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Seeds planted for Berry Park

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The acreage may be under snow now. But, seeds are being planted for a future public park.

Depending on the outcome at Town Meeting in June, there may be “seed money” to make some of the improvements pitched by an ad hoc committee tasked with laying out the plans for the greenspace currently coined as “Berry Park.”

At the town meeting last year, residents purchased about 11 acres of land adjacent to the lot it already owns.

The land purchase included access to Parker Pond. What is definite is that this summer the beach will be used for the American Red Cross swimming classes offered by the Casco Recreation Department.

In March, an ad hoc committee member Sam Brown provided the Casco Board of Selectmen with details of the committee’s vision and how it arrived at the shared concepts of the future park that would combine low-impact recreation and easily-maintained permaculture.

“We have dubbed it the Berry Park,” Brown said, referring to the Berry family that previously owned the land. “We had four (weekly) meetings in a row starting in mid-February. Our work was productive and swift.

Everyone was encouraged to layout their ideas and dream big and to create an expression of what they wanted the park to be.”

The committee outlined short-term, mid-range and long-term goals within a 10-year timeframe, he said.

“If we can lay out a game plan that says in 10 years that is what we want for a park,” he said. “We can do it one year at a time. That is much more palatable to the town.”

Later, he said that the group took a fiscally-conservative approach because any costs must be approved at the Casco Town Meeting.

Therefore, the goal is to produce an architect’s conceptual drawings prior to town meeting.

The next step will be to pair up the committee with a landscape architect who said she plans to do the work partially pro-bono and some at cost, according to Casco Town Manager Dave Morton.

“The new park would be a classic park,” Brown said.

“We would like to import rocks and include walking paths, benches and picnic tables.”

Another feature to be included in the park is permaculture — low-maintenance plants and trees that are native to Maine. Brown described a modest orchard of apple trees and high-bush blueberries as some of the possibilities. Later on, items like a tool shed and a water fountain might be added, he said. Another detail the committee agreed upon is “some sort of easement to link the Memorial School Park and the new piece of land,” Brown said.

At the Memorial Park, there are facilities for recreational sports such as baseball, Frisbee golf and even bocce, also spelled bocci.

Meanwhile, the new park would be more ideal for having picnics, enjoying the greenery and spending time at the beach or in the water — since the park will provide public access to Parker Pond.

“We want to work with someone who can draw out the design of the park,” Brown said.

Morton had just the person for that job.

“I met with a landscape architect. She is anxious to meet with the committee and to work on the project,” Morton said, adding that gettogether could take place “sometime in the next two or three weeks.”

Chairman Holly Hancock asked if the committee was hoping to have something for town meeting this year.

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CLIMATE CHANGE COULD harm the state’s recreational fishing as more fish die-offs occur, according to Lakes Environmental Agency Researcher Amanda Pratt. She gave a presentation called “Climate Change in the Lakes Region” at the Harrison Village Library on March 22.

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Effect of climate change here

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer HARRISON — In the next 75 years, a future generation of aging Mainers will not need to buy real estate in the south to find warmer temperatures.

The snowbirds will be able to stay.

If no changes are made to slow climate change, by 2099, Maine’s weather will be similar to the current weather in Virginia or South Carolina, according to Amanda Pratt, researcher with Lakes Environmental Association (LEA).

Those southeastern states do not get much snow nor do the lakes freeze, she said.

However, if changes are made to reduce the use of carbon monoxide emitting sources like fossil fuels, then, by the year 2099, people living in Maine will experience year-round weather more similar to Maryland, she said.

“We are not going to be able to stop climate change, only slow it down, be aware

of it,” Pratt said.

A group of about 20 people gathered at the Harrison Village Library on March 22 to learn more about how climate change could impact the Lakes Region and what action they could take to curb climate change. According to the librarian, the presentation

by LEA came about after the library conducted a survey of Harrison residents. Per the survey, climate change was listed as a topic that concerned residents most.

Additionally, climate change is a subject that Harrison residents wanted to better understand.

As Pratt explained, in Maine more draught combined with heavier rainstorms could become the norm in the coming decades.

The collection of weather data shows those trends have already occurred in the past 10 to 20 years, she said.

Also, a more commonly known result of climate change – rising sea levels – will impact Maine greatly.

Coastal communities would experience more frequent flooding, causing residents to move inland. More development in the inland communities could negatively impact the water quality, Pratt said.

Away from the coast, fewer fresh-water fish will

survive the shifting climate, especially as the time that ice covers the lakes gets shorter and shorter.

Data collected on icein and ice-out dates show that ice-in dates are occurring much later while ice-out CLIMATE, Page 2A

‘This is a crisis...no joke’ Coalition: Be part of the answer

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As Peter Leighton looked out over the audience, he remembered his days on the Lake Region High School stage.

Those were simpler times.

Today, Leighton finds himself on the front line, battling a crisis that is stealing life from people of all ages and all walks of life.

One death per day in Maine is caused by an opioid overdose.

Last year, 378 people in this state died due to opioid overdoses. Years ago, drug addiction was seen as an inner city problem. As Dr. Peter Leighton has seen, the epidemic has stretched to all corners of the map, including the community he loves, the Lake Region.

“I always tell people that I survived Lake Region High School,” he told about 50 people in the auditorium last Wednesday night as part of a special Lake Region Substance Abuse Coalition public presentation about the opioid crisis. “When I left this area at the age of 18, I figured I would never come back.”

His life changed. He started a family and found the Lake Region was where he truly wanted to be.

“I have a lot of passion for this area. I really love this community,” said Dr. Leighton, who grew up in Sebago and graduated from LRHS in 1991.

After starting a medical practice at Central Maine Medical Center, where he was a hospitalist for sixplus years, Dr. Leighton really wanted to be in primary care, so he moved to Bridgton in July 2013.

Today, he has a robust practice with Bridgton Hospital Internal Medicine.

When he had his first inter-

view here, one of the first questions posed to him by another doctor — Dr. Craig Smith of North Bridgton Family Practice — was whether he would prescribe suboxone.

“I had heard about suboxone. I took care of a few patients in the hospital who were on it. It’s kind of a mystery drug to me, as it is with a lot of doctors even to this day,” he said.

Suboxone is a “weak” opiate that is used to help subside cravings people may have for stronger drugs such as heroin, as well as aid them from the effects of withdrawal.

“It’s also very safe, and

almost impossible to overdose on,” Dr. Leighton said.

“I know coming back to this area, I had an interest in working with people who have addictions.”

To prescribe suboxone, physicians first must gain a waiver. In this area, four providers — Dr. Craig Smith, who started the suboxone move in the Lake Region, Dr. Jen Smith, Dr. Eric Slayton and Dr. Leighton — are working with 300-plus patients and using suboxone.

“This is a crisis, an epidemic,” Dr. Leighton said.

“It’s no joke. I can’t tell you how many patients I’ve seen that are absolutely broken. They’ve lost everything. All different types of people from all different backgrounds. They’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost their kids, their jobs, trust and relationships of family members and friends. They are desperate to get off opiates.”

Working in conjunction with Lake Region and Fryeburg Area Adult Education, the Lake Region Substance Abuse Coalition (LRSAC) presented the COALITION, Page 3A

PROMPTED BY CUSTOMERS’ COMMENTS, Bruce Wiley, the owner of the Village Donut Shop & Bakery in Raymond, expanded with a second store in Bridgton.

Located next to Mack’s on Route 302, Village Donut Shop is open daily from 5 a.m. to noon.

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A donut ‘hole’ filled in Bridgton

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer Last summer the historical building on Main Street that once housed Adam’s Bakery was torn down.

At the same time, customers at Village Donut Shop & Bakery in Raymond kept mentioning to the owner that they wished there was a bakery that provided homemade donuts

and pastries in Bridgton.

For Bridgton residents, the baked goods were well worth the drive to Raymond, especially if they had errands or business that required them to pass through Raymond. But, having one in Bridgton would be so much more convenient — that’s what people kept telling owner Bruce Wiley.

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Effect of climate change here (Continued from Page 1A) dates are happening sooner.

Records of ice-out dates kept on Keoka Lake in Waterford prove that the lake’s ice is melting 10 days earlier. As a trend, the ice that once stayed on lakes until April is often gone in March, Pratt said.

“The reason we care about this is the ice keeps lakes clean, covered and cold,” Pratt said.

An LEA co-worker who was in audience said that an earlier ice-out means that there is a jumpstart on summer and the oxygen levels in lakes gets depleted sooner.

“Cold-water fish will become stressed,” Pratt said, adding that fewer fish means that Maine’s recreational fishing and connected tourism would take a hit.

More importantly, the loss of native fish would impact a lake’s ecosystem. There is link between water quality and fish mortality rates, she said.

Some of the fish die-offs

would occur from more devastating rainfall events, which would increase the amount of storm-water runoff into the lakes, which in turn leads to more algae blooms, Pratt said. Other causes for fish die-offs could be drought: the drying up of streambeds where fish lay their eggs and the dropping lake levels.

At the core of the climate change discussion is more than 100 years of collecting and recording the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, proving that CO2 levels have been on a steady increase since the Industrial Revolution.

Those CO2 levels have been measured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

CO2 is natural occurring on the planet and is removed from the Earth through the carbon cycle. However, manmade CO2 is being released at a rate that is faster than nature can remove it, thus causing global climate change.

According to Pratt, climate change in the Lakes Region does not only have environmental implications, but also has the likelihood of impacting the tourism industry that is an economic boost to the state. As the water quality is compromised, the very reason people vacation in Maine could be compromised as well.

In addition to its pristine lakes, ponds and rivers, another reason Maine is beloved by vacationers is for the opportunities to view wildlife. The wildlife native to the Pine Tree State could be threatened as their ecosystems are altered by climate change. Many native animals will move north toward cooler climates when Maine temperatures warm up.

“There will be shift of plants and animals from south to more north,” she said. “There will be a die-off of native species as invasive species take over.”

Another problem stemming from climate change

is heavier rain events that could tax Maine’s aging infrastructure – costing the state money. The 100-year flood is happening more frequently; and culverts and bridges designed for the 100year flood will not withstand recurring flooding. If people are not worried about the environmental impacts, then maybe impacts to their wallet will be a reason for being concerned about climate change, Pratt said.

How can individuals take action to slow down climate change and/or draw attention to the issue?

Get involved in your town’s planning board meetings, keeping track of what development is taking place Join an environmental agency Get on e-mail lists for national and local environmental agencies Talk about it Visit the website, toolkit. climate.gov/ Check out the website ccireanalyzer.org/

(Continued from Page 1A) The short answer was yes.

“The community would like to have a vision of what the park would look like. If we have a rendering,” that would be helpful, Brown said. “We have to emphasize the ‘crawl, walk, run’ approach.”

At this point, there were no cost estimates for importing rocks, building trails or buying the trees and plants for the permaculture garden.

That will come later. With a 10-year plan for the park to take shape, the beginnings are up to the residents.

“The best way to get guidance and support from the town is to show them what we want,” Brown said.

That is why the landscape architect is key to this project, he said.

Selectman Thomas Peaslee

asked, “Is the directive of the committee to keep this a lowmaintenance park?”

Brown said, “The idea of permaculture does work in that direction. Folks (on the committee) are aware of the importance of being fiscally conservative. It has to be affordable. It has to provide the greatest use to the public.”

“We haven’t got too deep into maintenance costs involved,” Brown said.

“Thoughtful plantings of trees, imported rocks as landscape features, eventually a water fountain and picnic areas.”

Posy Gillespie, another committee member, pointed out that eventually the park be usable during all the seasons in Maine.

“It would be a year-round park. It would be a spot for

people to go for a picnic and if they had a kayak, possibly put it in the lake,” she said.

“It is a central piece for snowmobilers to connect with the rest of the world.

They have been doing that for years,” Gillespie said. “It is a beautiful sound to hear snowmobiles going across the lake at night. I don’t snowmobile.

But, I know they are enjoying it: Getting outdoors and con-

necting with nature. You can have ice-skaters on the lake and you can go ice fishing on the lake.”

“So, it does encompass a 12-months-a-year park,” she said.

Naturally optimistic, Brown ended on an up-note.

“If it is done right it will enhance the community,” he said. “It is central to the town.

It will be a real showpiece.”

WORKING TO PROTECT OUR LAKES — State Representative Jessica Fay of Raymond, and Representative Rich Cebra of Naples pose outside the Environment and Natural Resources Committee Room in Augusta, where they are working together to protect area lakes.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — People living in the communities of Naples and Casco have been forced to travel to either Raymond or Bridgton to buy their off-road diesel gasoline.

Now, with the opening of the new gasoline island at Naples Variety, locals can once again purchase off-road diesel nearer to where they live.

What is even better than having that commodity a shorter distance away is experiencing a shorter wait for pumps to disperse the needed amount of diesel.

“The speed of the high-volume diesel and off-road diesel pumps is 30 gallons a minute. That is pretty fast,” according to Naples Variety owner Ron Tabor.

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State Representative Jessica Fay (D) of Raymond and Representative Rich Cebra (R) of Naples each submitted legislation in Augusta to protect our Maine lakes from the illegal dumping of human waste.

Both bills were presented to the Joint Standing Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday, March 22, and both were well received, getting positive feedback, as well as support from the three departments that have authority over the lakes. The departments include: the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, which has the enforcement piece of the puzzle; the Department of Conservation, which has jurisdiction over the Great Ponds of Maine; and the Department of Environmental Protection, which has oversight of all things related to protecting Maine’s beautiful environment.

On Wednesday, March 29, both bills had their work session before the committee, and both bills had a positive outcome. Representative Cebra’s bill resulted in having a letter from the committee sent directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to produce and post a sign at lake boat launches that inform the public that the dumping of human waste is illegal. The sign spells out the fine, and provides the public with a number to call to report any illegal dumping of human waste into our lakes. This new sign will be included as part of the currently-scheduled boat launch sign replacement that the Warden Service/IF&W are engaged in.

“Our lakes are the lifeblood of our local economy,” Representative Cebra said. “It is very important that the public is reminded that dumping waste in our lakes is illegal, there will be a big fine for doing it, and other people on the water may be watching them, and can be armed with the number to call and report them if they witness the crime.”

The letter also directs the departments involved to include the same information in related brochures and any other applicable avenues of communication taken in educating the public.

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Coalition: Be part of answer

(Continued from Page 1A) Lake Region Substance Abuse Coalition history two-hour information sesFormed December 2015 sion featuring eight speakMeets monthly ers with hopes of developPurpose: To maintain a substance abuse coalition with ing more awareness and a focus on opiate abuse, open to everyone in the Lake understanding. After each Region. informational session, audiMission: To bring people, information and ideas together ence members could write to end opiate abuse; to remove barriers which prevent a question on an index card people from seeking treatment. to be answered by a specific speaker. Several people Opiate Awareness Public Forum at LRHS Presenters took advantage of the Q&A Madelyn Litz, LR and Fryeburg Adult Ed Director opportunity throughout the Peter Leighton, M.D., Bridgton Internal Medicine evening.

Jennifer Smith, D.O., North Bridgton Family Practice “More than just having Julie Peterson, LCSW, Crooked River Counseling the information, we need to Phil Jones, Bridgton Police Department Officer apply it,” was a message on Chip Keinath, MSEd a fact sheet handed out.

Dana Hanson, MSEd Three key words are Rebecca Smith, Ced used by LRSAC in its fight against this crisis — hope, resilience and recovery. older that had a substance • 2 million had a subThe statistics are stagger- abuse disorder in 2015: stance abuse disorder ing. Nationally, of the 20.5 • 12.5 million people are involving prescription pain million Americans 12 and opioid-dependent relievers • It is estimated that 23% of individuals who use heroin develop opioid addiction • Drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the United States — 52,404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015; 78 people die from overdose daily • 591,000 had a substance abuse disorder involving heroin.

While listening to MPBN, Dr. Leighton heard a report that struck him. The state Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills recently announced medical examiner was seekthe release of a new television ad warning of the link between ing an additional $300,000 prescription painkillers and heroin addiction. in funding to keep pace with The ad is the latest in the “Dose of Reality” public educa- the rising number of toxition campaign launched in 2016. The ad will be made avail- cology screenings related to able to Maine broadcasters through the Maine Association of drug overdoses.

Broadcasters’ Public Education Partnership program over the He also cited the specoming months. cial report published by “Four out of five people who use heroin tell us that their the Portland Press Herald substance abuse disorder began with a prescription pain- regarding the opioid crisis, killer,” said Attorney General Mills. “The influx of heroin which included photos and and fentanyl have turned Maine’s opioid problem into a stories of people who have deadly epidemic. This ad illustrates how quickly a person died due to drug overdoses. can descend down the path of addiction. As we work to stem “Many are young and the flow of illicit opioids into Maine, we must ensure that we should be contributing to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions and ensure that society, but instead they are people properly dispose of unused painkillers.”

The new ad, entitled “Path to Heroin,” can be viewed online at the www.doseofrealitymaine.org website. The ad REALITY, Page 4A

State airs new ‘Dose of Reality

dead,” he said.

As part an effort to “get the word out” since there is a “tremendous amount of misinformation and ignorance regarding dependence,” Dr. Leighton said, spoke with Bridgton Chief of Police Richard Stillman regarding how best to develop more community awareness.

The vehicle is LRSAC. Dr. Leighton told the crowd that a lot of people want to help, but simply don’t know what to do.

LRSAC held its first meeting in December 2015.

People from all walks of life took part, including doctors, counselors and law enforcement. Various committees were formed targeting specific areas from community awareness to law enforcement. Ideas are discussed, such as providing rides to patients to appointments, since many lack transportation and are unable to seek needed counseling and medical services.

“This isn’t talk about the problem and go home. Come back, and talk about the problem and go home. It’s about action. A real grassroots effort,” Dr. Leighton said. “My hope is you learn something here tonight, but more importantly, you do something about it. We can’t do this alone. We really can’t. We need to get these patients into treatment.”

When Dr. Leighton spoke before officials in Augusta, he wanted to make the opioid crisis “real” to the group.

As he spoke about cases he has handled, Dr. Leighton saw officials’ eyes widen — “like deer in headlights.”

“These are not drug addicts or homeless bums.

These are people with a disease. In medicine, we treat

Risk factors Biology/Genes — genetics, gender, mental disorders Environment — chaotic home and abuse; parent’s use and attitudes; peer influences; community attitudes; poor school achievement Drug — Early use, availability, cost Brain mechanics Addiction Treatment Integrated medical, therapeutic counseling and support services Family support Adequate intensity and length Address relapse Barriers to Treatment Lack of insurance Stigma Accessibility Transportation Job limitations opioid-dependence as a disease, just like diabetes.

There is no judgment. They need help,” Dr. Leighton added. “There is a lot of shame. A lot of people in the shadows that don’t want to talk about it, but we need to because people are dying every day from this. If not, they are coming damn close.

The number of Narcan administrations per day is astronomical. Sometimes, they are not lucky enough to have someone there to save their lives from an opiate overdose.”

Before handing the microphone to Bridgton Police Officer Phil Jones, Leighton asked the audience to try to look at drug addiction “I never call it opioid addiction. I never use the

term addicts. I never say a dirty urine, it suggests a person is dirty. I use ‘inappropriate’ urine screen. We talk about people with a medical problem. They are moms and dads, brothers and sisters. They are real people,” he said. “I have a special place in my heart for this group of the population.”

Change in approach When people think about drugs and police, they envision a scene from a TV series or movie.

“It’s not like that,” Bridgton Police Officer Phil Jones said.

However, the opioid epidemic is certainly real.

Officer Jones has been on the Bridgton Police Department for the past 10 years, and says most calls for service COALITION, Page 4A

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(Continued from Page 2A) Representative Fay’s bill was amended and passed unanimously by the committee. The amended version provides for an increase in the fine for the discharge of waste from watercraft in inland waters to a minimum fine of $500.

“Increasing the minimum fine from $100 to $500 will show folks we are serious about this crime, and that we mean business when it comes to protecting our lakes, rivers and ponds,” Representative Fay said. “I am glad we were able to work together to address the issue of overboard waste discharge through education and deterrence.

Representative Jessica Fay is in her first term in the Maine Legislature representing District #66, which is made up of parts of Casco, Poland and Raymond. Representative Fay serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Representative Rich Cebra is in his fifth non-consecutive term in the Legislature and represents District 68, the towns of Naples, Sebago, Baldwin, Cornish and part of Parsonsfield. Representative Cebra serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation.

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Substance Abusue Coalition: Be part of answer (Continued from Page 3A) often have an opioid connection.

“When we get a call, it isn’t always a person with drugs in their hands. It’s a domestic assault or family disturbance. We separate and create a safe environment. Oftentimes, there is a dependency issue that people are struggling with.”

One effort police have made to address the opiate problem is to offer a dropbox, where people can dispose of no longer needed or expired medication. There are no forms to fill out.

Officer Jones feels the dropbox is a “powerful” tool to keep drugs out of the wrong hands, while also disposing the medication properly — not flushing it down the toilet.

“It gives us a chance to get those narcotics to the DEA for proper disposal,” Officer Jones said. “What

we are finding that there is a significant amount of elder abuse related to the opiate crisis. Some elderly are prescribed very significant prescription drugs, and their grandchildren or neighbors are sometimes manipulating them to get ahold of those drugs. When that source dries up, then they look to some street-level drugs like heroin.”

Officer Jones noted that more information sharing is occurring these days amongst various departments and agencies in regards to drugs and narcotic activity.

A change Officer Jones has seen, compared to when he first started out 10 years ago, is that the end of the road isn’t simply a charge, a summons and a report to the district attorney’s office.

“Now, there is a followthrough in which we are connected with community

Dose of Reality

(Continued from Page 3A) begins with a locker room scene and two hockey players sharing a painkiller and ends showing one of the young men after having injected heroin. The Dose of Reality website has other public service messages and information about the proper disposal of prescription painkillers.

Attorney General Mills expressed her appreciation to Attorney General Brad Schimel of Wisconsin for making these materials available to Maine.

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members or groups like this Coalition that can help lead people to treatment and counseling,” Officer Jones said. “We’re taking people and connecting them with avenues that hopefully they can get some help.”

Falling into the trap Dr. Jen Smith has been in practice here in the Lake Region for the past 12 years, and has been prescribing suboxone for about six years.

“It wasn’t something I was anticipating doing when I moved here,” she said.

“But, I am really happy to be part of it. It’s very rewarding, working with some great people.”

Dr. Smith spoke about

the effects of drugs on the brain, and how suboxone works.

Addiction, she said, is a chronic, relapsing brain disease because the drugs change how the brain works.

