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Planner nixed

Selectmen opt for parallell committee

RESCUED — A 21-year-old woman was rescued from Highland Lake Monday afternoon and transported to Bridgton Hospital. Here, Bridgton firefighters, police and

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton needs new ordinances to guide economic growth, and it needs them sooner than later — even if that means putting aside standard approaches to community planning.

That was the message sent loud and clear by both selectmen and residents to Alan Manoian, Bridgton’s Director of Economic and Community Development, after he outlined his approach Tuesday on making ordinance revisions in the wake of voters’ overwhelming rejection March 1 of a citizen initiative seeking to ban big box stores and formula restaurants.

Manoian argued strongly that Bridgton should begin by updating the comprehensive plan enacted in 2005, and only after that process was well underway should it consider making specifUnited Ambulance personnel carry the woman to an awaiting ic ordinance revisions or create ambulance parked across the street on Highland Road. See new ordinances. Such a process story on Page 12A. (Ackley Photo) legitimizes the ordinances, takes advantage of new planning tools

SAD 61 wrestles with how much to cut

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer How big a cut in school spending is too deep or not deep enough?

There was no clear answer when SAD 61 school board members cast their votes as to what amount they would propose to local taxpayers at the May 21 budget referendum meeting.

Director Richard Merritt of Sebago suggested a $700,000

reduction to bring the General Fund budget to $25,821,000.

The motion failed: Yes 5, No 6.

Director Janice Barter of Naples proposed a $400,000 cut for a General Fund budget of $26,121,005. By a narrow margin (6-5), this motion passed.

With SAD 61 falling to a minimum state aid receiver status under the current Essential Programs and Services funding formula, the district will

receive an $833,000 subsidy, Superintendent of Schools Patrick Phillips reported.

Trying to develop a budget that would meet children’s educational needs and respect the ability of taxpayers to pay the freight, the Finance Committee initially asked to see a budget with a $1.1 million cut.

Times are tough across the four-town school district. It was reported that Sebago has written 58 tax liens, which rep-

resents a 38% increase, while Casco has 258 tax liens.

Then, there are new expenses ($705,000) SAD 61 will face due to construction of a new educational/maintenance building as well as renovations scheduled for the high school/ vocational center.

To meet that target, class sizes would be increased and various programs, such as the Creative Fine Arts (CFA) program at Lake Region Middle

School, would be either cut or greatly reduced.

Ultimately, directors reinstated $100,000 for middle school CFA teachers (music, art, physical education, health, home economics and woodworking technology), which was initially targeted for a 1/3 reduction.

Items to fall under the budget axe include: • LRHS staff reductions (4.5 CUTS, Page 3A

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer The Board of Selectmen is hoping to nix nudity at business establishments in Bridgton, via proposed amendments to the Special Amusement Ordinance.

At their meeting Tuesday night, Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz opened up the discussion on the proposed changes to the Special Amusement Ordinance. “This

is not ready for prime time, but is a draft,” said Berkowitz, who announced that the amended ordinance will likely be presented to voters at the annual town meeting in June.

According to state law, special amusement permits must be obtained from the board of selectmen by any establishment that serves alcohol.

The town manager explained

that several weeks ago Bridgton resident Bob Macdonald had requested the provision prohibiting nudity at local establishments that serve liquor be included in the town’s Special Amusement Ordinance.

However, Selectman Paul Hoyt cautioned his fellow board members that perhaps the ban on nudity should be expanded to include businesses that do not serve liquor,

but which might want to offer doughnuts or other foods served by unclad servers.

SelectmanHoytaskedBerkowitz, “Does this only apply to a facility selling liquor?”

“I didn’t anticipate doughnut sales with nude waiters or waitresses,” the town manager replied.

“What we have here doesn’t really go far enough, for me,” said Hoyt. “I see a huge loophole, as

we’ve seen in other towns. Could this apply to doughnut shops?”

“Now you’re dealing with a broad-based prohibition, as opposed to an ordinance amendment,” answered Berkowitz.

Everyone agreed that Berkowitz will research the matter of broadening the scope of the proposed amendment and bring it back to an upcoming selectmen’s meeting within the next month.

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer LOVELL — Approximately 75 townspeople attended Saturday morning’s annual town meeting, moderated by Jon Bliss, and took up a total of 103 warrant articles in just over 3 hours time.

Selectman Steve Goldsmith was re-elected to another threeyear term on that board, and Robert Steller was elected from the town meeting floor to a three-year seat on the School Administrative District 72 Board of Directors, replacing Martha Armington who has submitted her resignation.

There were 49 written ballots cast for Steller for the three-year term as a SAD 72 director and 17 ballots cast for Jane Williams, the only other nominee.

Moments later, Williams was elected to fill the one-year alternate position on the SAD 72 school board. Steller had most recently served as the alternate SAD 72 board member.

Sherry Bois was re-elected Town Clerk and Treasurer.

Ronald McAllister was reappointed as code enforcement officer, after the town meeting body voted to recommend the selectmen do just that.

When all was said and done, voters stayed under the LD 1 limit mandated by the state by just $262.85, for a total raised of $1,016,437.05.

Elected town employees won’t become appointed Selectman Goldsmith announced that the selectmen had been asked to take a poll as to whether elected municipal employees should become appointed instead.

Resident Eric Gulbrandsen made a resolution to have the municipal positions of tax collector, excise tax collector, town clerk, treasurer, public works commissioner and code enforcement officer become appointed.

Kathy Vachowski spoke against Gulbrandsen’s resolution, stating, “I feel it takes LOVELL, Page 2A

Ordinance would keep nudity out of businesses

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and is the foundation of good planning, he said.

“The development of those regulations has to be done in accordance with the comprehensive plan process. That’s Urban Planning 101,” Manoian said.

“The comprehensive plan creates the framework for regulations.

We’re going to work together and, by so doing, draw in the jobs we so desperately need.”

But selectmen disagreed, saying voters have given them a clear mandate that they want to welcome growth from national chains. While a ban is not the way to protect the town’s character, they said, it’s clear from the public debate that existing standards need to be revised as soon as possible to ease residents’ concerns about possible negative impacts of that growth.

What that will mean is that two “parallel” planning processes need to get underway at the same time — both a comprehensive plan committee and a land use ordinance committee. Both would work in concert with one another, but the latter would rely primarily on the 2005 comprehensive plan. Selectmen pointed out that the town has a state-approved plan in place that would give any new ordinances the legal authority they need to be enforceable; it could take two years or more for a new comprehensive plan to be developed and approved by voters and then the state.

As far as Urban Planning 101 goes, said Selectman Paul Hoyt, “We already have a plan. What the voters have shown us is that the people want a land use ordinance.”

Manoian said it was his professional recommendation that Bridgton not rely on a plan that was completed six years ago, even though he acknowledged that much of its content is still very valuable and relevant. “There’s a great deal (in the plan) that is excellently done. The sad part is that we didn’t enact the vast majority of it in that first critical year,” Manoian said.

Hoyt replied, saying, “My professional feeling is I don’t want to wait 12 to 14 months.”

Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz asked Hoyt, “Are

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Thaw takes toll on region roads

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – After briefing the Naples Board of Selectmen on how roads had fared during this week’s heavy rainfall, Town Manager Derik Goodine dove headfirst into a harrowing description of the last 18 hours of pumping out his basement.

His tale was met with subtle laughter as people related to the situation.

Rainfall totals on Sunday and Monday added up to almost 3 inches. And, accompanying snowpack melt has caused some road flooding in regional communities.

In Naples, several “roads

are getting beat by the weather,” Goodine said.

“My favorite section of Lewis Road took a beating.

No matter what I do, the water doesn’t like the ditch,” he said.

“An area of the road sunk, we’ll have to patch it,” he said.

Goodine continued with his list.

“There’s an eroding area on Perley Road. Water was flying out of woods. There’s a minor one on Cook’s Mills Road,” he said.

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MARKING HER OWN TOWN MEETING WARRANT — was two-year-old Mona Louise Wilson, sitting on her grandmother Sandra Masse’s lap, at Saturday morning’s annual town meeting in Lovell. Ron Masse, Mona Louise’s grandfather, is seated to Sandra’s left. (Ackley Photo)

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Year later, Emily continues to fight

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer HIRAM — Watching your young child fight against cancer is an emotional rollercoaster.

Some days, there is nothing but heartbreak. Other days, a positive medical report raises hope.

“You can’t help but ask, ‘Why my child? Why does she have to go through this? Why couldn’t it be me?’ Of course, there are no answers,” said Erin Labrecque of Hiram. “You can only take it day by day, and try to stay positive. What else can you do?”

Over a year ago, Erin and her husband Richard received devastating news. A CT scan revealed that their young daughter, Emily, had an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) — a form of brain cancer — which was the size of a golf ball. In the United States, three children per 1,000,000 or around 30 new cases are diagnosed each year.

Pediatric brain cancer is the GLAD TO BE HOME — Emily Labrecque, age 3, is finally second leading cause of death, back at her Hiram home following multiple surgeries, chemo- just after leukemia. therapy and radiation to fight brain cancer.

Since her diagnosis, Emily has had five surgeries, a cycle of high-dose chemotherapy at Maine Medical Center and six weeks of radiation.

What: Family Fun Night and Spaghetti Dinner. The dinner Now, the Labrecques keep will include meatballs, Caesar salad, bread and drinks. There their fingers crossed that the will also be games, a bounce house, cotton candy, popcorn, treatment has worked. face painting and raffles.

“You’re always on edge.

When: Sunday, March 13, 4 to 8 p.m.

Whenever Emily scratches her Where: Sebago Town Gym, 406 Bridgton Road (Route head or gives you a certain 107) look, you wonder if something Admission: $6 for adults, $3 for children 3-12; donations is wrong,” Erin said. “You’re accepted relieved when she tells you her Proceeds: 100% raised goes to The Emily Fund, to assist head itches. But, the thought is 3-year-old Emily Labrecque who is battling AT/RT brain always there.” cancer.

Today, the feeling is upbeat.

The Emily Fund benefit

Emily is finally back home in Hiram. She faces a long recovery ahead, including intensive physical therapy to help her regain her ability to walk as well as speech and occupational therapy. She continues to make weekly trips back to Portland for tests and other medical matters.

“Because she is so young (3 years old), being at the hospital has become a way of life for her. She made some friends while she was in the hospital; some of whom have since died.

It’s really sad,” Erin said.

If Emily suffers a relapse, the next step would be to send her to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Tennessee.

“If there is going to be a relapse, it will most likely happen in the first year,” Erin said.

“We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Emily will continue to improve.”

Tending to a sick child can leave parents emotionally drained. Support from family and friends enabled Erin and Richard to pull through a very trying time, as well as help them out with their other two children, Ethan, age 4, and Ean, age 3 — Emily’s twin.

“I’m 28, but there are days that I feel like I am 50,” she said. “Without the support we’ve received, I don’t know how we would have made it.”

The family really had to lean on each other when Erin’s father suffered a massive stroke and she lost her grandfather, who died following the stroke suffered last Thanksgiving. He was 89.

As one might expect, Emily’s

Lovell: Tree growth penalty debated (Continued from Page A) away our rights, as citizens, to elect people we feel would do a great job in those positions.”

The majority of those who raised their hands were opposed to Gulbrandsen’s resolution, with only about a half dozen in favor.

Article 31 was the cause of a great deal of discussion, both pro and con. It stated: “To see if the town will vote to allocate up to the first $5,000 of funds received from penalties assessed on properties removed from Tree Growth or Open Space status and then 50% over that to a Town Conservation Account for use in the purchase of conservation lands, promotion of conservation education, and conservation projects by the town independently or in partnership with conservation organizations. The balance forward is $65,793.14.”

Larry Fox asked, “Might we be able to use some of those funds (in the Town Conservation Account) to fix up this building (the Town Hall)?”

“This amount has been the same for the last several years,” stated Bill McCormick. “We haven’t seen this account move one penny…You’re spending the interest and not putting anything into this account…Sooner or later, there won’t be enough left to buy coffee for this meeting.”

“This account is for conservation projects, not preservation projects,” said Gulbrandsen, a Conservation Commission member.

Catherine Stone said, “I believe this account has expand-

THANK YOU, CHIEF MOULTON — Lovell Volunteer Fire Department’s newly-elected fire chief Tommie McKenzie, (at right), presented outgoing fire chief Mark Moulton with a plaque of appreciation, just as the Lovell Annual Town Meeting got underway March 5. At left, is Assistant Fire Chief Ron Woodward. Moulton served as fire chief for five years.

(Ackley Photo) ed over the years to include other projects, including education. This building (the Town Hall) really needs some work, and $10,000 isn’t going to do it.” Stone, who is president of the Lovell Historical Society, said the Town Hall has served the town well since 1796, “and it happens to be the basis for our New England form of town government.”

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Selectman Goldsmith said the selectmen have obtained estimates “every year for the last three years” as to what would be required “to totally fix up this building” and it totals $110,000.

“The Eastman Hill Trust Fund has also written $25,000 toward a matching fund, and there could be potential grants

received,” said Goldsmith.

Goldsmith then asked the town meeting body if they “would agree, in principle, to perhaps use some of those funds in conjunction with the other matching funds?”

“It’s semantics,” said Goldsmith, “but it is money that’s sitting there.”

At this point, Gulbrandsen made a resolution “that voters LOVELL, Page A

illness has given Erin a different outlook on life.

“It’s been a big eye-opener.

Your whole world changes in a matter of seconds,” she said.

“Because of this experience, I’d like to go back to school and become involved in some way in pediatric cancer treatment.”

For now, her focus is seeing little Emily beat a deadly disease and maybe regain some of a childhood lost.

“We’re thankful that Emily

has made it this far,” she said.

“We’re also very thankful for everything our family, friends and community have done to help us out.”

A benefit supper and Family Night are planned for this Sunday (see at left). Donation canisters have also been placed at Food City, Hayes True Value and Paris Farmers’ Union in Bridgton, A2M in Naples and Bull Moose Music in Windham and Scarborough.

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SAD 61 makes cuts; hearing set

(Continued from Page A) teachers, 1 clerk, 1 ed tech, 1 permanent sub, 1 stipend, $283,710); elimination of the Family Consumer Science program.

• LRMS staff reductions (4 teachers, $325,000).

• LRVC School to Work (1 teacher, $57,854).

• District-Wide Literacy Specialist (1 teacher, $75,000).

• Energy savings (electricity upgrade, fuel, $18,000).

Level II reductions included: • Pre-K, $150,000.

• K-12 supplies, equipment, $57,000.

• Special Ed teacher, LRHS, $57,000.

• Autism Consulting teacher, $35,000.

• LRMS in-school suspension monitor, $25,000.

• LRHS in-school suspension monitor, $25,000.

• LRMS athletics/co-curricular, $8,000.

• LRHS athletics/co-curricular, $12,000.

• District-Wide curriculum, $19,000.

• MS Transitions Program, $45,000.

• Technology software/hardware, $48,000.

• Adult Education, $54,000.

The proposed budget does call for four program additions: • 8th Grade Transition Program, $175,000 (2 teachers, transportation, space, supplies).

• Elementary Literacy coaches (2), K-2 or 3 to start, $145,000.

MAKING PROGRESS — Work continues on the temporary LRVC Co-op and Law bridge at the Naples Causeway, as captured here by Brad Enforcement (1.5 teachers), Bradstreet of Bridgton. $79,594.

The bill to area towns Town Assessment Increase Bridgton, $8,084,047, $317,554 (4.09%) Casco, $6,057,704, $717,293 (13.43%) Naples, $6,964,622, $447,799 (6.87%) Sebago, $3,259,335, $149,912 (4.82%)

Pre-K Program (1 teacher, 1 ed tech, transportation, supplies), $150,000. This program was previously paid with federal funds.

Declining enrollment at the high school (over 700 four years ago to an expected 565 this fall) and low interest in some offerings were the basis of some cuts. With six secretaries in the building, job descriptions will be reworked to cover attendance and in-school suspension. LRHS Principal Ted Finn reported that over 222 students were sent to in-school suspension in one quarter. The current behavior and discipline code will be reviewed.

The public can weigh in on the proposed budget on Monday, March 21 at 6 p.m. at Songo Locks School in Naples.

One item Superintendent Phillips had hoped to include on March 21 was voter action to allow SAD 61 to spend $250,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund on PCBs removal at Lake Region High School and disposal of the hazardous material.

However, school board director rejected the idea by a 7-2 margin Monday night during their meeting at Lake Region Middle School.

Zoning Committee creation endorsed hour before polls closed on two referendum questions that generated one of the biggest turnouts in memory for a nonpresidential election.

Neither the board nor the audience yet knew the outcome — a resounding defeat for proposed bans on big box stores

Lovell town meeting (Continued from Page A) do not take from this fund for preservation of the Town Hall.”

Gulbrandsen’s resolution to not use the Town Conservation Account funds for preservation of the Town Hall carried, by a show of hands, with 42 in favor of not taking funds from the Town Conservation Account, and 25 opposed, or who were in favor of using the conservation funds. The main motion on Article 31 passed, as well, with only a half dozen people opposed. Later on in the annual town meeting, Article 97, which asked, “To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and/or appropriate for the restoration of the Lovell Town Hall (the requested amount of $10,000 was unanimously recommended by both the selectmen and Budget Committee) passed with a majority vote.

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pummeled with petitions time and time again,” Turner said, adding that such petitions like the one voted on Tuesday tend to be “narrowly drawn” and not representative of the entire community.

Bridgton can’t afford to wait for the regular process of updating the comprehensive plan to run its course, he said; that could take up to two to three years. “It’s a good idea to use the energy” in place in the public consciousness now to “at least have something ready to present to the comprehensive plan committee” and possibly also that could be voted on as early as this November, he said.

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and fast food restaurants. But everyone agreed that the town needs to capture the momentum stirred in the public’s mind by the citizens’ petition initiative, and put that passion to work.

“It behooves your board and the Board of Selectmen to set up a means of citizen input to modify land use (ordinances) in Bridgton,” said Turner, representing Citizens for Responsible Growth, a group that formed to fight the proposed bans on big box and fast food stores. Turner proposed the immediate creation of a Committee on Land Use Regulation that would work on a parallel track with Alan Manoian, the town’s director of Economic and Community Development, and a longerrange comprehensive plan committee.

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That statement by Ray Turner led off the March 1 Bridgton Planning Board meeting, an

With an estimated price tag of over $1 million, Phillips proposed to fund the unexpected project using three sources — Capital Reserve Fund money, Revolving Renovation Funds and $125,000 over the next two years from the district’s maintenance budget.

It would appear SAD 61 caught a break when it received a bid of $538,000 for removal and disposal by an out-of-state firm. Two other bids topped $1 million. Andy Madura, director of Transportation, Maintenance and Food Service, said an additional $300,000 will be needed for testing, as required by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Madura predicted that if the district failed to act within the bid acceptance deadline (March 25), SAD 61 would certainly face higher numbers if the project went back out for bids.

Before the district accepts the low bid, Superintendent Phillips told the school board he would feel “more comfortable” knowing funding was in place to start the work.

To move the process along quickly to meet the bid acceptance deadline, the superintendent suggested that a public vote on releasing Capital Reserve Funds (designated for “unexpected” projects, such as a bad septic system or in this case detection of hazardous PCBs in the caulking surrounding exterior windows and doors) be held at the March 21 hearing.

Superintendent Phillips saw this type of vote, which has been cleared by the district’s attorney, as both expedient and

cost efficient. A referendum vote costs $3,000 to $4,000 due to the need to print special ballots as well as having to pay clerks to man the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Not all school members shared the superintendent’s viewpoint.

Casco Director Laurie Mondville disliked the idea of giving taxpayers a short window (likely 10 to 20 minutes) to vote on the matter of using Capital Reserve Funds.

Because of work schedules, some taxpayers may not be able to attend the opening of the March 21 hearing, which the vote would be taken. A referendum enables taxpayers to get to the polls, at their convenience, Mondville argued.

Other school board members, led by Casco Director Donna Norton, questioned why SAD 61 could not use portions of the $14 million to be spent on LRHS renovation to cover the PCBs work until voters could act upon the Capital Reserve Fund question at the May 21 budget referendum.

“If the $250,000 was voted down, would it stop the project?” Vice Chairman Jody Gray of Bridgton asked.

Superintendent Phillips simply said, “No.” He did, however, say that the high school project could be altered, before being sent out to bid, to reflect the possible loss of $250,000.

Items that could be removed include elimination of some new classroom space, such as the dance room, as well as air conditioning for vocational classroom outfitted with computers. Bids go out March 15.

“We need to be able to tell contractors how work will unfold,” Phillips said.

When directors rejected the March 21 vote on the Capital Reserve Funds, Superintendent Phillips said he would meet with Finance Coordinator Sherrie Small and Madura on Tuesday to seek out other options.

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Beachfront, no place for dogs?

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A few new rules could be in order for the town beach. Dog gone it!

No letting dogs run free on the beach among summertime crowds anymore.

Don’t worry dog owners.

Considerations have been made for canines, too.

On Monday, the Naples Board of Selectmen sent to the Naples Ordinance Committee a set of proposed ordinances — ordinances designed to protect the town’s newly expanded public beach.

Well, some of the rules already exist, and are not always followed, according to an elected official, making those rules into ordinances would give the sting of a fine to people who don’t obey them.

Some of the regulations address smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol and undressing in areas other than changing-room facility. Children aged 10 years or younger would not be permitted without adult supervision.

Selectman Rick Parashak

suggested specific fines be set for breaking different ordinances.

“There are a lot of people who really love their dogs, control their dogs, and pick up after their dogs. The policy is for the residents using the beach,” Paraschak said.

“We want to put an ordinance in place to protect the town beach. Everyone thinks they can control their dog, but that doesn’t always happen.”

For those four-legged friends, “we’ve basically made the new beach off limits,” said Charlie Ahern, a member of the Town Property Committee that recently put together the proposed ordinances.

At the town beach, leashed canines will be permitted to travel from the vehicle to the boat launch, and vice versa, he said. The committee wanted to avoid uncontrolled dogs from running free into crowds of children, Ahern explained.

Another motivating factor in drawing the line in the sand: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies dog feces as a hazardous material,

“believe it or not,” according to Ahern.

In conjunction with the proposed list of rules, an ordinance offers dog owners the trails along Trickey Pond for leash-off activity. Also, the committee recommended using 19 acres of town land off State Park Road as a potential dog park.

“We would like to keep animals from the new Kent’s Landing beachfront property,” Ahern said.

“We thought Trickey Pond is fairly isolated, and they can run animals there,” he said.

“Hopefully, by summertime we can come up with a comprehensive plan for the (State Park Road) property. Right now, it is going unused.”

With the recent purchase of the Kent’s Landing parcel and the construction of a restrooms facility, the 15-member committee has been identifying ways to better protect the property and the residents who use it, he said.

Many of the policies were adopted from southern Maine communities seeking to protect

public waterfront properties, he said.

Ahern said residents have expressed a desire for the town beach to be for residents-only.

It was decided the transfer station sticker in windshield would suffice as proof of being a Naples taxpayer.

During the summer, only residents would have access to the public boat launch — and dogs would be permitted onto town property – only to transition from car ride to boat ride.

“This ordinance thing may be a little premature because we may not have a boat launch in place for this summer,” Ahern said.

Next, the set of proposed rules will go before the ordinance committee, which will study the proposals and prepare recommendations for the selectmen to approve in the near future.

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Town Attorney Geoff Hole advised that someone should refer to definitions already in existing ordinances, and add applicable definitions to the proposed ordinances.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – It came as a surprise to the Naples Board of Selectmen that the Kent’s Landing tenant – who had been given a delay on his eviction — had decided not to put a pen to the paperwork he agreed to sign.

Instead, Kenneth Burnham has decided to hire a lawyer to argue his life-time occupancy on the parcel, Town Attorney Geoff Hole reported to the board on Monday.

Even though a Maine Superior Court judge had ruled otherwise, Burnham is trying

to prove his case in court, Hole said.

“I thought this was all taken care of,” Chairman Dana Watson said.

The town purchased the Kent’s Landing parcel in late 2010 – once the process of settling the estate was completed. Earlier in the year, a Superior Court ruling determined Burnham was not the owner of the property, and an earlier deed would be honored in the estate of Helen Dingley.

In late January, the eviction paperwork was started; but because of the hardship of making the move in February,

selectmen said it could wait until springtime.

During Monday’s meeting, Town Manager Derik Goodine said Burnham’s change-ofmind caught himself and the town attorney off guard.

Hole explained the flip-flop.

“Mr. Burnham on Monday (Feb. 28) agreed to May 1.

When Derik and I went to court, he changed his mind,” he said.

“He said he is paying someone in Naples to look into this for him. Mr. Burnham is still pursuing that he has a life estate,” Hole said, adding there will be another legal meeting

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Oh no, it’s budget season again.

On Tuesday, March 1, a few members of the Casco Finance Committee appeared before town officials expressing concerns that Casco’s 2011-12 budget was not being reviewed soon enough.

The subject of when to start focusing on the preliminary budget divided the audience into

two camps: those people who believe it is best to start reviewing the town budget at least six months in advance — if not earlier — and residents who believe two months is sufficient time to prepare the upcoming fiscal year’s budget for selectmen approval prior to town meeting.

At times during the Casco Board of Selectmen meeting, four or five people were lined up to speak at the microphone — to weigh in on how to approach the

approximately $2,750,000 town budget.

