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Serving Bridgton and the surrounding towns of Western Maine since 1870.

Vol. 145, No. 10

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Bridgton, Maine

March 6, 2014

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Board tables action on Family Dollar project

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A proposed Family Dollar building has gone from sketches of a flatroofed boxy structure in October, to a rendering similar to New England-style homes with a pitched metal roof, false shutters, and an abundance of glass windows.

Still, some members of the Naples Planning Board would like to see a little more character on the outside of the chain store.

With updated plans in hand, a real estate agent and an engineer hired by Family Dollar came before the planning board for a second time on Tuesday.

Ultimately, the board tabled approval of the project, and asked the Family Dollar representatives to return in a few weeks or a month with a more aesthetically pleasing sketch of the structure, additional landscaping that meshes with the trees planted in front of the abutting building, and a stamp of approval from the Cumberland County Soil and Water District (CCSWD) on the stormwater runoff plans.

The location of the proposed Family Dollar is on the north side of Route 302 between Aubuchon Hardware and the building that formerly housed VillageSide Restaurant, and prior to that, Sydney’s Restaurant. In a related matter, the decades-old restaurant building will be demolished and a new Dunkin’ Donuts store will be constructed in that space. In January, the board had approved the site plans for a Dunkin’ Donuts store there.

That being said: On Tuesday, the board PROJECT, Page 12A

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Maine Forest Service’s proposed 3,120acre timber harvesting plan for Albany South in the White Mountain National Forest near Stoneham and Lovell is raising alarm bells as the final 30-day public comment period approaches this spring.

Lovell resident Toni Seger raised the issue at Saturday’s Town Meeting and met Tuesday with Lovell Selectmen to urge the town to take a stand. Seger said the project is too large and will strip a buffer zone from a certified wilderness region, the Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness Area.

Moreover, she said, a third of the cutting will occur behind Kezar Lake’s north end, near Great Brook, extending eastward behind Keewaydin Lake. Over 250 acres will be clearcut, in swaths ranging from two to 30 acres each.

A third of Kezar Lake’s water comes from Great Brook and its tributaries, which hosts native brook trout and is a spawning ground for many of Kezar’s landlocked salmon. She said the forest service is only required to provide a 25-foot setback from mapped streams, and can cut right to the edge of smaller headwa-

ter streams, “even though protection of these sources is essential to protecting any watershed, including Kezar Lake.” Not only water quality but fisheries as well could suffer as a result, she said.

Seger wants to create a Citizen Ombudsmen program, “to give the public real representation for their birthright, for which they currently have no representation, and to curb the dictatorial powers of the Forest Service which, in a world confronted with climate change for which we need to preserve trees (the lungs of the earth), currently answers to no one.”

Seger also pointed out that the logging operation would remove around nine million board feet of trees, requiring thousands of logging trucks to travel on the Hut and West Stoneham Roads and Birch Avenue, which are narrow, winding forest roads.

“Heavy vehicular traffic here and on Route 5 will have a major impact on safety and infrastructure as well as on the normally tranquil nature of our communities,” she said.

The Forest Service received 50 letters and emails from residents during an initial comment period last fall, and has talked to individuals as well as members of the Kezar Lake Watershed TREE-CUTTING, Page A

In my eyes, if we allow this, this is going to be a downward spiral to the character of our town, — Kevin Rogers Naples Planning Board

WMNF tree-cutting plan raises alarm bells

GOLD BALL FINALLY HEADED TO LAKE REGION — After an 0-6 streak, Lake Region recaptured a Gold Ball, the school’s first girls’ Class B state title since 1975.

The Lady Lakers defeated Mount Desert Island last Friday night at the Cross Center in Bangor. Celebrating the victory are seniors (left to right) Jordan Turner, Miranda Chadbourne, Lucy Fowler and Tiana-Jo Carter. Stories Page 1B. (Rivet Photo)

Fine tuning vendor rules

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The ordinance is still a work in progress.

It is work that must be done, just like clearing snow from the public driveways and rooftops. It is work that must be done this winter, just like putting the seeds into soil so that plants will be ready for outdoor gardens by spring.

It is an ordinance that could dictate the appearance of the Causeway and the spaces along Route 302 in Naples for summers to come.

At a recent Naples Board of Selectman meeting, almost everyone agreed that the original ordinance — which was approved at Town Meeting in 2013 — has flaws. And, members of the board would rather

see it revised and amended than scrapped entirely.

According to Selectman Robert Caron II, “If it is just null and void, this summer could be just a whirlwind. Whoever can set up shop down there (on the Causeway)…Then, we’ll be listening to the businesses complain that someone is set up in front of them.”

Naples business owners and local elected officials have begun working together with the town attorney and the code enforcement officer to resolve problems with an ordinance that applies to permitting seasonal vendors who use public space to sell their products.

Recently, the selectmen held a workshop on amend-

ments to the ordinance called, “The Town of Naples Ordinance Regulating Street Vendors and Occupancy of Streets and Public Lands.”

About 10 business owners attended the workshop, which was held at 6 p.m., an hour before the regular meeting.

As clarified by Attorney VENDOR, Page A

2 men stabbed in fight

‘Automatic’ winner in 10K sweepstakes R. William Boos of Harrison is the grand prizewinner of KeyBank’s online banking “Fall into 10K Bill Pay” sweepstakes.

Boos banks at KeyBank’s Bridgton branch and was automatically entered into the contest when he completed five online bill payment transactions during the sweepstakes campaign, which ran from Oct. 28 through Dec. 1, 2013.

Boos will receive a $10,000 check from KeyBank. In addition to the grand prize, one weekly prizewinner was randomly selected to receive an Amazon Kindle Fire throughout the five-week campaign. The sweepstakes was a way for Key to promote its safe, secure and easy online banking services.

(See Page 2A).

HAVING SOME FUN — The Burnt Meadow Snowmobile Club held its annual Kids’ Day sliding party at Richard and Cristin Perreault’s in Brownfield on Sunday, Feb. 23.

It was a fun-filled day with the members of the snowmobile club cooking hot dogs and burgers for all to enjoy. Along with the kids, many adults went sliding, taking them back to their younger days of fun in the winter. In this photo, Cristin Perreault and Jacob Sparks enjoy a fast ride down the hill. As always, the snowmobile club made a fun day of play in this long winter season.

(Photo by Brian Merrill)

Waterford voters okay $1.3 million budget

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Funds for an expanded paving program, an upcoming revaluation and a possible lawsuit are part of the $1.33 million budget approved by around 60 voters Saturday at Waterford’s annual Town Meeting.

Voters also showed their gratitude to the Sweden Food Pantry and the rape crisis organization REACH

by granting them $500 and $450, respectively, even though their requests hadn’t made the warrant. And they agreed to take over ownership of Woodlawn Cemetery, along with raising $1,300 for its annual maintenance.

In preparation for a 2015 revaluation, voters agreed to add $19,850 to the $12,200 already funded for a total of $32.050. Selectman Chairman Randy Lessard said he and

Selectman Wyatt Andrews are taking classes to become professional assessors, and will work with state-certified Assessor John Bell as they conduct field visits and enter data on updated building values to reflect current replacement costs. He pointed out that Waterford has 700 buildings, and the town will save over $100,000 by conducting the review in-house.

Buildings were last updat-

ed in 2003, and although in ciation and “We’re very worgeneral it has served the town ried about the future.” The well, “it was highly simplified association had been created BUDGET, Page 12A and therefore not as accurate or evenly distributed as it could have been,” as stated in the annual report.

Amember of the Woodlawn Established 1870 Cemetery Association said P.O. Box 244, 118 Main St. she was “asking the good Bridgton, ME 04009 people of Waterford” to take 207-647-2851 over the cemetery on Five Fax: 207-647-5001 Kezars Road because membnews@roadrunner.com bership is aging in the asso-

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Two Bridgton men in their early 20s suffered serious stab wounds Feb. 28 after a fight erupted over parking arrangements at a Burnham Road apartment house.

Police Chief Kevin Schofield said one of the men was stabbed in the chest and abdomen and the other suffered a deep gash on one hand in the melee, which involved four or five people. One of the stabbing victims was taken to Bridgton Hospital, while the other was transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital.

Both were later transferred to Maine Medical Center for surgery, Schofield said.

He said the altercation began outside the building just after 8 p.m. as one of the men was moving into an apartment at the two-story farmhouse at 219 Burnham STABBING, Page 12A

The Bridgton News

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LEA: Support milfoil proposal

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Lake quality watchers in the Lake Region are urging local residents to support passage of LD 1626, which calls for a $5 increase in boat sticker fees for all motorized watercraft registered in the state.

The bill, which would target the funds toward milfoil eradication efforts, was highlighted at the 15th annual Maine Milfoil Summit held Feb. 28 in Lewiston.

Summit founder, Lakes Environmental Association, has prepared a fact sheet on the benefits of the bill, which it calls “long overdue.” LEA points out that state funding for milfoil eradication has been inadequate to meet the challenge over the past decade and that private lake protection groups have paid for most of the costs.

“Funds from the Lake and River Protection sticker (also known as the milfoil sticker), currently about $5,740 annually for each group, have been almost insignificant, given the overall cost of these cleanup efforts,” the fact sheet states. “In 2013, about $80,000 in state funding was provided to 17 groups, who contributed nearly $500,000 of their own funding and match.”

In a letter in this week’s Bridgton News, members

of the Naples Conservation Commission said the sticker fee increase “would be a painless means of providing public financial support of the hardworking and dedicated private organizations (such as our own Lakes Environmental Association) that have shouldered the burden of the effort to date.”

The bill was introduced by Maine Rep. Mike McClellan of Raymond, who said at the summit he was shocked by the inequity in funding, especially given that private funding is being used to clean up state-owned resources. He said he wants to see the state provide better support for milfoil control and monitoring efforts that have been ongoing by such groups as LEA and local lake watershed associations. The fee increase would pump upwards to $200,000 into the effort.

Active legislative lobbying by the public is needed, LEA says, because it is possible Gov. Paul LePage will veto the measure because of his opposition to increasing fees. “We will need a two-thirds vote to override a veto, unless we can convince the governor to support milfoil control,” the fact sheet states.

A Natural Resources Council of Maine report, released last fall, gave failing grades to the LePage

BIG SWEEPSTAKES WINNER — Left to right: KeyBank employees Chelsea Northrop and Paula Tripp; Joyce Boos and William Boos, the KeyBank sweepstakes winner; Susan Maynard, manager, Bridgton branch, and KeyBank employee Charlotte Kelly, at the recent $10,000 check distribution to winner William Boos, held at the Bridgton KeyBank. administration in terms of lake protection. The study documented cuts LePage made to DEP lake protection staff and resources, as well as incidents of failure to uphold water quality laws, according to LEA’s fall/winter 2013– 2014 newsletter. The report said that, in some cases, the work of DEP scientific and technical staff members has been disrupted, and its website had been purged of valuable public documents.

The milfoil sticker fee has not been increased in the 13 years since it was introduced, yet infestations have increased significantly

in that time, LEA’s fact sheet states. Over that time LEA has aggressively tackled the problem using a suction harvester, the S.S. Libra, and more recently, by placing benthic barriers at strategic locations in the bed of the Songo River.

As a result, the Songo River’s navigation channel is now free of patches of milfoil from the State Park Boat Launch north to Brandy Pond for the first time in decades. And LEA is now ready to make the push this summer south from the boat launch to Sebago Lake. The organization will be adding

a second suction harvesting boat that will allow LEA to broaden its efforts this summer beyond the Songo River into hitherto lesser-monitored areas of Sebago Lake.

“Cleanup is possible with adequate financial support, as experience on the Songo River shows,” the fact sheet states. “After 11 years of work and more than $250,000 in expenses, Maine’s busiest waterway is almost cleared of the original 10 acres of variable milfoil.”

LEA says, however, that the work is just beginning.

“This is the perfect opportunity to make sure sticker

funds are used more equitably to support all areas of invasive aquatic plant work,” the fact sheet states. “It is only fair that Maine provides better support for these valuable programs.”

LEA said the bill has passed committee and is headed to the Legislature for an eventual vote, which makes it the perfect time for the public to get involved.

The organization is tracking each legislator’s position on the bill, and asks that residents let them know when their legislators respond, by e-mailing lakes@leamaine. org

Education grants awarded by LELT Loon Echo Land Trust is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014 Environmental Educational Grant Program.

This year, Loon Echo will fund six programs with the Casco, Naples and Raymond public libraries, as well as the Lake Region Middle School and Sebago and Harrison elementary schools. These awards are a great asset to the community in helping Lake Region children learn about the environment and the importance of protecting our region’s natural resources and land.

Loon Echo Environmental Education grants are made possible through the Helen Allen and Polly Bartlett Education Endowment, two caring educators who bequeathed funds to Loon Echo in support of such programming. In late fall of each year, schools and libraries in Denmark, Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Casco, Raymond and Sebago are invited to submit grant applications to Loon Echo Land Trust for environmental programs.

The schools and libraries

are using their grants for programs including astronomy, ecology and entomology. The students will come away with a better understanding of their natural world while having fun through the learning process. Polly Bartlett, a former class educator and founding director of Loon Echo, made it a priority for the Sebago Elementary third grade class to take an annual winter walk with Maine Audubon. Loon Echo is pleased to ensure that the third grade class continues the tradition of a winter Audubon walk in Polly’s memory.

Loon Echo Land Trust protects land in the northern Sebago Lake region of Maine to conserve the region’s natural resources and character for current and future generations. Currently, Loon Echo Land Trust protects over 5,900 acres of land, owns six preserves and maintains 25 miles of multi-use trail for public enjoyment.

Please visit www.lelt.org for more information about the grant program, land protection efforts, group hikes and walks, or to become a member.

The 2014 Unclaimed Property list was recently released!

Unclaimed property includes money and other financial assets presumed to be abandoned or lost when an owner cannot be contacted. It includes checking accounts, certificates of deposit, overpayments, gift certificates, paid-up life insurance policies, unpaid wages and other forms of money.

In 2013, Maine people left $13.5 million behind.

You can see if you’re missing money by visiting the State Treasurer’s List of Unclaimed Property. If you or a relative is on the list, you can make a claim by doing one of the following: Online visit Treasurer Douglass’ website and submit a claim over the Web. Mail: Complete a claim form and mail to State Treasurer’s Office, Attn: Unclaimed Property, 39 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0039.

Phone: Call the State Treasurer’s office toll free in Maine at 888-283-2808 (or from out-of-state at 207-624-

7470).

Free tax preparation The IRS and the Free File Alliance have teamed up to help taxpayers save money.

Individuals earning up to $58,000 in 2013 can download free software to prepare, complete and e-file federal income taxes for free.

The AARP Foundation offers free, individualized tax preparation for low- to moderate-income taxpayers. Visit their site to find a tax preparation site near you.

Maine CA$H is also offering free tax preparation to individuals and families who earned less than $52,000 in 2013. Contact the Maine CA$H coalition in your area to learn more.

Maine Property Fairness Tax Credit The “Circuitbreaker” tax credit has been replaced by the Property Tax Fairness Credit. Many residents who were previously eligible for the “Circuitbreaker” credit may take advantage of this new program. Those who are eligible will receive the benefit when you file your tax return.

Are you on unclaimed list?

DISCOVER NATURE THIS SUMMER — Annie O’Connor was one of several youngsters who took part in the Lakes Environmental Association’s Nature Explorers Camp at Holt Pond.

Register for ‘Explorers’ camp With a quaking bog, beautiful forests and fields blanketed in juicy blueberries, the Holt Pond Preserve is a magical place to send your kids for a week of summer camp.

From life-size board games to animal skeleton assemblies, each day at Lakes Environmental Association’s (LEA) Nature Explorers Camp, is filled with exciting outdoor activities your child won’t soon forget!

The average day at Nature Explorers Camp begins at the timber frame enclosed shelter.

Here campers start the morn-

ing with weather observations and nature riddles. The hours after are filled with games and activities held at a variety of locations including a shady hemlock forest, a cool woodland stream, Byron’s Hill, the Muddy River, and Holt Pond.

With each activity, children build stronger connections to the natural world while learning to gently hold dragonflies, explore trees while blind-folded, and examine leaf litter for salamanders, snails and millipedes.

Lunch and snack are eaten out in the preserve as often as

possible, but should inclement weather roll in, the shelter provides a wonderful dry space for the group. At the close of the day, campers return to the shelter for songs and stories. By the time their parents pick them up, campers are happily exhausted and ready for the start of another fun-filled day!

Nature Explorers camp is now open to children ages 711 and is held at the Holt Pond Preserve in Naples from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The camps run from July 28 to Aug. 1 and Aug. 4-8. LEA is accepting

camp applications for current LEA members and yearround residents until March 15. All other applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis after March 15. The registration deadline is May 1, so sign up early!

To view the Nature Explorers Camp video or to get an application, visit the LEA website at www. mainelakes.org or visit the LEA office at 230 Main Street. For more information, contact Mary Jewett at 647-8580 or e-mail mary@ leamaine.org

CELEBRATING DR. SEUSS’ BIRTHDAY — Sebago Elementary School celebrated the noted author’s birthhday on Monday, March 3. Each class decorated their door with a theme from a favorite Dr. Seuss book. Second graders chose The Lorax. Each class had a special guest reader such as Principal Goff, Assistant Superintendent Howard or Librarian Kelly. Students made hats with a robust vocabulary word on it. A school-wide silent reading time was held in the hall for 20 minutes. A reading related flash mob is planned for Tuesday!

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Fine tuning vendor rules (Continued from Page A) Mary Costigan, of Bernstein Shur Counselors at Law, town residents will vote on the amendments — or changes — to the ordinance. Therefore, the voting public will decide to approve or not approve the amendments since the ordinance has already been passed.

During a phone interview, Costigan said it was up to the town whether or not to vote on the individual amendments or review the proposed changes as a block.

During the Feb. 24 workshop, some of the items discussed were: which sections of the town would be included in the ordinance, how much would be charged for permits, and if vendor permits would require a public hearing.

The answer to the latter question is: Yes, the vendor licensing process will include a public hearing. That was according to Town Manager Derik Goodine. Even nonprofit groups that ask to use the town’s common space must first come before the board for a public hearing, he said.

However, a topic upon which people did not agree was annual fees.

One business owner said it was unfair to put upon established year round businesses the burden of paying fees to use their outdoors space — and thus pay for maintenance of those areas. She said this would likely be the scenario

because an annual permit of $2,000 might deter potential vendors from pursuing Naples as their seasonal venue.

According to Goodine, besides covering the cost of upkeep of the public rightsof-way that are owned by the state but maintained by the town, there is another reason that the fees were created into the ordinance.

“It was so that people didn’t pull in for the weekend,” Goodine said.

Caron agreed that the fees were set at a high rate to discourage someone from coming onto the Causeway for only one busy weekend, like the weekends around the Fourth of July, and making their money off the influx of visitors, he said.

Local businesswoman Karen Thompson said that an entrepreneur that tried making money on the Causeway last summer won’t be back because that person was not able to break even. She said that the $100 application fee upfront, the $2,000 permit fee, plus paying per square foot for space would be a hardship some businesses would not take on.

Caron asked her if she wanted “a lower fee for a less amount of commitment.”

“We are not getting anyone in there with these prices.

They are not going to make any money,” Thompson said.

Caron responded, “I would rather see nothing there. That is my personal opinion after

living in Naples my whole life. That is why I have no problems with the higher fee.

Thompson suggested a fund — or using town money to help with maintenance of the public spaces so the cost was not on the shoulders of established businesses that are also trying to attract the eyes and the dollars of summertime traffic.

Toward the end of the workshop, Chairman Dana Watson said that it was in the best interest of Naples’ residents to put aside personal issues and pen amendments that would mend the ordinance.

“We have got to keep going on this ordinance,” Watson said.

He added that everyone involved should try to put the things that were bothering them about the ordinance on the back burner, and to move forward with adjusting the ordinance in the best manner possible.

“We have got to set up some sort of system to make it fair,” he said.

“We don’t have to enforce it until we know where that green space is,” he said.

“We have got to get it straightened out,” Watson said.

Skip Meeker, a co-owner of Rick’s Cafe and a longtime Naples resident, responded to Watson comments.

“That is a noble statement.

I appreciate that,” Meeker said.

The community-wide meeting convened by the Bridgton Literacy Taskforce last week was so successful another is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, at the Bridgton Community Center

from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

After snacking on BLT pizza and birthday cake, 24 attendees tackled a fairly lengthy to-do list with gusto.

President Bill Brucker presented BLT bylaws for

approval; Treasurer Rebecca Reddy spoke of 2013 finances; and Secretary George Bradt invited everyone to inspect the 2013 annual report.

The organization’s opti-

mistic list of projects and events for 2014 was discussed at length. Fortunately several attendees agreed to help with at least one of the 25 entries.

“The Festival of Lights,

(Continued from Page A) Association and the Greater Lovell Land Trust about the project. District Ranger Katherine Stuart said in a letter last September that all public input will be considered prior to issuing a draft decision in late summer and a final decision by the end of the year.

“Some comments will be used to correct, clarify, or revise the original proposal,” Stuart

said. “Some of your concerns will be addressed through existing or newly-developed design features (Forest Plan standards and guidelines, State of Maine best management practices, or other site-specific direction to reduce environmental effects).

Some will be used to create alternative proposals.”

Stuart said that the Forest Service may develop new “design features” to address

concerns such as wetland protection, and may even drop some timber harvesting units from the proposal or change the way a recreation site is managed.

As proposed, Great Brook would be closed to camping and Virginia Lake would be closed to all but foot traffic during the timber harvesting operation, scheduled to take place over the summer of 2015.

Stuart said the Forest

Service has tried to keep the public informed by putting up posters at local post offices and the Charlotte Hobbs Library, and sending out post cards to Hut Road residents and others most closely affected.

A 30-day Comment Report will be issued this spring and is available upon request by calling Stuart at 603-4662713, Project Leader Kori Marchowsky at 603-5366108, or via e-mail at kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us

ONE EXAMPLE — This is an example of a mobile food service establishment as defined under a Naples’ ordinance that is currently in the process of being revised. The changes and clarifications will be presented as proposed amendments to the ordinance at a future town meeting.

(De Busk Photo) Last year at town meeting, an hour of discussion preceded the ultimate passage of the new ordinance.

At that time, Meeker pleaded with residents to put the brakes on the proposal. He said people should spend more time fine-tuning the ordinance. Never once during Monday’s meeting did Meeker remind people of his words then.

Like others who attended the workshop, Meeker was aiming for an amicable solu-

tion to the ordinance.

Going forward, another workshop will be necessary to make the most suitable changes to the 12-page ordinance.

