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THE NEWPORT DAILY NEWS
Monday, July 18, 2011
City Editor M. Catherine Callahan
849-3300, Ext. 254
CityDesk@NewportRI.com
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RHODE ISLAND CHARTER DAY
Locals had
part in battle
of Bull Run
This is the first of three columns
about the First Battle of Bull Run
during the Civil War, to mark its 150th
anniversary.
On Sunday, July 21, 1861, the First
Battle of Bull Run in the area of Manassas, Va., took place — the beginning of four years
of bloody battles
that counted
600,000 casualties
suffered by the
forces of the
Union and the
Confederate
States of America. According to a
report that
appeared in The
Daily News on July 21, 1911, about 130
men from Newport took part.
There were two regiments from
Rhode Island in the fight. The First
had one entire company of volunteers, Company F, made up chiefly of
members of the Artillery Company
of Newport. About 30 from this city
were part of Company K, Second Regiment.
In addition to the Daily News
account, some valuable information
was found in the “History of the
Rhode Island Combat Units in the
Civil War 1861-1865” by the late Army
Brig. Gen. Harold Barker, and in
Scribner’s “Popular History of the
United States” by William Cullen
Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay and
Noah Brooks (New York, 1897).
The Union army broke its camps in
Washington, which included Col.
Ambrose E. Burnside, commander of
the Second Brigade, Second Division,
on July 16. They marched over the
Long Bridge and camped about 10
miles from the capital city. There the
forces camped and on the 18th
camped in the area of Fairfax Court
House, Va.
Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant
Beauregard and his 22,000 soldiers
were in position on the line of Bull
Run, a stream that ran in the area of
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
On the 18th, Union Gen. Daniel
Tyler’s division of Gen. Irwin
McDowell’s army of about 33,000 was
in an engagement at Blackburn’s
Ford, across the stream, with each
side losing half a hundred men.
At 3 o’clock on Sunday morning,
the 21st, the battle began. In an open
area, Gen. David Hunter’s column
was in the right of the advancing line
of the Union army. The Second
Rhode Island Regiment, Col. Slocum
commanding, supported by Battery
A, led the advance of this column.
Rhode Island Gov. William Sprague
had attached himself to Burnside’s
headquarters.
Both sides fought gallantly, but at
some point there arrived by rail seven regiments of Confederate troops,
who fell upon the right flank of the
Union army. Assisted by a battery
and five companies of cavalry, the
order was obeyed with promptness
and vigor, and this decided the battle.
About half past four o’clock, the
Union right broke and retreated in
confusion, which resulted in a panic.
In addition to the soldiers retreating, throngs of holiday-makers who
had come out from Washington to
witness the battle fled in disorder,
carrying the news of the defeat.
The casualties sustained by both
armies at this horrible fight with raw
and undisciplined troops, especially
the Union’s three-month enlistments,
were almost the same. The Federal
losses were 460 killed, 1,124 wounded,
1,312 taken as prisoners or missing
for a total of 2,896. The Confederate
losses were 387 killed, 1,582 wounded,
and 13 captured or missing for a total
of 1,982.
Gen. Barker’s history of Rhode
Island and the Civil War revealed that
the Second Regiment volunteers,
infantry and artillery, lost 104 officers
and men killed, wounded or taken
prisoner. The First Regiment of
Detached Militia lost 47 officers and
men. Battery A lost two men killed
and 14 wounded.
Scribner’s history said that the
Confederates did not realize the
extent of their success, as the men
were exhausted. It also noted that Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States who had come to see the
battle area, reproached his generals
for having failed to follow up their
victory.
Whatever may be said of the strategy employed, the fighting was sufficiently courageous. The end result:
The next day, both armies were found
in their July 16 positions.
LEONARD
PANAGGIO
LOOKING BACK: July 18, 1981:
Guests registering in Newport hotels
began to pay a 3 percent hotel room
tax.
Leonard Panaggio is a Daily News
columnist.
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Mary Sarah Bilder, professor of law at Boston College Law School, discusses ‘The Rhode Island Origins of American
Constitutionalism’ on Sunday at the Redwood Library in Newport as part of the John Clarke Society’s celebration of
Rhode Island Charter Day. Clarke wrote the 1663 charter granted to the colony of Rhode Island by King Charles II.
