5191-R1_CIC_September2017_Calendar_Web

Chebeague Island Library

846-4351 phone • 846-4358 fax cheblib@hotmail.com http://chebeague.chebeague.lib.me.us/winnebago/search/search.asp

Summer Hours

NEW BOOKS Elizabeth Bishop by Megan Marshall Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

Sunday & Monday

Closed

Tuesday

4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Hot One by Carolyn Murnick Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson The Salt House by Lisa Duffy

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

NEW MOVIES Taking Woodstock Wonder Woman

Note: Unfortunately, our online catalogue isn’t functioning. New acquisitions can be seen on our webpage. Please either call or email if you are looking for a book. Please like our new Facebook page! Wireless printing is now available. Ask staff for details.

One Man’s Island By Bob Libby

Q uick quiz for September: howmany islands are in the archipelago that is the town of Chebeague Island? My map shows eight land masses large enough at high tide to grow vegetation. Great Chebeague is the largest, and Goose Nest is the smallest, unless you count the barren ledge to the east of Sunset Landing that never quite submerges. Now, raise your hand if you have ever set foot on each remote island in the town. How many know that Little Chebeague is divided jurisdictionally between Chebeague and Long Island? How many know that Maine Island Trails maintains camping sites on Little Chebeague and Crow islands? Which town hosts the camping site on Little Chebeague? Hope Island has been in the news recently because the Cacoulidis family has put it up for sale. Few Chebeaguers have been on Hope Island in a very long time. Rumors about the extent and quality of the infrastructure there are widespread. Friends of ours who barged dozens of ready-mix cement trucks out there a few years ago have convinced me that the roads on the island are highway quality and better than most others on Casco Bay islands. Those of us who have viewed Hope from boats around its shores are amazed by the many buildings—mansion, barns,

boathouse, and chapel. A good portion of the land mass of Chebeague Island is underwater and controlled by the Maine Marine Resources Commission Most of Chebeague Island’s islands are protected as marine resources. According to reputable climate and oceanographic scientists, Casco Bay is more greatly affected by global climate change than most of rest of the world’s coastal geography. Warm water and acidificationtolerant species are changing the ecological balance that has supported marine harvesting for at least the past millennium. Fortunately, members of our community are dedicated to responding to these changes. For far too long some have treated the ocean as a dumping ground for all manner of waste. We will bear those costs for a long time, and it will take serious innovation to overcome. Finally, I am resolved visit the three small islands on which I have not yet set foot. I issue the following challenge for September: Hike Little Chebeague’s trails that Erno has worked on and view the Surface First Tilts West art installation Send photos of yourself on all the islands of Chebeague and at the highest point in Casco Bay to me on Facebook. I will send you a “Ten Years After” Chebeague Island t-shirt. Get out there!

10

SEPTEMBER 2017 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR