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Craigville Chronicle, July 1, 2016

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Dear Craigville family and friends, The Fourth of July is one of my favorite weekends in Craigville. I love watching the parade, singing patriotic songs on the Green, and counting the number of firework displays I can see from the hill. It’s a weekend that highlights the energy of our community and gives us occasion to be thankful for our freedoms and aware of our responsibilities. I hope you have a fun and safe weekend with your friends, family, and neighbors.

-Edward Dunar, Chronicle Editor

Friday, July 1, 5:30pm: Village Ice Breaker (Pintos’ Yard, 44 Vine Avenue) Sunday, July 3, 9:45am: Summer Worship (Tabernacle), preacher Rev. Bonnie Fackre-Cochise Monday, July 4: Independence Day

! 10:30am: Donuts and Decorations! 5:30pm: Parade and Program

Tuesday, July 5, 7:30am: Morning Prayer (Tabernacle), led by Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly Wednesday, July 6, 9:30am: Craigville Painters Painting Craigville (Inn gazebo overlooking Red Lily Pond)

Remember to join your neighbors at the Annual Ice Breaker at the Pintos’ yard on Friday, July 1 at 5:30pm. If you have not yet paid your CCOA dues, Willie will gladly receive them at the party. Have a wonderful July 4th weekend.

-Lee Williams CCOA President


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Don’t forget the annual Craigville Village Fourth of July Parade is on Monday!

Decorations and donuts. The decorating of bikes, scooters, wagons, and strollers will be held at 10:30am behind the Post Office. All are welcome to join in preparation for the parade. Bring your red, white, and blue streamers, flags, ribbons, and accessories. Enjoy donuts while you decorate!

The parade. The start time for the parade is 5:30pm SHARP at the Post Office on the Green. Please arrive at 5:15pm so we can be ready to go at 5:30. Following the parade is a patriotic celebration on the Green. What a great way to celebrate this special holiday! Any questions? Contact Julie Pinto ([email protected]) or Sue Connolly ([email protected]).

Membership forms with dues are still coming in. Thanks to all who have sent their dues and membership forms back to the CCMA. Your membership affirms your interest and commitment to the village and supports the continuing care of this special place. If you have not sent in your dues yet, please do so. You may also drop them off at the retreat center office in the Craigville Inn.

-Nancy Hansen

Join us in welcoming this week’s guests at the CRC: •! Lowe Family - Union •! Powers Family – Manor •! Norall Family - Manor •! Thompson-Tucker Family - Andover •! Liberty Family - Boston •! Sweeney Family - Groves •! MacKenzie Family - Yale •! Connolly Family - Marshview Lower •! Koehler Family - Inn

-Cathy Carpenter CRC Office

Summer is officially here, and we can't wait to see you on the courts! If you have not already, stop by the Tennis Shack to check in with our wonderful Pro, Lisa Packard, or her enthusiastic assistants to sign up for a lesson or check out the Junior Team Match schedule. There is always something fun going on with the tennis program. Women's Round Robin is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Men's Round Robin takes place on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Junior lessons run according to the following schedule on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays:

•! Ages 4, 5, 6: 8:30-9am •! 7-8: 9-9:45am •! 9-10: 9:45-10:30am •! 11-12: 10:30-11:30am •! 13+ - 11:30am-12:30pm Please be sure to check your email for any updates.

-The Tennis Committee

•! Jellyfish at CBA in July? Yes, but these jellyfish don't bite… they’re part of the CBA swim program! The CBA Jellyfish will be joined by the Guppies, Minnows, Eels, Dolphins, and Sharks. Swim lessons begin July 5. See the CBA website for more information on days and times.

•! Supper and Game Night: The guards are already plotting where they will bury the watermelons for the first Supper and Game Night on Wednesday, July 14. Start running your dizzy bat and capture the flag drills now! Stay tuned for information from the Snack Bar about supper options. Games begin at 6pm.

•! Socials at CBA (Date Correction). CBA will once again host two evening events for adult members. Don't miss the chance to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and enjoy two cocktail parties on the CBA Porch. Bring a beverage to share for the boat bar. Adults only.

o! Summer Social: Saturday, July 9 from 6-8pm.

o! Endless August: Saturday, AUGUST 6 from 6:30-9pm. The previously published date was incorrect. Our apologies for any confusion.