“It can be long-lasting,” she said. “Its hard to get away from the stigma that these are simply bad people making bad decisions and why can’t they just stop?”

Research shows addiction is a brain disorder.

Certain risk factors push some people to drug use.

Most research points to biology/genetics and environmental factors.

From the genetics side, some people can take pain

BRIDGTON First Congregational Church Apr. 13: Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service, 7 p.m.

Apr. 14: Good Friday Service, 12 p.m.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunrise Service, 5:45 a.m. at Bridgton

Highlands Golf Course, followed by breakfast at the church.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Family Worship, 10 a.m. followed by

Easter Egg Hunt.

Apr. 14: Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg Apr. 15: Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil Service, 8 p.m. in Bridgton Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Mass, 8:30 a.m.

FRYEBURG St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church Apr. 9: Palm Sunday, 10:30 a.m.

Apr. 13: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg Apr. 14: Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord,

7 p.m. in Fryeburg.

Apr. 15: Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil Service, 8 p.m.

in Bridgton.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Mass, 10:30 a.m.

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Son-Rise Family Church Apr. 16: Morning Refreshments, 9:30 a.m., Easter Sunday Worship Service, 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall.

Ministering the Historic Reformed Christian Faith

EASTER WEEK SERVICES SCHEDULE PALM SUNDAY SERVICE: Sunday, April 9, at 9:30 a.m.

MAUNDY THURSDAY TENENBRAE SERVICE: April 13, 7 p.m. (with North Waterford Congregational Church)

EASTER MORNING SUNRISE SERVICE: April 16, 6 a.m., at Town Beach, Keoka Lake (with Harrison and North Waterford churches).

Followed by breakfast at the Wilkins House, next door to the Waterford Congregational Church.

EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE: April 16, 9:30 a.m.

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All are welcome!

Holy Week Services The Bridgton News will be listing events and services taking place at local churches during Holy Week and Easter in the issues dated April 6th and April 13th.

Please send information for your church to The Bridgton News office as soon as possible.

For more information call 647-2851 or e-mail bnews@roadrunner.com

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Come celebrate with us the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Easter Sunday morning, April 16 th.

Refreshments at 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service at 10 a.m.

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so they feel ‘normal,’ we can help them get their lives back,” Dr. Smith said.

Dr. Smith explained like other chronic diseases that require a lifetime dose of medication to address the illness, suboxone can be used for as long as an individual needs it to fight drug addiction.

“Some people wean off it, but there are some individuals who have been doing drugs since their early teens and may stay on a low dose of suboxone for their lifetime,” Dr. Smith noted.

“There is more research to do in this area, but I think as we move toward this being a medical model and recognize this as a chronic illness, it will be more acceptable as long-term treatment, just like high blood pressure and diabetes where those people don’t get off their meds.”

Other speakers addressed dependency counseling, prevention and intervention, as well as recovery (see a follow-up story in next week’s edition).

LRSAC was scheduled to hold another informational forum last night at the Naples Public Library.

The group plans to continue its public awareness efforts and encourages individuals to attend a LRSAC meeting.

Easter Services and events

St. Joseph Catholic Church Apr. 8: Palm Sunday Service, 4 p.m.

Apr. 9: Palm Sunday, 8:30 a.m.

Apr. 13: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg

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There is a lot of shame. A lot of people in the shadows that don’t want to talk about it, but we need to because people are dying every day from this. If not, they are coming damn close.

medication following a surgical procedure and then stop. Others, however, digest it differently and a dependency forms.

Environmental factors can include family members using drugs or easy access to drugs, childhood neglect, violence and abuse, mental illness and adverse personality characteristics, such as cynicism, a high level of anger toward self and others, engaging in delinquent behaviors and social incompetence, which leads to loneliness. Of course, there is peer pressure, as well.

“We see a lot of patients who started using drugs in their teen years,” Dr. Smith said. “That use does have an effect on brain development.”

Most drugs of abuse increase the level of a hormone that “makes you feel good.” Drugs produce an unusual high level, which leads to a euphoric “high” people seek.

“Without the drug, people become withdrawn and depressed, so they take more,” she said.

Dr. Smith explained how suboxone works and its effectiveness.

“If we get people into treatment and counseling, and put them on suboxone

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HARRISON Harrison United Parish Apr. 16: Joint Easter Sunrise Service 6 a.m. at Town Beach, Keoka Lake, Waterford. Followed by breakfast at the Wilkins House next door to Waterford Congregational Church.

Apr. 16: Easter Worship Service with bell choir, 10 a.m.

LOVELL United Church of Christ Apr. 9: Palm Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Apr. 13: Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunrise Service, 6:30 a.m., Hoss Hill; Easter Worship at church.

WATERFORD North Waterford Congregational Church Apr. 9: Palm Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

Apr. 13: Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service, 7 p.m., at Waterford Congregational Church Apr. 16: Easter Sunrise Service 6 a.m. at Town Beach, Keoka Lake. Followed by breakfast at the Wilkins House next door to Waterford Congregational Church.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

Waterford Congregational Church Apr. 9: Palm Sunday Service, 9:30 a.m.

Apr. 13: Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service, 7 p.m. with North Waterford Congregational Church Apr. 16: Easter Sunrise Service 6 a.m. at Town Beach, Keoka Lake. Followed by breakfast at the Wilkins House next door to Waterford Congregational Church.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Service, 9:30 a.m.

WINDHAM North Windham Union Church Apr. 9: Palm Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

Apr. 13: Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m.

Apr. 16: Easter Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

Area news

April 6, 2017, The Bridgton News, Page 5A

FA ensemble strikes jazz gold

Bill would reduce vehicle inspections

FILL ‘ER UP — As of March 31, there is a new gasoline-pumping island in Naples. On Tuesday evening, a customer puts some gas in the tank of his truck at the newly-installed pumps, located at Naples Variety, which is accessible from Roosevelt Trail and from Route 11.

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Naples Variety

(Continued from Page 2A) available on the island.

For the past several months, the construction of the new gas pump station with the metal canopy overhead made it obvious to passers-by that another option for filling up was on the horizon. A crew from A.L. Doggett, out of Gray, did the construction work on the project, according to Tabor.

On Friday, the digital gas price sign was lit up and the first customers pulled in.

“I am selling quite a bit of fuel. It is a convenience for most people,” he said. “The response and the sales have been great.”

Tabor decided to go with unbranded gasoline, he said.

“It has its advantages. One advantage is: I am able to be unbranded and uncontracted. No one has a piece of pie but me.

A lot of the time, it is good. For me, it is really good because I can buy what I want when I want,” Tabor said.

Without a brand name, will the price per gallon be cheaper than the competitor located several 100 yards away, C.N. Brown’s Big Apple?

“I will be price competitive. They are the big dog so I can at least match them,” Tabor said. “Same as I do at my store in Standish. I cannot compete with C.N. Brown. I cannot fight the big dog but I can match them.”

The new gas island is clean and state of the art, Tabor said.

In less than a week of being open most of the kinks have been remedied, he said.

“It’s just a matter of getting people used to it,” he said.

He predicted that this summer, a lot of boats will use the gas island since the location “has easy access from both Route 302 and 11.”

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — What driver does not dread the expiration month of their vehicle inspection sticker?

How much will be doled out this time on vehicle repairs to adhere to the state’s vehicle inspection law?

Or, as some Mainers say before they pay the bill from their mechanic, “What’s the damage?”

Rep. Rich Cebra (R-Naples) said that when he has served in the House of Representatives over the years, “people contacted me and asked why cannot we have two-year inspections or none at all.”

This legislative session, Cebra is sponsoring LD 623, a bill to reduce the yearly inspection to every other year.

“What it does is it takes the Maine annual vehicle inspection and makes it a two-year inspection,” Cebra said.

“What I am proposing is not out of the mainstream in the country,” he said.

According to Wikipedia, 33 states do not require vehicle inspections. Those states either eliminated those requirements or never had them in the first place. The state of New Jersey eliminated its passenger vehicle safety inspection program in 2010, Wikipedia said.

Of the 17 states that require vehicle inspections, the ones that have it done every two years are

Rhode Island, Missouri and the District of Columbia. Delaware does both annual and biennial (every two years) inspections; however, new vehicles are exempt from inspections for five years as long as the same person owns it. In Louisiana, since 2012, drivers have an option to pay double the fees to get a 2-year inspection sticker.

Cebra said his primary reasons for introducing the legislation are to save Maine residents money and to put the responsibility of mechanical upkeep in the hands of the citizens.

“It would save money,” he said.

“I believe people are responsible for their own vehicles and the maintenance of their own vehicles,” he said.

“Especially with the newer vehicles, you don’t need it inspected every year,” Cebra said.

“I don’t believe, from what I have read, that there is any difference to safety on the roads when people have annual verses two-year inspections. So, there is no decrease in public safety,” he said.

Plus, changes in the practice of wintertime road maintenance have added years to the life of vehicles that drive on Maine’s roads.

“They stopped spraying the stuff on the roads that corroded the undercarriage of vehicles,” he said.

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A BLACK SUV traveling eastbound North High Street (Route 302) in Bridgton, rolled over around 7 a.m., Wednesday. The male driver reported he hit a slick spot, and lost all control with no braking ability. When a witness arrived shortly afterward, the driver was out of the vehicle and apparently had only a minor injury. Officer Phil Jones and United Ambulance arrived on scene soon after the accident. Rescue personnel reported that this was the second rollover of the morning.

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ballad featured McKenna McGrath, Madison Burke, Ciara Neidlinger, Merry Paulding, Taylor Kruger, and McKenzie Huppe, who all received the highest commendation for their solos.

They closed their set with Rucker’s version of a Wes Montgomery blues waltz called “West Coast Blues.”

The group had backed up Grammy-nominee Karrin Allyson on this tune in the fall as part of the Jazz Residency Initiative capstone concert. This time, junior Ciara Neidlinger took over Allison’s role, making the tune her own, and winning another Outstanding Musicianship award.

The ensemble’s effort earned them the state’s new Gold Award, which is only given to ensembles scoring 95 or higher out of a possible 100 points. As a result, they were invited to perform in the night showcase, an honor only extended to one other vocal jazz ensemble in the state.

If you’d like a chance to hear what these talented musicians have to share, they will be performing at Stone Mountain Arts Center on Friday, April 21.

Proceeds will help young musicians attend music camps this summer.

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FRYEBURG ACADEMY JAZZ ENSEMBLE WINS GOLD at the 2017 Maine State Vocal Jazz Festival.

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Mimi Rohlfing, emerged triumphant yet again at the 2017 Maine State Vocal Jazz Festival held in Millinocket.

The group featured a Clare Fischer chart and two arrangements by Martez Rucker, whose arrangement of “Ziggurat” took them to first prize at Berklee and the state festival two years ago. They opened with a sophisticated arrangement

by Fischer that combines a Brazilian standard sung in Portuguese called “O Pato,” with “Take the A Train.”

The group was accompanied by freshman Ethan Reinbach on cajon, and seniors Ella Forbes on bass, Tyler Worcester soloing on muted trumpet, and Dominic Orlando on piano, with vocalists Dominic Malia and Addison Schwarz playing shakers. Solist Merry Paulding won an Outstanding Musicianship award for her improvisation on this fast bossa nova.

They continued with Martez Rucker’s arrangement of a tune by Dizzy Gillespie, originally titled “Con Alma,” with lyrics by Chris Caswell, and retitled “Something Worth Waiting For.” This sensitive

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Reservations are now being accepted for Spring 2017 classes Seven classes are offered — All Things Spring, All I Know About Government I Learned in 2nd Grade, The Age of Timber, Writing an Oral History, Impressionism in Music, Two Post-Modern Novels, The Orderly Era: The 50s.

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.

Sebago – Call Shelley, 787-3701 – Screening on April 25 Songo Locks – Call Rosemarie or Elaine, 693-6828 Screening on April 25–27 Stevens Brook – Call Marybeth or Denise, 647-5675 Screening on April 26–27

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Police & fire

Page 6A, The Bridgton News, April 6, 2017

Bridgton Police blotter These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, March 27 6:31 a.m. Police were alerted of a traffic hazard on North High Street — a deer in the road.

10:38 a.m. A bank containing an undetermined amount of money and collectable coins were reportedly stolen from a Highland Pines Road residence.

10:40 a.m. A caller informed police that someone used his credit card to purchase gift cards.

12:23 p.m. A patient at Bridgton Hospital requested that an officer pick her up because she had had a legal matter to discuss with a patrolman.

Tuesday, March 28 8:01 a.m. A caller reported that her son’s glasses had been broken.

1:33 p.m. A subject locked himself out of his truck while at a local gas pump. While the subject contacted AAA for assistance, a clerk requested an officer to respond.

Wednesday, March 29 7:04 a.m. A motorist reportedly failed to pay $25 for gasoline.

12:42 p.m. A police officer was requested regarding a controlled substance problem at a Kimball Road residence.

5:18 p.m. A caller informed police that her vehicle struck a parked vehicle on Portland Road.

Thursday, March 30 10:31 a.m. Police, fire and United Ambulance personnel responded to a motor vehicle crash on Portland Road.

7:09 p.m. A Sweden Road resident filed a fraud complaint.

7:27 and 7:32 p.m. Vehicles and deer collided on North High Street (one near Rivard Road and the other near Sam

Ingalls Road).

Friday, March 31 7:14 a.m. A caller sought to speak with an officer regarding an impending protection from abuse order.

11:24 a.m. A caller requested to speak with Chief Stillman regarding a complaint.

1:02 p.m. A wallet was lost in the Portland Road area.

4:32 p.m. Two kids on skateboards were reportedly creating traffic hazards on Portland Road.

10:17 p.m. A sports utility vehicle went into a ditch off Harrison Road.

10:31 p.m. Two vehicles collided on South Bridgton Road.

Saturday, April 1 9:43 a.m. A caller reported that she is currently in rehab, and has been told that people are using her vehicle without her permission.

12:05 p.m. A vehicle went off the road on South High Street. No injuries were reported.

1:34 p.m. Department of Human Services requested police to check on the well-being of children on North Road.

2:51 p.m. A vehicle slid off the road at the intersection of Fosterville and South Bridgton Roads, and became stuck in a snowbank.

3:51 p.m. Officer Reese assisted hospital personnel with an out-of-control subject.

11:49 p.m. Officer Gaumont backed up a county deputy handling a domestic disturbance on Main Street in Denmark.

Sunday, April 2 9:54 a.m. Police attempted to locate a vehicle, which reportedly illegally passed other vehicles on Portland Road.

10:29 a.m. Police responded to an accident with property damage on Main Street.

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9:23 a.m. Police assisted Fryeburg Rescue with a call at a Stuart Street residence.

1:56 p.m. A burglary at a Stanley Hill Road location was investigated.

9:42 p.m. Police assisted Fryeburg Rescue with a call on Cross Street.

Wednesday, March 29 6:31 a.m. A burglar alarm sounded at a Bridgton Road location.

1:07 p.m. Police investigated a report that an individual had threatened to cause personal harm on North Fryeburg Road.

5 p.m. A report of suspicious activity on Ice House Road was deemed unfounded.

Thursday, March 30 4:49 a.m. Police assisted

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Fryeburg Rescue with a call on Fairview Drive.

6:24 a.m. Police checked an alarm on Bridgton Road.

8:32 a.m. Rescue personnel and police were sent to a Leach Road residence.

10:07 and 10:51 p.m.

Motor vehicle stops on Main Street and Portland Street resulted in warnings.

Friday, March 31 8:59 a.m. Police investigated a criminal trespass complaint on North Fryeburg Road.

2:41 p.m. Responding to a report of suspicious activity on Bridgton Road, police stopped Scott A. Proctor, 45, of Bridgton, and charged him with failing to appear after bailed.

Saturday, April 1 7:01 a.m. A motor vehicle crashed on West Fryeburg Road.

10 a.m. Police investigated a complaint, but deemed it unfounded.

12:45 p.m. Police responded to a domestic disturbance on Farnsworth Road.

7:20 p.m. A theft allegedly occurred at a Bridgton Road store.

Sunday, April 2 1:43 p.m. Police and rescue personnel were sent to a Maple Street residence.

3:08 p.m. Police investigated a complaint at a North Fryeburg Road business.

6:32 p.m. Police assisted a county deputy with a call on Union Hill Road.

By Jay Spenciner A few of my fellow firemen and I (of the elderly persuasion) get together weekly for lunch. We recently met at Melby’s in North Waterford. One of my lunch mates is Albert Fox of Stoneham, which has a year round population of about 250 people and is located northwest of Waterford.

JS: What’s your position in the Stoneham Fire Department?

AF: Right now it’s assistant chief.

JS: How long have you been in the fire service?

AF: Since I was 15 years old. That was in the Lovell Fire Department. I moved to Stoneham in 1971, started the Stoneham Fire Department and have been in it ever since.

JS: Now, Stoneham’s only got about 250 residents. How many are in the fire department?

AF: We’ve got about a dozen now. We used to have two dozen, but some people have dropped out.

JS: I hear the SFD is kind of a family affair.

AF: Well, there are a few Foxes in it. My son is chief; another son is in it; Mary, my wife, is in; my brother Pete is in; and my grandson is in.

JS: Any interesting fires recently?

AF: We were at a fire in Lovell village during a blizzard. It was an old store and the building had three businesses in it then. It was a big building. It was a February blizzard with high winds, a lot of snow, and it was cold,

maybe five years ago.

JS: I notice you pronounce the town name a little differently. Is it Stoneem or Stone-ham’?

AF: It’s Stone-ham’.

JS: What vehicles does the SFD have?

AF: We have a 2014, one-ton Dodge pickup/ forestry truck with a tank and pump on it and forestry equipment, and a 2004 Freightliner E-1 pumper with a 1250 pump and a 1,000 gallons of water on it. The third truck is a 1991 GMC with 2,500 gallons of water and a 1250 pump.

JS: About how many calls a year do you folks have?

AF: Anywhere from a dozen to 20. This year we’ve already had seven or eight.

Ask the Chief (Bridgton Fire Chief Steve Fay) Diane asks: “The Bridgton Fire Department used to handle its own calls most of the time and it didn’t have to go out of town so much to other towns to help them. Why has this changed so much?”

Chief Fay: The answer to your question is actually a sign of the times. There are just not enough qualified personnel providing fire service to their communities any longer. Today’s hectic pace, work demands, raising families, and a multitude of commitments leave little time for family recreation or quality togetherness, let alone the time needed to help the community. There are strict regulations and

Albert Fox physical demands that need to be met that many today can’t meet or don’t want to meet. Younger folk today don’t generally subscribe to the community involvement that was seen in the 50s through the early 80s.

In fact, the fire service in Maine has lost 50 percent of its firefighting force in the last 20 years. This is a huge problem. The Fire Science program at Lake Region High School is in danger of ceasing because of under enrollment. In times of crisis, we look to other communities for a hand, as they do us. It is called, “mutual aid”.

Your Bridgton Fire Department (as well as most other departments) is always looking for people to lend a hand. If you have any questions about the fire service, please don’t hesitate to contact me at firechief@ bridgtonmaine.org. There are many jobs that we need help with.

Beware of phone scam

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, is warning of a new kind of telephone scam that is being reported to the committee’s Fraud Hotline.

Through this scam, the caller will ask a simple question such as “Are you there?” or “Can you hear me?” in hopes that the recipient of the call will say, “Yes.” The scammer records the affir-

mative answer and then uses that recorded voice to authorize unwanted charges on items like utility bills, phone bills or even stolen credit cards.

Senator Collins warns, “This scam is particularly deceiving, as it can happen quite quickly and without any acknowledgement that the victim has been scammed. If you receive a call from someone you don’t

know asking a question such as “Can you hear me?” you should respond by just hanging up the phone.

In recent weeks, the committee’s Fraud Hotline has received an increasing number of reports from Mainers who are receiving this fraudulent call. If you or a loved one receives a call like this, report it to the Aging Committee’s toll-free Hotline at 1-855-303-9470.

NORWAY — Do you want to buy a business or do you have a business you would like to sell? Oxford Hills SCORE is pleased to announce a free workshop, Buying and Selling a Business, to be held on Thursday, April 27, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Town Office, 17 Danforth Street, in Norway. The workshop is sponsored by the TD Charitable Foundation.

The workshop will help

answer a number of questions including: Are you really a buyer or seller? How and where should you search for a business or to find a buyer?

How do you value a business?

What are common issues and problems encountered in a business sale? What is due diligence? And what will you need to do to finalize a business acquisition? Learn how to avoid common mistakes by asking the right questions and

understanding how the process works.

The workshop presenter, Brian D. Hanson, is the president of Maine Business Brokers and has 18 years of entrepreneurial experience.

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These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, March 27 9:56 a.m. Police were sent to a Belair Estate Road residence for a domestic disturbance.

11:16 a.m. A possible violation of a protection from abuse order occurred at a Maple Street residence.

6:20 p.m. Police determined that a drug complaint at a Main Street store was unfounded.

10:19 p.m. Police were sent to an Oxford Street location for a domestic disturbance.

Tuesday, March 28 6:25 a.m. A burglar alarm sounded at a Bridgton Road office building. Police inves-

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April 6, 2017, The Bridgton News, Page 7A

Area Events Collective Goods Fundraiser

Bridgton Hospital will be hosting its biannual Collective Goods (formerly Books Are Fun) fundraiser on Wednesday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday, April 13, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale, which is open to the public, will take place in the hospital cafeteria and will feature a wide selection of children’s storybooks, cookbooks, holiday items, stationery, music, educational items, executive gifts, and more.

A percentage of sales from this event will benefit the CMHC Employee Emergency Assistance Fund, which awards money to employees (including Bridgton Hospital staff) experiencing financial hardship.

For more information about the sale and other fundraising activities, contact the Bridgton Hospital Development Office at 647-6055 or e-mail bridgtonhospitalgiving@ cmhc.org

Diabetic Shoe Clinic

Are you diabetic and on Medicare? If so, you are entitled to one pair of therapeutic shoes plus inserts each calendar year, paid for by Medicare. Come along to choose a shoe style and get measured at the diabetic shoe clinic being offered at the Bridgton Community Center on Wednesday, April 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 pm. The clinic is covered by Medicare Part B and sponsored by Step Lightly and ProMedical. All shoe widths are available.

Important — please bring the following with you to the clinic: your Medicare card; primary doctor’s name, address and phone number; and primary/secondary insurance card(s) if you have any.

For more information and to make an appointment please call 647-3116.