According to Naples Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) Renee Carter, “the next workshop will be held during the month of March.”

On Tuesday, Carter said she e-mailed Costigan, who responded saying she would complete the proposed amendments by mid-month.

The lawyer based the changes

on requests and clarifications brought up during the previous workshop, Carter said.

In wrapping up the late February workshop, Chairman Watson said, “I can see we have a lot of work to do” before the amendments go to town meeting.

The Naples Board of Selectmen workshop can be viewed online from Lake Region Television’s website, and it is also replayed on Local Access Cable TV.

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“If you’re at the supermarket, on your cell, nobody’s going to look on the Web for information,” contributed another.

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By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Streaked Mountain in Hebron gets its name from the different veins on quartz and other rocks that mark its distinctive west face.

This small mountain (1,770 feet) with its two peaks (northern summit is called Paris Heights and southern summit is called Hebron Heights) offers a very short (0.6 miles), but quite steep climb (740 feet elevation gain) over bare granite ledges to the top. I’ve classed it as an Easy hike but it is really on the Moderate side of easy because of the steepness. It is still a good hike for older kids but a little tough for the very small ones.

Also the ledges can be

slippery when wet or icy, so care is advised. The trails on the mountain are maintained with the help of students from nearby Hebron Academy.

Steve Pinkham, in his Mountains of Maine – Intriguing Stories Behind Their Names (2009), claims that, “The name Streaked (pronounced as two syllables) was applied very early, as surveyor John Bisco noted in his diary of 1782 while running the lines for the town of Paris. He wrote on Sept.

28 that year, “Pleasant in the morning, set out for Silvester, Canada [now Bethel]; went two miles upon our southeast line, then took a course south 68 east, two miles which brought us to the foot of Streaked Mountain, where we dined. Went to the top of the mountain for a view, had a very pleasant prospect from the mountain over the country each way…”

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Reddy said, “The follow-up meeting will give everyone a chance to get excited and enlist in helping the taskforce accomplish three, fast approaching projects.”

• Spring Book Drive • One-Book-One-School project • BLT’s summer read-aloud programs “Any fresh ideas about giving literacy a boost in Bridgton are always welcome,” Bradt added.

The Bridgton Literacy Taskforce, organized a year ago, focuses efforts on improving literacy for all Bridgton residents, but primarily serves 500 children 0 to 11 years old.

Last year, the BLT gave away over 6,000 children’s books, offered free summer tutoring to all pre-readers, and gave away 50 learning kits on a $5,500 budget.

“About 25 volunteers contributed approximately 1,000 hours toward giving literacy a boost in Bridgton last year,” said Bradt. “We’re doubling our commitments in 2014.”

People who can’t attend BLT meetings are encouraged to participate in this not-for-profit, proud, community driven organization through the Facebook page, or e-mailing bridgtonliteracy@gmail.com

tive rock striping, Streaked Mountain is also noticeable for the eight FCC registered land mobile towers and antenna towers, as well as an inactive fire tower on its north summit. Rigid pipe conduit runs between the towers and there are a number of support buildings making the summit experience here less than pristine. There are often service vehicles and ATVs at the summit that drive there via an access road from the Buckfield side.

On Nov. 3, 1950, the Lewiston Daily Sun reported: “A new lookout tower on Streaked Mountain in Hebron and Paris will be put into operation next spring to replace the tower formerly maintained on Bear Mountain in Hartford, according to Fred E. Holt, supervisor in the State Forest Service. The 34-foot tower on the highest (NW) point of Streaked Mountain, and the warden’s cabin on the road to the tower are the structures on the mountain…The cab atop the 34-foot tower is eight and a half feet square with about seven feet of head room. The steel work was purchased from Army surplus and was scheduled for an airfield observation tower. The cab is wood construction and was prefabricated by Wilbur Libby, district State warden at the West Paris storehouse.

All the tower construction was handled by Libby and his seasonal wardens…” The paper added, “The Hebron Outing Club formerly had a camp on Streaked Mountain, but the new tower is now the sole building.” The fire tower built in 1950 was later replaced with a 37-foot steel tower in 1987. This tower is still in place, but is inactive except during times of high fire danger.

If the clutter of communication towers, the fire tower and auxiliary buildings on the north summit are not to the hiker’s taste, it is a short about 0.3-mile stroll along a well-beaten path on the ridgeline to the southern summit. The views are much the same, but there is nothing to detract from the summit experience.

The Denmark Mountain Hikers climbed Streaked Mountain on a crisp, clear day in November 2011 on the trail from the Hebron side of the mountain. The scramble over the steep granite slab for the top third of the hike was steep and quite slippery in spots where covered in pine needles and wet.

Under icy conditions it would have been more challenging.

Views were great under clear blue skies.

Hike facts Streaked Mountain is located in Oxford County, Hebron.

Difficulty: Easy Trail distance: 0.6 miles to the summit Hiking time: 0.45 minutes to the summit Elevation: 1,770 feet Vertical gain: 740 feet Coordinates: 44° 15’ 1’’ N; 70° 25’ 24’’ W Topographic map: USGS West Sumner 7.5-minute quad Directions to Streaked Mountain trailhead: From the intersection of ME Routes 26 and 117 (Main Street and High Street) in South Paris, follow ME Route 117 east (East Main Street) toward Buckfield. From the junction of Routes 117 and 119 go about 2.9 miles on Route 117 and then turn southeast onto Streaked Mountain Road. Just past a stone wall enclosed cemetery the trail-

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FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s own music students take the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center stage for a fun-filled evening of jazz on Wednesday, March 12 at 8 p.m.

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Trail information: From the road, the trail follows a brook and an old telephone line along the edge of a field.

The first 0.2 miles of the hike are wooded and with loose rocks, quickly becoming steep. The last three-fourths of the hike are on the smooth rock slabs that make up the steep granite face of the mountain. Be very cautious in wet or icy weather. The other trail from the Buckfield side of the mountain is a utility route for service vehicles and ATVs and is not open for public hiking.

Hikers should consult the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Maine Mountain Guide for more information on Streaked Mountain.

What to bring: Clothes suitable to the season (hat, gloves, jacket), rain gear, touring poles, sunglasses, water and snacks, personal first aid kit, pocket knife,

whistle, matches or fire starter, map and compass, flashlight or headlamp, and cell phone. Let someone know your hiking plans before you leave!

Next: The next hiking column will be on Big Deer Hill in Evans Notch, ME. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers’ climb, check The Bridgton News community calendar.

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LR band concert March 12 Lake Region Middle and High School band students will gather on Wednesday, March 12 to present a grand concert featuring students from grades 6 through 12.

Included in the concert are the Sixth Grade Band, the LRMS 7/8 Grade Band, the LRMS Jazz Band, the LRHS SkazzCats and the LRHS Concert Band.

The concert will start at 7 p.m. in the high school gym and is free to the public.

TEENS WITHOUT BORDERS — A pathway of the Lakers in Action academy at Lake Region High School, is working on a project, “100 Bags for 100 Babies” in the next few weeks. Due to its corrupt government, and multiple natural disasters, Haiti has one of the worst economies in the world. Eighty percent of all births that occur in Haiti take place with no medical supervision. Konbit Sante is a Maine-based organization working to improve this situation. Its mission is to support the development of a sustainable health care system to meet the needs of the Cap-Haitien community with maximum local direction and support. They deliver 300 birthing kits a month to pregnant women to provide a more sanitary birth experience for those giving birth without medical supervision.

Teens without Borders is putting together and donating 100 birthing kits to the Konbit Sante organization. Do you have infant clothing (newborn or 0–3 size), infant hats, receiving blankets or a small bottle of hand sanitizer that you would be willing to donate to this cause? Materials needed are: 433 alcohol wipes; 69 travel-sized hand sanitizer; 73 items of infant clothing; 29 infant hats; and 80 receiving blankets. Donations can be made at the Lake Region High School main lobby on Route 302.

Pictured left to right (back row): Christina Gaumont, Tylla Campbell, Rozlin Hawkes, Sam Young, CeCe Hancock, Molly Christensen, Kenya DuBrule, Sarah Hancock, Haley Bragdon-Clements and Madame Freese; (front row) Lauren Williams, Sophie Fagone and Devynn Turner.

Marley benefit FRYEBURG — The Project Graduation Committee at Fryeburg Academy would like to announce that Maine’s own comedian, Bob Marley is returning to the community.

Please show your support for the Class of 2014 on Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m. as Bob Marley takes the stage of the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center to put on another hilarious performance! From getting his own special on Comedy Central to appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien (to name a few), Marley has become one of the most sought after comedians in the country.

This event is a benefit for the Class of 2014 Project Graduation. Sponsors: E&R Excavation, George Davis Drywall, Security 101, Osgoods Outdoor Power and Auto, Forrest Locke Drywall, Vacationland Campground, Clyde Watson Excavation, The Homestead Scoop, GE Brown Excavation, AJ’s Blacktop & Sealcoating, and Bill Krim Snap-On. Purchase your tickets before they are gone! Contact the box office at 935-9232, or go online to www.fryeburgacademy.org/tickets In addition, the 24th Annual Fryeburg Academy Silent Auction, to benefit the Class of 2014 Project Graduation is taking place on Saturday, March 29. Come to the Wadsworth Arena to support the Class of 2014 and take your chances to win over 500 items.

NICOLE FOX is a junior at Lake Region High School from Naples. She has been taking photography for the past two years and is planning on continuing with this passion in college. The work she submitted is from a formal portrait assignment given in her Advanced Photography class. Students had a great time being each other’s model and were able to use formal lighting and back drops. Art Teacher: Sandy Arris.

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Georgia Noonan of Raymond has been named to the Plymouth State University (N.H.) Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List at Plymouth State, a student must achieve a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69 during the fall semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester. These credit hours must be in courses that earn grade points and the student must have completed all such courses attempted.

USM Dean’s List The following full-time, in-state students have been named to the University of Southern Maine Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 semester. In order to be named to the list, students must earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.

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DAVIN TAFURI is in grade 8, on Team Kineo, at Lake Region Middle School. Davin created a fox etched in scratchboard. Emphasized through the technique of hatching, are line and value representing form. Davin’s keen observational skills enhances his ability to capture the essence of the fox about to pounce its prey. Art Teacher: Cynthia Worcester.

It’s Winter Carnival Week at Lake Region High School, and on the ballot as “King” candidates are: Senior, RJ Legere Junior, Mike Rust Sophomore, Jack Lesure Freshman, Paul Smith Results in next week’s edition.

OLIVIA ENGLAND of Casco, a third grader at Songo Locks School in Naples, created an acrylic painting on acetate that represents her interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Art Teache: Robin Greely.

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Students from SAD 61 will be exhibiting their art at the Portland Museum of Art in March as part of the annual Maine Youth Art Exhibit.

Students selected include: Nicole Fox, a junior at Lake Region High School; Davin Tafuri, grade 8, Lake Region Middle School; Alli Vogel, grade 5, Stevens Brook Elementary School: Gage Terrano, grade 3, of Sebago Elementary School: and Olivia England of Casco, grade 3 at Songo Locks School in Naples.

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TO THE FINALS — The six acts that won the semifinals and will move on to the finals of Lake Region’s Got Talent! this Sunday, March 9, at 1 p.m. at the Magic Lantern.

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By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Eight acts spanning a diverse lineup of talent performed at the Magic Lantern during the semifinals of Lake Region’s Got Talent!

Rosie Schacht, director of Lake Region Vocational Center, and a founding member of Lake Region Community Theatre, emceed the show.

Four distinguished professionals, actress Barbara Stauble, director Jerry Walker, director Rob Juergens and actor Tim Lorrain, judged the semifinals.

There was tension in the air as everyone waited for the judges scores and audience votes to be tallied.

Finally… drum roll, please. The acts that are advancing to the final competition are the following, in alphabetical order by first name: Christian Martin — singer/guitarist Jessica Frum — monologue Lily Schofield — singer Orphan Girls (Savana Bradford, Liza Collins-Schrader, Kristin Farwell, Kendyl Ridlon, Laura Taylor) — acro dance Reiyn Hart — singer Shannon Fillebrown — singer As they’ve done all along, the judges provided feedback to each performer. Stauble noted that Christian Martin’s picking and guitar playing were well done. Walker asked Jessica Frum, “You want to be a comedian, don’t you? You’re well on your way.” Juergens praised Lily Schofield for her use of a tambourine, which brought the audience into the song.

Lorrain noted that it was obvious the acro dancers all love dancing together. Of Reiyn Hart, Juergens said, “You have lots of composure. Your song got stronger and you showed off your vocal qualities as you got into it.” Stauble admitted to Shannon Fillebrown, “I like to fantasize that I sing like you. You have a gutsy quality to your voice and vocal range.”

The finalists will compete for a chance to win a share of over $1,000 in cash and prizes, as well as bragging rights. As a member of the audience, you can help your favorite act win when you cast a ballot. The audience also gets to compete for a chance to win Sea Dogs tickets and a 50/50 raffle.

“This show is our signature event, a unique fundraiser for Lake Region Community Theatre,” said Janet Ver Planck, LRCT president. “The money raised through the ‘Lake Region’s Got Talent!’ show, raffle and Sea Dogs ticket sales will go to purchasing the rights for our upcoming July show.”

Check www.lrctme.org for more information.

Tickets for the final show will be available at the door: free for ages 5 and under; $5 for ages 6-12; $10 for ages 13 and older.

All of the shows are televised on Lake Region Television after the show dates. Check www.lakeregiontv.org for the schedule.

Lake Region’s Got Talent! would not be possible without the support of local businesses. Gold sponsors include: Bull

STUDENT ART SHOW AT GALLERY 302 — The Bridgton Art Guild and Gallery 302 welcome to their exhibiting space art students from Lake Region High School, Fryeburg Academy and Bridgton Academy for the 2014 Student Art Show during Youth Art Month. Thanks to the generosity of the artists who donate their exhibiting spaces, the encouragement and supervision by the art teachers and the willingness of the student artists to share their work, the gallery is able to nationally celebrate our children’s creativity through the month of March. Sandy Arris, Teal Rancourt, and Carmel Collins, art teachers from Lake Region, will be showing photos, drawings, 3-D work, and scratch art by their students. Gabe Miller from Bridgton Academy is exhibiting clay pots thrown by his students. And finally S. Pullan will be displaying paintings, drawings and various other artwork done

by Fryeburg Academy students. The student works will be on display at Gallery 302, 112 Main Street, Bridgton through March 27. A reception will be held this Saturday, March 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. The public is invited to come and celebrate with the students.

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As Rosie Schacht said before announcing the winners of the semifinals, “I don’t think there is any denying that Lake Region does have talent.”

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Don’t miss the Lake Region’s Got Talent! Grand Finale on Sunday, March 9, 1 p.m. at the Magic Lantern.

RETURNING AFTER RAVE REVIEWS — to the Sounds Above the Lake Concerts at the Noble House Inn are Ken Yates and Brian Dunne, who will perform on Thursday, March 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Returning after rave reviews to the “Sounds Above the Lake Acoustic Concerts” at the Noble House Inn are singer/songwriting duo Ken Yates and Brian Dunne, on Thursday, March 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Noble House Inn. Ken and Brian were one of the first acts that performed in the inaugural year for Noble House’s intimate concert venue at 81 Highland Road, Bridgton.

Ken developed his skills as a songwriter at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., where he released his first CD, The Backseat EP, and received the opportunity to play a song for one of his biggest influences, John Mayer. Yates’ EP received high critical acclaim, leading to a slew of online covers from fans. He has toured with many notable names, including veteran singer/songwriter and mentor Livingston Taylor, Sister Hazel, Peter Katz, and Liz Longley, and has songs in heavy rotation on Sirius XM’s The Coffee House.

Brian is a folk rock singer/songwriter who has won the attention and praise of many. With his sharp lyrical prowess and country-influenced vocals, Brian has played in the U.S. folk scene far and wide. Citing influences such as Bob Dylan, The Band, and Bruce Springsteen, one can hear his roots winding through the sound and style of his songwriting and performing.

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Area Events Missionaries to speak at Supper

CASCO — A Community Supper will be held at the Casco Alliance Church on Saturday, March 8, starting at 5 p.m. at 450 Roosevelt Trail in Casco. Missionaries will speak concerning their work in a foreign land. There will be a freewill offering taken for the support of the missionaries and their work. Please come and join others for this evening of good food and interesting information on a foreign land.

Baked Bean Supper in Naples

NAPLES — A Baked Bean Supper will be served on Saturday, March 8, at the Naples United Methodist Church of Good Fellowship from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Cost is $7 adults, $3 children, and the menu is beans, hot dogs, chop suey, potato salad and many homemade pies.

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NAPLES — Naples Brownie Troop #1968 will be selling Girl Scout Cookies on Sunday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Umbrella Factory on Route 302 in Naples.

Waterford World’s Fair meeting/supper

WATERFORD — The March meeting for the Waterford World’s Fair Association will be held on Sunday, March 9, at the Waterford Town Office, starting at 2 p.m. All members and interested individuals are welcome to attend. On Saturday, March 15, at 5 p.m., members will sponsor a public boiled dinner at the North Waterford Church (across from Melby’s) with corned beef, vegetables, drink, bread and dessert, all for $9 (there will also be ham for those that do not care for corned beef).

Fryeburg Homemakers Extension meeting

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Homemakers Extension will meet at the Legion Hall, Bradley Street, Fryeburg, on Wednesday, March 12. Social time and coffee will be at 9:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 10:30 a.m. Ann Hamilton, UNH Extension Coordinator, will present a program on food safety. The focus of her presentation will include the preparation, storage and shelf life of food. Ann is very knowledgeable on this subject, and participants are sure to leave with some good safety tips. So come and enjoy; nonmembers always welcome.

This is a sandwich luncheon, hostesses Joan Newton and Nancy Sanborn will provide dessert.

Send-off for FA Jazz/Instrumental Cabaret

FRYEBURG —Fryeburg Academy’s own music students take the stage on Wednesday, March 12, at 8 p.m. for a fun-filled evening of jazz. The New Standard combo, fresh off a second-place finish at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, is just one of many incredibly talented groups from FA’s Jazz/Instrumental Cabaret that will be performing at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 18 Bradley Street. All of the ensembles will be competing at the State Instrumental Festival this weekend. For tickets, call 935-9232.

Seed Exchange, Ask a Master Gardener

NAPLES — The Naples Public Library is sponsoring a Seed Exchange and Ask a Master Gardener event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 15. Drop in and bring your excess seeds (if you have them) to exchange for new varieties, or just pick up some of the free flower seeds that will be available. Local Master Gardeners Pat Griffin and Helen Brown will be ready to help with your gardening questions. They will display various seed starting tools and techniques. Also, a limited number of soil testing kits will be on hand for those interested.

An apple pruning clinic at Pietree Orchard

SWEDEN — Scott Miller, western Maine’s “Apple Doc,” will present an apple tree pruning clinic at Pietree Orchard at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 15. The free gathering is sponsored by the Western Maine chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine. Miller will discuss pruning for both orchard and wildlife trees as well EVENTS, Page A

LIVING IN COMMUNITY — Pregnant women are able to live at Mother Seton House in Fryeburg at no cost throughout their pregnancy and until the baby’s first birthday.

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FRYEBURG — Mother Seton House in Fryeburg is accepting applications for free housing for pregnant women in need.

Women are invited to live in community at MSH house in Fryeburg at no cost throughout their pregnancy and until the baby’s first birthday. Applicants should leave a message with contact information at 935-1066.

Support group for survivors offered Beginning in March, 2014, Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Services (SAPARS) will begin a new support group for women who have experienced sexual assault, whether as a child or an adult, recently or in the past.

The group will meet weekly in the South Paris area for 20 to 30 weeks, at no cost. The dates and times of the meetings will be based on the availability of participants.

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Don’t forget the talent show Saturday The students who work in the New Suncook School Store held a fundraiser recently for Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. The workers had a choice of three different organizations, but Harvest Hills won out. The 25 students decided to make it a Valentine-themed fundraiser by making red hearts and selling them for 25 cents.

These fourth and fifth grade students work at the school store before school for a half-hour four days a week, and are very professional.

When they apply for the job, they have to fill out a formal application. This gives them an understanding of what you have to do for a real a job.

Chris Gillespie, cafeteria manager, oversees the store, and she makes sure the students understand all the aspects of a business.

They learn about replacing stock and paying the bills for the inventory, just like a big person’s job. They must be doing an excellent job, coming up with the Valentine Heart fundraiser, because they were able to present Joan McBurnie of Harvest Hills with the sum of $68.51.

The Red Hearts can be seen on the school hallway wall.

Great job.

The next Adult Discussion Series meeting takes place on Monday, March 10 at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at 12:30 p.m. The

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The library’s monthly speaker on Tuesday, March 18, will be R. David Frum.

Frum is president and chief executive officer of Bridgton and Rumford Hospitals, which are part of the Central Maine Healthcare Family.

With health care utmost in people’s minds, his talk on the history of health care in the United States, as compared with other countries in the world, should be interesting. His outlook on present-day health care reform and what will happen in the future can also be of great interest to all. Too many people who are in the age group that need health care the most do not have the necessary information to make sensible decisions. Being the head of two hospitals, Frum should be able to pass on very help-

number. Remember this is for fun, so if you’re not afraid of being laughed at, it will make you smile, so donate your talent. You don’t have to be a member of the church; just someone who needs a laugh.

The sun was shining and there was lots of snow for the Poker Rally last Saturday.

There was a great attendance taking advantage of the great trails. Winners were: first place, Rose Micklon; second place, John McKenney; and

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Area Events (Continued from Page A) as care of fruit trees. Coffee and doughnuts will be available at 8:30 a.m. The orchard is located at 803 Waterford Road in Sweden. From Bridgton, take Route 302 to Route 93. Pietree is 2½ miles from the intersection of Route 93 and Waterford Road. SWOAM signs will be posted. For further information, contact Bill Haynes at 583-2963.

Met Opera series presents Massenet’s Werther

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We’ve been having some really cold weather as of late.

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Hope you have a wonderful time — next time, take me too.

Now I’ve got to ask a favor: I accidentally threw out my Feb. 27 Bridgton News before I clipped my column.

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for the future. To learn about what a food safety and traceability plan are and how to get through the process, please attend the Growing for the Future workshop on Saturday, March 15, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Oxford County Cooperative Extension office in South Paris. Cost is $10.

Linda Titus, from AgMatters will lead the workshop. She has expertise in this field and has helped many growers across the state successfully complete GAP certification for specific crops or entire farms. Pre-registration is required by calling the Extension office at 743-6329 or e-mailing Lesley Quick at lesley.quick@maine.edu

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OTISFIELD — A free community luncheon hosted by Otisfield Community Outreach will be served on Wednesday, March 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Otisfield Community Hall on Route 121, Otisfield. The menu will be beans, hot dogs, brown bread, salads, drinks and desserts. A magazine swap will also take place.

