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Change in guard

Scout collects food items as part of her badge work and donates to local pantry

Longtime Harrison Town Clerk Judy Colburn retires this Friday

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Bridgton, Maine

March 28, 2013

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SAD 61 trims budget to 5.7%

FINALLY, ALL THE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER — Rev. Franklin Anderson and Joanne Sullivan, of the United Parish UCC of Harrison and North Bridgton, sit inside the newly-repainted Harrison church sanctuary.

(Geraghty Photos)

Resurrection of a church

United Parish rebounds after fire

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer HARRISON — When members of the United Parish UCC of Harrison and North Bridgton gather on Easter Sunday, they will enter a church where every square inch of interior surface— even down to the electrical wires inside the ceiling — has been meticulously wiped clean and made new.

Though it wasn’t planned this day, the Easter message of resurrection falls on the first Sunday after all of the shiny new kitchen appliances have been delivered and installed, and all of the other extensive painting, renovation and repair work to all of the rooms, both upstairs and down, has been completed.

“It works out perfectly.

The timing of everything is coming together,” said Joanne Sullivan, church administrator.

Eight months ago, the future was dark and uncertain, after a kitchen dehumidifier caught fire in the early hours of Sept. 1, 2012, sending heavy black smoke and soot billowing to every corner of the church, even

passing through walls and doors into the ceiling, coating electrical wiring and lighting. Yet even after the fire began, the flames were delayed from igniting by the lucky effect of water spraying out from a broken dishwasher hose.

When a church volunteer and his wife arrived around 6 a.m. to prepare a breakfast, the smoke had been building for hours, and would have ignited and been out of control within a short time afterward. As it was, the soot covered Rev. Franklin Anderson’s desk inside his closed office, and settled everywhere it could within the upstairs church sanctuary pews.

“You just wouldn’t believe it. Everything was black,” Anderson said. Still, Rev. Anderson admits that he was totally naïve at first about how long it would take until the church could reopen.

“I thought it would be a couple of months or so, and we’d be done,” he said.

With ServPro doing all the cleanup work and insurance covering the damage, new framing and insulation were installed, walls

FINISHING TOUCHES — Pat Marceau works on the church’s bathroom. His wife, Krista, discovered the fire. and carpeting replaced, and all new furniture was purchased. Electrical systems, spray-on insulation and lighting were installed, providing a major quality upgrade to what had existed before. And in the downstairs kitchen, all new stateof-the-art kitchen appliances have been installed, and the temporary divider has

been removed to create a larger meeting space.

“It truly has been a resurrection to our life as a church community and a resurrection of our relationship with the greater community,” said Rev. Anderson, as an outpouring of assistance and support was offered in both fundraising and meeting space.

‘Under the Dome’ reaches TV

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Three years ago, Stephen King’s novel Under the Dome established Bridgton as the real-life inspiration

behind his tale of a western Maine town whose residents are suddenly cut off from the world by a huge transparent dome that creates deteriorating post-apocalyptic condi-

BN hike next week

Starting next week, April 1, the cost of The Bridgton News will increase.

The print cover price will increase from 60 cents to 75 cents, while all print subscriptions will increase $1. There will be no change in the digital subscription rates.

On the advertising front, The News will decrease its insertion rate (contact BN ad representatives for more information).

Publisher Wayne E. Rivet said the hikes were necessary due to postal and other publishing-related increases.

The News has maintained the 60-cent cover fee since 2004, while other weekly publications increased their prices to 75 cents and $1.

A subtle change occurred a couple of weeks ago when The News switched to a narrower format to fall in line with other publications printed at the Sun-Journal in Lewiston.

“Our expectation is The News will soon return to our four-section format as our seasonal advertising returns,” Rivet said.

tions.

It wasn’t the first time he’d borrowed bits and pieces of Bridgton (Think Food City in The Mist, or the Emporium Galorium in Needful Things) to set the scene for one of his stories.

But this time he had borrowed the whole town. The resemblance was so close as to be unmistakable. In all but name, in the minds of local residents it was Bridgton, not Chester’s Mill, trapped Under the Dome.

The sci-fi thriller became a best-seller, and a film version seemed likely for the 1,000-page novel. And now, with the huge TV audience for such apocalyptic dramatic series as AMC’s The Walking Dead and NBC’s Revolution, the timing seemed right for Under the Dome to be adapted for film.

The anticipation and speculation is over; filming has begun on a TV series

dramatization of Under the Dome, and the first episode is scheduled to air at 10 p.m.

Monday, June 24, on CBS. The network announced the television premiere of Under the Dome in December at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles.

But don’t look for Dome fans to be descending on Bridgton anytime soon.

The map of Chester’s Mill might indeed be describing Bridgton, but it remains to be seen if the connection will make much difference to TV viewers, or even if the town’s geography on the show will stay the same.

King is serving as one of several executive producers for the 13-episode series, which CBS is producing in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. The series comes from writer/executive DOME, Page A

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Will a 5.7% school tax increase to local municipal assessments fly?

On May 21, voters will make the final decision — possibly.

Directors hope they will avoid a repeat of last year’s budget season when voters rejected two proposals.

Unlike a year ago, SAD 61 will conduct exit polls at the four polling sites to determine taxpayers’ thoughts on whether the budget should be reduced (and possible target points) or increased.

Although the school board accepted a round of Leadership Team generated cuts totaling $453,134 on Monday night to reduce the

tax bite from 7.5% to 5.7%, Director Richard Merritt of Sebago is skeptical whether taxpayers will be willing to dig deeper into their pockets.

Merritt had hoped to make deeper cuts to bring the overall increase to local assessments below 5%, but in the end, found it difficult to trim the “needs-based” proposal.

In an e-mail to fellow directors, Merritt pointed out that other school systems (as reported in various newspapers) were proposing budget hikes ranging from 1.8% to 4.5% — despite the fact they, too, face unexpected expenses as the result of Governor Paul LePage’s proposal to make schools responsible for covering teacher retirement BUDGET, Page A

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy and its teachers are back to square one — they have no contract.

Back in October, the two sides thought they had reached an agreement and signed on the dotted line, but a disagreement regarding the new salary scale surfaced.

Academy officials claimed that, “This is obviously such a fundamental misunderstanding that we in effect do not have a workable agreement.”

The Fryeburg Academy Teachers Association leadership, however, argued the agreement was signed by both parties and the Academy was “obligated to fulfill it.”

“Whatever their misunderstandings are, they stem from their lack of due diligence, not ours,” said FATA president James St. Pierre.

“They need to honor their commitments.”

National Labor Relations Board Regional Director Jonathan B. Kreisberg last week sided with Fryeburg Academy on two of three charges filed by the union back in November.

Kreisberg, who is director of the NLRB’s Region 1 office in Boston, Mass., ruled that the two parties never reached a “meeting of the minds” regarding the “migration formula to be used to determine the salary level of each teacher under the terms of the new agreement.”

On a second charge, Kreisberg ruled that a “longstanding past practice between the parties” exists regarding the Academy’s “transmission of individual contracts to each teacher reflecting their terms and conditions of employment, including the disputed salary levels.” Kreisberg ruled that such conduct does not amount to “direct dealing” in violation of NLRB regulations.

A third charge dealt with whether the Academy violated NLRB regulations by not providing union officials with information pertaining to health insurance and various stipends. That charge is pending a settlement agreement between the school and the union.

“The dispute between CONTRACT, Page 12A

FRYEBURG — Jay Robinson has been selected to succeed Gary MacDonald as superintendent of schools for SAD 72.

Robinson, who is presently the principal at Molly Ockett Middle School, will take over for MacDonald, who plans to retire after this school year.

SAD 72 directors held a special board meeting on Thursday, March 14 at Molly Ockett Middle School.

Following an hour-long executive session, directors voted in open session to name Robinson as the district’s new leader. Thirteen board members were listed as present, according to meeting minutes. There was one objection to the nomination.

Robinson became Molly Ockett Middle School principal in 2009, succeeding Sharon Burnell, who left the post due to health reasons.

In other SAD 72 news, • New Suncook School teacher Lauren Potter plans to retire after a 33-year career in education.

• Brownfield Selectman Carol Brooks told directors that her town could lose $92,000 in state revenue sharing funding if the governor’s budget reduction plan is approved. Brooks encouraged the school board to either reduce program spending or bypass purchasing buses next year to help towns offset revenue losses.

• SAD 72 directors were

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Robinson to be SAD 72 leader

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Change of the town clerk guard HARRISON — There will be a changing of the guard Friday at the Harrison Town Office.

After 23 years, Judy

Colburn will retire as town clerk on March 29 — her final workday. Last week, Colburn was recognized for her “excellence in her field”

EXCELLENCE IN HER FIELD — Retiring Town Clerk Judy Colburn (right) was presented the lifetime certification from Sharon Wilson.

SWORN IN — New Harrison Town Clerk Melissa St. John (left) takes her oath of office from longtime clerk Judy Colburn, who retires this Friday.

when she was presented a “Lifetime Certification” by Sharon Wilson.

To become certified as a town clerk, a person is required to take a written test and complete two weeks process on general duties, vital statistics, elections and parliamentary procedures.

Results of 85% or better must be accomplished on each of the tests in order to become certified.

To become “Lifetime Certified,” an applicant must attend both MRSA Title 21 and Title 30A workshops on elections; complete mandatory service on one of three committees for at least a year (Judy served on the Certification Committee); attendance at courses and programs including elections, vital statistics, municipal law, parliamentary procedures, networking day and SOS Election Conference (twoday event).

Applicant must have at least 10 years of experience as a municipal clerk, must apply for Lifetime Certification in no less than three years and no more than six years from the date of certification.

“Judy is one of only a small percentage of clerks to go on to be lifetime certified,” Harrison Town Manager Bud Finch said.

Colburn’s last day is Friday, March 29, but she will continue to work from time to time as part of the per diem work force and to assist with the transition process.

Melissa St. John has been appointed as the new

town clerk and registrar of voters. She was sworn into office by Colburn. St. John will also serve as deputy treasurer and deputy tax collector.

In other news, • There was only one bid for the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria and it was well below the minimum bid price. Selectmen directed Finch to market the automobile through other sources.

• The town will hold a public hearing on the proposed municipal budget on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m.

• Finch reported on how budget happenings in Augusta trickle down to local municipalities.

“There is little clarity out of Augusta regarding budget impacts by the state on municipalities, education and revenue. As I have mentioned a number of times, I do not expect to have any real data much before our town meeting in June — if even by then,” Finch said.

He added, “The state cannot continue to have expenses in excess of revenues nor can they continue to raise taxes and fees in a tax structure that is fundamentally broken.

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic is not going to solve the budget crisis facing the State of Maine.”

• The annual Harrison Water District election was held Monday, March 18 at the Harrison Town Office Meeting Room. Susan Cole and Doug Holt were elected to fill the two three-year trustee positions.

Bridgton Hospital in Top 100 Bridgton Hospital in Bridgton, Maine, was recently named one of the HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States.

“Bridgton Hospital is proud of its providers and staff who have made it possible for our hospital to achieve this designation,” said Bridgton Hospital President and CEO David Frum. “Critical Access Hospitals are essential to assuring good health and access to high quality care in the nation’s rural areas, and we are very pleased to be considered among the top

in this group of health care organizations. We would like to thank the Lake Region community for the support they continually give Bridgton Hospital.”

The HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals, including Bridgton Hospital, scored best among critical access hospitals on the iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength Index™. The 2013 Top 100 CAH announcement is the second release of this important designation. The Hospital Strength Index is first-ever comprehensive rating of CAHs and the results recognize the Top

100 Critical Access Hospitals that provide a “safety” net “to communities across rural America — measuring them across 56 different performance metrics, including quality, outcomes, patient perspective, affordability and efficiency.” More information can be found at www. iVantageHealth.com/HSI “Rural hospitals play a critical role in providing needed care to communities across America, yet the challenges are completely different while being as complex as urban hospitals. The need for enhanced performance and a framework for success

are equally important as hospitals prepare for the impact of health reform,” said John Morrow, EVP of iVantage Health Analytics. iVantage Health Analytics™ is a privatelyheld health care business intelligence and technology company serving more than 500 hospitals across the United States. iVantage Health Analytics provides comparative health care analytics by integrating disparate market, clinical, operational, and financial data into a single, enterprise-wide platform for executive level business intelligence.

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THE BRIDGTON COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE CLOSED FOR PAINTING AND RENOVATIONS APRIL 1 THROUGH APRIL 15, 2013.

The following programs have been relocated: Bridge & Cribbage – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Senior Lunch – Bridgton Methodist Church Caregivers Support Group – 1st Congregational Church COPD Support Group – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church No Community Dinner April 4 and 11 Watch the Community Calendar in The Bridgton News for changes.

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Matthew H. Frank

Susan D. Cole

Hospital Board elects directors The Bridgton Hospital board of directors, chaired by Philip R. Libby, has announced the election and appointment of two new members, Matthew H. Frank of Harrison and Susan D. Cole of North Bridgton.

Mr. Frank and Ms. Cole will take the seats of retiring board members Wayne Kuvaja and Ronald M. Cilley, M.D. Ms. Cole joins the board following a 35-year career at Bridgton Academy, where she served as comptroller, Human Resource director, college counselor and student advisor, retiring in 2010.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Westbrook College.

In other volunteer roles, she serves as treasurer of the North Bridgton Public Library and the Harrison Water District.

Mr. Frank joins the board following an extensive background in investment and finance, including serving as chairman of the board of the Amex Membership Corporation.

A graduate of Babson College, he currently serves as a selectman for the Town of Harrison, treasurer of the Harrison Lions Club, and board member of the Lakes Environmental Association.

His late father and mother, Robert and Eleanor Frank, had a long history of volunteer leadership involvement with the hospital.

Located in the heart of the Lake Region, Bridgton Hospital serves some 21 communities in western Maine and the Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire. The hospital supports a 24-hour emergency department, inpatient and outpatient surgery, and full-service laboratory and medical imaging departments. The BH Swing Bed Program provides care for patients who need skilled nursing services. The hospital provides primary and specialty care services on its campus as well as in Fryeburg, Naples and North Bridgton.

Offered in cooperation with Central Maine Medical Center, BH’s specialty services include oncology-hematology, podiatry, diabetes education, cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, orthopedics, and wound care.

Bridgton Hospital is a partner of the Central Maine Medical Center Family.

Drisko honored

George Drisko of Bridgton has been selected as a 2013 “Real Heroes” award winner by the American Red Cross of Maine, Southern Maine Chapter.

The award will be presented to members of the community who have performed an act of heroism — showing courage, kindness, and selfless character in service to others and exemplifying what it really means to be a hero.

“Real Heroes” consists of seven categories — youth community service, military, community service, international service, medical provider, life saving and blood services.

Honorees were selected from among a strong field of nominees by a panel of local citizens representing communities in York and Cumberland counties.

Drisko was selected as the “blood services” honoree.

“George has made it his mission to ensure Mainers have the life-saving blood when in need. He is an active member of the Masonic Lodge in Bridgton and coordinates four to five Red Cross blood drives at that location per year,” according to the ARC. “George has attended, volunteered, and donated blood at each and every drive at the Lodge over the past six years. Most impressive is his selfless work at the Christmas Eve blood drive at the Lodge. George spends his holiday DRISKO, Page A

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Holy Thursday – March 28 7:00 p.m. Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Fryeburg

It is time to register your child for Kindergarten if they will be five years old on or before October 15, 2013.

Good Friday – March 29 3:00 p.m. Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Bridgton 7:00 p.m. Good Friday Service – Veneration of the Cross and Communion in Fryeburg

Easter Vigil Service – March 30 Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Service of Light and Eucharist in Bridgton

At our first annual event, you will see traditional mediums as well as many pieces that will amaze and delight even the most seasoned art lover.

Wine and cheese reception 5pm to 8pm Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Denmark Arts Center on Main Street in Denmark, Maine For more information please call Joan at 207-935-4358 Each artist has graciously agreed to donate a percentage of their sales to help support our animal shelter

Easter Sunday – March 31 Mass at 8:00 a.m. in Fryeburg Mass at 10:00 a.m. in Bridgton

St. Joseph Catholic Church 225 South High Street Bridgton

NEW THIS YEAR, screening for all schools will be held in one central location at: Crooked River Adult and Community Education Center 1435 Poland Spring Rd. Casco, Maine 04015 Please contact the appropriate school where your little one will be attending to schedule an appointment for screening, which is required by state law, and to receive a Kindergarten registration packet.

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March 28, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page A

SAD 61 budget finalized at 5.7%

Drisko honored

posed hike.

• The final 1.7% involved existing employees projected salary and benefit increases.

School officials pointed out that SAD 61’s budget has been flatlined for several years and some areas of “need” should be addressed.

The Leadership Team (consisting of school principals, as well as directors of special services and vocational center) felt that reducing a proposed Pre-K to $100,000 signaled that now is not the right time to launch a new program. So, the LT removed the entire proposal from the budget.

The Leadership Team presented the following cuts Monday: $2,019, reduction in Extended Studies; $4,000, reduction in tutoring at LRHS in reference to an American Disabilities Act (ADA) case; $16,520, reduction for English Language Learner, to three days a week; $25,645, removed School Health Coordinator/Grant Writer; $8,076, cutting the number of Academy leaders at the high school from nine to four.

SUGARHOUSES WERE POPULAR SPOTS LAST SUNDAY — Area maple syrup sugarhouses were very busy on Maine Maple Sunday. Over 300 people visited Thunder Hill Farm in Waterford (shown here), according to Dottie Bell.

Visitors enjoyed watching sap boil, visited steer teams and kids spent time sledding down the hill. Of course, there were maple treats to enjoy. Here, Seth Bell demonstrates the process of evaporation.

Principal Ted Finn said some modification in Academy make-ups enabled the costsaving change. $3,454, removed 10 additional guidance days, which had been included in the first Leadership Team proposal; $19,083, removed art teacher at LRHS two days a week;

Top 10 Teacher Retirement Payees

Local % Local contribution to contribution to School teacher retirement teacher retirement 1. RSU 21 $377,777.45 86% 2. SAD 61 $357,550.38 100% 3. Lewiston $3553,997.45 51% 4. SAD 75 $300,853.55 61% 5. Sanford $278,459.20 56% 6. Bangor $276,256.93 43% 7. RSU 10 $260,601.35 56% 8. RSU 14 $253,624.49 49% 9. SAD 60 $227,219.33 48% 10. Auburn $226,288.41 43%

native education ed tech at LRHS; $6,848, removed LRMS Ferry Beach Field Trip; $1,768, removed head teacher stipend at Songo Locks; $1,261, removed drama club stipend at Songo Locks; $2,019, removed student council advisor at Songo Locks; $79,161, Pre-K teacher at Songo Locks; $22,05, Pre-K ed tech at Songo Locks; $1,261, drama club stipend at Stevens Brook; $2,019, student council advisor at SBES; $61,471, Pre-K teacher at SBES; $22,055, Pre-K ed tech at SBES; $32,408, cut Student Services Coordinator at the Vocational Center to half time; $33,318, removed firefighter training instructor at LRVC; $52,816, removed early childhood program teacher at LRVC; $25,000, removed Pre-K transportation; $7,490, removed LRMS projectors.

Directors did add $13,072 to keep an in-school suspension monitor at the high school. LRHS Principal Ted

Other area school systems (Continued from Page A) • SAD 17 $133,153.30 32% helping others at this event • SAD 72 $41,85.78 32% — the most successful blood RSU 21: Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel drive of the year in Bridgton.

George has gone above and SAD 75: Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Harpswell, Topsham beyond to help Mainers in RSU 10: Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Peru, Buckfield, need and represents the entire Hartford, Sumner, Byron, Mexico, Roxbury, Bridgton community as a Rumford, Hanover ‘Real Hero.’”

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Guild Thrift shop hours

CORRECTION — In last week’s edition, the hours of the Bridgton Hospital Guild Thrift Shop, which accompanied a photo in the Editorial Page section, were incorrect.

The shop is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Finn requested the position to enable the school to follow a school board policy, which requires students to serve inschool suspensions for infractions such as skipping classes and inappropriate classroom behavior rather than out-ofschool suspensions.

Finn added that he could see no other areas he could cut, unless the district wanted to take two or three steps backward after LRHS has made so many positive gains as it rebuilt its curriculum and reputation in educational circles.

The Leadership Team also added a Grade 3 teacher at Songo Locks ($51,444) in an effort to keep class sizes to under 20 students. Without the addition, classes would

reach 22 to 23. Principal June Conley said larger classes would be difficult to operate because of special needs of many students, as well as space limitations based on the existing facility structure.

Adult Ed budget is proposed at $575,917 (the local share would be $319,615) — a 4% decrease.

