71.

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Computer Repair Shop Relocates

Cox Computer Repair has moved from Newport to 999 West Main Road in Middletown. The company, owned by William Cox, offers on-site help, support, repairs and up-grades; data recovery, system res-toration; new system migrations, file transfers, wireless networking, internet support, online safety and more. Cox Computer Repair can be reached at 849-0001 or visit www.coxcomputerrepair.com.

Open HouseWaveLengths Salon & Spa is cele-

brating their relocation to Bellevue Shopping Center with a “Grand Re-opening” Holiday Open House on Sunday, Nov. 14, from 2-6 p.m. The day includes sales, giveaways and goodie bags plus sample services. WaveLengths Salon & Spa can be reached at 849-4427 or visit www.wavelengthssalonandspa.com.

Party CentralStephanie Frazier Grimm has

opened Couture Parties, a wedding and special event planning compa-ny, at 78 Thames St. The shop will also carry invitation lines and party supplies in addition to hosting a di-verse series of creative workshops. Couture Parties can be reached at 619-4333 or visit www.couturepar-ties.com.

IN BUSINESS

Road Construction Limits Base Access

Road construction on the Pier Access Road (Defense Highway) between Gates 11 and Gate 17 will continue to effect base access through mid-November. Gate 1 is open 24 hours a day, Gate 17 is open Mon-Fri 0600-1800 and Gate 11 is open for Navy commuter, non-commercial, traffic Mon-Fri 0630-1700. The road link-ing Gates 11 and 17 is closed to all traffic. Gates 11 and 17 are closed on weekends.

Spouse Club NewsCurrent and prospective

Newport Officers’ Spouses’ Club members are invited to the November Welcome Cof-fee at 6pm on Wednesday, No-vember 17 at historic Quarters AA, home of the President of the Naval War College. Reg-ister online at www.Newpor-tOSC.org.

Women in BusinessThe Newport County Chamber

of Commerce will host a Women in Business Brown Bag Luncheon enti-tled Five for “5” on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 12-1 p.m. (with optional net-working immediately following). The event takes place at the Cham-ber, 35 Valley Rd., Middletown. RSVP to Kathleen Papp, kathleen@new-port chamber.com or 847-1608.

Employee of the Quarter

Mr. Spas Angelov, of Newport, was recognized as the Associate of the Quarter at the Panera Bread Bakery in Newport. One of Panera Bread’s top franchises, the Howley Bread Group, LTD of Cumberland, RI owns and operates twenty-one bakery-cafes throughout Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachu-setts and Greater Hartford/East-ern Connecticut markets. For more information, please contact one of Howley Bread Group’s Panera Bread bakery-cafes in the area or visit www.panerabread.com.

Bead for LifeThe Peoples Café, located on 282

Thames St. will sponsor a Bead for Life party on Sunday, Nov. 14, from 3 to 6 p.m. This event is an oppor-tunity to learn more about impov-erished Ugandan women who are lifting their families out of poverty by selling their handmade, high quality jewelry. Bead for Life is a socially responsible global organi-zation working with women from extremely impoverished back-grounds. All net profits from BFL sales are invested in projects that fight extreme poverty, primarily in three key areas: health, affordable housing, and vocational training for impoverished youth. For more information, contact Meghan Dut-ton, Bead for Life Community Part-ner, 401-662-6640.

Trash Collection Delay

There will be no trash, recycling or yard waste collection on Thurs-day, Nov. 11, due to the observance of Veterans Day. Collections nor-mally scheduled for Nov. 11 and 12 will experience a one day delay.

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Casino Theatre Receives Restoration AwardBy Ross Sinclair Cann, AIA

On October 21st the second annual “Rhody” Awards were pre-sented jointly by Preserve Rhode Island and The RI Historic Preser-vation and Heritage Commission and Newport County was featured prominently—both in what proj-ects were awarded and where the awards were presented!

A sellout audience of nearly 300 guests and honorees gathered on the horseshoe piazza of the New-port Casino for a cocktail recep-tion and silent auction before the ceremony and then, on cue, wan-dered down to the newly restored Casino Theatre to take their seats. This fabulous building, which had been empty and unused for more than twenty-five years, had just undergone a $5 million makeover and code compliance update and looked as sharp and new as it did in 1880 when Stanford White (of the firm McKim Mead and White) first designed it. This building is now the last existing theater of this ar-chitect, who was perhaps the most prominent designer working at the end of the nineteenth and begin-ning of the twentieth centuries before his scandalous murder—known at the time as the “Crime of the Century!”

Of the nine awards given to ar-chitectural projects, nearly half of them were located in Newport County: the restoration of the Ca-sino Theater; the restoration of the entry gates at the Breakers; the res-toration of the Travers House at 3 Memorial Boulevard and the res-toration of the Beavertail Light-house in Jamestown. For most of the awards, images were pro-jected onto a large screen hung at the back of the stage, but for the award to the casino, the lights were turned up in the otherwise

darkened theatre so the entire au-dience could enjoy and marvel at the rich detail of the room that had so recently been restored.

The Breakers Gates award pre-sentation showed photographs of the original wrought iron de-tail that had been eaten away like so much sugar left out in the rain. Last fall the gates were demount-ed, loaded onto a flatbed truck and taken to the workshops of Lodi Welding in New Jersey where new, exact replicas were fabricated and galvanized before being painted so that the gates will last long into the future. This spring, those new gates were shipped back to New-port, and with the help of a heavy crane, lifted back into the proper position.

Lila Delman Real Estate was hon-ored for two projects: the restora-tion of the Travers House, but also the renovation of the Narragansett Reading Room into their West Bay headquarters. These awards hon-ored projects where RI Preserva-tion Tax Credits had been used to make an important difference in the restoration of wonderful his-toric buildings, which, otherwise, could not have been preserved. Longtime Newporters will well re-member the extraordinary trans-formation of “The Tavern” (a rug-ged, rundown biker bar) into the sleek Victorian cottage that is now the Newport home of Lila Delman Real Estate.