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The BAB-TAB is now open in the Tabernacle every day from 9am to 3pm. Take advantage of this Craigville Library. It contains all sorts of books: fiction, nonfiction, biographies, cookbooks, and more. It's useful for finding children's books, especially when you have "little" guests. It's always changing, so take or bring a book for recycling. -Linda McKinney

The Old Craigville Post Office gift shop is open for business. Martina and Laurie are sharing the job of running the ship. They are both enthusiastic about this position, and their friendly faces are a joy to have around. Do stop in to see what new things there are to be added to your home or given as a pillow present for a guest. -Debbie Almy

Join this free community opportunity to paint beautiful scenes around the village. General paint supplies are provided, and people of all ages are welcome. Events begin at 9:30am and finish by noon. Sessions include:

•! July 6: Inn gazebo overlooking Red Lily Pond. •! July 27: Village Green, offering views of the

Tabernacle, Post Office, Inn, and volleyball court. •! August 3: The Causeway Beach overlooking

Lake Elizabeth. •! August 10: Rain date or extra date.

For further information, contact Avis and Alison at 1-508-771-8298.

Halloween in Craigville is coming on July 16. Start planning your costumes now! The evening will begin with a Haunted Hunt on the Green at 7pm and then trick or treating around the village. Thank you in advance to all of the cottage owners who make this fall favorite possible in summer! -Meghan Lahey

A beautiful opening weekend. Photo credit: Center Tower CBA Tumblr (http://center-tower-cba.tumblr.com/)

Thanks to everyone who attended our first movie night this week. The next movie night will be on Wednesday, July 20. -Meghan Lahey

The Craigville Bookies will be reading The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott. The book was recommended by book group friend and former neighbor Ann Washburn. She always recommended great books! We will be meeting later in July, at a date to be announced in next week's Chronicle and posted on the Village Board near the Post Office. We invite all readers to join us. We would love to have you come! -Nancy Hansen

Perhaps you sing, play an instrument, tell funny jokes, or know a few magic tricks. Get ready to share your talents—impressive, amusing, or bizarre—with your neighbors! The Tabernacle is hosting a talent show on Friday, July 22 at 6pm to showcase the many creative abilities in our village. More information about signing up will appear in next week’s Chronicle. -Edward Dunar


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We have decided to combine the annual Service of Memory with Community Preaching Sunday on July 17 at 9:45am. On that Sunday, the service will celebrate community in many ways—from the voices of wisdom among us to the loved ones who have departed but remain present in memory and spirit.

During the service, Rev. Dr. Bill McKinney will lead a time of remembrance for family and close friends who died in the past year. If you would like to make sure that a loved one is remembered during the service, contact Myra Gooding at [email protected].

Our season is off to a spirited start! Last Sunday, Rev. Dr. Herb Davis helped us kick off our season with a sermon about being open to the Holy Spirit’s surprising movements of love in our lives. On Sunday, July 3 at 9:45am, we continue our summer worship with Rev. Bonnie Fackre-Cochise. Bonnie is serving as our child minister this summer, but she also has many years of experience as a Lutheran pastor. In a sermon titled “Somber Sinners, Silly Saints,” she will explore the role of joy and humor in our lives of faith. Ginny Henderson will return at the organ, and Kathleen Warren will share the sounds of meditative singing bowls. Avis Parke and Nancy Vester will usher, and Lisa Brown will read the Word of God. The service will include a blessing for the UCCR staff members who are beginning their management of the Craigville Retreat Center. We continue to offer activities for children starting at 9:30am.

Whatever your spiritual path or connection to the community, I hope you feel welcome in the Tabernacle. -Edward Dunar

worshipleader@ craigvilletabernacle.org

This Sunday, Kathleen Warren will share the sounds of singing bowls with us. These bowls, of various sizes and tones, make sounds that help direct the mind to the present and focus the heart on the presence of God. Although bowls are most frequently associated with Buddhist meditation, they also have a long, rich history in Christian monasteries as aids for prayer and

contemplation. The use of bowls is becoming increasingly common in Christian worship throughout the United States, particularly in congregations with many Vietnamese members. Sunday’s service will include moments of joyful boisterousness and quiet prayer. We need both silence and joyful noise in our spiritual lives. We need activity and rest, action and contemplation, active service and quiet prayer. We find God both in the busyness of daily life and moments of relaxation and quiet.

Spending some time with the scriptures and hymns for the coming week is a great way to make Sunday morning worship a more prayerful experience. 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 readings:

•! 2 Kings 5:1-14 (Naaman is cured of leprosy) •! Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 (Jesus appoints seventy

disciples to travel to proclaim the Gospel. He proclaims, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”)

This week’s hymns: •! I Love to Tell the Story (United Methodist

Hymnal #156) •! There’s Something About that Name (UMH

#171)

Each Tuesday morning at 7:30am throughout the summer, a small group gathers on the Tabernacle porch for prayer, silence, and reflection on scripture. In this half-hour of prayer, we open to God’s presence, guided by our experiences of the flora and fauna of the Cape and the deep spirituality of the Celtic Christian tradition. Morning prayer is led by Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly, Pastor of South Congregational Church, Centerville.