Earth Day Cleanup

HARRISON — It’s that time of year again! The 3rd Annual Harrison Earth Day Community Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Meet at the Harrison Fire Station at 34 School St., where we will break up into small groups and branch out on various routes around Harrison to clean up the community.

Bring work gloves and water bottles — trash bags will be provided. Kids’ wagons have also proved to be useful in previous years.

There will be a barbecue chicken lunch with all the fixings afterward, provided by the Olde Mill Tavern and Ruby Slippers Cafe and Bakery. The first 75 people to sign up at www.AMEnterprises.me will receive a free T-shirt.

Last year 94 people came out and cleaned up 1,010 pounds of trash. With your help, we aim to do even better this year!

Easter Egg Hunt

HARRISON — The Easter Bunny is working with the Harrison Recreation Department to host an Easter Egg Hunt at Crystal Lake Park in Harrison on Saturday, April 15 at 10 a.m. The hunt is open to all kids so gather your baskets and see if you can find some of the eggs the Bunny will be hiding. And you never know — you might even meet the Bunny himself.

World Quest Breakfast Fundraiser

NAPLES — A pancake breakfast will be held on Saturday, April 8, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Naples American Legion Post #155 on Route 11 in Naples. The menu features pancakes, sausages, bacon, juice, coffee and tea, and the meal costs $6 per person. All proceeds will go to benefit the Lake Region High School WorldQuest team trip to compete in the national contest being held in Washington, D.C.

Rescheduled Cabin Fever Breakfast

NORTH LOVELL — The Cabin Fever Breakfast to benefit the Lewis Dana Hill Memorial Library in North Lovell that was scheduled for Saturday, April 1, had to be canceled due to inclement weather. However, it has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 8, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. and will be held at the Lovell Lion’s Club, 2081 Main St. in North Lovell. The cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children between two and 12 years old. The menu includes pancakes with real Maine maple syrup, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, home fries, coffee, tea, milk, and orange juice. Proceeds will benefit the library. We’re trying again so come along, enjoy a great meal, and support a good cause — weather permitting, of course!

Jennifer Porter (left) and Dana Packard star in the romantic comedy, Chapatti, at the Saco River Theatre in Buxton.

Originals present Chapatti

BUXTON — The Originals are proud to present the Maine premiere of Chapatti, a romantic comedy by Christian O’Reilly at the Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd. in Buxton from April 21 to April 29.

The play features Originals’ founders Dana Packard and Jennifer Porter in their second duo appearance in two years, following last spring’s wartime drama, A Picasso.

Romance has been an elusive dream for two lonely animal lovers living in Dublin, Ireland. But when, through a

chance encounter, Dan, (Dana Packard) and his beloved dog, Chapatti, cross paths with Betty (Jennifer Porter) and her 19 cats, an unexpected spark sets the stage for an uplifting story about two people rediscovering the importance of human companionship. Can a dog person and a cat person actually overcome their differences and find true love?

There will be performances at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22; and Thursday through Saturday, April 27 to 29. A Sunday matinee is also scheduled for

Boat launch at State Park still iced in

CASCO — The Sebago Lake State Park boat launch remains iced in. Wet heavy snow is expected to arrive tonight and may delay ice-out on the Songo River. The boat launch parking lot is open but it is expected that the East Area parking lot will be closed Saturday due to mud and wet snow.

Spring skiing conditions exist right now, so be prepared for changing trail surfaces. The headquarters’ trailhead is currently an ideal starting point for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. Please help maintain the trails by not walking on the set ski track and keeping pets on a leash at all times. For more information please call 693-6231.

April 23 at 2:30 p.m. followed by a post-show talk-back with the actors.

Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. On Thursday, April

A Christ Walk

FRYEBURG — The annual Walk of Christ will take place on Good Friday, April 14, from 5 to 5:30 p.m.

Walkers should meet in the Thriftway parking lot, and will then head to Bradley Park (a one-mile walk) in Fryeburg.

The walk will be held rain or shine. This symbolic walk is to demonstrate Jesus Christ’s love for all in His suffering and death on the cross.

Everyone is invited to walk in unification and to commemorate Christ’s passion for all. The walk is organized by the Evangelical Leaders for Christ — consisting of Fryeburg Assembly of God, Stow Baptist Church, Son-Rise Family Church and Come-to-Christ Home Church.

For more information, call 697-3574.

Area birth

Julie Crosby and Jason Pendexter of Bridgton proudly announce the arrival of their daughter, Jovienne Marie Pendexter, born at 1:04 a.m. on March 31, 2017 at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine. Jovienne joins sisters Ainsley, 13, and Elle, 5.

Maternal grandparents: Ann Marie and Michael Crosby of South Paris. Maternal great-grandmother: Dolores Cook of Whitman, Mass.

Paternal grandmother: Belinda Pendexter of Harrison. Paternal great-grandparents: Barbara and Dale Ward of Waterford.

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Easter Pie Sale

DENMARK — The Denmark Congregational Church is having their Annual Easter Pie Sale on Saturday, April 15, at Jimbob’s Store on Main Street in Denmark from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., or until the pies have sold out. Get there early because it is first-come, first-served!

A variety of homemade pies will be on offer, all packed in travel boxes and ready to go for Easter dinner.

Funds raised at this sale will benefit the Ginger Bread House event the church holds in December.

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27, admission will be paywhat-you-can. Reservations are advised. For more information and to make reservations call 929-5412 or visit www.sacorivertheatre.org

www.fireflyshop.us (what’s not to like?)

OPEN DAILY Mon-Sat 10 to 6, Sun 10 to 5 é nearby — make it an outing!

2 great cafes

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9AM – 12PM SATURDAYS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH at the

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News from Lovell

The Lewis Dana Hill Memorial Library Cabin Fever Breakfast that was supposed to take place last Saturday was postponed until this coming Saturday, April 8, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Talk about April Fool’s Day jokes — that was one heck of a storm! You just can’t rely on Mother Nature. The menu will be the same and the donation of $6 for adults and $4 for children is also the same.

After breakfast, you can drop the kids off at the Lovell United Church of Christ for the fun of Egg-Citement from

COMPASSIONATE CARE AND SKILL — Kelly Rugg (left) and Carrie Harding receive Bridgton Hospital’s Sunshine Award.

BH Sunshine Awards

Bridgton Hospital presented its most recent Sunshine Awards to Carrie Harding and Kelly Rugg, who work in the Dietary Department.

The Sunshine Award was established to reward and celebrate the extraordinary skills and compassionate care given by technical support staff. Sunshine Award recipients consistently demonstrate compassion, patient and family-focused care, passion about life, patient advocacy, and their support of all healthcare team members.

Harding and Rugg were nominated by a patient’s family for going the “extra mile” for an individual who receives regular treatments at the hospital.

During one treatment, a nurse found out that the patient’s favorite dessert was pie, so the nurse went to the cafeteria to get the patient a slice. After giving it to the patient, the nurse found out that pie was no longer

Calendar BRIDGTON Fri., Apr. 7 — Free AARP Tax preparations (last day), Community Center. Call 6473116 for appt.

Fri., Apr. 7 — Girl Scout Troop #1939 meeting, Community Center, 4 p.m.

Szechuan, Hunan & Cantonese Cuisine Dine In or Take Out

DAILY SPECIALS Tel: (207) 647-8890 MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED 7 DAYS A WEEK Summer/Winter Sun.-Thurs. 11 am - 9 pm/8:30 pm Fri. & Sat. 11 am - 10 pm/9:30 pm 160 Main Street Bridgton, ME 04009

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part of the dietary plan, but Harding and Rugg asked what the patient’s favorite pie was.

During the next appointment, the patient received some dismal news. A family member went to the cafeteria for some food, returning to find three pieces of Boston Crème pie, the patient’s favorite. One container had a heart drawn on it with a lovely message, “This pie turned tears to a smile, and the smile became laughter during a time of devastation.”

Harding and Rugg exemplify the highquality care and compassion Bridgton Hospital strives to provide every patient, every day in all departments. Their thoughtfulness and desire to make someone’s day a little better speaks volumes about their desire to make a difference in caring for the whole patient. They are both wonderful members of the Bridgton Hospital and Central Maine Healthcare team.

Sat., Apr. 8 — MSAD#61 Project Graduation 2017 fundraiser spaghetti supper, Masonic Hall, Harrison Rd. (Rte. 117), 5 - 7 p.m. $7 adults, $25 family of five or more, children under five eat free.

Mon., Apr. 10 — Memory Mondays for caregivers, Health & Residential Care Center, 186 Portland Rd., 6 p.m. FMI 6478821.

Wed., Apr. 12 — Lenten Lunch, noon - 1 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, 225 S. High St. Hosts: Bridgton Alliance Church.

Sat., Apr. 15 — Free community breakfast, 8 - 9 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church, 368 Harrison Rd. (Rte. 117). FMI 647-2027.

BROWNFIELD Sat., Apr. 8 — Lions Club 21+ dance featuring Linwood Cash and the Ridge Riders, Lions Den on Rtes. 5 and 113, BYOB, $15 per person. FMI 935-2520 or 935-2681.

DENMARK Fri., Apr. 7 — Denmark Mountain Hikers, difficult hike, Tuckerman Ravine, Pinkham Notch, N.H., 4,525 ft. Meet at Denmark Congregational Church, 8 a.m. FMI 756-2247.

Fri., Apr. 14 — Denmark Mountain Hikers, Easy hike, Mount Tom, Fryeburg, 1,073 ft.

Meet at Denmark Congregational Church, 8 a.m. FMI 756-2247.

FRYEBURG Thur. Apr. 6 — Timeworn exhibition of photography by Peter Abate and Gary LaPierre,

Casco/Naples/Raymond American Legion Post #155

Fish Fry

Fri., April 7th • 5 p.m.

BINGO

Starts Wed., April 12th

Goldberg Gallery, Fryeburg Academy, through April.

Thur., Apr. 6 — Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman PAC, 18 Bradley St., 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission is free.

Thur., Apr. 6 — Schoolhouse Rock, Jr., 7 p.m., Molly Ockett Middle School.

Tue., Apr. 11 — Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman PAC, 18 Bradley St., 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission is free.

Tue., Apr. 11 — Why Waldorf Works discussion, Fryeburg Library, Main St., 4 - 6 p.m.

Thur., Apr. 13 — Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman PAC, 18 Bradley St., 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission is free.

Thur., Apr. 13 — The King and I, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman PAC. $10 adults, $5 students.

Order tickets at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac or call 9359232.

Fri., Apr. 14 — Walk of Christ, organized by Evangelical Leaders for Christ. Meet in Thriftway parking lot 5 p.m. then walk one mile to Bradley Park.

FMI 697-3574.

Fri., Apr. 14 — The King and I, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman PAC. $10 adults, $5 students.

Order tickets at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac or call 9359232.

Tue., Apr. 17 — Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman PAC, 18 Bradley St., 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission is free.

HARRISON Thur., Apr. 6 — Senior Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. - 1 :30 p.m., Caswell Conservancy Center, 42 Main St., $7.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Spring Fever Dance featuring the Afterburners, hosted by Friendly Villagers Dempsey Challenge Team, 8 - 11 p.m., Harrison VFW Hall, $10.

Wed., Apr. 12 — Caswell Conservancy Center, Main Street.

Route 11 Naples, ME 693-6285 check out our website at: americanlegionpost155.com

Monday, April 10 to Friday, April 14 Monday: Fish sticks of the sea, brown rice, hot and cold veggie bar, fruit, and milk Tuesday: Hot diggity dog on whole grain bun, baked beans, hot and cold veggie bar, fruit, and milk Wednesday: Whole grain pasta w/sauce and a choice of meatballs, garlic bread, hot and cold veggie bar, fruit and milk Thursday: Cheese-stuffed crust pizza, fresh salad bar, Jell-O w/topping, fruit, and milk Friday: Chicken and stuffing bake, wheat pull-apart roll, hot and cold veggie bar, fruit, and milk

SAD #61 Middle School

Monday, April 10 to Friday, April 14 Monday: Cheese pizza quesadilla, Bosco sticks w/marinara sauce, deli sandwich, veggie sticks, fruit, and milk Tuesday: Sweet and sour chicken, hot and cold veggie bar, fortune cookie, deli sandwich, fruit, and milk Wednesday: Turkey taco w/chips or soft wraps, topping bar, garbanzo beans, deli sandwich, fruit, and milk Thursday: Scrambled eggs w/ or w/o ham and cheese, baked hash browns, deli sandwich, veggie sticks, fruit, and milk Friday: 4” round cheese galaxy pizza, deli sandwich, fresh salad bar, baked chips, fruit bar, and milk Ribbon cutting to celebrate joining Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, 1 p.m.

NAPLES Wed., Apr. 12 — Free breakfast and fellowship, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, 1000 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

Donations accepted.

Tue., Apr. 18 — Cumberland County Republicans meeting, Singer Community Center near Town Office, 6:30 p.m. All Republicans welcome. FMI 6259126.

Wed., Apr. 19 — Free breakfast and fellowship, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, 1000 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

Donations accepted.

OTISFIELD Sat., Apr. 8 — Baked Bean Supper, East Otifield Free Baptist Church. First sitting 4:30 p.m.; second sitting 5:30 p.m. Free of charge but donations accepted.

WATERFORD Sat., Apr. 8 — Meet Walt Bannon, author of The White Pocketbook, Waterford Library, 10 a.m.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Make Your Own Seed Tapes workshop, 1 3 p.m., Waterford Library, first floor.

AREA EVENTS Sat., Apr. 8 — Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club, Oxford County Extension, 9 Olson Rd., S. Paris, 1 p.m. Lincoln Sennett speaker.

FMI cpeaston@megalink.net Sat., Apr. 8 — Indoor yard sale, S. Paris American Legion Post #72, Church Street, 9 a.m.

- 2 p.m. To rent table call 7437965.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Ossipee Valley Fair Assn. 5th Annual Take a Chance Auction, Sacopee Valley Elementary School, 213 S. Hiram Rd., S. Hiram. Ticket sales start

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BLACK HORSE TAVERN

Narramissic Benedict

Served over grilled Parmesan English muffin bread with a lightlyfried panko-encursted Fern Hill Farm goat cheese medallion, avocado, tomato, slab bacon and baby spinach served with two poached eggs and drizzled with hollandaise.

Pistachio-Crusted Atantic Cod

Served over mashed sweet potato and grilled asparagus.

• NEW SPRING/SUMMER MENU debuts April 4th!

• Be sure to check out our smaller portions menu!

Closed Sun. & Mon. Tues., Wed. & Thurs. – 4 to 8 “Fine Family Dining” Fri. & Sat. – 4 to 9

www.theblackhorsetavern.com

770 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, Maine

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with sautéed green beans and mashed redskin potatoes.

HOURS: MON.-THURS. from 11 A.M. to 8:30 P.M., FRI. & SAT. 11 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. SUNDAY BRUNCH at 10 A.M to 3 P.M., SUNDAY DINNER 3 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.

ON BRANDY POND

26 Portland Road, Bridgton, ME 207-647-5300

(Continued from Page 7A) Anyone who would like to make a pie to sell at the event, please contact Pam Hale at 215-7101 or e-mail denmarkcongochurch@gmail.com All pies should be delivered by 8:30 a.m. to set up the sale.

Rep. Fay to Hold Local Office Hours

CASCO — Rep. Jessica Fay, D-Raymond, will hold in-district “constituent hours” at the Raymond Village Library, 3 Meadow Rd. in Raymond, on Saturday, April 8, from 9 to 11 a.m.

These office hours provide residents with an opportunity to hear updates from Augusta, ask questions about policy-making, and share opinions on state matters. Office hours also serve as an opportunity for residents navigating state agencies to voice their concerns.

Fay is serving her first term in the Maine Legislature and represents part of Casco, part of Poland, and part of Raymond. She serves on the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee.

Pickwick Club Meeting

AUBURN — The Pickwick Club, Maine’s Dickens (and more) reading and discussion group, will meet at the Auburn Public Library, their sponsor, on Saturday, April 22, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. They will be discussing Barnaby Rudge, chapters 1-36 with Dick York as moderator. Everyone who is interested is welcome to join in. For more details call Joanne at 583-6957 or Alexis at 779-8979.

Please note: there is no café at the library at present so participants should bring their own drinks and snacks for the meeting.

Book Group Date Change

NORWAY — The Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St., announces a change in the “Let’s Talk About” book discussion schedule. The meeting to discuss Between the World and Me, by Ta Nehisi Coates, which is the third book in the Violence and Belonging: The Fourteenth Amendment and American Literature series, has been rescheduled to Monday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the change of date or about the discussion series, please call the library information desk at 7435309, ext.1

Pond Construction Workshop

Pineapple-Glazed Black Oak Ham

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Area Events

The Beat Goes On: Heart Classes

Starting at 10 a.m.

Brunch is $12.00

United Church of Christ will hold a bake sale, which will be perfect for those who are expecting guests for Easter Sunday — they can buy dessert instead of baking themselves!

The ladies will be at the church from 9 a.m. to noon. There also will be Easter baskets, stuffed animals, candy, cookies and more. All proceeds go toward summer camp scholarships for children.

The UCC will also hold a Palm Sunday Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 9, at 9 a.m., followed by a Palm Sunday worship service at 10:30 am. The breakfast menu includes blueberry, regular, dairy-free and gluten-free pancakes, bacon, sausage, fruit juice, and coffee. All are welcome to attend. Donations of money or items for the Church World Service will be gratefully accepted (note items needed for the Church World Service on the third page of the Circuit rider).

An additional note: the Lovell UCC Thrift Shop will be holding a $2 per bag sale during the month of April.

The New Suncook School “STEAM” Family Night will be held on Thursday, April 13, LOVELL, Page 11A

NORWAY — Were you recently diagnosed with heart failure? Have you been living with heart failure for quite a while? Do you want to learn skills to help you better manage your condition or connect with others who also have heart failure? If you answered yes to these questions, then check out The Beat Goes On: Heart Failure Class being offered by Stephens Memorial Hospital. In this series participants will learn about self-management skills for living well with heart failure; managing the stress of heart failure; understanding the world of heart failure medicines; and eating well and exercising with heart failure. Participants should also feel free to invite a family member or friend to come with them.

The class will be held on Wednesdays, from April 26 to May 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The program will be held in the James E. Eshleman, DO, Conference Room located at the William L. Medd, MD, Health Center, 8 Pikes Hill in Norway.

There is no cost for this program, but registration is required. For more information or to register, please call 743-1562, ext. 6896. For further information and future class offerings please visit www.wmhcc.org

Easter Brunch Specials

Easter dinner will be served from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Reservations are recommended for brunch and dinner.

(207) 693-5332

10 to 11:30 a.m. There will be games for all the kids grade 5 and under. I’m sure there will be lots of eggs for the egg hunt and yummy eats for all.

On Saturday, April 15, the

SAD #61 Elementary School

WHERE YOU AND QUALITY COUNT…

We will be serving Easter Brunch from 9:00 a.m. – Noon

by Ethel Gilmore-Hurst Lovell Correspondent 925-3226 ehurst3@yahoo.com

SAD 61 Lunch Menu

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Hall Rental • 693-6285

Lovell

SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District (OCSWCD) will hold a farm pond construction and trout stocking workshop on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 9 a.m. The workshop will start out in the First Baptist Church of Paris, 500 Paris Hill Rd. in Paris and later move to a pond site location for hands-on experience after the classroom work.

There is a $20 fee for the workshop, which includes lunch and materials. Preregistration for the event is required. For further details and to register call 744-3119 or 743-8661.

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Otisfield Historical Society event

OTISFIELD — If you’ve ever wanted to find out how old your house is or what property your ancestor might have owned, the Otisfield Historical Society can help you out. On Thursday, April 20, Pat Shearman, Oxford County Registrar of Deeds, and Jennifer Dilworth, Registrar of Probate, will take

turns explaining how to delve into the county records via computer. The program will be held at 7 p.m. in the Otisfield Community Hall on Route 121 and will begin after a short Historical Society business meeting. Anyone interested in genealogical research is particularly encouraged to attend.

As Pat Shearman will

explain, finding the past owners of any property involves a complicated search through county land records in an organized way, from present to past, uncovering all the previous owners. Searching through probate records to find an ancestor’s estate papers is a similar process, which often reveals new details about indi-

viduals who died in Oxford County. Not so long ago, researchers had to trek to the courthouse in South Paris to undertake such searches. Now they just need online access.

This program will be the first of four public programs to be presented by the OHS in 2017. All are free and open to the public.

Lions Club scholarships available DENMARK — Applications for the Denmark Lions scholarship are now available at the Denmark Town Office. Any resident of Denmark, Maine, wishing to continue their education beyond high school is eligible to apply. Scholarships are awarded to multiple appli-

cants each year. Complete instructions are on the application forms. The deadline for receiving completed applications is Saturday, April 15.

For more information call the Denmark Town Office at 4522163.

The Lions club is also cosponsoring the Clark

McDermith Community Service Scholarship this year for graduating seniors only.

This is a service award in honor of Clark McDermith and requires applicants to show proof of participation in three service projects.

Applications for this award are available through the

guidance office at Fryeburg Academy. Only one person will receive this award and the deadline for applications is also Saturday, April 15.

Complete requirements and instructions are detailed on the application forms. For more information call Fryeburg Academy at 935-2001.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Gormley

Wedding

Brittany A. Staley and Patrick Martin Gormley were married on Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Naples, Maine, surrounded by close family members.

The bride is the daughter of George and Katrina Staley of Naples, and the groom is the son of Sean and Margaret Ann which is valid for three years, Gormley of Castlederg, Ireland. We wish the beautiful couple Primary Care at Memorial a lifetime of happiness and joy.

Hospital demonstrated the ability to meet the program’s key elements. NCQA standards aligned with the principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home established with the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Osteopathic Association.

CASCO — Kindergarten screening and registration for the 2017-2018 school year in SAD#61 will be held at the Crooked River Adult and Community Education Center, 1435 Poland Spring Rd. in Casco.

Children to be screened must be five years old on or before October 15, 2017. All screening will take place in Casco but parents or guardians should contact the school the child will attend to schedule a screening appointment. A screening is required by state law and to receive a kindergarten registration packet.

If your child will attend kindergarten in Sebago call Shelly at 787-3701 for a screening on Tuesday, April 25. For Songo Locks School call Rosemarie or Elaine at 693-6828 to schedule a screening between Tuesday, April 25, and Thursday, April 27. Screenings for Stevens Brook School in Bridgton will be held Wednesday, April 26, and Thursday, April 27 and they can be scheduled by calling Marybeth or Denise at Rachel Hamilton, DO, just 647-5675. one of the clinicians recognized for PCMH.