The honorees were seated on the stage so that they could come to gather their prizes from the pre-senter almost like architectural “Academy Awards” and scarcely could a more glamorous setting in Rhode Island be found than the stage than many years ago had hosted the likes of Orson Wells, Vincent Price, Will Rogers and Lil-lian Gish—great stars of bygone

ages. Now, the Casino Theatre will be home to the Salve Regina Uni-versity theater program during the academic year, but hopefully wel-come the theatrical stars of the fu-ture during the many summer sea-sons yet to come for this elegant and gracious theater!

Ross Cann is a teacher, historian and practicing architect in New-port and holds architectural degrees from Yale, Cambridge and Columbia Universities. Please send your sug-gestions for articles on architecture and planning to Newport This Week.

The recently opened and reno-vated, Casino Theatre , above,

was among the recipients recognized at the Preserve

Rhode Island and RI Historic Preservation and Heritage

Commission awards.

Stanford White, at right, de-signed the theatre in the late

nineteenth century. At bottom right, the Beavertail

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By Pat Blakely

The focus of Newport’s economy may seem to be tourism, tourism, tourism, but did you know that the largest single employer on the is-land is the US Navy?

Naval Station Newport is home to more than 50 naval and defense commands and activities. As the leading employer in Newport Coun-ty, and the third largest in the state, the Navy’s economic impact is im-pressive. During FY 2009, almost $1.5 billion was pumped into the RI economy through salaries, con-struction projects and contracts, according to Commander, Navy Re-gion Mid-Atlantic. Approximately 7,000 employees work at the Na-val Station, and more than 15,000 students are assigned annually to training programs at base schools.

Newport has become the Na-vy’s premier site for officer training. With the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure recommendations, the Naval Station has seen tremendous growth in facilities and personnel. Expansion has been most signifi-cant at Officer Training Command. With the relocation of Officer Candi-date School, Newport now has five officer accession programs, gradu-ating approximately 2,800 new na-val officers each year. Navy Supply Officer School, relocating from Ath-ens, GA, will welcome its first class in January.

The Navy also has a tremendous impact on the tourism segment of Newport’s economy. Many officers in prolonged training pipelines are accompanied by their families, who become part of our Newport com-munity for a year or more. Through-out the year, large graduations take place at the Naval War College, Sur-face Warfare Officers School and Officer Candidate School, drawing thousands of family members and friends from around the world. The effect of this influx is great, filling our hotels, restaurants and shops with visitors during the off-season. While operational ships may be few and far between at Naval Station Newport, there is no doubt that “the fleet is in” and having a very positive impact on our island.

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ered at Easton’s Beach Rotunda Sunday, Nov. 7 for a delectable Chocolate Brunch. The first of its kind for the organization, director of Newport programs, Susan Jacobsen called the event a “smashing success.” Guests enjoyed windswept ocean views as they dined on a chocolate rich menu by Russell Morin Caterers with confections displayed and savored throughout the ballroom.

“All I heard all day long were raves. Newport Chocolates did a spectacular tribute with the place settings and Edible Arrangements are always just wonderful,” says Jacobsen, adding that the ballroom was filled with a truly broad representation of the community, a testament to VNS 60 years of service. Francesca Campo of Campo & Company Events conceptualized the deliciously successful af-ternoon which Jacobsen envisions to be a key fund-raiser for the organization moving forward. (Photos by Andrea E. McHugh)

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Continuing the Fall 2010 Newport Gallery Night Fall Series, Cadeaux du Monde will feature ongoing in-formal gallery talks on basketweav-ing Nov.11 from 5-8 p.m. The gal-lery talks will explore the varied basketweaving traditions around the world such as rattan weaving from Indonesia, raffia weaving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, pine needle weaving from Guate-

mala, Msasa fiber weaving from Zim-babwe and doum palm weaving from Ethiopia. These gallery talks will be illustrated with Cadeaux du Monde’s current collection of fairly trad-ed folk art baskets and basketry from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the South Pacific.

All are welcome to attend the Portsmouth Arts Guild’s monthly meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m., to hear multidisciplinary artist Deborah Baronas speak at Cutler Mills Gallery, 30 Cutler St., Warren.

Guests will hear Baronas discuss her work as well as view her exhibit of the“Warren Mill Project” presently on display at the Cutler Mills Gallery. This exhibit includes art, music, mill sounds and a 20-minute documentary movie funded by a grant from the RI Council for the Humanities, 2009-2010.

Deborah Baronas graduated from RISD in Textile Design and worked in the textile industry from 1979-2003. She now works as a full- time artist. Please join members of the Portsmouth Arts Guild for this free event. The program follows a short business meeting that starts at 7 p.m. For more information visit : www.PortsmouthArtsGuild.org or email us at: info@PortsmouthArtsGuild.org

Portsmouth Arts GuildThe Portsmouth Arts Guild is wel-

coming submission of artwork of all media for their 4th Annual “Under $200 Holiday Show and Sale.” The non-juried show runs from Nov. 26 through Dec. 19 with an opening re-ception on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2-4 p.m.

All works must be for sale un-der $200. Drop off dates are Mon-day, Nov. 22 and Tuesday, Nov. 23. Maximum is two entries. All 2-D art must be framed, wired and ready to hang. Artwork should be dropped off at The Portsmouth Arts Guild Center For The Arts located at 2679 East Main Rd., Portsmouth. For more information visit our website at www.PortsmouthArtsGuild.org or email: info@portsmoutharts-guild.org

Spring Bull GalleriesSpring Bull Galleries of Newport

welcomes artists to submit entries for their ”20th Annual Les Petites Oeuvres ( The Little Picture Show).” The show will run from Dec. 4- 30. The maximum size allowed is 60” total including frame or outside di-mensions. Drop off dates are Nov. 27 - Dec. 2 at the gallery.

Tiverton Arts CouncilThe Tiverton Arts Council in-

vites all area artists to participate in “Little Pictures”, a holiday show featuring works that are no larger than 16” x 16”, framed. The exhibi-tion will run from Dec. 6 to Jan. 10 at Tiverton Town Hall. There is no fees and the limit is three pieces per artist.

AT LOWER RIGHT: Artist Kim Salerno, with husband Jim, take a break while setting up for her show, Big Minature,” which opens on Friday evening at the

Newport Art Museum along with two other exhibits: “Networkds

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There’s one more weekend left this year to take advantage of Res-taurant Week bargains at 50 area restaurants. That makes the up-coming few days a great chance to sample some of the dining spots you might be considering for spe-cial nights out during the holiday season, which is just around the corner.