Donations will be accepted for the lunch. For more information, please contact Dave at 539-4368 or dmcvety21@ gmail.com

FRYEBURG —The Met Opera Live in HD series continues at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 15 at 1 p.m. with Massenet’s Werther. Two of opera’s greatest artists — Jonas Kaufmann and Elina Garanea — appear together for the first time at the Met, in the sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. Lake Region Caterers will provide lunch in the lobby at noon. Call 787-3327 to reserve a meal at a cost of Tour of the Notches through art and photos $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students. Tickets NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Come take an arm-chair can be pre-ordered online at fryeburgacademy.org/tickets or tour of the White Mountain notches through 19th century by calling the box office at 935-9232. paintings, photographs and postcards with Bob Cottrell and Tip for growers to expand their markets his program “White Mountain Art, History, and Nature — A SOUTH PARIS — Current trends such as increased inter- Tour of the Notches,” on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the est in locally-produced food may provide an opening for Weather Discovery Center in North Conway. Cottrell, curator Oxford county growers to expand into new markets, making of the Henney History Room at the Conway Public Library, a food safety and traceability plan an essential business tool will look at the history and nature behind the art, the geological formations that attracted the artists, waterfalls, flora and Bridgton United Methodist Church fauna, and the tools and techniques they used in their paintings, drawings, and prints, and the history they captured in PO Box 207, 114 Main St., Bridgton, ME 04009 their work such as farm and village life. For more informaPastor Cathy Cantin – phone 647-8380 tion, call the library at 603-356-2961.

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WEDNESDAY: Roast turkey dinner w/mashed potato & gravy, roasted squash, cranberry sauce.

THURSDAY: Pizza Day: Bosco pizza sticks (choice of cheese or pepperoni) w/marinara sauce, fresh salad bar, diced pears.

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TUESDAY: Hamburger or cheeseburger on whole grain bun, deli sandwich, fresh salad bar, orange wedges.

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THURSDAY: Pizza day, deli sandwich, mini pretzels, fresh salad bar, apple.

FRIDAY: No school, teachers’ workshop.

Flea Market and Bake Sale on Saturday, March 22 at the Lovell Church of Christ, Route 5, Center Lovell. From 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., there’ll be baked goods, Girl Scout cookies, crafts, flea market items, antiques and furniture, along with a lunch of soup and sandwich. For table rental or information, call Linda Libby at 925-3661.

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SOUTH PARIS — A Silent Auction is being held to sponsor Boy Scout Troop #130 on Saturday, March 22 at the Oxford Hills Middle School at 18 Pine Street, South Paris.

Doors will open at 4 p.m. and tickets will be sold until 6 p.m., with drawings beginning at 6:15 p.m. The money is being raised to help cover camping trips and other activities. There will be food items and snacks for sale as well.

Pasta dinner will help send kids to camp

Grace Christian Church, 11 Pinhook Road, Bridgton, will hold a Pasta Dinner on Saturday, March 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the church. Cost is by donation, and all proceeds raised will support the church’s Kids-to-Camp fundraising program.

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For anyone who missed it, the AA Meetings are being held on Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Halford Room at the Lovell United Church of Christ. It’s an open Big Book meeting.

The Lovell Town Meeting was held last Saturday and the warrant was passed by the voters.

ful information. It might be a good idea if you have any questions to write them down, and perhaps David will be able to answer them.

Don’t forget the Cabin Fever Talent Show on Saturday, March 8, at the Lovell United Church of Christ. It’s been a hard winter season for all, with snow, then rain, then ice, then snow — and it’s about time for cabin fever to set in for all.

To take the sting out of that winter malaise, join us at the church for some fun.

The public is invited to take part, either by donating a dish for supper or taking part in the talent show to follow; or just staying to watch the entertainment. Others might just want to take part in the talent show or again just come and enjoy the entertainment.

Either way it has the makings of a fun night. If you love to sing, juggle, dance, perform magic like Dave Mason, play an instrument or do comedy, give Carolyn a call at 9282080. The number in the flyer Students at the New Suncook School Store sold red Valentine’s Day was incorrect but that’s her hearts for 25 cents apiece to raise $68.51 for the Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

She sewed rings around most Condolences go out to the family of Nellie Ward. She was a very classy lady, and she could sew rings around most seamstresses. She sewed lots and lots of all our clothes, and always worried about how other folks were. She will be sadly missed.

Condolences also go out to the family of Clarence Hunt.

He was a great guy, and would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. There again, Mom and Dad thought a lot of him and Theresa. I’ve known

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PORTLAND — Dennis S. “Dino” Paladino, 55, of Waterford, passed away on Feb. 23, 2014, surrounded by his family. Dennis was born in Lewiston on Aug. 25, 1958, the son of the late Donald and Constance Paladino. He spent his younger years in Poland and attended Saint Joseph and Gray-New Gloucester School.

Dennis was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, and had a passion for carpentry, gardening and bicycling. Dennis enjoyed life and, above all, spending time playing with all his toy cars and tractor collections with his grandson, whom he cherished and loved.

Dennis was a successful man in all aspects of work and family.

In his early years, Dennis volunteered as a member of the Poland Rescue and Fire Department. In 1985, Dennis began his 21-year career as a salesman in the automotive business, and recently, in the last few years, he worked as a Business Manager for Green Mountain Rifle Barrel Company. Dennis had a passion for sales all of his life, and enjoyed meeting many great people and making friends along the way.

He was predeceased by his parents and brothers Michael, Donald Jr., and Johnny. He is survived by his loving wife, Joline Paladino, of 33 years; his son Jeremy Paladino, daughter in-law Erica Robinson and grandson Aiden; his daughter Theresa Bishop and son-in-law Calvin Bishop; his brother Gary Paladino and wife Pauline; his brother Andrew Paladino and wife Christine; his brother Ronald Paladino and wife Gretchen; his sister Donna Poirier and husband Bertrand; his sister-in-law Kathy Paladino; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

A remembrance celebration and potluck for friends and family will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Poland Town Hall, 1231 Maine Street, Poland, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The celebration will be open to all who would like to attend and share memories with his family.

Arrangements are under the care of Advantage Funeral & Cremation Service of Portland. A spring burial will be planned at a later date at the Riverside Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at www.advantageportland.com

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SOUTH PORTLAND — Helen Louise (Brown) Perry, 84, of South Portland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, surrounded by her loving family.

Helen was born in South Portland on July 24, 1929, the daughter of Sarah Eliza and Axel H. Brown.

Helen, also known as Honey, grew up in South Portland with her parents, two brothers and seven sisters. Always creative and full of life, Honey was a shining star.

She loved to roller skate and performed in Boston. She was an artist by heart and would paint for her family. Her talents went on forever.

She enjoyed riding bikes to Willard Beach and visiting her sisters.

She would sing out loud whenever she cleaned and rocked her babies to sleep. Helen was an avid Boston Red Sox fan, sporting her cap and rarely missing a game. She greatly enjoyed her retirement and spending time with her family.

Helen was a graduate of South Portland High School, class of 1949.

She was also a Past President of the VFW Lady’s Auxiliary Post #832.

Helen was predeceased by her parents; two brothers, Alfred (Bud) Brown and Robert Sterling, and three sisters, Ruth Crocker, Peggy Davis and Sonder Place.

She is survived by her loving husband, Walter “Bud,” of 63 years.

They were married on June 17, 1950. She is also survived by her sisters, Evelyn St. Jean of South Portland, M. Dorothy Duval of Scarborough, Beverly Colby of Casco and Viola Silver of Portland; three children, Buddy of Buxton, Rick of South Portland and Penny Carrier of South Portland; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, with a VFW Ladies Auxiliary service at 5 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Friday, March 7, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Brooklawn Memorial Park, 2002 Congress Street, Portland. Online condolences may be expressed at www.ctcrawford.com

Glenn J. Chadbourne Sr. PORTLAND — Glenn James Chadbourne Sr., 86, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2014, surrounded by his family at Maine Medical Center. He was born Oct. 30, 1928, in Bridgton, to Delmar and Phyllis (Lambert) Chadbourne. Glenn attended school in Bridgton and entered the U.S. Army in 1951. He served two years in the heavy mortar division and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. Glenn married Janice Ann Bowley on May 29, 1954, and they lived in Brunswick and Topsham until 1971, when they returned to Bridgton.

He was employed by Central Maine Power as a 1st Class Lineman for 35 years. When he retired in 1989, he and Janice enjoyed many years as snowbirds in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He enjoyed vegetable gardening and grandparenting, and was affectionately known as Boppa to his five grandchildren.

He is survived by Janice, his wife of 59 years; two sons, Glenn J. (Jim) Chadbourne Jr. of Denmark and his wife Peg, and Gary M. Chadbourne of Bridgton and his wife Laurie; daughter Linda A. Chadbourne of Conway, N.H.; grandsons, Christopher S. Shepard of Sun Valley, Idaho, and Jacob M. Chadbourne of Bridgton; granddaughters, Katherine J. (Kaytee) Chadbourne of Bridgton, Leah M. Shepard of Barrington, N.H., and Miranda L. Chadbourne of Bridgton; a brother, Wayne L. Chadbourne of Readfield; and several nieces and nephews. Glenn was predeceased by his brother Dennis A. Chadbourne.

Family and friends may attend visitation on Sunday, March 9, 2014, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 8 Elm St., Bridgton. Graveside services will be held in the spring at Forest Hills Cemetery in Bridgton. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

Philip H. Allen WESTBROOK — Philip Harold Allen, 82, of Westbrook, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at home surrounded by his family after a brief illness with cancer.

Philip was born in Westbrook on Aug. 3, 1931, the son of Harold and Eliza (St. Pierre) Allen. He grew up on the RivInDale Farm on River Road, Windham. He attended Windham schools, where following high school he joined the U.S. Army and served three and a half years in Bad Tolz, Germany.

After discharge from the U.S. Army, Philip married Lorraine M. Brown of Windham in 1953, She preceded him in death in 1994. Together, they raised three children.

Philip settled into employment with Greyhound Bus Lines for over 30 years wherein upon retirement, he drove a school bus for Gorham and Windham schools systems before complete retirement. While working he was a member of the Maine Army National Guard for many years. Philip was an avid private pilot and was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and obtained the rank of Major. He was also longtime member of the Free Masons.

Philip enjoyed hunting, bowling, fishing and golfing.

Philip is survived by his companion of 17 years, Marcia Button; his children, Holly J. Herrick of Naples, Mark W. Allen of Hampton, Ga. and Lori L. Campbell of Gorham; five grandchildren; four greatgrandsons; his brother Charles Allen; and sister Nancy Buzzell.

A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, March 23, at 2 p.m., at the Clubhouse located at 665 Saco Street, Westbrook.

Arrangements are by the Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Road, Windham. For online condolences, please visit www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com

RAYMOND — Emery V. Wills, 90, of Raymond and Sarasota, Fla., died on Jan. 22, 2014. He loved Maine, his faith, family, community and Florida.

Emery was born in Mercer, on Nov. 15, 1923, the son of Leslie and Ina (Soule) Wills. His life spanned such diversities from working his father’s farm to business travel on Kimberly Clark corporate jets.

After graduating from high school in Norridgewock, Emery went on to proudly serve his country in WWII in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1944. While serving, Emery was stationed in France and Germany.

After fulfilling his military obligations, he went on to work for S.D. Warren for 42 years, starting as a worker in the pulp mill, to operating paper machines, and eventually being promoted to management.

Emery served as a division manager of S.D. Warren Paper Machines, a job that required him to travel to such places as Muskegon, Mich., and Allentown, Pa., to improve paper machinery and paper quality.

In 1970, Emery started Wills and Sons Inc. in Buxton, a family business involving the sale and repair of lawn mowers, snowmobiles and the like. Emery was known for his work ethic, truly enjoyed working with customers and employees, making many friends because of his business.

He was raised as a Congregationalist and was a member and past grand master of Standish Masonic Lodge. In earlier years, he enjoyed farming and tending to his cows, and spending time at his camp with his family at Bonny Eagle Pond, where boating was enjoyed by all.

For the past 25 years, Wills and his second wife, Ida Brown Wills, lived in Raymond, spending winters at their second home in Sarasota.

When he married Ida, he accepted the Roman Catholic faith and joined Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Windham.

Emery had a passion for his vegetable gardens, heirloom roses and park like grounds in Raymond. This included a six-acre lawn, which he proudly maintained through 2013, and cutting trees from the property for heating in the winter. He always had the best tools and the right equipment for every job. He patiently taught many how to operate them and made life a better place for those around him.

He still had control of the remote control in the house. He loved NASCAR races on the weekends and Fox News daily. He was proficient with his finances and investments and had good advice for all that listened.

He was full of life and his mind was clear right to his last breath. This was the first year he allowed someone else to drive them to Florida. He had proudly done the driving himself for over 20 years. He celebrated his 90th birthday in Florida on Nov. 15, enjoyed daily shuffleboard and matches of pétanque, along with weekly bowling and golf.

Emery was an example of perseverance. He had successful battles with both colon and lung cancer in his early 80s. He had high praise for the doctors and staff at the Maine Medical Center. Everyone was always happy to see Emery.

In mid December, Emery was hospitalized after a regular doctor’s visit because of an irregular heart rate. He was stabilized and later transferred to a rehab center. He was due to return home on Jan. 23 when his health worsened the day before returning home. He passed away in the ambulance taking him back to the hospital.

Emery will truly be missed by family, but also by the many people whose lives he touched. His mind was sharp to the end and now may he rest in peace for eternity. Perseverance, integrity and faithfulness.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Corinne (Jordan) Wills, who died in 1987; two sons, Robert Wills, who was killed in Vietnam in 1970, and Jerome Wills, who died in 1986; and siblings, Lloyd, Glendon and Elsie.

He is survived by his wife Ida; his children, Elaine Bradbury of Montverde, Fla. and Standish, Marion McAvoy of Waterboro, Peter Wills of Porter, Janice Grant of Buxton and Sherri MacDonald of Buxton; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren; stepchildren Vicki Brown DeSmet of La Verne, Calif., Paul Brown Jr. of Raymond, Julie Watrous of Zionsville, Pa., Jonathan Brown of Bullhead City, Ariz. and Chrystal Libby of Greensboro, N.C.; 10 step-grandchildren and one step great-grandson.

The extraordinary life of Emery V. Wills will be celebrated at services planned for May 23 in Buxton. A Roman Catholic funeral service and a Masonic service will be held on Friday, May 23, at 11 a.m., at the Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home on Route 202 in Buxton.

Burial will follow at Tory Hill Cemetery in South Buxton with military honors.

Kathleen Hendrick CORNISH — Kathleen “Katty” Hendrick, 88, of Cornish, died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 at her home with family at her bedside after a strong and courageous battle with cancer.

She was born Aug. 1, 1925 in Hiram to Margaret Kathleen (Pike) and Clarence Palmer Douglas. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy and received an associate’s degree from Gray’s School of Business in Portland. She married the love of her life, George Denney Hendrick, in August of 1948. She worked at several local businesses over the years while raising her five children. Spending time with family and birdwatching were her most favorite pastimes. She just loved life and every living thing. She lived truly by the Golden Rule as a model of kindness and humility.

She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years in 2009 and also by her grandson and her great-grandson.

She is survived by her brother, John B. Douglas of Brewer; two sisters, Mary Trickey of Middletown, R.I. and Susan Moulton of Hiram; her children, George D. Hendrick Jr. of Centerburg, Ohio, David L. Hendrick of Parsonsfield, Eva L. “Lucy” Hobbs of Friend, Neb., Susan B. “Babs” Sloan of Friend, Neb. and Douglas D. Hendrick of Annapolis, Md.; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

A spring graveside service is planned. Online condolences may be expressed at www.wnyfuneralhome.com Donations in her name may be made to: Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 US Rte. 1, Scarborough, ME 04074.

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BROWNFIELD — Burton Harrison Brooks, of Brownfield, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2014, with his loving family by his side.

A graduate of Fryeburg Academy, class of 1953, Burton married his high school sweetheart, Carol Brown Brooks.

Burton began his career as a master mechanic at Lacasse Chevrolet in Fryeburg, then Walker’s Chevrolet in Brownfield. He later became Service Manager for Churchill Motors in Kezar Falls. He owned and operated his own automotive repair business in Brownfield for 30 plus years. Burton was very well-known for his mechanical abilities and his talent for custom steel fabrication. For many years, neighborhood residents looked forward to seeing Burt in his big tractor appear at their driveways to clean the snow away.

Burton was a 32nd Degree Mason, Kora Shrine of Lewiston, and Past Master of Mt. Moriah Lodge #56 A.M. & F.M. of Brownfield. In addition, Burt served his local community in such capacities as selectman, volunteer firefighter, and Historical Society Member.

Burton is survived by Carol, his wife of 60 years; their daughters, Nancy Brooks Hobbins and husband James Clifford Hobbins, Lois Brooks Neal and husband John Neal, and Gail Brooks; sister Sylvia Anne Brooks Babcock; and brother Conrad Stone Brooks; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and many, many nieces and nephews.

He was the son of the late Herbert Melville and Ruth Stone Brooks. He was predeceased by his brother James Herbert Brooks and sister Nancy Jean Brooks Heath; and grandchildren Heidi Brooke Todd and Sarah Elizabeth Barber.

Visiting hours are 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Wood’s Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg, Maine. Funeral Services are Monday, March 10, at 3 p.m., at Brownfield Community Church. Reception provided by the Masons immediately following at Mount Moriah Lodge in Brownfield.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Brownfield Historical Society, Brownfield, ME 04010, or to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 127 Pottle Road, Oxford, ME 04270.

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CASCO — Clarence Ralph Hunt, 88, went home to heaven and to be reunited with his wife on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, surrounded by his loving family at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Norway.

He was born on Aug. 16, 1925 in Limington, the son of Charles L. and Lena R. Hunt. He was proud to have served his country in the U.S. Army in World War II and will long be remembered for his faithful commitment and service to the American Legion Post 155 as one of their original charter members.

He also served his community for many years as a volunteer fireman.

Clarence worked very hard to provide for his family as a master bricklayer and stonemason and has left a legacy of his beautiful fireplaces throughout southern Maine. As a faithful member of the Casco Alliance Church, Clarence was a blessing to many with his warm smile and willingness to serve. He will be fondly remembered for his love of gardening and involving his children and grandchildren in planting, caring for, and enjoying the harvest. In recent years, he has shared his love of hymns with all who came to visit.

He is survived by his sister, Lorraine Morton of Naples; his children, Cherie Range of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Stephen Hunt of Naples, Brenda Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., Judy Hunt of Windham, Bruce Hunt of Naples, Cathy Strout of Harrington, Wade Hunt of Casco, Donna Shannon of Osteen, Fla., Lori Jordan of Winter Springs, Fla. and Kim Aguilar of Windham; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his wife, Theresa Hunt of Casco; and two brothers, Ralph Hunt of Bridgton and David Hunt of Bristol, N.H. Visiting hours will be held at Hall Funeral Home in Casco on Friday, March 7, 2014 from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at Casco Alliance Church on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 1 p.m., with a time of fellowship and refreshment immediately following at the American Legion Hall in Naples. There will be a military burial in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Clarence’s memory to American Legion Post 155, 26 Casco Road, Naples, ME 04055 or Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 29 Marion Ave., Norway, ME 04268.

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5 p.m., St. Joseph Parish Hall, thru April 8. Appt.: 935-2731.

Fire, 4 p.m., library.

225 So. High St. Tue., Mar. 11 — Fryeburg Tue., Mar. 11 — Scrabble, 7 Business Assn. meeting, 6 p.m., p.m., library.

BROWNFIELD Wed., Mar. 12 — Band Thur., Mar. 6 — Republican Fryeburg Fairgrounds conference room, upstairs in bldg. at main Concert by Lake Region Middle Caucus, 7 p.m., Town Office.

BRIDGTON gate. & High School students, 7 p.m., Fri., Mar. 7 — Brownfield Fri., Mar. 7, 14 — AARP Tax Wed., Mar. 12 — Fryeburg Lake Region High School gym.

Aid Specialists, avail. by appt., Rec meeting, 3 p.m., Community Homemakers Extension, social Thur., Mar 13 — Lego Center.

Community Center. Appt.: 647-3116.

Fri., Mar. 7, 14 — Help applying for Maine Property Tax Fairness Credit for those who don’t need to file income taxes, by appt., Community Center. Appointments: 6473116.

Fri., Mar. 7 — Girl Scouts, 3:45 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Reception for Student Art Show, 1 to 3 p.m., Gallery 302, 112 Main St., runs thru March 27 Sun., Mar. 9 — Final competition, Lake Region’s Got Talent!, 1 p.m., Magic Lantern Theater.

Sun., Mar. 9 — Open Mic, 6 p.m., Community Center.

Mon., Mar. 10 — Bridgton Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., Mar. 11 — Help, by appt., with buying insurance through the Health Care Marketplace, with Amy March (452-2493), Community Center. Appointments: 6473116.

ORPHAN GIRLS — Acro dancers “Hard Knock Life” were among the winning acts Tue., Mar. 11 — Friends in Lake Region’s Got Talent! semifinals. Orphan Girls in order: Liza Collins-Schrader, of Bridgton Library, 1 p.m., Laura Taylor, Savana Bradford, Kendyl Ridlon and Kristen Farwell. library.

(Photo by Joanne Ridlon) Tue., Mar. 11 — Harvest Hills meeting, 5 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., Mar. 11 — Bridgton Sat., Mar. 15 — Dance with time 9:30 a.m., meeting 10:30 Clubs, K-3 & 4th grade and oldLiterary Taskforce plans for a.m., American Legion, Bradley er, 4 to 5 p.m., library.

2014, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Community The Echo Tones, 8 p.m. to mid- St. Sat., Mar. 15 — Seed night, Brownfield Lions Den, Center. Refreshments. FMI: 647Wed., Mar. 12 — Concert Exchange & Ask a Master corner Rtes.

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FMI: 9352389.

by Fryeburg Academy Jazz/ Gardener, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., liWed., Mar. 12 — Lenten 2911.

Instrumental students, 8 p.m., brary.

Lunches, So. Bridgton & United CASCO Leura Hill Eastman Performing RAYMOND Methodist Churches hostSat., Mar. 8 — Community Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

Fri., Mar. 7 — Dr. Seuss ing, noon to 1 p.m., St. Joseph Supper, missionaries will speak, FMI: 935-9232.

Night, 6:30 p.m., Raymond Catholic Church, So. High St. 5 p.m., Casco Alliance Church, Sat., Mar. 15 — Met Opera Elementary School.

Wed., Mar. 12 — Caregivers 450 Roosevelt Trail.

Live in HD presents Massenet’s Sun., Mar. 9 — Game Day, 1 Support Group, 1 p.m., room 2, Werther, 1 p.m., Leura Hill p.m., library.

DENMARK Community Center.

Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fri., Mar. 7 — Moderate Mon., Mar. 10 — Library Wed., Mar. 12 — After Frost: hike up Pleasant Mountain in Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 935Board meeting, 7 p.m., library.

Poetry Discussion with Betsy Denmark, meet 8 a.m. at Denmark 9232.

Wed., Mar 12 — Maine auScholl, 3 p.m., library.

Congregational Church. Optional LOVELL thor Carol Manchester talks on Fri., Mar. 14 — Literary sauna at Nurture Through Nature.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Cabin Fever the Civil War letters of Joseph K. Club discusses People of the FMI: 756-2247.

Talent Show, 5 p.m., Lovell Manchester, 6:30 p.m., library.

Book by Geraldine Brooks, 1 Fri., Mar. 14 — Easy hike to Church of Christ, Rte. 5. FMI: p.m., library.

SEBAGO Devils Den, Porter, by Denmark 928-8028.

Fri., Mar. 14 — Joy of Mountain Hikers, meet 8 a.m. at Thur., Mar. 6 — Cumberland Mon., Mar. 10 — Adult Book Singing, 3-5 p.m., Community Denmark Congregational Church. & Oxford Union Pomona meetGroup discusses The End of the ing, potluck 6:30 p.m., meeting Center. All welcome regardless FMI: 756-2247.

Affair, by Graham Greene, 12:30 7:30 p.m., Maple Grove Grange, of singing ability. p.m., library.

FRYEBURG Fri., Mar. 14 — Easy Riders Bridgton Rd. Bring story or phoFri., Mar. 7 — Veterans Snowmobile Club, 10 a.m., NAPLES to of a pet.

Service Officer, 9 to 11 a.m., Community Center.

Thur., Mar. 6 — Pokeman SWEDEN Sat., Mar. 15 — Lakeside American Legion, Bradley St. Club, 4 to 5 p.m., library.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Apple Garden Club, 10 a.m., Community FMI: 324-1839.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Winter Tue., Mar. 11 — AARP Tax Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. to 1 Pruning Clinic by SWOAM Center. with Scott Miller, 9 a.m., Pietree Sat., Mar. 15 — Corned Beef Aid Specialists, avail. by appt. at p.m., Singer Center.

Orchard, 803 Waterford Rd. Fryeburg Library, 515 Main St., Supper by Knights of Columbus, Sat., Mar. 8 — Baked Bean WATERFORD Supper, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Naples Sun., Mar. 9 — Waterford United Methodist Church of BUILDING 40+ YEARS IN THE LAKES REGION AREA World’s Fair Assn. meeting, 2 Good Fellowship.

Sun., Mar. 9 — Girl Scout p.m., Town Office.

Sun., Mar. 9 — Stampin’ Up! Cookie Sale by Brownie Troop #1968, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Party, 2 p.m., Wilkins Community House, Waterford Flat. FMI: 595Umbrella Factory, Rte. 302.

Tue., Mar. 11 — Dr. Seuss’ 3361.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Boiled Birthday Bash, 10:30 a.m., liDinner by Waterford World’s Fair brary.

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AREA EVENTS Thur., Mar. 6 — Cabin Fever Online Auction to benefit Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, ends March 15, visit www.ahch.org Thur., Mar. 6 — Book Group discussing The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin, 10:30 a.m., No. Conway Library, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-3562961.

Thur., Mar. 6 — Talk on hip and knee replacement

by CMMC orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Bush, 6 to 7 p.m., Chairmen’s Room, 12 High St., Lewiston. Register: 783-1328.

Fri., Mar. 7 — Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Four Seasons Function Center, Main St., So. Paris.

FMI: 875-2116.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Winter Gourmet Hike by Mahoosuc Land Trust on Rumford Whitecap, meet 9 a.m. in parking area on East Andover Rd., Rumford. FMI: 8243806.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club, 1 p.m., Oxford County Extension Center, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Demonstration of craniosacral and attunement massage techniques by Kindsey Pickering and MaryAnne O’Mara, 1-4 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Sat., Mar. 8 — SAD 17 Head Custodian Chinese Auction, doors open 11 a.m., auction starts 1 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Cafeteria.

Sat., Mar. 8 — Swingin’ Bears Square Dance, 7-10 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School, 100 Pine St., So. Paris. FMI: 7824050.

Sun., Mar. 9 — Cumberland County Republicans Wine Tasting Event, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Cork & Barrel, 204 Rte. 1, Falmouth.

Reservations: 837-2400.

Mon., Mar. 10 — Open Mic Night, 6-8 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Tue., Mar. 11 — North Country Camera Club program on learning digital cameras, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Second session March 20, same time.

Wed., Mar. 12 — “Climate Solutions: Working Together for Maine’s Future” expo & summit, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Augusta Civic Center. FMI: 622-5330.

Thur.-Sun., Mar. 1316 — Poland Players presents Footloose, 7 p.m. Thur.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., Robert Wall Theater, Poland Regional High School.

FMI: 998-5400.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Volunteer Buddy Training, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St., Lewiston. FMI: 7958250.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Growing For the Future workshop 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Cooperative Extension, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris. FMI: 7436329.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Craft Making Supplies Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, 231 Rayville Rd., Otisfield.

Sat., Mar. 15 — Cross Country Skiing, 10 a.m. to noon, Sebago Lake Land Reserve, Standish. fmi: 774-5961, ext.

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Sun., Mar. 16 — Annual Paddy O’ Paws Brunch & Auction

by Conway Area Humane Society, 11 a.m., Red Jacket Mountain View Resort, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-447-5605.

Sun., Mar. 16 — Mainstream & Plus Square Dance by Mt. Washington Valley Stompers, caller Buddy Dow, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Salyard’s Museum, 110 Main St., Conway, N.H.

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DAILY Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton.

O/D MONDAYS Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-4134.

Storytime for Preschoolers with Miss Liz, ages under five, 10-11 a.m., Lovell Library.

Knittervention, weekly knitting circle, 10 a.m., North Bridgton Library. All crafters welcome.

Baby/Toddler Playtime, 10:30 a.m., Raymond Library.

Storytime, 10:30 a.m., North Bridgton Library.

The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, every other Monday, 1 to 3 p.m., Naples Town Hall gym.

FMI: 615-3226.

Knotty Knitters, noon to 2 p.m., Soldiers Library, Hiram.

Drop-ins welcome. FMI: 6254650.

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

Mousepaint Storytime, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Lovell Library.

Indoor Walking Program, 4 to 5:30 p.m., New Suncook School, Lovell.

Coed Adult Basketball, 6 to 7:45 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym, Rte. 35, Harrison.

FMI: 583-2241.

Waterford Bridge Group, every 4th Monday, 6:30 p.m., library.

Casco Food Pantry, 6 to 7 p.m. third Monday of month, Casco Alliance Church. FMI: 344-5370.

Sebago Food Pantry, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, second Mondays, 3 to 7 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

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

Sebago Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 4th Tuesdays 9-11 a.m. & 5-7 p.m.; clothes closet Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

FMI: 274-1569.

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

Tai Chi Maine New Beginners’ Classes, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Town Hall, No. High St., Bridgton.

Naples Food Pantry, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, Village Green. FMI: 595-2754.

Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Naples Library.

Mother Goose Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Bridgton Library.

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

Sebago Senior Luncheon, noon, Sebago Church of the Nazarene.

Prayer & Meditation Time, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., First Congregational Church, Bridgton.

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

Games Seniors Play, cards, board games, cribbage, puzzles, 1-3 p.m. every Tuesday (except Senior Social Day), Harrison Fire Station Community Room. FMI: 583-2241.

Womanspace, 3:45 to 5:15 p.m., group room, Tri-County Mental Health, 32 No. High St. FMI: 523-0700.

Teen Sports Night, 6-7:45

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Country living

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“I’m a very sweet boy who came in as a stray. I would LOVE a home with wallto-wall carpets because I’m missing my hind paws (I came in that way). I get around just fine without them, but having that little extra grip is nice on my ‘stubbs.’

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Enjoy an evening of family socializing and skiing, sponsored by the Fryeburg Academy Alumni Association, at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Friday, March 7.

Skiing starts at 4 p.m. followed by a social and ski race at 5 p.m. Live music by “Full Circle” begins at 8 p.m. in Shawnee’s Blizzard Pub. No cover charge. Come one, come all.

Fee: $15 for a ski ticket and $5 for two races. Open to all! Golf Drop tickets will be available for purchase for Annual Golf Ball Drop during FAAA Reunion Weekend, June 6-8.

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p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym, Rte. 35, Harrison.

FMI: 583-2241.

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

Wood Carving Group, 7 p.m., Ice Rink behind Town Hall, No. High St., Bridgton.

AA Step Mtgs., 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 High St., Bridgton.

WEDNESDAYS Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-4134.

Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Raymond Library.

Sweden House Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Sweden Church basement, 137 Bridgton Rd. FMI: 647-4429, 647-5399.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Senior Lunch, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Knitting Group, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell.

Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Makers Club, 3 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Reading with Holly Dog, 3:30 p.m., Bridgton Library.

Indoor Walking Program, 4 to 5:30 p.m., New Suncook School, Lovell.

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

Catherine’s Cupboard Food Pantry, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays, Standish Town Hall, Rte. 35.

Wood Carving Group, 79 p.m., Ice Rink building, behind Bridgton Town Hall.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

THURSDAYS Bridgton Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church, Rte. 117.

Adult Children of Alcoholics, 10 a.m., Waterford Library.

Storytime, 10 a.m., Harrison Library, Harrison Village.

Senior Wii Bowling, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Casco Community Center.

Storytime with Music, 10:30 a.m., Naples Library.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

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

Brownfield Food Pantry, 1 to 5 p.m. third Thursdays, 701 Pequawket Trl. FMI: 935-

2333.

Tai Chi Maine Set Practice, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Town Hall, No. High St., Bridgton.

Indoor Walking Program, 4 to 5:30 p.m., New Suncook School, Lovell.

Raymond Food Pantry, 46 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursdays, Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Main St. FMI: 2325830.

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

Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., Naples Library.

Teen Sports Night, 6-7:45 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym, Rte. 35, Harrison.

FMI: 583-2241.

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

Chickadee Quilters, 6:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

AA Meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

Narcotics Anonymous Women’s Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd. (Rte. 93) off Rte. 302, Bridgton.

AA Ladies Step-Meeting, 7 a.m. & 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

FRIDAYS Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-4134.

Parents & Children Activity Group, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Casco Community Center.

Brownfield Playgroup, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Brownfield Community Center.

Tai Chi Maine beginner practice, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

AWANA Youth Program, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Cornerstone Gospel Church, corner Rtes.

302 & 114, Naples. FMI: 6936102, 803-2199.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH SATURDAYS Tabletop Role Playing Games, 9:30 a.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Makers Club, 10 a.m., Bridgton Community Center.

AA Beginner’s & Group Mtgs., 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

SUNDAYS Free Breakfast, 8-9 a.m., Deering United Methodist Church, Main St., So. Paris.

Table Tennis, 1-4 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St., all welcome. Equipment provided free, 7 tables.

Adult Basketball, 6 p.m., Town Hall, No. High St., Bridgton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church, corner Route 117 and Dawes Hill Rd.

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WINDHAM — The 4-H Dog Club Paws ‘N’ Pals in Windham is actively recruiting right now. New members should be between the ages of 11 and 18 and looking for something fun to do with their dog. Members of the Paws ‘N’ Pals Club participate and learn about dog sports and obedience training and have fun with their dogs. For more details, contact University of Maine Cooperative Extension

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DENMARK — The Denmark Rod and Gun Club is hosting its first Bryant Pond 4-H Campership Program.

The Club wants to encourage and enable more children to spend time outdoors in the woods of Maine. Established in 2012, the Club has been offering a variety of programs including two Ice Fishing Derbies, a Kids’ Perch Derby, and an October Turkey Shoot. The most recent Ice Fishing Derby was a fundraiser for this new Campership Program.

Any child between the ages of 10 to 15, who has lived in Denmark for at least the calendar year of 2013, is eligible to apply for a campership. Along with the application form signed by a parent or guardian, the child must choose a summer camp program from Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and write a 200-word essay on why they chose that program. Essays will be judged by a committee chosen by Club officers.

Applications and essays are due to the Club by April 1.

The Club will notify the two winners by April 15.

Each campership will be in the amount of $325.

Additionally, every child in Maine is eligible for a one-time campership from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife of $250. The families of the chosen recipients will need

Dr. Gary Wheeler came to Maine to purchase New Hope Animal Hospital in 1989.

He re-opened the practice as Bridgton Veterinary Hospital, a full-service hospital offering wellness care, surgery, dentistry, grooming and boarding services. The demand for boarding services was quite high, and an additional 10 runs were added to the dog boarding area in 1990.

Eventually, the client demand became significant enough that the old hospital was not providing the staff with enough space to accommodate the amount of pets needing services. In 2007, a new hospital building was attached to the current structure. This new building offered more exam rooms, office space, a larger treatment area and surgical suite, and a separate dental suite.

An Open House was held to provide everyone a chance to see the new facility.

In 2009, Bridgton Veterinary Hospital began hosting additional events to celebrate the local pet-loving community and have been continuing in that fashion

may also call Club President John Wiesemann at 890-6923 to have a copy mailed to you.

If you would like to learn more about Bryant Pond 4H Camp and its programs, please visit their website at umaine.edu/bryantpond or call them at 665-2068.

Please consider joining the Denmark Rod and Gun Club. The Club is always accepting new members, and is working to purchase a piece of property in Denmark for use as a clubhouse and shooting range. Feel free to contact the Club if you know of a suitable property in Denmark.

ever since.

On Sunday, April 20, Bridgton Veterinary Hospital will host their fourth annual “Meet The Breeds” event, an informative day to promote knowledge of breed tendencies before purchasing or adopting a dog.

July 20 will be the sixth annual Pet Community Event. This fun day celebrates the many great organizations in the area who rescue and re-home animals in need.

Dr. Wheeler is not the only member of the staff who has been greeting clients and patients since 1989. Nicki Taylor has held a few different positions at BVH over the past 25 years, but most of you will recognize her as one of the customer service reps or as BVH’s beloved puppy kindergarten teacher!

It has been a great privilege for the BVH team to provide health care to pets of Lake Region residents. The entire staff truly enjoys what they do. It is their wish to continue working and growing with the local pet community for another 25 years and more.

Dr. Gary Wheeler Nicki Taylor and her and his dog Midnight dog Sunny

Support group for survivors offered (Continued from Page A) growth, ask questions, and be given options to grow and heal is a life-changing experience.”

Many survivors of sexual assault who have participated in SAPARS support groups note that it was a significant positive step toward taking their life back and moving toward healing.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming part of the new women’s support group, please contact the South Paris office at 743-9777. Before the first group meeting, SAPARS staff will meet one-on-one with each woman interested in learning more about this support group.

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Duck project On Sunday, May 4 at 1 p.m., the Club will be hosting a Duck Box Building Project at the Denmark Town Office. Any child is welcome to join others in building duck boxes. These boxes will provide an artificial nesting structure for wood ducks.

The deployment of duck boxes can help increase the population of wood ducks where natural cavities are limited.

Please visit the Club’s website at denmarkrodandgunclub.org to obtain a campership application or learn more about the club. You

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to apply directly to the department for that campership. The combined camperships will be a total of $575, just $50 less than a typical one-week program at Bryant Pond 4-H, which is $625.

Bryant Pond 4-H camp offers many programs such as Farm & Garden Camp, Natural Explorer, Archery Camp, Apprentice Hunter, Warden Camp and many more. They also offer the Junior Maine Guide program for kids ages 14-18, which is a challenging course that prepares youths for a possible future as a Registered Maine Guide.

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(Continued from Page A) Benefit Dinner for the Lyons family on Saturday, March 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, Route 117, Bridgton. There’ll be a Silent Auction and a 50/50 raffle.

Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for children. For more information, call Kendra at 256-7393.

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Board tables action on Family Dollar project (Continued from Page A) asked the people involved in the Family Dollar project to get together with the engineer working on the Dunkin’ Donuts project. The objective would be to tie together vehicular accessibility — as pointed out by Chairman Larry Anton.

“It needs to be joint access because people will go both ways. Customers from Dunkin’ Donuts will stop into Family Dollar” and vice versa, Anton said.

The role of the planning board, at this juncture, was to go through a checklist and make certain that the application was complete. The item was tabled in order to give the people representing Family Dollar time to finalize aspects of the proposal: the building, the landscaping, the stormwater runoff plan, and coordinating with Dunkin’ Donuts.

Speaking on the behalf of Family Dollar was Max Simpson, of Hunt Real Estate, and Project Engineer Kevin Trainor, with Ransom Consulting, Inc. What took up most of the discussion time was the appearance of the building and its landscaping.

Board member Kevin Rogers spoke adamantly against the proposed chain store. He even threw out a motion to deny the application. However, nobody seconded the motion so it never made it to the table.

“In my eyes, if we allow this, this is going to be a downward spiral to the character of our town,” Rogers said.

Prior to that statement, he said, “I know that we heard some members of the board say they thought the building design was great or okay.”

“If you drive down the street and see the surrounding properties, everyone has gone above and beyond” to make the business district look harmonious.

He cited examples of architecture such as the primary care office building, the pharmacy, and Aubuchon.

“Proposed structures should be harmonious to existing buildings. This does not have that,” Rogers said.

Rogers said he wanted to deny the project based on the town’s Comprehensive Plan, which lays out a goal of having business structures that are concordant with one another.

Simpson responded to Rogers’ comments, “First of all, with the boards that we go through, this is a review of the completeness of the site review application.”

“That building is the pitched roof building that you wanted. We are developing a new program” in which colonial-style structures are constructed, he said.

“This is going to be a corporately-owned store. My input to Family Dollar was the fake clapboard siding and the pitched roof,” he said, later adding that the roof would be constructed from metal so that it would last longer and the vinyl siding would also have a longer lifespan.

“Most Family Dollars are not very attractive,” he said.

“We should have come here with a design of the landscaping so you could get a more realistic view. The shrubbery is going to be attractive. We do have that in our budget,” he said.

“It is going to look almost exactly like Aubuchon,” he said.

Rogers countered his comment, saying, “It is one notch below. Then, there will be the next notch below.”

The catch-22 before the

planning board is that it can make requests to have the exterior of new businesses adhere to the comprehensive plan; however, there is nothing in the town’s ordinances to legally mandate the board’s requests.

According to Naples Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) Renee Carter, the concepts outlined in the comprehensive plan are what residents strive for. But, there are no set standards or ordinances that govern the appearance of a proposed business building.

Likewise, the board’s request to have the access roads paved is simply a request. There is not an ordinance in writing that would control whether an access road is created from asphalt or maintained gravel.

“It (the access road) needs to be usable right away,” Anton said.

Simpson asked for a clarification if the right-of-way needed to be paved.

CEO Carter answered, “It doesn’t say it has to be paved.

There are no standards.”

Anton acknowledged her statement.

“Right, but we’d like to see it paved,” he said.

Simpson said that request

would add to the company’s construction costs.

The proposed access for Family Dollar would be the existing Aubuchon entrance, according to Engineer Trainor.

The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) has granted the project and entrance permit to continue to use Aubuchon’s entrance from Route 302, he said. The parking lot would have 25 parking spaces, two of which would be for handicapped drivers.

Another point of discussion was landscaping, and both the board and audience members weighed in on the topic.

According to the sketches, there will be a 15x6-foot garden bed in the front of the building.

“At this time, there are no landscaped trees in front. A buffer is not required. Based on the parking lot location, putting trees in the drainage or within a certain distance of right-of-way was not our intention,” Trainor said.

Currently, all the area that is not building, pavement, or parking lot will be lawn, he said.

Audience member Darrin Rogers, of CareTake America, asked if there was a way to plant any trees toward the

(Continued from Page A) nearly 100 years ago when the cemetery was established on a 2.5-acre parcel.

The $950 in appropriations for the Sweden Food Pantry and REACH were added to the $6,400 recommended by the budget committee to be spread among eight charitable organizations.

Finance Committee Chairman Barry Patrie said REACH’s request was not received in time to be included on the warrant, and that all the services were reduced by six percent. “No one got the full amount,” he said.

A REACH spokeswoman said her agency could not disclose, for reasons of confidentiality, how many clients served last year were Waterford residents, as the Budget Committee had requested. She pointed out, however, that REACH maintains an educational program at Waterford Elementary School that serves 79 children. The agency also works

with clients as they deal with the court system, she added.

After voters approved the REACH request, Sweden Food Pantry volunteer Carol Madsen made the case for her cause.

“We have a very small budget,” and “this is a very serious problem these days,” she said.

Lessard pointed out that Waterford’s General Assistance budget, at $5,750, would be much higher if not for the services such agencies as Community Concepts, Inc. and Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice provide. He said the General Assistance budget for West Paris, by comparison, is $21,000.

Lessard also praised the town’s 100 or so loyal volunteers, on boards, committees, the transfer station and fire department who do so much for the town. He called on several retiring volunteers to be recognized with a certificate of appreciation — John McBryant from the Planning

Board, Henry Plate from the Transfer Station Committee, and Barry Patrie from the Finance Committee and SAD 17 Board of Directors.

“I don’t have the words to put in how important that is to the town,” he said. “And the people doing this work are getting smaller” each year, he added. “Most of our boards need new blood.”

Road Commissioner Bradley Grover said the $200,000 budgeted for roads this year will be used on the worst roads in town, such as Mill Hill, Temple and Deer Hill Roads. Waterford’s roads will receive $50,000 more in funding than last year, mostly due to the increasing cost of hot top.

Lessard told voters the town needed $40,000 for legal expenses to fight a lawsuit that may be filed against the

town. The amount includes $3,800 carried over from last year and was recommended by the town’s attorney. He declined to be more specific, but during a break, he said that “We’ve been told that if we don’t do a certain thing

by April 1, the lawsuit will begin.” Selectman Richard Hunt said the town was presented with three criteria, all of which had to be met to avoid litigation.

“It’s an ultimatum, basically,” said Selectman Wyatt Andrews. He said the board will be meeting with the town attorney in the near future to decide how to proceed.

The budget for 2014 is $103,700 more than last year, with most of the increase due to the road budget, revaluation fees and legal fees. The current tax rate of 14.30 mills will remain stable.

LONG CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE — Waterford Selectman Chairman Randy Lessard, left, presented an appreciation plaque Saturday to longtime Town Meeting Moderator Sawin Millett Jr., who has led the annual meetings for 35 years and is retiring to his Waterford farm. This year’s Town Report was dedicated to Millett, who served as a state representative from 1968­72 and for four terms beginning in 2002. He currently serves as the state’s Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services.

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Stabbing case (Continued from Page A) Road, owned by Rubie Sandus. As the dispute spilled over into one of the apartments, a knife or knives were brandished during the physical exchange, and the stabbings occurred, he said.

“At this point, neither (stabbing) is considered to be lifethreatening,” Schofield said. As of Wednesday, police were still investigating the incident, and have not as yet made any arrests.

“It appears that the fight began over a disagreement in the parking,” he said.

right-of-way.

“I am seeing pretty stark roadside frontage. Aubuchon was required to plant trees because they have about four or five of them. They are actually going to grow and look good after a while,” Rogers said.

Simpson agreed to the idea of more foliage.

“If the board wants more trees, we could do that,” he said.

Board member Rogers said, “It would be nice to have trees.”

Simpson said it was doable as long as the trees did not block signage and create a public safety hazard.

‘It would take quite a bit of trees to block the signs,” Rogers said.

Chairman Anton consulted the board members, “Assuming they come back with additional landscaping for trees, will that please the board?”

There was a round of nods from the planning board.

Although Simpson asked for preliminary approval contingent on completing portions of the application, the board voted unanimously to table the application until it next meeting on April 1.

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Champions, at last!

Lakers finally break through, claim Gold Ball

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer BANGOR — As Sarah Hancock placed her hands on her knees and bent over slightly, tears started to fill her eyes.

With 17.9 seconds remaining on the game clock, the junior point guard could only stare straight ahead as two foul shots floated into the air.

Unlike a year ago or even two seasons ago, these tears were not the end result of another disappointing loss on high school basketball’s biggest stage.

Instead, the tears were of joy. The 0–6 curse had finally been broken. After watching their “Laker heroes,” as little kids, come up short, these Lady Lakers had finally captured the coveted Gold Ball — the school’s first girls’ state championship title since the Maine High School Invitational Tournament started in 1975.

Behind a dominant 21point, 15-rebound and 6 blocked shot effort by senior center Tiana-Jo Carter, Lake Region completed a magical 21–1 season with a 56–47 victory over Mt. Desert Island Friday night at the new Cross Center in Bangor.

“During the tournament this year, I really didn’t feel like I had the best of games.

Being my senior year and knowing I don’t get another shot at it, I really wanted to be sure that I gave my team everything that I had and help win the Gold Ball,” Carter said.

The Lakers trailed just three times early in the first quarter against the Trojans (19–3) and showed a steady will when MDI erased a 10point deficit with a furious run just before halftime to trail by just a bucket, 23–21.

“I thought we played great from the opening tip. We did everything we wanted to do. We wanted to play fast, but at the same time, we didn’t want to force quick shots. Ball movement and the way we were attacking the zone was excellent. We were playing from the inside, out. Tiana was getting a lot of touches and making some great passes,” LR Coach Paul True said.

Over the first three minutes, the teams quickly got a feel for what each other hoped to accomplish.

The Lakers used a crisp, precise passing game to find holes in MDI’s zone defense.

Patience, along with multiple touches by Carter, resulted in high percentage shots, as well as wide open looks as the Trojans tried to double up

21-1

Regular season Lakers 59, Fryeburg 29 Lakers 52, Cape 38 Lakers 57, York 27 Wells 44, Lakers 36 Lakers 56, Falmouth 45 Lakers 43, Gray-NG 36 Lakers 73, Poland 45 Lakers 54, Fryeburg 32 Lakers 60, Freeport 38 Lakers 59, Gray-NG 41 Lakers 62, Waynflete 37 Lakers 65, Falmouth 34 Lakers 73, Kennebunk 25 Lakers 52, Greely 34 Lakers 56, Freeport 38 Lakers 47, Yarmouth 29 Lakers 58, Poland 44 Lakers 64, York 50 West Playoffs Lakers 58, York 42 Lakers 43, Greely 32 Lakers 59, Wells 51 State Finals Lakers 56, Mt. Desert Island 47

on Carter in the low post.

Even when the Trojans clogged the lane, Carter displayed nice shooting touch near the rim, either scoring on baby hook shots or driving to the rack.

The Lakers closed out the first frame with a 6–0 run as Jordan Turner converted a zip pass from Carter, Miranda Chadbourne scored off an offensive rebound, and Carter netted a hook shot for a 11–6 Laker lead.

“I knew we had to play our game — Laker basketball. We need to get the ball inside to Tiana, inside-out and not jacking threes off the first pass and play solid defense. Play the way we play, and nothing more,” Sarah Hancock said. “We take pride in our defense because it is one of the best things that we do. We lock down LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN — Lakers react after the final horn sounds Friday and take it personally when after defeating Mount Desert Island to win the Class B state championship. Pictured are people try to score against (left to right) Kristen Huntress, Spencer True, Melody Millett and Sarah Hancock.

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Courageous effort: Senior Jordan Turner’s life was turned upside down last week when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Windham. The collision resulted in glass shards embedding into her hand.

“I was very nervous that I wouldn’t be able to play because my hand was so messed up,” the starting Laker forward said. “I went to the doctor and was told I could play until the stitches fell out. Not practicing all week made me nervous, wondering how I would play and whether I would mess up?

Coach True also wondered how Turner would perform after practicing just 15 minutes on Thursday — the day before the big game.

“What a courageous effort. I can’t put into words the kind of effort Jordan gave us. She practiced for 15 minutes that week. That didn’t go so well. After Thursday night’s practice, I just had no idea what to expect.

She tried to save a ball out of bounds, and just like her, she hit the hand and had some swelling,” Coach True said.

Turner performed quite well, scoring 10 points, hauling down six rebounds and still taking on the role of defensive stopper.

“In the beginning, I didn’t think about it,” Turner said.

Late in the game, she had to think about the injury.

“I went up for a rebound against a MDI player and fell to the floor, landing on my hand. I actually lost a stitch there. It hurt

BIG HUG — LR senior Tiana-Jo Carter (left) embraces TEARS OF JOY — Senior Jordan Turner has an emotional minute with Coach Paul True after the Lakers freshman Kristen Huntress. captured the state title. than they did,” Hancock us. We play as hard as we can for as long as the possession said.

Coach True felt his team lasts. We never give up.”

After seeing two shots was still in a good place, rejected in back-to-back despite the late MDI surge.

“Halftime was a moment possessions, MDI players of refocusing.

All week long, settled on outside jumpers.

Junior guard Sarah Phelps we had talked about playing (11 points) had the hot hand in the middle of the floor. early, connecting on a base- They want to trap up and line drive and later on a 3- down the sideline. During pointer. But, MDI also saw that stretch, we put the ball three perimeter jumpers fall where we knew it would be difficult to pass out of due to short of the basket.

Many guards can attest their length and athleticism,” that LR sophomore Sierra Coach True said. “I think (CeCe) Hancock can be quite it was a matter of fatigue. a pest on the defensive side. They brought in some high Add MDI players to the list. energy (the Tapley girl really Hancock sparked a second gave them a spark). The key quarter uprising with a steal was we never let them get and a 3-pointer as the Lakers over the top. We still had a seemed ready to blow open lead. We needed to rest and the game, building a 18–9 refocus.”

Carter took control of the lead. MDI went nearly five game in the third quarter by minutes without scoring a point as Hannah Shaw picked scoring six points, collecting WE FINALLY DID IT! Junior Meghan VanLoan enjoys up her third personal foul, eight rebounds and blocking the moment with teammate sophomore Sierra (CeCe) TIDBITS, Page B trying to take away the base- two shots as the Lakers built Hancock. line as Carter attempted to a 37–29 lead.

“We really worked hard dribble away from the hoop after scooping up a defensive to keep our composure no matter what. We knew there rebound with 5:13 left.

Outside shooting special- would be times during a game ist Sierra Myrick broke the that things weren’t going to run with a trey at 3:04, but go our way. We had to make Hancock answered with her sure we stayed positive and pick each other up when we own 3-pointer at 2:42.

With Shaw becoming a were down. Halftime couldn’t non-factor due to foul trou- have come at a better time. ble, the Trojans received a We were a little frustrated. huge lift from sophomore Some people were mad. We guard Sierra Tapley, who knew yelling at each other came off the bench to score wasn’t what was going to six of the team’s last eight win this game. We needed to points before intermission to get back to what we did in the first quarter and stick to give MDI some hope.

“When we got into the it,” Carter said. “We felt the locker room, we were a little third quarter was going to stressed and flustered. I told be big for us. We were going them we were up two, we to get at it and lock it down. were fine. It’s our game to We were pumped. I’ve been win. We deserve this. We’ve dealing with trying to play worked so hard and don’t let in tight quarters all season your emotions get in the way. — actually all four years. HARDWARE FOR THE TROPHY CASE — Pictured left to right, Assistant Coach Doug Banks, Head Coach Paul True, Assistant/JV Coach Pauline Webb.

We knew we wanted it more LAKERS, Page B

Banner night in Bangor

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Photos by Tracy Hancock and Wayne Rivet

Natasha Jones, manager Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? It has to be getting to help cut down the net and getting to keep a piece of it because I have wanted to do that since I was five.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I learned that no one plays harder for 32 minutes than our Lady Lakers! I’m so proud of them.

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Lakers claim first girls’ hoop title since ’75 (Continued from Page B) It’s difficult, at times. There is always a spot where there aren’t any people, so I have to be quick and react. You get to that spot, make a quick move and shoot.”

MDI managed to stay in striking range, but had their hopes dampened with 9.7 seconds left when Shaw (who had scored just two points) was whistled for her fourth foul attempting to come up with a steal against LR guards away from the basket. She would remain on the bench until 5:37 left in the game — at that point, the Lakers had pushed their lead to 43–33 as Carter scored four points and Turner (10 points) drained a baseline jumper despite a sore hand, which had five stitches as the result of her being in a car accident earlier in the week.

“Even when (Hannah) Shaw went out, I never sensed that our girls relaxed,” Coach True said.

With Sarah Hancock coolly and smoothly running the point and Carter dominating the backboards at both ends (five rebounds in a three-

minute stretch), the Lakers opened up a 46–33 lead with 4:05 left.

MDI struggled on the offensive end as players pressed to make a play, resulting in three turnovers.

Shaw scored her first field goal of the game with 3:34 left, but the Trojans would be unable to make a serious comeback run as the Lakers went 8-of-13 from the foul line over the final four minutes.

“The experience from last year’s game where we had a lead in the fourth quarter and lost it really had an impact in this game. The kids did an unbelievable job of taking care of the basketball,” Coach True said. “We knew it wasn’t a MDI strength to come out of the zone and match up against us. If we could play with a lead in the fourth quarter, they would have to come out of the zone.”

Even though the Lakers appeared to have a comfortable cushion heading down the home stretch, worry cascaded over entire Laker Nation when Carter hit the

deck with 2:49 left, suffering a severe ankle sprain. She appeared ready to bank home a wide open layup attempt off a pass from Turner, but had the shot blocked from behind by MDI sophomore forward Kelsey Shaw.

All eyes seemed focused on Carter along the sideline as she attempted to put pressure on the injured ankle with trainer Alex Gunnerson by her side.

“It was the most painful thing I’ve been through. I really thought I was done for the rest of the game. I was really upset, thinking I would not go back into the game — my last game ever here. My ankle hurt so bad. I decided I could worry about the pain later. I tied my shoe and told coach I could do this,” Carter said. “It was awesome to hear the crowd when I went back into the game. We have such a great community here, so supportive. And it’s not just Lake Region, it comes from all over. I am so thankful for the support we have. It’s amazing. They are a big part of what we’ve been able to accomplish.”

Coach True faced a dilemma about whether to bring back his star center.

“It was two-fold. I was sad and upset for Tiana personally because of how hard she has worked. I wanted her to be able to finish the game.

In terms of the game itself, I felt great, either way. We had 2 minutes 50 seconds with an 8- to 10-point lead and guards who were doing a great job taking care of the ball. At the same time, your heart breaks for a moment that the thought of her not being able to return enters your mind,” he said. “She has earned that moment. Jordan with her hand has earned that opportunity, that moment.

So, I felt that if Tiana felt she was ready to go and Alex (the trainer) felt we weren’t putting her at danger or risk putting her back onto the floor, she had earned that opportunity. What a great way to cap off a stellar career and display the courage she has.”

Meanwhile, Sarah Hancock would not allow MDI to take advantage of Carter’s absence. Hancock’s LAKERS, Page 12B

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(Continued from Page B) for a while,” said Turner, who noticeably had tears in her eyes as she headed toward the halfcourt line as part of the Lakers’ defensive set. “But, we were winning and a state championship was on the line, so I played through it no matter what.

No way was I coming out.”

How will this team be remembered? “It was really a different group. They had the ability to just have fun and be a high school kid. They would get so excited about the boys’ success, getting dressed up to support them, excited about the Poland boys’ team. I had to tell them to focus on the task at hand and remember what we need to do when it is our turn to play,” Coach True said. “Every time, they COACH TRUE acknowl- had the ability when it was edges the Lake Region our time, they were totalfans after winning the ly on board and prepared. state title in Bangor.

That says a lot about these

kids. They were unbelievably supportive, yet able to refocus.”

Two schools come together. They are often rivals, but Lake Region and Poland students developed a bond during the basketball playoffs, which saw the two communities come together to support each other in their pursuit of the Gold Ball.

“Very, very special. I called Poland AD Don King one day as I was going to a Triple C meeting, and I drove by the Ryefield Mill and see on a sign, ‘Go Lakers’ ‘Go Knights.”

I drive by the Naples Fire Department and see a saying, “Good Luck Lakers’ and ‘Good Luck Knights.’

I asked Don would he ever think our communities would be rallying around each other,” Coach True said. “I talk to our kids all the time that when we are

not playing each other, we should be rooting for those teams (Fryeburg, Poland, Gray). Sometimes, the rivalry piece and wanting them to lose, I don’t fully understand. We have a lot in common with our neighboring communities. To see what unfolded was awesome. Our girls were getting Tweets from the Poland girls wishing us luck. You feel like all of a sudden you have an extended community. It is a unique display of sportsmanship, which makes you proud.”

LAKERS (56) Tiana-Jo Carter 9-3-21, Miranda Chadbourne 10-2, Lucy Fowler 0-0-0, Sarah Hancock 2-3-7, CeCe Hancock 3-5-13, Kristen Huntress 1-0-3, Spencer True 0-0-0, Jordan Turner 3-4-10, Meghan VanLoan 0-0-0.

3-Pointers: CeCe Hancock (2), Kristenn Huntress.

Turnovers: 6-5-4-4 — 19 Free Throws: 15-24 (63%); Turner 4-6, C. Hancock 57, Carter 3-5, Sa. Hancock 3-6 Rebounds (29): Carter 15, Turner 6, Fowler 1, Chadbourne 1, True 1, VanLoan 2, Huntress 1, Sa. Hancock 1 Blocked shots: Carter 6

MT. DESERT ISLAND (47)

Molly Carroll 0-0-0, Haley Littlefield 1-0-3, Keely McConomy 0-2-2, Sierra Myrick 2-0-6, Sara Norberg 0-0-0, Sarah Phelps 4-211, Hannah Shaw 4-5-13, Kelsey Shaw 2-0-4, Sierra Tapley 4-0-8.

3-Pointers: Haley Littlefield, Sierra Myrick (2), Sarah Phelps.

Turnovers: 4-4-2-4 — 14 Free Throws: 9-13 (69%); H. Shaw 5-9, Phelps 2-2, K. McConomy 2-2 Rebounds (22): K. Shaw 5, Phelps 5, Myrick 1, Tapley 3, McConomy 1, H. Shaw 7 Blocked shots: Myrick Final Record: 19-3

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To The Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Lady Lakers basketball team. It seems like yesterday, all of you were watching former players dressed in Laker attire, faces painted, eyes as big as saucers, hoping to one day be a Lady Laker! Well, that day came.

All your hard work, scarifies, sweat and tears has led to an amazing accomplishment.

You truly are an incredible group of young ladies! What we witnessed Friday night was a remarkable display of teamwork, fortitude and composure. I want to thank all of

you for teaching our youth that with hard work, determination, and confidence anything is possible. You truly are an inspiration to all of us.

Hats off to Coach True, Webb, Banks and all the coaches that over the years have taught, inspired and encouraged these athletes to be the best they can be! Well done!

Beth Latsey Casco Recreation Director

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MDI unable to stop Lakers, but deputy did

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer A sheriff deputy was able to put the brakes on the Lake Region girls’ basketball team, unlike Mount Desert Island.

As the newly-crowned Class B state champions were being escorted along Route 302 Saturday by local fire trucks (the team stayed over in Bangor Friday night), which had sounded their sirens, the SAD 61 school bus was pulled over near The Black Bear Cafe by a Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputy. The deputy directed his cruiser

in front of the school bus, alerting the driver to pull the vehicle over to the side of the roadway.

“When I first saw the deputy, I thought he was joining the parade,” said Laker Head Coach Paul True.

The deputy was apparently ready to enforce traffic law.

“The decision by Deputy Cory Plummer to stop the Lake Region High School girls’ basketball championship celebration on Saturday morning was a critical decision made, enforcing a statute (29-A §2054-5) that is

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C. Exceed the maximum speed limits as long as life or property is not endangered, except that capital security officers and employees of the Department of Corrections may not exercise this privilege; [2001, c. 360, §7 (AMD).]

D. Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions; and [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 1993, c.

683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]

E. Proceed with caution past a stopped school bus that has red lights flashing only: (1) After coming to a complete stop; and (2) When signaled by the school bus operator to proceed. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]

Nothing in this subsection prohibits the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle

from activating emergency lights for the limited purpose of warning motorists when entering or exiting structures designed to house the emergency vehicles.”

Violation of this subsection carries a minimum fine of $250.

The school bus driver did contact Andy Madura, director of Transportation, Maintenance and Food Service at SAD 61, regarding being stopped.

The deputy allowed the convoy to continue. Many LR fans greeted the champs on the Naples Causeway and others followed the bus to the high school for a reception.

It is common across Maine to honor state championship teams with “official escorts.”

The Fryeburg Academy softball team enjoyed such escorts after winning the Class B West title five times at St. Joseph’s College in Standish, as well as following state title wins there. The Raiders were

escorted by Fryeburg fire, rescue and police along Routes 5/113 from the entrance to the Eastern Slope Regional Airport to Main Street and back over to the Wadsworth Arena on Bradley Street.

Sheriff Joyce hopes to avoid future confusion by jumping onto the celebratory bandwagon.

“I have instructed my command staff to discuss how we will respond to future situations such as this, knowing that other agencies take part in community events, (such as) funeral processions, etc. I am a very supportive of community policing and want the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office to be a partner in future events, such as these,” he said. “I congratulate the Lake Region High School girls’ basketball team on their division championship and I am committed to having my agency involved in future championship celebrations.”

If indoor track & field fans were unable to find Kate Hall’s name among the results of the New England Championships held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass. this past Saturday, it was not a misprint.

The Lake Region junior and three-time defending state champion had to withdraw due to injury.

Kate has been battling a hip flexor injury, which resurfaced last week while she was taking part in a WGME-13 interview.

“Kate had warmed up, got positioned in the blocks and after a start, she said she was all done. The hip flexor was bothering her, leaving her with a limp,” said her dad, Eric Hall.

Unable to compete at the New Englands was “disappointing” for Kate, especially considering that the winning long jump mark was 17-feet 8-inches, which was off the

average mark Kate had posted during the winter season at 18feet 5 ½-inches.

Kate is hopeful that she will be ready to compete at the Nationals to be held in two weeks in New York.

More Raider records fall at N.E. Championships The record-breaking season did not stop at the New England Championships as three new Fryeburg Academy Indoor Track and Field records were set this past Saturday, March 1.

New England’s are made up of the six best in each event from each state for a total of 36 athletes or relay teams in each event. These are the best of the best from each of the six states.

Five Raiders traveled to the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass. hoping to end their season on a high note.

The day started with the 4x800

relay made up of TJ Rose, Tyler O’Keefe, Eric Hannes and Jared Schrader. These young men set a new Academy record running 8:28.72.

“Our goal had been to run sub 8:30. Not only was this accomplished, but they came home second in their heat and the first team from Maine, besting the likes of Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and York,” FA Coach Kevin McDonald said.

“An overall finish of 16th and not far from the top 10 led to smiles all around. All athletes ran fantastic, however I must comment on Eric’s leg.

Eric took the baton in eighth place and when he handed off to Jared we were in second.

An absolutely beautiful run to watch.”

Eric ran 2:04.69 for his leg, gave the baton to Jared who came home in 2:04.80 to secure the second place finish.

Jared was not done as he came back to run the 1000 meters, a short time later. He

ran a very strong race, recording a new Academy record for the distance. Jared’s time was 2:44.12 establishing a record that may stand for some time to come.

Still to come was Forest Stearns in the 600 meters.

Forest was seeded with a time of 1:28.38. This distance was more than Forest is comfortable with as he is a 200/400 meter athlete. Forest rose to the occasion and recorded a time of 1:26.38, a new Academy record that also will be around for a while.

“Coach Collins and I could not be happier for these young men. We traveled to Boston, did our job and returned to the Academy with three new school records and the respect of many teams,” Coach McDonald said.

“Coach Collins and I are very proud of these athletes, with how they conducted themselves both on and off the track. I’m not sure a coach could ask for more.”

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Tiana-Jo Carter, #33, senior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? When I scored my 1,000th point because I was so thankful for all the fans that came out to support me.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I learned that when you set your heart to something and you work hard great experiences and memories come from it.

Jordan Turner, #10, senior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? Getting redemption after losing to Wells in the regular season. Beating them in the tournament felt so good because it proved to people why we’re at the top.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I learned to never give up on something you desire. Also, that your team is your backbone and without them I wouldn’t have been able to have this experience.

Lucy Fowler, #2, senior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? My most memorable moment was scoring a “three” in the Western Maine championship game and then swinging the net after our redemption victory over Wells.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

I learned that as we were reaching success, we came across people that wanted us to fail, but as a team, we were not going to let it get in the way of reaching our main goal.

Miranda Chabourne, #22, senior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? My most memorable moment from this season is the redemption win over Wells in the Western Maine championship after losing to them during the regular season.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

I learned that it does not matter how many times we get knocked down, the important thing is that we were willing to get back up and keep fighting for our goal.