Primary Care gets national recognition

Celebrating Arbor Day This year National Arbor Day is Friday, April 28, and the Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy to celebrate the annual tree-planting holiday. Anyone who joins the Foundation in April will receive 10 free shade trees to plant. The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

New members will receive a red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, bald cypress, thornless honeylocust, and a pin oak, as well as a river birch, tulip tree, silver maple, and red maple.

“These trees will provide shade in the summer and vibrant colors throughout the fall,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of

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4 p.m., drawing 6:30 p.m. FMI 793-9986.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Fare Share Co-op meeting in The Commons, Main St., Norway, 2 - 4 p.m. FMI 743-9908.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Swingin’ Bears Square Dance, Oxford Hills Middle School Cafeteria, 110 Pine St., S. Paris, 7 - 10 p.m.

FMI 782-4050.

Sat., Apr. 8 — Ray Brown Memorial Dance, 8 - 11 p.m., Norway Legion Hall, sponsored

by Kiwanis, Rotary, and Special Olympics, $15. FMI 674-2962.

Wed., Apr. 12 — Eating Better on a Budget Adult Ed. class, 5 - 6 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main St. S. Paris. FMI 7438842.

Fri., Apr. 14 — Advance Directives workshop, 8 a.m.

- noon, James Eshleman, DO Conference Room, 8 Pikes Hill, Norway. No cost. FMI 743-1562, ext. 6896.

Sat., Apr. 15 — Texas Hold’em, Jackson-Silver Post 68, 595 Gore Rd., Locke Mills.

Doors open 11 a.m., games begin at 1 p.m. Meals available, BYOB. ONGOING WEEKLY DAILY Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon - 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton. O/D MONDAYS Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 - 10 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street. FMI 647-2402.

Taoist Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Beginner Class, Bridgton Community Center.

Sebago Food Pantry, 9 10:30 a.m. (3:30 - 5:30 p.m. 2nd Mon.) Nazarene Church, Rte. 114. FMI 274-1569.

Lovell Thrift Shop, 10 a.m.

- noon, Lovell United Church of Christ.

Casco/Naples Senior Meal Site, noon, Casco Fire Station.

Card games before, bingo after.

FMI 627-4044.

Bridge, 1 p.m., Bradley St., Fryeburg. Runs year-round.

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

Celebrate Recovery, Christbased 12-step recovery program, 6 - 8 p.m., Lake Region Vineyard Church, 402 Main St., Bridgton.

FMI 647-5439.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311

the Arbor Day Foundation. “Through the simple act of planting trees, one person can make a difference in helping to create a healthier and more beautiful planet for all of us to enjoy.”

The trees will be shipped postpaid with enclosed planting instructions at the right time for planting in April or May. The sixto 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.

To join the Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE SHADE TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Sunday, April 30, or visit arborday.org/april

Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

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

Tai Chi Maine, 10 a.m. set practice, 11:15 White Crane, Town Hall, Bridgton.

Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Naples Food Pantry, 10 11:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, Village Green. FMI 5952754.

Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Methodist Church, 98 Main St., Bridgton. FMI 6474476.

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

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Obituaries

Maynard E. Burns

Randall L. Thoits Sr.

Sarah E. Lennox

Maynard Earl Burns, 72, of Bridgton passed away after a long battle with lung cancer on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Androscoggin Hospice Home in Auburn, with his loving family by his side.

Maynard was a resident of Lewiston for many years prior to settling in Bridgton.

He was born in Friendship on Feb. 10, 1945. He was the son of the late Harry L. and Fonie (Boyd) Burns of Camden.

Per Maynard’s request, there will be no calling hours.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the American Lung Association or the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn.

Arrangements are in the care of Funeral Alternatives in Lewiston.

For a full obituary please go online to funeralalternatives.net

NAPLES — Randall “Randy” L. Thoits Sr., 59, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017.

He was born July 21, 1957, in Portland to Maurice E. and Marjorie G. (Collins) Thoits.

Randy attended Yarmouth schools and then served in the U.S. Army from 197783. He worked at the Maine Youth Center and Hannaford Brothers Warehouse.

Randy met Julie P. Burke in 1975 and they got married June 4, 1977, in Portland. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was also a true and loyal friend. He enjoyed camping, fishing, throwing darts and family trips to Moosehead and Sebago Lakes. He was a member of the Sebago Lake Regional Dart Association.

Randy was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Julie Thoits of Naples; sons, Randy Thoits Jr. of North Waterboro and Ryan Thoits of Casco; brothers, Richard, Ronald and Robert, all of Yarmouth; four grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

A celebration of Randy’s life will be held at a later date. To share a memory or condolence, please visit: www.athutchins.com

SACO — Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Lennox, 92, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at her daughter’s home in Hiram with her family by her side.

She was born on Nov. 16, 1924, in Howland, the daughter of Wilbur and Grace Jones Whitcomb.

Sally graduated from Bangor High School and furthered her studies at the Maine General School of Nursing. She had a long career as a nurse working at the Webber Hospital and later as an Industrial Nurse at Nike, Nichols Manufacturing and Maremont.

Sally was Past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, Annette Chapter #184, Saco. She also enjoyed square dancing and taught round dancing for many years. Sally also loved her dogs, cats and donkeys.

She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Lennox in 1992.

She is survived by two sons, David Lennox of Scarborough and James Lennox of Old Orchard Beach; three daughters, Nancy Nicholson of Albany, N.Y., Virginia Day of Hiram and Natalie Friel of Scarborough; a brother, Ernest Whitcomb of Coral Gables, Fla.; seven grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

There will be a private family service later in the spring.

Dennett Craig & Pate Funeral Home, 365 Main Street, Saco, has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Those wishing to remember Sally, please consider gifts made in her name to the Humane Society or to your favorite charity.

Beverly E. Theriault PORTLAND — Beverly E. Theriault, 88, of Portland died on Monday, March 27, 2017 at Sedgewood Common in Falmouth after a long illness.

She was born in Porter on April 16, 1928, the daughter of Joseph and Grace (Cole) Locklin. She attended local schools and graduated from Porter High School.

Beverly worked as a seamstress for many years for Health-Tex, makers of Osh-Kosh children’s clothing, in Portland. After retiring from there, she worked for a few years at both the Salvation Army and Goodwill in Portland. She later volunteered for the Windham Primary Schools reading to the children.

Beverly had always enjoyed sewing and knitting, making many of her children’s clothes when they were young. She also enjoyed spending time at the family camp on Forest Lake in Gray. Christmas was her favorite time of year and she loved giving to her family during the holidays. She will be sadly missed by all who loved her.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband of 41 years, Guy Theriault Sr.; her son, Edward Theriault; a sister, Leona Pierce; and a brother, Lionel Locklin.

Surviving are her son, Guy Theriault Jr. of Waterford; a sister, Joyce Perry of Porter; four grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

An hour of visitation will be on Thursday, April 6, 2017 from 2 to 3 p.m. immediately followed by a funeral service at 3 p.m. all at Watson, Neal & York Funeral Home, 71 Maple Street, Cornish.

Burial will be in South Hiram later in the spring. Online condolences may be expressed at: www.wnyfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to: Alzheimer’s Association, 383 US Route One, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074, or to a local food pantry of your choice.

Mary E. Carey RAYMOND — Mary Elizabeth Dustin Carey, 96, passed away at Ledgewood Manor in Windham, on Thursday, March 30, 2017.

She was born May 11, 1920, in Wells, the daughter of Harry and Helen Spear Dustin. She graduated from Wells High School, and in 1939, graduated from Gorham State Teacher’s College with a B.A. degree in Education. It was at Gorham that she met the love of her life, William “Bill” Loring Carey, whom she married in 1941. They shared 59 wonderful years together, creating a loving home where they raised their three children, Michael, Cathleen and Patrick.

She taught elementary school for 30 years, most of them in Portland, including Nathan Clifford and Reiche. Her most memorable years were at Jackson School, where she spent 25 years.

After their retirement from the Portland school system, Mary and Bill traveled extensively. Countries visited included India, Germany, Japan, The Philippines and many others. They spent eight winters in Honolulu, Hawaii and nine in Naples, Fla. Her life could be characterized as one filled with warmth, tenderness and love for her family and friends. She touched the lives and hearts of all she met, through her wonderful sense of humor and love of people. A stranger to Mary was just a friend she had not met. An avid reader, she also enjoyed crossword puzzles, games and square dancing.

She loved all children and was affectionately known as “Nana” to all including her eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and the highly-attentive and caring staff at Ledgewood Manor in Windham, which she considered her “home” and where she spent her final years.

Those left to cherish her memory are her loving and devoted daughter, Cathleen Loomis and husband Chuck of Ashburn, Va.; her dear son, Michael Carey and wife Carole of Raymond; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, several nephews and a niece. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, and her youngest son, Patrick.

A graveside service will be planned for a later date. Online condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhome.net

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Helen M. Strauss PORTLAND — Helen Mary Benesch Strauss, 90, died Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017, at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland on Oct. 16, 1926. Helen was a devoted sports fan, and she was a constant presence at all of her children’s and grandchildren’s sporting events. She was the daughter of Blanche Koshland and Jerome Benesch, and devoted wife of 54 years to Ned Heilbrun Strauss.

Helen will be sadly missed and forever remembered by children Margery Strauss Stalch, Jerome Benesch Strauss, and Robert William Strauss; grandmother to Michael Allen Eng, Richard Matthew Eng, Aaron Ben Strauss, Marc Daniel Strauss, Jesse Delois Strauss, Hannah Sarah Strauss, and Rachel Elizabeth Strauss; and great-grandmother to eight beautiful children, five girls and three boys.

Helen served the Sisterhood at Temple Oheb Shalom in her hometown of Baltimore, and drove and delivered for Meals on Wheels, also in Baltimore, for 30 years.

Helen and Ned Strauss purchased Camp Wigwam, in South Waterford, in the fall of 1964, and operated the prestigious boys’ camp for 10 years until handing the business operation to their youngest son Bob, who directs the camp to this day.

Helen Strauss will be remembered as a vibrant and energetic “Camp Mother” to generations of young men at their summer camp on Bear Pond, and leaves many close friendships in southwestern Maine, in Baltimore, and throughout the Camp Wigwam world.

Family and friends were invited to a time of visitation from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Mar. 31, at the Chandler Funeral Home, 8 Elm St., Bridgton. A committal service and celebration of Helen’s life will be held later this spring at Elm Vale Cemetery in South Waterford.

In lieu of flowers, individuals may send donations to: Stoneham Rescue Service, P.O. Box 42, Stoneham, ME 04231, or online at www.waterfordme.org/rescue.php. Condolences and tributes may be shared with Helen’s family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

Wilfred J. Frechette Jr. BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA — Wilfred “Willie” J. Frechette Jr. passed away on Monday March 27, 2017, due to complications from an automobile accident in Brooksville, Florida.

He was born in North Conway, N.H. on May 18, 1929, to Wilfred J. Frechette Sr. and Arlene (Sargent) Frechette. He attended Conway grade schools and Kennett High School, where he was known for his baseball and basketball skills. Willie graduated with the class of 1947 and on July 4th that same year he married his high school sweetheart, Patricia Merrill.

They kept their home in the Conway area where they raised three children.

Because of his love for fishing Wilfred became the Conway Lake Boat Inspector. With his boys in tow he would spend hours on the lake putting in buoys, keeping debris from the boat ramps and enforcing the laws and rules of the lake. He worked as a salesman for both Nissen’s Bread Co. and CE Noyes Tire Co. Working these sales routes he met many acquaintances that he kept as longtime friends throughout his adulthood. It was through these friends he found Port Clyde, Maine, which became both his and Patty’s favorite escape.

In 1972 Wilfred bought his first dump truck and began hauling for local companies. His off time was spent dropping a line at his favorite fishing spot. It was in 1976 that Willie and his son started W. Frechette Tire Co. During the time he was at the garage he also took on the Road Agent job in the Town of Albany, N.H., maintaining and plowing roads. In 1983 after a brief semiretirement, Wilfred purchased Sebago Lake Marina in East Sebago, Maine. In 1985/86 Willie decided to retire and sold W. Frechette Tire to his son, George, and Sebago Lake Marina to his son, Charles.

In between fishing seasons, Willie and Patty traveled to many places. One of the adventures they chose was driving to Alaska in their motor home to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary which included fishing for salmon. Later on Wilfred and Patty wintered in Florida and spent their summers between Sebago Lake and Spruce Head, Maine, as well as Conway, which Willie always called “home.”

Wilfred had a full life. He was an avid fisherman and spent many hours on the lake casting a line and waiting for that record-breaking togue or salmon to hit his hook. He would chat with the locals via his radio to keep track of where the next stop and drop would be. There was always a good fish story to share with his buddies over a bite to eat and a game of cribbage. In July and August of most summers he could be found up on the ocean with Patty and his grandsons, fishing from his small boat for mackerel and eating lobster purchased off the docks. Once Fryeburg Fair was over, Willie and Pat would head south for the winter and would return back north in time for the opening day of lake trout fishing.

Patty passed away in 2006 after 59 years of marriage.

In 2010 Willie met Maude Patterson of Brooksville, Fla. They married in Feb. of 2011, and wintered in Brookville, spending part of their summers at Sebago Lake.

Not only does Wilfred leave behind his wife, Maude, of six years; he leaves behind his daughter, Jana (Frechette) Leigh of West Stewartstown, N.H.; his son, Charles and wife, Karen (Lowd) Frechette of East Sebago; his son, George and wife Jobie (Chaplin) Frechette, of Conway N.H. He also leaves his grandchildren, Kara (Leigh) Marquis and husband, Ronald of Pittsburg, N.H., Andrea (Leigh) Hodge and husband, Steve of Clarksville, N.H., Charles and wife, Alisha of East Sebago, Ashley (Frechette) Madison and husband, Brandon of Rising Sun, Md., Penny (Frechette) Colby of Albany, N.H., Justin and wife, Aimee (Rabideau) Frechette of Conway, N.H.; and 13 great-grandchildren.

At Wilfred’s request there will be no visiting hours or funeral services. A family gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kennett Alumni Association, Class of 1947 Trust.

Dana L. Wescott

GORHAM — Dana Lloyd Wescott, 77, passed away at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on Thursday, March 23, 2017.

Dana was born in Portland on Aug. 4, 1939, the son of Arthur and Mary Bustin Wescott. A graduate of Standish High School, Dana was one the original founding owners of Wescott & Sons in Standish.

Known for his friendly and outgoing personality, he loved his family and friends at his homes in Gorham and Naples, Fla. Dana was an avid fan of NASCAR and enjoyed watching and cheering for the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. Dana was an outdoorsman who also enjoyed gardening and beekeeping. He was very fortunate to travel throughout the world as well as crisscross the USA with his wife, Cookie and two beloved pets, Yorkie and Daisy Mae in their RV. Dana is survived by his loving wife of 28 years, Arleen “Cookie” (Regan) Wescott; his brother, Tom Wescott of Naples; daughter, Sherri Betts of Gray; sons Brian of Limington and Jeffrey of Standish; his stepsons, Eli Shamos of Manhattan Beach, Calif. and Andrew Shamos of Standish; four grandchildren; as well as several great-grandchildren.

Dana was predeceased by his first wife, Nancy Marean Wescott.

Burial will be private. Arrangements are by the Dolby Funeral Chapel, 76 State Street, Gorham. To express condolences and to participate in Dana’s online tribute, please visit www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com Those who wish may make donations in Dana’s honor to: Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Rd., Scarborough, ME 04074.

Jane V. Nelson

SCARBOROUGH — Jane Veazie Nelson, 97, died peacefully at Piper Shores in Scarborough on Saturday, March 25, 2017.

The daughter of Maurice and Jean (Scott) Veazie, she was born in Boston, Mass. on Jan. 24, 1920.

She attended Belmont Schools and Bates College. She received her bachelor’s degree from Simmons College, Class of 1942. While a student at Simmons, she met Clifford Nelson, who was a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They were married in Malden, Mass. in 1941. They lived in Washington, D.C., Durham, N.H., and Boxford, Mass. while Clifford was active in government war assignments.

During the war years in Boxford, Jane ran a small nursery school, raised chickens, kept bees, and harvested a large garden; her daughter Susan was born during that time. Jane then accompanied her husband to England, where Clifford earned a Ph.D. at the University of London.

Their son Lars was born during their stay in England. Jane taught school in London and Sussex.

After five years abroad, the Nelson family returned to the United States where Clifford was engaged in biomedical research in Salt Lake City. Jane continued in her beloved passion, teaching.

In 1956, Clifford obtained grants from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health and began a long career in research at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The family moved to Gorham, where they lived in the same historic house for over 40 years. Jane resumed teaching full time. She pursued graduate studies at the University of Maine from which she received her master’s degree and became a reading supervisor and later was licensed for Individual Psychological Testing. Active in Gorham, Jane served on the board of the library, was active serving as president of the Woman’s Club, was literary chairman and regional chairman of the Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs and a number of civic organizations, as well as teaching.

Jane was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Portland and of the Mother Church in Boston.

After retirement from teaching, Jane became a literacy volunteer and served on its state board, as well as tutoring. She spent a number of joyful years as docent of the Baxter House Museum and published a book on James Phinney Baxter. Her volunteering included the Maine Youth Center, Sweetser, local historical societies and the Women’s Literary Union.

Her hobbies of reading, painting and traveling were enjoyed.

Travels took her and Clifford to 39 countries and almost every state.

After the death of her husband, Jane moved to Piper Shores Retirement Community in Scarborough, where she continued her many activities, especially those at USM’s Senior College.

Jane is survived by her daughter, Susan Carver of Raymond; her son, Lars Nelson of Islesboro; five grandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild.

She was predeceased by her husband, Clifford.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the First Parish Congregational, 1 Church Street, Gorham, ME 04038. Arrangements are in the care of Dolby Funeral Chapel, 76 State St., Gorham, ME 04038. To express condolences or participate in Jane’s online tribute, please visit www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Heifer International, Attn. Donor Services, 1 World Ave., Little Rock, AR 72202 or to: the charity of your choice.

Vehicle inspections

(Continued from Page 5A) Currently, LD 623, also named HP 439, is being reviewed by the Committee on Transportation. The committee heard public testimony on March 17, which included input from the New England Tire and Service Association, which supports independent tire and service centers, and also Dan Foshay’s Discount Tire and Alignment.

Then, on March 24, the Committee on Transportation held a workshop on the proposed legislation. The bill had no public hearings scheduled for the month of April.

Cebra said the bill is one that not all Mainers will favor.

“There will be people who oppose it. People in the auto repair business and the people who do inspections will oppose it,” he said.

“But, we shouldn’t do things that aren’t necessary,” he said.

“This is a step toward a liberty for residents,” Cebra said.

Obituaries

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Faye L. Jaeger

Samuel M. Dixon

Michael D. Stevenson

DENMARK — Faye L. Smith Jaeger, 72, of Denmark passed away at her favorite place, her home, with her family by her side on Monday, March 27, 2017, following a long illness.

She was born in North Conway, N.H. on Dec. 11, 1944 to F. Joseph and Josephine Smith (Grandchamp). She graduated from Kenneth High School in 1962 and later from McIntosh College.

She was employed over 25 years at the Darby Field Inn, where her green thumb helped win the inn many gardening awards. She retired from the inn to enjoy her own gardens and babbling brook at her unique and beautiful home. She loved picture puzzles, reading good books and particularly enjoyed Stephen King novels. She also enjoyed music and was very fond of The Beatles.

She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Jaeger in 2009.

She is survived by her four children, Michelle Bowley of Hampton, N.H., Whitney Bowley of Exeter, N.H., Michael Bowley of Center Conway, N.H. and Meghann LaFontaine Rice of Madison, N.H.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and one more on the way; her brother, Victor Smith of Virginia; her sisters, Joyce Ferris of Virginia, Nancy Smith and Phyllis Breeden, both of Conway, N.H.; many nieces, nephews and friends.

There will be a gathering at the home of Robert and Nancy Smith, West Side Road, Conway, N.H. on Sunday, April 9 at 1 p.m., where family and friends may share memories and stories.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Avenue, Lewiston, ME 04240 or a local hospice of your choice.

Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg. Online condolences maybe shared with her family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

RAYMOND — Samuel Mark Dixon, 65, of Raymond, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2017, at River Ridge Center in Kennebunk, with his loving family by his side.

Mark was born and raised in Elkton, Md., the son of Samuel and Rosemary (McCray) Dixon. He received his bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State, and his master’s degree from West Virginia. His career in science was spent in research and biotech companies.

Mark’s sense of humor was enjoyed by his family and many friends. He had a very outgoing personality and a wonderful smile. He loved classic cars and music, especially jazz.

Mark’s greatest joy in life was his two sons, who gave him a great sense of pride. He also loved dogs.

He is survived by his wife, Brenda McMackin; sons, Nate and Ian Dixon, both of Raymond; a sister, Sharon Robinson of Forest Hill, Md.; nieces and nephews; 12 grandnieces and grandnephews.

Visiting hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blais & Hay Funeral Home, 35 Church Street, Westbrook. A memorial service will take place Saturday at noon at the Westbrook Warren Congregational Church. Online condolences may be expressed at: blaisandhayfuneralhome.com

NEW GLOUCESTER — Michael David Stevenson, 52, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 1, 2017.

Born in Portland on Dec. 6, 1964, he was the son of the late Vernon Arthur Stevenson Sr., and Claudia A. Morin and her partner Walter Starkey.

Mike graduated from Falmouth High School in 1984, where he ran track. Mike was a hardworker, working for Tri-State Insulation as a lead foreman for 14 years.

Mike had a heart of gold. Mike was an outgoing adventurist. He loved the outdoors and nature. He spent much of his time off hiking, camping, kayaking, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, cooking and gardening; and visiting every state park in Maine. His favorite places were Grafton Notch and Popham Beach.

He loved and enjoyed his family, always bringing one of his many “Famous Dishes.”

He was predeceased by his stepdad, Richard Morin.

Mike is survived by and will be forever loved and remembered by his children, Dylan Stevenson of Lewiston, Beau Stevenson of New Bedford, Mass., and Brooke Stevenson of Lewiston; sister, Terri Aaskov of Falmouth; brother, Vern Stevenson of Raymond; sister, Lori Crawford of Falmouth; twin brother, Jeffrey Stevenson of North Yarmouth; three nieces and three nephews.

Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Friday, April 7, with a remembrance service at 4 p.m. Both celebrations are at the Wilson Funeral Home, 24 Shaker Road in Gray.

Wayne Chaplin

Leonard E. Bickford Sr.