Through Nov. 14, participating Newport area restaurants are of-fering fixed-price menus -- $16 for a three-course lunch, and $30 for a three-course dinner. (Prices exclude taxes and gratuities.) There are also special culinary events planned to round out the week: a Wine & Chocolate Pairing at the Gas Lamp Grille on Saturday, and the 27th an-nual Taste of Newport benefit at the Hyatt on Sunday. (Check the web-site of the Newport County Conven-tion & Visitors Bureau, GoNewport.com, for details on these and other events, along with a complete list of participating restaurants.)

In the five years since the New-port County Convention and Visi-tors Bureau hosted the first New-port Restaurant Week, the event has become as popular with chefs and restaurant owners as it is with their customers, says Kathryn Far-rington of the NCCVB. “Last Friday and Saturday, I went around to a lot of different restaurants, and it was just amazing. The restaurants were full -- everybody was enjoying it. I thought, This is like a day in July. We are just slamming!”

Each year since the first Restau-rant Week was held, more and more restaurants have come on board, says Farrington. “They see the turn-out that the participating restau-rants get, and what I hear from those restaurants who do join is that it makes a tremendous differ-ence. It’s a real boost to carry them through financially from late sum-mer to the holidays.”

Restaurant Week is also a great chance for restaurants to showcase new menus or introduce a new chef. Maggie Wiggins, who owns one of Newport’s oldest and best restaurants, the Canfield House, in-troduced a new Harvest Menu just two weeks ago, and some of the dishes on it also show up on the Canfield’s Restaurant Week menu. Among them is a delectable sound-ing Root Beer Braised Short Ribs with Roasted Corn Pudding. “The ribs are just melt-in-your-mouth tender,” says Wiggins, adding that the restaurant’s chef, Edie Banky, who started at the Canfield in May, “has really transformed our menus in a very creative way.”

Among the appetizer selections on the Canfield’s $30 Restaurant Week dinner menu is a Vermont Chevre and Shitake Mushroom Bru-lee with Smoked Bacon and Truf-fled Micro-greens. And for dessert? Warm Chocolate Bread Pudding

with Bourbon Molasses Sauce.Wiggins says the bread pudding

is so good that she had a phone message from a regular customer who proclaimed it “the best he’s had anywhere.”

In her experience, Restaurant Week brings in both regulars and out-of-towners, says Wiggins. “We have had a lot of guests from up-state areas like Providence, but we’ve also seen a lot of locals. May-be they don’t normally get out to some of the finer restaurants, but at this price point, they do.”

The Canfield House is open Tues-day through Sunday for dinner only, from 5 p.m.

Hearty flavors of fall are on the Restaurant Week dinner menu at the harborfront restaurant, The Mooring. There, customers might select as an appetizer a “Seafood Empanada with Green Chile Salsa” and then follow that up with “Pan-Roasted Cod Loin with Red Flannel Hash and a Roasted Tomato Lob-ster Emulsion.” Another appealing entrée option is “Tenderloin Ravi-oli with Foraged Mushrooms, Goat Cheese and Gorgonzola Cream.” And for dessert? Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Cinnamon Maple Sauce Anglaise.

Not all of the restaurants that participate in Restaurant Week are so upscale. Pour Judgement is a pub-style, bar-restaurant where burgers and fries are menu stan-dards, and straightforward dish-es like chicken marsala, eggplant parmesan, and scallops are priced from $10 to $15 on the regular menu. But chef/owner Kevin Sul-livan also likes to experiment with his cooking, and for his Restau-rant Week dinner menu, he’s fea-turing entrees that you definitely

wouldn’t expect to find on a bar menu: “Lobster, Scallop, Clam and Shrimp Cioppino”, “Lobster New-burg with Puff Pastry”, “Grilled Swordfish with Jumbo Lump Crab-meat”, and “Filet Mignon with Wild Mushroom Demi-glaze”.

Co-owner Hank Whitin says Pour Judgement has been doing Res-taurant Week since it opened four years ago and has found the event a great way to introduce them-selves to people who otherwise might think of it as “just a bar.”

“Really, we are a gastro-pub,” says Whitin. “We do a ton of food. Even though we have a bar layout, with a long narrow space and a row of bolted-down tables, our food is definitely more than what you’d ex-pect in a bar. When it’s not Restau-rant Week, Kevin does some pret-ty inventive specials that reflect a lot of different cuisines from Asian to Southwestern. We even have Southwest Eggrolls on the menu.”

Whitin says Pour Judgement is popular with locals, “but we are attracting a lot of out-of-towners during Restaurant Week.”

Up in Bristol, the cozy waterfront DeWolf Tavern is new to the Res-taurant Week line-up this year, hav-ing joined the spring list in March, along with fellow Bristolians Redlef-sen’s and Persimmon. Joining the Bristol team this fall is Leo’s Ris-torante on Hope Street.

DeWolf owner/chef Sai Viswa-nath says his $16 lunch menu has been particularly popular with out-of-towners. He’s offering a range of sandwiches that reflect the DeW-olf’s unique character – a New Eng-land tavern with the cosmopolitan addition of some Indian-influenced cuisine. The three-course DeWolf lunch begins with a choice of mes-clun salad or soup, then includes such unusual sandwiches as Chick-en, Avocado, Cilantro, Mango Sour Cream and Cheddar Cheese on Naan bread, or Filet Mignon with Swiss Cheese, Caramelized Onions and Horseradish Sauce, also on naan. Dessert is a scoop of house-made ice cream or sorbet.

The fact that three other Bristol restaurants are also doing Restau-rant Week this fall “helps each of us tremendously,” says Viswanath. “In-stead of everyone having their own specials, this way we all share in the promotion value of a joint event.”

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The Bit Players: Newport’s Masters of ImprovBy Meg O’Neil

The Firehouse Theater is a rather diminutive, bare bones space with seating for up to 70 people, but the laughs that come from the crowds on Friday and Saturday nights are anything but small. That’s when the Bit Players, Newport’s own comedy improv troupe, take to the stage in their off-the-cuff performances where the only thing that’s assured is that the audience will become part of the show.

