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Board to explore cell tower in Casco Village

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Most people own a cell phone that travels everywhere they do. Most people expect cell service to be reliable.

A dropped call can be downright frustrating, whether it is an important business

transaction or a casual conversation with a friend.

The area known as Casco Village is in a dead zone, an area where cell service is problematic.

“Casco Village, although a hub of activity, it is in a bowl” and doesn’t get good cell phone reception, accord-

ing to Holly Hancock, the chairman of the Casco Board of Selectmen.

“Because Casco Village has a small population, it’s not attractive to cell companies. It is not a good investment,” she said.

However, the Town of Casco would like to pursue

the possibility of installing a small cell phone tower. Right now, this is at the information-gathering stage.

Consultant Dave Libby has been invited to the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday to answer questions about cell tower options.

This discussion will help

the selectmen to decide if it is in town’s interest to go forward with a cell tower installation in the Village, Hancock said.

For a few years, Hancock has been negotiating on the behalf of the Casco Village Church. The church signed a non-binding contract with Libby.

So far, Libby has been unable to find a company willing to rebuild the church steeple to make room for a small cell tower, she said.

So, the issue of getting better cell service in the Village still remains.

“The town manager is talking about what we can do to help this out. Can the town install equipment as a way to

get better cell coverage? We don’t know,” Hancock said.

“This is an inquiry,” she said.

The installation of a cell tower is worth inquiring about.

To the town’s advantage, the company offering that service pays rental fees to cell tower owners. So, that would be a source of income for the town.

Libby is a private contractor who negotiates with cell providers and those companies that install cell towers.

Tuesday’s meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.; and Libby is listed fairly early on the agenda because a Special Town Meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. that same evening.

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Joanie Wilson and James Burke of Bridgton are two Massachusetts transplants who just can’t seem to sit still.

When, at the end of 2014, after 10 summers, they finally ROUTE 117 FIRE SCENE — On the morning of Dec. 31, fire claimed a historical barn; but firefighters from nine relocated here full-time, they towns were able to save the original portion of the home attached to the barn. Two men leaving for work that morn- spent the next six months ing succeeded in waking up the family of three by honking the horn. (Photo courtesy of Sebago Fire Department) restoring a building on Depot Street into an upscale bistrostyle eatery, only to see it burn to the ground.

They spent the next four or five months rebuilding the Vivo Country Italian Kitchen and Bar and finally opened to rave reviews late last year.

But if you think they’d stop there, in anticipation of a busy summer to come, you’d be wrong.

By the end of this month they’ll be buying the building housing Main Street Variety, — Bruce Fadden, Bridgton

with plans to completely restore it as a tavern or pub.

“We’re too young to retire — I can’t sit still for a minute,” said Wilson. And besides, how could they pass up such an opportunity?

“It’s the best location, I think, of anywhere in the downtown,” she said. “We want to make it beautiful again, and bring even more people to downtown Bridgton.”

At their meeting next Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen is expected to approve the couple’s request to purchase 660 gallons per day of sewer allocation — the last available amount before maxing out the capacity of the Dodge Leach Field. The Wastewater Committee recommended STORE, Page 3A

Vivo owners to buy variety store

Family saved, pet cat found A building can be replaced.

My brother cannot,

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer When Bruce Fadden’s phone rang early Thursday morning and his mother told him about the fire on his brother’s property, he didn’t wait around for more news.

Luckily, Fadden lived nearby — about one-tenth of a mile away, and he was able to immediately check on his sibling.

“The road (Route 117) was blocked. My wife and I walked down there. There were flames 30 feet high at the back of the barn,” he said.

“I saw my brother sitting in a vehicle with his wife, his daughter and the cats,” he said.

Bruce experienced a huge sense of relief knowing that his brother, Dave Fadden, was safe.

“A building can be replaced. My brother cannot,” he said during an interview on Tuesday afternoon.

Bruce Fadden expressed thankfulness to the passersby who saw the fire that had started in the barn attached to his brother’s home, which is located on 766 South High St. The two men, who were headed to work via North Road, noticed the flames coming from the barn around 6 a.m., Thursday morning.

“They actually laid on the horn and woke them up. When David woke up, he could smell smoke,” Bruce Fadden said.

Dave, his wife Anne Marie, and the couple’s daughter, Victoria, 23, got out of the home safely with the assistance of those two men, Bruce said. Then, Dave went back inside the house to find the family cat and grab some of his belongings.

Dave Fadden was treated for smoke inhalation and, in the process of climbing out the window, he had broken a rib, Bruce said.

The barn was a total loss. In fact, there was so much damWHAT HE SAW AS HE APPROACHED — The top two age that the State Fire Marshal’s office could not determine photos were taken by Alan Greene of Sebago, a member what caused the fire. However, the frame of the original of the town’s fire department, capturing what he saw as he approached the Fadden home.

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Review waived for Ovide’s rebuild

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Planning Board on Tuesday agreed to waive its review requirement for new commercial construction to allow Ovide’s Used Cars to be rebuilt without having to undergo site plan review.

The vote, coming two weeks after a fire on Christmas Eve day destroyed the Portland Road business, was unanimous.

“Sorry, Ovide, for what happened,” said Board

Alternate Cathy Pinkham to Ovide Corbeil, speaking to the Lake Region Television cameras. “I’m glad there was nobody hurt.”

The suggestion to waive the requirement was the idea of Code Enforcement Officer Robbie Baker. Board Chairman Steve Collins asked that it be added to the agenda, and the rest of the board readily agreed.

Ordinarily, the Planning Board must review new building construction for businesses under the town’s

Site Plan Review Ordinance.

Because Ovide plans to rebuild as soon as his insurance is settled, such a requirement might delay the rebuilding and cause a hardship, Collins said.

Instead of a site plan review process, the new construction will be reviewed by department heads for conformance to all building codes and construction standards, with Baker overseeing the review and providing the building permit.

Board member Phyllis

Roth asked whether the new building would have the same design as the old building.

Collins said he didn’t know, but added, “The gist of it would be quite similar.”

In other action, the board approved a request by Ronald and Rosemary Leonard to relocate a buffer area at their property at 50 Aspen Drive, in the Pleasant View Estates subdivision. The Leonards are in the process of selling their home, and learned that one corner of the garage is REVIEW, Page 2A

Cigar Lounge moving to ‘Tap’

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer After five years selling cigars on Main Hill, Jim Apovian is relocating his Bridgton business to the second floor of the Depot Street Tap House. The Bridgton Planning Board okayed the use at its Tuesday meeting.

Reached by phone Wednesday, Apovian said the main reason he’s moving is because the historic William Perry House, which once served as the town’s hospital, is up for sale by its owner Steve Stevens. But the move also makes good business sense, he added, “with rejuvenation of Depot Street, the great success of the Tap House, and the ever-growing popularity of Vivo’s Country Italian Kitchen and Bar” next door.

Apovian said his William Perry Cigar Lounge has “enjoyed a great five years” in the elegant atmosphere inside the main portion of Stevens’ property, which also houses an antiques emporium in the barn, a psychologist’s office in back and a wine seller, Tasteful Things, upstairs.

“The customers and I have become dear friends.”

Apovian said he and his wife Kristin have also become great

friends with Stevens, who was a great help when he was first looking for a place to locate his business in Bridgton after spending the previous five years vacationing on Long Lake.

“Steve and Sharyn Stevens have become more than just a landlord. They have become family to me,” Apovian said.

“They have been extremely supportive of my business, and I will always be extremely grateful to Steve for giving me my opportunity when no one else would five years ago.”

The vacant second floor above the Tap House will be completely renovated by building owner Carrye Castleman-Ross, who owns the 18B Depot Street building and Tap House business with partner Eric LaPerna. At 864 square feet, there will be less space for Apovian’s cigar sales and lounge than at the William Perry House, but he doesn’t see that as an issue.

“We are thrilled that he wants to relocate his cigar lounge to the newly-thriving Depot Street business district, and believe it will be a good fit for him,” said CastlemanRoss. She told the Planning Board Tuesday that she wants CIGAR, Page 3A

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Family saved, pet cat found

(Continued from Page 1A) homestead was kept intact, allowing the family to rebuild in the future, according to Bruce.

Currently, the insurance company provided the family with a place to stay, he said.

Basically, during the daytime, the family has been spending time at Bruce’s property, where the family’s cats are being kept.

“They’ve been dealing with (claims) adjusters,” Bruce said.

Bruce said he was grateful to the firefighters who saved one portion of the home.

“They kept it off the main

structure,” Bruce said.

“It was quite a scene with all the trucks and tankers.

There were a lot of volunteers bringing the firemen coffee and donuts. There were about 50 firefighters,” he said.

“At Woods Pond, they punched a hole in the ice.

That is around two-tenths of a mile that they had to bring the water, uphill. The lake is about 100 feet in elevation below the hill,” Bruce said.

According to Bridgton Fire Chief Glen Garland, the initial 9-1-1 calls came in around 6:04 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31.

“Dispatch got a com-

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bination of calls from the homeowners and passersby,” Garland said. The first people to arrive not only woke up the sleeping residents by honking their horns, but also assisted in the rescue, he said.

The bedrooms were on the ground floor, and the window sill was waist high, he said.

“The husband went back in looking for cats,” he said.

“He was urged out through the window, the second time when things were getting more interesting,” Garland said.

“The fire was moving rapidly. The heat was starting to drive people away from the house. The firefighters and police were concerned about him being in there,” he said.

At that point, fire department personnel focused their energy on keeping the fire contained, and saving the main structure. Fire departments from nine towns helped to contain the fire within an hour, although the road Route 117 was closed for about three hours, Garland said.

The first responders were from the fire departments of Bridgton, Naples, Sebago, Denmark, Brownfield, Fryeburg, Waterford, Harrison and Lovell, Garland said.

Meanwhile, volunteers from the Sweden Fire Department covered the

Bridgton stations. Plus, Casco and Raymond stepped in to cover the departments that had responded to the fire.

The State Fire Marshal’s office “was not able to determine the cause because of the extent of damage,” Chief Garland said.

“There was too much damage to come up with a definitive cause,” Garland said.

In addition to the loss of the barn, the ell which housed the kitchen and bathroom was also heavily damaged and is without electrical power, he said.

It is worth noting that Woods Pond supplied some of the water firefighters used to save the part of the building that was the original home. More than 150 years ago, the Fadden’s ancestors moved the home across the ice of Woods Pond, from the east side of the body of water to where it is now, according to Bruce.

The extended families are longtime Bridgton residents, with a history that dates back to the Civil War. Dave and Bruce’s great-great-grandfather, whose name was Brad Winn, sent money home while he was fighting in the Civil War. His wife used the money to buy the property.

Once the Civil War ended, he started building on the land.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO —The snow might not be plentiful so far this winter.

Still, there are plenty of reasons that the Crooked River Snowmobile Club (CRSC) in Casco needs a wintertime trail groomer.

For one, the decadesold existing model is being repaired more often than it is running, according to CRSC member Bob Symonds.

A second reason is that the potential replacement trail groomer is a good deal — a bargain that the buyer cannot offer to the club indefinite-

ly. For now, a gentleman’s agreement has been struck.

“We looked at the machine. The people took care of it. It’s got low mileage,” Symonds said.

Thirdly, a trail groomer is a long-term need — one that benefits not only the club but also many outdoor recreationalists that enjoy the great outdoors during the winter.

The problem is: the money in the club’s account does not quite cover the cost of a reliable groomer.

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By Jay Spenciner Guest Writer I know Holly Hancock primarily from her days as head librarian at the Bridgton Public Library.

I’ve seen her over the years a few times at fires.

I recently sat down with Holly, assistant chief of Casco Fire/Rescue, at their station.

JS: May I ask what your educational background is?

HH: I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Southern Holly Hancock Maine and a master’s degree of Library Science from the University of South Carolina, distance education.

JS: You do both the fire and the rescue parts, don’t you?

HH: I do both. I’ve been a licensed EMT since 2003.

JS: About 40 years ago, I was a New York State EMT. It was pretty advanced training for its day but it doesn’t hold a candle to all that you do today as an EMT. JS: There aren’t that many women in the fire service. Have you faced any unusual problems because of your gender?

HH: I haven’t. I’ve been very fortunate. I was invited to join the department. There was a woods fire at the house when we returned home. My husband went inside to call 911. I grabbed a shovel and went out and started working the fire. Everybody in the department showed up, but the fire was pretty much out by then. They invited me to join. That was in 1991. When I started, I was older and I could leave the children at home for a call. If a woman has younger children, she can’t leave.

JS: What changes, if any would you like to see in the fire service?

HH: It’s so difficult to attract younger people to the fire service because of the demands of training, scheduling and nobody seems to work in town anymore. So, I’d like to see a way for young people to make a living as firefighters/emergency medical technicians in small towns.

JS: Do you have per diem (paid per hour for a shift) people now?

HH: We do. We have seven days a week; we have two EMS (emergency medical service) personnel from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. We have a firefighter 9-to-5, five days a week. Overnight, we have two EMS people on call.

They only get paid for calls.

JS: I think the handwriting is on the wall. Most departments are going to need per diem firefighters and/ or EMS personnel at the station during the workday. I don’t mean to be prejudiced against my own age group, but we seniors are limited in what we can do. The years take their toll.

HH: I’m going to be 60. I’m not the future of the department. Age is not our friend.

JS: Are you at liberty to say what a per diem person gets paid?

HH: I am. The range is $11 to $17 an hour based on training. For FF1 (firefighter 1 level of training) and FF2, it’s $11. For FF1 and FF2 plus paramedic, $17 an hour. We do a monthly schedule. We have a limited number of personnel involved.

JS: You know, when you were talking about per diem pay and $11 an hour, I was thinking that’s not much. Some McDonald’s pay $9 an hour. How do you compare flipping a hamburger with going into a burning building or dragging hose or other fireground activities? There’s not much comparison.

HH: The thing is, in my experience, taxpayers will approve trucks because they are something physical.

They can be seen. We have great equipment. But, they (the taxpayers) won’t spend money on personnel to run the trucks.

JS: In my younger days, I used to run the Casco Days 4 miler and I think in those days it only benefited the fire department. Is it still that way?

HH: It is not. It changed when Casco Fire became a town department and is now a community event. Part of the proceeds benefit the fire department. In the old days, FIRE CHATTER, Page 9A

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Vivo owners to buy variety store (Continued from Page 1A) approval of the request at the beginning of their workshop Tuesday with selectmen. The current allocation for the 144 Main Street building is 240 gallons per day.

Wilson said in a Wednesday phone interview that she and Jim expect to close Jan. 24 on the sale with current building owners Arnold Packard and John Ridlon. For years, Ridlon has operated Main Street Variety, a popular sandwich shop and convenience store with 23 seats located next to Bridgton Books.

The building has a longstoried history as a former pub, dance hall, and post office location that Wilson is now busily researching, hoping to get ideas on the best way to restore it to its former HEADING UPSTAIRS at the “Tap House” on Depot glory. The building burned down in 1890, she said, and Street will be the William Perry Cigar Lounge. was rebuilt.

“I’d like to open it as either a pub or a tavern, but I’m not sure yet what the concept will (Continued from Page 1A)

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be,” she said. “We have a lot of work to do inside that restaurant.” Knowing that its former use as the post office is still remembered by its location across from what is known as Post Office Square, Wilson said she’s toyed with the idea of calling their newest enterprise the Post Office Square Pub. “We have a few names up in the air,” she said.

With a busy season expected over the summer at Vivo’s, Wilson said she doesn’t expect the new business to open until September or so. She expects Main Street Variety to be closing within a week or so after the sale becomes final. The Planning Board will need to review the change of use, and once approved the work will begin on the restoration.

“There’s a gorgeous fireplace in the back of that building, it’s 12 feet long,” said Wilson. “Imagine, it’s been hidden all these years?”

During discussion by the Wastewater Committee on the allocation, Chairman Glen “Bear” Zaidman said Wilson and Burke needed enough allocation for a 36-seat establishment. The allocation approval would be conditional on installation of a proper grease interceptor system and septic tank size, he said.

W a s t e w a t e r Superintendant Jim Kidder, who also serves on the committee, said installing the new septic system would require disruption of the pavement

in the shared parking lot behind Main Street Variety and Bridgton Books. He said it wasn’t much more than five years ago when the parking lot was repaved, so he hoped the patching wouldn’t create too much of a blemish.

Main Street Variety is known to be a favorite sandwich stop for author Stephen King when he visits Bridgton Books. Told about this, Wilson said, “Well, we’ll just have to make sure we keep his favorite sandwich on hand.”

CRSC club members will provide additional information to residents during the Special Town Meeting.

The Casco Board of Selectmen supports this use of Undesignated Funds for this community purchase and the method of loan repayment.

“I am really in favor of

this project,” said Selectman Grant Plummer.

“It is a popular area for that type of winter activity.

You drive by most winters, and there are trucks and trailers parked wherever there are trails,” Plummer said.

“I hope we support the continued efforts to make those trails better,” he said.

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If this warrant passes, the town will use that revenue to help pay off the club’s loan, to receive loan payments, according to Morton.

About 340 snowmobiles are registered in Casco, according to the CRSC webpage.

It costs $46 for a resident to register a snowmobile, according to the online registration page of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Symonds estimated the annual operating cost is about $1,000 with $800 spent on fuel and $200 on maintenance.

With the correct care, the machine could last 20 or more years, according to Symonds.

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The property abuts Corn Shop Brook and is in the Shoreland Zone, where signage is limited to six square feet. Her own sign (Continued from Page 2A) currently is that large, but under the town’s shoreland rules a sale, paying a total price of building can have up to two signs. She said she’ll discuss the signage changes with Code Enforcement Officer Robbie Baker. $43,000 for a 2001 Tucker Apovian will continue offering high-end cigars from coun- Terra Sno-cat with diesel tries like Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and engine.

The club will chip in Costa Rica. “There will be no alcohol of any kind served on the premises, as well as no food prepared or served,” he wrote in the remaining cost, and has his proposal. There will be no live entertainment, other than a already done the fundraising.

A Special Town Meeting TV for the occasional sports show, in the lounge, which will be has been scheduled so that able to accommodate up to 25 people.

Asked by board member Phyllis Roth about cigar smells Casco residents can decide permeating to either the Tap House or to the outside, Apovian whether or not to support said that won’t happen, because he will bring along the two the purchase. The Special filtering systems he used at the William Perry Cigar Lounge, Town Meeting will be held which proved effective at keeping the smell of cigars to an Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in the Casco Community Center. absolute minimum.

The warrant article states “I like the smell of cigars,” said Board member Dee Miller.

Apovian said his customers occasionally enjoyed their cigars that the $25,000 loan will be outside in the gazebo at the taken from the Undesignated Main Hill property, but there Fund Balance.

“This is a loan, not a won’t be an outside deck or any outside cigar-smoking at the grant,” Casco Town Manager Depot Street location, he said. Dave Morton said.

“A loan would allow them Apovian said he expects his business will thrive in its to purchase the machine and “busier, smaller” location on begin using it immediately,” he said.

Residents are invited to Depot Street.

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3:20 p.m. A Kansas Road resident came to the police station to report a missing ring.

4:17 p.m. A man was locked out of a Portland Road residence by his girlfriend after she allegedly assaulted him.

10:16 p.m. A Main Street couple who had both been drinking got into a physical fight.

Friday, January 1 1:02 a.m. Bridgton Police got a text tip from Portland Police that an underage drinking party involving high school students was going on at a cabin on Bear Trap Road.

2:25 a.m. Bridgton Police provided backup to Fryeburg Police on a domestic call.

2:50 a.m. Police assisted United Ambulance with a couple living in a camper who had been drinking and felt ill.

9:56 a.m. A small black dog was found on Main Street.

11:48 a.m. Officer McCormick investigated a report of a stolen iPhone.

2:29 p.m. A man who had previously been involved in an accident told police the other driver gave him false information.

3:49 p.m. An accident occurred in the Magic Lantern Theater parking lot, and one of the persons involved was “flipping out.”

5:08 p.m. A male juvenile was seen sitting with legs crossed in the roadway on Harrison Road, across from Island Point Road. He had earlier been laying in the snowbank. When Officer Reese arrived, he was gone.

Saturday, January 2 12:22 a.m. A green van was towed after it was found parked on the side of 93 Portland Road, just after Sandy Creek Road, locked with no note on the windshield.

Sunday, January 3 1:15 p.m. A 10-year-old was out of control at a South Bridgton Road apartment building.