NAPLES — Wayne A. Chaplin, of Chaplin’s Mill Road, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 3, 2017, while on a cruise with his wife, Brenda.

CASCO — Leonard “Lennie” Edward A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 13, at Hall Funeral Home, Casco. A more detailed obituary will appear Bickford Sr., 88, died on Sunday, April 2, 2017. in The Bridgton News next week.

Lennie was born in Brookton, the son of the late Calvin F. and Phyllis (Clough) Bickford Sr. He was the oldest of seven children.

In his early teens, he and his brother Calvin (“Buddy”) went off to work to store. So I wanted to give my help their parents financially with the same favorites,” Wiley said.

“I am seeing a huge dif- thanks to them so they don’t five younger siblings. Many adventures ensued, and these adventures helped to ference in what people buy feel left out.”

Also, Wiley wanted to build who they grew up to be. here and what they buy there,” In the summer of 1943, while they he said. “In Bridgton, people make sure to thank his dad were hanging out in Old Orchard Beach, Lennie met the love of his love the jelly donuts. They Dean and his mom Carolyn life, Dorothy Jean McFarland. He was 15, she was 16. like the cake donuts better than for helping him to get the new He was a professional boxer who fought at the Expo in Portland, the raised. In Raymond, they store up and running. with 34 fights: won 25, lost six, draw three, with 11 KOs. He was so In the past few years, well-known that in April 1946, the Portland Press Herald announced like the raised donuts and the Facebook has proven a valu- his enlistment into the U.S. Navy with a full article and picture. He chocolate ones.”

“In Bridgton, they really able tool for the business. kept that article all these years!

He continued his boxing career in the U.S. Navy, where he eat up our filled donuts and Wiley started posting daily specials. Then, a guy would served at the end of World War II and also served in the Korean War. cake donuts,” he said.

Once honorably discharged from the military, he started his career at The two different locations show up at the counter, say- the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier. ing his wife saw the Facebook provide a different customer After years of pursuit, he married his love, Dorothy, on June 16, post and he was sent on an 1956. Together, they raised four children in South Portland. He was base.

“In Raymond, it is most- errand to pick up some pas- so proud of them and let them know it. He would get all choked up ly transient, traffic passing tries. When the new store when he talked about his children’s and grandchildren’s achievethrough. Although, there are opened and Wiley posted it ments.

As if Lennie and Dottie were not busy enough, they owned and the regulars who work in town on Facebook, there were thouoperated Black Point Variety in Scarborough in the 1970s. Still stop in for coffee,” Wiley said. sands of replies and likes.

Lately, Wiley has been too working for the U.S. Postal Service, he worked his way up from “Here, people are in town. busy to post anything but he mail carrier to Tour Superintendent of Mails before retiring in 1984.

They aren’t traveling. This Upon “retiring,” he built his house in Casco, became top sales is the hub of activity. People plans to write something by rep for Century 21 Balfour, and worked for and retired from the from other areas are com- Friday.

University of Southern Maine.

“We are going to be uping to town to spend some He always made time for his family. He had a camp at Shaw time, shopping or doing other to-speed by the weekend. We Acres on Sebago Lake; then bought property and built his house in errands, and we happen to be a hope people come in and give Casco, also at Sebago Lake. He took the family boating, swimming, us a shot. We welcome their snowmobiling, horseback riding, and even to Walt Disney World in stop they like to make.”

At both stores, the fran- feedback whether positive or the station wagon.

He was a very happy man who lived life to the fullest. He had chise Dunkin’ Donuts is near- negative so we can get better,” the love of his life by his side for over 60 years. by — within walking distance. he said.

On April 2, 2017, he collapsed at the hospital. His heart stopped “We’ve had a lot of people for almost four minutes. He fought back and, miraculously, came say, ‘I can get out of my car, to enough to be coherent. He was not going anywhere until he saw come in and get my coffee her again. After his children and grandchildren left the room, with faster than driving through a Dottie by his side for “alone time,” he passed away peacefully, (Continued from Page 6A) line at Dunkin’ Donuts,’ ” he knowing she was there holding his hand. A true love story.

He was predeceased by his son, Thomas Bickford; sister, Cathy said. “There is enough busi- been featured in local print ness for both of us. Plenty of media and on local TV and Pomeroy; and brother, James Bickford.

Lennie is survived by his wife, Dorothy Bickford; son, Lenny radio, as well as in Time magaroom for both of us.”

Potential competition aside, zine and on Good Morning Bickford Jr. of Gorham; daughters, Diane Payzant of Norridgewock Lynn Bickford of Casco; and four grandchildren. the real heart and backbone of America. Brian is the author andVisiting hours will be held Thursday, April 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the business are the employees of A Basic Guide to Buying a the Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, Business, which is available as South Portland. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home Friday, he can rely on.

“It’s important to give an e-Book through Amazon.

April 7, at 10:15 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian For more information about Burial at Holy Cross Church, 124 Cottage Road, South Portland. thanks to the crew at the Raymond shop. Without them the workshop contact Steve Interment with military honors will follow at Calvary Cemetery, and the work they have done, Veazey, Oxford Hills SCORE, Broadway, South Portland.

To view Lennie’s memorial page or to share an online condothe hard work, I wouldn’t have at stephen.veazey@scorevollence, please visit: www.ConroyTullyWalker.com been able to open the second unteer.org or call 743-0499.

Donut ‘hole’ filled in Bridgton (Continued from Page 1A) Two weeks ago, Village Donuts expanded by opening a second store.

Finally, a donut hole in Bridgton was filled.

“For the first four days, we were sold out every day,” Wiley said. “This is keeping me busy. We are doing twice as many donuts.”

Wiley opened the Raymond shop about 3½ years ago. He has established a loyal customer base there. During the school year, he supplies donuts and pastries to the campus eateries at Saint Joseph’s College.

In the summer, five camps in the Lake Region purchase his pastries and donuts on a regular basis. This summer, his new client is Point Sebago Resort, which means the Raymond Village Donut Shop will be making twice as many donuts as it did last summer. Plus, the Raymond location is a prime spot for grabbing the attention of tourists, which makes summertime super busy and profitable at the donut shop.

Last year, Wiley decided to expand into Bridgton. He just needed to find the perfect vacant building.

“A year ago, I started looking for a space to set up a second store here in Bridgton,” Wiley said. “Because of my work in the construction field, I knew there was a lot of development going on. And, there was a market for a donut shop.”

“It was crucial I had a good location: close to the road and not on Main street, where there isn’t much parking,” he said.

“The crowds we want to draw,

Village Donut Shop & Bakery in Bridgton 224-A Portland Rd. (Roosevelt Trail) Open Daily 5 a.m. to noon we want to make sure they can park. The winter workers — I want to make sure the plow trucks, the tree-removal trucks can park.”

“In Raymond, the head of public works is a pretty good customer of ours. Now, the guys from the town garage (Bridgton Public Works) crew stop in. A lot of times, we take stuff down to them,” he said.

“When this place was available, I jumped on it and signed the lease in February,” Wiley said.

Unlike the store in Raymond, there was “not anywhere as much remodel. It was a month getting the space ready, mostly cleaning and painting. I made the cabinets myself,” he said.

“We have actually tried to keep the same theme and atmosphere. It has the same colors and the same drapes. It is a little warmer and cozier,” he said.

“Our donuts are the same,” he said. “But, there is some uniqueness to the baked goods.

We have a different baker than at Raymond. She is baking the things she enjoys baking. I let her have her personality in it.”

The new hire is Heather Anderson.

“She started making the strawberry cream cheese turnovers. So, there is some variety of pastries, but a lot of the

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The hit Broadway musical, The King and I, is coming to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Thursday and Friday April 13 and 14, at 7 p.m. Adapted by Rogers and Hammerstein from the novel, Anna and the King of Siam, written

by Margaret Landon, it won the 1952 Tony Award for best musical. The Fryeburg Academy students are well-known for their performances so this should be a wonderful evening of music and entertainment. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Many businesses step up to help school programs and D’Angelo’s in North Conway is doing just that with a fundraiser for the PKA After School Program in MSAD 72. From April 10 to April 16, the PKA will receive 20 percent of the sales purchased by families or friends of MSAD 72. For the group to receive the percentage, anyone buying an item must have a certificate from the school. If you want to help and don’t have a student attending school, there will be certificates available at the local school. Remember: the dates are April 10 to 16, all day at 1833 White Mountain Highway in North Conway. To learn more call 603-356-6487.

As part of the Food for Thought Film Festival the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will present Growing Local at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14, at the library. The film is produced by the Maine Farmland Trust, which protects and supports local farmers. If you have any interest in the problems faced by local famers and how they are benefiting from this group, come watch the film — it might be interesting.

The Molly Ockett 8th graders are holding a fundraiser for their class trip to Boston at Flatbread Company restaurant in North Conway on Tuesday, April 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The restaurant will contribute a percentage of its sales during those hours to benefit the trip. Molly Ockett musicians will provide music and there will also be a raffle.

I would like to wish my best friend and buddy Dave Mason a very happy 100th birthday on April 9. Dave and his wife Peg lived in Lovell when I first met them but moved to Fryeburg when they downsized. Enjoy the day with your family, Dave!

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Reflexology • Massage • Facials • Arts & Crafts Classes • Art Gift Shop Cancer patients receive above services FREE

www.OnEaglesWings2.com • 207-803-8025

Our Services on Tuesday & Thursday 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Dual Two-hour Service for $75 — The most popular session with one hour of reflexology. We start with a fragrant salt or sugar scrub on your feet and you then get on the massage table for two hours. Reflexology works with your nervous system and Ann Ruel does your head, ears, hands and feet for one hour. You will enjoy a sense of calm and relaxation from reflexology. Whitney Schieferstein, massage therapist, will add another hour of hot rock full-body massage. For 15-20 minutes Ann and Whitney work together and your body gets full relaxation. A sense of well-being describes how most people feel when they leave.

Art Programs

All programs FREE for those going through cancer treatment in the Bridgton area $25 for two-hour paint session — New public expanded art studio — join us for a class, all proceeds assist our center. Registration and payment required prior to class.

Sunday, April 9, 2-4 p.m — Tulips (two canvases) Sunday, April 30, 2-4 p.m. — Fluffy Owl

This is a FREE service if you are going through cancer treatment in the Bridgton area.

Facials with Heather Anderson

Open Studio Time Friday, April 7 and April 14 from 1-4 p.m.

One-hour Facial with Heather on Tuesdays — $55 The Works – 21/2 hours — $125

$10 per hour for painting at studio. Any media paint, drawing, coloring. Must sign up and charge is $10 per hour to use studio. If you want to purchase canvas — $5.

The Dual with a facial included.

One-Hour Hot Rock Massage with Whitney — $65 One-Hour Reflexology with Ann — $55 Foot scrub, hot rocks and essential oils.

Scheduled programs for Cancer support groups.

Needs of On Eagles Wings Some of our needs at On Eagles Wings:

Support Group for Caretakers, Survivors and Cancer Treatment

Water — Always need water to supply our clients and patients.

Yoga Teacher for one time per week for patients and survivors.

Afternoons are best — Monday or Wednesday afternoons.

Saturday, April 8, 2017 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Monday, April 10, 2017 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Massage Therapist — part-time for the summer months — we pick up as the summer people return and would like to add a day for massage and reflexology. Must use hot rocks.

Survivors and cancer patients only If you want to bring soup, salad or dessert to share — please do, not required to join us. We will start a new program — How your thinking affects your health.

Series with Dr. Carolyn Leaf who has studied the brain for 30 years. One hour of study and one hour of conversation. Please register.

Fundraisers — We are looking to do the following fundraisers and could use some people to help pull them together: • Pets on Parade — July • Bike Ride for Raising Money — August

Core Body Movement Class with Nan Brett from The Ballroom

• Swimathon in August — We would like camps and rec programs to contact us for their programs to participate. Looking to do this end of August in Highland Lake.

FREE Class — Cancer patients going through treatment and survivors.

Monday, April 24 from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Lunch provided after class. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat.

The understanding of the role of physical activity after a cancer diagnosis has expanded greatly in the past 20 years. It is now understood that physical activity can help to alleviate many of the effects of cancer treatment; therefore survivors are now encouraged to engage in appropriate physical activity, as able, both during and following treatment. Positive benefits of physical activity include documented improvements in quality of life and feelings of well-being as well as important physiological benefits.

ABC Exercise: Repetitive injury/trauma, surgery, stress and habits can shut down the deep myofascial (the soft tissue system that is our functional core) system resulting in compensations where our more superficial system takes over jobs it was not designed to do (a prescription for pain and injury)! Integrative Fitness Educator Nan Brett will lead us in a session of gentle corrective exercise focusing on the important foundational principles of Alignment, Breathing and (joint) Centration to help us re-engage, realign and reinforce our deep core systems in an organic, functional manner.

• Luncheon/Fashion Show — September • Cinderella Ball — A formal dinner where you must dress in elegant and long dresses. This would be a holiday event. October beginning of November — prior to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

• Zumbathon • Paint Programs — Host a paint night with Ann Ruel. Many painting to choose from and I will come to you if you need.

All funds go to On Eagles Wings.

Contact Ann Ruel if you would like to help with a fundraiser.

Local businesses could host a program or have part of proceeds go to our nonprofit center. Call 207-415-9166.

Reflexology Workshop — Learn Reflexology Saturday, April 29, 2017 • 1-4 p.m.

To Register for Classes and Support Groups

Donate any amount to join us — all proceeds to On Eagles Wings.

You will learn: What is reflexology?

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How and what points correlate to our body — and how does it work? Techniques for relaxing.

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Need at least four people — you will do reflexology on each other second half of class.

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Bad weather forces SAD 61 to juggle schedule

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Old Man Winter appears to be grumpy these days, dumping a mixed bag of weather onto the Lake Region, seemingly putting a long-awaited springtime on hold.

With reports calling for rain, sleet and a snowfall that could reach five inches, SAD 61 Superintendent of Schools Al Smith laid out Monday night how the district would respond during the school board’s meeting.

First off, Smith noted that since many SAD 61 roadways are dirt, many area road commissioners reported that they would hold off plowing, if they could, to preserve already soft and torn up travel ways.

Secondly, district officials were concerned about icy roads and the safety of many teen drivers.

Already over the limit as far as snow days, Smith looked for guidance as to how to make up time missed.

“We’ve received good feedback from parents regarding adding an hour onto the school day,” Smith said. “Although it has been hard on the little ones.”

Smith proposed to extend the day on Monday and Wednesday next week (April 10 and 12), and add an hour onto Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the first week following the spring break (April 25, 26, 27).

While some parents might think a longer day is better than using a Saturday as a make-up, LR senior Mallory Strain thinks differently. She and other students felt the longer day created focus issues, and some teachers seemed to run out of steam.

“They were really tired and stressed out,” Strain said. “As someone in the play, it didn’t work well. I would suggest not to do it again…Do what you have to do.”

Superintendent Smith sees finding a solution that works for everyone is difficult.

“It’s damn if you do and damn if you don’t,” he said.

Smith suggested at the high school level, the extra time could be used for stu-

dents seeking help in certain subject areas, rather than extending classroom periods.

The school board went with the extended days suggested by the superintendent.

In other school board news: Family first. For Dorothy “Nina” Stoddard, the decision to resign from the school board wasn’t an easy one.

But, as a single mother, it was the right decision for her and her family, Stoddard told fellow school board members Monday night. She cited that night meetings proved difficult.

“It was a hard decision, but a decision most parents would make,” she said.

Stoddard’s term was to

expire in 2018. Bridgton Town Manager Bob Peabody will review state statute and selectmen will discuss the matter at Tuesday’s board meeting, Bridgton has five members on the school board.

Cindy LeBlanc’s term runs out this June. Other Bridgton representatives are Debra Albert, Karen Elder and Karla Swanson-Murphy.

Life-changing. For many students who participated in the Adaptive Ski Program at Shawnee Peak this winter, it was “life-changing.”

During a short video presentation to the school board, students made brief comments — “It made me feel very good,” “I was proud

School’s Music Department.

Nice gestures. Sebago Elementary has received a $330 donation from Hannaford Helps Schools, and $300 from Loon Echo Trust to be put toward Spark’s Ark school program and a visit to the Audubon Society for Grade 3 students.

SES also received $300 for Potter Academy to purchase another set of Digiblocks.

At a previous board meeting, Songo Locks School Principal Cheryl Cline noted that 12 winter coats for students in need were donated by the family of Seth and Thomas GilmoreMerritt, specifically Andy and Marcia Gilmore and Kathleen Browne.

More green. Stevens Brook Elementary School keeps growing its fund to build a greenhouse on school grounds. Teacher Liz Shane organized and led a fundraising drive selling discounted cards to Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s, which netted $1,257 for the greenhouse fund.

Graduation change.

After holding high school graduation on a Sunday for the past several years, next year’s seniors will celebrate their big day on a Saturday, June 9.

Graduation was moved to a Sunday years ago to avoid conflicts with some championship sports events, primarSAD 61, Page 2B

NHS INDUCTEES (front, left to right) Madelyn Nelson, Melissa Bonenfant, Meghan Harmon, Shayla Dunn, Leia Hodgdon, Paige Davis, Devyn Hatch, Samantha Pond, Emily Colson, Emma Brown and Emily Lake; (back row) Maggie Luce, Lorean Reed, Kelsey Apovian, Dessiree Berry, Matthew Mayo, Tyler Small, Mark Mayo, Jordan Magiera and Isabelle Davis White. Missing: Neva Leavitt, Hailey Parsons and Madison Rock.

23 inducted into Lake Region NHS

Lake Region High School National Honor Society inducted 23 new members at a ceremony held last Thursday night.

Following a “welcome” from NHS president Douglas Mayo, the following new inductees were presented: Grade 11: Kelsey Apovian, Dessiree Berry, Melissa Bonenfant, Isabelle Davis-White, Meghan Harmon, Leia Hodgdon, Maggie Luce, Madelyn Nelson, Hailey Parsons, Lorean Reed and Tyler Small.

Grade 10: Emma Brown, Emily Colson, Paige Davis, Shayla Dunn, Devyn Hatch, Emily

Lake, Neva Leavitt, Jordan Magiera, Mark Mayo, Matthew Mayo, Samantha Pond and Madison Rock.

NHS Advisors Amy Mayo and Lynn O’Donnell presented the oath and certificates.

NHS vice president Aisley Sturk followed with a senior recognition.

2016-2017 NHS members include: Grade 12: Taylor Bass, Addie Blais, Meghan Boos, Haley Bragdon-Clements, Elizabeth Cole (treasurer), Heidi Fox (secretary), Alex Hedly, Kristen Huntress, Douglas Mayo (president), Christine Morin, Colleen Messina, Jacqueline

HERE’S HOW IT IS DONE — Top, Connie Wood teaches Sebago Elementary first graders about the process of gathering sap in this photo taken by Morgan Therriault.

Top right, fourth graders Drew Johnson, Riley Smith and Madyson Kezal taste fresh sap at Grandpa Joe’s Sugar House in a photo taken by Ben McKenney. At bottom right, Ted Greene, owner of Greene Maple Farm in Sebago, shows students the equipment and methods he uses to gather sap for maple production. (Photo by Morgan Therriault)

How sweet it really is!

SEBAGO — What a treat!

Students from Sebago Elementary School enjoyed field trips to local sugarhouses last Wednesday, March 29, thanks to the generosity of Greene Maple Farm in Sebago and Grandpa Joe’s Sugar House in North Baldwin.

These trips were sponsored by the Sebago Elementary PTC organization, which paid for the buses. PTC member Jennifer McKenney organized the visits and arranged for the free tours of the two sugarhouses.

to participate” and “This experience made me feel good about myself because I learned to ski” — about the program as fun-filled pictures rolled across the computer screen.

SAD 61 Special Services Director Lisa Caron introduced the staff — Kristen Curley, Carla Lutricuso, Michael DiBiase and Josh Arris — who worked with students, and also mentioned Ross Graham, director of the adaptive ski program at Shawnee Peak, for their efforts.

Sweet tune. Ralph Hull, who lives near Boston, is donating a Samick Baby Grand piano — a $4,000 value — to Lake Region High

All six grades had the opportunity to visit both maple farms to learn the process of gathering sap and the production of maple products. Students also enjoyed ice cream with maple syrup and some lucky students even tried maple cotton candy!

The Sebago Elementary PTC funds field trips and educational programs throughout the school year.

Upcoming programs include The Ecology School, Maine Energy Education Program, Lakes Environmental

Association, and a schoolwide field trip to Ferry Beach Nature Trails.

The PTC also purchases equipment and items requested by the teachers and supports the school in whatever ways are needed.

Any Sebago Elementary School parent or interested individual is invited to join the PTC! For more information, contact PTC secretary Lisa Johnson at sebagoptc@mail.com or “like” the Sebago Elementary PTC Facebook page.

Morse, Hannah Ranco, Katherine Springer, Mallory Strain, Katie Sullivan and Kailee Thompson.

Grade 11: Dominic Adams, Daria Bosworth, Danica Chadwick, Ethan Chadwick (sergeant at arms), Hannah Chadwick, Olivia Deschenes, Lauren Jakobs, Benjamin Johnson, Sarah Stefaniak, Aisley Sturk (vice president), Autumn Tremblay, Chandler True, Paul Walker and Brianna Warren.

To be inducted into the honor society, students must achieve a minimum grade of 85 or grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The NHS four pillars are scholarship, service, leadership and character.

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TORNADOS ripped through Georgia, leaving destruction everywhere. Michaela Tripp and other Americorps volunteers worked 10-hour days as part of the relief

Coming to your local library, learn to use the all new Maine Download cloudLibrary, where you can access free eBooks and audiobooks!

On March 1, 2017, the Maine InfoNet Download Library moved to a brand new eBook and eAudiobook platform called cloudLibrary. This replaces the Overdrive platform used previously.

Would you like some help downloading and understanding the new platform? Bring your device, a current e-mail address, and a library card.

Find your local library and date: April 29 at Naples; April 30 at Casco; May 2 at Fryeburg; and May 13 at Brownfield.

These classes run for two hours and are free.

Please call or stop by your local library to sign up.

Phoebe Monteith from Lake Region & Fryeburg Area Adult Education will be offering this class free of charge. There effort. “To say we were exhausted is an understatement! I is only room for four people per session. If there is enough think our time in Georgia is the most exhausted I’ve ever demand, Adult Ed will add more classes. Telephone 6274291. been in my life,” Michaela said.

By Michaela Tripp Americorps Volunteer Hello everyone!