‘A debt owed’ to Rhode Island
A constitutional historian
lauds the Rhode Island Charter
secured in 1663 by Newport’s
John Clarke.
By James A. Johnson
Daily News staff
NEWPORT — The importance of
religious freedom granted in the charter that John Clarke brought to Newport from England
in 1663 is well known
in Rhode Island.
But that document also played a
crucial role in the
development
of
American government, a historian
Bilder
said Sunday at the
Redwood Library.
“Our 21st century American constitutionalism rests on three beliefs,”
historian, author and teacher Mary
Sarah Bilder told about 30 people in
the library’s Peter Harrison room.
“The Constitution is a public, sacred
document creating a limited government with room for legal experimentation and with rights that are essential, precognitions for democracy. The
Rhode Island Charter played a crucial
role in the development of these
beliefs.”
She explained how the Rhode
Island Charter that Clarke won from
King Charles II of England differed
from documents granted to other
colonies and how those differences
led to the review of state laws by the
U.S. Supreme Court and the view of
the Constitution as a sacred document and protector of rights, especially freedom of religion.
Bilder spoke as a guest of the John
Clarke Society, as part of its observance of Rhode Island Charter Day.
With the 300th anniversary of the
charter just two years away, society
president James Wermuth said he
hopes a suitable statewide celebration
can be arranged.
Wermuth called Bilder an extraordinary scholar who has been presented many awards for scholastic
excellence. She is the author of “The
Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial
Legal Culture and the Empire.” The
title could have been “Why is Rhode
Island the Most Important Colony for
American Constitutional History,”
Bilder said, but she was advised for
marketing reasons not to limit the
title to the nation’s smallest state.
When Clarke went to negotiate the
charter, he knew that Rhode Island
wanted one that would guarantee its
land, its government and the particular rights its residents cared about,
Bilder said. They wanted something
like the Magna Carta. When Clarke
brought the document back from England, Rhode Islanders instantly considered it one of their most important
documents, she said.
The charter was written on a long
parchment scroll and was fancier
than documents that had been given
to other colonies.
“It looks like it was written in
Latin, but it is in English,” Bilder
said. “The king’s portrait is in the top
left corner. Beautiful calligraphy is
used for all the animals and the
TIVERTON
JUNK FOR SALE:
By Marcia Pobzeznik
Daily News correspondent
You buy it, you own it. This
merchandise comes with no warranties or guarantees, and there
is no return policy.
Tiverton’s semi-annual surplus equipment and unclaimed
property auction will end Aug. 4,
when all the bid forms that are
submitted to the town clerk will
be opened, with the goods going
to the highest bidders.
Department heads often use
the word “junk” to describe the
merchandise up for auction.
“Nothing in there is worth
anything to me or our department heads or it wouldn’t be
there,” said Stephen Berlucchi,
Town holds semi-annual
surplus equipment sale.
director of the Department of
Public Works. He has lined up the
merchandise in one of the bays
at the public works garage, where
anyone can inspect it during
normal business hours and fill
out a bid form.
There are bicycles, exercise
equipment, metal filing cabinets,
a few trucks, two tractors, some
office equipment, an all-terrain
vehicle and 10 compressed air
cylinders. A 15-year-old stretcher is among the items that will be
sold to the highest bidder. Fire
Chief Robert Lloyd said it was a
backup for one of the old rescue
trucks and no longer is needed.
What would someone do with
an old stretcher?
“I don’t know,” Lloyd said,
laughing. “Stranger things have
happened.”
He and other department
heads were “cleaning house,” he
said, and put together a wide
array of items for bid.
“The high bidders will claim
their prize, and everything else
goes to the dump or recycling,”
Berlucchi said.
The bicycles up for auction
were found by police and never
claimed, Police Chief Thomas
Blakey said. The ones that were
in really bad shape were
scrapped, but there are six
deemed decent enough to be put
up for bid, though they all have a
good deal of rust.
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shields symbolizing the throne. It
came in a special box with a sealed
unit. It was the real deal.”
The charter included three key
entities that became part of government: a company of like-minded individuals who decided to associate
together; a corporation as a legal entity with the right to pass its own laws;
and a colony as a territorial political
government, Bilder said.
“So the charter even this early was
very close to what we think of as a
constitution,” she said. “Rhode Island
managed to hang onto its charter
despite all the efforts by the crown
to get it back.”