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WINDHAM — Edmund Joseph Gordon, 78, of Windham succumbed to illness at the Togus VA center in Augusta on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.

Ed was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all. He worked as a master plumbing and heating contractor in the Casco area for many years. He also mentored and taught many apprentices throughout his career.

Ed is a veteran of the United States Air Force and Army National Guard. He enjoyed a long membership with the American Legion Post 155 in Naples. His sons carry on his legacy with the membership in the Sons of the American Legion. Ed was a fan of the NFL and college football. He especially liked the Army/Navy Service games. He enjoyed horse racing, NASCAR and even a friendly wager. He would host many Fourth of July cookouts at his lakefront home for family and friends. He especially loved spending time lakeside with the family’s Labrador retrievers.

Ed is survived by his wife of 33 years, Claudia; sons, Glenn, Paul, Mark and Jim; his three grandchildren and a great-grandson.

A private family service will be held on his behalf in the spring.

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11:33 p.m. A tractor trailer was stuck in the middle of Main Street by the Big Apple, and public works was notified.

Wednesday, December 30 8:43 a.m. A vehicle ran off the road on South Bridgton Road and had been pushed out by the time police arrived.

12:25 p.m. A two-car crash occurred in the Hannaford parking lot.

5:49 p.m. A man wearing a camouflage jacket who was possibly intoxicated was harassing a female employee at Bridgton Hospital.

7:35 p.m. A two-vehicle crash involving a possibly injured three-year-old child occurred at 76 Main Street. The child was conscious when police arrived.

8:32 p.m. A Bridgton woman who was in the process of filing for divorce said her husband, who has anger issues, was on his way home from a hospital.

11:39 p.m. A barefoot man came into one of the units at the First and Last Motel and began taking his clothes off. The caller said the man appeared intoxicated and didn’t know where he was, then went into the lobby.

Thursday, December 31 2:24 a.m. Bridgton Hospital informed police they were releasing a patient who may become violent.

4:30 a.m. Lake Region Towing towed a Jeep that went off Route 302 near Lake Region High School.

6:02 a.m. Bridgton Police assisted firefighters with a fully involved structure fire at 766 South High Street.

9:02 a.m. Officer Hammond checked on a man in his early 20s who was walking in the middle of the street with cars approaching in the area of 75 Sandy Creek Road.

10 a.m. A vehicle struck a telephone pole in the area of 413 Waterford Road.

11:40 a.m. An oil truck collided with a pickup truck in the area of 477 Kansas Road.

3:06 p.m. Officers Reese, Plummer and Hall searched for a highly intoxicated man known to be on probation who had been seen in Bray’s Brew Pub in Naples.

3:15 p.m. The barn door was wide open at a home on Sam Ingalls Road, and

BALDWIN — Sharon E. Smith, 72, of Baldwin, died unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness.

She was born in Portland on Oct. 2, 1943, a daughter of Bernard and Bernice Nicholson, and was educated in Gorham schools. She was always a devoted homemaker and has been married to her husband, Al Smith Sr., for 53 years. They have lived in Baldwin for the last 28 years.

Sharon was actively involved in the Shriners and Red Hatter Organization, which became extended family to her. She enjoyed camping, snowmobiling, gardening, and dancing. She always attended the Fryeburg Fair and looked forward to it every year. She was a loving and supportive mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her greatest and most memorable achievement is the cohesive family she leaves behind. She was also a mother figure to many others who adored her. She loved family gatherings and having everyone together. She was so excited this past Thanksgiving when all of her children were together, which hadn’t happened in years.

Surviving are her beloved husband, Al Smith Sr.; children, Al Smith Jr., Glynn Smith, Linda Ritchie, Terry Farrin and George Smith; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; siblings, Glynn Nicholson, Faye Jones, Judy Rodenbeck and Sandra Emery.

Visiting hours will be on Thursday, Jan. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. immediately followed by a funeral service at 6 p.m. all at the Watson, Neal & York Funeral Home, 71 Maple Street, Cornish.

Pastor Will Kindred will officiate. Burial will be in the spring.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.wnyfuneralhome. com In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, PO Box 1626, Bangor, ME 04402, or The Kora Shriners, 11 Sabattus Street, Lewiston, ME 04240.

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Monday, December 28 8:43 a.m. A Main Street resident said her upstairs neighbor was playing the music so loud the pictures are falling off her walls.

8:14 p.m. Someone stole a girls’ bicycle within the past few hours from a Main Street residence.

Tuesday, December 29 9:53 a.m. A Main Street resident said her neighbor threw a glass flowerpot at her screen door. Police said it was an ongoing dispute.

11:46 a.m. A Ford Focus slid off the road in the area of 1181 North High Street.

1:43 p.m. Officer Gaumont met with a woman in the Bridgton Hospital Emergency Room regarding an assault that took place the day before.

4:28 p.m. A vehicle was hit by another vehicle in the post office parking lot, and the driver left the scene.

6:48 p.m. A minor fender bender occurred in the area of 490 South Bridgton Road involving a Chevy Silverado and Subaru Impreza.

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RAYMOND — Joseph W. Pappalardo, 88, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, at Maine Medical Center in Portland due to natural causes. He was surrounded by most of his immediate family.

Joe was born at home on Nov. 13, 1927 in Teaneck, N.J., into an immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children growing up in an area nicknamed “Garlic Heights” due to the large Italian population living there.

An illness with his mother resulted in Joe being placed in foster care at the age of 8 months. He remained with his foster family, the Puglias, off and on until he was 10 years old. At that point in time, he returned to the Pappalardo family for good.

World War II saw his two brothers, Frank and Paul, enlist in the Army. Joe, anxious to join them in the fight, enlisted in the Marines as soon as he came of age. The end of the war prohibited him from seeing combat, but he was always proud to be a Marine.

A few years after his release from the military, he met his wife to be, Joan Swett, also of Teaneck. Joan and Joe were married on Jan. 14, 1951. They moved to Paramus, N.J., shortly thereafter and raised their four sons there until they moved to Raymond in 1984.

Joe worked for the Pillsbury Company all those years and it served him well as he was able to retire at the age of 55. Several years in a row, he was the number one account executive in the country and was always near the top regardless.

While in New Jersey, Joe was very active in his community.

He coached endless football, basketball and baseball games for his sons’ teams and in that way helped countless other kids to grow up with a respect for the game, as well.

He was actively involved in the Paramus Elks Lodge, where he participated heavily in the Crippled Children’s Fund.

Upon moving to Raymond, Joe and Joan’s love of sports led them to St. Joseph’s College. They attended so many St. Joe’s basketball games, both in Maine and on the road, that they were both inducted into the Saint Joseph’s College Athletic Hall of Fame in recognition of their support for the school and its student athletes.

Joe had a lifelong interest in the game of golf and in addition to playing, he was the starter at Point Sebago Golf Course until two years ago, where he got to visit with both old and new friends.

All of Joe’s life experiences led him to Camp Sunshine in Casco, where, after raising his family, he found his true life’s work. He and Joan volunteered at Camp Sunshine for many years and were instrumental in helping to make it into the organization that it is today.

Joan and Joe have a building on the campus named after them in recognition of their dedication to Camp Sunshine. “Papa Joe” was loved by all and up until his last days spoke of wanting to get back to Camp to help out.

These endless hours of volunteering led Joe to be nominated for and then selected to receive a Jefferson Award, a national honor.

While he was glad to receive it, he was even happier to have put in the time at Camp Sunshine.

Joe will be greatly missed by his many family members and friends. He leaves behind his wife of almost 65 years, Joan; his sons David, Gary, Jeff and Bob; his sister, Angie Ruberto; his 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Whether at a family reunion or lamb roast, spending time at Camp or with the grandkids, Joe was loved by all and will be missed by many.

As per Joe’s request, there will be no services. Online condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhomeinc.com Anyone wishing to honor Joe may make a donation in his name to: Camp Sunshine, 35 Acadia Road, Casco, ME 04015 or at their website https://www.campsunshine.org/ Help make the world a better place. Joe would really like it if you did.

DENMARK — Ruth Parker Linnell, 87, devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother, died peacefully Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, surrounded by the love of her family at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

Ruth was born in Caribou on Nov. 11, 1928, the youngest child and only daughter of Roy D. Parker and Etta Collins Parker. She spent her childhood on their potato farm in Aroostook County, graduated from Caribou High School in 1946, and married Robert W. Linnell June 28, 1948. In 1972 Ruth and her family moved to Denmark, to the farm of Bob’s grandmother. She was the loving caretaker of her mother for 15 years. After Bob retired, she and Bob spent winters in Florida, driving south for 15 years. Ruth was an active member of the Denmark Congregational Church and held several positions in the Eastern Star Mt. Moriah #6.

She is survived by daughters Ann and Jane; and son David. She will be greatly missed by those who loved her, included members of her extended family. Ruth was predeceased seven weeks ago by Robert, her husband of 68 years. Also by brothers Philip and Max, and many nieces, brothers and sisters-in-law. Ruth was very proud of being a homemaker, wife, grandmother and mother.

Friends and family are invited to attend a funeral at the Gray Congregational Church on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at 1 p.m.

WATERFORD — Dorothy Allen Maxwell Mayberry, 85, of Waterford passed away at her home on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, from the effects of dementia.

Born on Oct. 6, 1930, to Bernard Love Maxwell and Ruth Osgood Allen Maxwell, “Dot” grew up in Reading, Mass., graduating from Reading High School and Mount Holyoke College with a degree in English Literature. Dot’s family moved to Oak Hill Farm in Otisfield in the late 1940s, where she met her former husband, Archie Donald Mayberry, and raised her own family.

Dot loved literature and shared her passion for reading and learning with her children, Herbert Hugh Mayberry, Merrilee Love Wilson, “Rusty” Mayberry, Laura Lee Klein, and Marianna Fenton Hibbard. A lifelong learner, Dot embraced all challenges with zest and determination and firmly believed that if you had the will, there was a way. Dot had a unique ability to always see the best in a person. While raising her children and working full-time, she earned a M.Ed. from the University of Maine, Portland-Gorham.

Dot touched hundreds of lives during her career as a social worker for the Maine Department of Human Services, retiring after 25 years in 1987. A talented gardener, Dot preserved acres of food to feed her children, cut many cord of wood to keep them warm, and managed a menagerie of livestock.

Talented, industrious, adventurous and cultured, Dot learned to fly a glider at a young age, and from that point on, she was always planning life’s next adventure — be it a trip to Reid State Park for a sunset picnic or traveling cross-country in her little camper to explore Alaska with her longtime partner, Rita Charles. Dot was rarely idle and had a great affinity for the arts, theater and music.

She was a longtime member of the Casco Village Church, active in the Waterford Grange, and a member of the Biggest Bucks in Maine Club.

In addition to her children and her partner Rita Charles, Dot is survived by her eight grandchildren.

At Dot’s request there will be no funeral services.

FRYEBURG — Mary Elizabeth Walker, believed to be the second oldest person in Maine and the oldest in Oxford County, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, at the age of 107.

She was born Nov. 29, 1908, at home in Mexico, Maine, the oldest child of Michael J. and Euphemia (McDougall) Ionta.

Mary Elizabeth, known much of her life as Betty, lived in her home at 57 Elm Street in Fryeburg, for much of her adult life, until the age of 105! She and her husband Raymond Walker, whom she married in 1931, purchased the house in 1946. In April 2014, Betty moved to the Fryeburg Health Care Center.

Betty enjoyed a long teaching career of more than 42 years, after graduating from local schools and furthering her education at Farmington Normal School, the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire and Plymouth State. She was much loved and admired by students and local citizens! And she had a remarkable memory for her students’ achievements and foibles. She would bump into a student on the street who would recognize Mrs. Walker, because Betty looked pretty much the same from about 50 years on. The student, possibly 50 years or more by then, would eagerly identify him or herself. Mrs. Walker would inquire after the family and the siblings of the former student, whom she also had taught, and who had been, Mrs. Walker forthrightly would announce, either better behaved and more advanced or not.

Mary Elizabeth was active and social throughout her life. In her later years, after retirement, she held court in her house. Much of the neighborhood would gather or drop in during the day, and she would preside. As late as her 104th year she entertained guests at her home where no less than 10–12 visitors would drop by daily!

At age 99 she made a presentation at the local Fryeburg Kiwanis Club, describing the world of teaching in a one-room schoolhouse when she had started out as a teacher. At her 100th birthday party she danced a waltz, which she had practiced at home, with a local, much younger, male partner. And, perhaps most of all, she treasured an award from the Maine Teachers Association, presented to her at age 99 at a huge luncheon at the Augusta Civic Center.

At age 105, Mary Elizabeth Walker moved to the Fryeburg Health Care Center, where she participated in many activities — bingo, exercise class, choir, and church. And she acknowledged, when pressed that indeed she was very popular there — a “rock star.” For Mary Elizabeth had a cheerful disposition, was very forthright and found happiness in her surroundings.

Mary Elizabeth Walker and Raymond Walker had one child, Michael George Walker, who predeceased his parents at age 43 in 1987. She is survived by one sister, Margaret Cochrane, 103 years old, and by her beloved granddaughters, Kristin Levering Crisafulli, Wendy Elizabeth Hillwalker, Tracey Walker Hobbie and five great-grandchildren, as well as generations of friends, family and former students.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 1016, at the Congregational Church in Fryeburg. Interment will be at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Fryeburg. In lieu of flowers, if you would like to make a contribution in Mary Elizabeth’s name, she requested contributions to the Fryeburg Congregational Church, the Lutheran Church in Conway, New Hampshire, Fryeburg Academy, the Brownfield Food Bank, or the Fryeburg Historical Society. Arrangements are in the care of the Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren St., Fryeburg. Words of condolence and tribute may be shared at www.woodfuneralhome.org

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SUMNER — Burton J. Page, 74, of Sumner, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at his residence after a lengthy illness with his family at his side.

Burton was born in Mechanic Falls on Nov. 14, 1941, a son of Burton J. and Harriet O. (Cash) Page and attended local schools. Following high school, Burton entered the U.S. Navy and faithfully served his country for 22 years.

He served during the Vietnam War and specialized in Helicopter Maintenance and Hydraulics. Following his retirement from service, he moved to Sumner and worked at Gates Formed Fiber in Auburn for several years. He married Sandra Cash on July 15, 2000.

Burton is predeceased by two brothers, Billy and Dale Page.

Surviving are his wife of Sumner; a son, Burton Page III of Middletown, N.J.; a stepson, Ronald Hill of Waterford; four stepdaughters, Patty Richards of Old Orchard Beach, Lisa Smith of Sumner, Jessica Marin of Bethel and Julie Saunders of Sumner; six brothers, Dean Page, Eddie Page, Adrian Boston, Ken Boston, Ricky Boston and Wade Boston; two sisters, Anne and Marjory; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at the Page family residence, 921 Main Street, Sumner.

Arrangements are in the care of Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris.

Kent Paul WINDHAM — Kent Paul, 74, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at his home with his family by his side.

He was born Dec. 30, 1940 in Houlton, the son of George and Mabel Paul.

At a young age, his family settled in Windham. Kent married the love of his life, Linda Maguire, on Dec. 29, 1962. Kent was a transmission mechanic and for the majority of his career was employed by Portland Transmission. He was a hard worker often getting out of work only to go work nights along side his younger brother “Butch” at his garage in Gorham. He wanted to provide all he could for his family. Kent’s daughters have many fond memories of the many summers spent up to camp on Sebago Lake along with many family and friends. He was a good neighbor, always willing to help someone out whether it be plowing or lending a tool. Kent was a kind, gentle man who had a great sense of humor and loved to joke around with people. He will sadly be missed by those who knew him.

In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by sisters, Joan Paul and Teresa Libby.

Surviving, in addition to his wife of 53 years, Linda, are his daughters, Jody Paul of Windham, Laura Paul of Raymond, foster daughter Darlene Bellows of Anderson, S.C.; brothers, Robert Paul of Portland and Walter “Butch” Paul of Gorham; sisters, Sandra Sawyer of Deltona Fla. and Judy Morin of Casco; along with many nieces and nephews.

Kent requested no formal service, but a gathering of family and friends will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. at the White Rock Community Club, 34 Wilson Road in Gorham, to celebrate his life.

Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com

Philip Wasel CLINTON, MASS. — Philip Wasel, 61, a longtime resident of Clinton, Mass., Northboro, Mass., and Harrison, Maine, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, surrounded by his loving family.

Phil was born and raised in Clinton, son of the late William and Viola (Ciesluk) Wasel and was a 1972 graduate of Clinton High School. Following graduation from North Adams State College in 1976, Phil was employed at Digital and Prime Computer, and built residential homes in Worcester County. As a co-founder of Metro Wire and Cable in 1987, he owned and operated “Metro” for 20 years before his retirement.

Although he was a successful businessman, he much preferred spending time with his family and friends, simply enjoying life. He was an avid New England sports fan and volunteered his time as a soccer, baseball, and basketball coach for Northboro youth sports.

He loved Long Lake, “the best lake in Maine,” where he vacationed and later resided for 20 years. Phil was an avid outdoorsman; he loved snowmobiling, ice fishing, skiing, boating, and water skiing. He also spent many years exploring Palm Island, Fla., and the surrounding area. The destination every August was Saratoga, N.Y., to watch the horses. Phil was a devoted husband, father, brother, and friend. He will be missed.

He is survived by his wife Sandi (Joslyn) Wasel of Clinton; a daughter Sarah Walsh and her husband Ken of East Greenwich, R.I.; two sons, Philip James Wasel Jr. and his wife Lisa of Westboro, Mass., and Michael Wasel and his wife Brandica of Harrison; a brother William Wasel and his wife Carol, of Sterling, Mass.; grandchildren, Aiden and Ryan Walsh, Sophia and Victoria Wasel, Donnie Cook, Faten and Gage Burgess; and nieces, nephews, and many friends. He was predeceased by his sister Joan.

Phil’s funeral was held on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, with a service at 11 a.m. in the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church Street, Clinton, Mass. Burial followed in St. John’s Cemetery, Lancaster, Mass. Relatives and friends were invited to attend calling hours on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Wasel Memorial Fund to fight Cystic Fibrosis, Avidia Bank, 100 East Main St., Westboro, MA 01581.

For online condolences, please visit www.mcnallywatson.com

Holly L. Wilson BROWNFIELD ­— Holly L. Wilson, 68, of Brownfield passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H. Holly was born in New York, N.Y. on Jan. 4, 1947 to Franklin and Shirley Hardenburgh of New York, N.Y. Holly was a homemaker most of her later life and worked for different companies as a manager and sales associate. She met a lot of her friends through her jobs and she was a very likeable person with a heart of gold. Holly loved bird watching, gardening, reading, cooking, yard-saling and collecting lots of unique trinkets and baskets, which she had scattered throughout her home. She had a huge green thumb and had a very large collection of different houseplants. She had numerous cats over the years which she had rescued and had given them all a forever home. One of Holly’s greatest joys was her grandson, Andrew, whom she loved dearly and spoke highly of him to everyone that knew her.

Holly was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Andy; sister, Debby; and her second husband, Herbert Wilson, whom she selflessly took care of at their home while he was sick with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Holly is survived by her daughter, Lisa; her son Jason; her grandson and granddaughter; her first husband, Wayne Weaver; sisters, Susan Hardenburgh and Bobra Ferdenzi. Holly will be cremated and her ashes scattered in the ocean as she had requested. There will be no visiting hours. There will be a celebration of life for her at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Fryeburg in her name.

Arrangements by Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

George A. Dennison Jr. SCARBOROUGH — George A. Dennison Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, with family by his side at the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough.

Just turning 93 on Dec. 24th, he lived a great life. Our father served proudly in the U.S. Army and protected our freedom in WWII and Korean wars.

He worked for NCR and then started his owned company, Dennison Business Forms. After retirement, he worked for the Maine Turnpike at the Gray and Auburn tolls, until he was 80 years old.

He was a graduate of Deering High School, a longtime resident of Gray, and a member of the Cole Farm’s counter crew.

While serving as Chairman of School Board for Lake Region School District, he arranged to have the National Guard build an athletic field for the students. A sign was dedicated in his name. Our Dad was also a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Kora Shriners in Lewiston.

George and his deceased ex-wife H. Jean Dennison were predeceased by son Brett, and survived by their three daughters, Anne E. Dennison, Lynn A. Dennison Grovo and her husband Skip Grovo, and Carol J. Dennison. He was the proud grandfather of five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, with a third on the way.