Improv is a form of theatre in which the actors, in this case, the Bit Players, use acting techniques to perform spontaneously, using audi-ence suggestions to guide the per-formance as they create dialogue, setting, and plotting extemporane-ously.

The cast of 10 Bit Players rotates weekly, as do the “bits” they per-form, so the audience is guaranteed to never see the same show twice.

Much of the show is determined by the crowd, who is welcome to shout out suggestions that set up the Bits when asked by the leader of the group. For example, in one Bit Players original skit called “Bartend-er,” three players walk into a make-shift bar on stage where they go in to get a drink and confess a prob-lem of theirs to the bartender, who then dispenses his sage advice af-terwards…all in song. The audience is asked to shout out three problems that the players must instantly cre-ate a character and song for. On this

particular Saturday night, the sug-gestions for Anna, one of the origi-nal Bit Players, had to sing a song on tax evasion; while Vlad, another orig-inal Bit Player, who happens to be a bulky Russian with years of training in mime, had to sing a song about his desire to become a ballerina; and the newest Player, Matt, had a prob-lem pertaining to a third nipple. Dy-lan, who played the bartender, then had to respond to each patron with a song that offered them help to re-solve their issues.

Most of the players have at least a few years of improv training un-der their belts. Ryan Hartigan, one of the players with the most improv experience (one month short of 20 years to be exact), says, “A lot of peo-ple think imrpov is something you can just do, but it takes time to do it, like any type of performance. What you have to train quite often is not just knowing the games or skits, it’s the willingness of the group to find them together. You’ve got to explore and find what works.”

Hartigan went on to say how much the Bit Players enjoy the Newport audience in particular. “We have a lot of regulars, locals, and Newport visitors and they re-alize how part of the show they really are. Sometimes you have an audience that’s so quiet. And they’ll come and be quiet and we think they hate us and then something amazing happens. One of the most

The Bit Players perform weekly improv at the Firehouse Theater on Friday and Saturday nights to a packed crowd that helps the Players set up scenes and scenarios. (Photos courtesy of Donna Maytum)

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Long Wharf Seafood17 Connell Highway, Newport

Newport Grand150 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport

OceanCliff’s Safari Room 65 Ridge Road, Newport

Coddington Brewing Company210 Coddington Highway, Middletown

Rhea’s Inn & Restaurant120 W. Main Rd., Middletown

Sweet Berry Farm915 Mitchell’s Lane, Middletown

Scampi657 Park Ave., Portsmouth

DeWolf Tavern259 Thames St., Bristol

WHERE TO EAT Map LegendFor more information about these restaurants, please see their display ads

found on the pages of this week’s edition of Newport This Week.

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“famous for clams since 1936”Flo’s Clam Shack

The Clam Shack (Downstairs)Open Thurs - Sun: 11am ‘til 9pm

Topside Raw Bar (Upstairs)Open Thurs & Fri: 4pm ‘til Late!

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the Hyatt on Goat Island. $65 per person, RSVP to Lindsey Forrestal, 847-1608 or Lindsey@newport-chamber.com

American SongbookThe music of Frank Sinatra will be performed at Trinity Church’s Ho-nyman Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by calling 324-9492 or emailing trinity.new-port.arts@gmail.com

Newport Restaurant Week$16 for lunch, $30 for dinner. Visit www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com for all the details.

Cabaret & Humor8 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 4 for more details.

ThursdayNov. 11

Newport Gallery NightExplore and experience the art of Newport the second Thursday of every month. Galleries city-wide 5 – 8 p.m.

NPEF Student Art ExhibitEaston’s Beach Rotunda, Noon-3 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Healthy HolidaysLearn ways tot reduce your stress and eat well during the busy holi-days. 5 - 7 p.m., Aquidneck Island Acupuncture, 170 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown, 297-1642. BYOI ThursdaysBring Your Own Improv! Interac-tive improv show that welcomes voluntary audience participation! Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 849-3473, 8 p.m.

Newport Restaurant Week$16 for lunch, $30 for dinner. Visit www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com for all the details.

Murder at the Museum7 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 4 for more information

Cabaret & Humor8 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 4 for more details.

“If it’s Thursday, it Must Be Shakespeare”Informal group meets to give inter-pretive readings of Shakespeare’s works, 5 – 6 p.m., free, Redwood Library, 847-0292, www.redwood-library.org

Run and Chug ClubRunning and walking group that meets at 6:15 p.m. weekly outside Fastnet. Meet new friends for a three-mile walk or run around Newport and then return to the Fastnet Pub for a pint.

FridayNov. 12

Holiday Lantern TourCelebrate the winter holidays on a lantern-lit stroll through Newport’s streets. 5 p.m., $12 per person, $5 for children. Reservations suggest-ed, 841-8770, Museum & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames St.

Chamber Annual Dinner DanceThe Newport County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual dinner dance from 6 – 11 p.m. at

The Bit Players8 p.m., Please see Friday, Nov. 5 for more details.

Wounded Veterans ReceptionHibernian Hall, 6-12 p.m. Live music, hors d’oeurves and cash bar.

SaturdayNov. 13

Arts & Crafts Extravaganza10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, corner of Bellevue Ave. and Pelham St. Benefits Turning Around Min-istries, Inc. Contact 864-5747 for more information.

National Gaming DayCome play a variety of card and board games at the Newport Pub-lic Library at 300 Spring St. from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Family Tour and Art ProjectSee art and make together at the Newport Art Museum, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Member families $14, non-members $18. Includes cost of Mu-seum admission. 76 Bellevue Ave., 848-8200.

Craft FairA benefit for Turning Around Min-istries. Elks Lodge, 10-2 p.m., 864-5747.

Lecture on 19th Century ClothingHear about the origins of today’s formal men’s clothing and their ori-gins in the early 19th century using examples from the NHS’s collec-tions. 2 p.m., $5 per person, New-port Historical Society, 82 Touro St., 841-8770.

American Songbook7:30 p.m. Please see Friday, Nov. 12 for more details.