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South Congregational Church welcomes the Craigville community for times of fellowship, reflection, and worship. In addition to our Sunday services at 8:30am (on the lawn) and 10:00am (in the sanctuary), we invite you to the following events in July. Tuesdays:

•! Morning Prayer at the Tabernacle, 7:30am •! Bible Study: Transformation! The Varieties of

Biblical Experience, 12:00pm (Continues through August 9, will not meet July 5)

Wednesdays: Theological Reflection Group, 1pm, “The Gnostic Gospels,” (July 20-August 10)

Special Events:

•! Lobster Roll Dinner, July 8, 5-7pm •! A Month with a Mystic, “The Cloud of

Unknowing and Centering Prayer Workshop,” Monday, July 11, 1pm and 7pm.

•! From Here to Eternity: Book Signing and Talk by Dr. Epperly, Saturday, July 23, 11am.

•! Worship at Craigville Beach, Monday, July 25, 7pm (Celebrating earth, sky, and sea with Thoreau, Emerson, and Dickenson).

Help support the work of the Red Lily Pond Project to restore the habitats of our beloved ponds:

•! Sunday, July 10, 12-4pm: Craigville House and Garden Tour. See four beautiful houses and a lovely garden on a leisurely walking tour of Craigville.

•! Saturday, August 13, 5:30pm: Cocktail party on the Green, and dinner following in the Inn dining room. There will be a silent auction during the cocktail party and a live auction after dinner.

-Valerie Lane

The Fourth of July brings a great celebration in Craigville and across the country, bringing together families and friends to celebrate our freedom. The day reminds us that we sometimes take for granted what FDR called the “four freedoms”: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear. The words of the patriotic songs we sing remind us that these freedoms were granted to us by the courage of those on whose shoulders we stand.

I got thinking about the word “granted.” Today we think of “grants” as coming from foundations or the government. The Red Lily Pond Project Association is applying for such grants to complete the restoration of the watershed (more news on this next week).

But beyond these sorts of “lower case grants,” which will be essential to reach our tangible goals, I also think of “Upper Case Grants.” In the first instance, the grantors are agencies. In the second instance, the Grantor is God. Theologians may understand or define God in different ways, but we no doubt share Grants beyond the human capability. “Upper Case Grants” provide us with air to breathe, water to drink, gravity to hold us to the earth, an atmosphere that protects us from cosmic radiation, and the interdependent web of life that feeds us, clothes us, and brings the seasons in their sequence. Now it is summer. We did not create summer; it is Granted.

The trick while we seek “lower case grants” from human grantors is to remember that our ability to do so is thanks to an “Upper Case Grantor.” In that spirit, let us give thanks this holiday weekend.

-Steve Brown, RLPP Board of Directors

Kayakers on the marsh. Photo credit: Edward Dunar.


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In 2012, I wrote three different articles about the cycle of wildlife in our village. It starts with an abundance of rabbits, then foxes take over as the rabbits disappear, and finally the coyotes arrive as the foxes vanish. Well, the cycle is repeating itself. It started last summer with many rabbits all around the village, after years of hardly a rabbit. According to a year round resident, the foxes had free reign all winter, trotting about without a care in the world. Now summer is here, and numerous foxes stroll down our streets showing no fear of humans at all. Many of the foxes have had dead squirrels hanging out of their mouths, which I suspect might be food for their babies. I am restating my 2012 fact sheet on foxes so everyone can be prepared for a possible encounter with our numerous small red furry residents.

There are two common foxes found in MA: the gray fox and red fox. They share many characteristics. The one we are focused on here is the one most often seen in Craigville over the years, the red fox. Foxes weigh about 6-15 lbs. with a bushy tail 14”-16” long. Their black leg stocking and red fur coat with a white tip on the tail are distinctive markings. Their fur is often hunted for coats. They have good eyesight with a nictitating membrane (third eyelid) that allows them to hunt with accuracy by not having to blink and miss their prey. Foxes also have elliptical shaped eye pupils (vertical slits, not round ones like ours) which help them see at night. They have a keen sense of hearing and can detect prey rustling in the brush from far away. Their pointed ears may lay flat when in a submissive pose, and the long “fox face” nose helps with their sharp sense of smell. They are agile and graceful, resembling an elite dancer, allowing them to jump straight up in the air and over 6’ fences into farm yards. Foxes breed in late January through mid-February with usually 4 “kits” in their only litter. The babies cannot thermoregulate (adjust their body temperature to normal), so the vixen (mother) stays huddled with them for up to three weeks to control their body temperatures. Babies venture out of the den after a month, but the family stays together until the fall when they all go their separate ways. Foxes are very vocal with a variety of howls, barks and whines all issued for different occasions, one being a warning of danger, and another being a mating call. They are active