Private funeral services are being arranged by Hall Funeral Home of Casco, and will take place during the week of January 4th. Online condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhomeinc.com Our family appreciates the amazing care he received at the Maine Veteran’s home and the Honor Flag departure ceremony. We ask that you remember our Dad by raising a glass in his memory.

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Area Events Bridgton Caregiver Support Group

The Bridgton Caregiver Support Group will meet Wednesday, Jan. 13, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. Respite care is available while the group meets. Please call 647-8143 by Jan. 12 if you would like respite care during the group. Please contact Ann O’Sullivan at SMAA, 1-800-427-7411, ext. 540 with any questions.

Met Opera Live features Bizet opera

FRYEBURG — The Met Opera Live in HD presents Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles in a live simulcast on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 1 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. Opera buff Joe De Vito will lead the Met Opera Lecture Series on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 3 p.m. to provide advance insights on the opera. For the Jan. 16 simulcast, Lake Region Caterers will be serving lunch starting at noon.

Cost is $26 for adults, $23 for seniors, and $18 for students. Preorder tickets online at www.fryeburgacademy. org/pac or call 935-9232. The LHE/PAC is located at 18 Bradley Street in Fryeburg.

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RAISING THE RAFTERS — The five vocalists that are part of Rock My Soul have performed their unique style of rousing gospel music to packed houses throughout New England, and will do the same at a concert by Music with a Mission on Saturday, Jan. 16 at the North Windham Union Church.

“Rock My Soul Five” in concert Saturday, Jan. 16 NORTH WINDHAM — Music with a Mission is proud to kick off its fourth season by featuring Rock My Soul Five, a unique group that performs rousing, raisethe-rafters gospel music. The concert will be held Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail in Windham.

These five vocalists are the core of a larger gospel choir called Rock My Soul, which performs to packed houses throughout New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.

The group provides a rootsbased sound of rich vocal blends and soul-stirring harmonies, with a repertoire that explores American gospel

music from the Delta blues to the more contemporary gospel-based Americana music, and includes traditional arrangements of slave spirituals, hymns, and songs from the golden age of gospel.

“We are very proud to introduce Rock My Soul Five to our Music with a Mission audience,” said Dr. Richard Nickerson, Minister of Music for NWUC. “This secular group is not only about entertaining, but also about educating — they share background on the stories behind the songs and present workshops on the history of the music and its powerful and positive impact on our culture, especially during

slavery and the civil rights movement. This will be a very fitting tribute concert to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. weekend!”

This concert is the 30th in the Music with a Mission series sponsored by the North Windham Union Church. The church donates a portion of the proceeds to area nonprofits. The first 29 concerts have provided almost $28,000 for mission support to the church and other community organizations.

Rock My Soul Five supports Project Music Works with the community proceeds from this concert. The mission of Project Music Works is performance, edu-

cation and outreach — bringing music to those in need.

They provide high quality, live musical performances at nursing homes, hospice facilities, counseling centers and other community programs where people are in need of uplifting but can’t afford to have music brought to them.

Tickets will be sold at the door and are $12 for adults and $10 for students, children, and seniors. Tickets are also available in advance online at www.mwamconcerts.com.

The box office opens at 6 p.m. and the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call 892-7149 or e-mail MWAMconcerts@ gmail.com

Calendar

by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet at Denmark Congregational Church 8 a.m., pack for winter hikes.

FMI: 756-2247.

Sun., Jan. 17 — Author Ann B. Gass discusses Voting Down the Rose, 2 p.m., Centennial Hall, 72 West Main St. Snow date Jan. 24.

FRYEBURG Thur., Jan. 7 — Photography Exhibit, “National Places,” by Joel Rhymer, runs thru Feb. at Goldberg Gallery, Bion Cram Library, Fryeburg Academy.

Thur., Jan. 14 — Joe De Vito Met Opera Lecture Series, 3 p.m. talk on Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Peries, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

Sat., Jan. 16 — Pancake Breakfast to support FA’s Project Graduation, 8 to 11 a.m., Pythagorean Lodge, 50 Portland St. Sat., Jan. 16 — Met Opera Live presents Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Peries, 1 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 935-9232.

LOVELL Sat., Jan. 9 — GLLT Easy Hike, “The Joy of Winter Weeds,” John A. Segur Wildlife Refuge, meet 9:30 a.m. at trail head on New Road, bring snowshoes if needed.

Sat., Jan. 9 — $2 A Bag Sale, Lovell Thrift Shop, 10 a.m. to noon, Lovell Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

Mon., Jan. 11 — Let’s Talk About It: Growing Up

by Russell Baker, 1 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

NAPLES Sat., Jan. 9 — Beginning Crochet, 10 a.m. to noon, library.

Tue., Jan. 12 — Scrabble, 7 p.m., library.

Thur., Jan. 14 — Lego Club, 4 p.m., library.

Mon., Jan. 18 — The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, 1 to 3 p.m., Town Hall gym. FMI: 615-3226.

Tue., Jan. 19 — Learn to use e-Reader, 10 a.m. to noon, library.

Wed., Jan. 20 — Book Discussion Group, selected

works by Edna Ferber, 2 p.m., library.

RAYMOND Mon., Jan. 11 — Library Trustee Meeting, 6 p.m., library.

Thur., Jan. 14 — Publicity Meeting, 4 p.m., library.

Thur., Jan. 14 — Raymond Food Pantry, 4-6 p.m., Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Main St. FMI: 232-5830.

Wed., Jan. 20 — Make & Take Craft, after school, library.

SEBAGO Mon., Jan. 11 — Sebago (Special) Food Pantry, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 18 — Sebago Food Pantry, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 9-10:30 a.m. FMI: 274-1569.

SWEDEN Wed., Jan. 20 — Sweden Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sweden Church basement, 137 Bridgton Rd. FMI: 647-4429, 647-5399.

WATERFORD Wed., Jan. 13 — Mystery Book Club, 4 p.m., read any Paul Doiron book.

Sat., Jan. 16 — Let’s Talk About It, My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass, 1 p.m., library.

AREA EVENTS Thur., Jan. 7 — Stampin’ Up with Kathy, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Cancer Resource Center, 199 Main St., Norway. FMI: 890-7063.

Fri., Jan. 8 — Visual Journaling 4-part series begins with Peter Herley, 10 a.m. to noon, Cancer Resource Center, 199 Main St., Norway. FMI: 890-7063.

Sat., Jan. 9 — Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club, 1 p.m., Oxford County Extension Ctr., 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris.

Wed., Jan. 13 — Sen. Angus King rep. outreach, 10 a.m. to noon, Windham Town Office, 8 School Rd. Wed., Jan. 13 — Community Cancer Cut & Sew, 10 a.m. to noon, Cancer Resource Center, 199 Main St., Norway. FMI: 890-7063.

Thur., Jan. 14 — Oxford County Democrats 2016 Campaign Kickoff, 5:30

p.m. dinner followed by program, Eagles Hall, Rumford.

Tickets: 875-2116, info@ oxforddems.org Fri., Jan. 15 — Visual Journaling with Peter Hurley, 10 a.m. to noon, Cancer Resource Center, 199 Main St., Norway. FMI: 890-7063.

Sat., Jan. 16 — Red Cross Adult & Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid Course, 10 to 11:30 a.m. & 10 a.m. to noon, Alfond Center, Saint Joseph’s College, White’s Bridge Rd., Standish. FMI: 893-6615.

Sat., Jan. 16 — Concert

by Rock My Soul Five, by Music with a Mission, 7 p.m., North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trl. FMI: 892-7149.

Sun., Jan. 17 — Western Maine Art Group Annual Meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Matolcsy Arts Center, 480 Main St., Norway.

Wed., Jan. 20 — Mahoosuc Land Trust talk on hiking trail construction

by Ryder Scott and Gabe Perkins, 7 p.m., McLaughlin Auditorium, Gould Academy, Bethel. FMI: 824-3806.

PLEASE NOTE: All calendar listings/ press releases must be sent in at least one week before the event. E-mail bnews@ roadrunner.com or mail to P.O. Box 244, Bridgton, ME 04009.

BRIDGTON Fri., Jan. 8 — Joy of Singing, 3 p.m., Community Center.

Fri., Jan. 8 — Easy Riders Snowmobile Club, 5:30 p.m., Community Center.

Sun., Jan. 10 — Lake Region’s Got Talent Part 1 Quarterfinals, 1-3 p.m., Magic Lantern Theatre.

FMI: 518-0481.

Wed., Jan. 13 — Bridgton Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center. Respite care.

Wed., Jan. 13 — Prostate Cancer Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., Jan. 16 — Walk with a Doc, meet 9 a.m. at Bob Dunning Bridge, Depot St. Sun., Jan. 17 — Lake Region’s Got Talent Part 2 Quarterfinals, 1-3 p.m., Magic Lantern Theatre.

FMI: 518-0481.

Mon., Jan. 18 — Foster Care Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

BROWNFIELD Tue., Jan. 19 — Adult Play Group, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center.

CASCO Thur., Jan. 7 — Color & Calm Time, 1-2 p.m. & 6-7 p.m., library.

Mon., Jan. 18 — Casco Food Pantry, 6 to 7 p.m., Casco Alliance Church.

FMI: 344-5370.

DENMARK Fri., Jan. 8 — Easy hike to Mount Sabattus, Center Lovell, by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet 8 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church, pack for winter hikes. FMI: 756-2247.

Tue., Jan. 12 — Songwriters Circle 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center.

Fri., Jan. 15 — Difficult hike to Arethusa Falls, Crawford Notch, N.H.

ONGOING WEEKLY DAILY Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton. O/D MONDAYS Jumpin’ Janes, 9 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. (Also 9 a.m. Weds. & Fri.) Walking Warriors, 7 a.m., meet at church across from Crystal Lake Park, Rte. 117, Harrison (Also 7 a.m.

Weds. & Fri.).

Sebago Food Pantry, 9-10:30 a.m. (3:30-5:30 p.m. 2nd Mon.) Nazarene Church, Rte. 114. FMI: 2741569.

Casco/Naples Senior Meal Site, noon, Casco Fire Station. Card games before, bingo after. FMI: 627-4044.

Bridge, 1 p.m., Bradley St., Fryeburg. Runs yearround.

Cribbage, 2 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Coed Adult Basketball,

FRYEBURG — The Pythagorean Lodge at 50 Portland Street is putting on a pancake breakfast to support Fryeburg Academy’s Project Graduation for the Class of 2016. Join your friends and family for pancakes, sausage, bacon and eggs with coffee or tea on Saturday, Jan. 16, from 8 to 11 a.m. Cost is $7 for adults and kids, $3.50 for kids under five, or $20 for a family of four.

Enjoy a short stack for a tall cause!

Maine’s fight for women’s suffrage

DENMARK — Ann B. Gass, historian and author of Voting Down the Rose, will give a presentation about her book on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. at Centennial Hall, 72 West Main Street, Denmark. The snow date is Jan. 24 for the event, hosted by the Denmark Historical Society and Denmark Congregational Church. The book follows Ann’s great-grandmother, Florence Brooks Whitehouse, and other suffragettes leading Maine’s fight for women’s suffrage.

Art Group sets annual meeting date

NORWAY — The Western Maine Art Group will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Matolcsy Arts Center, 480 Main Street, Norway. Members will nominate and vote for new officers, discuss ideas for the Main Street Gallery and hold a Chinese exchange of art-related goodies. Members are asked to bring something to give as a gift to their fellow artists, whether it would be an extra art book, art supply, a painting or a piece of jewelry. There will be an art swap that morning, along with refreshments and coffee.

Responsibility for WMAG’s main activities, the Norway Arts Festival and the Main Street Gallery, have been delegated to Judy Schnieder and Tami Prescott. Barbara Traficonte will continue as membership chair, Ulla Hansen as treasurer, Irina Kahn as secretary and Rie Cortez as vice president. The search is still on for a president.

6 to 7:45 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI: 583-2241.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

TUESDAYS Jeanette’s Free Clothing Closet, 9 to 11:30 a.m., First Congregational Church, Bridgton.

Chickadee Quilters, 9:30 a.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Tai Chi Maine, Set Practice, 10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. Naples Food Pantry, 10 to 11:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, Village Green. FMI: 595-2754.

Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Methodist Church, 98 Main St., Bridgton. FMI: 647-4476.

Bridge, 12:15 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Cards/Board games, 1-3 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room.

Harrison Food Pantry, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Adventist Church, 2 Naples Rd. FMI: 583-6178.

Adult Volleyball, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brownfield Community Center.

Al-Anon Bridgton, 7 p.m. Newcomers Meeting, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open Meeting, St. Joseph Catholic Church.

AA Step Mtgs., 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

WEDNESDAYS Free Breakfast & Fellowship, 7:30 to 10 a.m., United Methodist Church, 1000 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, thru end of April. Sponsored by NUMC Group.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Senior Lunch, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room, Harrison.

Over 40 Pickleball, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI: 583-2241.

Bible Study, 6 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Pickleball, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Gym.

FMI: 627-4187.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

THURSDAYS AA Ladies StepMeeting, 7 a.m. & 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

Tai Chi Maine, Beginner Class, 10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, North High St. Casco/Naples Senior Meal Site, noon, Casco Fire Station. Card games before, bingo after. FMI: 627-4044.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Chickadee Quilters, 6:30 p.m.

Community Center.

Al-Anon, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., Open Meeting, Naples Methodist Church, Village Green.

NA Women’s Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton.

FRIDAYS Tai Chi Maine, Beginner Practice, 10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. Awana Youth Program, grades K-6; transportation provided; Cornerstone Gospel Church, Rte. 114, Naples. FMI: 583-7674.

Over 40 Men’s Basketball, 4 p.m., Brownfield/Denmark School.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH SATURDAYS Sebago Clothes Closet, 9 a.m. to noon, Warming Hut, Rte. 114, Sebago, next to Nazarene Church.

AA Meeting, O/BB/D/ A/L, 7 to 8 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, 1174 Main St., Lovell.

Al-Anon, 7 to 8 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, 1174 Main St., Lovell.

AA Beginner’s & Group Mtgs., 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Raymond.

SUNDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church.

Country living

January 7, 2016, The Bridgton News, Page 7A

Puppet Museum is looking for a home

For over three years, Mary Quinn Doyle has traveled throughout Maine visiting over two hundred farms.

Her photos and writing have been shared in a 296page book, traveling photo exhibit, comprehensive website (www.uniquemainefarms.com) and a slideshow and discussion program.

Doyle is hoping that this agricultural educational outreach project will eventually be able to offer a space for children and adults to enjoy a puppet museum that will focus on folktales from around the world.

For over 40 years, Doyle has been fascinated with puppets and her collection (that exceeds over one thousand puppets) can be viewed at

www.puppetsforeveryone. com She is hoping that a nonprofit organization, place of worship, town, farm, Grange, or individual with a large space that is not being used will consider providing a temporary home for the puppets to be displayed and enjoyed on an occasional basis. She has been exploring grant opportunities to help with any necessary renovations for a possible space.

It is hoped that proceeds from admission charged for the museum and for any puppet programs that take place could help with utilities for the space and also help to benefit the New Mainers who wish to begin farming in Maine. Refugees

LOOKING FOR A HOME — Pictured is a fraction of the one thousand puppets in the Unique Maine Farms’ collection. This agricultural educational outreach project is hoping to establish a puppet museum. have important stories to tell.

Doyle is hoping that a puppet museum will enable the sharing of the refugees’ stories and a showcase for folktales from around the world.

Any readers with information about a possible location for a puppet museum is encouraged to contact Doyle at mqdoyle@gmail.com or at 793-2759.

Waterford Library news and events WATERFORD — The Waterford Library had a very busy fall this year. The library’s Sound of Music Sing Along movie event was a huge success. Many patrons attended, dressed in costume, and enjoyed brats, beer and lots of singing.

Waterford’s Trunk or Treat started at the library with spooky stories, costumes and lots of treats. The youngest

patrons then moved on to the Village Green for Trunk or Treat and finally a Halloween party at the Wilkins House.

Fun was had by all that attended and everyone agreed it was the best Village Halloween yet.

The Waterford Library is thankful to Norway Savings Bank and the Waterford Library Coffee Cafe for donating the funds needed to

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Monday, Jan. 11 — Friday, Jan. 15 MONDAY: Chicken quesadilla wedge w/salsa & sour cream, deli sandwich, carrot sticks and cucumber coins, fruit.

TUESDAY: Hamburger or cheeseburger on whole grain bun, baked sweet potato fries, deli sandwich, fresh salad bar, fruit.

WEDNESDAY: Turkey tacos, taco bar w/romaine, whole grain brown rice, sour cream and salsa, deli sandwich, fruit.

THURSDAY: Sloppy Joe on whole grain bun, deli sandwich, fresh salad bar, fruit.

FRIDAY: Personal pan pizza, deli sandwich, fresh salad bar, baked chips, fruit.

Mondays — Knitting, 2 p.m., all skill levels and other handcrafts are welcome.

Wednesdays — Minecraft Club, 6 p.m., ages 6+, Terreria is played as well.

Fridays — Coffee Shop, 9 a.m., have coffee with your friends and neighbors.

Monthly events ​• Adult Coloring Night — held the last Wednesday of the month, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m.

Refreshments are welcome, and all coloring materials will be supplied by the library.

• Socrates Café — held the first Monday of the month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information or snow date, call 583-6957.

• Book Discussion — held the fourth Wednesday of the month, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m.

• Mystery Book Club — held the second Wednesday of the month, Jan. 13, at 4 p.m.

Read any Paul Doiron book.

What’s ahead A homeschooling parent is starting a Homeschooling Group that will meet at the LIBRARY, Page 8A

Last Thursday was the last day in the year 2015. Next year should be a doozy, having ended the year with all the politics going on. So to make you feel better, hopeful that 2016 will be tolerable, I’m sending out the words of a wonderful birthday card I received last March. It was from a friend, one I can never replace. The words are on an American Greeting card.

True Friends Through Thick and Thin, The Blues and Blahs Giggles, Tears and Great A-Ha’s Good Times, Bad Times Large and Small We Don’t Hold Back We Share It All We Care, We Listen, Laugh and Whine I’ve Got Your Back and You’ve Got Mine I have a good friend. I hope you do too, but if you don’t, I’d start looking.

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Monday, Jan. 11 — Friday, Jan. 15 MONDAY: Turkey and cheese whole grain wrap, celery sticks, pretzels, fruit. Early release, noon.

TUESDAY: Hamburger on whole grain bun, lettuce and tomato, potato rounds, green beans, fruit.

WEDNESDAY: Spaghetti w/plain sauce, garlic bread, sweet corn, fruit.

THURSDAY: Cheese stuffed crust pizza, fresh salad bar w/beans, fruit.

FRIDAY: Baked fish sticks, mashed potato, carrot coins, ice cream cup.

present the Hampstead Stage Theater to the Waterford Memorial School and Harrison Elementary School.

Around 320 students and staff were treated to a stage presentation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.

Upcoming events Let’s Talk About It! The library is serving as a host for this series of monthly 1 p.m.

Saturday book discussions around a common theme, sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council. The moderator is Libby Bischof, Ph.D., and the focus is on Civil War biographies and how they provide an in-depth, personal view of life during the Civil War era. All materials are provided for this free event, and a limited number of books are available; try to pick up yours as soon as possible and have it read by Saturday, Jan. 16, the date of the first meeting.

• Jan. 16 — My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass • Feb. 13 — With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen Oates • March 12 — Collected Black Women’s Narratives ed.

Anthony G. Barthelemy • April 9 — Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate by Eli Evans • May 7 — Portraits of American Women ed. G.J. Barker-Benfield and Catherine Clinton At each meeting participants will discuss the book and then receive the new book.

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Hobbs Library offers ‘Let’s Talk About It’

LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library on Route 5 in Center Lovell has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

The series, Making a Living, Making A Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America, begins on Monday, Jan. 11, at 1 p.m. with the discussion of Growing Up by Russell Baker. Future dates, all with 1 p.m. meeting times, and books are as follows: • Monday, Feb. 8 — Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.

• March 14 and April 11 — To be determined.

• Monday, May 9 — Confessions of An Advertising Man

by David Ogilvy.

All books are available for loan at the Lovell library. For more information, call 925-3177.

DARLINGSIDE will appear at the Stone Mountain Art Center in Brownfield on Friday, Jan. 22.

