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Hello Craigville family and friends, I had the amazing experience a few days ago of going on a whale watch and seeing massive fin and humpback whales diving through the deep ocean waters. The next day I was sitting on Craigville beach watching an osprey dive into the water for its food. The rising out of the water and diving back in deeply made me wonder where it is that I am diving deeply right now and where I am rising to the surface for some much needed air. Craigville is a place of diving deep into friendships, faith, and community. It is also a place to re-surface and relax from the stress and anxiety that clouds our lives. Whatever you need, I hope that Craigville fills that place in you. -Kate McKey-Dunar, Chronicle Editor

A community meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 23rd at 5:00PM in the Tabernacle to discuss the management of the Craigville Retreat Center (CRC) by United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR) beginning January 1, 2016. Mike Carr, President and CEO of UCCR, will be here to inform us about their successful current management of camps and retreat centers in California and Ohio and plans for the future management of CRC. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers.

What a wonderful July 4 celebration. Thanks to Julie Pinto and Sue Connolly for taking charge and organizing the event. Thank also to Fran Lahey and Tony Balsamo for being joint EMCs. Thanks also to Julie Gavitt for serving as our Grand Marshal and Norm Vester for the plaque honoring Ed Lynch. It is wonderful when the community comes together.

We hope to see you at Saturday’s joint CCMA/CCOA meeting at 9am at the Tab. Willie Shoemaker will be there to take late dues.

-Lee Williams CCOA President

If you have not already sent or taken your membership form and payment to the Craigville Retreat Center Office,

please bring them to the Tabernacle before 9:00 AM so that you can participate in the CCMA Annual Meeting

tomorrow morning. Thank you

Nancy Hansen Membership Chairperson

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Weekend Groups • Bergan Family Reunion • Pinkham/Ryder Family Reunion • First Parish UU Ch. of Milton

Monday July 13th-Friday July 17th 32nd Craigville Theological Colloquy "Christianity and Judaism, New Texts, New Contexts, and New Perspectives” Speakers

• Rev Peter A. Pettie, Ph.D • Dr. Karla Suomala • Rabbi Or Rose • Andy Lang

Space still available. Find more information at craigvillecolloguy.org.

Cottages

• Begley Family • Begley/Levens Family • Kelly Family • Lowe Family • Powers Family • Boronczyk Family • Alcarez Family • Larry Bowers

We still have some space available to rent this summer. Please call the office for availability: 508-775-1265 Visit the Craigville Retreat Center website: http:// www.craigvilleretreats.org.

-Mary A Woodbury Director

Craigville Retreat Center

Last Sunday, Rev. Dr. Bill McKinney helped us realize that the crumbs of faith are meant for all people. As we celebrated Holy Communion, our traditional feast of nourishment from Jesus Christ, we thought about how to extend the grace of God’s love to our neighbors.

This Sunday, July 12 at 9:45am, we will think more about spiritual nourishment from God. Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, the president of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, will preach a sermon titled “Second Helping” based on the story of Elijah in the desert. Ginny Henderson will play the organ, including selections from Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Kendra Henderson will provide special music.

Whether you have been coming to the Tabernacle for years or have visited just a few times, we hope that you find it to be a community of nourishment for your own journey of faith.

-Edward Dunar

Theologian in Residence worshipleader@craigvilletabernacle.org

262-707-7284

Additional information about this week’s readings and hymns, including links to text, sheet music, and recordings, are available on our website (craigvilletabernacle.org). This week’s reading:

• 1 Kings 19:3-8 (God provides Elijah with nourishment in the desert)

This week’s hymns: • “This is My Song” (UMH 437). Edward

accidently skipped this favorite hymn during last week’s service, so we’ll open with it this Sunday.

• “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” (UMH 136)

• “Do, Lord, Remember Me” (UMH 527) Preparing for this week: It is easy to lose track of our relationship with God during the flurry of summer activities and projects. Schedule some time this week to sit with God and reflect upon the movement of the Holy Spirit in your life.

