| Letters to the Editor
Over the course of the past couple of years we've read in the papers, or heard over the grapevine, of many simmering neighborhood disputes, some of which have escalated into full-blown battles. In the late spring and summer we all forget these disputes while treading water. As summer winds down we'll be able to go back to more broadly focused pursuits, and to worrying about what our neighbors are doing. Here is a starter list of all the things that annoy you and/or your neighbors. It is hardly comprehensive, but many are irritants that I've heard mentioned. Clothes on the line. Clothes on the lawn. Clothes hanging over the porch rails. Unclothed bodies in the yard. La Boheme at dawn. Rap music at sunset. Neighbors emulating Pavarotti or Callas on the front porch. Testosterone fueled boys doing wheelies and laps around the yard or in the neighboring woods in go-carts and ATVs.
Outer Cape Gallery Listings
PROVINCETOWN Albert Merola Gallery, 424 Commercial St., (508) 487-4424. OPENING 8-10 pm Fri. New Paintings: Jacqueline Humphries through Aug. 30. Alice Brock Studio, 69 Commercial St., (508) 487-2127. Still Cooking: paintings, prints, autographed books, posters & beach stones by the �Alice� of �Alice�s Restaurant.� Open weekends & by chance or appt. ArtStrand, 494 Commercial Street, (508) 487-1153. Jim Peters, Bert Yarborough, Jay Critchley, Francis Olschafskie through Aug. 22. Gallery works by Paul Bowen, Maryalice Johnston, Charles Spurrier, Mark Milloff. Beige Motel at former Pilgrim Springs Motel, Route 6, North Truro. Sand-crusted building by Jay Critchley, in-door exhibition. Backshore Gallery, 394 Commercial St. Provincetown, (508) 487-6870. Peter Clemons (gouaches), David Forest Thompson (paintings and photographs), Richard Stimpson (paintings), Walter Baranowski (driftwood furniture and clocks), Nicholas Read (paintings), Tommy John (constructions).
Retail food prices hit 17-year peak
Retail food prices have increased by 4.6 percent since January, making 2007 the priciest year for food since 1990.According to figures from the United States Department of Agriculture, the price of foods containing high amounts of protein have increased the most. The cost of beef has increased by 6.4 percent. Poultry is up 7.8 percent. But both are trumped by milk, which costs 9.5 percent more than it did at the beginning of the year.“It's unbelievable the prices, the percentages they've raised," said Lee Moran, director of food services at Conemaugh Township Area School District.Earlier this week, the school district raised lunch and a la carte menu items. Moran said the best a school can hope to do is break even on providing meals.A third of a pint of milk now costs 20 cents, Moran said.
Hornet, Mucker faithful: rejoice
Beatty and Tonopah football fans ought to love the 2007 season. The Hornets are at home for seven of their nine games, while the Muckers have to travel out of Tonopah only four times during their 10-game campaign. Nevada Class A Central Division Beatty, with Gus Sullivan back for his second season as coach, opens at home Aug. 24 against Laughlin, a 1-A South Division team. The following week, Las Vegas Calvary Chapel, a playoff team in 2006, will visit Beatty. Other home games are Sept. 14, vs. Lone Pine, Calif.; Sept. 22, vs. Big Pine, Calif.; Oct. 12, vs. Round Mountain; Oct. 19 vs. Tonopah, and Oct. 26, vs. Spring Mountain. The road games are Sept. 28 at Henderson International School and Oct. 5 at Indian Springs. Tonopah is at home Aug. 24 against Diamond Ranch Academy of Hurricane, Utah; it's a Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame game, which means THS pays $500 into the NIAA 'Hall' fund.
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