News from Darlingside at Stone Mountain Soldiers Library HIRAM — Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main Street, will hold its Third Thursday Book Discussion Group on Jan. 21 at 11:30 a.m., reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Check for available copies. Other events: • Knotty Knitters — Thursdays, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. New members are always welcome. Beginner lessons are offered free from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the same days.

• Scrabble Group — Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. More members are wanted.

There’s a strong possibility of an Adult Coloring Group starting; further details will follow. Watch for the SAD #55 Adult Education spring semester brochure. The library will be hosting many exciting programs.

Library hours are Tuesdays from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. If SAD #55 schools are closed, the library will be closed. Friend the library on Facebook or call 625-4650.

Waterford Library (Continued from Page 7A) library. If you are interested in joining, please call the library.

Volunteers are needed — to help in oh so many ways: circulation desk, shelving books, being a trustee, server at the coffee cafe, host an event, shovel snow, building maintenance, start a new program, host a Storytime, host a Summer Reading Program, write grants, make a donation, plan a fundraiser and many more. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the library and get started. Training is available for the circulation desk.

If you are cleaning out your barn or closets and find something of value that you’re willing to part with, please consider donating the item to the library’s auction fundraiser later this year.

For more information on the library and its programs, visit www.waterford.lib.me.us, “like” them on Facebook or call the library at 583-2050.

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BROWNFIELD — Stone Mountain Arts Center starts off the new year of music on Friday, Jan. 22 with “Darlingside.”

Since the band’s first visit, the buzz about them has been constant. With a new album out, On Birds Say, Darlingside breathes life into a collection of cinematic, intelligent, and deeply-moving songs.

The four vocalists and multi-instrumentalists are known for their four-part

The third annual Lake Region’s Got Talent features contestants eager to showcase their abilities on the stage at the Magic Lantern on Main Street in Bridgton.

Following a series of auditions, some amazing acts from around the region were chosen to move on to the quarterfinals.

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The quarterfinals will be held on two consecutive Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Magic Lantern.

On Jan. 10, come watch Willow Carter (soloist) and Kyleana Carbone (soloist) of Fryeburg; Dani Gordon of Casco and Shelly Sawtell of Naples (duet); Carly Dyer (soloist) of Naples; Kristin Farwell (dancer), Lisa Collins-Shrader (dancer) and Marissa Morrissette (soloist) of Windham.

Performing in the quarterfinals on Jan. 17 will be Alivia Benish (soloist); Rosario Lydon (dancer) with Avery Mentzinger (soloist), Lisa Collins-Shrader, Kristin Farwell and Laura Taylor (dance troupe) all of Windham; Amanda-Grace Neddenreip (soloist) of Stow; Abbie Vaughn (soloist) of Brownfield; Dani Gordon (soloist); and Brianna Warren

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24, and the final competition to determine the winners of Lake Region’s Got Talent will occur on Jan. 31.

All are vying for the chance to take home over a thousand dollars in cash and prizes.

All shows are open to the public and tickets will be sold at the door. Ticket prices for the quarterfinals are the following: ages 6-plus, $5; ages 5 and under, free. Audience members may also purchase 50/50 raffle tickets.

All four shows will be televised on Lake Region Television.

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‘National Places’ celebrates 100th anniversary of our National Park system

FRYEBURG — Teacher and photographer Joel Rhymer presents “National Places,” a collection of landscape and wildlife photographs celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of our National Park System in the United States.

The photos, taken over the course of several years in national parks and other federal lands, are on display in the Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Gallery in the Bion R. Cram Library at Fryeburg Academy during the months of January and February.

Rhymer points out that, “This display features photographs from such national parks as Acadia, Everglades, Great Sand Dunes, Olympic, Canyonlands, Arches and other places I’ve traveled to in recent years. Author Wallace Stegner called the national parks America’s ‘best idea.’

They really are one the best parts of our nation, our shared ownership and responsibility to protect them binds us together. But more importantly, they remind us of our place in the bigger scheme of things. We are part of nature, not above it.”

In addition to the photos, Rhymer has also chosen a selection of memorable books and quotes that have helped form his own personal attitudes toward our land and wildlife.

Rhymer is a Fryeburg Academy science teacher, who uses photography for both work and fun. Working primarily on a noncommercial basis, he has donated his time and work to numerous organizations over the years.

His award-winning photographs have been published widely online, in magazines,

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Fryeburg Academy is open to the public: Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m.; Monday-Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Saturdays.

Chamber welcomes two new members

The Greater Bridgton Lake Region Chamber of Commerce announces two new members, as follows:

• Lakes Region Heating & Cooling — in Naples serves the local community and the surrounding areas with professional heating and cooling system needs. The newest technology they have available with the highest efficiency is ductless heat pump systems, also referred to as “minisplit” systems.

These systems not only mean a cost savings, they are also environmentally friendly. Lakes Region Heating & Cooling is a Fujitsu Elite Contractor, offering a 12-year warranty on parts and lifetime warranty on line sets.

• Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival — was founded in 1972 by bassoonist Homer Pence and other professional musicians who summered in the Lake Region. Led by a board of local volunteers, SLLMF has grown into a well-known and popular institution through the ongoing involvement of a core group of musicians. Mihae Lee, pianist with the festival for the past 20 years and artistic director of the Essex Winter Series in Connecticut, is the new music director. Every summer SLLMF presents a five-week series of chamber music concerts at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. This series is held Tuesday nights on the last three weeks of July and the first two weeks of August.

Area news

January 7, 2016, The Bridgton News, Page 9A

Mushers course work completed Bridgton, P.2: Year in Review

JULY Developer Justin McIver wins approval for his latest downtown project, a new two-story mixed use building at 103 Main Street called the Carry-All Corner.

Downtown clothing store Firefly Boutique signs on as a retail tenant, as does a new business, Towanda’s Specialty Foods & Deli. Professional offices are built upstairs.

Western Maine’s favorite author, Stephen King, draws over 600 fans to the Magic Lantern for a book signing that feels more like a downtown block party.

Ticket-holders came from all over the country and gave a welcome boost to area merchants.

The limited use of Town Hall during repair work comes to a screeching halt when crumbling foundation is uncovered and the building is closed until it can be deemed safe. The contractor, Dotens Construction, takes it all in stride, agreeing to the unforeseen extra work.

Lakes Environmental Association announces the opening of the new Maine Lake Science Center, a research facility and education center nestled in the woods beside Pondicherry Park off Willett Road. The Center will focus on the latest lake quality testing methods to back up lake protection policy changes on the local and state levels.

AUGUST The town turns its attention from Depot Street to a Main Street streetscape in seeking state grant support for engineering designs that would reconfigure parking, create “bumpouts” along the sidewalks, new tree plantings and streetlights, among other improvements.

Repaving of Main Street from Main Hill to Food City by the state is not expected to happen in the immediate future, however.

McIver sells the first of the small energy-efficient homes at his most ambitious subdivision project to date in Bridgton: The Cottages at Willett Brook, a 55-plus active living community on South High Street. With its amenity-packed clubhouse and clustered layout of homes, the development is considered a first in the region for community-based retirement living.

Raspberry Lane residents begin their protracted battle against Bridgton Bottled Gas for its plans to place a 30,000-gallon propane tank at the end of their subdivision road off Route 302. In the end, the residents lost their fight with the Planning Board, but as 2015 ended their chances looked better with the Bridgton Board of Appeals that is hearing their appeal.

The rules at the town-owned Salmon Point Campground continue to be refined, this time in terms of dogs accompanying their masters on boating trips.

Selectmen rule that it’s okay for campers to bring their dogs on the dock to get to their boats, even though strictly speaking the beach is a no-dogs-allowed area. In other campground news, plans take shape for a muchneeded dredging of the lagoon area to allow safe passage for boats.

Negotiations continue between town officials and BRAG volunteers over improvements to the ballfields, in anticipation of a vote for the town to formally take over ownership of the fields.

SEPTEMBER Raspberry Lane residents cite safety concerns, a perceived conflict of interest, and traffic safety in their fight against the big propane tank planned by Bridgton Bottled Gas. They pull out all the stops, making their 2015 REVIEW, Page 10A

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Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) is pleased to report soil erosion into Woods Pond was reduced by 16 tons during the second highly productive year of the Woods Pond Watershed Protection Project.

This is in addition to the 19 tons of erosion that were eliminated in 2014, the first year of the project.

The Woods Pond Watershed Protection Project is a cooperative effort between LEA and its partners. No regulation is involved.

According to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, soil erosion is the chief cause of degrada-

tion to lakes in Maine. Too much soil eroding from the land surrounding a lake — the watershed — can unleash a calamitous chain of events.

Phosphorus, a plant nutrient, hitchhikes on soil particles and fertilizes algae growth to the point a clear blue lake turns green with blooming algae.

Algae blooms of this sort have already occurred in lakes near Augusta and Lewiston.

Long-term water testing indicates Woods Pond is at risk for an algae bloom. In 2012, the Woods Pond Water Quality Committee and LEA conducted a volunteer survey that documented erosion problems throughout the Woods

Pond Watershed.

LEA and the committee then applied, successfully, for an “implementation” grant from the Maine DEP. The grant, which started in March 2014, allows LEA to share the cost of fixing priority erosion sites with the town, private road associations, summer youth camps, and landowners.

In 2015, as in the previous year, cost-sharing erosion control projects took place at priority sites around the lake.

Through these collaborative efforts during the past two years 35 tons of soil now are prevented from eroding into Woods Pond each year (16 tons in 2015 plus 19 tons in

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Over 3,000 square feet of heated indoor space will be readied as the race dates approach. The Mushers Bowl is one of the few races in New England that offers hot food in an indoor “sit down” location. Restrooms are also heated and indoors. These amenities are just a short walk from the start and finish areas, where teams will be visible for times as they cover the most challenging race course in the Northeast.

Additional vantage points along the trail provide four more opportunities to view sled dogs as they race, including banked turns and passing teams in open areas.

The Mushers Bowl is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23-24, both for one admission price.

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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, an excavator from George Anderson & Sons spent several days making improvements on the Mushers Bowl racecourse at Five Fields Farm in South Bridgton (Route 107).

Considerable work has been done to widen and bank a turn next to the Bald Pate parking lot on the Loon Echo Preserve. At this point in the race, drivers must make a 180-degree turn after an 800foot downhill run. From this location, spectators view racers twice, once as the teams climb to the highest point on the racecourse, and a second time as they round the hairpin turn on the way to the orchard portion of the race.

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case at a Sept. 15 public hearing, but the board approved the plans.

Over 350 cyclists taking part in a weeklong BikeMaine trip through Western Maine spend the night on the grounds of the Bridgton Community Center, requiring all hands on deck in terms of local coordination. Town employees pitch in with a vengeance, even Town Manager Bob Peabody, making sure the cyclists have everything they need. The Depot Street Tap House provides music bands and many local organizations also pitch in. The event is proclaimed a resounding success, as Bridgton becomes Bike Capital for a Day. Residents who support the preservation of Town Hall are given a big boost when Maine Preservation lists it as one of the state’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places of 2015. The listing has the potential of assisting the town with securing historic preservation grants.

Selectmen voted unanimously to take the first step toward declaring a large vacant house where locals break in and hang out at 15 Walker Street a “dangerous building” under state law. They later held a public hearing and made the declaration official, which means the town can order the property torn down if corrective steps aren’t taken by the out-of-state property owner.

Revisions to the town’s Sewer Ordinance are placed on the November ballot. The new rules, designed to free up sewer capacity for new downtown business development, are rejected by voters after false information is circulated that the rules will inevitably lead to an expansion of the sewer line that will cost the town $22 million.

OCTOBER Rain dampened the ground but not spirits at the 2015 Village Folk Festival, where a first-even Best Beard Contest was a big hit, and there was more of everything — food, drink and fun. Organizers plan to build on their success for next year.

Harrison Marina got the green light to build a boat sales and snowmobile repair facility at 251 Portland Road, just past NAPA Auto Parts.

Downtown business property owners expressed doubts about how the new sewer rate structure would affect them, in a public hearing prior to the referendum on revising the sewer ordinance. They particularly questioned whether the number of “users” in a building as estimated was accurate, and what their ultimate costs would be under the new rules.

Lakes Environmental Association Executive Director Peter Lowell gave a Lake Protection 101 lecture to the Planning Board, hoping to encourage them to consider tightening current rules on buffers

and other issues affecting stormwater runoff. Lowell said lakes in the region may appear relatively healthy, but in truth are fragile and “at a tipping point” for serious degradation.

NOVEMBER Voters rejected the revised sewer ordinance by a vote of 575 to 424, derailing plans by selectmen to move forward with plans to secure state and federal grants for a possible sewer expansion. The board later acknowledged their failings in terms of educating the voters about the impact of the new rules. Several business owners who led the opposition then agreed to serve on the Wastewater Committee and help put the ordinance in shape for a revote next June.

A second grower of medical marijuana eyes Bridgton for another growing operation on Portland Road, a few miles south of the Canuvo site in the old Knitting Mill.

This application, however, immediately hits a snag when the application is deemed incomplete and conflicting in its description of the type of operation. The Planning Board tabled the proposal until January.

The state gives formal approval to the town’s Comprehensive Plan, paving the way for the Land Use and Zoning Committee to craft language that will eventually, with voter approval, bring zoning to Bridgton, starting with the gateways to the downtown. Voters approved the plan in 2014 by a vote of 1,584 to 639.

Recreational programs slowly start returning to Town Hall, but the work is still incomplete because of delays in shipment of the new furnace.

Hattie, a black lab owned by Bridgton Veterinary Hospital vet tech Kristin Hanscom, becomes a bonafide Bridgton celebrity by coming in sixth in the world in the Big Air Division at the Dock Dogs World Championships in Iowa.

DECEMBER Those attending this year’s Festival of Lights Parade and festivities at the Bridgton Community Center called the celebration the best in many years.

Attendance exceeded expectations.

At least 50 people turned out at the MDOT public hearing to voice their objections to removal of the granite blocks on the Moose Pond Causeway. MDOT’s Engineering Council will meet on Jan 14 to decide whether to reconsider their earlier decision to erect guardrail in front of most of the stones.

The Planning Board acknowledged inadequacies in the local rules they approved for regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, and got to work on revising those rules with advice from the board’s attorney.

Controversy over the town’s wayfaring sign project goes public when a South Paris sign-maker publicly questions the quality and cost of the signs made by Nelle Ely. A contracted completion date of Nov. 30 was not met, which also raises possible breach of contract concerns.

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Raider girls notch wins over Westbrook, Leavitt

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — At times, the scoring summary that appears in the daily newspaper fails to tell the real story about a basketball game.

If one runs a finger down the scoring column, it would appear junior guard Mackenzie Buzzell had a quiet night against Westbrook last Wednesday at Wadsworth Arena.

The line shows: 2 field goals, no free throws, no 3-pointers, 4 points.

But, Buzzell was the story.

What the stat sheet failed to show was how Buzzell shut down Westbrook’s top scorer, Alisha Aube, who finished the game with just 12 points, quite under her 20 points per game average. And, six of those points came with Buzzell on the bench as Raider coach Sean Watson continued to employ his frequent rotations as part of FA’s uptempo style at both ends of the court. Aube was DOUBLED UP — Fryeburg Academy’s Sage Boivin tries to find a way out of a the lone Blue Blazer to reach Westbrook double-team during last week’s game against the Blue Blazers. The Raiders’ double digits.

The winning stat of the defense was in lockdown mode, recording 19 steals in a 44-28 victory. (Rivet Photo)

night was 19 steals registered by the Raider defense, led by Buzzell, as Fryeburg Academy rolled to a 44-28 basketball victory.

Coach Watson had high praise for the type of shutdown defense Buzzell plays, night in and night out against the league’s top scorers.

“This isn’t a slight to any of the kids I’ve had, but Mackenzie is the best decision maker I’ve had. On one hand over the past three years, I can count what I considered was a bad decision, offensively or defensively,” Coach Watson said. “She is a complete player. I think she is the best defender in the conference because she is so versatile. She has lateral quickness, can play inside or outside. We encourage to go to the basket more and try to score, but I am very pleased with what she brings to the court each game.”

A couple of college coaches in attendance commented on Buzzell’s defensive prowess and overall basketball IQ. “She is the poster child of our quick transition approach

— defense to offense, offense to defense. She does a lot of the dirty work that doesn’t show up in the stats but are vital to our success,” the coach added. “I think she is leading us in assists. It’s the deflections. It’s taking on their best player regardless if they play inside or outside. And, everyone else on our team feeds off her determined play. They appreciate what she does out their.

They figure if Mackenzie can play that hard, so can I. She’s a leader. She’s not a yeller, but the kids really respect her. When she talks, they listen. She would never throw a teammate under the bus. She always takes responsibility, even if it wasn’t her fault.

She is the kind of player you love to play with. She is composed, but doesn’t back down. You can push her, but she’ll stick her nose right back into the action. She’s a delight.”

The FA formula for success — intense defense for 32 minutes, contributions from starters and reserves, RAIDER, Page 2B

Lady Lakers shoot well enough, turn up the defense for 36-25 win

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer On a night when their shooting was a tad bit erratic, the Lady Lakers were able to “grind out” a win over Falmouth by getting the job done on the defensive end.

Holding the Yachtsmen to just 20% shooting from the field — 9-of-46 — the Lakers rode the three-point shooting of Chandler True and Kristen Huntress to a 36-25 basketball victory Tuesday night at Nutting Gym. Lake Region Coach Paul True was a little worried about the energy level his club might have as they returned from the holiday break, but in the end, the Lakers made some big defensive stops down the stretch, including two key blocks by Huntress on fastbreak lay-up attempts and outstanding play in the paint by junior Melody Millett, who hauled down a gamehigh 11 rebounds.

“It’s been a long break. I was really happy about the way we competed. Honestly, two of their five baskets in the first half were the result of breakdowns, so I felt really good about where we were defensively,” Coach True said. “I am proud of the kids for simply grinding

HOT START — Chandler True was hot from behind the 3-point arc, burying three treys en route to an 11-point night. difficult to find open looks. it out.”

The Lakers, however, Falmouth made it tough early for the Lakers to get stayed composed and moved their perimeter shooting the ball crisply to find the game going, extending an open shooter. True and aggressive zone that made it Huntress responded with

LOOKING TO BUST THE ZONE — Laker guard Spencer True looks for a gap in Falmouth’s extended zone defense during first half action Tuesday night. The Lakers pulled ahead for the win thanks to patience and long-range shooting.

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3-pointers as the Lakers moved out to an early 10-3 lead.

“We were very patient.

I would have liked to have seen a little more attacking of the gaps in their zone with the dribble, but the kids moved the ball and played very unselfish, looking for open players. I can’t complain about that,” Coach True said.

Falmouth took a 3-0 lead on an Abby Ryan trey on the team’s first offensive possession, but the Lakers clamped down defensively, and the Yachtsmen finished the quarter going 0-for-9.

The Lakers continued to knock down 3-pointers as Chandler True connected for two and Spencer True added one as the Lakers took a 21-10 lead into halftime.

Falmouth struggled with their outside shots, converting on just 2-of-11.

With LR going a bit cold from the outside in the third quarter and commiting six turnovers, Falmouth inched back into the game.

Forward Adelaide Cooke (10 points, 5 rebounds) led the charge with six points, while Falmouth earned several second and third shot chances by crashing the boards — a 10-5 edge in the period — to narrow the gap to 26-20.

LR managed just two field goals, a drive to the rim by Chandler True and a 3-pointer by Huntress.

Falmouth then went on an 8-0 run to close out the third.

“We were slow in transition and didn’t have vision on the ball. There were times we were running down the court with the back of our heads facing the ball, the ball was in flight, and we didn’t see where it was. We got beat off a free throw attempt where we had two people back and got beat for a lay-up. There is no excuse for that,” Coach True said.

Part of the problem was Falmouth’s ability to block some shots in the lane. On a couple of occasions, the Lakers turned down opportunities to go to the hoop in favor of kicking the ball back to the outside.

“It’s two fold. It’s a testament to the character of our players — they are too nice.

They are too unselfish, looking to pass first than shoot the ball,” Coach True said.

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RISING TO THE CHALLENGE — Lake Region guard Jack Lesure (#25) — pictured here against Maranacook —hit the game winner Tuesday night to beat Falmouth.

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Lesure completes fantastic finish Tuesday night on the hardwoods: Lakers 56, Falmouth 55: Jack Lesure never backs down when the game is on the line. He helped his team complete a fantastic finish Tuesday, driving to the basket for the game winner as the Lakers edged Falmouth (6-2).