The total proposed budget is $27,928,764. While the figure represents a 7% increase, the local tax assessment would be 5.7%.

Next up is the district budget meeting set for Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lake Region High School gymnasium. The budget validation referendum is Tuesday, May 21.

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(Continued from Page A) costs. Neighboring WindhamRaymond is proposing a 2.26% hike.

“A SAD 61 budget proposed increase of 7.5% appears to be out of step with local norms,” Merritt wrote.

“Maybe, we should reconsider.”

One problem SAD 61 faces is 5% of the hike is being driven by factors the district has no control over.

• One, if Gov. LePage’s plan to make school systems responsible for teacher retirement contributions, SAD 61 will be forced to pay $357,550.38 — which is 100% of the cost. SAD 61 would have the second highest local contribution into the retirement fund in the state (see accompanying list).

Finance Coordinator Sherrie Small said the local contribution number is generated through the state’s Essential Program and Services (EPS) funding formula. Why SAD 61’s figure is so high in comparison to other school systems is a question local officials continue t o await an answer from the state.

• Secondly, the district will be expected to pay $50,000 in interest on a federal loan used to renovate/build at Lake Region High School and Vocational Center. Initially, SAD 61 was offered a nointerest package by the federal government, but deficits in Washington, D.C. have led to local taxpayers picking up the tab.

These two expenditures represent 3.3% of the pro-

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Items on Bridgton Police Department blotter These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, March 19 12:32 p.m.

Police received a report of a vehicle off Church Street. Police checked the area, negative contact.

3:23 p.m. Police attempted to locate a man, who allegedly threatened someone with a weapon at the corner of Route 302 and Menotomy Road in Fryeburg. He was last seen heading toward Bridgton.

5:28 p.m. Police were asked to check North Road camps for possible vandalism or criminal mischief.

9:05 p.m. A woman claimed she had been receiving harassing phone calls.

Wednesday, March 20 10:33 a.m. Police attempted to locate a “suspicious” male in the Main and Depot Street areas.

11:38 a.m.

Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Hospital Drive, involving a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado, operated by Albert E. Woods, and a 2011 Ford Taurus, operated by Beverley A. Shane.

4:05 p.m. A caller reported that her younger son had allegedly assaulted her older son with a shovel.

7:36 p.m. Police investigated a domestic disturbance at an Ingalls Road home.

9:30 p.m. Police received a report of a rollover accident on North High Street near the Fryeburg town line involving a 1997 Subaru

Legacy, operated by Iaian Thorner.

Thursday, March 21 7:36 a.m. Police received a report of a 1998 Jeep Cherokee, operated by Alexandra Crawford, being off Portland Road and in a ditch near Lampron’s.

7:33 p.m. A motel owner asked police to remove a female from a room there.

8:03 p.m. A 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, operated

by Rodney K. Coffin, collided with a deer while traveling on Harrison Road, near Lakeside Pines.

8:08 p.m. A 2004 Mazda, operated by Bradley A. Bartke, struck a deer while traveling on Sweden Road.

11:26 p.m. A 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee, operated by Henry J. Roy, 62,

From the Fryeburg Police log These incidents appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, March 18 4:30 p.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on North Fryeburg Road.

Tuesday, March 19 4 a.m. Police investigated an assault complaint at a Haley Town Road location.

4:35 a.m. Responding to a motor vehicle accident on Haley Town Road, police charged Marcus T. Buzzell, 20, of Fryeburg with illegal consumption by a minor. At 7:35 p.m., Buzzell was charged with domestic violence assault.

3:12 p.m. William Gorton, 64, of Fryeburg was charged with aggravated reckless conduct, terrorizing, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and reckless conduct following an alleged disturbance on Serenity Lane.

Wednesday, March 20 10:22 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Main Street and Haley Town Road.

8:23 p.m. Police conducted an interview regarding a domestic violence follow-up.

9:29 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred near Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

Thursday, March 21 10:41 a.m. Police handled a harassment complaint.

Friday, March 22 12:26 a.m. Police “restored the peace” at a Smith Street home following an alleged disturbance.

8:25 p.m. to 10:56 p.m. Police issued five warnings following traffic stops.

Saturday, March 23 2 p.m. Police responded to a drug complaint.

3:09 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred in a parking lot off Bridgton Road.

Sunday, March 24 7:20 a.m. Police checked a disturbance at a Cobb Street home.

8:01 p.m. Daniel P. Merrill, 41, of Fryeburg was charged with being a fugitive from justice following a stop on Main Street. He was transported to the Oxford County Jail by Officer Stephen Witham.

Tuesday, March 26 4 a.m. Christopher A. Henley, 22, of Fryeburg was charged with reckless conduct, operating a motor vehicle after suspension, driving to endanger, criminal threatening, criminal mischief, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failing to report an accident by quickest means. He was taken into custody on Lovewell Pond and later transported to the Oxford County Jail by Officer Michelle Legere.

Line for crime victims The Department of Corrections has a number of beneficial services available by phone and online for victims of crimes.

“I think the more crime victims are aware of these services, the more they will use them,” said Tessa L. Mosher, MDOC’s director of Victim Services. “Through our toll-

free number, 800-968-6909, victims of crimes can access information including sentencing information, projected date of release, place of confinement, and restitution status.”

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12:43 p.m. Deputy Dyar handled a theft complaint at a Mill Lane residence in Naples.

10:58 p.m. Deputies Mangino, Thompson and Emery were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident involving personal injury on Dyke Mountain Road in Sebago.

Tuesday, March 19 9:09 a.m. Deputy Welsh responded to a motor vehicle accident involving personal injury at the intersection of Temple Hill Road and Norway Road in Harrison.

1 p.m. Deputy Welsh was sent to a motor vehicle acci-

dent on Edes Falls Road in Naples.

Friday, March 22 5:28 p.m. Deputy Hovey checked a criminal mischief report at a Libby Road residence in Casco.

Saturday, March 23 12:51 p.m. Deputy McIntire responded to a motor vehicle accident near Tony’s Foodland in Naples.

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Deputy Mailman investigated a burglary complaint at a Plains Road home in Harrison.

7:17 p.m. Deputy Hanna was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on Poland Spring Road in Casco, just past Hancock Lumber.

LOVELL — The Oxford County Regional Communications Center is presenting its third annual Communications Training Conference on Saturday, April 6 at the Lovell Fire Department.

The conference is open to all first responders (fire, law and emergency medical service personnel) and dispatchers throughout Maine and New Hampshire.

The keynote speaker is Chief John Oates of the East Hartford Fire Department in Connecticut, who will be addressing the group on response to violent incidents and how departments can prepare themselves to effectively deal with a potentially

violent situation.

Other speakers include Steven Mallory of the Maine Emergency Management Agency and Chief Darrell Fournier of the Freeport Fire Department, who will be speaking about communications and response in large scale incidents and their

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11:15 a.m. A local store official contacted police regarding a bad check.

6:19 p.m. Adam J. Ridlon, 31, of Bridgton was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence following a stop on Monk Road.

11:24 p.m. Police checked the Burnham Road after receiving a report of two suspicious vehicles parked at the end of a resident’s driveway.

Tickets: During this reporting period, police issued seven summonses and 23 verbal/written warnings.

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the following Lake Region area calls and complaints: Thursday, March 14 8:31 a.m. Deputy Emery investigated a burglary complaint at a Coffee Pond Road home in Casco. The forced entry at the residence occurred on Wednesday.

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Saturday, March 23 9:20 a.m. A caller claimed to have been threatened, gave police an address, and then hung up.

10:05 p.m. Jonathan M. Tyler, 47, of West Hyannisport, Mass. was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia by Bridgton Police Officer T.J. Reese following a stop on North High Street.

Sunday, March 24 11:20 a.m. A motorist failed to pay $86.28 for gasoline at a Main Street store.

9:23 p.m. A caller claimed his son had allegedly assaulted him at a Boulder Hill Road location.

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Police responded to a domestic disturbance at a Pond Road residence. At 12:03 a.m., Justin M. Berry, 25, of Bridgton was charged with assault

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Friday, March 22 3:57 p.m. David Casiano, 43, of Everett, Mass. was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license by Bridgton Police

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March 28, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page A

STEPHEN KING talked about the TV-series adaptation of his novel, Under the Dome, at a winter press tour in California.

‘Under the Dome’

King said during the interview, “It’s very exciting to see the idea of taking the book and possibly expanding it. Because that’s what TV’s for. TV is an expansive medium. The novel only covers a very short period of time and the idea of a TV series is to extend it, not just for a week or two weeks, but for months.”

King was also excited by Spielberg’s involvement as a producer, saying, “His view on American life and my viewpoint on American life are similar.”

The TV series adaptation of Under the Dome was initially developed by Showtime, a cable station owned by CBS Corp. Spielberg turned to Showtime after he bought the film rights from King.

But CBS decided it wanted the project to air as a fulllength 13-episode network TV series, and not as a cable TV series.

In terms of the story line, it’s not yet clear how closely the TV series will follow the

Sound healing workshop The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing and Bridgton Hospital are offering a free sound healing workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.

Crystal Bowl Sound Healing will take place Fridays, April 5 and 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Bridgton Hospital.

We do not hear with just our ears, but with every cell in our body. Listening to the pure, crystalline sounds of these crystal bowls will resonate with your soul’s essence. It is like receiving a massage at a molecular level as sound is an extraordinarily, powerful healing tool for the body, mind, and spirit. Hearing these vibrations has a positive, accumulative effect. Presenter Marci Starr Brennan invites you to attend one session or both.

Pre-registration is available by calling the Dempsey Center at 795-8250; toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or online at www.dempseycenter.org

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(Continued from Page A) place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lovell Fire Department, located at 3 Hatch Hill Road. The conference is free to attend and includes a pot roast dinner with all the “fixins” and door prizes from area businesses.

For more information or to register for the conference, contact Geff Inman at 743-9554, ext. 109 or e-mail ginman@ oxfordcounty.org

LOOK FAMILIAR? — The layout of Downtown Bridgton is strikingly similar to that of Chester’s Mill, left, the small Maine town whose residents become trapped within their own evil in Stephen King’s best-selling 2009 novel Under the Dome, now being adapted as a 13-episode network TV series to premiere Monday, June 24, at 10 p.m. on CBS. The fictional town’s hospital, movie theater, bookstore, newspaper office, diner and Food City grocery store all mirror the same layout of downtown Bridgton, as depicted at right, on the map mounted on the side of 150 Main Street. The fictional Prestile Stream that flows through the downtown roughly mirrors the course of Bridgton’s Stevens Brook.

It remains to be seen, however, whether viewers of the TV series will recognize the Bridgton connection; filming of Episode One is taking place now in Wilmington, N.C. novel’s plotline. “There will be a key piece of information the audience will have by the end of the summer,” was all CBS’s Tassler would say during the press announcement. Following the first season, she added, if reviews are good, “We’d like to build it into a summer franchise.”

Filming for Episode One began earlier this month in

Wilmington, N.C., where the series is being shot and casting for background performers is taking place. All of the major characters of Under the Dome have already been cast.

The show stars Mike Vogel, Reachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Natalie Martinez, Britt Robertson, Alexander Koch, Colin Ford, Nicholas Strong, Jolene Purdy and

Alsha Hinds.

Why the city of Wilmington was chosen as the filming location, and not Bridgton or elsewhere in Maine, is not explained in published interviews and announcements about the project. The News was unable to reach either King or any series spokesperson for comment on whether the town of Bridgton was

ever considered as a filming location. It also isn’t known whether Bridgton was visited by any of the show’s producers or writers to see the real version of the fictionalized town of Chester’s Mill.

Or even, in fact, if they care about the resemblance all that much. After all, Bridgton is only home to those who have made it so.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — People are frequently forced to compensate when projected income doesn’t materialize.

Sometimes, the purchase of items that are both necessary and desired is delayed for a few more years.

Many eyes have been focused on Gov. Paul Le Page’s proposed state budget — which would reduce revenue usually divvied out to Maine’s towns.

During a Naples Board of Selectmen meeting, Town Manager Derik Goodine recommended delaying scheduled road repairs to offset the potential decrease in state funding. For the taxpayers of Naples, the timing could not be worse because a road bond debt is due during the upcoming fiscal year, he said.

Goodine asked for assistance from Selectman Christine Powers, who also serves in Augusta as the state Representative for District 101.

Powers, along with Rep. Lisa Villa, plans to schedule a citizens’ forum on the state budget at the Lake Region

High School in mid-April.

As requested by the Naples Budget Committee, Goodine has put to paper an emergency plan for the 2013–14 budget. On Monday, he introduced it to the selectmen as “a plan designed to soften the blow.”

“The budget committee has asked me to bring them revenue and capital improvements ahead of time,” he said, explaining the timeliness of his proposal.

The solution would be a postponement in road rebuilding. However in the interim, those streets in dire need — such as Wiley Road, Cooks Mills Road, Flags Mills Road, Ellen Drive and Old Cooks Mills Road — would receive crack sealant treatment.

Three years from now, and in order to continue with infrastructure upgrades, the town would borrow $500,000.

If residents approve that loan, the first payment would be due in July or August 2017, which would be a new budget year.

Most likely, the town would approach the road improvements through

the reclamation process.

Essentially, the pavement would be torn up, injected with concrete or high-grade pavement, and re-laid onto the roadway, Goodine said.

After hearing the details of the town manager’s road repair deferral plan, Powers spoke.

“This is your emergency plan – if the governor’s budget passes, correct? Because, not everyone thinks it is going to pass,” she said.

Goodine said he agreed that the state budget would be altered from Le Page’s original version, but it was prudent for the town to have a strategy to keep local taxes low.

Later, Powers said the focus should be on altering the state budget first.

“There is an awful lot of public outcry” about the governor’s proposed budget, she said.

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(Continued from Page A) producer Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Lost), along with other members of a high profile team that includes Lost’s Jack Bender as a producer/director, and Neal Baer (ER, Law and Order: SVU) working alongside Vaughan.

With the exception of King’s The Dead Zone, not many of his novels have been adapted for a full-length TV series; mini-series are more common, such as The Stand and Storm of the Century.

CBS appears to have high hopes for the Under the Dome, saying it is poised to be a major player in the upcoming summer TV season. CBS President Nina Tassler is quoted as saying the talented team will “make some noise” and give CBS the “opportunity to do a big summer event.” The network’s investment in Under the Dome was high enough to warrant the airing of a series preview, including a filmed interview with King, during the Super Bowl in February.

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Naples searching for quality water source

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Doomsday preppers store food and water in shelters, readying themselves for a time when survival might mean going below ground.

The Town of Naples wants to secure and preserve a good source of drinking water for future generations who will be living above ground.

During a Naples Board of Selectmen workshop, two representatives from a well drilling company talked about numerous potential sites for public water as well as spots that would not work.

Most likely, the well and a water storage unit would be protected from potential contamination by using up to seven acres of land.

However, the installation of the underground pipes would be put on hold. The objective is to eventually transport the drinkable water to the majority of Naples’ population.

James W. Sewall Company, which has been in business since 1880, was selected to do the work.

After a day of pouring

over tax maps and touring the town, Senior Project Manager Mike Riley and Geologist Rick Pershken shared some of their preliminary findings.

During a brainstorming session of the most desirable sites, Riley said, “The big question towns have to ask when trying to develop a new supply is: How far away should you go?”

“If you go into some more rural areas because of better water and because it’s easier to protect, the downside might be it’s more expensive to tie in,” Riley said.

According to Pershken, some of the more promising areas include: along State Park Road, an area referred to as ‘Jugtown’ near Crooked River, between Sebago Lake and Route 114, and between Lake House and Lambs Mill roads where some undeveloped woodlands are located.

In addition to determining water quality, the study must consider whether it is financially feasible for the town to purchase the land. Therefore, town-owned parcels would be considered because of the

savings involved. Otherwise, the town would have to purchase the land from a private property owner. That real estate process would not only cost money, but also postpone the drinking water project.

Riley advised the board to prepare for taking that route.

“I will tell you right now.

If you find water on someone’s land, they think it is a lot more valuable. Establish a fair market value contract with your town lawyer,” he said.

Town Manager Derik Goodine said another possible savings for the town would be to use tax increment funding (TIF).

“If it is in a TIF area, or in close proximity to a TIF area, then that will loosen up funds. We have a pretty good pot of TIF funds from Route 302 and Route 35, and up Route 11. We would have money to buy it, and protect it. I would just as soon buy development rights, and keep it wooded,” Goodine said.

State Park Road has townowned property, where an old gravel pit is located, said

Pershken, adding that “sometimes a played out gravel pit makes a good well.”

“Drilling in Sebago State Park might be a potential because that will be protected forever. But, it is a long way from the center of town,” he said.

Also under consideration is the land from the ball fields on Route 11 to Edes Falls Road because of the sand and gravel content, and the ability to protect a potential drinking water well, Pershken said.

Hancock Lumber owns 14 acres across from Cooks Mills Road that could be leased to the town.

Goodine asked if a viable well was discovered on land owned by Hancock would timber harvest activities compromise the well water.

Pershken said that in other towns lease agreements have been made that allowed the compatibility of storing water and harvesting timber.

As far as the heavy equipment, the towns of Searsport and Franklin arranged the construction of a concrete pad to park forestry manage-

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – Before summer’s alcoholic concoctions are poured and the beer bottles are popped open, many Naples drinking establishments must renew their

liquor licenses.

On Monday, the Naples Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the liquor license renewals for Sandy’s Flight Deck and Lake Region Caterers, Inc. Town Manager Derik

Goodine reported on the Flight Deck, saying, there have been “no complaints against (the liquor) license.

It’s just a renewal.”

During a March 11 meeting, a unanimous vote renewed the liquor license for the Lost Lobstah. In addition, the food shack with outdoor seating acquired its Special Amusement Permit.

The permit is for solo singers and small musical groups. The stage is outdoors, so all events end at 9 p.m., Goodine said.

In recent years, the Town of Naples adopted an ordinance that forbids all outdoor entertainment extending past 9 p.m., unless otherwise permitted by the selectmen.

Following the Special Town Meeting in February, the board gave its okay to liquor license renewals for the American Legion Post No. 155 and the Songo

River Queen II. Regarding the Legion, Goodine said there were “no problems reported to us by the state.”

The Legion’s Special Amusement Permit covers bands, disc jockeys, and pool and dart leagues, Goodine said.

For the Songo River Queen II, the Special Amusement permit is for bands aboard the paddleboat replica. After 9 p.m., the band moves to the lower deck, which is enclosed.

ment equipment, he said.

One area that was ruled out is the town-owned land around the Plummer Fields because of its close proximity to two businesses that store and sell gasoline and diesel.

“We looked at the town’s sports fields, but you have Big Apple over there and there has been a ton of spills,” Pershken said.

“Mostly, when looking for water sources you want it away from town. You have a lot of potential contamination sources that you have to

be aware of: Road salt, gasoline storage tanks,” he said.

“I can’t give you a well that might get contaminated. I just wouldn’t feel good about it,” he said.

“Some of these places the state (environmental agencies) wouldn’t even allow you to have well because of contamination potential,” Pershken said.

The next step is to create a map of target sites and a list of property owners.

“We need to talk to landowners to have access onto sites,” Pershken said.

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(Continued from Page A) Powers said in many towns, people were gathering on the local level to express their displeasure and to seek an alternative financial fix. She said a forum for the region’s residents was in the planning stage.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Powers said she and Rep. Villa were still trying to set a calendar date for the forum.

The community forum would likely be held in mid-April on a Monday night at the Lake Region High School, she said.

The exact date for the public forum will be publicized in the near future, Powers said.

Powers uses social media to correspond with her constituents. People can contact her at RepChristine.Powers@ legislature.maine.gov Meanwhile, the Naples Finance Committee continues to meet every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Naples Grange building.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., American

Legion, Depot St., Bridgton.

O/D MONDAYS Tax Help by AARP, by appt., thru April 8, Fryeburg Library. FMI: 935-2731.

Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

S t o ry t im e for Preschoolers with Miss Liz, ages under five, 10-11 a.m., Lovell Library.

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

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

The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, 1st & 3rd Mondays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Naples Town Hall gym. FMI: 615-3226.

Knotty Knitters, noon to 2 p.m., Soldiers Library, Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

Cribbage, 2 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bridgton.

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

Step Into Fitness Walking Program at LRHS, Naples, 4:30 to 6 p.m., through May 3. FMI: 647-3116.

Coed Adult Pickup Basketball, 6-8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym. Follows school calendar; ends May 20.

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

344-5370.

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

TUESDAY Tax Help by AARP Volunteers, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. by appt. through April 5, Fryeburg Library, 515 Main St. FMI: 935-2731.

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

Tai Chi Maine New Beginners’ Class, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

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

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

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

Sebago Senior’s Lunchon, noon, Sebago Church of the Nazarene.

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

Bridge, 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bridgton.

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B, Eastern Slope Inn, 2760 White Mtn. Highway, No. Conway, N.H. THURSDAYS Bridgton Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church, Rte. 117.

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

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

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

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Library.

Brownfield Food Pantry, 1 to 5 p.m. third Thursdays, 701 Pequawket Trl. FMI: 935-2333.

Tai Chi Maine Set Practice, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

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

No Community Kettle Supper April 4 & 11 due to painting at Bridgton Community Center.

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

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

Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School, Bridgton.

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

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

FRIDAYS Tax Help by AARP, by appt., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. thru April 5, Bridgton Community Center. FMI: 647-3116.

Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

Parents and Children Activity Group, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Casco Community C enter.

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

Tai Chi Maine Beginners’ Practice Class, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Music for Children, with Sharon Novack, 11 a.m.

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KETTLE CREW — Patrons of the free Community Kettle Dinner at the Bridgton Community Center were treated to spaghetti with meat sauce, garden salad, garlic bread and brownie sundae prepared and served by NAHGA Claims, a division of the Chalmers Group. Pictured are (left to right) Donna Murch, Debbie Withee, Nicholas Chalmers, Linda Card, Grace Keef and Sherry Deberadinis.

This is the second CK dinner by the Chalmers Group and they will be serving again June 20 and Aug. 19. Schedule for upcoming dinners: March 28 — Anne Krieg and Chief Schofield; April 4 and 11 — BCC is closed for painting; April 18 — Boy Scout Troop #149; April 25 — Bridgton Lions Club. Community Kettle Dinners are free to everyone. If your group, business or friends would like to sponsor a dinner, contact Carmen Lone at 647-3116 for more information. Big thank you to NAHGA Claims for your support and community spirit. It’s what makes Bridgton a great place to live in.

Open Gym for G. 3-12, 3-5 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Teen Sports Night, 6-8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym. Follows school calendar; ends April 30.

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

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

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

WEDNESDAYS Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

Free Well Woman Clinic, by appt., 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Birthwise Community Clinic, The Birth House. FMI: 6475968, ext. 108.

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

“Mini Me” Storytime, for ages 2 and under, 10:30 a.m., Bridgton Library.

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

Senior Lunch, noon, United Methodist Church, Bridgton.

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

Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., LEA, 230 Main St., Bridgton.

Step Into Fitness Walking Program at LRHS, Naples, 4:30 to 6 p.m., through May 3. FMI: 647-3116.

Cope Group session, 68 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room. FMI: 508633-0159.

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

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

Wednesdays, Standish Town Hall, Rte. 35.

Square Dance Lessons by Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club, Caller Ray Hilton, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School, 100 Pine St., So. Paris. FMI: 782-4050.

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

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

Adult Children of Alcoholics (& other dysfunctions), 7:30 p.m., Ste.

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BALDWIN Sat., Apr. 6 — Pancake Breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m., West Baldwin United Methodist Church, Rte. 113.

BRIDGTON Fri., Mar. 29 — Cafe Project informal organization meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Community Center.

Fri., Mar. 29 — Spa Night Spectacular at Womanspace with Felicia McDonald, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., Mar. 30 — Chickadee Quilters, 9 a.m., Community Center.

Sat., Mar. 30 — “Cakes for a Cause” fundraiser for On Eagles Wings, 214 Main St. Bring donations 12:30 to 1 p.m., public votes 1-3 p.m., followed by auction and awards 3 to 3:30 p.m. FMI: 647-9421, 415-9166.

Sat., Mar. 30 — Flowers arranged by Pinky Trumbell and Barbara McDaniel, 2 to 4 p.m., Methodist Church. FMI: 647-3747.

Mon., Apr. 1 — Lake Region Community Chorus first singing date, 6:30 p.m., Bridgton Academy Chapel.

FMI: 310-3234.

Tue., Apr. 2 — COPD Support Group, 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

Wed., Apr. 3 — Essay reading by Lisa Winslow on her childhood in Harrison, 6:30 p.m., No. Bridgton Library.

Thur., Apr. 4 — Bridgton Rotary Club, talk on Community Literacy Group

by Pam & Bill Brucker, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

Thur., Apr. 4 — Big Night Cross Guard Training Session, 6 p.m., meet at LEA offices, 230 Main St. FMI: 647-8580.

Fri., Apr. 5 & 19 — Free Sound Healing Workshop by Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bridgton Hospital.

Pre-register: 795-8250, 1877-336-7287.

Sun., Apr. 7 — Food Distribution by Lake Region Vineyard Church, 2 to 4 p.m., 402 Main St., near the ball field.

BROWNFIELD Fri., Mar. 29 — Rec Dept. meeting, 2 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., Mar. 30 — Easter Egg Hunt and Dessert Auction, 10 a.m., Community Center.

DENMARK Fri., Mar. 29 — Easy hike to Douglas Mountain, Sebago,

by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet 8:30 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church. FMI: 756-2247.

Sat., Mar. 30 — Art Barks in Denmark, art show to benefit Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, reception 5 p.m., show runs to 8 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, Main St. FMI: 935-4358.

FRYEBURG Thur., Mar. 28 ­ — Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., Old Saco Inn, 125 Old Saco Lane.

Fri., Mar. 29 — Purple Rock Puppets Presents: Ecological Logic, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232. Free.

Wed., Apr. 3 — Fryeburg Academy Jazz Cabaret Concert – Vocals, 7:30 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232. Free.

Fri., Apr. 5 — Portland Symphony Strings Kinderkonzert: Four Seasons, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232.

Fri., Apr. 5 — Veterans Service Officer, 9-11 a.m., American Legion, Bradley St. FMI: 324-1839.

Fri., Apr. 5 — Pageant of Elegance by FA’s International Club, fashion, dance & song, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman

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Sat., Apr. 6 — New England Tenors by Saco River Festival Assn., 2 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232.

Sat., Apr. 6 — “Luck of the Draw” Live Auction to benefit C.A. Snow School, doors open 3:30 p.m., drawings 5 p.m., Wadsworth Arena, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 603-387-2720.

HARRISON Tue., Apr. 2 — Senior Luncheon with Celebrating Earth Day theme, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fire Station Community Room. FMI: 583-2241.

LOVELL Sat., Mar. 30 ­ — Easter Bake & Goodie Sale with ready-to-go Easter Baskets, gluten-free baked goods, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ.

Thur., Apr. 4-Fri., Apr. 29 — $ A Bag Sale, Lovell Thrift Shop of Lovell UCC, Rte. 5, hours 10 a.m. to noon Mon., Wed., Sat. Thur., Apr. 4 — DaddyDaughter Dance, 7:30 p.m., New Suncook School.

Fri., Apr. 5 — Weekly Bingo begins, early bird 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Hall #6783.

NAPLES Thur., Mar. 28 — Lego Club, 4 p.m., library.

Mon., Apr. 1 — Digital Media Monday, bring handheld devices to learn use, 4 p.m., library.

Mon., Apr. 6 ­ — Registration for summer Kidventure Camp, 9 a.m. to noon, Naples Town Office. fmi: 693-6364.

RAYMOND Thur., Mar. 28 — Lego Club, 4 p.m., library.

Sat., Mar. 30 — Free Community Meal, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Christ Chapel, 37 Northern Pines Rd. Wed., Apr. 3 — Financial Education Workshop, for new and aspiring entrepreneurs & small business owners, 6 p.m., library.

WATERFORD Sat., Mar. 30 — Easter Egg Hunt for Waterford & Harrison Elementary age kids, 3 to 4 p.m., library.

Mon., Apr. 1 — Socrates Cafe, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., library.

AREA EVENTS Mon., Apr. 1 — Spring Gardening Series with Michelle Delucia, owner of Sunshine Daydream Farm and Gardens, 6 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Tue., Apr. 2-June 4 — “Eat Well” volunteer training, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oxford County Extension, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris. FMI: 7436329.

Fri., Apr. 5-Sun., Apr. 21 — Hold On, Molly! by Schoolhouse Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. Fri., Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., 16 Richville Rd., Standish. FMI: 642-3743.

Sat. & Sun., April 6, 7 — Mountain Top Music Center’s “24 Hours of Music” with student & professional performers, noon Sat. to noon Sun., White Mountain Hotel and Resort, 2660 West Side Rd., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603447-4737.

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Huge turnout for school’s Italian Night The New Suncook School had a huge crowd turn out last Thursday for another famous Italian Night sponsored by the PTA. Principal Rhonda Poliquin acted as hostess, and the fifth grade students were the waiters and waitresses.

The students were very serious about their responsibilities. My waiter, Caleb Bertrand, was very attentive and did an excellent job.

The food was excellent as usual; it drew folks not only from Lovell but also from all of the towns served by New Suncook School. The artwork on the wall was interesting and creative as always. The Scholastic Book Fair was busy, with the proceeds going toward afternoon PKA programs. The PTA worked hard to keep

high standards, and everyone who volunteered did a great job.

The next event at the school will be the DaddyDaughter Dinner on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. There is nothing better to make you smile than watching a young lady dressed up for a date with her daddy. The cafeteria will be decorated for the evening, when the dads will escort their daughters on a date for just the two of them — a perfect setting for a shared memory between a daughter and a daddy.

Don’t forget the Easter Bake Sale at the Lovell United Church of Christ on Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring the kids, because there will be a visitor with floppy ears in keep-

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There will be Easter baskets and yummy desserts for sale.

Just think, you won’t have to bake for Easter. A new feature this year will be gluten-free baked items.

Last Saturday, the children of Lovell had a wonderful time at the United Church of Christ’s Egg-citement Fun Fest. There were games, a great Easter egg hunt and an Easter rabbit with a fluffy tail. Listening to the laughter

of the children made all the adults smile.

On March 2-3, Fryeburg Rec held the third annual Fishing Derby at the Lower Bay and Upper Bay on Kezar Lake. Despite the weather conditions, there were 130 adults and 110 kids who tried their luck fishing through the ice. Bob Drew won first place, fishing on the upper bay, for a prize of $500. The lower bay first place winner was Nick Kennerson, who

also won $500.

In other prizes awarded, Bob Drew won the deep-sea fishing charter trip donated by Bite Me Sportsfish’s Captain Kevin Miner, while a one-night stay for two at the Town and Country was won by Richard Dunham.

The cord of wood was won

by Mary Hill. Other prizes given out were an aluminum ice shack, to Jeff Stowell, and two eightinch propane Jiffy augers, to Derrick Walker and Tina Littlefield. Contestants also were awarded 180 hats, 15 sweatshirts, six jigging rods, 28 ice traps, a Polaris jacket, a snowmobile helmet, two Jiffy chisels, 50 skimmers and 77 fishing poles. The committee would like to thank all the sponsors and those who donated prizes;

their participation was greatly appreciated. Next year the plans are that the derby will be held in either early or mid-February.

I never know what will happen when I go to see Lisa to get my hair done.

On Thursday the girls, Lisa and Debbie, had flowers to celebrate my birthday and a lovely shirt. As to not embarrass anyone, I told them what happens in the salon stays in the salon, including the lap dance. Love ya.

The Lovell United Church of Christ Thrift shop is bursting at the seams with great bargains. The spring $ a bag sale will run from Monday, April 4, to Friday, April 29.

The Thrift Shop is open on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

Still waiting to feel Spring Naples

by Cheryl Harmon Naples Correspondent 207-210-7337 chicomomma33@gmail.com Well, we now have had a full week of spring, but it doesn’t really feel like it. It’s good weather for the maple sap to run, though. I hope everyone had a tasty good time at all the sugar

shacks during Maine Maple Sunday last weekend.

The weather will be nice for Easter Sunday, according to the weather guy.

Good news for all the Easter Sunrise Services being held

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in the area. The Easter bunny will have no problems hiding the eggs and baskets. Hope everyone has “A Hoppy Day.” I read about Merry Watson retiring from the Naples Fire and Rescue Department. She was A-#1 in my book, and I’m sorry to see her leave. I always felt at ease when she was on rescue duty.

Back in the old days, we were a very close-knit group. Suzanne James and myself were the dispatchers for the rescue. We did it from our homes, and we all were very successful in sending our teams out to fires, accidents at homes or involving cars — whatever response was needed.

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37 years as an emergency technician is fantastic. I retired from rescue after 10 years; there was too many folks I knew, and it was nerve-wracking to say the least. So God bless Merry for all her dedication to the people of Naples and other communities. Her coworkers will miss her, but they still comprise a formidable group that will fill in the gap and carry on.

Condolences go out to the family of Randy Fogg.

I knew him for many years. He was a member of American Legion Post #155. I’m sure he and Harry Adams have walked a lot of miles on the golf course. He will be very much missed by all who knew him.

Happy Easter to you all from Jolene and I.

Harrison social & luncheon on April 2 HARRISON — Celebrating Earth Day will be the theme for the Tuesday, April 2 Senior Social and Luncheon hosted by Harrison Parks and Recreation.

This luncheon will be sponsored by the Harrison Lion’s Club, therefore no charge for next month’s senior gathering.

Socializing and fun begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. at the community room at the Harrison Fire Station.

Lolita Chisholm of Harrison, who specializes in

Asian cuisine, will be making her special vegetable and chicken stir-fry on rice. As always, dessert and beverage is included along with word games, bingo and a guess jar.

A group of Harrison Elementary School sixth graders will be joining in to help and share stories with seniors. For more information, please contact Paula at 583-2241 or e-mail her at pholt@harrisonmaine. org

Blood drive April 8 A Bridgton Community Blood Drive will be held on Monday, April 8, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, Route 117 in Bridgton. Those donating blood on that day will receive a coupon for a free regular six-inch sub at any participating Subway restaurant in Maine and New Hampshire.

To make an appointment, call the American Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS.

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NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Mountain Top Music Center, a nonprofit music school, will join the talents of their students with professional musicians throughout the Mount Washington Valley at a “24 Hours of Music” fundraiser and concert event Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, at The White Mountain Hotel and Resort, 2660 West Side Road, North Conway, N.H. MUSIC, Page 12A Casco/Naples/Raymond American Legion Post #155 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Newspaper clippings are many, the stories of success even more. She has been the face of Nine Lives Thrift Shop in Fryeburg for over 10 years and now Bonnie Rolfe has officially “left the building”…but she hasn’t gone far.

Where’s Bonnie? Let’s see — what began as an experimental fundraising adventure for Harvest Hills Animal Shelter has become two very popular stores in downtown Bridgton called Harry Barker’s Emporium. After many years of successfully managing Nine Lives Thrift Shop, Bonnie convinced the Harvest Hills board of directors to back this new project to help increase income to help the homeless cats and dogs at the shelter.

After creatively turning around the thrift shop and doubling the income there, how could the board not have faith that the same would be true in this new venture? After all, caring for so many animals is expensive and Harvest Hills is always eager to try new ways to raise needed funds.

Thus, in 2009, Harry Barker’s Emporium opened its doors in downtown Bridgton next to Bridgton Books and right in the middle of the busy Renys part of town. The idea was born from the fact that many of the donations to Nine Lives Thrift Shop were of greater value than could be charged at a thrift shop. This was such a frustrating thing for Bonnie that her great idea would be to rent a storefront and invite select vendors to rent space within BONNIE, Page 10A

Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center Purple Rock Puppets Presents: Ecological Logic March 29, 2013 • 7 PM – The story of a man who litters and dreams the ocean turns to plastic and all the garbage comes to life! When he awakens, he sees a sea turtle swallow a plastic bag that he threw away. He jumps in to save the turtle. Once the sea turtle swims away, the man starts to drown but the sea turtle comes and saves him! FREE PERFORMANCE! By a generous donation from Poland Spring and grants from the Maine Community Foundation and The Gibson/Woodbury Foundation. Reserve your free tickets early by contacting the Box Office.

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April 3, 2013 • 7:30 PM – Vocal jazz choirs of Fryeburg Academy and USM. Hear these great choirs before they compete in their respective competitions later this week, give them a strong send off! Tickets: $8-Adults and $5-Seniors (65+) and Students.

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HANDING OFF NINE LIVES — After 10 years of being the “face” of Nine Lives Thrift Shop, Bonnie Rolfe (right) turned over managing duties to Deb Khiel (left) and Rachel Thurston.

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drizzle, sleet, and snow! Join the PSO string quintet as they play Vivaldi’s music that sounds like the weather. Tickets purchased for the original date (2/8/13) will be honored for this date. Tickets: $4 per person.

The Saco River Festival Association Presents:

The New England Tenors – April 6, 2013 • 2:00 PM

These talented performers will not disappoint! They represent SRFA’s community & educational music & arts mission. Tickets: $15-Available at the door or by calling 625-0921.

The Fryeburg Academy International Club

Annual Pageant of Elegance – April 5, 2013 • 7:00 PM

An evening of international fashion, dance and song performed by the students of Fryeburg Academy. This event benefits efforts to develop a deeper cultural understanding in our community and show off the beauty and talents of our students.

Appropriate for all ages. No fee, although donations are appreciated.

Please confirm show dates and start times on our website: www.fryeburgacademy.org For ticket information please contact the Box Office, 935-9232

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At a Glance

(All events take place at the library unless noted) Wednesday, April 3 — Financial Education Workshop, Financial Management, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 — Financial workshop, Record Keeping, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24 — Financial workshop, Time Management, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 10 — Author Kieran Shields, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 — Sparks Ark, 10:30 a.m., Raymond Public Safety Building Wednesday, April 24 — Book Group, 7 p.m.

Sparks Ark

Snakes and skunks and owls and many other wonderful animals, both wild and domestic, will be presented by wildlife rehabilitator David Sparks at this April 17 library-sponsored program beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Raymond Public Safety Building, 1443 Roosevelt Trail. This program is made possible through a grant from Cornerstones of Science.

Maine Author Kieran Shields

On Wednesday, April 10 at 6 p.m., come meet Kieran Shields, author of The Truth of All Things, a historical thriller set in Portland, Maine in 1892. The book features an ingeniously plotted mystery and intriguingly complex characters like the half-Abenaki private detective Perceval Gray and Deputy Archie Lean of the Portland Police. This first adventure has the two detectives solving a series of bizarre murders using the dark history of the Salem witch trials. The excellent sequel, A Study in Revenge, has just been released and sees the two detectives return to action. Seating is limited, so preregistration is asked; call the library at 655-4283 to have your name added.

Point Sebago Raffle

Point Sebago Resort has donated a gift certificate for five nights at the resort this summer, from June 16 to June 21.

Raffle tickets cost $5 each, or four for $15 until May 26, when the winning ticket will be drawn. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of library materials.

Facebook

The library’s Facebook friends list is growing, and the reason why is that it is a great way to find out about all the programs at the library and its doings. Please become one of the library’s Facebook friends.

Plant Sale

The library’s Plant Sale will be held Saturday, June 8. Last year the library was pleased at the many wonderful and varied plants that were donated for the sale, and hopes the same will happen this year. Please remember your library and put aside some of the plants for the sale. If you need extra containers for these plants, let the library know by calling Marie Connolly, co-chair at 221-0568 (e-mail mkconnoll@maine.rr.com) or Jane Hubbell, co-chair at 655-5354 (e-mail janehubbell@ maine.rr.com).

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RABIES CLINIC — Rozzie May Animal Alliance will be at Paris Farmers Union in Bridgton on Thursday, April 11 for a rabies clinic for cats and dogs. There have been many stories in the news lately about rabid raccoons, foxes and even cats. So, your pet’s well-being is dependent on keeping rabies vaccines up to date. All cats and dogs three months and up are required by law to have their first vaccination, followed by a booster in one year and then every three years. Rabies vaccination will be offered — $10 and distemper vaccinations (including exam by Dr. N.D. Beury) $15. In order to keep the peace, cats should arrive in carriers between 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and dogs on leashes follow at 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. If your pet has had a previous vaccination, please bring the certificate with you. Rozzie May Animal Alliance’s Feline Fix It Wagon, offering cat spay/neuter, will be returning to Paris Farmers Unions for monthly clinics in South Paris on May 9 and Bridgton on May 30. Please call 603-447-1373 for more information and appointment or go online to www.rozziemay.org to register.

The North Bridgton Library offering Spring Author Series The North Bridgton Library, 113 Waterford Road, is excited to be offering a Spring Author Series, featuring talks by three local authors. The library’s staff and volunteers are also seeking support from patrons and the North Bridgton Community in ideas for raising funds to ensure the health of the library, the only remaining community space in North Bridgton. To that end, they’ll be holding a “Meet & Greet” event on Tuesday, April 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Here’s the details on those events and more happening in April at the North Bridgton Library: • Ongoing — Monday Morning Story Time, 10:30 a.m., for preschool-aged children.

• Wednesday, April 3 — Essay Reading, 6:30 p.m.

Lisa Winslow grew up on a hillside farm in Harrison, Maine and as an adult moved away. Through her writing about home, she not only discovered her career as a writer, but also realized where she needed to be. She’ll talk about her published essays of life in Maine while she lived in Ohio.

• Wednesday, April 10 — Book Reading, 5:30 p.m., Bridgton author Walt Bannon has written The White Pocketbook. Walt spent time with his mother gathering family history, particularly her experiences in Nazi occupied Belgium.

• Wednesday, April 17 — Book Reading, 5:30 p.m.,

This month the Book Group meets on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the library. The book chosen for discussion is Little Bee, a novel written by Chris Cleave. The story is about two strangers, a British woman and a Nigerian girl, who meet on a lonely African beach and become bound through the horror imprinted on their encounter. The lives of Little Bee and • Artists needed — The Friends of Naples Public Library Sarah are connected in the unlikeliest fashion. This is a story of human triumph and survival. The book will be available upon have planned a live auction of painted canoe paddles on request at the library. For more information, call the library at Saturday, Aug. 3. There are still a few blank paddles available. Any local artist interested in painting a paddle, contact 655-4283.

Helen Brown at the library.

Garden Inspirations Register for Seed Workshop — There are a few seats As a special gift to yourself after a long winter, plan to open for the Starting Seeds workshop with Master Gardener attend the first Raymond Village Garden Tour on Saturday, Helen Brown. Starting seeds inside in April can give your June 29. The tour will begin at 9 a.m. at the library, located at plants several weeks of healthy growth before outside plant3 Meadow Road in Raymond, and runs until 3 p.m., with SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER DAILY 12 amazing private gardens BIGGEST & BEST OMELETS AROUND! to visit. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of FRIDAY & SATURDAY purchase, and will be available Best Prime Rib In Town beginning May 1 at the library KING & QUEEN CUT or online at www.raymondvilIncludes Potato, Vegetable, Salad & Rolls lagelibrary.org.

Following the tour, join Join us on Easter, Sun., March 31 others at 3:30 p.m. at the hisBaked Ham, Oven-Roasted Leg of Lamb toric Hawthorne House for a 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Reservations Recommended gardening talk by Judy Paolini, author of The Inspired Garden, www.punkinvalley.com and homemade strawberry FULL LIQUOR LICENSE FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS shortcake. Donation for the OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND! 8:30 – 12:30 P.M. EAT-IN OR TAKE-OUT EVERY NIGHT talk is $10.

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Buxton author Josh Pahigian has written Strangers on the Beach, a book that centers on a billionaire attempting to sail across the Atlantic blindfolded, but washes up in Old Orchard Beach, where locals get involved in the billionaire’s drama.

• Tuesday, April 23 — North Bridgton Library “After Hours” Meet and Greet, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Meet board members, volunteers, the librarian and community members.

Join others to find out the state of affairs and how you can help your village library.

• Wednesday, April 24 — Reading by historian and Bridgton author Caroline Grimm, 7 p.m. Grimm shares the 1857 diary of Bridgton resident Phebe Beach, a coming of age story that will appeal to everyone, but particularly those interested in Bridgton history, the Civil War, women’s history and memoirs.

The library is also holding monthly silent auctions as a way to raise funds. This month’s silent auction item is a hand-knit fishermen’s sweater, child’s size 8-10. The opening bid is $35.

The library also now features a Letter Box — come look for it and sign the notebook. Hours of operation at the library are Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays from 1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, call Library Director Heather Silvia at 647-8563.

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ing in May. Brown will be discussing various methods of seed starting on Tuesday, April 9 at 5:30 p.m. Soil testing instruction and kits will also be offered at this session.

Blood Drive — The American Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive at the library on Tuesday, April 16, from noon to 5 p.m.

Children’s Library Programs — are as follows: Preschool Storytime, every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.; Storytime with Music, every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.; Pajama Storytime, every Thursday at 6 p.m.; and Lego Club, on Thursday, April 11 and 25, from 4 to 5 p.m.

School Vacation Programs — Children’s Librarian Kate Johnston is holding the following special events during school vacation week, April 15-19: Comic Book Mash Up on Tuesday, April 16, from 3 to 4 p.m., create your own comic book using comic strips and your imagination; Movie, Rise of the Guardian, on Wednesday, April 17, starting at 4 p.m.; and Kids ‘n Kameras Mother’s Day Photo Project, on Thursday, April 18, at 3 p.m., bring some digital photos and create a gift for Mother’s Day. Please sign up at the Children’s Circulation Desk.

Adult Library Programs — Digital Media Monday, April 1, 4 p.m., learn to use your e-reader or try one on hand; Starting Seeds, Tuesday, April 9, 5:30 p.m. with Master Gardener Helen Brown; Scrabble Club, Tuesdays, April 9 and 23, 7 p.m.; Book Discussion, Wednesday, April 17, 1:30 p.m., When She Woke by Hillary Jordan; and Create a May Basket, Tuesday, April 30, sign up at the Adult Circulation Desk.

Upcoming Programs — Watch the library’s website for upcoming programs, including one on all those strange fruits in the produce department, by Chef Paul Charpentier; and a Button Bracelet Workshop with Susan Bohill.

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Irons in Brazil

NORWAY — Debi Irons and D.J. Cyphon have been invited to perform in the International Vivadanca Festival in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on Wednesday, April 10.

The performance was made possible thanks to a last-minute video submitted with Kristen Searles singing in Portuguese, taped by Steve Galvin of NPC-TV, with Christian Ricci on lights.

Also performing April 10 will be some young dancers they worked with last spring at the Federal University School of Dance in Bahia.

At the same time the two are launching a creative

exchange to promote collaboration among artists.

Upcoming events include a matinee showcase on Sunday, April 7 at Art Moves in Norway, featuring many local singers, including Tim Rice and Kristen Searles, and dancers from The Ballroom and Art Moves.

A second collaboration will take place on Monday, May 13, at the Magic Lantern in Bridgton. Performing on that date will be Irons with Kathryn Gardner, Sasha Campbell, Erin Hamlin, Kristin Short and Anna Sysko.

For more information please e-mail Irons at artmoves13@ gmail.com

Where’s Bonnie?

(Continued from Page A) the store to sell their own wares and thus allow Harvest Hills an opportunity to sell some of the more collectible Nine Lives donations there.

Each vendor would also be required to man the shop on a rotating schedule as part of their agreement. Bonnie spent months contacting vendors and working out each detail.

Today, the results are obvious. Anyone walking through the doors — to what has now become two stores in Bridgton — would not guess initially that there are multiple vendors.

The store just flows beautifully. Every nook and cranny is filled with treasures to be discovered. One could shop every day for a week and discover something new each day, and that’s the beauty of having so many vendors; the inventory actually does change daily.

Nine Lives Thrift shop is now managed by Debbie Khiel and Rachel Thurston (pictured above), who share the responsibilities. They are doing a great job! The shop looks great, and of course, everyone loves to find a bargain. Nine Lives accepts donations at all hours, even when the shop is closed.

All sales go directly to help the animals. Please let them know if you need donations picked up; they would be glad to oblige!

Many customers are still asking: “Where’s Bonnie?”

After all, her bright smile and infectious laugh were staples at the thrift shop. Now you know where to find her. Harry Barker’s Emporium stores in downtown Bridgton. For more information on location and hours call 647-4500.

Debbie and Rachel can be reached at Nine Lives Thrift Shop at 935-4358.

More information can be found at www.harvesthills.org

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ANIMAL SHELTER DONATION — Joan McBurnie of Harvest Hills Animal Shelter (back) is pictured with Fryeburg Health Care Center residents Walter Brown, Edward Pierce, Alphena Curtis and Eva Kollander. Residents collected donations for Harvest Hills and recently presented them to the shelter’s executive director.

Community Center closed The Bridgton Community Center at 15 Depot Street is getting an inside paint job, top to bottom, and will be closed the first two weeks of April while the work is going on.

The project will also include long-needed repairs and improvements including the installation of chair rails.

Most of the programs that meet regularly at the center

will continue to meet, but have been relocated to other spaces. The Community Kettle Dinners have been postponed, however, there will not be any dinners on April 4 and 11.

Narcotics Anonymous is the only group that will continue meeting at the center during the renovations, scheduled to be completed by April 12.

The Senior Lunch that

takes place on Wednesdays has been relocated to the Methodist Church on Main Street. The Bridge, Cribbage, COPD Support Group will meet at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on the Sweden Road. and Caregivers Support Group will be at the First Congo Church in Bridgton.

Discovery Kids will meet at the offices of Lakes

Naples Library upcoming events (Continued from Page A) Looking forward to summer — The library will be hosting a Rubber Ducky Drop at the Maine Blues Festival, on Sunday, June 16, at 1 p.m. on the Naples Village Green.

And keep in mind the library’s Annual Yard Sale and MiniArt Sale, on Saturday, July 13. Naples and Casco libraries will partner the “Let’s Talk About It Series” Summer Book Discussion Group. Judy Sullivan will facilitate. The subject of the series will be “Invisible New England, the Real New England.” Two sessions will be held in each library. And finally, there’s the Canoe Paddle Live Auction, on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Naples Golf & Country Club.

Library hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday from 2 to 7 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For further details, call 693-6841, visit www.naples.

LIBRARY ADDITION — Books purchased in memory lib.me.us, or sign up for the monthly e-newsletter. of the Newtown, Conn. victims are shown here at the Casco Public Library. Money for the books was provided through anonymous donations. The books were selected Narcotics Anonymous, according to the passions already exhibited by children, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community as well as an honor to the dedication of their teachers.

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A staff person will be on hand at the Community Center during the closure.

Please call 647-3116 if you have questions about events, and watch the calendar in The Bridgton News.

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Step Into Fitness Walking Program at LRHS, Naples, 4:30 to 6 p.m., through May 3. FMI: 647-3116.

Adult Indoor Soccer, 5-7 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Womanspace, drop-in center offering support for women, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Bingo, early bird 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Hall #6783, Lovell.

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Al-Anon, 8 p.m., Gibson Center, Grove St. & White Mtn. Hwy, No. Conway, N.H. SATURDAYS Table Tennis, 1 to 4 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall, all welcome, equipment provided free. FMI: 647-2847.

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

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Caution: Frogs and salamanders in roadway Get out with your family this spring with two fun programs!

Deep in their subterranean tunnels, spotted salamanders are waiting for the right combination of temperature and rain to bring them out of their winter slumber.

And on the very night the salamanders emerge, a group of brave, dedicated and very excited crossing guards will be there to help them on their journey.

If you would like to be a part of this unique group, join Lakes Environmental Association on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. for the Big Night Crossing Guard Training at the LEA office at 230 Main St., Bridgton.

Big Night occurs every year during the first warm rains of spring. On these nights, salamanders and frogs migrate to wetlands to breed. On the way, many of them cross roads, leading to a decrease in amphibian populations. Big Night Crossing Guards adopt a road segment and help these creatures cross

from one side to the other.

Although this may seem a small act of benevolence, every amphibian saved combats the very real worldwide decline of frogs and salamanders and contributes to healthy, stable local populations. Plus, it is just so much fun helping these beautiful animals. A couple of years ago a WCSH 6 videographer came out to document this fun and important event. The interview with Mary Jewett is on the 207 section of their website. Look for the link on www.mainelakes.org Helping amphibians isn’t the only exciting event LEA has planned for the month of April. Enjoy a morning outside with your entire family in the beautiful woods of Pondicherry Park with a Spring Family Treasure Hunt. Search over hills and under logs as you and your children look for clues focusing on spring in Maine.

Finish the treasure hunt and you win a prize. Meet at the gazebo near the Bob Dunning Bridge on Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. for instructions and your first clue.

Please make sure to call 647-8580, or e-mail mary@ leamaine.org to register your family for these fun events.

Fee: $5 per person; members attend free of charge.

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Area Events Free Community Meal in Raymond

RAYMOND — Christ Chapel, 37 Northern Pines Road, will serve a free Community Meal on Saturday, March 30, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. that is open to everyone in the surrounding communities. All ages are welcome to come share in a chicken and rice casserole, chicken soup, salads and desserts. Food is continually served, buffetstyle.

HELP CROSSING THE ROAD — Volunteers assist salamanders across local roadways during Big Night Crossing. The Lakes Environmental Association will be holding a crossing guard training session on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. about these two programs call LEA at 647-8580 or e-mail mary@leamaine.org. This program is part of the Caplan Family Environmental Education Series* at LEA. For a complete listing of events in this series visit the

website at www.mainelakes. org *Events in The Caplan Family Environmental Education Series at LEA are made possible through the generous support of Hu and Ray Caplan and their family.

Pancake Breakfast in West Baldwin

WEST BALDWIN — A Pancake Breakfast will be served on Saturday, April 6, from 7 to 9 a.m. at the West Baldwin United Methodist Church, Route 113 in West Baldwin. The menu will be pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee and orange juice. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children under age 10.

‘Luck of the Draw’ Live Auction

Dr. and Mrs. Caplan have been members and directors of LEA since the mid 1970s.

Dr. Caplan was the vice president of LEA’s board of directors from 1978-1980 and president from 1982-1990.

Mrs. Caplan was the sec-

retary from 1992-2006. The Caplans recognize the vital importance of education in all aspects of LEA’s work in protecting the Lake Region’s most important resource and asset: its bodies of water and watersheds.

Prepared food will be available to eat in or to take home, along with several non-perishable and frozen items.

This food ministry is open to anyone who wishes to be blessed with good quality food. For more information, contact Dana at 831-0737.

Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club meeting

SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club will hold a workshop on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. at the Oxford County Extension Center, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. The speaker is Maine State Bee Inspector Tony Jadcazk. He will talk about getting bees ready for spring, and the problems with disease. The public is welcome. For more information, contact John at 7435009 or Kevin at farrout@roadrunner.com

FRYEBURG — The C.A. Snow School is having a “Luck of the Draw” Live Auction on Saturday, April 6, at the Wadsworth Arena on the campus of Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg. The doors will open at 3:30 p.m. and the drawings will start at 5 p.m. Prizes include overnight stays, restaurant gift certificates, wood, Disney tickets, Senior Luncheon in Harrison Knights holding baked haddock supper HARRISON — April’s Senior Luncheon, to be held on museum tickets, Adirondack chairs, kids table, 50/50 tickets, and so much more.

Food will be available for WINDHAM — The Knights of Columbus, Windham Tuesday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Harrison purchase from the PKA. For any questions or to donate Council, will host a Baked Haddock Dinner on Saturday, Fire Station Community Room, is a celebration of spring April 13, from 5 to 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual and Earth Day. The social, sponsored by the Harrison an item, please call Jenn Leach at 603-387-2720.

Help Church, Route 302, North Windham. The menu is History Barn open in New Gloucester Recreation Department and Harrison Lions Club, features baked haddock, potato, vegetable, homemade coleslaw, NEW GLOUCESTER — The monthly New Gloucester a mixed vegetable and chicken stir-fry, with rice made specially for the event by Lolita Chisholm of Harrison. History Barn Open House on Rte. 231 behind the Town homemade desserts, coffee, tea and fruit punch. Cost is Entertainment will include the usual word games, bingo Hall will be held on Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to $8 adults, $4 children age 12 and under. and surprises as well as prizes. For more information, noon. Featured items for the open house are a vast array Chinese Auction of hand tools and implements that have been loaned by call Paula Holt at 583-2241. benefits Responsible Pet Care descendants of one of New Gloucester’s founding Fryeburg Academy Jazz Concert SOUTH PARIS — A Chinese Auction with over 300 FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s own talented families. Admission is free. The open house is sponsored great items will be held on Saturday, April 20, at Oxford students take the stage on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 by the New Gloucester Historical Society.

Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris, with Vineyard Church Food Ministry p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Art Center on proceeds going to Responsible Pet Care. Bidding is from the campus in Fryeburg. Enjoy the vocal jazz choirs of The Lake Region Vineyard Church Food Ministry will be 5 to 6:30 p.m., with winners drawn at 6:30 p.m. Tickets both the academy and the University of Southern Maine. holding a food distribution on Sunday, April 7, from 2 to are $5, $10 and $20; bonus tickets are also available.

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COMMUNITY APPRECIATION AWARDS —The Pythagorean Masonic Lodge Fryeburg recently presented their Annual Community Appreciation Awards to three adults and four students from Molly Ockett Middle School.

The adult recipients were selected by area organizations for their outstanding service to the local community. The students were selected by the school teaching and guidance staff for their community activities, service clubs and sportsmanship assisting others. All these recipients have made the local community and schools a better place to live and have made a difference in many lives. Pictured are: (front, left to right) students Irina Norkin, Elise Richardson, Tyler Hall and Jessica Frum; (back row) Mason David Charles, Robin Johnson, Assistant Fire Chief Chet Charette, Carol Hanson and Mason Dave Dunham.

Harrison offices on the ballot board member and planning board chairman for a number of years. I would like to see some other citizens take up the challenge of civic duty and seek election to the board. We are fortunate to have some new members who I have great confidence in, who have taken a real interest in the planning board’s duties,” he said. “However, I will not let the board down and leave them short-handed should no one else take out papers to fill the open positions.”

Incumbent Robert Celeste will seek re-election.

“I am convinced that private property rights are under attack and feel that at this time, someone that has a healthy fear and distrust of the UN, and hatred of

Agenda 21 needs to be on the board,” Celeste said. “We will see if Harrison voters agree.”

• Planning Board – One position for a one-year term (balance of term not currently filled).

• Appeals Board – One position for a five-year term.

Incumbent Gerry Smith will not seek re-election.

“I’ve done this for years and years. I’ve done my duty,” Smith said.

• SAD 17 Board of Directors – One position for a three-year term. Incumbent Ann Marco’s intentions were not known at press time.

The Harrison Annual Town Meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 at the Harrison Elementary School.

(Continued from Page A) This event, happening continually from noon Saturday to noon Sunday, is in part a “playathon,” where students collect pledge money to secure their time slot to perform. Students will share their performance times with professional groups of musicians who are donating their time for the cause. Performances will feature string quartets UP CLOSE LOOK at a turkey vulture was captured and ensembles, jazz comby Nancy Campbell. The turkey vulture had a massive bos, a Caribbean steel drum band, local pop, folk and wingspan, and was seen near Bridgton Academy.

country music performers, solo and duo guitar, vocal and piano offerings.

General attendance is free; donations are welcome. Proceed from meals at The White Mountain Hotel and Resort will go to benefit Mountain Top Music Center. For reserved seating please call Mountain Top at 603-447-4737 or e-mail office@mountaintopmusic. org

HARRISON — While town elections are still a long way off — Tuesday, June 11 — the time is fast approaching for those interested in serving Harrison to consider taking out papers.

Nomination papers were made available Monday, March 18 at the town office.

Papers are due back to the town clerk’s office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 29.

Town elections will be held on Tuesday, June 11 at

the Harrison Town Office from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Positions available include: Selectman/Assessor — One position for a three-year term. Kathy Laplante has stated she plans to seek reelection, according to Town Manager Bud Finch.

• Planning Board — Two positions for three-year terms.

Incumbent Barry Smith is undecided as of now.

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(Continued from Page A) Fryeburg Academy and the leaders of the union that represents the school’s faculty has been difficult on our entire community,” said Daniel Lee Jr., Fryeburg Academy’s headmaster. “The decision by the National Labor Relations Board gives us the opportunity to move forward collaboratively, to put this behind us, and for the faculty and administration to work together in good faith going forward.”

Headmaster Lee added, “It was clear early on that there was a real misunderstanding about the terms of the contract that we all thought we had agreed to in October. We all thought there was a deal, but it became evident that the faculty’s union leaders and the administration did not agree on the actual terms and they were reading the contract differently than we were. The NLRB agreed with our interpretation.”

The ruling, dated March 19, dismissed the two most serious charges made by the Fryeburg Academy Teachers Association.

“Fryeburg Academy is blessed with a strong, talented and committed faculty. We have good teachers. As we move into the next stages of negotiations, I hope that all the members of our faculty community will get involved and let their voices be heard,” Lee said. “We have an opportunity to return to the constructive and collaborative relationship between the faculty and administration that has been the hallmark of our school.”

FATA president St. Pierre reacted to the NLRB decision by saying, “Given the faculty’s great respect for the mission of the Academy, we are saddened by this conflict that has arisen from the Academy’s denial of a contract that took us eight months to negotiate. Their denial of the faculty’s rights has created a schism that has greatly affected faculty morale and the relationship between the faculty and the administration. However, FATA remains firm in our belief that our cause is just. We feel vindicated that the Academy was found guilty of violating the NLRB by illegally withholding information from FATA, but we are also disappointed, though certainly not discouraged, with the regional director’s ruling that there was ‘no meeting of the minds.’ We will appeal this ruling to the federal level.”

The appeal goes to the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. The appeal is due on April 2. Upon good cause shown, the General Counsel could grant an extension of time to file the appeal.

Such an extension request must be filed by April 2.

“Even with all of these conflicts, we want the community to know that the faculty respects the process and will engage in good faith negotiations in the hopes of resolving this matter sooner,” St. Pierre said. “We are in the process of arranging dates (with the Academy).”

As the result of the NLRB ruling, there is no contract between the Academy and the teachers’ union.

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(Continued from Page A) scheduled Wednesday to start their budget review. Items up for discussion included transportation, operations and debt service (one piece of good news is the New Suncook roof bond will be paid completely this spring, saving the district $27,000).

• Decreasing enrollment could result in the reduction of classes at New Suncook. Currently, there are 11 classes. That number could fall to 10, and there is a possibility the school could have multi-age classrooms. The end result could be the reduction of one classroom teaching position and one aide position.

SAD 72 has only 40 children signed up for kindergarten next year, which is the smallest enrollment the district has had at this time of the year in 30 years.

While Denmark Elementary could have 12 to 14 students in kindergarten (no change in the other grades will likely result in one classroom per grade), Snow School will either see staffing kept the same resulting in smaller class sizes or one teacher and one ed tech could be cut, resulting in “class sizes that would be a little bigger.”

Snow School has 12 classroom teachers. SAD 72 is projecting 15 kindergarten students expected this fall.

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Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor Medicare will not generally pay for routine eye care, but it will pay for some eye care services if you have a chronic eye condition, such as cataracts or glaucoma.

Medicare will cover surgery to remove the cataract and/or to replace your eye’s lens. Medicare will also cover a standard pair of prescription eyeglasses or contacts if you need them after surgery; or if, during that surgery, an intraocular lens was placed into your eye.

If you are having vision problems that indicate a serious eye condition, Medicare will pay for an exam to see what is wrong even if it turns out there is nothing wrong with your sight. Medicare will pay for one eye exam every 12 months (to check for eye disease) if you have diabetes.

Also, if you are at high risk for glaucoma, Medicare will cover an eye exam by a state-authorized eye doctor once every 12 months.

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.

by Mike Corrigan BN Columnist

Shazam, you’re rich

It took awhile and I’m sorry about that, but I finally came up with a way to solve the budget deficit and render the “fiscal cliff” moot, and move the sequester along.

The world has yet to see anything that compares with the Corrigan Plan for Individual and National Wealth Building.

My plan is so straightforward I can state it in one sentence — but it is of such moment it deserves its own paragraph: As of today, everyone in America owes everyone else in America $1,000.

You see what I did there, right? You, reader, now have paper assets of — and I want all of you to write this deposit in the old checkbook — $330 billion — and since paper assets represent the only wealth Wall Street deals in, anyway, congratulations on your fortune. My plan does not negate any existing debts, public or private, yet it has created, at one stroke, hundreds SHAZAM, Page 12B

TIME RUNNING OUT — Is it the last day of winter or the first day of spring? Cross-country ski conditions were excellent on the groomed trails from the Bridgton Highlands golf course last week. Skiers appreciated the grooming.

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Hazards of teachable moments Views from the Uppermost House

by S. Peter Lewis BN Columnist We had a guest speaker at church last week, Dr. Larry Guthrie, from Harvest Home Farm in west-central Wisconsin. In addition to the organic livestock, vegetables and fruit, the farm also produces another crop, an eternal crop. Using the daily challenges and small victories of working a quartersection (160 acres) of rich heartland, Dr. Guthrie reaps “teachable moments” in the form of 60-second radio spots.

With titles such as My sheep hear my voice, Goodness and mercy, I shall not want, and The best time to prune, he takes the toils of farm life and truths from the Bible and weaves them together as inspirational produce.

Speaking to us last Sunday, Dr. Guthrie told us a story much longer than his typical minute-long anecdotes. It seems that back on a spring day in 1992, with the best of intentions and after diligently following the rules and taking all prudent safety measures, while burning a big pile of pine needles he nonetheless also managed to burn his neighbor’s house to the ground.

No teachable moment was this; it was more like a teachable week that stretched into teachable years — an ordeal that God used to harvest an unexpected crop. As only the Lord can, from a single match and a wheelbarrow and a swamp and a little breeze and drifting sparks and some buckets of water and many friends and a mutual-aid fire call and scorched propane tanks and uniformed state officials and an insurance adjuster and even a foreign airline, from the ashes of apparent tragedy God knitted hearts together, built a dream house, and unleashed the power of his great love in the mighty halls of an atheistic government half a world away. Like the best storytellers, Dr. Guthrie had us laughing and crying at the same time, and we left feeling recharged.

Over lunch and with Dr. Guthrie now off the clock, several of us began telling a few stories of our own. Since Dr. Guthrie often used his expertise with a bow and arrow when he speaks to children, I regaled him with a little archery tale of my own.

When my son and I were both about 12, I took him out into our driveway one sunny day for a combined lesson in physics and bravery. We would stand side-by-side and I would fire an arrow straight up toward the towering cumulous. With the arrow thus skyward loosed the plan then called for us both to just stand there, looking into each other’s eyes to see who would flinch first and run for cover.

The instant after I released the string, the butt-end of the arrow became invisible, it’s small diameter and thin synthetic fletching lost instantly against the white and MOMENTS, Page 12B

The rising seas and rising hopes

By Sally Chappell Emerging from the middle of the Pacific Ocean only a few feet above sea level, the Marshall Islands are made up of atolls, strewn like beaded necklaces of islands and islets occupying thousands of ocean miles.

Yet in territory, they are roughly equivalent to the area of Washington, D.C. St. Joseph Church in Bridgton had a sister parish relationship with St. Paul’s in the Marshall Islands from 1994 to 2010. It wasn’t until this past October that I met Sr. Rose Patrick St. Aubin, MM, the person with whom we had communicated during those years. Now 84 years old, she is retired at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York after 60 years of service in the Marshall Islands.

Imagine confronting a new culture, getting exposed to atomic testing, being prone to seasickness with required ocean travel, sleeping on beds of coral pebbles, dealing with

The buck stops here

To The Editor: A couple of old political terms used a lot in the past are resurfacing with new meanings. Remember “trickle down?” It used to mean give the rich of our society and the corporate world tax breaks and the wealth will “trickle down” to the rest of the populace. To my grandsons who didn’t live during the Reagan years, it means federal government budget shortfalls trickle down to the state, then the state shortfalls trickle down to the towns and lastly the town trickles down to me.

This all leads to a real problem for you and me.

Citizens of Naples (part of SAD 61), many living on fixed incomes are reviving the old phrase, “the buck stops here.” President Truman said it to refer to national leaders taking responsibility for their actions for the good of the populace. Not anymore. Our

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typhoons, droughts, lack of food and potable water, engine failures between atolls, waiting for tides to come in or go out, wading in water where sharks are present, and countless other challenges. Then imagine the joy of bringing the Gospel HOPES, Page B in the high school (now new and improved). It’s nice to have small classes, but what’s the cost to people on a fixed income…7.5% more? And I am insisting that the town of Naples government take a long hard look at our town budget. Let the recreation department get along on the revenue they bring in. Let the businesses on the Causeway pay for port-a-potties as well as all Causeway events and fireworks. Isn’t the new bridge costing us enough?

Cut the whole budget by 10% across the board.

I cannot afford a tax hike on my home. The buck is stopping at my door and I don’t have it.

Cecelia Wernau Naples

Ban the bang

To The Editor: I applaud Selectman Bob McHatton’s efforts to get a fireworks ban on the ballot!

I don’t understand why the two proposals for fireworks would cancel each other out, but if we can only have one, I strongly suggest the ban (except for public displays).

We are a town that depends heavily on tourism for our livelihoods. People come here for peace and quiet and to get away from the hustle and bustle of the cities. Being subjected to even louder noises is, I’m sure, not what they had in mind.

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children and grandchildren are standing in food pantry lines, wearing sweaters to bed because the heat is set on 60 and maybe even living in multi-generational homes because the buck has stopped and will continue to stop at our doors.

I am insisting that the leaders in our state government smarten up. Cut the real fat in this state. Close buildings if necessary. Lay off the Assistant to the Associate Office Manager to the Chief Executive of the Office of Indoor Outhouses. I am insisting that the school budget committee of SAD 61 take a look at some of the real waste.

Is it really cost effective to heat and staff the Crooked River school building for what used to be accomplished

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by Tom McLaughlin BN Columnist

The ‘feel’ of life

There are ways of knowing beyond the logical and empirical. We can know things in our hearts. We can feel them.

Most of you probably understand this already, but I’m just getting used to it, having overused my brain and underused my heart for most of my 62 years. I’m striving for more balance during my final years on this side of the turf and my grandchildren are helping me in that effort.

Young children operate mostly on a feeling level and I’ve been spending lots of time with four of them — all under four years old. They require close supervision until their judgment develops and this will come about largely by making mistakes. My job as their grandfather is to let them do so, but not hurt themselves too much while they’re at it — then encourage them to think about their experience.

I help them think and they help me feel as I watch them become completely absorbed in their play with each other.

We also dance a lot.

My grandchildren are out of balance too, but they’re supposed to be at their age. Much of their play is fantasy and quite magical. I’d mostly forgotten that realm and it’s nice to be reminded of how it feels as they involve me in their world of make-believe. It’s a balm for the soul. They pretend to shop for groceries and pretend to cook dinner. They help me when I cook for real too. It takes longer, but I like it better.

They can’t chop vegetables yet, but they can put them into the saucepan after I do. Note to self: buy more string beans so they can snap them.

The twins will be a month old this Friday and they’re all feelings. They nurse and sleep mostly, but lately they’re capable of sustained eye contact. Henry, the younger by 32 minutes, smiled last week while we were looking intensely into each other’s eyes. It wasn’t a gas pain either; it was a genuine smile. It’s going to be interesting to observe their development while we’re living under the same roof, especially from a nature/nurture perspective if the obstetrician who delivered them is correct and they are identical twins — but there I go again being analytical. They look similar but are not difficult to tell apart. Luke has a narrower face and thicker hair than Henry. The obstetrician said they shared one placenta and are therefore identical, but Annie said two placentas can fuse sometimes and maybe that happened in this case. Time will reveal the truth.

The girls are verbal and quite different from one another.

Claire, the three-year-old, is a thoughtful introvert, not unlike this writer. Her two-year-old sister, Lila, is outgoing and more playful — and determined to do whatever her older sister does. They quarrel over dolls and other toys and I sometimes function as referee, even pulling them apart physically occasionally. There’s a lot of dancing, picking up FEEL, Page 12B borhood, it seemed that fireworks were going off every night. Closing windows on a hot summer night is not really an option, but we resorted to that sometimes even though it didn’t really help that much. Animals in the neighborhood were terrified and skittish, and we just felt like we wanted to get away from our own home. Usually, I am not so happy about traveling in the summer since it is so beautiful here. Last summer, I couldn’t wait to get out of town because of the fireworks. I know I am not the

only one who feels this way. I beg you to seriously consider putting the fireworks ban on the ballot.

Cathy Grigsby Bridgton

Listening carefully

To The Editor: I want to thank all folks who came to see during my office hours Saturday. I also want

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(Continued from Page B) to people hungry for spiritual fulfillment, giving people the tools of language and education to help them deal with the conversion of their subsistence society to a cash economy and especially receiving countless welcomes of love and appreciation from people served. This is a brief and quite inadequate depiction of the Outer Island Ministry, which Sr. Rose Patrick helped develop and execute along with other team members through the years.

It occurs to me that the beginning of our correspondence with Sr. Rose Patrick and my awareness of global warming coincided. As I became more and more convinced about human causes impacting global warming, the accelerating effects of the changing climate were being documented around the world. The abstract concepts of rising seas and storm surges turned into concrete examples when Sr. Rose Patrick wrote in 2001: “The seas have been very rough. Last evening, the high tides came over the island in many places carrying rocks, logs, rubbish from the shore. Many houses were inundated. We watched from our second floor as the waves went over on the island near

us, and many of the people came and slept in the school last night. The waves came over the playground area also, and right up to the building (earth-warming?).”

Now in 2013 here in the USA, our own examples of the extreme gyrations of a heated up climate are accumulating as predicted.

Jesus Christ may have sent Sr. Rose Patrick to the ends of the earth, but her work has produced fruit the world over. In 2003, I attended an Interfaith Renewal and Repentance Event on global warming at the United Nations. We had the opportunity to meet with representatives of AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States). In a high rise office suite overlooking the bustling New York City traffic, I asked the Marshall Islands U.N. Ambassador, Alfred Capelle, if he knew Sr. Rose Patrick. His eyes widened with recognition as he said, “She was my elementary school teacher on Likiep (one of the MI atolls).”

A few years later, friends vacationing in Hawaii brought back an airline magazine with an article about tourism in the Marshall Islands. The journalist visiting the capital of the Marshall Islands, Majuro, stopped by the mission-sup-

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Lisa Villa State Representative (Continued from Page B) District 98 (Bridgton, thank Beth’s Kitchen Cafe in Harrison, Lovell, Stow and Bridgton, Rosie’s in Lovell Sweden) and the Ruby Slippers Café & Bakery in Harrison for hosting me. Thanks to all who came to share their concerns about the upcoming budget To The Editor: and public policy issues.

In watching the Fox netI plan on doing this on work, I get the notion that the the third Saturday of every commentators and the politi-

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ported “Busy Hands Club” featuring exquisitely handcrafted items made from shells and palm leaves. His difficulty communicating with the sales clerk was quickly resolved when Sr. Rose Patrick, called over from nearby Assumption Church, served as translator.

At our meeting in October, Sr. Rose Patrick and her Outer Island Ministry teammate, Sr. Carolyn White, MM, mentioned a group of Marshall Islanders living in Arkansas right now. I thought it curious that these immigrants, renowned as master navigators, are living so far away from an ocean coastline, but many times Sr. Rose Patrick has described the Marshallese as survivors.

Climate scientists have been warning us for decades that unless we turn away from fossil energy, the results will be disastrous for the livability of planet earth. Thus far, we have denied, ignored or offered half-hearted attempts to resolve this human caused crisis. The intelligence that made possible the extraction of an eon’s worth of fossil energy to exploit for human purposes now seems ineffectual in managing this opened Pandora’s Box. Climate change is an everyday reality in the

SISTER ROSE PATRICK ST. AUBIN, MM, wears a traditional Marshallese flower wreath.

Marshall Islands. It is not a hoax that will ultimately be exposed; it is a phenomenon that will eventually be recognized by all. The question Marshall Islanders might ask is: Will we be able to continue living here in our homeland? Currently, a reasonable answer would be, “no.” With the fossil industries having what appears to be the upper hand, we will all experience the effects of increas-

ing carbon saturation of the atmosphere and oceans. As land becomes inundated or unusable from toxic pollution, ecological refugees will crowd cities seeking higher ground. Even those who consider themselves insulated from climate change will be disrupted as the years unfold.

In this period of unrelenting gridlock, we would do well to look at other seemingly impossible situations

and recall this bit of wisdom from someone who had the grace to orchestrate a peaceful transformation: “Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue,” — Mahatma Gandhi

cians they cater to feel that to our homes into a blazing poor people are getting too inferno. much from the government Jerry Genesio and the wealthy aren’t getBridgton ting enough. Just an observation from viewing this “fair and balanced” network.

Peter Bollen Bridgton To The Editor: Spring is here and with people soon to be spending more time outdoors, it is To The Editor: I’m fairly certain important to remember that Bridgton’s Fireworks with higher temperatures Committee would have often comes increased levseen and heard from many els of air pollution. Pollution more people “upset about in the air is hazardous to fireworks” if The Bridgton all who come in contact and News had treated it as one even more so for those with would a tripwire issue, which lung disease, including chilI believe it is, and given it a dren with asthma.

Despite continued bit more ink. I have spoken to many local residents who rue improvements in air qualthe day that fireworks were ity, unhealthy levels of air legalized in Maine. It riles pollution still exist in comme when I consider the fact munities across the country. that law-abiding residents are According to the American required to get a permit to Lung Association’s State of burn a small pile of leaves, the Air 2012 report, more while others, residents and than 127.2 million people summer renters alike with- live in U.S. counties with out a permit or a lick of dangerous levels of ozone common sense, legally ignite or particle pollution, the two fireworks that could easily most widespread air pollutturn fields and woods next ants.

The Lung Association’s free State of the Air app for both Android and iPhone users enables users to enter their zip code or use the geolocator function to get current air quality conditions and the next-day air quality forecast.

The app tracks levels of both ozone and particle pollution, and pushes out alerts if local air quality is code orange — unhealthy for sensitive groups — or worse. Visit Lung.org/stateoftheairapp for your free download.

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mental illness. It is crucial that in addition to medication, non-violent communication skills and strategies can be employed by clients and their significant others to improve the economic and social conditions of their lives. This is rarely encouraged within the mental health industry or anywhere else despite the rhetoric we receive.

Alas civil liberties and human rights for both the poor and the mentally ill is a “for profit enterprise.” It has been more profitable and expedient to allow those with the most money and formal education to monopolize the press. In the mental health industry, it is more profitable to treat individuals with an array of pharmaceutical drugs that at best, temporarily alleviate emotional pain.

Certainly, pharmaceuticals are necessary, at times, in moderation. However, when there is loss, economic uncertainty, imbalance of power, excessive competition and discriminatory stereotyping within institutionalized systems, whether it be in families, mental health agencies, communities or churches, scapegoating or singling out another person, (usually the dissenter or the most openly vulnerable) and relegating them as the only “sick one” is a common practice.

I, as a social worker, struggled for many years to revive ethical codes of conduct for mental health professionals. I’m afraid that the determining factor in mental health treatment was not the welfare of the client but, alas, the money that could be withheld or given to mental health agencies controlled by the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. I witnessed — as an employee for Champus Review (once, a subsidiary of the American Psychiatric Association)

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To The Editor: Ronald Pies in The New York Times states that psychiatric diagnoses are not merely “myths” or “socially constructed labels.” There is, of course, some validity in that.

However, having spent 25 years as a clinical social worker, I discovered, much to my dismay, that more often than not, those diagnosed by using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, who have major depressive or anxiety disorders, have been diagnosed for the sake of insurance reimbursements rather than giving the kind of individualistic therapy that takes into account, not only past history, but present economic and environmental circumstances.

I discovered that those who do have diagnosable mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bi-polar, chronic depression or severe anxiety disorders, are far too often treated exclusively through pharmaceuticals and little is done to help clients overcome the labeling and stigmatization that accompanies

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A different world: Thou shalt not...

Is it my (great) age or have others remarked that much of the turmoil in politics around the world these days has its origins in sexual scandals? It didn’t used to be that way. In olden times, there was usually fraud, ideology, or an occasional assassination that stirred things up. But, let’s take a survey: Starting here at home, we remember coming close to losing the Clinton regime as a consequence of his dalliance with an intern. Since then, lessons were unlearned down in South Carolina where the governor who lost his position because of an extra-marital affair is running for Congress.

He hopes voters will forget or forgive his use of hiking the Appalachian Trail as a disguise for visiting his mistress in Argentina. Over in Louisiana a senator seems to

have gotten constituents to ignore the discovery of his name in a madam’s Rolodex.

I could continue a 50-state geographic swing, but let’s move to Europe.

In France, the shoo-in candidate for president was knocked out by a series of stories — welcome and unwelcome encounters with hotel maids, escorts and others.

The election victory went to a gentleman who dropped his long-term mistress (with four children) before the ballot to take on a new edition. We are talking about France after all!

Over in Italy, politics continued to be enlivened by the inexhaustible presence of Silvio Berlusconi (70-plus), who is before the courts for fooling around with a minor and laughed at or envied for his “bonga-bonga” parties.

Across the Tiber River, there

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is the Vatican tormented by the sexually abusive behavior of senior and junior clergy.

Continuing eastward, we come to Israel where an expresident is in jail for raping a secretary and harassing others. Several politicians are under investigation for financial hanky-panky, less fun and less troubling than sexual forays.

Next up is Iran, where the president is said to have fallen afoul of Islamic law, condemned for trying to comfort the mother of Venezuela’s

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Bridgton – Highland Lake waterfront home, with attached 4-unit motel, would be perfect for family compound or for use as home business.

Water, mountain and wooded views next to lake create an ever-changing kaleidoscope of color and scenery out your front door. 90 ft. private lakefront including sandy, gradual entry.

Each motel unit has 2 queen beds, efficiency kitchen and full bath. Main home has lovely country kitchen with floor-to-ceiling hearth, cathedral ceilings, 3 bedrooms, deck, dock, finished basement with woodstove, perennial gardens and shed.......$885,000.

Oxford – Located near the new casino, this large farmhouse with large attached barn has great potential for In-Home Business with frontage on Rte. 26. Barn has 3 levels and its own heating system.

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Harrison – Enjoy the birds in this raised ranch on 1.25 acres, located on lovely, serene lot.

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president Chavez at his funeral.

The Iranian is photographed, clearly grief-stricken, holding her hand. Critics say the Shia faith forbids touching a female not your wife unless she is drowning or needs help.

Counts as a sexual offense on my scorecard.

Moving along, we come to India, where the government was nearly brought down by riots following a gang rape, which is said to be a common occurrence owing to police laxity.

Up in Russia, Putin’s

regime was harassed by his opposition, which sent hoochie-koochie dancers with a political message to perform in an Orthodox church.

I left out Germany. There, the careers of several politicos have been cut short by the discovery of the sin of plagiarism. We know that for serious Germans scholarship is preferred to sex; hence violating academic rules is akin to participating in an orgy.

You wonder about England? They are, of course, a frontrunner in the bedroom, the back seat, wherever. Hardly a daily tabloid appears without naming some philandering member of Parliament or royal. You may think of Princess Diana and her prince and others or you can go back to the 1930s and recall the king who gave up his throne for an American

divorcee. We’ll never catch up with those Brits who, in some ways, were role models for our Founding Fathers.

The difference between today and B.C. (before Clinton) is that then presidents (Kennedy, Roosevelt, Cleveland) kept their affairs private and were protected by a sympathetic press. That may also explain the relative silence about politics and sex in Latin America and other hot-blooded lands. It suggests that if a modern-day Moses re-ascends Mt. Sinai for fresh instructions he should ask for a revision of the sixth Commandment to read, “Thou shalt not commit adultery, but if you do, thou shalt keep it quiet.”

A different morality for today’s different world.

Henry Precht is a summer Bridgtonian.

Who was the real James Bond 007?

Bond. James Bond. For more than half a century we have known about 007, the British Secret Service agent.

The central character in a highly successful series of books and movies filled with dangerous villains, exotic women, sleek yachts, fast cars, gorgeous scenery, and martini cocktails, shaken, not stirred, James Bond has managed to charm, fight, or almost magically extricate himself from numerous life threatening dilemmas. He has escaped murderous machines only millimeters away from slicing or dicing him, driven his high-tech Aston Martin car in death defying chases, and raced across rooftops on a motorcycle. We all know 007, but fewer people know that there was a real James Bond, whose name British novelist Ian Fleming used when he created his fictional character.

The real James Bond was an ornithologist, an internationally respected authority on birds of the Caribbean.

Born in Philadelphia, educated in the United States and

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England, he lived from 1900 to 1989. Kenneth C. Parkes, of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, wrote In Memoriam: James Bond, for the October 1989 issue of The Auk, in which he said that Bond, who was deeply interested in natural history, had worked for several years in banking. He left the bank in 1925 when he was invited to join Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee on a collecting expedition to the lower Amazon River, in Brazil, under the auspices of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences.

James Bond’s field notes were included in the final report of that expedition, and although he continued to write about South American birds his interest turned to birds

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of the Caribbean islands. The Academy of Natural Sciences published four editions of his Check-list of Birds of the West Indies, and Bond continued to update the checklist 27 times, until 1987. His 1936 book, Birds of the West Indies, was also published by the Academy. Bond later updated the book with color plates by artist Don Eckelberry, and Macmillan published it as a field guide in 1947. Houghton Mifflin published newer editions of the book, with additional artwork by Arthur Singer.

In 1953, James Bond married Mary Fanning Wickham Porcher Lewis Bond, a published poet and novelist.

For several years, they were unaware of the existence of another James Bond, but in 1960 a London newspaper review of Bond’s field guide mentioned guns and other alleged aspects of his life that were completely out of character for the well known ornithologist. The Bonds soon discovered that Ian Fleming, who lived on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, and was known to be a bird watcher, had used the ornithologist’s name for his fictional counterspy. Kenneth C. Parkes wrote that, to the Bonds, the use of the name “was to plague their lives for many years afterward”.

Throughout his long career in ornithology James Bond was awarded many important honors and medals. Parkes writes that Bond, “published about 30 papers on birds of the West Indies and peripheral islands … about half a dozen papers on the birds of his beloved Maine and the adjacent Maritime Provinces.”

Although he made many expeditions to the West Indian islands, he collected very few specimens. Instead, he used existing collections for his research, which in many instances formed the basis for subsequent ornithological studies. Today, his name can be found in the bibliographies of many books on birds.

James Bond was on the scientific staff of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and his colleagues included some of the most highly respected ornithologists of his day. He was, according to Parkes, “among the last of a traditional museum breed, the independently wealthy, nonsalaried curator, who lacked advanced university degrees.”

He never sought the spotlight, but worked largely behind the scenes, studying and writing.

Unlike the fictional 007, the real Bond, James Bond, was a true hero of ornithology who profoundly influenced our understanding of birds, especially the birds of the Caribbean.

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(Continued from Page B) — the collusion between the APA and the insurance companies as they created the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and marketed it as the new “Bible” for the mental health industry. It continues to be divorced from what it should be.

For many years now, after having left the field of social work, I have been volunteering and doing intakes at a local food pantry. Some have diagnosable mental and physical illnesses. Most are being doubly-damaged by the treatment they are receiving.

There is a cycle, which exacerbates economic uncertainty with mental illness. Too much wealth and too much poverty create an unsustainable connection between wealth and poverty as it relates to mental health and the kind of empathy, respect and equality that make for sustainable communication and relationships.

My initial welcome

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to new intakes at the food pantry is this: “You are not here because the mentally healthy, kind, rich and powerful, unlike you, are willing to give to you, the miserable poor and sick, some food although one is always grateful not to be hungry.

You are here as both recipients and volunteers (if you can) because we are in this together to improve the quality of both our individual and our collective lives. Such an introduction helps to establish trust, respect, equality and a sense of hope that is too often lacking in hierarchical systems such as the mental health industry.

By the way, too much of Tom McLaughlin, Richard Cross, Robert Howe, Jeffrey Borneman and the Reverend Robert Celeste without counterviews is crazy making.

Come on folks, exert your Constitutional right to use civil liberties and the free press on a local level to help us come together with support even when we have different ideologies and approaches.

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To The Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincerest gratitude to Roy Lambert and Mary Maxwell of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation’s Lambert-Maxwell Fund for their most generous financial donation to our small nonprofit here in Naples.

You can’t imagine just how happy and excited it made us to see that someone thought enough of us to bless us like this. It is because of the kindness of people like you that we are better able to serve those most in need here in our great community. Thank you for making a difference! Your gift and thoughtfulness will not be forgotten. Thank you from MASONRY Thurston’s Stoneworks/Masonry Serving western Maine Full service masonry since 1993 Free estimates – fully insured Tel. 207-650-0017

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CARETAKERS Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000 North Country Home Watch “We’ll be there when you can’t” www.nchw.us 207-713-0675

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To The Editor: Thanks goes out to Peggy Rowe, Denise Noone, Larry Carter, Tom Tash, David Allenson of the Umbrella Factory Supermarket (now supplied by Hannaford’s independent Shop ’n Save), Mary Beth, Corrine Davis, cleanup crew and all the families that attended the Easter Festival.

Our next fundraiser for the Laurie A. Carter Bergen memorial softball field will be a dinner at the Bridgton Community Center Saturday, April 20, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

More information will follow.

June 1 will be the grand opening of the Kendall and Anna Ham Recreation Complex in Bridgton. For more information, call Lyn at 627-7380.

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School News

March 28, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page B

Grigsby top art teacher Cathy Grigsby of Bridgton has been named the 2013 Maine Art Education Association’s “Elementary Art Educator of the Year.”

Grigsby teaches at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton.

The Maine Art Education Association Awards Committee announced Grigsby’s selection on Tuesday.

“Your commitment and dedication to the continued advancement of art education in Maine is to be commended,” the organizations announcement read. “We are FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS — Lake Region Vocational Center happy that we are able to students taking part in the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America celebrate this with you, your State Leadership Conference included (left to right) Michael Whited, community and the state.”

Grigsby will be presented the award at the MAEA Awards Celebration on Friday, April 5 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor.

School input sought

In what direction should SAD 61 head in regards to its K-5 schools?

Input will be sought at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lake Region High School auditorium.

The SAD 61 School Board recently authorized Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Beecher to assemble an Ad Hoc Facilities Committee to review the needs and conditions of the district’s K-5 elementary schools. This study was planned as part of the district-wide Major Capital Improvement Plan the school board adopted in 2010.

The Ad Hoc Committee has been and will continue to visit all K-5 schools in the district. Committee members will seek public input before they start meeting to develop short and long-term plans for the elementary schools.

The Ad Hoc Committee is made up of town selectmen and parents from each of the district’s four towns, as well as elementary principals, elementary teachers and school board members.

Frank Gorham, former SAD 61 superintendent, is the committee’s facilitator.

Committee members are to hear questions and comments from the public at the April 8 meeting before they begin to make decisions and form recommendations to the school board in late May.

Strong FBLA state showing

Lake Region Vocational Center’s Business programs participated in the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference held at the Double Tree Hotel in South Portland.

At the FBLA State Leadership Conferences, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills. Competitive events fall into three categories: individual, team, and chapter. Individual and team events focus on skills useful in leadership and career development; chapter events recognize overall achievement and performance in chapter management and growth.

First place state winners are then eligible to compete for national awards at the National Leadership Conference held in Anaheim, Calif. this summer.

Advisor Audrey Langley and Co-Advisor John Mayo would like to extend congratulations to the following students: Job Interview Skills: Second Place to Serrisa Burnham; First Place to Isaiah Perez.

Digital Video Design: Second Place to Sarah Curley, Christian Kuvaja and Maria Kolofsky.

Desktop Publishing: First Place to Kayla Eastman and Emily Hemingway.

Microsoft Office Word 1: Second Place to Devin Langadas.

Cyber Security: First Place to Michael Whited.

Networking: First Place to Michael Whited.

Technology Concepts: First Place to Michael Whited.

Public Speaking 2: First Place and a $2,500 scholarship to Aaron McDaniel.

Devin Langadas, Aaron McDaniel, Kayla Eastman, Christian Kuvaja, Emily Hemingway, Sarah Curley, Maria Kolofsky, Serissa Burnham and Isaiah Perez.

RED JACKET WEARERS, representing top finishers at this year’s SkillsUSA competition are Lake Region Vocational Center students (front, left to right) Miranda Cady, Kelsey Fadden and Trevor Thorne; (back row) Nicole Conley, Kyla Belyea, Joey Austin, Jake Utter and Kourtney Burnham.

Austin strikes gold at SkillsUSA finals

Twenty-two excited and enthusiastic Lake Region Vocational Center students, accompanied by eight dedicated advisors, traveled to Bangor to compete in the SkillsUSA Maine Championships on Thursday, March 14.

SkillsUSA Maine, a state affiliate of the National SkillsUSA organization, hosts an annual state-level competition for each vocational school program to encourage the development of a strong work ethic and skill mastery among high school students. This prepares them for future employment.

Gold medal winners at the state level have an opportunity to represent their school and state at the National SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., in June.

This year, Joseph (Joey) Austin, a second-year student in the LRVC Culinary Arts Program, earned a gold medal for his presentation on beekeeping in the Job Demonstration Competition. He will represent Maine and LRVC in Kansas City.

Seven other students earned bronze medals at the state competitions this year including: Miranda Cady (Commercial Baking), Kelsey Fadden (Customer Service), Trevor Thorne and Jake Utter (Sustainability Solutions), and Nicole Conley, Kyla Belyea and Kourtney Burnham (Crime Scene Investigation). The LRVC advisors are proud of all of the student competitors for participating in this event.

The list of all LRVC students who competed at the state confer-

ence: Joseph Austin, Job Demo O; RJ Legere, Criminal Justice; Michale Dandaneau, Criminal Justice; Daniel Rienhard, Carpentry; Cody Rienhard, Cabinetmaking; Brandon Bell, Cabinetmaking; Sarah Hemingway, Architectural Drafting; Krystina Robblee, Basic Health Care Skills; Miranda Cady, Commercial Baking; Nicole Conley, Crime Scene Investigation; Kyla Belyea, Crime Scene Investigation; Kourtney Burnham, Crime Scene Investigation; Kelsey Fadden, Customer Service;

Alex Theriault, Job Demo A; Greyson Hikel, Extemporaneous Speaking; Michaela Gagnon, Health Occupations Professional Portfolio; Jake Dole, Promotional Bulletin Board; Wyatt Lavoie, Promotional Bulletin Board; Joseph Deremer, Promotional Bulletin Board; Trevor Thorne, Sustainability Solutions; Jake Utter, Sustainability Solutions; Michael Brooks, Culinary Arts.

A benefit dinner to assist in paying Joey’s expenses to Kansas City will be held on April 25. More details will be available closer to the benefit date.

Postcard from China

By Judy Crowell Guest Writer There is an elderly man I see almost every day. He walks the streets of the university going through the trash and looking for bottles to sell.

He is probably in his 80s and is very thin and frail. He looks to be very malnourished and probably is unable to eat right.

He carries a big bag over one shoulder with all the bottles he collects.

I never throw my bottles away because I have been hoping to give this man all of my bottles. This past week, the moment finally arrived.

I saw the man fairly close to my apartment while I was walking home from class. So, I rushed home, and collected all the bottles in a big trash bag. By the time I collected all the bottles, the bag was almost completely full. I knew I was running out of time so I took all of the money I had in my pocket and threw it in the botCRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS (left to right) Kyla Belyea, Kourtney Burnham tom of the bag.

Sure enough the man was and Nicole Conley, all LRHS students, placed third in the SkillsUSA Crime Scene at the trash bin outside of my Investigation competition.

apartment. I met him there and handed him the bag full of bottles. He looked inside and shook his head “yes,” then he shook my hand up and down.

It was the first time I had seen his beautiful smile. I felt like I had won the lottery for nothing meant more to me than his smile!

I then saw him start to take the bottles out of my bag and put them into his own. I knew if he found the money he would not accept it so I quickly started to walk away. I looked back every few moments and eventually saw him find the money. He looked in my direction about to say something and I smiled and waved at him. He waved back smiling again.

I quickly retreated into my apartment with tears streaming down my face. I tried to be strong, but my emotions took over. My attempts at hiding my emotions failed because all of the students I passed along the way were looking at me with a lot of concern. When I finally got inside my apartment, I

looked out my window to see if the man was still in sight.

And there he was sitting in a stairway holding the money in his hand and crying. I then felt tears come out of me like rain.

I was both happy and sad at the same time.

I am sure I changed this man’s life in a small way on that day. I am sure he was able to eat healthy food and maybe even sleep well. What I gave him meant nothing to me. But to him, it was nutrition and a smile from a foreigner. I did not see that man for several days after. I imagined he did not need to collect bottles for a few days because he had the money he needed to survive.

I will never forget that beautiful smile. It is forever etched in my brain. My act of kindness probably did more for me than it did for him. I will not soon forget the tears of overwhelming happiness I shed for this incredible man. I will probably never know his story. To me it did not matter.

I was just grateful to share a beautiful moment in his life.

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School page New Special Olympics program BROWNFIELD — Calling all children ages two to eight with special needs — come meet some new friends at a “Meet and Greet” on Saturday, May 4, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Brownfield Community Center on Main Street in Brownfield.

Then return to the Community Center for the next five Saturday mornings at the same time to see your new friends again, learn a new sport and have a great snack. The free “meet and greet” program will give

you a chance to meet other children in your area, pick out your favorite sports and meet your coaches and volunteers. Some of the spring sports you can learn about are track and field, T-ball, softball, lacrosse, golf, tennis and more.

If you’re interested in becoming a coach or volunteer, go to the Maine Special Olympics website to fill out forms and get more information, or e-mail Tara at the Brownfield Recreation Department at brownfieldrecdept@yahoo.com

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JAZZ GROUPS TO PERFORM — Fryeburg Academy’s Vocal Jazz groups take the stage at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. The two Academy vocal groups will be joined by the University of Southern Maine’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble for a great evening of music. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased in advance by visiting the Academy website at www.fryeburgacademy.org or by visiting or calling the box office at 935-9232. All proceeds of this concert will benefit the Academy music program and help cover festival travel costs. The Academy vocal groups head to Ellsworth, April 5-7, for the Maine State Vocal Jazz Festival.

Brownie Scout project: Food from the heart for a good cause. I knew it would be the type of thing a Girl Scout would do,” she said.

Allison belongs to Brownie Girl Scout Troop 1963; and each girl was allowed to choose a badge and lead a meeting designed to earn the badge.

Allison said her food drive involved several steps, and took almost two weeks to complete.

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on this. I thought of the places to take the boxes; and my mom helped some. I asked all the businesses if they would be okay with having a food drive box there,” she said.

Then, Allison distributed the flyers she had made to publicize the food drive.

On Tuesday, troop members helped decorate the boxes that Allison and her mother had covered with old wrapping paper. Everyone assisted in decorating the boxes designed to be filled with food, Allison said.

Local businesses involved in the food drive included Aubuchon Hardware, Jewlz Beyond Hair, Naples Veterinary Clinic, Naples Professional Building and Sabre Yachts in Raymond.

Early on during the project, Allison’s mom Meagan made a pledge to double the number of food items collected.

“I just didn’t know how many things she would get.

It could be 10. So, I told her I would double it,” Meagan Baker said.

Mom does not mind the grocery store errand ahead of her because she is proud of her daughter’s accomplishment.

Allison was also incredibly excited about a couple things that happened during her food drive experience.

“A cool fact is that after we collected all the boxes, Jewlz called and said someone had brought in two big bags of food,” she said.

That generous gesture increased the total number of items that initially ended up the boxes during a weeklong period.

“The amount of items was 126. That is my birthday.

January 26 was when I was PROJECT, Page B

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Nine-yearold Allison Baker believes that part of being a Girl Scout is being kind to others.

When she had the opportunity to organize a project for her troop, she decided to organize a food drive for the Naples Food Pantry, a townbased service that serves 30 families.

“I thought of the idea because I knew it would be

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Area Rotary will host a tennis tournament at Forest Acres Camp in Fryeburg on Saturday, May 4.

First rounds of play will begin at 8 a.m. (players will be notified of start times). There is a rain date of Sunday, May 5.

The tournament will feature ladies’ and men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles. This will be an “open format” featuring elimination rounds for each event.

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Freedom of Hills: Mt. Pierce

Denmark Mountain Hiker Trudy Dunn and a camp robber (Canada Jay) on the trail to Mount Pierce.

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Mattress sale benefits lacrosse The Lake Region High School boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams are having a fundraiser selling mattress sets.

The third annual Mattress Fundraiser Sale will be held on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. All sizes are available.

Pillowtop, latex and memory foam mattresses will be available. All items are brand new with factory warranties. Over 20 different styles to choose from with 30% to 60% off retail.

Delivery available. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.

The LRHS lacrosse program is a “pay to play” sport, so public support of this fundraising event would be greatly appreciated.

For more information, call Coach Don White at 321-1882 or join the Facebook page “Lake Region Lacrosse Mattress Fundraiser Sale.”

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(Continued from Page B) and all players/teams are required to bring one can of tennis balls.

Everyone is invited to come enjoy the day and support the local Rotary Club. There will be a barbecue throughout the day, raffle prizes and a cash drawing.

For more information on the tennis tournament, please contact David Chaffee at 240-1643.

The Fryeburg Area Rotary Club is a community and world service organization and the club supports a variety of community projects and youth programs. The club also raises money for scholarships and international programs which address health, poverty and hunger.

The Fryeburg Area Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Fryeburg.

Club members invite the public to enjoy a free breakfast and experience Rotary up close and personal.

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By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Mount Pierce, at 4,310 feet elevation, is one of the White Mountain 4,000-footers and is one of the Southern Peaks in the Mount Washington Range.

Mount Pierce used to be called Mount Clinton after New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, but the name was changed in 1913 to honor President Franklin Pierce, the only U.S. president born in New Hampshire.

The most direct ascent of Mount Pierce is by the Crawford Path, considered to be the oldest continuously maintained footpath in the United States. The Crawford Path was constructed in 1819

by Abel Crawford and his son Ethan Allen Crawford.

Although it is today a popular hiking trail, beginning in about 1840 the Path was improved as a bridle path.

Guests at the Crawford House, a magnificent mountain hotel at the height of Crawford Notch, could use it to make the ascent to Mount Washington on horseback.

Eastman’s White Mountain Guide (1859) urges guests at the Crawford House that “the greatest feat to be performed during your stay at this hotel…is the ascent of Mt. Washington…” Eastman continues “…the excursion …generally occupies about ten hours.” and “The entire distance is accomplished on the backs of well-trained horses, with the attendance of two or three experienced mountain guides…” He urged, “Sometimes the ascent is made on foot, but on account of the unparalleled roughness and steepness of these mountain paths, this method is to most persons too wearisome for enjoyment…” Alas, the Crawford House is no more, having closed in 1975 and burned down in 1977. Today the AMC Highland Center stands where the Crawford House used to be. Also, horses have not been used on the Crawford Path since 1870.

According to O’Kane’s Trails and Summits of the

Food project (Continued from Page B) born,” Allison said.

Allison and a few fellow scouts dropped off the food and put items on the shelves for the food pantry workers after school on Monday.

“It was fun doing the food drive,” Allison said. “It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. The food pantry will be happy because they will have all that food.”

Denmark Mountain Hikers at the summit of Mount Pierce, with the Mounts Eisenhower, Franklin, Monroe and Mount Washington in the background. (Left to right) Trudy Dunn, Mel Hallas and Margaret Mathis.

(Photo by John Patrick) White Mountains (1925), “The route of the Crawford Path is practically the skyline of the great ridge...” which starts with Mount Pierce and culminates at Mount Washington.

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Trees and plants in the alpine zone grow very slowly, and it is possible that these “ghost trees” are still there after 200 years, but in the winHIKE, Page B

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SEASONAL POSITION VACANCIES AT SALMON POINT CAMPGROUND

SALES ENGINEER

Strong selling skills with a background in mechanical or industrial engineering. Must be able to read drawings, understand the RFQ process and job costing.

Applicants must have machinist experience with manual lathes and mills. This job will consist of both inside and outside sales, candidates must have experience with both.

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The Town of Bridgton is accepting applications for two parttime maintenance positions at its Salmon Point Campground. Both positions start around April 15, 2013, and are for up to 24 hours weekly. One position will end on June 2, 2013, while the other continues to October 10, 2013. Application forms are available on the Town’s website: www.bridgtonmaine.org, as well as at the Town Offices during regular business hours. Deadline for all applications will be April 5, 2013 at 4 p.m.

The Town of Bridgton is an equal opportunity employer.

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Police shackle teachers Once again, the Law Enforcement Team was able to stop the SAD 61 teachers and staff at the annual CHOICES (Community Helping Benefit Officers in Cooperation with Educators Students) basketball game held at the Lake Region High School gym on Friday, March 15.

As in previous years, the game was tied at several points, but Law Enforcement pulled ahead at the end to win 67-54.

Dozens of people entered the annual Foul Shot Contest with Mark Mayo winning the 12-and-Under category and Annette Mefcalf the Over-12 division.

The popular “Knockout” Contest gave out awards to Madison Morse for the 12-and-Under category and Tyler Bretton for the older group.

Prizes for the winners were donated by Tina Axtman, Bridgton Lil’ Mart, Ruby Food, Bridgton Beef & Ski, Lake Region House of Pizza and Ricky’s Diner.

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ALL IN FUN & A GOOD CAUSE — Taking part in the annual CHOICES benefit basketball game were local and area law enforcement members and SAD 61 teachers.

Pictured (front, left to right) are Nancy Laurent, Todd Smolinsky, Annette Metcalf, Kim Guptil, Liz Shane and Chris Farley; (back row) Bridgton Police Chief Kevin Schofield, Michael Chaine, Andrew Feeney, T.J. Reese, Phil Jones, Brad Gaumont and John Mayo.

Mart offered up pizza, with all proceeds benefiting CHOICES. Team members for SAD 61 All Stars included Team Capitan Liz Shane, Nancy Laurent and Kim Guptil, all representing Stevens Brook Elementary School; John Mayo from Lake Region High School; and longtime team supporter Annette Metcalf. Also playing for the Teacher Team was Maine State Trooper Chris Farley (in honor of his niece who

attends SBES) and Auburn PD’s Michael Chaine (whose wife substitute teaches for the district).

The Law Enforcement Officers Team included Captain Brad Gaumont, Chief Kevin Schofield, Officers Phil Jones, T.J. Reese and Todd Smolinsky, all from the Bridgton Police Department; and Sgt. Andrew Feeney from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department.

Game referees included local attorney Glen Niemy and Quinn Allen, all the way from Carolina University.

Tristan Chaine and Dan Harden worked the scoreboard.

Stevens Brook Elementary

School students sang the national anthem and helped with coordinating the halftime games, while Laura Ordway sold pizza and water donated by Bridgton Lil’ Mart.

The game will be shown periodically on LRTV, which also did a live streaming of the game that night.

Lake Region CHOICES provides classes on safety and making good choices to students within SAD 61. The organization sends CHOICES Officer Brad Gaumont in to all fifth grade classes in the district, and also works in other ways to help students within the region.

Hunter safety class HARRISON — A Hunter’s Safety course will be held on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21 by the Western Maine Fish & Game Club along with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.

The program runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Attendance both days is required to successfully complete the training. The sessions will be held at the Harrison Fire Station Community Room.

For further information, contact Arlin at 583-4535 or Chuck at 583-6283. Students ages 10 to 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the full program. Register at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, $3 per person, first-come, first-served.

Public Notice

TOWN OF SEBAGO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Sebago Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Sebago Town Office on the following issue: Proposed Land Use Ordinance Revisions Public Notice

TOWN OF BROWNFIELD PUBLIC HEARING

The Brownfield Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

The Public Hearing will take place at the Brownfield Community Center at 7:00 p.m. Proposed changes have been made for the following Ordinances: Land Use Ordinance, Shoreland Zoning Ordinance (State-recommended changes), and The Maine Uniform Building Code (Building Code portion only, not the energy code). A copy of the proposed changes are available to be viewed at the Town Hall. 2T13

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ATTENTION BRIDGTON PROPERTY OWNERS All applications and forms must be postmarked no later than April 1st, 2013, if you are applying for any exemption or entry into a current use program.

Applications are available at the Town Office OR at www.bridgtonmaine.org If you have any questions you may contact Dawn or Denis at the Bridgton Town Office, 3 Chase St., Suite 1, Bridgton ME 04009, or 647-8786, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 2T12

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Casco Planning Board April 8, 2013 Casco Community Center 940 Meadow Road 7:00 P.M.

1. Approve Minutes of February 25, 2013.

2. The Casco Planning Board will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING regarding Camp Sunshine’s application for Site Plan review to permit construction of a proposed 95' x 30' Service Building with Office Space on property known as Map 23, Lot 39. The property is commonly known as 51 Acadia Road and is located within the Camp Sunshine Contract Zone Agreement passed at Town Meeting on January 12, 2013.

3. The Casco Planning Board will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING regarding proposed changes to correct certain discrepancies and weaknesses in the Casco Zoning Ordinance.

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(Continued from Page B) snow cover on all branches it would be tough to verify it. When we visit the summit of Mount Pierce in the summer we’ll have to check them out.

The Denmark Mountain Hikers have climbed the Crawford Path in summer and in winter and enjoyed it in all seasons. In winter, however, the hike is magical. We hiked it after a snowstorm had cloaked every tree in a white mantle, and the views above timberline on this bright clear day took your breath away. We realize that in winter the weather could just as easily be stormy and dangerous in the alpine zone, but we reveled in the great fortune to be blessed with good weather with views as far as the eye could see!

Hike facts Mount Pierce is located in Coos County, Bean’s Purchase, New Hampshire.

Difficulty: Moderate in winter depending on snow and weather conditions Trail distance: 3.1 miles to the summit Hiking time: 3 hours to the summit Elevation: 4,310 feet Vertical gain: 2,000 feet Coordinates: 44°13’33”N 71°21’57”W Topographic Map: USGS Stairs Mountain 7.5-minute quad Directions to the trailhead: From North Conway, take US Route 302 to the height of land at Crawford Notch. Parking for the Crawford Path is on the west side of Mt. Clinton Road, a short distance beyond the AMC Highland Center. Please do not park in the Highland Center parking lot — it is reserved for guests there.

The Crawford Connector trail begins at the parking lot and connects with the Crawford Path at 0.4 miles. From there, follow the Crawford Path. At about 0.2 miles, there is a side trail to the left to Gibbs Falls, formerly the source of drinking water for the Crawford House. From there, the Crawford Path climbs moderately to the intersection with the Mizpah Cutoff Trail at 1.9 miles. The summit of Mt. Pierce is another 1.2 miles.

We recommend that you consult the AMC White Mountain Guide for more detailed information on the trail, and be conscious of the weather in the alpine zone, which can be dangerous especially in winter.

What to bring: In winter, bring snowshoes, good boots and snow gaiters, winter clothes (hat, gloves, jacket) suitable to the season, microspikes, touring poles, sunglasses, water and snacks, personal first aid kit, pocket knife, whistle, matches or fire starter, map and compass, flashlight or headlamp and cell phone. Let someone know your hiking plans before you leave!

Next: The next hiking column will be on Browns Pond and Backnippen in Sebago. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers’ climb, check The Bridgton News community calendar.

Eastman service note

Army National Guard Pvt. Seth J. Eastman 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.

Eastman is a 2011 graduate of Fryeburg Academy.

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The Naples Board of Selectperson will hold a Public Hearing at their regular meeting on April 8, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Office Buildings located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: An application for Liquor License renewal for Crystal Ventures, LLC dba The Freedom Cafe.

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Notice of Public Hearing The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a Public Hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at the Municipal Building located at 3 Chase Street in Bridgton, to accept oral and written comments on an application from Magic Lantern, LLC (9 Depot Street) for a Special Amusement Permit (live entertainment).

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The Town of Bridgton is seeking proposals for the provision of inspection and analysis services for the possible renovation or rehabilitation of the town hall. Full specifications are available on the Town of Bridgton web site at www.bridgtonmaine.org. All proposals, clearly marked “Town Hall Services,” must be sent to: The Office of the Town Manager, Town of Bridgton, 3 Chase Street, Suite #1, Bridgton, Maine 04009, no later than Thursday, April 18, 2013, at 2:00 p.m., at which place and time all proposals shall be opened and read aloud. Two copies must be supplied by each respondent.

The Town reserves the right to waive any informalities in the proposal process and will award the contract(s) based upon the proposal that meets and is in the best interest of the Town of Bridgton. The Town may also select any alternative proposal that is deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. Prior experience and history will be a factor in awarding the bids. The Town reserves the right to reject all bids and restart the bid process.

Inquiries should be directed to Mitchell A. Berkowitz, Town Manager at 207-647-8786.

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Obituaries

Marie J. Bissonnette

George P. Chandler

Justin Stanhope

NORWAY — Marie J. Bissonnette, 78, of Norway, formerly of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at her residence.

She was born in Lewiston, Oct. 24, 1934, daughter of the late Joseph and Viola McDonald Bourget.

She was educated in Lewiston schools and graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in 1969.

Marie was married in 1956 to Roger R. Bissonnette, who predeceased her in 1991.

She was employed as an LPN and nurse’s assistant at St. Mary’s Hospital until her retirement in 1982. She was a former member of St. Philip’s Church in Auburn and the DAV Auxiliary. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and crafts.

She is survived by a daughter, Roberta Lord of Brownfield; a son, Robert Bissonnette of Harrison; two sisters, Alice Poulin of Connecticut and Thelma Alexander of Lewiston; six brothers, Charles, Donald, Douglas and Paul Bourget, all of Lewiston, and Eugene of Bangor and Robert of West Buxton; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a grandson in 1985; and a brother, Harold.

You are invited to share your condolences with the Bissonnette family by visiting their guest book at www.thefortingroupauburn.com In Loving Memory of Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial WILSON V. BIGELOW Mass on Monday, April 15 at 8-11-39 to 3-31-12 11 a.m. at St. Philip’s Church, Turner Road, Auburn.

You will never be forgotten, for Those wishing may make though we are apart you are donations in her memory to always and forever alive in our the American Cancer Society hearts.

Sadly missed by wife, New England Division Inc., 1 daughter and her family, Bowdoin Mill Island Suite 300, son and his family Topsham, ME 04086-1240.

Arrangements by The Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 217 Turner In Memory of Street, Auburn.

FALMOUTH — George P. Chandler, 96, died on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his home.

He was born in Bridgton, the son of the late Perley and Mildred B. Chandler. He attended Bridgton schools. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. George was employed for many years as a carpenter. Then, he worked as a cabinetmaker up until his retirement in 1979.

He was a member of the Falmouth Congregational Church, the Holiday Rambler Recreational Club, and Chapter 111 of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

His home and family were very important to him as were animals, bird watching, gardening, hiking, handwork, woodworking, camping and traveling with their trailer or motor home in which they covered most of the United States and Canada. He enjoyed many winters in Zephyrhills, Fla. George was predeceased by his wife, Athalie G. Chandler; a brother, Philip B. Chandler; and two sisters, Pearle C. Rose and Ruth C. Palmer.

He is survived by his daughter, Cynthia C. Rogers of Scarborough; a son, Peter S. Chandler of Wyoming; two grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Interment will be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Falmouth at a later date.

Arrangements are under the care of Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford Street, Portland. Please visit www. jonesrichandhutchins.com to sign George’s online guestbook.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: Maine Children’s Home, 34 Gilman Street, Waterville, Maine.

FREEPORT — Justin Donald Stanhope, 22, of Freeport, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 25, 2013.

He was born on April 16, 1990, in Portland, the son of Tina (Iatesta) and Stephen Stanhope. Justin grew up in Naples before moving to Freeport.

As a youngster, Justin showed a talent for art. He also played the saxophone and simply enjoyed music with a good beat. Justin and his father have fond memories of father/son fishing derbies.

In later years, they enjoyed spending time together working on cars. Justin typically started his day by listening to the morning program, “Free Beer and Hot Wings.” Justin was a technology expert and computers were a great part of his life.

Justin will be remembered for his big, generous and protective heart. He had a gentle and “innocent” spirit that followed him into adulthood. He loved people and all who came into his life with an openness that will be greatly missed. He also had a special place for animals, beginning with his first dog, a beagle by the name of Sally. As time went on, many strays found a home with him and they would each have one of two names — Justin or Justine.

Justin is survived by his mother, Tina Menezes and her husband Robert of Naples; his father, Stephen Stanhope and his wife Tammy of Freeport; his brother, Alexander Menezes of Naples; his stepbrother, Eric Cross of Brunswick; his fiancée, Heather Libby of Freeport; his maternal grandmother, “Grammie” Sue Iatesta and “Sophie” of Gorham; his paternal grandmother, “Nene” Nedra Stanhope of Freeport; his grandmother, Laura Menezes of Windham; and a large extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Visiting hours will be on Friday, March 29, 2013, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth.

Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com to view a video collage of Justin’s life and to share condolences, memories and tributes with his family.

For those who wish, please consider making a donation in Justin’s memory to: Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Rd., Brunswick, ME 04011-2201.

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SWEDEN — John L. Glover, 81, of Sweden, passed away at his home on March 20, 2013 with his loving canine companion, Manny, at his side.

He was born on Aug. 2, 1931, in the town of Rumford, the son of Harry and Doris Glover.

John served honorably in the Korean War, and was employed as an automotive technician for most of his life.

He loved to tinker and he loved to entertain his children and friends with his guitar while singing some old-time favorites like Ole Shep, and he taught his daughter Kathleen to yodel.

John was predeceased by two brothers, Gene and Lewis; and two sisters, Madeline and Georgia.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Glover; 11 children, Susan, Kathleen, Michael, Patricia, Bruce, John, Leslie, Lisa, Fred, David and Dennis; and two sisters, Alice and Hazel.

John will be dearly missed by his family and friends, and remembered for his simple ways and his lifelong upbeat and positive attitude that stayed with him until the very end. And now, into God’s hands we commend him. May he rest in peace.

Richard C. Fisher In Memory of

Donald Allen Birthday 4/01/25

They say there is a reason They say that time will heal But neither time nor reason Will change the way we feel.

For no one knows the heartache That lies behind our smiles.

No one knows how many times We’ve broken down and cried.

We want to tell you something So there won’t be any doubt Your are so wonderful to think of But so hard to be without.

Honey, my blues eyes are Crying in the rain.

I Love You So Much and I Miss You So Much.

Lillian Allen on your Birthday April 4th

Sadly Missed by your Wife, Norma and Your Grandchildren; Lloyd, Henry, Cody, Carrie, Stacey, Mary, Dale & Derrick

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LOVELL — Richard Clayton Fisher of Lovell, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the Norway Rehabilitation & Living Center in Norway, Maine, where he resided for the last five years.

Richard was born on Dec. 19, 1918, in North Abington, Mass., the son of William C. Fisher and Grace L. “Stoddard” Fisher. He attended Abington High School and later graduated from Quincy Trade School as an Electrician.

He worked for over 40 years as a master electrician and machinist for M.B. Claff & Sons Co. of Brockton, Mass.

As a member of the 44th Field Artillery Battalion, Richard was among the first wave that landed on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. He was in several European campaigns, including Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.

As an expert in wiring and field communications, Richard and his crew were often sent ahead to establish communications for the advancing armies. He was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery.

Richard and his wife, Arlene, moved permanently to Lovell in the early 1990s, after spending over 70 years in the Kezar Lake area. He was a member of the local V.F.W., Volunteer Fire Department, Historical Society, and United Church of Christ in Lovell. Richard enjoyed music, tinkering with clocks, cooking at bean suppers, gardening, and puttering in his workshop. He had a wonderful sense of humor and always had a simple pun or joke for friends.

He is survived by his daughter, Linda J. Fisher-Neenan and her husband Peter A. Neenan of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and Lovell; and a few nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service for Richard will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the Lovell United Church of Christ in Center Lovell. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either the Lovell Volunteer Fire Department, 880 Hatch Road, Lovell, ME 04051, or to the Lovell Veterans of Foreign Wars, Smarts Hill Road, Lovell, ME 04051. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

Fred H. Anderson SEBAGO — Fred H. Anderson, 71, of the Convene Rd. died on March 23, 2013, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a long illness and a brief, courageous battle with cancer. He was born on July 18, 1941, a son of George and Mary (Irish) Anderson. He attended Sebago schools and graduated from Potter Academy in 1960. He married his high school sweetheart, Janet Douglas, on June 24, 1961.

Fred worked his whole life for his family’s business, George Anderson and Sons Construction Co. He was also very civic-minded and served for several organizations over the years. He was a member of the Sebago Fire Department and has been an honorary member for over 25 years since he became ill. He also belonged to the Sebago Lions Club, serving as King Lion for several years, as well as being a member of the Maple Grove Grange. He was road commissioner for several years and served on the school board as well.

Fred loved the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and snowmobiling, and especially camping at C Pond in Upton. Above all, he loved his family. All the years he was struggling with illness, he loved visits from his children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Lewis Dolloff, as well as brothers-in-law Ralph and Harold Douglas.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Janet Anderson, of Sebago; two sons, David Anderson and wife Kelly, and Paul Anderson and wife Lisa, both of Sebago; six grandchildren: Heather, Nathan, Ryan, Nicholas, James and Jacob Anderson, all of Sebago; a sister, Rita Dolloff, of Sebago; and a sister-in-law, Esther Chase and her husband Ken, who along with the rest of the family was very dedicated to helping with Fred’s care over the years.

An hour of visitation will be on Friday, March 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. immediately followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at the Sebago Center Community Church. Rev. Daniel Lakeman will officiate. Burial will follow at the Haley Cemetery.

Arrangements by Watson, Neal & York Funeral Home. Online condolences may be expressed at: www.wnyfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Sebago Fire Dept., PO Box 179; Sebago Rescue, 406 Bridgton Rd.; or Sebago Lions Club, PO Box 165; all in Sebago, ME 04029.

Laurette L. Rollins WESTFIELD, MASS. — Laurette L. Rollins, 89, of Westfield Mass., passed away Wednesday March 6, 2013, surrounded by family. She was born in Springfield, Mass., Aug. 14, 1923, to the late Victor and Ada (Ethier) Brunelle. Laurette was the widow of Kenneth B. Rollins, who died in 1998. They were married on Aug. 26, 1944. She moved to Westfield in 1955 and later to Dundee, Fla., and returned to Westfield in 2005 to be closer to family.

Laurette enjoyed needlepoint, cross-stitch and reading. She leaves two sons, Douglas Rollins and his wife Joanne of Westfield, and Victor Rollins and his wife Diane Reo of Fryeburg; two daughters, Genevieve Beebe and her husband Richard of Waterford, and Marjorie Meczywor and her husband Richard of Blandford Mass.; a sister Vivian Supczak of South Hadley, Mass.; 12 grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Laurette was predeceased by her brother William L. Brunelle, and sister Yvonne Barsalou.

Laurette was interred at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield and a Memorial Mass was held on March 16.

Donations in Laurette’s memory may be made to the Residents Council at Mount Saint Vincent, 35 Holy Family Road, Holyoke, MA, 01040.

Barry Hill OQUOSSOC / NO. FRYEBURG — Barry Hill, of Oquossoc and No. Fryeburg, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, in Farmington, Maine. He was surrounded by his loving family.

Barry was born in No. Fryeburg, Nov. 16, 1950, the third of four children born to David and Peggy Jones Hill.

Barry grew up on the family farm in No. Fryeburg and loved the farm land that was such a wonderful part of his childhood. He graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1969. Barry and Janice Maloney were married on Feb. 6, 1971, and Barry continued to work the farm as his children, Jessica, Barry II and Jenny, were born.

Barry and Janice made Oquossoc their vacation home and then their primary home when Barry and Janice started their semi retirement. Barry returned to No. Fryeburg for spring planting and fall harvest — two of his favorite times of year on the farm.

Barry delighted in the birth of his grandchildren. He was blessed with six grandchildren and a seventh grandchild who will be born in three weeks. He loved his “Ba and Bumpa” role and his grandchildren loved him dearly.

Barry loved farming the fields in No. Fryeburg, mowing his lawns, snowmobiling in the mountains of Oquossoc, the family camp at Kimball Pond, and feeding the deer at his home in Oquossoc.

Barry was a big man, with a big heart, who loved his family, his friends and life.

Barry is survived by his wife, Janice Maloney Hill, of Oquossoc and No. Fryeburg; daughter, Jessica Hill Nichols and husband, Nate, of Rangeley; son, Barry II and wife, Molly Sylvester Hill, of No. Fryeburg; daughter, Jenny Hill York and husband, Nate, of Lovell; six grandchildren – Sophia Barrett, Wyatt James and soon to be born Sawyer David Nichols, Henry James and Hagen Oliver Hill, and Jack Nathan and Lyla Grace York; brother, Brian Hill and his wife, Elaine, of Leesburg, Fla.; sister, Bonnie Hill, of Boston, Mass.; sister, Barbara Hill, of No. Fryeburg; several nephews; maternal uncle Edward Jones and his wife, Diane, and paternal aunt, Nancy Hill LaCasce and her husband, Dick, of Hallowell.

A celebration of his life will be held at the No. Fryeburg Community Chapel, (formerly the Universalist Church) in No. Fryeburg, on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 11 a.m. A private family committal service will be held this summer at the family farm. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to the Chapel Hall Fund, No. Fryeburg Community Church, PO Box 204, Fryeburg, ME 04037, or to Harvest Hills, 1389 Bridgton Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg, Maine. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

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March 28, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page 11B

HARRISON — Michael C. Sclafani, 9, of Harrison, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at home with his loving family at his side.

Michael was born on June 24, 2003, in Danbury, Conn., the son of Monica and Charles Sclafani. He moved to Harrison at the age of three from Sandy Hook, Conn., with his family. Soon after, he was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma.

He fought bravely for six years before earning his angel wings.

Michael was in the fourth grade at Harrison Elementary School. He was an avid hockey fan, always rooting on his beloved teams, the Boston Bruins or New York Rangers. He also enjoyed playing the game, getting out to the rink whenever possible.

He played with the Western Maine Youth Hockey league this year.

He was passionate about Legos and Star Wars, ready to provide you with any information you needed. He was always ready to help and gave 100% to his schooling and friends. His laugh was infectious and everyone around couldn’t help but join in.

Besides his parents, he is survived by his sisters, Julianna and Carina; his brother, Dominic; his maternal grandparents, Dorothy and Serge Champagne of Sandy Hook, Conn.; paternal grandmother, Constance Sclafani of Dallas, Pa.; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.

A Mass of Christian burial was held on Saturday, March 23, at 12 p.m., at St. Joseph’s Church in Bridgton. Visiting hours were held on Friday evening at Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton. Burial will be later at the family’s convenience.

Online condolences may be shared with his family at www. chandlerfunerals.com Donations in his honor may be made to: Make-A-Wish of Maine, 477 Congress St., Suite M1, Portland, ME 04101 or Maine Children’s Cancer Program, 100 Campus Dr., Scarborough, ME 04074.

Shirley Thibeault RAYMOND — Shirley Thibeault, 68, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, surrounded by her family after a long illness.

She was born in Rumford on Sept.

21, 1944 to William Cormier and Edna Dixon, both of whom are deceased.

She lived in Raymond, where she married her sweetheart in 1985. She was a graduate of nursing in July 1986, where she spent most of her career.

Her true passion in life was her husband Stephen W. Thibeault, her two dogs and her children. She enjoyed her sewing, quilting, crochet and knitting. For years, she enjoyed camping and cooking for her family. She could display a Christmas village that drew in many people each year.

In Raymond, she leaves behind her husband of 26 years, Stephen Thibeault; her daughter, TraciAnn Keim of Buxton; and five sons, Andrew Michaud Jr. of Auburn, William Michaud of Jay, John Michaud of Lewiston, Michael Michaud of Idaho and Robert Michaud of Lewiston; her two half-sisters Sally Campbell of Mexico and Barbie Duguay of Westbrook; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A celebration of her life was held on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the Hall Funeral Home at 165 Quaker Ridge Road, Casco, from 6 to 8 p.m. The graveside memorial will be held in the spring with a date to be determined. Condolences may be expressed at the Hall Funeral home in Casco.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Androscoggin Bank for the Thibeault Fund.

Danny L. Blake WINDHAM — Danny L. “Fishin’ Fool” Blake, 63, of Windham, died on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at his home.

He was born in Portland on Jan. 3, 1950, the son of the late Mary (Lane) Blake and Roland B. Blake of Windham.

Danny was raised in South Windham and was educated there. He worked many full- and part-time jobs growing up.

Danny enjoyed trapping, hunting and most of all fishing all four seasons.

He worked at Deier Electric, Precious Metals, E.M. Solutions, and lastly at Lowe’s at the time of his death. Danny also worked at the Fryeburg Fair for the last 12 years, where he had extended family and friends. He loved working and being there, seeing all of the people. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.

“Danny has now Gone Fishin’.”

Danny was predeceased by his mother, Mary (Lane) Blake; his uncle; and a sister, Rolene L. Frost.

Family members include his father, Roland B. Blake of Windham; his fiancée, Rebecca Martin of Windham; a son, Danny of Casco; a daughter, Jennifer of Raymond; brothers, Terry and Steven, both of Limington, and Scott of Windham; a sister, Peggy Bisco of Raymond; five grandchildren; and Rebecca’s son, Patrick.

There will be no service, and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Arrangements by the Dolby Funeral Chapel, Windham. For online condolences, please visit the website at www. dolbyfuneralchapels.com

My fellow Mainers, you’ve been hearing a lot about different plans to pay the hospitals, and you might be confused. Well, let me set the record straight.

I’ve been a businessman for my entire professional career, and I’ve negotiated dozens of contracts for successful companies. If you don’t understand finance and economics, these contracts can be confusing.

That’s why my plan to pay the hospitals is so simple. But the Democrats’ plan is difficult to understand. It’s full of legal jargon, budget gimmicks and empty promises.

It’s nothing more than political posturing.

To create my plan, we spent six months digging into the state’s budget, meeting with hospital administrators and consulting almost daily with officials at DHHS. We audited the current liquor contract, and we relied on the expertise of our staff at the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.

The Democrats relied on career politicians to rush out their plan 30 minutes before I was scheduled to testify on my bill. Their last-minute plan consists of three talking points, and it ties together complex issues that have nothing to do with paying the hospitals.

Their plan even includes

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Medicaid expansion. But we haven’t paid our hospitals the half-a-billion-dollars we owe them from our last expansion of welfare. How can we possibly expand Medicaid when we haven’t paid our bills?

My plan is very simple.

We will use a revenue bond of $186 million and federal matching funds of $298 million to pay off the $484 million we owe our 39 hospitals. My new liquor contract will keep millions of dollars a year in Maine, instead of sending the money out of state.

This new revenue from the liquor contract will be used to make the bond payments. There will be enough revenue left over each year to pay for clean water and transportation projects, along with setting aside money for our state’s depleted rainy day fund.

If you understand finance and economics, then you know that a healthy rainy day fund is essential for a good credit rating.

Even better, my plan releases $105 million in

bonds to immediately fund projects across Maine. My comprehensive plan would inject nearly $700 million into our economy. And we could pay the hospitals by June 1.

My plan has no risk to the taxpayer. It will create jobs, pay the hospitals, lower liquor prices for consumers and increase profit margins for Maine retailers. Better still, it will return millions of dollars a year to state coffers.

I simply do not understand what the Democrats are trying to do. Their numbers don’t add up. Instead of using lawyers to devise their scheme, the Democrats should have asked a fifth-grade student to check their math.

They expect bidders to shell out $200 million upfront. Folks, that is a lot of money for any company to come up with. And folks, money ain’t free.

Remember I said you need to understand finance and economics when making these contracts? Well, clearly, the Democrats do not under-

Home care and quality of life The challenges facing our nation’s health care system today are driven by demographics. The first member of the baby boom generation turned 65 last year. Our health care system now stands directly in the path of a tidal wave of aging baby boomers who will be retiring at the rate of 10,000 a day for the next 20 years. That system will clearly have to adapt and change if it is to survive that impact.

One of the most important things that we can do is to shift our orientation from institutional to community and home-based care. Advances in technology and infrastructure have made it possible for older adults — who previously would have been forced to move to a hospital or nursing home — to stay just where they want to be: in the comfort, privacy and security of their own homes.

In fact, a survey conducted for the Maine chapter of the AARP found that nine out of ten Mainers would prefer to receive services at home as opposed to a nursing home or other residential care facility.

Home care is not just the preferred choice for most patients, it is also the most cost-effective. It costs Medicare almost $2,000 per day for a typical hospital stay, and $559 per day for a typical

spending for these programs are completely counterproductive to our efforts to control overall health care costs.

I am also concerned that Medicare beneficiaries continue to face unnecessary barriers to getting needed home health services. To ensure that our Medicare patients get the home care they need when they need it, I will soon be reintroducing the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act to allow advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home health services for their Medicare patients.

These health care professionals are playing increasingly important roles in the delivery of health care services, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas of our country where physicians may be in short supply.

Medicare already pays them to provide physician services that are within their scope of

practice. They can also certify that a Medicare patient is eligible for skilled nursing services. It simply makes no sense that they cannot order less costly home health services for their Medicare patients.

At best, this requirement adds more paperwork and a number of unnecessary steps to the process before medically-necessary home health care can be provided. At worst, it can lead to needless delays in getting Medicare patients the home health care they need simply because a physician is not readily available to sign the form.

I have had the opportunity to visit with a number of home health patients and providers around Maine. I have seen first-hand what a difference the highly skilled and compassionate care that these dedicated men and women provide makes to the lives of patients and their families. That is why I am such a passionate and committed advocate for home care, and it is why, as a leader of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, I will continue to work to ensure that our nation’s seniors and disabled individuals have access to quality home health and hospice services.

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by Susan Collins United States Senator nursing home stay. How much does Medicare pay for home care? Just $44 a day…slightly more than two percent of the cost of a typical hospital stay.

That is why I find it so ironic — and troubling — that the Medicare home health and hospice benefits continually come under attack. The new health care law includes $40 billion in cuts to home care over 10 years and $8 billion in cuts to hospice. While home health represents just 5% of Medicare spending, it took a disproportionate ten percent in Medicare payment cuts used to pay for the new health entitlement.

Moreover, these cuts are a “double whammy” because they come on top of the more than $30 billion in cuts that have been imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through regulation.

Home health and hospice consistently prove to be compassionate and cost-effective alternatives to institutional care. Additional deep cuts in

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A private company would borrow $200 million at much higher interest rates than we would with our revenue bond. This could cost up to $70 million, depending on the interest rate.

How will the liquor contractor pay for this kind of loan-shark deal? And how will the contractor make a profit? By taking money out of the liquor business. We will lose tens of millions of dollars that rightfully belongs to Maine.

In our plan, up to $500 million will stay in Maine. That pays for many state projects, and it provides a lot of value to consumers, retailers and you, the Maine citizen.

No matter what you think of me, you know I understand business. So ask yourself, who do you trust? Democratic lawyers and career politicians with a last-minute plan, or a successful businessman who understands finance and economics?

Folks, I know a good deal when I see it. And I know a bad deal when I see it. The Democrats’ deal is bad for the hospitals, bad for the liquor business and bad for you. So, please, don’t be fooled by their tactics.

Let’s pay the hospitals, let’s get a better deal on the liquor contract, and let’s put Mainers back to work. Let’s get it done.

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BRIDGTON Alliance Church Mar. 31: Easter Sunrise Service, 6:30 a.m., followed by Easter Breakfast at church, 7:30 a.m.; Easter Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.

First Congregational Church Mar. 28: Maundy Thursday, Soup & Bread Dinner, 6 to 6:45 p.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Service, 7 p.m.

Mar. 31: Easter Sunday, Sunrise Service, 6 a.m. at Bridgton Academy Beach; Easter Potluck Breakfast, 7 a.m.; Easter Worship Service for all ages, 10 a.m.

Grace Christian Church Mar. 31: Easter Sunrise Service, 6:24 a.m., followed by Sunrise Breakfast at church, 7 a.m.; Easter Egg Hunt, 9 a.m.; Easter Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

St. Joseph Catholic Church Mar. 28: Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Bridgton, 3 p.m.; Good Friday service, Veneration of the Cross and Communion in Fryeburg, 7 p.m.

Mar. 30: Easter Vigil Service of Light and Eucharist, 7:30 p.m. in Bridgton.

Mar. 31: Easter Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. in Fryeburg; Easter Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. in Bridgton.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Mar. 28: Maundy Thursday Service with Communion, 6 p.m.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Service, 6 p.m.

Mar. 31: Easter Service, 9 a.m.; Children’s Easter Egg Hunt.

CASCO Hacker’s Hill Annual Sunrise Service Mar. 31: Easter Sunrise Service, 7 a.m., Hall’s Funeral Chapel, 65 Quaker Ridge Road. FMI: 627-4538.

FRYEBURG Fryeburg area churches Community Ecumenical Services Mar. 28: Maundy Thursday Ecumenical Worship & Potluck Supper at Brownfield Community Church, 6 p.m.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Taize Service with Rev. Sage Currie at The Fryeburg New Church, 5 p.m.

Mar. 31: Easter Sunrise Service by Pastor Cathy Cantin at the Bradley Memorial Church, 6:20 a.m.; traditional Easter Services at all three churches.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Mar. 28: Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Bridgton, 3 p.m.; Good Friday service, Veneration of the Cross and Communion in Fryeburg, 7 p.m.

Mar. 30: Easter Vigil Service of Light and Eucharist, 7:30 p.m. in Bridgton.

Mar. 31: Easter Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. in Fryeburg; Easter Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. in Bridgton.

HARRISON United Parish Congregational Church of Harrison and North Bridgton Mar. 31 : Easter Worship Service, 10 a.m., first service at the church since the serious fire Sept. 1, 2012.

OTISFIELD Community of the Resurrection Mar. 31: Easter Sunday Sunrise Service, 6 a.m., Community of the Resurrection, for Spurr’s Corner and East Otisfield Church members and all others; Resurrection Breakfast follows, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Spurr’s Corner Church.

East Otisfield Free Baptist Church Mar. 29: Good Friday Service, 7 p.m.

Mar. 31: Easter Service, usual time.

Spurr’s Corner Church Mar. 28: Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m.

Mar. 31: Easter Service, 10 a.m.

RAYMOND Raymond Village Community Church Mar. 28: Maundy Thursday Worship: homemade soup and bread supper, 5:30 p.m.; Seder (Passover) meal including Communion, 6:15 p.m.; Candlelight Tenebrae Service, 7 p.m.

Mar. 29: Good Friday Hunger Walk with Casco Village Church (benefitting local food pantries): 16-mile walkers leave from Casco Village Church, 5:30 a.m.; 8-mile walker leave from RVCC, 8 a.m.; soup & bread following at Casco Village Church.

Good Friday Prayer Vigil, noon to 3 p.m., sanctuary open for quiet reflection and prayer.

Mar. 31: Joint daybreak service with Casco Village Church in Casco (breakfast follows at Casco church); Easter Celebration Service, 10 a.m.

SEBAGO North Sebago United Methodist Church Mar. 31: Sunrise Service at Nason’s Beach, 6 a.m.; Easter Sunday Worship, 10 a.m.

WATERFORD Oxford County United Parish North Waterford Congregational Church Mar. 31: Easter Sunrise Service at Keoka Lake Beach, 6:30 a.m., to be jointly celebrated with Waterford Congregational Church, followed by Easter Breakfast at the Wilkins House; Easter Sunday Worship Service at North Waterford Congregational Church, 10 a.m.

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As far as the bravery thing, we both failed, he and I bolting simultaneously the four steps to the house while screaming and then clawing each other to be first through the front door. Once inside we hunkered down at the nearest window, shoulderto-shoulder, hands clutching

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But why be negative? — it all balances!

Here’s what we all do: we take our billions and invest them in the stock market, the markets go up whether they deserve to or not, everyone makes money and only then starts paying back everyone else (there being no actual trillions before investments), and that money is reinvested in the stock market, the markets go up, everyone makes money, everyone is paid, the markets go up, money is reinvested, and so on. This is how it’s been done for years by the rich folks — it’s called casino capitalism, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Finance — only now you’re included! Downturn over. We all pay our 15% in capital gains taxes, Washington is awash in money, the debt is paid off, everyone buys an extra yacht, and happy days are here again!

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When the time comes for all of them to move back into their own home I’ll miss them — and I’ll be a better man, or more balanced at least. It’s happening already.

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the sill, visibly shaking, and peering nervously out. After the few inevitable seconds, there came from the driveway a tremendous metallic WANG! as the arrow plumblined dead-center into the hood of my car.

We sprang outside, delighted to be alive and happy that at least half our experiment had been successful, and we fingered the dramatic dimple in the sedan

with the requisite reverence.

“Yikes,” my son said again.

“A fine story,” Dr. Guthrie said, sitting back from the edge of his seat and taking a breath. “Now, to be a successful teachable moment, you must have a keyword for it.”

After a few seconds I suggested “dingbat,” which, judging by the laughter and clapping, was well received by our small crowd.

“And a corresponding Bible verse?” Dr. Guthrie asked.

“Oh, just pick any of the ones that deal with utter foolishness,” came the quick quip from the lady I’m still married to.

I looked through Proverbs later, but came up short.

Couldn’t find anything quite foolish enough, it seemed.

I’ll ask my son — of the two of us, he’s the one who actually grew into an adult.

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Three days and two nights, paternal grandparents Roger and Chris come over and spell my wife and me and we go to our city house for a rest.

They put in as much time as we do and thank God for them. Other extended family come when they can — a day here and a day there. Many of Annie’s friends have been

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“too big to fail,” and this is only right since I got this idea from the big banks, which use a slightly different version of the Corrigan Plan for Individual Wealth Building.

(You can buy my full plan for $49.95, from Mattel.) What the big banks do is borrow money from other big banks and then lend that money right back out. Pretty soon, the original money has multiplied a hundredfold, kind of like the bread and fishes, only even more awesome.

Because the banks enjoy certain privileges we don’t — for one thing, they never have to say they’re sorry — their system is even more corrupt and borderline insane than the Corrigan Plan. Let’s follow $1,000 (I am simplifying here) through the current

banking channels: Bank A borrows $1,000 and lends it to Bank B. Bank B takes $900 of that and lends it to Bank C. Bank C changes its name to Bank B and considers the debt paid, and then lends the $1,000 again to Bank A. Bank A takes the $1,000 it got when Bank B called itself Bank C, and $1,000 from the other Bank B, and buys $1,800 worth of stock in Bank D, which consolidates with Bank A and then loans $900 to Bank A, which loans $810 of it back to Bank D, which then loans $720 to one of the Bank Bs (it doesn’t matter which one, at this point.) Thousands of these transactions are completed every second. Before you know it, Bank A, Bank B, Bank the Other B, Bank D and A and Bank D have

increased their paper assets many times in one day, with more financial growth to come tomorrow, while Bank C, to avoid going bankrupt, hits the taxpayers up for two hundred and twenty-three billion dollars — under this system, that’s nothing — and so C it is saved — which allows all members of its board of directors to grant themselves million dollar bonuses and then take a vacation. It’s the American way.

Pretty sweet. Now, with the Corrigan Plan, you’re in on the deal, too. You’re welcome.

Mike Corrigan has a thousand dollars in pre-Corrigan Plan money in an account with Bank B, but after reading this article he has decided to loan $900 of it to Bank A.