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Like Craigville itself, the Tabernacle is a sacred space for all people in all seasons. In this spirit, we’re pleased to continue the tradition of hosting Mass for Catholic members of our community twice during the summer. Mass will be held this Saturday, June 11 at 5pm and Saturday, August 22 at 5pm. Special thanks to Fran Lahey and Lee Williams for organizing the Mass.

• Saturday, July 11, 5pm: Catholic Mass

(Tabernacle). • Sunday, July 12, 9:45am: Sunday Worship

(Tabernacle). • Tuesday, July 14, 7:30am: Morning Prayer

(Tabernacle). We welcome the morning through a prayerful exploration of the Celtic spirit in Christianity led by Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly.

• Wednesday, July 15, 8:15pm: Taizé Service (Tabernacle). The organizers of the Craigville Colloquy invite you to a Taizé service featuring readings, music, and art inspired by the ecumenical Taizé community in France

An inspiration! Last week the choral group from New Jersey sang Carly Simon’s ballad “Let the River Run” in the Tabernacle, we enjoyed their music so much that we made this the theme song for the summer! This is the second of ten weekly Chronicle articles, each of which will focus on life in, around, or above the ponds. Last week’s article featured the ospreys; this week, the focus is their sustenance, the fish in the ponds. While we often write about the herring, the only migrating fish in the pond (they spend their winters at sea), these fish make up only a small percentage of the many species of fish that make their homes in Lake Elizabeth and Red Lily Pond. Pickerel, bass, trout, sunfish, perch, killifish, eels and shiners share pond waters with herring. Some of these are game fish, so the pond attracts anglers all year round. Others help balance the web of life that includes waterfowl, amphibians, turtles, shellfish, and insects (more on each of these in the weeks ahead!)

All these species of fish depend on a habitat that is the right temperature, has sufficient dissolved oxygen and food, and the right pH. If any of these get out of whack, the fish die, and then the rest of the web of life unravels.

The most critical factor to this habitat is flow! Our ponds are conduits from fresh groundwater

springs to the sea. Each day, millions of gallons of fresh water surge up from springs in the bottom of the ponds and flow out through the herring run to the Centerville River and, eventually, Nantucket Sound.

Anything that impedes this flow of water from the ponds to the sea is a threat to the fish. That’s why over the years the Craigville community, through the Red Lily Pond Project Association, has invested thousands of dollars in culverts and bridges, the fish ladder, the embankment, and the removal of clogging invasive species like purple loosestrife and phragmites. We will need to invest even more in the years ahead to replace the Centerville Avenue causeway and the collapsing culvert under Lake Elizabeth Drive.

The fish need everyone’s help to make sure the flow is not impeded. Any sort of dam or obstruction in the herring run poses a tremendous threat to the flow.

This week, someone dammed the herring run under the new bridge. Fortunately, a member of our Board of Directors discovered the dam and cleared it before it harmed lots of fish or backed up water to flood basements and septic systems in the Southwinds neighborhood.

Perhaps whoever dammed the herring run was unaware of the damage their dam could have caused. But we call on the entire Craigville and Centerville community to spread the word: dams hurt fish, and fish are essential to life in the pond, and the joy all of us who live near the pond share. If you see anyone, or know of

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anyone who intends to dam the herring run, tell them, nicely of course, to stop, and if they don’t listen to you, call the environmental police at 1-800-632-8075 or report the violation at http://www.mass.gov/eea/grants-and-tech-assistance/enforcement/environmental-police/mep-report-a-violation1.html. The fish thank you, and so do we!

-Steve Brown

See our reservation form at the end of the Chronicle. Please fill it out and get your checks to Valerie while you are thinking of it. It is going to be a great night!! Saturday August 8th! 5:30pm. Some good auction items are coming in! Dickie Delaney is our auctioneer again and is practicing his auctioneering skills! I hope we can talk Damien Gates into assisting him again this year! Come along. We will see you soon!