The Lakers trailed 46-30 entering the final eight minutes.

They went on a 26-9 run, capped off with Lesure’s gamewinner in the final seconds to shock the Yachtsmen. Lesure finished with 14 points. Marcus DeVoe led the Lakers with 16 points, while Nick Wandishin chipped in 10 and Alex Langadas netted seven points.

Other scorers were: Nate Smith 3, Tyler Walker 3 and Brandon Palmer 3.

Up next: The Lakers (5-2) host Freeport tonight, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. and Cape Elizabeth on Saturday at 7 p.m. The blue and gold then hit the road on Tuesday to Gray-New Gloucester for a 7 p.m. game.

Heal Watch: The Lakers moved up to the #3 spot in Class B South. Yarmouth (7-2) and Maranacook (8-1) are 1-2.

Raiders 72, Gray-NG 45: Oscar Saunders had a careerbest 22 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Fryeburg Academy past the Patriots at Wadsworth Arena.

FA jumped out to a 16-9 lead and pushed the advantage to 12 by intermission. The Raiders were clicking on all cylinders over the final eight minutes, scoring 27 points in the period.

Ben Darling knocked down a pair of three-pointers to finish with 12 points, while Cody Gullikson chipped in 8, Joe LeBrun had 6, Jace McKenney 6, Oscar Herras 5, Isaac Wakefield 5, Nicholis L’Heureux-Carland 4 and Tucker Buzzell 4.

Heal Watch: At 3-5, the Raiders are ranked 11th in Class SCOREBOARD, Page 3B

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Raider defense paves way over Blazers, Hornets (Continued from Page 1B) and balance scoring — left the Blazers feeling quite blue.

Julia Quinn and Lexi L’Heureux each scored 10 points, while McKenna Gerchman chipped in 7 (five from the foul line) and Bridget Bailey netted 6 points.

Other scorers were: Buzzell 4, Ali Fraize 4, Sage Boivin 2 and Kaylin Delaney 1.

L’Heureux-Carland paced the Raiders in rebounding with seven.

Both teams locked it down defensively in the first quarter as the Raiders made just 4-of-14 shots and Westbrook was 2-of-8. FA fell behind 6-2, but rallied over the final 2:54 as Buzzell made a nice feed inside to Bridget Bailey for a hoop, L’Heureux-Carland drove past two defenders for a bucket, and Ali Fraize knocked down a pull-up jumper to give the Raiders an 8-6 lead.

Scoring was slow in the second, as well as the team turned the ball over a total of 12 times. FA finally gained some separation as Julia Quinn scored off an aggressive take to the rim with 3:10 left for a 15-6 lead.

Westbrook went 6:17 without a hoop before Aube snapped the drought with an inside hoop. She added a 3-pointer just before intermission to leave the Blue Blazers down just four points.

FA started quick in the third as Quinn came up with a steal and quickly sent the ball down the court to McKenna Gerchman for a lay-up, pushing the lead to eight.

Quinn later completed a fastbreak with a hoop, foul and free throw as the Raiders moved ahead 31-20.

The Raiders closed the game out strong, limiting Westbrook to just two field goals, one coming with 1.2 seconds left. Although the Raiders didn’t shoot the ball well from the field — 3-of-10 — they salted away the victory with a 7-for-10 showing at the foul

line with Gerchman leading the way going 4-for-4.

“We never backed down. We had talked about being a little tougher and playing a little faster and playing a little smarter. It took all of those things to win. I know Westbrook would be tough. I knew the effort they would bring, and we responded,” Coach Watson said. “Taking a couple of days off during the holiday break and we were snowed out yesterday (Tuesday), I was a little worried about how we would perform. The kids battled well.”

FA took the ball to the hoop often, and were rewarded by getting to the foul line, where they went 14-for-25, while Westbrook was 6-of-17.

“At times, we do start slow offensively.

We tell the girls don’t worry about the result.

If we are getting good shots, that is all we can control,” Coach Watson said. “When they extended their zone out a little bit, it bothered us. We finally got some good looks later because we did a better job of breaking down the zone. I really didn’t anticipate that they would extend the zone, so we weren’t really ready for it. It was more on the coach than the players.”

Neither club was hot from the field. FA finished 15-of-48, while the Blazers were 10-of-42.

“You have to pick and choose what you are going to work on in practice. We try to work on things that will make us better. This year, more than any other year, we have stayed away from looking what the other team is going to do, and focused on what we can do to get better.”

Coach Watson liked what he saw from his defense, which forced 26 Westbrook turnovers.

“Our pressure defense was fantastic. We played well in the first half and had a few

HOLDING HER GROUND, despite a size difference, Fryeburg Academy’s Kaylin Delaney (left) at 5-foot-3 tries to prevent an inbounds pass to Westbrook’s 6-foot guard Alisha Aube.

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SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR — Raider senior guard Julia Quinn motors past two Westbrook defenders. Quinn fired in 10 points as the Raiders cruised past the Blue Blazers to open the second half of the hoop season last week.

(Rivet Photos) deflections, but in the second half, for whatever reason, we got into a rhythm. A couple of turnovers and a couple of easy baskets, everyone buys in and suddenly we’re a step quicker,” Coach Watson said. “That was the best start of a second half, from a coach’s perspective, we couldn’t be happier. The girls have worked really hard to get their hands up, tip the ball away, get into passing lanes. We work really hard at practice, especially when they are tired. I don’t think they always like it, but they give their full effort, and it is paying off.”

Westbrook fell to 3-3.

Leavitt: This time, no late drama The last time the Raiders squared off against Leavitt, it was physical and a nail biter.

While the game Saturday was again intense, it lacked late drama — and that was just fine with Raider Coach Sean Watson.

Lexi L’Heureux-Carland scored 10 of her 16 points in the first quarter as the Raiders jumped out to a 14-3 lead. FA closed out the game in similar fashion, blitzing the Hornets 14-5 en route to a 50-28 victory at Wadsworth Arena. L’Heureux-Carland tied for team scoring honors with fellow senior Julia Quinn, while also hauling down eight rebounds.

“Well, once again, we really played well defensively as a team. Mackenzie Buzzell led the way again. She was a stopper, as she is every night,” Coach Watson said. “We made some match-up changes defensively that worked in our favor. We also did a much better job on ball screens and dribble handoffs. We struggled against those in our first meeting and we were much better the second time around.”

The Raiders moved the ball well against Leavitt’s zone defense and as a result got some really good looks at the basket.

“Our perimeter players did a great job with ball fakes and quick reversals while looking to get the ball inside to our post players,” Coach Watson said.

Quinn connected for 16 points, including

a 3-pointer, and did a great job along with McKenna Gerchman, Buzzell and Ali Fraize of really causing problems for Leavitt’s zone with crisp passing, Coach Watson said.

The teams played to draws in the middle periods, tied at 12-12 in the second and FA up 10-8 in the third quarter.

“We got great minutes again from the bench. Every game, we have a number of kids contribute from the bench and there always seems to be one or two that really give us a spark. Against Leavitt, Sage (Boivin) had six first half rebounds (eight overall). That was a big boost for us,” Coach Watson said.

While the convincing home victory put a smile on the coach’s face, a few comments received after the game made the night a tad bit more satisfying.

“I received a very nice text message from a coach I’ve known forever and that I really respect. He was at the game, and told me he was a defensive-minded coach and therefore was smiling throughout the whole game,” Coach Watson said. “I’m going to share that with the team on Monday. I hope the girls understand what that says about their effort.”

Others in the scoring column were: Bridget Bailey 5, McKenna Gerchman 4, Sage Boivin 2, Mackenzie Buzzell 2, Kaylin Delaney 2, Nicole Bennett 2 and Makayla Cooper 1.

Leavitt fell to 3-5.

“The bottom line: We are playing pretty well, but we can’t be satisfied with where we are. Everyone else we will play is getting better everyday. We need to get better,” said Coach Watson of the team’s 6-1 start and Number 3 spot in the Class A South Heals, behind York and Greely. “We’re only seven games in. If we don’t improve, we will fall behind. We are in this for the long haul. Just being good isn’t going to be good enough.”

Up next: The Raiders travel tonight, Jan. 7, to Waynflete for a 5 p.m. game. The FA girls then host Kennebunk Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and travel Tuesday for a big showdown with Greely. Game time is 6:30 p.m.

FA: It’s starting to take shape

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — It seems every basketball season, Sedge Saunders faces more “adjustments” than most coaches.

Coaching at an “Academy,” Saunders never quite knows what his roster make-up will be like come late fall. He often faces the task of melding local athletes with boarding students from across the globe. There are a number of barriers to overcome, from style of play to language.

This year, Saunders and the Raiders have faced different obstacles. Twice now, FA has lost its leading scorer.

First, it was a student transfer. Now, Saunders finds his club reinventing itself somewhat with the loss of Oscar Herras.

But, these Raiders are proving quite resilient.

“We are starting to get our bearings straight after having to adjust to the loss of our leading scorer. With such a young team, it’s not unexpected to have some bumps in the road, but this team has adapted quite rapidly,” Coach Saunders said.

Fryeburg played well at the Gray-New Gloucester Christmas tourney and then went to Westbrook on the

NEAR BLOCK — FA guard McKenna Gerchman nearly blocks a shot attempt by Westbrook’s Mikayla Van Zandt. holiday break, Dec. 30, and gave a “great effort” in a 54-39 loss to the Blue Blazers.

“As I told the kids, to beat a strong team like Westbrook on the road, it’s going to take both effort and execution,” Coach Saunders said. “Overall, the execution was better, but there were times in the second half that after creating a turnover, we either couldn’t convert or we turned it right back over.

These are the things we must improve on if we are going to get over the hump.”

After a 15-15 for quarter,

the Blue Blazers took control of the game with a 12-3 run. Fryeburg played better in the third, although they were out scored 15-11, while the final period was nearly a wash, with Westbrook (2-4) holding a 12-10 edge.

Coach Saunders felt senior forward Nicholis L’Heureux-Carland had his best game of the year (teamhigh 10 points), while young guys like Tucker Buzzell (3 points) and Scott Parker (6 points) really “dug in at the defensive end and set a great tone for us.”

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LR girls’ defense stymies Yacht (Continued from Page 1B) or are unsuccessful on a try, they become a little more tentative.”

The Lakers were up to the challenge. They made enough shots — Huntress netted two big hoops (lay-up and baseline jumper) to push the lead to double-digits with 4 minutes to go — and squeaked out eight points from the foul line to secure their sixth win.

“We grew up a little tonight, Kristen, in particular. I’ve been trying to get her to attack and pull up and shoot jumpers. She did that, and I was really excited that she hit one.

If she can add that to her game, it’s a huge confidence builder,” Coach True said. “Mel also played a great game, really working hard on the boards.”

Free throw shooting has been a rollercoaster for the Lakers so far this season, including Tuesday when they went 6-of-14 in the fourth quarter.

“We’ve had some really good nights, and some poor

nights from the line. Tonight was a poor night, but we kept competing. We’re going to have nights like that,” Coach True said. “I thought, overall, we took great shots tonight.

They all didn’t go in, but they’re not always going to go in. If we play that kind of defense and make those type of decisions on offense, we’ll be in good shape.”

For the Lakers, Kristen Huntress was the game’s high scorer with 13 points (two 3-pointers), while Chandler True added 11 (three 3-pointers). Other scorers were Spencer True 4, Melody Millett 4, Lauren Jakobs 2 and Kaylyn Jordan 2.

Up next: The Lakers (6-1) host Freeport tonight, Thursday, Jan. 7 at 5:30 p.m. and travel to Cape Elizabeth on Saturday for a 4 p.m. game. LR hosts Gray-NG on Tuesday and Wells on Thursday, Jan. 14, both at 6:30 p.m.

Heal Watch: At 6-1, the Lakers are ranked fourth in Class B South, behind Lincoln Academy (8-1), Mountain Valley (8-1) and Gray-New Gloucester (7-2).

(Continued from Page 1B) A South.

GIRLS Raiders 36, Gray-NG 33: Sometimes, the Raider offense is like a rollercoaster.

It can run at full speed and provide lots of thrills. But, it can also dip at any moment.

After scoring just three points in the second quarter, putting them behind 14-13 at halftime, the Raiders found their go switch in the third, putting together a 17-8 run to zip past the Patriots at Gray.

Julia Quinn led the third

quarter spurt, scoring five of her game-high 11 points.

Mackenzie Buzzell fired in 7 points, while Kaylin Delaney chipped in 6, Sage Boivin had 4, Lexi L’HeureuxCarland 4, Bridget Bailey 2 and McKenna Gerchman had 2 points.

Heal Watch: At 7-1, the Raiders moved past Greely into the Number 2 spot in Class A South. York occupies the top spot at 8-0.

The Raiders face a big showdown on Tuesday, Jan. 12 when they travel to Cumberland to face Greely.

(Continued from Page 2B) Oscar Saunders chipped in 8 points, including a pair of treys, while Cody Gullikson added 7 points and

Ben Darling had 5 points.

The Raiders (2-5) bounced back with a sterling effort on the road Saturday against Leavitt, a

61-48 victory.

“We executed as well as we have all year,” Coach Saunders noted. “We had 17 assists to our 13 turnovers, which is usually a recipe for success. We also shot the ball very well.”

Ben Darling broke out of his shooting slump by hitting three 3-pointers.

“He’s a good shooter who had some tough luck early in season, so it was nice to see him have some success,” Coach Saunders said. “Isaac Wakefield also got some tough rebounds for

us when we really needed them.”

Cody Gullikson had 4 assists, Oscar Saunders had 5 assists, and Ben Darling had 4.

“When you have three players with four or more assists, you know you’ve got some excellent ball movement and team play happening on the court,” the coach added. “We also got some easy hoops in transition which, for a team that has struggled at times to score, was a necessary improvement for us. We are really

Scoreboard: Raider girls rally

FA boys starting to come into own

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IFW has contracted with Native Range Capture Services out of Elko, Nevada to capture 106 moose. The crew specializes in capturing and collaring large animals and is using a helicopter and launched nets to capture and collar female moose and calves. Funding for the study comes from a federal Pittman-Robertson grant (funded by the sale of hunting equipment) and the state’s dedicated moose fund (funded through sale of moose permit applications and permits).

“Once the moose is captured, the crew attaches a GPS collar and ear tags, collects a blood, hair and fecal sample, takes a tick count and weighs the animal,” said Lee Kantar, “The entire process takes between 10 and 12 minutes and then the moose is released unharmed.”

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“Maine’s moose occupy a variety of habitat across their range in the state. By adding a second study area to the north we can bolster our study and get a better understanding of moose survival and reproductive rates, and the factors that impact them,” said Lee Kantar, Maine’s moose biologist.

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Black Mountain In the depths of the Great Depression when the economy was broken and unemployment at record high levels around the country, the last things people were probably thinking of were new ski trails.

However, that is just what happened in 1933 when the newly-formed Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) arrived in the White Mountains. The young men in the CCC, armed only with axes, saws and sledgehammers, built by hand several backcountry ski trails up the sides of mountains. Their first trail completed in New Hampshire was the Wildcat Mountain Trail in Pinkham Notch in the summer of 1933.

In 1934, the CCC boys moved to Jackson, N.H., and built ski trails and cabins on Black Mountain and North Doublehead Mountain as part of an effort to encourage skiing in the Jackson area.

They also built some rustic log cabins perched on the sides of mountains to serve as warming shelters for skiers using the new ski trails.

According to E. Bigelow Thompson (in 1942 the N.E. regional director, Office of War Info), the ski trail on Black Mountain was 15 to 25 feet wide and was laid out by Gordon Langill of the Winnipesaukee Ski Club.

The CCC under the supervision of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) cut the ski trail.

Ski historian David Goodman said: “The ski industry in the Northeast really owes its origin to the Great Depression…Were it not for the CCC, we would not have what are now the iconic ski areas of the Northeast.”

Both backcountry ski trails and cabins that the CCC built 81 years ago on Black and Doublehead Mountains are still there and are regularly used. I’ll tell you a little about Black Mountain in this column, and will get to Doublehead in a future column.

Black Mountain – the Ski Trail and Cabin Black Mountain in Jackson is really a long ridge with several peaks; some

sources list seven of them.

There are three prominent ones – the northern peak (3,304 feet), which has no trails to it, the middle peak or knob (2,757 feet), and the Knoll (2,010 feet) which is part of the Black Mountain Ski area to the south.

The Black Mountain ski trail built by the CCC climbs at a moderate slope for 1.3 miles and 1,300 feet of vertical climb to the log cabin, and from there it is an additional 0.4 miles to the summit of the middle peak. In 1934, much of Black Mountain was in fields and open pasture, and a Skiing New Hampshire

report from 1935 describes the Black Mountain trail as “a series of open slopes with openings cut between them (with) suitable skiing for all degrees of ability.” Today trees have grown up along the Black Mountain ski trail and the open pastures are no more. The trail is a White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) backcountry cross country ski trail and is not groomed.

The log cabin that was built by the CCC in 1934 perches on a shoulder of Black Mountain’s middle peak just below the summit, and was used as a warming hut and shelter for skiers for several years. The cabin was renovated in 1992 and includes eight bunks and a stove as well as a separate wood shed. It may now be rented from the WMNF for overnight stays. Parties staying there must carry in their water, food, and firewood, as well as sleeping bags and personal gear, although there is a nearby seasonal spring for water. Contact Information for cabin rental is Black Mountain Cabin, 33 Kancamagus Hwy, Conway NH 03818. Tel. 603-4475448.

At one time, there was a wooden tower at the summit of the middle peak. This Rockwell Davis Memorial Tower was not a staffed fire tower, but was used for observation during high fire danger periods. In the 1930s, it was a popular outlook for backcountry skiers on Black Mountain. The observation tower has been removed and there are no traces of it today.

There is a second ski trail Black Mountain cabin with ski enthusiasts in 1938.

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Harrison – Options galore on this 4.15-ac. lot to locate your new home in the woods well off the road! Property has easy access to main roads for travel and only ±3 mi. to the village for swimming and boating on Long or Crystal Lakes, restaurants, library, stores and shops. $22,900 Bridgton – Great price for flat wooded lot in Knights Hill, offering all the amenities including shared beach, pool, tennis and basketball courts, boat slip after waiting period and more. Knights Hill is right across from Shawnee Peak, 5 mi. from Bridgton and 20 mi. to No. Conway, N.H. Great location offering paved, public roads for yr.-rd. access. $29,900.

Bridgton – Spectacular White Mtn. views from this 3.06-ac. lot in private setting. Sunset views of Presidential Mtn. range. Area of upscale homes.

Skiing, golf, swimming, boating, fishing, snowmobiling all nearby. Fantastic opportunity in 4-season heaven. Possible owner financing. $49,900

The wooden observation tower at the summit of Black Mountain in 1938. (Photo courtesy of the Collection of the U.S. Forest Service) couple of years ago. We had the pleasure of meeting Joe Thompson and his friend at the cabin. They are longtime volunteers for the WMNF who were staying at the cabin and doing litter pickup and some cabin maintenance.

They had a collection of old tin cans and containers left

by previous users of the cabin over the years. We were only on a day hike and not planning to stay at the cabin, but Joe gave us a tour of the place. The day was bitterly cold and the little stove in the uninsulated cabin was doing its best just to keep the inside above freezing. Still, it would be a neat place to stay on some winter outing, and certainly much better than pitching a tent in the snow.

Joe had a number of stories to tell about the history of the cabin. He was one of the crew that put on the new metal roof when the old wooden shingles wore out.

Joe sent me black and white pictures from the U.S. Forest Service archive collections of the cabin being built in 1934, a group of skiers at the cabin in 1938 on a snowy winter day, and skiers atop the Davis tower on the summit in 1938.

The slopes and views were all open in the 1930s and from the crowds of skiers, quite a popular outing. No open views nor slopes today, however with the regrown forest.

The Black Mountain ski trail is still very skiable today, and with the right snow conditions an intermediate skier could negotiate it without much difficulty. If you are not up to backcountry skiing, the trail is a great snowshoe hike on a winter’s day or a rewarding summer hike as RAMBLES, Page 5B

Classifieds CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS Deadline: Friday 4:00 p.m.

CLASSIFIED LINE ADS Deadline: Monday 5:00 p.m.

Classified advertising is sold in this space at the rate of $3.50 for 20 words or less and 15¢ a word over 20. All ads are payable in advance.

Repeats are charged at the same rate as new ads. Ads taken over the phone must be called in by Monday with payment arriving by Tuesday. A charge of $1.00 per week extra is made for the use of a box number if requested. A charge of $1.00 per classified is made if billing is necessary. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriams are charged at the same rate as classified ads. Poetry is charged by the inch.

Classified display is sold at $6.50 per column inch. Classified advertisers must furnish written copy.

The Bridgton News assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements other than to reprint that part of any advertisement in which a typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the business office promptly of any errors that may occur, phone 207-647-2851.

Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

CHALMERS INSURANCE &

REAL ESTATE

Part of the Chalmers Group

100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-3311 Fax: 207-647-3003 www.chalmers-ins.com BN 1

ATTENTION

EXCAVATING — Have hoe, will travel. Snowplowing, removal and sanding. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 653-4377 or 627-4560. tf3

ODD JOBS — By the hour, day, week or job. Also snow shoveling.

Free estimates. Call 627-4649.

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DENMARK — Available immediately. Brick home close to Bridgton amenities, large master bedroom, office, open living areas, full basement, FHW heat, kit. appliances included, W/D hookups. $875/mo. plus utilities. Clean and bright and warm. Plowing and lawn care included. Security deposit and references required. No pets, no smoking. Call 207-4522441 or 207-357-7401 for more information. tf52

SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR — looking for plumbing work in the local area. Call 647-8026. tf30 BRIDGTON — Updated clean 1-bedroom apartment close to DAYCARE town. Includes heat, water, plowLICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE ing, off-street parking. Well-man— Preschool program located in- aged property and great neightown Bridgton has one part-time bors. $675/mo. $625 deposit. Visit and two full-time slots open now. bridgtonapartments.com. Call Paul Meals and snacked 100% provid- 978-337-0135. tf1 ed. Active preschool curriculum ongoing throughout the school SOUTH BRIDGTON — 2-bedyear. For more information or to room apartment with sundeck. set up a visit please call 207-595- Heat and hot water included. $675 5209.

4t1x month plus utilities. Security required. Laundry facilities on site.

FOR SALE Call 247-4707. tf1

WESTERNMAINEFIREWOOD.com — Seasoned hardwood. Aged 12 months or more. Cut, split and delivered. Cord $300; Half cord $160, 583-4113 or 595-5029.

55t31x $5 FOR TATTERED — U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339.

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FIREWOOD — $225 per cord green. Ask about volume discount. 2 cord minimum for delivery. 207-925-1138. westernmainetimberlands.com

tf13 SNOWMOBILE PARTS — New & used. 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., 6 days a week, closed Wednesdays.

D & G Snowmobilers Discount, 97 Maple Ridge, Rd., Harrison, 207-583-2312.

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BRIDGTON — For sale or rent commercial lease immediately available. A newly-renovated stand-alone, 1,400-sq. ft. building is available for lease in Bridgton.

Large, sunny open layout with loft and one private office. Energy-efficient, AC/heat, and plenty of parking. Great location across from the hospital situated adjacent to 17 acres of beautifully-groomed hiking trails. Many potential uses.

If interested please call Joe at 207890-9192. tf46

VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

HELP WANTED

2001 CHRYSLER CONCORD — Sunroof, automatic car starter, SNOW SHOVELER — Part- electric seats, runs great. $2800 or time work. $10.00 per hour. Call best offer. Call 712-2757.

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FOR RENT

NAPLES — ­ off Route 35. Second floor apartment, 2 bedrooms.

No smoking, no pets. $950 month includes heat & electric. Call 207899-5052. tf48

Bridgton Health & Residential Care Center 186 Portland Road (Route 302), Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-8821 Fax: 207-647-3285

We have the following positions and shifts available:

LICENSED CHARGE NURSE – Evenings and Nights – Per Diem CNAs – All Shifts – Per Diem

WANTED

PLEASE CONSIDER — donating gently used furniture, household items and more to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

FMI, go to our website www. harvesthills.org for details or call 935-4358, ext. 21. tf44

Join us for a Gospel Concert by

The Messengers of Hope Quartet This will be held at the Bridgton Alliance Church 368 Harrison Rd. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 at 6 p.m.

(This is a free event)

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Mitch’s Drywall SERVICES Hanging • Taping Sanding • Painting Fully-Insured

207

890-5571

FULLY FURNISHED — 2nd floor apartment, Main Street, Harrison. Available February 1st, 2016, possibly sooner. $800 per month plus utilities. Docking facilities available for $50 per month during season. References required. Pets negotiable and subject to additional pet deposit. Contact Carol at 207-583-4948. tf1

JDN ENTERPRISES

BUSINESS SERVICES

JACK KOSTKA “JK” jdnenterprisesllc@yahoo.com

RED’S FIREWOOD — Cut, CASCO — Completely furnished split and delivered. Any amounts. rooms, heat, lights & cable TV inCall 615-6342 for details. tf35 cluded. $125 weekly. No pets. Call tf46 cell, 207-595-4946.

JESUS IS LORD – new and used auto parts. National locator.

Classified line ads are now posted Most parts 2 days. Good used cars. on our website at NO EXTRA Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 CHARGE! www.bridgton.com Bridg­ton, 207-647-5477. tf30

HELP WANTED — E.O.E. Maine School Administrative District 72, 124 Portland St., Fryeburg, ME 04037. Employment Postings: tf46 www.msad72.org

FOR RENT

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The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

WORK WANTED

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HEAP HAULERS — Towing service. Cash paid for junk cars.

Call 655-5963. tf12

• General Contracting • Water Lines • Excavation • Septic Systems • Bush Hogging • Retaining Walls • Firewood “ONE CALL DOES IT ALL” 207-647-8146

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DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing. Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call for esti­mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452-2781. tf49

Denmark Mountain Hikers Fran DeMaio and John Patrick on the Black Mountain trail.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree)

Senior Rambles (Continued from Page 4B) well.

Black Mountain in Carroll County, Jackson, N.H. Difficulty – Moderate Trail distance – 1.3 miles to the cabin, another 0.4 miles to the middle peak summit Hiking time – 1 hour 20 min to the middle peak summit via Black Mountain Ski Trail Elevation – 2,757 feet Vertical gain – 1,487 feet Coordinates — 44°11’51”N 71°10’20”W Topographic map – USGS Jackson 7.5-minute quad Directions to Black Mountain trailhead: From NH Route 16 at Jackson turn right onto Route 16A, left onto Carter Notch Road

The UMBRELLA FACTORY SUPERMARKET

Buying and Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion

Now taking applications for employment.

Must be 18 or older. All positions part-time.

Apply in person at The Umbrella Factory.

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NAPLES SHOPPING CENTER Route 302, Naples, ME 207-693-3988

142 Main Street Conway, NH 603-447-3611 Metal Detectors

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for 3.7 miles, and then right onto Meloon Road. Cross the Wildcat River bridge, bearing left at the fork in the road.

At 0.3 miles from Carter Notch Road the parking area will be on the left with room for several cars. Follow the road (actually the driveway to a private residence) for a few hundred feet to the trailhead marker for the Black Mountain Ski Trail on the right.

GLLT walk

LOVELL — “The Joy of Winter Weeds” is the next walk of the Greater Lovell Land Trust this Saturday, Jan. 9 at 9:30 a.m.

Join the group for a snowshoe hike at the John A. Segur Wildlife Refuge on New Road in Lovell. Along the way, hikers will take a close look at winter weeds and even examine some of their seeds under the hand lens and field microscope.

Trail Head: New Road, WALK, Page 10B

CRMAs (40-hour training) – Per Diem

Deputy Treasurer

Oxford County Government The Deputy Treasurer of Oxford County is a full-time position which is primarily responsible for in-house bookkeeping/accounting services including payroll, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, revenue/cash, banking, cash flow, and financial reporting.

Working under the direction of the (elected) County Treasurer and Commissioners, this is a career position and involves working with department heads and other county staff. At least three years of experience using accounting principles, integrated financial accounting software, and payroll required, preferably in the public or nonprofit sector. Candidates with a tested track record of consistent and timely work experience as a lead financial staffer are sought. Oxford County Government offers competitive wages and benefits along with a consistent work schedule and a collegial work environment.

Submit a hard copy of a cover letter and resume by January 22, 2016 to: Mr. Marc Vanderwood, Oxford County Treasurer, 26 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 179, South Paris, Maine 04281 or e-mail to mvanderwood@oxfordcounty.org This ad and the job description will be posted on the County website at www.oxfordcounty.org 1T1CD

Western Maine Timberlands, Inc. Immediate opening for a Class A log truck driver.

Candidate must have 2-3 years of centermount experience and clean driving record.

Pay to commensurate with experience. Benefits to include paid holidays, vacation, production bonuses and company-paid uniforms.

Please Contact 207-925-1138 or e-mail us at wmt@fairpoint.net

$225/cord green ~ cut/split/del.

• Tree Removal • Logging • Fully Insured

• Lots cleared • Buying Standing Timber

Bob Mitchell

(H) 647-3584 ~ (C) 583-7438 TF41CD

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70 Fairview Drive Fryeburg, ME 04037 Phone 207-935-3351 Fax 207-256-8303

DENMARK SELF-STORAGE 10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

Fryeburg Health Care Center is a family-owned Long-Term-Care facility. We pride ourselves on providing quality care to our residents in a friendly work environment for our employees. As the New Year approaches we are hiring:

207-452-2157

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We are a 43-bed skilled nursing facility and 16-bed specialized residential care facility for the memory-impaired. We offer weekend and shift differentials. Inquiries should be directed to: Susan Robbins, Director of Nurses at (207) 647-8821. 2T53CD

CNA staff part-time, 7A–3P, 11P–7A as well as per diem for all shifts.

If you are interested in working in a friendly and caring facility, stop by Fryeburg Health Care Center, 70 Fairview Drive, Fryeburg, or call and speak to Deb Kerr at 207-935-3351.

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Are you ready to BE more?

Are you ready to DO more?

Come Grow with us at

GOOD NEIGHBORS INC. Opportunities await for Direct Support Professionals in the Bridgton area to provide services to persons with Intellectual and Cognitive Disabilities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting with personal care, facilitating activities and community involvement, documentation, and promoting life skill development.

No experience is necessary, as all training will be provided.

Requirements do include a minimum of a High School diploma or GED, must be at least 18 years of age, possess a valid driver’s license and a basic proficiency in computer skills.

Direct Support Professionals interested in per diem positions (requiring 30 hours per month) that possess a current DSP and CRMA certificate, are eligible to receive a starting wage of $11.50 per hour in lieu of benefits.

Regular positions are also available for immediate overnight, weekend and evening shifts in the Bridgton area. Highly-competitive rates and benefits are offered based on qualifications and desired positions.

Make a difference today and come join our team of Direct Support Professionals!

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Interested applicants are welcome to apply within at: Good Neighbors, Inc., 119 Sandy Creek Rd., Bridgton, ME 04009. For further information, please contact Wanda Millett, Human Resource Manager, at 647-8244 ext. 11.

STATION ELEVATION 560 FT.

Direct Support openings in SEBAGO

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Fun & games

This week’s puzzle theme:

Hollywood Legends

ACROSS 1. Buzz off 6. Dunce 9. Back of the neck 13. Big Dipper shape 14. Rejuvenating spot 15. Succeed 16. Helped 17. Waikiki garb 18. *Like characters played

by Lon Chaney 19. *Marx brother 21. *Famously played title role in “Cleopatra” 23. *1950s teen idol, ___ Hunter 24. Not that 25. Thrilla in Manila boxer 28. Friendly jab on Facebook 30. Set aside as inferior 35. Marijuana user’s hookah 37. Stole material 39. Cowboy sport 40. Christmas season 41. Boston hockey player 43. Petri dish filler 44. Holiday activity?

46. Caffeine tree 47. Egg holder 48. *1979 Sean Connery and Natalie Wood clunker 50. Newton, e.g.

52. “____ no evil,...”

53. Spew profanities 55. Roman road 57. *Scarlett O’Hara or

Blanche DuBois 60. *Katharine or Audrey 64. Asian chew 65. Springsteen’s “Born in the ____” 67. Make baby food?

68. Mountain ridge 69. #37 Across, e.g.

70. English county 71. Training spots 72. ATM extra 73. Doled out cards DOWN 1. Smeltery refuse 2. Age of Aquarius flick 3. Edible root of taro plants 4. Alaska native 5. Train station porter’s head gear 6. Northern European capital 7. *Kong, e.g.

8. Country singer ____ Hill 9. Season to be jolly 10. 1970s hairdo 11. *Laurel and Hardy or Abbott and Costello 12. Old-fashioned “before” 15. Old Faithful 20. Edward Teller’s creation 22. Lung necessity 24. Lacking substance 25. Deep cavity 26. Jeweler’s glass 27. Coastal feature 29. *”Spartacus” star 31. *”Mommie Dearest”

32. Ruler sides, e.g.

33. This and desist 34. Type of dessert 36. *”An American in Paris” 38. Potter’s oven 42. Lacking guile 45. Easily handled

49. Poe’s “The Murders in the ___ Morgue” 51. Left gratuity 54. Pinch in the nose 56. Bullying, e.g.

57. Extremely 58. Any thing

LAKE REGION

LJG PAYROLL Full-service payroll – Direct deposit available.

Designed for small businesses to make your life easier!

SALES, SERVICE INSTALLATION Raymond, ME 627-2260

MONITOR Authorized Dealer

647-5711

for sales and service.

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Cold weather IS HERE!

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE? THE BRIDGTON NEWS

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Chandel Associates Accounting, Taxes Audits, Full Service Payroll 3 Elm St., Bridgton Office 647-5711

CLEANING SERVICES First Impressions Cleaning Inc. Residential & Commercial Seasonal 647-5096

DOCKS Great Northern Docks, Inc. Sales & Service Route 302, Naples 693-3770 1-800-423-4042 www.greatnortherndocks.com

Servicemaster Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office ELECTRICIANS Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 Bosworth Electric Inc. Quality electrical contractor TLC Home Maintenance Co. Commercial/Industrial/Residential Professional Cleaning and Generators/Todd Bosworth/207-838-6755 Property Management bosworthelectricinc@hotmail.com ALARMS Housekeeping and much more 583-4314 D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons WAM-ALARM Systems Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Installation, Service, Monitoring COMPUTERS Residential/Commercial/Industrial Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Free Security Survey 647-2323 Grammy Geek Bridgton 207-647-5012 Tech support for seniors (jr’s too) APPLIANCE REPAIR 1-1 support at your home J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Malware & virus removal/PC repair Residential - Commercial - Industrial Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC Free pick-up & delivery 207-310-0289 Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Quality service you deserve Bridgton 647-9435 All major brands Ms. C’s Computer Repair jonesappliances@aol.com 647-4432 Virus and spyware removal McIver Electric PC repairs 207-228-5279 “Your on time every time electricians” ATTORNEYS 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton Jones & Matthews, PA Certified Public Accountants Accounting and taxes Roosevelt Trail Prof. Bldg.

Route 302, Bridgton 647-3668 cpas@maine.com

Shelley P. Carter, Attorney Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA 110 Portland St., Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA 132 Main St. P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 647-8360 Hastings Malia, PA 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com

CARETAKERS Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000

CARPENTRY Robert E. Guy General Carpentry – Additions Repairs – Remodeling www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell) Jerry’s Carpentry & Painting Carpenter & General Contractor Log homes – decks – remodeling Fully insured – Free estimates 207-527-2552

CARPETING

Naples Computer Services PC repair/upgrades – on-site service Virus and spy-ware removal Home and business networking Video security systems 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746

CONTRACTORS Jeff Hadley Builder Remodeling, Additions Tile work, Wood flooring Kitchens, Drywall, Painting 30 yrs experience 583-4460 jhadley44@gmail.com Quality Custom Carpentry From start to finish and from old to new Jeff Juneau Naples 207-655-5903

DANCE INSTRUCTION The Ballroom Dance - Exercise - Yoga - Aikido Main St., Harrison, Maine 207-583-6964

DENTAL SERVICES Bridgton Dental Associates Dr. Paul Cloutier Complete dental care 138 Harrison Rd, Bridgton www.bridgtondental.com 207-647-8052

Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Sales & Service Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Complete comprehensive oral hygiene care Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 Infants – Seniors www.thurlowscarpet.com Most dental insurances, MaineCare 647-4125 bdhc@myfairpoint.net

CHIMNEY LINING

The Clean Sweep LLC Chimney Cleaning Service Supaflu and Stainless Steel Chimney lining and relining Dana Richardson 935-2501

Mountain View Dentistry Dr. Leslie A. Elston Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry 207-647-3628 MountainViewDentistryMaine.com

Solutions on Page 4B BUILDING 40+ YEARS IN THE LAKES REGION AREA

CALL NOW

CONSULT OUR LISTING OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND LET AN EXPERT DO THE JOB! ACCOUNTANTS

63. Sales clerk’s call 64. Paper or plastic?

66. Seek damages

Monitor, Toyotomi & Rinnai

Serving the Lakes Region area for over three decades REGISTERED – INSURED 3 Elm Street – Bridgton (across from the Post Office)

NEED A

59. Docs for dachshunds 60. Aesop’s race competitor 61. Celestial bear 62. *Where all Hollywood legends’ work winds up

647-3664 www.mciverelectric.net

R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor 24 hour Emergency Service Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882 David K. Moynihan Master Electrician Licensed ME & NH Bridgton 647-8016

EXCAVATION JDN Enterprises Septic systems, Water lines Site work, Drainage 207-647-8146 Snow’s Excavation Complete site work Foundations-Septic-Lots cleared 207-647-2697

EXERCISE/FITNESS Dee’s BodyCraft Personal Training, Aerobics, Pilates Certified – Experienced Bridgton 647-9599

FLOORING Abrams Hardwood Floors Sanding/Refinishing/Installation Sales & Service Tile – LVT – Hardwood 5 Otter Pond Rd, Bridgton 803-8221 Bolsters Decorating Center Carpet – vinyl – ceramic Always free decorating consulting bolsters@megalink.net 9 Market Sq., So. Paris 207-743-9202 J & M Wood Floors Installation/Sanding/Refinishing Fully insured – Free estimates 207-337-5623

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FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896 J. B. Concrete Bill O’Brien Poured Foundations 207-647-5940

GARAGE DOORS Naples Garage Door Co. Installation & repair services Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480

PHIL DOUGLASS (207) 647-3732

MUSIC LESSONS Up Scale Music Studio Piano Lessons – All Levels Composition-Theory-Transcription Evan 647-9599

OIL DEALERS Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton

PAINTING CONTRACTORS

Jerry’s Painting Service Roberts Overhead Doors Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior Commercial/residential – free estimates Fully Insured – Free Estimates Now offering Master Card & Visa 207-527-2552 207-595-2311

HEATING Bass Heating Oil Burner Service Sales and Installations Waterford (207) 595-8829

PLUMBING & HEATING Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436

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JEFF DOUGLASS 207-595-8968

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Associates, Inc. Serving the greater NE area 35 years experience 877-478-8642

SURVEYORS F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bliss & Associates Surveying, Land Planning 693 Main St, Lovell 207-925-1468 blissinc@fairpoint.net Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Land info services – Surveys Boundary/Topographic/Flood elevation PO Box 485, Harrison, Maine Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr. PLS Over 10,000 surveys on file

Ken Karpowich Plumbing Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Monitor Heaters Sales & Service TAXIDERMIST Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423 Trapper’s Taxidermy Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Jason Pingree www.thurlowscarpet.com 112 Bush Row Rd Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Denmark 207-452-2091 HOME INSPECTION Organic lawn & garden maintenance ACW Inspection Services Shoreline restoration TRAVEL AGENCY Certified Home Inspector Creative stonework, property watch 20 years in Real Estate Getaway Travel and Tours, LLC Snowplowing & sanding Fryeburg 207-256-2574 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com Over 20 years experience Making travel dreams come true INSULATION www.getawaytravelandtours.com REAL ESTATE PO Box 402, Harrison, 207-583-8150 Western Me. Insulation Inc Chalmers Real Estate Batts, blown or foamed TREE SERVICE 100 Main St., Bridgton Over 30 yrs experience Tel. 647-3311 Free estimates – fully insured Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service 7 days a week – 693-3585 Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Lakes Region Properties Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat “At the Lights in Naples” INSURANCE Crane-licensed & fully insured Waterfront, Residential Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Commercial & Land Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Home and Auto 207-693-7000 43 East Main Street Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Denmark 1-800-452-0745 Oberg Agency Complete tree service – free estimates Residential, Business, Lake Shore Chalmers Ins. Agency Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Property 100 Main St., Bridgton Licensed and insured 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Utility and Landscape Arborist Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Waterford ME – 583-2474 Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life Top Notch Tree Service, LLC ROOFING 132 Main St., Bridgton All aspects of tree care & removal Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 JDN Enterprises Fully-licensed and insured Excellent references Southern Maine Retirement Services Shingles – Roofs replaced 207-357-WOOD (9663) Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans New construction – Repairs Bridgton 207-647-8146 Life and Senior Dental Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340

KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804

LAWN CARE North Country Property Services Lawn Care Property Management www.ncpsllc.com 207-713-0675

MASONRY D & D Masonry Chimneys/fireplaces/walks/etc.