It’s been a while since a lot of you have heard from me. Life has been pretty interesting since after Christmas break. Before we left for break, we had found out that we would be work-

lodging, we got settled in and went to work the next morning. From the moment we arrived at the Red Cross, they welcomed us with open arms and were so grateful for us coming out. The first week consisted of us getting some training on what we would be doing and how their systems

LR grad: Americorp experience life changer ing in Nashville, Tenn. with the Nashville Chapter of the American Red Cross, doing shelter surveys and helping with their home fire campaign.

After a week at campus in Mississippi, we headed out for Tennessee! ‬ Once we arrived at our

work. Once that was done, we were able to get to work.

We spent our days calling places that have agreed to be used as a Red Cross Shelter in case of a disaster. A shelter survey consists of two of our team members going out to the facility and making sure that all of the information we have is up-to-date and making any changes if needed.

Once all that is complete, we put that information into a computer system and in binders for them to have ready.

We did this for about two weeks and then two tornadoes blew through Georgia, destroying thousands of homes and businesses.

We were then deployed to Albany, Ga. When we got to Georgia, we went back to doing the DSA work that we did in the previous two rounds. We were working 10-hour days, seven days a week. To say we were exhausted is an understatement! I think our time in Georgia is the most exhausted I’ve ever been in my life, but it was all worth it to help the survivors. We worked in Georgia for about 3 1/2 weeks and then they didn’t really need us there anymore, so we were sent us back to Nashville.

I was ecstatic to be going back to Nashville! The city is

such a unique place! There is always something to do, and it is the perfect combination of country and urban. Once we got back, we went right back to the work we were doing before and that’s what we’ve been doing for the past month.

Our time in the program is winding down as we have less than a month left before we graduate. It’s crazy to think about how fast time has gone by. It feels like just yesterday I left home for the journey of a lifetime. It seems like just yesterday I was meeting all of my teammates for the first time and now they’re family to me.

It seems like just yesterday I was so nervous to interact with disaster survivors and now I can’t imagine my life any other way. This program has been the best decision of my life and I am a better person both personally and professionally because of it.

For those who may be wondering what I will be doing once this program ends, I will be coming back to Maine for part of the summer to work and then will be leaving in July to move to Washington, D.C. I am moving to D.C. because I am going to be serving in another program through Americorps called “City Year.” City Year

is an education-based program focused on helping students and schools in lowperforming areas succeed. So basically, my job will be to work with students who need extra help in the classroom, mentoring students, working with them on behavioral issues, tutoring, helping the teacher in the classroom, and many other things!

I’m not ready for this program to end and have to say goodbye to my incredible teammates, but I’m so excited to see all that D.C. has in store for me!

As my time in the program is coming to a close soon, I really wanted to emphasize how much all of the love and support coming from the community has meant to me over the past nine months.

Every time my mom relays well wishes and encouraging words to me from members of the community that I know and ones that I don’t, it brings me so much joy.

Knowing that I am able to make people in this community proud is one of the greatest feelings and is the least I could do for a community that has given me so much. I am who I am and doing what I’m doing because of what this community has taught me. So thank you and see you all soon!

GREAT DECISION TO SERVE — Michaela Tripp of Bridgton said her decision to join Americorps “has been the best decision of my life and I am a better person both personally and professionally because of it.”

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WELCOME TO THE SUGAR HOUSE — Ben and Jen McKenney, owners of Grandpa Joe’s Sugar House, along with Connie Wood, welcome Sebago Elementary students, teachers and chaperones to their maple operations in North Baldwin.

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(Continued from Page 1B) ily the state track & field championships.

Personnel. Sarah Ayres was approved as a long-term substitute social studies teacher at Lake Region Middle School, effective April 10, replacing Nina Spizuoco. There were 13 applicants, three were interviewed.

Carinne Haigis was approved as an English/Language Arts teacher at Lake Region High School for the 2017-18 school year, replacing Faye Levasseur, who is retiring. There were 29 applicants, four were interviewed.

Kayla Larsen was approved as a longterm substitute teacher at Songo Locks School, effective April 12, replacing Marie Meserve. There were 17 applicants, three were interviewed.

Paula Grace was approved as a long-term substitute Grade 4 teacher at Songo Locks School, effective March 27. Ms. Grace was

subbing in this position.

Maria Giampetruzzi has resigned as a special education technician at Songo Locks School, effective March 27.

At the previous board meeting, Superintendent Smith reported that there were 40 applicants for the high school assistant principal job, and a committee started to conduct interviews last Thursday, March 30.

Coaching moves. Nathaniel Germond was approved as a varsity lacrosse assistant coach. He played four years in college, was a varsity coach at Bonny Eagle, Gorham and Westbrook.

Drew McLaren as a middle school boys’ lacrosse coach, and Loralee Leach as the eighth grade girls’ lacrosse coach.

Gary Colello as a seventh grade girls’ softball coach, and Seth Johnson as the eighth grade girls’ softball coach.

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Senior Rambles Hiking Trips & Tips

by Allen Crabtree

Crawford Notch from the Frankenstein Cliff overlook.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree)

A hike to Frankenstein Cliff

As motorists drive north through Crawford Notch, Frankstein Cliff is a very prominent bluff on the west side of the highway, just south of Mount Willey. The views of the southern end of Crawford Notch from the Frankenstein Cliff overlook are spectacular and, I believe, rival the views of the Notch from the summit of Mount Willard further north.

There is a hiking trail to the top of Frankenstein Cliff that branches off the trail to Arethusa Falls, and both features can be done as a loop hike starting and ending at the same parking lot.

Frankenstein Cliff has nothing to do with the story by that name about the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, written by British author Mary Shelley and published in 1818. Instead, the cliff and the railroad trestle at the base of the cliff were named for Godfrey N. Frankenstein (1820-1873), a noted artist from Springfield, Ohio.

Dr. Samuel Bemis, a Boston dentist who owned much of Crawford Notch at Frankenstein Cliff panorama of ice climbs.

(Photo courtesy of NE Climbs.com) that time and who named many of the features of the White Mountains, was a friend with Godfrey Frankenstein. Dr. Bemis gave Frankenstein’s name to the cliffs just above Bemis Station on the Maine Central Railroad, as well as the Frankenstein Railroad To schedule your free walk, Trestle. This engineering call your Maine Forest Service District Forester feat of its day was built in

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Denmark Mountain Hikers climbing down the icy face of Frankenstein Cliff.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) 1871 by the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad. It is a 500-foot long iron structure that spans one of the deepest gorges or crevasses (80 feet) in the White Mountains. The trestle was replaced by a new steel one in 1895.

Frankenstein had painted the Cliff and the Dry River below which was used by the railroad to advertise the wonderful Crawford Notch scenery. Frankenstein also painted many famous landscapes

of the region, including his 1847 “White Mountains in New Hampshire.” He also painted two landscapes, “Mount Washington over Tuckerman’s Ravine” and “The Notch of the White Mountains from Mount Crawford,” which were

plates #14 and #16 in William Oakes’ 1848 Scenery of the White Mountains.

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Lastra: Rookie of the Year

Former Fryeburg Academy all-conference runner Anna Lastra has been named Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Track Rookie of the Year.

A freshman at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., Anna wad selected four times as NE10 Rookie of the Week during the indoor season for her outstanding performances. She earned the first accolade on Jan. 17 as she opened up her first indoor collegiate season with a time of 5:10.95 in the mile run at the Beantown Challenge.

She then took on the 3000-meter run posting a time of 10:15.94, finishing fourth at the URI Sorlein Invitational bypassing NE10 and New England qualifications. Her third weekly award topped all 1000-meter competitors by finishing first with a time of 3:01.83 at the Tufts Stampede. The Bridgton native posted a careerbest time of 10:04.55 in the 3000-meter event at the Hemery Valentine Invitational, hosted by Boston University for her fourth individual honor.

Anna was also part of the distance medley relay team that finished fourth with a time of 11:45.29 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlett

The Frankenstein Railroad Trestle at the base of Frankenstein Cliff.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree)

Rambles: Frankenstein Cliff

(Continued from Page 3B) immortalized in Hawthorne’s 1837 Twice Told Tales — The Great Carbuncle — A Mystery Of The White Mountains lies somewhere near Frankenstein Cliff.

Kilbourne describes the legend: “…somewhere in the glen of the Dry, or Mount Washington River, a tributary of the Saco which joins the latter nearly opposite the Frankenstein Cliff, was hidden, under a shelving rock, a glorious carbuncle. This gem, it was declared, had been placed there by the Indians, who killed one of their number so that an evil spirit might

haunt the place.”

This legend persisted for hundreds of years; parties have climbed the hills and valleys looking for it, all with disappointing results.

Today, the cliffs of Frankenstein and the railroad trestle are still imposing to look at, rare gemstone or not. The trail up or down the cliff to the overlook is challenging but the view of the southern end of Crawford Notch is worth the effort. The trailhead sign is located at the railroad tracks near the upper parking lot, and the Frankenstein Cliff loop may be climbed either by going to Arethusa Falls

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and then following the top of Frankenstein to the Crawford Notch overlook and then returning by climbing down the Cliff on the Frankenstein Cliff Trail, or reversing direction and climbing the loop the other way. Either is challenging but not overly difficult. There are several trail junctions along the way so referring to the AMC trail guide is recommended.

In winter, ice climbers are drawn to Frankenstein Cliff for the challenging waterfall ice routes. According to NE Ice Climbs, there are numerous climbs ranging from easy, low angle to very steep and difficult. The Frankenstein Standard Route (3), Chia (3+), Pegasus (3+/4), Dracula (4+) and Dropline (5) are five of the main waterfall ice routes, with many others on the cliff. The Mountain Project lists 29 ice climbs on Frankenstein Cliff, some of them named for Lord of the Rings characters. Altogether, this is one of the best ice climbing destinations in the East.

Frankenstein Cliff in Carroll County, Hart’s Location, N.H. Difficulty – Moderate Trail distance – 3.2 miles for the loop Hiking time – 2 hour 20 minutes for the loop Elevation – 2,420 feet Vertical gain – 1,300 feet Coordinates — 44°09’21” N 71°22’01” W Topographic map – USGS Crawford Notch 7.5-minute quad Directions to the Frankenstein Cliff trailhead: Head north on Route 302 from North Conway, through Bartlett and into Crawford Notch. At the south end of Crawford Notch State Park turn left at the marked turnoff. It is just beyond the Crawford Notch General Store & Campground. There are two parking lots — a lower one near Route 302 and an upper one closer to the railroad tracks leading to the Cliff.

Stonehill University freshman Anna Lastra & White Invitational, host- women’s team its fourthed by Boston University. straight NE10 title. She The freshman kicked off later ran in the 4x800m, the relay with a 3:36.72 the DMR, and the mile run 1200-meter opening leg, at the NEICAAA Indoor which would help qualify Championships. The DMR the squad for the NCAA finished first, while the Division II Indoor Track 4x800m took 10th and & Field Championships Anna crossed the finish hosted by the University of 11th in the mile.

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Anna ran in three events son, Anna got the chance at the NE10 Championship, to compete at the NCAA including the 1000m, mile, Championship in the and 4x800m. She assisted DMR, once again tackling the 4x800m in winning its the 1200-meter leg, with an sixth-straight NE10 crown, unofficial split of 3:38.37 while she finished second and assisting the squad to in both the 1000m and the a 13th-place finish and a mile events, giving the time of 11:46.65.

Wildlife Park set to open GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, located on Route 26 in Gray, will open for the 2017 season on Saturday, April 15 at 9:30 a.m. – just in time for the Patriots Day holiday on Monday, April 17 and school vacation week!

Park staff has been working diligently to remove enough snow for paths to be cleared, most wildlife exhibits to be open, and the parking lot and access road passable! The turtle ponds may still be frozen over and the nature trails may have too much snow on them to be passable, but visitors will be excited to see a new beaver in her pond in the furbearer exhibit!

A variety of new and returning weekend events are planned for the season, beginning Saturday, May 6 with a “Creatures of the Night” display, associated with the park’s newest exhibit featuring nocturnal animals.

Further on through the season, you can practice archery and laser rifle target

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will be hosting its quarterly meeting on Friday, April 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Center for an EcologyBased Economy, 447 Main St. in Norway. The meeting will focus on the 2nd Annual Foothills Food Festival, slated for Saturday August 12, in downtown Norway. An estimated 1,000 people attended the 2016 event that featured local food vendors, a farmers’ market, live music, educational booths and events, as well as activities for kids and a beer garden showcasing local brewers around the state.

Organizers are building on last year’s momentum with ideas to expand the educational scope of this year’s festival and include more farmers and vendors. “While we had some great talks, workshops and educational organizations involved last year, we hope to integrate more information about how and why to build a robust local food system,” said Ken Morse of Community Food Matters.

The organizers would particularly like to expand the farmers’ market at the Festival.

“Last year we had just a few farmers but they did incredibly well,” said Carl Costanzi, the region’s 5210 Let’s Go!

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coordinator. “PieTree Orchard told us it was their best farmers’ market day all season. For Mid Ridge Farm in Otisfield, it was their first farmers’ market. They loved the experience of interacting with all the customers and are looking forward this year’s festival. We hope to attract more area farmers this time around and also promote the Norway Farmers’ Market at Old Squires, as well as other regional markets to really showcase what is being grown here,” he continued.

The Festival organizers encourage all community members from various sectors to join in planning and creating the 2nd Foothills Food Festival. All are invited to share ideas and participate in one or more working groups focused on marketing, fundraising, farmers’ market, food vendors, beer garden, education, and more. “It took a great deal of energy from a lot of volunteers to make the inaugural event such a success last year,” said Scott Vlaun, a Festival organizer, “and even though we’ve laid some groundwork, there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to help make year two even better and continue to define the area as a local

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

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(Continued from Page 4B) enjoy a “night visit” with Northern Stars Planetarium. The Bug Man, New England Mineral Association, Wildlife Encounters, Enchanted Forests and Honeybees will return and be featured as Saturday programs.

Favorites like the annual Open House, Pow-Wow, Chainsaw Artists, and Rick Charette will all be back, as well. And Harvest-Fest will be expanded to two full weekend days in October.

Many families cannot wait to visit their favorite animals after the long winter, but close to 30,000 followers have “kept in touch” with the wildlife via Facebook over the winter, “liking” and commenting on photos posted of our wildlife as they adapted to winter snow and cold. But everyone’s ready to see the moose, bears, lynx, cougar, eagles, owls, and more again in person!

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tion programs and projects of MDIFW. The Maine Wildlife Park has over 30 species of native wildlife on display, plus wildlife gardens, nature trails, a fish hatchery and other interactive exhibits and displays.

The park is open daily from April 15 through Nov. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; visitors may then stay until 6 p.m.

Admission to the park is free for ages 3 and under; $5.50 for ages 4-12; $7.50 for adults, and $5.50 for seniors. Groups of 15 or more are $3.50 per person. Bring a picnic and spend the day! Family and Community Season Passes are available, and are an incredible bargain for families and groups that visit the park several times over the course of the summer.

Remember that Family Passes make a great gift; and are available for purchase in the Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Online store at www.mefishwildlife.com For more information about any of these programs, please call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977 or visit online at www. mainewildlifepark.com

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Opinion & Comment

April 6, 2017, The Bridgton News, Page 7B

Small World

by Henry Precht BN Columnist

Ranking the rank

A historian friend of mine has listed the men he deems the ten worse American presidents. He didn’t leave a vacant slot for the incumbent, but I wonder whether Mr. Trump might not soon fit in based on this country’s experience of the past two and a half months of his 48-month term of office.

Categorizing roughly, I would say that five of the historian’s ten baddies were listed because of their wrong-headed positions on slavery; two because of their toleration of corruption; two because of lying or criminal policy; and one because of ineptitude in dealing with a national crisis. Let’s see how Mr. Trump makes it through this sieve. Chattel slavery is no longer on the agenda but we might easily substitute how the incumbent treats the middle and lower classes — sometimes called “wage slaves.”

On that score, I would say Mr. Trump shows every sign of becoming a modern day Buchanan. After his campaign appeal for better treatment of educationally poorly prepared and economically threatened whites, he turned on them in proposing health care legislation which would leave them worse off than with Obamacare. Programs that benefit them — Meals on Wheels, regional development funds, etc. — are slated to be cut back. It’s early to say, but I doubt that Trump tax proposals will treat them as generously as they will the traditional big money folks in the Republican ranks — the kind that have been named to fill Cabinet slots. So much for favoring the little guy against the elites.

There is one bit of business where Mr. Trump gives equal treatment to wage slaves and elites: both will suffer from his destruction of Obama’s measures to limit the pace of global RANK, Page 10B

THE ELDER STATESMEN OF FRYEBURG FAIR — At the Fair’s annual spring meeting, current trustees in attendance over 80 years of age posed with Roy Andrews, president of Fryeburg Fair. They are (left to right) Ralph Woodward, age 86, of Center Conway, N.H., who began working in the Fair’s pulling ring in 1948 and has also supervised the Fire Tower; Dana Webster, age 88, of Center Conway, started working at the Fair in 1953, has shown cattle, worked on the horse show and is now the superintendent of the Sunday night four-wheel drive truck pull; June Hammond, 80, of Fryeburg, started working at the Fair selling tickets in 1952 while still in high school and has served as the secretary, as well as the first woman president of the Maine Association of Agricultural Fairs; Corliss Watson, 88, of Fryeburg, started in 1978 and introduced and is still in charge of the Fireman’s Muster celebrating its 40th competition this year; and, Dick Fox, 94, of North Fryeburg, started in 1963 working with the pulling and showing of draft horses and ponies. (Photo by Rachel Andrews Damon)

Don’t rewrite casino laws

Back in 1908, Mainers voted to approve a constitutional amendment giving the people of our state the right to craft law by referendum. The citizens’ initiative was born, and has been used dozens of times by Mainers to pass new laws.

The campaign to allow citizens’ initiatives last century brought together political leaders, labor leaders, and Maine’s Grange halls. The referendum process would make our state’s

by Peter Bollen democracy even more participatory. It allows Mainers, if they are so moved, to assume the powers of the Legislature, givContributing Writer ing them a direct path toward crafting policies and laws they believe are in the best interest of our state.

The central premise of the initiative process is simple: Citizens should be able to enact or repeal laws if they can convince a majority of voters that doing so is in the best interest of Maine’s people.

But what happens when the system is hijacked? When it’s used not to benefit the people of Maine, but to benefit just one man? It seems that is what’s happened with a citizens’ initiative, scheduled to appear on November’s ballot, which would “A master of journalistic scoops — a way with phrases and ask Mainers whether to approve a new casino in York County. jagged-glass wit — Mr. Breslin pushed buttons with his twoThe initiative’s language is carefully crafted to ensure that finger jabs at his keyboard and continued writing until he fell if voters approve such a casino, only one man will be eligible ill.” — N.Y. Times Jimmy Breslin, passed away in March at the age of 88 and was among the pantheon of legendary columnists gracing a number of New York newspapers during his nearly 60-year career. He never really retired from his keyboard.

His obituary reads: “With prose that was savagely funny, At one time, I confused the Bible stories I had heard during deceptively simple and poorly imitated, Mr. Breslin created his own distinct rhythm in the hurly-burly music of newspapers.” Sunday school. I thought that when Jesus Christ died on the Breslin started out as a sportswriter for a small New York cross, his blood flooded the world. Being only 7 or 8 years old newspaper. He wrote a funny book about the first season of at the time, I must have combined the story of Noah and the ark the hapless New York Mets, Can’t Anybody Here Play This with the statement that Jesus’ blood washed everyone clean. I Game?, and it persuaded the New York Herald Tribune to hire remember sitting on the top bunk in the bedroom I shared with him as a news columnist in 1963. This was also the year that my siblings, having my stuffed animals and dolls re-enact the Breslin caught national attention with his first major scoop story of how Jesus died on the cross and amazingly rose from called the “gravedigger scoop.” It involved a man named the dead and walked with and talked to his disciples.

I couldn’t figure out how the people on Earth at Jesus’ time Clifford Pollard, who was the gravedigger for President could become clean from blood. How did they wash off the Kennedy. It bears repeating: “Pollard is forty-two. He is a slim man with a mustache blood? So, I asked my mom to provide those details and she who was born in Pittsburgh and served as a Private in the set my childhood mind straight with the correct version of this 352nd Engineers battalion in Burma in World War II. He is an particular Bible story.

Certainly, the Easter story is a familiar one to even the equipment operator grade 10, which means he gets $3.01 an hour. One of the last to serve John Fitzgerald Kennedy who youngest of Christians. I am not sure how the adults retelling was the 35th President of this country, was a working man and the most meaningful miracle in the New Testament explain how the Easter Bunny hopped into the scene. But, most people said it was an honor to dig the grave.”

This celebrated column from 1963 launched legions of learn about the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection at journalists to go out and find their “gravediggers.” Mr. Breslin a tender age.

As an adult in my mid-20s, I came to favor the story of was among the writers credited with inventing the “New Journalism,” in which novelistic techniques are used to inject Palm Sunday. And, I still do.

On Palm Sunday — less than a week before He was crucia narrative tension into the news as the writer/reporter at times fied on a cross, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem with great fanfare. becomes part of the narrative.

What I love about the story is the contrast between how BRESLIN, Page 10B

The Reading Life

The great author Jimmy Breslin

Views from Senate

by Bill Diamond Maine State Senator to operate it: Shawn Scott. If that name sounds familiar, it’s for good reason. Scott was the man behind the creation of the Bangor casino back in 2003. Back then, he was a relative unknown. He spent more than $2 million buying a majority share of the Bangor harness racing track and financing the referendum campaign, which was approved by voters.

The campaign urging passage of the referendum said it was invested in Maine’s future. It wanted to create jobs, boost the economy, and make our state better. But two months later, Scott sold the track and the casino to a national gambling corporation and rode into the sunset, $51 million richer. He CASINO, Page 10B

My thoughts on Palm Sunday

Letters Hauling away our hometown

Poland Spring corporate geologist, state and professional geologists, and to an extent, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

In fact, for many years before and during the permit application for the Hollis site,

Poland Spring regularly hosted free dinners with an open bar for the Geological Society of Maine whose membership included most, if not all, of Maine’s State geologists and other consulting hydro and geological professionals.

On another note, contrary to what Poland Spring’s public relations would have you believe, the science regarding the sustainability of groundwater volume is not well understood. The water that is LETTERS, Page 8B

To The Editor: A Fryeburg bottling plant is going to greatly impact the surrounding community, and not in a positive way.