The Rhode Island Charter had
another key provision different from
other colonies. Legislation passed in
other colonies had to be approved in
England before becoming law. The
only way the crown could review
Rhode Island laws was to have them
appealed to England.
“In every other colony, the crown
had the power to disavow a law before
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Trial in servant
kidnapping
to begin today
PROVIDENCE (AP) — A bench trial for a
United Arab Emirates military officer accused
of keeping an unpaid servant while studying at
the Naval War College in Newport is scheduled
to begin today in U.S. District Court in Providence.
Col. Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali
has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lured
a Filipino servant to the U.S., failed to pay her
and kept her confined in his house.
In a lawsuit brought on her behalf against AlAli and his wife, the servant has been identified
as Elizabeth Cabitla Ballesteros. Prosecutors
say she eventually escaped and now is in hiding.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mary Lisi is
presiding over the trial.
ON THE WATER
Yacht given second life as educational vessel
Boat: American Promise.
Owner: Rozalia Project, Granville, Vt.
Designer and builder: Ted Hood, Marblehead, Mass.
Year: 1985.
Length: 60 feet (18.2 meters).
Hull: Epoxy Kevlar, fiberglass.
History: American Promise is by all measures an extraordinary yacht. Built for selfmade millionaire Dodge Morgan for the
purpose of sailing around the world alone,
American Promise was over-built, highly
engineered and set up with redundant systems. Morgan wired the boat with cameras
to record his solitude and reactions to being
alone at sea for several months. He later
made a 57-minute movie called “Around
Alone.” Morgan was the fourth person and
the first American to sail non-stop around
the world alone.
After his trip, Morgan donated the boat
to the U.S. Naval Academy for use as a training vessel. In 1991 — the same year that Morgan was inducted into the Single-Handed
Sailor’s Hall of Fame in Newport — American Promise collided with a coal barge and
sunk to the bottom of Chesapeake Bay.
Salvaged by the current owners, the Rozalia Project, American Promise is reborn as
an educational vessel. Last week, American Promise was in Newport as part of a
multi-state tour teaching about and extracting marine debris. To learn more about the
Rozalia Project, go to rozaliaproject.org.
“On the Water,” a weekly feature that
highlights local and visiting boats of
interest to the area, is produced by
freelance writer Will Tuthill.
Will Tuthill photo
The Newport (R.I.) Daily News
Monday, July 18, 2011
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LOCAL&STATE
LOCAL BRIEFS
PORTSMOUTH: ALL’S FAIR
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Restoration school
plans open house
NEWPORT — The International Yacht Restoration School,
449 Thames St., will host an
open house on Tuesday from 47 p.m. Attendees will have the
opportunity to talk with IYRS
staff and instructors, see student projects, and learn about
the skills taught at the school’s
training programs.
The Newport waterfront
campus is home to the school’s
Boatbuilding & Restoration program and includes two historic
buildings from 1831 and 1903.
The campus is also the site of
notable restorations, including
the restoration of the rare 1885
schooner yacht Coronet.
For more information, contact Ned Jones, director of
admissions, at 848-5777, Ext. 203,
or visit www.iyrs.org.
Above: Machu, a Harris’s
hawk, puts on a show for
spectators Saturday during
the Eastern Rhode Island
4-H Country Fair at Glen
Park in Portsmouth. Machu
was part of the ‘Talons: A
Bird of Prey Experience.’
Commission to hold
traffic meeting
MIDDLETOWN — The
Aquidneck Island Planning
Commission will hold a public
meeting about traffic problems
and potential solutions on
Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at
Town Hall, 350 East Main Road.
The results of the Aquidneck
Island Regional Traffic Management Program will be presented during the meeting. The
program is an effort to develop
solutions to traffic congestion
caused by special events, construction
projects
and
unplanned traffic incidents.
The meeting also will provide
the public an opportunity to
learn how local officials have
worked over the past year to
develop a plan that includes recommendations for improved
communication, intelligent
transportation systems, coordinated event permitting and
notification and remote parking.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact
Chris Witt of the Aquidneck
Island Planning Commission at
845-9299.
ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT
Free concert slated
at Ballard Park
NEWPORT — The Foreverly
Brothers will perform a free
concert on Wednesday from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at Ballard Park,
corner of Hazard and Wickham
roads, in the quarry meadow.
The band features Frank Piccirilli on guitar and vocals,
George D. Lorenzo on guitar
and Jon Litwin on bass. The
house band at The Clarke Cooke
House, The Foreverly Brothers
play everything from the Everly Brothers to The Allman
Brothers. The concert is sponsored by Jenkins Construction.
Seating will be on the grass,
and blankets and lawn chairs
are welcome. Guests are asked
to arrive 15 minutes prior to the
performance to ensure a parking place and time to make their
way down to the quarry meadow.
For more information, call
619-3377 or visit www.ballardpark.org.
Glen Manor site
of outdoor show
PORTSMOUTH — The
American Band will perform its
annual outdoor summer concert at the Glen Manor House,
3 Frank Coelho Drive, on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The grounds
will open at 5:30 p.m.
The American Band, founded in 1837, is one of America’s
oldest civilian concert bands.
Today, the band consists of
more than 50 members, many
of whom are music educators
from around the state.
G.H. Pollart of the University of Rhode Island’s music
department will conduct the
program for all ages, which will
include the national anthem,
“Big Band Signatures,” “The
Lion King,” “Swing’s The
Thing,” and “The Stars and
Stripes Forever.”
Attendees are invited to bring
blankets, lawn chairs and picnics to the free concert. Some
seating will be available for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
For more information, call
683-4177.
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it came into effect,” Bilder
said. “The crown had no power to do this in Rhode Island.”
That is similar to the judicial review of state laws that
is empowered in the U.S.
Supreme Court. In fact, Rhode
Island supplied the first example of judicial review of a state
law under the Constitution,
Bilder said.
But the most significant
part of the Rhode Island Charter is its off-quoted words: “to
hold forth a lively experiment
... with a full liberty in religious concernments.”
Bilder emphasized that is
just one sentence in a whole
paragraph describing religious liberty.
“It’s the second paragraph
in the charter,” she said. “It
comes before the section on
government. It comes before
the section on all the boundaries.
“Liberties of religious concernment was not a component of the government under
the charter. It came before the
government itself. I don’t
think you can emphasize this
Right: Michael Aguiar, 8, of
Portsmouth shows off his 5month-old pygmy goat
Saturday. The annual fair ran
both Saturday and Sunday
at Glen Park.
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point enough.”
Religious liberty in the
charter not only is a right
obtained from government,
she said. It is the precondition
for governing.
“The charter guarantees the
right, and then goes on to
establish the government,”
Bilder said. “The charter
barred the government from
requiring conformity on religion or from limiting participation in government to those
who were willing to conform.”
She quoted the charter: “No
one is to be molested, punished
or even disquieted for any difference in opinion in matters
of religion.”
Bilder ended her speech
with a reminder of the debt
American constitutionalism
owes to Rhode Island.
“The sacred nature of the
Constitution, the Supreme
Court’s review of state lawmaking and the deep and abiding belief that Americans hold
about the central freedoms of
belief and conscience — all of
these have part of their origins
in the Rhode Island 1663 Charter.”
Johnson@NewportRI.com
David Hansen
Daily News staff photos
RHODE ISLAND BRIEFS
Hearing today
on union suit
PROVIDENCE — A Washington County Superior Court
judge is set to hear arguments
today on whether to throw out
a lawsuit brought by eight public-employee unions challenging reductions in pension benefits.
Unions representing state
workers and public school
teachers are asking the court
to block cuts in pension benefits enacted by the General
Assembly in 2009 and 2010. The
changes increased the number
of years that employees must
work before retiring, reduced
the size of their pensions and
limited post-retirement cost-ofliving allowances. The package
adds up to $59.6 million in savings.
The state has moved for
summary judgment. It wants
the case dismissed because
state law does not establish a
contractual relationship guaranteeing unchanged pension
benefits.
Autopsy set on scout
found dead at camp
HOPKINTON — Authorities
say a medical condition is suspected of causing the death of
a 10-year-old Boy Scout at a
Rhode Island camp over the
weekend.
Hopkinton police say the 10year-old was from Huntington,
N.Y., and was camping with his
scouting troop when he was
found unresponsive early Saturday at Camp Yawgoog.
An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the exact
cause of the boy’s death.
His troop had been at the
camp for about a week. The
1,800-acre facility is operated
by the Narragansett Council of
the Boy Scouts of America. A
council spokesman says the
boy is the first scout to die at
the camp in its 96-year history.
Warning issued
about raw shellfish
PROVIDENCE — Rhode
Island health officials are cautioning seafood lovers against
eating raw shellfish.
The state issued the warning Friday after an elderly man
became ill after eating raw
clams. Lab tests showed the
man had vibrio parahaemolyticus, an illness that
can cause headache and upset
stomach. The man was treated
and is recovering. The illness
is usually mild, but can pose
more serious health problems
for children, the elderly and
those with weakened immune
systems.
While officials don’t know
where the clams were harvested, they’re recommending
that oysters, clams and mussels be stored properly and
cooked thoroughly.
State won’t pursue
case against guard
PROVIDENCE — The state
has decided to drop its prosecution of a former Rhode
Island prison guard who was
accused of pretending to be his
boss on Facebook.
Mattew LaCroix was arrested in December, accused of setting up a fake Facebook page
in the name of Corrections
Director A.T. Wall. He was
fired in March.
He originally pleaded guilty
to a charge of using fraudulent
information. But a judge vacated that plea after finding it was
made without the aid of a
lawyer.
Hatch wants to have
sentence thrown out
PROVIDENCE — Rhode
Island reality TV star Richard
Hatch is asking a federal
appeals court to throw out a
nine-month prison sentence
handed down earlier this year
for failing to pay taxes on the
$1 million he won on the first
season of the hit CBS show
“Survivor.”
In a brief filed on Thursday
in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, Hatch says the lower
court overlooked several factors in finding that he violated
the terms of his supervised
release by failing to file amended tax returns for 2000 and
2001.
Hatch also argues the sentence imposed in March is
unreasonable and exceeds
prosecutors’ recommendations
by three months. He wants the
appeals panel to order the lower court to toss out the case or
order further hearings. Hatch
is imprisoned in West Virginia.
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Marcia Pobzeznik photo
Tiverton Highway Department mechanic Paul
Rousseau stands next to one of the trucks that will be
sold to the highest bidder when bids for the town’s
surplus equipment and unclaimed property are
opened on Aug. 4.
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In the past, there have been
a few old police cars in the auction. Blakey said they have
been passed on to other departments who put a little more
wear and tear on them before
the old cruisers are retired and
put on the bid list.
Berlucchi makes no promises that the office equipment
works or that the trucks and
tractors start.
“We can’t attest to anything,” he said, adding that
interested bidders are welcome to “plug things in or try
to start” the motorized equipment.
The exercise equipment —
two bicycles, two treadmills
and two cross-trainers — are
hand-me-downs. The Fire
TASK FORCE MEETING —
Newport Police Station,
Broadway, Newport, 1 p.m. The
public is welcome to attend the
meeting of the Newport
Substance Abuse Prevention Task
Force. brennajbennett@yahoo.
ICE CREAM FUNDRAISER —
Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel &
Spa, main lobby, 1 Goat Island,
Newport, 2-4 p.m. Ice cream will
be served and all donations will
benefit “Give Kids the World,” a
Florida organization hosting
children with life-threatening
illnesses. 851-3301.
BLOOD DRIVE — CVS Pharmacy,
181 Bellevue Ave., Newport, 4-7
p.m. Hosted by Rhode Island
Blood Center. 248-5730.
TUESDAY
“LUNCH WITH THE ARTIST” —
Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue
Ave., Newport, noon. Richard Tyre
will lead a discussion on the
theme: “Paul Gauguin: Did he
really like the South Seas?”
Participants welcome to bring a
lunch. Free for members, $5 for
non-members. 848-8200.
OPEN HOUSE — International
Yacht Restoration School, 449
Thames St., Newport, 4-7 p.m. An
opportunity to talk with IYRS staff
and instructors, see student
projects and learn about the
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Workshop offered for job seekers
NEWPORT — The Newport
Public Library, 300 Spring St.,
will host “Managing Your
Online Image,” a workshop for
job seekers, on Friday at 10:30
a.m.
Trainers from Consolidated
Consulting and Recruiting
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Department got them second
hand from Naval Station Newport, Lloyd said.
“Some of it works,” he said.
“Some of it needs repair.”
The scrap value for some of
the equipment may be higher
than the actual value, Berlucchi said.
“Some things are worth
more in junk,” he said.
There also are pieces that
look like junk but still work
and could be useful to someone. There’s a 1990 Ford Super
Duty truck that has a hole in
the floor near the driver’s seat
belt. Paul Rousseau, a mechanic for the town’s Highway
Department, said it could be
used on a farm. But whoever
wins the bid will have to tow
away the truck, he said — it’s
got two flat tires.
Services will advise job-seekers on how to present themselves online to prospective
employers and which practices to avoid.
Registration is required and
those interested can sign up at
the library’s Reference Desk.
SWIMMING BAN UPDATE
M U N I C I PA L M E E T I N GS
MIDDLETOWN
TIVERTON
TODAY
TODAY
Town Council, 7 p.m., Town Hall.
Wastewater Management
Commission, 5 p.m., Community
Center.
Tiverton Open Space and Land
Preservation, 7 p.m., Town Hall.
Town Council, special meeting to
interview special counsel, 7 p.m.,
Town Hall.
Financial Town Meeting
Changes Advisory Committee,
7 p.m., Community Center.
Harbor Commission, 7:30 p.m.,
Community Center.
NEWPORT
TODAY
Planning Board, 7 p.m., City Hall,
council chamber.
TUESDAY
Historic District Commission,
6:30 p.m., City Hall, council
chamber.
PORTSMOUTH
TODAY
Town Council, 7 p.m., Town Hall,
council chambers.
TUESDAY
TUESDAY
Town Council, joint workshop
with Planning Board, 7 p.m.,
Town Hall.
Recreation Commission, 7 p.m.,
Community Center.
Water and Fire District, 7 p.m.,
1944 East Main Road.
school’s training programs. 8485777, Ext. 203, or www.iyrs.org.
FAMILY NIGHT CONCERT —
Easton’s Beach, Newport, 6-7:30
p.m. Newport Recreation
Department will present Abbey
Rhode, sponsored by Easton’s
Beach. Admission free. Parking
free after 5 p.m. Beach
amusements and snack bar will
be open during show. 845-5810
for cancellations.
WEDNESDAY
TOE JAM PUPPET BAND
CONCERT — Ballard Park, Hazard
and Wickham roads, Newport, 1011 a.m. Children’s songs, shadow
puppetry and storytelling. Seating
on the grass in the quarry
meadow. Bring a blanket or lawn
chair. Free. 619-3377 or
ballardpark.org.
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
— Knights of Columbus Hall, 28
Fish Road, Tiverton, 10:30 a.m. A
45-minute time travel storywriting workshop with Steve
Krasner, who has covered the
Boston Red Sox for The
Providence Journal and ESPN,
will be offered as part of the “One
World, Many Stories” Summer
Reading Program. Tickets
available at door a half-hour
before presentation. Open to
children ages 4-10. Free. 6256796, Ext. 14.
FILM SCREENING — Newport
Public Library, 300 Spring St.,
Newport, 2:30-4:45 p.m. “Tsotsi”
(2005), based on a book by Athol
Fugard, will be shown. Free. 8478720, Ext. 208, or
info@newportlibrary.org.
BINGO — Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Community Center, Edward
Street entrance, Newport, doors
at 5:30 p.m., games at 6:30 p.m.
Bingo held every Wednesday, to
benefit the MLK Center. Must be
18 years or older. Refreshments
available for purchase. 846-4828.
FREE CONCERT — Ballard Park,
Quarry Meadow, corner of Hazard
and Wickham roads, Newport,
6:30-8:30 p.m. The Foreverly
Brothers will perform. Free. 6193377 or www.ballardpark.org.
With contamination
having caused swimming
bans at several public
beaches in Newport
County, The Daily News
regularly will update the
status of those most
often affected by high
levels of bacteria.
According to the state
Department of Health, as
of this morning:
Atlantic Beach,
Middletown: Open.
Easton’s Beach,
Newport: Open.
Third Beach, Middletown:
Open.
King Park Beach,
Newport: Open.
Fort Adams State Park,
Newport: Open.
Peabody’s Beach,
Middletown: Open.
Sandy Point Beach,
Portsmouth: Open.
For the latest
information, visit
www.NewportDailyNews.
com and click on the
‘Going to the Beach?’
icon or call the health
department at 222-2749.