People compared the budget time frame of other towns in the region, and many shared experiences as committee members trying to prepare recommendations for a sound budget.

The most pertinent information that emerged during the discussion: The Finance Committee has been scheduled to meet for the next six weeks every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Meetings will be held March 16, March 23, March 30, April 6, April 13, and April 20.

According to Town Manager Dave Morton, last year’s budget was $2,764,434. He said there could be a 2.84 percent increase, but some changes could bring that increase closer to zero.

“The numbers I have present-

on April 13.

The judge told Burnham that if the mid-April ruling was not in his favor, he could be evicted seven days later.

Therefore, he would lose the 10-day comfort zone of being off the property by May 1.

However, the owner of the mobile home and outbuilding has agreed to have those structures removed by that date.

“We have protection of the court from the person who owns the mobile home,” Hole said.

“She was extremely cooperative, and wants to get off the property by May 1,” he said.

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(Continued from Page A) not required, Morton said.

“By the end of April we’ll have a proposed budget,” he said. There is a deadline of early May for the proposed budget to be printed in time for town meeting on June 8, he said.

Morton said that for the past few years, the Finance Committee has adhered to a sixweek schedule in providing its recommendations to the budget.

He added that timeline works well for many other towns, as people sitting on budget-review committees “ask the question you always ask yourself, which is: ‘Can we do more for less money?’”

However, the decision of when to start that budget process is in the hands of the Finance Committee.

“That’s up to the Finance Committee – they decide the level of involvement they want,” he said.

On March 1, Finance Committee member Jeannine Oren brought up her concerns about putting off budget-review meetings until crunch time.

Her presentation to the board of selectmen had been placed at the end of the agenda — and was at the request of Selectman Carroll Morton.

“I am here to say the Finance Committee hasn’t met yet on the budget,” Oren said, adding a more aggressive schedule was needed to tackle the budget.

She said the proposed budget she had received lacked the details necessary for the committee to make its decisions.

She requested the 2010 Annual

Audit, from the board.

Oren said she was disappointed with the lack of gusto on the part of the Finance Committee to focus on the budget sooner.

Her expectations had been that it would “begin budget work in earnest in August.”

“We haven’t met to look at the budget,” she said.

“My understanding is the finance committee is supposed to make recommendations,” she said following the meeting.

“For example, we need to look at capital improvement projects.

Walter’s (Hebold) presentation is 1 of 15 road projects that we are looking at. His presentation was a half-hour long. On the Finance Committee, we are required to look at all 15 road projects,” she said.

In an earlier presentation, Walter Hebold, with the Crescent Lake Watershed Association, had pitched a box culvert project as one that should be put on the list of capital improvement projects for next fall.

As a former Finance Committee member, resident Wayne Ward agreed more details would assist the decision-making process.

Ward said towns like Raymond and Windham start six months in advance. He said neighboring Naples started meeting in late January or early February.

Resident Pat Troy shared a news article about the Town of Norway, in which the town manager purposely starts its budget process late because most people lose interest after the first four weeks.

“Let’s not get our knickers all knotted up and wounded,” Troy told everyone. “Stay calm.”

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(Continued from Page A) funding to help with road repair.

In neighboring Casco, Town Manager Dave Morton said several town roads had suffered shoulders washing out over the weekend. Those roads include Quaker Ridge, Ward Road, Leach Hill and Tenney Hill Road.

“We’ve been battling it out,” he said, of crews trying to divert water from asphalt.

Meanwhile, frost heaves have been wreaking havoc on most local roads – with Quaker Ridge Road and Tenney Hill Road showing the most apparent damage.

“We’ve posted all of our town roads for heavy trucking. The most inconvenient thing about posing it is for those people who have projects going on,” Morton said.

“I’ve seen years where we had to post in January because there was such significant thaw,” he said.

“But, March is the normal time towns start posting roads,” Morton said. “If I was a contractor, I’d be worried about getting heavy loads in anytime in March in Southern Maine.”

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Mitchell Berkowitz said dealing with sudden snowmelt goes with the territory when it comes to weather in southern Maine.

He was thankful that no major flooding occurred on Bridgton roads as a result of the series of downpours.

However, fluctuations in the temperature have caused some frost heaves to develop, and those targeted roads may require repair, he said.

“The most recent rain event provided some interesting ice challenges for us,” Berkowitz said.

“Our biggest concern is black ice,” he said on Tuesday.

During the day, water trickles onto the roads from under the saturated piles of snow. By night, it freezes on the roads – making travel unsafe.

Berkowitz said crews were salting roadways where black ice might occur – to protect drivers as the sun sets.

Meanwhile, the town had taken aggressive action to remove ice blockage immediately and create diversions for the flow of water, he said. By doing this, town-owned roads are being protected from potential flood damage, he said.

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“These are the kinds of things all of us (town managers) are facing when water is melting and freezing on the roads like this,” he said.

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In another, ongoing case, an aggregate committee was formed after selectmen enacted a moratorium on gravel pit operations in response to a Pleasant Mountain mining proposal. The committee worked on language for nearly a year, and their changes to the site plan review ordinance are set for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 15, with a town-wide vote expected in June.

Collins said he saw no reason why the board couldn’t serve as the vehicle for public hearings on proposed zoning changes by the new committee, if selectmen also agree with Turner’s idea. Selectmen will discuss the issue at their next meeting on Tuesday, March 15.

Collins said the planning board is “really a judging board” for specific project proposals, and it is therefore generally not appropriate for its members to be involved in drafting ordinance language.

He said it made sense to create a land use committee “working in parallel with the comprehensive plan committee to start writing language to put into effect.”

Member Ken Murphy said it would be important to have members of the planning board serve on the committee. Turner said he wants the committee to be as diverse as possible, representing both sides of the big box/fast food debate and include both appointed and elected town officials.

Member Gordon Davis, noting that Turner’s written proposal referred to the creation of form-based codes, said such codes should be considered as an option, but not as a foregone conclusion, as the committee works to prioritize issues and devise a methodology for zoning amendments.

Member Dee Miller noted that previous comprehensive plans have laid out residents’ priorities and suggested ways for achieving them. She agreed with Turner’s idea, but cautioned that the new committee wouldn’t need to “reinvent the wheel” but could rely to large extent on the language of the most recent comprehensive plan. The 2004 plan calls for steps to be taken to protect the downtown district’s small-town character while allowing appropriate commercial development along the Route 302 corridor.

“This is an apple that has to be bitten one piece at a time,” said member Fred Packard.

“You’ve got to have meetings and prioritize what to attack.”

Collins agreed that a good place to begin would be exploring commercial development of the Route 302 corridor on both sides of town, the north and south. “The 1990 and 2003 comprehensive plans weren’t very much different,” he said.

The board voted unanimously to send Turner’s letter along to selectmen for their consideration.

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Both versions of the production will be filmed on March 17.

The evening performance, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Frankenstein, will be broadcast live to cinemas worldwide on March 17.

The additional filmed performance with the leading roles reversed — Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankenstein — will be shown on Saturday, March 26, at 1 p.m.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

The cast of Frankenstein also includes Mark Armstrong, Naomie Harris, Karl Johnson, Daniel Millar, Andreea Padurariu, John Stahl and Lizzie Winkler. The production is designed by Mark Tildesley, with costumes by Suttirat Anne Larlarb, lighting by Bruno Poet and movement by Toby Sedgwick; the music and sound score is by Underworld, and the music associate is Alex Baranowski.

‘The Power of Now’ book discussion

DENMARK — Nurture Through Nature will host a discussion group on Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now starting on Tuesday, March 15, at 6 p.m.

The group will meet for 10 consecutive Tuesdays with the last meeting on May 17.

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Participants may attend any session, and they will read one chapter per week. Whether a person has read this book or is new to it, they are invited to study its offerings in a growing community.

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The Chickadee Quilters will celebrate National Quilting Day on Saturday, March 19 with a community service project.

They are going to the Casco Inn Residential Care Facility to share their handiwork with the residents. The public is invited to stop by and enjoy the event.

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“I Thirst” The Crucifixion Story, an inspiring concert event starring Tatiana, a singer who left a pop music career in Croatia to come to the United States, will be held on Wednesday, March 16 at 7 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 South High Street, Bridgton. There will be a free will offering taken up.

There is free income tax preparation help at the Bridgton Community Center for people

of all ages with low to moderate income. The help is available on Thursdays and Fridays through April 15.

Aerobic dance classes are offered on Tuesdays and Thursday from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Town Hall. Call Dee Miller at 647-9599.

The annual Student Art Show at Gallery 302 will be held through Friday, March 18 at the Gallery at 112 Main Street.

Baseball/softball sign-ups Forms for upcoming baseball/softball sign-ups through Bridgton Recreation have gone home to students at Stevens Brook Elementary School, as well as to the offices of Lake Region Middle and High Schools. Forms are also available at the Bridgton Municipal Center’s front desk, and online on the recreation page of www. bridgtonmaine.org Forms are due by workout dates. Baseball workout date is Tuesday, March 15; ages 7 to 9 will meet from 6 to 7 p.m., and ages 10 to 12 will meet from 7

The Lakeside Garden Club invites the public to join them on Saturday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. Bobbi Yale will speak on “Attracting Birds and Butterflies to Your Garden.”

Yale, a travel agent, is a master gardener who lives in Brownfield. Her home gardens include a landscape for birds, butterflies and other wildlife as well as herb and

vegetable gardens. She will also give a brief description of the programs offered by the Oxford County Extension office including the Master Gardeners, Garden Angels and the Kids Can Grow programs.

The Lakeside Garden Club established and maintains the butterfly garden at the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce property on Route 302.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to dive into a succulent roast beef dinner with all the trimmings at the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Bridgton.

The community feast takes place on Saturday, March 19, at 6 p.m. Cost is $15 per person.

The roast “beast” dinner has been a popular fundraiser for the church for many years.

This year, sides include organizer Price Hutchins’ famous “liquid love” gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, rolls, and a full salad bar. Coffee and a variety of homemade desserts will top off the magnificent meal.

Additionally, there will be a 50/50 raffle with the winning

ticket drawn during dessert.

Space is limited to 120 people and tickets will sell fast.

Proceeds of the dinner will benefit church programs including community outreach programs like Jeanette’s Closet, a program that offers free clothing to families in need.

Tickets can be reserved and purchased at Oberg Insurance Agency, 132 Main Street, Bridgton, by calling Jeffrey Frey at 671-2678 or the church office at 647-3936.

The First Congregational Church is located at 33 South High Street, Bridgton. Sunday services are at 10 a.m. and there is childcare available.

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to 8 p.m. at the Town Hall on North High Street. Babe Ruth forms will be taken this night as well.

The softball workout date is Friday, March 18; ages 7 to 8 will meet from 6 to 6:30 p.m., ages 9 to 10 will meet from 6:30 to 7 p.m., and ages 11 to 12 will meet from 7 to 7:30 p.m., again at the Town Hall.

Show up at least 15 minutes If you have been diagnosed early for workouts. For more information, contact Recreation with high blood pressure, you Director Tom Tash at 647- are not alone. It is estimated that 80% of us will have the 8786. condition at some time in our lives.

The DASH eating plan is one that has proven to be very effective in lowering blood pressure, many times without Teri L. Stambaugh and John L. Morton of Bridgton, have a medication. Two classes are daughter, Jenna Lynn Morton, born on Feb. 22, 2011 at Bridgton being offered by Dona Forke, Hospital. Jenna joins Rachael Morton, age 9. Maternal grandpar- Registered Dietitian for the ent: Patricia Stanley of Waterford. Paternal grandparents: Larry Bridgton Hannaford, that will and Darlene Morton of Casco. Great-grandparents: Carroll and help participants understand Irene Morton of Casco. how to incorporate the DASH Erin (McGonagle) and Scott D. Rollins of Brownfield, have a son, Sylas Timothy Rollins, born on Feb. 19, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Sylas joins Emmah-Marie, age 8, and Scott, age 1 1/2. Maternal grandparents: Donna and Paul McGonagle of Brownfield. Paternal grandparents: Herb and Mickey Rollins of Brownfield. Great-grandparents: Glenys and Al Bruno of Massachusetts, and Atheline and James McMahon of Fryeburg.

Nicole Marie (Lorfano) Cox and Michael Scott Landers of WATERFORD — The Oxford, have a daughter, Lilah Grace Landers, born on Feb. 24, Farmers Draft Horse Club is 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Lilah joins Braden Landers, age 4, Zoe sponsoring a maple sap-colLanders, age 4 and Callahan Cox, age 2. Maternal grandparents: lecting contest at the Waterford David and Deidre Lorfano. Paternal grandparents: Bernice and Fairgrounds on Sunday, March Scott Grippen, and Bruce Landers. Great-grandparents: Shirley 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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and the Farmers Draft Horse Club will award prize money to the first five teams with the best total score. You must be a member of the club but you can join that day if you are not already a member.

The Waterford Fair mobile food wagon will be serving pancakes with Maine-made maple syrup, bacon, homemade doughnuts, coffee and hot chocolate starting at 8:30 a.m., so you can come early and watch how the teams get it all together. For more information, call Ron Hill at 4619898.

Also, Keith McAllister will be having a sap-boiling demonstration going on all the time the events are taking place. At noon, the food wagon will serve light refreshments.

On Sunday, March 13, the Waterford Fair will have their regular meeting at the Waterford Town Office at 2 p.m., and everyone is welcome to attend.

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Knights service note

Soldiers Library news HIRAM — Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main Street, Hiram is asking patrons to “friend” them on Facebook by searching for “SML for Dummies.” If the library receives enough “likes,” they will win over 1,600 “Dummies” titles on various subjects for borrowing at the library.

The library’s “March Madness” book sale continues, with lots of gently used cookbooks still available, along with popular titles for adults, children and young adults, as well as videos and audiobooks, all at extremely reasonable prices.

The library’s third Wednesday Book Club will discuss Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How

I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper. They will meet on Wednesday, March 16 at 11 a.m. Check with the library for available copies.

The weekly Wednesday Noon “Knotty Knitters” at the library is always open to new friends; call the library at 6254650 for more information.

The library is open from 2 to 5 Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturdays. Find them on Facebook at www.facebook. com/pages/Soldiers-MemorialLibrary/240088390763 or the library webpage at www.soldiers.lib.me.us

HARRISON — The Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church in Bolsters Mills will be hosting a series of discussions on Thursday evening throughout Lent that will focus on comparing various faiths and beliefs.

An expert in each faith will lead the discussion beginning Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m., following a light supper of homemade soups, bread and desserts.

With the current world events, it is hoped that greater knowledge of each other’s faith will help create tolerance and understanding. It is also interesting to discover how each faith evolved from the others

and what beliefs are shared.

The Imam Adilah from the Muslim community in Lewiston-Auburn will explain their belief and the Rabbi Hillel Katzir of the Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center will discuss the Jewish faith. There will be a Catholic priest one evening and representatives from other Christian denominations present on other Thursday nights.

The March 17 discussion will be led by Rev. Walter Brown of the Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church and will focus on “What Are Our Christian Beliefs?” Subsequent programs will be announced in advance.

Lenten discussions

A BLAST OF A PROGRAM — Harrison Elementary School students take time from their fun ski/snowboard program at Shawnee Peak to pose for a group photo. The program was coordinated with the help of many volunteers and Shawnee Peak staff.

Project Linus gathering

SEBAGO — A Project Linus Blanket Weekend work session will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19 at the Sebago Center Community Church, Bridgton Road, Route 107.

The Maple Grove Grange “Knit Wits” have organized the blanket-making event, to be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Participants are asked to use the lower entrance and bring their machine, sewing tools and extension cord and a project, or come ready to help with the Knit Wits projects.

Available projects are fleece will be on a first-come, first- pieces for crocheted edging, served basis, between 9 a.m. blanket kits to swap for two and 5 p.m.

In recognition of International Women’s Day, March 8, a member of The 99s (International Organization of Women Pilots, www.nineAt a Glance ty-nines.org) Mireille Goyer • Wednesday, March 23 has organized the first annual — Flower Arranging Course, 6 Women of Aviation Worldwide p.m., library Week, March 7-13, 2011. She • Wednesday, March 30 — is encouraging all women Book Group, 7 p.m., library pilots to honor the Women of • Sunday, April 3 — Aviation of the past and the Discovering Vladivostok Talk, present and reach out to intro- 6:30 p.m., library duce girls and women to all Dr. Seuss Night that aviation has to offer durThe highly anticipated annual ing the first annual Women of Dr. Seuss Night will be held on Aviation Worldwide Week.

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be a weather disaster, loss of a home, serious illness or death of a loved one. Annually the Maine Chapter donates over 1,500 “blanket hugs,” and Maple Grove Grange alone has created or collected over 300 pieces for the project since 2005. To ensure they are distributed in Maine, most have gone to the Centers for Grieving Children in Portland and Maine Medical Center.

Part-timers are welcome if your time is limited, but lunch will be available for those able to stay into a second session.

In regard to this opportunity, it is important that you notify your intentions to Ann Burns at 787-2489.

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Elementary School, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This party has games, crafts, storytelling, prizes and lots of exciting fun for everyone. There is no age limit and is planned as a family event.

Flower Arranging Course Jessica Fay, of the Raymond Village Florist, will teach a special class on flower arranging at the Raymond Village Library on Wednesday, March 23 beginning at 6 p.m.

The class will learn how to create a basic floral table arrangement — “Spring Style.”

The cost for the class, which includes all the flowers and container for each participant to bring home, is $15.

Book Group The book group will meet at the library on Wednesday, March 30 to discuss The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barberry.

This is the story of the sometimes eccentric, multi-generational, bourgeois tenants who live in an elegant apartment building in Paris, each with their own voice

and their own story to tell.

Copies of the books will be available upon request at the library. For more information, call the library at 655-4283.

Discovering Vladivostok Veronica Haskell will give a presentation on Vladivostok, a port city in Russia, on Sunday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. Veronica will share the story and photos of her husband’s grandfather, Merrill Haskell, from when he was a secretary with the YMCA in 1919-1920. The Haskell family freely shared the collection of over 400 photos with the city of Vladivostok, which resulted in a book that was published in 2009.

Veronica will also talk about her story, beginning with the discovery of the photos in a desk in 2004, where they had been stored for years, to her trip to Vladivostok in the summer of 2010, and up until today, when she is still finding new information about the photo collection.

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Layne service note Army Pvt. Scott J. Layne has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Scott graduated in 2008 from Fryeburg Academy.

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Have you ever had a dream of flying? Wondered what the world looks like from 2,000 feet above? Here’s a chance for all women and girls to get a new perspective of our beautiful landscape, learn a new skill and learn about the opportunities that aviation has to offer. Find out on March 13.

Women pilots in this area are excited to share their wings and extend a free intro flight to girls and women on March 13, 2011 at Eastern Slope Regional Airport in Fryeburg. Contact Mary Build of Western Maine Aviation at 935-4711 or info@ westernmaineaviation.com for more information. Intro flights

yards of new flannel and over two dozen assembled quilt tops needing filler and backing. Some will need tacking and binding.

Also needed will be pressing and adding labels. Non-sewers and part-timers are welcome; call 787-2489 to indicate attendance for lunch planning.

With the never-ending need by children for comforting blankets with which to snuggle, the Knit Wits and friends of Maple Grove Grange are holding the blanket weekend to assemble quilts and blankets for Project Linus. This nationwide organization supplies a new blanket, afghan, or quilt to numerous children who have experienced a tragedy in their lives. It might

Army National Guard Pvt. Josiah D. Knights has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo., which included basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT).

During basic military training, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons qualification, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army doctrine, history, principles and traditions.

During AIT, the soldier completed the military police specialist course to acquire skills to provide combat area support, conduct battlefield circulation control, area security, prisoner of war operations, civilian internee operations, and law and order operations. The trainee performed as a team member in support of battlefield operations, installation law and order operations and security of Army resources and installations. Additional training included providing peacetime support to the military community through security of resources, crime prevention programs, and preservation of law and order.

Josiah is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Knights of Raymond.

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Calendar

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Calendar Please note: Deadline for all calendar submissions is Tuesday at noon.

BRIDGTON March 10 — Bridgton Rotary Club, LRHS Principal Ted Finn, 7:15 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church.

Public welcome. FMI: 647-4157.

March 10-18 — Annual Student Art Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gallery 302, Main St. FMI: 647-2787.

March 10, 11 — Free Income Tax Preparations for people of all ages with low to moderate income, Community Center. Call 647-3116 for appointment.

March 10 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

March 10, 17 — Knitters Day, 2 to 4 p.m., North Bridgton Library.

March 10 — Community Kettle, free supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

March 11, 14 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

March 11 — March is for Music, 10:30 a.m., library.

March 11, 18 — Mother Goose Time, Dr. Seuss Celebration, 10:30 a.m., library.

March 11, 18 — Reading with Brooke, therapy reading dog, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., library.

March 11 — Easy Riders Snowmobile Club Meeting/Potluck, 6 p.m., Community Center.

March 12 — Lakeside Garden Club, 10 a.m., Community Center.

March 12 — Cancer Educational Workshop, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 42 Sweden Rd. FMI: 647-8549.

March 12, 19 — Ping pong, 1 to 4 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2847.

March 13 — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Shawnee Peak Ski Resort, 119 Mountain Rd. FMI: 1-800-4820743.

March 13, 20 — Adult Basketball, 6 to 9 p.m., Town Hall.

FMI: 408-2299.

March 14 — Golden Oldies Lunch Bunch, noon, Punkin Valley Restaurant. FMI: Donald Mac Lean, 647-3635.

March 14 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

March 14 — G.E.A.R. Support

Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

March 15 — Rainbow Days Playgroup for Toddlers 6 mos. to 5 years, 9 a.m., Community Center.

March 15 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

March 15 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Community Center.

March 15 — Youth Basketball Open Gym for grades 3-6, 3-5 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-8786.

March 15 — Stories read by Michael, 4 to 4:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 647-2472.

March 15 — DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) program class, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Community Center.

March 15 — Bridgton Rec baseball/softball workouts, ages 79, 6 to 7 p.m.; ages 10-12, 7 to 8 p.m., Town Hall.

March 16,18 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

March 16 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

March 16 — Lenten Lunch by Bridgton Area Clergy, “Blessed are thsoe who mourn,” by Bridgton Congregational Church, noon to 1 p.m., St. Joseph Church.

March 16 — Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., Community Center.

March 16 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

March 16 — Bridgton Community Crime Watch, 6 p.m., Selectboard Meeting Room.

March 16 — Singer/songwriter Tajci (Tatiana Cameron) sings “I Thirst - the Crucifixion Story,” 7 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 So. High St. FMI: 671-5594.

March 17 — Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club with speaker Jeannine Roy and LRMS students, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church. Public welcome.

March 17, 18 — Free Income Tax Preparations for people of all ages with low to moderate income, Community Center. Call 647-3116 for appointment.

March 17 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

March 17 — Community Kettle, Free Supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

March 17 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

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Traditional St. Patty’s Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner

March 12, 13 — Ice Rink open 5 to 9 p.m. Sat., noon to 4 p.m. Sun., Community Center.

March 13 — Sledding Party at Perreault’s Hill, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free rides up hill by Burnt Meadow Snowmobile Club.

March 17 — Bingo by SeniorsPlus Mobile Office, 1 to 2 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 1800-427-1241.

CASCO March 10, 15, 17 — Dodge Ball, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for middle and high school age, 3:30 to 4:30 for grades 3 to 5, Community Center.

March 10, 17 — Adult Coed Volleyball, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 6274187.

March 13 — Pastor candidate Rev. Dennis Simmons, 9:30 a.m., Casco Alliance Church, 450 Roosevelt Trail.

March 13, 16, 20 — Adult coed basketball, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Community Center gym. FMI: 6274187.

March 14 — Public forum on energy sustainability and efficiency, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Community Center.

FMI: 627-4515.

March 15 — Social Yoga, 9 a.m., Community Center. FMI: 627-4187.

March 15 — Storytime with Michelle Brenner, 10:30 a.m., library.

March 15 — Book Club/ Snowshoe Program, 10:30 a.m. snowshoe, 11:15 a.m. book talk, Casco Recreation. FMI: 627-4515.

March 16 — Lake Region Youth Lacrosse signups, 6 to 8 p.m., Community Center.

March 17 — Farmers’ Market informational meeting, 6 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 6274187.

DENMARK March 15 — Discussion group, Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now, 6 p.m., Nurture Through Nature.

FMI: 452-2929.

March 16 — Preschool Storytime, 9:30 a.m., library.

FRYEBURG March 11 — Second annual dodgeball tournament by Fryeburg Academy Boosters Club, Wadsworth Arena, Fryeburg Academy.

March 11 — Duke Robillard in concert, 7:30 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center.

FMI: 935-9232.

March 12 — Local performers in concert to benefit Brownfield Food Pantry, 7 p.m., Fryeburg Congregational Church, 655 Main St. FMI: 625-3334.

March 13 — Free intro flights for girls and women at Western Maine Aviation by women pilots, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Slope Regional Airport. FMI: 935-4711.

March 14 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Legion Hall, Bradley St. March 17 — National Theatre production of Frankenstein, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232.

HARRISON March 14 — Knitting Basics for ages 9-17, 3:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 583-2970.

March 14 — Adult Coed Basketball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

March 15 — Baseball/softball sign-ups, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room.

FMI: baseball, 329-5208; softball, 583-2241.

March 15 — Teen Coed Basketball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

March 16 — Coed Adult Volleyball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

March 17 — Lenten Discussions, Rev. Walter Brown, “What Are Our Christian Beliefs?”, 7 p.m., Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church.

LOVELL March 11, 18 — Mouse Paint Storytime, 2:45 to 4 p.m., library.

March 12 — Greater Lovell Land Trust Winter Walk, 10 a.m., Chip Stockford Reserve. FMI: www.gllt.org.

March 12 — Spring sports sign-ups by Lovell Recreation, 10 a.m. to noon, Lovell Rec Building, 5 Smarts Hill Rd. FMI: 925-1084.

March 14 — Preschool Storytime, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

March 14 — Adult Book Discussion Group, William Carpenter, The Wooden Nickel, 1 p.m., library.

March 14 — Charlotte’s Web, grades 3-5, 2:45 to 4 p.m., library.

March 17 — Spring sports sign-ups, 6 to 8 p.m., rec building, 5 Smarts Hill Rd. FMI: 925-1084.

NAPLES March 10, 17 — Musical Playgroup, 10:30 a.m., library.

March 10, 17 — Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., library. FMI: 693-6841.

March 11, 14 — Step Into Fitness, indoor walking program, 4:30 to 6 p.m., LRHS. Transportation: 647-3116.

March 11, 12 — Naples Baseball/Softball League signups, 6 to 8 p.m., Town Office. FMI: 595-1015.

March 15 — Books for Babies, 10:15 a.m., library.

March 15 — Preschool Storytime, under age 5, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

March 16 — Free Breakfast and Fellowship, 8 to 10 a.m., Naples United Methodist Church, 1000 Roosevelt Trail. Cancels with SAD 61 schools. FMI: 693-6594.

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March 12 — Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast, 3 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

March 12 — St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, 5 and 6 p.m. sittings, St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church, Conway, N.H. FMI: 603539-8292.

March 12 — St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Poland Community Church, Rte. 26. FMI: 998-4725.

March 13 — Paddy O’Paws Benefit Brunch and Auction, 11 a.m., Animal Rescue League of NHNorth, 223 E. Main St., Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-447-5605.

March 13 — Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Auction during Portland Flower Show, silent auction 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Building #11, live auction 5:30 p.m. in Building #3, 58 Fore St., Portland. FMI: 1-800-2871471, 780-4205.

March 13 — Maine Saxophone Project Celebration, 2 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, USM, Gorham. FMI: www.usm.maine.edu/music March 13 — Dinosaurs, 3 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. fmi 7804249.

March 14 — Mount Washington Valley Toastmasters, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Slope Inn, Main St., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-356-3448, 603-323-8800.

March 15 — Sebago Trout Unlimited member Emily Bastian on fishing in Montana, 7 p.m., Governor’s Restaurant, 700 Main St., So. Portland.

March 15 — Night Sky Mythology, 7 to 8:30 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 7804249.

March 16 — Soldiers Memorial Library Book Group, 11 a.m., library. FMI: 625-4650.

March 16 — Wednesday Knitter’s Group, noon, Soldier’s Memorial Library, Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

March 16-19 — Guys and Dolls by Poland Players, 7 p.m.

Dr. Robert Wall Theatre, Poland Regional High School, 1457 Maine St., Poland. FMI: 998-5400, ext.

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March 17-20 — The Wizard of Oz by M & D Productions, Thurs.Fri 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 1857 White Mtn. Hywy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-733-5275.

March 17 — Author Lillian Nayder on her book The Other Dickens: The Life of Catherine Hogarth, 7 p.m., New Gloucester Meeting House, Rte. 231, New Gloucester.

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March 16 — Naples Library Book Group, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, 1:30 p.m., library.

March 14, 16, 18 — Step Into Fitness, indoor walking program, 4:30 to 6 p.m., LRHS. Transportation: 647-3116.

March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, 10:30 a.m., library.

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RAYMOND March 14 — Baby Time, 10 a.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

March 14 — Preschool Time, 11 a.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

March 16 — Toddler Time, 10 and 11 a.m., library. FMI: 6554283.

SEBAGO March 13 — Benefit supper for Emily Labrecque, 4 to 8 p.m., Sebago Town Gym. March 14 — Story Hour for Pre-schoolers, 9:30 a.m., library.

WATERFORD March 13 — Waterford Fair meeting, 2 p.m., Town Office.

March 17 — Community potluck supper, 6 p.m., Wilkins Community House, Plummer Hill Rd., Waterford Flat.

AREA EVENTS March 10-13 — The Wizard of Oz by M & D Productions, Thurs.Fri 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 1857 White Mtn. Hywy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-733-5275.

March 10 — Fundraiser for Mollyockett Middle School programs & events, 5 p.m. to close, Flatbread Company, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 925-1193.

March 11, 18 — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:15 a.m., Rec. bldg., King St., Oxford. FMI: 783-4153, 743-9153.

March 11 — Black Holes, 7 p.m., Ring World, 8:30 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 7804249.

March 11 — Chinese Auction to benefit Kennett High School Project Graduation, viewing begins 5:30 p.m., drawings 7 p.m., Kennett High School Cafeteria, 409 Eagle Way, No. Conway, N.H. March 12 — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Standish Town Hall, 175 Northeast Rd., Standish. FMI: 1-800-4820743.

March 12 — Infant CPR Class, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Ripley Building, Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway. FMI: 743-1562, ext. 380.

March 12 — Responsible Pet Care Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament, doors open 11:30 a.m., play 1 to 5 p.m., Norway Municipal Complex, 19 Danforth St., Norway. FMI: 743-8679.

March 12 — Honeybee Club informational meeting, 1 p.m., Fare Share Coop, Main St., Norway.

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One way to save money, conserve water, and reduce pollution is to use a rain barrel.

Rainwater, collected from your roof, can be used to water lawns, gardens, and indoor plants.

The Portland Water District is pleased to provide rain barrels at a discounted price of $60 (includes tax and handling).

This is nearly 50% off the retail price of $125. The 55-gallon barrels have a screened intake port, removable lid, overflow connector and tubing and brass spigot, and can be used to store hoses in the off-season.

Discounted rain barrels can be ordered online at www.pwd. org until May 13. When you order, you can select your preference for pick up, Portland

or Standish. Pick up will take place in Portland at the East End Wastewater Treatment Facility, end of Marginal Way, on Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and in Standish at the Sebago Lake Ecology Center, intersection of Routes 237 and 35, on Friday, June 3, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Rain barrels provide an effective way to capture rainwater from your roof and store it for later use. This water would otherwise run off your roof or through downspouts and become storm water, picking up pollutants on its way to a storm drain, stream, or lake.

Here’s a way to conserve water and reduce polluted storm water runoff.

If you are over 50 and would like to join a group for lunch and conversation, the Golden Oldies Lunch Bunch may be the group for you. They meet the second Monday of each month at the Punkin Valley Restaurant, and the only cost is lunch; there are no dues, ever.

Their next meeting will be Monday, March 14. For more information, and reservations, call Donald MacLean by Friday, March 11 at 647-3635. New members are visitors are always welcome.

CPR course

STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College will offer a course in CPR for professional rescuers and health care providers on Sunday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harold Alfond Center on the Standish campus. The Red Cross-certified course is designed for the professional rescuer and those who have a duty to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies, such as lifeguards, nurses, athletic trainers, EMTs and CNAs. Participants will learn to care for adults, children and infants who are unconscious and not responsive. After completing all requirements of the course, participants will receive an American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification valid for two years.

FIGHT TO END HUNGER — Evergreen Credit Union’s Catie Scribner (second from right) accepts her CU’s certificate for placing 13th in total funds raised and 21st in per member conCost is $60 (or $40 for tributions for the 2010 Maine CUs’ Campaign for Ending Hunger. Presenting the certificate recertification). Call 893-6615 at the special ceremony are: (back row, left to right) John Murphy, president of the Maine to register or for more infor- Credit Union League, Luke Labbe, chairman of the Maine Credit Union League’s Social mation.

Responsibility Committee, and NBA Hall-of-Famer, Rick Barry.

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BROWNFIELD — The SeniorsPlus Mobile Office will be at the Brownfield Community Center on Thursday, March 17, from 1 to 2 p.m. for bingo with a twist. Have fun playing and go away with new information on SeniorsPlus services and how to spot and report Medicare fraud.

Reservations are required due to limited space; call SeniorsPlus at 1-800-427-1241 to reserve your seat.

Raymond Library

(Continued from Page A) The library has recently added new selections to the large print books, thanks to the generosity of the Raymond Lions Club, who have helped out with an ongoing collection. The Lions Clubs are known for their involvement with eye health and donations to research in this field. The Raymond Village Library is one of the drop-off places for eyeglasses that are no longer being used.

Community Garden Even though old man winter has dropped more snow, the Raymond Village Community Garden is getting their seeds started for summer. RVCG is a great opportunity to give back to the community, while at the same time learning and harvesting fresh organic vegetables of your own.

There are many ways to be involved: 1. Volunteers are needed throughout the week to

help weed, water and harvest the Raymond Food Pantry rows. 2.

As a volunteer, you will also have access to your own garden rows for the seasonal stipend of $10 per row. This includes some seed varieties or you can bring your own organic seeds or seedlings. 3. Volunteers are needed to promote healthy eating at the Raymond Food pantry twice a month. You will have samples to provide to the food pantry visitors, as well as recipes. 4.

Tax-deductible donations of any denomination to the nonprofit RVCG can be made payable to RVCG, c/o the Raymond Village Library, attn: Leigh Walker, 3 Meadow Road, Raymond, Maine 04071. If you are interested in volunteering or having your own garden, go to the website: http://raymondcommunitygarden.blogspot.com or e-mail Sandra Cerino at: quiltbea@ gmail.com. Please include your name, phone number and e-mail.

NAPLES — Recently, Maine’s credit unions celebrated their efforts towards “thawing” out hunger in Maine at the Thaw to End Hunger Celebration Event.

At this annual event, credit unions were recognized for their success in raising the most funds ever for the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger, and the official, recordbreaking total was announced.

This year’s total funds raised is $402,740.02, an increase of nearly $27,000 over last year’s record.

The funds will enable food pantries across Maine to purchase nearly $5 million worth of food through the Good Shepherd Food-Bank.

Two credit unions with branches in the Lake Region placed in the Top 25 in Total Funds Raised and/or Per Member Contributions including: Five County CU, which has a branch in North Windham, at #8 ($12,550 raised) and #18 in per member contributions; and Evergreen CU, which has branches in Naples and Windham, at #13 ($10,150.22) and #21 in per member contributions. Cumberland County FCU, which has a branch in Windham, also participated in the campaign.

The announcement was made at a special luncheon event, and featured an address by NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry. Barry cited the accomplishment of Maine’s credit unions as “evidence of what can be done when you work as a team. I applaud credit unions for taking on this cause

and giving back to their communities and for the credit unions and their members for answering the call to action. This is an extraordinary achievement, especially in these economic times.”

In addition to giving the keynote address on community service and the importance of ending hunger, Barry unveiled the big check announcing this new record for Maine’s Credit Unions Campaign for Ending Hunger. Representatives from

each credit union in attendance also had their picture taken with Barry, as he presented them with certificates and envelopes containing the total funds each credit union has to distribute in their own community.

“The 2010 Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger not only had a recordsetting year but it formed new relationships with food pantries across the state. These enhanced efforts are extremely important, FOOD, Page 10A

Memoirwriting workshop

Joan Lee Hunter offers a memoir workshop entitled The Remembered Self, Friday through Sunday, March 18-20 at Fifth House Lodge in South Bridgton. The workshop runs 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday evening, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

This is a hands-on workshop in which you find voice, mine stories and shape material into scenes. Explore the very nature of memory and the difference between fact and truth.

To register or to receive more information, call Joan at 647-3506 or go to www.fifthhouselodge.net

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Investor advice NAPLES — Join author Ben Sprague as he discusses his new book Buy, Hold, Sell — A Disciplined Guide to Investment Success on Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Naples Public Library.

In this book, financial advisor and Accredited Asset Management Specialist Sprague teaches you how to use ETFs (exchange traded funds) and moving averages to stay one step ahead of the game. Sprague takes the best aspects of buyand-hold and combines them with a systematic plan to sell, in order to lock in against and capture a degree of downside

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protection. This book is a mustread for any investor who is as confused as ever about what to do with his or her money.

Sprague holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and is a former instructor at the Harvard Bridge Program.

He now works as a financial advisor and Accredited Asset Management Specialist. A former Fenway Park tour guide, Sprague is originally from Bangor and currently resides in Waltham, Mass.

Copies of Sprague’s book will be available for purchase.

For more information, call 6936841.

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TUESDAY: Whole-wheat spaghetti pie w/mozzarella cheese, baby carrots, warm breadsticks, chilled pears, milk.

WEDNESDAY: Tuna sandwich, tomato soup, celery sticks, applesauce, milk.

THURSDAY: Whole-wheat stuffed-crust pizza, fresh salad bar, green shamrock Jell-O, whipped topping, orange, milk.

FRIDAY: Scrambled eggs with ham & cheese, oven-baked hash browns, fresh-baked biscuit, chilled peaches, milk.

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FRIDAY: Whole-wheat stuffed-crust pizza, fresh salad bar, fresh deli sandwiches, chilled pears, milk.

SPIRITUALLY INSPIRING is Tatiana Cameron — Tajci — who abandoned her fame as a pop music superstar in Communist Central Europe to sing in America.

Inspiring concert

Singer/songwriter Tajci was in that audience, and stat(Tai-Chee) will perform a pow- ed, “she was absolutely amazerful musical adaptation of the ing and the experience was Crucifixion Story, “I Thirst powerful.” ­– the Crucifixion Story,” at Tajci, in collaboration with St. Joseph Church, 225 South Los Angeles-based producer High Street, Bridgton on Denny Bouchard, adapted Wednesday, March 16 at 7 and arranged a wide array of p.m. The event features Tajci musical styles, traditions and on keyboards, backed by elec- ethnic origins into a mesmertronic instrumentalist Denny izing musical piece. This perBoucher. formance, executed with treSince the spring of 2000, mendous artistry and deep sinTatiana Cameron — Tajci cere spirituality, features con— has shared her emotional temporary Christian favorites programs in over 600 con- such as Via Dolorosa, Tajci’s certs, building a nationwide original songs, Hebrew and following for the artist who, Gregorian chants and clasas a teenager, was a pop sic hymns such as Were You music superstar in Communist There and O Sacred Head Central Europe. Tajci aban- Surrounded. doned her fame at age 21 Tajci’s “I Thirst” was capand fled to the United States, tured on film at a performance where she eventually began in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2004 Since 1990, the Maine Credit performing in churches across and has been broadcast on Unions’ Campaign for Ending America. many TV stations. It has Hunger has raised $3.9 million “People are hungry to be become a favorite broadcast to help end hunger in Maine. fed spiritually and this is a on XM World Radio during great way to do it, through the Easter Triduum. this woman’s music,” says A free will offering will be Rev. John Skehan of St. taken up at the concert. For Christopher’s Church in York, more information, please feel where Tajci performed last free to contact Elaine Rioux, spring. Seventeen-year-old rioux@roadrunner.com or Andrew Brown of Hampden call 671-5594.

CASCO —The CascoAlliance Church invites the community to meet Rev. Dennis Simmons, who FRYEBURG — To better serve veterans and dependents, there is a candidate for pastor.

Rev. Simmons is a gradu- is a veterans’ service officer from the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ ate of Southeastern Baptist Services available the first Thursday of each month at the Fryeburg Theological Seminary, with a American Legion from 9 to 11 a.m., weather permitting.

The next date for office hours will be Thursday, April 7. For more Master of Divinity in Biblical Counseling. Pastor Simmons information, call 324-1839. will be visiting Casco Alliance Church, along with his wife Christina and their two daughters. The morning service starts WATERFORD — The Wilkins Community House will hold a at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March community potluck supper on Thursday, March 17 at 6 p.m.

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The Community House is located in Waterford Flat on Plummer The Casco Alliance Church Hill Road behind the village green next door to the church. Community is located at 450 Roosevelt Trail suppers are held on the third Thursday of each month through May. in Casco.

The hosts for this supper are Joanne and Ralph MacKinnon, Jane Kimball and Clara Hamlin.

Bring a friend and a dish to share and enjoy chatting with old and new friends and neighbors.

The Bridgton Hospital Diabetes Clinic will sponsor its three-part Diabetes Education Program on Monday, March 28 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 29 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday, March 30 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The sessions will be held in the Bridgton Hospital Cafeteria Conference Room.

Bridgton Hospital has received the prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self‑management education program.

The series requires physician referral and early registration is suggested due to its popularity (class size is limited to assure personal attention). Topics covered include: the importance of exercise and physical activity, healthy meal plans and diabetes, hypoglycemia signs and symptoms, medications to control diabetes, complications of diabetes, diabetes and eye care, and diabetes and proper foot care. Medicaid and most insurance plans cover the course registration fee.

In addition to Elaine Drew, RN/CDE, a registered nurse who is also a certified diabetes nurse educator (CDE), lecturers will include Bridgton Hospital professionals Denyell Gerchman, pharmacist; Linda Russell, MA, RD/LD, CDE, registered dieti-

Elaine Drew, RN/CDE, Bridgton Hospital Certified Diabetes Educator tian; and Karen Bogdan, OT, occupational therapist.

These classes are designed to give general information about diabetes and help the patient manage their diabetes.

The course also introduces patients to a diabetes support system. A dietary consultation is required, and should be done before the classes begin. Please contact Linda Russell, RD/LD, CDE at 647-6062 to schedule an appointment.

Participants are encouraged to bring a relative or a friend with them. For more information about the program or to register call 647-6064, Elaine Drew, RN/CDE.

Food pantries

(Continued from Page A) as food pantries continue to see a significant increase in requests during these difficult times. The generosity of the over 600,000 credit union members in Maine is extraordinary,” explained John Murphy, president of the Maine Credit Union League.

“This marks the fifteenth consecutive year that the Campaign has raised a record-setting total — a remarkable effort in such a challenging economy.”

Barry is the only player ever to lead the NCAA, NBA, and ABA in scoring. His name appears near the top of every all-time offensive list. He scored more than 25,000 points in his professional career and in four different seasons averaged more than 30 points. He was named to 12 All-Star teams, four All-NBA First Teams, and five All-ABA First Teams. At the time of his retirement, Barry’s .900 career free-throw percentage was the best in NBA history.

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Bridgton competing to bring its rail history home

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer It’s very seldom that a town has the chance to resurrect authentic pieces from its preautomobile history and bring them back to life with a living museum.

But Bridgton has just such a chance. It has the longest amount of walkable railroad bed remaining in New England, still undeveloped from the time when the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad ran its narrow gauge line throughout town from its station and yard on Depot Street.

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Railroad & Museum needs a place to house its collection of rail cars and equipment, which includes such 1883 passenger cars as the Pondicherry and Mt. Pleasant — cars that once were part of the Bridgton line.

It is feasible, therefore, to recreate a functioning rail line, using the original cars. And not only to do that, but to also hold walking tours to show off the historic homes where the railroad’s founders and mechanics once lived.

What better example of a living “heritage tourism” is that?

Alan Manoian, Bridgton’s director of Economic and

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and routine personal maintenance physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually,” Pennell said.

The healing center currently consists of seven practitioners including Pennell, Bonny Clark, Lisa DeFosse, Karre Kern, Karen McCarthy, Suzanne Silvermoon and Kathy Wilson.

“We offer care to our clients through a “heart-based place of compassion,” he said, in “a cooperative effort of private professional practitioners in one convenient location.”

Types of massage offered include European neuromuscular, sports, Chi Hanz™, hot stone therapy, Tai herbal massage, myofascial release, Swedish and deep tissue massage. The apothecary part of the business offers whole bulk herbs, custom and brand name herbal and regular tea blends, essential oils, medicinals, supplements, flower essences and associated therapeutic products. Therapeutic services and consultations are available by appointment seven days a week, and the apothecary is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Services provided by the practitioners are as follows: • Kevin Pennell — European neuromuscular massage, trigger point therapy, sports massage, herbalist, Reiki master/teacher, certified hypnotherapist. An author of a book about Ken Two Feathers, Pennell also writes articles for various regional publications and is available for workshops, readings and lectures.

• Suzanne Silvernoon — Hatha, Samyama, Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga, Chi Reisage (a form of pranic healing) and therapeutic yoga.

Also trained in Reiki, Silvermoon brings 30 years of personal yoga practice, along with the knowledge of working as a holistic nurse for the past 14 years.

• Lisa DeFosse — Massage therapy, John Barnes Myofascial Release, Reiki and polarity therapy. DeFosse she is employed by CSI (Counseling Services Incorporated), massaging children and adolescents who need to feel positive touch as well as teaching them to balance their own energy. She has extensive knowledge of the John Barnes method of myofascial release, a cutting-edge method for treating many chronic conditions.

• Bonny Clark — Chi Hanz™ massage, chi gong-based massage, hot stone and Tai herbal massage, sono-puncture (tuning forks applied to acupuncture points) and guided imagery. A license massage therapist since 2004, Clark has operated The Healing Bridge in Bridgton.

• Karre Kern — Swedish and deep tissue massage, elder care.

Kern holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from USM. Kern offers massage for maternity, physically disabled, hot stone, chair/seated, infant, sports, and injuries, as well as paraffin wax treatment for a spa experience.

• Karen McCarthy — Reiki as a Reiki master/teacher, healing workshops and meditation. Karen’s professional journey has included being an elementary school teacher, guidance counselor, developer and manager of homeless shelters in Boston, Mass., psychotherapist, mental health and substance abuse counselor, chaplain, facilitator for healing workshops including meditation and a Reiki master for people and pets. Karen believes in compassionate healing in response to the individual needs of clients. She currently offers Reiki treatments for people and pets.

• Kathy Wilson — Therapeutic massage, integrated massage techniques, European neuromuscular massage, trigger point therapy and sports massage.

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Community Development, working with Bill Shelley of the local nonprofit group Return of the Rails, submitted a proposal Feb. 28 to the museum offering to provide 4.2 acres of land on Depot Street, at the site of the former Bridgton Memorial School, so they can build storage buildings to accommodate 30 pieces of rolling stock and locomotives. The proposal calls for the land to be leased to the museum for 10 years, with no cost to the museum for the first five years.

The museum would be responsible for constructing the historically accurate buildings — a car/engine house, an engine round house and turntable and a repair/machine shop building — needed to house the train equipment, including the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad locomotives 7 and 8 along with associated cars and equipment. Manoian’s BECD office would provide staff support for submitting both public and private grant proposals or applying for bank financing to fund construction of the buildings.

The proposal also offers 1,800 linear feet of the original 1883 rail corridor to the museum for use as a functioning rail line for train rides, with a promise to work on the prospect of securing future right-of-way easements to extend the line up to 1.25 miles, as far as Sandy Creek.

Once-in-a-lifetime shot “It’s very seldom that a town has a chance to go back and get its history,” said Shelley, a rail enthusiast who first conceived of the idea in the early 1990s, when narrow gauge equipment was relocated from Massachusetts to Portland. The museum has a functioning rail line and engine in Portland and has operated trains around the inner bay for almost 20 years, but much of the Bridgton equipment remains in storage, with only occasional uses. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime shot,” he said.

Bridgton comes into the process late, having been asked last December by the museum to submit its proposal. The towns of Gray and Monmouth as well as the city of Portland have also submitted proposals.

Bridgton’s plan is contingent on the willingness of the SAD 61 School District voters to agree this June to turn over the school property to the town. SAD 61 Supt. Patrick Phillips has said the district might need to use at least part of the school space for a few years, but has said other district property could be used if needed so as to not interfere with the town’s redevelopment plans.

The original 1883 rail corridor runs south from the Memorial School site, behind

the Stevens Brook Elementary School parking lot and athletic fields to a point behind the current Portland Road headquarters of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. A pedestrian easement would be needed between the Stevens Brook School and the Willett Brook Footbridge to accommodate student education and natural study field trips.

The proposal also offers to organize, in cooperation with the Bridgton Historical Society, a historic walking tour series titled “The Railroad Founders Neighborhood Tour” and “The Railroad Engineers/Workers Tour.” The first would include such buildings as the 1871 William Perry House on Main Hill. Perry was the president of the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad.

The second tour would include the home of the railroad’s Master Mechanic, Mel Caswell, on Mechanic Street, one of the many “men and families that labored to make the B&SR RR run for 60+ years,” the proposal states. The proposal also calls for the town to organize and conduct an annual “Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Festival” that would go beyond walking tours to include concerts and historic re-enactors strolling along Main and Depot Streets, with railroad model displays and old railroad movies shown at the Magic Lantern Theater.

Manoian is confident the Bridgton proposal, with all the authenticity it has to offer, will be seen favorably by the museum.

“The actual historic location will provide a richness of cultural and geographical appreciation and connectivity,” the proposal states. “For when the museum visitors tour and wonder upon the glorious 1883 passenger cars ‘Pondicherry’ and ‘Mt. Pleasant,’ they will soon discover that they are in the very shadow of Pleasant Mountain, and are in fact visitors to the ancient colonial region known as Pondicherry, today’s Bridgton, Maine.”

What better example of town’s heritage?

Shelley said he attended the Feb. 8 public hearing debate on whether to ban big box stores and fast food restaurants in town.

“The biggest thing I heard at that meeting is that we don’t want to lose our heritage,” he said. “What is a better example of our heritage than bringing back the narrow gauge railroad?”

Bridgton had one of the last two-foot narrow gauge railroads to run in Maine when the line ceased operation in the 1940s. Shelley said Bridgton is currently a “pass-through

A PIECE OF BRIDGTON’S HISTORY — The 1883 passenger car Pondicherry, along with a second passenger car, Mt. Pleasant, are among two pieces of equipment from the former Bridgton & Saco River Railroad that would be returned to Bridgton if the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum agrees to locate part of its museum at the railroad’s depot on Depot Street. ment engine,” benefiting both the town and the entire western Maine region. He expects to be hearing a decision from the museum within the next month or so.

town,” without a clear reason for tourists to stop on Route 302 on their way from Portland to North Conway, N.H. Bringing back the narrow gauge railroad would change all that, he said.

“We don’t need bigger stores.

We need to enhance what we already have, to get people to stop. Once you get them to stop, they’re going to spend money,” Shelley said.

The passenger cars at the museum’s Portland location “are in pristine condition,” Shelley said. “They’re absolutely gorgeous.” But the cars as well as the turntable equipment and engines need to be under cover or they’ll be lost to the elements. In Portland, the equipment has also been subject to vandalism, which wouldn’t be a problem if they were at Depot Street, which is a minute away from the Bridgton Police Department.

Last summer, Return of the Rails relocated a tank car to Bridgton and put it on display in front of the chamber office, as well as a flanger, which takes the snow out from between the rails.

“I am a firm believer that there’s a lot (of economic benefit) that could be an offshoot” from having the town enter into a partnership with the rail museum, Shelley said.

Manoian believes presenting the museum equipment and artifacts in their “actual historic location and displayed in historically accurate railroad buildings will prove to be a highperforming, sustainable and world-class economic develop-

Extractive hearing set

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer The Bridgton Board of Selectmen has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed extension of the temporary moratorium ordinance on extractive industry for Tuesday, March 22 at 6 p.m.

The public hearing will allow citizens to comment on the proposed extension to the Temporary Moratorium Ordinance on Acceptance, Processing and Approval of Applications and Permits for Extractive Industry in the Town of Bridgton.

Last fall, the selectmen held a public hearing at which time the moratorium on extractive industry (mining and quarrying, among others) was extended for 180 days, as allowed by state law.

Planning board public hearing March 15 The Bridgton Planning Board is holding a public hearing on March 15 to review the Site Plan Review Ordinance which has the revisions submitted by the Aggregate Committee. The proposed revisions to the Site Plan Review Ordinance will then be placed on the June annual town meeting warrant.

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New chief receives warm welcome

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Bridgton’s new chief of police, Kevin Schofield, received a warm and enthusiastic welcome, at Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting.

Schofield, who will begin his new duties on March 31, is coming here from the Brunswick Police Department where he was a top administrator.

Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz said a meet and greet will likely be held on Wednesday,

April 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgton Municipal Complex.

“This is an opportunity for people to come in at their leisure and meet Kevin, first hand,” Berkowitz said March 8.

The town manager said Chief of Police Schofield was hired “after a very complex and detailed search.”

“Kevin is caring about his officers, his department and his community,” said Berkowitz, in introducing him to the public, Tuesday evening.

Berkowitz also praised Lieutenant Peter Madura for “stepping up to the plate” and taking over the duties of the police chief, after David Lyons retired last November.

“Peter, I couldn’t be prouder,” Town Manager Berkowitz said. “Peter and his staff have continued to serve the community.”

“I’m really looking forward to coming to Bridgton and being a part of the community,” said Schofield. “I was

attracted to the area, and I felt comfortable, from Day One. Lieutenant Madura has done a yeoman’s work, running the department.”

“You did a great job picking out this chief,” Lt. Madura told Berkowitz, who hired him, and Selectmen Doug Taft and Woody Woodward, who sat on the chief of police selection committee.

“I even told him I may stay on a couple of years to support him. I haven’t heard a bad word about him.”

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, March 1: 12:01 a.m. A subject reported that their apartment at Sawyer Circle had been broken into again.

2:22 p.m. Wires were reported down on Green Street. Time Warner Cable and FairPoint were advised.

Thursday, March 3: 12:36 p.m. A subject came to the police station to speak with an officer about identity theft.

2:43 p.m. No one was injured, when a 2002 Dodge Caravan operated by Stanley Harmon of Bridgton and a 1999 Buick Century operated by Carolyn Dougherty of Mattituck, New York collided on Portland Road near Dunkin’ Donuts.

Saturday, March 5: 12:54 p.m. A Bridgton police officer and the Bridgton Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle on its side on Waterford Road. The vehicle was a 2005 Ford Ranger pickup truck operated by Robert Backiel, of Windham.

5:32 p.m. The Bridgton Fire Department responded to a report of the smell of something possibly burning in the police station near the dispatch

center. The source was believed to be coming from a vent in the ceiling, and all of the filters were changed and the air intake was increased.

9:39 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle with several youths inside that had gone in to a snow bank on Commons Drive at Highland Point. The responding police officers determined the operator of the 2007 Jeep Wrangler was trying to go out on to Highland Lake and got stuck.

9:44 p.m. No injuries were reported, when a 1999 Dodge 1500 pick-up truck operated

by Scott Osmond of Casco and a 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck operated by Tyler Murphy of Bridgton collided on Middle Ridge Road. One of the responding police officers requested that Public Works bring more sand to the scene, “as they almost had a second crash there.”

Sunday, March 6: 4:43 p.m. A report was received of “a little girl standing by a puddle” on Pond Road and a vehicle with a Massachusetts registration plate “drove back and forth through the puddle and soaked the girl.” The complainant asked the girl if she was all right, and she did not answer. The same “vehicle then

came back and picked up the girl and drove down Malcolm Road.” There was a 30-minute delay in reporting the incident, as the caller did not have their cell phone with them. The responding officer checked both Pond Road and Malcolm Road, but had negative contact with the vehicle or the girl.

Monday, March 7: 9:20 a.m. A caller reported flooding in the area of the two fields on Sweden Road (Route 93) and Millbrook Road and advised “also getting a sinkhole in the area, too.”

12:52 p.m. Two officers responded to a domestic disturbance at an apartment on Fowler Street where peace was restored and a verbal warning for disorderly conduct was issued.

2:02 p.m. A caller reported a tree on wires on Oak Street.

Central Maine Power was notified but reportedly “would not give an ETA (estimated time of arrival) due to numerous other more serious complaints.”

CMP personnel arrived on scene at 3:13 p.m. The road was opened back up.

4:50 and 4:53 p.m. Reports were received of icy conditions on North High Street near Grady’s West Shore Motel and on South High Street from

Church Street to Hospital Drive. The Public Works director was advised.

5:20 p.m. No injuries were reported, when a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado operated

by Wendy Ridlon of Sweden struck a tree on South High Street.

5:40 p.m. A 2000 Mazda B-3000 pick-up truck operated

by Kathryn Wright of Harrison was involved in a single-vehicle accident near the intersection Harrison Road (Route 117) and Wyonegonic Road in North Bridgton.

6:04 p.m. A caller advised of slippery road conditions on North High Street (Route 302)

by Hio Ridge Road. The Public Works director advised a crew was out.

6:14 p.m. A caller reported slippery road conditions on South High Street and Church Street.

6:20 p.m. A caller reported slippery conditions on Route 37 advising “that a car almost turned around by Wyonegonic Road.” A second caller made the same report, stating it was their vehicle that had almost turned around in the road.

Tickets: During this reporting period, police issued 16 warning and two summonses.

Incidents on Bridgton Police blotter

BRIDGTON’S NEW CHIEF OF POLICE — Kevin Schofield, at right, was welcomed to town by Bridgton Selectmen Chairman Arthur Triglione Sr., at left, during Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting.

(Ackley Photo)

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Officer McCormick arrived at the scene and advised Dispatch that the young woman was out of the water, three minutes after the 9-1-1 call was received.

She was transported to Bridgton Hospital by United Ambulance personnel, where she was reported in stable condition, after her core body temperature dropped down to 84 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Officer McCormick.

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Maine Attorney General William J. Schneider warns about an increasingly common scam: the telephone call from a grandchild needing emergency money.

The Consumer Protection Division recently took a call from a Maine grandfather who said he had been contacted by someone claiming to be his grandson. The caller said he was in jail in Canada and had been in an accident. When the grandfather commented that “you don’t sound like Buddy,” the caller replied that he had broken his nose in the accident.

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March 10, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page 13A

Naples signs dispatch pact

NAPLES — The Naples Board of Selectmen on Monday approved a three-year contract with the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center (CCRC) at a three-percent cost increase.

Town Manager Derik Goodine updated the board on changes Dispatch would like to establish regarding marine safety.

“County would like to monitor only one marine safety channel.

The simpler the better basically is what I was told,” he said.

Selectman Rich Paraschak explained why the move toward less chatter would be better.

Because more towns have been contracting with county dispatch, the emergency call center is “trying to wean towns off all the talking on the main channel. That’s where they are heading with all towns, not just us,” Paraschak said.

In other business, the town won’t renew its snow plowing contract, and decided to put the job out to bid this spring, so the amount can be reflected in the upcoming budget, Goodine said.

“I need a number before town meeting. I’ll work on getting a comprehensive bid for selectmen,” he said.

Nobody had expressed any dissatisfaction with the current company contracted to do snow removal with the town.

However, according to Selectman Paraschak, it is a wise move for the town to open the bidding process and see what price ranges businesses offer.

“We’ve been with the current company for 7 years,” he said.

Goodine suggested building a fuel increase incentive into the bid so the contractor won’t have to add expected increases in the cost of fuel into bid.

“In order to keep the cost down, we need some sort of fuel surcharge. If the cost of diesel went up to a certain point, we would pay a surcharge to the contractor,” he said.

Also, selectmen unanimously approved the liquor license A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT IN LOVELL — Thursday afternoon destroyed a barn and attached ell at 119 Main Street, but renewals for Lake Region Caterers and The American Legion firefighters managed to save the one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame house that was once lived in by Charlotte Hobbs, for whom Post No. 155.

“The Legion is free and clear of any liquor license violations the local library is named.

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In addition, a special amusement permit was granted to the American Legion.

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Bridgton voters will elect two selectmen, one planning board member and a Bridgton Water District trustee to threeyear terms, when they go to the polls on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

The terms of Selectmen Earl M. Cash Sr. and Paul E. Hoyt expire in June, as does planning board member Gordon Davis’ term. Bridgton Water District Trustee Barry Gilman’s term also expires in June.

Those wishing to take out nomination papers for the selectmen’s seats, the planning board member’s post and the BWD trustee’s position will be able to do so as of Monday, March 21, 2011. Nomination papers are due back to the town clerk by Saturday, April 30, 2011.

Referendum questions for the June 15 annual town meeting warrant shall be ordered by the selectmen no later than April 26, 2011.

The deadline for voters to submit petitions for placement on the referendum ballot and/or annual town meeting warrant articles are due no later than Monday, May 2, 2011 (a minimum of 229 valid signatures is required).

There will be a public hearing on proposed referendum articles on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Absentee ballots will be available Saturday, May 14 and Monday, May 16.

The municipal elections will take place on Tuesday, June 14 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Town Hall on North High Street.

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THIS UNOCCUPIED HOUSE AT 87 PORTLAND ROAD — in Bridgton, also known as Route 302, caught on fire late Tuesday afternoon, bringing firefighters from Bridgton, Casco, Sebago and Sweden together to battle the blaze which is believed to have started in the basement, according to Bridgton Fire Chief Glen Garland. No one was injured, he said. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, according to Chief Garland, who said the blaze was not caused by the home’s furnace.

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By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Firefighters from several mutual aid towns managed to save two homes Thursday night — one on Main Street in Lovell and another on Route 5/113 in Brownfield.

Lovell Fire Chief Tommie McKenzie said 15-year-old Jennifer Sundgren came home from school March 3 “and saw smoke coming from the back of the barn, and she went out to investigate and found that it was on fire and called 9-1-1. At the same time, a neighbor noticed the barn was on fire and also called 9-1-1.”

The one-and-one-half-story, wood-framed house is over 200 years old and the former home of Lovell native Charlotte Hobbs, the benefactor of the local public library, who died at age 90 in 1969.

Geoffrey Sundgren and his wife and two children were rent-

Roads in the town of Bridgton that have been posted for load limits to protect them from damage during the thaw cycle are as follows: South Bridgton — Burnham Road, Willis Park Road, Ingalls Road, Fosterville Road (to end), Winn Road, Swamp Road, North Road, Raspberry Lane, Camp Pondicherry Road, Wildwood Road and Moose Cove Lodge.

West Bridgton — Mountain Road, Hio Ridge Road, Sam Ingalls Road, Whitney Road, Highland Pines Road, Millbrook Road, Harmon Road, Isaac Stevens Road, Kilgore Road, Cedar Drive, East Pondicherry Road, West Pondicherry Road and South Bay Road (Knight’s Hill Development).

North Bridgton — Highland Road, Chadbourne Hill Road, Upper Ridge Road, Middle Ridge Road, Monk Road, Kimball Road, Highland Point Development.

Village Area — Kansas Road, Dugway Road, Mount Henry Road and Zion Hill Road.

For more information, contact Bridgton Public Works Director Jim Kidder at 647-2326.

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ing the home, which is owned by Bruce Urquhart, according to the fire chief.

“When we arrived, the oneand-one-half-story barn was fully involved in flames, and it was attached to the house by an ell, and the fire was proceeding toward the house in the ell,” Fire Chief McKenzie said. “We were able to attack the fire in the onestory ell and keep it in the ell and save the house.”

“Nobody was injured.”

McKenzie said. “There were three cats in the house, and two escaped, and the fire department was able to rescue the third one.”

McKenzie said both the barn and the ell were “totally destroyed.” He estimated the damage at between $80,000 and $100,000.

The fire chief said the barn was used as a workshop and to store equipment. A 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe, a snowmobile and snowblower were lost in the fire, he said.

A total of 35 firefighters from Lovell, Fryeburg, Stoneham, East Conway and Center Conway, N.H., arrived at the scene with nine fire engines, six tanker trucks, two squad trucks and a ladder truck to battle the blaze.

Two rescue units also responded to the fire that was brought under control at 6:34 p.m., according to Chief McKenzie. Firefighters remained at the scene until 9:15 p.m., the fire chief said.

“The crew did a tremendous job, before it could involve the house,” Chief McKenzie stated.

“The American Red Cross is assisting the family, and they are staying with friends in the area.”

Investigator Rick Shepard of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said the cause of the fire is not suspicious but has been labeled “undetermined”, as “there was extensive damage, and we were unable to eliminate potential causes, because there was so much damage to the barn.”

Brownfield home saved

Cynthia Eaton said she couldn’t believe it, when her two-story house caught on fire Thursday night.

Five years ago, on Feb. 16, the large barn at her property on Routes 5/113 was destroyed by fire.

Then, around 8:30 on the evening of March 3, Eaton walked in from outside through the door in to her dining room and saw that “fire was coming out of the cold air return for the furnace!”

Before firefighters could arrive on the scene, Eaton’s boyfriend, John Stearns, and her son, Bob Burnell, used water to try to quell the fire.

“My son was putting water down the cold air return, and John had a hose in the basement trying to put it out down there,” Eaton said, Tuesday morning. “I called 9-1-1 from the house.”

“We found all three dogs that were in the house,” Eaton said.

“We have three cats, and we found one cat, but we couldn’t find the other two.” The other two cats did show up later on, she said.

Neither the house nor its contents were insured, according to Eaton.

Investigator Rick Shepard of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Tuesday that the cause of the fire is not suspicious in nature.

“It was an accidentally caused fire that ignited at the furnace and oil caught on fire,” Investigator Shepard said March 8.

Eaton, whose late father Wally Eaton was a longtime fire chief in Brownfield, said, “This house survived the Great Fire of ’47 — it was one of the few houses that did.” The home was built in the late 1800s and has been owned by the Eaton family since the 1930s, she said.

“The fire stayed right in the center of the house, near the chimney and the built-in china closet in the hallway,” the 47year-old Eaton said. “There is smoke damage to all of the rooms and water damage to five rooms

Area news and in the basement.”

“My grandmother saved a certificate awarded to my grandfather by President Lyndon B. Johnson honoring him for his service during World War I,” said Eaton. “There was a lot of smoke, and fire was all around it.

Eaton said she was about to receive over 400 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for distribution by her troop. However, she said a neighbor had offered his workshop to store the cookies.

“Just like the Girl Scouts, I’ve always got to be prepared,” Eaton said, with a chuckle, her sense of humor obviously still intact.

“I’m just lucky,” said Eaton.

“Between what John and Bob did and the fire department, it’s not as bad as it could have been.

My dad always said, because this house was balloon-style (construction), to just get out if it ever caught fire, because it’s going to go. So, I just thought it was going to go,” she said. “I don’t know if my Dad was up there looking down on it or what, because there’s no rhyme or reason why it’s still standing.”

“They did an awesome job,” Eaton said, of the firefighters from Brownfield and surrounding mutual aid towns that saved her home. “There are pictures on the wall that have no water damage, and on the mantle in the living room there is an aerial photo of our house that is untouched.”

Eaton, Stearns, Burnell, and Burnell’s girlfriend, Laura Smith, are staying in a camper on the property.

“It’s a little close, with the three dogs and three cats,” Eaton said.

Asked if they are in need of any assistance, Eaton replied, “We’re all set with clothes and everything, but we could use help with carpentry and hauling stuff away.” Call Eaton at 890-5313, if you are able to offer assistance.

Investigator Shepard advised that it “is not a wise thing to do,” when people try to extinguish a fire themselves.

As to both the Lovell fire and the Brownfield fire, Shepard said, “The fire departments did an incredible job, in saving the two homes. Both stops were really impressive.”

HARD TO SAY WHO’S PROUDER — (Above) Rodney G. Bean, with his dad, Rodney S. Bean of Norway, shows off the 1.1pound splake, a species of togue, that helped him win the 2011 Youth Lifetime Fishing License during Harrison Recreation’s Winter Fest Youth/Family Ice Fishing Derby. Rodney caught three different species of fish and they all placed first. (Left) It was the first time out on the ice for three-and-a-half year old Gideon Slayton, shown with his dad Eric Slayton of Bridgton at Harrison’s Winter Fest Youth/Family Ice Fishing Derby. Gideon’s mom, Shannon, was also on hand. Eric Slayton is a doctor at Fryeburg Family Practice. (Geraghty Photos)

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March 10, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Eastmans to lead Team Maine

Alpine H.S. results Class B Boys’ State Championships at Mt. Abram in Newry Final Standings: Falmouth 62, Mountain Valley 128, Camden Hills 138, Cape Elizabeth 153, Maranacook 154, Yarmouth 187, Lake Region 204, Gray-New Gloucester 250, Presque Isle 280, Mt. Abram 301, Caribou 309 Giant Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. Jack Tragert, LR 48.30 47.99 1:36.29 2. Alex Daigle, MAR 47.92 48.64 1:36.56 30. Clark Sulloway, LR 53.37 55.16 1:48.53 39. Wes Sulloway, LR 51.14 1:07.66 1:58.80 42. Jeremy Black, LR 1:00.58 1:01.22 2:01.80 46. Brendon Harmon, LR 1:00.95 1:03.67 2:04.62 Boys’ Slalom, Feb. 23, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. Sam Barber, CAPE 34.63 38.04 1:12.67 2. Jack Tragert, LR 35.73 38.95 1:14.68 25. Brendon Harmon, LR 51.38 53.46 1:44.84 32. Wes Sulloway, LR 43.30 1:07.85 1:51.15 33. Clark Sulloway, LR 45.66 1:09.78 1:55.44 45. Brandon Silvia, LR 1:53.35 57.51 2:50.86 Class B Girls’ State Championships at Mt. Abram in Newry Final Standings: Yarmouth 71, Falmouth 94, Mountain Valley 119, Mt. Abram 147, Camden Hills 154, Lake Region 189, Caribou 228, Presque Isle 251, Maranacook 278, Gray-New Gloucester 294 Giant Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1.Elise Luce, MTA 47.78 48.82 1:36.60 20. Nicole Marucci, LR 57.10 57.52 1:54.62 22. Victoria Girardin, LR 57.77 57.82 1:55.59 29. Paige Kenison, LR 59.72 1:02.10 2:01.82 34. Emily Doviak, LR 1:02.71 1:02.22 2:04.94 48. Sam Marucci, LR 1:11.13 1:10.61 2:21.74 Girls’ Slalom, Feb. 23, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. Erin Luce, MTA 41.63 42.43 1:24.06 12. Jacqui Black, LR 46.00 46.66 1:32.66 21. Nicole Marucci, LR 53.10 49.91 1:43.01 22. Emily Doviak, LR 52.29 51.75 1:44.04 29. Paige Kenison, LR 56.00 56.19 1:52.19 35. Sam Marucci, LR 1:02.60 1:00.19 2:02.79 Class A Girls’ State Championships at Presque Isle Final Standings: Greely 57, Kennebunk 115, Edward Little 115, Mt. Blue 119, Oxford Hills 203, Fryeburg Academy 212, Hampden Academy 263, Skowhegan 373, Scarborough 378, Cheverus 379, Marshwood 437 Giant Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1.Maddie Whittier, GRE 44.97 45.19 1:30.16 19. Abby Smith, FA 48.69 49.29 1:37.98 23. Christina DiPietro, FA 49.76 50.28 1:40.04 27. Jennifer Prince, FA 50.94 50.23 1:41.17 34. Eleanor Jones, FA 52.62 52.96 1:45.58 35. Liz McDermith, FA 52.97 52.66 1:45.63 — Chelsea Abraham, FA 50.64 DSQ Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. Tobey Ratoff, KENN 45.87 47.46 1:33.33 21. Christina DiPietro, FA 53.11 52.84 1:45.95 27. Chelsea Abraham, FA 53.94 56.02 1:49.96 30. Jennifer Prince, FA 54.85 55.92 1:50.77 31. Abby Smith, FA 55.66 55.39 1:51.05 40. Liz McDermith, FA 57.58 58.10 1:55.68 43. Eleanor Jones, FA 58.25 59.59 1:57.84 Class A Boys’ State Championships at Presque Isle Final Standings: Skowhegan 134, Mt. Blue 138, Marshwood 167, Edward Little 193, Windham 198, Greely 209, Hampden Academy 229, Oxford Hills 265, Scarborough 292, Leavitt 315, Cheverus 331, Fryeburg Academy 338, Kennebunk 482 Giant Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. James Jackson, EL 46.09 45.96 1:32.05 12. Kevin Reardon, FA 48.82 49.41 1:38.23 26. Ian Shea, FA 52.02 50.39 1:42.41 55. Michael Strobel, FA 57.24 57.00 1:54.24 Slalom, Feb. 22, 2011 Skier 1st Run 2nd Run Total 1. James Jackson, EL 39.98 40.94 1:20.92 19. Kevin Reardon, FA 45.54 46.33 1:31.87 22. Ian Shea, FA 47.39 46.21 1:33.60 60. Michael Strobel, FA 1:00.02 56.07 1:56.09

FRYEBURG — The legacy of Seth and Silas Eastman continues to grow in Maine high school Nordic skiing.

The Fryeburg Academy duo are coming off an impressive end-of-the-season string of races and are peaking at the right time.

On Saturday, the two competed against 70 of the best skiers in Maine for 24 spots on the Eastern High School Championship (EHSC) team.

The format was pursuit style with a 5K Classic race in the morning followed by a 5K skate race in the afternoon at Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford, where the EHSCs will be held in two weeks. Skiers started the afternoon race according to how they finished the morning race.

“It’s a long day, but a great format to watch a race and very exciting,” said FA Nordic ski coach John Weston.

Sophomore Silas Eastman sent a resounding statement beating the field by 37 seconds in the morning Classic race with a time of 14:54.3. Jeb Clarke of Gould Academy was second at 15:31.1.

“It was a tough wax day as it was warm and drizzling at race time. I thought Silas would have a great chance at winning, but his margin of vic-

tory was impressive to say the least,” Coach Weston said. “He beat some very good skiers and made it look easy!”

Brother Seth had a very solid race and finished where he needed to in 12th out of a field of 82 competitors, less than 10 seconds out of the Top 10. His time was 16:33.2.

“No doubt, Silas has proven to be the guy to beat in Classic while Seth’s specialty has been skate,” Coach Weston said.

After a three-hour rest, the racers lined up for the skate race.

“Seth was in a prime spot to have a great race. He was stronger in skate and he had a lot of guys just in front of him for motivation,” Coach Weston said. “He didn’t disappoint.”

Seth flew over the course with the fastest time of the day, winning the race in 13:02.1 and positioning him as Maine’s top skate racer to complement his brother as Maine’s top Classic racer. Nathan Moreau of Maine Coast was second in 13:05.4, while Silas was third in 13:15.4.

“What a duo. Silas took the overall combined position in the pursuit, while Seth was a combined fourth,” Coach Weston said. “The two have made Fryeburg proud all sea-

DOUBLE TROUBLE — Silas (left) and Seth Eastman of Fryeburg Academy continued their dominance in high school Nordic skiing, each winning an event last Saturday at the Maine Team Selection Race held at Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford. son and now they get to take their show to the rest of New England.”

Maine should certainly have

a strong team when they compete against the other New England States and New York March 18-20 in Rumford.

Better numbers ahead for LR team

Three members of the Lake Region High School Nordic ski team took part in the season finale State Meet at Black Mountain in Rumford.

Maya Critchfield placed 57th with a time of 26:18.4 in the 5K Classic race and 54th with a time of 21:58.6 in the freestyle race.

Clark Sulloway placed 57th with a time of 23:36.7 in the 5K Classic race and 58th with a time of 22:28.2 in the freestyle race.

Brandon Silvia placed 60th with a time of 32:56.9 in the 5K Classic race and 61st with a time of 27:12.4 in the freestyle race.

Sulloway and Silvia both took home skimeister medals. A skimeister is a skier who competes in all four ski categories: giant slalom, slalom, freestyle and Classic techniques. Sulloway placed seventh and Silvia placed ninth overall in the skimeister catagory.

“Our numbers on the Nordic ski team were low this year, but we are hopeful for next year’s season, as there were nine eighth grade skiers on the middle school team

STATE MEET NORDIC SKIERS representing Lake Region High School at Black Mountain in Rumford were (left to right) Clark Sulloway, Maya Critchfield and Brandon Silvia. this year,” LR Coach Gloria Verrill said.

One of the middle school skiers, Ansel Critchfield, placed in both classic and freestyle races at their state meet.

“The middle school skiers are looking forward to skiing on the high school team next year,” Coach Verrill added. “I would like to thank the LRHS Boosters, the Nordic ski team parents and community mem-

bers who helped make our season a success. I’d also like to give a special thanks to Five Fields Orchards (Gyger Orchards) for allowing the Nordic ski team to ski on their groomed trails.”

Raider winter athletes honored

FRYEBURG — With the end of the winter sports season, these Fryeburg Academy athletes were presented the following awards: Indoor Track: Coaches’ Awards to Laura Pulito and Chris Solter; Most Valuable Performers to Scott Pelkie and Sage Hennessy.

Nordic Skiing: Most Valuable Performers to Aslyn Dindorf and Seth Eastman; Most Improved Performers to Emily Powers and Adam Armington.

Alpine Skiing: Most Dedicated to Ian Shea and Eleanor Jones; Most Valuable Performer to Christina DiPietro.

Boys Basketball: Coach’s Award to Bobby Ramsey; Iron

Man Award to Bright Amaoko.

Girls Basketball: Raider Awards to Maddy Smith and Ellen Bacchiocchi.

Wrestling: Raider Awards to Connor Sheehan and Stefan Emery.

Ice Hockey: Raider Award to Conrad Ward.

Cheering: Raider Awards to Riko Kamishima and Ashley Henschel.

Winter 2010-2011 Headmaster’s Award to Seth Eastman.

Howard Ross Service Award to Mr. George Weston.

Raider of the Week: Shelby Billisten, Kendra Fox, Jarad Schrader, Jenny Perry, Jake Thurston and Bright Amaoko.

All Conference: Peter

WESTERN MAINE CONFERENCE held its annual banquet recently and the following Lake Region basketball players were honored: Hannah Cutting (left), Senior All-Star game participant; Sydney Hancock, first team All-Conference;

Tiana-Jo Carter, first team All-Conference; Kevin Gilson, third team All-Conference; and Danny Place, Senior All-Star game participant. The players are pictured with varsity girls’ coach Paul True (left) and varsity boys’ coach J.P. Yorkey.

Bacchiocchi, Wrestling; Corinn Bedell, Indoor Track; Claudine Clarke, Cheering; Christina DiPietro, Alpine Skiing; Seth Eastman, Nordic Skiing; Silas Eastman, Nordic Skiing; Stefan Emery, Wrestling; Jamie

Ian Shea, Alpine Skiing; Connor Sheehan, Wrestling; Abby Smith, Alpine Skiing; Fred Stearns, Wrestling; Jake Thurston, Wrestling; and Allison Thomas, Cheering.

All Academic: Claudine

Gullikson, Indoor Track; Emily Heggie, Indoor Track; Paul Kurnick, Nordic Skiing.

All Conference Honorable Mention: Colby Locke, third team, Boys’ Basketball; Maggie McConkey, Girls’ Basketball;

Clarke, Cheering; Aslyn Dindorf, Nordic Skiing; Seth Eastman, Nordic Skiing; Bailey Frost, Basketball; Katie Heggie, Basketball; Colby Locke, Basketball; Chris Solter, Indoor WINTER, Page B

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SAD 61 school board notes

BANNER NUMBER 3 — The Lake Region varsity girls’ basketball program earned their third Maine Principals’ Association Sportsmanship Banner, which was presented to the team along with Coach Paul True and his staff

during the Class B State Final Friday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. It was the second straight year that the Lakers received the honor. The first banner came in 1985.

FA musicians rock Berklee, champs again

FRYEBURG — The winning music tradition continues at Fryeburg Academy.

Fryeburg Academy’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble took first place at Saturday’s 43rd annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston.

The 16-member group has won five consecutive Maine state championships and this is their third win at Berklee in the last decade.

The Berklee Festival is the largest high school jazz fest in the country with more than 3,000 students and over 200 ensembles from all over the country and beyond.

Congratulations to group members: Kelsey Sheehan, Naomi Ela, Jon Dana, Andrea Oulette, Kevin Brown, Bjorn Myhre, Matt Stoker, Connor Sheehan, Jiahao Gu, Devin LaCasce, Ali Gagnon, Audrey Boyd, Samantha Kruguer, Eliza Neidlinger, Nikki Shivers and Simone Marie.

The Academy’s jazz combo, featuring Kelsey Sheehan (bass), Jon Dana (drums), Naomi Ela (piano) and Devin LaCasce (alto sax, flute) received an honorable mention. Devin also received three judges’ choice awards for outstanding soloist in an ensemble. The ensembles are directed by Academy’s longtime music director, Brent LaCasce.

FA’s jazz groups travel to the Clark Terry/University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival this Saturday, March 12 and then move on to Maine State festivals in late March and early April.

All groups will perform at

BEST OF THE BEST — Winners at the Berklee Music Festival were talented Fryeburg Academy musicians: (bottom, left to right) Nikki Shivers, Andrea Oullette, Kelsey Sheehan, Naomi Ela, Samantha Kruguer, Ali Gagnon, Eliza Neidlinger; (top, left to right) Matt Stoker, Simone Marie, Kevin Brown, Devin LaCasce, Jiahao Gu, Audrey Boyd, Jon Dana and director, Brent LaCasce. Absent from the photo were Bjorn Mhyre and Connor Sheehan. the Academy’s Jazz Cabaret on Tuesday, March 22 at Fryeburg’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 935-9232 or by visiting www.fryeburgacademy. org. Join FA Jazz on Facebook for the latest news and performance information.

GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OUT — Fryeburg Academy AMAZING — The Fryeburg Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Section includes (left seniors, Devin LaCasce, Audrey Boyd and Simone Marie pose to right) Kelsey Sheehan (bass), Jon Dana (drums) Andrea Oulette (guitar) and Naomi Ela (keyboard). with the Berklee Festival trophy.

In SAD 61 School Board news: High marks in science Finally, some news to smile about! Lake Region Middle School Principal Peter Mortenson reported that last year’s eighth grade class posted outstanding scores in the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress testing.

Referred to as the “nation’s report card,” the 2009 test revealed that 30% of the country’s eighth graders were considered “proficient” in science.

LRMS posted a spectacular 83%. Why did LRMS score so well? Mortenson pointed to curriculum work done by Andrea Capano, which includes “a lot of hands-on and realistic” activities, as well as the involvement of Lakes Environmental Association.

Selling vocational programming March is recruiting time for Lake Region Vocational Center. With a newly-created DVD (assisted by John Likshis of Lake Region TV) displaying current programming and success stories being played at sending schools, Director Rosie Schacht expects to see solid enrollment in vocational classes.

One program that could be in the LRVC line-up this fall is law enforcement. The program survived the latest rounds of budgetary cuts. Schacht noted that there has been solid student interest in bringing this program onboard.

In other LRVC news, 12 students will compete in the Skills USA state event in Bangor. The competition will include 1,500 students vying for a chance to attend Nationals in Kansas City.

Schacht reported that several assemblies have been held addressing issues such as bullying, sexual harassment, dating violence and self-defense for girls.

Grant landed Maggie Cramer, a Standards Interventionist at Songo Locks School, applied for and was awarded a Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation grant for $10,000. The grant will provide funds for book clubs, including the cost of books, snacks or author visits.

Good nutrition SAD 61’s move to create a healthier school lunch program was the focus of a recent WCSH-Channel 6 report by Caroline Cornish.

SAD 61 School Health Coordinator, Courtney Kennedy, said the TV coverage and improvement in school nutrition is a “testament” to Andy Madura, director of Transportation, Maintenance and Food Service, and his staff. (See related story, Page 3B).

Personnel move Patricia Williamson was approved as a Health/Physical Education Long-Term Substitute Teacher, effective March 8, replacing Elizabeth Connell, who will be on a maternity leave of absence for approximately six weeks.

There were 10 applicants, and five were interviewed.

Telling city time PORTLAND — During the month of March, students from Ms. Lucinda Stein and Ms. Faye Levasseur’s English classes have been fortunate to visit Portland’s nonprofit The Telling Room to explore and further develop their writing skills.

This venture was made possible through a grant from Target, which was awarded to Ms. Stein and designed to broaden the focus and scope of student writing.

The students’ day included an TRIP TO THE TELLING ROOM — Taking part in the field trip to The Telling Room in initial introduction and improvi- Portland were Lake Region High School sophomores (left to right) Maude Meeker, Michael Mageles, Kelsey Winslow, Carley Watts and Julia Carlson.

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Schools & Games

Menu undergoes major makeover

Since 1946 when the National School Lunch Program was first passed by Congress, kids across the country have been offered a hot meal each day at school.

However, as national overweight and obesity rates increase, many schools across the United States are trying to improve their lunch offerings and provide healthier meals to help students eat better and maintain healthier weights.

Maine School Administrative District 61 (SAD 61) has made over its school lunch menu so students have easier access to healthy food selections.

Children who attend Songo Locks School, Sebago Elementary School, Stevens Brook Elementary School, Lake Region Middle School and Lake Region High School are already benefiting from the new menu. This is thanks to SAD 61’s Foodservice Director, Andy Madura, and his staff along with Courtney Kennedy, the district’s new School Health Coordinator.

SAD 61 was able to hire a School Health Coordinator as a result of funding through the Healthy Lakes Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services being administered by local nonprofit, People’s Regional Opportunity Program (PROP).

Healthy Lakes Communities Putting Prevention to Work is one of two local programs in Maine which received funding in March 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Maine was awarded $4.28 million by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative and Healthy Lakes Communities received $1.4 million of that total for a two-year period.

The Lake Region initiative serves nine rural towns including: Baldwin, Bridgton, Casco, Harrison, Naples, Sebago, Raymond, Standish and Windham. The primary objective is to make long-lasting and sustainable changes to positively impact the general health of the Lake Region community by increasing access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities so as to decrease overweight and obesity rates. Currently, 68 percent of residents in the Lake Region area are overweight or obese — slightly more than the state average of 64 percent.

Kennedy’s responsibilities include developing, overseeing and implementing initiatives to help school community members increase their access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities. The new school lunch menu is one of the first significant initiatives underway at the school due to

the Healthy Lakes CPPW funding.

“Today, so many children are not fully prepared to participate and be successful in our academic programs because of a wide range of issues including nutrition and food insecurity,” said Patrick Phillips, SAD 61 Superintendent of Schools.

“The opportunity to participate in the CPPW grant initiative and have a School Health Coordinator working within our school system over the next two years is wonderful and allows us to better develop the whole child while continuing to meet our academic mission.”

The new menu, unveiled to students in January, features a different vegetable every day with a dark green or orange one served up three or more days a week. This means students enjoy an array of vegetable options, such as broccoli, romaine lettuce, baby carrots and cucumber slices, to name a few. Additionally, a different fruit is served daily, with a focus on serving fresh fruit such as cantaloupe, apples, bananas, and oranges.

Whole grains are also part of the menu three or more days a week — whole-wheat rolls have replaced white rolls, brown rice is now served instead of white rice, all pizza crust is made with whole wheat and one of the kids’ favorite foods — the grilled cheese sandwich — is now made with whole-wheat bread. Fish is now on the menu in the elementary schools and only low-fat or skim milk is offered each day at all SAD 61 schools. One additional step has been taken — chocolate milk containing high fructose corn syrup has been eliminated from the cafeterias.

With the new menu and a focus on serving healthier food, children are also enjoying some tasty new dishes as part of the school lunch program. These include: baked apples with oat topping, a taco bar with romaine lettuce and black beans and baked teriyaki chicken with brown rice and steamed broccoli. To view the most current school lunch menu, visit www. sad61.k12.me.us.

“These changes to the school lunch menu are an exciting first step to making the healthy choice the easy choice in our schools,” said Courtney Kennedy, SAD 61 School Health Coordinator.

“We will be launching another initiative soon to help students better understand what healthy eating means.”

Kennedy added, “If we can help students to better understand nutrition so they begin to pick healthier options while simultaneously providing them more access to healthy foods and physical activity opportunities, we’re truly making a difference in their lives. And for some higher-risk students,

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This week’s puzzle

Theme: March Madness

ACROSS 1. It’s called fire-raising in Britain 6. Marching insect 9. Door sign 13. John _____ 14. Children’s card game 15. 1970s disco band “_____ M.” 16. Opposite of afar 17. Hula dancer’s necklace 18. Stomach sore 19. *March _______ 21. Portable rocket launcher 23. Short for Gilbert 24. German luxury car 25. Last month 28. Surfer’s “man” 30. Deceive 35. Voyeur’s glance 37. Dali’s Gala or Dante’s Beatrice, e.g.

39. Make happy 40. Of sound mind 41. Type of lizard 43. Brazilian indigenous people 44. Sound of “s,” pl.

46. Jumpy or uptight 47. AKA One-armed bandit 48. “______ & Louise” 50. Greek god of love 52. “He ___ and drank the precious Words...”

53. Franz Schubert’s creation, e.g.

55. “___ of the morning!”

57. *Tourney grid 61. *This year’s final destination 65. Suggestive of the supernatural 66. Used for testing the water 68. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” spin-off 69. Smartly dressed 70. Between NE and E 71. Chocolate substitute 72. Other than what’s implied

73. *St. John’s Storm” 74. Pitchers

increased awareness and greater access could really help put them on the path to a healthier life with decreased risks of obesity-related health concerns as they mature.”

Finally, the commitment to providing healthier food and beverage choices at the schools has been extended to competitive foods — food and beverage offerings outside of the school lunch program accessed through on-site vending machines or in the school store.

The competitive foods offered at the middle school and high school have been evaluated and changes are being made.

At the middle school, competitive foods are now required to meet the Institute of Medicine standards pertaining to nutrition content, which includes portion size, calories, and total fats, sugar and sodium. At the middle school and high school, potato chips have been replaced with reduced fat Cheez-Its and pretzels; Pop-Tarts have been replaced with granola bars.

Vending machines at the middle school and high school are now stocked with fresh fruit, string cheese, 100-calorie snack packs and a variety of yogurts.

A ‘Telling’ time in the city

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DOWN 1. Sandler or Arkin 2. Actress Sofer 3. *A lower one is a better one 4. Bornean ape 5. Sea nymph 6. Hole-punching tools 7. National Academy of Engineering 8. Cherokee or Hopi, e.g.

9. Prince William’s sport 10. Beyond what is natural 11. It’s often used in potato soup 12. Vega’s constellation 15. *______ beater 20. Slumdog Millionaire’s surroundings 22. A conjunction 24. As well 25. *When a low seed beats a high seed 26. Dog restraint 27. Past, present or future, e.g.

29. *Last year’s winner 31. “____ Make a Deal” 32. Throat lobe 33. Train stop 34. *Like the final eight 36. Slip on banana one?

38. Engineer, abbr.

42. Former capital of Japan 45.

William “______” Robinson, Jr. 49. King Kong, e.g.

51. Reporter’s helper 54. Articulate 56. Exclamation of contempt 57. “Well” to Burlesconi 58. Like time with Bill Maher 59. The “A” in A&E Network 60. Give a traffic ticket

(Continued from Page B) sational exercise, followed by a word walk and writing session.

During the word walk, students received thought provoking words and phrases. Their job was to meander through the Old

61. Pay close attention 62. Ruptured 63. Scent 64. Picks up, as in suspect

Port and assign new homes to these phrases, giving an innovative voice to their community. Cameras captured student creativity, inspiring the writers’ workshop to follow.

“It was a wonderful occasion

67. *The top seed PUZZLE SOLUTIONS ON PAGE 5B

for students in our high school community to remove themselves from their comfort zone and recognize that writing can be sparked by the most unlikely locales and circumstances,” the teachers said.

Hoops to benefit CHOICES It’s the law vs. teachers next Friday night.

The annual CHOICES basketball game will be held on Friday, March 18 at 5 p.m. at the Lake Region High School gymnasium featuring local law enforcement members taking on SAD 61 staff and helpers.

Entrance donations will be gratefully accepted. Give a donation at the door and get a chance to win a raffle item. Youth wearing their CHOICES t-shirts enter free.

Two “knock out” competitions will be held at $1 for middle school age youth and under and $3 for high school

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All proceeds will help the CHOICES Educational Youth Drug Program in SAD 61, which is presented each year to fifth graders by a Bridgton Police instructor.

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FA winter sports awards

(Continued from Page B) Track; and Conrad Ward, Ice Hockey.

3 Star Jackets: Michael Creegan, Kendra Fox, Matt Frost, Brenna Gerchman, Derek Leavitt, Michael LeGoff, Tyler LeGoff, Kevin Reardon, Chelsea Smith, Maddie Smith and Ashannah Tripp.

Te a m / I n d i v i d u a l Recognition: The following members of the Indoor Track qualified for the State Class B Championship held at Bates over the vacation: Sage Hennessy, Laura Pulito, Jamie Gullikson, Emily Heggie, Austin Ward, Corinn Bedell and Sophie Creegan. State Class B Podium finishers were: 800 meter relay team of Emily Heggie, Laura Pulito, Corrin Bedell and Jamie Gullikson, who finished sixth; 800 meters, Laura Pulito, who finished seventh; 400 meters, Corinn Bedell who finished fifth; pole vault, Jamie Gullikson, who finished third at 8-feet 6-inches; high jump, Emily Heggie, who placed third with a personal best of 5-feet.

Also, each week, a male and female Athlete of the Week was selected in each division, and Fryeburg Academy had an athlete in four of those weeks. They were: Sage Hennessy, Jamie Gullikson, Emily Heggie and Scott Pelkie.

Varsity Wrestling: Peter

Bacchiocchi, CJ Bartlett, Cody Boyd, Ryan Buzzell, Gio DiFazio, Stefan Emery, Matt Frost, Matt Genest, Nate Hill, Kirk Hubbard, Derek Leavitt, Ian McFawn, Connor Sheehan, Fred Stearns and Jake Thurston — won the 2010 Fryeburg Invitational, won the Lakewood Invitational, placed second at the 2010 McDonald’s Tourney, placed second at the Oak Hill Duals, Mid State Champion, Mid State Sportsmanship Award, 2011 State Class B Runners-up.

In addition, the following finished with a top four performance in the Mid States: CJ Bartlett, Nate Hill, Derek Leavitt and Ian MacFawn fourth; Gio DiFazio and Matt Frost were third; Peter Bacchiocchi and Fred Stearns finished as runners-up; Connor Sheehan, Jake Thurston and Stefan all won the Mid State championships.

The following finished with a top four in the Regionals: Ian MacFawn, Nate Hill, Kirk Hubbard Ryan Buzzell and CJ Bartlett were fourth; Matt Frost was third; Peter Bacchiocchi was second; Stefan Emery, Connor Sheehan and Jake Thurston were all Class B West Champions.

The following finished with a top four in the State Championships: Class B State Champions Connor Sheehan

and Stefan Emery.

Career Achievement Award: name will be engraved on a plaque permanently displayed in the lobby recognizing the milestone of 100 career wins: Peter Bacchiocchi and Stefan Emery.

Boys’ Varsity Nordic Skiing. Team Members: captain Seth Eastman, Adam Armington, Peter Caffrey, Silas Eastman, Logan Gerchman, Dacota Griffin and Paul Kurnick. Silas Eastman also won the 22nd Jon Sassi Memorial Race, a very prestigious race with over 235 boys from all classes at high schools as well as private ski clubs around Maine. He is the first Fryeburg Academy boy to ever win this race. In addition, Seth Eastman finished 13th and was followed by Paul Kurnick in 14th.

The following team members were recognized as All State based off their podium finishes in the State Class A Championship held last week in Fort Kent: Classic, Paul Kurnick fourth, Seth Eastman second, Silas Eastman Class A State Champion; Skate, Paul Kurnick eighth, Seth Eastman second, Silas Eastman Class A State Champion.

As a result of their outstanding team performance, this group of men are the 2011 Class A State Nordic champions.

CASCO — The Casco Recreation Department will offer the following programs: American Red Cross babysitting course (which includes first aid and CPR). This class covers basic babysitting skills: how to care for children, feeding and diapering, bottle and dish feeding, safety, first aid, CPR, and choking emergencies. A must-take course for future babysitters. It will be held on Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (vacation week) at the Casco Community Center.

Cost: $62, which includes text with CD Rom. Instructor: Kathy Coyle.

Vacation Basketball Camp

during April vacation! Camp will be a skills-based program, focusing on the fundamentals of ball handling, shooting, passing, defense, game rules, and sportsmanship! Each child’s daily basketball activities will be based on their individual skill level. There will be nonbasketball activities provided.

All hoops will be at 10 feet.

Children must bring their own snack and lunch. Awards and demonstrations will be given on the last day of camp. Parents are encouraged to come early to watch. The camp for boys and girls grades 3-5 will be held at the Casco Community Center, Tuesday-Friday, April 19-22 (all day/TBA). Cost: $90 for

Casco residents and $100 for non-residents. Coaching staff: Coach Crockett and members of Lake Region varsity basketball teams.

Mad Science – System 3.

They’re back for another exciting six-week program filled with awesome hands-on science experiments. Some of the spectacular science program topics to be explored include Che-mystery, Super Structures, “Current” Events, Wacky Waves and lots more. Each young Mad Scientist will be making some great take-home projects too, including circuit mazes, growing crystals, electroscopes and more.

This program has been developed to spark the imagination and curiosity of children by providing educational and entertaining activities that

TOP FUNDRAISER in the Freezing for a Reason Business/Team category was Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital. FVH participants were Sara Elwell, Kelly Nicholas, Jeff Cathcart, Jenny MacDonald and Danielle James. Absent from the photo were: Seija Sedita, Scott Johnson, Emma Benton, Wes Trembly, Hunter Magee, Curtis and Gavin Smith and Hope Mower. A total of 85 jumpers took part in the event, which benefited Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Fryeburg. To date, $17,800 has been raised.

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Upcoming Casco Rec programs

(Continued from Page B) Mad Science will be offered Thursdays for six weeks, April 7May 19 (no program April vacation week), from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Casco Community Center. Buses available for the first 13 registrations. Cost: $64 for six weeks. Open to students in grades K-5.

Yoga will be offered Thursdays from 8:30-9:30 a.m., starting March 3 at the Casco Community Center. Instructor: Deb Goldstein. Cost: $10.

Total Body Workout will be offered Thursdays 6 to 7 p.m. starting March 31 at the Casco Community Center. Instructor: Denise St. John. Cost: $40 for eight weeks. This class will be alternate intervals of cardio and strength training. It is designed to keep you moving while you work all muscle groups and focus on core strength. Step benches, hand-held weights and elastic tubing with handles will be used. Modifications of the exercises will be shown for all fitness levels. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.

Tai Chi will be offered Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m., starting March 23 at the Casco Community Center. Instructor: Donna Roeser. Cost: $30 for six weeks. Tai chi has long been known for thousands of years for promoting good health and flexibility. It enhances mind and body relaxation, and reduces stress and anxiety naturally, improves blood circulation, and aids arthritis sufferers. Tai chi is a slow and gentle moving form of exercise that improves one’s flexibility, balance and boosts mental concentration, focus and the body’s immune system Adult Volleyball will be offered Thursdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Casco Community Center Gymnasium. Cost: free. Get out, get some exercise, meet new people and have some fun!

Men’s Hoops, Adult Dropin Program, will be offered on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m.

Cost: free.

Women’s Hoops, a new Adult Drop-in Program, starts

March 1. The program will be held on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost: free.

Open Walking available Tuesday through Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 at the Casco Community Center Gymnasium. Cost: free. The Casco Community Gymnasium is the perfect place to walk when the weather may prevent you from continuing to exercise during the winter months.

Senior Wii Bowling will be held on Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. Cost: free.

This is a very exciting new program that anyone can do!

Wii bowling is a great way to exercise, socialize and just have a ton of fun!

Senior Beginner Fitness will be offered on Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., beginning April 6 at the Casco Community Center. Instructor: Denise St. John. Cost: $40 ($20 Casco residents) for eight weeks. This class is great for senior citizens and anyone looking to start fitness classes. It is designed to be fun and have you moving to the music with a variety of exercises that increase muscle strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility and balance. Many of the exercises are geared toward improving activities for daily living. Hand-held weights and elastic tubing with handles will be used. A chair is incorporated for seated and/or standing support.

Wii Fit Exercise. Exercise at your own pace, when you want! The community center is equipped with televisions and a variety of Wii Fit exercise programs. Come alone, or bring a friend or group and workout at your own pace. The program will be held at the Community Center, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (evenings by reservation). Cost: free.

Gardening Workshops — Culinary Herb Class. Let’s talk about the best herbs for cooking! How to propagate, grow and maintain these plants; how to integrate them into recipes for everyday cooking; and how

to preserve and store them for future use will be covered. This will be a hands-on introduction and discussion on the best varieties for flavor and how to get the most out of your herbs in the kitchen! The program will be held on Wednesday, March 23 at the Community Center at 6 p.m. (class time 2.5 hours).

Cost: $10.

Container Gardening Workshop. Don’t have lots of space for a garden? Well, you can still have a wonderful container garden! In this workshop, various techniques and types of containers, soils and plants to create a beautiful display without all the square footage will be discussed. Companion plantings, color schemes, theme ideas and even edible collections for both indoor and outdoor arrangements will also be covered! The program will be held Wednesday, April 6 at 6 p.m. (class time 2.5 hours) at the Community Center. Cost: $10.

Creating a Garden Design Workshop. We all love those gorgeous garden pictures in magazines; well you can create a delightful garden design yourself! This will be a handson workshop that will introduce you to some basic garden-tested design principals and fundamentals where practical garden advice and tips that will help you mix your favorite annuals and perennials into a cohesive garden design that works for you will be discussed! Garden and border design plans will be provided for a variety of different gardening themes and purposes and growing tips for your favorite plants will be available. So mark a spot outside and bring your garden wish list so you can create your own personal custom garden design! The program will be held on Wednesday, April 20, at 6 p.m. (class time 2.5 hours).

Cost: $10.

Composting for the Home Gardener. This workshop will cover the following objectives: Reasons to compost; what is good to compost/what to avoid;

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“Browns” and “Greens”; factors affecting decomposition; methods to compost effectively; troubleshooting; and uses of the finished product. The program will be held on Saturday, April 16, at 10 a.m. at the Community Center. Instructor: Jason Aucoin of Skillins in Falmouth. Cost: free.

ATV Safety Course (All Terrain Vehicle Safety Course).

Certified State of Maine volunteer instructors (Inland Fisheries & Wildlife) will provide instruction on ATVs and related equipment; safe operation and riding skills; maintenance, proper clothing; emergencies (survival and self-first aid); map and compass; laws; impact on the environment; responsibilities; landowner relations and ethics.

Limited hands-on riding with beginner obstacle course (90cc ATV provided for course).

Anyone under 16 years of age must be accompanied throughout the course by a parent or legal guardian. Some of the class time may be in an outdoor situation when instructing about the ATV and for map and compass. The program will be held at the Casco Community Center on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: $5. Please bring a lunch Boating Safety Class. Boat owners, boat operators and everyone planning to spend time on the water in Maine are invited to sign up for and participate in the upcoming boating education course offered through the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and sponsored by Casco Parks and Recreation.

The course will be taught by state-certified instructors and provide an important and potentially life saving review of boating laws, regulations and instruction on safe and attentive boating. The course will cover the following topics: boating and equipment, safe operation, navigation, rules of the road, laws and legal requirements, emergencies and coldwater sur-

ANSWER PLEA FOR HELP — Gilles Labelle and Bridgitte Plouffe, who recently purchased Ricky’s Diner on Main Street in Bridgton, were quick to respond to a call for help from the Bridgton Community Center. On the morning of March 2, Senior Lunch Day, the BCC chef called in sick, an event that rarely happens. Lorraine Goldrup was quick to call Ricky’s Diner with a plea for help. At 11 a.m., Giles and Bridgitte cheerfully delivered enough delicious turkey gumbo to feed the crowd of 60. It takes only a brief conversation to realize that Gilles and Bridgette are delightful people who enjoy serving others. A big “thank you” to our new friends for their community spirit and enthusiasm. They are a wonderful addition to Bridgton. vival and invasive and aquatic plant issues. Those successfully completing the course will be awarded a certificate of completion and material for future use.

The course will be held at the Community Center on Saturday, April 23 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (please bring a lunch). Fee is $5 per student. Maximum registration is 30 participants.

To register for the class or for more information, contact Casco Rec Director Beth Latsey at 627-4187. Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental consent on the State of Maine registration card. Those under 12 years of age must have an adult attend the classes with them. Total course: six hours (proper operation and safety, three hours; laws, 30 minutes; emergencies and survival (coldwater), 40 minutes; self-help first aid, 20 minutes; environment/ethics, 1.5 hours.

For more information regarding any of these programs, contact Casco Rec Director Beth Latsey.

Youth sign-ups NAPLES — The Naples Baseball/Softball League will hold another sign-up session this weekend, Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12.

This year’s sign-ups will be held at the Naples Town Office from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday.

Sign-up forms are available in the schools or at the sign-up site.

If you have questions, board chairman Bill Weese can be reached at 595-1015.

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Youth lacrosse

FA softball benefit

Lake Region Youth Lacrosse will hold sign-up nights next week.

A sign-up will be held on Wednesday, March 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Casco Community Center. The program is open to boys in grades 3-4 and 5-6, and girls in grades 4-6.

A sign-up will be held on Friday, March 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Naples Town Hall.

For more information, e-mail lrboysyouthlacrosse@gmail.com or visit www.lryouthlax.weebly.com

FRYEBURG — Flatbread Company and the Fryeburg Academy softball team are teaming up for a fundraising event.

On Thursday, March 31 from 4 to 9 p.m., FA softball will receive $3.50 for every large pizza sold, or $1.75 for every small pizza sold, eat in or take out. FA softball will also be holding raffles.

For Lovell and Fryeburg residents that would like to order and support the team, but do not want to venture to North

Conway, FA softball will have a delivery spot in Fryeburg (the FA Gymnasium) and a delivery spot in Lovell (New Suncook School) where you can order a pizza, have it delivered to either of those locations, and pay for it upon delivery. The delivery time will be approximately 5:30 p.m.

Please e-mail fasoftballmom@yahoo.com if you are interested in ordering a pizza to be delivered to either of those locations in Lovell or Fryeburg.

By Alison Vigneau Sports Information Director This past week Bridgton Academy’s winter seasons came to a close.

The basketball team lost a tough game to New Hampton 106-78 bringing their season to an end.

The Junior A team played their last regular season game and lost a close one to the New England Stars 5-4 in overtime.

On the Hardwoods Bridgton Academy traveled down to Endicott College (Mass.) on Wednesday afternoon and was defeated by New Hampton 106-78 in a NEPSAC AAA quarterfinal playoff game.

Both teams started the game a bit slowly, but New Hampton gained energy, built a comfortable double-digit lead, and things got only worse for the Wolverines as the bottom fell out in a first half that couldn’t end soon enough facing a huge deficit 50-20.

BA mounted an intriguing comeback effort in the first 10 minutes of the second half, cutting the lead to 18 with more than 14 minutes to play in the contest. With a couple chances to pull closer, missed shots and clutch 3s by New Hampton

ended the desperate hopes and ultimately the season for Bridgton Academy. The team’s final 20 minutes was certainly a small bit of consolation, but larger dose of personal pride for the young men who scrapped through a roller coaster season.

Coach Whit Lesure was disappointed in the overall performance, but offered praise for his team.

“It doesn’t always go the way you hope, and while I wouldn’t anticipate the start to this game, it happens, and our guys re-grouped at halftime and showed commendable intelligence and courage in the second half. We approached it like a special situation, a crisis, and we tried to manage it the best we could,” he said.

On the Ice The Junior A team played their last game of the regular season, which ended in an unfortunate 5-4 overtime loss.

The Wolverines had an initial 3-1 lead with goals coming from Brendan Moore (Springfield, Mass.), Ryan Kulik (Pembroke, Mass.) and Ryan Donovan (Bridgewater, Mass.).

Assists came from Dan Concannon (Everett, Mass.), Tyler Albano (Beverly, Mass.), BA SPORTS, Page 13B

Harrison sign-ups

HARRISON — Spring training begins in March so please stop by the Harrison Fire Station Community Room on Tuesday, March 15 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to register your son or daughter, ages 4-15 years old, for the upcoming baseball/softball season.

You must register before tryouts.

Age as of May 1 for baseball and for softball age as of Jan. 1.

Fees: T-Ball/Rookies $25; Minors/Majors $35; Babe Ruth $45; Softball $25; or $55 maximum per family. For softball, make checks payable to Town of Harrison. For baseball, make checks payable to Harrison Baseball Committee.

Questions? For baseball, call Cory Edwards at 329-5208. For softball, call Rec Director Paula Holt at 583-2241.

Sebago sign-ups

SEBAGO — The Sebago Youth Athletic Association has scheduled registration for baseball and softball programs.

Registration forms will be sent home this Friday, March 11 in folders, for Sebago Elementary School and Lake Region Middle School.

Registration night is scheduled for Thursday, March 24 during Open House at Sebago Elementary from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

March 31 is the last day for sign-ups. Other important upcoming events include: A Sebago Youth Athletic Association board meeting will be held on Thursday, March 31 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Sebago Elementary School.

A mandatory coaches’ meeting is planned for April 2 at SES at 9 a.m.

The mandatory field clean-up day is April 16 (snow date April 23).

Picture Day at the ball field will be held on April 29. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be relocated to the school.

For more information regarding any of these events, call Chris or Maureen Harriman at 787-3983.

BA closes out winter

CHURCH ROCKERS — The youth of Grace Christian Church in Bridgton spent 12 hours of their winter school vacation earning money toward going to camp this summer.

Many of the youth want to attend camp, but it costs a lot of money. In this economy, a little help is greatly appreciated. So, the idea of a Rock-A-Thon was born. Twelve young people gathered sponsors, met at the church on Wednesday and were rocking away at 6 a.m. Adults and parents from the church entertained, fed and encouraged them throughout the day. Twelve hours later, at 6 p.m., there were 12 tired young people and over $900 raised. Many of the youth will be attending Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro, N.H., while others will attend the Advent Christian Camp in Mechanic Falls. Many of them have attended camp in the past and are looking forward to this summer’s experience. The young people are also looking for other fundraisers to help them reach their goal.

Pictured clockwise are: Katherine Springer, James Currier, Christopher Peterson, Molly Rickert, Cassie Potter, Najmah Stewart, Jennifer Springer, Kayla Currier, Lexus Currier, Michael Peterson, Nicholas Peterson and Ericka Guffy. Back row, left to right, Pastor Phil Reynard, Faye Reynard, Michelle Springer and Kevin VanBrunt (CEO Camp Sentinel).

(Photo by Tucker VanBrunt)

‘Beacon’ opens

CAPE ELIZABETH — Online registration for the 2011 TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race begins for the general public at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, LOVELL — Lengthening the Greater Lovell Land Trust. March 15. daylight hours and rapidly melt- For more information, visit A lottery (drawing on March ing snow are sure signs that the www.gllt.org 23) will follow for those who winter landscape is shifting to a new season.

But, before winter is over, the Greater Lovell Land Trust invites you to join a guided walk this Saturday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at the Chip Stockford Reserve in Lovell. Docents will lead an exploration of the natural history of the season, with a particular focus on animal tracks and sign.

The walk will last approximately two hours and cover moderate terrain in potentially deep snow. Snowshoes are highly recommended, as is clothing appropriate for the season, sturdy winter boots, water and a snack. In inclement weather, call 925-1056 to confirm the program.

Participants should meet Bridgton – Commercial Opportunity – Oxford – Cute, rustic cottage with at the Reserve parking lot off One unit left, located across from Renys frontage on Hogan and Whitney Ponds. on Main Street, Bridgton. Great location Lots of possibilities. Wraparound porch, Ladies Delight Road in Lovell. to grow your business. $169,500. new roof, sandy beach and water views!

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This program is part of an ongoing series of guided walks and education programs through

Guided Lovell hike

do not secure a spot through online registration.

Also, beginning at 7 a.m. on Mon., March 14, Cape Elizabeth residents will have 24 hours to fill 600 slots reserved for the host community.

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NRA course

HARRISON — Maine CWP Training of Harrison will be conducting a NRA-certified Personal Protection in the Home course that credentials participants to apply for a Maine Concealed Firearm Permit and 30-state Florida Permit.

Applications are being accepted for the March 19 course to be held at Crystal Lake Spa in Harrison, and April 23 at Cabela’s.

Annual membership to the Western Maine Fish & Game Club in Harrison is included with the Firearms and the Law: Possession, Ownership and the Use of Deadly and NonDeadly Force lesson. Attorney John Chapman will deliver this three-hour comprehensive, power-packed real life presentation on how the law affects decisions when employing a firearm for self-defense.

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Opinions

March 10, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Viewpoints

Republicans raiding state retirement again

Back in 1990 the McKernan administration balanced the state budget by “borrowing” $73 million from state retirement funds.

Even worse, the amount the state contributes to employees’ retirement was reduced to 5.5% from 7.65%. Employees’ contributions remained at 7.65%.

Fast forward to 2011 — the unfunded deficit has grown to $4.3 billion as subsequent administrations have conveniently ignored the retirement fund’s chronic underfunding.

Now the LePage administration has decided that the problem is the employees’ fault and plans to shift even more of the funding to teachers and state workers. LePage plans to further reduce the state share of funding to 3.5% from 5.5%. This would mean state workers and teachers would pay a whopping 9.65% of their salaries to the retirement fund. Teachers also have to pay 1.45% to Medicare so the real figure is 11.1%. This compares to a worker under Social Security who only pays 7.65% (4.2% in 2011).

The state retirement fund has saved millions for taxpayers versus having to pay for Social Security. However, a 1995 Constitutional Amendment requires 100% funding by 2028. (It was 66% funded in 2010.)

Only 13% of teachers ever remain employed long enough to receive the full vesting of their retirement (25 years). This further saves the state and taxpayers over Social Security under which 100% eventually vest.

In order for state retirement to replace Social Security it must be an IRS-Qualified Replacement Plan. Whether or not it is qualified, the changes certainly are not fair. Gov. LePage is fond of describing how business is done in the private sector. In the private sector, businesses pay at least 50% of retirement contributions, many offering far more in 401ks. Obviously, changes need to be made, but the state should not force all the sacrifices on the — SS employees with none on the state.

So where do we go from here?

We chuckled along with the rest of the crowd at the Feb. 8 public hearing, when Scott Finlayson said that one good thing that came from his petitions to ban big box stores and fast food restaurants in Bridgton was that “The Bridgton News has sold a lot of papers.”

It’s true that folks have turned to us ever since the rumors finally became reality last June — McDonald’s was coming to town.

The ink on Mark Lopez’s application to the Bridgton Planning Board was barely dry when the letters started pouring in, most of them cries of alarm. We’re on our way to becoming another North Windham, and there’s nothing in our site plan review ordinance to stop it.

Finlayson took a big gamble and went for an all-out ban, on not just fast food chains but also big box stores (a third ban on hotels and motels was considered, but dropped from consideration). He used the only means left to him, a citizen’s initiative, after selectmen declined to act at the Nov. 16 meeting on his appeal for help.

He got more than enough signatures, and on Jan. 11 — exactly one week after McDonald’s was formally approved by the planning board — selectmen scheduled a March 1 referendum vote.

That’s when our coverage really started to ramp up. For eight straight weeks, the latest development in the “battle of two unlikely adversaries” — Finlayson and Lopez — led off our front page.

It was a historic vote for many reasons, not the least of which was that, because of a retroactivity clause, the formula restaurant ban would apply to the McDonald’s project, even though it had already been approved. The situation was unprecedented, and Lopez, quite understandably, cried foul and started a campaign of his own.

And as we all know by now, Finlayson gambled and lost by WHERE, Page 13B

HELPING A LOCAL STUDENT — At last Thursday’s meeting, Sebago Lions Club President John Descoteaux presented Lake Region High School senior Jamie Lee Olsen of Sebago a check for $1,000 to help continue her education.

Moral compass of the government

Traveling to Wisconsin, Michael Moore said, “America is not broke… Wisconsin is not broke. The only thing that’s broke is the moral compass of the rulers.”

Hmm. We know that Michael Moore is not broke. He became a millionaire making dubious documentaries that attack gun owners, oil companies, General Motors (before Obama took it over), and “the rich.” We also know that he’s not starving.

He’s the most corpulent communist in the country, but he’s wrong about America not being broke.

The United States government debt is over $14,000,000,000,000.

President Obama’s budget will add $1,500,000,000,000 to it next year bringing it to $15,500,000,000,000. Then he proposed to do that again the following year bringing the debt to $17,000,000,000,000.

After that, many of us hope he becomes former President Obama, but we’ll see.

Michael Moore is right, however, about the broken moral compass of our rulers. For example, gasoline prices go up nearly every hour. It’s getting so people are afraid to drive more than 150 miles for fear

Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin News Columnist

that they won’t be able to afford the gas to get home again.

Still, President Obama refuses to allow oil development here in the United States. We have enough petroleum in the ground right here in the United States to last us centuries, but Democrats and their green goons won’t let us get at it for fear that a sea gull might get some on its wings. It’s all right though to send $1,000,000,000 a day to Muslim countries, which use it to finance jihad against us. Our liberal Democrat rulers want energy prices to go up in hopes that Americans will turn to solar panels, windmills and Chevy Volts.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said, “(T)his administration’s policies have been designed to drive up the cost of energy in the name of reducing pollution, in the name of making very expensive alternative fuels more economically competitive… In the United States, it’s harder to get a permit to mine coal than it is to get a heart

All about ATP

By Ronald J. Fryer Early in my association with Lakes Environmental Association staff, I found out that natural occurring phosphorus in the soil is the culprit in pond “bloom.” It enters the water from run off of precipitation and acts as a fertilizer, the missing link in the chain of ingredients for growth of any form of life. I was surprised to learn that it wasn’t the fertilizer from farming but just that small amount found naturally in the soil.

An idea came to mind as we gained more information on three developments under way or before planning boards.

The first is the Chase property, where last spring more than 120 feet of shorefront on Long Lake was clear-cut down to the water, then stumped and leveled. The second one is developer Justin Gibbon’s presentation to the Naples Planning Board about Phase II of Walter Hill Estates, a subdivision in the Holt Pond watershed. The third is the McDonald’s restaurant proposal.

Some of us are surprised by these construction activities so early in our recovery from the Great Recession. Through the 1990s into the 21st century until about 2006, we enjoyed a record-setting construction boom. The stock market hit its

transplant… we are going to produce about 13 percent less petroleum in the United States this year than last year.” That’s because President Obama has put promising oil fields off limits to drilling. “Now how is that good policy at any time when energy security is supposed to be a priority,” Barbour continued, “but particularly a time of turmoil in the Middle East in the oil-producing states?”

Leaders who would intentionally drive up energy prices for every American do indeed have broken moral compasses as Michael Moore suggests, but that isn’t how they see themselves. Rather, they’re modern-day saviors of the world because oil and coal are fossil fuels. Michael Moore, President Obama, and millions of other Chicken Littles go around predicting that we’re all going to be boiled alive with global warming allegedly caused by burning them. And just by inserting the word “allegedly” in the previous sentence, I’ve made myself

a heretic in the rigid religion of Environmentalism, a shill for oil companies, anathema to the “Greens.” Just like Haley Barbour.

People like Barbour and me are understood by the environmental saviors as suck-ups to “the rich” who are ripping everybody off. They would be champions to the public-employee unions who are on the side of ordinary Americans against “the rich.” They would save us all from the evil intentions of “the rich” who conspire constantly to make everyone else poorer and destroy the world.

Michael Moore and Barack Obama, both millionaires, know how much money we’re all supposed to have. They know how much is enough, how much is too much, and what amount each of us deserves to have.

They would use government to take wealth away from “the rich” and fix everything for everybody so we can all live happily ever after driving our Chevy Volts and plugging them in every thirty miles.

Hang on America. The journey to the Big Green Paradise is going to be an expensive one and if you’re not broke yet, you soon will be.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a middle school U.S. History teacher. He can be reached at tommclaughlin@fairpoint.net

Earth Notes

“Earth Notes” is an outgrowth of a deep ecology discussion group. Writers reflect a delight in and concern for the earth and are individually responsible for opinions and information. Community members are invited to submit articles. E-mail jschap@ localnet.com for details. peak in November 2007, bottomed out in March 2009 and has recovered somewhat, but not home and commercial construction. If these construction developments so early in the recovery are any indication of the future of the Lake Region and we want to preserve our water quality, now is the time to remind everyone of its importance to us all.

This emphasis on water quality reminded me of a most memorable concept out of a book that is considerably beyond my normal range of a freshman survey course. I took the time to search and found the passage. It’s all about ATP (adenine ribose and a triphosphate tail), a somewhat formidable part of our biosphere that in a way explained it all when I first read it. “…the reversible intracellular energy storage used to power all metabolic processors mediated by enzymes.”

“Most organisms store energy over longer periods of time either as carbohydrates or lipids, but all need a more general form of intracellular energy to power directly a vast variety of enzymatic reactions. This energy at the last step comes from the hydrolysis of the phosphate bond in ATP; this compound, present in every metabolizing cell, acts as the principal energy car-

rier in the biosphere. Evolution selected this phosphate as the energy carrier because its enzymatic hydrolysis releases 31 kJ/ mole, a relatively large amount of energy.

“The reverse reaction, catalyzed by ATP synthase, takes place when energy is not immediately needed, and it reforms the compound by adding a third phosphate molecule to adenosine diphosphate (ADP). ATP is not the cellular fuel per se: other energy sources (solar radiation in photosynthesizers, chemical energy released from digested biomass in microorganisms and animals) are used to maintain a high ATP-to-ADP ratio, and hence ATP can be hydrolyzed again and again for energy release. The intensity of ATP generation is stunning. A 132pound man consuming daily about 25 ounces of food in carbohydrates would make and use no less than 150 pounds of ATP; roughly 3 g of ATP for every gram dry of body. This rate is minuscule compared to intensities achieved by respiring bacteria. Azotobacter breaking down carbohydrates while fixing large amounts of dinitrogen produces 7000 g of ATP for each gram of its dry mass!”

The quote is from The Earth’s Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change by Vaclav Smil.

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poses to totally eliminate all $4.6 million in funding for the Maine Families Home Visiting Program by shifting funds from the Fund For a Healthy Maine prevention programming to fill budget gaps. As this is the sole source of funding for this program, this proposed transfer will result in the elimination of the program. At a time when families are facing serious challenges and brain science is telling us that the earliest years are critical to children’s future success, the elimination of this program makes little fiscal sense.

Home Visiting is a voluntary, evidence-based program that saves the state significant money by reducing child abuse and neglect; improving school readiness; improving the safety and health of Maine’s youngest children; and connecting families to needed community, medical and other professional services at the earliest identified need — long before the more costly expenses of treatment and intervention are incurred.

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(Continued from Page B) training for over 100 skilled home visitors. If terminated, not only will the program development investment will be totally lost, but approximately 100 people will lose their jobs. If eliminated and then there are later attempts to recreate this program, the state would incur prohibitive start-up expenses again. In the meantime, hundreds and hundreds of families would be without the support they need to get their children off to a physically and emotionally healthy start. Data shows that in the absence of these services, more costs are borne by the taxpayers in terms

of early intervention services, special education, health care costs, child welfare costs and criminal justice expenses.

Home Visiting works because of the long-term trusting relationship that is built between the home visitors and the families in their homes, reducing the barriers to accessing the supports that keep Maine families strong. The program works closely with many other programs to extend their services by sharing critical information with families in their homes.

Home Visiting partners with a variety of programs to address many health and safety issues, such as shaken babys syndrome, immunization, SIDS, proper nutrition, oral health, exposure to tobacco and other

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you backing the cart into the horse?”

Hoyt pointed out that 150 people showed up at the Feb. 8 public hearing to debate national chain development, after McDonald’s Restaurant won approval to build on the Portland Road across from Hannaford supermarket. “How many more Scott Finlayson’s are going to come down the road” with another citizen’s petition, should another national chain be proposed in town, Hoyt asked.

Manoian said he was only requesting to allow the comprehensive planning process to get well underway for at least two to three months in order to allow for full citizen participation, before tackling any ordinance revisions. He recommended a 31-member committee representing 31 “sectors of expertise,” including neighborhoods, that would begin bi-weekly meetings on April 13 and break out into 12 subcommittees with additional community members who would cover such issues as housing, infrastructure, branding, public space design and transportation.

They would hold at least four full community “charettes” and nine neighborhood survey walks before coming up with a first draft by February 2012, with a final draft by April 2012.

Around 200 residents signed up at the polls to become involved in the process.

“We’re on the verge of really bringing it together and doing it right, and I think we’ll be okay,” in terms of development pressures that may be on the horizon, Manoian said.

Selectman Woody Woodward agreed with Hoyt. Referring to Manoian’s comment that the town has been without zoning for 33 years, Woodward said, “I think people will say we waited 33 years and we blew it” because proper standards weren’t in place when McDonald’s came in.

He said the reason why the comprehensive plan wasn’t enacted was that he heard people say again and again, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Woodward said he doubted that an updated comprehensive plan would “change dramatically” from the one now in place. “The people are saying we want something soon before other problems develop, to make sure Bridgton grows, but that it grows smartly,” he said.

But Manoian said, “There are deep issues that the town has to determine,” such as what percentage of its land should be designated as growth areas and where that growth should occur, as well as infrastructure issues.

However, he said, “I’m ready and able to do it, either way.”

Selectman Earl Cash wondered how effective the comprehensive planning process outlined by Manoian, involving up to 60 or 70 people, could be in developing ordinances without the help from a parallel but more streamlined ordinance committee. “This all has to be melded together, and I would hate to see us stumble or lose it,” in terms of moving the process forward in the proper sequence with “too many people,” he said. “I’m kind of overwhelmed.”

“It is a daunting task,” agreed Manoian. “I’m not interested in dictating” the planning process, he said. “We have to trust each other, and we have to support each other.”

Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz said it was important to realize that all of the coordination of the comprehensive planning process and any separate ordinance committee needs to take place through Manoian’s office, to avoid confusion. And he added that Manoian’s time is limited.

He suggested the board take off his plate the task of refurbishing the historic Town Hall and give it to another organization, such as the Bridgton Historical Society, to coordinate fundraising.

Without proper coordination and the best planning tools, said Berkowitz, “We could move forward and not even know where we’re headed.” He cautioned against any attempts by individual citizens at making “an end run” around Manoian’s office. The comprehensive planning committee needs to take the lead, in order to have “consensus-building along the way, and the people will have been engaged.”

Manoian said planners today have much better tools, such as formbased codes, to produce a better comprehensive plan. “Five years ago is ancient history, in terms of innovative planning,” he said. “That document did not connect effectively with what we’ve lived through in the past few months.”

Woodward said the town is in the process of reconstituting the Economic Development Committee as the renamed Community Development Committee, and that this committee could have reappointments made, in order to begin the ordinance review process.

Manoian was directed to come back in two weeks with recommendations on how each committee should proceed. Cash suggested that the ordinance committee should be required to report back to selectmen on a regular basis with their progress.

Economic Development Committee member Chuck Renneker told the board he hoped its existing members would be allowed to continue to serve, in order to take advantage of their prior committee experience.

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substances, early developmental screening and safe living environments. These cuts are bad for the Maine economy, bad for Maine families and bad for Maine kids.

For more information about the Maine Family Home Visiting Program, please visit www.mainefamilies.org Melissa Krueger Program Director, Maine Children’s Trust

Stirring the pot

To The Editor: Scott Finlayson: “What we’ve done, we forced the status quo to stand up!”

Stirring the pot! Like, we the people of this quaint town, don’t know what’s going on.

They found out! Dealing with the mess we are in, being sold out for the want of the well to do. Thinking we owe it to them to run our town.

We all have to work to make the Town of Bridgton what we want it to be. We want the tourists to come, but we cannot be a town that survives on just tourists. There are a lot of people that work out of town or have no work at all because Bridgton has lost a lot of business. I know that some of the newer people in town think we should have the slow lifestyle that they want. That is the reason they moved here. But, not all of us can afford to live on the lake. Not all of us can afford to take part in the activities that are offered in the area.

There are a lot of people that have lived here all their lives that are low- to middle-class.

They just want a chance to work. Some work is better than no work at all.

Progress is coming, whether we are ready or not. We do have a comprehensive plan for the areas leading into town.

We need to have it updated and it will take all of Bridgton, the citizens and the elected officials, to participate in the project to get it right.

As the vote showed, there are people that are very concerned about how this town grows, and it must grow. This vote didn’t have to happen.

The land where McDonald’s is going to be had been there unused for years, the same with the land coming into town. If Mr. Finlayson and others were so concerned about what is going to happen to Bridgton, how come he waited until the planning board was reviewing the McDonald’s project before they got so upset? If he was so worried about what was coming into town, he should have been pushing for change long before this came about.

He should have been before the planning board to make suggestions and get it worked out long before now. It came down to who runs Bridgton.

The people from away or the people that want prosperity and enough money to live a comfortable life. The working people should have the opportunity to be fortunate to have enough money to enjoy their golden years and get the services that this quaint town provides.

Maybe now things will start to move. Not too fast and not North Windham. Getting rid of the empty stores not taken care of should be a beginning. If the drive-in does not want a building on the land next to it, they should purchase it and clean it up, then put in an amusement park and close it when the movie comes on.

Robert J. Champagne Bridgton

Conflict of interest

To The Editor: Regarding my Letter to the Editor on Feb. 17, there was a three-week delay from the time I submitted my letter and the day it appeared in The Bridgton News. That delay may have affected the validity of the facts presented in that letter. The facts in question, however, have little effect on the subject of that first letter. I am concerned that there appears to be a conflict of interest regarding some of those who are designing the development of the town and those same LETTERS, Page 10B

March 10, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Common redpolls

In the early morning, we like to sit in front of the living room window with a cup of tea and watch the day begin. In the depth of winter, we look at stars twinkling overhead in a dark sky, and then see the first light of dawn. Before the sun comes over the hill, we watch chickadees emerge from the shelter of thick shrubs in the backyard and fly around the corner of the house on their way to the feeders. All winter these hardy little birds have come to our feeders, along with a few nuthatches and woodpeckers, and a mob of goldfinches. While we never tire of seeing them, occasionally we have found ourselves wishing for something new to look at, so when we started hearing about large flocks of common redpolls at friends’ feeders we found ourselves wondering if redpolls might come to our yard, too.

This morning, I am eating my breakfast, watching birds eat their breakfast. The day looks promising with a clear pale blue sky, and I am happy because I am looking at dozens of redpolls. Several times a day they drift down from the sky, to perch in the big maple tree before fluttering down onto the snow. Earlier in the winter, I had been reluctant to toss bird seed onto the soft snow because the seeds sank in and were wasted, but lately the snow has hardened up, and the handfuls of seeds I threw out this morning bounced on the hard crust and scattered noisily across the snow-covered dooryard. It took almost no time for the redpolls to discover this new source of food.

Common redpolls are about the same size as goldfinches, and when dozens and dozens of birds are scurrying around on the snow it is easy to just quickly glance out the window and think they are all goldfinches. If I stop for a closer look, though, I see how different they really are. The redpolls are chunky little birds,

Bird Watch

by Jean Preis News Columnist

heavily streaked with dark brown, with a dark red cap that tips down low over the forehead and a patch of black under the chin. The streaks come down the side of the breast but do not quite meet in the middle. On males, the upper breast is a warm rosy color, on females it is whitish.

Redpolls are members of the finch family who live and breed on the tundra of Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and around the world at the top of the globe, where winter is long and cold and daylight is in short supply. They are seedeaters, and in their native habitat they knock seeds from birch, alder, and willow catkins, and from other seed bearing plants, then pick the seeds up from where they have fallen on the ground. They live where there are limited hours of daylight for obtaining food, and where they must be careful to reduce their exposure to harsh cold weather. To survive, redpolls have developed a special bi-lobed pocket, called an esophageal diverticulum, midway down their neck. They quickly swallow as many seeds as possible, store them in this pouch, and then retreat to a sheltered spot where they

can fluff up their feathers to stay warm and digest the seeds at their leisure. In some years, when the northern seed crop is in short supply, they survive by moving south to find food.

This morning, our seed feeders are crowded with goldfinches and redpolls. The goldfinches try to monopolize the perches, taking their time sorting through the seeds before selecting one to eat, but the redpolls are not shy about pushing their goldfinch cousins out of the way to get their share. It is a treat to see redpolls, but with the arrival of spring they will return to the far north. One day when we look outside they will not be there, and it may be a long time before we get to see redpolls again.

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Bid packets may be obtained at the Casco Town Office, PO Box 60, Casco, ME 04015.

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(Continued from Page B) people who are implementing the design. If the members of the Economic Development Committee or any other committee recommend a certain plan for the town and those same members profit from carrying out that plan, there is a conflict of interest.

As a result of the discussion around the March 1 vote, I am hoping there will be no more business as usual in our town government. Things are going to change. Many eyes and minds are more aware now. If there is no conflict of interest, I will stand corrected. However, if there is some impropriety, let us fix it now.

Craig Jud Bridgton

Unique character

To The Editor: As one of the non-voting summer residents in the Bridgton area, I was disappointed with the outcome of the recent vote on zoning. Our family chose this part of Maine for our summer home because of its natural beauty, its people and its unique character. We shop locally whenever we can, mostly in Bridgton, since there is such a nice variety of small shops and good places to eat. We can understand the appeal of the big discount stores, but are very concerned about the side effects. If the pattern holds true from other parts of the country, the smaller shops will begin to go out of business, traffic will increase and Bridgton will start to look and feel like Anywhere, America.

Develop if you must, but please be careful to protect your

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town and its wonderful char- didn’t you?”

“Many of our local store acter.

Astrea Fatica owners can retire early because Denmark Wal-Mart has it all!”

“The Bridgton News will grow into a paper that will swim in advertising money, for sales items of low-priced merchanTo The Editor: A father now can say, “The dise! We won’t miss the news, citizens for responsible growth we get our news from television have won a victory, my son, they anyway!”

“Renys will compete with defeated a vote to limit growth!

We now know what mass media Levinsky’s and their loud advercan do, advertise enough and get tising campaign.”

“You will hear the buzzing your point across!” trucks of Poland Spring when “Now McDonalds will come to town and we will no longer they start drawing water from be below the poverty line. There Highland Lake.”

“Our summer cottage owners will be a job for you!” (a broad base of our taxpayers “Bill Mcdonald will be looking forward to Lee Automotives without representation) will add creating an ‘Auto-Mall’ as in their business to the local real Auburn between his location estate market by looking for and Naples. Competition is quieter shores.”

“Hustling for the big buck good for business! You always wanted to work with new cars, and trying to be like every-

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Town of Sweden Residents ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Town of Sweden will hold its Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Town Meeting Hall. The residents will be asked to vote on articles in the Annual Warrant.

If you have any questions, please call the Sweden Town Office at 6473944.

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The Harrison Water District will be having their annual election on March 21, 2011 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Harrison Town Office.

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There is one opening for the Board of Directors for the upcoming term of three (3) years. This trustee shall be a bona fide resident of the Town of Harrison or Bridgton.

All public roads in the town that are not designated Commercial are posted to all vehicles registered for a gross weight of 23,000 lbs. from March 7, 2011 to May 15, 2011.

Written permission from the Road Commissioner is required to move any vehicle.

For any questions, contact Gary Whitten at 935-2772.

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The Casco Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing May 15, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. regarding the following applications for a liquor license: 1. Migis Lodge, Inc., D/B/A Migis Lodge, located at 30 Migis Lodge Road, South Casco, Maine, for a malt, spirituous and vinous liquor license.

2. Point Sebago Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Point Sebago Resort, located at 261 Point Sebago Road, Casco, Maine for a malt, spirituous and vinous liquor license.

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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Public Hearing SPECIAL MEETING Monday, March 14, 2011 7:00 P.M.

TOWN OF NAPLES PLANNING BOARD

The Naples Planning Board will meet on March 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda:

2. An application for a Change of Use for property located on Roosevelt Trail and shown on Naples Tax Map U01, Lot 3, submitted by Naples Causeway Development.

Leo & Elizabeth Belill 158 Dryad Woods Road Map 033, Lot 002, Sublot B Reason: Requesting a lot width variance with 100' of the lake.

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Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a public hearing on March 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at the Municipal Building located at 3 Chase Street, Suite 1, in said Town to hear public comment on a Proposed Extension to the “Temporary Moratorium Ordinance on Acceptance, Processing and Approval of Applications and Permit for Extractive Industry in the Town of Bridgton.”

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PUBLIC HEARING The Bridgton Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing at the Bridgton Town Office, Three Chase Street, Suite 1, Bridgton, Maine 04009 on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to consider revisions to the Town of Bridgton Site Plan Review Ordinance and the Town of Bridgton Subdivision Regulations. The Planning Board reserves the right to conduct any other routine business if necessary.

All interested individuals are invited to attend at the above place and time to present any comments.

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PLANNING BOARD Notice of Public Hearing Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:00 PM

Jordan-Small Middle School Broadcast Studio 423 Webbs Mills Road, Raymond Maine 04071 The Town of Raymond Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in accordance with Article 7 of the Land Use Ordinance, and 30-A MRSA §4352 for the purpose of receiving public input on proposed amendments for the following ordinances: Article 13 of the Raymond Land Use Ordinance Article 4 and Article 9 of the Raymond Subdivision Ordinance Raymond Street Ordinance Raymond Shoreland Zoning Ordinance

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TOWN OF NAPLES Nomination papers will be available at the Town Office as of February 28th, 2011 for the following openings: Three-year terms: Selectpersons (2) Budget Committee (4) Planning Board (1) Transfer Station Council (1) SAD 61 School Director (1) Completed papers must be returned to the Town Office no later than April 9th, 2011. Please call the Town Offices should you have any questions at 207-693-6364.

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Stephen and Jean Cameron, Plaintiffs and Stephen Cameron, Jr., Plaintiffs v.

Robert Durant, d//b/a D3 Construction, Inc., Defendants

Nomination papers for the following positions will be available Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Town Clerk’s Office: Two (2) Selectmen/Assessors for 3-year term One (1) Planning Board Member for 3-year term One (1) Appeals Board Member for a 5-year term Nomination papers are due back in the Town Clerk’s Office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011. Town Elections will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the Harrison Town Office from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Annual Town Meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Harrison Elementary School.

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Plaintiffs are attempting to initiate a Disclosure action against the Defendant to collect a valid Judgment they hold against the Defendant (Superior CourtCV-08-739).

Upon Motion of the Plaintiffs, and upon showing that the Plaintiffs have met the requirements of M.R.Civ.P. 4(g)(1)(A)(C), it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant, Robert Durant, be served notice of a Disclosure hearing against him by the Plaintiffs, by publication of this ORDER once per week for three successive weeks in the Bridgton News, which is a newspaper of general circulation in Cumberland County and is likely to provide the Defendant with actual notice.

3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

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s/ Judith E Colburn, CCM Town Clerk

3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

1. An application for Minor Site Plan Review for property located on Route 114 and shown on Naples Tax Map U24, Lot 2, submitted

by Naples Golf and Country Club.

You are hereby notified that the Raymond Appeals Board will hold a public hearing at the Raymond Broadcasting Studio on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to hear information on the following application:

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TOWN OF BRIDGTON

The Board of Selectmen will be holding a town informational meeting on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Town Meeting Hall. The Selectmen will discuss the road maintenance issues as well as the impact of the LD1 Levy Limit that residents will be asked to vote on at the Annual Town Meeting, March 19, 2011. Residents will not be asked to vote at this informational meeting.

Information will be presented to the public and questions answered.

Public Notice

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TOWN OF BROWNFIELD Town roads will be closed for vehicles weighing in excess of 23,000 pounds from March 3rd until May 15th.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Public Hearing Monday, March 28, 2011 7:00 P.M.

Copies of submitted applications are available at the Town Office during regular business hours.

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PUBLIC HEARING MARCH 15, 2011 Liquor License Applications

Town of Sweden Residents

Bauer & Gilman Construction, LLC 0 County Road Map 053, Lot 006 Reason: Administrative Appeal regarding denial of a building permit and variance for nonconforming lot size.

To The Editor: Mr. Allan Rosen-Ducat’s letter of Feb. 10 accusing Tom McLaughlin of plagiarism is scurrilous libel, based on falsehoods and should not go unchallenged. I’ve had professional experience with plagiarism outside the classroom; I was a coplaintiff in a successful plagiarism complaint to the American Historical Association brought against Stephen Oates, author of With Malice Towards None.

The fact that McLaughlin repeats a point made in a jour-

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You are hereby notified that the Raymond Appeals Board will hold a public hearing at the Raymond Broadcasting Studio on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to hear information on the following application:

Plagiarism

nal and accessible online is nowhere near any definition of plagiarism I’ve ever heard of.

Rosen-Ducat tries to make it seem as if McLaughlin had to search it out and the website Rosen-Ducat adduces can have been his only source. False.

It’s a point that has doubtless been made innumerable times by people opposed to Planned Parenthood, for the simple reason it’s commonplace and true.

Half the “bright ideas” of Margaret Sanger’s age were based on pseudo-Darwinian eugenics, not just Planned Parenthood, but IQ tests (which bolstered stereotypes like the dumb Jew and dumber Irishman), the Klu Klux Klan, Stalin’s disastrous Lysenkoist plant-breeding, forced sterilization of paupers and imbeciles in the United States, and of course, Hitler’s racial policies. They all sported the same bogus scientific trappings based on the hope that we could somehow “breed” a better human race and eliminate inferior stock.

Rosen-Ducat ignores all this and tries to make McLaughlin into a plagiarist and closet antiSemite too, by maintaining that Hitler’s anti-Semitism owed LETTERS, Page 11B

TOWN OF CASCO

PUBLIC NOTICE

Broadcasting Studio, 423 Webbs Mills Road, Raymond Maine 04071

one else, Bridgton will offer all kinds of fast food because the workers of the big stores are hurrying for a quick bite.”

“Your opportunities are growing, son, this is the way of life: we produce in China and sell in Bridgton! After all, it’s all about jobs!”

One day, a grandfather will tell his grandchildren, “When I was a child, Bridgton had an opportunity to be something special. However, they voted to be like everyone else!”

Ingrid von Kannewurff Bridgton

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Bridgton District Court, 3 Chase Street, Suite #2, Bridgton, Maine, for the purpose of determining Defendant’s ability to pay the judgment debt. If the Defendant is unable to pay, the Court will make an order requiring Defendant to pay in installments or all at once depending upon ability. The Court may also order Defendant to turn over property to the Judgment Creditor. Some of Defendant’s property may be exempt.

Defendant should attend the Disclosure hearing to protect any exempt property or income. Defendant will have the opportunity to testify about ability to pay.

Defendant is ORDERED to bring three years tax returns, three months of pay stubs, three months of statements from ALL bank accounts, trust accounts, retirement accounts, investment accounts, or other accounts holding assets belonging to the Defendant, deeds to real estate, titles to vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, ATVs, RVs or any other asset which has a registered title.

If Defendant does not attend the Disclosure hearing, and bring the required documents, Defendant may be arrested. The Court may Publication of this ORDER requires the also order Defendant’s employer to withDefendant to attend a Disclosure hearing hold a portion of Defendant’s wages to pay on March 29, 2011, at 8:30 a.m., at the the Judgment Creditor.

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Nomination papers will made available on March 21, at the Town Clerk’s Office located at 3 Chase Street, Suite 1, in Bridgton for the following offices: Two (2) Selectman/Assessor/Overseer of the Poor for three (3) year terms; One (1) Planning Board Member for a three (3) year term; One (1) Trustee of the Water District for a three (3) year term.

The nomination paper filing deadline is the close of business hours on April 30, 2011 (however, papers will be accepted until May 2, 2011 because of the weekend per 21-A M.R.S.A. Section 6). 1T10 PUBLIC NOTICE

AGENDA CASCO ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MARCH 21, 2011 CASCO COMMUNITY CENTER 940 MEADOW ROAD 7:00 P.M. 1. To approve Minutes of October 18, 2010.

2. Daniel and Debora Keef have filed an application for a Dimensional Variance Appeal to permit a 7' side setback reduction on the east side of the property from its current 22' setback to a 15' setback. The purpose of the request is to permit the applicants to permit an addition to the property to provide sufficient living space for the owners’ primary residence in the back while they continue to operate their business in the front portion of the structure. The property is known as 314 Roosevelt Trail, Map 24, Lot 7 and is located in a Commercial District.

3. Erika L. Frank, Esq. has filed an application for an Administrative Appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of a cellular telephone tower to AT&T on a portion of property known as Map 6, Lot 34-7, 190 Tamarack Trail, located in a Residential District.

4. Kim Hartford and James Daigle have filed an application for a General Variance to permit construction of an addition to the garage below and upper level kitchen. The property is known as 128 Acadia Road, Map 20, Lot 86 and is located in a Limited Residential Recreational District.

5. Other…

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Viewpoints Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor Some Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D) enrollees are already experiencing the infamous “donut hole” — the nickname for the “coverage gap” period when, instead of paying the modest copays for prescriptions, one has to pay the full price. Until now.

Starting in 2011, drug manufacturers will be giving 50% discounts on brand name medicines during the coverage gap. This is one of the new benefits of the recent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Here is how the “donut hole” works: Mrs. Smith’s Medicare prescription plan keeps track of her drug purchases during the year. Starting on Jan. 1, she will pay full price for her medicines until she satisfies the annual deductible (if the plan has a

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deductible). After she has satisfied the deductible she pays the lower co-pay amounts. The amount of the co-pay depends on which “tier” the drug falls. In the meantime the plan has been maintaining a log of their full prices for her purchases. They do this in order to determine when she will enter the coverage gap.

If and when Mrs. Smith’s purchases, computed at the full prices, have reached $2,840, she will then pay half of the full price. This coverage gap will end, however, if and when she has paid (starting Jan. 1) $4,550 outof-pocket for her drugs — not including the monthly premium.

From that time on until Dec. 31, she will pay only about 5% of the regular price.

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 the Southern Maine Agency on Aging (800-427-7411) and ask for a Medicare Advocate.

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(Continued from Page 10B) nothing to eugenics and everything to Catholic anti-Semitism; if McLaughlin connects Hitler and eugenics, that only goes to show he got the idea from the website Rosen-Ducat adduces.

That is preposterous.

By profession, I am a Classical and Renaissance historian; Hitler’s racism and the Holocaust owed nothing to the anti-Semitism woven into the Christian tradition. The man was a lapsed Catholic, an ultranationalist who was laying the groundwork for a neo-pagan German cult complete with selective breeding — blond brutes and blonde bombshells. Rosen-Ducat, though, takes for granted that Hitler’s anti-Semitism arose from the Christian tradition. Rubbish.

His sole piece of evidence is The Sword of Constantine, which is anti-Catholic propaganda and

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junk history at its worst.

I spent several years as a consulting editor for The Essential Hitler (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2007), “swimming upstream through a sewer,” as I put it at the time. I can assure you that Hitler’s speeches from the very beginning — I’ve read them all — were full of pseudo-scientific eugenics; the Jews were an inferior race, a loathsome disease of defiling pure Aryan blood, and so on. He never appeals to the Christian tradition to justify his racism, or anything else. That is a matter of fact, and I defy Rosen-Ducat to show otherwise, or even try.

In sum, the charge leveled against Mr. McLaughlin is utterly false and baseless. He is no plagiarist; Rosen-Ducat must resort to falsehoods to make McLaughlin’s point seem so shocking and unique that he could only have plagiarized it from the source Rosen-Ducat adduces. McLaughlin is in fact repeating a commonplace when he points out that Planned ELECTRICIANS Tuomi Electric Chip Tuomi, Electrical Contractor Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-4728

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March 10, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page 11B Parenthood germinated in the same intellectual hothouse that produced Hitler and Stalin and a good deal else. Whether Planned Parenthood has outgrown its origins is a different question.

Alex MacGregor Denmark and Chicago

Profound logic

To The Editor: So the Supreme Court rules that that wealthy corporations, financial institutions and unions have the same constitutional rights (given that they are now permanently proclaimed as individuals) as poor or middle class individuals to influence political elections in their favor. (U.S. vs. Citizens United). This same Supreme Court recently decided that the First Amendment to the Constitution provides the right for evangelical Christians to raise placards at funerals for dead homosexuals proclaiming God’s preference for dead KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

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homosexuals over living ones.

Hmmmm!

Following such profound logic, I understand why Tom McLaughlin should be paid for writing that Democratic constituents like the Wisconsin teachers, fire fighters and policemen and their families are “bloated, overpaid, arrogant, out-of-touch public-sector parasites” who “call in sick at their schools and civil service jobs,” then “act out tantrums at state capitols — hoping to keep the taxpayer money-spigot flowing.” Now, one might wonder why the Tea Party counter-protesters are out protesting those who want the right to keep collective bargaining rights to mitigate the power differentials between employer and employee. Logic follows that these counter-protestors must be using doctors (privately or publicly funded ones) to write their own “phony” sick notes to shield themselves from accountability to their supervisors. Or maybe Tea Party proLETTERS, Page 12B REAL ESTATE Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311

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Obituaries

Page 12B, The Bridgton News, March 10, 2011

Evelyn K. Leighton

Dianne S. Murphy

SCARBOROUGH — Evelyn Kristine Leighton, 93, died peacefully on Friday, March 4, 2011, at Scarborough Terrace surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 7, 1918, the daughter of the late Ludwig and Eleanor Westwig of Norway. Evelyn was a first generation American and very proud of her Norwegian heritage. Evie, as many called her, moved to South Portland in 1938 with her family after graduating from Edison High School in Minneapolis, Minn.

A short time later, Evelyn met the love of her life, Verdi L. Leighton.

They were married for 53 years, until his death in 1993. They raised six children in Cape Elizabeth and York. After her husband’s death, she moved to Teal Point in Scarborough to be closer to her family and lived in her condo independently before moving to Scarborough Terrace a couple of years ago.

Evelyn was very creative and talented with a multitude of hobbies. Her handmade projects included knitting, quilting, crewelwork, embroidery, rug hooking, painting, canning, and sewing, all self-taught. She was a wonderful cook and always enjoyed feeding a crowd. Other interests were reading, dancing, bowling, golfing, gardening and traveling all over the world with her husband and friends.

Evelyn was a deaconess at the First Parish Church in York. She was a lifelong member of the Sons of Norway, various garden clubs and quilting and rug hooking groups.

She is survived by her loving children, Bruce F. Leighton of Olongapo, Philippines, Miriam A. Ayers of Scarborough, David A. Leighton of Naples, Deborah J. Ragozzino of Rexford, N.Y., Barbara L. Anatra of Wellington, Fla., and Jeffrey S. Leighton of Scarborough; her beloved sister, Helen L. Wallace of Virginia Beach, Va.; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a grandson.

With Evelyn’s passing, we remind others that her long life was one to be celebrated. Graveside services and interment will take place at the First Parish Cemetery, York, at a later date. Arrangements by the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com For those who desire, contributions in her memory may be made to: Scarborough Terrace Activity Fund, 600 Commerce Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074 or Gosnell Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Rd., Scarborough, ME 040074 or Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 U.S. Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074.

WINDHAM — Dianne S. Murphy, 73, of Windham, died unexpectedly on March 1, 2011, surrounded by family.

She was born in Portland on Aug. 4, 1937, the daughter of Howard and Katherine Jones Eaton. Dianne graduated from Portland High School, Class of 1957. She retired from Fairchild Semiconductor.

Dianne was an avid Red Sox, Celtics and Tiger Woods fan (not necessarily in that order).

She was predeceased by her parents; son, Perry; sisters, Nadine, Cherry, Joanne and Jeanine; and brother, Howard Jr. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Michael; children, Cynthia and Michele of Windham, Michael Jr. of Farmington, N.H., Howard of Westbrook, Sean of Scarborough and Corinne of Naples; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and sisters, Katherine, Robin and Darryl.

Visiting hours were held on Friday, March 4, at the Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Road, Windham. A funeral service was held at the chapel on Saturday, March 5. Burial will follow at a later date at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to: Windham Food Pantry, c/o Windham Town Office, 8 School Street, Windham, ME 04062.

Stanley S. Armstrong BUXTON — Stanley Sewell “Stan” Armstrong, 90, of Buxton passed away on March 3, 2011, after a long, fulfilling life.

Born in Fort Fairfield on June 17, 1920, to Ernest and Sarah (Sloat) Armstrong, Stan attended local schools and worked the farm along with his 12 brothers and sisters.

After moving to Hartford, Conn., he enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve in the Pacific from 1942-1945. In 1947, he married his wife of 64 years, Hilda Marie (Cowett) Armstrong, who has always been by his side.

In 1953, he established a farm business in Norridgewock. Later, he moved back to Fort Fairfield to take over the potato farm after the death of his father.

Stanley was a classic Maine can-do-anything man — master plumber, excavator, builder — all of which he plied when he and Hilda moved to Buxton in 1984. He enjoyed fishing, boxing and being a Red Sox fan — through two championships in his lifetime. Most of all Stanley loved his family, and about everyone he met. People found him generous, caring, charitable, and quick to smile and tease. He was spiritually rich and served as deacon of Living Waters Christian Church. He and Hilda had five children, which were their life’s pride.

He is predeceased by his son, David Brian Armstrong.

He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Marie of East Boothbay; sons, Jeffrey Michael of Fort Fairfield, Stanley Donald of Raymond and Daniel James of Buxton; six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and sisters, Emma Deering and Shirley Cofran, both of Portland.

A remembrance visitation service was held at Dennett, Craig and Pate Funeral Home, located on the corners of Routes 202 and 4A (13 Portland Road), in Buxton (Bar Mills), on Sunday, March 6, 2011. A family interment ceremony will be held in late spring at the Madison Forest Hill Cemetery.

As Stanley’s loving wife, Hilda, is still coping with Alzheimer’s disease, the family would appreciate donation consideration for the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org), in lieu of flowers.

M. Louise King M. Louise King, 94, of Bridgton, died at Bridgton Hospital on Tuesday, March 8 after a short illness.

Visiting hours will be held Friday, March 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Raymond Wentworth Funeral Home, Elm St., Bridgton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 at First Congregational Church, 33 South High St., Bridgton.

A full obituary will be published in next week’s Bridgton News.

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There will be a memorial service for Elizabeth C. Denison, 81, of Harrison (who passed away on Feb. 20, 2011 in Bridgton) on Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m. at the Calvary Community Church in Harrison.

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Gertrude R. Fielding RAYMOND — Gertrude R. Fielding, 87, of Raymond, passed away on March 7, 2011, with her family by her side.

Mrs. Fielding was born in Portland, on Aug. 29, 1923, the daughter of Frank and Eva (Nelson) Perry and was educated in Scarborough schools.

She attended Blackpoint Congregational Church in Scarborough and was a member of the Scarborough Lionesses, Women’s Fellowship at First Congregational and a Cub Scout leader as well.

Gertrude was married for almost 60 years to William James Fielding, who predeceased her in 2003. Together they operated a service station on Route 1 in Scarborough for many years.

She and her husband both loved planes. Gertrude had been flying in planes since the age of 16 and her family has continued the tradition.

The family would fly their floatplanes on Panther Pond in Raymond where Gertrude enjoyed spending time. She was also a collector of dolls for many years.

Survivors include three sons, William Fielding, Perry Fielding, and Peter Fielding; one daughter, Linda Dutremble; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren, with one on the way.

Visiting hours will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Black Point Congregational Church, Black Point Road, in Scarborough, with a funeral following at 11 a.m. Interment at Black Point Cemetery will take place in the spring. Arrangements by the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Online condolences may be expressed at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, a donation in Gertrude’s name may be made to: Maine Children’s Cancer Program, 295 Forest Ave., Portland, Maine 04101.

Clifford L. Harmon Jr. Clifford “Junior,” L. Harmon Jr., 84 of Bridgton, passed away at his home on March 5, 2011. The son of Clifford L Harmon Sr. and Orilla L. Douglas Harmon, he was born in Lovell, Maine on March 27, 1926. In his youth he graduated from Bridgton high school, where he then was enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps. As a Marine he was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart after fighting on Iwo Jima. After being discharged from the war Junior was an active life member of the Norway Paris fishing game. He also spent time guiding people for hunting and fishing.

He devoted over thirty plus years with the youth baseball programs in the Lakes Region. Junior was an avid bowler at the Sacopee Valley Lanes. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending time in the outdoors, and collecting bait for his shop that he ran from his house. He loved playing cribbage with family and friends. Junior most of all loved watching the Red Sox play. He loved going to baseball games of all types.

Junior is predeceased by his parents, Clifford L. Harmon Sr. and Orilla L. Harmon, a brother Frank Harmon, a sister Grace Cates, and a niece Gail Drummond. He is survived by three brothers: Alphonso Harmon, Clinton Harmon, and Charles Harmon, all of Bridgton; nephews: Mike Harmon, John Harmon, Scott Harmon, Mark Harmon, Bruce Harmon, Micky Harmon, David Harmon, Christopher Harmon, and Chester Ash; nieces: Wanda Thompson, Betsy Noble, Teri Pike, Brenda Harmon, Debbie Potts, and Linda Ash; and all of their spouses, and many greatgrand-nieces and nephews and many other family members. He resided at his home in the care of a family member.

A memorial gathering will be held at the Mason hall on Rt. 117 in Bridgton on Sunday, March 20th, 2011 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions in memory of Clifford L. Harmon may be made to BRAG – “Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group.”

Florence E. Proctor CASCO — Florence E. Proctor passed away peacefully on March 3, 2011 at the Bridgton Hospital. She was born in Mapleton on January 4, 1930, a daughter of Theodore “Ted” and Gladys Burtsell.

Florence enjoyed her life. She was dedicated and devoted to her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her children remember her for her enthusiasm for life, her strong will, always thinking of others before herself and most of all for the times she listened and supported each one. Florence enjoyed baking, being outdoors, gardening, bird watching, holiday get-togethers, cookouts, and parties with family and friends. She attended Casco High School and graduated from Lake Region High School. She was a member of the Crescent Lake Sunshine Club, and Nashua Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 483. Florence was past President of Casco PTA, and served as an EMT several years ago on the Casco Rescue Unit.

Surviving are her husband of 63 years, Lawrence Sr. of Casco; six children, Pamela Spearrin of Casco; Lawrence F. Proctor Jr. and companion Sally Davis Ricciardelli of Naples, Fla.; Shirley Labonte and her husband Robert of Milford, N.H.; Timothy Proctor and his wife Jackie of Kissimmee, Fla.; Delores Desrosier and her husband Stanley of Roosevelt, Minn.; Scott Proctor of Raymond; three sisters, Dot Emmons and her husband Crosby of Naples; Claudia Gordon and husband Ed of Windham; Cindy Coffin and husband Donald of Naples; two brothers, Richard Burtsell and wife Jeanne of Naples; Ted Burtsell of Casco; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and her aunt Lois Ferguson of Presque Isle. Florence was predeceased by her sister Beverly Leach as well as her brother Arthur Burtsell.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Casco Rescue Unit at P.O. Box 117, Casco, ME 04015. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 at the Green Grove Cemetery in Casco. A bereavement luncheon will follow the service at the home of Lawrence F. Proctor, 42 Webbs Mills Rd., Casco. On-line condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhomeinc.com

N. Michael Charest 1943-2011 LEWISTON — N. Michael Charest, 67, of Blake Street Towers, Lewiston, died peacefully on March 3, 2011 at Central Maine Medical Center intensive care unit from complications of pneumonia, with family at his side. He was born July 17, 1943, the first son of five, of the late Normand and Bertha Libby Charest. He grew up in Lewiston and was educated in local schools, graduating from Lewiston High School in 1961. Mike led a full and varied life of many paths. He worked for a time for the Lewiston Sun-Journal, and at the State House during Gov. Brennan’s administration, and at various times was co-owner of Gingerbread House Antiques and Auctions in Manchester, coowner of Slate’s Restaurant in Hallowell, and co-owner of a barber shop in Fryeburg. Living in Texas for most of his later years, he managed an upscale deli for Central Market, of Kroger, Colo., in Dallas. He was an avid reader and an accomplished oil and watercolor artist, but his greatest pleasure was cooking and baking.

Living most recently at Blake Street Towers in Lewiston, “Mikey” quickly found his niche doing what he most enjoyed, planning meals and cooking for residents and events, and will be remembered for always having something new and fresh out of the oven in hand for someone to try. He will be honored at Blake Street Towers by having the new kitchen and dining facilities named after him.

Michael was predeceased by his father, in 1995, and by his brother Barney Charest in 2007. He is survived by his mother, Bertha Libby, whose 89th birthday fell on the day of his death, and by his sister Joanne Ducharme and husband Paul; his sister Monique “Nicci” Leamon and husband Jim; his sister Dianne Dubois and husband Jerry; brothers Leonard Charest, Daniel Charest and longtime companion Sue Cheuka, Ron Charest, his sister-in-law, Louise Charest, and the many nieces, nephews, and great- and great-great-nieces and nephews that made up his immediate and extended family.

The family extends its heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the physicians and nursing staff of CMMC’s intensive care unit, whose kindness, compassion and dedication were a gift to us all in the saddest and most trying of times. Condolences may be expressed online at www.albertburpee.com. A graveside committal and family memorial service will take place in the spring.

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(Continued from Page 11B) testors are all unemployed or else have part-time benefit-free jobs at McDonald’s or WalMarts that free them up to counter-protest the “bloated,” “arrogant” publicly-employed school teachers, janitors, maintenance workers, etc. But then again, maybe the Tea Party protestors are so wealthy they don’t have to work for a living.

It has been said that the money spigot they draw from in the guise of that great nonprofit Americans for Prosperity are the billionaire Koch brothers who made their fortunes feeding off the oil industry subsidized by American taxpayers.

But never mind. I’m not a corporation, but an individual living (like so many others) on the margins of poverty. What right do I have to speak on behalf of my sister, a hard-working protesting high school social science teacher in Wisconsin, quite willing to take a cut in pay, put more of her own salary into medical and pension plans for the sake of the present state deficit and asks only to permit her union to have collective bargaining rights. And this, as millionaires and billionaires and multi-national corporations ask for continued tax exemptions for themselves. Am I to believe that this is what it means to be a patriotic American? Well, hopefully I can keep writing and occasionally be published in the local paper though I don’t get paid for it.

And the Bible and my preacher tell me to “forgive” and “turn the other cheek.”

I can sort of go with “love the sinner and not the sin,” but that’s not easy. Forgive me Dear Lord.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Sweden

Middle East

To The Editor: If you want to see the longterm future of that gargantuan house of cards called the global financial empire, take a good look at the Middle East. For 65 years since the end of World War II, we’ve made a devil’s bargain with the sheiks, sultans, emirs and military dictators of that region. We’ve

propped up their corrupt, brutal regimes with American military and monetary aid. In return, they’ve kept cheap oil flowing to the United States. Thugs like Mubarak in Egypt and Gadhafi in Libya have amassed multibillion-dollar fortunes while the common people in their countries struggled in grinding poverty. Now that brittle system is cracking along its fault lines. The common people are saying, “Enough! No more!”

No one can predict how all of this turmoil will proceed, but when it ends, nothing will look the same in that part of the world.

Jesus warned about “a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds came and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash,” (Matthew 7:26-27).

After ignoring the unrest in the Middle East for a couple of weeks, the Wall Street wizards finally are waking up to the fact that their financial empire is built on a foundation of sand — the sand that lies above all that oil. The world’s oil supply is now under serious threat.

In response, greedy speculators are bidding up crude oil prices and gasoline and heating oil prices are shooting up in response. Beware the day when that oil supply gets seriously disrupted. It will cause the nearly instantaneous disintegration of the global financial house of cards. When that house falls, the crash will be heard on Mars.

So, what can we do to stop it? Not much. Forget military intervention. We have no troops left. We’ve squandered them for the past decade, fighting George W. Bush’s wars of choice in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, when we really need them, they’re all committed elsewhere. To tell the truth, we don’t know how to operate in a world where we can’t pull enough strings, spend enough money, or send enough troops to guarantee our supply of oil.

Our economy can’t function without it, so we’d better learn some new ways of conducting foreign policy, and fast. Thanks to the shortsighted policies of the past, we’re in for a bumpy roller coaster ride and there’s nothing at the end of the track but a brick wall.

Rev. Robert Plaisted Bridgton

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‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at PAC

FRYEBURG — Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, will be broadcast live at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 19 at 1 p.m.

Tickets may be ordered through the box office by calling 935-9232 or online at www. fryeburgacademy.org. Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students.

Natalie Dessay will return to the Metropolitan Opera in the

title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Lucia is one of Dessay’s most acclaimed portrayals, first seen at the Met in the 2007 premiere of Mary Zimmerman’s production. Dessay is joined by three co-stars who are singing their roles for the first time at the Met: Joseph Calleja as Edgardo, Ludovic Tézier as Enrico, and Kwangchul Youn as Raimondo.

Patrick Summers, the music director of Houston Grand

Opera, conducts his first Met performances of the opera since 2002.

The March 19 matinee will be transmitted live through The Met: Live in HD, allowing audiences in 46 countries to experience Dessay’s demented brilliance in the role for the first time.

Dessay’s 2007 Met role debut as Lucia earned the soprano — a popular Met Zerbinetta, Olympia, and Juliette — excel-

Local artists at USM gallery

Eight Lake Region area artists have had work accepted in the tri-county biennial, Area Artists 2011, at the University of Southern Maine’s Atrium Art Gallery in Lewiston.

Joe Klofas and Maja Kuvaja both have two works each in the exhibition, which was open to all artists, age 18 and over, in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties.

The art gallery received 186 works from 104 artists, out of which the jury selected 98 works from 84 artists for the final exhibition. Area Artists 2011 continues through March 19.

Local artists also include: David Dupree of North Waterford, Anastasia Gatto and Debbie Howe of Waterford, Mary Isham of Albany Township, Rose Mahanor of Fryeburg and Roger Williams of Lovell.

The gallery includes paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and works in clay, glass, fiber, and mixed media. The exhibition features work in a variety of styles from representational to abstract, with landscapes, figure studies and portraits, still lifes, and sculptural work.

The exhibition is sponsored by Spiller’s in Lisbon, offering a full line of art supplies and services for artists.

Jurors for the exhibition were Carolyn Eyler and Anthony Shostak. Eyler is director of Exhibitions and Programs for USM’s Portland and Gorham campuses. Shostak is curator of Education for the Bates College Museum of Art, and developed the museum’s flagship outreach program, The Thousand Words Project, a visual literacy and language arts program.

The Atrium Art Gallery is located in the hub of the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College at 51 Westminster Street in Lewiston, offering interdisciplinary bachelor and graduate degree programs with both on-site and online classes. The facility also has a café open to the public.

The exhibition continues through March 19.

Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed holidays. For more information contact Robyn Holman, curator, 753-6554, or the gallery’s website www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art

lent reviews that praised her dramatic commitment as well as her vocal performance in the demanding role. As Lucia’s lover Edgardo, Joseph Calleja will add a sixth role to his growing Met repertory; his performances in the house have included the title character in Bartlett Sher’s new production premiere of Les Contes d’Hoffmann and the lead tenor roles in this season’s revivals of Rigoletto and La Bohéme.

French baritone Ludovic Tézier, last heard at the Met as Count Almaviva in the 2009 revival of Le Nozze di Figaro, will sing his first Met performances of Enrico, the villainous brother who forces Lucia into an arranged marriage for his own financial gain. Bass Kwangchul Youn, whose past Met roles include Landgraf Hermann in Tannhäuser, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, and Ferrando in the 2009 new production premiere of Il Trovatore, will make his Met role debut as the chaplain Raimondo. Conductor Summers, who also leads the revival of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride this month, has conducted a varied repertory at the Met that includes recent revivals of Madama Butterfly, Salome, I Puritani, and Rodelinda.

Expected running time is 4 hours, 5 minutes.

So where do we go from here?

(Continued from Page B) a 2 to 1 margin. Bridgtonites spoke loud and clear in saying that Bridgton needs growth, and banning development is not the way to go.

So where do we go from here? Extremism is out.

To answer that question, let’s back up again just a bit.

There was a second antiMcDonald’s person at that Nov. 16 selectmen’s meeting, and her name was Angie Albrecht. As a former member of the Bridgton Planning Board, she was also concerned about uncontrolled national chain development.

But rather than a ban, she suggested a moratorium.

Is a moratorium another form of extremism? We think not, as long as it doesn’t extend beyond a year. In fact, we see a moratorium as a choice that makes a whole lot of sense, with the benefit of hindsight from the last few months to guide us. Nothing has stirred up as much passion and debate in this town as the March 1 vote, not since the battle over a nuclear waste dump potentially coming to town.

With the March 1 vote behind us, each side needs to fold up shop now, and stop campaigning to get their point across.

They need to let the town’s Economic and Community Development Director, Alan Manoian, use his skills as an urban planner to guide townspeople in a citizen-participatory planning process to produce a new comprehensive plan.

The problem is, that’s not what we see happening.

Both Finlayson’s group, Keep Bridgton Local, and Lopez’s group, Citizens for Responsible

Growth, turned out in force Tuesday to urge selectmen to create a separate ordinance review committee that would immediately start work on revising the site plan review ordinance in time to be voted on this November.

Each side has written proposals to selectmen calling for this committee to work on “a parallel track” with Manoian’s longer-term Comprehensive Planning Committee.

Selectmen agreed, saying the town can’t afford to wait the 16 months to produce a new comprehensive plan. The common goal of the two sides for a new committee looks like consensus, but transparency is still lacking. The Citizens for Responsible Growth have at least four members who also serve on the Bridgton Economic Development Committee, to be renamed the Community Development Committee, and they want to play a key role in whatever changes are made.

When you dig deeper it’s clear that each side is still coming from a very different place, with very different priorities.

And if selectmen aren’t very, very careful in thinking the creation of this new committee through, the whole process could simply become a continuation of the battle over competing interests.

Last September, before all the hub-bub about McDonald’s began, Manoian gave The Bridgton News an interview in which he suggested that selectmen had the option, if they so chose, to enact a moratorium on any future fast food or formula restaurant, in order to stop the clock while Bridgton’s

people envision what kind of town they want in their future.

He reportedly took a lot of heat from selectmen and other town leaders after the article appeared. We wonder: is it possible that some of those same town leaders might look at a moratorium with the benefit of hindsight, and realize that Manoian was right?

It’s a well-documented trend in the country that once McDonald’s comes to a town, as the number two fast food franchise after Subway, other fast food chains are soon to follow — how soon, it’s hard to say. Could it begin happening in the next six months? A year?

Perhaps.

“Two-headed hydras are bound to fail,” Bridgton Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz noted at the Feb. 22 selectmen’s meeting, in a conversation with resident George Bradt about how the comprehensive planning process should proceed.

“I love George’s enthusiasm, but it’s Alan’s job,” Berkowitz stated.

We agree. Bradt further confused the process by producing his own brochure about the town’s comprehensive planning process and passing it out to voters at the polls, making it appear as if it came from the town. This kind of behind-thescenes maneuvering by competing special interests has got to stop.

Passion and enthusiasm about Bridgton’s future brought 150 people together for the Feb. 8 public hearing, and Manoian — with his extensive experience as a planner, not to mention his own passion and enthu-

siasm — should be the man that guides the process. The battle is over. It’s time for Bridgtonites to trust in their public servants to lead them in creating regulations and ordinances that connect directly to the comprehensive plan. If Manoian is going to pull this off, he needs time.

And a moratorium on formula restaurants, which he proposed himself back in September, would give him that time.

Let’s eliminate the sense of urgency by stopping the clock on formula restaurants for awhile, and take the time we need for some real, honest and transparent consensus-building.

The summer residents are coming back soon, and this debate is far from over. Let’s not have the threat of another national chain crush that feeling of coming together we all felt on Feb. 8.

Let’s move ahead in a thoughtful, professional way, and, with the breathing space created by a moratorium, find our way into the bright promise of Bridgton’s future.

In that spirit, we’d like to invite our out-of-state subscribers who own property in Bridgton to weigh in on the March 1 vote. By some accounts, upwards of 40% of Bridgton’s taxpayers are out-of-state residents, and summer tourism has long been the engine of our downtown economy. Please email us at bnews@roadrunner. com, visit the survey link on our website, www.bridgton.com, or call 207-647-2851 and tell us how you would have voted on the big box and fast food bans.

We’ll post your responses in an upcoming issue.

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(Continued from Page B) Runners register at the race website at http://beach2beacon.org.

The 2011 race entry fee is $40. The TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K, considered one of the jewels on the U.S. road race circuit, is set for Saturday, Aug. 6 in scenic Cape Elizabeth.

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Sarah Fowler recently completed her Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction through the University of Phoenix with a cumulative grade point average of 3.94.

Sarah received her undergraduate degree of Bachelor’s of Arts in Liberal Studies from California State University Northridge. She is the daughter of David and Kelly Fowler of Casco.

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Clarkson graduate Myles M. Farrell of Sebago graduated from Clarkson University (Potsdam, N.Y.) in December 2010. Myles graduated with a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS! Sebago Elementary School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a variety of activities including special guest readers and hat making. Every student in the school made a hat illustrating a robust vocabulary word. Pictured are fifth-grader Maraia Nason and librarian/ fifth-grade teacher Ms. Tibbetts. (Photo by Kathy Harmon)

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(Continued from Page B) Marco Spisso (Highland Falls, N.Y.) and Steve Laliberte (Falmouth, Mass.).

The New England Stars made a comeback, but Laliberte tied up the game with assists from Kulik and Spisso. While they ultimately lost in overtime, the Wolverines played a strong game to close out the regular season.

Will Husic (Glastonbury, Conn.) played in net and stopped 15 of the 20 shots.

With the student body off campus for a two-week break, everyone is gearing up for the final quarter of the year. The spring sports have been in the gym preparing and will take the field in the end of March.

HARRY BARKER’S EMPORIUM ANTIQUE GROUP SHOP

CELEBRATION OF YOUTH ART — March is Art in our School Month, and students across Maine were invited to exhibit their works at the Portland Museum of Art. Lake Region High School seniors Leona Kluge-Edwards (left) of Casco and Emma Rickert of Bridgton are shown here at the museum this past Saturday as 110 K-12 students from 92 different schools were honored by the members of the Maine Art Education Association for their outstanding achievement in the visual arts. Their works were selected by art teachers Sandy Arris and Cindy Worcester. The artwork will be on display for the entire month of March at PMA and again at the SAD 61 District Arts Festival set for May 24-25 at Lake Region High School.

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STEVENS BROOK ELEMENTARY GOOD KIDS — Awards were presented to (left to right) Lukas Turner, kindergarten, nominated by Mrs. Scorza; Gwen Gagnon, grade 1, nominated

by Mrs. Van Atta; Kayla Ferguson, grade 2, nominated by Mrs. Carriere; Cameron Lepage, grade 3, nominated by Ms. Beeson; Dorothy Moyse, grade 5, nominated by Mrs. Woodward.

Absent was Cameron Meserve, grade 4, dominated by Mrs. Fox/Mrs. Leland.

LAKE REGION M.S. GOOD KIDS — Awards were presented to (left to right) Trenton Hartford, grade 7, nominated by Sebec Team; Addie Blais, grade 6, nominated by Mrs. Bartley; and Tyson Prescott, grade 6, nominated by Mrs. Nadeau. Absent were Jason Justason, grade 7, nominated by Penobscot Team and Daniel Edmunds, grade 8, nominated

by Kennebec Team.

LAKE REGION H.S. GOOD KIDS — Awards were presented to (left to right) Austin George, grade 9, nominated by Katie Cash-Staley; Briana Gallinari, grade 9, nominated by Jennie Bernier; Tyler LaPlante, grade 10, nominated by Julie Guilbault. Absent were Jesse Bell, grade 11, nominated by Jennie Bernier; Jennifer Cobb, grade 12, nominated by Jennie Bernier; and Hannah Flagg, grade 12, nominated by Alison Stafford.

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