Voices in HarmonyVocalists from Salve Regina and

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Men are growing moustaches for ‘Movember’ to help raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. They were clean shaven on Nov. 1, and will be growing their moustaches through the entire month. Join team Newport Muzzy and their partially grown ‘staches’ on Thursday, Nov. 18 at the Newport Storm Brewery from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. to enjoy some fresh beer and moustache- shaped snacks. $10 donation at the door, event for 21 and older. Donations can be made at www.Movember.com Team ‘Newport Muzzy’. (Photo by Laura Blackwell)

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Thursday, November11Christie’s – DJ & Dancing with DJ Henney

Marina Cafe–Dick Lupino & Friends 6:30-9 p.m.

Newport marriot–Rebecca Cline on piano, 7-10 p.m.Newport grand – Downtown Cabaret, 8 p.m.

o’Brien’s pub–O’Doyle Rules, 10 p.m.

perro Salado – Honky Tonk Knights

rhino Bar– reggae Night Hot Like Fire, 10 p.m. – 1 a.m.

Friday, November 12Christie’s – DJ & Dancing

The Chanler– Dick Lupino & Friends, 6-10 p.m.

Hyatt Hotel–Dave Manuel on piano, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Laforge Casino–Dave Manuel on piano, 7-11 p.m.

Newport Blues Café – Deer Tick, 10 p.m.

Newport grand – Downtown Cabaret, 8 p.m. Matty B., 9 p.m.

o’Brien’s pub–DJ Curfew, 10 p.m.-12:45 a.m.

rhino Bar – O’Doyle Rules

rhumbline – Live Jazz with Lois Vaughan, 6:30-10 p.m.

Sambar – Live Acoustic with Andre, 9 p.m.

Saturday, November 13Christie’s – DJ & Dancing

greenvale Vineyard– Dick Lupino & Friends, 1-4 p.m.

Hyatt Hotel - Dave Manuel on piano, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Laforge Casino–Dave Manuel on piano, 7-11p.m.

Newport Blues Café – Deer Tick, 9:30 p.m.

Newport grand – Sweet Desire, 8 p.m.

o’Brien’s pub–DJ Curfew, 10 p.m.-12:45 a.m. rhino Bar –Felix Brown

rhumbline – Live Jazz with Lois Vaughan, 6:30-10 p.m.

Sambar – DJ Butch, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 14Castle Hill – Dick Lupino & Friends, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Clarke Cooke House– Bobby Ferreira, 12:30–3:30 p.m.

Newport grand – Downtown Cabaret, 2 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub– Karaoke, 9 p.m. Monday, November 15empire Tea–The geezers, open forum 7-10 p.m.

fastnet pub- “Blue monday” 10:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.

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Frank Fusaro, the artistic di-rector behind the Bit Players, is offering a six week improv workshop at the Firehouse Theater that teaches the basic fundamentals of improv. You’ll lkearn how to build a secure platform to start scenes, how to develop clear and concise characters, and how to think quickly on your feet and re-act like a pro. The classes will meet starting on Monday, Nov. 15. “Anyone can take the classes, no experience neces-sary,” said Fusaro, “after the six weeks, the class picks a date to perform and we promote the show for them, but they perform as a class without any of the Bit Players.” The session is open to all skill levels. Students must be at least 16 years old to enlist. The cost of the class is $150 and is every Monday at 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

from Nov. 15 to Dec. 13. Contact the Firehouse Theater at 849-3473 to sign up!

Frank Fusaro, Artistic Director of the Bit Players, will be teaching an improv course for anyone who wants to learn

the basics of improv.

NOVEMBER 134 COURSE WINE & CHOCOLATE PAIR-INGGas Lamp Grille, 206 Thames Street, Newport, 845-93003pm. Enjoy Enjoy three 3 oz glasses of Select wines & a 20 yr old Port paired w/ 4 courses of fine chocolates. Reservation required.1st Course ~ Chocolate dipped strawber-ries, oranges, & bananas paired w/ Cham-pagne. 2nd Course ~ Chocolate dipped potato chips & petite pretzels paired w/ Starling Riesling (Germany). 3rd Course ~ Chocolate ganache dipped Macaroons w/ Louis Martini Cabernet (Sonoma). 4th Course ~ Chocolate truffles paired w/ 20yr old Cruz Port. *Chocolates from course 3 & 4 will be provided by ‘New-port Chocolate’s located at 82 William’s Street, Newport.Only …$20 per person plus tax & tip

CHEF-LED CULINARY WALKING TOURNewport Gourmet ToursTour Departs from The front of Hotel Vi-king, 1 Bellevue Avenue, Newport www.NewportGourmetTours.com2pm -4pm. Celebrate Newport Restau-rant Week by taking $5 off a ticket to our Chef-Led Culinary Walking Tour of some of Newport’s Best Restaurants, Kitchens and Gourmet Shops. Meet the Chefs, go behind the scenes, and sample their de-licious offerings. All tour stops not hani-caped acccessable. Tour limited to 12 people. No children under 12 years old. Buy tickets on our website. . $40 ticket price is $5 off regular price in honor of Newport Restaurant Week.$40 per person

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wonderful thing isn’t explosions of laughter, it’s when you realize they are just frozen, and aston-ished. And then you’ll hear this pent up burst of laughter. We love our audience here.”

The show, which starts every Friday and Saturday night at 8 and ends around 9:30 p.m., is BYOB and has a short intermis-

sion. If the first half is a bit flat, or some skits work more than oth-ers, never fear. While you’re so-cializing, the Bit Players are up-stairs discussing what is and is not working, and tweaking the set list for the rest of the show – proving that yes, indeed there is a method to this highly enjoy-able madness.