My awareness of the negative impact of a bottling plant stems from 1999—2000 when the Nestlé/Poland Spring bottling plant in Hollis was still a proposal. At the time, we lived in Limington, about one halfmile from the proposed plant.

I went to numerous meetings in Augusta but was not allowed to comment because I was not a Hollis resident.

It soon became apparent that the proposal for water extraction and bottling was a fait accompli. From the very beginning, I became aware of the love-fest, a.k.a. “regulatory capture,” between the WINTER’S HOLD onto the Lake Region is obvious along many roadways as photographed here by Judy Ottley of Bridgton.

It Dawned on Me

by Dawn De Busk BN Columnist

He was treated on Palm Sunday and how He was treated four days later when he was arrested and the prophesized events unfolded. Even those closest to Him turned on Him in less than a week’s time.

To me, those Bible stories show the fickleness and unfaithfulness of the masses. What is popular and who is popular one week can flip around the following week or month.

On Palm Sunday, the crowds — made up of many people who had made the pilgrimage to the “Holy City” for Passover — welcomed the carpenter turned miracle-worker. Despite the fact Jesus said he was the son of God, He did not act high and mighty. He did not chose a horse that could only be owned by the wealthy or member of the military. Nor did He ride on a THOUGHTS, Page 8B

Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor One of the ideas that Congress has been considering in its effort to control the costs of Medicare, is to raise the age of eligibility.

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Foundation and the Actuarial Research Corporation (ARC) recently released a new study on the impact of raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67.

According to ARC projections, if Medicare eligibility is raised to age 67 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains in effect, by 2019 the percent of uninsured among those aged 65 and 66 will increase more than nine-fold, from less than 2% to 18.7% (1.9 million people). If the ACA is repealed, and that fight is evidently not over, the uninsured rate would then increase to 37%. That is more than one-third of those 65 and 66, affecting 3.8 million seniors.

According to the report, raising the Medicare eligibility age would likely result in people ages 65 and 66 forgoing needed care. As a result, those who forgo care could experience worsening health outcomes and create higher expenses for the Medicare program when they are finally eligible.

It is fair to conclude that raising the Medicare eligibility age would have a profound impact on the health and financial stability of near retirees. It would, in all likelihood, cost taxpayers more in the long term.

Medicare questions? Need help? Call 1-800-427-7411.

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Letters

(Continued from Page 7B) being extracted is ancient glacial water and it is not known if this groundwater is being recharged in balance with the amount of extraction. After Nestlé/Poland Spring purchased the Hollis land, danger signs were posted to warn people to stay off the land because it had previously been used for growing potatoes and was thus heavily contaminated with fungicides/pesticides.

Shouldn’t there have been concern that these chemicals would leach into groundwater? Does this lack of concern indicate that surface waters are in fact not recharging these groundwater reservoirs?

Notwithstanding the likelihood of future groundwater shortages and/or depletion, Nestlé/Poland Spring in its insatiable quest for water, should seek water extraction next to interstate highways.

This way, towns will be spared the invasion of truck traffic that never lets up, that continually pulverizes country roads, that makes travelling hazardous, and that creates a blight on our rural New England character.

We escaped to Bridgton after our quality of life deteriorated due to the constant stream of trucks. The green decaled Poland Spring trucks are but a small percentage of the vast majority of unmarked noisy eighteen-wheelers that travel to and from bottling plants, warehouses and stores. Walking and bicycling along Route 117 became impossible, and the increase in heavy traffic caused the

road to badly deteriorate.

Nestlé is formidable because of its immense financial resources and clout.

Nestlé’s corporate generosity is often grandly cited by those who support it, but I believe that the donations of bottled water, scholarships and grants, and jobs that are returned to the community are but a pittance when compared with the huge profits that are being reaped and the short- and long-term harm that is incurred.

Lega Sammut Medcalf Bridgton

OCOLOT — One Camera One Lens One Town GEOMETRY, Main Street, Bridgton. While lines can sometimes lead us into an image, they can also be effective ways to divide the scene into shapes and patterns. The vertical lines set up a rhythmic pattern that is echoed by the windows in the background. This repetition throughout the image provides unity, which is essential for an effective composition, whether visual or literal.

Can you find six triangles in the scene? If there is enough interest, I would like to present a workshop this Spring. Please let me know by sending a e-mail to: estevens16@ roadrunner.com. (Fuji x100T 23mm fixed lens f/4 exposure adjustment through HDR merge in Adobe Lightroom).

Bottle it in Fryeburg

To The Editor: On Tuesday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. the Fryeburg Business Association is sponsoring a community educational forum about the possibility of a Poland Spring Bottling Plant in Fryeburg.

The forum will be held at the Fryeburg Fair Cafeteria building near the Dairy Bar. The forum will have a moderator to keep to the timeline of a 30-minute presentation and 30-minutes for questions and answers. Have your questions answered and hear from the hydrologists. Submit your question, name, and address to FBA@fryeburgbusiness.com ahead of time or bring it to the forum. Members of the presentation team will be available after the forum to speak individually with people.

Attend this forum to show your support. This is a second attempt for a bottling plant here and there There are several other Maine may not be another opportu- towns already courting Poland nity in Fryeburg for jobs and Spring. tax relief from this company.

Please come on Tuesday, April 11, 5:30 p.m., Fryeburg PUBLIC NOTICE Fair Cafeteria.

Holly Foster Fryeburg

TOWN OF HARRISON Public Hearing

The Harrison Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Town Office located at 20 Front Street.

The public hearing will be on the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance changes and the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for June 13 & 14, 2017.

All are invited.

Physical Therapy Clinic for their 10 wonderful years serving the greater Bridgton area. Congratulations go to lead physical therapist, Chris Roy, and his wonderful staff for making this all possible.

I can tell you from personal experience of many years of using their clinic, what they have done for me! For their commitment to their clients To The Editor I would like to take this and their involvement in supopportunity to congratulate porting community services Saco Bay Orthopaedic and — I hope you have many

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more wonderful years for the community you serve.

Congratulations!

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Democrats having a spat over how many citizens may have problems with finding healthcare insurance. It is really a backroom brawl about whether the Constitution is the source of our laws or are the Progressives the source of our laws. The election of President Trump has thrown the balance to the Constitution and the Progressives are fearTo The Editor: Much of the polariza- ful of losing their tyrannical tion evident in Congress is hold on power. not just Republicans and LETTERS, Page 10B

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Public Notice

TOWN OF NAPLES Public Hearing

The Naples Planning Board will be holding a meeting at 15 Village Green Lane on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. On the agenda: A. An application for a Modification of a Minor Subdivision for 7 Getaway Lane found on Tax Map U20, Lot 10 to have a 50' Easement for water access to Brandy Pond over Lot 10B. Public welcome

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Public Notice:

NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE Please take notice that MLM Realty, LLC, 72 Lafayette Street, Yarmouth, ME (207) 846-9050 is intending to file a Site Location of Development application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 481 thru 490 on or about April 07, 2017.

The application is for the addition of an enclosed boat storage building, a maintenance garage, a showroom, and associated gravel drives and parking areas at the following location: 32 Moose Landing Trail, Naples, ME 04055 A request for a public hearing or a request that the Board of Environmental Protection assume jurisdiction over this application must be received by the Department in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is found by the Department to be complete and is accepted for processing. A public hearing may or may not be held at the discretion of the Commissioner or Board of Environmental Protection. Public comment on the application will be accepted throughout the processing of the application.

The application will be filed for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection’s office in Augusta during normal working hours.

A copy of the application may also be seen at the municipal offices in Naples, Maine.

Written public comments may be sent to the regional office in Augusta where the application is filed for public inspection: MDEP, Central Maine Regional Office, 17 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

AGENDA Public Hearing Casco Planning Board April 10, 2017 Casco Community Center 940 Meadow Road 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of January 9, 2017 and March 13, 2017 Minutes 3. The Board will conduct a Public Hearing regarding application submitted by Thomas F. Smith, Esq., for Amended Contract Zoning Agreement between The Town of Casco and Brian E. Chamberlain and Beverly J. Chamberlain for property known as Settlers Village, to permit conversion of the property to allow same to be divided into single dwelling units and thereby allow individual sale of properties. The property is located in a Contract Zone and is known as Map 8, Lot 14-A. This matter is continued from March 13, 2017.

4. P&K Sand and Gravel, Inc., has submitted an application for extension of their “Contract Zoning Agreement” to continue mining activities on Map 9, Lot 30-1. This matter is continued from March 13, 2017.

5. Other.

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DABBIN’ WITH DUCT TAPE ART — Students at Raymond Elementary School “dab” while a volunteer and local artist holds up the trunk of the Duct Tape elephant that the group created during the seventh annual World Community Arts Day at the school on March 22. The dab is a dance move in which the person drops their head into a bent arm and extends the other arm. The dab rose to popularity in 2015 and originated from the hip-hop scene in Atlanta, Ga. (De Busk Photo)

My thoughts on Palm Sunday

(Continued from Page 7B) tall camel often used by nomads. Instead, Jesus rode a donkey into the city of Jerusalem.

There, the crowds did give him the royal treatment, laying their coats upon the ground before Him and waving palm branches as a sign of victory.

The imagery and the symbols are extraordinary, which is why I summarized the story of Palm Sunday. Most everyone knows what happened in the following days leading up to Easter Sunday. It is ironic that the coat was stolen from a dying Jesus after so many jackets were laid out like a red carpet for Him only days earlier.

Most people can relate to the flip-flop of the masses. Most people can remember a time they were at the height of popularity only to be knocked to their knees at a later date.

Even in kindergarten, one child can gain the popularity of his or her peers, possibly by bringing an enviable toy to school for show-and-tell. Suddenly, everybody is their friend. In no time at all, the most popular child is the ridiculed one, being poked fun at or physically poked and prodded by the same students who claimed to be friends. It actually gets worse in middle school. Human beings experience so many acts of betrayal at the hands of so-called friends. Everyone plays the part of Judas at one time or another.

Likewise in adult life, I have heard so many stories of how so-and-so was thrown under the bus by someone they trusted

or by someone they shouldn’t have trusted. The majority of people do not have the knowledge the Jesus had, knowing he would be betrayed and knowing who would betray him. But, it was all part of the master plan.

I feel the need to conclude on a much more positive note as Palm Sunday nears, followed by Holy Week.

About 10 years ago, I was living in Kennebunk. We were renting a home on Storer Street, just a few blocks from the town’s library and Main Street. So, it seemed like everything that happened was right out our back door and it was easy to walk to any events going on.

That year, during Holy Week, the church bells that typically rang only on Sundays, sounded through the town at noon every day. From Monday through Good Friday, one of the churches on Main Street hosted a multi-denominational service. All of the religious leaders of the various churches in Kennebunk shared the pulpit. Each day a different pastor or reverend or father presented their sermon sandwiched between singing and praying.

The Catholics, the Baptists, the Methodists, the Episcopalians, the Congregationalists and those who embrace Judaism gathered in one church for one week. This collaboration was a beautiful testament to human beings — who have experienced being betrayed and being the betrayer — setting aside small differences about religion to agree on a basic belief of all Christians.

April 6, 2017, The Bridgton News, Page 9B PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF CASCO • NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Board of the Town of Casco will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 10, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., in the Casco Community Center, 940 Meadow Road, regarding the proposed AMENDED AND

RESTATED CONTRACT ZONING AGREEMENT between the Town of Casco and Brian E. Chamberlain and Beverly J. Chamberlain for property known as Settlers Village.

CONDITIONS OF SAID CONTRACT

ZONE are to recognize substantial completion and conformity with the original Contract Zoning Agreement; to recognize the substantial conformance with the Town of Casco Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to a Planned Residential

Development; and to fix and establish the relevant rules and regulations under which the development shall be completed and maintained.

The form of said Contract Zone Agreement and its Exhibits are attached hereto.

AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTRACT ZONING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF CASCO AND BRIAN E. CHAMBERLAIN & BEVERLY J. CHAMBERLAIN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON COOKS MILLS ROAD, CASCO, MAINE ESTABLISHING SETTLERS VILLAGE CONTRACT ZONE This Agreement is made this ____ day of _____, 2017, by and between the Town of Casco, a municipal corporation, located in Cumberland County, State of Maine (hereinafter “Casco”) and Brian E. Chamberlain and Beverly J. Chamberlain, both of Casco, in the County of Cumberland, State of Maine (hereinafter “Chamberlain”) and is as follows: WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Town of Casco on June 17, 1993 entered into a Contract Zoning Agreement regarding then unimproved property at Cooks Mills Road, also known as West Fountain Hill Road, Casco, Maine (“the Property”) being depicted on Town of Casco Tax Maps on Tax Map 8, Lot 14A, consisting of approximately 11.98 acres more or less, together with a certain easement to abutting property, which easement area includes approximately 1/3 acre and is set forth as a reservation in the conveyance of Alan W. Renfrew to Dennis T. Strout and Denise A. Strout dated September 5, 1991, and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds at Book 9705, Page 27, and which property has been previously depicted on a plan entitled “Settlers Village,” a standard boundary survey for Alan Renfrew by John A. Belding dated February, 1993, recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds in Book 193, Page 226, and revised December 20, 1993, and is also depicted on a “Plan of Proposed Division of Settlers Village” completed by Lost Corner Land Surveying, LLC, dated May 20, 2016; and WHEREAS said premises together with the appurtenant easement has been conveyed by the Estate of the said Alan W. Renfrew to Brian Chamberlain (a/k/a Brian E. Chamberlain) and Beverly J. Chamberlain by Deed of Sale by Personal Representative dated November 29, 2007, and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds in Book 25667, Page 241, which conveyance is made subject to the aforementioned contract zoning agreement; and WHEREAS the Contract Zoning Agreement executed by the said Alan W. Renfrew and the Town of Casco provided, in substantial part, that the development of the property was to consist of certain common and individual structures designed to resemble “A small clustered colonial New England Community” to be owned, maintained, and operated as a single unified rental operation, to be laid out in such a manner as to preserve the natural vegetation and rural character of the area wherever possible; and WHEREAS the development of the property was in such a manner which substantially, but not completely fulfilled by the terms and conditions outlined in the aforesaid contract zoning agreement, with some structures not completed and others completed in a style and of materials differing from said Contract Zoning Agreement; and WHEREAS the time for completion of the development as contemplated in the original Contract Zoning Agreement has now passed and it has become apparent that it is neither practical nor economically viable to complete the development as originally contemplated; and WHEREAS both Casco and Chamberlain are desirous of establishing an amended contract zoning agreement to recognize the substantial completion and conformity with the original Contract Zoning Agreement; to recognize the substantial conformance with the Town of Casco Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to a Planned Residential Development; and to fix and establish the relevant rules and regulations under which the development shall be completed and maintained; and WHEREAS Casco has, pursuant to the provisions of 30–A M.R.S.A. § 4352(8), adopted provisions of the Zoning Ordinance that allow the adoption and implementation of a contract zoning agreement or an amendment such as that contemplated herein and that a zoning amendment is required to accommodate the existing plan and proposed design of the continued residential use of the premises; and WHEREAS, the proposed Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement has been determined to be consistent with the Town’s Comprehensive Plan by fostering the core values and goals of the plan in providing for a sense of community and planned residential development; (Town of Casco, Maine Comprehensive Plan – Pages 11 & 12) The dedication and preservation of open space; the conservation of air and water resources quality through open space, reasonable lot density, required vegetative buffers and the protection of the rural character of the Town of Casco. The revised development of Settlers Village will not increase the need for essential municipal services such as police, fire, education, waste disposal, and the like, and recognizes the spirit of the Town’s residential land use plan. (See also Maine Comprehensive Plan, land use, rural residential future use plan.)

WHEREAS the Planning Board of the Town of Casco pursuant to 30–A M.R.S.A. § 4352(8), and after notice and hearing and due deliberation thereon, recommended the Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement, aforesaid, subject to certain conditions set forth herein; and WHEREAS, Casco, by and through the vote of the inhabitants thereof, at a Town Meeting duly held and convened on ________________, 2017, having determined that the Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement will be pursuant to and consistent with the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and will comply with the requirements of 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4352(8) and has therefore authorized the execution of this contract.

NOW THEREFORE, and in consideration of the mutual covenants herein made by each party to the other, the parties covenant and agree as follows: 1. The Property Rezoned.

Upon the effective date hereof, the Zoning Map for the Town of Casco, as recognized by the Casco Zoning Ordinance (“The Ordinance”), as amended, and on file in the office of the Town Clerk and incorporated by reference into the Ordinance by Section 4.2 thereof, is amended to provide for the amended contract zone set forth herein and depicted on a plan of proposed division of Settlers Village, West Fountain Hill Road, Casco, Maine, attached hereto as Exhibit A, which zone shall be referred to as the “Settlers Village Contract Zone.”

2. Space, Bulk, and Density Requirements and Performance Standards for the Settlers Village Contract Zone. (a) The Settlers Village Contract Zone shall consist of no more than 8 principal structures, all of which are now in existence. Each principal structure shall be located on a separate lot, the dimensions of which are

shown on Exhibit A. No changes shall be made to these dimensions once the contract rezoning has been approved, unless such changes meet the following requirements: All lots shall contain a minimum of 50,000 square feet, with the exception of lots 7 and 8. No buildings shall be constructed within 20 feet of all interior roadways. No buildings shall be constructed within 25 feet of any sidelines. In addition, there shall be maintained a 50-foot vegetative buffer along the West Fountain Hill Road and a 25-foot vegetative buffer along the remaining perimeter of the Settlers Village area, as depicted on said plan. Buildings may not exceed 35 feet in height.

No ancillary structure shall have a greater footprint than 24’ x 24’. Materials used shall conform with the character of the neighborhood.

In no event shall any lot approved hereby be reconfigured without an amendment to this Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement. (b) A common area has been created and is identified as shown on Exhibit A. Access to said common area shall be clearly and accurately defined with signage, pathways, and other means determined to be necessary. Access shall be by foot only. All residents of the Settlers Village Contract Zone shall have access to and use of the common area, in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Homeowners Association. (c) The interior roadways shall be private. The minimum travel way width shall be 18 feet with gravel surface with no less than 18 inches depth of gravel, and six-foot shoulders. Riprap for drainage and/or culverts as necessary shall be provided. All maintenance, upkeep and repair shall be the responsibility of a homeowners association that will take ownership of the interior roadways and common open space after the sale of more than three lots hereby created. The homeowners association shall be formed prior to the sale of any lots and membership in the homeowners association will be required by a declaration of covenants that will be incorporated into the deed for each lot. The homeowners association shall have the authority to make assessments for maintenance of the roadways and any other commonly-owned facilities. Prior to the sale of three lots, Chamberlain shall be responsible for the maintenance of the interior roadways and any other commonly owned property. (d) The parties recognize that soil testing, septic designs, and septic installation have previously been approved by the Town of Casco and shall continue as the same now exist. Any changes to the septic design must be done in accordance with applicable State regulation and must receive the prior approval of the Code Enforcement Officer. (e) Vegetative buffers shall be maintained as defined on Exhibit A. (f) All additions or modifications of structures appurtenant to the existing structures shall comply with applicable Town of Casco building codes and applicable ordinances and shall comply with the provisions of this Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement. (g) All such additions or modifications of existing structures and all appurtenant structures shall be of such style and of such building materials as shall be in conformity with those of existing structures.

3. Binding Effect; Enforcement The above-stated restrictions, provisions and conditions are an essential part of the rezoning. They shall run with the subject premises, shall bind the owner and their successors, heirs and assigns of the said property or any part thereof or interest therein, and any party in possession or occupancy of said property or any part thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the Town of Casco by and through its duly authorized representatives. This Amended and Restated Contract Zoning Agreement shall be enforced pursuant to the land use enforcement provisions of state law (including 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452) and the Zoning Ordinance. Following any determination of a zoning violation by the Court or the Code Enforcement Officer, the Town Meeting, after recommendation of the Planning Board, may amend, modify or rescind the rezoning of the site.

In the event that Chamberlain fails to develop the Settlers Village in accordance with this Agreement, or in the event of any other breach of any condition set forth in this Agreement, the Town Council shall have the authority, after hearing, to resolve the issue resulting in the breach or the failure to develop or operate. The resolution may include a termination of the Agreement by the Town Meeting and a rezoning of the Property to the prior or any successor zoning districts. In such an event, the Property shall then be used only for such other uses as are otherwise allowed by law; provided however, that no such enforcement action shall result in a disallowance of the use of any established single-family uses.

This Contract shall not affect the applicability of any provisions of state or federal law in effect from time to time not otherwise subject to the control of the Town of Casco.

If any of the restrictions, provision, conditions or portions thereof set forth herein is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such determination shall not affect the availability of the remaining portions hereof.

4. Governing Ordinances: Except as may be specifically altered by the provisions of this Contract Zoning Agreement, the Property shall in all respects be governed by the applicable ordinances of the Town of Casco as they may exist from time to time.

5. Miscellaneous Provisions: This Contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maine. It represents the entire agreement between the parties, and may not be altered, changed or amended without the written consent of the parties hereto or without compliance with the requirements of 30-A M.R.S.A. Section 4352.

This contract shall become effective (“the Effective Date”) upon the execution hereof by all parties.

Chamberlain shall be responsible for recording an executed copy of this Contract and its attachments in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds and shall provide evidence of such recording to the Casco Code Enforcement Officer.

Dated at Casco, Maine this _____________ day of _______, 2017.

Town of Casco, Maine ____________________________ _____________________________ Witness to Signature By: David P. Morton, Its: Town Manager ___________________________ _____________________________ Witness to Signature Brian E. Chamberlain ____________________________ _____________________________ Witness to Signature Beverly J. Chamberlain STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, ss. __________________, 2017 Personally appeared before me the above named David P. Morton, in his capacity as Town Manager, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed in his said capacity and the free act and deed of the Town of Casco. ________________________ _________________________ Notary Public/Attorney at Law Print name STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, ss _______________, 2017 Personally appeared before me the above-named Brian E. Chamberlain and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed. ________________________ _________________________ Notary Public/Attorney at Law Print name STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, ss _______________, 2017 Personally appeared before me the above-named Beverly J. Chamberlain and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed. ________________________ _________________________ Notary Public/Attorney at Law Print name

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OPENING PRAYER — On Tuesday, March 28, Pastor Erick Ness of Fryeburg served as Pastor of the Day, delivering the opening prayer in the Maine Senate. Pastor Ness serves the congregation at Center Conway Baptist Church in Center Conway, N.H., where he has served since 1996. “It was a privilege to have Pastor Ness and his son, Caleb, join us in Augusta today,” said State Senator James Hamper (R-Oxford, pictured on the left). “Pastor Ness has been a fixture in the community for many years. Caleb has been very engaged in what’s happening at the State House and has even expressed an interest in serving in the Legislature one day. It is always a pleasure to meet with our leaders of tomorrow.”