Fully insured Free estimates Darryl & Doug Hunt 693-5060

MOVING Bridgton Moving Residential & light commercial bridgtonmoving@verizon.net Glynn Ross 240 N. High St. – 647-8255 671-2556 (cell)

RUBBISH SERVICE ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up Container Service Tel. 743-5417

VETERINARY

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Opinion & Comment

January 7, 2016, The Bridgton News, Page 7B

Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin BN Columnist

Scratch a lie, catch a thief

“Somebody’s lying,” I said to Hillary Clinton. “Who is it?”

“Well, it’s not me,” she answered. “That’s all I can tell you.”

This was last week when Hillary’s huge entourage returned to The Conway Daily Sun’s office for another interview.

She’d been there in 2007 during her first presidential campaign, but I was still teaching then and I missed it. This time, I really wanted to be there so I drove 25 miles in a snowstorm hoping she wouldn’t cancel. She didn’t.

Few journalists are able to pin her down because she controls who gets to ask her questions, as well as what those questions will be. I don’t think she was expecting any tough ones at the Sun interview. Sun publisher Mark Guerringue’s opening comments included a reference to the Benghazi attack and her conflicting claims about what caused it. She referred to several congressional investigations, saying: “If people don’t want to accept the facts, there’s nothing I can do about that… and for people to use (Stevens’) death, Seans’s death, and the death of the two CIA contractor’s for political purposes really dishonors them and… their whole purpose is to somehow derail me. And I understand it’s nothing but politics to them but it’s not just politics to me.”

I inserted myself at this point, saying: “I have a specific question about that if I could interject.”

“Sure,” said Mark.

Turning to Hillary, I said, “You mentioned the families of the Benghazi victims and the discrepancy Mark brought up about your e-mail — or conversation maybe — with your daughter…”

“Um-hmm,” said Hillary. “…about it being an al Qaida-like group, Ansar al Sharia.

Then, you told an Egyptian diplomat in a phone conversation that it was a planned attack and not a protest, but then, when the bodies were brought back, you spoke to the family members and they say that you told them, this was a spontaneous demonstration. And then George Stephanopolous asked on This Week: “Did you tell them it was about the film?”

“Um-hmm,” she said.

“And you said, ‘No.’ Now, somebody’s lying…”

“Well first let me say,” she interjected, but I pressed on.

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Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor If your doctor wants to change your prescription or prescribe an additional drug, make sure that your Medicare drug plan covers the medicine.

Show your doctor a copy of your Part D plan’s drug list (formulary). You should have received a copy of the formulary when you received your plan ID card.

If you do not have the plan’s formulary, call the plan (their phone number is on the back of the ID card) and ask them if the newly prescribed drug is covered.

Alternatively, your physician can go “online” to the plan’s website to find out.

If your doctor wants to prescribe a drug for you that is not covered by your Part D plan, you can request a “coverage determination.” You, your doctor or your appointed representative can call your plan or write them a letter to request that they cover the prescription you need. If the plan denies your request you can appeal. The best place to get help with your appeal is Maine Legal Services for the Elderly. They have a special hot line for this very purpose (1-877-774-7772) and can provide your doctor with the necessary information. Once your plan has received your request, it has 72 hours to notify you of its decision. Take note: Medicare beneficiaries often win their Part D appeals.

And, Happy New Year.

Medicare volunteer counselors are available for free, one-on-one consultations. Call the Bridgton Community Center at 647-3116 to arrange for an appointment.

Letters Under the bus

To The Editor: It is clear to say that local artisan, Nelle Ely, was completely castrated or in colloquial terminology, thrown under the bus, by the very group, i.e. our local Bridgton Board of Selectmen and our town manager, Bob Peabody, who not only saw Ms. Ely’s prototype, approved her background color, her trim color, her lettering, her final finish coat, her use of the same gold paint used in the “Welcome To Bridgton” signs, but also approved her bid!

So now that the signs are completed we read in last weeks Bridgton News that Selectman Ken Murphy isn’t happy with the signs, really?

I ask you Mr. Murphy, how many times did you drop by Ms. Ely’s studio and check out the progress of the signs? How many of the other board members checked on the progress?

How many times did Town Manager Bob Peabody visit

Ms. Ely’s studio and check on the progress of the signs?

According to Ms. Ely, that would be a resounding never!

This entire controversy would be a mute point if any of you had made the effort to observe the progress and expressed your thoughts at the time the signs were being hand painted.

As far as I am concerned, I found Sandra Swett’s of Swett Signs, comments regarding Ms. Ely’s artwork to be reprehensible and completely unprofessional. When Selectman Bernie King asked Swett why she and her daughter didn’t bid on the job, Swett replied, “Because they didn’t have any idea what they were asking for.” Seriously, it never occurred to Swett to call the town office and ask for a breakdown on what was required for the signs? To drop by the town office and ask to speak to anyone regarding the making of the town signs?

Really, and you call yourself a professional sign maker? I think not.

Quite frankly, I would much rather have a handpainted sign that has been clear coated with a professional auto body finish than a sign made from stick-on vinyl letters.

BRUNCH FOR BERNIE, a fun-filled, area-wide get-together on Sunday drew a capacity crowd at The Drip, located in Pondicherry Square in downtown Bridgton. A talking stick allowed each attendee to personally address the relevance and importance of promoting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to President Sanders a year hence. The event was hosted by Bridgton 4 Bernie.

(Jim Atherton Photo)

History and today’s press

They say that Donald Trump’s outrageous words are the product of a super-size ego. Or, some say, they’re really media-inflated rhetoric that is made to appear beyond what was intended. Studies suggest that Trump’s encouraged by an uneducated and unhappy bunch of folk.

Such choices may seem a reasonable explanation. You decide. That’s the way it is most of the time in this country. If a curious event occurs, there will be a range of explanations offered and the citizen will select the one that seems most probable to him/her. Ideally, Occam’s razor is applied. That’s the rule (named for a Medieval philosopher) which says in the event of conflicting explanations, pick the simplest one.

But suppose you live in the Middle East — especially Iran. The very reverse of Occam would be operative: Take the most convoluted explanation of any happening. We call it the conspiracy theory approach. Always, there is some potent figure lurking in the shadows, who can influence people and events in the light of day. “The foreign hand” is how many explain their troubles when things mysteriously go wrong.

Take the Iranian Revolution, for example. Most outside observers saw a massive popular movement inspired and led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, which brought down the Shah.

Iranian friends of mine — conspiracy theorists all — think it was Washington, which manipulated Khomeini to bring down the Shah. Washington, if further detail is needed, either was angry with the Shah because of high oil prices or because the Americans felt that a religiously-led government in Tehran would be a better defense against the USSR than the Shah’s secular regime. (Adding embroidery like a Persian carpet, some C-Theorists think it was the British, who manipulated the Americans to manipulate Khomeini.) Phew! (but true).

Back to the USA. How would a conspiratorially-minded analyst explain the Trump phenomenon? I expect he would say that powerful figures in the Republican Party wanted to inspire and mobilize their angry base to be strong through the primary voting. Trump has done that job. The next move by the invisible hand would be to dump Trump along the way and substitute a candidate more acceptable to the establishment. The problem with this scheme is that it doesn’t seem to be working: Trump won’t fade and Bush and other moderates don’t blossom. Ah, the best laid plans…

There’ve been other conspiracies suggested to explain events in America. Ever hear the theory that President Anne Overman Professional Furniture Painter North Bridgton

Merry and happy recycling

To The Editor: Finally, the chaos of the season is over and now the remnants of gifting remain.

The Environmental Protection Agency reports that the amount of household waste increases by 25% during the holidays. After the frenzy of unwrapping presents that were given and received this year, what remains is mountains of materials that were used to conceal the present that was carefully wrapped and perhaps not so carefully unwrapped.

Now, while the temptation is to just place all the materials in one big trash bag and throw it in the trash bin at the transfer and recycling station, there is a better alternative that is more kind to our environment.

What to do with gift bags, gift boxes and many of the bows and ribbons is an easy decision. Save them and reuse

them next year. The wrapping paper that was torn and shredded and ripped into unusable pieces during the joy of opening the gift can be recycled.

Unfortunately, bows and ribbons and packing peanuts may not be recycled. The bows and ribbons may be re-used, or placed on your pets for a good laugh or picture for the holiday card for next year.

Nancy Donovan Member Bridgton Recycling Committee

Many thanks

To The Editor: The residents, families and staff at Bridgton Health Care Center would like to thank the community for helping to make this Christmas very special for those who live at BHCC. One resident expressed it this way, “I felt like a kid again.” For weeks, BHCC was filled with music, treats to eat, gifts and of course, Santa. It truly felt like Christmas!

Linda Fifield Activities Department BHCC

Roosevelt knew the Japanese were planning in frustration at

Small World

by Henry Precht BN Columnist tough U.S. economic measures to destroy our fleet at Pearl Harbor? That would assuredly bring us to war with the Axis powers. Roosevelt needed an excuse to enter the conflict in order to save Britain and end Hitler’s sway. In fact, it worked out that way, but was it, in fact, a manipulated conspiracy?

Or, another example, Bush’s invasion of Iraq. The theory is that the neoconservative advisors to Bush wanted to remove a potential enemy of Israel and at the same time use American power to destabilize the entire region. Excuses were needed, so Washington put it about that Saddam’s Iraq was developing a nuke and that it had been a collaborator with the 9/11 terrorists. Neither accusation was true. Never mind, the public bought the line and raised few critical eyebrows about the alleged conspiracy.

Why do patently untrue conspiracies succeed? I suggest two reasons: First, they appeal to the weak and gullible. If you aren’t in control of your nation’s decisions, you are apt to imagine someone evil is making them for you. A strong and confident citizenry feels it can make judgments without conjuring up nonexistent threats and dangers. Weak, gullible folk grasp at ideas that appeal to their existing prejudices.

Second, sometimes the outlandish conspiracy theory is correct. History instructs us that there are indeed genuine conspiracies that operate in the shadows. Certainly the British in their time performed some deceptive dirty tricks on unsuspecting Middle Easterners. (Flip back to World War I, then forward to the build-up to the Iraq war.)

The answer isn’t hard: get a liberal education, be suspicious of your leaders, ask hard questions, and think deeply.

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.

By the numbers

To The Editor: How did you ring in the New Year?

I stayed up to watch the U.S. Census Bureau population clock register our population at the precise instant when the New Year commenced.

(Ok, ok. You celebrate your way, I’ll celebrate mine.) The clock registered a population of 322,762,070.

So, why is everyone getting their knickers in a bunch over bringing in 10,000 Syrian refugees? Since the George W. Bush presidency, the annual number of refugees has been set at 70,000. Now, with the 10,000 Syrian refugees and other statements by this administration, we are looking at much larger numbers.

As discussed earlier, we have to throttle back on migration into this country, meaning we should, at the least, not increase levels of any program (Unfettered migration, Dec. 31, 2015).

And, there is the expense.

Refugees, unlike most other migrants, are expensive, costing $64,370 to support each

refugee their first five years (The High Cost of Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees, Center for Immigration Studies, November, 2015).

Secretary of State John Kerry says we should accept them to “keep faith with America’s values as a nation” (NBC News, Nov. 17, 2015).

We would be better advised to adopt the “prudent man rule,” and carefully consider the “permanency” and the longterm “safety” of our policy choices. This includes background checks.

As mentioned earlier, the migrants who started the New England Islamic Center in Quincy, Massachusetts would have come here through the normal process and applied for green cards from their home country, where police, financial and other records would have been available for the screening process (Balancing Concerns, Dec. 17, 2015).

There are no available databases to screen refugees, and fraudulent documents are easily accessible.

Patience and Prudence was not just a popular 1950s singing act.

Bob Casimiro Bridgton LETTERS, Page 8B

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Opinions

McLaughlin: Liars lie, that’s what they do

(Continued from Page 7B) “…Who is it?”

“Well, not me. That’s all I can tell you,” she continued.

“But, you know, people were incredibly emotionally distraught. Let, let’s give everybody a little bit of breathing room here and recognize that, [pause] There — I mean I-I’m trying to remember what is in the public record and what isn’t. Let’s just say that some of the families didn’t even know that their sons were working for the CIA and were in Benghazi. This was a huge emotional blow, and I’m very sympathetic to that.

I can only tell you what the facts were. That period when I talked to the Egyptian Prime Minister was in that bubble when we thought there was a terrorist group taking credit for it, and that’s what we said. And when they withdrew, and when the intelligence community, led by the CIA, basically said we don’t know yet. Because remember, the CIA and the intel community was guiding us about what they thought happened and we had to rely on that. We didn’t have any independent information or verification. All this material was coming in. The CIA was sorting it out.”

There were several places here where I wanted to interrupt her, but I restrained myself and let her go on.

She did, saying: “And if you look at the reports that were done, ah, by the minority on the Benghazi Committee, because it’s a much more reliable source than the Republican majority. They go through, chapter and verse, timing, about what happened, when, and the bottom line is what happened is that people were doing the best they could dealing with information that was changing, and the CIA wrote and LEGAL NOTICE

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an attitude or feeling that I do not [pause] think [pause] is accurate, but I’m not going to do anything other than express my sympathy for them because, I think they deserve it. They were, people who lost their children. They have every right to believe whatever they want to believe, but the facts don’t bear it out.”

Being part of a team. I dropped it there, not because I wanted to — especially when she said, “the CIA wrote and approved the talking points that were used” — but because I could not dominate the interview with about 20 others present, who also wanted to question her.

Coincidentally, that very morning I did a telephone interview with Carly Fiorina, the other woman running for president, and told her about the pending Clinton interview. I said if you could ask Hillary one question, what would it be?

Without hesitation, Carly said: “Why did you lie? Why did you lie to American people the morning after the Benghazi attack?” I told her that’s exactly the question I chose. Carly’s interview deserves its own column, which is coming up next.

For three years, I’ve been angry that Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Susan Rice and others, claimed it was a spontaneous demonstration over a video that killed four Americans at Benghazi and not a radical Muslim terrorist attack. I wrote about it four times. They knew different, and they said what they knew was not true. That’s lying — but I never heard any journalist or member of Congress ever use that word to Hillary’s face — and that’s what I was determined to do when I had the chance.

I did, and the Sun’s account of the interview, containing an accurate, but abbreviated mention of my exchange with Hillary, got picked up by The Drudge Report. From there it went viral. My intent here is to give readers a complete and accurate account of our five-minute exchange.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a retired middle school U.S. History teacher.

The Christmas bird count

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approved the talking points that were used, ahh, and it was also true that from Egypt, to Tunisia, to Pakistan, the video was the primary spark that was sending people into protesting against our facilities. All of this was happening simultaneously. It wasn’t either/or as much as people want to get to the bottom of it. It was an amalgam of information and action.”

“I’m sure those people were distraught,” I said.

“Yes,” she said.

“Three different people — Tyrone Woods’ father said — about you — that you said, ‘We’re going to have those people arrested who were responsible for the death of your son.’

Sean Smith’s mother reported, ‘She (Hillary) said that it was because of the video.’ And then Glenn Doherty’s sister said that, ‘You chose to, in that moment, to basically perpetuate what you knew was untrue.’ So, all three of them say you told them that.”

“Well,” she said.

I ignored her and continued, “And you say you didn’t tell them that.”

“I can only tell you what I know happened,” she said. “I can’t, I can’t speak to them. I can tell you what Chris Steven’s family believes. I can tell you what Sean Smith’s wife believes. I can tell you what other family members believe, because yes,” “But you didn’t tell them that,” I said.

“I did not tell them that, but, I can’t recite for you everything that was in a conversation where people were sobbing, where people were distraught, where groups of us — the president, the vice president — we were all making the rounds, talking to people, listening to people, and I was in a very difficult position because I had not yet said that two of the four people dead were CIA. Because we were under, ah, very strict directions, from the CIA, not to reveal that yet. So this was — this was — again, part of the fog of war. And, you know, I regret that anybody [pause] has a [pause], you know,

Many folks around here who enjoy watching birds at their feeders in winter have heard of the annual Christmas Bird Count. What they may not realize, though, is that the Christmas Bird Count, also known as the CBC, is more than a local event. According to National Audubon Society, it is the longest running wildlife census, and the largest citizenscience generated database in the world. The CBC is a valuable resource, used by scientists to evaluate the health of wild bird populations and to guide critical decisions about conservation. Now in its 116th year, it involves tens of thousands of volunteer birders.

Our local count, the Sweden Maine CBC, takes place in a 15-mile-wide Count Circle that was first registered with National Audubon Society in 1972. All Counts are done in accordance with strict requirements, on a single day within a two-week Count Period. For consistency, we choose to do ours on, or close to, Dec. 28. Participants sign up ahead of time and are assigned to a team covering a predetermined section of the circle. Participants who live within the Circle may stay home and count birds at their feeders. Each species is recorded, and each individual bird within the circle is counted. Unusual species must be documented fully. Each team reports the number of hours they birded, and the number of miles covered by car or on foot, as well as temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation, and whether streams and lakes were frozen or open. The local volunteer Compiler then gathers all reports, checks them, and submits one combined report to the CBC Regional Editor for New England. After the Count is accepted it is sent on to National Audubon, to appear on the CBC website.

In our Circle, more than 20 folks counted birds in their assigned sections, while another 10 counted at their home feeders. We are one of 32 CBC Circles in Maine, but there are many more circles, in every U.S. state and every Canadian province. Folks in North America count birds from the Dry Tortugas to the High Arctic, and from Newfoundland to Alaska. They count on the French islands of St.-Pierre et Miquelon, off Newfoundland. A map on <www.Audubon.

Tree Talk The afterlife of a tree

By Robert Fogg Guest Columnist Have you ever wondered what happens to your trees after you’ve hired a tree service company to come in and remove some?

Obviously, they must go somewhere. Well, that usually depends on the tree species, the size, length and quality. Often times, the trees are loaded onto a truck with a “log loader” and hauled away to a concentration yard, where they are further de-limbed and de-knotted, measured, cut to specific lengths and sorted and piled, depending on the final destination.

For example, the largest and straightest white pine logs might go to Hancock Lumber’s Ryefield mill in Casco to be milled into trim boards and v-match lumber (assuming they pass the metal detector test).

Small and low quality wood may go to Catalyst Paper to be made into paper or burned to generate electricity. Likewise, it may go to Old Castle in Poland to be ground up into decorative mulch, or it could end up heating your home as wood pellets.

Low and medium-grade hardwood will typically end up as split firewood or, again, wood pellets. Highgrade hardwood logs will go to a sawmill to become finish lumber or veneer for furniture stock. Hemlock saw logs may go to Red Mill in Casco to be milled into structural beams or railroad ties.

Quite often, a log will be handled two or three times between your property and its final destination.

The uses listed above are only a drop in the bucket compared to all the potential uses for trees and wood.

Who would have known that one of the most useful and versatile items known to man would be growing right under our noses.

Even in this high-tech world we live in, wood is all around us, and new uses are being discovered every day. Wood, for the future, as well as the past.

Robert Fogg is general manager of Q-Team Tree Service in Naples and is also a licensed arborist.

He can be reached at RobertFogg@Q-Team.com or 693-3831.

Bird Watch

by Jean Preis BN Columnist

org> shows Count Circles in Bermuda, Brazil, the Bahamas and Belize. Birds are counted in Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala and Haiti. They are counted in Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, and Trinidad, and in the U.S. and the British Virgin Islands. In the Pacific, volunteers count birds in the Hawaiian Islands, on Guam, in the Northern Mariana Islands and Johnston Islands. In all, last year, 72,653 birders, covering 2,642 Count Circles, reported more than two thousand species, and more than 68 million birds.