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Gallery Shows & Artist Openings

Anchor Bend Glassworks GalleryFall Harvest Designs Show through Nov. 22. Gallery open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 16 Franklin St., 849-0698, www.anchorbendglass.com

Art on the Wharf Featuring the “Seaside Show.” The show runs Nov. 1 - Dec. 20. Gallery hours are Fri. – Mon., noon-5 p.m., or by appointment, 33 Bannister’s Wharf, 845-6858

Bestoso StudioJeannine Bestoso will hold drawing and painting classes at the Edward King Center on Tuesdays, 714-7263, www.bestosostudio.com

Bristol Art Gallery“Just in Time for the Holidays,” opening reception Nov. 13, 4-7 p.m., show through Jan., 2011, 423 Hope St., Bristol, 396-9699, www.bristolgallery.net

DeBlois GalleryRetrospective for printmaker Wil-lye Roberts. Opening reception Nov. 6 Gallery hours are Tues.-Sun., noon-5 p.m., 138 Bellevue Ave.,

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Bryant will team up to make music together at 8 p.m. at Ochre Court, 100 Ochre Point Ave. For more info, contact SRU’s Department of Per-forming Arts at 341-2295.

Newport Restaurant Week$16 for lunch, $30 for dinner. Visit www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com for all the details.

The Bit Players8 p.m., Please see Friday, Nov. 5 for more details.

SundayNov. 14

Pet Loss Support GroupSupportive help for those who have been touched by the loss of a pet, or dealing with the difficult decision of euthanasia. 3 – 4:30 p.m. at the Potter League at 87 Oli-phant Lane, Middletown. Free, reg-ister at 846-8276 ext. 118 or jillh@potterleague.org

Allies at HomeHistorian Matthew Keagle will share how French soldiers and American citizens worked together during the Revolutionary War, 2 p.m., $5 per person, Colony House, Washington Square, 841-8770.

American Songbook2 p.m. Please see Friday, Nov. 12 for more details.

Newport Restaurant Week$16 for lunch, $30 for dinner. Visit www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com for all the details.

MondayNov. 15

Book DiscussionThe Jamestown Library Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. to dis-cuss Steig Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Free and open to the public.

Dedication of Bellevue Ave His-tory Trail9 a.m. at the Isaac Bell House, 70

Perry St. Dedication of the new 11 markers that detail the architec-ture, landscapes, and history of the historic street. Free and open to all.

TuesdayNov. 16

Thames Street Sewer MeetingReview the details of the work to be performed and the construc-tion schedule for the improve-ments to the Thames Street sani-tary sewer interceptor. 8:30 a.m., Newport City Hall, 83 Broadway. Open to the public

Tango TuesdayBeginner Argentine Tango classes at the Edward King House, 35 King St., Newport, 7 – 8:30 p.m., $20 per person, $30 per couple, email newportenostango@gmail.com for more information

WednesdayNov. 17

Waggin’ Tails Story HourStories, crafts, songs, and animal visits for preschool children ages 2 – 5 at 10 a.m. at the Potter League for Animals at 87 Oliphant Lane, Middletown. $3 per child, prereg-istration requested, call 846-0592 ext. 120.

Live & Learn ProgramPart of Alzheimer’s Association. Breakfast and presentaion from 8:30 - 10 a.m. Free, but pre-registra-tion is required. Call Grand Islander 849-7100 to reserve your seat. 333 Green End Ave., Middletown

Chess GroupA group meets at Empire Tea & Cof-fee at 22 Broadway from 7:30 – 10 p.m. to challenge each other to the game of kings. Free and open to the public.

ThursdayNov. 18

Art-o-MatCome to the People’s Café on 282

Thames St. from 5 – 9 p.m. to see the Art-o-Mat and take home a piece of art from the transformed 70s cigarette machine turned art dispenser for $5.

Newport Cooks!Baking bread made easy. 6 – 8 p.m. at the Edward King House, 35 King St. Register at 293-0740 or info@newportcooks.com, $50 per stu-dent.

Mid-Movember Event5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Donate $10 at the Newport Storm Brewery to help Team Muzzy raise money for men’s health. 293 JT Connell, www.mo-vember.us

“If it’s Thursday, it Must Be Shakespeare”Informal group meets to give inter-pretive readings of Shakespeare’s works, 5 – 6 p.m., free, Redwood Library, 847-0292, www.redwood-library.org

BYOI ThursdaysSee Nov. 11 for more details. Fire-house Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, 849-3473, 8 p.m.

Murder at the Museum7 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 11 for more information

Run and Chug Club6:15 p.m., Fastnet Pub, please see Thursday, Nov. 11 for more details.

Cabaret & Humor8 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 11 for more details.

FridayNov. 19

Holiday Lantern TourCelebrate the winter holidays on a lantern-lit stroll through Newport’s streets. 5 p.m., 841-8770, Muse-um & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames St.

YMCA Holiday Wine Tasting5 - 8 p.m., at the Atlantic Beach Club. Over 100 wines, beers, food,

silent auction and live music. Con-tact Mike Miller at 847-9200 or mikem@newportymca.org.

The Bit Players8 p.m., Please see Friday, Nov. 12 for more details.Cabaret & Humor8 p.m., Please see Thursday, Nov. 11 for more details.

SaturdayNov. 20

Christmas at the Newport MansionsVisit The Breakers, The Elms, and Marble House, all decorated for the holidays and open daily for tours. The Breakers opens at 9 a.m., The Elms and Marble House open at 10 a.m. The last tours at all three are at 4 p.m. Visit www.newportman-sions.org for more details.

Holiday Health & Wellness ExpoLearn how to stay healthy and happy through the holidays by at-tending from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency on Goat Island. Over 50 exhibitors! Admission is $10 per person

SRU Fall Dance Show“Power Trip” will include 26 dances from the Salve Regina University student-run dance organization. Open to the public, 7 p.m. Admis-sion is at least $1 donation to the Andrea Rizzo Foundation. Held at Rodgers Recreation Center, 167 Webster St.

Common Fence MusicSierra Hull & Highway 111 perform at 8 p.m. at 933 Anthony Rd., Ports-mouth. Tickets are available at 866-468-7619 or www.commonfence-music.org

The Bit Players8 p.m., Please see Friday, Nov. 12 for more details.Sunday, Nov. 21SRU Fall Dance Show1 p.m., $5 admission. Please see

Saturday, Nov. 20 for more details.

Christmas at the Newport MansionsPlease see Saturday, Nov. 20 for more details.

MondayNov. 22

Christmas at the Newport Man-sionsPlease see Saturday, Nov. 20 for more details.

Wicked Newport7 p.m., Newport Library, Come learn about Newport’s “wicked” past.