both in the day and at night, although they prefer the darkness and although timid in nature they are most curious. They are not a threat to humans—foxes have never been known to ever attack a human—but if one does encounter a fox they can deter them by creating a loud noise, clapping your hands, or squirting them with water. The male fox is called the dog, the babies are kits, pups or cubs, the female is the vixen, and the group is a skulk or troop. The mortality rate of foxes is very high. Only about 25% of the yearly brood survives into a second year.

Foxes are omnivores, so they eat rabbits (their favorite food), rodents, squirrels, beetles, berries, bird eggs, vegetation, carrion, and any food left out by humans, which they consider a free gourmet meal. Unfortunately, house pets like cats and small dogs are often a tasty treat for the foxes as well. They often bury their cache of food for storage, and many have been seen digging up their stash, checking it out then reburying it for a later meal. They do not hibernate at all, so they may be seen year round in most areas.

Foxes are very cunning and good at trickery, therefore there are many expressions referring to foxes, such as “sly as a fox”, “out foxing” someone in competition, and describing an attractive person (usually a female) as “foxy.” And, of course, “vixen” implies a woman of question with some nasty qualities.

Even though foxes are not known to attack human, it is suggested you respect our wildlife friends and give them as much space as possible if you encounter them.

To make your property less attractive to foxes and avoid any problems with these small predators, follow these basic practices:

•! Secure your garbage. Foxes raid open trash materials and compost piles. Secure your garbage in tough plastic containers with tight fitting lids and keep them in secure buildings when possible. Take out trash the morning that pick up is scheduled, not the previous night. Keep compost in secure, vented containers.

•! Don’t feed or try to pet foxes. Keep wild things wild! Feeding, whether direct or indirect, can cause foxes to act tame and over time may lead to bold behavior. Foxes that rely on natural food items remain wild and wary of humans.


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•! Keep your pets safe. Although free roaming pets are more likely to be killed by automobiles than by wild animals, foxes view cats as potential food. For the safety of your pets, keep them restrained at all times. Keep livestock such as rabbits and chickens in secure enclosures that prevent entry from above and below.

•! Keep bird feeder areas clean. Use feeders designed to keep seed off the ground, as the seed attracts small mammals that foxes prey upon. Remove feeders if foxes are regularly seen around your yard. Feed pets indoors. Outdoor feeding attracts many wild animals to your door!

•! Close off crawl spaces under porches and sheds. Foxes use such areas for resting and raising young.

-Doppler Debbie Almy Clouds in Putnam Park. Photo credit: Dr. Jane

Ellingwood, Craigville Theological Colloquy planning committee member.

Meaning: Super happy History: For some odd reason, the number 9 has always been considered to have some super power. Some say it goes back to the Holy Trinity, since 3 x 3 = 9. And later in Victorian times, a person who was all dressed up was said to be "dressed to the nines." So what does this have to do with clouds? It was believed that clouds existed on a successful level of layers, and the ultimate high layer was 9. So anyone who was super happy was said to be soaring in the clouds, and naturally the level of the cloud they were assumed to be on was the highest... level 9. Today another way of saying you are very happy, and even in some cases in love, is to say that you are on cloud 9.

-Debbie Almy


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******************************************************************************************************************************************* The Craigville Chronicle is sponsored by the Religious Activities and Tabernacle Committee (RATC) of the Christian Camp Meeting Association (CCMA). It is produced weekly from the last week in June through the end of August and off-season during the fall (November), winter (February), and spring (May). Article Submissions. We welcome articles involving news in Craigville Village, updates about members of our community, and reflections about life on the Cape. Each week, email your news to [email protected] by Thursday at noon. We will send you a confirmation when we have received your article. Photograph and Artwork Submissions. We welcome photographs and artwork related to life in the village. We cannot guarantee that we will print every submission, but we include them in the Chronicle as space allows. More information. You can find back issues, as well as general information about the village, at craigville.org. You can find information about the Craigville Retreat Center at craigvilleretreats.com. Information about the ministry of the RATC is available at craigvilletabernacle.org.

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