Sarah Hancock, #12, junior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? My most memorable moment was coming together with my team to face adverse situations. There were people who did not believe in us and did not support our journey. We knew that we had to prove them wrong and that’s exactly what we did.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

I have learned so many valuable life lessons while being a part of Lake Region girls’ basketball. However, the most important thing I’ve learned is never give up! There will be times when it seems nothing will ever go your way and at that moment you must search inside yourself and work harder than you ever have before.

Meghan VanLoan, #50, junior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? Playing in the semifinal against Greely. It was a huge game for me and I thought it was one of my best games of the season.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

I learned to never give up. We never thought for one second that we were going to lose to Wells or MDI, and that’s what pushed us. Our motivation also played a huge role in our victories.

Allison Morse, #45, junior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? The most memorable moment from this season was cutting down the net after we won Western B and beat Wells.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

That dreams do come true.

Spencer True, #23, sophomore Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? My most memorable moment was when our team beat Wells. That was our one loss of the season and we wanted redemption.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I learned to never give up on a dream no matter what. When you really think you’ve put everything into it, dig even deeper because if you really want something no one can get in the way of it.

Alizah Broussard, #44, junior Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? The most memorable moment from this season was cutting down a piece of the net for the first time after we won the Western Maine Class B Championships.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

Everybody had a role in accomplishing our dreams. This gold ball was truly a team effort.

Sierra (CeCe) Hancock, #3, sophomore Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season (not including the state championship)? Traveling to Boston and bonding with my team. Also, while there, being able to play against great competition.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I learned to never give up and that team is the most important thing you can have. They always have your back no matter what.

Melody Millett, #24, freshman Q. What was your most memorable moment from this season Kristen Huntress, #4, freshman (not including the state championship)? Celebrating and runQ. What was your most memorable moment from this season ning to Kristen (Huntress) after we won Western B because (not including the state championship)? When I made four 3s when we’re seniors, we hope to relive that moment. in our first game of the season.

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run?

Q. What lesson did you learn from this championship run? I Experiences like this create a bond that will keep us conlearned that hard work and dedication pays off. nected no matter where we all go in life.

Opinion & Comment

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Dark Side of the Sun

The puck stops here Views from the Uppermost House

by Mike Corrigan BN Columnist

Fate that never turns aside

Henry David Thoreau, who saw the need a century and a half ago for creating power from tides and wind and sun, wrote: “We have constructed a Fate that never turns aside.” Thoreau’s omnivorous Fate perfectly foreshadows the current crisis of worldwide species and habitat destruction, and the scientific certainty of calamitous climate change.

So, why do we have so much trouble turning aside? From its beginnings, it’s been one mistake after another for America. Nobody could see the land whole, and, wilderness or garden or however they looked at it, everybody wanted it all for themselves anyway.

Before they were the Russians, the Russians discovered America; but those aboriginal groups mistakenly thought they were just out for a walk. More than 10,000 years ago, the proto-Russkies crossed the Bering Strait land bridge — and the rest isn’t history, it’s a tragedy of errors. Whoever they were, they weren’t Indians, but when Columbus bumped into the Arawaks on the barren Caribbean islands, that’s what he called them, and he died thinking he was right, as so many after him would die in complete ignorance of the real if unofficial facts.

The Spanish came and found gold, lots of it, but it wasn’t enough to just steal it from the Aztecs and Incas, they had to go wandering around America for centuries too, mistaken in their belief that El Dorado was forever another range or two farther on, just past the Fountain of Youth. The French thought they could live peaceably with the Russians or whoever these woodland tribes were, and teach them God’s truths and correct their errancies, but they were wrong. The Dutch, the British, the French, and the Italians flying under other flags thought that Hudson Bay or the Hudson River or the insufficiently mighty James River undoubtedly led onward to the Northwest Passage, but they were so wrong it’s almost hilarious. The tribes of original inhabitants thought their Great Spirit would protect their land and their way of life, but they were also wrong, and their trust was more tragic. Englishmen thought they had a right to claim all of the land and measure it and grant it to other Englishmen, and the Colonists and new Americans thought they had a right to break their optimistic maps up into lots and ranges and sections, but FATE, Page 11B

by S. Peter Lewis BN Columnist I’ve endured the humiliation long enough.

I curl.

There, I said it.

Yes, curl, as in curling, that dramatic winter sport wherein men and women wearing silly pants and carrying brooms chase sliding rocks slowly down an ice rink. The sport they kept making fun of during last month’s Winter Olympic Games by saying things like, “For crying out loud, my grandmother could do that.”

To set the record straight and put a little of the sweat,

gusto, and sheer athleticism back into my beloved sport, to return some of its burly legitimacy, to make you feel the pain, I’m going to compare curling with another winter sport which everyone agrees fairly reeks with body-wrenching, spittle-flying, anger-managed intensity: ice hockey.

Both sports are played on the same surface: in hockey it’s called a rink; curling is played on a sheet.

The goal of hockey is to shoot the puck past the goal line and into the net; curlers deliver a stone into the house and try to get it to land on the button.

Hockey players wield sticks; curlers hold brooms.

Hockey players wear skates on their feet with razor-sharp blades; curlers wear grippers and sliders.

Hockey players pass and shoot; curlers slide and sweep.

Hockey players wear all sorts of protective clothing including pads, helmets, mouth guards, and face shields to keep their bones from breaking and their organs from exploding; curlers wear street clothes made popular by George Jetson.

In hockey, the defensemen try to violently body-check their opponents by slamming them into the boards; in curlPUCK, Page B

DAY HONORING DR. SEUSS — was held on Monday at Sebago Elementary School. Pictured are first graders Madyson, Emily, Averie and Bella.

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Update and outline on CPC standing Medicare nugget

Bridgton Comprehensive Plan members submit the following in the hope that it will help the public understand the process and the choices they were making to update the Comprehensive Plan.

Summary points: • The Comprehensive Plan is a vision statement for what a community wants for its near future, in Bridgton’s case the next 10 years.

• The Comprehensive Plan is a planning tool and the vision it represents informs what gets done. The Plan itself does not accomplish anything. Getting anything done, the implementation of any of the goals and strategies in the plan, will require much more work, public input, and leadership.

• The Comprehensive Plan update, we’ll call it the New Plan, is a draft. It will not be the town’s Comprehensive Plan until it’s tweaked and smoothed all summer, voted on in November, and then accepted by the state. In the mean time, the existing 2005 Comprehensive Plan is the town’s Plan. Just for some perspective, this current Plan’s Goals and Policies chapter “calls for” ten districts (zoning!) in Bridgton.

• The Future Land Use Plan is Chapter 11 of the New Plan, and expresses in outline form, the citizens’ vision for Land Use in the next decade. The implementation of this vision would be accomplished by the crafting of a code of development standards, based on the existing physical form and historic land use of the town. Whatever this management plan is called, the state recognizes it as zoning. In form it would be a land use ordinance, whatever its name.

• The Future Land Use Plan has been developed from previous Plans and from three years of discussions and public forums, and directly reflects the input of all the citizens who have participated, including those on the Committee,

Letters Milfoil eradication

Old septic is crappy

To The Editor: Don’t the people of Bridgton get tired of all the Band-Aid repair jobs that have gone on here for the past 60 years? We keep patching and repairing our septic systems while nothing ever gets done to improve our town. All the mills, a hotel, a theater and many older stores have closed.

Some have been torn down.

These have been replaced

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mainly by smaller businesses with no manufacturing, big or small, to speak of.

The town has wasted a ton of money on surveys and committees and still nothing gets done! Maintaining two obsolete septic systems is a burden that keeps the town from moving forward. Bridgton should have a system that can handle all of downtown and any new businesses that might want to come here. This is 2014.

We can’t make do with 1960s infrastructure.

For the sake of our future

Now is the time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Set your clocks ahead one hour Sunday, March 9.

and the future of Bridgton, we need to get this long overdue project moving forward.

Bob Murphy Bridgton

Pantry wishes to express a belated, heartfelt thank you to the many generous patrons who made this past holiday season a huge success. We are especially grateful to the Bridgton Rotary Club for their donation and the Lake Region Vocational Center To The Editor: LETTERS, Page B The St. Joseph Food

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Letters to the Editor We welcome your views!

Letters should not exceed 600 words, and will be edited for libel, proper punctuation and taste. All letters must be signed and indicate the writer’s residence. The deadline for letters is Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Letters should be addressed to: Editor, The Bridgton News, P.O. Box 244, Bridgton, Maine 04009.

E-mail submissions should be addressed to: bnews@roadrunner.com and must contain a phone number to verify authenticity.

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To The Editor: Readers of The Bridgton News know that milfoil eradication and prevention is critical to the long-term health of the environment and economy of the Lake Region. Rep. Mike McClellan of Raymond has introduced a bill (LD 1626), to be considered by the Maine Legislature that would result in a significant increase in funds available to local and regional efforts to stamp out milfoil. The bill calls for a $5 increase in the “Preserve Maine Waters” sticker required to be displayed on all motorized watercraft registered in the state. This would be a painless means of providing public financial support to the

hard-working and dedicated private organizations (such as our own Lakes Environmental Association) that have shouldered the burden of the effort to date.

We urge you to join us in supporting the passage of this legislation. Here’s how: • Contact your legislators and urge them to support LD 1626. Find your legislators by town at: www.maine. gov/legis/house/townlist. htm • Contact Governor LePage and urge him to support LD 1626. www.maine.gov/ governor/lepage/citizen_ services/ideas-suggestions. shtml The contact you make could make all the difference.

Naples Conservation Commission Jim Krainin Ted Bridge-Koenigsberg Richard Meyer Al Spencer Douglas Bogdan Tom O’Donnell

who were chosen to represent the town’s citizens in this task.

• All of the Chapters of the New Plan are drafts and as such are works in progress. The CPC will be submitting its New Plan to the Select Board in June, and your input now is very important. A Comprehensive Plan is truly something that is of the people, by the people, and for the people, and every citizen of this town should have a piece of it. If you don’t participate, then you’re assigning a committee member your proxy. Are you cool with that?

• The CPC has been working for two years on the update of the 2005 Comprehensive Plan. Most chapters have been updated and rewritten and the drafts are posted on the town’s website. It is only with the experience and knowledge gained from the work over this, in committee meetings, and in public charrettes, potlucks and forums conducted over the last three years, that we have arrived to work PLAN, Page 11B

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor About three years ago, I wrote a Nugget about the aging of our state: “Maine keeps getting older. We are currently the oldest state by median age…In 2020, we will be the second ‘grayest’ state in the country. Only Florida will have the dubious distinction of being grayer.”

Well, we are still the oldest state by median age. But here are some newer, startling statistics.

• Maine has the highest concentration of “baby boomers” per capita.

• Maine has the lowest population of those 1 to 18 years old.

• Maine has the lowest (or near lowest) rate of in-migration.

• Maine has a very high rate of Alzheimer’s and related types of dementia (it is estimated that by 2020 there will be 53,000 Mainers with these diseases).

• Between 2012 and the year 2022 the proportion of Mainers who are between 65 and 74 years old will have grown by 77%!

• In that same decade, the percentage of working age Mainers (between 20 and 64) will drop dramatically.

Not only does this trend affect the workforce, there will be a lot more people who will need “caretakers”. It certainly suggests that the medical community will need to adapt to a population of even more older citizens.

Stan Cohen, a Medicare Volunteer Counselor, is available for free, one-on-one consultations at Bridgton Hospital on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 11 a.m. No appointment is necessary. Alternatively, call Agency on Aging at 800-427-7411 for assistance.

The Bridgton News will attempt to publish letters received in a timely fashion.

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March 6, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page B

Voting ‘present’ won’t cut it this time

The things I feared most when Barack Obama was elected to a second term are unfolding.

Last Friday night, Obama said, “There will be costs” if Russia invades the Crimea. Hours later, Russian soldiers moved in. Remember that 3 a.m. phone call Hillary Clinton warned us about in 2008? Remember Saturday Night Live’s satire about it?

“This is hard!” said the actor playing Obama about being president. Indeed it is. The man who is accustomed to voting “present” when hard decisions are necessary is on the spot now.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, one of the world’s many thugs, believes our president is spineless — and is taking advantage. A lot can happen in the three years remaining in Obama’s second term, and the invasion of the Crimea is one of many to come. It’s another vision of the world as it is becoming during the Great American Decline. It’s another test for “the most intelligent man ever to become president,” according to presidential historian and sycophant Michael Beschloss. Obama should ace it, right? Maybe not. Could Beschloss possibly have been mistaken? We’ve never seen any of Obama’s grades because he won’t release his records.

Expect ever-more-difficult tests right up until January, 2017.

Will Putin cut off natural gas to Ukraine? Will he invade the mainland? Does he have his eye on the Baltic States? Does anybody really expect it’s all going to stop here?

So far, President Obama has issued statements. His chief diplomat, John Kerry, talks about crossing lines. The world remembers what Obama said about a red line in Syria last year: “A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized,” he said. Syria did both, and what did Obama do? He said, “I didn’t set a red line.

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by Tom McLaughlin BN Columnist The world set a red line.”

For years, Obama has gotten away with contradicting himself like this on the American political stage. The mainstream media had never gone after him the way they went after the cowboy, and maybe he thinks he can get away with it on the world stage too. That’s how he’s always handled whatever challenges have come his way. “Get out the teleprompters!” he’d say. “I’m going to make a speech!” The mainstream media lauded him for his brilliance every time. How is that working with Putin? Not good. Rather than expel Russia from the G-8, Obama threatens to expel Russia from the G-8. Does he really think that’s going to scare Putin?

Try to think of it this way: A bully is walking down the beach and sees a cowboy and a community organizer. Which one is he going to kick sand at? I can just picture it. Can you?

Obama stands up rubbing his eyes and draws a line in the sand with his toe. Putin crosses it. Obama backs up and says, “Oh yeah? Well how would you like me to issue a statement?” When that doesn’t work, he says: “All right, that’s enough! I’m going to tell Chris Matthews to call you a racist!”

The rest of the world is watching too. China said Monday it agrees with what Russia did in the Crimea. Remember: China has always wanted Taiwan back, and the United States has pledged to protect it. China wants some islands in the Sea of Japan too, and it could prompt Kim Jong Un to invade South Korea again. What would Obama do about any of that? I read a report in Stars and Stripes that our troops stationed in Okinawa are gearing up by having a stage show on base in which our gay soldiers perform in drag. That ought to scare ’em. The best defense is a good offense, and what better way to offend communist troops than a drag queen performance? The community organizer really knew what he was doing when he repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Sunday’s Washington Post quoted Andrew C. Kutchins of the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “If you are effectively taking the stick option off the table, then what are you left with? I don’t think that Obama and his people really understand how others in the world are viewing his policies.”

Thinking now of Kerry’s recent statement about global warming being the “most dangerous weapon of mass destruction… The science is unequivocal, and those who refuse to believe it are simply burying their heads in the sand.” Now that he has to deal with thugs like Putin, perhaps he’ll change his mind about that. Like Obama, Kerry thinks he’s wicked smart, even though his grades at Yale weren’t quite as good as those of the cowboy president Democrats believed was so dumb.

At a time when America needs real leaders, we’re left with Obama and Kerry. Putin is eating their lunch.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a retired middle school U.S. History teacher.

Ukraine and you: The stone throwers’ mess

Back in the Day

by Janine Francisco Bridgton Historical Society

1948 Turning on the juice

News item excerpt: If present plans materialize some 60 homes in Sweden and vicinity will be enjoying electricity for the first time very soon, possibly by the latter part of next week.

Some 22 miles of line have been built and the residents of that section have been anxiously waiting for the “go.” All of the 60 homes have been wired and all that is now needed is word from the company that the juice is ready to be turned on. As none of these homes along these lines have ever enjoyed electricity before, it will be a great day for the occupants when the electricity becomes available. The service would have started long ago but for the fact that there was delay in obtaining the necessary material.

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In a discussion a few weeks back I raised the question why we Americans didn’t flood out on the streets when we were unhappy with our government. I overlooked one, perhaps critical, factor: We are too smart to put our country at risk of collapse.

These words are intended as an introduction to the folly of Ukrainians who have just — for the second time — brought down their government and hope to put another, more perfect regime, in its place, and thus — the hopes continue — to bring in an era of stability and prosperity.

Dreams. The sort of imaginative analysis that one expects from Western ideologues, not from people who actually grew up in Ukraine, people who know (or should know) its history, geography and economy. The reality is that the country is really two nations: one in the west oriented towards Europe and envious of its post-Cold War period neighbors (e.g., Poland, Hungary, Slovakia) which have joined the European Union and are doing rather nicely.

These western Ukrainians led

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Chris Minnicozzi, Director St. Joseph Food Pantry

Truth be told

To the Editor: FDR lied to us when he told us that Social Security was an insurance program!

Not true: Workers paying in today are paying for the current retirees and future workers will pay in for our retirement when the time comes (it is a legal Ponzi scheme).

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by Henry Precht BN Columnist the protests last November in the capital Kiev and in other western cities.

The second “nation” of Ukraine lies in the south and east up against Russia with which they have been joined throughout history minus the last 20 years or so. Onethird of all Ukrainians speak Russian as their native tongue.

A good chunk of these inhabit the Crimean peninsular which was given by Khrushchev in 1954 to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic and where is to be found Sevastopol, homeport for the Russian Black Sea fleet.

Russia, to put it mildly, would not be happy to see Ukraine seduced by the EU and, who knows, NATO membership. Would Moscow use force to prevent that shift? Doubtful.* Moscow’s LBJ lied to us when he said that he was investing our excess Social Security money in interest-bearing accounts.

He didn’t invest our money, he spent it and replaced it with worthless IOUs into a mythical “Lock Box.” Jimmy Carter lied to us when he said he would “never lie to us.”

Bill Clinton lied to us when he said that the era of big government was over.

The Clintons raised misinformation to a new level, this is a tame example.

Barack Obama lied to us almost constantly, but some of his best are: if you earn under $200,000 a year, your taxes will not go up “one thin dime”; if you want to keep your doctor, you can keep your doctor, period!; if you want to keep your (insurance) plan you can keep your plan, period!; Benghazi was caused by an obscure video; there is not one scintilla of wrong doing at the IRS and I have the Constitutional right to use my pen and phone to do whatever I please.

Harry Reid calls the American people, injured by Obamacare, liars. So does Patty Murray.

There are too many instances of this administration’s prevarications to list in a short article. In fact, it almost seems that if the president or his spokesmen’s lips are moving they are lying; besides, I am too old to recite them all before I die.

People who are running our government think that the end justifies the means so it is OK to lie to the American people, if the lie advances government’s cause.

If one party dominates over the other for a long period of time they are able to set the political agenda and influence the direction that society and the law takes. In the last 84 years (1932-present), the Democratic Party has dominated the federal

leadership surely recalls the disaster of trying that tactic in Afghanistan. But there are other means of persuasion (pressure in favor of favored minorities as in Georgia) which might seem more appealing. Russia and a couple of its ex-USSR states are Ukraine’s biggest trading partners and Russia is Ukraine’s virtually sole source of natural gas for industry and home heating. As well as offering ready cash ($15 billion) for covering debts.

The EU, with heaps of economic problems of its own, can hardly match Russia’s potential generosity. Never mind the $35 billion over two years, which the new leadership in Kiev says it needs.

Would Washington come to the rescue? Would you want it to?

Returning to the origins of the present troubles, back in 2004 the “Orange Revolution” tuned out the first post-Soviet regime and replaced it with one that did well for a while.

Then, the world economic crisis of 2008 sent Ukraine downhill. In fact, the present demonstrations began after President Yanukovych blocked a move towards a closer connection with the EU, meaning a more distant linkage with Russia. He did this after the International Monetary Fund offered to help save the economy with a loan, but only on condition of budget cuts and a 40-cent rise in the price of gas. That was the original spark for protestors.

Do the demonstrators still in the squares think economic difficulties can be overcome, cost-free by outside help? Do they think Russian speakers will dutifully acquiesce in a new law to ban their language for official purposes?

There seems little doubt that they and their fellow countrymen face hard times ahead. It doesn’t help that a significant segment of the victorious opposition is said to be

neo-fascist nationalist thugs, hardly likely to compromise with the pro-Russian half.

So far, Washington has been playing it cool, keeping hands off and out of our pockets, trying to hold down the rhetoric (except for the nasty words eavesdropped from an assistant secretary’s cell phone.) Standing aside will be no easy task for President Obama. Bashing Russia and Putin earn Republicans and much of the punditocracy gold medals and complicate the president’s task of working together with Moscow and Europe (especially Germany).

Real cooperation is essential if Ukraine’s friends and neighbors are to find a way out of the mess that the stone throwers in the square have left behind. In the final analysis, there is little positive that outsiders can or should do.

Resolving Ukraine’s internal difficulties must be left to Ukrainians. *I wrote this a week ago. I’m not so confident a few days later that Russia won’t use its military muscle.

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.

WINNER OF WORLDQUEST International Trivia Contest for the second year was Lake Region High School. The ‘Quest’ team included Estelle Lohm, Mackenzie McHatton, Amina Meziani and Even Logan. The LR foursome head to the Academic WorldQuest Nationals in Washington, D.C. this spring! government. Democrats have controlled: The House of Representatives for 62 years (Republicans 22).

The Senate for 62 years (Republicans 22).

The House and Senate for 54 years (Republicans 14) The House, the Senate and the presidency for 34 years (Republicans 6).

One-party rule subtly changes the law from protecting the unalienable rights of the people to protecting the political status quo and the business interests of the ruling cliques. As politicians and big businessmen are blended into the system, it becomes very protective of its membership and structure.

This is where the lies start and the rot sets in.

Inevitably, as the shift from protecting the people’s rights to protecting the establishment’s prerogatives proceeds, there are conflicts.

Conflict resolution by lies (just small ones, mind you) is used to resolve these differences, which are then codified in law and ratified by the Judiciary. Then as further conflicts between our Constitutions and enlightened Progressives come into play, the dominant party relies on legal precedence to further advance its cause and uses increasingly larger lies to smooth over any hurt feelings — it is always for the best.

Ultimately as the lies become known it requires even more lies to try to cover the original lies. Therein lay the Progressive conundrum: eventually truth will out and lies have consequences.

Moral of the story — restrict political power and expand life, liberty, property and prosperity.

Jock MacGregor North Sebago

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To The Editor: I thank Cindy Alden for her well-balanced, informed response to Arnold Packard reminding us that she is not railing against the Constitution or the Second Amendment or even the best in the NRA (National Rifle Association). However, she is against allowing guns with the capacity to instantly kill so many to be bought by young people who may or may not have a mental illness. She reiterates the need for people to be well trained in gun safety and responsible gun use.