The great Jimmy Breslin

(Continued from Page 7B) Jimmy Breslin won nearly every award in the newspaper business and became a distinguished and critically acclaimed author. His books include The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, which became a major motion picture, The World Without End, Amen, and Table Money. At least one collection of his columns has been published to date.

Whenever a news event took place in New York, reporters would rush to Breslin for his take on it. A personal memory of mine was when I was in the Navy watching the news. It was in 1969, when Breslin was running for president of the New York City Council in tandem with Norman Mailer, who was seeking election as mayor on the unsuccessful independent 51st State ticket advocating the city’s secession from the rest of the state. His memorable quote from the experience: “I am mortified to have taken part in a process that required bars to be closed.” This broke all of us up and I became a fan of this colorful journalist. Over the years I read some of his columns, which were occasionally syndicated. In October 1986, Breslin landed his own late night television show on the ABC AUTOMOTIVE & SMALL ENGINE SERVICE

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network, Jimmy Breslin’s People, where he interviewed poor New Yorkers at home or incarcerated. After the show was delayed or preempted, he took out a full-page ad in The New York Times announcing that he was “firing the network.”

Breslin was a hard working reporter and always showed up at a crime or murder he was covering. He worked his way up the ranks covering school boards, sewer hearings, fires, sports, police stations, and just hanging out in diners and in the streets.

He stuck up for the little guy and went after the pompous.

Breslin’s stock and trade was his sense of injustice — “Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.”

My favorite Breslin book is my signed copy of How the Good Guys Finally Won, about the Watergate scandal. It’s now a Bollen family heirloom.

Peter Bollen, a resident of Bridgton, writes an occasional column for The Bridgton News dedicated to books and authors, including reviews and news of the book trade. He welcomes comments and suggestions and can be reached at pdboll@roadrunner.com

Precht: Ranking the rank

(Continued from Page 7B) warming. They and their descendants will suffer equally.

The next failing among past leaders for which two are held culpable is corruption: Grant and Harding are listed as the major malefactors. Neither, however, dipped his own hands into the till; they simply turned a blind eye when cronies ripped off the public purse. Something like that may be starting under the present regime: the assets of our billionaire president have been turned over to his kin to manage. We may see court cases challenging these and other arrangements on conflict of interest grounds. Another source of foul aroma may be found when a billionaire investor profits from his closeness to the bunch in Washington and successfully advises the elimination of regulations that harm his business interests.

Two scorned ex-presidents (Nixon and the second Bush) have been reasonably accused of lying and putting or keeping us in disastrous wars. The latter was also been accused of wrecking the economy. It’s too soon to accuse our president of pushing us into deeper conflicts, but there are signs in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen that a drift in that direction is building momentum. The economy is doing well during his brief tenure – thanks in good part to inherited momentum and high hopes among investors, which may prove to be ill-founded.

When it comes to lack of respect for truth, however, Mr. Trump may establish a new national record. Roll over, Mr. Nixon.

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(Continued from Page 8B) James Madison (Founding Father of the Constitution) said about power in the government: “…the powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” (Federalist 45) What the Progressives don’t understand (or wish to understand) is that the legal foundation for our laws is the Constitution as amended. The Constitution doesn’t “live and breathe” as the Progressives would wish it.

Democrat and Fascist, President Woodrow Wilson said about property rights: “Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.”

As Wilson well knew, private property is the keystone upon which the Constitution rests. Without private property, including our bodies, minds and spirit, all other rights are at the mercy of the Progressives. Naturally, Wilson and the Progressives wanted to pooh-pooh property rights precisely because they are a hindrance to their dreams of power and glory.

As President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat and a Segregationist, also said, “The government of the United States is a living system. As such, it is subject to subtle change and modification over time…”

Wilson knew that the Constitutional amendment process was tedious, time consuming, and difficult.

Knowing this, Wilson and the Progressives have used extra-

legal gambits to get around the Constitutional restrictions on government. Rather than amend, they are modifying the Constitution through legal chicanery. The main instrument for Constitutional bypass is declaring that our Constitution is a “living” document. By doing this they give the patina of legitimacy to Progressive usurpation of government, from one that exists from the will of the people to one that dominates and controls the people.

Tyranny!

The differing views of the role of government are on display in the Senate Judicial Committee’s hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The Progressives keep asking questions of Judge Gorsuch based on ideology and his feelings rather than the law. Judge Gorsuch answered that the law and the Constitution are the controlling factors in his or any good judge’s decision making as an Appellate Court judge; not how he might personally feel about the witness or circumstance. When repeatedly asked about President Trump, Judge Gorsuch repeatedly answered, “no man is above the law.”

It took the inquisitors quite a while to comprehend that Judge Gorsuch wouldn’t be political in his decision-making; the concept was obviously beyond their ken or their liking. Judge Gorsuch said that he would be a bad legislator as he was not trained to make law and legislators made lousy judges because they use political means to interpret laws. The inquisitors never laid a glove on Judge Gorsuch.

The founders created three branches of government; limits on each branch’s power; and checks and balances to LETTERS, Page 11B

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Hoover and his bungled efforts to deal with the Great Depression? Happily, he hasn’t had to face that kind of severe test. But can anyone vouch for his interest in the mechanisms of government, his knowledge of foreign relations, his skill in persuading recalcitrant members of Congress, or talents for generating sound ideas and reassuring the panicky public? Mr. Trump has faced severe difficulties in the past.

Unfortunately there is no bankruptcy court to rescue him if the national economy tanks.

Roosevelt came to the nation’s rescue in the Depression in large part because he picked a staff rich in creative talents.

Trump’s staff is just plain rich.

To wrap up this evaluation, I would say that Mr. Trump is headed down the trail to low or lowest ranking. In all fairness we should allow him some more months to manifest his true fitness and qualities for the job — if, in fact, he can scrape up a few.

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.

Don’t rewrite casino laws to benefit one man

(Continued from Page 7B) had successfully hijacked the citizens’ initiative to make a fortune.

Since then, Scott’s company, Bridge Capital, has been slapped with record fines by the state of Massachusetts for failing to follow campaign finance disclosure rules. It’s also had its assets seized by the government of Laos for alleged corruption. Now, it’s setting its sights on Maine once again.

During a public hearing in March, it was revealed that Scott was the figure funding the York County casino initiative. A lobbyist, hired to represent Scott just hours before the hearing, confirmed that if the referendum passed, Scott would once again sell the casino rights.

We know how this plays out because we’ve seen it before.

Scott will pour buckets of money into Maine this fall to buy a barrage of TV ads, robo calls, and mailings telling you that the casino is anything other than an opportunity for Scott to make a quick buck off Maine’s voters.

Regardless of how you feel about the prospect of another casino, I feel we shouldn’t allow Scott to pervert the citizens’ initiative for his own personal gain. So what is the Legislature to do? Unfortunately, our hands are tied. Having been certified by the Secretary of State, we have only a few options for dispensing with referenda.

One option is to pass it into law without amendment, an unlikely scenario in this case. Most often, we choose a second option, out of deference for the Mainers sponsoring an initiative, and simply send the question to voters as it’s written.

That seems questionable in this case as well, given what we know about Scott and his past.

A third option does exist: the Legislature can send a “competing measure” to voters — a different version of the initiated law that policymakers believe would be a better deal for Maine and its people. Some are calling for the Legislature to use this option to craft a casino referendum that isn’t rigged for Scott’s personal gain.

In most instances, crafting a competing measure would not be a proposal I’d take lightly. But Scott’s casino referendum isn’t a run-of-the-mill citizens’ initiative. It’s a play by a rich investor to rewrite Maine’s laws just for himself. That’s not our way and we can’t just stand by and let it happen.

I’m curious to know what you think. Please feel free to contact me at diamondhollyd@aol.com or 287-1515 if you have questions or comments.

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(Continued from Page 10B) prevent any branch from abusing the powers granted by the people of the United States.

The hardening of Progressive policy arteries is evident in the Progressive body politic; their inability to propose a coherent view of the needs of the American people is self-evident.

Perhaps their slavish attention to the wishes of their Fascist money people has made them unable to develop policies that are positive and beneficial for the American people. They need to spend time in a political health spa.

Jock MacGregor Sebago

When rats jump ship

To the editor: You know the ship is sinking when the rats start jumping overboard. Michael Flynn just sought immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony on the TrumpRussia collaboration. We already know that the Russian government intervened in our 2016 election to hurt Hillary Clinton and boost Donald Trump. The unanswered question is how extensive the collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign actually was. No doubt Flynn has a lot to say about that, but he wants to make sure he won’t go to the slammer for it.

There’s no predicting when Trump will reach the point of no return, but his degradation of the presidential office already is a clear and present danger to the United States.

Throwing libelous wiretapping accusations at former President Barack Obama, without a scrap of supporting evidence, should have been the last straw for our liar-inchief, but it wasn’t. Every agency, committee and individual with access to classified information said it was a lie. Even Rupert Murdoch’s far-right Wall Street Journal editorialized: “the President clings to his assertion like a drunk to an empty gin bottle, rolling out his press spokesman to make more dubious claims…Two months into his Presidency, Gallup has Mr. Trump’s approval rating at 39%. No doubt Mr. Trump considers that fake news, but if he doesn’t show more respect for the truth most Americans may conclude he’s a fake President.”

Most Americans already have come to that conclusion, but this Republican Congress is so corrupt that they probably will ignore every impeachable offense committed by their Great Esteemed Leader for as long as they can get away with it. The real questions now are how bad Trump’s wreckage will be, and how many people will be killed and injured by the time it’s over.

The damage already is great and growing every week.

Foreign leaders no longer trust our word. Why should they? When our chief executive lies every time he opens his mouth, why would anyone trust him? In his first two months, Trump managed to alienate a half-dozen of our most trusted allies. He has shown no interest in filling hundreds of empty government positions, especially in the State Department, which is being deliberately marginalized. If you think other nations aren’t already taking advantage of Trump’s foreign policy incompetence, you probably think they’re as stupid as we are. They aren’t.

Our greatest danger is that Trump will blunder into a titfor-tat of public insults with the only other nuclear-armed national leader as unbalanced as he is — North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. If Trump should lash out in his usual, reckless manner against someone like Kim, for whom loss of face is intolerable, that could be the last foolish mistake that he, and we, ever make. Such an exchange between unhinged tyrants could quickly get us into a nuclear war right on the doorstep of China. North Korea probably can’t yet do us great harm, but China sure as hell can. Filmmaker Michael Moore may have had it right when he said that Trump could get us all killed.

Rev. Robert Plaisted Bridgton

Disgusting tactics

To The Editor: If the Democratic Party continues to escalate their hysterical and fanatical attacks on everything that President Trump says and does, it could eventually lead to the tens of millions of Americans who still believe in the traditional values that made this country great and who support our democratically-elected president and the rule of law, to reach the boiling point and decide to fight fire with fire, which

This week’s puzzle theme:

All About Space

ACROSS 1. What gridlock does 6. Portfolio acronym 9. Winglike 13. Ancient 14. The Godfather, e.g.

15. Exclude or omit 16. Distinctive spirit of a culture 17. #3 Down welcome 18. One with no permanent abode 19. *Challenger or Atlantis 21. *Type of shower 23. “He had” 24. Audition tape 25. “On the ____,” as in a fugitive 28. A pout or grimace 30. Complete shadow, pl.

35. Mosque V.I.P. 37. Attention-getting sound 39. Plants and animals 40. *Last man to walk on the moon 41. Colorado skiing destination 43. Like Roman god Janus 44. Temporary tattoo ink 46. Steak choice 47. Auction off 48. ER forerunner 50. Mischievous fairies 52. Foxlike 53. Hofb‰uhaus offering 55. Hole in one 57. *Hanks in “Apollo 13” 60. *Space Coast state 64. Crew member 65. *First to land man on the moon 67. Tree juice 68. Not odds 69. Failed Molotov cocktail 70. “Bravo! Bravo!”

71. One third of a threepiece suit 72. Between E and NE 73. Rosetta Stone, e.g.

DOWN 1. “____ So Fine” 2. Reluctant 3. Pearl Harbor locale 4. Angry 5. *Solar ____ 6. Not in use 7. Wade’s opponent 8. Japanese cartoon 9. Burn soother 10. Fancy ride 11. Month of Purim 12. *The ____ Planet 15. Put six feet under 20. Parkinson’s disease drug 22. Australia’s flightless bird 24. State of les misÈrables 25. *____-year 26. Independent African ruler 27. Edible biblical rain 29. *Home to first man in space 31. Auction exclamations 32. Don Giovanni and such 33. The least bit 34. *First American woman in space 36. Carte du jour 38. One of FDR’s three 42. Himalayan country 45. Model Valletta and actress Tamblyn 49. Be indisposed 51. ESPN.com menu selection 54. Dodge 56. Not slouching 57. Cobain’s love 58. Has a mortgage 59. Let out steam 60. Grow dim 61. Catalina, e.g.

62. Radio tuner 63. Initial stake 64. King’s title, abbr.

66. *Solar System center

Solutions on Page 4B

April 6, 2017, The Bridgton News, Page 11B

SEEING THE MEMORIALS — Bob Vaillancourt of Denmark (third person from the left in the back row) returned home Sunday evening from a trip to Washington, D.C. as an Honor Flight of Maine Korean War Navy veteran. The photo was taken in front of the Korean War Memorial, which is comprised of life-sized statues of actual soldiers. There were 14 Korean War veterans on the trip and 28 World War II veterans. The Honor Flight of Maine provides four trips each year to honor those who served in the military. For more information, go online at www.HonorFlightMaine.org I think we all would agree would be catastrophic for the very viability and survival of the greatest nation in the long and frequently turbulent history of the world.

Democrats simply cannot get it through their heads that a majority of Americans, who are not card-carrying members of the radical far left progressive Jihad, are thoroughly disgusted with their fascist tactics, which have proved to be so destructive to the long-term best interest of all Americans.

Democrats outrageously pander to every special interest group on the face of the earth, at the expense of millions of hardworking, Godfearing Americans who just want political thugs to leave us the hell alone and stop making our lives much more difficult than they should be.

I don’t envision that changing anytime soon.

In their over-the-top zeal to cater to everyone and hold no one accountable for anything Democrats stand for, Democrats stand for everything yet, in the end, they stand for nothing.

It now appears that Barack Obama is trashing decades of precedence and civility by setting up a Democratic war-room within shouting distance of the White House, instead of returning to his home state, as all recent presidents have so graciously done.

I believe that Obama became so addicted to the over-the-top adulation and obeisance from a lap-dog press and star-struck public, that he is going to lead the charge in trying to torpedo the Trump presidency before it has a chance to even get off the ground.

Obama longs to become the center of the universe once again, so that he can become the American Caesar that he views himself to be.

The list of political gangsters that inhabit the Democratic Party from top to bottom is endless. There will be no shortage of attack dogs willing and able to pillage the Trump administration at every opportunity.

Maxine Waters, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Elisabeth Warren and Nancy

Pelosi are just a few of the political bomb-throwers at the beck and call of the Democratic Party, available to carry out their slash and burn, take no prisoners agenda.

Democrats couldn’t care less about the horrific damage they have been inflicting on America, going back to the days of slavery, which they fought tooth and nail to preserve. They also left no stone unturned in their efforts to sabotage the Civil Rights Movement.

The Democratic Party’s goal is, and always has been, to seize the reins of power, install their operatives throughout the Judiciary and bureaucracy and continue the rapid and so far highlysuccessful transformation of America into a Progressive bastion of lock-step groupthink and complete submission of every citizen to the all-powerful State. They are close to succeeding.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

turkey pies I had ordered from the American Legion Post 155 Hall in Naples.

On Saturday, the Naples, Casco, and Raymond Legion Auxiliary was hosting a public supper featuring the pies but I was unable to attend so I ordered them to take away.

It turned out that those pies, one for myself and one for my parents, were the best turkey pies I’ve had! They made a perfect meal to ride out the snowstorm on Friday night. I just want to thank Marian, who sold me the pies, and the other Auxiliary ladies for producing such delicious food. Marian told me it was an old recipe and, from what I tasted, sometimes the old recipes are the best!

I hope the snowstorm didn’t prevent people from attending the dinner. They really missed out if it did. I look forward to buying some more of those wonderful pies the next time the Auxiliary is making them — and I hope that will be soon!

Thank you again, ladies, and I encourage everyone to try those turkey pies next time they’re on offer.

Perri Black To The Editor: Bridgton Last Friday, before the LETTERS, Page 12B snowstorm, I picked up two

Tasty treat

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Take the important ‘Next Step’

Deserving of support

To The Editor: After seeing stories and photos about the success of the Lake Region High School WorldQuest team in The Bridgton News, I decided to make a donation to help offset the costs of attending the national competition in Washington, D.C. later this month.

The success of this team over the years has been amazing! Of the last seven years, the WorldQuest team has won the state competition five times! Competition at the state level includes teams from other high schools, as well as teams from businesses such as UNUM. Our WorldQuest team won five times against other students and against teams of adults! Winning the state championship is what allows them to compete at the national level. At the national level, the team has finished in the top 10 twice and once in the top 5! This is against high school teams from the other 49 states! Imagine! Top 10! Top 5! The training for it is rigorous. The competition is organized through the World Affairs Councils of America to encourage students to be aware of issues around the globe.

This year, team members had to become conversant in topics such as Current Events, Great Decisions, Peace and Conflict in Today’s World, Combating Infectious Disease, European Union, Countering Violent Extremism, Turkey, Global Megacities, China and Women in Technology. I can’t imagine many adults being able to understand all these issues, never mind be able to compete against other schools!

What dismays me is the complete lack of financial support for this academic team over the years on the part of the school and school district. Financial support is given to athletic teams that do not have a record as good as WorldQuest. Financial support is given to athletic teams that are smaller than World Quest. For the life of me, I can’t understand why the district won’t provide financial support (in the budget) for this successful, academic team.

The budget cycle for next year has not been finalized.

Please, let’s make sure that the district supports this very worthwhile team next year.

Debbie Gahm Retired!

Grant writer, Camp Angels Former Library Media Specialist/District K-12 Library Media Services Co-coordinator SAD 61 Current Public Relations Chairman, Maine Association of School Libraries Maine School Library Media Specialist of the Year, SHOWs HER SUPPORT IN THEIR QUEST — Former Lake Region High School Library Media Specialist Deb 2009-2010 Gahm presents a donation to the LRHS WorldQuest team, which will compete at the nationals in Washington, D.C. (Continued from Page 4B) and Saint Joseph’s College.

Additional support is by the Maine Chapter Association for Talent Development and Maine Society for Human

Resource Management.

Created in statute in 1978, the Maine Development Foundation (MDF) is a private, nonpartisan membership organization that drives

sustainable, long-term economic growth for the State of Maine. MDF stimulates new ideas, develops leaders, and provides common ground for solving problems and advanc-

ing issues by empowering leaders; strengthening communities; and guiding public policy with trusted economic research. To learn more about MDF, visit www.mdf.org

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dard breakfast fare, they really hope for more. Much more.

After retiring and moving to Bridgton almost 10 years ago, Jeffrey and I discovered Beth’s Café — and continue to enjoy it, and are proud to bring our family and friends “from away” to the café.

Every visit impresses. Also, my birthday dinner and carrot cake, catered by Beth’s, was a huge treat!

Creative, delicious meals served with sincerely warm interest in her guests are the gifts Beth Doonan delivers

with passion.

Of course, I include the wonderful staff, individually, as I’m sure Ms. Doonan does, as important to the success of Beth’s Café.

Maddy and Connor — we’ve really loved talking with you about your goals and accomplishments.

You are each surely going to be successful and happy.

Your mom has learned and has guided you on the way to share your own passion.

Elizabeth Richards Bridgton

Reins on the tantrums

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Enjoyed the article

To The Editor: Having been chef at our Country Inn in New Hampshire for thousands of meals served to local and international guests, I learned that though hungry guests would be satisfied with stan-

To the Editor: Oh, if only it could be accurately described as “forgetting” to sign the presidential orders on 3/3/17.

President Trump knew his temper was about to explode, and he walked away to avoid it happening on national TV. At least he is making a better effort to rein in his tantrum tendencies. What was the big deal about the media being there for those signings in the first place? Control issues.

These orders appear to have become one way that he copes with the U.S. government not having been left to him in his father’s will. I don’t WIN; it’s all their fault. The regrettable part of all this seems to be that Donald Trump may never be able to acknowledge that serving as the U.S. president is far from the same as being a CEO of a private corporation. I know of no official bill of sale transfers from one President to the next for our national government-owned land, office buildings, etc. either. Thank God. Check out Donald’s history for paying local and state assessed taxes in locations where his buildings and resorts exist now.

Just how long will it take the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to remember, and then demonstrate, that the president has no authority to hire or fire them without their majority co-operation? So much misdirected attention toward our president has given these ELECTED folks more time to squabble amongst themselves and do little or nothing to perform their designated duties as elected officials for the citizens.

Our country is being destroyed by natural disasters, with weather patterns leaving more and more people homeless and hungry, and our aging infrastructure severely shattered. In April 2017 there should be no escaping that a border wall will be grabbing funds that really need to be diverted to our desperate citizens ASAP, especially those in middle, southern, and west coast America. Those states could most definitely make use of many of the federal tax dollars that fund all Trump’s travels anywhere worldwide during a four-year term. How much does it cost us for one round trip from Washington, D.C. to the “Winter White House” in Florida? Just the cost of Secret Service and military protection?

When conditions in our

homeland are just as catastrophic as in those countries from which so many refugees are fleeing, far fewer folks will be flocking to join us.

Homelessness, hunger, and unemployment are the same anywhere they exist. Saying “no” honestly because we just can no longer help could do much more than concrete walls to reduce mass immigration from anywhere in the world. Guilt cannot be counted upon to “pay the bills” indefinitely for ill-advised prolongation of warfare around the world. International efforts to find ways to redistribute rapidly decreasing amounts of resources in a more cooperative, affordable manner could possibly postpone extinction for mankind. Although it is not money that makes the world go around, mismanagement of resources (and money) does determine the environmental conditions in which all living species exist.

Donald Trump’s behaviors or misconceptions did not cause our Constitution to become virtually a worthless piece of paper collecting dust in museum and library displays. Who won the men’s and women’s college basketball championships this year? Never think or say “never.”

Cindy Alden West Fryeburg