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Didi Suydam ContemporaryOpening reception for metalsmith John Prip Sat. Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m. Gallery is open Thurs.-Mon., 12 - 5 p.m., 25 Mill St., 848-9414, www.didisuydam.com.

Harbor Fine ArtFeaturing the work of seven local artists. Gallery open daily 11 a.m – 5 p.m., 134 Spring St., 848-9711, www.harborfineart.com

Isherwood GalleryGallery hours are Wed.-Sat., 38 Bel-levue Ave., 699-2276, www.isher-woodgallery.com

Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design Gallery open Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. and by appointment. 226 Bellevue Avenue, #8, the Audrain Building, second floor, 849-3271, www.jessicahagen.com

Reel GalleryOpening party for 15 local artists Oct. 23 from 6-9 p.m. 94 William St., 484-7535, www.reelgallery.com

Sheldon Fine ArtOpening reception forDaniel Pollera, Sat., Nov. 13, 5-7 p.m. Gal-lery open daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., 59 America’s Cup Ave., Bowen’s Wharf, 849-0030.

Victorine Contemporary Art192 Thames St., 835-1920, www.victorineart.com

William Vareika Gallery“Historic New England” exhibition will be on display until Nov. 14. 212 Bellevue Ave., 849-6149 or www.vareikafinearts.com

Sports Round - UpSalve Regina UniversityFootball (6 – 4)The Salve Regina University football team completed its most successful season in a de-cade with a No. 10 ranking in the 2010 New England Division III football poll. The Seahawks - who receiving 12 points in the poll - closed out the 2010 campaign with a 6-0 win over Nichols College on Saturday, giving them a 6-4 record for the season and a 5-2 mark in the New England Football Conference (NEFC). The five-game win streak is the longest for the program since the 1999 season, while the six wins is the highest mark since the 2000 sea-son, when they posted a 7-3 record. The last time Salve Regina was ranked in the poll was Oct. 8, 2001.

Men’s BasketballMonday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. against Worcester State at homeWednesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. against Bryant away at Bryant University

Women’s BasketballTuesday, Nov. 16 against Suffolk, away, at Suffolk

Men’s Ice HockeyThursday, Nov. 18 at 7:15 p.m. against Suffolk at Portsmouth Abbey

Women’s Ice Hockey (0 – 2)Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. against St. Anselm, away in Manchester NHFriday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. against Nichols, at home, at St. George’s School

Middletown High SchoolGirl’s SoccerThe girls will take on St. Raphael on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. at Gaudet Middle School in the Semifi-nal round of Division III Playoffs . If they win, they will take on the winner of the Narragansett v. Burrillville game on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. at RI College.

Portsmouth High SchoolGirl’s SoccerThe 4th place girls will take on 1st place LaSalle on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. at East Greenwich High School in the Semifinal round of the Division I Play-offs. The winner of the game will advance to the fi-nals where they will take on the East Greenwich v. South Kingstown winner on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. at RI College.

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Belcourt Castle657 Bellevue Ave., 846-0669, www.belcourtcastle.com

The Breakers Open daily, 44 Ochre Point Ave., 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

Chateau-sur-Mer Open daily, 474 Bellevue Ave., 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

The Elms Open daily, 367 Bellevue Ave., 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

Fort Adams841-0707, 90 Fort Adams Drive, www.fortadams.org

International TennisHall of Fame & MuseumDiscover the history of tennis through a diverse collection of memorabilia, art and video, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 194 Bellevue Ave., free for kids under 16 , 849-3990; www.tennisfame.com.

Marble House Open daily, 596 Bellevue Ave., 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

Museum of Newport HistoryExhibits on display depict the city’s role in the American Revolution and its emeravgence as a Gilded Age resort, open daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 127 Thames St., 841-8770, www.newporthaavaistorical.org

National Museum of American IllustrationOriginal artworks from the Golden

Age of Illustration in a historic Gilded Age mansion, 492 Bellevue Ave., 851-8949, ext. 18,www.americanillustration.org

Naval War College MuseumFree and open to the public, visi-tors without a base decal must call the museum to gain access to the Naval Station; 841-2101.

Newport Art MuseumPermanent collection of contem-porary and historic works, open daily, 76 Bellevue Ave., 848-8200, www.newportartmuseum.org

Ochre CourtOne of Newport’s first “summer cottages” built in 1892, now Salve Regina University’s administration building, ground floor open Mon-day thu Friday, 9-4 p.m.

Prescott FarmRestored 1812 windmill, guided tours, Rte. 114, West Main Rd., Mid-dletown, 847-6230, www.newportrestoration.org

RosecliffOpen daily, 548 Bellevue Avenue, 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

Redwood LibraryThe nation’s oldest library, c 1748, 50 Bellevue Avenue, free, dona-tions always welcome, 847-0292; www.redwoodlibrary.org

Rough PointDoris Duke’s oceanfront estate, 680 Bellevue Avenue, 847-8344, www.newportrestoration.org

Whitehall Museum HouseBerkely Road, Middletown, open Tuesday-Sunday.

Bob Chesney, first-year head coach of Salve Football, led his team to their first NEFC regional

ranking since 2001. (Photo courtesy of Salve Regina)

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Connecting the dots made by hourly GPS

locations of the young male collared on October 15th during the first week

after capture. The wide ranging movements -

from Newport to Common Fence Point - indicate he is

a transient (kicked out of his natal pack in Newport

and Middletown). He will probably roam

until he finds a pack of coyotes that will accept him. If he is habituated

- and has lost his natural fear of humans due to

feeding - he will bring his bad behavior with him

wherever he goes. (Photo/map credit

Numi Mitchell)

Bobby Mey watches Numi Mitchell ready a coyote tracking collar. Mey is a

Middletown High School Student she is mentoring.

(Photo by Sharon Morcera)

on the difference between “nor-mal” and “problem” coyotes, and the hunting of coyotes in the area. Mitchell relayed a story about a hunter who is a friend of her and her husband. This friend approached a farmer in Pennsylvania, while on a hunting trip. He asked permission to hunt on the farmer’s land and shoot any coyotes he spotted. The farmer immediately answered with an emphatic “NO”! The farmer went on to explain, “Those are good coy-otes,” he said, “they know the rules, and how to follow them”. The farm-er also told the hunter, “They keep the bad coyotes out that would otherwise attack my livestock. They defend their territory and leave me and mine alone.”