I thank Sally Chappell for her excellent article — “Earth Notes” — on the need for people and institutions to divest from fossil fuels LETTERS, Page B

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The puck stops here

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Bees and us

Nature is an exacting mistress and jealous teacher; she does not reveal herself wholly to the amateur or dabbler, and she will not cooperate fully and generously with the human who takes her lessons or her work lightly. — Luther Burbank The earth is an organically interwoven community of plants, animals and microorganisms… Our unswerving faith in the omnipotence of science has led us to analyze and study these phenomena, raining down destruction upon the world of living things and throwing nature as we see it into disarray.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

By Joyce White We humans, with our supreme confidence in our big brains and technological ability, seem to lack the wisdom to see the bigger picture, to understand how it all fits together, how everything is connected, every part necessary to the proper functioning of the whole.

Take bees, for example. They look small and unimportant but look a little closer, acquire more understanding and we come to the unwelcome conclusion: No bees, no food! Grains, fruits and vegetables need bees to pollinate them and our nation’s bees have been in trouble for several years. Now they are all in steep decline — commercial honeybees, wild bumblebees and other native species — and it’s not just a bee problem. It is finally being recognized as very much a people problem since we rely on the pollination services of these buzzing friends for all our food crops.

There are probably many causes for the decline — fewer stands of wild flowers in fields and along roadsides, for example — but pesticides and herbicides are almost certainly a major cause. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has joined with a coalition of partners to call on the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose a moratorium on a handful of harmful pesticides that are contributing to the severe pollinator decline in our country.

In December 2013, the European Union (EU) adopted a two-year ban based on overwhelming evidence that several neonicotinoid pesticides — “neonics” — are either directly or indirectly harming bees.

But the EPA is stalling, saying it will instead review these pesticides. That will take five years or more.

But the bees can’t wait that long and neither can we.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Honey Report, honey production is down as it has been almost every year since the neonicotinoid pesticides were approved. Ask any local honey producer and they’ll tell you sad tales of failing hives and limited honey production.

The NRDC report states that it is now evident that even low levels of the neonics — a class of pesticide purposely designed to soak into the whole plant and make it poisonous to insects — are compromising the immune systems of bees, leaving them unable to fend off viruses and other deadly pathogens that stress and eventually kill colonies. So with immune systems compromised from the pesticide, bees then fall prey to mites and viruses that kill them.

Research shows that even low levels of these pesBEES, Page 12B

(Continued from Page B) ing there are no defensive players, and while one team is delivering their stones, the opposing players stand quietly off to the side with their hands at their sides.

In hockey, when one player gets the best of another, he may taunt him, make a slur against his mother, and perhaps even punch him in the teeth (if he has any); when a curler makes a good shot, the opposing players all clap and shout praise and encouragement, and no curler has ever been in a fight.

In hockey, there is a penalty box for unruly players; in curling players are always courteous and well behaved.

In hockey, they sometimes

have to suspend play so that blood can be wiped off the ice; in curling, someone may pick something up off the ice and say, “Hey, I think the cap on your broom fell off.”

In hockey’s most violent shot, the slapshot, the puck can travel over 100mph (and no one can see it); in curling, even the most aggressively delivered stone travels so slowly that if you leave to go to the bathroom you may still get back in time to watch the stone slide to a stop.

Hockey teams have names like the Sabers, Lightning, and Avalanche; curling teams are often named things like Men with Brooms, Sweeping Beauties, and Curl me Softly.

In the National Hockey League, there is a War Room in Toronto where games are reviewed; in curling there are no reviews, everyone just goes out to a restaurant after the game so they can all compliment each other on their clever shots and great sportsmanship.

In hockey, players are often called for tripping, spearing, slashing, and head-butting an opponent; in curling, opposing players never touch each other, except perhaps to give a pat on the back for a well-made delivery.

A hockey team is led by a captain; the person calling the shots on a curling team is called the skip.

In hockey, the game begins

with a faceoff; in curling, the game begins with a handshake.

In hockey, the game ends at the buzzer and will go into overtime if the game is tied; in curling, the game ends when the final stone comes gently to rest and then everyone goes to a restaurant.

I could go on and on, but I think you get my point: ice hockey and curling (except perhaps for the attire), are basically the same sport. So next time your spouse says, “Honey, can you come here for a sec and look on the TV with me, I can’t tell if this is hockey or curling,” don’t give him a hard time. Just shout (nicely), “If you can see the puck, it’s curling.”

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in my own way without such oratorical eloquence, but I mean it.

I welcome the satire of Mike Corrigan, a “Luddite in training.”

I hope that reading these writers is not simply a form of entertainment but that we can all find enough common ground — especially those of us living in poverty or hideous economic uncertainty — in keeping alive our hope in democratic government and a free press to keep our planet sustainable as well as our desire for peace and justice a realistic possibility.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

tion and outright connivance of the entire Democratic Party, press, academia, Hollywood and millions of Americans who are spellbound by the messianic cult of Obama, the president is making a mockery of the rule of law.

At every turn, Obama is trashing the Constitution as he races to transform America into a utopian socialistic paradise where the federal government will have total control over its citizens’ entire lives.

Democrats are having a jolly good time of it as their president and attorney general make a travesty of the rule of law. They have arbitrarily decided to enforce only the laws that fit their extreme left progressive agenda, while ignoring all other laws that fail to meet with their personal approval.

The Obama administration, in their zealous pursuit of attaining their radical goals, have decided it’s OK to use the vast power of the IRS to harass their political opponents while demonizing anyone who is foolish enough to speak out about what the president and his party are doing to America.

What the Democrats fail to realize, in their overwhelming arrogance, is that what goes around eventually comes around. Someday, Republicans may win back the White House and then the Democrats will be on the receiving end of massive political chicanery instead of being the ones that dish it out.

In the five excruciatingly long years of the Obama presidency, America’s stature in much of the world has plummeted to an all-time low. Our

friends don’t trust us, and our numerous enemies certainly don’t fear us.

Under Obama, our national debt has nearly doubled; workforce participating is at the lowest level it’s been at in decades. Millions have simply given up trying to find jobs that no longer exist, and the nanny welfare state is on the verge of enslaving a clear majority of the American population.

Barack Obama is not only the most divisive president in American history; he is also the most incompetent by a country mile. Barack Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like George Washington.

The only hope we have of stemming the progressive juggernaut is to throw as many Democrats out of office as possible in the next election.

Do I think that will happen?

No. Democrats have bought off too many Americans with an endless variety of goodies, which pretty much guarantees that they will remain in power until they have utterly destroyed our nation.

Unless the American people soon come to their ethical and moral senses, Barack Obama will have earned the distinction of being the first in a long line of American Caesars, with the eventual result being the same catastrophic decline that befell the Roman Empire.

Despite what most of us want to pretend, history does repeat itself. What a terrible legacy we are leaving for the generations that come after us.

May God forgive our shameful behavior.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

(Continued from Page B) in favor of renewable energy sources in order to heal and save our planet.

I thank the Reverend Plaisted, as usual, for his prescient letter exhorting us to use the words of past great presidents to deal with present-day crises. It convinced me that “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.” The occasion, in which this message was read by Lincoln was, Plaisted tells us the second annual message to Congress with regard to reconciliation after “the Civil War” or as we called it in the South, “The War of Secession.” Lincoln goes on to say, “The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.”

I do believe that at this very time in history as in the past, our nation is going through what Lincoln called a “fiery trial, which will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”

I have repeatedly reiterated in my letters to the editor that “we are all in this together” and “No personal significance, or insignificance can spare one or another of us.” Indeed, I have said this

To The Editor: As America continues its rapidly accelerating ethical and moral decline, Barack Obama is proving to be the ideal president for these tumultuous times we currently live in.

Our Founding Fathers set up three co-equal branches of government, because in their great wisdom, they knew how quickly the executive branch could fall into the hands of a tyrant if there were not sufficient restraints placed on the enormous powers of the presidency.

With the worshipful adula-

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In accordance with Title 36 M.R.S.A., Section 706 as amended, all persons liable to taxation in the Town of Fryeburg are required to furnish the assessors true and perfect lists of all their estates, real and personal, taxable in said municipality.

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There will be a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014, at the Lovell Town Office, at 7:30 p.m., to review the liquor licenses for the following establishments: Lake Kezar Country Club, Quisisana Resort, Kezar Lake Marina, Severance Lodge, Pleasant Point Inn, Center Lovell Inn, and Ebenezer’s Pub.

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HOMEMAKERS FOR HIRE Call 615-6342 for details. tf35 — Let us lighten your load. Full housecleaning services. Outdoor GUNS — Buy, sell, trade. Wanted cleanup, run errands and more. all military items. Sweden Trading No job too big or small. Reliable Post, 207-647-8163. Will travel. eowe10 quality work. Monthly, weekly or SEBAGO — 1-bedroom apartone-time-only jobs. E-mail Home- SNOWMOBILE PARTS — D ment. Carpeted, fireplace, covered makerForHire@outlook.com & G Snowmobilers Discount. patio, lake view, beach nearby,

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EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Closed only on Includes heat, hot water, parking & travel. Snowplowing, removal and Wednesdays. Call 207-583-2312. electric. $790 per month plus secu13t51x rity. Call 787-2121 or 756-3928. sanding. Site work, foundations 5t9x dug, back filling, septic systems, VEHI­CLES FOR SALE sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Chute, 653-4377 or 627-4560. tf3 JESUS IS LORD – new and used auto parts. National locator. BRIDGTON — 8-year-old, 2DAY CARE Most parts 2 days. Good used cars. bedroom ranch on 2+ acres. Very CATERPILLAR CLUBHOUSE Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 efficient with solar heat and hot tf30 water and radiant heat in the floor.

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Shed on the property. Great starter slots available. All age developFOR RENT home or retirement home. Also mentally appropriate social, emotional and academic curriculum. NAPLES — Long Lake. Look- great vacation home, close to Meals and snacks included. 10 ing for caretaker couple to rent Shawnee Peak and Bridgton lakes.

Discriminatory Advertising 4t9 years experience. For more infor- furnished, 2-bedroom, large open $109,900. 207-468-0850. under the Fair Housing Act mation call 207-595-5209 (Bridg- concept, newly-remodeled mobile BUSINESS SERVICES The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. ton).

6t6 home located in beautiful Vacation 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, HEAP HAULERS — Towing or publish, or cause to be made, printed, CASCO/NAPLES AREA — Oa- Home Park. Site #4, ice fish, snow- service. Cash paid for junk cars. or published any notice, statement, or sis Childcare has immediate open- mobile, beautiful sandy beach. No Call 655-5963. tf12 advertisement, with respect to the sale, or ings for students ages 5-12 for Be- pets, no smoking. $900 plus utilirental of a dwelling that indicates any prefties, full tank of fuel.

See webDEN­MARK HOUSE — erence, limitation, or discrimination based fore & After School Care. We offer on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, full coverage on school vacations, site for pictures www.rrvacation- Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior familial status or national origin, or an summer vacation, early release and homepark.com 305-304-8764 cell. Paint­ing. Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 intention to make any such preference, tf3 years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call snow days. Are your kids having limitation or discrimination. fun at daycare . . . we do! See us on CASCO — Completely furnished for esti­mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452-2781. tf49 Facebook for more info. Call Kelly at 207-329-2658 or e-mail kjkaes- rooms, heat, lights & cable TV inWANTED cluded. $120 weekly.

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MANUAL TYPEWRITER — & HARRISON — Apartment, 2- 647-8103. Ask for Linda. 2t10x FOR SALE bedroom, 2½-baths, large rooms, WESTERNMAINEFIREWOOD. very private. Garage, mountain PLEASE CONSIDER – donatPart of the Chalmers Group com — Seasoned firewood, cut 15 and lake views, access to lake. ing gently used furniture, housemonths ago. Cut, split and delivered. $950 month plus utilities with hold items and more to Harvest 100 Main Street, $260 per cord. Call 583-4113 or one-month security. No pets. No Hills Animal Shelter. FMI, go to Bridgton, ME 04009 595-5029.

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Phone: 207-647-3311 tf44 $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag Fax: 207-647-3003 when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x SOUTH CASCO — 1-bedroom INSTRUCTION 5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, apartment, fully furnished. 3 miles www.chalmers-ins.com tf46 south of Naples off Route 302. GUITAR ASSEMBLY — workWindham, 893-0339.

BN 10 Beautiful views, immaculate and shop. Put together a Strat-style modern, on first floor attached to guitar kit (Yours to keep). Free lesATTENTION private home. Private entry and son and follow-up for all students. mudroom, access to laundry and 1st class starts Sat. April 19th at Classified line ads are now posted parking garage. Non-smokers. 10 AM. Call for complete details on our website at NO EXTRA Buying and 1t10 Utilities included. $800 month. 207-595-4606.

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3t8x Gold & Silver GROUNDSMEN — Western Bullion Maine temporary to permanent ridgton ealth & esidential are enter hire. Driver’s license, vehicle and TFCD cell phone required. Please call 186 Portland Road (Route 302), Bridgton, ME 04009 Turner: 207-225-5627 or Portland: Phone: 207-647-8821 Fax: 207-647-3285 207-772-6060 @work Personnel 142 Main Street EOE 4t8x Conway, NH AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

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1 month free rent: Call for details. Immediate occupancy, 3-bedroom, located approx. 1 mile from the Fryeburg Fair. Heat and HW included with rent, tenants pay electricity. On-site coin-operated laundry facility and individual secured storage rooms. Rent is between $507.00 – $739.00. We accept Section 8, BRAP, Shelter + Care. For more information and applications contact: Sally in Property Management, 3336420, or go to our website: www.community-concepts.org to print an application.

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO ENJOY YOUR WORK, AND GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY KNOWING YOU’VE MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES? Then we’re looking for you to join our health care team.

We are currently accepting applications for

Licensed Nurses, CNA’s, Dietary Aide

Saturday, March 8 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Facilities: Front Office: Food & Bev.: Housekeeping: General Store: Golf: Resort Patrol: Snack Bar:

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Just off Rt. 302 in Casco

The Town of Fryeburg is accepting applications for two (2) seasonal maintenance workers for the Public Works Department.

The positions are each 30 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, beginning May 1, 2014, through October. The persons filling these positions will be responsible for spring and fall cleanup, mowing and regular maintenance of Town-owned properties including parks, cemeteries, and beaches. A valid State of Maine Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and a good driving record are required. A job description is available at the Town Office or can be viewed on the Town’s website, www.fryeburgmaine.org. Please forward letter of interest and resume to Town Manager, 16 Lovewell Pond Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037, or e-mail to townmanager@fryeburgmaine.org.

Resumes will be accepted until March 21, 2014.

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Counselors 16+, Lifeguards16+ Counselors-In-Training 14 & 15 Groundskeepers Front Desk Clerks, Administrative Assistant, Reservation Sales Associate Line Cooks, Prep Cooks, Dishwashers, Bussers, Servers Housekeepers, Night Housekeepers, Bathhouse Attendants, Service Tech Cashiers Greenskeepers Deck Patrol, Evening Shift Patrol, Overnight Patrol Cooks, Ice Cream Servers

You must bring two forms of ID Some positions require a valid drivers license.

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The Town of Fryeburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applications and Interviews Activities:

The Town of Fryeburg has a part-time position for a Library Aide at the Fryeburg Public Library. The 19-hour position includes working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings.

Computer and customer service skills are required. Applications and a job description are available at the Library, Town Office, and on the Town website at www.fryeburgmaine.org Applications will be accepted until March 21, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

Please mail your application or resume to the attention of Town Manager, 16 Lovewell Pond Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037.

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Part-time / Full-time availability. We have a generous health insurance plan and offer a benefit plan or pay in lieu of benefits plan. Apply in person or obtain and application at www.fryeburghealthcare.com 1T10CD

HELP WANTED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Truck Driver/Equipment Operator/Laborer The Town of Fryeburg is accepting applications for the position of Truck Driver/Equipment Operator/Laborer. Qualified candidates MUST have experience with the operation of dump trucks, backhoes, front-end loaders and related motorized equipment. Experience in snowplowing operations and a mechanical background are required. Experience in road construction and repair are recommended. Cross-training with the Transfer Station is necessary. Special requirements include: Maine driver’s license, CDL Class B endorsement is required. Class A is preferred. Individual must be insurable under the Town’s vehicle insurance policy. A job description for this position is available at the Town Office and on our website at www.fryeburgmaine.org.

The Town of Fryeburg offers a full benefit package. Please forward a letter of interest and an application or resume to Town Manager, Town of Fryeburg, 16 Lovewell Pond Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037, or e-mail to townmanager@fryeburgmaine.org.

Applications/resumes will be accepted until March 21, 2013.

The Town of Fryeburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Freelance Writer The Bridgton News is seeking a freelance writer to cover meetings for the Town of Fryeburg and MSAD 72 school district. Flexible schedule required, Must be familiar with Microsoft Word. Photography experience helpful but not necessary.

E-mail resume (including references) to: Attn: Editor at bnews@roadrunner.com or mail to: Attn: Editor, P.O. Box 244 Bridgton, ME 04009.

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Advertising Sales Representative The Bridgton News has a full-time position available for newspaper advertising sales.

Candidate must be energetic, self-motivated, creative, and capable of servicing multiple advertising clients.

Proven sales experience required. Flexible schedule necessary.

E-mail resume (including references) to: Attn: Editor at bnews@roadrunner.com or mail to: Attn: Editor, P.O. Box 244 Bridgton, ME 04009.

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1948: Garage looks at woman’s ‘hind-end’

(Continued from Page B) Many of these homes have recently been connected to the telephone lines and those who have had these instruments installed find them most convenient.

Editorial: Although we have been hammering on it for some time, we never

got very far in our attempts to turn that unsightly site of the little Gibbs Mill at the foot of Main Hill into a more attractive place.

It would not cost a great deal to raze that old brick boiler house, tear down the old picker house, and use the split stone for a

HELP WANTED

Freelance Writer The Bridgton News is seeking a freelance writer to cover meetings for the Town of Fryeburg and MSAD 72 school district. Flexible schedule required, Must be familiar with Microsoft Word. Photography experience helpful but not necessary.

E-mail resume (including references) to: Attn: Editor at bnews@roadrunner.com or mail to: Attn: Editor, P.O. Box 244 Bridgton, ME 04009.

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filler and clear up the lot.

One can never tell however, we got a bit discouraged about repairing the old dam above the Tannery Bridge, and weren’t making much progress on it until Dave Higgins and some of the other public spirited men of the village took a hand and did a very creditable job. It should be paying dividends next summer when the summer people are with us.

Editor’s Note: We don’t know if we feel like shedding any tears over the passing of Gandhi, but the assassination of such a poor old emancipated man who gave his life for the principles for which he stood, is deplorable.

News item excerpt: Sometime in the wee small hours one night this week, a gang of hoodlums mussed up the North Bridgton Road, rendering it impassable at certain points. State Trooper Lendell N. Reilly was notified and, in turn, called Road Supervisor Walter D.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

CONSULT OUR LISTING OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND LET AN EXPERT DO THE JOB! ACCOUNTANTS Chandel Associates Accounting, Taxes Audits, Full Service Payroll 3 Elm St., Bridgton Office 647-5711 Jones & Matthews, PA Certified Public Accountants Accounting and taxes Roosevelt Trail Prof. Bldg.

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

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

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 Scott Docks Inc. Sales and Service Floating and stationary docks Jason Kelman Kevin Whitney 207-647-3824

Lake & Mtn. View Cleaning ALARMS ELECTRICIANS and Caretaking WAM-ALARM Systems Exceptional references, 25+ yrs. exp.

A to Z Electric Installation, Service, Monitoring Julie 207-650-1101 “The Boss Does The Work” Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors David S. Gerrish, Master Electrician McHatton’s Cleaning Service Free Security Survey 647-2323 Residential/Commercial/Industrial Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water 30+ yrs. exp., Naples 693-6854 APPLIANCE REPAIR Certified Technicians Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 Bosworth Electric Inc. Quality service you deserve Quality electrical contractor Servicemaster All major brands Commercial/Industrial/Residential jonesappliances@aol.com 595-4020 Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office Generators/Todd Bosworth/207-838-6755 Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration bosworthelectricinc@hotmail.com ATTORNEYS 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 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

TLC Home Maintenance Co. Professional Cleaning and Property Management Housekeeping and much more 583-4314

COMPUTERS EEcomputer Services Small business specialists eecomputerservices.com 603-733-6451 Ms. C’s Computer Repair Virus and spyware removal PC repairs 207-228-5279 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton

Robert M. Neault & Associates Attorneys & Counselors at Law Corner of Rte. 302 & Songo School Rd. Naples Computer Services P.O. Box 1575, Naples PC repair/upgrades – on-site service 693-3030 Virus and spy-ware removal Miklos M. Pongratz, Esq. Home and business networking 1250 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302) Video security systems Raymond, ME 04071 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746 655-8760 mik@pongratzlaw.com

BOOKKEEPING NE Professional Services Exceptional bookkeeping services 207-583-4364 http://neprofserv.com

CARETAKERS Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000 North Country Home Watch “We’ll be there when you can’t” www.nchw.us 207-713-0675

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

CARPET CLEANING McHatton’s Cleaning Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822

CARPETING Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

CONTRACTORS Douglass Construction Inc. Custom Homes/Remodeling/Drawings 30 years exp. in Lakes Region Phil Douglass, 647-3732 Jeff Douglass, 595-8968 Sweden Rd. Bridgton

D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012 J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Bridgton 647-9435 McIver Electric “Your on time every time electricians” 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton 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 Tuomi Electric Chip Tuomi, Electrical Contractor Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-4728

Quality Custom Carpentry EXCAVATION Specializing in remodeling & additions Jeff Juneau Naples K.S. Whitney Excavation 207-655-5903 Sitework – Septic Systems Materials delivered COUNSELING Kevin 207-647-3824 Ellia Manners, LCPC In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted www.elliamanners.com 207-647-3015 Bridgton

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

DENTAL SERVICES Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Complete oral hygiene care – infant to senior Most dental insurances, MaineCare 207-647-4125 www.BDHC.me

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

FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896

Mountain View Dentistry GARAGE DOORS Dr. Leslie A. Elston Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry Naples Garage Door Co. 207-647-3628 Installation & repair services MountainViewDentistryMaine.com Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS Call 647-2851 for details or e-mail bnews@roadrunner.com

Roberts Overhead Doors Commercial/residential – free estimates Now offering Master Card & Visa 207-595-2311

Chute who had retired for the night. The two met in the location where they found that in some places, big boulders large enough to wreck a car, had been rolled into the road, completely blocking it in places. Operations extended all the way from a point out far from the Oswald Luck House to Long Lake Lodge, near North Bridgton Village. Some of the boulders were so large that it took three men to roll them off the road in order to clear the passage, and there were countless other smaller rocks and other obstacles.