Sometimes on our local Count, we see unusual birds, such last year’s first report of a snowy owl in the fields of North Fryeburg. In recent years, we also have begun to see more southern birds, such as red-bellied woodpeckers and northern cardinals, that have been showing up regularly this far north. According to National Audubon’s 2014 State of the Birds Report, 305 widespread North American bird species have moved their mid-December to early January center of abundance northward by more than 40 miles, between 1966 and 2013, a phenomenon closely related to increasing winter temperatures.

For this year’s Count, we had a good day for birding, and we did very well, ending with a preliminary, unofficial tally of 40 species and 2,586 individual birds. Here is what we saw: 37 Canada geese, 1 wood duck, 2 American black ducks, 54 mallards, 17 common goldeneye, 8 hooded mergansers, 75 common mergansers, 3 ruffed grouse, 112 wild turkeys, 2 adult bald eagles, 1 sharp-shinned hawk, 1 northern goshawk, 3 red-tailed hawks, 52 rock pigeons, 100 mourning doves, 2 red-bellied woodpeckers, 70 downy woodpeckers, 43 hairy woodpeckers, 7 pileated woodpeckers, 141 blue jays, 195 American crows, 10 common ravens, 365 black-capped chickadees, 81 tufted titmice, 21 redbreasted nuthatches, 90 white-breasted nuthatches, 7 brown creepers, 3 golden-crowned kinglets, 6 eastern bluebirds, 6 American robins, 178 European starlings, 39 American tree sparrows, 1 song sparrow, 273 dark-eyed juncos, 2 snow buntings, 27 northern cardinals, 18 purple finches, 2 house finches, 1 pine siskin, 358 American goldfinches, 190 house sparrows.

Over the next couple of months, we all have a chance to watch for winter birds and become more familiar with them. That knowledge should come in handy next Dec. 28, when we plan to go out again to do the 2016 Sweden Maine Christmas Bird Count.

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Resolutions in perspective

To The Editor: Mike Corrigan… I wish I didn’t have so much empathy for you when you write in the Dec. 31, 2015 edition of The Bridgton News that because you “can’t sleep at night,” or “to take your mind off your own worries,” you attempt “to solve the problems of the world which has proven to be of no help, to either you or the world.” Me too. And yes, lately, I (also) “can’t seem to even get past properly defining the terms left and right.”

Too often, I begin to think every single one of us is a dyslexic foreigner in need of finding common language and direction. Even when it looks like we speak English and/or come from the same species and traveling in the same direction — East, West, North, South or Right and Left

— we haven’t a clue. This can be true of communication between family members, some of whom may or may not have what appears to be a clear sense of political and spiritual direction, but along the way, we simply lose one another. And yes, as far as the Middle East is concerned, I, like you Mike Corrigan, “know I should leave cogitations about this troubled part of the globe to Henry Precht, who has been there and actually knows what he’s talking about.” I like it when you say ref: The Middle East…”

Henry tells us the whole place is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma, bound in a catastrophe and surrounded by a godawful mess, so I should “just drop the pretensions of rational thought and walk away calmly.” Yes, I can’t tell who is my enemy and who is my friend, even when it comes to my own psyche, but I know if I want to survive, I better figure out how to survive within this perpetual conundrum with regard to both communication and political direction.

I, alas see the variables and the nuances in this world whereas others seem to see LETTERS, Page 9B

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(Continued from Page 8B) very clear boundaries, familiar tried and true landmarks, etc. I become overwhelmed as opinion writers along with propaganda experts hurl data, opinions and every new request for money in my direction through the Internet and the TV. BNews reporter Dawn DeBusk has made this task of communication between the personal and the global, the abstract and everyday culture, more understandable to me by describing a factual scene between an elderly man, waiting in line with her at the checkout counter of a supermarket. The scene Dawn explicates brilliantly in The BNews Dec. 31 column begins with a visit this summer to Parson’s Beach with her preteen daughter, Dani, Dani’s two friends and herself. On the way, Dawn stops to get a few more supplies for a planned picnic on the beach. Her daughter enters the supermarket wearing the flipper fins. Because Dani is incapable of walking in the flippers, she must be driven around the supermarket in a grocery cart. So there Dawn, daughter with her flippers and friends are in line for checkout when a “gray-haired gentleman arrives behind her with six items and a case of Budweiser. He appears a bit disgruntled as Dawn is taking a little longer than he deems necessary at the checkout stand. “Those (meaning the flippers on Dawn’s daughter Dani’s feet) are meant for the lake,”… “My mother would never let me get away with such behavior,” proclaimed the gray-haired gentleman.

Dawn, after checking out her 16 items, asks the man if he is okay? He replies that he is fine.

Our excellent BNews reporter, in an attempt to accurately and politely mirror this gentleman’s concerns with accuracy says, “So you are fine?” The gentleman’s answer is the following: “You ask if I am fine?

I am not fine. I am worried about terrorism, ISIS, Iran’s nuclear arms and China.”

Yes, I too, as one of the elderly, think I understand this elderly man as I too see a clear connection between the personal and Dawn chalks this up to multigenerational cultural changes. “Spare the rod and spoil the child,” a message from my generation and one

before my own segues into thoughts about Donald Trump — I will explain later. At this point in her column, Dawn hits the high ground. She links the older and younger generation with what they have in common — their mutual desire for change for the better. Her column reminds me of my own New Year’s resolution to work harder at finding common ground with those with whom I find myself in conflict or disagreement. The title to her opinion piece is “Have a flippering Happy New Year, peace out.” This seems just right.

So in that context, I want to become serious about my New Year’s resolution in which the subtext is to: “listen with empathy and respect to the perspectives of those I consider my enemies.”

I blame this kind of thinking about New Year’s resolutions on going to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, where there is much talk about love, prayer and Jesus. I may have gotten the interpretation wrong, but I thought that when Jesus was talking about, “Love thy enemies,” I thought that perhaps Jesus was saying that he hoped we human beings would stop beheading each other, murdering each other, etc. when we were in conflict. I keep thinking a God of love wants us to love rather than hate. I better keep trying that out if I want to be in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Whew! What a message.

Gritting my teeth and using every ounce of will power, I had to admit that Donald Trump and I shared one thing in common and only one thing in common. It was a mistake to go to war with Iraq because the consequences meant total instability in the Middle East and financial debt, which must be paid by generations to come. Yep, that’s it. Can’t think of anything else Donald and I can agree about.

Could Donald Trump be a product of “spare the rod and spoil the child.” This son of a millionaire certainly sounds like a narcissistic spoiled brat to me. But no, I can’t “hate” Donald Trump if I want to be a Christian. And then, of course, there is my BNews nemesis, Tom McLaughlin, with whom I profoundly disagree, but now my task is to figure out how we do agree. Well, in yesterday’s BNews, I read his column in which he says… “Our duty is to vote and to accept ‘minor imperfections’ i.e., not

to sweat the small stuff” but make sure not to “deny deficiencies both major and minor because we become desperate to carry on the perception of perfection accepting excuses for inexcusable behavior.”

Yes, yes, yes. I think I agree.

I have found common ground with Tom McLaughlin. Alas, what Tom McLaughlin thinks is a “minor” deficiency in a political candidate, I find a major deficiency and it goes the other way around as well when it comes to politics so I just have to agree that we both (although he would disclaim it) have great loyalty and love for our families. Yes, yes, this is true and I even, like Tom, am not a fan of infidelity although I do seem to have more of a tender heart for sinners, given that I believe I am one and that he is one as well.

Now back to Mike Corrigan with whom I agree that one, “Can’t trust maps, particularly the ones you carry in your head.” And, it goes without saying, “you can’t trust banks, either.” But then again, I’m just talking about the big ones on Wall Street and maybe Mike is talking about all banks. I really like the Key Bank people in Bridgton.

So, I have a few hours left until the New Year, but I’m determined to get my resolutions right. I will lose weight, become a vegan, exercise more and, at least, try to come to terms with the enemies within. I haven’t a clue about how to change the “enemies” without.

Again, have a flippering happy New Year, peace-out or so says The Bridgton News own Dawn DeBusk.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton New Year’s Eve 2015

How low can we go?

To The Editor: In 2008, the American people determined that the time had finally arrived for the nation’s voters to elect a black president.

Despite having no record of accomplishments and having never run a business of any kind, and having served as a very mediocre legislator in the state of Illinois, and having been a United States senator of little distinction for a brief period, voters placed the fate of the most powerful nation in the world in the hands of

Barack Obama.

Obama has another 12 months to fulfill his plan of radically changing America.

The results of his presidency to this point, indicate he is well within striking distance of achieving his goal.

On Obama’s watch, America’s debt has shot up an astounding $10 trillion, with literally nothing to show for it except millions more Americans enslaved to government handouts.

By being the most partisan president ever, Obama has put the Democratic and Republican parties at each other’s throats, resulting in the political atmosphere in Washington, D.C. being so poisonous that nothing can get done except for when Obama disregards the rule of law and crams his pet project down our gullets anyway.

Foreign policy under this president has been an unmitigated disaster, as America is in full retreat worldwide.

Our allies are now looking to Russia and China for leadership, as they know they can no longer trust us to be leader of the free world.

Obama has pared the military back to levels not seen since World War II. It is only a matter of time before an adversary is going to feel emboldened enough to launch a first strike against us without fear of a substantial response from us because we have degraded our capability to reply in kind so badly.

Anytime a controversy involving the police arises anywhere in the country, you can be assured that Obama will inject himself smack dab in the middle of it before he even knows any of the facts of the case. Is it any wonder that many of the nation’s police offers feel under siege, with no one backing them up?

With the 2016 election looming on the horizon, many Americans believe it is time to elect a female president.

The entire media, academic community and the beautiful people of Hollywood have jumped on the Hillary bandwagon, which means she has a lock on becoming the 45th president of our nation.

Clinton is every bit as unqualified to become president as Barack Obama was. It is all but certain that she will continue Obama’s disastrous policies, even if it means the collapse of America.

Clinton was also a United States senator with lit-

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POKER RIDE BENEFITS CAMP — The Pulpit Rock Trail Blazah’s ATV Club held their annual Allies for Autism ATV Poker Ride on Aug. 8, 2015, raising $4,200 for Pine Tree Camp. Shown here is Linda Mercer, president of Pulpit Rock Trail Blazah’s, presenting the check to Tyler Cary, director at Pine Tree Camp. The donation will more than pay the tuition for two people to attend the Autism program at Pine Tree Camp. Next year’s event will be on Aug. 13 in Waterford. Pulpit Rock Trail Blazah’s hold their meetings on the third Thursday of each month at the Waterford Town Office at 7 p.m. tle to show for her time in Washington. As the nation’s Secretary of State, her foreign policy efforts were nothing short of disastrous.

The world is literally on fire, and she and the president share much of the blame for the catastrophe that will eventually consume much of the free world.

Clinton loves to demonize business leaders, whose salaries run in the millions of dollars per year. What she neglects to mention is that these CEOs are responsible for billions of dollars in assets and sales, as well as leading tens of thousands of employees. Most of America’s top executives are also on call 24 hours a day to deal with everpresent emergencies Clinton and her husband demand up to $750,000 for a one-hour speech, which generally is nothing but a thinly disguised diatribe against her political opponents. Doesn’t that type of money place the Clintons in the top one percent

that they so love to rail against at every opportunity?

In order to cement her coronation as the first female president of the United States, Clinton has released a massive wish list, chock-a-block full of free stuff that she will shower on the American people after she ascends the throne that she feels so richly entitled to.

How will it all be paid for?

Who cares? She can just create money out of thin air the way Barack Obama has.

Hillary Clinton has a decades-long history of questionable ethical transgressions, but her legions of star-struck fans couldn’t care less. They know a bona fide rock star when they see one and they will back her to the hilt no matter what.

It would be difficult to imagine that the ethical and moral state of the nation could sink much lower than it is right now. We will soon find out.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

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‘Into the Woods’ speaker BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust’s 2016 speaker series will take the audience “Into the Woods,” by featuring people from Western Maine whose lives take them into our beautiful forests, for work,

pleasure or renewal. Events in the series will be held across the Land Trust’s geographic area, to include as many participants as possible.

The series will begin Wednesday, Jan. 20, with a

Free snowmobile weekend

This winter, the State of Maine is participating in two special weekends to provide enhanced opportunity for snowmobilers.

Tri-State Snowmobile Weekend: This annual threeday event will take place Jan. 29-31, 2016 and allows all legally-registered Maine snowmobiles to be operated in New Hampshire and Vermont without being registered in those states.

This also means that all snowmobiles legally-registered in New Hampshire and Vermont can be operated in Maine without a current Maine registration.

Maine and New Brunswick Free Trail Weekend: From Feb. 12-14, snowmobilers from Maine can obtain a free three-day Trail Permit to ride in New Brunswick. The special free permit must be obtained online by visiting www.nbfsc. com All snowmobiles and snowmobilers on NBFSC trails will still be required to carry personal PLPD insurance ($200,000 minimum) and have a current 2016 snowmobile registration from Maine. Additionally, riders from New Brunswick will be permitted to operate in Maine without a current Maine registration on those dates.

The Maine Warden Service reminds snowmobilers to ride with caution at all times. Snowmobilers should stay off roads, ride at a reasonable speed, use hand signals and ride to the right.

Earth Notes

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Writers reflect a delight in and concern for the earth and are individually responsible for opinions and information. Community members are invited to submit articles. E-mail beepbeep207@roadrunner.com for details.

An old friend

By Jen Deraspe Once snow came, I found myself under the “barn,” a favored storage of random items no one ought see, and pulled out two big plastic sleds. The sleds are for guests to haul up their stuff to their cabin or yurt they are retreating in. Access in the winter is by foot. Or paw, if you’re a cat.

Amongst the refuge of randomness, I noticed my old toboggan. I inherited it from one, several or eight older siblings. It had been under the barn for 12 years. Time to get reacquainted with my old friend and show her the light of day.

This toboggan transported me down death-defying mountain trails and roads closed for winter.

As if seeing it for the first time, I stopped for a long while and noticed all the details and stories it held. My father handed it over to me at some point in my evolution, but only after he had gone over every inch of it. Reinforcing, rebuilding, replacing. I became overwhelmed by his efforts.

Dad added dowels to the end of the ropes, straw rawhide through new eyebolts, fresh paint. He swapped out the rope for something stronger through his own invention, something secure to grab hold of. To keep me in the trajectory of my intended path. No doubt, recycled bootlaces were used for added rope security, born from my Depression-era father, who found a repurposed use for everything.

My father passed away in 1993, which apparently is 23 years ago. Wow. That’s a while ago now. He infuses many of my decisions on the land and I see his hands in mine.

Sometimes, I will say out loud, “What would dad do right now?” Or, sometimes when I get in a jam and it feels like I need him to intervene or I’m in some kind of physical danger, I shout out to him and it seems he hears me.

Case in point, the other day I had a couple carpenter friends coming by to construct another composting toilet.

We were trying to beat the impending storm. There were two damaged oak trees in the way of the project. Having spent every weekend of my 14th year with my lovely parents getting firewood, I, of course, was going to fell those trees on my own. I got in a bit of a situation with the chainsaw. I found myself yelling for both Ma and Dad at this point saying, hey, give me this one. I need some help. Just let me get out of this one without needing an intervention. Thank you! It worked.

As I touch and witness Dad’s love expressed through a toboggan — given to his final child — I am overwhelmed with a weepy kind of appreciation that caused much leaking and even a strange noise I had not heard before as my heart softened in recognition of this man’s love for his daughter.

I am grateful to be infusing this appreciation into a different kind of January. I am stepping into deep winter with introspection, space and a creative spirit readying for flight.

Jen Deraspe lives off the grid on Pleasant Mountain and is the founder of Nurture Through Nature, Maine’s first greencertified retreat center located in Denmark. A passionate conservationist, Jen is an author and teacher in yoga, meditation and wellness with a background in sports medicine and health sciences.

presentation on trail building, featuring Ryder Scott and Gabe Perkins who will share how trails are constructed. Gabe and Ryder work with youth in the Oxford County Conservation Corps, teaching them trailbuilding and leadership skills.

Their presentation will be held at McLaughlin Auditorium at Gould Academy in Bethel, beginning at 7 p.m.

Garret Bonnema recently completed hiking the entire White Mountain National Forest Grid, reaching the summit of each of the 48 peaks in the White Mountains that are over 4,000 feet, in each month of the year — 576 summits!

He will share his experience on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Shelburne, N.H., Town Hall.

On Wednesday, March 16, at McLaughlin Auditorium, Chris O’Brien from the U.S. Forest Service will explain the reasons for managed burns in the forest.

The presentation on Wednesday, April 17, will be from members of the Mahoosuc Mountain Rescue Team, whose journeys into the woods save lives. Their presentation will be at McLaughlin Auditorium.

Brock Clukey, a local game warden, will share his on-thejob experiences on Wednesday, May18, in Andover.

On Wednesday, June 15, Darlene Akers will share her insights about the healing plants that can be found in the woods.

This presentation will be held at Akers’ barn in Andover, and may involve a bit of outside walking.

July’s speaker will be Chuck Hulsey, regional state biologist.

He will speak on management of deer yards, focusing on a wooded property that has recently become the responsibility of the Land Trust. He will talk on Wednesday, July 20, at the Albany Town House.

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, Amanda Moran will share her love of mushroom hunting. As a follow-up to her talk, she will take folks into the woods on Saturday, Sept. 24, during Great Maine Outdoor Weekend, to discover mushrooms on the forest floor.

The Mahoosuc Land Trust is an accredited community land trust encouraging public interest in conservation in central Oxford County and eastern Coos County, N.H., supporting a balance of growth and conservation and emphasizing sustainable and traditional land uses. For more information, visit www.mahoosuc.org or call 824-3806.

DONATION TO HELP SPECIAL OLYMPIANS — Roland Dube and Tom Leonard, Grand Knight present Kurt Berger (middle) with a check to support local Special Olympians.

Knights help Olympians NFI North Human Services in Bridgton is pleased to announce that it recently received a generous donation from the Fr. Michael J. McGivney Knights of Columbus Council of St. Joseph Parish in Bridgton.

The human service organization serves children with behavioral and emotional disabilities in the Bridgton community, as well as provides case management services for adults with developmental disabilities. Over the years, the Knights have built a strong relationship with the program through regular donations and support to program activities and programs.

The Knights of Columbus have long been known for their annual fundraising and donations through the Tootsie Roll Drive to support children and adults with cognitive disabilities. In addition, the council supports many community efforts including heating assistance, support for the elderly and disabled, St. Joseph Food Pantry, and The Mother Seton House in Fryeburg, which supports young single mothers and their babies.

“We are very pleased to be thought of and recognized by the Knights of Columbus for our work serv-

ing children and families in the Bridgton community,” said Kurt Berger, program director at NFI’s The Dodge House School.

The funds will be used to support NFI North’s Special Olympics Team, which host over 10 athletes each year at the University of Maine at

Orono.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Knights of Columbus for their kind and thoughtful donation as well as their support and volunteering of their time. It is greatly appreciated,” Berger said.

Moose collared (Continued from Page 3B) is conducting a study similar to Maine, in an area further south than the two Maine study areas. The two states are sharing information gathered during the study.

Once collared, the GPS-enabled collars transmit twice per day, providing biologists the ability to track moose movements. The GPS collars are expected to transmit location signals for four years. If there is no movement for a certain period of time, the collar transmits a mortality signal, and biologists will then travel overland to investigate the cause of death.

“Once we receive a mortality signal, we locate the dead moose within 24 hours,” said Kantar.

Biologists conduct an extensive field necropsy on each moose, taking blood, tissue and fecal samples that will later be analyzed by the University of Maine-Animal Health Lab as well as other specialized diagnostic facilities.

This is the third year of the monitoring study. Additional moose and calves will be captured and collared next year.

The radio collar study is just one component of the research that IFW conducts on moose.

IFW also utilizes aerial flights to assess population abundance and the composition of the moose herd. During the moose hunting season, biologists also examine teeth to determine a moose’s age, measure antler spread, monitor the number of ticks a moose carries, and examine cow ovaries in November to determine reproductive rates.

GLLT walk

(Continued from Page 5B) Lovell Degree of difficulty: Easy The Greater Lovell Land Trust walks are free and open to the public. Look for “Land Trust Walk Today” signs posted on Route 5 and leading to the trailhead.

Be aware that though dogs are welcome on some properties, the GLLT asks that you not bring a pet on a GLLTsponsored walk. Thank you for your cooperation.

Walks last approximately three hours, so please dress for the weather conditions and bring plenty of water and snacks. You will probably need snowshoes for this hike.

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