-Valerie Lane

As we get closer to the date for the RED LILY POND DINNER and AUCTION on August 8, we are still looking for donations to the SILENT AUCTION and the LIVE AUCTION. We are very grateful for the donations that are already coming in, and we hope to see more in the coming days as we prepare for this annual fundraising event, which benefits all who cherish the future of Craigville and its surroundings.

Any variety of donations could be made, from restaurant or store gift certificates, sporting events from members willing to share, jewelry, spa/health and beauty gift certificates, art works or photographs, housewares to gift baskets assembled according to the creativity of the donor. If you are unable to attend that evening what better way to contribute to this Village event than by sending in a donation or treasure for such a worthy cause?

To leave a donation or for further information, please contact me at: ellencard@yahoo.com or by phone: 508-775-6656 as I seem to be stepping into this role to give Valerie a break after all these years!

-Ellen Cardarelli

Saturday, July 11th is the annual Summer Social at CBA from 6:00-8:00 pm. Mix and mingle with old friends and new members on the CBA porch. Bring a beverage to share for the CBA Boat Bar. Adults only please. Saturday, July 18th is Sandcastle Day at CBA! Get working on your blueprints now for another masterpiece. Construction kicks off at noon with judging at 2:00 pm.

Don’t forget to drop into the Post Office gift shop to check out all the new items. The small cutting boards are just the right size for lemons or limes. I am not wishing for bad weather, but the small umbrellas are just the right size to carry with you in case of rain.

The Bookies will be reading an Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Treniowski for our next gathering on July 23 at Ginny Henderson's home at 286 Lake Elizabeth Drive at 9:30 AM. All are welcome. An Invisible Thread is the true story of an 11-year old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny.

For August we are planning to read a classic novel. Some of the authors we are considering are George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. When you come on July 23, bring your suggestions for a classic book.

-Nancy Hansen

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Halloween is coming again in July to Craigville!

Mummies, monsters, and minions will roam the streets of the Village next Saturday, July 18th. The spooky evening starts with a Haunted Hunt on the Green at 7:00 followed by trick or treating throughout the Village from 7-9:00 pm. For many of us, Halloween is often cold and dark, so the chance to wear costumes without coats and collect treats while it is still light out is another fantastic celebration of summer! Last year, we had wonderful support from the residents of the Village, many of whom even took the opportunity to "spook" up their cottages. Our young witches and wizards thank you in advance for making the magic of Halloween come alive again this year on July 18th!

-Meghan Lahey

ILLUMINATION NIGHT JULY 31st will feature Tyler Newcomb and the Tijuana Group. Fans of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass will be familiar with this style of music - I was at college when "A Taste of Honey" came out in 1965, and the music was so strikingly different to the Beatles and the Stones at that time that even in London it was a smash hit - and so I bought their LP, which I still have today.

In the early 70s Tyler was a member of a band called the Gringos which played the same music and was very popular across the Cape (Google the band!).

Tyler has now acquired the rights to 40+ songs by the Brass, and his 7-member band will play them for us on Illumination Night.

So do please join us, hopefully weather permitting, outside on the Green, from 7:30-9pm on the 31st. Remember to bring a chair/blanket to sit on the Green, and cash to buy Ice Cream which will be sold at the rear of the Inn Dining Room.

-Ellen Cardarelli

Meaning: To commence a project or initiate a friendship History: Before the days of trains or cars, port cities that thrived on trade suffered during the winter because frozen rivers prevented commercial ships from entering the city. Small ships known as “icebreakers” would rescue the icebound ships by breaking the ice and creating a path for them to follow. Before any type of business arrangement today, it is now customary to “break the ice” before beginning a project.