Editor ’s Note: Then there was the time when we had the old Model T Ford. The daughter took it to go down to South Portland to see her Uncle Leon and Aunt Marcia.

On the way down the car developed a grinding somewhere in the rear end and her Uncle Leon told her that she ought to have the “rear end” looked into. On her way home she HAIRDRESSERS

The Hairitage One Beavercreek Farm Rd. (top of Packard’s Hill – Rte 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist Tami Prescott, Nail Specialist 647-8355

drove the car into a garage and asked the astonished garage man if he would take a look at her “hindend.”

Editorial: From all we hear, and we hear a lot, “Mickey” Boutilier is doing a grand job with the kids at the Municipal Bathing Beach at the foot of Highland Lake, and it is generally conceded that this is one of the best things the town ever did for the youngsters. We are a bit hazy in our Scripture, but it runs something like this. “Bring a child up the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Fortunately there have been no drowning accidents among the young people summering or living the year round in this section, but in other areas there have been reports of such accidents. If a kid learns to take care of himself in the water and is properly instructed, he’ll never forget it, and surely, no youngster in this region where so many lakes OIL DEALERS

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abound has any excuse for not learning to swim.

Editorial: A distracted mother is trying to break her 22-month-old kid of smoking cigars, but can’t stand his screaming when she tries to take the cigar away from him. We know just how that little cuss feels, but if the mother will only persist in her efforts he will, late in life, rise up and call her blessed-that is if he saves the money he would have spent for tobacco until he reaches the age when it would come in handy.

But most of us indulge in expensive habits of one kind or another.

The Gibbs Avenue Museum and Blynn Davis Memorial Archives are open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

We strongly recommend that researchers contact us in advance.

A paid internship is available this summer. For more information e-mail info@bridgtonhistory.org or call 647-3699.

RUBBISH SERVICE

Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Bridgton/Naples/Harrison/Fryeburg Weekly & 1-time pickups – Cleanouts Tel. 207-595-4606

PAINTING CONTRACTORS The Dump Guy

Insured – Junk removal Basement and attic cleanouts George Jones Quality Painters 207-450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com Interior/Exterior – Fully Insured L. M. Longley & Son Hardware/Plumbing/Heating/Metal Shops Free Estimates Excellent References SELF STORAGE Electrical/Welding supplies/Housewares 207-318-3245 Main St., Norway, ME 743-8924 www.georgejonespainters.com Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd HEATING Jerry’s Painting Service 28 units & 4000’ open barn Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Bridgton 647-3206 Fully Insured – Free Estimates Cleanings and repairs, Boilers 207-527-2552 Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks JB Self Storage New installations, 24 hr burner service Webber Painting & Restoration Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Licensed and insured Monthly/yearly secure storage Exterior & Interior painting 207-693-7011 207-925-3045 Repairs/Installations/Modifications

HARDWARE

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

Fully insured – Estimates – References Craig, 207-831-8354

Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

Protect Pest Services Service designed to need & budget Free inspections and estimates 40 yrs. experience 207-321-9733

INSULATION Western Me. Insulation Inc Batts, blown or foamed Over 30 yrs experience Free estimates – fully insured 7 days a week – 693-3585

INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home and Auto 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745 Chalmers Ins. Agency 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Southern Maine Retirement Services Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Life and Long-Term Care Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340

KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

LANDSCAPING Cabins to Castles, Inc. Design/Build/Landscapes Shoreline Restoration www.cabinstocastlesmaine.com 207-452-2997 ctoc@fairpoint.net

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029

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)

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

PEST CONTROL

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS Call 647-2851 for details or e-mail bnews@roadrunner.com PET GROOMING Wag On Wheels Mobile Pet Grooming 627-4896 We Come To You

PLUMBING & HEATING A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029 Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436 Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423

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

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 Information Services P.O. Box 485, Harrison, Maine Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr., P.L.S. Over 10,000 surveys on file

TAXIDERMIST Trapper’s Taxidermy Jason Pingree 112 Bush Row Rd Denmark 207-452-2091

TOWING Stuart Automotive Free Junk Car Removal 838-9569

TREE SERVICE Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Organic lawn & garden maintenance Shoreline restoration Creative stonework, property watch Snowplowing & sanding 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com

Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Crane-licensed & fully insured Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com

Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Complete tree service – free estimates Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Licensed and insured Handy Hands Property Maintenance Utility and Landscape Arborist Comprehensive custom service Waterford ME – 583-2474 Caretaking – long or short term A-Z/lot clearing to structure & VETERINARY grounds care 647-8291

REAL ESTATE Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Lakes Region Properties “At the Lights in Naples” Waterfront, Residential Commercial & Land 207-693-7000 Oberg Agency Residential, Business, Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

REFRIGERATION/A/C Tech Air HVAC/R Residential/Commercial/Industrial 207-890-3836/techair-1@hotmail.com

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

N. D. Beury, DVM Spay/Neuter – Well-pet care North Bridgton For Appointment 583-2121 Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244 Norway Veterinary Hospital Naples Clinic Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd.

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March 6, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page 11B

Update and outline from Community Planning (Continued from Page B) on Land Use with some confidence.

Chapter 5, Land Use has been rewritten and is an update of what Land Use is in Bridgton historically and currently, what issues have come up in the past ten years, and what outcomes have been accomplished in the past ten years, since the 2005 Plan was adopted. This Chapter will be posted on the Town website soon. Chapter 5, like the others, is a draft, and will in time become a recommendation from the CPC to the Select Board. The Select Board will then review and rewrite and hold public hearings and end up with a Comprehensive Plan that will go to the voters, hopefully in November. Your input is critical at every stage.

The CPC was originally charged with creating a “management plan” for the highway corridors, especially near the Downtown, and especially Portland Street. This charge came out of the 2010 “YES/ NO” vote, when the townspeople voted 2 to 1 to keep Bridgton completely open to development of any kind, including big box and fast food. Following this vote, the need was clearly expressed in

all camps that some kind of management plan was critical to both encourage and manage commercial growth.

This is not a new concept in Bridgton. The desire and intention for “growth management,” aka “zoning,” has been around and been referred to in Bridgton’s Comprehensive Plans going back 30 years and more. The Committee’s attention was turned from this original focus to concentrate all its time on updating the Comprehensive Plan as a whole, but these tasks were always interrelated, and Land Use is where they were going to intersect. During this process, in sessions with the public, and especially as we began to engage the Land Use chapter, it became clear to the Committee that it wasn’t a matter of “Do we need zoning?” but rather, “What kind of zoning do we need, what will work best for Bridgton?”

Change and growth is inevitable, we have no control of that fact. What we can do is plan for what we want and don’t want. This is what has driven us as we work through extremely diverse points of view to arrive at a unified vision of what kind of growth management would best help

Bridgton to move forward in a healthy and sustainable way.

This is a very basic grassroots process and all points of view are important and should be heard. Previous Comprehensive Plans had language addressing goals and policies for “Future Land Use,” laid out in sections within the Land Use chapters and detailed in the Goals and Policies chapters. In fact, each Plan has called for a zoning/land use tool to be employed. These points were all assembled and researched and filled out, informed by Committee discussions and by public input, and written into a Future Land Use Plan, Chapter 11 of the New Plan. This is a fleshed-out vision and framework for how a zoning plan could be crafted for Bridgton: A zoning plan that would provide just what we need as a community to protect what we love and make it work better.

Once the Comprehensive Plan is approved, this Future Land Use Plan will provide a starting place for the developing of an actual code for Bridgton, a Zoning Ordinance, by whatever name. The CPC has nearly finished working on the Future Land Use Plan, Chapter 11. We meet Monday nights and will happily discuss this chapter or any other with you. Also, any one of us would be happy to speak with you. Our contact information is at the end of this article.

The Comprehensive Plan Committee members come from many different points of view and areas of interest and expertise, and were chosen for this task as representative of the whole spectrum of Bridgton citizens. Because of this, the Committee has

confidence in the vision it has developed and believes that the draft New Plan is valid and representative of our townspeople. We have engaged the public in many ways over the last three years and will continue to do so. We take very seriously the input we get and our choices have been informed throughout this time by what we hear and see, not only in these public forums but also as individuals on the street. Chapter 11 will be posted soon and we’ll be holding public meetings on it as well. It’s all a work in

progress.

We encourage everyone to keep an open mind and take a look at the work we’ve done.

Talk to us. We believe in this important step and have confidence that once it’s understood, adopted and its goals implemented, this Future Land Use Plan will serve all citizens in Bridgton well by increasing commercial tax base and opportunities, while protecting what we love best about Bridgton, from being lost.

Mondays at 6 p.m.; 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31.

Thank you for your kind

attention, Your Comprehensive Plan Committee Bob Wiser: 647-5348, bobwiser@roadrunner.com Greg Watkins: greg.watkins@lakeregionschools.org Lucia Terry, 415-9837, terry.lucia@gmail.com Bear Zaidman: 647-9593, bear15@roadrunner.com Chuck Renneker: 5914292, patchuck1@roadrunner.com Bill Vincent: 803-2003, billvincent@hotmail.com Dick Danis: dickdanis@ gmail.com

AH, THE SHEER JOY OF WINTER — Brody Warren, son of Brownfield Recreation Department Director Tara Warren, shines with the simple joy of sliding down a hill at Saturday’s Winter Carnival, held at the Brownfield Community Center.

A fate that never turns aside

This week’s puzzle Theme: U.S. History

ACROSS 1. Tropical fruit 6. Bug enemy 9. ____ bargain 13. Relating to Quechuan people 14. Monetary unit of Afganistan 15. “_____ Science” (1985) 16. Daughter of a sibling 17. “But I heard him exclaim, ____ he drove out of sight...”

18. Wall hanging of handwoven fabric 19. *Anti-Communist ______ Doctrine 21. *U.K. and U.S.S.R. to U. S (1939-1945), e.g.

23. One-shot Atticus Finch’s forte 24. *He sent naval fleet to support North in Civil War 25. Big fuss 28. Relinquish, as in property 30. Win an auction 35. Dull or dense 37. Dutch cheese 39. Game ragout 40. Carpet layer’s calculation 41. Indy 500 entrant 43. Cajole 44. Earvin Johnson, Jr. 46. Of long ago 47. Burkina Faso neighbor 48. Olympian Ted Ligety’s sport 50. Feudal laborer 52. Bathroom sign 53. Like unwelcome neighbor 55. Web address 57. *Underground Railroad conductor 60. They are notoriously slow 63. *Location of General MacArthur’s last war 64. ET carrier 66. Nymph of lakes and springs 68. Liturgy instrument 69. In favor of 70. _____ br˚lÈe 71. Bookkeeping entry 72. Unwelcome deduction 73. Industrial center of the Ruhr

DOWN 1. Bathtub hooch 2. “U” in I.C.U. 3. Tree or shrub type having winged fruit 4. Absence of matter, pl.

5. Like one with low hemoglobin 6. *Nixon worked to do this to relations with China 7. Hudson’s Bay Company original ware 8. Bubonic plague carriers 9. Disembodied spirit 10. Italian money, 1861-2002 11. *The Colonial Period and Roaring Twenties, e.g.

12. Highly anticipated during Super Bowl 15. Toothy marine mammal 20. Arabian chieftain 22. ___-tzu 24. High tea padded accessory 25. *Washington’s veep 26. Relating to dura mater 27. Opposite of alpha 29. *June 6, 1944 31. A boor lacks this 32. “Ulysses” protagonist 33. Candidate’s concern 34. *Mason’s partner 36. Get-out-of-jail money 38. Insignificant 42. Old episode 45. Charles Ponzi, e.g.

49. Bygone bird 51. *Gave us Miss Liberty 54. A pinch in the mouth 56. Pinocchio and his kind 57. Civil wrong 58. Craving 59. Beacon light 60. Tender 61. *Things Washington didn’t tell?

62. “The more things change, the more they stay the _ ___” 63. Ornamental carp 65. Joker to Batman, e.g.

67. Bear home

Solutions on Page 4B

(Continued from Page B) they were wrong — but that didn’t stop them from measuring Ohio and Nebraska and Oregon and calling it all their own, even after they had previously deeded away giant parcels of everything in between to those postColumbian Indians. And then Americans decided that it was the nation’s manifest destiny to claim and exploit all the land between the oceans, because it was the young country’s favorite thing to take whatever it wanted and call it freedom. But they were wrong. And they thought a million other strange things: that slaves would be a nifty idea, say, or that a rising tide would lift all boats, or that what their pets needed next was, I don’t know, what?

— a nuclear-powered dog collar or some other godawful waste of natural resources and human ingenuity? But, they were wrong, they were wrong, they were wrong.

Not only wrong, but stubborn, vain, greedy and willful. Why listen, when you’re always right? Even though the “Indians” taught that the land is everyone’s and no one’s, part and parcel, mirror

and body of a Great Spirit connecting everything. The Navaho chanted, “The Sun its life am I; White corn, its life am I; Yellow corn, its life am I; The corn beetle its life am I.” The Sage of Concord, R.W. Emerson, replied, “I am moved by strange sympathies.” And Catherine of Siena said, “All the way to heaven is heaven.” And Chief Seattle said, “The Earth is precious to the Great Spirit, and to harm the Earth is to heap contempt on its Creator.”

And, Chief Seattle was right, and Emerson was moving in the right direction, and Catherine of Siena had open eyes throughout her journey and the Navaho chanted the truth, and still do, if anyone would listen. But not us, no, not the people who constructed the Fate that never turns aside. And even had it ears, money still would not listen.

And had they souls, corporations still would sell them for 30 pieces of silver and a sheet of paper upon which attorneys had written certain portentous incantations. And had they wisdom, Americans would see all this, all of this error and errancy, and — turn aside themselves.

So, what are you waiting for? Start with Thoreau’s understanding that way more than enough is too much, a quantity multiplied by the billions that has by now been certifiably proven unnecessary and unsustainable. Know that you are already incredibly rich and lucky, even at your poorest. Remember that Gandhi owned only a loin-

cloth and a rice bowl, and he did all right. Work your way toward the truth from there.

Mike is planning a trip to all 21 Concords in the country this summer, from where he has promised to report back on some of those Americans who have turned aside, or whose simplifying technologies may allow the world to do so soon.

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Physical Ed

by Bill Reilly Guest Writer

My playground In my last column, I discussed the idea of play and its relationship with fitness and wellbeing. I have often heard that adults who play like children are acting immature. I believe it is the exact opposite. Adults who can still enjoy playing like a child have found the secret to a stimulating and rewarding adulthood.

What is play? I find it most stimulating when it is new, unstructured and spontaneous. Play can take many forms and mine just happens to be running. For others, it could be swimming, surfing, hiking, biking or just about anything that incurs movement under some form of constant stress to the human body.

I have recently read, Last Child in the Woods, written by Richard Louv and I highly recommend it to any parent, especially those with very young children, or any adult who has an interest in youth development.

One passage in the book really caught my attention as follows: Art critic Bernard Berenson, echoing the words of psychologist Erik Erikson, father of human developmental theory, theorized that creativity begins “with the natural genius of childhood and the ‘spirit of peace.’” Berenson once described how, as he looked back on his seventy years, and recalled his moments of greatest happiness, they were usually times when he lost himself “all but completely in some instant of perfect harmony”: In childhood and boyhood this ecstasy overtook me when I was happy out of doors… A silver haze shimmered and trembled over the lime trees. The air was laden with their fragrance. The temperature was like a caress. I remember… that I climbed up a stump and felt suddenly immersed in Itness. I did not call it by that name. I had no need for words. It and I were one.

Surely most children are like that. I have retained that faculty through the years.

Over the years, I have had some interesting runs.

One run really stands out reflecting the spirit that Bernard Berenson shared in his quoted experience. I went for a run from White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands thinking I would do a simple out and back. I ran to the end of the island and then found out there was a trail over the spine of the island up over the peak at about a thousand feet. I couldn’t pass this up and decided on a loop run. Upon cresting the peak at dawn, I was treated to one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever witnessed. From St. Thomas to Virgin Gorda, the Drake Passage was a dead calm taking the form of a great mirror reflecting the dawn’s early light in a myriad of purple pastel hues that no artist could do justice to. Dotting this canvas were all the islands of the British and U.S. Virgin Islands surrounding the Drake Passage like a necklace of emerald jewels. In the background a melodious cacophony of goat bells resonated in my ears. I was totally alone, thirsty and tired but my inner being was quenched and refreshed.

I was immersed in Itness just like Bernard Berenson and have retained that faculty over the years. If not for my love of running and the fitness it has bestowed on me, I would have never experienced that moment in my playground, the result of a 60-year germination begun in the playground of my youth. My playground is the outdoors with nature and what it has to offer to my five senses.

Next column: 8 Tuff Miles in St. John U.S.V.I. Bill Reilly of Brownfield is a Registered USATF Level 2 Coach in Endurance, RRCA Certified Coach, Maine Track Club Coach and Fryeburg Academy Cross Country Coach.

Lakers claim Class B state title Tiana named ‘Miss’ finalist

(Continued from Page B) good court vision spotted that the Trojans were slow to retreat into the defensive zone, so she made a beeline to the hoop and scored with 2:16 left. Hancock would later convert 3-of-6 foul shots.

“We knew we had to stay composed. We learned a lot from the Wells game that we had to protect the basketball and make our foul shots. I thought we did a good job staying strong with the basketball and keeping possessions. Everyone played a huge role in the fourth quarter,” Hancock said.

With two minutes left, Laker Nation erupted when Carter checked back into the game. Although gimpy and grimacing at times, Carter refused to end her high school career watching the final minutes on the bench.

“When I came out for the last time and looked up at the clock and saw there were only seconds left, I wondered for a minute if I was dreaming, whether this was really happening. We’ve worked so hard and were finally there.

We just won a Gold Ball!”

Carter said. “I am so proud of my team and coaches. It was everything I’ve dreamed about, minus the ankle pain.

It was the greatest feeling in the world.”

Turner, who had watched the Lakers fall at the hands of Presque Isle last year as a spectator (having moved to Bangor and she attended John Bapst High School), closed out an incredible run with a pair of foul shots with 17.9 seconds left.

“It was really exciting shooting and making those free throws. It felt really good knowing by making those shots we were going to win,” Turner said. “It was unbelievable. It didn’t really register until we had the Gold Ball in our hands. Winning for Coach True really meant a lot to all of us. He works so hard. He’s such a great coach. We knew it meant a lot to him.”

Emotion poured out from players to coaches to Laker fans.

“I knew we had won and it was so overwhelming.

Having lost two in a row, we know how brutal and depressing it is to come up short. As I watched Jordan sink those foul shots, I finally realized it, ‘We did it!’ I couldn’t control it, I just started crying,” Hancock said.

Tiana-Jo Carter, a senior at Lake Region High School, is one of three finalists for the Miss Maine Basketball Award, as announced this week by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (MABC) and local Maine McDonald’s owner/ operators.

Carter, who led the Lakers to a Class B state title with a 21-point effort against Mt. Desert Island, joins Allie Clement of Catherine McAuley, which won the Class A title, and Parise Rossignol of Van Buren H.S. Tiana-Jo Carter (#33) The six finalists (three girls, three boys) will be honored at the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Awards Banquet this Friday, March 7 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball will be announced as well. The award, the state’s highest basketball honor, recognizes players’ performances on the court as well as their contributions to their team and basketball in the state of Maine.

When the horn sounded and the Laker celebration began, Sarah Hancock looked out into the stands and pointed to her dad, Matt.

“My dad stood up and started fist bumping. It was just really exciting. We know

in this situation. Few teams make it to the playoffs, and we’ve been to three straight championships — that’s amazing,” Hancock said. “To be able to share that with my dad — he knows exactly how it feels, he’s given us advice

Bridgton baseball, softball Signups for Cal Ripken baseball and ASA softball is now underway Monday through Friday at the Bridgton Municipal Complex front desk. Deadline for boys’ and girls’ registration is Saturday, March 22 at the baseball and softball workouts.

Bridgton Rec may not be able to accommodate children signing up after March 22.

Registration fee is: $20 per child for T-ball; $40 per child

for baseball; $30 per child for softball; and a maximum of $70 per family. A $15 late fee is charged after March 22.

Checks payable to: Bridgton Baseball/Softball. Financial aid is available; applications at the town office. Parents receiving financial aid are expected to participate in the Junior Harmon Field cleanup day on April 19 (rain date April 26) or work in the Snack Shack for two games during the season.

Workouts will be held as follows (arrive 15 minutes early): Baseball — Saturday, March 22, 9 to 10 a.m. for ages 7-9; 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 10-12 at Lake Region Middle School.

Babe Ruth signups ($45 fee) will be taken on March 22.

Softball — Saturday, March 22, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages 7-12 at Lake Region Middle School.

The bees and all of us

(Continued from Page B) ticides impair bees’ ability to find their way back to the hive, to collect food and to produce new queens. Such abnormal behavior can make it difficult or impossible for hives to survive the winter.

If farmers are going to spray herbicides and pesticides on blueberry fields and apple orchards, on potato and corn fields, it seems obvious that pollinating bees and other insects visiting the sprayed plants are being exposed to

toxic substances that can harm them in a number of ways.

A friend told me recently of watching a program showing an almond grove being sprayed with a chemical followed by visitation by bees to the almond blossoms. Then, it showed the bees tumbling out of the trees, probably dying.

Responsible farmers, we hope, use the least toxic sprays possible, use them as infrequently as feasible and at times when bees are less active. Better still, people

how fortunate we are to be and support — is special.”

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Basketball has always been a special bond between father and daughters. Now, Sarah and her sister, CeCe, achieved something their dad accomplished back in 1985 — they each won Gold Balls.

Coach True could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“A number of thoughts went through my head in a short period of time. I heard Coach Webb behind me emotionally say, ‘We did it. We finally did it!’ I think of my dad and how proud and happy he would be. I think of my mom, who I couldn’t be more pleased that she was able to be at the game. And, my wife, who I knew would be an emotional basket case, who does so many things being the scene.

Family, community and all the kids who have put on the uniform that didn’t get to celebrate that moment. I thought about all of those kids,” he said.

He would later receive congratulatory e-mails and Tweets. One came at 2:30 a.m. from former player Kate Callahan, who is in Colorado.

“I told her that this all started in 2005–2006, when all of you inspired the kids who have the uniform on today. That’s what special about the community. They start a legacy that other kids want to live up to,” Coach True said.

who are growing our crops might use organic methods of pest and weed control. Of course, we consumers are part of the problem. We want perfect, blemish-free apples and strawberries and we want them cheap. We want lawns and golf courses, even fields, to be smoothly mowed and weed free — which means free of wild blooms which have nourished healthy bees until recent times.

Joyce White is a resident of Stoneham.