Mitchell explained that the hunting of normal coyotes could only worsen the problem. Remov-ing a group of territorial, normal coyotes, will create an undefended area into which transient coyotes will flow. At all times of the year,

numbers of transients are imme-diately available on Aquidneck Is-land to replenish any voids created by the killing of resident coyotes. This is the reason coyote eradica-tion plans have been unsuccessful in other parts of the country.

Mitchell was adamant that the CBMP report is a valuable, science-based tool that can be utilized by the communities of Aquidneck and Conanicut islands. The NBCS is partnering with the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, the Roger Williams Park Zoo, and the Potter League for Animals to further ex-pand the scope of educational and outreach efforts to school children and adults of the Aquidneck Is-land communities. In order for the CBMP to be successful, Mitchell ex-plained that all of the island com-munities need to work together as one unit, because there is no such thing as a “Newport” coyote or a “Portsmouth” coyote. Coyote ter-ritories frequently cross over city

and town lines and individual coy-otes can roam the span of one or multiple islands.

To date, the Portsmouth, Mid-dletown and Jamestown town councils have accepted the CBMP and endorsed it. The Newport City Council received the report in Oc-tober and is currently reviewing it. They plan to take action and make an endorsement decision at a lat-er date. For further information or a copy of the CBMP report go to www.theconservationagency.org/coyote or google “coyote study”. In addition to the report, captivating photos, and loads of data, there are guidelines available at this web-site on how to cope with bold coy-ote behavior. To report a coyote sighting contact the NBCS at (401) 924-4695. Finally, please remem-ber that direct feeding of coyotes is illegal under state law and may cause serious or tragic problems for you and your neighbors.

COYOTES CONTINUED FROM PG. 3

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Marie Alice Coute, 84, of Newport, died Oct. 29, 2010 at the Grand Is-lander Health Care Center, Middle-town. She was the wife of the late Antone P. Coute. A memorial ser-vice was held Nov. 6 at the Memo-rial Funeral Home. Donations in her memory may be made to the Rob-ert Potter Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 412, Newport RI 02840.

Andre Jacques de Bethune, 91, formerly of Portsmouth, died Oct. 30, 2010 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Margaret Ann (Maurer) de Bethune. Calling hours will be Friday, Nov. 12 from 4-8 p.m at the Memorial Funeral Home, Broadway, Newport. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. at the Church of St. Grego-ry the Great at Portsmouth Abbey, 285 Cory’s Lane. Donations in his memory may be made to the John Clarke Retirement Center, 600 Val-ley Rd., Middletown RI 02840.

Catherine A. Kempenaar, 83, of Boca Raton, Fla. and Newport, died Nov. 8, 2010 at the Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Rob-ert Kempenaar. Calling hours will be Thurs., Nov. 11 from 4-7 p.m. at the Hambly Funeral Home, 30 Red Cross Ave., Newport. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. at Jesus Saviour Church, Broadway, Newport. Donations in her memory may be made to the Village House Nursing and Reha-bilitation Center, 70 Harrison Ave., Newport.

Jeanne Marie Mellow, 61, of Portsmouth, died peacefully Nov. 5, 2010 at home. She was the wife of Dr. Barry Mellow. Calling hours will be Friday, Nov. 12 from 4-8 p.m. at Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Rd., Portsmouth. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Nov. 13 at 11a.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 1697 East Main Rd., Portsmouth.

Isabelle Silvia, 96, of Middletown died Nov. 9, 2010 at Newport Hos-pital. She was the wife of the late William Francis Silvia, Sr. Calling hours will be Thursday, Nov. 11 from 4-7 p.m. at the Memorial Fu-neral Home, Broadway, Newport. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. at Jesus Saviour Church, Broadway, Newport.

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Jamestown’s Adolescents Mak-ing Programs for Teens (AMPT) Hal-loween Dance raised $100 towards the purchase of toys for the Hasbro Children’s Hospital toy drive. Nearly twenty brand new toys have been collected, so far. AMPT would also like to thank the parents and friends of the Teen Center who chaper-oned and donated goodies for their dance: Heather Burns, Jessica Bur-rows, Jill Clouarte, Lynne DeValer-io, Laurel Falces, Rebekah Gomez, Cathy Gregory, Ana and Rich Irwin, Lisa Tuttle, and Heidi Winkler. Any-one interested in making a dona-tion or volunteering, please contact the teen center at 423-7261 or email dtungett@jamestownri.net.

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The Dockwise transport ship Explorer took on 40 vessels during its most recent stopover in Newport last week. Bound for St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the semi-submersible ship received assis-tance from Oldport Marine while in port. Dockwise, one of the world’s leading marine transport com-panies, makes regular stops in Newport throughout the year. It’s both a testament to Newport’s ac-tive boating culture, and in this case, the onset of winter. For the record, the weather in St. Thomas on Thursday was forecast to be sunny and in the low 80s. (Photo by Matt Gineo)

National Gaming DayChildren, ages 4 and up and their families, are invited to participate

in National Gaming Day at Newport Public Library located at 300 Spring St., on Saturday Nov. 13 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the lower level program room. National Gaming Day is an initiative of the American Library Asso-ciation to reconnect communities through their libraries around the ed-ucational, recreational, and social values of all types of games. National Gaming Day at the Newport Public library this year will feature a variety of different card and board games. For more information visit the Chil-dren’s Desk or call 401-847-8720 x 204.

An Art-o-mat is a retired and re-purposed cigarette machine from the 70s that vends are the size and shape of cigarette boxes. A new machine, much like the one pic-tured here, will be unveiled to the community at a fundraiser open-ing on Nov. 19 at the People’s Café, 282 Thames St. Community mem-bers have created 300 pieces of art for the Art-o-mat that will be sold at the opening to raise funds for the Art-o-mat and future pub-lic art projects. The teen and fam-ily-friendly opening will begin at 5 p.m., with the general public open-ing starting at 7 p.m.

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Elves for EldersSeniors RULE is a non-profit orga-

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