-Debbie Almy

The ear is the organ of hearing and hearing is based on vibrations made by sound. The ear is made up of three parts, the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear protrudes away from the head and is shaped like a cup to direct sounds toward the tympanic membrane, or commonly called the eardrum. The cup

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like shape can be exaggerated by holding your hand behind your ear lobe and forming a half circle, thus increasing the overall size of the cup funneling sound waves down the ear canal, and allowing you to hear more sounds. The eardrum transmits vibrations to the inner ear through a series of the smallest bones in the human body called the malleus, incus and stapes. They are about the size of a small grain of rice. In the inner ear, the cochlea, is a spiral-shaped chamber resembling a snail shell. The inside of the cochlea is covered by nerve fibers that react to the vibrations and transmit impulses to the brain via the auditory nerve so in reality, the cochlea turns motion into electrical nerve pulses. The brain combines the input of our two ears to determine the direction and distance of sounds. If those sensitive fibers become damaged by loud noise vibrations it may result in deafness. This entire transmission from when a sound wave hits the outer ear to second the brain translates what the sound is. This whole transaction takes micro-seconds.

The inner ear has a vestibular system formed by three semicircular canals that are responsible for the sense of balance and spatial orientation. The inner ear has chambers filled with a viscous fluid and small particles containing calcium carbonate. The movement of these particles over small hair like cells in the inner ear sends signals to the brain that are interpreted as motion and acceleration. The liquid in the canals is what keeps you on the level, for even when you are in a prone position the liquid is still level. An amusement ride

causes this liquid to spin about resulting in dizziness and possible nausea. The inner ear is located deep within the human skull for protection approximately right under the center of your eye.

The eustachian tube is the equalizer of air pressure between the inside and outside of the ear. When your ears are popping in an airplane, during assent or descent, you know the eustachian tube is doing its job of trying to balance the difference in the two pressures.

The human ear can perceive frequencies from 16 cycles per second which is a very deep bass sound, to 28,000 cycles per second, which is a very high pitched sound. Bats and dolphins can detect frequencies higher than 100,000 cycles per second. The human ear can detect pitch changes as small as 3 hundredths of one percent of the original frequency. Some people have "perfect pitch", which is the ability to map a tone precisely on the musical scale without reference to an external standard, and it is estimated that less than one in ten thousand people have perfect pitch. I have serious worries for young people who will most likely have hearing issues later in life, as they continue to walk around with their music ear buds blasting their favorite music into their fragile ears. Hearing gives us language as we hear meaningless words as a baby then putting a meaning to those words. I think one of the saddest aspects of being deaf would be never hearing a bird’s song or the wonderful sound of music.

-Debbie Almy ******************************************************************************************************************************************* WE WELCOME ALL NEWS ABOUT CRAIGVILLE ACTIVITIES AND NEIGHBORS. You can always find us on the web at Craigville.org. The Craigville Chronicle is sponsored by the Christian Camp Meeting Association and the Craigville Cottage Owners Association. It is produced weekly from the last week in June through Labor Day weekend and off-season during the fall (November), winter (February), and spring (May). Please email your news to craigvillechronicle1872@gmail.com. You can find Craigville Retreat Center information at www.craigvilleretreats.org

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Red Lily Pond Project Association Dinner

Saturday August 8th, 2015

5:30-6:30pm Wine and hors d’oeuvres on the Green

7:00pm Dinner in the Inn dining room

Silent Auction during cocktails and Live Basket Auction following dinner. The annual Red Lily Pond Project Association fundraiser dinner featuring Austin Peters, chef at the Inn, is only one week away. A delicious buffet dinner awaits you including Steamship Round of Beef, Parmesan Chicken with Balsamic Butter, Grilled Portobello Mushrooms Florentine, Buttered Green Beans, Red Bliss Parsley Potatoes, salad, and Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. Please fill out the reservation form below and deliver it to Valerie Lane at 86 Summerbell Ave. by Wednesday August 5th at the latest, (hopefully before), call Valerie at 508-778-0507, or email Valerie at: <capecodwoman43@gmail.com> Thank you for your support to help save our beautiful pond! __________________________________________________________ I wish to attend the Red Lily Pond dinner on Saturday, August 8th, 2015 in the Craigville Inn dining room on the pond. Name:_________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________ Telephone:_____________________________________________ Number of Reservations at $50.00 per person (Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and auctions included): ____________________________________________________

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